Jun 18, 2025 Commission Meeting

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GOOD

[CALL TO ORDER]

HAROLD, HOW ARE YOU, GARCIA, HOW ARE YOU? HI, TANYA.

WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

DURING THIS HYBRID PRESENTATION AND AWARDS COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE.

THIRD FLOOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND A MEETING EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.

THOSE WHO WISH TO ATTEND IN PERSON CAN DO SO BY APPEARING AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBER TO ATTEND.

VIRTUALLY THE PUBLIC MAY JOIN THE MEETING USING THE ZOOM APP ON THEIR SMART DEVICE OR BY VISITING ZOOM US.

OR YOU MAY CALL IN BY PHONE AT (305) 224-1968 OR TOLL FREE AT 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9.

THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND.

AGAIN, WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ZOOM LINK WEBINAR ID AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMISSION MEETING ARE STATIC AND WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR ALL FUTURE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE SOME VERY WELL DESERVED PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TODAY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, ROBIN JACOBS.

I THINK YOU WIN THE AWARD FOR, UH, FOR HAVING THE MOST PEOPLE UNPACKING THE CHAMBERS TODAY.

SO THE PRIZE FOR THAT IS YOUR HUSBAND, DR.

BARAK JACOBS WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

GREAT JOB.

GOOD JOB.

.

RALPH, LET'S

[PA 1 PROCLAMATION FOR ROBIN JACOBS RECOGNIZING HER LONGSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY.]

ROBIN JACOBS, LONGSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN MAMIE BEACH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS TO SEE SO MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS, SO MANY FRIENDLY FACES TO SEE COMMUNITY COME OUT IN HONOR OF A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS SO DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION.

I WANT TO CALL UP TO THE PODIUM, ROBIN JACOBS.

ROBIN JACOBS, FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAS BEEN ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CITY'S CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY THROUGH THE NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES THAT SHE CONTRIBUTES TO.

NOT BECAUSE SHE HAS TO, BUT FROM THE GOODNESS OF HER HEART BECAUSE ROBIN JACOBS LOVES THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

SHE DID IT WHILE SHE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FROM 2019 TO 2021 WHEN SHE ALSO BECAME THE FOURTH WOMAN TO HOLD THIS PRESTIGIOUS POSITION, BUT THE ONLY ONE TO LEAD IT DURING A NATIONAL PANDEMIC.

AND WHEN SHE HAD TO FIGHT FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN SHE ROSE TO THE OCCASION TO WORK WITH OUR CITY LEADERS AND WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO HELP OUR KEY INDUSTRIES KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN AND BRING LIFE BACK INTO OUR ECONOMY.

AND HER LEADERSHIP IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO HER ROLE AS PAST CHAIR, CURRENTLY AS CO-CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHERE ROBIN CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO UPLIFT STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO EMPOWER THE EDUCATORS.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE EDUCATORS.

AND TO ENRICH OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AND ANYONE WHO ATTENDED THE 99TH ANNUAL MIAMI BEACH ANNUAL GALA KNOWS THAT THAT IS A GALA THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

AND ROBIN PLAYED SUCH AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE AS A CO-CHAIR OF THAT, OF THAT GALA FROM SAND TO SPARKLES.

AND I THINK THAT WAS TRULY A SPARKLING NIGHT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE WORK, ROBIN, YOU HAVE DONE ON THE CITY'S CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, THE WORK YOU'VE DONE HONORING OTHERS ON THE HALL OF FAME AND ALL THE OTHER GOOD WORK YOU DO THROUGHOUT MIAMI BEACH, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE GIFT OF LIFE, UH, GIFT MARROW REGISTRY, ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO LIFE, OR WHETHER IT BE THROUGH BICKER COLON,

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IT'S NEVER FOR YOU.

IT'S ALWAYS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF OTHERS, FOR PEOPLE WHO WE MIGHT NOT EVER GET TO MEET.

BUT THROUGH YOUR WORK, WE'RE HELPING THEM.

AND THAT IS WHY YOU DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE YOUR WORK IS CHANGING LIVES.

YOUR WORK ELEVATES OUR CITY, AND YOUR WORK TODAY IS DESERVING OF THIS PROCLAMATION DECLARING TODAY AS ROBIN JACOBS DAY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.

DI HAVE TO SAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS.

I'M ACTUALLY SPEECHLESS.

, EVERYONE IS RELIEVED.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

I MEAN, I'M HUMBLED.

THANK YOU.

YOU MUST WORK FOR THE FBI.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME, .

UM, HAVING SAID THAT, IT, I WANNA THANK THE LORD ABOVE, UM, FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO AND BE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN OUR WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

UM, AND REALLY, I WANNA RECOGNIZE MY BEAUTIFUL MOM WHO'S WITH US TODAY.

I WANT MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.

MY FRIENDS ARE THE FAMILY THAT I'VE CHOSEN.

I WANT ALL OF THEM TO PLEASE STAND UP, PLEASE, EVERYONE ELSE.

AND OF COURSE, MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS THE PLEDGE , UM, TRULY HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE.

AND IT'S TRULY AN HONOR.

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

I LOVE MIAMI BEACH AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WHEN I DO KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR, YOU DO ANSWER.

SO I APPRECIATE IT, AND I HOPE TO GOD TO CONTINUE WORKING ALONGSIDE EVERYONE HERE AND ON THE COMMISSION, THE MAYOR, AND, UM, THAT WE SHOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER TO DO THE PRODUCTIVE, BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT WE DO.

AND I NEED TO, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT RECOGNIZE MY LEADERSHIP OF THE CHAMBER, UM, LEADERSHIP OF THE CHAMBER, LEADERSHIP OF THE CHAMBER.

