Apr 09, 2025 Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life

THANK YOU, UH, SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

IF WE COULD UNMUTE ROBIN JACOBS.

ROBIN, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M ROBIN JACOBS, CHAIR OF MY BEACH CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD AT OUR JANUARY 14TH MEETING.

THE ADVISORY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT

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THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION SUPPORT THE FUNDING, PROCUREMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SMALL AEROPONIC GARDENS AT THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER.

THESE GARDENS WOULD CULTIVATE LETTUCES, VEGETABLES, HERBS, AND EDIBLE FLOWERS, BRING FRESH HYPER-LOCAL INGREDIENTS DIRECTLY INTO THE CENTER'S CULINARY OPERATIONS.

OUR INSPIRATION CA CAME FROM THE CENTER TO TABLE GARDENS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER IN SODEXO LIVE, CURRENTLY THE LARGEST AEROPONIC GARDEN PUBLIC VENUE IN THE US.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ EMBRACED THE VISION, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TOGETHER WITH HEATHER SHAW.

WE RECENTLY TRAVELED TO ORLANDO TO SEE THIS INNOVATIVE SYSTEM FIRSTHAND THEIR COMMITMENT, INCLUDING A 6:00 AM BRIGHT LINE DEPARTURE AND THE SAME DAY RETURN REFLECTS THE PASSION BEHIND THIS IDEA.

WE BELIEVE THIS INITIATIVE INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH MIAMI BEACH'S VALUES OF SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION, AND RESPONSIBLE SOURCING BEYOND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

THE GARDEN WOULD PROVIDE FRESH NUTRIENT RICH PRODUCE FOR USE IN CATERING AND HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY THROUGHOUT THE VENUE.

IN RUM ROOM, SERVE AS A LIVING EDUCATIONAL SHOWCASE FOR ECHO CONSCIOUS EVENT PLANNERS, VISITORS, AND SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING OUR BEACH EYE CULINARY PROGRAM.

IT WOULD ALSO ENHANCE THE CONVENTION CENTER MARKETABILITY AS A GREEN DESTINATION, SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EXPLORATION, BUDGETING, AND PLANNING TOGETHER WITH SODEXO LIVE TO BRING THIS MEANINGFUL INITIATIVE TO LIFE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS AMAZING INITIATIVE.

ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, COLLEAGUES.

I, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.

UH, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS THAT MS. JACOBS JUST MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN AS A CITY.

I ALSO THINK IT PROVIDES SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.

UH, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE AND ONE THING THAT I, I KIND OF LAMENT IS NOT HAVING ANYTHING INCREDIBLY UNIQUE THAT TELLS YOU THAT YOU'RE IN MIAMI BEACH.

UM, AND I THINK THIS GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS THAT.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO REFER THIS TO THE FULL COMMITTEE, UH, TO REFER TO THE FINANCE.

UH, SO BY ACCLIMATION, UM, WE'LL, UH, MOVE THIS ONTO THE FULL COMMISSION.

AND WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO NUMBER TWO.

I MEAN, NUMBER

[1. DISCUSSION AND UPDATE REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THE 2018 G.O. BOND FUNDED LOG CABIN PROJECT]

ONE.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSS UPDATE ON GEO BOND LOG CABIN PROJECT.

AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY CIP AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE LOG CABIN WAS, UM, TAKEN APART IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2018 DECEMBER OF 2018.

HERE WE ARE SEVEN YEARS LATER.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A MILLION DOLLARS IN GEO BOND FUNDING TO PUT THE LOG CABIN BACK TOGETHER.

IT IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED, UM, ON THE SITE WHERE THE KITTY CAMPUS IS ON ONE OF THE WEST LOTS IN AIR CONDITIONED, UH, CONTAINERS.

AND, UM, IT'S TIME TO PUT THE LOG CABIN, OUR HISTORIC LOG CABIN THAT MANY RESIDENTS LOVE, UH, BACK TOGETHER.

SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WERE ON THE PROJECT.

I KNOW WE PASSED A RESOLUTION, PRIORITIZING THE LOG CABIN BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT CIP HAS TO SAY.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT'S GREAT WHEN I COME BEFORE YOU AND I HAVE GOOD NEWS, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO, TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE.

THE RESOLUTION YOU MENTIONED WAS PASSED BECAUSE THE LOG CABIN WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED IN TRANCHE TWO OF THE GEO BOND.

THAT RESOLUTION ALLOWED US TO BRING SOME MONEY FORWARD AND, AND UTILIZE SOME FUNDS.

THERE WAS A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOLLOWING THAT, THEY GAVE US SOME FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT AT THE COMMISSION MEETING.

AND I UPDATED THAT WE HAD BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING A CONSULTANT THAT WOULD TAKE THIS PROJECT ON.

WE HAD GONE THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DID, UH, MAKE CONTACT WITH A CONSULTANT THAT IS INTERESTED, GAVE US A, A REASONABLE PROPOSAL, WE'VE ISSUED A PURCHASE ORDER, THEY'VE BEGUN THE PROCESS, WE ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR DESIGN, AND THEY'VE BEGUN THEIR DUE DILIGENCE OF LOOKING AT THE PIECES AND, AND GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN START DESIGN.

AND WHEN DO YOU PROJECT THAT THEY WILL BEGIN? AND WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE LOG CABIN WRAPPED TOGETHER? REMANTLED REBUILT.

THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE, INCLUDING REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, UH, FOLLOWED BY 36 30 TO 60 DAYS PERMIT FOR PERMITTING AND THEN COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF, POSSIBLY, UH, BEGINNING OF 26 IS WHEN WE'LL ISSUE THE ITB.

WELL, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.

UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND NOW I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE LOG CABIN.

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SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

ALRIGHT.

DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE UP THIS ITEM AND HAVE YOU PROVIDE AN LPC WITH, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE IT TO COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS AND GET A SECOND, ANOTHER UPDATE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK.

OCTOBER.

OCTOBER WOULD BE FINE.

NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSS THE RELOCATION OF THE CITY HALL EARLY VOTING SITE AND EXTENSION OF THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR RUNOFF ELECTION.

THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.

[2. DISCUSSION AND REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATION ON EARLY VOTING EXPANSION TO FOUR SITES AND RESERVED VOTER PARKING DURING 2025 RUN-OFF ELECTION (IF SUCH ELECTION IS NECESSARY).]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE CITY CLERK.

MORNING EVERYONE.

MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

MORNING VICE MAYOR.

UH, TO RECAP, IF EVERYONE RECALLS THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS REQUIRED THAT ALL CITIES HAVE FIVE WEEKS BETWEEN THEIR GENERAL AND THEIR RUNOFF ELECTION.

AT THE MARCH 12TH MEETING, I GAVE A PRELIMINARY, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND THIS BODY ASKED ME TO DO TWO THINGS, SEE IF THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT WOULD GIVE US FOUR EARLY VOTING SITES DURING THE RUNOFF, AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PARKING AT CITY HALL GARAGE WOULD BE AVAILABLE DURING, UH, DURING THE RUNOFF ELECTION.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR RUNOFF ELECTION COINCIDES WITH OUR BASEL.

SO THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IF WE HAVE A RUNOFF ELECTION.

WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO GIVE US FOUR EARLY VOTING SITES AS THIS BODY REQUESTED.

SO THOSE, THOSE FOUR WOULD BE THE NORTH BEACH LIBRARY, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE.

CITY HALL, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE.

IN ADDITION, IT WOULD BE MUST PARK AND NORTH BEACH, AND IN ADDITION, WILL BE THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SOUTH BEACH.

SO WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS MOST IMPACTED, SOUTH BEACH, WE WILL HAVE TWO EARLY BOATING LOCATIONS DURING THE RUNOFF.

THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU COULDN'T DRIVE, AT LEAST YOU COULD WALK TO MOST OF THESE LOCATIONS IN SOUTH BEACH BECAUSE THEY'RE CENTRALLY LOCATED.

THE SECOND THING THAT YOU ASKED ME TO DO WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE SHORT-TERM PARKING LOT HERE AT CITY HALL WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE VOTERS WHO STILL WANTED TO VOTE AT, AT, AT CITY HALL.

THAT THAT PARKING LOT IS NORMALLY USED AS, UH, VALET PARKING FOR OUR BASEL.

THE PARKING DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM.

THE ELECTIONS COME FIRST.

WE WILL HAVE THAT LOCATION AS AN, AS A PARKING SITE FOR THE VOTERS.

SO MY REC MY REQUEST FROM YOU IS DISCUSS IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, AND IF SO, SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMITTEE SO WE CAN FORMALIZE THAT IN A SOLUTION.

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THIS COVERS ALL OF MIAMI BEACH PRETTY WELL.

UH, LET'S MOVE THE ITEM.

RALPH, CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION? YES.

WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBILITY TO HAVE, UH, SOMETHING FURTHER SOUTH? UH, OBVIOUSLY SOUTH OF FIFTH IS A HIGHLY POPULATED, DENSE AREA AND TO PROVIDE A WALKING OPTION, UH, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY PROPERTY DOWN THERE.

THE PROBLEM IS, WELL, WE TRIED GETTING US CLOSE TO FIFTH.

THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE, UH, THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS ON SIXTH STREET.

UH, BUT THE STATUE REQUIRES THAT THEY BE EITHER COMMUNITY CENTERS OR CITY HALL OR CITY HALLS OR, OR COURTHOUSES.

SO THERE'S NO OTHER FACILITY IN THAT AREA EXCEPT THE, THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, A LIBRARY.

WE HAVE A LIBRARY ON ALTON ROAD.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE LIBRARY ON ALTON ROAD, AND WE LOOKED AT IT, THE PARKING IS ACROSS THE STREET, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CROSS A, A, UH, A LARGE AREA.

PLUS THE LIBRARY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE, THE, THE EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE WHERE WE WOULD NEED.

SO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENTS THOUGHT BASED ON PARKING THAT WE HAVE AN ADJACENT PARKING LOT AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND THAT WE CAN, UH, SHUTTLE ANYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL PARKING LOT, AMPLE ENOUGH FOR A RUNOFF, BUT THE WORKERS COULD BE, UH, PARKED AT THE, AT THE FIFTH STREET GARAGE THAT WE HAVE THERE.

SO BASED ON THOSE LOGISTICS AND THE SIZE OF THE LARGE ROOM AT SOUTH SHORE, THEY FELT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST LOCATION.

AND WITH THAT NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO WE'LL MOVE IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS

[3. DISCUSS INCREASE IN GRAFFITI AND STICKERING ACROSS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH]

UP NEXT, DISCUSS, INCREASE IN GRAFFITI STICKERING ACROSS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS RESPONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

AND CODE AND FACILITIES WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM, MR. IT UP.

IT, UM, GOOD MORNING.

WE'VE NOTICED AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE STICKERING, LITERALLY TAGGING, UM, CITY SIGNS, ELECTRIC BOXES WITH, UM, PROPAGANDA, NOT JUST PROPAGANDA, BUT ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THEIR BRANDS AND, UH, GRAFFITI.

AND WE HAD A CONSTITUENT COME TO US WHO LITERALLY DEDICATES EVERY SINGLE DAY TO WALKING AROUND THE CITY AND SCRAPING OFF THESE STICKERS.

HE SPENDS MANY HOURS.

I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHO HE IS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I'M SURE.

HAVE YOU EVER, I I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MET HIM, BUT HE CAME TO OUR OFFICE AND IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE, UH, HOW

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THE STICKERING AND GRAFFITI IS ORGANIZED.

IT'S NOT JUST RANDOM.

IT'S CERTAIN ARTISTS THAT WANT TO TAG OUR BRIDGES WITH THESE STICKERS AND SIGNS AND OUR, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THE POWER BOXES.

AND EVEN IN THE NEW PARK, HE RECENTLY SENT US A PHOTO YESTERDAY OF MORRIS GIBB PARK THAT WAS ALREADY STICKERED BY AN ARTIST.

SO WE WERE HOPING THAT WE HAD SOME PLAN TO, UM, TO GET BETTER AT REMOVAL, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENFORCE THIS BY ADDING MORE SIGNS, I DON'T KNOW, .

SO BY ADDING MORE STICKERS AND SIGNS, OBVIOUSLY NOT.

BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CLEAN IT UP.

HI, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, HERNAN CARDENA, DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE.

SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEAR PERIOD, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE FROM 631 TO 1006, UM, INCIDENTS WHERE WE HAVE EITHER STICKERING OR GRAFFITI.

AND OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD, WE'VE REFERRED 207 OF THESE CASES TO OUR EXPERT REMEDI THERE AND, UH, FACILITIES, UH, TO EITHER PAINT OVER OR REMOVE THESE.

UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS, I, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST ADDING IT TO AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CODE OFFICERS.

UH, THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.

I I KNOW POLICE ALSO HAS MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT ARRESTS, UH, RECENTLY WHERE, UH, THEY ARRESTED A TAGGER AND THEN, UH, HIS TAG WAS RECOGNIZED, UH, IN SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

SO ADDITIONAL CHARGES WERE, UH, WERE ADDED.

BUT, UM, WELL, IT'S NOT HARD TO SEEK OUT THESE TAGS BECAUSE LITERALLY THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR WEBSITES OR HASHTAGS OR HANDLES ON THE STICKERS.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY GET BETTER AT FOLLOWING UP WHEN WE SEE THAT EVERY SINGLE PARK IS TAGGED OR, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF THE SIGNS ARE TAGGED WITH THE SAME ARTIST OR THE SAME BRAND.

UM, I THINK WE ONE PER SOMEBODY SHOULD JUST BE DEDICATED TO THIS AT THIS POINT.

SO, SO JUST ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, WHEN WE DO GET THE HASHTAGS, UM, WE DO TRACE IT BACK.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S PROMOTERS AND WE ISSUE THOSE VIOLATIONS ALSO, UM, FOR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, UH, YOU ALL CHANGED THE ORDINANCE RECENTLY AND IT'S, UH, 48 HOURS FOR COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, UH, BEFORE IT USED TO BE, UH, 10 DAYS OR HIGHER.

UM, SO WE ABATE IT IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT, AND THEN THAT BECOMES, UM, A HARD DOLLAR COST LIE AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

SO THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD IS THAT I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO LEGISLATIVELY OR CREATE SOME SORT OF TASK FORCE TO FOLLOW UP ON IT.

'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT'S DOUBLED, NEARLY DOUBLED YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, POSSIBLY RIGHT NOW.

UM, WHEN YOU CATCH SOMEBODY OR FIND SOMEONE WHO IS TAGGING, YOU SAID YOU ARRESTED THEM.

SO THAT IS A, A CRIMINAL ACTUALLY, THAT'S A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT'S A CRIMINAL VIOLATION.

ARE WE FINING THESE, UM, TAGS AT ALL? ESPECIALLY THE STICKERS? I THINK THE STICKERS ARE EVEN MORE EGREGIOUS BECAUSE WHEN IT'S GRAFFITI WE CAN JUST PAINT OVER IT.

BUT THE STICKERS HAVE TO BE LIKE COPIOUSLY SCRAPED OFF ALL OF OUR SIGNS AND IT'S CREATING A REAL PROBLEM.

RIGHT.

WE ACTUALLY DO BOTH.

WE ABATE AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, ISSUE THE VIOLATION TO, UH, THE PROMOTER OR WHOEVER IT IS THAT MAY BE PUTTING THESE STICKERS ON.

IS THERE A FINE RELATED TO THE VIOLATION? AND IF SO, HOW MUCH? BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD CREATE LEGISLATION, UM, TO INCREASE THE FINE.

I THINK THE FINE SHOULD BE TO MAKE IT DISADVANTAGEOUS.

WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING? OF COURSE, YES.

UH, COMMISSIONER BOD, COMMISSIONER BOD, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

HI EVERYBODY.

UM, THIS IS GREAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM.

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN SPEAKING WITH OFFICER JULIO BLANCO, UM, ABOUT THIS, THIS ISSUE AS WELL.

UM, WE ARE SEEING IT ALL OVER THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY UP IN NORTH BEACH.

AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CODE AND POLICE TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, A, A JOINT STRATEGY, UM, TO ARREST AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING TO DETER YOU LIKE BEING ARRESTED.

