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2020-07-07 MINUTES1 Mayor Crystal Wagar Vice Mayor Alice Burch Vice Mayor Sean Brady Councilman Stephen Loffredo Councilman Jonathan Meltz Tom Benton, Village Manager Richard Sarafan, Village Attorney Ysabely Rodriguez, Village Clerk MEETING MINUTES JULY 7, 2020 6:30 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1) CALL TO ORDER Mayor Wagar called the meeting to order at 6:32 PM. 2) MOMENT OF SILENCE / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Wagar read the virtual meeting preamble into the record regarding the extended Executive Order 20-69 issued by Governor DeSantis and explained the means by which the Village has provided reasonable public access and participation. Pursuant to the extended Executive Order No. 20-69, the Village Council and Village Administrative Officers convened the July 7, 2020 Village Council Meeting via communications media technology means, specifically by integrating the Zoom and Granicus Peak platforms to host the live remote meeting via live stream. A dedicated telephone line was provided to the public to listen to the meeting as well. With respect to public participation, the public was afforded the opportunity to provide written public comments were emailed to the Village Council prior to the start of the meeting and were read into the record by the Village Clerk during the virtual meeting. 3) ROLL CALL PRESENT: (5) Councilman Sean Brady, Councilman Stephen Loffredo, Councilman Jonathan Meltz, Vice Mayor Alice Burch, Mayor Crystal Wagar ALSO PRESENT: Tom Benton, Village Manager Ysabely Rodriguez, Village Clerk Richard Sarafan, Village Attorney 2 4) e-PUBLIC COMMENTS eComments have been attached, hereto, as Exhibit A. 5) APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES 5.A APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 16,2020 VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. A motion was moved by Councilman Brady and seconded by Vice Mayor Burch to approve the June 16, 2020 Village Council Meeting Minutes. The motion passed unanimously. 6) ORDINANCE(S) ON FIRST READING 6.A AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA AMENDING THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE CODE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VI, BY REVISING VILLAGE CODE SECTION 2-90(a)(b)(c) PROVIDING FOR THE MIAMI FOUNDATION AS THE DESIGNATING ENTITY FOR TWO SEATS ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BY REVISING VILLAGE CODE SECTION 2-95, PROVIDING FOR BIANNUAL REPORTS TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (SPONSORED BY: VICE MAYOR ALICE BURCH). The Village Clerk read the caption of the ordinance into the record. Vice Mayor Burch provided opening remarks and outlined the proposed amendments, which include naming the Miami Foundation as the designating entity in lieu of the obsolete North Dade Miami Foundation and reducing the frequency of the reports to the Village Council from quarterly to biannually. A motion was moved by Councilman Brady and seconded by Vice Mayor Burch to approve the ordinance on first reading. There being no discussion, Mayor Wagar called the question, which passed unanimously. AYES: Mayor Crystal Wagar, Vice Mayor Alice Burch, Councilman Sean Brady, Councilman Stephen Loffredo, and Councilman Jonathan Meltz NAYS: None 7) VILLAGE BOARD APPOINTMENTS 7.A APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUSTAINANBILITY & RESILIENCY COMMITTEE (7 VACANCIES) This item was deferred to a future meeting. 8) DISCUSSION & POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS 8.A PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2019 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT (CAFR) PRESENTED BY CABALLERO, FIERMAN, LLERENA + GARCIA, LLP. Mr. Benton introduced Mr. Enrique Llerena, Certified Public Accountant and Partner of Caballero, Fierman, Llerena + Garcia, LLP., who provided highlights of the CAFR, stating the Village is in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, and answered questions posed by the Village Council. A motion was moved by Councilman Loffredo and seconded by Councilman Brady to accept the 2019 CAFR. There being no further discussion, Mayor Wagar called the question, which carried a 5-0 roll call vote. AYES: Mayor Crystal Wagar, Vice Mayor Alice Burch, Councilman Sean Brady, Councilman Stephen Loffredo, and Councilman Jonathan Meltz 3 NAYS: None 9) ANNOUNCEMENTS The Village Clerk read the announcements. 