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Maurice Ferré is honored for achievements, pg. 10

Seven individuals, organizations earn Gold Medal Awards, pg. 9 MDX BOARD APPOINTMENTS: County commissioners voted Tuesday to re-appoint Arthur Meyer for a four-year term and appoint Vincent Brown for a one-year term on the board of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority. There were three candidates, including Roymi Membiela, whose names appeared on a ballot presented to the board. The highest vote-getter, Mr. Meyer with 10, was to be given the longer term. Originally, Mr. Brown and Ms. Membiela were tied with six votes but a second ballot came to six for Mr. Brown and four for Ms. Membiela. Juan Zapata had left the room by the time the second vote was taken and Xavier Suarez said he would only vote for the one-year term as he hopes the agency doesn’t exist in four years and will “busy himself” making sure it doesn’t.

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BY SUSAN D ANSEYAR

PROJECT SNEAK PREVIEW: Jackson Health System will list projects coming up over the next few years for its $1.4 billion, 10-year capital plan on the healthcare system’s website so contractors can see them and bid, according to President and CEO Carlos A. Migoya. He appeared before the Economic Prosperity Committee last week, when members unanimously approved recommending that the full county commission direct the Public Health Trust and administration to create and publish through the Small Business Development Division a list of projected capital projects that will be procured within two years and update it biannually. Details: http://www.jacksonhealth.org/capital-projects.asp ELECTRICITY COSTS LOWER: South Florida households paid 15.7% less than the national average for electricity in March, according to a report last week from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Electricity costs here averaged 11.3 cents per kilowatt hour, down from 11.9 cents in March 2015. The bureau said that electricity costs in Miami-Dade and Broward counties were at least 10% below the national average for each of the past five years. CREDIT CARD BREAK: Miami-Dade residents pay less than those of any other large Florida county in transaction fees for using credit cards to do business with the county. Miami-Dade’s average credit card use cost of 2.31% is followed by Hillsborough County’s 2.35% and Orange County’s 2.39%. Rates are 2.5% in Palm Beach, Collier and Duval counties, 2.55% in Broward and 2.95% in Pinellas County, Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in a memo to Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, who on Dec. 1 had asked to know the figures.

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Airport officials planning foreign trade zone BY CAMILA CEPERO

To attract more diverse business opportunities, Miami International Airport officials are working to establish a foreign trade zone site within the airport. “We’re going to have Miami International Airport declared a foreign trade zone because if you can ship through [the airport], why can’t you manufacture [at the airport] and continue shipping?” Emilio González, Miami-Dade Aviation Department director and CEO, told Miami Today. With a projected launch in early 2017, a zone has the potential to create 1,500 jobs at the airport. New opportunities the zone generates will create synergies with partners, increase trade, enhance cargo air service and diversify the airport’s revenue stream, Mr. González said. Foreign trade zones appeal to businesses because the sites allow goods to be unloaded, manufactured, reassembled, tested, sampled, processed, repacked and re-exported without the intervention of US customs authorities. Foreign trade zone users pay no duties on

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re-exports. Customs duties and federal excise taxes are deferred on imports. And duties are eliminated on waste, scrap and rejected or defective parts. By reducing costs, businesses can become more globally competitive. “Quite a lot of it is storage. If you’re a foreign trade zone, rather than the airport serving as a transshipment point... you could manufacture,” Mr. González said. Foreign and domestic merchandise handled within a foreign trade zone is considered to be outside the country because, typically, goods are only subjected to customs duties when they are being moved to consumers inside the US. “Our profit would come from leasing out the airport space,” Mr. González said. Today the airport has 424,046 square feet available for lease – 248,223 square feet of warehousing and 175,823 of offices. The foreign trade zone is expected to generate $7 million to $8 million a year in lease revenue for the airport. “We have the capacity for this and we are already talking to people in Washington about what we need to do to step through hoops,” Mr. González said.

Potential site users in the trade zone include auto parts, electronics, textiles, footwear, perishables, metals, minerals, pharmaceuticals, avionics and machinery equipment companies. The process in having the airport recognized as a foreign trade zone is comparable in difficulty to becoming a pharmaceutical hub, Mr. González said, referring to the airport being declared the first pharmaceutical hub in the US late last year. “The accrediting agency for being a pharma hub is the International Air Transport Association, but as far as becoming a foreign trade zone, those will all be federal agencies,” he said. Foreign trade zones are approved in part by US Customs and Border Protection. About 250 general-purpose zones and over 500 subzones are approved in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board. MiamiDade is home to four foreign trade zones, including one at PortMiami. “There is a process” to get a zone designation, Mr González said. “It’s never an easy one, but it is a process.”