UM, AND I THINK THAT WHENEVER GRAFFITI GETS IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THE PERSON, UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE CON COMMUNICATION WITH THE, UM, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY GET A A FINE THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT PAY, BUT, UM, THAT IT IS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, HANDLED BY THE POLICE AS WELL, BECAUSE AS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S A, IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AS WELL AS

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A, A CODE VIOLATION.

UM, SO I THINK, UH, EDUCATION AND DETERRENCE WOULD BENEFIT US ALL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, UM, HERNAN TO, UM, SIT DOWN WITH THE, THE POLICE AND COME BACK IN A MONTH AND GIVE US THE UPDATED PLAN OF HOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO A, A CONCERTED JOINT, UH, EFFORT TO NOT JUST MITIGATE AND, AND VI YOU KNOW, ISSUE VIOLATIONS, BUT ALSO TO, UM, IN, IN EVERY POSSIBLE INSTANCE, UM, ARREST SOMEBODY .

SO I THINK WE COULD INCREASE THE FINES OR THE INITIAL FINE IS $250.

HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT INCREASING THAT? DOUBLING IT? YEAH.

I'M NOT SURE IF I MAY.

UM, SO THE FINES ARE $250, BUT THEN ON THE CRIMINAL PORTION OF IT, THERE'S UM, THE COURT'S ORDER RESTITUTION FOR WHATEVER THAT HARD DOLLAR COST IS FOR EITHER THE OWNER OR THE CITY TO MITIGATE THAT.

SO WHAT IS THE COST OF STICKER REMOVAL, FOR EXAMPLE? UH, IT, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY LOCATION.

SAME THING WITH GRAFFITI SIZE, LOCATION.

ARE YOU GUYS KEEPING TRACK OF THIS? WHAT'S THE AVERAGE COST OF, UM, GOOD MORNING.

UM, ELIZABETH MIRO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGEMENT? IT CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE TIME WE HAVE TO INVEST.

IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM $250 TO 300.

DEPENDS.

SO MY SUGGESTION TO SEND TO THE FULL COMMISSION THANK YOU, WOULD BE TO DOUBLE THESE FINES.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT FIRST OFFENSE, 502ND OFFENSE, A THOUSAND THIRD, IF YOU'RE CAUGHT THREE OR MORE TIMES DOING IT, WE'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU 2000.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, I, I CERTAINLY THINK, UH, THIS IS PUBLIC PROPERTY.

UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S, IT STARTS WITH THE SMALL INITIATIVES.

UH, I WANNA BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T GET INTO SOME, UH, SORT OF GAME WHERE WE'RE ANTAGONIZING PEOPLE AND, UH, INVITING THEM TO ALMOST, UH, BEAT US HERE.

BUT I THINK, UH, INCREASING THE SEVERITY OF THE PENALTIES, UH, IS PROPER.

UM, PERHAPS ALSO, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER, WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE POLICE'S RADAR AS WELL, UH, FOR BETTER MONITORING.

UM, AND I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FINES.

SO MY, SO I WOULD MOVE TO SEND THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION AND DOUBLE THE FINES FOR, UM, FOR GRAFFITI AND STICKER TAGGING.

ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK.

I KNOW THAT I KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA KEEP, I KNOW YOU WANNA GET RID OF ITEMS, BUT I ALSO FIND THAT IF WE GET AN UPDATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THREE MONTHS, WE CAN SEE IF, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ANY CHANGE, WAS THERE LESS GRAFFITI? AND ALSO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD DOUBLE THE FINES, UM, BUT ALSO DO SOME SORT OF MARKETING CAMPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, TO, NOT LIKE A, A SCARY TYPE OF CAMPAIGN, BUT SOME SORT OF LIKE BEAUTIFICATION CAMPAIGN.

LIKE DON'T COME TO MIAMI BEACH AND STICKER BECAUSE WE ARE INCREASING OUR FINES.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, AND I WOULD TARGET, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IN ADDITION? I THINK SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS INTO.

I DON'T WANNA CREATE SOME SORT OF LIKE A CAT AND MOUSE GAME WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING IT.

SO THEN FOR NOW, WE'LL JUST DO THE DOUBLING OF ALL FINES RELATED.

YOU OKAY WITH THAT TO GO TO THE FULL COMMISSION? IT HAS, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RENEE CONTRERAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE, THE AUDIENCE, BUT HE IS THE GENTLEMAN WHO EVERY SINGLE DAY SCRUBS OFF STICKERS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY, UH, CLEANER BECAUSE HE DOES FEEL LIKE THIS STICKER AND GRAFFITI POLLUTION IS VERY DAMAGING.

HE'S SEEN WHAT IT'S DONE IN, UH, WHERE HE USED TO LIVE IN LA AND THAT'S WHY HE'S DEDICATED HIMSELF TO NOW CLEANING UP OUR CITY AND HELPING US.

SO THANK YOU.

AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU SEE A STICKER OR GRAFFITI, PLEASE, YOU ARE, USE OUR E-GOVERNMENT APP.

TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.

WE WILL GO OUT AND HAVE IT REMOVED.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT REAL QUICK IS THAT, UM, OUR THREE AREA MANAGERS KICKED OFF THIS WEEK.

THEY'RE DIRECT REPORTING DIRECTLY TO ME.

UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE PLACE A PRIORITY ON THE AREA MANAGERS LOOKING AS THEY'RE OUT LOOKING FOR THINGS TO LOOK FOR THESE, THE GRAFFITI AND THESE STICKERS.

AND THEY'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH BOTH CODE AND FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ADDRESS THIS.

WONDERFUL.

THANKS.

AND COMMISSIONER BAUGH HAS HER HAND UP.

COMMISSIONER, YOU MAY SPEAK IF YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF.

UM, I BELIEVE I'M UNMUTED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, AS PART OF THIS, UM, ITEM THAT'S MOVING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION IS AN URGING FOR CODE AND POLICE TO PUT TOGETHER A GAME PLAN TO, UM, WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS.

UM,

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SO THAT IN ADDITION TO A VIOLATION, UM, IF THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT, THERE'S ALSO AN ARREST MADE.

THAT'S, THAT'S A SUGGESTION THAT IS COMING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LEGISLATE OR JUST THAT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS? SO WE WOULD JUST WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN THREE MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

LIKE A BOOGEYMAN SPELL CAMPAIGN WOULDN'T WORK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WORK LIKE A PSA TO RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, LISTEN, IF YOU SEE A STICKER OR SOME GRAFFITI IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKE A PICTURE, SEND IT TO US, AND WE WILL COME AND CLEAN IT UP.

SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN COULD BE REALLY POSITIVE.

YEAH, I AGREE.

UH, JUST IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, UM, I'M HESITANT TO, I, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THIS LAST PORTION, BUT SITTING THERE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU COME HERE AND FINE, WE'RE INCREASING.

IT'LL CREATE LIKE A LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA, CAT AND MOUSE GAME.

BUT I, I'M HAPPY TO GO FORWARD WITH YOU WITH, UH, A PSA TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO AS PART OF MY MOTION, I WOULD DO A PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE MELISSA IS, JUST EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR E-GOVERNMENT APP.

I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE LIKE AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN.

'CAUSE I FIND THAT, UM, THAT IN ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE GO TO WHEN WE TELL PEOPLE ABOUT REPORTING STUFF, UH, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THIS APP EXISTS OR OH, THEY DO KNOW IT EXISTS.

THEY DO.

WELL, SOME DO.

BUT WE WERE IN A, WE WERE IN A ROOM LAST NIGHT WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WHAT IS THAT APP? HOW DOES IT WORK? SO, ABSOLUTELY.

SO IF I MADE THROUGH THE CHAIR, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT, JUST THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE, 225 OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR OUR DEPARTMENT FOR ECOS, 62% ARE GRAFFITI.

THAT'S 139.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

I THINK WE COULD DO EVEN MORE.

'CAUSE PEOPLE SEE IT AROUND, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT CALL 9 1 1 WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

OR WHO DO YOU CALL TO REPORT IT? YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY CALL CITY HALL AND THEN THEY GET BOUNCED AROUND.

SO, OKAY.

SO THE DOUBLING OF THE FINES AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA, POSITIVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CLEAN UP GRAFFITI AND STICKERING.

THAT'S IT.

SO THAT WE'LL SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION, BUT WITH AN UPDATE TO THIS COMMITTEE IN THREE MONTHS.

IT'S ITEM NUMBER 26, DISCUSS TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, HOTEL HEADQUARTER HOTEL, AN ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.

GREAT.

THEN WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM.

[26. DISCUSS TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HEADQUARTER HOTEL AND ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.]

AND WE HAVE YVETTE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND I THINK IT'S CLOSING TODAY.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

BATISTA FROM TARA, MBMU FOR THE HOTEL.

WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ARE CLOSING TODAY.

AND SCHEDULE DOESN'T CHANGE.

UH, I NEED TO FINISH A, AN EXHIBIT FOR TY.

I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR.

UM, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, GROUNDBREAKING NEXT STEPS.

UH, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE CITY AS WELL FOR GETTING A HOTEL.

DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GUARD GATES AND OR IMPLEMENTATIONS OF OTHER SECURITY FEATURES IN VENETIAN ISLANDS.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX,

[6. 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.]

[9. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY FEATURES IN THE BAYSHORE AND NORTH BAY ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS.]

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

AND FACILITIES WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.

UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, FOR, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO ON BAYSHORE NORTH BAY ROAD.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO CALL BOTH ITEMS TOGETHER? 'CAUSE I'LL HAVE TWO SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS, MADAM CHAIR? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL READ IT IN.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF TAXING DISTRICT TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY FEATURES IN BAYSHORE AND NORTH BAY ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THIS WOULD BE ITEM SIX AND NINE WILL BE COMBINED.

OR TWO DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS.

UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS RESIDENT DRIVEN.

UM, THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS WITH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, CRIME, UM, AND IN SOME CASES TRAFFIC.

UH, THERE'S, UM, BEEN TALK OF TRAFFIC MEASURES SPECIFICALLY ON LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD, UM, THAT KIND OF FELL FLAT IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

UM, I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA PROPOSE IS, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, SURGICAL FOR, FOR WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.

UM, THE WAY I'M GONNA BREAK THIS UP IS THROUGH THREE

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UH, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE VENETIAN ISLANDS.

UM, DAVID GOMEZ HERE, HA HA, HAS A SIMILAR PRESENTATION, UH, THAN WHAT I HAVE.

YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS.

UH, AND THEN AFTER VENETIAN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, TO NORTH BAY ROAD, UH, AND BAYSHORE.

UM, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW AND LISTENING THAT THIS IS A, GONNA BE A VERY LONG PROCESS, UH, POSSIBLY TWO YEARS, BUT THE SOONER WE START, I, I THINK THE BETTER.

UM, AND I WANT ALSO EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ULTIMATELY NOT UP TO THE COMMISSION.

IT'S NOT UP TO THE PEOPLE UP HERE.

IT'S UP TO THE, TO, TO, TO THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ON THAT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE, THE POWERS IN YOUR HANDS, THE VOTE.

YOU ULTIMATELY DECIDE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, PJ, IF YOU COULD PUT ON THE YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, UM, WANNA START WITH THE VENETIAN ISLANDS? IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS WITH, UH, SAFETY AND ACCESS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND I SPONSORED THIS, THIS ITEM THAT, THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, ALONG WITH THE BAYSHORE AND NORTH BAY ROAD ONE.

UM, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS, IS THIS GONNA BE A GOOD FIT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY? GO NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, I, I PULLED, I PULLED A LOT OF DATA ACTUALLY.

UM, I PULLED DATA FOR SUNSET ISLANDS AND VENETIAN ISLANDS, AND I LOOKED AT A FEW THINGS IN RE IN RESPONSE TO CRIME.

UM, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I, I COMPARED THE, THE STATS BETWEEN SUNSET ISLANDS AND VENETIAN ISLANDS, AND THE DIFFERENCE WAS, WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

UM, ON VENETIAN ISLANDS, THERE'S ABOUT 350 HOUSEHOLDS ON SUNSET ISLANDS, THERE'S ABOUT 250 HOUSEHOLDS.

SO I USE THE RATES AT WHICH THERE WERE THEFTS AND REPORTED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, UM, FOR, FOR EACH, UH, AREA.

UH, AND SO VENETIAN ISLANDS, AS YOU KNOW, DOES NOT HAVE A GUARD GATE.

THERE'S NO SECURITY.

UH, SUNSET ISLANDS HAS A GUARD GATE AND ROVING SECURITY.

UM, AND SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE ANALYSIS FROM 2020 TO 2024, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, VENETIAN ISLANDS HAD ALMOST A THREE TIMES MORE THEFTS THAN SUNSET ISLANDS.

UM, THE, THE, THE THEFT RATE PER HOUSEHOLD WAS 127% HIGHER.

AND BY THE WAY, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE MY A COPY OF MY ANALYSIS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE.

UM, AND WHAT ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS THE SUSPICIOUS RATE, THE, THE SUSPICIOUS PERSON RATE PER HOUSEHOLD.

AND A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IS BASICALLY A RESIDENT CALLING IN OR A HOMEOWNER SAYING, HEY, THERE'S THIS SUSPICIOUS PERSON HERE.

HE'S WEARING A SKI MASK.

OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP ON CIRCLING THE BLOCK.

THERE'S THAT, THAT'S A SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

IT'S 188% HIGHER IN VENETIAN THAN IT IS ON SUNSET ISLAND.

AND SO I, I THINK THESE, THESE NUMBERS SHOW REALLY HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT THESE, UH, THAT HAVING A DEDICATED PATROL SERVICE AND SECURITY GUARD WOULD MAKE TOWARD, UH, SAFETY AND EVEN THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY.

CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? OKAY.

UH, SO WHAT IS A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT? UH, IT'S A WAY TO FUND EXTRA SECURITY GUARDS, GUARD GATES, CAMERAS, UM, BEYOND WHAT THE CITY PROVIDES.

UH, IT'S PAID THROUGH THE RESIDENCE, UH, AND IT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL.

UH, IT'S NOT A CITYWIDE TAX.

UM, SOME EXAMPLES ARE ALLISON ISLAND, BISCAYNE POINT SHORES, BISCAYNE BEACH, SUNSET ISLANDS IN THE COUNTY, IN DADE COUNTY, THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND DIFFERENT SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, UM, WHAT IS POSSIBLE? YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PJ.

TAX ROLL THAT I PULLED, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE NUMBERS OF HOW MUCH EXTRA.

SO THERE'S A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT A, UH, THAT A SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT CAN CHOOSE FROM.

UH, THERE'S SECURITY GUARDS, OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD BE STATIONARY, UH, ROVING.

IT COULD BE MANNED AT THE GUARD.

AT THE GUARD GATE.

UH, THERE'S TECHNICAL, THERE'S TECH, THERE'S LICENSE PLATE CAMERA READERS, THERE'S RFID GATE ACCESS.

SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP TO THE GATE, YOU HAVE A STICKER, IT OPENS UP.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S FIXED GUARD GATES.

SO FOR SOME OF THE

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AND THEN YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE SPECIAL TAX, THE HOUSEHOLDS THERE.

UM, SO ALLISON ISLAND LAST YEAR WAS $282,000 FOR THE YEAR.

UH, AND BISCAYNE BEACH, BISCAY POINT, NORMANDY SHORES ARE ALMOST ROUGHLY THE SAME.

LET'S, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, SO HOW IT WORKS, UH, AND THIS IS JUST A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE.

I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE ONE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS ALSO GO OVER THIS.

UH, THERE'S A LETTER OF INTENT.

SO 10% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO, NEEDED TO SIGN A PETITION TO KICK THINGS OFF.

UH, AND THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A 50% PLUS ONE OF RESIDENCE OWNERS WHO AGREE ON THE BOUNDARIES OF WHERE THE SPECIAL, SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT WILL, WILL, WILL BE CONFIGURED.

UH, THERE NEEDS, THERE'S GONNA BE A COUNTY APPROVAL.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AT THIS POINT.

UM, THERE'S GONNA THEN BE AN ELECTION OF PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, THAT SAY YES OR NO.

AND THEN, UH, THE CITY IS GONNA STEP IN AND MI YOU KNOW, MIGHTY BEACH ADOPTS THE, THE, THE CONFIGURATION.

UM, WE COULD ALSO TAKE IT OVER LATER WITH AN AGREEMENT.

