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MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUDGET BRIEFING.THANK YOU FOR JOINING AS WE TRY TO, AS WE, UH, GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, RAQUEL WILLIAMS, JASON GREEN, TAMIKA.
BUT, UH, BEFORE WE START, AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW, I'M, I'M KIND OF LOATHED TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME AT THESE SUBSTANTIVE MEETINGS TO DEVIATE FROM OUR, OUR USUAL PROCESS.
AND ACTUALLY, I WAS ONE WHO MOVED THE PROCLAMATIONS AWAY FROM REGULAR COMMISSION MEETINGS, BUT WE HAD A SPECIAL DAY YESTERDAY IN MIAMI BEACH, AND WE CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY OF ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR OWN
SO WE WENT THROUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BIRTHDAY.
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS MEETING ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, BUT I DUNNO, I HEAR THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU AS WELL.
SPEECH AND COMMISSIONER, UH, TANYA BOT JUST REMINDED ME HER BIRTHDAY IS MARCH 29TH.
SO, UH,
WELL, NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE FINANCE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY COLLEAGUE.
UH, WE'RE HERE AT OUR SECOND, UM, FINANCE AND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UH, WE ARE, UH, CONCENTRATING NOW, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE'RE, UH, IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHERE WE REALLY CENTERED IN AND OWNED IN ON OUR CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET.
NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO FOCUS ON THE OPERATING SIDE OF OUR BUDGET.
UH, LOOKING AHEAD, UH, OF COURSE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BUDGET, IT HAS TO BE COMPREHENSIVE.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK AT IT IN A VACUUM, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, HAND IT OVER TO OUR, UH, WHETHER CITY MANAGER, CFOI WILL LET STAFF TAKE, UH, DIRECTION.
I THINK FIRST, I BELIEVE THE, UH, NATALIE WILL BE CLERK IN THE MEETING HAS JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE, UM, TODAY'S MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND REMAINING MEMBERS, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM.
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING, VIRTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY DIAL 1-888-475-FOUR 4 9 9, AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 6 3 6 0 5 9 5 4 6 2, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 8 6 3 6 0 5 9 5 4 6 2.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF THEY'RE USING THE ZOOM APP OR DAO STAR NINE IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER BOT HAS REQUESTED HANDOUTS BE PLACED ON THE DAYS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
[1. FISCAL YEAR 2025 MILLAGE RATE AND OPERATING BUDGET]
MAYOR, CHAIR, AND COMMISSIONERS.WE ARE EXCITED TO GET STARTED WITH THIS PIVOTAL STEP IN OUR BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, UM, ENGAGING TIMES, UH, FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PUT TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR ENHANCEMENTS.
OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE WORKED WITH THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND WITH FINANCE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD, UH, SPEAKS TO OUR, UH, COLLECTIVE GOALS, UH, SPEAKS TO THE INTENTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE OUR RESIDENT EXPERIENCE BETTER, OUR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE BETTER.
UH, ALTHOUGH WE WERE VERY HEARTENED BY THE, UH, 9.4% INCREASE UP FROM THE 8.8, UH, PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE THAT CAME OUT ON JUNE 1ST, UH, THE JULY 1ST NUMBERS STILL PRESENT A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH NEED.
SO TODAY WE REALLY WANNA TAKE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS, AS WELL AS TO TOUCH BASE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET WITH AN UPDATE TOWARD THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CFO, JASON GREEN AND OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR, TAMIKA OTTO STEWART, UH, TO LEAD US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, UH, PJ, IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.
SO, AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MENTIONED, WE WILL BE STARTING WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET.
WE WILL HAVE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION AN UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO THIS IS A SLIDE WE HAD WHEN WE MET LAST, UH, MONTH.
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8.8% INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES WITH OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES AS OF JUNE 1ST.SO, AS RAQUEL JUST MENTIONED, OUR PROPERTY VALUES ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 9.4% ON JULY 1ST.
THAT BROUGHT IN ABOUT $1.6 MILLION MORE TO OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES THAN WHAT WE HAD BACK IN JUNE.
SO THIS SLIDE, YOU SHOULD BE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UH, THESE SHOW OUR OVERALL PROPERTY VALUE.
YOU SEE, THE TREND IS WE ARE INCREASING, BUT WE ARE INCREASING AS A DECLINING RATE.
SO TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE AT 11.2% INCREASE, THEN 10.8.
NOW WE'RE AT 9.4 OVERALL, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF OUR EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES.
SO OUR PROPERTY THAT EXISTED LAST YEAR INCREASED BY 8.8%.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS VERY SPORADIC.
UH, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH LEVELED OFF BETWEEN 200 TO $300 MILLION PER YEAR.
SO WE DID A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM LAST MONTH.
SO ON OUR MILLAGE RATES, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR, UH, JUNE UPDATE, UM, WAS THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED INFER ENDORSED THE LOWER VOTED, UH, DEBT SERVICE OR GO BOND THAT WAS REQUIRED, UH, BASED ON THE INCREASED VALUES WE GOT AS OF JUNE 1ST, AND THAT TO BE ADJUSTED UP INTO OUR CAPITAL ROOM REPLACEMENT.
SO WE'RE OVERALL LOOKING AT A FLAT COMBINED MILLAGE.
NOW, AFTER THAT, ON JULY 1ST, AFTER THE NUMBERS CAME UP A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE 8.8 TO THE 9.4 PLUS, WHEN WE WENT, LOOKED BACK AND WE CLOSED THE BOOKS ON THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, WE GOT RECEIVED MORE REVENUE THAN WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED INTO THE VOTER DEBT SERVICE, UH, MILLAGE.
SO THERE WAS A, A LITTLE BIT, UH, AVAILABLE THERE TO BRING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO WE JUST HAVE A SLIGHTLY, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, CAPITAL OWNER REPLACEMENT.
AGAIN, A FLAT OVERALL COMBINED MILLAGE IS THE INITIAL RECOMMENDED, UH, PRELIMINARY MILLAGE.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH.
THIS JUST SHOWS THE LONG TERM TREND OF THE CITY'S OVERALL COMBINED MILLAGE THAT'S DECREASED, UH, SINCE 2011.
UH, AND OUR BLUE BAR THERE IS BOTH WHAT WE CALL OPERATING.
IT'S BOTH OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS, OUR CAPITAL AND REPLACEMENT, AND OUR PEGO.
AND THOSE MILLAGES, THOSE CAPITAL RELATED MILLAGES HAVE INCREASED SLOWLY THROUGH THE YEARS, MOSTLY RELATED TO ADJUSTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE VOTED UH, GEO BONDS.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA SHARE WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKED LIKE.
BACK IN JUNE WHEN WE MET, WE HAD A PROJECTED $12.6 MILLION SURPLUS.
AND BASED ON THE JULY ONE VALUES, THAT SURPLUS INCREASED TO 14.2 MILLION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY, UM, ENHANCEMENTS YET, AND IT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY RESULTS OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHERE WE START AT 14.2.
WE ARE GONNA GO THROUGH SEVERAL SLIDES WITH OUR RECOMMENDED ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE 25 BUDGETS.
AND THEN IF THE COMMISSION DOES ACCEPT OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND NO CHANGES ARE MADE, WE WOULD HAVE A, A SURPLUS OF $8.9 MILLION.
UH, WE KNOW YOU MAY WANNA MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE BUDGET.
SO THAT NUMBER WILL BE ADJUSTED BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO DATE.
AND JUST AGAIN, UH, WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS THAT AS MUCH AS THAT $8.9 MILLION WE SET ASIDE FOR A COMBINATION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, UH, ADJUSTMENTS, AND ALSO CAPITAL FUNDING, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $1.2 BILLION CIP, UM, AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO CAPITAL AS POSSIBLE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, CLOSE OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
AND SO, JUST, JUST TO ADD ON TO THERE FOR CONTEXT, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE OVERALL BOOKLET OF ALL THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE LOOKED AT, BOTH FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMISSION SIDE, THERE WAS OVER $30 MILLION IN REQUESTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY VALID AND VERY IMPORTANT IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
BUT WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT FROM AN EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE TO SEE WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AFFORD, WHAT WAS NEEDED AND WHAT THE BEST USE OF THOSE DOLLARS WERE.
SO NEXT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THESE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE THE DISPOSITION OF FUNDING REQUESTS THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN COMMISSION REFERRALS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH FERC, AND THEN BACK UP TO COMMISSION OR THE, THE, THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, AND THEN THE, THE ONE ON, ON FERC ONES.
SO THESE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE DISCUSSION AT THE DIS UH, COMMISSION LEVEL.
UH, ALL OF THE ONES THAT HAVE A CHECK MARK THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE, AND ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT, UM, IN THERE IS THE RESIDENTIAL AREA SIDEWALK PRESSURE WASHING PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE A GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, WOULD ACTUALLY BE A SANITATION FUND EXPENDITURE.
AND I'M GONNA HOLD THIS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET INTO THE REASONS WHY WE WERE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT.
WHEN WE GET TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SLIDES AGAIN TO GO OVER, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERNS, UH, WITH THE SANITATION FUND,
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THIS IS ANOTHER LIST OF, THIS IS THE FINAL PART OF THE LIST, THE SMALLER DOLLAR ONES OF THE COMMISSION PRIORITIES.AGAIN, EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE LISTED ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT IN A RECOMMENDED ONE IS THE $33,000 FOR THE BEACH, UH, ACCESS MATS.
UH, THE, THE ISSUE THERE ON THE, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THESE SPECIAL EVENTS AND AND SUCH THAT HAVE OUT THESE BEACH ACCESS MATS, UH, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S A DEFICIT OF, OF THAT KIND OF RESOURCE, WE WOULD JUST ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE EVENTS, WHETHER CITY RUN OR, OR RUN BY, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THIRD PARTY, THAT WE WOULD ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE IN THEIR CONTRACTS AND SUCH TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVEN'T MADE ITS WAY BACK TO COMMISSION YET THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD AT FERC AND HAVE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BY FERC, BUT JUST HAVEN'T MADE IT BACK TO COMMISSION YET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, SOME OF THEM WEREN'T EVEN PRIOR, WEREN'T EVEN ACTUALLY LISTED AS ENHANCEMENTS AS OF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO UNTIL THEY MADE IT OUT OF FERC.
UH, BUT TO THE TWO ITEMS HERE, THE ONE TIME BUSINESS GRANT AND THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, L-G-B-T-Q, UH, OUTREACH INITIATIVES ARE LISTED THERE AS, UH, ITEMS THAT WE ARE FUNDING IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSION.
AND WE DID, UH, RECOMMEND FUNDING FOR ABOUT, UH, $4.25 MILLION WORTH OF THOSE REQUESTS.
NOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW HERE IS THIS IS THE LIST OF THE ACTUAL GENERAL FUND ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT THEMES, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAVE THE RESIDENT SURVEY THAT WE REACHED THAT HAS DONE EVERY SEVERAL YEARS.
AND ONE OF THE AREAS THEY SHOWED US THAT WE ARE DOING VERY WELL IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AREA, BUT IT'S STILL OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY, UH, BY THE COMMISSION.
SO WE DID ALLOCATE DOLLARS TOWARDS THAT.
ALSO, THE ITEMS THAT CAME OUTTA THAT RESIDENT SURVEY WERE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOMELESS, AND CLEANLINESS WERE THREE AREAS OF CONCERN FROM THE RESIDENTS, UH, AREAS OF WHERE WE BELIEVE WE WILL DO OUR BEST WITHIN OUR CONFINES OF OUR FINANCES TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT.
SO, TO THAT END, UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE LIST OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELESS RELATED ITEMS. UH, ON THE ONE TIME, UH, THOUGH THE, THE ADMINISTRATION DID MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR WITHOUT COMMISSION ACTION WAS THE, UH, POLICE ISRAELI HIGH VISIBILITY DETAIL, UH, AND FUNDED AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
WE, WE WERE PROJECTING A, A LARGER $3 MILLION EXPENDITURE FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT IN WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THAT EVENT, WE BELIEVE THAT A $1.9 MILLION, ONE-TIME ALLOCATION, UH, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, A, A SERVICE DURING THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
UH, ON THE RECURRING SIDE, UM, WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS BEING ADDED TO THE REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS INVESTED HEAVILY TO BUILD OUT THAT FACILITY, AND NOW IT IS TIME TO STAFF THAT AS, AS WOULD MAKE, UH, A LOT OF SENSE.
WE HAVE ADDING A, UH, TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, A FIRE DIVISION CHIEF.
IT IS THE ONLY AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN, UH, DIVISION CHIEF.
UH, IT'S, IT'S BEING HANDLED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPUTY AND HAVING MANY OTHER DIVISION CHIEFS.
SO WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADD THIS POSITION, UH, TO THERE.
WE HAVE THE CRIME LAB STAFFING WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UH, WHICH WAS A COMMISSION PRIORITY, UH, AN ADDITIONAL CITY ATTORNEY TWO POSITION FOR ADMISSIBLE PROSECUTION TEAM, UH, FOR US TO CONTINUE.
WE WERE DOING KIND OF ON A ONE TIME AS WE SWITCHED UP SOME FUNDING.
THIS YEAR IS FOR US TO CONTINUE PROVIDING BOTH, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS MENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL HEALTH, UH, SERVICES.
UH, AGAIN, THE LGBQ, UH, OUTREACH INITIATIVES AND BODY CAMERAS FOR OUR HOMELESS.
THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELESS ENHANCEMENTS.
AND, UH, REALLY FROM THE CHILDREN'S PERSPECTIVE, A NUMBER OF THESE ARE RUN OUT OF, UH, MY EDUCATION PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES DIVISION.
UH, THESE INCLUDE ONE-TIME EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES ON A ONE-TIME BASIS TO, AS WE EXPAND BEYOND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT INTO OUR PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.
UH, SAME THING ON NOW, THE RECURRING SIDE, THE 224,000 IS PROVIDING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AT THOSE SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND IT INCLUDES ADDING, UH, A POSITION, THE RENTAL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, WHILE DEDUCTING A, UH, $50,000, UH, CONSULTING, OUTSIDE OUTSOURCING OF SOME OF THOSE SERVICES.
SO WE REMOVED THAT OUTSOURCING AND WE GOT THAT ALL DONE THAT WAY.
WE THINK THAT'S AN EFFICIENT WAY OF DOING IT.
UH, CONTRACTED BUS SERVICES FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR OUR CHILDREN AT OUR SCHOOLS.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S BEING DONE INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, PULLING PEOPLE THAT HAVE CVL
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LICENSES OFF OF OTHER PROGRAMS, DOING MAINTENANCE, DOING FACILITY UPKEEP, UH, THROUGH OUR PARKS.AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO JUST HAVE THAT AS AN OUTSIDE OUTSOURCE SERVICE.
SO IT'S RUN ON TIME AND OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING PICKED UP ON TIME AND QUICKLY, AND THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES COULD BE ACTUALLY DELIVERING PARK SERVICES.
UH, AND THEN TWO OTHER EDUCATIONAL ONES, AGAIN, THAT WERE COMMISSION PRIORITIES OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ROCK ENSEMBLE, EXPANDING THAT AND ENHANCING THAT AT THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND TO OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND THEN A ADDING TO THE PRE-K LOTTERY PROGRAM.
UH, WITH REGARD TO CLEANLINESS, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RECOMMEND SEVERAL ITEMS ON SANITATION, WHAT WE DID IS FOUND IN PARKS.
AND WHAT WE WERE RECOMMENDED IS TO ADD FOUR PRESSURE WASHING MACHINES.
AND THESE ARE THE LARGER ONES THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIT AND RIDE.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS PRESSURE WASHING BY HAND.
AND WITH THOSE FOUR MACHINES, THERE'S A REQUEST TO ADD FOUR MSW POSITIONS, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY BE IN CHARGE OF, IN CLEAN, IMPROVING THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR PARKS AND OUR PARKS FACILITIES.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IN THE RECURRING IS THE AREA MANAGERS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SEPARATE SLIDE ON THAT ONE, SO I'M JUST GONNA SKIP OVER THAT.
BUT IT IS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO BE FUNDED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE COMPACTED SAND PATH WAS DISCUSSED IN THE JUNE FERC.
WHAT WE RECOMMENDED WAS FUNDING A STUDY TO JUST GET SOME CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS FEASIBLE AND THAT THE STATE WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE US PERMITTING TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALSO, AT THE JUNE COM, AT FERC, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PAY TRANSFER OF SOME OF OUR INTEREST INCOME.
SO THAT IS ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR BUDGET, AND THAT'S, UH, $2 MILLION.
AND THEN PARKS ALSO ASKED US TO START, UH, FUNDING A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THEIR AQUATIC FACILITIES.
AND THIS WOULD GET THEM SOME FUNDING TO BASICALLY REPAIR PARK OR EQUIPMENT BEFORE THEY GET BROKEN.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A LIST OF, UH, SEVERAL OTHERS THAT DON'T FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
HR ASKED US TO ADD ONE RECORDS TECHNICIAN POSITION.
THEY DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED POSITION THAT ACTUALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING OUR RECORDS AND MAINTAINING THEM.
THE STATE LOBBYIST PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS IN THE BUDGET.
THE CITY COMMISSION DID ASK US TO ADD FUNDING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL STATE LOBBYIST.
UH, THE RECLASSIFICATION OF AN AS TWO ASSISTANT CITY CLERK POSITIONS WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, AND THIS IS JUST A PARITY ITEM, WERE THEIR ASSISTANT CITY DIRECT.
UH, CITY CLERKS AREN'T AT THE SAME LEVEL OF OTHER ASSISTANT DIRECTORS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASKS FOR ONE POSITION, A PART-TIME POSITION TO HELP WITH THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WAS TRANSFERRED FOR THE SISTER CITIES PROGRAM.
UH, THE FILLMAN 70 PROGRAM USED TO BE AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, DURING COID, WE HAD TO REDUCE THAT SLIGHTLY.
SO, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING INCREASING THAT BY 33,000 TO GET US BACK TO THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
SISTER CITIES WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED OR APPROVED BY CITY COMMISSION ALREADY TO INCREASE THAT BY 15,000.
AND THEN THE BEACH RUN CAFE ASSESSMENTS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT ASSESSING THE BEACH RUN, UH, CAFES.
AND THIS WOULD ADD 40 MORE ASSESSMENT FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN ADMIN ITEM.
SO ALL INTERNAL SERVICES ARE CHARGED BACK TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS.
IF THOSE GET APPROVED, THAT WOULD ADD A PORTION OF THEIR COST TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE GET BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED, WHICH IS OUR RECOMMENDED ENHANCEMENTS, IF THEY'RE APPROVED, WILL GET US AFTER OUR SURPLUS OF 14.2 MILLION TO AN $8.9 MILLION SURPLUS.
AND AGAIN, IF I COULD, JUST TO, PARDON ME TO, TO REINFORCE THAT $8,000,008.9 MILLION SURPLUS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, UH, NEEDS THAT ARE NOT MET.
SO AGAIN, THERE ARE NOT THE UNION CONTRACT IMPACTS THAT ARE IN THERE.
UH, WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, UNIONS, AND WE'RE AT VARIOUS DEGREES OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SOME MUCH CLOSER THAN OTHERS THAT HAVEN'T STARTED.
UH, PLUS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WHICH WE KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, UH, IN, IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT BETWEEN SETTING ASIDE FOR CAPITAL AND FOR THOSE UNION CONTRACTS, WE BELIEVE THAT 8.9 WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL OF THOSE, UH, CONTRACTS.
AND AGAIN, HAVING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT'LL BE SET ASIDE TOWARDS CAPITAL.
NOW, WE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION OF THAT AREA, AND I WANT TO GO INTO THE, THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, UH, TALK ABOUT THREE ITEMS THAT WERE MOVED, UH, FROM THE FERC, UH, REGULAR FERC MEANING DIRECTLY TO HERE, UH, BY THE COMMITTEE TO JUST, UH, TO GO OVER AND IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS THEY DIDN'T MAKE, UH, A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION.
THE FIRST IS THE AREA MANAGER'S ITEM.
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THIS, UH, THIS ITEM INCLUDED, UH, WAS THIS COMMISSIONER, UH, FERNANDEZ'S ITEM.UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS BASED ON THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL ITEM, IT WAS HAVING A PERSON, UH, FOR NORTH BEACH, SOUTH BEACH IN MID BEACH WITH A VEHICLE BEING ABLE TO, UH, DRIVE AROUND TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ONLY TO IDENTIFY THEM ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTAL SPECTRUMS, WHETHER IT'S HOMELESS CODE, SANITATION, BROKEN PIPES, AND ALL OF THE PANTHEON OF ISSUES THAT YOU CAN SEE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
BUT NOT ONLY TO, TO REPORT THEM, BUT THEN ALSO TO FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE END DEPARTMENTS, UH, ACTUALLY EXECUTE AND COMPLETE THOSE TASKS.
UH, WHAT IS IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET IS KIND OF A HYBRID A LITTLE BIT.
AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE BUDGET IS TO HAVE ONE, UH, FULL-TIME POSITION AND A POOL OF HOURS THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY, UH, BE ABLE TO ADD TO PART-TIME EXCELLENCE ASSESSORS.
AS PART OF THE, UH, EDUCATION PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES, DIVISION OF FINANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INDEXES WHERE WE GO OUT AND WE REVIEW THINGS AND WE LOOK AT THINGS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS THE CLEANLINESS INDEX.
AND WE WERE LOOKING TO MODIFY THAT TO ADD IN MORE ELEMENTS, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, LOOKED AT.
THIS FULL-TIME PERSON WOULD BE THAT CRADLE A GRAVE PERSON.
AND RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING THIS CLEANLINESS ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DORMANT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME DURING COVID AND JUST RESTARTED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE JUST HAVE SOME OF THAT DATA GOING OUT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE JUST RECEIVED, UH, RECENTLY THE NEXT PAST COUPLE WEEKS OR MONTH OR SO, THE FIRST LTC WITH SOME OF THOSE RESULTS.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THE CITY IS OUT THERE DOING SOME OF THIS, WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS REALLY GREATLY ENHANCE THAT.
AND BY THIS $212,000 ENHANCEMENT RECOMMENDATION IS THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE ABOUT 10,000 BLOCK ASSESSMENTS PER YEAR.
THIS WOULD MEAN THAT EVERY BLOCK THROUGHOUT THE CITY WOULD BE ASSESSED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES PER YEAR.
AND AGAIN, NOT ONLY IS IT BEING ASSESSED AND PUT INTO INDEX, THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A PANTHEON OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THOSE AREAS, THOSE ITEMS, THOSE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE SEEING ARE INSTANTLY SENT OUT TO THE QUALIFYING DEPARTMENTS TO RECTIFY THOSE, UH, SITUATIONS.
AND I THINK I'LL JUST PAUSE ON THAT AS WE DO FOR THESE, FOR ITEMS TO COME OUT, IF THERE'S, UH, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE.
UH, WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, I SAID, JUST KEEP THINGS SIMPLE.
WE SHOULD HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT LITERALLY JUST DRIVE AROUND IN GOLF COURTS, SOUTH BEACH, MID BEACH, NORTH BEACH, AND SAY WHAT MAKES SENSE, WHAT DOESN'T TALK TO PEOPLE.
LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO KICK THIS OFF AND HOW YOU'RE ENVISIONING IT AND, UH, WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG ABOUT THEIR ASSESSMENT.
AND THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I ACTUALLY, UH, BEGAN WORKING WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION LAST FISCAL YEAR ON.
I BELIEVE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE ON IT PARTIALLY, UH, THROUGH THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE, UH, CLEANLINESS ASSESSORS.
UH, THAT HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED, UH, DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
UM, THE REALITY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NEED ATTENTION.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NEED SOMEONE FROM, FROM OUR CITY THAT TAKES OWNERSHIP OF AREAS THAT IDENTIFY ISSUES, AS WAS DESCRIBED BY THE CFO ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF ALL DEPARTMENTS, AND FOLLOWS UP ON THOSE, ON THOSE ISSUES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT, UH, WITH THIS, I THINK THE CFO EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY.
UM, AND, UH, AND I, I'M WILLING TO GIVE THIS A TRY.
IT'S NOT WHAT I HAD ENVISIONED ORIGINALLY, BUT I THINK IT'S A MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF USING CURRENT RESOURCES AND ADDING SOME EXTRA RESOURCES, UH, TO, UH, TO, UH, GET US IN A BETTER DIRECTION.
AND, AND IF I COULD JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
LOVE THE THOUGHT, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW I WAS ENVISIONING THE IMPLEMENTATION.
I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DOWN INTO THE WEEDS OR GRANULAR, MAYBE WE COULD TALK, UH, YOU KNOW, AT A DIFFERENT FORM ABOUT THE EXACT DETAILS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HOW THIS IS LAID OUT A BIT TOO BUREAUCRATIC, RIGHT? I, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY FOCUSING ON, OKAY, HERE'S OUR CHECKLIST, HERE'S THE ASSESSMENT.
I WANT SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE COMES INTO CITY HALL TWO HOURS PER WEEK, AND THAT'S JUST THE COORDINATOR WITH THEIR GOLF COURSES.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY INTERACTING WITH RESIDENTS ON A PROACTIVE BASIS.
SO MUCH OF OUR CITY IS REACTIVE, RIGHT? PEOPLE, PEOPLE GIVE US COMPLAINTS AND SAY THIS, BUT THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS CROSSWALK SIGN HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN ON WEST AVENUE FOR THREE WEEKS, AND I'M THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA GO AND PICK IT UP.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
NOT SOMEBODY THAT'S COMING IN AND, AND HITTING CHECKLISTS AND SPREADSHEETS AND, UH, GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
THESE PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY SHOULD
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HAVE THE SAME CARE AS AN EMPLOYEE AS YOU DO LIVING HERE, RIGHT? THESE SHOULD BE PEOPLE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE CROSSING THESE STREETS BECAUSE YOU JUST HAVE AN EXTRA, UH, LEVEL OF CARE.SO, AGAIN, REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA.
I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DOWN INTO THE WEEDS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW I'M ENVISIONING HOW THE ROLE EVOLVES.
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, MY VIEW ALIGNS MORE WITH YOUR VIEW.
MY IDEA WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY MID BEACH FOR, FOR, FOR FOR EXAMPLE, OR NORTH BEACH, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE ACTUAL MANAGERS, SOMEONE THAT WE KNOW AS A COMMISSION THAT OWNS THAT AREA, OWNS RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT, OF, OF THAT AREA OF THE ISSUES GOING ON THERE THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS IDENTIFYING NOT ONLY THE ISSUES, BUT RECURRING ISSUES.
WHY ARE ISSUES RECURRING? HOW DO WE FIX IT? WHAT IS THE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL ISSUES? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT ISSUES, WE SEE ISSUES FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR ORGANIZATION SEES ISSUES, SOMETIMES IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PERCEPTION OF ONE DEPARTMENT, OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC WORKS ISSUE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS ISSUE THAT MAY OVERLAP WITH A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE THAT MAY OVERLAP WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, AND YOU NEED THAT ONE PERSON THAT IS SEEING IT FROM, FROM, FROM ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
UM, IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS DIVISION, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS DIVISION IS MORE FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION, LETTING RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT MEETINGS, RESPONDING RESIDENTS QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS, UH, LIAISING ON, ON, ON, ON CAPITAL ISSUES AND, AND, AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT GET AHEAD OF THE ISSUES BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE COMPLAINTS.
IF THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE SO INCLINED, I'D BE WILLING TO SEE US CREATE THESE ACTUAL AREA MANAGERS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.
I, I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD WHEN YOU, UH, SPOKE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING LAST YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR THIS YEAR.
I WAS JUST FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF TO USE A PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE TRY TO DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY ALSO LIKE THIS, WE MIGHT END UP COSTING US MORE MONEY AND OR MORE TIME BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT GET US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE, TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AND I THINK OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THESE CORRIDORS NEED TO KNOW, OKAY, WHO IS THE PERSON THAT'S OUT IN THE FIELD THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AREA TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE? AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE RECURRING ISSUES, WE KNOW THIS IS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AREA.
UH, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR, UH, FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS.
MR. CFO OR, OR MADAM CITY MANAGER.
WHY NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS, UH, DIVISION? 'CAUSE BEFORE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAID THAT, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING AS WELL.
UM, I, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO PERHAPS, UM, MARRY THE TWO CONCEPTS.
I THINK IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY, THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO HAVING, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE TASKED WITH CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS ON A RECURRING BASIS SO THAT WE KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE COVERING.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF, HEY, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THOSE ASSESSMENT PERIODS THAT, UM, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT.
SO I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO COMBINE THE TWO CONCEPTS.
IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE, BUT FROM THE BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, IS IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MOVE INTO, UH, THE INITIAL, UH, NOT THE RECOMMENDED ONE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
THE, THE THREE POSITIONS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE $350,000, WE COULD SHIFT IT TO THERE, BUT ADD THE DISPOSITION OF WHO REPORTS THE TWO AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK I WOULD LEAVE THAT IMPLEMENTATION TO THE CITY MANAGER IF, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
BUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF, WE WOULD STAND UP.
SO THIS IS ABOUT GETTING THE FUNDING.
SO, UH, THERE'S NOT MOTIONS 'CAUSE IT'S A WORKSHOP, BUT IF THROUGH CONSENSUS OF THE, UH, OF, OF THE GROUP, UH, WAS TO SHIFT THAT UP TO THE, THE HIGHER LEVEL ONE, UH, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
BUT IF WE, IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS TO DO THAT, MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONER FAR IS ON THE LINE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND WE HAVE TO, YES.
UM, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR FOR RECOGNIZING ME.
I THINK, UH, UH, TWO THOUGHTS.
UM, I THINK ALEX, I THINK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS RIGHT.
UH, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE HAVE TO DO IT
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RIGHT BECAUSE IF, IF WE HAVE ONE AREA MANAGER, IT IT, THE PROGRAM'S GONNA FAIL FOR, FOR MID, MID BEACH, SOUTH BEACH, NORTH BEACH.NOW, WHAT I THINK WHERE WE CAN MARRY THE TWO IDEAS IS, YOU KNOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD POSITIONS PER COMMUNICATIONS.
PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT CAN BE CONSOLIDATED DOWN TO ONE, AND THE AREA MANAGERS SHOULD HAVE THREE POSITIONS.
SO, UM, BECAUSE BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, I, I DO BELIEVE BEING PROACTIVE, YOU NEED THREE DIFFERENT AREA MANAGERS.
EVERY, YOU KNOW, MID BEACH, SOUTH BEACH, NORTH BEACH ARE, ARE, ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT IN THE RESPECTS OF NEEDS, BUT COMMUNICATION IS, IS, IS PRETTY STANDARD ACROSS THE WHOLE BEACH.
SO, UM, IF I CAN OFFER THAT FRIENDLY SUGGESTION, UM, THAT'S HOW I THINK WE, WE COULD MARRY THE TWO.
SO I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, WE CAN SUPPORT THE CONCEPT AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MAYBE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, INVOLVE CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, BUT MAYBE US COLLECTIVELY AS A BODY TO HOW EXACTLY THIS POSITION TAKES SHAPE.
I THINK WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS ON HOW THOSE AREA MANAGERS WOULD BE, UH, SITUATED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND MR. CHAIR, AND I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE, BECAUSE WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO US IS ONE FULL-TIME POSITION AND THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO PART-TIME POSITIONS FOR A COST OF 212,000.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHER ELEMENTS IN THERE.
VEHICLES, SOME SOFTWARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S 212,000 WHERE WE DO NOT END UP WITH AN AREA MANAGER IN EACH AREA OF OUR CITY, 212.
BUT FOR 350, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU GOT THREE AREA MANAGERS.
MM-HMM,
TO ME, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GETTING A BETTER INVESTMENT, UH, WITH THAT.
SO I, I I, I ECHO WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU MENTIONED.
I'D LOVE TO SEE, UH, HOW THE CITY MANAGER, UH, COULD WORK IN CREATING THESE POSITIONS.
I DO, I DO THINK WE HAVE A GOOD OPERATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS DIVISION.
UM, THEY'VE, THEY SERVE A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION RIGHT NOW, LIAISING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I SEEN THEM BE OF TREMENDOUS VALUE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I WOULDN'T WANNA TOUCH THERE SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ACTUALLY WORKING.
UM, IF IT AIN'T BROKEN, YOU KNOW, DON'T FIX IT.
IT IS, IT IS KIND OF HOW I FEEL.
AND I THINK THEY DO TREMENDOUS WORK.
UH, BUT I SEE, UH, THE NEED FOR THESE THREE XRP POSITIONS, AND I THINK OUR, OUR MONEY GOES A LONGER WAY WITH THE AREA MANAGER AS OPPOSED TO THE HYBRID.
AND IF WE'RE LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY, I, I'D RATHER HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT, UH, PROACTIVELY AND ACCESSIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, I'LL DO MY MONTHLY GOLF CART PLUG IN A GOLF CART RATHER THAN A HIGH PRICE GAS GUZZLING SUV, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, JUST REQUEST THAT THESE ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, UH, THESE EMPLOYEES.
UM, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THAT, UM, THE NORTH BEACH AREA CAPTAIN IS A NORTH BEACH RESIDENT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I AM A HUGE USER OF THE EGO APP BECAUSE AS I GO AROUND TOWN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S WALKING MY DOGS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR RUNNING DOWN TO FIFTH AND WASHINGTON FOR A MEETING AND I SEE SOMETHING AMISS, I JUST POP IT INTO THE APP.
UM, AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING HERE AND DOING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY DO ON THEIR OFF HOURS, UM, WILL ENHANCE THE NET EFFECT OF THIS AND ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE CROSS POLITY BETWEEN THEIR COLLEAGUES.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, I KNOW THAT'S AN INITIATIVE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS ANYHOW, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT.
FOR THIS PO FOR THESE POSITIONS, 100%.
IF I COULD JUST, UM, INVITE OUR HR DIRECTOR FORWARD, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN REQUIRE OR MANDATE THAT, UH, AND PERHAPS OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS ON.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A, A RESIDENT, UH, PREFERENCE AND WE ASSIGN, UH, CERTAIN PRIVILEGES TO RESIDENTS WHO ARE APPLICANTS OF PHYSICIANS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT.
CITY MANAGER, MARLA ELIZAR, UH, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HR DIRECTOR.
UM, I WOULD WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN, UH, CONSULTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD
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BE A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT.SO, UH, UH, JUST TO GET BACK TO THE, THE, THE, THE, I, I BELIEVE IF, IF WE GET CONSENSUS THAT WE WOULD ADJUST THIS TO THE $350,000 FUNDING LEVEL, IS, AM I SEEING EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT? COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ON THE LINE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.
CAN I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RAISE MY HAND ON THIS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT I'M OBSERVING EVERYONE ON ZOOM, AND I WOULD TELL PJ THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE GREAT, THE LIGHTING IS OFF, ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE BLURRY.
AND I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO TWEAK THE SYSTEM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT WE HAD BEFORE VERSUS WHAT WE HAD NOW WAS MUCH BETTER.
UM, HERE'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE, SO IT NEEDS TO GET IMPROVED.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO BRING IN AN EXPERT, BUT, UM, PEOPLE WATCHING THE MEETINGS, IT'S NOT MIAMI BEACH QUALITY AND WE NEED TO BRING IT UP TOMORROW.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO SAY.
NUMBER TWO IS, I, ALEX, I'D LIKE TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'D LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND SECOND OF ALL, UM, I, I LOVE THIS IDEA OF BEING PROACTIVE.
LIKE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID SO MANY TIMES, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, REACTIVE.
AND I THINK THAT ONCE WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WAS REALLY THE POINT PERSON, BECAUSE POOR KEVIN, EVERYTHING GETS DUMPED ON KEVIN, RIGHT? AND KEVIN HAS TO DO ALL THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF LIKE A MONTHLY MEETING TOO.
YOU KNOW, I WANT THEM, I WANT EVERY RESIDENT, FOR EXAMPLE, OF NORTH BEACH TO KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE MONTH THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO AND HAVE A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT MEETING WITH THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION PRESENT.
AND THEY CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, VOICE ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE.
SO I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HIRE THESE PEOPLE TO, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST LIKE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL MONTHLY MEETINGS.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE A, A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
ALRIGHT, IF WE JUST TO, UM, TO CONTINUE, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND WE'LL MOVE ON.
AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE CAMERAS.
SO, I MEAN, YOU ALL ARE GOOD LOOKING, BUT NOT WITH THESE CAMERAS.
SO THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT THE CODE COMPLIANCE AREA.
THIS ITEM WAS ADDRESSED AT YESTERDAY'S NEIGHBORHOODS MEETING.
SO THERE WILL BE A RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP PAST THIS ONE.
AND THEN THIS WAS A FINAL ITEM THAT WAS MOVED FROM THE JUNE 28TH FERC TO THIS MEETING TO BE DISCUSSED.
SO, PD IN THEIR BUDGET PROCESS HAD ASKED FOR ONE ADDITIONAL DETENTION OFFICER, AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP THE OFFICERS, UM, INCREASE THEIR TIME ON THE STREETS AND REDUCED THEIR TIME TRANSPORTING, UH, PRISONERS.
SO WHEN COMMISSIONER B BROUGHT THIS ITEM, PD ACTUALLY INCREASED THAT REQUEST FROM ONE POSITION TO TWO DETENTION OFFICERS.
UH, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AT THIS, THIS POINT.
UH, IF THE COMMITTEE DOES RECOMMEND IT, WE WOULD BE ADDING 344,000 FOR YEAR ONE TO ADD TWO DETENTION OFFICERS.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT BUDGETED POSITION.
THIS WOULD BRING THEM UP TO 10.
UM, SO WE ARE ARE ALL TRYING TO WORK SMARTER, UM, AND, AND MAKE, UM, BETTER DECISIONS WITH HOW WE ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES.
SO IT'S, UM, I'M ADDING HEADCOUNT OR RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADD HEADCOUNT WITH, UM, THE AWARENESS THAT THIS IS A COST THAT WE CARRY THROUGH.
BUT OUR CITY, UH, OUR RESIDENTS ARE DEMANDING AND WE ALL ARE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE HERE BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO SEE A SAFER CITY EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, NOT JUST DURING HIGH IMPACT EVENTS OR TIME PERIODS.
AND IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THAT AND TO USE OUR INCREDIBLY WELL-TRAINED AND EXCELLENT POLICE FORCE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY DOING THINGS TO, UM, PREVENT BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO USE A COUPLE OF SWORN OFFICERS PULLING THEM OFF THEIR ASSIGNED JOB FOR THE DAY, UM, WHERE THEY'RE ASSIGNED BEAT FOR THE DAY TO, UM, BABYSIT GUYS, YOU KNOW, MEN AND WOMEN WHO GET ARRESTED AND HAVE TO BE PUT INTO OUR, OUR LOCAL, UH, MIAMI BEACH JAIL AND THEN TRANSPORT THEM OVER TO THE MAINLAND.
SO THAT'S NOT A GREAT USE OF OUR VERY HIGHLY TRAINED OFFICERS, BUT GETTING PEOPLE, UM, INTO THE SYSTEM WHO ARE SPECIALISTS IN THIS, UM, WHO WILL ALLEVIATE THAT, THAT USAGE, UH, I THINK IS A GOOD REASON TO EXPAND OUR HEAD COUNT.
AND THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM.
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THANK YOU.AND, AND I DO, UM, MAYBE TAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER, UH, MAYOR MINOR, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, UH, UM, SOME OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERHAPS WHEN YOU GET OUT, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, UM, I, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE UTMOST RESPECT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THROUGHOUT HERE THAT, UH, YOU WANNA CALL TO OUR ATTENTION, THIS IS, UH, IMPORTANT OR CRITICAL TO YOU.
IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE GOING THROUGH, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU, UH, KEEP GOING THROUGH PERFECT.
DON'T, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON, ON THIS ENHANCEMENT, OR THIS IS A WORKSHOP.
THERE'S NOT A TECHNICAL TECHNICAL VOTE.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GET DIRECTION FOR VIA CONSENSUS TO, UH, TO TAKE THIS FROM THE SURPLUS.
I, I WANT TO ECHO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
I, I THINK IT, IT HELPS US MAKE SURE, AS, AS COMMISSIONER BOND MENTIONED, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS INSTEAD OF, UH, BABYSITTING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS HELPS US BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT, UH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR OFFICERS, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY VERY SU VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
IF, IF I COULD ADD, IF, IF THERE IS AN INTENTION TO ADD, WOULD IT BE AT THE, THE ONE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE, UM, BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR A SECOND ONE MOVING FROM EIGHT TO NINE FULL-TIME POSITIONS, OR MOVING FROM EIGHT TO 10 FULL-TIME POSITIONS? I, YEAH.
WE NEED THE TWO, I MEAN, THE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER OF BONDS INITIATIVE WAS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN WHAT WAS BEING REQUESTED BY, BY, BY THE DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO, I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE ASKING OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO ENFORCE EVERY SINGLE CODE AND EVERY SINGLE LAW THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS, THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HELD UP IN THE JAIL, THEY'RE NOT HELD UP PROCESSING, AND THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT ENFORCEMENT.
WE NEED THEM TO BE DOING IN, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT.
COMMISSIONER BOB, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE GOING FOR, UH, TO ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS, UH, TO ADD THIS TO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
I HAVE A QUESTION, ANOTHER QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM CHILD, THAT'S HOW I ROLL.
UM, FOR ITEMS THAT DID NOT, UM, GET CALLED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WOULD BE BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS OR THAT ARE ADDED AND HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET COMMISSION MEETING.
IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO, UM, HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEM? UH, COMMISSIONER? YEAH.
