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ONE.I AM COMMISSIONER LAURA DOMINGUEZ, AND SO HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
I'M JOINED BY MY VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.
WE HAVE THE FABULOUS STEPHANIE RAY BROOKS.
WE HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK TEXAS, AND OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, ROB ROSENWALD.
AND WITH THAT, STEPHANIE, WE WOULD TAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN A HYBRID FORMAT.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN PUBLIC, AND WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKING IN PERSON.
AND ON ZOOM, YOU COULD ALSO DIAL IN BY CALLING 1 3 1 2 6 2 6 6 7 9 9, OR 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TIMES CERTAIN ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 17, UPDATE ON CITY BIKE PROGRAMS WILL BE HEARD AT 10:00 AM WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 12, DISCUSS PARISIAN STYLE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES LIKE BURLESQUE CABARET SHOWS THAT WILL BE HEARD AT 11:00 AM AND WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 16, DISCUSS REGARDING BEACH CONCESSIONS, REGULATIONS, AND LAYOUTS TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT AREAS REMAIN AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT WITH A TIME CERTAIN OF 1130.
[3. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GUARD GATES AND/OR IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER SECURITY FEATURES IN VENETIAN ISLANDS.]
[4. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY FEATURES IN THE BAYSHORE AND NORTH BAY ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS.]
ITEMS THAT WILL BE DEFERRED.THESE TWO ITEMS ARE FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
ITEMS NUMBER THREE, DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GUARD GATES AND OR IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER SECURITY FEATURES IN VENETIAN ISLANDS.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATIONS OF SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY FEATURES IN BAYSHORE AND NORTH BAY ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE OUR ONLY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[16. DISCUSSION REGARDING BEACH CONCESSIONS, REGULATIONS, AND LAYOUT TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT AREA REMAINS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT OF BEACHES.]
I'M NOT READY TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 16 TODAY, BUT IF WE COULD SCHEDULE IT FOR NEXT MONTH, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO, TO MEET WITH THE REVEREND STAKEHOLDERS.I'D APPRECIATE IT IF THE ADMINISTRATION COULD LIAISE IN FACILITATING A MEETING, UH, BETWEEN FACILITIES AND THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE BRIEF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WHETHER DEFERRAL.
[17. UPDATE - EXPANDING CITI BIKE PROGRAM]
NUMBER 17 IS UPDATE CITY BIKE PROGRAM.THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
AND PARKING WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT.
UM, SO THE COMMISSIONER HAS SAID WE COULD START WITHOUT HER.
HOW YOU DOING? GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR AND INTERIM PARKING DIRECTOR.
SO I AM, UH, PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN FULLY EXECUTED AND IN EFFECT, UM, THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE BEFORE YOU, WE DISCUSSED A POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE, REALLY TO JUST LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD MORE BIKE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND AREAS OF HIGH DEMAND OR WHERE THEY MAY BE.
THERE MAY BE A LACK OF, UM, THE CITY BIKE STATIONS.
AND SO CITY BIKE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, OUR PARTNERS THAT GO BIKE.
THEY HAVE, UM, SCOURED THE CITY.
THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PRELIMINARILY A FEW IN A FEW AREAS OF THE CITY.
UH, IN PARTICULAR THIS AREA THAT WE'RE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER AREA, THE OCEAN DRIVE AREA AS WELL.
DEMAND HAS SIGNIFICANTLY PICKED UP.
AND, UM, THERE, THERE'S, UH, A NEED FOR JUST TO HAVE MORE INVENTORY IN THAT AREA OF OCEAN DRIVE.
AND THEN THE MID BEACH AREA AS WELL WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE MID BEACH AREA.
WE JUST NEED TO TAKE, UH, A DEEPER DIVE AND LOOK AT THAT AREA BECAUSE PARKING, UH, THERE'S JUST GENERAL PARKING CHALLENGES IN THAT AREA AS A RESULT OF, UM, FDO, THE, THE FACT THAT COLLINS AVENUE AND INDIAN CREEK ARE FDOT ROADS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS WHERE PARKING IS PROHIBITED BECAUSE OF SITE, UH, UH, DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS AN ONGOING PROJECT, UH, ON COLLINS FROM 26TH TO 44TH.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND, AND WORK WITH FDOT.
UM, JUST WANNA MENTION, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE MID BEACH AREA IS ALSO IN NEED OF FREIGHT LOADING ZONES.
THAT HAS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED AS WELL BY THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO, UH, BALANCE IN, IN A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF, OF SPACE THERE.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS CONTRACT WAS THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WHICH CONSISTS OF, UH, 3, 3 30
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MINUTE RIDES FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS, OR A, UH, FREE MONTH EVERY 12 MONTHS FOR, UH, I'M SORRY, I GOT THAT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.IT'S THREE 30 MINUTE RIDES FOR, UM, UH, NEW CUSTOMERS AND ONE FREE MONTH EVERY 12, UH, MONTH FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS IN THE PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE, UH, IRONED OUT THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND WE EXPECT THAT TO ROLL OUT OFFICIALLY TODAY THROUGH SOME SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTS.
UH, COMMUNICATION IS ASSISTING US WITH GETTING THE WORD OUT.
UM, RESIDENTS, UH, UH, WILL JUST NEED TO PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PARKING PROGRAMS, SUCH AS PROOF OF ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE A RESIDENT, EITHER A UTILITY BILL OR, UH, A BANK STATEMENT, UH, A LEASE OR SOME SORT OF DOCUMENTATION, AND THEY COULD GET SIGNED UP AND RECEIVE THESE BENEFITS.
I, I WANT TO JUST, UM, MENTION NUMBER ONE, I AM A BIG FAN OF THE CITY BIKE PROGRAM, YOUR HONOR.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEM HERE TO TODAY.
I KNOW BACK IN 2023 WHEN WE APPROVED, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE NEW CONCESSION AGREEMENT, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY ON THESE, UH, PUBLIC BENEFITS, UH, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS TO GET THE FREE RIDES, UM, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT CUSTOMERS OF CITI BIKE.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE WILL CONVINCE INDIVIDUALS TO GET ON A BICYCLE AND TRY TO USE THIS MODE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS IF WE GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO TEST IT FOR FREE, TO TRY IT, TO FALL IN LOVE WITH IT, AND THEN TO ADOPT IT AS A, AS A MOTIVE OF, OF TRANSPORTATION.
I WAS VERY PROUD TO, UH, TO, TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT, TO HELP NEGOTIATE THAT WITH DE MIKES AND TO, AND TO GET THAT ADOPTED.
UH, AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT TODAY THAT WILL BE UNVEILED.
UH, SO I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT PART, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE FINALLY UNVEILING THAT.
UM, AND THEN I NOTICED THAT IT SAID THAT IN MID BEACH THERE WAS GONNA BE LOSS OF PARKING FOR THE CITY BIKE STATIONS THAT WOULD BE PUT THERE.
HAS THAT BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? WELL, NOT YET, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFFICIAL YET.
WE'RE, MID BEACH IS AN AREA THAT, AS I MENTIONED, WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN AND WE NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER INTO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS.
THERE ARE FREIGHT LOADING ZONES THAT ARE NEEDED AS WELL IN MID BEACH.
AND SO, AND THEN WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, AN FDOT PROJECT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ELIMINATING ON STREET PARKING SPACES, UH, IN ORDER TO PUT A BIKE LANE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD THING FROM 26TH TO 44TH.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, PARKING SPACES ARE BEING ELIMINATED.
SO THERE, THERE ARE UNIQUE ISSUES THERE IN MID BEACH THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AND LOOK AT BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY ROLL OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT A NOTIFICATION OF NEW, UH, BIKE STATIONS IN THE AREA.
AND IF YOU WOULD CONNECT WITH THEM, THAT WOULD BE WITH MBNA, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, YOUR ITEM.
UM, THIS ITEM CAME ABOUT AFTER, UM, OR BASEL WHEN WE SAW THE TRAFFIC WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE.
I SAW COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS RIDING AN ELECTRIC BIKE DURING BASEL.
YOU AND ROBERT WERE OUT AND ABOUT.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY JEALOUS AT ONE POINT.
I WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND HE BIKED PAST ME
UM, AND AT THAT POINT I THOUGHT, WHY DON'T I HAVE ACCESS TO A BIKE TOO? AND THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM, UM, BECAUSE NOT JUST SOUTH BEACH AND NORTH BEACH NEEDS BIKES.
IF YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GET ON BIKES, ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH IMPACT EVENTS, WE NEED ACCESS TO, FOR EXAMPLE, I LIVE ON 47TH STREET.
I WOULD HAVE TO WALK TO 41ST STREET.
HOW COULD YOU GET US ACCESS TO BIKES? SO THAT IS WHY I, I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO, UH, CITY BIKES IN MIAMI BEACH.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED.
IN ADDITION TO AN EXPANSION AT THE CONVENTION CENTER SO THAT WE HAVE EVEN MORE BIKES, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THAT WHEN WE OFFER THE BIKES PEOPLE USE THEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE BIKES AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND ALSO MORE BICYCLES, NOT JUST ON 41ST STREET, BUT WHERE CAN YOU PUT THEM AROUND THE BEACH? AND THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE YOU CAME IN, UM, WE'VE, TOGETHER WITH, UH, DECO BIKE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT ANALYSIS OF LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY, LOOKING AT SUPPLY, LOOKING AT DEMAND, SEEING AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR MORE
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STATIONS.AND, UM, THAT'S GOING, THAT'S, THAT PROCESS TAKES A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, OF TIME.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND THEN SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A, A DEEPER DIVE INTO.
THIS AREA OF THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS HIGHLIGHTED AS AN EASY, UH, WIN, LIKE A QUICK WIN.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE SEEING SOME ADDITIONAL STATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AROUND THIS AREA AND OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AS WELL.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN TERMS OF THE EXPANSION IN MID BEACH? YOU'RE JUST TAKING A LOOK.
SO IN, IN MID BEACH WE'RE TAKING A DEEPER DIVE BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A MORE SENSITIVE SITUATION.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THERE.
THE FACT THAT THERE'S COMPETING INTEREST FOR FREIGHT LOADING, FREIGHT LOADING ZONES ARE NEEDED IN THE AREA TOO.
THE FACT THAT THERE'S PARKING BEING LOST ON COLLINS AVENUE AS A RESULT OF, UH, UH, FDOT PROJECT THAT'S INCORPORATING A BIKE LANE.
SO THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR MID BEACH, BUT DEFINITELY WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT AND WILL BE COMING UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALSO, I WANTED TO KNOW, DOES THE CITY BIKE SOFTWARE HAVE THE CAPABILITY? FOR EXAMPLE, IF DURING HIGH IMPACT EVENTS, WE WANTED TO GIVE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS A CODE SO THEY COULD GO GET A BIKE FOR FREE AND GO AROUND TOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THEY CAN'T GET INTO THEIR CAR AND MOVE.
IT'S, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMMISSIONER THROUGH THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE NEGOTIATED WITH DECO BIKE BACK IN 2023, UH, THAT JUST GOT EXECUTED.
WE ARE GIVING, UH, IT WAS SOMETHING WAS PROUD TO WORK WITH COLBY ON.
WE'RE GIVING MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS, UH, THREE TIMES A MONTH THEY GET TO USE DECO BIKE FOR FREE.
AND EVERY YEAR THEY GET ONE FREE MONTH.
IS THAT CORRECT, COLBY? YEAH, IT'S ONE OR ONE OR THE OTHER.
EITHER THE, THE RENTALS, IF THEY'RE NOT A A MEMBER, THEY CAN DO THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THEN IF THEY ARE A MEMBER, THEY GET THE ONE FREE.
WHAT DOES THE MEMBERSHIP COST? UM, $20 A MONTH FOR UNLIMITED TRIPS AND THE FIRST HALF HOUR OF EACH RIDE IS INCLUDED.
SO YOU CAN USE IT AS MANY TIMES A DAY AS YOU LIKE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
AND IT RESETS EVERY TIME YOU GET TO YOUR, UH, NEXT DESTINATION IN TERMS OF THE BIKE SHARE STATION.
SO IT'S $20 UNLIMITED BIKING, OR JUST $20 WITH A HALF AN HOUR.
IT'S UNLIMITED HALF HOURS AS MANY TIMES A DAY AS YOU WANT TO BIKE INCLUDED IN THAT PARTICULAR MEMBERSHIP.
SO LET'S SAY THAT I GET ON THE BIKE AND I'M ON THE BIKE FOR AN HOUR.
WHAT WOULD THE COST BE FOR THE ADDITIONAL, WE ALSO HAVE A $25 A MONTH UNLIMITED ONE HOUR RENTALS, WHICH WE CALL OUR DELUXE MEMBERSHIP.
UM, IF YOU JUST HAVE THE BASIC MEMBERSHIP, IT'S AN EXTRA, I BELIEVE, $5 AND CHANGE FOR AN EXTRA HALF HOUR.
IT'S FOR, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE REGULAR, YEAH.
THAT APPLIES TO EITHER A SHORT TERM RENTAL, IF YOU KEEP THE BIKE PAST ITS ORIGINAL RENTAL PERIOD, OR IF YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP AND YOU EXCEED YOUR 30 MINUTES OR 60 MINUTES, WHICHEVER ONE YOU'VE SUBSCRIBED FOR.
COLBY QUE QUESTION, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMEBODY TAKES A CITY BIKE? I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND 20 MINUTES.
SO PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEM AND GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND THEN PUTTING THEM BACK CORRECT.
AND YOU HAVE SOME TOURISTS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY GONNA KEEP IT LONGER AND CRUISE AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE DID THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE GREAT THING IS THEY CAN GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF FREE TIME THE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS ARE GONNA GET THREE TIMES A MONTH, AS THE AVERAGE RIDE IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
YOU GET 30 MINUTES THREE TIMES A MONTH.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, SO WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS THEN? WOULD YOU LIKE US TO JUST KEEP IT HERE AND BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH? I JUST WANNA OFFER A SUGGESTION IF I, IF I MAY, JOSE.
CLEARLY IN MID BEACH WE WANNA SEE EXPANSION IN MID BEACH.
WE CLEARLY HAVE A DENSITY OF POPULATION IN MID BEACH, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONDO CORRIDOR THERE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS IN THE AREA ARE LIMITED, UH, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST.
HAVE WE CONSIDERED REACHING OUT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE LARGER HOTELS, TO THE LARGER, LARGER CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS AND SEE IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM, UM, WHERE WE COULD ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY STILL PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
UH, BUT THAT WAY WE'RE NOT INTRUDING UPON THE LIMITED SPACE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER COMMISSIONER IS YES, I THINK I'M GOING TO DEFER TO, TO CITY BIKE TO EXPAND ON THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST THEY HAVE APPROACHED MAJOR HOTELS IN THE CITY.