AND AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, THIS TIMELINE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO YEARS.

AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GUARD GATE IF THERE IS A GUARD GATE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, UH, THE COST, THE COST REALLY DEPENDS ON THE AREA OF THE DISTRICT.

UH, AND I'LL GO OVER WHAT THAT MEANS, UH, I THINK AT THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, BUT IT, IT ALSO DEPENDS ON IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE GUARD GATES, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ROVING SECURITY, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE THAN ONE ROVING SECURITY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A LARGE AREA SUCH AS LIKE BAYSHORE, I THINK ONLY HAVING ONE IS GONNA BE SORT OF INEFFECTIVE.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE LEASE TWO.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THE PAYMENT, SO THE PAYMENT GETS ADDED TO YOUR PROPERTY TAX, UM, AS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

AND I SHOWED THE, UH, THE ESTIMATES, UH, THIS WAS JUST A COPY, A SCREENSHOT OF THE, UH, THE TAX RULES.

CAN YOU GO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? OKAY.

SO LET, LET ME A AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF ALSO PRESENT, BUT THIS IS SORT OF WHAT I'M THINKING AS FAR AS VENETIAN ISLANDS.

AND AGAIN, THIS CAN CHANGE.

THIS IS SORT OF THE, THE, THE MOST THAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS SECURITY ON VENETIAN ISLANDS.

THIS IS A COMBINATION OF A GUARD GATE AND ROVING SECURITY.

AND SO EVERY, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S NUMBERS, THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

SO YOU CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF SIX TECH SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS.

SO ON REVO ALTO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF REVO ALTO NORTH, WHICH IS FIVE ONLY WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, AND REVO SOUTH DID NOT, YOU CAN SET THAT UP.

IF RE IF REVA ALTO AS A WHOLE WANTED TO DO IT AND SHARE RESOURCES, THAT'S ALSO POSSIBLE.

UM, SO LET ME, LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT I ENVISION WOULD BE THE BEST APPROACH.

SO THE YELLOW CIRCLE IS WHERE THE GUARD GATE WOULD BE.

THERE'S MORE ROOM THERE BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST CROSS STREET ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A RED BARRIER ON THE WEST END OF THE ISLAND.

THE RED BARRIER.

AND, AND THE REASON I WOULD DO, UH, A RED BARRIER THERE IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIMIT IT JUST ONE GUARD GATE.

AND THE GUARD GATES WOULD BE ALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF VENETIAN ISLAND, NORTH AND SOUTH.

AND SO THE RED BARRIER COULD BE, UM, A, A BERM OR A, A A DEFINITELY A BARRIER THAT YOU CANNOT CROSS.

UM, AND SO THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE ACCESS POINT IN AND OUT.

AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY DOES IT HAVE, WHY IS IT NOT CLOSER TO VENETIAN WAY? UH, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE A QUEUING DISTANCE, UH, BETWEEN, UH, THE, THE MAIN ROAD AND THE GUARD GATE.

SO IF THERE'S LIKE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING TO GET LET IN, UH, YOU DO NOT WANNA CAUSE A TRAFFIC BACKUP ON VENETIAN.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA.

AND, AND AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, ALITO NORTH CAN SAY, LOOK, WE REALLY WANT A GUARD GATE AND ROVING SECURITY.

AND ALITO SOUTH SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST OKAY WITH A GUARD WITH A ROVING SECURITY.

THOSE WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS.

UM, SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND, AND IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.

UM, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PJ.

WOULD NEED COUNTY APPROVAL.

SO, UM, JUST, JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

THE VENETIAN ISLANDS, UH, EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC.

UH, THE STREETS ARE PUBLIC.

UH, THE NEED, THE, THE GATES

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THERE'S A, THERE'S A VERY STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR THAT.

THE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE TRAFFIC TEAM DO A TRAFFIC FLOW, A STUDY.

UM, I THINK BELIEVE DAVID GOMEZ HAS AL ALREADY A LOT OF THAT FOR TODAY.

UM, AND THE COST FOR THE STUDIES AND GATE CONSTRUCTIONS COME FROM THE DISTRICT ONCE IT'S SET UP.

UM, SO AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS.

UH, IN, IN MIAMI BEACH, THERE'S ALLISON ISLAND, BISCAYNE BEACH, BISCAYNE POINT, NORMANDY SHORES.

THERE'S ALSO COUNTY SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, WHICH IS PALM, UH, HIBISCUS AND STAR.

UM, OKAY.

AND IF YOU COULD JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PJ, JUST, JUST TO LIST OFF A COUPLE THINGS I ALREADY SAID IN THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN, YOU WOULD HAVE AN ENHANCED SECURITY, AND I THINK I ALREADY PROVED THAT WITH THE DATA, AT LEAST BETWEEN SUNSET AND VENETIAN.

UH, PEACE OF MIND.

YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE IS, THERE'S A, OBVIOUSLY A LOT LESS CRIME ON SUNSET ISLAND.

THERE'S, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STATS, I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE CAR THEFT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AS OPPOSED TO NORTH BAY ROAD, WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAPPENS ONCE A WEEK.

UM, AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE STILL IN SUNSET ISLANDS THAT STILL LEAVE THEIR KEYS IN THE CAR.

UH, THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS COMMUNITY, UH, LED.

THIS IS REALLY NOT UP TO US.

THIS IS UP FOR EVERYONE HERE TO DECIDE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF THIS IS THE RIGHT, UM, PLAN.

UH, ALSO YOU DO, IF THIS GETS FORWARD, THAT YOU DO ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BENEFIT OF, UM, BOOSTING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.

UM, AND IT, I THINK THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT YOU FEEL MUCH SAFER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWING THAT THERE'S SOMEONE, AND PJ YOU CAN, YOU CAN CANCEL THIS SLIDE.

UM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMEONE DEDICATED TO PATROL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS INVALUABLE, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO OUTTA TOWN, UH, ON VACATION FOR A WEEK OR A MONTH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL YOU THE SECURITY GUARD, HEY, LOOK, I'M GONNA BE OUTTA TOWN.

IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT'S WRONG, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW.

YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELY NECESSARILY ON YOUR NEIGHBORS.

UM, AND YOU HAVE A REALLY DEDICATED, UM, PATROL FOR, FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UM, I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY GO OVER NORTH BAY ROAD.

UH, IT'S A MUCH SMALLER PRESENTATION.

BJ, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT UP SO THAT, THAT WAS VENETIAN.

SO NORTH BAY ROAD, NOW THEY'VE HAD OTHER CHALLENGES.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

OTHER, UNFORTUNATELY BETWEEN, UH, A SPIKE IN CAR THEFTS AND, UM, AND, AND TRAFFIC.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT I'M THINKING FOR, UH, AT LEAST LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD, LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD WOULD HAVE THE GUARD GATE ON THE SOUTH AT MICHIGAN AND NORTH BAY ROAD.

AND WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE BLUE SORT OF BARRIERS, THOSE WOULDN'T BE GUARD GATES.

THOSE WOULD BE FIXED, UH, AUTOMATIC GATES THAT ARE READ THROUGH AN RFID SCANNER.

UM, AND THERE WOULD THE, THE ACCESS POINT FOR NON-RESIDENTS WOULD BE ON THE SOUTH END WHERE, WHERE THE YELLOW CIRCLE IS.

ALL THE OTHER ACCESS POINTS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BAY ROAD, THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, AND THE RESIDENTS OF ON ALTON, UH, ON ROAD, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM USE, UH, THE SIDE STREETS TO TURN AROUND AND, AND LOOP AROUND.

UM, SO THIS WOULD A, IN A SENSE ALSO HAVE MUCH GREATER VISIBILITY, UM, AND, AND EYES ON THE GROUND FOR, FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.

UM, I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET A NOTIFICATION FROM THE POLICE ALMOST WEEKLY THAT A CAR GETS STOLEN ON NORTH BAY ROAD.

UM, THIS WILL ALSO CUT THE THROUGH TRAFFIC IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, AND REALLY DISCOURAGE LIKE YOUR UBER DRIVERS, UH, YOUR, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE, TO THINK THAT THEY CAN JUST CUT THROUGH NORTH BAY ROAD AND GET OFF ON CHASE.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? OKAY.

SO, LIKE I SAID, CUTS, YOU KNOW, REDUCES CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC RESTORES, RESIDENTS ACCESS, IMPROVES SAFETY AND MAINTAINS PUBLIC ACCESS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEY, THEY MONITOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UH, BAYSHORE, UH, BAYSHORE, THERE'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNFEASIBLE TO DO ANY SORT OF GUARD GATE OPTION HERE.

I THINK THE BEST APPROACH FOR BAYSHORE WOULD BE AT LEAST TWO R ROVING SECURITY PATROL OFFICERS, UM, WHERE THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A DEDICATED ROUTE, UM,

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UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, YEAH, AGAIN, FLEXIBLE STAFFING ROVER, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE ARMED OR UNARMED.

UM, AND YOU CAN EVEN HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN PRIVATE SECURITY OR OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS, LIKE EVEN FHP, UM, LIKE I SAID, MINIMUM, I THINK IT WOULD BE TWO ROVING PATROL VEHICLES.

UM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLE WITH A GUARD GATE OR, OR, UM, FIXED, UM, UH, GATE AND PJ, YOU CAN CUT THE SLIDE.

SO, UH, LOOK, I, I, I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESIDENT OUTREACH, UM, FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A COMMITTEE WHERE WE'RE SORT OF CHECKING THE TEMPERATURE, UH, OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

I UNDERSTAND THE PRESIDENT OF THE VENETIAN ISLAND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, CHAD IS HERE.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO MANY PEOPLE ON ZOOM I BELIEVE THAT WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO CHIME IN AND, AND, AND KIND OF SEE, LET'S HEAR FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION.

SURE.

SO THERE'S ALSO THE LEGAL, UM, NICK AND DAVID, IF YOU WANNA COME UP AND, AND GIVE YOUR, I DON'T, I DON'T, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.

I THINK I COVERED MOST OF IT, BUT, UM, MAYBE GIVE US SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON, UM, ON SETTING THIS UP.

GOOD MORNING.

DAVID GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

AND COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO CIP SHOULD YOU EVER CHOOSE TO CHANGE CAREERS , UM, YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS ON POINT AND, AND EXPANSIVE.

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.

I THINK TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE, THE GUARD HOUSE FOR SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, UH, HAS A SIMILAR DIMENSION TO WHAT WE COULD FIT OR ACCOMMODATE IN THESE AREAS.

UH, THE DIFFERENCE BEING THAT THAT GUARD HOUSE HAS BATHROOM FACILITIES THAT ARE SEPARATE, WE WOULD LOOK TO INCORPORATE IT WITHIN THE SINGLE STRUCTURE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE.

IT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

UH, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ARE CLEARED AND WE NEED TO COORDINATE TRAFFIC STUDIES WITH THE COUNTY.

BUT THAT WOULD COME LATER IN THE PROCESS WHEN, WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO DO, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU HIT ON ALL THE POINTS.

AND, AND WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THIS IS A THING THROUGH THE CHAIR? WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THIS IS A TWO YEAR PROCESS? I MEAN IT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS A, WHAT IS A STANDARD TIMELINE? I THINK PROBABLY THE LONGEST PART OF THIS IS GETTING THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT SET UP.

UH, ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEN IT'S JUST A REGULAR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

AND FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, NICK, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT SUNSET ISLANDS ONE THROUGH FOUR IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? AND THEY WERE SET UP A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

CAN YOU MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, AS OPPOSED TO HOW IT WAS SET UP FOR? YEAH, ALLISON ISLAND, PO AND HIBISCUS? SURE.

SO, SO SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, AND SUNSET ISLANDS THREE AND FOUR EACH HAVE A MANDATORY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

UM, THOSE ARE, ARE TYPICALLY, UH, CREATED WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR SUBDIVISION IS INITIALLY DEVELOPED.

UM, I FOUND EARLY RECORDS FOR SUNSET ISLANDS, UH, THREE AND FOUR DATING AS FAR BACK AS, UH, THE EARLY, THE EARLY SIXTIES.

WOW.

I COULD NOT FIND THE INITIAL RECORDS FOR ONE AND TWO, BUT, UM, BUT THOSE MANDATORY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, THE, THEY, THEY RUN WITH THE LAND.

SO YOU'RE REQUIRED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION IF YOU PURCHASE PROPERTY.

UM, YOU HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE ASSOCIATION, BUT THEIR ANNUAL DUES CAN BE USED TOWARD FUNDING SECURITY GUARD SERVICES.

UM, SO I THINK BECAUSE MANDATORY HOAS ARE TYPICALLY INCORPORATED WHEN A, A NEIGHBORHOOD IS FIRST DEVELOPED, I THINK THE, THE, UM, THE, THE CLEAREST PATH HERE WOULD BE TO INITIATE THE PROCESS, UH, THROUGH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO CREATE A SPECIAL DISTRICT.

RIGHT.

AND, AND IF YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN EVERYONE, SO IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT THROUGH THE COUNTY, IT'S A 51% VOTE.

RIGHT? BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT THROUGH THE CITY, IT'S 60% CORRECT.

SO THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES NOT HAVE A PROCESS FOR SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS.

WHEN WE HAVE GONE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE CREATED SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THE PAST, LIKE FOR UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING, UM, WE HAVE ADOPTED A 60% THRESHOLD.

AND IF, IF WE WANT TO, IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED TO DO IT THROUGH THE CITY, WOULD IT STILL REQUIRE A 60%? UH, IT, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT LIKELY, YES.

ONGOING MANAGEMENT OF, OF SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS, UM, THEY, THE, THIS, THEY, THEY HAVE A STAFF THAT'S DEDICATED, UH, TO, TO, TO SUPPORTING, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT.

AND WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS BETWEEN DOING IT THROUGH THE CITY AND, AND TO THE COUNTY? I THINK THE, THE, THE BIGGEST BENEFIT OF GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY IS THE COUNTY HAS A, A DEDICATED TEAM TO, TO HANDLE THE CREATION.

UM, AND AT LEAST IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, UH, MANAGEMENT,

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UM, AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN RECENT YEARS IS TRANSFERRED CONTROL TO THE CITY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAKE OVER AT THE POINT WHERE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN CREATED AND, AND WE CAN ADMINISTER IT.

GOT IT.

A REPORT THAT'S REALLY SCARED ME, THAT SOMEBODY WAS DRIVING UP TO THEIR HOME AND THEY WERE HELD BY, HELD UP BY, AT GUNPOINT, GUNPOINT OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME IN MIAMI BEACH ON THE VENETIANS.

UM, AND MADAM CHAIR ALSO, I, UM, I ASKED THE VENDOR FOR SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, AND, AND, UM, THE FULL DISCLOSURE, I I, I'VE NEVER MET HIM, HE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT THERE.

UM, AND I ASKED HIM ALSO TO MAYBE FEEL SOME QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF US MAY HAVE, UM, FOR COST, UM, AND, UH, ANY SORT OF FUNCTIONALITY THAT THAT, THAT THEY OFFER, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THEIR SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS, THE, THE BENEFITS.

SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE HIM TO SPEAK, HE'S, HE'S ALSO MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

UH, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, MAGAZINE.

UH, YOU AND I HAD AN ITEM.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YOU AND I HAD AN ITEM ON THAT WAS HEARD IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN AT THE FULL COMMISSION OVER A YEAR AGO ABOUT SOME OF THE ESCALATING CRIME ON NORTH BAY ROAD, UH, AND ON THE VENETIAN HIGHLANDS, UH, THAT THESE INCIDENTS HAVE CONTINUED, THIS IS GOING TO ESCALATE TO SOMETHING THAT HAS CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES.

SO, UH, I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.

THE, THESE ARE, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES, BUT THIS ALSO PRESENTS, UH, SERIOUS, UH, PERSONAL SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL.

UM, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS WE NEED IMMEDIATE RELIEF, RIGHT? WE ARE GETTING THESE INCIDENTS WEEKLY, WHETHER THEY'RE CARS STOLEN OR PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT, UH, INTRUDERS ACTUALLY APPROACHING ONTO THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCIDENT WHERE EITHER, UH, SOMEBODY GETS SHOT THAT'S ENTERING ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES, OR A RESIDENT IS HARMED.

