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[CALL TO ORDER]
MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR MAY 21ST COMMISSION MEETING.I'M GONNA ASK RALPH, OUR CITY CLERK TO GIVE ANY, UH, INSTRUCTIONS.
DURING THIS HYBRID COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL, 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE THIRD FLOOR.
THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND A MEETING VIRTUALLY, HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING OR PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON MAY APPEAR AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE OR PROVIDE COMMENTS VIRTUALLY DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING.
THE PUBLIC MAY JOIN THE MEETING BY VISITING THE ZOOM APP ON THEIR SMART DEVICE, OR ON THE, OR ON THE WEB AT ZOOM US OR BY TELEPHONE AT (305) 224-1968.
THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9.
THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 70.
AGAIN, THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTING TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY ON AN ITEM DURING THE MEETING MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF USING THE ZOOM APP, OR PRESS STAR NINE ON THE TELEPHONE TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
THE ZOOM LINK WEBINAR ID AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMISSION MEETING ARE STATIC AND DO NOT CHANGE FROM MEETING TO MEETING.
AND NOW, UH, IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO ASK, UH, ONE OF OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND A FRIEND, PASTOR VICTOR PALACIO, THE, UH, THE PASTOR OF PATISTA PADIS, TO, UH, LEAD US WITH SOME WORDS OF WISDOM AND, UH, STRENGTH.
THERE'S A, MY HONOR, TO COME OVER HERE AND AND PRAY FOR YOU.
THAT'S A BLESSING WITH, UH, CITY LOOKING FOR, UH, BLESSING FOR THE LORD.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE DO, THAT WE GOING TO DO.
THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING, FOR LIFE, FOR EVERYTHING WE DO, FOR FAMILIES, AND FOR EVERYBODY WORKING IN THE CITY HALL.
EVERY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS DAY, FATHER, TO GRATITUDE TO OUR HEART, TO THE MEETING IN THIS CITY HALL.
AND WOMENS TO INTEGRITY AND LEAD THE CITY AND WISDOM.
THE LORD BLESS THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY CLERK, AND THIS FAMILY ALSO.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO SO FAR IN THE CITY.
WE PRAY FOR ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SCHOOLS, THE HOSPITALS, THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THE CHURCHES, THE SYNAGOGUES.
POLICE HELP THE CITY TO BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
SPECIAL IN THIS STATE, WE DECLARE FATHER THIS CITY BELONG TO YOU ALSO.
WE PRAY FOR OTHER FAMILIES IN THIS MEETING.
ALL THE FAMILIES, FATHER IN THIS CITY, THANK YOU FOR SO FAR.
THANK YOU, LORD, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE KING OF THE KING.
WE PRAY IN YOUR NAME AND WE ASK YOU, FATHER, TO BLESS THE CITY, THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, TO EAST, TO THE WEST.
WE IN YOUR HAND, YOU DO IT, YOU WILL IN THE NAME JESUS.
COME UP AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, UH, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL SAY IT ALONG WITH YOU.
I ALWAYS LOOK AROUND AND, UH, MIAMI BEACH HAS BECOME, UH, REALLY A, A HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
UH, WE'RE REALLY BECOMING, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ELEVATING OUR GAME.
AND YOU WERE AHEAD OF YOUR TIME, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST MET.
AND I THINK A LOT, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT YOU WERE, HAVE BEEN DRIVING.
SO WHY DON'T YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TODAY.
WE DO STOOD BACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MY NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.
IF YOU'RE IN THE, IF YOU'RE IN THE CHAMBERS HERE, BE READY TO KNOW THE PLEDGE.
'CAUSE I MAY CALL ON YOU AT ANY TIME.
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STARTED WITH SUT, THE SUT FORUM.STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, STEVE BUBBA COHEN, 11 ISLAND AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.
UH, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN TELEVISION, WE, MY LATE
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BROTHER, JOEY CARR AND MYSELF BOUGHT A LOT OF LOW BUDGET TELEVISION COMMERCIALS, AND WE WERE ACCUSED OF SPONSORING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND THE INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE, UH, WHEN THE TELEVISION STATIONS WOULD SIGN OFF.THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I'M ACTUALLY FOLLOWING AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THAT.
UM, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IT WAS A PRETTY WILD MEETING WITH, UH, OUR ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTORS AND THANK ALL OF YOU ON THE DAY FOR, UH, HAVING THE STRENGTH TO, UH, STAND UP AND NOT TAKE THEIR GUFF, AS WE WOULD SAY IN THE STREETS.
UH, SO I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY.
UH, I HAVE A HANDICAP PARKING PERMIT.
I HAVE BOTH KNEES, BOTH ANKLES, UH, WITH MAJOR ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS, YET I KEEP GRINDING IT OUT.
AND, UH, I WAS DISAPPOINTED, UH, IN THE, YOU HAVE HANDICAP ZONES, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IN THE WISDOM UP ON THE DAIS AND IN OUR PARKING DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, HOW DO THEY JUSTIFY ME BEING HANDICAPPED IN THE ZONE I'M ENTITLED TO AND NOT BEING HANDICAPPED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE ZONE? I KNOW I'M FOLLOWING AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE, BUT NO ONE IN THIS ROOM.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK IF, UH, IF YOU'RE LEGALLY HANDICAPPED, PERMITTED IN ONE ZONE IN THE CITY, THAT SHOULD APPLY TO ALL ZONES.
AND, AND STEVE, I, I'VE HAD SOME, SOME FOLKS REACH OUT TO ME.
I SEE SOME NODS FROM, FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
SO I, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE REALLY TIME NOW FROM OUR COMMISSION AGENDA, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO, TO ADDRESS.
WE SHOULD REFER SOMETHING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE IT WAS DONE, THE PROGRAM WAS DONE OUT OF A NECESSITY AT THE TIME, BUT I FEEL THE NECESSITY MAY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND MIGHT BE TIED TO RECONSIDER THAT POLICY JOINT.
AND I'M, I'M AWARE OF THE FORCES.
I'M AWARE OF THAT HISTORY, AND IT WAS NEEDED BECAUSE I SEE EVERY DAY THE ABUSE IS THERE.
BUT NOW THAT YOU HAVE TO REGISTER, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VALID AT THAT POINT.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND I JUST, UH, AGREED TO, UH, I, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ABOUT, I HAVE A FEELING IT'LL BE, UH, IT BE ALL MYSELF.
GO THANK YOU, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
SO, WOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA KEEP COMING TO SUT NOW.
THEY, THEY JUST GOT AN ITEM ON, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE REFERRING, UH, HANDICAPPED PARKING ISSUES TO THE NEXT IS TO THE NEXT ONE, I'M SORRY, TO THE NEXT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK, QUALITY OF COMMITTEE BY ACCLIMATION.
SO OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS JOHAN MOORE.
MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND TWO MINUTES PLEASE.
JOHANN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE.
UH, I AM CALLING TO, UH, OBJECT TO R FIVE V, WHICH REMAINS ON YOUR AGENDA, UH, TO INCREASE WATER AND SEWER RATES.
AND I ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OBJECT TO THAT TO ATTEND.
NEXT WEDNESDAYS, THE 28TH OF MAY, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE FERC MEETING, UH, WHERE ITEM F 11, FORMERLY R NINE A, UH, UTILITY RELIEF, I BELIEVE THAT IS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ITEM WILL BE DISCUSSED, UH, WHICH WE HOPE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
I ALSO CALL TO OBJECT TO ITEM C FOUR F, UH, TO, UH, PLACE A PRIVATE CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN A PUBLIC FACILITY.
AND I OBJECT TO ITEM C TWO A TO HIRE XIDF TRAINED KILLERS TO PROVIDE SECURITY ALLEGEDLY FOR OUR CITY.
I WILL SIGN BACK IN AT 9 35 AT THE TIME, CERTAIN FOR THE SIXTH STREET OVERLAY TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC, ON THAT ITEM.
NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
HI, I'M ROGER OLA, 1750 JAMES AVENUE.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.
UH, IT ISN'T OFTEN WE COME HERE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
UH, THREE YEARS AGO, THE MURALS, UH, THE ENZO GALLO MURALS AND OFTEN WERE ALMOST GONNA BE DESTROYED.
UH, THANKS TO MITCH OUT HERE, AND, UH, ALEX AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, UH, ON THE COMMISSION, THEY'VE BEEN SAVED, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE FINALLY FINDING A HOME, UH, 72ND
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STREET COMMUNITY CENTER.I HOPE, UH, MDPL WAS VERY, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS.
AND PEOPLE SAY, HOW COME IT'S NOT REALLY HIS, IT'S NOT ART DECO OR WHATEVER, IT'S HISTORY.
IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE PASSED EVERY DAY FOR 50 YEARS.
MAJOR INTERSECTION, MADE THEM SMILE AND MADE THEM THINK, I'M COMFORTABLE THAT THAT'S WHAT HISTORY IS TO US.
ANYWAY, THE NEW FACE OF MDPL, HAVE A GOOD DAY.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JUDITH SMIGEL.
PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE CARE THAT'S GIVEN TO ONE GROUP IN THE CITY, AND MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO THE PUBLIC, HOW DO I RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT SEEMS TO BE SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR JEWISH PEOPLE AND NOT FOR OTHER GROUPS SUCH AS HISPANICS DEVELOPING LABELED AS HATE SPEECH, ANTI-SEMITIC, AND BEING SHUT DOWN.
I, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A, A, A RICH TRAINING SET UP FOR ANTI-JEWISH RY AT MOUNT SINAI, THE CCA STAND US.
NOW, I AM SURE THERE IS ANTISEMITISM AT MOUNT SINAI, BUT I THINK HISPANICS MAY DESERVE THE SAME KIND OF ATTENTION.
MAYBE THE DISABLED BLACKS IMMIGRANTS.
WHY IS IT THAT JEWISH PEOPLE ARE GIVEN SPECIAL CARE? WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A JEWISH CHARTER SCHOOL NOW WITHIN THE 72ND STREET COMMUNITY CENTER? WHY IS IT THAT THE 40TH STREET RELIGIOUS OVERLAY EXPANSION, WHICH WAS CRITICIZED HERE, SEEMS TO HAVE PASSED SOMETHING BY SOMETHING? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I APPRECIATE, I HAVEN'T BEEN INTERRUPTED, AND I'M, I'M SAYING THIS IS ALL SINCERELY, MAYOR, YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE WONDERFUL PLANNING, BUT IT NEEDS TO EXPAND TO OTHER GROUPS WHO ARE ALSO NEED OF, NEED OF PROTECTION AND PERHAPS UNDERSERVED IN THE CITY.
THERE WAS A PLAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT, TO ENCOURAGE MORE JEWISH OWNED BUSINESSES HERE.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS BACKBONE BLACK OWNED L-G-B-T-Q OWNED? THOSE ARE ALL WORTHY.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA AGLO, 25 55 COLLINS AVENUE, AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT THE DOVALE SITE.
THIS PROPOSAL REWARDS YEARS OF BAD FAITH CONDUCT.
THE MURILLO FAMILY KNOWINGLY ALLOWED A HISTORIC LANDMARK TO DETERIORATE, IGNORING CODE VIOLATIONS, CREATING PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS, AND RACKING UP MORE THAN $6 MILLION IN UNPAID FINES.
IT WAS DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT DESIGNED TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR SOMETHING FAR MORE PROFITABLE.
NOW THEY WANT A MASSIVE UP ZONING, 2 380 FOOT TOWERS AND 166,000 SQUARE FOOT PODIUM FAR BEYOND WHAT OUR ZONING CODE ALLOWS.
THIS IS NOT A FAIR DEAL FOR MIAMI BEACH.
THIS IS A GIVEAWAY, AND IT WOULD SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT YOU CAN VIOLATE THE RULES, ERASE THE PAST, AND BE REWARDED WITH EVEN MORE HEIGHT, DENSITY, AND ENTITLEMENT.
THE PODIUM IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING.
ITS SCALE IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR A HOTEL.
AND GIVEN THE MORELO GROUP'S DEEP GAMING TIES, IT'S REASONABLE TO QUESTION WHETHER THIS IS A SETUP FOR FUTURE CASINO USE.
IF WE IGNORE THAT RISK NOW, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO UNDO IT LATER.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ABOUT INSISTING ON ACCOUNTABILITY.
A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE WOULD PERMANENTLY ALTER THE CHARACTER OF NORTH BEACH, OPENING THE FLOOD GATES FOR MORE OVERSIZED BUILDINGS AND UNCHECKED SPECULATION, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACTS.
WE MUST NOT LET NORTH BEACH BECOME THE NEXT SUNNY ISLES.
OUR ZONING CODE EXISTS TO PROTECT THE CITY'S LIVABILITY HISTORY AND RESIDENCE, NOT TO SERVE AS A BARGAINING CHIP FOR POLITICALLY CONNECTED DEVELOPERS.
I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL AS WRITTEN AND REQUIRE THE DEVELOPERS TO RETURN WITH A PLAN THAT RESPECTS EXISTING ZONING, REFLECTS THE SCALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OFFERS TRUE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE, THE DOVAL ITEM HAS BEEN OPEN AND CONTINUED, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE HEARD TODAY.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER VIA ZOOM IS MARK NEY.
MR. NEY, STATE YOUR FULL NAME ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
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GO AHEAD, SIR.I'M SORRY, BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THEN TO TIM CARR.
I'M CALLING TODAY IN REFERENCE TO ITEM R FIVE L AND R 5K.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, THAT WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT FOR LIMITED BEER AND WINE SALES LOCATED BEHIND THE ALTON NURSERY ON ALTON ROAD.
AND AGAIN, THIS WAS APPROVED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
SECONDLY, 1250 WEST AVENUE WILL BE DISCUSSED TODAY, AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU, UH, FOR THE LARGE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT,
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE ON THE, NO.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE.
IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK, APPROACH THE PODIUM AND WE'LL CALL ON YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON VIA ZOOM IS VALERIE OWEN.
VALERIE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
UH, VALERIE OWEN 1580 BAY ROAD.
I HAVE, UM, I WANNA ADDRESS TO, TO SUPPORT THE 1239 ALTON ROAD, THE GAR, THE, UM, CAFE BEHIND THE GARDEN SHOP.
UM, I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO ALL OF THIS SPOT ZONING AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY NEED A HAND, AND YOU CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT A BEER AND WINE LICENSE FOR A SMALL CAFE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO SPOT ZONING IN THE AREA.
THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS
AND ALSO, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY I AM OPPOSED TO THE MOORING PROJECT BEHIND THE FLAMINGO.
WE HAVE DOLPHINS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, MANATEES STINGRAYS A A HUGE PROJECT LIKE THAT IS JUST TOO MUCH.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ROBIN JACOBS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
GOOD MORNING, I'M ROBIN JACOBS, CHAIR OF THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A CONCERNED RESIDENT MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PRIDE PARK AND THE PROPOSAL TO PLACE A PERMANENT CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER, AN AREA THAT EXPERIENCES HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC DURING EVENTS.
THIS GOES AGAINST BASIC URBAN PLANNING PRINCIPLES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENJOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
AS A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, I BELIEVE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM VEHICLE CONGESTION.
AS A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT, A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE 640 MILLION INVESTMENTS MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER AND THE CHAIR OF THE CONVENTION CENTER BOARD, I URGE YOU TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE DESIRE FOR A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND THE BROADER NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A REAL RETURN ON THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER INVESTMENT PRIDE PARK IS A CITY ASSET, AND ITS IMPACT GOES BEYOND JUST THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
IT INFLUENCES TRAFFIC BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUCCESS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER RELIES ON ITS ACCESSIBILITY.
LIMITING USAGE COULD HURT ITS COMPETITIVENESS.
TAKE THE RECENT ADOBE CONVENTION, WHICH GENERATED $23 MILLION IN DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT.
WE NEED TO MAKE MAYAN VISION ATTRACTIVE, ACCESSIBLE LOCATION FOR HIGH VALUE FLYING CONVENTIONS LIKE ADOBE.
IF WE DON'T, WE RISK LOSING OUT TO COMPETING REGIONS WITH MORE FLEXIBLE VENUES.
RESTRICTING PIE PARKS USED TO LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS IN TURN HURT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THE 650 MILLION CONVENTIONS DOLLAR CONVENTION CENTER IS A COMMUNITY ASSET VOTED ON BY RESIDENTS, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE IT'S BEING USED WITH FULL POTENTIAL.
THAT'S WHY WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IS NECESSARY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ANY DECISIONS MADE HERE.
THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN TODAY.
IT'S ABOUT SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN CLOSING, WE PROPOSE A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR PRIDE PARK WITH A PAUSE ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT TO WE ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC AND USAGE CONCERN.
WAIT, I JUST, I JUST WANNA LET, THANK YOU ROBIN.
KNOW I'VE PULLED THE ITEM AND I'VE REFERRED IT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER COMMITTEE.
ARE IT SEEING NO ONE? OKAY, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
UH, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MIKE ANTE, 3,800 NORTHEAST FIRST AVENUE REPRESENTING SECURITY ALLIANCE.
THE VERY FIRST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, C TWO A IS DEEPLY CONCERNING AND HERE'S WHY.
BECAUSE WE'RE PROPOSING TAKING AN IMPORTANT SECURITY CONTRACT AWAY
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FROM A LOCAL COMPANY WITH 1000 SECURITY GUARDS AND GIVING IT TO TWO NON-LOCAL COMPANIES WITH VIRTUALLY ZERO SECURITY GUARDS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES APPEARS TO HAVE NO CONTRACTS, NO PERSONNEL, NO SECURITY GUARDS IN FLORIDA.
THE OTHER COMPANY APPEARS TO BE A SMALL COMPANY WITH NO MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE AND VERY FEW, IF ANY, SECURITY GUARDS IN FLORIDA.
SO, AT A TIME WHERE THIS COMMISSION IS MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN RESTORING LAW AND ORDER, IT'S TROUBLING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING THIS IMPORTANT SECURITY CONTRACT FROM A WELL-KNOWN, WELL-STAFFED LOCAL COMPANY TO TWO COMPANIES WITH VIRTUALLY NO PRESENCE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
WHAT WILL THESE COMPANIES DO WHEN THE CITY ASKS THEM TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THEIR PRESENCE IN THE CITY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SECURITY ALLIANCE? YOUR INCUMBENT VENDOR DOES THAT ALL THE TIME.
THIS COMING WEEKEND, THEY WILL INCREASE FROM 50 SECURITY GUARDS TO 80 FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO FOR SPRING BREAK, THEY INCREASED TO 130 SECURITY GUARDS AT THE CITY'S REQUEST.
THESE OTHER COMPANIES, THE TWO RECOMMENDED FIRMS WITH VIRTUALLY NO PRESENCE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, SIMPLY CANNOT DO THIS.
SECURITY ALLIANCE IS NOT ONLY A HIGH PERFORMING, UH, INCUMBENT VENDOR, BUT THEY ALSO SCORED VERY WELL.
THEY WERE THE NEXT RANKED FIRM OUT OF 19, CLUSTERED UP THERE AT THE TOP WITH THE TWO RECOMMENDED VENDORS.
THEY OFFER DEPTH EXPERIENCE FLEXIBILITY THAT THE TWO RECOMMENDED VENDORS CANNOT.
AND SO WE URGE YOU RESPECTFULLY IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PULL ITEM C TWO A AND AND KEEP SECURITY ALLIANCE ON AS A CONTRACTED VENDOR.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS MIKE.
MIKE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I'M A 13 YEAR RESIDENT AT 1330 WEST AVENUE.
I'M HERE TO COMMENT ABOUT R SEVEN A, THE 1250 WEST, UH, OVERLAY AT BAYFRONT, AN OVERLAY.
UH, I HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS TODAY THAT PROHIBITED ME FROM BEING AT TODAY'S SESSION IN PERSON, BUT I HOPE THE COMMENTS I DELIVERED IN WRITING YESTERDAY AND THOSE, AND I'M GONNA SAY NOW HAVE THE SAME GRAVITAS AS THOSE MADE DURING THE HEARING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE NOT IN MY EMAIL YESTERDAY, AND THAT'S THE BONUS.
FAR I'M NOT SURE HOW THESE BONUS FOR FORMULAS AROSE, BUT THEY'RE PERILOUS AND NOT WELL CONSIDERED.
THE DEVELOPER LIKES TO CITE THEM AS THEIR AS OF RATE DEPICTIONS TRYING TO SHOW THEY ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A BIG FAT SQUAT, A UGLY BUILDING.
UM, THEY SAY THAT SUCH A BUILDING LIKE THAT, UM, IS HIDEOUS AND ARGUE THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION SHOULD BE REMOVED INSTEAD SO THAT THAT MONSTROSITY ISN'T BUILT.
WELL FIRST, NO ONE SAYS THEY NEED TO BUILD A BIG, FAT, UGLY BUILDING.
I'M SURE KOBE CARP CAN COME UP WITH A MORE CREATIVE DESIGN THAN WHAT'S DEPICTED IN THEIR ILLUSTRATIONS.
SECOND, I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE THAT BONUS FAR OVERRIDES HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
THIRD, UM, I'D SAY, UH, LET THEM BUILD AS OF RIGHT.
MAYBE THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO BUILD 250 SMALLER UNITS THAT MIGHT BE AFFORDABLE TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN RATHER THAN A HIGH COST LUXURIOUS TOWER THAT ELIMINATES, UM, RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
BOUNCING THOSE 238 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN EXCHANGE FOR A HUNDRED HIGH RISE, UM, UNITS ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT ZONING REGULATIONS SHOULD I THINK, OR INTENDED TO DO, UH, TO ENCOURAGE.
