North MiamiTown Hall Meeting

Monday, October 19, 2015

Planning for Our Future!

Constituent Case Work

• Peak high: over 135 open cases

• Now at 95

• Using “cloud” to coordinate efforts

• “MyNomi” constituent services app launching on November 10th!

• $120,000 for use in District 1

Protect and Serve$1 million for North Miami Police

• $4.4 million due from land sale at SoLe Mia

• 25 squad cars on the street for uniform patrol officers

• Last road patrol car purchase was in 2010

• Gas and repair costs up

Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve

• 13 acre Environmental Preserve

• This year, my goal is to plant over 1,000 native species, including new shade trees

• Along creeks, plant and Coastal and Hammock habitats

• Continue removing exotic species and planting new mangrove shoots

• Important storm surge protection

Sea Level Rise• Policies – Comp Plan includes Climate

Change Element providing sustainability initiatives

• Resiliency Programs – RecycleBank. Matching grants for small businesses to retrofit. E-Waste (electronics) disposal.

• Infrastructure – Wellfield inspections for salt water intrusion.

• Future Planning Perspective – Planting of Seagrapes, Mangroves, Bald Cypress, etc. to mitigate impacts

• Ruvin: Federal Resiliency Superfund; County SLR Task Force Report

Art in Public Places• Division 21 of Code: “Art in Public Places”

• Existing legislation calls for 5 member committee

• $60,000 for funding from general budget.

• Existing pieces in Griffing Estates and at City Hall

• Potential locations everywhere! JWU, Library, Neighborhoods and Community Centers

$15 Per Hour Minimum Wage• Current Florida minimum wage is $8.05

an hour

• Pending bills in Florida’s State House and Senate propose to raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.

• Some states and cities have moved to $15 an hour minimum wage such as San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York State.

• North Miami Parks employs 105 part time employees, over 60 year-round.

Honor Code• Initiated by the Dade Ethics Commission

and near adoption by Miami-Dade County

• All officials and employees would be obliged to follow an honor code of conduct requiring that they report criminal government misconduct to appropriate authorities when they know about it. It adds directives that employees monitor their workplaces for misconduct, place the public interest ahead of personal loyalties, and cooperate truthfully with investigations. Failure to abide by the code could result in disciplinary action.

Questions & Answers• Halloween Haunted Trails –

Friday, Oct. 30Enchanted Forest Park, 1755 NE 135 Street; 7 pm – 11 pm

• Library Grand Reopening – Thurs., Nov. 5835 NE 132 Street, 10:30 am