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AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING.GOT A FULL AGENDA, SO LET'S GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.
RAFAEL, DO WE HAVE ANY INSTRUCTIONS? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
DURING THIS HYBRID COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE THIRD FLOOR.
THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING VIRTUALLY, HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING OR PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON MAY APPEAR AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE OR PROVIDE COMMENT VIRTUALLY DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING.
THE PUBLIC MAY JOIN THE MEETING BY VISITING THE ZOOM APP ON THEIR SMART DEVICE@ZOOM.US OR BY TELEPHONE.
THE LOCAL NUMBER IS (305) 224-1968.
THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND 8 1 3 9 7 8 5 7 6 71.
NUMBER OF THE PUBLIC WANTING TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY ON AN ITEM DURING THE MEETING MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON OF USING THE ZOOM APP OR PRESS NINE ON THE TELEPHONE TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND CITY ADMINISTRATION.
I'M GONNA ASK OMI LORENESS, THE CHAPLAIN FROM THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE.
I GOT TO HEAR YOU ON SUNDAY AT THE BLOCK PARTY.
IF WE CAN RISE FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER.
FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS EVENING THAT THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY, WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT WE CAN VOICE OUR OPINIONS AND IDEAS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER ONE.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO, WE ASK YOU FOR PEACE.
FATHER GOD, WE ASK YOU FOR PEACE OF MIND TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE BEST OF THE BEST TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
BE WITH EACH AND EVERY FAMILY THAT IS HERE, BE WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL AND OUR COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS, FATHER GOD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM PEACE OF MIND.
UM, DISCERNMENT, FATHER GOD, FOR WHAT IS BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FATHER GOD, THAT EACH, UH, INDIVIDUAL THAT'S HERE WOULD BE HEARD IS SAYING YOUR NAME THAT I PRAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS OF INSPIRATION.
UH, WE CAN DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I GET TO SURPRISE PEOPLE WHO I'M GONNA CALL BRAD KANE
I JUST KNOW, JUST START, START IT OFF AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GO WITH YOU TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
IF ANYBODY NEEDS A HEADS UP BEFORE I CALL ON THEM FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, JUST LET ME KNOW.
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THE SECOND HOUR.OKAY, MS. RUD, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
WHAT A WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A SMILE ON ALL YOUR FACES BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE IT.
BUT I, I AM HERE IN PARTICULAR AS COORDINATOR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF BELL PLAZA CONDOMINIUM AND COORDINATOR OF OUR LECTURE SERIES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED ALREADY BECAUSE THEY DID AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB.
ALEX FERNANDEZ, WHO EXPRESSED A VISION FOR THE CITY, SO INSPIRING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ASKED HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO THANK YOU ALEX AND COMMISSIONER KRISTEN ROSEN GONZALEZ, WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECTS THE CITY IS UNDERTAKING THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE UNAWARE OF.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MINOR WILL BE A BELL PLAZA ON JANUARY, IN JANUARY DOING A LECTURE FOR BELL PLAZA AND SO WILL COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND A GREAT SHOUT OUT ALSO TO THE WONDERFUL LECTURE THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF DIGO DID FOR US, EXPLAINING ALL THE THINGS SHE'S IN CHARGE OF FOR OUR CITY THAT RESIDENTS WERE UNAWARE OF, AND ALL THE TRAINING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SHE HAS HAD TO GO THROUGH.
YOU OUGHT TO BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR VISION, YOUR WORK, AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY OUR CITY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
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THANK YOU.IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WORK AGAINST MY COMPETITION HERE, BUT SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
THE POINT THERE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT DE DEBORAH MARTIN NEW WHO PUT ON ANOTHER EVENT THIS PAST SUNDAY WITH A BLOCK PARTY.
IT WAS, AGAIN, ANOTHER SUCCESS LAST YEAR.
SHE DID IT ON 41ST STREET THE YEAR BEFORE ON THE FLAMINGO PARK.
THE MUSIC, THE DANCING, THE FOOD THAT WAS GIVEN OUT, THE CHILDREN THAT THE BICYCLE HELMETS.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK I EVEN SAW THE MAYOR DANCING AT THE ONE POINT.
DEBORAH IS, IS THE UNIQUE PERSON.
SHE GETS THIS TEAM TOGETHER AND THEY ALL WORK AND PUT IT TOGETHER AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
WE'RE GONNA GO VIRTUALLY THIS TIME.
UH, OUR FIRST SPEAKER VIRTUALLY IS JOHAN MOORE.
MR. MOORE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
JOHANN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE.
UH, I'M CALLING TO, UH, OPPOSE ONE, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND TO SUPPORT, UH, FOUR OF THEM.
UH, I OPPOSE AN ITEM THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, UH, TRAVEL, UH, TO, AND POTENTIAL COMPLICITY IN THE ACTIONS OF A GENOCIDE INDICTED FOREIGN REGIME.
I'LL LET YOU FINISH AND THEN I'LL COMMENT OF C FOUR E AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, FOR HIS PROPOSAL TO DECREASE SIDEWALK CLUTTER.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GET BY WITH GROCERY SCHLEPER WITH, UH, CHILDREN'S, UM, UM, UM, SCHLEPP PERAMBULATORS, UH, IN WHEELCHAIRS AND SUCH.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT C SEVEN X AND THANK COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR HER ITEM THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, UH, COMPOST, UH, COLLECTION.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, COMMISSIONER B HAS ITEM C FOUR M UH, A PLANNING BOARD REFERRAL, UH, REGARDING POR POROUS PAVEMENTS FOR PARKING LOTS AND DRIVE DRIVEWAYS.
UH, THIS IS A SUBJECT OF MUCH DISCUSSION OR WAS RECENTLY AT, UM, SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE IN FACT ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL AS WOULD APPEAR OR WHETHER THEY CONCENTRATE POLLUTANTS.
SO WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE OUTCOME OF, OF STUDIES ON THAT SUBJECT BY THE CITY.
FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE HAS PASSED AN ITEM THAT IS FOR YOU AS AN LTC, THOUGH NOT AS A LEGISLATIVE ITEM YET, UH, WHERE WE ENCOURAGE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT RETAIL BUSINESSES FROM HAVING THEIR DOORS PROPPED OPEN WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR AIR CONDITIONER ON THIS IN LIGHT OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S UPCOMING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PROPOSAL.
THEY HAVE, I'VE BEEN INFORMED, TAKEN OVER OUR COMMITTEE'S, UH, MODEST PROPOSAL THAT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU.
UH, WE ENVISION THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M JUST GONNA, I'M JUST GONNA COMMENT.
AND THE REASON WHY I COMMENT EVERY TIME WHEN SOME CALLERS, AND LUCKILY IT'S THE VAST MINORITY, MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT GENOCIDE, UH, IN ISRAEL, IT, IT'S, IT'S SUCH AN ANTI-SEMITIC TROPE, UM, RACIST.
IT'S, IT'S HATEFUL AND THERE, AND, AND I CAN'T LET IT GO.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, JUST LET IT GO.
I'M LIKE, I WOULDN'T LET IT GO FOR ANY OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT GONNA LET IT GO, ESPECIALLY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT WE FACE IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AGAINST ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
IT COULD NOT BE FATHER FOR THE TRUTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S LITERALLY TAKING SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE VOWED IT'S IN THEIR CHARTER TO DESTROY THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
THAT'S GENOCIDE ISRAEL, THAT HAS ARABS, MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, EVERY GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE PROTEST AND CELEBRATE FREELY IN THEIR COUNTRY.
ISRAEL IS DEFENDING ITS PEOPLE.
AND I'LL MENTION ONE STORY THAT THAT GOT SO LITTLE MEDIA ATTENTION.
ISRAEL WENT IN SENT ITS JEWISH IDF SOLDIERS TO SAVE A MUSLIM HOSTAGE.
AND EVERY, AT LEAST I COULD FIND EVERY HEADLINE THAT I COULD FIND EXCEPT ONE SAID ISRAEL IN A DARING RESCUE MISSION SAVES ISRAELI CITIZEN ONLY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WROTE SAVED IN A MUSLIM ISRAELI CITIZEN.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO COMMENT.
I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS TO BE MADE WITHOUT BEING COUNTERED.
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MR. VIC, THANK YOU.I'M MITCH NOVIK, SENATE BILL SEVEN 18 PASSED LAST YEAR PREEMPTING AND NULLIFYING OUR PROTECTIONS IN THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRING A REFERENDUM TO INCREASE FAR NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED.
YOU ALL MADE PROMISES TO CURB OVER DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY ON MIAMI BEACH.
THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEY'S JUNE, 2023 MEMORANDUM ADVISING AGAINST CHALLENGING STATE PREEMPTIONS HAS RAISED CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS CURRENT EMPLOYMENT WITH A PROMINENT PRO-DEVELOPMENT LAW FIRM HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
THE KEY ISSUES ARE PROTECTING MIAMI BEACH'S HOME RULE AND ZONING RIGHTS, PREVENTING OVERDEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVING COMMUNITY CHARACTER ENSURING AND ENSURING RESIDENTS HAVE A SAY IN THE CITY'S DESTINY.
MY CALL TO ACTION IS TO REEVALUATE THE STANCE ON CHALLENGING STATE PREEMPTIONS AND TAKE PROACTIVE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD ZONING RIGHTS BEFORE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRES.
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE VILLE AND THE WEST AVENUE PROJECTS.
THIS MONTH'S LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING WAS A SPECTACLE OF DEVELOPERS' SALIVATING AT THE PROSPECTING OF BULLDOZING OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ALICIA CASANOVA.
MS. CASANOVA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE MBNA FULLY SUPPORTS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S C SEVEN Q RESOLUTION REGARDING THE COMPLETION OF THE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY ON INDIAN CREEK DRIVE SOUTH OF THE 28TH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
WE URGE FOR THE CITY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE 28 11 OUTLAW PARCEL OR IF THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE, TO PURSUE THE EMINENT DOMAIN OPTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT A CONTINUOUS PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY CAN BE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT GAP OF THE ICD PATHWAY.
THE MBNA WILL ALSO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR THE REMAINDER GAPS IN THE PATH TO BE COMPLETED SO THAT USERS CAN WALK THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF THIS GREAT MID BEACH AMENITY WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING SEVERAL INCONVENIENT INTERRUPTIONS.
THE MBN ABLE TO SUPPORT C FOUR R COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S REFERRAL REGARDING DIVIDING AREA TWO INTO TWO ZONES EAST AND WEST OF INDIAN CREEK.
WE ALSO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER SCHWARZ'S R FIVE J ORDINANCE REGARDING COMMERCIAL VESSEL HOURS OF OPERATIONS AT PRIVATELY OWNED MARINAS AND MARINE FACILITIES AND AGREE WITH BU'S CONCERN REGARDING ECHO TOUR VESSELS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SESSION TODAY.
NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
HI THERE, I'M RICK WILLING OF CENSUS GATSO.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1411 JASON COURT IN BARTLETT, ILLINOIS.
CENSUS SASKATCHEWAN IS A PROVIDER OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
WE ARE ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT RESPONDED TO YOUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR AUTOMATED SCHOOL ZONE ENFORCEMENT BEFORE YOU.
TODAY IS AN AGENDA ITEM TO RATIFY THE VENDOR SELECTION FOR YOUR PROGRAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT CENSUS GATSO.
I AM PLEASED TO SHARE THAT THREE OF THE FOUR EVALUATORS RATED US THE BEST VENDOR IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND CITY MANAGER, WE BELIEVE THAT OUR OVERALL PROPOSAL PROVIDED THE BOTH THE BEST ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY VALUE TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
OUR PROPOSAL PROVIDES LOCAL INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY.
OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE AN OPERATION CENTER IN THE CITY STAFFED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS PROVIDING SUPPORT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TO YOUR PROGRAM.
THE PROPOSAL PROVIDE ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAM EXPENSES AND REVENUE.
OUR PRICING WAS THE LOWEST OFFERED AND MAXIMIZES THE REVENUE RETAINED BY THE CITY.
OUR OFFER DID NOT INCLUDE A PASS THROUGH COST TO THE CITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFIED MAILINGS FOR THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION.
LIKE OTHER VENDORS USING THE SURVEY DATA PROVIDED BY THE CITY, WE HAVE CALCULATED THOSE PATHS THROUGH COST TO THE CITY WOULD TOTAL OVER $1.2 MILLION OVER THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT.
WE ALSO PROPOSED A NO COST REMINDER NOTICE FOR VIOLATORS BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF THE END INCONVENIENCE OF THE UTC.
OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT THIS REMINDER NOTICE CAN INCREASE YOUR PAYMENT RATES BY APPROXIMATELY 10% FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE INSTALLATION OF YOUR PROPOSED SYSTEMS IN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE FDOT PERMITS.
FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION OF OUR PROPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE
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SELECTING A VENDOR THAT INTENDS TO PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY'S SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY PROGRAM.OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAK SPEAKER IS JEFF CINNAMON.
MR. CINNAMON, DO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES? PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.
GOOD MORNING, JEFF CINNAMON, 1624 BAY DRIVE, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.
UM, SECTION 70 DASH 67, WHICH IS A COMPLETE PROHIBITION OF PEDAL CIS ELECTRIC BICYCLES ON THE BEACH WALK VIOLATE THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT.
SECTION 70.6 SPECIFICALLY DEFINES THE CITY'S BEACH WALK AND BAY WALK AS BICYCLE PATHS SINCE NOT ELECTRIC BICYCLES, ELECTRIC ROLLER SKATES, INLINE SKATES, SKATEBOARDS, AND OCCASIONALLY JOGGERS GO FASTER THAN ME AND SOME OTHERS ON PEDAL ASSIST BICYCLES.
A COMPLETE PROHIBITION ON PEDAL ASSIST ELECTRIC BIKES HAS NO RATIONAL BASIS.
THE CITY IS NOT MAKING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THEREFORE, SECTION 70 DASH 60 SEVENS COMPLETE.
PROHIBITION OF PEDAL ASSIST ELECTRIC BIKES ON THE BEACH WALK VIOLATE THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ACT WHILE RUNNING FOR, UM, CITY COMMISSION.
I FELL OFF THE BACK OF A ELEVATED PLATFORM TOWARD MY KNEE AND NOW REQUIRE A PEDAL ASSIST BIKE TO BE ABLE TO BICYCLE.
UH, SECTION 70 DASH 67 A ONLY PERMITS SKATEBOARDING, ROLLER SKATING AND INLIGHT SKATING TO OPERATE IN ANY MOTORIZED VEHICLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION OR BICYCLES ON LINCOLN ROAD MALL BETWEEN 2:00 AM AND 9:00 AM MAY I SUGGEST A PILOT PROGRAM PERMITTING PEDAL ASSIST ELECTRIC BIKES ON THE BEACH WALK DURING A SIMILAR TIME WHEN VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE USING THE BEACH WALK BETWEEN 2:00 AM AND 6:00 AM WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR PEDAL ASSIST BIKES OF 15 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IS SLOWER THAN A SCHOOL ZONE.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
GOOD MORNING MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS, LES PANIN, 300 SEV AVENUE REPRESENTING CENSUS GAZA, USA.
UH, IT WON'T REPEAT WHAT RICK SAID, BUT, UM, WE JUST ASK THE ITEM BE POLLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUE DIANA MENDEZ IS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, UM, PREVIOUSLY FILED BID PROTEST.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS AMANDA.
AMANDA STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
UH, AMANDA FISHER, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
UM, I'M ALSO A JEWISH PERSON, SO I REALLY LISTEN TO YOUR PERSPECTIVE, MAYOR.
UM, AND I TAKE DEEP OFFENSE AT THE SUGGESTION THAT OPPOSING RESOLUTION C SEVEN IS ANTISEMITIC.
UH, IT'S NOT ANTISEMITIC TO DEMAND JUSTICE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS.
YOU OFTEN SPEAK OF YOUR DUTY TO STAND AGAINST ETHNIC CLEANSING AND TO HONOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED SO HORRIFICALLY DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
IF ONLY PEOPLE WOULD'VE SPOKEN UP FOR OUR ANCESTORS THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO TODAY.
UM, BY SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION, YOU ARE ALIGNING YOURSELF WITH THE VERY BEHAVIOR THAT YOU CLAIM TO CONDEMN.
THIS IS THE ACTIVE PERSECUTION AND ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS.
AND THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT JUST A MISUSE OF OUR CITY'S RESOURCES, IT'S ALSO A COMPLETE MORAL FAILURE.
IT PROPOSES SENDING OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE TO SUPPORT A STATE THAT IS ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST MILITARIZED AND PROTECTED IN THE WORLD ACTING WITH COMPLETE IMPUNITY.
UH, THIS IS A HYPOCRISY AND A TRAVESTY.
IT WOULD SHAME THE MEMORY OF OUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF NEVER AGAIN AND SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION DISHONORS THOSE VALUES.
MEANWHILE, YOU'RE LEAVING MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS BEHIND THEY FACE HOUSING CRISISES, UNDERFUNDED HEALTHCARE AND OVERBURDENED EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SO WHY ARE WE REDIRECTING PUBLIC RESOURCES TO A NATION ALREADY BACKED BY BILLIONS OF US DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF MIAMI BEACH DOLLARS, UH, INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE DIRE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE, THIS RESOLUTION PERPETUATES VIOLENCE AND INJUSTICE ABROAD WHILE FAILING THE PEOPLE YOU WERE ELECTED TO SERVE.
IT'S REDUNDANT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT IMMORAL AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE PRIORITIES OF YOUR RESIDENTS.
I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE NO ON THIS RE RESOLUTION AND PROTECT OUR RESOURCES, OUR VALUES, AND OUR CITY.
SO THE, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING THE PAYMENTS WOULD BE, UH, DONATIONS TO THE CITY JUST AS IT WAS THE FIRST TRIP THE FIREFIGHTERS TOOK.
INTERESTINGLY, I WAS APPROACHED BY FIREFIGHTERS
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TO RETURN AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT WENT.AND, UH, WE WORK ON MANY THINGS.
WE HAVE A, AN INCREDIBLE COMMISSION HERE, VERY RO RESIDENT FOCUSED, INCLUDING MYSELF.
WE HAVE MANY, MANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUR RESIDENCE, BUT I ACTUALLY COULD NOT THINK OF TOO MANY THINGS THAT ARE MORE ETHICAL AND MORAL THAN DOING EXACTLY THIS, SENDING OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO DEFEND CITIZENS WHO ARE SPREADING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, UH, WHEREVER THEY CAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
AND SINCE THE, UM, TOPIC OF HOUSING AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS, UH, WAS BROUGHT UP AS A CHAMPION OF TENANTS RIGHTS, AS SOMEONE THAT HAS ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA ON FAIR NOTICE FOR TENANTS ON FAIR APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR TENANTS ON NOTICES TO TENANTS ON CHANGES OF USE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT FOR, FOR, FOR THEIR PROPERTIES.
UH, I FULLY, UH, SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
I DON'T THINK THIS ITEM TAKES AWAY FROM, FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK IT, UM, IT, IT, IT CONVEYS THE VALUES OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE VALUES OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC EFFORTS, UH, IN, IN, IN ISRAEL.
THEY'RE OUR ALLY AND IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT THEM AND THE GREAT TIES BETWEEN OUR CITY AND, AND ISRAEL.
AND I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THE, THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS OVER 2,578 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS THAT THEY HAVE LEASED OUT AS OF OCTOBER 11TH, 2024.
SO WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE HOUSING NEEDS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON THE HOUSING NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THIS, THIS DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THAT, IT HIGHLIGHTS OUR COMPASSIONATE VALUES.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
UM, GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO START MY BIRTHDAY THAN BY ATTENDING THIS MEETING AND ADVOCATING FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE NOT JUST AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO DEEPLY LOVES THIS CITY.
MIAMI BEACH IS A PLACE OF EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTY AND A VIBRANT CULTURE, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM WE'VE SEEN FROM INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES TO COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS THAT SHOWCASE THE BEST OF WHO WE ARE.
BUT EVEN AS WE CELEBRATE THESE SUCCESSES, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE SERIOUS CHALLENGES FACING CONDO OWNERS IN OUR CITY.
THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT FOR HOA BOARDS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COM COMPANIES HAS CREATED UNSAFE LIVING CONDITIONS, DELAYED CRITICAL MAINTENANCE, AND CONTRIBUTED TO FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT.
THESE ISSUES NOT ONLY ENDANGER RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO UNDERMINE PROPERTY VALUES AND THE TRUST IN OUR HOUSING MARKET.
MANY CONDO OWNERS FEEL TRAPPED IN A SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES THE INTEREST OF THE FEW OVER THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
BOARDS DELAY ESSENTIAL REPAIRS, IGNORE CITY ORDINANCES, AND MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS WITH LITTLE TO NO TRANSPARENCY.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OFTEN FAIL TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND SOMETIMES EVEN EXACERBATE THE ISSUES WITH COMPLACENCY OR NEGLIGENCE.
THIS IS A O OPPORTUNITY FOR MIAMI BEACH TO LEAD.
WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR CITY'S HOUSING STANDARDS REFLECT THE EXCELLENCE WE STRIVE FOR.
TO THAT END, I RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS.
ONE, ESTABLISH AN OVERSIGHT MECHANISM TO MONITOR HOA BOARDS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, INCLUDING MANDATORY COMPLIANCE CHECKS AND FINANCIAL AUDITS.
TWO, CREATE A DEDICATED HOTLINE OR OFFICE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN REPORT MISCONDUCT WITH PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS.
THREE, SET CLEAR CONSEQUENCES FOR HOA BOARDS OR MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT FAIL TO MEET STANDARDS SUCH AS FINES, LICENSE SUSPENSIONS, OR OTHER PENALTIES.
I MEAN, YEAH, YOU NEED ANOTHER 30 SECONDS.
UH, FOR, UM, REQUIRED TRANSPARENCY TOOLS SUCH AS PUBLIC ACCESS TO HOA MINUTES BUDGET, REPAIR SCHEDULE, AND CONTRACTOR BIDS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY.
UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF OTHERS, BUT I KNOW THIS COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO MAKING MIAMI BEACH A PLACE WHERE EVERY RESIDENT FEELS SAFE AND PROUD TO LIVE.
AND TOGETHER WE CAN TURN THESE CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN OUR COM COMMUNITY AND PROTECT OUR SHARED FUTURE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. MAYOR AND OTHERS, I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND NEXT STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE IN THIS REGARD.