UM, I HAD AN INCIDENT AT MY HOME WHERE A GUN WAS PUT ON ME, SO I UNDERSTAND, UH, PEOPLE'S NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WONDER IF THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS IS, IS A BIFURCATED PROCESS.

SO WE SET UP THE SPECIAL TAXIING DISTRICT, UH, WITH THE FIRST ORDER OF PRIORITY OF ESTABLISHING IMMEDIATE, UM, ROVING PATROLS, UH, BECAUSE THE GUARD GATES ARE GOING TO BE, LIKE YOU SAID, A TWO YEAR PROCESS, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE THE DESIGN CONCERNS, UTILITY CONCERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I WOULDN'T WANT, AS WE DISCUSS THAT MORE COMPREHENSIVE VISION TO HOLD UP GETTING, UH, OUR RESIDENTS HERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE RELIEF.

AND I THINK THAT WE GO AFTER THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FIRST AS WE CONTINUE A, UH, SEPARATE PRONGED APPROACH AND DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER TO, WHETHER AND WHERE TO ADD THOSE GUARD GATES.

UM, SO ME, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE SUPPORTIVE.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS, UH, COMMUNITY DRIVEN, NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN.

SO, UH, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GONNA HAVE TO VOTE ON IT THEMSELVES.

UH, BUT WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE IS A PROCESS WHERE, UH, WE TAKE AN IMMEDIATE VOTE ON THE NEED FOR THESE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS THAT WOULD, UH, PRIORITIZE SETTING UP THE ROVING SECURITY PATROL.

AND THEN AS A BIFURCATED PROCESS, WE TALK ABOUT THE GUARD GATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THE MOST PRESSING THING IS TO GET IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS OVER HERE.

UH, IT'LL COVER THE ENTIRETY OF NORTH BAY ROAD.

SOME PEOPLE, UH, HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT WONDERING THAT, UM, THE VENETIAN ISLANDS BAY SHORE, AND WE COULD LOOK AT THIS FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, I KNOW LAKEVIEW HAS HAD, UH, ISSUES AS WELL.

UM, NICK, I SEE YOU STANDING UP.

SO MAYBE, UH, SOMETHING THAT I SAID, UH, FLAGGED LEGAL, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE, IS TO TRY AND GET IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND SECURITY IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH, UH, THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT THAT WOULD FIRST TACKLE THE ROVING PATROL.

AND THEN WE COULD HAVE, UH, MORE PROLONGED DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING.

I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HELP IS TWO YEARS AWAY.

UM, AND, UH, BEING YOUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE FOR THE PAST, UH, SOME TIME.

I, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU ARE ALSO AN IMMEDIATE, UH, SOLUTION PERSON AS WELL.

SO I WANNA SEE, UH, HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE, UH, WITHOUT BEING KEYED IN, I DON'T THINK I APPRECIATED THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEMS HERE.

AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO GET THAT OUT FRONT AND CENTER.

COMMISSIONER, I'M FINE WITH THIS.

I WAS, YOU KNOW, IT FIRST STARTED TO GET REALLY BAD WHEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER DURING COVID WHEN THE BIKE GANG CAME OVER AND THEY STOPPED AND THEY PUNCHED THAT ONE FATHER.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO ON THE VENETIANS, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THIS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THOSE BICYCLE GANGS DO COME ACROSS.

OR I ALSO READ

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SO THAT I UNDERSTAND FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.

UM, IS THIS GOING TO BE PRIVATE SECURITY VEHICLES OR WILL THEY BE OFF-DUTY POLICE? AND WILL THE NEIGHBORHOODS BE ABLE TO DECIDE, BECAUSE I KNOW I PASSED A RESO, WE PASSED A LAW SAYING THAT NEIGHBORHOODS COULD HIRE THEIR OWN SECURITY.

CORRECT.

I THINK I PASSED THAT LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS FOR ALLISON ISLAND AT THE TIME THAT WANTED THEIR OWN SECURITY VEHICLES.

SO ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANT OR THE, THE INITIATIVE THAT, THAT YOU SPONSORED COMMISSIONER WAS SPECIFIC TO ALLISON ISLAND? UM, THE WAY THAT THIS TYPICALLY WORKS IS THAT, IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, UH, COMMISSIONER AS FAR WENT OVER EACH OF THE MAJOR STEPS TO, TO CREATE THE, THE, THE DISTRICT, UM, PERFECTLY, THE, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE FIRST IMMEDIATE STEP IS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF A PARTICULAR AREA TO SIGN THAT INITIAL LETTER OF INTENT.

AND THAT LETTER OF INTENT HAS TO INCLUDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT, UH, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT.

SO IF THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE, UH, ROVING SECURITY ONLY, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE POINT WHERE THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

IF THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE, UH, A GUARDHOUSE AND ROVING SECURITY OR OFF-DUTY POLICE.

AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT THAT, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE INITIAL DECISION WHETHER TO SIGN THE, THE LETTER OF INTENT.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE, SINCE THESE ARE PUBLIC ROADS, UH, THE GUARDHOUSE IN, I THINK EVERY INSTANCE ARE PUBLIC PROPERTY, UM, THE, THE, THE CITY WOULD BE, UH, USING OUR PRIVATE SECURITY PROVIDER OR OUR POLICE OFFICERS FOR, FOR OFF DUTY.

NOW, UM, AND, AND LIZ CAN GO INTO GREATER DETAIL ON THIS.

OUR PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTS DO ALLOW THE SECURE EACH, EACH DISTRICT TO DECIDE WHAT LEVEL OF, OF GUARD WHAT LEVEL OF TRAINING, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'D LIKE TO HIRE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST, BUT THERE ARE OPTIONS UNDER OUR CONTRACT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO I WOULD JUST TELL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT TO SIGN THE INITIAL LETTER OF INTENTS TO BE AS EXPLICIT AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ENVISION IN THE FORM OF SECURITY.

AND ALSO, I WAS AT THE SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, UM, ANNUAL MEETING LAST WEEKEND, AND IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THIS PRIVATE SECURITY, UM, COMPANY THAT IS IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE ISLANDS AND THE LEVEL OF SECURITY THAT SUNSET'S ONE AND TWO, UM, HAVE.

SO, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GONNA BE VOTING ON THIS ANYWAY.

IF THEY CHOOSE FOR SECURITY, THEN THEY GET IT.

AND IF NOT, UM, YOU WON'T.

SO THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO RUN SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE GUARD GATES THAT YOU NEED.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE STREETS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUBLIC, BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DETERRENT.

AND ALSO ON NORTH BAY ROAD, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, SECURITY, I THINK IT'S ALSO THE TRAFFIC.

PEOPLE CAN'T SEEM TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES DURING RUSH HOUR, SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO KNOW WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE GATES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T, WON'T IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO.

OH, OKAY.

I MEAN, I'M ON BOARD WITH THIS.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE FULL COMMISS, WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF, WELL, WE HAVE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, AND, UH, SO ONE MINUTE EACH PERSON.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON? YOU GUYS COULD LINE UP AND YOU GUYS CAN, PEOPLE WANT IT.

IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD LINE UP BEHIND THE CHAIR AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE IN PERSON AND ONE ONLINE.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, CHAD BRAVER VENETIAN, THE ISLANDS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, UH, 8 0 1 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE.

UH, WHILE VJA CANNOT TAKE A POSITION ON C FOUR N, OF COURSE, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, IT NEEDS TO GO TO VOTE, UH, SECURITY REMAINS A, A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR US IN 2023, OVER ONE IN 10 VENETIAN ISLANDS, HOUSEHOLDS HAD SOME SORT OF THEFT OR BURGLARY, UH, AND IT REALLY CAME TO A HEAD.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE INSTALLED LICENSE PLATE READERS AND MADE SOME DENT IN THAT.

BUT WE, WE NEED MORE HELP.

UM, AS A MAJOR ENTRY POINT TO MIAMI BEACH AND A CONTRIBUTING NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ASK THE CITY FOR A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN PROTECTION.

UH, I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND THE COMMITTEE'S CARE AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, IF CERTAIN MEASURES AREN'T FEASIBLE DUE TO THE LAYOUT, UH, LET'S FOCUS ON ONES THAT ARE, UH, ON OUR END.

VHA IS INVESTING IN, UH, OUR LPRS AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON GETTING PTZ CAMERAS THAT WE HOPE TO CONNECT TO YOUR, UH, REALTIME CRIME CENTER.

BUT WE ALSO NEED A REAL POLICE, UH, FORCE INCREASE TO HELP US IN THE MEANTIME UNTIL SOME OF THESE THINGS GET WORKED OUT.

UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

CAR WAS BROKEN INTO, OR AT LEAST ATTEMPT AT 2:00 PM ON A SATURDAY.

UH, ADAM BERGMAN HERE.

I LIVED IN ON MIAMI BEACH FOR, UH, AROUND 15 YEARS.

I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE IN NORTH BAY AND WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH, MY

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ARMED, I THINK AN ARMED MASKED, UH, GENTLEMAN.

MY KIDS ARE SCARED.

WE HAVEN'T MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE YET.

MY KIDS DON'T WANNA MOVE.

I LIVE RIGHT NOW AND ON NAUTILUS, THEY WANNA STAY.

THEY DON'T WANNA MOVE TO NORTH BAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SCARED.

WE HAVE A GATE THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

THEY'RE PETRIFIED OF MOVING.

SO THIS IS JUST NOT REALISTIC TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY AND THERE'S NO SECURITY THAT'S ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S A MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUE.

SO I JUST PLEAD, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, DEDICATION TO SECURITY, SAFETY TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT WE HAVE A SECURITY ISSUE AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS INCREDIBLE.

SO THANK YOU.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

I'M ALSO A RESIDENT ON NORTH BAY ROAD, UM, ON 30TH, AND I, I AM TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT.

I COULDN'T THANK YOU MORE.

YOUR, YOUR, YOUR NAME.

PARDON ME.

MARIELLA PEREZ.

I'M A RETIRED BEACH HIGH TEACHER FOR 38 YEARS.

SO I CAN TEACH YOU MATH, BUT I'M NOT INTO POLITICS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BOTH OF YOU COULDN'T BE MORE ON POINT.

WE NEED MORE IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS.

AND DEFINITELY THE TRAFFIC HERE IS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT ANYONE CAN IMAGINE.

NOT EVEN THE TRAFFIC GETTING OUTTA BEACH HIGH AT TWO 30 IN THE AFTERNOON.

UH, THAT GOES AWAY IN 15, 20 MINUTES.

WE HAVE THIS FROM THREE IN THE AFTERNOON TILL SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND SOMEONE ACTUALLY COUNTED THE CARS.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 1400 CARS.

AND WE HAVE CITY, WE HAVE, UH, SCHOOL BUSES, UH, CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, YOU NAME IT.

IT'S LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, PRISONERS IN OUR OWN HOME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW PARENTS DO IT TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO ACTIVITIES IN THE A IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE'S JUST NO WAY.

AND SO WE DO NEED, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THE ROVING SECURITY'S GONNA GET THROUGH, BE HONEST WITH YOU.

SO THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DONE TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM.

IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS MY HOUSE HAD TWO INCIDENTS AS WELL, ONCE I HAD A CONCUSSION FROM IT.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.

IT NEEDS, THERE HAS TO BE SOME MEASURE PUT IN IMMEDIATELY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

SO I THANK YOU DEARLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO DO SUCH A THOROUGH JOB.

AND WE THANK ELLEN FRIEDMAN OF ALL PEOPLE.

SHE HAS BEEN THIS PERSON SPEARHEADING THIS, BUT SHE'S NOT IN TOWN.

SO I AM SPEAKING ON HER BEHALF.

AND I AM TELLING YOU, IT IS SEVERE.

THE TRAFFIC, THE CRIME, THE CAR THEFTS, YOU NAME IT, IT'S HAPPENING ON NORTH BAY ROAD ON ONE OF THE SUPPOSEDLY HIGH END STREETS.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT, HI, UH, MY NAME IS RAMESH.

I'M A RESIDENT ON SAN MARINO.

FIRST THANK ALL OF YOU, UH, DAVID SUAREZ AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR YOUR SUPPORT COMMITMENT TO THIS ISSUE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UH, I ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE CHAD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE VENETIAN ISLANDS HOME OWNER, HOMEOWNERS, AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN SO FAR.

ADAM, YOUR STORY IS TERRIFYING.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, THIS IS SIMPLE.

IT HAS TO HAPPEN.

EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS IT.

AND I WANT TO JUST ECHO JOSEPH MAGAZINE'S COMMENTS.

IT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW AND LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN NOW.

THE ROVING PATROLS, I THINK ARE THE EASIEST ONES TO GET DONE FOR ALL OF THE REASONS WE'VE MENTIONED.

WHY THE, YOU KNOW, THE GATES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

UM, BUT IT'S, YOU, WE, I'VE SEEN THE BIKE GANG, I'VE SEEN THE BIKE GANGS ON ALTON ROAD.

I'VE SEEN THEM ON VENETIAN CAUSEWAY AGAIN.

AND WE JUST DON'T NEED THIS.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING SIMPLE AND IN OUR CONTROL.

SO PLEASE SUPPORT AND, UH, WE'RE ALL BEHIND YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

NEXT, ANYONE ELSE? HI, MY NAME'S JULIE MICHAEL.

I'M A RESIDENT OF SUNSET ONE AND TWO, AND I'M ON THE OHOA BOARD.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I WAS CURIOUS, IN YOUR IMAGINING HOW WOULD, UH, RESIDENTS OF SUNSET ISLAND, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE BLUE LINES ARE INDICATIVE OF AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE ACCESS CORRECT.

THROUGH RFID GRADES.

SO NICK, YOU CAN COME UP AND YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT, BUT OKAY.

AND TWO QUESTIONS.

IS THAT ARE THAT WE ALREADY PAY FOR OUR SECURITY, UM, A RELATIVELY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DOUBLE CHARGED BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THOSE GATES.

NO, WE WOULDN'T.

NO.

THAT THE WAY I IMAGINE THAT, I MEAN,

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BASICALLY IF YOU'RE, IF YOU LIVE ON ALTON ROAD, UH, LOWER ALTON ROAD AND SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, YOU'LL HAVE JUST ACCESS BECAUSE YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE AN RFD ID STICKER.

SO WE, OUR STAFF ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE TEMPORARY PASSES FOR GUESTS POTENTIALLY, SO THAT WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE TO GO, WE ALREADY GO THROUGH A GATE.

SO IF WE HAVE TO QUEUE THROUGH MULTIPLE GATES, THAT'S, YOU KNOW.

CORRECT.

IT WILL, IF YOU WOULD HAVE A, A, UM, A DELIVERY FOR EXAMPLE, OR A GUEST, THEY'D HAVE TO GO TO THE LOWER PART OF LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD.

UM, WHICH BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT BAD.

'CAUSE YOU THEN YOU HAVE AN EXTRA LAYER OF SECURITY THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GETTING TAXED ON.

SURE.

NO, AND I'M, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SECURITY IN GENERAL.

I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, WE JUST HAD THOSE KIND OF SPECIFIC CONCERNS.

YEAH, NO, THE WAY I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE RESIDENTS OF SUNSET ISLANDS ONE AND TWO, AND RESIDENTS OF ALTON ROAD, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS, UH, WITH AN RFID STICKER TO, TO ACCESS THOSE GATES SO THEY CAN FREELY ACCESS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GUARD GATE EVERY TIME.

NEXT, HI, I'M, UH, DAVID DASH.

I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH BAY ROAD, UH, IN THE FORTIES.

UH, WHEN I WAS WONDERING FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, WOULD GATING THAT SECTION OF NORTH BAY ROAD BE POSSIBLE, WHICH SECTION IN THE FORTIES? UH, NORTH BAY ROAD, MIDDLE NORTH BAY.

THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION.

I, WE, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT.

UM, AND THIS IS GONNA GO TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, WHICH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND I SIT ON, AND I'M GONNA EXPAND UPON THAT.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO, I I DIDN'T WANT TO, I KIND OF WANTED TO CHECK EVERYONE'S TEMPERATURE TODAY TO SEE HOW EVERYONE FELT.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE SPEAKING TODAY, I'VE NEVER MET.