10) VILLAGE COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilman Brady Councilman Brady thanked the Recreation Center for coordinating diverse summer programs. He encouraged residents to follow the guidelines of the CDC and County. He further commented on the FAA proposed changes. Councilman Loffredo Councilman Loffredo thanked the auditors and further spoke about the SRC applications. Councilman Meltz- No comments Vice Mayor Burch Vice Mayor Burch responded to the comments provided by the residents regarding FAA proposed changes and encouraged interested residents to consider serving on the Noise Abatement Committee. Vice Mayor Burch thanked the Finance Director, Holly Hugdahl, and her team for their diligence in achieving the GFOA certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting. Mayor Wagar Mayor Wagar echoed Councilman Brady's comments regarding summer camp and commended the Recreation Department. 11) ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Village Council, the meeting adjourned at 7:05 PM. Village Council Meeting Time: 07-07-20 18:30 eComments Report Meetings Meeting Time Agenda Items Comments Support Oppose Neutral Village Council 07-07-20 18:30 15 3 1 1 0 Sentiments for All Meetings The following graphs display sentiments for comments that have location data. Only locations of users who have commented will be shown. Overall Sentiment Village Council 07-07-20 18:30 Agenda Name Comments Support Oppose Neutral 4) e-PUBLIC COMMENTS 3 1 1 0 Sentiments for All Agenda Items The following graphs display sentiments for comments that have location data. Only locations of users who have commented will be shown. Overall Sentiment Agenda Item: eComments for 4) e-PUBLIC COMMENTS Overall Sentiment Guest User Location: Submitted At: 10:26pm 07-06-20 Leah Grossman I’ve recently been made aware that the FAA plans to change the flight path of all planes departing MIA to the East. It seems clear this change would negatively impact Miami Shores. There will be noise disruption very early in the morning and negative affects to our air quality, property values, and overall quality of life in our beautiful and peaceful neighborhood. I feel we should band together as a community to oppose this change. The deadline for comment is July 10th. Please consider ways to disseminate this information to residents and encourage as many people as possible to comment in opposition. Can the Council submit a formal statement to the FAA? I’m forwarding the information that was sent to me below. Thank you! The FAA has plans to change the flight path of all flights that take off into the east (which is basically every flight at MIA) to start making their turns over the Upper East Side, Miami Shores, El Portal, Little Haiti, Bayside, Morningside, and surrounding areas...instead of out over the water where they turn now. It’s not only more dangerous but it will be loud and includes louder cargo planes that fly very early in the AM. Please add your comments to the FAA “Departures taking off to the east” by July 10th if this bothers you. They have given us no notice by mail or email to comment so it’s up to us to tell our friends and neighbors ASAP. Here is the link to add your comments: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/community_involvement/florida/community_comments/?airportCode=mia&fbclid=I wAR1ktd5yeCutPPXktRY9sTzjQqef7LX3CQbRNCLOPAPcBPqvb7UiS5RiGe8 What I submitted - please use it as you see fit. I have received no notice of this proposed change for the east take off flight path at MIA. I strongly contest this as our Historic neighborhoods of single family homes will be negatively impacted. Many communities surrounding my 33138 zip code successfully opposed a similar change years ago. The noise and fuel exhaust pollution are considerable. Moreover, it is dangerous and impactful for our community; As I understand it, this includes louder cargo planes that fly very early in the AM and all north westbound flights. This will be negative on many levels; for our property values, our air quality, and especially our quiet enjoyment of our beautiful historic neighborhoods if adopted. Please do not move forward with the change. Guest User Location: Submitted At: 10:10pm 07-06-20 Lou Perez - 145 NE 103rd Street, Miami Shores, FL.33138 Madam Mayor, Council and Staff, As you may be aware the FAA is preparing an Environmental Assessment in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F to document the potential environmental effects associated with the proposed optimization of aircraft routes and the supporting airspace management structure serving aircraft operating under instrument flight rules while departing from or arriving to the South-Central Florida Metroplex area. Section 4.3.7 of the FAA Project - Noise and Compatible Land Use; This section begins to explain a most complex set of noise level analyses which in the end, will no doubt, have a NEGATIVE impact on our community. We are already impacted by the current FAA flight path rules of noisy daytime passenger flights and even more disruptive nighttime cargo flights. I have submitted to the FAA my objection to any changes that will increase aircraft traffic over our community… Will Village Government be submitting its own