YEAH, HAPPY TO MEET, YEAH, SET UP A MEETING AND, UH, SIT DOWN.
ONE-ON-ONE AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
I ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S TRAVELING THROUGH THE SYSTEM IN COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD REQUIRE ALL PROPERTY MANAGERS TO TAKE THIS TWO HOUR COURSE.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THEY'RE GOING IN FRONT OF THE SPECIAL MASTER AFTER ALL OF THESE CITATIONS AND THEY'RE SAYING, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
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PROACTIVELY ON THIS TO KIND OF HELP ASSOCIATIONS ALONG.AS YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY FLORIDA LAW, BUT I THINK THAT THIS COURSE MIGHT GO A LONG WAY IN HOLDING THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE EMPLOYING THEM, UM, IN CHECK.
I KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING.
I MEAN, I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THE OFFER AND MS. GONZALEZ, YOU, YOU'RE SO SWEET.
AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO YOUR AIDE AT ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES AS I WAS FACING.
AND YOU KNOW, EVEN AS I'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE FEEDBACK IS WE CAN'T DO MUCH.
AND THEN LIKE I WAS REFERRED TO THE FLORIDA STATE OMBUDSMAN, LOOK, THERE'S THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
THESE ARE LICENSED ENTITIES IN OUR CITY AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF ACTIONS.
I DIDN'T EVEN GET THROUGH THE LIST, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M ALL EARS AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON MY SITUATIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, REMEDY THE SITUATION.
IF YOU COULD STEP UP, HERE'S MY CARD.
HOPE YOU GET TO CELEBRATE AFTER THIS.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS LORI BAUM.
LORI, PLEASE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
LORI BAUM HERE FOR POWER ACCESS IN THE SOUTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL, DAVID NEW AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1616 MICHIGAN AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH, 3 3 1 3 9.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR R FIVE AD COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S ITEM CONCERNING CITY SPONSORSHIPS FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS PRODUCING ANNUAL WORLD CLASS EVENTS IN OUR CITY.
THIS WOULD GIVE THE CASH FLOW NEEDED FROM CITY SPONSORSHIPS POTENTIALLY TO BE GIVEN WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED, WHICH IS DURING THE, UH, WEEK OF THE EVENT WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE PAID FOR.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVENTS LIKE SOUTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL AS ALL OUR ARTIST FEES, PRODUCTION FEES, OR ACTUALLY DO, UH, THE WEEK OF OR DAY OF SHOW.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US, AND I'M SURE MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CATEGORY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT AND ALWAYS SUPPORTING DIVERSITY AND, UH, DISABILITY AWARENESS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN OUR CITY.
NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
HI, DANIEL ERALDO WITH MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST R FIVE AG, WHICH IS THE UNDERSTORY PROPOSAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN ON HERE, UH, WITH KIND OF A MISNOMER UNDERSTORY, UM, REQUIREMENTS IN SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS.
WHAT IT REALLY IS, IS A REMOVAL OF A PUBLIC PROCESS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS, AS SOMEONE THAT REALLY APPRECIATES THE RESIDENT'S RIGHT TO KNOW WHY ALL THE HOAS IN THE CITY WERE NOT ALERTED OF THIS.
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I REACHED OUT TO SOME HOAS WHO HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS POWER WOULD BE STRIPPED FROM THEM.
I'M ALSO, I HAVE TO SAY, EQUALLY SHOCKED AS I GOT HERE TODAY, AND I'VE BEEN WAITING AND I SEE ON THE SCREEN, UH, A NEW PRESENTATION PREPARED BY THE SPONSOR THAT HE WANTS TO DISPLAY TODAY THAT NONE OF US HAVE SEEN.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY UNFAIR THE WAY THAT OUR PLANNING BOARD IS BEING PRESSURED TO VOTE ON THIS WITHOUT THE RIGHT INPUT.
I WOULD ASK THIS COMMISSION TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT MADE OUR CITY THIS WORLD RENOWNED DESTINATION AND NOT TO ALLOW THIS SORT OF MISINFORMATION WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT.
SO I ASK YOU TODAY, EITHER SEND IT BACK TO PLANNING BOARD OR VOTE IT DOWN, VOTED NO BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A REMOVAL OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, UNDER STORIES ARE ESSENTIALLY HOMES THAT ARE BUILT UP QUITE A BIT, UH, FOR RESILIENCY PURPOSES.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
WHAT IS WRONG THOUGH WOULD BE REMOVING THE RESIDENT NOTIFICATION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
NOW, I AM AWARE THAT TWO OR THREE DEVELOPERS THAT LIKE TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS IN OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN CALLING ALL OF YOU NONSTOP IN TELLING YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS.
SO I HAD TO COME HERE AND MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THIS IS WRONG.
I HOPE PEOPLE WATCHING ARE GOING TO ALSO TAKE NOTE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE RESIDENTS.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS FRED.
FRED STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
HI, UH, FRED CARLTON, 1800 SUNSET HARBOR DRIVE, MIAMI BEACH.
SO EVERY ELECTION CYCLE CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO BE AGENTS OF CHANGE PROMISING TO CUT RED TAPE AND MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CONFRONT THAT A POLICY THAT EPITOMIZES UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRACY, WHETHER TO ALLOW STAFF LEVEL APPROVAL OR UNDERSTORY DESIGN, OR FORCE TAXPAYERS TO ENDURE EXPENSIVE TIME CONSUMING REVIEWS
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BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.THE DECISION SHOULD BE SIMPLE.
UNDERST STORIES ARE NOT 50 STORY SKYSCRAPERS.
THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL, STRAIGHTFORWARD FEATURES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE RESILIENCY.
THE CITY ITSELF COMMISSIONED TO STUDY, ENDORSED BY CONSULTANT STAFF, AND THIS VERY COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNDERSTORY AS A SOLUTION TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND OTHER CHALLENGES FORCING CITIZENS TO GO BEFORE THE DRB SOMETHING THAT THEY ALREADY ENTITLED TO DO BY WRIGHT DOESN'T JUST WASTE TIME, IT COSTS RESIDENTS THOUSANDS, SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND UNNECESSARY DELAY.
I SPOKE TO MS. GIL ABOUT WHY DRB REVIEW IS REQUIRED AND HER JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT WAS STAFF RUBBER STAMPS AND CHECKS BOXES.
THIS COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
DIRECTOR MUNEY CONFIRMED THAT STAFF CONDUCTS THOROUGH REVIEWS, PREPARES DETAIL REPORTS, AND ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE CITY'S STANDARDS.
THE DRB IS IN ESSENCE, A SIMP, A SIMPLE RESTATING, UH, STAFF FINDINGS.
SO WHY ARE CITIZENS FACING RE REQUIRED TO FACE A BOARD OF NON-EXPERTS WHEN TRAINED STAFF IS FULLY QUALIFIED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS? LET ME BE CLEAR.
I HAVE NO UNDERSTORY REQUEST BEFORE THE CITY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE THE POLICY IS ABSURD.
NO ONE WOULD TRUST UNTRAINED INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR HOME, YOUR SAFETY OR YOUR FINANCES.
SO WHY SHOULD WE HAVE UNTRAINED CITIZENS FORCED TO ACCEPT OR CITIZENS FORCED TO ACCEPT THE ARCHITECTURAL JUDGEMENTS FROM A BOARD OF NON-PROFESSIONALS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S STAFF ALREADY IS APPROVED? THIS IS PROTECTING RIGHTS, NOT PRESERVING UNNECESSARY BOARDS.
THE COMMISSION VOTED TO APPROVE IT.
MAY I HAVE 30 SECONDS TO FINISH? MAYOR? YES.
JUST FIVE MORE SECONDS PLEASE.
CAN I HAVE IT? 30 SECONDS? YOU GOT IT.
THE COMMISSION VOTED TO APPROVE UNDERST STORIES AS A FORWARD-LOOKING MEASURE TO ADDRESS RESILIENCY.
AND THE GENIE IS ALREADY OUT OF THE BOTTLE.
MANY ARE HOMES ALREADY HAVE THEM, YET CURRENT PROCESSES PENALIZES CITIZENS.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT COSTS ME OVER $400,000 TO WAIT FOR THE DRB TO GET TO DRB.
IMAGINE SOMEONE EARNING 150,000 AND LOSING $50,000 IN UNNECESSARY DELAYS.
THE ARGUMENT THAT WE MUST STOP DEVELOPERS FROM ABUSE IS IRRELEVANT.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT UNDERSTORY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNDERSTORY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NOT HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
AS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, THE DRB WAS NOT EVEN DESIGNED TO RE TO REVIEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
IT'S TIME TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, PROTECT CITIZENS' RIGHTS, AND TRUST THE THE EXPERTISE OF STAFF.
LET'S END IN EFFICIENCY AND YOUR, YOUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE BETTER.
UH, WHO, WHO'S NEXT? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
HI, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SLAN, 64 84 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE.
I'M VERY HAPPY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO YESTERDAY TO THE MEETING REGARDING THE COMING DOUBLE PROJECT.
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE IN THE EARLY STAGES BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN MIN MIAMI BEACH FROM 63RD TO 72ND HAS BEEN TOTALLY FORGOTTEN.
I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE EXPLAINING THE FLOODING IN OUR BUILDING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS.
AND YESTERDAY, EVERYTHING I SAW, IT WAS REGARDING CALLING AVENUE WITHOUT THINKING THAT CALLINGS IS ONLY ONE WAY IT GO UP.
THEY HAVE TO BE CONCENTRATED AS WELL IN INDIA CREEK BECAUSE THAT COMES DOWN.
AND IF YOU WILL GO THERE AT PEAK HOURS BETWEEN 72ND AND 63RD, YOU WILL BE HOW TREMENDOUS IS THE TRAFFIC? SO I THINK THESE PLANS HAVE TO INCLUDE, UH, TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THE LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS ON INDIAN CREEK, WHICH WE ARE WITH DOUBLE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE INTRACOASTAL AND THEN WE HAVE THE OCEAN.
SO THAT WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO MAKE TO THE DEVELOPERS.
AND THE OTHER THING WAS WHAT I SAID YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING IN THAT AREA IS TERRIBLE AND ESPECIALLY THIS, UH, HIGH TIDE WAS, UH, VERY BAD.
YOU KNOW, LAST, UH, THURSDAY WE WERE FLOODED AGAIN.
SO I THINK ALL THESE POINTS HAVE TO BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR PROPERTY SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN THE CITY BUILD THE SEA WALL ON THE INTRACOASTAL ON THE PART BETWEEN 63 AND 64, THEY USE, UH, WHERE, UH, PART OF OUR PROPERTY TO PUT HEAVY MACHINERY.
AND THEY DID A VERY BIG HOLE THERE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED.
SO I WILL APPRECIATE, HUH? WHERE WAS THAT? UH, TO THE LEFT OF 64.
BETWEEN, UH, OUR BUILDING AND THE BRIDGE, THERE IS A PARK, AND IN THE PARK THERE IS PART OF OUR PROPERTY.
SO THEY USE IT AND THEY MAKE A BIG HOLE.
AND FINALLY, STILL PENDING THE CHANGE OF THE POLE OF FPL, WHICH IS KIND REALLY DANGEROUS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
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JEAN MARIE.JEAN MARIE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE ET MANIA AND I LIVE ON NORTH BAY ROAD.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NORTH BEACH POOL AND GARAGE PROJECT.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I'M A HOMEOWNER ON THE BEACH AND BOTH MY CHILDREN SO ENJOYED THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE SCOTT RACO YOUTH CENTER.
THROUGHOUT THEIR YOUNG YEARS, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SHOULD ASK RANSOM EVERGLADE SCHOOL IN COCONUT GROVE, WHO THEIR POOL CONTRACTOR WAS AND HOW MUCH IT COST.
THE RANSOM EVERGLADES POOL IS THE PREMIER COMPETITION POOL IN THE, IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR WATER POLO AND SWIM COMPETITIONS.
AND THEN THE CITY SHOULD ADD THE PRICE OF THE GARAGE TO THAT.
THE RANSOM EVERGLADES COMPETITION POOL SHOULD BE THE STANDARD FOR THE NEW MIAMI BEACH AQUATIC CENTER AND GARAGE.
IT IS ALSO RAISED WITH WINDOWS, SO SPECTATORS CAN SEE THE SWIMMERS THROUGH GLASS WINDOWS IN THE SIDE OF THE POOL DURING THE MEETS, DURING THE EVENTS, I THINK A COMPANY THAT MAKES GARAGES, MAKES GARAGES AND A COMPANY THAT MAKES POOLS, MAKES POOLS, AND PERHAPS IT'S MORE ECONOMICAL TO DO IT LIKE THIS.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A 200 CAR GARAGE COSTING $100 MILLION TO BUILD, EVEN IF IT HAS A POOL ATTACHED TO IT.
AND RANSOM CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH THEIR POOL COSTS.
THIS POOL WAS BUILT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I BELIEVE SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER TRAVEL TO RANSOM EVERGLADES FOR MOST OF THE SWIM AND WATER POLO COMPETITIONS IN THE STATE.
THIS SHOULD BE THE STANDARD FOR THE NEW NORTH BEACH CENTER POOL SO THEY CAN HOST THESE COMPETITIONS AS WELL.
NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE YOUTH AND THE YOUNG AT HEART.
I'VE BEEN LIVING ON MIAMI BEACH SINCE THREE YEARS, AND BEFORE THAT I LIVED 17 YEARS IN SPAIN AND HALF HERE IN BRAZIL.
I SPEAK EIGHT LANGUAGES AND I HAVE A BA IN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH MIAMI BEACH.
WHEN I TELL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD I LIVE ON SOUTH BEACH, WHAT THEY RELATE THAT TO IS PARTYING.
AND WHEN I TELL THEM NO, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
THERE ARE PARKS, THERE ARE ACTIVITIES, THERE'S MUSCLE BEACH, WHICH IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST AND THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT OFFER BAREFOOT WORKING OUT.
AND WE HAVE SOUTH POINT SUNDAYS, WHICH IS AN EVENT THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE GONE TO.
MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT.
PROBABLY AS I HEAR MS. KRISTEN SIGHING IN RELATION TO THE DRUMMERS, WHICH MIND YOU, I'M NOT HERE FOR, I'M NOT DEFENDING THEM.
WHAT I AM DEFENDING IS THE DANCERS, WHICH I PERSONALLY AM ONE OF THEM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS, MAYBE IN YOUR FREE TIME ALSO MIGHT GO OUT DANCING.
MANY OF 'EM MIGHT HAVE LATIN ROOTS.
AND SO YOU ALSO KNOW WHAT SALSA, BACHATA MERINGUE IS, AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY DEEP CULTURE IN MIAMI.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO PROMOTE THAT.
WE NEED TO ALLOW THE YOUTH TO DANCE IN THE FRESH AIR.
AND THAT IS WHAT SOUTH POINT SUNDAYS WAS FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE I EVEN LIVED HERE.
THE YOUTH AND ELDERLY WHO DON'T GO TO CLUBS WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO SOUTH POINT SUNDAYS IN SOUTH POINT PARK AND DANCE.
I JOINED MIAMI BEACH UNITED TO FIND OUT IF THE SOUTH OF FIFTH RESIDENTS WERE ACTUALLY ANNOYED BY THE DANCING.
AND IT TURNS OUT THEY WEREN'T.
WHAT THEY COULD HEAR WAS THE DRUMMERS AND DRUMMING HAS BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES TO COMMUNICATE.
THAT'S WHY THEY COULD HEAR IT.
BUT THE DANCING WAS TWO LITTLE SPEAKERS PLACED THAT THE CHILDREN COULD DANCE.
LIKE MY LITTLE SISTER WHO'S 14 AND HAD SEVERE DEPRESSION AND WAS SUICIDAL, BUT THANKS TO THE DANCING WAS GOING OUT AND WAS MOVING HER BODY IN THE FRESH AIR.
NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE, MAY I HAVE 30 MORE SECONDS? YES, WE'RE REALLY FALLING BEHIND.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE ASSISTANCE IN HOW WE CAN BRING THAT BACK BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART AND I BELIEVE THE YOUTH IS THE FUTURE AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS MARK.
MARK STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MEDS.
I LIVE ON SOUTH SHORE DRIVE IN NORTH BEACH.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, BUT I'M GONNA TRY AND BE QUICK.
THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE NEW PARKING PROGRAM.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION SOME QUESTIONS AND HAVE YOU CONSIDER THESE THINGS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, FIRST OF ALL, I I, I'M VERY GLAD AND HAPPY FOR THIS PROPOSED PROPOSAL OR FOR THIS PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
BUT WHAT I WORRY IS, UH, WHAT IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL, WILL IT BE LIKE A TAX THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED OR WILL THERE BE SOME MEASUREMENT? IF SO, WHAT IS THE MEASURE
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OF SUCCESS? WAS THE NEW PARKING PROGRAM ON SOUTH BEACH SUCCESSFUL? I USED TO LIVE ON SOUTH BEACH ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO AND I MOVED UP HERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE PARKING AND THE PARTY.UH, WE NOW HAVE A BIG PARKING ISSUE HERE.
AND ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM SEEMS VERY AMBITIOUS AND LIKE IT COULD BE SUCCESSFUL, I WORRY THAT, UM, A CONDOMINIUM THAT HAS FIVE PEOPLE LIVING IN IT, EACH WITH A CAR AND ALSO HAS THEIR PARKING GARAGE, THOSE PEOPLE TYPICALLY, OR A LOT OF TIMES DON'T PARK IN THEIR GARAGE.
THEY PARK ON THE STREET UNTIL NIGHT.
UM, NEVERTHELESS, UH, MY MAIN QUESTION IS CAN THIS PARKING PROGRAM BE REMOVED? UM, IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL, WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS? HOW WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT? JUST A FINAL THING ABOUT THIS, THINK OF THIS.
UM, THE THING, THIS IS THE WAY I THINK OF IT.
IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL, I USED TO BE ABLE TO COME HOME AND I'D HAVE TO SEARCH AROUND FOR A PLACE TO PARK.
AND RANDOMLY, SOMETIMES I WOULD, SOMETIMES I WOULDN'T FIND A PARK, A PLACE TO PARK NEAR MY HOME AND THAT WAS FREE.
IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL, NOW YOU'RE CHARGING ME BASICALLY A TAX TO DO THE SAME THING, COME HOME, SEARCH AROUND FOR A PLACE TO PARK AND NOT FIND IT.
SO AGAIN, MY MAIN QUESTION IS HOW WILL IT BE MEASURED IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL? UH, VERY QUICKLY, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
WE RECENTLY, MY, I LIVE IN A CONDOMINIUM AND WE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE VIOLATION FOR THANK, I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP.
MYRA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING, MYRA DIAZ OLI, UM, MR. MANAGER COMMISSION, MR. ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY BRIEFLY ABOUT AN ITEM THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING, WHICH IS THE UNDERSTORY REQUIREMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO GO BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR OR SO, AND SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I QUESTIONED WHY THESE UNDERSTORY HOMES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE A WAIVER OR A VARIANCE.
WERE COMING BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
AND I SPOKE WITH OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, TOM MOONEY, WHO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD RECOMMENDED, THE ADMINISTRATION HAD RECOMMENDED THAT UNDERSTORY HOMES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE A VARIANCE OR A WAIVER GO BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD WHEN ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION, IT DID SEND IT TO DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IN, UM, PREVIOUS YEARS.
I AS ONE MEMBER, I AM NOT AN ARCHITECT.
MY BACKGROUND IS FINANCIAL AND GOVERNMENT.
UH, I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TELLING AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER HOW TO DESIGN A STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT REQUIRING A VARIANCE OR A WAIVER.
UM, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THESE OWNERS, WHETHER THEY BE DEVELOPERS OR OWNERS AS MYSELF, RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, ENCOURAGE TREMENDOUS EXPENSE WHEN THESE PROPERTIES HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
NOT JUST THE FEE PAID TO THE CITY, BUT THE LOBBYISTS THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY.
AND THEN THERE'S THE COST OF THE TIME DELAY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT GOES BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND IT IS CONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING MEETING, AND IT COMES BACK SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES WITH CHANGES REQUESTED BY A BOARD THAT IS VERY WELL INTENTIONED AND WITH A, UM, A HEART IN MIAMI BEACH.
BUT, UM, IN THIS PROCESS OF DELAY, THERE'S ALSO THIS PROPERTY THAT IS SITTING OUT THERE AND UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES NOT GET MAINTAINED.
SO IT BECOMES A NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I RECOMMEND, AND I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE ADOPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A WAIVER OR VARIANCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO NOT GO TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD MEETING.
UH, WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS LEFT ON ZOOM.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FOR A MINUTE 30? UH, SURE.
SO, UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TWO MINUTES.
WAYNE, WAYNE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE A MINUTE, MINUTE, A MINUTE, 30 SECONDS.
UH, GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, ANTISEMITISM IS NOTHING NEW.
UH, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS SINCE THE TEMPLE, UH, IN, IN ISRAEL WAS DEFEATED, WAS OVERTHROWN BY THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
UM, WHETHER IT WAS, UH, UH, THE SPANISH INQUISITION OR THE C SARS OF RUSSIA OR
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NAZI GERMANY, OR THE HUNDREDS OF EVENTS IN BETWEEN JEWS HAVE BEEN FACED WITH ANTISEMITISM AND DEATH.UH, THE EVENTS OF SINCE OCTOBER 7TH ARE ACTUALLY SINCE 1947 WHEN 1 MILLION JEWS IN ARAB CAPITALS, UH, WERE EXPELLED THAT MAKE UP ALMOST HALF OF THE ISRAEL, BY THE WAY.
UM, UH, WHILE, UH, THEY TALK ABOUT THE EXODUS OF PALESTINIANS, 99% OF THE JEWS OF THE ARAB WORLD WERE EXPELLED.
UH, AND, UH, 450% OF THE, OF THE POPULATION OF PALESTINIANS RESIDE IN ISRAEL OF, OF, OF THE TIME OF THE CONVERSIONS FOR TO JEWISH STATE.
SO THE WHOLE PREMISE IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
UM, UM, AND, UH, THANK, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE MAYOR, KRISTIN, UH, UH, DAVID SUAREZ, ALEX, FOR BEING FRONT AND CENTER IN PROMOTING, UM, OUR SUPPORT THE JEWS SUPPORT WITHIN MIAMI BEACH FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
UH, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ONLY WAY TO, TO SALVATION LONG TERM.
