Apr 23, 2025 Commission Meeting

AND, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'M GONNA ASK TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION.

RABBI NISSIM EL NVE OF TEMPLE MOSES OF SEPHARDIC, CONGREGATION OF FLORIDA HE WORKS WITH IN NORTH BEACH, WORKS WITH RABBI DANIEL HADAR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE HERE, , MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE.

WE STAND BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY, SEEKING YOUR PRESENCE AND BLESSINGS.

GRANT US WISDOM IN OUR THOUGHTS, CLARITY IN OUR SPEECH, AND COMPASSION IN OUR ACTIONS.

MAY THE WORK THAT'S DONE HERE TODAY BRING YOU HONOR HEALING TO OUR WORLD AND UNITY AMONG ALL PEOPLE, PROVIDE OUR TREMENDOUS MAYOR AND THE FANTASTIC MIAMI BEACH COMMISSIONERS WITH THE STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE INITIATIVES THAT BRING WEALTH, HARMONY, AND PROSPERITY TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AND TO ALL OUR COMMUNITIES, ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS THOSE WHO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, THOSE WHO SERVE WITH DEDICATION, AND THOSE WHO SEEK TRUTH AND JUSTICE MAY PEACE AND HOPE GUIDE OUR STEPS.

APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WORDS OF INSPIRATION THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL CARRY US THROUGH THE DAY AND BEYOND.

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, I SEE OUR FIRE CHIEF, OUR POLICE CHIEF, AND REALLY ANY FIRE AND POLICE WHO ARE HERE, WHO'D WANT TO COME UP AND, UH, MAYBE DO A GROUP, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE THAT.

SEE IF YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS IN, UH, IN, IN UNISON.

YOU, YOU WORK SO WELL TOGETHER.

SO, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO IT HERE.

I LED YOU BUSINESS SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE BUSINESS WORLD WITH NICE.

I I, I GOT THE IDEA AS I, UH, WAS DRIVING TO CITY HALL YESTERDAY AND I SAW A POLICE CAR, UH, LEADING A COUPLE OF FIRE TRUCKS TO, UH, TO WHEREVER THEY WERE GOING.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

UH, AS WE START OUR MEETING, I JUST WANNA ASK, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL, UH, POPE.

OH MY GOODNESS, POPE FRANCIS.

MY MIND WENT TO MY CHILDHOOD TO, UH, JOHN PAUL, UH, BUT TO POPE FRANCIS, WHO THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF, UH, CATHOLIC FAITHFULS, UH, AROUND THE WORLD, AND A TRUE SYMBOL OF HUMILITY OF, UH, OF A MAN WHO STOOD FOR THE VOICELESS AND WHO REALLY EMBODIED, UH, THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE REGARDLESS OF FAITH OF SERVICE.

UH, AND SO I'D APPRECIATE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

OF COURSE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

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SO I, UH, LET'S THINK, WE'RE JUST READY TO START OUR SUT NICK HALF HOUR.

IT'S CALLED THE SUT NICK HOUR, 'CAUSE WE DO A HALF HOUR FOR LUNCH.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU DAVID WHITAKER, GCDB MORNING COMMISSIONERS, MR. MANAGER, STAFF THAT WE WORK SO CLOSELY WITH, UH, OF COURSE, DAVID WHITAKER WITH THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU.

I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST I'M GONNA

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YIELD IN A MOMENT, UH, BUT EVERY CHANCE I GET, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THIS AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO VISIT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU.

WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE NOW THE ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, UH, MY GUEST AND, AND, AND REALLY WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE HE IS TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY.

HE'S THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF US TRAVEL, KIND OF THE NATIONAL BODY.

UH, AND THEY ESPECIALLY WORK WITH US IN, UH, IN WASHINGTON ON THINGS THAT ARE, WHETHER IT'S WATER SECURITY VISAS AND SOME OF THE HEADWINDS THAT OUR NATIONAL BRAND IS DEALING WITH, AND JEFF'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US HERE.

UH, AND AND ALTHOUGH THEY'RE ONLY 30% OF OUR, OF OUR 20 PLUS MILLION, ROUGHLY 6 MILLION THEY ARE, AND THAT'S 30% IN GEORGIA, BY THE WAY.

AND THERE, THERE, THERE'S, THEIR SPEND IS ABOUT HALF.

SO THEY SPEND TWICE AS MUCH, STAY TWICE AS LONG.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ARE, HOW IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ARE.

WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH YOU ON FIFA IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

ALL THE BIG MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE MAJOR HEALTH AND FITNESS EVENT THAT YOU'RE LEADING.

SO INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US, AND IT'S A BIG, BIG PART OF OUR BRAND IDENTITY AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT'S A BIG, BIG PART OF OUR ECONOMIC ENGINE.

SO IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE THAT I INTRODUCE.

HE'S VISITING US FROM WASHINGTON DC WITH HIS STAFF.

LET ME HAVE, UH, YOU MEET JEFF FREE.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UH, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

AS DAVID MENTIONED, I LEAVE THE US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION, A DC BASED ORGANIZATION THAT IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING TRAVEL TO AND WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

UH, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A RELATIVELY EASY THING TO DO.

WHAT ELSE WOULD PEOPLE WANT TO DO RATHER THAN COME TO THE UNITED STATES? TRAVEL AROUND THE UNITED STATES, AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS, SOME TAILWINDS WORKING WITH US COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE DESIRE TO TRAVEL, THE DESIRE TO CREATE EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER.

IT'S NEVER BEEN GREATER.

YOU SEE THAT IN YOUR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI.

27 MILLION VISITORS, UH, CONCLUDING HERE TO MIAMI BEACH.

MORE THAN $20 BILLION IN SPEND, PEOPLE HAVE WON TO TRAVEL.

YOU THROW ON TOP OF THAT SOME OF THESE KEY EVENTS THAT DAVID REFERENCED.

UH, WE'VE GOT THE WORLD CUP COMING IN 26 AMERICA TWO 50, WE'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS COMING TO AMERICA.

WE'VE GOT EVENT AFTER EVENT AFTER EVENT, WHICH CREATES AMPLE REASON TO TRAVEL.

UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE A PULLBACK IN TRAVEL.

IN MARCH, EUROPEAN TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES WAS DOWN 17%.

LATIN AMERICAN TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES WAS DOWN 10%.

CANADIAN TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES WAS DOWN MORE THAN 10% ASIAN TRAVEL, WHICH WAS ALREADY DOWN 50% FROM PRE PANDEMIC SLID EVEN FURTHER.

RIGHT NOW, A PERCEPTION SEEMS TO BE FORMING AROUND THE WORLD THAT PERHAPS THE US DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME HERE.

THERE'S ARTICLES RUNNING OVERSEAS, FEARS OF BEING DETAINED OR OTHERWISE DISCOURAGED FROM GETTING INTO THE UNITED STATES.

WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THESE MISPERCEPTIONS.

THESE MISPERCEPTIONS HAVE A SNEAKY WAY OF BECOMING THE REALITY THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS.

THE CRITICALITY OF THESE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO MIAMI BEACH, TO FLORIDA, TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, UH, IS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN FOR OUR NATION.

MY ASK OF EACH OF YOU IS TO REALLY CHAMPION THE ROLE THAT VISITORS PLAY HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA IN MIAMI BEACH.

THE IMPORTANCE OF DOMESTIC TRAVELERS, THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.

WE HAVE A REALLY CONCERNING TREND RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, AND YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED.

OPENS THE FLOODGATES TO OTHER HIGHRISES ACROSS OUR ISLAND, AND REWARDS DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT WITH SPECIAL ZONING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA CALL OUR FIRST VIRTUAL CALLER, LISA NANO.

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

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

AND GOOD MORNING, LISA NAPOLITANO, HOMEOWNER SOPHIE, OVER 20 YEARS, I HAVE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO LETTERS.

THE ABSENCE OF OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL AND THE REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE OPPOSITION ARE NOT THE SAME.

I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THERE IS IN FACT OPPOSITION IN NORTH BEACH, MID BEACH, AND SOUTH BEACH.

I SENT YOU THIS MORNING OVER 250 SIGNATURES OF RESIDENCE ON A PETITION AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

OUR PRIMARY OBJECTION CONCERNS THE HEIGHT AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO OUR ZONING LAWS.

THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD NOT ONE BUT TWO 400 FEET TOWERS, IS BY DEFINITION, OVERDEVELOPMENT AND OVERDEVELOPMENT IN NORTH BEACH IS NOT A PRIVATE AFFAIR.

IT HAS RAMIFICATIONS FOR ALL OF MIAMI BEACH.

A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT WILL BE SET THAT

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WE ALL KNOW IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO BUILD A PROFITABLE HOTEL CONDO DEVELOPMENT AT 200 FEET.

THE ANA AND AMAM TO MENTION A FEW AND BUILDINGS IN SURFSIDE ARE EXAMPLES, ENCLO, WE DO NOT ENTRUST THE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR EARNING LAWS OR THE PROTECTION OF OUR ISLAND'S CHARACTER AND NATURAL BEAUTY TO DEVELOPERS.

WE ENTRUSTED TO YOU OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, MANY OF WHOM CAMPAIGNED ON PLATFORMS OF IN SCALE DEVELOPMENT.

APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT IS A BETRAYAL OF THAT TRUST.

FOR THAT REASON, I, AND OVER 250 OTHER MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DENY THE PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR, GO AHEAD.

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

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MINOR COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

MY NAME IS RANDY HOLLINGWORTH AND I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY SIT ON YOUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.

UH, I HAVE BEEN A PROUD HOMEOWNER IN THE COLLINS WATERFRONT HISTORIC DISTRICT NOW FOR 25 YEARS.

AND IN THAT TIME, I HAVE BECOME VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

I SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I AM ALSO ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD THAT OVERSEES THE PUBLIC SPACES GROUP.

AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF MY CONDOMINIUM HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

PROFESSIONALLY, I BRING MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A LANDSCAPE AND URBAN DESIGNER, BOTH IN FLORIDA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

I HAVE A UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN DESIGN FROM HARVARD.

THAT, UM, HAS GIVEN ME THE PRIVILEGE OF HELPING DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD WORK ON PROJECTS THAT BALANCE GROWTH AND CONTEXT SENSITIVE, HISTORICALLY AWARE DESIGN.

BEFORE MAKING MIAMI BEACH MY PERMANENT HOME, I LIVED IN TAMPA AND I SERVED ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD THERE FOR TWO YEARS.

THAT GAVE ME A LOT OF, UM, GAVE ME A LOT OF BACKGROUND ON COLLABORATION AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

ALSO ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL VOICES AND THE CHALLENGE AND REWARD OF PROTECTING A COMMUNITY'S HISTORIC IDENTITY WHILE ALLOWING FOR THOUGHTFUL EVOLUTION.

I VIEW PRESERVATION NOT AS A WAY TO FREEZE TIME, BUT AS A FRAMEWORK FOR MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.

MIAMI BEACH HAS LAYERED ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY FROM ART DECO TO MIAMI MODERN ARCHITECTURE.

AND POSTWAR MODERNISM IS A CULTURAL ASSET AND ECONOMIC DRIVER.

OUR BUILDINGS DON'T JUST HOMELESS.

THEY SAY US, THEY SAY WHO WE ARE.

I BELIEVE THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IS TO PROTECT WHAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH DISTINCTIVE, WHILE HELPING GROW IT WISELY AND SUSTAINABLY.

I WOULD BE HONORED TO CONTRIBUTE MY TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THAT MISSION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE.

SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX MICAH, GO AHEAD SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ALEX MIKA.

I LIVE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON RESOLUTION C SEVEN AE, C SEVEN AAV AND R SEVEN H.

I KNOW THAT POLITICS FOR SOME PEOPLE CAN FEEL FAR AWAY FROM OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES, BUT THESE RESOLUTIONS MATTER AND THESE RESOLUTIONS DON'T HELP PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE.

THEY ARE ABOUT FUNNELING MONEY INTO ISRAELI BONDS, RECRUITING FOREIGN BUSINESS FROM THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, AND PRESSURING A LOCAL THEATER TO CHANGE WHAT MOVIES IT SHOWS, RIGHT? NONE OF THIS FIXES THINGS HERE AT HOME AND NONE OF IT ADDRESSES THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED AS A COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

RENTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

FLOODING GETS WORSE EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR.

UH, WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES? WHY IS OUR CITY COMMISSION FOCUSING ON AN ENTIRELY OTHER COUNTRY'S POLITICS INSTEAD OF HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE? THESE ARE NOT NEUTRAL PROPOSALS.

THESE ARE POLITICAL, THEY ARE HARMFUL, THEY'RE NOT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY STANDS FOR.

AND TO SPEAK ON ISRAELI BONDS, THEY'RE A RISKY INVESTMENT AND THEY DON'T EVEN FOLLOW OUR CITY'S OWN RULES.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY SUPPORT AN APARTHEID GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACTIVELY COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

CREATING SPECIAL PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT ISRAELI AND JEWISH OWNED BUSINESSES.

SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.

MIAMI BEACH IS BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE.

WHY ARE WE PLAYING FAVORITES? LET'S SUPPORT ALL OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

AND AS FOR OS, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING OVER THIS AGAIN, BUT WE GO THERE FOR FILMS, NOT FOR FILTERED POLITICAL MESSAGING.

THIS CITY GOVERNMENT

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HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN TELLING ARTISTS WHAT KIND OF STORIES THEY CAN OR CAN'T SHARE.

WE WERE LITERALLY TRENDING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AS IS.

UP NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, MR. CLERK.

CAN YOU LIST ME AS A CO-SPONSOR OF C SEVEN AE ON THE ISRAELI BONDS AND C SEVEN AAV ON ATTRACTING, UH, ISRAELI INVESTMENTS BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? THANK YOU.

YEAH, PLEASE ADD ME AS WELL.

GOOD MORNING MAYORS AND COMMISSION.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, HEARING THIS ITEM.

UH, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, ITEM C 7:00 AM.

UM, QUICK THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR BEING THE CHAMPION FOR, UM, THIS REEF PARK PROJECT AND ALL OF THE CO-SPONSORS, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, TANYA BOT, UH, AND DAVID SUAREZ, AND THE REST OF YOU ALL FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM, BRINGS ME MUCH JOY TO TALK ABOUT THIS SPACE.

UM, JUST LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD A LITTLE WINDOW IN AMAZING WEATHER, UM, AND WE SAW MANY THREATENED BONNET HEAD SHARKS CLUSTERING IN, UM, OVER THESE ENDANGERED CORALS AS A VERY MAGICAL MOMENT, AS WELL AS ABOUT A, A SIX INCH SEAHORSE FREE SWIMMING, WHICH IS THE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

THIS IS 500 FEET FROM OUR SHORE, UM, NEXT TO THE BUSIEST BEACH IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE BUSIEST SECTION OF THE BUSIEST BEACH IN THE UNITED STATES.

UM, THE G-M-C-V-B WHO SPOKE EARLIER, WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THEM FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TOURISM AND THE DIVERSE WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TO OUR CITY, ECOTOURISTS ARE AN INCREDIBLE OPTION.

DIVERS LIKE TO, UM, GO DIVING EARLY IN THE MORNING, UM, STAY AT NICE HOTELS, HAVE A FANCY DINNER, AND THEN GO TO BED AT 10 BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET UP TO DO THE NEXT SUNRISE DIVE.

SO THESE ARE LOW MAINTENANCE, HIGH SPEND TOURISTS THAT ARE HERE TO ENJOY WHAT MAKES OUR CITY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL TO US THAT OTHER CITIES REALLY CANNOT COMPETE WITH.

THIS AREA IS INCREDIBLE.

UM, IT'S DEFIES LOGIC THAT IT EXISTS AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.

WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE AT OUR LATEST CORAL REEF HAPPY HOUR, WHICH, UM, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ SPOKE AT.