UH, BUT I THINK AS PART OF THIS NEW DIRECTION, IF YOU WILL, TO, TO, TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT EXPANDING THE PROGRAM, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW,
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UH, BASICALLY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AGAIN.BUT, UH, COLBY, IF YOU CAN JUST, YEAH, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO, UH, PLACING STATIONS, WHETHER IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF THERE IS, UH, SPACE AVAILABLE.
THAT'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS WHERE CAN WE ACTUALLY FIT THE HARDWARE.
UM, SO YEAH, WE ARE, BUT IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES IT, SO IT'S GOOD NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS, UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT AND, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT AS WE PLAN OUR CITY, AS WE CONSIDER NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CITY AND OUR LAND USE BOARDS, LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND ALL THAT, SEEING, CAN WE START TO INSERT INTO THAT CONVERSATION WHEN DEVELOPMENTS ARE BEING PLANNED, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET SOME SORT OF SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE RIDE SHARE PROGRAMS LIKE THESE? YEAH.
COMMISSIONER THAT WAY FROM THE PLANNING STAGE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC GETS AN ALLOCATION OF SPACE FOR, FOR, FOR THESE TYPES OF NEEDS.
UM, CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE ALSO OPERATE A BIKE SHARE SYSTEM, UM, THEY ACTUALLY MANDATE SPACE, UH, ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS, UM, FOR MULTI-STORY PROJECTS, UM, TO LEAVE SPACE FOR THE BIKE SHARE, UH, SYSTEM THERE.
IS THAT PART OF THEIR ZONING CODE THAT IS PART OF THEIR, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE IT FALLS, BUT YES, IF IT'S OVER A BUILDING OF A CERTAIN SIZE, UM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO LEAVE AT LEAST A SPACE FOR A SMALL BIKE CHAIR STATION AS A PART OF GETTING THEIR, UM, SITE PLAN OR CO APPROVED.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT FALLS IN THERE.
COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU ALL BE INTERESTED IN JOINING ME ON A REFERRAL TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE AND SEEING IF WE CAN INCORPORATE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS AS WE CONSIDER NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CITY? UM, NEITHER ONE OF US ARE ON LAND USE.
SO THE THREE OF US COULD TALK ABOUT IT HERE IF IT STAYS HERE.
WELL, I BELIEVE IF IT'S, IF IT'S A, IF ZONING POLICY, I MEAN, I DON'T CARE IF, LIKE I'M NOT THE, I I DON'T CARE IF I'M IN A COMMITTEE OR NOT FOR AN ITEM TO GO TO THE PROPER COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF IT'S A LAND USE ITEM, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING ISSUE USUALLY GOES TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.
BUT WE WANT TO DISCUSS ZONING HERE.
I GUESS WE CAN DISCUSS ZONING HERE.
UM, DO WE WANT TO INITIATE A REFERRAL REGARDING THAT? I DON'T HAVE MY COLLEAGUES AT TIME.
I I HAVE NO PROBLEM HAVING MORE CONVERSATION, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE THERE FOR THE CONVERSATION.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO.
I THINK IT HAS TO GO TO THE COMMISSION.
I WOULD JUST PUT A, JUST PUT A REFERRAL ON, ON THIS, ON THIS MONTH'S COMMISSION.
I WAS SAYING SOMETHING, YOU WERE BOTH LOOKING AT YOUR DEVICES AND YOU DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I SAID.
LET'S JUST KEEP IT HERE AND, AND WE CAN WORK ON A DRAFT THAT WE CAN BRING HERE.
AND EVENTUALLY IF YOU WOULD, UH, REFER A MATTER OR, OR WISH TO GO TO, UH, AN LDR, THEN IT COULD GO TO LAND USE AND TO THE PLANNING BOARD AT THAT TIME.
BUT YOU CAN DISCUSS IT HERE FIRST TO IRON OUT WHAT IT IS YOU WANT BEFORE DOING THAT IF YOU DESIRE TO.
AND REALLY WHAT WE FOUND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THAT DEVELOPERS WILL BUILD A NEW BUILDING AND THEN ASK US AFTER IT'S ALREADY BUILT, IF WE CAN PUT A STATION IN AND THEN THERE'S TYPICALLY NO SPACE.
SO, UM, GETTING AHEAD OF THAT, UH, WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
UH, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YES.
ARE YOU, UH, I ALSO KNOW THAT LIKE THE
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO LOOK AND SEE, UH, WHERE WE CAN TRY AND ADD SOMETHING THERE WITH MINIMAL IMPACT ON, UH, VEHICULAR PARKING.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW OFF OUR NEW BIKES, IF I'M CAN ROLL ONE OUT HERE.
WE HAVE, UH, A NEW FLEET OF BIKES COMING.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS A PART OF OUR NEW FLEET.
WE HAVE NEW, UH, STANDARD AND NEW, UH, ELECTRIC BIKES AND THIS IS REALLY STATE OF THE ART.
UM, PRETTY MUCH THE BEST BIKE IN THE BUSINESS.
SO WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT, UH, A FEW HUNDRED, UH, NEW BIKES THIS MONTH.
UH, SO THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES.
WAIT, IS IT LONGER? THIS ONE'S, THIS IS AN ELECTRIC BIKE.
AND HERE, WHY ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR YOU? THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AN ELECTRIC BIKE, BUT THE, UH, THE STANDARD MECHANICAL BIKES ALSO LOOK PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO IT.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS IS FANTASTIC AND IT'S, UM, BUILT TO LAST LONGER, BE MORE RUGGED.
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AND IT IS, UH, IT REALLY IS A FANTASTIC BIKE.SO WE'RE SUPER, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO TO KEEP THE FLEET REFRESHED AND I THINK, UH, KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY WHO'S OUT RIDING THEM.
AND SO, UH, RIGHT NOW I, I BELIEVE UNDER THE CONTRACT WE HAVE A HUNDRED ELECTRIC, I THINK OUT OF THE 1100 WE HAVE A HUNDRED THAT ARE ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
BUT, UH, JOSE, THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER UP TO 200.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IF THE DEMAND IS THERE, UM, FOR AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT RIDING IN THE LONG, IN THE WRONG PLACES.
BUT YOU GUYS, UNLIKE OTHER ELECTRIC BICYCLES, THE BEAUTY ABOUT DECO BIKE IS THAT YOU GUYS CONTROL THE SPEED OF YOUR BICYCLES.
YEAH, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ON BICYCLES.
WHY NOT
YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY I WOULD LOVE THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY IT WAS GONNA HELP WITH MY WEIGHT PROBLEM
NO, BUT THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS AND YOU NEED TO OFFER IT IN AREAS WHERE WE DON'T, AND YOU NEED TO COUPLE THAT WITH SOME SORT OF MEDIA MESSAGING ABOUT THE FACT THAT RESIDENTS HAVE FREE BIKING SERVICE AND WHY NOT PICK UP A BIKE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC, IT WOULD MAKE LIKE SUCH A GREAT GREAT PSA IF YOU WORKED WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND CAME UP WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH A COMMERCIAL WHERE PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND THEN YOU SAY, WAIT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN TAKE A LOCAL CITY BIKE AND GUESS WHAT, DURING HIGH IMPACT TIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, IT'S FREE FOR RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LET'S, WE NEED TO PUSH IT TOO, BECAUSE NOT EVEN, I MEAN, I KNOW IT WOULD HELP WITH TRAFFIC, BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT RESIDENTS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED.
SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COMMISSIONER.
YEAH, WELL I'LL WORK WITH MELISSA ON THAT.
SO WE'LL RETURN THIS ITEM IN APRIL.
[14. DISCUSS TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HEADQUARTER HOTEL AND ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.]
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 14 IS DISCUSSED TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, HEADQUARTER HOTEL, AND ANTICIPATED OPENING.I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE KEEP TRACKING, WE KEEP AIMING FOR THE END OF THE MONTH TO CLOSE ON THE LOAN.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE A CHANCE THAT WE MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, BECAUSE THE RDA GRANT HAD SOME COMMENTS THAT HAD TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY.
SO, BUT IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY AND WE'RE ALL COUNTING ON THAT, UH, WE'RE CLOSING BY MARCH, UH, 31ST.
WHEN DOES THE RDA UH, GO BACK TO THE COUNTY? IT, IT'S ALREADY IN THE HANDS OF THE COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL, UM, NOW IN THE MEANTIME, WE CONTINUE WORKING ON ALL OTHER DOCUMENTATION
SO VERY, WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE.
BUT GIVEN THAT THERE MAY BE A CHANCE THAT WE MAY NEED A FEW MORE WEEKS, WE ARE SUBMITTING AN EXTENSION.
UH, NEXT WEEK THERE'S A, AN ITEM ON THE CO, UM, COMMISSION FOR AN EXTENSION, UH, A SMALL AMENDMENT TO THE, TO OUR LEASE AGREEMENT TO ALLOW FOR, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ANY COMMENTS FOR EVENT? NO, LET'S TRY TO, LET'S, UM, IT, THE, THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY HAS TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT WITHIN 15 DAYS, BUT AFTER THE COUNTY REVIEWS, THE DOCUMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ONLY IF THEY DECIDE THAT THE CHANGES ARE SIGNIFICANT.
WE ARE COUNTING THAT IT'S SMALL ENOUGH THAT IT CAN JUST, WHAT'S THE NATURE? WHAT, OH MY GOODNESS.
I AM SO SORRY, BUT I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THAT.
DOES THE CITY ADMINISTRATION OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAVE ANY CONCERNS? NO.
OH,
ALSO LIAISON FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, I'M NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE GRANT, UH, CONVERSATIONS, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MAJOR RED FLAGS FROM THE COUNTY.
WHICH WERE MINOR COMMENTS FROM LENDERS AND THEN THEY WERE REVIEWED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL.
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ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? COMMENT.SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE GOOD NEXT TIME.
ALRIGHT, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ON APRIL 9TH.
[1. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF THE CITY HALL EARLY VOTING SITE AND THE ADDITION OF A THIRD EARLY VOTING LOCATION FOR THE 2025 RUN-OFF ELECTION.]
OKAY.ITEM NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSSED REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF CITY HALL EARLY VOTING SITE AND THE ADDITION OF A THIRD EARLY VOTING LOCATION FOR THE 2025 RUNOFF ELECTION.
AND THE CITY CLERK WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UH, WE HAVE TWO MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, THE COMMITTEE AND GET YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
FIRST ONE IS ADDING A THIRD EARLY VOTING LOCATION FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION IF ONE IS NECESSARY.
THE SECOND ISSUE WE WANT YOUR OPINION ON IS WHETHER WE NEED TO RELOCATE THE CITY HALL EARLY VOTING LOCATION.
UH, THAT WOULD BE YOUR DECISION TO MAKE FOR EITHER THE GENERAL AND THE RUNOFF OR ONLY THE RUNOFF, OR LEAVE IT HERE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT REQUIRED THAT ALL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE FIVE WEEKS BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE RUNOFF.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAD A CHARTER REFERENDUM, THE VOTERS APPROVED THAT.
HOWEVER, THE EARLY VOTING FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION, IF ONE IS NECESSARY FOR THIS YEAR, COIN COINCIDES WITH, UH, ART BASEL AND ART WEEK.
SO WE ARE CONCERNED OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT THAT WILL HAVE, UH, IN VOTERS TRYING TO GET HERE TO CITY HALL.
SO ONE OF THE, UH, AT THE, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WENT AND SPOKE WITH, UH, THE NEW ELECTION SUPERVISOR AND SHE HAS AGREED TO GRANT US A THIRD EARLY VOTING LOCATION DURING, UH, THE RUNOFF ELECTION.
AND THAT WOULD BE IN THE MID BEACH SECTION.
SO NOW THERE WOULD BE ONE IN NORTH BEACH, THE LIBRARY IN SOUTH BEACH, WHEREVER THIS COMMISSION DECIDES.
NOW THE FLORIDA STATUTES REQUIRE CERTAIN PARAMETERS AS TO WHAT CAN BE USED FOR AN EARLY VOTING SITE.
THE ONLY LOCATION IN MID BEACH THAT CAN BE USED AS AN EARLY VOTING SITE IS MUST PARK, WHICH HAS PARKING.
SO WE WOULD HAVE ONE NOW MID BEACH.
SO IF IT'S TOO DIFFICULT, THE, THE, THE IDEA IS IF IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO GET TO SOUTH BEACH, THE MID BEACH RESIDENTS COULD GO TO MID BEACH.
THE NORTH BEACH RESIDENTS COULD STILL GO TO NORTH BEACH AND THE SOUTH BEACH RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE ONE IN SOUTH BEACH WHEREVER THIS, THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS, WHETHER IT'S CITY HALL OR ANOTHER LOCATION.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE ALTERNATE LOCATIONS THAT WE PROPOSED AND THE ALTERNATE LOCATION IN SOUTH BEACH THAT THE ALEXIS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED.
AND I, I, I, AND I PERSONALLY FEEL, IF I MAY THROUGH THE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE WERE AT A COMMISSION DISCUSSING THIS PRELIMINARILY, IT FELT LIKE CITY HALL IS ASSIGNED INDIVIDUALS DO KNOW, UM, AS A VOTING LOCATION.
UM, AND IT'S STILL ACCESSIBLE TO, IT'S WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF MOST PLACES IN SOUTH BEACH.
UM, I GET CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRAFFIC OF, OF, OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, TRYING TO GET HERE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CROSS 41ST STREET, TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE COLLINS AVENUE TRAFFIC DURING, DURING, DURING ART BASEL, THAT INDIVIDUALS MIGHT FEEL DISENFRANCHISED, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, OF THAT TRAFFIC FROM BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, IN, IN, IN, IN THE PROCESS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE CITY HALL SITE, BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENTING IT WITH A, WITH A CER WITH A THIRD SITE COULD BE HELPFUL.
HOW WOULD THE PARKING WORK AT THE CITY HALL SITE IF PEOPLE DROVE THAT? IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING AGAIN, FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION.
UH, WHAT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN THE COMMISSION'S GENERAL POINT OF VIEW DURING THE PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DURING, UH, THE COMMISSION MEETING WAS TO KEEP THE EARLY VOTING PARKING WHERE WE NORMALLY HAVE, WHICH IS A SHORT TERM PARKING GARAGE, MIND YOU, THAT IS USED, UH, FOR, UH, DURING ART BASEL FOR VALET PARKING.
BUT ELECTIONS ARE THE PRIMARY, YOU KNOW, THING.
AND CAN THEY USE, INSTEAD OF USING OUR BUILDING FOR VALET PARKING, CAN THEY USE NEW WORLD SYMPHONIES PARKING FOR VALET PARKING? I DON'T KNOW THAT ASPECT OF THAT WOULD BE MORE OF AN ART BASEL PARKING ISSUE.
WHAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE WOULD LIKE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REQUIRED THAT WE USE THE SAME LOTS FOR EARLY, FOR THE EARLY VOTERS THAT WE NORMALLY USE.
