City of Coral Gables

Meeting Name: City Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/17/2007 9:04 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Biltmore Hotel - Merrick Room 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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07-0610 1A.-1.Presentation of a Proclamation proclaiming the month of July 2007 as " Parks and Recreation Month" in Coral GablesPresentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of a Proclamation proclaiming the month of July 2007 as "Parks and Recreation Month" in Coral GablesPresented and Filed  Action details Not available
07-0606 1A.-2.Employee of the Month for August 2007Presentation/Protocol DocumentCongratulations to Carlos Oliver, Finance Department, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Employee of the Month Award, for the month of August 2007Recognized  Action details Not available
07-0601 1C.-1.Segways ResolutionResolutionResolution of support for the Police Department's application to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program to fund the purchase of three Segway personal transporters.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0626 1C.-2.Resolution re Mutual Aid Agreement with South Miami PDResolutionResolution authorizing the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a Mutual Aid Agreement with the South Miami Police Department for multi-jurisdictional and cross-jurisdictional delivery of police services.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0503 1C.-3.Release of Restrictive CovenantResolutionRobert Balogh, with Balobro 25-26, LLC, requesting consideration of releasing the Unity of Title for property legally described as Lots 25 - 28, Block 2, Coral Gables Crafts Section, Pb/Pg 10/40 and located at 2418 -22 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, Florida. (Deferred from the June 26, 2007 Meeting)adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0651 1C.-4.Ponce Circle Development Release of Restrictive CovenantsResolutionPonce Circle Developers, LLC, the developer of Old Spanish Village, requesting release of the Declarations of Restrictive Covenants (Unity of Title) for Lots 1,2, and west ? of 3, Block 23; Lots 6 & 7, Block 23; Lots 6 & 7, Block 30; Lots 8 & 9, Block 30; Lots 9, 10 & 11, Block 23; Lots 10 & 11, Block 30; Lots 13 & 14, Block 23; ? of Lot 3, and all of 4 & 5, Block 23; Lots 9, 10 & 11, Block 23 (not yet recorded); Lots 12 & 13, Block 33 (not yet recorded) of Coral Gables Craft Section.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0575 1C.-6.Landscape Beautification Advisory Board - Board As-A-WholeResolutionResolution confirming the reappointment of Joanna Lombard (Board As-A-Whole) to serve on the Landscape Beautification Advisory Board, for a term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2007, effective June 26, 2007.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0576 1C.-7.Planning and Zoning Board - Board As-A-WholeResolutionResolution confirming the reappointment of Patricia Ann Keon (Board As-A-Whole) to serve on the Planning and Zoning Board, for a term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009, effective July 17, 2007.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0577 1C.-8.School and Community Relations Committee - Crime Watch/Ponce de Leon Middel School/Coral Gables High SchoolResolutionResolution confirming the following renominations and nomination: Pat Kiel (Crime Watch Representative); Lillian Diaz (Ponce de Leon Middle School Representative); Harold Cole (Coral Gables High School Representative); and Dr. Victor H. Shabanah (Nominated by City Manager David L. Brown), to serve on the School and Community Relations Committee, for a term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009, effective July 17, 2007.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0595 1C.-12.Resolution - Coral Gables Police Officers Trust Fund - Arnold Perry and James Harley (Commission As-A-Whole)ResolutionResolution confirming the appointment and/or reappointment certain individuals to serve on the Coral Gables Police Officers Retirement Trust Fund, for a two (2) term, beginning January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009, effective as of June 26, 2007. Commission As-A-Whole ____________ Commission As-A-Whole ____________adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0621 1C.-13.Appointment to the Coral Gables Code Enforcement BoardResolutionResolution appointing Jorge L. Garrido (Nominated by Mayor Slesnick), to serve as a member of the Coral Gables Code Enforcement Board for a three year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2010; effective as of July 17, 2007.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0622 1C.-14.Appointment to City of Coral Gables Health Faciltities AuthorityResolutionResolution of the City Commission appointing Sean S. Pendray (nominated by Mayor Slesnick), to serve as a member of the City of Coral Gables Health Facilities Authority for a four (4) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2011.