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City of Coral Gables

Meeting Name: City Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/13/2007 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall, Commission Chambers
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
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07-1022 1A.-1.Farewell to Jose Fuentes, Director of South Florida Water ManagementAgenda ItemFarewell to Jose K. Fuentes, Director of the Miami-Dade Regional Service Center, South Florida Water Management DistrictAcknowledged  Action details Not available
07-1001 1A.-2.Presentation of 20 years service pin to Darnell Johnson, Public Service DepartmentPresentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of 20 years service pin to Darnell Johnson, Public Service DepartmentRecognized  Action details Not available
07-0999 1A.-3.Employee of the Month for December 2007Presentation/Protocol DocumentCongratulations to Cynthia Dorrel, Development Department, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Employee of the Month Award, for the month of December 2007Recognized  Action details Not available
07-1006 1B.-1.City Commission Meeting of October 23, 2007MinutesRegular City Commission Meeting of October 23, 2007 approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1013 1C.-1.A resolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $26,000.00 from the Coral Gables Police State Forfeited Asset Fund (FAF) monies to provide for the purchase of a “Live Scan” electronic fingerprinting system.ResolutionResolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $26,000.00 from the Coral Gables Police State Forfeited Asset Fund (FAF) monies to provide for the purchase of a "Live Scan" electronic fingerprinting system.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1015 1C.-2.Resolution to purchase a new Narcotics Detectin Canine DogResolutionResolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $3,500.00 from the Coral Gables Police Federal Forfeited Assets to provide for the purchase of a Narcotics Detection Canine Dog.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1016 1C.-3.Resolution for purchase and installation of steel plating in Firearms Training FacilityResolutionResolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $12,000.00 from the Coral Gables Police State Forfeited Assets (FAF) monies to provide for the purchase and installation of steel plating material to protect the interior walls of the Police Department Indoor Firearms Training Facility.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1017 1C.-4.A resolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $49,850.00 from the Coral Gables Police Federal Forfeited Assets to provide for the purchase of an Automated License Plate Recognition System.ResolutionResolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $49,850.00 from the Coral Gables Police Federal Forfeited Assets to provide for the purchase of an Automated License Plate Recognition System. adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0991 1C.-5.A resolution confiming the reappointment of Manny Seage (Board-As-A-Whole) to serve as a member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.ResolutionResolution confiming the reappointment of Manny Seage (Board-As-A-Whole) to serve as a member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1025 1C.-6.A resolution appointing Francisco Cuello (Nominated by Vice Mayor Kerdyk) to serve as a member of the Emergency Management Division, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.ResolutionResolution appointing Francisco Cuello (Nominated by Vice Mayor Kerdyk) to serve as a member of the Emergency Management Division, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1024 1C.-7.A resolution appointing Linda Scarcell (Nominated by Mayor Slesnick) to serve as a member of the Coral Gables Advisory Board on Disability Affairs, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.ResolutionResolution appointing of Linda Scarcell (Nominated by Mayor Slesnick) to serve as a member of the Coral Gables Advisory Board on Disability Affairs, for a two (2) year term, beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2009.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0960 1C.-8.Supplemental JPA - Trolley purchaseResolutionResolution approving a Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement between the City of Coral Gables and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to allow a vehicle previously leased by the City to be eligible expense for purchase under the current Master Joint Participation Agreement between the City and the FDOT for equipment purchase, dated June 16, 2005; and authorizing the City Manager to execute said Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement on behalf of the City.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1002 1C.-9.Board of Adjustment Meeting Minutes of October 1, 2007 MinutesBoard of Adjustment Meeting of October 1, 2007 approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1005 1C.-10.Budget/Audit Advisory Board Minutes of September 18, 2007MinutesBudget/Audit Advisory Board Meeting of September 18, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1014 1C.-11.Code Enforcement Board Meeting for October 17, 2007MinutesCode Enforcement Board Meeting of October 17, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0986 1C.-12.Communications Committee Meeting Minutes of October 18, 2007MinutesCommunications Committee Meeting of October 18, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1008 1C.-13.Cultural Development Board Minutes of October 11, 2007 meetingMinutesCultural Development Board Meeting of October 11, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1019 1C.-14.Insurance Advisory Committee draft minutes of November 6, 2007.MinutesInsurance Advisory Committee Meeting of November 6, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0994 1C.-15.International Affairs Coordinating Council Meeting of October 25, 2007MinutesInternational Affairs Coordinating Council Meeting of October 25, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1003 1C.-16.Landscape Beautification Advisory Board meeting of November 1, 2007MinutesLandscape Beautification Advisory Board Meeting of November 1, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-0990 1C.-17.Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting of October 18, 2007MinutesParks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting of October 18, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1010 1C.-18.Public Safety Committee Meeting Minutes of September 4, 2007MinutesPublic Safety Committee Meeting of September 4, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1032 1C.-19.Retirement Board meeting minutes of September 13, 2007MinutesRetirement Board Meeting of September 13, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1033 1C.-20.Retirement Board Meeting of October 11, 2007MinutesRetirement Board Meeting of October 11, 2007approvedPass Action details Not available
