City Council - Special Meeting

We're calling this special meeting to order. Today is Tuesday, September 3rd. The time is now 544 p.m. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Present. Mayor, you have quorum. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Porras. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, Okay, thank you very much. The agenda order of business. I don't believe there's any additions or deletions at this time to this agenda. Okay, moving on to public comments. The public comments portion of this meeting is now open. I will first call those who have filled out comment cards, and then everyone will have an opportunity to approach the podium should they wish. Please ap

When we acquired the white- Mr. Codina, I'm so sorry to interrupt you, but we've given you three minutes extra. So if we can wrap it up, just because I have to be fair with everyone that wants to speak in public comments.

I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Is there any other public comments at this time? Any other public comments? Being none, public comments is now closed. Okay, we will move on now to the discussion items.

Okay, thank you very much, Madam Clerk. Before you, members of the council, there is a resolution that has been drafted by our city attorney, which discusses the matter of importance that has been brought before all of us several times, which is that of the relocation of the waste-to-energy facility that is located within the city of Dorau, but belongs to the Miami-Dade County solid waste. There has been new developments in this In this project for the county and I think everyone has been made aware of the fourth site that came came up very recently Additionally, there have been discussions ab

I will also just express, I have had discussions with almost every single county commissioner and as it was stated before, and to express and also speak to some of the concerns of some of our residents. This will help us ease the concerns of certain county commissioners on our desire to contribute and be partners in this process. While I know that it's not something we're all pleased about because it's something we've had to deal with for many years, I think that it's the best way forward to be able to get a resolution finally. We're all elected to solve problems we didn't create. And so it's

Through the mayor? Councilwoman Porras? I just want to underscore the importance of where we are today. I think it's been many months, perhaps years in the making. I want to thank everyone that's here today in the audience, everyone that has contributed, the residents, the ones that have spoken today. Mr. Codina, Sui, Yvette, everyone. We've seen how we've mobilized our residents. We've seen how other cities have mobilized their residents as well, rightly so. And so for me, I think that we are at a crucial point where we have momentum, and I think that we need to continue to build on it and co

It's on the one two three four five six seventh whereas clause and For seventh and eighth. Okay. That was really the intent of this resolution, to provide that support, to review the fourth location.

Right, which I think, you know, again, it's a great opportunity. I think that it is a result of a lot of, again, mobilizing advocacy and a lot of the work that we've done and that has been done in this commission. The other question that I had actually was, We're directing the city manager and the attorney to work with the commission in negotiating what we're going to be essentially contributing. But I just want to clarify that we're going to be doing that in the same manner that we've been doing this throughout the last couple of months where you are meeting with us because it is going to com

And then the last thing is, and I know I've spoken to our city manager and our attorney individually about how else we can put this forward and how else we can push this. And our lobbyists need to be very involved in this as well. So I'm hoping that we can also engage them in making sure that we have a plan for us to promote this and also ensure that we are speaking to the other commissioners as well. That's all. Thank you.

Thank you. First of all, I want to acknowledge some of the incredible work of our community advocates, such as, and some of them are present here, and I know Councilwoman Porter is recognizing as well, Cesar, Sue is here, Selma, residents like any other resident that has been, they have been working on this since day one. So I want to thank you for that. And they have hosted so far, and I'm saying this because it's important for them to be recognized. They have hosted close to 10 community events already trying to inform the residents being proactive. So I want to thank you guys. Last week we

All right, thank you very much. I need a motion to adjourn. Oh, I'm sorry, that's right.

Thank you very much. All right, I need a motion to adjourn, and then we will reconvene for the budget hearing. Motion to adjourn by Vice Mayor Pui-Corvey. Second by Councilman Pineda. All in favor say aye. Aye. This meeting is adjourned. We'll see you back in five minutes.