May 19, 2026 Commission Meeting

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[F.-1. 26-1621 A Resolution of the City Commission recognizing Dr. Hal Silberman as an honoree during the inaugural City of Coral Gables Veterans Day event to be held in November 2026. (Sponsored by Commissioner Lara)]

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YOU'ERLE. JOIN US. I'M GOINTO CE UP. DOT TO OULD.ON'TANT JUST. OKAY, HOLD E MINUTE. WE HAVE SOMEBODY.

AS LONG AS I HAVE AN AUDIENCE LIKE THIS, I. I BECOME A A TALKER.

LATELY. I IN THAT I TALKED TO STUDENTS AS WELL AS ADULTS. AND WHAT I ENDEAVORED TO IMPART TO THEM IS WHAT A WONDERFUL COUNTRY WE LIVE IN. AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAINTAIN THE TYPE OF COUNTRY WE HAVE. WE. WE HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE FORCES WHO WANT TO CHANGE, TAKE AWAY OUR CONSTITUTION AND OTHER FREEDOMS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION. I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T ALTER IT AS NEEDED AS TIME GOES ON, BUT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AND MAKE SURE IT REMAINS AS IT IS. I THANK.FOU HAVE ANY QUESTI I'LLE HAPPYO SWER THEM.AID.'M A TALKER. OOWOCR BINS. HAVE TO STICK OUND.NE MOR THING HAVE SAY ABO E THING. ONE MORE ME OR HERE. YEAH, JUST HAVE A SEAT. SO.

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[AMERICA'S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL MOMENT]

AT ISHY, AS POF ACA LAUNCHED AN ES CTEST A PONC DLEON MDL SOOL IN INVING SNTS TO RLE ON COMMUNITY,NDHE ROLE A TODAY, WE ARE PUDORE ENINGSSAY BYOR BLENIOR HIGH STUDENT ELI VI TITLE VOLTEISMN YOU COULD PE SHARE WITH US YOURREDIE ESSAY GOO NTHDEAT CORAL GABLE OR HIGHOO TNK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ MY CENTENNIAL PIECE TODAY. THE PRACTICE OF VOLUNTEERING IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO THE IDEALS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF AMERICA. VOLUNTEERING OCCURS ALL AROUND US, WHETHER IT'S TAKING PLACE AT A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER, A CORRECTIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM, OR RIGHT IN YOUR OWN SCHOOL. MY SCHOOL, CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH, IS A PLACE IN WHICH VOLUNTEER WORK IS AVAILABLE AROUND EVERY CORNER.

BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CORE VALUES AT THE CENTER OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TO BEGIN.

RESPONSIBILITY IS A KEY PART OF SERVICE. WHEN VOLUNTEERING, YOU MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING A TASK AND EXECUTING IT PROPERLY. THIS TEACHES RESPONSIBILITY. IN DOING SERVICE, YOU BECOME A MORE RELIABLE PERSON. HAVING EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT BEFORE.

ANOTHER FACTOR VOLUNTEER WORK THAT MAKES IT A WAY TO GIVE BACK IS THAT IT'S FOR THE COMMON GOOD. YOU ARE VOLUNTARILY GIVING AWAY YOUR TIME OR RESOURCES TO PERFORM A TASK THAT IS HELPING A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR A CAUSE. IN SOME WAY. IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF A SELFISH ACT, AND YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS AND ASSISTS MANY INDIVIDUALS. OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN AMERICA INVOLVE FREEDOM, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE, OR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. AS AMERICA HAS DEVELOPED AND CHANGED OVER TIME, THESE IDEALS HAVE BEEN A FIRM AND STEADY PILLAR. DESPITE IT ALL, VOLUNTEER WORK TIES INTO THESE IDEALS JUST AS A PUZZLE PIECE FITS INTO PLACE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT COMES TO ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP OR PARTICIPATION, VOLUNTEERING IS A PERFECT AND ACTIVE ROLE CITIZENS CAN PLAY IN SOLVING LOCAL PROBLEMS. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. COMMUNITY SERVICE RELATES IN A MULTIPLE WAYS. ANOTHER VIEW TO LOOK AT IT IS THE IDEALS OF COMMUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. LOOKING THROUGH OUR PAST HISTORY, COMING TOGETHER AND PERFORMING ACTS OF COMMON GOOD BRING US TOGETHER IN A FORM OF MUTUAL TRUST AND EMPOWERMENT. IN ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WE TAKE PART IN MAINTAINING OUR NATION AND HAVING A SAY IN HOW WE ARE GOVERNED. ANOTHER CORE AMERICAN BELIEF GOING BACK TO CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. PARDON VOLUNTEER WORK. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SERVICE IS ALSO ONE OF CORAL GABLES KEY PRINCIPLES. NOT ONLY MUST WE COLLECT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SERVICE HOURS BY THE END OF OUR YEARS IN SCHOOL, AN IMPORTANT INCENTIVE TO COMPLETE SERVICE, WHICH IN INEVITABLY CAUSES A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT OUR CLUBS AND OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO PROMOTE VOLUNTEER WORK. ONE INCREDIBLE ILLUSTRATION OF THIS IS THE KEY CLUB. THEY ARE A COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED CLUB THAT GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BROUGHT US UP. VOLUNTEER EFFORTS TODAY, HELP MAINTAIN OUR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES THAT UNITE US AS AMERICANS. THEY BOND TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT BREEDS RESPONSIBILITY AND ULTIMATELY LEADS TO A POSITIVE IMPACT ON WHATEVER ISSUE IS BEING WORKED ON. IT PROMISES A STRONG FUTURE FOR THE NATION AND CORAL GABLES BY PROVING AMERICANS OF ALL AGES, RACES OR BACKGROUNDS ARE WILLING TO TAKE PART IN OUR FUTURE AND INFLUENCE OUR NATION BY KEEPING ONE OF OUR STRONGEST TRADITIONS ALIVE. THANK YOU. WOW. THANK YOU ELLIE, THAT WAS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. YOUR STORY REMINDS US THAT SERVICE IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST EXPRESSIONS OF CITIZENSHIP. THROUGH THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION ON COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION, YOUR WORDS HONOR AMERICA'S TRADITION OF SERVICE WHILE INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO HELP SHAPE A STRONGER TOMORROW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE HAVE A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR YOU THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A $250 GIFT CARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL FOR WINNING YOUR ESSAY. YOU MAKE US INCREDIBLY PROUD. MAY I GIVE THIS TO YOU?

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IS IS M FIL I PROO TO BE ROIG.YAMISIK WHITG. I'M AORAL GABLESRESIDENTH AUTIFU TS ABOUT BEING RESINTF THE GABL I M IG, LIVED RIGHT IN FNTFTHE DA FR I D GO TO MYENTSSE OR ONRA I TAK THE ESNGSMYIFEAS MYTBALCON AND WOULM DEAL. HE RAISED MY MOM WHEN MY MOM'S DAD WAS A POLITICAL PRISONER FOR 20 YEARS. AND REALLY, THAT WAS A FATHER FIGURE THAT SHE NEVER HAD. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY FITTING THAT AS WE CELEBRATE THE CUBAN INDEPENDENCE DAY TOMORROW, THAT WE HONOR HIS LEGACY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF MY COUSINS WANT TO SPEAK. I'M PROUD OF THIS FAMILY. I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS FAMILY. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION. IT'S A PRIVILEGE. YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF VERY ACCOMPLISHED INDIVIDUALS. MR. COOPER, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. WHO'S HERE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ MR. COOPER? YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. COME ON. ANOTHER RESIDENT OF THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. YES. GOOD MORNING.

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AND THEY WERE ALL SURROUNDING HIM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY WERE TELLING HIM, REST AT REST.

HE SAYS, HOW CAN I REST WITH ALL OF YOU HOVERING ALL OVER ME? SO I I'M ON BEHALF OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT DOCTOR ROIG WAS WAS, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, AND THEN. WAS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE AND CONTINUES TO BE AN INCREDIBLE MAN WHOSE LEGACY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. THE MAYA'S TOMORROW INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY, FOR US CUBAN AMERICANS. BUT WE'RE AT THE PRECIPICE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING 67 YEARS FOR.

AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH MY FATHER ON SUNDAY AS WE LEFT THE FUNERAL HOME WAS THAT SO MANY GREAT CUBANS WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE A FREE CUBA. BUT THERE WERE A REASON WHY WE GOT HERE. AND THERE WERE ALSO A REASON LIKE THIS GREAT MAN, 101 YEAR OLD WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN STATED. THEY'RE ALSO THE REASON WHY WE PROTECTED THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR CONSTITUTION, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE LOVE CUBA, BUT HE WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST AN AMERICAN. HE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM SAYING THAT. SO IF YOU GIVE ME THE HONOR, I'D LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE ON THE RECORD, A RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, EXTENDING ITS HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY OF THE LATE ROIG. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF PEDRO V ROIG, ESQUIRE, A LONGTIME CORAL GABLES RESIDENT WHOSE LIFE REFLECTED REFLECTED A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM, THE RULE OF LAW, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS MISTER ROY WAS AN ATTORNEY, HISTORIAN, EDUCATOR, AUTHOR, AND ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, HE DEVOTED HIS CAREER TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF CUBA'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. HE WAS ALSO A VETERAN OF ASSAULT BRIGADE. 2506 THE GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES WHO FOUGHT IN THE BAY OF PIGS. AND WHEREAS MISTER ROY'S DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE INCLUDED APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT H.W. BUSH TO THE NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CUBAN BROADCASTING, RADIO AND TELEVISION. MARTI. HE WAS ALSO AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S INSTITUTE OF CUBAN AND CUBAN AMERICAN STUDIES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES ALSO RECOGNIZES MISTER ROY'S YEARS OF WORK WITH HERZL, DREYFUSS AND DEMPSEY, A LAW FIRM BASED AT THE HISTORIC BILTMORE HOTEL IN CORAL GABLES, WHERE HE SERVED AS COUNSEL AND CONTINUED CONTRIBUTING HIS KNOWLEDGE, JUDGMENT AND LIFE EXPERIENCE TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, THAT WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF PEDRO ROY, HONORING HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE, COURAGE AND DEVOTION TO LIBERTY AND. WE OFFER OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO ALL WHO MOURN HIS PASSING. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AND IT'S A SHAME, AND I SOMETIMES IN LIFE, WE FAIL TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE. NOT THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM AS FRIENDS, AND WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM AS COLLEAGUES, BUT WE FAIL TO TRULY RECOGNIZE THEM. AND I REMEMBER, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THE MANY TIMES THAT I SPENT WITH HIM IN HIS LIVING ROOM TALKING ABOUT ART AND POLITICS.

THOSE WERE MOMENTS THAT I CHERISH MORE AND MORE, ESPECIALLY AS MY FATHER AND MOTHER GET OLDER. AND YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY'S HUMANITY AND YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN HUMANITY AND THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE. I WISH I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THIS HIM TO THIS IN LIFE, AND I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAND OUT A KEY TO THE CITY, TO SOMEONE WHO'S PASSED AWAY. BUT HE WAS DESERVING AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED, SELFLESS INDIVIDUAL.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN DESCRIBE HIM. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, I'VE ONLY GIVEN OUT 13 OR 14 OF THESE. IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO GIVE THIS TO YOUR FAMILY. ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR ROY, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

[A.-1. 26-1337 Presentation and special recognition of the Rookie and Teachers of the Year.]

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DAMHAIRWOMAN, WOULD PRIVE? AS ALWAYS. THE FLOOR ISRSS AAYS.VE DAY.

WELL, GOOD M, MR. MAY COMMONER THEOARD, OURTME CITY MAG. THANKOU FORTHIS ANGPPA URE GING US TOD. FIR ANDOREMOS IT TO SA THAT IT IS A TRUE HOR FOR TOE ABLEO SAY, TNLY I A RESIDOF CITY AUTIL,UT I REPSEDIST SIX,CHRE AF AT, AM SO PRIVILEGED TO RKH MAROUPF VIALS SUCAS YOUELS.

DRM WORK, AND AS EDURS TO THA YOULL FALO CHNDRY O OF.RS AND PTINGEDUCAT R BECAUSE NDTHE D, THS THATHAVEODAY AN TNK YOU FLLOWANK YOU AVE MTIERTO TTO AELLITEOF FAR FROMHERE THEL WITHHAT SAI WANT TO JUST ST TT AS AORMEREACHER , R MAN MAN YEARS, I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT BEING A TEACHER IS TRULY A CALLING. TODAY, I AM BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THOSE ROOKIE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR THAT WE HAVE AT OUR SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEIR PASSION, THEIR COMPASSION, THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR COMMITMENT, AND THEIR LOVE FOR THE PROFESSION THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN IS NOT ONLY ADMIRABLE AND COMMENDABLE, BUT IT TRULY IMPACTS EACH AND EVERY STUDENT THAT THEY SERVE. THINK FOR A MOMENT, EVERYONE. THINK OF A TEACHER, OR POSSIBLY MORE THAN ONE THAT AFFECTED YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIVES AND EDUCATION. I KNOW THAT A TEACHER MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE TO WHERE I AM TODAY, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S THE SAME FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR VERY BUSY COMMISSION MEETING TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS AGAIN, WHOSE COMMITMENT AND WHOSE LOVE FOR THE PROFESSION THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN, WHICH IS, IN MY OPINION, THE MOST NOBLE AND THE MOST REWARDING SIMULTANEOUSLY, TO RECOGNIZE THEM HERE IS TRULY AN HONOR. I ALSO WANT TO BEFORE RECOGNIZE HAVING THE RECOGNITION FOR THEM. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE AMAZING PRINCIPALS THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH US. WILL EVERY ONE OF THOSE PRINCIPALS, WHO ARE THE ONES THAT THAT ARE AT THE HELM OF THE SCHOOLS, THEY SET THE TONE FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE. PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT TO TO BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE SUPPORTING

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AS TEACHERS, WORK MAY NEVER END. FOR YOUR A MENTOR, GUIDE AND FRIEND. THE SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SOW WILL STAY WITH US AND HELP US GROW. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDLESS CARE FOR EVERY MOMENT YOU WERE THERE. NO TREASURE IN THE WORLD COULD MEASURE THE GIFT OF HAVING YOU AS A TEACHER. THANK YOU. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE DIFFERENCE EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND THAT IS WHY I CAN PROUDLY STATE, AS I CLOSE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, A RATED DISTRICT FOR SIX YEARS, GRADUATION RATES AT 95.4, NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND MORE CHOICE OPTIONS FOR PARENTS THAN ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND A LOT A LOT OF THOSE ACCOLADES BELONG TO THOSE IN OUR SCHOOL SITES. OUR TEACHERS, OUR FABULOUS TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND EVERYONE IN OUR WORKFORCE. TOGETHER WITH ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T ONLY JUST TALK THE TALK, BUT YOU WALK THE WALK. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO CALL THE TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED. SO FROM CORAL GABLES PREPARATORY ACADEMY, OUR PRINCIPAL IS JEANETTE SIERRA, AND SHE'S HERE. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF SHE COMES UP AS WELL, PLEASE? WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL THE PRINCIPALS COME UP. EXCELLENT. SO PLEASE COME UP. MISS SIERRA AND YOUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS ROSA PAYAN, AND A ROOKIE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, DONALD SCHLEIFER. FROMARR.

WEOAVE OUR PRINCAL, TRURLOW, WHO IS WITH US, FACLGH. A SHE'SET WITH HER LDEACHERHOS ATTENDODAY. PAS CE JO US. DAVIDHI ELEMENTARYUR PRINC IS LUCYMEER TCH T YEAR,ANCY CLO.

PLEA CFORWAR F SUETLEARY SCH W VE ANNA ALVAREZ,H H TODAY BEING RNID I H TEACHER OF E YR. AND THAT'S MONICA RAMIREZ. FROMRANCIS PRINCIPAL, MISOLARRI, ANDSHE ISV TEACR OF THE YEAR, CANDE COLROOK, RKIE HER OF YEA FRO HENRY S WESAKE.E HAV DOC MILE SAN PEREZ, O IN ALS WITH H, WE HAV ALVA BEI YEAR FRO GARVERIDDLE.THE H OUR PNCAL IAN TIMEH R WE CONGTULATIONS.ROMONCE LIDCHOOL, WE HAVE TEACHER OF R, MSHA IME.RO CAL GLES JN UST SENIORIGH SCHL. WE HE MR. THONY BBOA, OUR PRINCIPAL. AN TOGETHER WITAVE CC RNOSO, OUR TEAER O TH YEAR, ANDISS W IS FROM OUR INTTIAL SDI OURCHERF THE Y MISS HEVARRIAONATULAT TAL ANDHA YOU D GNITN.HANK YOU.

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[A.-2. 26-1616 Presentation of $1,105.31 donation from the City of Coral Gables to the Marsoni Foundation collected during the Mexican edition of Sip and Shop on Miracle Mile event.]

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AND BEFOR BRK.RAAS AL YU EQUI. JUST TGIVE Y AN IDEA, A OBENTE LA AYUDA XICOACE EEQUIPEN O CALABLES ANTHNAS.

ENGH TO STARH. BKIS, OUR CI MER, HE MEXICAN CSULA UER YOURLEADERSHIE THNDEOPL COME COS MUERTOS ALGO CREIBLE.RACIORSO RSONAS TAMBIÉNN IUDAD DE CORAL GABLES, YA LLAMADO EN MUCHOS RESTAURANTES DICIENDO GRACIAS. MANY RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN CALLING ME IN REFERENCE TO OUR INSTALLATION TEJIDO, WHICH WILL BE THERE FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. AND THAT IS ANOTHER AMAZING EFFORT BY BELKYS, HER TEAM, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MEXICAN CONSULATE. SO WE'RE HONORED THAT CONSULADO MEXICO AQUI EN LA CIUDAD CORAL GABLES. COMO OTRO LADO POR USTEDES.

INCREIBLE PARA ESTAR SEGURO. KINGSTON BEING A INVOLUCRADO EN LA CIUDAD CORAL GABLES. LAS

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CULTURA CULTURE. AND WE ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR THAT. GRACIAS, AMIGO. GRACIAS. POR TODO. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. BATHROOM BREAK, AND WE WILL BE BACK AT RECORDING IN PROGRESS. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'RE BACK. 1029 I MISSED THE MARK BY TWO MINUTES.

[A.-6. 26-1463 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 2026 as "Water Safety Month" in Coral Gables.]

HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. I WORK AT THE VENETIAN POOL AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO VERY TO HAVE A VERY EXCITING SUMMER AHEAD OF US. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE VAC, THE PRESIDENT AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE HERE. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND SERVICING THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING SWIM LESSONS THAT OFFER BOTH LIFE SKILLS AND LOTS OF SAFETY TRAINING FOR KIDS AGES FIVE AND UP THROUGH ADULTS.

WE HAVE SOME OF OUR LIFEGUARDS HERE. WE ARE JUST NOW FINISHED WITH OUR ORIENTATION, SO WE ARE READY TO GO FOR THE SUMMER. FULLY FULLY STOCKED WITH STAFF. TELL THEM ABOUT OUR AWARDS. OH WELL. WE HAVE SEVERAL AWARDS. WE GOT RECOGNIZED FOR ONE OF THE I FORGET THE SPECIFIC TITLE, BUT FOR THE THE RENOVATION THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WE GOT AN AWARD FOR THAT. OUR SAFETY AWARDS, THE ELLIS ASSOCIATION THAT PROVIDES US THE LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION AWARDS US WITH GOLD AND PLATINUM AWARDS ANNUALLY. WE JUST GOT THE LAST ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND IT'S PLATINUM. IT MEANS WE EXCEED THE SAFETY GUIDELINES AND THE STANDARDS, AND WE, OUR LIFEGUARDS, DO A FANTASTIC JOB. SO SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO BRAG, BUT I'M GOING TO BRAG FOR HER, HER AND THE REST OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM DO A GREAT JOB THERE. SO IF WE DO, WE WANT TO CALL UP FROM THE VENETIAN AQUATIC CLUB. THE PRESIDENT, SHE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE. OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET A FEW WORDS, BUT I'M GOING TO THANK THEM AGAIN. VENETIAN AQUATIC CLUB, THEY DO GREAT THINGS. THEY HELPED US THIS SATURDAY FOR OUR NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS MONTH, A DAY AND WATER SAFETY MONTH. AND THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL FEATURE OF OUR POOL. AND THIS SUMMER THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY BUSY TEACHING A LOT OF CHILDREN HOW TO SWIM. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THAT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. I'LL LET THEM TELL YOU IF THEY WANTED TO, HOW MANY YEARS, BUT MANY YEARS. SO IF WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE AND BRING ALL OF OUR STAFF AND THE VENETIAN AQUATIC CLUB UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST ALSO MENTION THAT THIS SATURDAY YOU HAD A GREAT EVENT. MR. DIRECTOR, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF. THEY'RE IN THE BACK. THEY'RE A LITTLE SHY. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SHY AGAIN.

THEY'RE THE ONES IN THE BATHING SUITS IN THE VENETIAN POOL. SO YEAH, SAVING LIVES. SO THEY DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT. YES THEY DO. YOU DID IT. YOU HAD A WONDERFUL, A WONDERFUL EVENT THIS SATURDAY THAT I ATTENDED ALONG WITH THE VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER ARLOTTA. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIDS TO KIDS TO PARK DAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE JOHN BELL. JOHN BELL GAVE A DONATION TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SWIM.

YOU TOUCHED UPON HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND HOW IT'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE LARGEST CAUSES OF, OF CHILDREN'S DEATHS, AND THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE CAUTIONARY ENOUGH ON THAT FRONT. AND IT HAPPENS IN A SPLIT SECOND BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW IT. SO I WANT TO THANK JOHN BELL FOR THAT DONATION AND THE POOL. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST IT LOOKS BRAND NEW. IT LOOKS STUNNING. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MANAGER AND HIS TEAM, PUBLIC WORKS FOR THAT MASSIVE INVESTMENT. THE CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WON'T HAVE TO BE RENOVATED FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. AND IT WAS A MAJOR INVESTMENT. WELL WORTH IT.

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COME ON UP, GUYS.

GOTTA LOVE THAT.

[A.-3. 26-1541 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 17 - May 23, 2026 as "Emergency Medical Services Week" in Coral Gables.]

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[A.-4. 26-1584 Recognition of Medical Excellence Celebrating EMS Professionals]

LIEUTENANT FERNANDEZ IS GOING TO SPEAK. SHE HAS LIKE A 20 MINUTE SPEECH. SO. GET READY.

GOOD MORNING. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DONE BY AI. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, CHIEF JONES. ON BEHALF OF RESCUE FIVE, WE ARE HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. BUT MOSTLY I AM HONORED TO HAVE THESE MEN AT MY SIDE EVERY SHIFT DOING WHAT WE LOVE. JOE AND JP HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TWO OF MY FAVORITE FIREMEN AND I AM BLESSED TO CALL THEM MY BROTHERS. IF YOU EVER SEE US ON A CALL, YOU MAY HEAR US TALKING A LOT TO YOU, BUT YOU WON'T HEAR US TALK A LOT TO EACH OTHER. MEANING THAT IS HOW WELL WE KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER IS THINKING AND WHAT THE PLAN IS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER OUR BEST TO OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO CHIEF DELA ROSA FOR YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO TAKING CARE OF US. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, THANK YOU TO OUR FAMILIES FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR LOVE FOR THIS CAREER AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. FOR THE PHOTO. YOU GOT IT. YOU WANT TO BRING THE BOYS UP? DO YOU WANT TO BRING THE BOYS UP? SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD JOB. THAT WAS GREAT. OH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. I HEARD ABOUT THAT. SEE YOU. LOOK, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A. MOMMY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM A FIVE, A PRESENTATION, A PROCLAMATION

[A.-5. 26-1558 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 24, 2026 as "Christ Journey Church Day" in Coral Gables.]

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AND SO WE'RE PRIVILEGED TODAY TO GET TO BE A PART OF THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AND MAY I INTRODUCE OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, LUIS QUEVEDO, LONGTIME CORAL GABLES RESIDENT. AND THEN OUR EXECUTIVE PASTOR, RYAN REED, WHO'S BEEN SERVING WITH US NOW FOR OVER TEN YEARS. AND COULD THEY STAND TOGETHER WITH ME AS WE RECEIVE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT? BUT BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I'D LIKE TO PLAY A VIDEO. OH, TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS AT HOME A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER IDEA. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR CONGREGATION.

