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HomeMy WebLinkAboutL-1: Manager's ReportStaff Monthly Report Aug-Sep 2007 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE • Presented budget at Council Workshop. • Attended weekly police transition meetings. • Prepared a year-end budget amendment to clean up a few accounts that were mis- budgeted before the FY 07 audit begins • Worked on an evaluation to the County's request for interest in annexing certain areas and requested additional information from the County. • Met with a consulting firm specializing in revenue stream audits about the possibility of reviewing Stormwater Utility accounts. • Met with staff to discuss IRS requirements for a City cell phone and uniforms policies and to draft an appropriate plan. • Continued to work with city attorney and contractor on an agreement for the red-light camera program. • Met with Concerned African Women regarding documentation of their grant. • Met to review and edit program materials for the Jazz in the Gardens festival. • Met with staff and consultant to review needed technology position for police and city. PUBLIC WORKS (Tom Ruiz) 1. Staff continues to perform asphalt street repairs and concrete sidewalk repairs and installation with A.D.A ramps at the corners on- going citywide. 2. Staff continues to clean and maintain bus bench areas throughout the City. 3. Staff continues to mow public right-of-ways to ensure that the roadways are aesthetically pleasing. 4. Staff continues to trim and prune trees citywide. 5. Continue to perform/check storm drain cleaning inspections. 6. FDOT Project Landscaping Golden Glades Sound Barrier Wall: Contractor installing irrigation and installing trees, shrubs plants. L-1) REPOIZT CITY MANAGER'S MONT~rIL~' REPOR~C 7. NW 27th Ave Beautification Project continues in the City of Opa-Locka in the irrigation system installation. 8. FDOT Project: Continue to coordinate the milling and resurFacing of NW 27th Ave between Ali Baba and NW 187th Street. 9. The drainage project on NW 175 Street is 95% completed. The street is in progress for milling and asphalt. 10.Attended the City's DRC Meeting on September 13, 2007. 11. Met with the Mayor, WorldCare, and Pastor Jackson for the City's Response Plan to coordinate efforts for Hurricanes (POD, Red Cross Issues, etc.) 12. Met with the South Florida Water Management District Operations for maintenance on overgrown vegetation and trees by property line parallel to the C-9 Snake Creek Canal. In progress of cleaning the whole area to date. 13. Director attended the ICS 300 and 400 Incident Commander Advance Courses (4 day class). 14. Staff attended a Hurricane Debris Monitoring Training on September 11, 2007. 15.Attended the Local Mitigation Strategy meeting on September 12, 2007. 16. Congratulation to Mike Mincey and Willie Dixon for passing the Stormwater Operator I Certification test. KEEP MIAMI GARDENS BEAUTIFUL FDOT/KAB grant • Completed grant to assist with city's anti-litter campaign • Applied for $13,500 • Approved Miami Gardens Drive Beautification Project • Landscape plans are currently under review by FDOT • Work expected to begin in November 07 441 Phase II Landscape Project • LAP agreement approved • Waiting for plans to be completed by Landscape Architect • Will go out to bid shortly Adopt A Road (volunteer program) • 2 cleanups this month • 3 new organization recruited KAB Annual Report • Completed KAB annual report • Submitting application for new affiliate award 2007-2008 Anti -Litter Radio Commercial Competition • Two PSA have been produced • Super star rapper Rick Ross and Dolphin Player Travis Daniels have volunteered their time to participate in the anti-litter PSAs • Both spots are being submitted for a national award Swat A Litter Bug Campaign • 17 litter bugs have been swatted this month Landscape Maintenance • Controlling the weeds this month was a major issue, due to the significant rain falls. Most of the weeds have been dealt with. • New ground covers have been purchased to replace dieing or slow growing plant materials for both 441 and 27 Ave Miami Job Corp • Met with Job Corp to look into possible partnership opportunities • They have agreed to assist in our Garden Club program HUMAN RESOURCES (Taren Kinqlee) • Participated in Police Transition meetings. • Meet with the health care providers to plan 2007 open enrollment and to discuss renewal rates. • Responded to an Unemployment Compensation appeal. • Held several meetings with department supervisors regarding recruitment, discipline and performance management. Monthly Statistics: 2 Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug Sep- Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar A r Ma Jun Jul Au Se Oct Applications/ ~ resumes 429 473 328 971 581 498 622 47 789 612 1383 received Positions 13 Advertised 8 9 13 4 3 21 10 3 11 10 Interviews Conducted 27 41 23 111 91 173 77 102 285 187 112 Pre-employ. Ph sicals 19 6 3 20 24 14 72 20 68 68 Background/ Reference 21 6 9 24 24 21 84 21 282 27 Checks New Hires 4 23 4 4 8 20 10 64 7 11 87 Workers Comp Claims 1 0 2 3 3 5 14 2 5 10 Exit Interviews 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Promotions 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 FINANCE Began work on August 21St Worked on revising budget allocation tables for internal charges. Met with the City's auditors on the FY 06 audit to wrap up items necessary to complete the audit. Received completed audit September 19t". Presentation scheduled for Council Meeting of October 10tn Working with the Auditor to complete the FY 07 audit by January, 2008. Preparing schedules necessary for them to begin early. Analyzed debt service on a City bond issues and prepared debt schedules to ensure payments are properly budgeted and paid when due. Began work on a format for a monthly budget report to be presented to City Council beginning in FY 07-08. Underwent intensive training on the City's EDEN software system. Met with each staff member to better understand their duties within the department. Helped the prepare the RFP for the City 2007-2008 equipment lease purchase bid. Met with New Horizons and secured all past City records and completed the transition from them to the City including changing all bank accounts and other signatory requirements. 3 Reviewed all bank accounts and closed all inactive accounts. Prepared Council Item in order to approve the use of the State of Florida Board of Administration savings account. Began the daily bank reconciliation of all city accounts. Assisted the City Manager in the preparation of the final FY 07-08 budget document. Began review of all cash collection activities of the City to ensure safety and security of collected funds. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER (Horace McHuqh) • Participated in Police Transition meetings, addressing issues related to Marketing & Community Outreach, Technology and Telephone configuration; • Addressed various staffing issues, relating to performance evaluation and recruitment; • Attended GTAA-sponsored training session dealing with strategies for producing a successful Golf tournament; • Continued planning for next 2008 Jazz Festival, including kickoff meetings; development of sponsor packages; and marketing concepts; • Continued administration of contract with BearingPoint for Police Network implementation; and for their recommendations for Police Telephone Systems; • Attended demonstration by vendors, to view options for configuration for telephone & network setup for police; • Worked with Community Crusade Against Drugs to continue city's participation in their outreach strategies; • Attended Family Fall Festival meeting, to coordinate planning of city co-sponsored event at end of October; • Continue working with Worldcare to develop outreach strategies for servicing local and other impacted residents • Produced city promotional video to assist in sponsorship development; • Coordinated the kickoff for planning of the 2008 Pageant, including the Franchise execution and initial planning timeline. MEDIA AND SPECIAL EVENTS Coordinator (Ula Zucker) 4 • Working on Police swearing in cereomony -we have secured a space at Dolphin Stadium. We are now seccuring prices for various titems such as menu, video, photograpohy, floral and invitation in order to submitt a complete quote of event cost. • Working on Jazz n the Gardens soliciting sponsors for the event. Sponsor packages are in the process of being printed. • Debra has been diligently working on MLK. The committee has been meeting bi-weekly now and we are on track and making good time in an effort to producer a great event. • A website is being built that is solely dedicated to the MLK project. We were initially going to integrate into the City's website, but decided to build a site for the event. The site will be linked to our website and will not have its own domain name due to the fact the site will only be active for several months. • Tamilla has been focused on the Miami Gardens Scholarship Pageant. The recruitment plan has been modified and will begin in October rather than in September. • A website is currently being built for the pageant and it has its own domain name, www.missmiamiqargens.com. The website is set to be completed by the time we launch the recruitment campaign for pageant contestants. • In August, Ula and Debra attended Event Solutions-The Idea Factory Conference held at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Both participated in a seminar track that afforded them a UNLV event planners certification. The conference itself was for event professionals and provided resourceful information and ideas we could integrate into our daily operation and planning, including managing technical budgets, event operations, risk management, creative ideas, and networking. • We are currently in the process of gathering information to create our online e-mail newsletter. This e-newsletter will provide information to anyone and everyone we can access via email, especially sources that we seek to have invest in our community. Content included will be "briefs" about things taking place at the City and in the community. Note: this does not take place of the quarterly news/etter which we will begin to distribute in the coming months. • Ula took a media tour of Channel 4 and met with reporters, station managers and editors. The goal of attending this event was to start building a better relationship with station, editors and to challenge station to highlight positive news in Miami Gardens. Debra and I have been writing and sending out a number of press releases. Some of the items we have pitched to the media include: 1. Junior Council's visit to Congressional Black Caucus 2. New Finance Director 3. Police In Car Video 4. Teen Leadership Academy • Also WTPS 1080 has been kind enough to promote the House Lottery on their station through a number of free PSA's they have airing on their station daily. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (William Henderson) I. Travel / Training i. The IS Manager William Henderson and the City Hall Applications Administrator will be attending the EDEN annual user conference in Denver, CO, Oct. 15 - 17 ii. The IS Manager will be attending the second of four training sessions in the Florida Institute of Government CPTM CIO Cohort #2 Oct. 29 - 31. II. Software Projects a. EDEN i. We are awaiting a meeting with the building department to finalize the settings for their Web Extensions module. This module can allow users to submit permitting applications, apply for inspections, and view their inspection results all through our website. i. Similar modules are awaiting deployment for the Purchasing and HR departments III. Hardware Projects a. Internet Connectivity i. The internet connectivity at City Hall has been upgraded from a 1.5Mb to a 5Mb connection in order to accommodate the police department and the hosting of the new EDEN Web Extensions b. Additional Nefinrorking Hardware i. We have completed the installation of 9 new servers in the PD and 1 at City Hall. These 10 servers still require configuration and administration which will require a full time employee that we currently do not have. ii. We have completed about 85% of the installation of the $250,000 dollars worth of networking equipment purchased to support the new PD. This equipment is being configured solely by the Bearing Point consultants as we do not have any personnel with the skill set necessary to address them. As a result, the project cannot move forward to full completion until Bearing point returns on site or additional staff is hired. c. Fiber Optic Cabling i. We have completed the installation of a conduit connecting the current City Hall location and the new Police Department Building. Through that conduit we have run 24 strands of fiber optic cabling providing for 10Gb of bandwidth with unlimited expansion capability. d. Police in Car Video System i. We have completed the installation of the Police in Car Video System including the supporting server and networking infrastructure. 