Feb 03, 2025 Commission Meeting

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, LET'S GO WITH OUR INVOCATION.

I'M GONNA INVITE SARAH P MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN TO, UH, GIVE OUR INVOCATION TODAY.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, MR. CITY MANAGER, AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE JOINING US HERE TODAY.

IT IS A BLESSING AND HONOR TO SHARE IN THIS CALLING BEING ADVOCATES FOR OUR CITY, MIAMI BEACH.

WE REPRESENT THE CITY FROM DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND IDEAS, BUT ULTIMATELY, WE LONG TO SEE THE CITY THRIVE IN PROVERBS 15 VERSE 22.

PLANS FAIL FOR LACK OF COUNSEL, BUT WITH, BUT WITH MANY ADVERSARIES, THEY SUCCEED.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT DURING OUR CHALLENGING TIME FOR THE MIAMI BEACH FAMILY.

THE LOSS OF ARTHUR MARTINO HAS IMPACTED US ALL.

I CARE FOR HIM DEEPLY AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRAY FOR YOU TODAY.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD, ALMIGHTY GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU AS YOUR PEOPLE WITH HEARTS FILLED OF PRAISE, YOUR MAJESTY AND GRACE.

YOU ARE OUR CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, THE LORD OF GLORY AND THE SAVIOR OF SOULS.

WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT IS GATHERED HERE TODAY, AND WE ASK YOU TO SURROUND US WITH YOUR POWERFUL LIFE-CHANGING PRESENCE.

THANK YOU FOR LOVING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THAT'S HERE CALLING US TO WALK WITH YOU.

WE COME BEFORE YOU AS WE MEET AND DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE ON YOU, BE OUR LAMP ONTO OUR FEET AND OUR LIGHT ONTO OUR PATH.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR PROTECTION, AND YOUR PROVISION.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY TO ENSURE SAFETY, SECURITY, UNITY, PEACE, WHILE RESPECTING THE GREAT DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND AMONG US THAT ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY.

PLEASE LORD GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION, VARIOUS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IN WAYS THAT ARE RESPECTFUL, PRODUCTIVE, ENLIGHTENING, AND PEACEFUL.

PLEASE HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT EACH OF US CARRY A UNITED PASSION FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.

I THANK YOU FOR THE LIVES AND THE CALLINGS OF EACH DEDICATED CIVIL SERVANT IN THIS ROOM.

AND I PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON EACH PERSON HERE TODAY.

WE PRAY TO GOD ALMIGHTY.

AMEN.

INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SARAH.

BEFORE WE START THE STIC HOUR, I'M DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'M GONNA ASK, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU EVERYONE.

GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TODAY, UM, AND WELCOME BACK FROM OUR, UH, I GUESS THE NEW YEAR'S.

I'M GONNA ASK, UH, DAVID SUAREZ TO LEAD THE PLEDGE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, MALO TO YOU AND LIZETTE FOR YOUR BABY GIRL RECENTLY ARRIVING IN THE WORLD, SOPHIA

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WENDY, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD

[R9 C DR. STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZEN'S FORUM. (8:35 A.M./1:00 P.M.)]

MORNING, GARY.

GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL ON THE DAY IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ADJECTIVES I COULD USE EXCEPT ONE WORD, SUPERB TO DESCRIBE JANUARY'S LECTURERS AT BELL PLAZA.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M THE COORDINATOR OF LECTURES AT BELL PLAZA.

MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE ALREADY, BUT OUR HONORABLE MAYOR PRESENTED US WITH HIS PRESENCE AND SUPERB KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY, FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM OVER 50 RESIDENTS AND REALLY MADE US ALL PROUD TO BE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.

SO KUDOS TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND MAY YOU BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SECONDLY, MS. LAURA DOMINGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ WAS OUR SECOND JANUARY PRESENTER, AND ALSO WITH HER WARMTH AND ENCHANTING SMILE GAVE OUR RESIDENTS AN UPDATE ABOUT ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH THEY WANTED FIELDED QUESTIONS.

AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILING THROUGHOUT BOTH LECTURES AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU WILL KEEP ME SMILING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

ON BEHALF OF BELL PLAZA RESIDENCE, GARY RUG 20 ISLAND AVENUE.

I'LL BE BRIEF THIS MORNING, MY WIFE AND I GO OUT EVERY MORNING ON OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK TO DO OUR WALK.

AND THIS COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE NOTICED THAT THE FLAGPOLE HONORING JIMMY HAD NOT BEEN PULLED DOWN.

AND WE SAW A POLICE CAR IN VENETIAN WAY.

WE WENT OVER THERE AND WE FOUND ROBERT MC, WHAT WAS HIS NAME? RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ, OFFICER RODRIGUEZ.

AND HE SAID HE WOULD CALL IT IN.

THEN HE STOPPED AND HE SAID, TAKE ME OVER TO THE FLAG POLE.

WE DID.

HE LOWERED THE FLAG AND WE WANT TO APPRECIATE WHAT THE POLICE OFFICER DID.

OF COURSE, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE'RE GONNA GO NEXT VIRTUALLY TO JOHAN MOORE.

MR. MOORE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING, JOHAN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

UH, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES AND MARIE IN COURT COMMUNITIES CONDOLENCES TO OUR BELOVED OFFICER DEBRA MALINO, ON THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND.

UH, I WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

UH, ITEM C FOUR AG, UH, THE DETAILS OF WHICH I'M SURE WILL BE REVEALED.

UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS DOMINGUEZ SUAREZ BOT AND MAGAZINE.

UH, AN IMPRESSIVE CO-SPONSOR LIST, UH, SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

LOOKS FORWARD TO THAT IN ANY CASE.

UH, I WILL ALSO THANK COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UH, FOR ITEM C SEVEN R, UH, SOLAR PANELS ON THE MUNICIPAL FLEET FACILITY, UH, EXPLICITLY ON BEHALF OF SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS, UH, AGENDA, UH, ITEM BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL SUPPORT THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER B FOR ITEM C SEVEN G, I WANNA THANK HER FOR THAT.

UH, SHORT TERM RENTALS PROPERTIES LIST, UH, A PREVIOUSLY CENTRALLY INVOLVED, NOW MOVED AWAY, UH, MEMBER OF FPNA JEFF DONNELLY HAD YEARS AGO SUGGESTED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRIED TO ESTABLISH SUCH A LIST AND IT SEEMED LIKE A DAUNTING TASK.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PURSUING THAT.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ FOR ITEM C SEVEN A G, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU BEFORE AND IS NOT ADVANCED, UH, SUPPORTING STAFF'S RIGHT TO USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

UH, OBVIOUSLY NOT DURING WORKING HOURS, AND SO IS TO AVOID IMPAIRMENT, UH, AS A, UH, AS THE PERSON WHO, ALONG WITH OTHERS, UH, DECRIMINALIZED MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NEW YORK STATE, I WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT AS I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER GENERALLY ECLECTIC SUPPORT OF VARIOUS BELEAGUERED COMMUNITIES.

UH, AND I TOO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HER CONTINUED TIME IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT PLEASE.

NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THIS IS YASMIN MATT FROM 8 5 1 MERIDIAN AVE.

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I'M BACK.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SO EARLY AND I NEVER WAKE UP THIS EARLY, BUT THEN I FOUND OUT YOU'RE HERE TILL 7:00 PM THAT'S CRAZY.

AND WE DO A SUT NICK GENERALLY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS, JOE MAGAZINE.

SOMETIMES IT VEES BY A FEW MINUTES, BUT SO YOU COULD ALWAYS HAVE THE AFTERNOON OPTION.

OH, YEP.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

WELL, HERE I AM .

I'M HERE ACTUALLY, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR MIAMI BEACH, FOR THE CITIZENS THAT YOU MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE COME UP HERE TO EVER SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK WE MOSTLY COME TO COMPLAIN AND DON'T WORRY, I'LL COME BACK TO DO THAT TOO.

BUT THIS TIME I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY JOE MAGAZINE AND ASSISTANT LUIS, WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY SINCE THAT DAY I CAME TO TALK WITH ME HAND IN HAND.

I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY PERSON THEY'RE HELPING.

THAT'S HOW MUCH ATTENTION I GET.

AND THEY'RE JUST AMAZING.

I UNDERSTOOD SO MUCH BETTER HOW MIAMI BEACH WORKS.

AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COME UP HERE, TALK, COMMUNICATE, EXPRESS WHAT WE FEEL, HOW WE WANNA MAKE OUR CITY BETTER.

'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS OUR CITY.

AND IF YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T COME UP, I MEAN, I'M 30, OKAY? I'M NOT THAT YOUNG.

BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T COME UP HERE AND SAY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IN THE CITY, NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE MANY THINGS YOU'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF, RIGHT? SO, YEAH, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I AM USING ALL OF THE GREAT AMENITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES MIAMI BEACH HAS.

AND IT'S ALSO SO GREAT TO SEE THE COMMISSIONERS ALWAYS AND ALL OF THESE AMAZING EVENTS SUCH AS RECENTLY WE HAD GUAP PALOOZA, WHICH WAS THIS GREAT CROSSFIT EVENT, WHICH WAS MOVED TO THE BEACH, WHICH I'M HERE FOR BECAUSE I LOVE CROSSFIT AND I LIVE ON THE BEACH.

SO I WALKED DOWN MY STREET TO THE EVENT AND IT WAS AMAZING.

AND ALSO, RIGHT NOW, WE HAD EYE CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS A HUGE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL EVENT WITH AMAZING SPEAKERS.

AND JOE MAGAZINE WAS ACTUALLY ALSO ONE OF THE SPEAKERS THERE.

THANK YOU GUYS, AND I'LL BE BACK IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR.

SURE.

MY NAME'S BRUCE BERMAN FROM 1255 COLLINS AVENUE.

I WANT TO, UH, THANK THE MAYOR AND, AND, AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

NOT EVERYBODY DOES, AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE MIAMI BOAT SHOW RESOLUTION C SEVEN Q AS ADVOCATES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY.

MY WIFE PATTY AND I HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $10 MILLION TO RESTORE AND PROTECT BOSTON HARBOR AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND OUR SUMMER HOME FOR SAVE THE HARBOR, SAVE THE BAY, AND TO SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, 30,000 KIDS A YEAR FOR FREE PROGRAMS. UH, NOW THAT WE'RE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH THIS FEBRUARY, WE'RE ORGANIZING THE VERY FIRST CUPID SPLASH FUNDRAISER AT COLLINS PARK BEACH.

WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO THE BISCAYNE BAY RECOVERY FUND, WE HOPE THIS EVENT WILL BECOME A TRADITION HERE AS IT HAS IN BOSTON.

WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE EARNED THE SUPPORT OF THE MIAMI BOAT SHOW FOR THIS YEAR'S SPLASH, AND WE SUPPORT REESTABLISHING THE BOAT SHOW ON INDIAN CREEK, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS A GREAT WAY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FUN AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF RECREATIONAL BOATING.

I KNOW THE ORGANIZERS AND I KNOW THEIR PLANS, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THEY'LL LEAVE INDIAN CREEK, BISCAYNE BAY, AND THE SPOIL ISLANDS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU RUN IN THIS CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, UH, THANKS FOR LISTENING.

UM, I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS RECENTLY HAD HIS CHILD.

'CAUSE THAT MEANS THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM AND HE'LL BE JOINING US IN THE FREEZING 70 DEGREE WATER, UM, BEHIND.

UH, AND, AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND FROM MAYOR MINER'S WIFE THAT HE'LL BE THERE AS WELL.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, FOR, FOR SUPPORTING THAT EVENT AND, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE BOAT SHOW BACK ON INDIAN CREEK.

UH, DAN DAN SIDE, UH, TALKED ABOUT R TWO A SPEED DETECTION IN SCHOOL ZONES.

UM, I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE INTENT TO AWARD, UH, TO MY COMPANY AXO INSTEAD OF REISSUING THE RFP.

THERE WERE TWO PROTESTS OUT OF NINE TOTAL BIDDERS ON THE PROCUREMENT.

UH, I DO BELIEVE THE CITY HANDLED THE PROTESTS, UH, CORRECTLY, AND IT SENDS A BAD MESSAGE TO REISSUE THE RFP JUST 'CAUSE SOMEONE PROTESTS.

UH, WE'VE BEEN YOUR PARTNER ON RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THIS WOULD GIVE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.

UM, LASTLY, WHAT WASN'T CAPTURED PROPERLY ON THE PROCUREMENT IS TO SAY THAT WE DON'T COLLECT ANY REVENUE FROM UTC NOTICES, WHICH QUITE FRANKLY MAKES US ABOUT 1.3 MILLION LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE SECOND PLACE VENDOR.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

A WEEKEND BEFORE OF THE THICKNESS.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

UM, I'M JOSE FRIS, UH, LIVE 90 ALTON ROAD.

UM, ALSO IS, THIS IS A TOWNHOUSE RIGHT BY THE MARINA.

UH, UM, SORRY, I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN I SPEAKING THE MICROPHONE, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY FOR THE EVENT THAT YOU HAD LAST A WEEK OR

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IT WAS GREAT.

I WAS THERE.

I MEAN, I DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE HONOR TO SEE, UH, MR. SWATI.

I CONGRATULATED PERSONALLY, BUT THAT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I WANT TO ALSO SAY ABOUT THE MARINA FOR THE LAST TWO, COUPLE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

I'M BEING ASSAULT TWICE, UH, AT THE MARINA.

UM, IT'S TWO POLICE REPORT RIGHT HERE.

UM, AND SHE SAYS, I ASKED THE MARINA, I TOLD THE MARINA ABOUT IT.

I SAY, YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THE MARINA SAY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THIS IS, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN ON THAT.

AND THIS IS, UH, THIS PEOPLE IS, UH, THEY ARE BEING ASSAULT IS A PATENT.

AND I SENT A LETTER A LONG TIME AGO TO THE, ONE OF THE HIGH LEVELS FROM SOME TEXT ABOUT ONE INDIVIDUAL, AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PROTECTING ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE.

UM, AND THEY KNOW WHO THE BAR ACT ACTORS ARE, AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.

UM, ALSO IN THE LAST QUARTER, CODE ENFORCEMENT ONLY GAVE TWO VESSELS, BTR VIOLATION AND GAVE ONE CURFEW IN THREE MONTHS.

IN SEPTEMBER IT WAS 11 VIOLATIONS.

AND WARNING IT WAS TWO FOR, UH, IN THE LAST QUARTER WAS TWO FOR TWO WARNING FOR BALLOONS, TWO BTRS ON ONE.

CAREFUL HOW THAT CAN BE.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CRAZY.

IN, IN NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BUDGET WERE COMING AFTER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THAT MY TIME? THAT'S IT.

CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE A 30 SECONDS? OKAY.

UH, UM, BY CHRISTMAS, THE BAY WALKED, THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE BAY WALKED BY THE MARINA, BY THE JACK CLUB.

THE LIGHTS WERE OFF FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.

I REPORT THAT TO MY MANAGER.

THE MANAGER SENT A LETTER TO THE CITY.

THE CITY TOOK CARE RIGHT AWAY, AND IT TOOK 15 DAYS.

WITHOUT THAT, THAT POWER BE CONNECTED.

SO THE CITY DID SOMETHING WITH THE MARINA AND THEN THEY JUMP IT.

AND WE HAD LIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR, BUT IT WOULD'VE BE 15 DAY WITHOUT LIGHTS.

UM, YOU GUYS, I'M BEEN READING THE MARINA, THE MARINA LEASE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF POWER AS A LANDLORD, PLEASE ENFORCE IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S THE MARINA, THE MARINA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S JUST GETTING AFFECTED AND IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PLEASE, PLEASE ENFORCE IT.

SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT NO CASUALTY, NO DEBT, NOT SOMETHING IS BEHIND ME, PLEASE, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, BUT I DON'T REALLY, I DIDN'T REALLY WANNA JUST GET ALONG BECAUSE I TOOK, I TAKE TOO LONG.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS MITCH NOVIK.

MITCH STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING, MITCH NOVIK, 9 0 1 COLLINS AVENUE.

I, TOO WANNA EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO DEBORAH, UH, FRIENDS AND, UH, COLLEAGUE OFFICERS OF, OF OFFICER MARTIN.

NOW, HIS PASSION FOR THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE WAS COMPELLING, UH, AND IMPRESSIVE.

UH, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COSTLY CLOSURE OF THE NORTHERN END OF OCEAN DRIVE, WHERE TAXPAYERS ARE SPENDING 700,000 ON PRIVATE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REPEATEDLY STATED OCEAN DRIVE WAS, OR OCEAN COURT WAS NEVER DE DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC CAPACITY THE CLOSURE CREATES, AND WE KNOW IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

A POOR, UH, MAN HAD BOTH HIS LEGS AMPUTATED AFTER BEING RUN OVER BY A TRUCK IN 2023 ALONG OCEAN COURT.

UH, IF, IF YOU'RE COMPELLED TO LEAVE IT CLOSED, I ASK THAT YOU, UH, REMOVE THE BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS.

JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, ON JANUARY 19TH AND OTHER GATE, THE NEWEST GATE ABUTTING, THE BETSY HOTEL WAS DAMAGED BY YET ANOTHER VEHICLE.

AND, AND, UH, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND I WOULD ASK, UH, I HAVE NO, UH, PREFERENCE IF IT'S ONE WAY, BUT THAT SECTION OF OCEAN DRIVE, AGAIN IS A COSTLY BURDEN ON ALL TAXPAYERS.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

REPRESENTING A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYORS COMMISSIONER AND CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS IAN AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF OCEAN DRIVE PROMINENT COMMUNITY, A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION

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TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A PETITION SIGNED BY 155 SUPPORTERS WHO SHARE A CLEAR AND UNIFIED MESSAGE.

OCEAN DRIVE MUST REOPEN AND MORE AD DRAINING EVERY DAY.

FOR YEARS, WE HAVE WATCHED THIS ONE, STRIVING STREET DECLINE INTO EMPTINESS.

BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED, SAFETY CONCERNS HAVE INCREASED.

AND THE AREA, ONCE THE BIDDING HEART OF MIAMI BEACH HAS LOST ITS ENERGY AND VITALITY, WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY VISION NEVER MATERIALIZED.

INSTEAD, THE CLOSURE AS DISCOURAGED VISITORS HURT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LEFT TO ONE'S ICONIC AVENUE, DESERTED AND STRUGGLING BEYOND THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE DISCLOSURE HAS ALSO CREATED A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD HAZARD.

THE DEAD END ON OCEAN DRIVE IS A TICKING TIME BOMB FOR ACCIDENTS WITH NO PROPER TRAFFIC FLOW.

CARS ARE FORCED INTO DANGEROUS U-TURN, CREATING CONFUSION AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR DRIVERS, CYCLISTS, AND PEDESTRIAN ALIKE.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING WORSE HAPPEN.

RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND BUSINESSES WANT OCEAN DRIVE BACK.

THE COURT HAS RULED IN FAVOR OF REOPENING AND FURTHER DELAYS WILL ONLY CAUSE MORE HARM KEEPING THE STREET CLOSED DURING AN APPEAL PERIOD SERVICE.

NO ONE EXCEPT THOSE WHO PROFILE PROFIT FROM STAGNATION.

WE URGE YOU, OUR CITY LEADERS TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE, SUPPORT THE REOPENING UNDER THE CORE DECISION, AND HELP US AND RESTORE SAFETY, ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND THE SPIRIT OF OCEAN DRIVE.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JESUS ADE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

JESUS.

UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

PJ.

LET'S THEN GO TO TROY WRIGHT.

MR. WRIGHT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS TROY WRIGHT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BUSINESSES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

SORRY ABOUT MY VOICE THIS MORNING.

UM, HOWEVER, THE LIGHTS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE LOOK AMAZING.

UH, SO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND THE ENTIRE, UH, MIAMI BEACH CITY COMMISSION, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET, YOU NEED TO GO BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AT NIGHT.

UM, THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FULLY SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL BY COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ TO REFER THE DISCUSSION OF REDUCED PARKING RATES FOR MIAMI BEACH'S WORKFORCE TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE COMMITTEE.

UM, OUR CITY'S HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE, UH, SUCCESS OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SO YET THEY FACE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES DUE TO HIGH PARKING COST, PARTICULARLY NON-RESIDENTS WHO COMMUTE DAILY TO WORK ON MIAMI BEACH.