PLEASE STAND UP BRITTANY.

AND THE, AND THIS, THE, THE STAFF, THE ADMINISTRATION IS INCREDIBLE.

AND I ALSO NEED TO WANT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE FROM THE GIFT OF LIFE AND OUR WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WOO.

AND OF COURSE, MY FRIENDS.

SO THANK YOU.

I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED, DEEPLY HONORED.

AND IT WAS WHEN YOU, I FOUND OUT, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, MY MOM'S GONNA BE SO HAPPY.

.

SHE SAID SHE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE IT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATED.

AND, AND, AND I'D BE, AND I'D BE REMISS NOT TO RECOGNIZE BERNICE, UH, BECAUSE BERNICE, SHE'S LIKE, SHE'S LIKE, EVERYONE'S ADOPTED.

GRANDMA.

WE ALL LOVE BERNICE.

I ALSO FORGOT MY FRIENDS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.

, YOU'RE WEARING REST.

SO YOU'RE, YOU REPRESENT SHOUT AND, AND, AND RICH, UH, AS, AS THE CHAIR OF, OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I, AND, AND I SEE WE HAVE ALFREDO GONZALEZ HERE, THE INCOMING CHAIR OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BRI BASSAN, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO SEEING THE TEAMWORK OF THIS CHAMBER AND THE GOOD THAT YOU GUYS DO, UH, NOT JUST FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

SEEING THE WORK THAT BRUCE HAS ALSO DONE, UH, THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

IT JUST REALLY IS SO INSPIRING THE WORK THAT, THAT THE, THAT THIS TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE MIAMI BEACH SELFLESSLY DO.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TODAY.

AND ROBIN AND I LIKE TO CALL EVERYONE UP TO, TO THE FRONT SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.

OF COURSE.

COUSIN BRUCE, RIGHT? ? YES.

CUSSING BRUCE.

UM, NO, HAROLD, COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING.

HAROLD, ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER RENEE GARCIA, UM, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING QUICK, QUICKLY, HAROLD, WE'RE ALL LISTENING.

MICROPHONE, RENEE, CALL HIM SENATOR GARCIA, WHO'S ONE OF ROBIN'S DEAREST PERSONAL FRIENDS OF 26 OR 27 YEARS.

UM, YOU'VE BEEN A GUIDING LIKE TO HIM.

YOU'VE BEEN GUIDING LIKE TO OUR ADMINISTRATION.

YOU'RE ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS.

UH, YOU'VE BEEN A, UH, MENTOR IN MY OWN CHARITABLE WORK.

UM, AND, UH, JUST PLEASE KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU NEVER GIVE UP NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR BIG IT MAY BE.

AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE OF REALLY PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY NICE THAT YOU DID FOR ROBBING YOU TODAY, ALEX.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

UH, CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE.

YOU, YOU COME DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND YOU LIGHT UP THE PLACE .

SO KEEP

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AND, AND, UH, I MORE LET KNOW, I WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR DEAR FRIEND CHRISTOPHER ROSE GONZALEZ.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT I REMEMBER THOSE HOT DAYS OF WALKING WITH YOU IN THE SUN.

AND I KNOW ONE OF THEM, THE FIRST HOMES WAS ROBIN, AND WE ATE REALLY WELL.

SO .

ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY WHO DID THIS FOR ROBIN, WHO NO ONE DESERVES MORE.

ROBIN WANTS ALL OUR COME ON.

EVERYBODY UP.

I ALRIGHT.

CAN WE LOOK HERE? 1, 2, 3, LOOK RIGHT HERE.

NOW TAKE YOUR TIP TOES HERE.

NOW THAT'S A VERY NICE, OKAY, EVERYONE, EVERYONE YOU POP IN.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

BIG SMILE.

WE'RE HONOR FOR THE NEXT ONE.

IT'S YOUR, YOU GUYS, WERE YOU IN THAT MEETING WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? OKAY, THE CLEANUP.

WHILE WE'RE CLEARING OUT THE

[PA 6 CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN MIAMI BEACH’S 2025 HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS.]

PA SIX.

HELLO.

I GONNA GET AND TRY AT THE, AT THE BARBECUE.

YEAH, AT THE BARBECUE AFTER.

I WAS GONNA DO THAT.

ANYWAY, LET'S GO, LET'S DO IT.

I FORGOT.

FLOWERS.

FLOWERS.

.

THANK YOU ALL.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR, UH, PA SIX, WHICH IS A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED FOR THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN MIAMI BEACH'S 2025 HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS CHIEFS.

WHY DON'T YOU, IF YOU CAN COME UP.

OKAY.

SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS TEAM.

SHH.

I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

JUST ONE SEC.

FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

YESTERDAY WE ACTUALLY HELD A, A, UH, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS TABLETOP EXERCISE, WHICH I HAD THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING AT THE BEGINNING OF, AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED, GOD FORBID, FOR THAT MAJOR HURRICANE WHEN OUR CITY IS FULL.

AND THE TABLETOP EXERCISE, AND YOU CAN DESCRIBE IT MORE, CHIEF ABEL, UH, WAS HIGHLIGHTING A POTENTIAL SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE FIFA.

OUR CITY IS COMPLETELY FULL RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, AND GOD FORBID A HURRICANE COMES THROUGH OUR CITY.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND I SET A QUOTE YESTERDAY, I QUOTED GEORGE BRETT, I HEARD THIS ONCE, THE HALL OF FAME BASEBALL PLAYER WHO SAID, PRACTICE DOES NOT MAKE PERFECT, PERFECT PRACTICE.

MAKES PERFECT.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS

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SO I WANTED TO THANK OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM, CHIEF ABELLO, CHIEF MEES, SHERRY NER, EVERYONE ELSE, CHIEF JONES, CHIEF MARGAO.

UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORK.

UH, LAST WEEK I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH TWO, UM, ALL, UH, A LARGE GROUP OF THE, UM, GREATER MIAMI AND BEACHES HOTEL ASSOCIATION.

THEY ARE ALSO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE INVALUABLE PARTNERS WITH US BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IF A HURRICANE WARNING OR A HURRICANE COMES THROUGH, WE'RE GONNA NEED OUR HOTELS TO BE ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

AND BY THE WAY, I WAS HERE ONCE, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE I LIVED IN MIAMI BEACH.

THIS IS ALMOST 25 YEARS AGO.

AND THE HOTEL WAS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY COMMUNICATIVE.

AND IT WAS INVALUABLE TO ME NOT NOT BEING FROM FLORIDA TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE NEED OUR PARTNERS TO WORK WITH US.

AND, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND, AND PRESENT THIS AWARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK, I APPRECIATE, THINK NOBEL FIRE CHIEF AND ABSOLUTELY THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, LOGISTICS THAT DOES GO BEHIND THE SCENES IN ORDER FOR US TO BE READY WHEN WE ARE CALLED UPON.

AND WITHOUT US, HERE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, BIG PLAYERS WITH OUR, OUR POLICIES BEING PERFECTLY PRACTICED, THEN OUR MEN AND WOMEN CAN EXECUTE AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT IT REQUIRES ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO BE, YOU KNOW, AS PROFICIENT AND, AND EFFECTIVE WITHOUT CHIEF ME'S, UH, 40 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE TASK FORCE AND HUNDREDS OF DEPLOYMENTS.

UH, I WOULD BE REMINISCE OF SAYING THAT I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR HIM AND HIS LEADERSHIP THAT HE'S BROUGHT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY.

OUTSTANDING.

I'LL MENTION THERE WERE MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THERE YESTERDAY.

THERE WERE OTHER AGENCIES.

IT'S, UH, IT'S GREAT TEAMWORK.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND EVEN OUR OWN COUNTRY, WHEN THERE'S NOT A SWIFT RESPONSE WHERE LEADERSHIP IS LACKING, UM, THINGS GO AWRY AND LIVES, LIVES ARE LOST.

SO THIS IS LITERALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

SO, UH, WE CANNOT, UH, THANK YOU ENOUGH.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL NEVER ACTUALLY SEE YOUR PRACTICE COME INTO PLAY, BUT I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT, UH, WE'RE READY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE COUNTY IS THE, THE INITIATOR OF EVERYTHING.

SO HAVING THAT COLLABORATION AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHO ARE THE PLAYERS IN THIS GAME, WE WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET ALONG WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND KNOW WHERE OUR WEAKNESSES AND OUR STRENGTHS ARE.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE.

THIS IS, UH, THE AWARD, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE DO BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE THE CITY BETTER.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, VERY HAPPILY DO WITH ANY KIND OF, ANY KIND OF PROMPTING.

AND, UH, I, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE, THE WHOLE THEME OF THE BASEBALL JOKE KEPT ON GOING AROUND AND AROUND.

SO IT, IT BECAME A BASEBALL THING DURING THE WHOLE, UH, DURING THE WHOLE EXERCISE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, SUPPORTING US.

THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD.

AND, UH, I, I HAVE TO MY, MY PARTNER, OR I'M HIS PARTNER, LET ME CALL IT THIS WAY, YOU'RE PARTNER , BUT, UH, WE PRESENT TOGETHER.

WE ACTUALLY, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE EXERCISE TOGETHER, PLEASE.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

UM, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS EXERCISE.

AND I WAS JUST A BIT PART OF, OF THE EXERCISE ITSELF.

BECAUSE THE HARD WORK IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXERCISE AND EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY THAT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES, SHERRY, UH, MELISSA, DAVID, MATT ROACH, EVERYONE ON THE DEM STAFF, THAT THAT DILIGENTLY PUTS TOGETHER ALL OF THE PAPERWORK THAT FEMA REQUIRES FOR US TO MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS, TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE EXERCISES TO VERIFY OUR PLANS, MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ACCREDITATION STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO ALL THE HARD WORK IS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES BY, UH, CHIEF MESSES AND THE TEAM.

AND THEN WE STAND UP THERE AND WE ARE THE FACILITATORS OF THE EXERCISE ON THE ACTUAL EVENT DAY.

SO THANK YOU TO CHIEF JONES FOR AFFORDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS CHIEF MEES AND CHIEF ABEL FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT HELPS DELIVER THE EXERCISE AND PREPAREDNESS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.

WE ARE DILIGENT AS A CITY IN MAKING SURE OUR PLANS AND OUR POLICIES WORK SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS FOR REAL, WE'RE PREPARED.

UM, AND OUR RESIDENTS CAN, CAN REST EASY.

THAT EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THIS CITY WORKS HARD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTUALITIES.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME

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UM, MY ASPECT OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.

AND BELIEVE ME, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE GONE AS FAR AS IT, IT HAS GONE.

IT'S BEEN, UM, A VERY SPECIAL TRIP TO BE ON, UH, PREPARING THEM, WORKING THROUGH, GOING THROUGH THE ELDER BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, GETTING THEM PREPARED AS WELL.

UM, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO BE TRAINED, I, I SEE SOME C TRAIN PEOPLE IN IN THE, THE AUDIENCE ALREADY.

UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND TO THE CERT PAGE AND SIGN UP FOR OUR UPCOMING TRAININGS.

