Council - Regular Meeting

Miami. Um, and this is our Is this our last council meeting? No, we have one more. Oh, sorry. I got ahead of myself. All righty. Roll call, please. 7:07 p.m. Mayor Desome. Vice Mayor Timothy, here. Councilman Burns here. Councilmana Mayor, present. Councilman Charles, present. You have a quorum to proceed. Thank you. And if we can please stand for the pledge of allegiance led by Assistant Chief Ransom Carter with the North Miami Police Department followed by invocation with Rabbi Jory Lang from Temple Beth Mosh. Place your right hand.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Again, I apologize. I'm turning my back to you guys. Sorry. First, hello. And obviously I have to speak about Thanksgiving, but maybe a different approach. one, I hope and pray that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. But forget for a moment the story of Thanksgiving because we don't know if it's true. I I just can't imagine that the Indians and those who went after them and that they sat down for this nice meal, but it's a good story and we do it in school and everything else. So, okay. everyone in their home. Not everyone, very often people are asked to stand up and to say what they're thankful for. Please don't get offended with the following. People will say that I'm thankful for A, B, or C. I got a new car. Blah blah. Okay. But it's actually a practice in something that I think it's selfish. You're standing up and you're saying why you're thankful for something that you received. I think that what people should do on Thanksgiving is stand up and say, "I'm thankful that I helped provide meals for someone, that I brought clothes to people that needed, that I volunteered,

I think that instead of it being centered on ourselves for Thanksgiving, by the way, look, if someone just got married, they got a new job, of course you're thankful. I don't want people not to be thankful, but it can't be just that." I think on Thanksgiving, you have to think about what you're doing for other people. That's what Thanksgiving should be about. We get together, we have all kinds of functions, but it's what did we do for the community? How did we help North Miami? We are thankful for our council, the things that they've done with the giving away of the turkeys and everything else. Those are things to be proud of. Again, there's nothing wrong with being selfish to a certain extent, and we all want nice things, but it's not okay if it's without giving and doing for other people. So, my prayer is that you have a wonderful meaningful thanksgiving and that when you thank God for the blessings that you have, also thank God for the blessings that you are able to do for other people. And then we should have only good things. And so, thank you. God bless you. And for our chief, chiefs, everyone here, and all of you, you should have a wonderful Thanksgiving. And thank you.

Thank you, Rabbi. Thank you. Thank you for the reminder that while we're all thankful, but the real gift that we have is servantthood in our community. And I know all of our council each had 500 turkeys to give away. So to all the North Miami residents who did receive um turkeys and grow and dry goods this year, we hope that um you enjoy your Thanksgiving meal. Thank you, Rabbi. Thanksgiving meal. Thank you, Rabbi. Next on the list, we have order of business. Madame manager, do we have any additions, deletions, amendments, or deferrals? No.

All righty. So, the agenda is now set. Oh, actually, um, I'd like to request that tab G be tabled to the next, um, council meeting, please. Tab G, which is a quasi judicial item. Is there a second? So, second, a second. I have a motion made by Councilwoman Estimate Irvin to table tab G to the next council meeting. Seconded by Vice Mayor Timothy. All in favor? Any opposed? No. The motion carries with a 31 vote. Um now quickly

any other Yeah. Yeah. Quickly. Um T can um can we move that to consent? Second. Tab D as in dog to be as then consent. Yes. Oh, move it to consent. Consent. Yes. Okay. And I second it.

Is there a second? Yes, there's a second. I did. Thank you. I have a motion made by Councilman Charles to move tab D to the consent agenda. Seconded by Councilwoman Mayor. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Opposed. Motion carries with a 3-1 vote. All right, Mr. Attorneys, our agenda now set from the council. Do we have any other Okay, Mr. City Attorney? Yes, the agenda is set. You may proceed, vice mayor.

Okay, thank you. We'll now move down for a special presentation. This is a proclam proclamation being presented um to the March of Dimes in honor of National Prematurity Awareness Month by our North Miami Gardens, but Miami Gardens Councilman Linda Julian who's no stranger to our city. Um in addition to the city of North Miami, I would like to thank the city of Tamarak, city of Coral Springs, city of Bay Harbor, city of Opaaka, city of Miami, and the Miami Day County Commission for all proclaiming um the month of Nor November as prematurity awareness month. So if we can all go down for the presentation. Sure.

One of these in Miami gardens and turn. All right. Good evening, Vice Mayor, council members, charter officers, and stakeholders. My name is Linda Julian, and I have the distinct pleasure and honor of serving the city of Miami Gardens as a council member. Um, but everyone knows that the city of North Miami is home for me, and I'm effectually referred to as the council woman for the city of North Miami Gardens. Tonight, I am here to present this proclamation to Sarah Bloom on behalf of the city of Miami Gardens for the March of Dimes for all of your tireless work and advocacy. We in the city of Miami Gardens like to declare the month of November as prematurity awareness month. And on behalf of our 113,000 residents, we recognize that prematurity day is we recognize that there is a crisis in the prematurity area when it comes to healthcare. Moms and babies face serious health risk and the margin for their health through research, through advocacy, through education and programming. The marches, the March of Dimes is committed to mobilizing the nation by amplifying the voices of women and families and has developed a collaborative model to study and prevent pre-term birth through groundbreaking research. More than one in 10 babies are born premature each year in the state of Florida, representing close to about 11% of all state births. Unfortunately, Florida received a grade of D+ on the 2024 March of Dimes report. So, we have to do better. There's definitely a need

there. In Florida, the March of Dimes has worked extensively to improve the health of moms and babies across Florida through education and programming and helping ensure that every baby has a healthy start. And therefore, the city of Miami Gardens recognizes the stakeholdership of March of Dimes and the work in response to the continued maternal infant health crisis. And so, I'd like to present this proclamation for prematurity awareness month on behalf of my mayor, Rodney Harris, and the city of Miami Gardens. Thank Thank you again, Councilwoman Linda Julian, um, for presenting the proclamation. I know we couldn't make it time to visit City of Miami Gardens, but I'm glad you were able to come to us this evening to present the proclamation. Next, we have the budget and finance third and fourth quarter updates by Angela Reyes and Tana, our chief financial officer.

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Good evening, Mayor and Council. Angela Reyes, chief financial officer. I'm here to present the third and fourth quarter financial report. Um, please keep in mind that uh there's still pending year end adjustments, approvals, and transfers. We're closing the year now. Our third quarter year-to- date revenues and expenditures shows our fiscal year 25 adopted budget at 214 million and our amended budget ended at $298 million. There was an increase of $83 million mostly um because of the CRA component of the bond, the revenue bond we received. Uh the difference is made up of grants and other revenues that were um rolled over from previous years. Our third quarter year-to- date revenues and expenditures shows a total of 43% um for our general our fund types. Our enterprise funds are 38% and special revenues for 21%. I'm speeding a little bit through the third quarter just to get to the fourth quarter um numbers because that's a more accurate presentation of our numbers and where we stand. Our third quarter year-to- date revenues and expenditures continued show our transportation fund at 25%. Our debt at 15%, our capital projects at 335% that's the North Miami Kagny Park project and that's again missing the approvals that get appropriated at the end of the year. Our internal service uh fund is at 49%. our third and four and and I'm sorry our third quarter general fund revenue and expense uh by categories our revenues totaled at 85% and our expenditures are at 69%. The reason you see the difference here again is because of the um accounting at the end of the year

where we go ahead and make our adjustments. Our third quarter general fund expense by department shows uh the the usage of each department. We total at 69%. Now our fourth quarter year-to- date revenue and expenditures um we had a fiscal year adopted budget of 214 million. We did end at an amended budget of 298 million and our increase was $84 million. Our fourth quarter year-to- date revenue and expenditures, our fund type totaled at 59%. Our enterprise fund totaled at 50% and our special revenue totaled at 28%. Our fourth quarter year date revenues and expenditures continued show our transportation fund at 35%. Our debt fund at 100% which means we went ahead and paid out all of our debt um for that was budgeted. Our capital project is showing 855%. Again that's also due to the approvals and appropriations of um revenues that we have to uh adjust at the end of the year. and our internal services ended at 67%. Our fourth quarter general fund revenue and expenses by category, our total current revenues are 84% and our expenditures are totaling at 94%. Our fourth quarter general fund expenses by department. The total general fund for um with all of the departments put together are at 94%.

So we came in under by 6%. And then our fiscal year 25 fourth quarter versus our 25 third quarter list of bank account and balances. We are at our normal range of a negative 8% overall and that is due to year-end payouts and closeouts um that normally happen. Now we have the operating account balance tracking over time where we can pinpoint our peaks and our lows. Um, and we can see that we're balancing out toward the end of September, which is a little bit higher actually than last September. Now for your questions. Um, question appear. The only one question that I had was the 9.7 million in reappropriations. Is that reappropriations from all departments?