UM, WE HAVE OVER 3000 SIGNATURES ON OUR, UM, ON OUR PETITION AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND POLITICAL LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, HAVING THIS ITEM ON THE, UM, COMMISSION TODAY AND COME DIVING WITH US SOMETIME.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.

I'M DAVID GREER.

OKAY, OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JOHAN MOORE.

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

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

UH, I CALL BOTH TO, UH, OBJECT TO SOME ITEMS AND TO SUPPORT SOME ITEMS. UH, THE ITEMS I OPPOSE ARE IN FACT, UH, R SEVEN H, UH, WHICH CONTINUES TO MEDDLE IN O CINEMA'S, UH, INTERNAL, UH, UH, AUTONOMY, UH, C SEVEN AE, UH, WHICH WOULD MORE WORTHILY AND MUNICIPALLY USEFULLY, UH, READ, UH, TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE ALLEGED BENEFITS OF THE CURRENT BOND PURCHASE POLICY, UH, WHICH SOLELY PERMIT ISRAEL BONDS, UH, AND NO OTHERS.

I ALSO OBJECT TO C SEVEN AV, THOUGH TO THE EXTENT THAT THE INTENTION IS TO INCENTIVIZE PALESTINE'S JEWISH OCCUPIERS TO CONSIDER THE UNITED STATES AS A PREFERABLE AND SAFER ALTERNATIVE.

UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT INCLINATION.

I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR C FOUR O, UH, IN SUPPORT OF FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR SPEED HUMPS.

I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT C FOUR D COMMISSIONER FEIN ON THIS BIKE SHARE STATIONS IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, I'LL SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, WE THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENTAL IDEA.

UH, I'M SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO SEE R FIVE V UH, ON THE AGENDA, BUT IF THAT IS SIMPLY, UH, IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMISSIONER FE ON THIS MORATORIUM, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU PASSED LAST TIME ON UTILITY BILL INCREASES, UH, TO DISCUSS HOW TO BEST HAVE INCREASES NOT BE REGRESSIVE, THEN THAT IS MAYBE AN APPROPRIATE, UH, ITEM.

AND I WAS UNCLEAR ON THE MAYOR'S R FIVE AD, IS THAT INTENDED AS AN ANTIDOTE, UH, TO THOSE INCREASES? UH, AND FINALLY, I CALL TO OBJECT TO C SEVEN.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

UH, THERE IS A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE, SO I'M GONNA CUT IT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO EVERYONE, AND I WANT TO, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE, SO IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS IN ONE MINUTE, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, JUST REGARDING THE LAST CALLER, WE DON'T HAVE TIME, NOR IS IT THE PLACE TO GO INTO, UH, MIDDLE EAST, UH, HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND THE SURROUNDING, UH,

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UH, ARAB NATIONS.

BUT, UH, I JUST NOTE THAT I OBJECT TO THE PHRASE PALESTINE'S JEWISH OCCUPIERS PIERS AS A, A, UH, VERY OFFENSIVE, FALSE, AND ANTISEMITIC REMARK.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

HELLO, UM, PATRICK BRECHER HERE.

I LIVE AT 1754 MERIDIAN AVENUE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PRIDE PARK.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE REEF PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING THIS, THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO CELEBRATE ITS NATURAL ECOSYSTEM.

IT'S VERY IN LINE WITH THE, UH, BLUE ZONES MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, MAKING MIAMI BEACH HEALTHIER AND SAFER FOR EVERYONE TO COME AND VISIT.

AND, AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE TO ENJOY, UM, THIS EFFORT ISN'T JUST ABOUT PROTECTING THE REEF, IT'S ALSO ABOUT PROTECTING THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA GO VISIT THE REEF, THE SNORKELS, THE SCUBA DIVERS, THE PADDLE BOARDERS.

SO THIS IS JUST MAKING OUR CITY SAFER AND, UH, OFFERING ANOTHER ECOTOURISM, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE.

UM, AND, UH, JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND, WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE SAW SEA TURTLES, SEAHORSES, DOLPHIN.

WE DIDN'T SEE DOLPHINS LAST WEEKEND, BUT WE'D SEE THEM OUT THERE REGULARLY.

SO I ALSO WORK IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND WE KNOW THAT TIMES ARE UNCERTAIN, SO WE HOPE THAT AS THE CITY IS CONSIDERING POTENTIALLY TIGHTENING ITS BUDGET THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CELEBRATE.

SO THANK YOU.

KAREN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

UH, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS KAREN RUCA.

STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

YEAH, MY NAME IS KAREN RUCA.

I'M AT 10 39TH STREET.

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

LEMME GET IT.

UM, LAST, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE GOT RID OF THE WASTE OR TRASH BROKERS, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING.

BUT, AND THEN WE WENT OF COURSE DIRECTLY WITH THE TWO WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT, UH, SERVICE SOUTH BEACH.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A 6.5% INCREASE, AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE WANTING TO INCREASE US BY 20%, SO OUR FEE WOULD BE 20% HIGHER.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND IT HAS TO BE SOLVED HOPEFULLY BY THIS COMMISSION.

UH, COMMISSIONERS LOOKING AT SINGLE HAULERS FOR THE ENTIRE, UM, UH, SOUTH BEACH, UH, AREA.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

HI, UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON C 7:00 AM AND ALSO THE CO-SPONSORS, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ BOT ANJO MAGAZINE.

UM, AS I SAID, UM, I'M A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT AND A FREQUENT DIVER SNORKELER OF MIAMI BEACH AND ALSO PART OF THE WOMEN'S WATER COLLECTIVE, WHICH IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY OF WOMEN THAT SHARE A DEEP LOVE FOR THE OCEAN AND WATER SPORTS.

UM, WE'VE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS DIVING RIGHT OFF THE SHORE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, JUST A SHORT BIKE RIDE FROM MY APARTMENT.

UM, AND WE OFTEN DO THIS AT SUNRISE AND SEE INCREDIBLE BIODIVERSITY OUT THERE.

I'VE SEEN SPECIES ON OUR SHORES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS, UM, IN FORT LAUDERDALE, PALM BEACH, MEXICO, AND BON AIR, INCLUDING GUITAR FISH, WHICH ARE, UM, REALLY COOL RAY LOOKING GUYS THAT, UH, SLEEP ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR BURR FISH THAT HAVE THESE SPIKY LIKE YELLOW SPIKES.

AND, UM, YEAH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THAT WAS C 7:00 AM AND I'M LISTEN, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ GIVE, I'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW.

THE NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS FRANKLIN PEREZ.

MR. PEREZ STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

HI, MY NAME IS FRANKLIN PEREZ.

I LIVE AT 5 9 8 RIGAN WOODS TRAIL OF VETO FLORIDA.

DO NOT VOTE FOR OUTRAGEOUS REVOLUTIONS.

R SEVEN HC SEVEN AE AND C SEVEN AV MIAMI BEACHES.

MAYORS ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO IMPOSE HIS SUPPORT FOR ISRAELI APARTHEID THROUGH THESE THREE RESOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORTS CONTINUED CENSORSHIP AT THE SMA FUNDS GENOCIDE THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF ISRAELI BONDS AND ENCOURAGES DISCRIMINATORY BUSINESS POLICIES SUCH AS FAVORITISM FOR ISRAELI OWNED BUSINESSES.

ENOUGH.

ISRAEL IS A JEWISH SUPREMACIST APARTHEID STATE THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTING ETHNIC CLEANSING, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, AND NOW GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOR 76 PLUS YEARS.

STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL, STOP GIVING IT WEAPONS, STOP GIVING IT MONEY AND CONDEMN IT FOR WHAT IT IS.

AN APARTHEID AND GENOCIDAL STATE THAT HAS MURDERED 186,000 PLUS PALESTINIANS IN GAZA.

DON'T KNOW ON OUTRAGEOUS RESOLUTIONS, R SEVEN HC SEVEN AE AND C SEVEN AB.

STATE SHOULD NOT EXIST, THAT ISRAEL SHOULD NOT EXIST.

GOODBYE.

I, I THINK ANY REASONABLE, REASONABLE PERSON WATCHING THIS MEETING, YOUR USE OF THE WORDS APARTHEID, GENOCIDE, SUPREMACIST, AND THEN 76 PLUS YEARS.

YOU JUST BASICALLY SAID IT ALL.

YOU JUST SAID THAT THE JEWISH

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THAT'S WHERE YOUR ANGLE IS FROM.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THESE COMMENTS COME FROM.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE, UNLIKE EVERY OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WHETHER YOU'RE BE ITALIAN IN ITALY, CUBANS, AND CUBA, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT JEWISH PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A STATE IN ISRAEL AND YOU JUST LITERALLY EXPLICITLY SAID IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE AT LEAST YOUR HONESTY.

MY NAME IS STACY OLER KING AND I AM AN OCEAN ADVOCATE FROM MIAMI.

I'M ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT THE REEF.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THIS IS SO EXCITING.

UM, THINK I'M THE ONLY NON, UH, SPONSOR AT THIS POINT, AND I WAS AT THAT MEETING, WHICH WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

SO PLEASE ADD ME.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO STAND OUT.

PERFECT.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, MIAMI BEACH HAS WORKED HARD TO CHANGE THEIR REPUTATION AND THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE COME HERE AND TO MAKE THIS A SAFE PLACE AND WELCOMING.

AND WE KNOW THAT DIVING GENERATES ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

12,000 JOBS, $250 MILLION IN WAGES.

AND WHEN YOU ASK ONLINE, UM, FORUMS, WHERE CAN I DIVE IN MIAMI, PEOPLE SAY THERE ISN'T ANY PLACE TO GO.

THEY SAY, LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA, LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA BLUE HAIR AND BRIDGE, BLUE HAIR AND BRIDGE.

WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY CAN CHANGE THAT.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY BUILDING AND LEGACY BUILDING MOMENT WHEN LOOKING FORWARD.

YOU CAN IMAGINE LIKE THE BREAKTHROUGHS ON THE CORAL REEFS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU CAN KNOW THAT YOU HAD A PART OF THIS, SOMEONE SEEING THEIR FIRST STINGRAY WHILE DIVING.

YOU HAD A PART OF THIS.

AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR ALL OF US.

SO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS GOVIN GOVIN.

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

MY NAME IS GOVIN.

I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO C SEVEN AE, WHICH MAXIMIZES THE RISKY AND HARMFUL INVESTMENT INTO ISRAEL BONDS.

MIAMI BEACH'S OWN INVESTMENT POLICY EXISTS TO KEEP OUR BUDGET SAFE AND HELPS CREATE RETURNS THAT CAN BE INVESTED INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

ISRAEL BONDS CLEARLY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH PRINCIPLES IN THIS POLICY AND PUTS OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT RISK.

ONE OF THE POLICY'S THREE MAIN INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES IS THE LIQUIDITY OF CAPITAL, BUT ISRAEL BONDS CANNOT BE TOUCHED OUTSIDE OF THEIR MATURITY DATE, AND SO ARE COMPLETELY ILLIQUID.

THEY'RE ALSO RISKY.

MOODY'S S AND P AND FITCH HAVE ALL ALL RECENTLY DOWNGRADED THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY DON'T MEET OUR POLICY'S MINIMUM CREDIT RATING THRESHOLDS FOR OTHER INVESTMENTS.

MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR ISRAEL IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT COULD LEAD TO FUTURE BUDGET DEFICITS AND EVEN TAX INCREASES.

AS A CITY, WE SHOULD INCREASE INVESTMENTS INTO PRODUCTS LIKE THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK, WHICH SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF INVESTING INTO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.

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

I'M DONNA NEVILLE.

I LIVE IN NORTH BEACH.

I OPPOSE ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO ISRAEL.

I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG, THAT A NUMBER OF TODAY'S RESOLUTIONS AT A MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEETING ARE ABOUT SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

FIRST OF ALL, BASED ON COMMENTS AT COMMISSION MEETINGS AND IN RESOLUTIONS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THE COMMISSION REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT JUDAISM AND ISRAEL ARE NOT ONE IN THE SAME.

THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE A LONG AND RICH RELIGION AND CULTURE, WHILE ISRAEL IS A NATION STATE ROOTED IN AN IDEOLOGY ZIONISM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPELLING AND DISPOSSESSING, THE INDIGENOUS PALESTINIAN POPULATION FROM ITS LAND AND HOMES.

MANY OF US LOVE BEING JEWISH, MYSELF INCLUDED, AND ARE DEEPLY OPPOSED TO INJUSTICE, WHICH IS WHY WE DON'T SUPPORT A NATION STATE WHEN IT'S BEEN ENACTING IN UNFATHOMABLE VIOLENCE ON THE INDIGENOUS PALESTINIAN POPULATION THAT HAS LIVED IN PALESTINE FOR CENTURIES.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE DEEPLY OPPOSED TO ANY RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS MORE INVESTMENT IN ISRAEL BONDS THAT WILL GO TOWARD FURTHERING INJUSTICE AND BRUTALITY.

AND FINALLY, WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL, MULTI-FAITH MULTIRACIAL CITY.

YOUR TIME IS UP UP.

AMANDA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

SO WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT ISRAEL INCREASINGLY HAS GOOD RELATIONS WITH MANY OF ITS ARAB NEIGHBORS.

THERE ARE OVER 500 MILLION ARABS WHO LIVE SURROUNDING LESS THAN 10 MILLION JEWS.

UM, SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GAZA NOT EVEN CONTROLLED BY ISRAEL FOR OVER 20 YEARS, BUT YET, UH, PEOPLE STILL HAVE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AND YOU'RE ENTITLED TO THEM.

BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA KEEP CORRECTING THE FACTS.

UH, AND ALSO WHEN I DEEM IT, UH, HATE SPEECH, 'CAUSE HATE SPEECH IS NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED IN THIS FORUM, WHETHER IT BE AGAINST ANY GROUP RACIAL AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE, L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST JEWS.

SO OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS AMANDA.

AMANDA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

PJ, LET'S GO TO SARA ROSA.

SARAH, UNMUTE YOURSELF.

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HI, GOOD MORNING.

UH, THIS IS SARAH DE LOS REYES.

UH, PLEASE VOTE FOR C 7:00 AM THIS MARINE REEF AND PARK AND MARINE CONSERVATION AREA, AND HOPE THAT WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN SENSOR HARBOR, THAT WE GET OUR WATERS HERE TO BE NICE AND CLEAR.

AND ALSO, PLEASE VOTE FOR OUR FIVE Z PROHIBITING FLOATING STRUCTURE USED FOR RENT AND SECURE ALL THE VESSELS IN OUR WATER.

UH, YES, UH, GOOD MORNING.

UH, MAYOR, MINOR COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE.

UH, MY NAME IS SANDRA OLA AND I LIVE AT SONY 4 51 HARDING AVENUE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK, UM, IN SUPPORT OF AN ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED LATER ON, WHICH IS THE DEVILLE PROJECT.

UH, I AS A NORTH BEACH RESIDENT OF 32 YEARS WITH MY FAMILY, UH, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO THAT SPECIFIC AREA AND TO NORTH BEACH.

UH, 'CAUSE EVER SINCE THE ORIGINAL DEVILLE, UM, VANISHED, UH, BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA HAVE, UM, HAD A DECREASE IN INCOME AND ARE STRUGGLING.

AND THERE'S NOT AS MUCH, UM, ACTIVITY, FOOT ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE, UH, AS I USED TO WITNESS WHEN I LIVED IN THE ORIGINAL DEVILLE.

'CAUSE I LIVED THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WITH THEIR FAMILIES, UH, AND, UH, THERE WAS MUCH MORE ACTIVITY AND NOW THERE'S LESS ACTIVITY.

AND SO I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED AND SHOULD BE APPROVED.

AND THANK YOU .

OUR NEXT CALLER IS GENEVIEVE CLAUSE.

CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.

HI, MY NAME IS GENEVA CLAUSE AND I AM HERE TODAY TO URGE THE COMMISSION TO VOTE.

NOW ON C SEVEN AE C SEVEN AV AND RH SEVEN, MIAMI BEACH HAS AN OBLIGATION TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSIT, OR HEALTHCARE AMONG MANY OTHER PRESSING ISSUES.