MY NAME IS BILL WHITE, AND SINCE 1993, THE END OF 93, I GUESS MY FIRST OFFICIAL DAY AS PASTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF CORAL GABLES WAS JANUARY OF 1994. AND THE WAY I CAME TO CORAL GABLES IS THAT THE CHURCH CALLED ME TO BE THEIR PASTOR. SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING T 10T BAPTH OF C GS.TY THE CH FITE INTO EXISTE BECAUSEHERE WE ME PEOPLETHEOWOWNCHUR, CAL BTI , WHD, YW, THERE SHOULD BA WHURCH BTHAT NEWNIVERSITY DHEREN WASASHE N UNIITY.ORS IT 78 MBERSATRED TOGETHER, TOOK THEIR VISION, STAED E UNIVEITAPTISTHURCH STREET FEAROARDSS THE EGE W T UNIY OF MIAMI S JT STAING. I OUTHAT MR. MERCK D.UT T R TD D T L OWHICHIS CHURE INK HE GE MONEY TTCHURESOULDE SS BEUSEEIMLF WAS A PAOR'S SND HE WAED TO MAKE SURE THAT INIS CIT BEAUTIFUHAHEOULD RRESENTATNF FAITH FAMILIES IHIOMMUNITY.HATE ANDE T RSTOF T CRCH' EXISTENC IT H BARELYUN EN THE HURNE OF92 HIT AN BLEWWA TEREBUILNG THAT TYEREG EVERYINWAOW DEBS. AND A THE HURRICA,Y ED PASTOR WHO CAPTURED TH VISION THA HAS REAYSIFOHUTS TO BUILD AREATHUH, A UR OFELLOWSHIP. S THI NEE OF EW DAY OF BUILDING NOT JT AUILDG, BACK AFTER THE SRMEALNG THEHE S AOINTHERE OUR COUNCIL VERNG BODAT THEE,WASUR STSK T CONGR WE'RE JUSRING AUTUR MEND H REVANIT I I DOOUR MINY IN THE CY. ANDO WESKED THEPLE, ME IN. THENHEE TT WERRENTLY HAVA BANDRWHELMIN TO CNGEROBCVERSITPTIS CHUHO NOWS JONEY CHURC WEEE OWN STOVEN WITHNGGR US THAT COONTO GI WITH DIVINUT GER.

SO, PASTOR WHITE, IF I MAY JUST TAKE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU HAVE HERE NEXT TO YOU NOW THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM, BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW HIM PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT HE COMES TO MY OFFICE REGULARLY, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, ONCE A QUARTER, AND SOMETIMES HE'LL BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND

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I THOUGHT YOU HAD READ IT ALREADY. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I KIND OF REVERSED THE GUN. I JUMPED THE GUN. GO AHEAD. SO I'M GOING TO ADD TO YOUR MENTION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHURCH AND WHAT GEORGE MERRICK THO, BSET THE TI, GEORGE MERASFORMING TH CY OL GABL, IT WAS WELLNOWN THA OCKSITIES. A IS HILIGHTED E WHEN I RE SYNUES, CRCHEHRE'SA DREHASEFL YTHING WUIRE. TH B TMST BEUSE PEOPLE WODE. PE ND COMNI.EOEED SPORT OTH CHU. AND EEN UPT I YOUNO LIK EVEING,CTIVITY. THERE'SS AND FLOWSNK ONHE ADVOFSERELYING MMUNITY THAYORING. PEOP. TNK YOR THE RO THA YOU ISUPPORTIUR CY, BSE I' TING TO SAY.ITH NAT WHEASISSOURNEY CHT ORIN FOU IN 1926 CORAABLESS UNIVERSY PT CHUH, HAS FAITHFULLY SERV THE STH FLODA COMMITOR00EA GROW FROMMALLROUP OF MMTED BVERSO AVIBRT, MULTIGERAT, STOUEY CHURCH H IN SADFA IN ITS MISSIO THELPEOPLE EC, AND SERVIO BOTH CALL ANDBAY. A WHEREAS, CHRT'SOU CHURAS DEMONSTD AP MENTO BEG OF CORALABANDIAMI-DADE IAVES AT P FOOD FILIED, SUPRT RHILDNNDOOLS DIST RELF,ELIEFOR INARSHIPS WIT NONPROFIT WHEAS, THROUGH ITS LOC AND GL MISSIHRISS URNEY CHXTDED ITS SEING COMMUNITICR, MULE NNS WHILEINNGO MEE T NES F S ANDHAREE. AN WASFTERORE AN 3 PEERAN CIST'S JOURNEY CHURCHSEDG IEW REESENTING CNUED WHERHRIST' JEY CCOMTHE REFLEC THEICHIVERSI OF RALABLERINGIN THE DERCE. WREAS, THEAITH HUNDREARSARY OF CHRIST'SOURNEYRCH A SIGNIFICTES CEG AEGACY OF FTH, SILICE, ANEANIFUL IMPAN THE LES OFDIDUALS,ILIES, E DER COMMUNI NOW EFORE, I, LO AS MAYOOF COFAL GABLES AS S TEMRS UR CITYOMMIIOO LYROAIM MAY 24TH,02 AHRIS JRNEY URCH DAY IN CALABLEANU VER MH. N MUCH YOU KW, THIS SUNY IS K YOU FOR ALLHAYOU DYEOU ONG ES. AN ALLING US TOPART OF TAY. THU.OLE A PTO. K YO

[A.-7. 26-1571 Congratulations to Officer Julio Gonzalez, recipient of the City of Coral Gables “Officer of the Month Award,” for the month of March 2026.]

[A.-8. 26-1572 Congratulations to Detective Miguel Baserva, recipient of the City of Coral Gables “Detective of the 1st Quarter Award,” for the month of March 2026.]

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WORDS SUCH AS MAYHEM, UNRULINESS AND REFERENCES TO CROWDS ARRIVING IN DROVES PAINTED A PICTURE THAT BORE LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE REALITY MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED THERE. THIS IS NOT AN UNCONTROLLED MUSIC FESTIVAL. IT'S NOT A NIGHTCLUB DISTRICT SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. IT'S A SERIES OF TELEVISED SOCCER MATCHES WATCHED BY RESIDENTS, FAMILIES, VISITORS AND LONG TIME PATRONS OF A LOCAL INSTITUTION. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT YOU RAISE THE CONCERNS. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT YOU APPEARED TO ENTER THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CONCLUSION ALREADY REACHED MANY. EARLY IN THE HEARING, YOU REPEATEDLY ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WERE A NO VOTE LONG BEFORE MEANINGFUL DELIBERATION HAD CONCLUDED.

RATHER THAN FACILITATING A BALANCED DISCUSSION AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION, YOUR POSTURE OFTEN RESEMBLED THAT OF A PROSECUTOR BUILDING A CASE AGAINST THE APPLICANT. YOU REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED ALLEGED WINDFALLS AND SEIZED UPON THE APPLICANT'S COMMENT THAT THE WORLD CUP PERIOD IS CHRISTMAS FOR BUSINESSES, AS THOUGH THE EXISTENCE OF PROFITABLE WEEKS FOR THE HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENT WERE SOMEHOW IMPROPER. MANY SURVIVED BECAUSE OF A HANDFUL OF MAJOR EVENTS EACH YEAR THAT HELPED SUSTAIN THEM THROUGH SLOWER PERIODS. TO FRAME THAT REALITY, AS GREED WAS UNFAIR AND DISMISSIVE OF THE ECONOMIC REALITIES SMALL BUSINESSES FACE. EVEN MORE TROUBLING WAS THE SELECTIVE WAY THE AREA WAS DESCRIBED. OFTEN IT WAS RESIDENTIAL, OTHER TIMES COMMERCIAL. I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH ALL THIS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING IN PARTICULAR WERE ABOUT PEOPLE COMING HERE AND BEING DISSUADED FOR SOME REASON, BECAUSE THE FRITZ AND FRIENDS IS HAVING A WATCH PARTY, I TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK AT A MAP AND WILL TELL YOU THAT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FRITZ AND FRANCE IS 25%, LEAVING A 99.75% OF DOWNTOWN CORAL GABLES AVAILABLE TO ANYONE ELSE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WATCH SOCCER. I FELT THAT THE ATTACK WAS UNWARRANTED, AND RATHER THAN EMBRACING AN EVENT THAT I BELIEVE I'VE ATTENDED FOR 25 YEARS, TRADITION, MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT I WITNESSED, THEIR SONS, FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS. IT'S NOT AN ANIMAL HOUSE. IT'S NOT A ROADHOUSE. IT'S A BEER HOUSE. THE WAY IT SEEMED I WOULD HAVE IF I HAD ONLY HEARD YOUR REMARKS, I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO BREAK A BOTTLE OVER MY HEAD AT SOME POINT. EXCESSIVE DRINKING, I DON'T I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC WHAT THE POLICE RECORDS ARE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU NEVER SEEN A FIGHT, NEVER SEEN AN ARREST. JUST THE OPPOSITE. A VERY WHOLESOME TRADITION THAT WE SORELY LACK. WE WE SEEM TO BE BULLDOZING THE PAST AT THE EXPENSE OF THE FUTURE. I'D RUN OUT OF TIME. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOURS, MR. CLARK. JACKSON. HOLMES. GREETINGS. I WANT TO THANK MARIA CRUZ. I HOPE THAT SHE SUES THE CITY FOR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME. I THINK THE TRUTH IS NOW BEING REPRESSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. WE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK THE TRUTH. AND THAT'S VERY SCARY ACTUALLY, WITH RESPECT TO FRITZ AND FRANZ BEER HOUSE. I THINK THIS IS. WELL, LET'S SEE NOW WE'RE INTO THE FIRST AMENDMENT, SO MAYBE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME. IT'S A REVENGE TOUR BY MAYOR LARGO AND CITY MANAGER IGLESIAS. SECONDLY, THEY'RE JACKING UP THE PRICES IN WHAT I THINK IS A DISCRIMINATORY WAY, MAKING IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE OWNER TO MAKE MONEY.

HE'S HAD 24 YEARS OF THIS. THEY'RE SAYING THAT FIFA IS SOMEHOW A SPECIAL EVENT THAT REQUIRES DOUBLING THE POLICE FEE AND INSTITUTING, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A FIRE FEE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTE BALONEY. AND I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE RESCINDED. THERE IS NOBODY ELSE BEING CHARGED AS THIS IS A UNIQUE FEE, ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO PUNISH WRONGFULLY FRITZ AND FRANCE. AND I ASK THAT YOU RESCIND THOSE INCREASED FEES, WHICH DON'T STAND UP TO SCRUTINY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S IT. PERFECT. AND WE WILL CLOSE THE

[H.-18. 26-1590 Coral Gables Street Lighting Infrastructure Update and FPL Lighting Catalog.]

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MAYOR. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MADAM VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE THAT IS COMING BEFORE YOU ABOUT THE STREET LAMP POST OF CORAL GABLES. IT'S A ITEM THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME BEFORE, AND THIS IS MY LAST OPPORTUNITY PROBABLY TO SPEAK ON IT. AND DOCTOR SILVERMAN IMPRESSED ME TODAY ABOUT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPLAINING. SO PLEASE, I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN. I AM I AM NOT EVEN HERE TO ASK WHAT CORAL GABLES CAN DO FOR ME, BUT WHAT I CAN DO FOR CORAL GABLES. SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP THAT SPIRIT ALIVE. AND A COUPLE OF MY RESIDENT FRIENDS, MY NEIGHBORS, AND ANOTHER FEW BOARD MEMBERS SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. IT'S KIND OF A LOST CAUSE. BUT I FELT LIKE THE STUDENTS IN LES MIS, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE BARRICADES TO AT LEAST TAKE MY LAST STAND AND LET YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUE. SO THIS IS ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR FLUTED SILVER LAMPPOST AROUND THE CITY. AND FIRST, ABOUT F, P AND L, F, P AND L FROM THE BEGINNING HAS HAS NOT ACTED AS I CONSIDER AS A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN. THERE USED TO BE AN EXPRESSION THAT THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS. RIGHT NOW, I THINK FP AND L TAKES THE POSITION THAT THE CUSTOMER'S OPINION DOESN'T MATTER. WE'RE ALL F, P, AND L CUSTOMERS LIKE YOU. I HAVE BEEN SINCE A CHILD, NOT BECAUSE OF CHOICE, BUT BECAUSE FP AND L IS THE ONLY PROVIDER THAT I CAN USE. AND IN MANY TIMES, AS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH FP AND L AND THEY KNOW I HAVE TAKEN A POSITION PUBLICLY WHEN OTHERS DID NOT, AND I HAVE STOOD UP FOR FP AND L AND I HAVE WORKED WITH FP. L WHEN I SAT IN ONE OF THE SEATS THAT YOU NOW SIT IN DURING POST-HURRICANE SEASONS, WHEN FP AND L PROVIDED INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY BY RESUPPLYING US WITH ELECTRICITY. SO I DO NOT HAVE A LONG STANDING ISSUE WITH F L, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED FAIRLY SEEMINGLY. IN 2018, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT FP AND L PROPOSED TO THE CITY TO REMOVE THE FLUTED SILVER STREET LAMP POST FROM THEIR CATALOG. THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN CORAL GABLES, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON STREETS WITH THE FLUTED SILVER STREET LAMPPOSTS, WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. WE'RE NEVER ASKED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL. WE'RE NEVER CONSIDERED, AND THE FACT THAT THEY REMOVED THEM FROM THE CATALOG FOR FUTURE CATALOG USE. NOW, WHILE THESE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL WHITE WAY LIGHTS THAT ARE SOMETIMES TALKED ABOUT, WHICH NOW LINE A SMALL SECTION OF UNIVERSITY AND RIVIERA, THESE FLUTED LIGHTS THAT NOW LINE YOUR STREETS OF ALHAMBRA CIRCLE FROM LEJEUNE ROAD TO CORAL WAY, RENATA FROM SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET TO BIRD ROAD. THEY RING THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE. THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE RING IS NOT AS OLD AND ON DESOTO BOULEVARD. WHILE THEY'RE NOT THE ORIGINAL WHITE WAY LIGHTS, THEY HAVE STOOD IN YOUR CITY FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY. OVER HALF A CENTURY, THEY HAVE BEEN, IN FACT, PROBABLY A GOOD DEAL LONGER THAN THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I MOVED HERE HALF A CENTURY AGO, THEY WERE HERE, AND THEY ARE PART OF THE LOOK AND THE FEEL OF CORAL GABLES, A LOOK IN THE FIELD THAT, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE SITTING IN THE HOT SEATS, AND I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU GO THROUGH EVERY DAY TO TRY TO KEEP CORAL GABLES, CORAL GABLES, WHILE SEEING THE ADVANTAGE OF PROGRESS AND THE BRINGING IN OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. I MEAN, THESE ARE PART OF OUR LOOK IN OUR FIELD AND THEY MAKE OUR CITY PART OF THAT. WHAT WE ARE, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN AS THE FINAL FORAY OF FPNL, THERE WAS THE WHAT I CALL THE MIDNIGHT REMOVAL OF THE LIGHTS AROUND THE GOLF COURSE WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORS, WITHOUT NOTICE TO ANYBODY. IN FACT, AS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, I HAD TO BE TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT THERE WERE NEW LIGHTS GOING IN ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. AND THESE ARE LIGHTS THAT WE CAN FIND IN WYNWOOD OR OTHER PLACES. THEY ARE NOT CORAL GABLES LIGHTS. AND THEN THE REFUSAL THROUGH LONG EXTENDED CONVERSATIONS.

AND I KNOW THE MANAGER HAS WORKED ON THIS FOR PROBABLY OVER A YEAR, PETER, TO TRY TO TALK TO FPNL ABOUT PUTTING THEM BACK IN OR MAKING SOME ACCOMMODATIONS IN THEIR CATALOG, THEIR REFUSAL. OF COURSE, IT TAKES TWO. AND AS WE NOW KNOW, I GUESS THERE WAS A 2018 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND FPNL TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE CATALOG. TWO OF YOUR COMMITTEES

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YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT PUTTING IN TREE LINED MEDIANS TO MAKE THE CITY LOOK GOOD AND PUBLIC ART. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT MONEY COMES FROM DEVELOPMENT FEE FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND IMPACT FEES. AND I WAS THINKING, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT, MR. MAYOR, WHEN I WAS SITTING IN YOUR SEAT, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME INTO THE CITY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE TAKING WHOLE BLOCKS, LIKE ON SEGOVIA AND SO FORTH, IMPACT FEES FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH WOULD HELP US SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF THE APPROPRIATE STREET LIGHTS. AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT APPROPRIATE STREET LIGHTS ARE. GO LOOK AT CADENA'S NEW BUILDING, THE BEAUTIFUL NEW STREETLIGHTS THAT HE HAS INSTALLED AROUND HIS BUILDING.

HIS EXPENSE, I'M SURE. BUT, I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, STREET LAMPS CAN BE A CRITICAL PART OF THE LOOK OF A CITY. I GOT A CALL FROM THE ARCHITECT OF THE SEGOVIA PROJECT, WHO WAS OUTRAGED THAT THE CITY TOLD HER THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE THE STREET LIGHTS THEY WANTED UNLESS THEY PAID FOR THEM. BUT THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE STREET LAMPS WERE CRITICAL TO HER AND HER NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED AS SOMETHING IMPORTANT. AND REMEMBER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILES OF STREETS.

THESE LAMPS ARE ON MILES OF STREETS. IF YOU ADD UP THE MILEAGE ALONG THE STREETS, I NAMED IT IS SOMETHING ELSE. SO FOR MY TWO POSITIVE NOT COMPLAINTS, BUT SUGGESTIONS ARE THAT ONE, I, I WOULD THINK MAYBE SOME TYPE OF IMPACT FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT MIGHT HELP US SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS. AND SECONDLY, MR. MAYOR, AND I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU ARE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. EACH ONE ELECTIONS, YOU'VE EACH SEEN THAT THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES TREASURE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND I WOULD ONLY URGE THAT BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE, THAT MISTER MAYOR, THAT MAYBE YOU COULD ASK FOR A FACE TO FACE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, BECAUSE FOR NOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AREA. AND I KNOW WE'VE DEALT WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR CAPACITY AS MAYOR, A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FPL, I THINK IS APPROPRIATE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THEM BACK IN THE CATALOG.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIDES. I KNOW PHIL'S ARGUMENTS, AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE ARGUMENTS THAT CAN BE COUNTERED AND OVERCOME, BUT THAT'S MY HUMBLE OPINION. I COME HERE TO OFFER THAT TO YOU, NOT AS A COMPLAINER, BUT AS A PERSON STANDING FOR THE LAST TIME ON HIS BARRICADE IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, WAITING FOR ME TO TO BE TAKEN DOWN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MAYOR, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST. GOOD, GOOD. GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR BILLY, IF WE COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY LIGHTS REPLACEMENT. A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. SO CURRENTLY, THE GABLES STREET LIGHT INVENTORY INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 3100 STREETLIGHTS. OUT OF THOSE, APPROXIMATELY 2500 AND MAINTAINED BY FPL, AND ABOUT 600 ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY THE CITY OWNS. STREETLIGHTS ARE MAINTAINED BY A SINGLE ELECTRICIAN AND A. AN A COMPETITIVE PROCURED CONTRACTOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE CITY PAID FPL APPROXIMATELY $927,000 FOR ELECTRICITY AND MAINTENANCE FOR RIGHT OF WAY STREETLIGHTS, AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 280 CONCRETE BLACK WASHINGTON POLES VERSUS A LITTLE BIT OVER 400 OF THOSE FIBERGLASS SILVER POLES.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LIGHTS THAT MAY BE LOCATED ON STATE COUNTY ROADS, SOME LIGHTS THAT ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THROUGH A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS, ETC. A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. THE CITY ENTERED INTO SEVERAL WHAT IS CALLED A PREMIUM LIGHTING AGREEMENT WITH THE PL BETWEEN 2000 AND 920, 1990 AND 2019 FOR OVER 400 STREET LIGHTS, AND THOSE WERE INTENDED TO BE FOR A TERM OF 20 YEARS. AFTER THOSE 20 YEARS, THE CHOICE WAS FOR THE CITY TO EITHER ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT WITH FPL, HAVE THOSE LIGHTS REPLACED, OR THE CITY DO IT ON OUR OWN, AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, OUT OF THAT TOTAL. AND THESE ARE THE ONES IN QUESTION. THERE'S 137 FIBERGLASS LIGHTS. THEY INCLUDE 86 ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH GREENWAY DRIVE, 19 LIGHTS ALONG ORLANDO AND WOOD STREETS ON 32 LIGHTS ALONG SANTA MARO AND

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SO WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT FPL WILL CHARGE US FOR WHAT IS CALLED THE PRESENT VALUE. COST OF THOSE UNITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT $3.2 MILLION WORTH OF UPFRONT COSTS, PLUS ELECTRICITY PLUS MAINTENANCE. IF THE CITY WERE TO REPLACE THOSE LIGHTS AND TAKE OVER, AS OPPOSED TO THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS THE THE PATH THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY ON, WHICH YOU'RE LOOKING AT $518,000 IN PAYMENTS TO FPL OR THE FOLLOWING 20 YEARS, WHICH INCLUDE ELECTRICITY AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. IF WE WERE TO LIMIT THAT REPLACEMENT TO ONLY THE 86 LIGHTS ON NORTH AND SOUTH GREENWAY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $1.7 MILLION FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND $291,000 ON ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO FPL. YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION OF UPFRONT COST PLUS ELECTRICITY AND MAINTENANCE, VERSUS $325,000 IN PAYMENTS TO A POLE THE FOLLOWING 20 YEARS. AND WHAT FOLLOWS IS A PHOTO OF BASICALLY THE FIBERGLASS AND THE WASHINGTON POST, EXCUSE ME, THE FIBERGLASS SILVER POINTS, APPROXIMATELY TEN FOOT TALL MOUNTAIN HIGH. THE WASHINGTON POLES ARE A LITTLE BIT TALLER, ABOUT 15 FOOT MOUNTAIN HEIGHT.

AND OUR REQUEST IS THAT THE COMMISSION RESCINDS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-36. SO AT PH ALLOWED TO TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION INTO THE BLACK WASHINGTON POLES OF THE 13 THAT ARE REMAINING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. CLARK. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. MAYOR, ON THIS COMBINATION? CORRECT. THE COMMISSION IS NOT TAKING ACTION. OKAY. YES. OKAY.

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I HAVE NO ISSUES MEETING WITH ASKING AND REQUESTING TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF PNL. WE HAVE SENT THEM LETTERS. MY UNDERSTANDING, I CAN'T EVEN FULLY REMEMBER. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM. WE'VE MET WITH STAFF. THEY HAVE SAID NO REPEATEDLY ON THIS MATTER.

EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD, OR WHICH I'M NOT WILLING TO ENTER INTO A LAWSUIT AND I'M NOT WILLING TO ENTER INTO A LAWSUIT WITH A PNL. ONCE AGAIN, I'VE BEEN THERE AND I INHERITED A LAWSUIT, WHICH WAS A TRANSFER. THE THE THE THE TRANSFORMERS, EXCUSE ME, THE THE TRANSMISSION LINES. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. AND THAT WAS A DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTION COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ITEM. NOT SAYING WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TODAY, BUT WE NEED TO FINALIZE IT, BRING IT IN FOR A LANDING.

NO ONE WANTS TO ACCEPT THE REALITY, BUT PNL HAS BEEN UNEQUIVOCAL AND CLEAR SINCE 2023. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE US WHAT WE WANT, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION HERE.

THE MAYOR, IF YOU MAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK, MADAM VICE MAYOR. SO IT WAS ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO OR MORE THAT WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY. AND AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE QUESTION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND I RECEIVED THE ANSWER THAT, NO, WE CANNOT USE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, FEES OR REPLACEMENT OF THESE LIGHTS.

IN ADDITION, THE THOUGHTS OF DOING ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEES ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT RESONATE THROUGH TALLAHASSEE, WHERE IMPACT FEES ARE NOT AN INVITED TERM AND WILL INSTEAD INVITE FURTHER PREEMPTION UPON OUR CITY IF WE DO ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEES. SO I'M GOING TO COME FULL CIRCLE FOR JUST A MOMENT, BECAUSE THE PROJECT THAT THAT WAS SPOKEN OF ON SEGOVIA REGARDING LIGHTING HAD WANTED TO PUT IN SOME RED ARTISTIC POLES. AND BECAUSE OF THE STREETSCAPE THAT WE HAVE ON SEGOVIA, THOSE WOULD HAVE CLASHED DRASTICALLY WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO I WAS A NO VOTE ON THOSE BECAUSE IT LACKS THE THEMATIC CONSISTENCY THAT WE NEED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT FP AND L WILL NOT ADD THESE POLES BACK INTO THEIR THEIR CATALOG. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE LIGHTING IS IMPORTANT. AND IF THE LIGHTS AREN'T WORKING AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEM AND THEY GET HIT BY CARS AND THEY GET DAMAGED, WHICH WE'VE HAD MANY INSTANCES OF THAT HAPPENING, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE MAYOR. EVERYONE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? I WOULD ACTUALLY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, MAYOR SCHLESWIG, YOU NEVER TURNED DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUR CITY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT YOU AND MICHAEL MAXWELL HAVE PUT INTO THIS EFFORT DOING RESEARCH.