AND FOR THE RUNOFF, EARLY VOTING IS THREE DAYS EARLY VOTING IS THREE DAYS.
AND MIND YOU, ELECTIONS HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO EXTEND IT PAST THREE DAYS.
SO THE EARLY VOTING WOULD BE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
WHICH CO WHICH OVERLAP WITH THE ART BASEL? YES.
I, I WOULD LIKE FOUR LOCATIONS.
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I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOUTH BEACH.
OKAY, WE'RE DOING IT FOR THREE DAYS.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE TWO DAYS OF EARLY VOTING WITH FOUR LOCATIONS THAN THREE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING BECAUSE SOUTH BEACH IS GETTING PUNISHED BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC IS TO EVEN GO NORTH AND TO TRY TO FIND PARKING.
SO SOUTH OF FIFTH, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO COME AND VOTE? BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE LIMITED.
WE COULD, WE COULD ADDRESS THAT IN A MINUTE.
I WOULD DO SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER SO THAT SOUTH OF FIFTH HAS ACCESS TO VOTING CITY HALL, MID BEACH AND NORTH BEACH.
THAT WOULD BE FAIR IN MY OPINION.
THAT WAY IT ADDRESSES EVERYTHING.
THE PEOPLE FROM BELL ISLE CAN WALK OVER TO CITY HALL.
THE PEOPLE SOUTH OF FIFTH AND IN FLAMINGO PARK HAVE ACCESS TO A POLE WITHOUT HAVING TO COME INTO THE MAYHEM.
THAT IS THE ART BASEL, YOU KNOW, AREA.
I JUST WONDERED CAN I KNOW, WE SPOKE WITH A SUPERVISOR OF OF ELECTION AND HER, UH, AND HER STAFF ABOUT THREE LOCATIONS.
I DO YOU, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE SUPERVISOR COULD ACCOMMODATE FOUR LOCATIONS? I WOULD, I WOULD PAY FOR IT.
WELL, YEAH, BUT IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ALSO STAFF THAT'S FINE.
MEANING THAT THEY HAVE, IT ISN'T JUST, UH, BUT I CAN POSE THE QUESTION.
UH, THEY ARE DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO EXTENDING EARLY VOTING DAYS THAT FOR SURE THEY'RE, THEY'VE TOLD ME IT'S A, IT'S A NO GO.
WELL WHAT IF YOU TOLD THEM I TWO DAYS, FOUR LOCATIONS AND IT WOULD, TO ME THAT SENSE THREE DAYS, NOT TWO YOU LIKE THREE DAYS.
WELL, WE COULD DO THREE DAYS, DAYS, FOUR LOCATIONS, THREE DAYS, FOUR LOCATIONS.
BUT IF YOU DON'T GET THE FOUR LOCATIONS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FAIR.
AND I THINK THAT'S, I I THINK, LISTEN, I'M ALL FOR MORE LOCATIONS RATHER THAN, RATHER DURING A BUSY PERIOD LIKE ART BASEL AS MANY LOCATIONS SO THAT AS FEW OF OUR VOTERS EVER GET THE FEELING THAT THEY'RE BEING DISENFRANCHISED.
AND SO, SO I'D RATHER BEING, BEING MORE INCLUSIVE AND OFFER MORE LOCATIONS BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
WE NEED TO BE FORWARD THINKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OUR RESIDENTS WILL FACE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S FAIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER WORKS, RALPH.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IF WE COULD STICK TO BIT BEACH FOR A SEC.
UH, SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO GOING FORWARD WITH MUST PARK AS AN EARLY BUILDING LOCATION.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M COMPLETELY OPEN.
THERE ARE, THERE IS, UH, AFTER SCHOOL CARE AT THAT LOCATION, IT OCCURS ON THE WEEKDAYS.
SO THEY WOULD BE, THE CHILDREN WOULD BE IMPACTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
NOW WHAT ARE THE DAYS OF, UH, EARLY VOTING? 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, NO VOTING MONDAY AND THEN ELECTION DAY TUESDAY.
BUT THE SETUP OCCURS AND USUALLY THE SETUP OCCURS TWO DAYS BEFORE WE'VE GOTTEN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER.
AND THEY'LL GET BACK TO US MAKING THE THURSDAY THE SETUP LOCA THE SETUP DATE AND TAKING IT OUT ON MONDAY BEFORE THE KIDS COME IN.
SO TECHNICALLY, IF OUR REQUEST IS GRANTED, WHICH THEY SEEM TO BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US AN ANSWER, IT WOULD, THEY WOULD IMPACT, THEY WOULD BE IMPACTED TWO DAYS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE CONSIDERING RELOCATING THE KIDS FOR TWO DAYS TO ANOTHER FACILITY.
WE'VE ALSO OFFERED TO PAY FOR A TENT, UH, UH, TO, FOR THE KIDS TO BE AT THE SAME LOCATION JUST IN CASE THE PARENTS ARE FEEL SAFER JUST TAKING THE KIDS TO THE SAME LOCATION AS NORMAL.
SO WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
AS FAR AS THE SOUTH BEACH LOCATION, I WILL ASK THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO A FOURTH LOCATION.
WHAT THE ELECTIONS, WE TOURED THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT OF ALL, ALL ALTERNATE SITES, AND THEY SELECTED THAT THE BEST ALTERNATE LOCATION IS THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THAT IS WHERE THEY WISH TO DO IT.
IF YOU CONSIDER MOVING CITY HALL OR POSSIBLY NOW ADDING A, AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION.
THAT SITE HAS PLENTY OF PARKING FOR VOTERS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO SHUTTLE OBVIOUSLY THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE THERE TEMPORARILY TO THE, THE GARAGE ON SOUTH, UH, THE FIFTH STREET GARAGE, I THINK IT IS.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD REALLY HOPE FOR THE FOUR LOCATIONS.
SO CAN WE JUST BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST.
LET'S BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH.
I'LL SEND AN EMAIL RIGHT NOW TO THE ALEXIS APARTMENT AND SEE IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.
THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY ACCOMMODATING.
OH, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO THEM THE, THE NATURE OF OUR PUZZLE AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD MAKE.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, STATE THIS CASE OF HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET SOUTH OF FIFTH TO THE ELECTION AREA.
AND I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR GAON, I MEAN, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH SUPERVISOR AND I SPOKE TO MS. WE THE ALSO, UH, SO JUST EXPLAIN TO HER THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING.
WE ADOPTED THE ONE MONTH THAT SHE SUGGESTED AND NOW THREE LOCATIONS IS NOT GONNA BE SUFFICIENT.
AND JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR, WE'RE ONLY ASKING IT FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION THAT WAY DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION.
WE HAVE OUR TWO LOCATIONS, CITY HALL AND NORTH BEACH.
AND I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO BE VERY CLEAR, THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION AND HER OFFICE HAVE BEEN VERY ACCESSIBLE, VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH US, VERY ACCOMMODATING,
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AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES TO, SHE'S AWARE OF BOTH, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR GARCIA AND UH, AND HER CHIEF ELECTION SUPERVISOR YES.UH, ARE BOTH AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE ART BASEL TRAFFIC.
THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE OUT TO THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING SUPPORTIVE.
TO THE CONTRARY, THEY REALLY WANNA WORK WITH OUR CITY AND WITH YOUR OFFICE.
I SPENT ALMOST AN HOUR ON A SATURDAY WITH CHRISTINA YEAH.
SO COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH OUR PARKING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE AS WE KEEP CITY HALLS ASIDE, AND I, I THINK CITY HALL IS A VERY MUCH ESTABLISHED SITE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS YOU CAN GO TO CITY HALL AND YOU CAN VOTE EARLY AT CITY HALL.
UM, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT GROUND FLOOR PARKING AT THE GARAGE OVER HERE AVAILABLE FOR OUR VOTERS.
BUT THAT IS THE INTENT, MEANING, OKAY.
THAT WOULD BE, I THINK ELECTIONS WOULD REQUIRE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS, I NEED CONFIRMATION ON THAT.
UH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE COME HERE AND NOT HAVE ACCESS FOR, UH, FOR, FOR A PARKING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ARE HANDICAPPED, UM, THAT DO NEED A PLACE TO PARK.
NOT EVERYONE WALKS AND NOT EVERYONE IS CAPABLE OF TAKING A BICYCLE.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA SKIP THE NEXT ONE UNTIL, LET ME SEE IF THE PEOPLE ARE THERE.
[5. DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A FRENCH MARKET AT THE SOUTH POINTE PARK WASHINGTON AVENUE ENTRY PLAZA.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A FRENCH MARKET AT SOUTH PARK WASHINGTON AVENUE IN TREE PLAZA.THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND WE HAVE PARKS TO PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE TO BRING A HIGH QUALITY FRENCH MARKET TO SOUTH POINT PARK.
WE ATTENDED THE SONA MEETING AND SONA IS ON BOARD UNANIMOUSLY WITH THIS IDEA.
AND IF WE PASS THIS TODAY AND SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION, UH, THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, THE FIRST WEEKEND WOULD BE OUR FIRST FRENCH MARKET.
UM, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, THIS FRENCH MARKET, UM, IS EXTREMELY HIGH END.
EVERYTHING IS AUTHENTIC BY THE WAY IT HAPPENS TO BE A WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE.
AND CORIN IS HERE TO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRIEF, BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT YOUR MARKET RIGHT NOW, THE MARKET TRAVELS TO, UM, KI BISCAYNE.
WE HAD IT AT SUNSET HARBOR WHERE IT WAS WILDLY, UM, SUCCESSFUL.
AND I LIKE TO THANK CELIA CELIA, THE LAST ONE.
AND CORRINE, UM, FOR HAVING THE MARKET.
AND I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS WILL BE DEFINING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ATTEND THE MARKET AND LEARN TO WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S MARKET DAY TO GO AND BUY THEIR FRESH BAGUETTE AND PASTRIES, UH, FOR THE DAY.
AND I, AND AND I, I WOULD HOPE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS, LET'S TRY THIS IN, IN SOUTH, IN SOUTH POINT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE FRENCH COLLECTIVE.
SO CORINNE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH SINCE 13 YEARS, AND I LIVE IN, UM, NORM ISLAND.
AND MY EARTH BELONGS THE CITY
UM, I'M ARTISAN MYSELF AND, UM, I'M JAM MAKER PASTRY CHEF.
IT WAS TOUGH FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND ARTISAN AND I DECIDED TO CREATE THE FIRST VOLUNTARY, VOLUNTARY, UM, FRENCH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRAFT AND, UH, TRADES TO SUPPORT THE ARTISAN AND THE SMALL BUSINESS.
AND SINCE WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS CONTEST, THE BEST BAG, THE BEST
AND WE CREATED DURING, UH, THE, THIS TIME, UM, THE FIRST, UM, FRENCH MARKET.
BUT WE ARE, UH, FROM, UH, EVERYWHERE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, EYE SELECTION OF THE, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE ARTISAN.
EVERYTHING IS, UM, MADE AND MADE AND, UM, IT'S GOOD FAMILY TIME.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF WOMEN AND BEYOND THE WOMEN, WE HAVE A FAMILY TOO.
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HAVE SOME ARTISTS FOOD ACCESSORY.AND IT'S VERY, ALSO, IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO MAKE THE ARTISAN, TO KNOW WHERE THE CLOTHES ARE MADE, THE BAG, THE ACCESSORY.
THE, THE COMMUNITY OF THE ARTISAN IS, UM, IT'S GOOD ECONOMY FOR EVERYONE, FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE FAMILY.
IT'S LIKE A, A LOCOMOTIVE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ECONOMY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE PLACE LEASE IN SAN PA, BUT THEY HAVE THIS AMAZING MARKET AND THEY DO IT ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAY MORNINGS.
AND EVERYBODY THAT GOES ON VACATION THERE KNOWS THAT THEY CAN GO TO THEIR MARKET AND GET INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS.
AND I DON'T REALLY THINK ANYWHERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA WE HAVE SOME SORT OF MARKET, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL, UM, OVER TIME TO GROW INTO SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SPECTACULAR AND A PLACE WHERE NOT JUST OUR TOURISTS, BUT FAMILIES ARE GOING TO COME.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT APRIL 6TH.
UH, OUR OFFICE WILL DO A RIBBON CUTTING THAT DAY TOO.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME ON THAT FIRST MORNING.
UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF OUR, MY COMMISSION COLLEAGUES, UH, ALL AGREE, WHICH I THINK THAT THEY WILL BECAUSE THIS IS A WIN-WIN.
AND WE WENT TO SONA AND THESE WOMEN ARE TALENTED AND THEY HAVE A HE AND EYE.
AND I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF FIFTH WILL LOVE, UM, WILL LOVE IT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA PASS THIS TO THE, ANY COMMENTS, TOM? OH, I VISITED THE SITE.
WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS AT WOUND INTERFERE PARK OPERATIONS ON THAT DAY, SO WE'RE GOOD.
UM, SO I HAVE GONE TO THE FRENCH MARKET THE LAST TWO YEARS IN SUNSET HARBOR AND I'VE DONE MY SHOPPING, UM, BOUGHT ALL SORTS OF BAGUETTES AND BAKE PASTRIES AND I TOOK IT TO MY PARENTS' HOUSE THIS YEAR.
UM, I EVEN BOUGHT MY DOG PEARLS BECAUSE THERE WAS
AND IT WAS, UM, REALLY ADORABLE.
I'M READING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY.
THIS WILL BE AT THE WASHINGTON AVENUE ENTRY PLAZA.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ANY COMMENTS? WE
AND UH, WE WILL FINALIZE THIS AT THE COMMISSION MEETING THIS COMING WEDNESDAY.
AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE WOMEN'S, UH, COLLECTIVE.
WHAT IS IT? IT'S THE FRENCH YOU.
THERE'S A, WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION? CORIN.
IT'S THE FRENCH, IT'S THE FRENCH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF QUEST AND TRADES.
WE HAVE NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION, THE FRENCH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRAFT AND TRADE, ALL WOMEN BRINGING A FRENCH MARKET TO MIAMI BEACH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND THANK YOU FOR THE ARTISAN.
YES, WE WILL TRY AND GET SOMETHING ON FROM MARCH 18.
THEY'RE PRINTING POSSIBLY WHILE WE'RE IN THIS MEETING, BUT WE'LL TRY AND GET SOMETHING ON FOR THE 18TH PLEASE.
[6. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION – RECLASSIFICATION OF ASSAULT OR BATTERY OFFENSES AGAINST PARK RANGERS TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL PENALTY FOR DEFENDANTS.]
DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION.RECLASSIFICATION OF ASSAULT OR BATTERY OFFENSES AGAINST PARK RANGERS TO INCREASE POTENTIAL PENALTY FOR DEFENDANTS.