UM, SO, UH, THAT, THAT BEING DONE, UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, FAR INCREASES THAT ARE, UH, PROPOSED.
UM, UH, ULTIMATELY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO CONVERT, UM, UH, UH, CONDOS THAT ARE OLDER, THAT ARE CHEAPER INTO UBER RICH CONDOMINIUMS, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA, UH, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS.
THOSE ULTRA RICH CONDOMINIUMS ARE VERY, VERY SELDOM, UM, RESIDENTIAL FOR FOR YEAR ROUND.
IT'S FOR TAX PURPOSES, IT'S FOR THE FIFTH OR SIXTH HOME OF VERY AFFLUENT PEOPLE.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BAD PLAN.
IT CHANGES OUR, UH, DENSITY, WELL I SHOULD SAY OUR FAR AND OUR, UM, HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS HIGHER AND HIGHER AND LOT AND BIGGER AND BIGGER, AND IT'S REALLY, IT RUINS MIAMI BEACH.
SO I I, I ASK YOU NOT TO VOTE THIS TODAY.
THANK YOU MR. ROBIN AND CONSIDER, UM, SO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER, ANDREA CIO IN 1000 SOUTH POINT DRIVE.
UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU AND TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT IN MAKING THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CULINARY TRAINING CLASSROOM IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AT BEACH HIGH.
A REALITY, WHEN I FIRST SAW THE COOKING PROGRAM FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS DISHEARTENED STUDENTS WERE WORKING WITH TULSA OVENS, OUTDATED APPLIANCES, NOT TO THE STANDARD THAT THE STUDENTS DESERVE.
IT WAS CLEAR THEY COULDN'T GET THE TRAINING NEEDED TO JOIN MIAMI.
BEACH'S RENOWNED HOSPITALITY WORKFORCE DETERMINED TO MAKE A CHANGE.
I PARTNERED WITH THEN SUPERINTENDENT CARVALLO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LUCIA BIAS GUTTER, WHICH LED THE WAY, UH, WITH ME IN THIS EFFORT, FI'S HOSPITALITY DEAN, DR. CHANG AND PROSTAR TO CREATE A WORLD CLASS CULINARY PROGRAM.
THIS EFFORT RESULTED IN A SPACE WHERE STUDENTS NOW RECEIVE 12 COLLEGE CREDITS FROM FIU AND DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES TAUGHT WEEKLY BY FIU PROFESSORS.
NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN DONE WITHOUT POSSIBLE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH THAT CONTRIBUTED $100,000 TOWARDS THE 300,000 NEEDED FOR THIS PURCHASE OF THE STATE OF THE ART COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ITS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRUCE GOLD FOR 50,000, DAVID WALLOCK, 15,000, RUSSELL GABY, 10,000 AND OTHERS, AND REPRESENTATIVE BABI FOR HIS OFFICE FOR CONTRIBUTING 70,000 TO CLOSE THE GAP FOR THE $2 MILLION THAT WERE RAISED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THANKS TO THIS PROGRAM, OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT PREPARED TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE EARNING 50 OR $60,000 A YEAR.
A LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY.
ADDITIONALLY, AFTER LEARNING ABOUT FI'S FREE FOOD MARKET FOR STUDENTS FACING FOOD INSECURITIES.
I BROUGHT A SIMILAR PROGRAM TO BEACH HIGH.
THE MARKET PROVIDES ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES LED BY COUNSELOR LAURIE THE SILVA, AND IT'S STOCKED YEAR ROUND BY MY FOUNDATION IN GOYA FOODS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR HELPING US CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION.
YOUR SUPPORT HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU COULD WATCH THESE VIDEOS@BEACHHIGHVIDEOS.COM.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS DAN SEED.
MR. SEED STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ALL RIGHT, DAN? YEAH, DAN SIDE.
I, I LIVE IN STERLING, VIRGINIA.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING IN PERSON.
I'M IN WORK FOR, UH, IN TORONTO.
I REPRESENT AXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, USA, UH, I'M CALLING IN IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION FOR C TWO A.
AND I WANTED TO COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE EXCELLENT DECISION TO PROVIDE THE INTENT TO AWARD FOR US FOR, TO PROVIDE, UH, SCHOOL ZONE, UH, SPEED ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAD MORE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED ENFORCEMENTS, UM, EXPERIENCE OF ANY OF THE VENDORS THAT WERE, UH, HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD SUPPLIED TO, UH, HAD SUBMITTED THEIR, UH, PETITION FOR, UH,
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PROPOSALS.AND AS A RESULT, WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER FOR THE CITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS AS YOUR RED LIGHT VENDOR.
AND THIS WILL KEEP UNIFORMITY OF YOUR TECHNOLOGY IN THE CITY AND OUR TECHNOLOGY WORK.
THESE PROGRAMS REDUCED EATING, REDUCED CRASHES.
UH, FIRST I WANT TO THANKS, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, ABOUT 16 MONTHS AGO AS A COMMISSIONER.
HE SPONSOR THE CURFEW AND MIAMI BI MARINA, AND HE'S BEING A GREAT, GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, MORE WORK TO DO THOUGH.
SO ALSO I WANNA THANK, UM, MR. SUAREZ THAT HE'S GOING TO TRY TO PASS A RESOLUTION ABOUT OUR SORT OF OPERATION.
WE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF LOOPHOLE AND BOAT OWNERS ARE USING THE, UH, THEY'RE SAYING THEY ARE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHEN THEY'RE KNOWN.
AND IF THE HOURS OF OPERATION, IT CAN BE A LOOPHOLE THAT THE BOAT OWNER, IT GETS IN THE BOAT AND GET DROP OUT IN THE FIELD DOCK AND THEN IT'S NOBODY CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN, CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEIR OWNER IS RIGHT THERE.
SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE EITHER YOU THERE TO MAKE MONEY AS A COMMERCIAL OR YOU DO, UH, RECREATIONAL, I DON'T THINK, BECAUSE THAT CREATES THE LOOP.
ANOTHER THING IS, UM, I AM SORRY, UM, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS IS ABOUT IT.
I JUST FORGET EVERYTHING I WANNA SAY.
I REALLY WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LET'S, LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL AND THEN, UM, UH, MR HAVE GREAT, GREAT IDEAS AND RESOLUTION, BUT WE NEED TO ENFORCE THOSE BECAUSE, UH, IF IT'S LONG, IF WE DON'T, IF THEY DON'T GET ENFORCES, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
ALL NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS PENA AND NICK, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME.
YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF, PLEASE.
NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, PJ LET'S GO THEN TO DOUG WALKER.
MR. WALKER, YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I'M DOUGLAS WALKER, PRESIDENT OF THE OLSON CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AT 7,300 OCEAN TERRACE.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS THAT LIVE THERE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP, DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT REGARDING THE EXCLUSION FROM THE NORTH BEACH PARKING DISTRICT.
UM, WE'RE LONGSTANDING RESIDENTS OF NORTH BEACH AND WE FEEL THAT WE'RE BEING OVERLOOKED AND AND UNDERSERVED HERE.
THE PARKING, AS YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA HAS GOTTEN LESS AND LESS AND LESS.
AND ALTHOUGH THE STREET SCAPE ON OCEAN TERRACE IS BEAUTIFUL, IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
HOWEVER, IT TOOK AWAY SO MANY OF OUR PARKING SPACES.
SO WE URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER OUR STATUS AND INCLUDE THE OLSON CONDOMINIUM WITHIN THE NORTH BEACH PARKING DISTRICT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF PLEASE.
MY NAME'S TIMOTHY SANDERS PIER, K ONE MIAMI BEACH MARINA, AND A RESIDENT OF 90 ALTON ROAD, THE YACHT CLUB.
I'M HERE TO, UH, THANK EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION AND OUR MAYOR FOR PROVIDING US WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP AND THE MOST WONDERFUL CITY IN THE WORLD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AS TO HOW MANY PARTY CHARTERS WERE SWITCHED OVER IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT TO ECO CHARTERS, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ISSUES AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS HERE.
OVER TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS APPOINTED AS MEDIATOR BY JOHN CAPRIO OF SOFTA BETWEEN ALL 1000 RESIDENTS AND THE MARINA.
AND WE'VE CREATED GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MARINA OPERATORS.
WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY TRESPASSED.
UM, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY LIE AND WAIT.
OKAY, SO LIKE A BANK ROBBER, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A BANK ROBBER IS, RIGHT? HE HAS A MASK, IT'S CALLED A GUISE.
SO THESE ECO CHARTERS AND FAMILY AND FRIEND CHARTERS ARE BASICALLY JUST USING A GUISE TO OVERRIDE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS, WE HAVE FAMILIES, WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT LIKE TO PLAY IN THE PARK AND DANCE AND SING.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO DRUNKEN, DRUGGED UP PARTY CHARTER.
IT JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, YOU KNOW.
YOUR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT SEE GANG
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BANGERS LAID OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOCK.THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH MY 7-YEAR-OLD SON.
YOUR TIME IS 30 MORE SECONDS PLEASE.
I NEED YOU TO, WE'RE REALLY BEHIND NOW.
AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, WHY THESE CHARTERS WERE CHANGED IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT AND ALSO A, A WIDER LOOK AT CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PARK.
WE HAVE WARRIORS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
ANDREAS, MATTHEW, DAVID, WE HAVE GREAT CITY WARRIORS, JACOB MAGAZINE.
THE VETERANS PARADE WAS A BIG SUCCESS THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 10 TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN LAST YEAR.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS NICK MITCHELL.
YES, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MINOR COMMISSIONERS AND ALL PRESENT.
MY NAME IS PENA ISABEL MITCHELL.
I'M USING MY HUSBAND'S COMPUTER 'CAUSE I TRIED, UH, ON THE PHONE AND HE COULDN'T HEAR ME.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF CENTRAL BAY BUILDING 7 3 3 0 OCEAN TERRACE AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NORTH BEACH RESIDENCE PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM.
I WANT TO TAKE, UH, THANK, THANK, UH, JOSE IN THE PARKING DEPARTMENT FOR LISTENING TO ALL COMMENTS AND TO ALL THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS WHO RESPONDED PROMPTLY TO MY EMAILS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROGRAM BE MOVED TO THE BEACH AND NOT HARDING.
SO TO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE CENTRAL PAY AND BURLING HOUSE TO THE PROGRAM, WE ARE TAXPAYERS AND WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING THE PROGRAM AND NOT DIS DISCRIMINATE AGAINST, ESPECIALLY SINCE OVER 8 96 PARKING SPOTS WERE TAKEN FROM OCEAN TERRACE AND IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL BAY BUILDING.
WHERE WOULD I PARK WHEN I, I'M VISITING FRIENDS FOR DINNER AS A RESIDENT, I CANNOT PARK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSES BECAUSE I'M EXCLUDED.
DON'T SEEM, IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO ME.
HOUSES THAT HAVE PARKING SPACES, GARAGE
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS PATRICK BUCKLEY.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING, PATRICK BUCKLEY.
I'M THE TREASURER OF THE OLSON CONDOMINIUM AT 7,300 OCEAN TERRACE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
UH, I JUST HAVE A A A BRIEF QUESTION IF YOU COULD, UH, PROVIDE SOME SORT OF INSIGHT FOR US.
AND THE, THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION IS IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS.
WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE AREA OF NORTH BEACH IS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HIGH RISE THAT WAS RECENTLY BUILT BETWEEN 71ST AND 72ND, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEW OCEAN TERRORIST DEVELOPMENT, UH, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT BEING PUT IN PLACE BEFORE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING.
SO MY OWNERS, OUR OWNERS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THAT.
THEY ARE BASICALLY TELLING ME THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS DOING IT BACKWARDS AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THEY HAVE PARKING, BEFORE THEY HAVE BETTER ROADWAYS, BEFORE THEY HAVE BETTER INTERNET, WHATEVER IT IS.
SO I'M OF COURSE TRYING TO KEEP THE OWNERS COOL AND, UM, EXPLAIN TO THEM, NO, NO, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS SMARTER THAN THAT.
UH, IT, IT MAY LOOK AS THOUGH THEY'RE DOING THOSE THINGS, BUT I WILL GET YOU AN EXPLANATION.
SO IF SOMEONE COULD AT SOME POINT IN THIS MEETING, JUST TAKE TWO MINUTES TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS TO US OF THE DECISION MAKING, UH, ON, ON, ON HOW UH, THESE AREAS ARE ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE CASE IN POINT, THE, THE, THE MOST RAW EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDING IS THE HUNDRED PLUS PARKING SPACES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND NOW THE OCEAN TERRACE DEVELOPMENT HAS ALMOST FINISHED.
AND NOW ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE WONDERING WHERE DO WE PARK? THANK, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY BELOW.
AND, AND PATRICK, IN CASE WE DON'T ADDRESS IT, JUST PLEASE SHOOT US AN EMAIL OR TEXT SO WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU.
STACY, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF.
I LIVE AT 7 4 0 2 GARY AVENUE IN NORTH BEACH ON PARKVIEW ISLAND.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, TO OUR COMMISSIONERS AND I THANK THE MANAGERS AND STAFF WHO ARE ALSO PRESENT.
I HAVE THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT.
THE FIRST IS THE PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS ON PARKVIEW ISLAND.
I HAVE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE OPEN PARKING NOW THAT CONTRACTORS, UM, WHO HAVE BEEN IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT ARE EITHER MARKED AS SUCH OR WERE DEFACTO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
SECOND ISSUE I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SAFETY IN NORTH BEACH AND PARTICULARLY IN PARKVIEW ISLAND AND ALONG CRAB ALLEY, WHICH IS BEHIND, UM, THE SKI BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND IS A PATH THAT I WALK ON EVERY SINGLE DAY TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO AND FROM
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SCHOOL.RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH VAGRANCY.
PEOPLE SLEEPING HERE BEHIND THE SCHOOL, PEOPLE SLEEPING RIGHT UP AGAINST THE PLAYGROUND ON PARKVIEW ISLAND.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE ATTENTION FROM THE POLICE.
IT SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY TO CALL 9 1 1.
WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE HERE PATROLLING.
AND I FEEL THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS SEVERELY UNDERSERVED FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE.
BUT I'LL LIMIT MY COMMENTS FROM THAT.
MY THIRD ISSUE, UM, IS ABOUT EASEMENTS ON PARKVIEW ISLAND.
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE NON WATERFRONT TOWNHOUSE OWNER ON PARKVIEW ISLAND HAS BASICALLY BEEN, UM, HAD LAND STOLEN FROM THEM.
WE HAVE EASEMENTS ALONG THE WATER THAT, UM, WATERFRONT RESIDENTS HAVE EFFECTIVELY TAKEN FROM US.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS PENA AND NICK.
STACY, UH, THIS IS TANYA BOTT.
I LIVED ON PARKVIEW ISLAND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I AM ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ALREADY.
UM, IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND WE CAN CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, WE WILL GET ALL OF THEM ADDRESSED.
PENA AND NICK, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? I THINK SHE, THAT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD TROUBLE BEFORE MAY, OR EVERYONE WHO HAD THEIR HAND RAISED ORIGINALLY HAS BEEN CALLED.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO CALLED IN AND ALL THOSE WHO EMAILED US AND TEXT US OR CALLED US BEFORE THIS MEETING TO GIVE YOUR INPUT.
IT'S, UH, IT'S APPRECIATED AND VALUED.
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AGENDA.SO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER BOT HAS SEPARATED C SEVEN A H.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS SEPARATED C SEVEN A L.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS SEPARATED C TWO A COMMISSIONER.
SUAREZ HAS SEPARATED C TWO A AS WELL.
SO IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE.
CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED, EXCLUDING THE CALLED ITEMS. MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE WERE TWO ADDENDUMS THAT WERE DONE YESTERDAY THAT ARE ON THE DAY.
THIS IS DISCUSSED SLASH TAKE ACTION.
EMERGENCY HOME COUNT, UH, HOMELESS COUNT ON MIAMI BEACH, REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND R NINE A H DISCUSSED TAKE ACTION.
TIME SENSITIVE DISCUSSION REGARDING PARTY HOUSES ON HIBISCUS ISLAND DURING OUR BASEL WEEK REQUESTED BY THE VICE MAYOR.
THE ADDEND ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED, SO THEY WILL BE HEARD AFTER 5:00 PM UH, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES? OKAY.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS A REVISED RESOLUTION ON ITEM C SEVEN D ON THE DAYS.
THAT'S THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ELECTION RESULTS WITH THE FINAL ELECTION.
[C2 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. 2024-274-DF, FOR SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL ZONES; AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH MODAXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USA INC., AS THE TOP-RANKED PROPOSER; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH MODAXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USA INC., AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH SENSYS GATSO USA, INC., AS THE SECOND RANKED PROPOSER; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH SENSYS GATSO USA, INC., AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH JENOPTIK NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS THE THIRD RANKED PROPOSER; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT UPON CONCLUSION OF SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATION. (POLICE)]
MS. RAM.MAYOR, IF YOU LIKE, I, I THINK IT'S WITH C TWO.
I JUST WANTED TO REFER TO FINANCE AND THAT WAY WE CAN JUST CUT IT OFF OUR LIST.
AND WHICH ONE IS THAT? I'M SORRY.
IF I JUST WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO, WE HAVE A MOTION REFER THE ITEM TO FINANCE.
I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDS IT.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT WAS ALSO SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SCHWARZ.
SO, OKAY, SO NO CON, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF SENDING TO FINANCE.
DID YOU SAY COMMISSION VICE MAYOR? YES.
SENDING TO FINANCE C TWO A PLEASE SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
SEVEN ZERO C TWO A IS REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE TO CHECK THE ARCHIVES, BUT THIS MIGHT BE A RECORD FOR THE FEWEST ITEMS PULLED.
[R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SETTING THE DATES FOR THE YEAR 2025 CITY COMMISSION, MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MBRDA), AND NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA) MEETINGS.]
A.R SEVEN A IS SET DATES FOR THE 2025, UH, COMMISSION MEETINGS.
MM MIAMI BEACH, RDA AND NORTH BEACH, CRA.
EVERYONE ON THERE ON THE DA HAS A CALENDAR, COLORFUL CALENDAR THAT EVERYONE HAS.
THAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST THING TO DO IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG.
THE CALENDAR TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF MAMEE BEACH, SUCH AS THE BOAT SHOW.
WE ALSO TAKE, UH, UH, CONSIDERATIONS, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EVENTS.
WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR ITEMS MARKED IN RED, ARE THE PROPOSED COMMISSION MEETING DATES, ITEMS MARKED IN GREEN ARE THE PROPOSED PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS, UH, MEETINGS, UH, AS, AS IT IS SUGGESTED BY THE RESOLUTION, WE ARE PROPOSING SIX, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION AN ISSUE THAT WE ARE HAVING FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW DATES FOR THE ELECTION.
THE, THE ORDINANCE THAT, THE CHARTER SECTION OF THE ELECTION SAYS THAT BETWEEN THE GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 4TH,
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AND IF WE HAVE A RUNOFF, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION BEING, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT'D BE DECEMBER 15TH.YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY MEETINGS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY MATTERS OR TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
SO WE DID NOT PUT A DECEMBER DATE ASKING YOU TO GIVE US GUIDANCE ON THE DECEMBER DATE BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE A MEETING OF SUBSTANCE UNTIL AFTER THE 15TH.
SO WE WOULD SUGGEST THE 17TH, BUT WE LEFT IT BLANK JUST SO THE, THE, THE COMMISSION COULD DECIDE SECOND MR. RAM MAYOR, NO ISSUES.
YEAH, THE 17TH SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE.
IT SO GOES MORE THAN A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
AND, AND SO THE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS IF IT IS ON THE 17TH THAT THE ADMINISTRATION PUT THE BULK OF THE ITEMS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THAT COMMISSIONER, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS NOT BE ALLOWED TO PUT ANY ITEMS ON.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS WILL BE DECIDED ON THE 15TH.
SO, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MUCH LATER.
BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO.
THERE IS, WELL THE NOVEMBER DATE, THE, THE MEETING WOULD BE ON THE 10TH TO ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULTS.
'CAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE A MEETING AS WITH SUBSTANCE FROM THE NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE 15TH.
SO THE NOVEMBER MEETING WE'VE ALWAYS HAD DURING AN ELECTION PERIOD, WE'VE HAD 'EM ONLY TO, UH, ACCEPT THE RESULTS.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY IF THERE'S A RUNOFF.
IF THERE'S NO RUNOFF, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE.
BUT, BUT ARE WE NOT HAVING A STANDARD NOVEMBER MEETING SUCH AS ON THE 19TH DURING ELECTION TIME? WE DO NOT.
IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE THE CHARTER SAYS THAT AFTER THE ELECTION, UNTIL THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RUNOFF, YOU CANNOT HAVE A MEETING WITH SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS UNLESS YOU'RE DEEMED EMERGENCY.
SO WE'VE NEVER HAD, DURING AN ELECTION YEAR, NOVEMBER MEETING, THE ISSUE WE'RE HAVING IS THAT DECEMBER MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE CANNOT JUST SAY WHEN WE WANNA HAVE IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR.
I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME FROM OCTOBER 29TH, UM, THEN NOT UNTIL DECEMBER 17TH FOR THE CITY COMMISSION NOT TO HAVE A MEETING.
SOME THINGS MIGHT BE IMPORTANT BUT NOT RAISE, RISE TO THE LEVEL OF AN EMERGENCY.
AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE MAY JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT FIXING IN, IN THE FUTURE.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PERHAPS CONSIDER HAVING THE OCTOBER MEETING EARLIER IN OCTOBER? UH, MAYBE THURSDAY THE 16TH? UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEN WE CAN HAVE A MEETING NOVEMBER 3RD.
'CAUSE I JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GO OVER A MONTH WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ITEMS, OFTENTIMES THERE'S IMPORTANT PROCUREMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANCE THAT NEED TO GET ADDRESSED THAT WE DON'T EVEN PUT ON THE AGENDA, BUT END UP BEING TIME SENSITIVE REGARDLESS WHAT YOU, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
WHAT WE COULD DO, IF YOU WISH, IS CHANGE THE PRESENTATIONS MEETING ON THE 22ND, NOT JUST NOT HAVE IT ON, ON OCTOBER 22ND AND CHANGE THE MEETING TO THE 29TH.
