City Council - Regular Meeting

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our August council meeting. Today is Wednesday, August 12th. The time is now 10.07 a.m., and I hereby call this meeting to order. Remember to please silence your phones. If you must take a call, we ask you to kindly step outside so that we can maintain a respectful atmosphere. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Present. Councilwoman Maureen Porras. Here.

Councilman Rafael Pinedo.

Present.

Vice Mayor Lina Cabral. Present. Mayor Christy Fraga. Present. Mayor Huff Quorum. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilwoman Reynoso.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

Before we continue, I'd like to ask you all to join me in a moment of silence as we remember some from our team that we have recently lost. We honor the life of Officer Erwin Fernandez and thank him for his service and his family, for service and dedication to our community. We also remember our city of Doral Public Works employee, Carlos Cuba, who has passed away in July. Carlos is a valued member of our city family, and our thoughts remain with him and his loved ones and all his colleagues. Likely, I would like to ask for solidarity as we stand with the people of Colombia as they mourn the lives of those who were lost in the devastating earthquake. Our hearts are with the victims and families and all those affected during this incredibly difficult time. Please join me in a moment of silence.

Thank you.

We now have our invocation led by Pastor Ricky from Dios Con Nosotros. Pastor?

Before I start, I start to read a Bible verse. It's in Jeremiah 29, verse 7. It says, Seek peace of the city and pray to the Lord for peace will be overcome. And welcome to the city that you live in. Seek for peace. Pray for the Lord. And peace that surpasses all understanding. In obedience to the word I gather today and give thanks to God for every moment that he gives us. We come unto you, Lord, as one nation under God. We come unto you, Father, asking and thanking you for the privilege that we woke up today, that we're able to breathe, that we're able to stand, that we're able to come here today. I pray that you bless our mayor, city councils, and every decision they may hold with integrity. And above all, Lord, that this city, this community may receive the blessing for their needs, for what they're about to do, for what they're about to establish. Today, you remind us how fragile we are. We pray for the people in Venezuela. We pray for the people in Colombia. We pray for the people in the United States of America. You know what is happening. They were waking up this morning with a different atmosphere as what happened two days ago. Anywhere, anywhere, anything can happen. You hold in the palm of your hand the whole earth. And today we're reminded how fragile we can be. We thank you that this is the land of the free. But over there, they're experimenting a very difficult situation. May I ask everybody here to please stand for a moment and pray with me. We pray for those, Lord, that lost family members. We pray for those, Lord, that lost everything they had. But you still, in your amazing love, you spared a lot of lives, Lord. We pray for those in Venezuela who lost not only what they lost, but they lost even more when they lost family members. Today we're reminded how important it is to keep our family together. Also, we pray for the people in Colombia and for every aid to reach the right places. We are here, Father, privileged and also honored to come together as one body, one family. We thank you for the opportunity to pray here together. And we come as one. Thank you as the city has allowed us to come here and come together to pray. If everybody can please say these words with me. Dear God, Have mercy. Bless those in need. Provide for them. Give them peace. In your name we pray, Lord.

Amen.

Thank you.

Thank you, Pastor, for those beautiful words. Okay, we will now move into our agenda order of business. We'll go ahead and start with our city manager's office.

Mayor, we don't have anything. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. City Attorney?

Madam Manager, I'd like to defer item 6B.

6B as in boy?

6B as in boy, yes.

OK. Anything else?

That's all.

OK. Councilman Pinedo?

I don't have anything, Mayor. Thank you.

Vice Mayor Capron?

None.

Councilman Reynoso? No, Mayor, nothing. Councilwoman Borjas? None. Madam City Clerk?

None.

All right. So we'll go ahead and defer that. All right. Well, we'll now move in to the public comments section of our meeting. Each speaker will have three minutes to address any item on today's agenda or any other matters related to the City of Doral. Please begin by stating your name and address for the record to ensure that you are registered with the City Clerk's Office. We will first hear from those who are pre-registered, followed by any walk-in speakers. Once all have spoken, I will ask if any final speakers would like to use the microphone. reasonable opportunity time to speak. As a reminder, in accordance with the city code of conduct, we ask that all remarks be made in a respectful, courteous, and orderly manner. Personal attacks, offensive language, or disruptive behavior will not be permitted. Let's work together to keep this forum productive and constructive for all. And I'll go ahead and start with Mr. Richard Glutznacht.

Excuse me. Richard Gluckstad, 4768 Northwest 114th Avenue. All right. Today I brought two visual aids, my brown belt and a jacket. And you say, why did you bring a belt and a jacket? So I'm going to explain. First of all, this brown belt represents to me my Uncle Manfred from Germany. He was a prisoner of war of the French because he was German. They didn't care that he was Jewish. They still kept him as a prisoner of war. He was a very religious Jew. He went to Cuba first, and then from there he went to New York. He lived in the Bronx. He went to temple every Saturday. And money for him was no object. He didn't really care about it. And one day I stayed, I was in his house, and I was spending the week there, and I brought two belts with me. I always had two belts, a brown one and a black one. He said, Richard, what do you need two belts for? He said, you really only need one belt to hold up your pants. Why spend money on another belt? Well, this was his philosophy because showing off and having money meant absolutely nothing to him. He probably just died with one belt. Whereas his brother, my father, he was all into what other people thought about him to make money be a success. He became a multimillionaire. But you know what? They both wound up in the same place, six feet under. And they lived about the same time. So I don't think, you know, Actually, he was probably happier when he died than my father. So I just wanted to show you that the quest for money doesn't really bring happiness. The second thing I talk about has to do with money, too. It's about the Vietnam War. I was in the Army in ROTC for three years, from 1967 to 1970. And I was getting ready to go to Vietnam as an infantry officer. So we were basically brainwashed. We have to go over there. fight communism, because if we don't fight communism, it's going to spread all over the place, yada, yada, yada. Well, they extended the war. They extended it. We were losing, but they would never admit that we were losing the war. And they kept sending more and more people to die. 55,000 Americans died there. But yet, I bought a jacket from the Gap. It's made in Vietnam. So today, we have diplomatic relations with Vietnam. We have factories over there. We do business with them as usual. And Americans go there on vacation all the time. It's a real big vacation spot. So why did we do this? Well, the answer was money. People can make money from wars. If you support people who support wars, don't support them anymore. There's very few wars that are just wars. And a war has to be a just war, according to the Catholic Church anyway, for you to even participate. Thank you, Mr. Pletsch. I know my time is over, but please, think about it. Don't support wars, only if it's a just war. And don't look at money as your goal in life, because it'll probably make you less happy than somebody like, even like my Uncle Monty.

Thank you, Mr. Gladstone.

You're welcome. Thank you.

All right, I next have Mauricio Betoli.

Yes, I'm here to talk about 9A vending machine services. I don't like to waste anybody's time, so we sent a letter from an attorney for you all to review. I hope that you read it. The items in there, I want to echo. If you have any questions or clarifications of those issues, I'll be sitting here. So when you bring the item up for a vote, I want to discuss it. Thank you.

Thank you. Just to clarify, this is the time for reasonable opportunity if something needs to be put on the record. We don't normally open up public comments and discussion items. We also have Leonardo Betoli.

Good morning, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and members of the Council. My name is Leonardo Vettoli. I'm here in support of Compass Group USA through its canteen division. Again, thank you for the opportunity. I respectfully ask the council to select canteen for the city vending operations and management contract. Canteen is ready to perform from day one. It holds the proper business licensing for vending machines operations in the city, county, and state, including the NAICS code 4542. And its proposal satisfies the city solicitation's requirements. Kenting has also demonstrated its financial capability by transparency by providing the city with the required audited financial statements. By doing so, Kenting gave the city the financial information required to evaluate its strength and ability to perform through the contract. Canteen is not simply a local vending operator. It is a national operator backed by Compass Group USA with coast-to-coast capabilities. Canteen serves clients across the country and provides food service solutions at more than 60,000 locations. That national scale gives Doral access to established operating systems, advanced technologies, substantial resources, and broad organizational supports while its local team remains accountable for responsive day-to-day service. Canteen also brings proven track record in Doral and extensive experience serving municipalities, counties, public entities, and other governmental throughout Florida. It understands the accountability, reporting, responsiveness, and continuity of service required in a public sector partnership. Noral will also receive a mature service model supported by dedicated account management, preventive maintenance, real-time monitoring, extensive local staffing, technical support, and comprehensive reporting. Canteen's smart tech service, Canteen Connect, and smart tech platforms are designed to reduce downtime, improve inventory management, respond quickly to service needs, and provide the city with transparent oversight of performance. Canteen is also offering significant financial value. A MINIMAL ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF $95,000. AND PRE-PAID COMMISSIONS OF $285,000 ON DAY ONE. THESE ARE CONCRETE COMMITMENTS THAT PROVIDE THE CITY WITH IMMEDIATE VALUE AND PREDICTABLE ANNUAL REVENUE. THIS DECISION IS ABOUT SELECTING A PARTNER WITH NATIONAL STRENGTH AND LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROPER LICENSING, PROPER FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES, PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, AND A RECORD OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE. FOR THOSE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT TO CANTING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. RATULI, FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE ALEXANDER RECALDE.

Hello, my name is Alexander Recalde. The address is 5670 Northwest 116th Avenue, Doral, Florida 33178. Good morning, mayor or council members and city administration. My name is Alexander Recalde and I'm owner of Fresh Service and Repair. First, I want to thank the evaluation committee and the city manager for recommending our company for this opportunity. It truly means a lot to me. We have experience more than 15 years in the business. I spent more than 15 years building this company, and I'm very proud of what we have to build. But what makes this opportunity special is that Doral is also my home. I have lived here for many years. I have invested in this community, and I'm proud to be raising my family here. Having the opportunity to serve my own city will be an honor and something I will take very personally. You won't be dealing with faraway corporate office. You'll be dealing directly with me. My name and my reputation are behind this company. And I will always make sure we provide the level of the service that our community deserves. Thank you for your opportunity. and your consideration. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Recalde. All right, that is all I have for the pre-registered speakers. If anyone else would like to speak, now would be your reasonable opportunity. You may speak on anything on this agenda or anything that is germane to this council. Being none, we will now close reasonable opportunity. And I will take a motion on the consent agenda once the city clerk reads the item that has been pulled into the record.

This will be for all the items on section 6, with the exception of 6B.

All right. I need a motion. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second. Second by Councilman Bineto. All in favor say aye. Aye. OK. Madam Clerk, let the record reflect that the consent agenda has been approved unanimously. I now need a motion on the minutes. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso.

Second.

Second by Councilman Bineto. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye.

Aye.

Madam Clerk, let the record reflect that the minutes have been approved unanimously. All right. We'll now move into presentations.

Presentations item 8a keep draw beautiful business award Good morning honorable mayor vice mayor members of the council at a manager mr. Deputy manager mr. City attorney madam clerk Danny del Toro code compliance director This month, we are pleased to recognize Chick-fil-A for their outstanding commitment to keeping Doral beautiful. The property for which they are being recognized is located at 9815 Northwest 41st Street. This Chick-fil-A has been the city of Doral for two years. The property is approximately 65,000 total square feet, and the business has 70 employees. Chick-fil-A is a nationally recognized restaurant known for its diverse selection of chicken-based menu offerings. Its menu includes a variety of options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as salads, treats, kids meals, and more. In 2023, Chick-fil-A made a significant investment in the city by demolishing the previous structure on the property and constructing the facility that exists there today. Since its completion, the property has been maintained to a high standard through daily inspections and cleaning of the exterior, weekly landscape inspections, and biweekly landscape maintenance services. These ongoing efforts demonstrate Chick-fil-A's commitment to maintaining an attractive, clean, and well-kept property within the city. It is with great pleasure that we name Chick-fil-A for the Keep the Route Beautiful Business Award for their continued efforts to keep the route beautiful. Madam Mayor and Council, here to accept the award on behalf of the business is Operations Director Janet Cedidas and Marketing Director Rachel Tapia.

In behalf of Chick-fil-A Doral, we just want to say how honored and grateful we are to receive this reward. It's the reflection of the hard work that our team every day puts into our restaurant, and we are just very thankful to be part of this wonderful and amazing community. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much. Chick-fil-A always does a great job of keeping their properties clean and wonderful service. Please come up for a photo. OK, we move on to the next presentation.

Yes, good morning, Mayor. The chief, I think, has a few words. We're going to do a commendation for our officers.

Madam Clerk, would you like to read the item into the record real quick? Yes.

Item AB, special recognition, officers Adrian Ochoa and Samuel Guerra.

Good morning, city manager. Good morning, mayor and council. Thank you all so much. I want to first off say that we suffered a tragedy last week, and we appreciate all the support and love from the community and from your positions. Thank you all so much. Together, we're going to become a bigger and stronger and better agency through this tragedy. So I just want to give you that and give you my commitment. Now I want to pivot to a commendation that was on April 17th. I would like to ask the two officers to step up to the plate. Officer Adrian Ochoa and Officer Samuel Guetta. So I want to paint the picture because I read this paper and I told Lauren earlier this morning, I said, The paper doesn't do it justice. I want you guys to actually visibly see what these officers did. They saved a life. It all occurred on April 17. And I'm going to give you the rundown of the call. It was basically a sick or injured person. And the call came out as a 41-year-old male who just fainted. And we get those calls all the time. It's a routine call. But this call ended up not being routine. That's why I want to really commend these officers. And I want to show you visually what they did. Can you go ahead and play the video, please?

Okay.

When I said starting CPR, she raised you throughout 2020 to advise you that there were...

Okay, that's enough. So...

These two officers right here, they were on probation. They were their second month as officers. And they responded to this call of a fainted person, which ended up being someone going through cardiac arrest. He was purple to the touch. And these officers, they went into action. And it's very commendable what they did. They didn't hesitate. And their performance of CPR saved this individual's life. And they are a direct reflection of this police department and the professionalism of this police department. So with that said, a congratulations so much, Officer Samuel Guetta and Officer Adrian Ochoa. And Officer Adrian Ochoa, his father is Major Leo Ochoa. And I would love for him to come up and present this award to him, a good father-son moment.

You can give him a kiss. We won't tell anybody.

We got it on camera.

Yeah, I think we're mayor and council. We need mayor and council. So actually, if you can go behind the desk. Oh, we're all going to come? Mayor and council. Thank you.

Oh, that's yours? Yeah. I'm like, wait, I didn't know that.

Mayor, can we figure out?

Mayor, can we?

Mayor, can we?

Yeah.

Yeah. Let's center you guys. So take a step this way so you're centered with the seal.

I wanted to try to get .

Frank, can you come on this side? Oh, okay. All right, everybody look straight ahead. Officers, are you showing your plaques? I can't see from here. Yes. Okay. Did everybody get their photo? Yes.

I will.

Madam Manager. OK. Madam Clerk, next item.

Next item is item 8C, Durrell International Art Fair presentation.

