Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Yeah? Yeah. Yes, sir. Good, man. Yes. Good evening, everybody, and welcome. Thank you for coming. Thank you all for coming. Uh we are now calling the uh the meeting to order, the meeting of the Hialeah Council meeting for April 28th. The time is now 5:41. And Madam Clerk, can you lead us in an invocation, please? Can we call the roll first? Oath. Please. Mrs. Agnew? Yes. Mr. La Vega? Present. Mr. Gonzalez is absent. Mr. Marrero? Present. Ms. G. Perez is absent. Ms. M. Perez? Present. Mr. Rodriguez? Present. Mr. President, you have enough members to conduct business. Thank you. Can you lead us in the invocation, please? Lord, we pray for your continued blessing upon our city, its residents, employees, mayor, and council. Amen. Thank you. All rise while Councilman Luis Rodriguez leads us in the pledge of allegiance. Everybody, please face the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you all. You may be seated. Madam Clerk, can you please read the guidelines for tonight's meeting? All lobbyists must register with the City Clerk. As a courtesy to others, please refrain from using cellular telephones or other similar electronic devices in the Council Chamber. A maximum of three speakers in favor and three speakers in opposition will be allowed to address the Council on any one item. Each speaker's comments will be limited to three minutes. No signs or placards in support of or in opposition to an item or speaker shall be permitted within the Council Chamber. Any person interested in making comments or posing questions on matters of public concern or on any item on the agenda may do so during the meeting. Members of the public may address the City Council on any item pertaining to city business during the comments and questions portion of the meeting. A member of the public is limited to one appearance before the City Council, and the speaker's comments will be limited to three minutes. Individuals should be respectful of the elected officials and staff and make every effort to speak with a moderate tone using appropriate language and avoiding personal attacks. Members of the public in the audience shall refrain from shouting or making remarks from their seats to the mayor, council members, or staff sitting on the dais. The public can view public meetings on the city's YouTube page. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We have presentations. It says uh Mayor Collazo and the City council may present service awards to several students in different high schools located in Hialeah in recognition of volunteer month. I see three different high schools want to be recognized all of them to be recognized by Council Vice President to leave us in the recognition Council Vice President Melinda De La Vega. Thank you and good evening everyone. So April is recognized nationwide as national volunteer month and I think it's a time to celebrate like the spirit and and the individuals who who have given their time to our communities and to making our communities stronger. Tonight is truly an honor to recognize several outstanding students from across our city and from all of our schools. These young leaders have each dedicated several hundred hours um throughout their whole service of of high school. So a mile a milestone that reflects not only their hard work but their compassion and their discipline a genuine love for for our community. So volunteerism is is a heart of a strong city. It teaches responsibility. It builds character and it reminds us that even the smallest act of kindness can make a lasting impression. These students have chosen to spend their time helping others and lifting up our neighbors and giving back to their very own community. I would like please if all of our honorees can please stand for a second. Applause. I would like to say that you know you represent the very best of Hialeah. Your dedication inspires all of us up here and it it it continues to give us a purpose to serve right? You are proof that the future of our city is bright because of young people like you. I would also like to take a moment to recognize the parents and the teachers of all these individuals who encourage and support these students every step of their way especially during volunteering. Your leadership is an example to all of us and to the achievements like this is possible. So on behalf of the mayor mayor Brian Calvo and the city of Hialeah Council up here we thank you for your commitment your leadership and your service to our community. And so I would like to congratulate all of you individually. We're going to start off with Westland High the students from Westland High. The first student um Tibisy Tibisay Metcalf she is a senior and she has 999 plus hours. If you want to come up. Also from Westland we have Melanie Hernandez a senior. You want to come up? Yep. Melanie Hernandez a senior with also 999 plus hours as well as Daniel Martinez a senior with 999 plus hours. So if all three students can please come up we would like to recognize you. We have a couple other students from Jose Marti Mast Academy. So we have Evangelia Evangelina Alburnes a 10th grader with 1900 hours Isabela Flores a senior with 2362 hours and Alexia and I'm sorry Isabela Flores also has a a brother sibling so these are these are siblings Dylan Flores with 1400 hours as a junior and Alexia Laurie 12th grader with 2600 hours. And then lastly from iMater High School we have Dominic De Jesus a senior with 595 hours and Giana Fe Acosta 11th grader with 643 hours. We're done with the presentations? >> Yes. Congratulations again to all of you. We have future and present leaders here tonight. I people say future you're already present current leaders. Thank you again all of you and thank you. All right moving right along. You don't have to suffer through the rest of the meeting those of you who got presentations you can go celebrate now. Okay we won't think you're rude. Okay don't worry. Comments and questions do we have anybody listed madam? Yes Holday Aussie. Come on up sir. Hi good evening everybody. I want to start out I have a resentment with Councilwoman De La Vega you left out Miami Springs. >> Name and address please. Holday Aussie 788 788 Southwest Park Drive. So you left out Miami Springs High School and who has ever acknowledged graduated from Westland High? I don't know anybody. The mayor did that was a joke. Yes. Okay. My joke all right. Yeah mayor I'm going back to service this is so I I saw your message here and this is this reminded me what Julio Robaina what Carlos Hernandez or what Steve Bovo did in our city. I want to compare you to to Raul Martinez that I want you to be remembered somebody like Raul Martinez. I want to go some of the things he did for us right? Raul Martinez he created the modern Hialeah. He expanded Okeechobee Road from two lanes to three lanes. He built the tunnel under the railroad track. He built our courthouse. 