THIS, THIS COULD BE AN, UH, AN APPROPRIATE TI UH, AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY FLOOR AMENDMENTS, I GUESS, TO, TO ADD ITEMS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY EITHER IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET OR FROM THE ENHANCEMENT LIST.
UM, SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.
UM, THERE, THERE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA FOR, UM, THE JUNE COMMISSION MEETING THAT DIDN'T GET HEARD.
THEY WERE FUNDING FOR TWO DIFFERENT STUDIES.
ONE WAS THE STUDY TO, UM, REALLY GET SOME GOOD HARD DATA FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND COSTS, UH, FOR THE MXC DISTRICT.
THE LAST TIME THAT WAS DONE, UM, WAS WELL BEFORE COVID.
IT WAS AN, AN, AN EFFORT SPEARHEADED INITIALLY BY THE LATE GREAT COMMISSIONER, MARK SAMUEL.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED VERY DRAMATICALLY SINCE COVID AND TO BE MAKING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT POLICY DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, THE FUTURE OF OUR DIRECTION, THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF OUR CITY, WHAT WE WANNA MOVE TO, WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT COSTS, WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE, AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE IS, IN MY VIEW, A DANGEROUS ROAD TO TRAVEL DOWN.
AND SO SPENDING A, UH, RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET DATA AND FACTS, UM, AS A BENCHMARK, UM, AND TO SEE THE TREND LINES, I THINK NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN, IN OUR BUDGET, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE, WE'RE JUST SHOOTING THE IN THE DARK.
WHICH ITEM IS THAT? IT WAS THE ITEM.
IT WAS A, JUST TO FUND A STUDY FOR, UM, AN ECONOMIC IMPACT REVIEW OF THE MXC ON OCEAN DRIVE.
UM, SO, SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND BOTH THE BENEFITS OF WHAT IT'S BRINGING IN AND ALSO THE COST OF WHAT IT'S COSTING US.
AND WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION RATHER THAN EMOTION.
CAN'T JUST CONTRACT THAT OUT TO MITCH.
LIKE I SAID, INFORMATION, NOT JUST A MOTION.
AS WE'RE DISCUSSING ITEMS THAT, UM, HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE FERC PROCESS, THE ENE ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE HAD PUT FORTH, UH, A MOTION, UM, IN THE LAST, UH, COUPLE WEEKS FOR FUNDING, AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT, UH, FOR FUNDING TO ASSESS, UM,
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HELPING CONTROL THE COMMUNITY CAP PROBLEM.SO A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, UH, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS PUT FORTH, UM, FOR CAT AND, UH, TRAPPING, NEUTER AND RELEASE AND TO HAVE IT DONE, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THE ANIMAL, UH, WELFARE COMMITTEE NEEDS HELP IN DETERMINING HOW MANY CATS DO WE HAVE, WHAT DO WE DO.
ON A SIDE NOTE, I MET WITH THE COUNTY THIS WEEK AND, UM, I'M IN DISCUSSIONS OF THEIR HELP FOR SURGERIES AND, UH, UM, THAT SIDE OF IT.
BUT THE ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO HELP ASSESS HOW MANY CATS WE HAVE.
AND NOT THAT I'M AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A NOMINAL AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE IN THE 10, 5,000, 10,000 RANGE.
IF I HAD TO GIVE A NUMBER, I'D PROBABLY SAY 20, BUT, UM, MORE TO COME.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT HAS NOT, UH, BEEN, UH, APPROVED YET, I THINK BY, BY THE COMMISSION, IT WENT TO FERC IN MAY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S MADE ITS WAY BACK TO COMMISSION YET, IS THE INTENSITY AND DENSITY CAPACITY ANALYSIS.
UM, WHICH I DON'T, I, I DON'T SEE IT BEING RECOMMENDED HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, SPOKE ABOUT AT OUR LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING.
I THINK THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAD DONE, UH, WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
UH, TOM, IF THAT'S CORRECT, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, WHERE WE LOOK AT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALLOWED AND HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN USED, HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE AS WE'RE CONSIDERING CHANGES TO THE LDRS AS WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES, FAR INCENTIVES, HIGH INCENTIVES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED, WHAT'S BEEN USED, WHAT HASN'T BEEN USED, THE CONDITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THE CONDITION OF ROADWAYS AND OTHER, AND OTHER TYPES OF, OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
UH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, UH, DOING THESE CHANGES IN OUR LDRS, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING NOW.
AND THAT'S A REQUEST THAT I HAVE HERE THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNDED AS OF YET.
BUT, UH, ALONG THE STUDY THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT WAS MENTIONING, I WANTED TO PLACE THIS ONE ON THE RECORD.
AND, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IT, THAT IS LISTED IN THE FERC PRIORITY ENHANCEMENTS.
IT IS JUST NOT, UH, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT THAT IS A ONE TIME AS OPPOSED TO RECURRING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO IN NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS HERE.
UH, CERTAINLY WE ALL HAVE OUR ISSUES AND PRIORITIES AND WE CAN KEEP ADDING.
I I DO THINK THAT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ARE, ARE VERY GOOD AND CRITICAL, BUT I ALSO DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, BE MINDFUL AND, AND PERHAPS EVALUATE, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PERHAPS IS BEING RECOMMENDED THAT IF WE'RE ADDING THINGS HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, SO NOT AN INFINITE PIE.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY, THIS HAS ALL BEEN SKEWED ONE WAY, RIGHT? THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED, I'M SORRY, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, NOT FUNDED, UM, AND NOT RECOMMENDED THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING TO INCLUDE BACK.
UH, HAPPY TO, IF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IF THAT STUDY'S IMPORTANT, HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
SAME WITH YOU COMMISSIONER, BUT, BUT I'D ALSO ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN KIND OF LOOK THROUGH AND SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT MAY BE RECOMMENDED, UH, THAT PERHAPS WE FEEL, UM, WE CAN ALMOST MAKE A TRADE OFF? YEAH.
SO IF, IF I MAY, UM, I WANTED TO, I ACTUALLY HAD FOUR THINGS TO BRING UP.
UM, THE SECOND WAS A SECOND STUDY, LESS EXPENSIVE STUDY, WAS A, UM, AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING LIKE A MINI VERSION OF THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
SHOULD WE HAVE A SPRING BREAK CURFEW FOR, UM, NON SALARIED EMPLOYEES.
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT FOR BUSINESSES, BUT THE PEOPLE I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING ARE THE BAR BACKS AND THE SERVERS AND THE HOSTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY LIVING MOSTLY PAY PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT IS A WORTHWHILE THING TO INVESTIGATE.
IF, IF THAT'S A THING THAT WE CAN DO, WE'RE DOING A PROGRAM FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, FOR GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, UM, WHEN THAT'S JUST A REGULARLY OCCURRING, UM, BUSINESS CONDITION.
I MEAN, IT GETS HOT AND TOURISTS GO DOWN IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
UH, TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TELLING BUSINESSES WE ARE SHUTTING YOU DOWN FOR TWO, YOU KNOW, YOUR TWO BIGGEST WEEKENDS IN MARCH, WE WANNA HELP THEM WITH THE APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS FOR, UM, AGAINST FRAUD TO MAKE
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SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE, THE HARDEST WORK AND ARE THE LEAST ABLE TO BOUNCE THROUGH THAT ARE NOT PENALIZED THROUGH OUR DECISION TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.AND THEN THERE ARE TWO, UM, SORT OF ARTS AND CULTURE ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, ONE IS SMALLER, ONE IS BIGGER, BUT THE, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED ARE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ON THEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AND I, I WANNA GET THE MEETING BACK ON TRACK AS WELL, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION NOW SO THAT WHEN, UM, THE FINANCE TEAM COMES BACK TO US WITH THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET, IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED AS A PLACEHOLDER AND WE CAN FINESSE THE DETAILS.
UM, BUT THAT WE'RE NOT SCRAMBLING IN SIX WEEKS WHEN WE COULD HAVE HAD THE DISCUSSION NOW FOR FIVE MINUTES AND DETERMINE IF THERE'S AN APPETITE TO GO FORWARD.
BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, ONE IN NORTH BEACH, UH, THE NORTH BEACH, UH, THE, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
UM, AS IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE MEMO THAT I SENT IN IS, UM, ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ROI EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, THE LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED UP IN THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS THROUGH THE, THE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT'S HAPPENING FOR VERY LOW COST PER, PER PROGRAM, UM, TO BUILD COMMUNITY, TO MAKE THIS, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UM, APPEALING, ATTRACTIVE, BRING PEOPLE TO WANDER THROUGH FOR THE EVENT AND THEN GO TO THE RESTAURANTS.
UM, WE HAVE A FINE ARTS GALLERY THAT IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN DURING BAY, UH, ART BASEL EVERY YEAR AND IS FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.
AND THE SECOND ONE, COMMISSIONER, THE SECOND ONE, SORRY.
UM,
YEAH, SO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION, UM, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH COMMISSION OR WAS SCHEDULED TO BE BROUGHT UP WITH COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT WAS A $60,000 STUDY.
I, I RECALL, MAYBE IT WAS UP TO 70 5K.
I'M NOT, IT'S NOT ON THE LIST OF ENHANCEMENTS.
I'M NOT, I THINK IT WAS LISTED AS UP TO 70 5K.
BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT MUCH.
WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME, SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THERE BECAUSE THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS MAYBE WE CAN DO IT IN HOUSE.
BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IT, IT MADE SENSE.
THERE'S A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS TO GET SOMEBODY WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS, WHO CAN TAKE THE STUDIES THAT WE'VE HAD DONE IN THE PAST AND BUILD OFF OF THAT SO THAT IT'S A CONTINUUM AND IT'S NOT PULLING RESOURCES OFF, TRYING TO SCRAMBLE AND GET INFORMATION.
THE, UM, ENHANCEMENT FOR THE NORMANDY BUSINESS, UM, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
UM, MY STRETCH GOAL WOULD BE 30.
UM, AND, UH, WE COULD, WE COULD GO TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 FOR THAT.
CURRENTLY THEY SPEND A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AN EVENT.
UM, THAT CONTRASTS WITH WHAT THE CITY HAD BEEN DOING WITH AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION AT $10,000 AN EVENT, UH, THAT WAS SO INEFFECTIVE THAT THE CITY ENDED THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF BACKUP INFORMATION HERE.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY USEFUL, UH, EXPENDITURE OF MONEY.
AND IN ADDITION, UM, THE FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION GETS MATCHING FUNDS, UM, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE GIVE THEM 20, 25, $30,000, THEY GET AN A MATCHING AMOUNT TO, TO MATCH THOSE FUNDS THAT WE GIVE THEM.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE, UM, MIAMI NEW DRAMA.
UM, IT IS ONE OF THE ANCHOR CULTURAL ANCHORS IN OUR CITY.
UM, IT HAS AN INCREDIBLE TRACK RECORD.
THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAMMING.
UM, THEY ARE SENDING NOT ONE, BUT TWO SHOWS TO, TO, UM, BROADWAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A MOONSHOT.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IT TO HAVE TWO SHOWS ORIGINATING IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, GOING TO BROADWAY IS TREMENDOUS AS WE TALK ABOUT CHANGING OUR CULTURAL BRAND, CHANGING OUR BRAND AWARENESS, OUR, OUR, UM, BRAND IMAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
AND, UM, THEY ARE ALSO FUNDED AT A VERY DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN SOME OF THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL ANCHORS.
AND WE'VE GOT MONEY IN THE BUDGET, UM, TO DO BEAUTIFUL SUGGESTION SUGGESTED WORK FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE THEATER, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE THEATER IS, UM, ABLE TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO ON THE INSIDE, UM, AND, AND MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY.
SO THERE IS A VERY ROBUST ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY THAT IS ATTACHED TO THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, AN ENHANCEMENT TO THEIR AGREEMENT.
IT WAS, UM, THE AGREEMENT, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE LAST YEAR, BUT IT CAME UP TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS.
SO I DON'T WANT IT TO COME UP TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, MY ASK HERE WOULD BE TO PUT IN A
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PLACEHOLDER AND THEN OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS AS THE, UH, FINANCE TEAM IS WORKING ON THE BUDGET THAT, UH, OUR, UH, THE TOURISM AND CULTURE AND MIAMI NEW DRAMA WORK THROUGH THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF WHAT THEY NEED, UM, SO THAT WE ARE NOT SURPRISED IN SEPTEMBER WITH, WITH AN ASK MR. CHAIR AND WHAT IS THAT PLACEHOLDER? UH, AND THEN I'LL GO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.UH, THE PLACEHOLDER WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $220,000 TO INCREASE THEIR, THEIR COMM COMMISSIONER.
AND, UH, JUST WANT TO ASK COMMISSIONER BOND, UH, A QUESTION AND POSSIBLY MAKE A STATEMENT.
UM, IS THIS TO ADDRESS THE CUTS BY THE GOVERNOR, THE VITO, BY THE GOVERNOR? THIS IS SEPARATE.
NO, THIS IS, THIS IS A SEPARATE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, ONGOING MAKING AGREEMENT.
ARE WE GONNA BE HAVING A SOME POINT, A SEPARATE DISCUSSION? I KNOW, I KNOW YOU SPONSORED A, AN ITEM, BUT I DO THINK IT IS SO PIVOTAL AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, UH, THAT WE DISCUSS, UH, 30, UM, MILLION DOLLARS, UH, VETO TO THE ARTS THAT THE GOVERNOR DID.
UM, THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT IMPACTS SO MANY OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING MIAMI, NEW DRAMA, INCLUDING IN, INCLUDING, UH, YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITED, THE MIAMI SYMPHONY, UH, MIAMI CITY BALLET SMA.
RIGHT? THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
AND OUR VOTERS HAVE APPROVED OVER 150, $159 MILLION IN GEO BONDS, UH, FOR OUR ARTS.
UM, AND, AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO THAT.
UH, SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, SIGNED THE $60 MILLION ART FUNDING AND THEN THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, HERE HE IS, HE'S VETOING HALF OF THAT.
UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAD SPONSORED AN ITEM ON THAT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S, UM, THAT WAS HEARD AT THE, OR THAT WAS REFERRED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, IT IS A VERY SPECIFIC, UM, UP TO ABOUT $1.4 MILLION TO ADDRESS VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
I MEAN, THE $30 MILLION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS STATEWIDE.
SO FOR ANYONE LISTENING OUT OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING ADDING $30 MILLION TO OUR BUDGET.
YEAH, BUT SO WE, I'M ALREADY GETTING A LITTLE WORK THOUGH.
UM, NO, BUT, BUT WHAT I HAD BROUGHT TO COMMISSION, WHAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR AT, AT FINANCE, AT, AT A REGULAR FINANCE MEETING, UH, SOON IS VERY TARGETED.
UM, UP TO, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL THE WAY UP TO $1.4 MILLION FOR A, UM, THE MOST NEEDED, UM, FOR THE MOST NECESSARY ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND TARGETED PROBABLY TOWARDS, UM, ENSURING THAT WE DON'T LOSE JOBS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A VERY UNFORTUNATE, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING OUT TO DO FUNDRAISING AS THEY SHOULD, BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT IS DRIVEN BY THESE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, AND, AND, AND JUST TO WRAP THAT UP AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU, AND YOU KIND OF LIKE ALLUDED TO IT, I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE PEREZ AND, AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, GEORGE PEREZ FROM RELATED AND, YOU KNOW, DONATED HIS $10 MILLION CONDO TO THE MIAMI FOUNDATION TO HELP OFFSET THIS, THIS SHORTFALL.
BUT FOR US AS A CITY, THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED SO HARD TO DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM SPRING BREAK AND SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO THE ARTS.
UM, AND I DO REALLY AGREE WITH YOU, THIS ONE TIME ALLOCATION FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IS NEEDED, AND IT'S NEEDED NOW, UH, WHILE WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR, UM, OUR COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, THE INCOMING SPEAKER OF THE, OF THE HOUSE, DANNY PER, DANNY PER PEREZ, AND, AND THE GOVERNOR, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SOLVE THIS FOR, FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A GAP WE HAVE TO FIX NOW FOR THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE SHIFT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AS A CITY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DISTANCE OURSELF FROM AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO TOWARDS.
AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A MORE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRIC COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD JUST, UM, COMMISSIONER DOMINUS, JUMP IN.
IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, I, I DID SPEAK WITH MIAMI NEW DRAMA AND, UH, THEIR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
AND WHAT HE EXPRESSED WAS THAT, UH, INFLATION HAS GONE UP IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS FROM WHEN THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WAS FIRST PUT UP.
BUT THAT, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S VITO WAS ALSO PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY NEEDED THIS.
AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC ITEM.
THIS IS JUST AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE, UH, WE HAVE A FINITE PIE, RIGHT? AND WE'VE BEEN BLESSED AND BENEFITED BY THREE STRAIGHT YEARS OF NEAR DOUBLE DIGIT PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.
AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO REALIZE THAT THAT GRAVY TRAIN IS NOT GOING TO GO ON FOREVER.
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SPECIFIC ITEM, BUT WE DO NEED TO ESSENTIALLY NOT ALWAYS, UH, SPEND AS IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOREVER.UM, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, UH, OUR LAST MEETING, WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THESE, UH, CAPITAL, UH, UNDERFUNDING, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, I, I KNOW I ONLY BRING THIS UP 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S PASSIONATE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THE FIRE STATION, RIGHT? THE ONLY WAY THAT THE NEW CHANGE IS GOING TO GET FUNDED IS IF OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE HAVE MONEY FROM A SURPLUS THAT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY ALLOCATE TOWARDS THAT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THESE, I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF ANY OF THESE, UH, BUT WE HAVE A FINITE PIE, AND THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT.
AND IF WE'RE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, WE WOULD JUST DO ALL OF THEM AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT AND JUST BORROW.
BUT WE'RE NOT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BUT MY WORRY IS FOR THE YEARS GOING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE NOT BLESSED WITH SUCH HIGH, UH, PROPERTY VALUATIONS.
AND, UM, WHEN WE'RE ALSO THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNION NEGOTIATIONS.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT CAPITAL, UH, UNDERFUNDED, UH, PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY, UH, FROM THERE AS WELL.
SO IT'S A FINITE PIE, AND THE MORE WE PUT OTHER PLACES, THE LESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IT'S GOING TO GO TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS LIKE THE LINCOLN ROAD, UM, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT, THE, UH, THE FIRE STATION ONE, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE IN THOSE DIRECTIONS.
IF I, IF I, IF I MAY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CFO TO LOOK INTO, UM, IS TO SEE, BECAUSE SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE ARTS AND THE ARTS FUNDING SO MUCH IS RELATED TO TOURISM AS WELL, TO OUR, OUR TOURISM DEPENDENT REVENUES AND ECONOMY.
UM, AND HOW, HOW THIS VETO BY THE GOVERNOR COULD HELP, COULD HURT, UH, THOSE INSTITUTIONS.
THAT IS A DIRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN HURTING DIRECTLY OUR ECONOMY.
I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT A 40 MILLION, UH, RESORT TAX RESERVE IS IT ABOUT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD STUDY THE POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT, YOU KNOW, COULD WE LOOK AT THE RESORT TAX, UH, FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DESPERATELY NEED IT, UH, WITH THIS ONE TIME SUPPORT WHILE WE WORK ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATES SO THAT NEXT YEAR WE DON'T FACE THE SAME ISSUE.
IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO US ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ON THE LINE.
I, I THINK IT'S ALSO NECESSARY, LIKE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE WHOLE PIE BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DEFINITIVE, UH, DECISIONS ON, ON WHAT TO FUND.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PRESENTATION NEEDS TO CONTINUE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEEN ON HOLD FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES.
I THINK WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GO OVER OUR PRIORITIES AS THE CITY AND THE BASICS, PUBLIC SAFETY, CLEANLINESS.
AND SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, UH, COVER THOSE TOPICS, UH, AS A WHOLE BEFORE WE MAKE ANY SORT OF DECISIONS.
NOW, UH, CHAIR, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION TO THE END, AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO DEBATE.
SO, SO THE, WE'RE MOVING ON TO RESORT TAX.
SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON WHEN WE LAST MET LAST MONTH.
UH, AND THE UPDATE IS THERE IS NO UPDATE.
UH, RESORT TAX REVENUES HAVE BEEN TRENDING BELOW WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
AND SO FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE TRENDING LOWER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABOUT 5% BELOW WHAT WE BUDGETED.
AND SO FOR RESORT TAX, WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ENHANCEMENTS FROM THAT FUND NEXT YEAR.
AND THE ONLY ELEMENT IN THE RESORT TAX, I JUST WANNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT, IS AN, UH, AN ITEM THAT WAS AT FERC WAS RELATED TO A FITNESS FESTIVAL.
IT WAS REFERRED TO, TO FERC FOR MARCH, 2025 DURING SPRING BREAK FITNESS FESTIVAL AT FERC.