I AND, AND I'M, I JUST REALIZED THAT THE 16TH IS RIGHT AFTER LIKE TWO WEEKS OF HOLIDAYS, MAYBE THE 20TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD, I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO KEEP IT ON A WEDNESDAY, JUST FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE.
SO THE 22ND, THE TWO, YEAH, THE 22ND WILL BE, OH YEAH.
SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE CANCELING THE PRESENTATION OR NOT HAVING A PRESENTATIONS MEETING IN OCTOBER AND INSTEAD HAVING THE COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 22ND.
CAN WE JUST SWITCH THEM? WE COULD, YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.
SO THE 22ND BECOMES THE COMMISSION MEETING.
THE 29TH BECOMES A PRESENTATIONS MEETING.
AND YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE THE A NOVEMBER MEETING ON THE THIRD.
I I, I WOULD, I I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GO AN ENTIRE MONTH WITHOUT MEETING ON WHAT IF THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PROCUREMENT ITEMS OR OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION.
JUST, JUST, IF I CAN CHIME IN AND THAT, THAT'S ONLY GONNA BE LIKE WHAT, 11 DAYS BEFORE FROM ONE COMMISSION TO THE NEXT.
I ALSO, WHEN'S THE ELECTION? THE ELECTION IS, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH.
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING RIGHT, WHICH PRESUMABLY INCLUDES YOURSELF.
THAT'S TOUGH TO HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING.
I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO VOTING ON THE THIRD.
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT OUR DUTY TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CITY COMES, COME AHEAD OF OUR ELECTIONS.
THAT TAKES MUCH GREATER PRECEDENCE.
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AND, AND I JUST, AGAIN, LISTEN, IT IS UP TO THE WILL OF, OF THE BODY.I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S TIMES THAT ITEMS MIGHT NOT BE READY FOR, FOR, FOR ONE MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, AND THEN NOT TO HAVE A, A NOVEMBER MEETING.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING ALL AFTER OCTOBER ALL THE WAY TILL DECEMBER 17TH.
I, THAT'S A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE WILL OF, OF THE BODY.
BUT, SO MAYBE WE, WE JUST, UM, ALL OF US KNOW, AND, AND THE ADMINISTRATION KNOW THAT WE SORT OF EARMARKED THE NOVEMBER MEETING TO BE A BARE BONES COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE THINGS THAT ARE DISCRETIONARY AND NOT TIME SENSITIVE ARE, UM, NOT FORBIDDEN, BUT NOT SUPER ENCOURAGED.
SO THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE CITY'S BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE TIME SENSITIVE.
UM, AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING, IT ENDS UP BEING, BUT THE GOAL IS THAT WE JUST DON'T GO FOR THAT INCREDIBLE STRETCH OF TIME WITHOUT DOING THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
UM, IF I CAN MAKE A COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WHY DON'T WE HAVE TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS ON OCTOBER THE 22ND, 29TH, TO REALLY CLEAR OUT THE AGENDA.
UM, AND THEN WAIT TILL THE DECEMBER 17TH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT A SHOTGUN ON A, A NOVEMBER MEETING ON THE THIRD, ON A MONDAY.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING OF JUST LIKE, ALMOST LIKE EIGHT BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE, UM, I'D RATHER JUST DO IT BACK TO BACK IN OCTOBER.
UH, AND THEN, AND HAVE OCTOBER OFF.
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY TURN TO ERIC FOR A MOMENT.
IF IT'S JUST CLEARING ITEMS. BUT THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK DONE BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET READY FOR THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UH, ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE? SO, UM, OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR JUST REMINDED ME THAT WE ARE REQUIRED STATE LAW TO HAVE A BUDGET CLOSEOUT WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND TYPICALLY WE'RE WRAPPING UP INVOICING FOR THAT FIRST 30 DAYS.
SO THAT NOVEMBER PERIOD IS PRETTY CRITICAL FOR US ON THE BUDGET CLOSEOUT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN TRY TO WORK TO GET EVERYTHING ON THE OCTOBER 29TH AGENDA.
UM, HISTORICALLY I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TYPICALLY HAD TWO MEETINGS IN OCTOBER LEADING UP TO A NOVEMBER HIATUS BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION.
WE CAN WORK THROUGH WHATEVER, UM, IS HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S BUSINESS IS DONE.
MR. SMITH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, WHILE WE HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT HAD A MEETING DURING THAT RUNOFF PERIOD, IS THERE A SPECIFIC RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHY? IS THAT A POLICY THAT WE COULD THE CHARTER.
YOU HAVE TO AMEND THE CHARTER.
'CAUSE IT, I THINK IT WOULD GIVE STAFF TIME FOR THAT YEAR END CLOSEOUT THAT WE NEED TO DO IF, I MEAN, DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT'S YES.
THROUGH THE MAYOR ERIC? THROUGH THE MAYOR.
UM, I'M JUST, WE TYPICALLY HAVE HAD A LATE NOVEMBER MEETING.
I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN CRAMMING, BUT WE CAN'T TO, TO GET IT INTO THIS NOVEMBER 20TH MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY.
YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE I THINK, EIGHT ITEMS ON THE BUDGET CLOSEOUT, UM, TODAY.
SO I'M JUST WORRIED THAT NOVEMBER 3RD IS GONNA BE REALLY TIGHT BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY CUT OFF THE FINAL INVOICES.
'CAUSE REMEMBER IT'S WORK DONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, INVOICING THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH.
SO NOVEMBER 3RD FOR THE CLOSEOUT OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS, IS FOUR DAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS THE VERY LAST DAY BEFORE THE START OF ELECTIONS.
AND AS PER THE CHARTER, THE CITY COMMISSION CANNOT MEET BETWEEN NOVEMBER 4TH AND DECEMBER 9TH.
SO WE DON'T DO IT NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND CORRECT ME, MR. CLERK, IF I'M WRONG, THE SOONEST WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT THE FIRST DAY WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, LET'S SAY.
THAT WOULD BE PRESUMABLY THE SOONEST YOU COULD DO IT.
ACTUALLY, IT'S AFTER, AFTER THE ACCEPTANCE.
SO THE FIRST THAT WE ANTICIPATE DOING IT IS THE 16TH.
SO YOU'LL BE ALL THE WAY TO THE SIX DECEMBER 16TH.
SO NOVEMBER 3RD WILL BE THE LAST DAY.
YOU COULD ACTUALLY, THE LATEST DAY YOU COULD HAVE A MEETING.
IF I CAN ASK A QUESTION, MAYBE A SUGGESTION.
THE CHARTER PROHIBIT IF THERE IS A CRITICAL ISSUE OR A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
COULD WE CALL IT SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING DURING THIS INTERIM PERIOD? YES.
IT'S CHARTER SECTION 38 DASH FOUR SEC.
SUBSECTION B SAYS THAT YOU COULD TO ADDRESS
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ANY EMERGENCY MATTERS PURSUANT TO FLORIDA LAW AND CITY CHARTER.SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? 'CAUSE WE COULD ALWAYS CALL THE MEETING IF WE, IF NECESSARY, IF THERE'S A CRITICAL ISSUE.
WOULD THE CITY ATTORNEY OPINE THAT THIS WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY MATTER? IT'S, UH, PURSU ANYTHING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO FOUR LETTER LAW? SO, YES.
SO WE, IN AGREEMENT, WE'LL, NOT SCHEDULING NOVEMBER 3RD, WE COULD ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING, UH, IF NECESSARY.
DID YOU, ARE WE HAVING TWO OCTOBER MEETINGS? THE 22ND, 29TH? JUST ONE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMMISSION MEETING ON THE RIGHT.
WE FLIPPED THESE, THE MEETINGS PERFECT.
BUT ARE WE CLEARING OUT THE AGENDA THAT WAY THEY CAN ALSO, WHATEVER BUDGET MATTERS OR, OR ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T MISS, MISS ON THE 22ND, WE CAN GET ON THE 29TH.
WELL, THIS WOULD ONLY HAVE MR. RAM MAYOR.
THIS WOULD, THIS COULD ONLY BE ITEMS THAT ARE EMERGENCY IN NATURE.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? WELL, FOR THE LATE NOVEMBER MEETING, YES.
BUT IS REFERRING TO THE TWO OCTOBER MEETING.
OH, THE OCTOBER MEETING, OKAY.
AND IF I MAY MAKE A, UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF YOU ALL SUGGESTED THAT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS BE ADMINISTRATION ITEMS. AND GIVEN THAT THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS END ON THE 15TH AND THAT THE AGENDA FOR THE 22ND WOULD BE PRINTING ON THE 15TH, THAT PERHAPS THE MEETING ON THE 22ND COULD BE FOCUSED ON ADMINISTRATION, REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS, AND THEN FOCUS ON THE 29TH ON, ON ALL YOUR ITEMS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IF I, IF I CAN THROW A QUESTION OUT THERE, WOULDN IT, WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO DO THIS DOUBLE MEETING IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN SEPTEMBER? UM, PARTLY IT'S OPTICS 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE POTENTIALLY SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND IT, AND I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE AND TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR FINAL DECISIONS BEFORE NEW PEOPLE COME IN.
I'M NOT SURE THE OPTICS ARE GREAT.
SO LIKE THE 30TH, MAYBE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
REMEMBER ALSO, YOU ALSO HAVE TWO BUDGET MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER.
SO YOU GET, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR REGULAR MEETING AND THE BUDGET MEETINGS, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW, WE CAN'T PUT HERE YET BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE THE SAME, WE CANNOT MEET AT THE SAME TIME WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD OR THE COUNTY MEETS.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE POTENTIALLY TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER ALREADY, WHICH YOU CAN ADD ITEMS TO.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, JUST REMEMBER THERE'S TWO POTENTIAL MORE MEETINGS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING BEFORE THE BUDGET BUDGETS ARE HEARD AT 5 0 1, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE COULD HOLD A COMMISSION MEETING BEFORE THAT? YEP, I'M FINE.
I DON'T MIND TWO, UH, SEPTEMBER MEETINGS.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS, MEANWHILE THEY'RE NOT BACK TO BACK LIKE ME WHILE THEY'RE NOT ONE WEEK.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S CONTINGENT UPON WHAT THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE DOING.
BUT ONCE WE KNOW, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN REVISIT THAT AT, AT A LATER TIME.
SO MAY, COULD WE, COMMISSIONER BOT, COULD WE DO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING ON THE SEVENTH? UH, EXCUSE ME, ON THE THIRD SINCE WE WON'T HAVE HAD A MEETING IN AUGUST ANYHOW, SO IT'LL BE A GOOD LONG WHILE.
AND THEN THAT WAY THAT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO INCORPORATE A SECOND MEETING INTO A BUDGET MEETING LATER IN THE MONTH.
THAT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY HOLIDAYS.
I'M, I, I WANNA ASK TAMIKA IF THAT'S OKAY WITH HER.
'CAUSE USUALLY WE TRY TO SCHEDULE THAT BUDGET MEETING TO GIVE SOMEWHERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
SO MEANING LIKE THE SECOND WEEK.
SO TAMIKA HAS A TIME TO PREPARE.
SO WE NORMALLY DO IT IN THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT AS YOU KEEP SAYING, OR FIRST AND SECOND HEARINGS ARE DEPENDENT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, UM, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
SO IF YOU SET THE DATES AND WE CAN'T USE THAT DATE, WE, WE'D ASK FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ALSO.
ERIC, ANY ISSUES? UH, IF WE MOVE THE MEETING TO SEPTEMBER 3RD, IT'S, UH, LABOR DAY'S, MONDAY, ANY ISSUES FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF? YEAH, NO ISSUE.
IT'LL BE MY BIRTHDAY, SO, UH, WE'LL CELEBRATE.
I'LL BE CELEBRATING WITH ALL OF YOU.
DID YOU PLANT IT? THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE MEETING THAT DAY?
SO ARE WE, ARE, ARE WE PROPOSING A CHANGE TO SEPTEMBER 3RD? SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 3RD, AND THEN ALSO THE 17TH? IS THAT WHERE INSTEAD OF THE 10TH? YEAH.
AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO ON OCTOBER AND KEEP THE DATES THAT ARE THERE? THE, THE 29TH? YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S GOOD.
SO WE'RE NOT FLIPPING THEM ANYMORE.
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE NOT TO.
'CAUSE THEN WE'RE GOING A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING IN DECEMBER.
SO JUST TO CONFIRM, WE'RE HAVING THE COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.
WE'RE KEEPING THE PRESENTATIONS MEETING ON OCTOBER 22ND.
WE'RE KEEPING THE PRE, THE OCTOBER COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 29TH.
AND ARE WE HAVING A DECEMBER 17TH MEETING? AND YOU'RE ADDING SEPTEMBER 17TH, RIGHT? SORRY, SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING AN SEPTEMBER 17TH.
IN OTHER WORDS, SEPTEMBER, WE'RE MOVING THE MEETING TO SEPTEMBER 3RD? NO, THIRD AND 17TH.
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GOT IT.SO WE'RE HAVING TWO MEETINGS RIGHT NOW IN SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 3RD AND SEPTEMBER 17TH.
SEPTEMBER 3RD, SEPTEMBER 17TH.
YOU'RE KEEPING THE OCTOBER MEETINGS AS THEY'RE PRINTED ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR, THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS OPINED THAT FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING EMERGENCY MATTERS RELATING TO THE BUDGET AND THE STATE STATUTE REQUIREMENTS, WE COULD CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UH, DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE AND DISPENSE WITH THAT BUSINESS.
AND THE, AND THE STANDARD DECEMBER MEETING, IT'S THE 17TH ACCEPTABLE? YES.
SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? UH, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST.
SO JANUARY 29TH, WE HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING.
THAT'S ACTUALLY, MY KIDS ARE OFF FROM SCHOOL AND I HAVE A FAMILY VACATION SCHEDULED ALSO CONSISTENT WITH, WE'D BE GOING BETWEEN SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER 17TH TO JANUARY 29TH, WHICH IS SIX WEEKS, WHICH WE WERE SAYING WE DON'T LIKE.
UH, WOULD IT BE AMENABLE TO EVERYONE TO MOVE IT TO JANUARY 22ND? I, I, UM, I HAVE PLANS FOR, UM, UH, EARLIER IN JANUARY.
UM, SO CAN WE DO EITHER THE 15TH OR THE 22ND? CAN WE DO THE 30TH, 22ND WORKS FOR ME? UM, BECAUSE, UH, LIZETTE'S GONNA GO INTO LABOR AROUND THE 21ST, 22ND.
SHE'S ACTUALLY DUE ON THE 22ND.
LET'S GET A, LET'S GET A POOL.
SHE, SHE MIGHT, I I DON'T ACTUALLY WANT HER TO GO INTO LABOR HERE ABOUT THE 15TH.
I CAN'T, YEAH, THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH I CAN'T.
SO THE EIGHTH, BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVEN'T HAD A JANUARY MEETING OR WE'VE HAD IT LATE IN THE MONTH.
SO I HAVE SOMETHING AT THE BEGINNING.
WHAT ABOUT THE 30TH? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT A WEDNESDAY, BUT I, I'M, NO, I'M AWAY THAT WHOLE WEEK AND THE EIGHTH I'M AWAY.
YOU'RE AWAY THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH? YES.
CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE APPROVE IT PENDING SO WE DON'T SPEND THE TIME HERE ON THE DA THEN TRY TO WORK THE JANUARY OUT OFFLINE? YEAH, ACTUALLY, JANUARY'S THE ONE THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT BECAUSE ALL THE SECOND MEETINGS ARE CONTINGENT ON THAT.
THIS YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE A JANUARY MEETING THING AND WE HAD A TWO FEBRUARY MEETINGS IF THAT PRECEDENT WAS SENT THIS YEAR.
AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN FROM WHAT PERIOD TO WHAT PERIOD? UH, I GET BACK ON THE 14TH, SO I WOULD NOT BE READY FOR A 15TH MEETING.
AND THEN THE 22ND, SOMEONE'S HAVING A BABY AND THE 29TH SOMEBODY'S OUTTA TOWN AS WELL.
SO HOW ABOUT THE FIFTH AND THE 26TH, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR OF FEBRUARY? YES.
UM, COULD WE JUST SWITCH THE AWARDS IN FEBRUARY THE 20 AND JUST HAVE THAT COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 19TH? MY, MY BIRTHDAY IS ON THE 18TH AND I'LL BE OUTTA TOWN.
SO CAN WE, CAN WE JUST HAVE THE MEETING ON THE FIFTH THEN? THE FIFTH IS OKAY.
JANUARY MEETING TECHNICALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR.
WE COULD ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING IF NECESSARY.
SO FEBRUARY IS THE FIFTH AND NOT THE 26TH.
SO TECHNICALLY THE JANUARY MEETING WILL BE HELD A WEEK LATER, LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR WHERE WE HAD TWO MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY.
SO THE ME THE FEBRUARY MEETING IS ON THE FIFTH.
THE DECEMBER MEETING IS ON THE 17TH.
SEPTEMBER HAS TWO MEETINGS, THE THIRD AND THE 17TH.
AND WE'RE LEAVING OCTOBER AS IS.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH JANUARY, MR. MAYOR, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? YEAH, IT'S GOOD WITH ME.
WHAT ARE WE DOING IN JANUARY? WHAT'S THE MOTION? WE'RE NOT HAVING A MEETING IN JANUARY LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR INSTEAD.
WE'RE HAVING THE MEETING ON THE 5TH OF FEBRUARY AND THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AGAIN ON THE 26TH.
AND WHEN IS OUR DECEMBER MEETING? OUR DECEMBER MEETINGS ON THE 17TH.
SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SOAR.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION.
[R5 H AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING PART I, SUBPART B, ARTICLE IX, RELATED SPECIAL ACTS, OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED "PENSION SYSTEM FOR DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT OF MEMBERS OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS"; AMENDING SECTION 66, “SERVICE AND DISABILITY BENEFITS GENERALLY”, RELATED TO SALARY AND MINIMUM LINE-OF-DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS; AMENDING SECTION 79, ENTITLED "DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (DROP)”, RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM DROP PARTICIPATION PERIOD; AMENDING SECTION 88, “BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS HIRED ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 AND PRIOR TO JUNE 8, 2016 FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1510 (IAFF) AND JULY 20, 2016 FOR FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WILLIAM NICHOLS LODGE NO. 8 (FOP)”, RELATED TO AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY; AMENDING SECTION 89, “BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS HIRED ON OR AFTER JUNE 8, 2016 AND PRIOR TO MAY 8, 2019 FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1510 ( IAFF) AND HIRED ON OR AFTER JULY 20, 2016 AND PRIOR TO JULY 31, 2019 FOR FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WILLIAM NICHOLS LODGE NO. 8 (FOP)”, RELATED TO AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY; AMENDING SECTION 90, ENTITLED "BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS HIRED ON OR AFTER MAY 8, 2019 FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1510 ( IAFF) AND ON OR AFTER JULY 31, 2019 FOR FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WILLIAM NICHOLS LODGE NO. 8 (FOP)”, RELATED TO CREDITED SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
CALL R FIVE H.R FIVE H IS AN ORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMIA BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING PART ONE, SUB PART B.
ARTICLE NINE RELATED SPECIAL ACTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED PENSION SYSTEM FOR DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT OF MEMBERS OF POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AMENDING SECTION 66.
SERVICE AND DISABILITY BENEFITS GENERALLY RELATED TO SALARY AND MINIMUM LINE OF DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS AMENDING SECTION 79 ENTITLED DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN DROP RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM DROP PARTICIPATION PERIOD.
AMENDING SECTION 88 BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS HIRED ON OR AFTER
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SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2013 AND PRIOR TO JUNE 8TH, 2016 FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1510 IAFF AND JULY 20TH, 2016 FOR FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WILLIAMS NICHOLS LODGE NUMBER EIGHT FOP RELATED TO AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY AMENDING SECTION 89 BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS HIRED ON OR AFTER JUNE 8TH, 2016 AND PRIOR TO MAY NINE, MAY 8TH, 2019 FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 1510 AND HIRED AND OR AFTER JULY 20TH, 2016 AND OR PRIOR TO JULY 31ST, 2019 FOR FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WILLIAM NICHOLS LODGE.NUMBER EIGHT, RELATED TO AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY ENDING SECTION 90 ENTITLED BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS HIRED ON OR AFTER MAY 8TH, 2019 FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 1510 AND ON OR AFTER JULY 31ST, 2019 FOR FRATERNAL ORDER POLICE, WILLIAM NICHOLS LODGE.
NUMBER EIGHT, RELATED TO CREDITED SERVICE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCE AND CONFLICT HERE WITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.
MARLA ELIZAR, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE, THESE ORDINANCE CHANGES ALIGN WITH THE CONTRACT, CHANGES WITH THE IAFF CONTRACT THAT RECENTLY PASSED LAST MEETING.
AND, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MS. AM MAYOR, I'LL SECOND CALL A VOTE.
I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON R FIVE H.
[R5 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 789, THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES SALARY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEGOTIATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS IN GROUP III, REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, (“IAFF”), LOCAL 1510; EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD JULY 2025, SELECTED PAY INCENTIVES AND FIVE PERCENT (5%) PARAMEDIC PAY WILL BE ROLLED INTO SELECTED BASE PAYS, AND THERE WILL BE AN ACROSS THE BOARD COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT (“COLA”) OF THREE PERCENT (3%); EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD ENDING IN APRIL OF 2026, THERE SHALL BE AN ACROSS THE BOARD COLA OF THREE PERCENT (3%); EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD ENDING IN APRIL OF 2027, THERE SHALL BE AN ACROSS THE BOARD COLA OF THREE PERCENT (3%); AN ADDITIONAL FOUR PERCENT (4%) STEP SHALL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE RANGE FOR THE FIREFIGHTER CLASSIFICATION EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF JULY 2025, AND AN ADDITIONAL FOUR PERCENT (4%) STEP ADDED TO THE END OF THE RANGE FOR THE FIREFIGHTER CLASSIFICATION EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF APRIL 2026; ALL FIRE LIEUTENANT AND FIRE CAPTAINS PAY STEPS SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY FOUR PERCENT (4%) EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF JULY 2025, AND ALL FIRE LIEUTENANT AND FIRE CAPTAINS PAY STEPS SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY FOUR PERCENT (4%) EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF APRIL 2026; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND CODIFICATION.]
I IS IN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 7 8 89.
THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEGOTIATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, PROVIDING FOR THE CLASSIFICATION IN GROUPS.