MR. MAXWELL HAS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA FROM HIS TIME IN OTHER STATES ON SIMILAR PROJECTS. AND THE REASON THAT I PASSED THAT THAT I MOVED THAT RESOLUTION IN 2023 WAS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GETTING CLEAR ANSWERS FROM FPL. IT WAS JUST NO. BUT THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE OTHER OPTIONS WERE NOT BEING CONSIDERED. AND IT'S JUST AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A FINANCIAL DECISION THAT FPL IS MAKING. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A MONOPOLY. NOBODY GETS AN OPTION. THEY WILL FORCE WHATEVER THEY WANT ON THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE LINE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT REALLY IS, BECAUSE IF THERE HAS BEEN A CITY THAT HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER TO FPL, EVERY OPPORTUNITY, IT'S BEEN CORAL GABLES AND WE'RE JUST GETTING THE DOOR SLAMMED IN OUR FACE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SAVE THEM A FEW BUCKS. THE VICE MAYORS IS 100% CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AS FAR AS LIGHTING AT SOME POINT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION BASED ON WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. STILL FROM TALLAHASSEE TO MAKE A DECISION TO PUT IN LIGHTS OURSELVES. THE MANAGER HAS MADE THE ARGUMENT MANY TIMES. WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PUTTING UP LIGHTING. I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT, BUT I'M NOT THERE

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SO WHATER YOU DO GOI TO HURTOMETHI ELSRE ITHE CITY. JUS LIKE THE GET FROM FROM THE COUNTY IS CONTINUING TO DROP AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE USING MORE AND MORE ELECTRIC CARS. THESE ARE WE'RE LOSING THESE FEES. AND THE VICE MAYOR MADE A VERY GOOD POINT. WE HAVE TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND BE VERY CAREFUL IN REGARDS TO PREEMPTION. VERY CAREFUL. SO I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE A MEETING AND SIT DOWN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE 2023. THE ONLY THING THAT IS

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THOSE LIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED AND IT'S AN ISSUE. THE CONDUITS ARE THERE IN MANY PLACES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN MAYOR'S HOME, I WAS ON SITE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE AND THE AND THE CITY MANAGER LOOKING AT THE ISSUE WHEN WHEN THESE LIGHTS WERE REMOVED IN 2023. YES, SIR.

THROUGH THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER LOIS, I MENTIONED THE MOBILITY FEES BECAUSE THAT'S A RIGHT OF WAY FEE AND IT DEALS WITH WITH MOBILITY, ALL KINDS OF OF MOBILITY. SO TO ADD MORE IMPACT FEE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO JUSTIFY THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THROUGH IMPACT FEE STUDY, AND WE'D HAVE TO JUSTIFY ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL COST AND ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN THE MOBILITY FEE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO DO AND REQUIRES A COMPLETE STUDY TO DO SO, MR. MAYOR, SO BEFORE WE BEFORE WE HAVE A SECOND AND YOU REGRET IT, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THE DECADES THAT INDIVIDUALS IN BILTMORE WAY AREA HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING. THERE WAS A RESOLUTION AND I PLACED IT WAS VOTED IN BY THIS COMMISSION TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING FROM MOBILITY IMPACT FEES INSTEAD OF THE AREA FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. A SIMILAR RESOLUTION WAS ALSO DONE FOR THE FLAGLER DISTRICT TO PRIORITIZE MOBILITY IMPACT FEES TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC CALMING AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.

THESE HAVE BEEN DECADES. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THESE THINGS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON LIGHT POLES WHEN WE'RE STILL HAVEN'T TAKEN CARE OF THESE OTHER MATTERS FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO THE DISCUSSION OF SIDEWALKS AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE. WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL AND CAREFUL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MARK WHERE IF THEY GO DOWN THE ROUTE OF THE COUNTY, WE WOULD HAVE LOST 7 MILLION IN IMPACT FEES, A MILLION, $7 MILLION IN IMPACT FEES THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE COUNTY. JUST LIKE IF SOME IF A PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE ON E STREET GOES LIVE LOCAL, WE LOSE A LOT OF THOSE IMPACT FEES ALSO. SO WE ARE BEING ATTACKED ON ALL CORNERS AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THOSE FEES STAY HERE IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN SERVICE THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BELABORED THIS FOR THREE YEARS. LET'S BRING THIS IN FOR A LANDING. I'M GOING TO TRY IT. YOU MADE A REQUEST THAT YOU WANT ME TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. I HAVE NO ISSUES MEETING WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT ARTIS AND I ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION. WE TALK WEEKLY, AND SHE'S MADE MULTIPLE MEETINGS FOR ME AND THE MANAGER, AND I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO MAKE THAT MEETING HAPPEN, EVEN IF I HAVE TO GO AND DRIVE UP THERE THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, I'M FULL TRUST IN YOUR ABILITY TO TO NEGOTIATE WITH FPL. YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE. YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LEAVE ANY OPTION ON THE TABLE PRIOR TO US MAKING A DECISION. SO WHAT I ASK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF TRIES TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN PRIOR TO US MAKING A DECISION, IF I MAY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN. I'VE ALREADY TRIED EVERYTHING. THE MANAGER HAS TRIED EVERYTHING. WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING. NEGOTIATING WITH WITH FPL. I'M GOING TO ASK ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE EVERYONE FEEL RESTFUL, SO THAT WHEN THEY SPEAK TO THE CONSTITUENTS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE CROSSED EVERY T AND DOTTED EVERY SINGLE I. MR. MANAGER, HAVE WE EXHAUSTED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE POLES IN SILVER THROUGH? FPL YES OR NO? YES, WE HAVE A MAYOR. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN, HAS, HAS BEEN OKAY. WE HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON, MR. DIRECTOR. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. MAYOR, I WOULD THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THE MEETING, AND I WILL MEET WITH YOU BEFORE I MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT, IF I'M HONORED TO TO GET YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR INPUT. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ROAD THAT WE TRAVEL ONE MORE TIME, IF NEED BE, TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF FPL. I THINK THAT THAT SUGGESTION MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO ME. SO, MR. MAYOR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THAT ON TO NEGOTIATE AND MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO OFFER ALL OF MY SERVICES AS WELL IN CONNECTION WITH THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY OUR BEST SHOT TO GET THESE POLES BACK ONTO THE CATALOG. SO. OKAY. BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO COME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WE ALSO NEED TO COME TO TERMS AFTER THIS MEETING THAT WE GOTTA BRING THIS IN FOR A LANDING. WE GOT LIGHTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS. IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY, IF WE SAY THAT WE'RE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF SAFETY AND LIGHTING, THEN WE GOTTA INSTALL THE POLES.

THEY'VE BEEN MISSING SINCE THREE YEARS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. BECAUSE I HEAR IT, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, THERE'S CARS COMING AROUND EVERY ANGLE AND EVERY CORNER, AND THERE'S LIGHTING THAT'S MISSING. SO YES, SIR, ON THAT POINT. YES, SIR. BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE POLE, THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY MORE LIGHT ON THE RUNNING SURFACE THAN THE OLD POLES DID AT THE LOWER LIGHT. AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TOO. MAYBE THERE'S A DIFFERENT HEIGHT TO LOOK AT IF YOU'RE, I MEAN, ABOUT SAFETY. I'M JUMPING NOW TO YOUR AGENDA SAFETY. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL WE'LL

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WE WE WE LOOK AT FOR FOR THE METRICS AND IT'S DONE THROUGH THE PROPER, PROPER PHOTOMETRICS THROUGH THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE SITE. SO WE DO TAKE INTO SO WE DO THAT INTO ACCOUNT. PLEASE MAKE THOSE PHOTOMETRICS PUBLIC AND GIVE THEM TO THE MAYOR AND ANYONE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS IN

[F.-2. 26-1620 A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing the temporary installation of two painted Jaguar Parade® sculptures, as part of the original 11-piece collection, on Miracle Mile in collaboration with Jaguar Parade®, and Artery; authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute any necessary agreements, permits, and related documents for the installation, maintenance, and removal; authorizing a temporary encroachment into the public right-of-way; and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

THANK YOU TO THE ACM, THE DCM AND THE MANAGER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AGAIN BRINGING MORE ACTIVATION TO THE DOWNTOWN. YEP. SO IF I CAN HAV POWERPOINT UP. SO AS YOU SAID, THE MAYOR MAYOR, YOU SPONSORED THIS ITEM. IT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY YOUR OFFICE. THIS IS THE JAGUAR PARADE PROJECT. JAGUAR PARADE IS AN OPEN AIR ART EXHIBIT. DECORATED JAGUAR SCULPTURES WOULD LINE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN SOME AREAS. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS HAD INTERNATIONAL APPEAL. AND SO AT THE END OF THE EXHIBIT, ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION OF THE STATUES WOULD BE. OR THE SCULPTURES WOULD BE DONATED TO THE JAGUAR CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE BY THE WAY, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH A COMPANY CALLED ARTSY GIOVANNI PASA, WHICH IS THE CEO OF ARTERY. IT'S CALLED IS WAS TRYING TO JOIN BY ZOOM BUT IS UNABLE TO BECAUSE HE'S IN BRAZIL RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE HAVING HIM CREATE A STATEMENT AND HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE WE END THIS PRESENTATION. BUT THINK ABOUT THIS. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE TEMPORARY. THIS IS IT IS TEMPORARY. I'LL BE VERY CLEAR. THIS IS NOT PERMANENT. THIS IS JUST FUN SCULPTURES TO BRING PEOPLE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A PICTURE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD TIME IN THE GABLES BRAND.

BRAND THE GABLES KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU DID AGAIN, AMAZING. AMAZING WITH WHAT'S ON GIRALDA RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE BACK. SO IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE OUT, GET PEOPLE TO HAVE LUNCH, TO HAVE A DRINK, TO SHOP ON MIRACLE MILE AND OR DOWNTOWN. IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE DIFFERENT ARTISTS INVOLVED. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THESE ARE THE TWO SCULPTURES THAT WOULD BE LINING THE STREET. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 100, THE 100 BLOCK OF MIRACLE MILE ON THE CROSSWALK, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MCBRIDE PLAZA, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THOSE TWO JAGUARS FACING EACH OTHER ON THE CROSSWALK. BUT WE'RE OPEN TO OTHER POSSIBILITIES. THIS WOULD NOT BLOCK THE SIDEWALK AND WOULD COMPLY WITH ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. AND I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE. THE SCULPTURES ARE ALL THE COSTS RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION AND INSURANCE AND, YOU KNOW, THE INSTALLATION. EVERYTHING IS COVERED BY THE COMPANY. IT IS MEANT TO BE OUTSIDE. SO IT'S PERFECTLY FINE WITH OUR WEATHER.

IT IS GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WILL WANT TO TAKE PICTURES. IT WILL RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE CAMPAIGN. AND IT'S IT IT HELPS US BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY AN INTERNATIONAL THAT HAS INTERNATIONAL APPEAL.

IT'S AGAIN, A TEMPORARY EXHIBIT. IT WOULD BE FROM JUNE 10TH TO JULY 20TH, SO SIX WEEKS. AND THEY WOULD COORDINATE THE WHOLE LOAD IN AND LOAD OUT AND THEY WILL PROVIDE INSURANCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, NO COST. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, WHEN BELKIS AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT, ACTIVATION. IT'S TEMPORARY. YOU KNOW HOW I AM IN REGARDS TO ART. AND I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE CERTAIN LEVEL. I THINK THIS IS FUN. YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GOING TO LOVE IT. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M A BIG FAN OF BIG CATS AND PRESERVATION. I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, BRINGS AWARENESS.

BUT YOU KNOW, TO I MEAN, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE JAGUARS HERE. WE HAVE THE FLORIDA PANTHER. AND ANY WAY THAT WE CAN EDUCATE ON CONSERVATION HERE IN THE EVERGLADES AND IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN. SO I DO WANT TO POINT OF PRIVILEGE. WE HAVE THE DEPUTY CONSUL VELOSO OF BRAZIL HERE. IF HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, IS THAT. YES, IT'D BE AN HONOR. PLEASE. EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS CLAUDIO VELOSO. I'M THE DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL OF BRAZIL IN CHARGE OF TRADE PROMOTION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. ITAN RLL BE A VN WEELHEOTTO BEHTH JUAR PARADE IER INIRIOL, INSPIRATIONAL.

THIS EXHIBXH HAS BEEPRESENTEDT I BRAZO I THE IDEA BEHIND THE EXHIONSTO PRO RE

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AZILIANTBALRE. WE HAHE NFEDERION HERE.IR HETERE HE. SO WE BEE COR GLESS VER IMRTT PT OF THIS PJE. SO WNK CONSIDENG WI BT HIS GREATES ECT. TNK Y VERY CH WI BRAZIL. THANK YERY A GAT MENF THE WOR C. CRKDO OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS. IF I WENT OVERBOARD IN MY PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE, SECONDLY, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE ON THIS ITEM. I PROBABLY AMERICAN MALE, I SUPPORT IT. NOW. THIRDLY, I'M TRYING TO AVOID BEING PUNISHED, BUT I HAVE TO AT LEAST TRY WITH A POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTION. AND YOU CAN REMEMBER HOW MANY EMAILS I'VE SENT YOU I HAVE NOW. FIRST OF ALL, I'M PUTTING MYSELF UNDER PENALTIES FOR PERJURY WITH THIS. SO YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS A FRIVOLOUS THING THAT I'M SAYING? I HAVE PROOF THAT THAT WE PREVENTED LANDFALL OR THAT THE AUTHORITIES PREVENTED LANDFALL OF HURRICANE AARON ON IN 2001. HURRICANE LANDFALL CAN BE PREVENTED. AND IF WE GO IF WE THINK BACK TO THIS ITEM WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE CAN IF I WERE CITY COMMISSIONER, WE WOULD GET SLAMMING ON THIS THING. AND WE STOPPED THE HURRICANES FROM MAKING LANDFALL. THEN FPL DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. MAYBE THEY COULD GIVE US OUR POLL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. MAY I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST ONE POINT, MR. MAYOR. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IT IS DURING HURRICANE SEASON, DO WE NEED TO REMOVE THESE? IF THERE IS A STORM, DO THEY NEED TO BE COVERED? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ON THE RECORD. AS PART OF THE RESOLUTION LANGUAGE AND THE ENCROACHMENT. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVAL AND RETURNING IT ON THE SITE, AND THEY'RE MADE OF FIBERGLASS AT THE END OF THE DAY. CORRECT. SO THEY DON'T WEIGH MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. YES, SIR. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER LATA. SO I LOVE THESE ACTIVATIONS. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAD THE ONE BEFORE WHERE IT WAS LIKE CORAL GABLES, RIGHT.

AND NOW WITH THESE JAGUARS AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THE ABILITY TO CREATE MORE INTEREST IN VISITORS TO COME AND HAVE FUN IN OUR CITY AND CREATE THESE MOMENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN TAKE SOME PHOTOS, UPLOAD THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY BECOME SORT OF AGENTS OF MARKETING FOR OUR CITY. BEAUTIFUL. SO I THINK THIS IS WHIMSICAL. IT'S DOING SOMETHING GOOD BY RAISING AWARENESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, REGARDING BRAZIL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING AWARENESS FOR THE PRESERVATION, PRESERVATION OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. SO AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US. SO MY VOTES. YES. MAYOR LAGOA. YES. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CREDIT, BUT THE CREDIT DESERVES IT. ALL GOES TO BELKIS AND HER TEAM. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE CEO JUST EMAILED US BECAUSE HE COULDN'T JOIN. AND HE SAYS THAT HE'S VERY HAPPY AND THANKFUL AND THAT WE'RE HE'S HAPPY THAT CORAL GABLES IS NOW PART OF THIS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM. THANK YOU. SO OUR BRAZILIAN FRIENDS, MR. CONSUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU SIR. LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MANY OTHER THINGS WITH YOU. TIME, SIR, AND AGENDA ITEM 817. MR. MAYOR, IF SINCE IT'S A SEPTIC ISSUE, CAN WE TAKE A SEPTIC BREAK BEFORE. OKAY, FIVE MINUTES, FIVE MINUTE BREAK

[H.-17. 26-1574 Comprehensive Citywide Septic to Sewer Master Plan Presentation.]

OKAY, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE FASTER. CAN WE DO IT IN TEN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO PRESSURE. HOW ARE YOU? YES. MR. MANAGER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, I JUST

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THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER. THIS IS A STUDY OF OUR CITY THAT THAT WOULD HELP US IN IN CASE THOSE MONIES BECOME AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO BE BRIEF. SO BEFORE WE START, I'D LIKE TO AS A MATTER OF INTRODUCTION, PAULA AVALOS, ON BEHALF OF OUR AND THE 300 GROUP WHO PREPARED THIS MASTER PLAN, THERE'S A PLANNING LEVEL, DATA DRIVEN ROADMAP SO THAT WE CAN PROACTIVELY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND PURSUE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. BILL, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT UP THE PRESENTATION. THIS CLICKER. YEP. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE CITY WIDE SEPTIC TO SEWER MASTER PLAN. THE OBJECTIVES OF TODAY ARE TO PRESENT OUR KEY FINDINGS. OUR OVER OVERALL TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, AND HOW THIS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE FUTURE, AND DISCUSS RESULTS OF PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS, AS WELL AS RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. SO CURRENTLY, ABOUT 50% OF THE CITY IS SERVICED BY SEPTIC TANKS. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 7655 PROPERTIES. MANY OF THESE DO NOT MEET THE CURRENT STANDARDS. THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY WIDE SEPTIC TO SEWER PLAN IS THREEFOLD. ONE IS PROTECTING WATER QUALITY, PROTECTING BISCAYNE BAY AND LOCAL WATERWAYS, AS THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR TOURIST, MAJOR TOURISM INDUSTRY FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND DEGRADATION OF THE WATERWAYS, IN ADDITION TO ADDRESS AGING AND FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE A MORE RESILIENT AND ROBUST CENTRALIZED SEWER SYSTEM AND PROVIDE A PHASED ROADMAP FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FUTURE. ONCE YOU KNOW FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE OR FOR THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS PROGRAM ON THIS LEGISLATIVE SIDE, BOTH ON THE STATE LEVEL AND ON THE COUNTY LEVEL, THERE ARE CERTAIN REGULATIONS THAT ARE PROMOTES ADDRESSING SEPTIC SEPTIC AREAS AND PROVIDING CENTRALIZED SEWER SYSTEM. WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1379, WHICH REQUIRES THAT ANY. THIS ONE REQUIRES THE CONVERSION OF SEPTIC TO SEWER FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, INCLUDING INDIAN RIVER AND OTHER COUNTIES, AS INDICATED ON THE SLIDE. SO IT REALLY FOCUSES ON ANY VULNERABLE REGIONS WITHIN THE THE STATE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S ANOTHER HOUSE BILL WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2025 THAT ALLOWS UTILITIES TO USE EXISTING SEWER REVENUES FOR SYSTEM EXPANSION, SUCH AS SEPTIC TO SEWER ON THE COUNTY LEVEL. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC SYSTEMS, OR TYPE ONE SYSTEMS ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS OR FULL REPLACEMENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, IF SEPTIC TANK REACHES THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE, THAT ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH AN ADVANCED NUTRIENT REMOVAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. IT CAN COST UPWARDS OF $65,000 OR MORE PER PROPERTY. CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY. WE HAVE ON, ON ON THE LEFT SHOWN LITTLE DOTS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ON THE SLIDE, BUT THAT REPRESENTS WHERE THE SEPTIC TANK LOCATIONS ARE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF 35 SEWER BASINS AND PUMP STATIONS, MANY MILES OF GRAVITY MAINS ENFORCEMENT, AND A ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONVEY ALL THE WASTEWATER FROM THESE AREAS TO A POINT OF CONNECTION WITH MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT FOR ULTIMATE DISPOSAL AND TREATMENT. AS CORAL GABLES IS A VOLUME SEWER CUSTOMER OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. FOR THE PUBLIC, SOME OF THE MAIN BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM ARE THAT THERE WILL BE NO FUTURE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THEIR SEPTIC TANKS, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULDN'T HAVE TO BEAR THE COST TO REPAIR OR

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WE ALSO HAVE A PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATE AND A DISTRIBUTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A OF A BASIN EXPANSION. THE EXISTING BASIN INCLUDES THE AREA THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. SO BY EXTENDING THE PIPE SYSTEM, WE CAN COVER A LARGER AREA AND BE ABLE TO SERVICE MANY MORE PROPERTIES AT A LESSER COST THAN IT WOULD BE TO DEVELOP A NEW BASIN. AS YOU KNOW, A PUMP STATION ITSELF TYPICALLY INCREASES THE COST. QUITE A BIT OF ONE OF THESE SEWER PROJECTS. HERE WE HAVE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A WHAT A SEWER PUMP STATION COULD LOOK AT LOOK LIKE. THIS IS A AN EXAMPLE WITHIN THE COCOPLUM AREA WHERE IT HAS SPECIFIC HEDGING AND ESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WITH, COORDINATED WITH THE WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT TYPICALLY THE CITY DOES THESE PROJECTS IS COORDINATING BEFOREHAND TO LESSEN THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE LOCATION OF THE PUMP STATIONS. AND EACH OF THE PROPOSED PUMP STATIONS WOULD HAVE WOULD BE SUBMERSIBLE WITH ODOR CONTROL SYSTEMS. THEY'RE NOT LOUD. THEY WON'T BE A NUISANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY IS A VOLUME SEWER CUSTOMER. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. CURRENTLY, THERE'S A SINGLE POINT OF CONNECTION WHERE ALL OF THE CITY'S WASTEWATER FLOWS, THEN GO THROUGH A FLOW METER TO CONNECT TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL.

CURRENTLY, ALL THE CITY'S FLOWS ARE BEING TREATED AND DISPOSED. IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. ONE BIG COMPONENT OF THIS MASTER PLAN IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF A REDUNDANT FORCE. MAIN POINT OF CONNECTION TO THE COUNTY. THIS IS BEING COORDINATED CURRENTLY WITH WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS A VERY CRITICAL RECOMMENDATION AS IT PROVIDES CRITICAL BACKUP AND REDUCES THE RISK OF SERVICE DISRUPTIONS DURING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. WE ALSO HAVE HERE WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, MORE OR LESS. THIS IS COUNTY AVERAGES. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE ARE WHAT TYPICALLY GOES INVOLVED IS INVOLVED INTO ABANDONING A SEPTIC TANK AND MAKING A CONNECTION TO THE NEW SEWER SYSTEM WITHIN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO ON COUNTY AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 16,600. HOWEVER, THIS MAY VARY BASED ON THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY CONDITION, SIZE AND HOW THE PLUMBING IS LAID OUT. SO OVERALL, INCLUDING ALL THE 16 NEW PUMP STATION BASINS AND THE BASIN EXPANSIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $409 MILLION AT, AS A PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATE FOR WHAT THIS WOULD TAKE. AND IF I MAY ADD, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF THAT SECONDARY CONNECTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL EVALUATING AND WORKING WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO TO CONFIRM THE PROPER LOCATION AND EXPENSE. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S IT'S A BIG NUMBER. DEFINITELY. IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN SOUTH FLORIDA AND WHAT THEIR ESTIMATES ARE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE POINT OF THIS IS TO HAVE A ROADMAP TO HAVE A A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. AND THEN BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT COST. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE TWO EXAMPLES OF IN THE CASE, JUST JUST GENERAL INFORMATION OF HOW THE SPECIFIC COST PER PARCEL COULD BE DISTRIBUTED OVER TIME. AND WE HAVE TWO EXAMPLES. ONE OF THEM IN A BASIN WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOW END. IT'S ON THE LOW END WHERE THE COST IMPACT WOULD BE ABOUT $29,000 PER PARCEL. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE IT COULD BE UP TO $100,000 PER PARCEL. AGAIN, IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW IT'S LAID OUT. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I MEAN, IF THERE'S LIKE A BASIN WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTIES ARE VERY LARGE, SO YOU NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW, INSTALL ALL THIS

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SO ANOTHER THING, THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT WE DID A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AS PART OF THIS SEPTIC TO SEWER PLAN.

WE'VE HAD 11 PUBLIC MEETINGS. MANY OF THEM WERE HELD IN THIS SAME ROOM HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY, LISTENED TO THE FEEDBACK, TO THE SHOCK, TO THE SUPPORT, TO ALL THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS. THE OUTREACH WAS COMPOSED OF ISSUING RESIDENT NOTIFICATION FLIERS TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE HAVE A SEPTIC TO SEWER WEBSITE WITH LINKS TO ALL THE MEETINGS AND INFORMATION BASIN LOOKUP, WHERE ANY PROPERTY OWNER COULD TYPE THE NAME OR TYPE THEIR ADDRESS, AND THEY COULD SEE WHAT PROPOSED BASIN THEY FALL IN WHEN THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS FOR THAT AREA, ETC. AND WE ALSO DID A. A SURVEY, A SURVEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND WE ALSO BROUGHT IT PHYSICALLY, PHYSICALLY PRINTED COPIES TO EACH OF THE MEETINGS TO GET RESIDENT FEEDBACK. SO IN A NUTSHELL, THE, THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL TAKEAWAYS IS THAT MORE OR LESS, THE COMMUNITY IS PRETTY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE WITH SEPTIC TANKS AND WHAT A CENTRALIZED SEWER SYSTEM IS, ETC. BUT THE MAIN CONCERN IS FUNDING. SO THAT'S THE MAIN BARRIER AND THE MAIN CONCERN, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT WE'RE DOING THIS MASTER PLAN, IS SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AND HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO APPEASE THAT CONCERN. TO SUMMARIZE, THE THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THIS MASTER PLAN IS TO ESTABLISH A LONG TERM ROADMAP TO FOR SEPTIC TO SEWER TRANSITION TO BE PROACTIVE AND AWARE OF OF THE LEGISLATION CHANGES SO THAT THE CITY CAN BE POSITIONED TO HAVE THIS READY TO GO WHEN AND IF THE NEED COMES TO, YOU KNOW, POSITION THE CITY AHEAD OF THESE REGULATORY TRENDS AND ENABLE THE CITY TO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO TO PURSUE GRANTS AND FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES. SO ADOPTING THE MASTER PLAN AT THIS TIME IS NOT A COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENTATION.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSIBLE PLANNING, AND MAINTAINING THE YOUR OWN CONTROL OVER FUTURE DECISIONS RATHER THAN BEING REACTIVE WHEN THERE IS A NEED, AN EMERGENCY OR A FUTURE REGULATORY MANDATE. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. DUE TO THE TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE, NOT A QUESTION. MORE OF A REQUEST. MR. MANAGER, CAN YOU PUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE? I'D LIKE TO SEE A TAB SEPTIC TO SEWER DISCUSSION, OUR TAB SO THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'D LIKE THEM TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION, SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE, THE EFFORTS OF STAFF, HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE HERE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PASS THE BUCK ONTO THE RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO FIND OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO THE TABLE WHEN THERE'S FINANCING OPTIONS. SO I WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THAT THIS ALREADY THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK. OUR OUR TEAM HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK. AND THAT, AGAIN, LEAVE IT OUT THERE FOR OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS. YOU NEVER KNOW. THEY CAN USE ALL OUR INFORMATION TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN AN EFFORT TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS MAJOR, MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE. CERTAINLY, MAYOR, WE CAN PUT IT LIKE TO SEE IT ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WHAT YOU SAID IS, IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

IT'S A PREPARATION ITEM THAT WE'VE DONE PLANNING. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO BE READY IN CASE THERE IS ANY FINANCING AVAILABLE. YES. THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE. YOU KNOW, I DID SEND OUT A LETTER TO THE RESIDENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I INVITED PEOPLE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO ME IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PURSUING SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION. AND THEY DID LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE AT THEIR PARTICULAR BASINS BECAUSE I ASKED THEM TO DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP.

