Sep 18, 2024 Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life

BUT THE DEFENSE WILL GO ON OUR PROPERTY, BUT THEY WILL, THEY WILL PAY, PAY FOR IT AND MAINTAIN IT.

COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS MOMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD THIS GO TO COMMISSION OR WOULD WE, UH, HANG ONTO TO IT HERE A COMMITTEE? I THINK AT THIS POINT, YOU HANG ONTO IT AND SEE, UH, WHAT AGREEMENT COMES OUT.

AND THEN YOU WOULD MOVE IT AFTER YOU'VE HEARD WHAT THAT IS AND DISCUSSED IT.

'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY HAS ANY REAL IDEA AT THIS POINT WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO COME BACK TO, UH, AFTER HEARING OUR PROPOSAL.

WE WILL HEAR IS NUMBER THREE.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEN WE WILL MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE OCTOBER MEETING TO HEAR THIS AGAIN.

AND, UM, NEXT ITEM

[3. DISCUSS A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND TO PRESENT THE PLAN FOR DISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2024.]

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT BLUE LIGHT PROGRAM AUTHORIZING PRIVATE BUSINESS CAMERAS TO HAVE A DIRECT FEED INTO THE REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CRIME CENTER.

AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY POLICE.

UH, ASK STEPHANIE.

HI.

WELCOME.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, UM, HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS, UH, A NEW INITIATIVE, UH, REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR.

UH, THIS WAS A REFERRAL TO THE, THIS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS, UH, PROJECT BLUE LIGHT, UM, WHICH ENTAILS BRINGING PRIVATE BUSINESS CAMERA FEEDS INTO THE REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, RESEARCHING THIS ITEM.

THERE'S A LOT TO, UH, UNPACK.

THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO, TO IMPLEMENT A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

UM, I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF THE CONCERNS, A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO RESOLVE AND, UH, DEAL WITH.

MAYBE GET SOME IDEAS FROM THE COM, THE COMMITTEE, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY COME BACK WITH A FULLY FLESHED OUT RECOMMENDATION.

SO, UH, THIS IDEA, UH, BEGAN WITH A PROJECT IN, UH, APPARENTLY IN DETROIT MANY YEARS AGO WHERE, UH, THEY WERE HAVING A SERIOUS CRIME PROBLEM.

AND, UH, SOME PRIVATE

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INDI BUSINESSES SUCH AS CONVENIENCE STORES AND GAS STATIONS, UH, ASKED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, UH, HAVE THEIR VIDEO, UH, FEEDS, UH, BROUGHT INTO THE POLICE STATION.

UM, SO, UH, THAT WAS DONE.

AND, UH, IT ENDED UP, UH, WORKING OUT IN THEIR, IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

AND, UH, THAT WAS THE START OF THIS IDEA.

UM, SO, UH, SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, RESEARCH HAS INDICATED, AND WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS.

WE JUST CAME BACK FROM THE SECOND ANNUAL, UH, REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, UH, ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, AND GOT A LOT OF IDEAS FROM THERE.

SO, UH, THE, THE, THE, ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DEAL WITH IN THIS IS THAT EVERY BUSINESS IS GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN VIDEO SYSTEMS. UM, THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMPATIBLE WITH OUR SYSTEM.

SO BRINGING THEM IN IS GONNA REQUIRE SOME KIND OF TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION THAT CAN BE DONE BY EITHER US GOING OUT AND FINDING A, A SINGLE PLATFORM TO CONNECT ALL THESE DISPARATE SYSTEMS AND BRING, BRING THEM INTO OUR CENTER AS ONE PLATFORM.

THIS COULD BE DONE PIECEMEAL BY GOING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS AND CONFIGURING, UH, THEM SEPARATELY DEPENDING ON THEIR, UM, MAKEUP AND, UH, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRING IT INTO OUR, UH, TO OUR CRIME CENTER.

UM, SO WE, WE, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S COST DIFFERENCES WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE.

SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HURDLES IS FIGURING OUT WHETHER WE WANNA DO THIS AS A SINGLE PLATFORM OR INDIVIDUAL.

UM, A SECOND CONCERN.

AND, UH, I HAVE THE CFO, UH, THE CIO HERE IS THE, UH, CONCERN ABOUT NETWORK TRAFFIC.

SO THIS BRINGING CAMERAS FROM, UH, ALL THESE DISPARATE BUSINESSES AND, AND OUTSIDE, UH, IS NOT PART OF OUR CITY NETWORK.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET ALL THAT NETWORK TRAFFIC INTO OUR REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

AND THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE A TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION.

I HAVE A, A QUESTION.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHRIS.

UM, THIS IS MAYOR MINOR'S ITEM.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH IT? UH, DO IT, IT WAS LISTED HERE AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

UM, HOW DOES THE MAYOR WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? 'CAUSE THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW ITEM.

IT'S FROM JUNE.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM COMMISSIONER.

UH, CANDIDLY, I, I, I'M, I KNOW YOU WISHES TO GO FORWARD WITH IT.

HOW EXACTLY? I'M, I'M, I'M UNFAMILIAR.

UM, UH, IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT, I CAN REACH OUT AND, UH, GET BETTER.

ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER.

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG FINANCIAL IMPACT, UM, AND, UM, CONFIGURING EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS TO DO IT.

DID HE MEAN FOR IT TO BE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS? UH, OR BUSINESSES THAT ALREADY, UH, WERE COMPATIBLE? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

SO YEAH, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL MOVE THIS TO THE BOTTOM AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

GREAT.

UH, UH, IT WAS THE CAR.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE TO NUM.

WE WON'T CLOSE THIS ONE OUT.

WE'LL WAIT UNTIL CHRIS REACHES OUT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN LATER TODAY.

UM, LET'S DO NUMBER EIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM TO FACILITATE REPORTING CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS COMPLETE.

[8. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM TO FACILITATE THE REPORTING OF CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS.]

AND THE SPONSOR IS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

UH, COMMISSIONER MAG, UH, FERNANDEZ.

WELCOME.

WE ARE, WE, WE ARE STILL USING 6 0 4 CITY WITH TIME.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR CALLING THIS ITEM.

UH, THIS IS AN ITEM I PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO FACILITATE THE EASE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR GOVERNMENT.

UM, I ALWAYS GET SO, UH, SO HAPPY WHEN I SEE OUR GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATE IN NEW WAYS WITH THE PUBLIC.

UM, IT DOESN'T ENHANCE THAT LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE NEED TO, COMMUNICATION IS A TWO-WAY STREET.

WE CAN ONLY DELIVER THE BEST OF SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS IF WE FACILITATE FOR THEM THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE TO US THE CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT AS A GOVERNMENT, WE NEED TO FACILITATE THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION, MODERNIZE THEM, UH, TO THE FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE USING.

TRADITIONALLY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO REPORTING MATTERS OF CODE ENFORCEMENTS, IT'S BEEN DONE BY CALLING A, UH, I THINK BEFORE IT WAS 6 0 4 CITY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STILL USING 6 0 4 CITY.

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WE'VE ALSO INCORPORATED AN APP, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT APP, AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO USE THAT APP.

UH, BUT NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO DOWNLOAD AN APP ON THEIR PHONE.

NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND REMEMBER THE USERNAME AND, AND, AND THE PASSWORD.

BUT THE ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT EVERY RESIDENT TEXT MESSAGES, 'CAUSE I KNOW BECAUSE WE AS AN ELECTED BODY, SOMETIMES RECEIVE THOSE TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH CODE VIOLATIONS.

AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS A REGULATORY MATTER THAT I REALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL BEING REALLY TOO INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE OF.

AND I JUST END UP PASSING THE TEXT MESSAGE OVER TO HERNAN OR TOM KORI OVER AT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THE IDEAL THING WOULD BE IF WE ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO TEXT CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTLY, I THINK IT'S IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE PREFERRED MODE OF COMMUNICATING OUTWARDS.

AND SO I SEE WE HAVE OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, FRANK ANA HERE, AND TOM AND, UM, HERNAN CAR CARD.

I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO THEM, MADAM CHAIR OF YOU.

ALLOW ME TO, TO, TO INFORM MYSELF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROGRESS OF INCORPORATING A TEXT TO CODE SYSTEM.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, FRANK CANTANA, THE IO WITH CITY.

UM, SO AFTER THE, YOU BROUGHT THE ITEMS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UH, WE ENGAGED IN AN INITIATIVE WITH THE CODE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO UNDERSTAND, UH, VOLUMES OF PHONE CALLS, VOLUMES OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES IN THROUGH THE APP.

SO WE UNDERSTOOD, UH, WHERE THE SOURCES ARE COMING FROM.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE LOOKED AT OUR PORTFOLIO OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US TODAY.

UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN A REASONABLE, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF TIME OR AT A REASONABLE COST TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO IMPLEMENTING THE ABILITY TO INTAKE TEXT MESSAGES AS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGE WITH, WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE.

UM, THE PLAN CONTINUES AT THE PACE THAT WE'RE AT, THAT'LL BE DONE THROUGH A SHORT CODE, AND WE'VE REGISTERED ONE WITH THE CARRIERS.

UH, THE MAIN DELAY AT THIS POINT HAS BEEN WHEN YOU REGISTER A SHORT CODE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TEXT POUND, WHATEVER, AND THEN A MESSAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE REGISTERED WITH ALL THE CARRIERS WITH AT AND T WITH VERIZON, WITH T-MOBILE, AND IT'S DONE BY AN AGENCY OR AN ORGANIZATION THAT MANAGES THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CARRIERS.

UM, WITHOUT THAT TEXTING DIRECTLY ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO ONE OFF AND, AND ENSURE THAT IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

THE, AND SO, UM, MADAM CHAIR, JUST, UH, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE IN ORDER TO COMPLETE, UH, THAT REGISTRATION OF THE SHORT CODE WITH THE DIFFERENT CARRIERS? SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF THAT REGISTRATION PERIOD.

WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL THE INFORMATION.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PROVISIONED, AND WE WILL BE ASSIGNED THAT SHORT CODE.

I WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

60 DAYS.

SO NOW LET ME ASK YOU THIS, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF INTERFACES THAT CREATE AUTOMATIC WORKFLOWS.

, UH, FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF, OF COMPLAINTS.

WOULD, DOES SHORT CODE, UH, BE ABLE TO, OR WOULD IT BE COMPATIBLE WITH INTER GOV? SO THE WAY THAT IT WOULD WORK IS THE SHORT CODE WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MOVE THAT TEXT MESSAGE THAT COMES IN TO WHICHEVER CALL CENTER OR PHONE NUMBER IS MANNED AT THE TIME.

UM, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE DAY, SOMETIMES IT'S DONE AT THE SIX OH FOUR CITY CALL CENTER.

SOMETIMES IT'S DONE AFTER HOURS.

SO A TRADITIONAL PUT A CELL PHONE ON SOMEONE'S DESK AND HAVE THEM JUST CHECK THAT IS, IS REALLY IMPRACTICAL BECAUSE WE, WE FLOW OUR CALLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, DEPENDING ON, ON STAFFING REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT'LL ALLOW IT TO COME INTO WHATEVER THE CALL CENTER THAT'S AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.

AND THAT PERSON WILL TRIAGE IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOR CODE, AND THEN BE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT INTO AN ACTUAL, UH, TICKET OR AN INCIDENT IN THE SYSTEM.

UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS MANY OF THE, WE UNDERSTAND FROM YEARS OF HAVING THE APP AND WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY REGISTER FOR, UH, OR WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY, UM, WHAT THEY SUBMIT AS AN INCIDENT SOMETIMES IS SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC WORKS OR SOMETHING FOR PARKS OR SOMETHING FOR POLICE.

SO, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO AUTOMATE THAT, WHILE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST PATH FORWARD, AND IDEALLY WE WOULD DO THAT, IT'S GOING TO CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IT AND SAY, WELL, THIS ISN'T REALLY A CODE.

AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, I, FRANKLY, FRANK , I, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO, TO IT.

IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NUMBER FOR, FOR CODE, IT'S, IT SOUNDS GREAT ACTUALLY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CENTRALIZE A NUMBER OF OTHER SERVICES IF SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IF SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE WITH PUBLIC WORKS FLOODING, UH, A POTHOLE TO BE ABLE TO TEXT THAT ONE NUMBER AND AS YOU MENTIONED, BE ABLE THEN TO, UH, ASSIGN IT TO THE PROPER, UH, WORKFLOW.

THAT'S, SO YOU SAID IN 60 DAYS WE SHOULD HAVE THE REGISTRATION COMPLETED WITH THE DIFFERENT CARRIERS? CORRECT.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CONTINUE THIS ITEM, MADAM CHAIR REVIEW, ALLOW ME 60 DAYS FOR 60 DAYS, BUT WITH THE 60 DAY MARK, I'D ALSO LIKE TO GET FROM THE ADMINISTRATION A PLAN, A PLAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS NUMBER, HOW IT'S GONNA BE HANDLED INTERNALLY, UH, HOW THE INFORMATION IS GONNA BE SORTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON THESE COMPLAINTS COMING IN BY TEXT MESSAGE, AND ALSO THE COMMUNICATION OF IT.

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UH, SO THAT IN 60 DAYS WE'LL GET YOUR UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REGISTRATION OF THE SHORT CODE, BUT ALSO THE PLAN, UH, SO THAT ONCE IT GOES LIVE, WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THOSE REQUESTS APPROPRIATELY.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

SO, UM, STEPHANIE WILL BRING THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER.

UM, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, YOU'RE THE CO-SPONSOR.

DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO SHARE? UH, NO.

NOT TO, UH, BELABOR THIS, BUT I THINK ANYTIME THAT WE CAN GET THE PUBLIC MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, AND I'M ALL FOR CUTTING OUT, UH, GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, UH, SO MANY TIMES IT IS JUST, UH, OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO.

, UH, THEY SEND IT TO US, AND THEN WE ARE JUST SIMPLY PASSING THAT MESSAGE ALONG.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING, UH, THEY KNOW IT'S OUT OF PLACE, UH, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

SO I THINK THIS IS A FABULOUS SYSTEM TO GET OUR RESIDENTS MORE ENGAGED AND, UH, FACILITATE AN EASIER PROCESS FOR THEM TO ALERT US.

STEPHANIE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

ITEM NUMBER 10 IS DISCUSS A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLORE THE VIABILITY OF CREATING POLICE SUBSTATIONS, SIMILAR TO POLICE SUBSTATIONS IN NORTH BEACH, IN THE COLLINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AT CITY HALL IN SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD AND MID BEACH, IN ORDER TO MAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES, INCIDENT REPORTING MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, READILY AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

SO WE'LL MOVE THIS ITEM TO NOVEMBER, AND WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO NUMBER 10.

[10. DISCUSS A RESOLUTION TO EXPLORE THE VIABILITY OF CREATING POLICE SUBSTATIONS, SIMILAR TO THE POLICE SUBSTATION IN NORTH BEACH, IN THE COLLINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, AT CITY HALL, IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IN MID-BEACH, IN ORDER TO MAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES AND INCIDENT REPORTING MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND READILY AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, AND TO MORE EFFICIENTLY ADDRESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT THEIR FINDINGS AND PROPOSALS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE AT ITS JULY 10, 2024 MEETING IN ORDER FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS (INCLUDING THE FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT) TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION IN ADVANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET PROCESS.]