1. The individual cars are still being configured but are scheduled to be completed this week. e. City-Wide Phone System i. After a detailed evaluation process the decision has been made to purchase an Avaya VoIP phone system through Cross Technologies. This project will be large in scope and will require a fulltime project manager for successful implementation. f. City-wide Access Control / Security / CCTv system 6 i. In cooperation with the purchasing department, we have begun the process of developing an RFP for the procurement of a City-wide Access Control / Security / CCTv system to support PD, City Hall, and Various Parks locations. g. Custom Application for Community Development i. We have been asked to develop a custom application for the Community Development department to allow them to easily track their loan applications. 1. The database has been designed and built. We are currently understaffed and have not been able to complete the application interFace to the DB. This project is pending indefinitely. IV. Personnel a. Application Systems Administrator i. Our new Application Systems Administrator Ricardo Castillo joined our team August 4t" and has already made great strides towards assisting our users with EDEN b. In cooperation with the Police and HR department, we interviewed 23 candidates over two full days for the IS Support Technician position for which we have three positions available. i. We identified a total of 8 well qualified candidates and have begun processing the top three PURCHASING (Pam Thompson) Prepared and issued four bids/RFP: ITB#06-07-030 Purchase & Delivery Emergency Stand-by Generator ITB#06-07-032 Renovation of Police Building RFP#06-07-033 Financing Proposal ITB#07-08-003 - Carol City Community Center 2. Prepared and issued three quotations Voice Over IP - City wide phone system Sidewalk Repairs Hardwood Floor Refinishing 3. Preparing specifications for the following: Towing Services Golden Glades Beautification Project - phase II Renovation of PW Building Emergency Board-Up Services Lot Clearing Services A/E Services - JPA NW 7th Avenue from NW 183~d to NW 199t" Street Fueling Station 4. Issued 191 Purchase Orders 5. Continue to order and assist with auditing fuel card program 6. Continue to train and assist City staff on Eden software 7 7. Continue working on purchasing issues for Police Dept. transition project 8. Continue entering contracts into Contract Management (ongoing) 9. Continue entering vendors into Bids & Quotes - bid vendors (ongoing) 10.Assisted with implementation and creating 280+ fixed assets records(ongoing) Purchases $25,000-$50,000 Date Vendor Service/Pro'ect Amount 09/18/07 Skybase Communications Satellite Phones $32,730.00 09/11/07 Elan Tree Service Tree Trimmin Service $45,306.00 09/17/07 Seat Constructors USA Park Bleachers $48,029.22 09/11/07 Cardiac Science AED $49,275.00 Communitv Outreach Specialist (Lillie Q. Odom) ^ Attended the; Bi-monthly meeting of the Campus & Community Alliance at St. Thomas University. 08-16-07 ^ Pick-up, and delivered clothing to some Elderly residents from the clothing drive held by volunteers of the Community and some of the Elderly Affairs Committee members. 08-18 & 24, 2007 ^ Coordinated and designed the certificates for all volunteers that worked the entire month during the clothing drive. ^ Attended; the Women's Power Caucus, held at Hyatt Regency in Fort Lauderdale. 08- 24-07 ^ Coordinated the participants and attended the Healthy Luncheon Conference for Elderly, sponsored by Humana held at Silqui's Restaurant. 08-29-07 ^ Attended the bi-weekly meeting of the Family Fall Festival Committee. 09-07-07 ^ Coordinated and received the certifications and pins from Miami Dade County for the newest CERT Graduates. ^ Attended the Rotary Club meeting held at the EI Palacio Hotel. 09-13-07' ^ Attended the; North Dade Child & Family Services Alliance Summit; held at the Center for Family and Children Enrichment Center. 09-15-07 and the Governance Meeting 09-19-07 ^ Attended the Elderly Affairs Committee Meeting 09-19-07 FLEET SERVICES (Herman Bruce) 08/16 to 8/17/2007. Follow up on vehicles in repair status, continue on office relocation and set up. Perform partial fleet inspection at Public Works Facility. 08/20 to 08/24/2007. Follow up on vehicles in repair status, scheduled warranty repairs and routine services. Assist Police Department with Vehicle relocation; start Vehicle Condition Report and Fuel receipts review and reconciliation, continue on office set up. Attend Accident Review Committee meeting, perform fleet inspection and replace faded city seals on three vehicles. 08/27 to 08/31/2007. Follow up on vehicles in repair status, scheduled repairs and routine services, start review of month end fuel report and reconciliation, received on all invoices, request for change orders and requisitions. Meeting with Police Department Major, Deputy Chief and Asst. City Manager Mr. H. McHugh. Attend Budget Meeting; perForm partial fleet inspection, and spot checked installation of in car Camera on Police Vehicles. 09/03 to 09/07/2007. Follow up on vehicles in repair status, schedule vehicles for warranty repairs, meeting With Maroone Ford and Maroone Chevrolet Service Managers to discuss special needs for Police Department. Meet with Tire Sales and Service Vendor to discuss streamlining service to accommodate Police fleet. Meet with Asst. City Manager Mr. H. McHugh. Attend Staff Meeting, review Vehicle Condition Reports, schedule needed repairs and inspect vehicles with reported minor damages. Perform fleet inspection on vehicles stationed at City Hall. 09/10 to 09/14/2007. Called out to accident scene with Corrections Crew Unit, had vehicle towed to Body Shop. Follow up on vehicles in repair status, review last week's VCR and Fuel receipts. Schedule repairs and services, went to Body Shop to review repair estimate of damaged vehicle and possibilities of repair. Meet with HR Risk Analyst to review accident claims and subrogation process. Rearrange City vehicle parking at City hall, performed inventory of Police Vehicles and prepared Sunpass requisition list for Emergency and Marked Police Units. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR BUSINESS SERVICES (Chris Steers) Initiatives Met with FEMA regarding the Flood Plain Management Community Assistance Visit on August 22"d, 2007. Reviewed City's current Flood Plain Management policies and procedures. Coordinated after action meeting with flood plain work group. Final policy/procedural changes pending FEMA CAV results. Job Description for Flood Plain Administrator/Coordinator forwarded to Cody & Associates for benchmarking pay range. 9 2. Met with senior staff reference police building build out, plans processing, and outside agency review. 3. Continued to monitor implementation of new policies and procedures and JRD & Associates recommendations in Building Department: Recruitments for all levels of staff continue. 