05-19-2022 Regular Workshop Agenda The C' Y of City Commission
Aven" ura
Workshop
May 19, 2022
9:00 a.m.
Aventura Government Center
5th Floor Executive Conference Room
19200 W. Country Club Drive, Aventura, FL 33180
AGENDA
1. Call to Order/Roll Call
2. Discussion: Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Aventura and the
Dade County Police Benevolent Association (City Manager)*
Future Action Required. Resolution
3. Discussion: Amendment to Section 36-27 of the Police Pension Plan and Trust Fund
"Buy-Back for Military Service, Prior Law Enforcement or Correctional Officer Service"
(City Manager)*
Future Action Required. Ordinance
4. Discussion: Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Zoning Requirements (City Manager)*
5. Discussion: Designation of Voting Delegate for the Florida League of Cities Annual
Conference (City Manager)*
6. Adjournment
Back-up Information Exists
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special accommodations to participate in this meeting because of that disability should contact the Office of the City Clerk, 305-466-8901 or
cityclerk@cityofaventura.com,not later than two days prior to such proceeding. One or more members of the City of Aventura Advisory Boards
may participate in the meeting.Agenda items are available online at cityofaventura.com for viewing and printing.Copies of agenda items can also
be requested through the Office of the City Clerk at 305-466-8901 or cityclerk@cityofaventura.com.
CITY OF "ENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission
FROM: Ronald J. Wasson, City Manager
DATE: May 13, 2022
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Aventura and the
Dade County Police Benevolent Association (City Manager)
May 19, 2022 City Commission Workshop Agenda Item 2
Attached is a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the Dade County Police
Benevolent Association, Inc. ("PBA") and the City.
Section 36-27 of the City's Code of Ordinances provides for the ability of a law
enforcement officer employed by the City to buy back military service earned while on a
leave of absence to count towards pension credit for the City. Both parties intend to
expand this benefit to allow an officer to purchase credit for military service prior to first
and initial employment with the City. The Parties have agreed to amend the City's Police
Pension Plan and Trust Fund to permit officers to purchase service for prior military
service.
I have placed this matter on the Workshop Agenda for discussion.
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Attachment
CCO2071-22
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE CITY OF AVENTURA AND
THE DADE COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,INC.
This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ("MOU") is entered this day of
, 2022, between the DADE COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
INC. ("PBA") and the CITY OF AVENTURA ("City"),jointly referred to as the ("Parties").
WHEREAS, Section 36-27 of the City's Code of Ordinances provides for the ability of
a law enforcement officer("officer") employed by the City to buy back military service earned
while on a leave of absence to count towards pension credit for the City; and
WHEREAS, the Parties intend to expand this benefit to allow an officer to purchase
credit for military service prior to first and initial employment with the City; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to amend the City's Police Pension Plan and Trust
Fund to permit officers to purchase service for prior military service.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
I. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.
2. The City's Code will be modified as detailed below, which sufficiently addresses
the expansion of the buyback benefit to include military service prior to first and initial
employment with the City.
Section 36-27 of the City Code will be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36-27. —Buy-back for military service, prior law enforcement, or correctional
officer service.
(b) Any member of the Plan who is employed by the City shall be entitled to
buy-back service credits for years or fractional parts of years that the
member has served on active duty in the military service of the United States
prior to first and initial employment with the City of Aventura police
department, with a lifetime maximum of four years of service credits, if:
The cost of prior service credit is paid, which shall be the full actuarial
cost of all prior service credit purchased hereunder computed as a lump
sum payment into the plan that would have occurred had the member
been employed by the City of Aventura as a police officer,for the period
of prior service credit purchased.
A nonrefundable payment is made for the costs of all professional
services (e.g. actuarial calculations) rendered to the Board and
administrative costs in connection with the purchase of years of credited
service.
The buy-back request is made only once if followed by the purchase,
and the purchase is timely paid in full before retirement or entering the
DROP,based on a lump sum or a required installment payoff schedule.
Installment payments shall be made through a payroll deduction in
accordance with Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. The
payments shall be treated as tax-deferred picked-up contributions.