AND TO MORE EFFICIENTLY, I ADDRESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT THEIR FINDINGS AND PROPOSALS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE AT ITS JULY 10TH MEETING IN ORDER FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE ITS RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDING THE FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION IN ADVANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UM, I QUICKLY WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR BEING HERE.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, KRISTEN ROSEN, COMMISSIONER KRISTEN ROSEN GONZALEZ.

AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOT FOR COMING AS WELL.

UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEE IT UP, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? SURE.

WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

SO, CURRENTLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, ONE SUBSTATION IN NORTH BEACH THAT PROVIDES IN-PERSON SERVICES FOR WALK-IN REPORTING DURING BUSINESS HOURS.

I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE SUBSTATION IS THAT THEY ALSO SERVE AS A DETERRENT, UH, THAT VISIBILITY, UH, OF HAVING A STATION, UH, AWAY FROM THE CENTRALIZED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH BEACH.

WHENEVER WE GET CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE, THAT VISIBILITY ENCOURAGES A LEVEL OF DETERRENCE OF CRIME.

WE ALSO ENCOURAGE, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TO BE MORE IN CONTACT WITH THEIR POLICE OFFICERS AND, AND LIKEWISE FACILITATE THE GREATER PRESENCE OF OFFICERS IN THOSE, IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, THIS ITEM, UH, WAS, WAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK AND WITH THEIR FINDINGS AND PROPOSALS, I THINK WE HAD IT IN MAY, UH, AND I THINK WE CONTINUED IT TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETINGS SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT COULD GIVE US THEIR PROPOSALS.

SO CHIEF, I SEE YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM, UM, EXCITED AND EAGER TO HEAR THE PROPOSALS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FOR THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, IN TERMS OF PRIORITY, WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT PUTTING A SUBSTATION HERE IN THIS BUILDING AT CITY HALL FOR HOST OF SECURITY REASONS.

AND THANK YOU, UM, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS, THIS CONVERSATION TODAY.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCING OUR PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS REGION POSSIBLE.

WE BELIEVE IN THE BUSINESS OF COMMUNITY POLICING.

UH, WE DO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HAVING SUBSTATION DOES ALLOW FOR SOME OF THAT.

UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT RESOURCES NEEDED TO DO THIS, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO SORT OF PRIORITIZE WHICH SHOULD COME FIRST.

I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT, THAT IN RECENT DAYS, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SIXTH STREET, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A VIABLE, VIABLE LOCATION FOR US TO STAND UP ONE OF OUR UNITS THERE.

AND THAT UNIT WILL BE USED, UM, TO ATTRACT THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDE SPACE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO, UH, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING ACCESS AND, AND, AND ACTIVATING, UH, THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER ON SIXTH STREET.

UM, AS FAR AS OTHER SUBSTATIONS ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THE, THAT WE DO HAVE CURRENT POLICE PRESENCE.

WE ASK.

IN FACT, WE HAVE, UH, HAVE UP TO, UH, FIVE PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, THAT WE HAVE POLICE PRESENCE.

NOW, FOUR OF THOSE FIVE ARE DISCREET, UH, LOCATIONS FOR REASONS I'D RATHER NOT DISCUSS OPENLY.

ONE OF THOSE IS NORTH BEACH, UH, SUBSTATION.

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UM, AND SO, UM, WHEREAS WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT SUBSTATIONS THROUGHOUT OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY, UH, MR. COMMISSIONER, UH, PREFERENCE AND PRIORITY WOULD BE PUTTING SOMETHING HERE IN THIS FACILITY.

UM, SO WHERE ARE WE WITH LOOKING INTO THAT? UM, TODAY WAS TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL, UH, FOR IT.

SO IS THERE A PROPOSAL READY FOR, TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE TODAY? NOT ONE THAT'S FINALIZED? UM, THERE IS A POTENTIAL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR THAT WOULD MEAN DISPLACING A CURRENT, UH, DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT'S THERE.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS MEMO BUILD OUT ONCE WE DO HAVE THAT SPACE, IF, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, IT REALLY INCLUDES MINIMUM SECURITY MEASURES TO PUT IN PLACE, INCLUDE CAMERAS, UH, MONITORS BEING PUT IN THERE, WORKSTATIONS BEING PUT IN THERE FOR THE, FOR THE OFFICERS AND THEIR PUBLIC SAFEST SAFETY SPECIALISTS THAT'LL BE ASSIGNED TO THE SPACE.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, I DON'T HAVE THAT FOR YOU TODAY.

VICE CHAIR, UM, SUAREZ.

UM, I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE RESOURCES PUT INTO A SUBSTATION IN CITY HALL.

I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA, OR THE WHOLE INTENT, AND, AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT WORDS IN MY COLLEAGUE'S MOUTH, IS THAT THE REASON WE WANNA SEE SUBSTATIONS IS BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN CRIME HAPPENING IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING A SUBSTATION IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL, WILL PREVENT THAT CRIME OR, OR WILL DETER THAT CRIME.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN NORTH BEACH, YOU KNOW, JUST YESTERDAY WE GOT A, A NOTIFICATION THAT SOMEONE GOT ROBBED AT, AT KNIFE POINT A A COUPLE, UM, THEY STOLE HIS WALLET, HIS WATCH, AND THEN THEY FONDLED THE, THE WOMAN.

I, I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A SUBSTATION, WHERE IT IT, AND THAT'S THE RESOURCES IT SHOULD BE PUT.

NOT AT THE CITY HALL.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, WE HAVE ARMED SECURITY GUARDS AT CITY HALL ALREADY.

I DON'T REALLY SEE THE NEED FOR HAVING A POLICE SUBSTATION HERE.

WE'RE NOT REALLY IN A RESIDENTIAL, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.

I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S PALM VIEW BEHIND US, BUT WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE, THE, THE CRIME THAT'S HAPPENING, I THINK IT'S BEST IF WE PUT RESOURCES WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THEY NEED IT.

COMMISSIONER, COULD I JUST ADD ONE POINT? UM, THE PROPOSAL TO PUT A SUBSTATION IN CITY HALL WAS, UH, IN PART INITIATED BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO A DISCUSSION OF THE COMMISSION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING, UH, METAL DETECTORS INSTALLED HERE AT CITY HALL.

IF YOU ALL WANTED TO MAKE THE POLICY DECISION, WHICH YOU HAVEN'T MADE, BUT WHICH SOME HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN, UH, HAVING METAL DETECTORS HERE AT CITY HALL, WE WOULD NEED TO FIND A LEGAL PATH TO DO THAT.

AND ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS TO DO THAT, THAT WE'VE FOUND IS TO ESTABLISH A POLICE SUBSTATION HERE.

SO, AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, YOU, THAT WOULD BE THE CONSIDERATION THAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT.

AND THANK AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, I MEAN, I THINK MY POINT STILL STANDS IS THAT WE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE SERIOUS CRIMES.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER BEEN A CRIME.

IT'S LIKE, NOT TO SAY THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN, BUT THERE'S HORRIFYING, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO REAL CRIMES THAT HAPPEN AT CITY HALL.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD SERIOUS CRIMES HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN, IN SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO I THINK BEFORE WE, WE PUT RESOURCES INTO CONSTRUCTION, BUILD OUT PERSONNEL, UH, I THINK THOSE RESOURCES ARE REALLY BETTER SERVED IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED 'EM THE MOST.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK THAT HAVING A LEGAL WORKAROUND FOR THE IDEA OF HAVING METAL DETECTORS HERE IS IT JUSTIFIES THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE RESOURCES.

COMMISSIONER MAAM.

COMMISSIONER PART OF THE REASON, UM, THERE WAS A, A, A DESIRE TO HAVE, UH, A SUBSTATION HERE WAS BE GOES BEYOND THE LEGAL WORKAROUND.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT HERES RESIDE IN THIS BUILDING ON A DAILY BASIS.

MANY OF THEM HAVE COMPLAINED, SOME OF 'EM DIRECTLY TO ME ABOUT THEIR CONCERN OF THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY.

AND SO THIS IS SORT OF KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

UH, BUT IF THE, THE DIRECTION IS REPRIORITIZE OUR, UH, LIST OF, UH, LOCATION.

HAPPY TO DO THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER BOT.

THAT A SUBSTATION THAT COULD LOOK X WAY? AND IF IN NORTH BEACH ADJACENT TO, UM, ALTOS, DELMAR IN THAT PARK, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF CONCERNS.

UM, JU CAN YOU EXPLAIN, WITHOUT THE, NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT YOU WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IN PUBLIC, NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSTATIONS THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IN PUBLIC, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN TYPE OF SUBSTATION? LIKE, CAN YOU, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR ONE SOUTH FIFTH FOR, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S GOT A CERTAIN SET OF, UM, CONCERNS, IS

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DOES THAT SUBSTATION LOOK DIFFERENT, OR ARE THEY ALL, THEY ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME? I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR, YOUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN THE FIELD AND NOT BEHIND A DESK, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, BUT SO ARE THERE DIFFERENT WAYS OF, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE A SUBSTATION IN A WAY THAT WILL DETER CRIME AND PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO HAVE A VISIT, YOU KNOW, ASK A POLICE OFFICER SOMETHING? UH, Y YES, THERE IS, AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WE HAD, UM, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD, IS NOT TO MAKE JUST A STANDALONE SUB POLICE STATION, BUT MAKE IT SORT OF A PLACE WHERE OTHER CITY SERVICES CAN RESIDE AND PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO COMMUNITY.

SAVING THEM A TRIP IN MANY CASES, TO CITY HALL, SAVING A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL, UM, TO, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATORS HERE AT, AT CITY HALL.

UH, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS SORT OF SUPPORTING, UH, THE SUBSTATION OR, UM, AUXILIARY LOCATION.

MADAM CHAIR.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT COLLINS PARK, ABOUT THE COLLINS PARK AREA.

, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.

WE GOT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT, ABOUT THE, THE, I THINK IT'S THE CVS ACROSS FROM, UM, FROM THE W UH, WHERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES THERE.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, NOT ONLY ARE WE MAKING GREAT INVESTMENTS THERE BECAUSE IT'S A CULTURAL AREA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A FACILITY FOR CHILDREN THERE.

AND SO THERE'S A NEED TO, TO, TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS OF, OF THE COLLINS PARK AREA.

TO MY COLLEAGUES' CONCERN ABOUT, ABOUT NORTH BEACH, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A SUBSTATION IN, IN NORTH BEACH, UM, BUT IN, IN, UM, IN COLLINS PARK, WHAT DID YOU GUYS LOOK AT COLLINS PARK? UM, WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN, UH, INTO, INTO ACCOUNT FOR, FOR, FOR POSSIBLE SUBSTATION THERE? SO I HAVE LOOKED AT COLLINS PARK, COLLINS PARK, YOU KNOW, IN, IN NORTH BEACH.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN ADDITION TO A STATION THAT PREEXISTING ON INDIAN CREEK, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY, AND NOW THEY HAVE A FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER AT THE LIBRARY IN, IN NORTH BEACH, UM, COLLINS PARK, UH, UH, LIBRARY AS WELL ALSO HAS AS A POLICE OFFICER THERE.

AND SO WE CAN POTENTIALLY CO-LOCATE OUR SUBSTATION IN THE LIBRARY IN COLLINS PARK ADJACENT TO THE CULTURAL, UM, ACTIVATIONS THAT ARE THERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION IN COLLINS PARK HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE, UH, HAS BEEN A RECURRING CONCERN OF, OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

UM, AND I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO SEEING A GREATER PRESENCE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLINS PARK AREA.

UM, BUT I NEED A PROPOSAL.

OKAY, THIS ITEM IS COMING BACK TODAY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REVIEW BEFOREHAND.

AND THE MEMO DOESN'T REALLY GIVE ME THAT PROPOSAL.

UH, AND SO, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE, I LIKE FOR THIS ITEM TO COME BACK, UH, NEXT MONTH WITH AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE THE BALANCE OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LAND ON HAVING SOMETHING LOCATED OR CO-LOCATED IN THE, IN THE COLLINS PARK AREA.

UH, BUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING IN THAT AREA WITH TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS GOING IN WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS AND THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND CRIMES WE'VE SEEN IN THAT AREA, I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THE POLICE VISIBILITY, THEY'RE BEYOND THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING A SUBSTATION THERE AS A PERMANENT FORM OF DETERRENCE COULD GO A LONG WAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT.

UM, THANK YOU.

UH, VICE MAYOR , UH, FERNANDEZ, UM, I ALMOST SEE CITY HALL AS AN EXTENSION OF COLLINS PARK.

UM, THE BOTANICAL GARDEN IS THERE, AND THEN COLLINS PARK IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SO HAVING A SUBSTATION HERE, I FEEL WOULD STILL HELP THE AREA AND SUPPORT COLLINS PARK.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE COST OF ALL OF THIS.

WE WERE JUST TALKING, WE'RE PASSING OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE SAYING THAT ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING X ON POLICE AND FIRE.

SO I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COSTS ARE.

NOW, IF YOU CAN GET SPACE FROM THE COUNTY FOR FREE AND THE REALLOCATION COSTS VERY LITTLE, THAT'S FINE.

UM, COULD THERE BE A REALLOCATION OF RESOURCES INSTEAD OF ADDITION? UH, THERE CAN BE, I CAN TELL YOU, AND NO MATTER WHICH LOCATION WE ADD, UH, SUBSTATION TWO, IT WON'T BE A 24 7 ACTIVATION,

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UM, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUSTIFY IT BASED ON COST OF SERVICE IN ANY GIVEN GIVEN AREA.

UM, SO THERE, THERE MAY BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLOCATE SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE.

AND, AND THERE MAY BE, IN SOME CASES, MAYBE A, A SMALL UPTICK IN THE COST OF ADDING PERSONNEL, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE TYPE OF ANALYSIS WE'LL DO FOR AND BRING BACK TO YOU.

CAN I, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? YEAH, COMMISSIONER.

AND THEN I'LL, I'LL PASS, I'LL PASS IT ON.

UM, I WOULDN'T MIND BOTH.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO CITY HALL OR COLLINS PARK, I WOULDN'T MIND BOTH, BECAUSE REALLY THE LIBRARY HAS BECOME A HOTBED OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN AT THE BEST'S RIGHT THERE.

, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD REALLOCATE AND STATION SOMEBODY THERE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE HOW IT WOULD HURT.

I SEE.

ALL I'M SAYING, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOTTEN WAY BETTER FOR SURE.

UM, BUT IT'S STILL, ARE YOU STILL FINDING HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE? UM, AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY? YEAH.

SO WE, WE HAVE A DAILY, UM, OUTREACH IN THREE SHIFTS IN THE CALLING PARK, PARK NEIGHBORHOODS.

EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, UH, FOLKS ARE CAUGHT DOING THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE DOING OR, OR SLEEPING, THAT SHOULDN'T BE SLEEPING.

AND, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE POLICE ACTION AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND IT GOES BEYOND SLEEPING THOUGH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT PEOPLE URINATING IN PUBLIC.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE KILLED THERE.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOES BEYOND THE ISSUE OF, OF SLEEPING.

I THINK SLEEPING IS PERHAPS THE LEAST CONCERNING OF THE SITUATION.

I'M MORE CONCERNED ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SLEEPING THERE, UH, THAN, UH, THAN THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

VICE CHAIR SUAREZ.

AND, AND, AND THAT, AGAIN, I THINK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE, AND, AND THAT, THAT SPEAKS TO MY POINT.