30 years Hialeah would not have La Palangana. There was a flooding everywhere. Not only the lighting street all that he did. How did he do it? Going to Tallahassee going to state we get very little money from Tallahassee. I think whatever lobbyists we have we definitely definitely have to replace some of the county. We we're getting very little money from the county. Rebecca Sosa was my commissioner for 12 years east of 21st Street we never got anything. Now that you're obese and Senator Garcia Miami Springs and Miami Lakes get way more money and projects. We rarely see those signs where we're getting millions of dollars. So we need more money coming in and I know you're working on that I heard about that. I want to share what Raul Martinez did in Parks and Recreation. I started in 1990 1982 in in Parks and Recreation Raul Martinez built Goodlet Park Wild Park um Bucky Dent Park Gathof Park and Slade Park. Raul Martinez also built the aquatic center at Slade and at Bucky Dent. When he built that only Tampa was compared to us in Parks and Recreation. So imagine how we went to from that to today I have I visited um Bright Park through the 18 year old managing the park she's a high school student. There's no program there and I went to visit the pool the pool is still closed. The pool at Walker still closed the the pool at at Westland still closed. We we still closed um the the park at Fire and the park at at Hialeah Middle and we used the the recession you know as the reason but no other city in the state of Florida closed parks and pools. So I hope that that's when you you've made your accomplishment. I want to give an example what else you're dealing with mayor that you you got this. The employee turnover is unbelievable. Not just freezing fire but I don't know how department heads are doing it. I don't know how Willie manages parks and recreation with 18 year old. Today I went to risk management because I have a medical procedure there in charge of insurance. Rachel helped me and she's calling back two times. Very competent, very professional. A staff like that is not going to stay with our city, right? We're probably going to lose her and every department is losing people like this and that. The the funding problem and retention of staff, those are major issues. I know you're working on it the hard task but I think you could do it. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Anyone else registered to speak, Madam Clerk? >> No, sir. Does anybody in the audience or online, I don't see anybody online, anybody in the audience have any comments and questions? Absent. Oh. Sir. Hello. I'm going to need Do you need a translator? No, right? You do? Okay. What was the ruling we had on translators during We don't have to. Go ahead and let him speak in Spanish, right? Okay. I'll translate for everybody else then. See. See. Yes. See. No. So. See. Basically. Okay. But the boat is still prohibited. In the that are considered R4. R4 is a townhouse. When there's no division. Between one property and another. Houses typically obviously have their own space between houses. In those houses. You're permitted to have a boat. As long as the boat is on the side of the house and it's hidden from the street. Hidden from the street. But because the R4 property doesn't have that division, that's why it's prohibited. Because the only way to park it would be in front of the property. And that's what the council decided at that time. So they're simply enforcing that regulation. That was approved two years ago. The boat is the boat is the The ordinance is confusing. Because the warning that they're giving us is because they're giving us the warning because the boat is the It says wrongfully parked. Wrongfully parked. In the property. Yeah. But so I'm going to I'm going to leave anyway. My my first complaint. Second. See how you can help us and third. The document. Because I read the ordinance and and no matter how I read it, I don't understand it. Because it's very simple. But because I'm R4. You're R4 because that's a classification that's given to the property. All properties have a classification. Whether it's R1, R2, R3, R4. R1 is a single family house. R2 is a duplex. R3 is a multi-family where there are multiple units, an apartment building. Apartment building. And R4 is a townhouse. Which is when there's no division between one property and another. Commercial properties also have their zoning classifications. Industrial also. I1, I2, I3. C1, C2, C3. So basically they're zoning classifications. That's existed for 1,000 years. All cities have it. And townhouses in all cities are considered R4. But as I told you. That ordinance was approved two years ago. I was actually against it. But it's the one that's written in the books and it's the one that's being enforced. The only thing that can be done. You can't ignore the ordinance. The ordinance exists. The only thing that can be done is if the council decided to change the ordinance and that's a conversation that we can have. But. At this moment. It's prohibited to have a boat in a townhouse. Just like it's prohibited to have it in an apartment building. R3. It's prohibited to have it in a duplex. The only property that you can have a boat as I told you is a single family R1 and it has to be on the side of the property and hidden from the street. So that's the only one that's approved. Because townhouses are not considered single family homes. No, they're not considered They're not considered in our city or in any other city in the United States. Okay. No. property. In other words. People invent. They force you They force They force the car to park it like this parallel to the house. Which is prohibited by ordinance also. If you don't have space you have to start parking vehicles whether it's a boat, an RV or a car parallel to it has to be by law unless It was all those things, those problems. There wasn't enough space. It was causing problems with the parking. We would have to review it again. Let's see. Let's see how it is. We have to ask the inspectors to give us information. But you're not going to have time until until they gave you the notice. Yeah. You're going to have to You're going to have to take it out. Okay. Unfortunately, yes. Anyway. Of course. You have it? Yes. Give it to Give it to the girl there. I know that the measurements and all that always existed. We never Yeah. But townhouses and condos are totally different. And we took we eliminated Which I You can give it to us if you like. Yeah. Give me your please your full name and your full address, please. 6924 West 17th >> [snorts] >> That's actually code, not zoning. Go ahead. I apologize. Thank you. Any more comments and questions from the audience? No? You wanted to say something? No, no, don't worry. Okay. Okay, the first question is that this Do you think or do you believe that the in the future you can add or extend couple more minutes for the time to the people come over here and speak on things because sometimes I see the people get nervous because they watching the the timer and they want to explain everything but they can't because the time is running. Things like that. Are you going to I don't know. I understand your question. I don't know because then the meeting will take all night. If you go to the county, if you go anywhere, it's the same thing. City of Miami, the county, you have a 3-minute or else it would take too long. And and and if anybody has an issue that goes over the 3 minutes, we have them I know, I know. That's happened to me sometimes. I say now you give me a couple more minutes. Just some, you know, in my mind things like that. Okay, let me let me check. I haven't seen you in a while. No, we missed you. I know that. Okay. A translator, please. Are you sure? Okay. >> [clears throat] >> It's the first time that I stay here and listen the mayor Uh Okay, you start over all those months and it's for a long year uh checking, not checking, but observing that in the ninth street uh that is the 60 of the east, that is the 62nd of the northwest uh from Okeechobee passing the 10th Avenue of the east that street has been without lines uh neglected but there are many people who don't know or don't know that street like many other streets and avenues of Hialeah the city of Hialeah cannot do anything even if they want to do it, they don't have the budget because the budget is held by the county Miss Camila was guiding me, guiding me until I got specifically to the office of the