AMAZING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

I'LL COME DOWN FOR THE PICTURE, BUT WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE MIAMI BEACH'S 2025 HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS TEAM FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION IN THE CITY OF MY BEACH 2025 HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND FOR DEMONSTRATING A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION REQUIRED TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SAFE DURING A POTENTIAL COASTAL EMERGENCY.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

EVERYONE SMILE.

AWESOME.

OKAY, LET'S GET 1, 1, 2, 3, 1 MORE, GET A LITTLE CLOSER.

MORE.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

[PA 3 CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR MONICA CAMPOS, NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AND MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.]

PA THREE, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

MONICA CAMPOS, MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

SO ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS TO ATTEND IS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S, ELAINE WEISBERG, TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

IT IS A LUNCHEON WHERE WE BRING TOGETHER ALL THE TEACHERS FROM ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND, UH, THIS YEAR'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS, UM, MONICA CAMPOS FROM NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY.

SO LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND BEFORE.

UM, MONICA HAS BEEN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IN MIAMI BEACH FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

FIRST YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AT SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

YES.

AND THEN THE LAST SIX YEARS YOU'VE BEEN AT NORTH BEACH AND YOU TEACH SECOND GRADE.

FIRST GRADE.

FIRST GRADE, I'M SORRY, CLIFF.

IT.

OKAY.

YOU TEACH FIRST GRADE AND I WANTED TO READ SOMETHING IN, INTO THE RECORD FROM THE PTA, UM, THE PTA, WHAT IS IT? PTA CAPTAIN MY ROOM OF YOUR CLASS.

YEAH, YOUR ROOM.

PARENT OLE MS. CAMPOS.

WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE CARE, PATIENCE, AND DEDICATION YOU SHOWED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS A ROOM PARENT, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH TIME, LOVE, AND EFFORT YOU POUR INTO CREATING A WARM, NURTURING, AND ENGAGING CLASSROOM.

I LOVE THE JAZZ MUSIC, .

YOU'VE NOT ONLY TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN ACADEMICS, YOU'VE HELPED THEM GROW AS INDIVIDUALS BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED EACH DAY.

THAT KIND OF IMPACT GOES FAR BEYOND ANY CURRICULUM, AND I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A POSITIVE, INSPIRING FORCE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.

WE'RE TRULY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU LOVE YOUR CLASS FAMILY.

PTA MOMS PAOLA AND ANDREA FROM NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY.

WOW, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANNA FINISH BY SAYING THAT BEING AN EDUCATOR IS ONE OF OUR HARDEST JOBS.

IT'S ALSO THE MOST FULFILLING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH STUDENT IS GOING TO COME TO CLASS WHICH DAY, CONFRONTED BY ANY ISSUE.

YOU COULD HAVE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS WHO DIDN'T GET DINNER THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HAS A TANTRUM THAT MORNING.

AND TEACHERS HAVE TO BE THERE WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE, ON THE FRONT LINES, READY TO FACE ALL SORTS OF ISSUES.

AND THE YOUNGER THEY ARE.

WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES FROM K THROUGH 12.

BUT FIRST GRADE, IF EVERYBODY, EVERY STUDENTS REALLY LEARN TO READ IN FIRST GRADE.

YEAH.

SO MS. CAMPOS NOT ONLY ARE ROCKSTAR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, BUT YOU ARE OUT THERE DOING THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB, WHICH IS LITERACY.

AND THAT IS NOT EASY TODAY COMPETING WITH AN IPHONE.

NO .

SO MIAMI BEACH COMMENDS YOU, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, WE WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

CAN I, YEAH,

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I JUST, UM, I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE I GET VERY NERVOUS.

BUT I DID WANTED TO THANK MY NUMBER ONE TEACHER, WHICH WAS GOD.

OH.

AND I WANTED TO THANK, UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FOR THE INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED BY MY CITY, FOR THE WORK THAT LIVES SO DEEPLY IN MY SOUL, SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS CHERISHED.

I WANT TO THANK MY INCREDIBLE FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR SUPPORT, AND ALWAYS REMINDING ME WHY THIS WORK MATTERS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY WORK FAMILY, UM, MS. QUEEN AND, AND MS. MITCHELL FOR ALWAYS SHOWING ME SUPPORT AND MISS JOANNA AS WELL.

AND MY GOAL EACH DAY IS SIMPLE.

IT'S TO BE THE PERSON I NEEDED AS A CHILD.

I LEAD WITH EMPATHY BECAUSE I BELIEVE SO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS JUST AS CRITICAL AS ACADEMIC GROWTH.

WHEN STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, SEEN AND SUPPORTED, THEY, THEIR POTENTIAL IS LIMITLESS.

OH MY GOODNESS, I'M SO NERVOUS.

, THIS, THIS AWARD IS A REMINDER THAT PURPOSE DOESN'T NEED PERFECTION.

IT NEEDS PASSION, CONSISTENCY AND HEART.

AND WHEN YOU LEAD WITH THOSE THINGS, WHEN YOU TEACH WITH INTENTION AND LOVE, LIVES ARE CHANGED.

THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME, FOR SEEING US, THE TEACHERS, FOR HONORING THE WORK THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET A SPOTLIGHT, BUT ALWAYS DESERVES IT.

THIS MOMENT IS BIGGER THAN ME'S FOR EVERY CHILD THAT EVER TAUGHT AND EVERY CHILD STILL TO COME.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS PERSONALLY FOR THE INCREDIBLE HONOR.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH.

YEAH.

, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF US? DO YOU GUYS WANT TAKE A PICTURE ON? OKAY, LET'S LOOK HERE FIRST.

1, 2, 3, 1 MORE TIME.

1, 2, 3.

RIGHT HERE.

1, 2, 3.

I WANT SAY SO.

READY? I SHOULD HAVE CALLED.