THIS WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR AND THIS IS PARKS AND REC AND LEGAL WILL BE PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE'LL LET, UM, THE CITY OKAY.
PRESENT IT AND THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH IT.
THANK YOU MARK FISHMAN CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UH, AND THIS ITEM, UM, WOULD BASICALLY, UH, SHOULD THE COMMITTEE, UH, CHOOSE TO DO SO, WOULD, UH, BE A RESOLUTION URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO, TO, TO, UH, INCLUDE PARK RANGERS WITHIN FLORIDA STATUTE 7 84 0.07.
FLORIDA STATUTE, UH, 7 84 0.07 ENHANCES THE POTENTIAL MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CERTAIN ASSAULT AND BATTERY OFFENSES AGAINST SPECIFIED PERSONNEL.
UH, OUR PARK RANGERS ARE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES OF PUBLIC SAFETY MAKING COUNTLESS, UH, ENGAGEMENTS, UH, WITH INDIVIDUALS SOMETIMES, UH, COMMITTING DISRUPTIVE OR ILLEGAL, UH, BEHAVIOR.
UH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED PREVIOUSLY FOR, UH, ASSAULT AND BATTERY OFFENSES.
SO THIS WOULD, UH, INCREASE THE POTENTIAL PENALTY LIKE AN ASSAULT, WHICH IS NORMALLY A SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR WOULD BE INCREASED TO A FIRST DEGREE
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MISDEMEANOR IF COMMITTED UPON A PARK RANGER WHILE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES.UM, AND, UH, A BATTERY WOULD GO FROM A FIRST DEGREE MISDEMEANOR TO A THIRD DEGREE FELONY.
SO IT JUST PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR OUR PARK RANGERS WHO ARE, WHO ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND MAKING, I THINK WE HAVE 50, WE HAVE 51, 51, UH, PARK RANGER POSITIONS AND PROVIDE THEM PROTECTIONS ALREADY.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND SPECIALISTS, UH, POLICE OFFICERS, UM, TRAFFIC INFRACTION SPECIALISTS, UM, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORERS, ALL SORTS OF CATEGORIES.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THESE STATUTES, BUT, UH, PARK RANGE ARE NOT.
UM, SO I, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS, THIS IS AN URGING TO AMEND THE FLORIDA STATUTE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WE COULD, ALL WE COULD DO.
UH, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL TELL YOU WHY, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE WE, THIS IS A NO BRAINER.
I, I I I, I MEAN WE'VE SEEN OUR PARK RANGERS, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN OUR PARK RANGERS, THE, I MEAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, MARK, THEY'VE BEEN ATTACKED BY PEOPLE IN THE PAST.
IS THAT CORRECT? THEY'VE BEEN ATTACKED, THEY'VE BEEN SPAT ON, THEY'VE BEEN THREAT.
AND THIS, AND THIS WOULD ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL MAXIMUM PENALTY.
IT WOULD RECLASSIFY ASSAULT, BATTERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND AGGRAVATED TO ONE OF EACH ONE OFFENSE LEVEL HIGHER.
SO THE DEFENDANT IN THESE CASES, IN ANY OF THOSE CASES, WOULD BE FACING A GREATER POTENTIAL PENALTY WHEN PROSECUTED.
AND WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE REASON WHY WE EMPLOY PARK RANGERS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY'RE THERE TO DETER CRIMES FROM TAKING PLACE AND THEY'RE THERE TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THIS.
UH, AND IF MADAM CHAIR, IF WHENEVER THE MOMENT IS FIRED, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT OF THIS.
UH, YEAH, I'M GONNA FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
I'M GONNA SUPPORT, LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS.
AND THIS WOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
SO, UH, IT GOES BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
SO I GUESS THE MOTION, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WOULD BE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, FOR THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, PREPARE A RESOLUTION URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO INCLUDE PARK RANGERS IN FLORIDA STATUTE 7 84 0.07.
[7. DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING CLEANLINESS AND ABANDONED CONDITIONS OF EVERGLADES COURT IN NORTH BEACH]
IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING CLEANLINESS AND ABANDONED CONDITIONS OF EVERGLADES COURT IN NORTH BEACH.THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH IN PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UM, I, I PLACED THIS ITEM ON THE FEBRUARY, UM, AGENDA.
UH, BECAUSE EVERGLADES COURT, IT'S AN ALLEYWAY, UH, IN, IN, IN NORTH BEACH, UH, BETWEEN, BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE AREA HAS ACCUMULATED A LOT OF TRASH.
IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS TLC, IT NEEDS ATTENTION.
UH, THERE, THE, THE, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S ABANDONED DEBRIS THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, AT, AT THE ITEM, THERE'S ABANDONED LANDSCAPING DEBRIS, THERE'S ABANDONED BOXES, THERE'S, UH, CANS OF, OF BEER, JUST ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
AND I'VE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THIS? CERTAINLY, UH, GOOD MORNING CHAIR DOMINGUEZ, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UM, YEAH, SO I I, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I, I'VE SEEN THE CONDITIONS, UH, OF THE ALLAND.
UH, CLEARLY WE, WE'VE LOOKED IT UP AND, AND RESEARCHED TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IT IS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY, PROBABLY CLEAN IT UP BY SIDE OR RESIDING THE WHOLE AREA.
IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL CODE ISSUES WE HAVE TO WORK WITH CODE ON TRYING TO HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AS OVERGROWTH.
UM, AND SOME OF THE AREAS COMING FROM THE BACKSIDE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, UH, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S USED FOR MUCH ELSE.
I SEE SOME, SOMETIMES PEOPLE PUT OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST LIKE JUST STORING KIND OF LIKE THEIR TRASH CONTAINERS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S SERVICED THERE.
'CAUSE IF YOU GO AROUND ON THE FRONT SIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CONTAINERS OUT THERE.
UM, SO I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THAT'S BEING REALLY USED FOR THAT.
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ADDITIONALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THE AREA USED FOR GARBAGE PICKUP? IS THAT ALLEY? IS THAT WHERE THE GARBAGE GOES? I, I HAVE ASKED, I I'M TRYING TO, I'M JUST WAITING FOR A VERIFICATION FROM THE, UH, HAULER IF THEY ACTUALLY SERVICE IT THROUGH THERE, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IN THE FRONT
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WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR CONTAINERS OUT.SO I'M, I'M JUST NEED TO GET A CONFIRMATION.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US TO GUIDE THAT INFORMATION FROM THE HAULER? I SHOULD HAVE IT BY IN A DAY OR SO.
UM, BUT, UH, THE, I I SEE JUST LIKE BULK TRASH ITEMS OUT THERE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE CLEANING IT UP AND UH, POSSIBLY PUTTING, YOU KNOW, SOME SIGNS OUT, SIGNAGE OUT THERE AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
WHAT I DON'T WANT, I'M GONNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
I, I SEE HERE ARE WE, WE'RE CITING THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE HOMEOWNERS ON THE ITEM SAYS THE PROPERTIES ABIDING THE ALLEYWAY HAVE BEEN WARRANTED AND CITED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PUBLIC PROPERTY.
AND THE FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THAT PROP, THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY, I'M SORRY, IS OURS.
AND SO I HOPE THAT THE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH THE UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS OF THIS PUBLIC PROPERTY, WE'RE NOT NOW COMING AND FINDING THEM FOR THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THIS PROPERTY IS IN.
NO, WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER WITH WHATEVER, WHATEVER IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS THEIRS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE, IT'S NOT ABOUT TRYING TO CITE ANYBODY.
IT'S ABOUT JUST TRYING TO AESTHETICALLY IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN THAT ALLEYWAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE PROJECT'S GOING TO BE, UH, BASED ON.
UH, SO, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, NEXT MONTH WITH THIS AB ABSOLUTELY.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT THERE BY THE OKAY.
[8. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATION OF SERVE ROBOTICS’ AI-POWERED SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. ]
DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATIONS OF SERVE ROBOTICS, AI POWERED SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED BY PUBLIC WORKS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A NEWER ITEM, UH, TO US.
UH, AND IN LOOKING AT THROUGH THIS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY SEEING THE ACTUAL SERVICE BOTS OUT IN THE ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME CORRESPONDENCE WITH THEM AND THEY'VE RAISED SOME, SOME CONCERNS.
AND I, I THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF A PROGRAM, UH, ONCE THE CITY ESTABLISHES WORKS, YOU KNOW, ROUTINELY AND THERE'S SAFETY THINGS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST KIND OF LIKE MOVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND SOMETIMES, I MEAN, I EVEN HAD NO EXPERIENCE OF WHEN I WAS COMING BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, BY 17TH STREET BY MERIDIAN, I WAS TURNING AND IT WAS COMING IN THE CROSSWALK AND THEN IT JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE HAD A WEIRD REACTION AND, AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF PAUSE.
SO IT'S JUST THESE KIND OF THINGS WE NEED TO JUST GET TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
BUT I, BUT I THINK, UH, AGAIN, WORKING WITH PD AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE GROUP SERVE, UH, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM EVENTUALLY THAT WILL, UH, BE EFFECTIVE AND ALLOW THEM TO SERVE IN A GOOD WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO SHOULD WE KEEP THIS ITEM TO THE APRIL 9TH MEETING TO SEE WHAT PROGRESS YOU'VE MADE? AB AB? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THEN WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER NINE
[9. DISCUSS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SIDEWALKS ON COLLINS AVENUE WITH MOSAIC DESIGNS, LANDSCAPING AND DECORATIVE UPLIGHTING.]
IS DISCUSS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SIDEWALKS OF ON COLLINS AVENUE WITH MOSAIC DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE.AND DECORATIVE UPLIGHTING IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING.
YEAH, SO, SO THIS ITEM'S VERY SIMILAR TO OBVIOUSLY THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ON OCEAN AND WE'RE LOOKING OUT ON WASHINGTON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY, UH, UH, CHALLENGE, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH COLLINS IS THAT IT'S ON FDOT ROADWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HAD WITH THE SECRETARY ABOUT THIS.
I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, MORE SO FOR US IS, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE DOT WOULD LOVE TO GIVE US ALL THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE OVER ALL OF THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR US, UH, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE TO TAKE ALL THAT MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, WITH IT.
UM, WHAT WE DID IN THE INTERIM WAS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY PUT TOGETHER SOME PROPOSALS AS IT RELATED TO THE LIGHTING.
UM, AND AS RELATED TO SIDEWALKS AS WELL OVER THERE.
AND I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE ABOUT THREE, A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.
UM, UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SYNCED WITH DOT AND TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUT THERE AND, AND THEM BE ON BOARD WITH IT.
SO AS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS ITEM, AND IT'S NOT, I WAS FOCUSING ON COLLINS AVENUE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW COLLINS AVENUE ALL THE WAY UP, IT'S REALLY IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION.
AND, UM, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE RECENTLY COMMISSIONED THIS STUDY THROUGH DAVID GOMEZ
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AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OFFICE OF CIP FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO A STUDY IN RESILIENCY OF SIDEWALKS.AND WE ACTUALLY FOUND THAT THE PAVER OPTION IS AN OPTION THAT IS EASY REPLACEMENT, RESILIENT.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE COLORS, IT LASTS PRETTY WELL.
WE SAW IT ON THE BEACH WALK WORKING, THEY CAN DO PATTERNS ON IT.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COLLINS AVENUE FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM FIRST STREET ALL THE WAY UP WITH BEAUTIFUL SIDEWALKS THAT ALL MATCH.
NOW I KNOW THAT THAT'S A LONG-TERM GOAL, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE GENERAL OBLIGATION FUND MONEY TO REPLACE SIDEWALKS.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS USING CONCRETE AS MATERIAL, BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT COLLINS AS ONE OF OUR MOST ICONIC STREETS.
AND, UM, SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS RECOMMENDING, BRAD? I KNOW YOU JUST YEAH, WE, WE LOOKED AT SOME, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S DOT ROADWAY AND NEEDING APPROVAL, UM, WE TALKED, WE, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE, UH, UPLIGHTING, WHICH REQUIRE US TO HAVE SERVICE POINTS, SO THERE'S COSTS FOR THAT.
UM, AND WE ALSO GOT A QUOTE FROM, UH, R AND D ELECTRIC AS IT RELATED TO PERMANENT UPLIGHTS, WHICH WAS CLOSE TO 1.3 MILLION.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT, THAT GO WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO PROPOSED SOME DIFFERENT SIDEWALKS, UM, SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID THAT ON WASHINGTON, BUT MIGHT BE DREAD, UM, THE SHELL SPECIALTY CONCRETE AND STAMP CONCRETE.
UM, AND, AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT, AS WAS DISCUSSED, UM, THE MOSAIC WALKWAYS BY BURLE MARKS TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW THESE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SIDEWALKS LOOK.
SO WE, WE, WE LOOKED AT JUST DIFFERENT KIND OF CONCEPTS, UM, UH, THAT WE SIMILARLY LOOKED AT.
SO IN LIGHT OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SHOWED, UM, AT MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION WEEK, UH, LEAGUE LAST WEEK, WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO, UM, DO ON THIS ITEM OR AGREE WITH ME IS TO PRICE OUT THE NEW MATERIALS THAT WE SAW, THE PAVER OF MATERIALS, UM, BASED ON THE STUDY FROM 50 15TH STREET IN, UM, IN, IN ONE OF THE PATTERNS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE DIFFERENT PATTERNS THAT THEY CHOSE SIMILARLY, LIKE WHAT WE SAW YES.
AND THEN BRING, AND THEN BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH WITH A PRICE FOR EACH OF THE PATTERNS SO WE CAN MAKE A CHOICE FROM FIFTH TO 15TH.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN IF ONCE THIS, ONCE THIS COMMITTEE REVIEWS IT, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WEIGH IN ON IT AT THIS MEETING RIGHT HERE, UM, WE COULD REALLY START THE BEAUTIFICATION AND RAMP UP.
IF YOU SEE COLLINS AVENUE FROM FIFTH TO 15TH STREET, ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE THESE ICONIC PATTERN SIDEWALKS WITH THIS NEW, BEAUTIFUL, RESILIENT MATERIAL.
SO, AND IT'S NOT OUT OF OUR REACH NOW, BRAD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE TO EVEN WORRY ABOUT THE SHELL OR THE STAMPED CONCRETE OR THE RED, PINK CONCRETE BY THE WAY, THE CONCRETE IS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE RED.
EVERYBODY'S CALLING THE SIDEWALKS RED.
BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE LIKE RUST RED
AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING.
AND THEN IT'S RUST RED IN EVERY SHADE OF THE RAINBOW.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT, BUT, BUT DO IT IN, IN IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WHEN YOU PRICE THIS OUT MM-HMM
PRICE IT AND JUST PLAIN, PLAIN PINK.
IT'S NOT RED PINK, PLAIN PINK PATTERNED.
UM, AND THE SHORELINE PATTERN IS ACTUALLY QUITE PRETTY.