county and they immediately confirmed and said that they were working and that supposedly in about a month approximately all those lines were going to be there uh painted and the pavement is perfect. The problem are the lines and my concern is that that on a day that it's raining or not raining, since you can't see the the the lines that divide the lane, there could be an accident that won't be the first that I've mentioned. There have been many accidents due to that situation. Okay, let me uh Okay. So, we're done now. Announcements and amendments to the agenda, Madam Clerk, please. >> The following items have been postponed until the City Council meeting of May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Consent item J, zoning items 16A, 16C, 16D, and 16H. Okay. So, we have now board appointments, Madam Clerk. Item 9A, please. Proposed resolution appointing Francisco Perez to the Veterans Affairs Committee of the City of Hialeah as Council member William Marrero's appointment for a 2-year term beginning on April 28th, 2026 and ending on April 27th, 2028. Councilman Marrero, would you like to pitch him? Yes, really quick. Thank you guys. So, I'm reappointing Francisco. He was the former vice chair of the Veterans Affairs board or Veterans Affairs committee. He couldn't be here today is my understanding. He had like a motor surgery or something like that, but he's a veteran marine and I ask you guys for your support to get him back on the board. So, I motion. Sounds good. Motion from for the board appointment of Francisco Perez from Councilman Marrero. Do we have a second? I second. Second from Councilwoman Monica Perez. Please call the roll. Mr. Zogby. Yes. Mr. Marrero. Yes. Ms. Dela Vega. Yes. Ms. M. Perez. Yes. Mr. Rodriguez. Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. Thank you. And thank Mr. Perez for his service. Thank you. Item 9B, Madam Clerk, please. Proposed resolution appointing Asael Amador to the Youth Advisory Committee as Council member William Marrero's appointment for a 2-year term beginning on April 28th, 2026 and ending on April 27th, 2028. You have the floor again, Councilman Marrero. So, I have Asael here today. He's here with us in the stand. He is also my intern. So, he's interning out of my office. He really wants to be involved in the community. So, if any of you guys have any projects, anything you guys want to work on with him. Paint your house. You heard that? So, tomorrow 5:00 a.m. be at our Council President's house. Bring breakfast. And then but yes, he's a young kid. He's studying law is my understanding and he wants to be involved in the community. So, I ask for you guys' support. So, I motion. Thank you, Asael. Motion for Asael from Councilman Marrero. Do we have a second? I second. Second from Councilwoman Monica Perez. Please call the roll. Mr. Marrero. Yes. Ms. Dela Vega. Yes. Ms. M. Perez. Yes. Mr. Rodriguez. Yes. Mr. Zogby. Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. Okay. Consent agenda. Um Does anyone here want to Good evening. My name is Francisco de la Paz. Sorry. 11,000 Southwest 104th Street. Would you like >> Before I ask you to remove some items from the agenda, Mr. Mayor, I understand the comments of the great things that Mayor Martinez did. He left a lot of news media articles. Not all of them favored it. And he also left up with a $50 million bond to be repaying 30 years for the improvement, which I cannot forget. We're still paying the bond. I would like item 10C and 10F removed from the consent slate. 10C, light Charlie, and 10F. And then X, you said? F. F? Yes. Okay. So, FD would like to pull C and F, right? Frank de la Paz. Anyone else from the dais or the audience? Otherwise, do I have a motion on the remainder of the consent? Motion from Councilman Luis Rodriguez. Second. Second from Council Vice President Melinda Dela Vega. Please call the roll. Ms. Dela Vega. Yes. Ms. M. Perez. Yes. Mr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. Mr. Zogby. Yes. Mr. Marrero. Yes. Motion carries. The consent agenda has passed except item C and F. Madam Clerk, can you read 10C into the record? Proposed resolution accepting the invitation for bid response for number 2025-26-007 for the roadway and drainage improvements to West 38th Place, West 39th Place, and West 40th Street from West 16th Avenue to West 18th Avenue and authorizing the mayor, his designee, and the city clerk as attesting witness on behalf of the city to issue a purchase order to Florida Engineering and Development Corporation vendor for the amount of $3,737,716.66 and if required, a 10% contingency amount of $373,771.67 expressly subject to budgetary approval for a total cumulative amount not to exceed $4,111,488.33 for the roadway and drainage improvements to West 38th Place, West 39th Place, and West 40th Street from West 16th Avenue to West 18th Avenue and in substantial conformity with invitation for bid number 2025-26-007 attached here to a mini part here of as exhibited and authorizing the mayor or designee to sign any related and customary purchasing documents to effectuate this resolution and providing for an effective date. Sure. Good evening once again, Frank de la Paz. Good evening. >> 11,000 Southwest 104th Street. The reason that I requested to pull this is very simple. With me here today is the president of the Bella Vista Plaza Commercial Condominium Association. On the audience, we have among other business owners in the neighborhood, Mr. Manny Alonso from Professional Plumbing. Mr. Willie Delgado is also here. Over 2 years ago, and unfortunately, it's not on the administration's fault. Even though we had that famous ordinance that one term ends and you got a a period where the new administration is going to get familiar with what was going on. Transition. A transition. Mayor Bovo left and the transition to Jackie was very short and the transition from Jackie to the mayor was as it was supposed to be, but I guess the message got lost in the shuffle. Nevertheless, in the last 2 years, numerous time, me, myself, and I, among other people, have been asking the street department to convey a meeting with those property owners that are going to be affected by this project because we believe that we deserve to know what's going to be done before it's done. And we believe that we had the right, even if it's only the right to throw a tantrum at the end, to voice our opinion that what we would like to have done on the streets. The improvement is much needed because the street flood to the extent that sometimes the flooding is up to 3 ft high. So, we need the improvement. But we wanted to know how many parking spaces are going to be eliminated from the street. We wanted to know where the new trees are going to go. If they're going to put curb and gutter with little grass so people will get and park on top. We wanted to be part of the design before it was finalized. And I was told, "Don't worry, Frank. You'll get to it. Don't worry, Frank. We will let you know." Mr. Alonso came and met with Mayor Bovo on his office. "Don't worry, you guys. Nothing is going to be finalized before we get together with you guys." And here it is, finalized, and we have no clue of what was going to going to go up. We have no clue of the elevations. We have no clue if there's going to be pinching in the road to 16th or 18th Avenue or just into the drainage in the street. I mean, it's going to be sufficient or not. I don't think that those owners that have been on those streets for the with 40 years should not be included. I agree. No surprises. Can I Can Jose Oh, there you go. So, I don't know if any of them want to say something. >> you set up maybe a meeting at the with um The way we feel that if this passed