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TESTING. ONE OF THE REASONS I STARTED THE NO DOG WASTE IN THE TRASH PITS THING IS BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO DOG WASTE INDICATED. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE OUR PIPES ALL CONNECT TO THE WATERWAY. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE POINTS. HOPE WE CAN GET THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS DONE.

AND THE RIVIERA BASINS WERE WAS ONE CONSISTENT AREA WHERE I HAD MORE THAN ONE PERSON CONTACT ME.

THERE ARE OTHER BASINS THAT CONTACTED ME, AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT THAT'S THE MOST VULNERABLE THAT HAS CONTACTED ME THUS FAR BECAUSE IT'S TOUCHING THE WATERWAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT WORK BY OUR TEAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE

[D. CONSENT AGENDA]

ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA IS TAKEN. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR REVIEW OF ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, I'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM D ONE AND I. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL D ONE JUST AS TO ONE MEMBER OF THE PROPOSED BOARD, MRS. MARIA , CAN GETN C I GET AG THE OUTGENDA IM D ONE I'LLITH VOR. A. TNK YKAY.D. I

[D.-1. 26-1513 A Resolution of the City Commission confirming the appointment of Andres Murai (nominated by Mayor Lago), Armando Bucelo (nominated by Mayor Lago), Wayne "Chip" Withers (nominated by Vice Mayor Anderson), Maria Cruz (nominated by Commissioner Castro), Andres Correa (nominated by Commissioner Fernandez), and Jeffrey Flanagan (nominated by Commissioner Lara) to serve as members of the Code Enforcement Board, for a three (3) year term which begins on June 1, 2026 and continues through May 31, 2029.]

SO I THINK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS THAT ARE USED HERE FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, RETALIATION OR REPRISAL OR, YOU KNOW. WHAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS IS QUALIFICATIONS AND THE. AND WHETHER A PERSON IS FIT TO SERVE ON A, ON A, ON A, ON A CITY BOARD THAT IS QUASI JUDICIAL AND AT THE END OF THE DAY HAS. MASSIVE POWERS IN REGARDS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO I PUT THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE TAKE A LOOK AT IT SO YOU CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I THINK ARE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING HERE. NOW. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER APPOINTMENT, I THINK SHE'S UNFIT TO SERVE ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, A BOARD THAT REQUIRES FAIRNESS AND IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT. THE ROLE IS QUASI JUDICIAL AND REQUIRES INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN SEPARATE PERSONAL GRIEVANCES FROM WHAT IS BEST FOR THE GREATER GOOD.

MRS. CRUZ HAS REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED THAT SHE CANNOT DO SO. SHE LACKS THE TEMPERAMENT, CREDIBILITY AND CHARACTER NECESSARY TO SERVE RATHER THAN. RATHER THAN APPROACHING CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS WITH FAIRNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM, SHE HAS SHOWN A PATTERN OF VINDICTIVE AND TARGETED BEHAVIOR TOWARDS RESIDENTS SHE DISAGREES WITH, PERSONALLY OR POLITICALLY. A CASE IN POINT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS WORKED WITH ME IN THE PAST. HER CONDUCT TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS. RESIDENTS OF 722 ALEDO IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. AFTER THE RESIDENTS ATTACHED AN ORCHID TO A STREET TREE WITH PINS, CODE ENFORCEMENT REVIEWED AND ISSUED WHAT THEY DETERMINED TO BE AN APPROPRIATE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF IT. INSTEAD, MRS. CRUZ RELENTLESSLY CONTACTED AND PRESSURED DEPUTY DIRECTOR DOUG RAMIREZ OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS, DEMANDING HARSHER PENALTIES BEYOND WHAT STAFF DEEMED APPROPRIATE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE EMAILS THAT WORKED BEFORE, THIS WAS NOT THE CONDUCT. THIS WAS NOT THE CONDUCT OF A CONCERNED RESIDENT SEEKING COMPLIANCE. IT WAS A CONDUCT OF SOMEONE WEAPONIZING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS. SHE TARGETED. THE FACT THAT THESE RESIDENTS WORKED ON MY REELECTION CAMPAIGN ONLY MAKES

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FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I STRONGLY OPPOSE OPPOSE THE APPOINTMENT OF MRS. CRUZ FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD BEFORE WE. BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS. I ALSO LIKE TO GO TO THE SECOND PHASE, THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS PRESENTATION. THESE ARE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH HERE TO THIS COMMISSION THAT ARE MORE THAN COMPETENT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE. SOME OF THEM EVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, PAST ELECTED OFFICIALS, SOME OF THEM FAMILY MEMBERS OF PAST ELECTED OFFICIALS. ONE OF THEM AT THAT POINT WAS NOT THE BOARD, WAS NOT THE WAS NOT THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER, BUT IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER. AND BOTH COMMISSIONER CASTRO AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ VOTED AGAINST THEM.

LET ME READ THEM TO YOU, NICOLAS CABRERA, WHO AM I NOMINATED TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? COMMISSIONER CASTRO VOTED AGAINST FORMER COMMISSIONER CHIP WITHERS, NOMINATED BY VICE MAYOR ANDERSON FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. COMMISSIONER CASTRO AND FERNANDEZ BOTH VOTED AGAINST THIS INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS GIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PHILANTHROPY TO THIS COMMUNITY, HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WITH DISTINCTION AND HAS BEEN A PILLAR OF THIS COMMUNITY. GEORGE HARRIS, WITH WHOM I NOMINATED FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. COMMISSIONER CASTRO AND FERNANDEZ BOTH VOTED FOR THE. THIS AGAINST THIS INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS A GENTLEMAN WHO LIVED IN THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND DURING MOMENTS THAT HE WAS FACING, MOVED OUT OF THE CITY AND NOW HAS BECOME THE CHAMBER CHAIR PRESIDENT. EXCUSE ME. HE WAS VOTED AGAINST. A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED ON MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS, HAS HAD MAJOR EMPLOYMENT WITH FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, A PERSON WHO'S MORE THAN CAPABLE AND COMPETENT, COMPETENT TO BOARD, TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. MY POINT IS THIS. THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ISSUE. THIS IS AN ISSUE ABOUT PUTTING PEOPLE ON BOARDS WHO ARE COMPETENT AND CAN SERVE. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT THERE'S A VENDETTA WHEN I CAN SHOW YOU CLEAR EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INCREDIBLY COMPETENT, WHO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED HERE, WHO ARE NOT AFFORDED THE SAME PRIVILEGES. SO THAT'S MY REASONING WHY I'LL BE OPPOSING THAT APPOINTMENT. THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES. I PASSED OUT A COPY OF AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO MRS. CURRY, MARIA CRUZ, ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. AS FURTHER EVIDENCE AS TO THE UNFITNESS TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT BOARD. THIS WAS IN 2025. THE EMAIL WAS SENT TO MISS MARIA CRUZ, COPIED WAS THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. MISS CRUZ HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OBSERVED YOU IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE UNION NEAR YOUR CAR, WITH APPROXIMATELY HALF A DOZEN CAMPAIGN SIGNS FROM MY REELECTION CAMPAIGN AND OUT OF ANOTHER CANDIDATE, THE INDIVIDUAL THEN APPROACHED YOU AND INQUIRED WHETHER YOU WERE DISTRIBUTING CAMPAIGN SIGNS FOR MY CAMPAIGN AND THAT OF THE OTHER CANDIDATE. YOU RESPONDED THAT YOU HAD PICKED THEM UP FROM LAWNS OF PROPERTY OWNERS, THAT YOU CLAIMED YOU SPOKE TO, THAT HAD CONTACTED YOU RATHER THAN MY CAMPAIGN. YOU ASSERTED THAT THE OWNERS STATED THAT THEY NEVER REQUESTED THE SIGNS. YOUR ACTIVITIES. REMOVING SIGNS ALSO COINCIDES WITH REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS OF THEFT OF MY CAMPAIGN, SIGNS AND REQUESTS FOR ME TO DROP OFF REPLACEMENT SIGNS. I HAVE SINCE PERSONALLY REDELIVERED SIGNS TO INDIVIDUALS THAT REQUESTED THEM AGAIN. ACCORDINGLY, DEMAND IS HEREBY MADE FOR RETURN OF ALL

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PLEASE GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY. WHAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THERE FOR YOU WAS THE FACT THAT I DELIVERED ALL MY SIGNS MYSELF, PURSUANT TO MESSAGES THAT I RECEIVE FROM RESIDENTS. I NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM YOU. I DID GET A CALL FROM EACH OF THE CHIEFS. I DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST YOU FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE UNION BECAUSE ALTHOUGH BECAUSE THIS IS A PETTY THEFT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING REAPPOINTED TO A VERY POWERFUL BOARD TO OUR CITY, THIS IS NOT THE CONDUCT THAT WE SHOULD BE ENDORSING THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES. YEAH. I MEAN, I SIT HERE IN COMPLETE DISBELIEF AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE BRINGING UP, NUMBER ONE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE TRUE OR NOT AT THIS POINT IN THE DAY, BECAUSE IT'S SAD HOW THIS BODY BEHAVES. THIS IS A RESIDENT, A RESIDENT THAT'S BEEN SERVING, THAT COMES TO EVERY COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. WHETHER YOU LIKE HER OR NOT, SHE'S BEEN VERY PRESENT.

AND IF I DON'T? MAYBE IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, SHE STOOD IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR GRAM PORTION OF YOUR ELECTION AND AGENDA REVIEWS, AND YOU CALLED YOUR MAYOR YOURSELF. SO IT COMES AS A SURPRISE THAT THIS IS COMING RIGHT AFTER. VIOLATING HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. SO IF THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE RETALIATION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NOTE AGAIN, THIS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING LAST COMMISSION MEETING. AND I REALLY HOPE THIS IS NOT GOING TO INCUR EVEN BIGGER LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. THIS ALSO CREATES AN APPEARANCE OF VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION. DESPITE ALL THE EVIDENCE YOU GUYS TRIED TO BRING FROM 2025 AND THINGS I NEVER EVEN HEARD OF. AND LASTLY, RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT FEAR RETALIATION FOR SPEAKING PUBLICLY. AND AS WE CAN ALSO SEE, THIS CARRIES ON. THIS IS NOT ONLY MARIA CRUZ, THIS IS OTHER RESIDENTS. MR. RIPPON'S WAS UP HERE FEARING THE WORDS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH BECAUSE OF RETALIATION OR FOR NOT LETTING HIM TALK. SO THIS IS MY APPOINTEE. IT'S A SHAME THAT WE HAVE TO. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE CITY, HONESTLY, A BIG ONE THAT WE HAVE TO BRING THIS UPON. THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. I THINK IT'S BENEATH THE OFFICE OF ALL OF US. ANYTHING ELSE THROUGH THE MAYOR? YES. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME INTERESTING THINGS THAT WERE SAID. AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF WEAPONIZING CODE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST POLITICAL ADVERSARIES.

DURING MY CAMPAIGN, NUMEROUS PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME BECAUSE AFTER THEY PUT UP MY YARD SIGNS, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS ON THEM. YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT PUTTING PERSONAL GRIEVANCES BEFORE THE PUBLIC GOOD. YOU DO THAT EVERY SINGLE COMMISSION MEETING. YOU MENTIONED THREE VOTES THAT WERE TAKEN AGAINST YOUR APPOINTEES. I CAN SPEAK TO THE TWO THAT I VOTED AGAINST. I DID VOTE AGAINST CHIP WITHERS GETTING REAPPOINTED OR APPOINTED BECAUSE OF THE PREMISE WHERE SOMEBODY WAS BEING RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE THEY HAD SUPPORTED COMMISSIONER CASTRO AND MYSELF AND MR. KURITA. HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER TODAY.

BUT AT THE TIME, I VOTED AGAINST HIM BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY. AND

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AND JUST BECAUSE YOU DISAGREE WITH THE RESIDENT, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SILENCE THEM OR TO PERSECUTE THEM OR TO RETALIATE AGAINST THEM. BUT YOU DO IT ON A DAILY BASIS. WHEN I'M GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO TELL ME THAT YOU ARE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE EVERY DAY, THAT I SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND MY WIFE'S SAFETY. WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN CORAL GABLES, THIS CITY, BEFORE YOU BECAME MAYOR, WAS THE MODEL FOR EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW. WHERE ARE WE TODAY? YOU LIKE TO POINT THE FINGER AT EVERYBODY ELSE. EVERYBODY ELSE IS TO BLAME FOR ALL YOUR PROBLEMS. I HAVE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS MUTUAL FRIENDS THAT YOU BLAME ME FOR EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE. WELL, LOOK IN THE MIRROR. I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE. MY PROBLEMS ARE MY OWN PROBLEMS. YOUR PROBLEMS ARE YOUR OWN. YOU HAVE CAUSED YOUR OWN PROBLEMS. RETALIATION UNDER MY WATCH IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I WILL SUPPORT REAPPOINTING MARIA CRUZ TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE TO THIS POINT, AS FAR AS I KNOW, SHE HAS DONE HER JOB ON THAT BOARD. I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM A SINGLE MEMBER OF THAT BOARD WHO HAS RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT HER BEHAVIOR IN THAT BOARD. AND YOU LIKE TO BRING UP A LOT OF HISTORIC INFORMATION, WHICH IS INACCURATE, TOO, BECAUSE THE VICE MAYOR HAS CORRECTED MARIA CRUZ'S ISSUE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD. SHE READ THE LETTER THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PROVIDED HER, WHICH CORRECTED THAT RECORD. AND YOU LIKE TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF YOUR FRIEND WHO, ACCORDING TO YOU, IS JUST TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY, BUT YOU'VE PERSECUTED OTHER PEOPLE FOR SIMILAR THINGS. SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE DOES IT, IT IS A PROBLEM. AND YOU SUBMIT THE COMPLAINT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. YET IF YOUR FRIEND DOES IT, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY. THAT'S THE WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. THERE WAS NO, I'M NOT DONE. I JUST WANT TO RESPECT YOU MADE SEVERAL COMMENTS. YOU MENTIONED THAT EVERYBODY YOU HAVE APPOINTED IS A MORE THAN COMPETENT INDIVIDUAL. SOME OF THE ACCUSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE AGAINST MARIA CRUZ CAN QUALIFY UNDER OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION, WHO HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED, WHO HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED. THEY'RE YOUR APPOINTEES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH THOSE APPOINTEES? I HAVE VOTED TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE YOU, AS A MEMBER OF THIS DAIS, HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPOINT WHOEVER YOU'D LIKE TO THESE BOARDS. THAT IS YOUR DECISION. THAT IS COMMISSIONER CASTRO'S DECISION. NOW, IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HOLD A STANDARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT COMMISSIONER CASTRO OR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ NOMINATE,

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YOU DON'T LIKE ANYBODY GOING OUT THERE AND SPEAKING AGAINST WHAT VINCE LAGO BELIEVES IS THE RIGHT WAY TO MOVE FOR THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. JUST LIKE YOU DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERING VOICES UP HERE WHO SOMETIMES DISAGREE. BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, 95% OF THE TIME WE VOTE UNANIMOUSLY. WE DISAGREE ON A MINUSCULE NUMBER OF THE THINGS IN THIS CITY. YET FOR THAT 5%, COMMISSIONER CASTRO AND MYSELF, ALONG WITH OUR FAMILIES, ARE RETALIATED AGAINST AND PERSECUTED IN CORAL GABLES BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AUDACITY NOT TO SUPPORT VINCE LAGO 100% OF THE TIME. AND THAT'S DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CORAL GABLES. THAT'S NOT THE CORAL GABLES THAT GEORGE MERRICK FOUNDED TODAY. WE HAD A VETERAN HERE WHO'S 101 YEARS OLD, HAS LIVED IN CORAL GABLES 78 YEARS. AND THE ONE THING HE TOLD US, THE CONSTITUTION IS THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO STAND FOR. AND LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THIS COMMISSION VOTED THREE TWO AGAINST THE US CONSTITUTION. AMERICA HAS STOOD 250 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE GREAT DOCTOR AND BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE LIKE HIM, BUT IT DEFINITELY HAS NOT STOOD BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOOD UP AND STARTED RETALIATING AND VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET TODAY. AND NOW, AS I'VE TOLD YOU NUMEROUS TIMES, I AM HERE TO WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES. WHEN THE MIAMI HERALD ASKED ME ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION, MY RESPONSE WAS, MY JOB IS TO BE A COMMISSIONER, NOT A CANDIDATE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE DOING. AND WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS, AND I BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST FOUR OF US ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THE BENEFITS OF THIS CITY, NOT PERSONAL INTEREST. AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL SET OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE OR OUR PERSONAL GRIEVANCES AND FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC GOOD, AS YOU JUST SAID, SHOULD BE THE BAR THAT WE SET FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE APPOINT TO BOARDS THAT NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO OURSELVES ON THIS DAIS AS WELL. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND BEFORE I RESPOND? SURE. TAKE A SECOND. FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS WE ALL NEED TO TRY THE DECAF, RIGHT? EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE A SIP OF DECAF GOING FORWARD. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ALL EMPHASIZE BEING STATESMEN, NOT A LOT LESS BEING, WELL, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON THE DAIS, THIS IS NOT A RUBBER STAMPING ENTERPRISE. WHEN SOMEBODY IS NOMINATED TO BE ON A BOARD. IT'S BEEN EVIDENCED BEFORE ANY ONE OF US HERE HAS, DURING A PREVIOUS VOTE, EITHER SAID YES OR SAID NO. FOR OUR PARTICULAR REASONS. I DISAGREE, HOWEVER, THAT ANYONE HAS VIOLATED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AS YOU REFERRED TO IN THE LAST MEETING. IN FACT, I, I TOOK A MOMENT TO TO COMMENT. AND THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THAT, REALLY. AT A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM A SPEAKER, I COMMENTED THAT MRS. MARIA CRUZ SPOKE PROFESSIONALLY, ETHICALLY, CALMLY, AND GOT ACROSS HER POINTS WITHOUT BEING PROVOCATIVE OR INCITING OR TRYING TO ESCALATE OR OR TAKE ACTIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO PEOPLE SAYING THINGS THEY MAY REGRET, OR THAT'S NOT BECOMING OF THE SERIOUS WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS. I WOULD NOT SAY THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IN HER EXPRESSION EMBODIED, BUT CERTAINLY THIS TIME, AND IF THAT WAS WORTH MAKING THAT THAT POINT, NOTING IT. SO IN THE END, I, I BELIEVE THAT BEFORE WE GO AROUND HURLING ACCUSATIONS THAT

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AND THE FUNNY THING YOU SAID THE OTHER DAY IS THAT I'M A REPUBLICAN, AND REPUBLICANS TRY TO LIMIT THEIR GOVERNMENT. REMEMBER, IN GOVERNMENT YOU NEED LEGISLATION TO MOVE GOVERNMENT FORWARD. THAT STATEMENT OF LESS GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST ABSURD STATEMENT I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE IN REGARDS TO ACTUALLY DELIVERING ON YOUR PRIVILEGE OF SERVICE, THE VAGUE ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HURLED HERE FOR YEARS ABOUT. PROBLEMS AND, YOU KNOW, TEMPERAMENT AND. THREATS. THE PEOPLE VOTE. THEY VOTED IN THE REFERENDUMS. THEY WERE CLEAR WHAT THEY WANTED. THEY WANTED NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. THEY WANTED TO OVERTURN AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAD CONTROLS OVER SALARY INCREASES. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS AN ECG.

WHEN YOU VOTED AGAINST AN ECG, BOTH OF YOU DID. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU, AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO COVER IT UP AND YOU DON'T WANT TO FACE IT. THE REASON WHY THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE, AND THE REASON WHY I BRING UP THE ISSUE WITH ALITO IS VERY SIMPLE. LET'S REFOCUS AND RECALIBRATE. YOU HAVE A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD WHO WENT OUT OF HER WAY, DROVE TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S HOUSE, WHO WORKS FOR ME. AND TURNED THEM INTO THE CITY VIA A PUBLIC RECORD AND EMAIL. AND IN PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN EMAILS REQUESTED THAT THAT PERSON BE FINED. NOT WARNED. YOU DON'T SEE ME ENGAGING IN AN EMAIL WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO GET HIM OFF THAT WARNING. NO. BUT SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE NAILED HIM TO THE CROSS AND MADE HIM PAY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS A CITY MEMBER ON THAT BOARD. AS THE PERSON WHO TURNED THAT INDIVIDUAL IN, MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND THAT THEY WERE FINED. IF YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE, IF ONE OF MY MEMBERS DID THAT ON A BOARD, I WOULD REMOVE THEM IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SHOW, IN MY OPINION, PRUDENT JUDGMENT.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAJORITIES, LET ME NOT LET ME NOT HAVE TO REMIND YOU THE OVER ONE YEAR OF AMOS ROJAS AND THE STUNT THAT YOU PULLED HERE WHEN YOU BROUGHT AMOS ROJAS HERE INTO THE MIDDLE OF A COMMISSION MEETING AND BASICALLY ALLOWED FOR A PERSON TO TAKE OVER THE CITY WHO WOULD LEAVE BY 1:00 AND RECEIVE THE $365,000 PAYMENT. AND YOU DIDN'T CARE

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YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR THEM. YOU'RE TAKING THIS WAY TOO PERSONAL. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THROUGH THE MAYOR. NOT ONE SECOND. THE VICE MAYOR WAS NEXT, SO I NEED I NEED TO FINISH UP ON SOME OF THE INCORRECT STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE. MR. CRUZ WAS MY APPOINTEE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. AND LONG BEFORE THE YARD SIGNS WERE STOLEN AND I CHOSE NOT TO PRESS CHARGES, I RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS NOT ONLY WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE AUDIENCE ASKING ME TO REMOVE HER, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD IS MUCH DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAN ANY OTHER BOARD IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE IT'S SUBJECT TO A FLORIDA STATUTE THAT PROHIBITS THE REMOVAL OF A BOARD MEMBER, EXCEPT FOR CAUSE. HAD I CHOSEN TO PRESS CHARGES, I WOULD HAVE HAD THE CAUSE. I CHOSE NOT TO. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT REAPPOINTMENT TO THE SAME BOARD IS APPROPRIATE. AS FAR AS DECORUM, WHETHER ON THAT BOARD OR OTHER BOARDS, THAT HAS BEEN LACKING. I CAN TELL YOU THAT AFTER THE MEETING WE HAD THE LAST TIME AND AECUM TWAS DAYY MD BE THINKABOU RNING FOR NLY THOMMISSIOUTOTCAL WE THE RESIDENTS TT COSE T P HERE AND SPEAK SPD I DISCOAGG GD PE FROMNING,AUSE ON W TO VEO GO THROUGH THIS. BAUSE NOATTERWHATE GOING TKEEP EVERYBOAP EN YOUE TRYG,HEN YOINGHAT VINGP SUCH OUR TIM UC YOUR PERSO TIM SO MUCH OF YOURROFEIONA TIME TO H BGED WITH COMNTSHILE YOU'RE SERVING ISTNSEE THIS L CIT THA SHOULDRI TO AUCHR

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THERE S NO MTANRE THEY WERE PCED. THEXCUS REELED PEOPLEE THA T 'T RUEM WAS JUST A FALSE STATEMENT. NOT ONLY WAS A FALSE STATEMENT, BUT WHEN I HAND DELIVERED THEM FROM PEOPLE THAT I HAD GOTTEN INFORMATION FROM THAT WANTED THEM, I ALSO LEFT A HANDWRITTEN NOTE WITH THE SIGNS, THANKING PEOPLE FOR SUPPORTING ME AND PROVIDING MY PERSONAL NUMBER IF IT WAS MIS DELIVERED BY MISTAKE. AND I DO MAKE MISTAKES, THEY COULD SIMPLY CALL ME OR TEXT ME. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO STATE. YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO YOU KNOW, YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AMOS ROJAS. AMOS ROJAS WAS THE FIRST AT THE AT CITY HALL EVERY MORNING AND USUALLY THE LAST TO LEAVE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS PREMISE THAT HE WOULD LEAVE AT 1:00. AMOS ROJAS SERVED UNDER TWO US PRESIDENTS AS US MARSHAL. I GUESS IN YOUR BOOK THAT MAKES HIM UNQUALIFIED. YOU KEPT TALKING ABOUT, OH, WE CAN'T TRUST AMOS ROJAS. AMOS ROJAS, I BELIEVE TO THIS DAY STILL HAS A TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE GIVEN BY THE US GOVERNMENT. GETTING THAT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS AND NOT EASY TO GET.