LASTLY, IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED, YOU COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE FAILED IN YOUR JOBS BY NOT ENFORCING OUR REGULATIONS AND THE WILL OF MIAMI BEACH CITIZENS.
NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL EVER RECEIVE MY VOTE AGAIN, AND I HOPE ALL MY WEST END NEIGHBORS ACT IN SIMILAR FASHION.
NEXT, PLEASE, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS BARRY CHEVLIN, 1111 KING CONCOURSE BAY, HARBOR ISLANDS, FLORIDA.
ON BEHALF OF DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY, THIS IS A RECOMMENDED BIDDER ON FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A BID PROTEST BY THIS GENTLEMAN OR HIS FIRM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR HIM TO SPEAK AGAINST MY CLIENT'S AWARD IS RIDICULOUS TO BEGIN WITH.
THERE ARE VERY HIGH QUALIFIED DEPLOYING OVER 275 SECURITY GUARDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE.
IN FACT, YOU KNOW, 98% OF ALL OUR SECURITY GUARDS DEPLOYED ARE RETIRED VETERANS OR POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
WE'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY 50, A HUNDRED AS MANY GUARDS AS NECESSARY FOR ANY SPECIAL EVENT WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND THAT'S WHY WE QUALIFIED AS THE HIGHEST AND BEST VENDOR FOR THIS COMMISSION.
I URGE YOU GUYS TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION AND, UH, AWARD THE CONTRACT TO DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS D WEBB JR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE
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TWO MINUTES.NATALIE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A NEIGHBOR IN THE WEST AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1450 LINCOLN ROAD.
I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH YOU BEFORE, THIS IS ON THE MATTER OF 1250 WEST, AND TODAY I'M THINKING ABOUT JANE JACOBS.
SHE WAS A RESIDENT OF THE WEST VILLAGE IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1960S, AND SHE ORGANIZED HER NEIGHBORS TO FIGHT A PROPOSED PLAN TO BRING A HIGHWAY STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WEST VILLAGE.
AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MIAMI BEACH TODAY, BUT SHE SAW WHAT WE SEE AND SHE SAW THE POTENTIAL OF HER COMMUNITY BEING DESTROYED, THE CHARACTER OF HER COMMUNITY BEING DESTROYED, THE WALKABILITY, THE NEIGHBORLINESS.
AND I JUST WANNA EXPRESS THAT THAT'S WHY WE'VE SPENT THE LAST SIX PLUS MONTHS OPPOSING THE PROPOSAL THAT IS BEFORE US FOR A TOWER AT 1250 WEST.
WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE, AND ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND MR. MAYOR, THAT YOU PRESERVE WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS AND YOU PRESERVE THE MAGIC OF MIAMI BEACH.
THERE ARE NOT MANY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SO WALKABLE AND SO BIKEABLE AND LOW RISE AND HUMAN SCALE WITH SUNSHINE WITHOUT SHADOWS, WITHOUT THE WIND TUNNELS OF TOWERS.
AND WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU GO BACK AND INSIST THAT THIS DEVELOPER ADHERE TO OUR LAWS AND OUR HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
GOOD MORNING, MATTHEW HANOFF, 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE.
I WANNA SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM R NINE A AND I WANT TO, UH, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, UH, AND TO SUPPORT SAFER, UH, FAMILY CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN.
IT'S GOOD POLICY AND I THINK THAT, UH, THIS WARRANTS MORE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JUST REAL QUICK, UM, UH, MATTHEW, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW I HAVE CHANGED THAT ITEM TO A REFERRAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS MEETING FOR JUNE 3RD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A SUPPORTER OF THIS ITEM.
I THINK IT'LL BE A, A ROBUST AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION THERE.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER VIA ZOOM IS ZACH ADA, ADA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SO YOU HAVE FEW MINUTES PLEASE.
HI, THIS IS SARAH DE LOS SENSOR HARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, PLEASE, UH, SUPPORT AND PASS ITEM R FIVE AL, UH, ANCHORING OF COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES USED TO RENT, STORED AND OTHERWISE SECURE VESSELS PROHIBITED.
THIS ITEM WOULD HELP TO KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN AND ATTRACT AND GROW MORE MARINE LIFE.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS KATRINA ERALDO, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HELLO? HELLO, MY NAME'S KATRINA ERALDO.
I LIVE AT 1000 WEST AVENUE, UM, MIAMI BEACH.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, 1250 WEST PROJECT.
UH, I ECHO THE CONCERNS OF OTHERS OF MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF MIAMI BEACH AND THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I STRONGLY, UH, DO NOT WANT THIS TOWER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M VERY OPPOSED TO THE USING AND THE VILLAINIZING OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING SHELTER.
I'VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, WORK IN MY OWN BUILDING.
WERE JUST A FEW, UH, DOORS DOWN FROM 1250 WEST WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS THEMSELVES.
AND SO IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO, UM, PEOPLE WHO MAKE MIAMI BEACH WHAT IT IS, WHO WORK HERE, WHO MAY LIVE HERE, WHO REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
UM, AND, AND SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS OF MIAMI BEACH TO RESPECT THE HUMANITY OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
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I DO NOT THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF, UM, UH, PUBLIC DOLLARS TO HAVE A POLICE CAR WITH THE LIGHTS ON 24 7 OUTSIDE OF BIKINI HOSTEL.PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE NOT CRIMINALS.
THEY'RE LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PRICED OUT OF HOUSING.
AND, UM, UH, BENDING TOWARDS THE WILLS OF THESE DEVELOPERS AT THE EXPENSE OF AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS, UH, A BIG MISTAKE AND IT'S VERY DEHUMANIZING.
UM, UH, SO I OPPOSE THE 1250, UM, PROJECT AS IT IS AND I STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH, PEOPLE WHO MAKE US WHAT IT IS.
AND I ALSO DIS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS PETER FELIX.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
PETER, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
LET'S GO THEN PJ TO DEBORAH LEBOWITZ.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I AM A FULL-TIME RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER IN MIAMI BEACH FOR 35 YEARS, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VILLE PROPERTY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT GONNA SPEAK ABOUT IT TODAY.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROJECTS.
WELL, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NEW HOTEL IN MIAMI BEACH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY STAND UP TO DEVELOPERS AND AND DO NOT ALLOW A PROPERTY LIKE THIS TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SCALE.
THE PODIUM HAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY BY THE SPEAKER MUST BE REMOVED, YOU KNOW, SO PHYSICALLY RULING OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF A CASINO AT THIS SITE AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER PROPERTIES, PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE BETTER UTILIZED WITH THE $200 MILLION THAT, THAT PART OF THE PROJECT COSTS.
AND AGAIN, WHILE, WHILE I'M ALL FOR IMPROVING NORTH BEACH, I THINK THAT ANY TYPE OF DEAL THAT THE CITY NEGOTIATES WITH ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPERS INCLUDES SPECIFIC WORDING THAT SAYS NO CASINO, NO OVERSIZED REPLICA, NO GIVEAWAYS TO BAD NEIGHBORS AND DEVELOPERS.
WE DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN SUNNY ISLES.
WE DO NOT WANT GAMBLING, AND WE DO NOT WANT THE POSSIBILITY OF IT IN OUR OVERDEVELOPED CITY.
SO PLEASE STAND UP FOR THE RESIDENTS, NOT JUST THE DEVELOPERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M AT 1 4 0 1 SOUTHWEST 17 TERRACE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING.
UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, MY COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO, UH, UH, ITEM R SEVEN A, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE PROPERTY AT 1247 WEST.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT IT, UH, THAT IT IS A SHAME, UH, THAT THIS PROPERTY, AKA THE BIKINI HOST IS GOING AWAY AS IT REPRESENTS A SUCCESS STORY.
SOMETHING THAT MIAMI BEACH CAN TAKE PRIDE IN, UH, REGARDING ITS, UH, SUCCESS IN MOVING DEATHS FROM PEOPLE OFF OF HOMELESSNESS.
I UNDERSTAND THIS DEAL WILL LIKELY GO THROUGH, BUT, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS STORY IN OTHER WAYS, UH, TO, IT HAS A REMARKABLE RATE OF MOVING DESPERATE PEOPLE OFF OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT LEAST PRESERVE THE DIGNITY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN OTHER WAYS.
AND SO YOU CAN AT LEAST FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF YOUR SISTER CITY IN SWITZERLAND, BESSEL THAT HAS A HOUSING FIRST POLICY, AND FOLLOW THESE, THE, THE EXAMPLE OF LOW BARRIER SHELTERS THAT HAVE A BETTER SUCCESS RECORD THAN REGULAR HOMELESS SHELTERS.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE THE NARRATIVE HAS BEEN SET OUT THERE ON PURPOSE ABOUT MIAMI BEACH, WE ACTUALLY OFFERED, UH, I, UH, OUR COMMISSION APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD HELP SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING.
EVEN THOUGH THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING HERE ARE BEING SENT TO THE BIKINI HOSPITAL ARE NOT MIAMI BEACH HOMELESS.
THEY'RE COMING FROM, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, SIR? MIAMI BEACH HOME? LEMME JUST FINISH.
WE, THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY FOR THEM.
WHY NOT? BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY HAVE, YOU HAVE THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED ON A SIDEWALK WITH A, A RICKETY TABLE.
THERE IS ALCOHOLIC, I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF.
I'VE GONE TO MANY TIMES TO OBSERVE THE PROPERTY.
THE CAMILLA'S HOUSE HAS SERVICES.
IT IS A HOMELESS SHELTER AND WE'VE OFFERED TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING 'CAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED THAT THE CAMILLA'S HOUSE IS AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY IF YOU WANT TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE, THAT'S WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GET THE CARE, NOT NOT IN A BAR, WHICH IS WHAT THE BIKINI HOSTEL IS.
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IT.WE STILL HAVE SEVEN MORE SPEAKERS.
UH, DO YOU WANNA DO ONE MINUTE EACH? SURE.
SO DAVID, I'M GONNA PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE.
DAVID WALLACH 900 OCEAN DRIVE.
THERE IS A, UM, A TIME CERTAIN FOR AN ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ REGARDING PRESSURE CLEANING.
UH, I'M NOT QUITE CLEAR ON WHETHER, UH, THAT MEANS THAT BUSINESSES CAN PRESSURE CLEAN ONLY ONCE A MONTH AND IT GOES TO LIKE 11 O'CLOCK, 1159 AT NIGHT.
UH, NOBODY PRESSURE CLEANS, UH, AT LEAST IN A BUSINESS AT NIGHT.
UH, THE CONFUSION THAT I HAVE IS, DOES IT MEAN THAT WE CANNOT PRESSURE CLEAN EVERY DAY? UH, A RESTAURANT THAT IS VERY ACTIVE WITH A LOT OF, UH, CUSTOMERS, UH, NEEDS TO BE CLEAN EVERY DAY.
AND I KNOW THAT FOR 30 YEARS, MANGOES HAS PRESSURE CLEANED AROUND.
ITS BUILDING VIRTUALLY EVERY DAY IN THE MORNING THOUGH, NEVER AT NIGHT.
I'M NOT QUITE, I'M QUITE CLEAR ON THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESSURE CLEAN DAILY.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS DANIEL'S IPHONE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE.
HI, DANIEL ERALDO, UH, SEVEN 30 10TH STREET.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I'M THE FORMER ALONE TIME DIRECTOR OF MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE.
I STEPPED DOWN IN MARCH TWO, RUN FOR CITY COMMISSION GROUP ONE.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT DANIEL FOR MIAMI BEACH.ORG.
I WANTED TO TOUCH ON TWO TOPICS.
THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND IN PRIDE PARK IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
I WAS VERY DISTURBED TO GET THE EMAIL YESTERDAY FROM THE CONVENTION ADVISORY GROUP THAT THEY NEED A MASTER PLAN AND A TRAFFIC STUDY AND GOD KNOWS HOW MANY MORE MILLIONS BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER FAMILY FRIENDLY AMENITY.
I URGE A COMMISSION TO PLEASE SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON THINGS THAT AREN'T JUST FOR ULTRA MILLIONAIRES LIKE THE VILLE OR 1250 WEST.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ENZO GALLO.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WORKED VERY HARD TO SAVE THAT.
I THINK 72ND STREET IS A GREAT PLACE.
I WOULD JUST ADD TO THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN MURAL STAYS SOMEWHERE NEAR LINCOLN ROAD AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING THAT AS WELL.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS D WEBB JR.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS US.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO GAIL DURHAM.
CAN I, HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS GAIL DURHAM.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, I HOPE YOU DO NOT VOTE FOR ALCOHOL AT THE NURSERY ON ALTON ROAD.
IT'S ALREADY A NON-CONFORMING USE AND THIS JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE NON-CONFORMING.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SPOT ZONING THAT FINANCIALLY BENEFITS ONE PROPERTY OWNER.
I'M WONDERING, DID ANYBODY KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR? THIS OPENS UP A PANDORA'S BOX.
WE'RE TRYING TO TAP DOWN ALCOHOL IN THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT RAMP IT UP.
AND THE SECOND ISSUE IS I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER DAVID SUAREZ FOR INSISTING ON THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE DEVELOPER PROFITS FOR EXTRA HEIGHT AND FAR AT THE VILLE AND 1250 WEST AT, UM, THIS IS A MOMENT FOR MORAL CLARITY.
THE REPORT EXPOSES THE INTENSE IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER'S PROFIT VERSUS COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE SAY 10 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, LIKE, LIKE THANK A CLICHE LIKE EXAGGERATION.
BUT THIS IS LITERALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS JOHN K.
THIS IS JOHN COURTNEY, 10 26 18TH STREET.
I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK THE COMMISSION, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WONDERS WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE VACANCIES, WHY SO MANY PARTS OF THE CITY JUST ARE LACKING VITALITY RIGHT NOW.
AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ THE WORK OF EDWARD GLASER AND, AND WHAT HE SAYS, UH, ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS, UH, ON CITIES AND DEVELOPMENT GIVEAWAYS.
AND ULTIMATELY WHAT IT DOES IS IT DISTORTS THE MARKET SO THAT THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES IS IN THEIR REDEVELOPMENT AND NOT IN THEIR OPERATION.
AND YOU END UP WITH A CITY LIKE MIAMI BEACH.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE VILLE AND THE 1250, UH, PROJECT, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DEAL MAKING.
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CALLER IS PETER FELIX.UM, PETER PEL, UH, 8 0 1 SOUTH POINT DRIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ INITIATIVES TO REDUCE NOISE, UM, IN, UH, VEHICLE NOISE.
UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE, UH, SOUTH, UH, BEACH AREA, UM, SOUTH OF FIFTH.
WE CAME HERE A YEAR AGO FROM LONDON, WHICH HAS ALSO HAD ISSUES OF, UH, NOISE ABUSE, WHICH THEY HAVE DEALT WITH IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE BY INSTALLING, UH, SPECIAL NOISE CAMERAS.
UM, I FULLY SUPPORT, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE EGREGIOUS AND ABUSIVE BREACH OF THE NOISE ABATEMENT REGULATIONS BY, UH, MOTORCYCLES AND SPORTS CARS.
UM, REVVING OF ENGINES AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING, AND I THINK IN THE LONG RUN WILL SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THIS DELIGHTFUL AREA.
AND YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR BRINGING THAT ITEM.
I'M, I'M ALSO SPONSORING WITH HER, UH, TOTALLY AGREE THAT IT'S A, IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ALICE NASSAR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE COMMISSION IS INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON OPTICS VERSUS ACTUAL LIVABILITY.
THE, THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAS IS A LEGITIMATE SOLUTION FOR HOUSELESSNESS.
AND INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING THIS AND LOOKING AT THE ROOT CAUSE, WE'RE EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM BY INCENTIVIZING ANOTHER LUXURY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I JUST WANNA ASK THE COMMISSION WHY WE'RE PRIORITIZING ONE-TIME LUXURY PURCHASES VERSUS LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE WORK AND, AND ARE ENGAGING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE'RE HERE EVERY DAY, AND THIS, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS STARTING TO BECOME A SHELL OF ITSELF.
WE'RE ALL ONE STEP AWAY FROM THIS, AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT NOW, THEY'RE GONNA COME FOR YOU NEXT.
SO I JUST WANNA URGE THE COMMISSION TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS BEEN PUSHING BACK ON THIS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER VIA ZOOM IS ERIC MARSHALL.
GOOD MORNING MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS.
AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
AND I, I ALMOST ECHOED THE LAST CALLER SENTIMENT.
JUST WITH REGARDS TO THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAVING A PRIVATE DEVELOPER SOLVE A PUBLIC ISSUE.
I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THE PRECEDENT YOU SAID HERE YOU LOOK AT IS YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE A HEIGHT RESTRICTION AND WA FOR INCENTIVES TO SOLVE A PUBLIC ISSUE.
AGAIN, IT WAS ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE TIME.
MARIANA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
I LIVE IN THE 1504 BAY ROAD, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ENFORCE TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT I SUPPORT AND I APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUXURY BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING HERE BECAUSE HAVING A HOMELESS SHELTER IS NOT SAFE.
WE HAVE RESTAURANTS, WE HAVE MARKET AROUND THE AREA, AND LITERALLY I'M NOT WALKING THERE AT NIGHT.
EVEN IF I'M LIKE A FIVE MINUTES WALK, 10 MINUTES WALK, I NEED UBER TO LIVE THERE.
I FEEL IT BRINGS A LOT OF DANGERS AND PEOPLE LIKE DRINKING AND JUST IN UNSAFE MANNER.
AND I REALLY, I'M CONSIDERING TO REALLY MOVE TO EDGEWATER IF THE SITUATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S NOT TAKEN CARE OF.
EVERYONE WHO WAS ORIGINALLY IN LINE AND VICE MAYOR, EVERYONE WHO WAS ORIGINALLY IN LINE HAS BEEN CALLED.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE FOUR MORE SPEAKERS.
DO YOU WANNA CONTINUE FOR THE FOUR MORE OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST DO IT AT ONE O'CLOCK? VICE MAYOR? SORRY, JUST CALL HIM.
UH, LUCAS SCOTT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE.
LUCAS, UNMUTE YOURSELF THEN LET'S GO TO DEWE JR PLEASE.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE COULDN'T HEAR HIM BEFORE.
UM, WITH ALL WEBS ENTERPRISES OUTTA JUPITER, FLORIDA, WERE WELL DRILLING CONTRACTOR.
UM, WE BID FOR THE WELL, UH, CLEANING FOR THE DRAINAGE WELLS THAT HELP WITH THE FLOODING AND THE TOWN.
WE PROTESTED BASED ON RULES AND REGULATIONS AND LICENSURE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE MORE, UM, CLARITY ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING FORWARD.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU JUST NOT APPROVE THAT YET AND LET US TALK
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ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT STEP.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA DAVIS.
HI, THIS IS JESSICA DAVIS, 1228 WEST AVENUE.
UM, I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, HAVE ALLOWING, UH, THE CAFES OR RESTAURANTS BETWEEN 12TH AND 14TH ON ALTON, UH, TO HAVE WINE AND BEER.
THEY STRUGGLE, THEY CERTAINLY STRUGGLE DURING THE SUMMER.
AND I DON'T SEE, UH, THESE ARE NOT PARTY PLACES.
THEY'RE SIMPLY RESTAURANTS THAT WANNA ADD TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE BY OFFERING A GLASS OF WINE, A GLASS OF BEER, UH, WITH A MEAL.
QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THERE I DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THAT.
UM, IS CERTAINLY DOESN'T CREATE A NOISE, UH, PROBLEM OR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND AGAIN, UH, A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING.
UM, AND WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES BECAUSE A LOT OF LOCALS THANK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP.
THE NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF MIAMI BEACH.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
THIS IS WANDA JAMIN 83 0 5 CRESTY BOULEVARD.
I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE ITEM CA FOUR.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE BYRON CARLISLE THEATER.
I'M OPPOSING ANY FUNDING TO NORTH BEACH CRA FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH ENTAILS THE MILITIAN AND HOUSING IN TOP OF THE THEATER ITSELF.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE STUDIES ON THIS.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD BE SALVAGEABLE.
I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ENGINEERING REPORTS.
I AND I UNDERSTAND ENGINEERING ALSO.
SO I URGE THE COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE, UH, DEFER THIS UNTIL WE HAVE FURTHER, UM, FURTHER STUDIES.
UH, AND, UM, AS A FAR AS THE HOUSING ON TOP OF THE THEATER, THAT DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T GO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING IN MIAMI BEACH.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE 12.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS MARTIN MOELLER AND I'M A YEAR-ROUND RESIDENT OF 1330 WEST AVENUE.
SHORTLY AFTER THE COMMISSION'S LAST VOTE ON 1250 WEST AVENUE, A DEVELOPER I KNOW SAID, AND I QUOTE, WELL, NOW WE KNOW THAT MIAMI BEACH ZONING IS FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER END QUOTE.
NOW, I'M SURE THAT THAT WAS NOT THE COMMISSION'S INTENTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT'S BEING HEARD.
IF YOU DRILL DOWN INTO THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND ALL IT REPRESENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS A THREAT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF SOUTH BEACH.
THE DEVELOPERS PLEASED FOR RELIEF DUE TO INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE A SMOKESCREEN.