IT WAS SHIFTED AS THE RECOMMENDATION TO BE A MARCH OF 2026, UH, FITNESS FESTIVAL, THE ESTIMATED BUDGET, UH, BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH TCD, UH, WITH APPROXIMATELY $1.4 MILLION TO, TO TAKE ON THIS INITIATIVE.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE CONTINUE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS TO NOT HAVE ANY ACTIVATIONS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, WHICH IS OUR SPRING BREAK, UH, FOR 2025 AND 2026.
AND, AND NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, MR. CFO, BUT TO INTERRUPT YOU, UM,
I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE A
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PAYCHECK, PAYCHECK PROTECTION ACT, AND CURFEWS, UM, WE HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB REBRANDING MELISSA'S TEAM, I'LL GIVE HER ANOTHER SHOUT OUT.WE JUST HAVE A, A NEW VIDEO THAT'S FANTASTIC THAT JUST LAUNCHED, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, WE'VE DECIDED WHO WE DON'T WANNA BE.
NOW WE NEED TO REALLY PIVOT TO WHO WE WANT TO BE.
UM, MY THOUGHT FOR NOT DOING IT FOR 2025 IS NOT JUST NOT TO HAVE AN ACTIVATION, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA BE HASTY AND, AND KIND OF PUT HALF A FOOT FORWARD.
I'D RATHER PLAN WELL, UH, I THINK WE HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO DO THAT FOR 2026.
UM, SO ME PERSONALLY, UH, I'LL SEE HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL.
UH, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF EXTENDING JUST THAT KIND OF BLANKET BAND, UH, THROUGH 2026.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE, UM, ULTRA MUSIC FEST ON OUR BEACH, BUT I THINK SOMETHING LIKE A FITNESS FESTIVAL, UH, STARTS REBRANDING US IN THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO BE POSITIONED.
AND IF, IF, I DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME CHIME IN.
THIS WAS, UH, ONE OF MY ITEMS, I THINK COMMISSIONERS MAGAZINE, CORRECT IN THE SENSE THAT WE NEED TO DESPERATELY REBRAND OURSELVES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SPRING BREAK.
UM, WE, WE SHOULDN'T BE BRANDED AS THE CURFEW CITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, MIAMI BEACH IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR FITNESS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.
AND INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, SHOOTINGS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BARBELLS AND PULLUPS AND EVENTS, HOPEFULLY FROM HIGH ROCKS AND CROSSFIT.
UM, AND IT REALLY COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE IMAGE AND THE MONTH OF MARCH, SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH MEMORIAL DAY WEEK AND THE, AND SEA SHOW.
UM, I THINK FOR NEXT SPRING BREAK, I THINK I, I, I JUST FEEL THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS BEST TO REPEAT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT THE FOLLOWING, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FINALLY MAKE THE MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND RELABEL US FROM THE, THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO BE.
UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL INTEREST THAT WANT TO DO A, A MEGA CONCERT.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
UM, I THINK FITNESS WOULD BE THE PERFECT SYNERGY FOR MIAMI BEACH.
AND TO THE CHAIR, I MAY, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, I THINK THIS IS A, A SUPER IDEA.
UM, WE'VE SEEN IT WORK OTHER PLACES.
IT IS PART OF THE OVERALL CHANGE OF DIRECTION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE COMMISSION, THE STAFF, UM, THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND FITNESS AND, UM, REBRANDING.
LIKE IT ALL FITS INTO A GENERAL SHIFT.
THE BLUE ZONE CITY INITIATIVE THAT, THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE SUPPORTED ME ON IN, UH, IN OUR LAST MEETING.
IT'S ALL TURNING THE BATTLESHIP.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND EVEN IN THE TORRENTIAL RES, WE HAD LINES AROUND THE BLOCK GOING IN TO SEE, UM, AN EVENT AT, AT THE NEW WORLD CENTER.
AND SO WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STUFFY BOW TIES, CLASSICAL MUSIC, OR, UM, SCREENINGS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH ROCKS FESTIVAL OUT ON, ON THE BEACH, THIS IS ALL UNDER THE RUBRIC OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FITNESS OR, OR SOMETHING MORE TRADITIONAL, IT IS CHANGING THE, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY.
SO IF YOU WANNA COME AND PARTY TO DROP, BY ALL MEANS WE GOT THAT TOO.
BUT WE'VE GOT THAT, THAT YOU CAN DO THAT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THEN THE ENTIRE REST OF THE WEEK YOU'VE GOT OTHER STUFF TO DO IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, SO IT'S NOT DIMINISHING ONE TO, TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER, IT'S ALL ADDITIVE.
SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I JUST MAY ADD ONE CONSIDERATION, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE DO WANNA MODIFY OUR SPRING BREAK GAME PLAN, AND WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS AND POTENTIAL COSTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FROM AREA ENTITIES, UH, WE MAY NEED TO STRONGLY CONSIDER RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES, UH, DURING THESE TIMES, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GONNA BE REINTRODUCING ACTIVITIES DURING HIGH IMPACT PERIODS OF THE YEAR.
SO JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT WE MAY ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER, UH, RESOURCES, UH, THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR UNDER OUR EXISTING MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE NEW SHERIFF WANTS TO CONTINUE IN THE FASHION THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAY WANT TO ACT, I THINK WE HAVE TO, UH, THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS NEXT SPRING BREAK COMING UP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR FOLLOWING ONE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS A YEAR FROM NOW.
BUT WE, GIVEN THE HIGH PRICE TAG, WE WANNA
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START THINKING ABOUT SLOWLY ALLOCATING MONEY TO YEARS IN ADVANCE.UM, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE, UH, I, I BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, FROM, FROM THE DAY IS, IS A DESIRE TO CONTINUE INTO 2025 WITH THE POLICIES AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAD THIS, THIS YEAR THAT KEPT OUR CITY SAFE AND SECURED, UH, DURING, DURING THIS SPRING BREAK.
AND PROVIDING US WITH ENOUGH TIME OVER A YEAR, TWO YEARS, TO REALLY PROGRAM OURSELVES PROPERLY AND DO THAT, THAT SHIFT, UH, INTO, INTO 2026, THAT LONG-TERM VIEW.
UM, I ALSO, I I, I LIKE TO GET SOME, SOME CLARITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FALLS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT WE HAVE THIS NEW CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE THAT IS THE SHERIFF.
UM, AND SO, AND SO WHAT DOES THIS SHIFT, UH, TOWARDS THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE WITH THE SHERIFF, UM, MEAN FOR, FOR THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT? UM, WOULD THAT NOW SHIFT FROM, FROM THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNTY MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO THE PURVIEW OF A SHERIFF WHO MIGHT HAVE MORE INDEPENDENT DISCRETION AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THE ALLOCATION OF THESE POLICE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEPENDING ON DURING SPRING BREAK THROUGH THE CHAIR? YES.
UH, SO WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, REQUIREMENTS WILL BE.
UH, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ONCE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS IMPLEMENTED, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT WILL BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE SHERIFF AND PERHAPS A, A NEW MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT THAT TIME, UH, TO COINCIDE WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, THEN AS WE TALK ABOUT 2026 AND, AND, AND POTENTIAL COSTS, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, AN ELECTED POSITION THAT ALSO RESPONDS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE TO LOOK AFTER THE SAFETY OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT PERSPECTIVE OUT THERE.
SO, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT THEY WOULD WANT THE COMMISSION WOULD WANNA MOVE FORWARD IN MARCH OF 26.
SO IF WE DO THAT, AND IF, IF WE COULD BRING THE SLIDE BACK UP, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD FUND THAT.
THE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AS THE CHAIR, IT SAID IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER OF $1.4 MILLION.
SO HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR THAT? AND ALSO, IN TALKING TO THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT, THEY WANTED TO, I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE VENDORS WOULD WANNA ENSURE THAT THERE'S DOLLARS BEING, YOU KNOW, SET ASIDE AND, AND ALLOCATED APPROPRIATED TOWARDS THAT EVENT.
SO IN 2024, THE COMMISSION ADDED A, UH, POOL FOR LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY EVENTS OF APPROXIMATELY $600,000.
HOW WE COULD GET TO THE 1.4 MILLION IS TO HAVE $500,000 FOR 25, $500,000 FOR 26.
SO THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE $100,000 IN THE POOL FOR SMALLER EVENTS THAT COME UP THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMISSION TO APPROPRIATE.
NOW THEY PUT THOSE TOGETHER, YOU GOT A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S STILL IS A $400,000 SHORT.
SO THE COMMISSION COULD EITHER, UH, ALLOCATE THAT $400,000 ONE TIME, UH, IN THIS BUDGET.
IT COULD SPLIT IT OR IT COULD FUND IT ALL IN 2026 TO HAVE THE DECISION THERE.
UH, WE DON'T, WE HAVE A DECISION RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT WE'LL KIND OF PUT IT ON THE LIST, I GUESS.
'CAUSE WE NOW HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE IN DEBATE, UH, THE, THE, SOME COMMISSIONERS HAVE ADDED FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT, THAT, UH, THAT ITEM THERE.
AND I THINK, WE'LL, WHEN WE COME BACK AT THE END, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND WITH THE, THE SURPLUS AVAILABLE FOR OUR CONTRACTS.
CERTAINLY, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL GET MY COLLEAGUES INTAKE.
I'M NEVER ONE FOR KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS 100%, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL IN LINE WITH THAT.
BUT IN TERMS OF FUNDING THAT $400,000 THIS OUTSTANDING, I WOULD PREFER TO DO SO NEXT YEAR.
UM, THE THOUGHT BEING, I THINK THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE TO GO AND GET SPONSORSHIPS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND MAYBE WE COULD FUND IT NOW AND SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT AND GET IT BACK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE HAVE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US TO, UH, GO AND GET SOME WORLD CLASS SPONSORS IF WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, UM, BEHIND THIS EVENT.
AND THAT'S HOW WE COULD ESSENTIALLY FIND THAT $400,000 GAP.
AND IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE ALLOCATE IT NEXT YEAR, UH, AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEM.
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WHERE I'D COME OUT.OH, SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE SPOTLIGHT ON, ON THE SANITATION FUND, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED.
SO AS WE MENTIONED AT THE BUDGET RETREAT BACK IN MAY, WE WANTED TO DO A SPOTLIGHT THIS YEAR ON SANITATION.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE IN THEIR BUDGET.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET, THOUGH PROJECTED REVENUES WERE 23.8 MILLION.
SO THEY WERE AT A DEFICIT OF $1 MILLION, WHICH WE FUNDED USING THEIR AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE.
THIS SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THAT GAP OF 1 MILLION HAS NOW GROWN TO 2.8.
AND, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, NOT STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, NOT BEST PRACTICES FOR THE FUND.
THIS CHART SHOWS THE FUND BALANCE TREND.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STARTED FALLING OFF IN OUR REVENUE IN OUR FUND BALANCE IN 2017.
WE ACTUALLY DID DO A SPOTLIGHT A ZERO BASED BUDGETS ANALYSIS ON SANITATION BACK THEN, JUST BEFORE COVID MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
SOME WERE ACCEPTED, SOME WERE NOT.
UM, WE DID HAVE A SPIKE IN 2021.
WE HAD SOME FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS, SO IT ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED THE FUND BALANCE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, IT'S TRENDING BACK DOWN AGAIN.
BASED ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE 25 BUDGET, WE'D BE DOWN TO 3.6 MILLION IN THEIR AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE.
AND THIS IS OVER, THEY'RE SET ASIDE 25% RESERVES.
IF WE CONTINUE ON THIS TREND, WE THINK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS FUND BALANCE WOULD BE, UM, ZERO.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE SANITATION, UH, BUDGET BALANCING STRATEGIES.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS, UH, THE SAME EXACT SLIDE AT THE RETREAT IN MAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER BOT HAS MOVED FORWARD A COUPLE OF REFERRALS TO FINANCE, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED, UH, HOPEFULLY LATER THIS MONTH, UH, RELATED TO BOTH THE INTERMEDIATE SHORT TERM RELATED ITEMS AND THE LONGER TERM.
SO WE, WE DON'T DEBATE IN THE SPECIFICS OF IT.
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THESE ARE SO, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REVENUE SIDE.
UH, SO I KNOW THAT THE REFERRAL ITEMS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A ROLL OFF, UH, CONTRACTOR IS, WHAT THE ROLL OFF FRANCHISE FEE IS.
UH, THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE NOT CHARGED THE WEEKLY RECYCLING SERVICES FEE, UH, WHICH IS, I THINK AROUND SEVEN OR $8 A A A MONTH IS WHAT IT WOULD BE.
UM, AND THEN IN THE LONGER TERM, WHICH IS REALLY THE MORE IMPACTFUL AND THE MOST AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IS BOTH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME FRANCHISE, UH, WASTE HAULER CONTRACTS, AND THE, UH, THE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS NOW GOING THROUGH A, UH, IT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH A PROCESS FOR A WHILE.
AND I THINK WE RESTARTED THAT THERE'S A CONSULTANT THAT'S, UH, BEEN ENGAGED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ENGAGED TO LOOK AT THOSE, BRINGING US, YOU KNOW, SOME GOOD DOLLARS INTO THAT FUND.
AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, WE LOOK AT ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE BEING ADDED, AND WE KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR A LOT OF THESE SERVICES.
I THINK THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO LOOK VERY STRONGLY AT THOSE FRANCHISE FEE RATES.
IF, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, 20%, IT MIGHT END UP BEING 35%, BUT TO BRING IN THE REVENUES TO ERASE THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AND DELIVER THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO DELIVER TO THOSE RESIDENTS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING FOR A LONGER TERM DISCUSSION THAT WILL HAPPEN AT FERC AND WILL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THOSE CONTRACTS OVER THE NEXT SIX, NINE MONTHS, A YEAR AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
AND, AND JASON, I KNOW ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT DID NOT GET, UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THE RESIDENTIAL AREA SIDEWALK PRESSURE WASHING PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF US THOUGHT, MAN, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING OUR RESIDENTS NOTICE WALKING OUT THE DOOR.
AND HOW I LOOK AT THAT IS IF I'M IN THE ELEVATOR OF MY CONDO AND, UH, SOMEBODY GETS ON HALFWAY DOWN, THEY GO, OH, WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON? I HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL 'EM PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT PEOPLE NOTICE WALKING OUT OF THEIR DOOR.
IS THAT ABLE TO BE OUT OF THE SANITATION BUDGET? UH, WHERE, WHERE ARE, WHERE COULD WE ENVISION THAT COME FROM? THAT THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, THROUGH OUR SANITATION FUND.
UH, SO HERE'S THE LIST OF THE SANITATION ENHANCEMENTS.
UH, THERE WERE A, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS, BOTH FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.
UH, THE ADMINISTRATION ALWAYS DELIVERS ALL OF THE ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WHETHER THEY END UP BEING RECOMMENDED BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, FUNDING NEEDS, UH, IS ANOTHER THING.
UH, SO THE ITEMS THAT CAME THROUGH ON THE COMMISSION SIDE WERE THE $1.5 MILLION, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, UH, SIDEWALK PRESSURE WASHING PROGRAM, AND THEN THE, UH, WATER, THE ENHANCED LEVEL OF WATERWAY MAINTENANCE AND CLEANUP THROUGH THAT WATERWAY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, WE, THE ADMINISTRATION.
DID, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTANDING THAT CLEANLINESS IS IMPORTANT.
IT SHOWS UP IN OUR RESIDENT SURVEY, BUT BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT HERE IS ALREADY SO GREAT.
BUT WE DID MOVE FORWARD AND OUR RECOMMENDING THE $290,000 INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF, UH, SERVICE AND FUNDING TOWARDS THE WATERWAY,
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UH, CLEANUP PROGRAM.BUT NOT ON THE, THE, THE PRESSURE WAS, I THINK IT'S, SO IF, IF, IF I COULD ASK, THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
SO THE BULK OF THE COST FOR THE SIDEWALK PRESSURE WASHING PROGRAM IS THROUGH, UH, PERSONNEL.
'CAUSE I SEE 12 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
SO ESSENTIALLY IF WE WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T WE, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL $1.5 MILLION, BUT LET'S REALLY GO AHEAD AND GET THIS PROGRAM KICKSTARTED.
AND WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE THAT, ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST, UH, LESS PERSONNEL.
SO WE COULD START THE PROGRAM, SEE WHAT HALF OF THAT FUNDING ESSENTIALLY GETS US.
UM, AND IT'S NOT AS IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME SORT OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING.
UH, IT WOULD JUST BE LESS PERSONAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND IF I'M, AND IF I, IF I MAY, UH, UH, YEP.
JUST 'CAUSE I PROMISED TO, UH, COMMISSIONER.
YEAH, THIS IS, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, THE ONE THING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOTICE THE MOST IS THAT WHEN THEY WALK OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE, THEIR SIDEWALKS ARE GONNA BE CLEANED.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRESSURE WASHING IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, AND THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO, OR WHEN ALL OF OUR RED RESIDENTS WALK OUTSIDE, GO ON A WALK, LEAVE THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENCE THAT IS THAT THIS, THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION CAN MAKE TODAY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, THIS PROGRAM IS SEMI-ANNUAL.
SO EVERY SIX MONTHS RESIDENTS ARE GONNA HAVE THE LUXURY OF WALKING OUTSIDE AND HAVING SOMEWHAT OF A BRAND NEW SIDEWALK.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TO ME IS INVALUABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ITEMS, UH, THAT I BELIEVE WAS THERE BEFORE, UH, WAS THE PARKS PRESSURE WASHING.
UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN, UH, MAYBE WE CAN COMBINE THE TWO SO THAT THE RESIDENTIAL PRESSURE WASHING CREW ALSO DOES PARKS TO, TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN PASS FOR SANITATION, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE SEEN THE MOST AND FELT THE MOST BY RESIDENTS.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE, THOSE WHO HAVE CAMPAIGNED THIS, THIS LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WAS, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS FILTHY.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UM, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THIS IS A START.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR SANITATION BUDGET, WHAT'S ONLY 4% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET, AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MIAMI BEACH IS JUST AS CLEAN AS DISNEY WORLD.
AND SO, UM, I'M HOPING TO GET THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ON ENSURING THAT THIS PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD.
UM, I THINK THIS IS, UH, THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR CITY IS SOME INCREDIBLE IMPORTANCE.
UM, SO I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHWARZ JUST MENTIONED, THIS WOULD BE FOR TWO PRESSURE WASHINGS A YEAR.
SO THIS IS FOR TWO PRESSURE WASHINGS A YEAR? YEAH, IT WOULD BE TWICE A YEAR, TWICE A YEAR SERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
RIGHT NOW WE DO IT ON COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
IT'S DONE ON COMMERCIAL AND YOU KNOW, IN AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME MULTI-FAMILY BENEFIT FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE MIXED USE.
BUT YES, IT'S DONE TYPICALLY IN COMMERCIAL AREAS.
BUT LET ME, SO LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GO DOWN THE STREET, I LIVE IN CHASE AVENUE.
SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT AS NEEDED THERE AS PERHAPS LIKE WEST AVENUE WHERE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE LIVES, WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS, A LOT OF DENSITY CONCENTRATED THERE, PEOPLE WALKING WITH THEIR PADS, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, OF INTENSITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OR, OR FLAMINGO PARK, LET'S SAY FLAMINGO PARK, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN, UH, THAN THAN AN AREA WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA WHERE YOU MAY HAVE FIVE PEOPLE LIVING IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, YOU MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50, 60 PEOPLE LIVING, UH, IN AN AREA LIKE, LIKE FLAMINGO PARK.
UM, HAVE YOU GUYS, UH, DONE AN ASSESSMENT TO SEE, YOU KNOW,
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WHAT WOULD BE THE COST IF WE DID IT MORE IN THE MULTI-FAMILY, FOCUSING MORE ON THE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WHERE I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGER ISSUE AS OPPOSED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY PROBABLY YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE THIS GOING ON IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS BY THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, WHO ARE MINDFUL AND ATTENTIVE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE THEIR HOME.THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPERS OR PEOPLE THAT COME BY ON A REGULAR BASIS AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF, OF CLEANING OF, OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AND SO, UM, JUST WONDERING IF WE'VE JUST FOCUSED ON THE MORE YEAH.
AND IF I COULD PIGGYBACK ON THAT BECAUSE I I AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS.
AND THEN ALSO, IF IT IS CORRECT, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT EVER, UH, PERHAPS WE START WITH ONCE A YEAR, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF THOSE SINGLE FAMILY AREAS, BECAUSE IF IT IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE, AND THAT'S A WAY TO ESSENTIALLY, UH, ALMOST ROLL THIS OUT IS, UH, EASE INTO THIS PROGRAM AT A, A SLIGHTLY MORE COST, UH, BURDENSOME PRICE POINT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE IT ANY WAY, UH, THAT WE CAN.
I THINK AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL IN PLACE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN GO, YOU KNOW, SAY MAYBE RESIDENTIAL ONCE A YEAR.
WE CAN THEN, YOU KNOW, DO AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THE MULTI-FAMILY.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS.
BUT I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS TO MODIFY SCHEDULES TO DO IT.