4. Finalized Bench Marking Analysis and Development of PerFormance measures; final report received. Permit fee analysis nearing completion; preliminary fee schedule under review, final schedule due by October 15th. Customer Service: second survey/customer intercepts underway. 5. Attended UASI and UWAG meetings. 6. Attended M&M Market Court Hearing. New order imposed regarding hours of operation; City now to arrest for violations and immediately close business. 7. Met with Planning and Zoning reference sign code re-write and comments. 8. Met with Planning and Zoning reference LDR progress. Actions • Met with DR Horton regarding paving and drainage concerns at Majorca isles development. Follow up meeting/plan reviews underway. • Met with new Assistant Code Enforcement Director, Maurice Murray, discussed areas of focus and priority. • Met with general citizenry for problem resolutions: building, planning & zoning, and code enforcement issues. • Conducted Bi-Weekly Directors Meetings. • Conducted Interdepartmental Meetings. • Zoning agenda reviews. • Attended MG Police Transition meeting(s). • Discussed new cell phone usage policies with senior management staff. CODE ENFORCEMENT (Carmen Quinn) • Special Master Hearings - held 33 Administrative Hearings and 83 Massey Cases. • Conducted 110 Business Tax Receipt and 117 Certificate of Use inspections; closed 359 code enforcement cases and opened 460 new cases; issued 962 warning notices and 202 civil violation notices; reached out to 44 unlicensed businesses; and responded to 150 complaints. • Conducted 3 special operations targeting illegal vendors and unlicensed business operations. • Continued to monitor businesses with high levels of police activity. • Conducted 156 lien searches. Staff Development: • The Director attended the City & County Citizen Services Conference in Arlington, VA. 10 • Five (5) Code Enforcement Officers (MM, RL, SS, TM, & DD) received the Florida Association of Code Enforcement Level II Certification. • Two (2) Code Enforcement Officer Trainees received the required Florida Association of Code Enforcement Level I Certification. Recruitment: • Two (2) Permit & Licensing Clerks.-Veronica Lopez and Chanel Dorbeau were hired and began employment with the City on August 19, 2007. • Filled one CE Supervisor position: Promoted Officer Roderick Potter to Supervisor; process to fill one (1) Licensing Supervisor on-going. Monthlv Stats Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Aug- Sep- YTD Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Landlord Permits 12 8 16 3 804 85 329 22 1,067 32 27 19 Business. Licenses 233 302 163 229 96 71 114 18 86 99 105 413 Alarm Permits 98 94 317 337 113 33 122 14 60 63 74 56 Cert. of Use 63 117 487 658 100 62 142 19 113 113 103 273 Buildin De artment Ma -Jun Rev Jun-Jul Rev Jul-Au Rev Au -Se Rev Se -Oct Rev Buildin Permits/fees $205,859 $225,254 $178,930 $159,470 Zonin De artment Zonin Permits/Fees $20,984 $5,375 $4,279 $514 Code Enforcement Business Licenses $8,492 $19,163 $15,617 $217,152 Certificates of Use $12,958 $12,100 $9,085 $26,443 Civil Violations $1,6945 $15,810 $23,935 $15,7~0 Lien Searches $6,875 $7,550 $5,615 $6,325 Alarm Re istrations $2,100 $2,110 $2,365 $1,865 Landlord Permits $7,825 $11,690 $8,715 $1,255 Solid Waste Fees $91,740 $34,789 $69,570 $60,390 11 Buildine Department Oct-Nov Rev Nov-Dec Rev Dec-Jan Rev Jan-Feb Rev Feb-Mar Rev Mar-Apr Rev Building Permits/fees $322,874 $325,605 $84,493 $297,636 $211,445 $228,123 Zonin De artment Zoning Permits/Fees $43,399 $11,942 $10404 $7,270 $3,624 $8,391 Code Enforcement Business Licenses $69,968 $90,962 $23,325 $30.037 $7,346 $10,530 Certificates of Use $4,533 $8,635 $48,990 $85,135 $7,137 $4,996 Civil Violations $3,660 $2,270 $2,185 $19,485 $6,755 $15,990 Lien Searches $9,725 $6,969 $3,850 $8,275 $6,145 Alarm Registrations $3,415 $2,565 $5,639 $10,246 $3,730 $1,145 Landlord Permits $680 $410 $739 $180 $96,060 $20,010 Solid Waste Fees $114,047 $63,602 $38,020 $78.999 $51,150 $80,249 PLANNING - Jay Marder and Bhairvi Pandya • Transit Circulator Feasibility Analysis - Met with Miami Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization's project manager to clarify surveys and field work. Distributed surveys to department directors. • State Road 7 Livable Community Study - Tentatively scheduling presentations to Miami Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization committees on October 24 and October 29 (tentative). Preparing formal transmittal to District VI, FDOT. • MiMo Architectural Survey Project - Study completed with City getting a full reimbursement of the matching grant award. While the report was completed, it was inconclusive regarding whether a national register historic district was feasible. Staff conducted a site visit of Sunshine State International Park with a representative from the Department of State's South Florida Regional Preservation Office. Per that office's directive, development of a potential national register historic district of MiMo buildings in the Sunshine Park is being developed by City staff. LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS - Jay Marder, Bhairvi Pandya, Cyril Saiphoo and Oneca Lowery • Revise Sign Regulations - Reviewed and transmitted comments on Land Design Innovations' first draft regulations. Held second public meeting which explained the City's proposed direction for major sign elements. Highlights: monument instead of pole signs; 12 coordinated shopping center tenant signs, permitting a percent of windows to be utilized for signage (instead of not allowing such signage per existing county code), etc. • Permitted Uses, Site Dimension, Definitions, Special Footnotes and Summary Tables - Working on Area and Dimensional Requirements table which includes setbacks, densities, coverage, lot size, etc. Developing a new mixed-use zoning district tentatively called Planned Corridor Development Zone (PCDZ) to replace multiple districts along major highway corridors, i.e., consistent with Commerce designation in Comprehensive Development Master Plan. Preparing a proposed scope of work for potential funding for the Department of Community Affairs to consider. ZONING - Cyril Saiphoo, Nixon Lebrun, Oneca Lowery, Marilu Gunness, Jacquelyn Gardiner • Zoning Verification Letters - 10 • CRH (Community Residential Home) 1,000' radius verification letters - 6 • Certificate of Use/ Occupational License Applications - Reviewed 42 • ZONING AGENDA: Composed and maintained the notices and advertisement for the October and November 2006 Zoning Agenda. o FOUNTAIN OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES o MYRTLE GROVE WATER TREATMENT PLANT o ANTIOCH CHURCH - Final