ANY EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER KNOWS TO WORK BACKWARDS TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE SITE ACQUISITION COST.
IF JDS FAILED TO DO THIS PROPERLY, THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM OF THE CITIZENS OF MIAMI BEACH.
JDS IS USING THE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES OF BIKINI HOSTEL AS A BACKDOOR MEANS OF FORCING THIS PROJECT THROUGH.
DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS.
ALLOWING A TALL TOWER AT 1250 WEST WOULD BE A PERMANENT IRREVOCABLE OVERREACTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM THAT CAN BE SOLVED BY THANK SIR.
I APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR TIME IS UP.
OUR LAST CALLER IS ZALMAN FEIG.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE CALL.
HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY? I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BE CLEAR THAT, UM, AS MUCH AS PEOPLE THINK THE THE BIKINI HOSTEL IS GOING TO GO AWAY BY ITSELF, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I WISH THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR WOULD'VE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DEVELOPER IS OFFERING US SOMETHING, A GIFT, AND THE HOMELESS COULD FINALLY FIND THEIR RIGHT HOME.
SUNSET HARBOR, UH, HAS BEEN, I SENT PICTURES AROUND TO THE, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF HOMELESS RIGHT IN FRONT OF PUBLIX, MAKING THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE THERE WITH THE SUITCASES AND LYING DOWN THERE.
AND THEY ALL COME FROM BIKINI HOSPITAL HOSTEL.
I HAD, I SENT A VIDEO AROUND, IT
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WENT VIRAL OF, UH, THE, THE, UH, HOMELESS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.AND ON VIDEO HE SAID HE CAME FROM THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
I'M, THIS IS STUFF, THIS IS FACTUAL.
SO IF EVERYBODY YOU KNOWS, LIKE NO ONE'S BLOWING THIS OUT OF PROPORTION, IT'S JUST A FACT.
SO I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION DOES NOT PUSH IT OFF TODAY.
I HOPE THAT THEY HAD DEAL WITH 1250 WEST AVENUE.
AND WE MOVE FORWARD LIKE WE DID LAST TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.I HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I MAY.
UH, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS SEPARATING C TWO A COMMISSIONER.
FERNANDEZ IS SEPARATING C SEVEN K AND C TWO A.
COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS SEPARATING C TWO A COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ IS SEPARATING C FOUR J, C SEVEN P, C SEVEN K AND C TWO.
AND I'M SORRY, THOSE ARE THE THREE C FOUR JC SEVEN P AND C SEVEN K VICE MAYOR SUAREZ IS SEPARATING C TWO A.
THE LIST IN FRONT OF YOU IS CORRECT.
UH, SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST FOR THE RECORD ITEM R SEVEN B, WHICH IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING OF THE NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE DISTRICT VILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE OPEN AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 25TH, 2005.
AT 9:22 AM THE HEARING WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER THIRD FLOOR, 1700 CONVENTION CONVENTIONAL CENTER DRIVE.
SO AGAIN, R SEVEN B OPEN AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 25TH AT 9:22 AM THERE IS AN ADDENDUM.
ADDENDUM FOUR IS A HANDOUT ON THE DAYS YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT WAS HANDED OUT.
IT IS URGE GOVERNOR TO VETO THE LI THE LIVE LOCAL SENATE BILL 1730.
IT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
THE MAYOR HAS NOT APPROVED ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
SO THEY WILL BE HEARD AT 5:00 PM UH, ONE NOTATION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM R NINE AC, WHICH WAS A DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION.
ELECTRIC BICYCLES IN CERTAIN AREAS UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS AN ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
SHE HAS REQUESTED TO, INSTEAD OF A DISCUSSION TO HAVE THIS ITEM AS A REFERRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE AT THEIR JUNE 3RD MEETING, THAT ITEM WILL BECOME C FOUR X.
SO THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WHEN WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MAYOR, THOSE ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING THE ITEMS THAT WERE APPALL I HEARD COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'LL SECOND MAYOR MINOR.
THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE ADDENDUMS OR THE, UH, PULLED ITEMS ARE APPROVED.
LET'S GO THROUGH THE, UH, PULLED ITEMS. ANYONE IN PARTICULAR OR YOU WANT ME TO JUST GO DOWN? GO DOWN.
I'M GONNA DO THE DIFFICULT ONE FIRST, THEN C TWO A SIR.
[C2 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. 2024-277-KB, FOR SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES; AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS AND THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY, INC., THE SECOND-RANKED PROPOSER, AS THE PRIMARY CONTRACTOR AND TO GOOD GUARD FLORIDA, INC., THE THIRD-RANKED PROPOSER, AS THE SECONDARY CONTRACTOR; FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENTS AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS. (POLICE)]
C TWO A AWARD.RFP 20 24 2 7 7 KB SECURITY OFFICER SERVICE THAT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, AND VICE MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ WAS THE FIRST ONE ON THE VIS MR. MAYOR.
UM, WHICH ONE OF US IS RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, MR. FERNANDEZ? SURE.
I, I'D LIKE JUST TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT PERHAPS WE SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SO THAT IT CAN BE DISCUSSED THERE.
UM, I WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF AT COMMITTEE AS TO THE LOCAL STAFFING OF EACH ONE OF THE COMPANY'S LOCAL PERFORMANCE.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS STRONG RETENTION LANGUAGE IN THE EVENT IT IS, UH, GOING TO, TO TO, TO THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR.
UH, I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN PROTECTING OUR WORKFORCE AND PROTECTING, UH, THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COM, OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN IN A CONTRACTED CAPACITY AND HAVING GOOD RETENTION OF THOSE EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR JOBS.
BUT IN GENERAL, SOME CONCERNS WERE STATED ON THE RECORD THAT RESONATED WITH ME.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO PROPOSE THAT WE MAKE A MOTION TO REFER THIS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE C TWO A TO REFER C TWO A TO FINANCE ANY OBJECTIONS? DOES IT DECIDE TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES TO THE ADMINISTRATION? DO DO WE HAVE
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A DEADLINE BY WHICH WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT? ARE WE ON A MONTH TO MONTH? UH, WHAT IMPLICATIONS COULD COME FROM THIS REFERRAL? THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IS ON A MONTH TO MONTH EXTENSION AT THIS TIME.UM, WE ARE UNDER THE CO OF SILENCE, RICK, SO I DEFER TO BUT WE ARE IN THE SUNSHINE, CORRECT? SO, OKAY.
JUST WANT TO STATE IT JUST IN CASE.
ARE ARE WE FINE TO DISCUSS IN THE SUNSHINE? YES, YOU ARE.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, SO A MOTION TO REFER TO FINANCE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE OF C TWO A.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
[C4 J REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE – DISCUSS MAINTENANCE OF THE PEDRA PORTUGUESA SIDEWALK ON THE 1100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD.]
ITEM IS EXCUSE C FOUR J.C FOUR J IS A REFERRAL TO FERC MAINTENANCE OF
C FOUR JC FOUR J WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
UM, THE REASON WHY I SEPARATED THIS ITEM IS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A SIMPLE MAINTENANCE, UM, ITEM OF THE PETRA PORTA.
IF YOU SEE AT THE 1100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER BLOCKS.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE THIS TO SOMEHOW IN, LIKE, IF IT GOES TO FINANCE, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.
I DON'T WANNA PUT INTO THE 2026 FINANCIAL CYCLE BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACID WASHING AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT WE SIMPLY HAVEN'T DONE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.
AND ROBERT WINT AND HIS GROUP DID A T TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THIS BLOCK.
AND SINCE WE TURNED IT OVER TO THE CITY, IT JUST, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE MAINTENANCE.
SO, UM, I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE WHERE IS BRAD? 'CAUSE WE DID A MEET, WE DID A MEETING, BRAD, WE HAD AN ESTIMATE FROM ROBERT WINNET TO ACID WASH AND SEAL THE ENTIRE BLOCK.
UH, THEIR ESTIMATE WAS, I BELIEVE 130 SOMETHING THOUSAND IN CHANGE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY TODAY IS IF THIS ITEM, AND I, I KNOW THAT GOING TO FERC IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THIS MAINTENANCE ALSO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO MY ASK WOULD BE, WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT LATER ON TODAY, IF WE COULD ADD THIS SIMPLE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS AN ACID WASH CLEANING, IT'S, IT HAS TO BE DONE.
I DON'T WANNA PUT IT OFF FOR MONTHS OR EVEN A YEAR.
BUT GOING TO FINANCE, GETTING INTO A DIFFERENT BUDGET CYCLE.
DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING AND PUBLIC WORKS TO DO THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING TO DO THIS FOR MONTHS, WHICH IS WHY I PULLED THE ITEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT A BUDGETED ITEM.
WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND AVAILABLE FUNDING, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S CERTAINLY IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
HOW WOULD MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT ADDING THIS TO TODAY'S BUDGET AMENDMENT? WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY? IT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
THIS IS JUST A ACID WASHING AND A CLEANING OF THE 1100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE STONES AND UM, IT'S GONNA GO TO FERC, THEN IT'S GONNA GO TO, YOU KNOW, A TWO, A 20, 26 BUDGET CYCLE AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND I WENT AND I WALKED THE BLOCK WITH ROBERT WINT, HIS ENTIRE GROUP.
THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND FRANKLY, THIS IS WHY LINCOLN ROAD IS JUST LOOKING AWFUL
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE FROM A VENDOR, UM, THAT THEY WERE USING THAT WOULDN'T AND HIS GROUP WERE USING.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS IF WE CAN FOLD IT IN TO THIS, PLEASE.
IT IT THE 1100 BLOCK, THIS IS WHERE THE BLACK AND WHITE TILE STRETCH ARE, RIGHT? YES.
UM, SO BRAD, I ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS, THE PRESSURE WASH, WE CAN'T PRESSURE WASH IT BECAUSE IT'LL CHIP OFF THE TILES.
IT'S DIFFICULT, IT NEEDS SPECIALIZED CLEANING.
I I WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS.
IT IS, UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN 2010, SO IT'S ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE LIFESPAN OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, GETS TO A POINT.
AND NOW WE'VE BEEN SPENDING, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER 200 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS PUT INTO IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT UM, IT JUST, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST THING TO MAINTAIN AND, AND CERTAINLY, UM, REQUIRES A SPECIALTY TYPE OF, UM, UH, WASHING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, UM, BECAUSE WAIT, I GO BY THERE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS BAD.
YEAH, I I IT IS, IT'S PRETTY BAD.
UM, SO CAN WE, NO, HOW, HOW MUCH IS AN, HOW MUCH IS AN ACID WASH THAT IS GOING TO MAKE TO CLEAN THAT AREA? THEY,
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THEY, YOU KNOW, THE, THEY PROVIDED A QUOTE.UM, WE PROVIDED, WE, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REDO THE WHOLE THING
THEY WANT TO ONLY DO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, A REPAIR EFFORT AND IT'S, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
CAN I, CAN I EXPLAIN? GO AHEAD.
WHAT'S HAPPENING? OKAY, SO IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE MATERIAL.
IT, YOU KNOW, THIS PIERA PORTA AND UM, THE WINNICK GROUP SINCE THEY BUILT IT WAS MAINTAINING IT AND THEY TURNED IT OVER TO THE CITY HOW LONG AGO? A FEW YEARS AGO, CORRECT.
SIX, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AND WHAT THEY SAID IS, IT'S FIRST OF ALL OUR ESTIMATE, WE WENT TO WALK THE AREA AND ALL THAT.
THE WINK GROUP IS ASKING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS AN ACID WASH AND A SEAL.
AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC WORKS THOUGHT THAT THEY WANTED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE MATERIAL, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
THEY JUST WANTED THE SIMPLE MAINTENANCE.
SO THE AREA NEEDS TO BE, UM, ACID WASHED AND SEALED.
IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL IF WE DO THIS NOW.
AND BY THE WAY, WE HAD GOTTEN AN ESTIMATE FOR MUCH HIGHER THAN THIS.
THE VENDOR THAT THEY'VE BEEN USING TO MAINTAIN IT SINCE THEY BUILT IT CHARGES $130,000 FOR THE ENTIRE BLOCK.
BUT THE ENTIRE BLOCK IS GOING TO SHINE AND LOOK BEAUTIFUL AFTER THE VENDOR WHO HAS BEEN MAINTAINING IT ALL OF THESE YEARS DOES THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
SO I REALLY THINK I, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR.
I'M, I'M, I'M A CLEAN KIND OF GUY.
I'D LIKE TO
YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE GUM OUT OF THE MIAMI BEACH.
IT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS PARTS OF LINCOLN ROAD AND IT IS A SHAME THAT IT'S JUST SO LIKE DIRTY.
IF, IF IT WAS REFERRED TO FERC, 'CAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT IN THE 2020.
NOT WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
I I MEAN WE'RE DOING BUDGET AMENDMENTS EVERY MONTH, SO WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE A REFERRAL TO FERC AND DISCUSS IT AND BRING IT BACK AS PART OF NEXT MONTH'S YEAH.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, COMMISSIONER AND I, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM BRAD ALSO IS THAT THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE, WITH THE VENDOR ABOUT HOW MUCH IT IS.
WE'RE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH THE VENDOR ABOUT HOW MUCH IT IS.
WE GOT A DIFFERENT PRICE FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
AND REALLY WE HAVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TODAY.
I MEAN, ONCE WE PASS IT, IT'S STILL GONNA TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO DO IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND, AND THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, BUILT IT AND TURNED IT OVER TO US AND GOODWILL ARE, ARE VERY UPSET 'CAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING THIS VERY EXPENSIVE CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, FALL INTO KIND OF RUIN.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT MAINTAINING IT.
SO IF YOU COULD FOLD IT IN TODAY.
SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
THIS IS TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER ON TODAY.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED.
[C7 K A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS OCTOBER 18, 2024 MEETING, TO INSTALL A CHILDREN‘S PLAY AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF PRIDE PARK.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS C SEVEN K.C SEVEN K IS ACCEPT, UH, INSTALL, ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION, INSTALL CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA ON WEST SIDE OF PRIDE PARK.
IT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.
I'M PULLING THIS ITEM BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO REFER IT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? SECOND.
SO IF NO DISCUSSION, THIS IS A REFERRAL TO CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
AND CAN I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THIS? I URGE THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE'RE BEING THRUST IN THE MIDDLE.
THESE TWO SIDES AREN'T TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
AND WE'RE JUST BEING ASKED HERE, EITHER CHOOSE THIS OR CHOOSE THAT.
UH, THESE TWO SIDES NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO TALK, UH, WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO THREAD THIS NEEDLE.
IT CAN'T JUST BE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES WITH THEIR HEELS DUG IN.
AND US, WE CAN'T EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THIS EXCEPT FOR UP HERE.
SO I ASK THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, REPRESENTATIVES TO WORK WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD.
I THINK THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE HERE THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
I ASK THOSE TWO GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER AND TALK B AND IF I MAKE THROUGH THE VICE MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COMMISSIONER, UH, ROSA GONZALEZ, WHY IT'S YOUR ITEM, WHY ARE YOU, WHY, WHY REFER TO I WAS IN FAVOR OF IT? WELL, THE REASON THAT I'M REFERRING IT IS BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING OF PRIDE PLAYGROUND AND PRIDE PARK IN GENERAL.
SO, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY TAKE THAT FUNDING AND USE THE PLAYGROUND FOR SOMETHING MORE ICONIC, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HONESTLY, IF THEY HAVE AN OBJECTION, IT'S ONE MONTH.
I'M GOING TO REFER IT TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION AT COMMITTEE AND SEE IF WE CAN COME TO SOME SORT OF WIN-WIN SITUATION WHERE WE INSTALL THIS PLAYGROUND RIGHT NOW AND THEN POSSIBLY GET FUNDING FOR A FUTURE ICONIC PLAYGROUND.
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AND I JUST WANNA ALSO SAY THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THIS BODY, UH, TOGETHER CREATED A SEAT, UM, A NON-VOTING SEAT FOR THE PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ON THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY, UH, BOARD.AND SO IT IS A GREAT VENUE FOR THEM WHERE THE CONVENTION CENTER CAN, CAN PRESENT THESE CONCERNS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN EXPRESS, UH, ITS INTEREST.
AND, UH, AND THE ONLY THING THAT I'D ENCOURAGE IS THAT, UM, WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN PALM VIEW IS WORKING AND ADVOCATING ON ISSUES RELATING TO THIS SHARED COMMUNITY ASSET THAT IS PRIDE PARK, UM, THAT, THAT SEAT BE USED TO BRING THOSE TOPICS FORWARD FOR DIALOGUE, CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES, BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
BUT, UM, BUT I SECOND YOUR, YOUR MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE REFERRAL TO CONVENTION CENTER.
ADVISORY BOARD FOR ITEM C SEVEN K.
HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED.
[C7 P A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS MARCH 26, 2025 MEETING TO CONSIDER FUNDING AS PART OF THE FY 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, THE INSTALLATION OF WRAP-AROUND PALM TREE LIGHTS ON 71ST STREET, FROM EAST OF THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN TO COLLINS AVENUE, WITH A BID WAIVER.]
THE LAST ITEM IS C SEVEN P.C SEVEN P IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION FUND WRAPAROUND PALM TREE LIGHTS IN NORTH BEACH.
THIS WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, C SEVEN P.
SO I, I SEE THAT IT'S SPONSORED BY EVERYBODY AND I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, BUT WHAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON WRAPPING THE TREES AND LIGHTING WITHOUT PUTTING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS INTO THE GROUND.
SO YOU CREATE THIS KIND OF THIRD WORLD ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE THIS HANGING CORD FROM TREE TO TREE.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU GUYS AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS AS WE CONTINUE TO WRAP THE TREES, SHOULDN'T WE START DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY AND PUTTING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS INTO THE GROUND? BECAUSE TO CONTINUE TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON, YOU KNOW, TEMPORAL, YOU KNOW, FLEETING, LIKE, LIKE IT'S NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, AND I I I'M NOT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO DEFER IT FOR A MONTH AND SEE LIKE WHAT IS THE COST TO ACTUALLY GET THE ELECTRICITY INTO THE GROUND SO THAT WE'RE NOT SWAGING THESE ELECTRICAL CORDS THROUGH YET ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK THIS IS, IT'S A SMART THING TO DO, TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
SO, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND PROVIDE THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA AS A SAMPLE WITH THE IDEA OF BE LIKE, EVERY TREE HAS ITS OWN PLUG.
WELL, IT'S ELECTRIC IN THE GROUND.
AND THEN WE CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER IN, IN THE FUTURE.
OR YOU CAN UPLIGHT TREES, YOU COULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT TO CONTINUE TO, SO HOW, IF IT WAS TO MICKEY MOUSE IT, IF IT WAS, LET'S SAY IT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD, WHAT, HOW WOULD IT LOOK NOW? WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE LIKE A, A HANGING LIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTOR ON THAT, OUR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR AND COME UP WITH THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN COME BACK WITH SOME NUMBERS.
AND, AND, AND ONCE WE FIGURE IT OUT AND WE DO IT WITH THESE LIGHTS, THEN WE KIND OF NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND START TO DO IT WITH THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'VE WRAPPED.
IF YOU WANT THE WRAP PERMANENTLY, BECAUSE IN SOME AREAS IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK THAT GREAT.
'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THIS ELECTRICAL SWAG AND IT LOOKS KIND OF THIRD WORLD.
SO LET'S GET IT DONE RIGHT ONCE AND THEN ROLL IT OUT IN, IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
ALTHOUGH I, I WALK THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME.
I, IT HAS NEVER, I DON'T SEE IT THAT AS, AS MUCH AS, AS THAT MUCH, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, IMPROVING THE ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE EXTEND THIS UP TO 74TH STREET SO THAT THE PARK IN ADJACENT TO UNIDAD AND, AND THE HEL, UM, COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS AS WELL.
IT SEEMS CRAZY TO HAVE THIS GOING AND NOT HAVE ONE OF THE PREEMINENT DESTINATIONS IN NORTH BEACH INCLUDED.
SO MY MOTION WOULD BE TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH AN ESTIMATE TO ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, PERMANENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR THIS.
IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE WITH AT LEAST AN ESTIMATE WITH 74TH STREET? YEAH.
I'LL SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
SO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ SECONDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ IS THIS, UH, A DEFERRAL TO, TO NEXT MONTH? UM, I, I GUESS WE'RE DEFERRING IT.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT COSTS, AND AT THAT POINT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE WANNA DO IT LIKE THIS, OR WE WANT TO KEEP SWAGING IT.
SO C SEVEN P IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED TO JUNE 25TH OF A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
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BUT THAT INCLUDES GOING UP TO 74TH STREET, CORRECT.SO THE FIFTH, THE TWO S, THE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT 75TH ARE GOING TO BE, SORRY, 75TH STREET.
THE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT MONTH WOULD BE THE ESTIMATE FOR THE PERMANENT ELECTRICAL AND AN EXTENSION TO 75TH STREET.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THE ITEM IS DEFERRED TO JUNE 25TH AS AMENDED.
[C4 W REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE SUSPENSION OF THE ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE TO RESIDENTIAL PARKING RATES AND EVALUATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A CASHLESS OPTION AT ALL CITY OWNED GARAGES.]
[C7 AI A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS MAY 7, 2025, MEETING, TO IMPLEMENT A PARKING HOLIDAY DURING SLOWER MONTHS OF THE YEAR.]