AND, AND, AND I LIKE WHAT THE CHAIR IS SAYING, IT'S, IT'S GOOD WISDOM BECAUSE OKAY, SO YOU, YOU ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR ONCE A YEAR, BUT NOW WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AREA MANAGERS THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING AN EYE OF THE, ON THESE, KEEPING AN EYE ON THESE AREAS WHERE IF YOU NEEDED MORE FREQUENTLY IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SERVICE MORE OVER HERE.
THEY CAN PICK UP THE PHONE CALL PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE THAT CALL TO DEPLOY MORE SERVICES THERE.
THAT GOES BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BASELINE, IF THERE IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS IT MORE FREQUENTLY.
SO PERHAPS, UH, AND, AND I WANT TO GET THE SPONSOR'S THOUGHTS, UM, IF WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY, UH, EASE INTO THIS AND ROLL THIS OUT, BUT, BUT RECOGNIZING THIS, UH, ABSOLUTELY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
AND PERHAPS ROLL IT OUT AT ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, NOTHING'S BEING RECOMMENDED, BUT ESSENTIALLY IF WE WOULD SAY, WELL, WE HAVE TO DO THIS ON HALF OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, BUT WE, UH, WHAT'S BUDGETED, WE START WITH HALF OF THAT.
IT GIVES US, AT A MINIMUM, ONE TIME PER YEAR CLEANING BOTH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RECOMMENDATION, THE AREA MANAGERS WHERE THEY GO, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON WEST AVENUE, UH, VERSUS, UM, CHASE AVENUE.
NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO MANIFEST THAT.
YEAH, NO, BUT NO, BUT IT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE.
CAN YOU GUYS, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? NO, THANKS.
UH, LOOK, I, UH, YES, I ALL VALID POINTS.
UM, I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH YOU KIND OF EASING INTO IT, BUT BETWEEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SOME AREAS MAY NOT NEED IT AS MUCH AS OTHERS.
UM, ORIGINALLY WHEN I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD, I DID NOT WANT TO NEGLECT MID BEACH.
I DID NOT WANT TO NEGLECT NORTH BEACH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT TO THE SANITATION TEAM, I SAID, I'D LIKE TO HAVE PRESSURE, PRESSURE WASHING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EACH PART OF MIAMI BEACH SO THAT NORTH BEACH DOESN'T GET LEFT OUT, OR MID BEACH DOESN'T GET LEFT OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY GONNA HAVE AREA MANAGERS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT TOOL FOR THEM.
MAYBE CERTAIN AREAS NEED IT MORE THAN OTHERS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M TOTALLY OPEN TO THE IDEA OF JUST OF OPENING THE PROGRAM.
UM, I WANT TO START WITH TWO TIMES A YEAR.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS ENOUGH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
UH, SO EVERY SIX MONTHS YOU HAVE A NEW SIDEWALK.
I, I, I PERSONALLY LOVE THAT IDEA, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANNA START WITH JUST ONE AND THEN KIND OF GET FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS, UH, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND SO, AND JUST, AND, AND JUST KIND OF TO, YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACK ON, ON SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH GREAT WISDOM NOT TO ACCEPT, UH, AREAS OF OUR CITY AND THE INCLUSIVE APPROACH THAT THE SPONSORS TOOK.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE CLOSE TO THEM.
AND I'M THINKING LIKE IN COLLINS PARK, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT FLAMINGO DRIVE AREA, YOU KNOW, FURTHER, FURTHER SOUTH AROUND THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND ALL THAT.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO SINGLE FAMILY
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HOMES.BUT YOU HAVE THERE, YOU KNOW, A CLUSTER OF, UH, OF, OF MULTIFAMILY THERE THAT MIGHT NEEDED MORE.
OR YOU GO OVER TO, UH, THE MID BEACH AREA, YOU KNOW THAT AREA AROUND ST.
PATRICK'S? YEAH, IT'S ST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MID BEACH.
IT'S GENERALLY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT THERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CLUSTER OF MULTI-FAMILY WHERE YOU MIGHT NEED THIS MORE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING IS CLEAR, UNLESS PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CLEAN, THEY WON'T FEEL LIKE THEY WANNA WALK OUT THERE, THEY WON'T, IT WON'T FEEL AS SAFE AS WELCOMING, UH, TO, TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING SOMETHING GREAT HERE.
UH, AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S APPROACH OF, YOU KNOW, LET'S FACE IT IN AND THEN WE CAN AUGMENT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE AREA MANAGERS.
SO BRAD, PERHAPS WE, WE MAKE IT A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO YOU TO SEE, UH, HOW CLEAN YOU CAN GET OUR CITY FOR $500,000.
600, ESPECIALLY IF OUR WORKERS ARE IN, UH, TAILORED FITTED CLOTHING.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH HARDER, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE WORKING THEN.
IF, IF I CAN, SO WHAT I'M HEARING HERE ON THE SANITATION FUND IS THE, UH, IF I BRING THE SLIDE BACK UP, SO WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE WATERWAY HAD 290,000 AND THE RECOMMEND ADD, THE, THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSION IS TO ADD ONE HALF OF THE 1.5.
SO WE WOULD BE ADDING $750,000 FOR A RESIDENTIAL AREA SIDEWALK PRESSURE WASHING PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT TO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
AND WHAT I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT IS THIS WAS THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, FUND, UH, DEFICIT FOR 2025 BASED ON THE TWO 90.
SO NOW WITH ADDING THE SEVEN 50, THAT'LL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A $3.85 MILLION, UH, STRUCTURAL DEFICIT FOR 2025.
AND WHAT THIS WOULD END UP IS, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY BASED ON OUR PROPOSED ONE, WHICH WOULD BE HAVING $3.3 MILLION LEFT.
THAT WOULD LEAVE US LIKE 2.5, SOMEWHERE IN THAT RA RANGE LEFT.
SO IT WOULD ONLY LEAVE US ONE MORE YEAR OF AVAILABLE BALANCE.
SO THEN I JUST, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONERS WHEN THE, UH, ORDINANCE ITEMS THE COMMISSIONER BOUGHT IS CHAMPIONING ON THE ROLL OFFS, UH, BOTH DEFINITION AND, AND FEES RATE, UH, THE RECYCLING.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAJOR DOLLARS, AS YOU KNOW, MY TEAM AND BUDGET WORK ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH BRAD'S TEAM IN SANITATION.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD ENGAGING THIS CONSULTANT, AND WE BRING BACK BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE SINGLE FAMILY AND BOTH THE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, WASTE HAULERS, THAT WE LOOK VERY STRONGLY AT THOSE, UM, THOSE FRANCHISE FEES.
YOU KNOW, AND AS I THINK, AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE LIKE DISNEY WORLD, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ON A GATOR LAND BUDGET.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO INCREASE THOSE RATES TO BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT.
AND I, AND YOU DO HAVE THE BACKING OF THE RESIDENT SURVEY, THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THAT THEY DO WANT THIS SERVICE.
JUST THE CHALLENGE THEY HAVE THEN TO THE COMMISSION IS WHEN IT COMES TIME IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR WHEN WE'RE COMING BACK WITH THOSE CONTRACTS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE STANDING HERE NEXT TO BRAD SUPPORTING HIM AND REMINDING EVERYONE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE WONDERFUL SERVICES THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, WE NOW DO NEED TO PAY.
AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR THAT.
UM, THI THIS IS GOING TO COME AT A COST, RIGHT? AND WE'RE ALL RECOMMENDING THIS, YOU KNOW, I, I'M HOPING WE'RE ALL GONNA BE SITTING THERE IN LINE WITH YOU SAYING, OKAY, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN THIS LOUD AND CLEAR.
UH, THEY LOVE IT, AND THERE, THERE'S A COST TO IT.
I THINK WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SANITATION FUND.
SO THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WERE RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE DID WANNA SHOW WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR OTHER FUNDS.
SO ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELESS ENHANCEMENTS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A BICYCLE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM FOR PD.
THERE IS A SMALL BIKE TEAM RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY REQUEST US TO ADD SOME EQUIPMENT SO THAT IF THERE'S A RIOT OR YOU KNOW, HIGH IMPACT EVENT, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND MORE OFFICERS IN THE STREETS AMONG THE PEOPLE.
AND THIS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FROM THE CONFISCATED FUNDS, WHICH IS DEDICATED FOR PDS.
ONE-TIME ITEMS, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ASKS FOR AN A DA ACCESSIBLE PASSENGER VAN TO TRANSPORT THEIR CLIENTS.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE USING A REGULAR VAN.
AND THIS IS JUST WOULD BE, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR CLIENTS, THIS WOULD BE COMING FROM THE HOMELESS SERVICES FUND THAT THE COMMISSIONER ASKED.
THE COMMISSIONER ASKED US TO SET ASIDE $2 MILLION FROM, FOR ONE TIME HOMELESS ITEMS, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO, AND TAMIKA, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT DO WE HAVE, UH, ALBA HERE WHERE MAYBE WE CAN SPEAK TO HOW IN DEMAND THAT SERVICE IS, UM, IF THIS IS A MISSION CRITICAL FOR THIS YEAR, JUST JUST GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO THAT OF, OF COURSE, IMPORTANT.
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MUCH ARE WE UTILIZING, UH, THE NEED TO HAVE THAT A DA, IT'S NOT AS IF WE DON'T HAVE A VAN, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ADDING THAT FEATURE.HOW, HOW OFTEN WOULD THAT ASPECT BE UTILIZED? GOOD MORNING.
AL ALBERT RE, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
YES, WE HAVE SEEN AN INFLUX OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED AND ARE IN NEED OF A DA ACCOMMODATIONS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI WHO HAS BEEN ASSISTING, UH, TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPORT AS WELL AS STS.
BUT THAT TAKES SOME COORDINATION TIME, SO YEP.
ONCE, UH, ONCE AN HOUR OR ONCE A DAY? ONCE A WEEK, ONCE A MONTH, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY MAYBE TWICE A MONTH WE SEE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY NEED TRANSPORT.
THAT'S CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.
I, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS BUDGET CYCLE, WE PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.
UM, AND, AND THEY SHOULD COME FIRST.
SO, UM, I WOULD BE AGAINST SPENDING $110,000 ON SOMEONE COMING IN FOR JUST TWICE A MONTH.
AND, AND IT'S NOT AS IF WE CAN'T DO THIS, RIGHT.
WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SERVICE.
WE HAVE THE SERVICE JUST WITHOUT, RIGHT NOW, THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
AND GIVEN THAT WE CAN LIAISE WITH THE CITY, MAYBE IT'S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE LET'S GET A BIT MORE USEFUL LIFE OUT OF OUR EXISTING PASSENGER VAN.
GOOD COORDINATION YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI, BUT FOR TWICE PER MONTH.
UM, IT, I, I'M JUST NOT SEEING THE BANG FOR THE BUCK.
SO IF WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OF THAT FROM THE COMMISSION, WE WOULD BE REMOVING THAT, UH, ITEM.
SO WE'LL BE REMOVING THE 110,080 DA, UH, ACCESSIBLE VAN, AND THAT WOULD, UM, REMAIN THAT $2 MILLION BALANCE IN THE ONE TIME, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES, UH, ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, YESTERDAY AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WE DISCUSSED THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS OF OUR DAYTIME, UH, CENTER, UH, FOR, FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE, UM, THE LINE, UH, WHERE THE, OUR HOMELESS LINE.
UH, AND YOU KNOW HOW I THINK 6:00 PM THERE IS THE LATEST TIME THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S ANSWERED.
UM, AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS, OKAY, WE NEED TO EXTEND THE HOURS OF THAT, OF, OF THAT TIME, AND IF THERE'S A HOMELESS PERSON THAT NEEDS, UH, PLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF OUR, OF OUR OFFICES.
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW THE OFFICE CLOSED AROUND THREE 30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED EXTENDING BOTH THOSE HOURS.
COULD WE PERHAPS, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS AS PART OF, OF, OF THIS ITEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA FUND THAT, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE COSTS INVOLVED.
I SEE ALPHA, WALKING BACK TO THE, WE ALMOST SAVE MONEY IF I CAN FROM THIS FUND.
IS, IS, WAS SET ASIDE, THE $2 MILLION WAS LITERALLY SET ASIDE ORIGINALLY FOR THE HOMELESS TRUST.
AND ONCE THAT WAS TRANSFERRED OVER, THE COMMISSION GAVE DIRECTION OF RESOLUTION THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE FOR ONE TIME EITHER CAPITAL OR ONE TIME PROGRAM COST.
IT DOES SOUND LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A RECURRING, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE, AT THE END OF THE, AT THE END, WE HAVE A, A LIST OF DEBATE, UH, ITEMS UP FOR DEBATE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, SO THIS, I ASSUME THIS IS A RECURRING COST? YES.
SO WHEN WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE LIE OF HAVING THE PHONE ASSISTANCE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFERRING THE PHONE LINE AFTER WORKING HOURS TO THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, WORKING ALONGSIDE, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE.
AND FROM THERE, THEY WOULD DISPATCH TO EITHER POLICE OR TO OUR SPECIALIZED ATION OFFICER.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE EXISTING RESOURCES WE HAVE.
I DON'T THINK I LOVE ANY WORDS BETTER THAN THAT IF WE CAN USE OUR EXISTING RESOURCES.
AND, AND THE EXTENSION OF THE OFFICE HOURS, UH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK IT CLOSES AROUND THREE OR THREE 30.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.
WE DO HAVE OUTREACH THAT IS AVAILABLE UNTIL 6:00 PM AS WELL AS SPECIALIZED OUTREACH THAT HAPPENS FROM 7:00 PM TO 3:00 AM BUT AGAIN, THAT IS OUTREACH.
THE PHYSICAL WALK-IN CENTER IS AVAILABLE FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, CURRENTLY FROM SEVEN 30 TO 3:30 PM TO THREE 30.
SO THEN, LIKE IF SOMEONE'S HOMELESS AND IT'S MIDNIGHT OR 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND THEY REALIZE, OH GOSH, I DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL DEPENDENT ON, ON SOMEONE APPROACHING THEM AND SAYING, HEY, YOU WANNA GO SOMEWHERE? BUT THERE'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE, OUR OFFICE ISN'T OPEN.
THEY CAN'T GO TO OUR OFFICE TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, I REALLY, I WANNA GO TO CAMILLA'S HOUSE BECAUSE I JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA
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SLEEP ON THE STREETS.UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, CAPABILITY RIGHT NOW.
THE PHYSICAL LOCATION AT THAT TIME WOULD, WOULD BE CLOSED.
BUT WE WOULD, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS OUR SPECIALIZED OUTREACH TEAM WOULD BE DISPATCHED.
AND FROM THERE, UM, YEAH, SOMEONE BEING DISPATCHED AND FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE AMOUNT OF FISHES THEY'RE DEALING WITH, IT COULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
I, I THINK, I THINK THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED EXTENDING DOSE OFFICE HOURS.
SO PERHAPS, UH, I THINK JASON SAID LATER IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY DISCUSS.
RECURRING JOURNAL FULL AND EXPENDITURE.
A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE TABLE.
PROBABLY JUST GIVE US A THANK YOU AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.
SO THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE FOR EQUIPMENT FOR PD.
THE FIRST IS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EQUIPMENT THAT IS OUTDATED AND THAT WOULD BE REPLACED USING CONFISCATED FUNDS.
AND THEN THE 3D MAPPING EQUIPMENT IS FOR THEIR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
THEIR SOFTWARE IS GONNA GET TO END OF LIFE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
TAMIKA, ONE THING THAT WAS, UH, EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THEY CAUGHT MY EYE AND IT WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELESS ENHANCEMENT.
UH, BUT I DON'T SEE IT HERE IN THE OTHER FUND ENHANCEMENTS RECOMMENDED.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT CAME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT I, I DIDN'T WANNA SKIP OVER IT.
UM, IF I COULD HAVE OUR NEW AND WELL-DESERVED CHIEF, UH, DIGNA COME UP.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, FULL-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FIRE DIVISION CHIEF POSITION.
AND AS YOU'RE COMING UP, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, IT IS, IT IS JUST ACROSS THE BOARD SUCH STRONG RECEPTION.
UM, I THINK I PERSONALLY TOLD YOU, UH, MINIMAL NEED TO MEET GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT I HAD TALKED TO, THANK YOU CHAIR, HAD GAVE THE SAME GLOWING RECOMMENDATION.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS POSITION.
UH, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND THEN I'M GONNA PUT A CHALLENGE TO YOU.
UM, BUT I'M ALSO GONNA HAVE TRUST IN YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD UNANIMOUS SUPPORT UP HERE.
YOU HAD UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN THE CITY.
MY, EVEN BEFORE YOU TELL ME WHAT THE POSITION IS, UM, MY CHALLENGE TO YOU WOULD SAY, CAN WE FIND A WAY TO USE, JUST AS WE DID FOR THE HOMELESS RESOURCES, USE EXISTING RESOURCES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS, THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE RETIRING, THEY'RE ALREADY WEARING TWO HATS.
UH, BUT AS MY FIRST PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO YOU, UH, ON THE NEW JOB, I WOULD SAY, CAN WE FOREGO THIS POSITION, AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR, AND SEE IF WE CAN ESSENTIALLY REALLOCATE RESOURCES, UH, WITHIN, TO COVER THIS.
BUT LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
AND IF YOU TELL ME, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, YOU KNOW, IT, THIS IS JUST MISSION CRITICAL.
WE PLACED OUR TRUST IN YOU AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE DOING SO.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, LOVELY CITY MANAGER.
I'M GONNA SEE IF MY, UH, SPEECH 1 0 1 CAN, UH, COME IN HANDY RIGHT NOW WHEN I HAVE TO GIVE MY PERSUASIVE ESSAYS.
UM, SO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS A FUNCTION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ITS SENSE, THAT PLANNING ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, THE MITIGATION PROCESS, ALERTING THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE AFTER EFFECT OF ESTABLISHING US BACK TO THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE CITY WITHOUT ANY HICCUPS, UM, BECAME PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VERY LONG BEFORE I WAS HERE.
AT ONE POINT IT WAS REALLOCATED AT ITS AS ITS OWN FUNCTION WITH A PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR.
IN 2017, WHEN THAT GENTLEMAN RETIRED, OUR LOVELY CHIEF MEIS CAME ON BOARD AND HE IS OUR OPERATIONS CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS DIVISION.
THAT DIVISION IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS RESPONDING EVERY SINGLE DAY ON A 24 HOUR SHIFT.
HE CAME ON BOARD WITH HIS, UM, FEMA, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KNOWLEDGE OF ALL HIS DEPLOYMENTS FROM CITY OF MIAMI.
'CAUSE HE'S ON TASK FORCE TOO.
AND OUR DIVISION HAS ASSUMED A FUNCTION THAT USED TO BE OPERATED BY 33 PEOPLE DOWN TO FOUR.
AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE BIFURCATE THIS BACK TO ITS ALLOCATED WAY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND MITIGATE AND PLAN FOR E EVERYTHING.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MISCONCEPTION IS.
IT'S WHEN A HURRICANE COMES OR A FLOOD, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 389 EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ON A YEARLY BASIS HERE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALLOCATES AN INSPECTOR TO DO ALL OF THAT REQUIRES AN INCIDENT PLANNING ACTION FORM.
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GOES DOWN AT THE SYNAGOGUE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT REQUIRES A DEDICATED PERSON THAT CAN JUST BE DEDICATED JUST TO MITIGATE THOSE FUNCTIONS.AGAIN, WITH THE DAILY ALERTS, THE WATER RISE, ALL OF THAT, THAT IS AN EMERGENCY FUNCTION POSITION RIGHT NOW.
AND YEAH, WE'RE SUCCESS SUCCEEDING IN IT, BUT WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE RAN OUT OF, UH, EXTRA T-SHIRTS AND UNIFORMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN'T DO IT, BUT SOMETHING'S GONNA GIVE, AND I'D RATHER BE A PROACTIVE THAN A REACTIVE, UM, CHIEF AT THIS POINT.
THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, CHIEF MEUS, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO FURTHER EXPLAIN, BUT APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I GUESS WHAT I'LL PUT BACK TO YOU IS DO YOU THINK YOU COULD ACCEPT IT AS A CHALLENGE TO ESSENTIALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THE POSITION, BUT TO ESSENTIALLY USE RESOURCES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO, UH, ALLOCATE ACROSS DIVISIONS, UM, AND, AND THEN MOVE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES AROUND.
I'M JUST LOOKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A HIGH BUDGET ITEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE UNION CONTRACTS OF $250,000.
UH, COULD YOU USE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? I'LL LEAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA GET DOWN TO YOUR OPERATIONS.
UM, COULD WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE THIS FUNCTION, UH, KIND OF REASSIGNED FROM WITHIN, UM, AND HELPING SAVE TAXPAYERS, YOU KNOW, QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS AND, AND WELL, AND, AND AGAIN, THE, THAT IS A PRICE TAG.