Notice Sent - Staff recommendation sent to Applicant and City Attorney, resolution and declaration drafted. scheduled for Oct. 3, 2007 City Council Zoning meeting. o DANCOR DEVELOPMENT WAIVER OF PLAT • Daily EDEN parcel/address/owner troubleshooting. • Declaration of Restrictive Covenants - Sent out 1 new covenant, collected 3 executed covenants. • Organize and Maintain permits in Eden. • Implementing Filing System, labeling all existing files. • Meetings on: o Proposed Mercedes dealership project o Multiple Family housing project NW 25th Street o Multi-family project Golden Glades area (Lifter) ~ o Metroplex warehouse, (20200 NW 2nd Ave), clarify that project is for storage only, not commercial or manufacturing; follow-up on concrete barrier removal, SFWMD, and drainage. • 50 building permit reviews • 25 zoning final inspections • 5 Certificate of Occupancies • Addressed Home Depot Administrative Site Plan, improvement and parking with out- parcels. • Coordination and meet on proposed Pro Playa development, Preliminary review of site plan and courtesy comments. • Majorca Community Development District, Tract "J": Met with Building and DR Horton regarding paving and inspection issues, per concerns of Councilman Branyon, ongoing • Budget: attended workshop, budget hearing, City Council meeting month of September. • Prepare agenda packet for Oct. 3 Zoning Hearing meeting, coordination with City Attorney on Resolution and Declaration • Process approvals of the following plats: 13 o Venetian Twin Home waiver of plat o ROW dedication for Venetian Acres, o Rectify scrivener's error on Walden Plat o Dancor waiver of plat DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE - Bharivi Pandya, DRC Coordinator • Fountain of Life International Ministries OTHER ACTIVITIES • Departmental Filing System - New file shelving installed. Files being converted; Vendor to provide updated software new label template to allow direct transfer of data from Eden, to Excel to Label Software format. Old software requires typing in all data by hand. • Miami Dade Transit Charrette Reports - Reviewed revised reports on the 183~d Street and 199th Street Charrette Plans prepared by the County to insure that City comments were reflected. Reviewed by BCC's Government/Environment Committee • Miami Dade Rapid Transit Zoning District - As the North Corridor project proceeds, Miami Dade County is revising its Rapid Transit Developmental Zoning District ordinance. The ordinance establishes a process to establish a zoning district for all transit facilities such as air-rights over the rail line, the stations and parking facility lands. The proposed ordinance modification would remove currently required municipal participation in the development of the zoning standards and the process of approving site plans when leases are proposed by private developers. Effected city planners have met and are continuing to meeting with the county staff on this issue. GIS and EDEN - Bhairvi Pandya and Casli Jean • LDR Zoning map updates ongoing per weekly LDR meetings. • EDEN parcel refresh in progress. Meetings with IT to troubleshoot bugs from the program completed successfully. • Conducted Beginner Crystal Reports Training for City Staff. This is the separate software system utilized to make reports from Eden data • Developed geographic files, in conjunction with OSSI consultants, for the Police Department's CAD system, files include: Law Beat, Law Districts, Law Agency, Law Response, and Geoproximity. • Assisted the Public Works Dept. with the selection of a hand-held GPS device equipped with ArcPAD. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR PUBLIC SERVICES (Renee Farmer) Parks • Negotiated School Board Joint Use Agreement • Worked with A&E firms to finalize Infrastructure improvement projects for parks • Established PD volunteer Outreach program • Researched capital marking Campaign 14 • Worked with Carol City Community Center Bid Consultant and Architect to revise Technical Specs and format of the CCCC Bid Police Department Transition • Conducted (4) Police Department Transition team meetings to facilitate the hiring of transition staff, finalizing recruitment marketing RFP, establishing pay structure, benefits, hiring procedures, and organizational structures. • Reviewed SOPs for Police department • Participated in interview panels for Police Captain • Worked with MDPD Code Enforcement to gather together information in support of M& M Market case • Researched budget options of specialized services • Worked with staff to facilitate building renovation process Other • Worked on Economic Development Initiatives • Participated in the following Meetings/Committees (outside agency meetings): • Coconut Cay CDD Meeting • Majorca Isles CDD Meeting • Meeting w/ Kendrick Meek Re: Economic Development • Urban Area Security Initiative Meeting POLICE DEPARTMENT (Chief Matt Boyd) Police Department Sunnort Staff Current staffing level as of 9/21 /07 • 1 Chief • 1 Deputy Chief • 3 Majors • 6 Captains • 15 Sergeants • 1 Executive Secretary • 1 Records Manager • 1 Administrative Assistant assigned to Training • 49 officers - hire date October • 2 Sergeant - hire date October • 1 Captain - hire date October • 2 Admin Assistants - hire date October Police Department Hirin~ Status Background Investigations: 13 certified positions 13 non-sworn positions Active Screening (to include psychological, polygraph, and medical) 70 certified 15 7 non-sworn Not Hired.• 14 candidates have not successfully completed the background investigation 117 candidates have not successfully completed the screening process or have withdrawn • Ongoing processing for remaining sergeant positions is continuing. • Officer oral board interviews will be ongoing as coordinated through HR. • Non certified civilian positions for the Police Department are continuing to be coordinated with HR • Candidate selection for administrative assistant positions has been completed. Candidates are currently being processed. • Job offers have been extended to Communications applicants. Processing will follow once offers are accepted. • Police Service Aide Applications have been reviewed. Oral boards are scheduled during September Police Department Transition: • Coordinated Family Fall Festival participation for the MGPD with ACM Horace McHugh & Rhonda Heard, of Dolphin Stadium • Ongoing coordination with Miami Dade for installation of trunk mount radios in all marked police units. Miami Dade is averaging three vehicles per day. All vehicles will be completed and tested prior to December deployment. • In car video system has been installed in all marked police vehicles. On September 17t", server and