THREE REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, IAFF LOCAL 1510 EFFECTIVE.
THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD JULY, 2025.
SELECTED PAY INCENTIVES AND 5% PARAMEDIC PAY WILL BE ROLLED INTO SELECTIVE BASE PAYS AND THERE WILL BE AN ACROSS THE BOARD COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT COLA OF 3% EFFECTIVE.
THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD ENDING IN APRIL OF 2026.
THERE SHOULD BE AN ACROSS THE BOARD COLA OF 3% EFFECTIVE, THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD ENDING IN APRIL OF 2027.
THERE SHOULD BE AN ACROSS THE BOARD COLA OF 3%.
AN ADDITIONAL 4% STEPS SHALL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE RANGE FOR THE FIREFIGHTER CLASSIFICATION.
EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF JULY, 2025.
AND AN ADDITIONAL 4% STEP ADDED TO THE END OF THE RANGE FOR THE FIREFIGHTER CLASSIFICATION.
EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF APRIL, 2026.
ALL FIRE LIEUTENANT AND FIRE CAPTAINS PAY STEPS WILL BE ADJUSTED BY 4% EFFECTIVE.
THIS THE FIRST POOL PAY PERIOD OF JULY, 2025.
AND I'LL FIRE LIEUTENANT AND FIRE CAPTAIN'S.
PAY STEPS SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY 4% EFFECTIVE.
THE FIRST POOL PAY PERIOD OF APRIL, 2026.
REPEATING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDED FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL ABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE AND CODIFICATION.
I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.
I'LL SECOND IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I'LL BE VERY SHORT BECAUSE I SPOKE WAY TOO LONG LAST TIME AND I SEE THE AGENDA THAT'S ALREADY, IT'S RATHER LONG.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ONE MORE TIME AND GIVEN THAT NEXT THURSDAY IS THANKSGIVING, JUST WANTED AN OPEN INVITATION TO YOU ALL, UH, FOR US TO BREAK BED, BREAK BREAD.
OUR FIRE STATION'S ALWAYS OPEN, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT COOKS, SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA COME AND YOU'RE STILL NOT, UH, YOU'RE STILL HUNGRY FROM THE DINNERS THAT YOU HAD WITH YOUR FAMILIES, PLEASE COME ON OVER.
WE'D, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE EACH ONE OF YOU.
I I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BUTTERNUT SQUASH BISQUE RECIPE, SO YOU'RE, I'LL GIVE YOU THE RECIPE FOR THAT.
BY THE WAY, WE DID VOTE TODAY ON CONSENT.
WE HAVE A NEW VICE MAYOR STARTING ON DECEMBER 1ST.
UH, COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, SO YES.
AND, UH, I GUESS YOU, WE'LL START YOUR TRANSITION.
WELL, COMMISSIONER BOT IS, IS USING HER AUTHORITY ALREADY 'CAUSE SHE'S ASKED FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IT ON THE ITEM.
I JUST, UH, REMEMBER THAT FEBRUARY 5TH WE HAVE A, UM, THE BLUE ZONES KEYNOTE EVENT THAT IS, UH, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET THE SECURED PEOPLE ARE FLYING IN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE CANNOT DO IT THAT THAT DAY.
UM, WE COULD DO IT THURSDAY, WE COULD DO IT THE TUESDAY BEFORE.
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SO THE FOURTH OR THE SIXTH.I KNOW WE LIKE TO KEEP OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAYS, BUT WE JUST CAN'T DO IT ON, ON THE WEDNESDAY, ON THE FOURTH MOVE IT IF, IF, IF WE WERE, OH, VERONICA, I WAS GONNA OFFER UP THE SIXTH.
I JUST, THE ONLY REASON I I DON'T LOVE EARLIER IN THE WEEK IS THERE'S SO MUCH PREPARATION THAT GOES IN AND AGENDA REVIEWS.
UM, THAT COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, UM, TECHNICALLY THE FIFTH DOESN'T WORK FOR ME EITHER.
MY SON, I, I TEACH ON THE SECOND AND THE SIXTH MEAN ON THE FOURTH AND THE SIXTH.
SO NEITHER ONE OF THOSE WORK FOR ME.
THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH IS ALSO DIFFICULT 'CAUSE I MADE MY ENTIRE DEPARTMENT MOVE THEIR FACULTY MEETINGS TO THAT DAY.
WHO DID NOT THAT NOT WORK FOR? OH, COMMISSIONER MEEZ.
AND THE 22ND DOESN'T WORK FOR ANYONE.
WHO DID THAT? I'LL FOR ME? THREE.
WE REALLY, AND IF I MAY, I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THIS NOW, IN THE FUTURE, WE REALLY NEED TO SEE THIS IN ADVANCE.
VICE MAYOR, I, I DIDN'T SEE ON, NOT, NOT IN A CALENDAR FORMAT, BUT IT IS ON THE AGENDA.
AND THE PROBLEM IS MEANING WE GIVE IT IN THE AGENDA.
WE NEED THE CALENDAR FORMAT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE CALENDAR FORMAT, WE DON'T SEE THE, THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
WE DON'T SEE ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE SEE HERE.
SO WE DID PROVIDE ALL THAT IN AN ATTACHMENT, BUT YES, I WILL, WE'LL INCLUDE THIS.
CAN I PROPOSE, WHAT ABOUT FEBRUARY 3RD? THE MONDAY OR THE SEVENTH? I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE A MEETING ON A FRIDAY.
CAN'T BE IT CAN'T THE SEVENTH.
WE, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T MIND DOING THE FRIDAY.
IT'S JUST, WE'D HAVE TO END IN TIME BEFORE SHABBAT.
BUT MONDAY WOULD PROBABLY BE, WE DO THE MONDAY, MONDAY THE THIRD.
PERHAPS FOR THOSE OF US WITH NOT AS MUCH LUCK IN OUR LOVE LIFE, WE COULD DO FEBRUARY 14TH.
SO WE, SO ALL IN FAVOR? WE, WE CONSIDER WE WERE GONNA RECONSIDER THE ITEM SO WE AYE.
SO ALL BY ACCLIMATION WE RECONSIDERED THE ITEM.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF OF OF R SEVEN A AS AMENDED WITH FEBRUARY 3RD.
BY ACCLIMATION IT IS THIS THE THIRD FEBRUARY 3RD
ROBERT, DON'T PLAN ANYTHING FOR FEBRUARY 3RD, PLEASE.
[R2 A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO AWARD A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO INVITATION TO BID (ITB) 2024-458-ND CITYWIDE LED LIGHTING PROJECT. (PUBLIC WORKS)]
TWO A? YES SIR.R TWO A IS AWARD ITB 20 24 4 58 ND CITYWIDE.
LED LIGHTING PROJECT R TWO A I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND IF NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF R TWO A PLEASE SAY AYE.
SEVEN ZERO R TWO A IS APPROVED.
[R5 C AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE TO: (1) ROLLBACK ALL PARKING FEES AND RESIDENT PARKS AND RECREATION FEES (EXCLUDING-GOLF-COURSE FEES) AT THE FY 2024 RATES, INCLUDING ALL PARKING RATES THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR AN AUTOMATIC 5-YEAR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) ADJUSTMENT ON OCTOBER 1, 2024 PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2019-4299; (2) PROVIDE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF ALL PARKING FEES AND RELATED RATES BY ANNUAL CPI ADJUSTMENTS WITH A 3% CAP ; AND (3) RESCIND CERTAIN PARKING RATE MODIFICATIONS APPROVED VIA ORDINANCE NO. 2024-4619 TO CONFORM SUCH PARKING RATES IN ANTICIPATION OF THE 5-YEAR CPI ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON OCTOBER 1, 2024; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
CR FIVE C IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE TO ROLL BACK ALL PARKING FEES AND RESIDENT PARK PARKS AND RESIDENT PARKS AND RECREATION FEES, EXCLUDING GOLF COURSE FEES AT THE FISCAL YEAR.
2024 RATES INCLUDING ALL PARKING RATES THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR AN AUTOMATIC FIVE YEAR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
CPI ADJUSTMENT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019 OR 2 99.
TWO PROVIDE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF ALL PARKING FEES AND RELATED RATE AND RELATED RATES BY ANNUAL CPI ADJUSTMENTS WITH A 3% CAP.
AND THREE, WE SEND CERTAIN PARKING RATE MODIFICATIONS APPROVED VIA ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 4 6 1 9 TO CONFORM TO SUCH PARKING RATES AND ANTICIPATION OF THE FIVE YEAR CPI ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND PROVIDING FOR REPEATABILITY MODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS ITEM R FIVE C VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I THINK WE PROBABLY, I THINK YES.
COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZAL MAGAZINE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ENTIRE COMMISSION THAT WAS CO-SPONSORING, BUT I MIGHT BE MISTAKEN.
BUT THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REFRAIN FROM IMPLEMENTING THE FIVE YEAR CPI ON PARKING FEES AND PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES FEES AS WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 AND EFFECT MAINTAINED THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, UH, RATES, UH, DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
UM, IT ALSO, UM, IT, IT ALSO HELPS PROTECT ULTIMATELY OUR RESIDENTS FROM INCREASES
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THAT, THAT WE COULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE TO INCUR.UH, WITH THAT I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND.
NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ? YES.
[R7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 90-19931, WHICH ESTABLISHED A “POLICE SPECIAL REVENUE – UNCLAIMED PROPERTY” ACCOUNT TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS THAT HAVE VESTED PERMANENTLY 60 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF A PROCEEDING, AND PROVIDING THAT FROM AND AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2024 SAID UNCLAIMED FUNDS SHALL INSTEAD BE APPROPRIATED AND USED IN THE GENERAL FUND.]
JR SEVEN JR SEVEN J IS APPROPRIATION OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS IN GENERAL FUND.UH, THIS IS A REQUEST THAT WE TAKE THE FUNDS THAT WE NORMALLY PUT IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND JUST MOVE THAT DIRECTLY INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO JUST CUT DOWN ON A NUMBER OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT WE APPROPRIATE.
IF NO DISCUSSION, IT'S $18,000 THAT'S AVAILABLE IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
SEVEN ZERO R SEVEN J IS APPROVED.
[R5 B AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PLAN CREATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2006-3504, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, BY CREATING A NEW SECTION 15, “APPLICATION TO CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY APPOINTED IN 2024”; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
B FIVE B IS IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE AMENDING AND RESTATING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT PLAN.CREATED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2006 DASH 3 5 0 4.
UH, SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY CREATING A NEW SECTION 15 APPLICATION TO CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY APPOINTED IN 24 20 24.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERAL ABILITY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT THEREWITH I'M PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ITEM IS R FIVE B COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
THANK LIKE YOU'D LIKE, I CAN SUMMARIZE BRIEFLY.
SO THIS, UH, ORDINANCE HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN AMENDED SINCE FIRST READING TO REQUIRE THAT IF THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY WISH TO MOVE FROM TIER C TO TIER B THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUY IN.
AND THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE BASED ON THE ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE MEMO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
AND, AND JUST, UH, IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS, THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH RECENTLY IN THE PAST YEAR, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH WE ALL APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER, UH, THAT WE'VE JUST ADOPTED.
SO THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT? CORRECT.
SO IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM.
IF, IF SO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE, THE NICK THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU REFLECTED OR ARE, APPEAR ON THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ATTACHED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO AS IS ITEM PASSES R FIVE B, IT'S CALLED THE RDA ITEMS, RDA ONE AND RDA TWO.
SO WE ARE RECONVENING RECESSING AS A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND WE ARE CONVENING AS A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
[RDA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGETS FOR THE CITY CENTER REDEVELOPMENT AREA, THE ANCHOR SHOPS AND PARKING GARAGE, THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SHOPS AND PARKING GARAGE, AND THE COLLINS PARK PARKING GARAGE.]
[RDA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATING BUDGETS FOR THE CITY CENTER REDEVELOPMENT AREA, THE ANCHOR SHOPS AND PARKING GARAGE, THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SHOPS AND PARKING GARAGE, AND THE COLLINS PARK PARKING GARAGE.]
IS ADOPT FIRST AMENDMENT TO CITY CENTER RDA OPERATING BUDGET.RDA ONE ONE MINUTE TAMIKA, DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL BOTH OF THEM OR JUST ONE AT TIME? YES PLEASE.
SO RDA TWO IS ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT TO CITY CENTER RDA OPERATING BUDGET.
SO FOR RDA ONE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE TAKE ANY FUNDS THAT WERE NOT SPENT ON UNENCUMBERED OR ENCUMBERED FUNDS AND ROLL THEM OVER TO 25.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNENCUMBERED ROLLOVERS IS 241,000.
THE REMAINDER THAT'S THERE IS GONNA BE TRANSFERRED FOR A DEBT SERVICE.
AND THEN FOR THE 25 BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION BY $241,000 AS THE ROLLOVER FROM FY 24.
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SO IF NO DISCUSSION MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND CAN WE DO SO ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO PLEASE? COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOU MOVING THE ITEM? I MOVE IT.I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR ON RDAS ONE AND TWO.
UH, COMMISSIONER HIGGINS CALL THE, UH, CRA ITEMS R SEVEN B.
SO WE ARE, UH, RECONVENING AS THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND WE ARE DOING R SEVEN
[R7 B A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
B, WHICH IS ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEACH CRA OPERATION, BUT OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH IS THE CITY PORTION OF IT'S R SEVEN B.SO FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS TRANSFERRING THE UNSPENT FUNDS IN THE RDA, THE CRA OF 2.475 MILLION OVER TO FYY 20 FIVES BUDGET.
SO THE 25 BUDGET, IF YOU APPROVE, WOULD INCREASE BY 2.475 MILLION OFF.
THAT 1.6 WOULD BE TRANSFERRED FOR AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THE REMAINING 8 59 WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UH, MADE THE MOTION.
SO NO DISCUSSION ON R SEVEN B.
ALL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
MAY WE DO THE COMPANION NORTH BEACH CRA ITEM? WE CAN.
[CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
RECESSING AGAIN AS A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND RECONVENING AS A NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.WE ARE DOING THE COMPANION ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM ONE JOINT ADOPT FIRST AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEACH CRA OPERATING BUDGET.
UH, IT'S THE SAME DISCUSSION, SAME ITEM, JUST DIFFERENT BODY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE IN THE NORTH BEACH CRA PLEASE SAY AYE.
ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO WITH ONE ABSENT.
[CRA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
TWO IS ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEACH CRA OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.OH, I'LL GIVE IT TO VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, IRDA TWO.
RDA THREE IS EXPLORE INSTALLATION
[CRA-3. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NORTH BEACH CRA) ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ITS NOVEMBER 12, 2024 MEETING TO EXPLORE THE USE OF CRA FUNDS TO ACQUIRE AND INSTALL, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, PERMANENT OR SEMI-PERMANENT DISPLAY STATIONS AT ALTOS DEL MAR PARK, FOR THE EXHIBITION OF ARTWORK AND CULTURAL MATERIALS, SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM CONCEPTUALIZED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FOR LUMMUS PARK IN SOUTH BEACH.]
OF DISPLAY STATIONS ALTO STILL MALL PARK.JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S UH, CRA THREE, CORRECT? YES.
WE'RE DOING THREE NORTH BEACH CA THREE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, INTRODUCE IT FOR TWO QUICK SECONDS ABOUT, UM, PUTTING SOME ARTWORK UP IN ALTOS ELMAR PARK, UM, AND TO, UM, UH, UM, ALSO DO SOME WORK ABOUT, UH, THE RECYCLING PROGRAM USING ARCTIC, UM, ARTISTIC RECEPTACLES ON THE BEACH.
HEATHER, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? OKAY, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT SECOND.
UM, THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE ART, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH BEACH CRA, I KNOW THAT IT'S THE, THE BATHROOMS AT, UM,
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE FUNDING WHAT WE'VE KIND OF REFERRED TO AS A PILOT PROGRAM OF REOPENING THOSE BATHROOMS. AND I'D LIKE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD AND, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, BUT THAT'S AT THE BAN SHELL, THAT'S NOT ALTOS, BUT YEAH, I UNDERSTOOD.
BUT IN THAT AREA, LIKE IF, IF I WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, I MEAN, THIS ISN'T AN ITEM ABOUT ART, BUT NOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE C RCRA FUNDS AND WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND THAT WE'RE PURCHASING ART, THOSE BATHROOMS AT WHEN HE DIED, LIKE LET'S SAY THAT WE WERE TO CLOSE THEM, COULD WE BUILD BATHROOMS WITH THE C RCRA MONEY LIKE NEARBY OR SOMETHING WITH THIS CRA MONEY? IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME RIGHT NOW WHO'S FINE.
I MEAN, AS A CRA BOARD, YOU CAN MAKE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE C RCRA DISTRICT.
UM, I WOULD NORMALLY SUGGEST A
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FOLLOW THE TYPICAL BUDGET PROCESS.I WAS JUST FLOATING THAT IDEA.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT C RCRA FUNDS AND, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY ON OUR, WE'VE GOT LIKE A BATHROOM NEED UP THERE, SERIOUS BATHROOM.
I KNOW THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. I JUST DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT I COULD DO THAT.
WHAT, SO IF I MAY AND, AND HEATHER PLEASE, YOU ARE THE EXPERT.
I'M NOT, BUT THERE ARE, UM, BUCKETS OF MONIES THAT NEED TO BE SPENT ON CERTAIN THINGS WITH THE CCRA FUNDS, IF IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, AND SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD CON CONVERSATION TO HAVE, UM, AND CERTAINLY TO HAVE IT.
UM, BUT THERE IS A POT OF MONEY THAT IS TO BE SPENT FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES OR ART INSTALLATIONS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO THE OTHER HEATHER SHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE OTHER ISSUE COMMISSIONER, UM, ROSEN GONZALEZ IS THAT CRA FUNDS ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT THE CITY FUNDS.
SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE FOR THE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
OH, YOU MEAN THAT WOULD BE CRA FUNDS CAN'T BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT THE CITY FUNDS, EVEN IF IT'S NEEDED IN THE C RCRA DISTRICT, WE, WE HAVE A-A-C-R-A PLAN AND SO WE WERE VERY CONSTRAINED ON WHAT WE CAN USE THE CRA FUNDS FOR.
AND IF THE CITY CAN, UM, BUDGET FOR THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS, THEN THE CITY SHOULD FUND THOSE VERSUS THE CCRA WHO I'M THROUGH THE MAYOR, IF I MAY, VICE MAYOR.
BUT WHO DETERMINES WHAT IS THE CRA PLAN? WE, WE HAD A, WE HAVE THE CRA PLAN THAT WAS MADE, THAT CREATED THE CCRA THAT SPELLS OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZED FOR.
AND IF THE R IS THE CRA BOARD WANTS TO INCLUDE THIS AS PART OF THE PLAN, COULDN'T IT? I'D REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT COMMISSIONER.
BUT, UM, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THE CRA FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR AND WE CAN'T JUST, WE'D HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT.
AND, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD COVER THIS.
I, THERE WAS JUST A QUESTION ABOUT C RCRA FUNDING.
SO I MEAN, OF COURSE I'M, I'LL MOVE YOUR ITEM COMMISSIONER BOT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY MOVED IT.
I AND JOHN? YEAH, I THINK IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST TO, IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE UNI BATHROOMS, 'CAUSE YOU'RE HERE FOR TWO SECONDS.
UM, WE, AS, AS THE CITY MANAGER WAS SAYING, WE HAVE, WE STARTED THE PILOT PROGRAM.
THE, THE RESTROOM HAD BEEN OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS WITH THE PORTER.
THEY'RE NOW OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND WE HAVE A PORTER DURING PROGRAMMING.
UM, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE ATTENDED.
WE, WE HAVE A RESTROOM ATTENDANT DURING THE PROGRAMMING.
THEY'RE DOING YOGA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY HAVE THAT EXTRA CARE AND ATTENTION.
BUT THEY ARE OPERATIONAL SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT THE MOMENT.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK THE CRA MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR ARE THINGS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN IS, BUT IF THAT'S A NECESSITY, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON AN ITEM AND MAYBE WITH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
'CAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN IT TOO.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER BOTT.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE INTEREST IN, IN THE CRA AND I WELCOME ALL CONVERSATIONS.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING BASIC MAINTENANCE, LIKE HAVING FUNCTIONAL AND SAFE AND PLEASANT ENOUGH BATHROOMS, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FOISTED ON TO A, A TIME LIMITED, UM, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
THERE'S A CORE FUNCTION OF THE CITY WE'RE NOT GONNA FOIST, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE POWER ON OR, OR THAT'S A BAD EXAMPLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, PAVING STREETS OR WHATEVER ONTO THE CRA, THE CCRA IS TO ENHANCE THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY.
AND THE CITY IS ONE OF THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY, IS PROVIDING PUBLIC BATHROOMS UP AND DOWN THE BEACH WALK.
AND SO WHY WOULD THE CRA HAVE TO USE MONIES THAT COULD BE USED OTHERWISE WHEN THE CITY IS PERFECTLY COMPETENT AT MAINTAINING THE BATHROOMS IN LUMS PARK? I DON'T WANT THE CRA TO BE A PIGGY BANK FOR DOING THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY SHOULD BE DOING FOR NORTH BEACH AS A MATTER OF, RIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN NORTH BEACH WHO PAY AS MUCH AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN IN TAXES.
AND JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GLOSSY NECESSARILY AND BECAUSE THEY'RE STRUGGLING AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A, AN ORGANIZED VOICE THE WAY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS DO AT COMMISSION MEETINGS, DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE OWE THEM ANY LESS OF OUR SERVICE AND DUTY AND CITY RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN A BASIC BETTER THAN BASIC AND EQUALLY, UM, ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAN WE HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
COMMISSIONER WASN'T GONNA SOUND THIS.
OH, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY USES BATHROOMS AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT OF VIEW, BUT IF WE DO HAVE EXTRA MONEY, WE DO NEED TO BUILD SOME BATHROOMS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPITAL MONIES TO DO SO.
I MEAN, I WOULD CONSIDER PROPOSING IT TO THE CAI I'M NOT ARGUING THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION.
THINK ANYONE OF US OWNS THE CRA.
I THINK THE CRA IS FOR THE GOOD OF ALL OF MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, NORTH BEACH.
BUT I MEAN, IT WAS JUST AN IDEA THAT THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I SAW YOUR FUNDING PLAN.