ALRIGHT.

OH, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BRUCE GOLD, WHO'S, UH, WHO'S ONE OF THE CHAIRS, UM, OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THE TEACHER OF OF THE YEAR IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

AND, UH, RICHARD SIEGEL AS THE CHAIR OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP YOU ALL TAKE IN GIVING BACK TO EDUCATION, UH, HIGHLIGHTING NOT JUST STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING THEIR NEEDS, BUT HIGHLIGHTING THE TEACHERS.

AND YOU EMBODY THE VALUES OF OUR CITY.

WE INVEST IN EDUCATION IN OUR CITY MORE THAN WHAT ANY OTHER CITY.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INVESTS IN EDUCATION.

BUT THE FACT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IS WHAT WE NEED SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY STANDS BEHIND THEM EVERY DAY AS THEY EDUCATE THE FUTURE OF MIAMI BEACH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVICE, PA

[PA 4 PROCLAMATION PRESENTED TO THE HYUNDAI AIR & SEA SHOW.]

MICKEY, WHY DON'T YOU COMING UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR THE HYUNDAI AIR AND SEA SHOW.

BUT, BUT REALLY IT SHOULD BE THE PROCLAMATION FOR MICKEY MARKOFF.

I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT IT, SO, BUT I, I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY.

UM, THE, THE MEMORIAL DAY AARON SEA SHOW HAS LITERALLY TRANSFORMED OUR CITY FROM A WEEKEND THAT HAD BEEN, UM, CHAOTIC YEARS PAST.

AND MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD LEAVE TOWN.

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IT'S NOT JUST SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S SAFE.

I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES OUT THERE, IT WAS JUST A, IT WAS SUCH A, AN AMAZING WEEKEND.

BUT I REMEMBER FRIDAY WHEN YOU WERE FIRST, THE JETS ARE FIRST PRACTICING.

IT'S LIKE, I WAS OUT ON LINCOLN ROAD AND LITERALLY EVERYONE'S LOOKING UP, EVERYONE'S FILMING.

I GOT EMOTIONAL.

YOU FEEL THE PATRIOTISM THE WHOLE WEEKEND.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BEING AT THE EVENT AND BEING UP CLOSE, IT'S LIKE NOTHING ELSE.

IT'S THE LARGEST, IT'S THE LARGEST, UH, MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION.

AND, AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE TOLD ME THE NUMBERS, THE AMOUNT OF MILITARY POWER AND MIGHT, AND WHAT'S INCREDIBLE IS WHEN YOU SEE THESE JETS UP CLOSE AND THEY'RE LITERALLY DOING A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOW DOWN, THEY'RE IN POPULATION CENTERS, AND THEY'RE JUST AWESOME.

IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT WHAT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR MILITARY HAS BEEN ABLE TO CREATE TO PROTECT US.

AND THEN OF COURSE, REMEMBERING WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS ALL ABOUT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT IT.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST PATRIOTISM, BUT YOU REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE SO MANY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT US AND CONTINUE TO DO SO TODAY.

I MEAN, LITERALLY, UH, JUST READING THE PAPER TODAY, YOU SEE WHERE OUR NAVY SHIPS ARE HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A CONSTANT DANGEROUS WORLD, BUT THE UNITED STATES MAKES IT, UH, A SAFER ONE.

AND, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU GET TO HIGHLIGHT IT, MICKEY, I'M, I'M, I'M SO PROUD, UH, NEXT YEAR IS 250TH YEAR.

SO, UH, I I, I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER, WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE.

BUT I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION IN A MOMENT.

BUT I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR, HEAR YOU FIRST, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL READ FROM OUR PROCLAMATION.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THIS IS REALLY AN HONOR.

UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY ABOUT US.

UH, THIS IS REALLY A COMMUNITY EFFORT.

UM, YOUR PEOPLE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, EVERYONE IN ALL YOUR CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN JUST INCREDIBLY COOPERATIVE.

IT'S BECOME A FAMILY.

I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS.

UH, OUR TEAM, WHICH IS TO THE TUNE NOW OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT PUT THIS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, I'D BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR PROTECTING US RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN HAVE THE DEMOCRACY THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

WHO YOU SITTING UP THERE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE DAIS.

SO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

THERE'S A MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM IN OUR COUNTRY OVER THE LAST 249 YEARS.

3000 OF THEM THAT HAVE DIED HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

YOU SAW THE MEMORIAL FLAG GARDEN WE'VE CREATED THIS YEAR TO REPRESENT THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVED RIGHT HERE IN, IN OUR TOWN.

YOU KNOW, THAT YOUR CITY WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN TRAINING THE ARMY AIR CORPS YEARS AGO FOR WORLD WAR II.

UM, THIS IS THE LARGEST GATHERING OF MILITARY EQUIP IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

UM, IT'S THE ONE OF THE LARGEST GATHERINGS OF, UH, RECRUITING AND ENLISTMENT CEREMONIES IN OUR COUNTRY.

UM, CERTAINLY THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE SAID THANK YOU TO, IT'S MORE THAN A WEEKEND OF BUYING A MATTRESS OR HAVING A BARBECUE.

AND SO, UM, WE'RE HONORED TO DO THIS AND TO WORK WITH YOU.

UM, THERE'S NO BETTER VENUE IN THE COUNTRY THAN THAN RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS BEACH IN AMERICA.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD BY THE WAY, THIS WEEKEND, UH, THE TELEVISION NATIONAL TELEVISION SHOW IS GONNA BE AIRING.

SO, UH, IT'LL BE FUN TO SEE ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS OF US SHOWCASING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH NATIONALLY.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR HONORING THE SHOW.