I THINK IF THERE'S A SUBSTATION IN CITY HALL, IT'S NOT REALLY A DETERRENT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THERE'S NO PHYSICAL PRESENCE ALL THE TIME.

WHEN I THINK OF A SUBSTATION, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE A TRAILER, UM, LIKE A COMMAND TRAILER.

IT'S GOT MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LOGO ON IT, UH, ET CETERA.

AND YOU COULD PUT THAT IN THE PARKING LOT OF, OF FLEMMING OF COLLINS PARK, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S AN IDEA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU CAN ACTUALLY MOVE IT.

MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU GO TO NORTH BEACH AND YOU HAVE YOU SET UP SUBSTATION THERE FOR, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

UM, BUT I, AGAIN, I, I, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, THAT HAVING A SUBSTATION IN CITY HALL WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON, ON DETERRING CRIME, BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE CITY HALL IS, AND MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA KNOW THAT THERE'S A SUBSTATION HERE.

UM, I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A SUBSTATION IS ITS PHYSICAL PRESENCE.

AND SO I, I THINK THAT'LL JUST DETER CRIME ORGANICALLY.

VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS ITEM TO? WELL, I LIKE THE ITEM TO COME BACK, UH, NEXT, NEXT MONTH WITH AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL.

UM, I, I'M NOT A VOTING MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE.

I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PRESENCE IN CITY HALL, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LARGE EVENTS THAT DO TAKE PLACE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AT SOME POINT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, LARGE INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS IN THE FILLMORE TO REHABILITATE THAT BUILDING.

UH, AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE ADDED ACTIVITY THAT WE SEE, HOPEFULLY ON LINCOLN ROAD COMING FROM ALL OF THIS, IT CAN HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS SUBSTATION COULD HELP THE, ALL, ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

UH, I DO THINK, UH, I LIKE COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ'S IDEA OF HAVING A PRESENCE IN CITY HALL AND EXPLORING WHAT COULD WE DO IN THE COLLINS PARK AREA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, WHAT I NEED IS A WELL PREPARED ITEM.

AN ITEM THAT BRINGS BACK WHAT WAS THE REQUEST, WHICH IS A PROPOSAL.

AND THIS ITEM DID NOT BRING ME WHAT I ASKED FOR IN THE MAY MEETING.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SIT DOWN HERE AND TO DISCUSS THIS WHEN THE, WHEN THE ITEM DOESN'T GIVE US WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

AND SO, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, PLEASE GIVE US THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL, UH, THE ACTUAL FINDINGS, THE COST, THE RESOURCES YOU'RE GOING TO NEED.

BECAUSE TO COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ'S POINT, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA, WE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THAT, BUT WE NEED TO START NOW LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.

AND WE NEED TO START THAT CONVERSATION OUT SO WE CAN DO THIS RESPONSIBLY.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

A FEELING, OR AT LEAST A PERCEPTION FROM OUR COMMUNITY OF A LACK OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE SITTING HERE, UH, SAYING, COME BACK WITH, UH, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THE FIRST STATE OUT, WHAT OUR GOAL IS FOR A POLICE SUBSTATION.

RIGHT? IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S OUR BASELINE WHERE WE START.

FOR ME, IT IS INCREASING THE VISIBILITY AND THE PRESENCE OF POLICE INACTIVATED AREAS WHERE CURRENTLY, UH, THAT'S WHAT ESSENTIALLY FACILITATES, UH, CRIME OR

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YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED, UH, AT LENGTH ABOUT, UH, PERHAPS IT'S NOT, UH, UPTICKS IN CRIME, BUT IT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE.

AND, UH, ENHANCING OR INCREASING POLICE VISIBILITY IN AREAS IS ONE WAY TO ESSENTIALLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.

SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PLACE SUBSTATIONS, IT, IT'S REALLY HELPING INCREASE POLICE IN, UH, VISIBILITY INACTIVATED AREAS.

THAT, THAT'S MY PRIMARY GOAL.

SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE COLLINS PARK AREA, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ONE IN NORTH BEACH, ARE THERE OTHER AREAS IN NORTH BEACH WHERE IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE AN INCREASED FEEL, UH, REMOTE AREAS IN SOUTH OF FIFTH OR IN FLAMINGO PARK? UM, I, I, I KIND OF TEND TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ABOUT CITY HALL, WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL THERE, THIS IS ALREADY AN ACTIVATED AREA WITH PEOPLE TRAVELING IN AND OUT, THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN NOTHING COULD EVER HAPPEN HERE.

BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE GOAL OF A SUBSTATION IS TO ENHANCE AND INCREASE THAT VISIBILITY IN AREAS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT INACTIVATED.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOOK FOR WHEN, UH, DISCUSSING LOCATIONS.

UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WRAP THIS UP.

ONE FINAL THING THAT I WOULDN'T EXCLUDE IS THE FACT THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, TAXPAYERS HAVE GIVEN, UH, THE BASS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MUSEUM, AND THEY'RE BUILDING A WHOLE WING.

IT COULD BE A SMALL, TINY ROOM.

YOU JUST NEED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO BUILD OUT.

I'M SURE YOU NEED TO PUT LIKE RADIO EQUIPMENT, ELECTRIC, WHATEVER.

ALSO, WE'RE BUILDING OUT THOSE TWO RETAIL SPACES, ONE OF WHERE MIAMI NEW DRAMA IS GOING.

AND THEN ADJACENT, YOU HAVE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT HAS AN ADDITIONAL 2,400 SQUARE FEET ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.

IF YOU WERE GOING TO PUT A PERMANENT SUBSTATION IN THAT AREA, NOW IS THE TIME BEFORE WE SPEND THE MONEY ON THAT BUILD OUT TO GO IN AND FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION NEEDS THAT YOU NEED FOR A SUBSTATION? HOW BIG IS IT GONNA BE? BECAUSE IT WOULD COST US A LOT LESS MONEY TO DRAW IT INTO SOME PLANS RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT SPENDING $7 MILLION.

SO, I MEAN, IF WE COULD USE THE MONIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO INCLUDE IT IN THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, UM, COUNT ON THE LI YOU KNOW, ON THE COUNTY OR THE LIBRARY, OR IMPOSE.

I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN WE NEED TO ADD POLICE TO THE LIBRARY, BUT IT'S JUST THE WHOLE AREA AND THE REAL ESTATE.

UM, SO IF YOU WANTED TO TEMPORARILY MOVE IN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN AND WE BUILD SOMETHING IN.

VICE CHAIR SUAREZ.

AND, AND I, I JUST WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AND SPECIFICALLY THE, THE ITEM SPONSOR.

UM, WOULD, DO YOU, ARE YOU OKAY WITH, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF COMING BACK WITH A POSSIBLE PLAN ON A MOBILE SUBSTATION WHERE WE CAN MOVE IT TOWARD, YOU KNOW, AFTER A CERTAIN AREA, MAYBE SORT OF QUOTE UNQUOTE FIXED, WE MOVE IT TO THE NEXT CHALLENGED AREA.

AND SO, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE SPONSOR, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT QUOTE WOULD BE.

SURE, YEAH.

AND I, OKAY, SO THE NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 23RD.

UM, IF YOU CAN COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION, WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM CHAIR.

I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, DAD, THAT, THAT THERE'S CLARITY.

WE'RE COMING BACK WITH THREE, WITH, WITH THREE ITEMS, THE MOBILE PROPOSAL, WHICH I LOVE THE IDEA OF, OF THE MOBILE.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT, UH, COLS PARK SOMEWHERE IN COLLINS PARK AND CITY HALL.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE CHIEF TO COME BACK WITH.

SO, SO CITY HALL STOOD ON THE TABLE.

IS THAT A YES? MM-HMM.

VERY GOOD.

GOT IT.

IT'S JUST AS AN OPTION.

YES, SIR.

HAPPY TO DO IT.

AND NOW, UH, NEXT ITEM, UH, NUMBER

[4. DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF “PROJECT BLUE LIGHT PROGRAM,” AUTHORIZING PRIVATE BUSINESS CAMERAS TO HAVE A DIRECT FEED INTO THE REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER.]

FOUR.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE YEAR.

AND PRESENT THE PLAN FOR THE DISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD'S QUALITY AND LIFE CONTROL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.

AND THIS IS PRESENTED BY POLICE.

VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.

UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIGH IMPACT PERIODS, WE THINK ABOUT, UH, SPRING BREAK OR WE THINK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

THE REALITY IS THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE MANY OTHER HIGH IMPACT PERIODS.

UM, THAT DURING WHICH WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT, THAT CONSISTENT, UH, AND VISIBLE ENFORCEMENT, UH, THAT WE SEE DURING SPRING BREAK.

AND, AND OTHER TIMES OF, OF THE YEAR.

THIS RESOLUTION, UH, DIRECTED, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT THESE ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES DURING OTHER CRITICAL HIGH IMPACT PERIODS OF THE YEAR.

AND SO, UH, I LIKE A PRESENTATION ON THAT PLAN AND, UH, AND HOW WE CAN, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH

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IT.

THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER FOR BRINGING THIS.

UH, YOU KNOW, OUR DAILY STAFFING MEMBERS ARE, ARE SCALABLE AND THEY'RE SCALABLE FOR THIS VERY, VERY REASON THAT AT A GIVEN MOMENT'S NOTICE WE CAN UPSIZE, UM, OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREET.

WE CAN ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT MAY NOT BE PLANNED FOR, BUT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN AN ADEQUATE WAY.

A WITH REGARD TO SPRING BREAK, AROUND THE WEEKEND AND THE BIG HOLIDAYS AND A HIGH IMPACT PERIOD, WE PLAN FOR PLANNED FOR MONTHS FOR, UM, WE DO HAVE OTHER SMALL EVENTS THAT WE PLAN FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NOT VERY WELL PUBLICIZED.

UM, NOT ONE PUBLICIZED THEM, BUT TO GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE WOULD BE LIKE LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

WE JUST WENT THROUGH INCREDIBLY, HENCE STAFFING FOR THAT EVENT ITSELF, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY ON ALL SHIFTS.

UM, PARTNERING WITH PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ARE HERE, OUR LPR SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF AND HAS, HAS WORKED SO WELL IN TERMS OF US PREVENTING AND, UH, SOLVING CRIMES ARE WORKING 24 7, UM, 365 EVERY ENTRANCE IN THE CITY, EVERY EXIT OUTTA THE CITY IS COVERED BY THE, THESE CAMERAS.

UH, OUR CAMERA SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S CONSTANTLY BEING USED, UM, TO, UH, DETECT CRIME AND TO, TO SOLVE CRIME.

DUI CHECKPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE BEING USED, UM, TO DO THE VERY SAME THING.

ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, WE DON'T HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS.

WE HAVE HALLOWEEN THAT'S COMING UP THAT WE HAVE ENHANCED STAFFING FOR SOMETHING WE DON'T PUBLICIZE, BUT LOTS OF COPS DEALING WITH LOTS OF SITUATIONS.

LINCOLN ROAD AND THE MID BEACH ERA BECAUSE OF HUGE ACTIVATIONS.

SO OUR, OUR PLAN IS DESIGNED SUCH THAT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, WE HAVE THE ENOUGH COPS HERE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CAN CALL MORE COPS IN IF WE NEED TO REACH THE DEPARTMENT AGENCIES IF NECESSARY.

UM, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED TO DO.

BUT THAT DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT THE PLAN IS.

WE ASKED FOR A PLAN.

UH, MY, MY, I'LL TELL YOU WHY I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

I PLACED THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPRING BREAK, WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKENDS, UH, AND WE HAVE OTHER HIGH IMPACT PERIODS IN THE CITY.

, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS, THIS PERCEPTION THAT FOR THE WRONG REASONS, WE IMPLEMENT A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF, OF, OF POLICE PRESENCE, UH, DURING, DURING SPRING BREAK AND MEMORIAL DAY, WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH REALITY.

WE'RE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A HIGH LEVEL POLICE PRESENCE DURING, DURING, UH, DURING THOSE, THOSE, THOSE WEEKENDS BECAUSE OF THE CRIMES THAT WE EXPERIENCE AND THE INFLUX OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE EXPERIENCE DURING, DURING, DURING THOSE, THOSE WEEKENDS.

UM, BUT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TWO WEEKENDS.

WE NEED TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER WEEKENDS DURING WHICH WE ARE, UH, DEALING WITH A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF PEOPLE.

AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONSISTENTLY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSISTENTLY ENFORCE OUR LAWS, WHETHER IT BE OPEN CONTAINER OR WHETHER, OR WHETHER IT BE, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH EXPIRED REGISTRATIONS OR WHETHER, WHETHER IT BE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IN PUBLIC, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

AND THAT REQUIRES, AND THAT REQUIRES COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE OTHER AGENCIES WE'RE NOT TAPPING ON THEM ON THESE OTHER WEEKENDS.

HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A VERY LARGE, UH, WEEKEND.

BUT WE'RE NOT CALLING ON THEM TO COME IN AND, AND SUPPORT US.

SO THESE OTHER AGENCIES LIKE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THINK WE'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON SPRING BREAK AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

AND SO, AND, AND SO, AND SO THIS RESOLUTION ASKED FOR THERE TO BE A PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY FIND OTHER PERIODS DURING THE YEAR, DURING THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF SPRING BREAK, BUT DURING WHICH WE MAY STILL NEED THAT LEVEL OF, OF SUPPORT.

RESOURCES WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

TO REACH OUT TO ASK 'EM FOR THEIR SUPPORT SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE, SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ENFORCING AND DOING THIS CONSISTENT LEVEL OF, OF POLICE WORK DURING OTHER TIMES OF, OF THE YEAR.

TODAY I WAS EXPECTING A PLAN.

TODAY, I WAS EXPECTING FOR SOMEONE TO COME HERE TO TELL ME WHAT IS THAT PLAN, WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER WEEKENDS? AND I DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN FRONT OF ME.

SO, SO THE PLAN IS, IS ONGOING COMMISSIONER, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PLAN AND, AND THE TRUTH TO BE TOLD, UM, THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU SPEAK OF, I AGREE WITH YOU.

IT, IT'S WRONG.

WE ACTIVATE ALL THE TIME.

EVERY MAJOR ACTIVATION WE DO, WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE LITANY OF, OF THINGS WE CONSIDER BEFORE DEPLOYING RESOURCES AND FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH POLICE OFFICERS

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UH, HALLOWEEN YOU MENTIONED, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE FACT IS THAT'S, THAT'S A PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE THAT'S TWEAK ON ANNUAL BASIS.

ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN POLICE.

THE NEED DOESN'T ARISE TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES, AGENCIES SUPPORT US.

UH, THERE ARE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, DETAILS ON, UH, DUI DETAILS WHERE WE PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES HERE IN THE CITY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THOSE DETAILS.

UH, THEIR A PLANS, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING, UM, THE ANNUAL, UH, FOOTBALL GAME THAT HAPPENS IN, IN DECEMBER IN THE CITY, UH, NOT, NOT COUNTY, BUT CHIEF, I NEED TO, I NEED TO INTERRUPT YOU BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR CONSISTENTLY IS THAT YOU WE'RE OVERWORKING OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I HEAR CONSISTENTLY.

AND THE REASON WHY, WHY, WHY WE HEAR THIS IS BECAUSE WE ATTRACT EVENTS, EVENTS THAT BRING IN, YOU KNOW, WELL-KNOWN PERFORMERS AND THAT BRING, UH, A LARGE CROWD SIZE AND THAT INCREASE OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND THAT, AND THAT PUTS A TOLL IN OUR, IN OUR OFFICERS.