BY PROVIDING, UM, REDUCED PARKING RATES WOULD NOT ONLY EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THESE EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO, UM, HELP BUSINESSES RETAIN A STABLE WORKFORCE.

SO MANY HOSPITALITY WORKERS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE STRUGGLE WITH THE INCREASING COST OF TRANSPORTATION AND IMPLEMENTING A MORE AFFORDABLE PARKING SOLUTION WOULD DIRECTLY BENEFIT THEM, UM, WHILE REINFORCING MIAMI BEACHES REPUTATION AS A CITY THAT VALUES AND SUPPORTS IT WORKS FOR.

SO, UM, WE NEED SUPPORT THERE.

ALSO, REALLY QUICK, UM, THE BID PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION OF CONGRATULATING MIAMI BEACH FOR BEING NAMED THE TOP CITY TO VISIT IN NORTH AMERICA BY TRAVEL AND LEISURE MAGAZINE.

SO, GREAT JOB COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE LIGHTING AND LET'S CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.

UH, NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE.

YES, MY NAME IS BRIAN O'BRIEN.

I LIVE AT 90 ALTON DRIVE, UH, WHICH AFFRONTS THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.

I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT THIS AREA.

WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND AS YOU KNOW, IT EXTENDS A GOOD FIVE BLOCKS.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ACCESS, AND IT HAS, IT HAS DETERIORATED FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT.

I HAVE CHILDREN, I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, AND, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN I HEARD MR. FRIS, UH, TALK ABOUT HIS ALTERCATIONS THERE.

BUT WE HAVE WITNESSED MANY ALTERCATIONS THERE AND I THINK IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT AND AREA THAT JUSTIFIES MORE SECURITY, MORE OVERSIGHT OF SOME SORT.

I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A POSTCARD FOR OUR AREA HERE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOES ON ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS, WAS CRAZY.

AND, AND THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF THE PEOPLE COMING OFF AND ON BOATS AND SO ON, YOU DON'T SEE

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ANY GUARDS.

YOU DON'T SEE ANY TYPE OF OVERSIGHT.

SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY TYPES OF NEW RULES OR REGULATIONS.

I THINK THEY'RE IN PLACE.

THEY JUST NEED TO BE RE REINFORCED.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS LARRY SCHAFER.

MR. SCHAFER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THIS IS LARRY SCHAEFFER, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET IN NORTH BEACH.

I'D LIKE TO RAISE SOME AWARENESS OF MIAMI BEACH'S UPCOMING BLUE ZONES MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY EVENT.

THAT'S THIS WEEK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE NEW WORLD CENTER.

SEVEN, UH, 517TH STREET IN MIAMI BEACH.

UM, IT STARTS AT FIVE AND THEN THERE'S A PROGRAM AT SIX.

THE FIVE O'CLOCK IS REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM ON ONLINE, ON THE FACEBOOK GROUPS.

AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND, FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS, COME WITH AN OPEN MIND AND COME WITH ALL THOSE OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VOICED ONLINE.

UM, COME WITH GOOD QUESTIONS, EXPECT GOOD ANSWERS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CHALLENGE THEM.

BUT OVERALL, THIS EFFORT IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THERE'S, I DON'T THINK ANY EVIL IN HERE.

IT'S DESIGNED FOR OUR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY AND THE BLUE ZONES.

THERE ARE MANY CRITICS 'CAUSE THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE IN THE LONGEVITY SPACE.

PEOPLE LIKE DAVE ASPREY BULLETPROOF COFFEE, AND HE WANTS YOU TO PUT OIL AND BUTTER IN YOUR COFFEE, AND THAT'S KIND OF QUACKERY.

THERE'S ALSO BRIAN JOHNSON, WHO HAS THE DON'T DIE, UH, THAT'S A NETFLIX SPECIAL AS WELL.

HE TAKES A HUNDRED PILLS OF SUPPLEMENTS A DAY, AND HE ACTUALLY HAS A LONGEVITY SUMMIT COMING TO MIAMI BEACH ON, UH, MARCH 22ND, 2025.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE ZONES FOLKS OUT, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE KIND OF THE MOST SANE PEOPLE OPERATING IN THE LONGEVITY SPACE.

AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT, THAT OUR LEADERS HAVE DECIDED TO, UM, GET STARTED ON TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT HEALTH AND LONGEVITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, I'M GOING THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND.

I'M NOT IN UNIVERSAL SUPPORT.

I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

SO, UM, THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IF I HAVE SOME MORE TIME IS THERE WAS A RECENT MEETING ABOUT THE BELL IS ASSOCIATION.

THEY NEGOTIATED PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF ENTITLEMENTS FOR A DEVELOPMENT.

AND MY QUESTION TO THE COMMISSION IS, WELL, IF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAY THEY WENT ABOUT WHAT THEY DID, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA TALK TO THESE DEVELOPERS AND OBTAIN PUBLIC BENEFITS WHEN THEY WANT TO OBTAIN ENTITLEMENTS TO INCREASE HEIGHT.

MY NAME IS BERT FOWLS.

UM, 8 3 8 MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, REPRESENTING YACHT HAVEN GRAND MIAMI.

I WANNA THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I'M HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT THE MARITIME COMMUNITY.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT MIAMI HAS GUIDED CORRECTLY, AND MIAMI BEACH HAS BECOME A SHINING STAR IN THIS REGARD.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE MOVE TO COLLINS AVENUE BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE ABILITY TO BE A LEADING, A LEADING SHOW FOR NOT ONLY FLORIDA, BUT FOR THE NATION.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SHOW DYNAMICS ARE A COMPETITIVE ONE.

THERE ARE GLOBAL MARKETS LOOKING JUST WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THESE AREAS.

THERE HAVE TO BE CHANGES AND THEY WILL BE WORKED OUT.

IT IS AN OPINION THAT INFORMA IS THE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THIS REGARD, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REMAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, NOT ONLY IN FLORIDA, BUT THE NATION.

AND YOUR GUIDANCE HAS PROVEN THAT.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE MARKET DYNAMICS TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR.

I APPLAUD YOU ON EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE WE ARE THERE, BUT WE MUST GO FURTHER.

AND THIS MOVE SUPPORTS A DYNAMIC CHANGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE HOLDS STRONG TO BUILD FROM STEP TO STEP.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IN THAT REGARD.

APPRECIATE IT.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JESUS EZ.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S SMART DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE EXISTS TO A DEVELOPMENT IF THAT IS THE PATH FORWARD.

MY NAME IS JESUS EZ FROM 1662 LINCOLN COURT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE THIS MORNING AND ATTENDEES AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.

UM, I AM TALKING TODAY, UH, ARGUMENT AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC LAND FOR A PADDLE CLUB.

A REMINDER OF PUBLIC LAND IS MEANT TO SERVE THE CO COLLECTIVE NEED OF ITS COMMUNITY, NOT PRIVATE FINANCIAL INTEREST.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROFILE PRO FOR-PROFIT PADDLE CLUB AT THE EXPENSE OF AN EXISTING PARKING LOT, NOT ONLY DISREGARDS PUBLIC NEEDS, BUT ALSO THREATENS LOCAL BUSINESSES BY ELIMINATING A CRUCIAL SHARED RESOURCE.

I UNDERSTAND AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, PARKING HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THIS, AND THIS JUST MEANS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT ALTERNATIVE PARKING AND THE EXISTING PARKING.

TO ME, THERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT ARE CRUCIAL TO THIS, AND THAT IS THE LOSS OF PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY, DIRECT HARM TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING COMMUNITY USES,

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THIS PROPOSAL IS AN ATTACK ON LOCAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMY ACTIVITY.

IT WOULD HARM SMALL BUSINESSES, DISCOURAGING CUSTOMERS, AND AN UNDERMINE SUCH DEVELOPMENTS WOULD PRESERVE ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY, AND INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC LAND.

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO THINK OF THIS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE LOCAL AND THINK OF THE ECONOMY AND LOCAL ECONOMY AS THIS SEEMS VERY ANTI-BUSINESS.

AND THAT IS THE LAST THING WE NEED IN A PLACE RESTRICTED BY ACCESS TO PARKING, AND WE WANT A THRIVING COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HERE IN SOUTH BEACH.

NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. CITY CLERK, AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW HANOFF AND I LIVE AT 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

AND THIS MORNING I'M SPEAKING AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT OF THIS CITY.

FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND ZEL TAB TO MR. SUAREZ ON THE BIRTH OF HIS NEW CHILD.

AND I HOPE THAT THE MOTHER AND THE BABY ARE DOING JUST GREAT.

UM, I ALSO WANNA SPEAK ON R NINE A J, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ON THE CONFIGURATION OF OCEAN DRIVE FROM FIFTH STREET TO 14TH PLACE.

UH, THE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE JUDGE MADE AN ORDER LAST MONTH AND THE CITY APPEALED THAT IN THAT APPEAL, THERE WAS AN AUTOMATIC STAY ON THE JUDGE'S ORDER, WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION, WHICH WAS DECIDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION IN A SEVEN ZERO VOTE IN 2021.

UH, ON WEDNESDAY, THERE IS A MOTION BY THE CLEVELAND TO VACATE THAT AUTOMATIC STAY AND TO ENFORCE IT AND REQUIRE THE BICYCLE LANE TO BE REMOVED AND TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO BE RESTORED.

THE, THE, THE, UH, THE PLAINTIFF CLAIMS THAT THE CITY WILL NOT LIKELY PREVAIL.

WELL, I WANNA OFFER SOME INSIGHT HERE, AND I URGE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEIR COUNSEL THAT THEY DEFEND THIS VIGOROUSLY.

THE CLEVELANDER HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE HAD ANY NEGATIVE EFFECT.

THERE'S BEEN NO REVIEWS FROM CUSTOMERS.

THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY FINANCIAL STATEMENT, NOR HAVE THEY PROVIDED ANY DISCOVERY TO ANY OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE.

SECONDLY, IN THE JUDGE'S RULING, THEY CITED THAT THERE WAS A URGENT PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THE FIRE CHIEF PROVIDED TESTIMONY TO THIS BODY IN 2023 STATING THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

WE ALL KNOW THAT BEING OUT ON OCEAN DRIVE, THAT FIRE ENGINES, RESCUE TRUCKS AND POLICE HAVE FREE, UH, FREE REIGN OF OCEAN DRIVE COMPLETELY FROM CURB TO CURB.

UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A POLICY DECISION, NOT A JUDICIAL DECISION.

AND I URGE THAT EVERY ACTION BE TAKEN, THAT A VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF THIS BE TAKEN SO THAT THIS WONDERFUL PUBLIC AMENITY THAT EVERYONE, UH, THAT MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ENJOY, WHETHER THEY'RE ON CAR, ON FOOT, ON BICYCLE OR MICRO MOBILITY.

AND THIS PUBLIC AMENITY, UH, CONTINUES TO STAY FOR YEARS TO COME, IN FACT, IS IMPROVED WITH THE GEO BOND MONEY THAT IS, UH, SLATED TO BE IMPLEMENTED SOMETIME THIS DECADE.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE AS ALWAYS TO, TO HAVE PROPER DECORUM, DECORUM ON THIS DAY AS DURING THIS COMMISSION MEETING TODAY, AND THAT EVERYONE IS RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS IRENE.

THANK YOU, MAN.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, OUR COMMISSION HAD APPROVED THAT THE JUDGE OVERTURNED IT, UH, WHICH I'VE ALREADY COME OUT PUBLICLY AND SAID, I THINK IT'S PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS THAT A JUDGE IS OVERRULING THE DETERMINATIONS BY OUR CITY THAT HAD SPENT COUNTLESS, NOT JUST HOURS, YEARS, COMING UP WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS PLAN.

BUT WE ARE APPEALING AND WE ARE, WE ARE DEFENDING OUR, OUR INITIAL VOTE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR IRENE, UNMUTE YOURSELF.

UH, WERE BECAUSE OF A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, CARING, UH, ADVOCATE.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

YES, THIS IS IRENE VIGOR, PRESIDENT OF THE ART DECO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MATTHEW, UH, FOR HIS WORDS AND, UH, SAVING ME A FEW MINUTES AS HE STATED SOME OF, UH, THE FACTS THAT I WAS GOING TO, UH, STATE, UM, AS PER A A'S, UH, COMPREHENSIVE LETTER THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT INCLUDED EVIDENTIAL, UH, CORROBORATING EVIDENCE OF THE BENEFITS OF PROMENADES.

AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE HISTORIC MAJORITY SUPPORT, UH, THAT PADE, UH, RESIDENTS HAVE HAD FOR THIS PROMENADE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE REALIZE IN, IN THE PUBLIC, THIS HAS NOT COME OUT OF THIN AIR.

UM, IN MY, UH, IN MY LETTER I, I MENTIONED THAT, UH, OTHER FAMOUS PROMENADE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE DONE WELL AND ARE SUCCEEDING,

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THE ADVOCACY GROUPS, UH, THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYOR WHO TOOK A STRONG STANCE, KNEW WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, AND, UM, AND GOT THIS DONE.

UM, AND IT'S, QUOTE, A WIDELY SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THIS.

AND, UM, I I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, I HAVE MORE TO SAY, MAYBE I'LL SAY IT AT ONE O'CLOCK, BUT I WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE DISINGENUOUS, UM, COMMENTS MADE BY, UH, PEOPLE AGAINST ESPECIALLY, UH, PEOPLE WHO I'VE HEARD PERSONALLY.

UM, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER HEADING, UH, THIS COMMUNITY GROUP WHO IN FACT HAS THE WORD PROMENADE IN THE NAME AND I, WELL, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE IN STANCE.

I DO KNOW THAT IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, THIS ORGANIZATION DOES NOT REPRESENT ALL THE RESIDENTS OF 1500 OCEAN DRIVE WHERE I LIVE MYSELF.

IN A MEETING WE WERE ALL AT TOGETHER, THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS EXPRESSED, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE PROMENADE, INCLUDING THE SPEAKER WHO ALSO, UH, HAD MENTIONED POSSIBLY EXTENDING IT TO 15TH STREET.

BUT AFTER ONE RESIDENT, UM, SPOKE AGAINST IT, NOW WE SEE A, A CHANGE.

I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE COMMENTS, EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK, UH, THEIR MIND AND TO PROTEST AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS YEAH, IN SFL.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

I ALSO LIVE AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE.

GOT IT.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK PERSONALLY.

SO GOOD MORNING MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO STOP THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN INFLICTED ON OCEAN DRIVE BUSINESSES FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

FROM 2:00 AM ALCOHOL BANS TO STREET CLOSURES.

OCEAN DRIVE IS OUR MOST ICONIC STREET AND VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ASSET IN MIAMI BEACH.

YET SOME OF YOU BELIEVE THAT BANNING CARS ON TWO BLOCKS WILL MAGICALLY TRANSFORM OCEAN DRIVE INTO AN AMERICAN CITY, UH, INTO AN EUROPEAN CITY.

BUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LACKS THE PUBLIC MASS TRANSIT OF EUROPE, AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS HAVE VOTED AGAINST MASS TRANSIT FROM MIAMI TO MIAMI BEACH.

THEREFORE, CARS ARE, ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR DAILY WAY OF LIFE NOW, AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, INSTEAD OF REMOVING ROADS AND PARKING SPACES, YOU NEED TO BUILD MORE OF IT BECAUSE WE ARE CAR DEPENDENT.

THIS IS OUR REALITY.

THE PROMENADE.

WE HAVE ALREADY QUITE A FEW IN OUR CITY.

AFTER RECITING FULL-TIME AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE FOR 26 PLUS YEARS, I KNOW OCEAN DRIVE BETTER THAN MOST.

EVERY DAY I SEE TWO CLOSE BLOCKS ON OCEAN DRIVE DIRECTLY FROM THE 10TH FLOOR OF MY APARTMENT, WINDOWS AND BALCONY.

AND I INVITE ANY OF YOU TO COME AND SEE MY VIEW OF THESE TWO BLOCKS EMPTY 99% OF THE TIME, DAY OR NIGHT OR WEEKENDS.

YOU NEED TO, UM, WITH THREE EXCEPTIONS NEW YEAR'S, UH, DAY VETERANS DAY AND OUR DECO WEEKEND ILLEGAL CLOSE ILLEGALLY CLOSING THESE TWO BLOCKS HAS TO DISRUPTED TRAFFIC, GENERATED TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, CONFUSION, AND ACCIDENTS ON OCEAN DRIVE ALLEY COLLINS AND WASHINGTON AND HER BUSINESSES.

YOU ALL RUN AS LOW AND ORDER CANDIDATES.

NOW THERE IS A COURT ORDER.

COULD I HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES? THERE'S A COURT ORDER, UM, UH, TO REOPEN OCEAN DRIVE.

DO IT THEN LET'S HAVE A DIS REAL DISCUSSION ON HOW TO HELP AND SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES AND WORKERS ON OCEAN DRIVE THE 46 RESTAURANT ON OCEAN DRIVE.

ACCORDING TO SESI STRUGGLE, FINDING, HIRING, OR HOLDING GOOD WORKERS BECAUSE RENTS ARE TOO HIGH ON THE BEACH AND PARKING IS SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE, WHILE RESIDENTS ON OTHER BUILDINGS WITHOUT GARAGES ARE ALLOWED STREET PARKING AT DISCOUNT.

AND THE PHANTOM BLUE HOTEL UNION WORKERS GET OCEAN FROM PARKING BUSINESSES ON OCEAN DRIVE ARE UNDER ATTACK.

IT'S TIME TO OPEN TRAFFIC AND HELP OUR BUSINESSES AND WORKERS ON OCEAN DRIVE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE'VE, WE'VE GONE OVER THE 30 MINUTES AND WE STILL HAVE THREE ON ZOOM AND TWO IN PERSON THAT I CAN SEE.

DO YOU WANT, LET'S DO ONE MINUTE EACH.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH ONE MINUTE, UH, WHOEVER'S NEXT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

COFFEE CHE WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR.

HI FOLKS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SPEAK THIS MORNING.

UH, QUARTER TO EIGHT.

MY WIFE WOKE ME UP AND SAID THE MEETING WAS AT EIGHT 30, NOT AT, UH, 10 AS I HAD IMAGINED.

I WAS PLANNING ON AN EMPANADA AND A LARGE

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AND THEY LITTLE IT, I APPRECIATE IT.

BUT YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

SO BY THE WAY, YOU, YOU, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND.

THIS WON'T COUNT AGAINST YOUR MINUTE.

YOU MAY HAVE .

WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN AFTERNOON SUT HOUR AS WELL AT ONE O'CLOCK.

SO I'LL KEEP IN MIND I FINISH THAT WITH THE REMAINING 30 SECONDS.

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT DOWN HERE IN 2009.

WE LIVE AT, UH, 1560 JEFFERSON.

UH, WE'RE TICKLED TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

OUR BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS FACING A CERTAIN UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT, UH, MAY BE REQUIRED AS FAR AS, UH, CONCRETE MITIGATION, UH, MITIGATION AND CRACK AND POSSIBLY FOUNDATION.

UH, WE FORESEE THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY IN OUR BUILDING AGAIN, THE STATUS OF THE BUILDING IS VERY UNCERTAIN.

WE HAD HOPED TO BE HERE.

I HAD HOPED FOR THIS TO BE MY RETIREMENT DOWN HERE.

I'M 76.

I'M NOT IN THE BEST OF HEALTH.

I WANTED TO, UH, BE A PART OF THIS PLACE FOR, UH, FOR WHATEVER TIME IS REMAINING.

THAT SAID, UH, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MAKE THIS PLACE MIAMI BEACH.

AS COMFORTABLE AS IT IS, AS EXCITING AS IT IS, AS STABLE AS IT IS, AND AS FORWARD LOOKING AS IT IS, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU FOLKS DO.

I SAW YOU AT, UH, MAYOR AT, UM, PUBLIX A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

I BUMPED YOU IN THE MORNING AND I I THANKED YOU THEN AND I'M THANKING YOU AGAIN AND ALL THANK YOU, SIR, FOR, FOR YOUR TIME.

I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER.

HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE JANIE, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.

LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID PREVIOUSLY, WHO MAKES THE CITY RUN? IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE HERE.

MY, MY PHONE CALL THIS MORNING IS I'M, UM, POLITELY ENRAGED ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA DO TO THIS PADELL TO THIS CITY PARKING LOT TO MAKE A PADELL, UH, COURT, WHICH IS IN THE INTEREST OF BIG BUSINESS.

