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The applicant described reductions in ground-floor retail area and a decrease in required parking after reconfiguring the site; the team also committed to two affordable housing units and said it would give application preference to city employees for those units. Claudia (interim finance/planning staff on record) described the changes as reducing required parking from 77 to 65 spaces and shrinking retail frontage. The project was presented as a 7-story building.

Several councilmembers raised questions about height and neighborhood context; one member noted there are no nearby buildings of similar height. Because the council had a short board (one seat vacant) members explained that substantive zoning approvals would effectively require four affirmative substantive votes, and the project did not receive that level of support at the hearing. The council voted to postpone the item to the Aug. 12, 2025 meeting so the applicant could return with additional members present and continue community engagement.

No final zoning approvals or variances were adopted at this meeting; the postponement preserves the applicant's ability to return for first-reading consideration at the August hearing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Special Meeting of the City Council 7/28/2025","oneSentenceSummary","A first-reading request to expand an NBD overlay and approve variances for a proposed seven-story mixed-use development with 32 residential units and two proffered affordable units was tabled for lack of sufficient affirmative substantive votes; the applicant agreed to postpone to Aug. 12, 2025.","taxTitle","Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida","taxId",2891,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6152794,"Council rejects charter amendment to allow nonresident experts on most boards",314,3257000,3571000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5495445-9a3a343258c50a8104d6d2ab5d225f0e&start=3257&end=3571","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5495445-9a3a343258c50a8104d6d2ab5d225f0e/thumbnail_3257000.jpg","/articles/6152794/Hialeah/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/Council-rejects-charter-amendment-to-allow-nonresident-experts-on-most-boards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6152794-801ea4070167b86c42883e11aea785ab/orig.mp4?Expires=1771059703&Signature=fiXeTc9Tpiipw1yw7OtiYFzeAoMUn-e~19SZ6EUKl6qFadqfob~IUchaZSTMuqvSicWTQuQb0xCkXmmnbduwR5T2S4xqDqBuV-H8MbFxndDFqopm8Pg3PujyC04wTDsaB-IctM5CAyA6t3Q0phLvKddOwAt14yCFsh0tW7~AluSfEp3I8WiyJ1rpCQPhM7kk6Cwx11mr7UymE47HtrU3Ey5Z8DULLy4AzuU0mFDTVglyX8ehU~aZDfliLKjttY9bJcuxGPWk9Et72VjG8QZ-m4XB9j2VsmG8wMJ3BXhzSEPY2cjPJxZTewonJFxg9sFUn3yRfDED4J89szwYVOo8jQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Hialeah City Council declined to advance a proposed charter amendment on first reading that would have allowed nonresident experts to serve on appointed city boards outside the planning and zoning board while requiring a resident majority.

Supporters said the change was intended to give the city flexibility to appoint candidates with specialized skills to boards such as the personnel or historic-preservation boards when qualified residents were not available. A councilmember explaining the measure said the revision \"would give the city the option to still have a majority of the members as electors to those other boards, but you could have a nonelector, who falls under an expert qualification that you want.\"

Opponents said Hialeah's boards should remain composed of city residents who understand local neighborhoods and culture. One councilmember said, \"When you reside here, you make the best decisions for our city,\" and voted against the measure. The motion failed at the pleasure of the council and will not move to the ballot at this time.

The prior mayor had proposed the measure, and the current mayor's office modified the draft by removing the planning and zoning board from the proposal; planning and zoning members would remain required electors under the modified text. Councilmembers who opposed the change said the city is already able to recruit residents for vacancies and that maintaining residency requirements helps preserve local representation.","A proposed city charter amendment that would permit nonresident experts to serve on certain city boards (while excluding the planning and zoning board) failed on the council floor after members raised concerns about local representation.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6152799,"Hialeah schedules special election for Group 3 council seat; second reading set for Aug. 12",147,3029000,3176000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5495445-9a3a343258c50a8104d6d2ab5d225f0e&start=3029&end=3176","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5495445-9a3a343258c50a8104d6d2ab5d225f0e/thumbnail_3029000.jpg","/articles/6152799/Hialeah/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/Hialeah-schedules-special-election-for-Group-3-council-seat-second-reading-set-for-Aug-12","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6152799-7301b53c0f9dc2dbf7e29e309d00de75/orig.mp4?Expires=1771059703&Signature=buG49jfcAmvegoGILVnOJy-eQTU6pyqSAV~rO8vy31bUlerxTBvrjPYGHlywhwUCV85-3c-f4ME2Q8fSsrO1sH0yakiVRsgj1NsqSNlNv4jGBrYc8YJxshhQM6Ne2e2CDRnwQk4g5NwJ6iCS65WpTD0CKQrbpGIZY2Lks48jC5r5GkFxqpe~TdBGvuxv9PSzKxRJyus72qKgFDy3MOTYX0tw5LQVszJUzp8V-HOgtvMrkiY7e9tpIYg0qVi64kY4kgBrGfBKxlB382DoTZq9j5ct1A8zC-PGVfkURvsF~x48IrvxWn~bbs-Md1XLGd7y0hFfVNQozQdp8PctECzQ2g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Hialeah City Council approved on first reading an ordinance to schedule a special primary election to fill the Group 3 council seat left vacant by Jacqueline Garcia Robiz and to set related dates and administrative responsibilities.

