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PLEASE STAND BY.WE ARE GOING ON AIR IN 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
HI EVERYBODY, THIS IS COMMISSIONER LAURA DOMINGUEZ, AND WE'RE HAVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
AND I'M JOINED BY THE MAYOR BE HEARING HIS ITEMS SHORTLY.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE FABULOUS STEPHANIE RAY BROOKS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK TEXAS, UH, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ROB ROSENWALD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, JOE MAGAZINE.
AND VERY SOON WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER DAVID SUAREZ AND COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.
UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? STEPHANIE? HI.
OUR MEETING TODAY IS A HYBRID MEETING.
YOU COULD JOIN BY ZOOM OR DIALING IN AT 3 1 2 6 2 6 6 7 9 9 OR 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9.
[18. DISCUSS THE CREATION OF INCENTIVES TO ESTABLISH MIAMI BEACH AS THE LOCAL HUB FOR WORLD CUP 2026]
HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE DEFERRED.ITEM NUMBER 18, DISCUSS THE CREATION OF INCENTIVES TO ESTABLISH MIAMI BEACH AS A LOCAL HUB FOR WORLD CUP, AS
[8. REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS EXPANDING THE CAPABILITIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION TO SUPPORT CALLS REGARDING SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.]
WELL AS NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS DISCUSSED THE EXPANDING OF THE CAPABILITIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS DIVISIONS TO SUPPORT CAUSE REGARDING SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR JOINING US, AND WE CAN START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
[12. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF BULB-OUTS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO INCREASE PARKING AND/OR MITIGATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.]
SO WE WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 12 AND MAYOR MINOR.YEAH, SO THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF MOUNTS.
UM, THERE ARE MANY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, I HAD DONE A WALK WITH, UH, OUR POLICE AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MONTHS AGO, UH, ON 41ST STREET, WHERE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS WHERE YOU COULD SEE WHERE IF YOU REMOVE THE BULB MOUNT, YOU COULD ADD ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC.
PROBABLY HAVE TO REMOVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO SPOTS.
UM, SO I'LL LET, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY, BUT I KNOW THIS WAS A BIG, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD FAD, BUT A LITTLE BIT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS DONE FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I THINK, UH, AT THIS POINT IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. JUST TO GIVE THE QUICK EXAMPLE, I KNOW I'M STA I'M PROBABLY STATING THE OBVIOUS, BUT YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, THERE'S ONE LANE.
IF ONE CAR IS TURNING LEFT, THEN IT HOLDS UP EVERYBODY.
AND IF YOU HAVE THE SECOND LANE, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD ALLOW CARS TO EITHER TURN LEFT, GO STRAIGHT TO TURN RIGHT.
UM, MADAM CHAIR AND MAYOR AND BOARD MEMBERS, UM, O'NEIL RODRIGUEZ FOR THE RECORD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, AS YOU MENTIONED, MR. MAYOR.
UM, UH, THE CITY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY TO EVALUATE THE VISIBILITY OF INCORPORATING A DEDICATED LEFT TURNING LANE ON THE SIDE STREETS ALONG THE 41ST STREET QUARTER.
UM, MORE SPECIFICALLY CHASE AVENUE, SHERIDAN, ROYAL PALM AND PRAIRIE AVENUE RIGHT NOW, UM, BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY, UH, DATA THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED, UM, THE FIRST STEP THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS, IS IF WE HAVE ENOUGH, UM, IF IT WARRANTS TO HAVE A DEDICATED LEFT TURN ON THOSE SIDE STREETS, BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, IT DOES WARRANT HAVING THOSE DEDICATED LEFT TURNS LANES.
NOW THE NEXT STEP OF, OF THAT TRAFFIC STUDY, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO DO THE STUDY, BUT I WOULD'VE SAVED YOU THE TROUBLE
WELL, WE DO HAVE TO PARTNER WITH WITH FDOT AND DTPW, AND THIS IS PART OF, PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, NOW THE NEXT STEP IS TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE AND WHAT IS REQUIRED.
AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, POTENTIALLY REMOVING BALL BOUTS.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, AT LEAST ON A FEW OF 'EM, INCORPORATE THAT DEDICATED LEFT TURN WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE THE BALL BELTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A POSITIVE, UM, FOR US.
THAT WAY IT REDUCES THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
NOW WE ANTICIPATE HOW MANY OF THOSE, WOULD YOU SAY, UM, EXCUSE ME, DO WE, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY BULB BELTS THERE ARE IN THE CITY CITYWIDE? UM, IT, IT'S HARD TO SAY.
I KNOW THE, THE BULB BELTS ARE PRIMARILY INSTALLED IN AREAS IMP, UM, TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING EXPERIENCE.
UM, SOMETHING TO ADD IS THAT WHERE YOU HAVE BALL BELTS, UM, IS OFTEN IN AREAS WHERE THERE CANNOT BE ANY PARKING REGARDLESS.
BUT AS FAR AS, UH, CITYWIDE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD OF HOW MANY BALL BELTS WE HAVE.
AND YOU WERE MAKING THAT ASSESSMENT AS WELL.
I MEAN, THERE, UH, THERE THERE COULD BE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN SAFE SAFETY FROM A BULB OUT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE ASSESSING AS WELL? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ASSESSING AS WELL AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS, AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE 41ST STREET QUARTER.
WELL, IT'S, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST 41ST STREET, IT'S, IT'S OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
THIS ITEM IS NOT SPECIFIC TO 41ST STREET.
UM, THE, THE, WHEN WE CREATED THIS ITEM, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE WERE, SINCE
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WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON THE 41ST STREET QUARTER, SINCE IT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CONGESTION, ESPECIALLY IN THE PMP TOWERS.UH, WE TAILORED, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FOR THAT.
UM, SO, BUT IF YOU, IF WE WANT TO ASSESS THE BALL BELTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY EXPLORE TO SEE HOW, UM, I KNOW WE, WE DID HAVE A WALKTHROUGH IN NORTH BEACH IN WHICH WE IDENTIFIED, WE LOOK FOR AREAS IN WHICH WE CAN REMOVE POTENTIAL BULB BELTS IN ORDER TO, UH, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES BASED ON THE WALKTHROUGH AND THE DIFFERENT QUARTERS THAT WE DID TAKE, WAIT, I'M SORRY, TO INCREASE, TO REMOVE THE BULB BELTS TO INCREASE PARKING.
PARKING IN THE, IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA.
WHAT, WHAT WE DID, UM, SEE WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT WALKTHROUGH IS THE BALL BELTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA.
EVEN IF YOU REMOVE THOSE BALL BELTS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INSTALL A PARKING SPACE BECAUSE YOU, THERE'S CERTAIN CLEARANCES AND DISTANCES THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION, UM, PER PER STANDARDS.
SO EVEN IF THE BALLOUT IS REMOVED, UH, A PARKING SPACE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO IN PLACE OF THE BALLOUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CLEARANCES AND THE DISTANCES THAT MUST BE KEPT.
ALSO, SOMETHING THAT WE DID SEE IS THAT THE POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF THE BULB BELTS MAY ALSO, UM, NECESSITATE THE REMOVAL OF TREES, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE WITHIN THOSE BULB OUTS.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S STANDARDS, ARE THOSE CITY STANDARDS, COUNTY STATE, WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS? UM, THERE, THERE'S, THERE THE CITY HAS STANDARDS AS PART OF THE POLAR WEST MANUAL.
THE COUNTY ALSO HAS STANDARDS, UM, THAT WE MUST FOLLOW AND THE STATE.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE QUARTER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF IT'S, UH, FDT RIGHT AWAY, WE HAVE TO MULTIPLY IT BY THE BY FDT STANDARDS.
UM, BUT THERE'S COUNTY AND CITY STANDARDS.
I HAVE NOTICED IN A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THE BOUTS, AND I DID NOTICE THAT IN, IN NORTH BEACH, UM, AND SOMETIMES ON 41ST STREET WHERE THEY'RE UNUSUALLY LARGE AND TAKING UP A LOT OF SPACE.
AND, UM, FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, YOU HAVE, UH, THE SCIENCE ON EITHER END INDICATING WHEN SOMEBODY SHOULD CROSS OR NOT, AND IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN MORE SPACE.
UM, SINCE WE'RE MAKING SO MANY CHANGES, PARTICULARLY IN NORTH BEACH ON PARKING, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF AN A BELT OUT CAN BE SAFELY REMOVED, UH, I'M WILL DO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
MAY, SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING A DRAFT REPORT IN JANUARY OF 2025.
UM, WHO WAS DRAFTING THAT? UH, OUR, A CONSULTANT, UM, PROCURED BY THE CITY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL ROTATIONAL CONSULTANTS TO EVALUATE, UM, THAT DRAFT REPORT, UM, IS ALSO LOOKING AT THE EXISTING MASS STORMS. 'CAUSE INCORPORATING A NEW LEFT TURNING LANE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE, UM, CHANGING THE SIGNAL HEADS, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THAT PROTECTED LEFT TURN LANE.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, TO SEE IF THE EXISTING MASS STORMS HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SEE IF YOU CAN ADD AN ADDITIONAL SIGNAL HEAD, UM, FOR THAT TURN LANE.
SO THAT DRAFT REPORT IN JANUARY WILL TELL US WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED, UM, IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE THOSE DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANES.
YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT ADVERSE TO THE, THAT LEFT TURN SIGNAL, BUT I'M CURIOUS WHY THAT'S NECESSARY.
I MEAN, THE WAY YOU MADE IT SOUND LIKE IT HAS TO BE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE CARS MAKE LEFT TURNS, THERE'S NO LEFT TURN DEDICATED SIGNAL.
IT JUST JUST ALLOWS CARS TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE WHAT IT'S CALLED A PERMISSIVE LEFT IT, THAT IT'S, WHAT WHAT IS CALLED IT, THAT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT A VEHICLE CAN MAKE A LEFT TURN AS LONG AS THERE'S A BREAK IN THE TRAFFIC.
WHAT THIS WOULD HAVE IS PART OF THE SIGNAL CYCLE WILL PROVIDE THAT PROTECTED LEFT TURN LANE, UM, TO ALLOW TO GO WITHOUT THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
SO IT'S ALLOW, IT'S GONNA ALLOW THOSE VEHICLES THAT DO WANT TO MAKE THAT LEFT TO GO WITHOUT THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND MA AND BE ABLE TO FLUSH THE TRAFFIC FASTER.
AND THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY FOR, FOR THE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS WITH THE STATE, UH, SINCE THE STATE OWNS THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF COORDINATION AMONGST ALL THREE AGENCIES.
AND THE DRAFT REPORT YOU MENTIONED FROM THE CONSULTANT, IS THAT GOING TO INCORPORATE JUST MID BEACH OR THE ENTIRE CITY? RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY ON 41ST STREET, SO THE MIDDLE BEACH AREA.
UM, IN, IN OTHER AREAS WHERE WE FEEL, OR WE CAN, WE CAN DETERMINE THAT IT'LL BE, IT'S FEASIBLE, YOU KNOW, FROM A, FROM A, FROM A CITY STANDPOINT TO ADD ADDITIONAL, UM, TURN LANES.
UM, BY REMOVING THE BALL PALS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY
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INCORPORATE, UH, AS PART OF A, A FUTURE STUDY.UM, HOWEVER, ALWAYS FUNDING IS, IS THE QUESTION.
UM, FOR THOSE STUDIES, FUNDING FOR THE CONSULTANT FOR THE, TO ENGAGE THE CONSULTANT TO CONTINUE TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, STUDIES OR EVEN ENHANCING THE SCOPE OF WORK.
I THINK
UH, BUT I DO THINK THAT, AND, AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING TO BRING ITEMS TO ACTUALLY, UH, THROUGH BETTER STREET PLANNING AND URBAN PLANNING TO MITIGATE, UH, TRAFFIC, RIGHT? OR AT LEAST THE HIGH SPEED OF TRAFFIC.
AND PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SHRINKING LANEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHILE THIS MAY BE FEASIBLE ON 41ST STREET OR NORTH BEACH, I LOOK AT AREAS LIKE WHERE I LIVE ON WEST AVENUE AND I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE FINANCE MEETING.
THERE WAS JUST A BAD ACCIDENT THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC ACROSS, WE HAVE A TURNING LANE ON WEST AVENUE AND THERE'S ZERO NEED FOR IT.
THE ONLY REASON THAT IT BASICALLY IS USED RIGHT NOW IS FOR CARS PASSING.
UM, SO I GUESS WHAT, UH, SIMPLISTICALLY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE NUANCE AND BALANCE LOOKING AT THESE IN SPECIFIC AREAS? ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK WITH ONE RECOMMENDATION TO KIND OF APPLIES CITYWIDE? IT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY A RECOMMENDATION THAT FITS, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE.
UM, THESE WOULD HAVE, ARE LOOKED AT FROM A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 41ST STREET, UM, UH, SEPARATELY AND, AND ALONE.
UM, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT WEST AVENUE, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
I THINK THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO ENSURE IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THAT'LL COME BACK TO US AND WE'LL ESSENTIALLY HAVE TIME TO ANALYZE THAT.
CAN WE BRING THIS BACK IN JANUARY? YEAH, DEFINITELY.
AND WE HAVE MATTHEW ANO WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
MATTHEW, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.
UH, WHILE THE CITY ADMINISTRATION DID PREVIOUSLY RECOMMEND AGAINST ELIMINATION OF BULL BELTS, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
WE ALL KNOW THAT MOBILITY IS SOMETHING ON THE TOP OF EVERYONE'S MIND AND SO IS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
UH, I DO WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS HAS BEEN, UM, TALKED ABOUT WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING THE 41ST STREET BID.
I KNOW THERE'S A REALLY LARGE CAPITAL PROJECT ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY, AND THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES ENHANCING THE BULB OUT TO MAKING THEM, UH, EVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK.
THIS IS A VERY WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU GO ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN THAT CROSS 41ST STREET.
THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON 40, ON 41ST STREET.
UH, SO, UH, WHILE I WOULD BE VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THIS AND I WOULD URGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT OTHER ITEMS INSTEAD OF REMOVING BULB BOUTS, I DO HOPE THAT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN AND THAT THERE IS A PRETTY ROBUST STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON THIS BEFORE ANY ACTIONS TAKEN.
JUST TO, UM, CLARIFY, UH, AND THE COMMENT WE'RE, WE ANTICIPATE NOT HAVING TO REMOVE BALL BELTS IN ORDER TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL LEFT TURNING LANE.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR, UM, AT LEAST A FEW OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO, NOT HAVING TO REMOVE BALL BELTS TO INCLUDE THE LEFT TURNING LANE, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THE RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT THERE, UM, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
BUT OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST APPROACH IS TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THE LEFT TURNING LANE WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE THE BALL BELTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REMAINS IN PLACE.
SORRY, THERE'S A LOT OF TALKING IN THE BACK.
I, I HONESTLY COULDN'T, CAN YOU REPEAT SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID? I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
UH, JUST TO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE THE, WE'RE TRYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO NOT HAVE TO REMOVE THE BALL BOWS IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE THE LEFT TURN LANES.
SO, UH, BRING IT BACK IN JANUARY, AND WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO NUMBER 10.
[10. DISCUSS ENHANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY AT SENIOR CENTERS WITH A DEDICATED MID-SIZE BUS SERVICE.]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER 10 IS DISCUSS ENHANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON ACCESSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY AT SENIOR CENTERS WITH A DEDICATED MID-SIZE BUS SERVICE.
THIS WILL BE A TRANSPORTATION ITEM SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR.
SO THE THINKING HERE IS, UH, ONE, UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HEAR FROM OUR SENIORS AND WHEN YOU VISIT THE, THE SENIORS IS TRANSPORTATION.
UM, IT'S DIFFICULT EVEN WITH THE TROLLEY SYSTEM.
AND THE THOUGHT IS TO HAVE A DEDICATED MID-SIZE BUS THAT CAN HAVE DEDICATED TRIPS TO THE BANK, TO GROCERY STORE, UM, BASICALLY NECESSITIES AND KIND OF THE, THE IDEAS ALSO FROM, AND THAT LIKE, IF YOU GO TO, UH, LIKE A CENTURY VILLAGE UP IN, UH, FURTHER UP IN NORTH IN WEST PALM BEACH AND
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BROWARD, THEY HAVE THOSE BUS SERVICES THAT TAKE, THAT TAKE THE SENIOR COMMUNITY TO HANDLE THE BASICALLY DAILY NECESSITIES.AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE FEASIBILITY? OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BUDGETARY ISSUES AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THIS MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, UH, NEIL RODRIGUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, AS AMIR MENTIONED, THIS IS AN ASK THAT HAS COME FROM, UH, MANY, UM, OF OUR SENIORS.
UM, WE DID WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION, UM, FROM THIS BODY TO SEE, UM, TO FURTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A PLAN OF HOW THIS PRO, HOW THIS NEW SERVICE WOULD WORK.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE, UM, THE FREEBIE FOR SENIOR SERVICE, UH, WHICH IS PROVIDED TO ALL THE SENIOR FACILITIES IN, IN OUR CITY.
AND THE WAY THAT PRO THAT, THAT SERVICE WORKS AT THE TIME, UH, AT THIS TIME IS, IS THAT IF YOU ARE REGISTERED IN ANY OF THE SENIOR PROGRAMS OR, OR LIVING IN A SENIOR FACILITY, THEN YOU COULD PRETTY MUCH, UM, ORDER OF FREEBIE WILL PICK YOU UP AT YOUR, AT YOUR HOUSE.
I'LL TAKE YOU EITHER TO THE NEARBY, THE NEAREST PHARMACY OR PUBLIX.
UH, FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE ASK IS TO FURTHER ENHANCE OR TO HAVE A SEPARATE, UH, SEPARATE SERVICE THAT WILL TAKE YOU, UH, TO OTHER AREAS IN IN, IN THE CITY.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED MR. MAYOR, THERE, THERE'S BUDGETARY, UH, CONSTRAINTS.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A PLAN, WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW, HOW IS THE SERVICE GOING TO WORK? UH, WOULD IT BE FOR EVERY SENIOR FACILITY? RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY WE HAVE ABOUT 40 SENIOR FACILITIES.