For the second time, county commissioners Tuesday deferred a vote on an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation and cities of Miami and Miami Beach to develop a mainland rail link to Miami Beach. Prime sponsor Bruno Barreiro said he doesn’t want to hold up the deal but provided scant information why he requested to defer a vote indefinitely other than that further analysis is probing Miami-Dade’s role and responsibilities. On Feb. 4, the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Policy Executive Committee, comprised of the mayors of MiamiDade, Miami and Miami Beach and county commissioners Xavier Suarez and Mr. Barreiro, unanimously agreed to build what was once termed Baylink, a fixed-guideway rail corridor linking downtown Miami near Government Center to the Miami Beach Convention Center via the MacArthur Causeway. The six-page agreement details the need for a federal environmental study that could take years and cost $10 million. The cities and county agree to each contribute $417,000, the state $5 million and the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust $3.75 million. If it isn’t all spent, funds would be returned proportionally. Light rail connecting Miami Beach with the mainland could cost more than $532 million. “The parties wish to continue the efforts already underway to improve regional mobility which has involved local, regional and state stakeholder collaboration and coordination including ongoing efforts to identify optimum multimodal alternatives for a balanced regional transportation system,” the multi-party agreement states. “The development of a multimodal transportation system within the southeast Florida region involves numerous transportation agencies and stakeholders and is a complex undertaking.”

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Plan to reduce Biscayne traffic lanes drags, trying patience B Y C ATHERINE L ACKNER

Turned down in October for $1 million in Florida Department of Transportation funding for the Biscayne Green project to build a grand promenade on Biscayne Boulevard, Miami’s Downtown Development Authority has re-applied to the department, said Eric Riel, Jr., leader of the authority’s planning, design, and transportation team, at last week’s authority board meeting. But authority directors are frustrated that so little progress has been made on the project, which has been on the drawing boards since 2010. Biscayne Green aims to reduce driving lanes from eight to four or six from Biscayne Boulevard Way to Northeast Eighth Street and replace them with grass, trees, street furniture and other features that will link Biscayne Bay and

Bayfront Park to downtown. “Can we get some sort of game plan?� asked board member Richard Lydecker, who is senior partner of the Lydecker-Diaz law firm. “We have studies, but no results. I don’t feel we’re moving forward.� The authority has hired local and Tallahassee lobbyists who should be able to cut through the state agency’s red tape and get the project going, he added. “We talk and talk, but nothing is accomplished,� said board member Alan Ojeda, who is president of Rilea Development Group. “We do another study. I think this is a big problem we have; I don’t see things getting done.� “We’re an authority with no authority,� said Alyce Robertson, executive director. She acknowledged that the state transportation department is “not easy to deal with,� but said that part of

the fault lies in government agencies, which don’t communicate well. “I’d be happy if we just got a ‘no.’ Then we could stop talking and take it off the list. But we’re not moving down the field at all,� Mr. Lydecker said. Actually, Biscayne Green didn’t get a “no� in October but was outranked by other projects that were chosen for funding, said Ivette Ruiz-Paz, spokesperson for the transportation department’s District 6, at that time. “After an intensive evaluation process in collaboration with the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Evaluation Committee, the Biscayne Green project ranked No. 16 out of 34 applications received from local agencies in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties,� she explained. “Our role at the DDA is to be the squeaky wheel,� said authority Vice

Chair Neisen Kasdin, who is office managing shareholder of Akerman LLP, at last week’s meeting. “We need to get in the agency’s face. It takes pursuit, follow-up, and documentation. Staff needs to push the boulder uphill.� Mr. Kasdin, who chairs the authority’s Flagler Street Task Force, said the long-awaited project finally broke ground this year because the committee demanded updates from the City of Miami every second week. “This is clearly too slow,� said authority Chair Ken Russell, who is a Miami city commissioner. “We need to have a point person, and we need a bullet list� to determine where the bottlenecks are, and who to contact to get around them. “This is primarily a staff function,� Mr. Kasdin said. “But if we’re paying a lobbyist, use them.�

Tunnel study latest weapon in war on Brickell bridge openings BY CATHERINE LACKNER