AND YOU MUST BE A PERSON OF INTEGRITY TO GET IT. YOU SAID A LOT OF THINGS IN YOUR LITTLE MONOLOGUE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS. YOU HAVE TO GO AND SLEEP AT NIGHT. I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SLEEP WITH YOURSELF AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT ARE JUST COMPLETELY FALSE. AND YOU FORGET OF THE PEOPLE UP HERE, THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO KNOW YOU BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, AND THAT'S MARIA CRUZ AND ARIEL FERNANDEZ. FOR TEN YEARS, WE SAT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM GOING OVER EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND WHAT YOU WANTED, AND YOU ALWAYS SAID IT. I HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT PASSES THE MOST LEGISLATION SO THAT I CAN SEEM LIKE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. I STAND BY MY STATEMENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE THING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT IT'S ABSURD TO YOU, A GOVERNMENT THAT OVER REGULATES ITS PEOPLE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLE. IT MAY BE IN YOUR BOOK, BUT IT'S NOT A REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLE. AND WE HAVE PASSED MANY GREAT THINGS IN THIS CITY SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. WE CREATED THE SENIOR RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM, FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE CITY, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING A CHECK TO THE MOST NEEDY SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE PASSED THE DISABLED VETERANS RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM TO ALL THE DISABLED VETERANS WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY.

WE FINALLY DELIVERED ON REDUCING THE GARBAGE FEE, SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I, EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON HERE, HAD HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH. SOMEDAY. WE GOT IT DONE. WE DELIVERED FOR THE PEOPLE. IT WAS THE ONLY TIME IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. I COULD GO ON, BUT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE UP THAT ALL THIS IS. WHY DON'T YOU GO ON? I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER THINGS YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. SIDEWALK REPAIRS UNDER YOUR WATCH. AS MAYOR, WE HAD A LIST THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS LONG. AND, MR. MANAGER, WE'VE TACKLED THAT LIST. WE HAVE MORE THAN TRIPLED THE FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS. AND THAT LIST IS GETTING SHORTER EVERY SINGLE DAY, TO THE POINT THAT IN OUR CAPITAL REVIEW PROJECTS MEETING, WE'RE NOT PROJECTING ONLY NEEDING TO PUT $1 MILLION A YEAR GOING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO TACKLE THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS THAT WE'VE HAD. OUR TRAFFIC CALMING. YOU VOTED AGAINST FUNDING, TRAFFIC CALMING. WE GOT IT DONE. WHAT ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION, DELIVERING ON ON PICKLEBALL COURTS? ALL THESE THINGS. YOU HAD BEEN KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S HOW A SUCCESSFUL POLITICIAN REMAINS IN OFFICE FOR 13 YEARS. BECAUSE WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY CREATE A PROBLEM AND KEEP IT AS LONG AS THEY CAN, SO THEY CAN TELL YOU IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ANOTHER TWO YEARS. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT LONG ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THAT'S WHAT POLITICIANS DO. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE NEXT REELECTION. THAT'S NOT WHAT I CAME HERE TO DO. IF YOU LOOK AT MY CAMPAIGN PROMISES, I DELIVERED ON ALL OF THEM IN MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE BECAUSE THAT WAS MY MISSION. BUT THEY WEREN'T YOUR GOALS BECAUSE YOUR GOAL WAS TO KEEP THOSE PROBLEMS GOING. THAT WAY YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THIS YEAR, MAYBE NEXT YEAR. SO THEY GOT TO VOTE FOR YOU NEXT YEAR TO KEEP YOU IN OFFICE TO

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WE WERE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES TO SERVE WITH YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO THROUGH THE MAYOR. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. SO. IF YOU LOOK UP DELUSIONAL, THAT IS WHAT IS THE DEFINITION IN THE DICTIONARY TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THOSE ITEMS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. I RUN EVERY TWO YEARS. PEOPLE MAKE A DECISION TO SAY THAT AMOS ROJAS WAS THE MOST HARD WORKING GUY. I'M HERE EVERY DAY ALONG WITH THE VICE MAYOR. YOU STOPPED HAVING OFFICE HOURS WELL OVER A YEAR AGO. YOU'RE NEVER HERE.

YOU DON'T ENGAGE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA. SO YOU MAY SAY, I DON'T KNOW, SOME REPUBLICAN OVERREGULATION EFFORT THAT YOU'RE DOING. JUST THE PROOF IS IN THE AGENDA. YOU CAN'T HIDE IT. IT'S HERE. YOU HAVE TO LEGISLATE THE FACT THAT YOU'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR SIDEWALKS. I'LL PROVE IT TO YOU IS VERY SIMPLE, MR. MANAGER, WHAT WAS THE BUDGET FOR SIDEWALKS FOUR YEARS AGO? WHAT DO WE HAVE? AROUND $2 MILLION, RIGHT? $2 MILLION. WHAT DO WE HAVE TODAY FOR SIDEWALKS? ABOUT ABOUT $2 MILLION. YOU SEE, THIS IS THE INSANITY. HE SAYS HERE IT WAS TRIPLED THE SIDEWALK BUDGET. OKAY. YOU'LL SAY ANYTHING. SO LET ME ALSO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. HE SAYS, I VOTED AGAINST SIDEWALKS. NO, I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THE TEMPORARY SIDE, THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORT HERE. WHEN WE WENT TO SEE AND MEET WITH RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE SPENT CLOSE TO, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 4 OR $500 FOR $500,000 TO HAVE THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CALMING SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS.

AND PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT 3 OR 4 YEARS. YES, MA'AM. IT'S TEMPORARY. SO YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT UP HERE, BUT THE PROOF IS IN THE VOTES. THE PROOF IS IN THE WORK THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. NOW. THE FACTS ARE, AS I SAID, THEY'RE VERY CLEARLY THE VOTES ARE THERE. I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST SOMEBODY THAT I THINK IS CAPABLE. I WILL NOT SUPPORT MARIA CRUZ. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT COMMISSIONER LANA HAS BROUGHT IT UP TWICE IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER FRANCIS SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, RETALIATION, I WAS HERE. IT'S ON THE RECORD. IT'S ON THE VIDEO. GONZALEZ-SANABRIA HIM PUBLICLY THREATENING HIM THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS ATTORNEYS CALL HIM, WHICH HE DID. THAT'S DONE ON THE RECORD. SO WE CAN GLOSS THAT GLOSS OVER THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY. BUT I DON'T I'VE NEVER CALLED OR SENT A SOMEBODY HERE, A RESIDENT, THE LAWYERS AFTER. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? AND BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A GREAT OP ED TODAY SINCE YOU MENTIONED AESOP'S FABLES, I'LL BRING IT UP. THERE WAS A GREAT OP ED

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IT'S CLEAR AS DAY. BUT MY RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I PUT EVERYTHING I DO ON A WEBSITE AND I THINK IT'S CLEAR AND YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME THING. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE PRIDE TO PUT ON VOTE. VINCE LAGO.COM. VOTE. ARIEL FERNANDEZ.COM. EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE SO PEOPLE CAN JUDGE YOU. AND SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I'D BE THE FIRST TO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WEBSITE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU STAND UP AND YOU MAKE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE TRIPLED THE SIDEWALK BUDGET, THAT IS A LIE. OKAY? YOU SAID I OPPOSE TRAFFIC CALMING. MR. MANAGER, WHAT ARE WE DOING? TRAFFIC CALMING. BEFORE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER CASTRO WERE ELECTED. YES OR NO? YES. YOU WERE MAYOR. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S JUST INSANITY AND MISLEADING TACTICS. IN AN EFFORT TO. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN EFFECTIVE, AND IT WON'T BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS CAMPAIGN EITHER. PEOPLE WANT CHANGE JUST LIKE THEY WANT A CHANGE IN THE REFERENDUMS. THAT'S WHY THEY OVERWHELMINGLY WON. SO LET'S MOVE ON. WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA THROUGH THE MAYOR. GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER. OKAY. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON, YOU SPOKE ABOUT AN ITIONINGESCT ABOUT CIVILITY.

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ARIEL. YEAH. SO LET'S VOTE, LET'S VOTE, LET'S MOVE ON. LET'S VOTE. OKAY. LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR. 31 OUTSIDE OF OBVIOUSLY ACCEPTING MISS MARIA CRUZ FOR

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ANDRES MORAIS, AMANDA BARCELO, WAYNE CHIP WITHERS, ANDRES CORREIA, JEFFREY FLANAGAN.

THAT'S THE COMPLETE LIST FOR THE THREE YEAR TERM THAT BEGINS JUNE 1ST, 2026 AND CONTINUES THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2029 TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. SECOND THAT WAS SECOND ON THE MOTION.

MR. CLERK. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. JACKSON HOLMES.

TIS. JACKSON HOLMES, 35 CEDONIA AVENUE. I WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO A POINT. YOU ALL MENTIONED THE GABLES INSIDER AND IT WAS ARIEL FERNANDEZ WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON YOUR DISHONESTY. MAYOR LARGO, IN RELATION TO THE REWRITING OR WHATEVER OF THE CITY ZONING CODE. THIS WAS SOMETHING LIKE A FOUR YEAR PROJECT THAT WAS BASICALLY GOVERNMENT IN SECRET, AND YOU WERE AT THE SAME TIME TELLING PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE TRANSPARENT. INDEED. YOU TOLD ME THAT MIRACLE MILE WOULD NOT GO UP AN INCH, BUT DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU HAD A SUNSHINE MEETING ABOUT TAKING MIRACLE MILE UP TO SIX STORIES. SO YOU WERE LYING. OKAY. AND YOU ARE A COMPULSIVE LIAR. AND I THINK YOU TELL MORE PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT ARE FALSE THAN THAT ARE TRUE. AND YET YOU WANT TO CENSURE PEOPLE OR SILENCE MARIA CRUZ JUST FOR TELLING THE TRUTH, THAT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A KING. HE WAS THE ONE, ARIEL FERNANDEZ, WHO EXPOSED THAT YOU WERE HAVING THIS WHOLE PRIVATE GOVERNMENT AND SECRET REWRITE OF THE ZONING CODE THAT YOU HELD. I DID A PUBLIC RECORDS MYSELF. DID YOU EVER DISCLOSE THAT IN YOUR IN YOUR NOTIFICATIONS TO RESIDENTS? DID YOU EVER DISCLOSE IT ANYWHERE AND YOU DIDN'T. AND IT WAS, IS, IS A TOTAL CHANGE OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE. WHAT IS THE REALITY? YOU WERE FINANCED BY DEVELOPERS. OKAY. MISS ANDERSON, YOU SWITCHED SIDES. YOU GET FINANCED BY DEVELOPERS.

SO YOU'RE CONSISTENT IN YOUR VOTES FOR WHATEVER THE DEVELOPERS WANT IS WHAT YOU'LL DELIVER ON, INCLUDING THE CRUCIFIXION OF ANY OF THE OPPONENTS OF RUNAWAY DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY. I ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE EVERGLADES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DEVELOP THE EVERGLADES. THEY WANT TO MOVE THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY. AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU CAN NEVER UNDO IT. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. MARIA CRUZ HAD THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO OPPOSE THAT. THE CITIZENS OF CORAL GABLES OPPOSE IT, AND YOU GET VOTES BECAUSE YOU LIE TO THE CITY. THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES. THANK YOU. MR. MR. MANAGER, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HEIGHT IS ON MIRACLE MILE? JUST TO MAKE SURE WE. IT'S BEEN ENOUGH CONFUSION HERE TODAY. MAYOR IS 50FT. OKAY. HOW MANY STORIES IS THAT? IT'S ABOUT FOR 3 TO 4 STORIES. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I JUST SAID I REZONE IT TO SIX STORIES, BUT I WASN'T I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT MEETING. SO I CAN'T I DON'T IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

YOU HAD A SUNSHINE MEETING DISCUSSING DOING THAT AND YOU SAID IT WAS CAN WE THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, PERFECT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER CASTRO, MAYOR, FOR YOU TO SIT HERE AND GO LIKE THIS AND SAY I'M DELUSIONAL AND MAKING UP STUFF. NUMBER ONE, I THE ONE THING I PRIDE MYSELF ON, I DON'T LIE, I DON'T LIE. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. OKAY. AND AS A MAN, CAN YOU LOOK AT ME IN THE FACE AND SAY, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN? BECAUSE BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF RESPONDING, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED, THAT THERE'S VIDEOS AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED YOU WERE LAUGHING AND WERE PART OF THAT AS WELL.

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YOU'VE HAD ME THROWN. YOU'VE HAD ME THROWN OUT. YOU'VE HAD ME THROWN OUT OF RIBBON CUTTINGS WHEN I'VE BEEN INVITED. OKAY. YOU'VE HAD PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS WITH ME THAT WERE EMBARRASSING IN FRONT OF MY SON. I'M A WOMAN THAT DESERVES RESPECT AND IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW. CAN YOU LOOK AT ME IN THE FACE AND SAY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN? YOU CAN ADMIT TO IT, COMMISSIONER. I'M NOT GOING TO GO AFTER YOU LEGALLY. I WANT YOU TO ADMIT IT AND AT LEAST APOLOGIZE. COMMISSIONER. PLEASE VOTE. YOU CAN'T DO IT, COMMISSIONER. PLEASE VOTE.

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[F.-3. 26-1613 A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing the temporary installation of the FIFA World Cup 26™ “Trionda” Giant Match Ball installation at Giralda Plaza in collaboration with FIFA World Cup 26™ Miami Host Committee, FIFA, and Adidas; recognizing the City of Coral Gables as the official headquarters location for both the FIFA World Cup 26th Miami Host Committee and FIFA Miami operations; authorizing the City Manager or his or her designee to execute any necessary agreements, permits, and related documents for the installation, maintenance, and removal of the temporary installation; authorizing a temporary encroachment into the public right-of-way, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

OKAY,O THIS IS SCULPTURE. THIS IS TH DONATION OF A SCULPTURE FOR FOR GIRALDA PLAZA IN CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD CUP. SO THE MATCH BALL IT'S THE BALL THAT YOU SEE THERE. THIS IS A RENDERING THOUGH IS A GIANT MATCH BALL. IT'S INSPIRED BY THE ICONIC OLA WAVE REPRESENTING THE UNITY AND EXCITEMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT. THIS IS THE BALL THAT IS BEING USED FOR THE WORLD CUP. SO FIFA AND ADIDAS GIFTED A GIANT TREE ON MATCH BALL TO THE MIAMI HOST COMMITTEE, AND THE MIAMI HOST COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED TO OFFER IT TO THE TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. OBVIOUSLY, THE FIFA HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED HERE IN CORAL GABLES, AND THE HOST COMMITTEE IS ALSO HERE. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THIS ABILITY TO HAVE THIS THIS BALL HERE. AND ON GIRALDA PLAZA. WE BELIEVE GIRALDA PLAZA IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR IT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN INSTALLATION THERE AND IT REALLY DRIVES TRAFFIC, AND WE THINK THAT THIS BALL WOULD BE EVEN BETTER WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT WE ANTICIPATE. FIFA'S WORLD CUP WILL HAVE. OUR HOTELS ARE ARE BUSY, THEY'RE BOOKED ALREADY FOR THE WORLD CUP. AND SO WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF TRACTION AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. SO THERE IS A

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PLEASE SEE YOUR JOB POSTS IN A FORUM. DO YOU FEEL IT THAT MOMENT BEFORE EVERYTHING BEGINS? BEFORE THE FIRST WHISTLE? TIME SLOWS DOWN. BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT, EVERYTHING ELSE FADES AWAY. IN MIAMI, FOOTBALL IS NOT JUST PLAYED, IT'S CARRIED FROM HOMES. WE LEFT FROM FAMILIES WE

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AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION A FEW OF OUR ACTIVATIONS. WE HAVE A BAYFRONT PARK FAN FESTIVAL THAT WILL RUN JUNE 30TH THROUGH JULY, JULY 5TH 23 DAYS. CONTIGUOUS ACTIVATION MATCHES BEING SHOWN FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY FOR FREE. WE HAVE AN ACTIVATION HAPPENING ON MIAMI BEACH, A KICK OFF CONCERT ON THE OPENING MATCH OF THE WORLD CUP, WHICH IS HAPPENING IN MEXICO. THAT WILL BE THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH. ALL OF YOU WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND. WE HAVE AN ARTIST THAT WE WILL REVEAL ON MAY 24TH. WE ARE CONFLICTED AT THIS POINT FROM BEING ABLE TO TO REVEAL WHO THE ARTIST IS, BUT YOU WILL ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT ON MIAMI BEACH AND THAT OPENING CONCERT. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF WATCH PARTIES THAT ARE HAPPENING GEOGRAPHICALLY THROUGHOUT MIAMI DADE COUNTY AS A REGION, ALWAYS SUPPORTED BY, AGAIN, A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP FROM MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND THE CITY OF MIAMI. THEY ARE OUR FUNDING PARTNERS. WE HAVE ACTIVATIONS FOR YOUTH TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCCER CLINICS. WE'VE ROLLED OUT ABOUT 12 CLINICS IN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ROLL OUT ANOTHER SIX. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM BROWARD COUNTY, AND WE WILL BE DOING A SIMILAR CLINIC TYPE OF ACTIVATION IN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SMALLER ACTIVATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THE GOAL BEING TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD CUP FOR FREE WITH AS MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR PUBLIC AND OUR VISITING TOURISTS AS POSSIBLE.

CORAL GABLES WILL BE THE HOME OF MULTIPLE FIFA DELEGATIONS AND YOUR HOTELS. MULTIPLE HOTELS ARE VERY MUCH A PART OF THAT FORMULA. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT FAN FESTIVAL AT THE OPENING NIGHT OF OUR CONCERT AND AT ALL OF OUR ACTIVATIONS WHEN POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ONCE AGAIN. YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. VERY HIGH PROFILE. YOU REALLY SHINE A POSITIVE LIGHT ON THE COMMUNITY. WELL DONE, WELL DONE. BUT WE HAVE TO COMPLIMENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE IN COMMON IN THE VIDEO WAS YOU ACTUALLY HAD THE FP CLOCK ON THE VIDEO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SO CELEBRATED FOR THAT FOR THAT CLOCK. AND WE GOT SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION THAT IT'S FUNNY TO SEE IT ON YOUR ON YOUR ON YOUR WORLD CUP VIDEO. SO THAT'S SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. WORLD CLASS, AS A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS WHO LOVES SOCCER, WHO PLAYS SOCCER COMPETITIVELY, THAT'S ALL THEY TALK ABOUT WORLD CUP, WORLD CUP, WORLD CUP, AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. SO WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR COMING HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SUPPORT F3 SO WE CAN HAVE, AS A SPONSOR OF THE ITEM, GIRALDO, AS A SPONSOR OF THE ITEM. YOU KNOW, I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT ME ON THAT. I'LL MOVE IT A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. CLARK? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER LATTA, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK YOU'RE DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB. YOU AND AND COLLABORATION WITH THE WITH THE CORAL GABLES TEAM. WHAT A YEAR, WHAT A YEAR. SO CORAL GABLES IS FEATURED WITH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND WE WERE FRONT AND CENTER. WE DIDN'T WIN THE GAME. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DIDN'T. BUT CORAL GABLES WON FOR SURE. AND AND NOW TO HAVE FIFA AND THE WAY YOU PUT IT WAS SO PROFOUND, RIGHT, THAT THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF FIFA IS LOCATED HERE IN OUR CITY. AND THAT FROM THIS COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY, IT'S ALL BEING COORDINATED. THE BIGGEST GAME ON PLANET EARTH IS JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING THING. AND YOU'VE DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB. THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, WHEN I SAW THAT THE PHOTO OF THIS ACTIVATION AND I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IT JUST CAME OUT OF ME. I SAID, WOW, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE. SO YES. YEAH, I'M THRILLED TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BRING THAT TO HERE. AND I WILL TELL YOU. 16 HOST CITIES, THE LARGEST WORLD CUP IN THE HISTORY OF FIFA, 104 MATCHES, 48 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW,

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THIS IS A GREAT THING. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US. YES, COMMISSIONER CASTRO, I THINK THIS WOULD GO THIS WOULD GO PERFECT AS THE FIRST IN FRANCE TYPE OF ITEM THAT'S COMING UP IN THE CITY. MANAGER ITEMS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. YES, MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE LAST ITEM. COULD I ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO HUMOR ME TO DO A QUICK PHOTO OP TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR FIFA AND THE WORLD CUP? IF YOU WANT TO WEAR YOUR SCARVES, EVEN BETTER. OKAY. CHANGE SCARVES.

[2.-1. 26-1603 A Resolution of the Transportation Advisory Board requesting that the City Commission approve the appointment of the Board As A Whole Member.]

[G.-3. 26-1605 A Resolution of the City Commission confirming the appointment of Carlos Musso (nominated by the Board As A Whole) to serve as a member of the Transportation Advisory Board, for a two (2) year term which began on June 1, 2025 and continues through May 31, 2027.]

YES, TWO. ONE IS A RESOLUTION OF THE THE TAB REQUESTING THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE MEMBER, AND THEN G THREE IS IS THAT APPOINTMENT AND I WILL JUST QUICKLY READ IT. G THREE IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF CARLOS MUSSO TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, WHICH BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST, 2025 AND CONTINUES THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2027. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSION. JUST MAKE IT QUICK. HOPEFULLY IT'S A QUICK, STRAIGHTFORWARD APPOINTMENT.

WE'RE A I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD, WHERE SOME SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WE STARTED WITH FIVE MEMBERS, ONLY HAD TROUBLE REACHING QUORUM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CASTRO APPOINTED HER COMMISSION, HER APPOINTMENT AS WELL. SO NOW WE'RE UP TO SIX. WE'RE MISSING THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. AND EVEN WITH THAT, WE WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT INEFFECTIVE. WE'VE HAD 50% NO QUORUM. SO TRYING TO BE EFFECTIVE. IT'S A DIFFICULT ZONE THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO PICK.

WE'VE GONE OUT THERE. WE'VE GOTTEN SOME SOME SOME APPLICATIONS. MOST OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF THEM ARE IN OTHER ZONES. SO ZONE SIX, AGAIN, IS SOUTH OF OLD CUTLER. WE DID FIND ONE CANDIDATE, CARLOS MUSSO, WHO LIVES APPROXIMATELY LIKE TWO BLOCKS FROM THAT ZONE.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE ZONE. AND THAT WILL FULFILL A FULL BOARD FOR US AND ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE AS A BOARD AND HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY. I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND IT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER LATA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES.

COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. MAYOR LAGO. YES. WE'LL TAKE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WAITING HERE PATIENTLY. I APPRECIATE YOU AND I AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 20 MINUTE RECESS FOR LUNCH. WE'LL BE BACK AT 220. THANK YOU.