WOULD IT BE ON A FIXED ROUTE, UM, SERVICE, WILL IT BE ON DEMAND SERVICE? UM, WE RECENTLY STARTED OUR NEW, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE MOUNT SINAI LINK, WHICH IS A FIXED ROUTE SERVICE, WHICH IS, UH, AS IT WAS MENTIONED, A MID-SIZE VAN, UM, OPERATING, UM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AND THAT ANNUAL COST IS ABOUT $245,000.
UM, AND THAT IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AGAIN, FROM 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM NOW, IF WE WANTED, THIS IS TO GIVE US MORE OF A COST ANALYSIS AND A BASIS TO UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW MUCH THE, THE, THE, UH, VEHICLE WOULD COST, HOWEVER, HOW THE PLAN OR THE SERVICE WILL WORK.
THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE SOME DIRECTION.
UH, SO THAT WAY WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME BACK WITH A, WITH A MORE DEFINED PLAN.
WELL YOU MENTIONED 40 SENIOR FACILITIES, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DO THE, UH, QUARTERLY SENIOR EVENT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE HAVE BUSES HELPING BRING THE SENIORS.
WE DON'T, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT 40 DIFFERENT FACILITIES WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE FROM, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT, UH, I THINK WE CAN IDENTIFY PROBABLY USING THAT, THAT AS A GAUGE.
SO WHEN I MENTIONED 40 SENIOR FACILITIES, UH, I'M REFERENCING THE 40 SENIOR FACILITIES THAT RIGHT NOW ARE ILLEGIBLE, UH, TO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF THE FREEBIE ON DEMAND SENIOR SERVICE.
WELL OBVIOUSLY FORTY'S NOT GONNA BE REASONABLE.
WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THE NUMBER TO SOME IDENTIFIABLE NUMBER.
THAT'S FOR THE DIRECTION IN, IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
SO WHEN, UM, YOU WERE THINKING OF EXPANDING, WAS IT MORE THAN JUST PUBLIX AND, UH, DOCTOR'S OFFICES? 'CAUSE ONE THING THAT CAME TO MIND, UH, WHEN O'NEAL WAS TALKING WAS MAYBE, UH, LINCOLN ROAD BEING ANOTHER OPTION.
AND I'M OPEN, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING UP THE COMMITTEE TO HEAR SUGGESTIONS.
UM, DOCTORS' VISITS COULD BE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A ONE-OFF.
IT'S, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A HOSPITAL FACILITY, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC DOCTOR'S OFFICES, THAT COULD BE THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE BUS IS TO TAKE A GROUP, UM, AND BASICALLY SAY, OKAY, YOU, WELL, WE GET HERE AT 10 O'CLOCK, WE PICK YOU UP.
YOU'RE HERE AT 10 15 BY 11 O'CLOCK.
COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO EVERYONE UP HERE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SENIORS, IS BECAUSE THE COUNTY, OKAY, THE COUNTY WHICH HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION TRADITIONALLY YEAR OVER YEAR, HAS REDUCED OUR FUNDS, REDUCED OUR BUDGET, CUT OUR BUS ROUTES, AND SENIORS CAN NO LONGER EASILY GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WELL, THEY'RE CLAIMING THAT WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE HOMELESS.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY CUTTING US BACK IN TERMS OF TRANSIT.
AND WE'VE HEARD THIS BECAUSE WE GO TO THE LARGE SENIOR CENTERS LIKE REBECCA TOWERS, AND THEY TELL US WE CAN'T GET TO DOWNTOWN ANYMORE.
WE NO LONGER HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SERVICE THAT TAKES US WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
SO, I MEAN, WHAT COUNTY BUS SERVICE DID THEY CUT OFF AT REBECCA TOWERS? BECAUSE THE MOST COMPLAINTS THAT I GET HAPPEN TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT BUS STOP BY REBECCA TOWERS, AND THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T, THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE SERVICE.
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I HAVE ALSO ACTUALLY HAD COMPLAINTS AT COLLINS IN 86TH, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO DO A DEEP DIVE.HOW MANY DOLLARS HAVE HAS THE COUNTY CUT FROM US IN TRANSIT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS? HOW MANY BUS ROUTES HAVE THEY CUT FROM US IN THE PAST 10 YEARS? AND WHEN WE GO TO THEM NOW FOR THIS BIG NEGOTIATION OVER THE HOMELESS, WE SHOULD SAY TO THEM, IF YOU'RE GONNA CUT OUR TRANSIT
SO I WOULD LIKE, I THINK IF YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH ANSWERS, I WOULD ALSO LIKE THOSE NUMBERS.
LIKE WHAT HAVE THEY CUT? WHAT ARE THE ROUTES AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE PEOPLE AT REBECCA TOWERS? 'CAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE USING THE ROUTES.
REALLY IT'S OUR SENIOR POPULATION.
I'LL MAKE, UH, ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT.
SO, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN THE COUNTY MADE A BUNCH OF CHANGES TO THE BUS ROUTES, SO MANY RESIDENTS IN WEST AVENUE WHO ARE SENIORS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE CARS AND THEY LIVE ON THEIR OWN, NOT IN LOW INCOME HOUSING.
THEY NOW, IF THEY WANTED TO GO TO MOUNT SINAI, HAD TO WALK TO WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHICH IS NOT CLOSE FROM WEST AVENUE IN ORDER TO GET A BUS.
I WILL SAY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE COUNTY DID BRING BACK A METROLINK BUS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY TURN INTO A REGULAR BUS AND IT STOPS ON ALTON.
THERE'S FIVE STOPS IN TOTAL AND IT GOES TO MOUNT SINAI.
AND I GOT A TEXT, UH, ON FRIDAY, UM, FROM TWO SENIORS THAT TOOK IT, THAT LIVE ON WEST AVENUE AND THEY LOVE IT.
SO THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I'LL SEND YOU SOME MORE FEEDBACK THAT THIS RESIDENT SHARED WITH ME, UM, SO THAT YOU COULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMPLAINING THE MOST, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY REBECCA TOWERS.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL TOWERS AT 86TH.
I KNOW THAT BOTH OF THOSE PLACES, THEY WANTED ON DEMAND FREEBIE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE ON DEMAND FREEBIE UP THERE, DO THEY? WELL, WHEN WE, WHEN THE ROUTE ONE 15 WAS DISCONTINUED, WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR MID BEACH, UH, FREE ON DEMAND, FREE BOOST SERVICE TO THE NORTH BEACH AREA.
I, I DON'T KNOW OUT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UH, WHERE IT'S AT, BUT WE COULD SEE IF THAT IS PART OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT WAS EXPANDED OR WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE.
SO THIS WASN'T ABOUT NORMAL BUS SERVICE, THIS WAS JUST ABOUT LIKE PARKS TAKING THE SENIORS TO PLACES TO LIKE FIELD TRIPS? THE YEAH.
OH NO, THE I, WELL, IT'S MORE THAN JUST FIELD TRIPS.
IT'S, IT'S NECESSITIES GOING TO PUBLIX OR GROCERY STORES TO, TO THE BANK.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING TO THESE PLACES.
YOU TAKE A BUS, GET A GROUP TO GO.
UM, IT'S, IT'S EFFICIENT AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE DOCTOR AND THEY ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WALMART.
SO, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING, UM, FROM THIS BODY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE DESIRE SERVICE AREA OF LIKE THE ORIGIN AND DESTINATION, THE SCHEDULE FREQUENCY OF SERVICE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A PLAN SERVICE AREA, I MEAN A SERVICE PLAN, AND THEN COME BACK, UH, FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION.
WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE A TROLLEY THAT ONCE A WEEK GOES TO ALL THE SENIOR CENTERS, PICKS THEM UP, GOES TO WALMART, STOPS IN MOUNT SINAI, AND COMES BACK AND JUST LIKE DOES A WRAP.
LIKE PICK THEM UP IN THE TROLLEY, TAKE THEM ALL TO WALMART, DO THE ROUNDS, AND, UM, I THINK THEY'D BE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND.
MY CONCERN IS IF IT'S A TROLLEY OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEY'RE GONNA GONNA BE LESS INCLINED TO USE IT.
UM, THIS WOULD LITERALLY COME TO THE FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER, PICK THEM UP.
THERE WOULD BE A DEDICATED BUS FOR, FOR THEM.
UM, INSTEAD OF MAKING NUMBER OF STOPS IN BETWEEN.
WHY, IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, WHY DON'T, I THINK THIS NEEDS A LOT OF BAKING.
UM, I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MEET WITH YOU AND JOSE, MAYBE ERIC AS WELL, BRING THIS BACK AND THEN, 'CAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE MENTIONED SOME ISSUES THAT DO NEED SOME FINE TUNING.
I THINK IT WOULD TAKE US QUITE A WHILE TO DO THAT HERE.
IF I CAN COME UP, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND I'LL BRING IT BACK HERE IN JANUARY IF THAT WORKS.
I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO SENATOR, UH, OR STATE SENATOR GARCIA ABOUT THIS TO SEE IF THERE'S POTENTIAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY I CAN, UH, INCORPORATE IN JANUARY.
DOES THAT WORK? THANK YOU MAYOR.
AND IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE THIS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE'RE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO,
[2. DISCUSS THE “FROM THE GET-GO” INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO OVERHAUL THE BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS BY ENSURING THAT ALL NECESSARY ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED DURING THE INITIAL SUBMISSION AND REVIEW.]
PLEASE.ITEM NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSSED THE FROM THE GET GO INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO OVERHAUL THE BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS BY ENSURING THAT ALL NECESSARY ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED DURING THE INITIAL SUBMISSION AND REVIEW AND BUILDING.
SO MARIE, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, THANK YOU.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THIS AND HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
JUST TO QUICKLY SUMMARIZE, THE INTENT OF THIS
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IS THAT THE, ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GET IS THAT YOU SUBMIT A PERMIT EITHER ON THE FIRST ROUND, SOMETIMES ON THE SECOND GO, YOU GET DIFFERENT COMMENTS WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE DONE, THEY'RE NOT.UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
AND IF FROM THE GET-GO, MEANING THAT THE CITY HAS BASICALLY ONE SHOT AT IT, OBVIOUSLY BARRING SOME LIFE SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE CITY IDENTIFIES, CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT'S NOT SAFE.
BUT, UM, SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS INITIATIVE.
I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE IN ALREADY, BUT IF, UH, YES, IF YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.
SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME VINCE.
UM, SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR PUTTING THIS ON, UM, AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY UPDATE, UM, THE WHOLE COMMISSION AND, UM, COMMITTEE AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE, UH, IN THIS PROCESS.
SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UM, BEGINNING IN THE EARLY SUMMER, ALL SIX OF OUR PERMITTING DEPARTMENTS, UM, HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN A SERVICE IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
THAT INITIATIVE INCLUDES, UM, TRAINING OF EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER, UH, CREATION OF SERVICE STANDARDS, WHICH KIND OF DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE FOR EVERY KEY ROLE.
THAT'S INTAKE REVIEW, UM, INSPECTIONS AND EVEN, UH, VIOLATIONS.
UH, A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, REVISITING SOME OF OUR INTERNAL POLICIES AND ENHANCING THE COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS FOR ALL, UM, CUSTOMERS.
SO THE NEXT STEP IN THIS WHOLE THING, UM, IS GOING TO, UM, INVOLVE, UH, A BUSINESS PROCESS THAT'S RELATED TO EACH PERMIT TYPE AND ALIGN THESE USING AN UPDATED TECHNOLOGY CALLED DECISION ENGINE.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT, UM, WE WANNA SHOW YOU THAT JUST KIND OF LETS YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND THEN WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU SOME METRICS THAT YOU WILL SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THESE METRICS.
UM, DO I CONTROL THIS PJ, OR I GUESS I DO
SO, UM, THIS IS THE PERMIT PROCESS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE BASICALLY A 21 DAY REVIEW CYCLE, UH, FOR EACH REVIEW CYCLE.
THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN THE VERY FRONT END WHERE THE TWO STARS ARE, WHICH REALLY RELATES TO, UH, STARTING CORRECTLY, UM, IS IN THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN PERMITS ARE, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED AND THEY START CONDUCTING THE INITIAL APPLICATION REVIEW, THEN IT GOES INTO THE REVIEW PLANS.
AND IT IS THIS BEGINNING PROCESS THAT, UM, DECISION ENGINE IS REALLY GONNA HELP REDEFINE.
UM, SO WE'RE ALSO ENHANCING OUR IN PERSON EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE MOVES SOME VERY KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF TO THE FRONT DESK.
UM, AND WE'VE CREATED A QR CODE FOR GOOGLE REVIEWS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO, WE HAVE ALSO RE RELOCATED VIOLATIONS AND, UM, RE-CERTIFICATION TEAMS TO THE FRONT COUNTER TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THIS.
I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS.
THIS IS THE, ALL THIS TEXT IS LIKE THE CARDINAL SIN OF POWERPOINT.
UM, MY FAVORITE OF THESE IS THE THIRD ONE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, WE ARE COMPARED TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU GET A KRISPY KREME.
UM, SO I FOUND THAT INTERESTING, BUT, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND IT'S ALL THERE ON GOOGLE REVIEWS IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
SO THE NEXT THING WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'VE ALREADY DONE OVER THE COUNTER PERMITS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.
NOW, THE NEXT THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS SOMETHING THAT WE CALL FAST PERMITS, WHICH ARE ON A FIVE BUSINESS DAY CYCLE FOR REVIEWS.
UH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, 40 TO 50% OF ALL THE PERMITS THAT WE ISSUED THAT WE ISSUED TODAY ARE IN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES.
SO WHAT ARE THESE OVER THE COUNTER, WHICH IS ALREADY IN PLACE NOW IS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT PERMITS.
AND THEN FAST PERMITS AND WALKTHROUGHS IS THE NEXT STEP.
AND THAT'S GONNA HAVE LIKE NINE DIFFERENT PERMITS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE WALKTHROUGHS TWICE A WEEK.
IT'S JUST GONNA HAVE THAT LIMITED NUMBER OF PERMITS.
WE CAN EXPAND IT LATER IF IT STARTS WORKING OUT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME CHANGES TO THE, UM, TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THAT WAITING ROOM IN ORDER TO BRING IN MORE PLAN REVIEWERS FOR THIS.
AND THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS IT, OF COURSE, IT'S GONNA GIVE YOU IMMEDIATE AND CLEAR FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THE PLAN REVIEWER AND YOU CAN MAKE CORRECTIONS ON THE SPOT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS WANTED FOR A LONG TIME AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS.
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AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO NATASHA.BUT DECISION ENGINE, WHAT IT BASICALLY DOES IS THAT IT FUNNELS YOU INTO THE RIGHT PERMIT CLASS.
A LOT OF MISTAKES TODAY HAPPEN WHEN YOU DON'T GO INTO THE RIGHT PERMIT CLASS.
UNDOING THAT DOWN THE ROAD IS VERY DIFFICULT.
THE, THE ISSUE THOUGH IS THAT FOR US TO REALLY MAKE THIS WORK IS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PERMIT TYPE THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE OVER 200, AND WE HAVE TO BASICALLY GO STEP BY STEP BY STEP FOR ALL 240 OF THOSE PERMIT TYPES.
WE HAVE TO MAP IT ALL OUT AND THEN IT GETS INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM.
FRANK IS HERE IF YOU WANNA GET INTO THE DETAILS.
UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE NEXT STEP IN OUR PROCESS.
SO,
UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EVERY SINGLE STEP.
UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, FRANK? UM, A LOT OF THAT'S GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON HOW MUCH TIME DEPARTMENTS CAN SPARE THE STAFF BECAUSE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISIONS TO DO THAT ALSO HAVE OTHER TASKS.
WE HAVE, UM, A SCHEDULE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THAT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START THE FIRST COUPLE ROUNDS OF IT AND EVERYONE CATCHES A GROOVE WITH THAT, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF TIMING, BUT IT'LL BE AT LEAST A FEW MONTHS WORTH OF EFFORT.
UM, OUR INTENTION IS TO START THAT MAPPING PROCESS AND AS WE GET THE RESULTS OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WE'LL DO THE CONFIGURATION IN PARALLEL.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE NEED TO WAIT EVERYTHING TO FINISH AND THEN WE DO THE CONFIGURATION PORTION.
UM, IT'S ALSO OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE MORE THE DEPARTMENTS ENGAGE IN THIS, THE FASTER PACE WE'LL START RUNNING ONCE THEY GET USED TO IT.
UM, BUT AS MARIA SAID, THERE ARE WELL OVER 200 PERMITS THAT NEED TO BE MAPPED STEP BY STEP BY STEP.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, THE WAY THE SOLUTION WORKS, WHEN YOU GO AND YOU START USING IT, WHETHER YOU'RE INTERNAL STAFF OR THE PUBLIC, IT'LL ASK YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO? IT'S, WELL, WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY DO YOU HAVE? FOR EXAMPLE IS IT'S RESIDENTIAL, IT'S COMMERCIAL.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO A REMODEL.
IS IT A BATHROOM? YOU KNOW, IS IT A PATIO? IS IT A KITCHEN? IS IT FLOORING? AND YOU GO CLICKING THROUGH THOSE THINGS IN VERY NON-TECHNICAL TERMS. AND AT THE END IT WOULD GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU NEED TO, TO SUBMIT WHAT YOUR STEPS ARE.
REALLY THE INTENTION IS TO PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT USE THE PERMITTING PROCESS CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
SO THE, THE BUILDING PROCESS AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, USE, IT TENDS TO BE VERY COMPLICATED.
SO THIS IS A WAY TO SIMPLIFY IT IN LESS TECHNICAL TERMS. SO ANYONE, UH, CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND OPEN A PERMIT AND, AND HELP.
UM, AS WE LOOK, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA COVER ALL THE STATISTICS.
UM, IT'LL HELP CUT DOWN ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET ON THE VOLUME ON THE CALL CENTER.
YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN CONFUSED.
SO THAT'S ALL TIED TO THE SAME STRATEGY.
AND MARIA, THE WALK-IN CENTER FULLY STAFFED.
WHEN IS THAT? WELL, WE HAVE TO HIRE, UM, A DESIGN FIRM.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOMEONE FROM OUR ROTATIONAL LIST.
WE WERE TRYING TO HIRE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT DID IT BEFORE, BUT THEY'RE NO LONGER ON THE CITY'S ROTATIONAL.
SO WE HAVE TO GO TO A NEW FIRM.
UM, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
YOU SAY DESIGNING THE, THE, THE, YEAH, WE HAVE TO, WE NEED TO PHYSICALLY RECONFIGURE.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
UM, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO THE FRONT COUNTER AND THE WAITING ROOM.
WE DON'T NEED A WAITING ROOM OF THAT SIZE ANYMORE.
UH, THERE'S HARDLY ANYBODY IN IT.
IF YOU EVER LOOK, LOOK AT IT
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SPACE AND MAKE IT, UM, SET IT UP FOR THESE WALKTHROUGHS.
I HAVE MET MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT IS WORKING, UH, WITH, I'VE GIVEN HIM BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, UM, AND IN HOPES OF HELPING GIVE, UH, FEEDBACK TO MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER.
'CAUSE THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN MIAMI BEACH WAS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
SO VINCE, WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.
BEFORE WE PROGRAMMED THAT SYSTEM, AND I KNOW WE HAD, I WELCOME AND I KNOW WE HAD SOMETHING IN THE PIPELINE WITH YOU GUYS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS WERE AS THE CITY AND WHAT THE FLORIDA BUILDING REQUIREMENTS IS.
IS ANYONE WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY? BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, YESTERDAY I HAD SOMEBODY COMPLAINING TO ME, THEY WERE LIKE, WE ARE RENOVATING OUR CONDO, WE'RE CHANGING THE FLOORS, AND
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WE'RE PUTTING IN TWO NEW BATHROOMS. AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AND NO OTHER CITY DOES THIS REQUIRES AN ARCHITECTURAL PLAN.NOW THAT ARCHITECTURAL PLAN COSTS $5,000.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT REQUIREMENT, IT SETS EVERYBODY BACK.
SO IF WE DON'T, I MEAN IF YOU DON'T SIMPLIFY OUR REQUIREMENTS AND STRIP US DOWN SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVERREGULATED AND WE ARE, THAT NEEDS TO BE NUMBER ONE.
YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL 200 PERMITS AND SAY WHAT IS MANDATED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA? WHAT IS MANDATED BY MIAMI BEACH? AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS, BUT REMOVE SOME OF OUR REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE EXPENSIVE AND EGREGIOUS AND TAKE UP A LOT MORE TIME IF WE DO THAT.
AND, AND THAT HAS TO BE BEFORE YOU EVEN START THE PROGRAM.
I WOULD MOVE THAT BY HOW LONG WOULD YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH THE 200 PERMITS AND REMOVE AND, AND SHOW US HERE'S WHAT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.
HERE'S WHAT'S MANDATED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND SEE WHAT YOU COULD REMOVE TO SIMPLIFY.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SIMPLIFICATION THAT COULD BE DONE.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REQUIRE AN ARCHITECTURAL PLAN IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT CHANGING WHERE THE PLUMBING IS GOING AND YOU'RE NOT CHANGING YOUR ELECTRIC AND YOU WANNA CHANGE YOUR FLOORS AND YOU WANT, WHY DO WE HAVE, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? SO IF YOU KEEP THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND START THE NEW SOFTWARE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE YOU'RE STILL GONNA MI US AND TAX US.
IF, IF I MAY, UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, OR GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M NOT SURE.
UM, THERE ARE MANDATES IN, IN THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER EIGHT, THAT REGULATE ALL JURISDICTIONS, ALL 35 MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, INCLUDING MIAMI BEACH.
A FLOOR PLAN IS ONE OF THOSE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING INTERIOR WORK AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING EXTERIOR WORK, A SITE PLAN, AND THERE'S SOME MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY IN A BATHROOM EXCHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, A A SIMPLE FLOOR PLAN FROM YOUR CONDO DOCKS, PERHAPS A, A RESEARCH AND MICROFILM WILL CIRCUMVENT THE ENTIRE ARCHITECT COST.
BUT I HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF REFERENCE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, TO VERIFY THAT THE TOILET DIDN'T MOVE AND THEN ALTER THE ISOMETRICS, WHICH ARE THE ANGLES AND THE DOWN BUBBLE THAT, THAT THE PLUMBING HAS TO OPERATE WITH.
SO IF THEY COULD PROVIDE THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S EXISTING THAT, THAT YOU JUST KNOCKED OUT A, A HUGE CHUNK OF COST AND TIME.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THEY SAID THEY BROUGHT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT A, A PLAN AND THEY SAID, THIS IS NOT A CERTIFIED ARCHITECTURAL PLAN.
AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO AND SPEND $5,000 FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL PLAN.
I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU COULD JUST EVEN DRAW IT WITH THE DIMENSIONS THAT YOU NEEDED TO.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE IT SHOULDN'T BE ALL, ALL I'M SAYING, THIS IS ONE LITTLE INCIDENT.
MY ONLY ASK WOULD BE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAVE WE MANDATED ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE STATE AND WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS AND WHAT CAN WE REMOVE TO SIMPLIFY.
MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO PULL THE PAINTING PERMIT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PULL THAT PERMIT.
MAYBE IF YOU WANNA GET A DUMPSTER, YOU DON'T NEED TO PULL A PERMIT TO GET THE DUMPSTER.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE THESE SIMPLE THINGS THAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ISN'T US
WE ONLY TELL YOU HOW TO BUILD, NOT WHERE TO BUILD OR WHAT ADDITIONAL, BUT COULD THERE BE, IT'S CALLED COSMETICS.
COULD THERE BE A SIMPLIFICATION BEFORE WE PROGRAM THE SOFTWARE? THAT'S MY ONLY ASK.
COULD WE SIMPLIFY WHAT WE MANDATE? YES.
AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE US VOTE ON IT.
DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? NO.
OH, I DIDN'T SAY ABSOLUTELY THOUGH WASN'T CHARGED TO TO ANSWER YOU.
AND AND ALL OF THAT IS, IS PART OF THE STREAMLINING AND THE PROCESS THAT IT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK AT WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IF WE COULD PRE-PROGRAM SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS DO YOU HAVE THIS ALREADY? CHECK.
NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT.
SO ALL OF THAT TAKES SOME, SOME LOGISTICS AND SOME PLANNING AND MASSAGING WHEN COMING UP WITH DECISION ENGINE AND HOW THAT WORKFLOW IS GONNA OPERATE TO FACILITATE IT AGAIN FOR THE LAY PERSON.
AND THE SECOND THING, OKAY, I MEAN, I GUESS MY MOTION ON THIS WOULD BE TO COME BACK IN TWO MONTHS WITH THE 200 PERMITS TO SEE WHAT YOU COULD STRIP OUT REGULATORY REG REGULATORILY THAT WE CAN STRIP OUT OF OUR CODE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER IF IT'S NOT MANDATED BY THE, AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SECOND THAT HAVE A LIST OF NO PERMITS REQUIRED.
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD, UH, JUST TO MAKE CLEAR, WE WOULD REVIEW IF THERE ARE ANY, I MEAN, VINCE, YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK OF ANY OFFHAND, RIGHT? IS THAT, UH, NO.
LIKE, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE FLOOR PLAN, UH, SITUATION, UH, I HAVE AN ENTIRE VOLUME FOR EXISTING BUILDING CODE FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
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EXISTING.AND THE ONLY WAY SOME OF THIS LEGACY ITEMS THAT WE COULD ATTACH TO WOULD BE THROUGH CONDO DOCS, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND, AND I, WE ACCEPT THOSE, UH, OR MICROFILM, ALRIGHT? UH, OR THEY CALL IT LASER FISH NOW.
BUT THOSE DOCUMENTS WOULD AGAIN, RELIEVE YOU AND PROVE THE FACT THAT IT IS LEGALLY EXISTING AND WE CAN TAKE OFF RUNNING FROM THERE.
AND THAT'S A MUCH LIGHTER LIST.
IF YOU'RE DOING, IF YOU'RE DOING A DEEP DIVE AND YOU HAVE TO DO A DEEP DIVE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL 200 PERMITS, COULD YOU TAKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS? HOW LONG, WHEN ARE YOU STARTING THE PROGRAMMING OF THE SOFTWARE? WHEN IS THAT COMMENCING AS WE SPEAK? UH, PART PART OF IT IS ALSO STAFFING ON MY SIDE.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME STAFF COMING IN TO HELP FACILITATE THE, UH, THE FAST PERMITS.
UM, AND, AND THE OVER THE COUNTER SO THAT YOU COULD WALK THROUGH AND TOUCH TO THE AC TALK TO THE ACTUAL PERSON REVIEWING SO THAT YOU GET THAT, THAT CUSTOMER BASE AND HEY, I NEED THIS, I NEED THIS, I NEED THIS.
THEY BRING IT TO YOU AND, AND YOU COME BACK TO THAT PERSON AND, AND YOU'RE OFF TO THE RACES.
UH, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE ISSUES AND, AND I'VE HEARD THIS SEVERAL TIMES, ARE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT AREN'T EVEN WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND, YOU KNOW, DARE I SAY DURHAM AT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AS AN OUTSIDE AGENCY FOR SOME OF THE LARGER LIFTS LIKE RESTAURANTS OR CHANGES OF USE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT FOR SIMPLE REMODELS, AGAIN, IF I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW, YOU'RE NOT MOVING ANYTHING, RIGHT? AND IT'S FROM AN OFFICIAL RECORD MM-HMM.
YOUR, YOUR CONTRACTOR CAN LAY OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING AND GIVE ME THE LIST, BUT I DO NEED A REFERENCE DOCUMENT ESTABLISHING THAT I COULD USE THAT EXISTING VOLUME OKAY.
AND THAT WAY WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH ALLSTATE STATUTES AND THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.
IF I CAN SAY A FEW QUESTIONS, I'LL SECOND THE ITEM ON COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
AND VINCE, WE, WE, UH, WE SPOKE BRIEFLY.
OBVIOUSLY VERY CRITICAL PROCESS, UH, THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS USED AS KIND OF LIKE A CATCHALL PHRASE FOR THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
BUT I, I KIND OF WANNA BIFURCATE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, THE ACTUAL PROCESS AND, AND I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS SAYING.
I WANT IT AS SIMPLIFIED AS POSSIBLE.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND MAKING THIS, YOU KNOW, AN ARDUOUS TASK.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE CULTURE ASPECT TO IT AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S INGRAINED IN OUR CITY.
AND I, I GET THIS FROM MY OWN ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE, HEARING BACK FROM RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TALKING TO SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME WHERE WHETHER IT BE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR THE PERMIT PROCESS OR EVEN SOME OF OUR BOARDS, THE GOAL IN DESIGN OFTENTIMES IS THE VERY RIGOROUS AND, AND VERY HARD.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A HIGH BAR, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE ALL WANT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ABSOLUTE BEST FOR MIAMI BEACH.
BUT I WANT MIAMI BEACH TO GARNER A REPUTATION FOR BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO BE A GREAT PLACE IN AN EASY PLACE TO DO BUSINESS AND GET THINGS DONE.
AND A LOT OF THAT STARTS WITH THE CULTURE.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF INGRAINED, UH, IN STAFF IN OUR PROCESSES OF WE NEED TO PUSH BACK, RIGHT? I WANT ESSENTIALLY OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO START ANSWERING THE PHONE CALLS WITH HOW CAN I HELP, RIGHT? I WANT US TO BE VIEWED AS WE ARE HERE TO HELP FACILITATE THE PROCESS, NOT HERE TO MAKE THE PROCESS HARDER BECAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPERTS GOING THROUGH THIS.
SO I WANT OUR CITY TO BE VIEWED AS HELPING OUR RESIDENTS AND HELPING OUR BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS TO FACILITATE, TO ACHIEVE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A CULTURE WHERE WE'RE JUST AUTOMATICALLY PUSHING BACK FOR THE SAKE OF DOING SO.
SO I'LL LEAVE THE EXPERT DETAILS UP TO YOU.
UH, BUT WHAT I CONVEYED LOUD AND CLEAR IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO FILL YOUR POSITION, FILL YOUR POSITION WITH SOMEBODY OF YOUR CREDENTIALS OF OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE, PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCES.
'CAUSE UNIFORMLY WE DON'T WANNA MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO, RIGHT? WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE, WE WANT TO CHANGE THE PROCESSES, AND, UH, WE WANNA MAKE THIS A A, A CITY THAT IS KNOWN FOR BEING EASY TO DO BUSINESS IN.
SO WE'LL BRING THIS ITEM BACK IN JANUARY.
WE CAN GET AN UPDATE THEN AS WELL.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[15. DISCUSS THE SCHOOL BOARD JOINT USE AGREEMENT REVIEW REGARDING MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL FENCE REQUEST AT POLO PARK.]
NUMBER 15, WHICH IS DISCUSS THE SCHOOL BOARD JOINT NEWS AGREEMENT REVIEW REGARDING THE MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL FENCE REQUEST AT POLO PARK.I'M JOHN REBAR, PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR.
THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS, UM, A JOINT ITEM WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, AND THE CITY BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A SECURITY MEASURE, WHICH I'M
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GONNA LET THEM SPEAK ON.AND I KNOW THEY DO HAVE TO RUN TO ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, BASICALLY IT IS TO PROVIDE A PERIMETER SECURITY FOR NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PLAYGROUND AND OUR TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS DURING THE DAY, WHICH IS HEAVILY USED BY THE COMMUNITY.
BUT, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WANNA TURN IT OVER TO, UM, MY FRIENDS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS, UM, YESENIA, THE NORTH REGION SUPERINTENDENT.
AND I'M HIO CE THE DIRECTOR OVERSEE OVERSEEING THE, UH, THE SCHOOLS ON MIAMI BEACH.
SO WE'RE HERE, UM, IN SUPPORT OF DISPENSING DUE TO A NEW HOUSE BILL TOSS BILL SEVEN, UM, 1473 WITH SCHOOL SAFETY AND THAT HOUSE BILL CALLS FOR, UM, ESTABLISHING A NEW PERIMETER AND DOOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS GOVERNING BOARDS MUST COMPLY BY AUGUST 1ST, 2024.
AND IT'S KEEPING ROUTES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS SECURITY CLOSED AND LOCKED WHEN STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS.
UM, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AT OUR, UH, REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AFTER HERE.
IF, IF WE GET A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL TAKE IT TO COMMISSION.
I'VE HEARD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND GETTING IT DONE.
UH, UH, MARK, CAN I MOVE THE ITEM? YES, MA'AM.
YEAH, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM SECOND.
[1. DISCUSS POSSIBLE SUGGESTED BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROCESSES IN CONNECTION ISSUING BUILDING VIOLATIONS FOR SMALL, OLDER AND/OR HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE COST AND BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH CURING BUILDING VIOLATIONS.]
UH, NUMBER ONE.ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSS POSSIBLE SUGGESTED BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROCESSES AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
AND THAT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.
AND I AM A CO-SPONSOR AND COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.
SO WAIT, DISCUSS POSSIBLE SUGGESTED BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROCESS IN CONNECTION WITH BUILDING VIOLATIONS FOR SMALL, OLDER, OKAY, SO WOULD, UM, WE, I ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM RIGHT NOW ABOUT CREATING A CODE COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE OLDER BUILDINGS, WHICH IS LED MORE LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE AND IS A RESOLUTION COMING BEFORE US.
BUT I WANNA HEAR, I'M SURE YOU GUYS RESEARCH THIS.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BUILDING VIOLATION CURING PROGRAM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ACROSS THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THERE THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AND WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD AND GET, GET IT OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S AN AMNESTY OR REPRIEVE PROGRAM AND IT DOES ALLOW THOSE THAT, UM, EITHER WANT TO CURE A VIOLATION OR BOUGHT A PROPERTY, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT AWARE THAT THEY, THERE WAS ILLEGAL WORK DONE, THEY CAN COME FORWARD AND WE WILL, NUMBER ONE, NOT ISSUE A VIOLATION, NO VIOLATION FEES.
AND THEN WE'LL HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LEGALIZING IT.
SO AS I, AS WE ISSUE VIOLATIONS WITH THIS CODE COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, LIKE WHAT WERE, WHAT WERE, WHAT WERE YOU ENVISIONING? 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS I'VE GONE BEYOND THIS NOW AND I FIGURED OUT SOME BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET, BECAUSE THIS IS FROM SEPTEMBER AND I CONTINUED TO WORK ON IT.
I MEAN, THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD SAY THAT WE DO IS, UH, WAIVE ALL FINES OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
IS THAT WHERE YOU WANTED TO GO WITH THIS? CORRECT.
SO IN SPEAKING WITH, UM, THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO, UH, ADDRESS THEIR VIOLATIONS AND, UM, OFFER AN INCENTIVE THAT NOT, DOES NOT HAVE TO DO WITH HEIGHT.
SO WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM, I WANTED TO CO-SPONSOR IT BECAUSE IT HAD TO DO WITH VIOLATIONS FOR FIXING THINGS.
AND I THOUGHT WE COULD COME UP WITH A BETTER PROCESS.
UM, IF YOU HAVE LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING, MAYBE WE CAN CLOSE THIS OUT AND THEN, UH, WAIT FOR YOUR RESOLUTION AT THE COMMISSION MEETING.
AND, UM, WELL I DEFINITELY THINK, AND YOU GUYS AREN'T GONNA LIKE THIS 'CAUSE YOU'RE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, BUT I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA NEED US TO WAIVE MORE AND MORE VIOLATION FEES, ESPECIALLY ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INVEST IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CURRENT, CURRENT VIOLATIONS WE HAVE OUTSTANDING IF THEY'RE BUILDING, IF THEIR CODE VIOLATIONS, AND I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT.
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING HERE.