MIAMI BEACH SHOULD LEVERAGE ITS INVESTMENTS TO GENERATE RETURNS THAT BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS WITHOUT VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL LAW OR THE RIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM AND WITH DIGNITY IN THEIR HOMES.

WHEN YOU SEND OUR TAX DOLLARS TO BE INVESTED IN WAR, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER POPE FRANCIS' WORDS, LET THE WEAPONS BE SILENCED.

WAR DOES NOT SOLVE ANY PROBLEM.

IT ONLY SOWS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION INCREASES HATE AND MULTIPLIES REVENGE.

WHILE I DO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO INVEST IN SMALL BUSINESSES, I'M PERPLEXED AND CONCERNED BY THE MEASURE PUT FORWARD TO SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN ISRAELI OWNED BUSINESSES.

WHY ARE WE ENCOURAGING FOREIGN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FROM ONE SPECIFIC PLACE IN MIAMI BEACH? WE SHOULD ALL BE ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES FROM ALL OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY.

THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO PLAY A VERY RISKY LEGAL GAME.

ALTHOUGH R SEVEN A MIGHT NOT SEEM AS BLATANT.

AND I, I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU'RE OUT OF TIME.

UH, NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE ONE HELLO COMMISSION.

UH, MY NAME IS ARIEL REMOS.

I'VE, UH, I'M, I LIVE CURRENTLY IN, UH, 7 35 50TH STREET IN THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'VE BEEN AT THAT, I'VE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE IN MIAMI BEACH.

I'VE BEEN AT THIS HOUSE FOR 40, I OWNED THE HOUSE 44 YEARS.

AND IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S A CRITICAL STAGE NOW THAT THE FLOODING, UH, WITHIN JUST SOLELY THE LAST YEAR WE'RE GETTING WATER INSIDE THE HOUSE.

I'VE TALKED TO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ABOUT THIS AND UH, AND AFTER 44 YEARS, IT'S LIKE UNBELIEVABLE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FLOODING IS AT A CRITICAL STAGE.

AND I'M HERE PER THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE REALLY NEED FOR YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING IN THE SHORT TERM.

BUT DEFINITELY IN THE LONG TERM, WE NEED SOMETHING SERIOUSLY DONE BECAUSE I MEAN, EVERY, ALL OUR NEIGHBORS NOW ARE GETTING NOT ONLY WATER IN THE BACKYARD, IN THE FRONT, IN THE STREET, IT'S REALLY, REALLY BAD.

BUT NOW, AS I STATED, WATER'S COMING IN THROUGH THE FRONT AND THROUGH THE BACK.

HI, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL, UH, CALLER IS CHRIS .

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

CHRIS ARDI, RESIDENT AT 6 45 MICHIGAN AVENUE.

THANKS FOR HEARING ME TODAY.

I'M ANOTHER RESIDENT THAT'S IN SUPPORT OF ITEM C 7:00 AM ABOUT PROTECTING THIS INCREDIBLE CORAL REEF THAT WE HAVE OFF OF SOUTH BEACH.

I JUST WANNA STRESS THAT THERE'S A REAL RETURN ON OUR TAXPAYER INVESTMENT IN FUNDING THIS INITIATIVE.

YOU MIGHT BE AWARE THAT HEALTHY REEFS ACT AS A NATURAL BARRIER TO PROTECT OUR SHORES.

THIS ULTIMATELY LEADS TO LESS EXPENDITURES ON BEACH RESTORATION PROJECTS DUE TO EROSION AND STORM DAMAGE, AS WELL AS LESS DAMAGE TO, UH, OUR ADJACENT BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES.

AND AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS TODAY, THIS REALLY PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVEST IN RESPONSIBLE ECO TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FLAGSHIP ATTRACTION THAT WE HAVE IN MIAMI BEACH, WHICH IS OUR GREAT BEACHES AND OUR GREAT OCEAN.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING THIS ITEM C 7:00 AM HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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WE HAVE GONE NOW 30 MINUTES.

UH, PEOPLE ARE WAITING ONLINE, SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WE'LL END.

UM, SORRY TO KNOW YOUR YOUR NAME, BUT WE'LL WE'LL END THERE, BUT WE'LL GIVE THE CONTINUE TO GIVE THE MINUTE UNTIL, OKAY.

SO BLUE VEST WILL BE THE LAST PERSON SPEAKING.

AND I WILL, SO LET, LET'S GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

WANDA JAMON, 83 0 5 CRESPI BOULEVARD AM HERE TO OPPOSE THE DEVELOP PROJECT FOR MANY REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, THE DEVELOPER OWES A LOT OF MONEY TO THE CITY, AND NOW IT'S ASKING FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION TO BE REDUCED TO 15,000.

NUMBER TWO, THAT'S ENS IN PLACE THAT THE CITY NEVER TOOK CARE OF.

WENT TO SLEEP FOR SO MANY YEARS.

THAT IS CALLED NEGLIGENCE.

THIRDLY, IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER PUT, BEEN PUT IN THE AGENDA WITHOUT THIS SETTLED THE MONEY AND THE LIENS.

FOURTHLY, IT WAS PICKED TO THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH THEY BOTH, THEY RECOMMENDED IT TO THE BODY AND THEY ARE LOBBYISTS FOR THE DEVELOPERS.

UM, I ALSO HAVE RESERVATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER BAT.

SHE'S ALSO A NORTH BEACH RESIDENT, AND YOU TURN DRUMMER AND CHEERLEADER FOR THE DEVELOPERS ON THE LAST MEETING.

IT'S TANYA@MIAMIBEACHFL.GOV.

SO MA'AM, I, I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS PROJECT.

I, I HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT NO TURN.

THANK COMMISSIONER B.

UM, I HAVE VERY MANY, VERY GOOD REASONS, UH, FOR WHY I'M SUPPORTING WHAT COULD BE A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT FOR ALL OF NORTH BEACH.

UM, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DIS TO DISCUSS IT HERE, BUT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GET, UH, THOSE REASONS LAID OUT, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY EMAIL ADDRESS WITH YOU.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

I STAND BEHIND MY, MY DECISION AND I STAND BEHIND MY SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND I DID NOT SUPPORT THE ROSS PROJECT, BUT THOSE COMPARING THOSE, UM, SITUATIONS ARE APPLES AND ORANGES.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME WHERE I'M NOT EATING UP THE COMMISSION'S TIME, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS KEN BARNES.

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

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PERSON WITH THIS.

MY NAME.

GO AHEAD, MR. BARNES.

OH, UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PERSON WITH A SCREEN NAME OF WAFA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

MY NAME IS WAFA MASON.

I LIVE AT 6 6 2 1 SOUTH 57TH STREET.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH RESOLUTION TO CENSOR SMA AND TO CALL ATTENTION TO A BORDER PATTERN OF, UH, REP ION AND POLITICAL ALIGNMENT THAT WAS, THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY MUST REJECT.

SMA HAS A LONG BEEN, UM, CULTURAL CONCENTRATE, A SPEAK A SPACE FOR INDEPENDENCE, VOICES, BOLD IDEAS AND MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE.

THE CITY ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR THIS INSTITUTION IS NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON THE THEATER, IT'S AN ATTACK ON THE RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION.

WHEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DECIDE WHAT ART IS ACCEPTABLE, WE ALL LOSE.

AND LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ALONGSIDE THE CITY'S VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS.

EVEN AS THE GLOBAL OUTRAGE GROWS OVER IN GAZA, MORE THAN 70,000 PLUS PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED.

ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD FLATTENED AND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.

SHAMBLE, THIS IS NOW.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

HI, I'M HELENA CRYSTAL AND I LIVE IN 7 7 0 WEST 50TH STREET IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

UM, I'M PROUD TO BE A THIRD GENERATION MIAMI BEACH HOMEOWNER, AND I WANNA BEGIN BY SINCERELY THANKING COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR INITIATING THE LAKEVIEW RESOLUTION.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OUR CO-SPONSORS AND FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR TAKING THE TIME TO FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR BLOCK ON 51ST STREET WEST OF CHEROKEE DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE STORM DRAIN.

WHEN IT RAINS, WATER FLOWS FROM THE CROWN OF THE STREET DIRECTLY ONTO OUR PROPERTIES, FLOODING DRIVEWAYS, SOMETIMES ENTERING GARAGES LIKE MINE AND SOMETIMES EVEN INTRUDING IN OUR HOMES, CREATING REAL CONCERN FOR FAMILIES TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, WHICH IS THEIR HOME.

THIS, UH, CONSENT AGENDA WILL HELP TO ALLEVIATE OUR FLOODING, BRING THE WATER TO THE DELAWARE DRAIN AND PROTECT OUR HOMES FROM FUTURE WATER INTRUSION.

UH, WE'RE READY TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE RESPECTFULLY ASK EACH OF YOU TO JUST VOTE YES ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

AND I HAVE MY ENTIRE BLOCK HERE IN THE SECOND ROW IN FULL SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS, I THINK HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE.

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PJ CALL THE NEXT PERSON PLEASE.

NINA, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME IS NINA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF, UM, SOUTH FLORIDA AND I AM SPEAKING OUT AGAINST RESOLUTION C SEVEN A ER SEVEN H AND C SEVEN AAV.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AFTER HEARING EVERYBODY'S INTEREST IN INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY TO REFRAIN FROM INVESTING IN ISRAELI BONDS, TO REFRAIN FROM TRYING TO MUTE SINEMA FROM SHARING THE TRUTH.

AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT, UM, THE MAYOR CONTINUES TO DEFEND ISRAEL AND DEFEND APARTHEID WHEN IN FACT, UM, GAZA IS OCCUPIED BY LAND, ERRAND SEA.

WE ARE ALSO SEEING, UH, A GENOCIDE HAPPENING TO THE PALESTINIANS.

AND WE AS, UH, RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA AND AS AMERICA, WE SHOULD NOT BE OPEN TO INVESTING IN THAT.

UM, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN EASTER, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS WERE PREVENTED FROM GOING TO CHURCH AND PRAYING DURING EASTER.

SO IT IS NOT A JEWISH ONLY STATE.

IT IS A, IT IS A STATE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ALL THREE OF THE MAIN MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS.

AND NO ONE SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM PRAYING THERE.

AND NO ONE SHOULD SUPPORT THAT.

THRIVING ENDANGERED SPECIES THERE.

PLEASE.

BY THE WAY, I FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE.

SO HERE, HERE'S, HERE'S THE FACTS.

SO YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE ISRAEL LITERALLY, UH, LEAVES GAZA.

BY THE WAY, ISRAEL DIDN'T EVEN CONTROL GAZA IN THE WEST BANK UNTIL 1967.

IT WAS CONTROLLED BY EGYPT AND JORDAN.

SO FOR 19 YEARS, THE WORLD DIDN'T SAY A SINGLE WORD.

THE UN DIDN'T PASS RESOLUTIONS AGAINST EGYPT AND JORDAN LIKE THEY DO AGAINST ISRAEL NOW.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S BESIDES POINT ISRAEL VACATES GAZA OVER 20 YEARS AGO, ISRAEL'S ARMY LITERALLY FORCIBLY REMOVES THE LAST REMAINING JEWS.

THERE'S NO JEWS IN WEST BANK AND GAZA.

THERE'S NO OPENLY MANY THINGS IN WEST BANK AND GAZA.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHY YOU WOULDN'T SURVIVE? MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WOULD NOT BE ALIVE, WOULD NOT BE ALIVE IF THEY WERE THERE.

THAT IS A FACT.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT APARTHEID ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, KAMAS LITERALLY IN A, IN A FULL SCALE MILITARY ATTACK THAT WAS FILMED BY THE WAY THEY FILMED IT.

SO, UH, THE PROOF IS ALL THERE.

GAZA, GA, ISRAEL WAS LOUSY, ALLOWING ME INCREASINGLY ALLOWING WORKERS TO COME IN.

BY THE WAY, THERE'S A BORDER, OF COURSE THERE'S A BORDER, COUNTRIES HAVE BORDERS AND THAT ISRAEL HAD A BORDER, BUT THEY WERE ALLOWING WORKERS IN.

MONEY WAS FLOWING IN FROM OTHER ARAB NATIONS.

BUT ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED.

PLEASE LET ME FINISH ONE MINUTE.

IS WHEN YOU RUN AND GET ELECTED OFFICE, YOU CAN SPEAK AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO.

TIME'S UP IN NOVEMBER, I GOT PLEASE RE SERGEANT, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I GIVE THE RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK, BUT I'M GONNA COUNTER, I'M GONNA COUNTER HATE SPEECH WHEN IT COMES THIS WAY.

HATE SPEECH.

I'M MARRIED.

THIS IS AN, OH, BY THE WAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY BY THE WAY? LET, AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER, BY THE WAY, JEWISH NAZI WERE DOING THEIR JOBS TOO.

NAZIS WERE DOING THEIR JOBS TOO.

ALL OF YOU HAD AHOLD IDE.

NAZIS WERE, WOW.

WE LITERALLY JUST HEARD IN CASE PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR THAT NAZIS WERE DOING THEIR JOBS.

BY THE WAY, THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THE SPEAKER WHO WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THINK ABOUT THAT THE NAZIS WERE DOING THEIR JOBS.

SO THINK ABOUT WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE AND SAYING GENOCIDE AND APARTHEID.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO, WHO REALLY BELIEVE THAT NAZIS WERE DOING THE JOB.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.

IT'S THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP INTERVENING.

'CAUSE THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A NORMAL DEBATE ABOUT POLICY, WHICH I WELCOME.

NOT IN THIS COMMISSION MEETING.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR IT, BUT NOT HATE SPEECH.

ANYWAY, I I WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER BY THE WAY, YOU NOTICE A LOT OF THE CALLERS COME IN, THEY SAY THEY'RE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVE HERE.

AT LEAST YOU, AT LEAST YOU LIVE IN NORTH BEACH.

UH, BUT BY THE WAY, I, I HAVE VERIFIED, NOT THAT I TRIED, PEOPLE CAME WITH ME, MANY OF THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME LAST TIME AND SAID, OH, BY THE WAY, I'M JEWISH.

AND I ONLY MENTIONED IT.

'CAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE JEWISH, NOT JEWISH.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS HUMANKIND AND THAT'S WHY OUR COMMISSION TAKES THE STRONG STANCE.

'CAUSE IT'S A STRONG ALLY OF ISRAEL, OF OF AMERICA, ONE OF OUR STRONGEST IN THE WORLD.

BUT PEOPLE CAME UP HERE AND SAID THEY WERE JEWISH AND THEY'RE NOT.

PEOPLE LIE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S EVEN SADDER THAN ANYTHING.

I'M SORRY.

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JACQUELINE BON.

I AM A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF URBAN PARADISE GUILD.

WE ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM C SEVEN, UM, AM.

AND SO RIGHT HERE IN YOUR FRONT YARDS, YOU HAVE THIS VALUABLE ASSET THAT HELPS WITH STORM SURGE, BUT BEYOND THAT IS A GREAT ECONOMIC ENGINE.

UM, IT STIMULATES THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE

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IT'S ALSO VERY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA CREATE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO COME WORLDWIDE TO COME VISIT MIAMI BEACH AND FOR YOU GUYS TO BE LEADERS AND TO LEAVE A LEGACY PROJECT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE STATED SOME OF THE SPECIES, BUT WHEN WE HAVE NATURAL, ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES, IT IS SOMETHING TO BOAST ABOUT.

IT IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ROBIN JACOBS.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

ROBIN JACOBS AS CHAIR OF THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, I HAVEN'T YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT PALM VIEW REQUESTS TO THE FULL BOARD DUE TO LATE NOTICE.

HOWEVER, OUR BOARD HAS CONSISTENTLY RECOGNIZED THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER AS A VITAL DRIVER OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, OUR GLOBAL IMAGE, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

PRIDE PARK IS A KEY PART OF WHY MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER IS SO ATTRACTIVE TO MAJOR CONVENTIONS.