Directors of Miami’s Downtown Development Authority have come up with a new weapon in their ongoing quest to solve traffic problems associated with the Brickell Avenue Bridge. For years, the authority has battled the Florida Department of Transportation and the US Coast Guard over what it says are improper bridge openings that snarl traffic into and out of downtown. Most of the openings that occur during restricted times (morning, lunch and afternoon rush hours) are for pleasure craft, authority members have said. Their attempts to have the Coast Guard enforce its own rules and to have the hours increased so that they fully take rush hours into consideration “are in limbo now,� said authority board member Richard Lydecker, who is senior partner of the Lydecker-Diaz law firm, at the authority board’s meeting on Friday. His firm spent many hours on a pro bono project that analyzed bridgekeepers’ logs and concluded the rules were not being followed. But, said Jorge Luis Lopez, the authority’s local lobbyist, US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

got involved, saying marine interests along the Miami River would be harmed if the hours during which the bridge is supposed to be locked down (except for emergencies) were enforced as they are written. There should be a balance of the needs of the marine industry, pleasure boaters and drivers, said authority board member Alan Ojeda, who is president of Rilea Development Group. But, Mr. Lydecker said, there are only six hours per day when restrictions are in effect. “You can have the other 18 hours,� he said. Then in March, the authority’s board learned that the countywide Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has fully funded a traffic study to put a tunnel under the Miami River, a controversial idea that has been discussed for years or decades. The study would be crucial for the project to meet approvals. “We’re hoping the MPO research can be used for the Brickell tunnel, so we don’t have to duplicate efforts,� said Alyce Robertson, authority executive director. But, pointed out Eric Riel Jr., authority team leader for planning, design and transportation,

that study will probably take one year to 18 months. “There are studies that may very well be done and paid for,� said board member Alicia Cervera, who is managing partner of Cervera Real Estate. The Related Group, she pointed out, has a mega-project, One Brickell, that is announced to rise on the south side of the

bridge. And Swire Properties, she said, must have had traffic studies done before proceeding with its massive Brickell City Centre project. “Related isn’t even out of the ground yet,� she said, meaning that the data should be fresh. “Send it to me,� Mr. Lydecker quipped. The authority should make every effort to get those

studies and use the findings to either back the tunnel option or insist on better rule enforcement, board members said. “Related should be on our side,� said authority Vice Chair Neisen Kasdin, who is officemanaging shareholder of Akerman LLP, “unless they have a boat-shipping business we don’t know about.�

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Just like a good neighbor, let FIU play fair with The Fair Though Florida International University in its game to expand into Youth Fair land next door holds all the cards, including aces in community goodwill, we suggested a year ago that Michael Lewis it not make a power play. So what’s happening? For this year’s fair, FIU kept fairgoers from parking on campus most days as they had done for years, when The Fair paid FIU more than $21 per car. Then FIU closed public access for fairgoers to Southwest 17th Street from 107th to 117th avenues so that it could more easily host a soccer scrimmage seen by about 100 people while The Fair that day was hosting 51,433 customers. Next, without county permission FIU padlocked county-owned gates between The Fair and FIU. Following that, President Mark Rosenberg, ignoring the legal lease to The Fair, held a press conference and sent out multiple press releases hailing FIU plans to build an engineering building on the Tamiami Park fairgrounds to which FIU has not one shred of a claim. University Senior VP Sandra Gonzalez-Levy told the press that “The Fair has outgrown the space and FIU can no longer help make up for it.” Two

years ago, to prove that The Fair must move, she told the press that “fairs are kind of dying out.” And to pressure Mayor Carlos Gimenez to oust The Fair before his November reelection bid, President Rosenberg suggested that the county go to court to evict The Fair, saying “the voters have spoken. And it’s not like the voters haven’t sent a very clear mandate to the political leadership of this community.” But claiming a clear voter mandate is no more intellectually honest than saying that fairs are dying out while also claiming that The Fair has gotten so big that it must leave. The “mandate” that FIU repeatedly claims was no mandate at all. Voters in 2014 did legalize FIU use of 64 acres of Tamiami Park where The Fair sits – law had previously barred the school from building in a county park. But legal use does not equate to a mandate to use it. It’s also legal for FIU to occupy any privately owned land in town and most other public land too, but only if it can cut a deal for the site. Where is the mandate in that? The vote merely made a deal possible for FIU to use land if The Fair moves, is evicted or shares land with FIU – which The Fair has tried but FIU rejected. Under The Fair’s lease, if it’s evicted the county must move it to an equal or better site. But the vote that made it legal for FIU to move in if The Fair leaves also bars the county from paying to move The Fair. So FIU is in a bind: it’s legal to expand, but only by meeting all terms in