today, then we not going to have the opportunity to do any changes. I hear you. I hear you. I hear you. Makes sense, Frank. And there should be alternatives Yeah. to the design if we don't feel comfortable with it. Stick around before you start or do you want to say something, Jose? Go ahead. You're going to stick around for the next time then you're going to get with Jose, okay, Frank? Hold on. Got it. Jose Sanchez, director of streets, 156th Street. The plans are available. Our offices are open 7:00 to 3:00. They're there. He was provided a copy of one of the locations requested yesterday. He's more than welcome to come. And the fact that there's >> you Can you give us an executive summary of what we're doing on the sign? We're doing a full reconstruction. It's going to include drainage, curb and gutter, shoulder parking, sidewalks, and a few tree removals due to the installation of the drains and the curb. Okay. And to address the specific question about the parking. We're providing parking throughout the whole like shoulder parking everywhere they could fit shoulder parking. There are some areas that were respected. Like I mentioned before, we take a drive while we're doing the design of every street that we're designing, and we observe what's going on in the area. In this case, we provided parking everywhere we saw there was a need. And the only areas that we're not providing parking is where they don't fit or there are some folks that have a lot of trees planted, which obviously are telling, you know, sending a message that they don't want anybody parking in those locations. So, those were respected and we curved those in. For everywhere else where there is cars parked and we're able to fit parking, there's we're providing parking. Okay, cuz I think their their main concern, if I'm hearing them correctly, is, you know, they're afraid that parking will be eliminated to some degree that it would affect their business. Is that something that is accurate not accurate? No, we're providing parking everywhere we can. I mean, we are leaving clear zones next to every approach. That's a safety issue. I mean, if you go there now, there's no curbing, so there's no way to restrict that. And people park as close as almost on top of those approaches. That for for sure is going away cuz we have to provide safety. You got to be able to see what the oncoming vehicles when they're exiting those those driveways. But everywhere else, you know, we're providing parking. And as far as there's no time for changes, that's not accurate. Right now, we start with the drainage. Basically, they have until we start laying down the curb to make modifications if they need to. Yes, there will be commitments that we will require. It's not just we ask for for this and that. So, for example, like when we deal with residential, this is very uncommon cuz this is more of industrial area. But when we deal with residential, if somebody wants to expand their driveway, as long as they do it before we lay down the curb, all we ask for is that they have a permit from the building department and show us what improvements they're planning on doing inside private property, and then we'll accommodate whatever that is on the right-of-way side. So, we apply the same concept to to this area. If they want to do a wider approach or something like that, they have until we start laying down the curb, which is probably going to be a couple of months out. And we're going to do block by block, so they have time to come in, meet with us, and we could walk them through the process and make any changes necessary. Okay, so fair to say you're willing to work with the business owners that are going to be impacted. And you said you're available between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. the office hours out in the streets department. You want to give them the address? Correct. 9856 Street, Building 4. You know how to reach them, right, Frank? How to reach Jose, right? He's been there many times. >> Yeah. Okay. If I may through the chair? Yes, ma'am. Um Jose, I I as a business owner, I'm sure their main concern is are they able to, you know, have an entry and an exit? Are they still able to run their business adequately even though all this is going on? Are we going to provide them kind of just when the phase is coming so they could prepare and and make sure that they have sufficient space for their customers to still conduct business or have a, you know, an entry and exit way into their plazas? Absolutely. We'll We'll try our best to accommodate everyone. There's going to be short periods of time that they won't have access to like maybe one driveway, but we'll find a way to get them access to the property. And that will be only during the installation of the drainage cuz, you know, those are 15-ft deep excavation that while we're doing it, I mean, we we got to do the digging, and but for that short period of time, we'll have that section closed, but we'll find another alternative for another entrance or a temporary access for those properties. Okay. I I'm sure that they're they're nervous because recently we saw in downtown that they shut down like an entire street and all those businesses weren't able to conduct business. They didn't have any customer, you know, walking through. So, as long as we do allow and provide them to continue, you know, having access to to the entrance of their location, I think that that will provide them some some relief. How long will this project take start to finish would we assume? Um between 6 and 7 months, weather permitting, of course. Okay. But phases. 6 or 7 months, each block will have a a different It'll be for the whole project, and we're looking at three blocks, maybe 2 and 1/2 months or so uh per block. Okay. Yeah, cuz we're doing 38th, 39th, and 40th. So, those are two avenue segments. So, I would say about 2 and 1/2 months each. Okay. All right, thank you. The only thing that may be a little difficult at the time, but the road's going to be closed for local traffic may be the on-street parking during construction. So, cuz I mean, we're going to have a lot of equipment there and all that, but access to the properties, we'll we'll make you know, everything happen, you know, we'll have access to all the properties. Does that work for you, Frank? Uh Mr. Chairman, I'm sorry that I do know how to reach Mr. Swan Sanchez. I don't know who did they send anything, but definitely was not to me much less yesterday. Nobody has reached out to me in as much as I have and I'm sorry I have to tell you. I I go every time I go there, I see Miguel, "Hey, what's going on?" "Jamil, you you will eventually will get to you." Unfortunately, they're ready to go. Yeah, yeah. At this time, even if I get the set of plans tomorrow and we have a meeting with the neighbors and look at it, there's going to be a cost incurred if we want changes, and the changes are not going to happen. And that's what we are so upset about. I understand. >> The fact that it's final, this is what it is, and we ask very nicely, we want to be consulted. Yeah. And ain't going to happen. So, what is there is what is going to be, so that's why I say we only have the right and that's not But we may be okay. Maybe once you look at it, it'll be close to what you want, right? Give it a chance. Yeah, most likely if I see the plans, they'll be beautiful. But the point is I know, I know. >> that procedure I hear you. should be changed for the future, not only on industrial areas, but also in residential. Because at the end of the day, it's our neighborhood, it's our money, and we it's our life livelihood uh that is being affected. We appreciate the fact that we're going to get new roads and