UM, WE'RE HONORED TO HELP TRANSITION YOUR CITY AND MAKE IT A WHOLESOME FAMILY PATRIOTIC EVENT.

UM, WE'RE HONORED TO HELP, UH, GENERATE REVENUE FOR YOUR BUSINESSES AND CERTAINLY TO SHOWCASE YOUR CITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

SO THANKS FOR HAVING US.

AND I, UH, ANY, ANY VETERANS WHO ARE LISTENING OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF VETERANS, THANK YOU.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY ALL, ALL WE CAN SAY.

WELCOME.

SURE.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

YOU KNOW, IN 2017, COMMISSIONER MALAKOFF AND I WERE NOT CONVINCED THAT RESIDENTS WANTED THIS ERRAND SEA SHOW.

HE CALLED IT THE SOUNDS OF FREEDOM.

RESIDENTS WERE SCREAMING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUZZ OF THE AIRPLANES ARE GOING TO BE, BUT WE VOTED FOR IT.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE'VE ENJOYED THE SOUNDS OF FREEDOM AND IT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE.

AND ONE THING THAT I LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING IS TO GO OUT ON THE BEACH ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND SEE NOT JUST TOURISTS.

IT'S PACKED WITH OUR RESIDENTS WHO NOW HAVE A TRADITION OF GOING OUT AND WATCHING THE AIR AND SEA SHOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU, YOU TAKE A CHANCE ON SOMETHING AND IT REALLY WORKS OUT.

AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU GROW.

MICKEY, YOU THE AARON SEA SHOW YOUR SPONSORSHIP, AND, UH, THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I SAID THIS TO YOU ON SATURDAY MORNING WHEN WE FIRST, UH, SAW EACH OTHER ON THE BEACH OF THE, OF, UM, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

BUT I WAS DRIVING DOWN FROM NORTH BEACH AND I SAW IT WAS LIKE OUT OF CENTRAL CASTING, JUST TONS OF FAMILIES POURING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF

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AND IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE FOR SO MANY REASONS, NOT LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT, UM, IT WASN'T JUST TOURISTS, IT WAS RESIDENTS.

UM, BUT IN A TIME WHEN WE ARE SUCH A DIVIDED NATION TO HAVE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, TO PAY RESPECT TO THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME BEFORE US, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD THE FREEDOMS TO SAY WHAT WE THINK AND VOTE HOW WE FEEL AND BE WHO WE ARE AND, AND IN A RESPECTFUL AND JOYFUL MANNER.

AND TO INSTILL THAT, THAT RESPECT AND PASSION AND RESPECT INTO MULTIPLE GENERATIONS, UM, I, I LOVE IT.

AND PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO WIN HEARTS MINDS, YOU HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.

AND I THINK THIS IS SUCH A GREAT WAY TO DO EXACTLY THAT.

AND THE FACT THAT WE GET TO BE THE BENEFICIARIES OF IT, OF HAVING ALL THESE PEOPLE COME IN AND, AND VISIT AND GET TO EXPERIENCE WHAT MIAMI BEACH IS AT ITS VERY BEST.

AND WE GET TO HOST THIS INCREDIBLY MOVING AND EXHILARATING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING AND, UM, JAW DROPPING EVENT.

REALLY LIKE EVERY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU'RE LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY.

AND THEN THEY DO IT AGAIN OR CLOSER OR FASTER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN EVERY YEAR AND LIKE, THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING.

NO, THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA TAP IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

MAYBE YOU'LL PAINT ALL THE AIRCRAFT RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE INSTEAD OF JUST COLORED SMOKE, YOU'LL HAVE COLORED SPARKLES.

I'M JUST SAYING I'M A BIG SPARKLES KIND OF GIRL.

UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

IT IS, IT IS, I KNOW A LABOR OF LOVE FOR YOU AND IT IS DEEPLY EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, THE RESPECT THAT EN GENDERS IS, IS, IS REALLY HEARTWARMING.

WELL, LISTEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO JUST WANT TO JOIN IN, IN ECHOING THE SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SPECTACLE IN THE SKY, THESE, THESE IMPRESSIVE, UH, AIRPLANES, BUT IT'S ABOUT HONORING THE SACRIFICE, UM, OF THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE AND DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.

AND I'M SO PROUD THAT THE CITY COMMISSION IS HONORING THE EMBRACE OF THE AIR AND SEA SHOW, UH, BECAUSE MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S RESTORED A SENSE OF PATRIOTISM, UH, AT A TIME ON A, ON A WEEKEND OF, OF THE YEAR WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO UPHOLD SAFETY, WE RESTORED SAFETY.

BUT PERHAPS MOST DIFFICULT IN A TIME WHEN DIVISION DOMINATES HEADLINES TO HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, RESIDENTS, VISITORS, VETERANS, THE FAMILIES OF THE CITY, OF MIAMI BEACH, UNITED IN APPRECIATION FOR OUR ARMED, FOR OUR ARMED FORCES AND FIRST RESPONDERS, THERE'S NOT WORDS THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU AND THE AIR AND SEA SHOW FOR RESTORING THAT SAFE SENSE OF SAFETY, BUT THE UNITY AND THE PATRIOTISM THAT MEMORIAL DAY DESERVES.

AND SO, I'M SO PROUD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES, UH, AND JOIN YOU MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR HONORING THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ADVANCE.

LEMME SAY ONE THING, PLEASE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S 1% OF US, UH, THAT PROTECT THE REST OF THE 99% OF US THAT ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE MILITARY.

AND AS MUCH AS WE TURN A LOT OF FUEL INTO NOISE AND, UH, SOUND OF FREEDOM, , UM, AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE TAIL NUMBERS AND THE SERIAL NUMBERS, OUR GREATEST WEAPON SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY IS OUR PEOPLE.

