“RE8 to be deferred May 14th, FR3 to be withdrawn, and discussion item 2 to be indefinitely deferred.”

Administration's request for deferrals and withdrawals

“So, we are well prepared to collaborate with our local partners. Beyond that, our Emergency Management, our Office of Emergency Management under the auspice of Fire Rescue, would take the lead from an incident command perspective. We would have an incident command post on the most impacted area within the City, identify an incident commander that will lead in that response effort.”

Explanation of command structure for emergency response in DI4

“Both the Fire Chief and Police Chief have executed and issued updated action plans as it relates specifically to the challenges presented with the politics surrounding Cuba and the impacts here of the City of Miami. Particularly for South Florida, it's a multi-agency task force that combines not only our state partners, our county partners, but also our federal partners, particularly on the migration front with Operation Vigilant Century.”

Details of coordinated emergency response plans for Cuba transition in DI4

“So, first and foremost, approximately three weeks after taking this office, obviously we got some of the same feedback that the Commissioner just alluded to. At that time, we requested that our Fire Chief and our Police Chief both refresh their plans in terms of responding to the challenges presented with the politics currently playing out in Cuba, particularly on two fronts. One is obviously the mass migration front, the other one is what we could expect a lot of celebration and mass demonstrations here within the City.”

Response detailing updated emergency plans for Cuba-related scenarios in DI4

“So, yes, so Miami-Dade County is working on their adaptive traffic signal control upgrades. I'll gladly have a conversation with both the Director and the Deputy Director and ask them to come and join us and give us a briefing on that.”

Commitment to invite County representatives to brief on traffic signal upgrades

“Commissioner I do not have any issues with that amount.”

Response to amendment proposal for FR5 $1.5 million threshold

“We are well prepared to collaborate with our local partners. Our Emergency Management, our Office of Emergency Management under the auspice of Fire Rescue, would take the lead from an incident command perspective. We would have an incident command post on the most impacted area within the City, identify an incident commander that will lead in that response effort.”

Discussing emergency preparedness and migration response plans related to Cuba and Haiti

“We already have a timeline as to how we're going to approach a transition in order to ensure the continuity of service to our community. The plan is three months before Chief Morales' retirement. So three months before October. We will start a transition where Chief Morales will remain and make sure that we have continuity of service all the way through his retirement.”

Responding to concerns about police chief succession planning

“Madam Chair, if I may, the administration would like to request 90 days in lieu of the 30 in the item.”

Requesting extension of timeline for Vision Zero policy implementation

“And as an administration our expectation is that all of our chiefs and our directors follow that resolution.”

Affirming compliance with existing resolution requiring notification of events to commission