Procurement Requests - C2

[R5 E WASHINGTON AVENUE RESIDENTIAL PLAN - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PURSUANT TO THE EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS OF SECTION 163.3184(3), FLORIDA STATUTES, BY AMENDING THE “RESILIENT LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT,” GOAL RLU 1, ENTITLED “LAND USE,” OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, ENTITLED “ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES,” AT TABLE RLU 1.1 TO CONFORM TABLE RLU 1.1 WITH THE AMENDED FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) REGULATIONS FOR EACH RESPECTIVE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY; BY AMENDING POLICY RLU 1.1.6, ENTITLED “MEDIUM DENSITY MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM-2),” POLICY RLU 1.1.9, ENTITLED “MEDIUM INTENSITY COMMERCIAL (CD-2),” POLICY RLU 1.1.10, ENTITLED “HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL (CD-3),” AND POLICY RLU 1.1.28, ENTITLED “GENERAL MIXED USE COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD (C-PS2),” TO PROVIDE FAR AND DENSITY INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING TRANSIENT USES TO NON-TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL USES FOR APPLICABLE PROPERTIES LOCATED ON WASHINGTON AVENUE; BY AMENDING OBJECTIVE RLU 1.2, ENTITLED “LAND USE REGULATION,” TO AMEND POLICY 1.2.8, ENTITLED “RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVES,” TO AMEND THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OBTAINING THE FAR AND DENSITY INCENTIVES SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, TRANSMITTAL AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

[R5 F WASHINGTON AVENUE RESIDENTIAL PLAN - LDR 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 1, ENTITLED “GENERAL PROVISIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” SECTION 1.2.1, ENTITLED “GENERAL DEFINITIONS,” BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF FLOOR AREA AND CREATING A DEFINITION FOR MICRO-MOBILITY STATION; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ENTITLED “OFF-STREET PARKING,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “VEHICLE PARKING, BICYCLE PARKING AND OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS,” AT SECTION 5.2.4, ENTITLED “VEHICLE OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS,” BY AMENDING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING TIER 2; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.1.11, ENTITLED “RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVES,” TO ESTABLISH RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVES SPECIFIC TO PROPERTIES FRONTING WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM 5TH STREET TO 17TH STREET; BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.5, ENTITLED “RM-2 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, MEDIUM INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.5.5, ENTITLED “MID BEACH RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVE AREA (RM-2),” TO ESTABLISH RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVES SPECIFIC TO PROPERTIES IN APPLICABLE RM-2 ZONING DISTRICTS FRONTING WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM 6TH STREET TO 7TH STREET; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.11, ENTITLED “CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.11.5, ENTITLED “WASHINGTON AVENUE (CD-2),” TO MODIFY EXISTING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SPECIFIC TO PROPERTIES FRONTING WASHINGTON AVENUE AND TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE AREA SPECIFIC TO WASHINGTON AVENUE; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.12, ENTITLED “CD-3 COMMERCIAL, HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT,” BY CREATING SUBSECTION 7.2.12.5, ENTITLED “WASHINGTON AVENUE RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE AREA (CD-3),” TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE AREA SPECIFIC TO WASHINGTON AVENUE; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.15, ENTITLED “PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.15.3, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (C-PS),” TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE AREA SPECIFIC TO WASHINGTON AVENUE; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FOR NOT ON YOUR LIST. OKAY. SO PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT NOT ON YOUR LIST.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPEN AND CONTINUED.

SO THESE ITEMS ARE R5 E AND R5 F R5. SO AGAIN R5 E AND R5 F ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED OPEN AND CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 15TH. SO BY ACCLAMATION MAY WE DO SO? SO MOVED. ALSO, I'M NOTING THAT ITEM R5 ZERO IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE OPENED AND CONTINUED TO MARCH 19TH.

[R5 O AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PLACES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 2, ENTITLED “BICYCLING, SKATEBOARDING, ROLLER SKATING, IN-LINE SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC BICYCLES, MOPEDS, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES, AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 70-66, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” BY CONFORMING THE DEFINITION OF MOTORIZED SCOOTER TO STATE LAW; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 70-67, ENTITLED “PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES,” BY PROHIBITING MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, BICYCLING, IN-LINE SKATING, ROLLER SKATING, AND SKATEBOARDING ON THE BAYWALK; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

SO AGAIN, R5 ZERO MARCH 19TH IF WE COULD DO SO BY ACCLAMATION.

I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES AND WE'LL MOVE ON. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED IN THE ORDINANCES.

I JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. LAST NIGHT I SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT AN ITEM THAT I R5 N YES SIR THAT'S BEING WITHDRAWN,

[R5 M AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING “THE HOUSING PROTECTION ORDINANCE,” BY AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “HOUSING,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “RENTAL HOUSING,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 3, ENTITLED “TERMINATION OF TENANCY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 58-386, ENTITLED “WRITTEN NOTICE OR TERMINATION OF TENANCY,” TO REQUIRE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 90 DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE CITY OF PROPOSED INCREASES IN TENANTS’ MONTHLY RENT PAYMENT OF TEN PERCENT OR MORE FOR SPECIFIED RECIPIENTS OF CITY SERVICES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

BUT THAT'S ON THE LIST ALREADY. I'M NOT WITHDRAWING R5 N R5 M IS BEING WITHDRAWN AND R5 N IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED.

YES, SIR. AND WE HAVE THAT ON THE LIST ALREADY. SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T ANNOUNCE THEM BECAUSE THEY MADE THE LIST. AND I HAVE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS AMENDED BY THE CITY CLERK AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE POOLED ITEMS. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, A SECOND FROM FOR COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. THE CONSENT. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO CALL ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I PULLED FIRST.

[C7 AD A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO THE CENTER FOR COMBATING ANTISEMITISM (CENTER) TO ENABLE THE CENTER TO PROVIDE ANTISEMITISM SENSITIVITY TRAINING SESSIONS AND MAKE ITS ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM “ANTISEMITISM IS BAD MEDICINE” AVAILABLE TO UP TO 5,000 MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER EMPLOYEES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, HAVING DETERMINED THAT TRAINING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND STAFF AT THE CITY’S LARGEST HOSPITAL SERVES AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY AND ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THIS GRANT IN FY 2025; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE, A GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSE WITH THE CENTER IN THE CITY’S STANDARD FORM OF GRANT AGREEMENT.]

ONLY BECAUSE GINO, THE CEO OF MOUNT SINAI, GINO SANTORIO, IS STILL HERE.

AND HE MAY WANT TO SPEAK. THAT'S A C7+. YES, SIR.

C7+ IS ALLOCATE $50,000 TO ANTI-SEMITISM AND IS ANTI-SEMITISM IS BAD MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAM.

C7+ WAS SEPARATED BY MAYOR MINOR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, FOR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM AND THIS ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT.

I DID, I GUESS, WHEN I SAW IT, AS MUCH AS I LOVED THE ITEM, I DID SORT OF QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD BE ALLOCATING THE FUNDS.

AND BUT BEFORE I GET TO THE SUBSTANCE, I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAVE MADE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS TRAINING IS IN TODAY AND THE EXPLOSIVENESS OF OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

AND ANY JEWISH PERSON KNOWS THERE'S MANY NON-JEWISH PEOPLE KNOW IT, TOO.

AND I'M A BIG BELIEVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE OVERWHELMING PEOPLE RESPECT ALL PEOPLE AND WANT DON'T

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WANT HATRED IN ANY FORM, INCLUDING ANTI-SEMITISM, AND ARE HORRIFIED BY THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN.

THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PROTESTS, THE THE VOCAL REALLY MINORITY OF PEOPLE.

THAT BEING SAID, I CAN TELL YOU, JEWISH PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A SAFE HAVEN THAT WOULD CONTINUE, MAYBE IN PERPETUITY, BUT THAT HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT JEWISH PEOPLE TODAY AND I THINK I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S ALMOST EVERYBODY I'VE SPOKEN TO HAS STARTED THINKING, WHEN IS OUR TIME UP HERE IN AMERICA? AND WHERE DO WE GO WHEN OUR TIME IS UP? THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RAISING THEIR FAMILIES HERE, WHO THOUGHT UNTIL OCTOBER 7TH, NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR A PLACE IN ISRAEL, WHETHER THEY NEED ANOTHER PASSPORT, DUAL CITIZENSHIP.

THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT JEWISH PEOPLE FEAR AND FACE TODAY.

SO THESE TRAININGS ARE IMPORTANT. AND AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

I DID SPEAK TO AND IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK OR I CAN TURN IT OVER TO YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I MEAN, MOUNT SINAI IS, IS I WANT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WE COULD PARTNER, BUT MAYBE EVEN MOUNT SINAI WILL WILL FUND IT.

SO IT WOULDN'T COME OUT OF NECESSARILY CITY FUNDING.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME ON THIS.

I WAS JUST TALKING TO MR. SABAG ABOUT HOSTING, IF YOU MIND ME, SAYING HOSTING A A, A MORE WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY FROM DIFFERENT HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS FROM MANY DIFFERENT PARTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND WE WOULD HOST IT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS SPECIFIC ITEM NOW AND WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM.

DO YOU WANT. YEAH, SURE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO ALSO NOTE THAT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS ALREADY COVER TRAINING FOR ALL RACES AND GENDERS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF BESIDES ANTI-SEMITISM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE GROWING CONCERN IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO SHOW A COUPLE OF VIDEOS. SO, PJ, IF YOU COULD SHOW THE COUPLE OF VIDEOS THAT I HAVE LINED UP, KAMESHA HART, A REGISTERED NURSE AT OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WHY SHOULD YOU KNOW HER NAME? BECAUSE SHE'S TAKEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO OPENLY EXPRESS HER HATRED OF JEWS, CALLING THEM DOGS AND RATS, CLAIMING SHE WILL DENY THEM MEDICAL CARE AND EVEN HOPING THEY MEET THEIR ANCESTORS SOON.

LET THAT SINK IN. A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, SOMEONE SWORN TO PROVIDE CARE WITHOUT BIAS, PROUDLY AND OPENLY BROADCASTING HER REFUSAL TO TREAT JEWISH PATIENTS.

IT'S NOT JUST ANTI-SEMITISM, WHICH IS BAD ENOUGH, IT'S A VIOLATION OF MEDICAL ETHICS.

OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY HAS YET TO TAKE ACTION.

SHOULD SOMEONE LIKE THIS REALLY BE TRUSTED WITH PATIENT CARE? AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS GOES UNCHECKED? HOSPITALS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ALL PATIENTS.

IF YOU BELIEVE HATE HAS NO PLACE IN HEALTHCARE, MAKE SURE THAT THIS STORY IS HEARD.

YOU CAN SHARE THE OTHER VIDEO, PLEASE. YOU KNOW WHAT? OH. HOW ARE YOU, MAN? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU, MY MAN? PRETTY GOOD. ARE YOU A NURSE? A DOCTOR? I'M A DOCTOR.

MY MAN. A DOCTOR FOR WHAT? YOUR HOSPITAL. WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I'M FROM ISRAEL. FROM THE HOLY LAND.

YOU KNOW WHAT I TELL YOU? I'M GOING TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU, ALL RIGHT? I'M GOING TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU. YOU ACTUALLY GOT A REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL EYES. THANK YOU. I'M SO.

BUT I'M SO UPSET THAT YOU'RE ISRAELI. LIKE, EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO GET KILLED AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO JAHANNAM. INSHALLAH. BUT LIKE THIS PRETTY EYES.

THEY SHOULD STAY IN THIS IN THIS WORLD FOR LONGER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHY DO YOU THINK I'M GOING TO GET KILLED? IT'S PALESTINE'S COUNTRY, NOT YOUR COUNTRY. HOW ARE YOU? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ONE DAY, ONE DAY, ONE DAY, ONE DAY.

YOUR TIME WILL COME AND YOU WILL DIE. THE MOST HORRIBLE.

WE SPREAD. LISTEN TO ME. PEACE. LISTEN TO ME.

AND YOU SPREAD WHEN YOUR TIME COMES. HOW ARE YOU? DOCTORS? WAIT. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER MY FACE.

OKAY, OKAY. GOTCHA, GOTCHA. I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. FOR SURE. I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. I HAVE A QUESTION.

LET'S SAY LET'S SAY AN ISRAELI. GOD FORBID. I WON'T TREAT THEM.

I'LL KILL THEM. YOU'LL KILL THEM. SO IF AN ISRAELI IS IN AUSTRALIA AND GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM AND HE COMES TO YOUR HOSPITAL, I HOPE TO GOD WOULD YOU KILL HIM? OKAY. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY ISRAELI DOC CAME TO THIS HOSPITAL,

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AND I SENT HIM TO JAHANNAM. I SENT HIM TO JAHANNAM.

SO THIS IS NOT MAKE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS AS A POLITICAL GESTURE. THIS IS REAL. THERE ARE LIVES AT STAKE HERE.

MIAMI BEACH IS ONE OF THE FEW CITIES IN THE WORLD THAT HAS A TREMENDOUS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL JEWISH POPULATION OF SIGNIFICANCE. AND TO THINK THAT IN HOSPITALS WHERE MYSELF, I'M HALF ISRAELI, I GO TO A HOSPITAL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH. YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ANTI-SEMITISM ON MIAMI BEACH.

WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE HEIL HITLER ON OCEAN DRIVE.

WE'VE HAD ELDERLY PEOPLE LEAVING SYNAGOGUES BE ACCOSTED BY A BUNCH OF CRAZIES.

WE'VE HAD BUSINESSES VANDALIZED. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ISRAELI FLAG FLYING ON THEIR ON THEIR STOREFRONT. SO I WANT MIAMI BEACH TO BE A LEADER.

IN FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE WORLD. AND WE CAN BE A SHINING BEACON FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO FEEL SAFE AND BE JEWISH IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY WHEN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, GOD FORBID, HAPPENS.

SO I'M GOING TO BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

THE MONEY DOESN'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL. IT GOES TO A NONPROFIT.

AND I BELIEVE IT IS MONEY WELL SPENT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU KNOW,.

MOUNT SINAI AND YOURSELF ARE TRUE PARTNERS TO OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS WORK HAND IN HAND, AND IT'S A CLICHE, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

YOU'RE A TRUE PARTNER. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WHILE GENERALLY I, EVEN THROUGH MY OWN ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE, AM NOT GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF HR TYPE TRAININGS IMPLICIT BIAS IN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM IS VERY REAL, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIRTH MORTALITY RATES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN FOUR TIMES HIGHER THAN NON-HISPANIC WHITE WOMEN, IN LARGE PART WHY THAT'S THOUGHT IS THE IMPLICIT BIAS WITHIN THE MEDICAL SYSTEM.

AND I AM VERY HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT MOUNT SINAI ALREADY HAS THOSE TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT, WHICH IS A VERY REAL NOT JUST CEREMONIAL ISSUE BUT A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT SEEMS TO BE MISSING.

AND THAT IS HAVING THAT SAME TRAINING FOR OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND I'M GOING TO BE HAPPILY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

AND IF YOU COULD ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THEN COMMISSIONER ROSEANNE GONZALEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR AND AND THIS ENTIRE DAY IS FOR, FOR ALWAYS BEING SO PROACTIVE IN ENSURING THAT MIAMI BEACH REMAINS A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR, FOR, FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE INSTANCES OF HATE AND THE INSTANCES OF ANTI-SEMITISM IT HAS, HAS, HAS BEEN VIVID IN OUR SOCIETY, HAS BEEN SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND INDEED, MIAMI BEACH MUST CONTINUE TO BE A, A BEACON. SO I TRULY SEE THE INCREDIBLE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.

AND NO INDUSTRY SHOULD, SHOULD ANTI-SEMITISM BE TOLERATED, BUT MUCH LESS IN A SAFE SPACE LIKE A HOSPITAL WHERE PEOPLE SEEK COMPASSION, WHERE PEOPLE SEEK WARMTH AND SUPPORT AT THEIR TIMES OF GREATEST NEED, AND AT TIMES, EVEN AT THEIR TIMES OF GREATEST JOY WHEN THEY'RE BRINGING A CHILD INTO THE WORLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT OUR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS CAN CONTINUE BEING SAFE FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

BUT I ALSO DO LIKE WHAT MAYOR MINOR WAS, WAS MENTIONING, BECAUSE IN THE VERY SPIRIT OF US BEING A BEACON AND A LEADER, WELL, WHAT A BETTER LEADER COULD WE BE IF IF THIS COULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND MIAMI BEACH AND IF AND IF MOUNT SINAI IS WILLING TO FUND THIS, THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE PRESIDENT CEO ON THE ON THE SPOT.

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BUT IF I JUST CAN ASK HIM IF IF MOUNT SINAI IS WILLING TO FUND THIS OR ARE THEY UNABLE TO FUND THIS WITHOUT THE CITY'S FUNDING? SO MOUNT SINAI IS GOING TO DO THIS REGARDLESS OF CITY FUNDING.

I THINK THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANTI-BIAS TRAINING, AND IT'S RIDDLED WITH IDENTIFYING RACISM.

PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBT, LGBTQ IT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE USED TO.

WHAT'S NOT IN THERE? IS ANTI-SEMITISM PART OF THE REASON IT'S NOT IN THERE? ONE OF THE REASONS IS THERE REALLY IS NO GOOD TRAINING MODULE.

SO WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS IS IT'S REALLY A PILOT PROGRAM ON HOW TO TARGET THE CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

I'LL SHARE WITH YOU. I TOOK THE SURVEY AND I WAS EMBARRASSED AT MY RESULTS.

AND TO FIND OUT THAT IT REALLY WAS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN TERMS OF HOW IT COULD BE PERCEIVED, IS IS WAS ALARMING. RIGHT? SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO PARTNERING IN ANY FORM, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE WITH THE CITY I THINK WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US AS A PILOT TO THEN ROLL THIS OUT TO OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT'S AND THAT'S MY MY QUESTION. ARE YOU WILLING TO INCLUDE OTHER IF YOU FUND THIS FOR MOUNT SINAI AND LET'S SAY IF THE CITY PROVIDES THE VENUE, ARE YOU WILLING TO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO EXPAND THIS FOR OTHER MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE COMMUNITY CLINICS? AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT DOING CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDITS THAT PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS HAVE TO DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO WE WOULD PROVIDE THOSE TO COME, DO TRAININGS, HAVE GUEST GUEST LECTURES. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT.

I'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE FLORIDA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.

I'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME OTHER PARTNERS, MIAMI JEWISH I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER MEDICAL PROVIDERS THAT WANTS THIS PILOTS UP AND RUNNING, AND THEY CAN LOOK AT IT. THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WATERFALL AND AND WE'LL START TO SEE THAT INCLUDED ELSEWHERE.

I THINK THE MESSAGE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SUPPORTING THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.

BUT I THINK THE THE GREATER IMPORTANCE IS, IS IS DRIVING CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONS.

WE CAN'T EXPECT ALL INSTITUTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE LARGE EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO EXPECT THE CITY TO FUND WHAT SHOULD BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT SHOULD BE INSTILLED IN THEIR CORPORATE VALUES AND WHAT SHOULD ALREADY BE INSTILLED IN THEIR PRACTICES.

SO WE HAVE OTHER LARGE EMPLOYERS. THEY SHOULDN'T BE DEPENDING ON CITY FUNDING TO PROVIDE THE ANTI-SEMITISM TRAINING THAT THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDING, ESPECIALLY OPERATING IN A CITY LIKE THE CITY OF OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND SO AND SO. IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS TO BE PROVIDING THIS, THIS TRAINING. BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO TO SEE IS AND IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR COLLEAGUE WHO HAS INTRODUCED THIS ITEM, IS REALLY BE A LEADER IN HELPING AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE THAT IF MOUNT SINAI IS INVESTING IN PROVIDING THIS FUNDING, THAT WE HELP MOUNT SINAI AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE OF THAT ANTI-SEMITISM TRAINING SO THAT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE VENUE SO THAT OTHER CLINICS AND OTHER DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT, RATHER THAN JUST THE LIMITED FOOTPRINT OF YOUR CAMPUS.

SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK VERY WELL INTENTIONED ITEM WHICH WHICH WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE STUDY. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

OUT OF THE 2100 RESPONDENTS, 645 RESPONDED AND 40% OF THEM SAID THAT THEY HAD FELT FEAR OR THEY FELT ANTI-SEMITISM. SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY PATIENT IN ANY HOSPITAL TO EVER WORRY ABOUT GETTING TREATMENT BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE, WHAT GENDER YOU ARE.

WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE HOSPITAL, EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE FUNDING THIS. I WOULD I MAYBE POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE BRANCH OF BIKER HOME.

MAYBE ON SOME LEVEL THEY WOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS.

SO I WOULD REACH OUT TO ROBIN JACOBS AND THAT GROUP AND SEE IF SOMEHOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION, AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID ABOUT MOUNT SINAI BEING AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN OUR CITY. AND IF YOU WATCH, YOU PROBABLY ARE TOO BUSY TO WATCH MANY OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.

I DON'T GIVE TOO MANY ACCOLADES. BUT I COULD SAY YOU PERSONALLY ARE A GREAT PARTNER.

ANYTIME I'VE REACHED OUT TO MEET ON ANY ISSUE, INCLUDING ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS FOR IT JUST YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY A GOOD,

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WILLING PARTNER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I FEEL REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE MOUNT SINAI AND YOU IN PARTICULAR, LEADING THE HELM. YEAH. INTERESTINGLY, WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING AT MOUNT SINAI.

I BROUGHT AN ITEM WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANTI-SEMITISM IN OUR IN OUR OWN TRAINING.

WE HAD LITERALLY EVERY GROUP, BUT NOT ANTI-SEMITISM.

SO THAT HAS NOW I BROUGHT AN ITEM AND THAT HAS NOW CHANGED.

AND I CAN TELL YOU AND THIS THIS FURTHER ECHOES WHAT WE'RE WHAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND MOUNT SINAI AND OUR, OUR WHOLE AND OUR WHOLE BODY HERE AND REALLY OUR RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS THAT MIAMI BEACH BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND COMBATING HATE IN ANY FORM. BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, AND WE'VE DONE SO MUCH, WHETHER IT'S INCREASING POLICE PRESENCE, WE WE WE HAD WE HAD DEMONSTRATIONS BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WERE HARASSING AND INTIMIDATING OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE PUT AN END TO THAT. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR FREE SPEECH, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE HERE AND THREATEN PEOPLE IN MIAMI BEACH.

WE SEND FIREFIGHTERS TO ISRAEL. WE INCREASED OUR GEO BONDS.

WE STRENGTHENED OUR ANTI-BDS LEGISLATION. I HAVE AN ITEM TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL IN ORANGE.

AND THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WHO'S WEARING AN ORANGE TIE TODAY TO COMMEMORATE THE THE BIBAS FAMILY AND ALL HOSTAGES.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PAINFUL YEAR FOR JEWISH PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

AND WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH HAMAS AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THAT IS THERE'S A COMMON ENEMY.

IT IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ITSELF TO ERADICATE THAT HATRED AND EVIL AND TERRORISM.

BECAUSE, BELIEVE ME, THEY'RE COMING HERE HERE'S TWO IF NOT THEM, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THEM, WE'VE SEEN IT ALREADY. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HYPOTHETICAL.

AND THAT'S WHY THE UNITED STATES IS STANDING SO STRONG AND CLOSE WITH ISRAEL TO MAKE SURE THAT ISRAEL STAYS SAFE, WHICH IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS I MEET WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNTRIES, AND I BRING THIS UP A LOT ABOUT THE ANTI-SEMITISM, ISRAEL, NOT A LOT. I BRING IT UP EVERY TIME I MEET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE.

USUALLY THEY'RE COMING FOR A DIFFERENT REASON, AND I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DEBATED ME. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING? I'VE MET WITH, WELL, IT WASN'T REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS AT THE F2 CONFERENCE. THESE WERE BUSINESS PEOPLE FROM SAUDI ARABIA. AND GUESS WHAT? I DON'T THINK THEY WERE JUST SAYING IT TO ME. THEY SUPPORT ISRAEL. THEY KNOW HAMAS IS A THREAT NOT ONLY TO ISRAEL BUT TO THEM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM UAE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE HAMAS ERADICATED. THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISRAEL PROBLEM.

THIS IS MOST MANY, MANY ARAB COUNTRIES DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS FORM OF TERRORISM, AND THEY KNOW IT'S A THREAT TO THEM, TOO. AND IT'S A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO YOU AND ME, BECAUSE WHEN THAT BOMB GOES OFF, GOD FORBID, SOMEWHERE, MOST OF THE TIME IT MAKES NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN JEW AND NON-JEW.

DOESN'T MATTER. VICE MAYOR. BUT SO I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT IN WHICH THIS IS INTENDED. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HOW SAFE MIAMI BEACH HAS BEEN FOR SO LONG FOR JEWS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GENERALLY TARGETED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER OUR HISTORY, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.

PARTS OF ENTIRE SECTIONS OF NORTH BEACH WERE DEVELOPED AND BUILT BY A MAN NAMED HENRY LEVY.

IF YOU GO UP THERE AND ALL THE STREET NAMES TURN TO FRENCH, THE NORMANDIE FOUNTAIN, YOU CAN THANK HIM.

BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE CARL FISHER, WHO WE HAIL AS A GREAT FOUNDING FATHER, WAS A RAGING ANTI-SEMITE, AND HE WOULDN'T SELL LAND TO JEWS. THERE ARE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES IN MANY OTHER WAYS OVER THE DECADES OF MIAMI BEACH NOT LEADING THE WAY ON OPEN MINDEDNESS AND TOLERANCE AND JUST LETTING PEOPLE LIVE AND LET LIVE AND AND WELCOMING EVERYBODY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE.

I WOULD PREFER TO SEE IT EXPANDED. I WANT IT TO HAPPEN IN MOUNT SINAI, BUT I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF CREATING SORT OF A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL FORUM ON HOW TO ADDRESS THIS IN, IN LOTS OF PROFESSIONAL CAPACITIES.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, YOU LITERALLY HAVE SOMEBODY'S HEALTH IN YOUR HANDS AND POSSIBLY LIFE IN YOUR HANDS.

SO IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT INDUSTRY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE TANGENTIAL, AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

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IF YOU DON'T MIND, GINA, I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THIS ITEM ORIGINATED.

DO YOU APPROACH US TO GET SOME FUNDING HELP OR DID WE APPROACH YOU OR SO.

I WAS AT AN EVENT FOCUSED ON KEEPING ANTI-SEMITISM OFF THE BEACH.

AND JOE SEABORG, AS I REACHED OUT TO AFTER THAT, THAT LECTURE.

AND HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONERS MAGAZINE AND SUAREZ ON OTHER ITEMS, AND I HAD ASKED HIM FOR SOME HELP RELATED TO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

AND HE APPROACHED ME WITH THIS TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH WAS REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL FROM FROM WHAT I SEE, JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMS, YOU COME OUT OF IT AND YOU DON'T LEARN AS MUCH AS IS, AS YOU KNEW, HALF OF IT, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN TRAINED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TRAINING, EVEN AS MUCH AS I'VE EDUCATED MYSELF, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN, RIGHT? SO ROLLING THAT OUT TO THE 5000 EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF SEEING THE SURVEY WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT 40% OF PEOPLE HAVING FELT ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, THAT'S AN ALARMING RATE.

SO IT REALLY WAS IT WAS AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE TO PARTNER AS FAR AS THE FUNDING.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MOUNT SINAI FROM THE GET GO HAS COMMITTED TO.

WE'RE DOING THIS WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDING. I THINK THE INITIATIVE FOR FUNDING FROM THE, FROM THE CITY WAS REALLY TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE AND THEN BEYOND IN TERMS OF LOOK AT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S AVAILABLE HERE FROM A CITY FUNDING THE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN ORDER TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

RIGHT? HAVING YOUR HOSPITALS AND ALL THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS BEING TRAINED ON THIS TO PREVENT THAT, THAT MECHANISM CREATES AN ADDITIONAL POINT OF LEVERAGE THAT WE CAN GO AND GO TO TAMPA OR GO TO, YOU KNOW, GAINESVILLE AND TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE HEALTH SYSTEMS. THAT'S REALLY, I THINK, THE IMPETUS BEHIND IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS DO IT AND LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SEE WHAT CHANGE IS.

EFFECTUATED. I WOULD YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY COULD USE MORE MONEY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, BUT I WOULD ALMOST RATHER SEE YOU KNOW, MAYBE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COST OF THIS, BUT THE BULK OF THE MONEY BEING SUGGESTED FOR THIS FUNDING, SINCE IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING TO BE SPENT TO PUT TOGETHER A CONFERENCE, A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND DRAWING IN AS MANY REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE TO COME TO THIS AND REALLY MAKING THIS A LEADER GLOBALLY.

I MEAN, WE ARE A LEADER GLOBALLY ON SO MANY OTHER THINGS.

SEA LEVEL RISE AND, AND CULTURAL THINGS. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE A LEADER IN THIS AS WELL.

AND I WOULD RATHER DEDICATE THESE NOT INSIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ASSURE THE COMMISSIONER THAT EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S POINTING OUT IS WELL UNDERWAY AND IS A PART OF THE PLAN. YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE NEED TO GET THE RECIPE RIGHT BEFORE WE START COOKING FOR THE CROWDS, SO TO SPEAK. MOUNT SINAI IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO GO AHEAD AND TO PILOT THIS.

AND THEN REALLY, I THINK THAT THE CITY'S PART IS TO BE AN AMPLIFIER TO HELP INCREASE THE VISIBILITY, TO LEND THE IMPRIMATUR OF THE CITY IS REALLY GOING TO ADD A LOT TO, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE MEDIA WORTHINESS, AND TO GAIN THE ATTENTION OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND TO SHOWCASE EVENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN QUITE SOON.

I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY WE SAW REPRESENTATIVE BASSETT BE HERE TODAY ALSO, IS BECAUSE THE STATE IS TAKING NOTICE OF THAT.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE RECENTLY ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE INCOMING STAFF AT THE CDC.

SO OUR PLAN ABSOLUTELY IS TO BRING THIS TO ALL INSTITUTIONS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, MIAMI BEACH IS FOR MANY, MANY REASONS, THE APPROPRIATE STARTING POINT.

AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT SHOWCASING THE THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE I THINK, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS THE ABILITY TO LEAD OTHER CITIES.

AND AND CLEARLY, THE OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE CITY IS, IS TO EXERCISE THAT LEADERSHIP FACTOR.

WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO THROUGH THE MAYOR, I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A MOMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. TO COME VISIT AND AND LET'S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE.

ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE A QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING TIRELESSLY ON THIS.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

LET ME JUST ASK YOU, HAVE YOU WORKED WITH JACKSON OR BASCOM PALMER OR ANY OF THE OTHER REGIONAL HOSPITALS WE'VE TAKEN ON MOUNT SINAI? IT'S JUST IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE INSTITUTION AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GOING TO NOW BE A PART OF THE PILOT.

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LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST POINT OF DELIVERY.

SO FOR US. SO THAT'S, THAT'S AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF US YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING TO TO THIS EFFORT. BUT AS I THINK OF PATIENTS IN MIAMI BEACH AND THIS IS AND THIS IS WHY MY MY COMMENTS EARLIER, WE GET TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE SO MUCH MORE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS DON'T ENCOUNTER ENCOUNTER ANTI-SEMITISM IN ANY POINT WHEN THEY GO TO A HOSPITAL. I KNOW A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GO AT TIMES TO JACKSON HEIGHTS, WHERE THE TRAUMA CENTERS. AT A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TO GO TO BASCOM PALMER, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, EYE ISSUES AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

IF, IF WE IF WE CONTRIBUTE AND IF MOUNT SINAI CONTRIBUTES, ARE WE ABLE TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS? ABSOLUTELY. AND IF WE PROVIDE A VENUE FOR IT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN.

AND THAT'S PART OF AMPLIFYING, I GET I GET THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY CONTRIBUTING, BECAUSE THAT BEING AN EXAMPLE IN THAT MANNER IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO THAT WE SHOW THE EXAMPLE TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS OF WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO OF INVESTING IN THIS, IN THIS TYPE OF, OF, OF ANTI-SEMITISM, SENSITIVITY TRAINING.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT FROM, FROM, FROM SETTING THE EXAMPLE TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS.

BUT IF WE'RE PUTTING THIS PUBLIC INVESTMENT, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T ONLY GO TO MOUNT SINAI, THEY MIGHT NEED TO GET MEDICAL SERVICES, EITHER FROM OTHER CLINICS IN MIAMI BEACH OR OTHER FACILITIES FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE BEACH.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THIS ITEM COULD HAVE A BROADER REACH IF WE EXPAND IT TO THEN.

MR. COMMISSIONER, THAT'S ENTIRELY THE AIM. I THINK THAT THE THE HOSPITAL.

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ITSELF RECOGNIZES THAT IT'S GOING TO SERVE AS A SHOWCASE AND THAT THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE OTHER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. I KNOW THAT GINO IS A FANTASTIC PERSON TO HELP LEAD THAT PROCESS AND TO BRING IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO SEE WHAT MOUNT SINAI IS DOING AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT'S MAKING.

AND SO CLEARLY, THIS IS REALLY JUST THE POINT OF DELIVERY.

THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WILL HELP TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM AS WELL, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE SHOWCASED EVERYWHERE.

WE WANT AS MANY INSTITUTIONS AND AS MANY PROFESSIONALS AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAMING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL AND SO CONCERNED AND LEADING ON THIS ON THIS FRONT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. YES. YOUR MOTION. I'LL MOVE IT.

SECOND BY. I'LL SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ON C7+. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM C7 A D.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, FOR BRINGING THE ITEM.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE APPROVED ON CONSENT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW PARKING DIRECTOR, WILLIAM MCDONALD.

I BELIEVE HE'S HERE.

I JUST GOT CONFIRMATION HE WAS HERE, AND NOW EVERYONE'S LOOKING AROUND.

WELL, IN THE INTERIM, LET'S CALL THE NEXT ITEM R5 B AS IN BOY.

RFI BE IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

PURSUANT TO THE EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS OF SECTION 163.3184, SUBSECTION THREE, FLORIDA STATUTES.

BY AMENDING THE RESILIENT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT GOAL RLU ONE, ENTITLED LAND USE OBJECTIVE RU 1.1, ENTITLED ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES AT TABLE RU 1.1 TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH FLOOR AREA RATIO REGULATIONS AND POLICY.

RU 10.10.5 ENTITLED LOW DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RM ONE TO PROVIDE FOR INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE CONVERSION OF LEGALLY ESTABLISHED TRANSIENT USES TO RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE WEST AVENUE BAYFRONT OVERLAY BY AMENDING POLICY RU 1.1.6, ENTITLED MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL RM TWO TO PROVIDE FOR INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING TRANSIENT USES TO RESIDENTIAL USES FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE MID-BEACH RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVE AREA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE CONVERSION OF LEGALLY ESTABLISHED TRANSIENT USES TO RESIDENTIAL USES.

IN THE WEST AVENUE BAYFRONT OVERLAY BY AMENDING POLICY RLU 1.1.7, ENTITLED HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL RRM3 TO PROVIDE FOR INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING TRANSIENT USES TO RESIDENTIAL USES FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE MID-BEACH RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVE AREA. BY AMENDING POLICY 1.10.25, ENTITLED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD R PS4,

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TO PROVIDE FOR INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING TRANSIENT USES TO RESIDENTIAL USES BY AMENDING OBJECTIVE 1.28, TITLED LAND USE REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH POLICY 1.2.8, ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVES TO PROVIDE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OBTAINING THE FA, INCENTIVES SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALING SUMMABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS ITEM R5. B SHOULD MAKE IT A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SHORTEN THAT THAT TITLE.

BUT NO THANK YOU RALPH. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND SUAREZ.

SO THIS ITEM PASSED SECOND READING AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, BUT THE STATE DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTIFICATION IN TIME FROM THE CITY.

AND SO WE'VE HAD TO PUT IT ON FOR SECOND READING FOR A SECOND TIME.

A REMINDER OF WHAT THIS ITEM WAS ABOUT WAS TO GIVE MODEST INCENTIVES IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR CITY, WHERE WE HAVE TRANSIENT USE TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL USE INSTEAD.

I SECOND, YOUR HONOR. YEAH, COMMISSIONER. I'LL MOVE THAT ALONG. I'LL TAKE THE VOTE.

I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

IS THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES, COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES, COMMISSIONER.

FERNANDEZ. YES, VICE MAYOR. BART. YES, COMMISSIONER.

DOMINGUEZ. YES, MAYOR. MINER. YES. MOTION CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R5 B. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

LET'S CALL R5 G. ONE SECOND.

5G IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. I'M SORRY FOR THAT LAST ITEM.

IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. I APOLOGIZE, THERE IS ONE HAND RAISED, SO IF I COULD GO.

DAVID, ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM R5? B RESIDENTIAL USE INCENTIVES.

DAVID, IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON R5 B, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

OKAY. DAVID'S HAND WAS RAISED FROM BEFORE, SO I DON'T THINK HE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.

SO I'M GOING TO START AGAIN ON R5 G. I APOLOGIZE.

[R5 G AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED, “HUMAN RELATIONS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISCRIMINATION,” BY AMENDING SECTION 62-35 THEREOF, ENTITLED “MEMBERSHIP,” TO AMEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEMBER TERM LIMITS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R5 G IS AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND TITLE HUMAN RELATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISCRIMINATION BY AMENDING SECTION 6235 THEREOF, ENTITLED MEMBERSHIP TO AMEND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEMBER TERM LIMITS AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

I MOVE MY ORDER. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES, COMMISSIONER. ROSEN. GONZALEZ. YES. SUAREZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE.

YES. MAYOR. MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5 G R5 H.

[R5 H AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 14, ENTITLED “NEXT GENERATION COUNCIL,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-176, ENTITLED “ESTABLISHED; PURPOSE,” SECTION 2-177, ENTITLED “POWERS AND DUTIES,” AND SECTION 2-178 , ENTITLED “COMPOSITION,” TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE ON THE NEXT GENERATION COUNCIL; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R5 H IS AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEE BY AMENDING DIVISION 14 ENTITLED NEXT GENERATION COUNCIL BY AMENDING SECTION 2-176 ENTITLED ESTABLISHED PURPOSE. SECTION 2-177 ENTITLED POWERS AND DUTIES AND SECTION 2-1 78, ENTITLED COMPOSITION TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE ON THE NEXT GENERATION COUNCIL AND PROVIDE FOR REPEALER SOLVABILITY.

CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS ITEM R5 H. FOR THE RECORD, I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK, NOR IN THE AUDIENCE.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. NO, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT. I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, A SECOND, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR.

HEARING NO ONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR. MINOR.

YES. MOTION IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS R5.

H R5 I. R5 I IS IN ORDERS OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,

[R5 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES," ARTICLE I, ENTITLED "IN GENERAL," BY AMENDING SECTION 6-3 THEREOF, ENTITLED "HOURS OF SALE/VIOLATIONS," BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (a)(9) THEREOF, TO UPDATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

AMENDING CHAPTER SIX OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARTICLE ONE.

IN GENERAL, BY AMENDING SECTION SIX, DASH THREE THEREOF ENTITLED HOURS OF SALE VIOLATIONS BY AMENDING SUBSECTION A9 THEREOF TO UPDATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING. HEARING IT IS ITEM R5 I.

FOR THE RECORD, I SEE NO ONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN ZOOM OR IN THE AUDIENCE.

VICE MAYOR BOT THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF AN ITEM DESIGNED TO TRY TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES FOR NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE

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CIRCUMNAVIGATING OUR GUIDELINES ABOUT REPORTING ENTERTAINMENT OF THAT COULD BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE CITY, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER THE FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, THERE IS A DESIRE TO LOOK FURTHER AT DIFFERENT AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT WE COULD EXPLORE. THE THE CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND IS GOING FROM 350 TO 250, WHICH CAPTURES MORE OF THE THE NIGHTLIFE VENUES IN IN THE PARAMETERS AND I UNLESS THERE'S DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.

I WOULD MOVE THE ITEM. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. IS THERE IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE HAVE A MINIMUM AND CAN WE APPLY IT TO ANY ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT? I WOULD DEFER TO MY LEGAL COLLEAGUE.

ROB, DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THE THINKING ON THIS? THERE ISN'T ANY LEGAL REASON WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE A MORE ROBUST NUMBER, BUT IT WOULD SIMPLY ADD TO THE WORKLOAD AND TO THE NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE PROCESSED.

IT'S ALSO WHAT IS THE WHAT IF I MIGHT IF IT'S ALSO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS ARE RIGHT.

SO A TINY LITTLE VENUE IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE A RUCKUS IF SOMEBODY POPS UP UNANNOUNCED.

AND NOR DO THEY GO TO TINY LITTLE VENUES. TYPICALLY IT'S THE IT'S THE LARGER VENUES THAT HAVE LARGE CROWD CAPACITIES THAT END UP HAVING PEOPLE LINING UP ON THE STREET TRYING TO GET IN. IT'S IT'S A BIT OF A MESS.

SO I SHARE YOUR DESIRE, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, TO REIN IN BAD BEHAVIOR.

BUT THERE'S THERE'S SORT OF A TIPPING POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE.

AND THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF OF TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO THIS, TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND SO THE NOTION OF IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TRY TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY OR TO REALLY BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS WARRANTED AT THIS POINT.

IF WE CAN TRY THIS FIRST AND SEE IF WE IF WE MITIGATE THE ISSUE, THAT'S BETTER THAN CLOSING OFF THE AVENUE FOR YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ALL OPERATORS. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THERE IS AND WE DECIDED TO WE STARTED WITH 350 BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT PD ASKED FOR WHEN THEY ASKED FOR THIS TOOL.

AND SO NOW THIS IS SORT OF AN EXPANSION TO MORE TO MORE ESTABLISHMENTS.

BUT THROUGH OUR LEGAL ANALYSIS, WHICH I DISCUSSED WITH MOST OF YOU OFF THE DAIS, AND I CAN DO THAT AGAIN OFF THE DAIS IF YOU'D LIKE.

WE FEEL THIS IS THE MOST LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE OPTION TO TO TO DO.

MAY I? SURE. MR. SUAREZ. THANK YOU. TOM MR., PLANNING DIRECTOR.

WOULD YOU BY ANY CHANCE KNOW THE OK LOAD FOR GALA NIGHTCLUB? WHICH ONE IS GALA NIGHTCLUB? THE I CAN TELL YOU IT'S THERE.

I THINK THEY'RE LIKE 275. OKAY. SO MY ONLY ISSUE IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST LARGER NIGHTCLUBS.

IT'S ALSO MORE BOUTIQUE VENUES THAT HAVE A VERY LOW THRESHOLD.

AND SO, LIKE IF BACCARAT, WHICH WAS GALA YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT A HEADLINE, MAN KILLED TWO WOMEN INJURED IN MIAMI BEACH, TRIPLE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT GALA NIGHTCLUB.

SO IF THEY LOWER THEIR OK LOAD FROM 275 TO 249, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS, IN THIS ORDINANCE. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, LET'S DO IT RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SHORTSIGHTED TO SAY THAT IT'S ONLY HAPPENING AT LARGE VENUES.

I THINK IT'S HAPPENING AT ALL VENUES. AND IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN MAYBE EXPAND IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SMALLER. VENUES WOULD ALSO GET CAPTURED IN THIS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, MR. VICE MAYOR. CHIEF JONES, I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT WITH POP QUIZ. SO SINCE WE WEREN'T HERE WHEN THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN ITS ORIGINAL FORMAT A FEW YEARS AGO, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RATIONALE BETWEEN THE ABOUT THE NUMBER THAT WAS SELECTED? 350 DOES 250 GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE? DOES 200 GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE? SHOULD IT BE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY? WHAT WHAT WORKS BASED ON YOUR YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR YOUR TREND LINE.

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WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING FROM A TREND PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER WAYNE JONES, CHIEF OF POLICE.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THE MORE RESTRICTIVE, THE BETTER FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE.

I THINK THE THOUGHT PROCESS WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE ABOUT THE 350 MARK, WE SORT OF SORT OF SPLITTING THE BABY, IF YOU WILL, NOT OVER OVERLY BURDENING THE SMALLER, MORE BOUTIQUE VENUES IN THE CITY. BUT CERTAINLY TRYING TO HOLD THOSE WHO HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO HAVE MORE CLIENTS, MORE GUESTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. CERTAINLY TRYING TO RAISE YOUR STANDARDS AS IT RELATES TO RELATES TO SECURITY.

DO YOU FEEL THAT 250 GETS YOU TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE? DO YOU NEED IT? I MEAN, WE COULD KEEP MOVING THE THRESHOLD DOWN TO ZERO.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.

THAT'S WHY WE CAME BACK WITH 250 THOUGHTS. YEAH.

SO, LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SWEET SPOT IS IN THIS, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.

TO HAVE TO DO SOME SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THE MATTER. BUT I'LL TELL YOU OFF THE CUFF, I THINK THE MORE RESTRICTIVE, THE BETTER. ALL RIGHT, MISS. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR.

I THINK PERHAPS WE LOWER IT TO. 100. I MEAN, REALLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A VENUE THAT IS THAT IS GOING TO BE LARGE SCALE WHERE YOU HAVE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, LET'S DO IT RIGHT. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPRING BREAK COMING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SEE IS THE VENUE JUST GO FROM 275 TO 249. TO, TO ACCOMMODATE OR TO TO LOOPHOLE OUT OF, OF THIS ORDINANCE. ROB. RICK, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO WEIGH IN? WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE CURRENT NUMBER FOR THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH YOU OFF THE DAIS, RELATING TO THE LEGALITIES OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND NOT DRAWING A CHALLENGE.

SO AS A POLICY MATTER, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU SEE FIT.

BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED OFF THE DAIS THE DANGER OF BROADENING THIS TO A DEGREE WHERE CHALLENGES ARE MORE LIKELY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING THE WHOLE THING BECOMES A POSSIBILITY.

OKAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, RICK. I DON'T WANT TO PREEMPT YOU FROM HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN IF YOU'D LIKE ONE.

I RELY ON ROB FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, TAKING YOUR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS UNDER ADVISEMENT, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I WILL MOVE MY ITEM AS IT IS PRESENTED HERE.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AND JUST BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS PASSED IN ADVANCE OF THE MONTH OF MARCH AND, AND EXPOSING ANYTHING LIKE THIS TO THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED BY OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE CONCERNING. IT WOULD CONTRADICT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING SOMETHING IF WE'RE GOING TO GET STUCK IN COURT. SO WE CAN AVOID THAT NOW TO GET THIS PASSED IN MARCH IF NECESSARY. THE GREAT THING ABOUT LEGISLATION IS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS WORK AND ADAPT AND CONTINUE IMPROVING UPON IT.

AND SO I THINK THE THE GOAL WAS TO GET SOMETHING ADOPTED BY MARCH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. BUT IF NECESSARY, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE IN NATURE.

LOWER LOWER THE THE THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY. FURTHER IF NECESSARY.

YEAH I AGREE. AND YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE OUT STUPID BEHAVIOR AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR.

YOU CAN PUT LAWS IN PLACE TO MAKE IT HARDER TO DO.

BUT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL DO GOD AWFUL THINGS.

AND SO I WOULD RATHER GET GOOD LEGISLATION, DEFENSIBLE LEGISLATION PASSED TO CATCH THE MAJORITY OF THE BAD ACTORS.

AND IF WE HAVE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES OR SOMETHING CHANGES, WE CAN, AS YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WE CAN ADAPT AND MOVE ON. BUT BUT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE NOW AS, AS PRESENTED. BUT, MR. MAYOR, WHAT, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, LEGALLY SPEAKING, BETWEEN 100 AND 200 PEOPLE? AUCKLAND. I'D RATHER NOT GET INTO PARTICULARS ON THE DIAS, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY IT RAISES THE CHANCES OF A CHALLENGE, AND IT RAISES THE THE

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POSSIBILITY THAT THE ENTIRE SCHEME COULD BE STRICKEN DOWN AND WE COULD LOSE THE ENTIRE IDEA OF REPORTING PERFORMANCES TO THE POLICE IN ADVANCE.

IS THAT BECAUSE MORE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE CAPTURED, OR ISN'T IT? OR IS IT LIKE A. IT'S BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO IT POSSIBLY LEADS TO A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT OR MORE INTEREST IN CHALLENGING THE IDEA OF THIS DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT, WHICH WE'VE HAD ON VERY LIMITED TERMS UP UNTIL NOW, FOR VERY SPECIFIC REASONS, AND FOR THAT VERY SPECIFIC REASON, WE'RE BROADENING IT SLIGHTLY AND INCREASING THE RISK THAT WE GET THAT KIND OF CHALLENGE AND POSSIBLY GET THAT KIND OF LOSS.

LOSING THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE. THE MORE THAT YOU BROADEN IT, THE MORE THAT THAT POSSIBILITY INCREASES.

YEAH. I JUST I MEAN, WHERE DID THE 350 TO 250 MARK COME FROM? WAS IT JUST LIKE AN ARBITRARY NUMBER DECISION, OR WAS IT BASED ON SOME SORT OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE OK LOADS OF LESS THAN 350? WELL, I THINK THE INFORMATION THAT THAT YOU ALLUDED TO WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING AT A NIGHTCLUB THAT WAS CURRENTLY NOT INCLUDED IN THE 350. OK LOAD WOULD NOW BE INCLUDED IN THE THE LOWER OK LOAD. OKAY. LET'S CALL IT. OH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

AND THEN WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. I WANTED TO JUST ASK A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY PLACES I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, 350 TO 250. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST WAS CURIOUS, LIKE, HOW MANY NIGHTCLUBS DO WE HAVE WITH 350? HOW MANY NIGHTCLUBS DO WE HAVE WITH OCCUPANCY OF 250? DID YOU INCLUDE ANY OF THIS DATA? WE DID NOT INCLUDE THE DATA.

I HAVE A SPREADSHEET ON MY DESK. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T BRING IT DOWN HERE.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT. A LOT LIKE WHEN YOU SAY A LOT.

LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE 50 OR 100? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN MY HEAD.

AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T BRING THE SPREADSHEET DOWN WITH ME, BUT I DO HAVE IT.

IF YOU GIVE ME A CALL, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

BUT IT'S A IT'S AN EXTENSIVE EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

OKAY, FINE WITH IT. CALL THE VOTE. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BART WHO? SECONDED. PLEASE. SECOND THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

VICE CHAIR BART, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINER. THERE IS NO ONE IN ZOOM.

NO ONE ON THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, VICE MAYOR, BUT ABSOLUTELY.

YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEANNE GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR. MINOR. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R5 I R5 L.

[R5 L AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “HOUSING,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 58-298 THEREOF TO REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL, HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED BUILDINGS IN ALL OTHER HISTORIC DISTRICTS (AS DEFINED) TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC CHARACTER BY PROMPTLY ADDRESSING EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE, UNAPPROVED SIGNAGE OR AWNINGS, AND OTHER VISUAL BLIGHT VIOLATIONS; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R5 L AS ENDORSED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS BY AMENDING SECTION 50 8-2 98 THEREOF TO REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED BUILDINGS AND ALL OTHER HISTORIC DISTRICTS AS DEFINED TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC CHARACTER BY PROMPTLY ADDRESSING EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE ON APPROVED SIGNAGE OR AWNINGS OR OTHER VISUAL BLIGHT VIOLATIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R5 L.

VICE MAYOR BOT BART, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN ANY CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.

SO I WOULD MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND. IT'S CALLED CALL THE VOTE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO ONE REQUESTED IN ZOOM TO TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

THERE IS NOW. AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. MR..

NO. MITCH NOVICK, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME.

ADDRESS? YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. MITCH.

901 COLLINS AVENUE. WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, MINIMUM MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, WHICH ALL PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO FOLLOW TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTY UP TO MINIMUM MAINTENANCE.

WE OFTEN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ENFORCEMENT. BUT I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S ALREADY THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER.

VICE MAYOR. FOR THE RECORD, THIS ITEM HAD A TIME CERTAIN OF 1025 EARLIER THAN THE SCHEDULE.

SO IF WE CAN POSTPONE THE VOTE UNTIL THAT TIME.

AT THAT TIME, I'LL CHECK IF THERE'S ANYONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, AND WE CAN JUST TAKE THE VOTE AT THAT TIME. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

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OKAY, SO WE NEED TO CALL ANOTHER ITEM AT 10:25 A.M..

WE NEED TO CALL ANOTHER ITEM. SO DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS QUICK AND EASY OR.

IS THE OTHER ONE WAS TIME. OH. I'M SORRY. RALPH.

I'M SORRY I STEPPED AWAY FOR A SECOND. YOU WANT TO CALL THE RDA ITEMS? SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS TIME.

I'M NOT QUITE READY. I'M NOT QUITE READY. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DELAY THIS TIME, SO.

WE'RE. DONE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST THE SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO FIRST DO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS WHICH HAVE A 10 A.M.

10 A.M. TIME CERTAIN WE ARE RECESSING AS A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND CONVENING AS A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

[RDA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("RDA"), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AND APPROVING THE CREATION OF AN EMPTY SPACE RE-UTILIZATION INITIATIVE, FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,855 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE AT THE ANCHOR GARAGE AND SHOPS, OWNED BY THE RDA, LOCATED AT 100 16TH STREET, SUITE NOS. 3-5, ("PREMISES"), AS A TEMPORARY STUDIO AND/OR OFFICE FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND/OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS (THE "PROGRAM"); AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO DEVELOP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR THE INITIATIVE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A FEE WAIVER OR A FEE SUBSIDY IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE PREMISES, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED NINETY (90) DAYS.]

COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT. THE ONE ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM RDA ONE CREATE EMPTY SPACE REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE. USE VACANT SPACE AT ANCHOR GARAGE.

IT IS RDA ONE. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS. CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

DOMINGUEZ DIVISION. DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

THIS ITEM IS TO USE CITY VACANT SPACES FOR ARTISTS, STUDIOS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, FOR NON-PROFITS. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANT SPACES THAT WE CAN USE FOR THAT AT THE ANCHOR SHOPS WHILE WE VET OUT PERMANENT TENANTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING THE USE OF THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN ROSEANNE GONZALEZ. I ACTUALLY I HAD A CONSTITUENT APPROACH ME THE OTHER DAY AND SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BOOKSTORE ANYMORE ON MIAMI BEACH, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED TO SPEAK WITH SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO OPEN A BOOKSTORE.

AND I THINK THAT EVERY CITY NEEDS A BOOKSTORE.

SO, YES. PASSION. YES. YES. SO HOPEFULLY WHEN WE HAVE THAT MEETING, WE'LL CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, OFFERING ONE OF THESE SPACES SO THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS A BOOKSTORE AGAIN.

ABSOLUTELY. THANKS. IF IF, MR. MAYOR. MR. FERNANDEZ.

NO. I'M SORRY. I THINK IT WAS ME. OH, ERIC. I HEARD A VOICE.

I HEARD A VOICE DOWN THERE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE PLANS TO TRY TO REINTRODUCE A BOOKSTORE COMPONENT AS PART OF THE COLLINS FLOOR. COLLINS PARK GARAGE.

GROUND FLOOR REDEVELOPMENT WITH THE MIAMI NEW DRAMA PARTNERSHIP.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL WE AGREE WITH YOU AS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE COME BACK.

OKAY. WE MIGHT HAVE TO PUT THIS OUT FOR RFP BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THIS ONE CONSTITUENT APPROACHED US, MAYBE BOOKS AND BOOKS WANTS TO COME BACK AND OPEN AN OUTLET.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FAIR PROCESS.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT BECAUSE APPARENTLY OWNING A BOOKSTORE IS NOT A VIABLE BUSINESS MODEL WITH THE CURRENT RETAIL PRICES ON MIAMI BEACH. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE AND MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.

OKAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE.

I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR OF RDA ONE, PLEASE SAY AYE. HI. HI.

I HAVE SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER HIGGINS ABSENT.

WE ARE NOW, IF POSSIBLE, MAYOR, CAN WE. MAY WE RECONVENE AT OR CONVENE AS A NORFOLK COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEM? YOU READ MY MIND. I WAS TOLD THAT ITEM TWO HAD BEEN DEFERRED.

IS THAT NOT CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. IT IS DEFERRED.

CORRECT. IT IS DEFERRED. OKAY. SO WE ARE DONE THEN, RIGHT, LIZ? OKAY. SO, LIZ, YOU'RE STAYING WITH ME UP THERE OR ACTUALLY NOT? I THINK IT'S HEATHER. WE'RE DOING NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

[CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NORTH BEACH CRA) ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ITS NOVEMBER 12, 2024 MEETING, AND APPROVING, PURSUANT TO CITY COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2024-33373, THE USE OF CRA FUNDS FOR THE NORTH BEACH ARTISTIC RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM.]

IT IS ITEM ONE, EXCEPT NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RECOMMENDATION.

USE CRA FUNDS TO CREATE NORTH BEACH ARTISTIC RECYCLING PROGRAM.

FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER STEINBERG IS ABSENT.

THIS IS NOW NORTH BEACH CRA. ONE. ITEM. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

THIS IS GREAT. HEATHER, THANK YOU AND LIZETTE FOR YOUR TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS? IT WAS ACTUALLY GREAT WHEN YOU GAVE ME FEEDBACK THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A FUN ITEM TO WORK ON.

SO I GOT THIS IDEA WHERE WE THINK ABOUT TRYING TO PROMOTE RESILIENCY, RECYCLING THINGS THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, BUT DO SO IN A WAY THAT'S ACTUALLY BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE SITUATION, TO THE NEED TO DO SO IN OUR CITY,

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AND ALSO FIND WAYS JUST TO CLEAN UP OUR CITY.

RIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE UTMOST PRIDE IN HOW OUR CITY LOOKS AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS, WHETHER THEY'RE RESIDENTS OR VISITORS TO OUR CITY, TO KEEP OUR CITY GREEN.

I BELIEVE IT'S IN PORTUGAL. IT IS WHERE THEY HAVE THIS HUGE RECYCLING BIN THAT IS ARTISTICALLY DONE IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A FISH.

AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT OUR IDEA. AND I CHALLENGED OUR CITY STAFF TO SAY, GO OUT AND CREATE SOMETHING.

THAT ONE SERVES THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM FOR OUR CITY, BUT LET'S DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS VISUALLY APPEASING AND CREATES BRAND AWARENESS AS WELL.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER AND LISETTE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE US ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH WHERE SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS LED AND WHAT OUR FINAL PRODUCT IS.

GREAT. HEATHER SHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE SARAH RIGANTI, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THIS IS ACTUALLY WAS A REALLY FUN PROJECT TO WORK ON.

WE PARTNERED WE DID A CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION PARTNERING WITH MOONLIGHTER, FAB LAB AND CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, AND WE ARE CREATING A TEMPORARY ARTISTIC RECYCLING BIN IN NORTH BEACH.

IT WILL LAUNCH ON APRIL 1ST, IS A TENTATIVE DATE TO HONOR EARTH MONTH, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF ACTIVATIONS IN NORTH BEACH. THE PILOT PROGRAM IS FOR TWO MONTHS.

IT WILL END ON JUNE 1ST IN PREPARATION FOR HURRICANE SEASON.

WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE PILOT. AT THAT TIME.

WE'LL COME BACK TO COMMITTEE AND REPORT HOW MANY POUNDS OF RECYCLING MATERIALS WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN PROJECT TO WORK ON.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR THAT.

IT'S NOT AS IF THE SHELF LIFE FOR THE RECEPTACLE IS ONLY TWO MONTHS, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT IN. THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER TEST IT OUT IN ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE FOLLOWING SEASON.

OKAY. EXCELLENT. WELL, THANK YOU LADIES AND YOUR TEAMS FOR A LOT OF HELP.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A QUICK VISUAL FOR WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT OR MAYBE JUST FOLLOW UP WITH AN LTC, BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SIR. AND WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND. CALL THE VOTE. A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BART. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONER STEINBERG IS ABSENT.

THANK YOU. LET'S CALL R9D AS IN DAVID. R9D IS LEGISLATIVE

[R9 D LEGISLATIVE UPDATE PRESENTATION BY THE OFFICE OF STATE SENATOR SHEVRIN D. JONES (SD-34) ON KEY ISSUES IMPACTING MIAMI BEACH.]

UPDATE BY SENATOR SHEVRIN D JONES. SO LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OUR STATE SENATOR, OUR STATE OF FLORIDA WHO UNFORTUNATELY, I'M ACTUALLY SORRY HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I'M SURE YOU WILL CAPABLY GIVE US THE UPDATE.

CARRINGTON FRIEDMAN, THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO OUR STATE SENATOR.

SENATE DISTRICT 34. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CARRINGTON FREEMAN.

I AM THE DISTRICT. WELL, THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR DISTRICT 34 WITH SENATOR SHEVRIN JONES.

AND TODAY'S UPDATE WILL SERVE AS A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

SO FOR THE 2025 SESSION, SENATOR JONES HAS MANY BILLS THAT WILL BE BRINGING FORTH TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT HE WANTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.

THE FIRST BILL WILL BE SB 268, WHICH IS A PUBLIC RECORDS AND PUBLIC OFFICERS BILL, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.

THE BILL WILL CREATE A PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICERS, PROTECTING THE PARTIAL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR THE OFFICER AND THEIR SPOUSE, AS WELL AS PROTECTIONS FOR THE MINOR CHILDREN AS IT RELATES TO THEIR NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, TELEPHONE NAME, AND SCHOOL AND DAYCARE. THIS BILL IS NOT MEANT TO HINDER THE TRANSPARENCY OF FLORIDA'S SUNSHINE LAWS, BUT IT IS MEANT TO PROTECT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY SUBJECT TO THREATS AND HARM, AS WELL AS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AND CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THINKING OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

SB 268 PASSED IN THE FIRST OF THE THREE COMMITTEES, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CARRYING THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THIS SESSION.

ANOTHER BILL THAT SENATOR JONES HAS FILED IS SB 204, WHICH IS EDUCATOR CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING, WHICH IS FILED LAST YEAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MASS CASUALTY TRAININGS AS PART OF EDUCATION CERTIFICATION, WHETHER THAT THEY BE TRADITIONAL ROUTE OR THE ALTERNATE ROUTE, AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE A FIVE YEAR RECERTIFICATION.

SB 204 IS NOT MEANT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BECOME FIRST RESPONDERS.

HOWEVER, IT IS INTENDED TO EQUIP OUR TEACHERS WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS SAFE IN THE EVENT THAT A TRAGEDY HAPPENS.

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AMONG OTHER LEGISLATION SENATOR JONES WILL CHAMPION HEADING INTO THIS UPCOMING SESSION IS SB TWO 6236.

I'M SORRY, WHICH IS COMMUNITY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE.

THIS BILL WILL EDUCATE, WILL CREATE A TASK FORCE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC DEPARTMENT OF SORRY, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REVIEW SYSTEM FAILURES AND THE CAUSES OF HIGH CRIME RATES AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.

THE TASK FORCE WILL DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOLUTIONS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO HELP FACILITATE THE REDUCTION OF 58% OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN THE URBAN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.

THE LAST ITEM I WANT TO DISCUSS PERTAINS TO THE LEGISLATION IN AN ARRAY OF CONSUMER PROTECTION BILLS, WHICH AIM TO KEEP MONEY IN FLORIDIANS POCKETS.

SO WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE. WE HAVE THE CANCELLATION OF HEALTH CLUB CONTRACTS.

THIS BILL ENHANCES CONSUMER RIGHTS WITH HEALTH STUDIO GYMS AND THINGS OF THAT SUCH BY CONTRACTS AND CANCELLATION, PROVIDING THEM CANCELLATION RIGHTS, GUARANTEEING REFUNDS, ENSURING MULTIPLE CANCELLATION METHODS, AND PROVIDING CANCELLATION FOR ONLINE PROJECTS.

ELIMINATION OF HIDDEN FEES. THIS BILL TARGETS DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING PRACTICES THAT MISLEAD CONSUMERS.

IT PROHIBITS BUSINESSES FROM ENGAGING IN MISREPRESENTING PRICES.

MISREPRESENTING GOODS AND SERVICES. MISREPRESENTING BENEFITS AND MISREPRESENTING AUTHORITY.

THIS BILL STRENGTHENS THE CONSUMER PROTECTION BY CLEARLY DEFINING DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING PRACTICES AND PROVIDING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENFORCEMENT.

IT ENFORCES AND AIMS TO CREATE A FAIRER MARKETPLACE WHICH CONSUMERS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS BASED ON ACCURATE INFORMATION.

I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON SOME ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SENATOR JONES HELD AN ENVIRONMENTAL TOWN HALL WITH THE BISCAYNE BAY COALITION, AND IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THAT INFORMATION WAS TAKEN BACK AND DISCUSSED AMONGST OUR TEAM.

WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVE WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME LANGUAGE IN DRAFTING AND LOOK FORWARD TO FILING THEM THIS SESSION.

I ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS THE DERELICT VESSEL LEGISLATION, WHICH STEMS FROM OUR TOUR THAT WE HAD IN MIAMI BEACH.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GIVING MIAMI BEACH MARINE PATROL THE TOOLS TO EFFECTIVELY DO THEIR JOB.

WE BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO SO.

SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND HIS TEAM FOR ASSISTING US WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

WHILE WE ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE OTHER LEGISLATURES, OTHER OTHER LEGISLATORS, I'M SORRY, AND MEMBERS TO ENFORCE LEGISLATION THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR DISTRICT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE.

WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATIVE. AND PLEASE SEND SENATOR JONES OUR BEST AND THANK HIM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK HE'S DOING.

MAYOR WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT MAY HAVE NOT HEARD OUR FIVE E AND R5F.

THOSE WERE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 17TH. SO R5 E AND R5 F OPEN AND CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 17TH.

LET'S CALL R5 A. R5 A'S AND ORDERS OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

[R5 A PRIDE PARK - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FLUM AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.4.1 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BY AMENDING THE “RESILIENT LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT,” GOAL RLU 1, ENTITLED “LAND USE,” OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, ENTITLED “ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES” AT TABLE RLU 1.1, AND BY CREATING POLICY RLU 1.1.18.B ENTITLED “RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE - CIVIC AND CONVENTION CENTER (ROS-CCC); AND PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES, SECTIONS 163.3181 AND SECTION 163.3187, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED AT PRIDE PARK, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN 10 ACRES, FROM THE CURRENT DESIGNATION OF “PUBLIC FACILITIES - CONVENTION CENTER FACILITIES (PF-CCC),” TO THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE - CIVIC AND CONVENTION CENTER (ROS-CCC)”; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; TRANSMITTAL; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.4.1 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BY AMENDING THE RESILIENT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT GOAL RLU ONE ENTITLED LAND USE OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, ENTITLED ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES AT TABLE RLU 1.1 BY CREATING POLICY RLU 10.10.

18B ENTITLED RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE, CIVIC AND CONVENTION CENTER OK.

AND PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE, SECTIONS ONE, SIX, 3.3181 AND SECTION 6163.3187.

AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED AT PRIDE PARK, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES FROM THE CURRENT DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES.

CONVENTION CENTER FACILITIES. PEFC. THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE.

CIVIC AND CONVENTION CENTER. TCC PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

TRANSMITTAL REPEALER. SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING.

THE ITEM IS R5A COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS AN ITEM. IT'S KIND OF NERDY IN NATURE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A TEXT AMENDMENT.

AND FOR MOST PEOPLE, IT MIGHT NOT THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT.

BUT AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER A PUBLIC PARK WAS PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY.

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AND THAT'S THE THE 5.7 ACRES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE HEART OF OUR OF OUR CITY CENTER. AND IT'S IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY, AND IT'S WHAT THE VOTERS IN 2019 DECIDED TO NAME PRIDE PARK. IT WAS PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A PARK.

THE VOTERS NAMED IT TO BE A PARK. YET WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS IT IS LISTED AS A CONVENTION CENTER FACILITY, AS A PUBLIC FACILITY SLASH CONVENTION CENTER FACILITY.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT UNLIKE OUR OTHER PARKS IN THE CITY, IT DOESN'T BENEFIT FROM THE SAME PROTECTIONS.

IT DOESN'T BENEFIT FROM THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS FLAMINGO PARK.

IT DOESN'T BENEFIT FROM THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS LOOMIS PARK OR THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS NORTH BEACH.

OPEN SPACE PARK OR SO MANY OF OUR OTHER GREEN SPACES THAT ARE USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN OUR CITY.

SO THIS ITEM AMENDS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FOREVER A RECREATIONAL AND OPEN SPACE, AND IT CAN ONLY BE CHANGED.

AND THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. IT CAN ONLY BE CHANGED THROUGH A VOTER REFERENDUM RIGHT NOW.

BEING PART OF THE OF OF A DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS FOR, FOR CONVENTION CENTER FACILITIES IN THE FUTURE, A FUTURE COMMISSION COULD PUT A BALLROOM IN THAT SPACE.

A FUTURE COMMISSION COULD PUT OTHER ANCILLARY USES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THAT SPACE.

BUT NOW WITH THIS AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE SECURING FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THESE FIVE ACRES DON'T END UP WITH A CONVENTION CENTER RELATED BUILDING THERE, AND THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO CHANGE WITH THIS GREEN SPACE, IT WOULD ONLY BE THE VOTERS WHO WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, TOM MOONEY.

TO TO EXPAND ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.

I THINK YOU COVERED EVERYTHING PERFECTLY. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE PLANNING BOARD TRANSMITTED THIS WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION UNANIMOUSLY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF FIRST READING.

AND SO, WHILE WE'RE NOT CREATING A NEW PARK TODAY, WE ARE GIVING THIS GREEN SPACE THAT WAS PROMISED AS A PARK.

THE PROTECTIONS OF A PARK FOR THE CONTINUITY OF THIS RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I'M PROUD TO MOVE TO SIDE.

I'LL SECOND. SWAGIT, CHAIR OF THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, A NERDY ITEM, VERY NERDY ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER HEARD SOMEBODY DESCRIBE THEIR ITEM AS NERDY, BUT YOU JUST DID. SO THIS IS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING TO SPEAK. ANDREW.

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

THIS IS ON ITEM R5 A. HI THERE. MY NAME IS MICHAEL PORTNOY.

I AM LOCATED AT 920 MERIDIAN AVENUE. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PARK.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO WALK. INFINITE LOOPS.

THANK YOU. FOR THE DESIGNER. IT'S AMAZING. COORDINATED WITH SOUNDSCAPE PARK LOOKS VERY GREAT.

JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE RESTROOM ACCESS. RIGHT NOW ON THE WEBSITE IT'S LISTED AS DURING EVENTS ONLY FOR PRIDE PARK, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO SOUNDSCAPE PARK. HOWEVER, PRIDE PARK'S RESTROOMS HAVE BEEN OPEN THROUGHOUT THE DAYS, SOMETIMES IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. IT'D BE NICE FOR THOSE RESTROOMS TO BE OPEN THROUGHOUT ALL DAYS, AS WELL AS SOUNDSCAPE PARK IF AND WHEN AVAILABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LEISURELY ENJOY RECREATIONAL TIME IN OUR PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT TO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU ANDREW.

THANK YOU. I SEE NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

MAY I CALL THE ROLL? CALL THE ROLL. AND IF I MAY, I JUST.

I'VE ASKED. THE SPEAKER WAS. WAS COMMENTING ABOUT THE BATHROOMS. I JUST HAD A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT.

SO JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE SPEAKER'S COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YES, COMMISSIONER. ROSEN. GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ.

YES, COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YES, COMMISSIONER.

MAYOR. MEYER. YES. MOTION CARRIES THE ITEM. THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23RD.

THAT WAS ITEM R5. A APRIL 23RD IS SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE SLIGHTLY EARLY FOR A TIME CERTAIN, SO I'M GOING TO CALL OUR FIVE.

SEE? MAYOR, MAY WE TAKE THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM BEFORE WE GO TO R5? SEE? YES. OKAY, SO WE'RE BACK ON R5. L JUST FOR THE RECORD, R5 L WAS

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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND OLD HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

THERE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE IS REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, EITHER IN THE AUDIENCE OR VIA ZOOM.

I HAD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BART, VICE MAYOR BART, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR. BART. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR. MINOR. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R5L.

I KNOW, BUT I CALLED IT. RIGHT. R5C. R5C IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

[R5 C MINIMUM HOTEL UNIT SIZE REQUIREMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.1.5, ENTITLED “UNIT SIZES,” AT SUBSECTION 7.1.5.2, ENTITLED “UNIT SIZE STANDARDS,” BY MODIFYING THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZES CITY-WIDE; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.4, ENTITLED “RM-1 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.4.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (RM-1)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.5, ENTITLED “RM-2 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, MEDIUM INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.5.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (RM-2)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6, ENTITLED “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.6.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (RM-3)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.10, ENTITLED “CD-1 COMMERCIAL, LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.10.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (CD-1)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.11, ENTITLED “CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.11.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (CD-2)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.12, ENTITLED “CD-3 COMMERCIAL, HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.12.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (CD-3)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.13, ENTITLED “MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.13.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (MXE)”; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.14, ENTITLED “NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER-CORE DISTRICT (TC),” BY MODIFYING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.4, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (TC),” TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE; AND BY MODIFYING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.6, ENTITLED “TOWN CENTER-CENTRAL CORE (TC-C) DISTRICT,” BY REMOVING “MICRO-HOTEL” AS A PERMITTED USE, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED REFERENCES; BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.15, ENTITLED “PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.15.2, ENTITLED “RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (R-PS),” TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE; AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.15.3, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (C-PS),” TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS, ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.1.5 ENTITLED UNIT SIZES AND SUBSECTION 7.1.5.2, TITLED UNIT SITE STANDARDS BY MODIFYING THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE CITYWIDE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS ARTICLE TWO, ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

FOUR INCHES TITLE ONE RESIDENTIAL FAMILY MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.20.4.3, ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS R1 BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.5 ENTITLED R2 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY MEDIUM INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.20.50.3 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS R2 BY AMENDING BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6 ENTITLED R3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HIGH INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.20.6.3, ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS R3 BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.1 ENTITLED CD1 COMMERCIAL LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.20.10.3, ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CD1 BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

11 ENTITLED CD2 COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.20 11.3 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CD TWO BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.12 ENTITLED CD TWO COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT AND SUBSECTION 7.20.10.3 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

CD THREE BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2. 13 ENTITLED MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.20.30.3 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 0.41 ENTITLED NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER CORE DISTRICT BY MODIFYING SUBSECTION 7.20.1 14.4 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TC TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE AND BY MODIFYING SUBSECTION 7.20.1 14.6 ENTITLED TOWN CENTER CENTRAL CORE DISTRICT BY REMOVING MICRO HOTEL AS A PERMITTED USE ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED REFERENCES BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 15 ENTITLED PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT.

PPS AT SUBSECTION 7.2 0.1 15.2, ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT.

PPS TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE.

AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.1 15.3, ENTITLED COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS CPS TO MODIFY THE MINIMUM LODGING AND HOTEL UNIT SIZE AND PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING.

THE ITEM REQUIRES 5/7 VOTE. IT IS R5C. I'M SORRY, RALPH, I DIDN'T GET THAT.

CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? HAVE YOU CONTRACTS GOING TO BE BY THE WORD? YES. LOOK AT OUR VICE MAYOR HERE. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

THANK YOU. RALPH. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE PROLIFERATION OF MICRO HOTEL UNITS AT 175FT². IS THAT THE MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE DONE, TOM? IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA AND ON WASHINGTON AVENUE? OKAY, SO THIS REMOVES THAT. CORRECT. IT REMOVES IT FOR TOWN CENTER.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE IT FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE ALSO.

OKAY. IF POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE MICRO HOTEL UNITS.

IT WOULD MAKE THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE 335FT². THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT STICKING PEOPLE INTO THESE MICRO UNITS, AND WE ARE NOT COMPETING WITH OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT HOTELS EITHER IN THAT AREA.

DIDN'T WE DO THAT ALREADY? PARDON? DIDN'T WE DO THAT ALREADY? WE HAVE NOT.

IT IS. I WOULD REMOVE ALL. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF EXEMPTIONS HERE. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT MOVING FORWARD, ALL HOTEL ROOMS SHOULD BE 335FT² AND ABOVE.

THIS WAY WE PROTECT. WE HAVE PLENTY OF SMALLER UNITS IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND THE ONLY EXEMPTION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS IF ANYBODY IS RENOVATING A HISTORIC PROPERTY, AND THOSE ROOMS ARE SMALLER.

IN THAT CASE, I WOULD ALLOW FOR THE SMALLER THAN 335FT.

BUT APART FROM THAT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S EXISTING AND IT'S OPERATING AS A HOTEL.

TOM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT CHANGE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL EXEMPTIONS HERE, AND I DON'T THINK THIS GOES FAR ENOUGH. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS CITY WIDE, AND I SEE THAT THERE'S MANY EXEMPTIONS HERE THAT WHEN IT WENT TO

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LAND USE, THE WE HAD IDENTIFIED THE EXCEPTIONS AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF LAND USE WAS TO MODIFY THE UNIT SIZE CITYWIDE. BUT OTHER THAN THE TCC DISTRICT TO LEAVE THE EXISTING EXCEPTIONS IN IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE THE OTHER EXCEPTIONS IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT THAT MIGHT RESULT IN A MODIFICATION TO THE TITLE.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THAT MODIFIES THE TITLE OR NOT. WELL, OKAY.

WE HAVE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT MORE 175 SQUARE FOOT MICRO HOTEL UNITS.

I DON'T THINK THEY ADD ANYTHING TO OUR CURRENT TRANSIENT STOCK.

THEY ARE TINY ROOMS. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM ALREADY.

WE GOT THEM ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. WE HAVE THE CITIZEN M THAT OPENED UP.

NOW WE HAVE WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 800 ROOMS WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.

AND IF WE HAVE TOO MANY OF THESE MICRO UNITS AND OUR RATES DROP BELOW $100, THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THIS PLACE BECOMES FREE FOR ALL PARTY CENTRAL.

AND WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CURRENT HOSPITALITY OWNERS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT DIRECTION FOR US TO GO IN.

SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

AND IF YOU COULD ADD ME, I AM SHOCKED THAT I ALREADY WASN'T, BUT IF YOU COULD ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS, SOMETHING I'VE LONG ADVOCATED FOR I'D BE IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THE EXEMPTIONS AS WELL.

THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF, TOM, IS IF TELL ME IF I GET THIS RIGHT, IF THERE'S ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM ANYTHING THAT'S REMOVED.

AND IF WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE THIS AND SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF IN THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND THEY MIGHT BE OUT FOR FINANCING AND IT WOULD BE A NON-CONFORMING USAGE.

WOULD THAT ESSENTIALLY IMPEDE THEIR ABILITY TO GO AND SECURE FINANCING? IF NOT? I HAVE NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PULL THE RUG OUT ON ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, AND IT COULD IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO GET FINANCING.

THERE IS AN APPLICABILITY PROVISION PERTAINING TO PROJECTS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.

I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST ONE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NOT APPLY TO.

AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS EITHER OBTAINED LAND USE BOARD APPROVAL OR THEY'VE OBTAINED A BUILDING PERMIT, THEY WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED BY THE ORDINANCE. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT EVEN BECAUSE I NECESSARILY WANT TO USHER IN THOSE PROJECTS.

BUT IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS, I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE RUG OUT ON ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PLANNED AND APPROVED.

WE WE ADDED AN APPLICABILITY CLAUSE TO COVER THAT.

SO THIS WOULD BE CITYWIDE. THAT'S IT. TOM 335FT² OR BIGGER.

MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. SO YOU AND THIS WON'T AFFECT MY WORRY IS LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT YOU OWN A HOTEL IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND YOU WANT TO RENOVATE IT.

AND THE ROOM SIZES ARE, YOU KNOW, 150, 200FT².

THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO TO RENOVATE THAT.

CORRECT? CORRECT. SO THE ONLY EXCEPTION YOU WANT TO LEAVE IN IS THE EXCEPTION FOR HISTORIC HOTELS.

OKAY. AND THAT'S IT. ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? SO WITH THAT I WILL MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND.

CALL THE VOTE. AND BEFORE YOU VOTE, JUST TO TO CLARIFY, THIS WILL BE APPROVED AT FIRST READING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE REMOVAL OF ALL THE OTHER EXCEPTIONS.

HOWEVER, FOR HISTORIC HOTELS, THE CURRENT EXCEPTION FOR HISTORIC HOTELS WILL REMAIN.

BUT ALL THE OTHER LESS THAN 335FT SQUARE FOOT EXCEPTIONS WILL BE REMOVED.

HISTORIC HOTELS OPERATING AS HOTELS. CORRECT.

I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT SOMETHING THAT'S RESIDENTIAL TO TURN INTO A HISTORIC HOTEL, RIGHT? YEAH. WE CAN SAY FOR EXISTING HOTELS OPERATING AS HOTELS.

OKAY. YES. LET'S CALL A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BOT.

VICE MAYOR BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES.

AND I DON'T KNOW THE PROTOCOL FOR DOING THIS.

CAN I ASK A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION? EVEN THOUGH WE'RE AT THE VOTE TIME. THIS IS NOT THE PROTOCOL, BUT YOU GO AHEAD. OR IS HOTELS INTERCHANGEABLE WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS BECAUSE YOU JUST TRIGGERED SOMETHING WHERE IF WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY I KNOW WE HAVE A LIMITED ABILITY TO MANAGE OR LIMIT OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS. BUT THERE WAS A GOOD POINT BROUGHT UP IN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE BEFORE BEING ELECTED IS STOPPING THE CONVERSION OF RESIDENTIAL TO TRANSIENT USAGES, AND THOSE EITHER TEND TO TAKE TWO FORMS. ONE IS BY TURNING OVER OFTENTIMES HISTORIC BUILDINGS INTO CONDO HOTELS OR JUST OPERATING THEM AS SHORT TERM RENTALS.

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AND IF WE PUT A MINIMUM SIZE UNIT WHERE FOR ANY TYPE OF CONVERSION INTO A HOTEL, EVEN IF YOU ARE IN A HISTORIC AREA, WE'VE REMOVED THAT EXEMPTION. SO IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE OLDER HOMES AND OR OLDER MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE OPERATING AS RESIDENTIAL AND THEY HAVE THE SMALLER EFFICIENCIES, IF THEY'RE LESS THAN 335FT², WHICH MANY OF THESE OLDER BUILDINGS WITH SMALL EFFICIENCIES ARE, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONVERT. BUT WOULD THERE BE A LOOPHOLE WHERE THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CONVERT TO A SHORT TERM RENTAL? COULD WE ESSENTIALLY SAY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE IN PREVENTING SHORT TERM RENTALS, WE SAY, WELL, IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST A MINIMUM UNIT SIZE.

SO THAT WOULD FURTHER STRENGTHEN OR PUT MORE TEETH INTO PREVENTING RESIDENTIAL BEING CONVERTED INTO THESE TRANSIT USAGES.

SHORT TERM. THE TERM SHORT TERM RENTAL APPLIES SOLELY TO A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT, AND RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS HAVE A DIFFERENT, LARGER MINIMUM UNIT SIZE REQUIREMENT THAN HOTELS DO.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER BUILDING THAT IS BEING UTILIZED AS A HOTEL AND IT DOESN'T HAVE KITCHENS, THEN THERE IN ORDER FOR THAT HOTEL TO CONVERT OR CHANGE THE USE FROM HOTEL TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CHANGE OF USE PROCESS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE MINIMUM AND AVERAGE UNIT SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT WHICH WOULD LIKELY MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY THE UNITS BOTH AT THE KITCHENS AS WELL AS INCREASE THE SIZE.

NOW, IF THEY ARE IN A DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS PREEMPTED FROM REGULATING.

IF THEY ARE IN A DISTRICT THAT CURRENTLY PERMITS SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT SHORT TERM RENTALS ONLY APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT UNITS.

IT DOESN'T APPLY TO HOTELS. SO WHAT WE'RE PREEMPTED FROM PREVENTING THEM.

COULD WE PUT A MINIMUM UNIT SIZE ALLOWED OR IS THAT PREEMPTED AS WELL? WE ALREADY HAVE A MINIMUM UNIT SIZE REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS.

IN MOST DISTRICTS, IT'S 550FT², WITH AN AVERAGE UNIT SIZE OF 800.

YOU CAN FORGO THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE IF YOU AGREE BY COVENANT NOT TO HAVE ANY SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO AVAIL YOURSELF TO SHORT TERM RENTALS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET BOTH THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE OF 550FT², AS WELL AS THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE OF 800FT² FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

PERHAPS SOMETHING WE'LL BRAINSTORM MORE OFFLINE. I APPRECIATE THE INFO.

SO WE HAD A. WE VOTED COMMISSIONER. BART VOTED IN FAVOR.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. ROSEN.

GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. MR. SUAREZ? YES, MAYOR.

MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES THE SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23RD. THIS ITEM WAS R5C AND IT WAS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.

GREAT. R7D AS IN DAVID. R7D IS NOTIFY RESIDENTS BEFORE TOWING OF VEHICLES AND THE MAYOR IS ALSO BEING IS ALSO

[R7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, AT ITS JANUARY 29, 2025 MEETING, FOR THE PARKING DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT ALERTS RESIDENTS IF THEIR VEHICLE IS ILLEGALLY PARKED, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY’S PARKING POLICIES BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS TOWED.]

ADDING HIMSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR. R7D COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M PROUD TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THIS COMMON SENSE SOLUTION THAT ENSURES THAT OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT POLICIES ARE FAIR, THEY'RE TRANSPARENT AND ULTIMATELY COMPLIANCE DRIVEN, WHILE REDUCING UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL BURDENS ON OUR RESIDENTS. THE PROPOSAL THAT I'M BRINGING TODAY THAT I'VE CALLED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TEXT BEFORE TONE NOTIFICATION.

IT'LL GIVE RESIDENTS A 15 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD TO CORRECT A PARKING VIOLATION BEFORE THEIR CAR IS TOWED.

EXCEPT OBVIOUSLY IN A LIVE SAFETY SITUATION. AND CURRENTLY TOO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS RETURNED TO FIND THEIR CARS TOWED.

I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 RESIDENTS THAT HAD THEIR CARS TOWED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WITHOUT HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TO CORRECT THE PARKING VIOLATION. IT'S FRUSTRATING, IT'S COSTLY, AND IN MANY CASES, IT REALLY IS AVOIDABLE.

AND ULTIMATELY, I REALLY DO FEEL THAT THE GOAL OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE COMPLIANCE, NOT NOT PUNISHMENT. AND I THINK ULTIMATELY THAT IS OUR OVERALL GOAL.

WE ARE A COMPLIANCE DRIVEN GOVERNMENT. THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT ELIMINATE TOWING.

IT REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL TO ENSURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFE, THAT OUR PARKING IS ACCESSIBLE.

HOWEVER, WE DO NOT LOSE ANYTHING BY IMPLEMENTING THIS POLICY.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM AND ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS BEFORE THEIR CAR IS TOWED BY SIMPLY SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE, PROVIDING A 15 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD. WE CAN WE CAN POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE FASTER THAN HAVING TO WAIT FOR A TOW

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TRUCK WHILE SAVING RESIDENTS FROM UNNECESSARY COSTS AND INCONVENIENCE.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY BALANCED APPROACH. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY PRAGMATIC.

IT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PARKING REGULATIONS, WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES AND WHEN THEY DO A LITTLE NOTICE TO OUR RESIDENTS, CAN GO A LONG WAY IN ENSURING COMPLIANCE BEFORE ESCALATING A SITUATION TO A TOW.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY STILL GET PENALIZED BECAUSE A MINIMUM, THEY'LL GET A PARKING TICKET THAT IS AT LEAST $36.

IT JUST GIVES OUR RESIDENTS THIS COURTESY OF NOTICE TO MOVE THEIR CAR AND POTENTIALLY AVOID DESTROYING SOMEONE'S DAY.

AND THE INCONVENIENCES AND THE COSTS THAT ARE THAT, THAT ARE INVOLVED.

I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO THIS SOME NECESSARY EXCEPTIONS FOR ISSUES LIKE FIRE LANES AND BICYCLE LANES AND OBVIOUSLY DISABLED PARKING. WE NEVER WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF BAD BEHAVIOR THAT ABUSES THESE FIRE LANES AND BIKE LANES AND, AND DISABLED PARKING SPACES. SO THOSE WILL STILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TOWING.

PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS REMAIN OUR TOP PRIORITY, BUT FOR NON LIFE SAFETY VIOLATIONS FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PARKED AT A VALET RAMP OR YOU YOU KNOW, YOU YOU WENT INTO AN AREA THAT, THAT, THAT HAS A RESIDENTIAL ZONE THAT STARTS AT A CERTAIN TIME. AND YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OR YOU PARKED IN THE WRONG ZONE.

YOU'RE USUALLY WITHIN A CLOSE DISTANCE TO YOUR CAR.

AND SO THIS RESIDENT FIRST APPROACH IT FOSTERS COMMUNICATION, BUT IT FOSTERS COMPLIANCE.

AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THIS INITIATIVE THAT TAKES ACCOUNT THE NEEDS AND THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I HOPE I CAN COUNT WITH YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

GETTING TO IT IS A VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION. IT'S HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AND TO THINK THAT NOW THE RESIDENTS IN NON LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS WILL HAVE NOTICE IN ADVANCE.

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, YOU CAN DO MORE THAN COUNT ON MY SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THIS IS FANTASTIC LEGISLATION.

APPLAUD YOU FOR THIS. YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT, MY SPONSORSHIP, AND ALSO MY RECOGNITION AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS RECOGNITION FOR THIS VERY RESIDENT CENTRIC APPROACH THAT YOU'VE TAKEN. THANK YOU.

GREAT. CAN YOU PLEASE ADD MY NAME AS A SPONSOR? COMMISSIONER. RALPH, IF YOU CAN ADD MY NAME AS A SPONSOR, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, THEN VICE MAYOR BART. I LOVE THIS.

I'VE HEARD STORIES OF PEOPLE LIKE WATCHING THEIR CAR GET TOWED AND THEY WON'T REMOVE THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RIGHT THERE AT THAT GIVEN TIME.

LIKE THEY RUN INTO DUNKIN DONUTS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME FIELDING THESE COMPLAINTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE RESIDENT DISCOUNT.

I THINK THAT THE 4000 PHONE NUMBERS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CAN YOU CAN YOU MAIL THOSE 4000 RESIDENTS EXPLAINING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND REQUEST THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME SORT OF LINK WHERE THEY FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND PROVIDE THEIR PHONE NUMBER SO THAT WE'RE COVERED WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY REGISTERED IN THE SYSTEM, BUT EVEN BE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.

HOW COULD WE GET LIKE EVERY RESIDENT TO SIGN UP BEYOND THE 20,000 AND THROUGH THE MAYOR COMMISSIONER.

ABSOLUTELY. THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OUTREACH IN PARALLEL WITH THIS EFFORT IN ADVANCE OF IMPLEMENTING ANY SYSTEM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY ROBUST OUTREACH EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY RESIDENT IS AWARE OF IT AND SIGNS UP, BECAUSE IF A RESIDENT IS NOT SIGNED UP, SIGNED UP, IF OR THEY COULD BE SIGNED UP AND NOT HAVE LEFT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, THEIR PHONE NUMBER, WE NEED THEIR PHONE NUMBERS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM, AND SO THAT THEY CAN AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS 15 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU SHOULD DO A COMMERCIAL WITH THE CITY ABOUT THIS AND HAVE IT ON TV AND WITH LIKE A PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY CAN CALL OR REALLY PROMOTE IT.

I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND REALLY DO SOME SERIOUS OUTREACH ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING STUFF. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS ALREADY LOOKING AT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS.

MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPAND THIS DATABASE OF PHONE NUMBERS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR INTENT OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS IS FULLY ACHIEVED BY LETTING THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY'S PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM, SO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TEXT BEFORE TOW

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NOTIFICATION THAT WE AS A BODY ARE IMPLEMENTING.

IT'S NOT ME. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE WORK AND THE RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WE ALL HAVE HAD, THE FIELDING, THE COMPLAINTS OF OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL AS A BODY NEED TO BE PROUD OF.

IT'S NOT JUST MY ITEM, IT IS OURS AS A COLLECTIVE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR BOTT.

RALPH, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL? ALEX. SORRY. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. WELL DONE.

I THINK THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. AND ME TOO, RALPH.

IT'S A GOOD COMMON SENSE SOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING IT GET IMPLEMENTED.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE RIDING HIGH. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO CALL ANY MORE OF YOUR ITEMS TODAY.

NO, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE I LOOK AT IT. I'M LIKE, WOW, HOW COME I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT? SO IT'S RIGHT. IT'S LIKE IT'S. BUT IT'S A GREAT ITEM. THANK YOU. WELL, AND WHY DON'T WE ALL BECOME CO PRIMES OF THIS SO THAT IT IS THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION THAT'S DOING THIS.

THIS IS NOT ALEX FERNANDEZ. THIS IS THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP LOOKING OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY WHO WE ARE HERE TO SERVE.

SO IT IS ALL OF OURS. IT'S NOT MINE. IT'S ALL OF US.

THANK YOU. STILL NEED TO CALL A VOTE? YEAH, I NEED A MOTION FOR I GOT.

I'M ASSUMING I GOT A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

SECOND. SECOND. VICE MAYOR BUTTON. GOT IT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. I. ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO. R7 D R5 ZERO.

R5 ZERO IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED TO MARCH 19TH.

MAY WE DO SO BY ACCLAMATION? YES. I'M SORRY. R5 D R5.

I'M SORRY. R5, DAVID. R5 D IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

[R5 D HOTEL USE APPROVAL CLARIFICATION – 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 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.4, ENTITLED “RM-1 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.4.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-1),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.5, ENTITLED “RM-2 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, MEDIUM INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.5.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-2),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6, ENTITLED “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.6.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-3),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.10, ENTITLED “CD-1 COMMERCIAL, LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.10.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-1),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.11, ENTITLED “CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.11.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-2),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.12, ENTITLED “CD-3 COMMERCIAL, HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.12.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-3),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.13, ENTITLED “MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.13.2, ENTITLED “USES (MXE),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.14, ENTITLED “NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER-CORE DISTRICT (TC),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.14.2, ENTITLED “USES (TC-1, TC-2),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.3, ENTITLED ‘USES (TC-3),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.6, ENTITLED “TOWN CENTER-CENTRAL CORE (TC-C) DISTRICT,” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.15, ENTITLED “PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.15.2, ENTITLED “RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (R-PS),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.15.3, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (C-PS),” BY REFERENCING THE HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 2.7.2, AND CONFORMING THE REGULATIONS FOR EACH RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICT TO REFLECT THAT THE APPROVAL OF A WARRANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE REQUIRED 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 SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW CRITERIA IN SECTION 2.7.2; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER. FIVE D.

YES. I'M READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS, ARTICLE TWO, ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.4 ENTITLED R1 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY AS SUBSECTION 7.2.4.2, ENTITLED USES R1 AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.20.5 IN TOTAL.

ITEM TWO RESIDENTIAL. MULTIFAMILY. MEDIUM INTENSITY A SUBSECTION. 7.20.5.2 ENTITLED USES TWO AND AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6 ENTITLED THREE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HIGH INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.2.6.2 ENTITLED USES THREE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 TEN ENTITLED CD1 COMMERCIAL LOW INTENSITY DISTRICTS AT SUBSECTION 7.20.10.2, ENTITLED USE OF CD1 AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

11 ENTITLED CD2 COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.2.

11.2 ENTITLED USES CD2 AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

12 AND TITLE CD3 COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.2 12.2, ENTITLED USE OF CD3 AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

13 ENTITLED MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS AT SUBSECTION 7.2.

13, ENTITLED USES MXS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

14 ENTITLED NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER CORE DISTRICT TK AT SUBSECTION 7.2.

POINT 14.2, ENTITLED USES TC1 TC2 BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.20.40.3, ENTITLED USES TC3 BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.1 14.6 ENTITLED TOWN CENTER CENTRAL CORE TCC DISTRICT AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.

15 ENTITLED PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT RPS.

SUBSECTION 7.2. 15.2, ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICTS RRPS BY MANY.

SUBSECTION 7.2.1 15.3, ENTITLED COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICT CPRS BY REFERENCING THE HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 2.722.7.2 AND CONFORMING THE REGULATIONS FOR EACH RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICT, REFLECT THAT THE APPROVAL OF A WARRANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE REQUIRED 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 SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW CRITERIA IN SECTION 2.7.2 AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT REQUIRES 5/7 VOTE.

IT IS ITEM R5 D. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. WELL THANK YOU RALPH.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, BUT THIS IS A ONE IN NUMEROUS NUMBER OF INITIATIVES THAT COLLECTIVELY, WE HAVE ALL KIND OF EMBARKED ON AND TAKEN TO ESSENTIALLY TURN THE FOCUS FOR FUTURE AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT INTO RESIDENTIAL FOCUS AWAY FROM TRANSIENT USAGES.

IT TRULY IS NIGHT AND DAY. SEEING THIS COMMISSION, I LOOK BACK WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH INTO SOME OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL THINGS AND READING THE COMMENTARY FROM NOT 50 YEARS AGO, AS RECENTLY AS 2009, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO TURN AREAS LIKE WEST

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AVENUE SEEING THAT RIPE FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.

AND EVEN AS LATE AS 2016 WHERE ARE AREAS LIKE WASHINGTON AVENUE AND LINCOLN ROAD WERE TARGETED FOR JUST MORE AND MORE HOTELS.

IN MANY CASES, MICRO-UNIT HOTELS. SO THIS COMMISSION CONTINUES TO BE RESIDENT, RESIDENT CENTRIC AND EVEN IN TERMS OF NOT JUST OUR EXISTING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT LOOKING AHEAD FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO BE HAS BEEN THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL FOCUSED LENS.

SO, TOM, KICK IT OVER TO YOU FOR WHAT THIS LEGISLATION MEANS.

SURE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. AS THE COMMISSION MAY RECALL, LAST MONTH OR A FEW WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY, ON FEBRUARY 3RD YOU ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT ESTABLISHED A COMMISSION WARRANT PROCESS FOR ANY FUTURE HOTEL USES IN THE CITY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WAS OCEANFRONT PROPERTIES.

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CLARITY, BECAUSE WE HAD AMENDED ONE SECTION OF THE CODE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FULLY AWARE, BY ZONING DISTRICT OF THAT CHANGE, THIS PARTICULAR, ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BASICALLY UPDATES EACH ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION THAT ALLOWS FOR HOTELS IN SOME CAPACITY. AND BASICALLY CREATES THE NOTIFICATION THAT A WARRANT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

SO THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A CLARIFICATION ORDINANCE.

IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS A SUBSTANTIVE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THE SUBSTANTIVE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 3RD.

BUT THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME CLARITY SO THAT ANYBODY LOOKING THROUGH EACH ZONING DISTRICT WILL BE FULLY AWARE THAT A COMMISSION WARRANT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY TYPE OF NEW HOTEL USE. DID I CALL YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

I REMEMBER AT THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING, THERE WERE SOME APPLICABILITY CLAUSES THAT WERE APPROVED.

AND I KNOW, NICK, THAT YOU HAD SPOKEN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND FELT THAT IT WAS COVERED AND WASN'T NEEDED.

BUT FOR CLARITY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICABILITY CLAUSES ARE ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS TO AVOID ANY FUTURE CONFUSION.

THAT'S RIGHT COMMISSIONER. THE THE CITY COMMISSION INCLUDED A FEW APPLICABILITY CLAUSES AS PART OF THE HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WAS ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 3RD BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT THEY'RE ALL SET OUT AGAIN IN IN IN THIS VERSION, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR POSITION IS THE APPLICABILITY CLAUSE IS STILL APPLY.

WE WANT THIS ORDINANCE TO BE CLEAR. THANK YOU.

MUCH APPRECIATED, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. WHAT WERE THE ADDRESSES AGAIN FOR THE APPLICABILITY CLAUSES FOR THOSE? I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESSES IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I CAN DESCRIBE THEM TO YOU.

THE ONE WAS FOR PROPERTIES FRONTING WASHINGTON AVENUE THAT HAD A THAT HAD ALREADY FILED APPLICATIONS AND HAD A NOTICE TO PROCEED PRIOR TO JULY 1ST OF 2024. 24. THE SECOND WAS FOR PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS BETWEEN 77TH AND 79TH STREETS, WHICH HAD ALSO INITIATED THE PROCESS TO FOR FOR APPROVAL OF A HOTEL, AND THE THIRD WAS FOR PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH STREET, WITH A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING WITH LESS THAN 50 UNITS.

IF THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A HOTEL, IT WAS THREE APPLICABILITY CLAUSES.

OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK IN THE AUDIENCE. I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE.

I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER VICE FERNANDEZ.

FERNANDEZ. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. VICE MAYOR.

BART. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. MAYOR. MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23RD. THAT WAS ITEM R5 D.

R5 J. R5 J IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE

[R5 J AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT," BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “SPECIAL EVENTS,” BY CREATING SECTION 12-5.2 THEREOF, ENTITLED “SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL PARTIES AND EVENTS”; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ]

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MIAMI CITY CODE ENTITLED ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED SPECIAL EVENTS BY CREATING SECTION 12 DASH 5.2 THEREOF ENTITLED SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL PARTIES AND EVENTS AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING.

R5 J. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AT THE NOVEMBER CITY COMMISSION MEETING, I SPONSORED AND WE ALL ADOPTED COLLECTIVELY NEW REGULATIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS DURING

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ART WEEK TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL GRADE PARTIES IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF OF OUR CITY LIKE PALM, HIBISCUS STAR, ULTIMATELY TO MOST IMPORTANTLY ABOVE IT ALL IS TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE LEGISLATE THESE THINGS, AND IT ALSO HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO PROTECT THE AREA OF RESIDENCE. BUT THE PRIORITY IS ALWAYS PUBLIC SAFETY.

I THINK THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL. IN, IN ADDRESSING THE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS.

WE WERE ABLE TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF SOME PARTIES WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN THERE YOU KNOW, CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THROUGH, THROUGH THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO WITH BUILDING PERMITS ACCESSIBILITY TO PROPERTIES FOR ENFORCEMENT.

AND OVERALL, THE OUTCOME WAS WAS MUCH BETTER FOR THE CITY.

THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THIS, IN THIS PROCESS.

BUT THERE WAS A CLEAR AVENUE FOR IMPROVEMENT.

WHAT WE ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER, THIS POLICY WAS UPHELD AS LAWFUL BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT IN THE AUSTIN VERSUS MIAMI BEACH CASE.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND OUR EXCEPTIONAL LEGAL TEAM FOR NOT ONLY CRAFTING THIS ORDINANCE, BUT CAPABLY DEFENDING IT AND UPHOLDING IT IN, IN COURT. AND AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE HAS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER AND BROADER PROTECTIONS. THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE THE PROTECTIONS PERMANENT AND CITYWIDE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING NOW THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY CREATES A CITYWIDE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT SYSTEM FOR LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL GRADE PARTIES IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

EVENTS DURING SPECIFIC PERIODS AIMING TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO USE THEIR HOMES, BUT TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE ABILITY OF OUR CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW PERMITS THE ABILITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO CHIME IN WITH CONCERNS AND THE ABILITY TO PUT IN THEIR CONDITIONS AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC AND PARKING MANAGEMENT, AND ALSO ULTIMATELY, IF NECESSARY, FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY, BEING ABLE TO DENY A PERMIT IF IF NECESSARY. THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT THAT WE'RE CREATING, IT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL PARTIES OR EVENTS THAT MADE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA, SUCH AS HAVING. FIREWORKS THERE EXPECTING MORE THAN 100 ATTENDEES.

MORE THAN 50 VEHICLES. EXPECTED FOR PICKUP, DROP OFF OR PARKING.

THE USE OF INSTITUTIONAL OR COMMERCIAL GRADE SPEAKERS, LIGHTING OR GENERATORS, AND THE USE OF COMMERCIAL GRADE BARS.

AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF COMMERCIAL GRADE EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT NOISE COMPLAINTS IN OUR CITY, YOU'LL HEAR IT TIME AND OVER AGAIN FROM OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM.

THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT RELATING TO NOISE COMES FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND IT'S IN PART WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REGULATE THE COMMERCIAL USE OF THESE, OF THESE SPEAKERS AND GENERATORS AND LIGHTS.

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THAT THAT WHILE WE ARE EXPANDING THIS BEYOND THE EIGHT WEEK PERIOD AS WE DID LAST YEAR, WERE IT'S NOT YEAR ROUND. THIS IS FOR VERY PRESCRIBED PERIODS OF OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERIODS LIKE SPRING BREAK, PERIODS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY, PERIODS LIKE INDEPENDENCE DAY, HALLOWEEN, ART BASEL, THE HOLIDAYS, THE NEW YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY EXPANDING THIS FOR SUPER BOWL WEEKENDS.

FORMULA ONE PERIODS LIKE THE GRAMMYS. YOU KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY COULD BE CONCERNING, BUT BUT RESIDENTS STILL HAVE THE ABILITY OUTSIDE OF THESE PERIODS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EVENTS WITHOUT GETTING A PERMIT.

WE JUST KNOW DURING THESE HIGH IMPACT PERIODS, PERMITS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERY HOUSE IN A BLOCK HOSTING A PARTY.

YOU CAN'T HAVE CARS BLOCKING THE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

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YOU CAN'T HAVE FAMILIES KEPT UP TILL 3:00 IN THE MORNING WITH COMMERCIAL GRADE SPEAKERS POINTING AT THEIR CHILDREN'S BEDROOM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GET A PERMIT DURING THESE PERIODS.

PROPERTY. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING A PERMIT IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AGREEMENT FOR CITY PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT INSPECTIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE EVENT.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THE PAST, OUR OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO PROPERTIES.

AND SO THEY WANT TO GET A PERMIT. THEY NEED TO BE WILLING FOR THERE TO BE CODE COMPLIANCE AND POLICE TO, TO, TO, TO CONDUCT THESE INSPECTIONS. THEY NEED TO OBTAIN NECESSARY PERMITS FROM RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THESE PARTIES HAVE PORTA POTTIES YET.

THEY DON'T EVEN GET BUILDING PERMITS FOR IT. OR THEY HAVE OTHER BUILD OUTS THAT MAY REQUIRE ELECTRICAL PERMITS OR OTHER TYPES OF PERMITS.

SO THIS REQUIRES THAT THEY GET THE NECESSARY PERMITS.

AGAIN, THAT IS A LIFE SAFETY REGULATION. WE REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT GUIDELINES, AND SUCH AS OBTAINING THE NECESSARY INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION AND ADHERING TO ANY OTHER ANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY THAT MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE CITY MANAGER TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS IN THIS. THERE MIGHT BE GREATER CONCERNS THAT MIGHT BE SITE SPECIFIC.

AND THROUGH THIS REVIEW PROCESS, THE NEIGHBORS OF THE AREA ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADVISORY FEEDBACK TO THE CITY.

WE'RE ABLE TO CONSULT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WITH POLICE TO GET LIFE SAFETY FEEDBACK AND THE CITY MANAGER.

IF HE DEEMS NECESSARY, HE CAN IMPOSE AND THESE PERMITS THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO PROTECT THESE LIFE SAFETY SITUATIONS. THESE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS WILL NEED TO BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST 90 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT, AND WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE PENALTIES OF NOT GETTING THIS PERMIT IS THAT AMONG THE DIFFERENT PENALTIES, PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT PENALTY IS THAT THE OWNER WHO DOES NOT COMPLY WILL FACE A 13 MONTH BAN ON OBTAINING A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PARTY HOMES DON'T HAVE A PARTY.

EVERY FORMULA ONE, ALTHOUGH HAVE A PARTY EVERY WEEK OR THEY'LL HAVE A PARTY EVERY SPRING BREAK.

BUT IF THEY NOW VIOLATE GETTING THE PERMIT, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET A PERMIT FOR NEXT YEAR WITH THIS 13 YEAR BAN.

WITH 13 MONTH BAN. I'M SORRY. AND IF, LET'S SAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SINCE THEY CAN'T GET THE PERMIT AND THEY DECIDE TO GO THROW A PARTY, THEY COULD EVEN BE FACING A PENALTY OF ARREST.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS VERY STRONG LEGISLATION, BUT IT'S LEGISLATION THAT IS BUILT UPON THE FOUNDATIONS OF LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN UPHELD AS LAWFUL ALREADY BY THE US DISTRICT COURT.

AND THAT WILL ULTIMATELY PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ABOVE ALL, THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.

WHEN WE SEE STREETS SO CLOGGED AND SO BACKED UP THAT NOT EVEN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, GOD FORBID, WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS ITEM. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE COLLECTIVELY DID IN NOVEMBER TO PASS THE PILOT VERSION OF THE OF THIS LEGISLATION.

AND I'LL REPEAT AGAIN, I'M SO PROUD OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF RICK DOPICO AND OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, ROBERT ROSENWALD, AND THE LITIGATION TEAM AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WHO WHO GOT THIS UPHELD IN COURT.

AND NOW IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT A PERMANENT CITYWIDE VERSION OF THIS TO PROTECT ALL THE RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE MY ITEM. MR. MAYOR, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. I'M GOING TO ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL.

AND ALREADY A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM IS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE PALM HIBISCUS ASSOCIATION AND ALSO THE VENETIAN ISLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S CITY WIDE, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY LOOPHOLES ANYWHERE.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN PARTIES ON NORTH BAY ROAD AND IN PINE TREE, AND THE RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE PEACE AND QUIET,

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EVEN IN HIGH IMPACT WEEKENDS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I THINK, IS THIS A PUBLIC.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, AND I SEE NO ONE.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. HI THERE, AMY DE SANSON. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PALM HIBISCUS STAR ISLANDS ASSOCIATION, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

THE RESIDENTS OF PALM HIBISCUS STAR ISLAND HAVE ENDURED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THESE LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL EVENTS IN THE HOMES NEXT DOOR VIRTUAL NIGHTCLUB, WITH ALL THE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DISTURBANCE, STARTING WITH THE LOAD IN PERHAPS EVEN FOUR DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT.

WITH TRUCKS UNLOADING THIS COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, STAGES GENERATORS.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. NOT TO MENTION THE NOISE OF THE DAY OF THE EVENT OR THE EVENING OF THE EVENT.

THERE ARE TYPICALLY CROWDS STANDING IN THE SWALE TRYING TO GAIN ADMITTANCE TO THESE TO THESE EVENINGS.

YOU ALSO HAVE NOT ONLY THE PARKING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS THAT NARROW THE STREETS.

ACCESS. YOU HAVE UBER DRIVERS FIGHTING BECAUSE OF SUCH GRIDLOCK.

AND THEN TO THE COMMISSIONERS POINT, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY AREA OF THE ISLAND.

SOMETIMES THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP TO THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY.

IN THESE EVENTS AND NOT TO MENTION THE DRAIN ON CITY RESOURCES, BECAUSE THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF MDPD FIRE DEPARTMENT CODE COMPLIANCE AND PARKING OFFICIALS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO TRY TO MANAGE THE CHAOS.

IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DANIEL CIRALDO ON ZOOM.

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

YES. HI, DANIEL. GERALDO, I'M PRESERVATION LEAGUE.

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. AS WE KNOW, THE PROLIFERATION OF THE PARTY HOUSES, MOSTLY DUE TO THE SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MCMANSIONS THROUGHOUT OUR ISLANDS, WHICH HAS GONE UNFETTERED OVER THE PAST TEN PLUS YEARS.

AND THE ENSUING DEREGULATION OF THAT. IS LEADING TO MAJOR ISSUES THROUGHOUT OUR QUIET, NONCOMMERCIAL, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS INITIATIVE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WE HOPE THE COMMISSION WILL GO FURTHER TO ENSURE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR COMPATIBLE, NONCOMMERCIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

SO THEREFORE I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. VICE MAYOR.

IMBERT. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. MAYOR. MINOR.

YES. MOTION CARRIES. A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH.

THAT WAS ITEM R5 J. R5 K.

[R5 K AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION," BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 5 THEREOF, ENTITLED “OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL”, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-256 THEREOF, ENTITLED “OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL,” TO AUTHORIZE “RED FLAG” REVIEW BY THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PROPOSED OR IMPENDING CITY ACTION; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ]

R5 K IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES BY AMENDING DIVISION FIVE THEREOF ENTITLED OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BY AMENDING SECTION 2-256 THEREOF, ENTITLED OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, TO AUTHORIZE RED FLAG REVIEW BY THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PROPOSED OR IMPEDING CITY ACTION, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R5 K COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU'RE ON A ROLL, SO WE'LL KEEP IT GOING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH STRENGTHENS, I BELIEVE, OVERSIGHT AND HELPS ENSURE THAT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS TRULY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.

AND THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH I'VE TITLED THE RED FLAG ORDINANCE, ENHANCES THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BY REQUIRING IT TO OR BY ENCOURAGING IT TO REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS THAT WOULD RESULT IN EXPENDITURES OVER $100,000 AND NOTIFY US IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF CITY POLICY.

THERE'S WASTE, THERE'S FRAUD, THERE'S ABUSE, OR THERE'S INEFFICIENCY.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT IT'S JUST IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS, THIS ORDINANCE GIVES US AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, A SAFEGUARD TO IDENTIFY RISKS BEFORE THEY BECOME COSTLY MISTAKES.

AND WE NEED TO KNOW OF THESE CONCERNS BEFORE WE VOTE ON AN ITEM.

IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE DECISION MAKING.

BUT IT RATHER EMPOWERS US WITH CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OF OUR RESIDENTS.

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AND I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHO ALREADY PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND THIS ORDINANCE FORMALIZES AND STRENGTHENS THAT ROLES.

IT ENSURES THAT OUR COMMISSION HAS ACCESS TO EXPERT OVERSIGHT BEFORE WE VOTE ON MAJOR FINANCIAL DECISIONS, RATHER THAN LEARNING ABOUT PROBLEMS AFTER THE FACT.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS INITIATIVE IS ABOUT PROTECTING TAXPAYERS DOLLARS IS ABOUT INCREASING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURING THAT EVERY DOLLAR SPENT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY EFFICIENTLY. I THINK IT'S A COMMON SENSE MEASURE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT.

I KNOW THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS HERE. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. SANTOS YOU KNOW,. HIS OFFICE PUT OUT A MEMO, I THINK BACK IN OCTOBER SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE.

AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT.

AND, MR. SANTOS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO JUST VERY BRIEFLY JOSEPH SAN MARINO INSPECTOR GENERAL, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR SPONSORING THIS.

AND ALSO CITY ATTORNEY MR. DOPICO, FOR WORKING WITH BOTH OF US ON COMING UP WITH YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN OUR, OUR INDEPENDENCE AND THE NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT ALSO GIVING US AT LEAST A PATH TOWARD COMMUNICATING.

AND THERE REALLY IS NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE NOW THAT DEALS WITH HOW WE CAN OR SHOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMISSION OR WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

I HAVE, ON OCCASION, YOU KNOW, TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF TALKING ABOUT MATTERS UNDER INVESTIGATION OR UNDER AUDIT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETED JUST BECAUSE I THINK THERE WERE TIMES WHEN SOME PEOPLE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THIS GIVES US A PATH. IT GIVES US A SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S RECOGNIZABLE, THAT OF OUR PROVIDING INFORMATION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

YOU KNOW, WHERE WE THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT FOR THE DECISION MAKERS TO KNOW.

AND THAT'S THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. AND AND I JUST WANT TO CORRECT, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WHEN, WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THIS ITEM, I WAS THINKING OF A THRESHOLD OF IF IT WAS 100,000 OR NOT.

AND, AND I MISSPOKE BECAUSE OUR, OUR ITEM IS ACTUALLY MORE GENERAL.

IT DOESN'T ESTABLISH THAT THAT THRESHOLD AND MR. ATTORNEY. I'LL DEFER TO YOU. SURE. IN DRAFTING AND WORKING ON THE ITEM WITH THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, WE CAME UP LANGUAGE THAT WE FELT WOULD SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE INTENT BEHIND THIS ORDINANCE WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY AND.

AND ALSO, WE BUILT IN SOME PROTECTIONS SO THAT THE DISCLOSURE OBLIGATION WOULD NOT APPLY IF THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION, IF THERE IS LITIGATION OR AN ADVERSARIAL PROCEEDING WHERE THE DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION COULD RESULT IN, IN A, IN A PROBLEM OR PREJUDICE. SO SO THERE ARE SOME LITTLE DETAILS, BUT OVERALL IT'S A SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING ORDINANCE. AND I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD ORDINANCE.

GOOD. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH.

LIKE THE ORDINANCE IN FACT, I THINK IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE WE HAD A RESIDENT THAT CALLED IN TODAY DURING SPUTNIK HOUR AND YOU KNOW, SEEMED TO POINT THE FINGER AT CITY STAFF AND PEOPLE OVERSEEING SOME OF OUR GEO BOND ITEMS FOR REASONS PROJECTS HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERED.

AND YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF THINKING OF A COUPLE PROJECTS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK IT'S MORE DUE TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND DELAYS AND KIND OF LETTING SOMETIMES COULD BE THE ENEMY OF PERFECT OR IF IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SHOULDER SOME OF THAT BURDEN IF WE ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MEASURE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE IMPLICATIONS WHERE WE MAKE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS AND, OR MAYBE OUR LACK OF MAKING SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.

AND IT DOES HAVE REAL LIFE CONSEQUENCES AND COSTS.

SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT HIGHLIGHTED. THANK YOU.

AND AND IF I MAY, JUST JUST THROUGH THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE REVIEW ITEMS AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF SOMETHING IS OF CONCERN TO US, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE ARE EMPOWERING THE OIG TO RESPOND, YOU KNOW, TO INQUIRIES FROM FROM US, FROM FROM OTHER CITY OFFICIALS.

AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS, BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT ANY OF US WANT IS FOR US TO REVIEW A PROPOSAL FOR, FOR FOR US TO VOTE ON A PROPOSAL OR TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AND AFTER THE FACT,

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REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN ISSUE, A VIOLATION OF CITY POLICY, A VIOLATION.

IN IN ANY LAW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BEING LOOKED AT OR REVIEWED FOR WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE OR OTHER TYPE OF EFFICIENCY INEFFICIENCY, THAT'S THE TYPE OF STUFF WE NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE OF OF TAKING A VOTE AND THAT'S AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE GREAT THING OF OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

A LOT OF TIMES REPORTS AND INVESTIGATIONS GET CONCLUDED AFTER THE CITY COMMISSION HAS VOTED ON SOMETHING.

AT LEAST THIS NOW PROVIDES AN AVENUE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS AUTHORIZED TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY AND TELL US, HEY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS PROPOSAL ON THE ON THE AGENDA, AND IT COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT INVOLVING WASTE. IT COULD BE IT COULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE UNDER REVIEW FOR, FOR FRAUD OR SOME SORT OF OF ABUSE. AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TELL US OF THIS BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE WE COMMIT OUR VOTE TO ADVANCING SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T BE ADVANCING.

AND, AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF GUIDANCE WE NEED FROM OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL TO ULTIMATELY UPHOLD.

PIVOTAL AMONGST ALL ELSE IS A PUBLIC TRUST, AND I THINK THIS HELPS US WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE MY ITEM.

I'LL SECOND. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEE MR. MITCH NOVICK IS ON THE LINE. GO AHEAD, MR. NOVICK.

MITCH, UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A DOUBLE UNMUTE.

MITCH NOVICK SPEAKING OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE, THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOW PROPOSING AN IDEA TO.

FOR A $300 MILLION PLUS IDEA FOR TO RAISE OUR UTILITY BILLING WATER RATES ONCE AGAIN. UNDERSTAND, FOR THE LAST DOZEN YEARS, EVERY OCTOBER, WE'VE HAD WHAT'S ESSENTIALLY BECOME AN AUTOMATIC RATE INCREASE WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION OR OUTRAGE BY THE PUBLIC.

FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN ARGUING AGAINST THESE INCREASES, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOLD PLATED BY NOW.

BUT WE ALL KNOW ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE, DIRECTORS CHANGE, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS CHANGE.

AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THIS FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE, WHICH IS CLEARLY EVIDENT.

AND I HOPE THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS CITY COMPEL YOU GUYS TO LOOK WITHIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MAY I CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES.

VICE MAYOR. BART. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

YES. MAYOR. MINER. YES. MOTION IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH.

R5 R.

[R5 R AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 86 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “SALES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “GARAGE SALES,” BY AMENDING SECTION 86-58, ENTITLED “CONDITIONS FOR ISSUANCE,” BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (A) TO PROVIDE THAT A GARAGE SALE PERMIT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 86-56 SHALL BE ISSUED FOR A GARAGE SALE LOCATED IN ANY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE OR MULTIFAMILY BUILDING ON NO MORE THAN TWO OCCASIONS DURING ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R5 R IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 86 OF THE MIAMI CITY CODE ENTITLED SALES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED GARAGE SALES BY AMENDING SECTION 8658 ENTITLED CONDITIONS FOR ISSUANCE BY AMENDING SUBSECTION A TO PROVIDE A GARAGE SALE PERMIT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 86, DASH 56 SHALL BE ISSUED FOR A GARAGE SALE LOCATED IN ANY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE OR MULTIFAMILY BUILDING ON NO MORE THAN TWO OCCASIONS DURING ANY 12 MONTH PERIOD PROVIDED AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING. IT IS ITEM R5 R. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESIDENTS THERE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL LOW RISE BUILDINGS, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A GARAGE SALE NOW.

BUT IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO HAVE TWO.

AND SO I WANTED TO I SENT IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, AND WE DISCUSSED IT.

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AND TO KEEP IT WITH TIGHT PARAMETERS, WE FELT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL UNIT OWNER IN A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING CAN'T MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE GARAGE SALE.

IT HAS TO COME WITH APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THAT BUILDING.

AND IF YOU IF MANNY MARQUEZ FROM FINANCE OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, MARK FISHMAN, HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.

GOOD MORNING. MANNY MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP PRETTY, PRETTY WELL. CURRENTLY, WE ALLOW ONE GARAGE SALE.

THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW TWO GARAGE SALES PER YEAR AT MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS.

THANK YOU. SO I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND. LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM.

NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. NO. COMMISSIONER ROSEN.

GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.

VICE MAYOR. BART. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE.

YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. MAYOR. MEYER. YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH. THAT WAS ITEM R5 R.

HOLD ON FOR ONE SECOND. AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS A YES.

YES. HOW'D YOU GET THAT TECHNOLOGY? HE'S WATCHING FROM THE BATHROOM.

TOM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF HIS ITEMS. IF HE'S. WHEN HE'S BACK.

IN THE INTERIM, LET'S CALL R5 T. AS IN TOM. R5 T IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF

[R5 T AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER 38, ENTITLED “ELECTIONS,” SECTION 38-4 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTION RETURNS; INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS,” FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING/IMPLEMENTING INTO THE CODE VOTER-APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER CONCERNING RUNOFF ELECTION DATE AND DATE OF INSTALLATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, CHAPTER 38, TITLE 11, SECTION 30 8-4, ENTITLED ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTION RETURNS INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING IMPLEMENTING INTO THE CODE.

VOTER APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER CONCERNING RUN OFF, ELECTION DATE AND DATE OF INSTALLATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS ITEM R5 T. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, NICK KALLERGIS.

AND, MR. MAYOR, COULD WE ALSO CALL R5, S.A. OR COMPANION ITEMS THAT IMPLEMENT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

LET'S DO IT. R5S IS AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,

[R5 S AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” SECTION 2-1 THEREOF, ENTITLED “REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD,” SECTION 2-2 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES ONLINE” AND SECTION 2-14 THEREOF, ENTITLED “MEETING PROCEDURES AND AGENDAS,” FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING/IMPLEMENTING INTO THE CODE VOTER-APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER AND CITIZENS’ BILL OF RIGHTS CONCERNING INCREASED PUBLIC RIGHT TO BE HEARD VIA TWO (2) STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZENS’ FORUMS AT REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES ONLINE, AND AMENDED PROCEDURE FOR DEFERRAL OF COMMISSION ITEMS AS WELL AS REQUIREMENT FOR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCES (EXCEPT EMERGENCY ORDINANCES AND PROPOSED ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO ADOPTION PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE); AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

AMENDING BY CITY CODE CHAPTER TWO AND ADMINISTRATION SECTION 2-1 THEREOF ENTITLED REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

SECTION 2-2 THEREOF ENTITLED ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES ONLINE AND SECTION TWO DASH 14 THEREOF, ENTITLED MEETING PROCEDURES AND AGENDAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING, IMPLEMENTING INTO THE CODE VOTER APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER AND CITIZENS BILL OF RIGHTS CONCERNING INCREASED PUBLIC RIGHTS, TO BE HEARD VIA TWO STANLEY ETHNIC CITIZENS FORUM AT REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.

ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES ONLINE, AND AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR DEFERRAL OF COMMISSION ITEMS, AS WELL AS REQUIREMENT FOR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCES, EXCEPT EMERGENCY ORDINANCES AS PROPOSED AND PROPOSED ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO ADOPTION PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS ITEM IS R5S. IT IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING AND VERY BRIEFLY THE.

THE FIRST ORDINANCE ITEM R5 S AMENDS CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS TO INCLUDE TWO STANLEY FARMS AT EACH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ALLOW NOTICES ON ORDINANCES TO BE PUBLISHED ONLINE.

IT IMPLEMENTS THE RULES ON ITEMS DEFERRED BY COMMISSION SPONSORS, AND IT REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ORDINANCES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. I CAN ALSO GO OVER R5 T, WHICH AMENDS CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS TO REFLECT THE NEW RUNOFF ELECTION DATE, WHICH IS NOW THE SECOND TUESDAY IN DECEMBER. THE DATE OF INSTALLATION OF NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, WHICH IS THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE SECOND TUESDAY IN DECEMBER, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF TERMS, WHICH IS ON THE DATE OF INSTALLATION. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO S AND T, CORRECT? YES. SECOND, PLEASE. I'LL SECOND.

AND MAY I CALL THE ROLL? CALL THE ROLL. SO THIS IS BOTH FOR R5S AND R5T.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR BONDS.

YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. HE'S A YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

YES. MAYOR. MINOR. YES. THANK YOU BOTH. BOTH MOTIONS PASSED.

SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH R5S AND R5T IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH.

OUR £0.05 AS IN PAUL. OUR £0.05 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE

[R5 P AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “OFF-STREET PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES,” BY CREATING SECTION 106-119 THEREOF, ENTITLED “REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTIES USED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING; PENALTIES,” BY REQUIRING OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING TO PLACE CERTAIN SIGNAGE IN SUCH PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES; BY IMPOSING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PRIVATE PARKING INVOICES; BY REQUIRING SPECIFIED APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR PRIVATE PARKING INVOICES; BY REQUIRING A 15-MINUTE GRACE PERIOD AT PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES; BY PROHIBITING PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES FROM SELLING, OFFERING TO SELL, OR TRANSFERRING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A PARTY USING THE PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PARKING SERVICES; BY PROVIDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

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MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED TAFT TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED OFF STREET PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES BY CREATING SECTION 100 6-119 THEREOF ENTITLED REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTIES USED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING PENALTIES BY REQUIRING OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.

TO PLACE CERTAIN SIGNAGE IN SUCH PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES.

BY IMPOSING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PRIVATE PARKING INVOICE.

BY REQUIRING SPECIFIC APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR PRIVATE PARKING INVOICES, BY REQUIRING A 15 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD OF PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AND FACILITIES.

BY PROVIDING PRIVATE PARKING LOTS. PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PARTY FROM PREVENTING PARKING FACILITIES FROM SELLING, OFFERING TO SELL OR TRANSFERRING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A PARTY USING THE PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PARKING SERVICES, BUT BY PROVIDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R5P COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT GET VISITORS AND RESIDENTS THAT PARK AND GET WARNING OR VIOLATION NOTICES THAT CLAIM TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEAR ON DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM. NO. POWERPOINT? NO. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS MEETING WITH SOMEONE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WENT TO A BIRTHDAY DINNER AT IN COLLINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ORANGE BLOSSOM.

THEY COULDN'T FIND PARKING. THEY FINALLY FOUND IT, AND IT COST THEM $41 TO PAY FOR PARKING BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEARLY MARKED AND THEY HADN'T SEEN IT, SO I'M SUPPORTIVE. IF I COULD, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO.

I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THIS. AGAIN, IT'S LOOKING OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AS WELL.

JUST BEING FAIR, RIGHT? BEING FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND HONEST.

SO FANTASTIC LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE.

WE HAVE A MOTION. WE DO. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE? WE HAVE ALREADY PASSED. SORRY. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE ALREADY DID? YEAH.

THIS ONE REGULATES SIMILARLY PRIVATE PARKING LOTS.

AND WHAT I MEAN IS PARKING LOTS THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED YET AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR PAID MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.

AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS ONE BASICALLY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS HAS BEEN A STATEWIDE ISSUE.

AND IT IMPOSES REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF THAT THE STATE HAS IMPOSED.

AND WE SORT OF EMULATE THEM IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE, IN TERMS OF THE INVOICES THAT CAN BE ISSUED IN TERMS OF A GRACE PERIOD, SO LONG AS YOU DON'T PARK APPEAL PROCEDURES, THE PERSONAL INFORMATION CAN'T BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED.

AND IT ALSO HAS CERTAIN PENALTIES THAT WE'VE IMPOSED $500 FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, 750 FOR A SECOND AND 1000 FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT.

AWESOME. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. MARK AND I CAN ATTEST FROM OUR PRIVATE MEETINGS THAT YOU DON'T LOOK AT NOTES WHEN YOU'RE READING THOSE STATUTE NUMBERS. YOU GOT THEM IN YOUR IN YOUR HEAD SOMETIMES. THANK YOU. SURELY ALL THE LAWYERS ON OUR TEAM CAN RECITE STATUTES AND CITATIONS BY BY MEMORY, AND IT'S VERGING ON ALARMING. YOU GUYS SHOULD REALLY.

HAVE WE EVER FACT CHECKED THEM? BECAUSE CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM JUST MAKING THINGS UP AT 715.

075. OCCASIONALLY I HAVE, ACTUALLY. THEY'RE GOOD.

I'LL JOIN YOU AS A CO-SPONSOR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AM I CORRECT? I'LL SECOND. AND I'D LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR, AND I WILL BE A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. YES, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, EITHER IN ZOOM OR IN THE AUDIENCE.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOT. YES. I THINK I WAS THE SECOND, AND I WANTED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR.

