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City of Coral Gables

Meeting Name: City Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/17/2009 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final Revised  
Meeting location: City Hall, Commission Chambers
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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09-0758 1A.-1. ResolutionPresentation regarding a resolution supporting the South Florida Park Coalition Charter, by Maria I. Nardi, Chief of the Planning and Research Division of Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department.Presented and Filed  Action details Not available
09-0759 1A.-2. Presentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation by Kim Romaner, Executive Director, of Miami Dade Broadband Coalition.Presented and Filed  Action details Not available
09-0800 1A.-3. Presentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation by Brad Rosenblatt, President of the Coral Gables Business Improvement District, and Henry Camejo, President, V.I.P. Parking.Presented and Filed  Action details Not available
09-0807 1B.-1.Regular City Commission Meeting of October 27, 2009.MinutesRegular City Commission Meeting of October 27, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0756 1C.-1. ResolutionResolution confirming the appointment of Elena Pesant (Board-As-A-Whole Appointment) to serve as a member of the Parks and Recreation Youth Advisory Board for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2011.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0769 1C.-2. ResolutionResolution confirming the appointment of Anna Rodriguez (Nominated by Ponce de Leon Middle School) to serve as a member of the School and Community Relations Committee for a term beginning June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2011.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0775 1C.-3. ResolutionResolution confirming the appointment of Patrick O. Kiel (Nominated by Crime Watch) to serve as a member of the School and Community Relations Committee for a term beginning June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2011.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0776 1C.-4. ResolutionResolution confirming the appointment of Nestor Diaz (Nominated by Coral Gables High School) to serve as a member of the School and Community Relations Committee for a term beginning June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2011.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0799 1C.-5. ResolutionResolution appointing Carlos Perea (Nominated by Commissioner Cabrera) to serve as a member of the Landscape Beautification Advisory Board, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2011.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0796 1C.-6.Environmental Protection Consent Order No. 08-2788 in the matter of untreated wastewater overflows and discharges in the south region of the City resulting in the requirements for a corrective plan with schedules of completion for same.ResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of Consent Order No. 08-2788 issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection related to incidences that took place during the months of September and October 2008 involving the overflow and discharge of untreated wastewater in the south region of the City resulting in the requirement for a Corrective Action Plan with schedules of completion for the same.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0780 1C.-7.Budget AppropriationResolutionResolution appropriating funds for projects previously approved by the Commission as follows: Blue Road Roundabouts, Segovia Street and Biltmore Way Roundabout and the Country Club Pool, and the Water Witch Vessel.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0783 1C.-8.Art in Public Places Master Plan - State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, Culture Builds Florida ( CBF ) GrantResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of a contract with the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs to accept a Culture Builds Florida matching grant in the amount of $25,000 to be used toward completion of the City of Coral Gables Art in Public Places Public Art Master Plan and initial public art project.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0795 1C.-9.Resolution authorizing the execution of a Local Agency Program (LAP) Agreement between the City of Coral Gables and the Florida Department of Transportation to allow the City to manage and direct the Ponce de Leon Boulevard Median Improvements Phase II PrResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of a Local Agency Program (LAP) Agreement between the City of Coral Gables and the Florida Department of Transportation to allow the City to manage and direct the Ponce de Leon Boulevard Median Improvements Phase II Project and to receive Federal Stimulus funding in the amount of $1,036,796.00; and authorizing the advertisement of bids for said project.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0789 1C.-10. ResolutionResolution of support for the Police Department’s application to the FY 2009 Drug Control and System Improvement Formula Grant Program in the amount of $8,142, to fund the Teen Domestic Violence Program.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0794 1C.