The Fair’s lease, one being an equal or better site and another being that someone other than The Fair has to build on that site everything that The Fair now has, of equal quality. With the county forbidden to pay, that leaves FIU to do it. FIU naturally wants to keep costs low, so it unilaterally chose a cheap site for The Fair rather than a suitable one – a choice that by lease belongs to The Fair alone, not the university. Studies funded jointly by The Fair, the county and FIU show that it would take $230 million to move the Fair. But FIU says with no visible data that $50 million is plenty and it has a fine place, in Homestead. The Fair’s studies show that the low attendance likely in Homestead, which is far from most of the county’s population, would create large losses every year, but Ms. Gonzalez-Levy says a $50 million move to a dead-end site is “the ideal location.” The Fair and the county, meanwhile, have been studying three new sites that might work -– but they would cost FIU more money. FIU wants The Fair’s leased land so that it can grow faster than almost any university ever – adding about 2,000 students a year until it hits 65,000, which would make it the nation’s largest public university. The demand for huge growth comes straight from President Rosenberg. FIU could expand at another local site or at its north campus on Biscayne Bay, but it won’t consider anywhere but land

for which The Fair has a valid lease. It’s all about what FIU wants. That’s not the way an educational institution should position itself. There is no free pass in law just because FIU is a valuable community player and prominent educational institution. We won’t debate now whether bigger is better in education or whether the county ever should have signed a lease running to 2085. But The Fair does have a valid lease that FIU isn’t party to. A lease is not a popularity contest. It isn’t created to rip up when a more worthy user shows up. It’s a matter of law, a property right. When Dr. Rosenberg tells the county to litigate anyway to oust The Fair by ignoring lease terms – one of which is that The Fair get a site equal or better for its needs, not for the needs of FIU – he says FIU won’t repay taxpayers for costs if courts say the county was wrong. Mayor Gimenez says he’d like FIU to get the land but he won’t ignore his financial responsibility to taxpayers. So FIU has turned to very un-academic tools: turn up the heat until The Fair or the mayor caves in. We have always thought far more highly of Florida International University leaders than that. Meanwhile, this week The Fair was to award $129,000 in college scholarships to high school seniors, including six to students in the Theater Arts Department at FIU. Now that’s a good neighbor – until it’s evicted. Whatever happened to fair play? It’s not too late for FIU to give it a try.

Truth, trust, trauma, and making preparations for Trump I trust people. I tend to believe what they tell me. I’m big on trust. If they tell me they will do something, I believe them. If they share with me information, I take it as face value. In short, I’m an idiot. Isaac Prilleltensky It all started with Anna, her real name (go ahead Anna, sue me), who came to the house to help us with various domestic chores. Within a few days, my wife Ora and I discovered that a few things were missing, and I went crazy. I DO NOT misplace things. I may be totally naïve and somewhat of a moron sometimes, but I’m NOT DISORGANIZED. First, my iPhone charger disappeared. This is a small thing, so against my best judgment, I resigned myself to the fact that I had probably misplaced it. Then one of my expensive brown Tumi bags disappeared. I DO NOT misplace Tumi bags. Then it was one of Ora’s skirts. This went on for a few weeks until Ora and I dared question Anna’s integrity. When we gently asked Anna if she had seen the missing items, she denied ever seeing them. We had a thief in our midst and we kept employing her for fear of offending her. We had reached a new level of stupidity. It took us months of missing items and lies to realize we had been had. When we finally said enough is

The Writer Isaac Prilleltensky is the author of the forthcoming book “The Laughing Guide to Well-Being: Using Humor and Science to Become Happier and Healthier.” enough, I warned my friend, who had also employed Anna. Our friend, in turn, warned her daughter, who warned her husband, who was home when Anna worked there. The husband was under strict orders not to leave Anna by herself. When he left her for a minute, Anna stole none other than the dog’s house before leaving the premises. For years we had gardeners who neglected our yard. We did not want to fire them because they just had a baby and we felt for them, and they did show remorse once in a while. These guys had a special talent for driving their lawn mower over our sprinkler system. Not a single visit went by without me warning them not to destroy it, to no avail. Occasionally, they would charge us double. We ignored that. We thought it was an honest mistake. After eight years of secure employment, and after three hundred warnings, pleas, reminders, and requests to be more careful, we fired them. The next thing you know we got a bill that was triple the usual. All of a sudden, after we fire them, they sent us a bill that included dandruff treatment for our grass, pedicure for our trees and manicure for our plants. The sprinkler system had been driven over again.