THE CITY IS DEDICATED TO PROVING THIS IS REALLY NOTHING.
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I, WE, WE WERE WRITING THAT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND, UM, REDUCING FEES FOR VIOLATIONS.AND, AND THERE'S A SIMPLE REASON, UH, SO A VIOLATION EXISTS FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM OR DO THE RIGHT THING, MAINTAIN, ET CETERA.
IF THERE'S NO PENALTY, WHAT'S COMPELLING? GOOD BEHAVIOR OR CORRECT BEHAVIOR, PROPER MAINTENANCE.
WELL, IT, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IT HAS BEEN SUCH A NIGHTMARE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT THAT PEOPLE HAVE GONE OUT AND CHANGED THEIR BATHROOM WITHOUT A PERMIT.
BECAUSE TO TRY TO DO SO IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SUCH, AND THE PROCESS IS SO EXPENSIVE AND ARDUOUS AND LENGTHY THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS.
I WOULDN'T PENALIZE THEM ALERT.
COULD WE KEEP THIS? I COULD, WE, I KNOW YOU WANTED, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU WANT, UM, CROSS OUT THIS ITEM, BUT I HAVE MORE, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT HERE.
WHEN DO YOU WANT IT TO COME BACK? UM, BRING IT BACK IN DECEMBER AFTER I, UM, WORK ON MY OTHER, UM, ITEMS. COMMISSIONER BOT.
YEAH, I, I I SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT I THINK A LOT OF US DO THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
UM, NICE TO SEE YOU, UM, UH, DO THE RIGHT THING AND HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT, UM, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN OR MADE A MISTAKE OR GOT BAD ADVICE WHO ARE DOING SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN HOMES OR THEIR OWN FOUR UNIT MULTIFAMILY BUILDING ARE ONE CAST OF CHARACTERS AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE FINES FOR THEM.
IF IT'S ONLY ONCE OR, YOU KNOW, ONE SET OF ACTIVITIES OCCURRING TO ONE THING, IT'S, IT'S THE BUSINESSES OR THE MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF DOING THIS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET, YOU KNOW, HOLD ON THE HOOK AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
UM, SO MAYBE AS, AS WE CONTINUE THIS, WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SEPARATE THE MEAT FROM THE CHAFF COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT TO YOUR POINT, THEY COULD ALSO GO TO THE MAGISTRATE, WHICH AT THE MAGISTRATE AT THAT POINT IS WHEN YOU COULD MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE FINES WHEN YOU'VE SHOWED COMPLIANCE AND, AND GOOD FAITH IN APPLYING AND, AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THE MAGISTRATE IS, IS THAT KIND OF SOLEMAN INDIVIDUAL WHO, WHO WAIVES THE PROCESS AND CAN WAIVE THE FINES ON THAT SIDE.
UH, BUT INITIAL FEES IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT JUST TO COVER COSTS.
AND I'M, WE'RE KIND OF OBLIGATED BY STATUTE TO FOLLOW AND BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU'RE CHOOSING WINNERS AND LOSERS AND FAVORITISM AND THEN YOU, YOU BECOME INDEF DEFENDABLE, BASICALLY.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
UM, I, I TEND TO AGREE THAT I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING SIMPLER THAN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PROCESS.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GET A BUILDING VIOLATION, UM, IF, IF YOU GET A, IF YOU GET A BUILDING VIOLATION AND YOU GO AND YOU START TO RECTIFY IT, WE IMMEDIATELY REMOVE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK ON LEGISLATIVELY TOGETHER IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
COMMISSIONER BOUGHT AND ALONG IN CONJUNCTION, UM, WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I WOULD TOO.
I MEAN, I, AND, AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ WOULD ALSO CO-SPONSOR.
SO YOU'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO WAIVE THESE, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND EVERY, IT'S THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE HAVE, MAYBE AFTER YOU'RE HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF WHILE, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE, UH, A SH A SLIGHT, UH, SHIFT IN THAT.
BUT THERE'S BEEN LIKE A, A REAL INFLEXIBILITY AND IT'S ONE OF, IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WE HAVE.
WE'LL MOVE IT TO DECEMBER AND WORK ON, WELL, NO, UM, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MOVE IT TO THE COMMISSION WHERE IF YOU GET A BUILDING VIOLATION, WHERE'S ROB? ROB, THIS WOULD BE YOU.
AND YOU, YOU GET THE VIOLATION AND YOU GO IN AND YOU APPLY FOR THE PERMIT, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE REPRIEVE IS.
THAT'S KIND WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE.
THE REPRIEVE AND AMNESTY ALLOWS FOR THAT ALREADY UNTIL WHEN COMMISSIONER
SO IT'S EVEN ON NEW VIOLATIONS.
SO I THOUGHT THAT THOSE WERE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR OWN VIOLATION, LIKE PEOPLE WHO SELF, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME FORWARD AND REMOVE THEIR VIOLATIONS.
SO WE'RE GOING OUT AND GIVING PEOPLE VIOLATIONS AND THEN SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE YOU FOR THEM.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT PROGRAM WAS FOR SOMEBODY WHO PURCHASED A PROPERTY AND REALIZED, OH LOOK, THEY REDID THE KITCHEN.
AND THEY CAME FORWARD TO LEGALIZE IT.
I THINK THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE, WHAT, WHAT I'M MENTIONING RIGHT NOW.
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WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THEN? WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.SHOULD WE DO IT? WE SHOULD PROBABLY ONLY DO IT FOR YES.
COMMISSIONER BOT WITH ALL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I, I AM, AS YOU KNOW, A BIG FAN OF MEASURING TWICE.
UM, I THINK WE WANNA GET THIS DONE IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHES WHAT WE WANT.
WE HAVE LIKE 15 MEETINGS STACKED UP IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
I WOULD HUMBLY REQUEST THAT WE GIVE IT THE TIME TO WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH, UM, WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANNA GET DONE AND THEN BRING IT BACK FULLY BAKED, RATHER THAN SENDING IT DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSION WITHOUT HAVING TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO PARSE OUT RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I THINK IT'S MOSTLY OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE COULD DO IT FOR ONLY HISTORIC DISTRICTS TOO.
IF YOU GET A ABOVE, WELL, IT SHOULD BE EXTENT.
YOU CAN'T, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO DO IT ACROSS.
I MEAN, LOOK, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BETTER CITY WITH BETTER, BETTER RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT, LET'S MAKE IT FOR EVERYBODY.
AND LOOK, THERE'S INVESTMENT IN THIS CITY LIKE NO OTHER.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS FLUSHED WITH CASH.
I MEAN, YOU WANNA PAINT A CONDO.
HOW MUCH IS THAT? YOU GUYS GET LIKE A $200,000 FEE.
'CAUSE THE BUILDING JOB IS $3 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT BUDGET, WHAT'S THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE CURRENT MIAMI BEACH BUILDING DEPARTMENT? IT'S APPROXIMATELY 17 MILLION.
AND YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS RESERVES TOO, CORRECT? WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE, YES.
HOW MUCH IS THE FUND BALANCE? IT'S AT ABOUT 10 MILLION.
SO I MEAN, THESE ARE SIMPLE DISCOUNTS.
THESE ARE JUST VIOLATIONS FOR RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THAT WHEN THEY GET THE VIOLATION AND THEY HAVE TO GO IN AND CURE IT.
ARE YOU OKAY, NATASHA? NATASHA? WELL, THE SITUATION IS, I KNOW HE HAS THOUGHTS ON THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MANDATED BY, UH, FLORIDA STATUTE 5 5 3, UH, THAT THE FEES ARE THERE TO COVER OUR EXPENSES, AND THERE'S A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH RESERVES WE HAVE.
I, I JUST, I WANNA REITERATE SOMETHING BECAUSE, UH, THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN ENFORCEMENT, I'VE TRAVELED AND SUPPORTED PEOPLE ON THE WEST COAST AND UP NORTH THAT HAVE BEEN HIT BY HURRICANES.
OKAY? THOSE FUNDS ARE CRUCIAL WHEN A DISASTER STRIKES, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE BRING ASSETS TO BEAR.
AND WHEN I MEAN ASSETS, I MEAN OTHER INSPECTORS, OKAY? I MEAN, OTHER FACILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT IF WE DEPLETE THOSE FUNDS, WE CAN'T BRING ADDITIONAL STAFF, BE IT PRIVATE OR BEG, BORROW AND STEAL, BASICALLY.
AND IF, IF YOU'RE EXPECTING FEMA TO BAIL US OUT OF ANYTHING ANYTIME SOON, WE'RE GONNA BE WAITING FOR A WHILE.
SO AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE RESERVES HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT AND SPECIFIC NEED.
THAT SAID, WE ARE STILL LACKING A LOT OF STAFF THAT THE TRAINING COMES SPECIFICALLY FROM THAT THOSE FEES ARE ONLY FOR ENFORCING THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, UH, IMPROVING SOFTWARE, SPECIFIC BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT ITEMS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISCOUNTS, ONE THING THAT, THAT WE HAVE ALSO IN STATUTE IS TIME PERIODS.
SO WE CAN, WE HAVE MANDATORY TIMES, JUST LIKE WE HAVE TO RETURN PLANS AND TO PERFORM AN INSPECTION.
WE ALSO HAVE TIME WITH WHICH A ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TAKE PLACE.
SO 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, 70 DAYS, BECAUSE AGAIN, AND, AND I, I HATE TO USE THIS EXAMPLE, BUT IF SOMEONE BEHAVES BADLY AND THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE OR TIME PERIOD TO IT, WHAT'S THERE TO KEEP THEM HONEST? SO WE NEED SOME KIND OF GUIDE RAIL.
SO IF WE COULD SIT DOWN AND MASSAGE SOMETHING OUT GOING FORWARD THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T GO CONFLICT WITH STATUTE, AND WE COULD GO FORWARD AND, AND IS AMENABLE, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY DISCUSS AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE MEASURE TWICE AND CUT ONCE.
UM, BUT TO THOSE ENDS, FUNDS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY MANDATED.
WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN'T DO, AND, AND DISCOUNTS GETS INTO A, A WHOLE OTHER, UH, AREA THAT I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER.
I WOULD, WHY DON'T WE BRING IT BACK IN DECEMBER AND IN THE INTERIM, WE CAN BOTH MEET WITH, UM, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND WORK SOMETHING OUT.
WE CAN HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING.
ALEX, I MEAN, ARE YOU OKAY? SHOULD HE BE INVITED? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON WITH THIS ITEM THEN.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SO WE'RE BRINGING BACK COMMENT.
SO DECEMBER, AND THEN THE INTERIM, WE'LL HAVE YOU, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING IN THE INTERIM WITH ROB.
[19. DISCUSS THE NAMING OF 4TH STREET IN HONOR OF ROBERT RAVEN KRAFT]
19, PLEASE.NUMBER 19 IS DISCUSS THE NAMING OF FOURTH STREET IN HONOR OF ROBERT RAVEN CRAFT.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, AND COMMISSIONER B.
WELL, THIS IS CO-SPONSORED WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PRIME.
I'M CO-SPONSORING COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND COMMISSIONER BOT AND, UH, COMMISSIONER
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ROSA GONZALEZ.WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEE IT UP? YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW, AS WE COMPLETE THESE HEARINGS IN YOUR HONOR, WE HAVE THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, THE WORLD RECORD BREAKING RAVEN, WHO WAS RUN EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.
AND WE'LL, 49 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS, 49 YEARS, AND 11 MONTHS.
AND DECEMBER 31ST WILL BE 50, 50 YEARS.
AND THAT IS A WORLD RECORD, UH, ON SAND, PARDON? ON THE SAND, SAND WORLD RECORD ON THE SAND ALL TIME, ALL, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AND, UH, LONG, LONG STREAK ON THE SAND.
AND IN THE SAME PLACE RIGHT HERE ON MIAMI BEACH.
AND BY THE WAY, HE HAS NOT MENTIONED THIS, BUT ON DECEMBER 31ST, ARE YOU NOT HAVING AN OPERATION IN THE MORNING AND RUNNING IN THE AFTERNOON, OR THAT NO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS THAT YOU'RE NOT OPERA SO FAR.
HAVING AN OPERATION AND RUNNING ON, ON THE SAME DAY, I, I'M SO PLEASED EV ALL OF US UP HERE, THANK YOU ARE HERE TO HONOR YOU, BY THE WAY.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COME FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY ASKING FOR US TO COMMEMORATE YOU.
SO WE HAVE TWO PARTS GOING ON.
AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE, SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG SURPRISE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, LEGISLATIVELY NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LIFEGUARD SAID, YEAH, WE ARE GIVING, PUTTING A PLAQUE FOR YOU ON FOURTH STREET.
AND EVENTUALLY, DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON FOURTH? WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE IT? THIRD OR FIFTH? THIRD.
I DON'T DUNNO IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO YOU WANT IT ON THIRD? I'D LIKE IT ON.
'CAUSE WE WERE NAMING FOURTH STREET AFTER YOU.
IS THAT NOT A GOOD THING? I, THEY SAID FOURTH, A FOURTH'S MINE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, SORRY, REDO THE, THE STREET AIMING TO THIRD STREET.
THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION THEN POSSIBLE.
I SHOULDN'T BE BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS, YOU KNOW.
SO WE'RE CHANGING THE PLAQUE TO, UH, THIRD STREET.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO YOU ON DECEMBER 31ST.
ARE YOU GUYS GONNA BE HERE ON DECEMBER 31ST? WE'LL ALL GO OUT TO THE BEACH AND, UM, UH, WHAT TIME? BECAUSE I KNOW A BIG GROUP IS COMING AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
WELL, WE, WE'LL BE THERE AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
I THINK THIS IS WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING TO FIFTH STREET TO RUN WITH ME.
THAT'S, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK OUT THE DETAILS, WE'LL MAKE SURE, WE'LL OUT THE DETAILS.
AND THANK YOU, UH, RAVEN, I'VE BEEN OUT WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES.
MY LEAD PARTNER, COMMISSIONER SAMUEL RAN WITH YOU A COUPLE TIMES AS WELL, AND WE JUST THINK YOU'RE TERRIFIC.
SO, UM, AND SWITCH FOR PURPOSES OF THIS LEGISLATIVE ITEM, I'D LIKE TO REFER TO AS COMMISSIONER TWITCHY, PLEASE, BECAUSE THAT'S MY, MY NAME, YOUR NICKNAME.
UM, UH, LET'S SEE, YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS.
IS THAT HER NAME? YELLOW ROSE, YES.
UM, HAS, HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO US AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF FOLKS INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THIS GETS DONE WELL AND TO YOUR LIKING AND IN A WAY THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, TURNING MIAMI BEACH INTO A BLUE ZONE CITY, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT HEALTH AND LIVING WELL LONG, LONG AND LATE INTO YOUR YEARS AND WITH GOOD COMMUNITY ALL AROUND YOU.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER LIVING EXAMPLE OF THAT THAN, THAN YOU ARE.
AND SO IT'S, IT JUST, IT FITS SO WELL.
I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND ALL THAT YOU REPRESENT TO SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THE BEACH AND, AND WHAT THAT NOW MEANS TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO COME HERE JUST TO RUN WITH YOU FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
AND I'M AT MUSCLE BEACH EVERY DAY TOO.
UM, SO, OH, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
AND I THINK ALSO WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW YEAR'S DAY RUN, UM, THAT I THINK, UH, UH, SOMEONE CONTACTED OUR, OUR OFFICE THERE, MONICA, UH, THAT THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO CELEBRATE YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR ANNIVERSARY.
SO MANY YEARS RUNNING CONSISTENTLY HERE ON THE BEACH.
AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
DOES THIS, UH, CO DESIGNATION NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY? NOT THE PLAQUE, BUT THE STREET NAMING, BUT THIS IS FOR THE PLAQUE.
SO WE'RE APPROVING THE PLAQUE.
DOES THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMISSION? THIS, THIS PLAQUE? YEAH, IT WOULD'VE TO GO TO THE COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO SEND THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE FOR ROBERT RAVEN CRAFT TO THE ALRIGHT.
UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE CELEBRATIONS IN DECEMBER, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND NOW I'M, WE'VE GOTTA CHANGE EVERYTHING TO THIRD STREET
CO THIS IS, WE'RE ACTUALLY, AND THE RUN STARTS ON FIFTH STREET.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE STREET
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NAMING NOW, WHICH YOU NEED TO APPROVE AND THEN GOES BACK TO CITY COMMISSION.AND THAT ALSO GOES TO CITY COMMISSION.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE BOTH OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE WITH THE CHANGE TO THIRD STREET.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEND THIS TO THE COUNTY.
EXCUSE ME, THIS IS COMMISSIONER HIGGINS.
YOUR AND I THINK UNDER THE COUNTY CODE, THE, UH, THE, UH, COMMISSIONER OF THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO APPROVE, NEEDS TO SPONSOR THE, UH, LEGISLATION.
NOT FOR THE PLAQUE, JUST FOR THE STREET, FOR THE STREET NAME.
SO ONE, ONE MIGHT HAPPEN SOONER THAN THE OTHER.
THE PLAQUE WE KNOW IS HAPPENING.
THE STREET NAMING, UH, UNFORTUNATE, WE, WE WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
'CAUSE THE COUNTY'S GIVING US A LITTLE HASSLE OVER SOME TAXES, SO, UM, OB SAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK OUR WAY OUT THAT AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE IT FOR YOU THIRD STREET.
AND, UH, THAT'LL BE A BIG DAY THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE 31ST.
WE'LL DO IT MAYBE EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND THEN I COULD DO THE RUN THE STREET NAMING.
I CAN PRETTY MUCH ASSURE YOU THAT THAT WILL NOT BE FINISHED.
BY DECEMBER, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE IT COULD, THERE COULD BE A MIRACLE.
WELL, WELL, NO, EVEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE COUNTY, AND, AND THAT TAKE WOULD TAKE TOO LONG.
YEAH, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE YES.
SO, BUT THE PLAQUE AND THEN THAT WE WILL, THE STREET NAMING TAKES A LONG TIME, SO I UNDERSTAND.