Yes. Okay. Um, thank you. Thank you so much for your presentation, madame manager. I would just ask that for our first quarter if I could just we can get a briefing. Yes. Prior to before it comes out in in the public so that I could be more conversant and asking questions and so that's all but thank you so much for presentation.

Any other questions? Well, this is questions for the third quarter, correct? Or third and fourth. Third and fourth. Okay. But there this is um not you know audited. So we do wait for our audited financials to show to reflect our real performance throughout the the year. And the 80 well I guess this is all the total because I know the CRA was like 60 yes p okay and we still have more in opera funds or that's just poss that are not these were the rest of the POS that were not um transferred in because this is the last of it trickling in this year. Okay.

Or last year I'm sorry. Okay. Any other questions? Well, this is for the third and fourth quarter. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. And thank you. Sorry I'm late. Um, thank you. Where are we? We done it. Ajourn meeting adjourn. City event. I know. Um, city event Savannah, please take it away. We did the presentation already. Yeah. Let I missed it. Yeah. Councilwoman from the great city of North. Is that the former mayor next to you? Yes. We got our for mayor. Did you stand up and let that mayor?

You got our former mayor Philip Ben in the audience as well. Thank you, Councilwoman.

Good evening. Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor, Council, Staff, North Miami neighbors, and guests. My name is Savannah Dre Smith and I'm presenting the following announcements on behalf of the city of North Miami. Please support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts by donating the listed supplies such as water, hygiene kits, canned foods, batteries, and tarps. Drop off items at the North Miami Police Department or Suniss Grove Community Center Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. No use clothing or linens will be accepted. For more information, please call 3058959815. Students, get ready to succeed. Councilman Pierre France Charles hosts D4 Smart Tutoring every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 400 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Suniss Grove Community Center. For more details and registration, please contact 7865433014. Councilman Pierre France Charles presents the District 4 adult computer literacy program. These classes take place every Monday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Suniss Grove Community Center. Offering free hands-on classes, participants will learn basic computer skills, email setup, internet navigation, and resume writing. For details, please contact SB Joseph at ejosseph at northmfl.gov or 786-918-3772. Unleash your creativity with Canva Create at the North Miami Public Library every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. This free design class is open to all ages and teaches participants how to create flyers, social media graphics, and more. To register, call the library at 305891-5535. The city of North Miami will hold the fiscal year 2025 to 2026 owner occupied rehabilitation program lottery on Wednesday, November 26th at 10 a.m. here in the city hall council chamber. Attendance is not required. Renters will be notified by the phone or email and must submit updated documents to verify eligibility. Tune in on Nomi TV or online at northmafl.gov/nomiev. And for details, contact housing and

social services at 305893-6511 extension20,000 or housing@northmiami.gov. Join us for North Miamiy's Golden Jubilee, the 50th annual Winter National Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 27th at 10 a.m. The parade travels along Northeast 125th Street with the main stage at City Hall. For more information, please visit www.northmfl.gov/celebrate. Be a part of North Miami's 100year celebration. The Centennial coins will debut at the Witch and National Thanksgiving Day Parade. You have the option to choose from the coin only, coin and stand, or coin and pouch starting at just $10 while supplies last. Join the North Miami Commission for Women for Nomi Women Meetup this Friday, November 28th, as we connect, empower, and support women across North Miami. RSVP today and be part of the conversation. Enjoy jazz at Mocha featuring the French Horn Collective on a Friday, November 28th at Mocha Plaza. Seating begins at 7 p.m. and the free concert starts at 8. Please note that seating is first come and first serve, but you are welcome to bring your own chairs. Councilman Pierre France Charles invites you to the state of the district address my apologies on Thursday, December 4th from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Joe Celestian Community Center. Join the councilman for an evening of insight, progress, and community connection as we highlight District 4's continued growth. To RSVP, please visit D4 State of the District address.eventbbright.com. Book lovers, it's that time of year. Join us December 5th through the 7th for the annual Friends of the North Miami Public Library book sale. Discover bestsellers, children's books, media, and hidden gems for every reader. Kick off the holiday season at Light Up North Miami on Friday, December 5th from 600 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Mocha Plaza. Enjoy holiday treats, giveaways, photo booths, and a special appearance by Santa Claus. For more information,

please contact North Miami Parks and Recreation at 3058959840. Let it snow in the city of North Miami. Bring the family out for a fun winter morning at the North Miami Police Department on December 6th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Kids can play in the snow, meet friendly animals, enjoy a bounce house, and get creative with face painting and holiday crafts. It's a great way to kick off the season with the community. Registration is now open at 2025. Let it snow.eventbbright.com. Join the North Miami Public Library for Holiday Plants Gardening Workshop on Saturday, December 6th at 10 a.m. Learn how to care for your holiday plants and keep them thriving long after the season ends, hosted by master gardener Jerry Bodles. For details, please contact the library at 305891-5535. The Angel Tree is officially up at North Miami City Hall. Help us make the holidays brighter for local children by selecting an angel from the tree and fulfilling a gift wish. Please bring unwrapped age appropriate gifts no later than Wednesday, December 11th. Your kindness can make a world of difference in this season. Explore the beauty of nature at our birding basics workshop on Saturday, December 13th from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Enchanted Forest Ela Gordon Park led by Brian Roza. This half-day field trip introduces part participants to essential birding skills. For more information, call 7862552995. City Hall will be closing early Wednesday, November 26 at 2 p.m. and will be reopening on Monday, December 1st with regular business hours. To stay uptodate with Nomi news, events, and programs and services, please log on to North Miami's official website at www.northmfl.gov. Click connect with Nomi on their homepage to sign up for the city's newsletters. Also, follow us on Facebook and Instagram at North Miami. This concludes the city announcements. Thank you.

Thank you. I have a question. Wait a minute. So the with all the events P you guys didn't the biggest event that we have y'all just put we have a parade. We we Yes sir. I mentioned the parade. It was the golden jubilee. I know. I know what you mentioned. So So you think people coming to our parade? It's I I think we miss an opportunity. Um we have to announce our grand marshall. That's why people got to know. So that was a um a little missed opportunity with that. But yeah, so we got to let the grand marshall who's we got to our viewers. Our grand marshall is two um awardwinning. We have Rick Ross and Trina. So we hope to see you all at the parade.

All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And now hurricane preparedness. Yay. How you doing, Commander?

Good evening, Mayor, Council, and City Administration. As we conclude the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, I would like to provide a brief summary of our city's preparedness, response efforts, and key takeaways moving forward. This year's season, while active, reaffirmed the strength of our city's planning, coordination. Thanks to proactive preparedness measures, timely communication, and strong interdep departmental cooperation, North Miami remained resilient and well positioned to protect our residents and infrastructures. Community outreach efforts played a crucial role. Our public messaging, safety, advisories, and partnerships with local organizations helped residents stay informed and equipped before, during, and after weather events. I want to acknowledge the dedication of the police, public works, parks, communication staff, and all supporting personnel who work tirelessly to keep our city safe. And thank you, mayor, council, city manager, and chief for your continued support and commitment to public safety. Together, we will ensure that North Miami remains prepared, resilient, and ready for whatever challenges the next hurricane season brings us.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Truly appreciate it. And thank God hurricane season is over with this week. Um, thank God. And we had no storm. Knock on wood. Thank you. Yes. Now, um, appointments, madame clerk, there are no appointments. Awesome. Consent agenda. Unless a member of the city council wishes to remove a specific item from this portion of the agenda. Tabs A through D constitute the consent agenda. These resolutions and items are self-explanatory and are not expected to require additional review or discussion. These items will be recorded as individually numbered resolutions adopted unanimously by the following motion. that the consent agenda comprised of tabs A through D be adopted.

So move. Second. I have a motion made by Councilman Charles to approve the consent agenda. The motion was seconded by a council woman as the mayor of an all in favor.

Any opposed? Motion carries with a 5-0 vote. Tab E. A proposed first reading of the ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of North Miami, Florida, amending chapter 19 of the code of ordinances entitled utilities by amending article 7 entitled storm water utility at division 3 entitled surface water and storm water management to amend the development standards, procedures and permitting requirements relating to drainage, impervious surfaces and storm water infrastructure providing for repeal conflict severability codification and for an effective date Tab E.

Thank you so much, Madame Clerk. Public hearing is now open on the item. Tab E is open for public hearing. Seeing none, public hearing is closed. Um, is there Well, there' be se explanatory um for approval. Second. I just had one question, Mayor. Um, with this I said I noticed that it says that improvements to single family or duplex properties without additional review by DURM under certain conditions. So, this is not charging residents for additional services or dim additional permitting plans. I just want to make sure that that's clear.