IF YOU'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEONE OFF THE STREETS, BECAUSE WE'RE A CLASSIFIED BARGAINING UNIT, EVERY TIME YOU PROMOTE SOMEONE, YOU'RE PROMOTING TO THAT NEXT RANK, THAT PERSON IS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR.
UM, SO THE DIFFERENCE SHOULD BE BETWEEN THE POSITION THAT'S GETTING PROMOTED AND THAT NEW RANK AND FILE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ASSUME, NOT JUST HIRE SOMEONE NEW FROM WITHIN AND THEN YOU TRICKLE UP.
SO THAT IS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE IF YOU'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE, UM, TO DO THAT.
AND WE ARE ALREADY DOING ALL THOSE FUNCTIONS FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, I HAD PROPOSED THAT WE CAN, WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED DATE.
HE'S GONNA GIVE ME AT LEAST A YEAR.
SO I AM LOOKING AT LEAST SEVEN MONTHS LATER.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED ISH THAT WE CAN HIRE FROM WITHIN YES.
WHAT WOULD WE BE TALKING MADAM CITY MANAGER? UH, 30, $40,000 FOR A RECLASSIFICATION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COST SAVINGS WOULD BE, BUT I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ROLE, GIVEN THAT CHIEF METI, AS THE DEPUTY IS OVERSEEING FOUR DIVISIONS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS THE ONLY ONE OF THOSE DIVISIONS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A DEDICATED DIVISION CHIEF.
UH, WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE LAST, UM, RAIN AND FLOOD EVENT IS THAT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THIS IN A DEDICATED FASHION.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA APPLAUD CHIEF ABELL AND MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION AND BRINGING IT FORWARD.
AND I SUPPORT HER IN THIS RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS PART OF SUCCESSION PLANNING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. MADAM MANAGER, UH, AND CHIEF UH, CHIEFS.
BUT, UM, IT SEEMS AS IF, UH, WE CAN KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, WHERE IF WE'RE HIRING FROM WITHIN YES.
THIS $250,000 COULD SIGNIFICANTLY COME DOWN.
MAYBE WE COULD ALLOCATE $75,000 MR. CFO, AND WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE TOTALITY OF THAT, BUT THAT'LL BE THE INCREMENTAL COST, UH, EXPENDITURE IF WE'RE HIRING FROM WITHIN.
WELL, IF, IF THEY IS TO NOT ADD A HEADCOUNT, BUT TO DO A RECLASS OF AN EXISTING SWORN POSITION, WE, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE CHIEF, I GUESS IS OKAY WITH THAT, WE WOULD, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH, UH, THE BUDGET OFFICE AND WE WILL JUST INCORPORATE THAT IN THE BUDGET.
WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES? YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST WANNA ENSURE I DOING MORE WITH LESS IS ALWAYS GOOD.
AND IF WE CAN, UM, FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP UP, THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THESE, UM, FLOOD EVENTS AND OTHER WEATHER EVENTS ARE NOT ONE-OFFS.
AND WE ARE LEARNING THAT THE HARD WAY.
UM, WE ARE SPENDING A, I WAS GONNA SAY A NAUGHTY WORD, BUT I WON'T, AND THEN AN EX EXTREMELY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE, UM, UM, IN THE SERVICE OF THE, THE LAUDABLE GOAL OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR DOLLARS
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AS A CITY AND AS ADMINISTRATION, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALL OF OURS, IT'S OUR TAXPAYERS.I DON'T WANT TO, UM, INADVERTENTLY CUT OFF OUR NOSE SPITE OUR FACE.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE WRONG METAPHOR.
BUT, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON IN PLACE TO GET THE JOB DONE AND THAT THAT PERSON IS, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SUCCESSION PLANNING AS WELL, BECAUSE WE SAW HOW SEAMLESSLY AND BEAUTIFULLY IT WORKED IN YOUR CASE.
AND WE WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE DOING THE RIGHT JOB WHEN WE NEED THEM.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AND WHATEVER THE RIGHT DOLLAR AMOUNT, IF IT'S 7 50, 7 50, OH, THAT'S A WELL PAYING JOB.
IF IT'S $75,000, IF IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHATEVER IT IS, IF IT'S LESS THAN TWO 50, THAT'S GOOD.
THERE'S SOMETHING AMAZING ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS IS THAT WE'RE THE JACK OF ALL TRAITS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE, UM, FIREMEN THAT ARE CHICKEN CATCHERS, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE JACK OF ALL TRAITS.
AND I LEARNED THAT EARLY ON IN MY CAREER WHEN I HAD TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB WHEN SOMEONE CALLED 9 1 1.
SO
AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOT.
I, I'M NOT TRYING TO FORCE A SQUARE PEG IN ROUND HOLE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS THAT, UM, MAYBE YOU WERE EVEN LEANING TOWARDS NOT BRINGING SOMEBODY NEW OFF THE STREET.
OH, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, I'LL BE CRUCIFIED.
I'LL BE THE SHORTEST STANDING CHIEF
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE STILL GOING TO DELIVER THIS ROLE IF WE DO SO, UH, FROM WITHIN, IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, COME BACK TO US AND THEN WE CAN, UH, RE-TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK WE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY TAKE DOWN, UH, THE COST ABOUT THIS AND JUST ALLOCATE WHAT THE, UM, INCREMENTAL AMOUNT FOR A RECLASSIFICATION WOULD BE.
CHIEF, I WOULD SAY YOUR SPEECH 1 0 1 CLASS IS PAID OFF.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT, THAT, THAT SWITCH OUT, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS ADDITIVE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.
SO NOW WE'RE AT TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING DECO PROGRAM THAT WAS RECOMMENDED PILOT PROGRAM WITH RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO ADD $306,000.
THIS IS NOT FOR FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
THIS WOULD BE THREE PART-TIME POSITIONS TO HELP US ROLL OUT THIS PROGRAM.
UM, RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO COME INTO THE CITY TO GET NEW DECALS AND, UM, WE'LL REASSESS THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS, AND THIS WILL BE FUNDED FROM THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, UH, THE BEACH BICYCLE COUNTER, AND SOME FEEDBACK SIGNS ARE BEING RECOMMENDED.
UH, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT PLANS FOR MAJOR EVENTS.
SO THERE WERE A LIST OF EVENTS THAT WERE REQUESTED.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ART WEEK, AND WE'D BE ADDING SOME SHUTTLE SERVICES, FREEBIE EXTENDED HOURS, AND A WATER TAXI COMPONENT.
AND THE LAST ITEM IS A FULL-TIME BIKE PEDESTRIAN COORDINATOR POSITION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO BE ADDED AS A FULL-TIME VERSUS A CONTRACTED POSITION.
UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS, UH, WATER AND SEWER ARE DUE.
THE LAST ONE WAS DONE IN 2019, AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THAT UPDATE THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY FUNDS.
CONVENTION CENTER ALSO HAS ITS OWN FUND, AND THEY REQUESTED ADDED ONE PLUMBER POSITION.
UH, THE CLEAN MIAMI BEACH GRANT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
UH, IT HAS A REQUEST FOR A CYBERSECURITY ANALYST, AND THIS IS JUST TO BE PROACTIVE IN PROJECTING OUR SOFTWARES AND ALL OUR NETWORKS.
UH, THE SAFETY OFFICER IN HR WAS BUDGETED PRIOR TO COVID.
THAT POSITION WAS CUT WHEN WE HAD TO MEET REDUCTIONS TO OUR BUDGET.
THE JUNIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST POSITION WAS REQUESTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS TO HELP THEM WITH THE ERP AND, UH, IT WOULD BE AN IT POSITION, BUT FUNDED FROM THE PLANNING, TRAINING AND TECH FUNDS.
THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES.
THE FULL-TIME OFFICE ASSOCIATE POSITION IS BEING REQUESTED BY FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS A POSITION THAT HAS BEEN A TEMPORARY POSITION FOR SEVEN YEARS THAT HELPS WITH THE WATER AND SEWER BILLING.
AND THIS WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE WATER AND SEWER STORM WATER FUNDS.
AND THE LAST ONE IS A FULL-TIME BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENGINEER THAT CURRENTLY IS FUNDED AS A CONTRACTED POSITION.
IT HAS REQUESTED TO CONVERT THAT.
SO A FULL-TIME POSITION AT A SAVING OF $81,000.
SO AT A WHAT? AT A SAVINGS OF $81,000.
EVERYBODY COULD TAKE NOTE, PLEASE.
SO PARENTHESES ARE A GOOD THING.
THEY JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE NOTE OUT THERE THAT'S WATCHING AND BY GETTING A CONTRACT POSITION AND MAKE IT AN INTERNAL POSITION, WHICH IS THE ANOMALY THERE.
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WERE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT MIGHT BE ADVISABLE TO GO THROUGH THE CAPITAL.AND I THINK BECAUSE THEY SHARE WANTED SOME CONTEXT AS THE DOLLARS, THE SURPLUS DOLLARS ARE, YOU ARE INTERCHANGEABLE FROM A CAPITAL AND OPERATING PERSPECTIVE.
SO WE, I THINK WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN JUMP BACK AND, AND NOT JUST FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY BECAUSE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTSTANDING CAPITAL NEEDS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A FINITE PIE.
WE DON'T HAVE A ENDLESS, UH, DEFICIT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE BORROWING FROM.
UM, SO IF WE TAKE FROM ONE THING WE'RE, OR IF WE PUT IN ONE THING WE'RE TAKING FROM ANOTHER, UH, AND THOSE COULD BE THINGS IN THE FUTURE THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
SO IF WE COULD GO THROUGH THE CAPITAL, I THINK SPECIFICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE UNFUNDED, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE, WE SHOWED IN THE JUNE FERC MEETING.
WE, THE REQUEST PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME, JUST TWEAKED.
THE UNFUNDED NUMBER ACTUALLY WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY.
SO WE HAD 32 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT WE DID PICK UP.
SIR, COULD YOU JUST POINT US TO THE SLIDE? UM, UH, IT, IT'S ON PAGE 30 83.
WE COMBINE THE TWO PRESENTATIONS TO ONE TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS.
THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS PRESENTATION, WE DID PICK UP SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AS JASON MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION WHEN WE GOT THE JULY ONE VALUES.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, IT SHOWS WHAT WE INCREASED OUR REVENUES BY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS OUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO BECAUSE WE DID OUR RECOMMENDED, OOPS, SORRY, CHANGE IN OUR DEDICATED MILLAGE FOR DEBT SERVICE, MOVING THAT UP TO CRR, WE PICKED UP 390,000.
AND THEN FOR THE INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES, WE PICKED UP $106,000 FOR THE CAPITAL RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND.
AND JUST $33,000 FOR PAY FUND FOR A TOTAL OF 5 29.
AND THEN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
SO WHAT HERE YOU SEE HERE IS WE, WE HAVE PRESENTED AND WAS ENDORSED BACK IN JUNE, UH, BY THE COMMISSION OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
THESE ARE ADJUSTMENTS FROM THAT JUNE, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL.
FIRST, THE BIG DOLLAR ONE WOULD BE, UH, AT THE JUNE COMMISSION MEETING.
IT WAS AN ITEM THAT WENT THROUGH, UH, FERC WAS TO ADD, UH, LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS TO LOT P 63 AND THE AMOUNT OF $765,000 THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE PARKING CAPITAL FUND.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS WOULDN'T BE COMING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WOULD BE COMING FROM THE GEO BOND DOLLAR SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, TREES.
THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED DIRECTLY FROM THE CAPITAL.
AND THEN THESE OTHER FOUR SMALLER, UH, CRR CAPITAL LOAN REPLACEMENT PROJECTS ARE THE ALLOCATION OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE PICKED UP THROUGH THE ADJUSTMENT IN THAT MILLAGE RATE.
JUST WHEN I GOT EXCITED AFTER WE RECEIVED $80,000
AND THEN, UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE CHAIR, UH, FERC CHAIR HAD REQUESTED AT THE LAST CAPITAL MEETING WAS TO COME BACK.
AND WE ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF KIND OF DAYS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, WAS JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF SOME OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE ARE BOTH AWARE OF THAT HAVE A SPECIFIC FUNDING GAP.
AND THEN THE RE THE, UH, THE NEXT BOTH SLIDES WILL SHOW UNDETERMINED NEEDS ONE'S.
THE DEPARTMENTS CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A PROJECT I'M WORKING ON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I WILL NEED, BUT I KNOW I WILL NEED SOMETHING.
THESE SPECIFIC ONES ARE PRIMARILY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE, THESE ARE THE PRICEY CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW HAVE FUNDING GAPS.
AND, AND MR. CFO, COULD YOU JUST NOTE WHICH OF THESE ARE LIKELY TO BE, UH, THE GAP FUNDED VIA THE ISSUANCE OF, UM, ENTERPRISE FUND BONDS? YES, AND AN EXCELLENT POINT.
SO THE NOR THE NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER, UH, FIRST STREET, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SPLIT INTO KIND OF TWO PROJECTS, THE PHASE ONE, TWO, UH, THE PHASE THREE FOUR, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE LONGER TERM, UH, AND THEN THE WEST AVENUE PHASE THREE, WE ALSO HAVE THE 17TH STREET, UH, RENOVATION, WHICH IS A BIGGER, BIGGER PROGRAM.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT GAP, IT'S $290 MILLION, LET'S SAY, JUST OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND REMEMBER, WE HAVE LIKE 800 CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGER DOLLAR ONES, AGAIN, THAT WE KNOW WE HAD SOME GAPS.
THE PRIMARY WAY, PRIMARY WAY WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT GAP IS THROUGH OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS, THESE PROJECTS, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE TO TACKLE, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SEWER RENOVATION NEEDS AND STORM WATER NEEDS.
THESE PROJECTS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT.
THEY'RE SU UH, AND THEY, THEY ARE AN ONGOING MULTI-YEAR PROGRAM.
MOST OF THAT GAP WILL BE FUNDED TOWARDS THAT.
SO WHEN THERE IS, I BELIEVE THERE'S ALREADY A STANDING ITEM AT FERC THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN THE FALL.
I KNOW I MENTIONED IT BACK WHEN WE GOT AUTHORIZATION ON THE $85 MILLION
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IN INTENT TO, UH, DECLARE, UH, TO ISSUE BONDS ON THE WATER SEWER.AND THEN WHEN THE CRITICAL NEEDS PROGRAM WAS APPROVED ON THE STORMWATER, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD BE COMING BACK IN THE FALL TO LOOK AT HOW TO PAY FOR THE REST OF THAT CAPITAL PROGRAM.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE RATE ADJUSTMENT, UH, DISCUSSIONS IN THE FALL AND OUR WATER, SILVER AND STORMWATER.
AND THAT IS HOW WE WOULD FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
IF WE DO NOT WANT TO ADJUST THOSE RATES COME IN THE FALL, THEN THESE PROJECTS WOULD FALL AWAY AND THEY WOULD NOT BE COMPLETED.
BUT LET'S WORK THROUGH THE BASIS THAT THEY WILL BE DONE.
AND IF, IF I COULD STOP YOU THERE, AND MORE SO TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES WHEN, WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF SOME DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, PERHAPS WE CAN ALL COLLECTIVELY THINK AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THEM, THE POSSIBLE PUBLIC BENEFIT, UH, THAT COULD BE PRO OFFERED.
IF SOMEBODY'S ASKING FOR VARIANCES OR THINGS LIKE THAT IS DIRECT, UM, CONTRIBUTION TO SOME OF THESE UNFUNDED, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THESE AREAS.
WE ALL TALK ABOUT, WELL, HOW CAN WE KEEP ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT WHEN OUR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM IS FALLING APART? LET'S PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, ON THE WATERFRONT IN, IN, UH, MID BEACH OR NORTH BEACH.
WELL, LET'S PUT THAT DIRECTLY INTO REPAIRING OUR SEWER SYSTEM AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THOSE AREAS INSTEAD OF JUST THESE, UH, INTANGIBLE, OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL PRO OFFER THIS.
IF THERE'S GOING TO BE WORLD CLASS PROJECTS IN THOSE AREAS, I THINK OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS DESERVE WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
OR AT A MINIMUM, UH, PIPES THAT AREN'T MADE OUT OF WOOD ON COLLINS AVENUE.
UH, SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE ENTERTAINING SOME OF THESE, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND PROPOSALS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND BECAUSE WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO FUND $1.2 BILLION BY SAVING 80 GRAND, TURNING A CONTRACTOR POSITION IN FULL, FULL-TIME.
UH, WE, WE NEED TO REALLY PUT SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT INTO HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH, UH, SOME OF THESE UNFUNDED, UH, RESOURCES.
SO WE CAN GO BACK TO SHOW ALL THE WAY AT THE RIGHT AND THE YELLOW THERE IS THE PAYGO FUNDING.
SOME OF THAT COULD THEORETICALLY COME FROM, FROM SOME OF THE GEO BOND DOLLARS ON THE ABOVE GROUND.
SO WITH THESE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE PRIMARILY RENOVATING YOUR WATER AND SEWER AND YOUR STORM WATER, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS, THE RESTORATION ON THE TOP, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR STREET SCAPE AND YOUR ASPHALT, YOUR SIDEWALKS AND LANDSCAPING ALONG THOSE LINES WOULD COME FROM THAT PAYGO PORTION.
SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE SMALLER, THEY ARE MANAGEABLE.
THIS LIST PARTICULARLY IS A LITTLE LESS THAN $30 MILLION.
HOW DO WE FUND THOSE ITEMS ARE SUCH AS THE SURPLUS, WHICH WE STARTED THE DAY AT 8.9 MILLION AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN CLOSER TO 8.6 MILLION BASED ON SOME ADS AND SOME TRACKS WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
AND WE'RE KEEPING TALLY, JUST, JUST SO WE KNOW WE GET TO THAT POINT AGAIN, IS THOSE DOLLARS AGAIN FOR OUR UNION CONTRACTS.
AND THEN ANY LEFTOVER IS TO GO TO OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
OUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT PEGO PIECE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE MILLAGE THAT COMES IN, WHICH GENERATES AROUND $4 MILLION A YEAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY AT THE YEAR END SURPLUS.
UH, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD POLICY THAT THE PRIOR COMMISSION PUT IN PLACE AND HAS BEEN, UH, THE WAY WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.
LAST YEAR, THE GENERAL FUND SURPLUS WAS APPROXIMATELY $16 MILLION AND ALL OF THAT WAS PUT INTO PEGO AND OUR CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS.
WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING IF WE WERE ON TRACK.
I THINK WE ARE TO PROBABLY BE IN THAT 14, $16 MILLION RANGE.
AGAIN, WE'LL BE EATING INTO THESE, UH, FUNDING GAPS AS AN EXAMPLE, AND WE'LL GET TO WHERE OUR FIN AT THE FINAL SLIDE, WE'LL REALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE OUR RECOMMENDATION, WHERE THEIR SURPLUS, YOU KNOW, FUNDS WILL GO.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST KIND OF COMPLETE THIS AS I KIND OF HINTED.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST A LIST OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT DEPARTMENTS WERE JUST, 'CAUSE WE JUST ASKED 'EM, SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT, WHAT'S OUT THERE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DOLLARS FOR? NOW, SOME OF THESE ARE ONES THAT JUST AREN'T PROGRAMMED YET.
THEY'VE ONLY BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR DESIGN AND THEY HAVEN'T PROGRAMMED THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF IT.
SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET FUNDED.
THEY'RE GONNA BE WATER, THERE'S GONNA BE SEWER, THERE'S GONNA BE STORM WATER, THERE'S GONNA BE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, GEO BOND, ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN HERE.
BUT AGAIN, THE, THE, THE CHARGE OF THE FERC CHAIR WAS TO JUST KIND OF COME BACK AND IF WE COULD JUST GET, GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GEO BOND PROJECT IN THERE.
THE PROJECT HASN'T GOTTEN TO THE STAGE WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A GAP, BUT WE KNOW THERE WOULD BE A GAP IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
AND THEN I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TAMIKA HERE TO, TO, TO REALLY END ON THE FIRE STATION UPDATE.
SO THE DIRECTION FROM THE FERC LAST MONTH WAS TO COME BACK WITH A POTENTIAL FUNDED PLAN FOR FIRE STATION'S GAP.
SO WHEN WE WORKED WITH CIP POST THAT MEETING, THEY GAVE US AN ESTIMATE OF BETWEEN 15 AND $19 MILLION FOR THE GAP.
UH, BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE WOULD BE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IF WE DO MOVE TO THE NEW SITE.
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10 MILLION WOULD BE TO MOVE THE STADIUM TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.UH, FIRST NOTE IS THAT WE WOULD TREAT THIS AS ONE PROJECT, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE A SEPARATE PROJECT FOR THE STADIUM BEING MOVED AND A FIRE STATION.
WE JUST TREAT 'EM AS ONE COMPLETE PROJECT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WE WOULDN'T NEED ANY FUNDING FOR FY 25, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY FULLY FUNDED.