I I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE AT EIGHT MILES.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? OH, MADAM CHAIR.
SO WHILE WE'RE PERSONAL FRIENDS, I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO, UH, RUN WITH YOU, SO I DON'T HAVE A NICKNAME, BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE A POINT TO DO THAT.
I, I PROMISE YOU YOU'RE ON THE RECORD, BUT I ABOUT BEFORE THE 31ST, I, I WOULD LOVE TO.
ONE THING THAT I'VE, UH, NEVER CONVEYED TO YOU IS THERE WAS A PHOTO, AN AERIAL OF YOU, OF YOU, UH, DURING COVID, AND IT'S WITH THE ENTIRE BEACH CLEARED.
AND IT WAS WHEN A TIME WHERE ALL OF US WERE FACING A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT WAS JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID AND YOU WERE RUNNING.
AND I SENT THAT AROUND TO MY CORPORATE TEAM TO A LONG EMAIL LIST OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT, THERE WERE FEW THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT ARE MORE INSPIRING, THAT DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES LIFE THROWS AT US, WE MUST PERSEVERE.
SO, UH, UH, THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SEND, UH, PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE, UH, IS SOMETHING TO BE COMMENDED FOR 74 DAYS.
[20. DISCUSS INSTALLING PLAQUE ON THE 4TH STREET BEACH WALK IN HONOR OF ROBERT RAVEN KRAFT]
ALSO READ NUMBER 20? I'LL READ NUMBER 24, THE RECORD, DISCUSS INSTALLING PLAQUE ON FOURTH STREET BEACH WALK IN HONOR OF ROBERT RAVEN.AND THEN THAT'S GONNA BE THIRD STREET NOW, CORRECT? THERE'S GOING, WE'RE GONNA, IN THE AFTER ACTION, IT'LL SAY THIRD STREET AND MOVE TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD, NEIL RODRIGUEZ, UH, CITIZEN DIRECTOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, TWO THINGS.
FIRST, UM, THE LIMITS ON THIRD STREET THAT THE COONE NAMING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON FOR THE COONE NAMING OF THE STREET.
AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO CRITERIA, UM, TO CONA, UM, MR. UH, ROBERT RAVEN CRAFT.
UM, SO THEN WE WOULD ALSO NEED A RECOMMENDATION TO GO BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO AMEND THE CITY CODE, UM, TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL CRITERIA TO NAME, UM, THIRD STREET ON HIS BEHALF.
SO WE NEED TO ADD, IF YOU HAVE A WORLD RECORD, YOU CAN HAVE A STREET NAMED AFTER YOU.
CAN WE AMEND THE CITY CODE? ROB, COULD THAT BE MY MOTION TO NOT JUST APPROVE THIRD STREET, BUT AMEND THE CITY CODE TO ADD, IF YOU HAVE A WORLD RECORD, YOU CAN, OR ALSO ELIGIBLE TO GET A STREET NAMED AFTER YOU? UH, YES, WE CAN, WE, YOU DEFINITELY DO NEED THE ORDINANCE CHANGE TO CREATE SOME CATEGORY AND IF THE, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION TO MAKE THAT THE, THE CATEGORY THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE DONE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO, I HAVE A SECOND.
AND MATION, BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION AND THE, THE LIMITS.
UM, WHAT LIMITS THIRD STREET, WHAT LIMITS FROM WHERE TO WHERE? UM, THE
COLLINS TO OCEAN FROM, YEAH, FROM OCEAN TO WASHINGTON.
AND THAT IS THE MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED WAS THE CATEGORY.
IF YOU HAVE A WORLD RECORD, YOU CAN HAVE A STREET NAMED AFTER YOU AND THE STREET NAMING THAT.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED 19 AND 20.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT
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AT NUMBER 11.NUMBER 11 IS DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF SPEED TABLES ON 47TH STREET IN ORDER TO REDUCE TRAFFIC SPEEDS AND INCREASE ROAD SAFETY.
AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY TRANSPORTATION SPOKE TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE LEAVE THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WENT TO GET HIS COMPUTER, SO CAN WE SKIP IT? I HADN'T NOTICED THAT HE WAS THE SPONSOR.
SO LET NUMBER FIVE, LET'S GO, GO TO NUMBER 18.
NUMBER 18 HAS BEEN DEFERRED PER THE SPONSOR.
SO WE WILL HEAR NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSS
[5. DISCUSS A PROPOSAL FOR ENHANCING SOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS WITH SMART LIGHTING.]
A PROPOSAL FOR ENHANCING SOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS WITH SMART LIGHTING.THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER MAXEY.
COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, DO YOU WANNA TEE IT UP?
SO WE REFER THIS COMMITTEE SO WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION SURROUNDING THIS.
IT SEEMED LIKE A, A GREAT, UM, PLAN.
WE WANNA HAVE THE SMART LIGHTING.
SO JOHN, WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHAT YOU FOUND? UM, YES.
COMMISSIONER, UM, AFTER, AFTER REVIEW AS A PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MUCH SPORTS LIGHTING AS WE, WE WE CAN.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A GREAT CHALLENGE PUTTING ANY LIGHTING AT ALL ON, ON THE OCEAN TURTLES AND THE, AND, AND ESPECIALLY THE BEACH AND, AND, AND THE TURTLE NESTING AREA.
SO WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE PERMITTED OR NOT, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT EVER WOULD BE, THE LIGHTING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO, TO ME WAS NOT SPORTS LIGHTING.
IT'S ACORN WALKWAY LIGHTING, WHICH I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND TO SERVICE SPORTS LIGHTING.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE PROPER FOOT HANDLE AND LUMENS TO SAFELY HAVE A SPORTING EVENT.
IF, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU REVIEW THE PROPOSAL, IT'S, IT'S THESE ACORN LIGHTING THAT GO ALONG SIDEWALKS TYPICALLY.
AND THEY'RE ALSO SELLING 5G TRANSMITTER SERVICE.
SO I WOULDN'T CALL THAT SPORTS LIGHTING.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO SAY I CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO LIGHT AS MANY SPORTS IN FIELD AS WE CAN.
DON'T THINK THE BEACH IS GONNA BE EVER BE POSSIBLE.
AND THIS IN FRONT OF ME IS NOT SPORTS LIGHTING.
SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DISCUSS IT WITH YOU.
IT SEEMED LIKE A WIN-WIN, BUT NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE AMBER TURTLE.
UH, HELLO, MY NAME IS WILLIAM MARGA AND I AM THE BEACH VOLLEY GUY.
UH, WHERE DO I START? I GUESS? UM, UM, WE FINALLY GOT THIS SPONSOR LIGHTS BY A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.
AND I DO BELIEVE, UH, ON THE SKETCHES THAT THE LIGHTING WILL BE ENOUGH FOR SPORTS EVENTS.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF HURDLES BETWEEN CITY AND STUFF, BUT THIS IS AN IDEA THAT EVERYBODY LIKES.
UM, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS THE, WHAT IS IT, FF WC, THE TOTAL PEOPLE.
UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GONNA GET THROUGH WITH THEM.
THE LIGHTS ARE GONNA BE INSTALLED ONLY ON THE, OF THE TOTAL SEASON.
THEY'RE, THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY REMOVED DURING TOTAL SEASON.
SO THERE IS NO CONFLICTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
LET'S LET, LET'S DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOOP JOHN IN ON YET ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE.
AND IN THE INTERIM, LET'S MEET AND LET'S COME TO SOME SORT OF A COURT BECAUSE I, I WANT WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE DO DO, IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO LIGHT THE COURTS AT NIGHT OUTSIDE OF TURTLE SEASON.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A VERY CONTROVERSIAL THING, BUT I WANNA GET APPROVAL FROM OUR PARKS AND REC PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO.
SO IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO LET'S, COULD WE DEFER THIS TO DECEMBER AND DO YOU THINK BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSION IN DECEMBER? YOU WANNA BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION? 'CAUSE WE'LL KNOW IF YOU WANT IT OR NOT.
YEAH, BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION AND BETWEEN NOW AND THE DECEMBER COMMISSION MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING AND MAYBE WE CAN COME TO SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
IF WE ARE GONNA BRING THIS TO THE COMMISSION, UH, JOHN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, SIMILAR ISSUES.
WOULD LOVE, I MEAN THAT AREA HAS, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE.
WE TALK ABOUT KIND OF, UH, CHANGING THE CULTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT VOLLEYBALL AREA, MUSCLE BEACH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, IF THAT'S THE PROPER LOCATION FOR PADDLE COURTS AND THAT, THAT IS JUST A SPORT THAT'S TAKING OFF, BRING CHANGES IN CULTURE.
UH, SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION FOR THE LIGHTS, I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT HOLISTICALLY AND REALLY TURN THAT INTO OUR ENTIRE SPORTS AND PARKS AND REC AREA DOWN THERE.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ADDING LIGHTS FOR THE VOLLEYBALL COURT, IF WE COULD THINK HOLISTICALLY, IF WE'D BE, UH, IF WE FIND A SOLUTION, IF WE'D BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE PADDLE FACILITIES AS WELL.
UM, I, I THINK THE MORE THE MUR, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER, THE BETTER DOWN THERE.
SO COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION.
ARE WE DOING A MEMO TO COMMISSION WITH A CERTAIN RECOMMENDATION OR ARE WE GONNA MEET FIRST WITH THE SPONSOR AND THEN THE MEMO WILL BE DRIVEN FROM THAT? EXACTLY.
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SPONSOR, THEN SEND THE MEMO, UH, TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE DECEMBER 11TH MEETING.YOU HAVE TO DO IT THE WEEK BEFORE.
MM-HMM,
COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I'LL, I'LL GET WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS DISCUSSING IMPLEMENTATION.
OH, THAT'S COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
[6. DISCUSS ADDITIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGETARY ITEMS RECOMMENDED BY THE POLICE/CITIZENS RELATIONS COMMITTEE.]
ADDITIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGETARY ITEMS RECOMMENDED BY THE POLICE SLASH CITIZEN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY POLICE AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF DANNY MORGA HERE ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE DISCUSSED THE, UH, ITEM WITH, UH, THE PCRC RECENTLY, AND IT'S THE, THE DEPARTMENT'S POSITION THAT WE ASK THAT THIS BE DEFERRED TO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AS OPPOSED TO BEING INCLUDED NOW AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, SIMPLY BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO STAFF THE DEPARTMENT TO FULL CAPACITY.
AND IF THIS WERE GRANTED NOW, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STAFF IT UNTIL LATER ON IN THE YEAR.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT WE DEFER IT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE FOR DISCUSSION THEN.
AND, UM, AND HAVING THE FINANCE CHAIR HERE, I DON'T WANT THEM TO GET CONCERNED EITHER OF BRINGING FUNDING OUTSIDE, UH, AFTER WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT I WILL DO WITH THIS ITEM, IF WE CAN HAVE IT SENT TO THE FIRST WORKSHOP THAT WE HAVE IN MAY, UM, ABOUT THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW AND DISCUSS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
LEMME SEE IF THE NEXT ONE IS POLICE AS WELL.
[7. DISCUSS OPTIONS TO ADDRESS DRONES OR OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS DISCUSS OPTIONS TO ADDRESS DRONES OR OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.I MAY HELLO COMMISSIONERS, ERIC GARCIA, POLICE TECH SERVICES, UM, THE FEDERAL AVIATION CONTROLS, UM, REGULATES THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE REGARDING ALL MANNED AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.
UM, I'LL HAVE, UH, THE DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
BUT IT'S BASICALLY, UH, PRE WE'RE PREEMPTED FROM, UH, REGULATING, UH, MANY THINGS RELATED TO DRONES, INCLUDING, UH, PILOT OPERATIONS, UH, AIRSPACE, ALTITUDE, FLIGHT PASS, AND EQUIPMENT.
SO, UM, I'LL HAVE MR. ROSENWALD, UH, DISCUSS SOME OF THE LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THEN MAYBE AT THE END WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT TECHNOLOGY.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE SOMETHING ON THE NOVEMBER AGENDA WHERE, UM, WE REVIEWED THE PREEMPTIONS AND TRIED TO ADDRESS THINGS WHERE WE COULD, UM, ROB, ANYTHING TO ADD HERE BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS ONE OUT? NO, THAT'S IT.
UH, YEAH, THE CONCERN WITH, WITH THIS ITEM WAS THAT I HAD SOME RESIDENTS SAY THAT THERE WERE DRONES OUTSIDE THEIR WINDOWS AND, UM, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE ISN'T MUCH WE CAN DO FOR PRIVACY.
THERE'S, UH, THERE'S VERY, THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE, UH, WE CAN CONTROL.
UM, WE DO, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING ANECDOTALLY SOME, UH, COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THINGS THAT RIGHT.
UM, THE ONLY TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE IS REALLY JUST A, A TECHNOLOGY THAT TELLS US THAT DRONES ARE FLYING AND WHEN, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY TELL US WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR IF THEY'RE VIOLATING ANY RULE OR ANYTHING.
SO IT WOULD BASICALLY BE AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL FOR US TO, ALRIGHT.
I THINK WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR, SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOP AND, AND IF NEEDED, THEN MAYBE WE HAVE OUR LOBBYISTS INCLUDE THIS ON THEIR LIST OF THINGS TO ADDRESS WITH THE STATE SO THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY'RE DOING, UH, BAD THINGS LIKE LOOKING PEOPLE'S WINDOWS IN THEIR HIGH RISE.
AND THERE'S A DRONE SITTING OUT THERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, WE SAW THIS MASSIVE DRONE THE OTHER DAY, SOUTH OF FIFTH, AND WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS JUST HOVERING IN A PLACE THAT IT COULD LIKE SEE US.
I GUESS THIS IS A NEW TERRITORY.
MAYBE YOU WANNA PLACE IT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
DRONES ARE ALLOWED TO FLY, UH, ANYWHERE.
AND REALLY THE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IS VERY LITTLE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE WHERE YOU CAN BE NORMALLY SEEN.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO OVERREGULATE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I UNDERSTAND THE PRIVACY CONCERNS.
SO WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING? WHAT ARE
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THE MOTION? UM, SO WHY DON'T WE GIVE, UH, MY MOTION IS TO GIVE THIS ITEM TO PETER, OUR LEGISLATIVE PERSON AND SEE IF HE COULD ADD IT TO HIS LIST IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS WITH THE STATE.UM, ARE MY COLLEAGUES IN FAVOR? ANY SECOND? YES.
AND WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT.
[16. 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.]
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WILL YOU TEXT HIM? 'CAUSE HE WENT UPSTAIRS SO HE CAN COME BACK DOWN.I'LL READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.
DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND PRESENT THE PLAN FOR DISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD'S QUALITY AND LIFE COMMITTEE.
HOW YOU DOING? I'M DOING GREAT, MA'AM.
AND YOU, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE MINUTES FOR HIM TO COME DOWN.
YOU WANT GO? LET ME GET THE, ANOTHER ITEM.
JUST SPIDERMAN ACOSTA WILL CATCH YOU.
HE'S A MARINE, AN OLDER MARINE
COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, IF YOU WOULD TEE UP YOUR ITEM.
UM, THIS IS AN ITEM I PLACED ON THE AGENDA, UH, WHILE BACK, UM, TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET A CONSISTENT, UH, LEVEL OF, OF ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, COMPARABLE, COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE HAVE DURING CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME.
AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN.
DURING CERTAIN PERIODS OF THE YEAR, WE SEE A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF DUI ENFORCEMENT, A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF TAG CHECKS, WHICH HELP PREVENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FROM OCCURRING IN OUR CITY, WHICH HELPS US INTERCEPT, UH, CRIMINALS EVEN FROM ENTERING OUR OUR CITY.
UH, AND MY AND MY REQUEST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN HOW THROUGHOUT OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR, OTHER THAN LET'S SAY SPRING BREAK OR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, OR, OR, OR THESE MORE HIGH PROFILE WEEKENDS, WE'RE STILL INCORPORATING, UH, SOME OF THESE MEASURES BECAUSE IT DOES ALIGN WITH OUR CAUSE FOR CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT, FOR CONSISTENT, UH, INTERCEPTING, UH, GUNS, CONSISTENTLY, UH, CATCHING, UH, PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE OPEN WARRANTS BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO, INTO OUR CITY CONSISTENT, UH, EN ENFORCEMENT OF DUI.
SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER, UH, TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF TO PRESENT TO US, UH, THEIR PLAN, UH, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, DEPUTY CHIEF PAULA COSTA ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, VICE MAYOR.
UM, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID AT YOUR DIRECTION WAS TAKE A LOOK, UM, AT ALL OUR SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MANAGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL PLANS, UM, THAT REQUIRE ENHANCED STAFFING, UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, ALPHA BRAVO STAFFING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROACTIVE MEASURES THAT WE TAKE, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, DUI CHECKPOINTS, LPR CHECKPOINTS, DUI, SATURATIONS AND THINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ONE THING WE DO IS LIVE BY A CALENDAR.
UM, WE KNOW WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY, SOMETIMES SOME EVENTS ARE SPORADIC IN NATURE OR THEY CATCH US BY SURPRISE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS PIVOT AND PREPARE AND CALL RESOURCES IN WHENEVER NECESSARY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN LOOKING AHEAD AT 2025 IS WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE KNOW NOW TODAY, UM, ABOUT SPECIALTY EVENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY OR SOME SORT OF HOLIDAY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT MIGHT BRING IN ADDITIONAL, UM, UM, VISITORS TO OUR CITY.
THE RESIDENTS EXPECT A HIGH LEVEL OF POLICE VISIBILITY, NOT JUST ON HOLIDAYS OR ESPECIALLY EVENTS.
THEY EXPECT IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR MANDATE, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ENHANCED STAFFING AND LEAN ON RESOURCES, NOT JUST WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, MAY
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NOT BE TYP TYPICALLY USED ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT OUTSIDE AGENCIES.UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THESE EVENTS, WE, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, UM, PULLING THEM IN TO PROVIDE US ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE VISIBILITY, FOR ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHEN NECESSARY, AND ALSO TO PREVENT CRIME.