The ordinance sets Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, as the special primary election date and provides for a special general-runoff election on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, if necessary. The qualifying period set in the ordinance opens at 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Monday, July 7, 2025, and closes at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025. The city clerk was designated as the official city representative for use of voter registration books and was directed to transmit a certified copy of the ordinance to the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections.

The measure also amends a charter section to change the listed temporary/permanent vacancy language and clarifies that the candidate elected will serve the remainder of the former member's term ending Nov. 5, 2027, or, if a runoff is required, through Dec. 10, 2027. The council approved the item on a first-reading motion and scheduled second reading and public hearing for Aug. 12, 2025.

No amendments were recorded during first reading. The ordinance will take final effect only after the required second-reading public hearing and certification steps.","The council approved on first reading an ordinance scheduling a special primary election to fill the Group 3 city council seat and set the qualifying period; second reading and public hearing was scheduled for Aug. 12, 2025.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6152804,"Hialeah council approves first reading for Waste Connections intermodal rail transfer with strict restrictions",2206,2465000,4671000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5495445-9a3a343258c50a8104d6d2ab5d225f0e&start=2465&end=4671","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5495445-9a3a343258c50a8104d6d2ab5d225f0e/thumbnail_2465000.jpg","/articles/6152804/Hialeah/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/Hialeah-council-approves-first-reading-for-Waste-Connections-intermodal-rail-transfer-with-strict-restrictions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6152804-b15c969d0fa530571a0e4332ea769e6a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771059703&Signature=HIMA~sjyCSsm4k~33K6NVRD1eqe0~6THY9OGSiN3m8hLCz3nU4qKFpCVPrTqW0NYrllnF7~tC-YyhxIZ~kIC0P8Z-6Xy9l7SpWiFTbriliX94LEwbkNSqlSRRWkE11s3VewrVQCKfakdkoeSJkk9tWIf0VTzGjfYXKgDEUZvB5bsGRdETpBsUhxpAmi5C1hLEUkUO7k0JozHkdiSFSP3eN8neAUiEbd-QEUkAW5vvhdWVkvoamWSYpFfRg66xXVbd~v9yo8afpDpi5F1D4EUgdHmp7jpikcQxEVoyyOU2I49JEVYRk8pAwyTkT0gOOexoFKtWOYZ3GpGysAU3WcUQw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Hialeah City Council approved on first reading a proposed ordinance to allow Waste Connections of Florida to operate an intermodal rail solid-waste transfer facility on a cluster of industrial parcels along Northwest 30th Court after the company pledged enforceable restrictions and operational controls.

Supporters said the proposal replaces an older on-site recycling operation with sealed containers, a lidding/delidding procedure and a rail-based transport cycle that the company and city traffic engineers said will modestly reduce truck trips. Melissa Tapinez, representing Waste Connections, told the council: \"I would like to thank the mayor, the administration, city attorney, as well as all of you council members for working with us as we engage neighborhood stakeholders, business owners, and property owners in the area to proffer the strongest declaration of restrictions ever proffered here in the city of Hialeah.\"

The declaration of restrictions that Waste Connections offered and agreed to record in the public records includes a timeline for modernization, annual reporting, a commitment that loaded containers will be lidded and moved promptly (the company said delidding/lidding will be limited to about 15 minutes on-site), a requirement that containers not be cleaned or exposed on site (cleaning would happen at the landfill), traffic monitoring and resubmission of traffic analysis if operations increase by more than 20 percent, and a contribution to a transit-oriented-development trust fund to support pedestrian improvements.

The covenant also prescribes escalating civil penalties for violations and a path to revocation: the company agreed to a $5,000 fine for a first violation, $10,000 for a second, and a revocation process if violations accumulate (the recorded covenant limits revocation to situations meeting the covenant's standards). Council members repeatedly asked for and were shown site plans and renderings indicating demolition of the existing outdoor recycling sorting areas, added paving and drainage, perimeter walls, additional street trees and hedging, and a site circulation plan the applicant said prevents truck queuing on public streets.

During the public-comment period several residents had criticized prior city handling of waste operations and accused the council of unethical or illegal conduct in permitting decisions. Jose Ozzie, a resident who identified his address during public comment, asked why the council had permitted unspecified prior increases and said, \"You're gonna allow 20% to increase every time they do a traffic study.\" Council members responded that the upcoming proposal would be publicly noticed, would be subject to the recorded restrictions, and that the changes represent a modernization of existing uses rather than creation of a new landfill.

On the motion to approve the item on first reading the council recorded affirmative votes and the item was passed and set for second reading and public hearing on 2025-08-12. The ordinance and recorded declaration together create the legal obligations that the council relied on in taking the first-reading approval.

Background: the project site includes multiple parcels on Northwest 30th Court currently used for recycling and transfer operations; the applicant said manual sorting of contaminated recycling (which it estimated at roughly 75'to'85 percent contaminated) would end and that sealed intermodal containers moved by rail would replace open sorting for most material-handling activity. The applicant and city staff said the site already included a railroad spur that will be upgraded and reused.

The council's approval is a first-reading action; final action will come after the required public hearing and second reading on 2025-08-12.","On first reading the Hialeah City Council approved a special-use permit and variances for Waste Connections to operate an intermodal rail transfer facility, pairing the approval with a recorded declaration of restrictions that includes annual reporting, traffic review thresholds and escalating civil penalties for violations.","actionData","errors"]

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