-11. ResolutionResolution amending an existing Lease Agreement between the City of Coral Gables and Bijan’s Coral Gables, LLC, authorizing a name change from “Bijan’s Key West Grill” to “Bijan’s” and further amending the Lease Agreement, in particular, Section VIII by striking the words “with special emphasis on local fresh seafood and ingredients,” located in Municipal Parking Garage No. 6, 2325 Galiano Street, Coral Gables, Florida.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0802 1C.-12. ResolutionResolution supporting immediate passage of HR 3745 and calling on the Congressional Delegation to take all possible actions in support of the passage of HR 3745; and providing for an effective date.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0804 1C.-13.SEWER RATE INCREASEResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 2008-201 (as amended) to include an increase in the monthly rate for sewer service charges provided for under Section 78-100 of the Code of the City of Coral Gables to $28.00 per month minimum based on the measured use of water not exceeding 700 cubic feet and $4.00 per hundred cubic feet over 700 cubic feet to recover Miami-Dade’s increase in wholesale wastewater rates and to provide funding for necessary repairs and improvements to the system; repealing all parts of resolutions inconsistent herewith and providing an effective date of January 1, 2010.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0803 1C.-14. ResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of an agreement between Miami-Dade County, the Palace Management Group, LLC and City of Coral Gables, for the water facilities associated with the Palace Project at 50 Andalusia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0754 1C.-15. MinutesCommunications Committee Meeting of October 15, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0761 1C.-16. MinutesBoard of Adjustment Meeting of October 5, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0762 1C.-17. MinutesParks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting of October 23, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0767 1C.-18. MinutesParks and Recreation Youth Advisory Board Meeting of October 19, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0771 1C.-19. MinutesCoral Gables Merrick House Governing Board Meeting of September 28, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0773 1C.-20. MinutesInternational Affairs Coordinating Council Meeting of October 20, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0774 1C.-21. MinutesEconomic Development Board Meeting of October 7, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0781 1C.-22.CDB Minutes 09-21-09MinutesCultural Development Board Meeting of September 21, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0782 1C.-23. MinutesHistoric Preservation Board Meeting of October 22, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0784 1C.-24. MinutesCoral Gables Merrick House Governing Board Meeting of October 5, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0790 1C.-25.PAB Meeting Minutes 09-24-09MinutesParking Advisory Board Meeting of September 24, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0792 1C.-26.Coral Gables Advisory Board on Disability Affairs meeting of October 8, 2009MinutesCoral Gables Advisory Board on Disability Affairs Meeting of October 8, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0793 1C.-27.Traffoc Advisory Board meeting of September 15, 2009MinutesTraffic Advisory Board Meeting of September 15, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0797 1C.-28. MinutesSenior Citizens Advisory Board Meeting of November 2, 2009approvedPass Action details Not available
09-0753 1E.-1.Procurement Code RevisionOrdinanceOrdinance amending the City Code, Chapter 2, entitled “Administration,” Article XIII. entitled “Procurement Code” by correcting scrivener’s errors; by amending the following sections of the Procurement Code: 2-578 Definitions, 2-583 Application of this Code, 2-630 Centralization of procurement authority, 2-650 Authority, 2-678 Exemptions, 2-765 Methods of Source Selection, 2-766 Competitive sealed bidding (formal bids), 2-768 Competitive sealed proposals, 2-772 Special procurements/bid waiver, 2-773 Revenue generating and concession contracts, 2-833 Request for authority to enter in an agreement, 2-834 Contract Administration, 2-845 Right to conduct inspections and audits, 2-869 Determinations, 2-891 Relationship with user department, 2-950 Resolution of protested solicitations and awards-formal, 2-1004 Bid Security , 2-1007 Insurance requirement and 2-1059 Cone of Silence; further adding new Sections to the Procurement Code as follows: Sections 2-774 Sole Brand Procurement, 2-775 Standardization and 2-776 Bid Documents; Providing For Severability, Repealer and Effective Date. (Paadopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0740 1E.-2.hearing officer re. trafficcitationappealsOrdinanceOrdinance amending Chapter 74 of the City Code entitled "Traffic and Vehicles", in particular, Section 74-360 entitled "Appeal to hearing officer", regarding the appointment of hearing officers to hear appeals of citations, for the purpose of allowing attorneys with appropriate experience to serve as hearing officers and excluding the requirement for residency; providing for a repealer provision, a savings clause and a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading October 27, 2009.)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0464 1E.