IT'S THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.

SO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A HOLIDAY, IT WAS THE ONLY HOLIDAY IN AMERICA THAT DID NOT HAVE A SIGNATURE EVENT.

SO TO HAVE THE NATION'S SIGNATURE EVENT HERE IN YOUR TOWN TO HONOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT PROTECT THE REST OF US, YOU KNOW, MAKES GREAT SENSE.

JUST LIKE YOU HONOR YOUR POLICE AND, AND FIRE FOR PROTECTING YOU HERE LOCALLY.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROTECTING US NATIONALLY.

SO THANKS FOR LETTING US DO THAT HERE IN YOUR TOWN.

I LOVE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS.

THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL, I'LL, UH, AND THANK YOU MICHAEL GRIECO.

I KNOW IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, HE'S THE ONE WHO BROUGHT US THIS AARON SEA SHOW.

GIVE HIM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

IT'S, UH, IT REALLY IS BRILLIANT AND HAS, AS I SAID, TRANSFORMED OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU.

I'LL READ UP JUST A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS FROM THE PROCLAMATION.

IT'S A LITTLE, LITTLE LONG, BUT IT IS INTERESTING AS WE TALK ABOUT IT.

'CAUSE WE, WE ALWAYS GET, ALL OF US GET RESIDENTS REACHING OUT ABOUT DIFFERENT NOISE LEVELS THAT ARE, WHETHER IT BE A MUFFLER OR PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND WE HAVE OUR POLICE AND OUR CODE, BUT THE SOUNDS OF THE JETS ARE SOME OF THE LOUDEST SOUNDS.

AND OUR AND OUR RESIDENTS EMBRACE IT.

SO IT IT SHOWS YOU THE MEANING THAT'S BEHIND IT.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US MIAMI BEACH TO HOST THE HYUNDAI AIR AND SEA SHOW, NATIONAL SALUTE TO AMERICA'S HEROES.

AS A, AS WE MENTIONED, IT'S BECOME THE LARGEST MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION IN OUR COUNTRY.

IT'S A SIGNATURE EVENT FOR OUR CITY.

UM, I THINK YOU'VE USED THE TERM, IT'S

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AND, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ABSOLUTELY CHANGED OUR CITY, UH, NOT ONLY DURING MEMORIAL DAY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THROUGH EFFORTS SUCH AS SALUTE 365 AND THE GOLD STAR TRIBUTE.

UM, I ALSO, AND I'LL COME DOWN WITH IT, I HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU.

IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, A LAW AND ORDER CITY PLAQUE, WHICH GENERALLY IS GIVEN TO OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE.

BUT CERTAINLY LAW AND ORDER TO OUR MILITARY AND TO YOU FOR WHAT YOU BRING TO OUR CITY, UH, CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

SO NOW, NOW THEREFORE DO, WE, AS THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF MINE BEACH, HEREBY PROCLAIMED JUNE 18TH, 2025 AS A HYUNDAI AIR AND SEA SHOW DAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

HERE FIRST, LOOK HERE FIRST.

1, 2, 3, AGAIN.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

EIGHT, UH, PAA PROCLAMATION,

[PA 8 PROCLAMATION FOR ANGEL PARETS RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.]

YAY.

TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION FOR A VERY SPECIAL MAN WHO HAS SPENT THE PAST 60 YEARS IN MIAMI BEACH.

UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, THERE IS A PAWN SHOP CALLED RO.

AND THERE IS A MAN NAMED ANGEL PERITZ, WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR 40 YEARS.

AND NOT ONLY, PARDON, 47 YEARS, 47 YEARS.

BUT NOT ONLY DOES HE SPEAK SPANISH, YOU WILL FIND HIM SPEAKING YIDDISH BECAUSE HE WAS TRAINED BY AN OLDER YIDDISH SPEAKING MAN WHO MENTORED HIM.

AND HE HAS WORKED THERE FOREVER.

AND THE INTERESTING THING IS, WHEN I ALWAYS GO IN, I THINK, OH, THE THINGS THAT ANGEL MUST HAVE SEEN IN COSTA DEDO, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THIS.

BUT PAWN SHOPS ARE REALLY BANKS.

THEY ARE BANKS FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE NOTHING, NO OTHER MEANS TO GET MONEY.

AND, AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY DEVELOPS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE PAWN BROKERS.

AND PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND THEY WILL PAWN THEIR MOST VALUABLE ITEMS MOST OF THE TIME ON LOAN.

AND I, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE COLORFUL STORIES THAT YOU HAVE TO TELL.

MOST RECENTLY, ANGEL HAS SOLD COSTA DE AORTA TO MAX LUXURY PAWN.

SO WE WILL BE EXCHANGING, UH, THE, UM, OUR TRADITIONAL PAWN SHOP FOR SOME AIR MA BIRKIN BAGS AND OTHER COOL MERCHANDISE.

AND IT IS AN EVOLUTION.

BUT TODAY IS YOUR DAY ANGEL BECAUSE 47 YEARS OF WORKING ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IS SO MEANINGFUL, AND I'M SURE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO KNOWS ANGEL VERY WELL.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PAWN SHOPS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE THERE IS AN ENTIRE POND COMMUNITY, AND WE WELCOME MAX LUXURY POND.

BUT IT IS WITH SO MUCH PRIDE THAT TODAY I DECLARE IN THE THE COM ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ANGEL PAE IN MIAMI BEACH.

AND NOW I KNOW YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER, BLANCA PEREZ, WHO CAME HERE FROM CUBA IN 1965.

SO 60 YEARS HERE ON MIAMI BEACH, AND I WILL SEED THE MICROPHONE TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S AN HONOR BEING HERE.