MAYOR MR.. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19TH. R5 U.

R5 U IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE

[R5 U AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” AT SECTION 2-22 THEREOF, ENTITLED “GENERAL REQUIREMENTS,” TO ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY VENDOR, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE OF A VENDOR, TO A CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

THREE ENTITLED AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY AT SECTION TWO, DASH 22 THEREOF, ENTITLED GENERAL REQUIREMENTS TO ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF CITY OF A CITY VENDOR, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE VENDOR TO A CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,

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SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS OUR VIEW.

IT IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HAVE NICK TEE THIS UP FOR ME, PLEASE.

SURE. I'D BE HAPPY TO. SO THIS ORDINANCE IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS IN CHAPTER TWO OF OUR CODE TO ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY VENDOR, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL AND EMPLOYEE OF A VENDOR, TO A CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE.

THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE IT AMENDS THE RULES ON OUR BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WOULD BE PROSPECTIVE AND APPLICATION TO TO TERMS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER APRIL 1ST, 2025. AND IT REQUIRES THAT AS PART OF AS PART OF APPLYING FOR APPOINTMENT TO A BOARD, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO AGREE THAT SHOULD THEY OR THE ENTITY OF WHICH THEIR PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE BECOME A VENDOR WHILE SERVING ON AN AGENCY, BOARD OR COMMITTEE, THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT SHALL BE DEEMED AN AUTOMATIC TENDER OF RESIGNATION FROM THAT BOARD OR COMMITTEE.

THE. THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT THE REQUIREMENT CAN BE WAIVED ON A57 VOTE BY THE CITY COMMISSION, AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE TERM VENDOR INCLUDES ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY DOING BUSINESS DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY, SUCH AS RENTING, LEASING, MANAGING OR SELLING REALTY GOODS OR SERVICES, OR ANY GRANTEE RECEIVING CITY FUNDS AT A THRESHOLD OF OF OF OF $10,000 OR MORE IN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR.

THANK YOU. NICK. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM.

NICK. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU. BEFORE WE IT'S THIS PUBLIC READING.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO, NICK, CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE DID IN THE PRIOR ITEM THAT I HAD BROUGHT A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO THAT IF YOU'RE A BAKERY AND YOU PROVIDE DONUTS FOR EVENTS AT CITY HALL, YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BAKERY IS NOT PRECLUDED FROM BEING A CONSIDERED FOR A SPOT ON A BOARD THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS, TO THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS RIGHT NOW DOES NOT HAVE AN EXCEPTION.

OKAY. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT IN OUR, IN OUR IN WHAT WE PUT FORTH.

AND AS WE TRY TO CLEAN UP GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY.

SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS UNTIL THAT AMENDMENT IS INCORPORATED, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO PROCEED.

OR CAN YOU MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND CAN WE DO IT BACK? YOU COULD FIRST AND SECOND. WELL, YOU COULD MOVE YOU COULD MOVE THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED.

NOW, YOU COULD, AS PART OF YOUR MOTION TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE, ASK THAT THAT CHANGE BE INCLUDED PRIOR TO SECOND READING.

YOU COULD DO IT EITHER WAY. BUT BUT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE VOTED ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF AT SOME POINT.

OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM, MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND MAKE SURE THIS ITEM CONFORMS WITH THE ONE WE HAD DONE PRIOR.

SO I WOULD JUST NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THE PRIOR ORDINANCE, WHICH YOU SPONSORED, APPLIED TO THE CITY, ENGAGING A VENDOR WHO HAS PERFORMED CAMPAIGN CONSULTING SERVICES FOR A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.

AND THIS IS A RESTRICTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

RIGHT. BUT UNLESS I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, THIS IS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE VENDORS OR EMPLOYEES OF VENDORS CANNOT BE APPOINTED TO CITY BOARDS.

CORRECT? RIGHT. SO IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED AT A BAKERY AND THE CITY BUYS DONUTS FOR MEETINGS FROM THAT BAKERY, THIS WOULD THEN BECAUSE THAT, THAT THAT BAKERY IS NOW A VENDOR, THAT PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER AND IS A GOOD FIT FOR A BOARD OR A COMMITTEE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD PRECLUDE THAT PERSON FROM BEING APPOINTED.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. SO A VENDOR THAT THAT IS.

RIGHT. SO SO A VENDOR THAT PROVIDES GOODS IS WHAT YOU'RE. WELL, SO WHATEVER THE CARVE OUTS WERE FOR IN THE PRIOR LEGISLATION, I WAS LIKE GOODS AND SERVICES. I FORGET THE LANGUAGE OF IT, BUT BUT WE HAD A VERY PRECISE SET OF CARVE OUTS, IF I MAY. THROUGH THE CHAIR, THROUGH THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE INCLUDED WERE ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT PROVIDES GOODS TO A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE BODY WANTS TO DEBATE WHETHER THAT SHOULD APPLY HERE OR NOT OR WITH A PARTICULAR THRESHOLD, BECAUSE HERE WE HAVE A $10,000 THRESHOLD. AND THE QUESTION IS IF A VENDOR PROVIDES $1 MILLION TO THE CITY, DO YOU WANT THAT SAME EXEMPTION? WE ALSO HAD AN EXEMPTION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.

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IF THOSE SAME SERVICES ARE REGULARLY PERFORMED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS FOR CLIENTS OR CUSTOMERS OTHER THAN CANDIDATES, THIS WOULD INCLUDE BANKS, TELEPHONE COMPANIES, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, PRINTING COMPANIES, EVENT VENUES, ETC. AND THEN FINALLY, ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY WHICH PERFORMS LICENSED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INCLUDING LEGAL OR NON ACCOUNTING. SO THE ISSUES ARE, YOU KNOW, RELATED, BUT I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUR ORDINANCE AND THIS ONE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS. COMMISSIONER ROSEANNE GONZALEZ, YOU KNOW, MY WORRY ABOUT THIS IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU NEED EXPERTISE ON CERTAIN BOARDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PREFERABLY IN MIAMI BEACH NOW.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE WAIVER REQUIREMENT. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT RATHER THAN A BAN YOU JUST DO A DISCLOSURE AND THEN A VOTE, A MAJORITY VOTE. AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS SOME SORT OF OBJECTION AND THEY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME CONTRACT WITH THE CITY AND YOU'RE SERVING ON THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN THAT YOU'RE REALLY YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT HAPPENS THAT OFTEN. DO WE CURRENTLY KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR SITTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO COULD BE RESIDENTS MIGHT DO, MIGHT SOMEHOW BE A CITY VENDOR OR WORK FOR A CITY VENDOR? I THINK THIS MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF FINDING PEOPLE FOR BOARDS.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONNECTED TO BUSINESSES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY WORK WITH THE CITY COULD BE AFFECTED. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A DISCLOSURE AND A VOTE INSTEAD OF A BAN WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ROOT OUT? LIKE, DO YOU THINK THAT SERVING ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD MEANS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF CORRUPTION? IF, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY THAT WORKS FOR A COMPANY THAT DOES BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IS APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION.

I MEAN, THESE COMMITTEES DON'T AREN'T REALLY SPENDING MONEY, MOST OF THEM.

IF YOU WANTED TO DO THIS FOR LAND USE BOARDS, I WOULD SAY, OKAY, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THIS PROHIBITION ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR BOARDS. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS.

I'M OKAY WITH JUST NARROWING IT DOWN TO LAND USE BOARDS.

SO ONLY FOR LAND USE BOARDS. I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

AND BUT FOR LAND USE BOARDS, IT SHOULD BE A DISCLOSURE.

AND I BELIEVE I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY VOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE A 5/7 VOTE, FINE.

BUT IF PEOPLE ARE DISCLOSING CLOSING IT. I DON'T SEE WHY THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH IT THROUGH THE MAYOR.

IF I'M LET ME GO. VICE MAYOR BART, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

I ACTUALLY, I LIKE THAT SUGGESTION. COMMISSIONER ROSEN.

GONZALEZ. OF NARROWING IT DOWN SO THAT IT'S NOT ALL OF THE 30 SOME ODD COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME FILLING SPOTS THAT ARE OPEN, AND WE DO NEED EXPERTISE.

AND I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF DISCLOSURES WITH THE MAJORITY 5/7 VOTE.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT LETS US, INSTEAD OF A SWEEPING BAN, TAKE THINGS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND DISCUSS THE MERITS AS NEEDED.

AND I SUSPECT THAT IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BE NECESSARY ALL THAT OFTEN.

SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT YOUR AMENDMENT.

SO MY AMENDMENT WOULD BE A DISCLOSURE WITH A MAJORITY VOTE.

AND AND I THOUGHT YOU HAD ALSO SAID, OR I THINK SOMEBODY HAD SAID NARROWING IT DOWN TO ONLY ONLY LAND USE, ONLY LAND USE BOARDS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DISCLOSE AND HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION.

I THINK THAT WILL PUT A CHECK ON WHATEVER, COMMISSIONER, WHAT THIS ITEM IS TRYING TO ROOT OUT.

AND IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION, MR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN HIS MOUTH, BUT PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S TRYING TO ROOT OUT.

THIS IS A TEXT MESSAGE I RECEIVED WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING.

SOMEBODY THAT'S WELL KNOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT SERVES ON BOARDS SENT ME A CONTRACT PROPOSAL.

THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO MEET TO SUPPORT MY CAMPAIGN AND GET BEHIND ME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ALTRUISTIC. WE HAD A GREAT MEETING AND I SAID, YEAH, I CERTAINLY NEED CHAMPIONS.

AND THEN THEY SENT ME A PROPOSAL LATER THAT DAY.

WELL, FOR $3,000 PER MONTH FOR THESE MONTHS, THIS IS WHAT I'LL DO.

AND I WAS VERY APPREHENSIVE AND KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.

SOMEBODY THAT KIND OF PAINTED THEMSELVES AS THIS ORGANIC, GRASSROOTS SUPPORTER, AND I FOUND OUT I WAS BEING MANIPULATED.

AND WHEN I'M TRYING TO PROCESS THIS AND HADN'T RESPONDED, THEY WRITE, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW,

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I'M HEADING TO THIS MEETING AT THE BANDSHELL AS THE I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THE POSITION, BUT THIS PLACE IN THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND THE CONTRACT PROPOSAL.

I'M NOT MAKING IT UP. I HAVE THIS THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME.

ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS WAS, AS AN ACTIVIST IN THE COMMUNITY, AN INFLUENCER.

I HAVE ALREADY WON A PLACE AND IT IS WORTH BEING EXPLOITED AND USED IN THE CAMPAIGN.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

WE HAVE A VERY INCESTUOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR CITY, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO NOT JUST US, BUT OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. FOR THESE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TO EXPAND OUT, GET NEW PEOPLE INVOLVED, GET FRESH FACES, FRESH VOICES IN OUR CITY. I AGREE WITH YOUR DISCLOSURE AND VOTE ON THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PAINT EVERYBODY WITH SUCH A BROAD BRUSH.

BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE, BECAUSE MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO EXPLOIT US.

RIGHT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW KIND OF THE MINEFIELDS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

I JUST KIND OF COME IN FROM THE SIDELINES AND THIS IS WHAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF ME.

SO IT'S NOT JUST TO PROTECT US AND PROTECT THE CITY, BUT SOME PEOPLE.

WHEN I WAS APPROACHED WITH THIS, I WASN'T WELL VERSED IN, YOU KNOW, THE INNER WORKINGS OF OUR CITY.

SO IT'S TO PROTECT GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGNS FROM BECOMING EXPLOITED AND MANIPULATED.

SO I'LL CERTAINLY SUPPORT YOUR DISCLOSURE AND VOTE WAVER, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO JUST LAND USE BOARDS, BECAUSE THE BOARD IS VERY RARELY THE BOARD THAT QUITE LITERALLY USED THE WORD EXPLOIT AND EXPOSE FOR THE CAMPAIGN IS NOT A LAND USE BOARD, BUT IT'S A VERY HIGH PROFILE AND PROLIFIC BOARD IN OUR CITY.

MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT TO ANSWER HIM VERY QUICKLY.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I THINK WE CORRECTED THAT WITH COMMISSIONER BOTTS ITEM, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IF YOU SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE, YOU CAN NO LONGER WORK FOR CAMPAIGNS.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE PROHIBITED IF YOU HAVE SOME CONTRACT.

WE ALREADY DID. THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD ONE, I JUST DON'T I MEAN, YOU CAN MAKE IT APPLY TO ALL BOARDS IF YOU WANT, BUT THIS IS I MEAN, I THINK YOU FIXED IT. I THINK I THINK COMMISSIONER BOTTS ITEM FIXED IT.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ONLY LAND USE BOARDS.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE BOARDS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THIS STUFF IS GOING ON.

AND I DO THINK THAT IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN THERE HAS BEEN PRESSURE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST FILED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THIS MASSIVE EMAIL GOES OUT AND I STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM ALL THESE PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY, AND I'M LIKE, WOW, THEY'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT MY CANDIDACY.

UNTIL I REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY WANTED CASH. YEAH.

FROM THE CAMP, WANTED TO WORK FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE INDUSTRY OF OF POLITICS.

IT IS BY, FOR SURE NOT PERFECT. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE IS A DISCLOSURE AND A MAJORITY VOTE, I REALLY DO THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT THIS WOULD CURRENTLY APPLY TO. BUT WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE.

WE NEED SOME EXPERTISE FROM PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, AND AND SO I THINK IF YOU WOULD ACCEPT ONLY LAND USE BOARDS INSTEAD OF. YEAH, AND I THINK I APPRECIATE THAT AND SORRY JUMPING BACK AND FORTH, BUT, MAYOR, IF I COULD BE RECOGNIZED. YEAH, I DO THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS ITERATION WAS PROBABLY MORE APPLICABLE.

I'M CERTAINLY NOT AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, VENDORS LOOKING TO EXPLOIT OUR, OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YEAH, I'LL KIND OF I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE EITHER WAY, WHICHEVER DIRECTION THE SPONSOR AND MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO CARRY THIS, I'LL GET BEHIND. YEAH. BEFORE I TURN TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR.

AND I'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. BUT, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SINCE IT'S YOUR ITEM, I WON'T.

I'LL LET YOU DECIDE HOW STRONG OR WHETHER. BUT I WILL SUPPORT PRETTY MUCH HOWEVER STRONG YOU WANT TO MAKE IT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO JUST JUMP IN BECAUSE I HEARD THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MENTIONED, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S I ALMOST WISH IT HAD NOT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES HISPANICS GET PAINTED WITH A BROAD BRUSH AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF ANYTHING, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THESE BOARDS TO BE MINDFUL OF THE INDIVIDUALS BEING APPOINTED TO THESE COMMITTEES.

WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ELEVATE THESE, THESE COMMITTEES BY APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS WHO DESERVE TO BE APPOINTED TO THESE COMMITTEES AND WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANCE AND WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.

FOR EXAMPLE, I'M VERY PROUD TO TO HAVE APPOINTED JULIAN LINARES OF THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WHO,

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WHO WORKS. IN THROUGH, THROUGH THROUGHOUT CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND WHO WORKS IN MULTIPLE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US, IF WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE APPOINTED TO THESE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

I CHALLENGE ALL OF US TO FIND BETTER CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS, TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES, MORE ETHICAL INDIVIDUALS TO APPOINT TO COMMITTEES, INDIVIDUALS WHO ALIGN WITH OUR WITH OUR WEATHER, WHETHER IT BE VALUES OR ETHICS OR WHO WE REALLY FEEL CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THESE COMMITTEES, THAT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US WITHOUT HAVING TO TO ALMOST OFFEND THOSE WHO ARE SERVING THERE. AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UNINTENTIONALLY PORTRAY AN IMAGE OF, OF INDIVIDUALS EVEN LIMITING THIS TO THE, TO THE LAND USE BOARDS, I'LL TELL YOU LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

WE SUPPORT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON AT COLLINS PARK.

I THINK MANY OF US, THE MAJORITY OF US WERE AT COLLINS PARK THIS WEEKEND SUPPORTING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT COLLINS PARK.

THEY'RE ON THE CITY'S VENDOR LIST. SO FOR SO A MEMBER OF COLLINS PARK, AN OFFICER OF COLLINS PARK WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO SERVE ON THE ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF WHEN WE PASS THESE, THESE TYPES OF POLICIES.

YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LIMITING INDIVIDUALS IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS IN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE ON ON NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN NORTH BEACH THAT PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE COULD, COULD BE AFFECTED BECAUSE THEY APPEAR ON THIS VENDOR LIST.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ON OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPEARS ON THIS VERY, VERY LONG BOOK OF VENDORS THAT THAT THAT CONSTITUTE OUR, OUR VENDOR LIST. AND SO AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS WHO WHO PARTICIPATE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UNIDAD, THAT TAKES CARE OF THE ELDERLY.

THE MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CLUB IS A IS IS A VENDOR.

IT'S A BUSINESS ENTITY THAT DOES WORK WITH WITH THE CITY THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS YOU KNOW, MOONLIGHTER MOONLIGHTER THAT DOES GREAT STUFF.

IT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS. AND SO ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY BY WHOM WE PUT ON THESE COMMITTEES AND BY WHO WE VOTE FOR TO CONTROL THIS, LET'S NOMINATE BETTER PEOPLE.

LET'S VOTE FOR BETTER PEOPLE. IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T LIKE THAT.

NO. BUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW I JUST, I GOTTA SAY, I REALLY DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF THAT GOES ON IN SO MANY EXAMPLES OF STUFF THAT GOES ON IN THIS CITY. BUT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND TO SINGLE OUT THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS PERSONALLY IT REALLY IT OFFENDS ME BECAUSE I SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, AND I PUSHED TO ELEVATE AND, AND FIGHT TO RAISE THE STANDARDS AND THE WORK THAT, THAT, THAT COMMITTEE DOES.

I KNOW IT WAS UNINTENDED. AND SO I TOTALLY GET IT.

ACTUALLY, I TOTALLY GET IT. IT WAS INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WAS SHARED WITH ME.

IT HAPPENED TO COME FROM THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, RIGHT? IT WASN'T ME, NOT THE COMMITTEE, A MEMBER, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU REPORTED TO THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, REPORT IT TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMEONE THAT'S SEEKING TO PROFIT FROM THEIR POSITION AND AND I'VE ENCOURAGED IT IN THE PAST, AS SOMEONE DID, THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RATHER THAN BEING USED AN EXAMPLE ON THE DAIS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED.

THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, REGARDLESS OF WHICH COMMITTEE IT IS, IT IS SOMEONE THAT'S USING A PUBLIC, A POSITION OF PUBLIC TRUST THAT WAS ENTRUSTED UPON THEM.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH COMMITTEE IT IS, IT IS SOMEONE THAT IS USING A PUBLIC COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE OF THE CITY, A POSITION OF PUBLIC TRUST TO TO ENRICH THEMSELVES FROM THAT.

AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED, REGARDLESS OF WHICH COMMITTEE IT IS.

VICE MAYOR BART, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT PRINCIPAL MEANS IN THIS ORDINANCE?

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IF YOU SERVE ON THE BOARD OF AN ORGANIZATION AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ARE YOU A PRINCIPAL OR DOES THAT NOT APPLY TO YOU? I THINK A PRINCIPAL COULD INCLUDE AND OFFICER.

IT COULD INCLUDE ANYONE WITH WITH AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST.

IF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD OF A OF A COMPANY, I THINK IT WOULD.

IT WOULD INCLUDE YOU. WHAT IF YOU'RE AN A ON A BOARD OF A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SO THERE'S NO FINANCIAL THERE'S NO FINANCIAL STAKE.

YOU'RE LENDING YOUR EXPERTISE AND TIME TO A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

I THINK AN OFFICER OF A NONPROFIT WOULD BE INCLUDED.

NO. IF YOU'RE JUST A BOARD MEMBER OF A NONPROFIT.

IT WOULD DEPEND. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE C. I THINK IF YOU ARE LIKE, NOT AN NOT AN OFFICER OF THE BOARD.

SO NOT THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, THAT'S A BOARD MEMBER.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION COULD DECIDE, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON. BUT RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY IT'S FAIRLY BROAD.

I THINK THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S WELL INTENDED. I MEAN, I CERTAINLY WAS ON THIS TRACK WITH THE ORDINANCE I BROUGHT UP, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THE WAY IT'S BEEN CRAFTED SO FAR.

IT'S OVERLY BROAD AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO NARROW OUR CHOICES.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. WHY DON'T WE DO A SIMPLE DISCLOSURE? THAT WAY, WHEN YOU'RE VOTING FOR SOMEBODY FOR A COMMITTEE OR YOU'RE APPOINTING SOMEBODY ON A COMMITTEE, THERE WILL BE A DISCLOSURE THERE.

AND IF THEY WORK FOR A CITY VENDOR OR THEY'RE AFFILIATED WITH SOME SORT OF CITY VENDOR OR THEY'RE AN OFFICER FOR A NONPROFIT, THEY DISCLOSE IT, AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A CHOICE AND YOUR PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS, AND WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ON THIS WHEN WE MAKE COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

SO I THINK DISCLOSURE IS A GREAT START. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DISAGREE.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO GET FUNDS FROM THE CITY WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS, AND THEN SERVE ON A BOARD THAT CAN AFFECT POLICY ISSUES.

LAND USE DECISIONS. I THINK IT'S I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT WE CAN TO BE ETHICALLY CONGRUENT WITH OUR VALUES OF MIAMI BEACH. I'M OKAY WITH LIMITING THIS TO LAND USE BOARDS.

HOWEVER, I'M. I'M NOT GOING TO WATER DOWN MY PROPOSAL TO JUST A SIMPLE DISCLOSURE.

IN FACT, I HAVE ANOTHER ITEM COMING BEFORE US TO DISCUSS AMENDING SIMPLE DISCLOSURES TO FULL TERMS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I, I'VE UNCOVERED MANY UNETHICAL THINGS ABOUT OUR CITY AND THE WAY IT WORKS.

AND IT IT'S ALARMING. AND THIS IS THE INTENT OF THAT REASON.

I'M VERY SURPRISED THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF STRONGER ETHICAL LAWS THAT REALLY REMOVE ANY SORT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH OUR CITY.

SO WE HAVE SOME SUPPORT. I'M CO SPONSOR WITH YOU.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, I THINK THERE'S BEEN AN OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS IN MIAMI BEACH AND THERE'S A STATUS QUO, AND I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY WIGGLE ROOM FOR A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. I HEARD COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FIRST AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

AND CAN WE QUANTIFY. SO I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED.

I HAVE A LIST OF THE P CARD PAYMENTS. WOULD THAT BE COVERED UNDER HERE ALL EMPLOYEES FROM THESE ENTITIES BECAUSE WE'D BE LOOKING AT NIKE, FACEBOOK, BIG PINK. YEAH. SO I WANT TO SUPPORT THE INTENT HERE.

IS THAT THE PRINCIPLES IN IN VENDORS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WANT TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE AND HAVE A LOT OF TEETH IN THIS, BUT DON'T HAVE IT OVERLY BROAD WHERE EMPLOYEES FROM AMAZON OR FACEBOOK OR BEST BUY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SERVE ON.

HERE'S THIS. WHEN I WAS THINKING VENDORS, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN 4 OR 5 THAT WERE ALL KIND OF COMMONLY AWARE OF.

BUT WHEN WE SAY VENDORS CAN WE IS THERE A THRESHOLD FOR THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS THAT THEY RECEIVE, OR IS THERE A WAY TO KIND OF PROVIDE THE TEETH THAT MY COLLEAGUE WANTS TO ACHIEVE, BUT NOT BE HAVE TONS OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES? AGAIN, JUST AGAIN, THERE'S A WAIVER.

SO THERE'S A FIVE SEVENTH WAIVER WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I THINK I THINK HIS QUESTION IS RIGHT, BECAUSE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, OUR GRANTEES CONSIDERED VENDORS UNDER THIS DEFINITION.

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YES. YES. SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE VENDOR LIST, I SEE FOR EXAMPLE, THE GREATER MIAMI HEBREW ACADEMY IS THERE WHAT EMPLOYEES OF THE GREATER MIAMI HEBREW ACADEMY BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS CASE? OR, YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY BE AFFECTED BY THIS? YES. ASSUMING THE GRANT IS MORE THAN THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT'S ON THE VENDOR LIST, ASSUMING THESE GRANTS ARE 10,000 OR MORE, THEN YES, CLEAN MIAMI BEACH LIKE SOPHIE WRINKLE.

WOULD SHE BE AFFECTED BY THIS? AGAIN, ASSUMING THE NUMBER, THEY MEET THE THRESHOLD.

DAVID SEXTON, WHO SERVES ON THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

WOULD HE BE AFFECTED BY THIS OR LET'S SAY RAY BRESLIN, WHO WHO'S COLLINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION APPEARS ON THE VENDOR LIST? WOULD THEY BE AFFECTED BY THIS? IF YEAH. IF ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS MEET THE THRESHOLD, THEN HOW ABOUT HOW ABOUT THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? AND LET'S SAY SOMEONE LIKE BRITNEY THAT, THAT RECENTLY GOT APPOINTED TO THE MILLENNIAL TASK FORCE OR NO, THE NEXT GEN TASK FORCE, WOULD WOULD SHE BE AFFECTED BY THIS? NOT IF WE, I GUESS, LIMIT IT TO TO TO LAND USE DISCLOSURE LAND USE.

BUT BUT THIS IS BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW THE YOUR INTENT IS GREAT BUT WE'RE CREATING A PERCEPTION UNFORTUNATELY WITH THESE ITEMS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO GOOD IN OUR CITY WHO WHO GET GRANTS TO DO GOOD IN OUR CITY, ARE ENGAGING IN SOMETHING CORRUPT.

THAT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT'S BEING CREATED. WE'RE CREATING A PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GETTING GRANTS TO CLEAN UP OUR BEACHES, TO CREATE CULTURAL PROGRAMING IN OUR IN OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES FOR, FOR, FOR THE SENIORS OR CREATE ACTIVITIES THAT WE ALL ATTEND IN NORTH BEACH, AT, AT THE FOUNTAIN.

AND THAT THIS PERCEPTION THAT IF YOU HAPPEN TO APPEAR ON THE MIAMI BEACH VENDOR LIST THAT THAT THAT THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN IN THESE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE IMPLIED THAT YOU'RE DOING IT FOR SELF-SERVING OR CORRUPT REASONS. AND I THINK I AND I AND I THINK IT'S A VERY HIGH AND MIGHTY AND HOLY HOLY POSITION TO TAKE WHEN WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, LIKE THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SUPPORTING, WHO WERE SUPPORTING WITH, WITH GRANTS FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THEM AND WE TRUST THEM TO BE CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO OUR TO LIKE, LIKE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR MIAMI BEACH POLICE RETIREMENT FUND APPEARS ON ON THE VENDOR LIST. HOW HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT LIKE THIS EVER GETS EXPANDED.

AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE USUALLY WE START POLICIES AND THEN EVENTUALLY MAYBE NOT THIS COMMISSION OR FUTURE COMMISSION MIGHT EXPAND THE POLICY. SO LET'S SAY IN THE FUTURE THIS IS EXPANDED TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEE.

YOU HAVE THE RETIREMENT FUND FOR, FOR, FOR FOR POLICE OFFICERS THAT APPEAR ON THE VENDOR LIST.

NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE THE PERSONNEL BOARD IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

SO THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND I GET WE WANT TO WE WANT TO CREATE AN ETHICAL GOVERNMENT.

WE NEED TO HAVE AN ETHICAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS INCUMBENT ON THE PEOPLE WHO WE PLACE, WITHOUT CREATING A PERCEPTION THAT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES WITH A CORRUPT INTENT OF PERSONAL PROFIT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE'RE WE'RE CREATING THIS PERCEPTION, AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO EXTEND TERM LIMITS OF INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WELL-MEANING POLICY LIKE THIS.

I THINK NO ONE IS ARGUING AGAINST AGAINST THE INTENT, BUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF OF SAYING THAT INDIVIDUALS, CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE CORRUPT.

I THINK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE GAVE ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS VERY ALARMING AND SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN, AND I HOPE IT'S FULLY INVESTIGATED BY OUR IG, BY THE STATE ATTORNEY, BY THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE IT ON THIS LIST AND GET GET UNFORTUNATELY PAINTED AS SELF-SERVING AND CORRUPT WHEN THEY'RE ANYTHING BUT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, ACTUALLY, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

GOOD POINTS, BUT I'LL THROW IN THERE. IT'S NOT KIND OF THIS ITEM, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

IT'S ACTUALLY VERY TAXING ON OUR ON OUR CITY STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THEY SERVE AN INCREDIBLE PURPOSE.

I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THAT. BUT THERE ARE A LOT.

HOW MANY? 48. 48. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY IT TAKES SO MANY PEOPLE TO FILL THESE SPOTS.

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AND SOMETIMES IT IS CAN BE SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. MR. MAYOR, CERTAINLY MY INTENT WAS NOT TO GIVE THE PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON BOARDS IS SOMEHOW CORRUPT.

WHERE YOU ARE. WELL, HOWEVER, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE I THINK THERE'S CORRUPTION, WHERE WHERE YOU HAVE CITY VENDORS WHO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT SIT ON BOARDS AND HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA.

THEY ARE GETTING TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE TUNES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

AND THERE IS A THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THAT WITH ME.

AND SO I'M OKAY WITH LIMITING THIS TO LAND USE BOARDS.

HOWEVER, I WOULD NOT BE OKAY WITH WATERING IT DOWN TO A SIMPLE DISCLOSURE.

I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ON A LAND USE BOARD WHERE POLICY DECISIONS ARE MADE AND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE AT RISK. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES, THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT KEEPING THE 5/7 WAIVER FOR FOR AN APPROVAL AND LIMITING IT TO LAND USE BOARDS. YEAH, I WOULD SUPPORT A WAIVER. I'M LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THE VENDORS.

IT'S CHARLES SCHWAB, JP MORGAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S UNLIKELY JAMIE DIMON IS GOING TO APPLY TO BE ON OUR BOARD, BUT YOU MAY HAVE YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD, JAMIE, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THE NEWLY FORMED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

WE WE WELCOME YOU, AND I'LL SUPPORT YOUR WAIVER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE A WEALTH MANAGER AT JP MORGAN, YOU'RE IN NO WAY BENEFITING FROM, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF VENDOR PAYMENTS TO THE PARENT COMPANY.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT A DISCLOSURE AND WAIVER. A VOTE MAJORITY VOTE AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.

AND I'LL SUPPORT IT BEING ONLY TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEES.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE JUST REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MAKE PEOPLE FEEL.

I MEAN, WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

AND WHEN THEY SEE AN ITEM LIKE THIS, THEY FEEL TARGETED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SOUTH FLORIDA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT THAT THAT I JUST PUT ON A, ON A, ON A COMMITTEE AS WELL. WE HAVE MEMBERS WHO SIT ON THE QUALITY AND EDUCATION THAT WE RECENTLY EXPANDED THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE QUALITY OF, OF EDUCATION. PEOPLE FROM THERE MIGHT APPEAR ON THIS ON, ON THIS LIST.

AND WE CREATE THIS, THIS PERCEPTION WHEN THAT THEY'RE CORRUPT BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A THEY HAPPEN TO BE ON A VENDOR LIST BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THE CITY MAY HAVE GIVEN THEM A CONTRIBUTION AND NOW THEY'RE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU FOR NARROWING THIS DOWN. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO APPROVE THESE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE WITHOUT MAKING THEM LOOK AS IF THEY'RE ENGAGING IN SOMETHING CORRUPT, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE DOING GOOD STUFF IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, CLEAN UP MIAMI BEACH. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN, COLLINS PARK, UNIDAD. THESE ARE ALL GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING IN MIAMI BEACH.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. SO THE ONLY I THINK WE ALL DECIDED TO LIMIT IT TO LAND USE BOARDS.

AND YOU AGREED. AND I THINK THE ONLY THING IS IT SHOULD IT BE A MAJORITY VOTE OR SHOULD IT BE 5/7? I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MAJORITY VOTE. THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO PULL.

FIVE. SEVEN. 5/7. YEAH. BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ANY SAFEGUARD. THE MAJORITY DOESN'T MATTER.

YEAH, BUT IT'S A REGULAR. IT'S A TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

IT'S A REGULAR 4/7. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A STRICTER BECAUSE THE PERSON IS A VENDOR, WHAT MAKES SENSE AT THAT POINT IS A FIVE SEVENTH IS A WAIVER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I SUPPORT A 5/7 VOTE ON THIS.

I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A MAJORITY VOTE. IT'S THEY'RE THEY'RE ALREADY DISCLOSING IT'S ONLY LIMITED TO LAND USE BOARDS.

AND I CAN THINK OF A FEW EXAMPLES OF WELL INTENTIONED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE BEING TARGETED BY THIS.

AND I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ABOUT BEING CORRUPT.

THIS IS ABOUT ELIMINATING PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOICES AND OPPOSITION TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.

AND I THINK THAT'S WRONG. AND ALSO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF I MAY, THROUGH THE MAYOR, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, LISTEN, WE HAVE HERE THE GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION.

WE HAVE OVER, OVER HERE WE HAVE WE HAD MIAMI NEW DRAMA.

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WE HAVE THE MIAMI MIAMI MUSIC FESTIVAL. THAT'S THAT'S A PART OF THIS THERE'S SO MANY ENTITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING OF, WHOSE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO WILL KNOW WHO WILL. NOW WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A HIGHER THRESHOLD TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

SO, YOU KNOW. YEAH. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. AGAIN, I'M OKAY WITH LIMITING IT TO JUST THE FOUR BOARDS, THE LAND USE BOARDS. IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, I'D LIKE TO SEEK A WAIVER FROM THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.

NO. SURE. NO. I'D LIKE TO SEEK A REFERRAL, A WAIVER OF REFERRAL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND JUST HAVE IT COME BACK AT SECOND READING.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE PRETTY MUCH FLESHED IT OUT HERE NOW, AND I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS ANOTHER.

ANOTHER PLANNING BOARD WOULD BE THE REFERRAL TODAY.

OH, OKAY. SO I'D HAVE TO GO TO PLANNING BOARD AND AND COME BACK TO US.

SO WHAT WHAT IS THE CURRENT VERSION OF THIS? IT'S LAND USE ONLY.

WAIVER FIVE SEVEN. DISCLOSURE FIVE SEVEN VOTE.

IS THAT WHERE WE ARE? SO IF THAT IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, NICK, THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IN THE ORDINANCE IS JUST LIMITING IT TO LAND USE BOARDS. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. BUT WAIT A MINUTE.

I THOUGHT THERE HAS BEEN ROBUST CONVERSATION OF LAND USE BOARDS FOR FOR LAND USE BOARDS ONLY HAVING A DISCLOSURE AND A57 VOTE TO TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WHO MIGHT BE ON A BOARD OF A NOT FOR PROFIT OR MIGHT WORK FOR A VENDOR THAT HAS HAS BEEN ON OUR P CARD LIST.

I THINK THE INITIAL QUESTION IS, IS IT A REQUIREMENT? IS IT A RESTRICTION OR IS IT A DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT? I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CONSENSUS WAS TO KEEP IT AS A RESTRICTION WITH THE 5/7 WAIVER, KEEP THE 5/7 WAIVER, BUT LIMIT IT TO THE LAND USE BOARDS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY CORRECT.

THAT'S THAT'S THE ORIGINAL. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE ITEM.

SO IT WAS TO EVERY BOARD DISCLOSURE AND A57 WAIVER.

AND NOW WE'RE LIMITING IT TO JUST LAND USE BOARDS.

COLLEAGUES IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO MISTAKENLY VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN SECOND READING.

YOU CAN GET MORE CLARITY. SO LAND USE ONLY WITH A WAIVER.

I'M SORRY, NOT A WAIVER. LAND USE ONLY WITH A LAND, A DISCLOSURE AND A VOTE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD BE. AM I RIGHT ON THAT, NICK? THAT'S RIGHT. AND TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR. FIVE SEVENTH VOTE.

RIGHT. CORRECT. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ORIGINAL ITEM IS LIMITED TO LAND USE BOARDS.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ONLY INCLUDE LAND USE BOARDS, I BELIEVE NICK TOLD ME THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS.

AND PROCESS WOULD BE PLANNING BOARD AND A LAND USE COMMITTEE.

STOP. AND I'M ASKING FOR A WAIVER TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.

STOP. CAN WE CAN WE REQUEST A A WAIVER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD OR OR.

NO, NO, THE PLANNING BOARD IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE LDR.

SO YOU COULD MOVE TODAY TO, TO TO MAKE THE REFERRAL TO EITHER THE LAND USE COMMITTEE OR OR DIRECTLY TO THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE WAIVER. WAIT. I'M SORRY, WHAT IS THIS WAIVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE THE COMMISSION COMMITTEE RULES REQUIRE THAT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE LDR HAS TO FIRST BE REFERRED TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS, THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. WELL, IF I MAY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WAIVER PROCESS.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WAIVING ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING APPOINTED TO ONE OF THESE BOARDS.

WE'RE WAIVING THE PROCESS ON AN ITEM THAT CREATES PROCESS. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S JUST FABULOUS. THROUGH THROUGH THE THROUGH THE CHAIR.

THE WAY THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS INITIALLY DRAFTED, IT DID NOT REQUIRE GOING TO LAND USE OR TO THE PLANNING BOARD BECAUSE IT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER TWO, DASH 22, IN THE CODE, BY AMENDING IT TO APPLY SOLELY TO LAND USE BOARDS.

IT IS NOW GOING TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE LDR.

HENCE, THE REQUEST BY THE SPONSOR TO WAIVE THE FIRST STEP, WHICH WOULD ORDINARILY BE A REFERRAL TO LAND USE, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A DEBATE HERE WITH THE ENTIRE BODY.

THAT CLEARS IT UP. RICK, JUST FOR ON THE RECORD, CAN YOU ARTICULATE THE LAND USE BOARDS? SURE. IS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, THE PLANNING BOARD, AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE BASED SOMEONE MIGHT BE

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VERY QUALIFIED AND BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE RATHER THAN MAKING A DECISION BASED ON THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BOARD AND THEIR ABILITY TO CAPABLY SERVE THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT BOARD, THEY MIGHT END UP BEING REJECTED BECAUSE THEY THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT SOMEWHERE AS BEING DISCLOSED, BUT THAT EMPLOYMENT MIGHT NOT END UP INFLUENCING AT ALL. ANYTHING HAVING TO TO TO TO DO WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR BOARD.

SOMEONE MIGHT BE AN EMPLOYEE OF AMAZON. SOMEONE MIGHT BE AN EMPLOYEE OF OF OF SOME ENTITY OF, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICER OF COLLINS PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S THIS PERCEPTION OF ETHICS AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS ISSUES, WE NEVER LIKE VOTING AGAINST ETHICS ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE THAT PERCEPTION.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DENY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, NOT ON THE MERITS OF WHAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE CREATED A MORE BURDENSOME VOTING REQUIREMENT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE A JOB WITH AN ENTITY THAT MAY HAVE RECEIVED A P CARD PAYMENT FROM THE CITY OR A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY AT SOME POINT THROUGH THE MAYOR.

BUT THAT'S BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE THE FIVE SEVEN VOTE TO WEED OUT ANY OF THOSE, THOSE NON-ISSUES.

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING. IS THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF AN ENTITY. AND YOU GOT TO DO THIS ETHICS WAIVER NOW.

YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL VOTE ON THAT JUST JUST SOLELY ON THAT.

AND, AND, AND SO YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOOD PEOPLE WHO WILL BE REMOVED JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE MERITS OF WHAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A BOARD LIKE THE PLANNING BOARD, WHERE YOU REALLY WANT INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE, WHERE YOU REALLY WANT INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE STUFF.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ON THE FOURTH SEVENTH VOTE, WE NOMINATED AND APPOINTED SOMEONE TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD LAST MEETING.

AND THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON, I DON'T KNOW IF TODAY WOULD BE ABLE TO TO, TO TO TO SERVE WITH THIS PAST.

I DIDN'T NOMINATE THAT PERSON. THE SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM NOMINATED THAT PERSON.

AND I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE IF IF TODAY THAT PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE NECESSARY VOTES HAD WE ADOPTED THIS ITEM. OKAY, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHERE EVERYONE STANDS ON THIS ISSUE.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I NEED A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY, SO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MR. GIRALDO IS ON ZOOM.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. THANK YOU. YES. HUMAN DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE.

I HAVEN'T REVIEWED THIS IN DEPTH, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD WHERE WE HAVE LINDSEY LOVELL, WHO'S ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BRIAN ERLICH IS ON THE BASS BOARD.

SCOTT NEEDLEMAN ON FLAMINGO PARK. WE'VE GOT OTHER JOHN SEWARD ON FIU URBAN STUDIOS.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WITH THIS KIND OF MAKE THEM HAVE TO LEAVE, OR WOULD IT BE ONLY FORWARD THINKING? BUT JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND THAT ALMOST A WHOLE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, YOU HAVE VERY HIGH RANKING FOLKS FROM VERY WELL, WELL KNOWN INSTITUTIONS, PARTLY FUNDED WITH TAX MONEY, WHICH MEANS THAT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IS MORE READILY AVAILABLE THAN, LET'S SAY, HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.

SO HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE EVEN LESS PEOPLE READY AND WILLING TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS.

THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO, MA'AM? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? FIRST QUESTION. ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FIRST IS YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS IONA SAWYER. I WORK AT LOTUS HOUSE, ALSO A CO-CHAIR AT AT LIVED EXPERIENCE.

ONE QUESTION I WANT TO KNOW. YOU ALL SAY THAT IF PEOPLE WORK AT VENDORS, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THE BOARD.

DOES THIS ALSO REFER REFERRED TO THOSE THAT USED TO WORK AT THE PLACES THAT MAY HAVE RETIRED OR HAVE MAYBE MOVED TO OTHER FACILITIES, SAY IF THEY'VE STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS, BUT SAY THEY USED TO WORK AT, SAY, KRISPY KREME OR MCDONALD'S, DOES THAT REFER TO THEM ALSO? I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MAYOR.

THE THE ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED WOULD INCLUDE ANYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY A PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE OR OF A VENDOR, OR WHO HAS BEEN WITHIN THE PRECEDING ONE YEAR PERIOD, THE ONE YEAR PERIOD PRECEDING THE APPOINTMENT.

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OKAY. WELL, ONE THING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHERE HUMAN, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE UP AT THE TOP, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO CORRUPT YOU.

HISPANIC, JEWISH, AFRICAN AMERICAN, ANYBODY, NO MATTER WHO IT IS, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND CORRUPT YOU.

THAT IS WHY WE MUST WE MUST HAVE IT WHERE NO MATTER WHO YOU BRING IN, YOU MUST HAVE IT WHERE YOU DO SOME TYPE OF THOROUGH SEARCH. BECAUSE SOMEONE AT KRISPY KREME, SOMEBODY AT AMAZON, ANYWHERE THEY MAY HAVE THAT EXACT VITAMIN THAT YOU NEED TO STRENGTHEN YOUR, YOUR YOUR BOARD, YOUR COMMITTEE, BECAUSE YOU'LL GET SOMEONE FROM THE CITY FROM THE OUTSIDE.

IT WILL IT WILL REALLY NOURISH YOU WITH WHAT YOU NEED BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU ALL THE EDUCATION AND WHATNOT.

BUT THEN TO TURN AROUND AND TO HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD THAT WILL REALLY GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.

SO IT WILL IN TURN GIVE YOU SO MUCH MORE TO TURN THEM DOWN, TO PUSH THEM AWAY AND SAY, BECAUSE THOSE ROTTEN APPLES AND THOSE CHORDS TRIED TO KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN, IT'S REALLY GOING TO HURT THEM AND HURT YOU ALL IN THE END, BECAUSE YOU'RE TURNING AWAY SO MUCH THAT CAN HELP YOU ALL.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T DO BECAUSE THAT'S JUST LIKE BURNING POLICE OFFICERS, BAD OFFICERS THAT DID THAT. NOW ALL OFFICERS ARE BAD.

REALLY? LOOK AT EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT NOURISHMENT OUT THERE THAT CAN REALLY BENEFIT YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SPEAKER IN ZOOM.

LORI. LORI. HELLO. THIS IS LORI BALKAM. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF POWER ACCESS SOUTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL. LONG TIME MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT.

I DIDN'T INTEND TO CALL, BUT FOR ANYTHING TODAY.

BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

I CAN SAY FOR OUR OWN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MANY DO SERVE ON THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE, ON MANY OF OUR ADVISORY COUNCILS HAVE BEEN ON CAC.

I MYSELF AM A PAST LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE, AND DID THAT WHILE SERVING ON DIFFERENT NONPROFIT BOARDS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY.

I KNOW MANY OTHER VERY ENGAGED PEOPLE THAT BOTH SERVE ON NONPROFIT BOARDS AND ON COMMITTEES, BECAUSE ENGAGED PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

EVERYONE I KNOW THAT HAS DONE THAT HAS ALWAYS VERY STRONGLY RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM ANY COMMITTEE ITEM THAT WOULD BE IN FINANCIAL SITUATION OR ANY OTHER WITH A BOARD THEY SERVED ON, AND THAT'S REALLY THE PROPER WAY.

SO THAT JUST A LITTLE. I DON'T KNOW, INSIGHT FROM SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN IN BOTH POSITIONS AND ALSO HAS SERVED ON THE MIAMI-DADE CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITY GRANT REVIEW PANEL.

ALSO, THAT'S ALWAYS INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE MONEY, BUT YOU RECUSE YOURSELF WHEN IT INVOLVES YOUR ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. LORI. NO ONE ELSE.

I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, BECAUSE SO THE CALLER THAT JUST SPOKE SPOKE ABOUT THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE.

MR. CLARK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I BELIEVE IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, THERE'S A SEAT ON THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD THAT BELONGS TO THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. IT IS A NON-VOTING, EX OFFICIO SEAT THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER.

OKAY. AND SO HOW WOULD THAT. SO LET'S SAY THAT THE PERSON FROM THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE, AND SHE WAS JUST SAYING HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, ARE OFFICERS OF OR EMPLOYEES OF ENTITIES THAT GET FUNDING FROM, FROM THE CITY? AND SO AND SO LET'S SAY THAT THE QUALIFIED PERSON FROM FROM THE DISABILITY ACCESS, THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL FROM THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SERVING ON THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

YOU KNOW, HAS ONE OF THESE CONFLICTS. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT? THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION IN ORDER TO BE APPOINTED THERE. YES.

EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A NON-VOTING PERSON. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ADDRESS AS PART OF THIS NEW ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE REFERRED.

BUT BUT AS AS THIS ONE IS DRAFTED, YES. THEY WOULD NEED A WAIVER.

YEAH. WELL, CAN WE JUST CAN WE JUST RESTATE ONE MORE

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TIME WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON THIS VERSION THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE VOTE.

SO THE MOTION THE MOTION IS AMENDED IS NOW TO REFER THIS ITEM I BELIEVE, TO THE PLANNING BOARD COMMISSIONERS. IS THAT CORRECT? DIRECTLY TO THE PLANNING BOARD TO AS DRAFTED, BUT BUT LIMIT APPLICATION TO THE THE FOUR LAND USE BOARDS ONLY. SO IT WOULD BE A RESTRICTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A VENDOR OR PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE OF A VENDOR TO THE LAND USE BOARDS, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE FOR A WAIVER BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON A57 VOTE.

OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. SO ON THE REFERRAL, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THE ITEM IS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD, WITH IT RETURNING TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT A SPECIFIC TIME OR.

ONCE IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY THE BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND TRANSMITTED, WE WAIVE THE LAND USE THING.

THAT'S IT WAS A DIRECTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

SO YES. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A LUNCH BREAK. AT THIS POINT, LET'S CALL IT 130.

WE'LL RETURN IT 130. WELCOME BACK TO OUR AFTERNOON SESSION.

WE'LL START WITH THE SPUTNIK CITIZENS FORUM. HELLO.

THANK YOU. SO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN SPEAKING, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

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

GO AHEAD PLEASE. HI, I'M AMANDA KNAPP. I LIVE AT 1200 WEST AVENUE.

I SERVE AS THE CITY'S HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR. AND TODAY, ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, I'M ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM C7 W.

CURRENTLY, THE COMMITTEES HAVE NO ALLOCATED FUNDING, AND MEMBERS HAVE HAD TO SPEND OUR OWN MONEY ON CITYWIDE INITIATIVES.

THIS FUNDING ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON CRITICAL ISSUES SUCH AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND VOTING RIGHTS INITIATIVES LIKE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION AND THE ANNUAL RED SAND EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE CRITICAL IN RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL PANELS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXPOS THAT PROVIDE VITAL INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

WITHOUT DEDICATED FUNDS, THESE EFFORTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO EXPAND OUR ISSUES.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT C7W SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR IMPACTFUL WORK.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR FIRST VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JOSH SQUIRE. JOSH UNMUTE YOURSELF.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI.

JOSH SQUIRE 34346 47TH STREET. I AM I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING UP ITEM ITEMS FOR AID. I SERVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED NOT TOO LONG AGO.

STATUS OF TDM TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN THE CITY.

AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED AT THE COMMITTEE IS THAT BASICALLY THERE'S NO MANDATORY PROGRAM FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS. AND UNTIL YOU INSTITUTE MANDATORY PROGRAM AS PART OF THE BUSINESS LICENSING RENEWAL PROCESS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY MEANINGFUL PROGRESS HERE BECAUSE WE TRIED IT IN THE PAST.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS MANDATORY. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

AND THE OTHER PART IS THE CITY, I BELIEVE, IS A LARGE EMPLOYER SHOULD LEAD THE WAY AND PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH.

AND WE LOOKED INTO THE CITY'S TDM PROGRAM AND IT IS VERY VERY THIN VERY LOW PARTICIPATION.

AND THE FINAL THING IS WE'D LIKE THE CITY TO CONSIDER BASICALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT COULD DO ONLY SO MUCH WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE. AND THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PROGRAM TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, PLEASE. MITCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MITCH NOVICK, 901 COLLINS AVENUE, 37 YEAR RESIDENT.

COME EARLY NEXT MONTH, FORMER COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR DAVID DERMER WOULD REGULARLY PUBLICLY STATE HE WOULD NEVER SUPPORT ANY RATE INCREASES WHILE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH DURING HIS TENURE.

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TAXPAYERS RECEIVED A PARTIAL AD VALOREM TAX REFUND CHECK FROM MIAMI BEACH TWO YEARS IN A ROW, NOT TOO LONG AGO, OUR BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET WAS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT IT IS TODAY.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOW REQUESTING AN UNCONSCIONABLE INCREASE IN UTILITY BILLING WATER RATES FOR OVER A DOZEN YEARS. AS SEEN EVERY OCTOBER, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN RATE INCREASES, WHICH INCLUDE WHICH WHICH INCLUDES NEWLY CREATED FEES, SUCH AS THE MONTHLY WATER SPRINKLER FEE. DUE TO MY 30 PLUS YEARS ADVOCACY ON THIS SUBJECT, THE INCREASES HAVE BECOME AUTOMATIC IN ORDER TO REDUCE COMMISSION DISCUSSION, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUTRAGE.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BY ALL MEANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOLD PLATED BY NOW.

WE ALL KNOW ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE, CITY MANAGERS CHANGE, DIRECTORS CHANGE AND COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS CHANGE AS WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE LEFT HOLDING THE BAG OF WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A POOL OF FRAUD, WASTE AND PAST INCOMPETENCE. WE'VE HIRED 500 MORE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES OVER THE PAST DOZEN YEARS, WHILE PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE HAS DIMINISHED.

ENOUGH WITH THE PORK BARREL SPENDING, THE ILL CONCEIVED $100 MILLION BOONDOGGLE LOOMIS PARK DESECRATION PLAN AND THE $100 MILLION AQUATIC CENTER NEED TO BE CANNED UNTIL WE CAN AFFORD THEM.

YOUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON REDUCING OUR BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND DENY ALL RATE HIKES, WHICH HAVE HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY AND THE EXODUS OF LONG TERM RESIDENTS FROM OUR BELEAGUERED CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS ALAN LEVINE.

MR. LEVINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS ALAN LEVINE.

YOU CAN HEAR ME. GO AHEAD. SIR. I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

I'M SPEAKING WITH REGARD TO THE RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO PAY $50,000 FOR MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL TO HAVE ANTI-SEMITISM TRAINING.

I START WITH A BASIC QUESTION. IF MOUNT SINAI BELIEVES IT NEEDS SUCH TRAINING, WHY SHOULD THE CITY PAY FOR IT? MOUNT SINAI PAYS FOR ANTI-BIAS TRAINING. MOST OTHER PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS DO THAT.

WHY IS THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY? THE CITY COULD FEED A LOT OF HOUSELESS PEOPLE FOR $50,000.

BEYOND THAT, IF THE COMMISSION THINKS IT SHOULD BE PAYING FOR ANTI-RACISM TRAINING.

IT SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL TWO MEN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THEY WERE PALESTINIAN.

THAT SHOOTING REFLECTS A MOOD OF ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM THAT HAS BECOME PERVASIVE OVER THE PAST YEAR.

LOTS OF THINGS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT MOOD, BUT IN PARTICULAR, WHEN THE MAYOR AND A COMMISSIONER CHARACTER CHARACTERIZE THOSE WHO EXPRESS CONCERN FOR THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINIANS AS HAMAS LOVERS AND TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERS AND ANTI-SEMITES, IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD HOSTILITY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO THOSE WHO ARE THOUGHT TO BE PALESTINIAN.

THE RECENT SHOOTING SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD IN THAT CONTEXT, ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY THAT THE CITY SHOULD THINK OF FUNDING A TRAINING THAT WILL DEAL WITH ALL FORMS OF RACISM IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO GO TO NICK. NICK. UNMUTE YOURSELF.

PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. NICHOLAS PETRAKIS. I LIVE AT 1211 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, AND I'M WRITING MORE AS A SPEAKING TODAY, MORE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN. YOU KNOW, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

I LOVE BEING HERE. AND I MOVED FROM A CITY THAT DEALT WITH TREMENDOUS HOMELESSNESS ISSUES AND SEEING THAT WE HAVE A BIKINI HOSTEL THAT WANTS TO CATER MORE TO THE HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITY IS WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING BECAUSE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'VE SEEN A LARGE INCREASE IN HOMELESS JUST IN FLAMINGO PARK.

I'VE WALKED THAT PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY, THREE TIMES A DAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND MOST RECENTLY,

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I'M SEEING GROUPS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE GATHER AT THE STEPS OF THE TENNIS COURT, AT THE STEPS OF THE SWIMMING PARK THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO WAS VERY DISTURBING, SEEING A GROUP OF ABOUT TEN HOMELESS PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE CORNER OF 13TH AND MERIDIAN.

TWO HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH THEIR CARTS, HAD BLOCKED A SIDEWALK.

ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOMELESS PEOPLE BLOCKED ANOTHER SIDEWALK WITH THEIR CARTS AND BELONGINGS, AND THEN SEVERAL OTHERS TAKING OVER THE BENCHES, HALF NAKED SHOES OFF AND JUST REALLY STENCH, SMELL. AND WHAT WAS REALLY DISTURBING WAS WATCHING ABOUT 30 STUDENTS OVER A 30 MINUTE PERIOD WALK THROUGH THIS GROUP OF HOMELESSNESS. AND I WAS JUST BESIDE MYSELF THAT THERE WASN'T A PARK RANGER AND OFFICER ANYONE STATIONED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'VE LIVED AROUND HOMELESS PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES, AND EVENTUALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE SNAP AND DO VERY STUPID THINGS. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN GET OVER THE FACT THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE SLEEP AROUND FLAMINGO PARK ALL DAY LONG, SCATTERED THROUGHOUT. BUT WHEN OUR YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THAT DISGUSTINGNESS, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND I WAS EVEN MORE DISTURBED. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER AND THANK YOU FOR THE CALL.

AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY ON THE BIKINI HOSPITAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROBUST AND I THINK PROBABLY A LIVELY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. OUR NEXT CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF LISA.

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

HI. THANKS. MY NAME IS LISA ELMI, AND I'VE LIVED IN MIAMI BEACH SINCE 1993.

APRIL AND I'M FROM 5565 LAVOIE DRIVE AND I'M CALLING.

I WANTED TO SPEAK TO SAY THAT ITEM R5 E, WHICH IS THE WASHINGTON AVENUE RESIDENTIAL PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKED AT TODAY. IT WAS DELAYED UNTIL DECEMBER THE 15TH.

THAT'S TEN AND A HALF MONTHS FROM NOW. AND TEN, TEN MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS FROM NOW.

AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING DELAYED SO LONG.

I WATCHED MY MY LIFE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE ROOM FOR SO MUCH IMPROVEMENT THAT THIS COULD BE LOOKED AT AND COULD BE CONSIDERED AND POSSIBLY PASSED SO THAT THINGS COULD BE MORE HARMONIOUS AND BETTER LIFESTYLE IN THAT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON AVENUE CORRIDOR.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT IT'S DECEMBER 17TH. JUST JUST TWO EXTRA DAYS.

I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOT THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT INFO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WAYNE.

WAYNE. GO AHEAD PLEASE. HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON. HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR LUNCH. I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING I LOVE MIAMI BEACH.

I LOVE THE PEOPLE. I LOVE THE VOICES. I LOVE THE DIVERSITY.

I LOVE THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS AND THE RESIDENTS.

AND I WANTED TO CONTINUE FOR MANY GENERATIONS GOING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.

I JUST WANT TO ALERT YOU TO HOW I FEEL AFTER LIVING HERE 7 OR 8 YEARS THAT PEOPLE FOCUS ON, ON KEYWORDS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ARE THE WORDS OF THE DAY.

IT WORKS IN INDUSTRY AS WELL, LIKE IN MARKETING YOUR PRODUCTS.

BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S MARKETING MORE THAN REALITY.

AND YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR NORTH BEACH AND, AND HOW STRS BECAME OVERPOPULATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL USES AND INCREASING F.A.R AND AND DENSITY IN A CITY THAT'S QUITE DENSE ALREADY. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DEVELOPMENT.

SOUND DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE MERITS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE.

BUT WHAT THE CITY IS TALKING ABOUT RECENTLY THAT HAS ME VERY CONCERNED IS THAT YOU'RE USING A BROAD STROKE TO INCREASE THE F.A.R AND DENSITY ACROSS THE CITY ITSELF WITHOUT MERITS BY CASE. SO YOU'RE USING LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT ANTI HOTEL, BUT IT HAS NO PREREQUISITE THAT THEY WERE A HOTEL BEFORE ADDING DENSITY AND VARIANCE HEIGHT ENABLING

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TO DEVELOPERS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEWHAT IT'S SOMEWHAT A SELLING ISSUE RATHER THAN AN IMPROVEMENT ISSUE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN A SERIOUS WAY AND COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION AND A BROAD STROKE TO ALL MIAMI BEACH GETTING UP ZONED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY SHAFER. MR. SHAFER, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, LARRY SHAFER, 2003 81ST STREET.

MY COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE MORE MUTED THAN ONES THIS MORNING, BUT BUT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTAIN QUITE A BIT OF FACTS THAT I THINK THIS BODY NEEDS TO CONSIDER IN MAKING DAY TO DAY DECISIONS. GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS STARTED A NEW DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND HE'S SPECIFICALLY TARGETING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITIES LOOKING FOR COST SAVINGS BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT THESE TAXING AUTHORITIES OVERBURDEN THE TAXPAYERS. SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN OUTSIDE INFLUENCE AT THE STATE LEVEL LOOKING IN, GOING TO BE LOOKING IN OVER YOUR SHOULDER PRETTY SOON.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT EACH ITEM YOU CONSIDER AND DECIDE IF IT'S CRUCIAL, URGENT AND NEEDED, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OPTIONAL AND START TO SAY NO TO THINGS THAT ARE OPTIONAL.

NUMBER TWO, DESANTIS, AS WELL AS DECIDE TO EXPLORE REFORMING PROPERTY TAXES.

HE WANTS TO CALL FOR THE REMOVAL. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT REFORM IS PROBABLY PRETTY LIKELY.

SO YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT POSSIBLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT AS MANY AS MUCH MONEY IN TAXES AS YOU DID BEFORE, AND YOU NEED TO START TO PLAN FOR DOWNSIZING THIS GOVERNMENT IF YOU CAN, AND IF YOU HAVE THE WILL.

NUMBER THREE, TOMAS REGALADO, THE NEWLY ELECTED PROPERTY APPRAISER, WANTS TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSED VALUES BASED ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

BASICALLY, WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS TO SAY, IF YOU'RE IN A FLOOD ZONE AND YOU HAVE HIGH FLOOD COSTS, I'M GOING TO REDUCE YOUR ASSESSED VALUE AND GIVE YOU A BREAK.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BODE WELL FOR THE COFFERS OF THIS CITY.

IF HE DRAMATICALLY REDUCES THE ENTIRE BEACH PROPERTIES ON THE MAINLAND, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT IN FLOOD ZONES.

FINALLY, YOU'RE STARING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A MARKET COLLAPSE AND CONDOMINIUM PRICES.

THE 2025 CHAMPLAIN TOWERS COLLAPSE CREATED NEW RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.

THOSE HEADED. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, YOU GOT A 10% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FROM THIS TAXING BODY.

YOU HAVE SCHOOL TAXES CONTINUING TO RISE AND THE COUNTY IS TAKING THEIR SHARE.

PROPERTY INSURANCE IS THROUGH THE ROOF. INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH.

AND FINALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE CONDOS WITH HUGE WATER INCREASES.

THEY HAVE ONE METER. THEY CAN'T EVEN THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IF TOILETS ARE RUNNING IN DIFFERENT ROOMS. PLEASE TRY TO FOCUS ON COST CUTTING INSTEAD OF HANDING OUT MONEY TO ANYONE WHO ASKS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CALLED IN. AND NOW I'M GOING TO CALL R9 E R9 E IS PRESENTATION BY COUNTY COMMISSIONER MICKY STEINBERG.

WELCOME. COMMISSIONER STEINBERG, A FORMER COLLEAGUE, A FRIEND NOT JUST TO US ON THE DAIS, BUT A FRIEND OF MIAMI BEACH AND OUR RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THIS CHAMBER SINCE YOU'VE REDONE IT. WOW. OH, WOW. SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR INVITING ME TO COME HERE AND SPEAK. GIVE A BRIEF, BRIEF.

I KNOW HOW THESE MEETINGS CAN GO. SO I'LL BE VERY BRIEF ON THE CONDO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS DOING.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE WE'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE MADE LESS THAN 140% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. SO YOU MAY ASK, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN ACTUAL SALARY NUMBERS? SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THIS PROGRAM IS A CATCH ALL UP TO 140% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME.

SO AN INDIVIDUAL EARNING UP TO $111,000 COULD QUALIFY TWO PEOPLE UP TO 127,000 AS A COMBINED INCOME, THREE PEOPLE UP TO 142,000, SO ANYWHERE FROM 30,000 TO $80,000 SALARY TO $100,000 SALARY, DEPENDING ON THE RANGE.

SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT REALLY CATCHES THOSE WHO REALLY NEED IT IN THAT MIDDLE BRACKET AS WELL.

THE ANNUAL JUST VERY IMPORTANT NOTE THAT THE PROGRAM IS ONLY DESIGNED FOR A HOMESTEAD PRIMARY RESIDENCE. IT IS NOT FOR ANY INVESTMENT PROPERTY.

IT'S TRULY FOR HELPING WITH THE BURDEN OF THE COST THAT SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE I LIVE IN A CONDO.

IT'S NOT EASY SOMETIMES WITH ALL THE ASSESSMENTS AND THE INSURANCE COSTS.

AND SO THIS IS TRULY JUST FOR THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND THE RECERTIFICATION PROCESS AND THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GET, TRYING TO GET IT ALL IN THERE QUICKLY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THE LOAN ITSELF IS UP TO $50,000 DOES NOT GET PAID TO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

IT GOES RIGHT TO THE SHOULD YOU QUALIFY, IT GOES RIGHT TO THE ASSOCIATION TO COVER THOSE COSTS.

AND IT'S PAID OVER 40 YEARS AT 0% INTEREST. SO REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PART IN HELPING ALLEVIATE THAT BURDEN.

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AND MY DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF CONDOS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST GET OUT THERE AND EDUCATE. IT'S ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.

AND SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT THE COMMUNITY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE COUNTY.

OR YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT TO US DIRECTLY AND EMAIL MARGIE.

SHE'S HERE. MARGIE AMADOR AT MIAMI-DADE DOT GOV OR DISTRICT THE NUMBER FOUR AT MIAMI-DADE DOT GOV AND WILL HELP FACILITATE AND HELP MAKE SURE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE AND GET YOU TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

THANK YOU. SEE YOU ARE YOU KEEP IT. THE BREVITY IS IS GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I SEE YOU'RE STILL DOING THE MONDAYS WITH MICKEY'S. I GOT TO JOIN YOU RECENTLY, WHICH IS GREAT.

YES. GIVING YOU A PLUG. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE SHERIFF COMING ON MONDAY THE THIRD.

AND IF I JUST MAY FOR JUST A MOMENT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR MOM AND POP.

IF YOU LIVE, IF YOU WORK OR HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE OUR MOM AND POP APPLICATIONS.