-3.Ordinance - CIE City's Comp PlanOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables adopting the annual update to the Capital Improvements Element (CIE) within the City’s Comprehensive Plan; providing for a repealer provision, a savings clause, a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading July 7, 2009.)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0465 1E.-4.Ordinance - Water Supply Facility Work Plan City's Comp. PlanOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables adopting a ten-year water supply facilities work plan and amending the Comprehensive Plan to promote and facilitate better coordination between water supply and local land use planning as required by Florida law; providing for a repealer provision, a savings clause, a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading July 7, 2009.)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0466 1E.-5.Ordinance - EAR City's Comp. PlanOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables adopting the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) based amendments, various updates of the Goals, Objectives, and Policies, and providing for newly created elements titled: Administration, Design, Public Safety, and Green to the City of Coral Gables Comprehensive Land Use Plan; authorizing transmittal to Florida Department of Community Affairs for review; providing for a repealer provision, a savings clause, and a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading July 7, 2009.)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0468 1E.-6.Ordinance - Readopting Comp. Plan Map and correcting Change of Land Use MapOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables readopting the Comprehensive Plan Map in its entirety and Change of Land Use Map designations for the purpose of correcting inconsistencies between Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map classifications based upon the current use for the following City owned properties: (1) Change from “Commercial, Low and Mid-Rise Intensity” to “Public Buildings and Grounds” for 285 Aragon Avenue (Coral Gables Museum) located on Lots 1-4 and 42-48, Block 34, Coral Gables Section “K”; and, (2) Change from “no designation” to “Open Space” for the public open space located on all of Block 37, Country Club Section 3; and, (3) Change from “Residential (Single-Family) Low Density” to “Public Buildings and Grounds” for the City Utility Station located on Tract A, Block 2, Hammock Oaks Harbor Section 2. Providing for a repealer provision, a savings clause, and a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading July 7, 2009.)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0640 1E.-7.Ordinance - Country Club of CG Amend to conditions of approval & site planOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables amending the previous conditions of approval (Ordinance No. 3587) and changes to the previously approved site plan for the Country Club of Coral Gables to include outdoor dining on south side of property facing North Greenway Drive, enclosed/open air outdoor area on west side of property and improvements to existing porte-cochere on the rear of the property, legally described as Lots 1-9 and 37-39, Block 32, Section “B” (997 North Greenway Drive), Coral Gables, Florida, and including required conditions; providing for a repealer provision, a savings clause, and a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Second Reading November 17, 2009, vote: 2-2)adopted by Ordinance NumberFail Action details Not available
09-0770 1E.-8.City Code Amend - Impact Fee OrdinanceOrdinanceAn Emergency Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida amending in part Chapter 2, Article IX of the Coral Gables City Code (“City Code”), the City of Coral Gables Development Impact Fee Ordinance; providing authority for development incentives through deferral or waiver of impact fees; further providing for waiver of requirement that said Ordinance be read on two separate days pursuant to Section 13 of City of Coral Gables Charter; providing for liberal construction; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
09-0770 1E.-8.1.City Code Amend - Impact Fee OrdinanceOrdinanceAn Emergency Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida amending in part Chapter 2, Article IX of the Coral Gables City Code (“City Code”), the City of Coral Gables Development Impact Fee Ordinance; providing authority for development incentives through deferral or waiver of impact fees; further providing for waiver of requirement that said Ordinance be read on two separate days pursuant to Section 13 of City of Coral Gables Charter; providing for liberal construction; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0671 1E.-9.ZC Text Amend re: Nightclub provisionsOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables amending the Zoning Code Section 4-401., Uses Prohibited and Article 8., Definitions to clarify the City’s current nightclub provisions, providing severability, providing for codification thereof, and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading November 17, 2009 with 4-1 vote.)approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