AND THEN THEY WANT US TO USE A PRIVATE LOT THAT CHARGES $20 AN HOUR OR THEY BOOT YOU CAR, BOOT YOUR CAR, OR GIVE A REALLY BIG TICKET.

THIS IS CLEARLY BIG BUSINESS.

LINCOLN ROAD IS HALF EMPTY AND THIS IS NOT GONNA MAKE IT ANY BETTER.

PEOPLE NEED PARKING AND THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT THE CITY FACES AND GIVING THIS LOT TO PRIVATE PEOPLE WHO WANNA USE THEIR BENEFITS AND THEIR MONEY FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE NO, NO INTEREST IN WHAT BENEFITS THE PEOPLE.

MIAMI BEACH, THE PEOPLE WHO COULD LIVE HERE WHO PAY TAXES, THE PEOPLE WHO COME VISIT AND THE PEOPLE ENJOY.

AND I WOULD URGE ANYONE WHO PREVIOUSLY VOTED FOR THIS PADE COURT TO BE MOVED SOMEPLACE ELSE BECAUSE THIS IS IN MY MOST HUMBLE WAY.

AND I HOPE THIS DOESN'T COME OUT RUDE.

THE ULTIMATE ACT OF SELFISHNESS.

IT IS, IT IS NOT BENEFITING THE RESIDENTS.

I'M SURE IT'S A GREAT SPORT.

IT CAN BE PLAYED SOMEPLACE ELSE.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

I SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHOEVER'S NEXT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

UH, GOOD MORNING, GREG PARKS 1, 3 0 0 0 LAUREL HILL, TALLAHASSEE.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING RED SPEED, UH, REGARDING R TWO A.

UH, AND WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE THIS REBID AND REEVALUATED, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON ONE OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS.

THIS IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

YOU COULD ARGUE THIS BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICY DECISIONS YOU MAKE PROTECTING YOUR KIDS IN THE SCHOOL ZONE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

UH, CONTRARY TO THE EARLIER STATEMENT, IT'S VERY RARE TO HAVE TWO PROTESTS OUT OF NINE RESPONDENTS.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED EVERY ROP IN THE STATE THAT'S GONE TO CONTRACT AND NONE HAVE BEEN PROTESTED BY ANY VENDOR.

WE OPERATE ALL THE EIGHT PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPERATIONAL IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

AND NONE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PROTESTED THAT, UH, IT'S A UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY, IT'S UNIQUE LAW.

YOU MUST FOLLOW IT AS ALL UNIQUE PROCEDURES.

AND THE BASIS OF OUR PROTEST WAS WE WERE ACTUALLY RANKED HIGHEST IN THE QUALITATIVE BY YOUR COMMITTEE.

AND THERE WAS A SCRS ERROR IN OUR PRICING AND WE THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECONSIDER WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

MOBILITY HAS BECOME SUPER POPULAR AND THAT'S FOR A REASON.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JOHN S JOHN STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME IS JOSH SQUIRE, 3 4 6 WEST 47TH.

UM, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE THREE ITEMS THAT IMPACT TRANSPORTATION.

ONE IS THE RESTRICTION OF MICRO MOBILITY AT BAY WALK AND THE OTHER END SIDEWALKS.

AND THEN THE, UM, UM, SUBSIDY OF HOTEL PAR PARKING FOR HOTEL UH, WORKERS.

UM, SO MICRO

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IT SAVES MONEY, IT SAVES TIME, AND IT KEEPS YOU HEALTHY.

AND, UH, MORE TEENAGERS ARE USING IT, MORE ELDERLY ARE USING IT, AND DEFINITELY EMPLOYEES WHO CAN'T AFFORD CARS ARE USING IT.

WE HAVE A HUGE TRAFFIC ISSUE IN THE CITY.

IT'S TIME TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.

IT'S TIME TO PAUSE THE ENFORCEMENT AND START THINKING OF SOLUTIONS TO ADD BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE ON, ON THE OCEAN FRONT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

ADDING RESTRICTION, ADDING ENFORCEMENT.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE PROMOTING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BUT YOU'RE SENDING OUR CHILDREN, OUR TEENAGERS ONTO THE STREET WITH, WITH ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.

YOU'RE SENDING, UH, ELDER AND YOUNG FAMILIES OFF THE OCEAN FRONT ONTO THE STREETS.

THANK YOU WITH CARS AND THAT'S NOT THE SOLUTION.

PLEASE RECONSIDER THESE MOTIONS.

NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA PEG AND I'M HERE ALSO REPRESENTING PHILIPPE PERRI, WHO I WORK FOR AND IS OWNER OF PROPERTIES IN MIAMI BEACH THREE 20 AND THREE 40 WEST TOLEDO.

REGARDING ITEM NUMBER R FIVE A, WE WANTED TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY ADMINISTRATION TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF MANDATORY APPROVAL FROM DRB OR HPB FOR PROPOSED UNDERSTORY HOMES.

WE BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE LESS BURDEN PLACED ON HOMEOWNERS AND BUILDERS TO BUILD THESE TYPES OF HOMES SINCE ONE OF THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF BUILDING THEM IS THAT THEY WORK TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF RISING SEA LEVELS AND THEIR HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAKE THEM MORE RESILIENT.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS TO PRESENT AND BE APPROVED BY DRB OR HPB CAN ALSO POTENTIALLY DISINCENTIVIZE OTHER OWNERS THAT ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, WHICH IS ONE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, MIAMI BEACH IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO ADDRESS FOR THE FUTURE.

THERE'S ALSO THE BURDEN IT CAN PLACE ON OWNERS IN TERMS OF TIME, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE PROCESS FROM SIGNING UP TO APPROVAL CAN TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS IN WHICH CARRYING COSTS AND ADDITIONAL FEES OWED TO DIFFERENT PARTIES ACCRUE.

SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHOW, SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS KEN KOPPEL.

KEN, GO AHEAD.

UNMUTE YOURSELF.

UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

UH, I'M, I'M HERE TO, UH, SUPPORT, UH, THE P PEDESTRIAN PRO PROMENADE, UH, IRENE.

AND, UH, AND MATTHEW GOOV, I THINK MADE THE CASE OF VERY STRONGLY, AND I HAVE LITTLE TO, UH, TO ADD.

UM, THE, UH, OPPONENTS, UH, HAVE BROUGHT UP SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE TOTALLY A BOGUS.

UH, AND SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, HAVE OPPOSED THIS DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE AREA.

THERE ARE REALLY TWO FACTS ON, ON THE GROUND THAT I DON'T THINK, UH, CAN BE QUESTIONED.

UH, NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY MANDATED A, A BALLOT WHEREBY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, VOTED WHETHER THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE IT OR NOT.

A TWO THIRDS, UH, OF VOTE WAS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE IT.

UH, THE RESIDENTS EXCEEDED, UH, TWO THIRDS.

THAT'S A FACT ON THE GROUND.

THE SECOND FACT ON THE GROUND IS THAT FOR THE PERIOD THAT THE PROMENADE HAS BEEN, UH, OPEN, IT HAS BEEN TOTALLY PEACEFUL.

AND THE MAIN ACTIVITY THAT YOU SEE ARE VISITORS AND RESIDENTS TAKING PICTURES OF OUR GORGEOUS ARC DECO ODS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REAL TREASURES OF, UH, OF OUR CITY.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS TRAVEL AND LEISURE NAMED US THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION IN NORTH AMERICA SHOWING US THE PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE.

PLEASE KEEP IT, IT MAKES SENSE.

UH, GO AHEAD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

WANDA JAMIE, 83 0 5 KRISPY BOULEVARD.

UM, GOOD MORNING CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR MINOR.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD AN INCIDENT REGARDING E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS.

I THANK COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND BLACK FOR SPONSORING C FOUR L.

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IN THIS DAYS RIGHT NOW.

I RECEIVED ALL RESPONSES EXCEPT FOR THE MAYOR STEVEN MINOR.

WE NEVER GOT A RESPONSE.

BLAKE NEVER GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME.

UH, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR CITY.

I KNOW YOU ARE LAW AND ORDER MAYOR AND THIS SCOOTERS AND THIS E-BIKES PRESENT A REAL DANGER, NOT ONLY TO THE PEDESTRIANS, NOT ONLY TO THE CHILDREN.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER ALMOST GOT RAN OVER ON THE SIDEWALK WAITING FOR A BUS GOING ON.

ALIS THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL OUR STREETS? SO RIGHT IN OUR STREETS, HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO WEAVING AND CUTTING, THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE THE SAME WAY THEY COULD USE OUR STREETS, BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE, NOT BY PD AND NOT BY ANYBODY IN THE CITY.

SO I'M ASKING THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING TO ME, THOSE THAT I RECEIVED MY EMAIL TO, PLEASE SUPPORT

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C FOUR L.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS, I'M SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU, MA'AM, HAVE HEARD OF OTHER RESIDENTS SAYING THE SAME THING.

THIS IS, UH, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BUT THEY HAVE NO LIGHT.

THEY, THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY.

ME.

THE REGISTERED DRIVERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DRIVING.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MR. MAYOR, THAT, UH, YOU'LL PUT THIS, UH, LOOK INTO THIS AND SAY YES TO THIS BECAUSE I'M SURE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCES.

I ALMOST RAN SOMEBODY OVER SATURDAY, 85TH AND HARDING, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO LIGHTS, BICYCLE WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS.

BY THE TIME I LOOKED AT IT, THE SKY'S IN FRONT OF ME.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

SO I'M, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DO SOMETHING I DON'T USUALLY DO.

FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA ASK OUR POLICE CHIEF TO COME UP AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES.

UH, I ALSO, IT IS A, IT IS A MISSTATEMENT TO SAY WE DON'T RESPOND TO YOU.

WE DO, YOU DO REACH OUT A LOT.

AND WE DO RESPOND AND WE DO DEAL WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU, I'M SAYING YOU DIDN'T RESPOND YOUR OFFICE, EVERYBODY RESPONDED.

BUT YOUR OFFICE, I'M JUST SAYING, AND I I LIKE YOU, BUT YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T RESPOND TO ME.

WE, WE ACTUALLY DID.

WE ACTUALLY DID THAT.

BLAKE NEVER DID.

BLAKE CALLED ME.

I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE, I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE YOU ON THE DAY HERE, BUT I WANNA CALL THE CHIEF UP TO, UH, HEY.

HI, BABE.

NOT NECESSARILY ENFORCEMENT INITIALLY.

WAYNE JONES, UH, UH, POLICE CHIEF.

UH, APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS, UH, THIS MORNING.

I KNOW MR. MAYOR, UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO YOU.

YOU HAVE BROADLY, BROADLY SPEAKING.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST ENTERED INTO AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, UH, TO DEAL WITH, UH, FOLKS ON BICYCLES, MICRO MOBILITY, ELECTRONIC VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, PART OF MY PET PEEVE, I SPEAK WITH MY EX ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, IS THESE KIDS RUNNING AROUND SCHOOL KIDS ON THESE ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITHOUT HELMETS.

OFTENTIMES THAT BEING, UM, THE TRAFFIC LAWS.

AND, AND SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY DEDICATED TO, UH, PUSHING OUT A LOT OF EDUCATION FOR THESE KIDS.

IN PARTICULAR, UH, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS ONE OF THESE KIDS, UH, GETTING HIT BY A CAR.

WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA TURN OUT WELL, EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS.

AND SO DEDICATED TO, TO MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

AT SOME POINT THAT MAY COME, BUT THE IDEA IS REALLY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, UM, TO HOPEFULLY MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S NOT ONLY KIDS.

AND THERE IS AN ORDINANCE IN MIAMI BEACH THAT SAYS, NO E-BIKES OR E SCOOTERS.

YOUR OFFICERS ARE TELLING ME, NO, IN FLORIDA THEY COULD DO THIS, BUT NOT IN MIAMI BEACH.

'CAUSE WHEN THE MAYOR CLOSES UP CURFEW AT 2:00 AM IT'S 2:00 AM IF I GO OUT AT 3:00 AM I COULD GET A CITATION OR I COULD GET ARRESTED OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

WE HAVE TO FILE LAWS.

THIS IS A LAW.

THIS IS A CITY OF LAW AND ORDER.

WE SHOULD HAVE LAW AND ORDER.

I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE THAT I COULD.

THEY ARE USING OUR STREETS, OUR SIDEWALKS, NO INSURANCE, NO NOTHING.

THEY COULD, THEY COULD, THEY, THEY, THEY RAN INTO MY CAR.

THEY RAN INTO MY CAR.

THEY DIDN'T DO DAMAGE.

I COULD'VE KILLED SOMEBODY.

I WOULD'VE BEEN, YOUR OFFICERS WOULD'VE TOLD ME, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.

I HAVE TO THINK FOR MY SAFETY.

AND FOR THOSE OF OTHERS, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.

EVERYONE IN THIS DAY IS HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS SAYING THE SAME THING.

NOT NOW, NOT LAST MONTH, BUT FOR MONTHS.

THIS IS AN INVASION ON E-BIKES AND E SCHOOLERS.

THEY DON'T RESPECT TRAFFIC.

AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU.

AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ABOUT THIS.

AND AS THE CHIEF HAS, HAS MENTIONED, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION BEING PAID TO THIS THERE.

I'VE ACTUALLY PERSONALLY SEEN OFFICERS APPROACH, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND, AND STOP THEM RECENTLY.

IT THERE.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY AN EFFORT BEING MADE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

BUT SOME, IS THAT AN EFFORT? SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

IT IS ENOUGH.

IT IS ENOUGH FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF US.

EVEN THE RIDERS THEMSELVES, EVEN THE RIDER.

IT'S NOT ONLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT MYSELF.

I'M TALKING ABOUT, IT'S JUST SO SCARY TO DRIVE.

AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY CUTTING IN FRONT OF YOU, A 3000 POUND TRUCK, TWO OR 200 POUND BIKE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DAMAGE WILL BE? RIGHT? NO, THANK YOU.

AND BY THE WAY, I SAID I, I DON'T WANNA OVERSTATE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE TWO OR THREE ITEMS ON THIS ALONE.

UH, UH, I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN TALKING TO THE CHIEF AND OTHERS ABOUT THIS.

I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AS WELL.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

OUR CHIEF, IT HAS CERTAINLY DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME AND PASSING ALONG THE MESSAGE TO ITS TO, TO HIS OFFICERS TO, UH, TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AS WELL.

AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, IN FACT, UH, YOURSELF, UH, ME AND COMMISSIONER BOND, WE'RE, WE'RE SPONSORING AN ITEM DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENHANCE ENFORCEMENT AGAIN, AGAINST THESE INDIVIDUALS OPERATING THESE MOTORIZED DEVICES.

AND THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR UPDATES AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A STRONG, UH, LOOK AT THIS.

A LADY GOT, UM, I AND I, AND, AND I REACTED TO THIS AFTER A LADY THAT GOT VIOLENTLY HIT BY, UH, BY ONE OF THESE MOTORIZED DEVICES OUTSIDE OF A TANNING SALON ON 41ST STREET.

AND IT REALLY IS EVERYWHERE WE'VE HEARD OF SENIORS GETTING HIT.

WE'VE HEARD OF, OF CHILDREN GETTING HIT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.

THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

AND I KNOW

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WE FEEL YOUR PASSION.

AND THAT'S WHY'RE AND MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE, I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE MAYOR AND I CAME HERE NOW, BUT THERE, THERE IS AN ORDER THE WAY ALREADY BY 70 DASH SEVEN.

NO, NO, I'M NOW I'M GONNA CUT IT.

YOU LOVE SAYING THAT.

I, BUT BY THE WAY, THIS WHAT IT IS.

BUT BY THE WAY, NOTICE I'M A CO-SPONSOR ON THE ITEM.

OH, WELL THANK I DIDN'T SEE IT.

THAT'S A COME, I GRABBED THIS, BUT I THANK YOU.

AND THIS IS OH, A PRIME SPONSOR.

OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR OUR SAFETY NOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NO, THIS CONVERSATION'S OVER.

NO, WE HAVE THE ITEM.

WE HAVE THE ITEM.

THEY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.

UNDERSTOOD.

THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS.

MY FRIEND WAS THANK YOU.

WAS CITED.

ITEM C SEVEN Y IS BEING DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 26TH.

AND THIS IS NOT THANK YOU.

IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER.

UH, IT'S AARON.

AARON STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, YOU ARE THE LAST SPEAKER.

JUST REAL QUICK TO FOLLOW UP.

UM, SORRY.

MADE ME ADDRESS.

AARON ZEKI 43 50 ON LIST DRIVE.

UM, REGARDING THE UNDERSTORY, UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT IF THAT GETS REMOVED FROM A DRB UH, PROCESS.

IT'S KIND OF A SIMPLE MOD.

I THINK THE ZONING DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB.

UM, BACK OFFICE HANDLING A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, MODIFICATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, UH, ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

WE RAN, WE WERE APPROVED FOR AN UNDERSTORY.

IT TOOK EIGHT MONTHS, NINE MONTHS OF ADDITIONAL TIME.

UM, SO ANY WAY THAT WE COULD ALLEVIATE THAT WOULD BE AMAZING BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, DIFFERENT DESIGNS WITHOUT NECESSARILY, UH, GOING THROUGH THOSE HOOPS.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

UH, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ON THE, TODAY IS THE SEPARATED ITEMS. MAYOR MINOR IS SEPARATING TWO ITEMS, C SEVEN Q AND C SEVEN AG G COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS SEPARATING C SEVEN N.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS SEPARATING C FOUR C.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS SEPARATING C TWO M AS IN MARY.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ IS SEPARATING C TWO M AS IN MARY AS WELL.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,

[C7 Y A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO FILL KEY POSITIONS IN ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF CITY SERVICES AND MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY.]

C SEVEN Y IS BEING DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 26TH.

AND DISCUSSION

[R9 AG DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION – RECLASSIFICATION OF ASSAULT OR BATTERY OFFENSES AGAINST PARK RANGERS TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL PENALTY FOR DEFENDANTS.]

ITEM R NINE 80 G, THE MAYOR IS REQUESTING THAT THAT ITEM BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE C UH, COMMITTEE.

AND WE WILL BE DOING SO, UH, VIA THE CONSENT AGENDA IS CR NINE A G.

SO R NINE AG IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION.

RECLASSIFICATION OF ASSAULT OR BATTERY OFFENSES AGAINST PARK RANGERS.

THAT WAS, UH, THE MAYOR'S DISCUSSION ITEM.

HE'S REQUESTING THAT IT BE A, UH, REFERRAL PUBLIC SAFETY.

HAVING SAID THAT, I, I'M REQUESTING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS. MOVE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ACCEPT.

UH, ACCEPTED.

UH, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE MAYOR HAS NOT APPROVED THE ADDENDUM ITEMS. THEY WILL BE HEARD AFTER 5:00 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

JUST TAKE CARE OF A COUPLE OF NECESSARY, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. R SEVEN ER SEVEN E IS A MANDATE.

LET'S

[R7 E A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2024-33395, WHICH SET THE 2025 MEETING DATES FOR THE CITY COMMISSION, MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MBRDA), AND NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA) MEETINGS, BY ADDING A FINAL BUDGET HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.]

SO FOR 2025 COMMISSION MEETING MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NORTH BEACH CRA.

MEETINGS TO ADD SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 AS A FI FINAL BUDGET MEETING, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT HAS NOTIFIED US THAT, UH, THE STATE HAS STATED THAT WE CAN ADD THAT DATE AS OUR BUDGET MEETING.

IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE COUNTY.

IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO IT IS JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM BECAUSE WE HAD NOT SET THAT DATE EARLIER.

IT'S SEPTEMBER 30TH IS A DATE THAT THE STATE IS SAYING THAT WE CAN DO OUR FINAL BUDGET MEETING.

IT WILL START AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

SECOND.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN E.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

R SEVEN E.

STILL A COUPLE OF, UM, SECOND READING ITEMS. R 5G.

[R5 G NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND USE BOARDS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED “MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE,” CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “GENERAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND HEARING PROCEDURES,” SECTION 2.2.4, ENTITLED “PUBLIC HEARING,” SECTION 2.2.4.1, ENTITLED PUBLIC NOTIFICATION,” BY MODIFYING THE PUBLISHED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY’S LAND USE BOARDS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

YES SIR.

R 5G IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SUB PART B ENTITLED MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE CHAPTER TWO, ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION REVIEW PROCEDURES.

ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED GENERAL DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION AND HEARING PROCEDURES SECTION 2.2 0.4 ENTITLED PUBLIC HEARING SECTION 2.2 0.41 ENTITLED PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS

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BY MODIFYING THE PUBLISHED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY'S LAND USE BOARD AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALS HAVE ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING.

THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE.

I MOVE MY ITEM.

I SECOND.

HOLD ON.

SO I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

ANY DISCUSSION IF NO, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

VICE MAYOR B? YES.

MAYOR MINOR? YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

THAT WAS ITEM R 5G.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

LET'S GO TO R SEVEN F.

[R7 F A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 13, 2025, BETWEEN THE CITY (PURCHASER) AND LIPT COLLINS AVENUE, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION (TENANT OR SELLER), FOR THE PURCHASE OF TENANT'S LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN THAT CERTAIN GROUND LEASE, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1999, BETWEEN THE CITY, AS OWNER/LANDLORD, AND TENANT, INCLUDING TENANT'S TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LAND LOCATED AT 1027-1041 COLLINS AVENUE (LAND), CONSISTING OF A PARKING GARAGE CONTAINING 278 REGULAR PARKING SPACES AND 61 VALET PARKING SPACES (339 TOTAL SPACES), AND APPROXIMATELY 3,350 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE (COLLECTIVELY, THE PROJECT), IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000,000 PLUS CLOSING COSTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE TRANSACTION); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE CLOSING OF THE TRANSACTION; AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO CONVERT THE PROJECT INTO A CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP, IN ORDER TO SEPARATE THE RETAIL AND GARAGE COMPONENTS AND SECURE THE MUNICIPAL TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE GARAGE UNIT; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION AND THE CONDOMINIUMIZATION PROCESS.]

R SEVEN F APPROVE.

LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

10 27 THROUGH 10 41.

COLLINS AVENUE PARKING GARAGE, SEVEN F THESE ARE NOT TIME, NOT, UH, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JASON GREEN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

UH, SO THE ITEM MAY HAVE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE APPROVAL FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE OUT THE LEASEHOLD, UH, FOR WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE PELICAN GARAGE.

UH, I THINK A COUPLE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS, UH, THERE WAS A, AN OFFER FROM A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL TO PURCHASE THIS FROM THE EXISTING, UH, TENANT, UH, FOR $15 MILLION.

UH, PER THE LEASE AGREEMENT, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO, UM, WRITE A FIRST REFUSAL.

BASICALLY, UH, THE CITY DID REVIEW THIS.

UH, THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL, WHICH DID HOLD UP THAT VALUE.

UH, SO WE BELIEVE THAT IS A GOOD VALUE TO THE CITY.

WE DID GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS, AND THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM, UH, THE PARKING DOLLARS ITSELF.

IT'LL COME FROM A MIXTURE OF PARKING IMPACT FEES FOR SOUTH BEACH.

SO THE DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY MEANT TO HOLD OR RETAIN THOSE TYPE OF PARKING FACILITIES AND PARKING OPERATIONS.

SO THIS WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON ANY OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, FOR THE CITY.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR? COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF IFICATION IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO WE HAVE? UH, RIGHT NOW IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY? I'D ASK PARKING TO.

YEAH, IT'S PARKING TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

GOOD MORNING, JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DIRECTOR, INTERIM PARKING DIRECTOR.

COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, GIVE US JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT, THAT, BUT IN GARAGES, HOW MANY PARKING, THE TOTAL INVENTORY IN THAT AREA, WE, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.

AND LET US JUST CALCULATE THAT NUMBER REAL QUICK.

SO, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR TO THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSIONER HAS ASKED FOR THE GARAGE INVENTORY THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.

UM, THE PRIMARY GARAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA IS THE SEVENTH STREET GARAGE.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SEVENTH STREET GARAGE HAS 646 SPACES IN IT.

AND THAT GARAGE MAY BE, UM, THE DISCUSSION OF A BUYOUT OPTION THAT IS WITHIN THE EXISTING CONTRACT AGREEMENT.

THAT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE APRIL OF 2026.

RECOUP THESE PARKING SPACES.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE 646 BASIS FROM OUR INVENTORY WITHIN THIS AREA.

I BELIEVE WE, SO IN APRIL? IN APRIL, WE MIGHT, APRIL NEXT YEAR, WE MIGHT BE LOSING OVER 600 PARKING SPACES IN THIS AREA OF MIAMI BEACH.

CORRECT.

AND THIS OPTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO EXECUTE WILL ALLOW US TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN A CERTAIN FOOTPRINT IN THAT AREA.

THEN IT WOULD PICK UP APPROXIMATELY 330 ADDITIONAL SPACES, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY PRIVATELY HELD THAT WOULD PUT IT INTO THE CITY'S INVENTORY.

THAT WOULD GIVE US A MUCH BETTER ABILITY TO PROVIDE PARKING IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

AND IF WE DON'T DO THIS NOW, HOW MANY YEARS WOULD IT BE BEFORE WE COULD RECOUP THESE PARKING SPACES? SO THESE PARKING SPACES ARE CURRENTLY IN A LEASEHOLD INTEREST ON CITY OWNED LAND THAT RUNS FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS.

SO THEN IT'LL BE ANOTHER 25 YEARS BEFORE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COULD

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COULD POTENTIALLY BE 25 YEARS.

THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

MR. MAYOR.

UM, NO, I SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF THIS PARKING LOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE'S PUBLIC $5 PARKING.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE DESIGN DISTRICT, THERE IS PUBLIC, UH, $5 PARKING.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ACROSS MIAMI BEACH.

UM, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC $5 PARKING, SO YOU CAN JUST PULL UP IN VALLEY OR CAR.

RIGHT NOW, OUR CITY RATES ARE AROUND $20 PER CAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SOMEHOW SUBSIDIZE THAT LOWER IT, AND I THINK THAT BUYING THIS PARKING GARAGE, UM, IS SMART ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE SPACES TO, UH, VALET THESE CARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON.

I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER TOLD ME THAT $5, UH, SEEMS TOO LOW, BUT I, I THINK THAT IF WE DID THAT AND HAD DIFFERENT BIDS ACTUALLY HELP PAY INTO THIS SO THAT WE COULD, UH, SUBSIDIZE OUR PARKING, WE WOULD BE IN A MUCH BETTER SPACE AND PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE APT TO COME TO MIAMI BEACH IF THEY CAN PARK EASILY.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS.

ERIC, CAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE COMMISSION JUST MENTIONED ABOUT $20 PARKING IN CITY LOTS? SO RIGHT NOW, IF WE DO A DAILY RATE INSTEAD OF AN HOURLY RATE, I BELIEVE IN THIS DISTRICT, IT'S A $20 DAILY RATE, CORRECT.

AND PER HOUR, UM, FOR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENCE? $1 PER HOUR, SIR.

ARE ABSOLUTELY TIED TOGETHER.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR VALET RATES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A CITY VALET ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, AND I DROVE UP AND I SAID, HOW MUCH IS THIS $20 WHEN CITIES LIKE CORAL GABLES ARE CHARGING FIVE? AND I WOULD JUST LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE.

AND I THINK THIS GARAGE GOES A LONG WAY IN REALIZING THAT FOR OUR BUSINESSES, UM, ALSO THE DESIGN DISTRICT HEAVILY SUBSIDIZES THEIR PARKING.

AND, UM, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN OFFER THE SAME THING.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE VALET SERVICES THAT ARE USED TO CHARGING $20, UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, NUMBER ONE, HAVE THEM SLIGHTLY LOWER THEIR RATE.

AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE AT SOME POINT, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACES.

AND IT TAKES US A LONG TIME TO BUILD A GARAGE FROM THE GROUND UP.

THIS ONE IS ALREADY BUILT.

WE'RE GETTING A VERY DECENT PRICE ON IT.

SO I COMMEND YOU, UM, ERIC, FOR NEGOTIATING THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL, UH, REALIZE THIS OFFER.

ERIC, LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, UM, THERE WAS, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER LOT THAT WE HAVE POTENTIALLY THE OPTION OF PURCHASING WITH 600 PLUS SPOTS.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT AND IF THERE'S ANY NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO THAT LOT? SO THAT WOULD BE OUR SEVENTH STREET GARAGE.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE COME TO THE END OF THAT 30 YEAR OR AGREEMENT IN APRIL OF 2026.

UM, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE, JUST, JUST MAYBE EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE WHO CONTROLS THAT LOT RIGHT NOW.

SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S UNDER CITY CONTROL.

UM, IT IS PART OF A JOINT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL OWNER, UM, ON THOSE PROPERTIES.

UH, THE JOINT OWNERSHIP OF THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AND THE GARAGE BASICALLY WAS CONDOMINIUMIZED AND IT WAS CREATED WHERE THEY OWN GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.

WE OWN THE PARKING GARAGE, BUT IN THE AGREEMENT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUY US OUT AT THE END OF THE 30 YEAR WINDOW.

THAT 30 YEAR WINDOW RUNS OUT APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.

SO WE ARE IN A DISCUSSION WITH THE OWNER OF THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE PARKING WITHIN THAT FACILITY.

ULTIMATELY, WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR FOOTPRINT IN THIS DISTRICT, UM, POTENTIALLY EVEN EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND WE HAVE HEARD, OR I'VE PERSONALLY HEARD FOR YEARS, THAT IF WE WANT TO ELEVATE THE EXPERIENCE IN THIS ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO DO IS CREATE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CENTRALIZED VALET.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE ARE INTERESTED IN AND WE WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO PARTNER WITH A PRIVATE VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.

ARE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS TIED TO THIS LOT IN ANY WAY TO YOU? SO THEY, THEY CERTAINLY INTERPLAY ONE, THEY ARE STANDALONE TRANSACTIONS, BUT THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE

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IN WHAT WAY? UM, SO I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THE, UM, THE CITY HAS A NEED TO PROVIDE SOME PARKING IN THIS AREA.

I THINK IF WE DON'T OBTAIN THIS PARKING, IT PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A MORE MOTIVATED TO NEED TO HOLD ON TO THE 646 BASE IN, IN G IN G ONE.

SO BY BUYING THIS LOT, IT HELPS US IN THAT DISCUSSION, MR. MAYOR, THE RIGHT THEM.

I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? NO, I I WAS SAYING AT THE RIGHT TIME, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO, OH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SORRY, I, I HAD THIS TALK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND LET ME LAY OUT THE REASONS AS THE WHY, RIGHT? UM, NOT TRYING TO LOBBY AGAINST, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, UH, GOOD ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY NOT ADDING SINGLE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOT YET.

WE'RE USING $15 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT ACQUIRING A SINGLE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOT.

ADDITIONALLY, I'M SORRY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE COLLECTIVELY AS THE CITY, ARE NOT IN DANGER OF LOSING THESE PARKING SPOTS, RIGHT? I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR OVERALL SUPPLY, NOT WHO CONTROLS THEM, WHETHER IT BE A PRIVATE OPERATOR OR A PUBLIC OPERATOR.

IT'S NOT AS IF THIS CAN CONVERT TO SOME OTHER USAGE BECAUSE THIS PARKING LOT HAS TO REVERT BACK TO THE CITY'S HANDS IN 25 YEARS.

SO THERE WILL NOT BE A SINGLE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOT THAT'S ADDED TO MIAMI BEACH'S PARKING INVENTORY.

AND I DON'T MEAN OUR PUBLIC CONTROL, I MEAN, COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY, WE WON'T, MIAMI BEACH WON'T ADD A SINGLE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOT.

THE ONLY REASON WHY WE WOULD BUY THIS WITH $15 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS TO SUBSIDIZE THE PARKING RATES FOR LARGELY DAY TRIPPERS, RIGHT? THESE AREN'T FOR RESIDENTS.

THIS ISN'T IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND WE HAD TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING OPINE, UH, LAST MEETING THAT THERE ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RESIDENTS THAT PARK IN THIS BUILDING.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WHEN WE ALL SIT UP HERE AND LAMENT HOW BAD TRAFFIC IS, WE ARE ENCOURAGING DAY TRIPPERS TO COME AND DRIVE IN AND OUT OF OUR BEACH.

NOT ONLY ENCOURAGING THAT WE'RE SUBSIDIZING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY.

SO IF WE WANTED TO SIT HERE AND ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING TO THE CITY, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT.

HOWEVER, I THINK $15 MILLION TO TAXPAYER MONEY WOULD BE BETTER SPENT ON ANOTHER PARKING GARAGE ADDING ACTUAL SPACES TO THE OVERALL INVENTORY OF SPACES IN MIAMI BEACH.

BUT I DON'T SUPPORT USING $15 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE THE PARKING COSTS OF DAY TRIPPERS COMING DOWN TO THE MXC DISTRICT ON A DAILY BASIS TO COME IN AND OUT.

THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT.

MR. MAYOR, I, I STRUCK, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ'S HAND THEN COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

MOST SUCCESSFUL TOURISM INDUSTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND WE NEED TO PROTECT IT BECAUSE SUBSIDIZES OUR RESIDENTS, BOTH OF THEM, UM, EQUALLY, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THIS.

THIS WOULD PUT THOSE SPACES IN THE CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

AS FOR NOT WANTING DAY TRIPPERS TO COME TO MIAMI BEACH AND FREQUENT OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR HOTELS AND OUR EVENTS, YOU REALIZE THAT IF WE DO NOT SUPPORT OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY, THAT OUR TAX OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP 20, 30, 40%.

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TREMENDOUS TAX INCREASES.

SO OF COURSE, THIS IS IT.

IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING OUR INVENTORY BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THEM IN 25 YEARS.

WE ARE TAKING CONTROL FROM A PRIVATE PARKING LOT AND MAKING THOSE CITY RATES.

IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME HERE, I MEAN, I LIKE THIS IS KIND OF ANTI-BUSINESS, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE, UM, OF OUR BUSINESSES.

I WANT PEOPLE FROM AROUND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO COME TO MIAMI BEACH.

I WANT THEM TO EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS.

I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARK.

I THINK IT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR ECONOMY.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING, WE'RE INCREASING PUBLIC SPACES.

AND YES, IT'S FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, BUT WE'RE TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED IT.

AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAD TO BUILD THAT GARAGE NOW PER SPACE, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE PRICE THAT WE ARE GOING TO PAY.

GETTING THE LAND, GETTING THE SPACES OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

WE NEED IT.

WE JUST HEARD PEOPLE THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO PARKING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND

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IT'S NOT AN EASY BALANCE.

BUT TO SAY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME HERE, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO QUANTIFY THAT DATA TO WHO'S PARKING THERE? RESIDENTS OR DAY TROOPERS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TODAY BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATELY HELD LOT.

AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRACKING IT.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

YEAH, IT'S PRIVATE.

AND MR. CFO, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? HOW MANY, UH, SPACES ARE IN THE LOT? UH, THE LOT HAS 378.

2 78.

AND THERE'S TAN, UH, TANDEM ONE SIR.

61.

AND THEN HOW MANY? 61.

AND THEN A 61 TANDEM, WHICH WOULD BE USED COULD BE USED FOR VALET.

SO HOW MANY TOTAL SPACES WOULD IT BE? THREE 30.

3 39.

SO THAT'S AT A COST OF $45,000 PER PARKING SPOT.

SO THE COMMENT THAT IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY NOT BUILDING NEW, I THINK, YEAH, TO BUILD A NEW SPOT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT $40,000 PER SPOT.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

YEAH, LOOK, I I ECHO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S POINT THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDING PARKING SPACES, NOT SUBSIDIZING ONES THAT ALREADY EXIST.

UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO STILL BE A PARKING GARAGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO RENT THEIR SPACE TO MAKE MONEY.

THEY'RE CAPITALISTS.

UM, I, I THINK IT, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO REALLY ADDRESS A LACK OF PARKING BY INCREASING PARKING SPACES WITH THIS $15 MILLION, NOT BUYING, NOT PAYING $15 MILLION FOR SOMETHING, WE'RE GONNA GET BACK FOR FREE IN ABOUT 20 YEARS.

TO ME, THAT'S NONSENSICAL.

UM, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA BE A NOBO ON THIS.

WHAT'S THE CURRENT PRICING STRUCTURE OF THIS LOT? DO YOU HAVE THE PROFIT? IT FLUCTUATED DEPENDING ON THE EVENT AND, AND THE HOW MANY RESIDENT, HOW MANY VISITORS ARE COMING IN? SO YOU MIGHT DRIVE BY THERE AT ONE TIME AND IT'S $20 AND THEN YOU MIGHT DRIVE BY AN HOUR LATER AND IT'S $50.

ARE THERE RESIDENT RATES THERE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

NO.

IT'S PRIVATE.

I MEAN, IS THAT, HAVE WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE THAT? 'CAUSE WE, I MEAN WE, WE HOLD THE CARDS HERE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE CAN EXERCISE THE OPTION OF DOING IT.

SO CERTAINLY WE HAVE A STRONG HAND.

HAVE WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WHERE THEY WOULD PROVIDE RESIDENT RATES AND, AND WITHOUT US TAKING CONTROL.

SO WE WOULD SAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT WHAT WE'RE PROCEDURALLY DOING HERE IS EXECUTING OUR RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER TO STEP INTO THE ROLE OF THE PURCHASER ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

UM, THE EXISTING PROPERTY OWNER, UH, MAY OR MAY NOT BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT KIND OF NEGOTIATION BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE TRYING TO OFFLOAD THE PROPERTY.

THE, UM, PERSPECTIVE PRIVATE PURCHASER, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH AND WE'VE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.

BUT AS OF TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE AS FAR AS A POTENTIAL THREE PARTY AGREEMENT.

AND WHAT'S OUR DEADLINE? FEBRUARY 7TH IS WHEN THE, UM, THE CONTRACT REQUIRES US TO SUBMIT A, UH, DEPOSIT, A PORTION OF WHICH IS NON-REFUNDABLE.

AND HOW MUCH IS THAT? THE NON-REFUNDABLE PORTION, RICK, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IT'S $50,000.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE DEPOSIT'S SEVEN 50.

AND IF WE TERMINATE AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS HARD, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSING, UH, EXPENDITURES UP TO 50,000, WHICH WE BELIEVE THEY, THEY HAVE MET.

AND WE MAY LOSE OUR RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER FOR FUTURE.

WE WOULD ALSO LOSE IF, IF WE TERMINATE AFTER FEBRUARY 7TH, WE WOULD LOSE OUR RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER FOREVER.

SO IT'S NOW OR, OR NOT NOW.

AND BEFORE I TURN TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MENTIONED 25 YEARS, I BELIEVE.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS IN 25 YEARS? SO IN, IN 25 YEARS, THE LEASEHOLD INTEREST ON THE LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS SUNSETS.

AND SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE STRUCTURE THAT IS ON OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING LEASED, WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE CITY.

SO AFTER 25 YEARS, THAT

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STRUCTURE WOULD BECOME A CITY OWNED PARKING GARAGE COM.

UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND, AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION AND I'M NOT GONNA MAKE THAT MOTION.

'CAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND HE MAKES SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS.

AND TO YOUR WISDOM, UH, MR. MAYORS, WHILE YOU'RE APPOINTED TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPENDING $45,000 PER SPACE, UH, IN ESSENCE TO GAIN THE SPACES.

SO YOU'RE GONNA GET BACK ANYWAYS IN 25 YEARS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR INVENTORY IN THE DISTRICT REMAINS FLAT.

YOU'RE NOT INCREASING THE, THE, THE INVENTORY.

UM, AND, AND IF I, IF I WERE A BETTING PERSON, I WOULD SAY PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN THIS GARAGE.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A DEMAND AND PEOPLE ARE PARKING THERE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS AT THE CITY DISCOUNTED RATE OR AT THE, UH, AT THE CURRENT RATE.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME AMONGST ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT FOUR AS PART OF THIS ITEM, AND THAT THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THIS GARAGE IS $15 MILLION.

AND WE WOULD BE, IN ESSENCE, PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE APPRAISED VALUE, NOT EVEN NEGOTIATING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

AND FURTHERMORE, AS PART OF THE ITEM BEFORE US, IT'S EXPLAINED TO US THAT THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $15 MILLION EQUATES TO THE APPROXIMATE COST TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SIMILAR GARAGE STRUCTURE.