associated hardware with will be installed in new police facility. All vehicles will then be individually tested to ensure recording and upload capabilities. • Continuing to coordinate the logistics of creating the EOC/Community Room/Training room at Police HQ. Ongoing coordination with Simple Solutions as well as Good Sounds are being conducted for design options • Telecommunications I& II oral interviews have been completed. • Coordination with Broward Community College Criminal Justice Institute for scheduling of a 24- hour Code Enforcement Training course. • Successful FDLE audit for training files • Delivery of the EDP Contour system for Communications Center is scheduled for late September. • Compiled a list of AV Technology needs for Police HQ • Conducted New Employee Orientation & completed all appropriate FDLE files. • Internal Policy development pending review of staff: o Gratuities SOP o Workplace Violence o UnusualOccurrences o Traffic Direction o Sexual Harassment & Discrimination o Discipline o Courtroom security • Completed employee award survey for city manager • Completed FDLE dFACTS certification training • Ride-A-Long Scheduling for new officers completed • MGPD SOP for Lojack has been completed. 16 • OSSI Data Entry Assistance has been provided. • Received final furniture quote. Ongoing coordinate with procurement. • Working on A/C work for Administrative Section in new police facility • Construction/renovations for police facility is ongoing • Assisted in preparation of agenda item for emergency construction bid. This included coordinating scheduling for the building construction bid. • Furniture ordered for police facility • JOC plans secured via permitting process • BEA plans approved by DERM are now at Fire Department • Emergency construction bid advertised on Friday September 7 • Met with JOC contractor to determine work schedule. Work to start Sept. 11 • Revised OSSI Training schedule • Discussed on-going implementation with OSSI, including mapping and CAD/RMS Audits • Finalizing agreement to obtain FCIC connectivity with TCC via BearingPoint • Network installation ongoing will be completed next week. • Evaluating space for computer and classroom training • Carpeting set for installation on September 17 • Prepared mock schedule for police operations • Attendance at 3 Day Training Seminar (MDCC) (Leadership) by sergeants and staff personnel. • Obtaining Lesson Plans for New Hire Training • Received A/V proposal from AVI. Meetin~s/Committees (outside a~encv meetings) • Officer Roger Smith (Martin Luther King Institute) for Kingnian Non-Violence Course • Attended Miami Gardens Kiwanis meeting • Attended meeting with DERM & Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue reference building permits • Department Form Review meeting • MDPD Domestic Crimes Bureau Info Session • Building Meeting • Facility plans review (2) • Building Meeting • MDPD Transition Meeting • Project SOS in Homestead • Court hearing with City Attorney and Asst City Manager Reference M&M Market closure. • Attended Kiwanis Division meeting COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT/HOUSING (Daniel Rosemond) • Coordinated a presentation by Independent Living Systems (ILS) to the Elderly Affairs Committee. The program presented would provide in-home assessments of seniors and enrollment into eligible assistance programs. • Conducted a site visit at the Stop-N-Shop Plaza with the property owner and architect to finalize design components for the fa~ade improvement. 17 • Completed and hand-delivered the application in response to the County's supplemental allocation of Disaster Recovery Funds. • Conducted the pre-construction meeting with selected contractor (All Dade General) at the HUD House. • Conducted a city tour with G. Lamont Blackstone (Urban Core Realty Group), Charita Allen of the Beacon Council, and Antranette Pierre. The purpose was to identify retail development opportunities within the City. • Coordinated a meeting with Kris Warren (Miami Dade Housing Agency), Patrick Brown (Miami Dade Housing Agency), Brian Gilmore (U.S. HUD), County & CMG Police, and Carmen Quinn to discuss problematic subsidized housing units. We were able to gain a better understanding of which entity controls the subsidies in particular units and establish a rapport of communication to address code and police issues. • Continued coordination befinreen Miami Dade Homeless Trust and local police to address homeless issues at Ives Plaza. • Finalizing perFormance benchmarks that will be used to measure and report departmental effectiveness Participated in the following meetings outside the office: • Disaster Recovery pre-bid meeting & technical review committee (Miami Dade Office of Strategic Business Management) Discussion of Financial Literacy/EITC program collaboration (Professor Mark Wolff-St. Thomas University) SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR (Antranette Pierre) Parks Master Plan • Met with representative from Miami Dade County Public Schools re: agreement for use of park and school facilities, respectively. Bunche Park • Met with A/E Consultant, Keith & Schnars, re: timeline of site plan drawings and building plans for pool Carol City Community Center • Finalized specifications of bid package for GC services • Issuance of RFP for general construction services, scheduled for advertisement September 17tn • Extension of County agreement addendum for $6M towards construction executed by City for submittal to County • All owl burrows were relocated; At least 3 owls are in the mitigation area, and 1 owl is in a burrow next to the curb on the south side of the lot. • Received boundary and topographic survey for site. 18 Miami Carol City Park • Building Plans have been approved by DERM, Fire, WASA and City building dept. for permitting • Contacted Chisholm Architects to get proposal for bid assistance and construction administration of project North Dade Optimist • Met with Marc Napolitano (CIND) and BEA International re: revised design of recreational building • Reviewed re-design of recreational building; authorized architect to proceed with civil drawings Rolling Oaks Park: • Met with A/E Consultant, Keith & Schnars, re: timeline of site plan drawings for foundation layout of park Scott Park • Close out reimbursement package submitted to Safe Neighborhood Parks requesting remaining unspent balance and retainer ($33,430) Capital Marketing Program • Attended presentation by with Miller Calhoun & Associates, along with Mayor and senior staff members re: fundraising services Other Activities: • Applied for tax exemption status for City owned properties 0 1080 NW 185 Terrace (Community Development - Home Give Away) 0 1050 NW 163 Drive (Public Words) 0 1020 NW 163 Drive & Folio #34-2114-007-0330 (Police) • Teleconference with GL Blackstone re: economic development opportunities within City (retail shopping centers) • Collaborated with Office of Comm. Development and Planning & Zoning re: City's economic development action plan • Met with actress Tangi Miller re: possible partnership in park renovation projects SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS (SGC) (Cherise Alicia) • School began August 20, 2007. All guards reported for duty, 100% attendance first day of school. • Superintendent attended Pro Bike Pro Walk Conference, August 26tn _ 30tn • Community Traffic Safety Team meeting cancelled for the month of September. • Implementation of Weekly Supervisor Staff Meeting to stay abreast of concerns and to improve departmental response time. • Superintendent attended training at MDC (Managing Police and Administrative Personnel) September 5tn _ 7tn, 2007. 