UM, IT'S JUST LIKE, LIKE YOU AND, UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING FEASIBLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A NEED FOR MIDDLE NORTH BAY AND UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD FOR, FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR? NOW, MIDDLE AND UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD IS GONNA HAVE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD WHERE, AND FOR YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MAYBE EVEN TWO SECURITY GUARD GATES BECAUSE THERE'S TWO MAJOR ACCESS POINTS ON MIDDLE NORTH BAY ROAD AND UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD.

AND AGAIN, THAT COMES DOWN TO COST.

SO, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.

THE WAY, SO JUST SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR, THE WAY THIS IS GONNA WORK IS THIS WAS REFERRED TO THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH WE'RE IN TODAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA PASS, AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE A FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH I SIT ON, AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SITS ON IT AND COMMISSIONER BOT SITS ON.

UM, AND ONCE IT PASSES THAT WHERE WE SORT OF IRON OUT ALL THE DETAILS, THEN THAT GETS SENT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WILL APPROVE THE PROJECT IN A SENSE WHERE IT CAN MOVE FORWARD AND RESIDENTS CAN THEN START TO VOTE, UH, ON THE 10% OF, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.

AND THEN AS MY PRESENTATION SHOWED, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THAT THOSE ARE THE, THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS.

GOTCHA.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, LIKE, LIKE ADAM, I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORS HAVE BREAK-INS, ARMED ROBBERIES.

UH, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE, UM, PISTOL WHIPPED WITH A GUN WHEN I FIRST MOVED ON TO THE STREET IN THE, IN THE FIFTIES ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A PROBLEM AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE FINALLY IN THE CITY'S FINALLY TAKING THIS REALLY HEAD ON, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING ON IT.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE FROM THE AUDIENCE AND THEN, OKAY.

HI AGAIN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

IT'S PETER AND CATHERINE COPELEY, 2105 MERIDIAN NAV LAST JULY.

WE SPENT A FEW MONTHS IN BOSTON AND, UH, WOKE UP AT TWO IN THE MORNING TO THE VIDEO AND THE SOUND OF A MAN WALKING THROUGH OUR HOUSE.

SO WE CALLED THE POLICE.

THEY WERE UNBELIEVABLE.

THEY GOT THERE IMMEDIATELY.

HE APPARENTLY THEN HID BEHIND THE HOUSES THROUGH THE BUSHES, BUT BASED ON OUR DESCRIPTION, THEY ARRESTED HIM WITHIN HOURS.

HE'S GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE COURT SYSTEMS AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY VERY UNSETTLING, TO SAY THE LEAST.

SO, YES, I DO BELIEVE WE NEED MORE SECURITY IN THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE POLICE AGAIN.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE TRULY AMAZING.

WITH GAR, WITH GATES, UM, ON THROUGH STREETS.

TERRY BEANSTOCK, 2312 BAY AVENUE, UH, CENTRAL ISLAND THREE.

AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR, UH, CENTRAL ISLAND THREE AND FOUR ASSOCIATION.

UH, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GO FOLKS ARE DOING.

UH, OUR ACTUAL BUDGET, COMMISSIONERS JUAREZ, IS, UH, DOUBLE WHAT YOU, UH, WHAT YOU HAD.

UH, WE'VE RECENTLY DOUBLED IT, UM, FOR SECURITY REASONS.

UH, THE, THE POINT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE ARE TWO THINGS.

ONE IS TO THE EX, THE COMPLEXITY OF CLOSING OFF ROADS

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THROUGH STREETS SUBSET ONE AND TWO, THEY'RE NOT THROUGH STREETS, NORTH BAY ROAD, VENETIANS, SOME OF THOSE ARE THROUGH STREETS.

AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ONE WAY ON AND OFF OUR ISLANDS THAT WE'RE INCLUDED, LIKE ONE AND TWO WOULD BE INCLUDED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO ACCESS CORRECT.

FREE ACCESS.

UH, SECOND THING IS, UM, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, MAGAZINE, THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE NOW WITH ROVING.

UH, THE RESIDENTS DON'T NEED TO VOTE.

THEY COULD JUST GET TOGETHER AND CREATE A GROUP AND FUND, UH, UH, ROVING GUARDS NOW AND, AND START THE PROCESS.

HOME VALUES HAVE CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY THAT THE THE COST OF DOING THAT IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE NOW THAN IT USED TO BE.

SO, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE, UH, IT, IT HELPS US, IT WORKS FOR US, AND, UH, WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BAY ROAD AND VENETIANS, ET CETERA, TO START THE PROCESS NOW.

UH, AND NOT, THANK YOU, WORRY ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES FOR YOU, PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, FOR, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC.

AT TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN THROUGH , I'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE THINGS, IT'S A LOT OF YEARS.

AND IF WE COULD MOVE NOW TO, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE.

HOW MANY ARE ONLINE? WE HAVE 11.

HARRY REBAR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

HI, HOW ARE YOU? WE COULD HEAR YOU.

UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, THANK COMMISSIONER SUAREZ FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID IN PREPARING ALL THIS ANALYSIS.

AND I WANT TO ALSO ECHO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SENTIMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING REALLY DANGEROUS HAPPENING IN, UH, I LIVE ON 2355 NORTH MERIDIAN.

WE HAD A BREAK IN TWO, TWO HOUSES DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY RECENTLY.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT REALLY IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

SO I, I STRESS THAT TO FIND SOME SORT OF INTERIM SOLUTION TO GET ROVING SECURITY UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN SUPPORT OF.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT SENTIMENT.

IF WE COULD, UH, UNMUTE YO NEIL, AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS YANI O'NEILL, AND I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO ECHO THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS ON UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD.

UM, I GUESS WHEN YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEND THE PRESENTATION OUT THAT YOU, UH, WENT THROUGH THIS EARLIER, THIS, UH, MORNING? I'M ACTUALLY CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD.

I, I HAVE IT.

I, I CAN, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT MY EMAILS, BUT I'D BE MORE HAPPY TO SEND IT OUT.

AND IF YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL ME AND THAT WOULD, AND THAT WOULD, WOULD THAT ENCOMPASS UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD OR YOUR PLANS FOR UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD? YES.

MEANING, YEAH, I, I CAN SEND YOU, I CAN SEND YOU MY, MY DRAFT IDEAS FOR UPPER NORTH UPPER AND MIDDLE NORTH BAY ROAD.

IF YOU WANNA JUST GO AHEAD AND EMAIL ME ATDAVID@MIAMIBEACHFL.GOV, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.

IF WE COULD PLEASE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

IF WE COULD PLEASE UNMUTE RICHARD LEANS.

RICHARD, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

I WILL.

THANK YOU FIRST FOR, UH, HANDLING THIS, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UM, NORTH BAY, UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD HAS APPROACHED THIS CITY A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST YEARS ABOUT DOING THIS AS RECENTLY AS NOVEMBER OF 23.

UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, A FEW CONVERSATIONS AMONG RESIDENTS AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING THE VOTES TO GET THIS DONE.

SO JUST PASSING THAT ALONG.

AND, UH, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO RESORT TO GETTING A GOLF CART TO GET MY KIDS TO THE JCC AND ACTUALLY GO ACROSS ALTON ROAD AND DRIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS SO BACKED UP.

UM, IF WE COULD HAVE VERIZON, SORRY, VERIZON, TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AND, UH, ANNOUNCE YOUR FULL NAME.

HI, IT'S FRED CARLTON, 1800 SUNSET HARBOR DRIVE.

FIRST I WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS THE COMMITTEE FOR EVEN, UH, CONSIDERING THIS.

AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW RESIDENT FRIENDLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, UH, THE, THE CRIME ISSUES, NO QUESTION IS JUST OUT OF CONTROL, UH, WITH THE STEALING OF CARS AND ALL THESE THINGS.

BUT JUST TO GET OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY HERE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

AND TO GO ABOUT SIX BLOCKS OR, OR FIVE BLOCKS, IT'S 45 MINUTES, UH, DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC,

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SO I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ADDRESS IT.

I REALLY COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO ADDRESS IT.

AND, UM, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

AND OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT, MICHELLE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND SAY YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD.

HI, MY NAME'S MICHELLE KHAN.

UM, I WORK WITH JULIE MICHAEL ALSO.

I AM ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF SUNSET ISLAND ONE AND TWO.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK THAT WE GET STATED IN, UH, INFORMED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS BY ACCIDENT, WHERE WE WERE FOLLOWING UP ON THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE LEFT TURN FOR ALTON ROAD.

UM, WE WERE SENT A MEMO, AND I HAPPENED TO READ IN THE THIRD LINE, IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF THE MEMO, SOMETHING ABOUT GATING OF NORTH BAY ROAD.

WE HAD NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

UM, SO IF, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, BUT SUNSET ISLAND ONE AND TWO, REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE LAST WEEK.

WE'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.

WE THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE MAILING LIST OR THE NOTIFICATIONS, PLEASE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND WITH THAT WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, THANK YOU.

SO, UM, I THINK BY ACCLAMATION WE CAN MOVE THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

IT'S GOING TO FERC FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

UM, AND, UH, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

SO NEXT WILL BE

[25. DISCUSS UTILIZING 7605 COLLINS AVENUE AS A POTENTIAL BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR OCEAN RESCUE.]

ITEM NUMBER 25.

DISCUSS UTILIZING 76 0 5 COLLINS AVENUE AS A POTENTIAL BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR OCEAN RESCUE.

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND BUILDING WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.

UH, HONORABLE COMMITTEE AND COUNSEL.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER INTENDED USE THAT'S ONE OF THE 10 ITEMS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 6TH.

UM, AND I'M READY TO DELIVER THOSE RESULTS IF YOU'D LIKE.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PULL THIS ITEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A COMPANION ITEM.

THEY, WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 6TH.

AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVE THE 10 RESULTS THAT CAME FROM THAT OPEN HOUSE.

OH, OKAY.

DO YOU WANNA GIVE US THOSE RESULTS? WILL DO.

SO, UM, ON FEBRUARY 6TH, THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THIS COMMITTEE, UM, WAS HELD.

AND THE COMMUNITY CAME BACK WITH, UH, SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER, UH, AT THE 76 0 5 PROPERTY, UH, THE SIT.

ANOTHER ONE WAS TO HAVE A CITY FACILITY TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE PARK AND THE BEACH.

THE THIRD WAS A BEACH CLUB FOR RESIDENTS, WAS ALSO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT.

THERE WAS, UH, AN OFFER OR A REQUEST TO MAKE IT AN EVENTS VENUE FOR HOSTING WEDDINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, WITH ITS PROXIMITY TO THE PARK.

UH, THE FIFTH IS THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP FOR THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH DEALS WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL MARINE SCIENCE CENTER.

THE SIXTH WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, OR ALSO TO KEEP IT MAYBE PERHAPS AS A POLICE SUBSTATION SINCE SOCIAL AND RESCUE REALLY WASN'T INTERESTED UNLESS IT WAS THE WHOLE FACILITY THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE.

THE SEVENTH WAS A LIBRARY INTEGRATION AREA, UH, PERHAPS WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL OR COMMUNITY BASED ACTIVITIES BEING HOSTED THERE INSTEAD OF AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS LITERALLY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT.

UH, THE EIGHTH WAS AN ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS AREA, DEDICATED SPACES FOR CLASSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ALSO, IN SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY.

THE NINTH WAS A TOURIST AND COMMUNITY CENTER, A WELCOMING CENTER IF YOU WOULD, UH, TO ACT AS A HUB TO THE NORTH BEACH AREA.

AND THE 10TH WAS, UH, A PUBLIC SPACE IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTION TO REMOVE THE SECURITY WALL, UH, THERE, AND REPURPOSE THE ENTIRE POOL AREA AND CREATE AN OUTDOOR EVENT SPACE.

SO THERE WAS SOME OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THOSE ARE THE RESULT.

AND AGAIN, THE, UH, THERE'S AN INTENDED USE THAT THEY WANTED TO BE DISCUSSED AND WAS REFERRED TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, UH, LATER ON.

SO I WOULD JUST WITHDRAW THIS ITEM AND LET IT PLAY OUT IN LAND USE.

WHICH WILL BE SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ DISCUSSION REGARDING BUT CONCESSIONS, REGULATIONS AND LAYOUT TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT AREAS REMAIN AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES FOR PUBLIC

OKAY, WE WILL MARK IT.

AND NOW WE WILL HAVE ITEM NUMBER 29,

[29. DISCUSSION REGARDING BEACH CONCESSIONS, REGULATIONS, AND LAYOUT TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT AREA REMAINS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT OF BEACHES.]

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ENJOYMENT OF THE BEACHES.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY FACILITIES AND FLEET.

UM, SO ELIZABETH, IF YOU'LL SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SURELY, UM, GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

SO WE HAVE MADE, UH, CONSIDERABLE EDITS TO THE FIFTH AMENDED RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR BEACHFRONT CONCESSIONS.

AND BASICALLY, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE, UM, ADDRESSED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ENSURING THAT THE BEACH IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

UM, OKAY.

UH, SO CAN WE MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE FULL COMMISSION? YES.

NUMBER 27, DISCUSS REORIENTING THE CITY'S CODE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT A MORE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE APPROACH TO ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I WILL SHOW IT BY ACCLIMATION FULL TO THE MOVE TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

WE NOW HAVE ITEM

[27. DISCUSS REORIENTING THE CITY'S CODE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT A MORE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE APPROACH TO ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.]

IT WILL BE PRESENTED BY CODE AND SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER B.

IS COMMISSIONER B UH, STILL ON THE LINE? COMMISSIONER BT IS STILL ON THE LINE.

COMMISSIONER BT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOU MAY.

YEAH, I'LL, I'LL LET THE, UM, MY STAFF COLLEAGUES PRESENT AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, UH, WEIGH IN ON THAT.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

HERNAN CARINO AGAIN.

UH, SO THIS WAS, UH, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, UH, I GUESS LAST MONTH.

UM, I WAS NOT PRESENT, BUT I THINK IT CAME BACK FOR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE, UH, WHETHER IT WAS HIRING MORE STAFF CROSS TRAINING OR E APPS.

UH, THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE AREAS OF, UM, FREQUENT CODE VIOLATIONS.

I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, STEPHANIE FROM MY OFFICE ADDRESSED A MISNOMER ABOUT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE SERVICE DELIVERY IS PROACTIVE.

88% OF ALL INVESTIGATIONS, UH, WERE PROACTIVE WHILE ONLY 12% WERE COMPLAINT DRIVEN.

UH, THE AREA OF, UH, MOST FREQUENT VIOLATIONS CITYWIDE WAS, UH, SANITATION AND ILLEGAL DUMPING.

UM, I THINK, UH, CROSS-TRAINING WAS ALSO DISCUSSED.

AND CURRENTLY, UH, WE CROSS-TRAIN OUR POLICE OFFICERS ON QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, VIOLATIONS.

OUR PARK RANGERS, UH, MARINE PATROL AND OUR URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION, THEY CAN ALL ISSUE CODE VIOLATIONS, UH, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, AS FAR AS, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE, UH, I THINK THE AREA CAPTAINS ARE COMING ONLINE, UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING A, A, A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CODE SUPERVISORS AND ATTENDING THOSE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND ALSO THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY.

GREAT.

SO LET'S HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER BOT, BUT COMMISSIONER B, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF.

SO, UM, RENAN, THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE.

UM, I THINK THINK THAT THAT, THAT THE STATISTICS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND THE, UM, CROSS POLLINATION OF STAFF AND RESOURCES IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA SEE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT GRAFFITI AND, UM, CODE VIOLATIONS VERSUS CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, A CONCERTED EFFORT TO WORK WITH POLICE COLLEAGUES SO THAT WHEN THINGS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP A CODE VIOLATION OR WE'RE NOT JUST, UH, CLEANING UP SOMETHING THAT IS A CODE VIOLATION.

UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IF IT IS A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THAT POLICE GETS INVOLVED AND CAN, CAN FOLLOW UP ON THEIR SIDE.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT PUT INTO.

I KNOW IT HAPPENS.

UM, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A HIGHER PRIORITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, UM, ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST OCCASIONALLY.

UM, SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO DO ON THIS FOR NOW.