Contributions shall continue until death, disability or termination of
service, whichever shall occur first. If the member cannot pay the
remaining balance upon separation, he shall have the option to receive
either prorated credit for the service purchased to date or a refund of
amounts already paid to date without any service credit. Any payoff
schedule shall require the execution of an irrevocable authorization
form specifying the amount of the payment and the duration of the
authorization. The specified amount shall be determined by the plan's
actuary to be sufficient to pay the entire actuarial cost of the purchase
within the specified duration of the payment authorization, which
duration shall not extend beyond the earliest date upon which the
employee would become eligible for normal retirement under Section
36-26. The amount provided in the payment authorization shall
include interest, as calculated by the plan's actuary, at the retirement
plan's actuarially assumed rate of return on investments.
Such service credit is counted as continuous service for purposes of
benefit calculations, but not for purposes of vestingor r eligibility for
benefits under this Retirement Plan.
(c(b) Any member of the plan who is employed by the City shall be entitled to
buy-back service credits for the periods of public law enforcement
employment with another employer, with a lifetime maximum of four
years of service credits, if:
W(,o Any member of the plan who is employed by the City shall be entitled to
buy-back service credits for the periods of correctional institution
employment with another employer, with a lifetime maximum of four
years of service credits, if:
Ce)(4) A member who is receiving, or will receive the pension benefit for military
service,prior law enforcement or correctional institution experience in any
other pension plan supported by public funds, excluding a military
pension, may not use that service for purchased prior service pursuant to
this section for this Pension Plan; provided, a member may make a direct
transfer of eligible rollover distributions of all or any portion of the
balance in another eligible retirement plan that is attributable to such other
prior law enforcement or correctional institution experience to purchase
additional service, in accordance with Subsection 36-27(e), and shall
execute a Board-provided form acknowledging the same.
f fie} The Plan fund will accept member rollover cash contributions and/or
direct cash rollovers of distributions for the purchase of service as
authorized under Section 36-27, as follows:
3. The Parties have had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel prior to executing
this MOU.
4. This MOU shall become effective upon ratification by the bargaining unit members
represented by the PBA and by the City Commission, whichever occurs later. In the event that
this MOU is not fully ratified for any reason, it shall have no force or effect upon either party.
5. Other than as specifically set forth herein, this MOU does not modify any terms
and conditions of employment of the bargaining unit employees represented by the PBA.
6. The City's Code shall be modified so that its Plan provisions are in harmony with
this MOU.
7. This MOU represents the Parties' entire agreement concerning this subject matter,
and it cannot be amended or modified without the express written consent of the Parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
AGREED TO THIS DAY OF , 2022.
For the Dade County Police For the City of Aventura:
Benevolent Association, Inc.
Steadman Stahl, President Ronald J. Wasson, City Manager
Dade County PBA
CITY OF "ENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission
FROM: Ronald J. Wasson, City Manager
DATE: May 13, 2022
SUBJECT: Amendment to Section 36-27 of the Police Pension Plan and Trust
Fund "Buy-Back for Military Service, Prior Law Enforcement or
Correctional Officer Service" (City Manager)
May 19, 2022 City Commission Workshop Agenda Item 3
The City provides a benefit pension plan known as the City of Aventura Police Officers'
Retirement Plan for its certified police officers. The proposed amendment to Section 36-
27 of the Plan will permit members to buy back military service earned, while on leave of
absence, to count towards pension credit for the City. It also permits members to buy
back service credits for periods of active military service prior to first and initial
employment with the City.
I have placed this matter on the Workshop Agenda for discussion.
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Attachment
CCO2066-22
CITY OF AVENTURA ORDINANCE NO. 2022-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 36 "RETIREMENT," ARTICLE II "POLICE PENSION PLAN
AND TRUST FUND," BY AMENDING SECTION 36-27 "BUY-BACK FOR
MILITARY SERVICE, PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SERVICE" TO PERMIT BUY-BACK OF
SERVICE CREDITS FOR PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura (the "City") maintains a defined benefit pension
plan for its certified police officers, which is known as the City of Aventura Police Officers'
Retirement Plan (the "Plan"), and which is codified in Chapter 36 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, the Plan permits members to buy back military service earned while
on a leave of absence to count towards pension credit for the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to permit members to also buyback
service credits for periods of active military service prior to first and initial employment
with the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of the City and
its employees to amend the Plan; and
WHEREAS, prior to Second Reading of this Ordinance, the City Commission has
received, reviewed and considered an actuarial impact statement describing the actual
impact of the amendments provided for herein.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA':
Section 1. That each of the above-stated recitals are hereby adopted and
confirmed.