THIS IS NOT, THERE'S NOTHING BEING
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PROPOSED.I, AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT AND I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE RECORD, UM, AND, AND I AM OPEN TO EVERY CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE NORTH BEACH, UM, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE MIAMI BEACH.
BUT NORTH BEACH HAS A LITTLE BIT OF CATCHING UP TO DO.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT THE CRA PURPOSE TO BE SUBVERTED WHEN WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND IF WE NEED MORE BATHROOMS IN NORTH BEACH OR IF THEY NEED TO BE REBUILT OR WHATEVER, AND WE CAN DETECT, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFFLINE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE MONEY FOUND IN THE BUDGET TO DO THAT.
THERE, THERE THE WAY WE WOULD FOR ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOODS ASKING FOR POLICE SUBSTATIONS AND WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOODS ASKING FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND WE DO THOSE THINGS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT OF THE, THE, THE CITY'S BUDGET.
AND THIS SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I, I JUST, I HAD AN IDEA RECENTLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT SOMEBODY SHOWED ME THAT DOMINO HUT THAT HAS THE GATES AROUND IT THAT ISN'T REALLY SERVING ANY PURPOSE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU HAVE THE UNI DAD BATHROOMS THAT ARE SO CONTROVERSIAL THAT THEY DON'T WANNA OPEN THE BATHROOMS. PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT'S ALWAYS LOCKED UP.
NOBODY'S EVER PLAYING DOMINOES THERE.
IT WAS JUST FOR THE HOMELESS, MAYBE WE COULD CONSIDER, AND NOT EVEN YOU CRA FUNDING, BUT SINCE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, PUTTING BATHROOMS IN THAT PAVILION RIGHT THERE.
SO TO TAKE THE ONUS OFF OF UNI DAD, WHO'S BEEN VERY STRESSED ABOUT OPENING THEIR BATHROOMS TO THE PUBLIC AND BUILDING BATHROOMS THERE.
SO I'M GONNA BRING AN ITEM ABOUT THAT AND I WON'T SUGGEST CRA FUNDING COMMISSIONER BACH, UNLESS WE NEED TO CALL THE VOTE.
SO ALL IN FAVOR OF RDA, UH, NORTH BEACH CRA THREE, PLEASE SAY AYE.
COMMISSIONER STEINBERG, R SEVEN
[R7 C A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
CR SEVEN C IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT FIRST AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEACH CRA OPERATING BUDGET.I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER BOND'S MOTION.
NO, I HAVE ONE PERSON REQUESTING TO SPEAK.
SO ON ON ZOOM I HAVE ROSALIE THOMPSON.
MS. THOMPSON, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
ROSALIE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI, COMMISSIONER ANI ERALDO WITH MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE LISTENING AS WELL THAT THE CRA WAS A RESULT OF THE NORTH BEACH MASTER PLAN.
IT WAS MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING AND I'VE BEEN HEARING SOME RUMBLINGS FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT POSSIBLY TAKING AWAY OUR CRA.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON THE RECORD AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE AND WE WANT TO INVEST IN THAT AREA, REINVEST INTO IT BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT.
FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE RESET.
WE HAVE RECON, WE HAVE, UH, TERMINATED THE NORTH BEACH CRA MEETING AND WE'RE BACK AS A COMMISSION MEETING.
AND JUST AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK COMMISSIONER MICKEY STEINBERG.
UH, SHE'S A MEMBER OF THIS, UH, NORTH BEACH CRA, UH, BOARD, AND SHE'S SUCH A GREAT PROTECTOR OF MIAMI BEACH AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO JUST PUBLICLY THANK CO COMMISSIONER STEINBERG.
SHE'S JUST A FABULOUS PUBLIC SERVANT AND WITH GOODNESS OF HEART.
UH, AND I JUST PUBLICLY, I THINK THAT SHE DESERVES THAT FROM THE CITY COMMISSION.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SEINBERG.
I'LL SECOND THAT A MOTION TOO.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, THANK BUT WE HAVE TO SING.
BUT HONESTLY, I, I I WANNA MAKE A MOTION PUBLICLY THANKING OUR DISTRICT FOR COMMISSIONER MICKEY STEINBERG FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ON THE MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
SO RECLAMATION BY ACCLAMATION.
SINCE THE COUNTY'S MEETING TODAY, UH, COMMISSIONER STEINBERG'S PROBABLY NOT WATCHING OUR MEETING.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD SEND TO THE CLIP.
AND HER STAFF, BY THE WAY, HER STAFF IS, IS AMAZING.
MARGIE, HER LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, AND MARY HER CHIEF OF STAFF.
THEY REALLY GO JUST BE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR MIAMI BEACH.
MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
AND, UM, IT READING, UH, JUST NEWS UPDATES.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE COUNTY UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED A NEW CHAIR, UH, ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ.
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WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD AS WELL, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING VERY, UH, VERY MUCH FORWARD TO BUILDING A STRONG PARTNERSHIP, UH, LIKE IN RESPECT.UH, CHAIRMAN RODRIGUEZ, WANNA THANK THE PAST CHAIR OLIVER GILBERT FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
UH, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO TURNING A NEW PAGE AND HOPEFULLY A MORE COLLABORATIVE, FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.
AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, THE NEW CHAIR RODRIGUEZ AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
AND WE HAVE A NEW SHERIFF AS WELL, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH ROSIE.
SO WE NEED A MOTION ON R SEVEN C.
I SECOND COMMISSIONER BOT'S MOTION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY, BY COMMISSIONER BOT, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ ON R SEVEN C.
MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO R SEVEN C.
LET'S COVER A FEW PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS. LAW AND ORDER.
[R5 G AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70, ENTITLED “MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES”; ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “IN GENERAL”; SECTION 70-8, ENTITLED “APPROACHING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AFTER WARNING, WITH INTENT TO IMPEDE, PROVOKE OR HARASS” TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR MORE CITY FIRST RESPONDERS AND BRING LANGUAGE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH SEC. 843.21, FLA. STAT.; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
5G IS AOR TO THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.AMENDING CHAPTER 70 ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES.
ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED IN GENERAL, SECTION 70 DASH EIGHT ENTITLED, APPROACHING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AFTER WARNING WITH INTENT TO IMPEDE, PROVOKE, OR HARASS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR MORE CITY FIRST RESPONDERS, AND BRING LANGUAGE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8 43 0.21 FLORIDA STATUTE AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OBSERVABILITY CLARIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
R 5G IS THE SECOND MEETING, PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERN, VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
[R5 P AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES," BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, ENTITLED "IN GENERAL," BY AMENDING SECTION 70-1 THEREOF, ENTITLED "STATE MISDEMEANORS," BY ADOPTING, THROUGH SPECIFIC REFERENCE, THE STATE LAW MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES OF THREATENING OR HARASSING SPECIFIED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS, TO AFFIRMATIVELY ESTABLISH OFFENSES AGAINST MUNICIPAL LAW FOR THE SAME ACTS THAT CONSTITUTE SUCH OFFENSES AGAINST STATE LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
P AS IN PAUL.R FIVE P IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.
AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF CITY MIAMI BE ENTITLED, MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED IN GENERAL BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH ONE THEREOF, ENTITLED STATE MISDEMEANORS BY ADOPTING THROUGH SPECIFIC REFERENCE OF STATE LAW MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES OF THREATENING OR HARASSING SPECI SPECIFIED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS TO AFFIRMATIVELY ESTABLISH OFFENSES AGAINST MUNICIPAL LAW FOR SAME ACTS THAT CONSTITUTES SUCH OFFENSES AGAINST STATE LAW AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALS ABILITY, IFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ACTUALLY, MAYOR, THAT'S A 10 35.
SO WE'RE A TINY BIT EARLY, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND NOT OPEN UP THE PUBLIC MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE A LOT TO SAY? COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YEAH, THE SPONSOR.
I AM THE, I AM THE CO-SPONSOR.
WELL, UH, THIS ITEM, UH, CAME UP AFTER I HAD A MEETING WITH THE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR PROSECUTORS.
AND THEY INDICATED THAT THIS ITEM WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, IN ORDER TO PROSECUTE, UM, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AND IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING, MARK FISHMAN, OUR ATTORNEY, SENT AN EXAMPLE THAT JUST TOOK PLACE.
MARK, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THIS, PLEASE? SURE.
UM, IF PASSED THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW, UH, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS IN SOME CASES TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THREATENS THEM OR HARASSES THEM IN A CERTAIN WAY, UM, CHARGED NOT JUST UNDER THE STATE LAW, BUT INSTEAD UNDER THE CITY CODE.
SO OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM COULD HANDLE THAT PROSECUTION.
AND THE COMMISSIONER WAS JUST REFERRING TO AN INDIVIDUAL JUST YESTERDAY WHO ON LINCOLN ROAD, UM, THREATENED A POLICE OFFICER, UM, IMPLIED HE HAD A FIREARM SAYING, I WOULD SHOOT YOU, UH, IN FRONT OF A, UH, THIS IS A TAVAN 1957 RESTAURANT.
UM, AND THE, THE INDIVIDUAL IS CHARGED AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PROSECUTED, HOPEFULLY BY THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
BUT ONCE THIS ORDINANCE PASSES, THIS TYPE OF CRIME COULD BE CHARGED AGAIN UNDER THE CITY CODE, SO OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM COULD HANDLE IT IN HOUSE AND MAKE SURE IT GETS THE FULL ATTENTION IT DESERVES.
SO THERE'S NOT A TON OF THESE OFFENSES, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN SOMEONE GETS, YOU KNOW, THREATENED IN THAT MANNER.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM AND NOW THAT IT'S 10 35, I'LL SECOND THE ITEM.
I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, LET'S CALL R FIVE.
WELL THAT'S 11 O'CLOCK, SO YOU COULD SEND ME CONSENT ITEMS.
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YEAH.LET ME, LET ME CALL ONE OTHER ITEM FIRST.
[R5 AM AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “HOUSING,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 58-298 THEREOF TO REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL, HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED BUILDINGS IN THE ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC CHARACTER BY PROMPTLY ADDRESSING EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE, UNAPPROVED SIGNAGE OR AWNINGS, AND OTHER VISUAL BLIGHT VIOLATIONS; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
R 5:00 AM IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE, ENTITLED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS BY AMENDING SECTION 58 DASH 2 98 THEREOF, TO REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED BUILDINGS IN THE ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC CHARACTER ARE PROPERTY ADDRESSING EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE, UNAPPROVED SIGNAGE OR AWNINGS, AND OTHER VI VISUAL BLIGHT VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL SUB ABILITY, VERIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A FIRST READING R 5:00 AM COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
BIG, WE NEED DIVIDERS ON THESE ITEMS. OKAY.
OUR OFFICE HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON HOW DO WE BEAUTIFY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AS WE, YOU KNOW, WALK THE STREETS AND TRY TO GET NEW SIDEWALKS, BETTER LIGHTING, BETTER LANDSCAPING, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HOLD INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, ACCOUNTABLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THEIR PROPERTIES VACANT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WINDOWS ARE NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.
AND WHAT THIS WILL DO WILL RESULT IN IF THE BUILDINGS, AS YOU WALK AROUND THE DISTRICT, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME BUILDINGS NEED TO BE PAINTED.
THEY'RE DIRTY ON THE OUTSIDE, THE WINDOWS HOLD A VIOLATION.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMETHING UP IF IT'S VACANT, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S MESSY PAPER.
AND THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW CODE COMPLIANCE TO GIVE AN AUTOMATIC $500 FINE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 30 DAYS TO CORRECT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL GIVE CODE COMPLIANCE AND ACTUALLY THE, OUR, OUR, A LITTLE TASK FORCE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP WITHIN CODE COMPLIANCE THAT WILL BE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON BUILDINGS ACROSS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, ARE NOT JUST ALLOWING THEIR PROPERTIES TO FALL INTO ANY KIND OF DECLINE.
SO WE MET WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE, UM, INSTITUTE THIS, UM, AUTOMATIC, UH, $5,000 FINE.
IF THEY DO NOT CURE THE VIOLATION WITHIN 30 DAYS, WE ARE GOING TO PLAY HARDBALL AND START FINDING THEM $1,000 PER DAY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR SPECIAL MASTER SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW COMMITTED WE ARE AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
AND, UM, I KNOW HERNAN FROM, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE IS HERE.
I WORKED WITH SOME OF YOUR STAFF TO, TO CRAFT THIS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS NEED.
I KNOW YOU CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? THE A D CD.
SO THE, UM, GOOD MORNING ALL HERNAN CARINO CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO FOR THE A DCD, WE DO HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR AND SIX CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS.
AND THIS KIND OF, UM, DIVES RIGHT INTO C SEVEN, AH, WHICH IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WAS PULLED, AND THAT WAS, UH, DESIGNATE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOCUS ON VISUAL BLIGHT VIOLATIONS.
UM, SO WITH THE ONE AND SIX, WITH THE EXISTING STAFF, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA COMMIT TO OFFICERS TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN C SEVEN A H AS WELL.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE WONDERFUL FOR THE FIRST TIME, MOST OF OUR CODE COMPLIANCE IS DESIGNATED MOSTLY NIGHTLIFE CONCERNS AND NIGHTCLUBS, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT BUILDINGS AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE WALKING OCEAN DRIVE COLLINS AVENUE, WASHINGTON AVENUE, SPECIFICALLY MORE, MORE THAN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
UM, OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS WE WANT THEM FOCUSED ON.
BUT THIS WILL, THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT HAVE ANY KIND OF VIOLATION.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE MY ITEM.
I WAS THINKING, I AGREE VERY MUCH WITH THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT.
MY QUESTION IS THIS, HOW, HOW COME THIS HAS TO BE A RESOLUTION? LIKE WHY ISN'T THIS JUST HAPPENING? THIS SHOULD BE, THIS SHOULD BE OCCURRING.
LIKE, LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A FOCUS NOT JUST ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
THERE SHOULD BE A FOCUS, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL ON, ON ALL THE BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CATCHING ISSUES.
UM, JUST WONDERING, WHY DO WE NEED TO GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO DO THESE TYPES OF RESOLUTIONS? WELL, ACTUALLY THIS IS NOT A RESOLUTION.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE WITH A FINE THAT WE'RE INSTITUTING RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A WARNING AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT A $500 CITATION.
IF YOUR BUILDING IS NOT PAINTED, IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 30 DAYS TO CURE YOUR VIOLATION.
AND IF IT'S NOT CURED, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO FIND PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY SO THAT WHEN YOU WALK OUR DISTRICT AND YOU SEE THAT WE'RE INVESTING
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IN OUR SIDEWALKS, IN OUR LIGHTING, UM, WE WANT THE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE RESPONSIBLE TOO.AND BY THE WAY, WHEN THEY HAVE TO INVEST IN THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEY HAVE TO PAINT THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEY HAVE TO FIX THEIR AWNINGS, AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR PROPERTIES LOOK BEAUTIFUL, THEY'RE GOING TO THINK TWICE ABOUT LEAVING THEM VACANT.
SO I THINK RATHER THAN BEING PUNITIVE, IT'S, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS BEING PUNITIVE, BUT WE'VE SEEN THIS MANAGED DECLINE GO ON FOR TOO LONG.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO START REALLY EMBRACING OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, OUR POSTCARD, WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL.
I COULD WALK UP AND DOWN OCEAN DRIVE RIGHT NOW AND SHOW YOU RUSTED LIGHTS ON BUILDINGS AND AWNINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND EXPOSED WIRES THAT DON'T LOOK VERY NICE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE GONNA GO, UM, OVER THE CODE WITH OUR CODE COMPLIANCE STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL REALLY BE, BE FOCUSED ON THIS.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, HERNAN, BECAUSE WE WANT, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, UM, POLICING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO CARE.
AND ONCE THEY CARE AND ONCE THEY'RE INVESTING, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE AN OVERALL DIFFERENCE IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
I, I, I GUESS I'M GOING TO THE POINT, NOT DIRECTLY OF THIS ORDINANCE, BUT THE COMPANION ORDINANCE THAT THE, THAT THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED, WHICH I PLAN ON CALLING NEXT, THOUGH.
SO MAYBE I'LL JUST HOLD MY COMMENT FOR THAT.
SO, UM, SO TO THE SPONSOR, THE ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BECAUSE I LOVE THIS AND I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO SEE THIS ENACTED IN ALL OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, THE COLLINS CORRIDOR, THE COLLINS HISTORIC RESORT DISTRICT, UM, IS THE SITE OF ALL KINDS OF UNINTENDED, UM, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S A SITE OF ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LOOK AT.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING THERE SPENDING MONEY ON HOTELS, AND IT IS EMBARRASSING TO HAVE PEOPLE WALK DOWN THAT STREET.
AND I KNOW THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING DOWN THE PIKE WILL HELP REINVIGORATE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT EVEN IN, REGARDLESS OF THAT, WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING COMES, UM, IT, IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE IT IS PART OF ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.
AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT OR ANY HISTORIC DISTRICT.
I MEAN, IF WE SAY WE ARE A CITY THAT VALUES OUR HISTOR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND WE FIGHT LIKE HELL IN TALLAHASSEE TO PROTECT THEM, AND WE GIVE HOMEOWNERS OR, AND, AND BUSINESS OWNERS A HARD TIME, IF THEY WANNA MAKE CHANGES THAT DON'T FIT INTO WHAT WE CARE ABOUT AS A CHARACTER OF PLACE AND PLACEMAKING, THEN IT SHOULD BE NOT JUST AN HISTORIC DISTRICT IN ONE PART OF THE CITY, IT BE ALL OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ABSOLUTELY.
WE CAN FOLD THAT INTO THE RESOLUTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH.
HOW IS THE CODE COMPLIANCE SITUATION, UM, HERNAN AND THE NORTH TWO? SO TWO THINGS REAL QUICK TO THE VICE MAYOR'S POINTS, UM, WITH C SEVEN H, THE RESOLUTION, UM, THAT IS, THE MAYOR HAS NOT CALLED THAT ITEM YET.
BUT JUST TO THE TWO POINTS THAT YOU MADE, THE ONE HAVING, WHY IS IT NOT OCCURRING NOW? IT IS OCCURRING NOW.
IN FACT, WE'VE HAD OVER A HUNDRED VIOLATIONS FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN THE A DCD.
ALRIGHT, YOU, BUT THE SECOND ONE, YOU'RE BEGAN AN ITEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN CALLED YET, AND I HAVEN'T ISSUED MY COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM.
LET'S MOVE THIS ITEM AND CALL, CALL THE OTHER ITEM.
UM, AND, AND ADD IN, I CAN FOLD IN IF POSSIBLE, UM, BEFORE SECOND READING THAT THESE FINES WILL NOT JUST BE ON THE A DCD BUT WILL BE ACROSS EVERY HISTORIC DISTRICT IN MIAMI BEACH.
WE CAN DO THAT IF EVERYBODY ACCEPT THAT.
BUT THROUGH THE MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE HERNAN HAS A A POINT TO BE I THAT I DO.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE SECOND POINT WAS THAT WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CODIFYING A FINE SCHEDULE TO THIS ORDINANCE, UH, WITHOUT A FINE SCHEDULE.
IT HAS TO GO TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATES, UH, HEARING CALENDAR TO GET ACTION ON THE VIOLATION.
THIS IS STREAMLINED SO THAT WE GET COMPLIANCE SOONER.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE ALSO TO THE SPECIAL MASTER THAT, AND I, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ITEM ABOUT CONTINUANCES, BUT HOW SERIOUS THIS IS GOING TO BE.
I WANNA SEE EVERYTHING S**C AND SPAN AND, AND NOW WE NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR CODE AND SEE WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPING DO THESE BUILDINGS REQUIRE.
WHEN I WALK THROUGH PALM BEACH AND I SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE GARDEN APARTMENTS LOOK AND HOW THEIR HEDGES ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THEIR HEDGE THE LANDSCAPING AND THE HEDGES AND LIGHTING AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE NEEDS TO BE AMENDMENTS TO, TO THE CODE.
AND I'M GONNA SIT DOWN WITH CODE MOVING FORWARD AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE DO NEED TO DO.
BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WITH THIS NEW FINE SCHEDULE AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE PLACING IMPORTANCE ON THIS, WE ARE GONNA SEE A, A DIFFERENCE.
AND BY THE WAY, COMMISSIONER B, I WAS IN NORTH BEACH THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LOOKING DOWN THE STREET.
ONE OF THE BUILDINGS LITERALLY HAD LIKE A HOLE WITH A PATCH ON IT.
EVERY SINGLE BUILDING NEEDED PAINTING AWNINGS.
AND IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HERNAN, WHEN RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT IS WHEN THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GETTING THE VIOLATIONS, ARE THEY JUST ALLOWING THE FINES TO ACCRUE? BECAUSE IF RIGHT NOW WE'RE
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GONNA DO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY AFTER 30 DAYS, BUT AFTER 60 DAYS, WE COULD DO, WE HAVE, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS GIVEN US THE RIGHT TO FINE UP TO $5,000 A DAY, SO WE CAN EVEN INCREASE THE FEE SCHEDULE.I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT.
BUT I DO THINK ESPECIALLY IN NORTH BEACH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF VIOLATIONS ISSUED.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS JUST REALLY INCREASE THE COMPLIANCE.
SO IT'S A MIXED BAG, WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SOME FOLKS ARE VERY RESPONSIVE, UM, AND THEY GET ON TOP OF THEIR VIOLATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE.
AND, AND, AND, AND THIS NEW FOCUS, IT'S NOT THAT CODE IN, IN MY OPINION, COMMISSIONER PREJUDICE, I KNOW THIS ISN'T PART OF THE ITEM.
IT'S NOT THAT CODE ISN'T FOCUSED ON IT.
I JUST THINK CODE IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE.
DU JO, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE FOCUSED ON MOSQUITOES DURING ZIKA.
I HAVE SEEN CODE FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, NIGHTCLUBS.
WHAT ELSE HAVE WE FOCUSED ON?
BY THE WAY, YOU SAID YOU'VE ISSUED A HUNDRED VIOLATIONS IN THE A DCD SO FAR.
AND ARE ARE, ARE YOU SEEING THE PROPERTY OWNERS CURING THEM? I MEAN, ARE YOU SEEING A DIFFERENCE? SOME, YES, SOME NO.
SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 111 FOR THE ONE YEAR PERIOD, UM, UH, FROM Y GOING BACK NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER.