YOU CAN GET A GRANT UP TO $2,500 FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS, AND YOU CAN EMAIL OUR OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 7TH AT NOON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBERG. MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ITEM ON.

OF COURSE. AND AND ACTUALLY BE BEFORE COMMISSIONER STEINBERG LEAVES, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST OUT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

IF YOU IF YOU ALLOW ME JUST TO FLASHBACK BACK TO NOVEMBER 11TH OF LAST YEAR, THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION THANKING COMMISSIONER STEINBERG FOR HER SERVICE WITH DISTINCTION AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. YOU HAVE SUCH A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO AFFORDABILITY, TO HELPING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FACING STRUGGLES, SUCH AS OUR CONDOMINIUM OWNERS IN OUR CITY THAT ARE FACING ASSESSMENTS AND ESCALATION AND COSTS, AND PROMOTING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT DIRECTLY HELP WITH AFFORDABILITY AND THAT DIRECTLY HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES IS GREAT.

THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION HAD SIGNED THIS RESOLUTION FOR YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD SEEN YOU SINCE THEN. IT'S BEEN SITTING IN MY OFFICE, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT BECAUSE I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU ONCE WE'RE DONE HERE.

WELL, I DID RUN INTO COMMISSIONER STEINBERG WHEN I WAS IN THE COUNTY LAST WEEK, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE PROCLAMATION WITH ME.

COMMISSIONER ROSEN. GONZALEZ. ONE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

UP TO HOW MUCH CAN PEOPLE APPLY FOR? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE FULL AMOUNT? SO THE PROGRAM ALLOWS UP TO $50,000, BUT NOT ALL ASSESSMENTS ACTUALLY AMOUNT TO THAT, TO THAT COST, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF HOW MUCH YOU CAN GET.

SO IT'S UP TO 50. THAT'S THE MAXIMUM. OKAY. SO IF YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT UP TO $50,000 AND YOU MAKE UP TO $111,000, YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING FORWARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, SHARING WITH US. WE'RE WORKING WE WORKED RECENTLY ON SOME DISCOUNTING OF CONDO CERTIFICATION FEES.

SO WE'RE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN ON OUR END. BUT ALL OF THIS REALLY HELPS A LOT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

THANKS. GREAT. THANKS AGAIN. COME BACK MORE OFTEN.

OKAY. LET'S CALL, IF I MAY, JUST ON THE THEY JUST HANDED OUT A NEW ITEM ON THE ON THE DAIS IF I CAN ANNOUNCE IT JUST FOR THE RECORD.

SURE. THIS NEW ITEM IS GOING TO BE ITEM C FOR AP.

IT IS AN ADDENDUM. IT WILL BE HEARD AFTER FIVE IF THE MAYOR STILL CALLS IT.

I'M GOING TO READ THE ITEM TITLE FULLY IF POSSIBLE.

IT'S A REFERRAL TO LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

DISCUSS REQUIRING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO DISCLOSE AND REQUEST AN OPINION FROM THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND PUBLIC TRUST, AND OR, IF APPLICABLE, THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS.

PRIOR TO SPONSORING AND PLACING ON A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, ANY ITEM THAT WOULD IMPACT OR APPLY TO THE MEMBER OR A RELATIVE OR BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF THE MEMBER, OR A PRINCIPAL BY WHOM THE MEMBER IS RETAINED, INCLUDING ANY ITEM THAT IMPACTS REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MEMBER OR THAT IMPACTS PROPERTY WITHIN THE VICINITY VICINITY OF SUCH PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MEMBER, AND REQUIRING THAT ANY SUCH CONFLICT OF OPINIONS BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

THIS IS A REFERRAL ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS THE FASTEST DRAFTED ITEM EVER IN THE HISTORY.

BUT OKAY, WE'LL WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT PROBABLY NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU CONCEDING THAT. R9 B LET'S LET'S LISTEN.

[R9 B BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – CITY COMMISSION / AT-LARGE APPOINTMENTS.]

YES, SIR. AND COMMITTEE R9 B IS A BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. EVERYONE ON THE DAIS HAS A YELLOW SHEET.

ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE ARE UNOPPOSED. WE COULD GO ONE BY ONE OR WE CAN DO THEM BY ACCLAMATION.

ACCLAMATION BY ACCLAMATION. SO IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, THEN ALL THESE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED.

THANK YOU. EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT YOU WANT. SO BASICALLY, THERE'S NO

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OPPOSITION. THERE'S NO OPPOSITION. AND THERE'S SOME OF THESE HAVE MORE SEATS THAN THERE ARE EVEN NOMINEES.

CORRECT. SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE IT. MOVE IT.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE APPOINTMENTS? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THE NOMINEES ARE APPROVED.

[R7 E A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS JANUARY 24, 2025 MEETING, TO IMPLEMENT A ONE-YEAR LINCOLN ROAD OUTDOOR CONCESSION ABATEMENT PROGRAM AT 100% REDUCTION FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS FOR ANY NEW RESTAURANT AND A 50% REDUCTION FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER OF 2025 (DEEMED THE SLOWEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR); AND FOR SUCH REDUCTIONS TO BE EFFECTIVE DURING THE OCTOBER 2025-MARCH 2026 BILLING PERIOD.]

LET'S DO, WE DO. R7 YES SIR R7 IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT ONE YEAR LINCOLN ROAD OUTDOOR CONCESSION ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

IT IS A PUBLIC WORKS ITEM. J IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU WAS HEARD AT THE FINANCE AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.

IT IS LOOKING AT A DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR THE SIDEWALK CAFES ALONG LINCOLN ROAD, AS WELL AS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS FOR NEW SIDEWALK CAFES.

THE ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME DOES NOT RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM.

BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT. THE IMPACT WILL BE IN FISCAL YEAR 26, NOT IN FISCAL 25, BUT AS WE HAVE HEARD AT BOTH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ELSEWHERE, THAT THE FISCAL 26 IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. AND TO PUT A BURDEN ON THAT AT THIS TIME DOES NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE.

THE FISCAL IMPACT REALLY LOOKS AT DISCOUNTING LINCOLN ROAD, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL REVENUE FROM THE SIDEWALK CAFES, YOU'RE TALKING A TOTAL REVENUE OF ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. THE LINCOLN ROAD CAFES BY THEMSELVES REPRESENT ALMOST HALF OF THAT.

SO WHILE THERE IS A REQUEST FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING THINGS A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE ON THE RESTAURANTS ON LINCOLN ROAD.

I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE SIDEWALK CAFE ON ON WASHINGTON RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

AND SO TO SORT OF GIVE A VISUAL OF THAT, WE DID ATTACH A GIS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHERE ALL THE SIDEWALK CAFES AND PARKLETS ARE SO THAT WHILE THEY ARE THERE'S A LOT ALONG LINCOLN ROAD, THERE'S A LOT OF LONG OCEAN DRIVE.

THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTH BEACH AS WELL AS SOUTH BEACH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION'S.

LIKE NOT SUPPORTING THIS, BUT LET ME GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE.

IN THE DOWN SEASON WITH ALL OF THESE HOTELS CLOSED ANY KIND OF RELIEF THAT WE CAN GIVE SMALL BUSINESSES ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP THEIR STAFF, EVEN IF IT'S A SKELETAL STAFF, AND EVEN IF WHAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO A SMALL BUSINESS.

WE'VE ALSO APPROVED OUR SMALL BUSINESS LOAN GRANT APPLICATION.

NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IS A SITUATION WHERE WE COULD HAVE MORE VACANCIES ON LINCOLN ROAD.

MORE VACANCIES ARE GOING TO LEAD TO MORE DELINQUENCY, MORE CRIME.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN TWO YEARS TIME, THIS CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL BUILT AND NEXT DOOR TO IT IS GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, GOING TO START TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE VACANT DELINQUENT YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.

THE REASON THAT WE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE THE CAFES CAME TO US AND ASKED, NOW, I WOULDN'T ONLY LIKE TO DO THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCOUNT FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, IT'S ONLY THE THREE WORST MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.

AND IN ADDITION, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE AN ABATEMENT FOR ANY IMPACT FEES FOR SIDEWALK CAFES.

TEN SEATS OR LESS. CAFES ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE LIFEGUARD THAT JUST OPENED UP THE IMPACT FEE PER SEAT.

WHAT IS THE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? IT'S NOT THE IMPACT FEE.

WHAT DO WE CALL THIS? THE MOBILITY. MOBILITY FEE.

THE MOBILITY FEE IS VERY EXPENSIVE. HOW MUCH IS THE MOBILITY FEE? LIKE $1,000 PER SEAT. SO ANYWAY, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

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I WOULD LIKE TO ABATE ALL MOBILITY FEES FOR ANY SIDEWALK CAFE ACROSS MIAMI BEACH.

TEN SEATS OR LESS. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE BIG BUSINESSES AND IN THE SLOWER MONTHS OF THE YEAR, HAVE THIS RENT ABATEMENT FOR SIDEWALK CAFES BECAUSE IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS ONLY TAKES PLACE WHILE THE LARGER HOTELS ARE CLOSED.

CORRECT? MY ITEM? I THINK WE CAN REVISIT IT NEXT YEAR.

BUT RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE DELANO THAT'S CLOSED.

THE RALEIGH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE SHORE CLUB IS CLOSED, AND LINCOLN ROAD IS SUFFERING.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SPOTS ARE NOT VACANT.

BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE VACANCIES.

I SAW LUIGI. MARY, WHO'S SITTING THERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I SAW HIS VIDEO WHERE HE INTERVIEWED A GANG ON A GANG OF HOMELESS ON LINCOLN ROAD.

AND WHAT I. AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE THERE AND THEY ARE WATCHING THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEY ARE CLEANING THE STREETS, AND THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANY VACANCY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I WAS GLAD, ACTUALLY, THAT YOU DID THAT VIDEO, BECAUSE IT SHOWED ME THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY LIKE AN ORGANIZED GROUP OF HOMELESS ON LINCOLN ROAD. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT GROUP IS GOING TO GROW LARGER.

THE. THE VAGRANCY IS GOING TO GROW BIGGER. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

FRANKLY, IT'S NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC ISSUE. IT'S CLOSELY RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR LINCOLN ROAD TO REMAIN VIBRANT AND OPEN FOR THE CONVENTIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE SOME OF OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES LIKE THE ONE THAT APPROACHED ME GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

SO WHILE THIS IS NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE 100%, IT MIGHT HELP PAY A FEW EMPLOYEES ON THE DOWN MONTHS THAT NEED IT.

THAT'S I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS THROUGH THE VICE MAYOR.

YES. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. BECAUSE TO TO TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, ANY LITTLE BIT I THINK HELPS DURING, DURING THE DOWN MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, I ALSO DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REWARD GOOD ACTORS? YOU KNOW, AND I THINK ESPANOLA WAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT A LOT OF CORRIDORS SHOULD BE ASPIRING TO.

IT'S CLEAN, IT'S QUALITY RESTAURANTS, BUT NONETHELESS ARE SUFFERING DURING THE MONTHS OF OF THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SLOWER ACTIVITY. AND AND IF WE DO MOVE THIS FORWARD, I'D LOVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

I JUST LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WE CONSIDER INCLUDING IN IT ESPANOL AWAY.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE BUSINESSES ON LINCOLN ROAD ARE ARE SUFFERING, I THINK SO TOO.

ARE THE BUSINESSES EN ESPANOL AWAY? THEY SEEM THEY SEEM SO PACKED TO ME COMPARED TO LINCOLN ROAD.

BUT I WOULD I WOULD INCLUDE THEM. I THINK EVERY BUSINESS IS SUFFERING.

I THINK OUR, OUR SLOW SEASONS ARE SLOWER THAN EVER BEFORE BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE THING.

YEAH, IT'S A CITY WIDE THING. WE'VE BECOME HYPER SEASONAL. THE HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIVING HERE SIX MONTHS AND ONE DAY ARE LEAVING, AND WE'RE BECOMING, INSTEAD OF HAVING A FULL TIME.

I KNOW, COMMISSIONER, I WAS LOOKING AT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S FACE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO POPULATE THE CITY WITH MORE PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE. THERE ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT LEAVE HALF THE YEAR.

AND IT'S TERRIBLE BECAUSE AND THAT'S WHY PLACES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE SOUTHAMPTON IN THE OFF SEASON BUSINESSES JUST SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T STAY OPEN. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? WE NEED IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO SUBSIDIZE OUR BUSINESSES IN THE OFF SEASON SO THAT WE DON'T BECOME A HYPER SEASONAL PLACE LIKE THESE OTHER RESORT TOWNS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL TO BE BUILT, WHICH IS TWO YEARS AWAY, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BRING MORE BUSINESS, WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT LINCOLN ROAD STAYS OPEN.

WE NEED THESE CAFES TO STAY OPEN. BUT THIS IS ALSO WHY I THREW THE CHAIR.

WHY? ITEMS THAT CREATE YEAR ROUND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON LINCOLN ROAD FOR FULL TIME RESIDENTS.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CREATE THE YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY TO SUSTAIN BUSINESSES IN THE SLOW SEASON, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN ALL THESE HIGH END HOTELS OPEN UP, ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE SLOW MONTHS AND THE ECONOMY IS STILL GOING TO SUFFER IN THE SLOW MONTHS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TRADITIONALLY HAS HAPPENED IN IN MIAMI BEACH.

IF WE WANT TO OVERCOME THAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, CREATE THE FULL TIME RESIDENCY THAT WE NEED HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND SO IT GOES HAND IN HAND, I THINK TEMPORARILY, THIS IS A TEMPORARY SUPPORT.

BUT IN THE LONG TERM WE COVER THIS. HOW? BY MAKING SURE WE HAVE FULL TIME RESIDENTS SUPPORTING STUFF LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS FOR,

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FOR FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR FOR FOR LINCOLN ROAD IN THE LONG TERM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR BOC.

I'M, I'M CONTEMPLATING SUPPORTING THIS FOR LINCOLN ROAD AS A SHORT TERM STOPGAP MEASURE, BUT I DON'T THINK CONTINUING WITH THESE SUBSIDIES FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES IS THE SOLUTION FOR ANYTHING.

OUR BUSINESSES NEED TO ADAPT TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE AS A CITY NEED TO FIND A WAY TO DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY IF WE ARE NOT TRULY A PURE TOURIST TOWN WHERE WE SHUT DOWN FOR SIX MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR THE WAY TOWNS DO IN THE NORTHEAST THEN WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE LIVING HERE AND WORKING HERE TO TO PATRONIZE OUR BUSINESSES.

AND IT IS NOT THE JOB OF, OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO SUBSIDIZE BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T ADAPT TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.

AND THAT SOUNDS REALLY HARSH, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE HARSH.

I'M LIKE I SAID, CONSIDERING SUPPORTING THIS AS A STOP GAP BECAUSE WE HAVE A AN UNUSUAL SERIES OF, OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH IS LIMITING WHAT HAPPENS ON LINCOLN ROAD.

AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THE DEPRESSION. I KNOW THE BID IS WORKING HARD TO TO DIVERSIFY WHAT GOES ON THERE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE IN A BRUTAL REAL ESTATE CYCLE WHERE RENTS ARE ASTRONOMICAL.

WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT'S BEEN CLOSED.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE THE HOTELS AT THE END OF LINCOLN ROAD THAT ARE CLOSED.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING. BUT LISTEN, I WAS ABOUT A WEEK AWAY FROM TAKING OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE FREEZE IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. WOW. THE SNOW AMENDMENT. I DID NOT. AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M NOT DISHING OUT DELICIOUS ICE CREAM.

BUT DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN MARCH OF 2020? YES. AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, LINCOLN ROAD WAS HALF OF IT WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

IT WAS INTENDED TO BE CLOSED. IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE CITY'S JOB TO BAIL ME OUT AND KEEP ME OPEN FOR THREE YEARS AS I TRIED TO NAVIGATE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

SO. I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT DOING THIS.

AND I LOVE ESPANOL THE WAY I THINK IT IS A HUGE SUCCESS STORY.

I REMEMBER IT WASN'T EVEN, I DON'T THINK 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A SHOOTING AND MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS THERE, AND WE ALL SAID IT WAS A CESSPOOL AND IT WOULD NEVER COME BACK THE WAY WE NEEDED IT TO.

AND YET IT IS CONSTANTLY TOUTED NOW AS ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST SPOTS IN OUR CITY.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THIS PLAN, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE AS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE CLOSED BUSINESSES AND CLOSED HOTELS AS THOSE ON LINCOLN ROAD ARE SO I JUST THINK THIS THIS SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.

I AGREE WITH YOU ON ESPANOLA WAY, BY THE WAY.

AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX. I ALSO THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ACROSS THE CITY.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, I WORRY, THOUGH, THAT WHEN WE GIVE A PIECE OF LAND AND WE GIVE A $10 MILLION SUBSIDY AND WE COME OUT WITH 400 SQUARE FOOT UNITS AND RENTAL PRICES THAT ARE 2600 UNITS WHEN WE GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR LAND AND THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BUILDING COSTS, WILL THOSE RENTS BE AFFORDABLE FOR THE WORKFORCE? I'M NOT SO SURE. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE GEARED OURSELVES TOWARD IS THIS HYPER TOURISM.

THEY'RE SAYING WE NEED THIS CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL TO BE PROGRAMED.

WE'RE WAITING FOR THE HOTEL. I SPOKE TO THE CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY.

HE SAID THAT THE HOTEL SHOULD BE FINISHED BY 2027.

CORRECT. SO I THINK I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST TEMPORARY, BUT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE VACANCIES.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MARKET IS GOING TO CORRECT ITSELF, COMMISSIONER BART.

I THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTAURANTS ON LINCOLN ROAD THAT ARE DOING EXTREMELY WELL, AND CERTAIN RESTAURANTS ARE STRUGGLING, AND I THINK THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING THE MOST ARE THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE FREQUENTED BY RESIDENTS.

BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT THAT APPROACHED ME FOR THIS DISCOUNT IS ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS ON LINCOLN ROAD THAT WE ALL GO TO A LEGACY RESTAURANT.

WHICH ONE? ROSINELLA. AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS, AND HE'S THE ONE WHO SAID, I NEED THE SUBSIDY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY, YOU KNOW, MY, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENT POPULATION.

AND IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, AND I TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO I THINK THAT THIS COMBINED WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER BART AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE APPROVED THAT COMMITTEE TO, I THINK THAT THESE SMALL ALL TWEAKS, AT LEAST ALLOW THEM TO KEEP A SKELETAL STAFF WHEN BUSINESS GETS REALLY BAD.

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CAN I JUST, OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY PAY FOR RENT AT ROSS? I THINK I BELIEVE HE EVEN OWNS THE BUILDING, HE SAID.

IT'S JUST GOTTEN SO HYPER SEASONAL IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ESPECIALLY.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO EXTREME WEATHER. IT'S SO HOT HERE AND OUR BUSINESSES ARE JUST EMPTY.

OUR HOTELS ARE EMPTY. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS TEMPORARY.

IT IS A TEMPORARY MOMENT. I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE GOING TO FILL UP THESE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY AS THESE HOTELS COME ONLINE. AGAIN, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DELANO THE OTHER DAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE SAW THAT THE SHELBOURNE REOPENED.

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THE SHORE CLUB RIGHT NOW.

THE RITZ CARLTON, I SEE THEY'RE FINALLY MARKETING THEIR RESIDENCES AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET THAT, YOU KNOW, PROJECT ONLINE. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FREQUENT LINCOLN ROAD. AND BY THE WAY, WITH OR WITHOUT THIS SUBSIDY. THE BUSINESSES, SOME BUSINESSES ARE STILL GOING TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

OTHERS WILL REOPEN. BUT THIS IN THE INTERIM WILL KEEP AT LEAST SOME VACANCIES FROM HAPPENING.

AND SO JUST ONE MORE THING. AND THIS IS FOR THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE LISTENING, THAT THE WEATHER IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.

IT'S NOT SUDDENLY GOING TO GET DRIER AND COOLER IN AUGUST.

WE NEED TO COLLECTIVELY THINK ABOUT HOW WE NAVIGATE THE FUTURE THAT IS UPON US.

IT'S NOT GOING TO GET EASIER. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET LESS SEASONAL IN TERMS OF WEATHER.

WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO COLLECTIVELY AND HOW WE APPEAL TO OUR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND WHAT WE OFFER THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S COMPELLING IN THE SLOW MONTHS. SO I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST OUR NEW REALITY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.

AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT.

WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT'S STRUGGLING FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.

WE'RE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THOSE. THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

BUT FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN 30 YEARS, THERE'S NOTHING TO DO WITH PERMITTING OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY.

IT'S THE ECOSYSTEM, RIGHT? AND MIAMI BEACH IS STARING AT A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.

WE SEE OFFICES THAT ARE OPENING IN SUNSET HARBOR, RIGHT AFTER THE SALT TAX REFORM WAS PASSED IN 2017.

THAT STARTED THE POPULATION AND WEALTH MIGRATION OUT OF HIGH TAX STATES TO PLACES LIKE FLORIDA.

FLORIDA IS ADDING 400,000 NEW RESIDENTS EACH YEAR, BUT MIAMI BEACH REALLY HASN'T BEEN A BENEFICIARY OF THAT BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE HOUSING INVENTORY TO ACCOMMODATE. RIGHT. SO WHILE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, I AM AMISS REMISS TO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A SILVER BULLET SOLUTION, THAT JUST BECAUSE A FEW HOTELS OPEN AND THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN COMPETING RETAIL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN DINING AND RESTAURANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND AS EXCITED AS I AM FOR PROJECTS LIKE THE SHORE CLUB, AND PERHAPS IT'S MORE YEARS AWAY, BUT THE RALEIGH, THOSE ARE VERY SMALL FOOTPRINTS WITH VERY, VERY HIGH PRICES THAT WILL PROBABLY JUST ACTUALLY COMPOUND OUR SEASONALITY ISSUES. RIGHT. WHAT WE NEED ARE REAL PEOPLE LIVING IN REAL PLACES WITHOUT A FOCUS ON THE WATERFRONT, RIGHT? THE INFILL COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT ARE DYING, THAT ARE DYING AND A PLAGUE ON OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT WASHINGTON AVENUE. IT IS RIPE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN THAT AREA.

IF YOU GO OUTSIDE HERE AT CITY HALL, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES THAT DRIVE INTO CITY HALL EACH DAY, AND THAT STRAINS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T SEE WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL ANYWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIVE HERE WOULD THEN GO AND SHOP ON LINCOLN ROAD.

THEY WOULD GO AND DO THEIR PILATES, THEIR YOGA.

THEY WOULD GO TO ROSSINELLI. THEY WOULD HAVE GONE TO BOOKS AND BOOKS.

TOURISTS DON'T COME INTO TOWN TO GO TO BOOKS AND BOOKS, BUT PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE DO.

WHEN DRAKE CLOSED, THE OWNER WAS QUOTED IN THE MIAMI NEW TIMES SAYING THE RESIDENTS THAT USED TO COME HERE FOR HAPPY HOUR HAVE DISAPPEARED.

RIGHT. SO WE SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND THE ANSWER IS REALLY NOT HARD.

RIGHT. WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE OUR ENTIRE CITY WHERE WE'RE NOT SO HYPER SEASONAL.

THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE. AND RELYING ON HOTELS TO OPEN CERTAINLY ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THE SEASONALITY OR THE CYCLICALITY.

THINK ABOUT THIS. WE'RE FACING AN ECONOMY LOCALLY THAT IS STRAINED AND TROUBLED IN SOME METRICS, BUT IT'S WHEN THE MACRO ECONOMY HAS BEEN BOOMING POST COVID, RIGHT? IMAGINE IF WE GET A MACRO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR US.

SO IT'S A DERELICTION OF DUTY IF WE DO NOT BEGIN BETTER PREPARING TO DIVERSIFY OUR CITY, DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY,

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BECAUSE DESPITE SOME EFFORTS AND SOME PROGRESS MADE, YOU CAN ALSO ARGUE WORDS HYPER CYCLICAL AND HYPER SEASONAL AS WE'VE EVER BEEN.

SO I'M GOING TO BEGRUDGINGLY TRY AND SUPPORT THIS AGAIN.

BUT I REALLY LAMENT THAT WE KEEP DOING THIS BAND AID APPROACH, WHETHER IT'S GIVING OUT SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS OR, YOU KNOW, SUBSIDIZING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF WE WANT THE MARKET TO CORRECT ITSELF, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENING.

RIGHT. WE NEED TO PROVIDE A LEVEL AND EQUAL PLAYING FIELD, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE BROADER ACTION.

THAT'S REALLY GOING TO SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY. AND THAT THAT IS THE SILVER BULLET, RIGHT? IT WILL BE COMPLEMENTED BY A CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.

BUT ALL THE URBAN PLANNING DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE FURTHER STRAINING OUR HYPERSENSITIVE AND HYPER CYCLICAL ECONOMY, FURTHER STRAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FURTHER STRAINING OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU CARING SO MUCH FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

I ABSOLUTELY KNOW YOU DO. IT'S BEEN YOUR BIGGEST AND BEST PASSION OVER THE YEARS THAT I COMMEND YOU FOR.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT I HAVE A FINITE SHELF LIFE FOR HOW MUCH? WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THE BAND AID APPROACH, WHERE WE TRULY DO NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SOME INITIATIVES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. I KNOW YOU TRULY DO CARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OPERATORS LIKE ROSSINELLI AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BUILT THEIR LIVES, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LIVELIHOODS ON ON OUR CITY.

YEAH, I'M SUPPORTIVE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. I DO GET I SHARE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH A SHOT. AND IF IT CAN HELP, I GET PARTLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE MORE WE DO FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, THE LANDLORDS, I FEEL FACTOR THAT IN AND THEN THEY KEEP JACKING UP THE RATES AS WE KNOW IT.

THAT'S AN ISSUE AS WELL WHERE WE HAVE VACANCIES.

AND I KNOW FIRSTHAND WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY'VE HAD THEY'VE HAD BIDS ON THERE AND THEY SOME OF THEM WOULD RATHER LEAVE IT VACANT. SO YOU HAVE THAT ISSUE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YEAH, THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING NEW RESIDENTS, BUT I DON'T HAVE A STUDY ON THIS. BUT ANECDOTALLY, IT SEEMS THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE SNOWBIRDS ARE STAYING LONGER THAN THEY THAN THEY WERE INSTEAD OF COMING FOR A MONTH OR TWO, THEY'RE STAYING CLOSER TO SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I SEE, I THINK I THINK IT'S REFLECTIVE IN THE TRAFFIC THAT WE, WE FACE AS WELL.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO, TO SUPPORT THIS. AND I THINK ULTIMATELY GOOD BUSINESSES, I HATE TO SINGLE OUT BUSINESSES, BUT ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, BAGEL BOSS THAT THAT OPENED RECENTLY ON 41ST.

THEY ARE I MEAN THEY'RE ROCKING IT. I MEAN, THEY, THEY I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THEY, THEY HAVE FAR EXCEEDED THEIR, THEIR EXPECTATIONS AS TO THEIR POPULARITY AND ITS MANY, MANY DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS.

I'VE AROUND THE CITY. I'M SINGLING OUT ONE BECAUSE THEY'RE FAIRLY NEW.

I THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT THAT CAN BE HAD WHEN WHEN OFFERING THE PRODUCT THAT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE WANT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TO DO.

AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES TO SEE THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN MIAMI BEACH.

YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I ALSO DO THINK IT'S THE NATURE OF SOME OF THESE RESTAURANTS AND THE MARKET CONDITIONS, LIKE COMMISSIONER BOB SAID, ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHICH RESTAURANTS STAY OPEN AND WHICH WHICH RESTAURANTS CLOSE.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE MILA, WHICH HAS BECOME THE HIGHEST GROSSING RESTAURANT IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

AND I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE LARGER SIDEWALK CAFES POPPED UP TO CATER TO A LARGE TOURIST POPULATION, POPULATION THAT GREW FROM ALL OF THESE HOTELS.

SO I DO THINK WE'RE SEEING A CORRECTION. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO KEEP IT OPEN, BECAUSE HAVING IT ALL CLOSED, THAT IS BLIGHT AND WE CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE OF THAT BLIGHT.

I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT AFFECTS US MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

CALL THE VOTE, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST TO ADD MY $0.02. YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE GETTING INVOLVED IN SUBSIDIZING BUSINESSES.

I ALSO FIND IT A LITTLE I. IT DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME THAT A BUSINESS WOULD COME TO YOU OR TO ME AND ASK FOR A AN ABATEMENT. I THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT TO ME, THAT IS A CONFLICT.

I'M ALL ABOUT PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, DOING INCENTIVIZING WHAT WE CAN TO BRING THEM MORE CUSTOMERS.

BUT PERSONALLY, FOR ME, WHEN WHEN I'M GETTING ASKED TO SUBSIDIZE WITH FROM TAXPAYER

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MONEY THAT WOULD GO TO PROJECTS, WE REALLY NEED TO SUPPORT A SINGLE BUSINESS.

I THINK THAT'S A BRIDGE TOO FAR, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE TODAY.

JUST A QUESTION ON THE ITEM. SO IS THE ITEM AMENDED TO INCLUDE ESPANOLA WAY OR NOT? YES. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT ESPANOLA WAY HAD A MASSIVE CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

THEY ARE BOOMING RIGHT NOW. WHEN I WALK PAST EVERY SINGLE CAFE, THERE SEEMS TO BE DOING VERY WELL.

AND ALREADY THEY'RE UPSET THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY THESE FEES FROM LINCOLN.

LOOK AT BRAD AND JAY. THEY DO NOT LOOK HAPPY.

SO IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD ONLY LIKE TO DO LINCOLN ROAD FOR RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. AND HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THIS EQUATE TO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? WHAT IS THE TOTAL FISCAL IMPACT FOR THIS YEAR? THE 23,000. THAT WOULD BE THE THAT'S THE PROJECTED IMPACT FOR FY 26.

SO SO I'LL SAY THIS LINCOLN ROAD HAS A BIT A BIT OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND THE BUSINESSES TAXED THEMSELVES TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS INITIATIVES OF OF LINCOLN ROAD.

AND THEN WE COME FREQUENTLY AND WE SUPPLEMENT TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT TO SUPPORT LINCOLN LINCOLN ROAD.

OTHER AREAS. DON'T ASK FOR THAT AS MUCH. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE NORMANDY AT 71ST STREET WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES THAT NEED SUPPORT AS WELL.

I THINK CARNITAS, COD, CARNITAS USED TO BE ON 71ST STREET AND THEY YOU KNOW, THEY CLOSED DOWN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ALSO DEPEND ON TOURISM EN ESPANOL AWAY, WHICH I WAS MENTIONING.

AND THEY SUFFER TOO, IF, IF THIS IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN, THAN THAN LINCOLN ROAD, I'LL SUPPORT IT.

IF THIS IS JUST LIMITED TO LINCOLN ROAD BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CITY SUFFERS AND THAT'S AND THAT'S A STRUGGLE.

YOU KNOW THE WHY WHY IS THE STRUGGLE OF THE BUSINESS ON LINCOLN ROAD DURING THE SLOW MONTHS DIFFERENT THAN THE STRUGGLE OF THE BUSINESS ON 71ST STREET DURING THE SLOW MONTH, OR THE BUSINESS ON ESPANOLA WAY AWAY DURING DURING DURING THE SLOW MONTH.

THEY'RE THERE ALL BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE ALL OUR OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.

WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

AND THERE ARE NO SIDEWALK CAFES IN NORTH BEACH.

WE COMPLETELY WAIVED ALL OF THOSE FEES BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T PAY THOSE.

NOT IN THE GOOD MONTHS, NOT IN THE BAD MONTHS.

SO THERE ARE NO FEES IN ALL OF NORTH BEACH. AND WE DID THAT PURPOSEFULLY 41ST.

DID WE DO IT ON 41ST STREET AS WELL? I DON'T THINK THERE ARE NO FEES ON 41ST STREET.

I DON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR LINCOLN ROAD FOR RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS IS A THIS IS A TREND. I THINK WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.

BUT IF WE IF WE WAIVED THE FEES ON NORTH BEACH, IF WE WAIVED THE FEES ON 41ST STREET, AND WE'RE OFFERING THIS ABATEMENT PROGRAM ON LINCOLN ROAD, WHY WOULDN'T WE ALSO SUPPORT THE ONES ON EN ESPANOL AWAY, IF I MAY.

IT'S A CORRIDOR AS WELL, IF I MAY. THE SITUATION IN NORTH BEACH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.

THEY MADE AN OUTSTANDING PICANHA SANDWICH. I WILL JUST SAY IT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR FEES OR OUTDOOR CAFE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS A SITUATION OF LANDLORD LEASE ISSUES AND GREASE TRAP ISSUES THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE CITY.

IT WAS LIKE A IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

I THINK THE REASON WHY THERE MAY BE RESISTANCE, WHY THERE IS RESISTANCE.

SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AT LEAST TO EXTENDING IT TO ESPANOL AWAY IS BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO WALK PAST ESPANOL AWAY AT ANY TIME.

YOU KNOW, FROM LATE AFTERNOON ON WHEN I DO NOT SEE IT BOOMING.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE JUST PASSED SOMETHING TO HAND 50 GRAND TO MOUNT SINAI FOR A LAUDABLE, IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO PAY AND DO REGARDLESS OF OUR FUNDING.

RIGHT. SO WE MADE THAT CHOICE, AND THAT'S SO BE IT.

BUT WHY WOULD WE BE HANDING OUT MONEY TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE THRIVING? THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL ON ESPANOLA. LINCOLN ROAD HASN'T HAD THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT ESPANOLA WAY AND I HAVE TO SAY OTHERWISE BY THE WAY ABOUT ABOUT THE BUSINESSES ON ESPANOLA. YEAH.

I'VE HEARD SOME BUSINESSES DO DO STRUGGLE. THEN LET'S OFFER.

THEY'RE ALL DEALING WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH INFLATIONARY ISSUES.

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JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. OKAY. WELL, WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF SUBSIDIZING INFLATIONARY ISSUES.

I AM A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT. AND AND I'M SAYING THAT I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT BUT WE'RE NOT.

LISTEN, IT'S EXPENSIVE HERE. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

SOMEBODY JUST POSTED A PICTURE OF 18 EGGS GOING FOR 20 BUCKS.

LIKE, COME ON, WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEPLACE.

IS THIS FIRST READING OR SECOND? IS THIS ACCEPTING THAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION. SO HERE'S WHAT I PROPOSE.

I PROPOSE WE PASS IT AS INTENDED WITHOUT ESPANOLA, AND DO THE RESEARCH AND FIND OUT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT MERITS BEING INCLUDED ON THIS.

AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND AMEND IT MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? AND IF I FIND I'LL GO SPEAK TO THE RESTAURANTS EN ESPANOL IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT, TO WHICH I'M SURE THEY MIGHT SAY THAT THEY WOULD.

WE CAN BRING IT FORWARD AND PUT IT THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, FIND OUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PASS THIS ALREADY IF POSSIBLE.

MR.. COMMISSIONER, I THINK IT'S REALLY BAD PRECEDENT TO BE PASSING LEGISLATION ON A BUSINESS THAT HAS LOBBIED ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO TO RECEIVE AN ABATEMENT AND ONLY SINGLE OUT THAT BUSINESS ON THAT ROAD.

I THINK IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. IT'S NOT GOOD POLICY.

I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO MENTAL GYMNASTICS HERE THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO BITE US IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO I HIGHLY CAUTIOUS US, CAUTION US TO REALLY THINK THIS ONE THROUGH.

OKAY. SO IS THERE IS THERE A BUSINESS LOBBYING FOR THIS? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN LOBBYING. NO. THEY DID NOT LOBBY ANYONE EXCEPT FOR THE BID.

AND IT WAS A CASUAL CONVERSATION. AND BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, I CHOSE TO TAKE SOME ACTION AFTER SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL OF THE OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS TO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A STOPGAP. I THINK WE'RE A CITY IN TRANSITION WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA IS BEING REBUILT.

SO I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE SMART AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THIS MASSIVE CONVENTION CENTER.

PEOPLE EXIT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO GO.

AND SO WE'D LIKE THESE CAFES TO STAY OPEN. SO NOTHING EXISTS IN A VACUUM.

AND A LOT OF THESE CAFES ARE FULL. AS YOU SEE, WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER IS OPEN, THE CAFES ARE FULL AND IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A NICE BUSINESS. AND AND SO FOR RIGHT NOW, IF THEY'RE ASKING US SO THAT THEY CAN REMAIN STAFFED IN THE OFF SEASON WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER IS SITTING EMPTY, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A RIDICULOUS ASK.

AS I SAID, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THE MARKET IS GOING TO CORRECT ITSELF.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

AND THAT IS WHY I'M PUTTING THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE NOTHING EXISTS IN A VACUUM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM. I'M GOING TO MOVE IT IN A SECOND.

THE SECOND. REALLY? SO. NO, WAIT, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THIS ITEM TO HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ON LINCOLN ROAD.

DO I HAVE A SECOND MAYOR? COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, HIGH COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, I THIS SOUNDS LIKE A VERY NEAT IDEA. I ALMOST THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH IT MORE LIKE A SMALL BUSINESS CAN APPLY FOR A GRANT IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REVIEWS, RATHER THAN A BLANKET ABATEMENT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

WELL, WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THEN WE ONLY HAVE $100,000 IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

WE COULD ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WHAT WE COULD DO IS ALLOCATE $100,000 TO ADD TO THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT, WHICH IS NOT ONLY FOR RESTAURANTS, I BELIEVE IT'S FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESSES, SO THAT OUR HAIR SALONS STAY OPEN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT RESTAURANTS LIKE CARNITAS OR OTHER RESTAURANTS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S FINE. I PUT THIS THROUGH.

I AM NOT WEDDED TO IT. I WAS TRYING TO HELP LINCOLN ROAD.

I DON'T THINK THEY GOT THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE.

I THINK THE BUSINESSES REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, COULD YOU DO ANYTHING TO HELP? I THINK THE COMPASSIONATE AND ACTUALLY SMART THING TO DO IS TO TRY TO HELP.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM AND THE ABATEMENT PROGRAM, IT OFFERS SOME RELIEF AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE EMPLOYED.

IF THIS BODY DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT I FEEL VERY BADLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS SMART POLICY.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COUNTY ALSO AGREES THEY HAVE A SMALL MOM AND POP GRANT PROGRAM ALSO.

BUT IF THIS BODY DOESN'T AGREE, I WILL WITHDRAW.

SO LET ME, LET ME, LET ME. AND WE CAN DIE. VICE MAYOR WITHOUT COMPASSION.

VICE MAYOR. BUT I'M SORRY, JUST A SMALL ASIDE.

IT MAKES ME THINK OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE AN OPERA AND AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE HEROINE IS DYING OF CONSUMPTION, IT'S LIKE FLOUNDERING ON THE FLOOR AND THEN GETS UP AND DOES A WHOLE BIG ARIA BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE LAST DYING GASP.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE THIS, THIS ARIA HERE'S HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

JASON. MR. CFO, NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER. OH, HEATHER, MAYBE YOU BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU GUYS, SOMEBODY WILL KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

NO, I'M LOOKING AT IT. I KNOW, MAYBE TAMIKA KNOWS.

OH, TAMIKA ALWAYS KNOWS EVERYTHING. TAMIKA. NO.

I'M KIDDING. SO THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT THAT WE HAVE, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, IS IT FUNDED? IS IT ADMINISTERED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YES.

IT'S $100,000 TO COVER THE YEAR. YES. DO DO WE USE THAT MONEY EVERY YEAR? DO WE? THIS IS THE. HEATHER SHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE DOING IT, AND THE GRANTS ARE OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS, WHERE THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE GRANTS, THE APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW SO WE CAN GIVE THE MONEY TO THE BUSINESSES FOR THE SUMMER.

OKAY. BUT IT'S ONLY IT'S A ONE TIME. AND SO DO WE HAVE ENOUGH APPLICANTS? WE JUST OPENED A FEW WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AGO ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AND WE GO IT CLOSES APRIL 14TH.

SO WE'RE STARTING. WE HAVE APPLICATIONS IN. YES.

OKAY. SO THIS IS WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE. I LOVE THIS IDEA, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, OF DOING IT AS A GRANT APPLICATION AS OPPOSED TO A BLANKET SITUATION. AND I THINK IF WE COULD EXPAND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS OR WHATEVER THE PROGRAM IS OFFICIALLY CALLED, AND LET RESTAURANTS WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONALITY KNOW THAT THIS IS A THING YOU APPLY NOW TO GET YOU THROUGH THE TOUGH MONTHS, AND THEN THOSE WHO NEED IT CAN MAKE A CASE FOR IT, AND IT GETS REVIEWED AND VETTED INVENTED PROPERLY AND THOSE WHO DON'T NEED IT DON'T APPLY.

AND SO I THINK THAT ACCOMPLISHES YOUR GOAL, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, AND IS A BETTER FINANCIAL STEWARD FOR ALL OF US.

AND YOU KNOW, IT IS A MORE EQUITABLE WAY OF OF PROCEEDING.

AND IF YOU SEE, ONCE THIS IS COMMUNICATED BROADLY THAT THERE IS A REAL INFLUX, A REAL NEED, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AS A BODY AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE EXTEND THIS FOR A COUPLE MORE MONTHS, MAYBE WE ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE POT, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE SOME METRICS AND KNOW WHERE IN THE BUSINESS IN THE CITY IT'S COMING FROM.

AND PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS SHOULD BE WHAT IS CAUSING THE HARDSHIP.

LIKE, IS IT A CRAZY RENT? IS IT YOU KNOW, THE CHEF PASSED AWAY AND SO YOU'RE SCRAMBLING LIKE WHATEVER, GOD FORBID. BUT YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M HAMPERED BY SEASONALITY OR, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES AROUND ME ARE CLOSED AND I'M WAITING FOR THEM TO OPEN, LIKE IT WILL BE A GREAT USE DATA COLLECTION VEHICLE AS WELL FOR US.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, THAT IT IS WIDELY DISSEMINATED FOR ALL OF US SO WE CAN INFORM OUR POLICY DECISIONS ACCORDINGLY.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL. IT WOULD BE EQUITABLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.

AND WE COULD NOT SET A PRECEDENT THAT MIGHT GO BADLY FOR US.

SO THIS IS FOR LINCOLN ROAD. PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR THIS ABATEMENT.

AND AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY HAVE TO ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS.

AND THEN I GUESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL EITHER APPROVE OR DENY.

THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM ASKED.

THOSE QUESTIONS WE ASK WHY DO YOU NEED THE MONEY? AND SHE SAID, YES. IN ADDITION TO THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO ADD ON THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR AN ABATEMENT IN THE MONTHS THAT WE SPECIFIED IN THIS PROGRAM AND GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS TO THEN GET THE ABATEMENT, OKAY, INSTEAD OF A BLANKET ABATEMENT, WHICH I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES MIGHT NOT NEED THE ABATEMENT.

AND WHAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF I MAKE THAT MOTION, WILL SOMEBODY SECOND IT? WELL, SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

I GUESS ONE OF THE ISSUES THEN IS WHAT THE CRITERIA WOULD BE, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A NEW PROGRAM WE'RE CREATING HERE ON THE FLOOR WITH WE DON'T HAVE CRITERIA. SO WHEN THEY APPLY, HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHO TO.

I THINK IT'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM. IT'S FOLDING.

FOLDING THE ABATEMENT, FOLDING IT INTO THE EXISTING PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.

AND THERE'S CRITERIA FOR THE CONCEPT OF THE SIDEWALK CONCESSION OR THE ABATEMENT.

I'M SORRY FOR THE ABATEMENT. YOU HAVE CRITERIA FOR THE ABATEMENT. I'M ASKING, BUT THEN WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH I WANT TO EXPLAIN.

YOU'RE RAISING WATER AND SEWER RATES. YOU HAVE PEGGED ALL OF OUR FEES TO THE CPI, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE THAT MITCH NOVAK BROUGHT UP.

AND WE HAVE THIS HYPER SEASONALITY AND WE'RE SUFFERING AND YOU SEE INFLATION.

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JASON, WE HAVE TO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS THAT THERE IS A HESITATION TO HELP THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT I THINK WE'RE FACING SOME SITUATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEYOND NORMAL.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE FOREVER MORE. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I CANNOT STAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO RAISE WATER AND SEWER FEES.

EVERY SINGLE FEE IS GOING TO BE TO BE RAISED BY 3%.

I THINK THAT THIS IS EGREGIOUS STUFF THAT IS SQUEEZING OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IS ALREADY SUFFERING.

SO I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. I REALLY I FIND IT UPSETTING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DISAGREED WITH THIS.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I PROPOSED THIS IS BECAUSE MY ENTIRE LIFE, SINCE I WAS 20, SINCE I'M 20, I'VE KIND OF BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS AND I'VE SEEN THE HYPER SEASONALITY, BUT I'VE SEEN IT GROW WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.

I'M NO LONGER IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS KEEPING STAFF.

AND IF YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE LIVING IN FLAMINGO PARK TO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE MIAMI BEACH.

THESE SMALL TWEAKS GO A LONG WAY. SO. SO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY.

I JUST CHANGED YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION TO CITY ATTORNEY.

IT'S OKAY. RICK, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW CITY MANAGER.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SIT NEXT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT.

BUT I WILL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RATE INCREASES.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS HAS NOT INCREASED THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE'RE THAT WE CHARGE.

AND WE HAVE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE FLOODING DOESN'T STOP.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE LIKE YOU NEED TO.

SO ARE WE NOT GOING TO FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE WE? AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENS.

SO BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

AND IT'S NOT JASON IS DOING THIS TO US. IT IS.

NO. LET ME FINISH PLEASE. AND THEN. AND THEN ERIC.

IT IS A, A THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.

AND IF OUR RESIDENTS ARE FLOODED OUT EVERY TIME IT RAINS DURING THE SUMMER, THERE IS A PROBLEM AND WE KNOW THAT.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? 50 TO 80% OF OUR PIPES ARE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M SURE I'M NOT GETTING IT RIGHT, BUT WE NEED TO FIX IT, AND WE CAN'T JUST MAGIC THEM UP.

WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

SO LET'S NOT CONFLATE THE TWO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO ANY JUSTICE TO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS LEGITIMATE, AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH A MUCH MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT WHERE EVERYBODY IS INFORMED ON THE ISSUE.

SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, LET'S KEEP THOSE TWO ITEMS SEPARATE.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO ERIC HAD HIS HIS LIGHT ON FOR A WHILE.

SO IF I CAN JUST ASK A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON THIS AND JUST 100% TRANSPARENCY, THE ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGE OF RE TENANTING COMMERCIAL SPACES.

AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUSH ANYBODY OUT OF BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

WHAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I GUESS, $100,000 OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING GOING INTO A SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, OR ARE WE ADDING IT TO THE ONE THAT ALREADY EXISTS, OR ARE WE CREATING A RESTAURANT VERSION OF THAT? SO MY VISION AND FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN, FOLKS, BUT MY VISION WAS WE TAKE THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND WE EXPAND THE PARAMETERS OF WHO CAN APPLY FOR WHAT WITH THE EXISTING 100,000, AND IF TOWARDS THE END OF THE THE OPEN ENROLLMENT OR APPLICATION TIME, WE SEE WE HAVE A RUN ON IT. AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, MANY MORE PEOPLE APPLIED FOR FOR THINGS AND THEY HAVE LEGITIMATE CASES, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND ADD SOME FUNDING IF WE NEED TO.

I'M NOT ENVISIONING A SEPARATE PROGRAM. I'M NOT ENVISIONING ADDING MONEY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF WILL EVEN HIT THE $100,000 MARK.

SO LET'S START WITH 100 WITH THE EXISTING PROGRAM, MAYBE JUST EXPAND THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT IT COULD COVER.

AND, AND THEN YOU KNOW, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF APRIL, WHEN THE, WHEN THE PROGRAM IS CLOSED DOWN FOR APPLICATIONS, THEN WE CAN EVALUATE, DO WE NEED TO KEEP IT GOING FOR ANOTHER MONTH, DO WE NEED TO ADD SOME MONEY TO THE KITTY.

BUT THAT BUT THAT ISN'T WHAT OKAY, I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE SITUATIONS.

WE HAVE THE $100,000 IN OUR SMALL MOM AND POP GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR IN OUR SLOW MONTHS.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT I THOUGHT THAT ON LINCOLN ROAD, SIDEWALK CAFES COULD APPLY FOR AN ABATEMENT THROUGHOUT THOSE MONTHS IF THEY GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS. BUT THAT IS NOT COMING OUT OF THE $100,000 IN THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, THAT IS JUST THE CITY DISCOUNTING FEES, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND? ONE OF THEM WERE GIVING WE'RE OFFERING MONEY TO PAY EITHER FOR RENT OR EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S WHAT THE PROGRAM SAYS WILL EITHER PAY.

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YOU KNOW, WE'LL EITHER GIVE MONEY TOWARD RENT OR TOWARD AN EMPLOYEE.

I BELIEVE I THINK IT'S EMPLOYEES. YEAH. PAYROLL.

OKAY. SO THAT IS ONE PROGRAM. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS, AND I THINK WE COULD JUST MOVE THIS.

IT'S FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SIDEWALK CAFES THAT WOULD LIKE AN ABATEMENT CAN APPLY.

CAN APPLY. OKAY. BUT THAT BUT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR DISCOUNTED FEES.

THAT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE $100,000. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE THE EXISTING $100,000 CITYWIDE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHICH IS SET. AND I THINK TO THE COMMISSIONER'S POINT, IT'S CORRECT.

IT'S I'M NOT CUTTING A CHECK WHICH WOULD REQUIRE FUNDING.

THIS IS I'M GOING TO GET LESS REVENUE. RIGHT.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THE ITEM AS IT IS NOW IS FOR ONE YEAR ON LINCOLN ROAD ONLY WOULD BE A 50% DISCOUNT DURING THAT ONE SIX MONTH PERIOD.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DEBATE ON IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT CRITERIA ON THAT. ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT THERE'S A MAXIMUM SIZE? THERE'S A REVENUE SIZE OF BUILDING. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE TALK ABOUT DID YOU WANT TO PUT A CRITERIA OR IS IT BLANKET THAT EVERYONE WILL GET THAT DISCOUNT DURING THAT PERIOD, WHICH IS WHAT THE ITEM I BELIEVE THAT IS PRESENTED? I MEAN, MY VIEW IS IF WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT NEED HELP, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE CRITERIA THAT DEFINE WHAT THAT IS.

I MEAN, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IS THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED UP SOUTH OF FIFTH, YOU KNOW, THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUILD OUT ONLY FOR I UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST FOR, FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO GET SOME SOME REBATES OR ABATEMENT ON MY FEES AS WELL.

SO IF I CAN PERHAPS WE COULD IF, IF WANTED, YOU KNOW, EDDIE COULD COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH SOME RECOMMENDED CRITERIA.

TALK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS IF THE INTENTION IS TO KEEP THE BOX.

NOT ALL OF LINCOLN ROAD, BUT A SPECIFIC SUBSET.

IF YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, HEATHER AND ED WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND COULD COME BACK.

THE CRITERIA NARROW. IT IS LINCOLN ROAD. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO SIX MONTHS AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WHICH ARE OUR SLOWER MONTHS. BUSINESSES CAN APPLY FOR AN ABATEMENT OR A DISCOUNT FOR THOSE MONTHS.

AND AND IF THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND THEY PROVIDE US THIS INFORMATION, WE WILL GIVE THE DISCOUNT.

BY THE WAY, COMMISSIONER BART, WHAT YOU SAY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE'RE COLLECTING DATA AND WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR A STUDY. SO LET'S SAY IT'S $100,000. IF WE HAD TO DO A STUDY AT FIU, IT WOULD COST US $100,000.

SO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT MOTION? WITHOUT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE EXEMPTIONS OR EXEMPTIONS.

EVEN IN THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, NOT ALL BUSINESSES GET IT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THIS IS NOT THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.

THIS IS JUST LINCOLN ROAD SIDEWALK CAFES, THREE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, THE SLOWEST MONTHS, DISCOUNTING THE FEES BY 50%. THAT'S IT, IF I MAY.

THE REASON I SAID SIX MONTHS IS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BUILDS IN SIX MONTHS.

SO IF IT'S A 50% DISCOUNT FOR THAT THREE MONTHS, EFFECTIVELY THAT'S SIX MONTH BILL WOULD THEN BE DISCOUNTED BY 25%.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR IT DOESN'T BUSINESS DOESN'T DROP OFF UNTIL WHEN? IT'S JULY, RIGHT? JULY. AUGUST. OKAY. JULY. WE'RE STILL KIND OF SOARING A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT THAT'S HOW IT'S BILLED. SO.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON WHAT THE THE REVISED PROPOSAL WILL BE.

SO I WILL MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND, SHOULD WE CALL A VOTE? YES. CALL THE VOTE. I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. CAN WE JUST.

EXACTLY. MR. CITY CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW? I HAVE. GO AHEAD. SURE. SO RATHER THAN HAVING A PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL, OR THAT WOULD APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL SIDEWALK CAFES OR CONCESSIONS ON LINCOLN ROAD, THIS WILL BE A PROGRAM THAT WILL REQUIRE AN APPLICATION TO RECEIVE THE 50% DISCOUNT DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AND A BUSINESS WILL NEED TO SATISFY CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL DEVELOP AND COME BACK TO COMMISSION NEXT MONTH FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AND IT WILL BE A NEEDS BASED PROGRAM.

SO IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY DURING THOSE MONTHS, THEN YOU WILL NOT GET THE ABATEMENT.

BUT IF YOU NEED THE HELP, YOU'LL GET THE HELP.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH. I THINK WE'RE JUST APPROVING IT AND THAT'S IT.

WE ALREADY DEFINED THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM.

IF IT'S SIMPLE. LINCOLN ROAD SIDEWALK CAFES, SEPTEMBER, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

THAT'S IT. WHAT IF I CALL THE ITEM I CALL, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

I THINK I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE.

I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE ON LINCOLN ROAD, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST LINCOLN ROAD SIDEWALK CAFES, THOSE BUSINESSES THAT APPLY. AND WHAT WE DECIDED WAS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COLLECT THE DATA.

SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO RUSH THIS.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BRING IT BACK, LET'S BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH AND LET'S NOT SHOOT FROM THE HIP.

BRING IT BACK NEXT TIME. YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS SUCH A BIG ITEM.

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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

YOU HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AT EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.

IT WAS IN COMMITTEE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE DISCUSSED IT AT COMMITTEE.

WE'VE DISCUSSED IT HERE, BUT IT'S OKAY. WE CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH AND THAT'S FINE.

AND I DO HOPE THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS MIAMI BEACH APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF THIS ENTIRE BODY OFFERING THESE SUBSIDIES AND DOING THIS WORK SO THAT OUR BUSINESSES STAY OPEN AS WE TRANSITION AND BUILD MORE AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT MAKING WE'RE NOT MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE.

I'M GOING TO SAY IT ONE FINAL TIME. ALL OF OUR RATES AND INCREASES ARE IMPROVING.

INSURANCE PRICES HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ROOF. WATER AND SEWER IS DEBILITATINGLY HIGH FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND I DO THINK THAT THOSE BUSINESSES WITH GREAT PRODUCTS WILL SURVIVE.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, AND THE REASON AND THIS DOESN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE THAT MUCH.

I WISH I COULD DO MORE TO HELP BUSINESSES, FRANKLY.

AND WE CAN'T WE CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT LANDLORDS ARE CHARGING FOR RENT AS THEIR COSTS GO UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, SO SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE SHOULD BE RAISING WATER AND SEWER.

BUT COMMISSIONER, BUT YOU BRING UP A GREAT YOU KNOW, YOU THE PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD BE COVERING THE WATER AND SEWER.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER BART, THEY PASSED THAT ON TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO YOU'LL SEE YOUR WATER BILL GO FROM $1,000.

AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SPECIFICS OF THE INCREASE BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE THE I.

IT'S NOT HERE YET. BUT IF YOUR WATER BILL IN A SLOW MONTH GOES FROM $1,000 TO HUNDRED.

IT HURTS. IT HURTS? YEAH. 50%. WELL, NO, NO, IT'S NINE.

IT'S A 9%. I BELIEVE THE WATER AND SEWER WAS 9%.

RIGHT. SO IT WOULD GO, LET'S SAY 1000 TO 92. HOW MUCH.

1090. IN THAT SCENARIO $1,090 OKAY. SO NOT A 50% INCREASE.

BUT IF YOUR WATER BILL GOES UP 10% AND YOUR INSURANCE INCREASE IS 10% AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER FEES, I'M NOT QUITE SURE I CAN GET A LIST, PROBABLY FROM JASON OF ALL THE FEES THAT WERE INCREASING THIS YEAR.

BUT LIKE I LIKE LIKE MITCH NOVICK SAID BEFORE, NORMALLY WE DIDN'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE FEES LIKE WE ARE NOW DOING NORMALLY.

THERE WAS A PUBLIC CONVERSATION SURROUNDING IT AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A VOTE.

AND SO IF SOMEBODY BRINGS FORWARD AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THESE INCREASES RATHER THAN PEG THEM TO CPI I AM 100% IN FAVOR OF THAT BECAUSE WE PAY MORE THAN ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

IT IS EXPENSIVE. OUR REAL ESTATE IS EXPENSIVE, OUR INSURANCE IS MORE COSTLY.

OUR REAL ESTATE PRICES, PARKING. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO BUSINESS THIS YEAR AND I THINK MR..

MR. ATTORNEY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE HAVE AN ITEM NOW THAT AT THE START OF EVERY BUDGET SEASON, I THINK IT'S AN ITEM THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD. WE NEED TO GET FULL DISCLOSURE ON ANY AND ALL RATE AND FEE INCREASES BEING PROPOSED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT THAT THAT AND I SEE THE CFO WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT.

SO WHEN WE START THE BUDGET WE WON'T BE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE.

IT CAN'T BE BURIED IN THE BOOK. THE MANAGER NEEDS TO GIVE US A MEMO THAT DELINEATES EVERY SINGLE FEE INCREASE IS BEING PROPOSED SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE, DO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THIS, THESE FEE INCREASES, OR DO WE WANT TO OPPOSE THESE FEE INCREASES? CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. AND THAT WAS YOUR WAS YOUR ITEM. AND WE WILL WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IN THE JUNE JULY BUDGET, WORKSHOPS RELATED TO THE ONE WILL BE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

THERE WOULD BE AN ATTACHMENT TO THAT BUDGET MEMO THAT WOULD HAVE THAT ATTACHMENT OF ALL OF THOSE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT FEE INCREASES.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO OFF TOPIC BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED EARLIER, BUT WE'RE KIND OF JUST RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES WHEN THE REAL PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THE ECONOMY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EASY TO TO POINT FINGERS THAT WE HAVE HOTELS THAT ARE OPENING UP OR THE CONVENTION CENTER IS NOT HERE, AND OUR ECONOMY IS CYCLICAL AND SEASONAL.

YOU KNOW, I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE A TRANSFORMATIVE CITY IN THE NEXT TEN, 20, 30 YEARS, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING FORWARD A LEGISLATION TO PUT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ON THE MOST STRUGGLING AREAS OF OUR OF OUR CITY, SUCH AS LINCOLN ROAD AND WASHINGTON AVENUE. AND THAT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE THE DYNAMIC OF OUR OF OUR ECONOMY INSTEAD OF HAVING VAPE SHOPS AND YOU KNOW, TOURISTIC ESTABLISHMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO

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HAVE GROCERY STORES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STORES AND BUSINESSES THAT CATER TO A FULL TIME RESIDENT CROWD. SO WE LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND TRY TO NICKEL AND DIME, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS AND TRY TO COME UP WITH THESE SMALL LITTLE IDEAS TO HELP BUSINESSES.

BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO REALLY TRANSFORM THE CITY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, YOU GOT TO, YOU GOT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND AND AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. WAIT, CAN I JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO BRING THIS INTO A LANDING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT PRIOR TO CHIEF JONES COMING ON BOARD AND ARE BREAKING UP WITH SPRING BREAK CAMPAIGN, WE HAD THE WORST PR IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND THEN WE HAD THAT BREAKING UP WITH SPRING BREAK THAT WENT VIRAL.

WE GOT A NEW POLICE CHIEF. WE DEMANDED POLICE PRESENCE IN AREAS FOR YEARS.

WE PASSED POLICIES, RIGHT. ALL OF US. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, MAYOR MINOR, WE PASSED THESE POLICIES THAT EVENTUALLY HAVE.

NOW THEY'RE TAKING EFFECT. BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT INFLUENCES EVERYTHING IS MARKETING AND WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, AND WHAT WE KIND OF NEEDED TO DO WAS TELL EVERYBODY, DON'T COME HERE FOR SPRING BREAK BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL THE CROWDS.

SO NOW WE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF OUR OWN MARKETING.

IT'S NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.

NOW WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS ANOTHER MARKETING CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR, EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT WITH MARKETING THAT IS POSITIVE, THAT SAYS, COME BACK TO MIAMI BEACH AND OUR BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO FILL RIGHT UP. JUST LIKE WE CAN TELL PEOPLE NOT TO COME, WE CAN MARKET OUR WAY OUT OF IT AND TELL PEOPLE TO COME. OKAY, THIS IS ALL MARKETING AND PERCEPTION.

IT'S NOT ABOUT BUILDING. OKAY. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU 100%.

IT'S NOT ABOUT DENSITY, OKAY? IT'S NOT BUILD, BUILD, BUILD I DO.

I WOULDN'T MIND A FEW PROJECTS IF IT WAS LOW SCALE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T GET AROUND IS VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THIS, AND ONE THING, BY THE WAY, IS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING IN PLACES LIKE WEST AVENUE, WHEN WE REPLACE A BUILDING THAT HAS WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH A LUXURY TOWER, THAT MEANS THAT HALF THE YEAR THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE HERE. SO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE HYPER SEASONALITY.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET ON BOARD WITH SOME SORT OF MINIMAL DENSITY, OR AT LEAST HEIGHT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAST IN SHADOWS.

AND OUR BEACH ISN'T, YOU KNOW, CAST IN SHADOWS.

BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD NOT APPRECIATE.

IF WE CAN FIND A PRODUCT THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT REMEMBER, WE ARE COMING OUT OF A SITUATION THAT HAD GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.

IT WAS A MANAGED DECLINE OVER MANY YEARS TO RUIN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT SO THAT THEY COULD REDEVELOP IT.

AND WE'RE FINALLY CLIMBING OUR WAY OUT OF IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND CHIEF JONES AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A POLICE PRESENCE LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED.

YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. AND ALSO MELISSA BERTHIER AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND COMMISSIONERS FERNANDEZ AND SUAREZ AND MAYOR MINOR, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD, MAYOR MINOR, WITH YOUR PROSECUTION STAFF, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WITH HIS INFLATED PARKING, DID THAT REALLY TURNED PEOPLE AWAY? IT ALSO MADE THEM MAD.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. AND COMMISSIONER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ORDINANCES YOU HAVE PASSED ON CRIME AND CURFEWS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE.

SO IT'S BEEN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE IN THE ASHES AND WE'RE EMERGING RIGHT NOW LIKE A PHOENIX.

AND SO WE CAN DEFINE THAT. WE CAN DEFINE THAT THROUGH MARKETING.

AND AND MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS EXPLORE DIFFERENT MARKETING CAMPAIGNS TO FILL UP OUR BUSINESSES.

MAYBE THE $100,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IN SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

MAYBE WE PUT THAT INTO A MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND THEN WE DON'T.

AND THEN THE BUSINESSES FILL UP. SO I'M GOING TO WORK ON SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.

AND I'M GLAD WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I WOULD BECAUSE MAYBE $100,000 IN A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGN WOULD BE THE ELIXIR AND NOT SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS. THANK YOU.

RICK, WHERE ARE WE? AS I UNDERSTAND, THE BODY IS VOTING TO REQUEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION RETURN WITH CRITERIA. AND I THINK THE ONLY THING YOU WILL VOTE ON AT THAT TIME WILL BE TO APPROVE THE CRITERIA.

TODAY YOU ARE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE TO ALLOW BUSINESSES OR RESTAURANTS ON LINCOLN ROAD TO APPLY FOR THE ABATEMENT DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

50% ABATEMENT OF THE CONCESSION FEES? NO. JASON, DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY? THE WHOLE PROGRAM HAS TO COME BACK. I WOULD ASSUME THE GUY WOULD JUST BE HEARD IN RETURN NEXT MONTH WITH THE. SOME OF THE CRITERIA WILL BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THE CRITERIA

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AND PUT IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UNLESS COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WOULD LIKE TO I MEAN, HAS ISSUES WITH IT.

IF HE WANTS, WE CAN HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING AND DISCUSS THE CRITERIA FOR THE THREE MONTH, 25%, 50% ABATEMENT FOR THE SIDEWALK CAFES, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY UPSETTING HIM.

SO I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE AND I WILL SPEAK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE WILL COME BACK WITH CRITERIA THAT EVERYBODY WILL WELL LOVE, I CORRECT MYSELF.

NOTHING TO VOTE ON TODAY. SO IT'S I THINK SO.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING THE ITEM TILL NEXT MONTH TO MARCH 19TH WHERE CRITERIA IS THAT A NEW RESIDENT WILL BE BROUGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ON A BRIGHTER NOTE, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU ALREADY PASSED ON C7 Y AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, A REFRESH OF THE FINDING YOUR WAIVE CAMPAIGN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING IMMEDIATELY AFTER SPRING BREAK THIS YEAR.