SO THERE ARE DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW IF THIS IS GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE WOULD COME BACK BETWEEN 2026 AND 2028 TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IN ORDER TO FUND THIS SIGNIFICANT GAP IS, AS JASON MENTIONED, AT THE END OF FY 24, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME GENERAL FUND SAVINGS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD ALL YEAR.
AND NORMALLY WE WOULD TRANSFER THOSE DOLLARS BASED ON CITY'S POLICIES TO OUR CAPITAL RESERVE FUND.
LAST YEAR WE RECOMMENDED SPLITTING THAT BETWEEN THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND THE PAYGO FUND.
SO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, FISCAL YEAR IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL TAKE AN ITEM TO COMMISSION AND WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING TRANSFERRING ALL THOSE SAVINGS IF COMMISSION APPROVES, UH, TO THE FIRE STATION TO HELP FILL THAT GAP.
AND THIS MAY BE, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY HAVE TO BE DONE OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE IDEA IS TO JUST PRIORITIZE THE FIRE STATION AND TO COMPLETE THAT GAP SUSTAINABLY.
AND THIS, AND THIS JUST WORKS UNDER THE, UH, THIS WORKS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE AUGUST VOTE GOES ONE WAY AND THEN THE COMMISSION GIVES THAT DIRECTION IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN NOVEMBER.
SO WE WOULD WORK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE TOP CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITY IS FUNDING IT.
AND I THINK THAT THE CHARGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION GAVE US TO COME BACK WITH A PATH FORWARD AND HOW WE HAVE THERE, DOES THIS MEAN THAT IF THIS, IF THIS ACTION IN SEPTEMBER IS TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION, IT'S NOW A DEAD PROJECT AND IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PATH FORWARD TO GET THIS FUNDED SO THAT THE DOLLARS CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS WOULD BE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY WOULD BE NEEDED AS THE PROJECT GOES THROUGH ITS MULTI-YEAR DESIGN PROCESS.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AGAIN FOR PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN I THINK LAST WE JUST WANT TO, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DEBATE AND WE JUMP BACK, IS, UH, IF WE END UP AT A LANDING PLACE FOR TODAY, UH, FOR THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WHICH I FEEL THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POSITION, WE WOULD, UH, NOT HAVE TO HAVE NEXT FRIDAY'S THIRD, UH, FERC BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH THE CITY, UH, DOES TRADITIONALLY END UP CANCELING IF IT'S NEEDED, BUT SOMETIMES NEEDED.
BUT I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD THERE ON JULY 24TH AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, THERE'LL BE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE.
SO THE ONLY ACTION THE COMMISSION WOULD BE TAKING, UH, FOR, FOR NOW AT THE JULY 24TH, IS JUST SETTING WHAT THE MAXIMUM COMBINED MILLAGE IS GOING TO BE WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT MILLAGE RATES WOULD BE COMBINED WISE.
UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL CHANCES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, YOU KNOW, IN SEPTEMBER.
YOU KNOW, BY THEN OBVIOUSLY THINGS WILL BE PRETTY COALESCED.
WE'LL BE PRETTY LOCKED IN, BUT THERE IS STILL THAT, STILL THAT ADJUSTMENT.
SO JUST REMINDING EVERYONE, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND OUR SUB SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER, UH, 25TH TO FINALIZE THE MILLAGE AND THE BUDGET.
AND I THINK THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT DEBATE.
JASON? YES, MR. UM, AND, UH, I, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I, I WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET AND I HAD SOME ITEMS THAT I, UH, WANTED TO DISCUSS MY COLLEAGUES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO DO THIS, BUT I HAVE SOME, SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OMB OMBUDSMAN POSITION, I THINK I WAS LIKE 170,000 OUR LAST, I RECALL THE, THE SPONSOR PULLED THAT ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER, JUST FOR THAT ONE, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT ONE'S BEING RECOMMENDED.
IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT CHAIR.
THAT, THAT, THAT IS AN ENHANCEMENT ITEM.
UH, BUT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN I REMEMBER SEEING ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT THERE'S A CAMILA HOUSE HEALTH CONCERN INITIATIVE FOR LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WAS RECURRING.
NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, YEAH, I COULD, UH, IT'S, UH, SPEAK TO THAT IS, UH, I THINK WE, IN THIS YEAR WE DID IT AS A, AS A ONE TIME WE WANTED TO CONTINUE, AND I'LL LET ALBA JUMP IN TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, IS TO PROVIDE BOTH THE MENTAL AND MEDICAL HEALTH, UH, SERVICES FOR OUR, OUR HOMELESS.
AND WE STARTED THIS THIS YEAR, I THINK WITH A ONE TIME TRANSFER BETWEEN VENDORS.
AND THIS IS REALLY TO CONTINUE THAT, UH, PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE, AS THE ADMINISTRATION LOOKED AT WHAT ITEMS WE WERE RECOMMENDING WITH HOMELESS BEING ONE OF THOSE TOP PRIORITIES, AND WE DID HAVE THAT ABILITY TO FUND THAT, WE DID GO AHEAD AND FUND ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HOMELESS.
AND, AND I, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU WHERE I LAND ON THIS IS, UH, WE ARE COMPASSIONATE CITY.
WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW, UH, ORDINANCES UP HERE.
BUT PART OF THAT IS, UM, IF WE WANNA GET PEOPLE OFF OF OUR STREETS, ALSO PROVIDING RESOURCES, UH, TO THOSE THAT TRULY NEED IT.
AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, A WAY THAT WE DO THAT, BUT TURN IT OVER
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TO YOU.AND THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ALONGSIDE THE CAMILLA'S LAZARUS PROGRAM.
WE, WE DID IN FACT, UH, GET CAMILLA'S HEALTH CONCERN BECAUSE THE LAZARUS PROGRAM FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR COULD NOT, DID NOT HAVE THE STAFFING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO WE WENT WITH CAMILLA'S HEALTH CONCERN, WHO FOCUSED THEIR EFFORTS ON MEDICAL OUTREACH VERSUS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
OBVIOUSLY WITH MEDICAL OUTREACH THERE IS STILL A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT, BUT THE FOCUS IS WHEN THEY'RE ENGAGING, PLEASE STAND OVER THERE.
WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE MEDICAL ASPECT.
SO THAT REALLY OPENS UP ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY NOTORIOUSLY BE SERVICE RESISTANCE FOR SHELTER.
AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WAS THERE ANOTHER, UH, LINE ITEM THAT YOU, UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL? OR WAS IT, UH, THOSE, YEAH.
UM, COULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT ME SERIOUSLY.
DAVID, DAVID, YOU HAVE DEFINITELY TALKED TO US IN THAT SAME MEAN VOICE.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK A COUPLE THINGS, AND I'M JUST GONNA LIST THEM THROUGH SO THAT, AND THEN YOU CAN WRITE 'EM DOWN JASON IF YOU WANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOADING DOCK FOR POLICE STATION FOR 400 OR GARAGE DOORS FOR $400,000.
UH, THERE'S AN ART DECO 30 GALLON WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN THE TUNE OF A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION FEELS, MAYBE 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES THIS YEAR.
UM, MAYBE WE COULD PUSH MOST OF THE CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS, I THINK, SUCH AS, UM, MAIN ENTRANCE PAVERS, UM, RESTROOM RENOVATIONS, UH, TO, TO 2026.
UM, ALSO, I, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF THE WATERWAYS, THE WATERWAY MARKERS AND SIGN WAS I THINK 2 MILLION PLUS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SIGNS EXACTLY THERE ARE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE THINGS, SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS CITYWIDE.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THOSE ARE CAMERAS AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE PRICE, THERE'S SOME CAMERAS COST $20,000 EACH.
UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE ALSO NOT FUNDED THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER, LIKE THE LOOMIS PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I TAKE MY, MY CHILDREN THERE.
IT CERTAINLY COULD USE AN UPGRADE.
UM, AND THE LOOMIS PARK SPLASH PAD, UM, I THINK WOULD ALSO BE AN AMAZING, UH, AMENITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TOURISTS THAT COME TO MIAMI BEACH THAT STAY ON OCEAN DRIVE OR COLLINS, THEY ALL USE THE, THE, THE, UM, THE KIDS PARK THERE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT A WAY TO BRING THEM BACK IF THEY KNOW WE HAVE WORLD CLASS KIDS PARKS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS WITH THE GARAGE ELEVATOR RENEWAL.
THOSE SEEM VERY HIGH TUNE OF, I THINK THREE OR $400,000.
THE SEVENTH STREET GARAGE, 16TH STREET GARAGE, UM, AND PENNSYLVANIA GARAGE.
AND THEN ONE LAST THING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S SILLY, BUT THE SMITH AND WILENSKY 40 YEAR CERTIFICATION, I KNOW IT'S OUR BUILDING, BUT, AND THAT'S $150,000.
ANY WAY WE CAN GET SMITH AND WILENSKY TO CHIP IN FOR THIS, UH, RE-CERTIFICATION, UM, SINCE THEY ARE PROFITING OFF OF IT.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME OF MY, UM, MY LINE ITEM THOUGHTS.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MR. CFO, BUT I THINK THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE, UH, OUT OF THE CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING.
I THINK MOST, I THINK MOST OF THOSE ITEMS, WE DID TAKE NOTES ON A FEW THAT WERE, I THINK, RELATED TO THIS, UH, ONE SUCH AS THE GARAGE DOOR ROLL, UH, ROLL UP, WHICH I THINK WAS AT, WAS ONE, UH, REQUESTED, UH, BY FACILITIES AT IS BEING ADDED TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
I THINK A MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UH, AT THE CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET MEETING IN JUNE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, I THINK LIKE THE SPLASH PAD, WHICH WAS A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS, I THINK, UH, WERE ONES THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.
WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING.
UH, SO UNLESS THERE WAS A, AN ADJUSTMENT THERE OR TAKING FROM THE SURPLUS, THOSE WOULD NOT BE COVERED.
MY THOUGHT WAS, UH, WE'RE JUST DOING THE OPERATING HERE.
UM, SO IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER, MAYBE IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE, UH, ONE-OFF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THOSE KIND
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OF HONE IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, GIVEN THAT THEY WERE THE CAPITAL, UM, AND WE'RE DISCUSSING OPERATING PERHAPS IN THE INTERIM.UM, SO THEN THAT LEAVES US WITH ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE ARE PIVOTING VERSUS, UH, WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO US VERSUS WHAT WE'VE ESSENTIALLY, UH, UH, IMPROVISED ON THE FLY UP HERE.
UM, IF I CAN SHARE TO, TO HELP FACILITATE A BIT.
UH, SO WE STARTED THE DAY AT, UH, AN $8.9 MILLION SURPLUS, WHICH AGAIN, WE WERE, UH, HOPING TO HAVE A A, A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT.
WELL, HOW NAIVE OF YOU,
BUT AGAIN, PROBABLY TOWARDS THE FIRST STREET, UH, FIRE STATION, I BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, THE GROUP HAS ALREADY, UH, RECOMMENDED, UH, GOING WITH THE HIGHER LEVEL ON THE AREA MANAGERS, ADDING NOT ONE, BUT TWO DETENTION OFFICERS AT 344,000.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE GOT 200,000 BACK BY, UH, CHANGING OUT THE FIRE POSITION TO JUST A RECLASS.
SO WE'RE AROUND $8.6 MILLION AS OF RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, AND IF I'M NOT, IF I MISSED ONE, PLEASE, I KNOW, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A 20 TO $30,000, UH, NORMANDY AISLE, UH, ENHANCEMENT FOR PROGRAMMING.
THERE WAS A PAYCHECK, PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM STUDY IN THE 60 TO $75,000 RANGE.
THERE WAS AN INTENSITY DENSITY STUDY FOR PLANNING FOR 220,000.
THERE WAS TWO, UH, THE MIAMI NEW DRAMA AGREEMENT, I THINK IS UP FOR, UH, RENEWAL AND RENEGOTIATION.
I THINK, I KNOW ADMINISTRATION HASN'T, UH, GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS YET, DEVET, BUT I, I THINK THEY TALKED TO THE COMMISSION ASKING FOR 220,000 TO INCREASE.
SO IT'S A, UM, I THINK GOING FROM 400 AND SOMETHING TO 600 SOMETHING TO INCREASE THAT BY OFF 50%.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE $400,000, UH, FOR THE FITNESS FESTIVAL, WHETHER, AGAIN, WE'RE FUNDING IT HERE OR IN THE FUTURE.
I, I THINK THAT'S THE LIST I HAVE.
NO, THERE WAS AN, I'M SORRY, $20,000 FOR THE CATS AND IT'S 30, 30,000 FOR THE CATS.
AND THAT WOULD BE FROM THE SANITATION FUND.
UH, AND WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING? AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY ON MXE.
AND THAT WAS FOR HOW MUCH? UM, THAT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
I, I BELIEVE IT WAS LISTED AS NOT TO EXCEED 75,000.
AND I DID CONFIRM ON THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, IT WAS ITEM C 70 Y ON JUNE 26TH, NOT TO EXCEED 70 5K.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, MY MEETING DRAMA IS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A THREE YEAR RENEWAL.
AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER THE ONETIME FUNDING, UH, FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE STATE VETO.
AND I THINK WE'VE, IF I MAY, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, MENTIONED SHE HAS AN ITEM THAT'S BEING REFERRED DE FERC TO GO INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, HOW, HOW THE COMMISSION MAY WANNA APPROACH THAT SUBJECT.
BUT IN ORDER TO, BUT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA, WE NEED TO DISCUSS AS PART OF THE 2025, UH, BUDGET.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE AFFECTED.
THEY'RE FISCAL, SO THEY'RE TOTALLY SEPARATE ITEMS. UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO IF IT'S CURRENTLY PUT IN AS NOT MORE THAN 1.4, I THINK THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS GONNA BE LESS THAN A MILLION.
SHOULD WE PUT IN A PLACEHOLDER NOW OF A MILLION DOLLARS AND WELL, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION.
BUT YES, IF THERE'S DOLLARS THAT WANTED TO BE ALLOCATED FOR 2025, LET TODAY IS DAY LET'S A STAKEHOLDER FOR THAT PER MILLION TO DO THAT.
I, I, I THINK WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION AND THAT THIS CITY COMMISSION IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.
UH, AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A RESERVE ON, ON DOLLARS, AN ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS TO, TO ONE TIME, ONE TIME DOLLARS, UH, TO HELP FIX THIS WHILE WE WORK WITH THE STATE, UH, ON AN INITIATIVE FOR, FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, AND I THINK, UH, IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THE RESERVES AND THE RESORT TAX, BECAUSE THAT PERHAPS MIGHT BE, UH, A, THE, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE, UH, POOL TO BE LOOKING AT FOR THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A RESERVE, AND I THINK AS A PLACEHOLDER, YOU COULD PUT IT UP TO, BUT NOT EXCEEDING A MILLION WHAT FOR DIRECTION FROM THE, FROM THE COMMISSION FOR THIS YEAR? FOR THIS YEAR.
AND IS THAT INCLUSIVE OF MIAMI NEW DRAMA? NO, THIS IS A TOTAL, I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS.
THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE, TOTALLY SEPARATE ITEMS. YEAH.
SO MIAMI NEW DRAMA, AND MICHELLE HAUSMAN IS HERE AND HE CAN TALK ABOUT HIS, HIS, UM, CONCERNS IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE ITEM.
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THE STATE'S CUTTING OF ALL ARTS GRANTS.AND WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE THE PLACE OF, THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING, MY VIEW IS THAT, UM, IT IS TO BE FOCUSED SOLELY ON, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING JOBS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE USE THE MONEY THAT, THAT WE GRANT MONEY TO BE USED FOR AN EXPANSION OF FACILITIES OR AN EXTRA SET OF PERFORMANCES OR WHATEVER THIS IS.
WE, WE FUND THIS PERSON OUT OF THESE DOLLARS AND WE DON'T WANNA HAVE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF WHAT THE GOVERNOR, UM, DID AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
YEAH, I I'M NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO READ THE TEA LEAVES OF TALLAHASSEE, BUT JUST READING SOME OF THE VERBIAGE, I'M, I'M OPTIMISTICALLY HOPEFUL, PERHAPS NAIVELY SO THAT THIS WAS KIND OF A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA FIND OURSELVES IN A MUCH DIFFERENT POSITION IF, UH, THIS HAS TO BE RECURRING.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE, IT HAS TO BE A ONE-TIME FUNDING.
AND, AND, AND, AND FROM MY MR CHAIR, FROM MY READING OF THIS IS THAT THIS WAS DIRECTED, THERE'S, THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION AND MORE LIKE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND THIS IS SENDING A MESSAGE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS REALLY A ONETIME SITUATION.
WELL, IT'S, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR END, THIS IS A ONETIME SITUATION.
COMMISSIONER SWAR AND, AND THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND I, AND I WANNA STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING A REALLY SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH TALLAHASSEE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE STATE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE PURSE.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, REFILLING
AND WHOEVER WE HIRE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOUSE SO THAT WE CAN BUILD A RELATIONSHIP FOR FUNDING SUCH AS ARTS AND OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE, WE MIGHT HAVE.
I DIDN'T THINK TO STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GONNA HAVE A CHANCE TO FIT THAT IN, BUT THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE
UM, OKAY, SO LET'S GO THROUGH THESE.
I A A LOT OF INCREMENTAL EXPENSES, UH, THAT WE'RE ADDING, THAT WE DIDN'T WALK IN HERE FOR.
UM, I THINK WE'RE NUMBER ARE ONE TIME, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECURRING, OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK THEY, THEY LOOK AT IT FOR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENTLY AND JUST NOT GETTING, AGAIN, BACK TO THE EMPLOYEES.
UH, WITH THE UNION CONTRACTS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO NEGOTIATE JUST TO UNDERSTAND HAVE, UM, MIDYEAR IMPACTS THAT MAY NOW BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL JANUARY 1ST OR JULY 1ST OR APRIL 1ST IS A BIG DATE.
SO OFTENTIMES YOU'LL SEE A HALF NUMBER EFFECTIVELY FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THEN THE SECOND YEAR WE HAVE THAT.
SO WE ALWAYS, IF THERE IS GONNA BE LOOK, YOU KNOW, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE ONE TIME, UH, AREA MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT BETTER OVER A MULTI-YEAR TIMEFRAME TO WORK WITHIN OUR, UH, UNION CONTRACTS.
AND MR. CFO, HOW DOES THIS WORK IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE VOTING ON WHICH ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED AND WHICH ARE NOT? WE, WELL, UH, FOR THE THREE, I THINK FOR THE THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, UH, WE'LL LOOK FOR I GUESS A TWO TO THREE CONSENSUS, UH, OR SO I'LL, WHETHER WE'RE ADDING MY CARDS ON THE TABLE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, I'LL SUPPORT EVERYBODY'S INITIATIVES THAT ARE TANGIBLE.
SO THE CATS, THE NEW DRAMA, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN, THE FITNESS, AND I'LL PERSONALLY, UH, NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF ANY OF THE STUDIES.
UM, BUT THAT LEAVES IT TO YOU TOO, IS DEMOCRACY.
SO I'LL, WHICH, WHICH WERE THE TWO STUDIES I GOT, I KNOW I HAD ONE, THERE WERE THREE, THERE WERE THREE IF I CAN.
THE, THERE'S 75,000 FOR THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, 75,000 FOR AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, A CDC, AND THE 220,000 FOR AN INTENSITY DENSITY, UH, PLANNING STUDY.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I I I THINK THAT, UM, THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MXC IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING THERE.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE LOOKING AT POLICIES HAVING TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING ON AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ON LINCOLN ROAD.
AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY IN THE CITY? WHAT DOES OUR ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOW? HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN USED? WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BEFORE WE ADOPT POLICIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY OVER INTENSIFY OR UNDER INTENSIFY, UNDER PROVIDE FOR COMMERCIAL USES OR UNDER PROVIDE FOR OUR HOUSING.
THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, STUDY DOES.
SO I THINK AT LEAST THESE TWO STUDIES ARE, ARE, ARE ESSENTIAL, UH, AS WE'RE
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CRAFTING POLICIES FOR THE FUTURE.WE, FOR THE CITY, WE WANNA BE IN THE FUTURE ONE TIME.
SO, AND, AND IF I, IF I CAN JUST THROW MY 2 CENTS IN, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MXE STUDY AS WELL.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF MAKING, UH, AT LEAST WASHINGTON AVENUE VERY RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DATA POINT TO HAVE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH FOR, FOR THAT AREA, BASICALLY.
SO MY, UM, I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I WILL SAY THAT THE, UM, PAYCHECK PROTECTION POSSIBILITY STUDY WAS BORN OF, AGAIN, THIS NOTION OF HOW DO WE PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HUM.
UM, THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS AMONG US WHO, UM, PAY THEIR TAXES, WHO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, UM, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN THE EVENT THAT SHOULD THERE BE A CURFEW, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CAN LEAST SUPPORT THAT.
HOWEVER, UM, WE JUST APPROVED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS KITTY FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, MAKE A REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR, UM, THE TOUGH MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IN A CITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT ON A BARRIER ISLAND WHERE WE KNOW THAT AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE CRAPPY WEATHER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HOT, AND THERE MIGHT BE HURRICANES AND TOURISM SLOWS DOWN.