UM, ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF RESOURCES AND DEPLOYMENT SCHEMES THAT WE'LL USE ARE BICYCLE PATROLS, UH, FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A ROBUST BIG BICYCLE UNIT.
UM, THEY GET IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE PARTICULAR CONCERNS WITH CERTAIN SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALLOW US TO GET TO PLACES AND ANSWER CALLS AND BE MORE VISIBLE THAN, THAN NORMAL.
UM, WITH THE NEW SHERIFF BEING ELECTED MOST RECENTLY, UM, I WILL SHARE, UM, THAT FOR US AS A POLICE AGENCY, WE'RE EXCITED THAT, UM, SHERIFF, UM, ELECT, UM, CORDERO STUDS, UM, HAS BEEN ELECTED BECAUSE SHE HAS A PHENOMENAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US AND THE COMMAND STAFF.
AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEAN ON HER, UH, WHENEVER WE'VE NEEDED HER AND JUST TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND ASK FOR A FAVOR FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE AND EVEN WILL EVEN BE ROBUST IN NATURE WHEN SHE ASSUMES THE OFFICE.
UM, MR. VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE A LIST OF EVENTS FOR 2025 THAT WE CAN NOW ANTICIPATE, UM, THAT WE WILL PREPARE ENHANCED STAFFING AND THE, THE USE OF THESE OUTSIDE RESOURCES AS WELL.
THIS WILL BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST IN SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES, WHAT WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED, THIS WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO OUR RESIDENTS WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I THINK THEY, THEY REALLY DO LIKE THE ENHANCED, UH, ENFORCEMENT MEASURES WHENEVER THEY'RE OUT THERE.
UH, CHIEF, AND, AND IF I MAY THROW THE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I, I ASKED THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA PIECE RIGHT NOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOT OF THESE MEASURES HAVE DRAWN CRITICISM AS THEY HAVE BEEN PERCEIVED TO BE TARGETING SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AS OPPOSED TO THE INTENT OF THE CITY, WHICH IS TO ADDRESS CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, UH, WHICH HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY EXPERIENCED AND HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED DURING CERTAIN HIGH IMPACT PERIODS.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER AND YOU'VE PLACED HERE, I SEE WE HAVE 14, UH, EVENTS PROPOSED FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, DURING WHICH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF HEIGHTENED POLICE PRESENCE WILL BE, UH, PLACED.
UH, WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT WE HAVE LICENSE PLATE READER DETAILS, WE HAVE DUI CHECKPOINTS, UH, DURING NON-EVENT WEEKENDS.
AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE OF THAT.
UH, THAT FOR ME IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT INDEPENDENT OF ANY EVENT GOING ON, THAT WE SEND THE MESSAGE, UH, TO ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING TO PREY ON OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN COME ANY WEEKEND OF THE YEAR AND WHETHER THERE'S AN EVENT OR NOT, YOU ARE TO EXPECT FOR THERE TO BE POLICE PRESENCE.
YOU ARE JUST TO ASSUME THAT THERE COULD BE A DUI CHECKPOINT OR THAT THERE COULD BE A LICENSE PLATE DETAIL AND THAT IF YOU ARE COMING HERE TO, WITH, WITH LEGAL WEAPONS OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, YOU MIGHT BE CAUGHT AND ARRESTED BEFORE YOU'RE ABLE TO PENETRATE INTO, INTO THE CITY.
AND SO, AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN THAT IS BEFORE US.
IT'S, IT'S NOTED THERE, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF THE, THE NUMBERS IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, DUI CHECKPOINTS OR DUI SATURATIONS, I BELIEVE.
DUI CHECKPOINTS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
NOW OF COURSE WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHENEVER, WHENEVER AND WHEREVER.
HOW ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE DETAILS? HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? WE, WE DON'T, UM, VICE MAYOR, THOSE ARE, UM, ACTIONS WE COULD DO AT ANY TIME.
UM, WE COULD DO IT EVERY WEEK.
WE COULD DO 'EM EVERY MONTH AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO OUR PLAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BURNING FOLKS OUT.
OUR PLAN IS TO DO IT IN LINE WITH THE DUI CHECKPOINTS QUARTERLY.
UM, DUI CHECKPOINTS, LIKE I SAID, HAVE TO BE ANNOUNCED TO THE MEDIA AND, AND FOLKS LIKE, UH, LIKE THAT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND OR DUI SATURATIONS, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT.
WE CAN DO THOSE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
AND WE HAVE ALSO, UM, GRANT FUNDING TO DO THOSE.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT THAT IT IS, UM, OUR INTENT TO WEED OUT ANY, UM, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT COMES INTO THIS CITY THROUGH THESE KINDS OF MEASURES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO INCORPORATE TO NUMBER ONE, UM,
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THESE QUARTERLY DUI CHECKPOINTS INDEPENDENT OF ANY EVENT I THINK WE NEED TO LEAD WITH? AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE ON, ON, ON, ON THE PLAN BECAUSE EVENTS COME AND GO YES, VICE MAYOR, BUT WHO STAYS HERE ARE OUR RESIDENTS YES.VICE MAYOR WHO WE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESSES WHO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP SAFE.
SO NUMBER ONE SHOULD JUST BE ON A REGULAR BASIS, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS IF WE COULD DO THESE DUI CHECKPOINTS YES, SIR.
AND INCORPORATE INTO INTO THE PLAN, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT INCORPORATE INTO THE PLAN A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THESE, UH, THESE LPR DETAILS.
UM, THAT WAY IT'S BEING COMMUNICATED, UH, TO THE CRIMINAL WORLD OUT THERE.
THE MIAMI BEACH IS BEING VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS, BUT ALSO THE MESSAGE IS BEING SENT.
THIS IS NOT TARGETING, UH, WEEKENDS WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS ARE COMING HERE.
THAT THAT HAS BEEN THE MISREPRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE OVER, OVER, OVER TIME.
UM, AND SO IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT, WE, WE ARE VICE MAYOR AND, AND THAT, LISTEN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS CODIFIES WHAT WE DO, UH, DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE DO DUI CHECKPOINTS OUTSIDE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE DO IT, UM, SATURATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT NO ONE REALLY, REALLY KNOWS THAT.
SO THIS AT LEAST PUTS THIS IN.
IF WE ARE DOING IT, WHY DO PEOPLE NOT KNOW IT? WELL, THE DUI CHECKPOINTS, UM, IT'S ANNOUNCED WE DO A PRESS RELEASE AND IT'S SO PEOPLE SHOULD BE KNOWING IT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE DUI SATURATION, UM, THAT IS DUI SATURATION IS DIFFERENT FROM A DUI CHECKPOINT.
UM, WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS A POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE DUI CERTIFIED ARE SKILLED AND LOCATING AND DETECTING DRUNK DRIVERS.
THEY ARE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THEY GO AND THEY HIT ALL AREAS OF THE CITY LOOKING FOR DRUNK AND IMPAIRED DRIVING.
SO THAT'S WHAT A DUI SATURATION IS.
THERE'S NO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.
THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT TACTIC THAT WE USE.
BUT I I YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME.
BECAUSE IT FEE, I FEEL LIKE NOW THIS IS A STATUS QUO.
I, BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID THAT THIS CODIFIES WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
UH, BECAUSE IF WE'RE JUST DOING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, THERE'S NO NEED FOR THIS ITEM.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING BEYOND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THE SPECIAL EVENTS, THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUTSIDE THE SPECIAL EVENT WORLD OF WEEKENDS AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING JUST REGULAR WEEKENDS OUT OF THE YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THOSE WEEKENDS SAFE AS WELL.
WITH THIS LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT.
UH, SO WILL YOU, SO, UM, I CAN MAKE A MOTION, BUT IT'D BE GREAT IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS TO THE COMMISSION TO, TO ACCEPT THIS CLAIM FOR THE CAUSE I MOVE, UH, FOR THIS TO GO TO THE COMMISSION.
IT'S A GREAT ITEM, VICE MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ON TOP OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND BEYOND.
IS THERE A SECOND TO MOVE IT TO THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT.
[17. 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.]
17.ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE MAY AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLORE THE VIABILITY OF CREATING POLICE SUBSTATIONS SIMILAR TO THE POLICE SUBSTATIONS IN NORTH BEACH, IN THE COLLINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AT CITY HALL IN 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 THE FINDINGS AND PROPOSALS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS AND QUALITY AND LIFE COMMITTEE.
AND IT'S JULY 10TH, 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.
UH, VICE MAYOR, UH, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE AS ASSISTANT CHIEF DANNY MARGAO, UH, TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL MARGAO ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM, SIR, BECAUSE IT'S BROUGHT US INTO, UH, A VERY MEANINGFUL AND AND PROSPEROUS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
SO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, UM, WE'VE ASKED OUR AREA CAPTAINS AND DIFFERENT NROS AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO TRY AND IDENTIFY FACILITIES THAT MAY BE VIABLE FOR US TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH WITH REGARD TO NEIGHBORHOOD SUBSTATIONS.
UM, AMONG THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS WE LOOKED AT THE COLLINS PARK ARTIST WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION IS NOT VIABLE FOR US TO USE AS A PERMANENT, UM,
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FACILITY FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SUBSTATION JUST BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN LAYOUT AND THE AREA THAT, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING FOR.THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A COMMON SHARED ARTIST SPACE FOR THE BUILDING.
SO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO USE AS LIKE A COMMUNITY MEETING OFFICE SPACE FROM TIME TO TIME.
SIMILAR LIKE WE DO AT THE BALLET AND OTHER AREAS IN COLLINS PARK.
UM, THE TWO TEN SECOND STREET LOCATION FOR A PERMANENT SUBSTATION IS A CITY OWNED FACILITY, BUT IT'S GONNA NEED TO UNDERGO, UH, CONSIDERABLE CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE IT VIABLE TO MEET OUR ACCREDITATION STANDARDS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TO HAVE A SUBSTATION, UH, WHERE WE HOST FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE HAVE COMMON SPACES THAT ARE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC AND AREAS THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO, WHERE WE KEEP COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND SENSITIVE AREAS THAT, UH, WERE WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO, TO KEEP SEPARATE.
UM, SO THE WAY THAT BUILDING IS CURRENTLY LAID OUT, IT HAS A SMALL FOOTPRINT INSIDE, UM, I WANNA SAY IN THE AREA OF 200 SQUARE FEET, TWO TO 300 SQUARE FEET INSIDE, AND THEN IT HAS AN ADDITIONAL COVERED PATIO AREA IN THE BACK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ENCLOSED.
AND THEN THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME CONSTRUCTION INSIDE TO REDESIGN THAT FACILITY.
UM, THE ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED IN 2023 FOR THAT FACILITY IS 280 TO $380,000 JUST TO ENCLOSE THE SCREEN PATIO SPACE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, UH, PHASE TO SET UP THAT SPACE SO THAT WE CAN BRING FOLKS IN AND IT'S A FORWARD FACING SOUTH OF FIFTH, UH, POLICE SUBSTATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT ONE, WE LOOKED AT CITY HALL AND THE CITY HALL SPACES.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT WE, WE LOOKED AT.
THE MOST IDEAL SPACE WOULD BE DOWNSTAIRS AT THE AREA RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO ELEVATORS THAT'S CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY A, A CITY DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME FOR THAT DEPARTMENT IF WE TOOK THAT SPACE.
HOWEVER, THAT WOULD PLACE OUR POLICE SUBSTATION AT THE MAIN ACCESS POINT TO THE BUILDING.
UM, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT WAS LOOKED AT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, BUT THE FARTHER YOU LOCATE THE, THE POLICE SUBSTATION WITHIN THE BUILDING, THEN IT AFFECTS, UH, RESPONSE AND, AND ACCESS TO THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE POLICE SUBSTATION.
I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION, SIR, OR YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE? NO, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
UH, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED, WE ALSO EXPLORED THE IDEA OF A MOBILE UNIT.
YEAH, THAT'S AN AMENDMENT AS PART OF HIS PRESENTATION AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA GET TO NEXT.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO ALL THESE FIXED FACILITIES, THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION, AND I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE, IS THE MOST IDEAL OPTION TO GIVE US MAXIMIZED VISIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE MOBILITY AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE A SUBSTATION STAFFED ONE TIME AS OPPOSED TO STAFFING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WOULD BE THE MOBILE CONCEPT THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE MEMO.
AND COST WISE, IT'S ON PAR WITH A BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITY, BUT AS OPPOSED TO A BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITY THAT GIVES US VISIBILITY IN ONE AREA, THIS PARTICULAR OPTION GIVES US VISIBILITY WHEREVER WE WANT TO SET UP THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, WE COULD SET IT UP ON A SCHEDULE, IT COULD BE STAFF WITH FOLKS FROM COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES, OR BASICALLY ADDING STAFF SPECIFICALLY TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE ON A REGULAR SCHEDULED BASIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALLOWS US TO MAXIMIZE PRESENCE, VISIBILITY WHEREVER THE NEED IS WITHIN THE CITY.
IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CRESPI ISLAND, IF THAT'S ON THE WEST END OF NORMANDY, IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE ON THE VENETIAN ISLAND, IF WE POTENTIALLY HAVE A CRIME ISSUE THAT WE NEED A VISIBILITY MOBILITY OPTION, THIS MOBILE NEIGHBORHOOD SUBSTATION BECOMES THE BEST OPTION.
AND SO LEMME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE I, AND I THREW THE CHAIR IF I MAY.
UM, I SEE THAT THAT COMES AT A FISCAL IMPACT OF ABOUT ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST.
UM, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN SPAN OF ONE OF THESE, UH, VEHICLES? SO I CAN TELL YOU OUR CURRENT MOBILE, UH, COMMAND POST, WHICH IS A SIMILAR TYPE OF VEHICLE WE'VE HAD SINCE 2011 OR 2012, AND IS PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS LIFESPAN.
THERE IS PERIODIC MAINTENANCE THAT IS INCORPORATED WITHIN THAT COST.
AND THAT IS NOT JUST THE INITIAL OUTFITTING COST, THERE'S WARRANTY, IT CAN BE SERVICED HERE LOCALLY.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL 14 YEARS ALMOST INTO OUR MAIN, UH, MOBILE COMMAND VEHICLE.
AND IT'S STILL STATE, STATE-OF-THE-ART.
AND WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST USE THAT VEHICLE? 'CAUSE FROM WHAT I SEE, THAT VEHICLE IS USED DURING HIGH IMPACT PERIODS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OR WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THAT THEN IT'S
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DEPLOYED.UM, BUT THEN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, OTHER THAN THAT IT'S USUALLY A STATION, UH, AND, AND THE POLICE STATION, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? IT'S EITHER AT THE POLICE STATION OR IT'S AT AN OFFSITE LOCATION WHERE WE PARK IT.
HOWEVER, THE WAY THAT PARTICULAR, UM, MCV IS CONFIGURED, IT'S NOT CONFIGURED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S TOO MANY SENSITIVE AREAS WITHIN THAT VEHICLE THAT WE CANNOT CORDON OFF OR SECTION OFF.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE SUITABLE IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION TO BRING FOLKS FROM THE OUTSIDE.
ADDITIONALLY, THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE REQUIRES A DRIVER WITH A CDL, WHEREAS THE SUGGESTED ONE, ANYONE WITH A CLASS E FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE CAN OPERATE IT.
SO IT ALLOWS US TO DEPLOY IT MUCH EASIER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, AND THEN IT GIVES US THE OPTION OF HAVING A BACKUP MOBILE COMMAND VEHICLE IN THE, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
AND HOW MANY STAFF, UH, PERSONS WOULD, WOULD THAT MOBILE VEHICLE REQUIRE? SO WE'D HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY GO THROUGH, UM, AN OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES WE WANT TO OFFER OUT OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DRIVER, UM, WHO'S ALSO THE PERSON THAT OPERATES THE, THE VEHICLE ITSELF AND THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ON THE VEHICLE.
AND THEN THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIALIST AND A POLICE OFFICER ON THE VEHICLE AS WELL WHEN WE DEPLOY IT.
UH, COLLEAGUES, I, I, NUMBER ONE, I I THINK IT'S BEEN THE POLICY OF THE BOARD OF THE, OF, OF THE COMMISSION TO BE ADVANCING A SUBSTATION OF SORTS, UH, IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S DELINEATED HERE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERED.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DESIRE TO DESIGNATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I MEAN THE CITY HALL AS A SUBSTATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR ITS PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS.
I'M, I'M NOT SOLD ON THAT NEED COMPLETELY.
I'M, I'M OPEN TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER SCHWARZ HAD A GREAT IDEA AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN, WHEN THE MOBILE POLICE SUBSTATION WAS BROUGHT UP.
AND I THINK, I THINK BOTH THE, UH, SOUTH OR FIFTH LOCATION AND THE, UH, MOBILE POLICE SUBSTATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING BECAUSE THAT WAY WE GET TO MOVE IT TO THE AREAS OF GREATEST NEED.
YOU MIGHT NOTICE CERTAIN TIMES OF A YEAR YOU MAY HAVE AN ISSUE IN ONE PART OF A CITY AND YOU MAY, AND THEN ANOTHER TIME OF THE YEAR DURING A CERTAIN DAY PARTS, UH, YOU MAY NEED IT IN A DIFFERENT PART OF, OF THE CITY.
SO I REALLY LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT A MOBILE POLICE STATION COULD, UH, COULD OFFER, COULD OFFER US.
AND UH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD INVESTMENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US IF WE'RE CURRENTLY HALFWAY THROUGH ONLY THE, UH, LIFESPAN OF OUR CURRENT, UH, UNIT.
UM, THE, FOR SOUTH OF FIFTH, THAT'S AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS STATION? NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE, ON, ON THE SECOND STREET, KIND OF RIGHT BEHIND WHERE AMNESIA USED TO BE.
SO ON THE ALLEY OF SECOND STREET AND WASHINGTON AVENUE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
NO, SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, THE ADDRESS IS TWO TEN SECOND STREET.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY FACING SECOND STREET? NO, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICE NEXT TO THE DOG PARK ON, ON WASHINGTON.