SO AMAZING. AND I WILL MENTION THERE IS A LOT OF CAPITAL COMING INTO OUR CITY.

WE HAVE I TOOK A TOUR. I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.

THERE'S OVER $100 MILLION OF CAPITAL COMING INTO LINCOLN ROAD AND NEW BUSINESSES AND REFURBISHING OF BUSINESSES.

SO IT'S AND I ACTUALLY TOOK A TOUR IT. IT IS SPECTACULAR.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE OPENING UP FAIRLY SOON. TO THAT POINT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE APPROVED A SPECIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING BUDGET TO PROMOTE SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES THAT THE MAYOR HAS HIGHLIGHTED. I KNOW WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO GET WORKING ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL.

I'M GOING TO TURN TO SEVERAL ITEMS RELATING TO THE BIKINI HOSTEL.

I'M GOING TO CALL I'M GOING TO CALL THEM ALL ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

IN DEFERENCE TO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, WHO BROUGHT AN ITEM LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE VICE MAYOR BOUGHT.

YOU'RE A CO-SPONSOR. OUR NINEAB COMMISSIONER, ROSEN GONZALEZ, HAS AN ITEM R9 AF, AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT NUMBER TWO.

AS WELL, I'M GOING TO. SINCE MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT THE ITEMS, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STRONG THOUGHTS AND A POTENTIAL PROPOSAL AS WELL ON THIS.

I'LL SHARE, BUT I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEMS. AND THEN I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND MAYOR.

JUST FOR PJS TO PUT THE ITEM UP. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL UNDER OUR NINE AB DISCUSS TAKE ACTION REPORT ON 1247 WEST AVENUE,

[R9 AB DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: SITUATIONAL REPORT ON 1247 WEST AVE. (BIKINI HOSTEL) REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON CURRENT SITUATION.]

[R9 AF DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: WHAT IS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH GOING TO DO ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A HOMELESS SHELTER?]

[2. INFORMATIONAL ITEM: BIKINI HOSTEL.]

UPDATING THE CURRENT SITUATION REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

WE'RE HEARING R9, AF AND REPORT NUMBER TWO. SO FIRST, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THE ITEM LAST MONTH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE I'LL CALL ON R9 AB FIRST.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MAYOR. AND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL SPENT A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME ON, A HUGE AMOUNT OF BRAINPOWER. UNFORTUNATELY, HOW OUR CITY WORKS IS WE CAN'T TALK AMONGST EACH OTHER EXCEPT IN PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING.

SO WE DON'T REALLY GET THAT CHANCE TO KIND OF BRAINSTORM TOGETHER.

AND THE INTENT OF ME PUTTING THIS ON LAST MONTH WAS REALLY JUST TO GET SOME INFORMATION INTO THE PUBLIC ATMOSPHERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE RECEIVE SO MUCH INCOMING CALLS, EMAILS, INQUIRIES SAYING, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY COULD ATTEST, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S BEEN TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT HAVE WENT BY WHERE WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE BIKINI HOSTEL, WHAT THE CITY'S OPTIONS ARE. SO I ALMOST JUST WANT TO GET SOME THINGS OUT THERE INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING BACK BEING REACTIVE TO THE SITUATION. MYSELF, MY FATHER IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

THE NIGHT THAT THE HOMELESS WERE DROPPED OFF.

I WAS LAYING IN BED WITH MY DAUGHTER COLORING AT 9 P.M.

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND GOT THAT CALL FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, I BELIEVE, MADE A TRIP THERE AT 10 P.M.

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, STAYED UNTIL 1 P.M.. AND THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE WE HAVE ALL, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, FOUND OURSELVES THERE.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT IF I COULD ALMOST HAND IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

NOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TOO SHORT WINDED, BUT TO KEEP THINGS CONCISE.

SITES. HAVE WE EXPLORED OUR OPTIONS NOW AND EVEN HISTORICALLY, BECAUSE ISSUES OF THE BIKINI HOSPITAL DIDN'T JUST START ARISING WHEN THE HOMELESS WERE BUSED IN. IN FACT, WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A PLAGUE ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YEARS, WELL PREDATING THE ARRIVAL OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE WHERE THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SITE IN OUR CITY THAT HAD MORE CALLS FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.

THERE WAS A STUDY DONE THAT OVER A FIVE MONTH PERIOD.

ALL THE DIFFERENT POLICE AND CODE COMPLIANCE RESOURCES THAT HAD TO RESPOND TO CALLS THERE TOTALED OVER $1 MILLION, $1 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR RESOURCES JUST TO RESPOND TO THE BIKINI HOSTEL.

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AND THAT IS BEFORE THE CURRENT SITUATION HERE.

SO THIS IS LONG BEEN PROBLEMATIC. OPERATOR. IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT THIS IS A HARD THING TO SAY TO MY CONSTITUENTS, OUR CONSTITUENTS.

THERE'S LIMITED LEVERS THAT WE HAVE AS A GOVERNMENT TO PULL PERHAPS THE MAYOR SMIRKING BECAUSE HE HE MAY COME UP WITH ONE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN HE HAS HIS ITEM READ, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND JUST SAY, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? AND IF THERE'S LIMITED, WE NEED TO BE FORTHCOMING AND HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT.

SURE. AND I THINK YOU YOU SET THAT UP VERY OR PERFECTLY BECAUSE THERE ARE UNLIMITED LEVERS.

THE BIKINI HOSPITAL IS OPERATING WITHIN ITS PERMITTED USE.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT NECESSARILY HAPPY ABOUT THE CURRENT GUESTS WHO ARE THERE, BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO DO.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CODE VIOLATIONS OVER THE YEARS.

I BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE EXCEPT ONE THAT MIGHT BE PENDING CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED OR HAVE BEEN TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

THEY MAY HAVE PAID FINES, BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING THAT HAS AMOUNTED TO SOMETHING THAT WOULD TRIGGER A RESPONSE TO TEE UP THAT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT IN A BIT WHEN I TALK.

OKAY. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. AND AND THEN IN TERMS OF PROSPECTIVE LEGISLATION YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE USES WOULD BE PROSPECTIVE ONLY.

SO WHAT IS EXISTING THERE NOW WOULD BECOME WHICH I BELIEVE IT IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY LEGAL.

NONCONFORMING. BUT ANY OTHER CHANGES WE DESIRE OR THE BODY DESIRES TO MAKE WOULD SIMILARLY BE PROSPECTIVE.

WHAT I HAVE SHARED WITH WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND WITH SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT I THINK THE THE PERHAPS BEST OPTION FOR A SOLUTION WOULD BE TO FIND A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE BRINGING THESE, THESE INDIVIDUALS TO TO THE BIKINI HOSPITAL, TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ARGUABLY IS NOT THE BEST PLACE OR NOT THE MOST SUITABLE PLACE, ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF THEM HAVE JOBS ACROSS THE WAY AND ARE NOT WHERE WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO WHERE THEY WORK. BUT BUT LEGAL OPTIONS.

THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT TODAY.

BUT IN TERMS OF MOVING THE NEEDLE, I THINK ULTIMATELY THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A, A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION.

BEFORE I GO. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU HAVE AN ITEM.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YEAH. SO I WAS ALSO THERE THAT NIGHT IN NOVEMBER FOLLOWING THE COURT CASE WHERE MIAMI BEACH WON THE OPTION TO NOT TAX OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, THE 1%.

AND SO IT WAS VERY BIZARRE THAT NIGHT WHEN THE HOMELESS WERE LITERALLY BUSSED IN AT 9:00 AT NIGHT, WE GOT THE PHONE CALL. THEY WERE CONFUSED FUZED THEMSELVES.

THEY WERE LITERALLY RIPPED OUT OF THE CAMILLUS HOUSE.

THEY CAME HOLDING THEIR STUFF IN PLASTIC BAGS.

THEY WEREN'T TOLD WHY THEY HAD TO LEAVE. THEY HAD JOBS NEARBY AND THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THIS BIKINI HOSPITAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE BIKINI HOSPITAL BECAME CONFLATED WITH ZONING, BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ITEMS. THE BIKINI HOSPITAL IS ONE ITEM THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH SEPARATELY ALL OF A SUDDEN.

IT HAS TO DO WITH ZONING AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE CONFLATED.

THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. I REQUESTED SOME NUMBERS RIGHT NOW THAT THE POLICE THAT WE HAVE STATIONED OUTSIDE OF THE BIKINI HOSPITAL IS COSTING US $35,000 PER MONTH TO HAVE THAT POLICE CAR OUTSIDE OF THE BIKINI HOSPITAL.

AND EVEN THOUGH THAT POLICE CAR IS THERE YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE.

THAT HOMELESS POPULATION WAS AT CAMILLA'S HOUSE FOR A REASON.

THERE WERE RULES. THERE WAS A CURFEW, THERE WAS NO SMOKING OR DRINKING.

AND NOW THIS POPULATION, WHICH WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR LIVES TOGETHER AND HAVE JOBS NOW THEY HAVE NO RULES.

DAVID ADAMS SHOWED ME A VIDEO THAT HE WENT AND TOOK AT THE BIKINI HOSPITAL OF ALL OF THESE BIKES THAT WERE PAINTED BLACK, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS POPULATION IS GOING OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF BIKES BACK THERE.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GETTING THEFT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT A RESIDENT CALLED IN RIGHT NOW AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS POPULATION IS IS GATHERING.

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AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S NO COMMON AREA EXCEPT FOR ON WEST AVENUE.

SO THE ONLY PLACE THAT THIS POPULATION HAS TO GO, IF THEY WANT TO SIT AND TALK TO SOMEONE, THERE'S NO LIVING ROOM IN THE BIKINI HOSTEL. IT'S TINY LITTLE CELL LIKE ROOMS. AND SO THEY HAVE TO CONGREGATE IN THE STREET.

SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU HAVE A LARGE HOMELESS POPULATION. AND WHY IS THAT AN FOR AN ISSUE? BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, IT WAS NOT ZONED TO BE A HOMELESS SHELTER.

YOU HAVE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND, AND FRANKLY, IT DOESN'T BELONG THERE. AND I SEE THE TOURISTS WHO ARE ARRIVING AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL, AND WE WITNESSED THIS THAT NIGHT IN NOVEMBER, THESE YOUNG TOURISTS CAME UP, WENT IN AND LITERALLY CAME OUT LIKE RUNNING BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO JUST A TOURISM HOSTEL.

AND IT WASN'T. IT WAS A HOMELESS SHELTER. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.

AND I THINK THE FIRST PART OF THE ACTION IS TO UNDERSTAND WHO APPROACHED THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND AND WHY IS THE DEVELOPER NOW PURCHASING THAT HOSTEL? ARE WE BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY THE HOSTEL FOR ZONING? I MEAN, IF WE APPROVE THE ZONING, DOES THE HOSTEL? DOES THE. DOES THE HOMELESS POPULATION GO AWAY BECAUSE THAT THE TWO SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER? AND IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO PURCHASE THE BIKINI HOSTEL AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SHOULD PURCHASE IT SO THAT THERE IS NO CONFLICT.

SO WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE, AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN DO TO TO RELOCATE THIS HOMELESS POPULATION TO A FACILITY WITH COMMON AREAS WITH PROPER MEALS AND NUTRITION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GETTING PIZZA EVERY DAY.

I SEE IT, THEY'RE LIVING ON JUNK FOOD. CHEAP, CHEAP FAST FOOD.

THEY'RE NOT. THERE'S NO RULES. THERE'S A BAR NEXT DOOR.

I MEAN, THIS IS NOT HOW YOU REHABILITATE PEOPLE.

THIS IS THE ANTI REHABILITATION. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY ACTION POSSIBLE SO THAT THIS POPULATION IS RELOCATED TO A FACILITY THAT CAN MEET THEIR NEEDS NOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I AGREE I'M GOING TO MAKE A PROPOSAL IN A MINUTE.

SO JUST I JUST WANT TO TEE IT UP. I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE SAID IT.

BUT AGAIN, TO QUICKLY RECAP, THERE WAS A VOTER REFERENDUM ITEM THAT WOULD ADD A 1% TAX TO OUR CERTAIN RESTAURANTS, WOULD HAVE MADE US THE HIGHEST TAX IN THE IN THE CITY.

I BELIEVE YOU AND I, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ AND I HAD VOTED NO ON THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO THAT TAX, BUT IT DID PASS THAT CURRENT COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ BROUGHT AN ITEM WHICH OUR COMMISSION PASSED TO REMOVE IT FROM THE VOTER REFERENDUM.

AND WE WE BASICALLY WON IN COURT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ALTHOUGH THE HOMELESS TRUST DENIES IT.

BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU CAN PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE HAD HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BEING BROUGHT IN, AS YOU MENTIONED, SORT OF WITHOUT THEIR EVEN KNOWLEDGE COMING INTO OUR CITY.

AND I'LL ADD THAT AFTER THAT VOTE VOTING, THE MOVING, THE VOTER REFERENDUM, I GOT CALLS FROM, NOT RESIDENTS, YOU WOULD THINK RESIDENTS WOULD BE UPSET, MAYBE.

AND SOME PROBABLY WERE. I HEARD FROM SOME THAT THE VOTER REFERENDUM WAS TAKEN OFF, BUT MOST PEOPLE THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE.

IT WAS POLITICAL PLAYERS, MOSTLY FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT NO PERSON SHOULD EVER RECEIVE.

I WILL CALL THEM THREATS, WHAT THEY WERE AND WHAT IT SHOWED TO ME.

THIS WASN'T A LEVEL OF CARING. WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE. NOT THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT US. I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE. WE'RE ELECTED. YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING A CALL BECAUSE SOMEONE IS SINCERE AND COMPASSIONATE. AND WHEN YOU GET A CALL BECAUSE THERE IS BIG MONEY INVOLVED.

AND THAT WAS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. SO LET'S NOT LET THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THIS IS BIG MONEY BUSINESS.

WE ENDED UP COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMISSION AND VOTING TO USE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL MONEY.

BASICALLY, WE MADE THE COUNTY AND THE HOMELESS TRUST WHOLE.

WE DID THAT. BUT YET THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE BIKINI HOSTEL ARE STILL THERE.

I'VE MET WITH LEADERSHIP IN THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY MAYOR, THE CHAIR.

I MEAN, I LITERALLY HAVE MET WITH EVERYBODY. I THINK A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AS WELL, AND I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT CONVERSATIONS. NOT EVERYBODY SAID THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING? WHAT I HEAR, I'M LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY THIS HOMELESS TRUST CAN JUST MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

AND NOBODY AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE SAYS, OH NO, THE HOMELESS TRUST AND RON BOOK.

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HE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. NOBODY, NOBODY WANTS TO TRY TO BUCK HIM.

AND BUT YET OUR COMMISSION, OUR COMMISSION IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS.

AND I TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. AND I AND I ACTUALLY VISITED THE BIKINI HOSPITAL.

I'VE BEEN THERE. I'VE VISITED BEFORE, BUT I WENT LAST WEEK.

THERE'S AN OPEN BAR. THERE'S BESIDES THE OPEN BAR.

THERE ARE LITTLE FRIDGES IN THE LOBBY IN THE MAIN AREA THAT HAVE ALCOHOL IN IT.

I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT'S LEGAL TO HAVE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH.

AND BY THE WAY, YOU SEE THE SOCIAL WORKERS SITTING LITERALLY ON THE SIDEWALK FROM FROM SOCIAL SERVICES TRYING TO HELP THEM.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE PLACE.

AND ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR ONE OF OUR MAJOR PARKS, FLAMINGO PARK.

IT'S IT'S IF YOU SAW THIS IN A MOVIE, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THAT IT'S SO. AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARGUE THE HOMELESS TRUST WILL ARGUE.

WELL, THE INDIVIDUALS ARE BASICALLY SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.

IT'S THE LOWEST LEVEL. THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS AND HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.

BUT EVEN PUTTING THAT ASIDE, RECENTLY, ICE ACTUALLY WAS ABOUT TO SEND SOMEONE THERE WHO HAD A SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENDER HISTORY.

THEY CALLED THE HOMELESS TRUST. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY INTERVENED AND TOLD THEM NOT TO SEND THEM THERE. BUT THAT'S THE POINT. PEOPLE ARE VIEWING THIS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS VIEWING THIS AS A PLACE WHERE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A MAJOR INCIDENT HAPPENS, AND IT BEHOOVES US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREVENT THAT.

I ACTUALLY TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE HOMELESS, TRUST THAT. NOW, REMEMBER, THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME WERE FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI, PAID FOR BY THE THEY WERE IN CAMILLUS HOUSE. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY THERE.

THEY RAISED THEIR RATES. OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH DIRECTOR, ALBERT, JUST NEGOTIATED AND REDUCED THE NEGOTIATED RATES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM, I THINK, $70 OR TO ABOUT 57. IT USED TO BE IN THE 30S.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PAYING $37.

THE HOMELESS PERSON IS PAYING ABOUT $37. SORRY IF I'M GETTING A COUPLE OF THE DOLLARS OFF, BUT THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I OFFERED AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN I SAY OFFER OFFERED SUBJECT TO COMMISSION APPROVAL, WAS THAT WE WOULD PAY THE DIFFERENCE AND THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD GO TO A PLACE THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE, LIKE CAMILLUS HOUSE, THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR SITUATION, TO HELP THEM AND NOT SIT ON THE SIDE OF A CURB IN THE WEST AVENUE WITH A SOCIAL WORKER ON A LITTLE CHAIR AND A DESK, AND NOT EVEN A DESK LIKE A LITTLE TABLE THAT'S GETTING BACK AND FORTH.

I MEAN, WITH A BAR AS AS EVERYONE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, LITERALLY MULTIPLE BARS, IT'S SO ABSURD TO WATCH THIS SCENE.

SO I OFFERED THAT WE I OFFERED $100,000 AND IT BASICALLY THERE'S NOBODY THERE'S NOBODY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THERE.

I MEAN, THEY CAME BACK LIKE 100,000 A MONTH AS A START.

I MEAN, IT WAS SO ABSURD. WHAT I SAY IN MY PROPOSAL IS WE PAY, WE ALLOCATE $100,000.

WE'RE PAYING. AS COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ SAID, WE WERE PAYING $35,000 A MONTH FOR THE POLICE OFFICER TO BEGIN WITH.

WE PAY $100,000 TO PAY FOR WHATEVER TIME THAT USES.

IT'S ABOUT SIX MONTHS. THAT WOULD PAY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

THEY GO TO SOMEWHERE MORE APPROPRIATE. WE GIVE THE PROPER NOTICE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, EXPLAIN TO THEM.

UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME, WE EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WE GIVE THEM APPROPRIATE NOTICE. MOST OF THEM, I THINK, ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY TO GO BACK. IT'S CLOSER TO THEIR POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OR POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT AND THAT NOW THEY OBVIOUSLY THE PITFALL IN THIS IS THE HOMELESS TRUST CAN TURN AROUND AND SEND PEOPLE BACK TO BIKINI HOSPITAL. AND MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT WE BLOCK THEM FROM DOING THAT AND GO TO COURT IF NECESSARY.

AND I BELIEVE WE WOULD WIN BECAUSE THIS FACILITY IS NOT IS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A JUDGE WOULD WOULD ORDER THESE INDIVIDUALS.

IT IS NOT COMPASSIONATE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY. WE GET A LOT OF HEAT SOMETIMES AS A AS A BODY HERE BECAUSE WE'VE PUT STRINGENT ENFORCEMENT MEASURES, BUT THERE'S NO SLEEPING IN PUBLIC.

WE OFFER YOU THE SHELTER AND THE HELP, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ON THE SUPREME COURT LAW, BUT WE DO. WE OFFER YOU.

BUT IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ARRESTED AND WE GET SOME HEAT FROM THAT.

BUT THAT'S OKAY. OUR RESIDENTS LIKE IT. IT'S GOOD. AND THAT'S WHY, BY THE WAY, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT FROM 250 HOMELESS PEOPLE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT 105. SO THAT'S COMPASSIONATE AND THAT WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PROVIDE SERVICES.

WHAT'S NOT COMPASSIONATE IS TO GET BACK AT US FOR A DECISION THEY DIDN'T LIKE.

YOU NOW HAVE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN A BAR. IT'S CALLED THE BIKINI HOSTEL FOR A REASON.

LOOK IT UP ONLINE. LOOK IT UP ONLINE. IT IS A BAR.

THAT'S MY PROPOSAL, $100,000. WE GET THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED AT CAMILLUS HOUSE.

AND IF THEY IF THE HOMELESS TRUST TURNS AROUND AND SENDS THEM BACK, WE BLOCK IT AND USE THE AND USE THE LEGAL MECHANISMS WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ENFORCE IT. MR. MAYOR, I JUST. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, I AGREE WITH THAT.

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I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. WHAT ABILITY DO WE HAVE AS A CITY TO REGULATE TEMPORARY OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, OR USE USAGE OF OF FACILITIES LIKE THE BIKINI HOSTEL OR OTHER OTHER HOSTELS AS TEMPORARY HOUSING? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THAT? WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK NICK KALLERGIS TO TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND THE USE THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY IS, IS A HOTEL USE.

AND THE FACT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE LIVING THERE, TRANSITIONALLY DOESN'T AFFECT THE USE AND THE LEGALITY OF THE USE.

BUT NICK, PLEASE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT.

IT'S THE IT'S THE DURATION OF THE TENANCY THERE AND SO AND SO AND SO THAT'S PART OF, OF OF THE CHALLENGE IS THAT, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE DURATION OF THE TENANCY HAS BECOME A MAKESHIFT SHELTER WITHOUT PROVIDING THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE DIGNIFIED FOR A HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND SO WHAT ABILITY DO WE HAVE TO REGULATE THE DURATION OF TENANCY.

AND COULD WE BRING, YOU KNOW, FIRST READING ORDINANCE AT THE NEXT MEETING REGARDING THAT? COMMISSIONER, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE DURATION OF THE OF THE TENANCY.

I THINK THAT THE BIKINI HOSTEL IS LICENSED AS A AS A TRANSIENT LODGING ESTABLISHMENT, AND PEOPLE CAN STAY FOR A FEW NIGHTS AT A TIME OR COULD, COULD STAY FOR A FEW MONTHS AT A TIME. THE, THE THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT AS A, AS A ZONING MATTER THE, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, WHO ARE, WHO ARE LIVING AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL.

LIKE HOTEL GUESTS IN SOME REGARDS. IN THAT. IN THAT SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR THEM TO STAY THERE ON, YOU KNOW, ON A SLIGHTLY LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THAN, THAN YOUR AVERAGE HOTEL GUEST BUT UNDER BUT BUT BUT BUT THEN HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN HOTEL AND HOSTEL USES AND AND YOU KNOW, AN APARTMENT BUILDING LIKE WHY, WHY, WHY CAN'T WE SET A LIMIT AS TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEONE CAN STAY AT A FACILITY LIKE THIS? WE ARE, EXCEPT FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, BUT WE ARE GENERALLY PREEMPTED FROM REGULATING PUBLIC TRANSIT LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS.

I THINK THE THE QUESTION HERE IS PROBABLY NOT UNDER IS PROBABLY NOT HOW HOW LONG THE STAYS ARE, BUT RATHER WHAT SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED HERE.

AND IF WE HAD EVIDENCE TO THINK THAT THERE WERE OTHER, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL SERVICES BEING PROVIDED HERE, OTHER REHABILITATIVE SERVICES THAT MIGHT EXCEED WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO AS A ZONING MATTER, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON. IF WE HAD REASON TO SUSPECT THAT THERE WAS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WE COULD WE COULD TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION IF THEY HAD IF THEY HAD CODE VIOLATIONS, WE CAN TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

BUT I THINK JUST THE FACT THAT THAT, THAT THAT THE INDIVIDUALS ARE STAYING THERE OVERNIGHT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT ALONE IS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF A OF A HOSTEL OR HOTEL USE, MR..

MAYOR. MR.. YEAH. I PROMISED THE VICE MAYOR, BART AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.

I'VE GOT TWO POINTS TO MAKE. FIRST OF ALL, I FORWARDED INFORMATION TO CHIEF JONES ABOUT THE APPARENT BICYCLE CHOP CHOP THAT'S GOING ON AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL. I'M SURE NOT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO IS STAYING THERE IS INVOLVED, BUT IT IS HAPPENING.

THAT IS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, AND WE NEED TO BE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF IT YESTERDAY.

AND IF THAT IS ENOUGH TO GET THAT THAT POOR OPERATOR SHUT DOWN.

YOU KNOW, HAVE AT IT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS YOU KNOW, THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAS LOUSY REVIEWS ONLINE.

HAS FOR YEARS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH WORSE THEY WILL BE.

AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT MY FAULT. I SHOULD HAVE YOU'RE 18 YEARS OLD, YOU'RE A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE.

YOU'RE SHOWING UP FOR YOUR FIRST SPRING BREAK IN MIAMI BEACH, AND YOU MADE YOUR RESERVATION.

AND YOU WALK THROUGH A GANTLET OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TEMPORARY HOUSING THERE WITH.

AND IT'S FINE. AND THEY MIGHT ALL BE LOVELY PEOPLE.

I'M SURE MOST OF THEM ARE IS AS ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE ARE LOVELY.

YOU DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON WHERE YOU'D BE STAYING AND WHAT CONDITIONS YOU'D BE STAYING THE WAY THAT ANY OTHER BUSINESS NEEDS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

YOU BUSINESSES LET YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, NIGHTCLUBS IN THEIR FACILITY.

YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION OF, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS TRIP, I'M FEELING A NIGHTCLUB KIND OF VIBE.

THE NEXT TRIP, YOU MIGHT BE FEELING A SPA RETREAT KIND OF VIBE AND GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.

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BUT THIS BUSINESS IS NOT CLEARLY COMMUNICATING WHAT ITS OFFERINGS ARE.

AND SO PEOPLE ARE COMING UNAWARES. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS WE HEAD INTO SILLY SEASON OF THE MONTH OF MARCH AND PEOPLE DO THINGS THEY MIGHT NOT NORMALLY DO ON VACATION IN MIAMI BEACH, NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO BE BAD FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT'S TRYING TO FIND THEIR PATH FORWARD BECAUSE HAVING A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, SCANTILY CLAD, VERY DRUNK PATRONS GALLIVANTING AROUND THE ADJACENT HOTEL THE BAR RESTAURANT THAT IS PART OF THE PROPERTY CAN'T BE GOOD.

AND THE FACT THAT THIS BUSINESS IS NOT, DOES NOT HAVE THE COURTESY TO INFORM PROSPECTIVE PATRONS OF WHAT ITS CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE. I THINK IS IS A IS A PROBLEM AND I, I TURN TO YOU AND TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ADVISE ON HOW WE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR SHARING THE ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF OF WHAT THEY OFFER.

I MEAN, IF YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE A VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT AND YOU OFFER NOTHING BUT STEAK, THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GREAT. THAT'S A TERRIBLE ANALOGY. I TAKE THAT BACK. BUT, YOU KNOW, CLARITY IN IN COMMUNICATING WHAT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF YOUR BUSINESS ARE.

AND I THINK, COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, ASSUMING WE COULD LEGISLATE IN THAT REALM, IT WOULD NEED TO APPLY TO A CLASS OF OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

AND AND I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT THAT I'M AWARE OF AS, AS OF NOW THAT SEPARATES BIKINI HOSTEL FROM OTHER SIMILAR HOTELS OR OTHER TRANSIENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY IS THAT THEY ARE A RECIPIENT OF OF COUNTY HOTEL MOTEL YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY HOUSING FUNDS. AND SO I THINK THE QUESTION WOULD BE, I THINK THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS, COULD WE REQUIRE A DISCLOSURE ON THEIR WEBSITE OR ADVERTISING MATERIALS THAT THEY ARE A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM? THAT'S SOMETHING WE WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT. WELL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING IT BE A WIDER CLASSIFICATION.

I MEAN, IF THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES WHO ARE CLAIMING TO BE DOING ONE THING BUT ARE ACTUALLY DOING ANOTHER THING, THEY SHOULD PUT THAT OUT IN THE PUBLIC REALM AS WELL. I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENCY IN ALL, YOU KNOW I IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD WHEN THAT THAT BUSINESS CAME BEFORE US AND SAID THEY WANTED DIFFERENT PARKING OR DIFFERENT HOURS, I FORGET WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, NO, WE'RE A RESTAURANT, REALLY. WE'RE A RESTAURANT. BUT THEY WERE OPEN TILL FIVE AND I THINK MY LINE WAS, I SEE I LOOKED AT THEIR, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED AND I SAID, I SEE A LOT OF BREASTS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE CHICKEN BREASTS, SO I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE ACTUALLY A RESTAURANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY END UP CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE CLAIMING TO BE ONE THING, BUT THEY WERE DEFINITELY ANOTHER THING. SO I HAVE NO ISSUE IF WE HAVE OTHER BAD ACTORS IN THE CITY WHO ARE CLAIMING TO BE ONE THING AND BEING ANOTHER THING, THEN THEN LET'S HAVE THEM DISCLOSE THAT AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER ROSEANNE GONZALEZ THAT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE STRICTER ACTION.

AND I THINK $100,000 IS TOO GENEROUS. ALBA, HOW MANY BEDS COULD YOU GET US RIGHT NOW IF WE SAID TO YOU THAT WE NEEDED 50 BEDS AT CAMILLUS HOUSE, SALVATION ARMY, WHATEVER. YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER 50 BEDS FOR TWO WEEKS.

COULD YOU DO THAT? COULD YOU GET THAT FOR US? HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALBERTA OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NEED TO SPEAK TO THE PROVIDERS ON, BECAUSE THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A LARGE SUM OF BEDS COMING ONLINE RATHER QUICKLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO IN, REVOKE THE BETA BECAUSE THEY ARE OPERATING AS A HOMELESS SHELTER. THEY ARE NOT OPERATING AS A HOTEL.

THEY ARE A RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. AND BY THE WAY, THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO IS TO RELOCATE THEM, ESPECIALLY AS IT GETS HOTTER. THERE'S NO COMMON AREA EXCEPT FOR THE AREA OUTSIDE.

THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SIT IN THOSE TINY LITTLE ROOMS IN THE BIKINI HOSTEL? THEY CAN'T. THEY'RE NOT GETTING NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

THEY HAVE NO RULES. AND WHEN THE BIKINI HOSTEL LETS TAKE THEM TO COURT.

LET'S GO TO COURT AND LET'S FIGHT IT AND SAY THEY ARE NOT OPERATING AS, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A VACATION HOSTEL THERE, OPERATING AS A HOMELESS SHELTER IN THE MIDDLE, WEIGHT THERE OPERATING AS A HOMELESS SHELTER IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO OVERSIGHT, NO RULES AND NO OVERSIGHT.

AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I REMEMBER IN NORTH BEACH WHEN WE HAD A RECOVERY ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER THAT WANTED TO COME ONLINE.

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS, ERIC? WE FOUGHT AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, YOU'RE NOT BRINGING THAT FACILITY TO NORTH BEACH,

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AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FROM HAVING, YOU KNOW, A USE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS THREATENING THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOUR PLAN, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TWO WEEKS OF BEDS BECAUSE THESE ARE REALLY NOT OUR HOMELESS.

THESE ARE CITY OF MIAMI'S HOMELESS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO US.

RIGHT. AND GO IN AND REVOKE IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE USE.

IT IS LIKE COMMISSIONER BOTT SAID. IT IS NOT THE USE THAT THEY ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND AND I THINK THAT A JUDGE WILL 100% SIDE WITH US WHEN THEY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED AND THEY SEE THE RETRIBUTION, THEY SEE THE CHANGE OF USES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO OVERSIGHT.

AND BY THE WAY, THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO IS TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS INTO A PLACE WITH PROPER MEALS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK.

AND LET'S LET'S TAKE THEM BACK TO CITY OF MIAMI.

COULD YOU DO THAT, ERIC? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GO IN, REVOKE THE BTR, OFFER THEM BEDS.

WE WILL GET YOU BEDS FOR TWO WEEKS, AND LET'S BRING THEM BACK TO CITY OF MIAMI.

WHERE? YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WHERE THIS POPULATION CAME FROM.

I DO BELIEVE WE WOULD WIN IN COURT. A SHELTER.

OKAY, SO WE WILL TAKE THEM BACK TO CAMILA'S HOUSE.

WE WILL PURCHASE BEDS FOR TWO WEEKS FOR THEM.

AND THEN LET CITY OF MIAMI TAKE OVER BECAUSE AREN'T THEY SUBSIDIZING US RIGHT NOW? ALBA? ISN'T CITY OF MIAMI PAYING FOR SOME TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE CITY OF MIAMI PARTICIPATES IN THE HOTEL MOTEL PROGRAM, SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR FUNDING FOR THE CLIENTS AT THE BEGINNING.

OKAY, SO CITY OF MIAMI DOES RECOGNIZE AND CITY OF MIAMI COULD BE PART OF THIS LAWSUIT TOO.

RICK, I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE OWE IT TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS OF OF OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL BECAUSE IT IS NOT FAIR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY AIR CONDITIONED SPACE TO BE IN.

WE NEED TO ACT NOW BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO MIDDAY BECAUSE IT'S SO CROWDED INSIDE AND I THINK WE NEED TO REACT NOW BEFORE THE SUMMER MONTHS COME AND IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO.

WELL, I WANT TO I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ON YOUR QUESTION.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING? ARE YOU WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO REVOKE THE BTR BETA AND BE.

COULD WE LEGISLATIVELY FORCE THAT? I SAY I'M TRYING TO MY PROPOSAL.

I BELIEVE WE CAN DO LEGISLATIVELY. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING WHETHER WE CAN DO THAT AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

POSSIBLY. SO I AM NOT AWARE OF A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE REVOKED A BTR IN THE PAST, ABSENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ON THE PROPERTY, BUT I WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO CONFER WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHAT'S THERE AND WHAT IS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ALLOWABLE REASONS FOR REVOCATION OF A BTR BEFORE WE WOULD PROCEED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MR. MAYOR. YEAH. IF I COULD BE RECOGNIZED. COMMISSIONER.

I'M SORRY, I ACTUALLY DID. I PROMISE IT'S IT'S ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE MANAGER IS MENTIONING BECAUSE PJ, DID YOU GET THE EMAIL? WITH FROM MONICA? JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE IS I THINK WE'RE ALL WE ALL WANT TO BE COMPASSIONATE. WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.

WE WANT TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

BUT HERE WE GO. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT AT THE HOSTEL RIGHT NOW.

AND IN RESPONSE TO, TO TO WHAT THE MANAGER WAS, WAS ASKING.

THIS IS A REVIEW FROM SOMEONE THAT STAYED THERE.

IF I COULD GIVE IT ZERO STARS, I WOULD. STAFF SEEMED FAIRLY ANNOYED WHEN I ARRIVED.

I'M TOLD I'M IN 17 C CAN'T FIND A ROOM AND I GO INTO THE OFFICE AND ASK WHERE THE ROOM WAS.

OFFICE GUY COULDN'T FIND IT. AFTER GOING BACK DOWNSTAIRS, HE FINALLY REALIZED WHAT ROOM IT WAS.

I LEFT MY DOOR OPEN AS I PLANNED ON LEAVING VERY SHORTLY AFTER.

LIKE I WAS GOING TO CHANGE SHOES AND THEN LEAVE.

THEN THIS GUY CAME NEXT DOOR, COMES OVER. THEN THIS GUY NEXT DOOR COMES OVER.

HE ASKS IF I SMOKED WEED AND I TOLD HIM NO. HE THEN PROCEEDS TO SHUT THE DOOR.

I'M ALREADY FREAKED OUT. THEN HE'S WANTING TO DO SOME MORE INAPPROPRIATE STUFF, TRYING TO KEEP THIS PG.

AND THEN HE STARTED TO TOUCH MY FEET AND I TOLD HIM NO, PROBABLY TEN TIMES.

AFTER HE FINALLY LEAVES, I GO DOWN TO THE OFFICE AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND SAID, EITHER HE'S LEAVING OR I AM.

THE STAFF TELLS HIM NOT TO DO IT AGAIN. THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP HIM.

I TOLD THEM I'M LEAVING BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE.

THEY SEEMED ANNOYED. IT'S LIKE, NO, YOU DIDN'T HANDLE THE SITUATION AT ALL.

ONLY PROB WOULD BE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE BEACH, BUT WHATEVER.

LISTEN TO WHAT OUR VISITORS ARE EXPERIENCING THERE.

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THEY'RE BEING. THEY'RE BEING ASKED IF THEY SMOKE WEED AND THEY'RE BEING THEY'RE BEING.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S TOUCHED INAPPROPRIATELY BY PEOPLE STAYING THERE.

HOW DO WE NOT INVESTIGATE THIS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION TO RESIDENTS, TO TO VISITORS WHO ARE INNOCENTLY COMING INTO OUR CITY. I MEAN, THIS PLACE IS OPERATING. THIS PLACE IS OPERATING WHETHER WHETHER WHETHER WE LIKE SPRING BREAK OR NOT.

WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE DO COME HERE FOR SPRING BREAK.

WE ARE A DESTINATION AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE COLLEGE KIDS STAYING HERE IN A PLACE WHERE ONLINE, ONLINE PEOPLE ARE WRITING THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING INTO THEIR ROOMS UNINVITED, ASKING THEM IF THEY SMOKE WEED AND TOUCHING THEM, TOUCHING THEM. HOW IS THIS NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION? IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION. WE NEED TO FIND THESE REVIEWS, READ THEM AND INVESTIGATE THEM.

AND THERE'S OTHERS. THERE'S OTHERS. OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE BY A MAN NAMED JUAN CUERVO THAT WROTE ONLY DRUG ADDICTS.

ALCOHOLICS AND THIEVES LIVE THERE. THIEVES. I MEAN, LIKE, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EXPERIENCE THAT THIS PERSON MUST HAVE HAD? I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE. AND SO AND SO I JUST I REALLY FEEL IT'S THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GO TO A DIGNIFIED PLACE THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING DONE BY BY THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OR NOT, BUT SOMETHING REALLY BAD AND REALLY WRONG IS HAPPENING HERE.

AND IT'S BEING WRITTEN ABOUT ONLINE, AND IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND LOOKED AT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THEM.

AND WE OWE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THESE VISITORS, WHETHER IT'S THEM OR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE SENDING THEIR COLLEGE KIDS HERE IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE GETS TOUCHED OR OFFERED THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN OFFERED IN THE IN THE REVIEWS, AS THAT'S BEING WRITTEN ABOUT ONLINE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU.

SO I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SAYING HOSTELS ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING KIDS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY HERE, AND WE ARE HAVING THEM STAY WITH THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND MAY HAVE JOBS SOMEPLACE ELSE. AND AS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ JUST STATED THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT THIS POINT.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, AND IF WE GET SUED, I THINK WE WILL WIN BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WRONG AND THERE ARE BAD THINGS HAPPENING THERE AND WE NEED TO STOP IT IMMEDIATELY. REVOKE THE BTR.

STOP THE USE. END IT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE CAN'T WAIT AND HAVE A TRAGEDY AND THEN SAY, WELL, THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO. YES, WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

AND IF THEY SUE US, I THINK WE'LL WIN. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BART AND THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT I WASN'T PROPOSING THAT THE CLEAR COMMUNICATION OF WHAT THEY OFFERED WAS A SOLUTION. IT IS IN IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE DO, SOMETHING POSSIBLY THAT COULD HAPPEN FASTER.

WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, I AM ONLINE NOW LOOKING AT REVIEWS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SEND CODE IN FOR STARTERS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE NOT OPERATING A SANITARY FACILITY.

THE PLACE SMELLS LIKE PEE. I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS JUST GOING THROUGH THE REVIEWS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A LAUNDRY LIST OF REASONS TO GO IN AND CLOSE THEM DOWN, THAT THEY ARE NOT OFFERING REFUNDS, THAT THEY ARE.

THEY ARE PROMISING ONE THING AND DELIVERING ANOTHER.

THAT IS, THAT IS BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE. AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A CITY THAT ENDORSES, SUPPORTS OR ALLOWS BUSINESSES THAT THAT DO NOT OPERATE IN A IN A ETHICAL MANNER.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GET THE ONE SILVER BULLET.

THAT IS THE THING THAT PROVIDES THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT I CALL THE SWISS CHEESE THEORY OF GOVERNANCE, WHICH IS BY ITSELF, ONE SLICE OF SWISS CHEESE WON'T FIX IT, BUT WHEN YOU STACK UP THOSE SLICES OF SWISS CHEESE, IT MAKES A SOLID BLOCK. AND I THINK WE NEED TO APPROACH THIS THAT WAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL AVENUES TO BE EXPLORED, YOU KNOW, INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING, BICYCLE CHOP SHOP CODE VIOLATIONS, UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES. YOU KNOW, TO ME, THAT'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT COULD BE USED TO TO PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS, IN ADDITION TO OTHER THINGS BEING PROPOSED. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YEAH. AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THIS NEEDS TO BE GONE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN WITH MY EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. AND ON VALENTINE'S EVENING, WE WERE DRIVING PAST THIS, AND THERE WAS A COMMOTION OUTSIDE.

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AND THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP, FIVE PEOPLE THAT WERE OUTSIDE, TWO OF THEM CHILDREN WITH ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS IN A BAG, AND MY DAUGHTER AND I WENT UP TO SPEAK TO THEM.

DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH WELL. ONE WANTED TO WELCOME THEM TO MIAMI UNDER UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IT'S NO WAY TO LIVE. AND CALLED THE CITY MANAGER RIGHT AWAY.

AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE HOMELESS TRUST THAT WAS SENDING PEOPLE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT.

WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY PERSISTED FOR SO LONG.

WORD IS GETTING OUT ON THE STREET. AND THESE WERE JUST NORMAL.

NOT NOT NORMAL. THESE WERE JUST HOMELESS PEOPLE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST THAT WERE OVER IN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND GOT A RIDE OVER HERE. NOT THROUGH ANY GOVERNMENT, NOT THROUGH ANY TYPE OF SERVICE BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD THE WORD ON THE STREET IS MIAMI BEACH NOW HAS A HOMELESS SHELTER.

AND THE CRUEL IRONY IN THIS WAS THAT HOMELESS SHELTER WAS ACTUALLY FULL FOR THE NIGHT.

SO THESE FIVE PEOPLE WITH ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD AND A 11 YEAR OLD, WERE GOING TO SLEEP OUTSIDE ON WEST AVENUE UNTIL OUR HOMELESS, OUR OWN HOMELESS RESOURCES AND OUR POLICE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM IMMEDIATE AND TEMPORARY RELIEF.

BUT ABSENT THAT, THE WORD'S GETTING OUT. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE HOMELESS TRUST THAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE OVER HERE.

NOW WE'RE BEING KNOWN AS OPERATING THE DE FACTO HOMELESS SHELTER ON WEST AVENUE.

THAT CANNOT BE ALLOWED. THE LONGER THIS BECOMES INGRAINED IN OUR CITY, THE LONGER THE MORE CONSEQUENCES AND THE MORE COMPOUNDING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO, MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MOVE YOUR ITEM FOR THE $100,000.

I DO THINK THAT THAT IS JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM AND WE NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS PLAY WHACK A MOLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

THE TERM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES BETTER. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TEMPORARILY STAYING THERE DESERVE BETTER.

BUT THE 87,000 THOUSAND CONSTITUENTS I REPRESENT.

WE ALL REPRESENT, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT LIVE ON WEST AVENUE.

DRIVING PAST THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT IS NOT A COMPATIBLE USAGE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE YOUR PROPOSAL TO TAKE CARE OF THIS IN THE SHORT TERM.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE SERIOUS ADULTS FOR HOW WE OPERATE AND MANAGE THIS GOING FORWARD.

I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A STRONGER MOTION. I THINK THE MOTION SHOULD BE TO REVOKE THE BTR, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AND ALLOCATE $100,000 TO ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AS REVOKE THE BTR IMMEDIATELY AS A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD AND NUISANCE. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE MOTION AND AND ALLOCATE $100,000 FOR WHATEVER COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING BEDS FOR ANYBODY WHO IS LEFT OUT IN THE STREET. AND MAYBE I'LL DEFER TO LEGAL HERE.

BECAUSE THIS I THINK THAT'S ALL THE DIRECTION WE WANTED TO GO.

BUT IF YOU TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT US SITTING HERE TALKING AND GIVING DIRECTIVES FOR THAT.

BUT I THINK WE CROSSED INTO SOME PRETTY HAIRY TERRITORY. YES.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO ASK THE CHAIR TO SPEAK BECAUSE THE COMMISSION CANNOT DIRECT THE REVOCATION OF BTR.

ONLY THE CITY MANAGER CAN REVOKE A BTR, AND IT HAS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CODE AND CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED.

I DON'T THINK THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE DEVELOPED THAT CRITERIA YET.

BUT THE THE REVIEW THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ POSTED MAY BE A SIGN THAT THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE GATHERED TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE.

BUT THE COMMISSION, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT IN A POSITION TO TO JUST DECIDE AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION AND THAT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT WE WANT TO DO THINGS CORRECTLY SO THAT THAT WHATEVER ACTION WE TAKE IS A LASTING HAS IS A LASTING SOLUTION AND NOT ONE WHICH WE WILL FAIL AT.

I LIKE YOUR IDEA. I'M HAPPY TO TO AMEND THE THE MOTION THAT THAT BASICALLY MY MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MADE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO MANDATE IT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE CAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO WORD IT IN A WAY THAT WE'RE URGING OUR CITY MANAGER TO TO DO IT IF POSSIBLE.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I MENTIONED WE CAN DO, CAN WE, IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR? SURE SUPPORT THE MOTION THE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HAS PLACED ON THE TABLE WHICH IS MOVING WHAT YOU'VE PROPOSED, IN ADDITION TO URGING THE URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY THAT HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC AND PART OF, OF OF OF THE RECORD THAT IS GOING ON AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL, URGING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THESE, TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE NECESSARY TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION, SUCH AS THE REVOCATION OF THE BTR AS A RESULT.

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OF IT. CAN WE DO THAT? MR.. MR.. ATTORNEY. YES.

WOULD THAT BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

AND THE REASON WHY THE 100TH AND I UNDERSTAND, I BELIEVE IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THERE MYSELF, THE 100,000. THE REASON WHY I'M PROPOSING THAT IS BECAUSE IF WE DO A SHORT TIME PERIOD, I'M AFRAID THAT THE HOMELESS TRUST WILL JUST TURN AROUND AFTER A WEEK OR TWO AND AND SEND INDIVIDUALS BACK. AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, WE DON'T WANT THIS THIS.

IT'S SORT OF GETTING SORT OF INGRAINED AND ACCEPTED THAT THIS THIS HOMELESS SHELTER IS THERE.

THIS THIS COVERS ALMOST SIX MONTHS WORTH, I THINK, I THINK ANY COURT WOULD LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS. IF THE, IF, IF THE HOMELESS TRUST TRIES TO TURN AROUND AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS, A WEEK, A MONTH, AND THEN JUST SEND PEOPLE BACK, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR? RIGHT. I MEAN, AT THAT POINT AND THAT'S PART OF PART OF THE MOTION, IS THAT WE WOULD STOP PAYING AND THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD BLOCK IT AND, AND USE AND USE ALL LEGAL REMEDIES. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER.

I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT IF WE IF WE EXAMINE THESE STATUTES AS TO WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR USE AS A HOMELESS SHELTER.

THIS, THIS THIS IS NOT IT. MR. MAYOR. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE $100,000 IS TO BOOK ROOMS AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL OR TO RELOCATE THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS RELOCATE.

IT'S TO PAY THE DIFFERENTIAL, THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL BECAUSE WE NEGOTIATED.

WELL, I'LL GIVE ALBA THE CREDIT. SHE NEGOTIATED THAT DOWN TO $57.

IT'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE BECAUSE I'M BEING TOLD THEY'RE PAYING 3750 A NIGHT AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL, SO THIS WOULD PAY THE DIFFERENCE. AND IF YOU DO THE MATH, IT COVERS ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HOMELESS TRUST SAYS, WELL, WE'VE GOT MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE TO SEND YOUR WAY? WE STOP PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY. WELL, WAIT A SECOND AND AND GO TO COURT.

NO. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. PLEASE. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET JUST TRYING TO GET THE FACTS.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF CAN THE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN, IF IF WE THE CURRENT INDIVIDUALS RIGHT NOW AT THE AT THE BIKINI HOSPITAL, IF THEY GET RELOCATED BECAUSE WE'RE NOW PAYING THE DIFFERENCE FOR AT A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE, WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR FALLBACK IF THE HOMELESS TRUST DECIDES TO SEND A DIFFERENT SET OF PEOPLE TO THE SHELTER? I THINK WE WELL, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, I THINK THE DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN WOULD BE IDEAL.

BARRING THAT, I WOULD RATHER NOT. I TRIED, I BARRING THAT, I WOULD RATHER NOT DISCUSS WHAT LITIGATION STRATEGIES WE MAY PURSUE IN THE EVENT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE COME TO HAPPEN. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? ARE YOU DONE, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YEAH. SO MAYBE I CAN ASK THE SPONSOR.

BUT WHAT IS IF WHAT DOES STOP THEM FROM FROM JUST SENDING, JUST SENDING A NEW SET OF HOMELESS PEOPLE TO OR THE PEOPLE THAT FIT THE CRITERIA TO BE IN THE BIKINI ARSENAL? WHAT IS STOPPING THEM? IN THEORY, NOTHING. BUT THERE'S NOTHING.

WE WOULD STOP. WE WOULD STOP PAYING WHAT WE'RE PAYING.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THOSE FOR THOSE BEDS WHERE WE ARE CHOOSING TO DO THAT.

OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, PENDING A VOTE, YEAH, WE WOULD STOP PAYING FOR IT.

AND ALSO, I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD LOOK PRETTY RIDICULOUS FOR THEM TO DO THAT.

YEAH. BUT I YOU'RE UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO MORALS WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO HANDLED THE HOMELESS TRUST. AND THEY ARE THEY'RE USING THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AS POLITICAL PAWNS.

I'M, I'M A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE IN REALITY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE MOST STRUGGLING PEOPLE.

AND I WAS THERE WHEN WHEN THEY FIRST GOT THERE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE GIVEN AN HOUR NOTICE AND A GARBAGE BAG TO PUT ALL THEIR STUFF IN THERE.

WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS THEY GET SENT TO ANOTHER PLACE.

AND THEN THEY GET MOVED AROUND AGAIN. IT'S JUST, I DON'T I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY HOMELESS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE ON THE BACK, ON THEIR FEET.

AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I MET, I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT ONES THERE.

NOW I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT I HAVE ALMOST NO FAITH IN IN THE LEADERSHIP AT THE HOMELESS TRUST.

OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT LYING AND ARE VERY DISINGENUOUS, ESPECIALLY TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WORTH TRYING AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOING TO BE A POSITIVE DIRECTION. COMMISSIONER ROSEANNE GONZALEZ.

OKAY. I THINK THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDING IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT I DISAGREE THAT THERE'S A DIPLOMATIC SITUATION WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST,

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AND I DO FEEL THAT THERE'S ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND DANGEROUS ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN VIOLATION OF OUR CODE AT THE BIKINI HOSPITAL.

AND BECAUSE THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF OUR CODE, I THINK WE NEED TO URGE THE ADMINISTRATION, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, TO REVOKE THE BETA AT THE BIKINI HOSPITAL, THAT IS A REMEDY, AND THAT IS THE COMPASSIONATE REMEDY BECAUSE IT'S TAKING VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO THE HOMELESS TRUST HAS PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY MIGHT WHERE THEY WILL FAIL AND THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WILL DRINK AND NOT SHOW UP TO WORK.

AND THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT AND THERE IS NO HEALTHY FOOD.

IT'S AND AND IT IS NOT OPERATING AS A BIKINI HOSPITAL.

IT IS OPERATING AS A HOMELESS SHELTER, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OPERATE AS A HOMELESS SHELTER.

AND AS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS SHOWN WITH THAT REVIEW, THERE IS DANGEROUS AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING AT THE BIKINI HOSPITAL.

SO IN ADDITION, I WHILE I THINK THAT. YES. SO I THINK OUR MOTION SHOULD BE TO URGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO REVOKE THIS BETA EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THEY ARE VIOLATING OUR CODE.

I'LL MAKE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. I LIKE THE WAY YOU WORDED IT. I DIDN'T WANT TO MANDATE IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN.

BUT URGING. I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAID THAT AND I WILL ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

BY THE WAY, I SECOND YOUR MOTION, IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR. LET ME ASK ANYBODY WATCHING. BY THE WAY, I CAN'T MOVE. I CAN'T MOVE THE ITEMS AS THE CHAIR.

THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS RELY ON MY COLLEAGUES, ON MY ITEMS. YOU COULD ALWAYS PASS A GAVEL TO THE VICE MAYOR, AND THEN YOU COULD MOVE. I COULD, BUT I JUST.

LUCKILY, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE STEPPED UP. BUT I'LL SECOND IT.

MR. MAYOR COULD, SINCE WE'RE COMING IN AND WE'RE PUTTING OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS ON THE LINE, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLLOWING ON THE THOUGHT OF MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, COULD WE.

IF WE'RE PAYING THE DIFFERENTIAL, WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO TRY TO GET AN AGREEMENT FROM FROM FROM THE TRUST THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE PLACING MORE INDIVIDUALS AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL, SO OR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.

AND I THINK MAYBE WE CAN PUT THAT IN IN THIS MOTION AS WELL.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I TRIED AND I, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

MAYBE OUR CITY MANAGER WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

I BASED ON THE NEGOTIATIONS, I DON'T FEEL THERE'S THERE'S ANY PARTNER TO NEGOTIATE WITH.

BUT BUT THAT THAT TO ME IS VERY CONCERNING. THAT TO ME IS TELLING ME THAT NOT ONLY DID WE AGREE TO GIVE THEM.

WHAT IS IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? MR.. MR. MANAGER, HOW MUCH DO WE AGREE TO GIVE THEM $4 MILLION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? I BELIEVE IT'S BETWEEN 4 AND 5 WITH A FLOOR OF FOUR.

OKAY. SO WE AGREED TO GIVE THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS 4 OR $5 MILLION.

BUT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE COMING IN TO COVER THE DIFFERENTIAL, AND THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO CLOSE THAT DOOR, THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN, TO USE INAPPROPRIATE FACILITIES THAT DON'T HAVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, THAT DON'T HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT, THAT DON'T HAVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, THAT THEY'RE THAT THAT, TO ME IS A CONCERNING PART.

THAT TO ME IS THE VERY CONCERNING PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THIS MONEY THERE IN ADDITION TO THE $4 MILLION THAT WE ALREADY COMMITTED TO.

AND THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO CLOSE THAT DOOR. AND I, I SHARE YOUR SENTIMENT.

AND SO AND SO ARE WE GOING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SEND 50 TO, TO CAMILLA'S HOUSE AND OR 30.

HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS DO WE HAVE NOW AT THE HOUSE? I THINK IT'S 30.

I WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST JUST TODAY, THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MORE THAN 30. SO 3100.

WAS THAT ABOUT HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS DO WE HAVE THERE? I BELIEVE THE RANGE IS IN THE 100, 100, I BELIEVE.

SO. THEY'VE NOT ONLY HAVE THE PEOPLE FROM CAMILLA'S HOUSE BEEN PLACED, BUT THEY HAVE PLACED SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS THERE.

AFTER CITY OF MIAMI IS PROVIDING PLACEMENT AS WELL AS AT MANOS DE LA CALLE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? CITY OF MIAMI IS PROVIDING PLACEMENT. CITY OF MIAMI IS PLACEMENT HERE, PLACING CLIENTS IN THE BIKINI HOSTEL, AS WELL AS ANOTHER PROVIDER CALLED MANOS DE LA CALLE.

SO IT'S GROWN? YES. IF I COULD. BY THE WAY, YOUR EXPRESSION IS PRICELESS.

WASN'T THE AGREEMENT TO BE 50 PEOPLE MAX, BUT NOT THE AGREEMENT? NOT THAT I MISCHARACTERIZE WHAT IT WAS. DIDN'T THEY TELL US THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE NOT MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE? HOW IS IT DOUBLED? THE BIKINI HOSTEL IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE HOTEL MOTEL PROGRAM, AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVE. THE HOMELESS TRUST HAS BEDS THERE.

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AND I BELIEVE THAT THE AMOUNT IS ABOUT 150 BEDS.

NOT ALL OF THE BEDS ARE OCCUPIED AT THE MOMENT.

AND HERE'S THE OTHER PROBLEMATIC THING THAT COULD RESULT IN THIS IS AND IT'S AWFUL TO EVEN THINK ABOUT REWARDING BAD OPERATORS, BUT DO WE THINK ABOUT SOME SORT OF BUYOUT OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL FOR A MONTH OR TWO? BECAUSE IF WE TAKE AWAY, ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THESE AS HUMAN BEINGS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A REVENUE SOURCE. AND IF WE TAKE AWAY THAT REVENUE SOURCE FROM THEM, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SIT BACK AND SAY, OH, OKAY, MIAMI BEACH GOT US HERE, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY LOOK TO REFILL THAT REVENUE SOURCE.

IT COULD BE FROM. A HOMELESS PROGRAM IN BROWARD COUNTY.

IT COULD BE FOR SPRING BREAKERS SITTING OUT. DRINKING TEQUILA IN THE COURTYARD UNTIL 5 A.M..

YOU KNOW IT. WE NEED TO GET RID. OF THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM.

BUT THE LONGER ISSUE STILL FESTERS. AND SIMILAR TO YOU.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION, BUT JUST THINKING THROUGH THINGS.

YOU KNOW, THE THE RESERVATION LIES IN. OKAY, WELL, WE GET RID OF WHO WE REPLACE OR WE HELP MOVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE NOW BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT COMES IN AND FILLS THAT VOID OR VACUUM.

HOW DO WE JUST GET A TEXT FROM THE HOMELESS TRUST? THERE'S 103 INDIVIDUALS THAT RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID 103.

ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DECIDED TO TALK ABOUT I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY OPINE ON.

JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY I AM SO DISAPPOINTED.

I REALLY AM SO, SO DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THIS BODY, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE WITH WITH SOME OF THE ACTIONS OF THIS BODY. BUT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS WERE FOUND AND I STAND BY BY THE DECISION OF OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH ONE DECISION, BUT A CREATIVE AVENUE WAS FOUND TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE TO THE HOMELESS TRUST TO, TO TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS. AND WE AGREED TO PROVIDE 4 TO $5 MILLION A YEAR AS, AS, AS A BASE.

AND, AND I WAS TOLD, I WAS TOLD I WAS GUARANTEED BY PEOPLE, BY PEOPLE WHO I THOUGHT COULD BE RESPECTED, THAT THIS WAS A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT AND THAT THE POPULATION WOULD NOT GROW.

AND IT'S MULTIPLIED. IT IS MULTIPLIED. AND SO AND SO HOW DO WE NOW USE OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO GO AND FUND THESE BEDS AT CAMILLUS HOUSE, AND THINK THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AGAIN, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER HOSTEL, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER SPACE.

WE NEED AN I. I STRONGLY FEEL NOW THAT WE NEED AN AGREEMENT WE NEED AN AGREEMENT WITH WITH THEM.

I, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE AND MAYBE WE NEED TO GO, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE TRUST.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT AUTHORITY THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED MY, MY, MY IN MY CONVERSATIONS.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE THIS ON.

WE ARE I GIVE, I GIVE EACH ONE OF US CREDIT BECAUSE WE'RE UNIFIED HERE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND THE SOLUTION. BUT, LIKE, LITERALLY, I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY ELSE.

THERE WAS ONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO WAS. AND THAT HAS CHANGED.

IT'S YOUR THESE ARE POWERFUL PLAYERS, AND WE SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONE WILLING TO STAND UP.

I LITERALLY I SAID IT BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. I LITERALLY BEEN LIKE, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO COULD STEP UP LIKE MAYOR.

HE'S LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN FLORIDA.

SO NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE IT ON. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK WE HAVE THE FACTS AND THE LAW ON OUR SIDE HERE.

AND AND THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M MOVING THIS FORWARD.

AND I THINK, I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE AS A, AS A BODY TO DO SOMETHING.

MR. MAYOR, I PROMISE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSENTHAL A COUPLE OF THINGS. I, I WANTED TO SHOW A VIDEO, BUT BEFORE I DO YOU KNOW, LET ME SHOW THE VIDEO WHILE PETE PJ, CAN YOU CAN YOU PUT UP THE VIDEO? THIS IS WHAT DAVID ADAMS POSTED TODAY. YOU KNOW, THERE.

WAS THIS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION? ALL THOSE BEDS? CERTAINLY. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING.

OKAY. YOU CAN SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE PRUDENT WITH, WITH ESPECIALLY WITH TAXPAYER MONEY

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I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THIS. I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WE SHOULD URGE THE CITY COMMISSION, URGE THE CITY MANAGER TO AGGRESSIVELY FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND POSSIBLY REVOKE THEIR BETA AND COME BACK AT THE NEXT COMMISSION WITH SOME FINDINGS. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, LET US HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO USE $100,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO TO TO SUBSIDIZE THE RELOCATION.

BECAUSE THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT ON HOW THIS HOMELESS TRUST IS OPERATING AND WHO IT'S BEING OPERATED BY, I JUST HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH.

I EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT YOU ALLOW THAT PLACE TO OPERATE, THERE IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING.

THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN WEST AVENUE ON MY WAY TO THE MEETING, ONE OF THE A GENTLEMAN OUTSIDE OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL STARTED TO FOLLOW ME AND STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION. THERE ARE CHILDREN LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THERE IS A REASON WHY KAMILA'S HOUSE HAS A CURFEW AND HAS RULES.

I THINK THAT THERE IS A DANGER AND IF YOU ALLOW 30 DAYS TO GO BY AND DO NOTHING, YOU WILL ALLOW THIS EXPANSION. SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT THE URGING NEEDS TO BE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION OF OUR CODE, AND WE SHOULD URGE THE ADMINISTRATION, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, TO REVOKE THE BETA BEFORE THIS GROWS TO 150 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THE HOMELESS TRUSTEE THIS MEETING. AND LET'S GO IN FRONT OF A JUDGE AND LET'S SHOW HIM THE LET'S SHOW HIM THE REVIEWS ONLINE.

LET'S SHOW HIM THE FOOTAGE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE JUST SHOWED ME A VIDEO OF HIS DAUGHTER BEING FOLLOWED DOWN THE STREET.

AND THE LOOK ON, YOU KNOW. SO YEAH, THERE'S. THAT'S WHAT I JUST PROPOSED.

EXCEPT I KNOW YOU SAID LET'S WAIT 30 DAYS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

I SAID, LET'S WAIT 30 DAYS BEFORE GIVING $100,000 TO SUBSIDIZE THE.

WHERE ARE THESE? WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A PLACE TO GO FOR AT LEAST A FEW WEEKS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CAST THEM OUT ON THE STREET.

WE NEED TO RELOCATE THESE. WE NEED TO RELOCATE THIS POPULATION TO A SHELTER.

AND BY THE WAY, I THINK THE JUDGE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THE HOMELESS TRUST IS NOT LOOKING TO REHABILITATE OR HELP OR HOUSE THESE HOMELESS IN ANY WAY THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM.

THE HOMELESS TRUST IN THIS CASE, IN THIS SCENARIO IS SETTING THEM UP FOR FAILURE.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT ANY JUDGE WHO SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND SEES ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IS GOING TO SIDE WITH US IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

YEAH. AND JUST ONE THING. I WANT TO BE DRUG USE OUTSIDE.

AND AFTER THIS WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND IT INCORPORATES COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ'S URGING.

JUST FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN NOT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. I THINK THE URGING SHOULD BE THE CITY ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. I THINK WE ALL READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND KNOW WHAT THE END ACTION IS, BUT I'M JUST FEARFUL IF WE PUT SOMETHING LIKE, WELL, URGE THE SHUTDOWN OR URGE THE TAKE, THE BETTER THAT COULD COME BACK TO BITE US LEGALLY.

BUT I THINK THE URGING SHOULD BE FOR CITY ADMINISTRATION TO GET OUT THERE AND INVESTIGATE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING FIRSTHAND.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS IF THIS IS FALLING OUT OF THIN AIR.

THESE ARE INCOMING QUERIES TO US, THINGS THAT ARE BEING POSTED PUBLICLY ON FACEBOOK.

SO THAT MOTION SHOULD BE IN URGING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE RIGOROUSLY AND THEN COME BACK WITH THEIR FINDINGS.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? YES. YES. WE WILL NEED AN AFTER THE FACT RESO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LET'S CALL A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

C2C. 0C2C ISSUE ITN 2025

[C2 C REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO ISSUE INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE (ITN) 2025-253-DF CITY-OWNED BUILDING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE AT 1701 MERIDIAN AVENUE, UNIT 4. (FACILITIES AND FLEET)]

253 DF 1701. BUILDING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE.

C2C WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ JUST A SIMPLE AMENDMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PUT

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THIS SPACE OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION AS PART OF AN ITN THAT WE INCLUDE IN THERE THE THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE FOR POTENTIAL DMV OPERATION THAT WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AS WELL.

WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF C2 C, AS AMENDED. I. I. I. HEARING NO NO'S, THE ITEM PASSES, AS AMENDED.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE BACK THERE. OKAY. WE'LL CALL C7 U.