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[F.-8. 26-1598 Discussion regarding Pelican Harbor Seabird Station. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

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THAT'S MOWGLI. SHE ACTUALLY SOMETIMES IS A WORKING GIRL. THAT'S HER TEACHING A BABY OWLET HOW TO BE AN OWL, HOW TO HUNT. AND EVERY ANIMAL THAT COMES TO US COMES FROM SOMETHING HUMAN RELATED. SO WE GET A LOT OF HOOK AND LINE INJURIES. WE DO EDUCATION AROUND PROPERLY DISPOSING OF HOOK AND LINE. WE GET A LOT OF ANIMALS ALSO FROM POISONING, AND THAT COULD BE FROM BIRDS EATING FISH FROM THE BAY AND HAVING BOTULISM. OR MANY TIMES YOU SEE THESE RODENT POISON BOXES. THE HAWKS WILL EAT A RODENT FROM ONE OF THOSE AND GET SICK. WE ARE ALSO ON THE ATLANTIC FLYWAY, AND WE GET MANY BIRDS THAT ARE VICTIMS OF WINDOW COLLISIONS. AND THERE IS AN EASY WAY. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A BIG, AT SOME POINT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN ABOUT BIRD SAFE GLASS. THERE IS GLASS ON THE MARKET THAT'S ETCHED, COATED, HAS ENAMEL BAKED INTO IT, OR A SURFACE. DECALS THAT REALLY DETER THESE BIRDS FROM FLYING INTO WINDOWS THAT THEY MISTAKE FOR SKY. WE HAVE A GROWING PATIENT NEED. EVERY YEAR WE SEE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 10%. BUT THIS QUARTER WE ACTUALLY HAD A 30% INCREASE IN PATIENTS WERE WELL OVER LAST YEAR AND TREATED LAST YEAR, 2700 PATIENTS. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A HUGE NEED FOR OUR SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO THE CLINIC, WE ALSO ARE BIG INTO CONSERVATION

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SO THESE ARE A FEW SLIDES SHOWING OUR CURRENT FACILITY AND THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH SHOULD OPEN VERY SOON. OLD AND NEW. OUR INTAKE DESK, WE GET OVER 50 CALLS EVERY DAY FOR ANIMALS IN NEED. OUR CLINIC STAFF. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE ROOM. BASICALLY THE NEW HOSPITAL WILL HAVE NINE. THE LAUNDRY ROOM. AND JUST THIS IS REALLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO DELIVER ON OUR MISSION TO A MUCH GREATER DEGREE. OUR STAFF. SO THIS IS THAT OWL THAT I SHOWED YOU AT THE BEGINNING THAT WAS FOUND IN CORAL GABLES. WE HAD OVER 90 PEOPLE COME TO SEE ITS RELEASE AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THE WORK THAT WE DO. SO THERE ARE A MILLION WAYS TO HELP. OF COURSE, YOU CAN DONATE, VOLUNTEER, ATTEND A CRUISE. WE HAD SOMEBODY, WE HAD WAYNE FROM DUFFY'S SPONSOR, AN OWL BOX. YOU CAN DONATE AND WE'LL COME TO YOUR PROPERTY WITH A BOX AND PUT IN ONE OF OUR EASTERN SCREECH OWLS LIKE MOLLY. AND JUST A SNAPSHOT FOR CORAL GABLES. WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A 10% INCREASE EVERY YEAR FROM OUR PATIENTS FROM CORAL GABLES LAST YEAR, 100 PATIENTS. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 500 DONORS WHO CALL CORAL GABLES HOME, AND OUR AVERAGE PATIENT COST IS AROUND $548. SO THEY ASK TODAY IS, WOULD THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES CONSIDER AN ANNUAL GIFT OF $5,000 TO PELICAN HARBOR TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS? AND JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES GIVE, USUALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 5000. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO AS AS A SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM, I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION FOR TWO PURPOSES. NUMBER ONE, TO EDUCATE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND NUMBER TWO, TO GIVE YOU A PLATFORM YEAR BEFORE ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO GET A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION, TO REVIEW IT, AND TO THINK ABOUT IT OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AND SEE IF THIS IS AN INTEREST THAT YOU HAVE. I DON'T ASK ANYBODY TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY I'M GOING TO OFFER THIS ON MY ON MY ON MY NEWSLETTER TO THE RESIDENTS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY JUST PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO WHAT THIS GREAT NON-FOR-PROFIT DOES, AND GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT, AND POTENTIALLY HOPEFULLY DONATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL OWL. ISN'T SHE INCREDIBLE? SHE'S SHOWSTOPPER. MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT IS A BABY OWL, CORRECT? CORRECT. SHE'S FULL GROWN AND THEY'RE PRETTY COMMON HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOCTURNAL, SO YOU DON'T SEE THEM VERY OFTEN.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CREATURE. SO THROUGH THE MAYOR. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NO, NO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. YES, MADAM VICE MAYOR, SO I MET ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. SHE WAS STILL A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER. INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE LITTLE BIRD. I SEE THEM UP IN MYT NIGHT. IF YE,EAH, THEYHEY AR QUITE IMSIVE. THE CAN TO KNOW YOO.O ANDETSED TOOUOT'S BEEN ALE.

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[E.-1. 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)]

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

[E.-2. 26-1132 An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida 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 by incorporating 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 amend Section 5-502, “Flat Roofs,” to clarify the review and approval of trellis structures on roof decks; 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.]

VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. MAYOR LAGO. YES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE CITY ATTORNEY GETS UPSET. IF WE TAKE ITEMS BEFORE THEIR. I'M CERTAIN TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING HERE THAT. SOME OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS ARE QUICK. YOU THINK? MORE MORE LIKE UPDATES, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. E 538. THOSE SHOULD NOT NEED A LOT OF DISCUSSION. SORRY. E 538 SHOULD

[E.-5. 26-1559 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Chapter 18 "Elections", to amend the Code consistent with the recently adopted Charter amendments to change the date of the City election, run-off, and qualifying dates; to amend the sections regarding the Canvassing Board and adjusting other associated dates for vacancies in qualifying; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR CITY CHARTER TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN THE APRIL 21ST REFERENDUM. THIS ORDINANCE RIGHT HERE BEFORE YOU, CHANGES OUR ELECTION CODE TO COMPLY WITH THE CHANGE TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. AND AS YOU'LL NOTE

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WE HAVE WORKED ON THESE CLOSELY WITH THE CITY CLERK AND THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE, AND SO THOSE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. AS A SPONSOR OF THE ITEM, I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SUPPORTING THIS ITEM OVERWHELMINGLY, OVERWHELMINGLY. SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO SUPPORTED IT. AND IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO MOVE FORWARD. I HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE IT. YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. GREGORY, PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER.

[E.-6. 26-1560 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Chapter 2 "Administration", Article II "City Commission" to amend Section 2-29 "Compensation of Mayor, Commissioners; Travel Allowance; Office Expense" to require a vote of the electors prior to certain changes in compensation consistent with the recently approved Charter amendment; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

BEYOND THE ANNUAL INCREASES FOR CPIW CONTEMPLATED IN THE CITY CODE. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING? THIS IS FIRST READING. EXCUSE ME, THERE IS NO. THERE'S. OKAY. PERFECT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. MR. MAYOR.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. VICE MAYOR. ANDERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES.

MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU. AS A SPONSOR, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. E7E7 IS AN

[E.-7. 26-1617 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Chapter 2 "Administration", Article III "Boards, Commissions, Committees" to create Division 12 "Charter Review Committee" to amend the Code to codify the Charter Review Committee, membership and qualifications, and require convening of the Committee every ten years beginning in 2035, consistent with the recently adopted Charter amendment; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

BUT NOW THAT WON'T BE THE CASE. THIS WILL BE THIS WILL HAPPEN EVERY TEN YEARS. THERE WILL BE SEVEN MEMBERS. AND THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE, WILL BE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, WHICH IS THE WAY IT'S BEEN HANDLED FOR THREE DECADES, NOT UNTIL IT WAS CHANGED. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE RESIDENTS FOR APPROVING THIS COMMON SENSE REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT OVERREACHING. AND I THINK IT'S IN BENEFIT OF THE CITY. AND I'M PROUD THAT I WAS ABLE TO SPONSOR THIS ITEM AND GET IT APPROVED BY THE BY THE VOTERS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT A SECOND. MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES, COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. MAYOR

[E.-8. 26-1561 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Chapter 2 "Administration", Article VII "Finance", Division 1 "Generally" to amend Section 2-352 "Fund Balance and Reserve Policy" to require a vote of the electors, prior to certain changes to the Fund Balance Reserve Policy consistent with the recently approved Charter amendment; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

SO AS A SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM, I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO APPROVED THIS.

THE REASON WHY I HAD TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, NEVER HAVING TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS BEFORE WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS THREATS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE SPENDING MONEY THAT WE HAD IN RESERVES. WHEN I GOT HERE, WE HAD ABOUT $15 MILLION IN THE COFFERS. NOW WE HAVE OVER $60 MILLION. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT MONEY DOESN'T BELONG TO THE COMMISSION. THAT MONEY BELONGS TO THE RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WHEN I STARTED HERE, WE HAD A DOUBLE A RATED CITY. NOW WE'RE A TRIPLE TRIPLE RATED CITY. WE'RE ONE OF THREE CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE THAT FINANCIAL DISTINCTION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BORROW MONEY AT AN INCREDIBLY CHEAP LEVEL AMOUNT. AND IT'S ALSO A POINT OF PRIDE FOR CORAL GABLES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MONEY. IT'S A RAINY DAY FUND THAT WE USE WHEN WE HAD A

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VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. MAYOR LAGO. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE MOVE ON TO TIME CERTAIN

[F.-5. 26-1597 A Resolution of the City Commission approving the preliminary design for improvements to Fred B. Hartnett Ponce Circle Park. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

MR. MAYOR, GOOD AFTERNOON. FOR THE RECORD, JAVIER FERNANDEZ, LAW OFFICE AT 201 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 1205. THANK YOU. THAT'S A VERY NICE PIN. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU KNOW, I'M.

CONGRATULATIONS. FANTASTIC GIFT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPORT IT. YOU HAVE TO REPORT THAT OR NO, IT'S A GIFT. WE'VE ALREADY DISCLOSED IT TO THE HERALD, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ON THE RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF PONCE PARK. AS YOU ALL RECALL, DURING YOUR APPROVAL OF THE PONCE PARK RESIDENCES PROJECT, ONE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT WAS PROFFERED WAS THE CONTRIBUTION AND ASSISTANCE IN ACCELERATING, HOPEFULLY, THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS LONG DESIRED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ALL THE CITY'S INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AND MANAGER, HIS TEAM, PLANNING, PARKS, ETC. TO ARRIVE AT THIS DESIGN CONCEPT, WHICH MR. CLAUDIA WILL SHORTLY PRESENT FOR YOU AND WE. TODAY'S GOAL IS BASICALLY TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND SIGN OFF ON THIS CONCEPT. BEFORE WE PROCEED TO START WITH OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS ROOM HERE ON JUNE 1ST. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. LAGUARDIA AND THEN SUM UP AT THE END WITH A QUICK NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. JAVIER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. AND FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE THE CITY AND THE STAFF WHO HAVE HELPED AND GUIDED US THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THANK ALAN AND SPENCER MORRIS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE CITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. IF WE CAN GET STARTED WITH THE IMAGES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S OUR COVER NEXT SHEET. OKAY. IF. WE STARTED THE DESIGN BY STUDYING PHINEAS PASTE AND GEORGE MERRICK'S 1924 IDEAS FOR CRAFTS PLAZA FOR.

ALTHOUGH THE CONTEXT AND THE PROGRAM TODAY IS DIFFERENT, WE FOUND THAT THE FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE SITE WAS COMPELLING AND VALID. AND SO WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THEY ANCHORED THE OBLONG SITE WITH TWO ANCHOR BUILDINGS, ONE AT EACH END. IN THIS CASE, IN THEIR CASE, IT WAS TWO EXPOSITION BUILDINGS. AND SO THAT CREATED SORT OF A PARK, A GARDEN INSIDE. AND THEN THEY ENCLOSED THAT PARK WITH ARCADES. AND SO WE FOUND THIS RESPONSE TO THE SITE AS, AS SORT OF STILL BEING VALID. THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THEIR PROJECT WAS THAT THESE EXPOSITION BUILDINGS FACED BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH PONDS. SO NOT JUST WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITHIN THE PARK, BUT ACTUALLY GIVING A FRONT FACE TO NORTH AND SOUTH PONDS. OKAY.

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BEAUTIFUL. WE. WE HAVE DEPICTED HERE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CONSIDERED MIGHT TAKE PLACE IN THE PARK. SO WE MIGHT HAVE PICNICS. THERE MIGHT BE SORT OF AN INFORMAL MUSICAL GATHERING IN THE ALLAYS. THERE COULD BE SEATING, LOUNGING, YOU KNOW, PICNIC TABLES, STROLLING, ART IN THE PARK, OBVIOUSLY, CONCERTS AT THE ODEON AS WELL AS PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, SOME INFORMAL YOGA CLASSES OR, OR SIMILAR ACTIVITIES. OKAY. IN CIRCLE PARK WE HAVE ONE ANCHORED BY THE ODEON AND THE OTHER END, ANCHORED BY THE FRANK STELLA INVERTED PUFFED STAR SCULPTURE, SITTING IN AN ELEVATED SHALLOW FOUNTAIN. THE GREEN OR EVENT LAWN IN THE CENTER IS ENCLOSED ON THE SIDES BY PAVILIONS AND ARCADES, AND A TREE LINED ALLEY, AND FORMS A SHADE BOSQUE FOR VISITORS. SO A SIMILAR APPROACH TO WHAT PASTE WAS PROPOSING, WHICH WAS TO HAVE TWO ANCHORS AT THE END, CREATING A, A A LARGE LAWN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN ENCLOSING THAT LAWN TO BUFFER IT FROM THE STREET WITH ARCADES ON THE SIDE. THE ENTRY PAVILIONS ARE LOCATED AT THE IMPORTANT CROSSWALKS, PROVIDING A THRESHOLD AND AND WELCOMING THE VISITORS INTO THE PARK. THE ODEON PRESENTS A SCULPTURAL LOGGIA TO SOUTH PONDS, WHILE THE LOW WALL AROUND FRANK STELLA'S STAR OPENS THE PARK TOWARDS MIRACLE MILE, AND IN THIS WAY INVITING THE. THE CONNECTION. WE HAVE NAMED THE AREA AROUND THE FOUNTAIN, THE SCULPTURE GARDEN, AS IT COULD HOST OTHER SCULPTURES BESIDES THE STAR. AND JUST AS AN IDEA, WE PROPOSE PERHAPS A SERIES OF SIX BRONZE MUSICIANS VISIBLE FROM THE PROMENADE, ECHOING THE LIVE MUSICIANS ON THE OTHER SIDE AT THE ODEON. SO IF YOU CAN POINT OUT WHERE ADDITIONAL SCULPTURES COULD GO, OKAY, A SERIES OF RENDERINGS ARE GOING TO TAKE US AROUND THE PARK, AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ENTER THROUGH THE STAR SCULPTURE AND THEN MEANDER ACROSS THE GREEN AND END UP IN A CONCERT AT THE ODEON. SO THIS IS THIS IS A VIEW OF FROM THE STREET OF THE PAVILION AND ARCADES AND THE LAY BOARDING BORDERING PONDS.

NEXT. AS WE TURN THE CORNER AROUND PONDS, THIS IS SORT OF. THIS WOULD BE A VIEW OF THE ALLEY ON THE LEFT AND THE PAVILION AND ARCADE ON THE RIGHT. AS WE APPROACH THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. THIS IS. THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE AS WE FOCUS IN ON FRANK STELLA'S STAR.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM ONE PAVILION. SO THIS THESE PAVILIONS ARE AT THE CROSSWALK.

SO WE'RE COMING IN THROUGH THIS PAVILION AND THIS PAVILION AND ITS ARCH FACES THE PAVILION ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND SO YOU STEP INTO THIS PAVILION AND YOU GET A FRAME OF THE PAVILION ACROSS FROM YOU. AND THESE PAVILIONS ACT ALMOST AS THRESHOLDS INTO THE INTO THE PARK. OKAY, NEXT.

OKAY. CLOSE UP OF THE OF THE STAR. AND SO THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. AND NOW WE START TO, WE'LL START TO MEANDER INTO, WELL, HERE WE ARE ALREADY IN THE GREEN. LOOKING BACK AT THE SCULPTURE BEING FRAMED WITH A PAVILION ON EACH SIDE. OKAY, THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE. SO THESE ARCADES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLID TOWARDS THE STREET AND MORE OPEN TOWARDS TOWARDS THE GREEN. AND WE'VE COME UP WITH THIS DETAIL IN THE SHOW RAFTERS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE VINES GROWING ON THE INSIDE, THUS MAKING IT EVEN MORE GREEN. NEXT.

OKAY. AS THIS IS, AS WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AND MEANDER THROUGH THE GREEN NEXT. AND

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IT LOOKS PERFECT IN MY OPINION. AND IT'S IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL DESIGN AND PERFECTLY FITTING FOR THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. AND I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER ARCHITECT, A BETTER TEAM.

I THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. I'VE SAT DOWN WITH THE MANAGER AND WE WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO TO MAKE THAT GAP. I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT GAP. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A CONTINGENCY IN REGARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW THAT ONCE THE CDS ARE FINALIZED, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GRIND, GRIND THE NUMBERS DOWN EVEN FURTHER, MAKE AND MAKE THAT GAP EASILY. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IT TO THE RESIDENTS, GET THEIR FEEDBACK, GET THEIR INPUT.

BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE IT A LOT. I LIKE IT A LOT. I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE INCORPORATE SOME OF MY IDEAS ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SCULPTURE OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK IT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE IT COULD BE PERMANENT OR IT COULD BE MAYBE ON LOAN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH A BIG COLLECTOR RIGHT NOW TO POTENTIALLY LEND US SOME MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURES FOR 4 OR 5 YEAR PERIOD. AND THOSE CAN BE HOUSED, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARK. AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING JUST AMAZING THROUGH THE THE ONLY THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT WILL BE WHEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THOSE SCULPTURES BACK. YES. SO NOT A HAPPY DAY, MAYBE FOR A TAX BREAK. THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T THEY WON'T TAKE THEM BACK. MADAM VICE MAYOR. YEAH. SORRY I INTERRUPTED. I HAD A QUESTION LOOKING AT THE PARK FROM THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, I SEE THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL VIEWING AREA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE STELLAR SCULPTURE. BUT MY QUESTION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SLIP LANE THERE, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUE WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHILDREN, ETC. STEP INTO THAT SLIP LANE. IS THERE ANYTHING TO PREVENT THE

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SO THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, BEFORE THE DEVELOPER BECAME INVOLVED, WAS GOING TO BE THE ROADWAY ON THE PARK. AND WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF THAT THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, AND IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES RACE INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER CROSSING POINTS TO FACILITATE CROSSING INTO THE PARK. AND THEN THERE'S ALL SORTS OF SEVERAL FEATURES, INCLUDING THE USE OF PAVERS AS A KIND OF LIKE A DIFFERENT TEXTURE TO, TO SLOW DOWN CARS. BUT, BUT THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THE ROADWAY THAT THE PERIMETER OF THE PARK, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED AND DONE.

BUT THERE ARE SOME FEATURES TO FACILITATE CROSSING IN A, IN A MORE SAFE MANNER. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SLIP LANE AND DETERRING PEOPLE FROM STEPPING OFF AND INTO THE SLIP LANE. OKAY, SO IF THE VICE MAYOR IS ASKING YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, CAN WE LOOK AT IT? YEAH, WE HAVE A LONG WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA TODAY. SORRY. YES. THIS IS LIKE PRELIMINARY. I WANT TO GET IT IS I WANT TO GET INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS. AND THEN I WANT TO MAKE HER HAPPY WITH THE SLIP LANE. SHE SHE'S PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT IT AND I AGREE WITH THAT. WE COULD HAVE A LOW, LOW WALL WITH SOME KIND OF A FENCE OROMET THATSCOURAGEPO KNOW GOI,OITHAT CAN'TOE. CEEHEY REAL CAOOK IT, OKAKNOWHOW LIT ONEARE S. MAYOR, WILTAKE ATOD. VICE MOR IAV A MION?E FORTHE VE.

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[E.-3. 26-1557 An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables amending the City Code, Chapter 2, Entitled “Administration”, Article VIII entitled “Procurement Code”, Section 2-607(24), Exemptions; Section 2-685, Competitive Sealed Bidding (formal bid); Section 2-688 Small Purchases; Section 2-689 Sole Sources Procurement; Section 2-690 Sole Source Procurement; Section 2-691 Special Procurement/Bid Waiver; Section 2-763 Contract Award; Section 2-764 Approval of Change Order and Contract Modifications; and Section 2-910 Resolution of Protested Solicitations and Awards - Formal and providing for a repealer provision, severability cause, codification, and providing for an effective date.]

MAY ANDSON. YES. COISERCARO.ES COMMISNAND. YES

[E.-4. 26-1608 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Chapter 58 "Special Assessments", Article III - "Repair or Construction of Streets and Sidewalks" to amend Section 58-48 "Duty of Abutting Property Owners to Repair" in order to amend the code to clarify that abutting property owners are not responsible for defective sidewalks where such defects are a result of City trees and the City has been notified of those defects; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

FIRST SPEAKER MARIA CRUZ. OKAY. JACKSON HOLMES, CAN I CAN I MAKE A REQUEST INSTEAD OF SCREAMING FROM THE GRANDSTANDS, YOU HAVE A MESSAGE. IF YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR FOR THE CLERK OR FOR ANYONE HERE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP, SPEAK TO THE CLERK OR SPEAK THE STAFF INSTEAD OF SCREAMING FROM ACROSS THE ROOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I SPOKE WITH COMMISSIONER ANDERSON ON THIS ITEM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY REAL DISAGREEMENT ON THIS ITEM. SHE'S A SPONSOR. BUT I, I WAS OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS FOR THE REFERENDUM AT THE TIME. I THINK THAT THIS MUST HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY. AND I DO HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS IS AMENDING. I KNOW I'M WITH THE CITY ON I MEAN, I'M A SELFISH PERSON, RIGHT? I DON'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE BUT MYSELF, BUT I, I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO DO AND CUT OFF OUR FUNDS TO GIVE HOMEOWNERS WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. I'M IN STEP WITH THE MAYOR ON ON THAT SUBJECT. AND YOU ALL HAVE TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDERS AND WONDER WHAT'S NEXT IN TALLAHASSEE. BUT I JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE LAYING TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY ON PROPERTY OWNERS. LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE RICH THAN THE CITY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CORRECT ASSUMPTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MENENDEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MENENDEZ. SIX SIX, ONE ONE RIVIERA DRIVE.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON ON THE ITEM. AS FAR AS THE DUTY OF OWNERS TO REPAIR LIABILITY CONCERNS, IF SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO INJURE THEMSELVES, SOME TYPE OF NEGLIGENCE, WHO IS LIABLE? IS THE OWNER LIABLE IF THEY'RE FOOTING THE BILL OR HAS TO FIND SOMEBODY TO FIX THE SIDEWALK? OR IS THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, MADAM VICE MAYOR? WELL, I THINK ONE, I HAVE TO DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THIS IS LIMITED TO WHERE IS A TREE CAUSING THE

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ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CLARK? NO. MR. MAYOR, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE IT, CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON? YES, COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. MAYOR LY. YES. MOVING ON

[F.-4. 26-1619 A Resolution of the City Commission directing the City Manager and City Clerk to ensure that all regular meetings of the City's boards and committees are recorded and made available for public viewing on the City's website. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

COMMSIER FERNAEZ. YES COMMSIER.AD YES. VICE LO YES. OKA WE'LLOVE ITEMIXISCUSSN INGERLYG MAINTENCEUNNG A WITH.