WE'RE ABLE TO BOOK FLYING EVENTS LIKE ADOBE, WHERE WE SEE HOTEL ROOMS FILLED RESTAURANTS, BUSTLING SHOPS THRIVING AND CITYWIDE REVENUES RISING.

THESE EVENTS SUPPORT THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER.

IN FACT, 90% OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM THESE EVENTS IS FELT OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT.

WHEN WE CAN'T BOOK THESE EVENTS THAT BENEFIT EVAPORATES.

AND WHAT WE GET INSTEAD IS A RISE IN DRIVE IN TRAFFIC ATTENDEES WHO ADD PRESSURE INTO OUR ROADS AND PARKING.

WE NEED A BALANCE.

THAT IS WHY PRIDE PARKS FLEXIBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT.

IT WAS PART OF THE $600 MILLION INVESTMENT OUR RESIDENTS VOTED FOR.

MY NAME IS ADAM SAPER, A JEWISH RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH AT 10TH AND LENNOX GINNING IN OPPOSITION TO C SEVEN AE.

AND I FIRST WANNA START BY CORRECTING THE GROSS MISCHARACTERIZATION BY THE MAYOR AS THE SPEAKER WHO WAS JUST EJECTED IN WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.

YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON THE D KNOWS THAT SHE WAS NOT SAYING THAT THE NAZIS WERE DOING A GOOD JOB.

I SHE SAID THAT WHAT THE NAZIS WERE DOING, PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME, SIR.

WHAT THE NAZIS WERE DOING IS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS AND IT RESULTED IN ONE OF THE GREATEST ATROCITIES OF OUR LIVES.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF HIS FELLOW CHAMBER MEMBERS AND THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WOULD SPEAK TO THE MAYOR AND DO NOT LET THAT STAND.

I STAND HERE BECAUSE A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE BODIES OF 15 EMERGENCY WORKERS WERE PULLED FROM A MASS GRAVE.

THEY WERE SHOT IN THE CHEST, BACK AND THROUGH THE HEAD THROWN INTO THE GROUND ALONGSIDE THEIR AMBULANCES.

A UN WORKER, A UN UH TRUCK, AND A FIRE TRUCK CRUSHED AND MANGLED.

THE PERPETRATOR'S IDENTITY OF THIS ATROCITY IS NOT IN QUESTION.

THEY WERE EXECUTED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY, A VOTE TO MAXIMIZE THIS CITY, ISRAELIS THAT WERE MURDERED, A VOTE TO MAXIMIZE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN BABIES THROWN IN OVENS.

WOMAN RAPED.

I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU SAY.

I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR AN EXTRA 30 SECONDS SO I COMPLETE WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED BY THE MAYOR OF PLEASE.

I DON'T GRANT IT.

YOU CAN HAVE THE EXACT TIME YOU WERE ALLOTTED.

A VOTE TO MAXIMIZE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN ISRAEL BONDS IS A VOTE TO SUPPORT THAT ATROCITY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS LIKE IT.

THEY'RE WAR BONDS, UNRESTRICTED LOANS TO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.

WELL, SOMEONE THIS DAY MAY BELIEVE THAT SUCH ATROCITIES ARE NECESSARY EVILS OR PERHAPS EVEN JUST NECESSARY.

MANY OF THE CITY DO NOT OUR NEXT, OUR PUBLIC MONEY.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS MR. UH, MR. CITY CLERK.

AM I A SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM? OR I WILL ADD TO YOU IF YOU'RE NOT.

PLEASE ADD ME AS A SPONSOR ON THE, ON BOTH ITEMS. NOTICE THE MORE WE HEAR, THE MORE WE KEEP SPONSORING.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JOHN HUTTON.

MR. HUTTON, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS JOHN HUTTON.

I LIVE AT 54 0 1 COLLINS AVENUE AND I'M SPEAKING SUPPORT OF C 7:00 AM I'M SPEAKING ON MY, ON MY BEHALF AS WELL AS ON BEHALF OF REEF FLYING, WHICH STRONGLY SUPPORTS THIS MARINE CONSERVATION AREA.

FOR ALL THE REASONS THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SO ELOQUENTLY STATED, THIS, UH, REEF PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY PRESERVE THIS NATIONAL TREASURE, BUT ALSO WILL ENHANCE SAFETY, UM, FOR NOT ONLY THE NATURAL REEF BUT THE REEF LINE INSTRUCTIONS.

MY NAME IS FRANCISCO AND I LIVE IN NORTH BEACH.

I WANNA SPEAK AGAINST R SEVEN H.

LAST MONTH, THE MOTION TO DEFUND AND EVICT SINEMA DIDN'T GO WELL.

FORTUNATELY, MAYOR MINOR WITHDREW IT.

IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THE CITY IS INTERFERING WITH OZ CINEMA'S PROGRAMMING AGAIN, IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT MIAMI CONTINUES TO PROMOTE ITSELF AS A GLOBAL ART CAPITAL WHEN THE TRUTH IS THAT A LOT OF THESE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS FEAR GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE POLITICIANS ARE NOT FILM PROGRAMMERS.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT O CINEMA TO SCREEN A DOCUMENTARY WITH AN ISRAELI POINT OF VIEW, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND NO OTHER LAND.

AN OSCAR WINNING DOCUMENTARY BY FOUR DIRECTORS.

TWO OF THEM ARE ISRAELI.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A QUOTE BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE POLITICAL FILMMAKERS, COSTA GARE, WHOSE UNDERRATED FILM.

HANNAH KAY IS VERY RELEVANT RIGHT NOW.

HE ONCE SAID, THIS CINEMA DOESN'T EXIST IN ORDER TO SOLVE SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS. ALL WE WANT IS TO TELL STORIES.

WE POINT OUR FINGER TO WHAT WE DON'T LIKE, BUT IT IS FOR THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.

BY THE WAY, IT'S, IT'S THE INSTITUTION'S CHOICE TO ASK US FOR MONEY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL, BY THE WAY,

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SURE.

WHICH WE HAVE GENEROUSLY GRANTED.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE.

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

HI, MY NAME IS CAROLINA BODO.

I LIVE AT 29 39 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE.

UM, I HAVE TWO, TWO QUICK COMMENTS.

JUST WANNA EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR C 7:00 AM THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I WANNA ECHO WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR REEFS TO HELP PREVENT BEACH EROSION.

UM, I ALSO AM OPPOSED TO R SEVEN H, WHATEVER ONE THINKS OF THE, THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS WHEN GOVERNMENT BEGINS MEDDLING IN WHAT A MOVIE THEATER CAN SHOW.

I UNDERSTAND THEY RECEIVE, UH, GOVERNMENT FUNDING, BUT THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT'S BEING PLAYED OUT WITH UNIVERSITIES.

I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE, THE GOVERNMENT CITY COMMISSION SHOULD BE DICTATING WHAT A MOVIE THEATER SHOWS.

NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

UH, MY NAME IS SAM VAN LEAR, 20 10 20 NORTHEAST 90TH STREET.

I'M PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF URBAN PARADISE GUILD.

UH, WE FIGHT CLIMATE, CRISIS AND PROTECT SOUTH FLORIDA.

SO, UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF C 7:00 AM THE MIAMI BEACH REEF.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND ALL THE SPONSORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UH, THIS IS A VISIONARY STEP THAT CAN UNLOCK A NEW ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

WE HAVE OVER 3000 SIGNATURES ON, UH, THE PETITION.

AND OF THOSE 49% ARE FROM FLORIDA, 46 FROM THE US AND 6% ARE INTERNATIONAL.

AND THIS HAS JUST SO MUCH VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I ALSO HAVE 27 LETTERS OF SUPPORT, WHICH I'LL PRESENT.

AND THIS INCLUDES LETTERS FROM STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, THE COUNTY MAYOR, UH, AND THE GREATER CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, AMONG OTHERS.

THEY RECOGNIZE THIS.

SO THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS CARINA CARINA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

HI, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY NAME IS CARINA CCA.

I LIVE AT 8 5 5 AVENUE IN SOUTH BEACH.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST AGENDA ITEMS R SEVEN H, C SEVEN AE, AND C SEVEN AAV.

SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND SOME COMMISSION MEETINGS BEFORE AND I'VE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DESCRIBED YOUR JOBS AS TO ENSURE THAT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING USED RESPONSIBLY AND ALSO TO THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY AS RESIDENTS.

SO I'M ASKING AS A RESIDENT TO PLEASE DO GOOD ON YOUR PROMISE AND DO NOT USE OUR TAX DOLLARS TOWARDS ANY SORT OF WAR OR TO SPONSOR ISRAEL.

GO AHEAD SIR.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

I'M SPENCER ROBERTS.

I LIVE AT FOUR 11 NORTHWEST 43RD, AND, UH, OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, UH, UH, ESTUARY.

I'M A SCIENTIST, AN ECOLOGIST AT, UH, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.

I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR SUPPORT SO FAR TOWARD THE, UH, UH, ESTABLISHMENT OF MIAMI BEACH MARINE PARK.

UM, AS WE KNOW, UH, OUR REEF IS A STUNNING, FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM HOME TO HUNDREDS OF SPECIES, MANY OF THEM ENDANGERED.

IT'S A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY RISING FROM THE SEDIMENT.

IT WAS BURIED IN A DECADE AGO, BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO LEGALLY PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

NO NAUTICAL CHARTS STILL DESIGNATE OUR JETTY AS A SPOILED DREDGE AREA.

SO, UH, WHAT WE NEED IS OUR, UH, WE NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE THIS AND WE ALSO A NEED TO, UH, PROTECT THIS HABITAT FROM THE THREATS, ONGOING THREATS OF ANCHORS FISHING.

I REALLY WANNA ASK THE COMMISSION TO ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL FISHING ON THE JETTY AND TO ESTABLISH A NO TAKE PER PROTECTED AREA.

UH, GET IT RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THANKS.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS ISAAC HOFFMAN.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

MY NAME IS ISAAC MAURICE HOFFMAN.

I'M A SURFSIDE CITIZEN AT 91 41 PROUD AVENUE AND A PROUD JEWISH MAN.

I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF SINEMA, NOT BECAUSE I TAKE ISSUE WITH MAMMY BEACH'S SUPPORT OF ISRAEL, BUT BECAUSE I TAKE ISSUE WITH CENSORSHIP AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE I'M CURRENTLY A STUDENT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TRAGEDY WE JUST SUFFERED, WE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING ODIOUS CENSORSHIP ATTEMPTS ON OUR LOCAL CINEMAS TRYING TO STOP US FROM PLAYING HARMLESS PROCRE FILMS LIKE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE SIMILAR CENSORSHIP BACK HOME, NO MATTER FROM WHAT ANGLE WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE TELLING MOVIE THEATERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN'T PLAY JUST BECAUSE WE DISAGREE WITH THEIR IDEOLOGY FROM THE LEFT, FROM THE RIGHT, FROM THE CENTER.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR ABOUT THIS.

UH, IS TO OPPOSE THE THREE ISRAEL RELATED RESOLUTIONS.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

ONE MINUTE.

HI EVERYONE.

UM, MY NAME IS BEAN.

UH, MY REAL NAME IS HILL BLACKETT.

UM, I LIVE HERE ON THE BEACH, BUT I ALSO, UH, OWN A HOME OVER IN THE CITY.

UM, THE REASON THAT I'M HERE,

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UM, ORIGINALLY I WANTED TO REALLY SPEAK IN PARTICULAR ABOUT, UM, UH, THIS, UM, SORRY, THIS RESOLUTION RELATED TO ATTRACTING ISRAELI AND JEWISH BUSINESSES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST SEEMS WAY OUTTA STEP WITH LIKE THE WHOLE IDEA OF WHAT AMERICAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT PLURALISM, IT'S ABOUT, UH, A SPACE FOR EVERYONE.

AND SO IF THE CITY IS SAYING WE ESPECIALLY WANNA ATTRACT BUSINESSES THAT ARE OWNED BY MEMBERS OF A PARTICULAR ETHNO RELIGIOUS GROUP OR A PARTICULAR NATIONAL GROUP, THAT TO ME JUST SEEMS INSANE AND WAY OUTTA STEP ON THE OTHER HAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS WAYNE.

WAYNE, GO AHEAD.

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

I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK, BUT I HAVE TO GET RID OF THE ORWELLIAN SPEAK OF THE, OF SOME OF THESE MEMBERS IN, IN THE CHAMBERS AND ON PHONE.

UM, THE HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, ASSAD, IRAN, RUSSIA, UH, COMBINATION HAS KILLED 1 MILLION SYRIANS AND LEBANESE AND DISPLACED 70% OF THE POPULATION, TENS OF MILLIONS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS ALONE.

70% OF THE POPULATION, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME TO ISRAEL.

AND WE'VE SEEN, UH, A HALF A DOZEN HOLOCAUST, NOT JUST THE NAZI HOLOCAUST.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, UH, UH, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HOLOCAUST IN THE CZARS OF RUSSIA.

YOU COULD LOOK AT AT, UH, SPANISH INQUISITIONS.

YOU COULD LOOK AT THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HOLOCAUST IN THE JEWS.

AND WE ARE THE SECOND, UH, UH, SPORA OF, OF JEWS IN THE WORLD, UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.

AND I WILL LEND MY LIFE TO BOTH COUNTRIES WITH HONOR.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MARCELLA NOVELLA.

I'M A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM C 40 C FOUR F, SPONSORED BY ALEX FERNANDEZ AND, UH, COMMISSIONER TANJA BOT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ROSEN GONZALEZ MAGAZINE BOUGHT DOMINGUEZ FOR COMING TO OUR, MY HOME THE OTHER DAY TO MEET WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE WHAT OUR ISSUES ARE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SINCE OUR VISIT, YOU ACTUALLY DID A, A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH ENFORCING THE ILLEGAL PARKING BECAUSE IT HAS ALLOWED FOR BETTER FLOW, FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

IT'S A LITTLE LESS, UH, DANGEROUS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE GOING DOUBLE DOWN A ONE LANE STREET.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY MADE A HUGE, UH, IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE PURSUING THAT WITH THIS NEW MEMORANDUM AND CREATING A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE IN AUDIENCE MEMBERS BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO WAS ORIGINALLY ONLINE ON ZOOM HAS SPOKEN, SO KEEP IT TO OKAY.

GO AHEAD SIR.

SENIOR, UH, RICARDO DUNNE, UH, BARNEY RESIDENT ON 35 42 FLAMINGO DRIVE.

BEING THERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

UH, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I GOT INVOLVED WITH MY NEIGHBORS TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT.

UH, I CAN SAY, UH, NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT MOST PEOPLE IN, UM, SUPPORT.

IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE NO, IT'S, THE FLAMENCO DIES IS LIKE AN ISLAND.

NOBODY HAS BUSINESS TO BE THERE UNLESS THEY LIVE OR THEY'RE VISITING.

A LOT OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS, UH, GETTING TRAFFIC ON PINE.

THREE, WORSE SECURITY OF PEOPLE.

UH, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC ACTUALLY IN RUSH HOUR, UH, ON THE OTHER DIRECTION.

PEOPLE CUT IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO COME IN, UH, THEY CANNOT COME IN.

UH, THERE'S, UH, SAFETY CONCERNS ON CRIME.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL, I'M SORRY, WHICH ITEM? COACH? VA.

30.

REINTRODUCE THREE THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE SAME FOREIGN POWER.

HI, ALICE FROM SOUTH BEACH.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE MIAMI BEACH, SO MUCH SO THAT MY FRIENDS CALL ME THE MAYOR, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION THE CITY IS HEADING IN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION C SEVEN A, E, AV, AND R SEVEN, ALL OF WHICH PUT FOREIGN INTEREST ABOVE US HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

I HAD A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THIS SPEECH THAT HAD A BUNCH OF NUMBERS TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE ETHICS OF SENDING $20 MILLION OVERSEAS, 10% OF OUR CITY'S TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

BUT I REALIZED IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.