[C7 AJ A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TO VETO SENATE BILL 1730 (2025), WHICH AMENDS THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, DUE TO THREATS POSED BY THE BILL TO EXISTING NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MIAMI BEACH, THE POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF CITY RESIDENTS, AND THE PROSPECTIVE DEMOLITION OF THE CITY’S HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS; AND, FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNOR.]
THERE WERE THREE CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED VIA ADD-ON.UM, ONE IS C FOUR W, WHICH IS TO SUSPEND THE ANNUAL CPI INCREASES ON THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING RATES.
THE OTHER ONE WAS CAI, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THE PARKING HOLIDAY TO HELP BUSINESSES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY, I MEAN JULY AND AUGUST AND C SEVEN A J, WHICH WAS URGING THE GOVERNOR TOTO TO LIVE LOCAL SENATE BILL 1730.
UH, THEY WERE ADD ON ITEMS, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING THEM LAID, BUT IF YOU CONTEMPLATE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM, I APPRECIATE IT.
I MEAN, USUALLY WE DO THAT AFTER 5:00 PM BUT, UH, YOU'RE ASKING NICELY, UH, ANYBODY, UH, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD 'EM TO THE AGENDA AND THEN I'LL NEED, THAT WAS THE VOTE THAT WE JUST DID, AND NOW WE NEED A VOTE TO APPROVE THOSE THREE ITEMS. OKAY.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS C FOUR W, C SEVEN A I AND C SEVEN AJ ALL IN, UH, I NEED A SECOND PLEASE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
THOSE THREE ITEMS ARE APPROVED.
[R7 A ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTA RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, FOLLOWING FIRST READING/PUBLIC HEARING, OF 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 AND WEST HOSPITALITY OWNER LLC AND 1250 WEST AVE OWNER LLC (COLLECTIVELY THE “DEVELOPER”), WHICH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DELINEATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1250 WEST AVENUE (THE “DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY”) AND 1247, 1255 WEST AVENUE AND 1234 13 STREET (THE “HOSTEL PROPERTY”) LOCATED IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA CONSISTING OF (1) A MAXIMUM OF 125 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, (2) GROUND FLOOR RETAIL/COMMERCIAL AT THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, AND (3) ACCESSORY USES; AND (4) A PUBLIC PARK AT THE HOSTEL PROPERTY (THE “PROJECT”); AND MEMORIALIZES CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFIT COMMITMENTS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER, INCLUDING ACQUISITION OF THE HOSTEL PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY, AMONG OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS; AND FURTHER, SETTING THE DAY, TIME, AND PLACE FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.]
ON ITEM R SEVEN A, WHICH HAD A NINE 17, UH, TIMES PUBLIC HEARING TIME, THAT ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE OPEN AND CONTINUED TO A SPECIAL MEETING TO AT A DATE AND LOCATION AND TIME TO BE DETERMINED.SO IF ALL ARE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRING THAT TO A SPECIAL MEETING, I NEED A MOTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IF WE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THESE ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A REAL ROBUST, SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION THAT'S NOT RUSHED AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
SO I SECOND THAT AND FOR THE RECORD, OH, I'M SORRY.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT PLEASE.
SO, UH, THIS IS UNDER REFERRAL TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED.
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED IN A TIME TO BE DETERMINED ON R SEVEN A.
[R5 A ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO THE SMALL SCALE PROCEDURES IN SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY AMENDING GOAL RLU 1, “LAND USE,” OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, “ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES,” POLICY 1.1.7, “HIGH DENSITY MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM-3),” TO CREATE THE ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY LAND USE CATEGORY, PROVIDING FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUSES FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCLUDE CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFITS; AND PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TRANSMITTAL, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
[R5 B ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT – LDR AMENDMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.6, “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” SUBSECTION 7.2.6.3, “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (RM-3),” TO REFERENCE MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY, FURTHER AMENDING ARTICLE III, “OVERLAY DISTRICTS,” BY CREATING SECTION 7.3.12, ENTITLED “ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT,” TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT INCENTIVIZE NON-TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON LOT 3, BLOCK 80 OF BAY GARDEN MANOR CONDO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 12 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
R FIVE A, WHICH WAS THE SECOND READING.ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT PLAN AMENDMENT AND R FIVE B, WHICH WAS THE SECOND READING.
ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT LDR AMENDMENTS.
THOSE WERE BEING REQUESTED TO BE OPENED ORIGINALLY TO JUNE 25TH.
I THINK WE COULD STILL DO THAT AND HAVE THE MEETING BEFORE SINCE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADVERTISED AND MAILED TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF, BUT CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN WE OPEN AND CONTINUE R FIVE A AND B ACCLIMATION TO JUNE 25TH? THANK YOU.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF OPENING AND CONTINUED R FIVE A AND R FIVE B PLEASE SAY AYE.
BEFORE WE GET ON IT, I MEAN, CAN WE HAVE, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA ACT IN GOOD FAITH, BUT IT, IT, IT IS OPEN-ENDED AND A BIT AMBIGUOUS GIVEN THAT THERE'S NO TIME, NO DATE, CAN WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT BEFORE A CERTAIN DATE JUST SO WE CAN BE SURE THAT IT'S HEARD, SO NOW, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS TO DO IT BEFORE THE JUNE, 2015.
SO THAT'S, I, I MEAN, SO THE DIRECTION IS TO HAVE THAT BEFORE SO YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE OTHER TWO ITEMS ON JUNE 25TH.
SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU GUYS, THE COMMISSION IS GIVING US? YES.
OR AT LEAST ME, THERE IS AN AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS MEETING ON MAY 28TH IF THAT'S, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TOO FAST TO, BUT JUST AS A SUGGESTION, KEEP THAT IN MIND HERE.
SO DIRECTION HAS BEEN GIVEN ON R FIVE A B, AND R SEVEN A.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DETERMINE JUST EMAIL OR WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, UH, ERIC'S TEAM AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF, OBVIOUSLY.
WE'LL, WE'LL COORDINATE R TWO A.
[R2 A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO AWARD A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO INVITATION TO BID (ITB) 2025-008-MP, FOR PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES. (FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGEMENT)]
YES, SIR.R TWO A IS AWARD ITB 2 20 25 8.
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PLEASE.GOOD MORNING, CHRISTIE BALA, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED FROM THE MARCH 19 COMMISSION MEETING AS IT WAS REQUESTED TO, UM, FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIVES, AND IT WAS TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF THE RECOMMENDED AWARDEE BLUE ADONIS AND THE FACILITIES THAT THEY CURRENTLY MAINTAIN AT THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND DELRAY BEACH.
IT WAS ALSO ASKED FOR US TO INVITE, UM, LOU ADONIS TO BE PRESENT TODAY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE PARKING AND SHOULD BE ABOUT TO WALK IN IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY HERE.
AND, UM, ALSO TO PRESENT AN UPDATED BUDGET TRANSFER RELATED TO IN-HOUSE OUTSOURCING FOR THE PARKING DEPARTMENT AND TO INITIATE STAIRWELL PAINTING AT CERTAIN GARAGES.
UM, SINCE THE MARCH 19 COMMISSION MEETING, THE FACILITIES AND FLEET DEPARTMENT DID VISIT, UM, AND INSPECT THE WORK OF BLUE ADONIS AT MIRAMAR AND DELRAY, AND WERE SATISFIED WITH THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE VENDOR IN THOSE, UM, CITIES.
AND, UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THE ITEM AS, UH, INTENDED TO AWARD BLUE ADONIS AS THE PRIMARY VENDOR TO PROVIDE PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
UH, AND I'LL, AND I'LL SECOND THAT IS THE, UH, PROPOSED VENDOR, UH, IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY.
UM, YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR TO THIS VENDOR, THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS ON CLEANLINESS.
UH, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE, IN THE PAST, UH, WITH THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR GARAGES, WHAT OUR CLEANLINESS INDEX TELLS US, UH, THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, RATHER THAN IMPROVING, WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
UM, AND SO THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS WON'T WANT TO USE OUR PARKING GARAGES.
AND SO I WANTED THEM TO HEAR IT DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, BEFORE WE APPROVED THIS, THIS CONTRACT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AND THEY'RE NOT HERE YET.
AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR, FOR MONTHS NOW.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, HOW MUCH IS THIS CONTRACT? IT'S 200 AND 260, APPROXIMATELY 268,000.
SO, UM, I I JUST WANT TO PLACE THAT ON, ON THE RECORD.
AND, UH, WHAT'S OUR CANCELLATION MECHANISM OF WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH WHAT, WITH THE SERVICES WE'RE GETTING.
WE HAVE A TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE OR A TERMINATION FOR DEFAULT AS STANDARD IN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS.
UM, I'M SURE THAT THE FACILITIES AND FLEET DEPARTMENT CAN SPEAK TO IT, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL MANAGE THE CONTRACT AND ENSURE THAT THE CLEANLINESS EXPECTATIONS ARE MET THROUGHOUT THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.
AND, UM, MR. MANAGER, THE, UM, THE CLEANLINESS INDEX ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE TRACKING THE, THE, UH, PERFORMANCE OF THE GARAGES AND THE CLEANLINESS INDEX, UM, FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CONTRACT? ABSOLUTELY.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL SECOND THE, UH, MOTION.
MOTION TO SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHORA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ON R TWO A.
YOU WANT OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
[R2 B A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. 2024-210-DF, FOR SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL ZONES; AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH JENOPTIK NORTH AMERICA, INC. AS THE TOP-RANKED PROPOSER; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH JENOPTIK NORTH AMERICA, INC., AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH REDSPEED FLORIDA LLC., AS THE SECOND RANKED PROPOSER; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH REDSPEED FLORIDA LLC., AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH MODAXO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USA INC., AS THE THIRD RANKED PROPOSER; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT UPON CONCLUSION OF SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATION. (POLICE)]
R TWO BR TWO B ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION RFP 20 24 2 74 DF SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEMS FOR SCHOOLS.UM, THIS IS THE AWARD FOR THE SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL ZONES, UM, AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING NEGOTIATIONS WITH GEN OBJECT NORTH AMERICA AS A TOP RANKED PROPOSER.
UM, AND IF NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL TO NEGOTIATE WITH RED SPEED, UM, AS THE SECOND RANKED PROPOSER AND IF NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, RED SPEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH MADO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, USA, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO I, I HAD SPONSORED THE INITIAL LEGISLATION CREATING, UH, THE SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEM PROGRAM HERE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
CLEARLY IT'S THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAS EMPOWERED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO, TO DO THIS.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO THE LEGISLATURE, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR GIVING US THESE, THESE LOCAL ABILITIES AND
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THIS LOCAL DECISION MAKING ON THESE MATTERS.UM, AND SO OF THE TWO RESPONDENTS, UM, WHAT IS THEIR LOCAL, WHAT, WHAT IS THEIR WORK LOCALLY? THE, UH, NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDED VENDOR.
IT'S SYNOPTIC, CORRECT? IT'S SYNOPTIC.
AND NUMBER TWO IS RENT SPEED, RED SPEED? YES.
WHAT, WHAT OTHER WORK DO THEY DO IN THIS, UH, IN THIS AREA, IN THE SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM, UH, WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY? OH, GENO WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN THE CITY OF HOMESTEAD, AND THEY HAVE OUTSIDE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN QUINCY, FLORIDA, THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO GLOBALLY WHERE THEY PROVIDE SERVICES.
SO IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THEY ONLY HAVE HOMESTEAD FOR LIGHT CAMERAS? YES.
SO NOT FOR SCHOOL ZONE SPEED DETECTION.
NOT FOR SCHOOL ZONE, BUT FOR RED LIGHT CAMERA.
AND, BUT AS IT RELATES TO SPEED DETECTION, THEY DON'T DO ANY SPEED DETECTION IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME OTHER CONTRACTS WITHIN OTHER STATES.
HOW ABOUT THE SECOND RANKED VENDOR? RED SPEED.
THE SECOND RANKED VENDOR DOES HAVE SEVERAL CONTRACTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND FLORIDA.
THEY HAVE A VENTURA, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UM, MIAMI GARDENS, PINECREST, SOME OTHER CITIES LOCAL FOR THE SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM.
CAMERAS FOR SCHOOL ZONES? YES, FOR THE SCHOOL ZONES.
SO THE SECOND RANKED VENDOR IS THE ONE THAT DOES IT FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR AVENTURA AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES? CORRECT.
AND WHY WOULDN'T WE THEN, IF THAT IS THE COMPANY THAT THE REST OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS USING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE, OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE, ARE USING THAT COMPANY, WHY, WHY WOULDN'T WE USE THAT COMPANY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SEVERAL OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY USING FOR THIS SAME PURPOSE? WELL, THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WHICH EVALUATES BOTH, UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND COST.
OP IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE CITY IN COMPARISON TO THAT OF RED SPEED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE OP, UM, IS APPROXIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL $9 TO THE CITY PER CITATION.
HOW MUCH, I'M SORRY? HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL $9.
SO WITH RED SPEED, THE CITY WOULD BE RECEIVING $39 PER CITATION.
AND FOR OP, THE CITY WILL BE RECEIVING $48 PER CITATION.
AND SO IT'S, SO HOW MUCH IS THE CITATION THAT THE RESIDENT GETS WHEN THE, THE CITATION IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE CITY RECEIVES $60 FROM THE CITATION? SO THE VENDOR THAT WOULD BE PROVIDING THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS TAKES A PORTION OR WE KEEP A PORTION AND THE VENDOR, IT'S A REVENUE SHARE BETWEEN THE $60.
AND, AND WHEN, WHEN THESE CITATIONS GO OUT, IS IT THE COMPANY THAT IS SENDING THE CITATION OR IS IT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH THAT'S SENDING THE CITATION OR IS IT THE COUNTY THAT'S SENDING THE CITATION? IT'S, I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW, I BELIEVE IS HERE.
I BELIEVE IT IS THE VENDOR THAT WILL BE SENDING THE VENDORS SENDING THE, THE VENDOR, YES, THE VENDOR SENDING THE CITATION.
UH, AND I SEE THE CHIEF IS COMING FORWARD.
I'M SO SORRY TO STEP OUT TO DEAL WITH URGENT MATTER WAYNE JONES, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU TELL YOU MIND REPEATING THE QUESTION FOR ME? WITH, UH, WITH THE SPEED DETECTION, UH, SYSTEM WITH THE CAMERAS FOR THE SCHOOL ZONES, WHO SENDS THE CITATION? IS IT THE VENDOR? IS IT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH? YEAH.
OR IS IT THE COUNTY WHO SENDS WELL FOR THE RED LIGHT CAMERA, UH, PROGRAM WE HAVE, AND THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED IN FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE VENDOR A CITATION ONLY AFTER THE INFRACTIONS BEEN REVIEWED AND SIGNED OFF BY, BUT THE VENDOR SEND A CITATION.
IS THAT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL HAPPEN, UH, IN THIS, WITH THIS PROGRAM? WITH THE SCHOOL DETECTION? YES.
IF WE, IF WE ARE USING A DIFFERENT VENDOR THAN THE REST OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, AND WE ARE IN ESSENCE THE ONLY CITY OUT OF THE 34 CITIES AND THE, AND THE 2000 SQUARE MILES OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THAT WE ARE THE ONLY ONE, UH, USING THIS ONE OTHER VENDOR FOR THIS PURPOSE.
I THINK WHEN PEOPLE GET CITATIONS IN THE MAIL, THEY EXPECT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PARODY OF UNIFORMITY, UH, IN CITATIONS.
AND FOR ME, IT CREATES A, A CONCERN EVEN RIGHT NOW, LIKE PEOPLE GET A LOT OF SCAMS, UM, A LOT OF SCAMS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO IMPERSONATE EVEN CITATIONS.
THEY TRY TO IMPERSONATE THE CLERK OF THE COURTS.
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THEY TRY TO IMPERSONATE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO, TO SCAM PEOPLE.SO FOR, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PARITY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND IF THE REST OF THE COUNTY IS, IS USING THIS, WHY, WHY WOULDN'T ME? WHY WOULDN'T US? AND, AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE DOLLARS, UM, BUT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEND THIS TO FINANCE, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS WITH, WITH WITH THE RESPONDENTS BECAUSE CLEARLY, UM, THE GOAL HERE IS SAFETY.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO GENERATE PROFIT.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE PURPOSE HERE.
UH, SO, SO I DON'T WANT US TO BE THE ODD DUCK, UH, IN, IN THE COUNTY OVER DOLLARS AND CENTS.
IF YOU ALLOW ME, I CAN SPEAK TO THE FORMAT OF THE CITATION.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOVERNED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES.
EVERY VENDOR THAT DOES PROVIDE THESE SERVICES DOES HAVE TO HAVE THE CITATION FORMAT APPROVED BY THE STATE.
AND BOTH VENDORS ARE APPROVED BY THE STATE CURRENTLY.
SO THE FORMAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A SHOUT OUT AND IT REALLY APPLIES TO ALL STAFF.
I DON'T SAY THIS OFTEN, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GET UP HERE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT QUESTIONS WE'RE GONNA ASK, RIGHT? FOR THE MOST PART.
SO KUDOS, KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU.
COME PREPARED AND, AND READY TO ANSWER ALL THIS.
NO PRESSURE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
YEAH, NO PRESSURE, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
UH, IS THAT A MOTION? UM, I, I MEAN I'D LOVE TO KNOW, SEE WHERE EVERYONE ELSE, UH, STANDS ON THIS.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION.
IT CHANGED, RIGHT? ERIC? IT, THIS CHANGED FROM THE LAST, SO IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A PRIOR PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO, UM, THROW OUT THAT PROCESS AND START OVER THE, UM, THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO RANKED FIRMS. WHY, WHY WAS IT THROWN OUT? UM, IT WAS DIRECTED BY COMMISSION TO, DID WE, WE I'M SURE THERE WAS A REASON, RIGHT? WE GAVE, THERE WERE BID PROTESTS.
AND SO THE ORIGINAL NUMBER ONE, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS NOT THE SAME ONE AS TODAY.
WHAT, WHY DID IT CHANGE? SO YOU HAD MULTIPLE THINGS IN PLAY.
YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS, YOU HAD DIFFERENT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND YOU HAD, UM, AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT WAS EVALUATING THESE NEW PROPOSALS.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE MULTIPLE REASONS WHY YOU COULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
WHY DID IT, I I DON'T REMEMBER AT THE LAST MEETING OF, OF CHANGING THE PARAMETERS OR THE, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AT WHAT, WHY DID IT CHANGE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I YOU SAY THERE'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
WHAT, WHY WAS THE PROCESS CHANGED THEN? I MEAN, THE MOST COMPELLING REASON THAT I CAN THINK OF IS IF YOU LOOKED AT BACK AT THE LAST PROPOSALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, THERE'S PROBABLY DIFFERENT PRICING, CORRECT.
THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY AT LEAST THE NUMBER ONE PROPOS.
SO THEY GOT MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THEIR REVENUE SHARE WITH THE CITY AND THAT BUMPED THEM UP IN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEES EVALUATION.
SO WHY DON'T WE, WITH THAT LOGIC, SHOULDN'T WE HAVE TWO ROUNDS OF PROCUREMENT? TWO ROUNDS OF PROCUREMENT? YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO BID ALL ITEMS TWICE? YEAH, I MEAN, YOU GOT OBVIOUSLY A BETTER DEAL THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS LIKE TWICE.
I, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE THIS TIME.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT EACH TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE RISKING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL STAFF EXPENDITURE AND TIME AND THAT HAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT ALSO.
AND SO WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN, IN VALUE TO US NINE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LOW SIGNIFICANT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSER HAD LAST TIME AS FAR AS THE REVENUE SHARE, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY VIOLATIONS ARE GONNA BE ISSUED.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW NO, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO AND, AND PERCENTAGE WISE, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE INITIAL BASELINE? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNTYWIDE, A LOT OF THE FIRMS ARE RETAINING TWO THIRDS OF NO, NO, NO.OKAY, SO IT'S $9 YOU SAY, RIGHT? APPROXIMATELY $9 PER TICKET.
WHAT, WHAT'S IT GOING FROM? IS IT GOING FROM 40 TO 49? WHAT, WHAT IS THE 39 TO 48? 39 TO 48 ARE THE TWO TOP TWO VENDORS ON THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, AND, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DERAIL THIS, BUT I, I THINK THAT IT'S JUST CRAZY TO ME THAT WE WENT THROUGH TWO PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND WE GOT A BETTER DEAL FOR, FOR THE CITY.
AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN I, YOU KNOW, WE DID A SHADE STRUCTURE FOR OMI PARK, UM, AND IT CAME IN REALLY HIGH, BUT THEN THE, THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL PTA WAS ABLE TO FIND A CONTRACT THAT DID IT FOR LIKE, AT LEAST HALF.
MAYBE IF WE DID IT AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE AN EVEN BETTER DEAL.
UH, I WELL COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU'RE RAISING SOME GOOD ISSUES, BUT PERHAPS THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM.
LET'S, LET'S TRY TO CLOSE THIS ITEM OUT.
UM, I, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I READ SOMETHING RECENTLY.
UM, WASN'T THIS SUSPENDED BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BECAUSE THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF ISSUES WITH THE CITATIONS.
THEY SUSPENDED THE BUS, UM, CAMERA PROGRAM.
NOT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SCHOOL ZONES, BUT HOW MUCH ARE THE CITATIONS THAT WOULD BE ISSUED BY EACH OPERATOR? THE CITATION IS GOVERNED BY THE STATE AND IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS, A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UM, YOU VOTED AGAINST THIS LAST TIME.