BUT I WOULD DO ALL FOUR PATTERNS THAT THEY SUGGEST.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING TO GET THAT ESTIMATE.
SO BRING IT BACK WITH THAT ESTIMATE AND THEN WE WILL MAKE IT CHOICE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
IF WE GET COLLINS AVENUE, UM, RUNNING THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BID IS ON BOARD WITH THESE NEW SIDEWALK MATERIALS.
OCEAN DRIVE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK.
I PRESENTED WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND THEY, UM, OR IT WAS A DIFFICULT MEETING BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE US TO EXPAND THE SIDEWALK.
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE FULL FUNDING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE JUST RETURNED, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING COLLINS AVENUE TO A TWO WAY CONFIGURATION.
MARK? IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, OCEAN, OCEAN, EXCUSE ME, TO THE TWO WAY.
SO NOW TO EXPAND THE SIDEWALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WOULD BE CRAZY, BUT I'M TRYING TO CONVINCE, UM, THE STAKEHOLDERS ON OCEAN DRIVE THAT SIDEWALKS AND LIGHTING WOULD BE A GREAT FIT.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD START WITH COLLINS AND SEE WHERE WE GO.
IF, UH, CALLER, USER ONE, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF AND SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THIS.
THE UPLIGHTING OF THE PALM TREES IS BEAUTIFUL AND I
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I HEARD THAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED ON COLLINS AVENUE.COLLINS AVENUE IS A REALLY DARK STREET.
THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREET SURFACE ITSELF ARE DARK.
SO IN ADDITION TO UPLIGHTING, IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SAFETY AND FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE WALKING IF THE SIDEWALKS WERE ALSO LIT IN A MORE IMPROVED WAY.
AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, BRAD, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT PRESENTATION HAD THOSE COOL RING LIGHTS AROUND THE PALM TREES, CAN YOU FIND OUT HOW MANY PALM TREES WE HAVE AND WHAT THE RING LIGHTS WOULD COST TOO, SO THAT WE DO THIS RESEARCH? THEY CAME UP WITH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, DAVID GOMEZ TO SEND US ALL THAT PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE IT, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE, BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR, I DON'T THINK HE WAS THERE THAT NIGHT, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RING LIGHTING PRESENTATION COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS THERE.
AND, UM, IT WAS KIND OF EXCITING TO DO THIS SIDEWALK STUDY.
SO, UM, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THESE RING LIGHTS LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PALM TREES THERE ARE ON COLLINS.
I'D HAVE TO GO AND WALK IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S THESE COOL RING LIGHTS THAT THEY CAN ADJUST, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES IF THEY WANTED TO EASE, EASILY.
CHANGE THE LIGHT BULBS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU LIGHT THE STREET TOO.
MARK TAXES, COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE JUDGE'S ORIGINAL ORDER WAS TO RETURN IT TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC WITH THAT ORDER WAS STAYED.
SO IT'S KIND OF PENDING RIGHT NOW.
I'M TRYING, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT CHANGING BACK.
WELL, I WOULD LET, UH, I WOULD DEFER TO ROB, BUT THAT, THAT ORDER THAT, WELL, WE'RE NOT DECIDING THAT RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
I JUST WANTED, THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.
AND THERE'S A WHOLE LEGAL SITUATION.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFYING SIDEWALKS, WHAT WE HAVE YES, MA'AM.
RIGHT NOW USING THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US IN, IN, IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN GET IT DONE.
AND WE HAVE, SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
JANE KREPP, IF YOU CAN PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UM, JUST WANNA UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE SITUATION WITH LIGHTING AND SIDEWALKS.
UM, YESTERDAY, ME AND EDNA, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EDNA MET WITH CIP AND THE ARCHITECTS CALVIN GIORDANO, TO DISCUSS, UH, THE MEETING, UM, THAT, UH, WAS AT MDPL ABOUT THE SIDEWALK PATTERNING AND LIGHTING.
SO WE HAD ABOUT A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH THEM AND JUST WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, WHATEVER HAPPENS ON OCEAN DRIVE IS PROBABLY GONNA HAPPEN ON WASHINGTON SINCE THEY ARE THE MASTER PLANNERS REGARDING SIDEWALKS.
AND THEY ARE PREPARING A SURVEY, WHICH WOULD BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I BELIEVE, BEFORE THE APRIL COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THEY'RE, UH, IT'S A BALLOT VOTE, UH, FOR STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PRESENTED WITH THE OPTIONS.
AND, UM, SO I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE DAVID GOMEZ DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE ARCHITECTS ARE ALREADY ON THE WAY DOING THAT AND IT'S IN THE PROCESS.
SO, UM, I WOULD NOT HAVE THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG HERE.
I WOULD RELY ON THE ARCHITECTS AND, UM, METHOD AS THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DO, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MASTER PLANNERS AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD NOT, BUT IN AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.
YES, I, DAVID GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF CIP.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, OUR CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON THE SURVEY BASED ON THE PRESENTATION WE PROVIDED FOR OCEAN DRIVE ONLY.
THEY ARE NOT THE MASTER PLANNERS FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THEY ARE LIMITING THEIR FOCUS ON OCEAN DRIVE AND, AND HOW WE BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THE EVENTUAL PLAN FOR OCEAN DRIVE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK IS SAD ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BEAUTIFY COLLINS AVENUE AND POSSIBLY BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON.
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH OCEAN, BECAUSE THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I FIND IT DISAPPOINTING THAT I, I I UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL VISION, BUT THE WAY THAT WE ENVISION THE SIDEWALKS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE ENTIRE MASTER PLAN.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH COLLINS AND WASHINGTON, UM, I WILL, I'M GOING TO PULL BACK ON OCEAN AND, UM, AND WAIT UNTIL THIS SURVEY, WHEN IS THIS, WHEN WILL THIS SURVEY BE COMPLETED? WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THE FORMAT READY, UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND GET IT OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN AHEAD OF, UH, THE APRIL COMMISSION MEETING.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS SURVEY WILL HELP US FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND IN THE INTERIM, UH, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH COLLINS IN WASHINGTON.
WE, THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH COLOR CHOICES FOR FIFTH TO 15TH.
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OF, WE HAVE THE CHOICES, THEY'RE JUST GONNA PRICE THEM OUT AND BRING THEM BACK TO US.SO WE HAVE CHOICES AND PRICES.
[10. DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A "COMMUNITY PIANO," ALONG WITH PROPOSED LOCATIONS FOR ONE PIANO IN SOUTH BEACH AND ONE IN NORTH BEACH]
10.ITEM NUMBER 10 IS DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A COMMUNITY PIANO ALONG WITH PROPOSED LOCATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE PIANO IN SOUTH BEACH AND ONE IN NORTH BEACH.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND TOURISM MILL PRESENT.
I'M EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD, UM, THIS ITEM TODAY BECAUSE IT SPEAKS, UM, TO THE HEART OF WHAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH SPECIAL.
IT'S THAT WE'RE A VIBRANT AND CREATIVE COMMUNITY, AND I WANTED TO DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF COMMUNITY PIANOS.
ONE IN POSSIBLY IN SOUTH BEACH, ONE, POSSIBLY IN NORTH BEACH.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST IT BEING A PIANO OR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, IT'S ABOUT BEING A GATHERING SPACE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE JUST TO BE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, MOMENTS OF, OF JOY, UM, BEING CALLOUS FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO IMAGINE THE OPPORTUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, WALKING ALONG LINCOLN ROAD OR WALKING ALONG THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN AND SUDDENLY HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S FILLED WITH A SOUND OF, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL PIANO PLAYING.
UM, MAYBE IT'S A CHILD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PLAYING THEIR FIRST NOTES OR IS A LOCAL PIANIST, UH, SHARING SOME OF THEIR TALENTS OR SOME STRANGER JUST SPONTANEOUSLY, UM, GOING AND, UH, AND JUST BRINGING JOY TO THE AREA WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR MUSIC.
I THINK IT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT TURNS PUBLIC SPACES INTO SPECIAL EXPERIENCES THAT ARE NOT ONLY INVITING TO OUR VISITORS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN A SPECIAL AND EXCITING AND A POSITIVE AND AN UPLIFTING WAY.
AND SO I SEE WE HAVE OUR STAFF HERE, FRANCIS, UH, TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM.
FRANCIS, I WANNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THESE PROGRAMS BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER AREAS IN NEW YORK.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN LONDON AND PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD DO THIS, AND IT REALLY BRINGS JOY AND JUST POSITIVE ENERGY TO THE AREAS.
AND I THINK WE ALWAYS WANT MORE OF THAT IN MIAMI BEACH.
UH, COMMISSIONER MADAM CHAIR FRANCIS, VICE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO, JUST A POINT OF, UH, BACKGROUND.
UM, AT THAT TIME, STAFF, UM, ENGAGED WITH TWO, UH, POSSIBLE PROGRAMS. ONE OF THEM BEING SING FOR HOPE PIANOS.
UM, THE REFERRAL AT THE TIME WAS TO A IPP.
THERE WAS NO, UH, FUNDING IDENTIFIED WITH A IPP.
NOW, WITH THIS NEW REFERRAL, WE HAVE AGAIN, COMMUNICATED WITH THAT PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
SO IN THE MEMO TODAY, WE DO PRESENT, UM, WHAT THAT PROGRAM COULD DO, POTENTIAL ITERATIONS OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, IN YOUR REFERRAL THIS TIME YOU'RE ALSO ASKING FOR TWO POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.
ONE IN SOUTH BEACH AND ONE IN NORTH BEACH.
UM, SO FOR HERE, FOR DISCUSSION, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY THOUGHTS ON THOSE POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR SOUTH BEACH.
WE WERE THINKING LOOMIS PARK, ESPANOLA WAY, LINCOLN ROAD, UM, AND THEN IN NORTH BEACH, AS YOU MENTIONED, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN SAL PARK, MAYBE ALTO ZAMAR PARK.
UM, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACEMAKING, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING, UH, PROGRAM THAT COULD TAKE PLACE WITH THE PIANOS.
UM, IN SPEAKING TO SING FOR HOPE, THEY DO HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS TO CREATE THE PIANOS OFFSITE WITH OUR INPUT WITH WHEN IT COMES TO ARTISTIC CREATIONS AND THEN SHIP THEM TO MIAMI BEACH.
ANOTHER ONE IS TO HAVE ALMOST LIKE A STUDIO OR, OR HAVE THE ARTIST CREATE THEM IN MIAMI BEACH.
THE FUNDING COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 35 TO $40,000.
UM, SO IN DISCUSSION TODAY, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ON LO THOUGHTS ON LOCATIONS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY ANY POSSIBLE FUNDING IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT IT WOULD BE A PILOT PROGRAM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, EVEN IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THAT IT, THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, TEMPORARY IN NATURE.
SO WE CAN FOCUS ON A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD MAYBE, AND START THERE.
UM, WE'VE HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT THE PROGRAMS HAVE PRIVATE FUNDING ALONGSIDE, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE GRANT FUNDING.
BUT, UM, HAPPY TO HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ANY PREFERENCES ON LOCATIONS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY BUDGET.
AND SO THANK YOU FRANCIS AND THROUGH THE CHAIR.
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OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.UM, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST HAVING A ROTATING, MAYBE CAN WE HAVE A ROTATING PIANO, UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE IN NORTH BEACH BY THE FOUNTAIN SOME DAYS AND ANOTHER AND OTHER DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN LOOMIS PARK.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE A SCHEDULE WHERE THE PIANO CAN BE IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND IN DIFFERENT TIMES TO, UH, TO, TO, TO SEE ENGAGEMENT.
UM, I ALSO THINK, SO TELL ME A A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE PIANO, EXPLAIN THAT TO THE COMMITTEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO, AND, AND I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE.
UM, SO AS MENTIONED, UH, IT WOULD BE WITH, IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE CREATIVE, UM, OR ARTISTIC DESIGNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT WE CAN PROBABLY JUST WORK WITH THE, UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PANELS RIGHT NOW, SO WE WOULD HAVE, SO, SO WHY COULDN'T WE, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY CAN'T WE PURCHASE A PIANO? UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE USED PIANOS ALL THE TIME, AND WHY CAN'T WE JUST PURCHASE A USED PIANO? LIKE, AND THAT'S HOW I'VE SEEN IT IN MOST PLACES.
YOU MIGHT SEE ONE IN AN ALLEY OR YOU MIGHT SEE LIKE, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT BECOMES SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL AND ORGANIC.
WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY COMPLICATED IT.
WE ACHIEVE THE OUTCOME OF FILLING A VOID THAT SOMETIMES COULD EXIST WITH ORGANICALLY OCCURRING PROGRAMMING BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THIS SPACE.
THE PROGRAMMING DOESN'T ALWAYS NEED TO BE CURATED, UH, BY US ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME IN AND JUST PLAY THEIR, THEIR TUNES AND JUST NATURALLY AND ORGANICALLY ENLIGHTEN THE SPACE.
AND ALL THAT WE DO IS PROVIDE A PIANO.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FANCY PIANO.
THERE ARE PIANOS FOR SALE, USED PIANOS FOR SALE ALL THE TIME.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO GET THE FEEDBACK OF MY COLLEAGUES 'CAUSE I SEE MY COLLEAGUE HAS HER HAND RAISED.
AND THEN I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ADDRESSED THIS, BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP A PIANO TUNED AND NOT WORKED WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA TOUCH ON TOO.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ENVISION IT AS A TEMPORARY MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
AND THAT'S WHY AT THE TIME, I BELIEVE THE, THE STAFF REACHED OUT TO THIS PROGRAM AND ALSO REACHED OUT AGAIN THIS TIME, UM, FOR THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TEMPORARY AND THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH THAT WITH THE MAINTENANCE.
BUT TUNING WHY WE DO, WHY DO ONE THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT HUMIDITY AND STUFF, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA GO DIRECTLY TO THE KEYS.
LISTEN, YOU CAN PROBABLY GO ONLINE ON CRAIGSLIST AND FIND A USED PIANO FOR AS LITTLE AS, YOU KNOW, 500, A THOUSAND.
I THINK THE COST IS GONNA BE THE TUNING.
THAT'S ALL YOU'LL HAVE TO DO BECAUSE YOU'LL BUY ONE OF THESE OLDER PIANOS AND IT JUST NEEDS TO BE TUNED OR CALLED.
ROBERT WILLIAMS. THAT'S THE PIANO MOVER.
UM, I SUPPORT, I THINK IF YOU WANTED TO REALLY, WE SHOULD HAVE ONE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
LIKE AS YOU COME IN, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
IT, I WOULD PUT, LOOK, IF WE'RE GONNA BUY AND DECORATE A PIANO, IT HAS TO BE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING BECAUSE OF THE ELEMENTS.
UM, BUT I WOULD PUT THESE OTHER PIANOS.