LAST MONTH, YOU WITHDREW ONE RESOLUTION ONLY TO

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MR. MICHELLE SOUTHWEST RANCHES.

ONE MINUTE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE LAND.

ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AGAINST AUTHORITARIAN CONTROL, BUT YET THE AUTOCRATS CAN GO ON AND ON AD NAUSEUM WHEN THEY HAVE THE MICROPHONE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T EVEN NEED A MINUTE BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID IS THAT THIS MAYOR, THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT SERVE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THEY SERVE ISRAEL A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND AN ENTITY THAT HAS PARASITICALLY INFILTRATED EVERY LEVEL OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

YOU, SIR, AND YOUR BAND OF PORTRAY PRETENDERS ARE TRAITORS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE CONSTITUTION.

AND GOD WILLING, ONE DAY YOU WILL BE TRIED FOR TREASON, NOT EXCLUDING THE MINIONS THAT DO YOUR BIDDING, ALL OF WHOM SWORE AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, BUT ARE WILLINGLY CHOOSING TO SURRENDER OUR COUNTRY TO AN INTERNALLY INVASIVE COUP BY A FOREIGN POWER TIME.

LET'S GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MY NAME IS KAT.

I LIVE IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH.

I'M HERE TO OBJECT TO THREE RESOLUTIONS, C SEVEN A-E-A-V-R SEVEN H.

THAT TOGETHER REVEAL A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT IS OBSESSED WITH PROMOTING AND PROTECTING ISRAEL RATHER THAN SERVING THE NEEDS OF MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS.

ON TOP OF THAT, CITY OFFICIALS ARE INTIMIDATING.

SINEMA, AGAIN, SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT IF YOU DON'T ALIGN WITH ISRAELI POLICY, THAT YOU CANNOT EXIST HERE.

WHAT A DISGRACEFUL PRECEDENT ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP.

YOU WERE ALL ELECTED TO SERVE MIAMI BEACH, NOT THE INTEREST OF A SUPREMACIST PROJECT.

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YES, MAYOR.

SO, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOU HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THEM.

UH, MAYOR MINOR IS SEPARATING C SEVEN BBB.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS SEPARATING C SEVEN AU.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS SEPARATING C SEVEN AAV AND C SEVEN A Z COMMISSIONER.

HANG ON A SECOND.

AV AND WHICH ONES A VICTOR? C SEVEN A Z ZEBRA.

COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR SU SUAREZ IS SEPARATING C SEVEN AU AND C SEVEN C.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE C SEVEN C SINCE IT WAS DONE AFTER WE COPIED THE, THE PAPER YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, C SEVEN AU AND C SEVEN C.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS AND EX AND EXCLUDING THE ADDENDUMS, WHICH WILL BE HEARD AFTER FIVE.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE OUR CONSENT ITEMS TO BE CALLED TODAY.

MAYOR, I'M ASKING YOU VERY KINDLY TO PLEASE CALL THEM BECAUSE I SEE THAT YOU PULLED TO YOUR SCHOOL YARD PROJECT.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE DELAYED.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE RISK RE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BEACH BISCAYNE.

UM, ELEMENTARY, WE'VE WORKED YEARS FOR THAT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU PULLED IT.

UM, I WOULD ASK YOU NOW TO NOT PULL IT BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE IT MOVES FORWARD, BUT RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE GONNA SUFFER BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO I, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY CALL THAT ITEM, PLEASE.

WELL, WE WILL, WE WILL HEAR IT TODAY.

I'LL ALSO ASK THIS BODY, AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM IT ON SOME ITEMS. WE, WE NEED TO SAY, OUR STATEMENTS GO BACK.

EVERYONE GETS A COUPLE OF TIMES TO SPEAK, BUT SOMETIMES WE'VE BEEN GOING FIVE, SIX TIMES AROUND.

WE, WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE ON FROM ITEMS. IT MAKES IT HARD FOR ME.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH AS MANY ITEMS AS WE CAN AND WE'RE GETTING BOGGED DOWN.

UH, WE HAVE SOME MAJOR ITEMS TODAY WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON, BUT WE GOTTA GET THROUGH THEM.

BUT I WILL CALL THE ITEM TODAY.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE WORKING FAMILIES ARE GONNA SUFFER BECAUSE YOU PULLED THIS ITEM.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS HURT TODAY BECAUSE THE, WE WILL HEAR THE TREND HAS BEEN THAT YOU PULL CERTAIN ITEMS AND THEN THEY DON'T GET HEARD.

WELL, I'M, I'M ADVOCATING FOR A BUNCH OF OUR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES IN NORTH BEACH, AND I THINK THAT PULLING THIS ITEM, THERE'S NOTHING POSITIVE THAT'S GOING TO COME ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING TO NOT GET A BEAUTIFUL PARK, UM, ON A FALLOW PIECE OF LAND.

AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S SOMETHING POLITICAL ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

IT'S TOTALLY A POSITIVE ITEM.

AND I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOU PULLING THIS ITEM.

SO PLEASE CALL IT, UM, HOPEFULLY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS NORMALLY HOW WE RUN THINGS.

THANK YOU FOR THE EDITORIAL.

UM, I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

A SECOND BY WAIT TO MOVE THE MO TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THIS IS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE, UH, THE POLLED ITEMS AND

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EXCLUDING THE ADDENDUMS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

THE ITEM, THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS ARE APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO.

[C7 AU A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN, ON THE ONE HAND, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEAUVILLE PARTIES, CONSISTING OF TMG 67 COMMUNITIES, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DEAUVILLE ASSOCIATES, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DEAUVILLE HOTEL PROPERTY, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND DEAUVILLE HOTEL HOLDINGS, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, PURSUANT TO WHICH (1) THE DEAUVILLE PARTIES SHALL PAY TO THE CITY ALL AMOUNTS CURRENTLY DUE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 6701 COLLINS AVENUE AND 6625 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE AS SPECIFIED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, (2) THE PARTIES SHALL AGREE TO DISMISS THEIR RESPECTIVE CLAIMS IN THE LAWSUIT STYLED CITY OF MIAMI BEACH VS. DEAUVILLE ASSOCIATES, LLC ET AL., CASE NO. 2019-003653, AND (3) THE DEAUVILLE PARTIES SHALL FILE A NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL STYLED DEAUVILLE ASSOCIATES, LLC VS. THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, CASE NO. 2024-66-AP-01; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER WITH ANY DOCUMENTS ANCILLARY THERETO INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AN ESCROW AGREEMENT, IN SUCH FORM AS IS APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.]

IT'S CALLED C SEVEN AU.

C SEVEN AU IS APPROVED VILLE FINES AND LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT.

IT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

IT MM-HMM .

THE PERSON WHO PULLED IT, TWO PEOPLE PULLED AT ME AND DAVID, LET, LET HER GO FIRST.

DOMINGUEZ, UH, THANK YOU.

SO, UH, THIS ITEM HAS TO DO WITH APPROVING THE VILLE FINES AND THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT.

AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NORTH BEACH.

I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

AND ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND OF CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA IS, UM, THAT THEY'RE NOT DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES.

AND SOME OF THEIR BUILDINGS ARE OLDER AND THEY WORRY THAT THIS, UH, NEW LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, WILL BE A FACTOR IN POTENTIAL GENTRIFICATION.

SO, IN HAVING DISCUSSIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT 30% OF THE FINES THAT ARE COLLECTED GO TO A FUND.

SO THAT BUILDINGS UP IN NORTH BEACH, WHETHER IT'S ABBOTT OR BYRON CARLISLE, UM, AREAS NORTH OF 73RD STREET, CAN APPLY FOR A GRANT IF THEIR BUILDINGS HAVE ELEVATORS THAT AREN'T FUNCTIONING, OR, UH, RECERTIFICATION ISSUES SO THAT, UM, THAT FUND CAN HELP.

UM, CAN I, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

UM, SO THE REASON I PULL THIS IS BECAUSE I, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, AND PJ, IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE EMPTY LOT PICTURE, PLEASE.

UM, THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT SITE LOOKS LIKE, UH, AT THE, THE VILLE SITE.

AND AS YOU COULD SEE, YOU'VE GOT SOME, I GUESS, SOME WEEDS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.

UM, PJ YOU COULD PUT IT DOWN AND, AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT UP CODE SECTION 14 DASH 5 0 1.

IF YOU COULD KIND OF ZOOM IN TO THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, UH, LET ME READ IT TO YOU.

THIS, THIS IS SECTION 14 DASH 5 0 1, MAINTENANCE OF VACANT LOTS AFTER DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES INTENT, IT IS INTENT OF THIS SECTION TO REGULATE AN IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED LOT THAT HAS BECOME VACANT, OR THE GROUND HAS BEEN LEFT IN DISARRAY OR EXCAVATED DUE TO DEMOLITION OF A STRUCTURE ON THE LOT.

AND TO IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS TWO A OR ONE ENSURE THE LOT IS REHABILITATED IN A PARK-LIKE EXPERIENCE.

A CODE AND LEFT IT IN A PARK-LIKE EXPERIENCE.

YOU, YOU CAN PUT IT DOWN PJ.

THANKS.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY, THE MORELOS, HAVE USED THIS TACTIC TO GET THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BEACH BEATEN DOWN AND FEEL DISENFRANCHISED.

THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE COLLECTIVE EXASPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE MORELOS KNOW EXACTLY THAT LEAVING THE VACANT LOT LIKE IN THAT CONDITION WAS GONNA PLAY RIGHT INTO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PLAYBOOK.

UM, I, I WAS, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER WITH THIS CODE SECTION AND ASKED, WHY ARE WE NOT FINDING THE PROPERTY FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS ISN'T A PARK-LIKE EXPERIENCE? CORRECT.

AND SO, UM, I WAS, I WAS MET WITH, UH, SORT OF A, WELL, SORRY, WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW.

AND FOR THREE YEARS, THIS LOT SAT IN THIS CONDITION IN A GRAVEL PIT WHEN OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE ENFORCED

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AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE, AND IT'S ON PAGE, I BELIEVE IT'S PAGE SEVEN, UNDER SECTION SEVEN, LOOKING HERE, IT SAYS, IT UNCURED VIOLATIONS AT THE HOTEL PROPERTY.

FAILURE TO INSTALL SOD VIOLATION REMAINS OPEN, AND OWNER SHALL REMAIN LIABLE FOR CURING THE FAILURE TO INSTALL SOD VIOLATION WITH ANY FINES THAT MAY OCCUR WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF OBTAINING A, AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE AND PAYMENT IN FULL OF ANY THEN OUTSTANDING FINES AND INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE FAILURE OF SOD IN VIOLATION, THE CITY SHALL RECORD A RELEASE OF LIEN WITH RESPECT TO THE FAILURE OF SOD VIOLATION.

THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE OWNERS HAVE COMMENCED TO CURE THE FAILURE TO INSTALL SOD VIOLATION.

AND THE OWNERS AGREE TO DILIGENTLY PURSUE THE CURE OF THESE VIOLATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

AGAIN, DECEMBER 31ST.

SO THAT'S SEVEN MONTHS AWAY.

SO THIS AGREEMENT RIGHT HERE STATES THAT THEY HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST TO PUT IT IN A PARK-LIKE EXPERIENCE, APPEARANCE.

WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WHY, ERIC, WHY ARE WE SAYING THAT THEY CAN HAVE ANOTHER SEVEN MONTHS TO LEAVE IT A, A HOLE IN THE GROUND WITH JUST GRAVEL, UM, WHERE IT'S ALREADY BEEN THREE YEARS LIKE THIS? SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT I SUGGEST WE DO WITH MY COLLEAGUES, OKAY, IS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT.

LET'S PUT SOME REAL TEETH IN THIS AND ASK THE DEVELOPER AND THE MOREOS TO, UM, TURN THIS EMPTY LOT INTO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE WITH IRRIGATION, SOD, GRASS, AND, AND POSSIBLY IF, IF THEY REALLY WANT TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC ACCESS.

I MEAN, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHEN THIS PROJECT, IF IT GETS APPROVED, IS GOING TO COMMENCE.

UM, LET'S, LET'S REQUIRE IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT THEY FINALLY BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN 30 DAYS.

OKAY? UH, I THINK IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

LET THEM COME BACK ON THE NEXT READING WITH A SITE PLAN AND LET'S, UH, FINALLY GET THIS AREA IRRIGATED, SODDED AND LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT.

I, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT GIVING ANOTHER SEVEN MONTHS TO MAKING IT LOOK LIKE AN EYESORE IS GOOD.

I, I THINK, UH, MR. MARTIN CAN DO A GREAT QUICK PROJECT TO MAKE THE THE PROPERTY, UM, LOOK LIKE A PARK, UH, UNTIL THEN, AND, UM, I, I THINK NOW THAT WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, SIGN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ALREADY MONIES AND FUNDS IN THE ESCROW.

I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, HOLD TIGHT, PUT SOME TEETH IN THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA IS, IT LOOKS GOOD UNTIL IF AND WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, THANK, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

THANK COMMISSIONER BOT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THAT, UH, IMMEDIATELY.

IN FACT, HOW I ORIGINALLY GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS, UM, WAS MY WIFE AT THE TIME WAS PREGNANT, UH, WITH OUR DAUGHTER DURING ZIKA, AND WE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS FROM A MUD PIT THAT WAS FIVE PARKS.

SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE TOLL THAT THAT CAN TAKE ON PEOPLE LIVING NEXT TO A SITE LIKE THAT.

SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE.

I PROBABLY, UH, WOULD DRAW THE LINE AT PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT A LIABILITY PER UH, PERSPECTIVE.

AND EVEN IF WE WOULD, UM, PUSH THAT, WHETHER THAT COULD COME BACK TO US AT ALL, BUT I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, EXTEND THAT LIABILITY TO ANY PROPERTY OWNER.

SO I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF CLEANING UP THIS SITE.

I THINK IT'S RIGHTEOUS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I'D LIKE TO, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU OR ANY OF THE OTHER COLLEAGUES OF, UM, NOT JUST DOING THIS FOR THIS SPECIFIC SITE, BUT, UH, BETTER MANDATES ALL AROUND TOWN FOR SOME OF THESE, UH, PROPERTIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE RESPECT OUR ARCHITECTURE, OUR PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, UM, THAT SHOULD ALSO EXTEND TO PROPERTIES THAT, UH, MAY BE VACANT AND NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THE, UH, FORTHCOMING WEEKS, MONTHS, OR PERHAPS EVEN YEARS.

COMMISSIONER BOB, THEN COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

UM, SO IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN TO, UH, THE VILLE SITE RECENTLY, YOU'LL KNOW THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SLOTTED.

IT IS CURRENTLY ACTUALLY SLOTTED.

UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE IRRIGATION IF

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THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPROVED.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONVERSATION I WOULD DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN.

MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, IS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THAT WAY UNTIL THE SHOVEL HITS THE GROUND.

IT WILL BE USABLE.

I THINK THERE MAY BE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS ABOUT PROVIDING, UM, ACCESS TO THE BEACH WALK, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY BE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, MR. MANAGER, TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO, TO MAKE, UM, SOME, SOME ACCESS AVAILABLE.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S CURIOUS THAT THERE'S GRANDSTANDING ABOUT A MUD PIT THAT WAS ALREADY RECTIFIED.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TODAY FOR US TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON FACTS AND NOT, UM, CONJECTURE OR INCORRECT INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT SERVES THE BODY WELL AT ALL.

UM, AND ALSO, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S, UH, SUGGESTION.

AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY, WELL, I DON'T, I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT MY, OUR COLLEAGUES ARE GONNA SAY.

SO I'M, I'M HAVING EVERYONE SPEAK THE VOTE, BUT COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S PART OF SOME LEGISLATION THAT I PASSED A WHILE AGO WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE FENCING AND LIGHTING AND IMPROVE AREAS THAT ARE VACANT AND THE DEVELOPERS SITTING HERE IN FRONT OF US, SO HOPEFULLY HE CAN SPEAK ON IMPROVING THIS AREA.