BUT QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE WEEKENDS ARE NOT JUST LIMITED TO, TO, TO SPRING BREAK AND, AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

AND, AND IF OUR OFFICERS ARE BEING OVERWORKED THE WAY THAT WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE BEING OVERWORKED, WE SHOULD BE REACHING OUT AND WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE COULD BE PROVIDING OUR, OUR OFFICERS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT AS TOLD AS THEY ARE.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, THIS FALSE NARRATIVE HAS BEEN CREATED THAT WE'RE ONLY TARGETING SPRING BREAK FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

AND SO WHEN I ASK FOR A PLAN, I NEED A PLAN.

WHEN THE CITY COMMISSION, WHEN THE CITY COMMISSION PASSES A RESOLUTION SAYING THAT, THAT IT WANTS A PLAN, YOU CAN DISAGREE IN WITH IT AND YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

BUT I NEED A PLAN.

HONESTLY, COMMISSIONER, I'M NOT DISAGREEING THE FACT THAT YOU ASKING FOR PLAN.

I DON'T WANNA PROVIDE YOU A PLAN.

WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU COMMISSION IS THAT WE HAVE A PREEXISTING PLAN ON A ROLLING BASIS THAT WE IMP WE EMPLOY WHEN, WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

CHIEF, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU, RESPECTFULLY, I'M GONNA REQUEST FOR THIS ITEM TO BE DEFERRED.

FAIR ENOUGH.

AND WE'LL HAVE FAIR ENOUGH A CONVERSATION OFFLINE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS, THERE IS A MIS A MISCOMMUNICATION HERE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THERE IS A FAILURE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT YES, YOU HAVE AN ONGOING PLAN, BUT I WAS ASKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND WHAT I WAS AND WHAT I ASKED FOR WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR ME.

AND WE ARE THE CITY COMMISSION.

AND WHEN WE ASK FOR, FOR SOMETHING, I EXPECT FOR IT TO BE PROVIDED.

AND THEN I'LL LISTEN TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION.

BUT WHAT I ASKED FOR IN THIS RESOLUTION WAS NOT PROVIDED.

AND, AND, AND I, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TELLING ME, BUT YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME WHAT I, WHAT I ASKED FOR.

SO WE'LL DEFER THE ITEM WE DEFER TO OCTOBER 23RD.

AND NOW I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE BLUE LIGHT ITEM NUMBER THREE.

UM, CHRIS MC CLINIC, DO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION? 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, WE GET IT RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

HI.

AND YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

WONDERFUL.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH, UH, BLAKE GOVAN, UM, THE, UH, DEPUTY, AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, WITH, UH, THE MAJOR, UM, IT IS THE MAYOR'S INTENT THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY BASIS THROUGH ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, UM, THAT THERE IS, UH, MINIMAL, IF ANY COST TO THE CITY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM GO INTO EFFECT, UH, MAYBE EARLY NEXT YEAR AFTER THE REAL TIME, UM, CRIME CENTER IS UP AND RUNNING AND, UM, THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS' INTERNET SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.

, UH, WITH THAT, UH, UPDATED INFORMATION, UM, DO YOU HAVE, UH, COMMENTS? HOW SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM? UH, YES.

UH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS, UH, GOOD INFORMATION.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PREPARE A FULLY FLESHED OUT PLAN, UH, INCLUDING, UH, PERHAPS A MARKETING PLAN TO GET THE BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE, I'D LIKE TO, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS HERE AND COME BACK MAYBE SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR WITH A FULLY FLESHED OUT.

IS COMING BACK NEXT YEAR, UH, TOO LONG? WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING SHORTER? NO, THAT'S, THAT WILL SUFFICE.

SO FOR JANUARY, JANUARY WILL BE A GOOD TARGET.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A BICYCLE LANE ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS AVENUE AS PART OF AN UPCOMING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (“FDOT”) RESURFACING, RESTORATION, AND REHABILITATION (“RRR”) PROJECT ON STATE ROAD (“SR”) A1A/COLLINS AVENUE FROM SR 907/W 63 STREET TO 75 STREET.]

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF BICYCLE LANES ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS AVE AS PART OF THE UPCOMING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESURFACING RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT ON STATE ROAD, A ONE, A COLLINS AVENUE FROM 63RD STREET TO 75TH STREET.

AND TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PRESENTING VICE MAYOR

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FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, UM, THAT IT'S, IT'S HERE.

SINCE FDLT REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A FUTURE RESURFACING RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT ON COLLINS AVENUE FROM 63RD TO 75TH STREET.

AND THEY PROVIDED US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND EXPLORE WHETHER THE CITY WISHES TO EXPAND ITS BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY IN THIS PORTION OF, OF THE CITY.

THERE'S MANY PROS AND CONS THAT COMES WITH THIS.

CLEARLY WE WANNA PROVIDE MULTIPLE WAYS OF, OF CONNECTING, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, INCLUDING THROUGH, THROUGH BICYCLE LANES, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING, UH, FOR THE PARKING NEEDS AND TRAVEL NEEDS OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I WANNA, UH, RECOGNIZE IF YOU, IF YOU ALLOW ME, UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, JOSE GONZALEZ, UH, TO CHIME IN AND GIVE US, UH, HIS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DIRECTOR AND INTERIM PARKING DIRECTOR.

UH, THE LAST TIME WE WERE BEFORE YOU WAS IN, UH, MAY AND WHERE WE PRESENTED THIS, THIS, UH, PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US BY FDOT TO INCLUDE BICYCLE LANES ON AN UPCOMING RESURFACING PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE, UH, PROGRAMMED IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, ALONG COLLINS AVENUE FROM 63RD STREET TO 75TH STREET.

UM, BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS AND REALLY BASED ON F DOTS ANALYSIS AS WELL, BECAUSE OF THE CONFIGURATION OF COLLINS AVENUE, IT HAS THREE LANES TRAVELING NORTHBOUND.

IT HAS A PARKING LANE ON THE WEST SIDE, AND NO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE.

'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, DRIVEWAYS.

BUT BASED ON THAT CONFIGURATION, THE ONLY WAY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPTIONS TO BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE A BIKE LANE ALONG THAT SEGMENT OF COLLINS AVENUE.

AND THAT IS TO EITHER ELIMINATE ONE OF THE TRAVEL LANES OR ELIMINATE THE ON STREET PARKING LANE ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS 75 PARKING SPOTS.

ELIMINATING OPTION TWO WOULD BE, WOULD ELIMINATE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 75 ON ON STREET PARKING SPACES ON THE WEST SIDE.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, AREN'T WE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A, A, A PARALLEL BIKE LANE ON THE BEACH PATH? SO IN, IN, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S, IT'S REPETITIVE 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES THERE AND YOU'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY ALL OF THAT ON STREET PARKING, WHICH MIGHT NOT SEEM IMPORTANT TO US.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES THERE THAT PEOPLE PARK GO IN VERY QUICKLY, UM, IN MY OPINION, IF THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT STRETCH.

UM, LET ME JUST CHECK IT.

ANY VOTING MEMBERS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING BEFORE I, I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR CLARIFY.

I, I THINK THANKS CHAIR.

YEAH, IT'S, SORRY.

IT'S OKAY.

DAVID'S FINE.

UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HARD PACK SAND? YEAH, THAT'S BEING, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? UH, DURHAM, WE PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET SO THAT OUR STAFF COULD, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, JOSE, WE PLACE MONEY IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

UH, SO THAT, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, AMY KNOWLES, UH, IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, WORKING, REACHING OUT AND SEEING THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.

OH, CAN, UH, UM, AND JUST, AND JUST ONE MORE THING AND YOU KNOW, PARKING'S OBVIOUSLY TIGHT IN NORTH BEACH.

I'VE, I'VE, I'VE I'VE GOT THAT .

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF REDUCING A TRAFFIC LANE.

AND I'LL, AND I'LL I'LL EXPLAIN, UM, THAT THE IDEA OF, OF REDUCING A TRAFFIC LANE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SORT OF REDUCE THE TRAFFIC LANES, I, THERE'S THREE NOW, RIGHT? THREES.

DID FR RECOMMEND THIS? SO WE APPROACHED THEM.

THAT WAS THE'S RECOMMENDATION AT THE, LET ME FINISH.

SO RIGHT.

THEY'RE, THEY DON'T RECOMMEND IT.

WELL I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE NARROWER LANES, THE SPEEDING JUST ORGANICALLY SLOWS DOWN.

AMY KNOWLES, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER.

AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEEDING CONCERNS ON COLLINS.

AND SO, OH, HERE'S AMY.

UM, AMY, WOULD YOU MIND THROUGH THE CHAIR SPEAKING ABOUT THE HARD PACKS IN, UM, AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS? SURE.

AND GOOD MORNING.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN THE, UM, THE, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO DO A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS TO GAUGE OUR ABILITY TO PUT A HARD PACK, UM, YOU KNOW, EAST OF THE EAST OF THE DUNES.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR PEDESTRIANS.

THAT'S WHAT THE ITEM THAT WAS PUT FORWARD THROUGH THE RESOLUTION.

UH, COMMISSIONER BOT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I LOVE THIS ITEM, UM, BECAUSE JOSE AND HIS TEAM AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SORT OF OCTOPUS OF A PROBLEM OF HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE FROM PLACE A TO PLACE B SAFELY IN MULTIMODAL, UM, MANNERS WITHOUT COMPROMISING

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PARKING OR TRAVEL SPEEDS FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

IT, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH, UM, WITH FDOT IN A DIFFERENT PART OF NORTH BEACH AND HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION ABOUT, INSTEAD OF REDUCING A FULL LANE OF TRAFFIC, SO GOING FROM THREE TO TWO AND, AND TO ACCOMPLISH ONE OF THE MANY THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THERE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO NARROW THE EXISTING THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DEAL WITH UP THERE IS SPEEDING.

SO WE DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY PARKING 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF IT.

WE KNOW THAT TRAFFIC IS A DISASTER UP THERE.

BY THE WAY, NOT TO TAKE KRISTEN'S ONE OF KRISTEN'S METHOD, UM, DEVICES OF SPEECH, WHICH IS SUCH A GREAT ONE BY THE WAY.

UM, , UM, UH, IF WE GET MORE PEOPLE ONTO OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, WE WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING CONGESTION.

SO IT'S THIS VICIOUS CYCLE, BUT IF WE REDUCE THE LANE WIDTH TO WHATEVER IS THE BARE MINIMUM, IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, THEN TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

AND, UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALSO THEN FINAGLE A LITTLE NARROW BIKE LANE IN THERE THAT IS, THAT IS MORE THAN A SHADOW.

SO COMMISSIONER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE BROUGHT TO FDOT.

WE HAD A VERY IN DEPTH DISCUSSION WITH FDOT TO TRY TO LOOK FOR WAYS OF SQUEEZING IN THIS BIKE LANE WITHOUT AFFECTING THE ON-STREET PARKING, UH, OR A TRAVEL LANE FOR THAT MATTER.

AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS WAS SQUEEZING THE LANE.

SO WE LEARNED THAT THE LANES ARE ALREADY 10 TO 11 FEET WIDE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO 10 FOOT LANES AND ONE LANE, WHICH IS 11 F UH, FEET WIDE, WHICH IS WHERE THE, THE BUSES TRAVEL ON.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE MINIMUM WITH BYSTANDERS FOR A STATE ROAD.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT, UH, THIS PORTION OF COLLINS AVENUE HAS 40,000, OVER 40,000 VEHICLES PER DAY TRAVEL ON THIS PORTION OF COLLINS AVENUE.

WHICH IS WHY WHEN FDOT LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL OF ELIMINATING ONE OF THE TRAVEL LANES, THE CORRIDOR WOULD JUST FAIL.

IT WOULD GO, IT'S, IT'S PRACTICALLY FAILING.

NOW DURING AFTERNOON PEAKS, IT WOULD GO TO LEVEL OF SERVICE F PLUS PLUS IF A LANE IS ELIMINATED.

SO, UM, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY OF FDOT AND SHE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT ELIMINATING A TRAVEL LANE.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, I'VE HAD A BUSINESS IN THAT CORRIDOR AND I MEAN, IT IS LITERALLY A PARKING LOT AND DURING HIGH IMPACT WEEKEND, IT'S LIKE BASEL.

IT DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL.

IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE WHEN IT GETS IMPACTED.

SO I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THIS.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME MASSIVE BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA THAT'S WONDERFUL.

LIKE THE MOTECH I, EVERYBODY HAS TO GO BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING OUT THESE BUSINESSES.

PEOPLE ARE INVESTING IN THAT CORRIDOR.

AND I WOULD HATE TO TAKE AWAY, UM, ANY PARKING THAT PEOPLE COULD JUST GO RUN IN AND GET SOME FOOD.

'CAUSE I MEAN, IT'S BUSY AND IT'S TRUCKING ALONG AND IT'S GETTING INVESTMENT.

SO, UM, I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPEDITE THIS HARD PACKED BICYCLE PATH.

UM, AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PATH, UH, I HAD SOMEBODY ASK ME, AND THIS IS FOR JOSE, IF YOU'RE OVER 70, COULD YOU USE AN E-BIKE ON THE PATH? BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW OLDER SENIORS WHO LIKE GOT TICKETED FOR USING IT, AND THEY HAVE TO USE AN E-BIKE.

COULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY COULD ADOPT SO THAT A FEW OF OUR SENIORS THAT ARE USING THEIR E-BIKES DON'T GET A TICKET FOR USING THE PATH? SO ANYWAY, AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU HERE, MAYBE WE'LL WORK ON THAT TOGETHER.

AND HOW, WHAT DO REALISTICALLY, TIMELINE WISE, HOW LONG, OKAY, SO JUST TO SET THE CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, OUR STATE STATUTES HAVE A LOT OF REGULATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO EAST OF THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE.

BUT SURFSIDE HAS ONE, BECAUSE AN OLD ONE, THEY CREATED THEIR DUNE SYSTEM AND THEIR PATHS IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY THAT WAS PERMITTED BY THE STATE JUST AS WE CREATED OUR BEACH WALK AND OUR, AND OUR SYSTEM IN A SPECIFIC WAY THAT WAS PERMITTED BY THE STATE.

SO, UM, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

WE CAN ASK FOR THE, FOR THE PERMISSION TO DO THIS HARD PACK, UM, EAST OF THE DUNES.

HOWEVER, WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IT IS SEA TURTLE NESTING HABITAT, THE SAND HAS TO BE KEPT IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SEA TURTLE EGGS CAN BE, CAN BE LAID.

UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE REBUILT EASILY AFTER A STORM EVENT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAJOR STORMS AND WE DON'T WANNA PUT ANYTHING THERE THAT IS GONNA CAUSE LIKE, DESTRUCTION IN SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE REBUILT.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE, THAT'S WHY WE'LL BE HIRING A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A YEAR BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A BIT OF A, IT'S A CHALLENGE AND WE WANNA TRY TO GET TO THE STATE TO A YES.

IF YOU, IF YOU GET THE TWO, JUST TWO THINGS, AND THE DATE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I'LL SEE TO YOU, UM, YOU, THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS ONE YEAR.

IF WE GET THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, I MEAN, WILL THEY, HOW LONG FROM THAT POINT? I MEAN, JUST BALLPARK.

TO GO THROUGH THEIR PROCUREMENT.