AND IF WE'RE NOT SEEING ONCE, NOW THAT THESE AREA CAPTAINS ARE COMING ONLINE AND, UH, WITH MORE DIRECTION TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE POLICE ON ITEMS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE, WE DON'T SEE SORT OF THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THAT, UH, WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK AND REVISIT IT IN, IN A TIME IN THE FUTURE.

DO WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS? OR IS THIS JUST AN UPDATE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND YEAH, THIS IS JUST COMING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR AN UPDATE.

SO CAN THIS ITEM BE CLOSED? YEAH.

WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'LL CONCLUDE THIS ITEM.

AND

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MICHELLE MRAZ, IF WE COULD UNMUTE HER.

MICHELLE, YOU ARE MUTED STILL.

WE'LL GIVE YOU 10 SECONDS.

UM, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

OUR NEXT ITEM

[28. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION ON RE-ESTABLISHING A NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD]

IS NUMBER 28, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON REESTABLISHING A NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD.

THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER B AND CODE AND LEGAL WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER B.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN FLOATED AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS A POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

UH, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SOLD ON IT, BUT I WANTED TO BRING THIS ITEM SO THAT WE COULD HEAR FROM OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THE MATTER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN EITHER, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOW, MOVE IN ONE, ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER ONCE AND FOR ALL CODE IS COMING AND THEY HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD OR A CITY ENTITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY FOR NOT MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY FREE OF THOSE NUISANCES OR CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.

HERNAN CARDENA, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY DEFER TO POLICE BECAUSE, UH, THE ITEMS THAT ARE ARTICULATED IN THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD AND THEIR SCOPE OF AUTHORITY, UH, WOULD BE ALL CRIMINAL ITEMS. UM, CRIMINAL LAW VIOLATIONS, I THINK MARGAO IS COMING, WELL, THE CHIEF MAKES IT HERE.

I CAN JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE.

UH, CRIMINAL LAW VIOLATIONS, IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE UNLAWFUL SAILOR DELIVERY OR STORAGE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, UH, YOUTH AND CRIMINAL STREET GANGS, PROSTITUTION, SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, ILLEGAL SAILOR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND DEALING AND STOLEN PROPERTY.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, SO AS CODE DIRECTOR, UH, CARDENA ALLUDED TO THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE REFERENCED WITH REGARD TO DESIGNATING A PROPERTY TO BE A NUISANCE ARE CRIMINAL RELATED.

UM, THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY WOULD GO THROUGH TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE OWNER OF A PROPERTY THAT IS BECOME A NUISANCE IS PRIMARILY HELD BY CODE.

UM, SO WE WOULD CONDUCT OUR NORMAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

WE WOULD PARTNER WITH CODE AND ANY OTHER, UH, CITY ENTITY THAT NEEDS THAT CRIMINAL INFORMATION TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OR THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROPERTY IS A NUISANCE.

AND THEN WE WOULD PARTNER WITH ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS.

ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THIS? I AM ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT WHATEVER EFFORT THE COMMITTEE OR THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO GO WITH.

MY ONLY WORRY IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND OUR STAFF IS SO FOCUSED ON ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN'T GET OTHER WORK DONE BECAUSE ALL THEY'RE DOING IS PREPARING FOR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

AND SO AS WE ADD ALL OF THESE, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT HERE, EVERYBODY'S HERE IN THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, SO, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

I WANNA DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT CODE AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE, ARE WORKING WELL.

BUT, UM, COMMISSIONER BON, ARE YOU, I MEAN, ARE YOU 100% CO COMMITTED TO THIS BOARD? I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS.

WHAT ACTUALLY WOULD BE HEARD HERE? UM, I, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST NOISE ISSUES? UH, WHAT WOULD BE HEARD UNDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WELL, UH, THEY WOULD BE CRIMINAL LAW VIOLATIONS.

THE, THE ONES I JUST ARTICULATED, SO I CAN GO OVER 'EM AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE.

UH, THE UNLAWFUL SAILOR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, UM, YOUTH AND CRIMINAL STREET GANGS, UM, PROSTITUTION, SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, ILLEGAL SALE, OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY.

WHY WOULD IT BE GOING TO THE NEWS THAT THE DEBATE AND BOARD, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH, WHERE'S IT GOING RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW, ANY KIND OF CRIMINAL VIOLATION IS GONNA BE HANDLED EITHER THROUGH OUR LOCAL PROSECUTOR AT THE CITY LEVEL, DEPENDING ON THE CHARGE OR AT THE STATE LEVEL THROUGH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO YOU'RE SAYING HAVING A RESIDENT APPOINTED BOARD HANDLE THESE INSTEAD OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION? NO.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT WHATEVER PREDICATE OFFENSES ARE OCCURRING AT A POTENTIAL NUISANCE PROPERTY WOULD BECOME PRIMA FACIE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE USED BY A

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THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

I, UM, I THINK IF I HEARD COMMISSIONER B CORRECTLY, SHE'S NOT MARRIED TO THIS, UH, ITEM, BUT SHE DID WANNA HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ONCE BEFORE HERE.

UM, I TEND TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ THAT, UM, THE CITY RESOURCES TO HAVE ANOTHER BOARD, UH, COULD BE TOUGH, BUT I WANNA HEAR MORE FROM COMMISSIONER BOT.

SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT STAFF, UH, I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT HAVING A RESIDENT STAFFED OR POPULATED BOARD, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVEN FIND RESIDENTS TO POPULATE BOARDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT.

OUR LAND USE BOARD, OUR CRA ADVISORY BOARD.

UM, SO I, I WORRY ABOUT THIS.

I ALSO WORRY ABOUT, UM, IF IT BECOMES A VEHICLE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, RETALIATORY MEASURES IN WAYS THAT WE WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE.

UM, I, I, I DID WANNA BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION AND HAVE OUR EXPERTS WEIGH IN, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE RATHER, AND HAVE OUR EXPERTS WEIGH IN, UM, AND, AND JUST SORT OF FLESH OUT WHAT THE PROS AND CONS ARE.

I AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT, UM, WHILE THERE CAN ALWAYS BE, AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE EVEN CLOSER COLLABORATION BETWEEN CODE AND POLICE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER, UM, IN, IN EFFECTUATING THE CHANGE THAT WE WANNA SEE.

AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, AND, AND ELEVATE THAT, THE BETTER.

UM, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A WAY TO GO.

UM, SO I AM, I AM INCLINED TO, UM, CLOSE THIS ITEM WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HAD A FAIR SHAKE AT THIS.

WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION TWICE NOW, AND, UM, IT DOES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A THING WHEN THE CITY WAS MUCH SMALLER AND, UM, IN A DIFFERENT TIME.

BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS I, I BELIEVE, MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED AND, UM, EFFECTIVE IN, IN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[7. DISCUSS NAMING THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE BUILDING IN HONOR OF ARTHUR MARTINEAU.]

NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS ALSO YOUR ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS DISCUSSED NAMING THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE BUILDING IN HONOR OF ARTHUR WALTER MARTINU.

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BOT AND FACILITIES IN FLEET WILL BE SPONSORING, WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.

COMMISSIONER BOT.

SO OBVIOUSLY ART OR NOW AS WE KNOW, KING ART, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT THE FUNERAL, YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, REFERENCE.

BUT ART MARTINO WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF, OF THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.

WHILE, WHILE HE WAS, UM, RUNNING IT FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF DECADES.

HIS, HIS, UM, WIDOW DEB IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF, OF POWELL, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

CONTINUING ON THE, THE, THE WORK THAT ART STARTED.

UM, AND I WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO, UM, COMMEMORATE AND MEMORIALIZE THE CONTRIBUTION THAT ART HAD MADE.

UM, FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PAL OR NOT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAVE, UH, ANY REASON TO, TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT, THEY WOULD AT LEAST RECOGNIZE BY THE NAME ON THE FACILITY, UM, WHAT, WHO THIS PERSON WAS.

UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE MEMO, UM, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED THING TO UNDO A NAMING AND REDO A NAMING.

UM, AND ALSO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE NEW POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE FACILITY WILL BE CONTEMPLATED, DESIGNED AND, AND, UH, BUILT.

SO I, I THINK I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE, WELL, NOT, I THINK I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DO A, UM, STATUE, A PLAQUE, WHATEVER WE WANNA DO THERE, UM, WITH A EXPLAINER, UM, IN FRONT OF THE, THE FACILITY.

UM, AND THEN, UM, NAME THE NEW BUILDING, UH, AFTER ART MARTINO.

I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE.

WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM I .

CURRENT NAME ON THE BUILDING.

JUST QUICK QUESTION.

UM, CERTAINLY WELL DESERVED.

AND I, I LOVE, UH, THE INITIATIVE.

DOESN'T THIS ALREADY HAVE A NAME? THE POLICE ATHLETIC BUILDING? IT DOES.

IT'S CURRENTLY THE, A BRESNICK YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER.

YEAH, THAT'S THE

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SO RENAMING IT WOULD REQUIRE TO, TO GO TO ELECTIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED IN LIEU OF RENAMING TO ESTABLISH A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.

THE NEW BUILDING, HOWEVER, THE ONE THAT'S FUNDED FROM THE 2018 GEO BOND, THAT COULD BE NAMED AFTER ARTHUR MARTINO.

AND APOLOGIES.

SO WHERE IS THIS MOTION GOING? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE SAYING? THE PLAQUE.

OH, THE PLAQUE.

WE INSTALL THE PLAQUE.

OKAY, PERFECT.

OKAY, SO I'LL IN FAVOR TO FULL, FULL FOR THE PLAQUE.

FULL COMMISSION.

AND, UH, OFF TO NUMBER EIGHT.

UPGRADING THE CITY'S CITY'S HOLIDAY DECOR.

NUMBER EIGHT IS DISCUSS

[8. DISCUSS UPGRADING THE CITY'S HOLIDAY DECOR]

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

FACILITIES AND FLEET WILL BE SPONSORING.

UM, ELIZABETH, UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY DECOR.

THIS CAME UP, I'LL JUST, UH, MENTION IT.

I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, THE LINCOLN ROAD, UH, TEAM, AND THEY'RE ALSO HERE.

AND WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW THE HOLIDAY DECOR ACROSS THE CITY'S A LITTLE TIRED, MAYBE NOT ENOUGH IN SOME AREAS MM-HMM .

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT SOME ENHANCEMENTS ARE ALREADY BEING MADE, AND THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SOME OF THE UPGRADES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE CITY HALL, THE 41ST, UH, STREET, UH, POLES, NORMANDY, FOUNTAIN POLES, UH, JULIA, TOTAL ENTRANCE, UH, LOOMIS PARK OVERHAUL, COLLINS PARK, ALTON ROAD.

BUT I WANNA HEAR MORE FROM YOU.

SO MOST CERTAINLY.

UM, SO THE CITY DOES HAVE AN INVENTORY OF HOLIDAY DECOR, AND WE SUPPLEMENT THAT OR COMPLIMENT THAT RATHER WITH, UH, RENTED LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL IS ABOUT 817,000.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED ANNUALLY FOR THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS PROGRAM.

UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME AREAS THAT COULD BE UPGRADED, AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU A MENU TO SELECT FROM BECAUSE THERE IS SOME COST SMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED, EVEN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AS AN ENHANCEMENT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR POLICY DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ENHANCED, WHAT AREAS OR ANY SPECIFIC FOCUS, AND WE CAN GATHER ADDITIONAL QUOTES OR SELECT FROM THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY CO-SPONSOR HERE.

UM, ARE THERE AREAS IN PARTICULAR THAT, UM, YOU SEE OF CONCERN THAT NEED TO HAVE REFRESHED LIGHTING? UH, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR, I THINK CITYWIDE.

UM, I THINK AROUND THE HOLIDAY TIME, UH, WE SEE SUCH, DESPITE THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, VARIOUS RELIGIONS, UH, OR EVEN NOT RELIGIOUS, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER.

AND ESPECIALLY IN A TOWN WHERE IT'S, UH, ONE OF OUR PEAK TOURISM SEASONS, IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT LEAVES, I THINK, UH, A GOOD ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT UPGRADING SOME OF THIS LIGHTING.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE STRIKE A FINE BALANCE OF BETWEEN, UH, UPGRADING THINGS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THEN OF COURSE, IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, WHETHER IT BE LINCOLN ROAD OR THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WHERE WHEN PEOPLE ARE HERE DURING DECEMBER AND THE HOLIDAYS, THEY KNOW IT'S SPECIAL, RIGHT? THERE'S SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, WHEN THEY WOULD VISIT IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OR APRIL.

UH, ELIZABETH, IF WE BRING THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION, IT WOULD THEN GO FOR DISCUSSION DURING THE PRO BUDGET PROCESS, UM, ABOUT THE 120,000 ENHANCEMENT.

CORRECT.

UH, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? AND I CAN MAKE A MOTION.

WE'LL MOVE IT.

WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SURE.

WE HAVE DANIEL ERALDO.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES? YES.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

UH, DANIEL ERALDO, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOT THE WRONG NAME ON IT NOW, BUT I AM NOT SPEAKING FOR MDPL.

I'M SPEAKING AS A CANDIDATE FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION GROUP ONE, AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER HOLIDAY LIGHTING CAN BE DONE.

UH, LIGHTING HELPS, UH, SHOW A SENSE OF PRIDE, AND THEY HAVE IT ALL OVER OTHER SEASIDE TOWNS IN EUROPE, IN THE RIVIERA AND MIAMI BEACH SHOULD CONTINUE ON THIS.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS YEAR IS THE CENTENNIAL OF ART DECO.

AND SO WHATEVER WE COULD DO IN THE FALL, UH, GOING UP TO THE HIGH SEASON TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR BEAUTIFUL ART DECO BUILDINGS WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH.

THE ITEM I MOVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, STEPHANIE? OH, YES.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, WE COULD HEAR YOU.

SUGGEST THAT THE JULIA TUTTLE ENTRANCE HOLIDAY DECOR IS KIND OF FABULOUS.

UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM,

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THE, THE, UM, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

UH, AND, AND I THINK IT'S MORE OF FIXING IT RATHER THAN REPLACING IT.

I THINK IT'S GOT SOME, UM, WARM AND FUZZY ASSOCIATED, UM, FEELINGS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS TO CONTEMPLATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IT ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS WORKING DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, LIKE PIECES OF A DO AND PIECES OF A DON'T RATHER THAN REPLACING IT.

AND I THINK THAT THE, THE NORTH BEACH CORRIDOR COLLINS FROM 65 TO 75, AND THEN HEADING WEST ALONG 71ST STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN AREA IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT IS, UM, INCREASINGLY A PLACE WHERE TOURISTS COME AND STAY, UH, AND MAKE THEIR BASE WHEN THEY COME HERE, AS OPPOSED TO BEING DOWN IN SOUTH BEACH.

IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND A DIFFERENT VIBE, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THAT.

AND FOR TOO LONG, UM, NORTH BEACH HAS BEEN THE REDHEADED STEPCHILD WHO GETS THE LEFTOVERS AT BEST AND OFTEN DON'T.

DOESN'T EVEN GET THAT.

SO I, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA PRIORITIZE THAT.

UM, LINCOLN ROAD HERE.

HI, ANNABELLE YPI LINCOLN ROAD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

UM, I JUST WANNA ECHO, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINES STATEMENT ABOUT LINCOLN ROAD.

WE ARE THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OF THE CITY, AND WHILE WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY A SMALL FOOTPRINT OF LIGHT IMPACT DURING THE HOLIDAYS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT BE MORE EXPANDED AND MORE IMPACTFUL, UM, AND HAVE SOME REALLY KEY DECOR, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THAT THE HUB FOR OUR, OUR CITIZENS, OUR RESIDENTS, BUT IT ALSO THE HUB OF ALL OUR VISITORS WHO COME HERE DURING PEAK SEASON.

SO PLEASE KEEP LINCOLN ROAD IN MIND.

I KNOW WHEN, WHEN ELIZABETH WAS, UM, OUTLINING SOME OF THE AREAS ON THE BEACH, LINCOLN ROAD WASN'T MENTIONED.

SO I'M JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDED IN, IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS.

UH, CAN WE ADD THAT LINCOLN ROAD TO ONE OF THE CONTRACTOR UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS? ABSOLUTELY.

IS DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BLUE LIGHT SAFETY AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALONG THE BEACH WALK IN BAY WALK.