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0623 1C.-15.Appointment to Emergency Management DivisionResolutionResolution of the City Commission appointing Enrique Lopez (nominated by Mayor Slesnick), to serve the remaining balance of the term (effective July 17, 2007) as a member of the Emergency Management Division; further specifying the order of succession from amongst the remaining interim successors appointed by Mayor Slesnick during said term, which began on June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0633 1C.-16.Board of Architects - City Manager Brown AppointmentResolutionResolution appointing Luis Sousa (nominated by City Manager Brown) to serve as a member of the Board of Architects for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009; effective as of July 17, 2007.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0653 1C.-17.Old Spanish Village ResolutionResolutionResolution of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, expressing support for the creation of the Old Spanish Village Community Development District by Miami-Dade County Commission, for the area described in exhibit “A” and providing for an effective date.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0603 1C.-18.Code Enforcement Board Meeting for July 3, 2007MinutesCode Enforcement Board Meeting of July 3, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0599 1C.-19.School and Community Relations Committee Minutes of May 29, 2007MinutesCoral Gables School and Community Relations Committee Meeting of May 29, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0642 1C.-20.Historic Preservation Board meeting of April 19, 2007MinutesHistoric Preservation Board Meeting of April 19, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0650 1C.-21.Historic Preservation Board minutes of May 24, 2007MinutesHistoric Preservation Board Meeting of May 24, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0634 1C.-22.Parking Advisory Board Meeting of May 24, 2007MinutesParking Advisory Board Meeting of May 24, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0630 1C.-23.Pinewood Cemetery Advisory Board meeting of June 5, 2007MinutesPinewood Cemetery Advisory Board meeting of June 5, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0616 1C.-24.Property Advisory Board meeting of June 28, 2007MinutesProperty Advisory Board Meeting of June 28, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0614 1C.-25.Traffic Advisory Board Meeting of May 19, 2007MinutesTraffic Advisory Board Meeting of May 19, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0574 1C.-5.International Affairs Coordinating Council - Board As-A-WholeResolutionResolution confirming the following appointment and/or reappointment to the International Affairs Coordinating Council: Carolina Rendeiro Wright (Board As-A-Whole); Alfonso Cueto (Ambassador At-Large) nominated by by the International Affairs Coordinating Council; to serve for a term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009, effective July 17, 2007.adopted as amended by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0584 1C.-9.Resolution confirming appointment of Commissioner Representative for BIDResolutionResolution appointing a Commissioner to serve as Commission Representative (Ex-Officio Member), on the Business Improvement District (BID), for the term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0585 1C.-10.Resolution confirming appointment of Commissioner Representative for Chamber of CommerceResolutionResolution appointing a Commissioner to serve as Commission Representative (Ex-Officio Member), on the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, for the term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0586 1C.-11.Resolution - Commission Representative - Coral Gables Citizens Crime Watch Inc.ResolutionResolution appointing a Commissioner to serve as Commission Representative (Ex-Officio Member) on Coral Gables Citizens Crime Watch Inc., for the term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009. Commission-As-A-Whole_______________________________DeferredFail Action details Not available