Compared to the pool guy, the gardeners were beyond reproach. One day Ora and I returned from the university to find our pool empty. Where did the water go? It was hot, but 77,000 gallons of water do not just evaporate. Being the handy man that I am, I immediately reached for the phone. I called the pool guy and asked if he had visited today. After the affirmative reply I asked if he did something to empty the pool. “Nothing, just the usual,” he said. Our pool guy, let’s call him Innocencio, was vehement that somebody else must have tampered with the pool. I thought I could trust these guys, but something was fishy. After talking with the owner of the company and pressing the issue, they told me that I must have done something wrong, that it was my fault. Innocencio thought nothing of lying. At that moment I remembered that we had installed security cameras on top of the pool whatchamacallit. I run to the control panel, rewinded the tape, and could clearly see Innocencio moving a lever to “empty pool” – an oversight. There he was, caught on tape, in the act. Oh, the sweet taste of revenge. After producing the evidence, the company stopped sending Innocencio to the house and paid for the zillion gallons required to fill the pool again. Strangers, ok, we were fools with strangers sometimes; but friends, that’s another story. A childhood friend needed some money, and shelter, and a lot of

TLC, a lot. He had just separated from his wife. Ora and I immediately responded to the call, opening our house and our ears and our wallet. The promise of immediate return of the money was sufficient for us to lend a nice sum of money so he can pay the divorce lawyer. The money was eventually returned, but not before my friend completely disappeared from the face of the earth for several years, and not before I expressed my indignation, which I’ve come to cultivate since coming to Miami. Thank you Miami. Nowhere else could I have grown out of my innocence so fast. Now I’m fully ready for a Trump presidency.

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Riverwalk due with 69-story tower could open in 90 days BY JOHN CHARLES ROBBINS

The developer planning a sleek condo tower at the mouth of the Miami River has finalized plans that are to result in a permanent, improved and lushly landscaped public riverwalk. And if plans move forward at the current pace, a temporary riverwalk could open that section of the riverfront to the public in about 90 days, according to a representative of Riverwalk East Development LLC. The company plans an 817foot curved condominium tower 69 stories high, with 384 residential units including eight penthouses. The company bought the 1.25acres at 250-300 Biscayne Boulevard Way for a record-setting $125 million in 2014. The Miami River Commission on Monday unanimously recommended approval of the final site plan, which shows a public riverwalk with a width of at least 15 feet of unobstructed pathway extending about 480 linear feet along the river.

The land had been part of the development plan that resulted in EPIC Residences & Hotel, a luxury high-rise built on the site of the former Dupont Plaza. A three-story temporary sales center building has sat on the property for more than seven years, with companion fencing and landscaping effectively cutting off a high-profile area of the river downtown. Plans call for the temporary structure to be reduced in size and spruced up to serve as a sales center for the new condo tower that is to take its place. While complaining the old sales office had far outlived its “temporary� status, river commission members on Jan. 4 recommended approval of a new temporary use permit for the building. If approved by the city, the proposal would mean a slightly smaller, remodeled version of the temporary building could remain there up to three more years. The January vote was tied to a promise of a temporary public riverwalk.

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Architect Barbara Pederzoli and landscape architect Matthew Lewis.

River commission officials and related review committee members have stressed to the developer the unique nature of this site, as it represents the start of the riverwalk, just a few yards from where Biscayne Bay joins the river. The developer’s team of attorney Iris Escarra, architect Barbara Pederzoli and landscape architect Matthew Lewis explained details of the permanent riverwalk to the river commission Monday.

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pedestrians, cyclists, runners and others – represent the water flowing through the site, he said. Native trees and plants will accentuate the natural space and bring in birds, butterflies and people, he said. The main event is an unobstructed walkway 15 feet wide, with bench seating and shaded areas throughout, he said. When commission members voted during a roll call vote, member Patty Harris said, “Yes – with a thank you for the 15 feet.� As a condition to the vote, the developer agreed to preserve the temporary riverwalk until a permanent riverwalk is constructed. This came up after Vice Chairman Jay Carmichael asked what would happen to the temporary riverwalk if for some reason the condo tower is not built or is delayed. Dr. Ernie Martin, a commission member, said he wanted to get it on the record when the developer planned to build the temporary riverwalk. Ms. Escarra said permit requests have been filed and she anticipates getting an OK on permits within 30 days. Construction of the temporary riverwalk may take four to six weeks, she said, so her projection for a completed riverwalk was within 90 days. The river commission’s January vote was also conditional: the sales center must be demolished within three years of approval of the new temporary use permit, and within 10 days of issuance of the permit the owner must post a bond, letter of credit or cash escrow of $100,000 to insure demolition of the sales center. During the anticipated three years needed for permitting and construction of the tower, the temporary riverwalk would be closed only during periodic construction deemed hazardous to the public, according to the developer. “In those instances the owner shall coordinate the closing with the City of Miami.�

