The Miramar City Commission met on September 22, 2022, at 7:00 PM. The meeting opened with a moment of silence and a passport awareness announcement. The Commission approved several proclamations, recognized police personnel during Hispanic Heritage Month, heard public comments, received a COVID-19 update, and unanimously approved a fee schedule for FY2023 and a conditional use application for a new Chipotle restaurant. All votes were 5-0.
State Representative Marie Woodson presented tributes to three Miramar Police Department members: Deputy Chief Jose Vargas (born in Puerto Rico), Officer Yesenia Diaz (first Hispanic female detective, Colombian heritage), and Mailyn Aguirre (department administrator, born in Nicaragua). All were honored for their service and dedication.
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Ricardo Collins, police department, niece. Let's keep our fellow colleagues and our thoughts and our prayers, as well as the city of Myanmar for any members of our community that may be experiencing grief or loss in their families. Let's have a moment of silence. Thank you. Before we start the presentations, we just we would just like to acknowledge that September is Passport Awareness Month, and the U.S. Department of State wants to motivate everyone to apply for their U.S. passports in the fall or winter when demand is down. This year, they are also encouraging people to routinely check their passports expiration date and remember that many countries require a minimum of six months of passport valid um validity. Our city clerk's office staff are all certified passport agents, and we offer U.S. passport services by appointment here in the city of Myanmar. For more information, please visit our website at MiramarFL dot gov. And I'll take this moment to ask the public to please refrain from calling the city or passport requests that you need to travel within a month or two weeks. I know we get those requests all the time. So I would like to make that that notice. Whereas October 22 is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and whereas National Breast Cancer Awareness Month educates women about early breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment. And whereas National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing public knowledge about the importance of early detection of breast cancer with national public service organizations, professional associations, and government agencies who work together to ensure that the NBCAM message is heard by thousands of women and their families. And whereas the chance of developing invasive breast cancer at some time in a woman's life is about one in eight. And whereas death rates from breast cancer have been declining, and this change is believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening, increased awareness, and improved treatment. And whereas NBCAM recognizes that although many great strides have been made in breast cancer awareness and treatment, there remains much to be accomplished. Now therefore, I, Wayne Mesa, mayor of the city of Miramar, in behalf of the City Commission, do hereby proclaim the month of October 2022 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 21st as National Memography Day. This is being presented in advance so that the hearers of this message themselves as well as your loved ones and your families can plan and make your appointments for your mammograms and make sure to encourage your loved ones to make to know their status and to get the screenings. At this time are the representatives from Memorial on the line. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you. Oh I don't know if you can see me. Yes, we can see you and hear you. Oh great, thank you. It's a great pleasure to accept this proclamation and representing Memorial Health Care System, Memorial Cancer Institute. We are committed absolutely to our community, and it is really a great pleasure and honor to accept this proclamation. Thank you so much. And thanks for visiting us virtually, and we look forward to our community using the resources of memorial for their screenings. Thank you. At this time, I invite Barbara Markley, co-chair of gun safety committee, the League of Women Voters of Broward to join me on the stage for the presentation of the proclamation in observance of suicide prevention awareness month. Let's give her a round of applause as she comes forward. Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, September 2022. Whereas the City of Myanmar is firmly committed to raising awareness about suicide prevention, and whereas the month of September is nationally recognized as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. And whereas more than 40,000 Americans die by suicide each year. In Florida, a person dies by suicide every two hours on average. Suicides in Florida far outnumber homicides. And whereas suicide is a national epidemic costing the lives of 6,000 veterans each year and is a leading cause of death for first responders.