Nuisance Abatement Board - Regular Meeting

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Just so you know how it works, if you're here to have your case heard, you're going to approach the podium. It'll be to my right, to your left. You're going to be asked if you plead guilty or not guilty, depending on what you plead. You'll stop for a minute. The city of Miami is then going to present their case. After they present their case, they've rested. You will have a moment to explain your case. And at that time, the board will have some discussion, make motions, and vote. So that's how it goes. It should be smooth. Guilty, not guilty. The city's going to talk. Please don't interrupt them. When they rest, you can proceed.

And just a reminder, please turn off your phones or turn down the signal so that the board hearings are not disturbed. Thank you. First, we're going to start with the nuisance abatement board.

I'll go ahead and call attendance for the nuisance abatement board. Calling Chair John Cunil.

Present.

Calling Member Yvonne Bayona, Vice Chair.

She's absent and she doesn't... Finish roll call and ask for a motion.

Calling member Brenda Betancourt. Present. Thank you. Calling member Keon Williams. Present. Thank you. Calling member Martin Zilber. Calling member Rick Medan. Present. Welcome back. Calling member Gustavo Chacon.

Present.

Thank you. And we do have quorum.

Mr. Chairman, Ms. Bayona asked for an excused absence. She's dealing with a death in her family.

Do I have a motion? So moved.

Second.

Second. All in favor?

Aye. And I haven't heard about member Zilber. So at this moment, he asked for. Okay. Why? Mr. Zilber is asking for a waiver because he's traveling.

So moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye.

Thank you.

Do we have any nuisance cases?

City? We have the first, the only nuisance abatement case on the calendar is NAB 24-04. The address is 40 Northwest 60th Street for nuisance abatement. It's the only case in the agenda booklet.

Okay. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the board. I am covering for the nuisance abatement attorney. With us is the property owner, Mr. Lopez. Please be advised that the case is being withdrawn by the city as the property has been demolished. Okay?

Okay.

¿Quiere dar su nombre?

Alberto Lopez. Okay.

Thank you. Also as a non-agenda item on the nuisance abatement calendar, there is the vote for the nuisance abatement calendar for 2025. I believe every board member should have a calendar. So for the only question we have is for January 22nd, that is scheduled for nuisance abatement. Did we want to move that to the 30th or leave it for January 22nd?

That's right during I think the holiday week, I don't know.

Is that what, a school holiday week?

We changed the, well, there was a vote taken for the last CEB meeting where Chair Bayona moved the meeting from January 2nd. She dropped it to January 30th. However, now that changes CEB, so the last meeting of the month will actually be January 30th. So we're trying to see, did you want to do nuisance abatement on the 30th, or do you want to leave it at the 22nd?

You would have NAB before CEB, and you wouldn't have to come back for two meetings.

Do we have a motion?

Okay, so we're keeping which day?

8th and 30th.

January 30th is a Thursday, the last Thursday in January.

So it would not be 22nd? Correct.

It's up to you if you want to leave it for the 22nd.

No, the thing about it is I have it in my calendar because that was what we approved last time. So if we're going to change it to the 30th, I just want to know so I can move it.

decision the board will have to make. So that's the question we're posing.

I'm in favor of pushing both of those meetings on the 30th.

So we're going to have January 30th, and then you're going to have February the 6th and the 12th. So three weeks continuously we're going to be here every Wednesday.

And the 26th of February.

They marked it red now. So you'll have January 8th, January 22nd, and January 30th. And then you'll go to February 6th, February 12th, and February 26th.

Noted. Oh, wait. I'm going to be retired. What?

Congratulations.

Oh, congratulations.

Good for you. I'm still like 30 years more to go. But I just want to know, because you see so many Constance meetings, and we normally have a little hard time having a quorum, so are we going to have three weeks meetings at the same time in February? You know, January, February?

Every month, I think. It's every month. But it's been like that for the past couple of months.

Yeah, three meetings every month. Okay, right.

That's why I don't understand when 22nd would be perfect. That way you have the week of 30s alone.

Do we have a motion to move it from the 30th?

That's what you're saying? You guys decide, to be honest. Let me just explain just so that we're clear. CEB has already been moved to the 30th. This is only moving nuisance to the 30th so that both meetings happen like we always do on the same day.

And then that way you don't have to show up just for the nuisance. Right.

So it's better to move it to the 30th. Right.

let me clarify you will have ceb like like as we do tonight see nuisance is usually the last meeting of the month however since the vote was taken to move the ceb meeting from january 2nd to january 30th now it's just dropping it down an extra week so you'll still have your three ceb meetings and then the one nab meeting it all occurs at the same time for the last meeting The question is, do you want to leave your seat, your nuisance abatement for the 22nd? You'll also have CEB that day. Or do you just want to have January 30th CEB or CEB only? Or do you want to do CEB NAB? That's my confusion. I'm sorry. That's the only question. I'm sorry.

You confused me.

I mean, from what I understand, we should leave it on the 22nd because we can have both meetings that day then.

Yeah, exactly. That's what the confusion was because I have it in my calendar and I put the whole year so I don't have a problem and I know exactly where I'm supposed to be. Okay.

So we'll leave it as is.

As the 22nd, right?

Okay. Any other dates that need to be changed on this 2025?

We didn't make any other changes, isn't it? Huh? Did we make any other changes?

Yes, you did. I'm sorry. The change was made from July 3rd to July 15th.

Oh, yeah. That one, yeah.

So that was moved from the 3rd of July to the 15th. That's CEB only.

Yeah. That doesn't affect Newsman. Okay. Okay.

Do we have a motion to adopt the calendar as is? So moved. Second.

Thank you. And this concludes the nuisance abatement meeting for September 25th.

Okay, are we ready to start the...

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