improvement and drainage. It's just the way we went about it. Yeah. And it's not like we are a stranger. He sees me every time I go there, even though he no longer has chocolate on the counter. We cut the budget. Let me clarify something cuz this process has been in place for as long as I've been here, and I've been here almost 20 years. >> Okay. >> We've always provided access to the residents, and it's not that we ask for the improvements to get done. They have 6 months from the time they pull the building permit to perform whatever improvements they are. All we need is a commitment, which what we ask for is a permit. I mean, it can't just say be somebody just come in and say, "Hey, I want to do this and that," and then at the end, they don't do anything. So, the only thing that we ask for is a commitment, and that commitment is providing us a copy of the building permit. They don't have to do the work at that time. They have 6 months to complete that work, probably even longer if they call in an inspection. So, it's not that they have to do the improvements right away. I mean, all we need is the building permit with the plan of whatever they're going to do, and we'll accommodate whatever it is that we need to accommodate in the right-of-way. >> They just don't know what we're building before they can determine what they might need to improve on the inside. So, I I get what he's saying. Did you want to Did you want to say something? Name and address, senior. Yes. Uh my name is William Delgado. Address is 3214 Southwest 173rd Avenue, Miramar, Florida. Yes, sir. I have been involved with the City Hialeah for over 50 years. >> Yes. Uh I ask Well, before I say that, one of the proudest thing that I I had in this city was I was a founder and first president of the Flamingo Kiwanis in Hialeah. I represented Hialeah in the Republican party as a treasurer for for a while. So, and and serving a few committees in this city. So, when Mr. uh Manolo Alonso reached out to me with the issues that they had, I call Mayor Bovo. Uh And he promised like I don't want to go and repeat. [clears throat] I think he made an excellent uh presentation of what the issue is. He promised us to have a meeting. He promised Mr. uh Alonso to have a meeting with the department, with staff, discuss the plans, and Never happened. Uh it just it just so happened that I call Mr. Abbas once in a while just to find out how he is uh due to his uh medical conditions and uh he's from the from the old guard, what we call the old guard. And uh he said, "Did you hear about what's going on in the agenda on Tuesday?" And I said, "No." And he's planning it to me and I called Mr. Alonso, explained to him, and we all decided to be here. I like to congratulate all of you. All of you, especially I don't want to say especially, but yes, especially the mayor. I think you have the opportunity to take Hialeah to a different level. Thank you. And I know you will. I know you will. So uh all we are asking and again, he is planning it is to sit with the department before this is approved by the council. With the owners and I think the process should be like it is in every other city, like it is in Miami-Dade County, is that the owners and the condominiums that they're having in that area get notified in writing of that particular meeting. It's not just through word of mouth. Absolutely. Basically, again, thank you for your time. Thank you, mayor. Wish you all the best. Wish you all the best. Hialeah deserves it. Thank you, Mr. Delgado. Look, gentlemen, um you know, obviously there was a transition and what have you, but you know, the buck stops with me, so I apologize that you had to come out here. Um apologize that we we weren't able to to set this up on the on the front end. So, you know, I feel comfortable moving it. We can move it at least 2 weeks and that'll give you uh a 2-week time period to meet with staff and get a little bit more acquainted with the project. Uh that way, you know, when we come back, we're all having an at least an informed discussion, you know, whether or not the decision is to move forward or not. So, I feel comfortable doing that. And uh thank you for coming down. Again, apologies that that you had to make the trip, but it's a pleasure to always see you guys. So, thank you. Can you Can you explain to Mr. Alvarez, too, so we got everything that Yeah. Mr. Alonso, I'm sorry. So, basically, we'll table the item for 2 weeks. >> We We'll table it and then that'll give you 2 weeks to to do um your meeting. Yeah. Through the chair. Okay. Yes, ma'am. So, um just to everybody who came out today, I mean, I'm sorry that you were promised to be involved in the decision-making and that didn't happen. Um you know, I know we'll vote on this item now and and make a decision, but is there a specific fear of something? Usually, when we're remodeling something, usually everything will be nicer, better. Is there a specific fear? Is it just the parking? And I'm just curious if Is there any legal parking right now that we're removing? Uh in in this design, Jose? >> from our point Mhm. our fear is basically in past designs whether being industrial or residential, the way the design has come in, it come out very nice. But then when you start putting like I understand on our existing driveways, we're not going to change it, that you have to put curb and gutter for the traffic and the visibility triangle, but then sometimes you start adding trees, you start adding little islands wherein the people end up parking on top of them, and we don't need none of that. This is an industrial area, so we would like to save as much on-street parking as possible Okay. because for example, on the Bella Vista, which is from 16 to 18, from 38 to 39, the whole block of condominiums where you were never there because you never were a member of the FOP, but you know they were I was there all the time. So, you know what I'm talking about, that more than two cars go to each bay, workers come in, and there's no surface parking anywhere close by, so we need as much parking as we can even though we need the improvement. So, our fear is not only the reduction on overall parking linear feet that we're going to have and if the water at the any point on the elevations of the street which is not the city's fault, but if you elevate the the street to the new requirements, some of the property might end up getting flooded, so they have to know which one is going to be, so we can prepare and put berms inside our property so the water doesn't come into our parking lot. Those are things that you cannot plan and do in 1 month. So, that's our fear. Thank you. I just wanted to know and hopefully you guys can meet and uh we can come to a happy medium. Thank you. Before you take a vote, I want to mention something. Uh this project is partially funded by CDBG funds and we have strict timelines to >> a clock on it. If we were to Yeah, we're Okay, we'll do the 2 weeks and then we're going to do it's both items, right? Cuz they're they're connected, the RFQ and the IFB, right? Yeah. Yeah, one's for construction and the other one's for CEI. Okay, so 2 weeks, we're not We're We're fine to do the 2 weeks, are we? S- We're in a Yes or no? We got to spend the funds by September. Okay, we're great. So, so 2 weeks, we'll table it by administration. Thank you. Thank you for coming, okay? Appreciate it. Do we have to vote on a table? No, it's Do we can table administration has tabled it. Okay, Frankie, we're good with that? Yeah, he's good. Okay, so we're done with consent. Thank you, Frankie. So, the items will be considered on May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Thank you all. Okay, moving over to administrative items, 11A, Madam