19 • Terminations: 0 Resignations: 3 PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT REPORT (Vernita Nelson) A.J. King Park • The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 15 students attending the program. • During Kid's Day Off on September 13t", students visited the Miami Museum of Science. • Miami Gardens Optimist holds meetings twice during the month on a Tuesday and practice on Monday through Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm • Line dancing takes place in Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Brentwood Park • The After-school program has resumed. Currently there are 38 students attending the program. • During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. • North County Optimist is practicing Monday-Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm • The Senior Program has resumed. Their first meeting took place Monday Se~tember 8th where 30 original members and 5 new members were in attendance. On September 12` , they went to Hometown Buffet for lunch. Buccaneer Park • The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 7 students attending the program. • During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. • The Senior Program resumed on September 7th where 45 seniors attended. On September 12cn they went to Hometown Buffet for lunch. Bunche Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 6 students attending the program. During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. ^ Bunche Park Optimist is practicing Monday-Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm ^ The Senior Program has resumed its meetings on Fridays. They visited the Hometown Buffet on September 12tn Lake Lucerne Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 7 students attending the program. ^ During Kid's Day Off on September 13`", students visited the Miami Museum of Science. Miami Carol City Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 15 students attending the program. ^ During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. ^ Golden Glades Optimist is practicing Monday- Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm. Myrtle Grove Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 6 students attending the program. ^ During Kid's Day Off on September 13t", students visited the Miami Museum of Science. ^ Miami Gardens Optimist is practicing Monday- Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm. Norwood Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 31 students attending the program. 20 During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. North Dade Optimist is practicing Monday- Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm. Rolling Oaks Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 40 students attending the program. ^ During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. ^ The seniors group has resumed their weekly meetings on Thursdays. They visited Hometown Buffet on September 12`n Scott Park ^ The After-School program has resumed. Currently there are 13 students attending the program. ^ During Kid's Day Off on September 13th, students visited the Miami Museum of Science. ^ Scott Lake Optimist is practicing Monday- Friday from 6:00-8:OOpm. Athletics & Sports Development ^ Tee-ball and Softball Sports Development Program began on September 1, 2007 at Norwood Park. The program runs every Saturday for six weeks. Aquatics ^ On August 18th, Aquatic Management Services held very successful "Back to School Bashes" at Brentwood, Bunche, Myrtle Grove, and Norwood Pools. Every child who attended received free school supplies and fun foods. ^ Swim lessons (Monday - Thursday) and water aerobics (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Satruday) have continued at Norwood Pool. Teen Programs ^ August 13~h The Teen Leadership Academy began recruitment efforts at the middle schools and high schools in the City of Miami Gardens. ^ August 20th was the first day of the Teen Leadership Academy, beginning with the Health Track. Throughout the month of August participants received an introduction and overview of overall program and related tracks. In September field trips and visits from special guests began. Also, the teens will begin their ADMIT program project. ^ September 5, 2007 the Leadership Academy Health Track participants went on a field trip to ATI College of Health. There they learned about the different degree programs in the field of health. The participants received a guided tour of the campus and had their questions answered by instructors and students at the school. ^ September 6, 2007 the Sports and Entertainment Track participants listened intently while special guest DJ Rhymer told them about his career as a DJ and as a manager for local Miami artists. The participants asked many questions and took full advantage of the information that was being given to them. ^ September 13th: Field trip to the Intracoastal Movie Theatre. Training ^ Recreation Leaders attended behavior modification training applicable to children's programs. Additional News ^ Eight staff inembers attended the Florida Recreation and Parks Association State Conference in Orlando. 