ITEM NUMBER 11

[11. DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BLUE LIGHT SAFETY AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALONG THE BEACHWALK AND BAYWALK.]

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

FIRE AND POLICE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM, UM, WHILE FIRE AND POLICE ARE COMING UP TO THE PODIUMS. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS A PILOT PROGRAM.

UM, I THINK THAT AS WE ARE DISCUSSING HOW TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OUR BEACH WALKS SAFER.

UM, WE SEE NEFARIOUS THINGS HAPPENING THERE.

UM, WE HAVE AN AND A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF ARRESTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE DUNES OR HIDING IN THE DUNES.

UM, THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE WELL TRAFFICKED AT AT MANY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT.

AND THERE ARE ALSO PLACES THAT AREN'T WELL TRAFFICKED.

AND SO, UM, NOT EVERYBODY CARRIES A CELL PHONE WITH THEM WHEN THEY'RE OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, WALKING THE DOG OR, UM, OR, UH, GOING FOR A RUN.

NOT EVERYBODY, UM, SPEAKS ENGLISH IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, CALL 9 1 1 AND ASK FOR HELP.

UM, AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO, TO TRY THIS, THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE CITY AS SAFE FOR EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENT, UH, AN AN EMPLOYEE, UH, A VISITOR, UM, AS CAN BE WITH AS MANY OVERLAPPING TOOLS TO, TO EFFECTUATE THAT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH, UM, TALKING ABOUT GATED COMMUNITIES AND, AND ENHANCED POLICE AND SECURITY MEASURES.

UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.

TOWERS OR, YOU KNOW, POLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

UM, MY NAME IS CAPTAIN DELVIN BROWN, MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION.

UH, I'M HERE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF MAJOR GARCIA WHO CONDUCTED THIS RESEARCH.

UM, I'D LIKE TO ENTER ON THE RECORD THAT CHIEF JONES IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM.

UM, SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE SPONSOR AND, UH, DO A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF LOCATIONS ALONG THE BOARDWALK.

UM, FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, UM, SOME OF OUR CONCERNS, UH, WITH IMPLEMENTING, UH, THE BLUE LIGHT SAFETY SYSTEM WOULD BE FROM A NETWORK STANDPOINT AND OBVIOUSLY A POWER STANDPOINT.

UM, HOW WILL WE POWER THESE

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SO WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, STUDY AND WE, UH, IDENTIFIED SOME LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, ALONG THE BEACH WALK, WHICH WAS 22ND STREET, 36TH STREET, UH, 53RD STREET AND 79TH STREET.

UM, AND ONCE WE IDENTIFIED THOSE LOCATIONS, UH, WE DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD HAVE A HARD WIRED NETWORK, UM, OR HAVE, HAVE IT SOLAR POWERED.

UM, BASED ON THAT, WE MADE, WE REACHED OUT, UH, I HAVE SERGEANT MELANIE ZEDA HERE WHO CONTACTED SOME OF OUR LOCAL, UH, COLLEAGUES, FIU, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, ALAH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, WHO ALSO USE THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. UM, AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE VENDORS TO GET SOME QUOTES, UM, TO SEE WHAT PRICING WILL LOOK LIKE TO INSTALL THIS.

UM, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE I'M, I'M GOING THROUGH SOME NOTES HERE.

UH, ONE OF OUR MAIN CONCERNS WITH THIS, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, PILOT PROGRAM WOULD BE THE IDEA THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE TO ENGAGE, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY WORK RIGHT.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PROBLEMS WITH, OR IT'S PART OF THE, PART OF THE CONCERNS OR CHALLENGES WITH, UH, WITH HAVING THESE BLUE LIGHT TOWERS, UM, ALONG THE, ALONG THE BEACH WALK .

SO THE, UM, AFTER I RESEARCHED THE TOTAL PROXIMATE COST FOR FOUR LOCATIONS, UH, WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $131,000.

AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT IS ABOUT $1,500 A MONTH, UH, TO COVER ALL THE LOCATIONS.

AND, AND HOW, THANK YOU.

QUESTION, UH, AND HOW LONG WOULD THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR? DO WE HAVE AN IDEA? DO WE KNOW? UH, I THINK THAT'S, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE ON THIS PROCESS.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE EVER DISCUSSED EXACTLY HOW LONG IT WOULD BE GONNA WORK.

YEP.

SO WHATEVER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT HERE AND WITH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEEMINGLY, UH, SUPPORTING, ENDORSING THIS, UH, I'M FINE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE PILOT PROGRAM.

UM, SO I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION WANTED SOME GUIDANCE ON LOCATIONS, SO MAYBE WE NEED TO BRING THIS BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THE LOCATIONS, UM, THAT WE COULD, UH, MOVE FORWARD.

MELAN, UH, OFFICER, SERGEANT, CAPTAIN, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED AND THIS RESEARCH, UM, AND THE COSTS, UH, PRESENTED IN THIS RECOMMENDATION ARE PREDICATED ON THE, THE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS THAT WE DECIDED UPON IN CONSULTING, IN CONSULTATION WITH POLICE OFFICER, YOU KNOW, POLICE ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO TECHNICAL STUFF, UM, BEING CONSIDERED, UM, THAT'S A FANCY TERM TECHNICAL STUFF.

THE MEMO DIDN'T INDICATE THAT.

SO WE HAVE THE INDICATE, SO WHY DON'T WE SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND IT TO FE GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIAL COSTS INVOLVED.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT COMMISSIONER BOT? UM, I PREFER JUST TO GO TO THE COMMISSION TO BE APPROVED.

IT'S, LET'S DO THAT.

UM, IT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO FERC BECAUSE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF OUR BUDGET COSTS, IT'S NOT OVERLY SUBSTANTIAL.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT PENNIES, BUT, UM, IF IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, THOSE COSTS WILL BE AMORTIZED AND WE WILL HAVE A VERY ROBUST INFORMATION ABOUT IF IT'S BENEFICIAL OR IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

GREAT.

SO BY ACCLIMATION, WE'LL MOVE IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, ITEM 18 AND 19 WILL BE DEFERRED TO NEXT MONTH SINCE COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ IS NOT HERE.

WE'LL MOVE INTO THE FULL COMMISSION.

AND THEN ITEMS,

[18. DISCUSS CONSIDERING BEAUTIFICATION OF THE ALLEYWAYS BEHIND ROASTERS ‘N TOASTERS AND CAFÉ AVANTI ON THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR]

[19. DISCUSS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SIDEWALKS ON COLLINS AVENUE WITH MOSAIC DESIGNS, LANDSCAPING AND DECORATIVE UPLIGHTING]

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR ITEM NUMBER 20, WHICH IS

[20. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATION OF SERVE ROBOTICS’ AI-POWERED SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH]

DISCUSSED THE DEPLOYMENT OF OPERATIONS AND SERVE ROBOT ROBOTICS, AI POWERED SIDEWALKS, DELIVERY ROBOTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

THIS WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING.

CAN HAVE, UH, SOMETHING WITH A SMALLER FOOTPRINT AND, UM, UH, NOT TAKING UP SPACE ON OUR ROADS.

UH, SO THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY SERVE ROBOTICS HAD APPROACHED, UM, SAYING THAT IN DIFFERENT CITIES THEY HAVE THESE SMALL LITTLE ROBOTS THAT MAKE DELIVERIES.

AND, UH, THE IDEA WAS WHY HAVE A 2000 POUND CAR TAKING UP TRAFFIC TO DELIVER A BURRITO WHEN YOU

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AND, UH, SURF ROBOTICS HAD SOME, UH, REQUESTS FROM THE CITY TO HELP, UH, HAVE THIS HAPPEN.

I THINK THERE ARE MAY ALREADY BE PILOTING 'CAUSE I WAS, UM, NEAR THE POLICE STATION THE OTHER DAY FOR A MEETING WHEN I WAS COMING OUT.

I SAW ONE, UM, AROUND THE ROADS.

BUT, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM BRAD CAIN OF PUBLIC WORKS.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, BRAD CAIN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ITEM AND YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.

THEY, THEY HAVE NOT IN A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S DONE BY THE CITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY.

THERE'S ABOUT, I BELIEVE, 20 TO 25 OF THEM, UH, IN VARIOUS HOTSPOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, SO, UH, I THINK SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND WE MOST RECENTLY GOT SOME COMPLAINTS THAT THEY WERE TAKING UP.

UH, THEY WERE JUST PARKING AREAS WHERE POTENTIALLY LIKE A DA CONCERNS AND, AND, AND SOME SPOTS SOMETIMES THAT THEY END UP BEING IN.

AND, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE AT INTERSECTIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY FUNCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE REGULATE THEM AND ENFORCE, UM, OVERSIGHT WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO JUST KINDA, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY WITHIN, I GUESS, THEIR LANE.

AND THEY'RE NOT CAUSING ANY DISRUPTANCE, YOU KNOW, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY FROM HOW THEY OPERATE.

COMM, I REALLY DISLIKE THESE, UH, REALLY DISLIKE THESE.

I SEE THESE IN BRICKLE.

UM, AND THESE ARE TOTALLY DISRUPTIVE TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

AND WHERE I SEE THEM IN BRICKLE, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BETTER EQUIPPED.

UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE WIDER.

UM, I SEE THESE OPERATING IN THE FLAMINGO PARK AREA, AND I SAW ONE ON WEST AVENUE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE SIDEWALKS WHERE AT SOME TIMES YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO PEDESTRIANS CROSSING, UH, PATHS WITHOUT ONE PERSON ACTUALLY STEPPING ASIDE.

AND IF YOU ADD, UH, THE ROBOTICS ON HERE, IF ANYBODY'S PUSHING A STROLLER OR ANY TYPE OF A DA, UH, I, I THINK I DON'T SEE THESE TAKING MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF, UH, POUND VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.

I THINK THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A CUTE LITTLE GIMMICK AS THESE COMPANIES PREPARE FOR WHAT IS NEXT.

UM, I, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT THE END GOAL HERE IS, YOU KNOW, UH, HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF THESE, UH, TAKING OVER OUR DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS IS LIKE A PILOT PROGRAM TO KIND OF WORK ON THEIR TECHNOLOGY.

UM, I SEE NO BENEFIT TO MIAMI BEACH HAVING THIS, UH, I'M ACTUALLY PROPOSING LEGISLATION.

UH, I HAVE NO IDEA IF MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT IT OR NOT.

I'M NOT SURE IF I'M CERTAINLY BRINGING IT FORWARD, UH, TO ACTUALLY NOT HAVE THESE IN OUR CITY BECAUSE I, I THINK, UH, WE'VE REALLY WORKED ON TRYING TO DECLUTTER OUR STREETS, OUR SIDEWALKS.

UM, WE'RE ALREADY TACKLING, YOU KNOW, UH, SAFE RIGHTS OF WAY, CREATING BIKE PATHS, BIKE LANES, UH, THESE REALLY JUST THROW, UM, A VERY CHAOTIC WRENCH INTO THINGS.

NOW, MAYBE WHEN THEY GET PAST, UH, SOME OF THESE KINKS, UH, THAT ARE WORKED OUT IN OTHER AREAS, THEY COME BACK WITH A MODEL THAT IS, UH, BETTER SUITED FOR OUR CITY.

UM, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT OUR STREETS IN MIAMI BEACH, I'M SORRY, OUR SIDEWALKS IN MIAMI BEACH ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THIS.

NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ITEM ISN'T NECESSARILY TO, UH, GET RID OF THIS, BUT, UH, AS IT STANDS NOW, UH, AFTER OBSERVING THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE MONTHS, UH, I, I'M CERTAINLY NOT A FAN OF THESE.

UM, WELL, I'M GONNA PUSH BACK A LITTLE.

I, IT IS NOT THAT I'M A FAN, BUT I DISAGREE.

UM, I THINK THAT THEY, UH, DO TAKE CARS OFF THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC IS A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM.

SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM OF HAVING THEM ON SIDEWALKS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, IS THIS SOMETHING, UM, THAT CAN BE PUT ON A BIKE LANE? CAN THEY BE ALLOWED TO, UH, GO THERE? OR, UH, A STREET? I, I'LL I'LL EXPLAIN BECAUSE OF THE SPEED, THE WAY THESE ROB ROBOTS CAN NOT ONLY OPERATE ON SIDEWALKS, UH, ON THEIR OWN IN THE SELF-DRIVING MODE, AND THEY'RE SUPERVISED BY REMOTE PILOTS.

UM, SO, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF INSURANCE ON THEM, BUT THEY CAN'T OPERATE ON THE STREET.

THEY CAN ONLY OPERATE ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THEY ALL END UP TO 10 MILES OUT.

ALSO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN PASS LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE THEM.

UH, I THINK WE MIGHT BE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE, UH, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW.

WE ARE LIMITED.

THE, THE, THE, THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM WE'RE TALKING TODAY IS WHETHER THE CITY WANTS TO PARTNER WITH SERVE ROBOTICS TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD INCREASE AND FACILITATE WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW, THEY'RE DOING JUST ON THEIR OWN.

AND

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I, WE HAVE LIMITED JURISDICTION TO REGULATE SAFETY ISSUES.

MM-HMM .

BUT AS FAR AS BANNING THEM OUTRIGHT, I DID, UH, I WOULD NEED TO RESEARCH THAT BY, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, RIGHT? CURRENTLY THEY'RE TO, TO JUST HELP FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THEY, THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER, UM, FLORIDA STATUTE THREE 16 DASH FIVE 40 OR SOMETHING, UM, WHICH IS THE RE-REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES NON-CONFORMING WITH THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER NOW.

UM, THEY'VE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE CITED AS THEIR STATUTE FROM THEIR OWN PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, PERFORM.

HERE'S WHAT, UM, I'D PROPOSE.

I, I'D LOVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE FULL COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN BRAINSTORM IDEAS IF WE'RE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? UM, AND POTENTIALLY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE CAN, UH, LAY DOWN GROUNDWORK AND RULES.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, MR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? MRS. FINE.

SO I WILL MAKE THAT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, WE HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER BOT, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF.

SO I, I SHARE, UM, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S CONCERNS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NARROW SIDEWALKS WITH SO MUCH CLUTTER AND DISRUPTION.

IT'S, UM, I CAN'T FATHOM HOW ADDING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUMAN EYESIGHT AND, AND REACTIONS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ ABOUT, UM, TAKING TRAFFIC OFF THE ROADS AND, AND THAT IS A LAUDABLE GOAL THAT I SHARE.

I I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY AT ALL.

I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS.

AND, UM, AS WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SIDEWALKS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS BY GETTING, UM, EVES OFF IT, I JUST THROWING THIS INTO THE MIX, UM, MAKES IT WORSE AGAIN.

UM, SO I AM DEFINITELY NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS.

UM, AND JUST TO REITERATE, WE'RE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE.

THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE THERE, AND THIS IS TO HELP, UH, LAY GROUNDWORK AND RULES AND PARTNER WITH, UH, A COMPANY THAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, OKAY.

UH, ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.

M OKAY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS

[30. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION ON ACTIVATING THE UNDERUTILIZED SPACES IN ALTOS DEL MAR PARK.]

NUMBER 30.

DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON ACTIVATING THE UNDERLIE SPACES IN ALTOS DEMAR PARK.

AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SCHWAR.

UM, ARTS, ARTS, UM, INSTALLATIONS ANYWHERE NORTH BEACH EXCEPT, UH, WITH ONE EXCEPTION THAT IS ABOUT TO COME ONLINE AS PART OF THE OCEAN TERRACE PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER BOT.

UM, SO THERE ARE, UM, ALTO DELMAR IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK.

IT HAS NOT BEEN HISTORICALLY, UM, ACTIVATED IN THE WAY THAT OTHER PARKS ARE, OR THAT MAKE, UM, SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WILL SAY THAT LAST WEEKEND, UH, AND THIS WEEKEND, THERE ARE TWO ACTIVATIONS.

LAST WEEKEND WAS THE, THE HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA SPELLED EGG EXTRAVAGANZA.

AND IT WAS A RAGING SUCCESS.

UM, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WERE THERE.

UM, PEOPLE WERE REALLY PSYCHED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, IT'S GREAT TO NOT HAVE TO CO-OP THE, THE SPORTS FIELDS, UM, BEHIND THE YOUTH CENTER UP THERE.