Clerk. Thank you. Second reading and public hearing of proposed ordinance amending chapter 2 entitled administration of the code of ordinances, article 5 entitled finance, division 2 entitled fees and charges, and in particular amending section 2-873, subsection A to increase the city's standard violation and lien research fee from $375 to $500, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing penalties for violation hereof, providing for inclusion in code, providing for a severability clause, and providing for an effective date. Very good. This item 11A is on second reading, open for public discussion barring any um pleasure of the council on 11A. If I may, through the chair. Yes, ma'am. Um I just wanted to maybe ask legal um what what's typically like this fee that we're that we've came to, the 375 to 500? Is this like a typical average fee that's across other municipalities in the county? I just Yeah, so our city clerk, uh Ms. Fojo, actually did some research as to the fees that different municipalities charge, and we are undercharging our constituents for this type of service. At the end of the day, this is something that's required whenever um you know, a house is going to be foreclosed on or there's something having to do with the mortgage and that the or the filing for bankruptcy, is that there has to be a check whether or not the property itself has a uh a a lien that's been imposed by the city. So, there's two types of liens. There's utility liens and there's also uh liens that result from code violations that go unpaid. Um so, Ms. Fojo and her staff are the ones that actually gather the information uh to provide in regards to these unpaid um intra interest that the city um has. So, that's kind of like the work that they do. Ms. Fojo, can you can you guide me in that range? So, if it's going to be 375, what qualifies a 375 uh charge in comparison to like a $500 charge? >> So, originally, when we passed this ordinance um that we set the 375, that research was done back in 2018. You know, I don't know how the 375 was determined, but um based on the amount of lien lien search requests that we're receiving and based on the amount of staff we need to have to comply with the requests, we thought that $500 would be appropriate. So, it's not that 375 would be like utilities and then for lien searches for a real estate purpose, that would qualify for 500. It depends. >> No, it's a simple lien search, whether it's for We We're checking everything. We're checking checking water, we're checking fire, we're checking grants, we're checking code, building, and we're giving you all the information. Got it. Okay. All right. Thank you. Is that a motion on your end? Um I'm just Yeah. I'm I'll motion. Second. Yes, ma'am. Motion from Councilwoman Monica Perez, second from Councilman Luis Rodriguez. Please call the roll. Mr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. Mr. Zogby. Yes. Mr. Marrero. Yes. Ms. La Vega. >> Yes. Ms. Empress. Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. Thank you. Item 11B, Madam Clerk, please. First reading of proposed ordinance repealing and rescinding Hialeah ordinance number 2021-140, attached hereto as exhibit A, granting a special use permit to allow the expansion of the neighborhood business district overlay pursuant to Hialeah code of ordinances section 98-1630.8, and granting a variance permit to allow 24 units, 86% with floor areas ranging from from square feet to 729 sq. ft, where 850 ft is the minimum required and only 10% of the units may have an area of 600 sq. ft. Allow 46 parking spaces where 67 parking spaces are required. All contrary to Hialeah Code of Ordinances sections 1630.2 and 98-2189 subsection 16A and B for the property located at 167 West 23rd Street and 187 West 23rd Street, Hialeah zoned M1 Industrial District, authorizing release of the declaration of restrictive covenants recorded in Official Records Book public records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing for severability clause and providing for an effective date. Thank you. This item is on first reading. Uh I guess Claudia, basically all these details we got here is stuff that's not going to be done, so this is going away. Is that what you're going to tell us? >> correct. It's to cancel basically the zoning entitlements that they were granted back in 2021. He's a great idea. He He's the smart man. I'm I'm glad he took this back. It's a good idea. Good idea. Uh pleasure of the council. Motion >> Great. Second. Was that you? My face is Marrero. First uh motion from uh Councilman Marrero, second from Councilman Louie Rodriguez. Please call the roll. Mr. Zogby. Yes. Mr. Marrero. Yes. Mr. De la Vega. Yes. Ms. M. Perez. Yes. Mr. Rodriguez. Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. Second reading and public hearing is scheduled for May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Thank you. Uh 12 unfinished business. Anyone? If I may, through the chair. Yes, ma'am. Mayor, I don't know if you wanted to make the announcement of Absolutely. Um So, as we leave uh this evening, um I I'd like everybody to take a moment and look back at the building. It's um been illuminated in blue uh thanks to our uh special events department. Uh thank you as well to your leadership, Councilwoman. And so, uh it's in in honor of of autism awareness. Um a very special moment, I think, in our city. And uh just take a moment as you leave here today, uh take a look at the beautiful uh illuminated building in blue. Thank you. If you wanted to add anything else? Well, that's it. Thank you, sir. Any new business? Item 13. And we're moving to zoning. Want to administer the oath? Will all those persons who will be testifying on an item, please stand and raise your right hand? And both sides That's okay. We're going to do it. Land use This is for zoning and land use items where administering the oath. But you have 15A before it. Will all those persons who will be testifying on an item, please stand and raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm that the evidence you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? If so, say I do. Let the record reflect that all have responded in the affirmative. Thank you. 15A Land use 15A Second reading and public hearing of proposed ordinance amending the future land use map of the City of Hialeah Comprehensive Plan pursuant to section 163.3187 of the Florida Statutes, small-scale development amendment to change the land use designation from low-density residential to transit-oriented development district for the property located at 1081 East 17th Street, Hialeah zoned R1 legally described herein, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing penalties for violation hereof, providing for severability clause and providing for an effective date. Um 15A land use is on second reading and open for public discussion. Give me a minute. Just a minute. Is this the one you wanted to talk on? Okay, don't worry. Got you. Can you let the um the lobbyists first Would you like to let them speak first? Whatever. Go go ahead. Go ahead, Jose. Name and address, please, sir. Hi. Uh Jose Alvarez, 788 Southwest Park Drive. I want to speak in general this whole area. I hope the mayor was here. We're losing the opportunity to make what Raul Martinez did was make us into a modern city. I want to clarify what Frank um De la Paz said. He didn't include that we got 50 million dollar matching grant from the Dade County and from the federal government. What Raul Martinez did was like unbelievable. And you guys I'm sorry. You council and the mayor have the chance to make Hialeah even better. We need a master plan for this whole area. If you're aware, um when Steve Bovo was