objection on our behalf as well? Thank You Victor Bruce Location: Submitted At: 5:24pm 07-03-20 Good evening Mayor Wagar and Council members - my name is Victor Bruce & I reside at 370 NE 101st Street. I'd like to express my gratitude to all of you for allowing the Planning & Zoning Hear'g of June to proceed at the Rec Ctr. The CDC's guidelines were followed making it a successful meeting, with all projects approved. As you might know, I am a local architect and these Hearings are very important for my business as well as for other trade professionals and building contractors that I work with. They also contribute monetarily to the Village. I'm using this eComment to encourage that the same be done for the upcoming & scheduled July Hearing. If the guidelines are implemented once more, like the wearing of masks & distancing of about 10 feet between seated attendees, I cannot see how it is not possible to have another successful Hearing and take the scheduled break in August. Thank you for your time and service and I look forward to a July Planning & Zoning Board Hearing at the Rec. Center. Sincerely and stay safe. From MS resident Peter Walsh: In the new thriller move, The Invisible Man, a woman is being stalked by a mad genius who has found a way to make himself invisible. Because he is invisible, the man is able to sneak into his victim’s home without her knowing. Then—once inside—he assaults her. But then one day the woman comes up with an idea—she throws paint into the air to see whether it sticks to the invisible attacker. It does—and so she has turned him from invisible to visible. And now that she can see him, she can fight him and defeat him. COVID is our invisible man. He is everywhere but we can’t see him. And because we can’t see him, we are bumping into him everywhere we go, but don’t even know it! And in many cases he’s already invaded our homes. But we don’t have a clue! But we do have a weapon—an easy and inexpensive weapon—to turn this invisible man visible, so that we can defeat him. That weapon is testing. Miami Shores needs immediately—immediately—to deploy a COVID-testing program for all our residents. This will not be expensive at all, but regardless of its cost, it is cheaper than the alternative of doing nothing—as that alternative will lead to needless sickness, suffering, and even death right here in Miami Shores. No joke. Anyone who has tried to get tested recently is well aware that it is extremely difficult— and nearly impossible—to get tested right now in Dade or Broward Counties. And if you are a teen, you might as well forget about it, even though teens are the big virus spreaders right now. That’s because teens, and even younger kids, feel completely healthy and just don’t think they have it, and don’t think they’re going to get it. But if they got tested, and became aware that they were carrying COVID, they would do the right thing and stay home until they got rid of it. But right now they just don’t know they have it and so they’re spreading it everywhere. So our village government needs to take the bull by the horns and establish a testing program right now. We need to make testing so easy and so convenient that everyone will go out and get tested right away. And we need to encourage people to get retested as often as they want, at least once a week, especially teens and kids because teens and younger kids find it extremely difficult to stay isolated from their friends, as young people get endorphins from socializing with other young people. We should establish three or four testing stations: one at the field, one or two around doctors’ charter school in that huge parking lot, and a fourth somewhere else. We should leave them open for 16 hours a day so that there is little or no wait to get tested. The testing must be quick and convenient, so that everyone can do it and do it frequently. We need to get the test results distributed immediately, and when someone tests positive, we need to notify other people whom they’ve been in contact with that someone they’ve been in contact with has tested positive. A positive test must not be seen as a stigma. If a household with more than one CORONA case needs help with shopping, etc., we need to deploy teen volunteers to do their shopping for them. If we follow these easy steps, we can eradicate CORONA in our community and serve as a model for other communities. Miami Shores high-schoolers can be quickly trained to perform this easy task, and they can earn community-service credits for that work. Or we can train Village employees (such as Code-Enforcement officers). If we were really smart, we’d pay people—especially teens--$25 cash every time they get tested. Those payments would save our community tremendous amounts of money in the coming months, as this virus gets worse. But frankly, I don’t think we’re smart enough to do something like that.