THIS WOULD BE ACROSS THE STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S STILL AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS BUILDING.
COULD THAT BE MADE INTO A POLICE SUBSTATION? YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S TOO SMALL OR? WE REALLY HADN'T LOOKED AT THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS FACILITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO CONVERT IT TO A SUBSTATION, UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PERFECT.
I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY A, IT'S LIKE CENTRALLY LOCATED.
THAT'S WHAT THE SOUTH FIFTH RESIDENCE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
A MOBILE, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF A MOBILE UNIT.
BUT IT'S MOBILE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT GONNA STAY IN SOUTH FIFTH.
SO, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL.
I, I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO REFER THIS TO FINANCE FOR THE MOBILE UNIT IF WE, IF, IF WE'RE ALL OKAY WITH THAT, AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK AT NEXT MONTH AND LOOK AT THAT INTERNAL AFFAIRS, UM, OFFICE ON NEXT TO THE DOG PARK ON WASHINGTON TO SEE IF WE CAN CONVERT THAT.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S ONLY LIKE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THERE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
IT'S JUST ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT THAT LOCATION IS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT SUBSTATION FOR SOUTH OF FIFTH.
UM, SO MAYBE YOU CAN COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
UM, WE'D HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY FIND A, A NEW HOME FOR OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS 'CAUSE UH, IDEALLY WE WANT TO KEEP INTERNAL AFFAIRS NOT CO-LOCATED WITH THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS SO THAT FOLKS FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING THERE TO OBVIOUSLY REPORT COMPLAINTS.
AND, AND, AND THEN THIS IS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S ITEM, SO NOT RIGHT.
WELL, I, I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SO WHEN YOU COME BACK
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THAT YOU'LL HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SITE, UM, AN IDEA IF, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.AND, AND IF IT IS POSSIBLE, WHAT COULD YOU DO WITH THE INTERNAL, UH, AFFAIRS? PAUL, ARE YOU IN THE BACK? YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? NO, SOUNDS GOOD.
HUH? DO WE OWN THAT PROPERTY? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE OWN IT OR IT'S LEASE.
IT'S ATTACHED TO DOG POINT, THE TANK, THE, THE, UH, CLERK OF THE COURTS USED TO OPERATE FROM THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE OWN THE PROPERTY OR IF WE HAVE A LEASE ON IT.
SO WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH INTO THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
WE HADN'T LOOKED AT THAT AS A, AS A POTENTIAL SUBSTATION LOCATION, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
AND, AND LOOK, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR LIKE A JAIL CELL IN THERE, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY, PEOPLE WHO WALK AROUND, THEY WANNA SEE THAT THERE'S A POLICE FIXED PRESENCE THERE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE'S ONE IN NORTH BEACH, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE IN SOUTH FIFTH, BUT, UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REFER THE MOBILE UNIT TO FINANCE AND THEN BRING IT BACK OR NO? UM, WELL WE COULD TO COMMISSION.
WE'D HAVE TO GO TO COMMISSION.
WOULD YOU JOIN ME AS A CO PRIME OFFICE? THE MOBILE SUBSTATION? SORRY, WHAT? IF YOU JOIN ME AS A CO PRIME.
AND, UH, I'LL CO-SPONSOR THAT AS WELL.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YES, WE HAVE CALLER AND USER NUMBER FOUR.
CALLER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.
I'M A SOUTH OF FIFTH RESIDENT AND AT A RECENT OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO ASK THE ASSISTANT CHIEF MARLOW ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF A SUBSTATION SOUTH OF FIFTH.
AND I BELIEVE THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME STATISTICS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED.
SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A VERY HEIGHTENED ALERT OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO AND TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE PRIORITY HERE IS NOT, HEY, WE NEED A POLICE SUBSTATION.
UH, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS WALKING AND BIKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WANT TO SEE MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS THAT LIVE THERE.
I'M NOT SURE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE POLICE STAFF IS NECESSARILY SURE EITHER IF THE SUBSTATION IS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY OTHERS?
IF FERC APPROVES IT, IT'LL BE GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ITS FINAL STOP FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS TO, TO DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO DO.
AND THEN WITH THAT, UM, VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ
[13. DISCUSS THE CREATION OF CODE COMPLIANCE AREA CAPTAIN POSITIONS FOR SOUTH BEACH, MID BEACH, AND NORTH BEACH]
[14. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM TO FACILITATE THE REPORTING OF CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS]
IS DEFERRING 14 AND 13 YES.AND, UM, VICE CHAIR SUAREZ IS DEFERRING 11.
[9. DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF RAIN GARDENS AND INCREASED NATURAL VEGETATION ALONG CITY ROADWAYS TO ENHANCE STORMWATER RUNOFF]
GO TO NUMBER NINE.ITEM NUMBER NINE IS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF RAIN GARDEN'S.
INCREASED NATURAL VEGETATIONS ALONG CITY ROADWAYS TO ENHANCE STORM WATER ROAD.
UH, I WANTED TO, UM, HERE YEAH, BACKWARDS.
SO, SO THAT ITEM THAT I JUST READ INTO THE RECORD WILL BE DEFERRED NUMBER NINE, AND WE WILL HEAR NUMBER 11, DISCUSS
[11. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL INSTALLATION OF SPEED TABLES ON 47TH STREET IN ORDER TO REDUCE TRAFFIC SPEEDS AND INCREASE ROAD SAFETY]
THE POTENTIAL INSTALLATIONS OF SPEED TABLES ON 47TH STREET IN ORDER TO REDUCE TRAFFIC AND INCREASE ROAD SAFETY.UH, VICE CHAIR SUAREZ, UH, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY, UM, SEE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PREPARED.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, OR MEMBERS? JUAN RODRIGUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKSTORY, UM, THE CITY RECENTLY COMPLETED A TRAFFIC STUDY IN THE ORCHARD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS, UM, FROM PRAIRIE AVENUE TO THE WEST, UM, PINE TREE TO THE EAST 47TH STREET TO THE NORTH AND, AND 41ST STREET TO THE SOUTH.
AS PART OF THAT TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, WE DID, UH, ANALYZE THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON 47TH STREET.
ON 47TH STREET IS A COLLECTOR ROAD, UH, WHICH AT THE TIME, UM, IT DID NOT RECOMMEND, UM, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
SINCE THE COUNTY DOES NOT ALLOW, UM, COL UH, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AND COLLECTOR ROADS, SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE, UH, AND IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY THAT IN ESSENCE WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO INSTALL TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES ON COLLECTOR ROADS THAT ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.
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UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THAT AGREEMENT.UM, THAT AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW US NOW TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL ON DEVICES ON 47TH STREET.
SO THAT IS THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD.
UM, FOR RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PROPOSING TO PROCEED, UM, WITH A SHORT TERM SOLUTION, UM, WHICH IS TO INSTALL TEMPORARY TRAFFIC, COMMON DEVICES IN ANTICIPATION, UM, OF THE PERMANENT TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, AT A FUTURE, UH, DATE.
UM, THE COST FOR, WHAT ARE THOSE? GIMME AN IDEA OF WHAT ARE THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING INSTALLING SPEED CUSHIONS, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE INSTALLING IN THE, THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH OR FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, RIGHT NOW.
AND THE IDEA IS TO COMMENT FIRST, SORRY.
THE IDEA IS, UH, THE IDEA IS TO INSTALL THOSE FIRST MM-HMM.
AND PERMANENT WOULD BE LIKE A CONCRETE, MORE OF A CONCRETE OR ASPHALT TYPE OF LIKE A RACE SIDEWALK MAYBE? CORRECT.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY RACE CROSS, UM, CROSSWALKS.
I'LL BE MORE OF A, UM, SPEED HUMP.
SO AT ONE LOCATION YOU'LL HAVE TWO.
AND THAT IS TO ALLOW THOSE BIGGER VEHICLES TO NOT BE ABLE, LIKE FIRE TRUCKS, TO NOT BE, SO THE LENGTH IS THE LANE AND THE WIDTH? THE WIDTH VARIES.
IT COULD GO FROM UM, FOUR TO EIGHT FEET.
COMMISSIONER BOT, THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
SO, UM, WILL THIS, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
WILL THIS ON 47TH STREET HELP WITH THE ISSUE WITH 47 46 PINE TREE, THAT WHOLE DRAMA? UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NOT NECESSARILY.
UH, THE CONCERN ON 46 ON 47 IS THE SPEEDING ALONG PINE TREE DRIVE.
ON THESE SPEED HUMPS OR SPEED CUSHIONS ON FIRE, SEVENTH STREET WILL, WILL, UH, MITIGATE, UM, THE POTENTIAL SPEEDING AND, AND, AND CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC ALONG 47TH STREET.
SO ONE OF THE, THE FRUSTRATIONS HAS BEEN THAT WE ALL GENERALLY THINK THAT SPEED CUSHIONS OR TABLES ON PINE TREE IN THAT AREA WOULD SERVE JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF, OF HELP THAT WE NEED FOR THAT AREA RATHER THAN HAVING TWO TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
BUT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE COUNTY THAT WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S A COLLECTOR ROAD.
YOU UNDER, YOU JUST SAID IT'S A COLLECTOR ROAD.
IT'S A DIFFERENCE THAT WE MAINTAIN 47TH AND THEY MAINTAIN.
SO WOULD, WOULD THERE BE AN OPTION FOR US TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PORTION OF PINE TREE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTUATE THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THAT WE WANT TO SEE THERE INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BE A COUNTY OWNED AND MAINTAINED ROAD JUST FOR THAT SECTION? WELL, IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE CITY JURISDICTION OF THE ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S A MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION.
UM, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER EXPLORED.
SO MAYBE WE COULD GET TOGETHER AFTER OR IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS A POSSIBLE WORKAROUND.
WE ALREADY GOT A TRAFFIC CALMING CIRCLE.
WHERE, WHERE, WHERE YOU PUTTING THE SPEED BUMP? WE HAVE ONE RIGHT THERE ON 47TH STREET.
LIKE HOW MANY WHERE? I DON'T KNOW THAT I, WE WANT THIS.
I MEAN, YOU ALREADY LET, LET, LET SPEAK.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
COMMISSIONER IS IN THE NAUTILUS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS FROM ALTON ROAD, UM, AND MERIDIAN.
UM, THE 40, THE SEGMENT OF 40 47TH STREET THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO IS BETWEEN, UM, PRAIRIE AVENUE AND PINE TREE DRIVE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S, UH, 47TH STREET AND IN ESSENCE CONNECTS ALL THE WAY FROM PINE TREE DRIVE, UM, EXCUSE ME, FROM PINE TREE DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO 47TH STREET.
WE DO HAVE SOME TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES ON THE WESTERN SEGMENT.
NOW, THIS WOULD BE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES ON THE EASTERN SEGMENT.
DID YOU HAVE COMPLAINTS? OH, I MEAN, I HAVE VIDEOS OF ACCIDENTS OF LIKE FLIPPED CARS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME ABOUT ON 47TH STREET.
I NEVER SEE ANY ACCIDENTS HOLD OR FLIPPED CARS.
YOU'RE GONNA PUT ONE SPEED BUMP RIGHT NOW.
IT'LL BE LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE.
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE GO AROUND THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, GO OVER THE SPEED BUMP
WELL THAT'S, BUT LISTEN, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THERE'S, I GUESS IT'S FINE THOUGH.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S SPEEDING AND, AND, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PE THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IF THERE'S A COUPLE MORE OBSTACLES IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT IT, THERE'S SIDE BOX ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS THERE.
I KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU'RE THERE AND WHO'S REALLY CRYING, I MEAN, I GUESS YOU COULD, I GUESS IF YOU WERE GONNA DO A SPEED, WOULD, WOULD IT BE OVER BY THE COMMERCIAL AREA DOWN THERE? THE EXACT LOCATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE
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ANALYSIS THAT WE WOULD CONDUCT FINDING THOSE SUITABLE LOCATIONS.UH, ON TOP OF THAT, UH, AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING, WE DO NEED TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCURRENCE FROM THE DIRECTLY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO ONCE WE'VE DETERMINED WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE, WE'LL BE GOING TO THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED PROPERTIES BOTH IN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
AND THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE CONCURRENCE THAT THEY AGREE TO HAVE THOSE DEVICES IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES.
HOW MANY ARE YOU CONSIDERING? LIKE ONE, WELL, I'M GONNA, WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY TWO LOCATIONS.
UM, BUT, UH, WHETHER IT'S ONE OR TWO WILL NOT BE FINALIZED UNTIL WE DO THE, THE DATA COLLECTION REQUIRED, UM, FOR THAT.
I MEAN, LOOK, I AGAIN, IF IT SLOWS CAR, IF IT SLOWS CARS DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A, A WIN.
NO, I MEAN, I, I SUPPOSE, I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THAT KIND OF CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS. I SEE THE BUS, LIKE, LIKE STUCK IN IT ALL THE TIME ISSUE.
I DON'T LOVE WHAT WE DID SO FAR.
SO I JUST, IF IT'S A SPEED BUMP AND IT'S JUST A SIMPLE LIKE CEMENT SPEED BUMP LIKE YOU NORMALLY FIND AND NOT SOMETHING LIKE THE COUNTY ONES ARE LIKE THESE WEIRD ONES ON STEROIDS THAT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THE COURSE DRIVE IS THIS TRAFFIC CIRCLE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THE TRAFFIC, WE ALREADY HAVE A TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
SO WHEN DID IT GET IMPLEMENTED? WE GOT TWO YEARS AGO, A COUPLE YEARS BACK AGO.
YEAH, NO, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN HE'S ONE SPEED BUMPED.
I, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MAYBE ONE SPEED BUMP, BUT DON'T, I MEAN LIKE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THEN SPEED BUMP, THEN SPEED BUMP.
I MEAN, LIKE, I GUESS I WOULDN'T DO THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
I WOULD JUST DO ONE THEN ON THAT ONE STREET BETWEEN PRAIRIE AND, YOU KNOW, WELL THEY'RE, I MEAN THEY'RE, IT'S NOT LIKE, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS THERE.
NO, THERE ARE NO CIRCLES ON 47TH STREET.
SO YES, THERE'S A TRAFFIC CIRCLE ON 47TH.
THERE'S A, THERE'S AN EXISTING TRAFFIC CIRCLE ON 47TH AND
THAT ALSO PART OF THE NAUTILUS.
SO WHERE THE, WHERE TWO SPEED WERE THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT YOU HAVE THE SPEED, UH, TABLES AT THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED.
SO WE HAVE NOT THE DEFINED THOSE TWO LOCATIONS.
BUT IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PRAIRIE AVENUE AND PINE STREET DRIVE.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, JUST TO, TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S ONLY ONE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE SPEED.
UH, THERE'S ONLY ROUNDABOUT AT 47TH OF MICHIGAN THAT'S ON THE, THE WEST END OF 47TH.
A LOT OF THE SPEEDING ALSO HAPPENS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
UM, AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC COMING WHATSOEVER THERE.
WELL THAT'S, I COULD SEE YOU, I COULD SEE YOU PUTTING IT, UM, PUTTING ONE, LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S DELINEATED SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES, SO IT'S NOT A PEDESTRIAN ISSUE.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO PUT A SPEED BUMP, UM, WELL, THERE'S ALSO LIKE A BIKE LANE, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND SO YOU COULD PUT A SPEED BUMP POSSIBLY LIKE NEARBY WHERE, UM, THERE'S LIKE A CONVENIENCE STORE AND A SHUL LIKE OVER THERE.
LIKE I HAVE NO DATA TO BACK THAT UP.
AND I THINK LET'S, LET'S HAVE STAFF DECIDE.
I, I THINK LET, LET, THEY'RE THE PROFESSIONALS.
I, I THINK I JUSTT GO CRAZY AND MAKE THAT STREET LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN OBSTACLE COURSE.
WELL, NOT
SO THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK INTO IS THE, THE, THE ACCESS DRIVERS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT THEY'RE NOT IN FRONT OF ANY, UM, FIRE HYDRANTS OR THEY'RE NOT COVERING ANY, UM, MANHOLE COVERS OR WATER VALVE COVERS.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A WHOLE EXERCISE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO FINALIZE THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT, UH, AND THAT MAY MAY VERY WELL LIMIT THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN PERHAPS ONLY ONE LOCATION IS SUITABLE, BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE DO THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE.
WHERE IS THAT MADAM CHAIR SECOND? THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S WHERE, WHERE THE COMMERCIAL AREA IS.
AND I SUPPOSE YOU COULD PUT ONE THERE THAT'S A FLIP CARD ON, ON 47.
BUT I MEAN, HONESTLY, WE DON'T SEE FLIP CARDS THAT OFTEN ON 47.
WELL, I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE IT JUST A FLIP CAR LANE AROUND? WELL, YEAH, BUT JUST THERE'S AN ACCIDENT WHICH IS AN ACCIDENT, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU FELL SOMETHING UP WITH SPEED BUMPS BASED ON ONE ACCIDENT.
I MEAN, HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE THERE BEEN? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE NEED A TRAFFIC COLUMN.
WE, WE GOT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE
I, I, SO I GUESS YOU NEED DIRECTION FROM US TO, TO DO WHAT? UM, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A FUNDING, UM, THE, THE, THE COST TO ANALYZE AND POTENTIALLY DESIGN MM-HMM.
THERE'S TWO OF THEM, RIGHT? THERE'S, AND THEY'RE ABOUT 13,000 EACH.
WELL, BETWEEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION, IT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY $55,000.
THAT'S THE ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
UM, IF YOU, IF THIS BODY, UH, RECOMMENDS MOVING FORWARD, INCORPORATING THOSE AS PART OF THE OVERALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ECONOMY, WE'LL TAKE THAT TO THE CITY OF COMMISSION FOR CONSERVATION.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ASKED FOR EACH SPEED TABLE IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH.
UM, I THINK IT CAME OUT TO ABOUT 11 OR $13,000.
SO IF THERE'S TWO AT THE HIGH END, IT'S 26,000.
