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Votes at a glance: West Miami commission meeting, Feb. 12, 2025
Summary
Summaries and outcomes for ordinances and resolutions considered at the Feb. 12 West Miami commission meeting, including final actions and scheduling for second readings and public hearings.
The City of West Miami commission took action on several ordinances and resolutions at its Feb. 12 meeting. Below are the items the commission voted on and their outcomes as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Item 11A (parking on swales on SW 16th Street and SW 16th Terrace): Second reading and public hearing. Passed by roll call 5-0. The ordinance adds the listed blocks to the city's permit-only parking rules for residents and guests displaying parking identification permits.
- Item 11B (fence regulations): Second reading and public hearing. Passed 5-0 with an amendment permitting wood fences on side property lines parallel to streets; planning staff directed to study additional material options.
- Item 11C ("gold cards" on city streets): First reading passed 5-0. Second reading and public hearing scheduled for March 2025 at 6 p.m., per the agenda announcement.
- Item 11D (dog regulations): First reading passed 5-0. (Transcript records first-reading passage; second-reading schedule specified on the agenda.)
- Item 11E (cost recovery for professional review services): First reading passed 5-0. The ordinance would require applicants to pay consultants' full review costs when professional review is required under the land-development regulations; second reading scheduled per agenda.
- Item 11F (background checks for city park employees and volunteers): First reading passed 5-0. The ordinance requires criminal background checks for persons working or volunteering on city park property and identifies categories of prohibited individuals in the ordinance language.
- Item 11G (feasibility study for job-order contracting): Resolution directing the manager to report within 120 days on the feasibility of job order contracting; passed by voice vote. The study is to be conducted by staff and compared to other municipalities before any external spending.
- Item 11H (establishing a West Miami crime watch unit): Resolution passed; the police chief and administration will lead and implement the community-based crime-prevention effort.
- Item 11J (naming a portion of SW 13th Street "Candida 'Candy' Blanca Way"): Resolution passed; commissioners spoke at length about Blanca's longtime volunteer work and civic contributions.
Process notes: Most final votes were unanimous (5-0) and were recorded by roll call or voice vote as noted above. Several items were first readings and will return to the commission for a second reading and public hearing on the dates announced from the dais.