SO I WOULD JUST, I WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE STUDY, BUT IF WE ARE CONTEMPLATING A, UM, A CURFEW WE FIND OURSELVES THE NEXT FEW YEARS CONTEMPLATING A CURFEW, I WOULD ASK FOR THE SAME OPEN-MINDED APPROACH TO MAYBE DOING A ONE TIME KITTY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T MAKE THEIR RENT PAYMENT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR TWO BEST TIPPING WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
UM, I WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE ON THAT NOW TO FUND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
HAVE DIRECTION, THE ITEM THAT WAS BEING, OF ALL THE ITEMS I I MENTIONED.
SO BASICALLY THE ITEM MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ONES THAT YOU'VE, UH, LISTED OUT.
UM, EVERYTHING WITHDRAWING THE PAYCHECK, UH, PROTECTION.
SO IF I CAN JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, 'CAUSE I, I'M, IT WOULD BE, UH, THIS WOULD BE RECURRING EXPENSE, 220,000 SET ASIDE.
UM, AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE MIAMI NEW DRAMAS THE 70 ALREADY IN THE FIRST YEAR, BUT I GUESS THIS IS A REOPENER ON THEIR CONTRACT.
BUT SO WITH $220,000 SET ASIDE, UH, ON THAT, UH, THAT WOULD BE RECURRING EXPENSE, UH, THE NORMANDY AISLE, UH, PROGRAMMING, THAT'S 30,000.
AND IF I RIVER COMMISSIONER BOUGHT IT, SAID THAT THAT WAS CONTINGENT ON THERE BEING A MATCH FROM THE ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT WOULD BE 30,000 BUDGETED, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON A MATCH.
THAT WOULD BE $250,000 OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND ON A RECURRING BASIS.
WE WOULD HAVE 75,000 SET ASIDE FOR AN AC.
UH, THE, THE MXC, UH, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, THAT'S A ONETIME 220,000 FOR THE INTENSITY DENSITY STUDY AS A ONETIME, UH, THE, THE CAT $30,000 CAT INITIATIVE WOULD BE AT ONE TIME OUT OF THE SANITATION FUND, UH, $400,000 FOR THE FITNESS FUND THAT WOULD, UH, FOR THE FITNESS FESTIVAL.
WOULD THAT BE A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE? AND, UH, I'M SORRY, MR. SFO, UH, DID WE NOT SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN 2026? UH, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO, I'M SORRY, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET ITEM, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AN ACTIVATION IN 2025.
SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THAT $400,000 OF FUNDING IN NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE BECAUSE WE WOULD LOOK TO POSSIBLY, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POSSIBLE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2026.
THERE WAS A MENTION OF, BUT I WANTED IT WAS ON THE TABLE TO YES.
SO YEAH, SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD MOVE IN THAT, UH, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUE KNOWS, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT IN TERMS OF THAT $400,000, I THINK WE USE THE NEXT YEAR TO LOOK FOR SPONSORSHIPS AND IF NOT, WE MAKE THAT A, A MISSION CRITICAL PRIORITY FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE.
IS THAT THE, THAT'S A FITNESS FESTIVAL, YES.
THAT'S A STRONG RECOMMENDATION.
SO ON THE, SO THE FITNESS FEST, SO THE FUNDING STRUCTURE, AND THIS IS FOR SOME, SOME OF THE TEAM IN THE BACK, THE FUNDING STRUCTURE ON THAT 1.4 MILLION WILL BE OF THE $606,000, UH, ANNUAL ALLOCATION ON THE POOL, 500 WILL BE SET ASIDE IN 25, 500 WILL BE SET ASIDE IN 26.
AND THEN THE $400,000 WE WILL FIND IN THE 26 BUDGET.
AND, AND I'M HOPING SOME OF THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ONES, SUCH AS THE HIGH VISIBILITY FOR ISRAEL AND ALSO THE, UM, ENHANCED, UH, UH, DAYS DURING SPRING BREAK, I'M HOPING SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES ACTUALLY FALL OFF AND THEN CAN BE REALLOCATED.
THAT, THAT, THAT IS HOPEFULLY THE INTENTION THAT THERE'S
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BE ONE MORE YEAR OF THIS, THE, THE, THE, THE HIGH LEVEL OF THAT.AND THEN THE FINAL THING I THINK, AND, AND TAMIKA WILL JUMP IN IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING FOR DIRECTION, IS WE ARE GONNA PUT IN THE RESORT TAX UTILIZING RESORT TAX, UH, RESERVES, A ONE TIME SET ASIDE ALLOCATION FOR $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAM, WHICH WILL, WE WILL DEAL WITH.
I GUESS DOWN THE LINE, THIS IS JUST A BUDGET ALLOCATION.
THIS IS A BUDGET APPROPRIATION, UH, UH, SET ASIDE, AND THEN THE ACTUAL UTILIZE UTILIZATION OR WHETHER WE UTILIZE IT, WE DETERMINE THROUGH, UH, FUTURE RESOLUTION COMMISSION ACTIONS.
WE COULD DO THROUGH COMMITTEE OR WE COULD ALWAYS SUBMIT YOUR BUDGET OR, YEAH, WELL, WE WON'T NEED TO, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE APPROPRIATED AND THEN A RESOLUTION WOULD DETERMINE, I GUESS WHO GETS WHAT.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, PERHAPS WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THE RESOLUTION, TAKE THAT IF IT'S NEEDED.
COMMISSIONER, YEAH, I THINK THAT SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING.
AND IF, DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FIRE STATION ALLOCATION RECOMMENDATION? UH, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
I THINK AT THIS TIME, THE, THE POOL WILL IS GETTING SMALLER, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
I'M, I BELIEVE, UM, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER ON THE JOINT 8.2 THAT IT'S ONE CURRENT RECURRING AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH? CORRECT.
SO WE'RE DOWN TO AROUND 8.2 MILLION.
SO NO PRESSURE, I'M JUST SAYING ON THE UNION NEGOTIATIONS.
WHERE'S, WHERE'S CHIEF JONES
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE MIAMI NEW DRAMA HERE? YES.
AND, UH, WE'VE MADE EVERYBODY ELSE FIGHT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
COME INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL ME WHY $150,000 DOESN'T WORK.
THERE, IT, THEIR, THEIR ALLOCATION IS LIKE 400 AND SOMETHING, AND THIS WOULD BRING IT UP TO 600 AND SOMETHING IN THAT ROUND.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
UM, I FEEL THE LUCKIEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BECAUSE I AM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF AN ANCHOR OF MIAMI BEACH.
WE'VE RECEIVED EXTRAORDINARY SUPPORT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LOVELY, WONDERFUL MARRIAGE.
WE ARE THE FIRST THEATER COMPANY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO SEND A SHOW TO BROADWAY, AND WE ARE JUST AN 8-YEAR-OLD COMPANY.
THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MIAMI BEACH.
UM, SO I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND RAQUEL, YOU AND I, UM, WRESTLED AND
UM, LISTEN, THE REASON, UH, I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE, UM, AND I'M ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO LIZETTE, WHO'S WORKED SO HARD.
UM, AND, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE, BUT, UM, AS THE BUDGET IS, IS BEING DONE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IT'S NOW, UM, IT HAS, IT STARTED IN 2016, UM, AND WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE 20 18, 400 $20,000 FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PLUS REIMBURSEMENTS, UM, AND, EH, A REIMBURSEMENT FOR AIR CONDITION, UH, ELECTRICITY, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED, UH, SINCE 2018.
MEANWHILE, MIAMI NEW DRAMAS BUDGET EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY.
WE RE WE RECEIVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE HAVE, UH, $400,000 FROM THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION.
UM, AND, UH, WE ARE NOW, OUR BUDGET IS $5.5 MILLION.
SO THE 420, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT, WHICH WAS THE COST TO MANAGE THE COLONY THEATER BACK IN 2018 AFTER INFLATION, ESPECIALLY A AFTER A PANDEMIC, HAS, HAS REALLY, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED US.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR HAVING TO CUT SOME SHOWS.
HAVE ALSO WILL SAY THAT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN BLEEDING THE MONTH OF MARCH.
MARCH USED TO BE A GOOD MONTH FOR US.
UH, BUT SINCE ALL THE MADNESS OF, UM, UH, UM, OF SPRING BREAK, WE HAVE, WE, FOR TWO YEARS, WE HAVE SHOWS THAT BROUGHT ALMOST NO INCOME.
THEN LAST YEAR WE DECIDED WISELY TO NOT DO A SHOW IN MARCH.
UM, BUT THE POINT IS THAT, SO TO STOP YOU THERE YEAH.
AND I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO COME TO US, UM, IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, BECAUSE THIS MARCH WAS VERY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? WE HAD RESIDENTS GOING OUT OF THEIR HOUSES, GOING TO RESTAURANTS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFLUX OF VISITORS, BUT WE HAD RESIDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
SO WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK TO PARTNER AND HELP SUPPORT YOU IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT AS RESIDENTS VISIT MIAMI NEW DRAMA WEEK, RESIDENTS ARE NO LONGER AFRAID YEAH.
TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN MARCH.
AND NOW WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM THIS ACTIVATION.
WHAT BETTER WAY THAN A WORLD CLASS TALENT ON LINCOLN ROAD? THAT WOULD BE AMAZING, COMMISSIONER.
NOW WE ARE ASKING AN INCREASE FROM $420,000, WHICH WAS 2018 NUMBERS TO $620,000, WHICH WE'VE CREATED.
WE'VE COMMISSIONED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXPAYERS MONEY, AND THAT IS SACRED.
SO IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW THAT WE ARE A GOOD INVESTMENT.
WE ARE A GOOD ROI, UH, WE IMPACT $10 MILLION, UH, AT THE GDP OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY
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ON LINCOLN ROAD, WHICH LINCOLN ROAD HAS TO COMPETE NOW WITH A LOT OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.AND WE ARE AN ANCHOR FOR LINCOLN ROAD.
WE ARE THE LAST REMAINING CULTURAL ANCHOR.
OF COURSE, THERE'S A WONDERFUL OLDER BROTHER OF, UH, OF OURS, UH, NEW NEWBORN SYMPHONY THAT IT'S A BLOCK AWAY.
BUT NONETHELESS, IT, THERE USED TO BE A LOT MORE ARTS.
UH, AND NOW THAT, UM, UH,
DOES IT HAVE TO BE 2 25? MAKE THE ARGUMENT WHY TWO 20? MR. IF, IF I CAN, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THAT WAS WISE AND IF, IF WAS THE REQUEST THIS TO BE A SET ASIDE SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN THEN NEGOTIATE AN AMENDED AGREEMENT.
SO IF WE, WE WILL SET THAT ASIDE.
'CAUSE TAMIKA WAS POINTING THAT OUT TO ME AS WE'LL.
HAVE IT AS A SET ASIDE, NOT AS A DIRECT ALLOCATION.
AND THEN THAT'LL BE SUBJECT TO OBVIOUSLY, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN AN AG AMENDED AGREEMENT COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT SET ASIDE.
AND IF I MIGHT ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE, MICHELLE, CAN YOU, UM, CAN, HOW COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER CULTURAL ANCHORS IN THE CITY YEAH.
HOW MUCH DO YOU GET VERSUS NEW WORLD SYMPHONY OR, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW THE, OR WHATEVER EXACT NUMBERS, UH, OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATION, BUT I CAN SAY THAT HISTORICALLY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS INVESTED HEAVILY ON THEM.
YOU KNOW, NEW WORLD SYMPHONY RECEIVED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEIR BUILDING AND THE LAND, AND I WILL SAY, AND IT'S THE SMARTEST INVESTMENT POSSIBLE THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS MADE.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, THAT, NOT AS A COMPARISON, BUT THAT'S AS WISE, LIKE, LOOK HOW AMAZING THAT ORGANIZATION BECAME.
IT'S A WORLD RENOWNED ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT, WE'VE TOOK A SHORTER BROADWAY WITH PENNIES ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE CITY, WHICH BEEN OBVIOUSLY HAS GONE A LONG WAY, BUT COMPARABLY TO WHAT WE'VE SPENT WITH MIAMI CITY BALLOT, ET CETERA, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE BEEN CHEAP
SO CHAIR, WE, AGAIN, WE WILL JUST TO, TO WRAP UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE WILL HAVE THAT AS A SET ASIDE AND, UH, TCD WILL NEGOTIATE OUT AN AMENDED AGREEMENT AND BRING THAT BACK TO COMMISSION, UH, FOR A VOTE.
IF I, IF I MAY ADD, UH, SO THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN THE EXISTING MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, CERTAIN SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
AND SO WE WOULD WANNA LOOK AT, UH, A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF THE OUTPUT AND RESIDENT BENEFITS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH IT.
AS I KNOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MAY ALSO BE, UH, INTERESTED IN AUGMENTED FUNDING.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE NEGOTIATE THIS APPROPRIATELY, OF COURSE.
AND, AND MI MR. MR. CHAIR, IF, UH, JUST HAVE, AND JASON THROUGH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
IT DOES, DOES, DO THESE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, DO THEY PROVIDE, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR FINANCES ALSO, OR AT LEAST A PORTION THAT WE, WE CONTRIBUTE? YES.
I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF THESE INSTITUTIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE NONPROFITS PROVIDING A, A, A SENIOR PROGRAM OR SOMETHING FOR CHILDREN OR AN ARTS PROGRAM, THEY ALL HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE SCOPES OF SERVICES, UH, AND DELIVERABLES.
I THINK THAT THE QUESTION WAS RAISED, AND IT WASN'T, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS ANSWERED WHY SPECIFICALLY 225,000 IS THIS, ARE WE, ARE WE COVERING A GAP OF SALARIES? ARE WE HIRING ANOTHER POSITION? UH, YOU CAN YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONER SAR, AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE CREATED THIS, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY BECAUSE I, I KNOW HOW CAREFUL, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ABOUT THE, THE, THE SANCTITY OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.
UM, IF NICK RICHBURG IS ON, ON THE LINE, I THINK HE'S, HE, HE'S WAITING ON THE LINE.
HE COULD GIVE MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, BUT I'LL SAY IN GENERAL TERM THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, UH, WE'VE BEEN, THE CULTURAL WORLD HAS BEEN AS REST OF THE WORLD IMPACTED BY INFLATION.
UM, AND THIS IS AT LEAST TO TRY TO GET US UP TO THE LEVEL WE WERE BEFORE, BY THE WAY, THE CITY USED TO BE 20%, 25%, UH, UH, OF OUR, UH, BUDGET.
EVEN WITH THIS REQUEST, IT'LL BE ABOUT 10%.
SO WHY DON'T WE, UH, RECOGNIZE NICK, IF WE CAN REAL QUICK, NICK, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
I THINK MICHELLE, UH, ANSWERED THE, THE QUESTION NICELY.
UH, LABOR COSTS AND COST OF OPERATIONS ARE UP 35 AND 40% RESPECTIVELY IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, UH, COST OF INVESTMENT THAT HAS GONE UP.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO INVEST MORE AND MORE DOLLARS TO HAVE INCREASED ACTIVATION IN THE SPACE YEAR AFTER YEAR TO MEET OUR PRE-AGREED UPON, UH, BENCHMARKS WITH THE CITY.
AS MICHELLE SAID, THE CITY INVESTMENT HAS STAYED FLAT OVER THOSE PAST SIX YEARS.
IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY NOT A SUSTAINABLE, UH, MODEL FOR US.
THIS MAKES IT MORE RIGHT SIZED BACK TO
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THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF HOW MICHELLE REFERENCED, UH, PERCENTAGES OF OUR OVERALL INVESTMENT IN THE ACTIVATION.STILL LESS THAN ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED, BUT BRINGS IT TO A LEVEL THAT, AT LEAST FOR US IS SUSTAINABLE, DOES NOT REQUIRE, UH, TRIMMING OF ACTIVITY AND ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE OPERATIONS AND CREATE THE IMPACT THAT, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET TO LOOK AT THE STUDY, IT'S, UH, DETAILED AND ROBUST.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING IT WITH YOU IN DETAIL.
BUT I THINK WE MAKE AN EXCELLENT CASE, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE IT, UH, ABOUT HOW WE CAN QUANTIFY THE IMPACT THAT WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY WE'RE HAVING ON LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ON THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AS A DESTINATION ANCHOR ON LINCOLN ROAD.
SO, MR. CHAIR, IF, IF, IF I MAY, SO RIGHT NOW, ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE DOING A SET ASIDE.
WE'RE NOT COMMITTING OURSELVES, RIGHT.
WE'RE ALLOWING THERE TO BE A CONVERSATION, A NEGOTIATION.
I I, I'M GONNA PUT THIS ON THE RECORD IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK MICHELLE, THE WORK YOU DO IS INCREDIBLE.
AND, AND NICK, UH, HIS DEDICATION IS GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS SOONER.
I, I ONLY, YOU KNOW, GOT A TEXT MESSAGE YESTERDAY AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE WORLD FOR MY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY,
BUT, UM, SO I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD AS WELL.
I WANT US TO BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT WE SET TO ONE OF OUR CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND WE ALL SUPPORT THEM.
THEY, UH, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTIFUL FABRIC OF MIAMI BEACH.
WE HAVE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MIAMI NEW DRAMA, THAT, THAT, THAT ARE FACING THIS SAME CHALLENGE.
AND WHAT WE DO, FOR ONE, WE ARE GONNA PROBABLY END UP GETTING THE REQUEST FROM ALL.
AND SO, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT THE FAIRNESS AND THE PRECEDENT THAT WE ESTABLISH WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO THIS.
UH, SO WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER, AND YEAH, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU AND, AND HERD.
AND, UH, NOT EVERYONE ON THIS DAY IS EQUALLY FAMILIAR AS YOU ARE WITH THE WORK MIAMI NEW DRAMA DOES, OR THE HISTORY OF THE FACILITY AND THE TRANSFORMATION THAT IT'S UNDERGONE OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS THROUGH OUR MANAGEMENT.
AND, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY MINDFUL OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS STEWARDS OF THE FACILITY AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DIRECTING THE PUBLIC FUNDS IN A, IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A COMPELLING AND FACTUALLY ACCURATE DATA-DRIVEN ARGUMENT.
UM, BUSINESSES LIKE OURS ARE NOT EASY TO ECONOMICALLY MODEL.
IT CERTAINLY TOOK US LONGER THAN WE HAD EXPECTED.
UH, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
AND, UH, BUT WE ALSO DID, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MDPL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONIDA, WE HAVE THE BAN SHELL, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OF ENTITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, MANAGE SPACES ON BEHALF OF, OF THE CITY, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, MANAGE SPACES, DEAL, DEAL WITH INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, AND DEAL WITH IMPROVEMENTS OR FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO PROGRAMMING.
SO ANYWAYS, MY POINT IS, UH, HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE SETASIDE.
UH, HAPPY TO SUPPORT A CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT TYING OUR, OUR, OUR HANDS.
WE'RE JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING THIS ASIDE AND WE'LL TAKE ACTION, UH, AT A LATER DATE.
ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS BETTER, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE SO WE CAN SET UP A TIME.
'CAUSE I WANNA BE ABLE TO GET, UH, PROPERLY BRIEFED, UH, ON IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU NOVEMBER 11TH, STUDIO 54 ON BROADWAY, THE FIRST MIAMI BEACH SHOW EVER MAKING IT FIRST FLORIDA SHOW EVER MAKING IT TO BROADWAY.
SO IF YOU MAKE IT TO NEW YORK, I'LL, TICKETS ARE ON ME.
IF, UH, IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR CFO IN ACTION, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, EASIER TO NEGOTIATING WITH US.
SO TH THINK THIS, THIS WRAP, WELL, THIS WILL WRAP UP, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
UH, WE WILL BE MEET, I THINK AT THIS POINT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE NEXT FRIDAY FERC, AND THEN WE WILL SEE US AGAIN ON JUNE 24TH TO SET THAT MILLAGE.
AND JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UH, THE COMMISSION JULY.
AND IF I, I JUST WANNA, UM, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR GUIDING THIS PROCESS.
UM, YOU ARE A NEW MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT THE MAYOR TRUSTED YOU TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN GUIDING THIS PROCESS.
NOT ONLY, UH, HELPING US WITH THE INITIATIVES WE PUT FORWARD, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING MINDFUL OF THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE PROJECTS AND THE FUTURE NEEDS, AND THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE CITY GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
SO I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOW DILIGENT YOU ARE, UH, LEADING THIS PROCESS IN A VERY RESPECTFUL WAY TO THE TAXPAYERS.
UH, BUT TEAM EFFORT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, OVER THESE PAST SEVEN MONTHS REALLY HAS BEEN GREAT TEAM EFFORT, WHETHER THAT BE OUR ELECTEDS, OUR CITY STAFF, UM, OUR FABULOUS EMPLOYEES AND, AND OUR RESIDENTS.
SO, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME.