City of Coral Gables

Meeting Name: City Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/11/2014 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall, Commission Chambers
REVISED AGENDA - ADDITIONAL ITEM C.-4.1
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14-2927 3A.-1.Bike 305 MonthPresentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of a Proclamation declaring March 2014 as Bike 305 Month in Coral Gables.Presented and Filed  Action details Video Video
14-2909 1A.-2.January 2014 Officer of the MonthPresentation/Protocol DocumentCongratulations to Officer Kevin Kelley, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Officer of the Month Award, for the month of January 2014.Presented and Filed  Action details Video Video
14-2936 1A.-3.2013 Officer of the Year AwardPresentation/Protocol DocumentCongratulations to Officer Kevin Kelley, recipient of the City of Coral Gables 2013 Officer of the Year Award.Presented and Filed  Action details Not available
14-2930 2A.-4.25 Year Pin - Nelson RodriguezPresentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of 25 years service pin to Nelson Rodriguez, Fire Department.Presented and Filed  Action details Video Video
14-2931 1A.-5.25 Year Pin - Robert LowmanPresentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of 25 years service pin to Robert Lowman, Fire Department.Presented and Filed  Action details Not available
14-2932 1A.-6. Presentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of 25 years service pin to Michael Jennings, Fire Department.Deferred  Action details Not available
14-2919 1A.-7.Firefighter of the Month Award for March 2014Presentation/Protocol DocumentCongratulations to Firefighter Chris Butler, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Firefighter of the Month Award, for the month of March 2014.Presented and Filed  Action details Video Video
14-2920 1A.-8.EOM March 2014Presentation/Protocol DocumentCongratulations to Letty Ellis, Community Services/Parks and Recreation Division, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Employee of the Month Award, for the month of March 2014.Presented and Filed  Action details Video Video
14-2921 1A.-9.2013 EOY ProclamationPresentation/Protocol DocumentPresentation of a Proclamation declaring March 11, 2014, as Carolina Vester Day in Coral Gables.Presented and Filed  Action details Video Video
14-2940 1B.-1.Regular CC Meeting 2-25-14MinutesRegular City Commission Meeting of February 25, 2014.approvedPass Action details Video Video
14-2918 1C.-1.Resolution to request an amendment to 2012 UASI Projects ListResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Coral Gables to request an amendment to the 2012 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Projects List.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
14-2928 1C.-2.Parking Fee Waiver for MS WalkResolutionResolution authorizing free parking for participants (in Parking Garage Four) and a waiver for the $590 cost of renting fifty-nine (59) parking spaces along Biltmore Way for the 2014 Coral Gables MS Walk and 5K Race scheduled for April 5, 2014.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
14-2937 1C.-3.Board Appointment - Robert ParsleyResolutionResolution of the City Commission confirming the appointment of Robert Parsley to serve as a member of the Historic Preservation Board (Nominated by City Manager Salerno) for a two (2) year term, which began on June 1, 2013 and continues through May 31, 2015.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
14-2938 1C.-4.Board Appointment - Humberto PezianiResolutionResolution of the City Commission confirming the appointment of Humberto Speziani to serve as a member of the Green Task Force (Nominated by the University of Miami) for a two (2) year term, which began on June 1, 2013 and continues through May 31, 2015.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
14-2943 1C.-4.1 ResolutionResolution accepting the recommendation of the Chief Procurement Officer to approve a contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., as the design consultant for the renovation of the Fred B. Hartnett/Ponce Circle Park pursuant to Florida Statute 287.055, known as the “Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act” and Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 2013.10.15.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