WHAT ABOUT, I MEAN, I'M NOT A BIG, IT'S A SCHOOL ZONE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE SCHOOL ZONE.
UM, I JUST FEEL THAT THESE, THERE'S A LOT OF MISTAKES INVOLVED.
THERE'S A REASON THAT THE SHERIFF SUSPENDED SOME OF THIS COUNTYWIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL GO WITH WHAT, WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS IF THAT'S WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I, I, WE, IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS, I'M ALL FOR THAT TOO.
'CAUSE I DON'T, IT'S ALL, I'M, I'M NOT ARE YOU MOVING THE ITEM OUT? SO, SO I JUST, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE CITATIONS, CERTAIN FORMATTING IN THE CITATION IS GOVERNED BY THE STATE.
AND MY CONCERN IS WHEN PEOPLE GET THESE CITATIONS IN THE MAIL, UM, IS IS EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE APPEARANCE OF IT, ARE THEY THE SAME? UH, IS IT THE SAME? IS IT, WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO TELL THAT THIS IS A, UH, SPEED DETECTION CAMERA CITATION, UH, FOR SCHOOL ZONES REGARDLESS OF WHICH THE VENDOR IS? YES, IT HAS THE DETAIL OF, UM, THE TICKET, THE INFORMATION OF THE PRICE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY AND THEY, IT'S HONESTLY GOVERNED BY FLORIDA HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE.
AND THEY GIVE THEM THE TEMPLATE TEMPLATE THAT THEY HAVE TO ALL ABIDE BY.
IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME.
UH, AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD BE THE CITY, IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LOGO OF THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD CHANGE.
AND SO, AND SO IT'S OUR BRANDING ON IT.
UH, THEY WOULD SAY CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
SO IN THAT, IN IN THAT CASE, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S CLEAR THAT, THAT THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR OFFERS A BETTER, BETTER BENEFIT, UH, TO, TO, TO THE CITY.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THE VOTE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON R TWO B FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
THAT WAS ITEM R TWO BR SEVEN JR
[R7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY’S FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE AT ITS MARCH 26, 2025 MEETING, AND APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY (“LANDLORD”) AND MIAMI BEACH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, INC. (“PAL” OR “TENANT”), FOR USE OF A BUILDING HAVING APPROXIMATELY 13,367 SQUARE FEET, LOCATED WITHIN FLAMINGO PARK, AT 999 11TH STREET (“PREMISES”), FOR A PERIOD OF NINE (9) YEARS AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR (364) DAYS, COMMENCING ON JULY 1, 2025 AND EXPIRING ON JUNE 29, 2035; AND WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 82-39(A) OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT.]
SEVEN J IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION APPROVED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH POWELL.THE ITEM REQUIRES A FIVE SEVEN VOTE.
VERY NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS MORNING.
UM, YEAH, THE, UH, PE WE'RE LOOKING TO RENEW THE EXISTING LEASE WITH POWELL, UM, FOR NINE YEARS, 364 DAYS.
UM, IF APPROVED, I'LL MOVE IT SECOND.
AND I, I KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT, BUT SINCE, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE, WHY THAT? SO PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THAT AMOUNT? UH, I THINK, UH, MAYBE LIZ, I'M SORRY, TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT MYSELF TOO, HONESTLY.
UM, I THINK ALL THE, UH, AGREEMENTS ARE LESS THAN 10 YEARS, IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT, UH, COMPLETING.
IS THAT BECAUSE OF, IS THERE A VOTER REFERENDUM THAT WOULD KICK IN? YES.
ANYTHING BEYOND, UH, 10 YEARS DOES REQUIRE A VOTER REFERENDUM.
WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON NOT TO DO A VOTER REFERENDUM
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OPPORTUNITY? EXPENSIVE.UM, COST BECAUSE IT'S A NON-FOR-PROFIT.
AND WHY MAKE THEM RUN A CAMPAIGN WHEN WE'RE ALREADY GIVING THEM FUNDING AND WHY PUT THEM THROUGH? YEAH, I AGREE.
I JUST, I, ONCE YOU SAID IT, I I, I COULD SEE THE QUESTIONS POPPING UP IN PEOPLE'S HEADS, SO, UH, WHICH JUSTIFIABLY, RIGHT.
I WANTED IT OUT IN THE OPEN WHY WE'RE DOING IT THAT WAY.
I'LL RUN DOWN THE STAIRS THIS MORNING.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE
UM, IF I MIGHT BRING, DISCUSS SOMETHING, UH, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE ACQUIRED FOR AN AUDIT.
UM, THE AUDITS HAVE BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT'S ABOUT $7,500 PER YEAR FOR THE AUDIT, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE ACCOUNTANTS AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
AND EVERYBODY KNOW NONPROFIT TIME IS TOUGH RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO ANY ASSISTANCE, WE APPRECIATE WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE RENEWAL.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW BUILDING WHEN THAT IS ALL SET.
BUT, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE READY.
AND AS WE VOTE ON THIS, WE'RE THINKING OF ART.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MADE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND I HEARD THE, SORRY, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
I HEARD THE SECOND WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT.
[R7 M A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING (A/E) DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AND CALVIN, GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR THE OCEAN DRIVE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS AND LUMMUS PARK ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, IN THE NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $540,907.54, FOR ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO INCREASED SCOPE RESULTING FROM CHANGES TO AGENCY REQUIRED ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY METHODOLOGY AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES RESULTING FROM RESOLUTION 2024-33337, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO IMPLEMENT LIGHTING AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF A FUTURE CAPITAL BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE FY 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET.]
IN MICHAEL, R SEVEN M IS AMENDMENT ONE, AE SERVICES FOR OCEAN DRIVE CORRIDOR.DAVID THOMAS, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THIS ITEM, UH, IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR OCEAN DRIVE AND LOOMIS PARK.
AS YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE PUSH AND PULL BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE REGARDING THE METHODOLOGY USED FOR THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
UH, AND THAT REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE CONSULTANT TO PREPARE THOSE STUDIES.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM IN THE AMENDMENT IS, UH, RELATED TO A MOTION PASSED BY THE COMMISSION IN OCTOBER TO INVESTIGATE AND PREPARE PLANS, EXCUSE ME, TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WEST SIDE OF OCEAN DRIVE, UH, BETWEEN FIFTH AND 15TH STREET.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS, ISSUES? JUST THE MIC.
SECOND
UH, THERE COMMISSIONER, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
SIX ZERO I I DON'T SEE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SO I'M GONNA GO ABSENT AT THIS TIME.
[R7 V A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,900,000 TO NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, INC. (“GRANTEE”), FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SOUND SYSTEM AT SOUNDSCAPE PARK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH GRANTEE FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSE (GRANT AGREEMENT); AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT ACCORDINGLY.]
V AS IN VICTOR, R SEVEN V IS APPROVED GRANT TO NEW WORLD SYMPHONY REPLACE SOUNDSCAPE PARK SOUND SYSTEM R SEVEN V, ERIC R SEVEN V.SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS FOR SOUNDSCAPE PARK.
UM, WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO MAINTAIN THE SOUND SYSTEM AT SOUNDSCAPE PARK WHILE THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM, UH, SORRY, NOT THE AUDIO VISUAL, THE VISUAL DISPLAY FOR THE, UH, WALL CAST.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THE SOUND SYSTEM, WE'VE DONE SOME TESTING AND IT'S ONLY FUNCTIONING AT ABOUT 40% OF ITS INTENDED, UM, PERFORMANCE.
AND IT IS IN ITS 14TH YEAR OF OPERATION.
AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO REPLACE THE SYSTEM.
THERE'S A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE WALL CASTS ARE GONNA BE DARK FOR THE SUMMER, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A GRANT TO NEW WORLD SYMPHONY TO WORK WITH THE VENDOR TO REPLACE THE AUDIO SYSTEM.
UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED $1.6 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME FROM THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR THE PARKS.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME AND AN APPROPRIATE FUNDING STREAM TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS REPLACEMENT OF
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THE HIGH END AUDIO SYSTEM IN SOUNDSCAPE PARK.JUST A QUESTION ON THIS, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THEM MANAGE THE PROJECT? YES, IT WILL BE.
YES, THEY'RE GONNA MANAGE IT DIRECTLY.
I I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT IF I COULD, ARE THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM, UH, NEW WORLD SYMPHONY HERE? ONE THING THAT, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT RELATED, UH, TO THIS, UM, BUT OUR OFFICE IN RECENT WEEKS REACHED OUT TO THEM IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2026 WORLD CUP, WHICH I THINK IS JUST GOING TO BE, OH YEAH.
THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME, THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME FOR MIAMI BEACH TO REALLY SHOWCASE OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
SORRY FOR THE SOCCER PUN, UH, TO THE WORLD.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCENES FROM ANY LARGE CULTURAL OR SPORT VENUE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, IT'S PEOPLE GATHERED, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT A COMMUNITY IS GATHERING PEOPLE.
AND WHAT BETTER EVENT THAN WHERE MIAMI IS ON THE GLOBAL STAGE FOR THE WORLD CUP? AND THIS IS IN OUR CORE DOWNTOWN URBAN AREA, RIGHT BY CITY HALL, RIGHT BY LINCOLN ROAD.
AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT SPECTACULAR THING THAT THE TAXPAYERS FUNDED FOR THE WORLD CUP JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND, UH, OUR OFFICE REACHED OUT, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNDING HERE, BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT SOME PUSHBACK.
SO I'M REALLY RELAYING THIS THIRD HAND THAT A VIEWING PARTY LIKE THAT WASN'T KIND OF ALIGNED WITH THE CULTURAL DIRECTION THAT THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY WAS GOING IN.
I COULD UNDERSTAND IF THIS WAS INSIDE, BUT THIS IS OUTSIDE IN A PARK ON A WALL WITH THE AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT THAT THE TAXPAYERS HAVE FUNDED.
UM, NI IF YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE THERE, CAN WE BE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT VENUE, UH, FOR VIEWING PARTIES FOR CULTURAL MOMENTS LIKE THE WORLD CUP COMMISSIONER? I'M NOT HERE OFFICIALLY, BUT I, UH, WAS A PAST CHAIR.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY ON THE BUILDING COMMITTEE AS WELL.
I WAS CHAIR WHEN WE BUILT THE PARK AND THE HALL.
UM, THE, THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY IN TERMS OF THE CITY HAS RIGHTS TO USE IT AND IN TERMS OF WHAT THINGS CAN BE DONE.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BRING UP IN DISCUSSION TO SEE IF IT'S WITHIN THAT.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT IT COULD BE ACCOMMODATED, I UNDERSTAND IT MAKES SENSE.
COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ JUST MAKE THIS CONTINGENT ON THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
I, BECAUSE I RAISED THE SAME ISSUE AGREEMENT, NOT FIFA SPECIFICALLY, BUT I, BECAUSE WE HAD RAISED SOME, SOME, UH, SOME EVENTS AND, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ART RELATED THAT WE COULDN'T DO IT.
YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT, ERIC? AND THAT WAS THE CITY'S PROVISION.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAVE NOT READ THAT AGREEMENT.
I WOULD HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE DEEPER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THE GUARDRAILS SO TO SPEAK.
UM, DO, DO YOU WANNA BRING MAYBE A SEPARATE ITEM? MY MY WHAT? 'CAUSE I RAISED THIS, UH, THIS, THE, AGAIN, NOT WITH FIFA SPECIFICALLY, BUT WHAT, BUT BASICALLY THE ADMINISTRATION TOLD ME THAT WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO THIS ENHANCEMENT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WE CAN TIE ONE TO THE OTHER.
UM, YOU ARE, AND, AND, AND, AND OF COURSE THIS IS A PHENOMENAL BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC.
THOUSANDS GO SEE THE WALL CASTS.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT FEATURE PUBLIC FEATURES IN THIS CITY.
THERE IS AN AGREEMENT, UH, AS THE MANAGER HAS MENTIONED, UH, WHICH THE CITY WANTED AS WELL AS THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY REGARDING THE PROGRAMMING OF THAT.
CERTAINLY HAPPENED TO, HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT.
AND BY THE WAY, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING HERE IS, UH, REALLY NOT A, A COMPLAINT PER SE.
IT SHOWS THE SUCCESS THAT THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY AND THE WALL CAST HAS HAD THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO AMPLIFY NEW NO, IT'S A, IT'S A NEAT IDEA.
AND IT'S, UH, THAT'S IN THE, IN THE SUMMER AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
SO THIS ITEM MENTIONED, UM, FOR THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE A GRANT AGREEMENT, BUT I ALSO SAW THAT THE GEO BOND COMMITTEE HAS SUBMITTED A MOTION TO SUPPORT ALLOCATING 1.6 MILLION OF ACCRUED EARNED INTEREST FROM THE 2019 PARKS GEO BOND FOR THE PLACE REPLACEMENT OF SOUNDSCAPE PARK SOUNDS SYSTEM.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE? THIS IS ONE AND THE SAME.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL THE VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER UH FERNANDEZ.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
I'M NOT SURE IF COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS HERE.
SO SIX ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ABSENT.
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THANK YOU.OKAY, LET'S, UM, LET'S HANDLE SOME BUDGET ITEMS. WE'LL
[R7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE BY THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF NOT TO EXCEED $267,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL OF TAX INCREMENT REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2025 (CITY CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163, PART III, FLORIDA STATUTES, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
CALL THE R SEVEN D AS IN DAVID.UH, MAYOR, WE FIRST HAVE TO DO THE RDA ITEMS 'CAUSE THEY'RE CONNECTED.
[RDA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $267,000,000 IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TAX INCREMENT REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2025 (CITY CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE), FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING A PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING SERIES 2015A BONDS, FUNDING ANY NECESSARY DEPOSIT TO THE DEBT SERVICE RESERVE ACCOUNT AND PAYING COSTS OF ISSUANCE AND REFUNDING, ALL PURSUANT TO SECTION 304(H) OF RESOLUTION NO. 619-2015 ADOPTED BY THE AGENCY ON OCTOBER 14, 2015; PROVIDING THAT SAID SERIES 2025 BONDS AND INTEREST THEREON SHALL BE PAYABLE SOLELY FROM PLEDGED FUNDS; PROVIDING CERTAIN DETAILS OF THE SERIES 2025 BONDS; DELEGATING OTHER DETAILS AND MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2025 BONDS AND THE REFUNDING OF THE SERIES 2015A BONDS TO BE REFUNDED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING WHETHER TO SECURE A CREDIT FACILITY AND/OR A RESERVE ACCOUNT INSURANCE POLICY, WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS STATED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING A BOOK-ENTRY REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR THE SERIES 2025 BONDS; AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATED SALE AND AWARD OF THE SERIES 2025 BONDS TO THE UNDERWRITERS WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS STATED HEREIN; APPROVING THE FORM OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT; APPROVING THE FORM OF AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT; PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SERIES 2025 BONDS AND CREATING CERTAIN FUNDS AND SUBACCOUNTS; AUTHORIZING THE REFUNDING, DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES 2015A BONDS TO BE REFUNDED; APPROVING THE FORM OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND APPOINTING AN ESCROW AGENT; COVENANTING TO PROVIDE CONTINUING DISCLOSURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERIES 2025 BONDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RULE 15c2-12 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO AND APPOINTING A DISCLOSURE DISSEMINATION AGENT; APPOINTING A PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR FOR THE SERIES 2025 BONDS; AUTHORIZING OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE AGENCY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2025 BONDS AND THE REFUNDING OF THE SERIES 2015A BONDS TO BE REFUNDED AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
RDA.SO WE'RE RECESSING AS A COMMISSION MEETING.
WE'RE OPENING UP AS THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO DO RDA ONE FIRST.
THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS ISSUE.
MIAMI BEACH, RDA TAX INCREMENT REVENUE, UH, REFUNDING BOND SERIES 2025.
SO R SEVEN WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, RRDA ONE.
JASON GREEN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A JOINT ITEM BETWEEN THE CITY AND RDA, WHICH IS A REFUNDING OF THE OUTSTANDING 2015 A, UH, BONDS.
THIS ITEM STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UH, IT REQUIRE, IT'S TAKEN A LONG AND WINDING, UH, PATH, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UH, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE RDA AND A FEW STOPS ALONG THE WAY.
UH, BUT HERE WE ARE FINALLY, UH, THIS FINANCING DOES NOT EXTEND THE, THE LENGTH OF THE BONDS.
THEY STILL WOULD, UH, BE COMPLETELY PAID OFF BY FEBRUARY OF 2044.
UH, AND THE CURRENT, UH, VALUE NET PRESENT VALUE IS AROUND, UH, $10.3 MILLION IN SAVINGS BY DOING THIS TRANSACTION RIGHT NOW ABOUT 4%.
BUT AS WE KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S THE, THE ESTIMATE AS OF TODAY AND IT CHANGES EVERY DAY.
BUT, UH, STILL THIS WORKS OUT TO AROUND $830,000 PER YEAR AND EARN INTEREST IN INTEREST SAVINGS, UH, FOR THE RDA AND WOULD HELP TO EXPEDITE THE, UH, PAYING OFF OF THE DEBT EARLY AS ALSO IS REQUIRED BY ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS.
UH, SO WE WE'RE STILL PROJECTING TO BE ABLE TO PAY OFF ALL OF THE DEBT SOMEWHERE IN THE 2 30, 34 TO 36 TIMEFRAME.
THIS JUST HELPS TO THAT I MOVE IT SECOND CALL THE VOTE THE SECOND VICE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING SUE SPEAK IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.
NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM APPROVED.
COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
RDA TWO IF I MAY, I'M THE JOINT ITEM HAS TO BE APPROVED.
AND, AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT.
SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS A JOINT ITEM RELATED TO THIS.
IT IS ALSO ISSUED MIAMI BEACH RDA TAX INCREMENT REVENUE, UH, REFUNDING BONDS.
IT IS THE SAME ITEM BUT FROM THE CITY SIDE.
I'M JUST SAYING HELLO CAME OUT
AFTER THIS WE'LL BE, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE BUDGET ITEMS. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON R SEVEN D? MOTION BACK COMMISSION THAT, OKAY, I'M SORRY.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN D.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AS THE RDA SINCE WE'RE BEEN JUMPING AROUND.
[RDA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGETS FOR THE CITY CENTER REDEVELOPMENT AREA, THE ANCHOR SHOPS AND PARKING GARAGE, THE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SHOPS AND PARKING GARAGE, AND THE COLLINS PARK PARKING GARAGE.]
NOW RDA TWO, WHICH IS ADOPT THIRD AMENDMENT TO CITY CENTER RDA OPERATING BUDGET.TAMIKA STEWART, BUDGET DIRECTOR.
AND THIS IS TO APPROVE THE FUNDING OF THE $12 MILLION FOR THE GRANT FOR THE CONVENTIONS.
UM, THE CITY, THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.
SO WE HAVE A ONE YEAR PAYMENT FOR 2025 OF $12 MILLION.
SO WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THAT LINE ITEM TO ALLOW FOR THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THIS YEAR, WHICH WE HAD A VERY NICE GROUNDBREAKING ON FRIDAY.
MOTION COMMISSIONER BOT, I HEAR I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDING.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE RDA ITEMS. LET'S GO TO THE,
[CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
LET'S GO TO THE CRA.THIS IS NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
WE'RE FIRST GOING TO DO CRA ONE, WHICH IS JOINT ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEACH CRA OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
IT IS A JOINT ITEM WITH R SEVEN G, ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT, NORTH BEAT CRA OPERATING BUDGET.
BUT FIRST LET'S DO THE CA ONE.
OKAY, SO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS TO APPROPRIATE $1.5 MILLION FOR THE BISQUE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEAR PROJECT.
AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE
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APRIL 23RD CITY COMMISSION MEETING.SO THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO TRANSFER $1.5 MILLION FROM THE AR THE CITY CENTER, I'M SORRY, THE NORTH BEACH CRE OPERATING BUDGET TO THE CAPITAL FUND.
AND THE NEXT ITEM, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE THOSE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
MOTION A COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECOND, IT'S CALL THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CA ONE, PLEASE SAY AYE.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER STEINBERG IS ABSENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE BACK TO THE COMMISSION SIDE NOW.
[R7 G A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
G.AND THIS IS THE SAME ITEM AS THE CRA ITEM.
SECOND COMMISSIONER BOT MOVES IT.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDS.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
[CRA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA), ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, "PROJECTS"; B "SOURCE OF FUNDS"; AND C "PROGRAMS." JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
IS CRA TWO, WHICH IS JOINT WITH SEVEN H.IT IS ADOPT FIRST N-B-C-R-A CAPITAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS WE'RE DOING FIRST CRA TWO.
AND THIS ITEM ACTUALLY TAKES THE 1.5 THAT WAS APPROVED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL FUND TO FUND THE CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE CRE BUDGETS HEARINGS.
THOSE ARE NOT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BOT SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
SO THIS IS ON ITEM, UH, CRA TWO.
COMMISSIONER, THE ITEM IS APPROVED.
COMMISSIONER SCHWARZ IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER STEINBERG IS ABSENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO COMPANION ITEM R SEVEN H, WHICH IS THE SAME ITEM ON THE CITY SIDE JOINT ADOPT FIRST N-B-C-R-A CAPITAL AMENDMENT.