I WOULD, IF WE HAVE THE NEED FOR PARKING IN THIS AREA, THEN I WOULD MUCH RATHER INVEST THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS INTO A STRUCTURE THAT WILL INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF PARKING IN THE CITY IT COSTS RATHER, RATHER THAN INVESTING THAT $50 MILLION AND NOT GET A SINGLE EXTRA PARKING SPACE.

SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOU.

YOU'VE MADE SOME VERY ELOQUENT POINTS AND I THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THOSE POINTS FORWARD BECAUSE IT HELPED, UH, SHAPE MY POSITION IN THIS.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

YEAH, I PROMISE.

YEAH, JUST TO REITERATE, UH, YOU STATED THAT ELOQUENTLY, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WHERE WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY INCREMENTAL SPOTS TO THAT DISTRICT AT THE EXPENSE OF $15 MILLION.

SO THAT'S WHERE I HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST, IT'S BEING ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE THE COST.

IT'S EITHER GONNA BE A PRIVATE OPERATOR THAT OPERATES THIS, OR IT'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC ENTITY THAT OPERATES THIS.

AND GIVEN THAT THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR RATES AT A PRICE LOW ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DEMAND.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

IF WE NEED MORE PARKING IN THAT AREA, I'D RATHER THIS $15 MILLION GO TO ACTUALLY ADDING NEW INVENTORY AS OPPOSED TO JUST SUBSIDIZING EXISTING INVENTORY THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I WOULD LOVE TO ADD INVENTORY TOO.

I WOULD LOVE TO DO BOTH.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION OF EXPEDIENCY.

FROM THE TIME THAT WE PROPOSED THE PARKING GARAGE IN COLLINS PARK TILL THE TIME THAT WE BUILT IT, HOW MUCH TIME WENT BY? THAT WAS A CIP PROJECT.

SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT.

I THINK IT WAS LATE.

IT WAS EASILY A DECADE, EASILY.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE 72ND GARAGE, UM, THAT PASSED ON REFERENDUM IN, UH, 2018.

AND HERE WE ARE IN 2025, AND NOT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ECONOMICS OF THIS SUBSIDY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING SO THAT WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL GARAGE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IN THE BUSINESSES IN THE RESIDENCE, AND OFFERING MORE PUBLIC PARKING RIGHT NOW.

NOW WE'RE EXERCISING THIS OPTION BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD DEAL.

THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAME IN AND SAID, WE WOULD LOVE TO PURCHASE THIS GARAGE AT THIS PRICE.

WHY? BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LUCRATIVE.

BUT IF I COULD CHARGE AN EMPLOYEE A DOLLAR PER HOUR VERSUS $20 PER DAY, DON'T YOU THINK THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS A STEWARD OF TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY? ALSO, I WOULD QUESTION RIGHT NOW, THE $40,000 PER SPACE, I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PAYING PER SPACE AT THE 72ND STREET GARAGE.

I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PAYING PER SPACE AT THE COLLINS PARK GARAGE.

I THINK IT WAS IN EXCESS OF THAT.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR COLLINS PARK TO GET BUILT? SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR COLLINS PARK TO GET BUILT, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WAS UNDER DISCUSSION WHEN I STARTED HERE IN 2013.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAME ONLINE UNTIL AROUND 2020.

SO I MEAN, IT'S A SEVEN YEARS, IT WAS A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND I ALSO ASKED DAVID,

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UM, WHAT IT COST US PER SPOT IN THE COLLINS PARK GARAGE.

AND IT WAS $45,000 PER SPOT IN THAT GARAGE WHERE WE ALREADY OWNED THE LAND.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT MIGHT EVEN BE MORE EXPENSIVE GIVEN CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PRICES.

NOW, IF THE OKAY, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, IS, ARE, ARE THE, UH, ARE THE PARTIES HERE WHO INITIALLY WANTED TO PURCHASE THE GARAGE AT $15 MILLION? BECAUSE IF, IF THEY WANTED US TO NOT EXERCISE OUR OPTION, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT I THINK THAT THEY CAME FORWARD AND SAID, WE DON'T MIND.

IF THE CITY WANTS THIS AND THE CITY NEEDS THESE SPACES, THEN WE SHOULD DO IT.

I THINK THAT ALL OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

WE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO THRIVE THERE.

WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPENING UP.

JUST LIKE I SAID, VIVIAN WESTWOOD IS COMING TO COLLINS AVENUE.

I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY.

THERE WERE THIS PRIVATE WINE CLUB, THEY PURCHASED ANOTHER BUILDING.

WE ARE REDEVELOPING COLLINS AVENUE AND WE WANT TO HAVE WIDESPREAD AFFORDABLE PARKING.

WE ALSO WANNA HAVE, UM, EXTREMELY INCENTED TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO COME THERE.

WE WANNA HAVE CHEAP PARKING.

AND THIS IS MOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION NOW.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT CONTROVERSIAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AT MAKING THIS INVESTMENT REALLY IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

UM, I, I COMMEND ERIC FOR MOVING FORWARD AND, UH, TRYING TO PURCHASE THIS GARAGE.

THIS IS ABOUT 25 YEARS.

IT'S ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.

IF YOU, IF WE SAID WE COULD ADD THAT INVENTORY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, I'D SAY FINE.

BUT GIVEN OUR PAST HISTORY, IT'S TAKEN US NEARLY A DECADE TO BUILD THESE GARAGES.

SO TO SAY THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA GET PARKING OVERNIGHT, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.

THE ADMINISTRATION'S TELLING US THAT WE NEED PARKING NOW.

AND THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES HERE, BUT SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT TO ME THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.

CAN I JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? I GUESS IT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR THE GROUP, RIGHT? NOT LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC ANSWER, BUT WOULD WE CONSIDER THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY GARAGE PART OF THIS DISTRICT? RIGHT? I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF YES.

LITTLE BIT OF NO.

RIGHT? I I MEAN IT'S ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.

IT'S AROUND 17TH STREET.

'CAUSE RIGHT THERE WE HAVE 500 SPOTS AND WE HAVE A 20% UTILIZATION, RIGHT? THE ENTIRE TOP ROOF IS JUST STACKED WITH CITY FLEET VEHICLES, RIGHT? AND THAT'S BORDERING THIS DISTRICT.

SO I JUST QUESTION THE DEMAND FOR THE INCREMENTAL PARKING.

WE HAVE A CITY OWNED GARAGE THAT SITS THERE EMPTY, THAT EMPTY 20% UTILIZATION.

THAT'S A LOT OF CONCRETE IN A BARRIER ISLAND THAT JUST SITS THERE.

EMPTY COMMISSIONER BOT AND LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

I THINK EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR POSITION.

OH, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE.

OH, SORRY.

VICE MAYOR BOT.

LISTEN, IF YOU GOT IT, FLAUNT IT.

UM, SO I'VE, I'VE REALLY BEEN, UM, VACILLATING ON THIS ISSUE.

I, I SEE COMPELLING ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST, BUT HERE'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

I DON'T SPEND $15 MILLION LIGHTLY.

IT IS NOT CHUMP CHANGE.

IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

HOWEVER, WE ARE BUILDING MORE RESTAURANTS, MORE BUSINESSES IN THIS PART OF THE CITY, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO THEM WITHOUT SITTING, CIRCLING, LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC, UH, LOOKING FOR PARKING.

THE MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT, CITIES ACROSS THE CITY, UH, THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY HAVE ORGANIZED, CITYWIDE ORGANIZED, UM, VALET PARKING PROGRAMS WHERE YOU PAY A FLAT FEE OF FIVE OR $10, SOMETHING MANAGEABLE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.

AND YOU CAN GO DROP YOUR CAR TO CENTRAL POINT AND PICK IT UP AT ANOTHER CENTRAL POINT.

I DON'T WANT, AS WE TRY TO REFURBISH AND REENERGIZE THE ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE.

AND AS TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO BE AN UNHOLY NIGHTMARE, WHY ARE WE NOT DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR ABILITY TO TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE, TO SPEND THEIR DOLLARS HERE, TO HAVE A SAFE AND EASY TIME OF, OF THEIR CARS.

AND ALSO TO PROVIDE, IF IT'S NECESSARY, A DISCOUNTED EMPLOYEE PARKING SPOT.

UM, UH, RATE FOR PEOPLE WHO STAFF THOSE RESTAURANTS AND BOUTIQUES AND HOTELS.

WE WERE JUST VOTED ONE OF THE BEST CITIES TO VISIT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

HOW FAR DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA GO IF ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR EMPLOYEES CANNOT GET HERE AND PARK AT A REASONABLE PERIOD? THE OTHER THING, AND IT'S A LONGER TERM CONVERSATION, BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT THE ART DECO DISTRICT TO BE, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY TRANSFORM IT COMPLETELY WITH

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A PEDESTRIANIZATION, UM, COMPLETE REIMAGINATION WITH THE KOVICH PLAN, WHETHER OR NOT THAT GOES FORWARD, TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO PUT CARS.

YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DROP PEOPLE OFF CLOSE BY AND THEN PARK THEIR CARS CLOSE BY.

IF WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THIS PROPERTY, WE THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE VISION THAT WE WANT.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HEARD ME SAY IT, PLAN FOR THE CITY YOU WANNA BE, NOT FOR THE CITY YOU ARE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

BUT, UM, I'M IN THE SAME POSITION AS YOU.

WHEN I HAD MY AGENDA REVIEW, THE CITY, UH, MANAGER STATED THE IMPORTANCE AND THE URGENCY OF HAVING THIS PARKING NOW.

AND IT WOULD REALLY HURT OUR BUSINESSES, THE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYONE IN THAT AREA.

IF WE DON'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

IF I COULD, UH, ADD ONE ITEM.

'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT UTILIZATION JUST IN, UH, THE CITY DOES CONTROL A CITY, UH, GARAGE AT 13TH AND COLLINS.

UM, IN TALKING TO PARKING, THAT'S A VERY, HE HEAVILY UTILIZED, UH, UH, GARAGE THAT'S FILLED MANY TIMES.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY STATED WAS BECAUSE IT HAS CITY RESIDENT RATES, THEY DO FIND THAT RESIDENTS DO TEND TO, YOU KNOW, TO MIGRATE THERE AND, AND UTILIZE THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO, UH, KEEP IN MIND.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

MOTION TO, TO CALL THE VOTE.

BUT IN MOTION IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM OR AGAINST THE ITEM.

THERE'S NO MOTION.

I'M MAKING A MOTION TO, TO, TO CALL THE VOTE.

SO, SO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ JUST MADE A, UH, MOTION TO, TO DECLINE TO REJECT THE, UH, THE, I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT.

SO, MOTION TO REJECT THE RESOLUTION BY MADE BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ TO REJECT THE ITEM.

CORRECT.

DO YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL TO MAKE IT EASIER SINCE, YES.

SO, UH, I'M GONNA START WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

I'M A, I'M A NO.

WELL, YOU ARE.

NOW YOU'RE, SORRY.

I KNOW IT'S GETTING CONFUSING.

I REJECT THE ITEM.

SO, YES.

TO REJECT THE ITEM? YES.

SO COMMISSIONER BOT TO REJECT THE ITEM.

I, I I REJECT THE ITEM.

SO, SO YOU'RE A YES.

I'M A YES.

SO YOU ARE NO, NO, I'M A NO, YOU'RE A NO.

WELL, YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU, YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WANTED THE GARAGE, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT I DO.

YOU'RE A NO, YOU'RE A NO ON THIS.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR THE GARAGE SO IT'S NOT SO CONFUSING? OKAY.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION IF YOU WANT.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

JUST KEEP GOING.

BUT WE HAVE A MO NO, WE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

IT'S TO REJECT.

REJECT, IT'S TO SAY NO TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION.

SO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WAS A YES.

COMMISSIONER THOUGHT IS A NO, CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS A NO NO.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS A YES.

I'M A NO.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SO HERE WE GOES.

GO THERE.

MIND MR. MAYOR TRUMP THE, YES.

SO THE ITEM IS APPROVED WITH THE REJECTION OF THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.

SO A NEW RESOLUTION WILL BE MADE.

GREAT.

I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, TO RECOGNIZE OUR RECENTLY ELECTED MIAMI-DADE COX TAX TILT COLLECTOR DARIEL FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

AND I'M, AND I'M EXCITED.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL MENTION, BECAUSE THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA TODAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING A DMV TO MIAMI BEACH.

SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO I, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER ALI FERNANDEZ AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

UH, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

WE ARE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, FOR THE RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE AND THE, UH, DOWNTOWN MIAMI HERE TO, UH, THE VIEW THE CITY.

BEAUTIFUL.

ON MIAMI BEACH.

UH, WE WANT TO BE A DIFFERENT SERVICE THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE, LIKE, RENEW YOUR TAX AND YOUR VEHICLE.

LIKE, UH, GET YOUR NEW DRIVER LICENSE, GET AN ID IF YOU NEED A LICENSE FOR YOUR BUSINESS, A LOCAL BUSINESS TAX, SO, AND MUCH MORE SERVICE.

SO WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR PASTORA.

NO, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS HAS, UH, BEEN REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ENTIRE DAY AS YOU'VE BEEN SO INCREDIBLY ACCESSIBLE BEFORE EVEN YOU, YOU WERE ELECTED.

BUT CERTAINLY SINCE YOU WERE ELECTED, YOU REACHED OUT RIGHT AWAY.

YOU CAME DOWN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN, I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE.

UH, WHICH IS RIGHT.

TRY MY BEST.

UH, NEED TO COME TO OUR OFFICE.

I HAVE A VERY GOOD TEAM.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, FOR A LONG TIME, THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,

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NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE RESIDENCE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT THEY NEED.

AMAZING.

AND I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE SEEING THAT, UH, MOVE UP TO ELECTED OFFICE, IT REALLY IS THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM, THERE'S NO ONE THAT, UH, THAT SYMBOLIZES IT MORE THAN OUR TAX COLLECTOR, A HARDWORKING FAMILY MAN WHO'S WHO, YOU KNOW, WORKED HIS OWN BUSINESSES AND JUST A DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE TO, FOR, TO THE COMMUNITY.

AMEN.

FOR, FOR AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN DAR HE'S WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO, TO THE COMMUNITY IN SOME WAY WITH HONESTY AND WITH ETHICS.

AND I'M SO PROUD, UH, THAT, THAT YOU ARE IN THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD TODAY, AND THAT YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR CITY TO HELP IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS RECEIVE.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU ON THIS RESOLUTION.

VERY PROUD TO BE THAT.

WE'RE GONNA CALL R FIVE

[R5 A UNDERSTORY REQUIREMENTS IN SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS 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, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS, ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.2, ENTITLED “RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-4 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.2.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (RS)”, TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERSTORY HOMES; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, I THINK, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ITEM THAT ARE COMING AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

SO, UH, I DON'T COMPARE MYSELF TO SOLOMON, BUT TRYING TO COME UP WITH A, UH, WITH, WITH SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR THE ITEM NOW.

IT'S GONNA BE OPEN AND CONTINUE TILL FIVE O'CLOCK WHEN WE WILL TAKE, WE'LL FURTHER CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN VOTE.

LET ME, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF, UH, THE PEOPLE HERE, HERE ON TIME, I'D LIKE THEM TO SPEAK.

UM, 'CAUSE I, I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE AT NINE 15.

UM, AND TO, TO, TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE THEIR TIME.

CAN, CAN WE ALLOW PUBLIC SPEAKING NOW? YES.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, THIS IS ITEM R FIVE A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.2 0.2 ENTITLED RS ONE RS TWO RS THREE RS FOUR, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AT SUBSECTION 7.2.

POINT TWO 0.3 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS RS TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERSTORY HOMES AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEAL, OR OBSERVABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.

THE ITEM REQUIRES A FIVE SEVEN VOTE.

CAN WE OPEN UP THE MIC FOR SPEAKERS? RAFAEL, THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM.

IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK UP ON THE ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME'S GLENN BOYER.

I'M A, UH, 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

I LIVE JUST A BLOCK NORTH OF HERE AT THE MERIDIAN.

UM, I, UH, AM AN ARCHITECT BY EDUCATION, AND I'VE BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MY ENTIRE, UH, PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

I THINK IN SOME OF THE EARLIER HEARINGS THERE, UH, MAY HAVE BEEN SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE BERM HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, BUILT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL BE COVERED AT FIVE O'CLOCK OR LATER IN THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THE CITY'S DONE A VERY ADMIRABLE JOB ADDRESSING THE, UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES.

AND I THINK THEY GAVE TWO VERY CLEAR PATHS THAT HAVE BEEN CODIFIED FOR EITHER TO BUILD A HOME, UH, WITH A BERM OR TO BUILD A HOME WITH AN UNDERSTORY.

AND THEN I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY THEN SORT OF PUT ITS THUMB ON THE SCALES.

AND BY REQUIRING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD AN UNDERSTORY TO ACTUALLY GO TO, HE GO TO HEARINGS AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THE ADDITIONAL MONEY AND THE ADDITIONAL TIME, ET CETERA, WILL RESULT IN, YOU KNOW, 99 OUT OF A HUNDRED APPLICANTS.

JUST CHOOSING THE, THE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD PATH OF BUILDING THE BERM HOME, WHICH AGAIN, I THINK HAS SOME, UH, SORT OF OBVIOUS SHORTCOMINGS WITH SIDE YARD ISSUES, WATER, RETAINAGE, WATER POURING ONTO, UH, NEIGHBORS, THE BIG RAMPS IN THE FRONT, ET CETERA.

I HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT, SO I JUST WANNA BRING UP ONE OTHER THING.

I KNOW THAT, UM, AS OF JANUARY 1ST, THE, THE NEW CODE REQUIRES THAT THE GROUND FLOOR, UM, ELEVATION, THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION BE RAISED 10 FEET FROM NINE FEET.

SO NOW THE TWO PROJECTS ARE GETTING A FOOT.

THE, THE TWO BUILDINGS RESULTING BUILDINGS ARE GETTING A FOOT CLOSER TO THE, TO EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GONNA CONTINUE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION.

IT'LL BECOME 11 FEET.

AND THEN THERE'S, THEY'RE REALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE IN HEIGHT, WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WITH THE, WITH THE UNDERSTORY.

AND LASTLY, I WOULD SAY THAT WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FOOT AND HEIGHT, YOU GET MORE ISSUES WITH THE RAMPS UP FRONT, MORE ISSUES WITH THE SIDE YARD ISSUES WITH THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, UM, AND THE COHESIVENESS OF THOSE HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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OUR NEXT, OUR FIRST VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS EDWARD K EDWARD, UNMUTE YOURSELF.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD.

UH, I SPOKE, MY NAME IS EDWARD COLIUS.

UH, I OWN, UH, UH, PROPERTY ON THE SUNSET ISLANDS.

I ACTUALLY SPOKE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER, REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

AND, UH, I, I'M GONNA KEEP IT, UH, SHORT.

I I SEE YOU GOT A FULL HOUSE OVER THERE TODAY.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I'M A, I'M A DEVELOPER, BUT I, I, YOU KNOW, AND THIS, THIS ITEM OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY AFFECTS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT BUILD HOMES FOR A LIVING, BUT ALSO FOR, FOR HOMEOWNERS, UH, THAT WISH, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD A HOME THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA LAST IN MIAMI BEACH.

UM, CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN'T BE REFUTED.

WE ALL KNOW WE'RE ALL AFFECTED BY IT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

WE SEE IT EVERY DAY.

UH, SO I, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE INCENTIVIZING BUILDING RESILIENT HOMES, UH, THAT CAN WITHSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE, NOT IMPEDING THE PROCESS.

I I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME GOOD IDEAS PASSED AROUND AT THE, THE PREVIOUS MEETING, UH, REGARDING HOW IT, THE PROCESS CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

SO IT'S NOT A, A, A, A STANDALONE ISSUE WHERE ANOTHER REVIEW, UH, AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW BY THE DRB OR WHOEVER IT MAY BE, HAS TO BE INCLUDED.

IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, IT IS PART OF IT.

THIS IS GONNA BE THIS NEW NORMAL, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M AFRAID FOR HOMES THAT, THAT WANT TO SURVIVE FOR THE NEXT 50, YOU KNOW, 75 A HUNDRED YEARS.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE GET IN FRONT OF IT NOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE MR. SUAREZ IS A, IS A PRETTY GOOD CHAMPION OF THIS.

I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, START INTEGRATING IT WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS INTO THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

SO ALL THE KINKS ARE IRONED OUT AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO.