SO, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO, WITH THIS, WILL, WILL THOSE VIOLATIONS TURN INTO DAILY FINES AT THIS POINT? WELL, THIS WOULD BE GOING FORWARD.
AND LET'S CALL THE VOTE AFTER COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
OH, I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE NOT HERE, BUT IT LENDS THE FURTHER THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA ARE LETTING THEIR BUILDINGS GET TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO SEND OUT CODE JUST TO MAKE MINOR, UH, MINOR OR SOMETIMES SUBSTANTIAL, UH, MODIFICATIONS AND JUST SIMPLE BEAUTIFICATION OF THEIR PROPERTY, RIGHT? THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AREAS IN NOT ONLY OUR CITY, NOT ONLY OUR COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
SO WHY WOULD A PROPERTY OWNER NOT BE IN SANITIZED, UH, JUST THROUGH CAPITALISM TO ESSENTIALLY KEEP THEIR PROPERTIES UP TO DATE, RIGHT? WHEN YOU GO TO, UH, PALM BEACH, OR LET'S CALL IT THE FAINA, RIGHT? THEY ARE NOT KEEPING THEIR PROPERTY BEAUTIFIED BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THE CODE IS GOING TO COME BY.
SO I THINK IT REALLY MERITS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR CITY JUST ALLOW THEIR PROPERTIES TO FALL INTO, UH, DISREPAIR.
CAN I, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST TREATING THE SYMPTOMS, WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE CURE.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A MANAGED DECLINE IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
UM, AND DURING, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR PREDECESSOR PROCEEDING, UH, POLICE CHIEFS, WE SAW A LACK OF POLICE PRESENCE.
UH, WE SAW RETAIL STORES BEGIN TO CLOSE WHEN THERE WAS A LACK OF POLICE PRESENCE.
IT WAS A DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO IN THE STREET KIND OF ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO BUSINESSES DIDN'T WANNA OPEN THERE.
AND EVERYBODY SAID, WELL, IT'S GONNA GET SO BAD THAT WE'RE GONNA REDEVELOP IT.
SO WHY IS ANYBODY GONNA INVEST IN A PROPERTY IF THEY'RE WAITING FOR ZONING? WHICH IS WHY I SAY THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRICT AND SAY, THIS IS OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO, ONCE WE SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO REZONE IT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT INVESTMENT.
BUT UNTIL YOU, WE, UNTIL A BODY DOES IT, YOU KNOW, AND PLACES LIKE PALM BEACH, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT BUILDING A TOWER.
YOU DON'T THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A BIG GLASS TOWER ON TOP OF MAR-A-LAGO? HE WOULD, BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE NEVER GONNA LET HIM DO THAT.
SO HE'S JUST GOING TO EMBRACE MAR-A-LAGO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
EMBRACE WHAT WE HAVE, LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE ZONING.
AND ONCE WE DO THAT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN AMAZING RENAISSANCE.
AND BY THE WAY, IN NORTH BEACH, WHICH HAS NOT HAD ANY ADDITIONAL ZONING, YOU ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A RENAISSANCE FINALLY WITH THINGS LIKE SILVER LAKE BISTRO AND LA PUBA.
SO YOU DO SEE, YOU DO SEE INVESTMENT, OH, WE'RE GETTING A PORT VIDA RIGHT NOW ON COLLINS AVENUE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, YUCA 1 0 6 JUST INVESTED A BUNCH OF MONEY IN THEIR, IN THEIR PROPERTY.
SO WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE INVESTING IN THESE PROPERTIES ONCE THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FLIP IT, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA GET FINED FOR IGNORING IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO INVEST IN IT, ALONG WITH OTHER INCENTIVES THAT I PLAN TO PROPOSE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND IF I MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION, UM, WE CAN AMEND AS PROPOSED BY COMMISSIONER BOTT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER FIRST READING.
SO I CAN DISCUSS THIS OFFLINE WITH YOU AND WITH COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AS TO WHETHER PROCEED WITH THIS ITEM UN AMENDED, AND THEN BRING A NEW ITEM TO
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ADDRESS THE OTHER AREAS.WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
AS A RESULT OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.05.
GOING FORWARD, WE WILL NEED TO NOTICE FIRST READINGS.
THAT MEANS THAT GOING FORWARD, YOUR ORDINANCE ITEMS WILL NEED TO BE IN WELL IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN PUBLISH HOW MANY DAYS NOTICE DOES THAT REQUIRE? 10, 10 DAYS NOTICE.
SO FOR THE 11TH, WE NEED TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE BY THE FIRST OR THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID OFFLINE, BUT DON'T WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY WHETHER WE'RE INCORPORATING THE, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM COMMISSIONER BOT? YOU, YOU, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT, BUT THEN WE CAN LATER DECIDE TO DO IT AS ONE ITEM OR TWO ITEMS. SURE.
SO, NO, IT'S AS AMENDED AS, OKAY.
SO AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE ALL APPLICABLE HISTORIC HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.
MOTION CARRIES SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 11TH.
[C7 AH A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DESIGNATE THREE OF THE SEVEN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT TO PRIORITIZE ENFORCEMENT OF THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 58 OF THE CITY CODE, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON VIOLATIONS THAT CREATE VISUAL BLIGHT, TO IMPROVE THE AESTHETIC APPEAL OF THIS HISTORIC AND ICONIC DISTRICT.]
ITEM C SEVEN, AH, WHICH WAS PULLED FROM CONSENT C SEVEN, AH, DESIGNATE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOCUSED ON VISUAL BLIGHT AND A DCD NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, AREA REQUESTED BY, SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER BOT.SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ'S ITEM, AND I ONLY SEPARATED IT TO DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING I JUST DID TO THE PREVIOUS ONE TO EXPAND IT TO ALL OF THE, UM, HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN THE CITY FOR ALL OF THE SAME REASONS.
SO THAT WAS MY ONLY INTENT TO SEPARATE IT.
SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, I'M FINE WITH IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, D DOES CODE COMPLIANCE FEEL LIKE YOU NEED A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE TO, UM, TO THIS JOB? SOMEBODY'S NODDING THEIR HEAD YES, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD SOME CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS SPENDING SOME TIME WITH DANIEL ERALDO AND MDPL AND STARTING TO LOVE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND GETTING A TRAINING.
I WOULD LITERALLY SEND THEM OUT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BECAUSE THE MORE THAT THEY'RE INVESTED IN IT, THE MORE THAT THIS NEW, UM, HISTORIC DISTRICT TASK FORCE IS GONNA, YOU KNOW, BUY INTO THIS AND UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO DO WE NEED MORE PEOPLE? AT LEAST 200 ADDITIONAL CODE OFFICES WOULD BE GREAT.
SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE OCEAN DRIVE ASSOCIATION, ALSO THE A DNA, THE, UM, ART DE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, BUT THIS IS NOW TAKING THAT EXISTING STEP AND JUST FOCUSING ON WHAT C SEVEN AH, TALKS ABOUT, WHICH IS PEELING PAINT, NEGLECTED ELEMENTS, UH, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY ATTACHED TO BUILDINGS WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL.
SO THROUGH THE VICE CHAIR? YES.
YOUR REFERENCE THAT I COMPLETED THAT TOTALLY.
VICE MAYOR AND CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, HERNAN, I, I JUST DUNNO THE ANSWER TO THIS.
SO, UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NEVER SUPPOSED TO ASK A QUESTION THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT NEVER STOP ME.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ARE THEY ASSIGNED TO AREAS OF THE CITY? LIKE DOES EVERYONE HAVE A BEAT THAT, SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, OFFICER SMITH IS A, AN EXPERT IN SOUTH BEACH, BUT NEVER, EVER, EVER GOES TO MID BEACH OR IS IT JUST DEPENDING ON THE SHOW? YEAH, THE ANSWER IS YES.
UH, THREE DISTRICTS NORTH, MIDDLE, AND SOUTH.
AND THEN WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS THERE'S ZONES.
SO, SO IN THEORY, EACH OFFICER SHOULD BE AN EXPERT ON HIS OR HER ZONE IN THEORY SHOULD HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD CODE OFFICER.
AND IF YOU ALLOW ME CO COMMISSIONER BAD, UM, THERE'S ALSO SUPERVISORS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS, UM, THAT WERE RE RENAMING THEM, UM, TO ENCOMPASS MORE OF ENGAGEMENT WITH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE DOING THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT WITH EACH SUPERVISOR FOR EACH DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S COMING, THAT'S ITS WAY AND, AND, AND POLICE SO THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SO PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST GOING INTO THE VOID.
AND THE VICE MAYOR'S A SPONSOR FOR THAT, THAT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, THAT COMPONENT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND ALSO THROUGH THE PERSONNEL BOARD.
I WILL, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEARD OF THE LAST NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND I REQUESTED FOR IT TO BE DEFERRED, BUT WE'LL JUST HOPEFULLY DISCUSS IT AT THE NEXT MONTH.
AND I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE E GOV APP, YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD THAT IMMEDIATELY ON BOTH THE ANDROID AND THE APPLE, UM, APP STORES.
BECAUSE LITERALLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I TEXTED, I WAS OUT WALKING THE DOGS AND I, AND I ENTERED IN A, A, A SERVICE ISSUE.
AND BY THE TIME I GOT BACK FROM WALKING THE DOGS, THE TRUCK WAS THERE PICKING UP THE ABANDONED WHATEVER IT WAS.
SO IT IS INCREDIBLY, UM, USEFUL.
YOU CAN DO IT WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE HAND IN YOUR PHONE AND, UM, IT GIVES YOU SOMEBODY TO FOLLOW UP WITH AND IT GIVES YOU INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH YOUR REQUEST.
SO IT DOES NOT GO INTO THE VOID.
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I CANNOT URGE PEOPLE OUT THERE LISTENING ENOUGH TO DOWNLOAD THAT APP.AND, AND, UM, SO GOING BACK TO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION STATES, WE'RE GONNA DEDICATE TWO PEOPLE IN SOUTH BEACH AND DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN NORTH BEACH TO DEDICATE TWO PEOPLE ALSO WE'LL ACCOMPLISH YOUR SOUTH BEACH WITH EXISTING STAFF COMMITTED TO THAT, TO WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS ASKING FOR, WHICH IS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.
UM, IN NORTH BEACH, WE CURRENTLY ASSIGN STAFF ADDITIONAL STAFF HOURS, UM, TO PATROL THERE FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER THE, UM, CRA ALLOW SAY THAT.
SO, SO WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE FUNDS TO AUGMENT STAFF IN NORTH BEACH.
SO HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU HIRED NEW STAFF THROUGH THOSE USING THOSE FUNDS? EXISTING STAFF, HEATHER HERE, ADDITIONAL HOURS EXISTING STAFF.
HEATHER, CAN WE PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FOR A QUICK SECOND? DO THE CRA FUNDS, UM, ENABLE OUR CODE, UM, DEPARTMENT TO HIRE DEDICATED CODE OFFICERS FOR NORTH BEACH? THERE ARE, I BELIEVE SO, CORRECT.
SO YES, THAT COULD, COULD BE PART OF THE AUGMENTING OF THE RESOURCES.
JUST LIKE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL POLICE OVERTIME DETAILS THAT ARE BUDGETED WITHIN THE CRA, WE DID HAVE SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BUDGETED IN THE CRA AND IF YOU SO CHOSE, YOU COULD ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THAT SPECIFIC ITEM.
AND IF I COULD THROUGH THE VICE CHAIR, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS IS PRIORITIZING CODE ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AMONG THE MANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE DEDICATING SPECIFIC OFFICER A, B, C TO THIS, WE'RE PRIORITIZING THIS AS ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG MANY OTHERS IN THESE AREAS.
WELL, I WANTED A DEDICATION, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SORT OF FINISH THIS THOUGHT JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO WE COULD HIRE TWO CODE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY FOR NORTH BEACH AND THE CRA, WHO OBVIOUSLY LOOK OVER ALL OF THE CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT ARE PRIORITIZING, UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO, UM, MY WISH, MY, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT AFTER, LET'S SAY A YEAR OR SO OF THIS PROACTIVE, UH, REALLY HYPER-FOCUSED INITIATIVE ON HOW THINGS LOOK, THINGS GET CLEANED UP, AND THEN IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SUCH A HYPER-FOCUSED EFFORT BECAUSE THAT WILL JUST BE THE, THE NORMAL STATUS QUO.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE POCKETS OF OUR CITY AND, AND WE SEE IT IN, IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE SIXTH STREET GOING ACROSS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN FLAMINGO PARK THAT IS JUST KIND OF NOT A GREAT LOOKING STREET AND PLENTY OF STREETS UP IN NORTH BEACH THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO'S KIND OF TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND, AND CLEAN UP THEIR LITTLE SHOPPING STRIP MALL WITH, WITH WORKERS ON A ROOF AT 10 30 AT NIGHT ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT WAS.
SO WE, WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF JOKINGLY CALLING IT THE CODE SWAT TEAM RIGHT.
TO JUST THAT US BACK ON TRACK AS A CITY AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REALLY DEDICATE THE RESOURCES SO WE CAN TAKE THIS OFFLINE SO WE DON'T TAKE ANY MORE TIME ON THIS.
BUT, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH CODE AND CRA, UM, BUDGET ASPECT OF CRA AND THE CITY MANAGER TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET TWO PEOPLE DEDICATED TO NORTH BEACH.
WE GOT CHICKENS UP THERE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH THANKS TO CHIEF DIGNA ABEL AND HER INCREDIBLE, UM, FLOCK OF CHICKEN CATCHERS AND WE CATCH THEM, BUT PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE CHICKENS, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WEIRD ISSUES GOING ON THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME FOCUS ON.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST THE CHICKENS? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE CHICKENS, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE CHICKENS RUNNING AROUND THE CITY.
WE GO TO LITTLE HAVANA AND WEST.
WE ARE NOT LITTLE HAVANA AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING.
WE HAVE PEACOCKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I'M OKAY WITH THE CHICKENS PLATE.
I WAS JUST, WAIT, I NEVER GOT TO MAKE MY COMMENTS ON C SEVEN A H.
WAIT, CAN I, CAN I JUST ADD, I WANTED TO JUST AMEND THIS VERY QUICKLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD INTO IT THAT AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION, WE ALSO DEDICATE SOME TWO CODE COMPLIANCE POSITIONS USING CRA FUNDS.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA HAVE THE CONVERSATION OFFLINE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE CORRECT WAY.
I DO NOT WANNA TAKE A SINGLE MISSTEP ON THE CRA BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING DANGLED AS A STICK, RIGHT? AND SO I, I DON'T WANT US
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TO DO ANYTHING ON THE FLY BEFORE WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY.OH, AND DO NOT HESITATE TO VIOLATE A CITY BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE THAT OUR CITY BUILDING DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AND IS NOT PAINTED LIKE THE SOUTH SHORE WE CENTER, I WOULD ISSUE US A VIOLATION BECAUSE WHEN OUR BUILDINGS DON'T LOOK GREAT, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? AND I DROVE PAST THE RAY HOUSE CENTER THE OTHER DAY AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THIS NEEDS PAINT AND MAINTENANCE.
SO I MEAN, DO NOT, HE DO NOT HESITATE TO GIVE US VIOLATIONS TOO.
LIKE IF YOU GO PAST OLD CITY HALL RIGHT NOW AND YOU LOOK AT THE DOOR TO GO INSIDE AND HAS LIKE BLACK GREASE SMEARS, OKAY, LIKE FILTH, OKAY.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO COURT IN MIAMI BEACH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SEE? THEY SEE THAT WE ARE OKAY WITH FILTH.
THEY SEE THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR PROPERTIES AND THAT HAS TO STOP AND CITY HALL, LIKE, AND, AND, AND OUR BUILDINGS SHOULD BE THE EXAMPLE.
SO VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, NOW WE'RE CALLING THE VOTE.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW IT'S, ARE WE DOING PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OR ARE WE DOING COMPLAINT DRIVEN ENFORCEMENTS? BOTH.
OKAY, BUT BOTH, HOW DO YOU DO BOTH? YOU'RE EITHER DOING PROACTIVE OR YOU'RE DOING COMPLAINT DRIVEN.
I GUESS YOU'RE DOING BOTH BASED ON CALLS.
BASED ON CALLS YOU RESPOND, BUT YOU'RE ALSO OUT THERE CATCHING THINGS AND PRACTICALLY ISSUING SOMETIMES WE DO, UH, WE DO SOME CONCERTED EFFORTS.
LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, DOING WASHINGTON AVENUE AND THAT'S LOOKING AT, UH, WINDOW COVERINGS, GRAFFITI STICKERS, SOOT ON THESE AWNINGS.
UM, AND IT'S A CONCENTRATED EFFORT.
UM, AND IT'S DIVIDED BY, YOU KNOW, SECTION BLOCKS.
WE GO IN FIRST, TRY AND GET COMPLIANCE, AND THEN, UH, WE GO IN WITH THE VIOLATIONS.
SO IT'S PROACTIVE AND IT IS COMPLAINT DRIVEN ALSO.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THE REASON WHY I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE IF WE REALLY ARE DOING PROPER PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH I FULLY AGREE WITH AND I SUPPORT AND I THINK IS GREAT, BUT WE WERE DOING IT RIGHT, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO GET TO THE POINT THAT THIS WOULD BE NECESSARY.
AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHY IS IT GETTING TO THIS POINT? UM, YOU KNOW, AND GOING IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE SUPERVISOR POSITIONS SO THAT THOSE SUPERVISOR POSITIONS CAN HAVE MORE CONTACT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SIMILAR TO HOW THE POLICE CAPTAINS ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS ASSOCIATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING, WE HAVE THE AREA MANAGERS THAT WE JUST APPROVED AS PART OF THE, OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL WE'LL MEET DEDICATED PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, ON THE FIELD, SEEING THE CITY THROUGH THE LENSES OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND CATCHING THESE THINGS AND GETTING AHEAD OF IT BEFORE THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, I JUST GET CONCERNED WHEN WE HAVE TO PUT ITEMS LIKE THIS ON THE AGENDA TO DO STUFF THAT REALLY, IT JUST SHOULD BE HAPPENING BY THE NORMAL COURSEWORK OF THE FUNCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
AND I GET CONCERNED THAT WE HAD TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WHERE COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ HAD TO PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
SARAH, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING AND IF THE MAYOR LETS YOU, THAT'S FINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING THAT THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ASSIGN COMPLETE AND ART DECO HISTORIC TOUR OF NORTH AND SOUTH BEACH WITH THE MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE.
I THINK EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING.
ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, I THINK THAT YOU'LL DO IT, UM, WITH MUCH MORE INTENT.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY IF I ADD THAT INTO MY RESOLUTION? YES.
LITTLE TRAINING ON LOVE IT ART.
I HAVE, I HAVE WORKED WITH CO COMPLIANCE AND I'VE HAD CO COMPLIANCE THAT I HAVE TRAINED IN REGARDS TO THE ORDINANCE.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY TAKE SOMETIMES A CO COMPLIANCE AND THEY MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO YOU'RE GONNA START WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS NOT BEEN TRAINED IN REGARDS TO THE ORDINANCE AND THEY WALK AROUND AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THE NEW PERSON THAT COMES IN DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
SO I HAVE TO GO AND TRAIN THE PERSON AGAIN.
SO BEFORE YOU DO THIS, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY DEDICATED IF THEY'RE GONNA MOVE THEM, THAT PERSON HAS TO TRAIN THAT CODE IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY SAY, LOOK IN THIS AREA, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR.
I'M TELLING YOU, BECAUSE I'VE TRAINED SO MANY OF THEM.
LIKE VIMA WAS MY BEST LADY WHO WALKED AROUND, NO SPEAKERS, NO, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THE ORDINANCE IN SENSOR HARBOR, SHE KNEW AND THEY PUT SOMEBODY BRAND NEW.
I SPOKE TO THE SUPERVISOR, BUT THE SUPERVISOR IS NOT THERE EVERY DAY WALKING.
SO I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP TO PUT IT INTO YOUR ORDINANCE.
IT'S IN, LET'S CALL THE VOTE, ADDING
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IN THE TRAINING COMPONENT TO THANK YOU.SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, I HAVE NO MOTION OR SECOND I'LL MOVE IT.
SO, SO, SO COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
UH, THIS IS AT AS AMENDED WITH THE, WITH THE TRAINING REGARDING MDPL.
WAS THERE ALSO COMMISSIONER BOT'S AMENDMENT OF APPLICABLE TO ALL HISTORIC DISTRICTS? YES.
OKAY, HAVING SAID THAT, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
C SEVEN A H IS APPROVED AS AMENDED.
[R5 O R-PS4 HEIGHT INCENTIVE FOR CONVERSION FROM HOTEL TO RESIDENTIAL USE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AT CHAPTER 7, "ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS," ARTICLE II, "DISTRICT REGULATIONS," AT DIVISION 15, "PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS)," SECTION 7.2.15.2, "RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICTS (R-PS)," TO PROVIDE HEIGHT INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS ON PROPERTIES ZONED R-PS4 INTO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES BY PROVIDING SUCH PROPERTIES WITH A HEIGHT BONUS IF THE APPLICANT VOLUNTARILY COVENANTS THAT NO TRANSIENT USES OR SHORT-TERM RENTALS SHALL BE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
THANK YOU.R FIVE OH IS AN ORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AT CHAPTER SEVEN, ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE TWO, DISTRICT REGULATIONS AT DIVISION 15, PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT SECTION 7.2, POINT 15.2, RESIDENTIAL STANDARD RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT R DS TO PROVIDE HEIGHT INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE REDEVELOPMENT.
HOLD ON ME TO PROVIDE HEIGHT INCENTIVES FOR INCURRENCE REDEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS ON PROPERTY ZONED R PS FOUR INTO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES BY PROVIDING SUCH PROPERTIES WITH A HEIGHT BONUS, IF THE APPLICANT VOLUNTARILY COVENANTS THAT NO TRANSIENT USES OR SHORT-TERM RENTALS SHALL BE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEAL, OR OBSERVABILITY AND COD AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE.
TOM, DOES THIS INCLUDE THE, I HAD BROUGHT UP SOME ISSUES ABOUT PERMITTING AND TIMELINES.
IS THAT ALL? IS THAT AS AMENDED? YES.
THE, AS NOTED IN THE COMMISSION MEMO, WE'VE UPDATED IT TO REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD BE ISSUED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2027.
AND THAT THE FULL BUILDING PERMIT BE ISSUED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH, 2030.