[F.-7. 26-1596 Discussion regarding maintenance of areas adjacent to the Underline. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

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YOU KNOW, PRESSURE CLEANING SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, RE, YOU KNOW, NEW SIGNS GETTING RID OF THOSE, THOSE PARKING METERS, THE LANDSCAPING, SOME OF IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, BUT MOST OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY CORAL GABLES. MAYBE WE NEED SOME TRASH CANS, MAYBE WED MEVELAE. BUT I THINK YOUKHOSE SIT I TNK YOU' B DAPTED TO SEE AND HATUT IT HE PUECD LIHIS,M ING FOR SUPPORTFSP LL,AYOR, IN, KNO. LESUL CAMIG ONFRE GOOD,AND PERHAPS T CANOOKT THES CORDO WELL ASADTIONAL WHE EERSSOME WORK. IWOULOVTHAT. B IO BEESWITH, MADAMICE MAYO I MAY, KNOW, TO A A DEDICATROUP WE EOE OFTAFF OR,R A THIS BECAUSE IT'EAT. I MEAN, THENS A DED. YOU KNO Y HAVE ALL OSEPERS THAT E BRON, THE ASPHALTS NOT LKI GOO ME,,HA I RECOM ISLIKE TO DVII'MO S,AYOR. THANK YOU.HESE AREASER ACTUALL PARNG ENCHED O ON THE OHE ANVE ASH LATHOSEAR ANDT' SOMETHA 'VE ACTUALLY INTNALLY INK IT'S BEY JINTO I THINK WE NEETO S HOW WE'R GOI AROACH ESE SITESOW THA THEY BEE RECED, BEC AOT OFHE A LOT DEARKI, AR ON OR HEERLYINHT OF WA UER RIGHT OF WAY NOWONE. SI THINK W NEEDO LOOK, LOO TS, ATTH AREAS N INOR T BETTERNT AT UERLYINJE NOT NOT OUR UERLYIN PROCT, BUT, BU JUSTNCORPORATE TMHEN, EN BTER AND LK AT THE ANY IN ALTERNAVES AT WE T. MR. CLAI'D LI TO SEE IF C BE RINDED BUET PCESS, THAT BRING THIS UP AS ANHAT EDSATTENTN NOT. PARKG METFOR, DON KN HOWY S. ATA NIM, WE WEEE THE DNSSESENARBA KE TO E ENT TH ACTUAL DGET NEEDS TO BEPOD SO WE CARK ONAT TO DIVERTT WORKN TH. ATST A ESON Y I OUGHT TOALK ABOUT THOTHE LIFE,ICH BUA THH THEOR. YES, SIR UPCO CIPCTPARKING ON PAR LOTS 12 AND 16, AND 'LL OOKINGT THOS AREATO S I WE IF WN ADE THEM, WE TO PUTHOSE AS A AET ITEAND SNDE E GOHOSEREAS.OON TOU ATO

[F.-6. 26-1595 Discussion regarding Underline Maintenance Funding. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

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NUMBE ONOME MES. I TO RD ME OTHE AE , LEGISLATION W PRODE REGARDS TO AT DERLS REQUESNG ON SOMEF T O ON OF ESPECIALLY WHEN AE, LITTLE BIT A FST LINE NSIDEDND I'D LIKE TO SEE'SEI FF WOULD LIKE TO GO ER THEY'RLOOKOR FY CTO BE SURE.AROLINA TEPINITIA AGRMEBETWN THERO SEA, CITY AND THE COUNTY. SO LIKE WE DISCUSSED, THE UNDERLYING IS A TEN MILE LINEAR PARK, BEAUTIFUL PARK WITH A MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR BENEATH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S METRORAIL SYSTEM. IT BASICALLY CONNECTS US FROM THE MIAMI RIVER ALL THE WAY TO DELAND SOUTH. YOU HAVE SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO KEEP IN MIND. SO ASIDE FROM JUST THE UNDERLYING, YOU HAVE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, IT'S MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY. WE HAVE THE FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLYING, ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNDERLYING MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, OR TUMO, AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNDERLYING CONSERVANCY. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU HAVE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS. WE HAVE THE CITY OF MIAMI, CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI AND CITY OF CORAL GABLES, WHO ARE ALL IMPACTED AND BENEFIT INDIRECTLY FROM THE THE CORRIDOR. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES, 26% OF THE UNDERLYING TRAVERSES THROUGH THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, AND THAT'S FROM SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST 38TH AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO SOUTHWEST 57TH AVENUE. HERE'S JUST A LITTLE MAP OF THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, AND YOU'LL SEE. PHASE THREE HAS PREDOMINANTLY THE SECTIONS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. SO BRIEF HISTORY. THE CITY HAS, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, CONTRIBUTED OVER $7 MILLION TOWARDS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNDERLYING PROJECT. IN ITS INCEPTION IN 2018, THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ADOPTED BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WAS BASICALLY TO SELECT THE UNDERLYING MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, OR TUMO, AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL, PROVIDING FOR THE MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, PROGRAMING, SPONSORSHIP AND OF COURSE, FUNDRAISING OF FUNDS. THE INITIAL COMMITMENT WAS OF 358,000 AND $882 ANNUALLY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LINEAR PARK, WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION WAS TO RAISE PRIVATE FUNDS TO COVER ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS. WITHIN THAT INITIAL AGREEMENT, WHAT WAS FUNDED WAS BASICALLY LANDSCAPING. IT DIDN'T CONSIDER ADDITIONAL AMENITIES. SO IN 2021, THERE WAS A MASTER MAINTENANCE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. IT ESTABLISHED HOW IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN CORAL GABLES RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE MAINTAINED. THERE WAS ALLOCATION OF LONG TERM OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN BOTH ENTITIES, PROCEDURES FOR FUTURE CITY REQUESTS AND ENHANCEMENTS, COUNTY ACCEPTANCE TO MAINTAIN THE BASE UNDERLYING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH ITS DESIGNATED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION. AND HERE, JUST AN EXCERPT OF THAT INITIAL AGREEMENT. DTPW INTENDS TO TENDER THE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION. SO MOVING FORWARD. IN MARCH OF 2023, THERE WAS A MEMORANDUM PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTY MAYOR THAT IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING THE INCREASED LONG TERM O&M COSTS OF THE LINEAR PARK. THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COUNTY OBLIGATION, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OVER $350,000 ANNUALLY IN MAINTENANCE WITH SEPARATELY, A $50,000 ANNUAL FPL LICENSE CONTRIBUTION. THERE WAS A PROPOSED SHIFT BY THE UNDERLYING MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEW ESTIMATE MAINTENANCE COSTS EXCEEDING, AT THIS POINT, $9 MILLION ANNUALLY TO LOOK AT A SPLIT WITH THE COUNTY FUNDING 70% AND TUMO FUNDING 30% OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY $6.3 MILLION ANNUALLY IF YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS PUBLISHED AT THE TIME IN THAT MEMORANDUM. SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS? LIKE I MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED COST IS $9 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE SEGMENT. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF BASICALLY 2,400% FROM THE ORIGINAL MAINTENANCE FRAMEWORK CONTEMPLATED IN 2018 IN THE AGREEMENT. SO WE MAY STOP RIGHT THERE. OKAY, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, OUR

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HOW ABOUT WHERE WE AREWHEREWE AR YOU KNOW, PUTDN TNDO HE IT OF WT WE'RIN E ENG T MA PLA SS THISUE. WT SE WE YOU SEEHE VE YEAHROUGHAYOR?EXT N ASK QST TERRUP, BHAT'S AN GUYS ENTERIN MTO FINH T 2ILU ESTATION?ESGO AHEAD. AH. GOAD.OU CAUSE THERE A S NCERNSELATHE EXACT COST. CORRECT. SO T CURRENT REQUEST THAT WAS PROFFERED WAS FOR THE THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES TO DO AN INITIAL PRORATED AMOUNT OF 180 000 FOR THIS026 FCAL YEAR. AND THEN ERE'S A REQUESTO FUND 1YEAR, MILLION ANNUALLY WITH AN ESTABLISHED REQUE OF 5% CREASE EALATION, AS LL AS A FIVEEAR COMMITMENT FOR THOSE PAYMENTS. SO THAT TAKES US TOBOUT $4.49 MILLION.

AGAIN, THE TOTAL PROJECTED MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTIONSH INTENDED TO COVER THE 70/30 SPLIT SPLIT. THISNALAKES COMMITMENT IS TO COVER THE 30%. SO THE QUESTION IS ALSO, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE ADDITIONAL 70% PENDING? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS DISCUSSED AND THERE'S NO RESOLUTION YET ON AS THE COUNTY GOES OVER THEIR BUDGET. HOW TO FUND THE DIFFERENCE. THAT WAS WHERE I WAS HEADED. SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AS STAFF, IF WE WERE TO ENGAGE IN A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO FUND THESE FUNDS, IS WHO RECEIVES THOSE FUNDS. THE CITY REALLY NEEDS A DETAILED LINE ITEM OPERATING BUDGET TO DETERMINE HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED. THE SAME WAY WE PRESENT A BUDGET TO THE CITY COMMISSION, WE WOULD NEED TO SEE A BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, IN FACT, GOING TOWARDS THE UNDERLYING. APPROPRIATELY, THERE ARE NO DEFINED METRICS FOR THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDE JUST AN INITIAL MAINTANCE SCHULE. SO WE WOULD ASK FOR A METRIC OF THOSE SERVICES WE ULD LIKE TO DISCUSS. MAYBE THERE'S SOM DUPLICATION OF SERVIHAT MIGHTLREA BFUND TGH TAXPAYERS M. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING SERVICES. WE NEE AUDIT RIGHTS, FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT'S REPRESENTATION AND OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT. IF FDS ARE TO BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE UNDERLYING CLARIFICATION ALSO NEEDS TO HAPN ON COUNTY VERSUS MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION, AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE AND DISCU THIS WITH THE COUNTY AS WE.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE LINEAR PARK, IN REALITY, IT'S A OF COURSE, THERE IS AOCALNEFIT.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. CHRISTINE YORMARK 724 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I ACTUALLY SERVE AS THE TREASURER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLYING. SO I'M INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE FINANCIALS, THE OPERATIONS, AND HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY, ALONG WITH WHAT EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY AGREED WITH TODAY, WHICH IS THE VALUE THAT THE UNDERLYING BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IS REALLY THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT. I VIEW THIS AS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I VIEW THIS AS IF WE DON'T INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT US AND WHAT DOES THAT PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS? BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PARK THAT HAS BEEN DETERIORATED, WHERE IT HAS GRAFFITI, WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF SAFETY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THIS CITY, IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE PEOPLE INVEST. IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE. IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES.

MY DAUGHTER GOES TO CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ACTUALLY HER AND I WALK ALONG THE UNDERLYING FROM, YOU KNOW, ON OCCASION. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. AND I CAN DO THAT WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I WOULD LET HER DO THAT ALONE BECAUSE IT'S SO SAFE. SO WITH THAT, I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNDERLYING AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS YOU RAISED TODAY BECAUSE AS A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL, FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE QUESTIONS AND AGREE. WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT TRANSPARENCY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, VIEW THIS AS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE BEST COMMUNITIES HAVE THE BEST PARKS AND THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE AND ARE THE SAFEST. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT BRINGS MORE MONEY, MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE PROSPERITY TO HELP US FUND THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JAMES COLBY. WHO'S NEXT? CHARLIE WILL BE NEXT. HEY, MR. MAYOR,

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HOWEVER, WE NOW HAVE A NEW LANDMARK FOR OUR MUNICIPALITY, FOR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES.

PEOPLE WILL BE INTERACTING WITH IT, AND THERE WILL BE THREE MILES OPEN IN OUR CITY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. IT DOES CREATE THESE COST HURDLES FOR US, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF THE CITY BEAUTIFUL SHOWS UP AS THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, THAT THE PARK REFLECTS WELL ON US AND REFLECTS WELL ON OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOWS THE STEWARDSHIP THAT WE A THAT WE EXHIBIT IN SO MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF FOR ALL OF US.

A THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU CHARLIE. THANKS. GONZALO. SANABRIA. CHARLIE.

CHARLIE. SORRY. I'M SORRY. IT'S GOOD EXERCISE. GETTING UP. WE KNEW YOU NEEDED IT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSION. MY NAME IS CHARLIE GIAIMO, AND I'VE BEEN PART OF THE UNDERLYING PROJECT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. AND I'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH SOME SIMILAR PROJECTS ACROSS THE THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THIS PROJECT IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE EVEN COMPARABLE PROJECTS FOR LESS MONEY AND LESS OVERALL FUNDING.

WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THIS IN OUR BACKYARD. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. WE ARE NOW IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR THE MOST DOGS IN A POOL PARTY AS OF LAST WEEKEND. AND THAT IS THAT HAS PUT THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES IN THE GUINNESS BOOK. AND I SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. GONZALO SANABRIA. GOOD AFTERNOON, GONZALEZ AND AUBRY AT 944 SAN PEDRO AVENUE, AND I'M DIRECTING MY COMMENTS TO THARD OF DIRECFI WDSN MIAMSSWAYHOTY FO 1 YEA BE QUITE LIHRANSPORTN, BECAMEVE M FILR WITH THE ULYNDLS THE ONINHERET TIES TIORKED LUDLIL WTHE UNYIOW W HAVHREELES INHICH G HAS EXRE TO NDLYIN LETME TELL OMETFS HEADACS.S EES O OBLEMSN TUG IT'S S TH COUOTENLYPEN.ECTS, SOMEEAUTUS HAVE1 MIA YEAES WAT WE DON KNOWG MMITTE THI PROJE, THUR RENS INHEOUON. W TOERVICE H DGET OFOR GABS IS ATSH GO AHE ANDGI $1 IOWAY T PROJEC THANOIN T T OF HES.OSHA AE RET MILLNOLLARSHA WEAVE T COMMIT TOMETHI BUY U MEMEN,OM MD CAORHISILLIONE.

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[F.-9. 26-1599 Discussion regarding the Inspector General. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

[F.-10. 26-1600 Pisano Avenue Street Improvement Project Update. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STREET REPAVED DRAINAGE, NEW DRAINAGE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT WORK TO THE TEAM. F11. I HAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION. THIS SHOULD TAKE TWO MINUTES. EDINA, HOW ARE YOU, MISS BELL? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON. DINA BELL FROM PUBLIC WORKS GREEN SPACE, AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT TO PULL IT UP FOR F11 AND F12. PERFECT. AND I ALSO HAVE ONE TWO. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST, MR. MAYOR? I JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS IS SIMPLE. I MEAN, THIS SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.

JUST TAKE SECONDS. SWELL PACKAGE. YEP. DECORATIVE ROCK. CURRENT PROCESS. WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS SWELL PERMIT WHERE RESIDENTS ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN SUBMIT A PERMIT PACKAGE TO IMPROVE THE SWALE. THAT INCLUDES ADDING GRAVEL FOR PARKING OR DECORATIVE FEATURES.

GRAVEL AND PLANTS ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THEY'RE LOWER THAN 30IN HIGH. I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS. INSURANCE ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PERMIT PACKAGE, BUT MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSION, I BELIEVE WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE THE TYPES OF CRUSHED STONE THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE PERMIT. THIS IS REALLY EASY. I WROTE THIS LEGISLATION. I THINK IT'S GREAT.

SO PEOPLE CAN PARK ON THE SWALE, ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT AND IT'S FOR EDGING. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE USING WHITE. I THINK WE SHOULD BE USING CRUSHED GRAY COLOR. I THINK THIS IS A LOT LESS INTRUSIVE. AND I THINK IT'S A LOT MORE BEAUTIFUL. AND AGAIN, IT'S A MORE APPEALING IN REGARDS TO OUR STANDARDS. I THINK WHITE IS TOO IN YOUR FACE.

AND I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL VERSUS ACTUALLY HAVING SOMETHING REFINED LIKE A GRANITE. THAT'S THE POINT OF MY REQUEST TO AMEND THE SOIL PACKAGE AND MOVING FORWARD, BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS, THIS TYPE OF ALTERNATIVE. THAT'S IT, MR.

[F.-11. 26-1601 Discussion item regarding the Swale Package Decorative Rock. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

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OKAY, LOOK, THIS RIGHT HERE. IT'S NOT THE BEST PHOTO, BUT I THINK THE WHITE POPS TOO MUCH AND I DON'T THINK IT, IT LOOKS IT DOESN'T LOOK IN THE SAME LINE AS, YOU KNOW, THE MEDITERRANEAN COLUMNS, YOU KNOW, IN THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE CITY, YOU KEEP MOVING OVER.

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WHITE AND A SOFT, SUBTLE GRAY, YOU KNOW, AND BY THE WAY, THE REFLECTION OFF THE WHITE IS A LOT HARDER BECAUSE THE SOLAR REFLECTIVE INDEX, THE SUN BOUNCES OFF IT. NEXT PICTURE. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE LEFT TO RIGHT. I AGREE, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION. NO NO NO NO NO, I'M JUST TELLING YOU. I'M JUST SHOWING YOU THINGS. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY. I'M JUST SHOWING YOU THESE ARE THINGS THAT AS I DRIVE BY AND I'M DOING MY USUAL PERMITTING ROUTES FOR THE DCM, WHICH GETS A LOT OF A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGES FROM ME EVERY SINGLE DAY I SEE THINGS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I SAY WE, WE NEED TO REFINE OURSELVES JUST A LITTLE BIT, SOMETHING TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, TO CONSIDER, AND MAYBE WE'LL BRING IT UP IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. BUT I THINK THAT THE CRUSHED GRANITE LOOKS A LOT MORE REFINED AND MORE IN LINE WITH THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL.

[F.-12. 26-1602 Discussion regarding the Black Olive Tree Injection Program. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS THESE AMAZING SHADE TREES, THE BLACK OLIVES, PICTURES OF THE BARK, CANOPY AND LEAF. WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED OUR CARTOGRAPH UPDATE OF THE TREE CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE CITY USING THE CONSULTANT WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT, WE NOW HAVE ABOUT 9600 BLACK OLIVE TREES IN THE CITY. SWALES. IT'S 25% OF OUR URBAN FOREST. IT'S A GOOD TREE BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL PROVIDER OF SHADE AND COOLING. IT'S VERY RESILIENT IN HURRICANES. THERE'S A STAINING CHALLENGE. HOWEVER, HOMEOWNERS FREQUENTLY REPORT THE RUST COLORED STAINING ON DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS, AND VEHICLES. IT HAS AN ESTHETIC IMPACT ON OUR CITY.

THE CULPRITS. IT'S NOT THE TREE. IT'S ACTUALLY BESIDE CATERPILLARS MITES, WHICH ARE PESTS THAT CAN TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE TREE CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THE RESULT IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, A RUST COLORED STAINING. THE STAINING IS A RESULT OF THE FRASS OF THE PEST, NOT NECESSARILY THE TREE. THE TREE SPECIFICALLY. IT HAS TANNINS WITHIN THE LEAVES. SO WHEN THE PESTS CHEW ON THE LEAVES, THIS IS THEIR FRASS. WE CURRENTLY TREAT THE BLACK OLIVES WITH PESTICIDE. EVERY EARLY SPRING WHEN THE PESTS ARE IN THE TREE.

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THERE'S AN INJECTION AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TREE BARK, AND IT WORKS INTERNALLY THROUGHOUT THE TREE. INJECTIONS ARE DONE INSTEAD OF SPRAYS. THIS IS A VERY COMMON QUESTION WE GET IN THE GREEN SPACE MANAGEMENT. WE DO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S NO CHEMICAL DRIFT. IT'S SAFER FOR RESIDENTS. IT PROTECTS OUR WATER, OUR DRINKING WATER AND OUR GROUNDWATER. AND IT HAS TARGETED EFFICACY. OUR OPERATIONS ARE RESIDENTS REQUEST. THIS IS DONE BY REQUEST ONLY. WE ASK RESIDENTS TO EMAIL US BY THE END OF DECEMBER EVERY YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN START THE VENDOR TO DO THE INJECTIONS STARTING IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND BE COMPLETED BY APRIL. AND THEN OUR STAFF WILL MONITOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST, AND WE GO OUT AND TRY TO SEE IF THIS IS WORKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HOMEOWNERS PARTICIPATE BY REQUESTING THE TREE TREATMENT EVERY YEAR, AND THEY CAN DO THAT AT P W GREEN SPACE AT CORAL GABLES.COM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOW WE OPERATE CURRENTLY WITH THE BLACK OLIVE PROGRAM. WHAT I'D LIKE FOR MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMISSION, I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE THE WHETHE SHOD D ONCAARR WHEN WYOUR SI YEAR.HE RENTOURYEAR OFI YEA, TOUEST I I DONWFECTIVTHROCESSS..

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[F.-13. 26-1606 Discussion regarding Motor Vehicle Noise Limits and Enforcement. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

VICE MAYOR, AFTER OUR MEETING, I ACTUALLY HAD OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT, AS WELL AS THE OTHER OFFICERS FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE WITH THE STATUTE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE STILL KIND OF IRONING OUT THE WHOLE ISSUES OF USING A SOUND METER. AS FAR AS WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED IN COURT. OBVIOUSLY, IF A MUFFLER ON ANY VEHICLE IS MODIFIED AT ALL, 'S AHIERRAFF CITATI WRITT F LIKE A 'RE AL INTOUISSUE.

CARAS,O TO SPEAK THERE DETECTORSEW. I THIN OUR COLLES IAMI H U I ASL. S WRE EAREETTINGRT,ALMO LATSPOTTER. AN TRFICR 20 DET WREL O IO AT A A LISN UP IT. WE KNHE'S SPORICNFORNTSSUET'S A E AVE TO BE OUTRE DHECHECHEFLERRT, TOP PARTULAR EXAMPLE TT I HAD GIN, I SOUEDIKE FIRECRKERS S GNGFFN MOTOYCLE. IT SOUNDED LE I NTCRSORAL WAY DOWN LEJEUNE ANCRIR W THEN CORLA WITH THE RESONAE SANTOMAO T POED THE ISSUEE RIG CK WHERE,EAN, OBVIOUS WHRE HEARING, THO L ATALES IN INTOKFIR PLHEN AUFFLER IS MODIED, CARI TITATNS ONRK THAT INDIVIDUAL. O A OFFICER FFLER HAS BNODIF IN SO. AND MOREECTLY, ADD HORNS YOU TO ADDSS IS DINITELY DECEL ISS RAIN HORN.NC IT'HNSANOM CARARGEK HO FOR TO BE TO HOLD UP IN COURT, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE SOUND METERS AS WELL. BUT THE IMPROPER HONKING OF HORNS? OH YES, THE PERSISTENT HONKING OF HORN. YES, AROUND CIRCLES, ETC. WE HAD SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS ON BILTMORE WAY, SO THAT'S THE

[F.-14. 26-1607 Discussion and up-date regarding May 8, 2026 meeting with FDOT, Senator Ileana Garcia and The Underline and requirements for earlier mandatory submission of traffic studies to FDOT. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

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BUT IN THAT CONVERSATION, WE ALSO DISCUSSED ADDING A LIGHT AT CABALLERO IN US ONE, AND IT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT FDOT REQUIRES THE TRAFFIC STUDIES TO BE SUBMITTED TO THEM, AND THEY'RE THE LAST PARTY THAT EVER GETS THE TRAFFIC STUDY, AND THEY NEED TO BE REVIEWING IT EARLIER IN IN LINE. SO I CONTACTED THE CITY MANAGER. I SAID, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESS AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS PART OF THE DRC REQUIREMENTS OR SOMEWHERE ALONG THE PROCESS BEFORE A PERMIT IS ISSUED, THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO FDOT FOR THEIR INPUT AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT FDOT MAY WANT TO PLACE ON THE PROJECTS, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH LEJEUNE ROAD AND PUBLIX. TO ADD, THEY DO NOT BLOCK THE BOX.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THE FDOT WOULD MAKE A REQUIREMENT FOR, AS OPPOSED TO US INDIVIDUALLY DOING THEM AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO THAT'S THAT ITEM. THANK YOU.

[G.-1. 26-1593 A Resolution of the City Commission appointing ______________________ (incumbent: George Kakouris) (nominated by the Commission As A Whole) to serve as a member of the Code Enforcement Board, for a three (3) year term which begins on June 1, 2026, and continues through May 31, 2029.]

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. LATA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES.

COMMISSIONER CASTRO. MAYOR LAGO. YES. YES. ITEM G TWO. WE NEED A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION TO BE

[G.-2. 26-1604 A Resolution of the City Commission appointing ________ to serve to serve on the auditor selection committee pursuant to Florida Statutes § 218.391(2)(b) and appointing Commissioner _________ to serve as the alternative governing body member on the Auditor Selection Committee for RFP 2026-013 External Auditing Services.]

REVIEWING THE PROPOSAL WITH THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU WILL BE GETTING THE MATERIALS LIKE ALL THE PROPOSALS ARE SUBMITTED PROBABLY A WEEK TO TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THAT, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THAT WOULD BE ON YOUR OWN TIME TO REVIEW IT AND PREPARE FOR THE ACTUAL MEETING.

SO HOWEVER MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO REVIEW THOSE PACKAGES, HOW MANY ARE WE GOING TO GET? I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD TO GUESS. PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 4 TO 7 SUBMITTALS. AND SO IT'S REVIEWING THE THE MATERIALS A WEEK TO TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND THEN A SCHEDULED MEETING THAT SHOULD LAST ABOUT FOUR HOURS IF THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IS TO HAVE A SUBSEQUENT MEETING FOR PRESENTATIONS. FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, THEN THAT WOULD BE A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. BUT TYPICALLY IT'S NOT. IT'S ONLY HAD IF THE COMMITTEE SAYS THAT THEY NEED IT. SO I WOULD SAY FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS OF AN ACTUAL MEETING. AND THEN HOWEVER MUCH PREP TIME IT TAKES YOU TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE MEETING, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT ON CONFLICTS FOR ITEMS THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THIS COMMISSION? SO IT ONLY IT WOULD IMPACT THE CONE OF SILENCE. SO IN OUR CITY, CONE OF SILENCE ESSENTIALLY DOESN'T APPLY TO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO AS YOU KNOW, PROPOSERS AND VENDORS ETC. CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU EVEN WHILE THE PROCESS IS UNDERWAY. BUT IF YOU ARE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, THEN THAT WOULD APPLY TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. SO THE YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE LOBBIED BY THE VENDORS, ETC. BECAUSE YOU SIT ON THE SELECTION, ARE WE ALLOWED TO ROTATE ON THIS OR ARE WE. IT'S A ONE TIME. IT'S IT'S A, IT'S A ONE TIME, ONE TIME EVENT, ONE MEETING YOU SELECT. YEAH. IF IT'S AN ISSUE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SERVING

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[G.-4. 26-1331 A Resolution of the City Commission accepting a proposal from Latin Art Core for acquisition of a sculpture by artist Agustín Cárdenas, Untitled, (recommended by the Arts Advisory Panel approval/denial vote: 6 to 2; and recommended unanimously by the Cultural Development Board approval/denial vote: 7 to 0); authorizing the City Manager or his or her designee to enter into an agreement with Latin Art Core; authorizing an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 amended budget to recognize as revenue a transfer from the Art in Public Places reserve, and appropriating such funds to put toward the cost of acquisition, installation, and related expenses regarding the artwork.]