THANKS, UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD, SIR.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS COLBY KARP.

UM, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW, IF I'M DESIGNING A HOUSE FOR YOU, TANYA, WE CAN DESIGN IT AS OF RIGHT TO MEET ALL THE SETBACKS.

OR ANY, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN DESIGN A HOUSE FOR, UM, THAT MEETS ALL THE SETBACKS AND ALL THE HEIGHTS.

UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO TAKE THE PARKING INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON THE GARAGE, UH, ON THE PROPERTY, AND WE WANT TO TUCK IT UNDER THE HOUSE, WHICH WILL GIVE US MORE GREEN SPACE, MORE OPEN SPACE ON THE PROPERTY, MEANING IF WE TAKE THE PARKING ITSELF AND PUT IT UNDER THE HOUSE, THEN ARGUABLY WE HAVE MORE GREEN SPACE, MORE LANDSCAPE SPACE ON THE LOT ITSELF IF WE SO DESIRE.

UM, AND FOR THAT, WE RIGHT NOW NEED TO GO TO DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, WHEREBY MY CLIENTS WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, KOBE, FORGET IT.

IF I NEED TO GO TO DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, JUST LEAVE IT ON THE LOT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE FAIRNESS DOES NOT EXIST, AND THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE THIS MORNING.

USUALLY I DO NOT COME HERE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS MORNING, BUT IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU GUYS ON A MONDAY MORNING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME ANYTIME.

UH, IT, I JUST FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT IS NOT RIGHT TO GO TO DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IF THEY WISH TO PUT THE PARKING UNDER THE HOME AND HAVE MORE GREEN SPACE, AND IT'S BEEN GOING 50 50 ON THE CLIENTS.

UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

YEAH, FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT DESIGNING A HOUSE FOR TANYA, BUT , BUT IF SHE EVER DOES WANT TO IN THE FUTURE, BE MY HONOR, MY PLEASURE TO DO, SAY THANK YOU.

HOUSE THAT'S NEXT TO THE UNDERSTORY HOME, UM, IS PERFECTLY FINE.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

UH, MY NAME'S MATT CRANE.

I LIVE AT 2 0 4 4 PRAIRIE AVENUE.

UM, AND, UH, I HAPPEN TO HAVE AN OLD 1929 HOUSE.

UH, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE FEET ABOVE FLOOD.

UH, ON MY LEFT IS ANOTHER HOME BUILT IN THE SAME YEAR THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT.

AND TO MY RIGHT, I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL RENEE GONZALEZ HOME AT 2038 PRAIRIE.

THAT IS AN UNDERSTORY DESIGN AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT WAS AROUND.

UM, I REALLY PREFER THIS SETUP TO HAVING A BRAND NEW HOUSE ON A BERM, UH, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF ME.

AND A, A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT I WANT TO GIVE IS THE FACT THAT I OWN ANOTHER HOME ON MERIDIAN AVENUE 24 89 MERIDIAN, WHICH IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO BERM HOMES, WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

ONE OF THEM BRAND NEW ONE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND THAT HOME THAT, THAT I OWN WAS BUILT IN THE FIFTIES AND IS A GOOD BIT LOWER.

AND WHEN IT RAINS HARD, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT DOES SOMETIMES IN THE SPRING.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES IS REALLY NIGHT AND DAY.

UM, MY, MY

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AND THE DRIVEWAY'S, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY FINE.

WHEREAS THE OTHER PROPERTY HAS A MASSIVE PUDDLE BECAUSE THE WATER'S DRAINING FROM BOTH PROPERTIES, WHICH HAS, EVEN THOUGH EITHER OF THEM HAVE A RETAINING WALL, UM, IT JUST KIND OF PULLS UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

SO I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THE, THE UNDERSTORY DESIGN WORKS BETTER IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE HAVE SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL OLDER HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN RESTORED.

AND I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THOSE HOMES TO, UH, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE UNDERSTORY NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT.

THANKS A LOT.

COME ON UP.

HELLO, MY NAME IS Y KASH.

I'VE BEEN A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS.

I LIVE HERE WITH MY FIVE CHILDREN AND MY WIFE, UH, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE TO BUILD AND WE'VE DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER STORY.

WE STARTED WORKING WITH STAFF IN, UH, JULY LAST YEAR.

AND, UH, THE PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HARD FROM THE MEETING BEING FULL IN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER THAT WE GOT PUSHED TO OCTOBER, ONLY FOUR MEMBERS WERE HERE IN OCTOBER.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING FOUR OUT OF SEVEN, WE NEEDED, WE HAVE FOUR VTS, SO ANONYMOUS VOTING, WHICH DIDN'T WORK OUT.

UH, WE HAD ONLY FIVE DAYS TO RESUBMIT FOR THE FOLLOWING, UH, FOLLOW FOLLOWING MEETING.

SO IT GOT, GOT US PUSHED.

AND IN JANUARY, I WAS HERE WITH MY, WITH MY LAWYER, WITH MY ARCHITECT TO, TO, TO PRESENT, TO DO A PRESENTATION.

AND ONLY THREE MEMBERS WERE HERE.

SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.

WE COULDN'T, UH, THEY COULDN'T VOTE ON THE, ON THE PROPOSAL.

SO HE PUSHED US BACK TO FEBRUARY.

THIS SEVEN MONTHS OF BACK AND FORTH COST ME ABOUT $250,000 WORTH OF CARING COST INSURANCE, UH, REAL ESTATE TAXES AND EVERYTHING.

WHEN, IF WE WOULD HAVE ON THE FIRST MEETING THE SEVEN MEMBERS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT, AT DRB, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD THE MAJORITY AT THAT TIME.

SO I SUPPORT, UH, COMMISSIONERS WHO, UH, UH, PROPOSAL TO, TO NOT TO HAVE THE UNDERSTORY IN THE PART OF THE DRB.

AND JUST EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHEN I BUILT MY FIRST HOUSE WHERE I LIVE NOW, IT WAS ALREADY A QUESTION ABOUT UNDERSTORY.

SO IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AMI BEACH, AS WE AS WE KNOW.

TO STOP YOUR, YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO THE COMMISSION HAD A STUDY DONE, I'M SORRY, START WITH YOUR NAME.

OH, I'M SORRY.

FRED CARLTON, 1800 PURDY AVENUE.

SO THE COMM, THE COMMISSION HAD A STUDY DONE WHILE AGO, AND THE STUDY CAME BACK FOR RESILIENCY USING STORIES.

THEY VOTED FOR IT AND THEY APPROVED IT.

WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN'S SAYING IS TRUE ABOUT A QUORUM, BUT I HAVEN'T, I TAKE ISSUE WITH NON-PROFESSIONALS OPINING ON DESIGN WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE.

YOU'RE HIRING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS, YOU'RE HIRING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT ARE TELLING YOU WHAT YOUR DESIGN SHOULD BE, WHAT YOUR COLOR SHOULD BE.

ALSO, THIS IS MY BILL FROM MY ARCHITECT TO GO TO DRB 20, ALMOST $24,000.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDING MY LEGAL, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING, AS THIS GENTLEMAN SAID, CARRY COST.

AND THEN IF THERE'S NOT A QUORUM, AS HE SAID, I HAVE TO REAPPLY AND COME BACK, IT'S TENS AND TENS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

OKAY, MAYBE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

IN MY CASE, IT COSTS ME ALMOST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

SO FOR ME, IT'S ONE THING WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH.

SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE BUILDING WITHIN WHAT IS NORMALLY BUILT ON MIAMI BEACH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE GOING TO A, A, A BOARD AND YOUR NEIGHBORS SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO.

WE'RE SETTING VERY DA DANGEROUS PRECEDENTS HERE BY ALLOWING PEOPLE

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AS I MENTIONED TO YOU THE LAST TIME, YOU DON'T GET ALONG WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR.

THEY WANNA HOLD YOU UP, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT SOMETHING FROM YOU, THEY WANNA HOLD YOU UP.

THIS WHOLE PROCESS REALLY, REALLY IS NOT A GOOD PROCESS.

I REALLY THINK THAT YOU, YOU SHOULD JUST ALLOW STAFF TO DO WHAT THEY DO AND JUST APPROVE THE UNDERST STORIES, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO, TO APPROVE.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? DAMIEN NARVAEZ, UH, 2,500 REGATTA AVENUE.

I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN.

UM, SAID.

UM, YOU HAVE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, UM, TO, UM, HAVE THEIR PROJECT, UM, GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT THEIR PLANS ARE ALREADY, UM, PERMITTED UNDER THE, UNDER THE CODE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY BUILDING WITH NO VARIANCES.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES YET.

THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE.

THE SECOND ISSUE IS JUST THE CHILLING EFFECT OF ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BUILD A HOME TO BUILD AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE HOME.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHOOSE THAT OPTION.

WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE THAT OPTION IF THAT OPTION, UM, REQUIRES YOU TO SPEND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? SO IF THE CITY REALLY DOES WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE HOMES LIKE SOMETHING WITH AN UNDERSTORY, THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE DISCOURAGING IT.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

THANKS.

ANYONE ELSE? YES.

HI, MY NAME IS ALEX KAKO FROM BUILDING HERE ON MIAMI BEACH.

COUPLE OF HOUSES IN MIAMI, COUPLE OF HOUSES IN GOLDEN BEACH.

I'M ARCHITECT WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR A WHILE, AND I CAN SAY THAT DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IS A, IT'S NOT JUST A PAIN IN THE NECK FOR THE CUSTOMERS.

THEY'RE AFRAID OF IT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING FOR IT.

IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

'CAUSE IT'S TAKING TOO MUCH TIME AND TOO MUCH MONEY.

IT'S RIDICULOUSLY A LOT OF MONEY SOMETIMES.

AND WHAT I CAN SAY THAT, ANYWAY, THE COUPLE OF TIMES WE JUST RECEIVED ABSOLUTELY OPPOSITE REQUEST FROM DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

ONE TIME IT WAS GARAGE IS TOO HIGH, WHICH IS NOT ABOUT THE CODE, NOT ABOUT GOLDEN MEAN, WHICH I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY IT CAME TO THAT POINT.

AND ANOTHER ONE WAS, GARAGE IS TOO LOW AND ALSO , IT'S LIKE A FUNNY POINT, BUT IT'S COST CUSTOMERS A LOT.

AND WE BASICALLY, SOMETIMES WE JUST CUTTING EDGES AND NOT GOING FOR THE DESIGN.

WE DECIDED FROM THE BEGINNING.

SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SAY AND I'M APPROVING SOURCE FOR THE GOING.

WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE HAVE TO REGULATE IT SOMEHOW.

SO BASICALLY THE, IT SHOULD BE JUST IN THE CITY REGULATION.

YOU'RE GOING FOR THAT, YOU'RE DOING IT.

THERE IS A PLUS, THERE IS MINUSES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO THE PROCESS SUPPOSED TO BE EASY, BASICALLY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE ASKING FOR VARIANCE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE SOMEHOW BETTER ORGANIZED, MAYBE MORE REGULATED, OR IF IT'S UNDERSTORY IS APPROVED OR LESS APPROVED, IT IT AND KEEP IT.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS LARRY SCHAFER.

HELLO, LARRY SCHAFER, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET, NORTH BEACH.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST ENCOURAGE, THIS IS A GREAT ITEM.

UM, I WOULD LIKE THAT, UH, FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED THE UNDERSTORY FOR, UM, TWO TO FOUR UNIT MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, QUADS.

UM, I KNOW THE ITEM RIGHT NOW IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT THIS IS A GREAT DIRECTION FOR OTHER TYPES OF BUILDINGS AS WELL.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? MAYOR, THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

OKAY, WELL WE SAID WE'RE GONNA COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE.

WE'RE GONNA OPEN AND CONTINUE AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND, UH, THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM WHOEVER ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE REPEAT SPEAKERS, SO WHOEVER HASN'T SPOKEN WANTS TO SPEAK, WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR IT THEN AND THEN WE'LL, WE WILL TAKE THE, THE VOTE.

ENTITLED ADMINISTRATIVE AND REVIEW PROCEDURES.

LET'S CALL R

[R5 B UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE - LDR TEXT AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATIVE AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “GENERAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW,” SECTION 2.2.3.4, ENTITLED “UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE,” BY INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF FLOOR AREA FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND WHICH CONTAIN PROPERTIES WITH DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS, AS WELL AS PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE ALTON ROAD GATEWAY; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FIVE B.

R FIVE BR FIVE BR FIVE B IS IN ANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO

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ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED GENERAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW, SECTION 2.2, 0.3 0.4 ENTITLED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE BY INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF FLOOR AREA FOR PROPERTIES THAT, THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND WHICH CONTAIN PROPERTIES WITH DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AS WELL AS PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE ALTERNATE ROAD GATEWAY AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEAL OR S ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS ITEM R FIVE B.

IT IS THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.

IT REQUIRES FIVE SEVENS VOTE.

R FIVE B VICE MAYOR BOT.

UM, I'LL LET TOM DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS, BUT BASICALLY IT'S A CLEANUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CANOPY PARK REMAINS A PARK IN PERPETUITY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMPANION ITEM TO ITEMS R FIVE AC AND R FIVE AD, WHICH HAVE 5 0 1 AND 5 0 2 TIMES CERTAINS.

AND THIS WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING BY THE COMMISSION, UH, IN NOVEMBER.

AND WHAT IT BASICALLY DOES IS IT PROVIDES A VERY MINOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT'S PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT AFFECTS CANOPY PARK AND 500 ALTON ROAD TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND NOT BECOME LEGAL NONCONFORMING.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE'S NO ONE IN ZOOM.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? SO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

CAN I MAKE THE MOTION? YES, MA'AM.

SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

SO I, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BOT.

I ACTUALLY HEARD, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ OR DOMINGUEZ.

OH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

SO VICE MAYOR BOT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FIRST VOTE.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

VICE MAYOR BOTT.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS OUT.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE B.

IT'S CALL R FIVE

[R5 H HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “COMMISSION WARRANT,” TO CREATE SECTION 2.7.2, ENTITLED “HOTEL APPROVAL PROCEDURE,” TO REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF A WARRANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE REVIEW OF A LAND USE BOARD APPLICATION OR BUILDING PERMIT FOR A HOTEL, SUITE HOTEL, APARTMENT HOTEL, OR HOSTEL, SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONS, AND ESTABLISH PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW CRITERIA; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R FIVE H IS AN ORDER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

AMEND MAY BE REACHED RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES.

ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED COMMISSION WARRANT TO CREATE SECTION 2.7 0.2 ENTITLED HOTEL APPROVAL PROCEDURES TO REQUIRE THE APPROVAL WARRANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE REVIEW OF A LAND REUSE BOARD APPLICATION OR BUILDING PERMIT FOR HOTEL SUITE, HOTEL, APARTMENT, HOTEL OR HOSTEL, SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONS AND ESTABLISHED PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW CRITERIA I'M PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEALS OF MOBILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.

THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE.

IT IS R FIVE H COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

UH, ITEM I'M VERY PROUD OF AND TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, AND THIS WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR SINCE THIS NEW COMMISSION WAS ELECTED THAT REALLY WANNA SWING THE PENDULUM IN OUR CITY TO A MORE RESIDENTIAL FOCUS THAT IS NOT THROWING THE TOURISM BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER.

WE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE THAT WELCOMES OUR TOURISTS, UH, WELCOMES AND THRIVES ON OUR HOSPITALITY, BUT THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG SO FAR IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE REALLY, UH, GONE JUST SO FAR OUT OF OUR WAY IN EVERY SINGLE USAGE AND EVERY SINGLE NEW DEVELOPMENT BEING A NEW HOTEL AS OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL.

WE ARE THE ONLY CITY IN ALL OF FLORIDA THAT HAS ACTUALLY LOST FULL-TIME RESIDENCE YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND THAT'S HAPPENED IN TWO WAYS.

ONE IS NOT PROVIDING ANY NEW HOUSING INVENTORY OF ANY MATERIAL SUPPLY, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, A LOT OF THE OLDER MULTI-FAMILY HOMES THAT, UH, SERVE AS ORGANIC, AFFORDABLE, AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR SOME OF OUR SERVICE WORKERS.

OUR OLDER RESIDENTS, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS MOST IN NEED, RIGHT? THEY'VE BEEN KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO TURN THEM INTO HOTELS, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

IT'S THE SINGLE ITEM.

THERE WAS A CATALYST TO GET ME OFF THE SIDELINES TO RUN.

NOW MAYBE SOME PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT, MAYBE IT'S NOT.

UH, BUT, UH, IT, IT WAS AT A MARCH, UH, HPB MEETING WHERE A, UM, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING IN COLLINS PARK, UH, WAS PROPOSED TO BE CONVERTED INTO A HOTEL.

SO THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S MIRRORED AFTER SOMETHING THAT WENT FORWARD IN NEW YORK CITY ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER TO THE HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS.

SO NO LONGER CAN YOU JUST BUILD AS OF RIGHT, IT HAS TO COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

IT EXCLUDES OUR, UH, AREAS ON THE WATER.

AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT IS THAT'S NOT THE AREA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR AFFORDABLE OR ATTAINABLE HOUSING THAT IS FOR RESIDENTS, RIGHT?

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SO IF THERE'S A FIVE OR SIX STAR HOTEL ON THE WATER, BY ALL MEANS GO AHEAD AND, AND BUILD THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE SOMEWHERE ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE OR FIFTH STREET OR COLLINS PARK, WE ARE JUST SIMPLY OVERSUPPLIED WITH HOTELS.

AND THIS, THIS GIVES THE COMMISSION A SHOT AT THE TABLE TO SIT THERE AND SAY, WELL, IF WE DON'T WANT A HOTEL IN AN INFILL AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING THE PRODUCT THAT WE WANT? COPYING MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, UH, VICE MAYOR BOT, HAVING A VISION FOR THE CITY THAT YOU WANT, NOT WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE.

UM, BUT WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF HERE IS HOW IT PROTECTS OUR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

SO NOW, UH, SOMEBODY THAT WOULD GO IN AND WANT TO BUY UP A MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING AND KICK OUT, RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE COMMISSION AND SAY, I WANT YOUR APPROVAL TO ESSENTIALLY DO THIS AND TURN IN A HOTEL.

HOTEL.

UH, TOM, I'LL KICK IT OVER TO YOU, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS.

IF ANYTHING, I MISSPOKE.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY DRIVING THIS ORDINANCES.

ONE, WANTING TO SHIFT THE, UH, WHEN THERE IS GOING TO BE INFILL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS A MORE RESIDENTIAL FOCUS AWAY FROM TRANSIT USAGES.

AND THEN TWO, PROTECTING SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN SOME OF THESE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY, UH, IN RECENT YEARS BEEN CONVERTED INTO HOTELS.

SURE.

UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UH, THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD TO THAT IS THAT THE PROPOSAL, AS YOU STATED, CREATES A CITY COMMISSION WARRANT PROCESS FOR ANY NEW HOTELS MOVING FORWARD.

SO BEFORE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO A HOTEL, A HOTEL IN A DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS HOTELS EITHER SUBMITS A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, OR GOES BEFORE LAND USE BOARD, THEY MUST FIRST COME BEFORE THE SAME COMMISSION FOR A WARRANT.

THE LEGISLATION WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AND FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 11TH WITH NO CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATION.

AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THAT TIME, THE COMMISSION REFERRED A SEPARATE COMPANION AMENDMENT FOR CLARITY PURPOSES TO THE PLANNING BOARD IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE WARRANT PROCESS WILL BE APPLICABLE IN, IN EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT SUBSTANTIVELY ON THIS ORDINANCE.

AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT ORDINANCE WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR FIRST READING, EITHER IN MARCH OR IN APRIL.

UH, WITH THAT, THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE BECAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT I THINK CREATES LEGACY.

UH, YOU ARE, YOU ARE ADDRESSING THE MOST CRITICAL NEED OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH IS THEY'RE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, YOU KNOW, SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN'T AFFORD EVEN MARKET RATE HOUSING IN THIS CITY, BEING, BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND BEING, BEING REPLACED, UH, BY THESE, UH, MASSIVE, UH, STRUCTURES THAT, UH, THAT DON'T SERVE OUR RESIDENT BASE.

SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS.

UM, 'CAUSE I DO THINK THAT, THAT THIS IS A LEGACY SETTING POLICY.