[R7 H A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, "PROJECTS"; B "SOURCE OF FUNDS"; AND C "PROGRAMS." JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA]
NO, I'M SORRY.SO I NEED A MOTION ON R SEVEN H, WHICH IS THE COMPANION ITEM.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDS.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
[CRA-3. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD MEMBERS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NORTH BEACH CRA), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ITS APRIL 8, 2025 MEETING, AND APPROVING, PURSUANT TO CITY COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2024-33640, THE USE OF NORTH BEACH CRA FUNDS TO ENHANCE THE PERMANENT ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO ALTOS DEL MAR PARK.]
IS CA THREE.NORTH BEACH CRA FUNDS ENHANCE ELECTRICAL SERVICES TO ALTO STILL MART PARK.
GOT A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER B.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ON CA THREE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
HEATHER, BEFORE YOU GO HEATHER, JUST IF I MAY THROUGH THE MAYOR QUICK QUESTION.
UM, THE SUNSHADE SA UM, SALES FOR NORMANDY PLAZA.
WHERE'S THAT IN THE CRA DISCUSSION PROCESS? I'M HEATHER SHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE SHADE STRUCTURE FOR NORMANDY FOUNTAIN IS, UH, WE JUST, UH, SENT OUT AN A LETTER TO THE COMMISSION YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THAT IT WAS APPROVED BY THE, UH, NORTH BEACH CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
SO IT CAN'T BE ADDED TO THIS, CAN IT BE ADDED TO THE, THE ALTOOMA ITEM? WELL, TO THE CRA? WELL, THE FUNDING OF THINGS, IT HAS TO, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JUNE.
SO WE CAN FLUSH OUT THE, THE YEAH.
AND THE, THE DETAILS OF, OF OKAY.
I I HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION WITH ERIC, UH, ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE NUMBERS OKAY.
SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE TO ADD IT TODAY.
AND YOU MENTIONED IT'S GOTTA GO OUT TO BID AS WELL, RIGHT? SO THERE'S YEAH, IT'S GOT, IT'S OKAY.
WE'LL EXPEDITE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
NO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAYOR.
[R7 E A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION AND IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A."]
WE CAN DO NOW.R SEVEN ER SEVEN E IS THE FIRST ONE.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT FIFTH AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET R SEVEN E.
SO THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT CONTAINS SIX ITEMS. IT PROPOSES AN INCREASE OF 628,000 IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
THE FIRST IS A POLICE STORAGE FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT.
UH, THIS LEASE WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE APRIL 23RD MEETING, AND THIS ONE 58,000 IS RECOMMENDED TO BE APPROPRIATED FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO COVER THE TWO MONTHS OF FY 25 UNDER THIS LEASE AGREEMENT.
THE SECOND ITEM IS A STYLE STAYS INC.
FEE WAIVER AND GRANT, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE $58,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
42,000 WILL BE A FEE WAIVER FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, CENTER, UM, HALLS.
THE THIRD IS A SIX MONTH GRANT TO THE E COUNCIL INC.
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$12,000 THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON MARCH 19TH.THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE THIS $12,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
THE FOURTH ITEM IS A ONE-TIME MATCHING GRANT TO THE LINCOLN ROAD BID FOR THE MIAMI BEACH PRIDE ACTIVATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN MARCH AND APRIL.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE $20,000 FOR THIS GRANT FROM RESORT TAX RESERVES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A MIAMI BEACH PET PARADE SPONSORSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.
THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE MARCH 19TH COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE THIS FROM THE RESORT TAX RESERVES.
AND THE FINAL ITEM IS A RETRIP AND PAINTING OF GREEN BIKE LANE CITYWIDE IN THE AMOUNT OF 375,000.
THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE MARCH, 2025 COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE THIS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION FUND RESERVES.
AND WE'RE ADDING IN THE ONE 30 FOR THE PHF AS OF ONE TIME FROM RESORT TAX.
AND, UM, ALSO, IF I COULD AMEND THE A OF COUNSEL IN GRANT FROM 12 TO $20,000.
THE, UM, A OF GRANT, UM, FROM 12,000 TO 20,000 POSSIBLE, IT WAS A REQUEST.
MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
I I I HAD ORIGINALLY SPONSORED THAT ITEM A FEW, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS AN EMAIL TO CIRCULATED IN, IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE ERA.
BUT I'VE DEFERRED TO, TO, TO YOU, I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, THOUGH SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I AM BY EXTENSION
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S BEEN, IT'S ACTUALLY SOME OF THE VANDALISM HAS HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME INCIDENCES, I KNOW OUR CHIEF AND OTHERS HAVE, UH, ARE, ARE ON IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE KEEP THE, THE AIR OF INTACT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN UNFORTUNATELY VANDALISM, BUT, UH, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE.
I, WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE IS BECAUSE THE A OF IS SO IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO MIAMI BEACH, BUT TO OUR, OUR BARRIER ISLAND BEYOND OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES.
UH, SO MANY OF OUR KOSHER RESTAURANTS ARE IN SURFSIDE, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN BALL HARBOR AND IN THE, IN THE BARRIER ISLANDS.
UM, WE SHOULD URGE THOSE, THOSE GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT, UH, THE ERA AS WELL AND TRY TO, TO MATCH OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES.
UH, IT'S ONE LARGER COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD URGE, UM, BAR HARBOR, BAY HARBOR SURFSIDE, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT THE AIR OF AS WELL.
ERIC, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN SEND OUT TO INFORMING THEM OF, OF OUR ACTIONS? IT ABSOLUTELY.
SO IF I CAN, SO THE, IT AMENDS THE AMENDMENT AND THAT THE 12,000 HAS INCREASED TO ONE TO 20,000 AND WE'RE ADDING AN ITEM 120,000 ACTUALLY FROM THE GENERAL FUND OR A ONE TIME BASIS FOR THE, UH, THE, THE CLEANING THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT WAS DISCUSSED, YOU COULD POSSIBLY TAKE IT FROM TOURISM TAXES REALLY, BECAUSE IF NOT FOR THE ARAB, WE WOULD NOT GET A LOT, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TOURISTS HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT COULD, THERE'S A JUSTIFICATION IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE IT OUT OF TOURISM TAXES, IF THE COMMISSION WANTED TO TAKE IT FROM THE RESERVES OF THE RESORT TAX, THEY COULD DO THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, ESPECIALLY IF ACTUALLY I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THE G-N-C-V-B, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE, WE PROMOTE L-G-B-T-Q TOURISM, WE, WE, WE PROMOTE HISPANIC CULTURE AS PART OF OUR TOURISM EFFORTS.
I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING OUR JEWISH CULTURE, THE FACT THAT WE ARE A SAFE DESTINATION FOR JEWISH PEOPLE AND ORTHODOX PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ATTRACT THEM TO OUR REGION IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, THIS ERA OF IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE G-N-C-V-B, UH, SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE TAPPING FOR, FOR, UH, JEWISH TOURISM.
SO IT'S, UH, AS, AS IT RELATES TO USING RESORT FUNDS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA, THE AREA IS SO INSTRUMENTAL FOR SHABBAT.
IT BASICALLY, YOU CAN'T CARRY ANYTHING WITHOUT THE A OF, SO PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA WANT TO VISIT MIAMI BEACH IF THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY TAKE THEIR LITTLE KIDS OUTSIDE OR, OR CARRY ANYTHING.
UM, SO IT, IT'S ANY, ANY GROWING JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS TO HAVE, UH, AN A OF SO, UH, POINT WELL TAKEN.
AGAIN, I'M SORRY, JUST TO, TO CLARIFY THE INTERVIEW, 20,000 WOULD BE GENERAL FUND.
WE DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARILY ELIGIBLE RESORT TAX, BUT THE PRESSURE WASHING IS WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE 40.
SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE 20 BEING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND IF THE COMMISSION WANTED THE ONE, UH, THE ONE 40, UH, ONE TIME ADJUSTMENT, UH, FOR RESORT TAX, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
IF, IF THAT'S THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, THAT'S FINE.
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LET'S CALL THE VOTE.IF I COULD NOT TO PROLONG THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU HAD AN ITEM IN THERE ON STYLE SAVES AND, UH, I WANNA COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION I GOT INVOLVED WITH LAST YEAR, UH, AND JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR THE REST OF THE GROUP.
UM, MR. MAYOR, I, I KNOW YOU ATTENDED THIS YEAR.
IT, IT'S A DAY THAT WILL REMAIN WITH ME FOREVER.
IT HAPPENS AT OUR CONVENTION CENTER.
UH, THE ORGANIZATION IS PUT ON BY A FABULOUS, UH, GROUP OF LADIES THAT ARE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS.
AND ON THIS WEEKEND THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS, 25,000 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY FROM MIAMI BEACH TO ALL ACROSS MIAMI-DADE, UH, THAT COME HERE FOR CRITICAL BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT OTHERWISE THEY, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING THE SUPPLIES, YOU SEE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND, AND THE HAPPINESS ON THESE PE UH, CHILDREN'S FACES, THE FAMILY'S FACES.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO JUST FROM A POLITICS, SOCIETY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR POSITION.
E EVEN IF YOU JUST ATTEND AND GIVE OUT, UH, FOOD OR CANDY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE WEEKENDS, UH, THAT, THAT I'VE HAD, UH, SINCE LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND, UH, KUDOS TO YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THAT.
I WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, NOT NOT JUST SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BUT CLOTHING, UH, AS WELL.
IT'S, IT, YOU ALMOST, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.
THE VOLUME OF MERCHANDISE THAT THEY GIVE OUT.
UM, COMPLETELY FREE FOR, LIKE YOU SAID, 25,000 PEOPLE.
AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I MOVE THE AYE NOTE AS AMENDED.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MOVED IT.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT.
[R5 F C-PS2 DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS - 6TH STREET OVERLAY AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS, ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.15, ENTITLED “PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS),” AT SUB-SECTION 7.2.15.3, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (C-PS),” TO AMEND THE PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING MAXIMUM PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT, WITHIN THE C-PS2 ZONING DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
FIVE F.IT IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.2 POINT 15 ENTITLED PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICTS AT SUBSECTION 7.2, POINT 15.3 ENTITLED COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS CPS TO AMEND THE PERMITTED CONDITIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS INCLUDING MAXIMUM PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT RIGHT WITHIN THE CCPS TWO ZONING DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEAL SERVICEABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
R FIVE F IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE.
UM, I ORIGINALLY SPONSORED THIS ITEM AT THE, UH, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I SEE MARK NEEDLE HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, WORKED HARD ON THIS, AND THEN COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ THEN, UH, ADDED ON AS A CO-SPONSOR.
BUT REALLY MORE THAN THAT, YOU REALLY, UM, TOOK, TOOK, UH, A VERY ACTIVE ROLE.
SO, UH, GREAT TEAMWORK ALL AROUND.
UM, I WILL LET TOM MOONEY TEE IT UP AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME, UM, MODIFICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADD, UM, NOW ON THE FLOOR, BUT TOM, IF YOU WANNA TAKE IT AWAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, UM, WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING, UM, AND IT WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING ON MARCH 19TH.
SUBSEQUENT TO FIRST READING AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION, WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGARDING SOME OF THE HEIGHT LIMITS, PROPOSED FOR LOT AGGREGATIONS THAT WERE LESS THAN FOUR LOTS, AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TEXTS THAT WE BELIEVE ADDRESSES THE SMALLER LOTS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE REVISED ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING, AND SO THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL MODIFIED TEXT AS IT PERTAINS TO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS WITHIN A VERY LIMITED AREA AT SIXTH STREET, UM, AND JEFFERSON AVENUE.
UM, MYSELF AND NICK CLAIRE JUST HAVE LOOKED AT THAT REVISED TEXT.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, AND SO IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE, YOU COULD INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION, UH, TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
HI, IT'S MARK NEEDLE, UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF FLAMINGO.
I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO, UH, MICKEY MARRERO TO INTRODUCE AN, UM, ANOTHER AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS, UH, SOMETHING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
UM, AND WE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT, BASICALLY, UH, I'LL LET HIM DESCRIBE IT TO YOU, BUT WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS AS WELL, SO WE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE.
IT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS
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OF BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER IN A CONSENSUS WAY.UH, SO AS, AS MARK SAID, WE, I REPRESENT THE AEF ON ENTERPRISES.
IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE RESTAURANT USE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT VIABLE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NOT ONLY TOM AND, AND NICK, BUT ALSO THE COMMISSIONER AND LINGO PARK VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE IS ACCEPTABLE.
I WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT RETAINS, IT, IT PERTAINS TO THAT EXISTING BUILDING.
THE LANGUAGE IS ANY EXISTING BUILDING WITH AN EXISTING OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, FRONTING JEFFERSON AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET IS PERMITTED TO HAVE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS SO LONG AS THE EXISTING OUTDOOR SEATING AREA AND EXISTING BUILDING ARE RETAINED, ANY MUSIC PLAYED FROM THESE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS MAY NOT EXCEED AN AMBIENT VOLUME LEVEL IE VOLUME THAT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH NORMAL CONVERSATION AND SHALL NOT BE AUDIBLE BEYOND THE CENTER LINE OF ANY ADJACENT ROAD.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THE, YEAH, NO, I'LL, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM WITH THAT AMENDMENT.
THIS IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
RALPH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO OPEN IT.
OKAY, MITCH, YOU'RE NEXT, THEN.
MITCH NOVIK, FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS, I'VE MANAGED A BUILDING AT SIXTH AND JEFFERSON, UH, AT THE PERIPHERY AND, UH, NEAR THE ESTEFAN PROPERTY.
WANNA THANK TOM AND, AND MICKEY FOR, UH, IRONING OUT THE, UH, UH, LITTLE HICCUP WE HAD.
AND I COMMEND, UH, THOSE COMMISSIONERS WHO, UH, UH, LAURA AND CERTAINLY THE MAYOR WHEN HE WAS A COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR TAKING THIS ITEM AND ITEM UP.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS ON ZOOM.
MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
JOHAN MOORE, 7 1 7 JACKSON AVENUE FOR MERIDIAN COURT COMMUNITY.
UH, WE, UH, CONSISTENTLY ACT IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE, UH, FPNA LAND USE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND MCC EXPRESSLY.
THANKS, UH, BOTH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND THE MAYOR, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
AND WE URGE THAT YOU SUPPORT IT.
UH, AT THE RISK OF BEING, UH, OF THE FOLLOWING COMMENT BEING RULED OUT OF ORDER, THERE IS STILL, UH, AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE NEEDED TO PROTECT THE SIXTH STREET CORRIDOR, AND THAT IS IN FACT, UH, AN ANTICIPATED VOTE BEFORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO DESIGNATE THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN WE HAD HOPED.
UH, I'LL LEAVE MY COMMENTS AT THAT AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
UH, AGAIN, MARK NEEDLE, UH, SPEAKING FOR FLAMINGO PARK, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND IN ADDITION TO THANKING THE MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I ACTUALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, EACH OF YOU WHO HAS AT DIFFERENT POINTS GIVEN, UH, ADVICE TO US, UH, BOTH BEFORE WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO FORMULATE THIS, UH, PLAN, WHICH IS A RESPONSE TO INTEGRATE THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL IN A LOW SCALE AREA AT THE EDGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND ALSO WHEN IT CAME FORWARD IN A KIND OF A DILUTED FASHION.
AND, UH, AND SEVERAL OF YOU, UH, MET WITH US AND TALKED ABOUT HOW TO, UH, STRENGTHEN THAT.
AND, UH, THIS COMMISSION REALLY HAS ACTED, UH, IN GREAT, UH, GOOD FAITH, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE PROTECTIONS THAT THE RESIDENTS THOUGHT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, AND TO DO, WE'VE DONE SO IN A WAY THAT ACCOMMODATES THE OTHER INTERESTS INVOLVED.
AND NOW THIS COMPLETES, UH, THREE, UH, WE HAVE THE INTERIOR INFILL THAT'S BEEN DONE.
WE HAVE THE ALTON ROAD OVERLAY THAT'S BEEN DONE.
WE HAVE THE FIFTH STREET AND WE'RE GONNA START TALKING, UH, ABOUT, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE AS WELL.
AND WE HOPE TO BRING THAT SAME APPROACH FORWARD, BUT IT STARTS WITH, UH, RESPECTING THE, THE CONTEXTUAL, UH, AND USE PROTECTIONS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NEEDS TO SEE SO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS DO NOT OVERWHELM THE EXISTING HISTORIC AND LOW SCALE FABRIC.
AND I HOPE WE BRING THAT SAME SPIRIT INTO THE, THE, THE NEXT AND FINAL EDGE OF THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THANK YOU FOR STARTING THIS.
SEEING IT THROUGH FRUITION, YOU AND FLAMINGO PARK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS REALLY MAKE OUR CITY SO MUCH THE, THE CITY, THE GREAT CITY THAT WE ARE.
I MEAN APART, APART FROM THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I PRACTICE YOGA THERE NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT IS SUCH A THRIVING COMMUNITY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE OCCUPIED.
THERE'S NO VACANCIES ON SIXTH STREET.
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REALLY IS AN EXAMPLE.IT MIGHT NOT BE EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA, BUT IT IS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, A VERY, VERY THRIVING, HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL STREET.
SO I WANTED TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, REMAIN THE WAY IT IS IN CONTEXT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE SOUTHSHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WE DID SAY WE WERE GONNA PAINT.
THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN PAINTED.
WELL, WE WON'T GO THERE, BUT
AND, UM, I'M SURE I'LL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON SIXTH STREET OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD WITH THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, I DON'T, THAT STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE PAYING PAINT.
IT'S A BRUTALLY STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE'S BEST.
WELL, WE CAN JUST, AND IT'S MONOCHROMATIC, UH, STYLE AND, YOU KNOW, WELL, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF THE TOPIC OF THIS ITEM.
I KNOW, BUT WE COULD JUST REPAINT IT AS IS.
I JUST WANNA SEE IT FRESHLY PAINTED.
THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE SHOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT, THAT COMMUNITY CENTER, THE SENIOR LUNCHROOM IS REOPENING THERE.
WE'RE GETTING A POLICE TRAINING FACILITY ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY, UH, WANT THERE, BUT WE'RE GETTING IT.
AND WE GOT IT FUNDED ACTUALLY BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO IT IS WHAT IT'S, BUT GO, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER BOT.
SO, UM, JUST TO QUICKLY FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID, COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ.
AND THE COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE, UM, THIS MIGHT SOFTEN THE BLOW FOR THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY, UM, THE PAL BOXING CLASSES THAT NOW HAVE TO GO OFF THE ISLAND.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO DO THEM, CAN BE DONE THERE.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
SO, UM, PAL BOXING, UM, WOMEN'S SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
SO, BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS FOR COMIC RELIEF, MARK, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING BACK SO FAR THAT ALEX AND I WERE ON THE PLANNING BOARD WORKING ON THIS WITH YOU.
I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE, WHAT, FOUR YEARS NOW MAGAZINE AND THAT'S RIGHT.
SO THIS IS A, A SERIOUS COMMUNITY-WIDE LABOR OF LOVE.
I KNOW YOU'VE PUT A HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.
IS THERE A MOTION? THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND IT? I'LL SECOND IT.
SINCE THERE'S NO MAYOR VICE MAYOR SCHOOL VOTE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND SECOND IT BY COMMISSIONER BOT.
THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE F DOESN'T COME OFF AMENDED, BY THE WAY.
[R7 F A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, “PROJECTS”; B, “SOURCE OF FUNDS”; AND C “PROGRAMS."]
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE, UH, BUDGET ITEM.WE STILL HAVE TO CALL R SEVEN F.
R SEVEN F IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT SIX AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.
UH, THIS IS THE SIXTH AMENDMENT.
IT CONTAINS TWO ITEMS, UH, PROPOSES AN INCREASE OF $1.5 MILLION AND THE REALIGNMENT OF 382,000 FROM EXISTING PROJECTS TO ONE NEW PROJECT.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT IS A BISQUE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLYARD PROJECT THAT WE JUST APPROVED IN THE NORTH BEACH CRE BUDGET.
THIS WOULD JUST INCLUDE IT IN THE CITY'S OVERALL CAPITAL BUDGET.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS A BEACH VIEW PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
SO THIS IS A NEW PROJECT THAT IS TO REPLACE EXISTING PLAYGROUND AND FIT FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND ALSO SOME UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
JUST WANNA MAKE, SO THE REC THE ESTIMATED COST IS 1.5 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.
THE CITY HAS GARNERED $1 MILLION IN DONATIONS AND GRANTS.
AND ALSO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL $200,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND PARKS BUDGETS.
AND SO THERE'S A FUNDING GAP OF $382,642.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO TRANSFER FUNDING FROM SIX EXISTING CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT EITHER HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH SAVINGS OR ARE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE EXISTING PROJECT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUND, UM, IN ORDER TO FULLY FUND THIS GAP.
UH, SO THIS SIX AMENDMENT FOR, FOR 2025, I BELIEVE ON PAGE THREE STATES, THE FUNDS FOR PARKVIEW ISLAND ANNEX STOCK PARK OF 37 30 $4,000 IS BEING RETURNED TO THE GENERAL BUDGET OR TO THE PEGO FUND.
UH, AND I'VE RECEIVED CONCERNS, UH, FROM THE PARKVIEW ISLAND SUSTAINABLE ASSOCIATION REGARDING THIS, THIS RECOMMENDATION.