Carrot Fiddler, public works director evening, mayor and council. No, there's no additional charges for that. Okay. Thank you. And and it's my understanding this is in cooperation with the what the county's ordinance that that's correct. Awesome. Thank you, sir. Yes. We have a we it's been moved and second. I have a motion made by Councilwoman Eston May to approve the item at tab E. The motion was seconded by Councilman Charles. All uh Vice Mayor Timothy, how do you vote? Yes. Councilwoman Eston May Irvin, how do you vote? Yes. Councilman Charles, how do you vote? Yes. Councilman Burns, how do you vote? Yes. Mayor Desme, how do you vote? Yes. Motion carries with a 5-0 vote. Tab F. Thank you. A proposed first. Yes, madame. This Okay, this is

Okay. Tab F. Yes. M ma'am. Go ahead. I'm sorry. A proposed first reading ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of North Miami, Florida, providing for text amendments to chapter 29 of the city of North Miami code of ordinances entitled land development regulations by amending article 4 zoning districts. Article 5, development standards and article 7, definitions, furthering the implementation of the Northwest 7th Avenue Cultural Arts and Innovation Overlay District, providing for repeal conflict severability, correction of script errors, and for an effective date. Tab F.

Thank you so much. Um, this public hear is open on the item. Public hearing is open. Seeing none coming. Public hearing is closed. Miss Love, I think this has been several years. Um I you know unless you have something real quick you want to add we good to go. Can I get approval? I do have a question about this one. Second open. Go ahead. I so in my briefing um there was something that came up as it relates to Northwest 7th a as it relates to outdoor venue. Oh god.

As it relates to what's the terminology? So the the request uh we made was to change on there's a section that uh discusses outdoor venues and uh it states that outdoor venues cannot be um cannot have amplified music past 11 p.m. And does it give the city manager any authorization? No, it doesn't.

So that's the thing. So in in the past I know with certain outdoor venues on Northwest 7th AB if they wanted to go past a certain limit like you know when you guys you know compest or whatever the case may be 11 was the cuto off time but if they wanted to go a little bit later um the city manager was able to provide um a temporary was it a special permit or something for for certain instances but with this change it removes that authority am I understanding that correctly

right there's a specific prohibition um it says amplified sound example speakers live music after 11 p.m. for all outdoor venues is prohibited. I just want to make sure that is that your no um no that's that's basically not was u when we when we met and I know that we have that line so there was a proposed change to that yeah as a authorization yeah there's a proposed change to that that to add for that that they could get a special permit if needed that can we need to we need to fix the line add that into that space we need to fix

but the the concern I I like the legislation where it is. If we talking about Nomi Village, that's one exception. We could go with that. But the problem that we've been having on 7th Avenue and that's why I kind of like this. Um, but I saw the legislation. So, I didn't know about the change and I think we could certainly make an exception because I think that's what Nomi Village is. It's a outdoor venue. That's so I could see that. However, the problem that we are having and I did talk to the manager about next week for it's a code problem along with some police think that we will have a come together and I think Mr. attorney. I even talked to you about perhaps having a um sunshine meeting with Councilman um Fria Fran Shaw and councilwoman um Mary Irving. I think Councilman um Burns and Council and Vice Mayor are good. I don't have as much complaints on district one and district two, but when we do 7th Avenue and West Dixie, most of the complaints that we have had and what they've been doing and and we don't want to too much delay the the points some businesses, not Nomi Village, but some of those um shopping centers and we don't want to name them here. They have created their own alternative stuff on on those corridors and now residents are calling it. It's it's it's a mess. So when I saw that, that was good. If it's we could see that

is Are you talking about nightclubs or No, they're not nightclubs. This restaurants just decided to have a um out outdoor music and then it's so loud the people they go past and and it's specific. So, you know, I'll talk to the manager. I don't want to. But yeah, but this one it was about Nomi Village. I just Okay. No, no, that's what I'm saying. village that's an exception but we need to be what I'm saying is we need to be careful as we passing out the legis this legislation

where it does not whatever that we do we the intent is for this one but these other actors which created more problem for us in these specific shopping centers or in the back of the alley now they setting up music and and tables and tents where they doing cars so it's it's a little mess over there but we could work on North 7th Avenue if I may uh Mr. Mayor on North 7th Avenue, I will tell you the only place that we really really have a problem is uh right next to my office which is uh um Loki. Oh

um they kind of messy. That's that's the only place. So now the the point that I want to make with this and vice mayor I just want to say thank you. um in doing legislation we cannot like just do it just specifically because of one place and I know a lot of people they have a problem with Nomi village the where we go back into the red garden when they go and explain so now we cannot just um put a policy in place just because of that and you know we're not going to force anybody to like or dislike Nomi village whatever it is but if we are doing u a legislation we have to make sure that we put everything in it so that moving on if someone if we have an event that needs to go for midnight or 1:00 for example it is not going to be every Friday or every Saturday so we need to make sure that the city manager can authorize that without coming back to us and I am going to tell you that uh Mr. Mayor, the biggest problem that we have over there at uh Nomi Village is because the way it is being sold.

Um they see this place. Yeah. You know the whole mess that created last year around Easter and everything that's still that still um you know resonate a long way. So they see this place this place as like something bad to the community. So whenever you have music could be like 5:00 p.m. you are going to get the get get the complaint. But what I'm saying is that in doing this, if we are putting this piece of legisl legislation to revive Northwest 7th Avenue, we cannot tied it up to that 11 because I know what I was being briefed on is the one that the city manager has the power if we need if um you know to give that extension if needed. So we need to add that into it. is not going to happen every weekend but we need to make sure that we have that leverage. So that's um that's my point because and um

what is the proposed language that so I know I had a discussion with the man with the manager. So all we would add to that section on outdoor venues is that amplified sound uh after 11 p.m. for all outdoor venues is prohibited unless uh special permit is uh um obtained uh via whatever section from the city manager from the city manager. That needs to be that needs to be part of it has to be part of the language. Thank you very much. Yeah. Do you accept that of me? Yes.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Councilwoman, what he just said in accepting if you all, you know, listen to what I said, I was not even I was making it more in in support of what he was doing. What I'm bringing out is another issue which he did not mention on other not I didn't even know about the plaza where he's at. There's other plazas. Listen to what I'm saying. Not

if it's Nomi Village, we sent Yeah, we can. That's what we are here. We can create legislation that's what we do that specifically in terms of that. So what I'm saying that exception for Nomi village I'm not even questioning the Nomi village what I'm saying we need to be careful the intent obviously and we are in support of that that whatever that we do however we give the manager um the authority whatever needs to happen what I'm saying there are some current um and that's why I I ask the manager for sidebar meeting

yes to have the sunshine meeting with all of us to explain because there are some information that that I'm hearing so we all would be on the same page We said there's some restaurants now and some barber shops and some other stuff not in those plazas that we are talking about that we are getting some stuff from residents not not Nomi village or anything like that we not even talking about that. So my thing was whatever that we are doing however it is we need to be careful because if we put whatever that needs to happen and we getting permits on other stuff that's not Nomi village then we creating another issue with the residency. So that's listen um we could do whatever we want but that was my statement not necessarily in in Mr.

I'm sorry in term of that um if you give me just one minute to add it. So now we just talking about something that code can take care of in ter of that l if there's something like that it is easy we don't even need a sunshine meeting

if a resident call no no when for something like that because north 7th Avenue I'll tell you that you just drive around North 7th Avenue is completely dead by now you know uh it's basically from um sunrise to sunset now so if if we have a complaint from a resident so that can be addressed with uh with code that's because um if they have like special activities and everything that is not relating to me personally as a councilman for district 4, we can just go ahead and apply our code and so that we we shall we going to go ahead and listen to

right I I think I so I understand your concern and I and and and I'm hearing the conversation again we are giving the discretion to the city manager and she can approve or let me let me finish let Let me finish, please. Let me finish. I So, I I am I am concerned about what you're concerned about, but I agree that

um we can bring light. We can send enforcement to stop that. We can educate and say here, you know, here's what you want. I I am in agreeance that we should not legislate for an entity. We should legislate legislate in general. You understand? And give the discretion to the counciloman.

I'm good with that. and and and what I'm saying and I think we all are first of all I did not have any issue with the legislation I was putting some inlight in terms of some other issues that you are all are not aware of so what I said is we need to have a conversation where we all of us get in the same place I don't have to support the legislation I'm bringing some awareness into that I was not against the organization but the way I I don't even think you guys understand the point that I was making I was trying to protect Nomi village but you guys I'm not talking about No, you're saying like the other actors, the restaurants, people who are bringing out tent. So, what I'm saying is we need to be careful with those things because

but I think the way it stands right now, it's still prohibited. They're not an outdoor venue. This is for this this Am I correct by saying that this is for an outdoor venue. What you're what you're talking about is a commercial business. Everything the mayor is talking about if it's an outdoor venue at 11:00 p.m. They have to shut down. And if they're not shut down, what happens? They get a code violation. It goes through the normal process. someone for the thing and the manager can get this would make it a little different. That's why we were making the exception because this took that out of the Okay. So, we were putting that back in so that there was still opportunity. I don't have any issues.