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TELLING ME THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER 24,000 TO, TO DESIGN AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS BASED ON THE, THE COST ESTIMATES THAT THE PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR CONSULTANT THAT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED, UH, TO DESIGN THE TRAFFIC PLUMBING.SO, SO IF, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING $24,000 ON, ON, ON THAT, MAYBE THEY, YOU KNOW, FOR NOW LET'S DO TWO.
BUT MAYBE THEY CAN ALSO IDENTIFY OTHER AREAS THAT MAY NEED IT.
UM, WELL, BASED ON TRAFFIC, UH, ACCIDENTS.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, WE DO HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF DEVICES THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHICH IS ALREADY UNDER DESIGN, UM, FOR THE ORCHARD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THERE'S ALREADY BEEN OTHER LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED WHERE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE INSTALLING, UH, TRAFFIC CIRCLES, UM, RACE CROSSWALKS, AND ALSO, AND THIS IS ALL DONE THROUGH A CONSULTANT, THE DESIGN.
IT HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH A CONSULTANT.
SO, SO THE TRAFFIC TEAM CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES.
I CAN'T SAY, HEY, WE SUGGESTED HERE AND WE SAVE OURSELVES $26,000.
I, I I, FORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME WE CANNOT, CAN I SAY ASK ONE FAVOR? SURE.
DO YOU HAVE THE ACCIDENT DATA FROM 47TH STREET? WE HAVE THAT DATA READILY AVAILABLE, CORRECT? YES.
IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF IT.
HOW MANY, I MEAN, IF IT IS, IF IT IS AN ISSUE, THEN I WANT IT TO ADDRESS IT, BUT, UM, WE JUST WANNA FIND OUT HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD.
WE HAVE THOSE TRAFFIC THINGS EVERYWHERE.
BY THE WAY, THERE
THE DATA'S KIDS RUNNING AROUND.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DATA THAT WAS UTILIZED FOR KIDS
SO YOU, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT DATA WITH YOU, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
DON'T PUT A POLICE OFFICER ON 47TH STREET.
JUST, JUST WANTED, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, THAT FOR US AS A DEPARTMENT, SPEEDING IS A CONCERN ON PINE TREE DRIVE.
AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS JUST SOUTH OF 47TH STREET AS THE ROADWAY BENDS TO GO.
AND HISTORICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER, UM, THE TREE UNFORTUNATELY WINS EACH AND EVERY TIME.
FOLKS THAT ARE DRIVING, UM, WHEN THEY'RE SPEEDING, DON'T NEGOTIATE THAT CURVE TO THE RIGHT PROPERLY IF THEY'RE DRIVING TOO FAST OR IMPAIRED AND THEY DRIVE STRAIGHT INTO THAT TREE.
SO TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AHEAD OF THAT AND FORCING PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN MAY HELP WITH THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.
UM, SO AT THE, I FORGET WHICH MEETING IT WAS RECENTLY WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING ISSUE, I THINK IT WAS FINANCE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING PROACTIVE POLICE ENFORCEMENT.
IF WE KNOW THAT ACCIDENT DATA IS PREDOMINANTLY FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IMPAIRED, UM, IT'S NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
CAN WE JUST HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE EVEN JUST HAVING THE BLINKING, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMEBODY OUT THERE, UM, NOT JUST HAVING THE CAR WITH BLINKING LIGHTS.
ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO SEASON AND BASEL AND ALL THAT STUFF WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YES.
UM, YES MA'AM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OKAY, SO WE NEED TO, SO LET'S MOVE THIS TO FINANCE, OR DID.
WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT I, HERE'S WHAT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED ON FOR THIS YEAR.
WHY DON'T WE INCLUDE IT IN THE MAY BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR CONSIDERATION IN MAY? YEAH.
WELL, I CHAIR IF CAN, CAN I, UH, YEAH.
IS THERE NOT LIKE A TRANSPORTATION BUDGET THAT YOU CAN USE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, UH, UM, ON AN INNER YEAR BASIS? SO WE DO HAVE PART OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WE DO HAVE, UH, ABOUT 400,000 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR FEW DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT COULD BE MAINTENANCE OF THE RFPS OR, UH, MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC, COMMON, UH, TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WE CONDUCT, UM, UH, AS THEY COME UP.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST DEDICATED, UM, FOR THIS, THIS WORK.
BECAUSE I ASK YOU JUST CONSIDERING WHAT THE TIMELINE COULD BE, WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION ON THE SPEED TABLE ON WEST AVENUE, UM, SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS, ANY UPDATE ON WHERE THAT IS THAT RIGHT NOW IS IN DESIGN.
SO THAT IS PART OF A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT IS DEDICATED FOR RACE CROSSWALKS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT.
UM, SO, SO POINT BEING, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LAG TIME AFTER YOU EVEN UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ABLE TO YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING WHAT, $26,000 IF WE'D BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT, UH, ONGOING MAINTENANCE FUND AND, AND, AND, UM, JUST TWO THINGS.
I, I, I, AGAIN, I MEAN, I I, PEOPLE
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SEND ME ACCIDENTS ALL THE TIME ON 47TH.I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TRY TO DELAY, UH, MADAM CHAIR ON, ON SENDING THIS TO A BUDGET.
BUT WE SHOULD BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
AND EARLIER IN THE MEETING, WE SENT STUFF TO THE MAY AUDIT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE, LET'S REPHRASE TO FINANCE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, AND, AND SEE IF FINANCE WOULD BE OKAY WITH, WITH APPROVING THIS.
UM, BUT I, I ALSO WANNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DISCUSSION.
YEL, IF, WHY DOES IT NEED TO GO TO A CONSULTANT? WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY IN A CONSULTANT WHERE YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THE DECISION ON WHERE IT COULD BE PLACED AND SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, INTERIM PARKING DIRECTOR, COMMISSIONER.
MOST OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS BEGIN WITH A TRAFFIC STUDY.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY NEEDS TO BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
IF, IF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE FOUND TO BE WARRANTED, THEN PROJECT, WE DON'T HAVE ONE ON STAFF PROJECT PROCEEDS TO, WE DON'T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER ON STAFF.
WELL, WE DO, WE, BUT THEY'RE MANAGING SEVERAL PROJECTS, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PROJECTS.
NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNING THEM, BUT MANAGING DOZENS OF PROJECTS.
ARE THEY, ARE THEY A SALARIED EMPLOYEE OR ARE THEY JUST ON STAFF AS A CONSULTANT? NO, THEY'RE A, OUR EMPLOYEES A SALARIED EMPLOYEE.
THEY'RE ARE, THEY'RE, IT'S A SALARIED EMPLOYEE.
SO INSTEAD OF PAYING $26,000 TO PUT IN TWO STEEP SPEED TABLES, CAN'T WE GET OUR IN-HOUSE, UH, SPECIALIST TO APPROVE TWO LOCATIONS ON 47TH STREET? WELL, OUR, OUR IN-HOUSE SPECIALIST, WHO'S ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE, IT'S OUR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER GAAN.
SO GAAN, FOR EXAMPLE, MANAGES DOZENS OF PROJECTS SUCH AS THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES, DIFFERENT DESIGNS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MANAGEMENT THAT GOES INTO THE CONSULTANTS MANAGING THE CONSULTANTS THAT, THAT DO THIS.
THE PLANS HAVE DIFFERENT PHASES.
30%, 60%, 90%, A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT'S, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY FOR
BUT THIS IS SUCH A SMALL LITTLE TASK THAT COULD SAVE A LOT OF LIVES POTENTIALLY.
I MEAN, CAN'T WE, CAN'T WE JUST, UH, DO THIS IN-HOUSE, BUT IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE DESIGN DRAWINGS.
THE COUNTY REQUIRES DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THAT THEY REVIEW, THEY PERMIT, AND THEN THOSE DRAWINGS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IN, IN CAD.
AND SO, WELL, CASSAN, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THIS
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT CHANGING UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
FIRST OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS KASAN.
I'M ACTUALLY THE SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER FOR CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
I'M ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL LICENSED ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS, UH, SITUATION, WHAT WE DO HAVE IS THIS IS A COLLECTOR STREET COMPARED, UH, CONSIDERING, UH, FROM THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED FROM BEFORE BY THE CONSULTANT.
AND THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND AT THAT TIME SPEED CUSHIONS OR SPEED HUMPS ON THAT SEGMENT BETWEEN PINE TREE AND, AND, UH, ALTON AND THE PRAIRIE AVENUE.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO DO THIS STUFF.
NOW, IF I NEED TO DO SOME CHANGES, I NEED TO DO SOME VARIANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT COST EFFECT.
UH, LIKE THE COST THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING YOU IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, ADDITIONAL, YOU THINK IT'S TOO MUCH.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK IN ORDER TO APPROVE FROM THE COUNTY TO GET THIS INSTALLED.
AND COMMISSIONER, ONE THING WE CAN DO IS REACH OUT TO OTHER CONSULTANTS.
WE HAVE A POOL OF CONSULTANTS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A BETTER, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN AND TRY TO GET A BETTER PRICE.
AND AUTOCAD, I'M, I AM AN AUTOCAD PERSON, BUT I HAVE NOT USED IT IN A VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE OF MANAGING PROJECTS ON A, ON DAILY DAY, DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
I JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO MICRO MOBILITY AND, AND SPEED CALMING THAT MAYBE THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WANT TO MAYBE INVEST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN WHERE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I UNDERSTAND CONSULTANTS SERVE A NEED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FORESEE US HAVING A COUPLE MORE PRO WELL, MANY MORE PROJECTS DOWN THE PIPE TO TO, TO TO, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I, I DON'T WANNA BELABOR THIS, UH, WHERE YOU WANNA GO? I, I, I'D LIKE TO SEND IT TO FINANCE.
SO WE'LL SEND THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND THEN, UH, NUMBER FOUR.
[4. HIGHLIGHT THE DEMAND FOR THE MIAMI BEACH SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, AND EXPLORE THE EXPANSION OF THE MIAMI BEACH SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM IF NEEDED.]
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OKAY.ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS HIGHLIGHT THE DEMAND OF MIAMI BEACH SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AND EXPLORE THE EXPANSION OF THE MIAMI BEACH SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM IF NEEDED.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND OUR SUMMER CAMPS.
WAIT, THIS IS NUMBER FOUR, RIGHT? YES.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, WASN'T IT? YES, IT WAS BOTH OF US.
SO SHOULD I TEE IT UP TO JOHN, TOSS IT OVER TO YOU? YEAH.
WHERE I COME FROM THAT, UH, BEING A PARENT OF AN ELEMENTARY AGE CHILD, YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO SIT ONLINE, UM, FOR SOME OF OUR CAMPS, UH, ON THE DAY THAT THE REGISTRATION OPENS TO BE ABLE TO SECURE A SPOT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE AMAZING JOB THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO, JOHN, ABOUT HOW MUCH DEMAND THERE IS THERE.
BUT, UH, IT BREAKS MY HEART KNOWING THAT THERE'S CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO GET IN THAT CAMP, BUT ALSO LIKELY NEED TO GET IN THAT CAMP BECAUSE, UH, AS A PARENT, I KNOW SOME OF THE LOGISTICS CONSTRAINTS OF TRYING TO WORK, UH, BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU CAN'T GET A CAMP SPOT, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY, UH, AT A SUBSIDIZED RATE, IT, IT CAN REALLY, UH, CONSTRAIN, UH, A LOT OF PARENTS' OPTIONALITY GOING TO WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM THAT IS A RESULT OF OUR OWN SUCCESS.
UH, AND I KNOW YOU DID SOME ANALYSIS OF WHERE SOME OF THESE POSSIBLE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO EXPAND OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMMING.
THANK, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
JUST THIS PAST SUMMER WE HAD 190, UM, CHILDREN ON THE WAIT LIST TO GET TO GET INTO SUMMER CAMPS, WHICH DOES SHOW THE POPULARITY.
UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPANION ITEM WITH THIS, WHICH IS AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH THIS WAS DUAL REFERRED PLUS, THERE'S A SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER ITEM AT FINANCE.
AND WHAT WE DID THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS IS IF THE DECISION FROM THE COMMISSION IS FOR US TO DO PROGRAM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION, SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE GROUND UP A SECTION OF THE GROUND FLOOR, WE COULD, UM, POSSIBLY BY NEXT SUMMER, START UP A SUMMER CAMP SPOT THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 CHILDREN.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR LOW HANGING FRUITS.
UM, SO TO SAY IF, IF APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD SOUTH SHORE.
IF NOT JI DO NOT HAVE, UM, A DEFINITE SOLUTION, BUT WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS ARE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THEIR MAINTENANCE IN THE SUMMER.
Y YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY NEED A SHUT DOWN PERIOD.
BUT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IN BECAUSE WE NEED THAT WHOLE 10, THAT 10 WEEK PERIOD, THAT NINE, 10 WEEK PERIOD, NOT JUST TWO WEEKS.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN GET INTO THE SCHOOLS.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE CONVENTION CENTER LOGISTICALLY, SECURITY WISE, UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T WORK 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH SPACE THERE.
UM, JUST MAYBE NOT FOR THE FULL 10 WEEKS AND SECURITY ISSUES.
SO JUST TO WRAP IT UP, SOUTH SHORE IS OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM, FROM STAFF, HOWEVER, IT'S A COMPANION WITH THAT FINANCE COMMITTEE ITEM.
YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, OF USING THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER PROGRAM, STARTING PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS THERE TOO.
I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT COMMUNITY BUILDER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER BOT HAS AN ITEM ABOUT THE, EVERYBODY HAS AN ITEM ABOUT THIS SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.
BUT, UM, IF WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE UPSTAIRS, THEN DOWNSTAIRS, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GROUND ROUGH FLOOR.
OH, ISN'T THAT WHERE THE SENIOR LUNCHROOM IS GOING THOUGH? DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT FULL-TIME.
KIDS AND SENIORS, CATS THROUGH THE, ALL GOOD.
SO THE, WHAT'S BEING ENVISIONED FOR THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER IS A REALLY ROBUST, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 24 7 UTILIZATION OF THAT SPACE BY LOTS OF DIFFERENT MOVING, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND USES.
AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING IF IT'S SATURDAY EVENING OR TUESDAY AT NOON OR FRIDAY AFTER SCHOOL, IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT SET OF PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT FUNKY THINGS THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF REALLY DIFFERENT AND IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO THERE'LL BE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING, JUST HEARING IT AT FINANCE? OR ARE WE MAKING SAME MOTION TO THE SPONSOR HOW WE WANT SAY IT.
SO BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH THE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
[3. DISCUSS PARTNERING WITH THE ADEN PERRY HERO LIFE RING INITIATIVE TO INSTALL LIFE RINGS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS NEAR WATERWAYS ACROSS MIAMI BEACH.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS DISCUSS PARTNERING WITH THE AIDEN PERRY HERO LIFE RING INITIATIVE TO INSTALL LIFE RINGS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS NEAR WATERWAYS ACROSS MIAMI BEACH.AND THIS WOULD, OH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
UH, THIS IS A GREAT, THIS IS A
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GREAT INITIATIVE AND I'M JUST GONNA TEE IT OVER TO JOHN.I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THESE IN PER, UH, IN PERSON OR ON THE NEWS, BUT THIS IS THE AIDEN PERRY HERO LIFE RING INITIATIVE, AND THEY'RE POPPING UP, UM, THROUGHOUT AT LEAST MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY.
THIS IS ABOUT A 17-YEAR-OLD, JUMPED INTO A, A, A A POND TO TRY TO SAVE SOMEONE FROM A CAR ACCIDENT AND HIMSELF, UM, LOST HIS LIFE IN TRYING TO SAVE ANOTHER LIFE.
AND HIS, HIS MOM HAS STARTED AND OTHERS HAVE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE, THIS FOUNDATION WHERE IT IS LIKE A THROW DON'T GO EDUCATION.
SO THEY'RE PLACING THESE LIFE RINGS ON THESE POSTS WITH, WITH, WITH A, A, A ROPE, WITH SOME SMALL, SMALL INSTRUCTIONS.
AND IF ADOPTED, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY EDUCATION, UM, PROCESS.
WE'LL PROBABLY WORK WITH, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE THROW DON'T GO IS IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOES HAPPEN, YOU WANT TO HELP, YOU CAN GRAB THE LIFE RING, SECURE THE END OF THE ROPE, AND THROW THE ROPE IN, ALLOWING YOURSELF TO STAY SAFELY ON LAND.
IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL INITIATIVE.
AND, UM, WE'VE COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF ADOPTED THE FIRST PHASE, WE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED 14 PARKS THAT HAVE BODIES OF WATER.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A CANAL.
IT COULD BE ANY BODY OF WATER.
IT COULD BE A, A, A POND AT A GOLF COURSE OR IN, IN BAYSHORE PARK, ET CETERA.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED 14 POSSIBLE LOCATIONS.
UM, THERE IS A COST, BUT IT'S MINIMAL.
WE BELIEVE WE CAN ABSORB THAT WITHIN OUR EXISTING OPERATING BUDGET.
WE COULD SAVE LIVES BY HAVING, YOU KNOW, A LIFE RING THERE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT TEACHES KIDS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY TOO.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND HOW, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUMPING INTO THE WATER AND TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S DROWNING, WHICH COULD BE FRANKLY DANGEROUS IF YOU'RE NOT A LIFEGUARD.
SO IT KIND OF TURNS THE, IT MAKES THE KIDS ATTUNED TO, TO LIFE SAFETY ISSUES.
SO, UM, I HEARD FROM, UH, RESIDENT DAVID ADAMS ON THIS, UM, AND HE'S WITH THE COAST GUARD AND HE'S GONE TO THE TEAM AND THEY'LL HELP FUND THE RINGS OR PROVIDE THE RINGS.
SO I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH HIM, YOU TO GET MORE DETAILS.
I GOTTA GO A MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO THEN WITH THAT, I'D MOVE THE ITEM TO THE COMMISSION.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NOPE, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE HAVE SOME FRESH TIME UNTIL OUR SHADE SESSION.