I MEAN, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY TWO TO THREE YEARS, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE

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WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING ON A CONSULTANT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND WORK THROUGH THE, ALL THE STATE APPROVALS FOR THAT.

AND RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS MY FINAL QUESTION 'CAUSE I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

IS THIS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PATH OR COULD YOU JUST, WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER TO JUST SAY, WE'D LIKE TO ADD ON FOUR ROWS OF PAVERS TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND JUST CALL IT AN EXTENSION, LIKE A MINI EXTENSION SO THAT YOU CAN AVOID ALL OF THAT.

AND WE COULD START IT.

'CAUSE WE ALREADY DID THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THAT AREA.

YOU UNDERSTAND? IT'S ALREADY BUILT OUT.

IT PROBABLY, I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY PLANTED STUFF AND, YOU KNOW, DUG UP AROUND THERE.

WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER TO JUST, IT'S PAVERS, RIGHT? HOW, HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED FOR A BIKE PATH? I PREFER TO JUST, INSTEAD OF SAYING WE WANT A WHOLE NEW PATH, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, SAFE SAFETY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO, I I, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEDESTRIANS.

I THINK THERE'S A MARKED PATH.

I MEAN, WE COULD DO BOTH TECHNICALLY.

I MEAN, BUT FOR THE INTERIM, THEY JUST NEED TO MARK AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN BIKE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT WAY WE CAN ENFORCE.

SO, OKAY, SO VICE CHAIR, UH, SUAREZ FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER BOT, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CALLERS.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

UM, HOW ABOUT WE SORT OF SPLIT THE BABY HERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SACRIFICE THE PARKING SPACES.

WE DON'T GIVE UP A LANE, BUT HOW ABOUT WE HAVE BETTER MARKERS ALONG, UH, COLLINS AVENUE THAT REALLY DELINEATE THAT SHOW.

THIS IS A SHARED PATH.

I KNOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE IT ALL OVER THE CITY.

IT'S WHITE.

IT'S SORT OF LIKE FADED EVERYWHERE.

BUT IF, IF YOU HAVE IT, IF YOU HAVE BETTER SIGNAGE TO SHOW THAT THIS IS A SHARED PATH, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE MOST, UH, IDEAL SITUATION FOR CYCLISTS OR E-BIKES OR, OR SCOOTERS.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A CONCEPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THEY ON THE ROAD? THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD.

UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING UP TRAFFIC LANES.

AND SO IF WE JUST HAVE PERHAPS BETTER SIGNAGE TO, TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS ALSO TO BE SHARED BY MICRO MOBILITY, UH, USES, UH, HOW DOES MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT, WE'RE GONNA SAY NO TO THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE BETTER ENHANCED SIGNAGE.

UM, OR IF THAT COLLINS INDIAN CREEK, CAN WE DO A BIKE PATH THERE IF IT ISN'T ALREADY FINISHED? OKAY, COMMISSIONER BOT.

SO PART OF THIS OCTOPUS PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS ALREADY CONTEMPLATING TO THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE SUGGESTING, WHICH IS, UM, GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.

UM, NOT, NOT ALL THE WAY TO EXTENDING THE BEACH WALK FOR WHATEVER PAVERS WIDE ALL THE WAY UP, BUT BECAUSE IN SOME PARTS THE BEACH WALK IS ACTUALLY QUITE WIDE.

BUT IN THOSE REALLY NARROW BOTTLE NECKY AREAS, WE'RE LOOKING AT SORT OF RECLAIMING A FEW FEET FROM OUR PLANTED AREAS SO THAT WE CAN BUILD OUT A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE SAFER.

IT'S NOT THE FULL SOLUTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN ALSO, DAVID, UM, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS , UM, VICE CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR IS GOOD.

I WILL NEVER REMEMBER VICE CHAIR.

I'M SORRY, DAVID.

UM, UM, PART OF THIS OCTOPUS ALSO IS, UM, EVALUATING ALL THIS, THE PAINTED SIGNAGE ON WHETHER IT'S A GREEN BIKE LANE OR CHERYL, AND GOING BACK AND THERE'S MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED TO DO THIS, UM, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

AND GO AND DO THE WORST ONES FIRST, SO THAT AT THE VERY LEAST PEOPLE KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, THAT, THAT CYCLISTS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE WHERE THEY ARE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM, UH, VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, AND THEN TAKE THE CALLERS.

LANES, CONVENTIONAL BICYCLE LANES ON 71ST STREET, TELLING THEM, GO TO THE BEACH, WALK FOR SOMETHING THAT FOR A YEAR WE WON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE.

AND ALEX IS JUST FINE , UM, I JUST, I JUST WANT, UH, TO, UM, TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT SOUTH OF 41ST STREET, WE HAVE, UH, CONVENTIONAL BICYCLE LANES, UH, THAT, THAT ARE COMING IN SOUTH OF, OF 41ST STREET ON INDIAN CREEK DRIVE AND ON COLLINS AVENUE.

THEN, UH, FROM 42ND STREET ALL THE WAY TO 63RD STREET, WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL, UH, PLAN FOR, FOR BICYCLE LANES THAT, THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED THAT FDLT IS GONNA BE USING IN ITS DESIGN FOR, FOR, FOR ITS RESURFACING PROJECT.

UH, FROM FROM 41ST, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY TO 63RD.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO WE'VE CREATED THIS CONNECTIVITY ALL THE WAY TO 63RD.

AND NOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT FROM 63RD STREET ON NORTH, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY REAL CONNECTIVITY FROM THE ROADWAY.

AND THAT TO ME IS JUST A CONCERN BECAUSE WE NEED TO CON, WE NEED TO CREATE A GRID IF WE REALLY ARE GOING TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND USE THEIR BICYCLES AND OTHER FORMS OF MOBILITY.

AND SO, AND SO, WE CAN'T TELL PEOPLE TAKE THEIR BICYCLES UP TO 63RD STREET AND THEN LEAVE THEM WITH NOTHING ALL THE WAY TO 71ST STREET TO MEET WITH THE BEACH WALK.

WELL, BUT THE THING IS THEN AT 71ST STREET, WE HAVE BICYCLE

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I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD.

I THINK WE NEED TO PLAN, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT PROVIDES THE CONNECTIVITY.

I THINK TEMPORARILY, IF WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH FDOT, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY, WE SHOULD BE ADOPTING IT.

AND THEN IF IT COMES BACK FROM OUR RESILIENCY DEPARTMENT THAT IS FEASIBLE TO DO THE HARD PACK ON THE SAND, WELL THEN AT THAT POINT, THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND, I DON'T KNOW, JOSE, IF, IF AT THAT POINT WE, IT WILL BE FEASIBLE TO TELL FDLT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T NEED THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE WE FILED AN ALTERNATE WAY OF ACCOMMODATING THE BICYCLISTS.

BUT I, WHAT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT WE MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY FROM SOUTH BEACH ALL THE WAY TO NORTH BEACH.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A GAP BETWEEN 63RD AND 71ST STREET AND ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY TO 74TH STREET, UH, THAT IS GOING TO BE REMAIN UP IN THE AIR AT LEAST FOR A YEAR UNTIL AMY KNOWLES AND THE RESILIENCY TEAM IS ABLE TO HEAR BACK ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE FEEDBACK.

UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

UH, A COUPLE THOUGHTS.

JOSE ONE, CAN YOU JUST BRIEF, UH, BROADLY REINTRODUCE THE ITEM EXACTLY WHERE IT GOES FROM, UH, WHERE IT GOES TO WHAT WE WOULD BE ELIMINATING, WHETHER IT BE A LANE OF TRAFFIC, PARKING SPACES, UM, AND, AND THEN ALSO WHY WE WOULD DO THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET VERSUS EAST SIDE.

I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON THIS IN A, IN A PREVIOUS MEETING.

UM, I JUST THINK IT'S SUCH A, LIKE WE LIVE IN A BEACH TOWN, SO THE BAROMETER FOR LIKE WHAT MAKES THIS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE WITH FAMILIES AND, AND INDIVIDUALS IS IT'S A PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ON A BICYCLE OR A SCOOTER AND JUST RIDE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR CITY TO THE NORTH SIDE, RIGHT? UNINTERRUPTED.

I I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ASKING A TON.

UM, I DON'T MEAN A CYCLIST, I DON'T MEAN LANCE ARMSTRONG IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE.

JUST GETTING ON A CASUAL BIKE AND FEELING SAFE, YOU KNOW, RIDING SOUTH TO NORTH IN OUR CITY.

UH, AND THEN IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO THREAD THIS NEEDLE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF, UH, POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS, UH, CORRIDOR ON COLLINS AVENUE HERE.

UH, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT SOME SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE VISION OR, UH, I HATE THE WORD MASTER PLAN, BUT MASTER PLAN, UH, WHEN THERE IS THIS REDEVELOPMENT TO ESSENTIALLY INCLUDE, UM, SOME CONCESSIONS FOR A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SO I KNOW I THREW IT A LOT AT YOU, IF YOU COULD JUST REINTRODUCE THE STREETS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BE ELIMINATED? AND ALSO ONE THING I'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT WE'RE ELIMINATING, BUT WHERE I'VE REALLY SEEN TRAFFIC BACK UP IN OUR CITY IS WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM ONE STRUCTURE TO ANOTHER.

SO A BOTTLENECK THAT'S CREATED.

SO WHEN WE'D BE GOING FROM THREE LANES TO TWO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'D RATHER BE LARGELY INDIFFERENT IF WE HAD THREE LANES OR TWO LANES, BUT WHERE WE COULD REALLY SEE A TRAFFIC BACKUP IS ACTUALLY MANAGING DOWN WHEN WE GO FROM THREE LANES TO TWO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

LANES FROM 41 STREET DOWN TO 26TH STREET.

UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER IN SUMMARY, IN SUMMARY, THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THE, THE POTENTIAL TO INCLUDE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE ALONG COLLINS FROM 63RD STREET TO 75TH STREET AS PART OF AN UPCOMING FO PROJECT ALONG THAT SEGMENT OF, OF THE ROADWAY.

BUT GIVEN THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF COLLINS AVENUE, WHICH HAS THREE NORTHBOUND LANES, HIGHLY U UTILIZED PORTION OF COLLINS AVENUE, OVER 40,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, UM, THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS ARE TO EITHER ELIMINATE A TRAVEL LANE, ONE OF THOSE THREE LANES IN ORDER TO GAIN THE SPACE FOR A BIKE LANE.

HOWEVER, FO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT THAT, THAT OPTION AT ALL.

SO THAT ONE IS OFF THE TABLE.

THE OTHER OPTION IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CORRIDOR, THERE'S ON STREET PARKING.

THE IDEA WOULD BE TO, UH, REPURPOSE THAT ON STREET PARKING.

AND WHERE THAT, ON-STREET PARKING CURRENTLY IS, THAT WOULD BECOME THE BIKE LANE.

SO Y ON THE WEST SIDE AND NOT THE EAST SIDE.

THE EAST SIDE HAS NUMEROUS MULTIPLE DRIVEWAYS.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CONDOS ARE IN THE HOTELS.

AND, AND SO THAT PRESENT A LOT OF CONFLICTS FOR CYCLISTS ON THE EAST SIDE.

SO THAT'S WHY THE WEST SIDE IS PROPOSING.

THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS AS, AS, UH, WAS DESCRIBED BY, BY THE VICE MAYOR, THIS SEGMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 63 TO 75 CRITICAL PIECE OF THE BIKE, UH, NETWORK PUZZLE IN PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN NORTH BEACH, UH, THERE WILL BE AT SOME POINT IN THE HOPEFULLY NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, THERE WILL BE BIKE LANES FROM 63 STREET DOWN TO 41ST STREET.

AND AS WE SPEAK, FDOT IS ACTUALLY BUILDING BIKE

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SO IT IS PART OF THAT BIKE BICYCLE NETWORK.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

JOSE.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT, UH, THIS ISN'T AN ABSOLUTE STATEMENT, UM, BUT IN, UH, A BROAD SENSE, A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS AVENUE FROM 63RD TO 75TH ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, DEDICATED SURFACE PARKING LOTS WITHIN KIND OF THEIR, UM, COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.

WHEN I THINK OF WHERE RITA'S WATER ICE IS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DEDICATED PARKING THERE.

UH, THE PUBLIX, FOR EXAMPLE, YES, IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PARK OUT FRONT AND RUN INTO THE PHARMACY OR OR LIQUOR STORE IF YOU'RE MY FRIEND, UM, , BUT, UH, THEY HAVE DEDICATED PARKING, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE ARE STRANGLING THESE BUSINESSES.

YES, YOU'RE YOU'RE GIVING UP A LITTLE CONVENIENCE, BUT LIKE I SAID, I, I THINK, UH, CONNECTIVITY AND TRANSPORTATION IS CRITICAL.

SO I I WOULD BE IN FAVOR, UH, IF WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS.

ONE IS DO NOTHING, TWO IS TAKE AWAY TRAVELING, OR THREE IS TAKE AWAY, UH, PARKING.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THAT CONFINED AREA BETWEEN 63RD AND 75TH, I THINK A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, PARKING IN THEIR KIND OF CORRIDORS.

UH, SO I, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE OPTION, UH, OF REMOVING THE ON STREET PARKING THERE IN, UH, IN FAVOR OF BETTER CONNECTIVITY.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SO IT'S 75 SPOTS.

THAT'S A LOT.

AND WE HAVE TWO CALLERS THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING.

SO STEPHANIE, TAKE THE CALL.

MADAM CHAIR, MAY I JUST SAY ONE THING? ONE LAST THING ON WITH REGARD TO THE LOSS OF THE ON STREET PARKING, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD DO A BLOCK BY BLOCK ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THOSE 75 ON STREET PARKING SPACES ALONG THE SIDE STREETS WITHIN THAT SEGMENT FROM 60 63.

AND WE DO HAVE THE BEACH WALK, AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY TRAVEL ON THEIR BIKES.

LET'S TAKE THE CALLERS PLEASE.

IF WE COULD PLEASE UNMUTE A UNMUTE CHARLIE'S IPHONE.

AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH, YES.

HI, I AM CHARLES FISHER.

I LIVE AT 6 35 EUCLID AVENUE.

UM, THANKS FOR, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT.

I LOVE HEARING A LOT OF POINTS THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN MAKING.

UH, I THINK THE FRAMING OF THIS SA, THE FRAMING OF THIS CONVERSATION, THERE WAS THE SAME THINKING THAT HAS GOT US IN THIS TRAFFIC GYM NIGHTMARE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN.

SO TOO MUCH TRAFFIC, NOT ENOUGH PARKING, AND THE BEST CHEAPEST WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM IS A SHIFT, A PORTION OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR CARS TO THE BIKES.

ADDITIONALLY, EVERY STUDY ON THIS SHOWS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GET TO BUSINESSES VIA BIKES, INCREASES BUSINESS.

I PERSONALLY HAVE BIKED FROM SOUTH BEACH TO CAFE BURN.

I WILL NOT, UH, DRIVE THERE BECAUSE THE VALET IS TOO EXPENSIVE.

BUT I WILL BIKE THERE IF IT, AND I WILL BIKE THERE MORE IF IT'S SAFER.

UH, FOR BIKE LANES, I HEAR A LOT OF CONCERN OF THE TRAVEL TIME OF PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THEIR CAR, BUT I DON'T HEAR ANY CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO DON'T OWN A CAR OR DON'T DRIVE A CAR AND NEEDING TO COMMUTE.