C7. USE EXTENT FUNDING FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY ADAPTATION PROGRAM THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2023.

[C7 U A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXTENDING THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF $666,666.66 FROM THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY FUND FOR THE PRIVATE PROPERTY ADAPTATION PROGRAM, CREATED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2020-31504, FOR FIVE (5) ADDITIONAL YEARS, THROUGH FY 2030; AND FURTHER, WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2023-32647 THAT THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RECURRING GRANT PROGRAMS WITH REGARD TO THE FUNDING ALLOCATION DIRECTED TO BE MADE BY THIS RESOLUTION.]

C7 U WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ 2030.

JUST. I'M SORRY, 2030. OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ ITEM. YOU PULLED IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, SO TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I THINK, I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS TODAY, WE'VE BEEN REALLY HAMMERING ON RESPONSIBLE SPENDING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR LIMITED TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE USED IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE MOST PEOPLE AND THE MOST EQUITABLE WAY.

THE PRIVATE PROPERTY ADAPTION ADAPTATION PROGRAM IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A WELL-INTENDED INITIATIVE THAT SIMPLY DOES NOT DELIVER THE KIND OF WIDESPREAD, EQUITABLE IMPACT THAT OUR CITY CURRENTLY NEEDS.

THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR STORMWATER CAPITAL PROJECTS TO HELP OFFSET RISING STORMWATER FEES, WHICH ARE SET TO INCREASE BY 70% OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

WATER AND SEWER RATES WILL INCREASE 30% OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO INSTEAD OF USING THESE FUNDS TO LESSEN THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF ALL RESIDENTS, THESE FUNDS ARE BEING FUNNELED INTO A PROGRAM THAT PRIMARILY BENEFITS A VERY SMALL GROUP OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS.

MOST OF THEM WHO OWN MILLION DOLLAR HOMES. SO FAR, WE'VE SPENT $407,000 ON THIS PROGRAM, YET ONLY $171,000 HAS GONE TOWARD ACTUAL PROJECTS, WHILE AN ASTONISHING $236,000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON JUST PROCUREMENT AND ASSESSMENTS. OUT OF 76 PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED, ONLY FOUR HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED AND REIMBURSED.

THAT'S FOUR PROJECTS TOTAL. AFTER THREE YEARS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY SPENT, NEARLY 80% OF ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS WITH AN AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE OF $3 MILLION. THIS MEANS WE ARE SUBSIDIZING MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR PRIVATE RENOVATIONS WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS PAYING FOR RENOVATIONS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW HERE. THAT ARE ON THE PROGRAM.

I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE ASTONISHED. THERE'S ONE ON SUNSET ISLAND, WHICH HAS A VALUE OF $18 MILLION. THERE'S ONE ON VENETIAN ISLAND THAT HAS A VALUE OF EVALUATION OF $10 MILLION.

THERE'S PALM AND HIBISCUS. LIKE I SAID, THE AVERAGE VALUE OF THESE HOMES IS $3 MILLION.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR TAXPAYERS TO BE SUBSIDIZING PRIVATE RENOVATIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I BELIEVE THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TOWARD THE BROADER COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS IN MIAMI BEACH TO HELP OFFSET THE DRASTIC INCREASES IN WATER, SEWER AND STORM WATER HIKES THAT ARE HERE TO BE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU KNOW I THINK THAT THIS IS LIKE A REVERSE ROBIN HOOD.

YOU'RE TAKING MONEY FROM HARD EARNED TAXPAYERS AND YOU'RE GIVING IT TO MILLIONAIRES.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO HELP REDUCE STORMWATER RESILIENCY MITIGATIONS, BUT I JUST CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE PUT MY NAME ON AN ITEM THAT GIVES TAXPAYER MONEY TO

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MILLION DOLLAR HOMES TO UPGRADE THEIR SEAWALLS OR PUT IN PAVERS FOR FOR THEIR DRIVEWAY.

SO I'M I PULLED IT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE PUT MY NAME ON THIS.

SO THAT'S THE REASON I PULLED IT. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU.

THIS PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY COMMISSIONER MARK SAMUELIAN, AND THE INTENT WAS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY ADAPTATION.

AS THE CITY IS MAKING OUR STREETS DRY. IT DOES PUT OUR PRIVATE PROPERTIES AT RISK.

AND THIS WAS MEANT TO HELP THOSE PROPERTIES. IT WAS LAUNCHED IN JULY OF 2022, AND IT'S OPEN FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ALSO FOR BUILDINGS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT NOW THE PROGRAM IS OPEN AND THE CITY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT APPLICATIONS AND FEEDBACK, AND IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE HOMES MORE RESILIENT.

IT'S AN INCENTIVE. I WENT LAST WEEK TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY ADAPTATION EVENT.

THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT FERC ON FRIDAY, AND THE REASON WHY IT'S EVEN ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS BECAUSE THE INTENT OF THE FUNDING WAS TO COME OUT OF THE HOTEL, CONVENTION CENTER, HOTEL, AND BECAUSE OF THE DELAY AND IT NOT BEING BUILT, I HAD TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUNDING UNTIL THE HOTEL IS BUILT.

THE RESOLUTION THAT MARK HAD PASSED WAS DONE IN 2020.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD AMY KNOWLES SO THAT SHE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THEN CALL THE ITEM FOR A VOTE FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW THAT HE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE AND HE CAN WEIGH IN AFTER AS WELL.

AND FOR THOSE BUILDINGS AND HOMES THAT NEED TO GET YOUR SEAWALLS LEVELED, OR IF YOU DO HAVE RESILIENT FEATURES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DONE FOR YOUR HOME, PLEASE APPLY.

THE PROGRAM IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 25TH, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.

AMY SHAW. GOOD AFTERNOON. AMY KNOLES CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AND I THINK YOU COVERED THAT WELL, COMMISSIONER. I'LL JUST BE VERY BRIEF. YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH HAS 93% OF ITS BUILDINGS WITHIN THE FEMA SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

64% OF OUR BUILDINGS WERE BEFORE 1972, WHEN THE FIRST FEMA RATE MAPS WERE CREATED.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSING STOCK THAT IS OLDER AND ISN'T SUBJECT TO OUR NEWER RESILIENT CODE.

SO THIS PROGRAM WAS REALLY INTENDED TO HELP THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GOAL. IT'S A FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECT TYPES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 55 PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM.

PERMEABLE PAVERS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT EASY TO DO FLOOD MITIGATION BECAUSE IT HELPS RETAIN AND ALLOW THE FILTRATION AND FLOW OF RAINWATER.

AND IT STOPS SORT OF THAT SHEET FLOODING THAT HAPPENS AND IMPACTS PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.

AND IT HAS GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AS WELL.

RAIN GARDENS, WE HAVE FRENCH DRAINS, PERMANENT FLOOD WALLS, SEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS, UNDERGROUND CISTERNS, FLOOR ELEVATION, CRAWL SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, TEMPORARY FLOOD BARRIERS, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FLOOD PROTECTION, RAIN BARRELS AND CISTERNS. GREEN ROOFS ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

PERIMETER BERMS, SANITARY SEWER BACKFLOW PREVENTION, LIVING SHORELINES AND DRY FLOOD PROOFING.

SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY THROUGH AN ENGINEERING FLOOD MITIGATION ASSESSMENT.

AND SO OVERALL, IT IS NOT A PROGRAM BUILT FOR SPEED.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO HELP HOMEOWNERS THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL.

SO BUT WE'RE PROUD OF THE PROGRAM AND HAPPY TO BE OPENING IT UP AND OFFERING IT AGAIN.

THANK YOU. AND I CAN MOVE ON. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM SECOND.

YEAH. ERIC, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? I'M TREMENDOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN ADVANCING OUR RESILIENCY EFFORTS.

WE'RE NOT JUST A CITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE A CITY OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH BOTH OF THEM TO BRING EVERYTHING ALONG COLLECTIVELY.

MR. MAYOR. WELL, LET ME JUST. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND THEN.

AND THEN COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. LOOK, I THINK WE WE JUST HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION OF USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO NOT SUBSIDIZE BUSINESSES IN A BLANKET RESPONSE. AND HERE WE ARE SUBSIDIZING WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS FOR HOMES THAT ARE WORTH 18 MILLION, 10 MILLION, 7 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, THE AVERAGE OF OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED AND ARE IN THE PROCESS.

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THE AVERAGE SALE IS $3 MILLION. WHY ARE WE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE MILLION DOLLAR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE RATE HIKES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THAT ARE GOING TO PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRAIN ON ALL RESIDENTS.

I THINK THE BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY, $666,000, WOULD BE BETTER SPENT TOWARD LESSENING THAT BURDEN. YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM WHERE YOU HAVE A REBATE PROGRAM IF IF ANYONE IN THE CITY APPLIES TO REDO THEIR FAUCETS OR THEIR SHOWER HEADS OR THEIR MORE WATER SAVING.

FAUCETS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'LL REIMBURSE YOU FOR UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR THOSE FAUCETS.

AND THAT, I THINK, IS A MUCH MORE EQUITABLE WAY TO REALLY GIVE THE MOST BENEFIT TO EVERYONE.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S AVAILABLE TO CONDOMINIUMS, BUT I'M SURE, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IF YOU'RE IN A CONDO, GETTING THAT BOARD TO AGREE TO ANYTHING IS VERY, VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATH, I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY 20% OF THE APPLICANTS ARE CONDOS.

IN FACT, THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX AND JUST ONE QUICK EXCUSE ME, LET ME BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING, BUT 20 THIS IS UP TO $20,000 AND IT'S A MATCHING GRANT.

SO THE RESIDENTS DO NEED TO PUT SKIN IN THE GAME.

IT'S NOT A FREE GIFT LIKE $50,000 TO MOUNT SINAI.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT SKIN IN THE GAME TO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I FIND THAT VERY OFFENSIVE THAT YOU WOULD COMPARE, YOU KNOW, THE ATROCITIES, ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE COMPARED TO THIS PROGRAM.

OKAY. YOU MADE YOUR POINT CLEAR. I THINK OTHER PEOPLE.

SHOULD YOU LET ME FINISH, PLEASE? THANK YOU. ONE PROPERTY HERE, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING, IS FOR SALE. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZING AN EFFORT, A PROPERTY THAT IS GOING TO BE FOR SALE. AND WE'RE WE'RE OUR TAX PAYING DOLLARS ARE ENHANCING THAT PROPERTY VALUE.

I THINK THAT'S DISINGENUOUS. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BAD USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

AND I'M I WOULD BE VERY SHOCKED OF WHOEVER SUPPORTS THIS TO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND MILLION DOLLAR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO I'M GOING TO BE A NO. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS TO TO TO SUBSIDIZE THE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS WHO WHO HAVE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS WHEN WE HAVE MUCH BIGGER ISSUES.

MR. ROSA GONZALEZ. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ACROSS MIAMI BEACH THAT LIST THEIR HOMES FOR SALE FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. AND WE DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE, POSSIBLY THAT HOMEOWNER HAD THEIR INSURANCE RATES DOUBLE OR WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD A TYPE OF MORTGAGE THAT INCREASED IN INTEREST AND NOW THEY HAVE TO SELL THEIR HOME.

THERE ARE MANY WORKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHO PURCHASE THEIR HOMES FOR $150,000, 200, $250,000 AS LITTLE AS TEN YEARS AGO. SO TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY WHO OWNS A PROPERTY THAT IS NOW WORTH $1 MILLION HAS THE MEANS. OKAY. TO MITIGATE SOME OF THIS FLOODING IS A IS TO NOT COMPREHEND THE MANY WORKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE ACROSS MIAMI BEACH OF WHOM I AM ONE.

IF I HAD TO PURCHASE MY HOME TODAY AS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO.

AND IF I NEEDED THAT GRANT MONEY AND I HAD TO MATCH IT, THAT WOULD HELP A LOT.

AND I ADMIRE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND I WATCHED COMMISSIONER SAMUELIAN.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE, CREATE THIS PROGRAM WITH SO MUCH FORESIGHT OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO MITIGATE RESILIENCY.

AND IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT OTHER CITIES SHOULD PROBABLY WATCH TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THIS TYPE OF ATTACK ON WORKING PEOPLE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO MIGHT NEED OUR HELP. SINGLE FAMILY. HOMEOWNERS WHO MIGHT NEED OUR HELP IS, IN MY OPINION, LACKING COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY, LAST WORD, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE VOTE. ARE WE SURE? LOOK, I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE LIVING ON SUNSET ISLAND THREE ARE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS

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MEET OR VENETIAN ISLANDS OR LA GORCE. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, LOOK YOU KNOW, WHAT'S EVEN CRAZIER IS I'M NOT EVEN MENTIONING NAMES, BUT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY POLITICALLY CONNECTED.

AND IT'S TO ME, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AGAIN TO SUBSIDIZE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTIES FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS. I JUST I THINK THAT'S INSANE.

I THINK THAT'S LIKE A REVERSE ROBIN HOOD. WE'RE TAKING MONEY FROM HARD PAYING, HARD WORKING TAXPAYERS AND THEN GIVING IT TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS INSANE TO ME.

SO ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COULD BE USING MUCH BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

OKAY, LET'S CALL IT. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I'LL JUST SAY, FIRST OF ALL, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THIS WAS A LEGACY PROGRAM FOR COMMISSIONER SAMUELIAN AND YOUR CONTINUING WITH THAT, I WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A STEWARD AND WATCHING AND WATCHING OUR DOLLARS, SO I DO I DO APPRECIATE I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I WILL JUST ADD, SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE POLITICAL COMPONENT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS ZERO SAY IN WHO THIS PROGRAM RECEIVES THE, THE GRANT FUNDING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF ANYBODY ON THIS BODY'S CONTROL.

SO LET'S CALL A VOTE A MOTION ON C7. BART WANTS TO COMMENT.

I'M I'M READY TO VOTE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE I APPLIED FOR IT WHEN I WAS LIVING ON PARKVIEW ISLAND, AND I WITHDREW WHEN I OBVIOUSLY PUT MY HOUSE ON WHEN I SOLD MY HOUSE.

IT IS A VERY ROBUST PROCESS IN WHICH EDUCATED PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGINEERS COME OUT AND ASSESS WHAT MAKES SENSE OR NOT.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO I COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY THAT HOUSE NOW I BOUGHT IT WHEN IT WAS VERY INEXPENSIVE RELATIVE TO WHAT IT OFFERED. AND SO, SURE, IF YOU IF YOU PULL THE LISTING NOW, YOU WOULD SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I BOUGHT IT FOR. AND I COULDN'T AFFORD THE WHATEVER.

IT WAS 40 GRAND THAT WOULD MITIGATE THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE THE FLOOD PLATES SINCE I LIVED ON THE WATER.

SO I THINK LET'S NOT CAST ASPERSIONS BASED ON A HANDFUL OF DATA POINTS.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I THINK IT SHOULD BE CONTINUED.

ANYTHING WE CAN GET TO DO TO GET OUR OUR RESIDENTS TO PROACTIVELY HARDEN THEIR THEIR HOMES AGAINST THE RISING TIDES, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO IT. AND AGAIN, THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BE FUNDED OUT OF THE HOTEL REVENUES.

AND SO LET'S KEEP IT GOING RATHER THAN HAVING A FIVE YEAR HIATUS.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I HEAR ONE, NAY. FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS A YES.

SIX, TWO. F I'M SORRY, C2F. EXCUSE ME. C2F ISSUE RFP 2025 2018 ND

[C2 F REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO ISSUE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”) 2025-218-ND FOR CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATION OF PADEL/PICKLEBALL FACILITY ON SURFACE PARKING LOT OR PARKING GARAGE ROOFTOP ADJACENT TO LINCOLN LANE NORTH. (OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER)]

PADDLE FACILITY ON SURFACE PARKING LOT. GARAGE C TO F WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

VERY EXCITED. WE HOSTED OUR RFP TOWN HALL YESTERDAY.

SO I PULLED THIS FROM CONSENT MYSELF BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS THAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT I BELIEVE WILL NOT ONLY BE WELCOMED, BUT A SIGH OF RELIEF FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.

AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY LISTEN, I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS VISION ON A SURFACE PORTION OF A SURFACE PARKING LOT WOULD HAVE DELIVERED A MORE OF A VIBRANCY AND ENERGY TO LINCOLN ROAD THAT WE KIND OF LAMENT THAT WE'VE LOST.

BUT THAT BEING SAID I WANT TO BUILD CONSENSUS AND ACHIEVE COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND I WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND.

SO AS IT STANDS NOW, THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS FOR THE RFP.

THE PARKING LOT OF P26, THE ROOFTOP OF THE 17TH STREET GARAGE, AND ALSO THE PENNSYLVANIA ROOFTOP.

I WANT TO TAKE THE PROPOSED TO TAKE THE P26 LOT OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE, AGAIN, DESPITE WHAT I PERSONALLY FEEL I WANT TO ALL OF US TO GET BEHIND THIS AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND IN THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE HAD EVEN UP TO YESTERDAY, EVEN THE NAYSAYERS FOR THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL SEEM TO BE LOCKSTEP AND INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.

SO WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AD NAUSEAM.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM AND OUR STAFF HERE.

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BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL HAVE BROAD YOU I DON'T WANT TO SAY UNANIMOUS.

THEY PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE LARGE CONSENSUS REMOVING P26 AND ANY SURFACE PARKING LOT FROM THE RFP PROCESS AND STICKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE ROOFTOP OF THE 17TH STREET GARAGE.

AND STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM THIS WILL TAKE, THIS WILL BE A COMMUNITY ACTIVATION THAT WILL BE JUST WILDLY CELEBRATED BY OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WHETHER IT BE SEASONED PLAYERS, PEOPLE NEW TO THE GAME, PEOPLE THAT AREN'T EVEN PLAYING PADEL BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS.

I SAID THIS AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY. THE PADDLE PORTION WAS SECONDARY.

THE FIRST WAS FINDING A VISION THAT BROUGHT ENERGY, VIBRANCY AND OUR RESIDENTS BACK TO LINCOLN ROAD THAT HAVE LONG ABANDONED IT.

AND THE MEANS OF ACHIEVING THAT WAS JUST LANDING ON PADDLE AND THINKING OF THE AERIAL SHOTS OF MIAMI BEACH AND THIS ROOFTOP ACTIVATED WITH PEOPLE IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND PLAYING A SPORT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY WITH THE OCEAN TO ONE CORRIDOR AND THE SKYLINE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THIS WILL JUST BE AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AND FANTASTIC INITIATIVE THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL BE PROUD TO GET BEHIND.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. I THOUGHT WE HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

AS YOU STATED, WE HAVE REMOVED BOTH SURFACE LOTS FROM THE RFP AND THE ONLY TWO ROOFTOPS NOW ARE G9 AND G5.

CHRISTIE CAN GO THROUGH ANY OF THE DETAILS IF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE.

BUT THE MAIN COMPONENTS WERE WE REMOVE BOTH OF THOSE, THOSE SURFACE LOTS.

SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION. I'M GENERALLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF DOING SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE BACK TO LINCOLN ROAD.

AND MAYBE THIS WAS COVERED AT ONE POINT. EXCUSE ME.

AND I MISSED IT, BUT AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A PRIVATE OPERATOR COME IN AND DO THIS AS AN AMENITY FOR THE CITY OR AS A AS AN OFFERING WITHIN OUR CITY THAT WOULD HAVE SOME PUBLIC BENEFITS.

IS THERE NOT A WAY FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING, BUT DO IT WITHIN OUR OWN PARKS AND REC EXISTING STRUCTURE SO THAT IT'S A CITY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER, LIKE OUR SOCCER CAMPS? YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT THESE ARE. AND THIS IS MY MY LAYMAN'S VIEW, RIGHT? THESE ARE HARD ENTITIES TO OPERATE. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN OPERATING, YOU KNOW, THE MIAMI BEACH COUNTRY CLUB OR WHEN WE LEASE OUT COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT SPACE OR EVEN THE OPERATOR FOR THE THE TENNIS ACADEMY.

RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF TECH THAT GOES INTO SCHEDULING GAMES, THE UPKEEP, THE OPERATIONS.

ESSENTIALLY HERE, WHAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY DO IS WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING PAID FOR THIS, RIGHT? THE OPERATORS ARE GOING TO COME OUT WITH SOME TYPE OF LEASE PAYMENT.

AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS GOING TO BE.

THEY WILL ESSENTIALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, AND IT'LL BE AN EXPEDITED TIME FRAME.

THERE'S JUST IN MY VIEW, SOME THINGS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES BETTER.

SO IF I LOOK AT WHAT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THIS OURSELVES.

RIGHT. SO THE OPERATOR IS GOING TO MAKE LIKE A TEN YEAR COMMITMENT, A CAPEX COMMITMENT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS UP FRONT TO ESSENTIALLY DO THIS AND THEN OPERATE IF WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE SOME TYPE OF REVENUE SHARE MODEL.

RIGHT. SO THERE WOULD BE A BASELINE RENT AND THEN WHATEVER INCOME THEY GET OVER A CERTAIN RENT PERCENTAGE, THE CITY RECEIVES SOME OF THE UPSIDE. WE COULD PUT THOSE TERMS INTO THE PROCESS.

BUT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BUILD, THIS ISN'T AN EASY TASK.

AND MARK, I'LL HAND THAT OVER TO YOU. JUST THE FORGET THE OPERATIONAL COMPONENT, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE IN AND OF ITSELF.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CITY ACTUALLY HASN'T BUILT ANY PUBLIC FACILITIES, EVEN IN OUR PARKS AND REC SPACES.

BUT JUST ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING THIS ON THE ROOF OF A PARKING DECK IS A CHALLENGE, EVEN FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY CAPABLE TO DO TOMORROW IN OUR PARKS AND REC DIVISION.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET IN PLACE TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS CURRENTLY.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T BUDGET FUNDS, BUT I THINK THERE'D ALSO BE SOME ADDED HEADCOUNT IN ORDER TO HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF BE ABLE TO TO MANAGE AND OVERSEE THAT FACILITY.

SO WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION IS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ONE THING THAT'S FOR CERTAIN IS THAT WHETHER IT'S PICKLEBALL OR PADDLE, PEOPLE ARE CRAZY FOR THIS SPORT. I HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS ABOUT PUTTING ONE.

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CAN WE? IS THERE A GARAGE SOUTH OF FIFTH? WHERE IS THERE A ROOFTOP IN, YOU KNOW, IN NORTH BEACH? SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THEM ON THE GARAGE ROOFTOPS.

ALSO, BECAUSE I LIKE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THESE GARAGES, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM COULD USE CLEANUP AND POPULATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THE IN SOME OF THESE GARAGES, WE EVEN FIND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY SOMETIME.

SO I THINK THAT HAVING A SPORTS MINDED POPULATION THAT'S DRIVING THROUGH THE GARAGES AND MAKING, YOU KNOW, AND DRIVING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY IN, IN ALLOWING US TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN KEEPING THEM CLEAN.

AND THE OWNERS OF, YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER PADDLE OR PICKLEBALL OR WHATEVER KIND OF PADDLE BALL FACILITY.

I DON'T I DID BUY SOME PICKLEBALL PADDLES. I HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO PLAY YET, BUT I PLAN ON IT AND AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS WILL BRING.

AND BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER ON A ROOFTOP.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. YOU ALWAYS GET A BREEZE ON A ROOFTOP, AND IT GETS SO HOT IN SUMMER.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THAT CORRIDOR OF, YOU KNOW, LINCOLN ROAD, WHERE THERE ISN'T THAT MUCH OF A GUSTY BREEZE ON THAT SIDE OF THE, YOU KNOW, PARKING GARAGE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER FIT ON THE ROOFTOP.

AS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD SEE WHAT PEOPLE COME BACK WITH.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED. AND MAYBE EVERY SINGLE ROOFTOP EVENTUALLY IN THE CITY, YOU WILL BE THE ROOFTOP PADDLE KING, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND WHATEVER FORM THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE, I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT AMENITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT WITH PADDLE BEING THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE WORLD AND JUST TAKING OFF LIKE FIRE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RACKET CONVENTION COMING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER IN MARCH WHERE IT'S GOING TO BRING THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES.

GIVEN THE PROMINENCE OF AN EMERGENCE OF THE SPORT IN THE MIAMI AREA.

BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREA, THIS WILL BE THE MOST PROMINENT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A MODEL THAT OTHER CITIES USE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF POSITIVE PRESS ATTENTION OUT OF THIS.

SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT HELPED MAKE THIS VISION EVEN BETTER FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THE FEEDBACK YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE, OUR CITY STAFF AND REALLY FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR IF YOU SUPPORT IT IN ITS ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ITERATION, IF YOU DIDN'T BUT PROVIDED FEEDBACK OF WHAT WOULD BE BETTER.

WE ALL HAD A HAND IN MAKING THIS COME TO FRUITION, SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS HOW YOU BUILD A CONSENSUS.

YOU DEFINITELY GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK. IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR THE RFP CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATES THAT THIS WOULD BE STRUCTURED AS A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR EITHER FIVE YEARS OR JUST SHY OF TEN YEARS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF, OF THE BODY THAT WE INCLUDE AN OPTION FOR THIS TO BE A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.

THERE MAY BE SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH A LEASE AGREEMENT INVOLVING PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY NOT HAVE TO ADDRESS IF WE USE THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FORM.

SO WE SHOULD GIVE THE PROPOSERS THE OPTION. BUT THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RFP.

I ACCEPT YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

WITH THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SECOND BY SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF. C TO C, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED, AS AMENDED. THANK YOU.

C7 W C7 W ANNUAL ALLOCATION $3,000 OF CITY SIX HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

[C7 W A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF $3,000 TO EACH OF THE CITY’S SIX ADVISORY COMMITTEES ADDRESSING HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS (I.E., THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE, BLACK AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND LGBTQIA+ ADVISORY COMMITTEE) IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,000 IN THE AGGREGATE, TO ENABLE THESE COMMITTEES TO SPONSOR EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SUBJECT TO CITY MANAGER’S APPROVAL.]

C7 W WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SIMPLY SEPARATED BECAUSE I THINK FROM THE DISCUSSIONS I HAD WITH STAFF.

AND I'D LIKE ERIC TO CHIME IN, IS THIS REALLY OPENS UP THE DOOR TO A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS GROWING TO ACCOMMODATE A SET OF BOARDS. AND IT MAY NOT STOP THERE. IT MAY GO TO EVERY OTHER. I THINK WE SAID THERE WAS LIKE 48 BOARDS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO TO BE A STEWARD OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

AND SO, ERIC, IF YOU CAN CHIME IN ON ON WHY YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT HESITATION ON THIS.

THAT'D BE GREAT. SO, COMMISSIONER. ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE'VE OPERATED WITH THESE BOARDS WITHOUT GIVING THEM A DEDICATED BUDGET FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY, I UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSIONER PUTTING THIS ITEM FORWARD, THE CONCEPT OF TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME AUTONOMY TO DO SOME THINGS ON

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THEIR OWN. I, I THINK IT'S BEEN WORKING THAT WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL NEEDS TO BE FUNDED BY THE COMMISSION, THAT THEY PUT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION AND THE COMMISSION PICKS IT UP AND ULTIMATELY THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS GET FUNDED AS INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AS OPPOSED TO A DEDICATED BUDGET FOR.

AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX COMMITTEES LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES THAT I AM CONCERNED WILL ALSO BE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND SO MY ONLY ASK IS THAT WE BE VERY JUDICIOUS AS TO SETTING ASIDE DOLLARS FOR COMMITTEES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

YEAH. SO I AGAIN, MY MY CONCERN IS WE'RE OPENING UP PANDORA'S BOX WITH FUNDING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE THEM $3,000, $5,000, THEY WILL SPEND THE MONEY.

AND SO I KIND OF I PREFER THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE NOW WHERE IF THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC REQUEST, THEY COME TO THE COMMISSION AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY GENEROUS AS FAR AS AS A COMMISSION.

BUT TO JUST GIVE THEM THE MONEY. I, I TO ME, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S JUST SETS UP A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR, FOR WASTEFUL SPENDING.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

MR. MR. ATTORNEY. ARE WE JUST GIVING THEM THE MONEY OR.

OR ARE WE SETTING ASIDE AN ALLOCATION? THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED? IS THERE IS THERE A SAFEGUARD MECHANISM BUILT INTO INTO THIS RESOLUTION, OR ARE WE JUST HANDING OVER MONEY TO, TO TO OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISORY BOARDS AS DRAFTED? THE CITY MANAGER WOULD NEED TO APPROVE THE EVENTS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH THESE MONIES.

SO, SO SO WE'RE NOT GIVING THE BOARDS THE MONEY.

WHERE THIS IS. THIS IS MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE.

BUT THEY NEED TO PUT IN A REQUEST, AND THAT REQUEST NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THIS IS BECAUSE I RATHER SET A BUDGET AND A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH FOR THEM TO, TO, TO WORK WITH, OTHER THAN US COMING PIECEMEAL AND BRINGING FORWARD PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT END UP COSTING PROBABLY MORE THAN THAN THE THREE THAN THE $3,000 WE'RE GIVING THEM BY DOING THIS.

IT'S A FRAMEWORK THEY EACH KNOW. LISTEN, YOU GOT $3,000.

YOU JUST CAN'T DO WITH IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU IT HAS TO BE PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND NATURE HAS TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE SPIRIT OF YOUR COMMITTEE.

WHATEVER YOU REQUEST HAS TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.

AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MANY PRECEDENTS CAN BE SET AND PRECEDENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE SET SAID LEFT AND RIGHT, I THINK. I THINK THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HOW YOU DECIDE TO DO IT.

DO YOU DECIDE TO SET ASIDE NOW A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TELL THEM, LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY WITHIN WHICH TO WORK WITH? OR DO WE WANT TO JUST END UP DOING IT PIECEMEAL? INTO INTO INTO THE FUTURE? WHAT I WHAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND SPIN IT AND SAY, OH, WE'RE JUST GIVING AWAY THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO THESE COMMITTEES.

AND NO, NUMBER ONE, THESE ARE COMMITTEES OF THE CITY.

WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM THE MONEY. THE MONEY IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

THEY HAVE TO REQUEST THE MONEY. THE MONEY HAS TO BE FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE ALIGNED WITH THEIR COMMITTEE.

AND IF THE CITY MANAGER AGREES, THEN THE FUNDS CAN BE USED.

BUT WE'RE JUST NOT GIVING AWAY THE THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

AND, MR. MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO TO TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE COMMITTEES THAT THEY'RE CREATED BY THE CITY, RIGHT? YES. SO THESE ARE NOT PRIVATE ENTITIES.

THESE ARE NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS OR EVEN NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATIONS.

THESE ARE COMMITTEES OF THE CITY. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

AND AND IT HAS TO BE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. YES.

YOU'RE SAYING THE COMMITTEES HAVE TO BE FOR PUBLIC THE USE OF THE MONEY, THE USE OF THE MONEY, THE USE OF THE MONEY. SO OR MR. ATTORNEY THE THE RESOLUTION SPECIFIES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SUCH. AND WE WOULD NEVER USE CITY FUNDS FOR ANYTHING THAT IS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A PUBLIC PURPOSE.

SO I'M SURE THAT THE MANAGER WOULD, WOULD HAVE DISCRETION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER EVENT IS PROPOSED WOULD WOULD SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE.

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ALL RIGHT. SO SO I THINK I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S BETTER TO DO IT THIS WAY WHERE THEY EACH KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

YOU GAVE YOU GIVE THEM AN ENVELOPE WITHIN WHICH TO, TO, TO TO WORK WITH AND AND WITH THAT I MOVE MY ITEM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. THANK YOU FOR BOTH THE ITEM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND PULLING IT.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I LOVE THE FOCUS ON FINANCIAL RESTRAINT.

IS THERE A WAY WE COULD THREAD THIS NEEDLE? BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE HERE, BUT I ALSO DO GET CONCERNED ABOUT THE PANDORA'S BOX.

SO IS THERE A WAY WE COULD ESSENTIALLY APPROVE THIS? AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR? THEN THERE'S 40 COMMITTEES THAT COME IN AND GO, WELL, GIVE US $3,000 AND THEN IT BALLOONS TO TEN.

SO CAN WE PROVE THIS? BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPROVING THIS, SET A HIGHER HURDLE OR THRESHOLD TO THEN INCREASING ALLOCATIONS OR EXPANDING ALLOCATIONS. SO WE APPROVE THIS.

BUT WE SAY OKAY, IT'S PART OF THIS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, INCREMENTAL FUNDING ABOVE $3,000 TO THESE COMMITTEES, OR EXPANDING AWAY FROM THESE SIX COMMITTEES WOULD REQUIRE A 5/7 VOTE TO ESSENTIALLY TRY AND MITIGATE THE THE PROVERBIAL PANDORA'S BOX BEING OPENED HERE, WHERE ESSENTIALLY WE TURN $15,000 IN FUNDING OR $18,000 IN FUNDING TO THEN IF 40 COMMITTEES GET $10,000, IT BALLOONS TO 400.

RIGHT. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANT TO TRY AND MITIGATE THE PANDORA'S BOX ARGUMENT.

SO WOULD THAT BE A WAY TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE IN SOMETHING YOU'D BE OPEN TO? YEAH, FOR SURE, FOR SURE. I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO REALIZE WHAT WE END UP DOING IS ACTUALLY WE PROBABLY END UP SPENDING MORE THAN THE 18,000 WITH THE PIECEMEAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION WE END UP BRINGING IN BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DEFINED THE STRUCTURE.

SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE OTHERWISE AN ENDLESS POT OF MONEY WHERE THEY FEEL, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL JUST WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ON COMING IN WITH MORE AND MORE REQUESTS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SET A CAP. THIS SETS A CAP, THIS SETS A STRUCTURE. AND I'M FINE WITH WITH WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE.

YEAH. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT THIS AND THEN TURN AROUND THE IGUANA GUYS COME IN, YOU KNOW, GET $10,000. SO I THINK IF WE CAN THREAD THAT NEEDLE, I THINK THAT THAT COMFORTS ME.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, I WELCOME THAT. YEAH. OH, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

SO THIS MORNING I WAS VERY HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THE ANTI-SEMITISM, EDUCATION FUNDING.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.

SO THE $3,000 TO GO TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, THE WOMEN'S COMMITTEE, THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE, THE BLACK AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND LGBTQ.

THAT DOESN'T THAT'S A TOTAL OF $18,000 VERSUS 50,000 THAT WE GAVE OUT THIS MORNING.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING JUST NOW, 20 PEOPLE RESIGNED FROM ELON MUSK'S DOGE'S COMMITTEE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO AND APPLY FOR A JOB BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB TRYING TO ROOT IT ALL OUT.

I THINK THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY HAPPY FOR ALL OF THESE COMMITTEES TO HAVE SOME FUNDING. AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE FOR THE WOMEN THERE DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE LIKE TO HOST A SERIES OF EVENTS AND HAVE THAT PRESENCE ALL AROUND OUR CITY.

THE SAME WITH LGBTQ, THE SAME WITH DISABILITY, THE SAME WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON A DAY IN MIAMI BEACH.

NOT AT ALL. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT.

I LOVE DIVERSITY, I LOVE INCLUSION, I LOVE TO FUND EDUCATION FOR IT.

AND I THINK THAT GIVEN THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MENTION THAT THIS, THIS THIS MORNING, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT WE GIVE MOUNT SINAI $1 MILLION EACH YEAR, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, NOTHING IN RETURN. WE JUST GIVE THEM A MILLION.

OKAY. AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THIS MORNING BECAUSE I BELIEVE SO MUCH IN THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT EVEN QUESTIONING THESE SMALL AMOUNTS TO CREATE EVENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THAT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SHOW THAT WE CARE AND THAT WE SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IS SUCH A SMALL PITTANCE COMPARED TO WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO WHAT YOU KNOW, YOU SPONSORED THIS MORNING AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE ALL GOT BEHIND YOU.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND BEING A TEAM.

AND THAT'S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS. AND I JUST IF I MAY, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

MR. MAYOR, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT WE VOTED ON THIS MORNING WAS VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE HAVE TO SUPPORT WHAT WE VOTED ON THIS THIS MORNING.

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ANTI-SEMITISM IS REAL AND FUNDING ANTI-SEMITISM, SENSITIVITY TRAINING IS A NEED.

AND I'M GLAD THE MIAMI BEACH IS IS LEADING ON THAT.

AND THAT'S IT'S OWN ITEM ON ITS OWN MERITS THAT STANDS ON ITS OWN.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING SEPARATE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE THAT IS DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF, OF OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE AWARENESS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

AND AND WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HISPANICS THAT, THAT THAT FEEL MARGINALIZED AND TARGETED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF, OF IMMIGRATION ISSUES. AND, AND JUST SO MANY OTHER COMMITTEES, THE BLACK AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THAT HAS REQUESTED SUPPORT IN THE PAST FOR FOR ITS PROGRAMING. IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS WAY, WE JUST END UP DOING IT ANOTHER WAY, AN UNSTRUCTURED WAY, A STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T CREATE CAPS AND BOUNDARIES.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD OF MY ITEM. I THINK IT'S IT'S NOMINAL.

AND I DON'T THINK IT HURTS TO THE TO THE CONTRARY, IT EXPANDS ON, ON ON OUR COMMUNITY.

IT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THESE COMMITTEES AND THEIR PROGRAMING.

ERIC, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE, MR. MAYOR? OH, SURE.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE A SENSE BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT THE THERE WERE REQUESTS AND THAT WE WOULD OFTEN APPROVE THEM, HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE ALLOCATING ANNUALLY. SO I HAD ASKED JASON FOR THAT INFORMATION THIS MORNING.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WAY TO TRACK HOW THOSE REQUESTS FROM THE COMMITTEES ARE BEING FUNDED. SO I DON'T HAVE A FULL NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD SAY IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE $18,000.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THE $18,000.

AND, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ARE YOU ARE YOU CONTEMPLATING THAT THIS IS A FLOOR OR IS THIS SORT OF THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING UNDER.

AND IT WOULD BE AN OPTION. I'D RATHER I'D RATHER GIVE THEM A FRAMEWORK THROUGH WHICH IN WHICH TO, TO OPERATE. I LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID THAT IF THAT IF ANYONE REQUESTS MORE MONEY, IT HAS TO BE A SUPERMAJORITY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S FINE.

BUT I'D RATHER GIVE PEOPLE A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH TO, TO TO OPERATE.

I GET I GET THE CONCERNS OF, OF MY COLLEAGUE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHY WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OR THE COMMISSION FOR, FOR WOMEN OR THE BLACK AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. THEY'RE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE APPOINT PEOPLE TO THESE COMMITTEES TO DO THESE ACTIVITIES.

AND OFTENTIMES I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I'VE SERVED IN THESE COMMITTEES, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE TO END UP PUTTING OUT FROM THEIR OWN POCKET TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF, OF OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT RIGHT EITHER. AND SO AND SO YOU KNOW, THIS THIS SHOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A NO BRAINER FOR US IF MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP A FRAMEWORK, CAN WE AGREE THAT ANY OTHER FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTED WOULD NEED TO DO A SIX, SEVEN VOTE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THAT'S THE INTENT, THEN TO SET UP A MORE STRINGENT FRAMEWORK OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING USED, I THINK I WOULD I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS WE SET A BUDGET AND THEN TRUST ME, THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO GROW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S STILL THESE EXTRA REQUESTS FOR FOR FUNDS.

SO, LOOK, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT SAFEGUARDS ON ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO DEFER THE ITEM, AND I'M GOING TO REFER TO COMMITTEE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THERE TO BE AN ANALYSIS.

AND LET'S SEE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED BY COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND SO THAT THAT WAY WE CAN BE MORE EQUITABLE IN, IN HOW WE ALLOCATE OUR FUNDING.

SO, SO, SO I THINK YOU BRING UP A VERY GOOD POINT, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE LOOK INTO MR. MANAGER.

YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S SEE HOW MUCH HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE FUNDING.

BY BY COMMUNITY. BECAUSE I THINK WE REALLY WANT IF WE WANT TO BE FAIR, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE SHOULD BE FAIR IN HOW WE'RE DOING IT. SO SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TO REFER THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

[07:05:02]

IF I DENY YOUR MOTION, COULD I MOVE AHEAD WITH YOUR ITEM, WITH THE WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE? HOW DOES THAT WORK? I THINK WITH THE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.

I THINK I THINK LET'S, LET'S, LET'S REFER IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I'LL SECOND THAT. SO THAT SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THIS.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU'RE ALWAYS FULL OF SURPRISES.

WHY? NO, IT'S VERY, VERY. YEAH. NO, NO, I THINK I'M IMPRESSED.

I'M IMPRESSED. I THINK I THINK IT MERITS A CONVERSATION.

YOU KNOW, AND LISTEN TO TO TO JOSE MARTI PICNIC.

AND MIKE COST US, WHAT, $1,000 TO TO THROW A JOSE MARTI PICNIC AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE EVENT FOR THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OR, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, MIGHT COST US $1,000 TO DO THE RED SAND EVENT FOR FOR FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

AS YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THE BLACK AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DOESN'T REALLY ASK FOR REALLY THAT MUCH.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GOOD, BUT BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND.

YEAH, LET'S LET'S LET'S SEND IT AND LET'S DO, LET'S DO A BETTER ANALYSIS SO THAT WE REALLY ARE FAIR ON HOW ON HOW WE'RE, WE'RE USING THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR REFERRAL.

YES, SIR. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. ITEM C7 IS REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

C7 AF C7 C7 F IS A IDENTIFIES SLASH ALLOCATE $250,000 FOR STATE GRANT TO FUND PIER PARK PROJECT.

[C7 AF A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY AND ALLOCATE $250,000 IN FUNDING TO ENABLE THE CITY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO FUND THE MIAMI BEACH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND PIER PARK STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO BEAUTIFY AND SECURE THE WALKWAYS AND STREET ENDS AT PIER PARK AND TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC FLOW AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REVITALIZATION OF THE PARK IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY’S ONGOING GOALS OF ENHANCING SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND AESTHETICS IN THIS IMPORTANT PUBLIC SPACE; AND FURTHER, WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE REVIEW REQUIREMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2-14(D)(1)(A) OF THE CITY CODE.]

IT WAS SEPARATED BY THE MAYOR. YES, I SEPARATED BECAUSE WHAT I'M BEING TOLD BY OUR CITY MANAGER IS THAT DEPENDING ON THE COST OF THE PROJECT, WE WE WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT. SO IT'S GREAT TO GET THE GRANT, BUT I JUST WANT TO.

I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD BE GETTING INTO AND ON THE HOOK FOR.

YEAH. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS WAS KIND OF PUT INTO OUR LAPS THAT THE STATE COULD HAVE SOME MONEY FOR US.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT WAS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY GET $2 MILLION TO HELP OUR STREET ENDS, SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED ON LINCOLN ROAD. NOW THERE'S AN INITIATIVE UNDERWAY TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR BEAUTIFICATION PEDESTRIANIZATION OF THE STREET AND DOWN IN SOUTH POINT. SO ESSENTIALLY, THE STATE HAS EARMARKED FOR US $2 MILLION.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION. I BELIEVE I YOU KNOW, I WORKED WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

STATE REP VICKY LOPEZ MIAMI BEACH HAS TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY COME UP WITH IF WE COME UP WITH $250,000, WE GET, I BELIEVE, $2 MILLION. IS THAT WHERE WE LIE? MR. CITY MANAGER.

SO I KNOW BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, SHE FELT LIKE WE COULD GET UP TO THAT MONEY.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE PREDICATED ON HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN MATCHING DOLLARS.

GOT IT. OKAY. AND WITH THAT POINT CAME UP YESTERDAY, MR. MAYOR, IN MY BRIEFING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND IT WAS CERTAINLY I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO SOME $20 MILLION PROJECT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING $2 MILLION. BUT ONCE WE DO A FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE FULL COST OF WHAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE, AND IF IT IS WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $2 MILLION THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING, WE'RE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY JUST CUT AND RUN.

MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL WINDS WHERE WE INITIALLY ACCEPTED A GRANT THAT WE WOULD THEN SEND BACK AND WE WOULD GET OUR $250,000 BACK.

BUT IT'S NOT AS IF JUST BECAUSE WE MOVED THIS FORWARD NOW THAT WE'RE SOMEHOW TYING US DEFINITIVELY INTO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

IF AFTER FURTHER ANALYSIS, THIS TURNS INTO A 10 OR $15 MILLION PROJECT, WE CAN ESSENTIALLY CUT AND RUN.

CORRECT. SO WE WE TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE TO GIVE BACK GRANT DOLLARS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY ON IN THE ANALYSIS OF THIS, AND WE NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE WE COULD COMMIT TO ANYTHING.

BUT FOR THE LAST PART, IF IT WAS ELEVATED FIGURE, IT'S NOT AS IF BY ACCEPTING THIS RIGHT NOW, IT LOCKS US INTO SOME LARGER CAP. EX IF THIS CAME BACK IN, THE ANALYSIS WAS, WELL, THIS WILL ACTUALLY COST $10 MILLION.

WE COULD CUT AND RUN. AT THAT POINT, YOU AS A BODY ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET ANY DOLLARS TO ANY FUTURE PROJECT BEFORE ANYTHING COULD MOVE FORWARD.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS? OH, SORRY. YOU'RE BACK. YOU'RE MOVING IT? YES.

AND WERE YOU GOOD WITH WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE CITY MANAGER? WHERE? IF THE PROJECT COMES BACK AND THERE IS SOME ELEVATED COST, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK THE GRANT MONEY AND CUT AND RUN.

RIGHT. I'M NOT SIGNING US UP FOR SOME $10 MILLION CAPEX.

[07:10:03]

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO BE FULLY FUNDED WITH THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.

GREAT. SO GOT A GOT A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

SO THE MAYOR WILL SECOND IT. SO C7 AF. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AND I WILL INQUIRE OF COMMISSIONER SUAREZ UPON HIS RETURN.

YES, I HEARD A YES. SEVEN ZERO. C7. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

OKAY. LET'S CALL OUR SEVEN A. R. SEVEN A IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT THIRD AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET

[R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION AND IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A."]

R7 A. NO.

THANK YOU. WHAT WE HAVE IS THE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE OPERATING.

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THERE. I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, SUMMER CAMP AND OTHER PROGRAMING.

THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AT FERC AND THIS IS TO RUN THE SUMMER CAMP.

AND THIS WOULD SEEK TO APPROPRIATE $300,000 FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND THESE FUNDS WOULD COMPROMISE $10,000 IN ONE TIME COSTS FOR NECESSARY EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND FACILITY RENOVATIONS, AND $190,000 IN RECURRING COSTS FOR DAILY PROGRAMING THAT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PARKS AND REC STAFFING.

AND THIS IS TO GET THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CITY COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS BASED ON A RESOLUTION PASSED FROM LAST MONTH.

AND THIS PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT IS THEREFORE TO APPROPRIATE $160,000, PRORATED FOR EIGHT MONTHS IN THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION COMMISSION'S 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. FOR FOR ADDITIONAL AIDES AS REQUESTED IN THE LAST BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THEN THE THE NEXT ONE AND I'LL TURN IT TO TAMIKA FOR THE SPECIAL REVENUES IS THE IS A DONATION THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THROUGH THE MAYOR COMMISSION OFFICE FOR $20,000.

THIS WOULD APPROPRIATE THOSE DOLLARS TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OFFICE.

AND THIS IS FOR SENIOR PROGRAMS. AND THE FOURTH ITEM IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE CITY'S VPK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 81,000.

THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT LAST.

WELL, THE FEBRUARY 3RD COMMISSION MEETING. AND THIS WILL BE FUNDED FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

AND THE LAST ITEM IS FOR THE STARCHILD SCULPTURE 5G UTILITY POLE RELOCATION.

THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. IT'S CURRENTLY OBSTRUCTING THE SCULPTURE.

AND THIS IS JUST TO MOVE IT 50 YARDS SOUTH OF THE LOCATION.

YEAH, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE. YES, I'LL IT SEEMS LIKE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS.

VICE MAYOR. WHY DON'T YOU GO FOR IT? OKAY. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE.

AND I HAPPEN TO LOVE THE STARCHILD STATUE. I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLE AND A GREAT MARKER FOR OUR CITY.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE BEST, HIGHEST USE OF ALMOST $100,000, AND IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO OFFSET THE FPL POLE AND AND REALLY SET OFF THE SCULPTURE. BUT GIVEN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TODAY, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY HAD YET ABOUT RATE INCREASES AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOSING $7 MILLION FROM OUR BUDGET RIGHT OFF THE BAT NEXT YEAR WITH OUR FANCY NEW DMV, WHICH WILL BE GREAT BUT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD, IF WE'RE FLUSH, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY BILLIONAIRES LIVING IN OUR CITY WHO ARE MAJOR DONORS TO ARTS INSTITUTION, WHO INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE PHILANTHROPISTS IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST THIS WOULD BE A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO STEP UP AND DO IT OF THEIR OWN VOLITION.

BECAUSE, BOY, 86 GRAND COULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING KIDS GET A HEAD START IN ON PRE-K OR FEEDING SENIORS OR EXPANDING SUMMER CAMP, WHICH SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES USE THAT WE HAVE WAITING LISTS AND KIDS GET TURNED AWAY.

SO I WOULD I WOULD MOVE THIS MINUS THE UTILITY POLE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION.

SO WE JUST ADD SUPPORT. SO THE FUNDING, MY UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY WOULD BE COMING.

WE ARE WE ALREADY ALLOCATE A BUDGET TO THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES.

AND THEY WOULD BE USING THEIR FUNDING FOR THIS, CORRECT.

YES. OR THEY COULD USE THAT TO BUY MORE ART. CORRECT.

[07:15:01]

WE HAVE CURRENT WORK, IF I MAY. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSION MEMBERS LISTED OUR CURRENT DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.

SO THIS PIECE WAS APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BY THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION TO ACQUIRE THIS WORK OF ART CONTINGENT ON MOVING THE 5G POLE. AND IT WENT TO FERC. IT WENT TO COMMISSION.

AND IF THERE WAS FUNDING WITHIN AAP AND IT WAS APPROVED BY AAP.

WE WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO MOVE THE POLE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED.

HOWEVER, THIS IS TO MOVE THE POLE, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CRYSTAL CROWN CASTLE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND COORDINATING THE CONTRACT.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS NOW. BUT THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND IT'S COMING FROM THE APE CAPITAL BUDGET.

AND WE WENT THROUGH RFP, AND THERE'S NO ISSUES.

THE WORKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE ARE BAYSHORE PARK AND FLAMINGO PARK, AND THERE'S AMPLE FUNDING FOR THOSE AS WELL.

SO, IF I MAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE A NOTE TO FOLLOW UP ON.

MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO LAST YEAR I BROUGHT AN ITEM ABOUT ARTISTIC WAYFINDING AT CITY HALL.

AND THAT'S LANGUISHED IN, IN THE ETHER. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

IT HAS NOT LANGUISHED. SO WE WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH LIGHT ARTS AND MOONLIGHT OR FAB LAB.

THE LIGHT ARTS ANY PARTNERSHIP RIGHT NOW IS ON PAUSE, SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

OKAY, BUT SO THE ARP FUNDS COULD POTENTIALLY DEFRAY THE COST OF THAT PROJECT, RIGHT? THAT IS NOW CONSIDERED A WORK OF ART. WAYFINDING SIGNAGE.

BUT WE HAD ALLOCATED FUNDING BETWEEN I BELIEVE IT WAS 15,000 IN TOTAL TO HAVE AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE THAT WOULD WORK ON THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO IT WAS 7000 FROM TOURISM AND CULTURE AND 7000 FROM PUBLIC WORKS, FOR A TOTAL OF 15.

IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, THIS IS A WHILE AGO.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, YEAH, I HAVE I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT.

I DON'T HAVE THE KEEN EYE. I'M SURE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE APE.

SO I'M NOT. BUT I ACTUALLY SEE THAT FROM. I PASS IT EVERY DAY AND.

AND MAYBE I'M JUST. I JUST HAVE NEVER SAID, WOW, I WISH THAT POLE WASN'T THERE.

AGAIN, MAYBE. I'M PROBABLY NOT LOOKING AT IT IN THE SAME WAY AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A KEEN EYE FOR IT, SO I RESPECT THAT. AND I DON'T MEAN THAT IN ANY DISRESPECT.

I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME JUSTIFYING THAT. UNDERSTOOD.

BUT WHEN WE DECIDED TO ACQUIRE THIS WORK, WE SPOKE WITH THE ARTIST AND ALSO COMMISSIONED IT WAS IT WAS AGREED, CONTINGENT UPON MOVING THAT PIECE TO THAT. THAT LOCATION WAS APPROVED.

I MEAN, IS OUR CONTRACT ON THAT? I BELIEVE I CAN CHECK ORIGINALLY THIS WAS POSTED BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THREE MONTHS, RIGHT? IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY, BUT OUR RESIDENTS REALLY LOVED IT. AND THAT THAT'S WHY THE COMMISSION APPROVED TO ACQUIRE IT.

YOU GOT A REALLY GREAT RESPONSE FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

WE STILL HEAR PEOPLE SAYING, I LOVE SEEING THAT, THAT SCULPTURE.

LIKE, WE GET A LOT OF GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

AND IT WAS ALSO I NEED TO ALSO SHARE SOMETHING.

WE DON'T PUT ART JUST FOR ART'S SAKE. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PURPOSE, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE HAD THIS FUNDING TO DO TEMPORARY ART THROUGH CULTURAL FUNDING.

A WHILE BACK, WE DID ELEVATE ESPANOLA AND THE OTHER FUNDING.

WE USED TO BRING SOME VIBRANT WORKS OF ART TO THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR.

THIS IS A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PROJECT. IT'S NOT THAT WE JUST DECIDED LIKE, WELL, THIS LOOKS COOL HERE.

THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT CORRIDOR NEEDS HELP AND MITIGATING BLIGHT.

AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. AS I SIT IN TRAFFIC EVERY DAY ON PINE TREE WAITING TO CROSS 41ST STREET, I LOOK UP AT STARCHILD. AND IT'S THE ONE THING THAT MAKES ME SMILE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD TEN MINUTES, YOU KNOW, OR IT'S IN MY LINE OF VIEW. I WAS THERE WHEN I, YOU KNOW, SAW THE ARTIST.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE.

MID-BEACH. I UNDERSTAND HOW PARTICULAR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL TO US, TO AN ARTIST WHO'S EXHIBITING HIS ART IF HE COMES.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE FOR HIM, THAT'S HIS MONA LISA.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A POLE IN FRONT OF HIS MONA LISA.

I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I THINK THE GOODWILL THAT THAT HAS GENERATED IN THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE CHANGE AND CREATE SOMETHING VIBRANT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO KEEP IT THERE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THEN WE AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT.

THEN I THINK WE THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS REALLY LITERALLY A RAY OF SUNSHINE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THE RESIDENTS LOVE IT. AND I, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT I SUPPORT THIS.

[07:20:02]

SO I'LL TAKE A STEP BACK. WHY DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS IF IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED AND ALLOCATED.

SO IT'S NOT ALLOCATED. SO THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE FUND BALANCE.

AND WE'D HAVE TO APPROPRIATE IT SO SHE CAN ACTUALLY SPEND THE DOLLARS.

AND WOULD THAT HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT THE PROJECT WAS.

SO ANYTHING THAT APE, THEY ALREADY HAVE A BUDGET.

THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO USE OUR MONEY ON AND WE SAY YES OR NO.

SO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS.

IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S COMING TO YOU SEPARATELY.

IT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN IN THE BUDGET. DO WE EVEN KNOW WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE 5G POLE? DO WE EVEN KNOW THAT WE CAN MOVE IT? YES, YES, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, MR. MAYOR. AND PUBLIC WORKS. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE HERE, BUT THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CROWN CASTLE, THEY WERE OKAY MOVING IT AS LONG AS IT DID NOT INCUR ANY COSTS WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS OVER A YEAR AGO.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT JUST LIKE MOVING A LIGHT POLE.

IT'S A 5G POLE. SO IT'S TAKEN SOME WHILE. I'M GOING TO HAVE THE ART FOLKS UPSET AT ME, BUT I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

UNDERSTOOD. SO. SUCH A GROWTH. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN CALLED THAT BEFORE, ESPECIALLY BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YEAH. I'M I'M GONNA HAVE TO JOIN YOU ON THIS ONE, MAYOR.

OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE, COMMISSIONER? WHERE'S YOUR.

WHERE DO YOU LAND? TO ME, THIS IS MINISTERIAL.

THE MONEY IS THERE. IT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, WERE IT NOT? AND WERE IT DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, I WOULD BE A HARD NO, BUT GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, I I'M A RELUCTANT. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONER.

NO, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M GOING TO SUPPORT. IF WE HAVE THE MONEY AND IT'S JUST ABOUT APP IS SAYING, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. THERE'S A REASON I'M NOT ON APP AND JOIN THE PRO TEAM.

I'M GOING TO NOMINATE YOU. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT IT.

GIVEN THAT THE MONEY IS THERE AND WE'RE JUST MAKING AN ALLOCATION DECISION.

OKAY. IT IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

AND I JUST WANT TO PUT FOR, FOR FOR THE RECORD, BACK IN 2023, I WORKED WITH WITH ARTS AND CULTURE.

I THINK IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR'S 41ST STREET COMMITTEE.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN TO PERMANENTLY ACQUIRE THE THE ARTWORK.

AND AND SINCE WE ACQUIRED IT, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JESSICA FERNANDEZ AND CASTLE ON MOVING THIS, THIS POLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOW YOU ADMIRE THE ART.

IT'S NOT JUST HAVING THE ART, YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE ART, BUT IF YOU COVER THE ART, YOU REALLY CAN'T APPRECIATE THE ART THE WAY THAT YOU SHOULD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I PUBLIC ART IS IMPORTANT. PUBLIC ART IT'S PART OF HAVING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO GO TO MUSEUMS, AND IT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY MORE ENJOYABLE.

HAVING A 5G POLE BLOCKING A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART JUST MAKES NO SENSE.

HAD WE NOT AGREED TO MOVE THIS POLE, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED PURCHASING THIS ARTWORK OR OR OR PLACING THIS ARTWORK THERE.

BUT WE PURCHASED THIS ARTWORK AND WE DECIDED TO INSTALL THIS ARTWORK AT THIS LOCATION, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS AND THE MECHANISMS TO MOVE. THIS IS TAKEN ALMOST TWO YEARS TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE BUREAUCRACY IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS.

AT ONE POINT, I WAS EVEN ASKING, MIGHT IT BE EASIER AND CHEAPER TO MOVE THE STARCHILD AND MR. MANAGER, IS IT EASIER OR CHEAPER TO MOVE THE STARCHILD? ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD YOU CAN HAVE A MONA LISA AND BLOCK THE MONA LISA, OR YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE ART AND BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE ART WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THIS IS THE DECISION THAT WE MADE BACK IN 2023 WHEN WE INITIATED THIS.

LET'S LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I THINK WE SEE WHERE IT'S GOING.

I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO STICK TO I SEE IT EVERY DAY.

I SEE IT FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW TOO. AND IT NEVER I LITERALLY NEVER NOTICED THAT IT WAS BLOCKING.

ALL YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THE POLE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, OH MAN. BUT BUT BUT YOU SEE,

[07:25:06]

BUT I JUST I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT APPRECIATE THE STARCHILD ARE SEEING IT AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

AND YOU REALLY THE THING IS, TODAY, YOU REALLY CAN'T APPRECIATE IT TO ITS FULLEST CAPACITY AT THE GROUND LEVEL BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THAT POLE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY THERE OR WALKING BY THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S I TO ME IT STICKS OUT.

IT'S OFFENSIVE TO, TO TO ME WHENEVER I SEE IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE INVESTED MONEY IN ART AND YOU KNOW THAT.

AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A FIGHT FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.

I MEAN, EVERY FEW MONTHS, YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING THE MANAGER.

OKAY. SORRY. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. I MEAN, I JUST THINK, WHY DO WE INVEST IN ART IF WE'RE GOING TO BLOCK THE ART, RIGHT? YOU KNOW IF IF I WERE THE DECIDING VOTE, I'D PROBABLY ASK MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

BUT IT IT'S IT'S I MEAN, THE VOTES ARE THERE.

LET'S CALL THE VICE MAYOR. YOU ALREADY ORIGINALLY HAD MADE THE MOTION, BUT AS AMENDED.

MOTION AS IS AS IS. THANK YOU. AS IS, SECONDED BY CAVEAT THAT I GET THE PIN.

NO. I'M KIDDING. YOU GOT IT. LET'S CALL A ROLL.

SECOND. SECOND BY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROSEN.

GONZALEZ. ROLL CALL. ALPHABETICAL ORDER. COMMISSIONER BARNES.

YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN. GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. MAYOR. MINOR.

NO. MOTION PASSES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. AND FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, THERE WAS NO ONE IN ZOOM.

NO ONE ON THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. OUR SEVEN A IS IS ADOPTED.

WE'LL BE NEXT. THANK YOU. OUR OUR SEVEN B. OUR SEVEN B IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

[R7 B A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, “PROJECTS”; B, “SOURCE OF FUNDS”; AND C “PROGRAMS."]

ADOPT FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 R7B.

YES. THIS CONTAINS THREE ITEMS. IT PROPOSES AN INCREASE OF $1 MILLION AND THE REALIGNMENT OF 266,000 BETWEEN EXISTING PROJECTS.

THE FIRST IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR PROJECT.

THIS THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH. AN ADDITIONAL SCOPE WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS DECEMBER 1ST, 2024 COMMISSION MEETING. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE FUNDED WITH INTEREST, INCOME AND THE AVAILABLE GEO BOND PROJECT FUND.

THE SECOND PROJECT, AND THAT ONE WAS FOR $391,278.

THE SECOND PROJECT IS THE OCEAN DRIVE RECONFIGURATION.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE $141,000 IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE TWO WAY CONFIGURATION OF OCEAN DRIVE.

SO IT'S A PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW. AND THE LAST PROJECT IS THE NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT CENTER, WHICH IS A UNIDAD.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE 750,000, WHICH WOULD FUND PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT THAT'S NEEDED.

THE TOTAL COST IS ESTIMATED AT $4.5 MILLION. AND THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CONCRETE SPALLING AND CRACKS AT MULTIPLE FACADES OF THE BUILDING.

SO THIS WOULD FUND PHASE ONE, WHICH WOULD COVER DESIGN, PERMITTING AND INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SHORING, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO FUND THIS FROM A FEW TWO PROJECTS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM SAVINGS AND $625,000 FROM AVAILABLE INTEREST INCOME FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOND. THAT'S IT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR, AND WE HAVE LARRY SCHAEFER REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

SURE. MR. SCHAEFER. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GO AHEAD. SIR.

WE CANNOT HEAR MR. SCHAEFER. I'LL CALL AGAIN IN A MINUTE.

YEAH. HELLO? GO AHEAD. YEAH. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I HAD A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. HERE WE ARE, CALLING UP ADDITIONAL BUDGET ITEMS, I GUESS, HERE FROM THE GEO BOND. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY CERTAIN PROJECTS ARE GETTING PUT FORTH AND MOVING FORWARD, AND A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, ABOUT NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THE GEO BOND ALLOCATIONS ARE WORKING, AND WHY SOME PROJECTS GET PUT FORWARD AND SOME GET IGNORED FOR SEVEN YEARS IN 2018.

THIS COMMISSION OR NOT, THIS COMMISSION, BUT THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION TO REBUILD THE LOG CABIN.

AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A CHANGE ORDER FOR SOMETHING AT UNIDAD.

WHERE IS THE LOGIC FOR YOUR GEO BOND ALLOCATIONS? IS THE CFO THERE? CAN HE EXPLAIN WHY SOME PROJECTS GET THE MONEY AND SOME OTHERS? IS IT POLITICAL PROCESS? BECAUSE WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO SAY TO REBUILD THE CABIN.

AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A CHANGE ORDER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JANE KRUPP.

JANE, GO AHEAD PLEASE. YES. JUST TO COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT THE MONEY FOR OCEAN DRIVE RESTORING TWO WAY CONFIGURATION IS EXACTLY FOR? IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR BIKE LANE?

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THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER SPEAKER REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON ZOOM.

I SEE NO ONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

VICE MAYOR. BART, JASON AND MAYBE MARIA. I WOULD LOVE YOU GUYS TO COMMENT ON OUR PENULTIMATE CALLER'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE LOG CABIN AND THE 72ND STREET COMPLEX.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE LOG CABIN COULDN'T BE RESTORED UNTIL THE PARK WAS RENOVATED, WHICH HAS BEEN A WHILE NOW.

SO IT IS IT'S IN PROCESS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT IT'S SLOW, AND I AGREE.

AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ AND I SHARE THIS CONCERN BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN FOREVER SINCE WE WERE ABLE TO BUY OUR HOLIDAY SHRUBS AT THAT AT THAT FACILITY.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT UPDATE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD OR HAVE YOU GUYS CORRECT THE RECORD ON THE 72ND STREET COMPLEX? IN PREVIOUS CALLS TODAY, WE'VE HEARD THAT IT SHOULD BE DISMISSED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.

WE HAVE THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED SINCE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A DRAMATIC POLICY DECISION IF WE WANT TO UNDO THE WILL OF THE VOTERS ON A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED.