UM, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING UP IN NORTH BEACH AT, AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, SO I THINK THERE IS, UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS, UM, DIFFERENTLY GOING FORWARD.

UM, WE'VE GOT AN ITEM AS WELL.

UM, WE'VE GOT AN ITEM THAT THAT IS, WAS JUST DISCUSSED AT THE, UM, NORTH BEACH CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, AND WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING THAT IN THE COMMISSION MEETING TO WIRE L UH, ALTO DELMAR.

UM, 'CAUSE IT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED TO HAVE ELECTRICITY WHEN THE PARK WAS BUILT.

SO THERE IS AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO EXPAND THE ELECTRICITY THAT, UM, IS PARK ADJACENT INTO THE PARK SO THAT THERE CAN BE EVENTS HAPPENING THERE THAT DON'T REQUIRE NOISY AND POLLUTING AND DISRUPTIVE GENERATORS.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE.

UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, UM, UM, THAT I WANNA SEE THERE, UM, IS A TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATION AND, UM, OR, OR A PERMANENT ART INSTALLATION OF SOME SORT.

AND, UM, AS, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THERE ARE NO ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

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SO THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S OUR FIRST OFFICIAL ONE.

BUT IN THE MEANWHILE, WE CAN DO BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BEACH AND TO, TO, UH, MAKE ALTOS DELMAR MORE ACTIVE ALL THE TIME.

UH, DURING THE DAY WHEN IT'S FULL OF KIDS AND FAMILIES, IT'S GREAT.

BUT AS THE SUN SETS AND THE PLAYGROUND CLOSES, UM, IT TURNS INTO A, UM, A HANGOUT SPOT FOR UNSAVORY CHARACTERS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN ACTIVATE IT AND DISPERSE THOSE FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY GO AWAY TO THEIR HOMES AS OPPOSED TO BEING OUT IN, IN PUBLIC AND, AND LOITERING AND INTIMIDATING PEOPLE AND, UH, AND WORSE, THE, THE BETTER WE'LL BE.

SO, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO, TO SEE, UM, TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION THAT IT WILL BE MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER.

UM, COMMISSIONER BOT, SO DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE FULL COMMISSION? YEAH, I WOULD.

SO ADMINISTRATION, OH, I, I WILL START JOHN REBAR PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR.

UM, WE'RE APPROACHING THIS AS A, A TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN TCD AND PARKS AND REC.

UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING THERE.

AS COMMISSIONER HAD MENTIONED, WE DID SOME MOVIES IN THE PARK.

WE DID EXTRAVAGANZA ON SUNDAY, THAT WAS SATURDAY.

ON SUNDAY.

WE DID FAMILY ARCHERY DAY AND WE COULD CONTINUE THOSE THINGS, UM, WITHOUT ANY FISCAL IMPACT.

AND BECAUSE WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD SOME BUDGETED, UM, BUDGET FUNDS FOR THAT, AND WE JUST MOVED THE EXTRAVAGANZA, SO THAT WAS ALREADY FUNDED.

WE DO HAVE A REC, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FOR A $60,000 ENHANCEMENT INTO OUR BUDGET TO DO ADDITIONAL FAMILY FRIEND FRIENDLY RESIDENT ORIENTED PROGRAMS. UM, IF WE WANT TO EXPAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

THERE ALSO IS THE ART AND CULTURAL, UM, ARM TO THAT WHICH LIZETTE IS GONNA, UM, SPEAK ON BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TEMPORARY ART EXHIBITS AND MAYBE SOME THEATER IN THE PARK THAT WE WOULD WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON.

BUT LIZETTE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TODD? UH, THANK YOU, JOHN.

GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, LISA FRANTE, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.

MIAMI BEACH.

UH, AS JOHN MENTIONED, UH, TO, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN PARKS AND RECS.

UH, WE'RE DOING AMAZING PROGRAMMING UP IN AUTISM.

OUR PARK, WE ALSO DO JULY, TCD DOES THE FIRE ON THE FOURTH, UH, JULY 4TH PROGRAM.

THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE ARTISTIC RECYCLING, UH, PILOT PROGRAM LAUNCHING DURING TURTLE FEST ON MAY 10TH.

WE ARE DOING A NEW EVENT DURING NATIONAL PET MONTH THROUGH MIAMI BEACH ONSTAGE PROGRAM.

IT'S CALLED, UH, PAWS IN THE PARK, AND IT'S AN EVENT THAT YOU CAN BRING YOUR DOG.

WE HAVE PET PORTRAITS, WE HAVE DJ LA SPAM DJING.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, MOVIES PLAYING, UH, THAT ARE PET THEMED.

SO IT'S A REALLY NICE, UH, FAMILY EVENT AS IT COMES TO THE ART PIECE.

UM, WHEN WE LAST PRESENTED THIS ITEM, I BELIEVE LAST MONTH, UH, WE PRESENTED PARTNERING WITH FIU, UH, SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT, UH, DIFFERENT OTHER ENTITIES.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE LIKE STORAGE OF ARTWORK TO EXHIBIT.

UH, ALSO CHALLENGES THAT WE FOUND FROM EVEN FROM FIU WAS INSURANCE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO HAVE FUNDING TO TRANSPORT, INSTALL THE ARTWORKS AND THE PROTECTION OF THEM.

UM, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OPERA GALLERY WHO HAS THE CURRENT PROGRAM IN BA HARBOR AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN EXTENDING WHAT THEY CURRENTLY DO IN BOW HARBOR VILLAGE.

HOWEVER, BASED ON THEIR INSURANCE, THEY NEED CONFIRMATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS, ADDITIONAL, UM, THINGS TO PROTECT THEIR ARTWORK.

AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THAT WITH OUR PARKS TEAM.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO CAMERAS IN THAT.

CORRECT? UH, FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT, THE PARK IS OBVIOUSLY PATROLLED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE A ROVING RANGER, BUT AS FOR A SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM WITHIN THE PARK OR 24 HOUR SECURITY, WHICH I THINK LIZETTE IS ALLUDING TO THAT SOME OF THIS ARTWORK, UM, NEEDS THAT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.

'CAUSE IT IS, DOESN'T EXIST AT THIS TIME.

AND SO THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT, UH, PROTECTS ARTWORK WHILE IT'S THERE AND IT WOULD BE AT NO COST.

WE MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE VILLAGE OF BATH HARBOR HARBOR, WHICH THEY HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE THAT WHERE THEY DO PLACE ROTATING, UH, SCULPTURES, UH, AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

THEY INCUR ALL THE COSTS TO INSTALL AND INSURANCE AND WHAT THEY NEED IN RETURN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE, UH, METHODS IN PLACE TO ENSURE AND SECURE THE ARTWORK.

[02:05:04]

I, I'D LIKE TO, IF THERE'S STILL, UM, FOLKS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF THEM.

ZERO.

LEMME SEE WHAT HE, HI ASSISTANT.

HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF MORGA FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HELLO.

UM, SO OBVIOUSLY CAMERAS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED ALL THE WAY UP THE BEACH WALK.

UM, IT'S A, A LONG PROCESS.

UM, IT'S HAPPENING SEQUENTIALLY.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF, UM, PUTTING UP THE ALTOS DELMAR SECTION OF THE CAMERAS BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? SO KIND OF JUMPING THEIR, THE SPOT IN THE QUEUE IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE THIS, THIS INITIATIVE.

SO I'D HAVE TO SPEAK WITH OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES MAJOR ERIC GARCIA, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY NEEDS TO BE DONE INFRASTRUCTURE WISE TO PREPARE THAT AREA FOR EITHER THE FIBER OPTICS CONNECTIONS OR ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR CAMERAS AND SEE IF THAT IS BUILT INTO ANY OF THE OTHER PHASES THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN WITH REGARD TO THAT PROJECT.

UM, SO I'D HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DUE DILIGENCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU AN ANSWER.

UM, ALSO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU SPEAK WITH, UM, FACILITIES AND I GUESS CIP, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

UM, ELECTRICAL BORING.

MARIA HERNANDEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS ON A, IN A MEETING YESTERDAY WHERE IT IS A FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE THING TO, UM, BRING POWER FROM AN EXISTING SPOT, UH, IN ALTO DELMAR TO ANOTHER SPOT BY JUST SORT OF DOING SOME, SOME, NOT OPEN TRENCH WORK, BUT SOME UNDERGROUND BORING THAT YOU CAN JUST PULL THE WIRING FROM ONE PLACE AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER.

SO, UM, IF THAT'S A WAY TO DO THIS IN A STOP GAP MANNER, UM, SINCE WE'RE ALREADY GONNA BE CONTEMPLATING IT FOR ALTOS MAR FOR OTHER REASONS, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

UM, WITH THIS, UM, OUR INSTALLATION PROCESS, JOHN REBAR, UM, STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL WORK.

UM, WITH YOUR COMMENTS, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE PPD TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO AT THE SAME TIME THAT WOULD FACILITATE THE CAMERA SYSTEM.

SO THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING IT BACK HERE, UM, BEFORE WE SEND IT TO THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BY APRIL, UH, YOU KNOW, BY THE APRIL COMMISSION MEETING.

SO, UM, UM, DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? COME BACK TO YOU ONE MORE TIME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? I THINK WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION THROUGH, UH, MAJOR, UM, GARCIA AND HIS TEAM SO THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH, UH, WITH PARKS AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE AND HAVE AN ANSWER BY THE TIME WE GO TO COMMISSION.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL WORK TOGETHER.

OKAY, THEN, THEN, YEAH, LET'S BRING IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION TO, TO DISCUSS THE ITEM AND BY ACCLIMATION, UH, WE'LL GET IT ON THERE.

WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

DANIEL ERALDO, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

UH, THANK YOU.

I ACTUALLY HAD MY HAND UP FOR THE LAST ITEM, IF THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW ME TO YES, OF COURSE.

COMMENT ON THAT BRIEFLY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

SO, UH, ACTUALLY I, I REALLY SHARE, UH, THE CHAIR'S POSITION ON THIS.

I WILL TELL YOU, AS A RESIDENT OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT, FLAMINGO PARK, THERE'S NOTHING BUT JOY.

WHEN WE SEE THESE LITTLE ROBOTS, A LOT OF THEM HAVE HEARTS ON THEM GOING AROUND CHILDREN, THEY'RE SMILING, LAUGHING.

UM, AND, AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ORDER A LOT OF DELIVERY, AND I, I BLAME MYSELF FOR BEING ONE OF THOSE, THE EFFICIENCY OF HAVING THIS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE UBER EATS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ONE CAR AND THEY CANCEL.

THEN THE NEXT ONE.

I MEAN, IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A NO BRAINER.

LET US LEAN INTO HIGH TECH.

LET US NOT BE TYPICAL OLD MIAMI BEACH ANTI-EVERYTHING.

LET'S BE PRO-BUSINESS, PRO TECHNOLOGY, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT.

WHICH IS DISCUSSED ADOPTING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.

THEN WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 24,

[24. DISCUSS ADOPTING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.]

THIS RESPONDED BY COMMISSIONER B AND TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.

[02:10:09]

SO I'LL, UH, I'LL LET TRANSPORTATION DO THE, THE DETAIL WORK, BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ADOPT THIS AND, AND ORIENT OURSELVES TO THE GOALS.

WE ARE ALREADY DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THE WORK, UM, ENVISIONED WITH, UH, OUR MICRO MOBILITY, UH, TASK FORCE.

AND THE, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR AND IS, IS BEING DONE GOING FORWARD.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH FDOT, UM, IN NORTH BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE.

THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT FDOT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

THEY ARE NOT BEING COORDINATED AT ALL.

UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A, A MEETING WITH THE FOUR PROJECT MANAGERS ALL AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS HOW A, A CHANGE IN ONE PROJECT MIGHT AFFECT ANOTHER PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD.

SO, UM, THIS JUST IS A, A CODIFICATION OF THOSE GOALS, UM, AND THE MISSION AND, UM, ENSURING THAT DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A BODY, UM, REFLECT THE GOALS AND, AND SUPPORT THEM AND MOVE THEM FORWARD.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL AGREE THAT THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO ADOPT ANY COMMENTS FROM THE CITY? UH, THANK, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR AND INTERIM PARKING DIRECTOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, BUT I THINK HIT ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PLAN.

WE'RE SEEKING YOUR ENDORSEMENT ON A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.

AND VISION ZERO IS IN ESSENCE A, A SAFETY INITIATIVE THAT HAS A GOAL OF ELIMINATING ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN OUR CITY BY THE YEAR 2040.

UH, THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS, IF YOU WILL.

THE ACTION PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP.

IT'S THE BLUEPRINT, UM, THAT WILL THEN ALLOW US TO GET TO THE SECOND STEP, WHICH IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

AS, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, IT'S ACTUALLY THE PLAN THAT WILL MAKE, UM, HARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN OUR CITY TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

UH, THE STATISTICS ARE REALLY ALARMING.

ON AVERAGE, OUR CITY, UH, UH, EXPERIENCES APPROXIMATELY 64 LIFE ALTERING AND FATAL CRASHES ANNUALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

UH, SEVEN LIVES ARE LOST EVERY YEAR, AND A LOT OF CITIES ARE DEVELOPING THESE PLANS TO REALLY IMPROVE, UH, THE SAFETY OF, OF EVERYONE WHO USES OUR STREETS.

UM, AND THE, THIS, THIS ACTION PLAN, WHAT IT, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY A FRAMEWORK THAT IDENTIFIES THE, UM, THE, WHAT WE CALL THE SIX, EASE OF SAFETY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, EVALUATION, EQUITY, AND ENFORCEMENT.

WE ARE HITTING ON ALL THOSE SIX ES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERING AGENCIES AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL.

SO, AND IF I MAY JUST SURE, UM, ADD ONE MORE POINT.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, THE 64 FATALITIES, OR LIFE ALTERING, UM, EVENTS PER YEAR IN THE CITY IS THE FLOOR OF THE ISSUE.

UM, BECAUSE WHAT DOESN'T GET CAPTURED IN THAT STATISTIC IS, UM, THE ACCIDENTS THAT, UH, MAY NOT HAVE PUT YOU IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT HAVE MAY HAVE LEFT YOU WITH A TOTALED CAR THAT YOU NOW HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY TO REPLACE, BECAUSE INSURANCE NEVER COVERS THE COST, THE REPLACEMENT COSTS AND INJURIES THAT STAY WITH YOU FOR YEARS AFTER, UM, THE, THE EVENT.

SO IT, THE NUMBER IN REALITY IS MUCH HIGHER THAN 64.

UM, YOU KNOW, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND I AM STILL DEALING WITH A, A, UM, AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO.

UM, IT, SO THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THAT 64, UM, STATISTIC.

UM, SO AGAIN, SUPER CRITICAL THAT WE ADOPT THIS AND USE IT AS A GUIDEPOST, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AND, UH, ACCLIMATION AND WE'LL SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

BE DEFERRED TO NEXT MONTH.

WE'LL MOVE IT.

AND THEN JUST FOR COMMENT, WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND FOR THE RECORD, ITEM NUMBER 23 WILL

[23. DISCUSS PARISIAN-STYLE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES SIMILAR TO BURLESQUE AND CABARET SHOWS]

THAT WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSIE GONZALEZ.

AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.

[02:15:01]

I, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MATTHEW ALTOFF, 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

I CAN'T SPEAK ANY, UH, ANY MORE HIGHLY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ACTION PLAN, ADOPTING IT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY LEADING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLAN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES IN THE CITY TO ZERO WITHIN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SAFE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, ITEM FACING THE CITY.

DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T GARNER THAT MUCH ATTENTION, BUT YOU HEARD IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SERIOUSLY IMPACTED EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND, UH, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AS WELL ON OUR STREETS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN A CAR, ON THE BIKE OR ON THEIR FOOT.

SO, REALLY IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT, I HOPE, UH, WELL, I KNOW THAT THE SEVEN OF YOU ON THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE STAFF, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS AND, AND IT REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

I THINK IT WAS FUNDED BY THE US IT WAS FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN HERE WILL LEAD TO, TO POSITIVE IMPACT AND MAKING OUR CITY SAFER FOR EVERYONE.

SO I THINK WITH THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS, UH, THAT WE WERE AVAILABLE TO GO OVER TODAY.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.