mayor and his daughter-in-law was with Audrey Jane in Factory Town. Two years ago was the noise issue. Factory Town and a company from New Hampshire, they bought all the land around Factory Town. And now Formula 1 is coming there. So, that's all being done in secret. And then this patchwork in the East Hialeah. We have the opportunity to make like a master plan and and make that bring companies like We want companies like Goya, Coca-Cola, Nabisco. This little like patchwork is not going to work. I I I shared a video with with you with some of you council of a big developer Miami. They're talking about Little River and not a pad of the new area in Hialeah. And they kept saying location, location, location. And I get Hialeah is left out. And we have great location. And that land in that area, we already lost Factory Town because that's all been bought out. And it's been a real big secret. We need to have clarification and have a plan for that. I want to show the image that that we didn't Gabriella, can you show that image? Um that the image I didn't It didn't show last last City Council meeting, which sound I hope some of you guys ran it by Brandy or or some marketing people. Okay, so right now we have fact We have Formula 1 comes to to uh Miami-Dade County. There's billions of dollars coming in. Even Miami Springs, all the hotels, they doubled the price. Everything's sold out this weekend. I hope you check because of the Formula 1, all the millions of dollars. We're not benefiting from that. Yeah, we have uh Factory Town. But the hotels Southeast Hialeah, I live 2 miles from the airport and from New Freedom Park. High Southeast Hialeah has 10 prostitution motels. We don't even have one motel. Imagine Uh if we change the name like Miami Hialeah, a developer recommended Hialeah Miami. But we need to include Miami because there's incredible change happening in in Miami right now. And we're not being part of it. The land by East Hialeah where you're proposing this, we need to do a master plan. And we need to attract the big companies, you know, we we need we need to get away from the like, you know, it's okay to have garages, people to fix their cars, make cabinets. But we need a master plan to bring the big hotels, the the big companies like Coca-Cola. That's what we really need. We're going to be We don't have money to make Yeah, I I showed what what the mayor has done so far. Yeah, this is okay, you know, but if we want to be a great city, we got to do something major. And this area that they're doing the patchwork, this is ideal area for developers, you know, so I hope you consider like the big picture where you're going to be When you're not going to be here, think of what's going to be of Hialeah. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Caesar. Good afternoon. Caesar Mestrayer, offices at 8105 Northwest 155th Street, Miami Lakes, Florida. Uh this is on for second reading. Um I guess this this part of a of a big plan. It's an area This TOD area goes from 17th Street all the way to 33rd Street from East 8th Avenue all the way to East 11th Avenue. So, this is part of a a vision that the the the council had years ago, and it's coming to fruition. It's making the area more accessible, more affordable housing, a lot more units, a lot more density. Um and this complies with everything that's in in your code. Uh there was a presentation that I made on first reading. Um I stand by that. If you have any questions or you'd like me to make the presentation again, I'd be more than happy to do that. You earned your money very easily last meeting, if I remember. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I You shouldn't have said that. I jinxed you. Pleasure of the council. On Motion 15A. Motion from Councilman Luis Rodriguez. Second. Second from Councilman William Marrero. Mr. Marrero. Yes. Mr. De la Vega. Yes. Ms. M. Perez. Yes. Mr. Rodriguez. >> Yes. Mr. Zogby. Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. If I may. Yeah, if you want me to wait, I'll wait. If not, um there's another item that's connected to this one. It's E. What is it? 16E? E? Yes. Does anybody This is the same property. Yeah, does anybody have any objection as jumping onto 16E, skipping over others? Anyone up here? Go on, Madam Clerk. Can you read it into the record? Second reading and public hearing of proposed ordinance rezoning property from R1 One-Family District to TOD Transit-Oriented Development District, granting variance variances to allow one a single-use four-story multi-family residential building containing 12 dwelling units or mixed commercial and residential use uses are required. Two, a front setback of 6.75 ft, where 20 ft is required. And three, 6% pervious area, where a minimum of 10% is required. All contra to Hialeah Code of Ordinances sections 98-1543, 98-1544 in the Hialeah Landscape Manual, updated July of 2025 section E, and granting a partial waiver of minimum landscape requirements through landscape mitigation, pursuant to section 98-2235 for the property located at 1081 E 17th Street, Hialeah, zoned R1, legally described herein, providing for conditions, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing penalties for violation hereof, providing for severability clause, and providing for an effective date. This item is also on second reading, open for public discussion. If there isn't any, a pleasure of the council on 16E. Through the chair. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um Caesar, does this have any Doesn't have any commercial on the bottom, does it? >> not. Is that >> That's the one variance that you're approving. It's a single use, instead of mixed use. And this is just to >> Um What was the >> And we actually said last time that it was a better >> away. for the area not to have the commercial, cuz it's located within such a dense commercial I mean residential area, and it's located across from the warehouses in the Leah Arts District. Okay. It's near Stevens, a block away. I about two blocks away from Stevens used to be. Yeah, two blocks. Or as you would know, the brewery. You were more familiar with that one. Um 16E, pleasure of the council. Motion. If you deny this one, you'll kill his land use. Second. Motion from Councilman Marrero. I second. Second from Councilwoman Monica Perez. Please call the roll. Miss Del la Vega? Yes. Miss M. Perez? >> Yes. Mr. Rodriguez? >> Yes. Mr. Zogby? Yes. Mr. Marrero? Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. You should give them every penny back that Good night, and Thank you for the You're very welcome, Caesar. Have a good night. So, we're back to 16 >> Uh 16P, cuz 16A is postponed. Second reading and public hearing of proposed ordinance granting a special use permit, pursuant to Hialeah Code of Ordinances section 98-161 to allow the expansion of the neighborhood business district, Doral, to permit a three-story mixed-use development, including 44 residential units, 670 sq ft of fitness center space, and 7,163 sq ft of medical office commercial space, and granting variances to allow one, residential units on the ground floor, where residential units are allowed only above ground floor level. Two, 44 multi-family units, 100% with an area less than 700 sq ft, where 700 sq ft is the minimum required, except that only 25% of residential units may have a minimum area of 500 sq ft. Three, 81 parking spaces through a covenant in lieu of unity of title with properties located at 2855 West 12th Avenue and 2801 West 12th Avenue, where 84 parking spaces are required. And four, 21.4% pervious area, where 30% is the minimum pervious area required. All contra to City of Hialeah Code of Ordinances section 98-1630.2, 98-2189 subsection 16, and the waiver of