CLEARLY THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FUNDS REMAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IF ONE SUGGESTION THAT THEY THREW OUT, UH, WAS TO INVEST IN THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY GARDEN, UM, JUST WONDERING, IS THERE AN AVENUE THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH
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WHICH, UH, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF THE UNUSED FUNDS AND INSTEAD IDENTIFY AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT LIKE THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY GARDEN, UM, IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026, UH, CIP BUDGET, UM, TO FUND, UM, TO FUND USING THESE, THESE ACCESS DOLLARS? UH, TO ANSWER THAT, I, I WOULD HAVE CONCERN.I I AM AWARE OF THAT COMMUNICATION.
UM, THERE'S ONE THING, IF THEY WANTED TO, UH, WITHHOLD THAT FROM THE BEACH, UH, BERE PROJECT AND TO KEEP IT IN THAT, WHAT, I'M SORRY.
IF YOU WANTED TO WITH, UH, KEEP THAT MONEY FROM THE BERE PROJECT AND TO KEEP IT IN THE PARK VIEW, UH, I THINK THE ONLY ELEMENT IS THAT THERE'D BE CONCERN THAT, UH, A GRANT OR, OR, OR SUCH WOULD, UM, TO A COMMUNITY GARDEN WOULD BE MORE OF AN OPERATING EXPENSE.
UH, SO I THINK THAT, THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ELIGIBLE, BUT IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN KEEPING THAT, THOSE MONIES IN THE, IN THAT AREA, WE COULD IDENTIFY ANOTHER, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT THAT MIGHT, UH, NEED THOSE FUNDING.
I'M GONNA HAVE A SUGGESTION IF, IF, IF, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THESE ARE CAPITAL DOLLARS, THEY'RE CAPITAL DOLLARS AND SO AND SO, SO TO USE CAPITAL DOLLARS FOR OPERATING, WOULDN'T WE? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT DO, RIGHT? ACTUALLY THESE WERE, THESE PEGO DOLLARS ARE CITYWIDE, UH, PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE COLLECTED SPECIFICALLY FOR CITYWIDE CAPITAL PROJECTS, FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL.
AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THESE DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL, BUT WE CAN IDENTIFY AN APPROPRIATE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT IN PARKVIEW ISLANDS, UM, UM, THAT WE CAN USE AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 CIP BUDGET WHERE WE CAN REINVEST THESE $34,000 BACK INTO THAT COMMUNITY.
WE, WE CAN, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION, UH, I KNOW I SPOKE TO THE, THE, THE PARKS DIRECTOR ABOUT THAT, THE, THE, THE BEACH VIEW PROJECT.
I, I BELIEVE, UH, THIS 34,000, UH, IS FINE IF THAT DOESN'T GET OVER TO THAT PROJECT.
AND IF THE DIRECTION IS TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THAT 34,000, AND THEN THROUGH THE 26 BUDGET PROCESS FOR US TO IDENTIFY A PARKVIEW ISLAND AREA, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
AND I SEE THE MANAGER ALSO WANTS TO CHIME THAT.
SO I, I, I WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING WITH, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS, AND I ALSO WANNA KEEP THE 34 GRAND IN PARKVIEW AND THE WAY WE JUST DID WITH THE CRA, WE MOVED A BUDGET, A CHUNK OF BUDGET MONEY FROM CAPITAL TO OPERATING.
COULD WE NOT DO THAT WITH THIS? AND THEREFORE, UM, SPEND IT ON EXPANDING THE, NOT AN OPERATIONAL GRANT TO RUN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, BUT IT MAYBE EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE GOOD COMMUNITY GARDEN? I, I THINK THAT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT RESEARCH SCOPE.
I, I, WE DON'T, WE JUST WANNA BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO CAPITAL.
WE COULD FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT JUST MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY THE WAY YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WE MOVED FUNDS FROM THE OPERATING TO CAPITAL, NOT VICE VERSA, NOT, YOU KNOW, ONE DIRECTION, THE OTHER DIRECTION.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH, THESE, THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT WE TAX OUR RESIDENT CITYWIDE SPECIFIC FOR CAPITAL PRESSURE.
SO THAT COULD CREATE A PROBLEM.
BUT, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE, UM, AND SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORS ON PARKVIEW ISLAND.
KEEP THE MONEY WHERE IT'S WAS ALLOCATED TO GO.
AND FIND A WAY TO IDEALLY EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A WAITING LIST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BLUE ZONES PRIORITY TO INCREASE, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN.
SO IF THERE IS A MECHANISM THAT YOU GUYS COME UP WITH, MY, MY WISH WOULD BE TO MAKE THAT THE PRIORITY FOR THAT WAS $34,000.
SO WE'LL SHOW THE, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AMENDED, UH, WHICH WOULD REMOVE THAT 34,000 281 79 FROM THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN THROUGH THE 26TH BUDGET PROCESS, WE'LL IDENTIFY A PARKVIEW ISLAND CAPITAL PROJECT WITH THE NUMBER ON PRIORITY TO TRY TO FIND, I GUESS A NEW, PERHAPS IF THERE'S A SCOPE OF A NEW CAPITAL PROJECT PARKS CAN COME UP WITH FOR THOSE DOLLARS RELATED TO THAT COMMUNITY GUARD, IF NOT TO FIND ANOTHER ELIGIBLE PROJECT.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING OR HAVE SOMEONE, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I HAVE ONE.
HEY, MAYOR, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TAKE MONEY FROM ANOTHER PROJECT AND ANOTHER COMMUNITY, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS DOING.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL LARRY SCHAFER ON ZOOM.
MR. SCHAFER, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MR. SCHAFER, GO AHEAD PLEASE.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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SEVEN F AS AMENDED PLEASE AS AMENDED.MOVED, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT.
ANYONE OPPOSED? I SEE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT AND AYE.
SO IT'S SEVEN ZERO, IT'S APPROVED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY.
[R5 E HOTEL USE APPROVAL CLARIFICATION – LDR TEXT AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.4, ENTITLED “RM-1 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.4.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-1),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.5, ENTITLED “RM-2 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, MEDIUM INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.5.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-2),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6, ENTITLED “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.6.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-3),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.10, ENTITLED “CD-1 COMMERCIAL, LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.10.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-1),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.11, ENTITLED “CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.11.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-2),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.12, ENTITLED “CD-3 COMMERCIAL, HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.12.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-3),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.13, ENTITLED “MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.13.2, ENTITLED “USES (MXE),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.14, ENTITLED “NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER-CORE DISTRICT (TC),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.14.2, ENTITLED “USES (TC-1, TC-2),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.3, ENTITLED ‘USES (TC-3),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.6, ENTITLED “TOWN CENTER-CENTRAL CORE (TC-C) DISTRICT,” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.15, ENTITLED “PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.15.2, ENTITLED “RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (R-PS),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.15.3, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (C-PS),” BY REFERENCING THE HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 2.7.2, AND CONFORMING THE REGULATIONS FOR EACH RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICT TO REFLECT THAT THE APPROVAL OF A WARRANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE REVIEW OF A LAND USE BOARD APPLICATION OR BUILDING PERMIT FOR A HOTEL, SUITE HOTEL, APARTMENT HOTEL, OR HOSTEL, SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONS, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW CRITERIA IN SECTION 2.7.2; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
FIVE E IS IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF STATE OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 0.4 ENTITLED RM ONE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION SEVEN ENTITLED USES RM ONE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 POINT ENTITLED RM TWO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY MEDIUM INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.2 ENTITLED USES RM TWO BY AMENDING SECTION 7.6 ENTITLED RM THREE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HIGH INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION SEVEN ENTITLED USES RM THREE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 POINT ENTITLED CD ONE, COMMERCIAL LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION SEVEN ENTITLED USE OF CD ONE AND BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN POINT 11 ENTITLED CD TWO COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.2.
11.2 ENTITLED USES CD TWO AND RECOMMENDING SECTION 7.2 POINT 12 ENTITLED CD THREE COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.2 POINT ENTITLED USE OF CD THREE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 0.3 ENTITLED MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION 7.2, 13.2 ENTITLED USES MXE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 14 ENTITLED NORTH BEACH SOUND CENTER CORE DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION SEVEN, SORRY, AT SUBSECTION 7.2 POINT ENTITLED, IT'S PRETTY TC TWO.
AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7 2 14 ENTITLED USES TC THREE.
AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2 14 ENTITLED TOWN CENTER CENTRAL COURT, TCC DISTRICT BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 POINT 15 ENTITLED PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT, A SUBSECTION 7.2 POINT ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICT BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2 POINT 15, ENTITLED COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT CPS BY REFERRING THE HOTEL APPROVAL PROCESS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 7.2 AND CONFORMING THE REGULATIONS FOR EACH RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICT TO REFLECT THAT THE APPROVAL OF A WARRANTY BY A WARRANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE REVIEW OF A LAND USE BOARD APPLICATION OR BUILDING PERMIT FOR A HOTEL SUITE, HOTEL, APARTMENT, HOTEL OR HOSTEL, SUBJECT TO EXEMPTIONS AND SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS OF REVIEW CRITERIA OF SECTION 2.7 0.2 AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, UH, SEVERABILITY REPEAL, APPLICABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE.
RAFAEL, DID THAT MEAN THAT YOU TOOK LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES TO READ THAT TITLE? YES, I DID.
MR. MOONEY HAS TO START SHORTEN THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING ON, UH, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES MORE OF AN UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 3RD.
THAT'S SET UP THE REQUIREMENT FOR A COMMISSION WARRANT FOR ANY NEW HOTEL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, INCLUDING CONVERTING EXISTING BUILDINGS TO A HOTEL OR NEW HOTEL CONSTRUCTION OR ADDITION TO BUILDING, BUILDING HOTEL UNITS.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE OCEAN FRONT PROPERTIES.
WHEN THE COMMISSION ADOPTED THAT ORDINANCE CREATING THE WARRANT PROCESS, THERE WERE THREE EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT ORDINANCE FOR THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
THE CLARIFICATION ORDINANCE, WHICH BASICALLY, UM, NOTES THE WARRANT PROCESS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICT TABLES, BUT DOES NOT SUBSTANTIVELY MODIFY THE PROCESS.
ALSO AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION AT FIRST READING INCLUDED THOSE THREE PROPERTY EXCEPTIONS WHEN THE ORDINANCE CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION LAST MONTH FOR SECOND READING ADOPTION.
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS AND THE COMMISSION DEFERRED ACTION AT SECOND.
READING TO TODAY'S MEETING, UH, NOTHING HAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIVELY IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, SINCE THE LAST MEETING, AND THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS ADOPTION AT SECOND READING.
HA, HAPPY TO KICK THIS OFF IF I CAN.
UM, JUST, UH, KIND OF RECAP, UH, WHERE THIS ORIGINATED FROM, UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR CITY HAS BEEN THE OVERABUNDANCE OF HOTELS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY IN INFILL AREAS WHERE WE LOOK, WE ARE FACING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, AND HOW I LOOK AT THINGS IN EVERY AREA WHERE WE'RE BUILDING INFILL HOTELS IS SOMEWHERE WHERE WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, SOME SORT OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
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PROVIDES AN EXTRA, UH, ADDED BURDEN ON BUILDING MORE HOTELS, UH, IN LIEU OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR CITY AND HAS HURT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE IT'S REMOVED, HOUSING SUPPLY IN FAVOR OF TRANSIENT USAGES ARE SOME OF OUR TYPICALLY OLDER MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS THAT HOUSE SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, UH, HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY CLEARED OR VACATED IN LIEU OF, UH, TRANSIENT NATURE ACCOMMODATIONS, WHETHER THAT THAT BE SHORT TERM RENTALS, HOTELS.
IN FACT, THERE'S A FOUR SALE SIGN ON A PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS FROM CITY HALL, ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW THAT WE ALL WALK BY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, I STILL REMEMBER THE LADY'S APARTMENT WHOSE DOOR I KNOCKED ON.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY A CITY HALL EMPLOYEE.
AND SHE GOES, I LIVE HERE WITH MY FAMILY.
UH, OUR BUILDING IS GOING TO BE FOR SALE AND IT'S BEING MARKETED FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.
I CAN REMEMBER BEING AT A, UH, UH, HOUSING COMPLEX IN NORTH BEACH, ANOTHER IN COLLINS PARK, AGAIN, LONG TERM RESIDENCE, AND THEY'RE BEING KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO TURN, UH, MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO HOTELS.
SO THIS, UH, WHILE WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM PREVENTING THAT, UH, I WORKED WITH LEGAL TO DO, TO PLACE ANY TYPE OF ADDED LAYER, UM, TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING FROM DISPLACING LONG-TERM VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND EXACERBATING OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, WHICH IF WE DON'T DO THINGS FOR, WE SAW THE STATE KIND OF STEP IN AND LOOK TO FILL THOSE SHOES IN A WAY THAT SWUNG THE PENDULUM WAY TOO FAR TO THE OTHER DIRECTION.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS ENTIRE ORDINANCE IS GOING.
I THINK, UH, WE'RE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UM, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE, UH, DISCUSSION HERE TODAY WILL, UH, CENTER ON THE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED.
UH, I'VE MET WITH, UH, MR. LESER, HIS, UH, UH, ATTORNEY, MR. BERKOW.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING FROM.
I I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UNIQUE TO YOU.
I THINK THE ISSUE THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO US, THAT THE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE, YOU OWN AND OPERATE DOES NOT HAVE THE ECONOMIC OR FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY TO CONTINUE FORWARD BECAUSE OF YOUR INCREASED INSURANCE COSTS, YOUR INCREASED CARRYING COSTS, THE LACK OF PRICE ELASTICITY FOR, UH, KEEPING AS A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT UNIQUE TO YOU, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO SIT HERE AND HAVE LONG AND HARD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO FIGURE OUT.
UM, I, I'M GOING TO BE AGAINST THAT, UH, SPECIFIC EXCEPTION.
I'M NOT GOING TO BEGRUDGE ANYBODY, UH, THAT DOES, UH, I'VE SAID MY PIECE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
UM, SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, THEIR COMMENTARY.
SO, UH, FOR THE EXCEPTION, W WHY IS STAFF RECOMMENDING THIS EXCEPTION? THE EXCEPTION WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THE WARRANT PROCESS THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 3RD.
SINCE THIS IS A CLARIFICATION OF THAT ORDINANCE, IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, UM, WE HAD RECOMMENDED IN FAVOR OF INCLUDING THESE EXCEPTIONS OF THIS.
SO IF WE, IF WE, IF THEY DO NOT, IF, IF THE EXCEPTIONS DO NOT GET THE VOTES, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COMMISSION WAS TO REMOVE ANY OF THE EXCEPTIONS IN THIS ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD STILL TECHNICALLY BE IN EFFECT BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ATTACHED TO ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 4 6 9 4, WHICH WAS ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 3RD.
IN ORDER TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE THOSE EXCEPTIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UM, BRING BACK THAT ORDINANCE AND MODIFY THAT ORDINANCE SEPARATELY AS A SEPARATE ITEM.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RE-REFERRED, I BELIEVE, TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD THEN HAVE TO TRANSMIT IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS.
SO, MR. CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN PREPARE OR MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU CAN PREPARE SOMETHING FOR ME TO REMOVE THOSE EXCEPTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, I THINK WE WOULD START WITH A REFERRAL TO LAND USE, UM, AND START THE PROCESS AGAIN.
AND SO WE CAN BRING A REFERRAL PRIME SPONSOR.
I, I, AGAIN, I, I DON'T, UM, I KNOW MR. LESER HERE AND HE'S HIRED JEFF AU, A VERY HIGH PROFILE ATTORNEY, HIS ZONING ATTORNEY IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE, UH, IN A SENSE GIVING EXCEPTIONS TO, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE POLITICALLY CONNECTED.
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THINK IT'S WRONG.UM, AND THE WHOLE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO, UM, PREVENT THIS EXACT THING FROM HAPPENING.
AND AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY STOP MR. SCHLESINGER FROM TURNING INTO A HOTEL.
IT, IT BASICALLY COMES BACK TO US, UM, AS A, AS A COMMISSION TO VOTE ON.
AND I, I, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES TO DECIDE IF, UH, A HOTEL CAN BE THERE OR NOT.
UH, MAY I RESPOND TO YES, YOU MAY.
MY NAME IS SCH LESSER, NOT SCHLESINGER.
UH, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICAL CONNECTIONS.
I FRANKLY, UNTIL THIS ISSUE CAME UP, I KNEW AND, AND CORRESPONDED AND DEALT WITH.
NONE OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION.
I SERVED MY TIME HERE, UH, VERY INVOLVED IN THE CIVIC NATURE OF THIS CITY.
I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
I WAS ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND I ALSO WAS ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE LINCOLN ROAD, UH, THE LINCOLN ROAD BID.
BUT I DID NOT ENGAGE IN POLITICS.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, COMMISSIONER, I'M QUITE INSULTED THAT YOU THINK THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE OF POLITICS WHEN IT'S AN ISSUE OF EQUITY.
THE ALAMAC WAS A HOTEL WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN MXC DISTRICT.
I RELIED ON THE CREATION OF AN NMXC DISTRICT TO CHANGE IT TO A HOTEL, TO CHANGE IT TO A APARTMENTS, WHILE THAT APARTMENTS WOULD BECOME VIABLE.
THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN OUR BUILDING DO NOT STAY FOREVER.
THEY ARE GENERALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE.
AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT TO MAINTAIN IT.
I HAVE NO INTEREST OR DESIRE AT THIS POINT TO CHANGE IT TO A HOTEL AT ALL.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANNA POINT THIS OUT VERY SERIOUSLY TO ALL OF YOU.
SO IF I, AND I CONSULTED THAT, IF I TELL ME HERE THAT THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE AND I, THAT I HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME SORT OF POLITICAL WORK IN ORDER TO GET THE EXCEPTION, THE EXCEPTION WAS GIVEN.
AND I ASSUME BY EVERY ONE OF THE, YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED FOR IT, NOT BECAUSE I'M POLITICALLY CONNECTED, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE WORD EQUITY.
WHY SHOULD WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR YOU AND NOT ANYONE ELSE? BECAUSE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MXE DISTRICT.
IT'S A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT I TOOK MY MONEY AND CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE, THE NATURE OF THE, OF THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME.
BUT HOW IS THAT EQUITABLE? BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THAT IT WAS A HOTEL AND IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.
THE RIGHT TO DO THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN HE SAID THE PURPOSE OF THIS, THIS, UH, UM, WARRANT PROCESS IS IN ORDER TO STOP THE CONVERSION TO HOTELS.
SO YOU ARE, UH, PUTTING IN FACT A BLOCKADE OF A BUILDING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY HOTEL IN THE MIDDLE OF A, OF A MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHERE THE NOISE IS OVERWHELMING AT CERTAIN TIMES, THE TENANTS WILL COMPLAIN.
SO SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
SO YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A RIGHT, TAKING AWAY A RIGHT IN AN APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED AND APPROPRIATELY ZONED AREA.
BUT WE'RE DOING IT TO EVERYONE ELSE.
ISN'T THAT THE MOST EQUITABLE THING? WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THAT LIKE MINE IN THE SAME AREA THAT CERTAINLY DIRECTLY NOT NEAR ME.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CONDOMINIUMS, BUT A VAST MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS ALL AROUND ME ARE HOTELS.
THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED AS A HOTEL.
AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE STATED, WE WANNA MOVE AWAY FROM HOTELS.
AND THEN THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
LET ME FINISH MEL COMMISSIONER'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS LEGISLATION, COMMISSIONER, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I RESPECT, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS LEGISLATION IS TO REALLY PREVENT ANY MORE HOTELS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
AND FOR YOU TO THERE AND TELL ME THAT YOU WANT TO BE EXEMPT FROM THIS PROCESS, WHILE EVERYONE ELSE ISN'T EXEMPT, I DON'T THINK IT'S EQUITABLE.
AND SO, LOOK, I I, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU DO DECIDE YOU WANNA TURN IT INTO A HOTEL, THEN GO AHEAD AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL COME BEFORE US.
BUT IF YOU'RE SITTING THERE SAYING YOU'RE NOT GONNA TURN IT INTO A HOTEL, THEN WHY ARE YOU THERE RIGHT NOW AT THE, THE PODIUM SAYING THAT YOU WANNA BE EXEMPT? 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT'S A RIGHT THAT WAS THERE.
SHOULD IN THE FUTURE, IT WANT TO BECOME A HOTEL, WHETHER IT BY ME OR SOMEONE ELSE.
IT'S, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT RIGHT.
AND A SIGNIFICANT VALUE THAT YOU ARE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES TAKING AWAY.
AND WHEN, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY A RIGHT, YOU TAKE AWAY VALUE.
WE'RE DOING THAT TO A LOT OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE, BUT THEY'RE NOT LOCATED, THEY'RE NOT ORIGINAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
IT'S A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT I CONVERTED FROM A HOTEL INTO THE APARTMENTS.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE, COMMISSIONER LEMME JUST ONE LAST POINT.
I I'M NOT, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH YES.
THAT I, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK.
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THIS IS BECOMING A Q AND A.AND THEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ LA LAST THING, WE, WE'VE PASSED THIS COMMISSION, THIS CURRENT COMMISSION HAS PASSED LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING THE CHANGE FROM TRANSIENT TO RESIDENTIAL.