AND RALPH, I BELIEVE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I SEE.
I THINK I HEARD THE MOTION BY VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
I SECOND AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? NO QUESTION.
R FIVE UR FIVE U IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR.
CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY MAD.
I MADE A MISTAKE ON THAT ITEM.
SO THIS IS ON LAURA AN AN R FIVE O CORRECT LETTER TO GET IT RIGHT.
SO COMM BUT COMM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS A YES.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER MARK IAN INITIATED THE INCENTIVE TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM HOTEL TO IT WAS HIS ITEM.
UM, THE SHORT TITLE IS WHAT, UM, THREW ME ON THIS ONE.
AND I WISH I WOULD'VE HAD MORE DETAILS.
I WOULD WAIT IF WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY, MY NO VOTE RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER.
THE ITEM WAS CALLED OUR FIVE, OUR FIVE.
THIS IS THE ITEM ON THE STANTON CORRECT.
TO GIVE THOSE THREE HOTELS HEIGHT.
I WOULD ADD THOUGH THAT WHEN I WAS AT PRIME ONE 12 THE OTHER NIGHT AND I WAS LOOKING UP AND LOOKING UP AT THE STANTON, I WAS THINKING HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS AND HOW WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE IT BIGGER PRIME ALSO DEMOLISH.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUNNY PART IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BIGGER IS NOT BETTER.
AND YOU KNOW, AND AS WE GO INTO A TIME PERIOD WHERE WE'RE SEEING A SI SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TOURISM TAXES, WE ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE FACT THAT TOURISM IS WHAT HAS SUBSIDIZED MIAMI BEACH WHEN THERE IS A DOWNTURN IN PROPERTY TAXES.
SO WHEN THIS BODY COMES BACK IN FIVE OR 10 YEARS AND YOU HAVE, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE POLICIES HAVE DESTROYED WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST THRIVING HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTY, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO INCREASE TAXES, YOU'RE GONNA SAY TO YOURSELF, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ WARNED EVERYBODY THAT RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO CLOSE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DECLINE AND NEIGHBORHOODS WILL SUFFER BECAUSE OF THESE POLICIES.
[R5 U AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES," BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, ENTITLED "IN GENERAL," BY AMENDING SECTION 70-1 THEREOF, ENTITLED "STATE MISDEMEANORS," BY ADOPTING, THROUGH SPECIFIC REFERENCE, THE STATE LAW MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES OF TRESPASS IN STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE AND TRESPASS ON PROPERTY OTHER THAN A STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE, TO AFFIRMATIVELY ESTABLISH OFFENSES AGAINST MUNICIPAL LAW FOR THE SAME ACTS THAT CONSTITUTE SUCH OFFENSES AGAINST STATE LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
FIVE VIEW, OUR FIVE VIEW, IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,[02:35:01]
FLORIDA.AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED IN GENERAL BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH ONE THEREOF, ENTITLED STATE MISDEMEANORS BY ADOPTING THROUGH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO STATE LAW MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE OF TRESPASS AND STRUCTURE, OR CONVEYANCE AND TRESPASS ON PROPERTY OTHER THAN A STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE.
SO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED OFFENSES AGAINST MUNICIPAL LAW FOR THE SAME ACTS THAT CONSTITUTES SUCH OFFENSES AGAINST STATE LAW AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEAT OR FAVORABILITY CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS ITEM R FIVE U COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ MAGAZINE AND ME.
AND THIS IS AN, AN ITEM I BROUGHT FORWARD LISTENING TO FEEDBACK FROM OUR OFFICERS WHO, WHO WE HAVE ASKED TO ENFORCE A, A CAMPING ORDINANCE.
AND ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS THEY SHARED WITH US IS THAT OFTENTIMES, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH A CAMPING ORDINANCE, THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH TRESPASSING.
AND SO IN ESSENCE, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE ENABLES THE CITY TO PROSECUTE MISDEMEANOR TRESPASSING OFFENSES UNDER OUR OWN MUNICIPAL LAW, SIMILAR TO HOW THE STATE LAW OPERATES, SPECIFICALLY TRESPASSING IN ANY STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE AND TRESPASSING ON PROPERTY OTHER, UH, THAN, THAN A STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE.
SO IN ESSENCE, IT ALLOWS OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THESE CASES WHEN THE STATE ATTORNEY IS NOT.
AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM THAT'S AT A CLIP OF ABOUT 90% SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS.
IT'S ALSO IN, WE, WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON POLICE, RIGHTFULLY SO, AND THE VISIBILITY 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SEES, BUT THE PROSECUTION OF, OF CASES, NOT ONLY BY OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM, BUT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE JUDICIARY, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT OFTEN SEEN, BUT IT'S TWO THIRDS OF THE EQUATION.
AND, UH, SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART.
I KNOW I AM AND I KNOW OTHERS, UH, ON THIS BODY ARE FOCUSED ON THAT AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THREE ASPECTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE WORKING IN TANDEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, KEEP OUR SAFE, OUR, OUR STREETS SAFE.
WITH THAT, I THINK YOU MOVED THE ITEM.
[R5 R AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED, “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “CITY COMMISSION,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-14 THEREOF, ENTITLED “MEETING PROCEDURES AND AGENDAS,” TO CLARIFY THAT ANY ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS PLACED ON A CITY COMMISSION AGENDA WITH A FISCAL IMPACT GREATER THAN $75,000 SHALL BE FIRST REFERRED TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMISSION COMMITTEE, AND FURTHER, TO REQUIRE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF FIVE-SEVENTHS OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF ANY ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS PLACED ON A CITY COMMISSION AGENDA BY THE MAYOR OR A CITY COMMISSIONER THAT WILL HAVE A RECURRING FISCAL IMPACT OF MORE THAN $50,000 PER FISCAL YEAR; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
YEAH.R FIVE R IS AN ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.
CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI VIEW BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO, ENTITLED CITY COMMISSION BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 14 THEREOF ENTITLED MEETING PROCEDURES AND AGENDAS TO CLARIFY THAT ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PLACED ON A CITY COMMISSION AGENDA WITH A FISCAL IMPACT OF GREATER THAN $75,000 SHALL BE FIRST REFERRED TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMISSION COMMITTEE.
AND FURTHER TO REQUIRE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF FIVE SEVENTHS OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PLACED ON A CITY COMMISSION AGENDA BY THE MAYOR OR CITY COMMISSIONER THAT WILL HAVE A RECURRING FISCAL IMPACT OF MORE THAN $50,000 PER FISCAL YEAR.
AND PROVIDING FOR REPE SERVICEABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, CO-SPONSOR COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO CHAIR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST, UH, HONORS AND UNDERTAKINGS, UH, SINCE BEING ELECTED.
UM, AND I THINK WE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE AND REFLECTING ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WENT WELL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD, UH, FINE TUNE.
UH, ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP IS WE RUN THIS VERY LONG BUDGET PROCESS WHERE EVERYTHING GETS, UH, VETTED, BAKED, AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IF SOMETHING HAS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACT ABOVE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS, BE REFERRED TO THE FINANCE, UH, AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.
HOWEVER, THEN WE GOT THE, UH, BUDGET TIME AND THINGS JUST KIND OF SEEM LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING PROPOSED ON THE FLY AND IT IS A PRODUCT OF THE TIMING, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NO WORKAROUND.
BUT I WANTED TO REALLY ESSENTIALLY FINE TUNE THAT PROCESS AND HAVE MORE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAME INTO, UH, A MEETING WITH AN EXPECTATION X WOULD BE SPENT IN PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THERE WAS, UH, LINE ITEMS THAT ESSENTIALLY WITHOUT THE VETTING THAT WE WOULD'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, DURATION OF THE REST OF THE YEAR, UH, KIND OF TOTALED UPWARDS OF, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND IF NOT INTO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO, NOT TO SAY THAT THOSE THINGS COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD ON THE FLY, BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT SOME THINGS THERE'S TIME SENSITIVE.
HOWEVER, IF THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THAT PROPER FERC PROCESS, UH, AND THEY'RE DONE ON THE FLY IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS, THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE A HIGHER STANDARD AND A HIGHER THRESHOLD, UH, FOR A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE.
SO IF THOSE ITEMS ARE STILL GOING TO BE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT
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AND THEY NEED TO GET PASSED, WE CAN DO SO.IT JUST IS GOING TO REQUIRE A FURTHER VOTE.
AND, UH, ALSO, UM, UH, RESETTING THAT STANDARD THAT THINGS WITH A FISCAL IMPACT ABOVE $75,000 HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, THE FURTHER FERC PROCESS.
MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, HAND IT OVER, I KNOW OUR CFO IS ACTUALLY AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR ANOTHER, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, LINE ITEM FOR MIAMI BEACH, BUT NO, I I BELIEVE YOU'VE COVERED IT PERFECTLY WELL.
UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS A CLEANUP OF SECTION TWO DASH 14, WHICH REQUIRES ITEMS THAT ARE ABOVE 75,000 TO GO TO ANY COMMITTEE.
AND WE ARE AMENDING TO CLARIFY THAT THEY ARE INTENDED TO GO TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR SOME TIME, MR. ROSE AL.
UM, SO I'M OKAY WITH EVERYTHING GOING THROUGH FERC.
UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OKAY WITH THE FIVE SEVENS VOTE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU WOULD ELIMINATE THAT PORTION.
I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN ARTS AND CULTURE FINANCE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A MINORITY.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE BONDED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP ALL OF THESE CULTURAL FACILITIES, THIS COULD IN FACT IMPACT FUNDING ACROSS 5 0 1 C THREES THAT ARE CULTURALLY INCLINED OR ARTISTICALLY INCLINED THAT MAYBE A THREE PERSON MINORITY ON THIS BODY MIGHT NOT WANT TO VOTE FOR.
SO IF WE VOTE FOR THIS AND YOU MAKE IT FIVE SEVENTHS, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF FUNDING, FOR EXAMPLE, MIAMI NEW DRAMA, OR YOUR LAGA OR POSSIBLY L-G-B-T-Q INITIATIVES.
I THINK THAT THE FIVE SEVENTHS THRESHOLD IS IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THIS, AND THEN I WILL SUPPORT IT, UM, ON SECOND READING SIMPLY BECAUSE YES.
MAY I MAKE A CLARIFICATION, UH, TO MAKE SURE THE FIVE SEVENTH ONLY APPLIES IF IT'S IT'S RECURRING FUNDING.
RECURRING, YEAH, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL RECURRING ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THAT THE RECURRING FUNDING FOR THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF CON, THAT COULD BE SHUT DOWN.
SO I, I LIKE THE MAJORITY BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES FREEDOM FOR US TO FUND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WE FEEL AS A MAJORITY ARE FIND IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT THE FIVE SEVENTH THRESHOLD IS UNNECESSARY, AND I WOULD ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THE FIVE SEVENTH THRESHOLD.
AND THEN I WILL SUPPORT THIS MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.
I, SO I WOULD SAY THIS, I WOULD HAVE CONCERNS IF AN ENTITY RECEIVING, UH, A RECURRING FUNDING MORE THAN 50,000 IS, YOU KNOW, CAN'T GET THAT FIVE SEVEN VOTE BECAUSE IT'S ULTIMATELY THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
UH, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART WE'VE BEEN PRETTY UNIFIED WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, TO THESE, TO THESE DOLLARS.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, I MEAN, WHEN WE, WHEN HAVE WE HAD A SITUATION THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN UNIFIED IN THE ALLOCATION OF THESE, OF THESE DOLLARS? AND CAN I JUST ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION, MR. CITY, OR YEAH, IF I COULD CLARIFICATION MR. CITY ATTORNEY.
SO THIS ISN'T APPLICABLE TO THINGS THAT GO THROUGH THE NORMAL FINANCE PROCESS IN OUR COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.
I THINK YOU WANT TO KNOW THIS, BUT THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO THINGS THAT GO THROUGH THE NORMAL FERC PROCESS.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE'RE SITTING AT THE BUDGET MEETING, AND IF SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE PLACED FOR A RECURRING ITEM, IT REQUIRES THAT FIVE SEVENS THRESHOLD.
IT COULD APPLY THEN, OR IT COULD APPLY DURING THE YEAR AT A COMMISSION MEETING IF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT WILL HAVE A RECURRING IMPACT.
BUT IF IT'S AN ITEM THAT IS IN THE BUDGET AND THERE ARE MANY ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE RECURRING ITEMS FOR MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THEN THIS WOULD, THIS, UH, UH, WOULD NOT APPLY.
IIII, I DON'T THINK THIS IS BAD.
I, I HONESTLY, I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS BAD.
I THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE AND IT IT'S THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY ULTIMATELY.
I DON'T, I THINK IF SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T GET FIVE VOTES OF THE CITY COMMISSION WHEN WE ARE USUALLY UNITED ON THESE THINGS, I WOULD, I WOULD BE HESITANT, UH, ABOUT GIVING THEM THE PUBLIC FUNDING.
UH, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S MONEY.
IT'S OUR RESIDENTS, OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
AND I THINK WHEN DOING THAT, WHEN GIVING THOSE FUNDS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY, IT SHOULD BE A SUPER MAJORITY REPRESENTATION OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S NOT A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION.
YES, IT'S THE COMMISSION, BUT THE COMMISSION IS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOUR EXAMPLE ABOUT MY MAMMOGRAM, UH, TESTING IN INITIATIVE.
I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, I'D BE SURPRISED IF WE DON'T UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WE HAVE IN, IN, IN, IN THE PAST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS A NEED.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE, UH, INSURANCE, UH, WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR GOVERNMENT INSURANCE, MANY OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ILLEGAL, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE,
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UH, LEGAL STATUS.UM, AND, UH, AND, AND IN FACT, THROUGH THE CITY CLERK, I'M GONNA SHARE AN EMAIL THAT I JUST GOT TODAY, UH, FROM A RESIDENT.
I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY CLERK TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE, OF, OF THE COMMISSION OF, OF RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY GO TO ONIDA THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING BOTH THE HUSBAND AND THE WIFE, UH, FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT THROUGH LAGA, UH, THANKS TO, THANKS TO THE GRANT THAT WE'VE ADOPTED.
AND I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'LL USUALLY BE VERY UNITED AND WE WON'T HAVE A FOUR THREE VOTE.
AND I CAN'T RECALL THE LAST TIME THAT A COMMISSIONER BROUGHT SOMETHING FORWARD AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET, UH, WHERE IT WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE FOUR THREE VOTE WHEN IT'S USUALLY WE'RE VERY UNITED ON THIS STUFF.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.
AND THEN, UH, UM, I WOULD ARGUE THAT YOU GOT THE FUNDING BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE MAJORITY, AND THAT WITHOUT, IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS FIVE SEVENS, I DO FEEL IN MY HEART OF HEARTS THAT HEART OF HEARTS, YES, ARTS AND CULTURAL FRONTING COULD BE POTENTIALLY SLASH ACROSS THE BOARD DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BODY'S, UH, PRIORITIES ARE.
UM, AND SO, I MEAN, I, I'M, I'M A NO ON THIS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED A FIVE SEVENS ON RECURRING FUNDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE NOT ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ARTS AND CULTURE FUNDING, I THINK, AS YOU SAW, AND THAT WAS NOT A RECURRING EXPENSE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, RICK, BUT WE ALSO HAD THE MIAMI NEW DRAMA SITUATION, WHICH WAS A RECURRING ITEM THAT PASSED ON A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
SO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT THAT THOSE ITEMS COULD FALL TO THE WAYSIDE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY OF THE FIVE OF US.
I THINK PROBABLY IT'S A PRIORITY OF THE FOUR OF US.
SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE ITEMS, NOT GETTING THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED MOVING FORWARD, THEN YOU WILL VOTE YES FOR THIS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT CERTAIN NONPROFITS, CERTAIN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT MAYBE ARE, THIS BODY WILL NOT PRIORITIZE AT A FIVE SEVENTH LEVEL, THEN YOU WILL EMBRACE THIS.
BUT I WOULD REMIND YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THAT RECENTLY, UM, AT THE AWARDS AND PRESENTATION CEREMONY, WHEN I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE O THIS IS AN OVERREGULATION, YOU SAID, NO, NO, LET'S DO THIS.
AND THEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE AWARDS AND PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS WHERE I DO THINK THAT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS WILL FALL BY THE WAYSIDE IF WE EMBRACE THE FIVE SEVENTHS VOTE.
AND THAT CONCERNS ME A LOT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A VERY DELICATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND SEVERAL NON-PROFITS, UM, NONPROFITS LIKE UNI DIED, UM, NONPROFITS AT ONE TIME LIKE THE M-B-C-D-C, NOT INSTITUTIONS LIKE GAY PRIDE.
AND I DON'T EVER WANNA SEE THAT FUNDING GO AWAY.
AND MY BIG FEAR IS THAT THAT IS WHAT THE, EXACTLY WHAT THIS WILL DO.
IF I CAN SAY ALL THIS ITEM REQUIRES IS A REFERRAL TO, TO FERC.
SO, UM, IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME BODY THAT'S GONNA BE VOTING ON IT.
UM, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, PLEASE SPEAK, BUT THEN PLEASE MOVE THE ITEM AND I WILL SECOND IT.
YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE ASK, WELL, HOW DO YOU GO FROM A $300 MILLION BUDGET TO A CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET OVER A COURSE OF A FEW YEARS? AND THAT'S BY NOT MAKING HARD DECISIONS.
RIGHT? AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN BLESSED DURING OUR TIME BEING ELECTED, WHETHER IT BE, UH, NEWLY ELECTED OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, UH, A TERM OR TWO THAT WE'VE BEEN BLESSED BY A BOOMING ECONOMY WITH, UH, NEAR DOUBLE DIGIT PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SIGNS OF THAT IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE FOREVER, AND IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO ASSUME THAT IT IS.
SO THERE WILL COME A POINT IN TIME WHERE HARD DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE.
THIS GIVES A CLEAR PATHWAY, A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR THINGS THAT ARE INTEGRAL AND IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY, LIKE ARTS AND CULTURE FUNDING, BECAUSE IT JUST REQUIRES A FIVE SEVENS THRESHOLD.
BUT TO ADD RECURRING SPENDING OF OVER $75,000, MAYBE IT WILL MAKE THESE ORGANIZATIONS GO OUT AND WORK HARDER WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO COME AND ENGAGE IN ALL OF US AND REALLY SELL AND REALLY SELL, UH, THE MERITS OF THAT.
THE SINGLE LARGEST THING THAT WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR IS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND IT WOULD BE A DERELICTION OF DUTY TO CONTINUE SEEING A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET CONTINUE TO GROW AND GROW WITHOUT HAVING THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS.
AND THIS IS SIMPLY ALL THAT THIS DOES IS IT INCREASES THE THRESHOLD AND THINGS THAT HAVE JUST SLID THROUGH.
IT ACTUALLY PUTS THE ONUS ON US TO TRULY BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
IF I MAKE, MAKE CLEAR, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK, COMMISSIONER, BUT YOU'VE SPOKEN SEVERAL TIMES ON THE ITEM.
I MEAN, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THESE ITEMS AND, AND VOTE ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE CORRECTION IS THAT IT'S NOT 75,000, IT'S ANY RECURRING FUNDING OF 50,000.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THIS READS.
SO YES, AND IT'S 50,000 AND IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE ORDINARY BUDGET PROCESS, SO IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, THIS DOES NOT APPLY.
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IT'S AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OUTSIDE OF THAT PROCESS THAT IS OVER 50,000 IN RECURRING EXPENSE, THE FIVE SEVENTH WOULD BE REQUIRED.I, I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS A, A SAD DAY FOR OUR NONPROFITS AND ARTS AND CULTURE IN MIAMI BEACH WHEN WE VOTE FOR THIS FIVE SEVENTH THRESHOLD.
I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN SAID BEFORE.
WELL, I THINK WHAT HASN'T BEEN SAID IS THE REASSURANCE TO THE NONPROFITS THAT THIS IS A, A COMMISSION THAT STANDS BY THEM.
WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY, UH, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON A LOT OF THESE, ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
AND, UH, AND, AND I THINK I, AND I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT FEAR IS BEING INSTILLED TO L-G-B-T-Q ORGANIZATIONS, TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES TO ILLEGALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE OF UNDOCUMENTED STATUS.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT THE FISCAL POLICY OF OUR CITY AND BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND LEAD AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO THOSE ENTITIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND SO WHILE YOUR MERITS, UH, YOUR COMMENTS DO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MERIT, I DON'T THINK IT'S PROPER FOR US TO BE INSTILLING FEAR IN THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEIR FUNDING IS IN ANY WAY IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE IT'S NOT, WHAT IS IN JEOPARDY RIGHT NOW IS THAT BY A SIMPLE FOUR SEVENTH VOTE, THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS CAN BE ALLOCATED.
UH, AND THIS JUST ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION TO THE TAXPAYERS WITHOUT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY TO ANY OF THE NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS THAT WE SO VALUE AND HOLD DEARLY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, WHICH WE SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
I'LL, MR. MAYOR, I'LL SECOND THE ITEM.
I MEAN, I, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR, IF THERE'S A SECOND WAIT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ANSWER THAT VERY QUICKLY.
JUST I, I'M NOT INSTILLING FEAR.
WE JUST HAD A HUGE CONTENTIOUS ITEM FOR ARTS AND CULTURE THAT PASSED ON A FOUR THREE VOTE.
SO IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ARTS AND CULTURE AND CERTAIN NONPROFITS IN PERIL, I WOULD, I I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS COULD BE REVERSED, POTENTIALLY CORRECT ON A FOUR SEVENTH VOTE.
IT DOESN'T NEED A FIVE SEVENTH TO REVERSE IT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE WHEN THE FUNDING DOES GET, UM, SCRAPPED, WE CAN GO BACK AND RECTIFY THIS.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A, A MOTION IN A SECOND.
AND SO I THINK, UM, WE'RE READY TO CALL A VOTE.
ALL I WILL SAY IS THAT THIS JUST PUTS THE IMPETUS ON ANYBODY SEEKING FUNDING TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW.
IN THE NORMAL PROCESS, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH COMING BEFORE US AND, AND MAKING OUR CASE AND GOING IN THE PROPER PROCESS MM-HMM,
ACTUALLY, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I HAVE, UH, WAYNE ON ZOOM.
MS. WAYNE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UM, I'M A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE IN GENERAL IN LIFE.