07-0654 1C.-26.Property Advisory Board AppointmentResolutionResolution of the City Commission appointing and/or reappointing a certain individual to serve as a member of the Property Advisory Board for a two-year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009, effective as of July 17, 2007. Commission-As-A-Whole ________________________________ adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0656 1NA-C.-28.Frank Quesada - Appointed to Traffic Advisory Board by Commissioner KerdykResolutionA Resolution appointing Frank Quesada (nominated by Commissioner Kerdyk, Jr.) to serve as a member of the Traffic Advisory Board, for the term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0657 1NA-C.29.Omar Pasalodos appointed to Public Safety Committee by Comissioner KerdykResolutionA Resolution appointing Omar Pasalodos (nominated by Commissioner Kerdyk, Jr.) to serve as a member of the Public Safety Committee, for the term beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0618 1D.-1.Mark A. TrowbridgeResolutionMark A. Trowbridge, President and CEO, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, to request permission from the City Commission to continue to use the term "City Beautiful" in the Coral Gables Chamber Newsletter and in the Annual Awards Program.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0635 1E.-1.Board of Architects Appeal - 727 Almeria Avenue Apartments.ResolutionBoard of Architects Appeal - Application No. 33366-2 Monica Avellaneda, applicant, has filed an appeal to the Coral Gables City Commission, from a decision of the Board of Architects at its regular meeting of June 14, 2007, wherein the Board denied Application No. 33366-2, in connection with the installation of accordion shutters on all windows of apartment building located at 727 Almeria Avenue. denied by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0541 1E.-2.Robson settlementOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, approving settlement in Robson v. City of Coral Gables, Case No. 01-16301 CA 06, and waiving the provisions of the City Procurement Code pursuant to Sec. 2-2011, entitled "Purchase, Sale or Lease of Public Property", as inconsistent with City Commission approvals at the time of purchase of the Miracle Mile Theatre Property Ground Lease, for the purchase of the three retail leases/properties in the amount of One Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,050,000.00); providing a repealer provision, a savings clause, a severability clause and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading June 26, 2007)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0549 1E.-3.defibrillatorsOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, creating a definition for "Automated External Defibrillators"; creating Chapter entitled "Automated External Defibrillators" to require automated external defibrillators at certain buildings; providing for the installation and operation requirements to maintaining an automated external defibrillator; providing for fees, penalties and applicability, providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading June 26, 2007)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0550 2E.-4.Zoning Code Text Amendment - Metal Roofs (Ordinance on 2nd Reading)OrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. Zoning Code Text Amendment - Metal Roofs. An Ordinance of the Coral Gables City Commission amending the Zoning Code, Ordinance No. 2007-01, as amended, to permit metal roofs in a site-specific area or areas of the City; providing a repealer provision; a savings clause, and a severability clause; and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading June 26, 2007)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0665 1NA-E.-4.1.Resolution to approve Metal Roof ColorsResolutionResolution limiting the colors for standing seam metal roofsadopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0543 2E.-5.Ordinance repealing sections of Chapter 34 re. lost, stolen, junked, abandoned propertyOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, deleting Section 34-61 through 34-68 of City Code Chapter 34 entitled "Nuisances", Article III entitled "Lost, Stolen, Junked, Abandoned Property" and adopting by reference Chapter 705, Florida Statute's standards and procedures for the administration of lost or abandoned property and unclaimed evidence; providing for severability, repealer, codification and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading June 26, 2007)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0624 1E.-6.private right of actionOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, amending Chapter 58 entitled, "Special Assessments", Article III entitled, "Repair or Construction of Streets and Sidewalks", and Chapter 62 entitled, "Streets, Sidewalks and other Public Places", Article IV entitled, "Maintenance of Sidewalks and Swale Areas", by adding a section on private right of action for injuries or damages; providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading July 17, 2007)approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