YOU HAVE TO FIND A COVERED AREA.
IT DEFINITELY CAN'T GET RAINED ON.
BUT THEY DO IT IN OTHER PLACES.
THEY THREW IT IN OTHER PLACES AROUND AROUND THE WORLD.
I WAS, WHY DON'T WE PUT ONE IN CITY HALL? I WAS, YEAH, THAT'D BE NICE.
BUT ONE IN CITY HALL, PUT ONE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER AND YOU CAN BUY USED PIANOS.
BUT THE IDEA IS PUBLIC AREAS, UH, FINDING, FINDING A WAY, LIKE FOR LIKE ON LINCOLN ROAD OR PUBLIC AREAS THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN IN NATURE, WHERE WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS HAVE PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE TO ORGANICALLY DO THE PROGRAMMING, TUNING A PIANO.
I, I MEAN, TUNING A PIANO'S LIKE 150 BUCKS, IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE TO TUNE A PIANO.
UM, AND WE CAN, WE CAN TRY IT OUT.
IT IT, IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT, IT DOESN'T WORK.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THIS IS WHAT IN OTHER PLACES THEY DO, THEY PUT AN UPRIGHT, UH, PIANO AGAINST, AGAINST A WALL, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GOT AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ACTIVITY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL ACTIVITY.
AND MAYBE WE CAN PARTNER WITH A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT'S WILLING TO ROLL IT IN AND ROLL IT OUT.
I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE STUFF LIKE THIS OUT.
UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT FROM POLICE, THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE AN AREA, YOU NEED POSITIVE ACTIVATION.
NOW, POSITIVE ACTIVATION DOESN'T ALWAYS NEED TO BE CURATED TO THE T BY US, BY THE GOVERNMENT.
YOU NEED TO LEAVE ROOM FOR CREATIVITY
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AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE THE ACTIVATION.AND AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE ALSO SEEN IN OTHER PLACES WHEN THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER TYPES OF AILMENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS, INSERTING MUSIC HELPS ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE ISSUES AS AS WELL.
WHY DON'T WE BRING THIS BACK? LET'S, LET'S, YOU'RE GETTING SOME GREAT FEEDBACK HERE.
SOME GREAT IDEAS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
AND, UH, HOW LOUD ARE THE PIANOS? IF WE PUT THEM IN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE HOTEL GUESTS AND, UM, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
WHAT TYPE OF GUARDRAILS? WHAT IF SOMEBODY COMES EVERY DAY WITH A TIP JAR AND WANTS TO MONOPOLIZE IT FOR THEIR BUSINESS? UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND IF I MAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
I BELIEVE THE INTENT WAS IN A PUBLIC SPACE, SO NOT IN, IN A, IN A RESIDENTIAL.
BUT WE CAN ALSO, WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU TOOK IT RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH THAT WE WERE, I WANTED TO PROPOSE TO BRING IT BACK WITH THIS, THIS FEEDBACK.
AND SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE COST OF PURCHASING AND ALSO THE MAINTENANCE PLAN COSTS AND SEE WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.
ALSO, EVEN IF WE DO KEEP IT, IF WE PURCHASE IT, WE WOULD HA WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT WHEN WE WOULD ACTIVATE IT AND MAYBE NON RAINY DAYS, NON RAINY TIMES OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND WE WANNA PRESENT IT THAT AS WELL.
AND MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT MAY HAVE AN OLD PIANO THAT MAY JUST WANNA GIVE IT AWAY AND WE CAN TAKE IT OFF THEIR HANDS AND WE CAN PILOT IT.
DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS PIANOS AND WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET ALL SORTS OF PIANOS? IS DR.
AND SO SHE CAN GUIDE YOU TO WHERE YOU CAN BUY A SECONDHAND PIANO FOR CHEAP.
BACHI, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL THAT WE DO EVERY DECEMBER.
AND THE UNIVERSITY IS LIKE, I THINK THE SCHOOLS OF MUSIC ALSO, EVERY SO OFTEN THEY SELL THEM.
'CAUSE SHE EVEN SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER NEED A PIANO, CALL ME.
AND SO SHE, I THINK SHE KNOWS
ANYONE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR SHE MOVED AROUND LIKE 30 OR 40 PIANOS DURING THIS FESTIVAL.
SHE HAD PIANOS IN THE HOTEL ROOMS AT HER HOTEL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
SO, SO I'M NOT, UH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY ITEM.
THIS IS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ICING ON THE CAKE ITEM.
IT'S ABOUT GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BEAUTIFUL AND UPLIFTING.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO RUSH THIS.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES AND A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON, ON OUR BEHALF.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME.
THIS IS NOT, UH, UH, AN EMERGENCY ITEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT 'CAUSE NO PRESSURE ON YOU.
SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK APRIL 9TH.
ALRIGHT, APRIL, UH, NUMBER 11.
[11. DISCUSS DESIGNATING AN AREA AROUND THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN TO DISPLAY ART, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO CURATE]
DISCUSSED DESIGNATING AN AREA AROUND THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN TO DISPLAY ART NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO CURATE.THIS IS GONNA BE SPONSORED BY TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER B.
AND TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PRESENTED.
UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, UH, NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, UH, THEY DIS THEY, THEY EXPRESSED AN IN AN INTEREST TO HELP CURATE ART, UH, IN THE, IN THE AREAS SURROUNDING, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN AND, AND SURROUNDING THOSE BUSINESSES.
UM, AND, UH, AND THE INTENT OF, OF MY ITEM, UH, WAS TO DESIGNATE AN AREA, UH, WHERE, WHERE THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION COULD, COULD, YOU KNOW, HELP IN DISPLAYING THAT.
THAT OUR, I THINK WE DO IT ALREADY IN A SIMILAR FASHION, UH, WITH THE LINCOLN ROAD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND THIS WOULD BE ALMOST TO EXTENT, UH, TO, UH, TO THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, UH, AROUND THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN.
THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ENHANCE THE CULTURAL PROGRAMMING THERE.
SO FRANCIS, UH, I'LL LET LET YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER.
AND AS MENTIONED, UM, THE, THE CITY DOES, UH, PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP TO THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING.
WE ACTUALLY HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ALREADY ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, WE'RE PREPARED TO WORK WITH THEM TO HELP IDENTIFY ANY AREAS TO DISPLAY THE ART AND GUIDE THEM IN THE CREATION OF NEEDED.
WHAT WE, UH, ARE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WHEN ART IS IDENTIFIED, THAT THEY TAKE IT
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TO A IPP AS HAS BEEN DONE WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS.UM, THIS, UH, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN, THEY ACTUALLY DID DO A PRESENTATION BACK IN NOVEMBER FOR ARTWORK THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE UP FOR ART WEEK.
AND THEY RECEIVED A, A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM A IPP.
UM, SO WE WOULD SUGGEST THE SAME.
UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM.
SO, SO, SO, SO WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS FOR, IS NOT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS FOR THIS STILL TO GO THROUGH A IPP.
IT IT IS, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE FOR APPROPRIATENESS.
SO FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OTHER, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE LINCOLN ROAD BID MM-HMM
THE LINCOLN ROAD BID IS ABLE TO CURATE THEIR ART ON LINCOLN ROAD.
DOES THE LINCOLN ROAD BID HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS? I, I WANNA CHECK, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY, MAYBE NOT IN ALL INSTANCES, BUT WE DO, THEY DO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY AND WE DO REVIEW, UM, OUR STAFF IS AWARE OF ALL THE ARTWORK THAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE IT'S PERMITTED THROUGH THE, UM, THEIR MASTER PERMIT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I LEFT OUT FOR NORMANDY FOUNTAIN.
WE WOULD ALSO INCLUDE IN THEIR MASTER PERMIT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY THROUGH THEIR MASTER PERMIT TO CURATE THE ART AROUND THE FOUNTAIN.
I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE TIED UP IN A LONG BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEDICATING SO MUCH TIME MM-HMM
AND SO MUCH EFFORT TO UPLIFT THAT AREA.
UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE, UH, THE CULTURAL SCENE.
UH, THERE, THERE IN, IN NORTH BEACH.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DELEGATE THIS ABILITY TO, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IS, I DON'T RECALL, I DON'T RECALL THE LINCOLN ROAD BID HAVING TO COME BEFORE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR THEIR INSTALLATIONS.
UM, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SIT ON THE LINCOLN ROAD, UH, BOARD MEETINGS WHERE THEY PRESENT THEIR ARTWORK.
AND, UM, I OPINED AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, FOR APPROPRIATENESS, THEY DO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH US.
WE COULD STILL DO THAT WITH THE NORMY FOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION AS WELL.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ARTWORK IS APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC.
BUT, BUT ONE THING IS TO OPINE, ANOTHER THING IS TO SEND IT THROUGH THROUGH A PROCESS.
I MEAN, I WOULD IMAGINE IF IT GOES TO ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES, THERE'S AN APPLICATION PERIOD, THERE'S A REVIEW PROCESS CRITERIA.
AND I ACTUALLY MET WITH, UH, DAVID SEXTON, UM, THIS WEEK AND SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
BASICALLY WE JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
I'D RATHER I, I GET IT, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE IT AS MUCH AS I CAN FOR THEM.
I LIKE, I LIKE THE IDEA TO DO IT SIMILAR TO HOW THE LINCOLN ROAD, BUT DOES IT THAT THEY ENGAGE WITH YOU SURE.
THAT YOU PROVIDE, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL, YOUR INPUT AND THEN, AND THEN THAT WAY WE HELP, UH, WE HELP CUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE, OF THE RED TAPE WITHIN.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT GUSTAVO BRIANNE'S BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF JOSE DESSAN MARTIN, WHERE IS THAT GOING? IN NORMANDY FOUNTAIN? WE KNOW THAT.
WE PASSED SOMETHING TO PLACE IT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THIS AFFECTS THAT AT ALL.
HAVE WE, DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE PLACING IT AND HOW WE'RE PLACING IT? OR IS THAT BEYOND? WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT YET.
THIS IS PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAZA.
WOULD YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THE AREA FOR THAT? THEY'VE BEEN LEADING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, CAN WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SIT, ARE YOU, WELL, CAN YOU HAVE SOMETHING READY BY THE MEETING WEDNESDAY SO THAT WE CAN JUST GET THIS DONE ON THE GUSTAVO BRION THING, AT LEAST UNDER THIS ITEM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO IT UNDER THIS ITEM OR WHERE THE ITEM IS IN THE PIPELINE.
I THINK THE, THE INE THE PORUS ITEM HAS TO BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE CITY CODE, UH, AS RELATES TO MONUMENTS THAT IT FOLLOWS A SPECIFIC PROCESS.
BUT IF, IF IT CAN BE INCLUDED HERE.
I, WE'RE NOT HANDLING THAT ITEM.
I NEED TO CHECK, UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? MAYBE PROPERTY.
UM, FACILITIES, BECAUSE WE DID PASS IT, CORRECT.
BUT DID WE PASS IT AS A REFERRAL OR JUST A
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RESOLUTION TO PLACE IT IN THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN? WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT THEN, IF NOT YOU? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FACILITIES FOR, WE DON'T DO MONUMENTS.COULD WE, OH, SO, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, COULD YOU BRING BACK LANGUAGE AT THE NEXT MEETING? BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I SEE THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF WHAT WE SENT TO THE COMMISSION, THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE THAT WOULD GIVE, THAT WOULD DESIGNATE THE ABILITY FOR THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO CURATE THE, THE ART, BUT ALSO SHOWING A MAP OF THE AREA THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CURATE.
SO, SO, SO, SO LET'S BRING THAT BACK, UH, MADAM CHAIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A DESIGNATED AREA, MORE DISCUSSIONS.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ALSO FINDS ITS WAY.
SO MAYBE, SO IF YOU BRING US THE, THE ITEM OF WHAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY SEND TO COMMISSION MM-HMM
AND A MAP SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY VET THAT.
AND MADAM CHAIR, FOR THE RECORD, IT'S, IT'S FACILITIES OVERSEAS.
THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE MONUMENTS.
I NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
[15. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM TO FACILITATE THE REPORTING OF CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS]
YEP.DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM TO FACILITATE, SORRY, TO FACILITATE THE REPORTING OF CODE COMPLIANCE COMPLAINTS.
THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY MAGAZINE AND CODE.
AND IT WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
SO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, TAKE IT AWAY.
UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM IN JANUARY.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS FINALIZING, UH, SOME, SOME TECHNOLOGY, UH, FEATURES TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THIS, UH, THIS TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM TO CODE.
SO I LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR CHIEF, UH, INFORMATION OFFICER AND FROM OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN, UH, ADVANCE ON THIS TECHNOLOGY TO MODERNIZE HOW OUR RESIDENTS CAN ENGAGE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENTS.
ANA, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
UM, AS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MENTIONED, THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION, UH, FOR THIS TEXTING, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE SE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION AND THE BOT THAT WE BUILT THAT WILL ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH OVER TEXT IS COMPLETE.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER COMPONENTS TO THAT THAT I'LL LET, UH, HERNAN MAYBE COMMENT ON IF HE HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO, UH, TO ADD TO IT.
UM, THE CODE DEPARTMENT USES THE PARKING DISPATCH CALL CENTER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE DURING THE OFF HOURS.
SO THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS, UH, PROJECT IS TO GET THE, UH, PARKING DISPATCH CENTER ONBOARDED, UH, WITH THE SYSTEM AND TRAINED.
AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, TO FINE TUNE THE MESSAGING.
SO WHEN YOU TEXT THE SYSTEM, IT, IT FEELS MORE OF A NATURAL CONVERSATION AND WE'RE CAPTURING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE READY TO GO IN CODE COMPLIANCE.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THOSE THAT WE DO THIS AFTER SPRING BREAK, SO THAT WE IMPLEMENT APRIL 1ST, THAT WILL ALSO GIVE OUR PARTNERS IN PARKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THEM TO DO THE TRAINING AND GEAR UP THEIR PERSONNEL ALSO.
AND SO, UM, I JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING, SINCE, SINCE THIS IS ROUTED THROUGH THE PARKING DEPARTMENT, WILL PARKING BE ABLE TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY AS WELL? OR, OR, THIS IS RIGHT NOW ONLY LIMITED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE PILOT, WHICH IS HOW WE'RE TREATING THIS, UM, IS SPECIFIC TO CODE.
THE WAY WE BUILT IT FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT IS TO BE ABLE TO SCALE THIS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS NEEDED.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT, UM, IT'S A TOOL FOR CODE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
LAUNCHING IT AFTER SPRING BREAK MAKES COMPLETE AND TOTAL SENSE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE MARKET IT WELL BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TEXTING THEIR CODE ISSUES.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'RE TEXTING THE WRONG PEOPLE.
AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TRAIN OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ON, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S THIS NEW NUMBER THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
UH, SO THAT, SO THAT THEY CAN GET BETTER RESPONSE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ADDING A PROCESS.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE ADDING A PROCESS BY TEXTING US, BECAUSE
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ULTIMATELY WE JUST HAVE TO ROUTE IT TO THE APPROPRIATE, UH, CHANNELS.IF THE RESIDENT STARTS BY REPORTING IT TO THE RIGHT NUMBER IN THEIR PREFERRED MODE OF COMMUNICATION, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE EO APP OR WHETHER IT BE BY EMAIL OR CALLING THE NUMBER, OR NOW SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE, THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE AND ADDRESS THEIR ISSUE MORE, MORE, MORE QUICKLY.
SO, UH, WHO'S GONNA WORK ON COMMUNICATING THIS TO THE PUBLIC? ONCE WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH IT? WE'LL DO IT WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO LET'S BE IN TOUCH ONCE WE ROLL OUT.
LET'S BE IN TOUCH WITH, UH, ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KEY SUCCESS IN THIS, IT'S NOT JUST HAVING THE TECHNOLOGIES, NOT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING PROPERLY, BUT IT'S ALSO LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY.
COMMISSIONER, I REALLY LIKE IT.
IT'S A NICE WAY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD THE
AND, UM, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, I'D LIKE TO, UH, CO-SPONSOR THIS ITEMS. OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND, UH, BOTH HERNAN AND FRANK AND THEIR TEAMS. UH, THIS WAS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT FIRST LOOKED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME, THERE MAY BE SOMEONE THAT'S WORKING AND SOMEONE THAT'S NOT WORKING.
AND BEING ABLE TO GET THAT MESSAGE TO SOMEONE THAT CAN BE RESPONSIVE AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THE CONCERN RIGHT AWAY, UM, WAS CERTAINLY CHALLENGING.
AND BOTH OF THEM REALLY GOT CREATIVE AND, AND THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
NOW THIS IS, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
AND ALSO HELPING WE GET THOSE 1:00 AM AND 2:00 AM TEXT MESSAGES.
UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HER.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
JANE KREPP, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA, BUT, UH, AS A PERSON WHO CALLS, UH, PARKING AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN TIMES A DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO GET THE MESSAGE, PLEASE ADD PARKING TO THIS.
IT WOULD EXPEDITE PARKING, UM, ENFORCEMENT ARRIVING FASTER.
PART OF THE PROBLEM, WE HAVE THESE TRUCKS SAY, YOU KNOW, I TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT IN THE LOADING ZONE.
AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE CAN PARK ANYWHERE WE WANT.
THEY HAVE A VERY BAD ATTITUDE.
AND SINCE THE PROMENADE HAS BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC, THEY, THESE TRUCKS 90% OF THE TIME DO NOT USE THE LOADING ZONE.
AND THEY GO ON OCEAN DRIVE WHERE THERE'S NO LOADING, HUGE TRUCKS ARE GOING THERE.
I THINK THIS WOULD GET THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE HERE FASTER.
SO, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY BUILDING, I SAY, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING GATES BLOCKED AND I SAY, CALL PARKING AND THEY SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS.
BUT IF THEY COULD TAKE A PICTURE AND TEXT IT TO PARKING, THAT WOULD EXPEDITE THE WHOLE PROCESS.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THE, THIS TEXT MESSAGING WILL INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND JUST, UM, PLEASE ADD PARKING TO IT NOW.
EVERYTHING IS ONE STEP AT A TIME.
WE HAVE TO TEST THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE TO PILOT THE TECHNOLOGY BEFORE WE EXPAND THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS BY GETTING, UH, THE TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM AND, UH, AND YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL WORK, UH, IN GETTING TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH, UH, PARKING AND THE OTHER RELATED QUESTIONS THAT YOU RAISED.
UM, AND HERNAN, WE DON'T MENTION CODE A LOT DURING, DURING OUR SPRING BREAK DISCUSSIONS.
WE SPEAK A LOT ABOUT OUR POLICE, ABOUT OUR OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS.
CODE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF EVERY SPRING BREAK MEASURE FROM SHORT TERM RENTALS TO ENTITIES WORKING WITHOUT BTRS AND SHUTTING DOWN, UH, BAD OPERATORS.
AND JUST THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING THIS MONTH OF MARCH, UH, AND DURING OUR ACTIVATIONS.
SO WOULD THIS GO TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR THE APRIL MEETING? DOES THIS NEED MORE ACTION? WHAT HAPPENS? OR THIS IS UPDATES.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS SHOULD GO BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS COMMUNICATION TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
SO MARCH 19TH, OR I WOULD LIKE THIS TO GO TO THE MARCH MEETING ANNOUNCING, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING, ADOPTING WHAT THEY'VE WORKED ON.
I THINK THEY SHOULD PROVIDE SOMETHING TO THE COMMISSION,
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LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND ASKING COMMUNICATIONS TO ENGAGE IN A MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS IS THAT WE COMMUNICATED, WOULD INFORMATIONAL THEM BE WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THE, YOU CAN WORK ON AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.[2. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING MITIGATING NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO RESIDENTS’ QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE VENETIAN ISLANDS DURING HIGH IMPACT PERIODS]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING MITIGATING NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE NATION ISLANDS DURING HIGH IMPACT PERIODS SINCE RESPONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CODE WILL BE PRESENTING.UM, SO IN DECEMBER I HAD MET WITH, UH, THE VENETIAN ISLAND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE, UM, DOWN IN THE VENETIAN TO DISCUSS.
SINCE THEN, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CAME OUT WITH AN ITEM THAT I CO-SPONSORED, WHICH REALLY HEAVILY ADDRESSED IT.
BUT, UM, SINCE THIS ITEM WAS HANGING OUT SINCE FEBRUARY, I WOULD LIKE A QUICK UPDATE FROM CODE, ANY COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, CLOSE OUT THIS ITEM, UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO THIS FOLLOWS, UM, THE, UH, PROVISIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED FOR THE ART BASEL, UH, PALM HIBISCUS, UM, ISLANDS, UH, PERMIT, UH, STRUCTURE FOR, UM, LARGE SCALE EVENT PARTIES.
UM, AND SO IT WAS, UH, SPONSORED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR THE ART PUZZLE PERIOD.
AND THEN YOU HAVE CO-SPONSORED ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR THE VENETIAN ISLANDS TO OFFER THEM THE SAME PARAMETERS AND SOME PROTECTIONS AND ESTABLISHED SOME GUIDELINES WERE NONE EXISTED BEFORE FOR THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS.
UM, IT DID PASS FIRST READING AT OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, AND WITH THAT I'LL DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE ORDINANCE PROVISIONS ARE.
SO SECOND READING WILL BE MARCH 19TH.
AND IT'S A CITYWIDE ORDINANCE.
THERE'S TWO CITYWIDE ORDINANCES.
ONE BROADENING THE DEFINITION OF WHAT USING A COMMERCIAL, UH, A COMMERCIAL, THE COMMERCIAL USE OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE MORE MODERN USES OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY PEOPLE TURNING THEM INTO COMMERCIAL, UH, SORT OF ENTERPRISES.
AND THE OTHER CREATES A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL, UH, PARTIES IN HOUSES, UH, DURING SPECIFIED HIGH IMPACT PERIODS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF, IF, IF I MAY, YES.
UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE PICKED UP OR DROPPED OFF FROM YOUR HOUSE OR MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN YOUR PARTY, THE USE OF COMMERCIAL GRADE, UH, SOUND SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL GRADE LIGHTING AND BATHROOMS AND, AND BATHROOMS AND PUTTING INTO THAT REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM TO GET PERMITS, UH, SENDING NOTIFICATIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY MANAGER BEING ABLE TO PUT, UH, EXTRA REQUIREMENTS IN THERE AS MAY BE NECESSARY, INCLUDING ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND DO THE PROPER INSPECTIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? YES.
IT FOLLOWS THE MODEL, AS HERNDON SAID, OF OUR SUCCESSFUL PALM HIBISCUS AND STAR ISLANDS PILOT PROGRAM.
AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY THE SAME PROGRAM, UH, AND ADDS SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY.
BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY THE SAME PLAN.
AND IT ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADD WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS ARE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE AND OR, OR TO DENY, DENY EXACTLY THE APPLICATION ALTOGETHER IF IT CAN'T BE ACHIEVED.
AND THAT'S THE KEY THING THAT DENY, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEN IF THEY STILL GO AHEAD AND THEY DO THE PARTY, THEN WE CAN SHUT THEM DOWN FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE.
THE PENALTIES ARE BAD, INCLUDING THAT THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM GETTING A PERMIT FOR 13 MONTHS.
AND EVEN IF, IF, LET'S SAY THEY DECIDE TO VIOLATE THAT AND THROW A PARTY, THE THE PENALTY IS UP TO ARREST.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE BASIS FOR THIS IS THAT WHEN YOU BLOCK ROADS AND WHEN YOU DON'T GET PERMITS AND YOU MAKE NIGHTCLUBS OUT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, YOU ARE IN DANGER PEOPLE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING FORCES.
IT, IT'S YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS, I THINK IS REALLY GONNA HELP.
IT'S PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE, SO CRITICAL.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, WE CAN CLOSE OUT THIS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY LIKE, UM, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO THEN, NOW OUR LAST ITEM IS NUMBER
[12. DISCUSS PARISIAN-STYLE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES LIKE BURLESQUE AND CABARET SHOWS]
12.ITEM NUMBER 12 IS DISCUSSED PARISIAN STYLE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES LIKE BURLESQUE AND CABARET SHOWS.
THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, AND
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WE HAVE A TEAM TO PRESENT THE ITEM.UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, GERALD, I KNOW YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE, WHICH I NEED PJ TO PULL UP.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE KIND OF NIGHTLIFE THAT WE HAVE IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, WE WANNA HAVE ALL SORTS OF NIGHTLIFE.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO PARIS AND BEEN TO THE MOULIN ROUGE OR EVEN THE CRAZY HORSE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE AMAZING CABARET STYLE, UM, BURLESQUE, UH, VAUDEVILLE ALMOST SHOWS.
AND I'M EXCITED THAT NIGHTLIFE IS LOOKING TO OFFER A VARIETY.
AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE FUN THAN GOING TO SEE THE MOULIN ROUGE AND SEEING EVERYBODY WITH THEIR, LIKE, BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE AND THEY'RE GLOWING.
AND I, I MEAN, IF YOU CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GERALD, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY EXCITING FOR MIAMI BEACH AND A WONDERFUL, UM, ALTERNATIVE.
SO HERE IS YOUR PRESENTATION AND UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY FRENCH ACCENT,
SO LIKE WE SAID, UH, PICTURE WAS CERTAIN WORDS, SO IT'S GONNA BE SOME WORDS, BUT A LOT OF, UH, SORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAN IN SO MUCH, YOU CAN HEAR.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF VIDEOS AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE HERE IS DEFINITIVELY LIKE MENTIONED BY COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN
UM, IT'S DEFINITIVELY, UM, IN THE WORLD OF THE BURLESQUE.
AND WE, I WANT TO, UH, BRING YOU THE ORIGIN OF IT, THE EVOLUTION AND WHAT WE, UH, ENTERTAINED TO CREATE IN OUR VALUE.
UM, SO THE THEATER IS CALLED PARADI, WHICH MEAN IN ITALIAN MEAN, UH, PARADISE.
UM, THE CONCEPT OF IT WAS REALISTICALLY TO CREATE A MAGICAL WITH WHICH WE CALL PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UM, TRAVEL THROUGH TIME AND, UH, AND ENJOY, UM, A TOTAL, UM, JOURNEY.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY, LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THE BURLESQUE WAS CREATED, UH, IN PARIS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.
UM, AND WAS THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF THE BOIAN ARTIST WHO WANTED TO CREATE, UH, A FREE EXPRESSION OF, UH, THE ART AND THE MOVEMENT, UH, THROUGH SO SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND, UM, AND IT WAS RISKY, UNCONVENTIONAL, AND AVANTGARDE.
AND THE FIRST THREE VENUES THAT DEFINITIVELY, UH, ENCOMPASSED A MOVEMENT WAS THOSE LANDMARK, WHICH ARE, UH, ROUGE CRAZY HORSE AND
UM, THE MOVEMENT MOVED AFTER THE FIRST WAR TO, UH, GERMANY BECAUSE OF, UH, A WAY OF EXPRESSION DURING, UM, THE SOCIAL UNREST AND THE POLITICAL TURMOIL.
AND WE, WE HAD SOME, UH, VERY, UM, UM, FA FAMOUS FIGURE LIKE, UH, MARION DERICH, WHO WAS, UH, THE FIRST ONE WHO WAS A, A WORLD WAR FIGURE WHO CREATED THIS, UH, UM, WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE FOR BURLESQUE BY CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO AND CREATING NOT JUST ENTERTAINMENT, BUT A CRY FOR, UM, POLITICAL AND SOCIALITY.
THEN WHEN THE 20TH CENTURY ARRIVED, UM, THE MOVEMENT WENT ALL OVER THE, ACROSS THE WORLD AND, UH, IN, UH, IN OUR COUNTRY AMERICA.
UM, IT WENT THROUGH THE PROHIBITION, THROUGH THE SPEAKEASY, AND THAT WAS WHERE JOSEPHINE BAKER AND OTHER FAMOUS ARTISTS, UH, WERE ABLE TO, UH, BLEND MUSIC, UH, COMEDY AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY AS WELL.
AND, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC, WE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE IT IN CITY LIKE LONDON AMSTER.
AND TODAY YOU HAVE IT EVEN IN TOKYO OR IN, YOU KNOW, IN PRAGUE.
AND ALL THOSE VENUE, UH, ACROSS THE WORLD HAVE ADAPTED THE BURLESQUE TOWARD, UM, THEIR, THEIR OWN SOCIAL CULTURE.
SO THEY ALL BRING SOMETHING NEW TO THE BURLESQUE WORLD.
UM, SO SORRY, UH, COULD YOU GO TO THE SE SECOND, UH, SECOND SLIDE? AND WE ARE ALREADY ON THE THIRD SLIDE NOW.
YES, GEORGE, DO IT ON THE COMPUTER NEXT TO YOU.
SO THAT THE STORY THAT I JUST VERBALLY OVER IT WITH THE, I TRY TO RESUME IT 'CAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
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THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC VENUE IN PARIS.SO, UM, THE, THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THE THE MUAH ROUGE IS, UM, THAT EVEN SO THE VENUE IS EXTREMELY, UM, OLD AND THE SHOW, UM, HAVE KEPT A LOT OF TRADITIONAL FRENCH CANKER.
HE HAVE, UH, INCLUDED SOME OF THE MODERN THEATRICAL, UH, ACT AND PERFORMANCE WHICH KEEP IT RELEVANT TODAY.