SO I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MEANS TO GET, WHO DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO TRAVEL IN A PRIVATE CAR AND USE, AND THEY USE BIKE AS THEIR PRIMARY WAY OF TRAVELING.

AND THE COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AS WELL, NOT JUST THE TRAVEL TIME OF PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH.

I OBVIOUS, PLEASE UNMUTE, CALL AND USER ONE.

AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, PRESENT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS MATTHEW GOLD.

PANOFF ADDRESS IS 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS AS WELL AS THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, FOR THE FORWARD LINKING ITEM, FORWARD LOOKING ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH TODAY.

THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED BACK IN MAY AND WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUS TIME AS WELL, AS MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE, F OS AND PLANNING THIS PROJECT FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ENDORSED.

AND I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS ON OUR MASTER PLAN, THE CITY'S ADOPTED BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, AND LAST MEETING BACK IN MAY.

WE WENT OVER A LOT OF THE GOOD REASONS TO SUPPORT THIS.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER ENDORSING THIS IDEA, OR AT LEAST LETTING IT GO FORWARD TO THE FULL COMMISSION AND NOT, UH, AND, AND, AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY IS BEING GIVEN AT NO COST.

DON'T FORGET, FDOT IS GONNA PAY THE FULL PRICE OF THIS PROJECT, AND IT WOULD ADD TREMENDOUS VALUE AND SAFETY TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU AND I HOPE EVERYONE KEEPS AN OPEN MIND AND ALLOWS US ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO PROCEED TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, VICE CHAIR, SORRY.

THE BUSINESSES, UM, THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED OF THE ON STREET PARKING AND JUST GET THEIR FEEDBACK, HOPEFULLY THEIR BUY-IN, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DEFER THIS AND IN THE MEANTIME REACH OUT TO

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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, A A A PATH WHERE A PATH , UH, A PATH OR A LANE WHERE THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.

UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS A GREAT IDEA THAT IF YOU WANNA START FROM SOUTH OF FIFTH, GO TO NORTH BEACH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT SAFELY.

UM, BUT I THINK YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT YOU EVEN REDUCING FURTHER SOME OF THOSE SPOTS.

UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD POINT THAT A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES ON THE WEST SIDE HAVE DEDICATED PARKING LOTS, SURFACE PARKING LOTS.

UM, PERHAPS WE JUST DEFER THIS ONE MORE MONTH AND JUST GET, BUY-IN FROM THE, UM, NEIGHBORING FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED SO THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SHOCK AND THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT INTO THE DISCUSSION.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT.

YES, I AM FINE.

MADAM CHAIR WITH THAT CHAIR.

AND WE'RE GONNA WRAP THIS UP.

AND I THINK IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUTREACH, I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.

UM, I, I FEAR THAT IF WE REACH OUT ONLY TO THE BUSINESSES, WE'RE GONNA GET SKEWED FEEDBACK THERE, UH, LIKE ALICE PARK.

YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE IN, UM, IN, IN THE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IF I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, I'M NOT GOING TO WANT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS TAKEN AWAY.

BUT IF WE HEAR FROM THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, THERE MIGHT BE RESIDENTS THAT DON'T WANT THIS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE RESIDENTS THAT WILL SAY, LISTEN, I'LL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND SAFER GETTING ON MY BICYCLE ON 71ST STREET AND MAKING MY WAY DOWN TO COLLINS AVENUE.

I MIGHT GO TO THE BUSINESSES BECAUSE I HAVE A SAFER WAY OF GETTING THERE.

SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO OUTREACH, WE NEED TO DO HOLISTIC OUTREACH, UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN DEFER TWO MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO THAT MORE HOLISTIC OUTREACH.

SO WE'LL BRING THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER, AND I DO WANNA REITERATE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET FROM SOUTH OF FIFTH TO NORTH BEACH SAFELY ON THE BEACH WALK ON THEIR BIKE.

SO I DO WANNA SAY THAT.

HEAR AT THE REQUEST OF VICE CHAIR SUAREZ IS NUMBER ONE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE WILL

[1. DISCUSS EXTENDING METERED PARKING HOURS FOR SPACES LOCATED ADJACENT TO NORTH BEACH BUSINESSES.]

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSSED EXTENDING METERED PARKING HOURS FOR SPACES LOCATED ADJACENT TO NORTH BEACH BUSINESSES.

VICE CHAIR, YOU'LL TEE IT UP.

SO I BROUGHT THIS ITEM AS A RESULT OF THE NEW NORTH BEACH PARKING PILOT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT I, WHEN THE METERS END AT SIX O'CLOCK NOW THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM.

WE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ASKING TO EXTEND THE METERS TO A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF A LATER TIME TO ACCOMMODATE RESTAURANTS THAT, THAT SERVE FOOD UNTIL, YOU KNOW, INTO, INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

AND SO, UM, JOSE, IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AND WHAT YOUR POSSIBLE PLANS ARE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO DO IS ENGAGE ONE-ON-ONE, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED, UM, YOU KNOW, BY THIS PROGRAM.

UH, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, AS YOU WERE POINTING OUT, THE, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM FOR NORTH BEACH IS ON THE CUSP OF ROLLING OUT, UH, THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL ROLL OUT ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

UH, RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PROGRAMS ARE INTENDED TO PRIORITIZE RESIDENTIAL PARKING, UH, CLEARLY, PARTICULARLY AFTER HOURS AFTER 6:00 PM WHEN RESIDENTS, UH, COME HOME FROM WORK.

AND IT JUST FACILITATES FINDING CONVENIENT PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S A LIMITED PARKING SUPPLY IN NORTH BEACH.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESSES, BOTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEIR PATRONS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, DOING IS REACHING OUT.

UM, JUST LAST MONTH, WE, UH, CONDUCTED AN ELECTRONIC SURVEY TO 170 PLUS, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, IN THE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE RES, THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

ONLY ABOUT 11 RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED.

HOWEVER, OF THOSE 11, ALL OF THEM STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE IMPACTS.

THE, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, PERMIT PROGRAM WOULD, UH, HAVE IMPACTS ON THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.

SO THERE'S 170 BUSINESSES THERE.

UM, DO THEY HAVE SURFACE PARKING LOTS? SOME, SOME DO COMMISSIONER? UM, IT REALLY DEPENDS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S MOST, OR THERE'S A MIX OF MOST HAVE IT OR NO? UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT MOST HAVE IT A HANDFUL.

UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OFF THE, OFF THE TOP OF, OF MY HEAD,

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SO, UM, WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA BE DOING DOOR TO DOOR TO ENGAGE THE BUSINESSES TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THEIR PARKING NEEDS AND THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.

SO WE CAN TAILOR, UM, THE, THE EXPANSION OF THE ON STREET METERED HOURS, UH, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS FROM 71ST TO 87.

IT WOULD BE FROM 65TH STREET ON THE SOUTH TO OUR NORTHERN CITY LIMIT.

UH, SO WHEN YOU GO OUT, YOU CAN KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

AND, AND CURRENTLY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE, UH, THE METERS, UH, IN THE, IN, WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE, UH, ZONE, ZONE 26, WHICH IS GONNA BE CREATED, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE.

UM, ESSENTIALLY THE, THE, THE METERS ARE ENFORCED UP TO 6:00 PM SO AFTER 6:00 PM THE METERS ARE NOT ENFORCED.

NO ONE HAS TO PAY, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, TO THE PUBLIC, AND EVERYONE.

BUT THE, THE IDEA, THE THOUGHT IS THAT AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM AFTER 6:00 PM UH, CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION OF, OF, OF THE METERS OF 6:00 PM WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS MAY FIND SOME OF THESE METERED PARKING SPACES TO BE CONVENIENT IF THEY'RE CLOSE, AND THEN THEY'LL PARK THERE.

AND CUSTOMERS, UH, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BUSINESSES MAY NOT HAVE A PLACE TO PARK.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST, OH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH JOSE.

UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A, THIS IS A THEORY, NOT A THEORY, BUT THIS IS A, A, A, A TRIED TRUE TESTED METHOD THAT WE, THAT WORKS EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WASHINGTON AVENUE ABUTS, UH, ZONE TWO, FLAMINGO PARK, YOU KNOW, FLAMINGO PARK HAS A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM, AND WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHICH IS LITERALLY ADJACENT, HAS METERED SPOTS THAT ARE OPEN TILL THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

THREE, YEAH, 3:00 AM.

AND SO IT REALLY IS DESIGNED TO SILO, UM, THE, THE, THE USE OF PARKING.

SO THERE'S RESIDENTIAL PARKING, AND THEN THERE'S COMMERCIAL PARKING.

THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A MIX OF THE TWO.

AND SO THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO BRING THE ADAM FORWARD SO THAT, UH, AS JOSE SAID, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND IT CONVENIENT TO JUST PARK IN A METERED SPOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, A AFTER 6:00 PM BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER THAN, THAN THE RESIDENTIAL SPOT.

THOSE ARE SOME LIMITED CASES, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN REALITY, WE ALREADY DO THIS ACROSS CITYWIDE.

WE DO AGAINST RIGHT AGAINST EVERY, UM, RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONE.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

OH, THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, ARE YOU PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT COLLINS OR THE WHOLE IT'S WHEREVER IT'S, SO THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM IS 65TH, UM, NORTH.

IT'S TO CITY LIMITS.

SO ANYTHING, ANY COMMERCIAL ZONE WITHIN THAT, UM, WITHIN THAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IS WHERE THIS WOULD, NOW AGAIN, AS I SAID, HE, THEIR CITY STAFF'S GONNA GO DOOR TO DOOR TO DECIDE.

MAYBE SOME METER SPOTS ONLY NEED TO BE OPEN UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, AN OCEAN TERRACE, THE OWNER OF SUSHI BEACH, HE REACHED OUT TO ME SAYING, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THIS.

HE'S LIKE, LOOK, I LOVE, I, I LIVE IN NORTH BEACH.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF A PARKING PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE ABUSED ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

AND SO THIS IS WHY I REACHED, THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD.

SO HERE WOULD, HERE WOULD BE MY ASK.

THAT ENTIRE AREA, SINCE THE VILLE, UH, WAS VACATED AND DEMOLISHED IS LIKE BARELY TRUCKING ALONG.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG HAUL FOR BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN THERE MANY YEARS.

THE JUICE BAR COULD GIVE THEM A HARD, WELL, THEY'RE NOT, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM AT NIGHT.

BUT THE FEW RESTAURANTS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT ARE DOING WELL, LIKE FIFI'S, UH, THERE'S A NICE ITALIAN PLACE ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT HAS REALLY HA HAS A FOLLOWING.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THEM, BUT MY ASK WOULD BE TO PLEASE NOT TOUCH THAT COMMERCIAL ZONE OR REGULATED AT ALL UNTIL THE DEVIL GETS BUILT.

THEN GO FOR IT.

THEN THEY'LL BE FLUSH WITH PEOPLE.

MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY SENSITIVE.

I THINK WE HAVE TO BE GIVING THEM INCENTIVES.

I WOULD BE REREGULATING THAT AREA TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO GO THERE MORE EASILY.

OR IF YOU DO DECIDE TO REGULATE THIS, THEN THE CITY NEEDS TO SUBSIDIZE $5 VALET PARKING IN THOSE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AT NIGHT.

UM, IF THAT'S WHAT

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YOU WANTED TO DO.

BUT KIND OF LIKE WYNWOOD, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE UP, YOU GIVE THE $5, YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY EVER.

SO IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THE VALET COMMISSIONER, I, I THINK THE INTENT IS TO PROTECT THE BUSINESSES ON, ON THIS ITEM.

IT'S NOT TO OVER-REGULATE.

IT'S, IT'S TO PROTECT IT SO THAT IN THE EVENING HOURS, IF SOMEONE IS GONNA COME FOR DINNER, THEY CAN FIND A METERED SPOT AND THEY CAN PARK NEXT TO THE BUSINESS THAT NOT, CAN YOU EXCLUDE THAT AREA? THE COLLINS FROM, FROM THIS PROGRAM? WELL, , IT'S, IT'S A METERED SPOT.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE PROGRAM.

SO THE IDEA IS THAT IT, IT, IT, YOU ARE SILOING COMMERCIAL PARKING SPACES FOR COM FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT AFTER SIX O'CLOCK, ANYONE CAN USE IT.

WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENTIAL PARKING, ANYONE CAN PARK THERE FOR, FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM.

SO THIS, THE, THE INTENT IS, IS TO PROTECT THOSE BUSINESSES.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA FI FIFIS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARK IN FRONT OF FIFIS.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE COMPETING WITH ANYONE ELSE.

OR THE, THE BUSINESS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE COMPETING THAT PARKING SPACE WITH ANYONE ELSE.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOUR MICS ON IT WOULD STAY, OH, BY THE WAY, THIS IS SO MUCH EASIER.

I KNOW THE FREE AND FAIR MICROPHONE SYSTEM TOO SOON.

CHRISTY, TOO SOON JUST FEEL SO GOOD AND HAVE SOME CONTROL.

I'M GONNA CUT YOU OFF.

, STOP IT.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ OR CHAIR DOMINGEZ? UM, OKAY, FINE.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT I ABSOLUTELY UNDER, LIKE, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE METERED PARKING? YES.

SO THAT PE THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING, UM, PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL SPACES.

SO IF YOU'RE LIKE ON BYRON OR CARLISLE, YOU HAVE, THOSE ARE RESIDENCE SPOTS AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE RESTRICTED TO ONLY RESIDENTS.

BUT AFTER SIX O'CLOCK IN COMMERCIAL ZONES, THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO ANYONE.

SO THEY'RE GETTING TAKEN UP.

SO THEY'RE GONNA, THEY COULD BE TAKEN UP BY ANYONE.

THEY COULD BE TAKEN UP BY RESIDENTS, THEY COULD BE TAKEN UP BY JUST PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR CAR.

THEY'RE GOING TO, MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA THE DRUM CIRCLE OR SOMETHING.

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE REASON I'M PUTTING THIS IS TO PROTECT THOSE BUSINESSES IN ALLOWING, UH, PEOPLE WHO WANNA PARK NEXT TO 'EM, UH, SHOULD BE ABLE TO.

NOW AGAIN, THIS IS FOR LIKE THE EVENING RESTAURANTS THAT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

AND THEN WE, WE'LL GO ONTO COMMISSIONER BOT.

UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, THE ITEMS SAYS EXTENDING THE HOUR, UH, TO WHAT TIME WOULD IT BE RESIDENTIAL? WELL, THAT'S STAFF.

SO, SO STAFF, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA GO DOOR TO DOOR.

THE WE ARE, THE INTENT IS TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, SOME AREAS MAY NEED TO GO TILL NINE O'CLOCK.

SOME AREAS MAY NEED TO GO TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.

COMMISSIONER BOT.

SO, UM, THERE, WHEN YOU DO THE OUTREACH FOR THE PARKING PROGRAM IN NORTH BEACH, I HOPE THAT YOU COULD ALSO INCLUDE LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT BY BEING A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THEY, OR, OR MAKING IT SO THAT THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING DISCOUNT.

BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN ABOUT PAYING $4 FOR A METER FOR OUT PER HOUR, IT'S A DOLLAR AN HOUR.

SO EVEN IF YOU NEED TO, UM, EVEN IF YOU NEED TO PAY FOR A METER FOR AN HOUR OR TWO WHEN YOU FIRST GET HOME, $2 IS NOT A FOR, FOR, I DON'T WANNA DISCOUNT PEOPLE'S ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS, BUT IT'S NOT GENERALLY GOING TO BE BANK BREAKING.