07-0612 1E.-7.Purchase of Maggiore Property Ordinance on 1st Reading anceReadingPurchase of Maggiore Property Ordinance on 1st ReadingPurchase of Maggiore Property Ordinance on 1sOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, approving purchase of property at 5028 Maggiore Street, Coral Gables, Florida, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2004-30, the legal description and folio numbers of which are set forth as follows: Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 99, revised plat of Coral Gables Riviera Section Part Two, according to plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 28 at Page 18 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Folio No. 03-4120-023-3010 Folio No. 03-4120-023-3015, in exchange for a monetary payment of $1,290,000.00 provided by the Miami-Dade County General Obligation Bond Project 88-70653 for purchases of property for use as park land. Waiver of certain provisions of Ordinance No. 2004-30 are by a 4/5 vote of the City Commission including the requirement of an advertised Public Bidding Process; providing a repealer provision, a savings clause, and a severability clause, and providing for an effective date. (Passed on First Reading July 17, 2007) approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
07-0632 1E.-8.Art In Public Places Ordinance on First ReadingOrdinanceOrdinance on First Reading. An Ordinance of the Coral Gables City Code creating Chapter 12, to be entitled "Art In Public Places"; providing definitions; establishing policy, establishing an Art Fund to be used for public art purposes; providing procedures, administration criteria; providing for ownership & maintenance; and providing for enforcement for an Art In Public Places program; providing for repeal, providing severability, providing for codification thereof, an effective date, and repealing all Ordinances inconsistent herewith.approved as an Ordinance on First Reading as AmendedPass Action details Not available
07-0609 1F.-1.Discussion of an alternate pilot proposal for metal roofs city-wideResolutionDiscussion of an alternate pilot proposal for metal roofs city-wide Commissioner Mar?a Andersonadopted by Resolution NumberFail Action details Not available
07-0611 1F.-2.Twenty-five miles per hour speed limitAgenda ItemDiscussion regarding a twenty-five mile per hour speed limit pilot program Commissioner Rafael "Ralph" Cabrera, Jr.Discussed  Action details Not available
07-0631 1G.-1.Resolution authorizing $13,000 for a matching grant application for the Florida Department of State Division of Historical Resources to perform a survey of Pinewood CemeteryResolutionPresentation of excerpts from the Pinewood Cemetery Board meeting of June 5, 2007, requesting the following action: The Pinewood Cemetery Board asks that the City Commission consider a request for a matching grant of $13,000 for a survey of Pinewood Cemetery.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0646 1G.-2.Presentation of excerpts from the Historic Preservation Board meeting of May 24, 2007MinutesPresentation of excerpts from the Historic Preservation Board Meeting of May 24, 2007 requesting the following action: The Historic Preservation Board urgently recommends to the City Commission that any house over 50 years old requiring any exterior demolition go through historic review by the Historic Preservation Board.Discussed  Action details Not available
07-0629 1G.-3.PAB ACTION REQUEST-5028 MAGGIORE STREETMinutesPresentation of excerpts from Property Advisory Board meeting of June 28, 2007, recommending the following action: Mr. Mazzei moved to recommend the acquisition of the land located at 5028 Maggiore Street. Mr. Flanagan seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Discussed  Action details Not available
07-0600 1H.-1.Legislative update by Fausto Gomez, of Gomez Barker, P.A.Agenda ItemLegislative update by Fausto Gomez, of Gomez Barker, P.A.Discussed  Action details Not available
07-0560 1H.-2.A resolution stablishing guidelines for the Coral Gables Merrick House Governing Board and House Usage Policies for the Coral Gables Merrick House and repealing all Resolutions inconsistent herewith.ResolutionResolution establishing guidelines for the Coral Gables Merrick House Governing Board and House Usage Policies for the Coral Gables Merrick House and repealing all Resolutions inconsistent herewith. (Deferred from the June 26, 2007 Meeting)adopted as amended by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0617 1H.-3.Parking System UpdateAgenda ItemParking System UpdateDeferred  Action details Not available
07-0641 1H.-4.Update on Negotiations with The Palace Group, Inc.Agenda ItemUpdate of Lease Negotiations with The Palace Group, Inc. including: (a) Revised site plan; (b) Proposed Residential Operating Standards; (c) Anticipated Financial Terms; (d) Discussion regarding parking program and other outstanding issues.Discussed  Action details Not available
07-0619 1H.-5.Resolution supporting re-election of the Business Improvement District.ResolutionResolution of the City Commission of Coral Gables supporting the re-election of the Business Improvement District of Coral Gables.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0652 1H.-6.Presentation by Tony VillamilAgenda ItemPresentation by Tony Villamil, Chief Executive Officer of The Washington Economic Group, to present the Coral Gables Property Value Study.Discussed  Action details Not available
07-0636 1I.-1.pending litigation reportAgenda ItemPending Litigation ReportDiscussed  Action details Not available