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7 Gold Medal winners, lifetime achiever Ferré honored Three accomplished individuals and four prominent organizations accepted Gold Medal honors highlighting their outstanding contributions to Greater Miami at Miami Today’s Gold Medal Awards dinner Thursday evening. At the ceremony, longtime government leader Maurice Ferré accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award for his past and current contributions to the community. Eight judges selected the Gold Medal Awards winners from among victors in local and national competitions held last year – only top-level recipients were eligible for consideration for the Gold Medals. Miami Today and dinner sponsor BNY Mellon Wealth Management chose Mr. Ferré for the Lifetime Achievement honor. In balloting for the top organization, judges selected the Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade for the Gold Medal. The clubs, which in 2015 received the Switchboard of Miami Most Valuable Nonprofit All-Star Award, provide affordable educational programs for 8,000 children aged 5 to 16 in five facilities. Clubs President Alex Rodriguez-Roig accepted the award for the organization. Louis Wolfson III, partner in Gold Medal sponsor Pinnacle Housing Group, made the presentation. Eduardo J. Padrón, president of Miami Dade College for more than 20 years and winner of the 2015 Diverse Champion Award from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, was honored with the Gold Medal for an individual. Dr. Padrón at the time of the ceremony was hosting US Secretary of State John Kerry at the college, so the award was accepted for him by Mark Cole, executive director of the Miami Dade College Foundation. Thomas Julin, partner at Hunton & Williams law firm, a Gold Medal Awards sponsor, presented the individual Gold Medal. Miami Lighthouse for the Blind won the Silver Medal for an organization based upon two major awards in 2015: the Sapphire Award from the Florida Blue Foundation, which recognized it as an outstanding nonprofit community healthcare organization, and the Beacon Council’s Distinguished Industry Award for outstanding contributions to education. Lighthouse President and CEO Virginia A. Jacko and board Chairman Ray Casas accepted the award from Joe Jimenez, vice president of legal & regulatory affairs of sponsor Codina Partners. The Silver Medal for an individual went to Henry Fleches, chief executive office of United Data Technologies. In 2015 he

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Miami Today Publisher Michael Lewis, Mercedes and Lifetime Achievement honoree Maurice Ferré, Miami Today Vice President Carmen Betancourt-Lewis and Joe Fernandez, Florida president of sponsoring BNY Mellon Wealth Management, who made the award to Mr. Ferré.

Award to Mr. Ferré. Judges who selected the Gold Medal Awards were Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, president of Florida Memorial University; Christine Barney, chairman of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and CEO and managing partner of rbb Communications; Ernie Diaz, chairman of the Beacon Council and regional president of TD Bank; Matt Haggman, co-chairman of One Community One Goal and Miami program director of the Knight Foundation; Wendy Kallergis, president and CEO of the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association; Bruce Orosz, chairman of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and president of ACT Productions; Mark Trowbridge, president and CEO of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce; and J. Antonio Villamil, founder and principal of the Washington Economics Group. Judges based selections on: The importance of achievements for which nominees had received awards in the past year and the stature of the recognizing organizations. The long-term impact of the honorees’ achievements on this community. Miami Today 17 years ago established the Gold Medal Awards to honor The Best of the Best, choosing among those that already had received from peers top honors in a vital category in the prior year. Trophies were presented after an invitation-only reception and dinner at the JW Marriott Marquis downtown, which has been the site of the past five dinners. Mr. Ferré noted in accepting his award that his father had once owned the land upon which the hotel now sits. Past Gold Medal Award winners, the judges and leaders in business and education, as well as an international delegation of Monaco Honorary Consul Tomas J. and Maria Abreu, Consular Corps Secretary Nabil J. Achkar and Meili consuls general, attended to saand Philip T.Y. Wang, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami, at the dinner. lute the honorees.