WELL, MR. MAYOR, GOOD JOB.

GOOD JOB.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, I DON'T EXPECT THE AREA TO JUST BE SODDED COMMISSIONER BOT.

THE CODE REQUIRES THAT THE LOT IS REHABILITATED IN A PARK LIKE APPEARANCE, NOT JUST SOD A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE.

THAT'S WHAT OUR CODE CURRENTLY SUGGESTS, AND THAT'S, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, IS THAT THE DEVELOPER BRING THIS INTO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, BRING BACK A SITE PLAN WITH AN IRRIGATION PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PLACE, OR THAT THE LOT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, NOT JUST SODDED.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

, I WANT TO JUST BRING IT INTO CODE.

UH, AND THIS IS GOING TO SIT DORMANT FOR A LITTLE BIT IF THIS GETS APPROVED UP TO POSSIBLY FIVE YEARS.

SO LET'S GET THIS RIGHT NOW AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE LOT IS BEAUTIFUL AND NOT JUST SODDED, JUST, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INSURANCE LIABILITIES ARE, AND IF IT IS GOING TO BE A FEW YEARS, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF PUBLIC ACCESS IS POSSIBLE OR NOT, AND WE COULD LET US KNOW.

I'M, I'M SPEAKING.

UM, BUT I THINK, LISTEN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE.

I PASSED LEGISLATION LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT WAS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE UNSIGHTLY VACANT LOTS ACROSS THE CITY, AND IF IT IS GONNA BE FIVE YEARS, I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE POLICY.

SO LET'S HEAR FROM HIM AS HE'S STANDING HERE AND SEE WHAT HE'S WILLING TO DO.

MR. MAYOR, YOU WANNA SPEAK FORWARD? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

I HAVE COMMISSIONER BACH.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT YOU JUST SAID EARLIER, WE'RE GONNA DO MULTIPLE ROUNDS BEFORE PEOPLE GOT A FIRST ROUND.

THAT, THAT IS FAIR.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA KNOW, JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I WANT, I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SEE THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY SINCE, SINCE WE WERE APPROVING THIS.

I EVEN SAW, UH, PALM TREES, UH, IN INSTALLED THERE.

UH, SO I JUST WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR INTENT, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE PROPERTY, UH, IF IT'S GONNA BE EMPTY, I SAW GRASS AND I SAW PALM TREES.

ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC? ARE YOU GONNA KEEP IT IRRIGATED? AS THE COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR IS, IS, IS MENTIONING, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, YOU CAN DEVELOP A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, BUT IF THAT'S THE EARTH DOWN THE ROAD, IN THE MEANTIME, OUR RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH A NUISANCE AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT IT JUST DOESN'T STAY GREAT TODAY AND THAT THE PALM DOESN JUST STAY BEAUTIFUL TODAY.

BUT BETWEEN TODAY AND THE DELIVERY OF A PROJECT, THAT IT DOESN'T GO BACK INTO BEING A NUISANCE, UH, COMMISSION.

THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

UM, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ.

YOU CAN CALL ME COMMISSIONER.

DEAL WITH THE FACTS? YES.

I AGREE WITH YOUR PREMISE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED YEARS AGO, AND I APPLAUD YOUR HOLDING THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR OTHER SITES LIKE THIS.

SHOULD THEY OCCUR BECAUSE IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

IT IS CURRENTLY SOUGHTED AND WITH PALM TREES, AND IF THERE CAN BE MORE DONE TO MAKE IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND, AND, AND SAFE AND CLEAN AND WELL-MAINTAINED, I AM ALL FOR THAT.

I SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

MY POINT IS THAT WHAT YOU SHOWED IS A PICTURE FROM, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS AGO, A YEAR AGO NOW, IT DOESN'T OBVIATE THE FACT THAT THAT CONDITION WAS THAT WAY AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

MY POINT IS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THAT IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

SO CAN WE JUST PLEASE

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THE FACTS ARE THIS PLOT, THIS, THIS LOT HAS BEEN DILAPIDATED FOR THREE YEARS.

WE CAN'T HAVE THIS BACK AND FORTH ONE AT A TIME.

THIS LOT HAS BEEN DILAPIDATED FOR THREE YEARS.

IT IS, IT, IT, THEY MAY SO AT IT FOR A, A MONTH, AND THEN IT GETS INTO THAT CONDITION AFTER A MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S NO IRRIGATION.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW THROUGH A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO REQUIRE THEM TO BRING IT TO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE THAT'S GOING TO STAY A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE UNTIL SUCH TIME.

IF A PROJECT IS APPROVED AND THEY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF WE ASK FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE CITY CAN CONTROL THE LAND OR, OR MAINTAIN THE LAND, CAN WE INDEMNIFY THE DEVELOPER, UH, FROM ANY LIABILITY ISSUES AT THE PROJECT? I WOULD NOT RECOMMENDING PROVIDING INDEMNITY.

I MEAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO, BUT IT'S NOT AN ORDINARY COURSE OF ACTION TO INDEMNIFY A PRIVATE PARTY.

UM, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD OFFER IS TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC USE.

UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE LIABILITY CONCERNS THAT PREVENT THAT.

SO, UH, IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT A FUNCTION OF GETTING INSURANCE? YEP.

SO LOOK, I MEAN, AGAIN, GUYS, UH, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE DEVELOPER AND THE MOREOS, , THE MOREOS, UH, ARE ASKING FOR A DOUBLING OF EVERYTHING.

AT LEAST LET'S GET THEM TO MAKE THIS A LOOK LIKE A PARK.

UH, HAVE ACCESS, MAYBE EVEN MAKE IT A PARK FOR THE NEXT, UH, FIVE YEARS UNTIL THEY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

UM, AND THEN REQUIRE THEM TO GET INSURANCE FOR LIABILITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE LEAST THEY COULD DO.

COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? WHAT'S YOUR FORM OF REDRESS HERE? I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SO IN THE NEXT HEARING, THE DEVELOPER BRINGS BACK A SITE PLAN FOR, UH, A PARK WITH BEACH ACCESS, WELL, WITH, WITH PUBLIC ACCESS.

UH, AND, UH, UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT CONSTRUCTION, IF APPROVED STARTS, I WOULD SECOND THAT.

DAVID MAYOR, UH, COMMISSION, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M, UH, I'M REALLY, UH, HONORED TO BE PUT IN THIS PLACE TO, UH, REALLY, UH, CHANGE AND, AND, AND REVITALIZE NORTH BEACH.

THIS PROPERTY, UH, UH, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PARK, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS IN BAD CONDITION.

UH, LAST YEAR, FOURTH QUARTER, UH, WE STARTED DESIGNING IT.

WE ACTUALLY, UH, HIRED A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.

UH, WE, UH, SUB, YOU KNOW, WORKED ENGINEERING, SUBMITTED PLANS.

UH, WE GOT OUR PERMIT IN MARCH, UH, AND WE IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED, UH, UH, UH, TURNING IT AND COMPLYING TO THE, UH, CODES.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE REQUIRING, UH, IRRIGATION, PALM TREES, SOD, FENCING, GATING, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE, WE'D LOVE TO DO.

UM, I JUST GOTTA STUDY THAT A LITTLE BIT, UM, BEFORE, UH, NEXT MEETING, UH, TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LIABILITIES AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, DOING A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING TWO PUBLIC ACCESS, UH, TO BEACH WALKS, UH, TO, TO CONNECT TO THE BEACH.

AND, UH, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED, UH, WITH WHAT HAPPENS.

SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED WITH, UH, WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT IN THOSE AREAS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO STUDY THAT WITH THE DESIGN TEAM.

BUT, UH, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, BY NEXT COMMISSION, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SOLVE, UH, I'LL SOLVE THE, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT DEFINITELY COMPLYING WITH THE CODE.

UH, WE'RE PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FINES, NOT A PENNY, LESS.

UH, AND, UH, AND APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND, UH, AND WE WILL ADDRESS IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AGAIN, AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A SITE PLAN PRESENTED TO US NEXT COMMISSION WITH, WE GOT IT.

WE GOT IT WITH IRRIGATION.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND, UM, THAT'S AMENDED.

SO LET'S REPEAT THE MOTIONS.

'CAUSE WE'VE, SO I HAVE, OH, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE TWO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND BOTH HAVE BEEN, UH, MADE A MOTION AND SECONDED.

THE FIRST ONE IS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S, 30% GRANT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST TO BE BRIEF.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS, AND THAT WAS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECOND THAT.

AND THEN THERE WAS THE BRING BACK SITE PLAN WITH IRRIGATION AND ACCESS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THAT WAS, UH, MOTION BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT.

HESITANT TO SUPPORT IT IS BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THERE'S TWO MOTIONS ON TABLE.

SO LET'S DEAL WITH THE FIRST MOTION, THE 30%.

UM, I LIKE IT IN THEORY.

MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW, AND THE REASON WHY I'M

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RIGHT.

AND WE'RE, I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHT YOU PUT INTO IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING IT AND I THINK IT'S A BIG DECISION.

AND I THINK I'M JUST, I, I, I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.

UH, I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, A REFERRAL TO FINANCE SO WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS IT MORE.

BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, TO DO THAT.

SO LET'S CALL THAT VOTE.

SO THIS IS A REFERRAL TO FINANCE, UH, FOR THE 30% GRANT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF WE COULD DO SO BY ACCLIMATION, IT WILL BE REFERRED TO FERC TO THE NEXT FERC MEETING.

SO, AYE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

NOW, WHEN OPPOSED, THE ITEM IS REFERRED TO FERC FOR THE 30% GRANT.

GREAT.

WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION AS COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YOU WANNA READ THE MOTION? THE SECOND MOTION WAS TO BRING BACK A SIDE PLAN, UH, THAT INCLUDES IRRIGATION AND ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.

AND IT WAS MADE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ, SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER B, ALL THE VOTE.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE RESOLUTION.

UH, WITH THAT ALL AYE, AYE.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS AMENDED, INCLUDING A REFERRAL.

CALL.

SO WE'RE BACK TO C SEVEN AU.

UM, OKAY.

I, SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE WILL COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING AT THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS? ALLY, PLEASE VOTE.

WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON C SEVEN AU.

CORRECT? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

YEAH, WE, WE HAVEN'T, I'M, I'M, I'M TURNING BACK TO C SEVEN.

I GUESS THERE WERE TWO INTERVENING MOTIONS.

UH, NOW WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS.

SO AU IS NOW BEING DISCUSSED AS AMENDED WITH THE, WELL, I THINK THEY HAVE TO BACK, I, MY, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS ON, GO AHEAD, SAY ATTORNEY.

I BELIEVE THE, THE INTENT IS FOR THE DEVELOPER TO COME BACK WITH AN AMENDED, UH, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES THESE TERMS. UM, WE CAN STILL DISCUSS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, BUT IT WILL COME BACK AGAIN BASED ON THIS AMENDMENT.

WELL, THAT'S GONNA CHANGE.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ITEM ON TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITHOUT A SIGNED SEALED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

WELL, WE CAN WE, MAYOR, IF I MAY, UH, PERHAPS WE BIFURCATE OUT OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT A SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE FINES, MEANING THE, THE FINES WILL BE PAID.

WELL, WE CAN SIGN THE CONTRACT TODAY, BUT WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN START FOR THE EMPTY LOT.

IF, IF I MAY, WHAT WE COULD DO IS INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS A ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFIT.

NO, NO, NO.

I I, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS, THIS AREA IS TAKEN CARE OF, REGARDLESS IF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD OR NOT.

WELL THEN THE BETTER VEHICLE WOULD BE IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

CAN WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS? WE'RE ONLY SETTLING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CLAIMS. I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE WOULD BE NO CONSIDERATION FOR THAT BENEFIT UNLESS WE SEGREGATE, WE COULD SEGREGATE THE HOTEL FROM THE GARAGE SETTLEMENT.

BUT THE IDEA WAS TO, TO SETTLE EVERYTHING IN IN ONE SHOT.

WELL, WELL, MS WELL, UM, MR. MARTIN, YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM OF LAWYERS HERE.

I SEE THE, THE, THE OW AND LARKIN LAW FIRM.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES AND, AND GET WITH THEM? BECAUSE I THINK PUBLIC ACCESS IS, IS GONNA BE, UM, A BIG STICKING POINT FOR, FOR, FOR ME AND, AND THE COMMUNITY AND, AND POSSIBLY YOUR ENTIRE PROJECT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

UH, WE WILL, UH, WE WILL, UH, WORK, UH, PRIOR TO THE NEXT COMMISSION TO PROVIDE, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATION WITH THE PUBLIC ACCESS THAT WE THINK IS, YOU KNOW, WORKS WELL FROM AN INSURANCE PERSPECTIVE AND A USE PERSPECTIVE.

UH, WE, UH, WE ARE HERE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND, AND PAY EVERY SINGLE FINE THAT EXISTS ON THIS PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER.

UM, AND SO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS, IS ONLY TODAY BEING HEARD FOR FIRST READING.

SO REALLY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, HOPEFULLY, IF, IF IT WERE TO PASS, WOULD BE ABLE TO, SORRY, GO TO SECOND READING, UH, IN MAY.

SO PRIOR TO THAT, WE COULD SOLVE MAYOR, UH, WE COULD SOLVE THE, UH, SOLVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS AND, AND HAVE IT ALL NEGOTIATED AND SIGNED PRIOR TO THE, TO THE SECOND READING.

SO WE COULD DO TWO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, UH, ONE FOR THE FINES, ONE FOR THE PUBLIC ACCESS, AND WE COULD ALL, UH, WE COULD ALL SIGN THEM PRIOR TO THE, THE SECOND READING OF THE DA, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

AND THROUGH, THROUGH THE MAYOR IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO TWO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS.

I THINK THIS, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS SHOULD BE HEARD, VOTED UNAPPROVED BEFORE ANY SORT OF ZONING OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS APPROVED FROM HERE.

UNDERSTOOD.

ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT? WHAT,

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WHAT WHAT I, WHAT I THINK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WE'VE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A A YEAR PROCESS HERE AND, UH, AND WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD WITH YOUR PERMISSION.

UH, MY RECOMMENDATION AND AND RESPECTFUL REQUEST IS THAT IF WE COULD, UH, HAVE THESE TWO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, UH, BE RESOLVED BY, BY THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING, BUT PLEASE ALLOW US TO AT LEAST FOR FIRST READING, UH, RESOLVE THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, AND, AND, AND DISCUSS IT AND, AND DEAL WITH ANY TERMS THERE THAT MAY NEED TO BE MODIFIED OR CHANGED PRIOR TO THE NEXT, UH, UH, COMMISSION MEETING.

I'M SIMPLY SAYING, I'M SIMPLY ASKING IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH RESOLVING BOTH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT.

SECOND READING IS, IS HEARD YES, SIR.

AND VOTED ON YES, SIR.

OR ZONING OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS VOTING ON.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

BUT I, I NEED TO FIND SOME PENALTIES RESOLVED BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

NO, A HUNDRED PERCENT.

SO WE NEED TO RESOLVE THAT NOW.

UM, I'LL, THIS IS APART FROM YOUR AGREEMENT.

I DO AGREE, UH, WITH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ, THAT THE FINES NEED TO BE SETTLED.

BUT ISN'T THAT ON THE AGENDA RIGHT HERE? ISN'T THAT THE ITEM THAT WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW? YES, MA'AM.

SO WE ARE GOING TO PAY, BECAUSE I GOT A STACK OF PUBLIC BENEFITS.

WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY A PUBLIC BENEFIT, IT'S JUST DOING THE RIGHT THING, UM, THAT YOU WERE GONNA PAY SIX, IS IT $6.7 MILLION IN FINES? IT'S 6.3.

SO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FINES.

SO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FINES AND HAVE, ARE THEY UP TO DATE ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ALSO? BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT THEY WERE NOT PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.

PROPERTY TAXES ARE UP TO DATE AND WERE PAID THIS MARCH.

SO THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID AND WE'RE GETTING THE FINES.

