The Miami City Commission took dozens of procedural and substantive actions during its Oct. 23 meeting. Below are the key outcomes and next steps. Where the transcript records unanimous or recorded roll‑call outcomes, those are noted. For items continued or deferred, the new hearing dates are included when announced.

Passed or approved at the meeting
- Bayfront Park Trust ordinance (FR 9): Commission voted to withdraw the ordinance that would have abolished the Bayfront Park Management Trust and moved operations to the city; staff directed to return with a detailed transition plan (motion carried, vote recorded as affirmative by the commission).
- Watson Island Special Area Plan (PZ 8, as amended) and Development Agreement (PZ 9): Commission approved the SAP amendment (includes up to two 48‑story towers, up to 600 units) and authorized the city manager to negotiate/execute the development agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney (motions carried).
- FR 7 (senior homestead tax exemption urging/resolution): The commission passed an amended resolution urging the state to expand homestead tax exemptions for seniors and directed staff to prepare supporting materials; item passed unanimously as amended.
- First‑reading ordinances: FR 6 (temporary FIFA World Cup clean zone) and FR 8 and FR 10 (impact‑fee and term‑appointment technical changes) passed first reading; FR 6 was discussed at length with the chair requesting assurances about local small‑business participation in World Cup opportunities.
- SR items on second reading (SR 2, SR 3, SR 4): Second reading ordinances establishing a Grants Department, clarifying Downtown Development Authority composition, and naming a park in honor of Rebecca Sosa passed on second reading.
- Multiple planning/zoning items (block vote): Several PZ items passed on block votes after public hearings or staff presentations; PZ 4–7, 10–12, 14–16 passed as advertised or as noted in the record.

Deferred, withdrawn or continued items
- A large set of agenda items were deferred or withdrawn at the outset and throughout the meeting; those items included CA3, RE2, RE3 (withdrawn), RE7 (indefinitely deferred), RE17 (indefinitely deferred), SR1, FR1–FR5, DI4 (withdrawn), PZ2 and PZ13 (deferred to Nov. 20), and several others (details recorded by the city clerk). Several hearing items the clerk announced were deferred to Dec. 11, 2025 or Nov. 20, 2025 as noted on the record.
- RE 9 (a consent/resolution item that had been deferred multiple times) was pulled for discussion and then indefinitely deferred to allow a staff workshop; the manager’s office will coordinate the workshop with commissioners.
- PZ 3 (a small‑lot residential item raised by a district commissioner) was deferred to Nov. 20 at the commissioner’s request for a site visit.

Pocket items and appointments
- Pocket items allocating District 4 funds for a senior rental assistance program, an appointment to the Transportation Planning Organization, and an acquisition of property for Park enhancements were approved as pocket items (motion carried unanimously when offered).

Votes and process notes
- Several block votes carried unanimously; the clerk read roll call for items approved en bloc. Where an item was taken individually, a motion and second were recorded and the chair called the vote. Where commissioners requested additional workshops or reports, staff agreed to coordinate dates and bring back draft materials.

Next steps
- Staff were directed to return with more detailed transition plans or background material for items that were deferred or where commissioners sought additional assurance (notably the Bayfront Park governance item and the code enforcement/inspector questions). Several planning/zoning ordinance proposals will continue through the technical amendment and public hearing process in the coming weeks.

If you need the precise agenda item code and the clerk’s recorded disposition for a specific ordinance, resolution or PZ item, the clerk’s office posts the final docket and vote record to the City Clerk’s site for this meeting.