was named Businessman of the Year by the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Jay Pelham, president of sponsoring TotalBank, presented the individual Silver Medal to Andres Campo, chief marketing officer of United Data Technologies, representing Mr. Fleches. The voting for the Bronze Medal for an organization ended in a tie, with judges choosing two winners. One Bronze Medal for an organization went to Express Travel, which was honored as one of the Commonwealth Institute’s Top Women-Led Businesses of Florida in 2015. Accepting the award, president and CEO Olga Ramudo noted that she had started the company in her garage, building it to a staff level of 31. Miami Today Vice President Carmen Betancourt-Lewis presented the award. The other Bronze Medal for an organization was presented to Zyscovich Architects, which was recognized with the 2015 Synergy Award from the Society of American Registered Architects for outstanding service to the profession. Accepting was founder Bernard Zyscovich, who noted that a firm started in

an agricultural shed 39 years ago had been responsible for the master plan of the Midtown Miami project. Presenting the award was Richard Gibbs, senior communication specialist from sponsoring Florida Power & Light Co. The Bronze Medal for an individual was presented to Steven L. Cantor, managing partner of Canton & Webb P.A. He was named by Latinvex one of Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers in 2015. Mr. Cantor noted that while he didn’t start the firm in either a garage or agricultural shed, he did start with just himself and an IBM Selectric typewriter. Ms. Betancourt-Lewis presented his award. In accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award, Mr. Ferré, who has long been considered a visionary, said that “Miami tomorrow’s quality of life will be determined by three all-important measured: sustainability, transparency (or accountability), and equality.” Harking back to the legacies of Thomas Jefferson, John Locke and David Hume, as well as James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mr.

Ferré said that “for Miami to become a major hemispheric center or a global city we must lead in finding egalitarian solutions to our problems. “Yes, pay attention to climate change, flooding of roads in Miami Beach, where did our half percent sales tax money for transportation go and how can we better fund Jackson’s coming shortfalls. But also, how can we assure that all of our citizens have an equal opportunity and equal access to all governmental services?” Mr. Ferré was recognized for long-time service. He was mayor of Miami from 1973 to 1985, working to make sure that the city became truly a gateway to Latin America and that the downtown core developed logically. He also served in the Florida House of Representatives and as both a city and county commissioner. He continues in public service as a member of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and of the Florida Transportation Commission. Joe Fernandez, Florida president of sponsoring BNY Mellon Wealth Management, presented the Lifetime Achievement

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Traffic improvements coming, but piece by piece, forum told BY CATHERINE LACKNER

Better traffic signalization, more police enforcement and new technology are some of the congestion-busting weapons discussed Tuesday at “Traffic: at a Tipping Point,” a discussion organized by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s New World Center Committee. Major improvements, including better public transit, might take time, said moderator Ric Katz, chair of the committee’s Downtown Transportation Task Force. “We have to focus on dealing with the streets as they

are today.” In January, Miami-Dade County embarked on a campaign to replace the inner workings of traffic signals – which date from 1984 – with new technology that can react to detect and respond to traffic problems, said Darlene Fernandez, the county’s assistant director for traffic operations. Twelve corridors have been selected for the initial replacement, including US 1 and Kendall Drive. To date, signals at 44 intersections have received the new technology; by the end of the year, the county hopes to install it

Tennis tourney loses again in court on Key expansion BY SUSAN DANSEYAR

The Third District Court of Appeal on Tuesday denied International Players Championship Inc.’s motion for a rehearing and written opinion pertaining to the Miami Open tennis organizer’s most recent loss in an ongoing feud with the Matheson family over development at Key Biscayne’s Crandon Park, where the tournament is held. In January, the organizers appealed a decision to uphold the Matheson family’s effort to keep free from further commercial development land they deeded to the county in 1940 for use as a park. International Players Championship Inc. (IPC) claimed in a Jan. 21 motion for a re-hearing that the ruling by the trial court, as adopted by the appellate court, used arcane law from feudal England, and thus missed that the family did not give the land away and has no rights to what happens on it. The trial court’s embrace of feudalism is not an isolated incident, according to attorneys representing International Players Championship (IPC). The trial courts in Miami-Dade County are burdened with “overbearing case loads, little staff, poor facilities and resources,” their motion for a re-hearing states, which sometimes leads to “grievous errors and poorly researched and reasoned decisions.” On Dec. 23, the Third District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s September ruling made by Judge Marc Schumacher that was in favor of the Matheson family’s opposition to IPC expanding its present stadium and building three more. The threejudge panel did not issue a written opinion supporting its decision. At the time of the decision, attorneys for the Matheson family said IPC would probably not be able to appeal again unless it could make a strong case that the three-judge panel should write an opinion. If the appeals court agreed, IPC would then have to show it conflicts with other decisions of the same court or point out conflicts in the law and try to appeal to the state Supreme Court, said Richard Ovelmen of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA. IPC took that route. Attorneys for the tournament organizer filed a motion with the appeals court

asking for a written opinion on grounds that neither Bruce Matheson nor any member of his family owns any interest in the land on which the tennis center sits that would have allowed them to amend the 1940 deed to the county and its covenants.