14-2900 1C.-5.Library Advisory 02-12-14MinutesLibrary Advisory Board Meeting of February 12, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2902 1C.-6.Landscape Beautification 02-06-14MinutesLandscape Beautification Advisory Board Meeting of February 6, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2903 1C.-7.Property Advisory 01-15-14MinutesProperty Advisory Board Meeting of January 15, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2910 1C.-8.Historic Preservation Board 01-16-14MinutesHistoric Preservation Board Meeting of January 16, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2915 1C.-9.Merrick House Board 02-03-14MinutesMerrick House Governing Board Meeting of February 3, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2916 1C.-10.Senior Citizens 01-16-14MinutesSenior Citizens Advisory Board Meeting of January 6, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2917 1C.-11.Parks and Recreation 01-31-14MinutesParks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting of January 31, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
14-2923 1C.-12.Cultural Development 2-26-14MinutesCultural Development Board Meeting of February 26, 2014approvedPass Action details Not available
  1  ResolutionAnyone who wishes to address the City Commission on an item to be considered for public hearing must fill out a Speaker Card and turn it in to the City Clerk. Speaker Cards can be obtained on the credenza located outside the Office of the Mayor, during the day of the City Commission Meeting.   Action details Not available
14-2908 1E.-1.Amendment to Abandoned Real Property OrdinanceOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City Commission amending the Code of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, by amending Article VI “Abandoned Real Property” of Chapter 34 “Nuisances,” to charge an additional fee for vacant properties; to allow City police department to issue trespass warnings for vacant properties; to grant the City Attorney the authority, with the approval of the City Manager or designee, to initiate court action to abate the public nuisance; declaring unlawful the failure to register or maintain a vacant property by the mortgagee or property owner; and providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading February 25, 2014)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2895 2E.-2.Cond. Use with Site Plan Review re: Temple JudeaOrdinanceConditional Use with Site Plan Review. An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, requesting conditional use with site plan review pursuant to Zoning Code Article 3, “Development Review”, Division 4, “Conditional Uses”, and Article 4, “Zoning Districts”, Division 2, “Overlay and Special Purpose Districts”, Section 4-204, “Special Use (S) District”, for an addition to an existing religious institution within a Special Use (S) zoned district, for the property commonly referred to as “Temple Judea” and legally described as Lots 1-31, Block 135, Riviera Section Part 9 (5500 Granada Boulevard), Coral Gables, Florida; and including required conditions; providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading February 25, 2014)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2896 1E.-3.Receipt of TDR re: 2020 Salzedo StreetOrdinanceReceipt of Transfer Development Rights (TDRs). An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, requesting receipt of Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs) pursuant to Zoning Code Article 3, “Development Review”, Division 10, “Transfer of Development Rights”, Section 3-1006, “Review and approval of use of TDRs on receiver sites”, for the receipt and use of TDRs for the mixed use project referred to as “2020 Salzedo Street”, on the property legally described as Lots 13-37 and the east 7’ of lot 38, Block 18, Section K (2020 Salzedo Street), Coral Gables, Florida; including required conditions; providing for severability, repealer, codification, and an effective date. (Passed on First Reading February 25, 2014)adopted by Ordinance NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2897 1E.-4.Resolution - Mixed Use Site Plan Review re: 2020 Salzado StreetResolutionResolution. Mixed Use Site Plan Review. A Resolution of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, requesting mixed use site plan review pursuant to Zoning Code Article 4, “Zoning Districts”, Division 2, “Overlay and Special Purpose Districts”, Section 4-201, “Mixed Use District (MXD)”, for the construction of a mixed use project referred to as “2020 Salzedo Street” on the property legally described as Lots 13-37 and the east 7’ of lot 38, Block 18, Section K (2020 Salzedo Street), Coral Gables, Florida; including required conditions; providing for an effective date.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Not available
14-2935 1E.-5.Special Assessments for Miracle Mile and Giralda AvenueOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, relating to capital improvements and related services providing a special benefit to local areas within the city; authorizing the imposition and collection of special assessments to fund the cost of capital improvements and related services providing a special benefit to local areas within the city; providing certain definitions; providing for the creation of assessment areas; providing a procedure to impose special assessments; establishing procedures for notice and adoption of assessment rolls and for correction of errors and omissions; providing that assessments constitute a lien on assessed property upon adoption of the assessment rolls; authorizing hardship assistance and certain exemptions; providing a procedure for voluntary assessment programs; providing a procedure for collection of special assessments; providing a mechanism for the imposition of assessments on government property; repealing sections 58-19, 58-20, 58-22 through 58-49 and 58-53 of the City of Coral Gables Code of Ordinances; providing for severability; and prapproved as an Ordinance on First ReadingPass Action details Video Video
14-2941 1F.-1.Follow-up Re: Commission Aide positionResolutionFollow-up Re: Commission Aide position.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2942 1G.-1.Appointments to the Green Task ForceResolutionResolution of the City Commission confirming the appointment of the following individuals to serve as members of the Green Task Force, for a two (2) year term, which began on June 1, 2013 and continues through May 31, 2015. (Deferred from the March 11, 2014, Meeting) Landscape Architect (1): ____________________________________ Professional Planner (1): ____________________________________ Interest in Historic Preservation (1): ___________________________ Engineer (1): _____________________________________________ LEED Architect (1): _______________________________________ University of Miami (1): Humberto Speziani Chamber of Commerce (1): Anabella Smith Garden Club (1): Sharon V. Trbovich Coral Gables Residents (3): _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________Deferred  Action details Video Video
14-2934 1H.-1.Resolution authorizing a grant to the Coral Gables Museum.ResolutionResolution authorizing a grant to the Coral Gables Museum.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2939 1H.-2.Million Orchid ProjectResolutionResolution authorizing entering into an Agreement with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Inc. to participate in the Million Orchid Project, and to authorize the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Annual Budget Funds to support this Project.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2924 1I.-1.Discussion of Interprepation of Calculation of Development RightsResolutionDiscussion of Interpretation Re: Calculation of Development Rights for a Sending Site.adopted by Resolution NumberPass Action details Video Video
14-2925 1L.-1.Executive Session - Astor Trolley, LLCAgenda ItemAttorney-Client executive session in the City Conference Room, 1st Floor, closed to the public, for purposes of discussing the lawsuit pending in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit entitled City of Coral Gables, Florida v. Astor Trolley, LLC, et al, Case No. 13-29113 CA 40 (Fla. 11th Judicial Cir.) and the related matter of Federal Transit Administration Complaint No. 2013-0131. (This session may be attended by the following individuals: Mayor Jim Cason, Commissioner Patricia Keon, Vice Mayor William H. Kerdyk, Commissioner Vince Lago, Commissioner Frank C. Quesada, City Manager Patrick Salerno, City Attorney Craig Leen, Deputy City Attorney Bridgette Thornton, and Special Counsel Stephen Helfman, Michael Popok, and John Quick. A certified Court Reporter will be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed, and the transcripts will be made available to the public upon the conclusion of the above-stated litigation. At the conclusion of the Attorney-Client session, the City Commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the Commission meeting will announce the termi   Action details Not available
14-2926 1L.-2.Executive Session - FPLAgenda ItemAttorney-Client executive session in the City Conference Room, 1st Floor, closed to the public, for purposes of discussing In re: Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Units 6 & 7 Power Plant Siting Application No. PA 03-45A3, DOAH Case No. 09-3575EPP, FDEP OGC Case No. 09-3107 and the related matter of The City of Coral Gables v. The Florida Power & Light Company, Case No. 13-023568 CA 01 (Fla. 11th Jud. Cir.). (This session may be attended by the following individuals: Mayor Jim Cason, Commissioner Patricia Keon, Vice Mayor William H. Kerdyk, Commissioner Vince Lago, Commissioner Frank C. Quesada, City Manager Patrick Salerno, City Attorney Craig Leen, Deputy City Attorney Bridgette Thornton, and Special Counsel Elizabeth Hernandez. A certified Court Reporter will be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed, and the transcripts will be made available to the public upon the conclusion of the above-stated litigation. At the conclusion of the Attorney-Client session, the City Commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the Commission meeting will a   Action details Not available