AND STILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THE DOORS AND SEE THE SHOW.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA LAUNCH A LITTLE VIDEO, UM, FOR THE, THE TECHNOLOGY.
LET ME HAVE IT RIGHT, CORRECT.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S A PARIS LANDMARK AND THAT THE TYPICAL, UH, FRENCH CON KONG, UH, UH, GEORGE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS, UH, AUDIO IS NOT COPYRIGHTED.
IS IT COPYRIGHT FREE? YEAH, YEAH, FOR SURE.
JUST GONNA MOVE FORWARD 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
UM, SO THE VENUE, IT'S, UH, THREE 20 LINK ROAD.
IT WAS KNOWN AS A FLAMINGO THEATER, SO IT'S BEEN A THEATER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WAS CONVERTED IN A LATE SEVENTIES INTO, UM, UH, FIRST RETAIL STORE IN NIGHT IN THE NINETIES, IN INTO A, A, A NIGHTCLUB VENTURE VENUE THAT IT'S CURRENTLY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WE DECIDED THAT IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT TOOLS TO DO SO.
SO NOT ONLY, UM, WE, UH, WE DECIDED TO, UM, CREATE, UM, A MAGICAL VENUE, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE INVOLVED BECAUSE AT THE END, IT'S, IT'S A SHOW, IT'S A, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE.
SO WE HIRED THE PEOPLE FROM
AND, UM, THEY ARE, AS THEY MOVED TO MIAMI FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THEY WERE INVOLVED IN MANY SHOWS WITH, UH, DURING OUR BASEL.
AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE TALENT TO VERY, UH, PRESTIGIOUS VENUE LIKE, UH,
UM, THEIR STRENGTH IS NOT ONLY THEIR EXPERIENCE, IT'S ALSO ABOUT RECRUITING.
SO WE OFFER OUR TALENT, THE LOCAL AND THE OTHER ONE ARE INTERNATIONAL, SO WE HAVE CREATED SPECIAL VISA FOR, FOR THEM AND, AND BE, AND CREATE THIS VERY EXCLUSIVE, UH, SHOW THAT NOT BEING SEEN OVER THE PLACE.
SO WE WANTED TO REALLY, TO CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND VERY INNOVATIVE.
AND AS I SAID, THEY ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE DETAILS AND CREATING, UH, THIS, UH, UM, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, UM, AND CREATING A STORYTELLING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, UM, ON THE PRESENTATION I WANT TO SHOW YOU BIGGER, LIKE SOME OF THE LASER USE IN TERMS OF INNOVATIVE STANDPOINT AND, UH, SOME OF THE CREATE AMAZING, UM, SET UP DESIGN THAT THEY HAVE CREATED IN DIFFERENT VENUE HERE IN MIAMI.
UM, SO I WANT TO GO BACK INTO HOW THIS IDEA CAME TO BIRTH.
UM, ORIGINALLY MY, MY ASSOCIATE INTO THIS PROJECT, JO, UM, CAME UP WITH THE ID, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO AND, UH, AND CREATED IT IN, UH, ACROSS THE BAY IN MIAMI, UH, IN THE BONNE VISTA DISTRICT.
AND, UH, IT WAS CALLED A NEW CALLED
AND THEY ARE THE AMAZING TWO YEARS RUN AND EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
AND, UM, FOR INTERNAL REASON, UH, HE, HE HAD TO STOP AND, UH, THE CONTRACT WITH THE ARTIST WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND HE ASKED ME IF WE COULD DO A TEMPORARY SHOW AT MR. JONES.
AND IT WAS A, A NICE, UM, UH, FIVE, SIX WEEKS OF SHOWS.
UH, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE LITTLE VIDEO.
IT'S LIKE A, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE WHOLE SHOW, BUT IT'S JUST 42ND OF IT.
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MM-HMMUM, SO THAT WAS DONE IN A LITERALLY THREE WEEKS OF REHEARSAL, UH, SORRY, IT WENT BACK TO, UM, SORRY.
UM, IT WAS DONE WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS OF REHEARSAL.
THE SHOW THAT WE ARE CREATING NOW, IT'S, UH, TWO MONTH FOR RECRUITING AND FOUR MONTH OF REHEARSAL.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE LEVEL OF PRODUCTION AND THE LEVEL OF DETAILS AND COSTUME AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING THE SHOW IS GONNA BE ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST NOT EVEN A SICK PREVIEW, BUT IT'S JUST TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TRIED IN THE VENUE WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER DECOR AND PROPER, UH, UH, FULL ON TALENT.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IN, IN, IN PARTNERING WITH JOHAN.
JOHAN MOVED TO AMERICA, UH, ONLY 10 YEARS AGO.
I MOVED HERE 25 YEARS AGO, EVEN IF I STILL HAVE THE FRENCH ACCENT.
UM, AND, UH, HE HAS STRONG, UH, ROOTS AND STRONG, UH, LINK IN THE, IN THE SHOW BUSINESS IN, IN PARIS.
SO WE HAPPENED THAT THE PEOPLE FROM CRAZY O THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, ENTERTAINMENT, UH, CHOREOGRAPHER, A CLOSE FRIEND OF HIM, AND ACTUALLY THERE'S THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED US TO
THE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALISTICALLY NOBODY HAVE EVERY 60 TO COME TO CLOSE TO, TO THE LIGHTING.
THEY'RE LIKE FAMOUS FOR THE LIGHTING.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING SPECTACULAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN AND SEEN IT.
UH, I'VE BEEN TO MOULIN ROUGE, MARK AND I WENT IN 2016, AND IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE SHOWS WE EVER WENT TO.
LIKE, WE THOUGHT WE HAD SEEN IT ALL, AND THEN BOOM PONIES CAME UP AND THEN BOOM.
WITH LADIES SWIMMING IN NIGHT.
LAST TIME I WAS IN PARIS, I WENT TO THE
I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE OLD THEATERS AROUND TOWN, AND I ALWAYS, I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN THE PARIS THEATER OPENED, AND EVERY TIME I GO TO QUEEN, I LOVE THE EXPERIENCE.
SO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS, GERALD, BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT, LIKE I ALWAYS WANTED EVENTUALLY ONE DAY FOR CLUB MADONNA TO BECOME THE MOULIN ROUGE, YOU KNOW,
SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A, A WONDERFUL IDEA.
UM, SO LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, I'M ALMOST DONE WITH THE PRESENTATIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE, UH, NOT TAKING TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND I JUST WANT TO BRING A, A COMMENT TO YOU.
UM, MOST OF THE PLACES I DESCRIBE THE DINNER WITH A QUE SHOW.
SO IT MEAN YOU HAVE A NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DINNER.
WE ARE THE REAL DEAL IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A TICKET SHOW, IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR AND FIVE MINUTES.
THERE IS NO ON TRACK, BUT WE DO SERVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE WITH, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IN THE LAST SLIDE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IT NOW.
BUT LONG STORY IS, IT'S, IT'S EXACTLY THE, THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE IT, IT'S A, IT'S A REAL, UH, BURLESQUE SHOW THAT YOU, YOU YOU GO TO AND YOU HAVE THE FULL-ON EXPERIENCE.
IT'S NOT, YOU HAVE A DINNER AND IT'S FEW ACT COME HERE AND LEFT.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS LITTLE VIDEO, IT'S FROM CRAZY EARTH.
IT'S QUICKLY, IT'S, IT'S SHORT.
UM, I'LL SHOW YOU ALL SOME OF THE LIGHTING, SUSTAINING AN ELEGANT AND SOPHISTICATED EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE PROVIDED.
VERY SHORT, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I JUST WANT TO G GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE CREATED THERE AT MR. UH, AT, UH, PARAL.
SO WE WANTED TO DO A MODERN RAL BECAUSE THE PLACE MAKE IT FEEL LIKE THIS.
AND, UM, IT'S, AND WE, WE DIDN'T ONLY, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD LUXURY, BUT I WANT TO USE THE WORD NOBLE.
WE USE VERY NOBLE MATERIAL LIKE SUCH A WOOD MARBLE AND THE COLOR COMBINATION THAT WE WENT FOR ARE VERY WARM.
IT'S A, IT'S A BLUE AND THE BROWN AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY SOME VELVET INVOLVED.
UM, THIS IS A RENDERING THAT DOESN'T GIVE JUSTICE BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF THE FIRST THING WE DID.
UM, I WANT, AND WE ALSO HIRED A, A FRESCO ARTIST.
SO THE INSURANCE HAS BEEN, UM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE AMAZING ITALIAN, UH, RAL.
I DON'T WANT TO TO SAY WE ARE, UH, UH, 16 CHAPEL, BUT WE DID SOMETHING INTERESTING.
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THE SOFA, BUT I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU THIS LITTLE VIDEO BECAUSE IT'S CUTE AND IT'S FUN SO THAT THE ARTIST, SO THEY'RE GONNA MAKE PRETEND THE PAINTING ON THE VIDEO, BUT THEY ACTUALLY PAINT IT.SO THERE IS FIVE ARTISTS INVOLVED IN, IN, IN THE MAKING OF, OF THE PHRASE.
WE WANTED TO KEEP IT REAL, SO IS THAT TO BUY WALLPAPER AND SO ON.
WE HIRE, UH, ARTISTS WHO ACTUALLY, UH, REFUGEE FROM UKRAINE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, UM, TO HELP THEM TO UM, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE, UH, UH, HAVE THE ARTISTRY BE ABLE TO BE, UH, UH, SHOWN INTO OUR, INTO OUR COUNTRY.
SO LET ME TAKE YOU ABOUT, UH, ALI, THE SHOW, THE IDEA IS THE USUAL FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND AND BAD AND PARADISE AND HELL.
SO THAT REALISTICALLY IS THE FIRST SHOW THAT WE CREATE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE THEATER IS A OYSTER.
LIKE I TOLD YOU, COLLABORATION WITH CHRIS, YOURS WILL BE IN THE MAKING AND MULTIPLE SHOW WILL BE ON IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO IT TAKES FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO CREATE A SHOW.
AND, UM, WE ALSO PLANNING TO HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH CANDLELIGHT TRIBUTE TO ARTISTS AND DO MARTINE ON SUNDAY, MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY, YOU KNOW, UH, AND SO ON.
SO THERE IS A WHOLE, UH, UH, GAME PLAN IN, IN PLACE.
I HAVE A LITTLE STICK PREVIEW IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE HAVE HIRED MIXOLOGISTS TO CREATE THE COCKTAILS WHO GO WITH THE SEMATIC TREE ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH.
WE, SO THAT WITH PARADISE AND THE FOOD, WE KEEP IT SIMPLE BUT EFFICIENT.
WE HIRE A CHEF WHO, UM, WHO HAVE WORK ALSO WITH THE PEOPLE FROM, UH, UM, FROM MR. HOSPITALITY.
AND, UH, HE'S GOING TO, HE, THE MENU IS COMPOSED OF 10 ITEMS, BUT THE BEAUTY OF IT IS WE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP WITH VANCOUVER, UH, THE FARMERS, UH, PATISSERIE, FRENCH PATIS FROM FRANCE WHO OPEN IN, IN, UH, WYNWOOD.
AND HE COMPOSED FOUR DESSERT JUST FOR US, WHICH IS AMAZING.
I DON'T WANT TO REVEAL THEM YET, SO, AND, BUT, UH, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WHAT'S COMING OUT.
I'M OPEN TO YOUR LOCATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WILL WE BE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT FAMOUS LIGHTING DESIGNER FROM A CRAZY HORSE WORKING? ARE WE THE ONLY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THEY'RE COLLABORATING TO DO A SHOW LIKE THIS? UM, THESE TALKS OBVIOUSLY, UM, AND UH, WITH THE PEOPLE, THEY'RE DOING A WORLD WAR TOUR, SO THEY PLAN IT IN ADVANCE AND, UH, THE CITY LIKE TOKYO AND, AND SO ON.
UM, SO AGAIN, UM, WE ARE, THE GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA SEND SOMEONE, UH, WE HAVE THE PREVIEW OF THE SHOW THE NEXT, STARTING ON 21ST.
WE'RE DOING THE GROUND OPENING ON THE FOURTH OF APPEAL AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD AFTER THEY, UH, MOSTLY LOOK AT THE VENUE AND ALL THE, UH, TECHNICAL ASPECT OF IT, UH, THEY WILL DECIDE AND HOPEFUL FOR WE WILL, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED OF US TODAY? OKAY.
SO I BELIEVE WE NEED A SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT TO DO THIS.
SO I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE APRIL 9TH MEETING WHERE
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WE'RE GONNA SEE THE TEXT AMENDMENT AND UH, SEND IT TO THE COMMISSION AFTER.UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
YOU PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO THIS AND IT SHOWS, UM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING VERY EXCITING AND DIFFERENT TO BRING TO MIAMI BEACH.
UH, WE DO HAVE 22,000 HOTEL ROOMS TO FILL AND IN THE AREA WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS, WE'RE SOON GOING TO HAVE THE SHELL BORNE OPEN, THE DELANO, EVENTUALLY THE RALEIGH, THE SHORE CLUB.
AND FOR ALL OF THOSE GUESTS TO HAVE AN OPTION, UM, IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.
IN ADDITION TO OUR TOO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE DID IT BECAUSE WE, WE FELT LIKE, UH, IT WAS MISSING, UH, UH, A CHANCE TO HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WE SOPHISTICATED TASTE TO HAVE A SOPHISTICATED OFFER.
YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME WE WERE GOING TO PUT THE CIRQUE SOLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THIS, AND THE JACKIE GLEASON.
AND FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, IT NEVER WORKS, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE MORE NIGHTLY SHOWS THAT WE HAD LIKE THIS, THE BETTER BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF NIGHTLIFE.
I, I BELIEVE THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT.
'CAUSE IT'S THANK NOT, THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, I LIVE IN VEGAS FOR EIGHT YEARS, SO, UM, IF I MAY, THE, THE REASON WHY CR LAKE MAY NOT HAVE DONE THAT, I THINK THAT, UM, SIZE WISE, I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT ALL IS MUCH MORE SMALLER THAN THE REST, WE HAVE A BIGGER CHANCE OF, OF SUCCESS.
UM, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TOURISM THAT GO THROUGH VEGAS AND THE REASON WHY THEY GO TO VEGAS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HOPEFULLY WE ARE CREATING, UH, A MOVEMENT FOR IT AND, AND TOUR WISE.
BUT MIAMI BEACH FROM THE TIME OF JACKIE GLEASON, I MEAN WE WERE KNOWN FOR HAVING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT LIKE LAS VEGAS AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, LOST A LOT OF IT.
BUT NOW, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S LITTLE BY LITTLE COMING BACK, THE FIGHT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR SHOW.
AND NOW THEY'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SHOW.
AND WE'LL BRING THIS BACK NEXT TIME TO REVIEW TEXT, TEXT AMENDMENT.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, COLLEAGUES, UM, MEETING ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT, UH, REST OF YOUR DAY.