MY QUESTION IS, UM, IF WE'RE VOTING ON, ON THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PAYING THE FINES, WHEN ARE THE FINES BEING PAID? SO, UH, WE'VE WIRED, UH, $3.15 MILLION TO THE CITY'S ESCROW ACCOUNT, AND THEN THE REMAINING $3.15 MILLION WOULD BE, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, FUNDED, UH, AS PART OF THE, UH, UH, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT APPROVAL.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO SHOW GOODWILL THAT WE COULD SETTLE THAT TODAY? TODAY, PLEASE.

BECAUSE YES, THAT'S, IT'S GONNA, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO GET REALLY ANGRY IF WE VOTE ON THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT PAYING THE FINES.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE MY ASK.

YEAH, THAT'S THE, IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU COULD WIRE THE MONEY TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

DEF THAT'S, UH, UH, WE, WE, UH, IN GOOD FAITH PRIOR TO HAVING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE, WE WIRED 50% OF THE FINES.

WE WILL, AFTER APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WIRE THE REMAINING, UH, 50% OF THE FINES.

COMMISSIONER.

AND I JUST, WHAT I'M REITERATING IS THAT WE HAVE THAT PORTION AT LEAST SIGNED TODAY BEFORE WE VOTE ON DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU'RE STATING, UH, 'CAUSE WE NEED THE ASSURITY BEFORE WE VOTE ON ANYTHING TO SEND ANYTHING TO SECOND READING THAT WE HAVE THAT COMPLETELY.

AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING NOT JUST 50%, YOU WANT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUNDS TODAY? I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

UH, I'M ACTUALLY COMFORTABLE PERSONALLY WITH THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S A, AN AGREEMENT THAT'S SIGNED THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUNDS BEFORE THE SECOND READING, CORRECT.

HAVE THAT SIGNED AND WE NEED THAT SIGNED TODAY, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT.

I 100% AGREE WITH YOU.

IT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY LONG DESERVES.

AND, AND MR. MERRIT, I I JUST ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, IF HE CAN DRAFT SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY FOR A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE LOT, FOR THE EMPTY LOT, THEN I'D LIKE HIM TO SIGN TODAY.

UM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I, BECAUSE SINCE, SINCE IT'S ALREADY, SINCE I'M ASSUMING, SINCE THIS WAS NOTICED AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE JUST SIMPLY GOING TO BIFURCATE THIS SECTION TO ANOTHER SECTION.

WELL, HERE, HERE, HERE'S AN IDEA.

UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS NOT BEING RELEASED IS THE FAILURE TO SOD AND THAT IS NOT BEING RELEASED.

SO WE CAN SET UP A SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE WHAT YOU'RE REQUIRING AND THEREBY RELEASE THAT REMAINING VIOLATION IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY.

I, I, CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING? I THINK GETTING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FINES AND EVERYTHING INCLUDED IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WANNA HAVE THE FINES DONE.

AND THIS IS, IF YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU WANNA WAIT TO GET THE FINES.

NO, YOU WANNA BIFURCATE, I'M BIFURCATE.

I'M WHY DO YOU WANNA BIFURCATE SO THAT WE CAN GET PAID TODAY? RIGHT.

THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, PRIOR TO SECOND READING, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID A LONG TIME AGO.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SETTLEMENT.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE TWO.

SO IS THAT WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING PAID TODAY? SO WE'VE, WE'VE FUNDED THE 50%, UH, A COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER.

I'M, I'M NOT SURE I, I COULD REALLY, UH, MAKE $3.15 MILLION WIRED TODAY.

I HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.

UH, BUT I, THE INTENT WAS

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LEMME LEMME LET ME, LET ME BRING THIS HOME.

WHAT I, WHAT I, WHAT I'M SAYING AND IS, AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT, IS WE NEED A SIGNED AGREEMENT.

YOU'VE ESCROWED THE MONEY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IS YOU'RE GONNA SEND THE REST OF THE MONEY BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT.

EVERYTHING IS FINALIZED.

BUT YOU'RE BRINGING A NEW MOTION TODAY, WHICH YOU, YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT HERE.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO, WE NEED TO DRAFT THAT FOR YOU TO SIGN.

AND THAT'S COMING BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

WE NEED TO FINALIZE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIFURCATING.

WE NEED TO FINALIZE THE SETTLEMENTS AND FINES TODAY.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT.

THAT'S WHY I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING BACK, BUT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THIS.

AND I'M, AND I'M SIMPLY SAYING THAT THAT SECOND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE EMPTY LOT AND THE IRRIGATION PUBLIC ACCESS SHOULD BE SIGNED BEFORE ANY FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE ON A ZONING MATTER OR A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT.

AGREED.

BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS, YOU'RE SAYING BEFORE ANYTHING IS FINALIZED.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING AS A BODY HERE TODAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT, IS BEFORE WE'RE NOT EVEN, WE'RE NOT EVEN FINALIZING.

WE'RE AT FIRST READING ON DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVEN'T.

WE'RE SAYING THAT HAS TO BE DONE TODAY.

TODAY, THE SETTLEMENT THAT FINES WHAT YOUR IN AGREEMENT.

SO WE'LL PROVE THAT AND, AND SIGN THAT.

MY ONLY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS IF YOU COULD PLEASE ALLOW US TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST THE FIRST READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, NOT THE OVERLAY OR ANYTHING ELSE.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A SECOND READING.

BUT IF WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST READING OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS, I, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SEE IF WE COULD DO THAT.

THAT, THAT AGAIN.

THAT'S FINE.

I SAID THE FINAL HEARING OR THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE.

AND I'M ASKING YOU HERE TODAY.

'CAUSE YOU'RE ON THE RECORD.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH SIGNING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR BRINGING THIS LOT INTO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE, PUBLIC ACCESS, LIGHTING, IRRIGATION, BEFORE ANY FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE ON YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR ZONING MATTER? YES, COMMISSIONER.

SO DO WE, OKAY.

SO THROUGH THE CLERK, DO WE NEED TO AND CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED TO STRIKE OUT SECTION SEVEN, UH, AND BRING THAT INTO A DIFFERENT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT? 'CAUSE I, I DON'T WANT SECTION SEVEN IN HERE, UH, SIGNED BY US WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SEPARATE, WHAT WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS GET THIS SIGNED AND WE PREPARE A NEW SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT SUPERSEDES AS TO THAT PARAGRAPH, THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

AND WE HAVE THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION SO THAT IT COULD BE HEARD AND APPROVED PRIOR TO THE SECOND READING OF ALL THE OTHER ITEMS. CORRECT.

UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE.

AND, UH, AS, AS, AS I'M PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE 6.3 MILLION.

UH, AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU DAVID MARTIN, BUT IT'S DISAPPOINTING.

THIS NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAY HIGHER.

AND I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A MINUTE TO EXPLAIN THE TORTURED HISTORY HERE, BECAUSE WE HAD A LAWSUIT WAY BEFORE YOU WERE INVOLVED, IN WHICH WE WERE NOT ISSUING FINES OR PENALTIES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL CITY ATTORNEYS BEFORE YOU TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT AND COULDN'T GET ANYTHING DONE.

SO I BROUGHT AN ITEM.

I ACTUALLY DRAFTED IT MYSELF.

I ACTUALLY DRAFTED MY OWN.

I EVEN HAD SOMEBODY IN THE CITY CALL ME AND THEY SAID, IN 30 YEARS, THEY'VE NEVER SEEN A COMMISSIONER DO WHAT I DID.

I SAID, I'M VERY PROUD OF IT THEN BECAUSE I BROUGHT MY OWN RESOLUTION.

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO, TO BRING THE FINES AND PENALTIES IN THE INTERESTING WORLD OF POLITICS, AFTER TWO YEARS OF NOT ISSUING FINES AND PENALTIES, I LOST THE VOTE.

BUT THE NEXT DAY WE AMENDED THE COMPLAINT JUST AS I HAD WRITTEN IN MY RESOLUTION TO AMEND TO FIND THE PENALTIES.

SO WE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE 6.3 MILLION.

BUT EVEN WITH THAT, THE SPECIAL MASTER ACTUALLY PUT IT ON HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE DEMOLITION AND WAS SAYING, WELL, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY IS DEMO DEMOLISHED.

SO WE PUT THE FINES ON HOLD FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

AND THAT FINALLY THE CITY WENT BACK AND STARTED GETTING THE FINES AGAIN.

BUT WE LOST ANOTHER FIVE, $6 MILLION, RICK, ABOUT THREE, I THINK THREE, SORRY, 3 MILLION.

UM, SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THIS NUMBER 6.3 MILLION IS AS GOOD AS THAT.

IT IS THAT WE'RE GETTING IT, UM, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOUBLED.

AND, UH, I THINK THAT WAS, UH, A, A FAILURE OF, OF MANY THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO I THINK WE, AS A BODY, I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS VERY WATCHFUL OF, OF OUR BUDGETS AND OUR, AND OUR MONIES.

AND HOPEFULLY THESE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE MOST OF US WERE EVEN INVOLVED IN, IN, IN POLITICS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SO WE HAVE NO MOTION AT THIS TIME.

SO WELL, IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT WE WILL SUSPENDED, WELL, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WON'T BE AMENDED.

THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE MOTION TO BRING A NEW SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS THE PARK ACCESS IRRIGATION, ET CETERA.

SO WE SHOULD DO TWO MOTIONS.

SO, SO THERE'S GONNA BE TWO SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.

AND THAT I, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THERE BEING TWO SET SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.

THERE SHOULD BE ONE SETTLEMENT

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AGREEMENTS.

I, I AGREE WITH, WITH THE SPIRIT OF WHAT'S BEING SAID, BUT IT SHOULD BE ONE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES THOUGH.

IT'S ONE IS THE FINES AND PENALTIES AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE, UH, NOT REALLY.

IT'S JUST, I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, I I, I KIND OF AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THE, THE, IT REALLY IS JUST ONE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S ALREADY IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PAGE SEVEN.

UM, ON SECTION SEVEN.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, I I I CER I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLA THAT THIS LOT, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE FINES OBVIOUSLY GET PAID, WHICH THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY.

UH, AND MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT THIS IS, UH, THIS LOT IS, IS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STATE, UH, IN A COUPLE MONTHS.

BECAUSE AS IT, AS IT STANDS, THEY HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST TO REBE BEGIN FINES.

MEANING LIKE, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED UN UNDER THIS CONTRACT.

THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BRING IT INTO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE.

WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS, I'M, I'M PROPOSING EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SAYING THAT, UH, THAT THESE CONDITIONS BE INCORPORATED INTO SECTION SEVEN OF THE, OF THE EXISTING AMENDED OF, OF THE EXISTING, UM, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

AND THAT WE APPROVE THAT AS, AS AMENDED.

BUT I NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST TO GUIDE ME ON THAT.

WELL, WE COULD APPROVE IT AS AMENDED AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO PAPER IT.

I MEAN, WE COULD DO THAT.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME, DON'T WE? YEAH.

EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS.

WE AMEND THINGS AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE, WHEN YOU SAY PAPER IT, CAN YOU, UH, DEFINE THAT? MEANING THE DOCUMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU IS NOT THE FINAL DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE AMENDED.

SO WE WILL NEED TO WORK ON AMENDING IT AND THEN IT'LL GET SIGNED YEAH.

AT THE NEXT AND WHEN IS THAT? UM, AS PROMPTLY AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE FOLLOWING THIS COMMISSION MEETING.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

HEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM FOLLOWING THE COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH MEANS THE SETTLEMENT AND FINES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT, UH, THAT THE, UH, THAT, THAT DAVID AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH STILL.

I, I, I HAVE, I HAVE A MIND FRAME THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE SIGNED BEFORE I CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO NOW WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL, IF I COULD, BUT WE GET TWO CRACKS IT SEEMS. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, RIGHT? SO WE PUT IT IN MOTION TODAY, AND IF THE FINES AREN'T IMMEDIATELY SETTLED AND THE PROPERTY ISN'T BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS, THEN WE SIMPLY DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

I I MADE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT, FIRST OF ALL MYSELF.

I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE IT, BUT I ALSO MADE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT AND A NEWSLETTER THAT GETS SENT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT UNTIL THE FINES AND SET AND, AND PENALTIES ARE SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED.

AND, AND I'M GONNA STICK TO THAT, MR. MR. MAYOR, BY THE WAY, ALSO, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE MAJORITY OWNERS ARE THE MORES.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL ANY SORT OF INTER DEAL THAT THEY, UH, HAVE ALREADY AGREED AND SIGNED INTO.

AND THERE IS A RISK THAT THEY JUST WALK AWAY AND THEY DON'T PAY THESE FINES.

YOU KNOW? SO IF I MAY, UM, WHAT IF WE APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, BUT DIRECT THERE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SO THAT WAY THE MAYOR GETS THE COMFORT THAT HE WANTS, THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS IS, IS APPROVED.

AND THEN COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ GETS WHAT HE WANTS, WHICH IS BEFORE SECOND READING, WE INCORPORATE THE AMENDED TERMS INTO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE SIGN THE AMENDMENT.

I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

UM, WHAT'S HOLDING A SET FROM SIGNING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT? WHAT IS, ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SOME DISCREPANCIES STILL? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT PREPARED? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE STICKING? THERE'S NONE.

SO DON'T WE JUST SIGN IT? I MEAN, I KNOW, I, I'M JUST, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE HAPPY BECAUSE I WANT ALL OF US TO WORK AS A TEAM ON THIS.

SO MAYBE IF WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT, ARE YOU WILLING TO SIGN IT TODAY AND THEN JUST HAVE US TAKE THE VOTE LATER ON IN THE AFTERNOON? IS THAT A PROBLEM? SO THAT WE CAN JUST GET IT DONE? THAT WOULD SATISFY THE MAYOR.

MM-HMM .

IT WOULD SATISFY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD PUT US IN A GREAT PLACE MOVING FORWARD, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY COULD GET BEHIND THE AGREEMENT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, DAVID.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THE MAYOR,

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE, BECAUSE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS, HAS MADE AN AMENDMENT, WHICH WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOLDING IT UP.

WHETHER WE CAN GET, WE CAN'T GET THAT DONE.

THE AMENDMENT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO DRAFT.

WHY IS IT GONNA TAKE A, A LITTLE TIME TO DRAFT? I THINK IT'S A COUPLE OF LINES OF LANGUAGE.

NICK, YOU COULDN'T GET THAT AMENDMENT DRAFTED.

LICKETY SPLIT LAWYERS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR A REASON.

EVERYTHING TAKES TIME.

I MEAN, LOOK, IT'S, IT'S 10:00 AM RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS DONE TODAY, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS HAPPY.

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I MYSELF ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT SIGNED.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS? I I'M JUST, I WANT US TO GO TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, UNANIMOUSLY WITH THIS.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LITMUS TEST ON THIS IS, IS THIS GOOD FOR MIAMI BEACH? AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART OF HEARTS IT IS.

AND, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE MELOS HAVE BEEN HORRIBLY BAD ACTORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, DAVID STEPPED INTO THIS AND IS FINALLY MAKING THE MELOS CHANGE THE WAY WE'RE ACTING.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE INSTEAD, INSTEAD OF A VILIFICATION SAY, OKAY, LOOK, THEY'RE FINALLY GONNA PAY THEIR FINES.

THEY'RE GOING TO BEAUTIFY THE LOT, THEY'RE GONNA OPEN THE BEACH ACCESS.

UM, THEY ARE GOING TO START TO LISTEN TO MIAMI BEACH, WHEREAS THE MELOS HAVEN'T.

SO DAVID MARTIN COMING INTO THIS SITUATION HAS CHANGED THE MELOS BEHAVIOR, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY POSITIVE THING, DON'T YOU? COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? UH, LOOK, I, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW A PRECEDENT SET OR A DEV, A PROPERTY OWNER CAN, CAN POKE THE EYE OF MIAMI BEACH FOR YEARS, LET A, LET A COMMUNITY GET DILAPIDATED WITH FOUR ACRES OF, OF NON-COMPLIANCE, UH, OF, OF, OF A HOLE IN THE GROUND.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE THIS KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR, DAVID MARTIN, UH, COME IN AND SAVE THE DAY.