21 ^ Kara Petty was awarded the Outstanding Service Award from the Florida Recreation and Parks Association. ^ Two staff inembers have been appointed to the FRPA Board; Kara Petty as Professional Development Chair and Vernita Nelson as Cultural Diversity Chair. Meetings o August 16th:Community Youth Violence Summit Planning o August 16th: Children's Trust Data Tracker Training o August 16th: Miami Gardens/Opa-Locka Child Murder Youth Violence o August 23rd: Parks Master Plan o August 25th : Independent Parent Council o August 27th - August 20th: Florida Recreation and Parks Association State Conference o September 5`h: Various Elementary School Open Houses o September 6`~': CMG Budget Workshop o September 7th: Capital Improvements / Programming for North Dade Optimist and Rolling Oaks Parks o September 7t": Family Fall Festival o September 10`h: Capital Marketing Campaign o September l Oth: Miami Job Corps Center o September 11`h: Monthly Recreation Leader Meeting o September 1 lth: Opa-Locka Save Our Streets Coalition o September 12th: CMG Budget and Council Meeting o September 13th: Miami Gardens/Opa-Locka Child Murder Youth Violence o September 13~': Carol City Community Center Construction o September 14th: MLK Committee Meeting o September 15~h: North Dade Alliance Summit MANTENANCE DIVISION A 7 King Park ^ 22 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown 1 x ^ 5 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 8/6 Trouble shot irrigation system ^ 8/15 Primed and painted gate ^ 8/17 Installed TV in stand and changed A/C Filter ^ 8/17 Installed replacement glass in office window and repaired bathroom light switch ^ 8/21 Unclogged urinal in men's restroom and cleaned A/C vents ^ 8/24 Stripped & Waxed Floors ^ 8/30 Repaired broken soap dispenser in girl's restroom ^ 9/5 Repaired hole in front entrance gate and installed lock for roll up front door ^ 22 Trash removals AndoverPark ^ 28 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown 3x ^ 3 Landscaping visits 22 ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 8/10 Reinstalled bench near basketball court ^ 8/ 14 Primed and painted gate ^ 28 Trash removals Brentwood Park & Pool ^ 47 & 20 Janitorial visits to clean sites ^ Premises blown 1 x ^ 4 & 5 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 8/9 Replaced damaged valves ^ 8/10-8/15 Inspected pool grounds to prepare irrigation in landscaping island ^ 8/21 Installed dry erase board ^ 8/23 Repaired broken latch on left side of kitchen roll up door ^ 8/30 Unclogged toilet in women's restroom ^ 9/5 Inspected lights in parking lot (replaced five line fuses) ^ 47 & 20 Trash removals BuccaneerPark ^ 22 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ 8/13 Primed and painted gate ^ 8/15 Stripped & Waxed Floors ^ Premises blown lx ^ 2 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 22 Trash removals Bunche Park & Pool ^ 46 & 33 Janitorial visits to clean sites ^ Premises blown 2x ^ 4 & 2 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 8/13 Replaced anchor in benches located on southwest sidewalk area ^ 8/15 Inspected field lights ^ 8/20 Unclogged toilet in men's restroom ^ 8/22 Installed wood near tot lot ^ 8/23 Repaired chain for drag system ^ 8/28 Inspected scoreboard replaced fuse ^ 8/28 Replaced emergency lights in recreation building ^ 9/7 Replace broken irrigation heads ^ 46 & 33 Trash removals Carol City Community Center Acreage ^ 1 Landscaping visit City Hall ^ 2 Janitorial visits to clean site Cloverleaf Park ^ 35 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown 4x 23 ^ 4 Landscaping visits ^ 8/16 Primed and painted gate ^ 9/5 Replaced damaged sprinkler heads and troubleshot system ^ Grass cut & detailed grounds ^ 35 Trash removals Inspection Station ^ 24 Janitorial visits to clean up site ^ 8/11, 8/18 & 8/25 Cleaned trucks ^ 8/13 Reinstalled toilet in restroom ^ 8/13 Troubleshot security light (required 3 transformer kits) ^ 8/31 Replaced 3 transformer in security light ^ 1 Landscaping visits ^ 8/24 & 9/5 Inventoried & Organized supplies ^ 24 Trash removal Lake Lucerne Park ^ 22 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown 1 x ^ 8/16 Stripped & Waxed ^ 8/16 Primed and painted gate ^ 9/7 Sealed hole in recreation center floor ^ 3 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 22 Trash removals Miami Carol City Park ^ 68 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown Sx ^ 8/14 Stripped & Waxed ^ 3 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 8/8 Replaced broken sprinkler heads ^ 8/13 & 8/16 Primed and painted gate ^ 8/15 Repaired broken basketball goal ^ 8/20 Installed new push button cap handle on lavatory sink in men's restroom ^ 9/6 Installed wood in the trailer under walk way ^ 9/6 Sealed holes in floor and around A/C floor ^ 68 Trash removals Miami 7ob Corps Center ^ 47 Janitorial visits to clean site ^ 3 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & detailed grounds ^ 47 Trash removals Miami Gardens Police Department ^ 11 Janitorial visits to clean site ^ 9/7 Installed hole for computer Myrtle Grove Park & Pool ^ 35 & 35 Janitorial visits to clean sites 24 ^ Each premises blown 3x ^ 3 & 2 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & watered grounds ^ 8/7 Replaced irrigation controller ^ 8/10 Applied herbicide the pool grounds ^ 8/15 & 8/16 Primed and painted gate ^ 8/20 Repaired broken front push handle on water fountain ^ 35 & 35 Trash removals North Dade Optimist Park ^ 47 Janitorial visits to clean up park ^ 3 Portable restrooms cleaned ^ 4 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & detailed grounds ^ 8/15 Replaced broken irrigation heads ^ 47 Trash removals Norwood Park & Pool ^ 35 & 35 Janitorial visits to clean sites ^ Each premises blown 3x ^ 3 & 3 Landscaping visits ^ 8/14 & 8/16 Primed and painted gate ^ 8/16 Installed new basketball backboard and rim ^ 8/27 Replaced blown bulbs in recreation room ^ 35 & 35 Trash removals Risco Park ^ 47 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ 3 Landscaping visits ^ 8/15 Repaired goal post, repaired ice machine and electricity working in concession ^ 8/17 Unclogged toilet in women's restroom ^ 47 Trash removals Rolling Oaks Park ^ 37 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown 4x ^ 2 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & detailed grounds ^ 8/10 Snaked out main plumbing line to remove debris ^ 8/15 Primed and painted gate ^ 37 Trash removals Scott Park ^ 47 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown Sx ^ 3 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut & trimmed trees ^ 8/14 Primed and painted gate ^ 8/16 Troubleshot field lights (replaced 2 line fuses) and replaced blown bulbs on premises ^ 8/27 Unclogged two toilets in women's restroom ^ 47 Trash removals 25 Vista Verde Park ^ 21 Janitorial visits to clean park ^ Premises blown 1 x ^ 2 Landscaping visits ^ Grass cut ^ 8/13 Primed and painted gate ^ 9/5 Installed address numbers on recreation building ^ 21 Trash removals Misc ^ 8/13-8/14 Landscaping Crews cleaned and mowed new park site located at 20157 NW 38tn Court ^ 8/13 Janitorial Crew picked up trash on 183`d Street green space near Rolling Oaks Park 26