No, I was just I was just confirming what you were saying is that kind of missed the point. I'm not saying I'm saying we do have some other outdoor well at least they considered the outdoor they might not even be legal but that's the problem that we are dealing with. And I'm gonna tell you I I you know I yet to have the meeting with the code and and and police. It's brutal over there and and it's looking you know so in terms of yeah it could handle no code cannot. We're not going to kidding ourselves. It's a mess out there and we need to help as much as we can if this is a good and I'm not talking about the legislation but yes they cannot we got to give them enough thing to manage what we are saying. That's all that that was my point. Yes councilman. Obviously, people forgot about the workshops about 7th Avenue and all this other things where the residents came out and were drastically opposed to the music and the blaring and the bass music at 12:00, 1:00 in the morning going through their neighborhood. There's nothing good whether it's Nomi Village, whether it's the stadium, whether it's downtown Mocha. Nobody wants to hear music from here to the bay, from here to 17th Avenue at 12:00 or 1:00 in the morning. Regardless if Nomi Village or the stadium when they had the soccer games and the and the the bands out there till 1 2:00 in the morning, you could hear it for a long distance. The intent of this particular item I thought was to bring a little bit more light into the life into the 7th Avenue more businesses can do things as an outside venue doesn't give them cart blanch to play to 2:00 in the morning because once I don't think the manager should have the authority to do a special exception because what you do it a Friday night and then they might do it a Saturday night and then the next weekend there's another excuse to do The next week there's another excuse. It's this group. It's

that group. We're going to benefit. The next thing you know it's every two three times a week something going on out there. Best intentions that oh we're going to do it once a month or sparingly. We don't know excuse me what the process is going to change. I think we're doing a disservice to the residents. I think we're doing a disservice to the residents citywide and because the music from whether it's Kagny Park or uh the stadium or wherever or Nomi Village, which is a great thing. We we're invested in Nomi Village and we want it to succeed, but there's nothing good that's going to come out. They can operate to 2:00 in the morning. They just can't blare the music that you can hear 5 miles away. And I don't think we want that from any business in this community. We're not Winwood. We're surrounded by neighborhoods and single family homes. We're not going to be window. And already an example in Windwood, they got all these condominiums that have gone up and now people are complaining about the noise coming from the established, you know, venues, very successful venues. It's like complaining about moving next to an airport and the plane music. Well, guess what? We don't have all that in music screaming and yelling now. People are used to these single family homes. 11 o'clock is enough time to blare the music. Have a great time. Tone the music down if you're outside. Blair it inside if you're inside your your your bar, whatever. As long as it does go outside. But I think we are opening ourselves um to com an enforcement issue. We're gonna a a a pick and choose of which venue, which particular performer, which part particular event gets the special exception and doesn't gets the the the ride off. I I think we are opening ourselves up to a mess and code enforcement, as you said, mayor, is not

the people to do it. And just because police department is there doesn't mean that whoever is operating that any establishment whether it's a stadium or if it's downtown Mocha or there get to violate the law. And I think when you start pick and choosing saying that Mocha Village can go to 11:00. Somebody wants to re, you know, rent the stadium out and say, "Well, why can't we go to 12:00 at night or 1:00 at night? Why can't we do it in downtown Mocha um like they did before?" for and we got all the the the push back. Um I think it's I was supportive of this um concept, but with this added in there and how hastily it hasn't been thought through, I don't think that this ought ought to be included on this without a little bit more um factf finding and more more details because I believe you all uh are going to create a problem for the city um with this type of outdoor venue from anybody that has outdoor music.

Go the way you want. Okay. Thank you. Are you done, Councilman? Okay. Thank you so very much. I I was not even going to go down whatever is happening is opening up the door, but I think we had enough. Again, I'm in supportive of the legislation. My issue, which I and I think, madame manager, um, and Mr. Attorney, since do y'all understand what my the point that I was trying to make, not necessarily it's the other people who operating right now. Like I said, I don't even know if they're legal. No, there was a conversation that we had. So that's why we need to have the meeting. So um Councilman, so you know, we don't want to delay the point. So I think we good. Ready motion?

Did you accept this? Yeah. Mayor Mayor. No. No. No. We're going to move real quick. But there's a word that I heard twice in here that we need to fix it. Ain't no mess on North 7th Avenue. Give me just one minute. I got a lot of Mayor.

There's no mess on Northwest 7th Avenue. We only have one outdoor venue on North 7th Avenue which is Nomi Village. Nomi Village has been closed for the longest. They're not like really uh moving. So there is no mess. And then you go now to North 7th Avenue drop from 119 to 135th or all the way down 143 is white and also dark pitch black. Now if we are if we want to be fair to our city. So now we talking about two tail of of one city. Give me one second Mr. Mayor. I am no I'm listening.

If you go up on uh US1 now driving up lights everywhere, life is everywhere. So what the intent of all the work that they put in for that Northwest 7th Avenue is to bring bring life to that part of the city. So we have to understand we the the whole thing is that basically adding that part to that legislation legislation so that the city manager has the power to do it. Is she going is she or he going to do it every every Monday every Tuesday and Friday? No. So I don't I don't think some of the points that are being made in here I think they just out of line. We I know, mayor. I know I know the intent

and I still have Easter 2025 vivid in my head when a council person just went on and closed down that venue over there. And this is the same thing we just keep on dragging on and on and on and on. So, we need to stop. We need to be true to ourselves. So, this is basically a piece of legislation that will just help us out to revive Northwest 7 avenues. Nothing more, nothing. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay guys, I think I may have to step in. Let's vote on the legislation. That was not I don't even I don't think I even mentioned Nomi village. We ready to vote on the reg leg registration just like anybody is entitled to make. I have represented this place for over 11 years. I live there. I wouldn't call it a mess, but there are some issues that we would need to bring some light. However, anybody could say anything that they need. That's their opinion. It is what it is. Um like it or don't. We we allowed to answer to mayor because when people are lying in here and saying stuff that are not being true, we need to correct it for the record because when you sit in here, you said that Northwest 7 Northwest but

councilman respectfully if it is a mess. No, I don't accept it. I cannot accept it. That's you. But I can't. It is not a mess. There's bad going on there. When you said that it is a mess and I'm sitting in here, who are you talking? I'm sitting in here and we said that North 7th Avenue is a mess. It is not. That's what I'm saying. But you talking about me or counsel it is not a mess. But you just go back and review the tape, you will see exactly who's No, but I'm saying you understand what I'm saying. So we need to we need to make sure that we we're being fair as we moving and talking in here because that that makes no sense. Listen what I said and even if Councilman Burns or anyone could say anything, it's their opinion. You may agree or disagree with it. That's

that's basically what I'm doing. I just disagree, Mr. Mayor. So leave it alone. Just leave it alone, Mr. Mayor. We don't have to drag it like that. Just leave it alone. Okay. First of all, Councilman No, no, no, no. But councilwoman, you you you see,

I'm the chair of the meeting. I understand, Mr. Somebody said made a um a comment or whatever the case is. It is what it is. We could agree or or to disagree with the comment. We cannot if I said something that, you know, somebody like or dislike, whatever the case is, nobody could tell or what what I have for 7th Avenue. Well, I don't think questioning any of these council members about a particular district. And I think with this single member district um it's creating this this thing that's not what we are talking here and and I don't know how we got on this subject about this Norman village. I was making one comment about stores that are operating and then it kind of went from there. So again we're going to close the discussion call it to um I'm going to let you respond but we get into that and and guys we thought this is an in-n-out meeting and then we we get

it was not me. I was ready to go and I know I talk a lot when he did but these things. Yes sir.

Yes Mayor since the comment has been I guess I have so much power that I got to shut down Nomi Village on Easter. I don't. And so the question is the question is Nomi Village operated for almost four years without the first permit being presented. They were not permitted by the city of North Miami. They were not permitted by Miami Dade County. They were not up to date on the tax receipts. They're not up to date on our rent currently. They're not up to date to a lot of things. What I brought up was that the city was being exposed unnecessarily to a lot of liability and that we needed to correct it, shine a light on it, and let's work to get it done. And guess what? We're having the discussion and getting Nomi Village almost legal now. almost got their building permits. We're almost got them all all tidied up and they're much further away. Now they're now they're almost in compliance with everything and it's moving forward and it had not been that way for almost four years and anybody wants to dispute those facts, let's have a discussion.

I think at this point I believe at this point, yes. And also when they first started, just to clarify, that's why I was here, they actually had their temporary permits for a term. So they never really were operating without that at least while I was here the first time. That is um and then when I did get back they were out of compliance in which we've worked on getting those there so that they can have it and they do have their CU that was given. So currently let's not forget they were trash. they are there and part of that also was some additional requirements that we did and made some things that had to change the codes at so that's really you know just to bring it

there's some background yes there's some background information um people are throwing out but again I don't even understand and people watching how we got to Nomi village but anyhow you were talking about the other actors the other aspects we understand mayor you'll have your sunshine meeting Ben we can vote on this item we can talk about thank you so much the move and second I'll move it with the with the friendly amendment seconded by me it was seconded it was okay so please call the vote madam um madame clerk I have a motion made by councilman Charles to approve the item at tab F as amended the motion was seconded by councilwoman Eston Mayor Irvin Mayor Desome how do you vote yes Councilman Charles how do you vote Vice Mayor Timothy how do you vote yes councilwoman Eston May Irvin how do you vote yes councilman Burns how do you vote

no the motion carries with a mot the motion carries with a 4-1 vote. I lost like 10 minutes like I had, you know, I can't see. I was trying to get out which I know which which title where are we?