Section 2. That Chapter 36 "Retirement," Article 11 "Police Pension Plan and
Trust Fund," Section 36-27, "Buy-back for military service, prior law enforcement or
correctional officer service," of the City Code of Ordinances be amended by adding a new
subsection and re-lettering the subsequent subsections, as follows-
' Words in s+F�at type are deletions from exist text and word in underline type are additions to existing
text.
City of Aventura Ordinance No. 2022-
Sec. 36-27. — Buy-back for military service, prior law enforcement or
correctional officer service.
(b) Any member of the Plan who is employed by the City shall be entitled
to buy-back service credits for years or fractional parts of years that
the member has served on active duty in the military service of the
United States prior to first and initial employment with the City of
Aventura police department, with a lifetime maximum of four years
of service credits, if:
(1) The cost of prior service credit is paid, which shall be the full
actuarial cost of all prior service credit purchased hereunder
computed as a lump sum payment into the plan that would have
occurred had the member been employed by the City of Aventura
as a police officer, for the period of prior service credit purchased.
(2) A nonrefundable payment is made for the costs of all professional
services (e.g. actuarial calculations) rendered to the Board and
administrative costs in connection with the purchase of years of
credited service.
(3) The buy-back request is made only once if followed by the
purchase, and the purchase timely paid in full before retirement
or entering the DROP, based on a lump sum or a required
installment payoff schedule. Installment payments shall be
made through a payroll deduction in accordance with Section
414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. The payments shall be
treated as tax-deferred picked up contributions. Contributions
shall continue until death, disability or termination of service,
whichever shall occur first. If the member cannot pay the
remainder balance upon separation, he shall have the option to
receive either prorated credit for the service purchased to date
or a refund of amounts already paid to date without any service
credit. Any payoff schedule shall require the execution of an
irrevocable authorization form specifying the amount of the
Payment and the duration of the authorization. The specified
amount shall be determined by the Alan's actuary to be sufficient
to pay the entire actuarial cost of the purchase within the
specified duration of the payment authorization, which duration
shall not extend beyond the earliest date upon which the
employee would become eligible for normal retirement
under Section 36-26. The amount provided in the payment
authorization shall include interest, as calculated by the plan's
actuary, at the retirement Alan's actuarially assumed rate of
return on investments.
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City of Aventura Ordinance No. 2022-
(4) Such service credit is counted as continuous service for
purposes of benefit calculations, but not for purposes of vesting
or eligibility for benefits under this Retirement Plan.
LLM Any member of the plan who is employed by the City shall be
entitled to buy-back service credits for the periods of public law
enforcement employment with another employer, with a lifetime
maximum of four years of service credits, if:
Lqh{c}Any member of the plan who is employed by the City shall be
entitled to buy-back service credits for the periods of correctional
institution employment with another employer, with a lifetime
maximum of four years of service credits, if-
(e) A A member who is receiving, or will receive the pension benefit for
military service, prior law enforcement or correctional institution
experience in any other pension plan supported by public funds,
excluding a military pension, may not use that service for purchased
prior service pursuant to this section for this Pension Plan;
provided, a member may make a direct transfer of eligible rollover
distributions of all or any portion of the balance in another eligible
retirement plan that is attributable to such other prior law
enforcement or correctional institution experience to purchase
additional service, in accordance with Subsection 36-27(e), and
shall execute a Board-provided form acknowledging the same.
W The Plan fund will accept member rollover cash contributions and/or
direct cash rollovers of distributions for the purchase of service as
authorized under Section 36-27, as follows:
Section 3. Repeal. All sections or parts of sections of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Aventura, all ordinances or parts of ordinances, and all resolutions or parts
of resolutions in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
Section 4. Severability. Should any section or provision of this Ordinance, or
any paragraph, sentence or word, be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof, as a whole or a
part hereof, other than the part declared to be invalid.
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City of Aventura Ordinance No. 2022-
Section 5. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the City Commission of
the City of Aventura that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a
part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Aventura and that the sections of this
Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed
to "Chapter', "Section", "Article", or such other appropriate word or phrase, the use of
which shall accomplish the intentions herein expressed.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective upon passage by
the City Commission on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner who moved its
adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by
Commissioner and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks
Commissioner Marc Narotsky
Commissioner Robert Shelley
Vice Mayor Denise Landman
Mayor Enid Weisman
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner who moved its
adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by
Commissioner upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks
Commissioner Marc Narotsky
Commissioner Robert Shelley
Vice Mayor Denise Landman
Mayor Enid Weisman
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City of Aventura Ordinance No. 2022-
PASSED on first reading this day of 2022.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this day of , 2022.