AND LISTEN, I LED THE CHARGE ABOUT HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOW APPROVED.

IT'S NOW FUNDED AT TWICE THE LEVEL OF WHAT IT WAS APPROVED.

WELL, NOT QUITE TWICE, BUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED.

AND I'M STILL PESTERING PEOPLE TRYING TO GET DETAILS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO GO IN THERE, BECAUSE MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THIS OR WE NEED THAT.

SO BUT AGAIN, IT IS A MAJOR COMPLEX THAT IS BEING BUILT.

AND IT IS NOT THAT IT'S NOT GETTING DONE IS THAT IT IS A PROCESS THAT IS ONEROUS AND TIME CONSUMING, AND IT'S UNDERWAY. SO I, I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION AND AT TIMES I SHARE IT ABOUT THINGS TAKING LONGER AND NORTH BEACH NOT GETTING ITS FAIR SHARE. BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO ADDRESS WITH SPECIFICS.

I MEAN, WE HEAR THE SAME THING ABOUT SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU COULD CORRECT THE RECORD ON SOME OF THIS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE AND WHERE WE STAND ON THESE THINGS.

AND I LET THEM ANSWER AND THEN AND THEN LET THEM ANSWER.

AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. I'LL MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT AND THEN I'LL ASK.

I JUST I HAVE AN ITEM ON, SO MAYBE YOU CALL IT AND I FINALLY THIS THE LOG CABIN ITEM HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR LIKE SIX MONTHS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT, MAYBE WE JUST CALL IT.

AND SO LET'S CALL THE LOG CABIN ITEM AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE GET OUR NINE W, PLEASE, RALPH, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THIS AT ONCE. CORRECT.

NINE W DISCUSS SLASH UPDATE GEO BOND LOG CABIN PROJECT.

I'LL SPEAK ABOUT 72ND A LITTLE BIT AND THEN MARIA WILL DOVETAIL AND ADD IN ANYTHING I MISSED ON THE 72ND STREET.

AND THEN THE LOG, THE LOG CABIN. THE 72ND STREET COMPLEX.

YOU ARE CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. IT IS FULLY FUNDED.

THE LAST PIECE OF FUNDING FOR THAT IS PROGRAMED IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET FROM THE PARKING SIDE.

YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED, THE 72ND STREET COMPLEX PROJECT RECENTLY, WHICH INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF PARKING, ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE AND WOULD BE APPROPRIATED IN THE 26 BUDGET, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE FULL, FULL BUDGETED AMOUNT.

AND JUST I THINK JUST OVERALL, AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WERE NOT NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE FULLY FUNDED BY THE GEO BOND. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE OR, YOU KNOW, FOR A PRIVATE BUILDING, THEY CALL IT THE CAPITAL STACK, RIGHT? IT'S PART OF THE STACK THAT GETS YOU TO THE FULL FUNDING OF THAT.

AND A LOT OF THAT WAS DEALT WITH. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BEING A RESIDENT WHEN THIS WAS VOTED ON AND GOING OUT TO THOSE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, AND HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE A PART OF THE PUZZLE THERE.

SO 72ND STREET DOES HAVE ITS FULL AMOUNT FOR FUNDING AND THEN FOR THE LOG CABIN.

AND I CAN SPEAK FROM WHEN I WAS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BOND COMMITTEE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS PRIORITIZATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY, I WANT TO SAY, A TRANCHE 2 OR 3 PROJECT, BUT THERE WAS A RESOLUTION SEMI-RECENTLY THAT MOVED THAT FROM A FURTHER TRANCHE.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHY WASN'T THE WHY WASN'T THE LOG CABIN DONE? BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER PLANNED OR SCHEDULED TO BE THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.

AND THE FURTHER YEARS, BUT THROUGH A COMMISSION ACTION, IT WAS MOVED TO BE MORE, MORE RECENTLY.

AND I'D ASK MARIA IF SHE COULD ADD IN A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS, WHERE WE ARE, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, ITEM ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THE LOG CABIN, THAT RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK, WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONED CONTAINERS THAT ARE COSTING US A FORTUNE TO HOUSE THE LOG CABIN. THE LAST TIME I WENT TO SEE THE PIECES OF THE LOG CABIN THAT ARE IN THESE AIR CONDITIONED CONTAINERS, WHO ONLY KNOWS HOW MUCH THEY COST WAS WHEN ADRIAN MORALES WAS IN CHARGE.

HOW MANY YEARS AGO THAT WAS? YEARS. SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 20.

THE LOG CABIN GOT DEMOLISHED, I THINK, IN 2018 FOR SIX.

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HOW MANY YEARS? SEVEN YEARS. WE'VE BEEN STORING IT IN AIR CONDITIONED CONTAINERS.

IT REALLY NEEDS TO GET PRIORITIZED. IF I TELL YOU HOW MANY EMAILS I CONSTANTLY GET ABOUT THE LOG CABIN, THIS WAS $1 MILLION WE REALLY NEED. WE. THIS COMMISSION AGREED TO PRIORITIZE THE LOG CABIN.

AND REALLY IT'S TIME TO GET IT OUT OF WHAT IS THE COST.

HERE'S THE ONE INTERESTING THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM FACILITIES.

WHAT IS THE COST OF THE AIR CONDITIONED CONTAINERS ON THE KIDDY CAMPUS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSING THE PIECES OF THE LOG CABIN THAT WE TOOK APART, BECAUSE TO NOT PUT IT BACK TOGETHER IS UNACCEPTABLE.

BY THE WAY, WE'LL GIVE THIS A COUPLE MINUTES. WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY ON OUR SEVEN B. WE GOT TO GET BACK. WE CALLED BOTH OF THEM THERE. I UNDERSTAND. SO WE'LL ADDRESS IT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A VOTE TO TAKE ON THIS. BUT LET'S GET AN UPDATE AND AND LET'S GET BACK TO OUR SEVEN B SO WE CAN VOTE.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, IT'S ONLY ABOUT $5,000.

HOW MUCH? 5000. 5000 FOR THE YEAR? YES. FOR ALL THOSE CONTAINERS.

THAT'S CORRECT. I'M SHOCKED. THAT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER HEARD YOU GUYS TELL ME A PRICE THAT IS REASONABLE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE WAY MORE MONEY. OKAY, SO IT'S ONLY $5,000 BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL AIR CONDITIONED CONTAINERS.

I'VE GONE TO SEE THEM MYSELF. GOOD AFTERNOON.

FRANK GARCIA, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION DIRECTOR.

THERE WAS. THERE'S TWO DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS, EIGHT BY 20.

WE WERE RENTING THEM FOR SOME TIME, AND THEN WE PURCHASED THEM FOR $5,000 EACH.

OH, YEAH. AND OKAY, SO IT'S NOT COSTING US THAT MUCH MONEY, THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

MARIA, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE LOG CABIN? THANK YOU. HI. DAVID GOMEZ, DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHERE WE ARE ON THE LOG CABIN, AS YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER WHEN THE LOG CABIN BECAME A PROJECT, THAT IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2018, WE HAD TO FIND A LOCATION FOR THE FOR THE LOG CABIN THAT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE PARK.

WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT REMODEL, SO IT WAS SCHEDULED LATER IN THE GEO BOND PROCESS.

IT WAS NOW MOVED UP AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WE ARE ACTUALLY ON CONSULTANT NUMBER FOUR, TRYING TO GET A PROPOSAL FOR THEM TO DESIGN AND AND PREPARE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE LOG CABIN.

THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO GIVE US THEIR FINAL VERSION, MARCH 4TH.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE KINDS OF ISSUES WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME CONSULTANTS AFTER DETERMINING THE SCOPE AND PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL, BACKED OUT AND SAID NO, THAT THEY WERE TOO BUSY OR WE'RE NOT INTERESTED.

THE MOST RECENT ONE, THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT WE TERMINATED NEGOTIATIONS WITH, WAS ASKING FOR LIKE 7 OR $800,000 TO PREPARE WHAT IS A TOTAL $2 MILLION PROJECT. SO WE TERMINATED THAT NEGOTIATION AND MOVED ON TO THE ONE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PROPOSAL ON MARCH 4TH.

I, YOU KNOW, COULD THIS NOT BE INSTEAD OF USING CONSULTANTS WHO ARE BUILDERS OF WHO KNOWS WHAT, COULD WE NOT GO OUT TO OR FIU? YOU KNOW HAS A GREAT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, AND COULD WE NOT MAKE THIS A PROJECT FOR A YEAR AND THROUGH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE AS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT, RESILIENCY AND WORK WITH THEM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN FUND THE BUILDING COSTS, YOU KNOW, FIND FIND THE BUILDERS, BUT HAVE THEM PUT TOGETHER THE PROPOSAL AND EVERYTHING IT WOULD TAKE AND JUST MOVE THIS ALONG. I MEAN, IT'S ABSURD THAT WE HAVE WE'RE NOW ON CONSULTANT NUMBER FOUR.

LET'S THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW TO GET THIS DONE.

WE KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO PUT IT. NOW, IT'S NOT A COMPLICATED BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH HALF OF IT WAS DEMOLISHED AND TOSSED OUT, WHICH I WILL SAVE THAT RANT FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT LET'S THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE GET IDEAS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO GET DONE.

BECAUSE THERE. AND IF IT'S NOT GO FURTHER AFIELD.

GO. I MEAN, THERE ARE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEGREES THAT YOU CAN GET IN ARCHITECTURE.

LET'S GO TO THEM AND SAY, WE HAVE A GREAT PROJECT FOR YOU AND LET'S MAKE A NATIONAL EVENT OUT OF IT.

LET'S MAKE IT HUGE. AND LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, WHERE THIS IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST BUILDINGS.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT BACK. AND WE'RE INCORPORATING STUDENTS. LET'S THINK OUT OF THE BOX.

AND I WOULD BE VERY EAGER TO MEET WITH YOU AND DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, TALK TO MIAMI HERITAGE TRUST AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO COULD GIVE US DIFFERENT IDEAS, BUT LET'S NOT KEEP GOING DOWN THE CONSULTANT ROAD.

I MEAN, WE'RE ON NUMBER FOUR, SO I WOULD. COMMISSIONER ROSEANNE GONZALEZ, AND THEN WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR SEVEN B.

BUT IF WE'VE PAID A CONSULTANT CONSULTANT NUMBER FOUR, HAVE WE ISSUED ANY MONEY TO CONSULTANT NUMBER FOUR.

NO, THIS IS THIS IS NEGOTIATING THE AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY ASSUME THE CONTRACT TO DO THE DESIGN.

AND THEN THEY GET THEY GET PAID ON A PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION.

MY ONLY WORRY IF YOU INVOLVE A UNIVERSITY, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, COMMISSIONER, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THE LOG CABIN MIGHT NEVER GET BUILT IF THAT'S WHAT WE

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DO. YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAITH THAT THIS CONSULTANT IS GOING TO DO THE JOB? NUMBER FOUR. LISTEN, I'LL. IF I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND GET IT DONE QUICKER.

COMMISSIONER BART, I WOULD SAY YES, BUT IF. IF WHAT? WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT CONSULTANT NUMBER FOUR THAN THE FIRST THREE? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR DAVID GOMEZ, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY GUARANTEE THAT CONSULTANT NUMBER FOUR IS GOING TO WORK OUT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. THIS THIS IS A NEW STRUCTURE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MATERIAL AND AND PIECES THAT ARE IN STORAGE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WILL BE A FORMAL STRUCTURE THAT WILL HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT. IT WILL HAVE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

IT'S A STRUCTURE. IT HAS TO MEET ALL BUILDING CODES JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS FROM THE FORMER LOG CABIN.

SO IT'S YOU NEED A BONA FIDE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER THAT IS GOING TO DESIGN AND PUT TOGETHER CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

I SUSPECT THAT A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT IT ARE SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED, AND IT'S GOING TO GET HAIRY BECAUSE OF THE INCORPORATION OF THESE PIECES.

SO THEY'RE PROBABLY ASKING FOR ASTRONOMICAL CONSULTING FEES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VETTING THROUGH. AND I'LL LET DAVID, WE CAN I YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE A SUGGESTION. CAN I MOVE? DO YOU ARE YOU DO YOU GUYS AGREE? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE LOG CABIN TO NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, AND THEN DO A MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE LOG CABIN, AND WE'LL JUST CALL IT EVERY MONTH, AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT EVERY MONTH SO THAT WE KNOW IT'S MOVING FORWARD.

I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. I'M NOT I'M PERSONALLY NOT GOING TO AGREE TO THAT. IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

OH, IN NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. I'M TALKING ABOUT I APOLOGIZE. YEAH, I MEAN, I LIKE WHY I'M TRYING TO MOVE IT TO A COMMITTEE. YEAH.

THAT'S FINE. OKAY. I'M SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD. YEAH. SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO A LARGE POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, MAYOR MINOR. AND I THINK THAT MANY OF US LOVE THE LOG CABIN.

IF NOT, IT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE GEO BOND, AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE THE FUNDING THAT IT HAS.

SO IF I MAY, I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION, AND I WILL EAGERLY.

SORRY, LAURA, BUT I'M GOING TO BE AT NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EVERY MONTH NOW.

BUT SO AND I SUPPORT THAT AND I WANT TO WORK TO GET THIS DONE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.

AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A CONSULTANT. NUMBER FIVE.

AND I WOULD ALSO VERY MUCH LIKE TO, BECAUSE I SORT OF DERAILED THE MEETING BY ASKING YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

GO BACK TO OUR SEVEN B. BUT LOOK, IT IS. DO WE NEED A MOTION? YEAH. SO SO IF WE COULD REFER THAT ITEM BACK.

SO BY ACCLAMATION. YES YES, YES. OKAY. OUR NINE W IS REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE FOR MONTHLY UPDATES.

EXCELLENT. WE'RE READY. OUR SEVEN B. YES, WE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I BELIEVE IT'S THE VOTE, RIGHT? THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, EITHER ON ZOOM OR IN THE AUDIENCE.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, COMMISSIONER BOT SAID YES, AND I CAN'T RECALL WHO SECONDED IT, I SECOND IT.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTED AMENDED BUDGET? ANY OPPOSED? SEEING EVERYONE HEARING NO. 170 APPROVED.

THANK YOU. GREAT. SO A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AGO, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, YOU MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC ON 41ST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE ART STARCHILD. SO THERE'S THREE ITEMS RELATING TO 41ST STREET TRAFFIC.

THERE'S TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE. SO WHICH IS RECOGNIZED, BUT LET'S CALL C-7 AN.

AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT WAS APPROVED ON CONSENT.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS AN ADDENDUM. SO IT WAS NOT INCLUDED.

BUT I'M SO SORRY. YOU'RE CORRECT. YES. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

C7 AN EXTENT 41ST STREET TRAFFIC. I SAVED YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

RECIRCULATION PILOT PROGRAM C7, AN AISLE R9 A H R9 A H

[R9 AH DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION – POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SECOND TRAFFIC LANE AT DESIGNATED 41ST STREET INTERSECTIONS.]

IS DISCUSSED. TAKE ACTION. CREATION OF SECOND TRAFFIC LANE AT DESIGNATED 41ST STREET AND R7 C R7 C IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION OF POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF BULB OUTS.

OKAY, SO LET'S LET'S DO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S ITEM FIRST.

[C7 AN A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXTENDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX (6) MONTHS, THE 41ST STREET TRAFFIC RE-CIRCULATION PILOT PROGRAM (“PILOT PROGRAM”) WHICH MAINTAINS TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON SHERIDAN AVENUE AND ROYAL PALM AVENUE FROM 40TH STREET TO 41ST STREET, AND PROHIBITS NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURNS ONTO 41 STREET DURING WEEKDAY AFTERNOON PEAK PERIODS, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M., SUBJECT TO OBTAINING ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND/OR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE PILOT PROGRAM.]

C7 AN THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SIMPLY PUT, I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THE 41ST STREET TRAFFIC RECIRCULATION PROGRAM.

JOSE, IF YOU WANT TO TEE IT UP. SURE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR.

SO THE THE PILOT ON 41ST STREET, WE CALL IT THE TRAFFIC RECIRCULATION PILOT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

IT'S IT WAS INTENDED TO REMAIN FOR SIX MONTHS.

SO IT DOES EXPIRE NEXT MONTH IN MARCH. AND GENERALLY, WE'VE RECEIVED FAVORABLE FEEDBACK WITH REGARD TO

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THE PILOT. IF YOU RECALL, THE PILOT CONSISTED OF MAKING OR KEEPING ROYAL PALM AND SHERIDAN FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC, BUT NO TURNS ALLOWED ONTO 41ST STREET FROM EITHER ROYAL PALM OR SHERIDAN.

SO WHAT THAT WAS INTENDED TO DO WAS TO TO TO REALLY IMPROVE THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND TRAVEL TIMES ALONG THOSE TWO AVENUES, MAINLY FOR TRIPS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE STAYING WITHIN THE CITY.

SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THE PILOT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE RECEIVED, AS I MENTIONED, GENERALLY FAVORABLE FEEDBACK.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON THOSE TWO AVENUES IS VOLUMES HAVE INCREASED, BUT DELAY HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED, WHICH MEANS WE'RE PROCESSING MORE VEHICLES THROUGH THE 41ST STREET INTERSECTIONS ALONG BOTH SHERIDAN AND ROYAL PALM.

HOWEVER, THE PILOT WAS ONLY INITIALLY INTENDED TO BE FOR SIX MONTHS.

AND WHILE WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA BOTH BEFORE THE PILOT STARTED AS WELL AS DURING THE PILOT, WE DO FEEL THAT HAVING A LITTLE MORE DATA WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A COST BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PILOT, PARTICULARLY THAT OUR TRAFFIC IS VERY SEASONAL.

SO WE'VE WE COLLECTED SOME, SOME DATA IN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO ALSO COLLECT, TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT DATA DURING THE REST OF THE HIGH IMPACT PERIOD AS WELL AS THE LOW.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM TO A SECOND. I'LL SECOND CALL THE VOTE.

I SEE 7 A.M. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR.

ALL IN FAVOR OF 7 A.M., PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. HEARING NO.

OPPOSED. THE ITEM PASSES SEVEN AN. SO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE 7CR9AH. I'M JUST GOING TO TEE IT UP AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

[R7 C A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, AT ITS JANUARY 29, 2025 MEETING, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF BULB-OUTS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO INCREASE PARKING AND/OR MITIGATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, SUBJECT TO A FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT OR CONSIDERED AS A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS.]

I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM. JUST HERE'S THE GOAL.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF PLACES I KNOW. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU HAD AN ITEM ON THIS A LITTLE BIT AGO.

THEN I BROUGHT ONE ABOUT THE BALL BOUNCE. IT TURNS OUT THERE'S ACTUALLY THE BALL BOUNCE IS ONE CONVERSATION, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY AN EXTRA ROOM ON MANY OF THE SIDE STREETS, NORTH AND SOUTH, LEADING UP TO 41ST.

AND I'LL LET ERIC GIVE THE SPECIFICS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY ENOUGH ROOM FOR A SECOND LANE.

AND WE COULD DO THAT PART OF IT. THE ISSUE IS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND POTENTIALLY HAVING A LEFT TURN SIGNAL, WHICH RIGHT NOW THOSE TRAFFIC LIGHTS DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES. AS PART OF THIS, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH FDOT.

WE DEAL WITH THEM A LOT. I KNOW MY OFFICE AND AND I DO.

AND BLAKE FROM MY OFFICE, MY DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF DEALS WITH THEM A LOT, AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL IN MANY WAYS.

BUT WE NEED MORE FUNDING. OUR STREETS HAVE BEEN RATED FAILING AND AS FAR FROM THE STATE ITSELF, FROM FDOT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS. YOU DON'T NEED A RATING TO SEE IT.

WE LIVE IT. OUR RESIDENTS LIVE IT EVERY DAY AND WE NEED HELP.

WE HAVE ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE SECOND TURNING LANE FROM INDIAN CREEK ONTO 41ST, AND THERE ARE DELAYS WITH THAT NOW, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT.

THEY AGREED TO THAT. AND THESE ARE THINGS WHERE IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE MASTER ARM, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE, WE NEED FUNDING HELP AND WE NEED TO MAKE THIS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.

AND WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PUSH EVERY LEVER WE CAN BECAUSE A SECOND LANE CAN, CAN ALLEVIATE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO MITIGATE ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE. RIGHT? BECAUSE IF A CAR IS MAKING A LEFT TURN, NOBODY CAN MOVE, NOBODY CAN MOVE.

AND IT'S HARD TO MAKE THOSE LEFT TURNS SOMETIMES. SO IF WE HAVE A SECOND LANE THAT CAN GO STRAIGHT OR RIGHT, IT WILL ALLOW CARS TO PASS THERE. SO I'LL TURN IT TO YOU, ERIC, TO GIVE SOME OF THE SPECIFICS AND HOW WE BRING THIS HOME.

SO I WILL TRY AND GIVE YOU THE VERY HIGH LEVEL CLIFF NOTES VERSION.

AND THEN IF WE WANT TO DIG DEEPER, OBVIOUSLY JOSE CAN ADD TO THIS.

BASICALLY WE ASKED OUR, OUR CONSULTANT TO DO A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE INTERSECTIONS ALONG 41ST STREET AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS CAPABILITY TO INSERT A LEFT TURN, A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE.

WHAT OUR CONSULTANT FOUND IS THAT THERE WOULD BE VALUE IN ADDING A LEFT TURN LANE, DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE AT CHASE PRAIRIE, ROYAL PALM AND SHERIDAN, ROYAL PALM AND SHERIDAN.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE PILOT PROGRAM. WE'VE JUST EXTENDED THAT PILOT PROGRAM AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AT CHASE, ROYAL PALM AND SHERIDAN, WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE THAT WE COULD INTRODUCE JUST BY CHANGING THE

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STRIPING, A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE. HOWEVER, WE WOULD NEED TO DO THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ON THE MAST ARMS TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ABILITY TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAL HEAD OR THE MODIFICATION TO THE SIGNAL.

HEADS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DEDICATED LEFT TURN SIGNAL.

AND IF THAT STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS IS DETERMINED THAT THEY NEED NEW MAST ARMS, THAT'S GOING TO ADD PROBABLY A YEAR, AT LEAST 6 TO 8 MONTHS TO THE TO THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT.

SO WE WANT TO GET DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION TO AT LEAST PROCEED FORWARD WITH THOSE THREE LOCATIONS WHERE WE WOULD NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE INTERSECTION AND NOT CREATE AN ANALYSIS FOR THE MAST ARMS, AND SEE IF WE COULD GET THE COUNTY AND THE STATE TO BUY OFF ON THOSE CHANGES WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANY WHOLESALE INFRASTRUCTURE MODIFICATIONS IN THE INTERSECTION. IF WE COULD DO IT WITH JUST STRIPING, IT WOULD BE MUCH QUICKER.

WE ADOPT THAT AS A MOTION. AND WOULD YOU MEET SIR? MR. BRADFORD, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ TRYING TO COMPREHEND YOU. WOULD YOU NEED ALL THREE OF THOSE TO MAKE IT WORK? WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING BULB OUTS, THE ONE THAT STICKS OUT MOST IS NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY RIGHT THERE.

SO THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE THREE THAT I BROUGHT UP IS THAT YOU WOULD NOT NEED TO REMOVE BULB OUTS.

THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO REMOVE BULB OUTS IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE A LEFT TURNING LANE IS PRAIRIE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THE BICYCLE LANES AND THE PARKING AND THE TWO TRAVEL LANES.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO RECONFIGURE THE BULB OUT IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE A LEFT TURN LANE THERE.

WE'RE WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THAT'S WORTHWHILE TO ADD.

THAT FOURTH ONE. WE THINK THERE'S VALUE IN TRYING TO ADD, AT LEAST AT THOSE OTHER THREE LOCATIONS, BECAUSE WHAT WE MAY FIND IS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH 1 OR 2 OF THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO DO WHOLESALE STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE MAST ARMS. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, THEN VICE MAYOR BOC OKAY, SO I THOUGHT WE WERE REMOVING THE BULB OUTS ON 40TH STREET, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BIG PROBLEM AND THE GRIDLOCK OCCURS.

AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR TEN YEARS, BY THE WAY, 2015, I GOT ELECTED.

NO. DURING MY CAMPAIGN, RABBI NIXON CAME TO ME.

HE SAID, I WATCHED THIS STREET EVERY DAY ALONG 40TH STREET, AND BEFORE THERE WERE TWO LANES AND THE CARS COULD GO AROUND AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN. IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT A LEFT TURN. IT'S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO AROUND THE CAR THAT'S AT THE LIGHT, MAKING THE LEFT TURN, GO AROUND AND TAKE A RIGHT TURN.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE BULB OUTS ARE NEEDED ALONG 40TH AT ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS.

EVERY PLACE WHERE WE PUT THEM, WE BACKED UP TRAFFIC AND AND SO THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED, ESPECIALLY ONCE YOU DO THAT AROUND ON 40TH STREET.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START TO MOVE AROUND AND THAT'S OUR STREET.

WE DON'T NEED TO SPEAK TO FDOT. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT REMOVE THE BULB OUT AND STRIPE IT SO THAT YOU CAN TURN RIGHT.

SO BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TO WAIT. AND IF YOU'RE JUST WAITING THERE TO GO RIGHT THE BULB OUT THERE SO YOU CAN'T GO AROUND THE CAR TO TAKE A RIGHT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND. YES. YES. I MEAN SO YEAH. SO IF I COULD THAT'S AN ISSUE.

I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING THAT YOU THOUGHT UNTIL HAVING A LENGTHIER CONVERSATION WITH JOSE ABOUT 41ST STREET.

IF WE WERE TO DO RIGHT TURN LANES IN AREAS WHERE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS TELL US THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RIGHT TURNS, BUT THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEFT TURNS.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU HAVE, THROUGH VEHICLES THAT QUEUE BEHIND THE LEFT TURNING VEHICLE AND GET STUCK, AND THE RIGHT TURN LANE SITS EMPTY. AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST NATURALLY GOING TO TRY AND PULL AROUND IN THE RIGHT TURN LANE, WHICH WILL LEAD TO SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE TWO VEHICLES GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WITH ONLY ONE RECEIVING LANE. WELL, BUT ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AND LIVE ON THAT STREET, THERE WAS NO BACKUP UNTIL THE BULBOUTS CAME. AND WHEN THE BULBOUTS CAME, EVERYTHING STARTED TO BACK UP.

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SO THEORETICALLY YOU COULD BE RIGHT. BUT IN PRACTICUM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

I MEAN, I. SO IS THERE A SPECIFIC INTERSECTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IS IT 40TH AND 40TH AND CHERRY. I THINK IT'S CHASE AND PRAIRIE FOR SURE.

CHASE. IS THAT WHERE OUR IS? IT'S THE ONE. WHERE'S THE ONE WHERE CAFE AVANTI IS? THAT'S CHASE, RIGHT? CHASE? YES. THE BULB OUTS ON CHASE.

IF YOU REMOVE THOSE, THAT WILL REALLY BEGIN TO GO A LONG WAY TO ALLEVIATING THE TRAFFIC.

AND IF WE GET THAT DONE FIRST, AFTER SO MANY YEARS, I WOULD BE SO HAPPY BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET IT DONE.

BUT LITERALLY, IF YOU GO AND SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE THERE, THEY'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT WE CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND IT'S NOT YOU.

YOU WERE NOT HERE WHEN THE BULBS WERE DECIDED AND DONE, BUT THOSE BULBS CAUSED A REAL PROBLEM.

ERIC. SO AS PART OF THIS ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK AT OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE BENEFITS IN ADDRESSING BULBOUTS, ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND IT'S PRIMARILY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND THERE'S NO BICYCLE FACILITIES, IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO TRY AND FACILITATE THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VEHICLES WHERE YOU HAVE HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO BALANCE THE TWO NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. BUT ULTIMATELY WE THINK THERE'S VALUE BASED ON THE STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE.

WE THINK THERE'S VALUE IN FURTHER ANALYSIS ON CHASE SHERIDAN ROYAL PALM REGARDING THE LEFT TURN LANES, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANALYZE ADDITIONAL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE ALSO OF VALUE.

SO IF I MAY, I I LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 13 YEARS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'VE ALSO SAT IN THE GRIDLOCK TRYING TO CROSS 41ST.

I THINK IT'S REALLY WE NEED TO BE EXTREMELY JUDICIOUS ABOUT THIS, AND I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO SEE THE THREE STREETS THAT YOU NAMED THAT MAKE SENSE AND ARE LOGISTICALLY LOW HANGING FRUIT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY TIDY LITTLE GRID THERE.

AND SO IF WE CAN PRESERVE 41ST AND PRAIRIE AND KEEP THAT BULB OUT WHERE THERE IS A TON OF TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND, AND CYCLIST TRAFFIC, AND ALSO NOT TAKE ON THE EXPENSE OF, OF MOVING A BULB OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE OTHER AVENUES, NO PUN INTENDED, TO GO NORTH, SOUTH OR TO TO TAKE A TURN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE PROJECT ZERO WHERE THERE WERE FATALITIES AND BULB OUTS PROTECT PEDESTRIANS.

WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THE NEEDS OF MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S FEET, BIKES OR OTHER WHEELS OR VEHICLES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU YOURSELVES HAVE RECOMMENDED AGAINST NOT REMOVING ALL THESE BULBOUTS.

SO LET'S BE SUPER CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE PROCEED.

THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS THAT I HAVE I MEAN, I'VE TEXTED THE CHIEF NUMEROUS TIMES AND OTHER FOLKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN APPROACHING 40TH AND 41ST, BUT YOU'RE A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH ON ANY OF THOSE THREE STREETS THEY'RE ALMOST ALL STOPS ON FOUR WAY STOPS. AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE HAVE ZOOMED AROUND AND JUST BLOWN THROUGH THE LINE OF CARS QUEUING TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

I MEAN, TALK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TO PUT OFFICERS TO CATCH TERRIBLE DRIVERS.

IT'S GOTTEN BETTER SINCE GETTING CROSS 41ST HAS GOTTEN BETTER, BUT IT STILL HAPPENS, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MITIGATE THAT OTHER THAN PARKING MOTORMAN RIGHT THERE, BUT IT'S OFFENSIVE AND SO DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE FOUR WAY STOP BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY. I JUST JUST WANT TO SAY, LET'S TRY TO GIVE THE DIRECTION AND MAKE AND.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN SEEING THE POLICE OFFICERS THERE. I THINK I'M NOT SURE WHICH OFFICER WAS THAT I SAW.

HIS I'M SEEING HIS FACE AND HIS NAME IS SKIPPING ME.

LITERALLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING, VICE MAYOR.

BUT PULLED OVER THE GUY AND AND GRABBED HIM IN IN EXACTLY THE ACT THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING BECAUSE THEY WERE PRESENT THERE ON, ON ON 40TH STREET. LISTEN, I, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE BULBOUTS ARE THERE, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, AND AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY,

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THAT THEY ULTIMATELY NEED TO BE REMOVED. TO BE ABLE TO BETTER FACILITATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S IT'S JUST A REALITY OF THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE THERE.

I GET THEY'RE IMPORTANT FOR PEDESTRIANISM. BUT BUT THE REALITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HEAVY AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S BEING HELD UP, AND IT'S CREATING AN UNSAFE SITUATION WHEN OUR STREET IS SO SATURATED AND SO CONGESTED THAT WE CAN'T GET THE MOVEMENT OF CARS FLOWING APPROPRIATELY. AND SO IS THAT A MOTION? I WILL MOVE THE ITEM. ONE QUICK QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

JOSE. I THINK WHAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS JUST THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WHEN YOU'RE CROSSING 41ST FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

RIGHT. SO IS ARE WE REMOVING BULBOUTS RIGHT THERE ON PRAIRIE AND CHASE OR.

NO. NO. THAT'S NOT BEING CONTEMPLATED ON THIS ITEM.

I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK. THE IDEA IS TO SQUEEZE IN AN ADDITIONAL TURN LANE WITHOUT IMPACTING THE BALL BOUNCE.

THAT'S A WIN WIN IF YOU DO THAT. IF YOU DO THAT, I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF MID-BEACH WILL BE SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TURN AGAIN AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE. SO THIS ISN'T JUST ADDING A FULL LANE, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST ROOM FOR THE TURN LANE THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT. CORRECT. WE'RE BEING MODEST, BUT YES, YES, IT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE.

BUT IN GENERAL, DOES ADDING AN EXTRA LANE REDUCE TRAFFIC FLOW OR HELP HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC FLOW? IN THIS CASE IT IS A TURN LANE. AND IT IS SO NOT A TURNING THEM BUT JUST IN GENERAL.

LIKE IF YOU ADD AN EXTRA LANE OF TRAFFIC, DOES THAT DO ANYTHING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION? IT DEPENDS. IT INCREASES THE CAPACITY. BUT IF THE THE VEHICULAR DEMAND IS SUCH THAT ONE LANE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH, WHICH WE SEE WIDENING PROJECTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY WHERE WILL COME IN AND WIDEN, BUT THERE'S STILL CONGESTION EVEN AFTER THE WHITE LINE.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS UNDER NO ILLUSION THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SIMPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA LANE AND MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS, IT'S GOING TO HELP THE FLOW.

SO DID YOU MOVE IT? ERIC, I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST.

USUALLY WE HAVE LEGAL. OH, RICK. YOU'RE BACK.

BUT DID YOU HEAR IT ALL? RICK I APOLOGIZE. I WAS AWAY.

FAIR ENOUGH. SO THE ITEM AS I DESCRIBED IT, WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ANALYSIS AND INTERFACING WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THE INTRODUCTION OF LEFT TURN LANES AT CHASE SHERIDAN AND ROYAL ROYAL PALM WITH LEFT TURN LANES WITH THE WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU'D CREATE A SECOND LANE THAT COULD THAT COULD GO STRAIGHT OR TURN RIGHT.

CORRECT. NOW, I WAS ADVOCATING THAT WE DO THAT NOW.

YOU THAT BASICALLY WE COULD STILL HAVE A RIGHT TURN LANE.

YOU COULDN'T GO STRAIGHT BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE CONVERGENCE OF TRAFFIC, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A RIGHT TURN LANE.

BUT YOU WERE TELLING ME AND YOU WERE TRYING TO TALK ME OUT OF THAT BECAUSE YOU SAID THE COUNTY WOULD PROBABLY NOT AGREE.

I WAS TRYING TO TALK YOU OUT OF AN INTERIM CONDITION WITH A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE, BECAUSE UNLESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT OF PRAIRIE OR CHASE, IT'S A CHASE.

SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT ON CHASE. THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES FOR A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE.

WE'RE NOT THERE. AND SO IT'S GOING TO SIT EMPTY.

AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE IT TO BYPASS VEHICLES WAITING FOR THE LEFT, AND IT'S GOING TO CREATE AN UNSAFE CONDITION.

I HAVE TO AGREE THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AS YOU GO FURTHER WEST, THE GREATER DEMAND IS TO TURN LEFT AND AS YOU'RE GOING FURTHER EAST. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE GREATER DEMAND IS TO TURN RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU GET WEST TO THE WEST POINT, LIKE CHASE AVENUE, IS THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE AVOIDED 41ST STREET TO GO TOWARDS TOWARDS THE TUTTLE.

AND THEN WE GO FURTHER EAST, YOU SEE THE BACKUP TO TURN RIGHT.

WHICH WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AVOIDED 41ST STREET TO GO TOWARDS COLLINS AVENUE AND CROSS AND CROSS THE INDIAN CREEK.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, BUILDING UPON WHAT THE MANAGER WAS SAYING.

SO DO WE HAVE. BUT LET ME, LET ME LET ME JUST ASK THIS.

SO SO THIS DOESN'T COUNT WHERE THIS KEEPS A BULB OUTS ON 41ST STREET.

THIS WOULD KEEP THAT CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. BUT I FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN HEARING THE COMPLAINTS AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BULB OUTS

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ON 40TH STREET. 40TH STREET. SO CAN THAT BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS? I THINK I THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERING REMOVING THE BULB OUTS ON 41ST STREET, BECAUSE THAT CLEARLY 100% NEEDED FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY NEEDED ESPECIALLY WITH THE WITH THE SCHOOLS RIGHT THERE.

BUT IF WE CAN SEE EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOVING THEM ON 40TH STREET, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT YOU HAVE ON 41ST STREET, I THINK YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE INCLINED TO CONSIDER THAT SO THAT THIS ITEM CONTEMPLATES DOING ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF BULB OUT REMOVAL IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.

40TH STREET, WE'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR IS SOMETHING OF INTEREST.

WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY BUDGET AND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THAT WE COULD REMOVE THOSE BULB OUTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT.

IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT AS A ONE OFF, RATHER THAN DOING IT AS PART OF A HOLISTIC, CITY WIDE STUDY.

WE COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE THAT FORWARD QUICKER.

I REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT WAS PART IT WAS PART OF A CAPITAL PROGRAM.

THAT WAS DONE ON 40TH STREET. LIKE I REMEMBER THIS WAS PROBABLY OVER TEN YEARS AGO, AND SAUL FRANCIS WAS A PARKING DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, AND THERE WAS NO CONSULTATION BETWEEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AT THE TIME AND THE PARKING DEPARTMENT, AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF PARKING BECAUSE OF THOSE BULB OUTS.

AND I STILL REMEMBER MAYOR BOWERS SCREAMING ABOUT THE LOSS OF PARKING THAT HAPPENED THERE.

BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CALLS AND EMAILS THE CITY WAS WAS GETTING AT THE TIME.

AND NOW IT'S EVOLVED INTO THE ISSUE IS NOT THE LOSS OF PARKING.

THE ISSUE IS THE WAY THAT THE BULB OUT IS AFFECTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRAFFIC THERE.

SO SO IF IT COULD BE INCORPORATED TO CORRECT THIS, THIS WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO, I, I WOULD SUGGEST IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT HERE ON 40TH STREET THAN ON 41ST.

YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION, ERIC I DO. YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.

IS THAT A MOTION, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? ACTUALLY, IF I CAN, IF I MAY CLARIFY, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS REALLY R7C, WHICH IS TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF CERTAIN BULBOUTS AND THEN R7H, WHICH WILL NOW OR NINE, I'M SORRY, R9H WHICH WILL DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNTY AND FDOT.

THE, I GUESS SETTING UP LEFT TURN LANES WITH ANOTHER LANE THAT WOULD GO STRAIGHT OR TURN RIGHT AT CHASE SHERIDAN AND ROYAL PALM.

IS THAT RIGHT? SURE. LET'S PUT AN EMPHASIS ON ACTION AND NOT DISCUSSION.

SERIOUSLY, I MEAN THIS WE'VE MISSED THE HIGH SEASON FOR THIS YEAR BASED ON YOUR ESTIMATES OF HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE.

BUT WE GOT TO GET IT BY THE TIME THE HIGH PEAK SEASON STARTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MAST ARM ANALYSIS RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE RATE LIMITING STEP TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SO JUST FOR THE RECORD ON R9 H I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY THE MAYOR.

AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION ONE. WHEN WE TAKE THE VOTE ON THAT I'LL THROW IT ON THE H.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. NOW WE HAVE TO DO R7 C IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ON R7.

SEE? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. TIME SENSITIVE. LET'S CALL C7. AP.

[C7 AP A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO LIGHT UP MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL IN THE COLOR OF ORANGE TO COMMEMORATE THE LOSS OF THE BIBAS FAMILY WHO WERE ISRAELI VICTIMS OF OCTOBER 7TH.]

I'M SORRY. MAYOR. THAT WAS C7. AP. C7 AP IS LIGHT UP CITY HALL IN ORANGE.

REGARDING THE THE VICTIMS, THE BEAVIS FAMILY.

YEAH. I MEAN, WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS THIS MORNING ON ON ANTI-SEMITISM.

SO I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH ON THIS, BUT JUST IN CASE PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR THAT THERE'S AN ONGOING HOSTAGE EXCHANGE FOR THE CEASE FIRE THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

RECENTLY. AND I'LL TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT GETTING CHOKED UP.

THERE WAS A FAMILY THAT WAS RETURNED. SOME OF THE HOSTAGES THANKFULLY RETURNED ALIVE, SOME NOT SO.

AND, P.J., IF YOU COULD PUT THE PICTURE UP. THAT WAS A NINE MONTH OLD AND A FOUR YEAR OLD.

AND THE MOM WHO WERE KIDNAPED INTO GAZA BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH AND THEIR BODIES WERE RETURNED TO ISRAEL.

AND THE ANALYSIS BY MEDICAL STAFF WAS THAT AND I WON'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT.

THEY WERE HORRIFICALLY BRUTALIZED AND MURDERED IN WAYS THAT IT'S HARD TO EVEN COMPREHEND.

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BUT SO, AS YOU SEE FROM THE TODDLER, THE THE ORANGE HAIR.

SO THAT'S BECOME SORT OF THE RALLYING CRY IN ISRAEL, BUT ELSEWHERE.

SO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF ISRAEL AND NOW HAS ADOPTED THAT ORANGE COLOR.

AND THERE ARE CITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT ARE DOING DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I JUST IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS MY WIFE, SHANNON, WHO ACTUALLY HAD THE IDEA.

I'LL GIVE HER THE CREDIT. HEY, WHY NOT LIGHT UP CITY HALL IN ORANGE? AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. I BROUGHT IT, I BROUGHT IT FORWARD, AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY IMPACTFUL.

WE HAD GINO SANTORIO FROM THE MOUNT SINAI TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIGHTING UP MOUNT SINAI IN ORANGE AS WELL, IN SOLIDARITY. AND I WOULD JUST ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING AND WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO LIGHT UP THEIR BUILDINGS OR DO SOMETHING TO SHOW SUPPORT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE SAID THIS MORNING IS SO IMPACTFUL. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL, BUT IT'S REALLY SHOWING SUPPORT FOR FOR WESTERN VALUES AND FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM IN ALL ITS FORMS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT ON OUR SHORES.

AND WHETHER IT BE BOMBS OR PLANES CRASHING INTO BUILDINGS, IT'S THE IT'S THE SAME IDEOLOGY.

AND WE NEED THE UNITED STATES. ISRAEL NEEDS TO BE UNITED IN FIGHTING THIS TERROR AND THIS THE YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY HOW CERTAIN THINGS CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION.

WE'VE BEEN IT'S BEEN OVER 500 DAYS SINCE THE HOSTAGES WERE THERE.

BUT THIS FAMILY AND THAT PICTURE SEEING THAT THOSE KIDS WHO WERE BRUTALIZED JUST I THINK IT'S HARD NOT TO LOOK AT THAT AND GRIEVE.

SO I HOPE EVERYONE SUPPORTS THIS. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, ISN'T THE BIBAS FAMILY SUING NETANYAHU FOR USING THEIR FAMILY AS PROPAGANDA? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

BUT IF IT'S TRUE THAT THE BIBAS FAMILY DOESN'T WANT THIS DEATH USED AS PROPAGANDA, THEN WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD RESPECT THE FAMILY AND ALLOW THEM TO MOURN THIS HORRIFIC DEATH.

THAT'S THE FIRST I HEAR OF IT. I CALLED, ACTUALLY MAYOR ELBAZ, THE COUNSEL GENERAL FOR THE MIAMI AREA, AND HE WAS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OF THIS IDEA. AND AND WHAT HE TOLD ME IS THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS, IS FULLY SUPPORTING. ACTUALLY, THIS COMES FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF ISRAEL.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST, FIRST, FIRST I'VE EVER HEARD OF OF THAT.

AND I HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT'S OKAY. THEN, I MEAN, I'M 100% SUPPORTIVE.

I'M NOT SURE. MR. MAYOR, LOOK, IT SAYS HERE THE BIBAS FAMILY THREATENS TO SUE ISRAELI REGIME OVER PROPAGANDA.

THIS WAS 11 HOURS AGO. THEY'RE GETTING VERY UPSET THAT THEIR FAMILY IS BEING USED AS PROPAGANDA.

THE RELATIVES OF THE ISRAELI CAPTIVES, SHERRY BIBAS, HAS DEMANDED THAT THE ISRAELI REGIME STOP EXPLOITING THEIR FAMILY MEMBER'S DEATHS FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES, THREATENING TO SUE THE REGIME IF IT CONTINUES TO PUBLISH DETAILS OF THEIR DEATHS.

THE BIBAS FAMILY MADE THE REQUEST ON WEDNESDAY, A DAY AFTER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REVEALED DETAILS OF THE DEATHS WHILE SPEAKING BEFORE THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

YEAH I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S OKAY IF WE IF IF I'M GOING, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO UNDERSTAND THEIR FAMILY WANTING TO MOURN AND NOT BE USED AS A TOOL AGAIN.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING IT, BUT BASED ON WHAT YOU READ, THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THIS. THERE ARE CERTAIN DETAILS, I GUESS, THAT CAME OUT ABOUT HOW THEY WERE BRUTALIZED. THIS IS COMMEMORATING A FAMILY AND SHOWING SUPPORT.

NOT JUST IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE FAMILY, IT'S FOR ALL HOSTAGES, ALL THE VICTIMS OF OCTOBER 7TH.

AND I MEAN ISRAEL. ISRAEL IS A VERY IS A IS A SMALL COUNTRY.

AND IN THE SENSE WHEN SOMEONE DIES, THERE'S LITERALLY SOMEBODY USUALLY KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THAT PERSON.

WHEN AN ISRAELI SOLDIER IS KILLED OR A HOSTAGE HAS COME BACK, THERE'S A I MEAN, STATE OF ISRAEL.

THERE'S TWICE A YEAR, LITERALLY, THEY THEY THE WHOLE COUNTRY STOPS BECAUSE AND THEY SOUND A SIREN.

IT'S LIKE ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT LITERALLY YOU'RE DRIVING IN A CAR, YOU STOP ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TRAIN IS GOING, THE TRAIN STOPS. AIRPLANES DON'T FLY.

IT'S A VERY CLOSE KNIT COUNTRY. SO I WHATEVER ISSUES THAT MAY BE DEALING WITH THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, AGAIN, I'M NOT FAMILIAR, BUT I THINK THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SHOWING SUPPORT FOR FOR THIS FAMILY AND ALL OF THE VICTIMS AND HOSTAGES FROM OCTOBER 7TH.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DON'T THINK IT'S PROPAGANDA TO SUPPORT AND COMMEMORATE WITH THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZED BY BY HAMAS.

SO I'M GOING TO BE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF OF THIS.

CAN I JUST ASK WHAT WHAT WEBSITE IS THAT? SO I COULD LOOK IT UP.

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WHILE SHE'S GIVING THAT, WOULD YOU MIND IF I. YEAH. AND I WOULD AGREE.

BEFORE YOU EVEN MADE THAT, THAT WAS THE COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO MAKE.

I'M NOT PRIVY TO THIS SOMEWHAT NEW NEWS, BUT AS THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED, IT SEEMED MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO COMMEMORATE VICTIMS. I DID SO IN MY OWN RIGHT BY OFFERING PRAYERS PERSONALLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER HERE TO DO.

PERHAPS WHAT THAT'S REFERRING TO, WHILE I'M SPECULATING, IS DETAILS THAT WERE RELEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE USED TO FURTHER OTHER POLITICAL AGENDAS.

THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE COMMEMORATING BRUTAL DEATHS AND HONORING HOSTAGES THAT STILL NEED TO BE RETURNED.

SO I THINK EVEN IF THIS IS HAPPENING, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE ATTACK THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING TO TAKE.

I'M GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE. AS WE'RE NOT USING A LIKENESS OR ANYTHING.

DO YOU HAVE THE WEBSITE? JUST I'M NOT. I'M NOT.

LET'S SEE. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY. IS THAT AL JAZEERA? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK, BUT BUT. OKAY.

SHOULD WE CALL THE VOTE? I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE.

I CAN MOVE IT. SO I'LL MOVE THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

I'LL SECOND A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. C7 APP IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. AND, MR. MAYOR, I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT MATTERS IS THE INTENT AND THE AND THE GESTURE OF OUR CITY'S CONTINUED AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF OF OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN TERRORISM.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE THOSE WHO WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED AND THE TAKEN HOSTAGES.

AND IT JUST I THINK IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS OUR SHARED COMMITMENT FOR PEACE, FOR DIGNITY, FOR REMEMBRANCE.

AND SO PUTTING ASIDE ANY, ANY ARTICLE THAT MAY BE OUT THERE, IT'S THE INTENT AND IT'S THE SPIRIT AND WHAT WE STAND FOR HONORING THE BIBAS FAMILY AND ALL THE INNOCENT LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.

OH, I JUST I WOULD LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY THE ISRAEL TIMES.

SO IT'S NOT JUST PROPAGANDA. BABY'S FAMILY TELLS NETANYAHU TO SHUT UP AS THE DETAILS OF THE MURDERS.

SO I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW THE FAMILY TO MOURN IN THEIR OWN WAY.

I, I, I DO THINK WE COULD LIGHT UP CITY HALL FOR ALL THE HOSTAGES, BUT IF THAT IS THE FAMILY'S WISHES.

YEAH, I IN THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY AGAIN, I'M JUST BASING ON WHAT YOU'RE READING.

I STILL THINK THAT'S TWO SEPARATE, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ISSUES.

ONE IS YOU'RE DESCRIBING MEDICAL DETAILS, AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILY AND ALL THE VICTIMS OF OCTOBER 7TH.

SO CALL THE VOTE. SO I HAVE WE DID ALREADY, MAYOR.

WE DID. IT WAS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MADE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, AND IT WAS SEVEN ZERO. GREAT. THANK YOU.

A COUPLE OF REQUESTS. I'M GOING TO CALL THEM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, AND THEN I'M GOING TO CALL VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WHICH ITEM WAS IT? WELL, THERE'S TWO. THE PICK ONE FOR NOW.

WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? I'LL LET YOU PICK. THERE'S THE 1% TAX THAT WE HAVE TO OFFICIALLY VOTE ON A SECOND READING OR THE PENSION ITEM.

I THOUGHT THE THE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE 1% TAX WE DIDN'T.

IT WAS MOOT. IS THAT NOT TRUE? WELL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

IT'S MOOT BECAUSE THE VOTERS DID NOT APPROVE IT, BUT IT'S STILL ON OUR BOOKS.

SO WOULD A PREVIOUS WHAT A WHAT A FUTURE COMMISSION BE ABLE TO ALLOW IT TO BE BACK ON THE BALLOT, OR EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY? YES. AND THE NEW COMMISSION, JUST TO BE CLEAR, COULD ALSO READOPT THE ORDINANCE.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO CALL.

LOOK, IT'S NOT OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE PENSION.

SURE. WHICH ONE IS THAT? I-5. W W RIGHT. YOU WANT TO READ INTO THE RECORD? YES, SIR. I-5 W IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

[R5 W AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PLAN CREATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2006-3504, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN CREATED BY ORDINANCE 2006 3504A SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO AMEND THE THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

R5 W IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SPONSOR THIS ITEM TO ELIMINATE LIFETIME PENSIONS FOR PART TIME ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

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FOR BOTH CITY COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR WHO CURRENTLY QUALIFY AFTER SERVING ONLY FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE.

THIS ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY PROSPECTIVELY AND TRANSITION FUTURE ELECTEDS TO A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT SYSTEM SIMILAR TO A PRIVATE SECTOR 401 K. THIS CHANGE ENSURES A MORE FAIR AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO HOW WE HANDLE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR THOSE ELECTED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI BEACH.

LET'S START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE SITUATION WE SAW IN MIAMI AFTER THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED LIFETIME PENSIONS.

THE BACKLASH FROM RESIDENTS WAS VERY SWIFT, AND I BELIEVE MAYOR SUAREZ RIGHTFULLY VETOED THE PROPOSAL.

YOU KNOW, MIAMI'S DEBACLE AND THE CONTEMPT DISPLAYED BY ONE OF ITS COMMISSIONERS HIGHLIGHTS WHY LIFETIME PENSIONS FOR PART TIME POLITICIANS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG. SOME ARGUE WE WORK HARD AND DESERVE THESE BENEFITS.

WHILE NO ONE DENIES THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS AND LONG HOURS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS ROLE.

LET'S PUT A FEW THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE. IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, LIFETIME PENSIONS AFTER FOUR YEARS ARE UNHEARD OF.

THEY SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST. FOR COMPARISON, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY RISK THEIR LIVES FOR 20 YEARS TO RECEIVE 50% OF THEIR BASE PAY IN RETIREMENT. MIAMI BEACH OFFICERS DEDICATE TEN YEARS TO OUR CITY JUST TO GET VESTED.

AND YET, UNDER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, A PART TIME POLITICIAN COULD RECEIVE A FULL RETIREMENT AFTER SERVING JUST FOUR YEARS.

THIS IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THE TAXPAYERS OF OUR CITY.

FORTUNATELY, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. OUR CURRENT CITY COMMISSION IS DIFFERENT FROM PAST CITY COMMISSIONS, CONSISTENTLY PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE GREATER GOOD OVER POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SELF-INTERESTS.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK ABOUT THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.

I'LL SECOND THE ITEM. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

I ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY WASN'T GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMALL AMOUNT ALMOST AKIN TO A ROUNDING ERROR.

AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ARGUMENTS THAT ARE MADE ABOUT THE HARD WORK PUTTING IN SAID IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT.

BUT HOPEFULLY, WITH THE MAYOR'S PERMISSION, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AN ITEM LATER TODAY.

TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE STAND FROM A CITY BUDGET STANDPOINT, WHERE THE COUNTY CAME IN WITH A NEWLY ELECTED OFFICE, AND IT'S GOING TO ESSENTIALLY EVAPORATE $6 MILLION FROM OUR ANNUAL COFFERS JUST LIKE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR.

AND I WANT TO GET THAT OUT IN THE OPEN. AND IT'S EASY TO SIT THERE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ITEM AND SAY, WE NEED TO START BEING FISCALLY CONSCIOUS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AND YOU START SOMEWHERE. SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT WAS JUST, HEY, THIS ISN'T WORTH IT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ANYTHING MONUMENTAL OR SEISMIC THAT'S REALLY GOING TO CAUSE A DIFFERENCE TO TAXPAYER MONEY. BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW LEADERSHIP AND WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ITEM.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S AN HONOR TO CO-SPONSOR THIS ORDINANCE.

I THINK IT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE, TO TO TO TO REALLY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. I THINK I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO PENSIONS, THIS IS WHERE THE REAL MEAT AND POTATOES MATTER.

AND I THINK AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE NEED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE ENSURING THAT OUR RETIREMENT SYSTEM REMAINS SUSTAINABLE AND ALIGNED WITH THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WE WHO WE REPRESENT.

I THINK BY TRANSITIONING ELECTED OFFICIALS TO A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT THIS DOES.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? YES, CURT. WELL, CURRENTLY LIKE THIS CAN BE IN ONE OR THE OTHER.

THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ELIMINATE THE NBPP PROVISION REQUIRING FUTURE ELECTEDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IT DOES STRENGTHEN OUR, OUR FISCAL INTEGRITY OF OUR PENSION PLAN, I THINK IS FAIR.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S I THINK IT'S JUST AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE.

IT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE. AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IN A PRIVATE SECTOR THAT THAT THE PENSION WOULD BE THE SAME FOR A PART TIME POSITION LIKE THAT OF A CITY COMMISSIONER, AND I.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

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SO I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR. AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO, TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS REALLY A PART TIME POSITION.

NO, BUT BUT WE SIGN UP FOR IT KNOWING THAT IT'S A PART TIME POSITION.

OH, OKAY. NO. I'M SORRY. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ROSEN.

GONZALEZ. SO, TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS ITEM, ARE YOU WILLING TO ALSO GIVE UP YOUR PENSIONS? I DON'T COLLECT A SALARY. I ACTUALLY DONATE MY SALARY, AND I'M.

YEAH, I DON'T PLAN ON HAVING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF A PENSION.

YOU AGREED TO GIVE UP? YES, 100%. OKAY. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, DO YOU AGREE TO GIVE UP YOUR PENSION? I'LL DISCUSS IT WITH ROBERT. BUT I GIVE UP MY.

I ALREADY GAVE UP. I MEAN, THIS COMMISSION INCREASED ITS SALARY, AND NOT ONLY DID I VOTE AGAINST IT, I SAID I'M GOING TO FORFEIT THAT THAT THAT INCREASE.

WE AMENDED THE LEGISLATION SO THAT I WOULDN'T RECEIVE THAT THAT INCREASE.

AND SO NOT ONLY DID I VOTE AGAINST THAT, I SAID, NOT ONLY AM I VOTING AGAINST IT, BUT SHOULD IT PASS, I DON'T WANT TO GET THAT MONEY. AND SO I'M GOING TO SACRIFICE THAT AND SACRIFICE YOUR PENSION.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SALARY THAT WE GOT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY PENSION IMPLICATION IS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN EVEN LEGALLY DO THAT.

I HAVEN'T CONSULTED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON IT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I CAN LEGALLY DO THAT.

SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ BUT I THINK TRANSITIONING.

NO, NO, BUT I THINK I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS I'M ONE PERSON AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT DENT MY MY ONE PENSION MAKES TO THE CITY'S BUDGET. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A HIGH AND MIGHTY POLITICAL POINT, GO FOR IT. IF YOU WANT ME TO SACRIFICE MY PENSION, JUST SAY IT.

BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A HIGH AND MIGHTY AND GRANDSTAND AND MAKE A POLITICAL POINT.

BUT BUT NO, NO. BUT WAIT. BUT BUT BUT BUT LET ME FINISH.

I THINK THE BIGGER POINT IS IT'S NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL PENSION.

IT'S A COLLECTIVE PENSIONS OF INDIVIDUALS. WHEN YOU AGGREGATE IT TOGETHER AND YOU MULTIPLY IT OVER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WHAT SHOULD THE CITY'S POLICY BE MOVING FORWARD? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DETERMINING HERE, AND WHAT IS IN THE BEST FISCAL INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

I'LL TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT IT. I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE.

SO, SO, SO I'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

BUT I'VE BEEN CLEAR ON WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

I'VE TRIED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. WHEN I VOTE AGAINST THINGS, I TRY TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT THAT SUBJECTS ME TO IT AS WELL.

SO COULD I MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF EACH OF OUR PENSIONS ARE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO VOTES YES ON THIS AND MAYBE I'LL VOTE YES TO WE SHOULD FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE AND THEN COME BACK.

AND THEN IF ALL OF US WILLINGLY AGREE TO GIVE UP OUR PENSIONS, THEN WE CAN DO THIS PROSPECTIVELY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DO A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, AND THEN MAYBE WE THINK ABOUT THIS.

MAYBE WE SEND IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, GET THIS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.

BECAUSE TO DO THIS ANY OTHER WAY, I HAVE TO I BELIEVE IN THE GOLDEN RULE.

AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE THAT I WAS GOING TO GET A PENSION.

AND BY THE WAY, OUR PENSIONS ARE SMALL. THEY'RE BASED ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LARGE PENSIONS.

AND WHEN I FOUND OUT, I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, GOSH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CITY REALLY APPRECIATES ALL THIS WORK THAT I'VE PUT IN, YOU KNOW, 20 HOUR DAYS. SOMETIMES I WAKE UP, YOU KNOW, SO FOR ME TO IMPOSE SOMETHING ON FUTURE PEOPLE WHEN I MYSELF AM RECEIVING IT, THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. I DO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, BUT I WOULD REQUEST FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON ALL OF THIS.

AND IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN WE ALL GIVE UP OUR PENSIONS TOGETHER.

LET'S JUST GIVE IT UP. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO IT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS THE SPONSOR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YOU WANT TO GIVE UP YOUR PENSION, COMMISSIONER. I'M MAYOR MINER.

YOU WANT TO GIVE IT UP? I HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET. OKAY. I DIDN'T SAY I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS.

THIS IS SOME SORT OF BIZARRE, LIKE. LIKE. SO WE'RE GOING TO.

PEOPLE WILL GET ELECTED, AND THEN THOSE COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING A PENSION AND THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE GOING TO. THAT'S NOT FAIR. OKAY. SO IF WE DO THIS, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE.

AND AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS THEREIN.

VICE MAYOR BOTT AND THEN COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SO A FEW THOUGHTS. FIRST OF ALL, I SPENT SIX YEARS WORKING TWO WELL, TWO SUMMERS WORKING AT MERRILL LYNCH, BUT SIX YEARS WORKING, MOST RECENTLY AT A FINANCIAL ADVISORY THAT ALSO HAD A PENSION AND 401 K ADMINISTRATIVE ARM OF THE BUSINESS. AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THE EVISCERATION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS CAME WAS ROOTED IN TWO THINGS THE DECREASE OF UNIONS AND THE MOVE FROM

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PENSIONS TO 401 KS. WE THAT'S ONE THING. SECOND OF ALL, I THINK IT'S FABULOUS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS.

EXCUSE ME. SORRY. I THINK IT'S FABULOUS THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY AND CAN AFFORD TO ISSUE SALARIES AND FORGO PENSIONS. THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO EVERYBODY.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING, BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO TO WORK AS A COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THEY'D HAVE TO HOLD AT LEAST ONE OTHER JOB OR MULTIPLE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

SO YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOOD FOR ONE PERSON FINANCIALLY MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER.

THIRD OF ALL, WE ARE TAXED AS COMMISSIONERS ON NOT TAXED.

OUR PENSIONS COME FROM $6,000 A YEAR. AND JASON, YOU TOLD ME OR ERIC, I FORGET WHO TOLD ME.

IT'S LIKE I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS, BUT IT IS VERY SMALL TO THE OVERALL BUDGET AND I AM NOT BEING CAVALIER ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING. AS AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE A VERY TOUGH BUDGET DISCUSSION.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE SMALL AMOUNT IT MAKES OF DIFFERENCE TO THE CITY COMMISSION, YOU GUYS, THE SMALL AMOUNT OF OF DIFFERENCE IT MAKES TO THE CITY BUDGET IS NOT COMMENSURATE TO THE IMPACT IT MAKES ON INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN RETIREMENT TAKE A PENSION FROM THIS JOB FOR ONE DAY FROM THAT JOB, SOCIAL SECURITY. NOT EVERYBODY HAS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WAITING FOR THEM, FOR THEM IN RETIREMENT OR, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR WHATEVER THEIR CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION, MOST OF US ARE HOPING THAT WITH THE SAVINGS WE HAVE DONE IN 401 S AND THE PENSION WE HAVE FROM PREVIOUS JOBS AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO COVER OUR NUTS NOT AND I, I, I FIND IT THOUGHTFUL AND WELL INTENDED, BUT THE CITY OF MIAMI WAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION WHERE THE MAYOR THERE MAKES $120,000. SO THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT FINANCIAL IMPACT.

I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO BE EARNING A PENSION FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

I PLAN TO GIVE THIS CITY EIGHT YEARS OF MY BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE, WORKING MY HINEY OFF TO DO THE BEST JOB I CAN.

AND IF I GET A PENSION BASED ON A $6,000 A YEAR SALARY, WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TERRIBLE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY PENSION BECAUSE I NEED IT.

I'M NOT INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY. I WILL NEVER BECOME INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY UNLESS SOMEBODY BUYS ME A LOTTERY TICKET.

SO YEAH, I'M KEEPING MY PENSION. YOU GUYS, WHO CAN AFFORD IT? GOD BLESS. I CAN'T, VICE MAYOR MATT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. SERVING. SERVING. PUBLIC OFFICE IS IS A PRIVILEGE.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A JOB. OKAY. I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T I THINK IT'S BAD PRECEDENT TO TO, TO GET ELECTED TO MAKE MONEY. AND I KNOW IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST UNHEARD OF TO HAVE A PENSION AFTER FOUR YEARS. A LIFETIME PENSION AFTER FOUR YEARS.

IT USED TO BE FIVE YEARS. NOW IT'S FOUR. SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST GET ELECTED.

I THINK THIS IS I THINK THIS IS JUST UNFAIR TO ALL THE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN MIAMI BEACH, WHERE THEY HAVE TO WORK. I THINK A DECADE OR MORE TO TO VEST IN THEIR PENSIONS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS.

THIS IS A VERY HOT TOPIC. I, YOU KNOW, HAVING ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE LIFETIME PENSIONS IS REALLY NOT IT'S JUST IT'S JUST NOT GOOD GOVERNMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET INTO THIS TO TO MAKE A LIFETIME PENSION.

WE GET INTO WE GET INVOLVED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DID NOT LITERALLY BET MY HOUSE, QUIT MY JOB, SELL MY HOUSE, AND RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE LIFETIME PENSION ON A $6,000 A YEAR SALARY. I DID NOT WORK MY HINEY OFF TO GET THIS JOB, BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT MONEYMAKER FOR ME.

I GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PUBLIC SERVANTS THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN.

I DO ACTUALLY NEED TO PAY MY MAINTENANCE FEE FOR MY APARTMENT AND BUY DOG FOOD, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL TO BE A HUMAN BEING WHO REQUIRES SOME MINIMAL COMPENSATION FOR THE WORK DONE.

AS I SAID BEFORE, IF YOU'RE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY AND THE FINANCIALS WORK IN YOUR FAVOR, THAT'S TERRIFIC.

BUT SOME OF US ACTUALLY NEED TO MAKE A SALARY.

AND WHETHER YOU'RE DOING IT BY COBBLING TOGETHER THREE FULL TIME JOBS PLUS THIS, OR IF YOU HAVE JUST DECREASED YOUR COST OF LIVING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN SCRAPE BY ON

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WHAT WE MAKE HERE, NOT 6000. OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT CRAZY, BUT WITH WITH THE, THE THE NET AMOUNT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT THE PENSION BENEFITS WOULD BE ACCRUED ON.