HOWEVER, UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS THERE.

THAT PEOPLE, ONCE YOU'RE ENROLLED IN THE PARKING PROGRAM, YOU'RE ALSO ENROLLED IN THE DISCOUNT RESIDENT PARKING PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I SUPPORT IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

AND I WOULD ACTUALLY SUGGEST THAT IT NEEDS TO GO LATER THAN THAT.

IN SOME AREAS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE BEST ECONOMIC RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY HAS BEEN IN THE, IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA SURROUNDING THE, UM, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN.

WE HAVE GREAT NOT GOOD, GREAT RESTAURANTS AROUND THERE, AND MORE COMING AND COOL STORES, AND A GREAT BAR THAT IS OPEN, I DON'T KNOW, TILL TWO, AT LEAST MAYBE TILL FIVE, THAT NOBODY EVER HEARS A PEE OUT OF BECAUSE IT'S JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE LAS SAND TREE IS UP THERE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU GET A CRAVING FOR LAS SAND TREE AT FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIND A SPOT.

UM, NOT NECESSARILY IF IT NEEDS TO STAY OPEN TILL THOSE SPOTS NEED TO BE, UM, AVAILABLE TILL FIVE.

BUT WE'VE WORKED SO HARD AS A, AS A, AS A COMMISSION AS A COMMUNITY TO GET THAT PART OF THE CITY REINVE INVIGORATED.

AND WHEN THE NEW VILLE 2.0 COMES ONLINE MM-HMM.

, THAT IS GOING TO BE HUGE AS WELL.

LET'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIMIT OUR SUCCESS.

SO, UM, I'M SORRY, ONLY 11 PEOPLE RESPONDED.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY DISTRESSING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REACHED OUT TO THE NORMANDY, UM, BUSINESS FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION MM-HMM.

, UM, DIRECTLY, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'D GET A GOOD, A GOOD AMOUNT OF INFORMATION FROM THEM, NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES, BUT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM,

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AS A WHOLE.

AND, UM, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF GOING BACK AND REACHING OUT TO LOTS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY AND GETTING THE INFORMATION.

BUT WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE DOING THIS.

WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE SENDING, UM, BY CLEANING UP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING ILLEGALLY IN NORTH BEACH WITH THIS PARKING PROGRAM.

ANYHOW, IN THEORY, WE WILL BE FINDING MORE, UH, RESIDENTIAL SPOTS THAT ARE NOW VACANT AND, AND USABLE FOR RESIDENTS.

WE DON'T WANNA PIT RESIDENTS AGAINST THE BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT THEM TO SUPPORT, AND VICE VERSA.

SO, I, I'M NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I SU THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.

UM, MADAM CHAIR, UH, AND I ECHO A LOT OF THE SENTIMENTS OF COMMISSIONER BOND OF COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, AND, AND OF THE ITEM SPONSOR, AND THE, AND THE INTENT BEHIND THIS, IT'S NOT LOST IN ME ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE BURGERS AND SHAKES.

I THINK THEY'RE OPEN TILL 5:00 AM OR, OR ALLOWED TO, TO BE OPEN TILL TILL 5:00 AM YOU HAVE THE NORTH BEACH TAVERN, UH, THAT HAS A 5:00 AM LICENSE.

BOB'S YOUR UNCLE.

YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE OPEN LATE, AND WE DON'T WANNA GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR ABILITY TO SUCCEED.

UM, WHEN WE'RE INVESTING SO MUCH IN TRYING TO, TO IMPROVE NORTH, IMPROVE NORTH BEACH, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT SOUTH BEACH, AT THE SOUTH SOUTH BEACH PARKING ZONE, THE, UM, THE, UH, METERED PARKING IS ENFORCED THERE TO, FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 AM UM, IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN SOUTH BEACH, THE METERED PARKING IS ENFORCED 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND IF WE LOOK AT ONE OF THESE TWO MODELS, IT WOULD STILL ALLOW THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BEACH WHO, WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM TO PARK, UH, IN THESE, IN, IN, IN THE METERED PARKING SPACES.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I'M SORRY.

VICE WHERE YOU SAID IT WOULD DO WHAT EXACTLY.

IF, IF IN THE METERED AREAS? MM-HMM.

, IF, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MM-HMM.

, UH, IN NORTH BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE.

, ONCE A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM GOES INTO PLACE, WILL A RESIDENT WITH A DECAL PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM BE ABLE TO PARK THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR PARKING? OR WILL THEY HAVE TO AFTER 6:00 PM YES, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARK THERE AFTER, AFTER 6:00 PM WITH THE CURRENT HOURS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND PERHAPS WE COULD FIND A WAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOW THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE EITHER IN THE SOUTH BEACH PARKING ZONE WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, ENFORCED PARKING UP TO 3:00 AM OR IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHERE YOU HAVE 24 HOUR ENFORCEMENT.

BUT IF YOU'RE PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM AND YOU NEED PARKING, YOU CAN STILL PARK THERE.

AND SO PERHAPS THERE'S A MIDDLE GROUND THAT COULD BE FOUND THAT I JUST, YOU KNOW, ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SO THAT WE HELP THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, BUT WE DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF THE BUSINESSES, UH, THAT DEPEND ON THIS, ON THIS PARKING, UM, FOR THE CHAIR.

UM, I, I THINK THE WAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH BEACH, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT, YOU HAVE, AND YOU'RE IN FLAMINGO PARK, YOU HAVE ZONE TWO, AND YOU WANNA PARK IN A METERED, YOU HAVE A HEAVILY DISCOUNTED RATE.

I THINK IT'S LIKE $1 AN HOUR.

I, IF, IF, IF THE YOU DOES DURING THE, DURING THE METERED HOURS, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK FOR FREE IN THE METERED SPACES.

NELSON, ONE THING I JUST, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WE GOT AN LTC RECENTLY THAT ALL OF THAT'S GOING UP.

SO THE $1 AN HOUR IS TURNING TO $2 AN HOUR.

$2 AN HOUR.

UM, BUT I THINK, UH, ULTIMATELY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE DISCRETION ON WHAT, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT ZONES NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO WHAT HOURS, BECAUSE I, I'VE TALKED TO DAVID SEXTON AND, AND THE, UM, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN AREA, THEY PREFER TO HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT SIX O'CLOCK.

UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND THIS IS WHY YOUR OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT.

, UH, HOWEVER, ON NEAR OCEAN TERRACE OR SUSHI BEACHY IS THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DEFINITELY REQUESTING THAT THE METER BE GO BEYOND 6:00 PM SO, I, I DON'T THINK, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW, LEGAL CAN WEIGH IN.

I, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA MICROMANAGE LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS SUGGEST.

I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW, OCEAN TERRACE GOES TILL 10 O'CLOCK.

NORMAN NEW FOUNTAIN STAYS AT SIX, AND YOU, YOU, YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONALS.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHY YOU GET PAID THE BI BIG BUCKS AND, AND MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AND, AND HAVE DISCRETION.

AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE'LL ALL HEAR ABOUT IT.

DO A, AN ASSESSMENT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO YOU OF HOW THEY WOULD DO, DO WE HAVE TO BRING THIS TO COMMISSION, DO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, OR CAN WE BRING IT TO THE C COMMISSION AFTER THEY'VE HAD THEIR, UM, THEIR ANALYSIS? THAT'S UP TO YOU.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL DISCUSS.

BUT I THINK FOR THE SAKE OF, UM, UH, STREAMLINING THIS, I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE THE, THE DISCRETION ON RA ON RAISING AND CAN, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? CAN I, CAN WE DO THAT AS A, OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS TO GO BACK TO COMMISSION, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GIVE THEM SORT OF CARTE BLANCHE ON HOW THEY WANT TO EXTEND HOURS IN DIFFERENT ZONES? UH, WE WOULDN'T GIVE THEM CARTE BLANCS.

YOU WOULD ASK THEM TO GO OUT AND

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YOU CAN DO EITHER COMMISSION THEN.

SO, UH, MY MOTION WOULD BE TO HAVE STAFF RESEARCH ALL THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS ZONES, UM, AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, PARKING HOURS IN, IN EACH ZONE.

AND BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR A, A FOR A FIRST AND SECOND READING.

TH THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

SO WE THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

AND AS, UH, THEY'RE GOING OUT THEIR DOOR TO DOOR TO THE BUSINESSES, RIGHT? IF THEY WOULD DO BOTH ITEMS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PARKING, THE ONE THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT FOR THE BIKE LANE, AND ASSESSING IF THEY HAVE, UH, PARKING IN THE BACK OR NOT, OR HOW LOSING A SPOT WOULD AFFECT THE BUSINESS.

AND THEN ALSO FOR THIS ITEM, WE'LL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL.

JUST ONE, UH, UH, FOR CLARITY, WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION, ONE OPTION IS TO COME BACK WITH A, WITH A, UH, CODE AMENDMENT ON FIRST READING WITH RIGHT.

WOULD NOVEMBER BE ENOUGH TIME, THE CRITERIA AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION? YES.

THEN WHICH COMMISSION? OCTOBER, OR IT WOULD BE THE OCTOBER 30TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THAT DONE? OUR FIRST READING WITH THE PARAMETERS, I THINK THIS, THE PILOT PROGRAM STARTS NOVEMBER 1ST.

OH.

BUT IT'S TWO, TWO MONTHS OF EDUCATION, SO THAT SHOULD BE PLENTY.

ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL? YEAH.

UM, NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER

[6. DISCUSS ANALYSIS AND REMOVAL OF ALL PLACED SIGNAGE AND ROAD OBJECTS THAT ARE SUPERFLUOUS POTENTIALLY SUCH AS DIGITAL TRAFFIC MESSAGE BOARDS, CONES, BARRICADES AND OTHER ROAD SIGNAGE.]

SIX.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS DISCUSS ANALYSIS AND REMOVAL OF ALL PLACE SIGNAGE AND OBJECTS THAT ARE SUPERFLUOUS, ESSENTIALLY, SUCH AS DIGITAL TRAFFIC, MESSAGE BOARDS, CONE BARRICADES, AND OTHER ROAD SIGNAGE.

AND, UM, YOU'LL LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT I'LL, UH, AT ANY TIME.

AND, UM, I LOVE THIS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YOU'RE THE SPONSOR.

TEE IT UP.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

UH, BRAD, JOSE, THANK YOU FOR THIS.

UH, I'VE TALKED TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH SOME, UH, MEETINGS, BUT WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN COMPREHENSIVELY ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, MY STANDARD FOR DRIVING AROUND THE CITY OR BIKING AROUND, UH, IT SHOULD BE SPOTLESS, RIGHT? IN SO MANY AREAS, I LOOK OUT AND I LOOK OUT FOR YEARS, QUITE LITERALLY YEARS.

THIS IS LIKE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS? AND, AND IT REALLY STRUCK ME, UH, JOSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, AND IT WAS THIS SPEED TABLE, I, I THINK THERE ARE TERMS OR SPEED TRAILER TRAILERS.

IT WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF WEST AVENUE, UH, FULL DISCLOSURE, WHERE I LIVE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED AT GOING IN AND OUT OF MY HOUSE, WALKING MY DAUGHTER ACROSS THE STREET TO THE PARK FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND IT SERVED NO PURPOSE.

UH, MY HUNCH OR INKLING IS THAT WE HAVE POORLY DESIGNED ROADS THAT ESSENTIALLY FACILITATE, UM, BAD DRIVING.

FOR INSTANCE, ON WEST AVENUE, WE HAVE VERY WIDE LANES.

UH, WE HAVE IN SOME PLACES FIVE LANES ACROSS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, IF YOU'RE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT, CARS WILL USE THE CENTER MEDIAN TO PASS.

AND I FEEL AS IF WE'RE ALMOST MITIGATING, UM, IMPROPER URBAN PLANNING THROUGH JUST UGLY STREET SIGNAGE.

, UH, YOU KNOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THERE, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT, ON WEST AVENUE OR 17TH STREET, WE, WE JUST HAVE THESE SPEECH TRAILERS THAT ARE AT TIMES PLACED FOR YEARS OR DOWN ON COLLINS AVENUE BY ESPANOLA WAY.

WE'VE HAD ORANGE STREET CONES IN, IN THE ROAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE, ONE THAT LIVE HERE, AND TWO THAT TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO COME HERE AND SEE THE BEAUTY OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND WE ALL TAKE SUCH PRIDE IN OUR HISTORIC ART DECO BUILDINGS AND OUR, OUR NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE BEACH.

BUT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB OF MAKING OUR CITY LOOK PRISTINE.

AND, AND THIS IS JUST SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT.

I ALSO WANT TO TACKLE KIND OF, UM, UH, THE SIGNAGE THAT'S ON SIDEWALKS.

UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT AT A, UH, DIFFERENT TIME.

BUT CAN YOU RESPOND, UM, IT REMINDS ME SOMETIMES OF PLAYING THE VIDEO GAME PAPERBOY, WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE JUST IN THE STREET AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE ALL THESE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES.

AND IN SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE THIS COMPREHENSIVE, UH, PLAN OR APPROACH.

I GET THE SENSE THAT SOME OF 'EM ARE JUST PLACED THERE AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT, AND, AND THERE'S NO SENSE OF OWNERSHIP.

SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU WHERE YOU CAN INTRODUCE THIS.

THIS ISN'T PLACING LIKE A BLAME GAME.

THIS IS JUST ABOUT GETTING IT RIGHT, GOING FORWARD AND, AND HOW WE CAN REALLY HAVE A, A VISUALLY AND OPTICALLY BEAUTIFUL CITY.

THANK, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, AND BRAD AND I ARE GONNA TAG TEAM ON, ON, ON THIS ITEM.

UM, 'CAUSE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, WHICH WE CALL MOT.

SO SIGNS HAVE DIFFERENT, THEY SERVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

UH, I'LL SPEAK FIRST TO

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SIGNAGE AND DEVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, AS A RESULT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH AN MOT.

UH, SO WITH MOTS, THERE ARE STANDARDS, UH, IF WHETHER THEY'RE ON A STATE ROAD OR ON A LOCAL ROAD, UM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT MAY APPLY.

THESE STANDARDS CALL FOR CERTAIN DEVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED WHENEVER THERE'S A LANE CLOSURE.

UH, THE DEVICES NEED TO NOT ONLY BE PLACED, BUT THEY NEED TO BE PLACED IN A CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION.

UH, THERE MAY BE CONES THAT ARE, OR DRUMS AS WELL.

THOSE ARE THOSE ORANGE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKING DEVICES, THE BARRICADES AS WELL.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVICES THAT SERVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES FOR DIFFERENT LANE CLOSURES, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE, IF IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IF IT'S A LOCAL ROAD.

UH, BUT THESE ARE REQUIRED DEVICES REQUIRED BY, YOU KNOW, THE AGENCY THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE ROAD REQUIRED BY THE CITY ITSELF, UH, FOR LIABILITY REASONS.

AND SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED THE ESPANOLA WAY, AND THAT'S ONE THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

UH, BECAUSE THESE SIGNS ARE TYPICALLY CONSTRUCTION SIGNS AND DRIVERS AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATE THESE SIGNS WITH CONSTRUCTION, YET THERE IS NO CONSTRUCTION ON ESPANOLA WAY.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A CLOSURE, IF YOU WILL, OR IT'S A, IT'S A LANE CLOSURE.