Please be advised that the following items on the agenda are quasi judicial in nature. If you wish to speak in favor of, object to, or comment on an item, please complete a public speaker card indicating the agenda item number on which you would like to comment. You must be sworn before addressing the city council and you may be subject to cross-examination. If you refuse to submit to cross-examination, the city council will not consider your comments in its final deliberation. Please also disclose any exparte communications you may have had with any members of the city council. City council members must do the same. The public speakers cards are out by the entrance of chambers for tab H. I'll provoke mayor that I had communications with the entire development team. I was going to um you know ask for disclosure but there's so many stuff happening in our city and we want to be careful um who we met with and talked to cuz some of them you got one person representing 10 people you don't even know who represent what. So who so this is the address is which one is this?

This is the one behind Chef Cray in my district. Oh okay that's um so that's not that's for me. You know what I thought that was? I I thought this was So that's not Mike. Um Solo Solo's done. No, no. Solo Miami is done. This is Okay. This is the two. It's a lot right behind Chef Cray on but with 60. This the first time, didn't No, they actually came before us already. Oh, they did? Yeah. We don't remember. Please. Um because I I I didn't even think I remember talking to It's been so long. So tell us. Well, I know. Well, staff has a presentation and I know her team is up. This is your client.

Tab H. A proposed quasi judicial resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of North Miami, Florida, approving an application for a site plan in substantially the attached form for a nstory, 100 ft, 100 ft, 35 unit residential building and a twostory integrated parking garage with 56 parking spaces on two parcels of real property located at 13132 Northeast 9th Avenue and 895 Northeast 131st Street. identified with Miami Dade County folio number 06-229-49-400 and 06-2229-49-390 and totaling approximately 0.38 acres 16,723 square ft in accordance with article 2 division 7 sections 2-701 and article 3 division 2 sections 3-204 through 3-206 and article 3 division 3 section 3-302 of the city of North Miami code of ordinances chapter 29 entitled land development regulations providing for an effective date and all other purposes tab H. If you plan to speak on this item please stand and raise your right hand as I administer the oath. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you are about to give in these proceedings your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give in these proceedings are the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? If so, say aloud, I do.

I do. Thank you. Um before you start miss

before you start Miss Love um and to this I I have not and I think in part of my disclosure I didn't even recall this but I know obviously this had to you know come in front of us because we had passed something and this is just um a message to you know all developers or you know Miss Love when they come to you please tell us to at least reach out to us again back again because I was getting ready to vote know on this thing because I'm like I don't even know the people of the project whatever the case is and I think some other no we good now but I know you know better Mr. But even council woman, you know, some of us we don't know and the disclosure is only one person. So that's obviously that's how far back we are supportive. It looks beautiful.

I met with them today. So that's at least remind us. It's not that we don't support, but when it comes up here, so much is happening from the time that it passed to now. I'm thinking this a new thing. I don't even know. But yes, I remember we had a conversation about two elevators and Yeah, I remember the mayor. Those are the people you brought to me. That's like 10 years ago. It wasn't no yesterday, Mr. Mayor. I was not even here. Yes. So, the idea is just anyone at least refreshed this and and we do what we do. And Miss Love, quick presentation so we can go and start prepping the turkey. So, go ahead, Miss Love. Of course, defrosting the turkey.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. For the record, Debbie Love and development services director through the city manager. Uh before you is the site plan approval. Um and as you can see this is the location of uh and it's two parcels of land. Currently one is vacant and one has a single family home. Uh you all had granted back in April a conditional use permit for this project. Um it is in the former NRO and so this is one of the last remaining NRO projects that Is this the last one? There's no more down the pipeline.

The the one that was we we have two that are gone back for redesign. One I told them they had to withdraw because they were doing a com way out of they were taking over six months. Okay.

Uh so we have two that's in the redesign stage and that should be it. So again, as I said, uh we we approved back in April, uh to allocate 25 floating bonus units to develop the project. It is a it's kind of an awkward verbage, but it is a ninestory, but the building itself is about a 100 ft. Um because there's only nine actual stories, but some of the elements go up to the 100 ft mark.

It's a only 35 residential unit building. They have 48 structured parking spaces. Uh this is a really lovely project that you all saw back in April and we believe that it's really going to activate the street frontage the way it's designed. Uh they have a a fabulous uh landscaping. The building is is beautiful as you can see. they have other design features and one of the the things that we require them to do is to uh have an extensive storm water retention over and above what is the minimum. So on back in October the DRC actually approved this with several conditions. One of which was to construct and maintain a six foot wide sidewalk along the northeast 131st Street and the Northeast 9inth Avenue frontages. All the utilities are going to be underground. And uh these are the rest are the typical standard that we say they have to apply for a building permit within 18 months of site plan approval. With that, that's the short and sweet. The next step after assuming that you all approve it tonight would be that they would go and submit their building permit application.

Thank you so much Miss Love. You keep it real short and real. This is beautiful from the from the get-go. So like like I said, it would have been very good what we know to to get to get a a good reminder. We've seen none. And I think that's a a testament to the nature of this project because normally when you have something like this um you would get a couple of people here um you know in in and you don't have none. So meaning that the work has been done the community because I know that we've done some community engagement right. So this is this this is nice and those are the type of projects that any mayor and any council person welcome to our city. it comes to a problem with the residents scene. If they don't, there's nothing. This is beautiful. I want to say thank you to the to the folks doing this. Um really really going to elevate um the district and

district two. That madam vice mayor. Now you represent everybody. You're the vice mayor only when you're not here. Beautiful. This is nice. Um you know, but based on the merit and everything that you've done, this is great. Again, um move for approval. Do we have to do we have any No citizens form. I mean, no, there's no cit isn't But they have to fill out a form. Yeah. Wouldn't No, there's no citizens form on this one. But there's only a few people and and we got the explanation. We good. Um, so you know, council Oh, because we did the project. You had the card. It's quasi and nobody stand up except the project and then Yes. I I'll second it. Yeah. And any comment, council member question? Sure. This uh

it's market rate. Yeah. They are they're thinking about coming to CRA for to make it some kind of affordable, but right now they can. Yeah. Let me let me say that. You know how I feel about the affordable. I know. Okay. So, we you know, we got to balance it out. As I say, this this looks good. So, we got enough affordable. We can get affordable. Yeah. But, council woman, the problem is that I have no problem approving it right now, but we can get affordable. That would be better. Of course. Why? But we have to we have to give something, right? like no one's just doing affordable unless they got some

taxing and that's a different conversation with the CRA. We could address we could address it on on on that end. But this looks beautiful. Um you you you go ahead, madam clerk. I have a motion made by Mayor Desome to approve the item at tab H. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Timothy. Councilwoman E. Mayor, how do you vote? Yes. Councilman Charles, how do you vote? Yes. Mayor Desme, how do you vote? Councilman Burns, how do you vote? Yes. Vice Mayor Timothy, how do you vote? Yes. Motion carries with a 5. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you. And where are we? Oh, our favorite part of the of the evening, the public, the citizen farm. Sean Bberto, happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving. And

yes, sir. Council members, um, Ernado Barto, 11 1930 North Bay Shore Drive. Uh, mayor and council members, I am here because I'm expressing serious concerns regarding the legality of Nor Miami decision to postpone his municipal elections from May 23 to November 24 without a voted referendum and the resulting extension of the terms of councilwoman members for district 2 and three. Both officials were elected in May 2021 for four years ending in May 2025. However, the city postponed the election. This is a clear violation of the home rule charter. The Miami Day County home rule charter requires that any amendment to a municipal charter, including changes to election days on the land or or the land of elected official must be approved by referendum of the voters. This requirement was reaffirmed in the recent and highly relevant case, city of Miami versus Gonzalez. Because the city changed the election date without a referendum, the automate consequence was an unlawful extension of the terms of the council members for district 2 and three. Florida municipal law and the county chapter elected official may not remain in office beyond the term authorized by law or approved by voters unless such extension is expressively authorized through a valid chartered amendment. If council Timothy and Esteem are serving beyond legally authorized terms, the action any actions taken with their participation including votes, ordinance resolutions, appointments and contracts are exposed to challenge and the principles outlined in law. To protect the city legal integrity and

prevent further accumulation of potentially voidable actions, it may be necessary for Nor Miami. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Mr. Mr. Berto, thank you. Um I'll sign those late um tomorrow. Um Mr. Berto. No, no, no, no. That that's fine. You could leave it to them with them. That's fine. That's fine. Um thank you so much. But you missed that boat. Weren't you part of the lawsuit when all them people sued? Mr. Berto, sir. Sir, were you part of the lawsuit when the people sued? No.