BASICALLY, IT JUST RELATES TO HOW WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE DID USE A DIRECT SELECTION FOR THE ARTIST. AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR LAGER PRESENTED THE PROPOSAL TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE ACQUISITION TO GO THROUGH OUR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROCESS, WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY ARTS ADVISORY PANEL, RECOMMENDED CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WHO IS RECOMMENDING ACQUISITION TO YOU TODAY? A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARTIST, WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT BEFORE IN A PREVIOUS ACQUISITION, AND THE PROPOSED ARTWORK IS IS UNTITLED FROM 1992, MADE A CARRARA MARBLE WITH A MARBLE BASE. IT STANDS ABOUT. HERE'S SOME IMAGES, ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF THE PIECE, AND ALSO ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE A SCALE. OUR SCALE MODEL HERE IS ABOUT FIVE FEET. SO YOU SEE IT'S ABOUT TEN FEET TALL. AND THEN OUR PROPOSED LOCATION, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE 427 GARDEN PASEO TO COMPLEMENT THE ZILIA SANCHEZ AND THE PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED AGUSTIN CARDENAS PIECE. THANK YOU. SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. I'M SO SORRY. YOU WERE THE LAST ONE. JUST WENT THROUGH THE FUNDING AND THE ESTIMATES. AND TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS COMING OUT OF ART FUND, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS. I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. I'M SORRY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING BEFORE THE CULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE MUSEUM LAST WEEK. IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN ZERO. I THINK THIS IS A WORLD CLASS WORK OF ART AGAIN, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO HIGHLIGHT AN INCREDIBLE ARTIST WHOSE WORK IS ALL OVER EUROPE AND ALL THE MAJOR ART FAIRS AND MUSEUMS. SO AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORK, IN MY OPINION. I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES.

COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES, MAYOR.

[H.-1. 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 plaza located at 60 Merrick Way from July 3, 2026 through July 19, 2026, in connection with the 2026 World Cup and to allow for set-up for sales and crowd control during the entire World Cup event from June 19, 2026 through July 19, 2026.]

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HAVE ROUND OF 32. ROUND OF 16U OVERTIME GAMES WHEN THEY KICK IN. AND WHAT HE IS ALSO REQUESTING IS ON DAYS OF THE PLAZA IS NOT ACTIVATED, IS WHAT SHE WAS DISCUSSING ABOUT T BARRICADES SETP, AND I'L THAT. HERE'S THE EVENT SCHEDULE STARTING JULY 3RD. ALL THE DIFFERTIMES IN GAMES, THE LATE GAMES MUST STOP AT 10:00. HERE'S THE NEXT ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE FINAL IN THE 19TH. THIS IS A FULL PLAZA INSTALLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, HE REDUCED THE TENTS. WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS THAT YELLOW AREA TO HAVE THE BARRICADES MOVED IN AROUND THE OVERHANG AREA TO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT BUFFER WHEN THE PLAZA IS NOT ACTIVATED FOR HIS GAMES. AND THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST FOR A BEER BAR UNDER THE OVERHANG. AND THIS IS MORE OR LESS ILLUSTRATED HOW IT WOULD BE UNDER THE OVERHANG SO HE COULD SELL IT WITHIN HIS AREA. SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY. WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF. I THINK WE STILL HAVE TIME. I REQUESTED A MEETING WIT THEENTL.

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THERE'S MORE DAYS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT. AND WE SHOULD BE PRIDEFUL THAT IT'S HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. OKAY? THIS IS THE WORLD CUP AND THIS IS FIFA WHERE WE JUST APPROVED THIS BALL SCULPTURE RIGHT IN GIRALDA, AROUND THE CORNER OF THIS PLACE. WE SHOULD BE HONORED. WE HAVE THE FIFA. IT IS IN OUR CITY. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE WANT TO SABOTAGE THIS EVENT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 32 YEARS OR 30 YEARS.

THERE'S NO REASON, AND I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES IN BOTH ENDS ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING AND ARE NOT GOING TO, JUST BECAUSE HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE A MEETING. YOU COULD HAVE HAD A MEETING BEFORE. YOU COULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO HIM BEFORE HE GAVE YOU WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. IT'S VERY APPARENT YOU HAVE SOMETHING AGAINST HIM.

PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY. SO HE HIRED HE HIRED LEGAL COUNSEL REPRESENTS HIM. YOU CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS TO HER. HE'S. THEY'VE MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? YOU WANT THIS NOT TO HAPPEN? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PUSHING FOR? AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING, YES, I WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. I WANT TO SUPPORT IT AND SUPPORT IT. IF I IF I MAY IF I MAY PLEASE YOU MADE SOME QUESTIONS TO ME AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEBATE HERE ON THE COMMISSION FLOOR. THIS IS SIMPLE. OKAY. YOU MAKE COMMENTS THAT I OPPOSE. I DO NOT OPPOSE THE EVENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN IN 32 YEARS A WORLD CUP IN MIAMI THAT IS PUTTING THIS MUCH PRESSURE ON OUR POLICE AND OUR EMS. STOP, STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND SAYING THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THIS ISSUE. NO, I AM IN FAVOR OF DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUMP THE GUN HERE AND COMPROMISE OUR STAFF AND PUT AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON OUR STAFF. I

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IF I DO NOT GET, YOU KNOW, A MEETING WITH THIS GENTLEMAN. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, I WANT HIS COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS CERTAIN THINGS THAT I FEEL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF DAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A DEBATE WITH YOU. MY, MY, MY RESPONSIBILITY AND MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES AND TO THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CALLED ME AND HAVE CONTACTED ME TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS. YOU CAN ASK ANY DIRECTOR HERE. THEY'VE TOLD YOU THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH IT BEFORE. YOU CAN ASK THE POLICE. THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH IT BEFORE. I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE WITH YOU ON THIS FACT. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR WANTS. IT'S I'M A NO VOTE. IF YOU CAN CONVINCE MY COLLEAGUES TO BE A YES VOTE, THEN THEN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST LIKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO VOTE ON NO ON CERTAIN THINGS, AND YOU GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON NO ON CERTAIN THINGS. THAT'S YOUR THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. MY PREROGATIVE HERE IS I WANT TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND METHODICAL OF POLICE AND FIRE, TO NOT OVEREXTEND. REMEMBER, WHEN YOU OVEREXTEND POLICE AND FIRE, THERE COULD BE RAMIFICATIONS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE OUR POLICE AND FIRE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DURING THESE GAMES. THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. THEY HAVE AN MOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE CANNOT OVEREXTEND OUR OUR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. WELL, THEN LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE WHAT IF WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? OR WHAT IF WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO A CRIME, GOD FORBID? WELL, AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE WORKING AS PER THE MOU WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND VERY PARTICULAR THAT WE HAVE A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN OVER EXCESS OF PEOPLE IN OUR DOWNTOWN AS A RESULT OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, OF A PARTY THAT MAY BE HUGE OR MAYBE OUT OF CONTROL.

SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OPINION. I'M ENTITLED TO MINE. I'M A NO VOTE UNTIL I SIT DOWN WITH THIS GENTLEMAN AND I GET CERTAIN COMMITMENTS WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, WITH A MANAGER, AND THE DCM AND HCM. THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED LEADING. I'M NOT APPROVING SOMEONE BECAUSE I LIKE HIM OR I DON'T LIKE HIM. THAT'S NOT MY EFFECT OR MY INTENT. VERY SIMPLE. IT'S TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY. SO MAY I, MAY I SPEAK? YES. OKAY. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, BECAUSE I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT POLICE AND FIRE, AND THIS IS THE WORLD CUP. AND OBVIOUSLY, HE IS A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OWNER AND WANTS TO BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SAFE EVENT THAT'S PART OF THIS SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION, RIGHT? DURING THE WORLD CUP GAMES, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO FRITZ AND FRANZ, WHETHER THERE'S A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT OR NOT. SO WE WANT TO HAVE GUIDELINES AND A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE IT MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY, ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYBODY, PROVIDE BUSINESS TRAFFIC AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE TO ORDER, YOU KNOW, FOOD AND TENTS AND, AND OTHER THINGS TO GET SET UP IN ENOUGH TIME. I WOULD, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER AN APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO RESTRICT THE SCHEDULE IF WE CANNOT FIND THE OFF DUTY OFFICERS TO STAFF THE EVENT, THE THE CONDITION AND THE APPROVAL COULD BE SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM OF TWO OFFICERS PER EVENT. AND IF WE CANNOT GET THOSE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE, BECAUSE OF JULY 4TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE IT THAT DAY. BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS A REASONABLE CONDITION.

ANOTHER, THE EMS IMPACT IS ALREADY IN THE IN THE FEE AS WELL. WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF VISIT THE FACILITY IF HE HAS ANY CONCERNS. WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH HIM. BUT THIS IS A CITY MANAGER'S ITEM WHERE I DO BELIEVE ON THE AGENDA, ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS A CITY MANAGER'S ITEM. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE COMMISSION CAN REVIEW AND APPROVE WITH WHATEVER CONDITIONS THAT YOU FEEL MAKES THIS SPECIAL EVENT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CLIENT TO PREPARE AND PREPARE THE EVENT TO BE SAFE AND ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYBODY. SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT IF IF THE POLICE AND FIRE IS ARE CONCERNED, WE WILL PUT THAT RESTRICTION IN THE RESOLUTION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT I DISAGREE. IT MAY BE A CITY MANAGER'S ITEM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, THE MANAGER ANSWERS TO THE COMMISSION AND THE RESIDENTS. WE ANSWER TO THE RESIDENTS. SO WHAT? I'M GETTING CALLS AND I'M GETTING CONCERNS ON ONE OF THE COMMENTS THEY MENTIONED IS THAT WE HAVE TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POLICE WORKING OFF DUTY ALL OVER MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MASSIVE WORLD WORLD EVENT THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED. I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND VERY THOUGHTFUL. BY THE WAY, THERE'S POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE OTHER EVENTS IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES THAT ARE GOING TO STRETCH US EVEN MORE THIN. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WORLD CUP POTENTIAL EVENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE POLICE.

WE WILL PROFFER THE CONDITION, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHERE I STAND.

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SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU ARE YOU AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL RIGHT NOW ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT? YES. OKAY. SO IF WE SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE AT THE RATES THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE UNION FOR ALL THE POLICE AND THE EMS, YOU'RE PREPARED TO SAY YES? YES. OKAY.

SO IF SHE IF SHE IS SAYING AUTHORIZED TO, TO. OKAY. SO LET ME ASK THE CHIEF A QUESTION.

CHIEF, I HAVEN'T SEEN PLAN A OR PLAN C OR B, BUT THIS IS REFERRED TO AS PLAN C. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUGGESTION HERE IS, BUT PLAN A WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS THAT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING. THEN WE WE DID A PLAN B AND IT'S WHAT I. I WAS PREPARED TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT'S IN THE RESOLUTION. THERE WAS A LAST SECOND CHANGE YESTERDAY WHICH RESULTED IN A PLAN C, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD THE REPRESENTATIVE COME AND PRESENT. SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WILL TELL YOU I'VE SEEN HIM GO BONKERS ON THE COMMISSION FLOOR WHEN HE GETS SOMETHING AT THE LAST MINUTE, LITERALLY SAY, I CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS. NO WAY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THERE'S A CHANGE HERE. THERE'S SOMETHING WE JUST GOT RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A PRESENTATION AND YOU'RE ASKING ME TO VOTE ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW THAT AGAIN REQUIRES POLICE AND FIRE.

LISTEN, AGAIN, I JUST I WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE A DECISION. I'M I'M I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER AS COMMISSIONER. SO JUST THANK YOU. JUST TO FINISH. SO CHIEF AGAIN, SO PLAN B, FRED, IS WHAT YOU PROPOSED. PLAN B WAS WHAT WAS WHAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED AFTER MEETING WITH US AND WORKING WITH US. AND THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS BASED ON. AND THAT'S WHAT I PRESENTED, WHAT I HAD TODAY. SO THEN PLAN YES, COME YESTERDAY. OKAY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER MOVE, I THINK, FOR ALL CONCERNED IF THE APPLICANT HIMSELF WERE HERE, BECAUSE IT'S THE APPLICANT, I WOULD SAY IS THE ONE ASKING FOR THE RELIEF. AND THE APPLICANT WASN'T PRECLUDED FROM COMING TO SEE ANY ONE OF US PRIOR TO TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING. I MEAN, YOU WOULD AGREE TO THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS HIRED YESTERDAY, SO I WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. YEAH I KNOW. YEAH. LIKE THE SOMEONE'S DELAY DOESN'T BECOME MY EMERGENCY. RIGHT. SO THERE I STILL HAVEN'T ASKED THE MAIN QUESTION TO THE TO THE CHIEF.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE CHIEF IN LOOKING, I KNOW ADMITTEDLY IT WAS JUST PUT BEFORE YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY PUTTING EYEBALL TO IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT JUST CAN YOU GIVE ME AT A HIGH LEVEL WHETHER PLAN C AS, AS WE WERE HANDED IT TODAY, PRESENTS ANY CONCERNS FOR YOU FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE LIKE. SO, I MEAN, AT FIRST LOOK, I MEAN, THE FIRST GAME ON JUNE 12TH STARTS AT 9 P.M. ALL RIGHT. SO I MEAN, IF IT GOES COMPLETELY RIGHT TILL 11, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE WHAT WE NORMALLY ALLOW WITH ANY KIND OF CROWD. AND I UNDERSTAND THE CHAIRS OR WHATEVER. HERE'S THE CONCERN FROM US. IF IN FACT WHEN IT'S APPROVED, THEN IF THERE'S I THINK THEY CHARGE TO GET INSIDE. THAT'S PART OF THE, THE HOTEL OR PART OF THE RESTAURANT. WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. SO IF IN FACT, HE DOES NOT PUT UP THE LARGE SCREEN, OR IF FRITZ AND FRANZ DOES NOT PUT UP A LARGE SCREEN AND JUST SHOWS IT LIKE EVERY OTHER RESTAURANT IN CORAL GABLES, SHOWS THE GAME THROUGH THE WINDOWS, THAT'S STILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU MAY GET 3 OR 4 IF WITH THESE CROWDS AND AS WE WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, IT COULD BE SPONTANEOUS. SO WHETHER IT'S ONE BIG SCREEN AND THE PLAZA IS NOT BLOCKED WHERE IT'S JUST HIS GUESS, BUT EVEN IF HE PUTS IT UP AND THERE'S NO BLOCK, THE PLAZA IS GOING TO BE FULL. WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE EVEN WITHOUT THE OFF DUTIES. SO THAT HAS THAT HAS ONE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER. THESE DATES. IF IN FACT THEY'RE PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO BE INSIDE THERE OR THOSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING TO BE INSIDE THERE AND IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, THEN THE ON DUTY PERSONNEL, WHICH WE ARE ALL WORKING, WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE OF WHETHER DO WE CONTINUE TO DO IT OR NOT. MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LOUDNESS AND TO TO THE OWNERS, THINK HE CAN'T CONTROL 1000 OR 2000 PEOPLE ON A PLAZA THAT THE CITY OWNS. WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE NOISE OTHER THAN WHAT SPONTANEOUS IT'S NOT ON. IT'S NOT HIS LIABILITY, SO TO SPEAK. OKAY. IF THEY GO OUT INTO THE STREET OR IF THEY SPILL OVER OR PEOPLE STOP TO WATCH, THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, OURS BEING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF HAVING TO MANAGE THAT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY OFFICERS WORKING ALL OF THESE DAYS. ON TOP OF THE 23 DAYS OF FAN FEST, WHERE THEY'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE, THAT'S JUST DOWNTOWN.

COMMISSIONER. I, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE REALLY EXHAUSTED THIS CONVERSATION. I WANT TO HAVE I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH A MANAGER, THE CHIEFS, YOUR CLIENT, THE ATTORNEY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY,

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I'M THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO RECEIVE THE PHONE CALL FROM THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR THAT'S UPSET.

AND BY THE WAY, WE ALL HAVE RECEIVED THOSE PHONE CALLS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE ON SUNDAY, MR. MANAGER CHIEF, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE ON SUNDAY. WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON SUNDAY? I DON'T WANT YOU TO GIVE NAMES, BUT WHAT HAPPENED? FIVE CARS GOT BOOTED. IS THAT LEGAL? IF IT WASN'T TAKEN OFF WITHIN TEN MINUTES, YES, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO BOOT. WHO GOT THE PHONE CALL ON A SUNDAY EVENTUALLY? YEAH. THAT BUCK STOPPED WITH ME AFTER YOU GOT IT. THE MANAGER GOT IT. THEN I GOT IT. I GOT IT FIRST, THEN THE ASSISTANT CHIEF GOT IT, AND THEN THE MAJOR GOT IT. SO THIS WAS A PERSON, A VERY PROMINENT PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO UNDERSTOOD THE LAW AND THEIR CAR WAS BOOTED. THIS WAS ON A SUNDAY. I'M GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE LAW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. CERTAIN MISTAKES HAPPEN. AND YOU HAD FIVE CARS WERE BOOTED AND WE HAD TO COME AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE MANAGER, MYSELF AND THE CHIEF AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'D RATHER BE OVER THE TOP COLLABORATIVE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CROSS EVERY T AND DOT EVERY I AND MAKE SURE IT'S SUCCESSFUL, INSTEAD OF RUSHING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN HAVE AN ISSUE. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE OUR FORCES COMMITTED AS A RESULT OF MOU WITH THE COUNTY. SO I THINK IT'S A VERY SIMPLE ASK BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING TO SIT DOWN, ALL OF US. HE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO COLLABORATE WITH US, SIT DOWN AND COORDINATE, AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. I THINK. SO IT'S A SIMPLE ASK.

YES, I JUST I'M JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND. PLAN B, FIRST DAY OF PLAY WAS SCHEDULED TO BE JULY 3RD. OKAY. THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF WAY PLAN C, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW THE CHIEF HADN'T BEEN SPOKEN TO ABOUT. FIRST DAY OF PLAY IS JUNE 12TH AND INCLUDES JULY 4TH, WHICH IS ALL HANDS ON DECK TO DEAL WITH THE JULY 4TH FESTIVITIES. SO THE ULTIMATE DECISION ON THAT IS UP TO THE CHIEF. BUT I WOULD SAY JULY 4TH IS OUT. YOU KNOW, BASED UPON WHAT I KNOW. SO YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE A DECISION HERE NOW BECAUSE WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS YOU NEED TO HAVE A TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF AND DO THE APPROPRIATE PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE COVERAGE NECESSARY AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THERE THAT IN THEIR EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE EXPERIENCED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, ARE NEEDED TO COVER AN EVENT LIKE THIS. WE WANT THIS EVENT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND, MR. CLERK FOR DEFERRAL. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL? CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTING TO SPEAK. OKAY. MARIA CRUZ.

MISSUS MARIA CRUZ, 1447 MILLER ROAD (3) 3-2154 L MBE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY USED A WORD THAT I USED THE OTHER DAY, I GUESS I CANNOT USE IT. BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS, WE DO NOT REQUIRE EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED. SOMEBODY TAKES THE SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTOR. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY FROM FIRE, FROM POLICE. THEY MEET, THEY DECIDE, EASY, EASY. SOME PEOPLE PAY AHEAD OF THE EVENT. SOME PEOPLE PAY THREE MONTHS LATER AND LIFE GOES ON. THIS IS A BIG EVENT. YOU HEARD MR. SUSAK HERE TODAY. WHAT IS THE ISSUE? WE NEED THE THE THE OWNER TO COME AND GET ON HIS KNEES AND BEG TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE'S DONE 24 YEARS.

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THERE'S SOME MODIFICATION TODAY. YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE REPRESENTING HIM THAT VERY CLEARLY SAID SHE COULD DECIDE. SHE COULD MAKE DECISIONS. BUT NO, NO, NO, NO, WE HAVE TO POSTPONE IT AGAIN. PEOPLE. ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF STUFF GOING FOR THOSE DAYS. SO THEY HAVE TO GET THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED, THE FOOD, EVERYTHING. AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE THAT SIT HERE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GUY HAS TO IN ORDER TO GET WHAT HE NEEDS TO GET, HE'S GOING TO DO IT AT THE LAST MINUTE, PAY EXTRA TO GET IT DELIVERED BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING IT UNREASONABLE FOR HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WORLD WILL CITY EXPECTS, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE IT IS A WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BECOME SUCH A TRAGIC DISASTER, NOT BECAUSE OF THE OWNERS DOING, BUT BECAUSE WHAT THE CITY, A CITY WHO HAS BUILDINGS OCCUPIED WITHOUT.

WITHOUT HAVING THE. WHATEVER THE OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE. BUT NOW WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MAN. INCREDIBLE. LET'S SAY, MR. MAYOR, AGAIN, WHAT YOU JUST WITNESSED RIGHT NOW IS IMAGINE WE'RE ASKING FOR COLLABORATION DURING THE WORLD CUP, DURG T WHEREUROLICE AN FIRE AROING TE, YOU KW, RETCHE THIN BSE LTIPLE EVENTN EITY.

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[06:35:17]

THINKAID SAIDT NOW. I THINKHE ALRE RDY. OKAY.Y CLEHE'S H L WHU

[H.-2. 26-1516 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to the provision of fire protection services, facilities, and programs in the City of Coral Gables, Florida; providing authority, purpose, and definitions; providing legislative findings; establishing the method of apportionment; determining the estimated fire protection assessed cost; determining the estimated fire protection assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2026; directing the preparation of an assessment roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing for hardship assistance; providing the method of collection and application of assessment proceeds; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-3. 26-1517 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to the collection and disposal of solid waste in the city of Coral Gables, Florida; providing authority, purpose, and definitions; providing legislative findings; determining the estimated solid waste cost and the solid waste service assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2026; directing the preparation of an assessment roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing the method of collection and application of assessment proceeds; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-4. 26-1518 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Sunrise Harbour security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-5. 26-1519 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Snapper Creek Lakes security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[06:40:05]

THE PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MA'AM. MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. HH6H6 IS ALSO THE

[H.-6. 26-1521 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Pine Bay Estates security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

NO. VICE MAYOR. MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. H7H7. IS THE RESOLUTION RELATING TO

[H.-7. 26-1520 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Old Cutler Bay security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-8. 26-1522 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Kings Bay amended security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-9. 26-1523 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Hammock Oaks Harbor security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-10. 26-1525 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Hammock Lake Banyan security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-11. 26-1526 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Banyan Drive security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-12. 26-1524 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Hammock Lakes security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-13. 26-1527 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Cocoplum Phase I security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-14. 26-1528 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to the provision of street lighting services, facilities, and programs within the Cocoplum Phase I street lighting special taxing district; estimating the cost of street lighting services, facilities, and programs to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated street lighting assessment roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-15. 26-1529 A Resolution of the City Commission relating to security services assessments within the Gables By The Sea-Coral Gables security guard special taxing district; estimating the cost of the security services to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2026; directing the Finance Director to prepare an updated security services assessment roll; establishing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice in connection thereof; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]

[H.-16. 26-1588 A Resolution of the City Commission accepting the recommendation of the Community Recreation Department to waive the competitive bid process of the procurement code as a “Special Procurement/Bid Waiver” with Joy By, LLC. for the Holiday Park, in an estimated amount of $1,604,160.00 for a five-year term pursuant to Section 2-691 of the City’s Procurement Code. Lobbyist: N/A]

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CAN WE PROTECT SANTA? I MEAN, THAT'S IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 50 YEARS AND I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION. ONE CAR JUST TURNS THE WRONG WAY AND THEY HIT SANTA. AND WE DO SOMETHING TO TO PROTECT IT OR PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE MORE LESS EXPOSED. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER. I'M MAKING A MOTION. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW, YEAH, I CAN ADD IT. YOU KNOW, WITH THE SPEED LIMIT BEING LOWERED ON LEJEUNE, IT MIGHT HELP BUT HAVE TO WATCH THE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT. BUT LET ME JUST A THOUGHT. I USED TO TAKE MY SON HERE ALL THE TIME. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE SUFFICIENT? LIKE SLIDES AND ENOUGH FOR THAT SPACE? YEAH. I MEAN, THEY'RE THEY'RE. DO YOU MEAN IN QUANTITY OR SIZE OR SCOPE? BECAUSE BECAUSE THE PARK GETS PRETTY FULL SOMETIMES.

THE THE M FROHEY SPACE. ST RUNNW PRUSARRE'S MAYBE LEF, OF LSERE BUT THE ONES TH WMU SMALOHERE WER TNGT ARE NOT THER SO WHELOED A PE. S THINGS YOUEORATIVE ATL BIG THINGSUPLE OFHIS TH O BOXES TH A T, THEE.HE DIFFERDISPLA. WDIDN'TREAL IAT AE PRESENTI, A W MIGE MORE PREREASE OF THE THA HADTHEE ST SWE'RYI T I ESKE'S T SS INTCATE 1R 2SS TNGSM WHER LAST TIE ONLY HAD YOU KI OF LBIT OKNOW, SESO YEAH, OKAY, I GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT, B WITHA O TALK TO, SEEF M WE COULD THROWOMHING EIN ERE, IILL. G HER TOTHROW IN E TS SAID I WAS, I W GING HER ARTBURN. SO IILLL TA TO AND SEEWE C THANK YOU. YEAH, I REMEMBER WAS ONE SDE.EAH. A I W NOT VY TAL A ONEE LEES. A ONE FIRE P ME, I CLD JUST LT MYID ON E TFHO VERY NICE JOBTHANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE'RE MISSING? ALL RIGHT.

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THAT'S NECESSARY. SO FRITZ AND FRANZ CAN MOVE FORWARD. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HOMEWORK THAT I THOUGHT WAS DONE WASN'T DONE BEFORE THEY THEY PRESENTED PLAN C. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT MEETING AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. TO. OH YES, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

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