in 600 intersections, she said. The equipment will alert a central command point about accidents, broken-down vehicles and other obstacles. “We need eyes and ears,” Ms. Fernandez said. The county is also considering something similar to the Road Ranger program utilized by the Florida Department of Transportation and Miami-Dade Expressway Authority. Radio-dispatched technicians in tow trucks help motorists with mechanical breakdowns and other situations that can obstruct traffic. The state transportation department is in the process of changing traffic signals on roads it controls, said Lisa Colmenares, the department’s manager of urban design, planning and transportation. “Nearly 500 signals have been, or are being, retimed.” The department is in various stages of exploring changes that will alleviate congestion on Northeast/west 36th Street, Biscayne Boulevard, Brickell Avenue, I395, Southeast/west Eighth Street and other hot spots, she said. All of the changes must be considered in the light of master plans

for District Six, she added. “Enforcement does not impact congestion,” said Rodolfo Llanes, Miami police chief. It does, however, “fall into a quality-of-life bucket, which is part of our mission.” Miami’s 13 traffic enforcement motorcycle officers, who specialize in citing violators, each write an average of 78 tickets a day, he said, in addition to citations issued by officers in patrol cars. The department also employs public service aides, but they are not armed and not trained to stop and interrogate motorists so can’t be used for enforcement, Chief Llanes explained. When he was beginning his run for office, he learned that “traffic is the biggest thing,” said Ken Russell, Miami commissioner. “Traffic kept coming up, so I sought out advice. I was told to lower people’s expectations, tell them there’s no magic bullet. But I don’t think that way.” Mr. Russell said he’s optimistic Miami will find a way out of its traffic morass. “But we need stricter enforcement. We need better communication.” Often,

transportation agencies don’t communicate with each other, “and when those relationships don’t work, we get nowhere.” He suggested using red-light cameras to ticket drivers for “blocking the box,” entering an intersection without sufficient room to clear it before the traffic signal turns red. “License-plate recognition technology is a big thing. You will see a change in behavior.” Another reason for hope: Alice Bravo’s appointment this year as director of Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works. The former Miami deputy city manager “has been in our shoes,” and understands the issues, Mr. Russell said. The city is ahead on several fronts, he said. New trolley service is running in Wynwood and Coconut Grove, and the new transportation trust fund is a major innovation. “Before, we said transportation is a county issue, not our issue. Now we have money, and if a transportation project needs matching funding, we’re there.”

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DATE AND TIME: April 29, 2016 at Close of Business PLACE: Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus Purchasing Services 11200 SW 8th Street, CSC 411 Miami, Florida 33199 PROPOSAL DOCUMENT DOWNLOAD ***To download a copy of this Competitive Solicitation Document, Addenda or public meeting announcements, please visit the Purchasing Services website at: http://bids.fiu.edu/default.aspx or www.demandstar.com where you will prompted to go to Demandstar.com by Onvia by clicking on Competitive Solicitations Currently Available. Statement of Objective: This is a competitive solicitation for Foundation Enterprise Holdings III, LLC (“Foundation Holdings III”), whose sole member is Florida International University Foundation, Inc. (“FIU Foundation”), to sell improved real property located at: 100 E Flagler Street, Units 2, 8 and 9, Miami, FL 33131-1005. The foregoing property and all other improvements thereon shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Property.” The Property is being offered for sale by Foundation Holdings III on an “AS IS” basis subject to the terms of this Invitation to Negotiate (ITN). The FIU Foundation is a charitable, direct-support organization of The Florida International University Board of Trustees (FIU), operating under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the benefit of FIU. Any award and related “AS-IS” real estate purchase and sale contract (hereinafter referred to as the “Purchase and Sale Contract”) shall be subject to and contingent upon review and final approval from the FIU Foundation (i) Real Estate Subcommittee; (ii) Finance Committee; and (iii) Board of Directors. There will be an open house to be held at 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST on April 6, 2016 and 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST on April 8, 2016 at 100 E Flagler Street, Units 2, 8 and 9, Miami, FL 331311005. The purpose of the meeting is for Prospective Buyer(s) to walk thru the property. Questions may be answered at the site, but are not binding. Prospective Buyer(s) should send any questions to the FIU Representative listed in the ITN Document.

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