BUT THERE'S THIS PRESUMPTION THAT YOU HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY TO BE A DECENT, GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT.

AND I REALLY FIND THAT NARRATIVE OFFENSIVE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE BACKGROUNDS, DO NOT HAVE THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH, HAVE NOT BUILT A BUSINESS EMPIRE, HAVE NOT GOTTEN LUCKY WITH A LOTTERY TICKET, WHO ARE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES TO BE EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVANTS AND TO TO PRESUME THAT IT'S A FAILING OF THEIRS, THAT THEY CANNOT BE A GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE UNLESS THEY ISSUE ALL COMPENSATION FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS OFFICIALLY A PART TIME JOB, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WAS PUT IN THE CHARTER DECADES AGO, BUT ANYBODY WHO HAS DONE THIS JOB WELL CAN TELL YOU VERY WELL THAT IT IS NOT A PART TIME JOB.

SO THIS NARRATIVE IS NONSENSE. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CAN I ASK, BY THE WAY, THE I JUST WANTED BY THE WAY, THE PENSION IS NOT ONLY BASED ON $6,000, IT'S IT'S THE REIMBURSEMENTS AND THE PENSION BILL AS WELL.

SO IT'S LIKE $60,000. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS IT REALLY FAIR? IS IT IS IT REALLY FAIR TO HAVE PENSIONS AFTER VESTER? VICE MAYOR. BUT I'M SORRY. DO YOU REALLY THINK IT'S FAIR TO HAVE PENSIONS AFTER ONLY FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, A LIFETIME PENSION? I JUST I FIND THAT CRAZY TO BELIEVE THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S OKAY.

I WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT USED TO BE FIVE YEARS. THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTUALLY PASSED TO MAKE IT FOUR.

I'M VERY PROUD THAT I VOTED NO TO IT. IT PASSED, BUT AND I WAS ACTUALLY A CANDIDATE, SO I WOULD HAVE I WOULD HAVE I BENEFITED FROM IT IF I HAD LOST THE MAYOR RACE. I DIDN'T OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION TOO. WE COULD WE COULD SWITCH IT BACK.

SO YOU HAVE TO WIN MORE THAN ONE TIME TO, TO BE TO BE ELIGIBLE.

JASON, NOT THAT I QUESTION WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

JUST JASON. IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? JUST I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, BECAUSE I DID HAVE THAT QUESTION.

IS THE PENSION ON THE FULL BECAUSE I GET I, I COULD BE WRONG AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE, BUT I THINK IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10,000IN QUOTE UNQUOTE SALARY, THE COMMISSIONERS OF 6000. BUT THEN I GET ABOUT 40,000 IN AUTOMATIC EXPENSES.

SO THAT COMES OUT TO 50,000 AGAIN, I'M ROUNDING OUT.

YEAH, IT'S ROUGHLY THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY. AND THE COMMISSIONERS GET ABOUT 35,000 OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

SO THAT'S 40. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PENSION ON THAT FULL AMOUNT, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SALARY AND ON THE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE.

AND THAT WAS CHANGED, I THINK. I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT THE SAME TIME WHEN IT WAS MOVED FROM 5 TO 4, 60,000 AND IT EXPENSE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T SEE MARLA HERE WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE, WHICH WAS JUST INCREASED, I THINK, JUST IN THIS.

SO IT'S NOT BASED ON THE 6000? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I BELIEVE IT'S BASED ON THE SALARY PLUS THE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE.

OKAY. WHAT DO WE PAY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE PENSIONS OF FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I'D HAVE TO CHECK. I'M PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT COMMISSIONER ROSE. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NUMBER TO HAVE WITH HOW MUCH WE BUDGET FOR THE PENSION CONTRIBUTION.

I COULD FIND THAT OUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW OF THAT.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST IF I MAY IF I IF I COULD, BECAUSE YOU SPOKE A LOT.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT ON THIS.

MR. MAYOR, WHEN YOU VOTED NO, I VOTED NO AS WELL.

AT THAT TIME, I NEVER VOTED TO LOWER, LOWER THE YEARS FOR, FOR FOR THE PENSION FROM FIVE YEARS TO FOUR.

I WAS A CONSISTENT AND RESOUNDING NO ON THAT.

WHEN WHEN WHEN WHEN WE CIRCUMVENTED THE VOTERS ULTIMATELY TO INCREASE THIS, THIS, THIS REIMBURSEMENT THAT THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS GET TO A HIGHER AMOUNT.

I VOTED NO AND I WAS CONSISTENT. I JUST VOTING NO, BUT ASKING TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION SO THAT EVEN IF IT PASSED, I WOULD NOT GET THE MONEY. AND I JUST HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.

IT'S WITH WITH THIS I, I GET AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S POSITION.

I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT EVERYONE'S POSITION ON THIS.

THIS HAS JUST BEEN A LONG STANDING POSITION OF MINE, AND I THINK THE BEAUTY OF THIS DAY IS, IS THAT THERE ARE ISSUES WHERE PERHAPS WE ALL WON'T BE UNITED ON, AND THAT WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO CHIME OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND AND DISAGREE ON. FOR ME, ON THIS ONE, I, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, SALARY, PENSION, HEALTH CARE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE

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RUN FOR OFFICE. I KNOW EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS HAS RUN FOR OFFICE WITH A GREAT DESIRE TO DO GOOD, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY SO THAT THE NEXT GENERATION CAN INHERIT A CLEANER, A CLEANER, SAFER, MORE RESILIENT AND BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND A LOT OF THAT ENTAILS A LOT OF GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE.

AND I GET THAT. AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S POSITION HERE.

AND I DON'T LOOK DOWN UPON ANYONE WHO WISHES TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION LIKE THIS.

MY MY CONSISTENT POSITION HAS BEEN TO, YOU TO TO DECIDE MORE CONSERVATIVELY, CONSERVATIVELY ON THESE ON THESE MATTERS. AND I'LL, I'LL REMAIN CONSISTENT ON THAT.

AND I RESPECT YOU, COMMISSIONER, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC SERVANT THAT'S THAT HAS MADE GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE.

YOU YOU GAVE UP YOUR JOB, YOU SOLD YOUR HOME, AND YOU HAVE COMMITTED YOURSELF TO BE A TREMENDOUSLY HONORABLE PUBLIC SERVANT.

AND I AND I AND I ADMIRE THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT THAT PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE IN THE HOPES OF AFTER ONE TERM, THEY CAN GET A LIFETIME PENSION THAT I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT WITH THAT IDEA. AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A MOTIVATOR FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE FUTURE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

I WANT THE MOTIVATOR TO RUN FOR OFFICE. INDIVIDUALS WHO SACRIFICE OF THEMSELVES TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS TO LEAVE BEHIND A BETTER COMMUNITY THAN THE ONE WE'VE INHERITED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

SO I WANTED TO FIRST CORRECT THE RECORD. I APOLOGIZE.

I WAS NOT TRYING TO PULL THE WOOL OVER ANYBODY'S EYES.

I WAS GIVEN AN INACCURATE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I WAS BASING MY COMMENTS ON.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE ONLY THAT ONLY OUR SALARY GOT THAT OUR PENSIONS WERE ACCRUED ONLY ON THE SALARY PART OF OUR COMPENSATION.

SO I APOLOGIZE AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO DISSEMBLE OR OR LIE ABOUT ANYTHING.

THAT'S NOT HOW I ROLL. SO I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THE RECORD ON THAT.

SECOND OF ALL, ANYBODY WHO IS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO TO RAISE A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION OR MORE TO WIN A SEAT OR TRY TO WIN A SEAT BECAUSE THEY MAY GET A LIFETIME PENSION OF A FEW GRAND OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, I WOULD QUESTION THEIR DECISION MAKING ABILITIES.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I WAS NEXT. AGAIN, COMMISSIONER.

BUT THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU. AND THIS APPLIES TO FUTURE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE WE'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN.

PART OF THIS RESOLUTION IS GIVING AN AVENUE FOR A RETIREMENT PLAN.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN TO BE A LIFELONG PENSION PLAN FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS.

SO YOU WERE GOING TO BE WELL VESTED AS LONG AS EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS DAIS WHO SEEKS TO HAVE IT.

I'M NOT I, I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHERS, BUT I THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION BENEFITS PLAN FOR FUTURE ELECTED OFFICIALS. MR.. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I'LL GIVE IT OVER TO YOU.

BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, SIX YEARS WORKING FOR A FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND RETIREMENT PLANS ADMINISTRATOR, WHO WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS WAS EVISCERATED, STARTING WITH WHEN PENSIONS WERE DECREASED IN FAVOR OF VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ALL CHEW ON? COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? GO AT IT. AND FUNNY, COMING FROM MY TIME AT MERRILL LYNCH, I SAW THINGS WITH ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.

IN FACT, I'M READING AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION IN 2018, ACTUALLY ABOUT THE PENSIONS.

RIGHT. SO THAT KIND OF SKEWS MY THINKING HERE.

I WANT TO PULL BACK THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN BEGIN TO TRY AND ASSIGN MOTIVES TO PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SOMEHOW RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR THESE FRINGE BENEFITS. THAT'S JUST NOT REALISTIC. I AGREE WITH YOU THERE THAT NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND IS GOING TO SPEND ALL DAY FROM 8 A.M.

UNTIL 7 P.M., AND THEN ALL THAT INCREMENTAL TIME WITH THE SOLE MOTIVE OF SOMEHOW COLLECTING THIS HUGE WINDFALL OF A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS PER MONTH.

THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW IN THE EMAIL THAT I WROTE BACK IN 2018 TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING AT IT NOW IN MY POSITION, I WROTE A FIVE PAGE EMAIL.

I'M LIKE, I MUST HAVE BEEN INSANE IF I EVER THOUGHT THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION WOULD READ FIVE PAGES ABOUT THE MIAMI BEACH PENSION SYSTEM.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A $400 MILLION UNDERFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY.

THE AGGREGATE PENSION PERFORMANCE. AND THEN I SOUND LIKE SUCH A DORK, BUT BUT THEN RAN STRESS TEST ANALYSIS OF IF THE ANNUAL

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PERCENTAGE RETURN WOULD COME IN UNDER WHAT WAS PINPOINTED IN OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS OF 7.5%, WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE BUDGET. I JUST I CAN'T COMPREHEND MY STATE OF MIND AT THE TIME THINKING SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE READ THIS.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT. YES, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO ME THEN.

AND THIS ISN'T EVEN ABOUT REALLY. YES, IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY.

BUT I STUDIED PENSIONS KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD FROM PUBLIC FINANCE, MUNICIPAL FINANCE STANDPOINT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHICAGO'S DEBT RATING JUST GOT DOWNGRADED TO TRIPLE B AND IT'S GOING TO IRONICALLY, THEY JUST I BELIEVE TODAY OR YESTERDAY PASSED $1 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE GEO BOND AND THEIR RATES TO ESSENTIALLY GO OUT AND TRY AND FUND THAT ARE INCREMENTALLY HIGHER BECAUSE OF THEIR LOWER CREDIT RATING, MUCH OF WHICH IS PREDICATED ON THEIR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES.

SO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CONVEY TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION THEN, WAS THAT THAT IS THE PRIMARY CATALYST FOR MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL TROUBLE OR BURDENS, IS THEIR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY.

I GET THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE SEISMIC OR MOUNTAIN MOVING, BUT IT'S GOING TO TRY AND LEAD WITH EXAMPLE.

I SPEAK ON THIS. SORRY. YES. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

SO I COULD VOTE YES ON THIS AND BE LILY WHITE BECAUSE FRANKLY, IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF US UP HERE. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE SO HYPOCRITICAL IF I VOTE YES.

AND THEN MY, LIKE, A COLLEAGUE WHO GETS ELECTED IS NOT GOING TO GET THE SAME BENEFIT THAT I AM.

THAT IS NOT NICE. IT'S NOT COMPASSIONATE. IT'S IT'S HYPOCRITICAL. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S IT'S HYPOCRISY.

AND IT'S THIS IS THE MOST ELITIST LEGISLATION THAT HAS NO COMPASSION FOR ANYBODY MOVING FORWARD.

SO I MADE A MOTION TO DEFER BECAUSE MAYBE WE NEED.

I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THESE PENSIONS.

AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTS THIS ITEM ALSO GIVE UP THEIR PENSION AND GO INTO A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO VOTES FOR THIS, OKAY. AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM, BUT IT PUNISHES EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE FUTURE WHO MIGHT WANT TO RUN FOR OFFICE. I THINK THERE'S A MORAL WRONG THERE.

AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALL BE HYPOCRITICAL PHARISEES AND SAY, YES, THE MORAL HIGH ROAD IS THAT WE DO NOT RUN FOR OFFICE TO GET THESE SMALL PENSIONS.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

THIS IS A POLITICAL MANEUVER. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS ABOUT COST CUTTING SAVINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE. I THINK THIS IS TO HURT PEOPLE AND FORCE VOTES.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COMPASSION EMBEDDED IN THIS ITEM.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FINANCIALS BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION.

DO YOU WANT TO? I MEAN, WE COULD DEFER. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT BECAUSE I WANTED TO I WANT THE INFORMATION AS WELL. DO YOU WANT TO DEFER THIS? CAN I JUST CHIME IN HERE? YEAH. WITH MALA, THAT DOESN'T JUST COME NATURALLY.

RIGHT? THAT HAS TO BE. THAT'S GOING TO COST MONEY IN AND OF ITSELF.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BACK OF THE ENVELOPE STUFF THAT THEY HAVE LYING AROUND.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO AND HAVE TO REACH OUT TO AN ACTUARY, PAY FOR STUDIES.

I GOT TO ASK SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT.

THERE'S HOW MANY, HOW MANY WE CAN'T SEE. I MEAN, THERE'S MAYBE, WHAT, 20 OR 30? HOW MANY ELECTEDS ARE THERE THAT RECEIVE PENSIONS? FORMER ELECTEDS. OH, THERE'S A LOT. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.

I CAN GET IT FOR YOU JUST. NO. BUT WE'RE SENDING OUT.

WE'RE SENDING OUT CHECKS TO THESE PEOPLE, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING THEM. WELL, THE THEY GET, LIKE, $500. A COMMISSIONER GETS LIKE, $500. BUT SOMEBODY LIKE MADDIE BAUER, WHO WORKED FOR 14 YEARS, RECEIVES ABOUT 12. OKAY. LET ME I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS WHAT WOULD THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS ORDINANCE BE THAT WORK HAS TO BE DONE BY AN ACTUARY BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD. I GUESS I'M ASKING A DIFFERENT QUESTION. I'M ASKING WHAT RIGHT NOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ANNUALLY ON PENSIONS FOR FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I CAN FIND THAT OUT FROM THE PENSION BOARD. WE DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA, BUT THEY HAVE IT.

THEY DO. I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION. I DON'T THINK WE NEED AN ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS.

YOU'RE COSTING WHATEVER YOU'RE THINKING. HUNDREDS.

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I JUST AND I THINK I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING. WHAT DO WE PAY CURRENTLY? ANNUALLY. I THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER WE NEED. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IF I IF I MAY, IF THE QUESTION IS JUST HOW MUCH ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT THE PENSION FUND, WHICH IS A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY, PAYS OUT ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO A PENSION COLLECTING ELECTED OFFICIALS? OBVIOUSLY, YES, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT NUMBER AND HAVE THAT NUMBER QUICKLY.

BUT THAT'S JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THAT WHAT THAT CURRENT AMOUNT IS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WOULD IT INCREASE A BIT IN THE FUTURE AS MORE ELECTED OFFICIALS BECOME PENSION ELIGIBLE.

BUT AT SOME POINT IT WOULD YOU KNOW, IT WOULD. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, TO TO REFER THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THIS IS A FINANCE ISSUE. AND THEN WE'LL AND I'LL SUPPORT THAT. OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO REFER THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE THAT ANYBODY VOTING YES FOR THIS SHOULD AND WILLINGLY GIVE UP THEIR PENSION, BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION. OKAY. MR. MAYOR LOOK, I, I THIS ISN'T A POLITICAL STUNT, OKAY? THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR A LONG TIME. THIS.

ACTUALLY, I PUT THIS ON AS SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.

SO THIS ISN'T. I DIDN'T JUST PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

YOU KNOW, LOOK, I CAN AGREE. I DO MY BEST TO WORK AND AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

BUT WHEN I THINK THERE IS JUST BAD POLICY AND BAD GOVERNANCE, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE.

SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THEIR VESTED.

OKAY. I SIMPLY JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT AFTER FOUR YEARS YOU HAVE A LIFETIME PENSION ON 60,000, 75,000. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IN THE FUTURE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN TEN YEARS IT'S $100,000 WITH WITH EVERYTHING COMBINED.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. LET'S CALL THAT VOTE AND THEN WE'LL CALL. IF THAT FAILS, THEN WE'LL CALL THE ITEM ITSELF. SO THIS IS A REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. NAY. NAY. SO, NOAH HERE, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

NOAH HERE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. IS THAT CORRECT? 524343. SO THE ITEM IS REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE THEN THIS ITEM IS ON HOLD.

OR IS THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THERE WERE TWO PARTS TO THIS MOTION.

SO IF YOU VOTE NO ON THIS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE A FUTURE PENSIONS BUT COLLECT A PENSION YOURSELF THAT THE ITEM PASSED.

IT'S GOING IT'S GOING TO BE REFERRED TO FINANCE. THAT'S CRAZY.

ANYBODY WHO'S VOTING TO HARM THEIR FUTURE COLLEAGUES SHOULD.

SO THIS ITEM TAKE IT THEMSELVES. MR. MAYOR C7.

AYE. MR. MAYOR, THE ITEM PASSED, BUT I. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WERE CALLED.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS PHARISEES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WHAT? WHAT DID YOU CALL THIS? YES.

OKAY. LET'S JUST. OKAY. I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY THE RECORD, MAYBE IT'S MY.

BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST MY EXPERIENCE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT AS IT RELATES TO PENSIONS.

AND I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TOLD ME HE NEEDS TO SPEND TALK TO PENSION COUNSEL ABOUT THIS GOVERNMENT.

THE MOMENT YOU INVEST IN A PENSION, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO STOP THE NO.

WE'VE ALL TALKED. WE'VE ALL SETTLED, PERSONALLY, I HAVE.

YOU'RE VERY SELECTIVE ABOUT THAT, MR. MAYOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO PAST.

NO, I DON'T I CAN'T THINK OF ONE SINGLE ITEM TODAY THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.

AFTER THE ITEM PASSED, IT PASSED. WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS TO DISCUSS.

IT HAS TO GO TO FINANCE. CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE ITEM PASSED. I'M SORRY. WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE ALL GOT OUR INPUT ON IT.

C7. OH. YES, SIR. C7 A

[C7 AO A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REAFFIRMING OUR STRONGEST POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR OUR SISTER CITY, ODESSA, UKRAINE.]

O IS FOR SISTER CITIES. ODESSA, UKRAINE. JUST FOR THAT.

ONE ITEM WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

C7. OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I WANTED TO ASK VICE MAYOR BART.

DID DID ANYBODY FROM OUR LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, MARIA SALAZAR, CARLOS JIMENEZ DIAZ-BALART, FREDERICA WILSON, OR SENATOR SCOTT, COLLABORATE WITH YOU ON THIS DRAFTING OF THIS RESOLUTION? ARE YOU KIDDING? NO, NO. I WROTE IT WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING MY AGENDA PREP AT HOME ONE NIGHT BEFORE I DOVE INTO MY AGENDA. SO AGAIN, NO ELECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS COLLABORATED WITH YOU ON THIS.

NO. OKAY. SO, LOOK, I MEAN, CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF THIS LAST MINUTE SUBMISSION TO.

I THINK IT CAME IN LAST NIGHT. I'M GOING TO VENTURE TO GUESS THAT THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION IS PURELY PARTIZAN AND AN

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ATTEMPT TO ANTAGONIZE ANYONE. RIGHT OF CENTER.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A PROPER WAY TO GOVERN AS A NONPARTIZAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE. I IT REALLY WOULD BE BEST IF YOU JUST FOCUSED ON THE ITEM ITSELF.

I MEAN, YOU'RE MAKING A LITTLE PERSONAL, SO JUST FOCUS ON THE LANGUAGE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER. LOOK, I THINK WE HAVE MORE REGISTERED NPAS IN THIS CITY THAN EITHER DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, THREE OF WHICH ARE ON THIS DAIS. YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY CANNOT SUPPORT A HYPER PARTIZANSHIP THAT NEGATIVELY THAT COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR RELATIONSHIPS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF COMMON SENSE AND, AND AN EXTREME GESTURE TO ATTACK A SPECIFIC POLITICAL PARTY.

OKAY. CAN I FINISH, PLEASE? THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THE HYPER PARTIZANSHIP OF THIS RESOLUTION RISKS DAMAGING OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO ACCESS CERTAIN FUNDS AND RESOURCES FROM STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE POKING THIS BEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE STATE'S HELP FOR SPRING BREAK THIS YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR PENDING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

YOU KNOW, INJECTING A POLITICAL BIAS INTO A CITY GOVERNANCE BY FORCING A VOTE ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING UKRAINE, SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT AND DISTRACTS FROM OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.

OUR COMMISSION EXISTS TO ADDRESS LOCAL ISSUES PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, NOT TO ENGAGE IN HONESTLY POLITICAL THEATER, AND SYMBOLIC GRANDSTANDING ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OUR JURISDICTION. WHILE GLOBAL EVENTS MAY AIR STRONG EMOTIONS.

OUR ROLE IS TO FOCUS ON POLICIES THAT HAVE A DIRECT AND MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS.

USING THE COMMISSION AS A PLATFORM FOR PERSONAL POLITICAL STATEMENTS NOT ONLY WASTE TIME AND RESOURCES, BUT ALSO RISK DIVIDING OUR COMMUNITY OVER MATTERS THAT WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO INFLUENCE.

GOOD GOVERNANCE DEMANDS THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED AND FOCUSED TO SERVING OUR RESIDENTS, NOT ENGAGING IN PERFORMATIVE, POLITICAL, STATE POLITICAL POLITICS ON THE WORLD STAGE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON A RESOLUTION THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

AND I HIGHLY ADVISE ALL OF YOU TO THINK THIS THROUGH AND NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS.

THE ONLY PERSON USING THIS AS A POLITICAL STUNT AT THE MOMENT IS YOU.

IT WAS A I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON ANYTHING.

IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT. IT FOLLOWS IN THE PRECEDENT OF SUPPORTING OUR SISTER CITIES.

ALL THIS IS DOING IS RESTATING FACTS AND URGING THAT WE REAFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR SISTER CITY, ODESA. WE ARE NOT SENDING THEM A FIRE STATION, A FIRE TRUCK LIKE WE HAVE TO ISRAEL.

WE ARE NOT DONATING A FIRE TRUCK LIKE WE HAVE TO COZUMEL.

WE ARE IN. WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE WITH ODESSA, WHERE WE DID THIS IN 2022.

I DON'T SEE YOU PULLING THE ITEM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE TPS.

FOR VENEZUELANS, IT IS AN EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL POKING OF THE BEAR, BUT THIS ITEM IS BEING SINGLED OUT, AND THAT ITEM IS NOT. I TAKE OFFENSE AT WHEN WE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE IRONY THE IRONY IS THAT TODAY, TODAY, HEATHER SHAW LET ME KNOW THAT THE MAYOR OF ODESSA ACTUALLY EMAILED US ASKING FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO HELP PROTECT THEIR HISTORIC SITES.

THEY ARE A UNESCO CITY. ODESSA IS GETTING CLOBBERED IN THIS WAR THAT THEY DID NOT START.

THEY WERE INVADED. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT. BUT POLITICS ASIDE, WE ARE SISTER CITIES AND IN TIMES OF NEED WE HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF SUPPORTING OUR SISTER CITIES. AND TO CALL THIS OUT WHEN WHEN IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND IT'S BEING DONE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, URGING SOME SOME DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS WITH THE TPS FOR VENEZUELANS IS BEING DONE ON THIS VERY SAME AGENDA.

I'M NOT THE ONE MAKING POLITICAL STATEMENTS HERE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU. I JUST YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SISTER CITY.

THIS IS A SISTER CITY. THE SISTER CITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ENTER INTO TO EXTEND BONDS AND SUPPORT.

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AND WE ARE A COMMUNITY HERE IN MIAMI BEACH THAT UNDERSTANDS THE COST OF OPPRESSION, THE PAIN OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, THE SACRIFICES MADE IN THE FIGHT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION.

AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO, TO TO TODAY TO REAFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR SISTER CITY.

I THINK THEY'VE FACED TREMENDOUS HARDSHIPS FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES TO TO ATTACKS ON THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR PORTS.

THEY, THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN SUFFERING ACTS OF AGGRESSION.

AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT. I THINK I THINK THEY'RE OUR SISTER CITY.

WE'VE ENTERED INTO, INTO THIS AGREEMENT. I THINK MIAMI BEACH NEEDS TO STAND WITH WITH A WITH ODESSA.

WE NEED TO STAND WITH PRINCIPLES OF PEACE, OF DEMOCRACY, OF HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT UPON WHICH WE ENTERED INTO OUR AGREEMENT. OUR SISTER CITY AGREEMENT. AND AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE OUR VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, FOR PROTECTIONS, FOR RESOURCES, FOR PEOPLE WHO WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE PROVOKED AND AND ATTACKED THE WAY THAT THEY WERE.

BY BY A MURDEROUS DICTATOR. SO, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP, ONE COULD QUESTION AND I WOULD STILL THINK IT WOULD STILL BE RIGHT, BECAUSE.

SUPPORTING. SUPPORTING ODESSA, I THINK ALIGNS WITH WITH OUR VALUES.

BUT BUT THIS IS INDEED TODAY THE RIGHT THING TO TO DO TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING UKRAINE IN ITS FIGHT.

FOR FOR FREEDOM, AFTER ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUFFERING.

JUST WOULD IT, WOULD IT HELP IF WE I DON'T KNOW IF THE SPONSOR IS WILLING, BUT IF WE TOOK OUT THE FOR THE THIRD TO LAST WHEREAS CLAUSE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE, ABOUT FALSE NARRATIVES, I MEAN, THE THE RESOLUTION STANDS ON ITS OWN WITHOUT THAT PARAGRAPH, WOULD THAT A WOULD YOU BE WILLING VICE MAYOR AND BE WITH THAT, WITH THAT? BECAUSE OTHERWISE, LOOK, I JUST, I JUST FACTUAL AGAIN, I THINK THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION IS, IS ILL FOUNDED. I MEAN, WHY NOT WHY WASN'T THIS NOT SENT A YEAR AGO? WHY IS IT WHY WAS IT JUST SENT LAST NIGHT AS AN ADDENDUM, I THINK.

AND WHY IS IT BEING SENT TO THE US DELEGATION TO THE UNITED STATES? WE ACTUALLY HAD HAD RESOLUTIONS IN THE PAST SUPPORTING UKRAINE, AND WE ACTUALLY LIT UP CITY HALL.

BUT AND WE HAD A DELEGATION, WE HAD A DELEGATION COME AND THE MAYOR OF, OF, OF ODESSA PARTICIPATED VIA ZOOM IN OUR MEETING.

AND THERE'S A STRONG BOND. THERE'S LIKE, EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME. THERE'S A I JUST THINK IT'S I JUST THINK IT'S VERY I JUST THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IT'S A LAST MINUTE SUBMISSION.

AND WHEN WE HAD A WHOLE YEAR TO DO THIS. SO I LOOK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TRIGGERED THIS WAS THAT THERE WAS A BOMBING OF CHERNOBYL, RIGHT? THERE WAS A DRONE ATTACK. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH MIAMI BEACH? WE ARE A SISTER CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE. THIS IS NOT A SISTER CITY. MAY I FINISH MY THOUGHT? OF COURSE. WE ARE NOT EVEN A SOVEREIGN NATION.

AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, WE SPENT ANOTHER. I THINK IT'S 10 MILLION, JASON.

$10 MILLION INVESTED IN ISRAELI BONDS TO SHOW SUPPORT.

WE HAVE SENT, I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT COST. A CITY AMBULANCE, A FIRE TRUCK TO.

TO ISRAEL. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT.

I DIDN'T QUESTION THE TIMING. I DIDN'T QUESTION WHY WE DID IT.

WE ARE A SISTER CITY OF THIS, OF THIS CITY THAT IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

I YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY THAT IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME TO DO IT ON FEBRUARY 20TH.

WHATEVER. THE TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THE BOMBING HAPPENED, FEBRUARY 14TH, I SHOULD HAVE DRAFTED IT THEN.

IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WAY.

BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IF YOU'RE SO UPSET ABOUT THIS GESTURE, WHY AREN'T YOU SO UPSET? EXCUSE ME? WHY AREN'T YOU? I'M LITERALLY. IF I MAY FINISH MY SENTENCE.

WHY AREN'T YOU PULLING THE TPS FOR VENEZUELANS ISSUE ITEM AND HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, I THINK I THINK YOU'RE BEING SELECTIVE.

I THINK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO COMPARE HAIR. UKRAINE TO VENEZUELA OR ISRAEL TO THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.

YOU'RE VERY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.

I THINK I FIND IT I PERSONALLY FIND IT PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE TO JUST TO SUGGEST THAT TWO ARE EVEN COMPARABLE.

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POPULATION ON THAT ONE.

I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE, BUT ON THAT ONE I AGREE.

I DON'T LIKE THE ANALOGY OF I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S HIGHLY OFFENSIVE TO SUGGEST THAT THERE'S THERE'S A SYMBOLIC COMPARISON BETWEEN UKRAINE AND ISRAEL FOR MIAMI BEACH. MIAMI BEACH WAS FOUNDED BY JEWS. IT'S BASICALLY HALF JEWISH RIGHT NOW.

JOE'S STONE CRAB WAS THE FIRST FIRST BUSINESS BUILT IN MIAMI BEACH WAS BUILT BY JEWS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING A A VAST POPULATION OF SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE TO MIAMI BEACH, ALTHOUGH THIS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.

AS OF LATE, WE HAVE PEOPLE CHANTING HEIL HITLER! ON ON OCEAN DRIVE. WE HAVE ELDERLY JEWS BEING ACCOSTED BY PRO-HAMAS SYMPATHIZERS, AND WE HAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES BEING TARGETED FOR BEING JEWISH. I THINK IT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL THAT IS DIRECTLY HAS SIGNIFICANCE TO MIAMI BEACH. UKRAINE DOES NOT EVEN SUGGEST SO IS RIDICULOUS.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THIS AS A SISTER CITY, BUT THE FACT THAT I THINK THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO ANTAGONIZE ANYONE CENTER OF RIGHT, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO JEOPARDIZE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, AND IT'S NEVER WORKED OUT.

AND IT'S ALL POLITICAL THEATER, AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.

WE SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVING OURSELVES WHEN IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY RELATE TO MIAMI BEACH.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT TO MARCO RUBIO OR THE US DELEGATION ON A ON A POORLY WRITTEN RESOLUTION THAT IS HYPER PARTIZAN. SO IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO DO THAT, SURE.

BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR, AND LET'S CALL IT IN IN NOVEMBER, I HAD A LITTLE POWERPOINT RELATED TO TICKETS AND TRAVEL AFTER THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY OVER BASEL. AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ SAID TO ME AT THAT TIME, THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR AND WE SHOULD NOT CAMPAIGN ON THE DAIS.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR OWN WORDS.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THERE IS SOME SORT OF CAMPAIGNING GOING ON RIGHT HERE ON THE DAIS, AND ALL DAY LONG, I THINK IT HAS BEEN ANTAGONISTIC. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN FORCING VOTES, ATTACKING PROGRAMS OF DIFFERENT COLLEAGUES MINIMAL FUNDING FOR COMMITTEES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S.

RESILIENCY PROGRAM. I THINK THAT THERE HAS. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ALL CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE RUNNING FOR, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, BUT THIS IS A SIMPLE, BENIGN RESOLUTION, SIMPLE, BENIGN RESOLUTION ABOUT OUR SISTER CITY.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

AND THERE IS A REAL DOUBLE STANDARD IF WE APPROVE, LIKE COMMISSIONER BART SAID, THE VENEZUELAN RESOLUTION. BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SHOWING SUPPORT FOR OUR SISTER CITY.

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S POLITICAL THEATER.

AND HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY IMPEDED BUSINESS ALL DAY LONG.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF ALL OF IT IS OR WHY YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING OR WHAT YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING FOR.

BUT I THINK THAT THESE ATTACKS ON ALL OF US HAVE BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE TODAY, AND I DO TAKE THEM AS ATTACKING BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED YOU ATTACK EVERY SINGLE COLLEAGUE UP HERE TODAY. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BELIEVE IN, BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RESOLUTION.

WE RECEIVED THE DELEGATION THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FROM ODESSA HERE, AND WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, AND WE WERE VERY WARM AND SUPPORTIVE. AND I DON'T SEE WHY THIS WOULD BE OFFENSIVE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING MY NAME ON THIS. AND THIS IS A NONPARTIZAN GROUP, BUT THIS IS OUR SISTER CITY AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE. COMMISSIONER. MAY I RESPOND TO THAT, PLEASE? OKAY. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I, I THINK IT'S A I THINK.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I WILL THE REASON WHY I'M GOING OUT OF ORDER.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS HE WAS HE WAS DIRECTED A COMMENT AT HIM.

I'M GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO RESPOND AND DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION. MR. MAYOR, YOU GOT TO LET EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. I UNDERSTAND, BUT HE WAS DIRECTLY CHALLENGED ON SOMETHING. I DON'T GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY. I GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. YOU WEREN'T CHALLENGED. THEY'RE DIRECTLY CHALLENGED. SO. OKAY, SO NOW WE KNOW THAT'S THE RULE.

WHEN ANYONE'S DIRECTLY CHALLENGED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE VOTE IS TAKEN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LOOK, I I'M CERTAINLY NOT CAMPAIGNING.

I'VE GOT ANOTHER THREE YEARS TO GO. I, I THAT'S NOT EVEN IN MY MINDSET RIGHT NOW.

[09:10:02]

I THINK THE ONLY PERSON REALLY CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS IS YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSEN.

GONZALEZ. I THINK ON EVERY I THINK ON EVERY WHAT I THINK ON EVERY ISSUE, I THINK ON EVERY ISSUE THAT YOU'RE ATTACKING, I THINK ON EVERY ISSUE THAT YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS YOU'RE BEING HYPER PARTIZAN.

I THINK THAT I THINK THE PERSON WHO'S BEING HYPER PARTIZAN ON THIS DAIS IS COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'VE FELT ALL DAY LIKE WE'RE BEING INVESTIGATED BY DOJ.

AND IT'S TO ME AND THERE'S A THESE ARE SMALL DE MINIMIS NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ATTACKING ALL DAY.

IF WE WERE ABSOLUTELY TO GET SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED AND WE HAVE PROVIDED, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY TELLING.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S CAMPAIGNING GOING ON HERE.

I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS SOME SORT OF I DON'T LIKE THE ATTACKS ON I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T WANT YOU, I DON'T WANT TO ATTACK. BUT I MEAN, HAVING ATTACKING EVERYBODY'S ISSUES AND EVERYONE'S PROGRAMS TODAY, ESPECIALLY WHAT I FOUND THE MOST OFFENSIVE WAS THE $3,000 FOR EVERY SINGLE FOR THE LGBTQ, THE BLACK AFFAIRS, HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. MR. FERNANDEZ, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS NOT A COMMUNITY JUST OF JEWISH PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT JUST A COMMUNITY OF HISPANIC PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT JUST A COMMUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, ANGLOS.

THIS IS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. I KNOW UKRAINIAN PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN IN MIAMI BEACH FOR WHOM THIS MEANS SOMETHING.

I'VE BEEN INVITED TO THEIR HOUSE THIS WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE SOME PRE-LENT CELEBRATION THAT INVOLVES PANCAKES AND WAFFLES THAT THEY.

OR PANCAKES AND, AND AND SIRUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY DO.

I DON'T KNOW THE TRADITION, BUT I KNOW IT'S A TRADITION THAT UKRAINIAN PEOPLE DO BEFORE LENT.

AND I'VE BEEN INVITED TO THEIR HOUSE TO CELEBRATE THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF MANY, MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IN MIAMI BEACH WHO DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED, WHO HAS SUFFERED AND WHOSE PAIN IS REAL, AND WHOSE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH MIAMI BEACH MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM.

WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE HISPANIC PEOPLE, AND THERE'S A HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THAT RECOGNIZES THEIR WORK AND THEIR AND THEIR NEEDS AND AND MAKES CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT TOO. WE HAVE A BLACK AFFAIRS COMMITTEE THAT THAT THAT RECOGNIZES OUR BLACK COMMUNITY AND DOES PROGRAMING AND SUPPORTS THE NEEDS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. THEY THAT COMMUNITY EXISTS IN MIAMI BEACH, AND THEY SUPPORT THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT AS WELL.

BUT IN THIS ITEM, THERE ARE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IN MIAMI BEACH, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THEIR IN THEIR HOME.

AND WE DECIDED TO ENTER INTO BONDS AND TIES OF SISTER CITY HOOD BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND SO AND SO IT IS ONLY RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT TO SUPPORT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

IT'S RIGHT TO SUPPORT SENSITIVITY TRAININGS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM, AND IT'S ITS RIGHT TO SUPPORT THE BLACK AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

AND IT'S ALSO EQUALLY RIGHT IN A NONPARTIZAN WAY TO SUPPORT OUR SISTER CITY IN UKRAINE.

AND I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR PROPOSED WAS VERY REASONABLE AND AMENDMENTS TO TAKE OUT LANGUAGE THAT MIGHT MAKE THE RESOLUTION FEEL MORE INFLAMMATORY THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. I SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE GOAL IS NOT TO TAKE A PARTIZAN STANCE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS COMMISSIONER BOB'S GOAL. COMMISSIONER BOB'S GOAL WAS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TARGETED, AND WHO DESERVE THE MORAL SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE GIVEN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE PAST.

WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE NOT A HOMOGENEOUS COMMUNITY. MIAMI BEACH IS BUILT ON DIVERSITY.

HISPANICS EXIST. UKRAINIANS EXIST. BLACKS EXIST.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSITY, AND I HOPE WE DON'T STEER AWAY FROM THE DIVERSITY THAT HAS BUILT US.

OKAY. SO I HAVE THE QUESTION WHETHER YOU'LL TAKE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND REMOVE THE WAREHOUSE CLAUSE.

TO ME, THAT MAKES IT NOT TAKES OUT THE PARTIZANSHIP, BUT VICE MAYOR BOK YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I AM NOT EQUATING UKRAINE WITH ISRAEL. THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IS INCALCULABLE.

BUT I WILL POINT OUT FROM THE WORLD JEWISH RELIEF ORGANIZATION THAT BY 2023, THIS IS I'M READING FROM THEIR WEBSITE.

[09:15:03]

FEEL FREE. BY 2023, A YEAR AFTER RUSSIA'S DEVASTATING FULL SCALE INVASION, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF UKRAINE WAS ESTIMATED AT ONLY 43.

I ADDED THE ONLY. TO BE FAIR, THAT WAS ME EDITORIALIZING.

AT AROUND 43,000 PEOPLE, JUST 3% OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO THROW RELIGION INTO THIS, WHICH I WAS NOT TRYING TO DO, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO SUPPORT IT.

AGAIN, I YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF SUPPORTING OUR SISTER CITIES IN TIMES OF NEED OR CRISIS.

WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE DID IT IN 2022. I'M HAPPY TO REMOVE WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK IS INFLAMMATORY BECAUSE THE LET'S SAY INFLAMMATORY PARTIZAN.

IT'S NOT PARTIZAN. IT IS NOT PARTIZAN. IT IS A A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR OUR SISTER CITY WHO IS GOING THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. AND YOU GOT THE VOTES. YOU'RE GOING TO WIN SIX ONE.

SO SO SO BUT I DO WANT TO ASK BECAUSE I'VE ASKED IT.

THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THAT I'VE ASKED IF THIS IS A CONCERN FOR YOU.

WHY ARE WE NOT DISCUSSING THE VENEZUELA TPS ISSUE? WELL, THERE'S I'M CERTAINLY AWARE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE VENEZUELANS IN MIAMI BEACH THAN UKRAINIANS, BUT AND THERE'S A LOT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YEAH.

IT'S JUST IT'S JUST THERE'S THERE'S MORE HISTORY WITH VENEZUELA, WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, I MOVE IT. WILL SOMEBODY SECOND IT? SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ABBOTT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AS AMENDED C7. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? NAY. ONE. NO. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

ITEM PASSES. WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I'D LIKE TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE A LITTLE TIME SENSITIVE. C7 AK.

[C7 AK A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING A GRANT OF $5,000 TO AYUDA, INC. TO CONTINUE PROVIDING ART CLASSES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS RESIDING AT STELLA MARIS HOUSE.]

YES, SIR. C7 AK APPROVED $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO A YOUTH.

A SENIOR ARTS CLASSES AT STELLA MORRIS HOUSE.

C7 AK. YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I THINK IT'S GOING TO PASS.

YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OH, WOW. APPROVED. C7. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

C7 AK PASSES SEVEN ZERO. A COUPLE OTHER TIME SENSITIVE ITEMS. IF ANYONE HAS A TIME SENSITIVE MIND, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. C7 I.

[C7 AI A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ORGANIZE AND PRODUCE AN EXHIBIT ENTITLED “MIAMI BEACH ART DECO” IN LUMMUS PARK FOR APRIL 2025 TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, UNIQUE AESTHETICS, AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS THAT DEFINE MIAMI BEACH’S ART DECO HERITAGE, WITH A BUDGET OF $75,000 TO BE UTILIZED FROM THE CITY’S LARGE SCALE SPECIAL EVENT FUND; AND FURTHER, ACCEPTING THE CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION AND WAIVING, BY 5/7 OF THE VOTE, THE COMPETITIVE BID REQUIREMENT UNDER SECTION 2-367(E) OF THE CITY CODE TO ALLOW EASTERN HARBOUR GROUP, A LONGSTANDING CITY-APPROVED VENDOR, TO BE THE SOLE VENDOR FOR THE EXHIBIT, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS EXHIBIT.]

C7 I DIRECT ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZED PRODUCE.

MIAMI BEACH ART DECO EXHIBITION IN LOOMIS PARK.

C7 I SO SECOND, I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ C7.

I HAVE NO DISCUSSION. MAY I TAKE THE VOTE? YES.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT WAS C7 I. C7 AM C7. AM AUTHORIZED MAYOR TO PARTICIPATE IN NON-BINDING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CLEVELANDER.

[C7 AM A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO PARTICIPATE IN NON-BINDING SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS IN CLEVELANDER OCEAN, LP V. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, CASE NO. 2021-011642-CA-01.]

THIS CONTINUES THE STAY. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND.

CALL THE VOTE. I'M SORRY, I HEARD A SECOND, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THE. WHO MADE THE MOTION? COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

I SECONDED IT. I HEARD. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. LET'S CALL. CAN WE DO THIS QUICKLY?

[R5 X OCEAN TERRACE MXE ZONING DISTRICT CHANGE TO CD-2 - LDR OVERLAY AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “OVERLAY DISTRICTS,” AT SECTION 7.3.6, “OCEAN TERRACE OVERLAY,” TO AMEND THE OCEAN TERRACE OVERLAY REGULATIONS TO CLARIFY THAT REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PROPERTIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ZONED MXE WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY TO PROPERTIES FRONTING OCEAN TERRACE; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

[R5 Y OCEAN TERRACE MXE DISTRICT CHANGE TO CD-2 – FLUM AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.4.1 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, AND PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 163.3181 AND SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR THE MXE (MIXED-USE ENTERTAINMENT) DISTRICT IN NORTH BEACH LOCATED ALONG OCEAN TERRACE BETWEEN 73RD AND 75TH STREETS, AND WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN 10 ACRES, FROM THE CURRENT DESIGNATION OF MXE, “MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT,” TO THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF CD-2, “COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY”; AND PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TRANSMITTAL, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

[R5 Z OCEAN TERRACE MXE ZONING DISTRICT CHANGE TO CD-2 – ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP, REFERENCED IN SECTION 7.2.1.2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED “DISTRICT MAP,” PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.5.1, ENTITLED “CHANGE TO ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES (REZONING),” BY CHANGING THE ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR THE MXE (MIXED-USE ENTERTAINMENT) DISTRICT LOCATED IN NORTH BEACH ALONG OCEAN TERRACE BETWEEN 73RD AND 75TH STREETS, AND WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN 10 ACRES, FROM THE CURRENT ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF MXE “MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT,” TO CD-2, “COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY”; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R5 X, R5 Y AND R5 Z.

ONE SECOND. TOM, COULD I READ THEM ALL TOGETHER? ARE THEY? YEP. THEY'RE ALL. THEY'RE ALL RELATED.

THEY'RE ALL COMPANION ITEMS. YES, SIR. R5, AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE THREE, ENTITLED OVERLAY DISTRICT AT SECTION 7.3.6, OCEAN TERRACE OVERLAY TO AMEND THE OCEAN TERRACE OVERLAY REGULATIONS TO CLARIFY THAT REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PROPERTIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ZONED MXS WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY TO PROPERTIES FRONTING OCEAN TERRACE AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION.

REPEALER SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE THAT WAS R5 X.

IT IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES 5/7 VOTE.

R5 Y IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.4.1 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE AND PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 163.3181 AND SECTION 163 .3187.

FLORIDA STATUTES FOR THE MXC MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

NORTH BEACH, LOCATED ALONG OCEAN TERRACE BETWEEN 73RD AND 75TH STREETS AND WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES FROM THE CURRENT DESIGNATION OF MXC.

MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF CD2 COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY AND PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRANSMITTAL, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS ITEM R5YR5Z IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP REFERENCED IN SECTION 7.20.10.2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED DISTRICT MAP PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.51 ENTITLED CHANGE OF ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES REZONING BY CHANGING THE ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR THE MXC MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT LOCATED IN NORTH BEACH ALONG OCEAN TERRACE BETWEEN 73RD AND 75TH STREETS, AND WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES FROM THE CURRENT ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF E MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT TO CD2 COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION

[09:20:04]

REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE THAT IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING.

THE ITEM REQUIRES 5/7 VOTE. THAT WAS OUR FIVE Z.

COMMISSIONER BART. VICE MAYOR BART. OH, SORRY.

THIS IS. THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY ONE. I'LL LET TOM DO THE HEAVY LIFTING AND EXPLAIN IT.

BUT BASICALLY, THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN ROLLING BACK THE MXC DESIGNATION FOR OCEAN TERRACE, WHICH HAD BEEN INITIALLY PUT IN PLACE FOR A GOOD REASON, AS IT WAS IN ON OCEAN DRIVE AND THE MXC DOWN HERE TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND AND SORT OF JUMPSTART A MORIBUND PART OF THE CITY. AND THAT'S GREAT.

AND WE DON'T NEED THAT IN OCEAN TERRACE. WE HAVE A BIG NEW PROJECT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY COME ONLINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.

WE HAVE A TON OF OTHER GREAT STUFF GOING ON IN NORTH BEACH, AND THIS IS JUST A PROTECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SOMEHOW ACCIDENTALLY FIND OURSELVES FALLING INTO AN OUT OF CONTROL NIGHTCLUB.

SO, TOM, HAVE AT IT. I'LL JUST MENTION, JUST FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, OUR FIVE Z IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP, WHICH CHANGES THE PROPERTIES FRONTING OCEAN TERRACE BETWEEN 73RD AND 75TH FROM MXC TO CD2, WHICH WOULD MIRROR THE CD2 DISTRICT ON THE PROPERTIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST ON COLLINS R5.

WHY IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT CHANGES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION TO THE SAME THING FROM MSD TO CD2? AND THEN LASTLY, R5 IS AN LDR TEXT AMENDMENT THAT DOES A MINOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE OCEAN TERRACE OVERLAY TO BASICALLY REPLACE MXC WITH CD2. CAN I MOVE IT? IT'S MY ITEM. CAN I MOVE IT? SECOND. OKAY. CALL THE VOTE. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

YES IT IS. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE THREE ITEMS. MAY I CALL THE VOTE ON ALL OF THEM? YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

DOMINGUEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR.

BART. WELL. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES, MAYOR. MINOR.

YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS A YES.

MOTION CARRIES. THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL THREE ITEMS IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23RD.

I'M BEING TOLD THAT I'VE HAD A REQUEST. THERE'S A COUPLE OF TIME SENSITIVE ITEMS. MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING FOR 15 MINUTES. 15 MINUTES.

OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. C4 AL ANYONE C4 AL.

[C4 AL REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS EXPANDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH'S CURRENT HEALTH BENEFITS TO INCLUDE FERTILITY TREATMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.]

DIRECT SURVEY OF HEALTH INSURANCE PARTICIPANTS C7 A L KNOW THAT'S YOU JUST READ C7 AL, THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE.

I'M SORRY. WHICH ITEM THEN? C4 I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND. SO WE'RE DOING C4 AL TO FINANCE EXPAND HEALTH BENEFITS INCLUDE FERTILITY TREATMENT FOR EMPLOYEES.

C7, A C4 FOR AL. FOR AL. THIS IS AN ITEM I PLACE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE.

MR. MR. MANAGER. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING OUR HEALTH BENEFITS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS CORRECT. OKAY. I THINK I'VE SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF OUR WORKFORCE THAT HAVE ENCOUNTERED ISSUES WITH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, WITH FERTILITY, AND THEY'VE ENCOUNTERED THAT THERE'S LITTLE OFTENTIMES TO NO COVERAGE OF THESE OF THESE ISSUES IN THEIR IN IN THE CITY'S HEALTH INSURANCE. IT'S OFTEN NOT SPOKEN ABOUT BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE, IT'S A VERY DELICATE, IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL MATTER.

AND AND THIS IS ONLY A REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY, THE COST, THE FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND AND FERTILITY AS PART OF OUR COVERAGE FOR THOSE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED IT IN OUR WORKFORCE.

WITH THAT, I MOVE MY ITEM. SECOND. CALL THE VOTE.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON C4. AL. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. THE ITEM IS REFERRED SEVEN ZERO. C4.

AL. C7. AL. OKAY. C7. AL IS DIRECT SURVEY OF HEALTH INSURANCE

[C7 AL A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT A SATISFACTION SURVEY OF CITY-COVERED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE PARTICIPANTS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC INQUIRIES TO ESTABLISH COVERAGES NEEDED AND DESIRED BY PARTICIPANTS THAT MAY NOT CURRENTLY BE COVERED BY ANY CITY HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN SO THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION MAY BE ADEQUATELY INFORMED OF PARTICIPANT NEEDS AS THEY NEGOTIATE FUTURE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS FOR CITY PARTICIPANTS.]

PARTICIPANTS. AND. MR. MAYOR, THIS IS A COMPANION ITEM.

I'VE I'VE ACCOMPANIED I'VE I'VE PLACED ON THE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO THE ISSUE WITH MATTERS RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, I'VE SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF OUR WORKFORCE WHO THERE ARE MEDICATIONS THAT THEY NEED THAT THE INSURANCE MIGHT NOT COVER.

I EVEN CAME ACROSS ONE PERSON IN OUR WORKFORCE THAT WENT TO GO GET THEIR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM, SOMETHING THAT'S PREVENTATIVE, AND THEY HAD TO GET A MORE SPECIALIZED MAMMOGRAM, SOMETHING HAVING TO DO WITH MASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

[09:25:02]

SOMETHING THAT APPARENTLY IS PRETTY COMMON AND THE INSURANCE WOULDN'T COVER IT.

AND THESE ARE ONLY THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT.

I ONLY CAN IMAGINE WHAT OTHER THINGS MIGHT, MIGHT WHAT OTHER DEFICIENCIES MIGHT EXIST IN OUR HEALTH CARE THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH, EVEN EVEN PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE IN NATURE. AND SCREENING IN NATURE MIGHT NOT BE COVERED, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW OF AS WE GO ABOUT OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR HEALTH INSURANCE. SO, SO THIS IS A SURVEY OF OUR WORKFORCE TO SEE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE THAT AREN'T BEING COVERED CURRENTLY BY THE HEALTH INSURANCE, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT WHILE WE'RE NEGOTIATING THESE PLANS.

WITH THAT, I MOVE MY ITEM. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

I CALL THE ROLL. YES. ALL IN FAVOR OF C-7. AL, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED, THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO C7 AL. THERE'S A FEW. JUST THEY WERE ON CONSENT, BUT THEY WERE ADDENDUMS, SO THEY DIDN'T GET APPROVED ON CONSENT.

THEY'RE JUST REFERRALS. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GO QUICK. C4, AK.

[C4 AK REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS AT MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MIAMI BEACH DRIVE), SITUATED BETWEEN 24TH STREET AND 29TH STREET, INCLUDING REHABILITATION OF SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPES, LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER NECESSARY AESTHETICS.]

C4 AK IS REFERRAL TO FINANCE SIDEWALK LANDSCAPE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS TO MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE C4, AK I'LL MOVE MY ITEM, MR. MAYOR. SECOND, CALL THE VOTE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, C4 AK.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ITEM IS REFERRED TO SEVEN ZERO.

C4 AK, C4 AM, C4 AM IS REFERRAL TO FIRST ESTABLISH OF SECURITY DISTRICT IN BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.

[C4 AM REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE - DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION SECURITY FEATURES IN THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.]

I BELIEVE THAT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ C4 AM MR. MAYOR. YES. MR. MAYOR, I AM RECUSING FROM AGENDA ITEM.

ITEM C4 AM AS I AS I HAVE A VOTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I AM ABSTAINING FROM PARTICIPATING AND VOTING ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE MY SPOUSE AND I HAVE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN REAL ESTATE IN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME WHERE WE RESIDE.

AS THIS MEASURE COULD LEAD TO THE IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN WHICH MY SPOUSE OR I HAVE AN OWNERSHIP, I AM ABSTAINING FROM PARTICIPATION IN THIS MATTER.

I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO, OR BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A SEVEN MILE CITY. RIGHT? WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE VOTING ON MATTERS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COMMISSIONER. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND TO OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL.

I COME FROM THE PRACTICE OF GROWING UP IN PUBLIC SERVICE OVER THE YEARS, WHEN THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CONFLICT. I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT YOU CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I CHECKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. I ALSO CHECKED WITH THE INSPECTOR GENERAL TO SEEK THEIR GUIDANCE.

AND MR. ATTORNEY. I'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I ASKED JUST ALMOST FOR MY OWN BENEFIT.

SO WHEN I'M VOTING ON SOMETHING ON WEST AVENUE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. WELL, BUT THIS THIS IS SOMETHING WELL, I'LL DEFER TO THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE IT'S A MATTER THAT IS OF GENERAL APPLICATION WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND HIS SPOUSE OWN, THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT. SO THE THE BEST COURSE IS FOR HIM TO RECUSE HIMSELF IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO IF YOU EVER HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU MAY HAVE A CONFLICT, PLEASE CONTACT ME OR NICK KALLERGIS. YES, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS MY ITEM. AND FULL DISCLOSURE, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD IS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A RECENT STRING OF BURGLARIES AND HOME ROBBERIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT NEIGHBORS REACHED OUT TO ME ASKING ME WHAT CAN BE DONE.

AND I FLOATED THE IDEA OF A POTENTIAL SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR ROVING SECURITY GUARDS.

AND THERE SEEMS I'M IN A GROUP CHAT WITH DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN BAYSHORE.

AND SO THEY ARE ASKING ME TO AT LEAST START THE CONVERSATION.

SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANY SORT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT I COULD BE THAT I SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHEN IT COMES TO THIS? SHOULD I HAND THIS OVER TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO TO CHAMPION YOU LET ME KNOW.

I AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS SO BROADLY DEFINED, I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR YOU TO RECUSE YOURSELF IF THE IF THE BOUNDARIES FOR ANY PROPOSED SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT SHOULD CHANGE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER YOU COULD BRING THE ITEM AT ALL, OR ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD NEED TO TAKE IT OVER IF, IF THEY WISH TO.

OKAY. SO AT THE CURRENT TIME IT SHOULD BE FINE.

[09:30:01]

AND IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST, YOU WILL LET ME KNOW.

YES, WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S A CONFLICT THAT WE WE TAKE THE PROPER STEPS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM.

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S CURIOUS TO ME BECAUSE I LIVED ON IN BAY SHORE FOR 13 YEARS.

I WAS ON THE BOARD OF THE BAY SHORE HOA, AND I REACHED OUT TO TO LEADERSHIP OF THE HOA, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW.

THEY WERE TAKEN ABACK BY SEEING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO I'M I'LL BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS GOES.

I'M, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PERFECTLY VALID POINT OF CONVERSATION TO HAVE, AND I'LL SUPPORT IT, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE SURPRISING THAT BAY SHORE HOA LEADERSHIP.

I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR POLICE CHIEF.

YOU, COMMISSIONER, YOU USED THE TERM A STRING OF ROBBERY, A BURGLARY, A STRING OF BURGLARIES IN THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CHIEF TO. GOOD EVENING, WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF.

SO, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSION WE HAVE HAD SOME SOME CONCERNING INCIDENTS OVER THERE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

TYPICALLY SPEAKING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY SAFE.

BUT IN RECENT WEEKS WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES. WE HAD AT LEAST ONE OCCUPIED BURGLARY, I THINK.

THAT SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE WERE, I THINK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WERE TRESPASSING IN A HOME THAT WAS ADDRESSED AS WELL.

THOSE FOLKS WERE ARRESTED AS WELL. IS THERE ONE? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONE PERSON STILL AT LARGE, CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD MR. MAYOR, AGAIN, THIS IS FROM THE GROUP CHAT. HELLO, MY NAME IS NICOLE, AND MY, MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY MOVED INTO 2145 MERIDIAN AT ABOUT 04:25 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 18TH. TWO MEN ATTEMPTED TO BREAK INTO MY HOME.

THEY ATTEMPTED TO DISMANTLE THE CAMERA ON THE SIDE OF MY DOOR, AND THEY PROCEEDED INTO MY BACKYARD AND PEERED THROUGH THE WINDOWS. I FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AND HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO RAJA'S CASE, AND PROVIDED THE DETECTIVES WITH ALL THE VIDEO FOOTAGE.

THE DETECTIVES BELIEVE ONE OF THE MEN IS IN CUSTODY, BUT HE IS STILL NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SECOND SUSPECT.

AND THEN THERE'S AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A VERY WARM WELCOME.

YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE, ONE. A MAN CAME INTO OUR BACKYARD, TOOK A SHOWER.

MY HOUSEKEEPER WAS HERE AND CALLED ME. I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

I SAID, CALL THE POLICE. HE LEFT. BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, HE STOLE AN AMAZON PACKAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND I. THERE'S THERE'S AT LEAST A DOZEN OF THESE ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME IN THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE IS A PUBLIC RECORD OF ACTUAL NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS REACHING OUT TO ME FOR FOR HELP.

AND I'D LIKE TO FLOAT THIS IDEA OF A SPECIAL TEST PACKAGE FOR DOMINGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS A REFERRAL. CORRECT.

OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKE IT A DUAL REFERRAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE SO THAT THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD COME AND HEAR ALL ABOUT IT. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

THIS COULD BE LIKE A JUST THE SAME PEOPLE I HAD.

NORTH BAY ROAD REACH OUT TO ME TO LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD SAID THAT THEY'VE HAD A RASH OF BURGLARIES OR.

AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OFF, TOO.

SO. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY THIS IS TO DO, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CATCH THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE HITTING ALL OF THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

YEAH. ONE PERSON, SOME SOME OF THEM ARE EACH SITUATION.

SOME OF THEM ARE CAR BURGLARIES, NOT HOMES. BUT.

YEAH. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH. MR. MAYOR AND CHIEF JONES, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO ABOUT NORTH BAY ROAD AND THE VENETIAN ISLANDS. AFTER I CAME IN AND MET WITH YOU WITH WITH A MEMBER OF NORTH BAY ROAD THAT HIS HOUSE WAS INTRUDED UPON AND THERE'S BEEN SINCE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS IN THAT AREA, IN PARTICULAR ON BOTH LOWER, MIDDLE AND UPPER.

SO I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO BRING A SEPARATE ITEM NEXT MONTH, BUT I THINK I'LL LOOK TO ESTABLISH OR EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A SELF-TAXING DISTRICT ON THE NORTH BAY ROAD AREA. THAT WOULD JUST PROVIDE ROVING, WHETHER IT BE OFF DUTY POLICE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE TO THE EXTENT OR IT WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE, LOGISTICALLY FEASIBLE WHERE WE SHUT OFF THAT ROAD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN SOME OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT HAVE POPPED UP IN THAT AREA, IF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE WILLING TO SELF-FUND ROAMING SECURITY IN THE EVENINGS, THAT WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN THAT AREA.

I THINK IT'S AN IDEA THAT I'LL LOOK TO EXPLORE.

AND MR. MAYOR, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. WE'RE NOT CLOSING OFF ANYONE OR ANYTHING FOR, AT LEAST FOR BAYSHORE. THE IDEA IS JUST, AGAIN, TO HAVE ADDITIONAL ROVING SECURITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEDICATED TO BAYSHORE.

SO THERE'S NO GUARD GATES OR ANY PHYSICAL BARRIERS.

OKAY. IT'S NORTH BAY ROAD FROM 41ST TO 47TH. THEY SAID THAT THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF CAR BURGLARIES, TOO. MAYBE WE COULD GO PARK A CAR THERE OR SOMETHING.

I KNOW THAT THAT SOMETIMES HELPS. YEAH. SO WE'VE HAD BOTH.

[09:35:02]

WE CALL DECOY VEHICLES PARKED AT VARIOUS PLACES ALONG NORTH BAY ROAD, PARTICULARLY UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A CAR ASSIGNED TO NORTH BAY ROAD FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.

WE'VE RECENTLY DOUBLED THAT. SO NOW WE HAVE TWO CARS ASSIGNED TO NORTH BAY ROAD.

AND AT THIS VERY MOMENT, WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A SPECIAL DETAIL TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN MID-BEACH BROADLY, BUT IN SPECIFICALLY NORTH BAY ROAD AS WELL. I DID HAVE MY AMAZON PACKAGES STOLEN THE OTHER DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE AND MAYBE THERE'S A QUESTION FOR BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

I THINK THE SPONSOR WILL BE OPEN TO IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TITLE AND THE NAMING.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO AMEND THIS AND HAVE A REFERRAL FOR NORTH BAY ROAD AS WELL.

OR WOULD THAT HAVE TO COME AS A SEPARATE? SURE, WE COULD DO THAT.

EVENTUALLY. WE MAY NEED TO SPLIT THE ITEMS UP, BUT WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT.

WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. AS LONG AS WE CAN SPLIT IT UP. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GO IN COMMITTEE.

I JUST WANT TO DO IT FOR TIMING SAKE. OKAY. YEAH.

AND, CHIEF, YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME WHEN I INQUIRED THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT YOU WERE PUTTING INTO NORTH BAY ROAD.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED. I DON'T WANT TO. I'M GOING TO HINT AT IT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT PUBLICLY, BUT THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED. DO YOU WANT TO? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE? CORRECT. SO WE'RE DOING A REGIONAL TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AROUND NORTH BAY ROAD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ISSUES THAT ARE JUST LIMITED OR RESTRICTED TO MIAMI BEACH.

IT'S HAPPENING REGIONALLY AND EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA.

C4 SO LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. SO I HAVE A REFERRAL.

I HAVE A I HAVE A REFERRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO WORK, AND ALSO TO AMEND IT TO INCLUDE NORTH BAY ROAD.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY I'VE, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS RECUSED.

HE WILL HAVE TO FILE FORM EIGHT B, AND IF WE CAN CALL HIM BACK, PLEASE.

THEN WHILE HE'S COMING BACK, WE'LL CALL ANOTHER REFERRAL ITEM C4 AN.

[C4 AN REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE - DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS TO FUND THE INSTALLATION OF GUARD GATES AND/OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER SECURITY FEATURES IN VENETIAN ISLANDS.]

C4 AN THERE'S A REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

ESTABLISHMENT OF SECURITY DISTRICT IN VENETIAN ISLAND C4 AN.

YEAH. SAME PREMISE RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF YOU COULD ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TO BOTH THIS AND THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THIS CASE. IS THIS ALSO A DUAL REFERRAL OR JUST.

YEAH, WE DO A DUAL REFERRAL. YEAH I'LL SECOND IT.

OKAY. SO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROSEN ROSA GONZALEZ. SEE FOR AN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. THE ITEM IS DULY REFERRED TO.

FINANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. NEIGHBORHOOD. QUALITY OF LIFE.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I MOTION TO EXTEND THE THE MEETING BY MINUTES.

FOR WHAT? THERE'S ONE. I'M BEING TOLD THERE'S ONE LAST VERY TIME SENSITIVE ITEM.

[R9 AJ DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: IMPACT OF MIAMI-DADE TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE ELECTION TO OPERATE AS A “FEE OFFICE.”]

R9 A J, AND THEN WE'LL CALL IT QUITS. THANK YOU.

MR. J IS DISCUSSING ACTION IMPACT ON MIAMI-DADE TAX COLLECTOR OPERATIONS.