AND, AND IF THAT'S THE RECIPE FOR GETTING A DOUBLING OF FAR AND HEIGHT, I DON'T WANNA SET THAT PRECEDENT.

NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S IT AT ALL.

I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE.

I THINK WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING TO ACTUALLY TURN SOMETHING INTO A PARK LIKE YOU ASKED FOR, JUST THINK ABOUT THIS, OKAY.

WHEN YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU WANT, OKAY.

AND BY THE WAY, CHANGING BAD BEHAVIOR, AND THEN INSTEAD OF SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR MIAMI BEACH, TRYING TO SOMEHOW CREATE A VILIFICATION, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NICE OR, OR CORRECT OR GOOD FOR OUR MORALE AS A CITY OR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR FOR ANY OF THESE EFFORTS.

WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE? WOULD YOU HAVE US CONTINUE? LET'S JUST TAKE THE ALTERNATIVE.

MIAMI BEACH BE BETTER FOR THIS IF WE GO WITH YOUR PROPOSAL? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE.

FROM WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT AM I THAT AFTER ALL OF THIS, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

THE CITY JUST GOT, HOW MUCH DID WE GET IN PROPERTY TAXES? I MEAN, I'M SORRY, IN FINES.

UH, UH, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

IT COULD BE TWO, BUT I I IT BETWEEN ONE $2 MILLION, 6.306, WE GOT THE 6.3 MILLION IN FINES.

AND WE'RE, WE JUST GOT THE PROPERTY TAXES PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

OKAY, SO THESE ARE GOOD THINGS.

ARE THEY NOT COMMISSIONER SCHWEISS? WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

YOU ASK ME A QUESTION.

THE ALTERNATIVE ASKED ME A QUESTION.

LOVE TO GET.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FINISH THIS.

THE ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS TO LEAVE IT AS IS AND THE MELOS WILL CONTINUE TO DO NOTHING.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

UM, ASK THE QUESTION.

WE WILL HAVE GOTTEN HALF OF THE FINES, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, BUT ONLY BECAUSE DAVID MARTIN STEPPED IN.

SO WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, IF YOU KILL THIS DEAL, WHAT IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE? WHAT IS YOUR VISION HERE? AND, AND MAYBE BECAUSE HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I THINK, UM, WILL HAPPEN, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE LOST OUR RIGHT TO A REFERENDUM VOTE.

AND THAT WAS VERY SAD.

IT WAS VERY, IT WAS A SAD DAY.

JUST LISTEN FOR MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS COULD NO LONGER WEIGH IN ON THESE.

CAN I RESPOND? AND WHEN I SAT WITH STEVEN ROSS IN 2022, AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO REBUILD THE DOVA HOTEL? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT I KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH LOVE THE VILLE.

THEY LOVE SEEING THE ARCHES, THEY LOVE THAT PROPERTY.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE COMMO, EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED TO.

EVERYBODY REMEMBERS GOING TO THE VILLE.

SO IF YOU, IF IF YOU DESTROY THIS AND WE DON'T GET THE VILLE BACK, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE? BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE ASKED ME THREE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? WAIT, NO, NO, NO, NO.

JUST LISTEN, BECAUSE PLEASE GET TO THE MOTION WE HAVE.

NO, NO, I HAVE THE FLOOR AND I'M ALLOWED TO SPEAK.

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO FIVE MINUTES YET.

YOU KEEP ASKING.

NOT I HAVE QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN, AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GO ON AS LONG AS THEY WANT.

BUT I, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ALTERNATIVE VISION.

I FIND THIS TO BE OBSTRUCTIONIST, POSSIBLY POLITICAL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S YOU, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE MORE MATURE THAN THIS.

AND, AND I THINK THAT MATURITY, AND I'M GONNA SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, THE LITMUS TEST HERE IS WILL

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I DON'T THINK SO.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, YOU'VE ASKED ME A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE BEFORE US, I THINK, TO GET US IN GOOD STANDING AND TO MOVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ALONG WITH THE, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU BRING US INTO PROPER STANDING MR. CITY ATTORNEY INTO PROPER STANDING? YEAH.

SO WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? WELL, WHERE WE ARE IS WE HAVE TWO ALTERNATIVES.

ONE IS TO EXECUTE THE, UM, THE AGREEMENT AS IS AND COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.

AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND IDEA FLOATED, WHICH IS TO DRAFT THE LANGUAGE DURING TODAY'S MEETING, UM, TO TRY TO COME BACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

THAT THOSE ARE THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES.

AND, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, BE VERY CLEAR WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES, WITH THE DEVELOPER AND EVERYONE WATCHING, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? AND ARE, ARE YOU GONNA BE OKAY WITH A, A SECOND, POSSIBLY A SECOND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT BRINGS YOUR EMPTY LOT INTO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE WITH PUBLIC ACCESS IRRIGATION, UH, AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE, HOW IS IT, HOW IT SHOULD BASED ON THE CODE BEFORE ANY FINAL ZONING HEARING, UH, IS HEARD OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS HEARD? YES, SIR.

BEFORE ANY FINAL, UH, UH, OVERLAY AND ANY FINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ANY SECOND READING OF BOTH? YES, SIR.

AGAIN, JUST SO EVERYONE HERE IS CLEAR, THE DEVELOPER HERE IS WILLING TO BRING THIS INTO A PARK-LIKE APPEARANCE, UM, WITH LIGHTING IRRIGATION, HAVE A, HAVE A, HAVE A HAVE A SITE PLAN, AND THAT'S GONNA BE APPROVED BEFORE ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENTAL, UH, FINAL VOTES ARE HEARD.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

BUT I'M, WE'RE REALLY GOING BACK AND FORTH AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF CIRCLING AROUND REALLY WHAT'S AT THE ISSUE HERE IS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WANTS ONE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

WE HAD ORIGINALLY, IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE HEADING IN DIRECTION TO BIFURCATE, BECAUSE I WANT, AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS AS WELL, THAT I WANT TODAY SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT RESOLVES THE FINES AND PENALTIES.

I'M AGREEING WITH YOU.

I WANT THAT RESOLVED TOO.

SO HOW DO WE CITY ATTORNEY, HOW DO WE RESOLVE THIS NOW DIRECTION, THE DIRECTION MY, MY DIRECT MY DIRECTION, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE SIGN THE AGREEMENT AS IS, AND THAT WE PREPARE AN AMENDMENT AND BRING IT BACK FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT, THE SECOND READING OF ALL THE VARIOUS ITEMS. UM, AND THAT WAY YOU WILL GET THE COMFORT BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE SECOND READINGS.

AND I, AND I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES' BLESSING THAT THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT NEEDS TO FIRST BE HEARD AND SIGNED AND AGREED UPON BEFORE ANY FINAL VOTE ON A ZONING MATTER OR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO, AND, AND IF I MAY THROW THE MAYOR, THAT'S THE AMENDED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

MUCH HAVE YOU PAID TOWARD THE FINES? HALF OF THEM.

AND THAT I THINK, THAT I THINK IS FAIR AND IT, AND IT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST WANNA ALSO JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AND I, AND, AND I HATE TO PUT IT THIS WAY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WORD VILIFICATION OF DAVID MARTIN AND ALL THAT WAS, WAS USED AND THAT WE'RE REWARDING, YOU KNOW, BAD, BAD ACTORS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN PART, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT DAVID IS HERE TO DELIVER SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT LET'S NOT FORGET, THIS IS THE SAME EXACT CONVERSATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE LATER TODAY WITH THE HOMELESS SHELTER AND THE PRECEDENT THAT WE SET WITH THIS VOTE.

I, I, I THINK IT'S, IT REALLY IS A PRECEDENT THAT WE SET WITH THIS VOTE, NOT ABOUT, ABOUT TODAY'S OWN MEETING, ABOUT REWARDING BAD ACTORS, BAD ACTORS, NOT JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NEGLIGENT WITH THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY AND DESTROY HISTORIC ICONS AND EXPOSE RESIDENTS TO NUISANCES ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT PRECEDENTS THAT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO THEN BRING IN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE A HOMELESS SHELTER.

AND THEN THAT, THEN WE REWARD THEM WITH A $20 MILLION PAYOUT, UM, IN A STRONG ARMED ZONING DECISION TO OUR CITY.

AND SO, I JUST WANT TO PUT IT FOR THE RECORD, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING LATER, AND THAT THE PRECEDENT THAT WE SET NOW WITH OUR VOTE, UH, WE NEED TO REMEMBER FOR THE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED LATER IN THE DAY.

WAIT, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

UM, DAVID, HOW

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$3.15 MILLION? I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK COMMISSIONER SUAREZ $3.1 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY.

HE'S ALREADY PAID.

DO YOU THINK HE'S WILLING TO GIVE UP THAT MONEY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT HE'S JUST GONNA TRICK US? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM HERE.

WHY YOU, I'M WILLING TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE FINES PAID TODAY.

SO I, BUT I THINK THE DEPOSIT 3.1 MILLION IS SOMETHING POSITIVE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M TRYING TO TRYING MAKE YOU HAPPY.

IF YOU'RE ASKING QUESTION, AT LEAST LEMME ANSWER.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE, UH, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO COME BACK BEFORE ANY SECOND READING OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR A, UH, ZONING AMENDMENT OR A ZONING HEARING, UH, IN RELATION TO THIS PROJECT.

YOU NEED A SECOND? I, I, I WOULD NEED A SECOND ON THAT, RICK.

JUST REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE I GOT THIS.

SURE.

UM, HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK AN AMENDMENT TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL INCORPORATE THE PARK LIKE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CODE.

AND THE CONDITION OF THE MOTION IS THAT THAT WILL BE HEARD AND APPROVED AHEAD OF THE SECOND HEARING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR FOR THE COMP PLAN AND LDR AMENDMENTS, AND NOT JUST THE PARK-LIKE EXPERIENCE.

IT'S ALSO WITH IRRIGATION AND LIGHTING.

CAN I, I JUST ASK IRRIGATION AND LIGHTING ASK QUESTION.

YOU SAY VOTE AND APPROVED.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO GUARANTEE THAT WILL BE APPROVED.

UM, IS THAT, I'M JUST SAYING, IS THAT LEGALLY IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, THAT YOU CAN REQUIRE AND APPROVAL BEFORE HEARING ANOTHER ITEM? WE'RE DOING IT WITH FINES.

HE, HE COULD REQUIRE THAT BE HEARD RIGHT NOW.

HE COULD REQUIRE THAT THE ITEM BE HEARD.

HE CANNOT REQUIRE THAT YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ANOTHER ITEM.

HE JUST WANTS HIS ITEM.

BUT YOU SAID IN YOUR, WHEN YOU SAID THE AMENDED IS THAT IT WILL BE HEARD AND APPROVED.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I MISSPOKE THAT IT BE HEARD AND VOTED ON.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE CODE.

IT'LL BE HEARD AND A MOTION CAN BE MADE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'LL DEPEND ON A SECOND WHETHER THERE'S A SECOND AND VOTER, BUT THAT'S THE INTENT.

AND, AND JUST, AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE CLEAR HERE, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE DEVELOPER FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT IS ALREADY REQUIRED AND CODIFIED BY OUR CITY.

IT'S IN OUR CODE.

IT'S IN OUR CODE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY IN PARK-LIKE CONDITIONS AND ALL THAT.

THE, UH, AMENDMENT, THE FUTURE AMENDMENT THAT HOPEFULLY THIS BODY WILL CONSIDER AND APPROVE IN A FUTURE, UH, IN THE NEXT MEETING BEFORE.

UH, THE SECOND HEARING IS THAT, IS THAT THAT LANGUAGE JUST MAY BE MADE PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT JUST FOR EXTRA TEETH, BUT IT'S NO DIFFERENT.

WE'RE NOT REQUIRING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S ALREADY REQUIRED IN THE CODE, THAT IT BE MAINTAINED IN PARK-LIKE CONDITIONS, THAT IT'D BE GREEN, THAT BE MAINTAINED GREEN, CLEARLY TO BE MAINTAINED GREEN.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IRRIGATION, YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN IT GREEN AND YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN THE TREES, THE BEAUTIFUL TREES, THE BEAUTIFUL PALM TREES.

AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE TALL PALM TREES.

THEY'RE NOT JUST LIKE FLIMSY LITTLE PALM TREES.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL PALM TREES, ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM ALIVE WITHOUT IRRIGATION.

AND SO I DON'T, TO ME IT IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ALREADY REQUIRED IN, IN THE CODE AND PUTTING IT AS PART OF A FUTURE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT, UH, MAKES SENSE FOR X EXPERTISE.

AND OF COURSE, OTHER THAN THE PUBLIC ACCESS THE VOTE.

SURE.

OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS EVEN BETTER.

WE'RE GETTING FIVE YEARS OF A PARK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE PROPERTY LOOKS MUCH BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE.

WE GOT HALF OF THE FINES, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THE REST OF THE FINES SHORTLY.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT DEAL BEFORE US.

I THINK YOU'RE GETTING, I THINK WE'RE ALL GETTING EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT.

SO I'M READY TO VOTE ON THIS.

LET'S BRING IT HOME.

WHAT IS THE MO WHAT IS THE ACTUAL MOTION? 'CAUSE IT CHANGED A FEW TIMES.

WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS.

THE FIRST MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.

SECOND, IT'S CALLED VOTE.

WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRST.

ALRIGHT.

I HEARD COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ MAKE A, THAT ORIGINAL MOTION AND COMMISSIONER BOUGHT IT.

UH, SECONDED, I THINK.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER, BUT CALL A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

TO, SORRY TO BE A STICKLER BUT HEARD AND OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO A MOTION AND A SECOND WILL BE VOTED UPON SUBJECT TO A MOTION.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO.

THAT WAS MOTION ONE.

AND MOTION TWO IS TO BRING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO INCORPORATE THE PARK-LIKE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING IRRIGATION, LIGHTING, AND A SITE PLAN.

AND THAT, THAT ITEM BE HEARD AND VOTED UPON BEFORE, CONSIDERING THE LDR COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS AND THE SECOND READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO, OKAY.

SORRY

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SORRY.

SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? ONE SECOND.

SO, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES.

ON THAT ONE? YES.

I VOTE.

SO.

A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ UNDER THE SECOND MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO.

SO JUST CONFIRMING THAT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE, UH, RELATING TO THE FINES AND PENALTIES WILL BE EXECUTED TODAY? YES.

ERIC, WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINK OF THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND ERIC? WE HAVE AND A YES FROM, UH, DAVID.

R SEVEN B BOY THERE? YEAH.

[R7 B NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE DISTRICT - DEAUVILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, FOLLOWING FIRST READING/PUBLIC HEARING, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 2.11.1 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, AND SECTIONS 163.3220 – 163.3243, FLORIDA STATUTES, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH (“CITY”) AND TMG 67 COMMUNITIES, LLC AND DEAUVILLE ASSOCIATES, LLC (COLLECTIVELY THE “DEVELOPER”), WHICH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DELINEATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6701 COLLINS AVENUE (THE “DEAUVILLE PROPERTY”) AND 6625 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE (THE “GARAGE PROPERTY”) LOCATED IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA CONSISTING OF (1) A MAXIMUM OF 200 HOTEL UNITS, (2) A MAXIMUM OF 140 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, (3) GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, (4) PUBLIC PARKING, (5) ACCESSORY USES (THE “PROJECT”); (6) MEMORIALIZES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFIT COMMITMENTS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER, AND (7) WITH THE FOREGOING SUBJECT TO AND CONTINGENT UPON DEVELOPER’S SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ENACTMENT OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION; AND FURTHER, SETTING THE DAY, TIME, AND PLACE FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.]

R SEVEN B, B AS IN BOY.

R SEVEN B IS NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE, DISTRICT VILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT R SEVEN B.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.