07-1027 1D.-1.Kindergarten Art ProgramResolutionCheli Cerra, Principal of Coral Gables Elementary School, requesting approval for temporary placement of art done by kindergarten students to be placed on the existing scaffolding on the right-of-way at 2020 Ponce de Leon Boulevard.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1023 1D.-2.Personal appearance of Jose Gonzalez, Sevilla Bldg., LLCResolutionAppearance of Jose Gonzalez, Vice President of Land Planning and Entitlements for Flagler Development Group., on behalf of Sevilla Bldg. LLC., owner, for permission to encroach into the right-of-way with a balcony encroaching a maximum of two feet, six inches (2'6”) at an elevation of thirty-five feet (35'0”) above the Le Jeune Road sidewalk, adjacent to 2855 Le Jeune Road, Coral Gables, Florida.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1007 1D.-3.Presentation by Miami-Dade County School Board Staff regarding Public School ConcurrencyAgenda ItemPresentation by Vivian Villaamil, Director 1, Miami-Dade County School Board, regarding Public School ConcurrencyPresented and Filed  Action details Not available
07-0920 1E.-1.Traffic and Vehicles OrdinanceOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance amending the Code of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, by amending Chapter 74 entitled "Traffic and Vehicles" by creating Article VIII entitled "Dangerous Intersection Safety", providing for recorded image monitoring and enforcement of red light infractions, and for related procedures and provisions; amending Chapter 101, "Administration and Enforcement", Article VI, "Code Enforcement", by creating Section 101.191 entitled "Administrative Charges; Collection of Fines; Penalty", to facilitate use of Code Enforcement mechanism for dangerous intersection safety; providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Readingadopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1029 1E.-2.Palace Ordinance on second readingOrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Coral Gables authorizing the acquisition by the City of the Palace-owned parcel and the simultaneous ground leases of the City's public properties for their development as a Senior Housing Facility by and between the Palace Management Group, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company ("Palace"), and the City of Coral Gables, a Florida municipal corporation, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2004-30, of City-owned property located at 45 and 50 Andalusia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida and privately owned property located at 83 Andalusia Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida, the legal descriptions and folio numbers of which are set forth as follows: (1) 45 Andalusia Avenue (City owned-Municipal Lot 9) Lots 35 through 43 and Tract B, in Block 4, of CORAL GABLES CRAFT SECTION, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded In Plat Book 10, Page 40, of the Public Records Of Miami-Dade County, Florida; Folio No. 03-4117-005-0890 (2) 83 Andalusia Avenue (Palace owned Parcel-f/k/a Melody Inn Parcel) Lots 44 through 47, in Badopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Not available
07-1028 1E.-3. OrdinanceOrdinance on Second Reading. An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables approving an amendment to a previously approved abandonment and vacation of alleys for the previously approved mixed use planned area development (PAD) known as "Old Spanish Village", located on property legally described as all of Block 20, Block 23 less a portion of Lot 11 and Lot 12, all of Block 24 and 30, and Lot 45, Block 31 and Lots 12-13, Block 33, and adjacent public Rights-Of-Ways (ROW), Crafts Section, Tract A,B, and C, Catamal Corner, 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. (Passed on First Reading November 13, 2007)approved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Not available
07-0983 1F.-2.Discussion regarding term limits for City CommissionAgenda ItemDiscussion regarding term limits for City Commission Commissioner Rafael "Ralph" Cabrera, Jr.Discussed  Action details Not available
07-1026 1H.-1.Report on Property Tax (Fausto Gomez)Agenda ItemPresentation by Fausto Gomez, of Gomez Barker Associates, Inc. regarding Property Taxes - Results of Special Session and Possible Further Actions. Presented and Filed  Action details Not available
07-1038 1H.-2.Update on metal roof pilot projectAgenda ItemUpdate on metal roof pilot projectPresented and Filed  Action details Not available
07-1037 1H.-3.Interlocal Agreement between City and City of MiamiResolutionResolution of the Coral Gables City Commission, with attachments, authorizing City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Coral Gables and the City of Miami to allow the combined properties which make up Ponce Medical Plaza, LLC, which is located in both City of Coral Gables at 114 Ponce de Leon Blvd and the City of Miami at 3690 West Flagler Street, to be developed as one integrated development over the municipal boundaries of both cities. (Deferred from the November 13, 2007 City Commission Meeting)Deferred  Action details Not available
07-0995 1I.-1.Resolution approving license agreement with the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce for the use of the City's service mark, "The City Beautiful" in Chamber informational methods.ResolutionResolution approving License Agreement with the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce for the use of the City's service mark, "The City Beautiful" in Chamber informational releases.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
07-0996 1I.-2.pending litigationAgenda ItemPending Litigation ReportPresented and Filed  Action details Not available