Okay. Well, let me tell you something. So that issue just been it went in court. They already and and they lost. So that's why I'm here and I already went to re-election. We saw these people here. So we not city of Miami. We North Miami. So whatever that you talked about this and that, get your people and sued us and take a line. Thank you so much, sir. Happy Thanksgiving. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, ma'am.

Claudia Pasmino, 13504 Northeast 23rd place. Um, okay. I don't know how to start, but basically, okay. Um, we're one city. That's what you guys keep saying. So, obviously, there's an incident that happened with me. Some of you are aware of it on Saturday in regards to the turkey drive, which kind of now seems silly, but at the same time, not really, because there needs to be transparency and clearness. So, I'm asking that the council regroups or talk about it going forward. I think will be best where there's no miscommunication that you guys are one city. Stop with the personal branding. Start with like flags saying district this, district that. When I first moved to North Miami, didn't never attended a council meeting in any other city that I lived with. I lived in New Hampshire, New York, and also in Miami. And then when I first got here, it was all about not first got here, but people were like, "What district are you?" And reminded me of the film The Hunger Games. So, it's I don't know. every time I I got used to, you know, district this, but honestly, it confuses um residents and we're all supposedly one city. So, I understand now. Thank you, mayor, and my councilman um Councilman Burns for reaching out to me personally over the phone and explaining to me I know each of you had 500 turkeys to give out. I know that my previous councilman never did a turkey drive, but I've gone to other turkey drives in other districts and food distributions and never had an issue not being a resident of that district. And I don't think it should be. I understand priority, but to me, priority is one word and exclusivity is another word. So, I've had people reach out to me, which again, I feel like it exploded, but at the same time, I did feel turned away. I did feel disrespected that I was nobody. I did feel like you're not going to vote for my district. You don't matter. Go to the end of the line. That's how I personally felt. Obviously, during the weekend, so many people reached out to me different, even from New York. So, they're like, "No, don't feel embarrassed. Don't feel silly cuz that's the way you felt." and you felt dismissed. And yeah, it's true. People will forget what you say, but not how

they made you feel. And I was made to feel you're not worth it. You're So, think about it. No. Is that it? You have more? Yeah. Go ahead. I have more to ma'am. Give us Yeah.

Because like I said, I spoke to other residents. They all share with me their incidents and we all kind of do agree that this whole um branding is unnecessary. I know that the city of North Miami Beach, they did away with it. like putting your photos like if you guys have tote bags, it should all be one color. It should not be this district has this color. It should be the city of North Miami presents. And if you're doing something again like a like the water workshop or the turkey distribution, if you're each going to do one, then have one flyer saying district one is doing it this day, district two is doing this day, and give the resident. No, because I

only two. Okay. If I may, mayor, because I I know it happened at my district meeting. And I know I apologize to you on Facebook and I'll apologize to you again because you're here explaining the situation and I think it's an issue of also transparency. So for me I always host a district 2 turkey drive because we're all allow allotted the same amount of turkeys and I've always said priority to district 2 residents because we also can't differentiate who gets a turkey and who not. I'm pretty sure all the people that came to my turkey drive also came to the mayor's turkey drive. We were the only two that hosted a public turkey distribution because you know you know everybody decides to do theirs differently and I think just a matter of you know it's a communication issue right I know we we put it in emails and maybe some folks um missed it but every year this is my fourth year I've always done it the same way this is the one year where we said you know we're going to do it in the street because a developer actually donated turkeys but every time I do it at the library we have a line for North Miami residents and we have a line for district two they're serve first and we were actually able to to fulfill every need that day. So, I'm sorry you were, you know, you arrived early and you were told the information, but we had to make sure that we prioritize district 2. And I know, yes, we are one North Miami, but we're all elected to a district and we need folks to understand that you have representative. If you email us, we will always say, "Hey, you're in district one. Have district one address. You're in district three." And that's out of respect for what we do up here with our aids. Again, I know it happened at my distribution. I do apologize, but at the same time too, everyone was allotted 500 and there was only two public distributions. So, I think when when we're talking about one city, hey, if we had one distribution and we all were giving out our situation, but we haven't had that since Mayor Smith Joseph was in office.

Okay. So, I was unaware of that. But I just want to say I never got the email cuz I registered for late Friday night. So I checked my emails and I'm like the only email I got was a confirmation from Eventbrite never telling me you know that district two res that's another issue but yeah but and then my other issue is means priority given the district and then my other issue is like people took the time to call and apologize not apologize but hear me out it would have been nice if the aid would have been like hey we saw each other yesterday okay they cannot do that that's fine

thank you thank thank you so much Claudia um and thank you councilwoman for clarifying fine, but let me say what hap what I experienced happened in some and and I apologize. As a matter of fact, I went on Facebook and I clarified because I didn't know what was happening. But I apologize I did that because let me tell you, I did talk to Claudia and I did and one of the things I trying to do I trying to be the word fair and it doesn't matter if we messed up as a city. I'm going to say it and I'm going to try to do what we do to do better. We did. And when I called you, the first thing I said to you, and I want to be very clear because everybody know I have no reason to lie and if I make, you know, please clarify it. I said the first thing I said, let me ask you, did you see the vice mayor? And you said, no. I said, no, no, no. I I No, I'm just telling you. I said, oh, okay. So, I listened to you and I said, well, I apologize the way the situation happened today. So, what I did do, I came and I investigate and because I was a little upset and I so I started asking staff because the way you explained it to me on the phone and I and I'll tell you the issues that I had with it and and it got worse when I find out all of the the the learning. Yes, we are one city, but however, we do have some actors including some residents who have some intention of breaking that up or trying to make it bad for us as a city. And I said to myself after I called the one thing it doesn't matter what happened behind closed door whatever we come here we do the best that we can we are human being to represent every single residents of the city obviously everybody knows I'm all about the people and when I hear that one person the way you said it on I didn't even talk to no one I didn't call the city manager I did I did send send her um a message and in administration I said we need to address this this and that and I didn't even talk to them and I said, "Please investigate." And I talked to you. You

gave me your side of the story after. And I asked you some key questions and I said to you, "Did you speak to anyone from our from our side?" And you said yes. You talked to um assistant city manager John and this is what John said. And um Gabby who was there and you said you said to us that and you know they did everything that they could. However, in explanation and when I did my investigation talking to staff cuz I asked um the assistant manager, I said, "What happened?" And they explained to me what happened. And I feel that you came after us. I don't know if it was intentionally. I did not know. And and residents do that a lot. And and I'm up to the point where I'm very and everybody knows that very respectful. I'm always, we may not be one, but I'm always trying, if you see where I'm going, trying to get us to there. And I felt that you had my cell phone, you had his cell phone, and I don't know how long you talked to him. You had every single person here for you as it was embarrassing for people in New York to call you and this and that about a turkey. I could have bring your damn turkey or 10. So the fact that we also did public district but here's the problem.

There needs to be transparency update. That's what I'm saying. So if and I and I learned that you know district one was doing doortodoor but that was a simple conversation of with your elected official.

That's what I'm saying when when I when I heard the the the I said well I do know because councilwoman vice mayor was the only person in myself who did a public one. So we knew however so she did what she was supposed to do and we decided and we kind of do it where we do h we don't have the double dipping that's why it's not everybody get the same amount you you told me you didn't know your councilman so that's the that's where the problem starts that's number one so councilman Burns or whoever else had and I had a a conversation with district 4 about hey maybe we could kind of do this a little bit different because they didn't even know about the incident And you did tell me that you talked to Councilman Burns, but my whole thing was how did he even get to a turkey where people in New York is calling and at the end of the of the day there's no way. That's what I said. I said no, we're not doing this. We're not No. I said at the end of the day, if vice mayor knew, you said no. That's all I needed to know. And then I said, what did staff say? You said they tell you yes, you know, you're not in district, but go at the end of the line. you found based on what you said and I asked John I said well John what happened this person went on Facebook to do that and John explained to me say yes we just told her to go out there because she's not in the district um district so John I want you to explain to the people um

and and and mayor if I may once we opened the line at 10 a.m. Yeah. And we said the first hour for district 2, but we were able to serve all of district 2 in 30 minutes. And so there were residents who were able to walk up and wait in the line. And granted, we had over 50 volunteers and not every volunteer undist. But at the same at the end of the day, it was a distribution and we were able to serve everyone. I don't think we have to belabor the point. And I understand that it made it to Facebook and it made this whole ordeal, but at the end of the day, we did what we had to do and we fed over 15,500 North.