IN THE CASE OF ESPANOLA WAY, WE OFTENTIMES CLOSE THE SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE.

SO IF YOU'RE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE TRAVELING SOUTH, UH, BECAUSE WE CLOSE ESPANOLA WAY FOR CERTAIN ACTIVATIONS, WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT, RIGHT? THAT SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE INTO, UH, ESPANOLA WAY.

AND THAT REQUIRES A SERIES OF CONES AND AN ARROW BOARD.

UH, BE FOR WASHINGTON, FOR, UH, FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE.

ONE WHERE IT'S JUST NOT SURE WHY, AND IT'S JUST THERE.

ESPANOLA WAY IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED, OR I'M, I, I'M SORRY, CO WELL, UH, COLLINS AND, AND WASHINGTON, ACTUALLY FROM, FROM BOTH.

WE HAVE MOT DEVICES ON, ON, WELL LEFT TURN ON ONE, RIGHT? TURN ON THE OTHER .

WE HAVE DEVICES ON BOTH.

UM, SO IF YOU'RE GOING, IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTHBOUND, UH, IT WOULD BE ON COLLINS.

IF YOU'RE GOING NORTHBOUND, IT WOULD BE ON WASHINGTON.

SORRY, I GOT MY BEARINGS, UH, MIXED UP THERE.

SO, UM, DOES NOT LOOK PRETTY.

IT LOOKS LIKE A CONSTRUCTION ZONE BECAUSE THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION SIGNS.

THEY'RE ORANGE.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE EITHER, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM.

UH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART, THEY'RE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PERMIT THAT WE HAD TO, UM, TO SECURE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE LANE AND ACTIVATE ESPANOLA WAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO GET THE BEST LOOKING SIGNS OUT THERE, IF YOU WILL.

THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION SIGNS.

AND MANY TIMES THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BANGED UP, UM, IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THE AREA, YOU KNOW, TO FOR IT.

'CAUSE CONES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN, DRUMS COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, FOR DRIVING BY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS IN GOOD, YOU KNOW, GOOD STATE OF REPAIR IN GOOD ORDER.

UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES, SO, SO LET, LET ME, MM-HMM, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ON WEST AVENUE, AND I'M USING THIS 'CAUSE WHERE I LIVE, RIGHT? UH, SO I NOTICE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I DON'T FIVE YEARS.

THERE WAS A SPEECH RALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

THERE'S NO LANE CLOSURES THERE.

DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

NOBODY KNEW WHERE IT WAS, WHY IT WAS THERE.

AND IF I DIDN'T BRING IT UP TIME AFTER TIME AND SAY, WHY IS THERE A SPEED TRAILER SITTING IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CROSS BEHIND IT TO GO TO THE CROSSWALK? IT WOULD'VE SAT THERE FOR 20 YEARS.

AND THE SECOND THAT IT WAS RAISED TO POLICE, IT GOES, OH, OKAY, SURE.

WE'LL REMOVE IT.

THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.

I, I, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S STREETS ARE BEING JUST LITTERED WITH THIS STUFF THAT IS THERE FOR NO PURPOSE.

AND WE NEED SOME SORT OF INVENTORY AND RHYME OR REASON FOR WHY THAT'S THERE.

WELL, WHY WOULD A SPEED TABLE, A SPEED TRAILER? SO, SO FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS MAYBE EIGHT FEET HIGH, UM, TAKES UP THE ENTIRE MEDIAN, AND IT'S MY JUDGMENT OR ESTIMATION THAT IT'S THERE SO PEOPLE DON'T ILLEGALLY PASS IN THE CENTER LANE.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT IS A VALID CONCERN.

BUT WE CAN DO SO IN A MUCH MORE AESTHETIC WAY THAN JUST HAVING THESE INTERMITTENT TURNING INTO PERMANENT FIXTURES THAT, THAT JUST ABSOLUTELY VISUALLY LITTER OUR ROADWAYS, RIGHT? SO WHILE THERE COULD BE EXAMPLES OF, YES, IT'S NEEDED HERE, AND THIS IS PART OF THE LANE CLOSURE, I HAVE AN ANECDOTAL EXAMPLE OF

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SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOME SORT OF ANALYSIS OF, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT'S NEEDED, BUT HERE'S WHAT'S NOT, AND START CLEANING THIS STUFF UP.

AND IF IT IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, STOP LIVING IN A STATE OF PURGATORY.

I FEEL OUR CITY, AND NOT JUST WITH THIS, SO MANY INSTANCES, WE'RE JUST IN PURGATORY, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.

UM, SO IF IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND CREATE A MEDIAN IN THE CENTER OF THE STREET AND HAVE IT VISUALLY APPEASING, OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN, UM, ONE OF THE LARGE FLOWER POTS.

UH, LIKE WE HAVE LINING AS, UH, SERVING AS BOLLARDS ON LINCOLN ROAD.

UH, PEOPLE PAY A LOT OF TAXES HERE, RIGHT? THEY DESERVE SOMETHING MORE OPTICALLY, APPEASING THAN AN ORANGE SPEED TRAILER IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES OR IN FRONT OF, UH, A NEW PARK.

UM, TO REALLY LIVE IN A CITY WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE VISION, WE'RE IS NOT LIVING THE STATE OF PARALYSIS.

HERE'S A COMMENT THAT I'LL MAKE.

UM, I THINK, UH, MAYBE THE COMMISSION WE ALL NEED TO GET INVOLVED AND LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS KNOW.

UH, 'CAUSE WE PROBABLY NEED THEIR HELP.

IT MIGHT BE A STAFFING ISSUE.

UM, I DID A WALKTHROUGH A WHILE AGO, UH, WITH PALM HIBISCUS STAR ISLAND, AND THEY HAD REDUNDANCY OF SIGNS AND THEY WANTED IT CLEANED UP.

AND, UH, JOSE AND HIS TEAM TOOK CARE OF IT BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.

SO, UM, MAYBE ON OUR END WE CAN MENTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, HEY, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK.

IF YOU SEE SIGNS THAT ARE REDUNDANT, BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION SO THAT WE CAN THEN LET JOSE KNOW.

'CAUSE THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

BUT IT'S A LOT BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT THINK IT'S REDUNDANT, BUT US AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TOO.

I I, I TOTALLY AGREE, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

UH, I ALSO THINK WE NEED, UH, SOME STAFF THAT ARE PROACTIVE AS WELL, WHETHER THAT SITS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS DIVISION, INSTEAD OF SITTING IN THE OFFICE, GO OUT ON A, ON A VESPA OR ON A GOLF CART OR ON A BICYCLE AND JUST GO AROUND AND BE LIKE, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THAT SIGN HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 10 YEARS AND THAT SERVES NO PURPOSE AND COME BACK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND, AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND KIND OF HAVE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT.

BUT IT FEEL AS IF THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S OUT THERE JUST BECAUSE, RIGHT? YES, THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES WHERE WE NEED IT AND, AND WE CAN TACKLE THAT, BUT THERE'S A BIFURCATION ABOUT STUFF THAT IS JUST HANGING OUT THERE.

AND, UM, I'LL WORK WITH, UH, THE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND MAYBE WE COULD WORK AS A FULL BODY, BUT WE ALSO NEED SOME HELP FROM, UH, FROM THE CITY.

AND I, I, I HATE JUST THE SILOED THINKING THAT WE HAVE.

LIKE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

SO WHETHER IT'S, UH, THE POLICE THAT ARE PATROLLING THAT AREA, PARK RANGERS, NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC, WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THE CITY, IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST AND SET UP, YOU KNOW, STAND UP AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? RIGHT? IT HAS TO BE A ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT, WHICH, THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS, RIGHT? UM, AND UH, SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IS, UM, MAYBE HAVING OUR TWO AIDES GO OUT THERE.

UM, AND MAYBE YOU AND I NEED TO HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING AND, UH, DISCUSS HOW WE CAN HELP TACKLE THIS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

LOVE IT.

YEP.

OKAY, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, REACH OUT AND SEND THAT EMAIL OUT AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THE ASSOCIATIONS.

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, UH, YOU'RE THE SPONSOR.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THIS ITEM? UM, YOU WANT TO HEAR IT AGAIN IN THREE MONTHS? UM, SURE.

KEEP IT HERE AND, UH, EITHER THAT OR WE COULD RETIRE IT AND CREATE A NEW ONE.

IT IS UP TO YOU.

I, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO, UM, HEAR IT AGAIN IN THREE MONTHS.

WE'LL KEEP IT ON THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT WE'VE TACKLED.

EXACTLY.

SO, UM, STEPHANIE, WE'LL DO THAT.

AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS ITEM.

UM, I WOULD AS WELL.

AND IF YOU NEED SOME REPRESENTATION, MORE BEACH OR WANNA DO AN EXTENDED FIELD TRIP, I'M YOUR GIRL.

LOVE IT.

SO PLEASE ADD ME AND ADMIN.

THE, THE LARGEST GLOBAL EVENT IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

SO ROB, WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF ADDING US OR WHOEVER TAKES CARE OF ADDING US AS? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL HEAR THIS IN THREE MONTHS AND, UH, WE'LL SCHEDULE SOMETHING AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE LAST ITEM, WHICH I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

[7. DISCUSS THE CREATION OF INCENTIVES TO ESTABLISH MIAMI BEACH AS THE LOCAL HUB FOR WORLD CUP 2026]

AS WELL.

I WANNA BE A CO-SPONSOR OF IT'S NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, STEPHANIE, WE READ THAT ITEM, OF COURSE, IT'S DISCUSSED THE CREATION OF INCENTIVES TO ESTABLISH MIAMI BEACH AS A LOCAL HUB FOR WORLD CUP 2026.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, LIZETTE, AND, AND THANK YOU.

THIS, THIS ISN'T MYAM.

THIS IS AGAIN, GONNA BE ALL IN ALL HANDS ON DECK.

WE, WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.

UH, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH IN PARTICULAR IS, UH, WE ARE JUST THE ARTS AND CULTURE, THE SPORTS, THE EVENT EPICENTER OF THE WORLD.

UH, PERHAPS

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WE HAVE, UH, COMING TO OUR CITY, WE'RE SET, UM, IN 2026 TO HOST, UH, I BELIEVE SIX WORLD CUP GAMES, INCLUDING THE BRONZE MEDAL MATCH.

UH, AND WHILE, YES, THIS IS HAPPENING IN MIAMI GARDENS, UM, ANYTIME YOU TURN INTO THE F1, THE SUPER BOWL, THE ORANGE BOWL, UH, OCEAN DRIVE IS THE BACKDROP.

MIAMI BEACH IS THE BACKDROP.

WE ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH MIAMI AS A WHOLE AND THE WORLD CUP.

IT IS NOT JUST A ONE TIME EVENT, IT'S A MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF LONG, UH, EVENT, AND REALLY A FESTIVITY.

AND WE SAW THE AMAZING EXCITEMENT, UH, SOCCER'S JUST THE LIFEBLOOD OF SO MANY OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES HERE.

WE SAW THAT WITH THE COPA AMERICA HAD FABULOUS TURNOUT CITYWIDE, UM, FOR THE, UH, ARGENTINA AND COLUMBIA GAME, UH, THE EVENTS AT HARD ROCK STADIUM NOTWITHSTANDING.

UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, THIS IS JUST A GREAT, UM, MOMENT FOR US TO REALLY SEIZE BEING ON THE WORLD STAGE.

AND I, I'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THESE THINGS DON'T JUST HAPPEN ORGANICALLY.

I SAW THE LAST WORLD CUP, AND GRANTED IT WASN'T HOSTED IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT GIVEN THE DIVERSE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL DRAWN TO SOCCER, THERE WEREN'T THE ACTIVATIONS THAT I WAS EXPECTING.

UM, AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO START PLANNING AHEAD TO REALLY SEIZE ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE, IS ACTUALLY, UH, UH, SET ASIDE $10 MILLION TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY A HOST CITY.

UM, WE HAVE A, UH, UH, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MIAMI BEACH TO REALLY PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.

UH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, MADAM CHAIR COMM COMMITTEE MEMBERS, LISA ANTE, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.

AND SO 2026 SETS US UP FOR THE YEAR OF SPORTS.

UH, WE KICK OFF WITH THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN JANUARY, 2026.

WE HAVE THE MIAMI MARATHON.

WE HAVE HIGH ROCKS COMING, UH, WATER PALOOZA IN MARCH.

UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS AND LEADING UP TO FIFA IN THE SUMMER.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SCHEDULED FROM JUNE 15TH THROUGH JULY 18TH AT THE HARD WALK IN 2026.

AND THEY HAVE OTHER ACTIVATIONS PLANNED THAT INCLUDE THE CONVENTION CENTER, BAYFRONT PARK.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE EVENT ORGANIZERS HAVE APPLIED FOR PERMIT AND THE DATES ARE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY.

IT'S VERY EARLY.

SO THEY HAVEN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHARED ANY INFORMATION WITH US, IS WHAT THEY'RE THINKING OF OR ASKED FOR ANYTHING.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.

YOU KNOW, THE MAYORS ON THEIR HOST COMMITTEE AND SEE WHAT ARE THEY ENVISIONING, RIGHT? FOR MIAMI BEACH, AS WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HOST, EVEN LIKE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS AT HARD ROCK, BUT THEY ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR FAN FEST HERE.

SO TOMORROW THE COUNTY HAS THEIR FINAL BUDGET HEARING, THEY HAVE THE PROPOSED $10.5 MILLION FOR FAN FEST ACTIVITIES.

WE CAN CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES THROUGH AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.

I WONDER IF THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO GO THROUGH TO THEN COME BACK TO US.

SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.

I HAD A, A MEETING WITH THE G-M-C-V-B UM, THIS WEEK AND UM, I ASKED IF ANYBODY COULD COME AND, AND DISCUSS, BUT IT WAS STILL TOO PRELIMINARY 'CAUSE THEY WERE WAITING ON YEAH, THE COUNTY.

UM, SO WHEN, WHEN SHOULD THIS ITEM COME BACK? I WOULD SAY GIVE US A COUPLE MORE MONTHS.

NOVEMBER.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A OCTOBER 1ST COUNTYWIDE KICKOFF.

AND, AND WE SHOULD KNOW A LOT MORE THAN THERE.

I I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT, UH, DEFERRING IT UNTIL THEN, BUT JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE IT A SHORT AGENDA, PUT THIS ON PEOPLE'S RADAR SO WE CAN START GETTING EXCITED, START GETTING THE TALK OUT THERE AND REALLY, UH, LETTING THE, UH, POWERS TO BE KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO THROWING A GREAT EVENT HERE.

MR. SORRY, COMMISSIONER BOT CHAIR.

I WAS GONNA GO OVER .

SORRY.

UM, AND JOE, CAN I, UH, BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM AS WELL? YEAH, I DID WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT OFFLINE YES, OF COURSE.

ALL HANDS ON DECK BECAUSE, OH, I'M NOT EVEN ON THE PAGE.

UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S 20 26 6, RIGHT? SO IT COULD COINCIDE, COINCIDE BEAUTIFULLY WITH, UM, UM, THINGS HAPPENING AT THE FLAMINGO PARK TRACK AND FIELD.

AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE SOCCER FANATICS ON OUR HOME FIELD, THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME.

LOVE IT.

UM, WELL, SO, UH, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THIS MEETING.

HI, POLICE AND FIRE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE TO SUPPORT.

AND WITH THAT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.