Good morning, Mayor Christy Fraga, members of the city council, city manager, and members of the staff of the city of Doral. My name is Billy Garcia, and I'm here joined by the team members of the DIAF. It's really an honor for us to officially present the fourth edition of Doral International Art Fair, which it will take place from November 12 to November 15 of this year at the Doral Cultural Art Center. As is well known, every year Miami-Dade becomes one of the leading destinations for contemporary art. During the Art Season in South Florida, all the galleries, artists, business leaders, media representatives, and visitors from around the world come together, bringing economic and cultural benefits to our community. This year, DIAF will have the privilege of opening the International Art Fair Season and positioning the City of Doral as the starting point for one of South Florida's most relevant cultural events of the year. For this fourth edition, we have already confirmed participation from galleries and art organizations from Houston, Ecuador, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and more. This shows the international reach of the fair and reinforce Doral's position as a city that welcome art, cultural, new ideas, and business opportunities. We are also proud to welcome the Museum of the Americas MOCA, the Biennial of Cuenca from Ecuador, and the Spanish Cultural Center of Miami. We expect around 3,000 visitors to attend the AFS 2026 during that weekend. This level of attendance will help boost the local economy, directly supporting hotels, restaurants, shops, transportation services, cultural venues, and businesses across the city. DIAF is more than an art fair. We believe it's also a great opportunity to promote the city of Doral. Through this event, Doral can be presented as showcase to the public both locally and internationally as a modern, diverse, business-friendly city in the heart of Miami-Dade. As we prepare for this fourth edition on September 15 of this year, we will open a special exhibition called Water Trail at the Miami Dade College West Campus Gallery, lead and curated by Felix Suazo. The exhibition will be on display during September and October, and we'll explore the theme of water through photography and painting. This project reflects our ongoing support for the arts and our collaboration with educational and cultural organizations. Each edition of the app gives another opportunity to place the rock among the major events that make Miami-Dade special. Our goal is for the city to play an active role while welcoming visitors, supporting cultural tourism, creating new opportunities for local businesses, and celebrating the cultural richness of our community. Finally, we want to say thank you, Mayor Fraga. Thank you, member of the city council, city manager. As well, thank you to all the members of the staff of the city of Doral for your support and commitment to this event. We kindly ask you for your continued partnership so we can keep bringing artists, galleries, media, visitors from around the world to visit Doral. We are sure that together we can continue building Doral as an important destination for culture, art, and economic growth in South Florida. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you very much. I just want to congratulate you guys for the work that you've done, the entire team. Every year it's been an improvement, more visitors, and exceptional people. artists and galleries. So thank you for your commitment to the city. We really value the partnership. I think it's brought a true meaning to what the cultural center was supposed to really be for for our community. Art and culture is definitely something that we as a community you know cherish and our community enjoys and value and so I think that the art festival has You know really broad significance to that in our community and it's been recognized not just countywide but Regionally and that's a testament to your work dedication and professionalism. So we appreciate it. We look forward to this year's Festival we know that it'll be a great success once again So thank you for your presentation. If there's any additional comments or questions. I have a comment.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Reynoso? Hold on. There's a comment. Yes.

Diaf, I'm really proud of all the work that you have done throughout the years. I value the continued effort of making it better every year and to include art that is diverse, that is unique. And it's really adding to what the cultural diversity of Doral is and really bringing up what art and the meaning of keeping that alive and present within our community and the importance of doing so. So I'm glad that you all have been tasked to do that. It's a big responsibility because art and culture is something that if we don't do as a city, it's going to be hard for anyone else to do. So thank you for your efforts. Thank you for the diversity that you bring to the community and for keeping art alive.

I have some comments, Mayor. Councilman Boris. I want to thank you guys. I can't believe it's already the fourth edition. And since the beginning, I've always been supportive. It's something that you guys have always done with professionalism. You've given a lot of local artists as well opportunities. You've really, and to reiterate the comments that my colleagues have made, you really have elevated our culture and our art, which is something that residents really wanted to see here in our community. So I want to thank you for that great work. And hopefully, you know, we can continue this and wishing you a lot of great success and to continue expanding and making our city proud. Thank you. Thank you.

Councilman Pinero.

Thank you, Mayor. I also just want to say congratulations because there has been a before and after when it comes to art in Doral, and you guys as a group have accomplished that. I always like to say this is like our mini Art Basel or our Art Basel of the year. I see the excitement, the opportunities, and the collaboration from a lot of the local businesses and other businesses from other places as well. So I just want to say thank you for everything you guys are doing as a group because it's also your time and we also have to recognize that i mean you're putting a lot of hours every year into this great great event and it's not that your guys are getting paid for this so you do it because you love art you love what you do we have local business owners here we have residents as well as part of the organization so congratulations because you're And let me say this as well. We also have to recognize that art is a way of moving the city, financially speaking. It's an economic danger. And if we don't see it that way, then certainly we don't know anything about art. But that's why you also have actually created that sense of mobility around the city when it comes to people visiting Doral, people after the fair staying in downtown Doral or other places around the city also spending money here. So I just want to say congratulations because every year is more and more participation. And I certainly look forward to to be there this year once again.

Thank you, Councilman Pinedo. Thank you all again. Thank you. Best of luck.

All right, we're going to move into our discussion items. Madam Clerk. Discussion item 9A, a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of Doral, Florida, awarding invitation to negotiate ITN 202611, vending machines, operation, and management to Fresh Service and Repair Corporation, authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with Fresh Service and Repair Corporation for a period of three years with an option to renew for two one-year periods, authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement, providing for the limitation, incorporation of recitals, and an effective date. All right.

Madam City Manager, your item.

Good morning, Mayor and Council again. I just have a few words with respect to this item. So this ITN was issued on April 1st, 2026, and the city received three responsive proposals. The procurement consisted of four phases, the evaluation and ranking, the presentations and the question and answer, the negotiations and the final evaluation recommendation. On May 12, 2026, the Evaluation Committee unanimously advanced all three proposals to Phase 2. Following presentations and question and answers, two finalists, Canteen and Fresh Service, were selected to proceed to negotiations. Negotiations with the two finalists were held on June 2, 2026, and on On June 8, 2026, the Evaluation Committee completed its final evaluation and unanimously ranked the proposers as follows. Number one, Fresh Service and Repair Corporation with 91 points, and number two, Canteen with 82.67. The difference between the two finalists was an 8.33 points difference, resulting in the committee's recommendation to award the ITN to Fresh Service and Repair Corp. The city's intent to award was signed and announced on June 9, 2026. On June 12, 2026, a bid protest was filed with the city clerk. On June 22, the procurement and asset manager director submitted a written decision to the city manager. On July 27, 2026, the city manager, I, issued a decision resolving the protest and affirming the ITN 2026-11 award to Fresh Service and Repair Corp. with headquarters in the City of Doral. The final decision was emailed to the protesting party on July 27, 2026 at 3.52 p.m. Pursuant to Section 2-338 of the City Municipal Code, any appeal was required to be filed within five calendar days of that notice. Accordingly, the appeal deadline was August 1, 2026. The protesting party submitted their appeal two days late on Monday, August 3rd at 5.03 p.m. All actions related to this bid protest appeal and resolution were conducted pursuant to Section 2-338 of the City Municipal Code. The Code also provides that the protesting party must first follow the established protest and appeal procedures before seeking judicial relief. We stand, I want to just state that I stand by the decision and the recommendation I've made to council, and I would ask for you to uphold that recommendation and select fresh service and repair core for this contract. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam City Manager. Before we open to any questions or discussion, I think the city attorney also has. Go ahead, Mr. City Attorney, and then I'll ask for any expert communication before we discuss.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Council, the job of the council today is twofold. First, you're treating this protest that we received. It's before you. You've received in your agenda and in other documents that we forwarded to you the letters that were submitted by Canteen, by their council, the different protest letters that they forwarded, including the August 3rd, which was untimely, but it is before you. And I think you should consider it in your determination to take that into account. You've also listened to the testimony that's been presented by the Canteen and also by the awardee. And so your job today is to take all this evidence into account and weigh that and make a decision first on whether to uphold the protest. And then what would happen is the item would be remitted or to uphold the manager's decision and move forward with the awarding.

Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. At the advice of the city attorney, he's asked me to ask for ex parte communication as the protester has taken a litigious approach. So we're going to ask if there's been any ex parte communications at this time before there's any comments or questions and a motion.

There's been communication in my office, but it will not influence my decision.

I also have been contacted by the protesting party, and it should not have any effect on my decision.

Mayor, I've also had ex parte communication, and it will not affect my decision.

Likewise here. All right. Is there any comments, questions, or a motion based on the recommendation?

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso based on the recommendation. Yes.

Madam Mayor, so is the motion to approve, is the motion to uphold the manager's decision? Councilman?

Yes. Okay. Any comments or questions before we call the question? Okay. Madam Clerk, please call the question.

Motion to approve the managed recommendation made by Councilman Pinedo, seconded by Councilman Reynoso. Councilman Pinedo?

Yes.

Councilman Reynoso? Yes. Councilman Porras?

Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. All right, we move on to the next item.

Item 9B, a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of Doral, Florida, adopting a fiscal transition policy for council office budgets, providing for applicability, implementation, incorporation, and recitals, and an effective date.

Okay, thank you very much, Madam Clerk. This is my item. Councilmembers, the item that is before you is something that has come to my attention in the past, not just at the school district. I ran into this issue. I know Councilwoman Reynoso ran into this issue when she was elected here, and what I have experienced and what we have discussed through the administration is in preparation for the budget, it's come to our attention that there is no policy or no really way for there to be a, you know, a barrier for a council member that is outgoing or termed out or in an election process to expend their office's budget in one month for the full year, leaving the potentially incoming council member, if it's a termed out person, or if someone is up for reelection and doesn't succeed, then that incoming person would basically be left with zero budget, which is what happened to Council Member Reynoso. In one month, the former council member expended the entire budget. And she was basically left with almost nothing. Happened to me at the school district also. You remember because you were with me at that time. We came in and basically the person before me, knowing they were on their way out, expended all the funds. And so taxpayers are basically double burdened because it's unfair for that person coming in to not have the funding that is intended for that person to do their job. And so funds have to be replenished in some cases. And so this policy, what it does is a strict fiscal responsibility and transparency as well as a policy that basically prorates those funds into 1-12. So you will be able to continue doing your job by the time you're there, but you're not allowed to expend over the prorated amount for that month that you are there. There are exemptions, such as you should not be ordering logo wear or cards or anything like that if you are termed out. So this just creates a standard procedure and policy to be followed so that there's no questions and it's not abused from the office of the person sitting there, leaving that other person basically helpless when they come in with no funding. I think it's pretty self-explanatory. If there's any questions, I'm happy to answer them. The city attorney has reviewed this for legal sufficiency, and the policy is before you.

I have some quick questions, Mayor. Yes, Councilwoman Porras. I get the intent, and I do agree with it. I mean, I've heard this happening at the county level and, you know, different governments, levels of government. What was done in Councilwoman Reynoso's case? Was her budget replenished? I don't remember, actually.

Councilwoman, you remember?

No, no, no.

I think she had to wait for the new fiscal year.

Whatever was spent through the mayor, whatever was spent was spent, and then... I don't remember having funds.

Yeah, it was, I think, promotional items, memberships.

I don't remember, but I know that it was spent and there was no money to replenish that account. Yeah.

No, I agree with the policy. I think it's, again, I've seen it happen in different offices. My only question is, I don't see it including the mayor's office. Is that something that we can add as well?

It is included. Oh, is it? Yes, I'm considered a council member too as far as.

Okay, I just wanted to clarify that.

It is included. Okay, all right.

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. If there's no further questions, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo, seconded by Councilman Reynoso. Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso? Yes. Councilman Porras?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you for your support. All right, move on to the next item.

Item 9C, a resolution of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral 4, the Director and the City Manager to establish a Doral Ready Squad Hurricane Preparedness Volunteer Program in conjunction with the Parks and Recreation Department, Silver Club, and the Military Affairs Advisory Board, pairing veterans, high school student volunteers teams to the One Student Volunteer Program, providing for implementation and incorporation of recitals and an effective date.

Councilwoman Reynoso, this is your item.

Thank you, Mayor. So this item would already use an established volunteer program that we do have through our parks, I believe. And it would be using our military affairs advisory board to kind of lead the Doral squad in events of emergency, particularly a hurricane. So during the time of a hurricane warning, I would like, because our community is so strong and we're so united, for even a time of need such as a hurricane to be able to establish a an emergency team based of volunteers led by the military advisory board to Dispatch within our different communities particularly to our silver club and our special needs group help during a hurricane whether it be setting up shutters, maybe bringing in groceries, but it's just a neighborly initiative and the idea behind it is for the military advisory board to essentially break the city into separate sections and they would lead a certain section of the city and my hope is to have enough volunteers registered that each community has at least two volunteers in case of an emergency. Now this could very well be seen as a pilot program and it could turn into something greater but I think it's a beautiful thing when we have a community that is so united and to extend that neighborly help in a time of need. So this item sets some parameters to do that, and I hope that I can have the support of my colleagues.

Thank you, Councilwoman Reynoso. Any comments or questions for the Councilwoman?

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilwoman Porras. Great initiative. Thank you. All right. If there's no other comments or questions, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Seconded by Councilwoman Porras. Councilman Pinedo. Yes. Councilwoman Porras. Yes. Councilman Reynoso.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Cabral.

Yes.

Mayor Fraga. Yes. Motion passes.

All right, next item, Madam Clerk.

Next item, 9D, a resolution in the name of the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, directing the city manager to explore mental health options for City of Doral employees, providing for implementation and incorporation of recitals and an effective date.

All right, Council Member Reynoso, this is also your item.

Yes. So the City of Doral has had... some hard last couple of months. But we are resilient. We are a community with heart. The reason why things affect us so closely is because of the close relationship that our employees have with each other, our community has with us. And it's a bittersweet thing. But again, it shows what a great job we are doing as a city, that all these different people and events intertwine us, keep us connected. So mental health needs to be our priority. I know that the city has been doing things but we need to do more and we need to do better. So public service can be demanding and we must ensure our employees have ample resources to address and discuss challenges that may be affecting them both personally and professionally. While the city currently provides support, I believe we should educate and give this area the attention and funding it deserves. I asked the city manager to look into the different programs that may be available, and if it is within her budget, to move forward, and if it is not, to bring it back to council. I am requesting, therefore, the city manager to work with staff and the experts needed to develop a comprehensive mental health program for all of our employees, every single one. The goal is to provide resources, private help, anonymous private help, and reduce the stigma behind mental health. I believe as the leaders that we are sitting up here, it is our role to call attention to these things and it needs to be done. It needs to be done and it needs to be a conversation that is comfortable, a conversation that needs to be had. Because grief is normal, it is an extension, a different phase of love. Life can be overwhelming and demanding, but you're not alone, right? You're loved, there's resources, and we need to be able, as council, as staff, as administration, we need to be able to provide that resource. So supporting the mental health of our employees is an investment in their well-being and the continued strength within our city. God bless the staff. God bless our city. And I hope to have the support from my colleagues as well to pass this along. our employees are our top priority and We love you and mental health needs to be discussed and you all need the resources Available to help you do the best for our city and to help do the best for yourselves Thank You councilwoman I couldn't agree more and I would like to co-sponsor this item if possible I

and I think it's an extremely sensitive item, so I really appreciate your approach on it, because I know that it's something that is extremely deeply personal to people, and so we want to be able to extend that help and that resource, but it is extremely personal, and so I think that we should absolutely have the experts look into it and see how we can continue to improve and and be better and continue to grow and learn from these circumstances. So thank you for bringing this forward. I also want to just piggyback off of it and mention I have been having conversations right after learning about this with the manager and our parks director to include a monthly mental health, emotional intelligence support, or we're calling it a What was the word I used? Not a support group, but, you know, like a come together group through our parks in our monthly programming. So not just sports and art and all these great things that we do, but also to have one programming a month in our parks, a public opportunity for people to either come to a workshop, a class, a motivational speaker, a group of colleagues that get together. So we will be starting to incorporate some of that into our monthly programming. So I just wanted to mention that as well. And I think it's extremely valuable for our community, not just our employees. So thank you for bringing this forward. And you've got my full support. And I look forward to working with all of you to improve this amongst our community. Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral.

Second.

Second by Councilman Pinedo. And Councilman Pinedo?

Sure. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you, Councilwoman Reynoso, for bringing this forward. And I would love to co-sponsor as well this item. But I also want to mention just an idea as well, because I think we did something similar when it came to the discussion about the domestic violence as well, that we included a section our website about services local providers or approved institutions that provide these type of services not only for staff but also for residents as well so maybe we can look into that option as well that we can provide information in our website about mental health and And as a matter of fact, I have been working on hosting next week, I believe it's the 22nd, at Albizu University. a workshop conference about mental health. We have been working on this for the past almost two months. So I'm gonna pass the information to you as well so you can attend and speak about it because it's something that certainly is needed to speak and for residents to know what type of resources are available. So I'm gonna be sharing that information as well. And speaking of Albizu University, it's here in Doral, and they do provide a lot of these services. So just for you to keep that in mind as well. And we can work with them in a lot of these initiatives.

So thank you. Thank you, Councilman. Yes, absolutely. All right.

May?

Yes.

Yes. So I just wanted to make a quick comment. So we have already started conversations and meetings. I've met with the HR director, the chief of police, and I also met with Councilwoman Reynoso to kind of get some guidance on what it is that we wanted to see. And we are putting together some proposals. If we can do it under my threshold, which I would hope we could, then I'll go ahead and do that. But I will update council. And also, if it does exceed, then we can examine those as well. But we are coming up with specific programs tailored to specific populations, but it will cover all of our employees. Okay. Thank you.

Yes. And I would like for mandatory sessions to be included in whatever the program is because I think if everybody needs to go to a session, whether it's a workshop or whatever it may be, it starts to break down the stigma. It also becomes an avenue that if somebody does need that extra help, they can kind of go through that under the radar and seek that help that they may be needing without a worry of maybe somebody noticing. We just want to be able to provide that resource of help when needed. And to the mayor's point, I love the now extending this to the community. perhaps on a monthly basis, is what I'm hearing. We did have tragedies at our local school, and I think it would be nice to also have a component for students, parents, and families that may have gone through some things recently to have some source, some resource that they can seek guidance or, you know, we can't prevent tragedies from happening. We have to be ready for when they do happen. And again, these are things that happen within our life. There's a way to prevent the really, really terrible stuff. And I think that's what we're trying to do with this opportunity. But when things do happen, There's people that are heartbroken, that are hurt, that are left over, and they also need help too. So, yes, it's a very delicate topic. I don't want to speak more about it. I think enough has been said. But I appreciate that just how we plan parties and feel-good events, that as a city we also deal with the harder topics and provide those resources as well.

Thank you. All right, if there's no additional comments or questions, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Porras? Yes. Councilman Reynoso? Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes.

All right, thank you very much for your support.

Item 9E, discussion employee salary public search portal.

Okay, Councilwoman Porras, this is your item.

Thank you, Mayor. This is just a very, very brief discussion on the implementation of a search tool that's going to allow the public to access and view employee salaries for the city. When I was looking into this after the city of Miami Beach and the city of Miami, passed their own. And I emailed the city manager's office about it. She informed me that the city was already working on something like this. And so I just wanted to let residents know that it is going to be happening. And also, it is going to be something that new state law is going to require of cities and municipalities. So I wanted to just very quickly have the city attorney just explain what the city, what the new law requires, and then just manage what you told me so that the residents can know what's going to be implemented later on.

Through the mayor. Councilwoman, so the new law that's going to affect at the beginning of this year basically requires that all local governments post salaries of their employees and update it on a quarterly basis.

Okay, thank you. Okay, also, so Mayor and Council, since the law was passed, we have been discussing implementing that, which the timeline for that is January 1st of 2027. We are speaking with our vendors, our Paycom vendor. I'm trying to be able to make that an efficient process because I don't want something that has to be manually done and input it all the time. So we are working on that. But I just, I wanted to, because I like to keep things clear, I want to understand, I want to just state that yes, we have been working on it. It is an administrative policy. I did ask the attorney if I was required to ask counsel for action on that, and I'm not. So I am going to be handling this in an administrative policy manner. And I will update counsel accordingly once we come up with the system. But absolutely, it will be up and running to me to be compliant with state law.

Thank you very much. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. No action is required. We'll move on to the next item, item 9F.

Item 9F, Discussion, Advisory Boards, Committees, and Commissions, Member Nomination. Mayor and Council, I did receive one nomination from the Office of Councilwoman Porras, which is a detached hearing for the Commission on Status of Women.

OK. Do we have a motion? Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Porras, second by Councilwoman Reynoso. On favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Sorry, do we need a full roll call? That's fine.

OK. Mayor's report.

All right. Mayor's report. Give me one second. Sorry. So first, I'd like to thank our Parks and Recreation Department and our Doral Police Department for a great National Night Out event. It was a success. People were happy, very well organized, every year better and better. So thank you to the entire team. It was a wonderful evening. and to the police department that always does a great job with their national night out events. And I think our families truly enjoy it. As our students head back to school tomorrow, I want to wish our students a very successful, safe, and educational school year, creating new memories. I just want to mention on that too, I did ask, I know every year, first week of school is tough with some traffic delays. And so every year we've gotten, I think, a little bit better and not just implementing more police officers around the schools to help the flow of traffic.

Silence your phones.

So not just on helping with the flow of traffic and making sure that people have an easier route and that they feel and see the presence of our police officers. And we get to engage with the kids and things, so it's always wonderful. to see our men and women in uniform out there supporting families. But this year, actually, with the help of Public Works, we requested all active MOTs to be delayed and not obstruct the flow of traffic. And so Carlos and his team did a great job So speaking with the county and making sure that there was no MOTs that had been approved through the county that we hadn't seen that would affect the traffic flow because we know that it can always be a challenge in the mornings and in the afternoons. So I can't promise there will be no traffic to the residents, but we're going to make it as an easy process and as a safe process as possible. A quick reminder to our city that the offices will be closed for Labor Day in recognition of observance of Labor Day on September 7th. Obviously, we don't have a council meeting until then, so I just wanted to mention that. And it will take place on Tuesday, September 8th. And then, of course, we have some birthdays this month. Our director of IT, Eileen Fernandez, on August 13th. So tomorrow is your birthday. Forgot what day it was. Our director of, our building official, I'm sorry, Linda Blanco on August 26th. Happy birthday. And we have a very special birthday also on Monday, August 17th. Our city manager will be celebrating her birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. cake. Happy birthday to you. We sing here. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Seda. Happy birthday to you. That looks like a Game of Thrones cake. Thank you, everybody. All right. That concludes my mayor's comments. Thank you very much.

All right, your next item is Advisory Board Comments, Special Needs Advisory Board for August 2026. We do have Mr. Trevor Cunningham here to present the report, Mayor.

Thank you. Thank you for your patience.

Yep, absolutely. AND THANK YOU FOR SINGING. THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE LIGHTHARDNESS TO DO THIS. AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS TREVOR CUNNINGHAM AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF DURAL SPECIAL NEEDS ADVISORY BOARD. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY THANK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MY ATTENTION. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HERE AT THE CITY OF DURAL FOR ANSWERING MANY OF OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. and Madam City Clerk and Ms. Juanita Cruz for welcoming this morning. This is my first city council meeting, so I'm really happy to be here and be with you all. Our advisory board is asking to expand ride-sharing options to individuals with disabilities, specifically at free or low cost, specifically looking at providing services for individuals to travel to medical appointments or job opportunities as city residents to city places. These are not necessarily meant to replace the Doral trolley system or the special transportation services. Both services are great. As someone who has a visual impairment, I use both of them every single day. I use the trolley to get to the Metrorail and I use my STS card to use the Metrorail. However, both have limitations. The Detroit Trolley has specific routes that can't go everywhere. And the STS service that is meant to go to door to door is constantly delayed and constantly has its own challenges. And for someone trying to get to a job or a medical appointment and being several hours delayed, you can only imagine how challenging that can be. Our simple ask here is that we ask that the City of Doral explore opportunities to expand the freebie ride-sharing program to people with disabilities and specifically look at opportunities for demand, operational feasibility, and long-term sustainability, specifically long-term costs. We know that this It could be an expensive program, but we want to make sure that the demand is there, that the opportunity to make the successful program would be there as well. So that is our proposal at this moment, and happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Trevor. Just to give some information on this, so we have – I've been working with – public works on this, and we have had discussions about expanding it. The question that hasn't been answered and what we're trying to understand better is to what level of capabilities we would allow, whether the writer will be by themselves, accompanied with someone, because we understand the request of going Work and things like that. That's someone who's a little more independent But we have no way of kind of limiting someone putting you know of someone with with less capabilities in a vehicle on their own to go somewhere so we're trying to figure out how how to best service and serve those with the independence that they would be able to We're working with freebie on what the you know disability allow, what they would allow as a disability person to be alone or if they would have to say you have to be accompanied. So it is something that's being looked at and then obviously the funding is the biggest issue. It is very costly and it does cost us a lot right now even for the seniors. So we are currently reviewing that and seeing how we can best fund the program and expand it. We do subsidize a lot of special needs programming now. There's a lot of changes potentially coming down from Tallahassee on our revenue structures. So we are looking into all those capabilities, advertising, so on. So it is something that has been in discussion for some time. And I know that we would all be very supportive of it. We're just looking at what's the best model forward to be able to provide some expansion to the program.

Okay.

Great. Any additional questions? We'll let you all know very soon. Hopefully there will be a response. But I know Public Works is actively working on it. And they did hear your request that would be coming forward as part of the agenda.

Excellent. We really appreciate it.

Madam Manager, anything you would like to add on that? No? Okay. All right. Thank you, Trevor. Thank you. Thank you so much. We'll keep you up to date. All right, move on to the next item. City Manager's report. Madam City Manager.

Hi, yes, good morning. So I wanted to just bring a couple things to the Council's attention. It's with great honor that I report that the City of Doral is in receipt of the prestigious Government Finance Officers Association Triple Crown Award for 2024. SO THE 2024 TRIPLE CROWN AWARD RECOGNIZES GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING GFOA AWARDS. THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. FOR THE FY 2023 ACFER. THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD. AND THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD. for fy 25 26 budget so dorao is just one of 441 governments to achieve this special recognition for fiscal year ending 2024 the triple crown designation represents a significant achievement to qualify each entity must meet the high standards of all three separate award programs each award The program recognizes governments that produce reports which communicate their financial stories in a transparent manner and meet applicable standards. So I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the entire finance team for their hard work and dedication. We have commended them for these awards before, so. In addition to that, I'm also pleased to share that Doral Center Park project has officially earned the gold certification from the Florida Green Building Coalition. Although the project was originally designed to achieve only the silver certification, the dedication and collaborative efforts of the City of Doral team followed us to exceed that goal. Through strategic coordination, careful planning, and strong commitment to sustainable design and construction practices, the project achieved the higher gold certification. This recognition is a significant accomplishment for the city and reflects the hard work of everyone involved in delivering a high-quality, environmentally responsible project that will benefit our community for years to come. I'd like to congratulate and thank Lazaro Quintero and the entire project team for this outstanding achievement. They do have an award that was sent to them, so I'd like for them to come and take a picture with you, if possible. Of course. Thank you.

Please come up. We'll do it right when we wrap up. Let's finish the reports. Yes. Yes. Anything else, city manager?

No, that's it, mayor. Thank you.

Okay, Madam City Clerk, next item.

City Attorney's report.

City Attorney, Mr. City Attorney.

Nothing to report, Madam Mayor.

Okay, no sessions to call.

No such as a call.

Okay. Madam City Clerk, your report's always so... It's very lengthy. It's attached. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right. That exhausts our morning council meeting agenda. Do I have a motion to recess? Motion. Motion to recess by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilman Reynoso. All in favor say aye. Aye. All right. We'll see you back here for our protocol hour and then our council meeting LPA 530. Thank you very much. See you later. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 12TH. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 12TH. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 12TH. TIME IS NOW 6.09 P.M. TIME IS NOW 6.09 P.M. TIME IS NOW 6.09 P.M. I FEAR BY CALL THIS MEETING TO I FEAR BY CALL THIS MEETING TO I FEAR BY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. ORDER. ORDER.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE YOUR PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE YOUR P Present. Councilwoman Maureen Porras.

Here.

Councilman Rafael Pinero. Present. Vice Mayor Dina Cabral. Here. Mayor Casey Fraga. Present.

May you have court. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilwoman Porras. OK, agenda order of business, Madam City Manager, Mr. City Attorney, any changes from you all?

No, Mayor. We're fine. No, Mayor. Thank you.

I have had some requests to make some arrangements in the agenda since it is a long one. So if you all will indulge some of our requests. We have been asked to hear item 20G, which is the city's comprehensive planning. First reading again. As our first item should be very quick So we'll hear that first and then we're gonna move item 20 Q right after 20 E since the applicant has several items And we'd like to have them all taken up right after the other if there's no objections to that So those will be the changes to the agenda order of business Is everyone okay with that? Yes. Okay, madam clerk make the notes on the agenda, please. Yes, ma'am All right, and we will go ahead and move into public comments. I We will now open the floor for public comments. Each speaker will have three minutes to address any item on today's agenda or any matter related to the city of Doral. Please begin by saying your name and address for the record to ensure that you're registered with the city clerk. We will first hear from those who have pre-registered with our city clerk, followed by any walk-in speakers. Once all of the pre-registered speakers have spoken, I will mention that this is your final reasonable opportunity and you can approach the podium. As a reminder, in accordance with city code of conduct, we ask that you make all remarks in a respectful, courteous, and orderly manner. Personal attacks, offensive language, disruptive behavior will not be permitted. Please let's work together to maintain a productive forum that is constructive for all. I will go ahead and open up the floor to preregistered speakers, which I believe we have none at this time. So anyone who would like to speak on any item related to the city council, germane to the city, or on this agenda, please approach the podium. Being none, public comments is now closed. Madam Clerk, let the record reflect. No one has chosen to speak at this time. And we'll go ahead and move into our public hearing items.

Madam Mayor, may I please sort in all the witnesses for all the public hearings?

Yes, ma'am.

If you are presenting testimony in any of the public hearings tonight, please stand up, raise your right hand, and repeat after me. I do solemnly swear that the information that I'm about to present shall be the truth and nothing but the truth. Thank you very much. Item 20G, ordinance number 202620, comprehensive plan update. An ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of Doral, Florida, adopting evaluation and appraisal report ER-based amendments to the comprehensive plan by amending the resiliency element, future land use element, transportation element, housing element, infrastructure element, conservation element, parks and recreation element, educational facilities element, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT BY CREATING NEW PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT AND UPDATING THE WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 1633191, 1633184, AND 16331776C FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE STATE LAND PLANNING AGENCY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, AVAILABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

OKAY. OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 20G, ALSO KNOWN AS 26-6715. ANY Showing no interest. Public comments is now closed. Madam Clerk, at the record, no one has chosen to speak at this time. And we'll now hear from staff, or I believe Ms. Michelle Lopez is here, visiting us. MICHELLE LOPEZ- Thank you, Mayor.

Always nice to be back in your chambers. Good evening, Mayor, Council. I'm sorry, mayor, vice mayor, and members of the city council. Tonight, we're presenting the ordinance for the city's evaluation and appraisal report of the comprehensive plan. It's a required state mandated update. I'll walk you through what the year is, what changed in your comp plan, and how we engage the community, and what happens after tonight. So two terms that you're going to hear throughout this presentation. I'm going to define them up front. The first is the comprehensive plan. That's the city's long range policy document. It sets the city's goals, objectives, and policies and its growth pattern. Every land development regulation and every development order has to be consistent with your comprehensive plan. The second is the evaluation and appraisal report, which is a periodic checkup of that plan. State law requires that it's done at least every seven years. We evaluate whether the plan still reflects the current state law and the local conditions, notify the state, and then adopt whatever amendments are required. The comp plan is the document, and the year review tells us what we need to update every seven years. Your last comp plan update was in 2016, a holistic comp plan update. You've done minor updates since then, but the year process and the last major comp plan update was done in 2016. So that's 10 years of development pattern that has changed. It's a decade of growth, development, and infrastructure demand. And we just need to catch up through the policy document and update that and then have a 25-year projection forward. So the purpose of the ordinance is to amend the comp plan so it stays consistent with local state requirements and reflects where the city is actually at today. And so through this effort, we're updating every element, objective, policy in the plan that was reviewed and required updating. So we updated or amended your 10 core elements, which is resiliency, your future land use policy, transportation, housing, infrastructure, conservation, parks and recs. education, intergovernmental coordination, and capital improvements. There are two new elements as part of the comp plan, which is your economic development policy. Several years ago, FIU conducted a project where they looked at potential economic development policies that the city could pursue. And so we're rolling that into the comprehensive plan. And then the property rights element was adopted by reference in 2022. Through this effort, we're incorporating the property rights element into the larger document, as well as the data and analysis that goes with it. We've also taken the water supply plan, the 10-year horizon, and brought it up to date. So through this process, there was community engagement, which is also required. The first was a community workshop held at Durrell Central on January 20. The second was a tabling event at the Farmer's Market at Durrell Central again. That one had a little bit more interaction and activity from the residents, and we really appreciated their input. And then the third, we had QR codes at both events and then also posted throughout city facilities, city hall, at your parks departments. so that the community can engage from a remote setting on their cell phones. So we took all of that engagement and commentary and kind of rolled it into the document as we looked at the policies and objectives to update. So this all probably sounds a little bit familiar. I was here on April 10th doing a very similar presentation. At that time, the document was adopted. We transmitted to the state. The state came back. some changes and requested that we go back to first reading and LPA. So we're doing so. Where we land next is after tonight, if we have your support to proceed, we'll go ahead and retransmit to the state again. They'll go through a 30-day review cycle, submit comments. We'll address the comments. Then we come back for second reading. And then we retransmit again for another 30-day review. We had significant engagement between our staff at Corradino and the city. And so I just want to give a brief acknowledgment. The Corradino project manager was Catherine Lyon. And we had Madison Edmida supporting on data analysis and collection. Your land use special counsel, Valerie Vicente, looked at the document. She did her legal sufficiency review. And then, of course, most importantly is your departments. Guillermo de Nacimiento, the assistant director of planning and zoning, was the city's project manager, kind of shepherding this process, coordinating between departments. And then we had significant feedback from your planning and zoning team, public works, parks and recs, capital improvements, economic development, and public affairs helping us with the notices and the social media posts for those community workshops that we discussed. So I just want to say thank you to all of those departments and participation. We couldn't do it without you. And with that, thank you for your time. I ask for a recommendation of approval, and then we can proceed with transmittal.

OK, any more comments? I have a quick question. Are we required to do all of the public engagement stuff again? Is that not being affected?

Yeah, it's not being affected.

So the language that's being updated or changed was more based on what exactly?

Yeah, there were technical nuances that the state felt were maybe a little bit more restrictive or burdensome. I had an in-depth conversation with the manager's office and your legal team. We determined collectively none of those policies we were willing to die on the Hill for. We can always come back later. We rolled it back. Yeah.

But not detrimental to the changes to the comp plan. Not at all. And we're certain that the state will be, I mean, it was in line with what they recommended we review.

Yes, we took all the recommendations and we just went line by line and accepted what they asked for. It was a little bit of an overreach, but okay.

Do we have any other questions? No? All right. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second. Second by Councilman Pinero. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve Ordinance Number 202620 on first reading, made by Councilman Reynoso, seconded by Councilman Pinero. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Councilman Pinero? Yes. Councilwoman Porras? Yes. Vice Mayor Cabral? Yes. Mayor Prado?

Yes.

Motion passes.

Thank you. Thank you. See you soon. All right, next item, Madam Clerk.

We're going back to item 20A, a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of Doral, Florida, approving the site plan and special exception use permit for plus or minus 8,000 square feet fitness sports facility and outdoor soccer fields located in a vacant parcel in the city of Doral, Florida, identifying Miami-Dade folio number 353022000981 pursuant to section 68.849B5 of the city's land development code and providing for an effective date.

All right, let me go ahead and do the public hearing first. Mr. Magarizo, thank you. Opening up public comments for item 28, also known as 26-6681. Anyone who would like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. Being no public comments for this item, we are now closing the public comments portion. Madam Clerk, I have the record of no one chosen to speak at this time. And I will take any ex parte communications on this item. I DID HAVE SOME EXPERT DAY COMMUNICATION DURING THE WORKSHOP. I HAPPENED TO WALK IN AND MEET THE APPLICANT AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS. IT WILL NOT AFFECT MY DECISION ON IT. WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. MR. MAGRIZO.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, MADAM MANAGER. I THINK I HAVE A PRESENTATION. PERFECT. OK, so this is a fitness sports facility. It is located right back here on 56th Street on the corner of Northwest 82nd Avenue, and it's approximately 0.86 acres. The land use around it and the zoning districts are pretty much all industrial districts and feature land use categories. These are a couple of renderings of the proposal. Pursuant to 58.3.128, a special exception is required for this use in the location, and they're coming in for site plan approval as well. So you can see that there are two pitches on the proposed site plan accompanied by a facility, training facility in the back of the pitch. Currently it's a vacant lot, so this will all be incorporated within that vacant lot. They went to workshop, as the mayor said, on March 25th. The site plan evaluation standards, we have compliance with all relevant standards and the standards for the special exception, same, all are approved of the relevant ones. So with that, the staff recommends approval of the proposed special exception and approval of the site plan. I haven't seen the applicant. I don't know if the applicant's here. I think they are. The applicant is here. If you have any further questions or if I can answer any questions you might have.

Thank you, Mr. Magritte. So would the applicant like to present or have any comments to add? You're not required to, but. I wish I could present the project. It's not. We'll leave it up to our colleagues. Is there any comments or questions about this project?

All right.

I think you're good. Okay. If there's no more comments or questions, I need a motion to approve. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilman Benito, seconded by Councilwoman Reynoso. If there's no more debate, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve. Moved by Councilman Pineda, seconded by Councilman Reynoso. Councilman Pineda? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Councilman Porras? Yes. Vice Mayor Cabral? Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes.

Motion passes. All right. Thank you very much. Move on to the next item.

Item 20B, a resolution of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving a site plan for 8300 Invest LLC for the property located at 8335 Northwest 56th Street in the City of Doral, Florida, pursuant to Section 53-184F of the City's Land Development Code and providing for an effective date.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and do public hearing first. Mr. Margarito, opening up public hearing for Item 20B, also known as 26-6682. Anyone who would like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. Showing no interest I am closing the public hearing portion for this item I'm clerk at the rocker black. No one has chosen to speak at this time, and I will take any ex parte communication There been any ex parte communication All right, mr. Magritte the presentation

Okay, so this is known as Mediterranean Center 2. They are here for site plan approval. It is located at 8335 Northwest 56th Street, and it is approximately .926 acres. They went to workshop on February 24th, 2025. So this is pretty much located in a completely industrial district. All the surrounding areas, north, south, east, and west, have a future land use category of industrial, and they accompany a zoning district of industrial as well. This is consistent with the comprehensive plan and the land development code. These are the existing conditions as you see them now. It is located adjacent to what is known as Mediterranean 1. They're just building a pretty much mirror image of what is currently there on this vacant lot. Here's the site plan you see. Like I said, it's approximately one acre. It's going to have a modern architectural design for warehouse buildings with 24 parking spaces, landscaping, bicycle areas. These are elevations from the east and the west and the south and the north. The site plan evaluation standards complies with all relevant site plan evaluation standards. And the staff is recommending approval of the proposed site plan. If you have any further questions, I'm happy to answer it at this time.

Is the applicant present wanting to make any comments? It's not required, but if you're present, okay. If there's any questions for the applicant or for Mr. Mangristo, now would be your time. If there's no comments, questions, or debate, I need a motion. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second. Second by Councilman Pinedo. No more comments or questions. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve by Councilman Reynoso, seconded by Councilman Pinero. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Councilman Pinero? Yes. Councilman Porras? Yes. Vice Mayor Cabrera?

Yes.

Mayor Fraga?

Yes. Motion passes. Okay, thank you very much. We move on to the next item.

Item 20C, a resolution of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving a site plan for SEDECO 41 LLC, For a commercial development featuring a pharmacy, retail storefronts, and a gas station with an associated convenience store, and a plus or minus 7.57 acre vacant parcel, generally located in Northwest 41st Street between Northwest 114th and 112th Avenue in the state of Doral, Florida, identified with Miami-Dade Folio number 3530190010370 pursuant to section 53-184F of the City's Land Amendment Code and providing for an effective date. Okay.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. We're going to go ahead and open public comments for item 20C, also known as 26-6693. Anyone who would like to speak on this item or this item alone, please approach the podium. Please remember that the three minutes do apply for the public hearing items as well. State your name and address for the record.

Yes, good evening. My name is Orieta Carvalho. My address is 11360 Northwest 42nd Terrace in Doral. And I'm opposing about having a gas station and a big convenience store there. I'm not against about development, but I would prefer like office or something more low impact for the community. I've been living there since 1997. I do have a lot of health issues, and having a gas station, the fume, the smell, and the noise is giving you more stress. Sorry. And then... I did my research behind the Navarro, and you can smell the odors. I have photo of those big, big garbage can, and that we bring more water, rotten rats coming over to our farm. community, and we have our townhouses, which the master bedroom will be facing the community. Even if they want to do 20 feet, like how you say that, 20 feet trees, it will not be enough. They need to have big walls, and what we're going to be seeing are garbage cans, and then the gasoline, They're going to be open 24 hours. We have the turnpike, people going north and south. There's going to be a busy place. We get already a lot of traffic on 41 and 114, 112, because there's a school there. So I don't know if when they did the measuring was during no school time or after traffic time. So I request the city to do the inspection to see how bad the traffic is there. a lot of the time and people trying to cut to go faster. And another thing is our community has a lot of children. We have the pool we'll be facing to that side. So the safety, there's so much concern and I'm opposed of that and have the city to do the inspection about the smell in the garbage cans. So thank you so much.

Okay, thank you very much. Anyone else who would like to speak, please approach the podium.

Good evening. My name is Werner Von Blahn. I'm at 11244 Northwest 42nd Terrace in Doral, the community there. Just picking up on the point of the previous speaker, right now the understanding is that they want to put a chain link fence between ourselves and the new development. So from what I've seen along 41st Street, There's walls behind each commercial center that's developed. So I would ask the developers to look at that and for yourselves to, let's say, put some interest in putting a wall versus that. It also addresses the issues of rodents and so on versus a chain link fence. It's generally understood that the owners of the property can develop that. That's well understood. But there will be a large impact on on traffic. Now, I'm not sure when they're doing the studies, they're taking into account the huge complex that's been built on the other side of 41st Street, which is basically vacant right now. So once that's developed, we're going to have that additional traffic moving through that specifically 112th and 41st Street. The entrance to the gasoline station, one entrance. So let's say a vehicle is coming on the 112th heading north. We'll have to make a turn. And if they cross three lanes, we take the right into the gasoline station. So that corner has had a lot of accidents in the past. Maybe look at that history as well with additional traffic, with the additional street lanes going through. It would be something of interest in your studies. Yeah, nobody wants a gasoline station next to the community. So speaking for the community, that's kind of understood there. Car washes, timing of deliveries of gasoline and all that will be of interest for us as far as trying to mitigate the timing of that if it's late night and so on. If there's a gas station, if it's placed near the back towards where the community is, that will be heard constantly. Having talked a little bit to the lawyers of the developers, they have mentioned the tree covers and bushes, et cetera, et cetera. That seems ample. Hopefully the trees do grow up to 20, 30 feet in the bushes as well. But we would like to see the wall. Again, it's not something you don't see throughout Doral as far as the 41st Street commercial development. And thank you very much.

Thank you, sir. Any other comments? This is the only reasonable opportunity for this item. So if you'd like to speak, please come up to the podium.

Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, council members. My name is Richard Rios. I'm a resident of Doral since 1997. They used to have horses going by that area. And adding to the comments from the other residents, we understand that, yes, There is authority to zoning for a commercial location. We would like to see some type of mitigation, particularly in regards to noise. Like if the car wash is located towards the rear, then if there was some type of limitation like hours, because car washes, especially when they're blow drying the cars, are very loud, the other areas of concern would be any type of traffic going northbound from 41st Street up to 112. We have an exit in our community on 112 Avenue. And if cars are making a left turn to go into the gas station while we're coming out, there was one resident here who almost had an accident recently when she was leaving our community. And there was a truck barreling down 112th Avenue. So we'd like to see some type of maybe agreements like with code enforcement that we would have some sort of guarantees as far as no late night deliveries, overnight deliveries, any type of like big gas trucks coming in at odd hours of the night. We understand that, yes, there's the business. There's going to be a 24-hour convenience store. Hopefully, they won't have that much traffic. But during the day, it's a concern for us. And we hope that you'll look into that or at least be able to come to some agreement, maybe have us included in some future discussions with the developers on that. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Anyone else would like to speak?

Good afternoon, Mayor. Good afternoon. My name is Maria Pezos. I am a resident of Doral since 2004 and a resident of Hognes at Doral, 4227 Northwest, 112th Court, since 2006. My major concern is the health of our community, of our children, of all our Hogness community. I'm going to read why the gasoline component warrants a special scrutiny. It says, gasoline is a source of benzene and other air pollutants. ATSDR states that benzene is released to the environment through the operation of gasoline stations and that people may be exposed by breathing contaminated air around gasoline stations. ATSDR also explains that long-term benzene exposure can affect blood cells and bone marrow and can cause bone marrow cancers, including acute leukemia. ATSDR notes that the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US EPA classify benzene as a known human carcinogen. EPA likewise regulates benzene as a mobile source of air toxic and notes that gasoline contains benzene. EPA identifies benzene and other hydrocarbons among air pollutants associated with gasoline and vehicle emissions. Also, a gasoline station creates multiple potential emission points. Vehicle fueling and displacement of gasoline vapors during the refueling, underground storage tanks and their vent pipes, bulk fuel delivery operations including tanker trunk unloading and fuel connections, equipment leaks, spills, and losses, additional vehicle traffic associated with the use, EPA also recognizes petroleum vapor intrusion as a pathway in which vapors from petroleum hydrocarbons, such as gasoline, can mitigate from subsurface sources into buildings, creating potential safety and health concerns. This does not mean vapor intrusion will occur at this site. It is a recognized pathway that supports careful siting, monitoring, and leak prevention. So this is my main concern. Obviously, traffic and all the other things we've stated. And if the gas station is already being approved, at least we need to, as a community, we would like to be informed of or at least taking into account of where are they going to place it. Because on 114th Avenue, we have a lake. So maybe that would be the best place for it to be. But that's my main concern. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Anyone else would like to speak?

Yes, good afternoon. My name is Ileana Cernuda. I also live in Doral.

We can't hear you.

Can you hear me now?

OK. There you go.

I'm also a resident of Doral, 11220 Northwest 42nd Terrace.

Your name, I'm sorry, again? Because we couldn't hear you.

Ileana Cernuda. I would be exactly behind of the proposed service station gas station so in addition to all of the other residents concerns and the gas i believe that if it has to be another gas station because then you would be placing there's one in 109th and 107th so i would think that it would be better to have it on 114th avenue as my previous resident said, because the back part would be on the lake instead of directly BEHIND MY HOUSE, AND I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE REST, THE NOISE, THE GAS, THE TRAFFIC, BUT WE UNDERSTAND, AS YOU SAID, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT, SO IF THEY AT LEAST COULD PUT THE PLACE IN 114th, YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO OTHER GAS STATIONS, 109th AND 107th. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

Good evening. Sorry, I speak Portuguese and English. I make my English, no, Portuguese and Spanish. I make my best in English, okay? My name is Miriam Goncalves. I live in 1997 in Ragnest. I am a resident and a member of this community. We are not against developing or progress. But I am concerned about the direct impact on your community, especially traffic, safety, tranquility, and quality of life. We want to make sure that the residents concerned are here and carefully considered before a final decision is made. We are not here to create a confrontation. We are here to cooperate, work together. We respectfully, I don't know if respectfully is correct, ask the city and everyone involved in this project to consider the families who already live in this community. You believe that development and the quality of life can coexist when there is responsibility planning. We are not against progress. We are asking for responsibility, developing in respect to the safety, tranquility, and quality of life of your community. This is community, the Ragnast. Everybody stay here. Everybody put a vote for us. Please, can you help the Ragnast at Doral? Thank you so much.

Thank you very much. Any other comments at this time?

Hi, good evening. My name is Seda Tinoco.

Please get a little bit closer to the microphone so that we can hear you clearly.

Now?

Yes.

Thank you. My name is Seda Tinoco. I live in 11261 Old West in Harkness since 20 years ago. I just retired from Virginia B. Thomas after 25 years of working there. My concern is about the same of my people that we live in the same complex. But more is about the pedestrians. And I see the traffic now. Now they open the 112. And how it's so difficult to cross, just to walk and pass by the 41st Street. It's terrible. I mean, I'm as an adult, I have to be really, really careful. And after 25 years seeing the kids, I mean, after dismissal, trying to buy and crossing and buy to McDonald's or going just passing by to street, it's really difficult to see them and the buses and all that. My concern is about the children, how they're going to be safe. I mean, having a gas station in one corner and a building in the other one, and Navarro in the middle one, and then the new development that is, I mean, by the way, it's really nice. It's really nice. And believe me, I love my city. It was like Publix, where shopping is a pleasure. Doral is a pleasure to live in. It's really nice. But I mean, I think that is a point where the progress and the development is a conflict with the people that we live here, that we're resident. We're not in any business. We live in the city. And that's what I'm thinking about, the children. how they're going to pass by, how the kids, the middle ones, the kids that are coming from middle school, those groups of children that are going and passing from McDonald's or going to any, now that we have Whole Foods and all the coffees and all the places, it's really difficult to cross, to pass that 112. And 41st is really hectic. The traffic is like you are risking your life every time that you want to pass it by. At afternoons, I try to walk by because it's really nice, but it's really difficult to pass it. My concern, besides all that my neighbors are expressing, is the safety. I don't want to see any accident regarding any children passing by. And that's my concern, having a gas station. How they're going to cross? If I'm an adult, that now there's no gas station there. It's hard for me to pass. And I'm an adult. How are children going to mean that teenagers, they're going to pass that? And there's a school right there. It's a charter school. And the traffic right there is terrible. Well, thank you so much.

Thank you so much. Any additional comments?

Good evening, my name is Jorge Mauricio Salas. I have been a resident of Doral for the last- Address, please. Sorry?

Address for the record.

4267 Northwest, 112th Court, Doral, Florida, 33178. Of my fellows here, residents, we are just concerned with the health issues that can be aroused from the development of the gas station. We understand that the progress is good for everyone, but we're just concerned about the health of our kids, our community. Just a few months ago, the new project for the warehouses in front was finished, and we have been dealing with our own noise. And now with a gas station is not only going to be noise, but health concerns so we really are Against that project and if you can help us out that will be really great.

Thank you All right any other comments or questions All right being no more public comments We will close the public comments portion. And we will hear from our staff and then the applicant.

Okay, so this is a site plan coming forward from Sodeco 41 LLC. It is in a commercial retail plaza, and it is located on 41st Street and is bound by Northwest 114th Avenue and Northwest 112th Avenue to the east and the west. It is approximately seven and a half acres, and it went to workshop in June of 2020. So the surrounding land, it is a vacant land. And it's pretty landscaped. To the north, you have multifamily residential. And to the south, you have office buildings. The east is vacant. And to the west, you have a retail outlet, which is where the current Navarro currently sits. These are the existing views of how it looks currently. And these are the renderings that are going to be on the site. If you can see the site plan at the bottom, we have two anchors. On the west, you have the Navarro with the parking in the back and to the side. On the east side, you have the other anchor, which is going to be the gas station. And in between the two anchors, you have a commercial retail component with multiple shops with parking to the rear of the property. So this was determined by the Doral Master Plan Boulevard, and where it says that you cannot have any parking fronting the Doral Boulevard. So all the parking will be to the back. Along Doral Boulevard, you'll have a 35-foot setback with landscaping and pedestrian path with benches, bike racks, and trash receptacles. This project is in compliance with all of our site plan evaluation standards that are applicable, and based on that, staff is recommending approval of the site plan. With that, I am here to answer any questions that you may have, and I think Melissa is also here.

Thank you, Mr. Margarito. Ms. Tapanis?

Good evening, Madam Mayor, Madam Vice Mayor, Honorable Council Members. My name is Melissa Tapenez with Law Offices at 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami. I do have a presentation. Ms. Diaz, if you'll play it.

Let's see, do I get it? Thank you. Excellent.

Wonderful. Thank you. So the property is seven and a half acres located on Doral Boulevard, just between 112th Avenue and 114th Avenue. I should mention before I get started that I'm joined here by Marcos Puentes with the applicants, our architect, Terry Runyon, our traffic engineer, Natalia Licari, and my colleagues, Rob Alvarez and Tom Robertson. In case we have any specific questions, I'll submit that we have expert witnesses to add to any of the substantial competent evidence in the record. So we're here today seeking site plan approval. This property is vacant. It consists of poor quality wetlands of mostly invasive species. And we're here to request the site plan approval to allow for neighborhood serving commercial land development fully in compliance with the city code. We're pleased to have worked with and collaborated with both the community as well as your professional staff who is recommending in favor of this application. So the criteria for approval of site plans include consistency with the comprehensive plan, compatibility with the surrounding corridor, high quality site design, traffic access, circulation, and very importantly, health, safety, and welfare. The property is designated as business in the land use comprehensive plan, as well as commercial corridor eight-year zoning code, and has the overlay of the Doral Boulevard master plan. These allow for the full mixed-use development, and you can see that the Doral Boulevard context from the Florida Turnpike to our east has your hotel uses, your mixed uses, your commercial uses, as well as gas stations, automotive uses, and, of course, the new bridge industrial site to our south. What we're proposing are neighborhood serving uses, including the relocation of the existing Navarro Pharmacy that is on the south side of Doral Boulevard, as well as about 27,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail storefronts and a Shell gasoline station that will be developed by Sunshine, which is a Doral business. The proposal includes a high-quality design. Specifically, the development includes that 15,000 square foot Navarro, as well as that 27,000 square foot commercial. The convenience store is only 3,000 square feet, and the canopied area of the Shell gas station is is about 7,900 square feet. Very importantly, there is no car wash at the site, and the hours of operation are consistent with that of the Doral Boulevard. The Doral Boulevard Master Plan proposes significant restrictions and encourages urban design along the boulevard. Specifically, this project complies and provides specifically with stuccoed concrete block and horizontal wood slats along the Doral Boulevard to cover the 13 parking spaces. And the remainder is open plazas, both in the central focal courtyard along the commercial storefronts, as well as plazas along 112th Avenue. You can see here that the Doral Boulevard master plan provides for 10 feet of front buffering and we're providing 25 feet. Onto the proposed site plan and specific access and circulation. The Navarro Pharmacy is at the corner of 114th and Doral Boulevard. There is a drive-through with limited hours of operation. So we have placed it on 114th Avenue in order to be part of the open space feature to the rear of the property in the Hock's Nest community. You can see that based on the mayor's and other council members' comments, we have worked with CVS and modified the color scheme of the Navarro Pharmacy to provide for the traditional brand of Bahamian yellow only as an accent feature and to be more compatible with the surrounding Doral Boulevard color schemes. As it relates to the proposed site plan and specifically the 27,000 square feet of new retail storefronts, there is a central courtyard perfect for outdoor dining of food and beverage opportunities. And the Shell gas station notably does not have a car wash. Very important. There is no left in or left out on either 112th Avenue or 114th Avenue. This plan provides for specific 35% open space where only 17% is required. Notably, the commercial corridor zoning district allows for up to six stories of height, 0.5 FAR, as well as 50% lock coverage, and again, only 17% open space. The front setback required is 20 feet. We're providing over 25 feet, and the rear setback minimum is 15 feet, and we're providing not only a 20-foot buffer yard, but we'll show you in detail how our rear setback is from 90 to 140 feet. But before we get there, gas station, I understand that that is a concern of the community, so we have gone through the Miami-Dade County environmental resource management process, specifically appearing before the county's environmental quality control board. And they found that the establishment of the proposed gas station will not be detrimental to the public health, welfare and safety, will not create a nuisance and will not materially increase the level of pollution in the overall county. Specific the conditions for the gas station are those that are consistent with federal, state, and local regulations. The fuel systems will incorporate multiple state-of-the-art safety measures, including double wall tanks and piping, spill containment systems, overfill protection, leak detection, and continuous monitoring. Employees will be required to complete all necessary training to become underground storage Class C operators and maintain certification through the compliance courses. This gas station, as I mentioned, will be developed by Sunshine, which is headquartered here in the city of Doral and OWNS AND OPERATES NUMEROUS GAS STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BEFORE ANY INSTALLATION AND THE OPERATION OF THIS GAS STATION AND SPECIFICALLY THE STORAGE TANKS, THE COUNTY MUST APPROVE ALL ENGINEERING PLANS DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. That, of course, is in addition to the City of Doral Building Department, Miami-Dade County Fire Department, as they review these plans and, of course, enforce these plans into the future. The gas station use is allowed as of right within the zoning district. The property fronts on Northwest 41st Street, which is an arterial roadway. It's designed and constructed in full compliance with the city's fire prevention code. The attendant control area will have clear visibility with... to all pumps with no attraction signs on the windows in compliance with Dural regulations dealing with aesthetics. We're providing over the minimum required parking spaces at the gas station and it meets the minimum building square footage and all applicable land development regulations. We went through both the City of Doral and the Miami-Dade County traffic engineering process. All of the site's four driveway connections are expected to operate at level of service A. The development of this site will continue the city's overall level of service standards. There will be no changes and the queues are generally consistent with all background conditions as they exist today. The projected traffic pattern reflects just the commercial developments designed to serve the immediate neighborhood and passerbys. The pharmacy will provide sufficient on-site stacking for vehicles, and that has been reviewed by both county traffic engineering as well as the city of Doral. As part of our traffic analysis, we've been asked to implement the City of Doral's Master Plan, which provides for notably dedicated right-turn lanes into the property. The site proposes... and is required to provide three, one on 114th Avenue that will be right in, right out only, no left turns. We are also providing an exclusive right turn lane on entering both the Navarro entrance as well as the gas station entrance. And again, the retail storefronts are in the center. I'll go through these in a little bit more detail. We're also relocating the Doral Trolley Stop to 41st Street from 114th Avenue. It will be upgraded with the modern shelter for enhanced transit access and rider convenience. We're also installing special emphasis marked crosswalks to create a pedestrian safety along 112th and 114th Avenues. In addition, we are improving the Doral Boulevard right of way by not only increasing by dedicating private land for those exclusive right turn lanes, but we're also increasing the storage to accommodate more vehicles as they travel eastbound and make lefts at 109th Avenue. The 112th and 114th intersections are fully built out with the exception that the site to our east is currently vacant and we'll be dedicating additional right-of-way just like we are dedicating right-of-way towards 112th Avenue and likely on 41st Street as well. I mentioned the exclusive right-turn lanes. There are three. And we think that this slide is very important as we work to provide the highest quality design and consistent with Doral Aesthetics. We did not build a six-story building with 15 feet of setback. We have planned for a 20-foot buffer yard that will be a dense space. vegetation and trees we'll get into those details but most importantly in extending that 15-foot rear setback we are extending it at the Navarro site to over 90 feet that building is approximately 30 feet to the parapet and along the gas station it is over 140 feet and that height is 19 feet Uh, the buffer yard is over 6,000 square feet of landscape planting areas. Um, we had it proposed as the same treatment as hawks nest, which is a green chain link fence and, um, coco plum shrubs. We are creating a full buffer utilizing buttonwood trees at 14 feet at the time of planting. We were able to be at the Oxnest site and be able to see exactly what that height would be, which is over the one story buildings, which are about 10 to 12 feet. And these are at 14 feet. We're also including as specimen trees for both color and aesthetics queen's crepe myrtle trees as focal points in throughout the buffer yard as well as six foot tall pitch apple trees we understand that there has been some discussion as to a six foot concrete masonry wall or panel system we are open for the council to choose what kind of feature they would like. Our initial discussions were that we would match Hawksnest, but again, we leave that up to the will of the council. Regarding impact fees, this project will generate over $2.1 million in impact fees, notably almost $1.2 million to the Doral Road impact fee specifically. The goal is that in addition to this project not impacting the level of service and creating additional right-of-way improvements and dedicating additional right-of-way for the public road, We are also contributing to the future traffic impact of this project and the other projects along Doral Boulevard through that Doral City Road impact fee. We had the opportunity to meet Mr. Rios at the City of Doral workshop. We followed up with a virtual meeting where we had over 20 residents from Hoxnes. We took their comments. We did our very best to address their concerns and comments. They asked for an in-person meeting, which we had on Monday. It was very hot, their clubhouse, do not have power. So we had a good time by their pool, enjoying a very breezy afternoon. We were able to answer many of their questions and want to continue our relationship as good neighbors, as we're committed to continue to work with them, not only through this entitlement and permitting process, but most importantly, through construction and as we coexist as neighbors. So I did want to mention also the vehicular trips since that was brought up as far as traffic goes. Specifically our project, you can see on the screen the AM and PM vehicle trips. Some mentioned, you know, you could build an office. Well, a medical office at this site is 90,000 square feet versus our site, which is significantly less than that. And you can see that the traffic associated with an office building, even just a couple of fast food restaurants, a coffee shop with a drive-thru, you can see that the traffic is significantly more than than the neighborhood serving retail that the project proposes. And I think that that is all for my presentation. I'm available for any questions, as is our team. And we thank you and the neighbors for meeting with us and continuing to work with us on this project. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Kapanis. All right. I need to ask for ex-parte communication, and then we can open up to questions, comments, and debate.

Yes, and did met with applicant and but it would affect my decision.

Okay Thank you Yes, same expertise won't affect my decision and same here.

Okay. Thank you very much I also had communications not just with the residents but with the applicant and will not affect my the outcome of my decision All right, we can go ahead and open up to any questions or comments from the council at this time. I OK, I have a few, through the mayor. Yes, Council Member Reynoso.

OK, I have a question for the applicant. After listening through to the residents' concerns, I want to address this. I DIDN'T SEE IT THIS WAY WHEN I FIRST MET WITH THE APPLICANT, SO I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS WAS. WE HAVE LOT 1 TO THE WEST AND WE HAVE LOT 3 TO THE EAST. IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED TO PUT THE GAS STATION MORE TOWARDS THE WEST AND MAYBE SWITCH THE NEVARO PROPERTY WITH THE GAS STATION?

There were several thoughts as part of that decision-making. First, the Navarro Pharmacy already exists across the street, so for existing patrons, we wanted to keep it as close as possible. But I think most importantly, the only drive-through associated with the entire site plan is at the Navarro, and you can see through... I can go back to the aerial, just to the north at Hawksnest, that's where you would have, you can see it here, let's see, the Hawksnest has its entrance feature, which includes a stormwater retention pond. And our thought was that the neighbors would prefer to be buffered by the drive-through from in that direction. So that was the choice. I'm just going through the aerials so you can see. I guess you can see it. Best. Right here you can see it. So on 114th Avenue where the Navarro is located, you can see that Hawks Nest has their entrance feature and stormwater retention ponds. So when we were thinking about queuing and having that pharmacy, that made the most sense to us for placement. Also, the Navarro Pharmacy is, as I mentioned, 30 feet tall to the parapet, which is more equivalent to their two-story townhomes, which are usually about 30 to 35 feet. And the gas station is, the Navarro is 90 feet away, whereas the gas station is 140 feet away and is only a 19 foot in height to the canopy. The convenience store is even lower. and only 3,000 square feet. So what we were trying to do was ensure that the least amount of construction and the largest setback would be where the neighbors were, which is at the center of the site, as well as the gas station parcel.

Okay, and then my next question is, let's see. I see the buffer, and that's been intentional to keep. THE MOST DISTANCE APART FROM THE PROPERTY AND THE RESIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A STONE WALL VERSUS THE CHAIN LINK, HEARING THE RESIDENTS TODAY THE SAME. I'M SORRY, THE CONCRETE WALL VERSUS A CHAIN LINK. I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE PRIVACY, MORE PROTECTION TO THEM, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED.

We are open to the council's will and happy to make any of the reasonable concessions, including a six-foot wall. At the location. And we just want to be sure that Hawks Nest understands that they have a chain link fence and our wall will be against it. So we won't be able to maintain necessarily their side of the wall, but we can continue having communications through the process as well as once the property is fully developed to make sure that that wall is maintained on their side as well.

Okay. Mean other than these two questions which again have been brought through our residents, which I appreciate their input I Think the project is is thoughtful towards the community and There are property rights that we need to respect from both parties Those are my questions for now

Thank you. I have some comments, Mayor. Councilwoman Forrest. Thank you. You know, I'm also in agreement with my colleague. Well, first of all, I want to thank the residents. Thank you guys for showing up. Thank you for coming. It takes a lot of courage. It takes a lot of organizing. But obviously, you're showing that you really care about your community. Many of you have been living there over two decades. And so... You know, it's always unfortunate when we have these cases because we're faced with a community that wants to protect their residents and their people, and then you're also dealing with property owners, right? And so the best way to really balance it is what's happening now. And I do want to thank the applicant, Melissa. She's someone I truly do respect. Thank you for having those conversations with the residents and getting their feedback. And that's really the point where we both converge, the residents and the owners. And we try to negotiate. We try to come to an agreement. And I think that, as my colleague Councilman Reynoso mentioned, we heard from you guys right now the two things that were just mentioned. I know that I would be in agreement with making sure that there is a concrete wall. if that's what the residents desire the other thing is as far as the gas station i know that it was taken into consideration and there were a lot of there was an evaluation done on different things but is it still a possibility something that you can consider moving it to the other side where there's there's a lake um it sounds like the residents believe that's where it would have the the least impact, right? Let me see. Yeah, and I mean, it sounds like you're not going to have, the gas station's not going to have a car wash, right? No car wash. Okay, because I think I had heard that previously.

I think they were very concerned about the car wash, but now seeing that it's 140 feet, the concern is moving the Navarro and then having the queuing for the pharmacy at the rear at a lesser setback. We've already gone through the Miami-Dade County Durham process for this site, and we would respectfully ask for it to be preserved at this location since all the fire, county traffic, city traffic is all accommodated for that location.

And just to know, would it be completely detrimental and a big delay to reevaluate that and look at the position of the gas station?

It has been evaluated, and this is the best location for it as it relates to traffic, environmental, as well as the distance from the rear property line.

Okay. Okay. Yeah, I mean, I think those were the two. And again, you know, personally, if I were living there, I would also... want the gas station on the other side as well. Again, I don't know when discussions took place or when the meeting with the residents happened, whether it was before the site plan was done or after. But that would have been something that I would have also suggested as well.

OK. That's all the questions I have.

Councilman Pinedo.

Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I also want to thank the residents because as we just heard, it is important. It is important for you guys to get engaged, to participate. We're talking about your community. It's next door to this property. So the fact that you're here is not only because you care about your community, but you also care about the city as well. So I want to thank you for being here and for raising your voice because at the end of the day, In my case, I always try to do what is best for the residents and for the community as well. To the applicant, thank you so much for your time. I know that we have been discussing these different occasions. Just for more for educational component or learning process, not only for the residents that are here, but overall, Looking at this particular site, can you tell us what other type of project can be built on this particular site other than the one that you're proposing?

Absolutely. As we mentioned in our presentation, what you're allowed to do is 50% law coverage, which is significant, six stories of height, uses all commercial office uses, hotel uses, automotive uses, et cetera.

Reason why I ask you the question, and I have mentioned it to you before, is because, and I want for the residents to understand this as well, when we make these type of decisions, at least in my case, I always try to go with what is going to be the best for the city and for the residents. So obviously having a hotel right behind the property, I will say no. Well, you have the right to do it, but I will say no. but even with this particular project, that I'm 100% satisfied. Of course, I like always to listen to the residents, and I have to say no, but I'm always going to look for the best interest of the city and the residents as well. So my point, especially to the residents that are here, is that know that this particular proposal or site plan that you're looking at so far is the best that we can have for this particular section. Again, that I like it 100%, you know, I mean, I'm honest. It's not. I mean, it's not 100%. But it's going to be the best of what we have so far, especially in that particular area. The concerns that the residents have, And I agree with Councilwoman Reynoso as well. If the wall is something that they ask for, I know you already say yes. So absolutely, I'll be in favor of that. But I think it's important to understand, even if we say no, and I'm going to ask this to my city attorney, even if we say no to the gas station as part of this project, what will be the consequences?

through the mayor councilman the issue is the applicant has a property right and to be able to build whatever the area is zoned for and as she stated they can build a hotel they can build an office building six feet they can build entertainment establishments and they can build a whole host it's within our commercial corridor section of the city so if we were to decide today that a hard no on the gas then we might be exposing the city to some litigation. Why? Because that gas station produces a certain amount of money. It's a certain use. That is a benefit to the landowner. And by us saying no, then that could be perceived as a possible taking of their rights on the property. Of course, we would defend that vigorously, but it could happen.

Thank you. And again, the reason why I ask is- You know I like sparring with you, Lorenzo. But the reason why I ask these questions is especially for the residents to understand when we make or when I make a decision is based on what is actually best for us as a city overall. I mean, I don't take it slightly. I obviously always like to listen from legal. But again, out of all the options, certainly this is the one that it makes sense. Let's put it that way. Now, I just want to clarify a few points that were actually brought up because since we have the residents here. When we speak about our children, and I heard about the school across the street, right now we have, finally we have traffic lights at 112, 109. We didn't have traffic lights before in those particular sections. When we speak about safety, We have our police officers here. We have a great police department, by the way. We have the lowest crime rate in Miami-Dade County as a city. So we should be proud of our police department, which I know we are. But I just want to leave it on the record because these are things that sometimes are not actually mentioned when we talk about safety, for example. Traffic, it's a reality that we're all facing. Unfortunately, we have, well, unfortunately for some, fortunately for businesses, we have over 120,000 vehicles Monday through Friday coming, passing the route, coming to work. So we have a lot of cars Monday through Friday that obviously having this particular project or adding this project to the route boulevard, This point is not going to make any other difference since we already have 120,000 vehicles coming into the city every day. The city is growing. I mean, we're thinking about the city, the future. We're thinking about our children when we make, at least as a father, when I make these decisions. And when we speak about quality of life, I certainly rather to have something like this than a hotel or a medical building right behind this community. So I just wanted to mention those comments. And I also heard about rats behind one of the shopping centers if that happens now that we know I'm sure the city manager heard that so code compliance will be there tomorrow morning I guess Because I hope that's not the case, by the way, because we take this very seriously. But I want to, again, and to conclude my comments, I just want to make sure the residents understand that when we make these decisions is thinking about everything that was mentioned, quality of life, traffic, safety, and certainly the future of our city. So I just want to thank the residents once again. The applicant, thank you for listening to the residents. And hopefully this is something that it will move forward with the residents' satisfaction. And again, it's not going to be 100%. In my case, it's not 100%. I'm sure in your case, it's not going to be 100%. But hopefully we can make it happen. Thank you.

Thank you. If I may, thank you for the presentation and for explaining the changes that you have implemented after meeting with the residents and also Reflecting that only 40% compared to the 50% that is the maximum that can be permit by code and also the setback on the property. I do also understand as a resident and I know many of them for many years that they lived there for over two decades. that it will be a great impact for them, an area that has been vacant for so many years and an area that is going to turn from being an empty lot into a commercial one. And I also understand that many of them rather, even though you explained about the impact of having something residential, they're having something commercial moving along the day and part of the night too. That for them that is a disruption for what they already have or having a residential there I Really would like to see but you explained already that it cannot be on having it set on the other side because that area I know the area very well. So having on the other side, just for them to the traffic coming in and out from the community will make a difference. So that's the part that I'm disappointed that it cannot be accomplished because that will make a less impact on them at a time that they are going to return or coming out from their communities, their community during the day. So that's all that I have to say really about the project. I do understand the rights that it has, but I also understand the impact on the day-to-day and the quality of life of them as a resident of the city for over two decades before the city was even incorporated.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. So thank you. So I have a couple of comments and questions. And first, I also want to thank the residents for coming out and for I actually joined the first Zoom meeting that you all had. I was there for a little while because I had something to get to as well and heard some of it and just wanted to hear the concerns from the residents. I did respond to the emails that I received, and I actually responded to all of you that signed the petition today. And so I thank you for your involvement and your input. I think it's really valid when we have the opportunity to listen to it. I also want to put on the record that as elected officials, we have a responsibility to protect the interests and quality of life of our residents, while also respecting the legal property rights of those who own and develop land in our city. The council cannot deny or otherwise permitted uses solely because there's opposition to it. Actually, there's laws that completely protect us, protect the landowners from that. At the same time, a property owner's rights to develop does not exempt them or a project from the city's requirements or from rigorous standards intended to protect the surrounding communities and I believe that that's what our code does and so I want to address some of those comments because I heard them here today and so I have many notes and questions that I'd like to ask and I am gonna ask to go back to the site plan for a second and I heard the comments and concerns of where the gas station is located and I know that the request has already been made to potentially look at the Changes to that and I know it's very late to do that at this point this project before getting here has to go through several departments state especially when you're talking about a gas station and building You know things that have a lot of oversight because there is state federal and local agencies that will look at the compliance for something like a gas station. So I think it is unreasonable at this time to go back and say, redo your entire site plan. I also understand the process that's put into place when looking at a site plan and the best way to meet concurrencies and circulation of the property and all of that. And so I'd like to go back to the site plan to point out a couple of things and see if there's any abilities to, if there's room for improvement. that we look at those and addressing some of those concerns.

If I may, one thing about the gas station location is that, as was mentioned, the 114th is the main entrance to Hawks Nest. So the idea that anybody would want a gas station at their main entrance just seems a little irrational.

Yes, and I want to also ask, because I didn't see it when I saw the... The photo with the hawk's nest and the site plan, is there an exit of hawk's nest on 112th?

Yes, that's the secondary.

Is there an entrance there as well?

Yes, that's the secondary, the main entrance, correct. So the idea being that a gas station wouldn't be at the main entrance where they have their landscape.

So I'm assuming one of the main reasons this was considered after listening to some of the input that you made and that your experts look at when developing a site plan is the line of sight of the building for the pharmacy for Navarro is higher. than the gas station. So if we're concerned about building and from second stories, trees being higher so that you can see, putting a higher line of sight on an area that doesn't have homes directly behind it where there's a water and a buffer makes sense to the experts and to the engineers, which is what they've done. They put your highest line of sight on the section that doesn't have a direct line of sight from your second homes. So I understand that coming from the architects and the engineers that are looking. And we look at that, too, when staff is looking at that, when they are developing this. By the way, just to understand this process, While they're going to Miami-Dade and State and all these things that have to get done for these approvals, Durham, it's also going through our departments. And it goes back and forth with comments to make sure that they're meeting our Master Doral Boulevard plan, that they're meeting our codes, our setbacks, which I'm grateful that your setbacks are triple what were required by code. I think that that's very intentional, because you want to be good neighbors. Now, understanding that this will have a drive-through, as the Navarro will, I'd like to understand where that drive-through goes through. And can you explain to me the flow of traffic for the property? Because I think that also makes a big point to why the Navarro is where it is and the gas station is where it is. Because the connectivity is also important for that flow and the stacking.

Absolutely. So you can see here the traffic improvements. There is an exclusive right turn lane into the Navarro pharmacy from the rear that's only right in, right out, as well as the entrance, the exclusive right turn that's marked as number two, where anyone coming westbound on 41st Street would enter the Navarro site. At that entrance is where they would enter Going through the site. So the, um, actual drive through area is to the rear of that site. So it goes from right to, into the site. So right in from 114th out through, um, the, um, westbound.

So the stacking for the drive-through, which is on the rear, on the Navarro, correct? Yes. Can you zoom in on the Navarro one? I'm going to zoom in. Yeah, I've got a better one. Sorry, that was the gas station. That one. There we go. So the stacking comes from the east to west. Correct. And then they go back out and there's only right turn. Correct. So if you were to do that on the other side, You would have the problem. Exactly. Of the stacking. And the queuing. Over, right. And the queuing onto 112. Arguably, yes.

So I. Internalize the site.

Engineering wise, I think it would be very difficult unless you were like to stick it in the middle of the property, which would really disrupt.

Right. The goal is for the Navarro and the gas station to anchor the 27,000 square feet of food, beverage, neighborhood style uses. And that central courtyard is intended to be the outdoor dining associated with those food and beverage. And I can...

to this site so you can see that there i i did want to mention also just as we're on the topic here there was comments and concerns about you know noise and odors and all these things i want to you know reiterate that we have protections of quality of life for all of you on that we have current code that protects for noise if there's we actually have even code that doesn't allow for um dump trucks to come into residential areas to pick up trash at certain hours so you don't hear the beeping of the trucks to back up into your areas at certain times. So all of those things are already built into our code to protect quality of life for our residents. So understand that there is protections built in that if you run into these issues, you can call code compliance, and they will be enforced. I want to point out that just down the street, and look, We see this all the time, two gas stations in one corner, right? So I understand the theory of, why is there another gas station there? I can't answer. I don't own a gas station. I can only imagine the competition and so on and so forth. And so to my understanding, the operator of this is Sunshine Gas, which is not only a local resident. The family lives in Doral, but they own several properties in Doral. They operate most of the gas stations in Doral and their headquarters in Doral. So I know they will be thoughtful you know, operators, and they're not going to want to cause issues. So I'm glad that there's no car wash. And I want to point out that there's no anticipated future car washes being put. And I'd like to make sure that that's stated here because we did have a situation down the road where the gas station that was there later came and added a car wash, And the residents behind were very concerned that there would be noise. And we have had no noise complaints from them. I also want to point out there's a very similar situation in that lot. And I actually sent you all an email today with my own little site plan. I'm not an engineer, but I drew up my own little site plan and showed you all. that this is very consistent. It's not only consistent throughout the counties, consistent throughout our city, may not be what we absolutely love and think that is the best solution. And I understand some of us may not want to live near a gas station, but we already have this exact situation. So there's precedent set that a gas station is consistent near a residential community. As a matter of fact, the residential community that is behind the gas station is an apartment complex. So it's actually taller than what your homes are. We've never had complaints, to my understanding, for noise. They operate a car wash. And they're actually much closer. They have a much smaller setback than what they are proposing here. for you all. And they don't have the buffering that you all have. So I don't think it's going to be as much of a nuisance as you're anticipating. I understand living by an area that was not developed for a very long time, we would all love. I miss the cows. Truly, I do. But we have to understand that it's just the progress, the natural progress and progression of our city. So it's very difficult for us to deny the progress that Doral is experiencing. We can do our best to protect the quality of life by enhancing our comprehensive plan, which is what you saw us do earlier today that's going back to the state and continuing to make sure Doral evolves to be the place and protect its natural characteristics in our neighborhoods, which I think we've done very well. So, you know, when I met with the applicant, I did see a lot of the intention put behind this and making sure by putting mature vegetation. You don't see that from developers. They don't put mature vegetation. They put the bare minimum many times. So I do think that there was a lot of thought. And I do want to thank the developers for that. And they took back a lot of our feedback, understanding that you're going from a very from a vacant land. to a development. But I think you'll be pleased to see that it won't be as harsh as it may seem. At the same time, understanding that there will be a difference and there will be an impact to the communities. And so I want to make sure all concurrences have been met with traffic. When we look at traffic, it's not just what's captured on site. They also look at the surrounding properties. And that's why you see off-site improvements, not in front of their development, but down the road. Can you talk a little bit about the concurrences and the traffic studies?

I have our traffic engineer. She's here.

Natalia Cari with Bowman. So when we do the traffic studies, they were required to go out there and collect the existing traffic that's on the road. And so for this particular project, we looked at all the intersections all the way from the Turnpike to 107. So we go out there, we collect existing counts, the worst times of the day. So you're collecting in the morning rush hour when everyone goes to work, when the kids go to school. We collect it in the midday and in the afternoon when the most traffic is on the road. And to answer one of the resident questions, we did include all the committed developments that are in the surrounding area. So it included Bridgepoint, which is across from us, and four or five other developments that are not yet built, but that have been approved by the city. So all of that gets included in our study, and then we add our project on top of that, and we look at all those intersections.

And this also includes the improvements for pedestrian crosswalks. Correct. I heard earlier there's concerns. This is now a vacant land that will have not only sidewalk built, so it creates connectivity. And there is now ability to walk safer, but it will include crosswalks.

It will include, by requirement by the city of Dralia and Miami-Dade County, special emphasis crosswalks across our driveways. And I believe at 112 and 114, or 112, Bridge Point is already upgrading that entire intersection, if not already, with special emphasis crosswalks and countdown.

And those crosswalks have the, where you can push for walking, and it'll have?

At the signalized intersection, yes. At the driveways, where it's unsignalized.

Right, not the driveways, but I think the concern was the crossing of 41st Street. Yes, of course.

All of that is updated when they're updating 112 through, now with Bridge Point. Right.

OK. So that is, and if our staff wants to, address this concern as well. We also look at the traffic analysis, right? Our team looks at, our public works look at the traffic analysis. We don't just take the applicant's traffic studies word for it. We also take a look at the impacts from going from a vacant land to going to its uses and... Yeah, absolutely.

So it goes through county traffic and then we have our own analysis within the city to determine whether or not it is viable for the city's purposes. There are comments that come back. We send the comments to the applicant, and the applicant addresses the comments that the city has, if any. So it's analyzed in the county and in the city.

Okay. Perfect. I'm going through some of my notes because there was a lot of comments put, and so I want to make sure we address everything that the residents have stated. I'll go back just real quick before I close to things, to the health concerns, right? The gas stations would not be allowed in a residential area if the transmissions, and I understand that there's particles and things that are transmitted when there's gas. It's the same as our cell phones. We know our cell phones have radiation, and we still use them. We don't get rid of them. Our microwaves, we don't stop using microwaves because we know that there's radiation. And we're all impacted in different ways and impacts our lives. However, there is certain EPA standards. And if those standards are met and the safety measures are implemented, there is no opposition that can be stated for a legal sufficient argument that a gas station would not be allowed. Correct?

Yes, correct.

OK. Have the residents put any legal sufficient evidence on the record that you feel that we would be able to?

I mean, the resident's testimony is something you need to weigh in conjunction with the presentation, everything that you've heard. There's nothing they've cited that would make me give the opinion that this is something we need to reconsider that is imminent danger to the health safety of the residents of Durrell.

So to our staff that has recommended for approval, the applicant has met all legal requirements, concurrencies, and code requirements for our land use and comprehensive plan within its zoning and land use rights.

That is correct, Mayor.

OK. All my questions have been answered. Again, I want to thank the residents for coming out. I know it takes a lot to be out here and discussing. I know we all care about the community. I live right down the street. So we want to make sure that the best is being done for our community. And we try and work with these applicants as best as possible. And I want to thank them because they did incorporate the comments that I made in concerns to the property. And I do think that it has been done with all the thought process. It was not trying to shove sardines in a sardine can. There's a lot of open space, extra parking, which we are always concerned about. And there's always a push and a shove there with the developments, sufficient setbacks, and landscaping. So with all that in mind, I'm satisfied with the responses and also the residents' concerns. I'm in favor of the law if that is the will of the council, which I think we're all in favor of that. I believe our code prohibit a, do you need something from us in addition to be able to allow the six-foot wall?

So you can go up to eight feet in the district between the buffers. So if Melissa wants to proffer specific footage right now to proffer on the record.

Are we okay with six feet? Do we want eight feet? Are we okay with, you want taller? Mm-hmm. So can we go to eight feet?

I would recommend six feet because when the site currently is undeveloped, so it will be filled because it's all invasive wetlands. So my concern is you're going to have a very tall wall. And what they have today is, I would say, like a four, five foot chain link fence with, I think, six foot pillars on their side. So an eight foot fence would be double in May. not be as aesthetically pleasing as they may think. So I would suggest a six-foot fence because once we elevate our site, that will be... Do you think your elevation is going to be two feet, three feet once you fill? Four feet, we're being told. Huh? I'm being told four feet. Four feet? Four feet? Okay. So I just think that we should be careful with that.

So we'll stay with six feet. Okay, I'm okay with the wall, with the concrete wall. the residents are OK and understand what that is. Absolutely. So the trees that they're putting are mature trees, and they have to grow. You're not going to get full 20-foot trees. That's impossible. But you will get, I think, plenty of buffer. and vegetation, and then the trees will grow. And we don't allow them to have dead trees on their property. We will come and find them for that. So don't worry. The trees will survive, and they will grow, and the city makes sure of that. Yes, yeah, we have an arborist.

And also the other change from what was submitted is the change to the elevation of the Navarro to incorporate the Bahamian yellow just as accents. So if that's okay for modification on the record, that would be wonderful.

We'll memorialize that. All right, thank you very much. Again, I'm satisfied with the responses. I think that we have been able to, as much as possible, come to a consensus and place of understanding. and I know you all will be happy Navarro shoppers. No. Oh, I wish. They're long gone. Okay.

Maybe a small independent bookshop in those 27,000. Maybe a small independent bookshop in the retail.

Yes, we're hopeful for that. All books and books. Okay. So, and again, we don't engage in the back and forth debate, so if some of you felt that you came up and we didn't respond, understand it's our practice and policy not to go back and forth in that because it just opens up the door to a lot, so. We don't conduct in that. But thank you very much for being here once again. And I know we can't always make everybody happy, but we do our best to try and listen to our residents and comply within the law. We do sit as a quasi-judicial board up here. So thank you. All right. I need a motion to approve. A motion. But I have a comment. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso and your

Thank you. And also, one of the conversations that I was having with the applicant's council was about our children. I wanted to make sure that the property was safe for them. And they did tell me that they did consider 41st and having ample space between 41st and the property. I'm a mother of three, and that's imperative. I mean, all of us, all of us care about that. So that was part of my conversations with them. SO THEY DID TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IS GOING TO VISIT THAT AREA. I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID AS FAR AS LOOKING INTO WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE LEAST IMPACT TO YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOUR COMMUNITY IS OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF YOU. SO I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS TODAY. I REALLY DID TAKE IT TO HEART. IT DID OPEN ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE FOR ME AS WELL AND I HOPE THAT I did a good job representing the needs and the questions that you had today. And I believe the applicant's counsel is very professional. She's been doing this for a very, very long time. She is an adversary. And I know that she takes into consideration, their team takes into consideration the community that we represent and the needs of the community in balance with their client. So I appreciate everybody that came out today. So thank you.

All right. And we have a motion to approve. We need a second. Second. Seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve by Councilman Reynoso. Seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Councilman Reynoso.

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo. Yes. Councilman Porras. Yes. Vice Mayor Cabral. No. Mayor Fraga. Yes. Motion passes.

All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. We move on to the next item.

Next item, item 20D, a resolution of the Mayor and the City Council of the City Council. A resolution of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving a site plan modification for Royal Atlantic Realty, Inc., located at 2020 Northwest 89th Place in the City of Doral, Florida, pursuant to Section 53-184F of the City's Land Development Code and providing for an effective date.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and open up public hearing. Public hearing is now open for item 20D, 26-6694. Anyone who would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. OK, being no comments, the public comments is now closed. Madam Clerk, like the record reflects, no one has chosen to speak at this time. And we will take any ex parte communication before we hear from the staff. Any ex parte communication on this one? OK, being none, go ahead. Thank you.

Okay, so this is Royal Atlantic Realty, Inc. They are coming for an industrial warehouse site plan modification. It is located at 2020 Northwest 89th Place, close proximity to the Finger Lakes. It's approximately total acreage of 2.3 acres. The entire area is surrounded by industrial future land use categories and zoning districts. These are the existing conditions. If you see the top right picture, on the right, you'll have the existing warehouses. And to the west of that, you see the existing three-story office building that they are proposing to demolish and replace by expanding the warehouses into the office space. Here is the site plan. As I said, that three-story office building will be demolished. It was developed in 1985, and it's going to be redeveloped by more warehouses totaling 17,000 approximately square feet. You'll have 41 parking spaces, and it'll be a modern look. This is the landscape plan. You'll see it's surrounded by trees and shrubs. Here are the elevations. These are the renderings of the proposed site. It complies with all of our site plan evaluation standards that are applicable. And based on that, staff recommends that you approve the modification of the site plan. If you have any questions, I'm here to answer anything. And Joe is also here for any questions that you may have.

Thank you, Mr. Margarito. Do we need to hear from the applicant?

No, Madam Mayor, we agree. Just one correction. That building has been demolished. The office yeah, so it was just I guess in between but the proposed construction is new construction on what is currently vacant.

Okay? Thank you very much. I need a motion to approve motion to approve by councilman Pinedo second by councilwoman Reynoso All right, madam clerk Motion to approve made by councilman Pinedo seconded by councilman Reynoso councilman Pinedo.

Yes, councilman Reynoso Yes, councilman Porras, vice mayor Carvalho. Yes, mayor Fraga. Yes motion passes.

All right, thank you very much. We'll move on to the next item, going to first reading.

First reading, ordinance number 202618, Fourth Amendment to Downtown Doral MDA and Pattern Book. An ordinance of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving the Fourth Amendment to the Downtown Doral Master Development Agreement, modifications to the Downtown Doral Urban Regulations Pattern Book, providing for recordation, implementation, sorority conflicts, and an effective date.

All right, thank you very much. I'm going to go ahead and open up to public comments for this item, 20E, also known as 26-6698. Anyone who has any comments, please approach the podium. OK, being done, public comments now closed. And I will take any ex parte communication. I did meet with the applicants for a brief discussion. It will not affect my decision. All right, Mr. Margarito.

So we don't have a presentation for this one. I'll just explain what the modifications of the MDA are. As the mayor mentioned, this is the fourth modification of the MDA. The first thing the modification does is reallocate the square footage that is allotted throughout downtown Doral. Specifically, it's removing 100,000 square feet from the retail, allocation and it is being granted to the new hotel use so that's going to generate about 213 rooms so there's not an increase in square footage it's just like I said a reallocation of what was already approved additionally the height that you are allowed to build in downtown Doral is being changed currently the city has matched the Miami-Dade County standards of height Recently, Miami-Dade County shifted its standard to match what the FAA standard is. So we are moving to the new FAA standard, which is going to match Miami-Dade County's. The other thing that the amendment does is it caps the total dwelling unit allotment that you are allowed to have to 35 units an acre. So they will not be, that's where they're capped at. So you can't go above or below that number. And the last thing it does is amends the pattern book. The pattern book never contemplated single family homes within the downtown Doral area. You have a new development here that has single family homes. And the pattern book will now have design criteria for single family homes. Other than that, unless I missed anything, that is the amendment. OK. And Joe is here if you have any questions.

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve by Councilwoman Cabron. Second. Second by Councilman Pinedo. Is there any other additional questions, comments? No. Well, mine were addressed when we talked, so OK.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202618 on first reading made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Councilman Porras?

Yes.

Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes.

All right. We're going to hear item 20Q now since we moved it.

Item 20Q, second reading, ordinance number 202607, Vacation of Street La Jolla. An ordinance of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving a public right-of-way vacation of Northwest 52nd Terrace in downtown Doral, adjacent to the properties with folio numbers 3530220180010, 3530220180020, 3530220180030, and 3530220180040. for the proposed housing development named La Jolla, authorizing the city managers to execute any necessary documents for this provision upon approval of a second reading by the city council, providing for implementation and providing for an effective date. This was approved on first reading on April 8th.

OK. I'm opening up public comments for item 20Q, also known as 26-6570. Anyone who would like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. Comments now closed on this item and we will hear from staff or a second reading a second meeting Yes, we did we have no changes between first and second we The applicant received all the approvals they needed to from the county and their process, so we're good Yeah, all right motions of proof motion to approve by councilman Cabral second second by councilman Pineda Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202607 on second reading, made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes. Councilman Porras? Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you very much. We'll go back now to item 20F.

20F, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-19, AMRA, TUNA INVESTMENT LLC REZONING. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE STATE OF RIDDLE, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FROM INDUSTRIAL I TO CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL C STATE FOR PLUS OR MINUS 1.5 ACRES FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2500 NORTHWEST 107TH AVENUE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM 20F, ALSO KNOWN AS 26-6703. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODI Being none, public comments now closed. And I will take any ex parte communication. All right. I don't believe there's been any. Mr. , the floor is yours.

So this is Emery Tuna Investment. It's a rezoning. The property is located on 107th Avenue. It's approximately 1.5 acres. They are looking to rezone from industrial to corridor commercial. A quick background. When the city incorporated in 2003, the city adopted Miami-Dade County's zoning and future land use maps. When this city created its own future land use map and zoning code, the original zoning and future land use were incompatible with the two, that being business and industrial. In our code, those are incompatible uses. So we are here to correct that, to Rezone the property so it's compatible with your comprehensive plan The site like I said is business the zoning district is industrial To the north you have business and industrial as well And to the south it is not within the city limits. These are the existing views of what is there now the rezoning is to corridor commercial from industrial to It's a permitted use for what is used currently so they can continue operating with no issues. This is just a cleanup for the city to be compatible with one another. The land use designation, like I said, is business. And based on this, staff recommends to right the wrong that is currently being done and approve the rezoning to corridor commercial. And the applicant is here if you have any questions.

I just want to clarify that there's no proposed development or anything. This was just a correction on the compatible uses within the area.

Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral.

Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. If there's no additional comments or questions, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202619 on first reading made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Reynoso. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Reynoso? Yes. Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Porras? Yes. Mayor Fraga?

Yes. Motion passes. All right. We're now going to go to item 20H since we've already exhausted 20Q.

20H, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-21, RESTATING AND REAFFIRMING REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 20-23-15. AND ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DORAL, FLORIDA, REAFFIRMING AND RESTATING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20-23-15, PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS REGARDING PENALTY LITIGATION CONCERNING THE RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20-23-15, REAFFIRMING THE CITY'S POSITION THAT THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR REDUCTED OFFICIALS WAS CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER ACTIVE UPON ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20-23-15, AFFIRMING THE REPEAL OF OR Affirming the repeal of Article 9 retirement system for elected officials of Chapter 2 of the City of Doral Code of Ordinances, providing for stability, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict, and providing for an effective date.

All right. I'm going to go ahead and open up public comments for item 28, or also known as 26-6724. Anyone would like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. SHOWING NO INTEREST. WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL HEAR FROM STAFF OR I THINK IT'S LEGAL THAT WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM. YES, MAYOR.

MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL. SO BACK IN 2023, THE COUNCIL REPEALED A PENSION PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED THROUGH an ordinance established in 2021. That repeal was subsequently subject of litigation, which is currently before the third DCA on a rehearing. The purpose for this is just to make sure that there's no... doubt that in 2023 when that uh 2021 ordinance that pension program was repealed it was repealed uh properly uh and so it's just reaffirming that uh there was a question of whether its application was retroactive or not but regardless of its retroactive applicability what this is stating that on 2023 as of that date the pension program no longer exists in the city of dura as it relates to its elected officials

Okay. All right. Is there any comments or questions? I have a quick question, Mary. Yes. Councilwoman, I'm sorry, Councilwoman Porras.

Yeah, I just want to confirm that there will not be anyone that's going to receive the pension moving forward, even if, you know, they acquire the age required under the original pension because they were just not vested. I just wanted to confirm that this, that's it.

Yeah, through the Mayor, Councilwoman, that is correct. The pension program as of 2023 was no longer in existence, so there's no one that can benefit from it.

Okay, thank you. Okay, perfect.

All right, I need a motion. Motion to approve by Councilman Reynoso, second by Councilman Pinero. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202621 on first reading made by Councilman Reynoso, seconded by Councilman Pinero. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes. Councilman Pinero?

Yes. Councilman Porras?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Cabral?

No.

Mayor Fraga? Yes.

Motion passes.

All right. Move on to the next item. Oh, so for now, these items. So everyone follows along. 20i to 20n will be under one presentation, as they are all related. We will incorporate all the comments that will be made under 20i from the first reading since the second reading into the record. The first reading was on June 10th, so we'll have a brief... presentation from you all, if there's any, or just let us know if there's been any changes, and then we will take up the item and open up public comments. Let me open up public hearing first. Let me open up public hearing for item 20I, also known as 26-6615. Anyone that would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium.

Can I read it into the record?

Yes, sorry.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 20-2609 GRAYSTAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GERALD FORD AMENDING THE CITY OF GERALD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT BY CREATING THE MALL MIX USE MMU FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION ESTABLISHING PURPOSE AND INTENT APPLICABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS FOR REGIONAL SHOPPING MALL PROPERTIES 15 ACRES OR GREATER CURRENTLY DESIGNATED FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS BUSINESS AND PROVIDING FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN QUALIFYING DEVELOPMENTS. Authorizing the transmittal of the text amendment adoption package to the state land planning agency and other required governmental reviewing agencies Pursuant to the provisions of section 1 6 3 3 1 8 4 Florida statutes providing for conflicts of ability authorization and adoption an effective date This was approved on first reading on June 10.

Okay public comments are open for item 20 I 26-6 6 1 5 anyone who would like to speak please approach the podium Okay being none public comments is now closed and And we will take any ex parte communications. I did have some communications with the applicant. Nothing that will affect my decision. Is there any other one? OK. Mr. Magrillo, do you want to put anything on the record? Any changes from first to second?

The only change that we made was to the land development code for all the items. I'll just put it on the record now. It is that we defined what open space is. We said that there is a minimum of 20% open space, and then of that 20% open space, 15% of that has to be dedicated to landscape. That's the only change that we made within the land development code creation between first and second reading. Other than that, all the items remain the same.

Okay. Is there any comments or questions for the applicants at this time?

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral. Thank you. Second by Councilman Pinedo. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 20-26-09 on second reading made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Porras? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes.

All right. Move on to item 20J. Madam Clerk, please read it into the record.

Item 20J, Ordinance Number 202610, Gray Star LEC Text Amendment. An ordinance of the name of the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida amending Chapter 68, Land Uses and Zoning District, Article 5, Mixed-Use Districts of the City of Doral Land Development Code by creating a Division VI Mall Mixed-Use District, MMU Zoning District, establishing a purpose and intent, applicability, permitted and prohibited uses, development standards, assigned criteria, and development review procedures for regional shopping mall properties 15 acres or greater, providing for the integration of residential units within qualifying developments. Providing for incorporation until an available code so variability conflicts and an effective date.

This was approved on first reading on June 10th Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and open up for public comments on 20 J also knows 26-6 6 1 6 again all comments from the first Reading on June 10th will be incorporated into the record Showing no interest public comments is now closed and And we will take any ex parte communication. Again, I did have some communication with the applicant, and it will not affect my decision.

Motion.

Motion approved by Councilwoman Reynoso, second by Vice Mayor Cabral. There's no additional comments or questions. Again, I don't believe there's been any changes other than what has been put onto the record. Madam Clerk.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202610 on second reading, made by Council Member Reynoso, seconded by Vice Mayor Cabral. Council Member Reynoso?

Yes.

Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Council Member Borras? Yes. Council Member Pinedo? Yes. Mayor Fraga?

Yes.

Motion passes.

Can we move on to item 20K?

20K, ordinance number 202611, Gray Star Flum Amendment. An ordinance of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving a small-scale land use amendment to the City of Doral Comprehensive Plan to change the use of designation from Business B to Mall Mix Use MMU for plus or minus 25.61 acres for the property legitimately located at 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue and 1603 Northwest 107th Avenue, providing for incorporational recitals, severability conflicts, and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10th.

OK, I'm going to go ahead and open up public comments for item 20K, also known as 26-6617. Anyone like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. Seeing none, public comments is now closed, and we will take any ex parte communication. Again, I did have communication with the applicant, and it will not affect my decision. Motion motion to approve a second right now so second by vice mayor Cabral all comments will be Incorporated into the record from the June 10th council meeting Madam clerk, please call the roll motion to approve ordinance number 20 26 11 on second reading made by councilman Reynoso seconded by vice mayor Cabral councilman Reynoso Yes vice mayor Cabral.

Yes councilman porras. Yes councilman Pinedo. Yes.

Yes motion passes.

All right next item madam clerk 20l ordinance number 20 26 12 gray star rezoning An ordinance of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving an amendment to the city's official zoning map from Corridor Commercial District CC to Mall Mix Use MMU for plus or minus 25.61 acres for the property generally located at 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue and 1603 Northwest 107th Avenue, providing for incorporation of recitals, survivability complex, and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10th.

All right. We're going to go ahead and open up public comments. Public comments not open for item 20L, also known as 26-6618. Anyone would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. BEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED, AND I'LL TAKE ANY EXPERT TAKE COMMUNICATION. SAME AS LAST ITEM, PUT IT ON THE RECORD. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGES. SAME COMMENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED FROM FIRST READING. NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR CABRAL. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PINEDO. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 202612 ON SECOND READING MADE BY VICE MAYOR CABRAL SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PINEDO VICE MAYOR CABRAL YES COUNCILMAN PINEDO YES COUNCILMAN REGNOSO YES COUNCILMAN PORRAS YES MAYOR FRAGA YES MOTION PASSES ALL RIGHT NEXT ITEM MADAM TRUK MADAM 20M ORDINANCE NUMBER 202614 GRAYSTAR INTERNATIONAL MALL DRI MODIFICATION AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF DURAL FLORIDA APPROVING A MODIFICATION TO THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL MALL CONSOLIDATED DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT DRI DEVELOPMENT ORDER to allow residential development within certain parcels of the DRI, totaling approximately 25.612 acres for the property generally located at 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue and 1603 Northwest 107th Avenue. Finding that such change does not require review pursuant to Section 380.06 Florida statutes, providing for findings of fact and conclusions of law and providing for an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10th.

All right. I'm going to open up public comments for item 20M, also known as 26-6620. Anyone who would like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. OK, being none, public comments is now closed. And we'll take any ex parte communications. I did have the same communications, and it's not affecting my decision.

I have an amendment to the ordinance, Mayor. Section 7 should read as follows. Effective date, this ordinance shall become effective as provided by law, provided that ordinance numbers 2026-09, 2026-10, 2026-11, 2026-12, and 2026-15 become effective. In the event of any of the foregoing ordinances do not become effective, the ordinance shall be deemed null and void and no further force or effect. So you should approve that as amended.

Okay. I need a motion to approve as amended. As amended. Okay, motion to approve as amended by Vice Mayor Cabral, second by Councilman Pinedo. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202614 as amended on second reading, made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes. Councilman Porras?

Yes.

Mayor Fraga?

Yes.

Motion passes.

Okay, Madam Clerk, 20 in. And Nicole.

20N, ORDINANCE NUMBER 20-26-15, GRAYSTON INTERNATIONAL MALL MDA. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GERALD FORD APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH EWE RETAIL 2 LTD, JCP INTERNATIONAL 1 LLC AND WEST STATE COUNTY ASSOCIATES FOR A CONCEPTIONAL MASTER SITE PLAN FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL MALL CONSOLIDATED DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT DRE. Limited to certain parcels totaling approximately 25.612 acres of the property generally located at 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue and 1603 Northwest 107th Avenue in the mall mixed use on MMU. Providing for incorporation recitals and providing for an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10th.

Okay. Opening up public comments for item 20N, also known as 26-6621. Anyone who would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. Don't all get up on one time. Being none, public comments is now closed. And I'll take any ex parte communication. Again, I had communications with the applicant. It will not affect my decision. And all comments from the first section of the first reading will be incorporated into this item. Mr. Margarita, I do believe you have comments on the NDA.

So you're getting the updated NDA. So we kept the red line version of it so you can see the changes that have been made. And I do have an amendment to the ordinance. SECTION 3 SHOULD BE STRICKEN IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACED AS FOLLOWED. SECTION 3 SHALL READ EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SHALL ONLY BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON MUTUAL EXECUTION BY THE CITY DEVELOPER AND WEST AIDE AND PROPER RECORDATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PURSUANT to Section 163.3239. For other statutes provided, the ordinance numbers 2026-09, 2026-10, 2026-11, 2026-12, 2026-14 become effective. And as provided herein, within 30 days of the adoption of this ordinance, the applicant shall deliver to the city clerk and the city attorney in recordable form the fully executed development agreement for recreation of the public records of Miami-Dade County, Florida at the applicant's expense. Failure to provide the fully executed development agreement at the time frame FRAME SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THE DRI MODIFICATION ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-014 AND ANY ASSOCIATED SITE PLANS APPROVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEING DEEDED NULL AND VOID AND NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT THIS SECTION MAY BE ONLY MODIFIED WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL Section 4 shall be created and read as follows, severability. If any section, subsection, clause, or provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the remainder shall not be affected in such invalidity. Section 5 should be created and read as follows, effective date this ordinance shall be effective as provided by law. You should approve as amended.

Thank you, Mr. Margarito. Do I have a motion to approve as amended? Motion to approve as amended. Motion to approve as amended by Vice Mayor Cabral.

Second.

Second by Councilman Pino. Is there any questions about the amendments? Okay, being none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202615 as amended on second reading made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Councilman Porras? Yes. Mayor Fraga?

Yes. Motion passes. Okay. All right. We will now take up item 20-0 and 20-P with one presentation of the site plan since they are... they're the same applicants and addressing the same issues. So we'll hear one presentation after we open up public comments for the first item, and then they will be incorporated into the second item. All right, Madam Clerk, please read it into the record.

Item 20-0, a resolution of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving a site plan for Gray Star Development East LLC for plus or minus 7.33 acres of property located at 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue in the City of Doral, Florida, pursuant to residential phase one of the Master Development Agreement with the City and Section 53-184F of the City's Land Amendment Code and providing for an effective date.

OK, opening up public comments for item 20-0, or also known as 26-6695. Anyone who would like to speak, please approach the podium. Being none, public comments is now closed. And I will take any ex parte communications before we hear the presentation on the site plan. I did, again, have discussions with the applicant, actually not even about the site plan, but will not affect my decision.

This is the Gray Star Development East LLC. It is located, as you know, at the International Mall, approximately 12.9 acres, 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue. This is, as the mayor said, for sites one and two. The future land use category and the zoning designations have just been changed to mall mixed use and mall mixed use. To the southeast and west, you have Miami International Mall, where it's a business and commercial corridor. And to the north, you have warehouses, which is the industrial district and corridor commercial. This is the existing views as you see it. The top right is where the site one and two are. You can see the division of the two sites. This is a more conceptual site plan between sites one and two. As you can see, the unit count for site one is 292 total units, and for site two is a total of 230 units. This is the landscape plan. You can see that the site is filled with trees and palm trees and multiple shrubs across both sites. Here are the elevations from all sides. The site plan standards, it complies with all of our site plan standards. And based on this, staff recommends the approval of site plan one and site plan two of Gray Star.

OK, thank you very much.

If you have any questions.

Mr. Margarito, would the applicant like to make a presentation? Are you satisfied with staff? Did they do a good job?

James Williams at Gunster Law Office, 600 Rivercove Avenue, Miami, Florida. I had a brief 30-minute presentation. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. As always, your staff does an incredible job. I'm happy to forego the presentation. The only change, I think, is to the resolution on the code enforcement for housekeeping. But as always, Mr. Magrissa did a fantastic job, so I'm happy to forego. If you have any questions, myself and my team are here to answer your questions.

Is there any questions for the applicant or staff regarding the site plan?

Motion to approve.

Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral. Wait one second.

There's an amendment.

Oh, it's this one. Yes.

So sorry. So the amendment, section 5 should read as follows. Effective date, this resolution shall become effective upon ordinance number 202609, ordinance number 202610, 202611, 202612, 202614, and ordinance 202615 become effective. in the event that the development agreement approved by ordinance 2026-15 is deemed null and void, in accordance with section 3 therein, the site plan approved herein shall be likewise deemed null and void and no further action or effect.

All right, thank you very much. So motion to approve as amended. Again, I'll have it.

Motion, yeah, as amended.

All right, do I have a second? Second. Second by Councilman Pinedo. There's no comments or questions or anyone who would like to hear a 30-minute presentation. All right, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve as amended. Made by Vice Mayor Corral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Corral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes. Councilman Porras? Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes. All right. Item 20P. Madam Clerk, please read it into the record. Please remember that the presentation that was just given will be incorporated into this item as well.

Resolution of the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida approving a site plan for Great Star Development East LLC for plus or minus 5.66 acres of property located at 1625 Northwest 107th Avenue in the City of Doral, Florida pursuant to residential phase 2 of the master development agreement with the city and pursuant to section 53-14F of the city's animal code and providing for an effective date.

Okay, opening up public comments. Public comments are now open for item 20P, also known as 26-6697. Anyone who would like to place comments on the record. Now is your opportunity. Being none, public comments is now closed. And I'll take any ex parte communication. Again, I did have several conversations about this project with the developer. And it will not affect my decision. Mr. Magrillo, would you like to put your amendment onto that?

I have an amendment. Section 5 should read as follows. Effective date this resolution shall become effective upon ordinance number 202,609, 202,610, 202,611, 202,612, 202,614, and 202,615 becoming effective in the event that the development agreement approved By ordinance number 202615 is deemed null and void in accordance with section 3 therein. The site plan approved herein shall likewise be deemed null and void and no further effect or action.

Okay. I need a motion to approve as amended.

Motion to approve as amended.

Motion to approve as amended by Vice Mayor Cabral. Do I have a second? Second by Council Member Pinedo. There's no additional questions. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Thank you.

Motion to approve as amended, made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinero. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes. Councilman Pinero? Yes.

Councilman Reynoso? Yeah. Councilman Porras? Yes. Mayor Fraga?

Yes. Motion passes. Okay, we'll move on to item 20R, since we've already exhausted 20Q.

Item 20R, ordinance number 2026-13, text amendment digital signs for public institutions. An ordinance of the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, approving slash denying a text amendment to chapter 80 sign regulations of the city's land development code by amending section 80-3 definitions to create a new definition for public institution. Amending division 4, permanent signs for non-residential uses of article 5 sign standards and requirements by amending section 80-259A1 office signs and section 8260A1 industrial signs to provide the inclusion of a digital changeable message sign as attached freestanding or monument sign and allowable sign for public institutions, providing for conflicts and providing for an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10th.

All right. We're going to go ahead and open up public comments for item 20R, also known as 26-6619. Anyone who would like to approach the podium regarding this item and this item alone, now is your reasonable opportunity. This is second reading. Don't believe there's been any changes. Public comments is now closed. Mr. Margarito, any changes from first to second reading?

No changes.

Being none, I need a motion. Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral.

Second.

Second by Councilman Pinedo. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202613 on second reading made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral.

Yes. Councilman Pinedo.

Yes. Councilman Porras. Yes. Councilman Reynoso. Yes. Mayor Fraga. Yes.

Motion passes. All right. Madam Clerk, next item. Item 20S.

ORDINANCE 2026-16 TEXT AMENDMENT NURSERIES. ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GERALD, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 74 ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS. ARTICLE 3 ENTITLED SPECIAL SETBACKS AND USES. DIVISION 3 ENTITLED REGULATIONS FOR USES UNDER THE POWER LINES. SPECIFICALLY SECTION 74-123 ENTITLED PERMITTED USE CONDITIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GERALD. Adding subsection 74-123.1 entitled nurseries. 74-123.2 entitled definitions. 74-123.3 entitled permitting and approvals. 74-123.4 entitled permitted facilities, types, and portable structures. 74-123.5 entitled setbacks, buffers, and street distinctions. 74-123.6 entitled ADA and accessibility requirements. 74-123.7 entitled structural standards. 74-123.8 entitled paving and draining standards. 74-123.9, entitled Environmental and Sanitary Requirements. And 74-123.10, entitled City Inspection and Enforcement, providing for incorporation into the code, conflicts, implementation, severability, and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10.

All right. Opening up public comments for item 20S, also known as 26-6645. Anyone who would like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. Being none, public comments now close this second reading. And I don't believe there's been any changes from first to second reading. Mr. Magarizo?

No changes.

Thank you very much. I need a motion to approve. Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Cabral.

Second.

Second by Councilman Pinedo. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Sorry.

Motion to approve ordinance number 202616 on second reading made by Vice Mayor Cabral, seconded by Councilman Pinedo. Vice Mayor Cabral?

Yes.

Councilman Pinedo? Yes. Councilman Reynoso?

Yes.

Councilman Porras? Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes.

Hey, final item of the night, Madam City Clerk? Dare I put this candy in my mouth?

20T, ordinance number 202617, adopting a ratified investment policy. An ordinance of the name of the City Council of the City of Doral, Florida, adopting a ratified investment policy for the City of Doral, providing for severability, implementation, conflicts, and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on June 10th.

All right. Opening up public comments for item 20T, also known as 26-6634. Anyone like to speak on this item and this item alone, please approach the podium. BEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY CHANGES FROM FIRST TO SECOND READING.

NO, MAYOR. THERE ARE NO CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN REYNOSO. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PINERO. THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 202617 ON SECOND READING MADE BY COUNCILMAN REYNOSO. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PINERO. COUNCILMAN REYNOSO.

YES.

COUNCILMAN PINERO. YES. COUNCILMAN PORRAS. YES. V Mayor Fraga.

Yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you all very much. This is our agenda for today. We'll see you all at the next council meeting. Have a great first day back to school tomorrow. I need a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say aye. Aye. Don't all jump out once. This meeting is adjourned. We'll see you all at the next council meeting.