See, and and I did not even know that amount. The bottom line is instead of someone saying that goodness, whatever that we trying to do, somebody now in North Miami Beach are commenting I don't know and we don't care what they do. This is North Miami and we trying to take care of everyone. So I didn't feel good another council person, you know, they were like, mayor, what's going I said I don't know about a turkey really and then we trying to make it seems like we selecting people um and to do that. We don't do that. We don't. We don't. And that's the part that when people come here and lie and we don't get a chance to put out they make something that looks bad and if you saying that you live in the city and this and this and that that would have been something where you do call the hey mayor I think we need to resolve this and that and we would have resolved it but when you do that to go public you trying to embarrass us and do that for a turkey I'm like really you have residents and let me say this we'll have events they'll come here and get 20 plates and whatever whatever the case is and then they go on on social media and say well the city doesn't do this and using stiphone cups and this and that, but you use the food. You took the food with that with that. Please, if you care, you said you care about our city. We have a management. If if somebody had said to me, you're not mayor. I went up there to get a turkey this I had one. I had a distribution for everyone on Monday. So, if you if the city said to you, well, you're not in that district. Well, the mayor has one. Everybody's going to get a turkey. And if if if you had called me out and said, you know what, let me call um Kevin B. This is not something that we we we out on social media about like make it seems like we don't care and then somebody said well why the police why didn't this department I said listen all of us it's one because when you talk bad about North Miami it's every single person and I and the elected official as as as the elected official we got to defend that the city and if you say you're a resident you're concerned this and this and that please make it seems like you you care about everyone a turkey I'm like and and like make It

seems like it's it's selective, like it's this and that. I do not care if you're Haitian, you black, you whatever, whatever the case is, Jewish. We going to feed people. That's what I do. I have a pantry for the past six years. We have over 700 families that are taking food that we are making sure. And we are the only city in the eastern part of the United States that does this and we do it well. Thank you to Albert and the police department, everybody that's helps rec. So why don't people go on Facebook and write about that? So am I upset about that? I wasn't upset at first cuz I thought we had did something wrong. But when I talked to staff, they said, "No, we never did that. We told the person to go in the back and they, you know, this and this." No, you cannot skip line. No, we just said to go in the back. We did not say to you, you couldn't get a turkey. I thought that was the the the case. They said, "No, we have people, we got people coming from unincorporated, Opaaka, everybody to get on." And you know what? We not supposed to give them um none. But in in fact, that that's what we do. again. Any other council members have anything to say about that?

Okay. Thank you. So, you wanted me to go to the back of the line to do another two hours that Well, that's first of all, nobody told you to get there um before that. So, if you was there respectfully, the flight, I respect you and I but we not doing this debate. We done with speaking public hearing. Ma'am, please. What I'm saying, I am upset. The fact that I called you and I apologize. I did not know what was happening. But the fact that you went on public thing and blasted us and it seems now it was intentional. That's the part that I have the problem with cuz you have councilman. So that does not mean that make him look bad. Somebody from his district come say well why why district one? We're like no everybody has one.

I did not know that you had 500. That's what I'm saying. It doesn't matter what he has but and we done. We done. Please have a seat. Thank you ma'am. But what I'm saying is one-sided. But weided and you were not this angry yesterday when we No, because because I did not get the information because you gave me misinformation. That's why I wasn't. You said to me that they did not give you um a turkey, whatever the case is. That was not what they said. They told you to go in the back of the line because it's district is district two. I said that in Facebook. I never

Yeah, but but why did you feel that you have my number? You have his number. So you make him look bad because he should have make sure that he communicate and get and tell you he had 500. So it seems like he kept 500 turkeys that you didn't know and that and that's what that's the that's what's going on. It's not her. She did what she was supposed to do. So now you just said that your councilman have 500 turkeys and you don't know what happened to her and that's not the case. We are one city. Everybody got it's not a it's not a match. But I'm saying I have never been this angry and I apologize to you. That's what I said. I did not get all of the information because I was up here about to tell why I didn't take a turkey to to you know this and this. They said mayor we just told her to go in the back of the line and and then now you just said it. You just said you wanted me to go for 2 hours in the but that's not but that but that's not that's what we saying the rules was your district but what I'm saying Claudia you out of everybody we all know your name you've been here you could have called me or you called Councilman Burns and you said Councilman I'm in line and he could have told you that's what I'm saying if if if you went up there in a line and it wasn't your district and they just simply tell you please go we're going to serve our district then you should have said Some things should have said, well, let me find out what's going on with my district. We are one city. We decide we you know, but again,

it is what it is. Thank you. It is what it is. I want to say, you know, now I'm pretty sure Councilman, you gave her a whole lot 500. This one I just found out Councilman Char gave her a thousand. I just found out. So, we are we doing the best. So, that's what I'm saying. We going way beyond and above. And let me tell you as an elected official, as much as I know the need of the Turkey, that's something that I do not like. But I do understand and I do know what we have to do. But the stuff that we are doing and we got somebody from another city calling me say, "Mayor, did you did this to a resident with that?" I say, "Oh my god." And thank you so much. I am so sorry, ma'am. I am

from I know. But go ahead. You get I was about to be Now I have three points. Uh first of all, Jasmine Flowers. Good evening, mayor, council, individuals, everyone. Um, 713 Northwest 125th. Um, yes. Outside of that, now I got three points. Point number one, I'm going to go in order. So, I don't know if I'm allowed to ask. I'm just curious. Yes, you are. Um, tab F.

Mhm. uh went under the the um the court the coordinates uh it started with under section 5-109 uh excuse me 102 and under the nightclubs and the first sentence says nightclub shall mean a restaurant dining room or establishment which operates under 3:30 p.m. Is that what does 800 p.m. Or is that a typo? That's probably error. All right. Discrepancy. There's a um a scriven error on that. We thought that it'll be changed in the uh in the final.

Okay. I just wanted to follow up. And then um statement number two is um going back to the now I can understand two points on um Vice Mayor Timothy um Councilman Burns and of course Councilman Charles that um how we feel about the amplified music past 11 p.m. and then how prior it sound that as if the city mayor is able to um provide some type of um uh exception. Uh now maybe we can not the mayor. Not the man. No, the city manager. Listen, listen. This is my literal first time. I got to know. I'm trying to let you know. This is my first time. I'm I'm trying to exude my com. You good? No, you could.

But um but whoever the person is able to override that that um maybe there could be like a lottery like maybe um once by annually or um because there could be circum um circumstances and you know at least like midnight cuz I understand especially now listen I'm in Go ahead. Go ahead.

Oh, I'm in the hospitality industry and everything. And so where where I do at, we can always talk about what I do from 24/7, but from in the evening time, depending on where you want to catch me, I'm at Aviv South Beach um serving you. So I understand the hospitality industry whenever it goes um over when it come because there special events. Um so again, maybe like once by annually just so it can be uh and then um on on each district. So it would not be um just for one person or one entity, but for multiple entities. And now I I hate to say it this way, but after all of that, can I get a free turkey? Okay, got you. Thank you. Can I get the go with it, too? Where? Don't worry. I know it's a whole bunch.

You know, you know how to find me. Don't go on Facebook. I got you. I got you. I appreciate y'all.

Thank you so much. We We will home deliver it to you. Well, see now that's a whole another Now, see, no. Since I got the floor, I would like to figure out and um this is probably um greater than north of Miami. No offense to city of North Miami. I really thought because I get you I get your emails. I get all of your emails from various council individuals of of the city of North Miami, which which shows me that you are one and but I can understand why you're separate because if there's a lot of individuals I mean I'm from North Carolina so the fact that y'all have all that you're going on in this such a compact area then God bless you're able to handle it. Um so with that being said that I found out because of Hey, I forgot your name. Hey John.

Um M. Yes, Mr. John. No, well your was your office. Y'all need me to find out because I'm technically my residential address is 10946 if you really want to be technical. Northwest 14th Avenue. So allegedly that's north that's unincorporated. I don't even know what to do when it comes to that cuz I got a lot of questions for over there. Oh no. But yes, we you here. Well, I'm just trying to figure out some things. But thank you for allowing me this extra time to um just make those points. suggestions and um and information. Thank you. No, that's because we allow you the extra time because we took most of your time. So, I apologize. Let me just want to correct 7:13 is you.

Yeah, that's my that that's my business. That's you. That's my business. That's all we care. That's all right. That's North Miami. That's you. Yes, sir. So, tomorrow you'll be you'll be there. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful evening. Happy Thanksgiving. Can you come to the parade? You better make plans. You know what? Thank you, young lady. Where you at? There you are. They did. That's That's pio. But this one right here with the uh with the uh Yes. With she had the cart on him at the same time. All right, Ruth. We see you for reminding me. Uh not tomorrow. It's actually on today. So that's really nice. Don't Yeah. All right. I'll see y'all maybe. God bless.

But we'll get you that turkey. Thank you so much. Public hearing is closed. Thank you. Council reports. Um let Councilman You have none. Praise God. So, Vice Mayor is out. Councilman Burns and then we like see you Thursday. Um, Councilman Charles, um, Councilman um, Esme Irving and then I'll I'll just do a quick closing and we'll be good to go.