minimum landscape requirements through landscape mitigation, pursuant to section 98-2235, all as to property located at 1160 and 1170 West 29th Street and 2891, 2855, and 2801 West 12th Avenue, Hialeah, zoned C1 and C2 restrictedly liberal retail commercial district, and legally described herein, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing penalties for violation hereof, providing for severability clause, and providing for an effective date. Thank you. Item 16B is on second reading and open for public discussion. And Mr. Recio, did you want to >> Yes, thank you. Add some Yes, and good good evening, everyone. For the record, Tony Recio, Law Offices at 2800 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Suite 1200 in Coral Gables. I just wanted to offer one small clarification. The parking that is being provided is being provided through offsite parking, not through a covenant in lieu. They are two separate properties, so it's just a minor clarification. I'm happy to explain what that means, if you have any questions about it, but I just wanted to offer that. The ordinance states that it's offsite parking, so it'll it'll Just wanted to be clear for the record. That's all. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions for Mr. Recio? Motion. Who second? Oh. Easy money tonight. Motion from Councilman Luis Rodriguez. Alex could have come and done this and really earned the easy money, right? Second. Second from Councilman Marrero. Please call the roll. Miss Del la Vega? Yes. Miss M. Perez? Yes. Mr. Rodriguez? Mr. Zogby? Yes. Mr. Marrero? Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. >> Have a good night. And we're jumping all the way to F, right, Madam Clerk? >> Please read it into the record. First reading of proposed ordinance granting variances to allow one, the required off-street parking spaces to be located partially within the right-of-way, where off-street parking must be located within the property lines. Two, 11 parking spaces, where 16 parking spaces are required. Three, all parking spaces to back out into the right-of-way, where back-out parking is not permitted. And four, 0% pervious area, where 10% is the minimum pervious area required. Contra to Hialeah Code of Ordinances sections 98-2191, 98-2189, 98-2190 in the Hialeah Landscape Manual, updated July of 2025 section E, respectively, and granting a waiver of the minimum landscape requirements through landscape mitigation, pursuant to section 98-2235 for the property located at 4725 East 10th Court and 4735 East 10th Court, Hialeah, zoned M1 Industrial District, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing penalties for violation hereof, providing for severability clause, and providing for an effective date. Uh one moment here. Are you Who are you, sir? I'm the tenant. That's You're Ernesto? >> Yes, that's me. Okay. Give me 1 second. Uh thank you, Ernesto. Claudia, um This was originally a denial. Let Let her Let her talk. This was originally a denial, right? But now it's approved with conditions. Please Yes, of course. >> Tell us what you think of this. >> Of course. The tenant came and actually had submitted for a pre-application for a business license. That was denied because they didn't have the proper parking at that moment. The The tenant has been contacting the office, and actually he went through the entire application for the variance and everything. We had done inspections and multiple um um meetings with him. He provided an operational plan. So, he went above and beyond of that, and we double-checked also that he's operating according to the operational plans that he had submitted. So, under this case and the conditions that he stipulated under the operational plan and the inspections that we have done, we are we are recommending an approval with conditions and a declaration of restrictions on the property. He's a body shop. This is on East 10th Avenue. There are multiple businesses of that sort. So, we were a little back and forth at the beginning, that's why we had denied it at the at the beginning of it. But he has demonstrated that he has complied with everything that we had asked so far. Okay. Did you No, no. Oh, there was just a spontaneous utterance. No, because I know the area very well, and it's good that he's meeting compliance with that. It's good to see that. Yeah, that area is a problem. 103 Auto Parts right up the block. It's Yeah. Well, this is on first reading, so it's not open for discussion, but certainly open to the pleasure of the council if anybody's any questions for us. Motion from Councilman Rodriguez. Second. Second from Council Vice President Melinda Del la Vega. Miss M. Perez? Yes. Mr. Rodriguez? >> Yes. Mr. Zogby? Yes. Mr. Marrero? Yes. Miss Del la Vega? >> Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. Second reading and public hearing is scheduled for May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Thank you. >> Thank you. See you May 12th. Bye. Uh item G, Madam Clerk. First reading of proposed ordinance granting variances to allow one, 23 parking spaces, where 53 parking spaces are required. Two, 10 of the proposed parking spaces to back out into the right-of-way, where back-out parking is not allowed. And three, 0% pervious area, where 10% is the minimum pervious area required. Contra to Hialeah Code of Ordinances section 98-2189 and 98-2190 in the Hialeah Landscape Manual, updated July of 2025 section E, respectively, and granting a waiver of the minimum landscape requirements through landscape mitigation, pursuant to section 98-2235 for the property located at 5650 Northwest 36th Avenue and 5660 Northwest 36th Avenue, Hialeah, zoned M2 Industrial District, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, providing penalties for violation hereof, providing for a severability clause, and providing for an effective date. Thank you. Uh Ms. Maritza Salgado, did you get married? Was it Salgado? >> Almost 10 years ago. >> [laughter] >> Why didn't I remember you using Salgado? I always remember Maritza Haro. Well, congratulations. >> Thank you. >> [laughter] >> And we were looking forward, not that we didn't look forward to seeing you, seeing Paul. Um he's >> to him? It's 7:03 now. >> Yeah. No, no, he's uh hard at work. Okay. Thank you. This is on first reading. Uh right? Yes. Not open for public discussion, but open for our discussion. Does anybody have any questions or did you have a presentation or something that you felt like We Maritza Haro Salgado, office at 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, here on behalf of the applicant. I'm joined by our client Jacob Goldman from ownership. We do have a full presentation. Um I've briefed the council. If anyone's open, we're happy to present and earn my money. Um otherwise, we're available for any questions. What I remember about this or what I know from what I was looking at, it's a terrible looking building and it's going to be beautiful That's it. >> done with it. That's it. >> That's what I remember looking at. >> to look at the renderings? Happy to walk you through that quickly. >> to? Does anybody need any information? Motion from Councilwoman Perez. From Councilwoman Monica Perez. And who who said? Did you Did you do a second? Third from >> [laughter] >> Who did second? Rodriguez. Oh, okay. And Luis Rodriguez for second. Uh please call the roll. Mr. Rodriguez? >> Yes. Mr. Zagami? Yes. Mr. Marrero? Ms. Salavea? Yes. Ms. Perez? Yes. Motion carries. The item is approved. Second reading and public hearing is scheduled for May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Good night, Maritza. Thank you. And wow. Can I get a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:05 p.m.? Motion? >> Motion.