09-0777 1E.-10.ZC Text Amend. re: TelecommunicationsOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables amending Article 5, Division 20, Telecommunications of the City Zoning Code, amending the previous “Amateur radio antennas” provisions to be renamed “Personal radio services antenna support structures” and amending Article 8, Definitions, providing for definitions; providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading November 17, 2009 with 5-0 vote.)approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
09-0806 1E.-11. OrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables amending Chapter 50 of the “Code of the City of Coral Gables,” entitled “Pensions,” relating to optional participation in the Coral Gables Retirement System by appointed officials; providing for an effective date; and repealing all Ordinances inconsistent herewith. (Passed on First Reading November 17, 2009 with a 5-0 vote)approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
09-0778 1E.-12.ZC Text Amend. re: RoofsOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables amending Article 5, “Development Standards”, Division 16, entitled “Roofs”, to allow for flat roof and roof top terraces in structures built on flood zone properties; and providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading November 17, 2009 with 5-0 vote.)approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
09-0719 1E.-13.Cocoplum confirming preliminary Assessment Roll CGH-01"ResolutionResolution confirming the preliminary Assessment Roll of the Cocoplum Guardhouse Local Improvement District, designated as “CGH-01”, subject to the provisions of the City Code, Article II, entitled “Local Improvement Act” setting forth location, proposed improvements, estimated improvements, estimated cost and designating properties deemed to be benefitting from the guardhouse, that will be levied a special assessment for the improvements, located on Cocoplum Road, at the entrance of the Cocoplum Subdivision, Coral Gables, Florida.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0760 1F.-1. Agenda ItemPresentation on senior activities. Commissioner Maria AndersonDiscussed  Action details Not available
09-0572 2G.-1. ResolutionPresentation of excerpts from the minutes of the Historic Preservation Board meeting of July 16, 2009 requesting the following action with regard to CASE FILE AV 2006-06. (Deferred from the September 22, 2009 City Commission meeting). That the City Commission adopt a Resolution authorizing Ad Valorem tax relief for the property located at Hotel Place St. Michel located at 162 Alcazar Avenue, a local historic landmark, legally described as Lots 3 and 4, Block 24, Coral Gables Section “L”, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 8, at Page 85, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The cost of the improvements is $2,300,000.00, which could correspond to approximately $12,075.00 per year and $120,750.00 over ten years. (Historic Preservation Board Vote: Unanimously (8-0).adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0764 1G.-2. ResolutionPresentation of excerpts from the minutes of the Historic Preservation Board meeting of August 20, 2009 requesting the following action with regard to CASE FILE AV2006-02. That the City Commission adopt a Resolution authorizing Ad Valorem tax relief for the property located at 3012 Granada Boulevard, a local historic landmark, legally described Lots 12 and 13, Block 21, Coral Gables Country Club Section Part One, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 8, at Page 108, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The cost of the improvements is $1,056.389.22, which would correspond to approximately $5,546.04 per year and $55,460.42 over ten years. (Historic Preservation Board Vote: Unanimously (8-0).adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0765 1G.-3. ResolutionPresentation of excerpts from the minutes of the Historic Preservation Board meeting of October 22, 2009 requesting the following action with regard to CASE FILE AV2004-05. That the City Commission adopt a Resolution authorizing Ad Valorem tax relief for the property located at 308 Romano Avenue, a local historic landmark, legally described Lots 18, 19, 20 and West 1/2 Lot 21, Block 8, Coral Gables Coconut Grove Section 1, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 14, at Page 25, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The cost of the improvements is $22,128.00, which would correspond to approximately $116.17 per year and $1,161.72 over ten years. (Historic Preservation Board Vote: Unanimously (9-0).adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0766 1G.-4. ResolutionPresentation of excerpts from the minutes of the Historic Preservation Board meeting of September 15, 2009 requesting the following action with regard to CASE FILE AV 2007-02. That the City Commission adopt a Resolution authorizing Ad Valorem tax relief for the property located at 1137 Asturia Avenue, a local historic landmark, legally described as Lot 20, Block 12, Coral Gables Section C, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 8, at Page 26, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The cost of the improvements is $64,000.00, which would correspond to approximately $336.00 per year and $3,360.00 over ten years. (Historic Preservation Board Vote: Unanimously (7-0).adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0805 1I.-1 ResolutionPresentation of proposed settlement regarding Margaret Pass.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
09-0757 2I.-2.Pending Litigation ReportOrdinancePending Litigation Report.Discussed  Action details Not available