ENID WEISMAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ELLISA L. HORVATH, MMC
CITY CLERK
Approved as to Legal Sufficiency:
CITY ATTORNEY
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CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission
VIA: Ronald J. Wasson, City Manager (9L
FROM: Keven R. KloPP, Community Development Director/�*
DATE: May 13, 2022
SUBJECT: Discussion of Floor Area Ratio
March 19, 2022 City Commission Workshop Agenda Item 4
BACKGROUND
In the City ofAventura, the Comprehensive Plan and the Land Development Regulations
(Zoning Code) utilize various measures to guide development. One of the measures,
Floor Area Ratio (FAR), is used to limit allowable building sizes. FAR is also used to
provide incentives as a reward for sustainable building. How beneficial FAR will continue
to be toward creating the built environment envisioned for the future of Aventura is worthy
of a discussion at the next City Commission Workshop.
FLOOR AREA RATIO
FAR is derived by dividing the total area of the building by the total area of the parcel
(building area / by lot area = FAR). Greater FARs indicate greater building volume.
According to the American Planning Association's Information Report on the topic, "a low
floor area ratio is not necessarily good nor a high one necessarily bad. It depends on the
zone." (June 1958).
Attached are several diagrams which provide an understanding of how FAR limitations
result in varying building bulk. Other regulations -- such as open space requirements, lot
coverage maximums, setbacks, build-to lines, frontage requirements, height and density
limitations, etc. can be used to create the building form desired. Lot coverage, setbacks,
height, and density limits currently exist in the City's Zoning Regulations and work in
tandem with the Code's FAR limitations.
I have placed this matter on the Workshop Agenda for discussion.
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CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission
FROM: Ronald J. Wasson, City Manager (/
DATE: May 13, 2022
SUBJECT: Designation of Voting Delegate for the Florida League of Cities Annual
Conference (City Manager)
May 19, 2022 City Commission Workshop Agenda Item 5
The 2022 Florida League of Cities Annual Conference will be held August 11-13, 2022 at
the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida. The FLC annual conference is an
opportunity for municipal officials and senior staff to enhance leadership skills, learn from
municipal experts, share ideas with peers, discuss strategies for Florida's future and hear
about the latest in products and services for municipal governments.
Municipalities sending delegates to the Annual Conference are requested to designate
one of their officials to cast their votes at the Annual Business Session.
I have placed this matter on the Workshop Agenda for discussion.
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Attachment
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FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES
To: Key Official
From: Eryn Russell, Florida League of Cities
Date: May 11, 2022
Subject: 96th Annual Conference Voting Delegate Information
The Florida League of Cities' Annual Conference will be held at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood,
Florida on August 11-13, 2022.This conference will provide valuable educational opportunities to help
Florida's municipal officials serve their citizenry more effectively.
It is important that each member municipality sending delegates to the Annual Conference of the Florida
League of Cities, designate one of their officials to cast their votes at the Annual Business Session. Election of
League leadership and adoption of resolutions are undertaken during the business meeting. One official from
each municipality will make decisions that determine the direction of the League.
In accordance with the League's by-laws, each municipality's vote is determined by population, and the
League will use the Estimates of Population from the University of Florida.
Conference registration materials were sent to each municipality via the League's e-newsletter and are also
available online at flcities.com.
If you have any questions on voting delegates, please email erussell@flcities.com. Voting delegate forms must
be received by the League no later than July 29, 2022.
Attachments: Form Designating Voting Delegate
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LOCAL Tallahassee,Florida 32382-1757
96th Annual Conference
Florida League of Cities, Inc.
August 11-13, 2022
Hollywood, Florida
It is important that each member municipality sending delegates to the Annual Conference of the Florida
League of Cities, designate one of their officials to cast their votes at the Annual Business Session. League By-
Laws requires that each municipality select one person to serve as the municipalities voting delegate.
Municipalities do not need to adopt a resolution to designate a voting delegate.
Please fill out this form and return it to the League office so that your voting delegate may be properly
identified. Voting delegate forms must be received by the League no later than July 29, 2022.
Designation of Voting Delegate
Name of Voting Delegate:
Title:
Delegate Email:
Municipality of:
AUTHORIZED BY:
Name
Title
Return this form to:
Eryn Russell
Florida League of Cities, Inc.
Post Office Box 1757
Tallahassee, FL 32302-1757
Fax: (850) 222-3806
Email: erussell@flcities.com
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