I WANNA PROPOSE, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED OCEAN FRONT.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO ASK OUR, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, AN AREA LIKE OCEAN DRIVE IS AN AREA LIKE OCEAN DRIVE CONSIDERED OCEAN FRONT? NO, IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO PROPOSE AN, AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE I THINK BEING AND AND ACHIEVING THAT GOAL OF THE CITY WE WANT TO BE.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TOURISM, BUT IT HAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

WE CAN'T HAVE TOURISM NEXT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING.

AND WE CERTAINLY CAN'T DISPLACE OUR, OUR ELDERLY TO BUILD A NEW HOTEL.

BUT I THINK AREAS LIKE, UH, OCEAN DRIVE AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE HISTORIC PARTS OF, UH, OF COLLINS AVENUE, THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, TOURISM BASED, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN THAT AREA.

AND IF YOU WERE TO BE HAVING HOTELS ANYWHERE, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE HOTELS.

SO I'D LIKE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ INTO THE RECORD, UH, AN AMENDMENT, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER IT, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE TO ADDRESS THIS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO.

UM, GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXEMPTIONS SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH CURRENTLY EXEMPTS, UH, HOTELS PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED ON AN OCEANFRONT PROPERTY.

THE, THE AMENDMENT WOULD SAY, OR IF THE HOTEL IS PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A HOTEL ON PROPERTIES WITHIN THE MIAMI BEACH ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT ALONG COLLINS AVENUE OR OCEAN DRIVE.

AND SO, IF, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S ALIGNED WITH THE SPIRIT OF YOUR ITEM.

UH, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, I THINK,

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'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GOT A CALL FROM, UM, ONE OF THE LOBBYISTS, UM, AROUND TOWN, UM, AND HE ASKED IF I CAN BE OKAY WITH THIS.

AND I, AND I, I TOLD HIM, UH, NO, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE CONVERTING ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INTO A HOTEL OR GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIVE, I THINK THERE'S ONE PROPERTY THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TARGET ON, UM, COLLINS AVENUE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIVE THERE CURRENTLY, FULL-TIME SENIORS.

AND IF WE, IF WE GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO CHANGE IT INTO A HOTEL AT ANY POINT, AND WHAT IS, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE NOW, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ALSO, UM, THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED SHORT TERM RENTALS THERE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL, NOT MORE TRANSIENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT, UM, TO, TO TO BASICALLY MAKE A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INTO A HOTEL.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS A HOTEL IN THE, IN THE PAST, BUT LOOK, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION TRYING TO TURN OFFICE SPACE INTO RESIDENTIAL.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GOING BACKWARDS FOR ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO BE, UM, TURNED INTO HOTELS.

MAD VOICEMAIL.

UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THE AMENDMENT.

AND IF I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC INSTANCE, I'D BE COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE.

RIGHT.

UM, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

I, I MET WITH A PROPERTY OWNER WHO I THINK IS, HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR OUR CITY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE THAT YOU'RE IN.

UH, AND IT WARRANTS A FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT SOME OF THESE OLDER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC MEANS OR VIABILITY TO PROPERLY INVEST AND MAINTAIN A, A STANDARD OF LIVING.

UM, BUT I WAS APPROACHED BY A, A PROPERTY OWNER, UH, ABSOLUTE GENTLEMAN, ABSOLUTE GENTLEMAN, THAT, THAT IS STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WHERE HIS COSTS IN MAINTAINING THIS HISTORIC BUILDING ARE FAR EXCEEDING THE RENT THAT HE'S ABLE TO GET IN FROM KEEPING THIS, UH, IN, IN OLDER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

UM, SO I'M VERY, VERY TORN, UH, BETWEEN THIS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING THERE.

AND IN FACT, THIS IS KIND OF THE ENTIRE SPIRIT OF WHAT WAS BEHIND, UH, THIS LEGISLATION.

YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S THE SAME THING IN COLLINS PARK, RIGHT? IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT HOTEL.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING THAT IS A FULL-TIME RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, AND I THINK IT'S AN ITEM THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

BUT FOR THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE, UM, I, I URGE OR, OR I WOULD RECOMMEND TO, UH, HAVE IT SEPARATE, HAVE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

UH, I'M GOING TO BE A NO, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THIS ONE SPECIFIC BUILDING I AM AWARE OF, UH, THAT REALLY GOES TO THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW THAT I WAS LOOKING TO CRAFT, AND THAT'S LOOKING TO PROTECT SOME OF THESE OLDER, VULNERABLE PROPERTIES FROM TURNING INTO A HOTEL.

I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THAT IS THE RIGHT AREA WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HOTELS IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, THE HISTORIC MXC.

UM, BUT FOR THIS, UH, ONLY BECAUSE I'M AWARE OF THIS ONE PARTICULAR BUILDING THAT WOULD BE EXEMPTED, UM, I, I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE GOING FORWARD WITH THE AMENDMENT.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, I, I, I WOULDN'T BEGRUDGE PEOPLE HAVING A DIFFERENT VIEW.

AND IF YOU WANNA GO FORWARD WITH A VOTE, UM, I'LL SIMPLY BE A NO.

AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

UH, BUT THAT'S WHERE I STAND.

I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW THE, THE AMENDMENT.

IT'S YOUR LEGISLATION, AND IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING, IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO WATER.

IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW THE ITEM.

UM, SORRY, DOMINGUEZ.

JOINT PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING STAFF BEFORE NOVEMBER 26TH, 2024.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S AMENDMENT.

UM, THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT, UM, HE MENTIONED, UH, WAS PURCHASED AS A HOTEL.

IT'S A PROPERTY RIGHTS.

UH, IT'S NO CURRENT PLANS OF CHANGING IT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO HOTEL, BUT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESPECT THAT OWNER.

UM, IF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WOULD ALSO READ ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD HAVE, YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO.

AND THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT THAT I PASSED OUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.

UM, THIS WOULD BE AN APPLICABILITY CLAUSE, UH, AND I'LL JUST READ IT INTO THE RECORD.

THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO PROPERTIES FRONTING THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS AVENUE BETWEEN 77TH STREET AND 79TH STREET, THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR A

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AND THIS IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS AN, UH, AN APPLICANT WHO HAD INITIATED THE PROCESS.

CORRECT.

SO THERE, UH, WERE PEOPLE WITH APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS APPLICABILITY WOULD BE FOR.

UM, IN ADDITION, I HAD ALSO SPOKEN TO ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNER, UH, WHO OWNS TWO HOTELS AND A THIRD PROPERTY THAT HE OWNS IS OPERATED AS THE DAILY, WEEKLY, OR MONTHLY.

UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT OWNER'S, UM, MOVING FORWARD, IF THIS PASSES, AND COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE, THE JAMES MANOR? CORRECT.

WHICH IS, I THINK IT'S 1849, UH, JAMES AVENUE, THAT'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE, UH, ARE ALLOWED.

AND I THINK THERE'S A RESORT TAX QUESTION OF, OF WHETHER HE HAS TO CHANGE HIS LICENSE FROM APARTMENT TO HOTEL, BUT I, I, I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS ORDINANCE.

WELL, I, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED.

UM, HOW WOULD WE FIND OUT? UM, I, FROM MY, MY OPINION IS THAT IT'S THAT THERE'S NOT A ZONING ISSUE THERE THAT, THAT, SINCE IT IS A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING, AND, AND I BELIEVE IT OPERATES AS A RESIDE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING WITH SHORT TERM RENTAL UNITS, UM, I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO PULL A HOTEL RESORT TAX ACCOUNT IF IT'S NOT OPERATING AS A HOTEL.

UM, SOMEBODY IN FINANCE TOLD HIM HE NEEDED IT.

SO I NEED TO GET THAT CLARIFIED.

AND THEN, UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

THANK, AND I JUST, I, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE, OF THE AMENDMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S, I DID, I DID GET A CALL FROM, UH, FROM A PROPERTY OWNER TO, TO COMMISSIONER SO'S POINT.

UM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF THE, OF, OF THE AMENDMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE AT A POINT WHEN OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION STANDARDS ARE VERY UNDER GREAT SCRUTINY.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE, THE STANDARDS OF THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THOSE STANDARDS DICTATE AND ENCOURAGE THE RETENTION OF THE BUILDING'S ORIGINAL USE.

AND THAT'S WHY, FOR, THAT'S WHY I FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT WITHIN THE MIAMI BEACH ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ACCEPTED FROM OTHER STATE PREEMPTIONS, THAT WE STICK AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS AND BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE, NOT, NOT TO ENCOURAGE, BECAUSE THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE, BUT IT WOULD FACILITATE IN A WAY THAT WE'RE NOT FACILITATING IN OTHER AREAS, THE BUILDING'S ORIGINAL USE.

UH, I ALSO THINK IT WAS A WAY TO DIRECT HOTEL USES AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, INTO THE MORE ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM DRIVEN AREAS OF OUR, OF OUR CITY.

UM, BUT, BUT I WANT TO RESPECT THE WILL OF, OF THE SPONSOR BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT POLICY, AND I GUESS WE CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS.

AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT POLICY IS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND IT OVER TIME.

AND IF WE SEE THE NEED TO AMEND THIS POLICY IN, IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT.

MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YEAH, I, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE FROM LAST YEAR, JULY 22ND, 2024, AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENT CONVERTING TO BOUTIQUE HOTEL TENANTS BEING ASKED TO MOVE OUT OR FACE EVICTION.

I I, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MEMORY, AND I, I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER MANY RESIDENTS STAYING, SITTING OUTSIDE OF THIS PLACE WITH ONLY A 30 DAY NOTICE, UH, HAVING NOWHERE TO GO, AND, AND THEY WERE ELDERLY.

UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA BE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR DECADES BEING KICKED OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, I, I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT I PREFER PEOPLE O OVER, UH, AND THEIR LIVES OVER THE, THE DIRECTION OF, OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

I, I THINK THAT'S THE MORE SENSIBLE AND HUMANE THING TO DO IN THIS SITUATION.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA BE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A 30 DAY NOTICE TO LEAVE THEIR, UH, HOMES WHERE THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN THERE FOR DECADES AND THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR, FOR HELP.

UM, AND THIS IS THE SITUATION WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PROTECT PEOPLE FROM, FROM BEING KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES FOR ANOTHER HOTEL.

SO, UH, MAY I RESPOND, MR. MAYOR? GOOD MORNING.

GOOD

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MORNING.

MY NAME IS MEL SCH LESSER.

UH, AND I THINK I AM THE SUBJECT OF MOURNING, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

I THINK I'M THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION HERE.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL BEING DRAPED IN A BLACK CAPE IN A BLACK HAT AS THE EVIL LANDLORD THAT IS GOING TO THROW PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET.

IF I WAS GOING TO DO THAT, IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED ALREADY BECAUSE I'M IN A SHORT TERM RENTAL LOCATION.

AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS FORCING FOLKS WHO ARE IN THESE SITUATIONS TO FRANKLY CHANGE TO SHORT TERM RENTALS.

SO YOU'RE NOT PROTECTING ANYONE BY DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

UH, THE ALAMAC, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S THAT 800 POUND GORILLA THAT'S SITTING OUT HERE THAT I AM THE OWNER OF, WAS ORIGINALLY A HOTEL IN 1988 AND 89.

I CONVERTED IT INTO FROM 116 ROOM HOTEL.

I REESTABLISHED A RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AND I CREATED 45 RENTAL APARTMENTS.

AND I HAVE RAN IT THAT WAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY.

I HAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS WHATSOEVER TO CHANGE THAT INTO A HOTEL, BUT I DO WANT TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE MXE DISTRICT.

AND I REPEAT THE MXE DISTRICT BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD HERE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND, AND COLLINS PARK.

AND COLLINS PARK AND COLLINS PARK.

I AM SITTING IN THE CENTER OF THE RESIDE OF THE, UH, MXE DISTRICT.

I AM SURROUNDED BY HOTELS.

I AM PROBABLY THE LARGEST AND ONLY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN THIS, THIS, IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

MY TENANTS ARE CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO THE NOISE, THE ACTIONS OF THE STREET.

IT IS SOMETIMES UNBEARABLE.

SOME OF THE APARTMENTS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE RENTED NOW, BECAUSE I AM BELOW THE RENTAL RATES IN THE AREA, WE DO NOT HAVE PARKING.

AND IT IS, IT HAS, DOES BECOME A DIFFICULTY TO MAINTAIN THAT BUILDING IN THE, IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE, THE WINDSTORM REQUIREMENTS THAT THE BANKS HAVE HAD, THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF RENT THAT I CAN GET BECAUSE THE, THE APARTMENTS ARE RESTRICTED ON PARKING.

UH, I HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE.

IT WAS NEVER MY INTENTION TO CHANGE THIS AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT IN THE FUTURE IF I WANT TO DO CHANGE IT TO A HOTEL THAT I HAVE THAT RIGHT.

EVERY BUILDING AROUND ME, FOR THE MOST PART IS E IS EITHER A HOTEL OR SEVERAL CONDOMINIUMS ARE IN THE AREA, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW, IF ANY RENTAL APARTMENTS I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.

THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS AVENUE IS AN MXE PARTY DISTRICT.

WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IT IS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, ALAMAC CAN BRING CLASS TO THAT AREA BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT IS GOING TO TAKE THAT OVER TO A HOTEL WILL BE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT FUNDS, AND IT WILL ONLY BE A FOUR OR FIVE STAR HOTEL.

SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS PREVENTING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT EVENTUALLY.

AND YOU'RE RESTRICTING THE USE THAT I BELIEVE I HAD A RIGHT TO HAVE, AND SHOULD I WANNA MAKE THE CHANGE.

I COULD HAVE THROWN PEOPLE OUT OF THAT BUILDING SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I HAVE THREE APARTMENTS ALREADY THAT ARE SHORT-TERM RENTALS AT ONE TIME.

I CHOOSE NOT TO GO FORWARD, BUT MAYBE TOMORROW I WILL GO FORWARD BECAUSE YOU'RE RESTRICTING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS WITHOUT ANY POSSIBLE GAIN.

THIS IS A, HIS, THIS IS A HISTORIC HOTEL.

IT IS NOT COLLINS PARK.

IT IS NOT THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE DEALT WITH IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.

THIS IS THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

I CANNOT RUN IT FOREVER AS A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

AND I WANT THE RIGHT TO BRING IT BACK TO WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

PROPERTY OWNER OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO CONVERT THEIR RESIDENTIAL USE INTO, UM, INTO ANY SORT OF TRANSIENT USE, I'M, I'M GONNA BE A STAUNCH NO, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

I, I, MEL I THINK IT'S, UH, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

UH, YOU, YOU STATED THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE AN INTENT TO KICK THEM OUT, BUT WHAT IF YOU SELL THE, THE BUILDING AND, AND LET ME FINISH.

WELL, I HAVE ONE YEAR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MEL, LET, MEL, LET'S, IT'S, I APPRECIATE YOU.

IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH THOUGH, SO LET, OKAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, WE HEARD YOUR POINT.

IF YOU PERHAPS SELL THE BUILDING, AND THE NEXT OWNER DECIDES, I WANT EVERYONE OUT, AND YOU HAVE 30 DAYS, WHICH HAS HAPPENED ALL THE TIME ON MIAMI BEACH, I'M NOT GONNA BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I UNDERSTAND.

THIS IS WHAT YOU MAY HAVE BOUGHT.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US GOT ELECTED TO IN AND, AND, AND THE, LIKE WHAT MAGAZINE SAID, THE CRUX, THIS POLICY IS BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM TRANSIENT USE, WE WANNA MOVE TOWARD MORE RESIDENTIAL.

IN FACT, WE HAVE LEGISLATION TRYING TO TURN OFFICE SPACE INTO RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, TO ME, IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO, WE WANNA MOVE IN DIRECTION OF RESIDENTIAL, YET WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING IT EASIER TO TURN RESIDENTIAL UNITS INTO A, INTO HOTELS.

SO, UH, AGAIN, I'M GONNA BE A NO ON THIS EVERY TIME.

SO IF THERE IS A

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LLOYD, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME ON THIS, BUT I SEE YOU OUT THERE AND I KNOW, DO YOU OWN A PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA ALSO AFFECT, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP AND SPEAK LLOYD? BECAUSE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE, UM, LLOYD AND MEL ARE LONG TIME INVESTORS.

HE'S SAYING THAT HE HAS NO PLANS, IMMEDIATE PLANS ANYTIME SOON TO DISPLACE ANYBODY.

AND IT'S FINE IF, UH, YOU WANNA TAKE AWAY PROPERTY RIGHTS.

UM, BUT I'M NOT IN THE, I'M NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY, UM, WHEN HE CAN TURN THESE UNITS INTO SHORT TERM RENTALS.

LLOYD, HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT YOU? MY NAME IS LLOYD MANDEL.

UM, I'VE BEEN A HOTEL OPERATOR IN MIAMI BEACH FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

UM, I WILL ASK, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR ME, IF THIS ORDINANCE WILL ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF HOTELS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN, UM, IN MIAMI BEACH WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY RESIDENTIAL, OR WHETHER IT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT AND MORE COMPLICATED.

IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IN SPECIFICALLY, I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT ONE BUILDING I PURCHASED 25 YEARS AGO, A BUILDING CALLED THE JAMES MANOR.

UM, AND THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN OPERATED AS SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR 25 YEARS.

WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY RESIDENT STAYING IN ANY OF THE, THE WHAT WERE ORIGINALLY APARTMENTS.

UM, KITCHENS WERE BASICALLY REMOVED, AND IT'S ALWAYS OPERATED FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS.

UM, THIS ORDINANCE IN A PARTICULAR, AND WE'VE DONE IT ETHICALLY.

IT'S NOT A PARTY HOTEL.

IT'S BEEN, UM, VISITOR SPOT FOR LONGER TERM OR SHORTER TERM RENTALS, I SHOULD SAY.

UM, IF THIS, AND I MISTAKENLY OPERATED IT WITH AN APARTMENT, UM, LICENSE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THE ACTIVITY WAS FOR SHORTER TERM RENTALS, IF THIS WILL RESTRICT MY ABILITY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR 25 YEARS, IT WILL ABSOLUTELY BANKRUPT THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING.

UH, I WILL ASK FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION ON, ON THIS AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

UM, YES.

UM, MR. MAYOR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I WANNA JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING.

I, SO, SO FOR, FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND.

WHAT, WHAT WE'RE PASSING HERE IS THE ABILITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS OF HOTELS.

SO WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO DO THIS.

IT'S JUST IF YOU DO DECIDE TO SELL AND SOMEONE DECIDES TO KICK EVERYONE OUT AND TURN IT INTO HOTEL, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

IT'S NOT SAYING THAT YOU, YOU AUTOMATICALLY CANNOT, UH, BE A HOTEL.

THIS IS JUST GONNA COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND, AND DECIDE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU DO EVENTUALLY DECIDE TO SELL MEL AND YOU'RE A NEW OWNER, DECIDES TO KICK EVERYONE OUT, THAT GIVES THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT HERE AND SPEAK TO US AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IF THERE'S BEEN PROPER CONCESSIONS FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FIND A NEW HOME OR, OR, OR GIVE THEM A, A MOVING FEE.

SO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS CLEARLY IS ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT WE'RE NOT PROHIBITING ANY MORE HOTELS.

THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A DECISION OF THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IF WE'RE GONNA APPROVE A HOTEL OR NOT.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM WHILE I SPEAK TO BOTH LLOYD AND MEL AND UNDERSTAND BETTER.

I'M GONNA WITHDRAW MY SPONSORSHIP ON IT RIGHT NOW, TOO, 'CAUSE I WAS A CO-SPONSOR, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO OCEANFRONT HOTELS TOO.

SO, UM, IT SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYONE.

THAT IS A FAIR LAW.

I WOULD LIKE EVERY HOTEL HOTELIER TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

IF WE ARE TAKING AWAY RIGHTS FROM SOME PROPERTY OWNERS, I THINK IT SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYONE.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER AND FIND OUT WHY IT'S NOT APPLYING TO OCEANFRONT HOTELS.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M, I'M A NO, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, I WANNA BETTER UNDERSTAND, UH, THE REPERCUSSIONS OF ALL OF THIS AND MAKE THE LAW MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE SO THAT IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE EQUALLY.

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AND, UM, WE COULD REFER IT TO LAND USE IN THE INTERIM AND HAVE A DISCUSSION, UM, AT, AT COMMISSIONER, UH, FERNANDEZ'S LAND USE MEETING.