No, no. Quickly, um, happy Thanksgiving to uh, each and every one of you. Uh, let's be let's be uh, thankful and for everything that we have done and every blessing that we we have received. Uh, quickly I just want to remind you that next Thursday, not Thursday, tomorrow, next Thursday, December 4th, I'll be waiting for all of you over at uh, JCC for the state of the district address and then I will see you there. And uh, hopefully Claudia Claudia, you always come to my event. Make sure you're there. I Claudia, there's no if but so uh, come over. So, let's um we're just going to have a a good time and um yeah, I need I need everybody and um and to that to that um turkey point uh mayor, I think you hit it just right in the head. I just want to make that uh that was on Friday morning. I was there uh with the distribution and there was a um very nice gentleman uh who came from district one and he thought that we had uh the food pantry was open that day. He came for some food and then um my assistant was there helping him out and then I I overheard that he was like giving the um information for um for um Councilman Burns aid and I told him what what is it and he said no he was coming for I said no the man is here doesn't matter where in the city of Miami he's going to get food so I make sure that I serve the food and the turkey and everything he was very very nice so the idea is that we're not going to push anybody from the city of Miami for Turkey. Now, the reason why I do doortodoor, every time I go back and look at my

No, no, no, no. Uh, mayor, every time I go back and see our food distribution, more than half of the people who just come to our food distribution are out outside of the of the city. So, we just want to make sure that um our residents uh and hopefully those who are very very in need of it just get served and everything, but um I apologize for the for the incident um Claudia, but you know, um we and the city of North Miami, we do care and everything. So, uh my apology for what happened and we'll make sure that we take care we take care of that and and we'll move move from there. And mayor, I just want to say um thank you very much for

Thank thank you, Councilman. And um again, Claudia, we had a good conversation. I And Claudia knows she's part of the family, but when you have somebody in the family, like I called her and I apologize because I didn't know. But when I and you know, when I started talking to staff and and the calls that I was getting, it looked it was a little bit more out of a regular resident cuz Claudia is not a regular resident. We all Claudia has numbers. Claudius knows someone. So, if it was somebody that I did not know, that's why I was able to call and and I apologize to her because it was almost 11:00. I said, "Claudia and and I was a little bit I'm saying, hm, we cuz the way it's it's read it's like we are discriminating against a resident for a turkey." And I'm like, "Huh?" And that the first thing I said, I said, "Did you talk to the elected official? Did you see?" And you said, "No." I said, "Okay, well, I see." And then when you told me what staff when she told me what staff said, I said, "Okay, well, there was nothing. They just did their job in in in terms of that." And then it started I started thinking about it and somebody called me two people called me from district one and then they started to badmouth um councilman Burns and I had to say no he had turkeys because it makes sense. They're like, "Well, why this?" I said, "No, we all, you know, it's a method that we do." And and when I talked to you, I said to you, "It's a good point. We we've done that before where we do one um distribution for for everyone because when we do it like that, it does it does get they they get it from from there additional district. Like people went to Mary's, they probably got from Councilman Charles and they got from Cassandra, but they come to mine.

I mean, what what can I do? I don't know who they are. What we do, we put it on Eventbrite and everybody register and we check ID so there's no double dipping. So I did say we will try to do what we do perhaps we could do personal whatever whatever but we try to do one next year where everybody you know everybody kind of know it where because it nobody wants to do it council councilwoman Irving myself or whatever I used to do the door too and it's always somebody thinking that we're missing this. So, no matter what we do, we get complaints, you know, and and and I'm sure you want to add something. Um, not about that. Not about turkey gate turkey gate. Let's just leave that alone.

Mine was just a just a reminder about the angel tree. Yeah. Um, tomorrow's your a chance to take the uh pick a a gift for a child, take it off the beautiful white flock tree. People were asking me about what that was called. It's it's called flocking. um it was something that was donated by me so that the the items there were presented in a more uh loving way. So please if you get a chance and you can bring an unwrapped gift um back to city hall next week. It'd be greatly appreciated. Uh pick a pick a card and um I know members of the staff have already done it.

So we look forward to having a great uh toy drive this weekend this week. Uh and and and councilman, thank you and let folks know why what it is. And we have always been so supportive as a council and I totally forgot until you mentioned it. So, Miss B or whoever's here. Um who's here from from our office? Yeah. Get a couple for us at least for me and then cuz cuz I forgot until you mentioned it. Councilman, we we do and and it support kids with um HIV. What is it? AIDS. Um it's AIDS. It's not even H. So, it's something. Is that the same tradition councilman? Yeah, same. So, it's something.

Yeah, it's something for for kids. So, we all always supportive of it. So, trying to see, you know, and it it's a personal thing that we do. So, again, thank you. Thank you, Councilman, for doing that. Councilwoman,

thank you. Good evening, everyone. This is Councilwoman Mary S. May I wishing you a happy happy Thanksgiving. And I know you've heard it all night, but I just want to emphasize and remind you that on Thanksgiving Day, we'll be having our 50th Winter Wonderland parade. It is one of the time that I'm the most proud where we all come out uh of a diversity of us come out on Thanksgiving Day and it's just one big family um just enjoying that day right before we go back home to prepare for dinner. So, I encourage all of you um to come out to the parade that's going to start on on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. And the parade route is from 6 6 Avenue on 125th Street up to 10th Avenue. Again, it's our 50th. This is a big big deal. Um and our grand marshall was just announced and there are going to be so many of your neighbors and and res I mean and the city administration. you get to see employees um in effect. You get to see our police department in effect. You get to see North Miami High School and so on and so on and so on. So, I just wanted to just reiterate that. Also, just want to remind you that um December 19th, we're going to have our winter wonderland and Santa will be at at Griffin Park. So, I encourage you um to come out on December 19th and please save the date, January 1st for our 7th annual Sup Jumu celebration which will be held at the Joe Celeststeine Center. Again, happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Uh thank you so much um councilwoman and it is true. I want to say again to echo what everyone have said, happy Thanksgiving. We are looking forward to see everyone. Um, on Thursday, this will be our 50th year of celebrating. We are the only the only South Florida parade in the entire state of Florida. So, we do encourage and we have people from all over and and and I know next year for our 100 for our centennial year, it's going to be over the top. But to um Thursday, we are looking forward to see everyone there with your family and you do what you do. Again, thank you. Thank you so much. Turkey thing is almost over, so it'll be done with. I I know we we always have these things that we want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. We talk about the um the angel tree downstairs. Please residents when you come by to pay your water bill and then grab one um for the next few days. And also we I think council woman mentioned the um the one to wonderland at is it at Griffin Park? We're doing it. Um, councilwoman, is it at the Griffin Park

for the the winter wonderland? Yes. And then starts off at Griffin Park

at Griffin. Um, that we do. So, again, I want to say thank you. On um Monday, I'll be traveling to um Louisiana, New Orleans for the combat anti-semitism mayor's um summit which we had had in the last few years. Um, and the city we've been uh I want to say thank you to all. We just got um a call where um the biggest Jewish organization, the bridge in New York, will be honoring me with some elected official for the work that we are doing in South Florida on the front of anti-semitism. It's going to be three days in um Louis uh in Louisiana and and the mayor is hosting us. The previous year it was in Fort Lauderdale. Um I think you went for um um councilwoman, remember the first the first year in representing us in Fort Lauderdale. Last year was in Beverly Hills. we went and this year it's in New Orleans. Um um doing the work that we do to represent everyone when it comes. It's not only black or Haitian, whatever people may want to do. I'm I'm in everywhere. You may call South America, you know, we there representing because we do know we have um a very diverse um population in North Miami. One of the most diverse in the state of Florida. Again, we're looking forward to see everyone at the the the Thanksgiving Day parade. And again, good night. Good night. Let's get to city clerk's report. Madame clerk, then we'll go to city attorney and city manager.

Well, a lot happened tonight. Lots of things were said, but I wanted to kind of circle back to what Rabbi said earlier. I didn't want that to go over our heads. And it's something that I often tell my teams and I think I've said it in this space as well. We don't have to do this work. We get to do this work. And it's really important that we are grateful for the opportunity that we have to serve this community and to serve it with excellence. And it's extremely important just in your own lives to actually live with gratitude. So, not just the pleasantry and being nice, you just say, "Thank you. I'm grateful." But it shouldn't be a moment. It should be a state of being that you're constantly grateful. You have gratitude for the things that you're able to to do. And I think that we also have this responsibility to be intentional about being thankful for the fact that we have these beautiful relationships. We have our community and also the shared responsibility that we have to each other. So, you know, again, don't wait for a special moment to say thank you or just let it be who you are. be a grateful person and life will transform in that moment. That's all I had to say. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. And we'll see you on Thursday, Mr. Attorney. No report, Mayor. Oh, we like you for that. Yes, madame manager. Well, we know you have Happy Thanksgiving. Yeah. What's the report? No report. A John, we know we good. Yay. Um motion to uh You said move the agenda. Oh, okay. Okay. Move to adjourn. Second. Motion made by Councilman Burns to adjurnn. Seconded by Mayor Desome. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries with a 4-0 vote. It is now 8:46 p.m. Have a good night, everyone. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries with a 4-0 vote. It is now 8:46 p.m.