UM, MY MOTHER AND I EXILED FROM CUBA AND ARRIVED HERE OCTOBER 31ST, 1965 TO STAY IN A HOTEL IN THE WHAT'S NOW THE SUNSET HARBOR IU CALLED THE ASTRO HOTEL.

I REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH LINCOLN ROAD AND ME COMING FROM A LITTLE RANCH IN CUBA, LITTLE FARM GUY, UH, WALKING THROUGH LINCOLN ROAD AND WOMEN HAD MINISKIRTS WHITE HAIR AND LONG EYELASHES.

AND I SAID, MOM, ARE WE IN MARS? ? I HAD NO IDEA.

ANYWAYS, , UM, WELL I LANDED A JOB WITH, WAS THEN CORONER BANK, UH, IN 1965.

UH, SHE EVOLVED TO BE THE FIRST AND THE OLDEST WHEN SHE RETIRED.

24TH OF JULY IS BANK OF RESUME DAY, GIVEN BY YOU GUYS SOMETIME AGO.

UM, SHE WAS THE OLDEST HISPANIC BANKER ON THE BEACH WHEN SHE RETIRED, SERVICING, UH, MAINLY, UH, A LOT OF THE CUBAN JEWISH PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM CUBA,

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THERE CAME A BRESNICK STILL S IS, UH, HER CLIENT, SADA, A WIFE, CAN'T GO BACK A LOT.

UM, THE HOLTS ABEL BOUGHT THE BANK, LATER BECAME HER BOSS.

MANY, UH, OUTSTANDING CITIZENS.

UH, NATHAN ROCK, A LOT OF 'EM CAME FROM AND WERE, MY MOTHER BANKED WAS THEIR BANKER FOR MANY YEARS, EXTREMELY SOLID AND BRITISH, INCLUDING THE PAYROLL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DON DE LUCAS STARTED WORKING AT MY MOTHER'S BANK.

SO DID, UH, MANY OTHER POLICEMEN THAT I'M SURE WORKED WITH WAYNE.

UH, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN HERE IN MOUNT SINAI.

SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AT LARMAN.

UH, SHE, TODAY SHE'S A DOCTOR IN EPIGENETICS FOR, UH, FOR THE STATE OF PHOENIX, FOR ARIZONA.

UM, UH, MY OTHER DAUGHTER'S HERE AND MY SON-IN-LAW, AND THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, WORKING TODAY.

SO SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.

UH, I AM PR PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY CALL ME ANGEL FROM THE BEACH.

I WILL EVER HOLD THAT LABEL AND MY FOREHEAD, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF IT.

HAVING HAD A PONCHO DOING THE, IT WAS VERY STICKY TO SAY THE LEAST.

NO BULLETPROOF GLASS.

IT WAS, UH, DANGEROUS AT BEST.

THE STORIES ARE UNBELIEVABLE.

I'M SURE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GAVE ME EXPAND ON THAT MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN'T.

UM, THEN CAME THE BEAUTIFUL NINETIES WE HAD I SERVICE LIKE, UH, JENNIFER LOPEZ.

I SOLD, UH, WEDDING RING, UH, ENGAGEMENT RING OF MADONNA IN MY, MY STORE.

MANY OTHER ACCOLADES LIKE THAT.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE RESPECT AS A PALM BROKER OF MY LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH I WORKED VERY HARD AND TO GAIN THAT RESPECT FROM THEM.

UM, AND I ENGAGED WHAT I CONSIDER NOW BEAUTIFUL, TREMENDOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.

WE WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND MANY, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION OF THE KOAN AND QUEEN WAS PROVIDED BY, BY ONE OF MY STORES.

I OPENED UP MORE THAN, THAN ONE.

UH, AND I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY, NOT ONLY IN MY CAPACITY AS A BUSINESSMAN, BUT ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT MY COMMUNITY.

I WANTED TO THANK PUBLICLY NOW THE CHIEF FOR THE SPECTACULAR AND MARVELOUS JOB HE HAS DONE IN RESTORING ORDER ON THE BEACH.

PT YOU BROUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NOBODY TO TAKE TAKE CARE OF.

BANKS WERE CLOSED.

YOU REMEMBER TRUMP, AND THEN CARLOS JIMENEZ PASSED THE LAW.

THAT PAWN SHOP WERE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND NEEDED TO KEEP OPEN AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MONIES.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO FEDERAL MONEY COMING UP TO THE PEOPLE TO WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE MONIES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUY FOOD.

THE BANKS WERE CLOSED.

IF YOU REMEMBER WASHINGTON AVENUE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A DESERT.

THERE WAS NOBODY COMING IN AND OUT.

WE STAYED OPEN.

I STAYED OPEN, I TALKED MY EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE, AND I STAYED BY MYSELF WORKING IN MY STORES, SERVICING MY COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I CARE A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE, UH, DURING THE, UH, THE AFTER THE EMIA, WHAT WE ALL WENT THROUGH, UH, WAS VERY SAD.

UH, THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WERE VERY SAD, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RESTORE THE BEACH TO THE LEVEL WE ARE TODAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH ANYTHING, THEN YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE.

YEAH.

WHAT ACCOLADE DO YOU HAVE? THE FACT THAT WE WENT THROUGH IT AND WE EMERGED HEROICALLY BEAUTIFUL.

WE ARE RESTORING THE BEACH.

AS BEAUTIFUL AS THAT IS TODAY, THE SAFE IT IS TODAY.

THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THAT SAYING THAT YOU ALL APPLY ON HAWAII TO THE BEACH, OUT ROAD IS NO LONGER PREVALENT.

UH, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PARKING IN WASHINGTON, EVERYTHING.