WE'VE EVEN PASSED LEGISLATION TRYING TO CHANGE FROM, UH, AN OFFICE BUILDING TO RESIDENTIAL.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.
AND, AND TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED FROM TRANSIENT TO RESIDENTIAL, THEY SHOULD STILL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO CHANGE BACK.
I, I, I'M, I DIDN'T SIGN ON THAT.
I I, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I, I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, THAT BAD PRECEDENT AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA WANNA BE PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER TO REMOVE THAT, UH, EXEMPTIONS THAT WE PASSED.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER B.
AND, UM, I WANNA COMMEND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR BRINGING FORWARD, UH, THIS ITEM THAT CREATES AN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR, FOR HOTEL USES BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN, UH, INDIVIDUALS BEING DISPLACED FROM WHERE THEY LIVE, INDIVIDUALS IN FIXED INCOMES, UH, WITH LITTLE TO PRETTY MUCH NO NOTICE.
UM, AND THAT'S HOW THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY GETS ERODED.
AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD, UH, PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND THOSE WHO CALL IT HOME.
SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UM, AND I, I UNDERSTAND HERE TWO SITUATIONS.
THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY OWNER BEFORE US, WHO HAS A HISTORIC PROPERTY, A HISTORIC PROPERTY THAT THE UNDERLINING ZONING FOR IT, AND THE ORIGINAL USE OF THIS PROPERTY WAS HOTEL.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, MR. DIRECTOR? YES.
THE UNDERLYING ZONING IS, UH, MXC.
IT'S BEEN MXC SINCE, UH, AT LEAST 1989.
AND THAT DISTRICT DID PERMIT HOTELS.
SO, SO, SO, SO THIS IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, AN APARTMENT BUILDING WAS, WAS CONSTRUCTED AND COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME A HOTEL.
THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT IN ITS HISTORIC AND AUTHENTIC USE WAS A HOTEL OVER TIME BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION, IT MADE SENSE FOR IT TO THEN BE AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
UH, BUT THE TRUE AUTHENTIC USE WAS A HOTEL USE? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT THIS IS A MORE UNIQUE SITUATION.
NOW I AM VERY EMPATHETIC TO TO, TO THE SITUATION OF THE HOUSING NEED AND THE INDIVIDUALS, HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE IN THIS BUILDING? THERE ARE 45 APARTMENT UNITS.
AND TO THOSE 45 INDIVIDUALS, THAT IS THE ONLY HOME THAT THEY KNOW AND AND WE ARE THE, WELL, DON'T, I DON'T KNOW OF THAT.
I WHO, WHO HAVE SECOND ONE? I I HAVE THE FLOOR.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE BE SEATED.
THE INTENT OF THE POLICY, THE INTENT OF THE POLICY IS TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR HOMES FROM DISPLACEMENT.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE IS A MIDDLE GROUND, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE AFFECTING PEOPLE'S PROPERTY VALUES.
PROPERTY VALUES NEED TO BE RESPECTED, PROPERTY RIGHTS NEED TO BE RESPECTED.
BUT SO, SO THOSE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO THEIR HOMES, CAN SOMETHING BE DONE ACTUALLY COME BACK TO THE PODIUM? I TAKE IT BACK,
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR.
COULD SOMETHING BE DONE TO, TO, TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE THERE? I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE, IT'S NOT YOUR INTENT TO CONVERT THE BUILDING FROM APARTMENT TO HOTEL, BUT WE HAVE TO LEGISLATE IN THE PRESENT.
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, WHAT IF SOMEONE COMES AFTER YOU AND BUYS A PROPERTY AND INTENDS TO CONVERT IT INTO A HOTEL, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ADOPT SOME SORT OF COVENANT WHERE YOU WOULD GIVE THESE RESIDENTS THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS NOTICE, A FAIR, DECENT NOTICE SO THAT THEY HAVE TIME IN THE MIAMI BEACH HOUSING MARKET TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE? YES, I WOULD.
AND IN OUR DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD RECENTLY, UH, I INDICATED THAT, THAT, UH, ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY WE AGREE, I AGREED THAT, UH, IF IT IS CHANGED INTO A CONVERTED INTO A HOTEL, OR IF THERE IS SOME WAY THAT IT COULD BE PROTECTED IN LEGISLATION, I WOULD AGREE TO AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS.
UH, NOTICE BEFORE ANYBODY, ANYONE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE.
WE AGREED, OF COURSE, TO RETURN THE SECURITY DEPOSIT, OF COURSE, AND TO GIVE THE PERSONS, UH, THE FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE TO LEAVE AT LEAST A ONE MONTH, UH, FREE RENT.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.UH, WHEN I ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE BE DIRECT ON YOUR ANSWER.
SO I'M SORRY, DID I, DID I SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, I'M, I'M ASKING QUESTIONS AND SO I JUST NEED YOU TO BE DIRECT IN YOUR, IN, IN YOUR ANSWER.
YOU ARE AGREEING TO FOUR MONTHS.
AND YOU'RE AGREEING TO PROVIDE IN YOUR TENANTS WITH TENANT RELIEF IF IT EVER OCCURS THAT, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY IS CONVERTED FROM APARTMENT TWO NOW? YES.
AND WOULD YOU AGREE TO PROVIDE THEM IN ADDITION TO RETURNING THEIR SECURITY DEPOSIT WITH AT LEAST ONE OR TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS OF, OF ASSISTANCE FOR MOVE OUT? I WOULD.
AND, AND, AND IF, AND, AND LET ME ASK OUR, OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, NICKS URGS, HOW COULD WE MEMORIALIZE THAT? BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE COMES THROUGH THE WARRANT PROCESS, LET'S SAY THIS VERY SAME PROPERTY OWNER, THEY COULD COME THROUGH THE WARRANT PROCESS, THE CITY COMMISSION COULD APPROVE THIS.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THOSE UNITS WHO WERE TRYING TO PROTECT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ENTITLED TO THE FOUR MONTH NOTICE, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ENTITLED TO THE FINANCIAL RELIEF THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER'S OFFERING HERE.
SO HOW COULD WE MEMORIALIZE THIS? BECAUSE WE ARE IN FACT GUARANTEEING FOR, FOR THESE TENANTS MORE PROTECTIONS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE.
SO HOW CAN WE MEMORIALIZE THAT COMMISSIONER? WE COULD MEMORIALIZE THIS WITH A, WITH A COVENANT, IT WOULD RUN WITH THE LAND.
SO IF, UH, IF MR. SCH LESSER SOLD THE PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THE SAME REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY TO THE NEW OWNER.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MEMORIALIZE THAT COVENANT BECAUSE WE ARE IN FACT, GIVING THESE TENANTS MORE PROTECTION TODAY IF WE DO THAT COVENANT THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE.
BECAUSE THROUGH THE WARRANT PROCESS, ALL THAT SAYS IS, WELL, THE CITY COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE CONVERTING YOUR PROPERTY FROM APARTMENT TWO HOTEL.
BUT WE ARE PREEMPTED IN, UH, IN, IN, IN, IN FAIR NOTICE.
UH, WE HAD OUR 60 DAY FAIR, FAIR NOTICE TO TENANTS WHEN THEY HAVE TO MOVE OUT, AND WE GOT PREEMPTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT NOW WE HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT IS SAYING, I WON'T GIVE THEM TWO MONTHS.
I'M GONNA GIVE THEM FOUR MONTHS.
AND THAT IS GIVING THEM ALSO FINANCIAL RELIEF.
SO I THINK IN THIS SITUATION, THE TENANTS IN THIS BUILDING WILL BE BETTER PROTECTED AT THE END OF THE DAY THAN WHAT THEY ARE ORIGINALLY.
SO, SO IF, SO, I, THIS IS WHERE I STAND ON, ON THIS ITEM.
I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE, THE, THE ITEM AS, AS IT IS PRESENTED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IF YOU JOIN ME, UH, IN THIS COVENANT, UM, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PROPOSING, THAT WOULD IN FACT GIVE THEM EVEN MORE PROTECTIONS THAN WHAT THEY HAVE TODAY.
AND, AND I THINK, UH, MR. BRA, IF I COULD, I I THINK THAT'S FABULOUS BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOUR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND YOU'RE LOOKING OUT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY, NICK, MAYBE YOU COULD CONFIRM THIS, WHERE I COULD VOTE.
I'LL STILL VOTE NOTE FOR THE EXCEPTION, BUT IF IT DOES PASS, OF COURSE, I BACK, UH, YOUR COVENANT COMMISSIONER BOT AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
ONE IS, NICK, IS IT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE AS PART OF THE WARRANT PROCESS TO REQUIRE ANY, UM, PROPOSAL TO CONVERT FROM RESIDENTIAL REGARDLESS OF FOOD PROPERTY OWNER IS IN THE FUTURE, UM, TO OFFER THE SAME SORTS OF PROTECTIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR MR. SCHLESHER? I I'M NOT GONNA GET IT RIGHT.
NO, IT'S CALL ME MILL SCH LESSER'S BUILDING, UM, AS A MATTER OF, OF FORM GOING FORWARD, AS UNFORTUNATELY NOT, NO.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER OR MAYBE TOM REMEMBERS, BUT WHEN THIS ITEM ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE US IN FEBRUARY, THE OTHER TWO, UM, EXCEPTIONS, I THINK THE ONE, UM, THAT WAS PRIOR TO JULY 1ST, 2024, AND THE ONE THAT WAS PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 26TH, 2024, WERE THOSE ORIGINALLY IN THE WARRANT AS IT WAS VOTED ON? YES.
AND WERE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THOSE TWO AT THE TIME? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
AND, OKAY, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN, UM, ONE PROPERTY IS STIRRING UP THE IRE OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THE TWO THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AS PART OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS HAVE NOT, UM, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS I CAN SPEAK TO THAT I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M SPEAKING TO THE, TO THE FOLKS AT THE PODIUM.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE OTHER TWO PROPERTIES BEING, UM, PRECLUDED FROM THE EXEMPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED HERE? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
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OKAY.I THINK THE OTHER TWO PROPERTIES HAD A PENDING APPLICATION, UM, ALREADY SUBMITTED FOR, UM, FOR A HOTEL USE.
RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS.
I, I BELIEVE MEL SCH LESSER'S PROPERTY HAD HAD NOT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION.
UH, HE SIMPLY JUST WANTS TO BE EXCLUDED AS AN EXEMPTION FROM, FROM THIS PROPERTY.
UH, AND SO AT THE TIME I RECALL, I, I GENERALLY, IF THERE'S SOMEONE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA STOP THEM FROM MOVING FORWARD, UH, ON, UH, ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS THE RIGHT THING THAT WAS THEIR RIGHT AT THE TIME.
UH, SO, BUT CONSIDERING THAT MEL HASN'T SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, UM, THIS IS WHY THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS WHERE IT'S AT.
AND SO I, I ALSO WANTED TO, TO DISCUSS, UM, FOR MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, LOOK, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS IS GREAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T WANT TO DECREASE OUR HOUSING SUPPLY, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK WE LOST 10,000 RESIDENTS, UH, IN THE LAST CONSENSUS.
WE'RE THE ONLY CITY IN FLORIDA THAT HAS LOST RESIDENTS.
IT'S BECAUSE LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE REMOVE HOUSING FROM, UH, WHATEVER LITTLE HOUSING WE HAVE FOR THAT, THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO HOTELS.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS, WAS, WAS PUT FORWARD.
SO, UH, FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS IS NICE, UH, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UH, A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVING THERE.
BUT I, I, I THINK THEY, THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO, UM, IN MIAMI BEACH AT WHATEVER RATE THAT THEY'RE PAYING, UM, THEN BE GIVEN A FOUR MONTH NOTICE WITH A SECURITY DEPOSIT BACK.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S VERY SMALL COMPARED TO LIVING, COMPARED TO WHAT THEY REALLY DO WANT IS, IS TO STAY WHERE THEY'RE AT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY KNOW AND THAT'S THEIR HOME.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, WE WANT TO CONSERVE OUR HOUSING SUPPLY, NOT REPLACE IT WITH, WITH TRANSIENT USES.
UH, SO I'M GONNA BE A, A STAUNCH NOTE ON THIS.
COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, UM, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR JASON.
CAN YOU COME UP HERE? UM, I'M FINE WITH SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT, BY THE WAY.
AND, UM, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF ANYBODY BEING DISPLACED, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS GETS A LITTLE SKEWED.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR OVERALL TAXES COME FROM COMMERCIAL USES VERSUS RESIDENTIAL? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.
I HAVE TO GO BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE 20 SPLIT OR SOMETHING.
UH, BUT I HAVE I'D, IF YOU GIMME A FEW MINUTES, I CAN RUN AND GO CHECK.
BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE IS IF AS WE CONVERT SOMETHING THAT'S A HOTEL TO A RESIDENTIAL USE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROPERTY VALUE? WOULD IT IN, WOULD IT INCREASE, WOULD IT DECREASE? HOW WOULD THIS OVERALL AFFECT OUR, UM, FINANCES? DID, DID WE DO ANY OF THESE STUDIES? JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS CON CONSERVING HOUSING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THERE'S A, A, WE HAVE A, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TOURISM INDUSTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WANTS US TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, A HEALTH AND WELLNESS SLEEPY COMMUNITY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AMY BEACH IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.
THE MXC DISTRICT, I KNOW HAS GONE THROUGH A HARD TIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT HAD A MANAGED DECLINE.
BUT AS WE MAKE THESE MOVES, WE COULD BE DOING TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
HAVE WE, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR PRIOR QUESTION, TAMIKA WAS LISTENING, UH, 18.6%, UH, OF OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUE, UH, PROPERTY VALUE IS COMMERCIAL, NON-RESIDENTIAL.
18.66 IS COMMERCIAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASED ON RESIDENTIAL.
WOULD RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL, I THINK IT'S THE OPPOSITE, ISN'T IT? NO, NO.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE 20%.
18.6 IS WHAT, SO THEN IF THERE IS NO EFFECT BASED ON THAT, THEN I THEN WELL, TO YOUR QUESTION OF IF YOU CONVERT A BUILDING FROM A, FROM A HOTEL TO A RESIDENTIAL OR BACK AND FORTH, YOU LOOKED UP PROPERTY TAXES.
THE LARGEST AMOUNTS CAME FROM LARGE COMMERCIAL OCEAN FRONT HOTELS, CORRECT? NO, ONLY OUT BLUE.
WHAT YOU MAY BE THINKING IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME VERSUS MULTI-FAMILY, UH, BUT ARE ALL, ALL THOSE ARE CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL.
AND I, I CAN'T SPEAK THAT, I'M NOT A THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, UH,
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ON THAT.SO I, IF YOU'RE, THE QUESTION IS, IF, IF A HOTEL GETS CONVERTED TO A RESIDENTIAL USE OR RESIDENTIAL USE BACK, UH, DOES THE VALUE CHANGE? I WOULD ASSUME THERE'D BE SOME VALUE CHANGE.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW, UM, TYPICALLY WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE.
I, I THINK IT, IT DEPENDS ON A LOT, YOU KNOW, UH, NUMBER OF UNITS, YOU KNOW, UH, ARE YOU GOING FROM UH, UH, A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OF 80 UNITS AND YOU'RE CONVERTING INTO A HOTEL OF DIFFERENT UNITS? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES TO THAT.
UH, RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T KNOW THE FUNCTION.
I WOULD KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF MOVING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL IS SOMETHING I'M ABOUT.
I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL SO THAT WE MAY LIKE, WELL, WE'RE BUILDING HOW MANY ROOMS ARE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL? 800.
WE'RE ADDING IN AN ADDITIONAL 800.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF HOTELS.
I'M WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS TODAY.
UM, I DON'T LIKE ANY TENANTS BEING DISPLACED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS THE INTENTION HERE AT ALL.
I THINK THAT MEL JUST WANTED TO CONSERVE HIS ADDITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF REMOVING ANYONE.
I WOULD JUST ASK A QUESTION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION IS NOT TO SAY WE ARE PROHIBITING THE CONVERSION OF APARTMENTS TO HOTELS.
CAN WE LEGALLY DO THAT? I MEAN, CAN WE, CAN WE SAY, IF, IF YOU CANNOT CONVERT FROM APARTMENT TO HOTEL, YOU COULD, UM, AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AT ONE POINT HAD AN ITEM THAT WENT TO LAND USE.
YOU COULD AMEND THE DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO, FOR A PARTICULAR DISTRICT TO PROHIBIT HOTELS IN THAT DISTRICT.
WHAT YOU CANNOT PROHIBIT IS SHORT TERM RENTALS IN ANY DISTRICT WHERE, UH, SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED.
BUT UNDER THIS LEGISLATION, IT ESTABLISHES REVIEW CRITERIA, CORRECT? YES.
SO, SO, SO WE CAN'T UNIFORMLY SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, PROHIBIT THIS ABSOLUTELY.
LIKE WE HAVE TO REVIEW THIS IN A QUASI JUDICIAL CAPACITY AGAINST REVIEW CRITERIA.
WHEN, WHEN YOUR FIRST WARRANT APPLICATION IS PRESENTED TO YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT APPLICATION BASED ON THE REVIEW CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND I THINK, AND, AND, AND SO AND SO, I JUST WANT US TO BE AWARE OF, OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE APPROVING, BECAUSE YES, OUR INTENT IS TO PRESERVE HOUSING, BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BLANKET PRESERVE ALL THE HOUSING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO VET IT AGAINST CODIFIED REVIEW CRITERIA THROUGH, UH, A DUE PROCESS.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE OPENING THE DOOR TO LITIGATION.
SO I JUST WANT, I JUST WANT JUST TO, FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE FRAMEWORK UNDER WHICH THIS POLICY IS GOING TO BE OPERATED IN.
BECAUSE THE POLICY, YES, OUR INTENT, WE WANT TO PRESERVE HOUSING.
THAT IS OUR, THAT IS A, A BIG, UH, POLICY GOAL AND WE WANT TO CREATE MORE, MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT YOU PRESERVE HOUSING THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS.
AND THAT'S THE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN MIND HERE, THERE IS A REVIEW PROCESS AND THERE'S, AND THERE'S, AND THERE'S A REVIEW CRITERIA THAT'S, THAT'S IN PLACE.
UH, BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA UNIFORMLY, YOU KNOW, DENY ALL THE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEN WE'RE NOT AFFORDING PEOPLE THEIR DUE PROCESS.
AND COULD MR. ME JUST 10 SECONDS BEFORE COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ? TEN SECOND, JUST TO CONFIRM, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN LARGE PART THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S LEADERSHIP HOUSING IMPACT STATEMENT WILL ACTUALLY BE PART OF THAT REVIEW CRITERIA.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE H THE HOUSING IMPACT STATEMENT IS NOW A RE IS WILL BE A REQUIREMENT FOR THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSION.
FOR ALL BOARD APPLICATIONS, YES.
COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, AND, UH, LET'S BRING THIS HOME.
UM, JASON, THE RESORT TAXES ARE A HUNDRED MILLION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE NOT ADDING INTO THE WHOLE EQUATION? 'CAUSE FOR SOME REASON, THAT CALCULATION SEEMS SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SAID A WHILE AGO, WHICH IS WHY I WAS INQUIRING.
SO WHEN YOU ADD IN TOTAL RESORT TAXES, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YEAH.
THE, THE BUDGET THAT, YEAH, THE PRIOR QUESTION I THINK WAS REALLY ON PROPERTY VALUE ON THAT.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, HOTEL USED PROBABLY WOULD HAVE A, A HIGHER VALUE.
BUT THAT IS A GOOD POINT THAT, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A, A PROPERTY EQUAL BEING EQUAL, THAT UM, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX VALUE, A HOTEL GENERATES A BED, AND MORE THAN LIKELY A FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX.
SO, UH, ANY COMPONENT THERE WOULD, WOULD BE A LOST REVENUE, EITHER LOSS OR, YEAH, LOST REVENUE COMMISSIONER.
MY, MY, I I, LISTEN, I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS, AND I'M, AND YOU KNOW, AND I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS WITH THE AMENDMENT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS WE DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
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AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THEM.AND, UM, OUR FINANCIAL OFFICER KIND OF HAS SOME RUDIMENTARY CALCULATIONS, BUT NOTHING FIXED.
SO, UM, WE CAN MOVE THIS TODAY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME FINANCIAL ANALYSIS DONE BECAUSE JASON, HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE UP AS, UM, HOTELS GET CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL AND WE HAVE THAT GAP IN TOURISM TAXES, HOW WILL WE MAKE THAT UP? AND THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ALL OF US TO CONSIDER, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ITEM DOES.
SORRY, MR. NO, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT YOU, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT'S ACTUALLY FACILITATING THE CONVERSION FROM HOTELS TO RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S JUST THE, PERHAPS PROHIBIT IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
BUT IF A HOTEL IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WANTED ALL OF A SUDDEN TO RENOVATE AND THE 50% RULE KICKED IN, WOULD THEY BECAME, WOULD THEY NOW NOT BE ABLE TO BE A HOTEL? BECAUSE WHAT YOU COULD IN ESSENCE BE DOING IS, UH, THAT GOES THIS, NOT BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT IT AT ALL.
IT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION COULD CONSIDER AS FAR AS THE REVIEW PROCESS AND THE WARRANTS YOU CAN CONSIDER.
SO, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS IF YOU OWN A HOTEL NOW IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND YOU WANT TO IMPROVE THAT HOTEL, THESE HOTELS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE, THESE HOTELS THAT ARE THE ICONIC HOTELS, IF SOMEBODY GOES IN AND