I'M KNOW IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION.

NO.

WHAT? NO.

COMMISSIONER COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ, IF I MAY JUST RE RESPOND FOR A MOMENT.

UM, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR, WHAT, WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE.

I, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT, AND I WAS PART OF THIS MIAMI BEACH DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME THAT WE CREATED THE MXE, THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF CREATING AN MXE WAS TO CREATE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES, UH, OF, AND, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN A, AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE MOSTLY HOTELS.

AND TO TAKE AWAY THAT RIGHT NOW OF, UH, AN OWNER FROM WHO HAS INVESTED IN THIS DISTRICT WITH THIS POSSIBILITY, ALWAYS IN MIND, UH, I THINK IT'S HARSH.

THERE IS A PRACTICAL PROBLEM WITH SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO THE COMMISSION, WHICH REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE, AND THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET A DEAL DONE TO POSSIBLY SELL A BUILDING TO A HOTEL, UH, OPERATOR.

IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, I CANNOT, UH, IN VIEW OF THE, THE REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS IN MY NEW FINANCING, I CANNOT MAKE ANY KIND OF A DEAL, UH, A SALE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

AND THEN THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I'M LOOKING PERSONALLY TO DO QUICKLY, BUT I NEED THAT.

RIGHT? AND I CAN ASSURE YOU FROM, AGAIN, FROM A PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY TO SIT BACK WHILE THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING A CONTINGENT CONTRACT THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH A COMMISSION, A COMMISSION APPROVAL THAT COULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS AND REQUIRE A FIVE SEVEN VOTE.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS WHEN YOU HAVE THE, UH, A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

THIS IS NOT THE SAME CASE.

UH, MEL, I, I LIVED ON THE MX CI LIVED AT THE DRE HOTEL .

COMMISSIONER ENDERS, THEN COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

AND THAT'S IN SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

GUYS, GUYS, I DON'T WANT THIS.

I'M SORRY.

LAST POINT.

AND THEN I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, I I APPRECIATE IT.

I DON'T MEAN THIS IN ANY DISRESPECT.

USUALLY PEOPLE COME UP AND THEN THEY SIT DOWN 'CAUSE IT'S A ONE TIME SHOT.

I GOTTA KEEP THIS MOVING ALONG.

I'LL LET LLOYD ONE COMMENT THEN.

AS A 75 YEAR RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THE RESIDENTS IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND SO I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT AND REQUEST, AND THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS VERY SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS THAT YOU DO POSTPONE IT AND LOOK AT IT FOR THE DETAILS.

UM, I'M PERSONALLY NOT OPPOSED TO PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

LET'S CALL A VOTE.

AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

COLLINS IS ON THE DAYS, AND I READ THAT INTO THE RECORD ALREADY.

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE, AND THIS WAS THE REASON WHY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE RAN FOR OFFICE.

THIS WAS WHAT HE WAS, UH, CAMPAIGNING ON.

THIS IS WHAT HE WAS KNOCKING DOORS AND DOORS ON.

AND THIS IS WHAT EARNED FOR HIM THE SUPPORT OF THE ELECTORATE THAT HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH THE POLICY, WITH THE BEAUTY, OUR POLICY IS YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE POLICY.

THIS HAS BEEN TO LAND USE.

AND AS I MENTIONED TO INDIVIDUALS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME, THIS HAS BEEN AT THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.

WHY ARE WE HEARING ABOUT THIS AT THE 12TH HOUR? YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THE COMMITTEE, AT THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, AND WENT THERE, I THINK MULTIPLE TIMES.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND YOU KNOW, I, THIS PLACE IS RESIDENCE FIRST.

IT, IT PROTECTS RESIDENTS ABOVE ALL ELSE.

AND ALL THAT IT DOES IS THAT IT GIVES THE CITY COMMISSION SOME ABILITY TO LOOK OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND YOUR MOTION AT, AT THE, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO, TO, TO PROVE YOUR ITEM.

'CAUSE I DO THINK THIS IS, THIS IS GOOD POLICY.

WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER POLICIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO PROTECT OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.

I PRESENTED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT IT.

I'M FINE WITH THAT.

AND IF WE NEED TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, BRING HIM BACK IN THE FUTURE.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP.

UM, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT HERE.

UH, MY NARROW AMENDMENT, THE 1 4 70 SEVENTH STREET AND, UM, CLARITY FOR, UH, LLOYD MENDEL'S PROPERTY.

UM, OKAY, WELL, YOUR, YOUR AMENDMENT FOR THE 77 10

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UM, WOULD THE COMMISSION LIKE TO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ONE.

THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PROCESS WITH APPLICATIONS ARE.

AND, AND IF I COULD, MADAM VOICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS JUST A VACANT PORTION OF LAND, CORRECT? UH, THE, UM, HEY, I'M, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MAD.

I'M STUART LAMORE BURKE, HOWARD DE FERNANDEZ.

LARKIN AND TAPPEN IS, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, 77 10 COLLINS AVENUE, LC.

AND THE OWNERS ARE SITTING OVER THERE.

UM, IT, IT HAS TWO STRUCTURES, TWO UNITS ON IT, WHICH ARE BOTH VACANT, UH, IS A VERY NARROW PROPERTY.

IT'S ONLY 50, UH, FEET WIDE AND ONLY 8,750 SQUARE FEET.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.

THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, VETTING THE PROPERTY AND PURCHASING IT FOR TWO YEARS NOW, AND BEEN IN THE PROCESS TO GO TO THE DRB FOR MANY MONTHS.

UH, AND WE JUST WANT TO, AND SO WE'VE BEEN DELAYED SINCE THE PLANNING BOARD ACTED IN NOVEMBER.

SO THAT'S TWO MONTHS OF DELAY NOW.

AND I BELIEVE IF WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE WARRANT PROCESS, THAT'D BE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS DELAY.

AND AGAIN, WE, WE ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS.

UH, IT'LL BE, UH, ONE RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND 14 HOTEL UNITS.

THAT'S ALL.

IT'S A FIVE STORY BUILDING.

BUT THERE'S NO RESIDENCE BESIDES THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE LIVING ON THERE NOW PLACE AT THIS TIME? NO.

IS THIS AN APARTMENT HOTEL? YES.

THERE'LL BE A, A UNIT THERE FOR, UH, THE MANAGER OF THE HOTEL READ THIS.

HEY DANIEL, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

MR. I NEED MOTION EXCUSE, MR. MR. MAYOR, MAY I, MAY I JUST RESPOND TO MADE STATEMENTS? PLEASE, SIR.

I'LL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS, BUT NOW WE CAN'T KEEP COMING.

THAT'S, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, I HAVE ONE YEAR LEASES IN, IN THE ALAMAC.

THEY'RE ONLY ONE YEAR LEASES.

MOST OF THE TENANTS, OF COURSE, ARE LESS THAN ONE YEAR BECAUSE THEY'VE LIVED HERE FOR SOME TIME.

I WOULD AGREE, IF YOU COULD GIVE THE EXEMPTION TO AN HISTORICAL HOTEL, A HISTORICAL BUILDING, IT WASN'T A HOTEL AS THE ALAMAC WAS THAT, UH, I WOULD NOT MOVE ANY CONVERSION OR TERMINATE ANY LEASES WITHIN A YEAR.

UH, I CAN'T GIVE ANY MORE PROTECTION THAN THAT.

BUT TOMORROW, OF COURSE, I COULD CHANGE IT INTO A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

SO I'M, I AM WILLING TO GIVE THAT UP AND SAY THAT I WILL NOT DO ANYTHING WITHIN A YEAR.

IF YOU COULD GIVE ME THE POSSIBILITY HERE OF CON OF AT THE, IN THE FUTURE TIME TO CONVERT IT TO A HOTEL.

THANK YOU, MA.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

UM, SO MY AMENDMENT FOR 70, FOR THE 77 70 SEVENTH STREET.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT AMENDMENT? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

THE MOTION TO AMEND REQUIRES A SECOND AND HAS TO BE VOTED ON.

I'LL SECOND.

YOU CAN DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT, OR, I, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT.

I I JUST LOOKED IT UP.

AND 77 10 IS LITERALLY SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

AND LOOK, I, TO ME, IF THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS ALREADY, I, I, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M, I DON'T THINK IT'S MY, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR ME TO IMPEDE ON THAT.

SO I, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THAT, UH, AMENDMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS.

UM, AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF NOTICE FOR THAT.

SO I, I'M, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

MAYOR, CAN YOU CALL THE VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT? CALL THE VOTE.

VOTE.

SO ON THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? AYE.

UM, THE SECOND AMENDMENT I HAVE, I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAD A MUCH BROADER ONE THAN THE VERY NARROW ONE THAT I HAD.

THE SITUATION WITH THE ALAMAC HOTEL, IS THAT BEFORE AND AFTER HIS STREET? IT'S OKAY.

AND, UM, READ INTO THE RECORD MY AMENDMENT AND I, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET A SECOND.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES.

SO THIS AMENDMENT, UM, IS, IS AN APPLICABILITY CLAUSE.

AND IT WOULD READ, THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO PROPERTIES FRONTING THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH STREETS, WITH A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING WITH LESS THAN 50 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

IF THE CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A HOTEL AND THEN LATER CONVERTED TO APARTMENTS.

SUCH STRUCTURE IS EXEMPT FROM THE SCOPE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND CAN BE CONVERTED BACK TO A HOTEL USE.

THIS IS MUCH MORE NARROW THAN THE OTHER AMENDMENT.

AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM.

THIS IS FOR THE, THIS IS FOR THE SAME PROPERTY THAT MR. SCHLESINGER IS CORRECT, CORRECT? YEAH, BUT THIS IS THIS.

NEED A SECOND, THE, A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

IT'S ALL THE VOTE.

SO THIS ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT ON 13TH AND 14TH STREET.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO OPPOSED.

SO ONE OPPOSED BY, BY

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COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SECONDED BY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I'M A NO.

SO MAGAZINE IS A NO, WE NEED, I THINK WE NEED A ROLL CALL THIS, YOU WANT MS. MAYOR ROLL CALL.

SO, OKAY.

I'M GONNA GO ALPHABETICALLY ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

COMMISSIONER BOTS? YES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? NO.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? NO.

AIR MINOR? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

SECOND AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED.

DANIEL, AND THEN WE'LL CALL HIM THE VOTE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THE LAST CLARIFICATION HAS FINANCE, GIVEN THIS CLARITY ON, UH, LORD MANDEL'S PROPERTY, UH, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ISSUE IS THAT, THAT, UH, MR. MANDEL DOES NEED TO CONVERT THE, UM, HE NEEDS TO DO A CHANGE OF USE TO HOTEL TO REFLECT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND DID HE ALREADY APPLY, UH, FOR THAT? UM, I ASKED MR. MANDEL ASKED HIM, AND SO IT WOULD BE IN PROGRESS.

HE ALREADY APPLIED FOR MAKING THAT CHANGE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE THAT'S SUPPLIED, UH, IS PROTECTED.

SO, UM, HE SAYS HE HAS A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS NUMBER.

SO, WHICH MEANS HE'S INITIATED THE APPLICANT.

I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT ON THE, ON THE FLY, BUT, BUT THAT HE HAS A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS NUMBER, UM, TO CONVERT TO HOTEL.

SO, SO THIS ITEM WOULD BE PERSPECTIVE? NO, IT WOULD APPLY.

IT WOULD APPLY.

'CAUSE HE ONLY, HE ONLY PULLED HIS PROCESS NUMBER RECENTLY, SO WE WOULD SO YOU, IF YOU COULD PROPOSE A THIRD UH, CLAUSE TO SAY THAT THE ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO PROPERTIES RENTING THE WEST SIDE OF JAMES? YEAH, I WOULD.

EAST SIDE, YEAH, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY FOR PROPERTIES FRONTING JAMES AVENUE BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH STREET, WHICH HAVE APPLIED FOR A PROCE, AN APPLICABLE PROCESS NUMBER TO CHANGE THE USE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE.

I WILL MOVE THAT THIRD FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THROUGH THE VICE MAYOR.

WHO'S THAT FOR? I'M SORRY.

SORRY FOR THIS IS FOR THE JAMES MANOR, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE 1849 MAR 1849 JAMES AVENUE AND THE JAMES MANOR AND MR. UH, PLANNING DIRECTOR, WHAT IS IT CURRENTLY REGISTERED AS? IS IT CURRENTLY REGISTERED AS SHORT-TERM RENTAL? IT APPEARS THAT FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE LEARNED, THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND THEY MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT, UM, ACTUALLY MAY HAVE MADE THEM HOTEL ROOMS AND THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED OR NOW BEING REQUIRED TO EITHER ADD KITCHENS BACK AND GET A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE BECAUSE SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

SO WHAT IS IT REGISTERED NOW AS AN APARTMENT? APPARENTLY IT IS A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING NOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO CONVERT A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INTO A HOTEL.

IT'S NOT BEING CONVERTED, IT'S OPERATED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL TODAY, DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY.

YEAH, CORRECT.

SO IT'S, I IT'S IMPORTANT NOBODY LIVES THERE.

TO KEEP AS MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE CITY AS POSSIBLE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND HOTELS.

SHORT-TERM RENTALS REFER TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL OF AN APARTMENT UNIT.

SO YOU CAN ONLY DO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL OR GET A BTR FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

IF YOU ARE A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT, HOTELS DON'T REQUIRE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE USE IT INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT THEY ARE INHERENTLY DIFFERENT.

I BELIEVE THE CASE WITH THE JAMES MANOR IS THAT SOME KITCHENS MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND THEY MAY NOT TECHNICALLY QUALIFY AS RESIDENTIAL UNITS NOW.

SO THEY EITHER HAVE TO REINSTALL KITCHENS AND BECOME A RESIDENTIAL UNIT, UH, OR THEY COULD CONVERT TO A HOTEL IN WHICH THEY WOULD NOT REQUIRE THE REINSTALLATION OF THE KITCHENS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS NOW, FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, THEY'VE INITIATED THE PROCESS TO CONVERT THE BUILDING FROM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT TO HOTEL.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, THIS IS BOOKKEEPING CATCHING UP WITH ACTUAL USE, IT'S NOT GOING TO EFFECTIVELY DEFACTO CHANGE THE USE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN USED AS A NO, NOT NECESSARILY COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY REMOVING THE KITCHEN WAS PROPERLY AUTHORIZED.

AND SO THEY MAY VERY WELL HAVE TO DO A CHANGE OF USE, UH, AND OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO HOTEL.

SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BIFURCATE THIS FROM EVERYTHING ELSE AND TREAT THIS SEPARATELY? SINCE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE HAVE OUR COMPLETE SET OF FACTS IN FRONT OF US? WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TRYING

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WE ALSO DON'T WANNA PENALIZE SOMEBODY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR OVER THE DECADES, A MISTAKE HAVING BEEN MADE OR I'M NOT, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT WHAT THE TRUE ISSUE IS HERE, BUT I DON'T, WE HAVE OVER 200 AGENDA ITEMS TODAY.

CAN WE TAKE THIS SEPARATELY AND DEAL WITH IT AS A SEPARATE ISSUE? THE CHALLENGE COMMISSIONERS THIS, VICE MAYORS, THIS IS SECOND READING.

SO THE WAY WE WOULD DO THESE AMENDMENTS IS AS AN APPLICABILITY CLAUSE.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO IT AS PART OF YOUR VOTED SECOND READING.

SO WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD HERE? WELL, THIS IS A POLICY CALL FOR THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXEMPT THE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE, THE SITUATION FOR THE JAMES AVENUE PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE TO INCLUDE AN APPLICABILITY CLAUSE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER TWO.

IT'S CALLED A SIMILAR VOTE , WHICH COMMISSIONER? F*****G, DO YOU HAVE ANY WHO, WHO HAD THE MORE NARROW AMENDMENT ON THIS? I'M SORRY.

WHERE DID, WAS THAT YOURS? UH, WELL, THAT ONE ALREADY PASSED.

UM, I'D LIKE TO DO A NARROW AMENDMENT GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE'S BEEN OPERATING THIS WAY FOR 25 YEARS AND HE, HE'S ALREADY MADE THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE, OKAY, SO, SO MAKE YOUR, MAKE YOUR AMENDMENT, UM, MOTION.

SO, SO THE AMENDMENT IS THAT THE, THAT THE ORDINANCE, UH, SHALL NOT APPLY TO PROPERTIES ALONG JAMES AVENUE BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH THAT HAVE OBTAINED AN APPLICABLE PROCESS NUMBER, UH, FOR CONVERSION TO A HOTEL.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEP.

SO I'LL MOVE THAT.

I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION, CALL A VOTE.

SO ON THE THIRD AMENDMENT, 18TH, 19TH, JAMES AVENUE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MAY? NO.

SO I HEAR TWO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND, AND MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, IS THAT CORRECT? AND I'M A NO ALSO, AND MAYOR IS A NO.

SO THAT'S THREE NOS.

THE AMENDMENT PASSES.

OKAY, DANIEL, AND THEN WE'LL CALL ON THE VOTE ON THE MAIN ITEM.

WELL, IF, IF I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

I HEARD ALEX BECAUSE HE IS BEHIND A MASK.

WERE YOU A YES OR WERE YOU A YAY OR NAY? ? THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I, I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS, IT REALLY PUTS ME ON A, IN A DIFFICULT POSITION BECAUSE AT LEAST MEL, I MET WITH MEL, I UNDERSTOOD MEL'S SITUATION.

I MET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FROM NORTH BEACH.

I UNDERSTOOD THE INDIVIDUAL'S SITUATION IN NORTH BEACH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING ON THE FLY THAT I HAVE NO IDEA THE CIRCUMSTANCES ON.

AND AFTER SOMETHING HAS BEEN THROUGH A PUBLIC VETTING PROCESS AND COMMITTEE, THIS CAN'T CONTINUE HAPPENING.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DEAL WITH THIS POLICY, THERE'S A REASON WHY WE SPENT HOURS DISCUSSING THINGS AT COMMITTEE.

THERE'S REASONS WHY WE OPEN UP PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT COMMITTEE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE AMENDMENTS AT THE 12TH HOUR THAT BENEFIT.

NO ONE.

SO I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON IT.

THANKS.

SO HAVING HEARD COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S VOTE, THE THIRD AMENDMENT IS NOT APPROVED.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT THAT WAS WELL SAID.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, WE, I'M SITTING HERE AND, AND I UNDERSTAND I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO US, BUT IT, IT PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT POSITION AFTER WE'VE VETTED THIS FOR MULTIPLE MEETINGS, DANIEL, AND THEN WE HAVE A MAIN ITEM TO VOTE ON YOU.

YES, THANK YOU.

DANIEL SER WITH MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE.

SO, UM, I HADN'T BEEN FOLLOWING IT AS MUCH, AND EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED, I DID GET CONTACTED BY SOME FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT WASHINGTON AVENUE POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND THEY SAID THIS ORDINANCE MIGHT STOP THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A STEP.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT YOU ALL GET TO VOTE? SO I GUESS IF THE SPONSOR WERE WILLING MAYBE TO SHARE HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD WORK, AND IF YOU'RE DEFINITELY NO ON WASHINGTON AVENUE OR THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CHANGED.

BECAUSE WHAT I WANNA SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, RESILIENCY IS ALSO ABOUT ADAPTABILITY.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS WHICH HAVE CHANGED OUR USE.

LOOK AT ALTON ROAD, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU HAVE DENTIST'S, OFFICE, ET CETERA.

YOU HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADAPTED.

SO I THINK WE DO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT FLEXIBILITY THAT COMES WITH A CHANGE OF USE WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOUSING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU.

I FEEL SO, OKAY, LET'S CALL A VOTE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

DO YOU MAKE THE MOTION AS AMENDED THEN? , WHICH AMENDMENT MEANING THE TWO AMENDMENTS ARE 77 70 NINTH STREET, 13TH AND 14TH STREETS.

WELL, THEY

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PASSED.

THEY DID, BUT IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T HAVE A MAKER OF THE MOTION YET.

ON THE MAIN ORDINANCE.

ON THE MAIN ORDINANCE, YES.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SO AS AMENDED, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MADE THE MOTION, AND I RECALL THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAID HE WOULD SECOND IT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES.

VICE MAYOR B? YES.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

MAYOR MINOR.