* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 25TH COMMISSION MEETING. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK, RALPH GRANADO, FOR ANY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. DURING THIS HYBRID COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTIONAL CENTER DRIVE. THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND A MEETING VIRTUALLY, HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND A 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 ON THE WEB AT ZOOM US OR BY TELEPHONE AT (305) 224-1968. AGAIN, 3 0 5 2 2 4 19 68. 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 71 POUND. WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND. 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. NOTE THAT THE ZOOM LINK WEBINAR ID AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMISSION ARE STATIC AND DO NOT CHANGE FROM MEETING TO MEETING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR AND EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ASKED ME TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE HAS HAD A COMMITMENT THAT HE'S DEALING WITH THIS MORNING, BUT WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FATHER SOSA FROM ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC PARISH FOR BEING HERE. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU UP TO GIVE US SOME WORDS OF, UH, INVOCATION AND WISDOM. THE A WE DON'T WASTE ANY TIME WITH THE PRAYERS HERE. WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FIRST. NO . WE'LL DO IT RIGHT AFTER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. WE JUST, UH, WE, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL AND YOU'RE SMILING TODAY, BY THE WAY. THAT'S WONDERFUL. I REMEMBER THE LAST MEETING. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION. WE GREW UP GRATEFUL FOR GOD'S GIFTS AROUND US AND OUR GRATITUDE FUNDS A SOURCE IN THE LETTERS OF PAUL OF TARSUS, PARTICULARLY WHEN HE WROTE TO THE COMMUNITY OF PHILIPPI WAY OUT IN ASIA MINOR THAT HE KNEW SO WELL. AND THIS I QUOTE THE LORD IS NEARBY, HAVE NO ANXIETY, BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND PETITION WITH THANKSGIVING. THAT'S THE ATTITUDE I'M TRYING TO CONVEY, MAKE YOU REQUESTS FROM GOD. SO IN THAT CONTEXT, WE PRAY THIS MORNING AS ONCE AGAIN, THE COMMISSION IS MEETING HERE IN MIAMI BEACH ALMIGHTY, AN ETERNAL GOD. YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF PEACE AND JUSTICE, AND HAVE REVEALED YOUR GIFTS TO ALL WHO RECOGNIZE YOUR PRESENCE, ESPECIALLY DURING CONFLICTS OR AGGRESSIONS. WE ASK YOU TODAY AS ALWAYS, TO GUIDE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEIR ASSISTANT WHO STRIVE TO EXERCISE THEIR CALL TO THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR CARE IN OUR CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. ASSIST THEM WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND FORTITUDE THAT THEIR WORK MAY FIND EXPRESSION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE. LET THE LIGHT OF YOUR DIVINE WISDOM DIRECT THEIR DELIBERATIONS AND SHINE FORTH IN THEIR PROCEEDINGS SO THAT AS THEY SEEK TO PROMOTE THE WELLBEING OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF ITS DIVERSITY AND AT TIMES UNEXPECTED TENSIONS, THEY MAY CONTINUE TO GUARD OUR WELFARE AND DO THEIR BEST FOR THE COMMON GOOD. MAY YOU ENABLE THEM BY YOUR POWERFUL PROTECTION TO CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES WITH HONESTY AND ABILITY. WE DO THIS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, OUR GOD, FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I HAVEN'T ASKED ANYBODY, SO I'M GONNA SURPRISE SOMEONE IN THE CROWD HERE. AND SINCE I'M USED TO SEEING MITCH NOVIK STANDING HERE FOR SUT, I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. , THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR. MR. MAYOR, UH, PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU DON'T GET TO SKIP THE LINE NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. NO, SHE'S FIRST. I'M FIRST JUST SAY SOMETHING. I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING. AN OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE BECAUSE THIS MORNING, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY, I WALKED TO, TO THE BEACH AND I, IT IS HOW I LOVE TO START MY DAY IS WALKING TO, TO THE BEACH AND, YOU KNOW, ALIGNED WITH THE THOUGHTS OF, OF THE FATHER. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR THIS [00:05:01] DAY. WE REALLY ARE SO BLESSED TO BE HERE ON THIS DAY AND TO BE IN THIS PARADISE AND TO START THE DAY EVERY, EVERY MEETING, MR. MAYOR, RECOGNIZING OUR COUNTRY, THE GREATNESS OF OUR COUNTRY, AND RECOGNIZING THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE STILL ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR RICH DIVERSITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR JEWISH FAMILIES WHO FOUND SAFETY HERE FROM HATRED TO RECOGNIZE OUR L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY THAT FOUND HERE FREEDOM TO CELEBRATE WITH PRIDE AND TO LIVE AND TO LOVE OPENLY, TO CELEBRATE IMMIGRANTS WHO FOUND HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE OP, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE FREEDOM AND TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND TO CONTRIBUTE AND ENRICH OUR DIVERSITY AND SUPPORT OUR OWN FAMILIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY OF, OF THIS CITY. AND SO IT'S PART OF THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY. WE GOT TO CELEBRATE AND GIVE THANKS FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE SAFETY THEY'VE FOUND HERE, OUR BEAUTIFUL L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY AND THE EMBRACE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE HERE AUTHENTICALLY. OUR LAW ABIDING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT I GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND MAY THEY KNOW THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND THAT EVERY CITY WORKER EMBRACES THEM AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY BELONG IN THIS CITY. AND I JUST THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR THAT. I WANTED TO SAY IT AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE PRAYER. 'CAUSE THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS ON THE BEACH, IT JUST INSPIRED ME BECAUSE WE TRULY ARE BLESSED TO LIVE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, WENDY. [R9 C DR. STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZEN'S FORUM. (8:35 A.M./1:00 P.M.)] OKAY. LEAD IT OFF. I WILL. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU ON THE DAYS. AND I WANTED TO USE TWO WORDS TODAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE USE ENOUGH. AND THOSE ARE THE WORDS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME. BUT I WANNA POINT OUT THREE THINGS IN PARTICULAR. AND ONE OF THEM IS ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICER DEBORAH MARTIN, WHO HAS CONTINUED THE LEGACY OF, WITH POWER OF HER LATE HUSBAND, ART MARTIN, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR. WE WENT TO THE SCHOLARSHIP EVENT AND THEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS THERE AND SHE NOT ONLY SPOKE ABOUT THE LEGACY, BUT SHE SPOKE ABOUT EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES THAT WERE GOING TO BE AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS. AND THAT'S AN EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE BY A POLICE OFFICER IN MIAMI BEACH. SO THANK YOU DEBORAH. I HOPE SHE'S WATCHING AND KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT SHE HAS DONE, NOT ONLY WATCHING OUR STREETS PROTECTING US, BUT DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO THANK, UH, ARE SITTING ON AUD DAY IS COMMISSIONER BAR. AND COMMISSIONER KRISTIN ROSEN GONZALEZ FOR COMING OUT WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS ON NO KING'S DAY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH. YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR STANDING WITH US. AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE YOUR FACES AND COMMISSIONER BAR, YOU DO A REAL GOOD JOB OF MAKING A POSTER THAT SAYS WHAT WE ALL THINK. SO THANK YOU TWICE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE BIG THANK YOU TO PROP PROPRIETORS OF SANTORINI RESTAURANT DOWN ON FIRST STREET WHO PROVIDE A LOT OF EVENTS WITH CATERING WITHOUT CHARGING A PENNY TO MIAMI BEACH. SO GEORGIOS AND KATERINA, THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US. YOU TRULY EXEMPLIFY COMMUNITY SPIRIT. THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANK ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. THAT WAS WENDY RUGG. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER WILL BE, UH, JOHANN MOORE. MR. MOORE, GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MOORE. GOOD MORNING. JOHANN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I WANNA BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY SUPPORT FOR A FEW ITEMS C FOUR R, UH, TO ADDRESS OCEAN DRIVE C SEVEN BC UH, A TURTLE FRIENDLY LIGHTING PROPOSAL FOR LOMAS PARK. AND FINALLY, MERIDIAN COURT COMMUNITY IS ESPECIALLY SUPPORTIVE OF C 7:00 AM THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC STUDY I CALL TODAY TO OPPOSE ITEM C SEVEN BFA MOTION OF CENSURE AGAINST ME IN LIGHT OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE RANDY FINE'S. RECENT OUTRAGEOUS CALL [00:10:01] FOR ISRAEL TO NEW GAZA. I BELIEVE THAT MY LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, WHICH I COPIED ONLY THE COMMISSION ON AND UH, PRESS NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS BOTH PROTECTED SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND WELL WITHIN THE APPARENTLY, UH, CAPACIOUS GUIDELINES, UH, OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS MOTION OF CENSURE. THERE IS NO ZIONISM EXCEPTION, THERE IS NO PALESTINE EXCEPTION TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT. PLEASE SUPPORT APPOINTEES RIGHTS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS WITHOUT THE CURRENT ATMOSPHERE OF INTIMIDATION, COERCION, AND CENSORSHIP, WHICH CERTAINLY WILL NOT MAKE IT ANY EASIER FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER SUBMITTING THEIR NAMES FOR NOMINATION, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENTS TO A BOARD. I WANT TO THANK MY PREVIOUS APPOINTING COMMISSIONER, UH, WHOM I WILL NOT NAME BY NAME IN ORDER TO SPARE HER ANY FURTHER GRIEF IN THAT CASE. UH, IN THIS CASE FROM FIRST AMENDMENT. AND I THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTACTED ME TO SUPPORT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, INCLUDING A STATE SENATOR, UH, WHOM I HAVE URGED TO PURSUE A MOTION OF REBUKE TO STATE REPRESENTATIVE. FINE IF THIS BODY TODAY. THANK YOU SIR. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT STATE, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MA'AM. SURE. IT'S WORKING. OKAY, GREAT. HI. UM, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING, UM, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS LINDA KOKO. I LIVE AT 3 3 4 WEST 25TH STREET, UM, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF WEST 25TH AND FLAMINGO PLACE, WHICH IS ONLY A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE NEW BAYSHORE PARK. AND WE CAN'T WAIT. I SAY TELL YOU THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT EVERY DAY, EVEN SATURDAY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYWAY. AND I ALSO OWN A SMALL BUSINESS ANYWAY. I WANNA EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION C SEVEN, WHICH IS TRANSFERRING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE COLLINS PARK CULTURAL FACILITY AT THE COLLINS PARK GARAGE FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO MIAMI. NEW DRAMA, ONE OF OUR CITY'S BEST CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT MIAMI NEW DRAMA WILL DO WITH THE SPACE AND HOW IT WILL ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION C SEVEN AF, WHICH WILL APPROVE A TEMPORARY FOOD TRUCK. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AT LIBERTY PLAZA IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT WILL ROTATE LOCATIONS AS NEEDED. I THINK THIS WILL ALSO ENHANCE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S QUALITY OF LIFE. I REALIZE THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT I REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION VOTE TO COMMENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARKLEY PLAZA APARTMENTS. WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR CITY NEEDS MORE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED SIX VIABLE PROPOSALS. WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE, FAR ISSUES AND ALL THAT. BUT PLEASE WORK TOGETHER TO FIND AN ACCEPTABLE PROPOSAL TO GET THE PROJECT MOVING. 'CAUSE OUR CITY, OUR CITIZENS CANNOT KEEP WAITING. WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. GOODBYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS BOB GOLDING. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, BOB GOLDING HERE. SGS GLOBAL MARINE SERVICES. THE REASON I'M CALLING IS BECAUSE I'M VERY ACTIVE WITH THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, LIKE FP I THINK IT'S N NA NN MERIDIAN COURT COMMUNITY. AND I FOLLOW THE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, QUITE FREQUENTLY. I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH JOHANN MOORE ON THAT BECAUSE WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE CRUISE SHIPS IN MIAMI, IN THE PORT OF MIAMI IMPORT EVERGLADES. SO THAT'S MY INVOLVEMENT. AND I THINK THE CITY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO AIR POLLUTION AS WELL, AND WE WANT TO HEAR CONCERNS FROM THE CITY. ANYWAY, THE REASON I'M CALLING, I GOT A STATEMENT OF CENSURE FOR JOHAN MOORE THROUGH ONE OF THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I SAID, OKAY, I TOLD MY COMPANY OF COURSE, TOO, AND WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S BEING CENSURED. I DID NOT GET ANY STATEMENT. SO I WENT TO THE LOCAL RESIDENCE AND ASKED, DID ANYONE WHAT'S GOING ON? NO ONE GOT ANY STATEMENT FROM JOHANN. I EVEN CALLED THE MIAMI HERALD AND THE NEW YORK TIMES AND DASHA AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. SO EVIDENTLY WHAT I HEAR, IT WAS A PRIVATE EMAIL SENT OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS, MOCKING A STATEMENT. THIS RANDY FINE SAID MOCKING SOMETHING. [00:15:01] IT'S VERY CONFUSING. ANYWAY, ANYWAY, THIS IS A PRIVATE MATTER THAT I I THINK YOU'RE HANGING OUT IN PUBLIC AND I I DON'T WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, MIAMI BEACH. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. UM, I DON'T SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE EMAIL COULD BE TURNED INTO PUBLIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOUR TIME IS UP. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS PATRICIA AGLO, 25 55 COLLINS AVENUE. AND I AM HERE ONCE AGAIN TO VOICE MY DEEP OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE DOVALE SITE. WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF YOU ISN'T A ROUTINE LAND USE DECISION. IT'S A REFERENDUM ON WHETHER WE REWARD DELIBERATE YEARS LONG NEGLECT. THE MORELLO FAMILY LED A HISTORIC LANDMARK ROT. THEY IGNORED VIOLATIONS, ENDANGERED THE PUBLIC, AND ACCUMULATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FINES, NOT OUT OF CARELESSNESS, BUT BECAUSE IT SERVED THEIR END GAME, DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT. NOW, AFTER ERASING A PIECE OF MIAMI BEACH HISTORY, THEY'RE BACK ASKING FOR A DRAMATIC UPZONING TWIN, 380 FOOT TOWERS AND A HULKING 166,000 SQUARE FOOT PODIUM THAT DWARFS ANYTHING ALLOWED UNDER CURRENT ZONING. OWNING THIS ISN'T JUST OVERREACH, IT'S A GIVEAWAY. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE DEVELOPERS STAND TO GAIN AN ESTIMATED $568 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL PROFIT FROM THE ADDED HEIGHT ALONE. AND THAT PODIUM, IT'S NOT JUST BIG, IT'S SUSPICIOUS. IT STRETCHES THE DEFINITION OF A HOTEL PODIUM TO THE POINT OF ABSURDITY. AND WITH THE MORELO GROUP'S EXTENSIVE CASINO BACKGROUND, WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE CONCERNED. IF WE DON'T CONFRONT THAT RISK NOW, WE WON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE. THIS IS NOT ANTI-GROWTH, IT'S ABOUT SETTING A LINE IN THE SAND. NORTH BEACH DESERVES THOUGHTFUL, LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT, NOT TOWERING EXCESS THAT OPENS THE FLOOD GATES FOR MORE OUTSIZED PROJECTS UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. WE ARE NOT SUNNY ISLES AND WE SHOULDN'T ACT LIKE WE WANT TO BE. OUR ZONING CODE ISN'T A STARTING POINT FOR NEGOTIATION. IT'S A PROMISE TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY'S SCALE, SOLE AND FUTURE. PLEASE REJECT THIS PROPOSAL, INSIST ON SOMETHING WORTHY OF THIS CITY, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE DEMAND A PLAN THAT HONORS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ADHERES TO THE RULES AND GENUINELY BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, WELL, NO THANK YOU. AND, UH, JUST IN CASE ANYONE DIDN'T KNOW WE SENT THAT I CALLED A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING FOR FRIDAY. WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THE 1250 WEST AVENUE AND THE DOVAL THEN, AND THE REASON WHY I DID THAT, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING AMENABLE AND AVAILABLE TO DO THAT ON FRIDAY. WE'RE GONNA START AT TWO O'CLOCK. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HARD CUT OFF AT SEVEN. AND THE REASON WHY YOU CAN SEE I'M, I'M, I'M ALLOTTING FIVE HOURS FOR TWO ITEMS AND I DIDN'T WANT IT TO OVERTAKE OUR COMMISSION MEETING TODAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF QUALITY OF LIFE, IMPORTANT RESIDENT FOCUSED ISSUES THAT I DIDN'T WANNA DEVIATE FROM. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING ON FRIDAY, STARTING AT TWO. GOOD MORNING. YES, PLEASE. . GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ELAINE LITVAC. I LIVE AT THE, UH, MURANO WHIP POWER OF PORTOFINO, UH, IN SOUTH POINT. AND, UM, THE MARINA IS MY FRONT YARD AND THE MARINA IS NOT BEHAVING VERY WELL AND IS NOT A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR. THERE ARE MANY PARTY BOATS. I WISH THERE WERE NONE. UH, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF THESE PARTY BOATS AFTER THE HOT SUN DRINKING A LOT. THEY ARE VERY, UH, DIFFICULT. UH, THEY GET OFF, THEY'RE ARGUMENTATIVE, THEY'RE USING THE SIDEWALKS AS BATHROOMS, THEY'RE LITTERING IT. IT'S A REALLY, A VERY BAD SCENE THAT IS THERE. AND I'M, UH, YOU KNOW, ASKING THE COMMISSION TO PLEASE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. I WROTE A LETTER TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION. UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ FOR, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING IT AND ESPECIALLY, UH, CONSIDER, UM, COMMISSIONER BOT BECAUSE YOU WROTE BACK AND YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU SENT MY LETTER AND YOUR CONCERNS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME ACTION THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN, BUT PLEASE JUST DON'T DO THIS ONCE, JUST DON'T DO THIS TWICE. THIS NEEDS CONSISTENCY BECAUSE THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR CITY. AND, UH, PEOPLE WALK ON IT, TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER. AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE, UH, A RESIDENTIAL TYPE AREA WITH PEOPLE ACTING CORRECTLY. NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE YOUR MAGIC WITH, UM, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. I, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT 20 SOME YEARS, AND WE HAVE SEEN HOW YOU'VE CORRECTED MEMORIAL DAY. WE HAVE SEEN HOW YOU'VE REALLY WORK AND ARE STILL WORKING ON SPRING BREAK. [00:20:01] AND I KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS, BUT IT NEEDS CONSISTENCY AND I'M COUNTING ON YOU. SO ANYWAYS, I'M HOPING THIS WILL HAPPEN, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO. GOOD TO THE, FOR THE CITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NO, YOU, YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT AND WE, WE, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA TODAY, UH, RELATING TO THIS. UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS AN ITEM. I HAVE AN ITEM AS WELL. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS GETTING REALLY BAD, WE, OUR COMMISSION COLLECTIVELY, I HAD BROUGHT LEGISLATION, WE ALL APPROVED, UM, CUTTING DOWN THE COMMERCIAL HOURS AND IT WORKED FOR A WHILE. THINGS HAD GOTTEN BETTER, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IT'S GOTTEN, IT'S GOTTEN OUTTA HAND. I SEE THE VIDEOS, WE ALL SEE THE VIDEOS AND THE EMAILS. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO ADDRESS THAT TODAY, JOSE, ME WELL, WE'LL GO WITH YOU NEXT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START CALLING THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM. SO GO AHEAD SIR. JUST STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. UM, UM, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, CITY STAFF, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO GIMME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I HAVE, I WAS GOING TO HAVE A LONG SPEAK. I, UM, I TALKED TO MY PARTNER, CHA DP AND HE WROTE SOMETHING REAL NICE TO ME ABOUT TOO LONG AND STUFF. SO I, I DECIDE TO USE MY OWN WORDS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, AND A MICROPHONE, CHAI, UH, I'M NOT GOOD, BUT I GUESS I CAN APPROACH AND REDISTRIBUTE SOME MATERIAL TO YOU GUYS. SIR, CAN I DO THAT? AND JOSE, STATE YOUR FULL NAME WHEN YOU GET BACK SO I CAN GRAB THAT. JOSE, JOSE, LET ME HAVE 'EM. I'LL TAKE, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, THANK YOU. SO THIS, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS, IS FROM THE LAST MONTH, JUST, UH, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY BALCONY. I'M NOT JUST SEARCHING. I HAVE A LOT OF VIDEOS AND I HAVEN'T, UH, REACHED THE, UH, LOCAL MEDIUM OR THE SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS MY CITY OR THEIR LEADERSHIP, BUT IT'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING IN THE MARINA, UM, OR THE MARINA OPERATOR. YEAH. YES, YES. BUT YES, BUT IT'S, IT, IS IT, I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS MY CITY OR THE YES, EXACTLY. EXACTLY. SO ANYWAYS, HERE, MY, UH, MANAGER SENT AN EMAIL A MONTH AGO MAY 30 TO THE, UH, GM FOR THE MARINA WHERE HE CC MR. CARPENTER, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND IS, I WAS GOING TO READ THAT EMAIL, BUT IT'S VERY DISTURBING, VERY EMBARRASSED. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, HE HAS A COPY OF THAT. AND THIS IS THE EMAIL BACK AND FORTH. UM, IT'S VERY, SO, SO WHAT I WANTED, THE POINT I WANT TO BRING HERE IS 110 BTR 110 VESSELS OPERATING ON A 400 BOATS MARINA. AND WHATEVER YOU PASS HERE IS A GOOD INTENTION AND YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD. BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, FIVE BLOCK MARINA ON A, ON A OVER 10, 10 10 SLIP. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO TO, TO ENFORCE THAT. UM, WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY? UM, GIVE HIM ANOTHER MINUTE. HUH? I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER MINUTE BECAUSE YOU, YOU TOOK THAT PASSED. UM, IT'S, UM, EVEN THOUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYBODY TRIED TO DO THE BEST JOB, IT'S VERY, IT'S, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE, THE MARINA DO NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THIS COMMERCIAL VESSEL. SO IT NEVER WAS BUILT OR INTENDED TO, BUT IT'S BEEN CONVERTED, CONVERTED INTO A COMMERCIAL. PROBABLY WE'LL GAIN MORE MONEY FOR THE OPERATORS OR FOR THE, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THAT IS, BUT IS NOT INTENDED TO, THEY SHOULD BE IN A, IN A COMMERCIAL PIER ASSIGNED FOR THESE PEOPLE WHERE THEY HAVE BATHROOM AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO IT WON'T BE THE URINATION ALL OVER THE PLACE IN FRONT, IN FRONT. IT'S VERY EMBARRASSED WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON THERE AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT NOTHING, NOTHING REALLY HASN'T HAPPENED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, JOSE. THANK YOU. OUR OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS JUDITH SMIGEL. JUDITH STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. JUDITH, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. OKAY. MY NAME IS JUDITH SMIGEL. I AM A RESIDENT OF SOUTH BEACH YOUKU AVENUE. FIRST YOU CAN HEAR ME RIGHT? WE CAN HEAR YOU GO AHEAD. FIRST I WANT SECOND LINDA COCO'S ENDORSEMENT OF MIAMI NEW DRAMA, WHICH TRULY IS A TREASURE IN OUR FIVE CITY. I AM HERE TODAY AGAINST C SEVEN BF [00:25:01] THE CENTURY OF HAN WAR FOR QUOTE, INCENDIARY REMARKS AND ALSO AGAINST HIS REMOVAL FROM HIS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WHERE HE HAS BEEN A TIRELESS AND VALUABLE MEMBER. HAN CERTAINLY DOES NOT FLAG THE MAYOR OF COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, BUT THAT ISN'T NOT HIS ROLE AS A RESIDENT. HIS ROLE IS TO SPEAK UP AGAINST WRONGDOING, WHICH HE DID REGARDING THE CALL BY FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE. FINE FOR ISRAEL TO MU GAZA, CLEARLY INCENDIARY SPEECH, BUT PROTECTED ABOUT ME. I'M HORRIFIED BY INCREASING ANTISEMITISM. MY NIECES SHOW GO TO JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOL. THE 8-YEAR-OLD GETS ON A KID'S BUS DAY. WE DO A JEWISH CAMP AN HOUR FROM THE CITY. I AM FRIGHTENED FOR THEM ALL JEWS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM. HOWEVER, MY JEWISH VALUES OUR EXAMINATION. LEAVE HIM HERE TODAY, JOHANN MOORE AND I CONDEMN ISRAEL'S VIOLENCE, STARVATION, AND EXPULSION OF PALESTINIANS. AGAIN, CRITICIZING ISRAEL DOES NOT MAKE US ANTISEMITES USING STRONG LANGUAGE TO DO SO. MAY BE IMPOLITE, HOLD, WILL STILL PROTECTED. I URGE YOU TO BE INSTATE REAL HUNT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE COMMITTEE AND TO VOTE DOWN THE CENSURE OF HIM AND HIS SPEECH. THANK YOU. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THIS WONDERFUL SUNNIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. YOUR NAME TWO, STATE YOUR NAME, TWO MINUTES PLEASE. OKAY. MY NAME IS JOE CARRABELLE. I LIVE AT THE YACHT CLUB, 90 ALTON ROAD. AND EVERY MORNING I GO DOWN THE BACK STAIRS TO THE MARINA. I FACE THE MARINA AND WALKING DOWN THOSE STAIRS IN THE MORNING WITH MY DOG, I FIND NEEDLES, CONDOMS, IT WREAKS OF URINE AND I GO OUT EARLY. SO EVERY MORNING AFTER THAT OUR STAFF CLEANS IT UP AND EVERY MORNING IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME. I'M HERE TO ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE AUTHORIZE A GATE TO BE PUT THERE SO THAT IT'S FRIGHTENING TO BE, FIRST OF ALL, A WOMAN ALONE. I GO THERE AT NIGHT TOO, TO WALK THROUGH THE GARAGE. THE GARAGE IS FILTHY WITH OVERFLOWN, OVERFILLED, GARBAGE CANS, FOOD ALL OVER THE FLOOR. AND WHEN PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK IN AND OUT, IT'S, IT'S SCARY. I KEEP MY EYES ON ALL THE EXITS TO MAKE SURE I I'M SAFE BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THAT MARINA. SO I'M JUST ASKING, PLEASE THINK OF A WAY TO BLOCK THAT, AT LEAST FOR MY BUILDING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY, MY CHIEF OF STAFFS COMING DOWN TO GET YOUR CONTACT INFO TO MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT SPOT AND THERE AND EVERYTHING. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING IT GENERALLY, BUT OF THAT ISSUE SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF CWA LOCAL 31 78 MIAMI BEACH. PLEASE STATE IDENTIFY YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MONIQUE CONEY. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CWA LOCAL 31 78 FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA. I'M CALLING TO GIVE MY SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION SEVEN, UH, CORRECTION R SEVEN KR SEVEN K, THE RESOLUTION, UM, BY THE COMMISSION TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE CW BARGAINING UNIT. THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE UP 3% STARTING, UM, IN JULY, 2025. UM, WE WANNA THANK, UH, THE HR TEAM, UH, MARLA. LANA ALSO OUR, UM, CITY MANAGER, MR. UM, UH, AND MR BAR TAXES, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS, UH, UH, RESOLUTION. UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET BACK AT THE BARGAINING TABLE AND TO BARGAIN WITH THE CITY. UM, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED, UM, TO PUT MONEY IN THE HARDWORKING POCKETS OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES IN CODE OCEAN RESCUE, UH, DISPATCH IN DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE CITY. AND WE JUST WANNA JUST THANK THE DS AND MR. MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. NEVER YET MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HEY THERE. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHE BABKA. I LIVE AT 11 ISLAND AVE, BEAUTIFUL BELL ISLAND. AND I WANTED TO, UH, PUBLICLY THANK MAYOR MINOR FOR POINTING ME TO THE LGBTQIA A A PLUS ADVISORY COUNCIL. I AM HAPPY TO REPRESENT EVERY LETTER AND WE HAVE MANY OF THEM. I, UM, MOST RECENTLY ATTENDED WORLD PRIDE UP IN DC AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE AMAZING CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. I ALSO WANTED TO PUT FORWARD THAT IN ADVANCE OF PRIDE. I TOOK SELF-DEFENSE COURSES THROUGH COBRA. I WAS AFRAID OF SOME SORT OF RETRIBUTION OR ATTACK, AND I WANTED TO JUST EXPRESS NOT ONLY GRATITUDE FOR THIS AMAZING CITY FOR CELEBRATING AND HONORING OUR LGB LGBTQ I A PLUS COMMUNITY, [00:30:01] BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOVING AND PROTECTING US IN A WORLD WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE TARGETS ON OUR BACK. IF WE HAVE A VOICE OF FREEDOM OR ANYTHING THAT DESCEND FROM PUBLIC, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOUR BACKS TO DEFEND AND PROTECT YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEFENDED AND PROTECTED US FOR SO LONG. AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO SO. I WANNA GIVE THEM A MINUTE BACK TO YOU ALL JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CITY THE MOST AMAZING ONE WE HAVE. APPRECIATE YOU. OUR NEXT NEXT, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS LARRY SCHAEFFER. MR. SCHAFER STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, LARRY SCHAEFFER, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UM, I'D LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, THANK THE COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR. THIS MAY NOT BE THE KUMBAYA COMMISSION AT THIS POINT, BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS THE LIGHTNING COMMISSION RECENTLY AS WE WENT THROUGH SO MANY ITEMS AND WE'RE SO PRODUCTIVE WITH QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING AND THE WAY YOU'VE SEPARATED OUT THE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INTO SEPARATE MEETINGS. YOU'RE JUST WORKING HARDER FOR US, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO, UH, ISSUE SOME SUPPORT FOR THE KITTY CAMPUS. ITEM NUMBER C SIX AD. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION FOR CONTAINER STRUCTURES SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE THEIR MISSION TO, UH, DELIVERING BEACH WIDE SPAY AND NEUTER TO THE FELINE POPULATION OR COMMUNITY CAT POPULATION. LINDA DIAMOND AND HOLLY WHELAN ARE DOING GREAT WORK THERE AND THEY NEED THESE CONTAINERS FOR THE SUPPORT. SO I'M SUPER HAPPY TO SEE FOUR SUPPORTERS OR UM, SPONSORS ON THAT. I ALSO WANT TO ISSUE SOME SUPPORT FOR THE TENNIS CENTER ITEM WITH LORI NEEDER. THAT'S R SEVEN E. THAT'S, UH, SPONSORED BY TANYA BOT ADDING A CAFE TO THAT. UH, ITS SUCCESSFUL TENNIS CENTER, WHICH IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC PIRATE PART PARTNERSHIP IN NORTH BEACH BRINGS SOCIAL FITNESS CAPABILITIES. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN BEFORE OR AFTER PLAYING AT CAFE TABLES AND ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THE BLUE ZONES, UH, CONCEPT AND EFFORT. UM, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN NORTH BEACH, LIKE THE, THE BAND SHELL AND RHYTHM FOUNDATION. SO SUPER HAPPY TO SEE THAT ONE. UM, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, UH, CHAD BRAVER, 8 0 1 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE, UH, PRESIDENT OF VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. GOOD MORNING. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO FULLY SUPPORT RESOLUTION TO ADOPT FUSS TO THE REALTIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND EXPAND INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING. WE'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT INTEGRATION BETWEEN PRIVATE SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND FEEL THAT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE A KEY ELEMENT TO RAPIDLY EXPANDING THE CITY'S INTELLIGENCE NETWORK. SEPARATELY, WE SUPPORT THE 30 NIGHT O OR THE 30 DAY OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION ALLOWED UNDER HB 4 81 AND THE BAN ON COMMERCIAL VESSELS ANCHORING TO RENT OTHER BOATS. THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, ALL YOUR TIME TODAY. AND THEN ALSO BASED ON THIS, ALL THE MARINA TALK. ONE, ONE THING THAT WOULD BE GREAT, JUST PUTTING MY MWPA HAT ON WOULD BE IF, IF SUNTEC BROUGHT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO OPEN DIALOGUE, SO SOME OF THESE THINGS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE SOLVED WITH JUST CONVERSATIONS REGULARLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF WR STATE, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, WAYNE ROBERTS . I HAVE THE FLU, SO I HOPE I DON'T SOUND TERRIBLE. UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THE MARINA, AS I SEE IT TODAY, STARTED WHEN WE OPENED UP PARKING WITHOUT PERMIT AND THAT IT BECAME PAY BY PLATE. UM, THAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING SAFETY, SECURITY AND THE, UH, THE, THE VALUATION OF OUR PROPERTIES BECAUSE IT DEPRECIATES FROM ALL THE DAMAGE THAT, UH, HE'S, UH, OUT OF TOWN, UH, DUE TO OUR GARAGES AND SURROUNDING AREA. SO I, I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S SO MUCH IT IS A PROBLEM. WE SHOULD LIMIT IT THE, UH, NUMBER OF, OF, UH, OATS THAT ARE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE, THE ONE THAT CREATES THE MOST PROBLEMS ARE THE OPEN AIR ROGERS WITHOUT ANY SECURITY THAT THAT FEEDS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RATHER THAN JUST A FEW DOZEN PARTY GOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD SIR. GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD. RAY BRULIN, PRESIDENT OF COLLINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE BARCLAY PLAZA, WHICH IS NOT REALLY ON YOUR AGENDA, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2023 YOU FINALLY SIGNED OVER TO LEGACY TO, TO DEVELOP [00:35:01] THAT SITE. THE, HE'S COMING TO DONALD DON PEOPLES III, HE'S COME TO YOU WITH SIX DIFFERENT PROPOSALS AND HE DOESN'T FEEL THAT HE HAS SIX SEVENS OF YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO THINK WE COULD HAVE ALL SEVEN OF YOU, UH, VOTE FOR THE INCREASED FAR TO, TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. I WANNA BRING IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE INTO PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIVE LOCAL LAW, WHICH DOESN'T AFFECT THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE YOU OWN IT, UM, HE COULD BUILD UP TO 400 FEET BECAUSE OF THE FACT YOU BUILT THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL WAS VERY CLOSE BY. HE IS SIMPLY ASKING TO BUILD AS HIGH AS THE CONVENTION CENTER ACROSS THE STREET AND SEVERAL STORIES LOWER THAN THE OCTAGON, HALF A BLOCK AWAY, YOU GET 132 RESIDENTIAL UNITS MIXED BETWEEN AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND, AND, AND REGULAR HOUSING. UH, AND THIS IS WHAT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED, AND I WANT TO LET YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORKFORCE HOUSING BUILDING THAT YOU JUST BUILT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THAT HAD YOU NOT CHANGED FROM 50 FEET TO 75 FEET. AND YOU CHANGED THAT BECAUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET YOU COULD BUILD 75 FEET. I WANT YOU TO REALLY SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE, NOT THE NEW ONE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE HIM STAY WITHIN THE FAR AND BRING HALF THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE WANT, BUT HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD. YOU GUYS HAVE LEFT US IN RACK AND RUIN FOR NINE YEARS. IT'S BEEN VACANT, YOU'VE OWNED IT FOR 15. LET'S MOVE FORWARD. LET'S GET THIS GOING. AND THE PRO THE PROPOSAL THAT HE GAVE YOU, NUMBER SIX, IS ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS VALERIE NAVARETTE. VALERIE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. SORRY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. VALERIE NAVARETTE, LINCOLN, AND THE BAY. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND WHAT RAY JUST SAID IN THE PROPOSAL NUMBER SIX FROM DON AND, UH, THE BARCLAY. UH, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO, LET'S SAY REQUEST ASK, I DON'T KNOW, BEG THE COMMISSION. UH, I LEARNED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ, WHICH I KNOW IT'S NOT A MIAMI BEACH, BUT IT'S A MIAMI-DADE AND WE ARE PART OF THE COUNTY. AND UH, NOW WE HAVE OUR GOVERNMENT WANTED TO GET THIS LAND AT A 90% DISCOUNT. SO I WISH THAT OUR CITY TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER 33 MUNICIPALITIES STICK TOGETHER BY THE COUNTY AND DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN. IT'S ALREADY HORRIFIC THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT LOSE THAT LAND TO THESE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN THERE. AND WE KNOW IT, BUT AT LEAST LET'S HELP DANIELLA TO GET THAT MONEY. LET'S BE UNITED. LET'S SHOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT FLORIDA IS UNITED. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, PLEASE GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. HI, MY NAME'S TIMOTHY SANDERS. I LIVE AT 90 OFTEN ROAD. I ALSO HAVE A YACHT IN PIER K ONE MIAMI BEACH MARINA. UH, I WANNA THANK THE COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR FOR THE JOB YOU'VE DONE. WE'VE MADE PROGRESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE PEACE IN THE MARINA. WE'VE GIVEN A LOT OF CHANCES TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T DESERVE CHANCES. NOW, THIS PLAQUE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, RIGHT? IT PROBABLY COST MAYBE 10 BUCKS TO MAKE. THAT'S FROM SUNTEC, THE TENANT. THAT'S EVERY EMPLOYEE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AWARDING ME FOR MY EFFORTS. WHEN I WAS APPOINTED BY JOHN CAPRIO SOFT AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ABATE THE MARINA, I TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE I HAVE CHILDREN HERE AND FAMILIES HERE. AND THEN I STARTED TAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY. REBECCA TOWERS. REBECCA TOWERS IS FULL OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, A LOT OF MINORITIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD FOOD. SO WE SUPPLY THEM FISH, FRESH FISH EVERY WEEK. AND A 94-YEAR-OLD MAN COMES AND PICKS UP THAT FISH AND FEEDS THESE PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE CAN'T COME OUT OF THEIR HOME AFTER 7:00 PM OR DURING A 4:00 PM CHARTER DISEMBARK, UH, BECAUSE OF MAYBE EIGHT BAD ACTORS, EIGHT BAD ACTORS. I'M NOT HERE TO BUTCHER SUN TEXT. I'M NOT HERE TO BUTCHER THE CITY OR ANYBODY ELSE. EVERYBODY HAS A LIST OF THESE BAD ACTORS TIT FOR TAT. THEY GIVE US ONE HERE, THEY GIVE US ONE THERE THAT, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PROGRAM. YOU HAVE THE LIST OF THE BAD ACTORS. THEY ARE CAUSING GRIEF IN OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE LEFT WOULD SAY ARE KARENS THIS MORNING. YOU WANNA MAKE THIS A POLITICAL PLATFORM? I'LL MAKE IT A POLITICAL PLATFORM. THE FIRST LADY THAT SPOKE HERE, THAT WAS A POLITICAL PLATFORM THAT WASN'T [00:40:01] FOR THE CITY. WE'RE FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE A GREAT COMMISSION AND WE HAVE A GREAT MAYOR. WE HAVE WARRIORS LIKE JOSEPH MAGAZINE, DAVID SUAREZ, WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE HERE. TANYA BAT. THANK YOU, SIR. I NEED ANOTHER MINUTE, PLEASE. AND I'M GOING, OKAY. SO I'M TELLING EVERYONE FROM HERE, I CAME FROM A MAJOR CITY. I'VE WORKED IN CIVIL RIGHTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE. THIS HAS TO DO WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. ALL OF THIS CAN BE STOPPED BY ELIMINATING THE CHARTERS. YOU ALL HAVE A LIST OF IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THE PEACE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE AN FBI AGENT THAT'S HEAD OF CODE BACK HERE. HIS HANDS ARE TIED. HE CAN'T GET RID OF THESE FIVE BAD ACTORS. WHO'S RUNNING THIS? WHO'S RUNNING IT? WHO'S RUNNING IT? YOU HAVE THE LIST. YOU KNOW WHO THE BAD ACTORS ARE. THEY KEEP THROWING ONE HERE AT US. MIKE GRECO ASKED ME TO MEET HIM AT THE MARINA THIS WEEK TO SHOW HIM THE BOATS OF THE BAD ACTORS. THEY VANDALIZED ME. THEY THREATENED TO KILL ME. THEY CLAIMED, WHATEVER. I DON'T CARE. I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY JUST LIKE DAVID SUAREZ HAS WITH THE AIRBNB. IT HAS TO STOP. THESE BAD ACTORS HAVE TO GO. THANK YOU SIR. SUNTEC AND THE CITY HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY TO MAKE THIS A FIRST CLASS MARINA. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. IT'S NOT HARD. IT'S NOT DIFFICULT. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. SO AS A RESIDENT HERE WITH CHILDREN HERE WITH NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ALTERNATELY THAT CAN'T COME OUT, AND IF YOU THINK I WON'T GET THAT REBECCA TOWERS VOTE FOR HIM, YOU'RE WRONG. I WILL. LET'S NOT MAKE, THANK YOU. LET'S, LET'S NOT MAKE THIS POLITICAL, BUT, UM, POLITICAL WITH THAT FIRST SPEECH, SIR, I DIDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU SHOULD REALLY CORRECT SOMEONE WHEN THEY DO THAT, OR I, I LITERALLY, I LITERALLY JUST DID. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I LITERALLY JUST DID. UM, OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T, I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY, BUT THE MARINA ISSUE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND WE, I'M CONFIDENT OUR COMMISSION IS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS FORCEFULLY. MAYOR, WE HAVE 30 MINUTES OF ELAPSED. IF I CAN ASK, WHO'S THE LAST PERSON YOU RAISE YOUR HAND HERE FOR SPEAK? SAY AGAIN? WHO'S THE LAST PERSON? THE LAST PERSON IS, UH, THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK AND THEY'RE NOT IN LINE, PLEASE DO SO NOW. OTHERWISE WE'RE CUTTING EVERYONE OFF AFTER THE LAST GENTLEMAN. THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO. PLEASE GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YES. MY NAME IS HAL TAYLOR. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH SINCE 1995. AND, UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT ALL HERE, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND, UH, PROTECTING US. YOU HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I'M ALSO, UH, A BOARD MEMBER OF SAVED, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF. AND, UM, WHEN I CAME HERE IN 95, I FELL IN LOVE QUITE QUICKLY. IT BECAME MY HOME, YOU KNOW, AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND THE THE OCEAN BREEZES OR THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A BONUS. I DO, I FELL IN LOVE BECAUSE I FELT SAFE. THIS WAS 30 YEARS AGO AND I FELT SAFE. MIAMI BEACH WAS SAFE FOR L-G-B-T-Q PEOPLE. I DON'T SENSE THAT NOW. RIGHT? AND WE KNOW THE TEMPERATURE. WE WON'T GO INTO THE, THE DETAILS OF HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT NOW. AND, AND IT, IT DISTURBS ME WHEN I SEE PEOPLE LOOKING IN A, IN A, IN A VERY ANGRY WAY JUST BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE. JUST BECAUSE THIS IS WHO WE BECAME. YOU KNOW? AND I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. SOMEONE ASKED ME, WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW? AND I STARTED REFLECTING. I KNOW LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S MISOGYNY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A WOMAN GOES THROUGH WITH MISOGYNY, BUT I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. I BELIEVE YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE JEWISH AND EXPERIENCE ANTISEMITISM, BUT I KNOW IT HAPPENS AND I BELIEVE YOU. RIGHT? IF WE AREN'T CAREFUL RIGHT, AND HAVE THIS ON OUR MINDS AND, AND HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL EXPERIENCE MORE HATE CRIMES. RIGHT? AND WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAME, WE DIDN'T JUST COME WITH OUR GAY, OKAY, ONE MORE SECOND. WE DIDN'T COME WITH JUST OUR GAY DOLLARS, RIGHT? UH, WE CAME WITH OUR TALENTS AND WE INVESTED IN MIAMI BEACH. WE WERE ABOUT 50% IS WHAT I FELT LIKE, RIGHT? THAT'S CHANGED. THAT'S OKAY. AND, AND GAY AND STRAIGHT WORK TOGETHER, WE [00:45:01] LIVE TOGETHER. THANK YOU, SIR. THERE'S NO HATRED. SO I, OH, NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JESSICA FERNANDEZ, 34 70 NORTHWEST 82ND AVENUE, UH, SUITE 1000, DORAL, FLORIDA, 3 3, 1, 2 2. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CROWN CASTLE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MAYOR MINOR'S RESOLUTION C SEVEN A Z, UH, IN SUPPORT OF ADDITIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE JULIA TUTTLE. UM, MORE GENERALLY AND BEYOND JUST THE, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN ON THE JU ON THE JULIA TUTTLE, WE DEFINITELY URGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER, UM, PASSING AN UPDATED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, PROVIDERS SUCH AS CROWN CASTLE. WE ARE A SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER, SO ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE RIDES, ALL THE PROVIDERS, UH, THAT, THAT CURRENTLY SERVICE THE, THE BIG THREE THAT YOU KNOW, UM, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE TO BE, UH, DEPLOYED CURRENTLY ALL OVER MIAMI BEACH AND, UM, SOME OF YOUR SENSITIVE HISTORIC AND DESIGN AREAS. UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST UPDATES AND COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THINGS LIKE OUR ZOOM AND OUR, UH, TEXTING TO 9 1 1 WORK EFFICIENTLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. LET'S DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP, UH, AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NAME, ADDRESS, AND TWO MINUTES PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF. MY NAME IS MATTHEW HANOFF AND I RESIDE AT 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I WANNA SPEAK ON TWO ITEMS TODAY. FIRST, I WANNA SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS. I LIVE, UH, DOWN SOUTH OF FIFTH AS WELL, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MARINA. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND WHILE A LOT HAS BEEN IMPROVED, THERE'S STILL OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE. UH, ONE OF THE LADIES SPOKE ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC, UH, GO USING THE BATHROOM IN THE PUBLIC. PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE MARINA. AND ALSO PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHER IDEAS AS WELL. SO WHILE A LOT HAS BEEN DONE, I THINK MORE CAN BE DONE AND HOPEFULLY SOME PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO WORK TOGETHER WILL BE FOUND. THE OTHER THING I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT IS AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT WILL BE DISCUSSED AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET HEARINGS, WHICH IS THE TROLLEY SYSTEM. IT'S, UH, IT'S AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM, OVER 3 MILLION RIDERS PER YEAR. BUT IF ANYONE HAS RIDDEN IT, THEY KNOW THAT IT'S SLOW, IT'S DIRTY, THE BUSES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE TO RIDE, AND IT IT CAN BE ELEVATED SUBSTANTIALLY. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THE BUDGET TALKS, THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND DRAFT THE FINAL BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION THIS FALL THAT YOU INVEST IN THIS, IT IS A CORE SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS, FOR VISITORS AND OTHERS. AND, UH, AND REALLY I HOPE THAT IT'S ELEVATED FINALLY TO MATCH THE CITY THAT WE ARE IN MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MATT. ERIC, UH, PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WHEN, WHEN IS THAT NEW TROLLEY CONTRACT COMING TO US? SO WE ARE FINALIZING NEGOTIATIONS. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN BRING IT TO YOU IN JULY. TWO MINUTES. GREAT. TRY NOT. OKAY. COME BACK IN JULY. , CAN I MAKE ONE MORE POINT? I'M SORRY. SURE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WOULD SAY MY, MY EXPERIENCE IS TWO DOORS ON THOSE TROLLEYS. THAT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AND THEN OTHERS AS WELL ARE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. UH, MAYOR MINOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS MARINA BRANAN, ADVOCACY OUTREACH MANAGER AT SAVE, UM, FLORIDA'S LONGEST SERVING L-G-B-T-Q ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. UM, WHILE I'M SADLY NO LONGER A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH, UM, I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LIVING HERE AND WORKING TO SUPPORT MIAMI BEACH FOR SE FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHILE I WORKED IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. UM, SINCE JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH, UM, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, ITEM ON THE COMMITTEES, UM, AND ALLOCATIONS FOR THOSE FUNDING. UM, I'M ALSO HERE FOR SAVES ADVOCACY IS PRIDE CAMPAIGN TO RECOGNIZE MIAMI BEACH FOR ITS CONSTANT SUPPORT OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY. UH, TODAY MIAMI BEACH HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIDE EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY. UM, IT IS CELEBRATING ITS 17TH ANNIVERSARY, UM, AS THE FUTURE OF MIAMI BEACH PRIDE IS CONSIDERED. LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE EVENT HAS BECOME A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR MIAMI BEACH, BRINGING SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE AREA. AND IT'S NOT JUST A PARTY, OF COURSE. UH, MIAMI BEACH HAS ALSO EXPANDED ITS PROGRAMMING TO INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS PROMOTING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. THE INCLUSION OF THOSE IS WHY PRIDE MONTH IS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A SINGLE CELEBRATION. IT IS A CALL TO ACTION FROM MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SAFE PLACE INITIATIVES [00:50:01] TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO QUEER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FOR EXEMPTION FOR GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS THAT INCENTIVIZES DEVELOPERS TO BUILD INCLUSIVE RESTROOM FACILITIES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UM, I THINK THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AT MAKING SURE L-G-B-T-Q RESIDENTS AND STAFF FEEL FULLY PROTECTED AND VALUED AND SUPPORTED. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION. UM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE, UM, IN DEFEND OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS NICOLE HENRY. I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH SINCE 1998. UH, I RESIDE AT 1308 DREXEL AVENUE. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR CITY, FOR LOVING OUR CITY. UM, I'M HERE THIS MORNING FULL OF GRATITUDE. I LOVE COMING HOME TO MIAMI BEACH. I HAPPEN TO BE AN ENTERTAINER AND WHEN I GET OFF THE PLANE, I AM THRILLED TO CROSS OVER THE CAUSEWAYS AND COME BACK TO MIAMI BEACH. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR CITY. I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST SUPPORT YOU ALL AND TO ASK FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR BOTH, FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS. FOR OUR BTQ COMMUNITY, I PARTNER WITH SAVE, UM, BT BT OR ANYWAY, I PARTNER WITH SAVE. I PARTNER WITH MIAMI MUSIC PROJECT, UH, AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS BRINGING ARTS, EDUCATION, MUSIC EDUCATION INTO OUR SCHOOLS HERE AT THE MIAMI BEACH, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. I PARTNER WITH MANY, UM, MUSIC AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, MIAMI NEW DRAMA. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT, UH, FOR FOR EMPOWERING OUR MOST VULNERABLE, OUR DISENFRANCHISED, UM, RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO MAKE THIS CITY STRONG AND THE BEST IT CAN BE. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EQUALITY. UM, PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WITH UNDERSTANDING AND, AND, AND, AND ENCOURAGING UNDERSTANDING FOR OUR, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS COMPASSION. UM, AND, AND I I LOVE SEEING THAT THROUGH THE ARTS AND AGAIN, THROUGH THE LGBT COMMUNITY. SO MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL AND I HOPE I CAN HELP YOU SERVE OUR CITY. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOHN ELLA. I'M A GAY MAN, A PROUD BOARD MEMBER OF SAVE AND I LIVE AT ONE 10 WASHINGTON AVENUE IN SOUTH THE FIFTH WHERE I'M CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT THE COSMOPOLITAN RESIDENCES. I JOINED SAVE BECAUSE I WANT YOUNG L-G-B-T-Q PEOPLE, GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS, NON-BINARY TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE. THAT SOME SOMEONE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THEM. ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN SO MANY ARE GROWING UP IN A POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT TREATS THEIR IDENTITY AS A DEBATE OR WORSE A THREAT. WHAT I WANT THESE KIDS TO HEAR IS, AND PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE STANDING WITH YOU. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN JERSEY CITY, THERE WAS NO ROADMAP FOR BEING OUT, NO POSITIVE ROLE MODELS IN POLITICS, ON TV OR IN MOST NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT HELPED ME SURVIVE WAS REALIZING THAT THERE WERE ADULTS WHO HAD MADE IT THROUGH THAT A LIFE BEYOND FEAR WAS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE TO REPRESENT TODAY. THAT LIVING A FULL, AUTHENTIC, JOYFUL LIFE IS STILL POSSIBLE. THAT'S ALSO WHAT SAVE STANDS FOR. NOT JUST PRIDE MONTH VISIBILITY, BUT ONGOING SAFETY, INCLUSION AND DIGNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR OUR TRANS NEIGHBORS WHO ARE FAR TOO TARGET, TOO OFTEN TARGETED JUST FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE. THEY DESERVE BETTER FROM OUR STATE, OUR LEADERS, AND FROM ALL OF US. INCLUSION IS A STRATEGY THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES STRONGER, MORE EQUITABLE, AND MORE INNOVATIVE. THAT'S WHY FUNDING THE LGBTQ PLUS ADVISORY BOARD ISN'T OPTIONAL. IT'S ESSENTIAL. IT HELPS IDENTIFY GAPS IN SERVICES, BUILDS TRUST, AND ENSURES LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS ARE SEEN, HEARD AND REPRESENTED IN REAL DECISION MAKING. MIAMI BEACH HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO LEAD. THE CITY HAS ALWAYS HAD MORE COURAGE AND HEART THAN MOST. IN THE 2024 MUNICIPAL QUALITY EQUALITY INDEX, WE EARNED A PERFECT SCORE OF 100, REFLECTING A HIGH LEVEL OF INCLUSION AND PROTECTION. HOWEVER, CANDIDATES WITH ANTI L-G-B-T-Q VALUES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING AGAINST SAVE ENDORSED CHAMPIONS ON THE MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION. LET'S MAKE SURE EVERY LGBTQ PLUS YOUNG PERSON IN THIS CITY KNOWS THAT WE BELONG HERE, THAT THEY BELONG HERE, AND THAT THAT WE'VE GOT THEIR BACK. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, SARAH DERE SENSOR HARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF R FIVE E-F-G-H-I, WHICH ADDRESSES VESSELS, LIMITATION AND ANCHORING AND STRENGTHENING THE LAWS, ESPECIALLY IN SENSOR HARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE PADDLE BOARDS AND KAYAKS AND SOME OF THE VESSELS HAVE JEOPARDIZED BY SAFETY. THANK YOU. [00:55:01] AND, UM, I WANNA THANK DAVIS JUEZ FOR ADDRESSING THIS. IT IS NOT A POPULAR ITEMS AND HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF HEAT FROM IT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT KRISTIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING US. TRYING TO GET THE PLANTERS IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT THERE YET. IF YOU CAN PUSH 'EM TO ACTUALLY REPLACE THE PILINGS WITH THE PLANTERS WILL BE LOOKING NICER IN TONS HARBOR STREET. THANK YOU. LAST ONE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST TWO MINUTES. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BOBBY DUKE. I LIVE AT 1450 LINCOLN ROAD AND I'VE LIVED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE AND THE REASON I CAME DOWN TODAY BECAUSE OF MY BROKE MY HIP IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I SAY SOMETHING HERE. I LIVE AT THE END OF LINCOLN ROAD ON THE BAY AND I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH PEOPLE. I'VE SAID TO ME, WHY DON'T YOU CLEAN UP THIS AREA? WHY DON'T YOU GET THE PEOPLE OUTTA HERE THAT DON'T BELONG HERE? I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I ASKED SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, HOW COME YOU DON'T BRING YOUR CHILDREN BY HERE ANYMORE? 'CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. THEY SAID, BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL SAFE. THERE'S ENOUGH OF THESE BOATS THAT COME BY THERE AND DROP PEOPLE OFF. THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA MAKE IT A MAR A MARINA, THAT'S GREAT, BUT YOU HAVE ALL THESE TRANCE THAT COME IN HERE, BRING IN THEIR BOATS AND THEN LEAVE. THAT'S NOT A WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS. I'VE LIVED ON MIAMI BEACH MOST OF MY LIFE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE TODAY UNLESS I THOUGHT THIS WAS IMPORTANT. THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU PROBABLY REALLY KNOW. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE STOPPED COMING TO THE LITTLE PARK AT THE END OF LINCOLN ROAD BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT HANG OUT THERE. AND YOU HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW HOW, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU DID THE TALKING AND NOT YOUR OH, YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK AS WELL, NANCY . OKAY. I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HE'S RIGHT ON, SPOT ON. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ALSO AND YOU ESPECIALLY MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE DAVID, DAVID DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN I THANK HIM, BUT REALLY HE'S MADE IT A PERSONAL MISSION TO HELP US. OH, HE LOVES IT. WE REALLY, WE REALLY NEEDED HELP. , CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH IT. YEAH, SO HE'S BEEN THERE FOR US ALL, ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY THROUGH EVERYTHING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE'S PROBABLY SICK OF HEARING FROM ME. I, I'M TEXTING HIM CONSTANTLY. I'M CALLING THE POLICE CONSTANTLY. UM, AND CODE IS HAS BEEN AWESOME. WITHOUT CODE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'D BE. SO I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING US. WE REALLY NEED IT. AND THE BOAT, THE BOATS THAT ARE IN THERE, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OR SO. THEY'RE FALLING APART. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THANK YOU. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH IT. STATE YOUR NAME. OH, I'M SO SORRY. NANCY DUKE. 1450 LINCOLN ROAD. THANK YOU NANCY. WE JUST ASSUMED EVERYONE KNOWS YOU REALLY. WE CERTAINLY DO UP HERE ALL ABOUT THE SAME THING. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO SPOKE, WHO CALLED IN. UH, APPRECIATE UH, THE COMMENTS AND UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, AND ADDRESSING US. LET'S, UM, I HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR IF I MAY PLEASE. UH, THE MAYOR [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.] HAS CALLED A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND FOR ITEM R FIVE A, WHICH IS A SECOND READING ALTON BEACHFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT COMP PLAN AMENDMENT. IT IS BEING OPENED AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 27TH AT 2:01 PM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER COMPANION ITEM R FIVE [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.] B. IT'S A SECOND READING. ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT LDR AMENDMENT. IT IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 27TH AT 2:02 PM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. [R5 C NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY - 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), CREATING THE NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY LAND USE OVERLAY CATEGORY PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH FLOOR AREA INCENTIVES FOR PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS; AND DESIGNATING THE NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT ON THE 2040 FUTURE LAND USE MAP; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; TRANSMITTAL; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE C, WHICH IS A SECOND READING OF THE NORTH BEACH OCEAN FRONT OVERLAY COMP PLAN AMENDMENT IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 27TH AT 2:04 PM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. COMPANION [R5 D NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY - LDR AMENDMENT 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 NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY, FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 7, “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE III, “OVERLAY DISTRICTS,” BY CREATING SECTION 7.3.11, ENTITLED “NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT,” TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THE PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS ON CERTAIN EXISTING OCEANFRONT LOTS WITHIN THE NORTH BEACH RESORT LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] ITEM RR FIVE D, WHICH IS A SECOND READING NORTH BEACH O OCEAN FRONT OVERLAY LDR AMENDMENT IS BEING OPENED AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 27TH AT 2:05 PM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. ITEM R SEVEN [R7 B ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING, FOLLOWING A SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 2.11.1 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, AND SECTIONS 163.3220 – 163.3243, FLORIDA STATUTES, BETWEEN THE CITY 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 13TH STREET (THE “HOSTEL PROPERTY”) LOCATED IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING USES ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY: (1) A MAXIMUM OF 125 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, (2) GROUND FLOOR RETAIL/COMMERCIAL, AND (3) ACCESSORY USES; AS WELL AS (4) THE CONVEYANCE AND POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC PARK ON THE HOSTEL PROPERTY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEGMENTS OF THE BAYWALK ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 800 WEST AVENUE, 1228 WEST AVENUE, AND 1450 LINCOLN ROAD (THE “PROJECT”); AND MEMORIALIZES CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFIT COMMITMENTS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER, AS WELL AS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES WITH RESPECT TO ACQUISITION OF THE HOSTEL PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAYWALK SEGMENTS, AMONG OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, FINALLY, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.] B, WHICH IS A SECOND READING OF THE ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 27TH AT 2:03 PM HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. ITEM R SEVEN [R7 C NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE DISTRICT - DEAUVILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING, FOLLOWING A SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 2.11.1 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, AND SECTIONS 163.3220 – 163.3243, FLORIDA STATUTES, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH (THE “CITY”) AND TMG 67 COMMUNITIES, LLC AND DEAUVILLE ASSOCIATES, LLC (COLLECTIVELY THE “DEVELOPER”), WHICH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DELINEATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6701 COLLINS AVENUE (THE “DEAUVILLE PROPERTY”) AND 6625 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE (THE “GARAGE PROPERTY”) LOCATED IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CONSISTING OF (1) A MAXIMUM OF 140 HOTEL UNITS, (2) A MAXIMUM OF 200 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, (3) GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, (4) PUBLIC PARKING, AND (5) ACCESSORY USES (THE “PROJECT”); AND MEMORIALIZES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFIT COMMITMENTS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER, AS WELL AS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC BENEFITS; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.] C, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING OF THE NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE DISTRICT VILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS BEING OPENED AND CONTINUED TO JUNE 27TH AT 2:06 PM IN THE COMMISSION, COMMISSION CHAMBER. AND ITEM R SEVEN [R7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AMENDMENT NO. 1 (AMENDMENT) TO THAT CERTAIN SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DATED MAY 15, 2025 BETWEEN, ON THE ONE HAND, TMG 67 COMMUNITIES, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DEAUVILLE ASSOCIATES, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DEAUVILLE HOTEL PROPERTY, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND DEAUVILLE HOTEL HOLDINGS, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE AMENDMENT; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT.] D APPROVE AMENDMENT ONE TO THE VILLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS BEING OPENED AND CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 27TH, UH, UH, SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING. SO ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE BEING SPOKEN AND DISCUSSED AND ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AT A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING ON JUNE 27TH. THE MEETING STARTS AT 2:00 PM AS FAR AS THE SEPARATED ITEMS, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS SEPARATING FROM THE CONSENT C SEVEN U COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ IS SEPARATING [01:00:01] C TWO BC FOUR TC SEVEN WC SEVEN XC SEVEN Y AND FOR YOUR RECORD ON YOUR LIST OF SEPARATED ITEMS, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL ITEM TO BE ADDED, WHICH IS C SEVEN P BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SO C SEVEN P COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS ALSO, SO IF YOU COULD MARK THAT DOWN ON YOUR LIST. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS SEPARATING C SEVEN BT THAT WAS ALSO NOT ON YOUR ORIGINAL LIST. IF YOU CAN ADD THAT TO YOUR LIST. SO, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, C SEVEN BT AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SEPARATING C SEVEN J AND C SEVEN BF ONE MORE PROCEDURAL ITEM. EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION IS ALLOWED, UH, NO MORE THAN EIGHT DISCUSSION AND RESOLUTION ITEMS COMBINED. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CURRENTLY HAS NINE. HE'S SEEKING A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ADD ITEM C SEVEN AP, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING JUNE, 2025 AS L-G-B-T-Q PRIDE MONTH IN THE CITY. IF I MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT REQUEST, I'LL BE APPRECIATED. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SO I HEAR A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. I HEARD A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADDING THAT ITEM TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. TCI, UH, I HEARD SEVEN ZERO. UH, IF THAT'S THE [CONSENT AGENDA] CASE, WE CAN NOW, UH, DO THE CONSENT AGENDA. EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS, I MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEPARATED ITEMS. SECONDED. SECOND JOE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEM, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. HEARING NO OPPOSITION. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THOSE ARE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. CALL R SEVEN A [R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 170.07 AND 170.08, FLORIDA STATUTES, THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE LINCOLN ROAD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND CONFIRMING SUCH ASSESSMENTS AS LEGAL, VALID, AND BINDING FIRST LIENS UPON THE PROPERTY AGAINST WHICH SUCH ASSESSMENTS ARE MADE UNTIL PAID.] R SEVEN R SEVEN A IS A PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE LINCOLN ROAD BID. SO I SPONSORED THIS ITEM AND I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE CO-SPONSORS, SO I THINK WE KNOW HOW THIS VOTE'S GONNA GO. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. IF SO, I HEARD A MOTION, I BELIEVE BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECOND AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MINOR. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON ITEM R SEVEN A, NO. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. I HEAR NO ONE'S IN OPPOSITION. R SEVEN A IS APPROVED AS IS SEVEN ZERO. IT'S CALLED C SEVEN [C7 BT A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000.00, TO BE PAID TO GOLDWATER REALTY II, INC, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1741 ALTON ROAD (PRIVATE PROPERTY); AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SETTLEMENT, SAID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO UTILIZE THE SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS TO REPLACE THE CITY’S SEAWALL AT LENOX COURT, LOCATED ALONG THE COLLINS CANAL AND ADJACENT TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.] BTB SEVEN. BT IS ACCEPT AGREEMENT WITH CITY INSOLVEMENT FELIC REPLACE AT THE LENNOX COURT. SEA WALL B SEVEN BT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. GOOD. UH, REASON I SEPARATED IT. I THINK THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON CONSENT, UH, WITHOUT TOO MUCH, UM, UH, BACK AND FORTH. HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT WAS ADDED LATE TO THE AGENDA, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE CALLED UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK. UH, SO WANTED TO GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE RABBI'S TIME. UH, SO BRAD, MAYBE IF YOU CAN TEE IT UP AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF ALIGNED HERE. THANK YOU. UM, THIS, THIS ITEM, UM, IS, IS WORKING DIRECTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE RABBI TO ADDRESS, UM, A RABBI'S PORTION OF THE SEA WALL, WHICH IS, THAT HAD COLLAPSED ON DAY BOULEVARD. AND THERE'S A SECTION OF 23 FEET THAT IS ALSO PART OF THIS ON LENNOX COURT THAT IS PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. UM, SO THIS AGREEMENT IS GOING TO ALLOW THIS WHOLE PROCESS TO BE DONE, UM, IN A VERY EXPEDITED FASHION, UH, THANKS TO THE RABBI'S ABILITY TO GET A CONTRACTOR IN PLACE VERY QUICKLY. UH, AND IT MAKES SENSE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE 23 FEET, UM, BE PART OF THAT. UM, WHAT WE HAD OBVIOUSLY TRIED TO ATTEMPT TO DO PREVIOUSLY IN GETTING COST ESTIMATES WERE MORE CHALLENGING AND WAY HIGHER. AND BASED UPON THE NUMBERS, UM, THAT THE RABBI WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE FROM HIS CONTRACTOR, IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO DO IT ALL AS PART OF THAT. UH, AND THE CITY, UH, WILL, UH, HAVE A GREAT BENEFIT OF COST SAVINGS FROM DOING IT. SO WE ARE COMPLETELY IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THIS PROJECT. I'D LIKE TO SEE SUCH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REPLICATED ABOUT A MILLION TIMES ACROSS THE CITY. UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, I, I'LL MOVE, UH, SECOND, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF CITY STAFF. GOT A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. THIS IS ITEM C SEVEN. BT, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. AND, AND AS COMMISSIONER, UH, MAGAZINE STATED, ALL THE ADDENDUM ITEMS WILL BE HEARD AFTER FIVE EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE. CAN I, WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE MAYOR, JUST HAVE A MINUTE. SURE. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WON THE VOTE. YES, YES. YOU'RE RISKING IT BY SPEAKING. MAYOR GILBERT WOULD ALWAYS SAY WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD, DID YOU GO TO LAW SCHOOL? THEY TEACH YOU. DON'T SPEAK [01:05:01] WHEN YOU JUST WON. SO WHAT YOU DO SAY IS I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR ASSISTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER, DAVID, AND, UH, OF COURSE BRAD, OUR DIRECTOR. I MEAN, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS A DIRECTOR. YEAH. INTERIM DIRECTOR, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. IT WAS REALLY A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THEM AND EXPEDITING IT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. JUST, I WANTED TO READ SOMETHING. IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T MIND. I WANNA BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY SINCERE THANKS TO BLAKE. I KNOW HE'S, UM, WHO I RESPECTFULLY REFER TO AS OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF, BUT I KNOW YOU. UH, HE'S YOUR DEPUTY MAYOR AND A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. BLAKE WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON I CALLED AFTER THE STORM ON MARCH 30TH REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT THE BRIDGE, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE, HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. AS ALWAYS, BLAKE ACTED IMMEDIATELY. HE CONTACTED FDOT WHO PROMPTLY DISPATCH THE CREW TO INSPECT THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE AND REVIEW OUR SURVEY. THEIR INITIAL INDICATION TO BLAKE WAS THE SEA WALL WAS A CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AS IT DOES NOT FALL IN THE BOUNDARIES OF MY PROPERTY. HOWEVER, AS TIME PASSED AND THE CITY CARRIED OUT ITS DUE DILIGENCE, IT WAS ULTIMATELY DETERMINED THAT IT SEEMED TO BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY. BLAKE THEN FACILITATED THE MEETING THAT PROVED INVALUABLE AND WE SUBMITTED AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US HERE TODAY AND GOT EVERYTHING FINALIZED. BLAKE, I JUST WANNA SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND SEEING THIS THROUGH THE END. I FIRST MET BLAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE STREETLIGHTS ON PINE TREE DRIVE ON 44TH STREET ACROSS PINE TREE DOG PARK WE'RE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE AREA WAS QUITE DARK, TO SAY THE LEAST, AND UNCOMFORTABLE. DESPITE MY REPEATED EFFORTS OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS TO RESOLVE THE MATTER WITH FP AND L. NOTHING WAS DONE. ONCE BLAKE BECAME INVOLVED, HE TOOK CHARGE WITHIN A SHORT TIME, THE ENTIRE TWO BLOCKS STRETCH HAD FUNCTIONING STREETLIGHTS. BLAKE STAYED ON TOP OF IT AND ASSURED THE WORK WAS COMPLETED. AND HE MADE THE TIME TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL WORKING IN THE EVENING. I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING. SINCE THEN, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON NUMEROUS MATTERS RANGING FROM THE BTR IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH I WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL, TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS TO CONCERNS IN SUNSET HARBOR, WHICH WE'RE ALL TAKEN CARE OF AND EXECUTED. BLAKE IS, SOMEONE RESPONDS TO EMAILS AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. I TRULY DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT, BUT I TRULY AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM IN OUR CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, THE BEACON OF LIGHT TO ALL THE OTHER CITIES. AND AS THE REBI, WHICH, UH, THE, UH, OUR MAYOR MAKES A PROCLAMATION FOR HIM, SAID, THIS IS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS THE JERUSALEM OF THE DIASPORA. SO WE HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY ON OUR HANDS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE A TRUE BEACON OF LIGHT. I WANNA SAY THAT. I WANNA THANK YOU ALL. I WANNA THANK, UH, RICK, DAVID SU SUAREZ. LAURA TANYA GAVE YOU A BOOK, TANYA, I HOPE YOU'RE READING IT. OUR HOLY MAYOR, JOE AND, UM, KRISTEN AND ALEX FERNANDEZ. I FEEL YOU'RE ALL MY FRIENDS. WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND, UH, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. I WANNA ESPECIALLY THANK YOU, STEVE. I'LL TELL YOU WHY, FOR KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE AND SOUND BECAUSE WITHOUT A SEA SAFE SOUND CITY, WE HAVE NOTHING. YOU CAN SPEND MONEY IN FIXING THIS BUILDING AND YOU CAN SPEND MONEY IN CHANGING THE WINDOWS. BUT IF IT'S NOT SAFE AND SOUND, AND WE SEE, CURRENTLY, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK, UM, YOU SAW THE DEMOCRATIC MAYORAL PRIMARY, THE MAN MANNI, IF I'M PRONOUNCING HIS NAME, NAME RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S VERY SCARY. I ACTUALLY GOT PHONE CALLS THIS MORNING FROM A BUNCH OF FRIENDS OF MINE THAT LIVE IN BROOKLYN THAT ARE HEADING HERE TO FLORIDA. SO MAKE ROOM AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN REALLY FOR KEEPING THIS. I KNOW THAT'S YOUR NUMBER ONE THING AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT. KEEP US SAFE AND SOUND AND ALL AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS, OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL GIVE A THANK YOU TO YOU. UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU, YOU HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN SUNSET HARBOR AND I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND YOUR OWN RESOURCES AND MAKING SURE YOU DO YOUR PART IN KEEPING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUR PROPERTIES CLEAN AND SAFE. SO THANK YOU. AND I PERSONALLY HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN DO THINGS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE AND OTHER AREAS AND, UM, 'CAUSE SUNSET HARBOR REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL GEM THAT WE HAVE. AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I SEE YOU, A LOT OF YOU, A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR AND, UH, EVEN, UH, I SEE TOM MOONEY COMING TO SUNSET HARBOR AND ENJOYING IT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, REALLY. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE PERSONAL FRIENDS UP THERE [01:10:01] ON THE DAYS. THANK YOU. AND, UH, LIKE GOVAN, MY DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, I THINK WILL BE HIRING YOU AS HIS AGENT. UH, YOU , LISTEN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE GET ROYALTIES, PLEASE. I OFFERED HIM ALREADY TO COME PARTNERS WITH ME IN ANY BUSINESS HE WANTS TO GO INTO. HE'S A REAL, HE'S A REAL EXECUTOR AND A REAL ASSET FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. YEAH, I REALLY MEAN THAT. I HAVE A GREAT, I THINK THE CROWD FEELS THAT WAY. GREAT. YEAH, I HAVE A GREAT TEAM, BUT YES. UH, THANK YOU. UH, BLAKE. BLAKE IS A SUPERSTAR. I FELT HE NEEDED A CALL OUT. AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND GIVING SOMEONE THANKS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AS OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID AFTER HE SAID, THANK YOU, GOD, I LOVE GOD. AND RECOGNIZING THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ONE CLAP. WE'RE GONNA CALL, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS. [R5 E AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND VESSELS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “PIERS, DOCKS AND BOAT RAMPS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 66-116 THEREOF, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY HOURS OF OPERATION AT PRIVATE MARINAS AND PRIVATE MARINE FACILITIES,” TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER’S ERROR IN THE DEFINITION OF A PLEASURE VESSEL; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] [R5 F AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "PUBLIC PROPERTY," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 82-72 THEREOF, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY HOURS OF OPERATION AT PUBLICLY-OWNED MARINAS,” TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITIONS SET FORTH THEREIN AND ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS FOR OWNER AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR PERSONAL USE OUTSIDE OF PERMITTED HOURS OF OPERATION; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] [R5 G AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "TAXATION," BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED "LOCAL BUSINESS TAX," BY AMENDING SECTION 102-368 THEREOF, ENTITLED "POSTING OF BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT AND DECAL; DISPLAY OF BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT NUMBER IN ADVERTISEMENTS," BY REQUIRING THAT COMMERCIAL VESSEL-RELATED BUSINESSES PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A CITY-ISSUED BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT DECAL ON EACH COMMERCIAL VESSEL IN THEIR FLEET; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] I'M GONNA, I THINK WE'RE GONNA CALL SEVERAL ITEMS TOGETHER. IS THIS IT? SO I'LL READ IT OUT AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO OUR CITY CLERK. UH, R FIVE ER FIVE FR FIVE GR FIVE HR FIVE IR FIVE AB. THEY ALL SEEM TO BE RELATED. OKAY, GIVE ME ONE SEC, WHICH ONE IS THAT? WELL, I'M GONNA READ 'EM ALL AND WE'LL GIMME ONE SEC. YEAH, ONE. OKAY. SO I'M GONNA READ THE TITLES TO ALL THOSE ITEMS AND THE FIRST ONE IS R FIVE E THAT I'M READING. THE TITLE TO IT IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 86 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA ENTITLED MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND VESSELS BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED PIERS DOCKS AND BOAT RAMPS BY AMENDING SECTION 66 DASH ONE 16 THEREOF, ENTITLED COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITIES, HOURS OF OPERATION AT PRIVATE MARINAS AND PRIVATE MARINES FACILITIES TO CORRECT A SCRIBNER'S ERROR IN THE DEFINITION OF PLEASURE VESSEL AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALS ABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE E. ITEM R FIVE F IS AN ORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED PUBLIC PROPERTIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 82 DASH 72 THEREOF ENTITLED COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY, HOURS OF OPERATION OF PUBLICLY OWNED MARINAS. TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITIONS SET FORTH THEREIN AND ESTABLISH LIMITATIONS FOR OWNER AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR PERSONAL USE OUTSIDE OF PERMITTED HOURS OF OPERATION, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT WAS ITEM THAT IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE FR 5G IS IN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA MAN, CHAPTER 1 0 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY, MIAMI V BEACH FLORIDA ENTITLED, TAXATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED LOCAL BUSINESS TAX BY AMENDING SECTION 1 0 2 DASH 360 8 THEREOF ENTITLED, POSTING OF BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT AND DECAL DISPLAY OF BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT NUMBER IN ADVERTISEMENTS BY REQUIRING THAT COMMERCIAL VESSELS RELATED BUSINESSES PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A CITY ISSUED BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT DECAL ON EACH COMMERCIAL VESSEL IN THEIR FLEET AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEATABILITY, CALCIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT'S A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS ITEM R 5G. THANKS. ITEM R FIVE H IS AN NOR OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BEACH, FLORIDA ENTITLED MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND VESSELS BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED VESSELS BY CREATING SECTION 66 DASH 1 43 THEREOF ENTITLED, ANCHORING OF COMMERCIAL VESSELS OR FLOATING STRUCTURES USED TO RENT STORE OR OTHERWISE SECURE OTHER VESSELS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL SUB ABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE H ITEM R FIVE I IS AN ORDINANCE OF A MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND VESSELS BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED VESSELS BY CREATING SECTION 66 DASH 1 56 ENTITLED MAMIE BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA ESTABLISHED BY ESTABLISHING A MAMIE BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEATERS OF ABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE ITEM R FIVE I IS A FIRST READING R FIVE. AB B IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED PUBLICLY PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 82 DASH 73 THEREOF ENTITLED BALLOONS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC MARINAS, MARINE FACILITIES, PARKS, AND BEACHES TO INCREASE CIVIL PENALTIES AND SPECIFY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN ORDER TO DETER HAR HARMFUL LITTERING AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE, AND [01:15:01] PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OBSERVABILITY, CALCIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE A B. OKAY, THANK YOU RALPH. UM, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. SO R FIVE E, R FIVE F AND R 5G. THEY'RE RELATED TO, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. UM, ITEMS THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THREE ITEMS. I'M SORRY. SO THAT WAS ON, YOU'RE MOVING ER FIVE, ER FIVE F AND R 5G. THANK YOU. SEPARATELY. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THOSE THREE ITEMS? I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A DISCUSSION. SO ON THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO MAY I HAVE A, I'M GONNA DO A ROLL CALL ON ALL THREE ITEMS. THEY WERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT R FIVE, B, F, AND G. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. THE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. THAT WAS R FIVE, E, F, AND G 70. AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE [R5 AB AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 82-73 THEREOF, ENTITLED “BALLOONS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC MARINAS, MARINE FACILITIES, PARKS, AND BEACHES” TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTIES AND SPECIFY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN ORDER TO DETER HARMFUL LITTERING AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE AB THE BALLOONS AT THE MARINA. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE ITEM? YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. I, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT TOO. UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE PASSED A LAW WHERE WE PROHIBITED BALLOONS AT PUBLIC BEACHES, MARINAS, AND PARKS. AND THE LAW ONLY APPLIED TO, AT LEAST IN THE MARINA, THE LAW ONLY APPLIED TO THE PERSON HOLDING THE BALLOONS, UH, OR OWNING THE BALLOONS. UH, AND SO WHAT I'VE SEEN AT THE MARINA WITH THE ESP, SPECIFICALLY WITH THESE BAD ACTOR CHARTERS IS THEY, THEY BRING HUNDREDS OF BALLOONS AT A TIME. IT'S TO THE SAME BOAT, IT'S TO THE SAME CHARTER. AND I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO APPLY THE, UM, ORDINANCE TO THE BOAT OWNERS AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE CHARTER OPERATORS. SO, UM, IT'S NO LONGER THE GUESTS OF, OF THE CHARTER BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE WHO WILL GO ON THESE CHARTERS PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA OF OUR ORDINANCE, UH, BANNING BALLOONS AT PUBLIC MARINAS, BUT THE BOAT OWNERS DO KNOW. AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, TO, TO GET ENFORCEMENT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IS THERE ANYTHING HERE THAT CHANGES OR EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A BALLOON? THE, THE DEFINITION OF BALLOON HAS BEEN FURTHER CLARIFIED TO INCLUDE CERTAIN MATERIALS THAT WERE NOT LISTED ORIGINALLY, SUCH AS, UM, RUBBER, LATEX, POLYCHLOROPRENE, , UH, WHICH IS SOMETIMES KNOWN AS, UH, MYLAR AND MATERIALIZED PLASTIC OR NYLON FABRIC. AND THE OTHER THING THAT THE ORDINANCE DOES IS IT CREATES A STIFFER PENALTY FOR BALLOONS THAT ARE RELEASED AT MARINAS. SO IN ADDITION TO MAKING THE VESSEL OPERATOR OR OWNER LIABLE FOR, UH, BALLOONS HELD BY THEIR PASSENGERS, UM, BY ANY CREW MEMBERS, UM, IT ALSO STIFFENS THE PENALTIES FOR FOR BALLOONS. NO, WE GOT, AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, THAT THE BALLOONS, THOSE ARE LIKE ALUMINUM. THERE'S THESE ALUMINUM BALLOONS THAT THEY'RE NOT RUBBER, THEY'RE NOT LATEX, THEY'RE THE OTHER ONES. UM, THOSE ARE NOW INCLUDED. THOSE ARE NOW INCLUDED, YES. ARE THEY CALLED MYLAR MIL? IS THAT STILL ALLOWED? YES. SO BO NO, BO PET IS, IS ACTUALLY THE GENERIC NAME FOR MYLAR. MYLAR IS A TRADEMARKED NAME. WOULD THAT BE STILL ALLOWED? NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THE NYLON BALLOONS ARE NOT ALLOWED. CORRECT. AND SO, AND SO THERE WOULD BE, IN ESSENCE NO OPTION FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO HAVE SOMETHING CELEBRATORY LIKE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE ONLY ON THE MARINA. ONLY IN THE MARINA. CORRECT. SO, BUT THIS ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT WAS CRAFTED, IT APPLIED TO PARKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND ALL THAT. PARKS, BEACHES, PUBLIC MARINAS, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. I MEAN, LOOK, THE TRUTH IS, IT'S KIND OF ASPIRATIONAL. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE NO BALLOONS AT PARKS. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE THE, THE SORENESS HAS BEEN ENFORCED ACTUALLY. HAS IT? YEAH. BEEN ENFORCED. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THERE, BUT TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT. BUT I [01:20:01] DO THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF EDUCATE. AND I THINK IF YOU ARE GONNA PASS THIS, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF INTERESTING SIGNAGE WE DO EXPLAINING WHY WE DO, WE DO, YOU KNOW, AT THE MARINAS AT THE MARINA, I BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AT EVERY GATE AT THE MARINA, THERE IS A SIGN THAT SAYS BALLOONS ARE PROHIBITED. BUT THESE CHARTER OPERATORS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THEY CERTAINLY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, IT SEEMS. AND THEY TELL THEIR GUESTS TO BRING AS MANY BALLOONS AS THEY WANT. YEP. AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, INSTEAD OF, I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY FAULT THE PEOPLE BRINGING THE BALLOONS, IT'S MORE SO THAT THE OPERATORS WHO ENABLED THIS BEHAVIOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MARINA? LIKE, IT WAS UNDER CONTROL. AND ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO WE BEGAN TO GET COMPLAINTS AGAIN. I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD FIXED THIS ENTIRE SITUATION. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT IF THE BALLOONS ARE A MEANS OF NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT A WAY TO CONTROL THESE CHARTER OPERATORS, THAT'S GREAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. BUT I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THE HECK HAS HAPPENED. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ANGRY HERE, THEY'RE THREATENING US OVER THE MARINA. AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHAT CHANGED IN THE PAST 90 DAYS? WHAT HAVE WE NOT BEEN ENFORCING AND WHY ARE WE FACING THIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW? SO I WOULD ASK ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK TAXES, WHO I'VE ASKED TO TAKE THE LEAD ON ALL ITEMS RELATED TO THE MARINA TO SPEAK TO WHAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT THERE'S ANYTHING MAGICAL THAT'S HAPPENED, BUT THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN AN UPTICK. UM, WE HAVE HAD A POLICE PRESENCE AND A CODE PRESENCE THERE. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN ENOUGH. UM, I'M WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE MANAGER'S DIRECTION, ALONG WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. AND BEGINNING ON THURSDAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENHANCED DETAIL OF BOTH CODE OFFICERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. THERE'S NOT GONNA JUST BE ONE OR TWO. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STRONG CONTINGENT OF BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS THERE, UM, TO CITE ALL OF THESE BAD ACTORS AND ANYBODY THAT DOES ANYTHING. AND THAT WILL GIVE US THE, THE LEVERAGE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EVICT THESE BAD OPERATORS FROM THE MARINA. SO WE'RE GONNA BE ALL OVER IT. BEGINNING THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS FROM 8:00 PM TILL 2:00 AM UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO I RAN OUT AFTER THAT GENTLEMAN WHO THREATENED ME AND I SAID, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET? AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? THERE'S SIX BAD ACTORS AND YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BANNED THESE SIX BAD CHARTER ACTORS. WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT? WHY HAVEN'T WE BANNED THEM IF WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BAD ACTORS? UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS, I THINK THE MARINA'S POSITION, THE MARINA'S POSITION HAS BEEN THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CITE THEM BEFORE THEY CAN EVICT THEM, WITHOUT THEM, UM, HAVING TO FACE ILLEGAL CHALLENGES TO WHY THEY'RE BEING EVICTED. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE A BAD ACTOR. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A, A, A STRONG ENOUGH PRESENCE THERE TO BE ABLE TO CITE ALL OF THESE. BUT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE STARTING THURSDAY. ONLY IF SOMEONE ONLY STEPS OUTTA LINE, WE'RE GONNA EVIC THEM. BUT WHY ONLY THURSDAY IF IT'S SUMMER AND THERE'S PEOPLE PARTYING EVERY DAY? I MEAN, I THINK GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ANGRY AND THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING, 'CAUSE I'M GETTING THESE TEXTS AND EMAILS, NOT JUST ON THE WEEKENDS. I'M GETTING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY AT THIS POINT. COMMISSIONER, UH, ROSE GONZALEZ, IF I MAY, UM, THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE JUST PASSED MM-HMM . UH, AND, AND FORGIVE ME, BUT I, I DIDN'T, I JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO, UH, TO GIVE A, A SORT OF INTRODUCTION. BUT FOR OUR 5G, IT'S REALLY WHAT WE JUST PASSED. UM, IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH THESE ISSUES. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THESE CHARTER OPERATORS, AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK, THEY SAY, OH, THESE ARE JUST MY FRIENDS. AND THERE'S NO WAY TO PROVE THAT. BUT WHAT WE JUST PASSED IS NOW THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THEM. THEY HAVE TO PROVE AND FILL OUT AN AFFIDAVIT SAYING THAT THESE ARE THE, UH, THEIR FRIENDS. AND SO THIS IS GONNA GIVE WHAT WE JUST PASSED A LOT MORE TOOLS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. OBVIOUSLY IT STARTS IN 10 DAYS FROM TODAY OR 10 BUSINESS DAYS, BUT, UM, WHAT WE JUST PASSED IS GOING TO WHAT AND WHAT I BELIEVE AND WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS HAVE DRAFTED GIVE MUCH MORE CONTROL, UH, OF REGULATING THESE, THESE BAD ACTORS. 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY, I THINK THERE'S ONLY FIVE OR SIX OF THEM. AND WHICH, AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO FAR OFF TOPIC 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BALLOONS, RETIREMENT. THESE FIVE OR SIX CHARTER OPERATORS ARE THE ONES CONSISTENTLY BRING HUNDREDS OF BALLOONS AT A TIME. AND SO, UM, THE, THESE ITEMS ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS QUALITY OF LIFE AT THE MARINA AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. A AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, AND THIS IS FOR SUBTEXT, A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE [01:25:01] CALLED ME YESTERDAY AND SAID THAT, UM, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE MARINA HAD COME IN AND THEY FOUND THAT, UM, ANNUALLY IT'S LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THEY OWE US $661,000 BECAUSE THEY ARE CHARGING, UM, FOR THE PARKING. THEY ARE, UM, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE INCORRECT ON THE SUB LEASEES. UM, THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY. AND IF YOU LOOK, THEY ONLY DID THE AUDIT FOR ONE YEAR AND IN ONE YEAR THEY FOUND $661,000, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT TEX IS REALLY IN VIOLATION OF OUR CONTRACT. AND IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AUDIT REPORT THAT SHOWS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE SENDING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE INCORRECT, THAT WE ARE LOSING MONEY ON, UM, THE PARKING THAT THEY ARE NOT GIVING US, UM, ALL OF THE MONEY FROM THE SUBLEASES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. HOW COME YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TEX RIGHT NOW AND SAYING, IF YOU DON'T STOP THIS NONSENSE, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE SERIOUS LEGAL ACTION BECAUSE YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE TAX CONTRACT. I MEAN, THEY ARE IN GROSS VIOLATION, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A VIOLATION OF THE, OF THE CONTRACT. SO I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE ADMINISTRATION HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. IF I, IF I ALSO, BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION RESPONDS, I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH LEGAL TO BRING AN ITEM ON THE NEXT COMMISSION AGENDA TO, TO DISCUSS THE AUDIT REPORT. AND, AND WE HAVE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT AUDIT REPORT TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE ARE LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE AND WHICH AREN'T SO THAT WE ARE BILLING THEM THE CORRECT AMOUNT. UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THEY'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE MOST OF THOSE RESULTS. ALL I KNOW IS I SPOKE TO A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ACCOUNTANT, CPA THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS, AND HE SAID THAT IN HIS, HE'S NEVER SEEN SUCH GROWTH CONTRACT VIOLATIONS LIKE HE SEES WITH TEX AND OUR MARINA. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD, WE SHOULD TERMINATE THIS CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR CAUSE BASED ON THIS AUDIT INFORMATION BASED OR HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AUDIT DONE AND GO INTO, YOU KNOW, LITIGATION. I'VE HAD ENOUGH BECAUSE I MEAN, WE GET THESE COMPLAINTS CONSTANTLY AND NOW IT'S SOMEHOW MIAMI BEACH'S RESPONSIBILITY WHEN REALLY SUBTEXT IS MANAGING THIS MARINA. AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A CANCER. UH, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE REALLY, UH, BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL IS A QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, I DON'T KNOW, DISEASE. IT'S HORRIBLE, MR. MAYOR. SO YEAH, IF I COULD JUST COMMENT. UH, SO YEAH, I AM BRINGING AN ITEM NEXT MONTH. UH, I DO HAVE A SEPARATE ITEM, R NINE V, BUT IF I JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE QUESTION. YES, SIR. I HAD ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOT AN AN ANSWER YET. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE ISSUES AT THE MARINA, MY RECOLLECTION IS I REMEMBER WE BEEFED UP SECURITY. MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT TEX ACTUALLY HELPED PAY FOR THE OFF-DUTY OFFICERS OR EXTRA SECURITY. UM, IT'S, BUT IT WAS THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M REC, BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE SHOULD, UNTIL THESE PROBLEMS ARE, UH, ARE ALLEVIATED, WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT THAT AGAIN. AND WE LOOKED THAT UP. THERE WAS A, A REFERRAL, BUT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC ACTION. BUT SUNTEC HAS HIRED, UM, SECURITY GUARDS THAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE, BUT WHAT'S BEEN OUT THERE IS NOT BEEN AN ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES. AND LIKE I SAID, UM, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER S FLORES SAID, CERTAINLY THE TOOLS THAT, THAT YOU ALL JUST PASSED WITH THOSE THREE ARE GOING TO, UM, ENABLE OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO MUCH, TO, TO STOP THESE PEOPLE FROM SKIRTING THROUGH LOOPHOLES AND BEING ABLE TO SKIRT AROUND WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO BY SAYING, OH, WELL IT'S JUST ME AND MY FRIENDS OUT ON OUR BOAT. IT'S OUR FAMILY WHEN, WHEN IT'S NOT. SO I THINK THOSE ARE GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS HELP. BUT ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STRONG CONTINGENT OUT THERE AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THIS UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YEP. MY FINAL QUESTION IS, I MEAN, WE HAVE THESE BAD OPERATORS, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE GOOD OPERATORS WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, I WOULD LIKE VISITORS TO MIAMI BEACH TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A BOAT RIDE AND HAVE A NICE CHARTER DAY. HOW MANY CHARTERS DO WE HAVE TOTAL? BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE WEEDS ON HOW MANY CHARTER LICENSES THERE ARE. I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE PINPOINTED CERTAIN BAD OPERATORS AND WE'RE GONNA START TO ENFORCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WILL WE BE ABLE TO, UM, PROTECT THE OPERATORS WHO ARE NOT VIOLATING THESE RULES? 'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I BANNING EVERYTHING IS ALSO NOT AN OPTION. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE GOOD OPERATORS OUT THERE AND WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE IMPACTED. BUT I WILL SAY THAT SUNTEC HAS BEEN WORKING WELL WITH THIS. AND OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS, I THINK WE'VE HAD NINE TERMINATIONS OF LEASES. AND THERE'S A FEW MORE THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YEAH, I'M JUST, [01:30:01] THIS IS NOT HOW A MEETING IS RAN. WE ARE TALKING ON AN ITEM A BALLOONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE SUFFERING AND ENFORCEMENT MUST BE TAKEN, AND WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE LEGALLY CAN TO RESTORE THE PROGRESS WE WERE MAKING THERE. BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE, ABOUT BALLOONS IN MARINAS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SUBTEXT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF LEASES. AND IF WE'RE JUST GONNA GO TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON ITEMS, I'M JUST, THEN WE'RE JUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CRAZY AGENDA ON EVERY SINGLE ONE. I'M GONNA SECOND THIS ITEM. THE, THE BALLOON ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT. WE'VE HAD OVER 22 VESSELS THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT, OUR PARK RANGERS, I THINK, SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE HAS ISSUED OVER 119 WARNINGS. SO IT IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE. AND I THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR FOR TAILORING THIS. FINALLY TAILORING THIS TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE MARINA SO THAT THE MORE STRICT, UH, MATERIALS ARE ON THE MARINAS AND NOT NECESSARILY ON THE PARTS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA RUIN THE PARTIES AND THE FAMILY ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY MAY WANT BRING SOME, SOME TYPE OF BALLOONS. SO I'LL SECOND THE ITEM. SO CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? ACTUALLY, WE CANNOT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OH YES. SCHEDULED FOR ONE 40. OH, THAT'S, SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS AT THAT TIME, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO ONE, WE'LL JUST TAKE THE VOTE AT THAT TIME. OKAY. SO CAN WE CALL R FIVE? UH, H AND R? WELL, WELL, IT'S ALREADY BEEN CALLED. I, I DO THAT. BUT LET ME, LET ME COMMENT. UH, [R9 V DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL VESSEL OPERATORS.] THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ACTUALLY, UM, IT'S A GOOD POINT. I DID HAVE R NINE V, WHICH, UM, WHICH WAS DEALING WITH SYNTAX. I'M NOT GONNA CALL THAT ITEM SEPARATELY SINCE WE JUST HAD THE CONVERSATION NOW, ALTHOUGH MAYBE YOU WANNA CALL IT UP, RALPH, JUST AS A PROCEDURAL MATTER MATTER. SO THAT WE DID CALL IT AND TALK ABOUT IT. AND, UH, WE, WE, WE, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES DURING THE MONTH. SO R NINE V IS DISCUSS TAKE ACTION CONCERNS REGARDING COMMERCIAL VESSEL OPERATORS. R NINE V BY THE MAYOR. OKAY. WHICH WE JUST DID. THE, THE, THE [R5 H AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND VESSELS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “VESSELS,” BY CREATING SECTION 66-143 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ANCHORING OF COMMERCIAL VESSELS OR FLOATING STRUCTURES USED TO RENT, STORE, OR OTHERWISE SECURE OTHER VESSELS PROHIBITED”; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] [R5 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND VESSELS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “VESSELS,” BY CREATING SECTION 66-156, ENTITLED, “MIAMI BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA ESTABLISHED” BY ESTABLISHING A MIAMI BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FINAL TWO IS R FIVE H AND R FIVE I, SO, WHICH WAS ALREADY CALLED. YES, I CALLED HIM. SO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU. UH, PJ, IF YOU COULD PUT UP R FIVE I PLEASE. UM, AND I WANNA SAY COLLEAGUES. UM, AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT, PJ ONE, ONE SECOND. UM, YOU KNOW, AS A, THE FIRST, ACTUALLY THE FIRST ITEM I GOT ELECTED WHEN I GOT ELECTED, ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS I TOOK ON WAS, UH, THE DERELICT, UH, BOATS IN OUR BAY. UM, AND I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT AT A CITY LEVEL, WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER OUR WATERWAYS. UH, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO TO REGULATE, UH, ANCHORING VISITATION. UM, PRETTY MUCH OUR HANDS WERE COMPLETELY TIED, UH, AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT IN OUR OWN WATERWAYS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MUNICIPAL MAP, HALF OF MYBE BEACH IS UNDERWATER. UM, AND SO IN REALITY, WE, HALF OF OUR CITY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTROL. I OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, A YEAR AND A HALF, I SPENT MANY TRIPS TO TALLAHASSEE, UM, ADVOCATING FOR A CHANGE, UH, IN, IN LOCAL CONTROL. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS GIVEN OUR COUNTY, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHERS, UM, MORE CONTROL OVER OUR DESTINY. UH, IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING AS FAR AS PREEMPTIONS WITH LIVE LOCAL IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. NOW THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS MORE CONTROL OVER ITS DOMAIN. SO, UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP THIS REALLY SHORT, LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. THIS IS, UH, A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT I'D LIKE TO DO FOR, UH, ANCHORING LIMITATIONS. SO, PJ, CAN YOU PUT IT BACK ON PLEASE? THANK YOU. UM, A MAJOR VICTORY FOR WATERWAYS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, DERELICT BOATS OVERRUNNING OUR STATE WATERWAYS IN 2023, OVER 160 DERELICT OR ABANDONED VESSELS IN MIAMI BEACH IN 2007, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE. IT WAS ONLY FIVE. UH, MOST ARE UNSEAWORTHY LACK WORKING WASTE SYSTEMS, SINKING STORMS, SPILLING FUEL, SEWAGE, UH, USED FOR ILLEGAL RENTALS SUCH AS AIRBNB. UM, THEY EVADE ZONING, TAXES AND SAFETY CODES. THEY CREATE SAFETY HAZARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION, AND UNFAIR COMPETITION. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PJ. AND SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK SHOW, UH, FROM 2007 WHERE THERE WAS FIVE BOATS [01:35:01] TO 2023, WHERE THERE'S 162 BOATS. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, UM, MANY OF THESE BOATS DO NOT MOVE. UH, THEY HAVEN'T MOVED IN YEARS. UM, AND ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IF YOU DON'T MOVE, YOU HAVE WASTE SYSTEMS. THEY GET DUMPED INTO THE BAY. UM, THEIR ANCHOR SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAVE DURING HIGH WINDS, THEY'LL SCRAPE PRECIOUS SEA GRASS OFF THE FLOOR. UM, THEY'LL SINK LEAK OIL, GAS, AND WASTE, UH, DURING STORMS. UM, IT UNDERMINES OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT FUND SEA GRASS RESTORATION. AND AGAIN, IT THREATENS MARINE LIFE AND WATER QUALITY AND AND TO EXTENT PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SUNKEN VESSELS BLOCK NAVIGATION ROUTES. THEY POSE HAZARDS FOR RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL BOAT. THEY COMPLICATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, COST REMOVAL, BURDENS OF TAXPAYERS. EVERY TIME THERE IS A BOAT THAT'S SUNK, IT COSTS THE TAXPAYERS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND $20,000, A SINGLE BOAT TO RETRIEVE AND, AND DISPOSE OF, UM, AND AN INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RESCUE INTERVENTIONS. SO THE ABUSE, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. DERELICT BOATS EXPLOITED FOR ILLEGAL VACATION RENTALS. UM, I'VE SEEN POSTS ON AIRBNB, ON, ON CRAIGSLIST, ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE, UM, WHERE THEIR ADVERTISING MONTHLY AND NIGHTLY RENTALS ON THE WATER, UM, AND THEY COMPLETELY EVADE ALL OUR CODE, UM, AND ZONING LAWS, WHICH IN EFFECT, THEY'RE EXPLOITING OUR PUBLIC WATERWAYS FOR THEIR PRIVATE GANG. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF ONE THAT'S LEAKING, ONE THAT'S BLOCKING NAVIGATION, ONE'S ACTUALLY ANCHORED TO, TO A SUNKEN BOAT. AND THEN THE BOAT ON THE LEFT IS THERE AT NIGHT BOAT, CAN'T SEE THAT. AND RISKS, YOU KNOW, RISK BODILY HARM IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE AT NIGHT TRAVELING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO, WHEN I MENTIONED THE SEAGRASS DESTRUCTION, THOSE, THE ANCHORS AND THE CHAINS FROM, FROM THEIR ANCHORS, THEY SCRAPE THE SEAGRASS BED FLOOR. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE ARE THE BURN MARKS AROUND EACH BOAT, UH, OF SEAGRASS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO, HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, THIS IS SUNSET HARBOR. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S, YOU CANNOT, IF YOU'RE A BOAT, YOU CANNOT NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT IN SUNSET HARBOR ON THE RIGHT, THERE WAS JUST A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS A SAILBOAT THAT BROKE FREE. ITS MAST IS BANGING AGAINST THE SEWAGE LINE. AND IF THAT SEWAGE LINE WOULD'VE BROKE, IT WOULD'VE DUMPED MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SEWAGE INTO THE BAY. AND THEN THERE'S, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS A, A MASS STICKING OUT FROM A SUNKEN BOAT WHERE THERE'S NO LIGHT. AND IF YOU'RE A BOAT AT NIGHT, YOU HIT THAT YOU'RE, IT'S GONNA CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO, HERE ARE SOME OF THE LISTINGS OF THE AIRBNB RENTALS, UM, AND, UM, MARKETPLACE WHERE THEY'RE ADVERTISING A THOUSAND OR $1,200 A NIGHT, UH, ON THE WATER. AND AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT SINCE IT'S IN STATE WATERS. SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, IS HP 4 81. IT WAS SPONSORED BY VICKI LOPEZ, REPRESENTATIVE VICKI LOPEZ, AND SENATOR JONATHAN MARTIN. IT WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS AND GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REAL ENFORCEMENT TOOLS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES A 30 DAY ANCHORING LIMIT FOR COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF 1.5 MILLION OR GREATER. UM, SO, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT BOATS MAY NOT ANCHOR IN THE SAME COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD. UH, IT ALSO REFINES ANCHORING NOW RESTRICTED WITHIN 300 FEET OF A MOORING FIELD. UM, AND SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS ARE MARINE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND MARKED MOORING FIELDS. UH, NEXT SLIDE. WHY THIS WORKS SO SIMPLE, TIME-BASED RULE, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO ENFORCE. OUR MARINE PATROL CAN EASILY SEE THAT THIS BOAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR 30 NIGHTS IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD, UM, AND GIVES CLEAR ENFORCEMENT, UH, AVOIDS LENGTHY LEGAL FIGHTS TO PROVE, TO PROVE THAT A BOAT'S AT RISK OR DERELICT. UM, IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH OUR NO CAMPING RULES. IT PREVENTS FLOATING ENCAMPMENTS, AND IT ALSO SUPPORTS LEGITIMATE CRUISERS WHO DO COME TO MIAMI BEACH TO VACATION AND, AND ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE BAHAMAS OR FURTHER SOUTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, BALANCE AND FOCUS APPROACH DOES NOT TARGET RESPONSIBLE BOATERS PRESERVES WATER ACCESS FOR RECREATION AND LEGAL LIVERBOARDS, MARINAS AND MOORING FIELDS ARE STILL OPTIONS FOR LEGAL L BOARDS, UH, FOCUSES ON THE WORST HIT COUNTY'S DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH, AND HILLSBOROUGH. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [01:40:01] SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR CITY? UH, LOCALITIES CAN ENFORCE A 30 DAY ANCHORING LIMIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LOCALITY PASSES LEGISLATION. UH, IT WILL DETER DERELICT BOATS AND MARINE SQUATTERS PROTECTS MARINE LIFE, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PUBLIC RESOURCES, HELPS RESTORE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION AND WATER SAFETY, AND ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE REGULATED USE OF OUR CITY WATERS AND STATE WATERS. LAST SLIDE. I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO REPRESENTATIVE, UH, VICKI LOPEZ. UH, YES, UH, VICKI LOPEZ. SENATOR JONATHAN MARTIN. SPEAKER DANNY PEREZ, SENATOR PRE SENATE PRESIDENT BEN ALBRITTON. AND, UH, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, MONUMENTAL FOR OUR CITY AND, UH, OUR MARINE PATROL. SO, UH, PJ YOU CAN, UM, CLOSE THIS SLIDE. OH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS, THE, THE, THE LAW THAT WAS HB 41 WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, BEEN POSSIBLE HAD IT BEEN FOR OUR OUTSTANDING LEGAL TEAM. AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK MARK FISHMAN, WHO TOOK THE TIME, STUDIED THIS, UM, AND CAREFULLY, UM, REVIEWED THIS TO MAKE THIS LEGISLATION HAPPEN. UH, THE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY LITERALLY TOOK OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S LANGUAGE AND, AND, AND PRETTY MUCH ADOPTED IT. UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK R ROB ROSENWALD FOR REALLY CRAFTING THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION FOR MIAMI BEACH. UM, AND IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT STEP OF FINALLY HAVING LOCAL CONTROL. UH, RICARDO, THANK YOU. OR CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING A GREAT TEAM AND, AND, AND HELPING THIS BECOME A REALITY. BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE IS, YOU KNOW, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OTHER MARITIME MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING TO, ARE GONNA TAKE THIS AND USE IT AS A TEMPLATE FOR THEIR, UM, THEIR CITY. AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM SECOND CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ON R FIVE I. YEAH. AND JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIME, EFFORT, AND PASSION, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ PUT INTO THIS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW IT WAS A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT, SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO YOU AND KNOW HOW MUCH, MUCH IT MEANT. SO, UH, WITH THAT, YEAH, OF COURSE. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BRUZ GONZALEZ. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT FROM THE TIME YOU PUT ON THE GOPRO AND DOVE IN THE WATER AND DREW ATTENTION TO THE BOATS, IT'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF A HERCULEAN EFFORT. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS. THANK YOU. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK WITH THIS AMAZING MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION. CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD. IS THERE A TIME, CERTAIN OR NOT? WE STILL HAVE R FIVE H TO DO. I I'D LIKE TO MOVE R FIVE H, ZACH, ALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM. AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON R FIVE H. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THIS ONE FOR A LITTLE BIT. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. R FIVE H. R FIVE H. YES. COMMISSIONER BT? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION. CARRIE. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD WORK ON, ON THAT. AND, UH, IT'S, UH, GONNA MAKE OUR WATERWAYS AND CITY SAFER, SO THANK YOU. LET'S DO [R2 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. 2025-218-ND, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATION OF A PADEL/PICKLEBALL FACILITY ON A PARKING GARAGE ROOFTOP ADJACENT TO LINCOLN LANE NORTH; AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH RACQUET PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC, AS THE TOP-RANKED PROPOSER FOR OPTION B; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH RACQUET PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC, AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH RACQUET 360 INC./IBC NEW YORK, LLC D/B/A PADEL PADEL, AS THE SECOND-RANKED PROPOSER FOR OPTION B; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH RACQUET 360 INC./IBC NEW YORK, LLC D/B/A PADEL PADEL, AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH WORLD PADEL FLORIDA LLC, AS THE THIRD-RANKED PROPOSER FOR OPTION B; AND FURTHER, REQUIRING THAT THE FINAL NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION. (PARKS AND RECREATION)] R TWO A. R TWO A IS A WARD RFP 20 25 20 18. AND D PADDLE PICKLEBALL FACILITY. GARAGE. ROOFTOP LINK LANE. NORTH LINCOLN. LANE NORTH. YOU WHAT? YOU THE MR. VICE MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR. YOU GOTTA RECOGNIZE COLLEAGUE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. I, I'LL JUST KIND OF TEED UP A EXCITING DAY FOR ME. I THINK THE AREA FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY. UM, SOME TIME AGO WE DISCUSSED, UH, PUTTING OUT AN RFP TO HAVE A PADDLE FACILITY ON LINCOLN ROAD. IT'S MY STRONG, STRONG BELIEF THAT IN ORDER TO HELP REINVIGORATE SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, UH, [01:45:01] NOT ONLY IS IT REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING ACTIVATIONS AND A MORE VIBRANT, LIVELY ATMOSPHERE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS, UH, I ENVISION DOING SO ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT SHOWED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT, UM, IS BY HAVING AN RFP FOR PUBLIC SPACE, FOR, TO BRING A PADDLE FACILITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE, THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE WORLD, HAS JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY EMBRACED BY THE MIAMI COMMUNITY. IT DRAWS AN INTERNATIONAL CROWD AND BRINGS A YOUNG, VIBRANT, UH, CONSUMER THAT IS GOING TO, UH, CERTAINLY HELP SUPPORT THE LIFEBLOOD AND VIBRANCY OF LINCOLN ROAD. UH, THIS STARTED OUT, THIS I THINK IS A, A DEMONSTRATION OF TRUE COLLABORATION. NONE OF US BEING SO DOGMATIC THAT WE COULDN'T, UH, CHANGE WHAT OUR ORIGINAL CONCEPTS OR MAYBE VISION WAS AFTER HEARING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BECAUSE THIS DIDN'T WIND UP WHERE IT STARTED. UM, SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF. I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, HELPING MAKE THIS EVEN, UH, A BETTER THOUGHT OR PROPOSAL. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM TO TALK ABOUT WHERE, UH, THE PROCESS AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. KRISTI BATTA, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER. SO THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH RACKET PROPERTY, UM, AS THE TOP RANK PROPOSER AND THEN PADDLE. PADDLE. UH, IT'S A JOINT VENTURE AS THE SECOND RANKED PROPOSER IF NEGOTIATIONS WERE TO FAIL WITH, UH, RACKET PROPERTY. AND THEN FURTHER IN CASE, UM, NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH THE SECOND, UM, TOP RANKED PROPOSER TO NEGOTIATE WITH, UM, WORLD PADDLE FLORIDA. AND THIS IS FOR OPTION B. OPTION B, IF YOU ALL MAY NOT RECALL, IT WAS FOR G FIVE, THE TOP FLOOR OF G FIVE. WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROPOSALS FOR G FIVE, AND, I'M SORRY, AND ONE PROPOSAL FOR G NINE. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS FOR OPTION B, THE TOP FLOOR OF G FIVE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ULTIMATELY THAT FINAL AGREEMENT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE. SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT, UM, THAT YOU WANT US TO TAKE BACK. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU QUICKLY WITH A FINAL AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AMENITY. CORRECT. COMMISSIONER BOT? YEAH, I JUST, UM, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, JOE, AND, AND COMMEND YOU BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR BABY AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, UH, PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP WITH YOU, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL UP HERE THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA AND WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE HORRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT OF LOSING PARKING, WHICH IS A FREQUENT REFRAIN. AND THE END RESULT IS, UM, IS IS I, I, I STILL BELIEVE A GREAT IDEA AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SEEING LINCOLN ROAD CAFES OPEN FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME ORANGE JUICE BEFORE THEY GO PLAY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MEETING FOR CASUAL BITE AFTERWARDS OR WHATEVER. UM, AND I, I THINK IT'S, IT ACCOMPLISHES THE GOAL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY OF HEARING, ADJUSTING, AND MOVING FORWARD. SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN ENOUGH, AND I AM PROUD TO, TO, UH, TO COMMEND YOU FOR IT. YEAH, I ECHO THOSE SENTIMENT. THAT'S, UH, THE PROCESS WORKED AS IT SHOULD. YOU THREW AN IDEA OUT THERE. WE, WE, WE ALL PUT OURSELVES ON THE LINE WHEN WE THROW IDEAS OUT THERE TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. WE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD BE DOING. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT. AND IT, AND IT MADE THE ITEM BETTER. BUT, UH, KUDOS TO YOU FOR LISTENING AND AMENDING, UH, ON, ON THE FLY. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. UH, AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUES AND OUR COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, THIS IS SO INNOVATIVE. WHAT A GREAT VISION THAT IT'S GONNA BRING HEALTHY ACTIVITY, UH, AND ENERGY TO, TO AN UNUSED ROOFTOP SPACE. AND, UH, AND REALLY IS JUST GONNA, UH, BRING VIBRANT, UH, RECREATIONS. IT'S GONNA BRING FOOT TRAFFIC, IT'S GONNA BRING NEW ENERGY INTO THIS ICONIC, UH, DISTRICT. SO I THINK ONLY YOU COULD HAVE HANDLED THIS IN SUCH A BALANCED MANNER. YOU HAD A VISION, BUT YOU KNEW YOU HAD TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO PIVOT AND BRING IT NOW TO THE PLACE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THIS IS AT ON THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE US. UM, SO, SO THE RECOMMENDED TOP RANKED VENDOR HAS A LOCAL PRESENCE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A FACILITY IN CITY OF MIAMI AND THEY'RE BUILDING ANOTHER FACILITY IN BOCA RATON AND PALM BEACH. SO THIS IS A PROVEN VENDOR? YES. AND THIS IS A VENDOR THAT IS OFFERING THE CITY UPFRONT RENT. CORRECT. THEY ARE OFFERING AN UPFRONT PAYMENT OF $200,000 AND AN ANNUAL, UM, RENTAL BASED PAYMENT OF $200,000 WITH A 3% ANNUAL INCREASE. OKAY. UM, A PERIOD OF 119 [01:50:01] MONTHS. SORRY. I'M SORRY. 119 MONTHS. OKAY. UM, AS THE CITY ENTERS INTO NEGOTIATIONS, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER, AND I LEAVE IT TO THE SPONSOR 'CAUSE YOU HAVE A VISION, UM, I SAW THAT SOME OF THE OTHER RESPONDENTS THAT SECOND AND THIRD OPPONENTS ALSO HAD A PICKLE OPTION. AND NOT EVERYONE'S AS SPORTY AS YOU ARE. COMMISSIONER MUSCLES, UM, YEAH, , BUT SOME OF US NEED THE LIGHTER SPORT. UH, SO IF YOU CONSIDER PERHAPS AS, AS YOU ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS, THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING, UM, INCORPORATING THE POSSIBILITY OF PICKLEBALL AS AS PART OF THIS, WE SEE IT'S EXPLODING. EVERYONE LOVES IT. IT'S EVERYWHERE. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE WILLING TO ASK STAFF TO INCORPORATE AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION. OF COURSE, OF COURSE. I THINK THAT'S LOW COST FOR THE PROVIDER TO DO AND IT WOULD JUST BE A COMPLIMENT, UH, THE MORE ACTIVATION AND VIBRANCY. RIGHT? I DIDN'T START WITH SAYING, HOW CAN WE GET PADDLE HERE? IT STARTED WITH HOW CAN WE BRING VIBRANCY AND YES. ENERGY TO LINCOLN ROAD. EXACTLY. AND PADDLE WAS THE VESSEL IN WHICH TO DO SO. AND I ALSO WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. IN FACT, I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF DRIVING PAST THE MIAMI BEACH COUNTRY CLUB AT 11:00 PM AT NIGHT. YEAH. AND SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE. AND I SAID, WOW, IMAGINE THAT ON LINCOLN ROAD. I SAID, OH MY GOSH, ACTUALLY I GOT ELECTED TO HELP BRING THOSE VISIONS TO LIFE. UM, AND KIND OF TOOK THAT INTO MY OWN HANDS. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE IF, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXTRA SPACE UP THERE. SO FROM US AS A CITY, IF WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, WE COULD ASK THE OPERATOR TO, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY HELP BRING THAT VISION TO FRUITION. AND JUST TWO OTHER THINGS AS A FOLLOW UP THAT AS WE AS AS, UH, YOU COMMISSIONER AND THE ADMINISTRATION GO INTO NEGOTIATIONS, UM, CONSIDER THE BRANDING OF OUR CITY. WE ARE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. AND I THINK THERE WILL BE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT AROUND, UH, THIS VENDOR COMING INTO OUR GO GARAGE THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF PROMOTIONS ABOUT IT. IT'LL BE GREAT TO INCORPORATE INTO THAT OUR MIAMI BEACH BRAND SO THAT, SO THAT IT'S TIED, UH, TO IT. SO I WOULD ASK TO STU TO INCORPORATE IT AS PART OF THEIR PROMOTIONS. AND I NOTICED THAT WITH THE OTHER RANK PROPONENTS, THERE WERE, THERE WERE GROSS REVENUE SHARES WITH THE CITY. I SAW SOMEWHERE UP TO 10%. AND I'M CERTAIN THAT WITHOUT ME EVEN MENTIONING HERE, I'M SURE THAT THE SPONSOR HIMSELF WOULD'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR IT. YES. AS HE IS OUR FINANCE GU. BUT, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT, UH, THE BEST REVENUE SHARE WE CAN FROM THE PROPONENT WHEN YOU BRING BACK A NEGOTIATED CONTRACT. WILL DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. UM, I LOVE THIS IDEA, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S GONNA ACTIVATE A ROOFTOP THAT WE'RE NOT USING, BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE, RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE COMING IN AND USING THAT GARAGE ALL THE TIME. AND THAT GARAGE IS NOT IN GREAT SHAPE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE, IF LIKE WE'VE BEEN, UH, CLEANING IT LATELY OR PAINTING IT. I ALSO KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR. ARE WE MOVING PUBLIC WORKS AS WE DO THIS OR IS THAT NOT PART OF THE THIS IS ON THE ROOFTOP. IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS NOW THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS IN THAT GARAGE, UM, WHERE OUR CONVENTION CENTER IS IN THE CITY CENTER WHERE ALL OF OUR TOURISTS SEE IT. SO NOW THAT WE'VE COMMERCIALIZED THIS SPACE, I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THE PLAN TO MOVE PUBLIC WORKS OUT AND AT LEAST TIDY UP WHAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS THERE. AND I THAT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY BE PART OF THIS. YEAH, I, I AGREE THAT WE WANT TO BE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR OPERATOR AND THE, UH, ENHANCED COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WELCOMING THERE. WHEN I ORIGINALLY WANTED TO SEE THIS ON P 26 OR P 27, PART OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY FREEING UP SPACE IN THE GROUND FLOOR. UH, AND I SPOKE WITH OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT EVEN FOR THE INTERIM WHERE, UH, UNTIL WE FIND A MORE PERMANENT HOME FOR PUBLIC WORKS, JUST FROM HAVING A MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR GUESTS, THAT GROUND FLOOR IS VITAL BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO PARK ON A LOWER FLOOR AND WALK RIGHT OUT OF THE GARAGE. THAT AREA SHOULD BE CLEANED, REHABILITATED, AND FREED UP FOR OUR VISITORS FOR LINCOLN ROAD. SO BRAD, YOU KNOW, I'LL WORK WITH YOU, UH, FOR SOMETHING FOR THE JULY AGENDA. UH, AND COMMISSIONER AL A GREAT POINT. WE WANNA PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, NOT JUST FOR THIS, UH, OPERATOR, BUT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S VISITING LINCOLN ROAD AND PARKING IN THAT GARAGE AND PROBABLY HAVING OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS NOT THE WAY TO DO SO. SO, UH, LET'S HAVE A MORE AESTHETIC, UH, APPROACH TO THIS. BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO INCORPORATE IN THAT. WE'LL, [01:55:01] WE'LL WORK SEPARATELY TO, UH, TO GET THAT DONE. AND THEN ALSO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ON THAT SAME LINE IS HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE NOT PARKING IN, UH, P 27. THOSE SHOULD BE VITAL SPOTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO LINCOLN ROAD. UH, THEY SHOULD BE PARKING IN OUR PARKING GARAGE JUST A MERE BLOCK AWAY. UM, BUT THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE CAN TACKLE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE OPERATOR IS THAT YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE. UM, WHOEVER WE'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU SEE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FIX ON THE GROUND FLOOR WHERE SANITATION IS, JUST PLEASE LET US KNOW. MAYBE IF YOU GIVE US A, A PUNCH LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS YOU HAVE SANITATION ON THE FIRST FLOOR, I'M SURE THERE'S LIKE QUICK FIXES THAT WE MIGHT NOT SEE. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THAT GARAGE EVERY DAY. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL GET WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED DONE SO THAT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A CLEAN, CLEANER EXPERIENCE AS PEOPLE COME TO PLAY. PATEL, IT'S CALL THE VOTE. NOPE. OH, COMMISSIONER BOT. THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM. UM, TWO THINGS, SPEAKING OF BEAUTIFYING, THAT ENTRYWAY, WE TALKED AT A LAST MONTH, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT, OR MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO, ABOUT, UM, A, A MURAL PROGRAM THAT CITY PROVIDES THE PAINT AND WE PUT OUT A CALL TO ARTISTS, UM, MAYBE IN THIS CASE THE, THE PEOPLE WHO GET THE BID, UH, DO IT OR WE START WITH THIS AS A TEST PROGRAM AND THAT WE START OFF WITH, YOU KNOW, A SPORTS THEMED MURAL OR COMMUNITY ACTIVATION IN THAT ENTRYWAY SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, AH, THIS IS THE, THE GARAGE WHERE I CAN GO TO THE ROOF AND AND, AND DO SOMETHING SPORTY. UM, ONE THOUGHT, THE OTHER THOUGHT IS AS YOU'RE NEGOTIATING, AND THIS IS NOT, UH, MY STRENGTH AT ALL, BUT SUPER PSYCHED TO SEE THAT WE GET MONEY UP FRONT AND, YOU KNOW, MORE MONEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, BUT MAYBE THERE'S ALSO IF THEY, IF WE HIT, YOU KNOW, OR IF THE VENDOR HITS A, UM, CERTAIN THRESHOLD THEREAFTER, WE GET A REVENUE SPLIT. SO YEAH, THAT'S, AND I THINK THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH THAT, OH, I'M SORRY. I PRISONER WAS REFERRING TO. OKAY. SORRY. GREAT MIGHTS THINK ALIKE. WE WERE HAVING A SIDEBAR OVER HERE. I LOVE IT. J JUST IF I COULD, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, I, I THINK YOU HIT ON THE KEY WORD IS EXPEDIENCY. UM, NEXT SUMMER WILL BE WITH THE WORLD CUP COMING TO TOWN, PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF MIAMI, COMING TO OUR CITY FOR SEVEN WEEKS. AND, AND WHAT A GREAT ADDITION, I KNOW IT'S AMBITIOUS, BUT TO HAVE THIS READY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE TIMELINE THAT WAS PUT FORWARD WOULD BE RIGHT AROUND THERE. UM, PERMITTING CERTAINLY WAS A LARGE CHUNK. IT ACTUALLY WASN'T THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS PERMITTING IS WHAT SEEMED TO BE THE LARGEST INDICATOR. SO IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, BE AS EXPEDIENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FROM A LEGISLATIVE SIDE? DO YOU ENVISION, UH, AND MAYBE, UH, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR COULD ANSWER THIS. WILL THIS REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF, UH, AMENDMENT TO, UM, THE FAR THAT WE COULD, UH, START GETTING OUT OF IN FRONT RIGHT NOW? UM, 'CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE A VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL OF HAVING THIS COMPLETED, UH, BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. YEAH, I UH, ACTUALLY I TALKED TO NICK ABOUT THIS VERY BRIEFLY YESTERDAY. UM, I HAVEN'T REVIEWED THE PLANS IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THE ONLY REAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENT WOULD BE DESIGN REVIEW, BOARD REVIEW AND APPROVAL. UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A MAIN USE PARKING GARAGE, UP TO 25% OF THE FLOOR AREA CAN BE USED FOR NON-PAR PURPOSES. AND SO SINCE MOST OF THIS IS OPEN TO THE SKY, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE AN FAR ISSUE. AND ANY LIMITED ENCLOSED AREAS, I BELIEVE PROBABLY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT 25% RULE. SO EVEN IF THEY WOULD INCLUDE A CLUBHOUSE YEAH. OR CLOSE THE COURTS. OKAY. UM, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, KIND OF FIRM UP THAT ANALYSIS. UH, 'CAUSE IF WE DO NEED TO PIVOT, UH, I WANT TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT. YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. SECOND CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS A YES ON THIS ITEM. SO THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO R TWO A. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU. R [R5 K AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "ENVIRONMENT," BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED "NOISE," BY AMENDING SECTION 46-152 THEREOF, ENTITLED "NOISES; UNNECESSARY AND EXCESSIVE PROHIBITED,” TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION ALLOWING COMMERCIAL ENTITIES TO UTILIZE CERTAIN OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AT SPECIFIED TIMES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS IN THE CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE KR 5K IS THE NOR MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA ENTITLED ENVIRONMENT BY AMENDING AN ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED NOISE BY AMENDING SECTION 46 SLASH 1 52 THEREOF, ENTITLED NOISES UNNECESSARY AND EXCESSIVE PROHIBITED TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION, ALLOWING COMMERCIAL ENTITIES TO UTILIZE CERTAIN OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AT SPEC AT SPECIFIED TIMES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS IN THE CITY, AND PROVIDING FOR [02:00:01] REPEAL OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R 5K. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I MOVE MY ITEM. I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THIS IS LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL AREAS SO THAT RESIDENTS, UM, DON'T GET DISTURBED. I'M SPECIFICALLY REMINDED OF A FORMER COMMISSIONER WHO HAS TEXTED ALL OF US LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF STUFF HAPPENING IN SUNSET HARBOR. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE MY FEEDBACK. YEAH. SO, UH, THIS IS, UM, LET ME RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ANSWER. UH, THIS IS ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL AREAS OR IT'S BEING HANDLED. SURE. THIS IS, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL AREAS THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH UNTIL 11:59 PM YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, THE KEY THING WITH THIS IS THAT RIGHT NOW, CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS, YOU CANNOT PROPERLY PRESSURE WASH THERE. ARE THERE AREAS BECAUSE THE, THEY HAVE PEDESTRIANS, THEY HAVE PEOPLE PARKING DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. AND SO THE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ALLOW THE PRESSURE CLEANING IN OUR CITY FALL COMPLETELY DURING THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS OF AN ESTABLISHMENT LIKE PUBLIX, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHICH WAS WHO RAISED THIS CONCERN, UH, TO ME. SO THIS IS A VERY MODEST EXCEPTION. ONE TIME A MONTH, TWO HOURS, ONE TIME A MONTH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAN AREAS, CLEAN SUPERMARKETS, AREAS THAT AREN'T DIRTY. SO VERY MODEST. MR. MAYOR. WELL, UH, FIRST COMMISSIONER, BOT, AND THEN, UH, THANK YOU. UM, DO YOU, IS THERE A PART OF THIS, WHICH I THINK IS, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, BUT JUST AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, IS THERE ANY OUTREACH TO LET, UM, BUSINESSES KNOW AND TO GIVE RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT BE LIVE IN AFFECTED AREAS? A HEADS UP THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN ONCE A A MONTH, FOR INSTANCE, PUBLIX IS THE ONE WHO IS ASKING FOR IT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES WHO MIGHT WANNA BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. SO, ARE WE GONNA DO ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS ANY TIME OF, I'M SORRY, COMMUNICATION OUTREACH? UM, LETTING BUSINESSES KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND IF THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, UM, OR LIKE ACROSS THE STREET FROM, I MEAN, WE CHANGE THE CODE 30 TIMES A MONTH. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE, THAT WE SEND COMMUNICATIONS EVERY TIME WE CHANGE THE CODE. BUT IF WE WANNA START WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO ENHANCE OUR PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES, AND IT'S A CONSTANT SOURCE OF CONVERSATION I KNOW BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND OUR CODE COMPLIANCE AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THE SIDEWALKS. SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO HAVE AN EXTRA INCENTIVE TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEIR SIDEWALKS, IT MIGHT BE WORTH LETTING THEM KNOW. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SURE. I MEAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRECTED IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, MR. MANAGER, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT COMMUNICATING THIS TO THE EFFECTIVE PARTIES IN, IN, IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO US THAT THEY NEED THIS, BUT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THIS TWO HOURS ONCE A MONTH? SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE COULD WORK WITH OUR FOLKS AT CODE COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROACTIVELY COMMUNICATING TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHANGE IN OUR NOR NOISE ORDINANCE REGULATIONS. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE COULD WORK THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING COMMUNICATION FOLKS AS WELL, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A, A QUICK BLURB SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW. COULD WE ALSO, UM, DO A SWEEP OF THE BTRS THAT, THAT WE HAVE ON FILE THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS AND SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY CHECK. OKAY. ALL SET. YEAH. HEY, MR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I KNOW, JUST, SORRY, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE ON THE MARINE ITEM. 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S JUST TANGENTIALLY RELATED. BUT, UH, MR. INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SANITATION AND PRESSURE WASHING, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. UH, LET SAVE YOU TIME. CAN WE GET AN LTC ABOUT AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THE, UH, ENHANCED SANITATION, UH, CLEANING EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY THE, THE GUM WASHING AND PRESSURE WASHING AND THINGS LIKE THAT? LTC IS LETTER TO COMMISSION, UH, IN CASE ANYBODY'S WONDERING FROM THE STAFF TO US. OKAY. MITCH THAT, THANK YOU. YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH THE PLEDGE. I APPRECIATE THAT. MITCH NOVIK 9 0 1 COLLINS AVENUE, MY PROPERTY ABUTS OCEAN COURT, ALTHOUGH I'M OFF FOR CLEANLINESS, UH, [02:05:01] MY CONCERN NOT SO MUCH WITH ME, BUT WITH MY NEIGHBORS, UH, ALONG THAT ROADWAY, UH, IS THE IMPACT OF PRESSURE WASHING, UH, UH, ONE NIGHT A MONTH, UH, NEAR MIDNIGHT, UH, HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A REQUEST. SOMEONE'S, UH, NAMED DAVID REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON ZOOM. DAVID, STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YES. HELLO, THIS IS DAVID WALLACH. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT BUSINESSES, UH, CAN STILL PRESSURE WASH ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS IN THE MORNING EVERY DAY, WHICH WE'VE DONE FOR 30 YEARS, AND KEPT IT CLEAN. THIS IS AN EXPANSIVE ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT A RESTRICTIVE ORDINANCE. IT GIVES EVERYONE TWO EXTRA HOURS AT THE END OF THE DAY TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTIES CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL. AND IN SANITARY CONDITIONS, YOU'RE CAUSING SUCH CONTROVERSY. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. WE ALL WANNA PETER MORE. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH SAFER MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO, BUT I IT ALL SERIOUSLY, IT, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THAT, AND, AND DAVID AND EVERYONE WHO'S ASKING QUESTIONS, IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOOD. MAKE SURE, UH, EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING I, I MAKE LIGHT OF IT, BUT IT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE, WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS DOING AND NOT DOING. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. WE CAN CALL THE ROLL, IF YOU WISH. CALL THE ROLL ON R 5K VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R 5K. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. R FIVE [R5 L AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “GRAFFITI,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 70-123 THEREOF, ENTITLED “PROHIBITIONS; ENFORCEMENT; AND PENALTIES,” TO DOUBLE THE CIVIL FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] LR FIVE L IS THE ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED, GRAFFITI BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH 1 23 THEREOF ENTITLED PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES TO DOUBLE THE CIVIL FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION AND PROVIDING FOR REPEATER OBSERVABILITY CLARIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IT ITEM R FIVE L, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND ME. JUST A SIMPLE ORDINANCE TO INCREASE OUR GRAFFITI FINES, UM, AS WE GET STICKERED AND TAGGED ACROSS THE CITY. UM, BUT THAT, I'LL MOVE MY ITEM SECOND. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD ITEM. UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO I BROUGHT AN ITEM, I THINK I MENTIONED OUR FIRST READING, BUT, UH, TO SHORTEN THE TIME PERIOD, IT USED TO BE 10 DAYS AN OPERATOR HAD, OR AN OWNER HAD TO FIX GRAFFITI. NOW YOU HAVE, UH, 48 HOURS. MY TIME UP. YEP. YOU HAVE 40, 48 HOURS, AND THE CITY WILL COME IN AND THEN, UH, AND BILL THEM. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A, A NICE, UH, ITEM AS AS WELL. AND, UM, I SUPPORT IT. CALL A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON R FIVE L. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. AIR MINOR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE L. R FIVE. MR [R5 M AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “FINANCE,” BY CREATING SECTION 2-280 THEREOF, ENTITLED “USE OF RENT PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL LEASE,” TO DEDICATE, PURSUANT TO THE BALLOT MEASURE APPROVED BY THE CITY’S VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018, THE GUARANTEED RENT PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL LEASE TO ENHANCE FUNDING FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS (IN LIEU OF RATE INCREASES), TRAFFIC REDUCTION MEASURES, AND EDUCATION; AND REQUIRE A 5/7TH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ADOPT ANY FUTURE AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE M IS AN ORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE FIVE, ENTITLED FINANCE BY CREATING SECTION TWO DASH TWO 80 THEREOF ENTITLED, USE OF RENT PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM THE CONVENTIONAL CENTER HOTEL LEASE TO DEDICATE PURSUANT TO THE BALLOT MEASURES APPROVED BY THE CITY'S VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2018, THE GUARANTEED RENT PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL LEASE TO ENHANCE FUNDING FOR STORM WATER PROJECTS IN LIEU OF RATE INCREASES TRAFFIC REDUCTION MEASURES AND EDUCATION, AND REQUIRE A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO ADOPT ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE OF PROVIDING FOR REPEAT OR CALCIFICATION SUSTAINABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE M SPONSORED BY ME AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ SPONSOR. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. YEAH. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, JUST POINT OUT ONE THING, JUST THAT THE TERM IN LIEU OF, UM, I'M COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, USING THESE RENT PAYMENTS TO HELP US FORTIFY OUR CITY AS, AS I KNOW RESILIENCY IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND SOMETHING WE WANNA WORK ON. UH, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT AND SCALE, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO SOLELY RELY ON THE PAYMENTS HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT UNFUNDED CAPITAL, UH, COMMITMENTS OF UPWARDS OF, YOU KNOW, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS COULD BE AN EITHER [02:10:01] OR. THIS IS MORE OF AN ENHANCEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M ASKING RICK, UH, PERHAPS I'M JUST READING TOO MUCH INTO THE WORDS IN LIEU OF, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THIS MORE OF AN ENHANCEMENT TO HELP US FIGHT RESILIENCY. I, I THINK YOU HAVE IT RIGHT. UM, THE, THE ORDINANCE ADOPTS WHAT THE VOTERS, UH, VOTED ON IN 2 20 18, UH, TO HELP, TO MITIGATE INCREASES. BUT, UH, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT INCREASES AREN'T GONNA BE NEEDED BEYOND WHAT THE REVENUES ARE FROM THE HOTEL ONCE THEY'RE SPLIT UP BETWEEN THE THREE, UH, DIFFERENT BUCKETS. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION OF COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I'LL SECOND. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR TRAFFIC REDUCTION MEASURES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT'S TRAFFIC EDUCATION AND STORMWATER. AND WOULD THAT INCLUDE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THERE'S A TRAFFIC DIVERTER THAT'S BEEN PROMISED TO THE BAY SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT FEELS LIKE FOR DECADES NOW AT CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE AND DADE BOULEVARD THAT THERE'S STUDIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR IT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. WOULD THAT BE COVERED BY THIS? WELL KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO MODIFY ON OH FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE, I THINK, BUT WITHOUT THE NEED A MODIFICATION, DOES THE ORDINANCE ALLOW? BUT I THINK, YES, I DIDN'T FINISH, BUT I THINK THAT THE, THE WAY THAT IT'S WORDED IS BROAD ENOUGH TO COVER ANY TRAFFIC MITIGATION SUCH AS ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED. THANK YOU. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, ERICA, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT CONFORMS TO A VOTER REFERENDUM, CORRECT? CORRECT. MR. MAYOR. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE VOTERS HAD VOTED ON IN THE 2018 ELECTION FOR THE USE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, REVENUE. GREAT. RALPH? UH, NO. AGAIN, THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. IT IS ITEM R FIVE MR FIVE NR [R5 N AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "HOUSING," BY CREATING ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY,” BY CREATING SECTION 58-600 THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED "DEFINITIONS,” TO ADOPT CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS; CREATING SECTION 58-601 THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED "PROHIBITED CONTACTS FOR SOLICITATIONS,” TO ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING CERTAIN PREDATORY SOLICITATIONS TO RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNIT OWNERS; CREATING SECTION 58-610 THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED “CIVIL PENALTIES,” TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR REFERENCES TO FLORIDA STATUTES, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE N IS THE NORTH MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY CREATING ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED, CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY BY CREATING SECTION 58 DASH 600 THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, DEFINITIONS TO ADOPT CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS, CREATING SECTION 58 DASH 6 0 1 THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, PROHIBITED CONTACTS FOR SOLICITATION TO ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING CERTAIN PREDATORY SOLICITATION TO RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNION OWNERS CREATING SECTION 58 6 10 THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, CIVIL PENALTIES TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR REFERENCES TO FLORIDA STATUTES, UH, REPEAL OBSERVABILITY CLARIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R FIVE N. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND I, I ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK, UM, OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, NICK ES, UH, AND OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL, UH, JOE SANTINO FOR, FOR WORKING ON THIS ITEM THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD FOR SECOND READING. IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM OWNERS, UH, THROUGHOUT MIAMI BEACH. AND I AM VERY PROUD OF IT BECAUSE IT IS GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION. I BELIEVE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. CONDOMINIUMS ARE NOT ONLY A DOMINANT FORM OF DWELLING FOR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY, IT'S THE BULK OF OUR, OF OUR HOUSING INVENTORY. UM, THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF MANY OF OUR CHERISHED HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE SEEN, UM, WE'VE SEEN CASES OF PREDATORY BUYOUT PRACTICES, TACTICS USED BY DEVELOPERS ATTEMPTING TO TERMINATE OLDER CONDOMINIUMS AND DISPLACED LONGTIME RESIDENTS. AND THEY DO THIS, UH, BY PUTTING UNDUE INFLUENCE, BY PUTTING PRESSURE, BY GOING AFTER ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES AND PEOPLE OF MODEST MEANS, AND PUTTING SO MUCH PRESSURE AND SO MUCH SOLICITATION AND CALLS AND MAIL, AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND EVEN INTIMIDATION THAT WE SAW THE NEED THROUGH GUIDANCE OF OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL TO CREATE THIS NEW ORDINANCE THAT CREATES CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR [02:15:01] CONDOMINIUM UNIT OWNERS BY PROHIBITING SOLICITATIONS THAT ARE UNWANTED, THAT ARE THREATENING, THAT ARE MADE IN BAD FAITH, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HAPPEN IN, IN THE PAST. AND IT ENSURES THAT IF ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAYS, NO, I'M NOT INTERESTED, THAT THAT DECISION NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED AND THAT THEY CANNOT BE TORMENTED, THAT THEY CANNOT BE THREATENED, THAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE CANNOT BE IMPACTED. SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, NICK TO WALK US A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THIS, OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU NICK, UH, PUBLICLY, BECAUSE WE ARE THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT IN ABSENCE OF ANY OTHER PROTECTION FOR THESE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS, IS TAKING BOLD STEPS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN LEAVE, CAN, CAN LIVE PEACEFULLY, AND THAT THEY CAN'T BE PREYED UPON BY LARGE DEVELOPERS. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND, AND, AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WHAT THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS, UM, IS ANY CONTACT TO A CONDO UNIT OWNER THAT CONTAINS A THREAT, FOR INSTANCE, A THREAT OF A FORCED SALE. UM, AND IT PROHIBITS A, UH, UH, A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER FROM MAKING THREE OR MORE CONTACTS TO A CONDO UNIT OWNER WITHIN A 180 DAY PERIOD WHEN THE UNIT OWNER HAS REJECTED THE SOLICITATION OR ASKED NOT TO BE CONTACTED AGAIN. UH, THE ORDINANCE CREATES A, A, A PENALTY AND FINE SCHEDULE STARTING AT $500 PER VIOLATION, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTACT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIT WOULD BE TREATED AS A SEPARATE VIOLATION AND MULTIPLE OFFENSES OF THIS. LET'S SAY SOMEONE VIOLATES THIS, THIS ORDINANCE, WOULD THEY BE COVERED BY OUR HABITUAL OFFENDER ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE TAKING THROUGH A DIFFERENT LEGISLATIVE TRACK? YES. A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD, UH, WOULD, WOULD COUNT TOWARD A, UH, A DEVELOPER'S, UH, DETERMINATION OF, OF, OF A HABITUAL OFFENDER, WHICH, UH, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AND IS, IS, UH, IS WAS JUST REVIEWED AND TRANSMITTED BY THE LAND USE COMMITTEE WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. AND, AND UNDER THAT SEPARATE ORDINANCE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PENALTY THAT, UH, IF ADOPTED SOMEONE THAT VIOLATES THIS, THIS CONDO, UM, UH, ORDINANCE, IF THEY BECOME AN HABITUAL OFFENDER, WHAT WOULD BE THE TYPE OF PENALTY ONE OF THESE, UH, DEVELOPERS COULD BE FACING? WELL, IN ADDITION TO, TO RESOLVING ANY OPEN VIOLATIONS AND PAYING ANY OUTSTANDING FINES OR FEES TO THE CITY, UM, THE, THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO, UH, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A A ONE YEAR COOLING OFF PERIOD, WHICH IS THE TERM COMMISSIONER BOT SUGGESTED TO ME DURING OUR BRIEFING, UM, WHERE BEFORE THOSE LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS COULD BE CONSIDERED. SO IF, IF A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND PRAYS ON OUR RESIDENTS AND THREATEN OUR, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND INTIMIDATE OUR RESIDENTS THE WAY WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN IN OTHER PLACES UNDER OUR NEW ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE, THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE ADOPTING TODAY, AND POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, THEY COULD BE FACING UP TO A ONE YEAR COOLING OFF PERIOD, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF OUR RESIDENTS, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTING YOUR OWN ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR PROJECT. RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO ULTIMATELY, THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT FAIR, DOES NOT STOP FAIR NEGOTIATIONS. IT ALLOWS FOR FAIR NEGOTIATIONS. IT SIMPLY MAKES SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING PREYED UPON OR HARASSED IN OUR CITY. THAT'S RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'M PROUD TO MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND. UM, SO MARK SAMUEL AND I HAD A PROPERTY ON FIFTH AND OCEAN, AND, UH, IT WAS THE FIRST PROPERTY THAT MARK HAD IN, UM, MIAMI BEACH. HE BOUGHT IT IN 2003, AND A DEVELOPER CAME IN AND STARTED BUYING UP UNITS. UM, AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN CONDOS THERE LIVED PART-TIME HERE AND PART-TIME OVERSEAS. AND SO UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, UM, UNITS WERE GETTING SCOOPED UP. AND, UH, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? THEY TOOK OVER THE BOARD AND THEN EVENTUALLY DISSOLVED THE ASSOCIATION, AND WERE TRYING TO GIVE LOW BALL OFFERS, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE FULL TIME. IT WAS REALLY AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE. WE HAD TO GET AN ATTORNEY, UH, TO GET OUR FAIR AMOUNT FOR THAT PROPERTY. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR BRINGING SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT FORWARD TO HELP THE RESIDENTS. AND I'M, UH, GONNA [02:20:01] VOTE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. LET'S CALL A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE. UH, KRISTEN SMITH IS ON ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. KRISTEN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. I'M SO SORRY. THAT WAS AN ACCIDENTAL RAISE IN MY HAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A QUESTION. I ASK A QUESTION. GO AHEAD PLEASE. THANK YOU. NO, NO. OKAY, GO APPROACH. GOT THANK YOU. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES PLEASE. THANK YOU. PATRICIA, I KNOW OF 25 55 COLLINS AVENUE. THIS IS GREAT LEGISLATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU ARE THREATENED OR BEING HARASSED BY TELEPHONE, HOW DO YOU PROVE THAT? ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE A TWO PARTY STATE FOR CONSENT AND I WILL DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY? UM, WELL, THE TWO PARTY CONSENT RULE OBVIOUSLY WOULD STILL APPLY. SO A A, A PROPERTY, A UNIT OWNER COULD ONLY RECORD THE CALL IF THEY HAD THE PERMISSION OF THE, PROBABLY OF THE PERSON, PERSON CALLING THEM. RIGHT. UM, IT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE UNIT OWNER, UH, MADE A, MADE A NOTE OF, OF THE CALL WHEN IT OCCURRED, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, NOTES OF AS MUCH DEAL DETAIL AS AS POSSIBLE. UM, I THINK THAT THAT COULD CERTAINLY GIVE RISE TO, TO A VIOLATION. OBVIOUSLY A A WRITTEN CONTACT IS GOING TO BE EASIER TO PROVE. RIGHT. UM, BUT I THINK IF, IF A, IF A, IF A UNIT OWNER MADE, UH, CON, YOU KNOW, CONTEMPORANEOUS NOTES OF THE CALL, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE DETAILS THAT COULD BE USED, UH, TO SUPPORT A VIOLATION. AND HOW WILL THIS BE COMMUNICATED THEN TO RESIDENTS? UM, WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, PASSED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ABOUT A COMMUNICATION ABOUT EDUCATING AN EDUCATION INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING NOW AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT ITEM, R FIVE O, WHICH IS A COMPANION ITEM, UH, IF THAT GETS ADOPTED, THAT WE BE ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNIC IT TO OUR CONDOMINIUM. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OF COURSE. JOE MANNING 1460 OCEAN DRIVE, WE GET THESE CALLS ALL THE TIME. UM, AND PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. THEY DON'T SAY WHO THEY ARE, WHO THEY'RE ASKING FOR. IS THERE A WAY TO GET A LIST OF THESE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE DOING THIS? WELL, THERE MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE IF WE ADOPT ITEM R FIVE O, WHICH IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. AND, AND WHAT THAT ITEM SAYS IS THAT ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF CONTACTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNIT OWNERS OR GETTING THEM UNDER CONTRACT, THAT THEN NOW YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE ASSOCIATION AND POTENTIALLY THE CITY THAT YOU ARE ENGAGING IN A BUYOUT. SO THAT, SO THAT YOU AS A UNIT OWNER IN THAT BUILDING, SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND YOU CAN PROPERLY PROTECT YOURSELF, MIGHT BE TOO LATE, BUT THANK YOU. THE NEXT, AND, AND THE EDUCATION INITIATIVE WAS PASSED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MY AIDE IS TELLING ME IT WAS ITEM C SEVEN AQ MR. ROSE GONZALEZ. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR CONDO OMBUDSMAN IS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY NECESSARY THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY. UM, I KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T PASS THE POSITION, SUPPOSEDLY THE STATE OF FLORIDA APPOINTED SOMEBODY, BUT THE CONDO LAWS ARE CHANGING. AND WE, UM, I DID A ZOOM LAST MONTH AFTER, UM, AFTER THE MEETING AND WE WENT OVER THE NEW CONDO LAWS. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT. SO ARE WE DOING ANYTHING AT ALL TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE FACT THAT THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED? THEY HAVE TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, FOUR ZOOMS PER YEAR WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN ITEMS. AND WE HAVE A BIG GAP BECAUSE A LOT, I, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY A, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE IN CONDOMINIUMS AND WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THIS. I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS LEGISLATION OUT THERE, BUT WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE AN OMBUDSMAN WHO IS CONSTANTLY FIELDING THESE QUESTIONS. NOT GIVING LEGAL ADVICE, BUT JUST INFORMING PEOPLE. WE DON'T HAVE ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR OMBUDSMAN IS, BUT I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT MAYOR, YOU DIDN'T WANT US TO GET A CONDO. WELL, ERIC, WELL, ERIC, UH, POSITION HAS BEEN, SO WE ACTUALLY, WE HIRED, UH, BIANCA GUVERA, WHO IS A PERMIT COORDINATOR SLASH OMBUDSMAN POSITION. SHE'S BASICALLY HERE TO [02:25:01] HELP RESIDENTS, CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE ISSUES IN DEALING WITH THE CITY OR WITH THE STATE ON ITEMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, REGULATORY OR PROCESS QUESTIONS. AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN WITH ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. A LOT OF THOSE, ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PASS ALONG TO THE STATE. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT CONTACT AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY WE CAN. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN OPEN ZOOM MONTHLY WITH OUR CONDO OMBUDSMAN, AND ASSOCIATIONS CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT. AND WHEN YOU ESTABLISH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO, IT'S A VIRTUAL FORUM, THEY CAN LOG IN AND ASK ANY QUESTION THAT THEY HAVE. WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT WILL BE LIKE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, THEN YOU'RE GONNA START TO REALLY PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE. IT HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STABILITY. AND I THINK A ZOOM FORUM IS PROBABLY THE, THE BEST, THE BEST FORUM THAT YOU COULD HAVE FOR IT. IT'S JUST AN IDEA. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IN CASE YOU WANTED TO BRING IT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT LEGISLATIVELY, BUT IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. AND IF YOU REALLY WANNA HAVE, UH, BLANCA'S SERVICE BE USEFUL TO THE RESIDENTS. AND, AND IN ADDITION TO, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER JUST MENTIONED, THE STATE, THERE WAS A POSITION, THERE WAS A VACANCY. 'CAUSE THERE WAS, UH, MR. HENNINGS HAD THE POSITION, IT WAS THEN VACATED, IT WAS BEEN FILLED, THAT, THAT POSITION HAS NOW BEEN FILLED BY THE STATE. SO WE DO HAVE, UH, AN OMBUDSMAN POSITION. HI, GOOD MORNING. KEVIN POLITO, NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR. UM, SO JUST TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT THE MANAGER MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE, UH, BIANCA, SHE'S OUR NEW PERMIT COORDINATOR. UH, THERE IS LIKE A 60 40 SPLIT OF CONDO QUESTIONS SHE'S BEEN GETTING. SO WE'VE DEVELOPED A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DBPR, UH, AND ALSO WITH, UH, PETER, UH, FROM YOUR OFFICE. UH, AND WE, WE DO HAVE THE OMBUDSMAN COMING INTO CITY HALL. WE'RE GONNA HAVE MONTHLY SESSIONS. UH, WE WERE TRYING TO AIM FOR LIKE THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH. WE ACTUALLY JUST DID ONE LAST MONTH. UH, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE, UH, FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT IN THE PAST. GOING FORWARD, YOU'RE GONNA START TO SEE ADVERTISEMENTS, UH, FOR FUTURE SESSIONS IN PERSON HERE IN CITY HALL. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO SOME SORT OF ZOOM VIRTUAL SESSION WITH THE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING HE IS WILLING TO DO. UH, THE NEW OMBUDSMAN, I BELIEVE IT'S RYAN. RYAN SCHIFF SHIFT. YEAH, HE'S, AND HE'S HERE REGULARLY IN MIAMI BEACH. SO HE IS, YEAH. YEAH. HE IS BASED OUTTA TAMPA, BUT WHEN HE DID COME, HE BROUGHT ALL HIS STAFF. UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING NEW, UH, GOING INTO JULY. UH, THE DBPR OFFICE HERE LOCALLY, THEY'RE GONNA BE HOSTING A UNITS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY SESSION HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE PROMOTING THAT SOON, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE EDUCATION, UH, THAT I'VE BEEN TASKING BIANCA, UH, TO WORK WITH. I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVEN THOUGH, UH, THEY'RE ALL ON ZOOM TOO, RIGHT? OF YES. YEAH. YEAH. THE UNITS RIGHTS, THAT'S ALL GONNA BE ON ZOOM, UH, FOR THE ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE OMBUDSMAN, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THAT ZOOM SESSION THAT'S A LITTLE MORE, UH, PERSONAL. UH, BUT THAT WAY, UH, ANY FUTURE KIND OF WEBINAR OR WHATNOT, IT'LL BE KIND OF LIKE A CITY MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE'LL, WE'LL PUBLICIZE THE STATE, UH, UH, RYAN SCHIFF. WE SHOULD PUBLICIZE THAT IN A BIG WAY. YOU ARE ALWAYS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, KEVIN, SO THANK YOU. HAPPY DOUBT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. MAY I, ONE MORE SPEAKER. JUDITH SMIGEL. GO AHEAD PLEASE. HI, JUDITH SMIGEL FROM SOUTH BEACH. I AM DELIGHTED WITH OUR FIVE N. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I AM DELIGHTED WITH KRISTEN'S SUGGESTION ABOUT REGULAR CONTACT WITH AN OMBUDSMAN. I CAN TELL YOU I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN OMBUDSMAN. I'VE BEEN PART OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR A LONG TIME AND NOBODY'S EVER SAID, OH YEAH, LET'S GET IN TOUCH WITH THE, UM, OMBUDSMAN. AND ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE OMBUDSMAN WE HAD NOW, RYAN SCH, I BELIEVE, IS OUT OF TALLAHASSEE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT MEANS TO ME THAT HE WORKS FOR THE, THE TALLAHASSEE AND NOT FOR US? UM, THANK YOU. DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT, UH, RICK OR ERIC? SO OBVIOUSLY THE OMBUDSMAN, THE STATEWIDE OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE IS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOMEONE WHO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS THAT COME UP STATEWIDE. WE DO HAVE A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF CONDOMINIUMS HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND SO THEY HAVE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME DOWN HERE, BOTH THE PRIOR OMBUDSMAN AND THE CURRENT ONE. SO, UM, YES, IT IS A STATEWIDE OFFICE, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE ALSO GETTING, UM, A GOOD REPRESENTATION WHEN THEY COME DOWN. AND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL. I, I THINK PART OF HER QUESTION, AND SORRY IF [02:30:01] I'M MISREADING IT, BUT I THINK PART OF HER QUESTION WAS, CAN, IS SHE REP IS THIS INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF MIAMI BEACH SINCE THE PERSON IS BASED OUT OF TALLAHASSEE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT BIANCA IS REPRESENTING THE INTEREST OF MIAMI BEACH AND SHE IS INTERFACING WITH THEM VERY FREQUENTLY. AND I JUST, AND JUST ADD TO, SORRY, GO AHEAD. YEAH. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S ITEM. I'M SO SORRY. I, I MEAN, I, AND I, AND I AND I, I, NO, NO, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY RELEVANT TODAY. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE VOTE. IT, THE ITEM IS ABOUT OUR, WHAT WE ARE DOING LOCALLY. THE STATE OF FLORIDA HASN'T REALLY PASSED CONDOMINIUM PROTECTIONS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HAVING TO STEP TO THE PLATE TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY AND THE RIGHT OF OUR RESIDENTS TO LIVE PEACEFULLY WITHOUT BEING BOMBARDED BY PRESSURE. BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT THE OMBUDSMAN CAN ACT ON. IT'S, BUT I GOT IT. BUT, BUT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING, BUT THE STATE IS AS WELL. AND I, I RECALL AT LEAST WHEN, WHEN MR. HENNINGS WAS HERE, THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE VALUABLE, UH, INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS. I, I RECALL SITTING IN MEETINGS WHEN PEOPLE WOULD COME TO HIM JUST FOR BASIC INFORMATION THAT IT'S HARD TO, IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE. AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, BUT I, I ACTUALLY DO THINK THIS, THIS, THIS IS, UH, RELATED TO YOUR ITEM. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE IN A MOMENT. UH, BUT IT ALSO CAME UP 'CAUSE WE HAD RESIDENTS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO I DIDN'T WANT, I DIDN'T WANT TO IGNORE OUR RESIDENTS USING YOUR ITEM APPROPRIATELY, I THINK, TO, TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR OWN CONDOS, KEVIN. YEAH, AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT. JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, BIANCA IS TASKED WITH, UH, MIAMI BEACH CENTRIC. UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IS THAT, UH, RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN CONDOMINIUMS AND HAVE CONCERNS, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. UH, SO THE FACT THAT THEY COULD COME TO US, UH, BIANCA AND I, UH, WE'RE POINTING THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE DBP, WITH THE STATE OMBUDSMAN DIRECTLY, BUT ALSO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UH, AND, AND ALBA'S TEAM, UH, FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN NOTES, UH, KNOWN OF. UH, SO BIANCA DOES HAVE THAT MIAMI BEACH KIND OF FIRST MENTALITY WHERE SHE IS POINTING OUR RESIDENTS KIND OF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. OKAY. WE CAN CALL A VOTE. YES, SIR. UH, THIS IS ON R FIVE N VICE MAYOR SUAREZ YES. IS A YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE NC. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YOU GOT LIKE A TWO FOR ONE IN THAT, IN THAT ITEM. . UH, WELL, WE'LL CALL R FIVE [R5 O AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "HOUSING," BY CREATING ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY,” BY CREATING SECTION 58-600 THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” TO ADOPT CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS; CREATING SECTION 58-602 THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED "NOTICE TO ASSOCIATIONS,” REQUIRING PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THEIR ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS IN CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY; CREATING SECTION 58-610 THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED “CIVIL PENALTIES,” TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR REFERENCES TO FLORIDA STATUTES, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] O SO YOU CAN R FIVE O ONE SECOND PLEASE. R FIVE O IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMEN. CHAPTER 58 OF MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY CREATING ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED, CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY BY CREATING SECTION 58, 600 THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, DEFINITIONS TO ADOPT CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS, CREATING SECTION 58 DASH 6 0 2 THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, NOTICE TO ASSOCIATIONS REQUIRING PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THEIR ACQUISITION OF INTEREST AND CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY, CREATING SECTION 58 DASH SIX 10 THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, CIVIL PENALTIES TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR REFERENCES TO FLORIDA STATUTES RE REPEATS OF LIABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE OH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THIS ORDINANCE WAS NOT ABOUT THE OMBUDSMAN, AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE OMBUDSMAN , BUT IT IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS. WE CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE, . I KNOW. YES. BUT I SEE HOW IT'S INTERCONNECTED. UM, BUT THIS IS ABOUT, THIS ONE IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS, AND IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT WHEN A DEVELOPER BEGINS TO ACQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNITS IN A CONDOMINIUM, THAT EVERY REMAINING OWNER GETS THE NOTIFICATION WE MENTIONED, UM, WHEN, WHEN JOE WAS SPEAKING, THAT THEY GET THAT NOTIFICATION EARLIER IN, IN THE PROCESS. UM, TOO OFTEN THE CONDO OWNERS, AND ESPECIALLY SENIORS OR INDIVIDUALS AND FIXED INCOMES AREN'T MADE AWARE OF A BULK BUYOUT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM TO REALLY SPEAK UP OR MAKE THEIR PLANS. AND THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THEM A VOICE AT THE TABLE FROM THE START. UM, IT REQUIRES BULK BUYERS TO DISCLOSE WHO THEY ARE, HOW MANY UNITS THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO, TO, TO, TO PURCHASE WHEN THEY GOT THEM UNDER CONTRACT AND HOW TO REACH 'EM, WHAT'S THEIR CONTACT, UH, INFORMATION. AND IT ALSO ENSURES THAT ASSOCIATIONS [02:35:01] AND PROPERTY MANAGERS PROPERLY POST, UH, THIS IN INFORMATION. SO I WANNA, UH, RECOGNIZE NICK, UH, FOR ANY OTHER, UH, INFORMATION WE NEED TO SHARE ABOUT THIS. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, COMMISSIONER, IS WE'VE DISTRIBUTED A, A HANDOUT AT THE SPONSOR'S REQUEST, UM, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE, THE THRESHOLD THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT FROM 30% TO 20%. SO ONCE A DEVELOPER HAS 20% OF THE UNITS UNDER CONTRACT, THAT'S ONLY FOR LARGER BUILDINGS, IS THAT CORRECT FOR, OR IS THAT FOR ALL BUILDINGS? THE, THE AMENDMENT HAS, HAS TWO PARTS. ONE IS TO LOWER THE THRESHOLD TO 20%, AND ALSO TO APPLY THE ORDINANCE TO BUILDINGS WITH A MINIMUM OF 12 UNITS. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE 20% THRESHOLD TO APPLY ONLY TO LARGER UNITS AND ALL OTHER BUILDINGS TO BE SUBJECT TO THE 30% THRESHOLD? IS THAT NO, NO. NO. OKAY. HOW WE, HOW WE DISTURB IT WAS THE CORRECT ONE. OKAY. SO THE, SO THE ORDINANCE WOULD ONLY APPLY TO CONDOS WITH A MINIMUM OF 12 UNITS. MM-HMM . THE LAST AMENDMENT I WOULD SUGGEST, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION ON THE, ON THE PRIOR ITEM, IS THAT TO THE LIST OF PARTIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE NOTICE UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, I WOULD ADD THE CITY MANAGER. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM, ALL THE VOTE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE ON THE, UH, PRESENT TO REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER B. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. AIR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE SECOND READING. UH, MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS AMENDED. R [R5 P AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "HOUSING," BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “IN GENERAL,” BY CREATING SECTION 58-2, THEREOF, TO BE ENTITLED "FAIR APPROVAL PROCESS” REQUIRING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE AN APPLICATION FROM A POTENTIAL RESIDENT WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) BUSINESS DAYS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE P, FINISH THE CONDO ITEMS . R FIVE P IS AN NOTICE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSIONER CITY MAY BE SHORT AMENDING CHAPTER 58. IT MIGHT BE CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED IN GENERAL BY CREATING SECTION 58 DASH TWO THEREOF TO BE ENTITLED, FAIR APPROVAL PROCESS REQUIRING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR FROM A POTENTIAL RESIDENT WITHIN 15 BUSINESS DAYS. AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEATABILITY GRATIFICATION ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S OUR ITEM R FIVE P, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER B. UH, THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE ITEMS. SOMETIMES, UM, CONDOMINIUMS IN THEIR DECLARATIONS ARE MUTED AS TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, THAT AN APPROVAL FOR A PROSPECTIVE APPLICANT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED. UH, AND SO THIS, THIS SETS A 15 DAY LIMIT, UH, ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE APPROVED OR NOT, UH, CAN GET THOSE, THOSE ANSWERS IN A FAIR AND TIMELY WAY. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, ROBERT ROSENWALD, WHO WORKED VERY HARD, UH, ON THIS ITEM. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MIAMI REALTORS ASSOCIATION WHO COLLABORATED WITH ME ON THIS ITEM. UH, THEY, THEY PROVIDE GREAT FEEDBACK AND HAVE SUPPORTED, UH, THIS, THIS ITEM. AND HOPEFULLY THIS ENSURES THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT WAITING A MONTH TO GET A RESPONSE, UH, WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE INTO A NEW APARTMENT OR A NEW CONDO. SO WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S CALL A VOTE. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BT. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE P. R FIVE. [R5 Q AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “TAXATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “RESORT TAX,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 4, ENTITLED “TAX,” BY AMENDING SECTION 102-306 THEREOF, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF A RESPONSIBLE PERSON; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] QR FIVE Q IS AN ORDINANCE OF MAYOR, CITY. COMMISSIONER STATE MAY BE TRUE. AMENDING CHAPTER ONE OR TWO THAT MAY READ CITY CODE ENTITLED, TAXATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR, TITLE RESORT TAX BY AMENDING DIVISION FOUR ENTITLED TAX BY AMENDING SECTION 1 0 2 DASH 3 0 6 0 ENTITLED DEFINITIONS AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF A RESPONSIBLE PERSON AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEATABILITY CLARIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE Q. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. THIS WAS JUST A CLEANUP FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO, BUT WITH THAT I MOVE MY ITEM. SORRY. GOT A MOTION TO SECOND LET'S CALL A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK OF MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. SECONDED BY, BY SAMARA SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BOT? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE QR FIVE [R5 R AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PERSONNEL," BY CREATING ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES’ SALARY ORDINANCE,” BY CREATING SECTIONS 78-321 THROUGH 78-330 THEREOF, TO CODIFY AS PART OF THE CITY CODE, AND ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES’ SALARY ORDINANCE (NO. 789), WHICH ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED CITY EMPLOYEES, FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND EASE OF REFERENCE, TO DELETE AND/OR REVISE OUTDATED PROVISIONS, AND TO CODIFY EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; AND FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] RR [02:40:03] FIVE R. IN ORDER OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CHAPTER 78 OF THEM MIGHT BE CITY CODE ENTITLED PERSONNEL BY CREATING ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY ORDINANCE BY CREATING SECTION 78 DASH 3 21 THROUGH 78 DASH THREE 30 THEREOF TO CLASSIFY AS PART OF THE CITY CODE AND ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES SALARY ORDERS NUMBER 7 89. WHICH ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE PAID PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED CITY EMPLOYEES FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND EASE OF REFERENCE TO DELETE AND, AND OR REVISE OUR DATED PROVISIONS AND TO CLASSIFY EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES REPEATEDLY, ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR FAVORABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE R, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. AND WELCOME MARLA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MARLA CITY STAFF TO TEE THIS UP. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS MARLA ALIZAR, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. THIS IS, UM, AN ORDINANCE TO, UM, WHICH IS A LONGSTANDING ORDINANCE IN THE CITY FOR THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARIES. AND THIS IS MAINLY A CLEANUP ITEM TO CODIFY OR ORDINANCE. IT DOES PROVIDE FOR ONE MAJOR CHANGE, WHICH IS THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE, COLAS WOULD BE, UH, ADOPTED BY THIS COMMISSION THROUGH RESOLUTION RATHER THAN THROUGH AN ORDINANCE PROCESS, WHICH MEANS ONE READING INSTEAD OF TWO. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. WILL SECOND CALL THE VOTE? IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE ON ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BOT? YES. AIR MINOR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE. RR FIVE S. [R5 S AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PERSONNEL," BY CREATING ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED “UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES’ SALARY ORDINANCE,” BY CREATING SECTIONS 78-310 THROUGH 78-320 THEREOF, TO CODIFY AS PART OF THE CITY CODE, AND ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES’ SALARY ORDINANCE (NO. 1605), WHICH ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE PAY PLAN FOR UNCLASSIFIED CITY EMPLOYEES, FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND EASE OF REFERENCE, TO DELETE AND/OR REVISE OUTDATED PROVISIONS, AND TO CODIFY EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE; AND FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] MAYOR R AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS A SIMILAR GIMME ONE SEC MARK. OH, EXCUSE ME, I GOTTA DO MY JOB. I'M SORRY. UH, R FIVE S IS IN ORDINANCE TO MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 78 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED PERSONNEL BY CREATING ARTICLE SIX ENTITLED UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY ORDINANCE BY CREATING SECTION 78 DASH THREE TEN TWO THROUGH 78 DASH THREE 20 THEREOF TO CODIFY AS PART OF THE CITY CODE AND ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 1605, WHICH ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES A PAID PLAN FOR UNCLASSIFIED CITY EMPLOYEES FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND EASE OF REFERENCE TO DELETE AND OR REVISE OUR DAILY PROVISIONS AND TO CODIFY EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES, REPEATING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE, AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR FAVORABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. IT IS SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ITEM R FIVE S. MARLA. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSION. THIS IS A SIMILAR ITEM, SECOND READING, AND THIS IS FOR THE UNCLASSIFIED SALARY ORDINANCE. I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER BOT. OH YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ABSENT, UH, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. I HEARD A VOICE. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS A YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ IS A YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS R FIVE S. THANK YOU, MARLEY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. R FIVE [R5 T AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED, “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-22(5)(B) THEREOF, ENTITLED “GENERAL REQUIREMENTS,” TO REMOVE THE MANDATORY TWO-YEAR HIATUS PRIOR TO REAPPOINTMENT TO ANOTHER AGENCY, BOARD, OR COMMITTEE, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF LAND USE BOARDS, WHO SHALL CONTINUE TO OBSERVE SUCH HIATUS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] TR FIVE T IS THE NOTICE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 22, SUBSECTION FIVE B THEREOF ENTITLED GENERAL REQUIREMENTS REMOVE THE MANDATORY TWO YEAR HIATUS PRIOR TO REAPPOINTMENTS TO ANOTHER AGENCY, BOARD COMMITTEE EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE BOARDS WHO SHALL CONTINUE TO OBSERVE SUCH HIATUS AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, OBSERVABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS ITEM R FIVE T. IT IS SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE MY ITEM. I'LL SECOND IT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK OF A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BLO? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER HERANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. AIR MINOR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND. THE, THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE T. R FIVE [R5 U AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” ARTICLE III, “AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES,” DIVISION 1, “GENERALLY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-22, “GENERAL REQUIREMENTS,” TO REQUIRE THAT ALL APPLICANTS FOR APPOINTMENT TO A CITY AGENCY, BOARD, OR COMMITTEE SUBMIT A RÉSUMÉ OR CURRICULUM VITAE (CV), AS WELL AS A STATEMENT OF INTEREST, AND THAT APPLICANTS FOR POSITIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL OR EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATIONS SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF LICENSURE OR OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] UR FIVE U IS THE NOTICE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE THREE, AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. DIVISION ONE, GENERALLY BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 22. THERE, THERE ARE SECTION TWO DASH 22 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE THAT ALL APPLICANTS FOR APPOINTMENT TO A CITY AGENCY BOARD OR COMMITTEE [02:45:01] SUBMIT A RESUME OR CURRICULUM, CV AS WELL AS A STATEMENT OF INTEREST. AND THE APPLICANTS FOR POSITIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL OR EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATIONS SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF LICENSURE OR OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING FOR REPE QUALIFICATIONS, OBSERVABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS ITEM R FIVE U IT IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONER, BOT AND CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. NO, OF COURSE. SORRY. UM, THIS IS AN ITEM VERY SIMPLY THAT, UM, FOR THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 49 BOARDS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. UM, ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, WE WELCOME THE INTEREST AND WE THINK IT'S FABULOUS. BUT RIGHT NOW YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM AND THAT'S IT. AND SO I THINK IT'S A PRETTY MINOR ASK TO ASK FOR A RESUME OR A CV TO BE ATTACHED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS AS LONG AS WELL AS, UM, A BRIEF STATEMENT OF INTEREST IN WHY YOU SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. I DON'T THINK THAT'S OF A, A STRETCH. SO, UM, WITH THAT, AM I ALLOWED TO MOVE MY ITEM? YEP. I MOVE SECOND. THE CORRECT CO-SPONSOR. UH, SECONDS THE ITEM AND IF NO DISCUSSION, THERE'S NO ONE IN ZOOM. AND MAKE A SUGGESTION, CAN WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE SENIOR FIRST COMMITTEE? CAN I DON'T KNOW IF SOME SENIORS ARE OFTEN TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGED AND THEY MIGHT NOT ALWAYS. I KNOW SENIORS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE COMPUTERS OR A WAY TO PUT TOGETHER A CV. I MEAN, A CV FOR A CV CAN BE LOOSELY DEFINED. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A LINKEDIN WORTHY RESUME. I MEAN, THEY'RE ABLE TO APPLY. I I JUST, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HARD FOR SENIORS, BUT I THINK IF WE START MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER, I THINK IT MIGHT BE COMPLICATED. I MEAN, A CV COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, I SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING IN RETAIL AND, UH, 10 YEARS ON THE, THE MY APARTMENTS STEERING COMMITTEE AND THAT'S MY CV AND I WANNA BE ON THIS BOARD. UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE INTEREST IS. I MEAN, HOW ARE THEY APPLYING? I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES THESE ARE SENIORS THAT WE KNOW FROM THEIR ACTIVITY IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, WE KNOW THEM, THEY RAISE CONCERNS TO US. NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THERE'S STILL AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT ONLINE. RIGHT? UNLESS I'M WRONG, RALPH, CAN YOU CLARIFY IT? IT IS ONLINE. IF, IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP, WE HELP. SOMETIMES WE ENTER THOSE FOR THEM WITH THEM THERE IN THE MOVEMENT. IS THAT, HOW DO WE HANDLE THE SENIORS? BECAUSE I, I JUST KNOW THAT, AND I THINK SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, I CAN SEE SOME OF THEM NOT HAVING A COMPUTER. WE HELP YOU GUYS HELP THEM. YEP. OKAY. ARE YOU GONNA HELP THEM CREATE THEIR CV? WE WOULD, WE WILL CREATE SOMETHING SIMPLE. IF THEY NEED TO HELP. IF SOMEONE IN THE SENIORS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HELP, WE WILL NOT TURN THEM DOWN. YEAH. I MEAN, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FORMATTED RESUME. IT CAN JUST BE, YOU KNOW, AN INTRODUCTION OF WHO THEY ARE. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST PUT THEIR NAME IN, IN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS BASICALLY. AND THAT'S A DIRECT APPOINTMENT FOR MOST PART. YOU CAN JUST HAVE A, A CV THERE THAT SOMEBODY COULD FILL OUT THEIR NAME AND PUT IN ANY WORK EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE YOU'RE HELPING. WE, WE WOULD HELP. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT. OF COURSE. SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER AB BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I'M JUST SAYING DAD, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, UH, CHALLENGE. IT WASN'T DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY AT YOU . SO, UH, BUT YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. JOE SAW THAT YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES THE ITEM ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE UR FIVE [R5 V DISTANCE SEPARATION EXEMPTIONS FOR ADULT MATERIAL IN RETAIL COSMETICS STORES 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 1, ENTITLED “GENERAL PROVISIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” SECTION 1.2.2, ENTITLED “USE DEFINITIONS,” BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR ‘COSMETICS STORE’, AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.5.5, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.5.5.2, ENTITLED “ADULT ENTERTAINMENT”, BY CREATING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COSMETIC STORES, WHERE ADULT MATERIAL CONSTITUTES LESS THAN 20% OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE ESTABLISHMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] VR FIVE V IS AN ORDINANCE TO 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 ONE ENTITLED GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.2 ENTITLED, USE DEFINITIONS BY ADDING A DEFINITION FOR COSMETIC STORES AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN, ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE FIVE, ENTITLED SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.5 0.5 ENTITLED SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS SECTION 7.5 0.5 0.2 ENTITLED ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BY CREATING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COSMETIC STORES WHERE ADULT MATERIAL CONSTITUTES LESS THAN 20% OF THE FLOOR AREA OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEAT OF ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES A FIVE SEVENS VOTE IS R FIVE V. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ [02:50:02] VERY NARROW, TAILORED, NARROWLY TAILORED ITEM TO, UM, ATTRACT A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT. WITH THAT, I MOVE MY ITEM SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO QUESTIONS TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. MAY I CALL THE ROLE? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? NO. MAYOR MINOR. NO. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVENS VOTE. WE HAVE THE FIVE SEVENS VOTE. THIS ITEM IS APPROVED. R FIVE BR FIVE WR [R5 W WEBSITE ADVERTISING FOR LDR AMENDMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED “MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE,” CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TO THE TEXT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 2.4.2, ENTITLED “AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS,” BY MODIFYING THE PUBLISHED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE W IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SUB PART B ENTITLED MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE CHAPTER TWO, ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES. ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TO THE TEXT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SECTION 2.4 0.2 ENTITLED AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY MODIFYING THE PUBLISHED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE AND PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION REPEAL OF ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. IT IS ITEM R FIVE W. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I MOVE MY ITEM. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, HOW MANY MORE OF THESE ITEMS ARE THERE? THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. YES, SIR. NO WAY, COMMISSIONER. SO I THINK YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR, ALMOST TWO YEARS. YOU'VE BEEN BRINGING THESE ITEMS, BUT I YOU ARE, UH, UPGRADING THE WAY WE DO PUBLIC NOTICES. SO, AND ACTUALLY, HAVE YOU CALCULATED HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE SAVED THE CITY WITH THESE ISLAND? YES SIR. SO WE HAVE SAVED SO FAR, AND THE REASON IT'S A BIT HIGHER THAN USUAL IS 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THE LINCOLN ROAD ELECTIONS AND WE'VE HAD THE SOUTH BEACH ELECTION, BUT WE HAVE SAVED $122,903. WHAT WE HAVE SPENT THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT SPEND 99% OF IS 42,827 AND 75 CENTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN WE STARTED STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ITEM, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE FISCAL EFFICIENCY WOULD HAVE IN THE, IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN THEN USE THAT DOLLARS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMMITTEE COMMISSION COMMITTEE LIAISON RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. UM, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I STRONGLY FEEL SHOULD FALL UNDER THE CITY CLERK AND THEN MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW IT'S NOT PART OF THIS ITEM, BUT I JUST DID WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DID. . THAT'S IRONIC. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE UPGRADED THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, BUT I REALLY DON'T LOVE THIS ITEM BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT LOCAL PRESS AND MEDIA DEPEND ON ADVERTISEMENTS. I KNOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS, PEOPLE LIKE MY MOTHER WHO GET THE MIAMI HERALD AND I HAVE TO SAY SHE'S NOT LOOKING ONLINE EVER. SHE'S ACTUALLY READING THE NEWSPAPER. SO WE'RE LEAVING OUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN WE DO THIS AND WE CAN SAY THAT WE'RE SAVING MONEY BY DOING THIS, BUT THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, MARGINALIZED. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIES TO CONTINUE TO, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO, UH, SUPPORT, UM, INDEPENDENT OBJECTIVE MEDIA DISTRIBUTE. YEAH, WE DO DISTRIBUTE TO THE SENIOR CENTERS. WE DO DISTRIBUTE TO THE LIBRARIES. UH, WE HAVE COPIES IN THE, AT CITY HALL, SO WE ARE GOING AT LEAST ATTEMPTING TO GO TO REACH THOSE PEOPLE. UH, BUT WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO SENIOR CENTERS OR WHO DON'T GO TO LIBRARIES? I MEAN, THEY ARE BEING LEFT OUT. WHAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, SO I I DO, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, RALPH, WHAT'S THE SUBSCRIPTION LEVEL OF THE LOCAL MEDIA? THE LAST TIME I GOT THE NUMBER, WHICH WAS OCTOBER, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING IT UPDATED WAS 3,300. OKAY. BUT THOSE ARE 3,300 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW NOT GONNA GET PUBLIC NOTICES. AND AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S BETWEEN ONLINE SUBSCRIBERS AND YES. AND, UH, PHYSICAL. SO THAT'S REALLY HALF. WELL, WHAT THEY GAVE US WAS NO, SO THE NUMBER THAT THEY GAVE US WAS 3,300 HOME DELIVERIES AND 2,900 DIGITAL. THEY NEVER EXPLAINED WHETHER THE 2,900 IS ALSO ENCOMPASSED IN THE 3,300. YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS 10, 10 PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE NOTICED, I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE WE, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE NOTICES. AND SO I THINK IT'S WRONG AND I THINK THOSE 3,300 PEOPLE SHOULD BE NOTICED. MAYBE IF YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANNA PAY THE FEES TO THE PUBLICATION, THEN YOU SHOULD MAIL THOSE 3,300 HOMES OR MAKE SURE THAT THEY SOMEHOW GET NOTICE. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT GO ONLINE AND WE'RE NOT ACCOMMODATING THEM. WE HAVE [02:55:01] ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO DOESN'T GO TO THE, WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY GO OR NOT, BUT WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REQUESTED THAT EVERY TUESDAY WE HAVE THE PACKET READY FOR THEM AND WE HAVE A PACKET READY FOR THEM AND THEY PICK UP. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE TO WHOMEVER. I MEAN ALSO, RALPH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THESE NOTICES PUT A TREMENDOUS STRAIN ON YOUR, ON YOUR DEPARTMENT. CORRECT. I MEAN, AND IF THERE'S AN EVER AN, UH, AN ERROR IT, YOU, IT TAKES WEEKS TO CORRECT. IT'S, IT'S FORGET THE WORK. THE ISSUE IS MORE OF THE ERRORS. RIGHT NOW WITH A NEW HAROLD POLICY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS, WHETHER IT'S OUR FAULT OR THEIRS. UH, WE'VE HAD INSTANCES. SO IF THERE'S A HOLD ON, IF THERE'S AN ERROR ON THEIR PART, YOU CANNOT CORRECT IT. WELL, IT'S TOO LATE. IN OTHER WORDS. RALPH, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PROCESS YOU WERE ABOUT TO DESCRIBE? SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE CREATE THE ADS JUST LIKE WE DID. AND IN FIVE MINUTES IS UP, IT'S UP ONLINE. UH, AND WITH THE PROCESS BACK THROUGH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S LEGISLATION. CORRECT. THE OTHER WAY, THE THE OLD PROCESS WAS WE DRAFTED THE AD, WE SENT IT OUT TO THE HAROLD. THE HAROLD SENT US BACK A PROOF. THE PROOF WAS USUALLY WRONG. FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT DIDN'T MATCH WHAT WE REQUESTED, WE SENT IT BACK. SO, AND, AND WHAT IF YOU'VE READ THE NEWSPAPER, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO EVEN CATCH AN ERROR BECAUSE OF THE SIZE THAT THEY GIVE YOU. THE PROOF IS VERY SMALL, SO THIS IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE. WE GET THINGS DONE ON FRIDAY AND HALF THE TIME THAT WE USED TO JUST OUR PORTION OF IT. SO IT IS, AND, AND WE WILL NEVER HAVE AN ISSUE WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, WHICH IS YOU SEND IT TO THE HERALD AND THEY JUST DON'T PUBLISH IT EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ACKNOWLEDGED, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE GIVEN US A PROOF, IT JUST DOESN'T GET PUBLISHED THAT SUNDAY. SO THOSE WOULD THEN BE NOT HEARD TILL A MONTH FROM NOW. SO RIGHT NOW WE MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT SINCE WE GIVE OURSELVES SO MUCH LEAD LEADWAY THAT WOULD BE CORRECTED A MONDAY IF, IF SOMETHING DIDN'T PUBLISHED ON A SUNDAY. 'CAUSE WE HIT A BUTTON WRONG SO WE COULD FIX OUR MISTAKES IMMEDIATELY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN, UH, AN ARCHAIC PROCESS. UM, AND WE'RE STREAMLINING IT. AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MY, UH, INITIATIVE. THE STATE OF FLORIDA PASSED THIS LAW AND WE'RE JUST ADOPTING IT. AND, AND THE COUNTY ALSO PASSED THIS IN ORDER FOR US TO ADOPT IT. SO, UM, MOST AND THESE, THIS WEBPAGE IS FOR ALL THE CITIES, MEANING, SO EVERYONE'S GOING TO A CENTRALIZED BANK. EVERYONE IN DADE COUNTY WHO'S, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO ONE LOCATION VERSUS NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, ONE OF THE THEMES THAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON, UH, IN FOR SOME TIME, BUT ESPECIALLY IN RECENT MONTHS, IS NOT ONLY COST SAVINGS FOR OUR CITY, GIVEN SOME OF THE BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS, SO APPLAUD YOU FOR THE EFFORTS FOR, UH, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY MEASURES AND HEARING, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS, UH, I THINK SHOULD REALLY BE AMPLIFIED AS WELL. SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. UH, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, A SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE CALL A VOTE. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING TO SPEAK. LARRY SCHAEFER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. LARRY SCHAEFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET ON, ON THIS ITEM. WOULD IT OPERATIONALLY, WOULDN'T IT BE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO JUST HAVE PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR PRINT NOTICES WITH RALPH IN HIS OFFICE? SIGN UP AND THEN WHEN NOTICES NEED TO GO OUT, THEY GO OUT AS A GROUP AND THEY GET MAILED USING THE US POSTAL SERVICE AND THEY SHOW UP IN SOMEONE'S MAILBOX. WHO FORMERLY WOULD GET THE NOTICES VIA THE MIAMI HERALD VIA A SIMILAR SIGNUP PROCESS? SOMEONE WHO WANTS NOTICES DIGITALLY THROUGH EMAIL. THEY CAN GO IN THE OFFICE, GIVE THEM EMAIL ADDRESS, AND THEN THEY CAN GET THE NOTICES DIRECTLY IN THEIR EMAIL INBOX. BOTH OF THESE WOULD PROVIDE FOR GREATER GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND NOT REQUIRE US TO PAY MONEY TO THE HERALD. THANK YOU. WE DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE. THANK YOU. LET'S CALL A VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SWAR. LAST MAYOR SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. NO. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BOT YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE W. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE WILL PUT A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER NOW SAYING THAT WE'RE NOW INCLUDING TOM'S ITEMS AS PART OF, OF THE DIGITAL. SO WE'LL DO THAT IN SPANISH, AND WE'LL DO THAT IN ENGLISH. SO THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GREAT, THANK YOU. R FIVE XR [R5 X AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 110 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED "UTILITIES," AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED "FEES, CHARGES, RATES AND BILLING PROCEDURE," BY AMENDING SECTION 110-167 THEREOF, ENTITLED "WATER IMPACT FEE"; BY AMENDING SECTION 110-169 THEREOF, ENTITLED "SEWER IMPACT FEE"; AND FURTHER, AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED "FEE SCHEDULE," TO INCREASE THE WATER IMPACT FEES AND SEWER IMPACT FEES IMPOSED BY THE CITY PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 110-167, 110-169, AND APPENDIX A; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE X, I'M SORRY. R FIVE X IS AN ANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY MIAMI BEACH. AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED [03:00:01] UTILITIES AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED FEES, CHARGES, RATES AND BILLING PROCEDURES BY AMENDING SECTION ONE 10 DASH 1 67 THEREOF ENTITLED WATER IMPACT FEE BY AMENDING SECTION ONE 10 DASH 1 69 THEREOF ENTITLED SEWER IMPACT FEE AND FURTHER AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED FEE SCHEDULE TO INCREASE THE WATER IMPACT FEE AND SEWER IMPACT FEES IMPOSED BY THE CITY PURSUANT TO SECTIONS ONE 10, UH, 1 10, 1 6, 7, 1 10, 1 6 9, AND APPENDIX A PROVIDING FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, REPEATS OF ABILITY ON EFFECTIVE DATE. R FIVE X IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER BACH CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UM, I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT, UM, BUT FOR ANYBODY LISTENING WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR, BASICALLY WE LEARNED A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, UH, ON AN A DIFFERENT ITEM THAT THE, UM, IMPACT FEES FOR WATER AND SEWER, UM, FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED IN 30 YEARS, 19 95, 19 95. A LOT HAS CHANGED IN 1995, NOT LEAST OF WHICH, WHICH IS, UM, THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. AND IT IS SHOCKING THAT, THAT I I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS DIDN'T GET CAUGHT SOONER THAN NOW, BUT HERE WE ARE AND, UM, I I WOULD JUST MAKE A MOTION TO, TO, UH, MOVE THIS. UM, CONGRATS FOR MAKING IT THROUGH Y 2K . IT WAS DICEY. IT WAS TOUCHING THE GO THERE FOR A MINUTE. I, I WANTED JUST TO POINT OUT THAT'S IRONIC BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY ON MY BIRTHDAY IN 1995 WHEN IT WAS LAST, UM, MODIFIED. SO, SO THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS LIKE FIXES ALL OF OUR BUDGET PROBLEMS, BUT IT WILL NOT CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE. UM, AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? COULD THESE IMPACT FEES GO TOWARD THE DEBT SERVICE FOR INCREASING THE WATER AND SEWER FOR THOSE OTHER PROJECTS, FOR THE HOTSPOT PROJECTS? BECAUSE THESE ARE PRETTY HIGH NUMBERS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS WILL GENERATE ANNUALLY, BUT DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF OFFSET AND THIS COULD BE IT? YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM USING THEM FOR THAT. I DEFER TO OUR, UH, CFO TO TELL US IF WE CAN. THEY ARE NOT, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS ARE HIGH, BUT I KNOW THE AGGREGATE OF THE NUMBERS WILL NOT MAKE A HUGE DENT. BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO ISSUE REPURPOSING THEM FOR THAT. BUT I DEFER TO THE EXPERTS, UH, JASON GREEN, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ALL OF THIS WOULD GO INTO THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, WHICH WOULD FUND NOT ONLY THE OPERATIONS OF THE WATER AND SEWER, BUT ALSO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THAT DEBT SERVICE. SO IT ALREADY WOULD GO KIND OF TO, TO THAT POINT. IT'S ALL PART OF THE FINANCING PLAN. WELL, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING THE DEBT SERVICE TO BE? JUST SO THAT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IF THERE'S ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CANNOT, I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY, IF THIS IS PASSED, AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOLISTICALLY ABOUT RATES, UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT FINANCING PLAN. OKAY. SO IT'S ALREADY, IT'S COOKED. IT'S, IT'S ALREADY BAKED IN, IN THE MIX. AGAIN, IT'S, IT IS GREAT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT IT HASN'T HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE A MATERIAL DIFFERENCE. SO I DON'T, I I HEAR IT'S, IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE. I KNOW. I JUST, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE CAUGHT THIS, BUT THE MORE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND, YOU KNOW, CAMPAIGNING AND WALKING AROUND THAT ARE, THIS WATER AND SEWER INCREASE THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING IS GONNA BE REALLY HORRIFICALLY DEBILITATINGLY AWFUL FOR SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ON FIXED INCOME. SO ANY KIND OF REVENUE STREAM THAT WE COULD DEDICATE TOWARD THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. AND IT'S NOT FAIR THAT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE EITHER, YOU KNOW, 10% WATER OR 9% WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASES FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW VERSUS FIXING OUR RESILIENCY PROBLEMS. THAT SHOULDN'T BE A CHOICE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, SO I'M GONNA BE A NO ON THE INCREASE IN THE FEE. SO I, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE, THE REASON WHY I'M LOOKING AT THIS, IT'S BAKED IN, THAT'S FINE. BUT WHAT IS THE DEBT SERVICE? BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN, WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM FOR THAT DEBT SERVICE. BUT WITH ALL PRESSURE BOUGHT, I, I KNOW THAT IS A VERY REAL CONCERN FOR ALL OF US. UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU RAISED ARE REAL CONCERNS FOR ALL OF US. UM, WE DON'T WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO BE HAVING TO MAKE FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T AFFORD, NOR DO WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER OR TOILETS THAT FLUSH. SO HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. I KNOW. SO I, WITH RES OUT OF DEFERENCE TO THIS 40 POUND, UM, AGENDA THAT WE HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GET THIS PASSED. AND WHEN WE BRING THAT ITEM BACK IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, WE CAN HAVE A VERY LENGTHY AND ROBUST DISCUSSION. THE CONCERN THAT YOU'RE RAISING ABOUT, LET'S MAKE SURE THIS MONEY GOES BACK INTO THAT POT TO OFFSET WHATEVER WE CAN. IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE. SO I I, I SHARE THAT DESIRE. [03:05:01] IT IS ALREADY GOING TO BE DONE OR IS ALREADY PLANNED TO BE DONE. SO WE ARE, I THINK ALL OF US ALIGNED ON THAT MISSION AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET READY TO, UM, DISCUSS THE BIGGER ISSUE WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US, BUT IT IS NOT BEFORE US NOW. OKAY. SO I, I, UM, I THINK, JOE, YOU HAD A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, IN DIRECT CONTRAST, UH, COMMISSIONER, BUT TO STEER US AWAY FROM THIS CONVERSATION, BUT JUST SINCE IT'S UP VERY SIMPLISTICALLY, UH, I'LL JUST TAKE TWO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. OUR FIRST STREET RESILIENCY PROJECT AND WEST AVENUE PHASE THREE, CAN THOSE BE COMPLETED WITHOUT THE REEXAMINATION OF OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES? IT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY DIFFICULT. UH, WE KNOW WE DISCUSSED, UH, WEST AVENUE PHASE THREE EARLIER, UM, AT THE JUNE BUDGET, UH, WORKSHOP ON CAPITAL. UH, WE DID HAVE DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE STORM WATER FUNDING OF IT. WE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE WATER AND SEWER. SO TO THAT EFFECT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE PROJECTS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITHOUT, UH, DEALING WITH WATER AND SEWER RATES. BUT WE'RE ON, YOU KNOW, TARGET TO DEAL WITH THAT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. I I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT PEOPLE IN SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IF YOU WANNA RAISE THOSE WATER AND SEWER RATES, THEN MAYBE YOU HAVE TO OFFER SOME SORT OF RELIEF FOR PEOPLE WHO APPLY FOR IT. YEAH, BECAUSE FP AND L IS WHAT YOU LIKE THAT IDEA? I HEARD IT. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, I MEAN, FP AND L IS ALSO RAISING ITS RATES SUBSTANTIALLY. MY ELECTRIC BILL FOR MY HOUSE WAS $429 A MONTH, WHICH IS, I THINK IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT. I THINK I GOT RAISED LIKE 20%. SO IF I'M COMPLAINING AND I'M NOT ON A FIXED INCOME, I MEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT OUR SENIORS ARE GOING THROUGH, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN ADD TO IT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THOSE PROJECTS SHOULD BE TIED IN AND, AND PAID FOR BY, YOU KNOW, UM, SENIOR CITIZENS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR MEDICINE BECAUSE OF FIVE 9% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASES. THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF, UH, COMPASSION EMPATHY PROGRAM IN PLACE. MAYBE WE DISCOUNT PEOPLE OVER A CERTAIN AGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT WE CANNOT RAISE THAT RATE. COMMISSIONER BOTT, I, NO, I APOLOGIZE. COMMISSIONER BOT, I MEAN, MEAN IT IS A VERY REAL CONCERN, BUT IT IS NOT BEFORE US NOW. AND WE HAVE A MILLION OTHER ITEMS TO GO THROUGH, AND I'M JUST, I'M COMMISSIONER BOTT. I'M JUST BEGGING THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON THIS. VERY SIMPLE. GUYS, PLEASE, COMMISSIONER BOTT HAS THE FLOOR. I'M BEGGING THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON THIS VERY SIMPLE MOVE TO HOLD OUR DEVELOPERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF IMPACT FEES. I DON'T, I I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE CO-OPTED AND DERAILED. I HEAR THE CONCERNS, I SHARE THE CONCERNS. WE WILL DISCUSS THE CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES UP ON AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT IS NOT THIS ITEM AND IT IS NOT TODAY. SO I'M BEGGING, I'VE MADE A MOTION. LET US MOVE. SECOND, MR. I'M SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. IT'S, IT'S A, A WATER IMPACT AND SEWER IMPACT FEES ON DEVELOPERS THAT RATES HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED IN DECADES. SO, MR. I'D JUST LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. LET'S, UH, AND I'LL BE A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A MORATORIUM ON WATER? AND SO RATE INCREASES RIGHT NOW? YES, THERE IS. THERE IS THERE, THERE IS ONE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE. MR. MAYOR. CAN I JUST SAY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? AND THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERED. NOW THIS GOES TO YOU, BRAD, THE MR. CFO TO PLANNING DIRECTOR. UM, WE KIND OF STUMBLED UPON THIS IN FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE DID. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THINGS LIKE THIS OUT THERE THAT STAFF IS AWARE OF THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT STUMBLE UPON, IF YOU COULD BE FORTHCOMING WITH THOSE, UH, PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE OUTDATED CODE THINGS ARE THAT WE SHOULD PERHAPS BE REEXAMINING. UM, BUT WITH THAT, UH, I VOTE YES. UH, WELL, I'LL LET OUR CFO FILL IN THE DETAILS, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS I ALREADY HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS, UM, BEING BROUGHT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UM, WHERE STAFF IS REVIEWING ALL OF OUR IMPACT FEES CITYWIDE. AND, UM, AND WE ARE GONNA CATCH ANYTHING THAT WE'VE MISSED SO FAR, CALL THE VOTE. LET'S STAY FOCUSED, BUT LET'S STAY FOCUSED ON THIS ONE. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER BOT. WELL, I'M NOT SURE. I'M JUST, YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YEAH. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. WE WILL ADD COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AS CO-SPONSORS. R FIVE [R5 Y AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PLAN CREATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2006-3504, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 5.01(b)(6) TO PROVIDE FOR A FOUR PERCENT (4%) ACCRUAL FACTOR FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND TO PROVIDE THAT, AS APPLICABLE TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, EARNINGS SHALL INCLUDE TOTAL W-2 COMPENSATION PLUS ANY OTHER PAYMENTS OR ALLOWANCES UP TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 401(a)(17) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] [03:10:01] YR FIVE Y IS IN ORDER OF THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY MAY BE TO AMEN AND RESTATING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN, CREATED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2006 DASH 3 5 0 4 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED AND BY AMENDING SECTION 5.01, SUBSECTION B SIX TO PROVIDE A 4% ACCRUAL FACTOR FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND TO PROVIDE THAT AS APPLICABLE TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL EARNINGS SHALL INCLUDE TOTAL W2 COMPENSATION, PLUS ANY OTHER PAYMENTS OR ALLOWANCES UP TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION FOUR ONE A 17 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND REGULATIONS PROPAGATED THERE UNDER AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT THEREWITH, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R FIVE Y. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, THIS IS, UH, AN ITEM THAT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS, UH, WITH THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR, UH, GENERAL. AND IT INCREASES THE ACCRUAL FROM THE PENSION FOR THE PENSION, UH, TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER CHARTERED OFFICERS FROM 2.5% TO 4%. UH, SO IT'S A VERY SIMPLE ITEM ABOUT CONSISTENCY AND PARITY. AND WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY, UH, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. MAY I CALL THE ROLE? YEAH. YEP. COMMISSIONER B. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS R FIVE Y. OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA, WITH, [R5 Z AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2023-4567, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “TAXATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “LOCAL BUSINESS TAX,” BY REPEALING SECTION 102-388 THEREOF, ENTITLED “LEVY, COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF 1% LOCAL OPTION FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX (HOMELESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TAX),” THEREBY STRIKING FROM THE CITY CODE ALL PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO LEVY, COLLECT, AND ADMINISTER THE 1% LOCAL OPTION FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX (ALSO KNOWN AS THE “HOMELESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TAX”) WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 212.0306 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] GONNA CONFIRM WITH THE SPONSOR THAT R FIVE Z IS BEING WITHDRAWN. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. YES. SO, R FIVE Z IS WITHDRAWN. IT IS CALLED C SEVEN [C7 BF A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CENSURING FORMER SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEMBER JOHANN MOORE; CONDEMNING HIS RECENT INCENDIARY REMARKS IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS; AND REASSURING RESIDENTS THAT THEIR SAFETY AND CONFIDENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THEIR MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.] BFC SEVEN, BF CING JOHAN MOORE CONDEMNING HIS RECENT REMARKS. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU FROM THE HEART. OKAY. UM, NOT JUST AS A CITY COMMISSIONER, BUT AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY. SOMEONE WHO'S JEWISH, UH, AND SOMEONE WHO LOVES MIAMI BEACH FOR ITS DIVERSITY, DECENCY, AND ITS, UH, MORAL SPINE. UM, LAST WEEK I GOT AN EMAIL, UH, FROM A GENTLEMAN NAMED JOHANN MOORE, WHO FREQUENTLY CALLS IN HERE AND, UM, AND WAS ACTUALLY SITTING ON A BOARD. AND, AND PJ, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PULL IT UP, JOHANN MOORE, IRAN EMAIL. JOHANN MOORE SENT THIS TO THE COMMISSION, UH, AND, AND A FEW NEWS OUTLETS. MY HUSBAND JOINS ME IN CONGRATULATING IRAN ON ITS SUCCESSFUL MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST THE GENOCIDAL ZIONIST REGIME. I URGE IRAN TO NUKE ZIONIST HELD POPULATION CENTERS DIRTY BOMBS. SUFFIC. IF FISSION WARHEADS AREN'T READY YET TO PURSUE DEFEAT OF THE OCCUPATION REGIME, THE ZIONIST WOULDN'T HESITATE AS EVIDENCED BY BUILDING A NUCLEAR BOMB FIRST BY STEALING US SECRETS. THAT'S JOHANN MOORE. LEMME PUT A PRESENTATION DOWN FOR NOW. THAT'S NOT SOME ANONYMOUS ONLINE TROLL. THAT WAS AN EMAIL SENT BY JOHANN MOORE TO ME, THE MAYOR, THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. AND MY FIRST REACTION WAS HORROR. MY SECOND REACTION WAS DISBELIEF. AND THEN THE SHOT CAME THAT THIS MAN ACTUALLY SERVES ON ONE OF OUR CITY BOARDS, REPRESENTS OUR CITY, GETS CITY PRIVILEGES AND DRIVES LOCAL POLICY. THAT WASN'T A ONE-OFF FOR YEARS. JOHANN MOORE HAS BEEN BOMBARDING THIS COMMISSION WITH EMAILS FULL OF ANTI-SEMITIC RHETORIC, EXTREMIST VIEWS. I'VE SEEN IT, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SEEN IT. AND I WANT TO BRING UP A FEW MORE. PJ, IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE SLIDESHOW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW, THERE I THINK ARE, UH, ALMOST CLOSE TO A HUNDRED OF THESE. I I PICK [03:15:01] JUST A FEW. UM, PLEASE FIND BELOW INDIGENOUS PALESTINIAN SCHOLAR YUSUF MANAYA PERSPECTIVE ON ZIONIST GENOCIDE EFFORTS AND PALESTINIANS DEMAND FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OVER THE TOTALITY OF THEIR UNSEED OCCUPIED HOMELAND. THE RIGHT TO RETURN THE ELECTORAL AND FRENCH ENFRANCHISEMENT AS YOU CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S BLOOD LIABLE AGAINST PALESTINIANS. NEXT SLIDE. I WRITE TO EXPRESS MY OUTRAGE AT THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TREATMENT OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN ANTI GENOCIDE PROTESTORS, INCLUDING EMPLOYING HANDCUFFS WHILE DECLARING TO CHARGE THE PHYSICAL ATTACKER BY CLAIMING THE ASSAULT AND BATTERY COMMITTED, REPRESENTED ONLY BY A MISDEMEANOR. DOES MIAMI BEACH POLICE HOLD THE SAME VIEW UNDER A POST SCENARIO OF ANTI GENOCIDE PROTESTORS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING THE PRO GENOCIDE CROWD ASSEMBLED IN THIS ZIONIST COLLUSION CENTER? HE'S TALKING ABOUT A SYNAGOGUE. OKAY, JUST, JUST TAKE THAT FOR A SECOND. HE'S TALKING, HE'S SAYING THAT PEOPLE IN A SYNAGOGUE IS PRO GENOCIDAL. CROWD ASSEMBLED IN A ZIONIST COLLUSION CENTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE HE'S SAYING, I ACCEPT A VOTE FOR HAMAS. NO MORE BRUTAL IDEOLOGICAL ENTITY THAN ZIONISM. AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME. HE SAYS, OBLIGATES, HAMAS, OR SOME OTHER ORGANIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS TO VIOLENCE. HE'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE, UH, ISRAEL EXISTS, IT, THEY, IT OBLIGATES HAMAS TO VIOLENCE. THAT VIOLENCE IS RAPE OF INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN. DEATH. MURDER TRULY A DISGUSTING PERSON. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE HE'S SAYING THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD EXECUTE TRUMP OKAY, AND INVOKE AND INVOKE AN INSURRECTION AND DECLARING MARTIAL LAW. THIS IS JULY 2ND, 2024. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL ZIONIST OCCUPIERS AND PALESTINE SERVE AS HUMAN SHIELDS FOR A FASCIST GENOCIDAL MOVEMENT. ALL ACTS OF ARMED RESISTANCE BY PALESTINIANS ARE JUSTIFIED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. ALL ACTS OF ARMED RESISTANCE BY PALESTINIANS ARE JUSTIFI. AGAIN, THOSE ACTS ARE RAPE, MURDER OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. WHEN WILL PALESTINIANS TARGET SIST HOSPITALS? NEXT? AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HE SENT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. MY HUSBAND JOINS ME IN CONGRATULATING IRAN ON ITS SUCCESSFUL MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST THE GENOCIDAL REGIME. I URGE IRAN TO NUKE. ZIONIST HELD POPULATION CENTERS DIRTY BOMBS. SUFFIC EFFICIENT WARHEADS AREN'T READY YET TO PURSUE DEFEAT OF THE OCCUPATION REGIME. YOU CAN, YOU CAN SLIDE IT DOWN. AND DESPITE ALL THAT, HE WAS SOMEHOW REAPPOINTED TO ONE OF OUR CITY BOARDS. THIS MAN HAS LITERALLY SAID, HAMAS IS NO BRUTAL AND IDEOLOGICAL ENTITY IN ZIONISM. HE SAID THE US SHOULD BAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND EXECUTE OUR PRESIDENT. HE JUSTIFIED HAMAS AS A TERROR ARMED RESISTANCE. HE'S ASKED, WHEN WILL PALESTINE'S TARGET ZIONIST HOSPITALS? LEMME SAY THAT AGAIN. HE'S TARGETING FOR HOSPITALS TO BE TARGETED IN AN ATTACK. AND NOW AFTER CALLING FOR A NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION OF CIVILIANS, HE'S DOUBLING DOWN, EMAILING US AGAIN TO JUSTIFY HIS REMARKS. HE WROTE BACK, I CALL UPON THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CITE THE STATUTE. ACTUALLY, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. I REJECT AS HYPOCRITICAL THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ FOR CENSURE OF MY INTENTIONALLY BLUNT LANGUAGE INTENTIONALLY. THOSE WHO EXCUSE RANDY FEIN'S RHETORIC SHOULD BE EXTEND THE SAME RESPECT FOR MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH. LEMME GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT. JOHAN MOORE HAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS, WHATEVER HATEFUL, DELUSIONAL THING HE WANTS, IF HE WANTS TO ADVERTISE HIS RAGING ANTISEMITIC BELIEFS, GOOD. I PREFER TO KNOW WHO THE ANTISEMITES ARE AS OPPOSED TO THE ONES WHO HIDE IT. [03:20:01] BUT SERVING ON A COMMITTEE, THAT'S A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. AND IF YOU ADVOCATE FOR GENOCIDE, IF YOU CHEER FOR TERRORIST REGIMES, IF YOU CALL FOR THE NUCLEAR BOMBING OF CIVILIANS, YOU DON'T GET TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, PERIOD. AND LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE. JOHANN IS TRYING TO WEAPONIZE FREE SPEECH AND DEFLECT TO DODGE ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPEECH THAT CHALLENGES POWER AND SPEECH THAT CALLS FOR MASS MURDER. HE DOESN'T WANT TO DEBATE. HE WANTS A PLATFORM AND HE HAD ONE. AND SO, AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS THIS MAY BE, I'M GONNA ASK COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ TO EXPLAIN HOW ON EARTH DOES THIS PERSON, AFTER SENDING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ANTI-SEMITIC CONTENT TO US, SHOWING HIS BELIEFS, SAYING THAT THE MAYOR HAS BLOOD LIBEL, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS PERSON IS REAPPOINTED BY YOU TO A CITY BOARD IN MIAMI BEACH? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR. HE AND, AND, AND A RESPONSE TO MY ITEM, HE SAID, I CALL UPON THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU CITE STATE STATUTE OR MUNICIPAL REGULATION DEEMED TO OVERRIDE APPOINTEE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, UPON WHICH SAID, OFFICE BASED, ITS APPARENT OPINION, PRESSURING MY APPOINTING COMMISSIONER TO RESCIND MY APPOINTMENT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. SO I, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ANSWERS. UM, I WANNA KNOW WHY YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO REAPPOINT THIS ANTISEMITE TO A CITY BOARD, BECAUSE THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S BEEN APPOINTED BY YOU WHO HOLDS SEVERE ANTISEMITIC BELIEFS. AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THE CITY ATTORNEY PRESSURED YOU TO RESCIND HIS APPOINTMENT, OR DID YOU DO IT UNDER A MORAL OBLIGATION? COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. FIRST, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE RESIDENT SERVING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF ME, ANY MEMBER OF THIS BODY OR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. I CALLED THE RESIDENT WHEN I SAW THE EMAIL THAT HE SENT TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, COPYING THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, AND I SHARED MY DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT AND ASKED HIM TO RESIGN FROM THE CITY BOARD. IT HAD GONE TOO FAR. I SHARED WITH THE RESIDENT, UH, OTHER RESIDENTS THAT REACHED OUT, UM, THAT THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO SERVE ON CITY BOARDS ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD JUST LIKE WE ARE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND WHILE I KNOW JOHANN HAS PASSIONATELY SERVED THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND ON THE CITY BAR, UH, BOARD, THE COMMENTS THAT HE EMAILED TO ALL CITY LEADERS, RAISED LEVELS OF CONCERN THAT LED TO THE SITUATION AT HAND, IT REFERENCED VIOLENCE AND IT WAS DEEPLY TROUBLING AND POSED LEVELS OF CONCERNS THAT WARRANTED HIS RESIGNATION. I'VE TRAVELED TO ISRAEL ON A DELEGATION WHERE I'VE WORKED TO BRIDGE OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL. I'VE SPOKEN OUT SINCE THE BRUTAL ATTACKS OF OCTOBER SEVEN. NO ONE INDIVIDUAL WILL SPEAK FOR ME OR TRY TO CREATE A FALSE NARRATIVE AROUND MY VALUES. I ALONE WILL SHOW MY COMMUNITY MY VALUES AS THEY KNOW WHERE I STAND STRONGLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY. I'VE SPONSORED MANY ITEMS IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL. WITH THAT SAID, I BELIEVE THAT WEAPONIZING AND POLITICALIZATION OF EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE IN OUR CITY IS DISGUSTING AND ONLY TAKES US DOWN A PATH OF FURTHER DIVISION TO PUBLICLY SHAME AND PUT FORWARD A RESOLUTION. SINGLING OUT A RESIDENT WILL SEND A CHILLING EFFECT TO OUR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOW FEAR CITY LEADERS WILL UNJUSTLY TARGET THEM. AND TO USE DIVISIVE RHETORIC TO INSTILL FEAR IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, TO PROFIT FROM, UH, TO PUT PROFIT IN A PACK THAT YOU SUPPORT IS SHAMEFUL AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT IN MIAMI BEACH. THE RIGHT RECOURSE OCCURRED IN THIS CASE AS THE RESIDENT RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD, AND THAT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH. AS WE CLOSE PRIDE MONTH, LET'S STAND PROUDLY FOR INJUSTICES AND CELEBRATE THE STRENGTHS OF OUR COMMUNITY. JUST AS ISRAEL SHOWS THE WORLD, HOW THEY CELEBRATE [03:25:01] ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIDE WORLDWIDE EVENTS. LET'S HAVE MIAMI BEACH REAFFIRM. WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ANTISEMITISM, ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HATE, AND ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DEMONIZING OUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE NO PROBLEM DEMONIZING AN ANTISEMITE SUCH AS JOHANN MOORE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. WHEN YOU ASK FOR THE DESTRUCTION, THE NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL CITIES, THAT THAT'S CROSSING A RED LINE. THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND IT IS NEVER AGAIN. NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN. AND IT REFERENCES THE HOLOCAUST. HOLOCAUST WHERE 6 MILLION JEWS WERE MURDERED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, NOT TOO LONG AGO. SURVIVORS TO THIS DAY. SO RESPECTFULLY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE. THIS MAN HAS SENT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ANTI-SEMITIC EMAILS, AND SOMEHOW THIS PERSON WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND REPRESENT US. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE CITY. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE COMMISSION. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR OUR JEWISH RESIDENT POPULATION. AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. AND TO, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M DEMONIZING THIS PERSON. IF THIS PERSON WOULD'VE SAID THIS ABOUT ANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUP OR ANY GENDER I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE SEVEN CO-SPONSORS, SIX CO-SPONSORS ON THIS. THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND RHETORIC SHOULD BE SHUNNED FROM OUR CITY AND SHOULD BE CALLED OUT EVERY TIME AND SHOULD BE CALLED OUT EVERY TIME. AND IT SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC BECAUSE NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN MIAMI BEACH. AND CONSIDERING THAT IRAN IS THROWING BOMBS ON ISRAEL RIGHT NOW, WHERE MY FAMILY IS AND IN BUNKERS, THIS PERSON HAS NO PLACE IN OUR CITY, NO PLACE ON OUR BOARDS. AND EVERY TIME THIS PERSON CALLS IN, I'M GONNA REMIND EVERYONE IN THIS COMMISSION AND THE CHAMBERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT THIS GUY WANTED TO, WANTS IRAN TO NUKE CIVILIAN POPULATION CENTERS. SO I, I, AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE. IT'S PROBABLY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND I, IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON HERE. BUT THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT CALLED OUT, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. THERE'S GONNA, THERE'S GONNA BE AN MORE OF AN ENABLING OF THESE ANTISEMITES IN, IN OUR CITY BOARDS. SO, UM, RESPECTFULLY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM AND FORMALLY CENSURE THIS INDIVIDUAL AND REASSURE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT OUR VALUES ARE, ARE MORALLY INTACT. AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS SORT OF RHETORIC TO INFLUENCE US OR DRIVE POLICY IN MIAMI BEACH. I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY. SO PREOC OCTOBER 7TH, WE, I GOT A LOT OF EMAILS FROM JOHANN THAT I WOULD CONSIDER NOT VERY FAVORABLE, TO SAY THE LEAST, TO ISRAEL AND JEWS. 'CAUSE I THINK ONE THING, AND I I ALWAYS SAY I DON'T, I DON'T SPEAK FOR EVERY JEWISH PERSON, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I THINK WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY PRETTY MUCH HOLDS TRUE. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ANTI-ISRAEL RHETORIC AND ANTISEMITISM THESE DAYS. THEY ARE COLLAPSED UNDER ONE ANTISEMITISM MORPHS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THEY'RE OFTEN INCONSISTENT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM OVER GENERATION TO GENERATION. AND THAT'S THE POINT. IT DEFIES LOGIC. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW. AND WHEN YOU SAY NEVER AGAIN, AND THAT'S THE BIG PHRASE YOU USED, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ DESCRIBES THE HOLOCAUST. AND I SAID THIS, I USED TO THINK WHEN I WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST GROWING UP, THAT NEVER AGAIN MEANT THE HOLOCAUST WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. I REALIZE NOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE TERM MEANS, OR IT'S NOT HOW I DETERMINE IT. NEVER AGAIN MEANS WE SHOULD NEVER BE IN THE ENVIRONMENT [03:30:01] WHERE A HOLOCAUST COULD HAPPEN. BUT YET WE ARE HERE AGAIN. AND THAT'S THE POINT. THE, THE EMAILS CERTAINLY POST OCTOBER 7TH, HAVE BEEN HARD TO READ. I EVEN HAD SOMEBODY ON MY TEAM SAY, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BLOCK IT. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T BLOCK ANYBODY. BUT ALSO I WANTED TO, I ACTUALLY, I WANNA BE, I WANNA READ WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SEND TO ME AS HARD IT IS AS IT IS TO READ, AS PAINFUL AS IT IS TO READ. BUT YOU'RE NOT EXAGGERATING. COMMISSIONER SWEAR, WHEN YOU READ THAT EMAIL, HE'S LITERALLY SAID THAT IRAN SHOULD KILL 9 MILLION JEWISH INNOCENT CIVILIANS, MOTHERS AND FATHERS, BUBBIES AND ZAES LITTLE CHILDREN, WOMEN, DAUGHTERS, SONS, HUSBANDS. THEY DIDN'T CALL FOR MILITARY TARGETS. HE ASKED FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ISRAEL. AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S FAR BEHIND WHEN YOU CALL FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ISRAEL, THAT IT'S THE JEWISH PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. BUT HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. BUT STILL, ISRAEL TARGETS MILITARY TARGETS IN IRAN. THEY, ISRAEL WAS VERY SPECIFIC IN ITS TARGETS OF MILITARY TARGETS AND LEADERS OF THOSE MILITARY TARGETS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THE EMAILS THAT JOHANN SENT ABOUT GAZA FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, I KNOW, AND I THINK I'M MOST JEWISH, ALMOST ALL JEWISH PEOPLE KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE READING ABOUT THESE FALSE LIES AND MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT A GENOCIDE, ISRAEL IS FIGHTING A WAR TO DEFEND LITERALLY ITS SURVIVAL. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE SURVIVAL OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, IT'S THE SURVIVAL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THE IDF IS FIGHTING THAT BATTLE. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MILITARY TARGETS AND GAZA, AND I'M SORRY, HAMAS HIDES IN THE MIDDLE OF POPULATION CENTERS, IT'S A VERY HARD WAR TO FIGHT. NO ARMY SHOULD EVER BE PUT IN THAT POSITION TO HAVE TO FIGHT A MILITARY WAR WHEN THE MILITARY, UNLIKE THE UNITED STATES OR ISRAEL, DOES NOT HIDE ITS MILITARY IN HOSPITALS AND POPULATION CENTERS. BUT I KNOW WHEN I READ THOSE EMAILS ABOUT GAZA, THAT IT WASN'T ABOUT GAZA. IT WAS ABOUT ISRAEL. AND YOU SEE THE COMMENTS, THE ZIONIST REGIME, IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD TO READ. AND I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, ANYBODY CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT. HE'S ENTITLED TO SAY IT. I'M NOT STOPPING HIM. HE CAN SEND THE EMAILS ALL HE WANTS. I I, I SEE HIM. I DON'T BLOCK IT. I READ IT. I DON'T RESPOND. I READ IT. AND HE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT NOT ON A COMMITTEE THAT WE AS A, A BODY OR EACH AND ONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY HAVE TO APPOINT. THAT'S NOT REFLECTIVE. AND I, WE, I WOULDN'T ALLOW IT FOR ANY GROUP. NONE OF US WOULD ALLOW IT FOR ANY GROUP OF ANY, ANY GROUP, WHETHER THEY'RE IN MIAMI BEACH OR OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH. JUST THIS TYPE OF HATE SPEECH JUST DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE HERE. AND WE NEED TO DEFEND THAT. I'LL, I'LL JUST FINISH OFF BY SAYING THAT PROBABLY THE ITEM THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF KIND OF RELATES TO THIS IN SOME RESPECTS, WAS THE DEMONSTRATIONS. IT WAS POST-OC OCTOBER 7TH. IT WAS POST, IT WAS BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY PRO KAMAS, I CALL 'EM PRO KAMAS. THEY WERE CARRYING HAMAS FLAGS, THEY'RE PRO KAMAS DEMONSTRATIONS. AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, AND THEY WERE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE. THERE WERE GETTING RESIDENTS FACES. THERE WERE PICTURES. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS. THERE WERE PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE ELDERLY JEWISH RESIDENTS WALKING OUT OF A SYNAGOGUE WERE LITERALLY SURROUNDED AND SCREAMED, SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON YOU. BASICALLY BLAMING THEM FOR WHAT THEY PERCEIVED TO BE THE INJUSTICES, UH, HAPPENING IN ISRAEL. AND, UM, GAZA AND I PUT ON LEGISLATION, WHICH BY THE WAY, I GOT RIPPED ON MANY FRONTS FROM ELECTEDS, CERTAIN ELECTEDS. I GOT IT RIPPED FROM THE MEDIA. AND THANK GOD, I THINK OUR POLICE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL TELL YOU, THANK GOD WE HAVE THAT LEGISLATION. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FREE SPEECH, COME AND SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE BEHIND A BARRICADE. OR IF IT'S NECESSARY, YOU'RE GONNA BE AT A SAFE DISTANCE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO AND SURROUND 85-YEAR-OLD MEN AND WOMEN AND INTIMIDATE AND SCREAM AT THEM AND HARASS THEM. THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND I DON'T CARE IF UNIVERSITIES LIKE HARVARD AND OTHERS ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. IT AIN'T, THAT'S NOT A REAL WORD. IT'S NOT GOING [03:35:01] TO HAPPEN HERE. AND WE GONNA GET CRITICIZED SOMETIMES FOR THAT. BUT YOU'RE, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE'RE WEAPONIZING. THAT'S WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE TRY TO WEAPONIZE FREE SPEECH. NOBODY IS STOPPING THE FREE SPEECH. WE'RE JUST PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS WHO WANNA LIVE THEIR LIVES PEACEFULLY, FREELY, AND SAFELY. AND THAT'S THE THEME. WE'RE A SAFE CITY AND WE'RE GONNA PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TOURISTS AT ALL COSTS. AND THIS DOES THAT AS WELL. SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, THOSE EMAILS WERE REALLY, REALLY SICK STUFF. UM, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT JUST EMAIL IN. AND I, I READ EVERY EMAIL THAT COMES INTO ME. UH, I HAVEN'T READ THESE EMAILS BECAUSE STARTING A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, THE SPECIFIC CENTER JUST, YOU KNOW, TENDED TO GO OFF TOPIC FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T RELATED TO THE CITY. AND I HAVE ENOUGH ON MY HANDS AS ALL OF US DO. I REALLY FOCUS ON THE ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE CITY. SO I, I DIDN'T GET INTO JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT RANTS. SO I HAD NO IDEA THE DEPRAVITY OF SOME OF THESE EMAILS. AND IN FACT, I WALKED INTO OUR AGENDA BRIEFING YESTERDAY, AND I SAID TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY MANAGER, LIKE, GUESS WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? LIKE, WHY ARE WE CENSORING A A PRIVATE CITIZEN? I GO, THAT MAKES NO SENSE. UM, AND THEY SHARED WITH ME AN EMAIL THAT HE READ. I SAID, OH, I MEAN, I'M ALMOST GONNA USE FOUL LANGUAGE MYSELF IF I REPEATED WHAT I SAID. UM, IT'S JUST SICK, UH, HAS NO PLACE IN THE CITY. I I CAN GO BACK AND FORTH MENTALLY IF THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THIS IS BRING THIS OUT INTO THE SUNLIGHT AND THE OXYGEN TO SHOW US WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. IS THAT OUR PLACE IS A PUBLIC BODY, UH, A GOVERNMENT. I COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT EITHER WAY, OR IS IT BETTER NOT TO GIVE THINGS LIKE THIS ANY OXYGEN THAT HAD TENDED TO BE MY VIEWPOINT. UM, YOU KNOW, IF I WENT AROUND TRYING TO CORRECT THE RECORD OF EVERYTHING THAT SAID, UH, IT, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I, I TELL MY, MY MOM SEES THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN ABOUT ALL OF US ON FACEBOOK AND GETS UPSET AND SHE GOES, I, I NEED TO RESPOND WITH THE TRUTH. I SAID, DON'T EVEN GET A, GIVE IT OXYGEN. SO I QUESTIONED, IS THAT THE RIGHT APPROACH? BUT JUST SEEING THE DEPRAVITY IN SOME OF THESE EMAILS IS, UH, IS IT IMPORTANT? AND I THINK I CERTAINLY, I BELIEVE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, PRIDE OURSELVES IN CREATING SUCH A SAFE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR EVERYONE INCLUSIVE OF OUR LGBT COMMUNITY, OF OUR MINORITY COMMUNITIES, OF OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY. AND SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, THAT HAS BECOME JUST OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE. AND I PRIDE MYSELF THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS BECOME, PERHAPS THE MOST WELCOMING, SAFE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL FOR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS. UH, BUT YOU SEE, THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S TAKING THESE BOLD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND BEING ON THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY CHANCE. AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS DECLARING A LINE IN THE SAND FOR WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S NOT. THIS CERTAINLY ISN'T ACCEPTABLE. UM, I'LL SUPPORT THIS. I I DON'T EVEN, I'M NOT EVEN ENTIRELY SURE. MAYBE WE CAN JUST EXPLAIN WHAT A CENSORSHIP IS. I, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT THIS PERSON SHOULD REMAIN SERVING ON A CITY BOARD AFTER CALLING FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, UH, FREE SPEECH IS FREE SPEECH. YOU ARE FREE TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE. UM, THERE'S CERTAIN LEGAL LINES, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN'T CROSS. UH, BUT SERVING ON A BOARD IS A PRIVILEGE IN OUR CITY AND, AND REPRESENTING OUR CITY. WE WANT DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, DIVERSITY OF OPINION, BUT, UM, HATRED AGAINST ANY GROUP AND CALLING FOR THE MASS GENOCIDE OF ANY GROUP IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, SHOULD BE SUPPORTED IN OUR CITY. SO, UM, I'M BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHETHER IT'S BEST TO SWEEP THESE THINGS UNDER THE RUG. THAT HAD BEEN MY HISTORICAL THINKING. BUT, UH, PERHAPS REALIZING THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE BEST WAYS TO GET SOME OF THE DANGERS THAT WE'RE FACING, UM, OUT THERE INTO THE SUNLIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT I'VE ALREADY SHARED, WHICH IS MY DISCUSS FOR THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. AND I'VE AL ALSO MADE CLEAR THAT THEY WERE UNACCEPTABLE. I'M THE ONE THAT CALLED FOR JOHANN TO RESIGN. AND I THINK THAT'S THE CLEAREST FORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND NOT FOR POLITICAL THEATER. I THINK WE HAVE [03:40:01] A MOTION A SECOND. AND MR. MAYOR, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION, A CENSURE IS, IS JUST A, AN EXPRESSION OF THE SENTIMENT OF THE BODY. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY LEGAL EFFECT. UM, MR. MOORE RESIGNED. UM, IF THIS WAS A MOTION TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE COMMITTEE, I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST DOING THAT BECAUSE OF FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS. BUT THIS IS A CENSURE, WHICH IS SIMPLY AN EXPRESSION OF THE BODY'S SENTIMENT, MR. MAYOR, THAT WAS, UH, AS A CITIZEN OF MIAMI BEACH. SURE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON, ON WHAT RICK SAID. I I ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KIND OF THREW IN SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T, UH, THAT WASN'T ASKED. BUT, UH, I'M NOT SURE I AGREE WITH THAT LEGALLY AS WELL. BUT SINCE IT'S NOT, IT'S A, IT'S A, A MOOT POINT FOR THIS DISCUSSION. I, I, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT OFFLINE, MAYOR. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE ON SUT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I MEAN, IF YOU OPEN THIS, YOU MAY OPEN UP. YEAH. TELL ME. THERE'S NO PROBLEM. I, I WILL GIVE YOU THE COURTESY. I, I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHICH WAY YOU'RE GONNA GO. BUT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE COURTESY TO SPEAK, BUT I'M NOT GONNA OPEN UP THE ZOOM. IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, I'LL, I'LL, YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. AND, UM, MY NAME IS JAMIE LOWKEY. I'M A RESIDENT OF, UM, MIAMI BEACH. I'M A PATRIOT, UH, CITIZEN, A JEW AND A ZIONIST. I THINK JEWS AND ZIONISTS THE SAME THING. UM, I DO AGREE WITH THAT. MAYOR AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CONGRATULATIONS ON DOING A GREAT JOB ON SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, UM, MIAMI BEACH CITIZENS AND MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS. ONE TOPIC THAT IS OUTSTANDING IS YOUR SUPPORT AND MIAMI BEACH POLICE PROTECTION OF MIAMI BEACH'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CITIZENS AND CITIZENS COMPARED TO MANY OTHER CITIES IN THE USA AND INTERNATIONALLY WHERE ANTISEMITISM HATE SPEECH, HATE CRIMES ARE OUTTA CONTROL. DAILY RIOTS FUNDED BY LEFT WING ORGANIZATIONS, MUSLIM ENTITIES HAVE BECOME NORMALIZED. YOU SEE IT ON TV EVERY NIGHT, AND YOU'RE SHOCKED, YOU'RE SURPRISED AND YOU'RE DISGUSTED ON WHAT YOU SEE. AND YOU CAN'T BELIEVE IN 2025. THIS KIND OF STUFF IS HAPPENING. UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S A PERSON VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN MIAMI BEACH GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS THAT Y'ALL MAY KNOW AND APPARENTLY HAS A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ UP. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THIS DERANGED PERSON. WRITES AND POSTS ANTISEMITIC STUFF SUGGESTS NEW KING ZIONIST POPULATIONS. ZIONIST IS AN ELITIST LEFTIST CODE FOR JEWS. I MEAN, ANYBODY, ALMOST EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT NOW. ZION IS THIS. ZION IS THAT, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT JEWS. AND, YOU KNOW, JEWS FOR 3000 YEARS HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED AND WE'RE VERY GOOD AT GETTING PERSECUTED. AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE STOOD UP. THAT SAID, BY THE WAY, 98% OF JEWS ARE ZIONISTS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THE QUARTERS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. CAN I CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 30 SECONDS, SIR? THANK YOU. UM, BY THE WAY, JUST THOSE LITTLE FACT, MIAMI IS THE 25TH LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION CENTER ON THE PLANET WITH 170,000 JEWISH CITIZENS RESIDENTS. MIAMI BEACH HAS 16,000 JEWISH ZIONISTS. MOUNT SINAI, THE LARGEST HOSPITAL EMPLOYER OF 3000 PEOPLE, IS A JEWISH ZIONIST SUPPORTED ENTITY. THIS CRAZY RADICAL PERSON SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI, WHICH I CALLED AND I SPOKE TO THE FBI ABOUT THIS GUY. SO THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. 'CAUSE HE'S A NUT WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING. UM, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THIS GUY REMOVED IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. FORGETTING ABOUT ALL THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, MINUTIA. THERE'S NO WAY THAT THIS PERSON SHOULD HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP. AND WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL PEACE-LOVING CITY. AND I HAVE THE LETTER THAT THIS GUY WROTE. I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT IT BECAUSE Y'ALL SAW IT. IT'S THE SAME, YOU KNOW, FABULOUS EXTREMIST VOCABULARY THAT THESE PEOPLE ALL USE AND MY HUSBAND WILL JOIN ME, AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. THIS GUY'S A NUT JOB. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE'S PLANNING TO NUKE MIAMI BEACH 'CAUSE IT'S A ZIONIST JEWISH CENTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONER BACH. I, I DON'T APPRECIATE ANYBODY MAKING THIS A LEFT OR RIGHT ISSUE. IT IS A DO THE RIGHT THING OR DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING ISSUE. I DON'T CARE TO HAVE NATIONAL POLITICS INJECTED INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. UM, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAVE A TATTOO [03:45:01] ON MY ARM THAT SAYS NEVER AGAIN THAT I GOT MANY YEARS AGO AFTER I SPOKE, I, I, UM, MET A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND WAS, UM, MOVED TO LITERALLY THE POINT OF PAIN TO DO THIS. NOT THAT THIS WAS MY FIRST INTERACTION WITH A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS, GREW UP BEING VERY AWARE, AWARE OF. MY FATHER'S, UM, MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY WOULDN'T BE HERE, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. UM, OR IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT ONE PERSON HAD ALREADY IMMIGRATED TO THE STATES AND ONE PERSON WAS IN SIBERIA BECAUSE THE REST OF THEM WERE LOCKED INTO CHURCH AND BURNED. SO I'M QUITE FAMILIAR. I'M ALSO A VERY STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO SAY AND WRITE UNHINGED, DERANGED, HATEFUL, INCENDIARY, OFFENSIVE TO THE CORE LETTERS. GO, GO FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. UM, YOU KNOW, MR. MOORE HAS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY, UM, OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR HIS COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, WE ALL ENGAGE WITH HIM AS WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO SPEAK UP ABOUT RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS. I, FOR ONE, HAVE NEVER AND WILL NEVER ENGAGE WITH SOMEBODY ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY. IT IS NOT MY JOB. IF I WANTED THAT JOB, I WOULD BE IN CONGRESS. AND I AM NOT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANNA FIGHT ABOUT SEWER AND WATER RATES, NOT FIGHT. FIND A, A FA A PATH FORWARD. WHAT WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING WITH, UM, THESE LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR SO LONG, UM, IS WHEN THEY COME IN, I, THEY GO SPECIFICALLY TO A DIFFERENT INBOX IN MY EMAIL. AND I GO IN ONCE A WEEK OR EVERY COUPLE WEEKS AND MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY. I THINK THAT'S A FAIR WAY TO HANDLE THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T CARE TO SUBJECT MYSELF TO THAT TOXIC RHETORIC. WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE ABOUT THIS THAT WAS DIFFERENT. AND, AND BY THE WAY, I WOULD SUGGEST IT'S NOT BEST PRACTICE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE THIS TOXIC IN THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS AND THIS PUBLIC ABOUT IT TO SHARE IT WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT A PUBLIC RECORD. WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF US DO ANYTHING, ANYBODY CAN, UM, DO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. AND BECAUSE IT CAME TO US ON OUR CITY EMAILS, WE CAN SHARE IT. DON'T COPY US ON LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO, IF YOU MUST, BUT KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD IF YOU MUST. UM, THE, THE FACT THAT A COUPLE OF FOLKS ARE SUGGESTING THAT THIS WAS A SARCASTIC LETTER, I, I FIND CURIOUS. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD READ THAT INTO IT WHEN I'VE SEEN ALL THE OTHER EMAILS THAT I'VE GOTTEN OVER ALL, YOU KNOW, THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE BEEN SERVING. BUT WHAT DID CATCH MY ATTENTION ABOUT THIS AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE OTHER ONES, WAS THAT IT NOW BECAME A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M ELECTED TO CARE ABOUT. WE CAN FIGHT OR AGREE AND CELEBRATE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR ONLY JOB HERE IS PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS THE ONLY ONE. AND SO, WHEN I HAVE A RESIDENT CALLING FOR, UM, A VERY ANTAGONISTIC FOREIGN POWER TO BOMB ISRAEL JEWISH IN POPULATION CENTERS, HE DIDN'T SPECIFY JUST IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. NOT THAT THAT'S OKAY, BUT AS THE, THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S JUST SPEAKING POINTED OUT SOUTH FLORIDA IS THE FOURTH LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION CENTER OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL, THAT PUTS US ALL AT RISK. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR PERSONAL BELIEFS ARE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU PRAY TO A DIFFERENT GOD, I DON'T CARE IF YOU PRAY AT ALL. BUT WHEN SOMEBODY IN MY COMMUNITY IS SAYING, HEY, YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT BOMBING US, THAT NOW BECOMES A PROBLEM. AND SO I AM PLEASED THAT HE HAS VOLUNTARILY REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE COMMITTEE. AND IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE HE WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT OUTWEIGH HIS HATE SPEECH. AND THAT IS WHY WHILE I'M, I MIGHT NOT HAVE BROUGHT A CENSURE, I MIGHT NOT HAVE HANDLED IT IN THIS WAY. AND, AND WHY, DESPITE BEING A FIERCE AND OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT, I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS CENSURE TODAY, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, AS, UM, WELL, MY GRANDPARENTS WERE [03:50:01] KILLED IN A POGROM IN BELARUS. SO WHEN I READ JOHAN'S COMMENTS, I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED. NOT JUST BY THE NUCLEAR THREAT, BUT THE WAY THAT YOU SAID LIKE THE DIRTIEST BOMB POSSIBLE. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT SHOCKED ME. AND SO I'M SUPPORTING TODAY'S PUBLIC CENSURE. UM, IT'S A PUBLIC CONDEMNATION, JOHANN, BECAUSE THIS WAS TOO MUCH AND TOO FAR, AND THERE'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING SO HATEFUL THAT DESERVES A PUBLIC COMMENDATION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I CAN SAY UP HERE THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID EXCEPT FOR THAT I HAVE SERVED WITH ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR YEARS NOW, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY SITTING ON THIS DAY IS FULLY SUPPORTS OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. I KNOW THAT WE ALL SUPPORT THE STATE OF ISRAEL. I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ BOUGHT HAVE HAD AN ITEM TO PURCHASE AS ISRAELI BONDS, A FEW A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT EVERYBODY SITTING UP HERE WOULD LIKE MIAMI BEACH TO BE A SAFE AND LOVING PLACE FOR EVERYONE. AND, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE MR. MOORE WHO LIVES HERE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT HE'S SENDING OUT BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S REALLY JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS BODY HERE CARES VERY, VERY DEEPLY. AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I'M GLAD, UM, THAT YOU CAME FORWARD AND SAID SOMETHING. I'VE BEEN RECEIVING THE EMAILS FOR YEARS NOW, AND I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVEN FREEDOM OF SPEECH, I KIND OF PASSED THEM OVER. AND THIS ONE I DID NOT READ BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, SOMETIMES YOU, YOU KNOW, READ THEM. SOMETIMES YOU JUST KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AND IT'S FREE SPEECH AND YOU MOVE ON, UM, TO THE NEXT EMAIL. BUT THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE. UNACCEPTABLE. AND, UM, I'M SUPPORTING THE CENSURE TODAY, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, OVER THE WEEKEND, SOMEONE ASKED ME, DID YOU SEE JOE HUNT'S EMAIL? AND, AND I WAS LIKE, I JUST STOPPED READING HIS MESSAGES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT, IT JUST LIKE IT NATURALLY CAME OUT OF ME. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST STOPPED READING IT. NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T AFFECT ME, BUT BECAUSE THEY DID AFFECT ME. THE TONE HAS BECOME SO HATEFUL AND SO CRUEL THAT IT'S JUST TOXIC. AND IT'S JUST WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HURTS ME RIGHT NOW MORE THAN THE WORDS THAT WERE WRITTEN AT A TIME IN OUR WORLD WHEN WE NEED PEACE AND UNITY. THE MOST, IF ANYTHING HURTS ME MORE THAN THOSE WORDS, IS THAT HIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED. HE WANTED TO GET PUBLISHED. HE WAS PUBLISHED ON OUR CITY AGENDA USING THE TAXPAYERS RESOURCES, USING PAY PAPER PAID BY THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF, OF MIAMI BEACH, THE ONES FOR WHOM HE HAS SUCH GREAT DISDAIN. HE WANTED TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES. HE'S BEEN PUBLISHED NOW IN OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AND ONLINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND WE'VE DEDICATED SO MUCH TIME SPEAKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT REFLECT WHO WE ARE, THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD, AND TO THE PEOPLE AND THE GROUPS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR JEWISH FRIENDS, AND OUR JEWISH FAMILY THAT HE HAS TARGETED. WE SUPPORT YOU. WE STAND WITH YOU. WE CONDEMN THESE HATEFUL WORDS, THE BITTERNESS, THE INTOLERANCE, THE VIOLENCE, BECAUSE WE ARE COMMUNITY BUILT ON LIFTING PEOPLE UP IN ACCEPTANCE, IN LOVE, IN DIVERSITY. BOMBING PEOPLE, BOMBING PEOPLE CALLING FOR DEATH, CALLING FOR VIOLENCE'S. THE LAST [03:55:01] THING WE NEED IN THIS WORLD. IT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED ANYONE SERVING IN ANY CAPACITY IN OUR GOVERNMENT TO BE ADVOCATING FOR. AND SO THIS HURTS AND IT HURTS THE MOMENT IN OUR WORLD AND OUR SOCIETY AND THE POINT IN TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING IN THE HATE TOWARDS JEWISH PEOPLE. THE ATTACK, I GOTTA SAY, IT REALLY HURTS ME. THERE'S AN UNDERTONE WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, REFERENCING THIS ISSUE, OH, HIS HUSBAND AND HIS HUSBAND IS, THERE'S AN UNDERTONE. THEY'RE TRYING TO LINK GAY PEOPLE WITH ANTISEMITISM. WELL, THIS GAY MAN SITTING RIGHT HERE STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND STANDS WITH ISRAEL'S RIGHTS TO DEFEND ITSELF. AND ANY UNDERTONE OF THAT, I WILL NOT TOLERATE TO THE GENTLEMAN SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW. AND SO WE ARE UNITED. WE'RE UNITED 'CAUSE WE NEED A WORLD BUILT ON PEACE. WE NEED TO SHOW THE MESSAGE THAT MIAMI BEACH IS DIFFERENT THAN EVERYWHERE ELSE, AND THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THE DIVISIVENESS THAT IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD ATTACKS ON JEWISH PEOPLE, ATTACKS ON L-G-B-T-Q. PEOPLE ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS WHO FEAR FOR THEIR OWN RIGHTS. WE NEED TO BE UNITED AS ONE COMMUNITY FOR EACH OTHER. WE HAVE TO END THE DIVISION AND WE HAVE TO CALL OUT AND CONDEMN THESE HATEFUL REMARKS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME THAT THERE IS NOT AN ANTI-SEMITIC PERSON SITTING UP ON THIS DEIS. IN MY 10 YEARS OF POLITICAL EXPERIENCE IN MIAMI BEACH, I HAVE HAD, UM, THE JOY TO SERVE WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO LOVE AND RESPECT OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY, WHO STAND WITH ISRAEL. WE'VE NEVER NOT HAD ANY KIND OF UNANIMOUS VOTE IN SUPPORT, UM, OF, OF JEWISH PEOPLE. AND, UH, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION STANDS WITH ISRAEL. NOBODY WHO SERVES HERE, UM, HAS ANY ANTI-SEMITIC LEANINGS WHATSOEVER. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE ARE UP HERE MAKING DECISIONS. AND I WANT THE MEMBERS OF OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION, WHETHER THEY ARE JEWISH OR NOT, HAS STOOD WITH JEWISH PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT MIAMI BEACH IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM. AND THAT WILL, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO STAND. MR. MAYOR, I, I AGREE WITH THAT MOSTLY, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TOUGH VOTES THIS COMMISSION HAS TAKEN THAT HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN IN 100% SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. WE'RE A GREAT COMMISSION. WE ARE A PHENOMENAL COMMISSION. I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF VOTES THAT HAVEN'T GONE THE WAY I COULD TELL YOU THAT 99% OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WOULD'VE LIKED IT TO GO MR. MAYOR. AND WHAT VOTE WOULD THAT BE? I WANT, I'M NOT READ, I'M NOT GONNA READ TO HEAR THAT. I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE. I THINK THAT SPREADING DIVISION WHERE THERE IS NOT ANY, I THINK THAT A UNIFIED BODY, I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN US STAND WITH ISRAEL, AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AT ALL. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE A GREAT COMMISSIONER. WE'RE A GREAT CITY. I, I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANYBODY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE ALL VOTES, BUT THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, AND MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP ON THIS. UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, I THINK YOU MAKE A VALID POINT BY GIVING AIR TO THIS. UM, YOU KIND OF AMPLIFY, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A LINE CROSSED AND THE, AND IF THIS WAS JUST SOME RANDOM PERSON, AND WE ALWAYS GET RANDOM PEOPLE WHO SEND US ANTI-SEMITIC CONTENT, IT HAPPENS A LOT. BUT THE FACT THAT THIS GUY WAS ABLE TO SERVE ON OUR, ON A CITY BOARD AND, AND, AND HAVE CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, UM, IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE. AND I'M, I'M THANKFUL THAT EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION ALSO DRAWS A LINE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO STAY QUIET AND, AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T, CERTAINLY DOESN'T MAKE RELATIONSHIPS UP HERE ANY EASIER AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. BUT THINGS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE CALLED OUT OR ELSE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, WE'RE, WE WILL BE AT A TIME WHERE JEWS WILL BE PERSECUTED OPENLY, UH, AND AND WITHOUT ANY SORT OF REPERCUSSION. AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CALL IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL UNITED [04:00:01] ON THIS FRONT. AND WE SHOULD ALSO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO WE CHOOSE TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AND ON OUR BOARDS THROUGH OUR APPOINTEES. SO I MADE HIM THANK YOU. LET'S CALL IT A, I JUST, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT AND GETTING SOMEONE TO RESIGN THAT HAS TAKEN SUCH A HORRIBLE POSITION THAT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY OF US, DOES NOT REFLECT YOU, DOES NOT REFLECT THE STATUS, DOES NOT REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE. AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY STRONG, AND I'M SURE A VERY HEATED CONVERSATION TO HAVE. BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT DIFFICULT ACTION. CALL THE VOTE. I AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT. THIS IS THANK YOU ON ITEM C SEVEN BF. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY, LET'S TAKE A BREAK FOR LUNCH. UH, LET'S CALL IT FOR ONE 15 FOR SUT HOUR TO BEGIN ONE 15. THANK YOU. ONE, WELCOME BACK TO OUR AFTERNOON SESSION OF THE COMMISSION MEETING. WE WILL BEGIN THE SUT NICK PORTION OF THE MEETING IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE HEARD, EITHER IN PERSON OR IN ZOOM. IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. OUR FIRST VIRTUAL CALLER IS MONIQUE POPE. MS. POPE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS MONIQUE POPE OF 4 5 7 0 NORTH JEFFERSON AVENUE AND CANDIDATE FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION. GROUP ONE, JUST A QUICK COMMENT PERTAINING TO C SEVEN BF THE CENSORING OF JOANNE MOORE. AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO UPHOLD OUR SHARED VALUES OF RESPECT, INCLUSION, AND UNITY. ANTI-SEMITIC LANGUAGE AND HATE SPEECH, NO MATTER THE SETTING OR THE SPEAKER, HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN OUR PUBLIC DISCOURSE, PARTICULARLY IN A DIVERSE AND WELCOMING CITY. LIKE MIAMI BEACH, I SUPPORT THE SHORE OF SUCH HARMFUL RHETORIC, NOT AS A MEANS OF SILENCING ANYONE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT AS A FORMAL CONDEMNATION OF HATE IN ALL OF ITS FORMS. THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES PROTECT THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, INCLUDING SPEECH THAT MANY OF US FIND OFFENSIVE OR DEEPLY HURTFUL. HOWEVER, THAT PROTECTION DOES NOT ABSOLVE US OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND WHEN WORDS PERPETUATE HATE, DIVISION OR FEAR. ESSENTIAL IS A SYMBOLIC ACTION THAT REINFORCES THE VALUES OF OUR CITY AND AFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO STANDING AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION. ESSENTIA RETAINS ONE'S RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH, BUT ALSO DENIES THEM THIS INSTITUTION AS A PULPIT TO SPEW HATE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS, IT IS ABOUT PRINCIPLE. MIAMI BEACH MUST REMAIN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS FEEL SAFE, SEEN AND SUPPORTED. STANDING UP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ROSALIE THOMPSON. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. ROSALIE THOMPSON. I'M IN MID BEACH. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT, UM, WHEN THE COMMISSION FAILED TO SUPPORT MAYOR MINOR'S PLAN TO CLOSE DOWN THE O CINEMA WHEN THEY WANTED TO, UH, SHOW A HAMAS PRO FILM, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FREE SPEECH, BUT IN FACT IT WAS HATE SPEECH. AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE COMMISSION DID NOT UNDERSTAND OR SEE THE DIFFERENCE. UM, TERRORISM IS USING OUR LAWS AND OUR TRADITIONS TO DESTROY US. UM, THIS IS ALSO THE CASE WITH THIS CENSURE. UM, THE COMMISSION HAS DECIDED TO CENSURE THIS INDIVIDUAL. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD AFFECT YOU AND I, WE WOULD BE UPSET BY THAT, BUT FOR THIS PERSON IT WILL GIVE HIM STREET CRED. HE'LL PROBABLY GET A BONUS FROM WHATEVER TERRORISTIC GROUPS ARE SUPPORTING HIM. AND SO IT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH. WHAT WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE TO ME IS IF THE COMMISSIONER WHO APPOINTED HIM TO THE, UH, A COMMISSION AFTER HE WROTE ALL THOSE ANTI-SEMITIC LETTERS WOULD RESIGN. THAT WOULD BE A STATEMENT, UM, [04:05:01] THAT I COULD SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK MY OPINION TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE OF THE COMMISSION DOMINGUEZ ASKED TO SPEAK? UH, ROSALIE THOMPSON FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, AS SOON AS I SAW THE EMAIL, I CALLED HIM AND HE ASKED HIM TO RESIGN, WHICH HE DID. UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE CLEAR ON THAT. AND THE REST OF THE STUFF, UM, THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA CAME AFTER SCREEN NAMED WR. GO AHEAD, SIR. YES, WAYNE ROBERTS SOUTH THE FIFTH. UM, THERE'S A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINEMA AND THIS RIDICULOUS, HORRENDOUS HUMAN BEING. UM, TALKING ABOUT THE EXTERMINATION OF JEWS ALL OVER AGAIN, SO BLATANTLY, SO OBVIOUS, UM, HURT ME. UM, LAURA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. OH, CINEMA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THAT FILM IS THE RIGHT OF AMERICANS IN A, IN A, IN A ART WAY. THIS IS BLATANT HITLER LIKE ANTISEMITISM. AND I WANT THAT GUY TO FACE MY FACE AND TELL ME THAT TO MY FACE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO JOANNE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LORI HAM. LORI, UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HELLO, THIS IS LORI HAM. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF POWER ACCESS IN THE SOUTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL, 1616 MICHIGAN AVENUE. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO COME ON OUT TO THE SOUTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL SUMMER SERIES, WHICH STARTS THIS FRIDAY EVENING. THESE ARE SIX WONDERFUL CONCERTS FEATURING LOCAL BANDS THROUGH THE END OF JUNE AND JULY. THEY'RE PART OF THE MIAMI BEACH ONSTAGE PROGRAM AND WE THANK THE CITY, THE COMMISSION, RESIDENTS AND STAFF FOR SUPPORTING ARTS AND CULTURE AND MAKING THESE FANTASTIC FREE EVENTS POSSIBLE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS JOHN NEY. JOHN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I GOT IT NOW. UM, I JUST WANNA CALL AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER FERNAND FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR BRINGING FORTH THE R FIVE AA FOR FLOODING RESILIENCE, THINK'S INCREDIBLE, UM, ORDINANCE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SAMUEL AND FOR, FOR BRINGING, UH, THE ORIGINAL AUDIENCE AS WELL. UM, AND HE'S GONNA DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IN OUR CITY THAT GET FLOODED BY KING TIDES. UM, AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED, THAT WE LOOK FOR A WAY TO NOT JUST FIX THE SEA WALLS, BUT ALSO STOP THE FLOODING. UH, OVER A SHORTER TIME PERIOD, SEAWALLS CAN TAKE UP TO TWO OR MORE YEARS TO BE FIXED. AND I THINK IN THAT INTERIM PERIOD, WE SHOULD ALSO BE STOPPING THE FLOODING OF OUR CITY STREETS. UM, I THINK THERE'S ALREADY SOME INTEREST IN DOING THAT, AND I JUST HOPE, UH, WE CAN SEE THAT THROUGH AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? LARRY SCHAFER? GO AHEAD SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UM, I'M CALLING IN TO ASK ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER. WE ARE BEING TAXED ON GEO BOND FUNDS FROM 2018. I BELIEVE THE BUDGET WAS ORIGINALLY $80 MILLION. I BELIEVE WE'VE SPENT PROBABLY EIGHT TO 10 MILLION IN SOFT COSTS AND CONTINUAL REVISIONS AND PLANS, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS KEEP ADDING ON MORE THINGS TO THE PILE OF THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS ONE PIECE OF LAND. AND NEARBY NEIGHBORING NORTH BAY VILLAGE JUST LAUNCHED THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEY EXPECT TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN ONE YEAR. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WE ARE MIAMI BEACH. WHY IS NEIGHBORING NORTH BAY VILLAGE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND AND COMPLETE A, A, A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CENTER WITH VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR ITS RESIDENTS? BUT WE CAN'T EVEN FINISH PLANS AND GET PERMITS FILED AND START THE JOB. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG AT CITY HALL RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN NORTH BEACH. WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THESE RABBIT HOLES ON MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE OFF TOPIC. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON DELIVERING WHAT YOU PROMISED. WE VOTED FOR THAT. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE IT TO US. WHAT'S HAPPENING? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF CONFIDE. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. [04:10:01] HELLO. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS SAMUEL DIAZ. I'M CALLING FROM 1250 WEST AVENUE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR JOB AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN DOING. NONETHELESS, I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT THE ITEM R SEVEN L BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THE UNCLASSIFIED WORKERS DO AN AMAZING JOB AND DESERVE A A COLA. AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND THAT IN THIS TIME OF NEED, WE SHOULDN'T GIVE OUR TURN OUR BACK TO THEM. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK SUT. NICK IS CAN CONCLUDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S CALL, [R7 Y A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY FUNDING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000.00, FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET, OR ALTERNATIVELY, IMMEDIATELY TAKE FUNDING FROM RESERVES, IN ORDER TO PURCHASE AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.’S FUSUS PLATFORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; AND FURTHER, WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 2-14(D)(1)A OF THE CITY CODE TO REFER ANY AGENDA ITEMS IN EXCESS OF $75,000.00 TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.] UH, R SEVEN. YR. YES SIR. R SEVEN Y IS PURCHASE FU SOFTWARE. WAIVING FERC REQUIREMENTS BY FIVE SEVENTH, R SEVEN Y. I'M THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM. THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ FOR CO-SPONSORING WITH ME. UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM. I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL. I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN A MOMENT. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES, IT TAKES, UH, CURRENT CITY DATA AND INTEGRATES THEM INTO ONE FORM OF THE ACCIDENT. FUS. IT CAN TAKE VIDEO FEEDS FROM DRONES, CC TV, POST CIRCUIT TELEVISION, LICENSE PLATE READERS. IT EVEN CAN, AND THANK YOU CHAD, FOR COMING AND SPEAKING EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT IT. IT'S GREAT. WHEN OUR RESIDENTS PICK UP ON, UH, ON OUR ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA, UM, WE, UH, WE CAN INTEGRATE AND IT'S VOLUNTARILY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CAMERAS THAT WANT IT INTEGRATED WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN DO SO. AND OF COURSE IT'S VOLUNTARY AND YOU COULD TURN IT OFF AT ANY TIME. BUT, UH, THAT AN EXTRA, UH, CAPABILITY THAT GIVES OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT INCORPORATES GPS DATA, UH, ON A WHOLE SLEW OF, UH, ISSUES. I ACTUALLY LEARNED OF THIS WHEN I WAS, UH, I WAS SPEAKING AT AN ANTISEMITISM CONFERENCE IN, IN BEVERLY HILLS. IT WAS LIKE 200 MAYORS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT WAS A GREAT CONFERENCE, BUT I, UH, I WAS ON A PANEL WITH THE, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE OF BEVERLY HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE LA UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY LOS ANGELES DISTRICT ATTORNEY. AND, UH, I BEFRIENDED THE POLICE CHIEF FROM BEVERLY HILLS AND HE INVITED ME TO COME VISIT THEIR HEADQUARTERS ON SUNDAY MORNING, WHICH I DID. AND, UH, I SAW THE FUSES IN REAL TIME. IT IS, UH, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE, UH, GREAT PIE PIECE OF SOFTWARE AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. UH, COMMISSIONERS ERIC, RCF, UH, MY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION. YES, WE'RE, WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, FSIS, WHICH IS A MAP, MAP-BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL INFORMATION PLATFORM IS SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE, UH, THE NEXT STEP IN OUR EVOLUTION OF OUR REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER, AS WELL AS OTHER CAP INCREASING OUR CAPABILITIES IN IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. UM, AS THE MAYOR STATED, IT INTEGRATES LOTS OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES INTO ONE COHESIVE PLATFORM THAT, UH, THAT CAN BE USED BY, UH, NOT ONLY OUR REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER, BUT ALSO OUR COMMAND OFFICERS. AN IMPORTANT THING THAT THE MAYOR ALSO MENTIONED IS THAT IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHERE, UM, AXON HA HAS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, ALLOWS INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN A SHARING PROGRAM WHERE THEY PURCHASE A SERVICE, A, A, A PIECE OF HARDWARE AND SERVICE PACKAGE AND ALLOWS THEIR CAMERAS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO, UH, OUR REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER. SO LOTS OF, UH, LOTS OF BENEFITS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. NOW, UM, I'M A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS. UM, I DIDN'T GO TO BEVERLY HILLS, BUT I DID MEET WITH OUR OFFICERS HERE AND, UM, AFTER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF VENETIA ISLES, UH, CHAD, AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 12 CAMERAS COULD BE WELL SERVED BY PLUGGING INTO THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER, EXCUSE ME. BUT THAT WE NEEDED A SOFTWARE INTEGRATION. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS FUSES DOES. IT LITERALLY IS GOING TO FUSE EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CAMERAS DO WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY? IT VARIES, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 800 CAMERAS. UM, AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE NUMBER OF CAMERA VIEWS BECAUSE SOME CAMERAS ARE MULTISENSOR. SO THIS DOES ALLOW FOR AN INTEGRATION THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD PREVIOUSLY. CORRECT. SO CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAVE TO, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE INDIVIDUALLY MONITOR THESE SEPARATE PLATFORMS. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS, KIND OF LIKE YOU SAID, [04:15:01] IT FUSES EVERYTHING TOGETHER, BRINGS EVERYTHING INTO ONE, UH, UNIFIED SYSTEM, MAKES IT EASIER AND MORE CONVENIENT AND A LOT MORE, A LOT QUICKER AND MORE, MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO SEE, HAVE A TACTICAL PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HAVE EVERYTHING ON ONE SCREEN. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. SO IT'S REALLY TAKING, UH, THE REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND BRINGING IT INTO REAL TIME FUSED TOGETHER. SO, MR. COMMISSIONER BOT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, BUT BEFORE I DO, I'M TRYING, BUT I CAN'T COME UP WITH IT. A JOKE ABOUT YOU AND THE BEVERLY HILL COP ACTUALLY OVER HERE. WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME, SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. I THINK IT'S AWESOME AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING. JUST A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IS THIS A ONE TIME PURCHASE OR IS THIS A LICENSING AGREEMENT? HOW DOES THIS WORK? THIS IS A, THIS IS A LICENSING AGREEMENT. OKAY. WILL THERE BE A RECURRING COST? THERE IS. WHAT'S THE RECURRING COST? THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED TODAY, IT'S 300,000 UPFRONT AND THEN 200,000 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. IT'S HOW MUCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTRACT? 200,000 PER YEAR. 200,000 PER YEAR? YES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUDGET FOR AS, AS RECURRING. OKAY. HOW DO WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS, WHETHER THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HELPING US? I THINK SUCCESS IS MEASURED BY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF, UH, OUR CRIME REDUCTION, OUR ABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE INFORMATION QUICKLY AND RESPOND, UH, VERY QUICKLY TO, UH, INCIDENTS AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE OCCURRING. OKAY. UH, ANOTHER ASPECT THAT IT, THAT IT DOES, UH, A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS IT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU WHERE THE POLICE VEHICLES ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL FOR OFFICE FOR SAFETY, BUT ALSO FOR, TO JUST KNOW WHERE, WHERE, WHERE EVERYONE IS. AND IS THIS SCALABLE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS? DOES THIS WORK WITH ASSETS THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS MIGHT HAVE? IT, IT DOES SCALE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ISOLATED WHERE WE ARE. IT'S, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAP WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT YES, IT DOES SCALE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THAT USE AND HAVE THE PLATFORM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER BOT MOVED THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IF THERE NO OTHER DISCUSSION, CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. THIS IS ITEM R SEVEN Y PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO R SEVEN Y. THANK YOU. MAYOR, WE DIDN'T FINISH THE BALLOON ITEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. LET'S DO IT. SO WE'RE GOING BACK NOW ON ITEM R 5 0 1 46 TIMES. SIR. NO, IT'S NOT ONE 40 YET. OKAY. SO [C7 U A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, AT ITS MAY 14, 2025 MEETING, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS DISCUSSING A LONG-TERM PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN FOR THE BAYWALK.] LET'S CALL, UH, I WAS GONNA CALL A COUPLE OF THE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED. SO LET'S, LET'S START WITH ONE C. SEVEN U GOT IT. C SEVEN U IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION, LONG-TERM PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN FOR BAY WALK. IT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, C SEVEN U COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. UH, SO THIS ITEM WENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT THE TIME MBPD PRESENTED TO US AT THE COST WAS GOING TO BE $200,000 AND CHANGE TO HAVE AN OFFICER THERE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS. AND, UH, DURING MY AGENDA REVIEW, I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GIVEN INCORRECT INFORMATION. IT'S ACTUALLY OVER 400,000. SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS PRESENTED, UH, TO US AT COMMITTEE WAS TO ALLOCATE EXISTING RESOURCES SO THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING ACTUAL FUNDS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE MY, UH, COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, TO CONSIDER AND WE MOVE THAT FORWARD INSTEAD OF THE, UM, THE OPTION THAT WE DISCUSS THAT COMMITTEE. ALRIGHT, LET ME JUST, WHILE HE'S PULLING THAT, IF I MAY, MR. I, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH, I THINK PRELIMINARILY COMMISSIONER, I WANNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN FURTHER DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK I SAID TO THIS CHIEF YESTERDAY ON JUST THE ONE OFF TALK, BUT, UM, I'VE SAID THIS STATEMENT SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WE'LL NEED TO USE IT NOW MORE THAN EVER IS WE GOTTA START LEARNING TO DO MORE WITH THE SAME, RIGHT. 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO KNOW A FINANCIAL SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS. AND BEFORE WE DRIVE OURSELVES TO THAT BEING, UH, FISCALLY CAUTIOUS, I, I THINK IS THE WAY TO GO. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO DO MORE WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. RIGHT. REA ALLOCATING. THANK YOU. SO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT WHEN THIS WAS CONSIDERED A COMMITTEE, WE WERE GIVEN A LOWER COST, I BELIEVE WE WERE TOLD 196, I BELIEVE WE WERE TOLD 196 DURING MY AGENDA REVIEW, THE CITY MANAGER CORRECTED THAT, UM, THEY FAILED TO FACTOR IN THE PENSION AND OTHER ITEMS THAT GO INTO THE SALARY, OF COURSE. SO IT MADE IT OVER $400,000. [04:20:01] SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH OPTION FOUR, WHICH IS TO EVALUATE WHAT EXISTING RESOURCES WE CAN USE TO MONITOR THE BAY WALK. WHY WAS THIS NOT BROUGHT UP TO MY ATTENTION? THIS IS MY ITEM. THIS WENT TO COMMITTEE. WHEN THIS WENT TO COMMITTEE, I SAID THAT I WANTED TO GO WITH THIS OPTION BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE COSTS, IT JUST MADE SENSE. IF I CAN HAVE A MALL COP FOR 130,000 OR A PARK RANGER FOR 115 AND I COULD GET A COP FOR 1 92, COPS FOR TWO FOR 1 96, YEAH, IT THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE OPTION I WANTED TO GO TO WAS, YOU KNOW, MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. BUT IF SOMETHING CHANGED, MR. MANAGER, WHY DIDN'T THIS COME UP IN MY BRIEFING? SO I APOLOGIZE, COMMISSIONER. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, WE REALIZED THAT THAT DISPARITY BETWEEN THE OFFICER COST AND THE, AND THE SECURITY GUARD COST, THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD HAVE AFFORDED TWO POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE NUMBER THAT WAS IN THE MEMO FOR THE COMMITTEE. AND SO I ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO DOUBLE CHECK THEIR NUMBERS AND THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME BACK WITH THIS LARGER NUMBER. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WHEN THIS WENT TO COMMITTEE. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, IF MY COLLEAGUE WAS TOLD THAT THIS CHANGE THE BRIEFING, YOU AND I SAT, WE WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU DIDN'T BRING THIS UP IN MY BRIEFING AND THIS IS MY ITEM. AND SO I WOULD LIKE THE COURTESY OF SOMETHING CHANGES THAT AT LEAST I BE GIVEN A HEADS UP THAT THE NUMBERS CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS MY NAME ATTACHED TO IT. SO I HOPE THIS IS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENS. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR CATCHING IT. THANK YOU FOR PULLING THE ITEM. THANK YOU FOR RECTIFYING THIS ON THE RECORD AND FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT IS CERTAINLY A MUCH MORE PRUDENT APPROACH UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, THE OPTION FOUR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, AND DO WE NEED TO CALL THE VOTE? YEAH. OKAY. SECOND THE ITEM. DO YOU WANT, BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE ON A LIGHTER NOTE? I UNDERSTAND IT'S YOUR TWIN'S SEVENTH YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY TODAY THERE. YES IT IS. NICE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MR. SAMARI. I HOPE YOU'RE CELEBRATING. YES, . SO IS, IS THERE A MOTION AS AMENDED WITH OPTION FOUR? IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD OR I MOVE IT AS I SECOND WITH OPTION FOUR? OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGEZ AND I HEARD A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ ON C SEVEN. AND I'M SORRY, THE, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION WAS TO CONSIDER THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT AS THERE WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE ANY BUDGET IMPACT, THEN THE RESOLUTION WILL BE AMENDED JUST TO DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION USING EXISTING RESOURCES. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF C SEVEN U AS AMENDED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS AMENDED. C SEVEN U. OKAY. I THINK RALPH, IT IS NOW 1 44. UH, WE ARE GOING BACK TO ITEM R FIVE AB, WHICH WAS THE BALLOONS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC MARS. UH, WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME. THERE WAS NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. I SEE. AGAIN, NO ONE IN ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, REQUESTING TO SPEAK ORIGINALLY HAD A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ, SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YEAH, I'M JUST, UM, ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM, UH, RELATING TO THE BALLOONS, UH, RELATING TO PARKS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. I ACTUALLY WAS A NO VOTE ON THAT. IT DID PASS. UM, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS ONE TODAY, BUT I, I JUST THINK THIS IS A DIFFERENT ITEM, SO I'M SUPPORTIVE. BUT WE'LL WANNA HAVE SOME MEETINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE. SO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MINOR? YES. MOTION. CARRIE? SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE A B. LET'S [C2 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 QUALIFICATIONS NO. 2025-284-ND FOR WATER TAXI SERVICE; AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH WATER TAXI OF FORT LAUDERDALE LLC, AS THE TOP-RANKED PROPOSER; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH WATER TAXI OF FORT LAUDERDALE LLC, AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH AQUA-JET MIAMI LLC D/B/A AQUA PARTY BOAT, AS THE SECOND-RANKED PROPOSER; FURTHER, IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT WITH AQUA-JET MIAMI LLC D/B/A AQUA PARTY BOAT, AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH CODE NAME E-LIXR INC., AS THE THIRD-RANKED PROPOSER; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT UPON THE CONCLUSION OF SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATION. (TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY)] GO, UH, THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER POLLED ITEMS. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU ARE BUSY WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO YOU HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE. . WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. C TWO B, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, WHICH ITEM? C TWO B. C TWO B AWARD. RFQ 20 25 2 84. ND WATER TAXI SERVICE SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I WAS MORE EXCITED [04:25:01] ABOUT THIS ITEM ALMOST THAN ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, THE WATER TAXI COMING TO MIAMI BEACH, BUT, UH, YES, BUT LET'S HEAR WHAT WELL, AND AS I AM, AS AM I, AND, UH, THIS REALLY I THINK IS GOING TO BE, UH, TRANSFORMATIVE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THIS ITEM DOES COME BACK SOMETHING THAT'S NEGOTIATED, UM, WITH A SELECTED VENDOR, UH, WITH THE PROPOSED ROUTE, WITH THE BREAK STRUCTURE. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE ANYTHING GETS EXECUTED, THAT THIS COMMISSION AS A GOVERNING BODY FOR THE CITY DOES GET TO SEE THAT. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I WANT THAT, THOUGH, WE TRUST THE ADMINISTRATION'S ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS. OUR, OUR EXPERIENCE WITH WATER TAXIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT TROUBLING IN IN THE PAST. UM, THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT. UH, I, I SPOKE WITH THE CITY, UH, FORT LAUDERDALE AND THEY'VE HAD GREAT EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH THIS. I THINK THEY DO SOMETHING THAT'S FAIR FREE. UH, AND I'LL TELL YOU MY OPTION WOULD, MY, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO SEE SOMETHING NEGOTIATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD BE FEAR FREE, UH, TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF, OF THE PROGRAM. UM, AND I ALSO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I I HOPE WE LOOK AT ALL OPTIONS. NOT JUST MIAMI BEACH TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI, BUT NORTH AND SOUTH, UH, ALONG MIAMI BEACH, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY INCLUDING YOURSELF, MR. MAYOR, THAT YOU'VE BEEN A LEADER ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT. SO, UM, SO THAT WAS MY REQUEST, THAT SOMETHING COME BACK TO US WITH THE, WITH WHAT IS NEGOTIATED WITH THE ROUTES, WITH THE RATE STRUCTURE, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IT REALLY DOES SERVE THE COMMUTING NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK. YEAH. AND U USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, OPEN-ENDED LIKE THIS, WE DO RECOMMEND BRINGING IT BACK TO COMMISSION. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. IT WASN'T CLEAR ON THE ITEM SO THAT IT WAS NOT, SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. YEAH. AND IF I CAN, I KNOW SOME, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WANNA SPEAK AS WELL, BUT JUST TO, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU'RE, I'M LEANING OVER INTO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HERE. NO, YOU GOT ME SO EXCITED. COMMISSIONER FERNAND. THERE'S NO, LITERALLY, 'CAUSE I THINK YOU MADE IT A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. THERE WERE, THERE WERE PARALLEL ITEMS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. UM, I HAD BROUGHT THIS, THIS CURRENT VERSION OF WHAT'S THE WATER TAXI? THERE WAS ALSO A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, CALL IT AS IT IS, IT FAILED SPECTACULARLY. UM, IT WAS NOT, IT WAS NOT OPERATING WELL. IT, AND IT WAS EXPENSIVE. I DID NOT SUPPORT THAT ITEM. AND THEY WERE, IT WAS A SEPARATE ITEM. I ACTUALLY DID NOT SUPPORT IT. THIS ITEM IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT JUST GOING TO MIAMI, BUT NORTH AND SOUTH. AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING LIKE WE DID FOR ART BASEL. I MEAN, THAT WAS A MUCH SMALLER PILOT PROGRAM, BUT AN ABSOLUTE SUCCESS. I'VE NOT HEARD ONE PERSON CRITICIZING QUITE THE CONTRARY. EVERYONE WHO USED IT SAID IT WAS, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO BRING HERE. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT, AND I'M ALSO PERSONALLY MAKING THE OUTREACH, BUT I, BUT WE NEED TO, IS TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. THIS IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE COUNTY. THIS IS A WIN FOR THE STATE. UH, AND IT'S A WIN FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOO. SO, UH, WE DID GET A $600,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE, FROM FDOT, BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO, UH, IMPLORE THEM. I MEAN, THERE WAS OVERTURES TO SPEND CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS, UH, ON A, ON A TRANSPORTATION ITEM THAT, UH, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BAY LINK. THIS, THIS IS GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CITY. AND WE, WE NEED OUR PARTNERS TO STEP UP. 600,000 IS GREAT. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, EXPENSIVE AND, UH, IT BEHOOVES EVERYONE INVOLVED TO PARTICIPATE. QUESTION, UH, LET'S, I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE. I DID SEE COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ'S HAND FIRST, THEN I SAW COMMISSIONER BOTTEN AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I, I WOULD'VE RAISED MY HAND FIRST IF I STILL HAD MY LEFT EYE. , I JUST, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR JASON. IT SAYS, UM, THE 600,000 IS PENDING APPROVAL FOR THE FY 26, UH, BUDGET ENHANCEMENT. IS THIS ONE OF THE $30 MILLION ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE? 'CAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SUCK UP THE WHOLE MILLION. WE HAVE , HAS THIS ALREADY BEEN SET ASIDE? NO. FOR 26TH? NO. JUST AS IT SAYS IN THE MEMO, THIS IS A, THERE'S A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT FOR $600,000, UH, OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. THAT'LL BE, UH, CONSIDERED AND WILL BE DISCUSSING ON JULY 11TH. OKAY. SO THAT IS, SO IT'S, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM LIKE THE GENERAL FUND. SO THIS DOESN'T, SO, BECAUSE WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU THE OTHER DAY, I THINK YOU SAID WE HAD, UM, LIKE $30 MILLION IN REQUEST AND $1 MILLION, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE. WOULD THIS BE LIKE PART OF THAT 1 MILLION OR IS THAT APART FROM, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH, A COUPLE OF PARTS TO THAT. UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY NOW CLOSE TO $57 MILLION IN GENERAL FUNDED RESORT TAX ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. 57 MILLION. YEAH, [04:30:01] APPROXIMATELY. IT'S A RUNNING TOTAL. WE'RE, WE'LL BE ADDING UP NUMBERS, UH, THAT COME OUT OF TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION. UM, AS WE KNOW FROM THE JUNE 1ST NUMBERS, WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A DEFICIT OF $771,000. UM, AND THEN, BUT THIS PARTICULAR EXPENDITURE IS THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. UH, IT DOES HAVE, IT'LL BE COMING FROM ITS FUND BALANCE. AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED OUR BUDGET RETREAT, UH, SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, UH, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE RO AWARDED A A $600,000 GRANT, SO IT'S KIND OF 50 CENTS IN THE DOLLAR, WHICH IS A GOOD DEAL. SO, BUT YES, IT'LL BE AN ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, DURING THE 26TH BUDGET PROCESS, AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT IN JULY 11TH. I, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, BECAUSE I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. SO LIKE ONE PENNY OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN MIAMI DAD COUNTY IS GOING TO THIS, WHAT IS IT? CITIZENS' INDEPENDENT TRANSPORTATION TRUST. RIGHT? IT'S A BUT IT'S A SEPARATE, THAT'S A SEPARATE FUND. THE, THE FUND THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT, THE HALF PENNY SALE SAX OR TRANSPORTATION? IT'S HALF PENNY. OKAY. UH, IS EXPENDED COUNTY, I THINK ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE TROLLEY. UH, THIS TRANSPORTATION FUND WE'RE SPEAKING OF IS FUNDED ALMOST PRIMARILY FROM OUR RESORT TAXES. RIGHT. TAMIKA, 60% OF ONE OF OUR 1% RESORT TAX FUNDS. WAIT, WAIT. IT'S 60% . 60% OF ONE OF OUR 1% RESORT TAX REVENUES. OKAY. OKAY. SO THIS IS COMING FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION FUND FROM RESORT TAXES. YES. NOW IS THE COUNTY GIVING US MONEY? THEY'RE GIVING US CERTAIN MONIES FOR THE TROLLEY. CORRECT. BECAUSE WITH THEY'RE REMOVING BUS SERVICES AND CUTTING BACK. BUT WE'RE EXPECTED TO PICK IT UP AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE MONIES THAT WE SHOULD. LIKE JOSE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE IN TRANSPORTATION FOR 10 YEARS. WHAT LEVEL OF REDUCTION HAVE YOU SEEN IN 10 YEARS IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY SPENDING? UM, ON MIAMI BEACH? THERE'S BEEN, UM, RECENTLY WITH THE BETTER BUS PROJECT, THE COUNTY REVAMPED AND MADE SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS TO THE ROUTES. AS A RESULT OF THAT, NEW ROUTES CAME INTO EXISTENCE, OLD ROUTES WERE SUSPENDED OR ELIMINATED. SO IT'S BEEN, I I I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU IN TERMS OF PERCENT REDUCTION. I MEAN, IS THE BETTER BUS INITIATIVE GOOD FOR US? IS IT, HAS IT BEEN A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE? THE, THE, THE BETTER BUS IN GENERAL HAS, THERE WAS THE ONE ISSUE WITH THE ROUTE ONE 15, THE ONE THAT WOULD SERVE MOUNT SINAI, AND WE STEPPED IN AND, UM, AND WE'RE COVERING THAT WITH, THROUGH OUR TROLLEY OPERATOR. WE'RE COVERING THAT ROUTE THAT SERVES, UH, NORTH BEACH AND, UH, MOUNT SINAI AS WELL. AND THEN, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS A ROUTE THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE BETTER BUS THAT SERVES SOUTH BEACH AND TAKES THE SOUTH BEACH, UH, CONSTITUENTS TO MOUNT SINAI. HAVE WE CONSIDERED JUST SENDING A RESOLUTION TO THE COUNTY THAT THEY SHOULD CHIP IN? I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF PARTNERS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, THIS WATER TAXI, WE'RE USING OUR TOURISM TAX FUNDS. I WOULD, MY MOTION WOULD BE TO PASS THIS AND AT THE SAME TIME SEND A RESOLUTION TO THE COUNTY ASKING WHAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WATER TAXI. BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, THEY SHOULD WANT TO HAVE SOME OWNERSHIP OF IT TOO, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND WATER TAXI SERVICE ALONG OUR WATERWAYS. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY CAN EITHER SAY YES OR NO. BUT IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST ASK. NO, I, I, I LIKE IT. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON. I LIKE YOUR IDEA. I I WOULD JUST ADD STATE AND FEDERAL. THERE'S POTENTIAL FUNDING EVERYWHERE. THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR, FOR FUNDING AS WELL. BUT MY MOTION, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW ALONG WITH THIS TO, UM, ASK THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE. SECOND PREP CITY OF MIAMI, IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT, GIVEN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO THE CITY OF MIAMI. OH, OKAY. TWO RESOLUTIONS? NO, JUST IN THE SAME, YOU KNOW. OKAY. WELL, THE RESOLUTION TO, UM, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND CITY OF MIAMI ASKING, UM, WHAT SHOULD WE ASK TO, AND PERHAPS EVEN THE MIAMI DDA A THE 200, WE SHOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC ASK, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND 600,000, WHY DON'T WE ASK THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR 200,000 AND THE COUNTY FOR 200,000? AND THAT WAY WE'RE EQUAL PARTNERS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE GRANT FUNDS TOO. IT'S GONNA SAVE US HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. IF THEY SAY YES, DO, DO YOU WANNA WORK ON A, ON A RESOLUTION SO WE CAN, UH, HASH IT OUT AND WE'LL APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING? AND I'M HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR WITH YOU. UM, I SUPPOSE SO, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD JUST PUT IT IN MOTION NOW SO THAT YOU GET THE FUNDS SO THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AND WE CAN START LOBBYING. BECAUSE THE SOONER WE GET THE FUND, THE, YOU KNOW, THINGS TAKE A WHILE. RICK, YOU CAN YEAH. ENOUGH RICK? [04:35:01] YES. I THINK WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. OKAY. SO THAT'S MY MOTION. COMMISSIONER BOT SECOND. GIVE ONE SECOND. UM, I THINK I SAW IN THE MEMO, UH, CONVERSA OR A SUGGESTION THAT FOCUSING ON GOING ACROSS THE BAY FIRST AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT UP AND RUNNING, THEN WORKING ON THE NORTH SOUTH ROUTE. IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS, AS YOU NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE CAN GET THAT NORTH SOUTH ROUTE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY AS OPPOSED TO SECONDARILY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING AD NAUSEUM ABOUT THE TRAFFIC HERE, AND A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC IS PEOPLE GOING FROM NORTH BEACH TO SOUTH BEACH AND SOUTH BEACH TO NORTH BEACH, AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ON BIKES AND OTHER MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES. SO IF IT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT MAKING THINGS OVERLY COMPLICATED TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING CONCURRENTLY OR VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AS OPPOSED TO A YEAR, TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA DERAIL THE PRIMARY, BUT THIS IS VERY CLOSE SECOND. UM, SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. MR. VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH, I, I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS ITEM. I'LL JUST SAY MIAMI BEACH, PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE. THE, THE SMALL, SMALL DETAILS HERE MATTER, UH, GREATLY. YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE HOW THIS BOAT IS SMALLER, MORE NIMBLE, WHICH I THINK, UH, REFLECTS A BETTER REALISTIC EXPECTATION ABOUT THE, UH, RIDERSHIP, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. THE LARGER BOATS TOOK A LOT LONGER, WHICH MADE IT LESS CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO USE. UM, AND THERE JUST WAS NEVER A REALISTIC, UH, SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD'VE BEEN FILLING THOSE BOATS, UH, FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, AND, AND NOT TO KIND OF GET OFF OF THE WATER TAXI BECAUSE OF THIS, SOMETHING I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE. BUT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BROADER TRANSPORTATION FUND, JOSE, UH, I GUESS IF EITHER OF US COULD ANSWER THIS WITH A GREAT DEGREE OF ACCURACY, NEITHER OF US WOULD BE SITTING HERE COLLECTING GOVERNMENT SALARIES. BUT, UM, HOW QUICKLY IS TRANSPORTATION CHANGING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO THESE, UH, TROLLEY RFPS? WHEN I SEE THE ROLLOUT OF ROBO TAXIS AND WAYMO'S, UH, AND, AND ALL THESE SELF-DRIVING TAXIS IN PLACES LIKE AUSTIN AND SAN FRANCISCO, UM, AND NOW AMAZON'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A MASS PRODUCTION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR. HOW LONG IS THE CONTRACT FOR THE TROLLEY? THE CONTRACT WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING, YEAH. IS I BELIEVE SEVEN YEARS. OKAY. UH, SO IT'S NOT 10 OR 15:00 AM WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT IS, WOULD WE BE SIGNING UP FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT'S PERHAPS OUTDATED BY THE TIME IT GETS DELIVERED? UM, BUT I THINK SEVEN YEARS IS A MANAGEABLE TIMEFRAME, UH, FOR ALL OF THIS TO KIND OF PLAY OUT. BUT I THINK IF SOME OF THESE, UH, ROLLOUTS OF THE ROBOTAXIS HAVE THE SUCCESS, UH, THAT IS INITIALLY BEING INDICATED, THI THIS WILL BE, UH, CHANGE IN OUR WORLD AND OUR SOCIETY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. THAT'LL HAVE PROFOUND IMPACTS IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR LAND USE POLICIES. THE USAGES AND NEEDS FOR GARAGES OR PARKING LOTS. UH, CERTAINLY A $2 BILLION TRAIN COMING ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY THAT WOULDN'T BE COMPLETED FOR 15 YEARS, . UM, SO I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS DONE WISE TO SAY, YES, WE'RE IN, IN FAVOR OF MASS TRANSPORTATION, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT. UH, BUT NOT TO STEAL THIS, THIS SPECIFIC, UH, SUBJECT HERE. I, I THINK THE WATER TAXI IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT AND WILL BE CELEBRATED WIDELY ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THOSE SMALL DO MATTER, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S ON FOURTH STREET VERSUS SIXTH STREET, JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, CAN HAVE A GREAT, GREAT DIFFERENCE ON WHETHER PEOPLE USE IT OR NOT. SO LEAVE IT OPEN-ENDED FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS, NEGOTIATE, AND COME BACK. I MOVE THE ITEM AS AMENDED. I'LL SECOND. YEAH. AND BY THE WAY, I WANT, I WANNA REALLY WANNA, THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. OUR COMMISSION IS REALLY, FOR THE MOST PART, VERY, VERY UNITED. WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT UP THIS IDEA SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I, I HAD FIGHTS WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMISSION WHO ARE NO LONGER HERE. SO VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL IN ON THIS. AND, UM, IT'S GREAT. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE UNITY AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A PHENOMENAL WATER TAXI PRODUCT, UH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. ALL IN FAVOR. THIS IS C TWO B AS AMENDED, WHICH INCLUDES AN AFTER THE FACT RESOLUTION. SAY AYE, PLEASE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? AYE. HEARING NONE. THE ITEM PLUS THE AFTER THE FACT RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THOSE ITEMS. [04:40:01] C TWO B, C FOUR [C4 T REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS FOOD TRUCK OR FARMERS MARKET PILOT PROJECTS ON WEST LOTS OR NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE PARK.] TC FOUR T REFERRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY, NEIGHBORHOOD, QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, FOOD TRUCK, FARMERS MARKET PILOT PROGRAM ON WEST LOTS OR NORTH BEACH. OCEANSIDE PARK. C FOUR T WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT THIS ITEM BE HEARD WITH C SEVEN P. MAY I CALL THAT ITEM? YES. C SEVEN [C7 P A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, AT ITS MAY 14, 2025, MEETING, AND DIRECTING ADMINISTRATION TO HOST MONTHLY COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS FOR RESIDENTS ON WEST LOT NUMBER FOUR (4) BETWEEN 82ND – 83RD STREETS.] P IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION HOST MONTHLY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ACTIVATION RESIDENCE ON WESTLAW, UH, WESTLAW FOUR. SO WE'RE DOING C FOUR T AND C SEVEN P. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, NUMBER ONE, THANK THE COMMISSIONER FOR PLACING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. UM, BACK IN, BACK IN MAY, WE DISCUSSED, UM, C SEVEN P AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S COMMITTEE TO DO ACTIVATION IN ONE OF THE WEST LOTS MONTHLY ACTIVATIONS AT ONE OF THE WEST WESTLAW. AND WE, WE DISCUSSED THAT AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE. UH, AND WE HAD EVEN ASKED, I THINK ABOUT DOING FOOD TRUCKS. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE LOGISTICS, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA THAT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS TO BRING FOOD TRUCKS TO NORTH BEACH. SINCE WE HAVE C SEVEN P ON THE AGENDA ALREADY, THAT'S APPROVING SOMETHING SIMILAR, RATHER THAN SENDING ANOTHER ITEM TO COMMITTEE. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IN WITH ME ON THIS ITEM AND INCORPORATE THE FOOD TRUCKS AS PART OF THE MONTHLY ACTIVATION WE'RE DOING ON THE WESTLAW, UH, WESTLAW NUMBER FOUR, BETWEEN 82ND AND 83RD STREET, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU JOIN ME. UH, YEAH, THAT IS FINE. UM, I BROUGHT THAT ITEM FORWARD AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH LARRY SCHAFER AND SHARON WEISS, WHO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND, UH, TO COMBINE THE TWO IS FANTASTIC. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LOVE THE IDEA OF THE FOOD TRUCK, BUT I WORRY THAT SO MANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS ARE STRUGGLING. IS THIS GOING TO CAUSE COMPETITION? SOMEBODY COULD JUST DRIVE UP AND THEN NEARBY YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO'S PAYING ALL THIS MONEY IN RENT AND FOR A PERMIT. SO WHEN WE DO THIS, MAYBE IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AS COMPETITIVE WITH SOME OF OUR RESTAURANTS. LIKE SOME BEACH CONCESSIONS. LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE JUST ONCE A MONTH. JUST A, JUST A ONCE A MONTH. AND BY THE WAY, ON 82ND STREET, LIKE THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL AROUND 82ND STREET NUMBER. THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY OF LOWS, YOU KNOW, UH, LOW SCALE, LOW RICE BUILDINGS. THAT'S VERY WALKABLE THERE. I THINK YOUR CLOSEST COMMERCIAL IS LIKE IN THE SEVENTIES, UNLESS YOU GO TO SURF SITE. AND THOSE RESTAURANTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. UM, SO IT'S JUST TO DO, IT'S MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING, BRINGING PEOPLE OUT TOGETHER, NEIGHBORS GETTING TO MEET EACH OTHER, SHARE IN A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S REALLY THE REAL PURPOSE OF THIS. AND I GET YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE BUSINESSES 'CAUSE YOU'RE SO RIGHT. BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING, BUT I THINK THIS IS SO ISOLATED. 82ND STREET IS SO FAR AWAY. WE SHOULD INVITE WHEN YOU DO THE LAUNCH OF THIS, LIKE YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE AND HAVE THE BEACH HIGH STUDENTS PERFORM SO THAT WE HAVE SOME MUSIC THE FIRST TIME THEY DO THE FOOD TRUCKS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THIS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE A FUN KICKOFF THING. WELL, WE HAVE A MONTHLY ACTIVATION. WHAT IT IS, IS IT IS A MONTHLY ACTIVATION AND THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN AS PART OF THE MONTHLY ACTIVATION, WE'RE ADDING NOW COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S, UH, IDEA OF THE FOOD TRUCKS. SO THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY. NOW WE WOULD JUST BE ADDING THE FOOD TRUCK. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH, I, UM, IF, IF I MAY, THE MAYOR, YES, COMMISSIONER BOT. I LOVE, I LOVE DOING THAT. IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA COMMERCIALIZE OUR BEACHES. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PUTTING CONCESSIONS ON OUR BEACHES, BUT I DO LOVE THE IDEA OF EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRIPS OFF THE BEACH AND GO GRAB A, YOU KNOW, A SOMETHING AND HANG OUT AND, AND YOU KNOW, TAKE A LITTLE BREAK FROM THE SAND AND THE, AND THE SUN AND COME IN AND GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT. I THINK IT'S A SUPER COOL IDEA. UM, AND, UM, I'M ALSO WORKING WITH A DIFFERENT GROUP IN ADDITION TO YMU ABOUT DOING MUSICAL POPUPS AROUND THE CITY. AND I WILL BE SURE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION OFF TO THE POWERS THAT BE SO THAT THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS. UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING DOWN ON SATURDAY. SATURDAY, YEAH. UM, TO CHECK OUT A, UM, WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PHENOMENAL FARMER'S MARKET BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS RAISED IN A BLUE ZONES MEETING. UH, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW, WE ALL AGREE ON THE COMMISSION THAT WE ARE HAVE A, UM, THE SEVERE LACK OF, OF GOOD FARMER'S MARKETS OR ANY FARMER'S MARKETS HERE IN THE CITY. AND, UM, SO I'M GONNA GO CHECK THAT OUT. I WAS TOLD THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME, UNCLEAR ON THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE AGAIN, IF, IF THAT [04:45:01] IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, UM, PROGRESSES IN SOME WAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPTION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR OR SOMETHING, IT GOES UP TO THE WEST LOTS AS OPPOSED. IS THAT THE, THE MARKET FROM COCONUT GROVE? MM-HMM . THAT MARKET IS SPECTACULAR. PEOPLE DRIVE FROM YEAH. MILES AROUND YOU GOT LIKE ORGANIC, TOASTED COCONUT WATER AND VEGAN SPECIALTIES. SO THAT WOULD BE A REAL DRAW. SO SPEAKING OF KUMBAYA COMMISSIONS, HERE AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF DIFFERENT LANES OF INTEREST COMING TOGETHER ON ITEMS TO SERVE ALL OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS. SO MORE LIKE THAT, PLEASE. YES. BY THE WAY, WE DID THIS, WE DID THE FIRST ONE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE MAYBE THREE MONTHS AGO, THAT WE HAD THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE WEST LOTS. AND THE TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS THAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOVED THE MOST WAS JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO GET TOGETHER. JUST COMMUNITY BUILDING, PEOPLE WHO ARE NEIGHBORS, HAVING FREE ACTIVITY, BEING ABLE TO GET TOGETHER, HEAR SOME MUSIC, KIDS BEING ABLE TO JUMP INTO JUMP HOUSES, GRAB A LITTLE COFFEE FROM THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, UH, COFFEE STAND ON WINDOW. IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE GET TO RECREATE THAT VIBE THERE FOR US. THAT'S ALL THAT WE WANT TO DO. BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND GET THEM TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL PARADISE WE GOT TO LIVE IN. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU NEED A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. SO I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, ALL IN FAVOR. THIS IS ON C SEVEN P, 'CAUSE TECHNICALLY C FOUR T IS BEING WITHDRAWN. UH, SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT ITEM, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AS THE SPONSOR. YES. AND CAN YOU ADD ME AS A SPONSOR AS WELL? CORRECT. ON C SEVEN P, WE'RE ADDING COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER BOT. UM, WE [R5 J AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES,” BY CREATING DIVISION 35, BY CREATING SECTIONS 2-190.157 THROUGH 2-190.160 TO ESTABLISH THE “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE,” TO PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATION AND CITY COMMISSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND IDEAS TO BETTER SUPPORT AND EXPAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] HAVE ONE LAST SECOND READING ITEM TO CALL. LET'S CALL R FIVE J. YES SIR. R FIVE J IS AL MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. UH, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO. IT MIGHT BE CITY CODE ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED AGENCY BOARD AND COMMITTEES BY CREATING DIVISION 31 BY CREATING SECTION TWO DASH 9 57 THROUGH TWO DASH 9 0 6 OH TO ESTABLISH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THE ADMINISTRATION ON CITY COMMISSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND IDEAS TO BETTER SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. I'M PROVIDING FOR REPEATERS OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVENTH VOTE. IT IS R FIVE J. YEAH. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, THIS COMMISSION, UH, HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF DECLARING WHAT WE DO NOT WANNA BE AS A CITY. AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PIVOT INTO THE FUTURE ABOUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO SEE. AND I SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, REALLY, REALLY MOVING THAT NEEDLE FORWARD AND WITHOUT POLITICIZING IT. BUT YOU SEE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN SOME OF OUR, UH, FINANCIAL HUBS OF THE COUNTRY JUST OVERNIGHT, UH, WHICH COULD LEAD AN EVEN FURTHER EXODUS OF BUSINESSES AND WEALTH MIGRATION INTO, UH, FLORIDA AND MIAMI. AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO ESSENTIALLY SAY DEFINITIVELY WHO WE DO WANT TO BE AS A CITY AND GROW AND PROGRESS INTO THE FUTURE. MIAMI BEACH, UH, HAS SUCH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE SO BLESSED WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT AND PROMINENT RESOURCES WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, GIVEN, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANNA LIVE HERE AND THE NATURE AND CALIBER OF SOME OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO ESSENTIALLY GET A HELPING HAND IN MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD THAN GETTING, UH, GUIDANCE FROM SOME OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS. UH, ONES THAT IN ANY OTHER SENSE, WE'D BE BLESSED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET BUSINESS ADVICE FROM, OR THEIR INSIGHT. SO TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THEM AND HELP MOVE OUR CITY ALONG, I, I THINK IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER A BOARD WITH, UH, A CALIBER OF VERY NOTABLE AND WELL-REGARDED, UM, BUSINESS MINDS COULD REALLY HELP MOVING MIAMI BEACH FORWARD. UH, PERHAPS, UH, UH, ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES WANNA SPEAK? I I THINK THE TIMING OF THIS IS GREAT WITH OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COMING ON BOARD. UM, SO I, I THINK, UH, WE'RE KIND OF FIRE ON ALL CYLINDERS HERE. GREAT. YEAH, NO, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE. I HAVE A SEPARATE ITEM JUST IN BIG PICTURE, HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY HELP THE ADMINISTRATION STREAMLINE. 'CAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF STAFF RESOURCES UTILIZED FOR THESE MEETINGS AND HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE OUR, OUR, OUR RESOURCES. BUT, UM, YEAH, BY THE WAY, THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY NON-POLITICAL WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING VERY POLITICAL ABOUT WHY, ABOUT POTENTIALLY MORE BUSINESSES, BUT WE ARE HEARING IT A LOT. WE KEEP SAYING IT WHERE THERE'S UH, THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND, [04:50:01] UH, CERTAINLY MIAMI BEACH, UM, TO, FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO, TO MOVE DOWN HERE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING ITEM. YEP. I'LL SECOND. SO I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. BY MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE J. [R7 F A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SIXTH 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."] IT'S CALLED R SEVEN FR SEVEN. GR SEVEN F IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT SIX. AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025. OPERATIONAL BUDGET. GOOD AFTERNOON, TAMIKA, YOUR BUDGET DIRECTOR. THIS IS THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET. IT CONTAINS FOUR ITEMS. IT RECOMMENDS AN INCREASE OF 128,000 TO THE OPERATING BUDGET. ALL ITEMS ARE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE MAY 21ST COMMISSION MEETING. AND ALL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO BE FUNDED FROM AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND RESERVES. THE FIRST ITEM IS A UNIT AD, SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM IN AMOUNT OF $70,000. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE BUDGETED FUNDING OF 280,000 TO 350,000 IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE RISING COST OF FOOD. THE SECOND ITEM IS A ONETIME MATCHING GRANT TO THE STUNT FLOOR SOCIETY IN AMOUNT OF $5,000. AND THIS IS FOR AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES. THE THIRD ITEM IS A ONETIME GRANT TO NAMES, NOT NUMBERS. HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTARY. AND THIS WILL TAKE PLACE IN FY IN 2025 TO 2026 SCHOOL YEAR AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN MIAMI BEACH. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS A MATCHING GRANT TO THE LINCOLN ROAD BID TO SUPPORT THE YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 AT AN EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON MAY 30TH. I MOVE THE ITEM. AYE, JINX. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER B. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE CALL THE VOTE ON R SEVEN F. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R SEVEN FR SEVEN [R7 G A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, “PROJECTS”; B, “SOURCE OF FUNDS”; AND C “PROGRAMS."] GR SEVEN G IS ADOPT SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2025. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING R SEVEN G. SO THIS ITEM CONTAIN THIS, THIS AMENDMENT CONTINUES THREE ITEMS. IT PROPOSES AN INCREASE OF $2.2 MILLION AND A TRANSFER OF 294,000 FROM AN EXISTING PROJECT TO A NEW PROJECT. SO THE FIRST PROJECT IS OSHA DRIVE CORRIDOR PROJECT. IT WAS APPROVED AT THE MAY 21ST CITY COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE WOULD EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO INCLUDE LIGHTING AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROPRIATE $346,288 FROM AVAILABLE CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS. THE SECOND PROJECT IS A MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER SOFTBALL STOCKER REPAIRS. AND THE REQUEST IS FOR 300,000. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO FUND THIS PROJECT WITH AVAILABLE CONVENTION CENTER RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUNDS. AND THE LAST PROJECT IS A SOUNDSCAPE SOUND SYSTEM. AND THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE MAY 21ST COMMISSION MEETING. AND THIS IS TO AWARD A GRANT TO THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY IN ORDER TO REPLACE THEIR STORM SYSTEM. THIS, IF IS, IF IT'S APPROVED, WILL BE FUNDED $1.6 MILLION FROM AVAILABLE INTEREST INCOME FROM THE GEO BOND. AND THE REMAINING $294,480 WILL BE FUNDED FROM AN EXISTING SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT THAT HAS, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING. MOVE IT. SECOND. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK UP A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER K. SECONDED BY, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I, IF I COULD, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN ONGOING BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSIONS WITH NEW WORLD SYMPHONY ABOUT AIRING THE, UM, 2026 WORLD CUP SOCCER GAMES AT THE, AT SOUNDSCAPE PARK ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS FUNDED BY OUR TAXPAYERS IN THE GEO BOND. UM, I THINK THAT'S SUCH A TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY, UH, ACTIVATION. I THINK WE HAD A SIMILAR DISCUSSION UP HERE. UM, AND WE ALL KIND OF FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS CULTURE, RIGHT? BRINGING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOR PERHAPS THE MOST CELEBRATED SPORTS EVENT, NOT PERHAPS FOR THE MOST CELEBRATED SPORTS EVENT IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN OUR BACKYARD, IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY. AND I, I THINK I'D MAKE A MOTION, [04:55:01] UM, TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ENTERTAIN, UH, THAT THIS FUNDING IS CONTINGENT ON THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, UH, AGREEING TO, UH, UH, SHOW THE 2026 WORLD CUP GAMES ON THEIR, UH, OUTDOOR SCREEN COMMISSIONER. IF, IF I MAY, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. AND I THINK WE SHOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD USE EVERY LEVERAGE THAT WE HAVE. I DO KNOW THAT THIS EQUIPMENT IS EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN AGING, THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED TO GET IT DONE. AND WHAT I JUST DON'T WANNA DO IS TIE THE HANDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF CONFLICT SCHEDULING CONFLICT, SOME SORT OF CONFLICT THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF, THAT THEN THEY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE MONEY TO DO THIS EQUIPMENT REPAIR. THAT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY ORIGINALLY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. THIS IS AN ASSET THAT IS ENJOYED BY THE PUBLIC AND IT REALLY IS CORRODING. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES, SO I AGREE WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO AN URGING TO THE NEW WORLD, UH, SYMPHONY TO DO THIS COMMUNITY ACTIVATION. BUT I WOULDN'T DO A CONTINGENT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW TODAY THAT THERE ISN'T SOME CONFLICT THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THAT MAYBE THEY DO WANNA DO IT. AND MAYBE I, I JUST, I WOULD JUST BE CAREFUL OF MAKING IT COMPLETELY CONTINGENT. I WOULDN'T JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, A STRONG URGING, IF YOU WILL. I, I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH. HAS THERE BEEN ANYBODY WITHIN STAFF? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR I HAVE BEEN A MONTH OR TWO. UM, ANYBODY IN STAFF THAT'S KIND OF FORMALIZED THAT, OR COMMISSIONER VAT, IF YOU WANNA SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK. SO COMMISSIONER, UH, WHEN THIS DID ARISE, UH, LAST COMMISSION MEETING, I DID APPROACH THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY AND THEY'RE OPEN TO HAVING, UH, A CONVERSATION WITH THE, THE ADMINISTRATION. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE LOGISTICS OF THAT IN PLACE, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A DIRECT NEGOTIATION WITH FIFA AND I THINK THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT WOULD PUT US BEYOND THE POINT WHERE THIS PROJECT COULD GET EXECUTED THIS SUMMER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING. ARE THERE LICENSING AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED WITH FIFA? OH, ABSOLUTELY. FOR BROADCAST? YEAH. WHY? 'CAUSE OF THE PUBLIC BROADCAST. YES. YES. SO, YOU KNOW, IF MONTY'S WANTED TO SHOW IT, THEY'D BE FREE TO SHOW, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE THE PUBLIC, UNLESS SOMEBODY RATTED THEM OUT YEAH, , THEY COULD DO IT. BUT FOR A PUBLIC VENUE LIKE THIS, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH FIFA. BUT, BUT NOW, BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY ESPN I'M DOESN'T LIKE ESPN AND THESE BROADCAST STATIONS AIR, I, I DON'T KNOW THE COMPLETE LEGAL LEGALITY OF IT, BUT I KNOW THERE'S LICENSING, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY PUBLIC SHOWING OF JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S TELEVISED. IF, IF I, IF I MAY OH NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION EVEN, UH, THE SUPER BOWL, CERTAIN PUBLIC VENUES, BARS AND WHATNOT, NEED TO, NEED TO PAY EXTRA FEES TO BROADCAST. I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH FIFA'S RULES AND REGULATIONS. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY SIMILARLY HAVE BASED ON THE SIZE OF A VENUE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THIS LARGE NOW REMINDER THAT, THAT THERE IS AN ITEM, UM, THAT THERE WAS AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT I BELIEVE WAS ADOPTED THAT, THAT DIRECTS THE STAFF TO COLLABORATE WITH THE HOST COMMITTEE, WHICH IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH FIFA, UH, AS WELL AS THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY IN ORDER TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL. OKAY, SO THEN, YEAH. OH, SORRY, COMMISSIONER. NO, I WAS GONNA SAY THEN I'M FINE. I DON'T WANT TO TIE UP GETTING THIS EQUIPMENT IF WE ARE HAVING GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS AND THERE'S SOME MORE COMPLEXITIES, UH, GIVEN THAT THERE'S EXTERNALITIES THAT MAY BE OUT OF OUR CONTROL. BUT COMMISSIONER, BUT OKAY. NO, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I WOULD ALSO, UM, RECOMMEND AN URGING. UM, BUT IF WE'RE ALREADY HAVING OPEN CONVERSATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN, ONE, PERHAPS ONE OF THE ANGLES TO NEGOTIATE THIS IS THAT WE ARE A HOST CITY. AND SO MAYBE WITH IF WITHIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S MANAGING THAT PART, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPONSORSHIP MONEY. AND SO PERHAPS SORT OF THE INTANGIBLE BENEFIT, ONE OF THEM, THE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS WOULD BE THE RIGHT TO SCREEN ON A PUBLIC BUILDING THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS LOCATION OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE'RE THE OPTIONS ARE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GIVING A LOT OF MONEY AND IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY. AND, UM, BUT LET'S, LET'S GET ON THAT RIGHT AWAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AND I DON'T DEFINITELY DO NOT WANNA, UM, SLOW THE ROLL ON AND GETTING THIS EQUIPMENT REPLACED. I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD DRAFT A RESOLUTION AND PUT IT IN WRITING THAT WE WOULD URGE THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO, WHICH MIGHT EVEN BE COOLER, IS THE PROJECTION MAPPING ON OCEAN DRIVE. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE IT JUST PROJECTED ACROSS ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS IF THEY COULD, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S, I GUESS IT'S DAYTIME, BUT FOR A NIGHTTIME MATCH THAT MIGHT BE LIKE, EVEN COOLER. AND WE, I MEAN I KNOW WE [05:00:01] GAVE THAT EQUIPMENT TO MICHAEL ROSSI AND FUNDED IT, BUT IF WE REACHED OUT TO HIM, UM, AND MAYBE FIGHT FIFA COULD PAY HIM A FEE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING. BUT IF YOU CAN'T STRIKE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, THEN JUST DO THE PROJECTION MAPPING, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR OCEAN DRIVE TOO, DON'T YOU THINK? YEAH. WOULD I OPEN IN ALL DAYS SEVEN BUILDING, I MEAN, YOU PROJECT ACROSS THE, YOU KNOW, THE GAME ACROSS SEVEN BUILDINGS. THAT'S KIND OF COOL. THAT'S LIKE A WHOLE, I THINK FOR LEGAL, IS THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY A PUBLIC BUILDING OR IS IT A PUBLIC, IS IT A PUBLIC BUILDING? IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S IT'S OWNED BY THE SYMPHONY. THEY ARE ON CITY OWNED LAND. THERE'S A GROUND LEASE IN PLACE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE BUILDING. SO, AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF RESTRICTION ABOUT A PUBLIC ENTITY HAVING A PUBLIC VIEWING PARTY, PERHAPS THAT'S NOT COVERED. 'CAUSE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY IS A PRIVATE ENTITY ENTITY. UM, I, I, I DON'T, I THINK THAT, UH, AN ARRANGEMENT WITH FIFA WILL NEED TO BE MADE, WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE OR A FOR-PROFIT OR A MUNICIPALITY, THEY HAVE VERY BROAD, YOU KNOW, RIGHTS AND THEY GUARD THOSE RIGHTS JEALOUSLY. SO WE WOULD JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER'S GONNA BROADCAST WILL HAVE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT RIGHTS, THE CORRECT RIGHTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE. YES, SIR. SO THIS IS ON, UH, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOTS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. [R9 T DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION - UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUE ZONE INITIATIVE.] IT'S CALLED R NINE T. R NINE T. DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION, UPDATE ON BLUE ZONES COMMISSIONER BOT. UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON, SO IT'S JUST AN UPDATE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, YOU MIGHT ALL WALK AWAY. YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU SAY THAT . WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO STICK AROUND. IT'S GONNA BE A, A SHORT ITEM. UM, ALTHOUGH IT COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK FOR HOURS ABOUT THIS. WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY READOUT. UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR, FOR COMING IN. I KNOW BLAKE WAS THERE FROM YOUR OFFICE. UM, WE HAD ANOTHER 80 OR SO RESIDENTS SHOWING UP. AND THE INTERESTING THING TO ME WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T THE SAME PEOPLE WHO'D COME TO THE FIRST BLUE ZONES COMMUNITY EVENT. SO, UM, THE ENTHUSIASM CONS CONTINUES TO BE EXTREMELY HIGH FOR THIS CONCEPT OF TURNING OUR CITY INTO A BLUE ZONES, UM, CITY FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WE'VE STATED BEFORE. AFTER THIS MEETING, WE WILL PROVIDE, UM, LINKS TO THE VIDEO OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE FULL REPORT. BUT TODAY, UM, I, I HAVE, OR WE HAVE ON THE PHONE, UM, MARGARET BROWN, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FROM BLUE ZONES, AND SHE IS GOING TO GIVE A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UM, OF WHERE WE ARE. SO SINCE THE, THE BLUE ZONES TEAM WAS IN, UM, IN COMMUNITY IN FEBRUARY, AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY STAFF BECAUSE SO MANY OF YOU MADE YOURSELVES AND YOUR TEAMS AVAILABLE WITH A TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION AND DATA AND TIME. UM, THE, THE BLUE ZONES TEAM WAS IN COMMUNITY SPEAKING TO THE CITY STAFF AS WELL AS TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. SO, UM, UH, BUSINESSES, UM, THE SCHOOLS, EVERY SORT OF, EVERY TOPIC WAS COVERED. UM, AND THEN THEY'VE GONE BACK AND SORT OF CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS AND, AND TALKED TO MORE PEOPLE AND REFER BACK TO THEIR EXPERTS. AND THEY'VE COME OUT WITH, WITH A, UM, A REPORT THAT MARGARET WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH IN VERY SHORT, UM, IN A VERY ABBREVIATED MANNER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DANNY BUTNER JR. UM, TO SHORE UP FUNDING BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER COLLEAGUES, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR. WE PAID FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. THAT WAS THE CITY'S INVESTMENT. AND, UM, NOW IT IS UPON INCUMBENT TO, UPON US TO FIND PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL, UM, UNDERWRITE THIS PROGRAM AND BE SPONSORS AND PARTNERS WITH US. SO WE'RE TALKING TO MOUNT SINAI, WE'RE TALKING TO JACKSON, UM, CIGNA, UM, FLORIDA BLUE, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UM, MARK, TEXAS, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE, UM, THE, THE COMPANY THAT, THAT'S NOT AN INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT A WELLNESS COMPANY. PERSONIFY. PERSONIFY, YES. SO SORT OF THESE LARGE SCALE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, WE'VE GOT A CALL WITH MIAMI FOUNDATION AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, UM, TO GET COMMUNITY OR TO GET BUY-IN FROM THESE FOLKS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP UNDERWRITE THE FIVE YEAR COST OF DOING THIS PROGRAM. AND THE, UM, THE RECEPTION WE'VE GOTTEN, NOT JUST FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, BUT FROM THE PEOPLE WE'VE TALKED TO ABOUT JOINING US AS, AS PARTNERS IN THIS UNDERTAKING, IT IS THE RIGHT TIME. IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE, IT IS THE RIGHT MESSAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS OF TRYING [05:05:01] TO BRING, UM, BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIVING BETTER LONGER EVERYWHERE TO EVERYONE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ERADICATE FAST FOOD OR, OR TRAFFIC OR WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. THOSE ARE BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF THIS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. AND AS DANNY BUTNER LIKES TO SAY, MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE BETTER CHOICE. AND THAT'S NOT JUST ABOUT EATING OR EXERCISING, BUT IT'S ABOUT FINDING FELLOWSHIP AND FINDING PURPOSE, AND FINDING COMMUNITY AND CONNECTIVITY AND ALL THESE GOOD THINGS. SO WHEN WE, WE TALK ABOUT THE WATER TAXI, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MICRO MOBILITY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, ENHANCED PROGRAMMING AT PARKS, UM, AND, AND USING PUBLIC SPACES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY, UM, THIS ALL FALLS WITHIN FARMER'S MARKETS. THIS ALL FALLS WITHIN THE, THE SCOPE. AND AS WE HAVE ALL SAID, SINCE WE'VE ALL BEEN ELECTED, UM, AND, UH, EVEN BEFORE THAT A LITTLE BIT, WE WANT TO TURN THE TIDE AND TURN THE NARRATIVE AND UPDATE THE BRAND OF MIAMI BEACH FROM A PARTY TILL YOU DROP CITY TO A HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND KIND OF ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE ARTS, WE'VE GOT THE CULTURE, WE'VE GOT INCREDIBLE NATURAL RESOURCES. WE'VE GOT HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, WE HAVE GREAT FOOD, WE HAVE AMAZING NIGHTCLUBS, AND, AND YOU CAN STILL PARTY TO DROP. NOBODY'S TAKING THAT AWAY FROM YOU. WE JUST SUGGEST MAYBE NOT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. UM, UH, BUT NOW ALSO WE WILL HAVE THE ADDITION OF THIS SORT OF BLUE ZONES AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND WELLBEING OVERLAY. UM, WE SEE GLOBALLY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING LESS MONEY ON NIGHTCLUBS AND THE ALCOHOL AND MORE MONEY ON SORT OF WELLNESS EXPERIENCES. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE, THE, THE PERFECT STORM OF ALL OF THIS. SO, UM, MARGARET, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM HERE. OKAY. SO BEFORE MARGARET TAKES IT AWAY, I WANNA CALL OUT IN PARTICULAR, LIKE I SAID, THE ENTIRE STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT. UM, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSIVE THAN ANYBODY OF ANYBODY HAD THOUGHT. BUT THE PERSON IN PARTICULAR WHO'S BEEN LEADING THIS CHARGE AND IS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE TO THIS UNDERTAKING IS, IS CINDY CASANOVA. UM, IF YOU CAN JUST DO A LITTLE WAVE SO EVERYBODY SEES WHERE YOU ARE, UM, SHE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLY, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF THE MISSION AND INCREDIBLY, UM, DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE IT HA HAPPENS WITHOUT A, A HITCH AND THROUGH ALL KINDS OF HICCUPS AND CRAZY THINGS THAT NONE OF US ANTICIPATED. SO, CINDY, ONCE AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. UM, SO MARGARET, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ABLE TO HEAR ALL OF THAT. WE ARE A LITTLE BIT PRESSED FOR TIME, SO I WANTED YOU TO FOCUS MORE ON SORT OF THE, UM, THE, THE READINESS ASSESSMENT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S SO COMPELLING ABOUT WHAT THE, THE REPORT HAS FOUND. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVATION, WE CAN READ THROUGH THOSE THINGS ON OUR OWN. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. LOVELY TO HAVE SPENT TIME IN MIAMI BEACH THIS WEEK AND TO MEET COMMISSIONER B FACE TO FACE AND JOE MAGAZINE. THANK YOU FOR, UM, COMMISSIONER FOR COMING TO THE MEETING AS WELL. UM, AS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER STAFF. CERTAINLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT CINDY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, CINDY, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST QUICKLY, WE'VE, WE HAVE DELIVERED THE REPORT, UM, AND WE HAVE SHARED THROUGH A VIRTUAL, UM, AND, UH, IN-PERSON READOUT WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. BUT JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM, LISTENING TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE COVERED HERE TODAY, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS THAT, UM, FOR BLUE ZONES IS AN EXCELLENT TOOL TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THOSE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. LARGE EMPLOYERS AND BUSINESSES WANNA GO WHERE THEY HAVE A HEALTHY BASE OF EMPLOYEES TO PULL FROM. AND BLUE ZONES MOST CERTAINLY OFFERS THAT. UM, AS WELL AS THE, THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AROUND FARMER'S MARKETS AND CONNECTIVITY AND CREATING MICRO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT BLUE ZONES HAVE CALLED OUT IN THEIR REPORT. THE MAJOR THEME BEING HOW DO WE BUILD ON WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE, THE ALREADY GREAT PLANNING, THE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED TO SYNCHRONIZE AND COORDINATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, AND PLANNING, UH, TO BRING MORE FUNDS TO BRING MORE SUPPORT AND TO HELP ELEVATE THOSE ITEMS. AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT BLUE ZONES HAS FOCUSED ON. FROM HERE, WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER BOT AND OTHERS THAT WILL JOIN ON TO HELP FUNDRAISE TO HELP IMPLEMENT THIS. THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS A FOUR YEAR, NINE MONTH PROCESS, AND THAT WOULD START WITH NINE MONTHS OF FOUNDATION AND PLANNING, UM, AND THEN CONTINUE FOR FOUR YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION. UM, THAT PROCESS WILL START BY BUILDING THE ON THE GROUND TEAM THAT WILL SUPPORT THIS FROM A STEERING COMMITTEE STANDPOINT. UM, BUT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE WAYS TO GET THERE. I, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS COMMISSION TO DO EXACTLY [05:10:01] THAT. UM, AND, AND WITH THAT COMMISSIONER BOT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO CALL OUT? YEAH, I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FINDINGS, UM, THAT YOU, UH, PRESENTED ABOUT OUR, OUR READINESS FOR THIS AND HOW THAT IS SORT OF A DETERMINING FACTOR ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE FORWARD. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, LOVE TO LOOK AT AND, AND WE HAVE A SCORING GRID THAT WE ACTUALLY MEASURE READINESS ON. AND I WILL SAY MIAMI BEACH IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION FROM YOUR COUNTY, FROM YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT WAS OUT. YOU'VE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. WE, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE GOT A LOT OF RICH INFORMATION, AND SOME OF THAT LANDED DIRECTLY ON THAT FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT BUILT ENVIRONMENT ASPECT OF HOW WE KEEP COMMUNITIES HEALTHY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD SAY FROM OUR FINDINGS, YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, AND NOW IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE CONNECT IN COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE ARE NOT FARING SO WELL? SO MOST OF YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE WITHIN ABOUT A 10 MINUTE WALK TO GREEN SPACE. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVATE MORE OF THOSE GREEN SPACES AND TO GET MORE COMMUNITIES CONNECTED TO GREEN SPACE. SECONDLY, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTED AS, WHILE THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT LARGE SCALE EVENTS FOR MIAMI BEACH, WHAT MAYBE IS MISSING IS SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSING TODAY, THOSE MICRO INTERVENTIONS TO BRING MORE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL NEIGHBORS, MEETING NEIGHBORS, BUILDING NEW FRIENDSHIPS TOGETHER THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND MORE ON THAT MICRO LEVEL. SO I LOVE THIS IDEA OF ACTIVATING, BRINGING A FOOD TRUCK IN, DEVELOPING MUSIC, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER REALLY AS A WAY TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY. AND WITHIN BLUE ZONES, WE, WE ACTUALLY MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR EVEN MORE OF THAT INCLUDES, I INCLUDE, UM, INCLUDING LOOKING AT FOOD AND FOOD SUSTAINABILITY. WE LOOKED AT IT BOTH THROUGH THE LENS OF RETAIL FOOD. SO I LOVE THE DISCUSSION AROUND NOT TAKING BUSINESS FROM YOUR ESTABLISHED RESTAURANTS AND THE ONES THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND ACTUALLY BLUE ZONES IS LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BRING IN HEALTHY OPTIONS THAT MAKE SOME OF THESE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE THE GO-TO FOR YOUR RESIDENTS EVERY DAY TO BRING HEALTHIER OPTIONS IN THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THEM OPTIMIZE THEIR BOTTOM LINES AND BRING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HEALTHY CHOICE TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, TO YOUR FAMILIES, UM, WORKING WITH MARKETS AND CORNER STORES TO OPTIMIZE THOSE HEALTHY CHOICES AS WELL. IT BECAME CLEAR IN OUR FINDINGS, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY THERE. INSTEAD OF THINKING OF FULL FLEDGED GROCERY STORE, HOW DO WE OPTIMIZE CORNER STORES AND MARKETS BY BRINGING IN THOSE HEALTHY CHOICES AND HELP OPTIMIZE THEIR BOTTOM LINE AT THE SAME TIME? AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH ACTIVATING THOSE SPACES, THROUGH EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING, ET CETERA. WE'VE GOT A LOT TO, TO UNCOVER STILL YET IN WORK SITES, BUT ALREADY THERE ARE NOTABLE HOTEL ERRORS AND OTHERS RESTAURANT GROUPS THAT ARE READY, WANT TO SEE THIS WORK MOVE FORWARD. AND THEY WOULD HAVE A GREAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY, BE MORE OF A PRESENCE AND EXPAND THOSE OFFERINGS, UM, TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO YOUR VISITORS EVERY YEAR TO HELP MAKE THOSE, THOSE CHOICES, UM, HEALTHIER AND PRESENT AND TOP OF MIND, UM, FOR EVERYONE THAT VISITS. AND SO I THINK THESE THINGS COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER ARE GONNA HELP TURN THAT TIDE IN TERMS OF THE PERCEPTION OF MIAMI BEACH, HAVING IT A PLACE OF WELL WELLNESS DESTINATION OR TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, AS COMMISSIONER BOT SAID, BUT YOU WANNA OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. UM, AND ESPECIALLY GETTING TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF YOUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE GONNA ATTRACT FUTURE BUSINESS AS YOU DEVELOP THAT WORKFORCE, UM, IN THAT SUSTAINABILITY. GREAT. MARGARET, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON MONDAY. SO WE ARE GONNA GET, UM, FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DESK, WE ARE GONNA GET A HARD COPY OF THE FULL REPORT BOUND AND, AND DISTRIBUTED TO YOU. UM, AND ANYBODY IN THE STAFF, OBVIOUSLY WHO WANTS THAT, JUST LET US KNOW. UM, FOR RESIDENTS, WE WILL HAVE THE VIDEO OF THE PRESENTATION FROM MONDAY NIGHT AND A LINK TO THE HARD COPY REPORT AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO ONLINE IN A MULTITUDE OF, OF WAYS. AND, UM, IF YOU RECEIVE MY NEWSLETTER, I'LL CERTAINLY BE SENDING THAT OUT AS WELL. AND I THINK THE NEXT, UM, POINT ON THIS JOURNEY WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER WHEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR PARTNERS LINED UP AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION, UM, WITH A FULL RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD. AND, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND GETTING TO WORK. AND I, FOR ONE, CANNOT WAIT. I MEAN, THE, THE PUBLIC SUPPORT OF THIS HAS BEEN OUTRAGEOUS IN THE BEST SENSE OF THIS WORD. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US IN MIAMI BEACH, NOT JUST ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER. IT IS FOR ALL OF US. AND, UM, I, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT TO DATE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN, UM, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ENDEAVOR. AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUING TO BE THE CASE ALL THE WAY FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SAMIR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOT. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO, I WANNA REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR, FOR BLUE ZONES. IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOT. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR YEARS TO COME, THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, A GREAT INITIATIVE FOR, FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE WE, WE ARE SO UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO BE A WALKABLE CITY, RIGHT? AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT. SO, [05:15:01] UM, WHEN DO WE GET TO BE A BLUE ZONE CITY ? I THINK, LIKE WHAT? LIKE WHEN, LIKE WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? I, I'M, I'M READY TO SAY WE'RE A BLUE ZONE CITY. SO LIKE, LIKE I SAID, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, WE NEED TO FIND THE, THE FULL FUNDING. UM, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS A YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO SUPPORT THE HIRING AND TRAINING AND, AND, UM, EMPLOYMENT OF, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT IT'S NOT CITY OF MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES. IT'S A, IT'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, A NEW CO BASICALLY. AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY ADVOCATE AND ADVISE AND, AND HELP SHAPE POLICY WITH OUR, UH, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WITH OUR LARGE SCALE BUSINESSES, WITH FOLKS IN THE COUNTY, FOLKS AT THE, AT THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH ALL OF US. UM, AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT FUNDING IN PLACE, SO SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, WE COME BACK HERE, WE PRESENT OUR PLAN, AND ONCE WE SAY, YEP, LET'S GO, THEN WE START HIRING AND WE'RE ON OUR PATH. AND SO, AND WE'LL TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS IN IN GRANULAR DETAIL WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE FALL. UM, BUT BASICALLY THERE, THERE ARE BENCHMARKS THAT ARE HIT OR THAT NEED TO BE HIT. IT IS NOT JUST, HERE'S A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS A YEAR, GOOD LUCK AND HOPE IT WORKS OUT. THERE ARE BENCHMARKS, IT'S ACCOUNTABLE. UM, OR THERE, THERE ARE METRICS WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO AND HOW IT GETS SPENT. AND WE WILL BE SEEING CONCRETE RETURNS ON INVESTMENT. AND IN THE REPORT THAT I'LL BE SHARING, UM, YOU SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTUATE WITH THIS KIND OF WORK. YOU KNOW, HEALTH OUTCOMES, SMOKING OUTCOMES, KIDS STAYING IN SCHOOL WITH BETTER OUTCOMES, UM, YOU KNOW, LESS ATTRITION FOR WORKPLACES, FEWER DOLLARS SPENT ON HEALTHCARE FOR BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IT, IT BASICALLY ENDS UP PAYING FOR ITSELF AND, AND, UM, GENERATING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR, UM, MIAMI BEACH IN TERMS OF MONEY SAVED, UM, FOR, FOR ITS RESIDENTS, ITS EMPLOYEES, IT'S MEDIA COVERAGE. UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, FEEL GOOD TIE IN THE SKY KIND OF THING THERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A BUSINESS MODEL. IT'S A BUSINESS PLAN. IT HAS WORKED IN OVER 90 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ALREADY. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE MIAMI BEACH. AND WE SEEK TO BE THE LEADERS IN SO MANY, UM, GLOBALLY IMPACTFUL WAYS IN TERMS OF MICRO MOBILITY AND RESILIENCE AND, UM, COMPASSIONATE LIVING. UM, AND WE WILL ALSO BE A LEADER IN THIS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND COMMISSIONER BOTT IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO GET BEHIND? 'CAUSE WHAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE HAPPEN IS SOMEBODY LIKE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WHO HAS, HAS ENTHUSIASM JUST 'CAUSE HE'S RANKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FITNESS COMMISSIONER'S LIST. I STILL WANT HIM TO BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. NO, THIS IS, THIS IS, I AM, I AM THE FITNESS COMMISSIONER OF SOUTH FLORIDA. LISTEN, IF COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE OFFICIALLY, LISTEN, I AM NOT EVEN ON THE FITNESS COMMISSIONER LIST, AND IT IS MY BABY. SO, BUT THE THING THAT'S SO, UM, THAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS FOR REAL, IS THAT AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A TALE OF TWO CITIES, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN $40 MILLION PENTHOUSES AND GOD BLESS, AND WE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING, YOU KNOW, FOUR GENERATIONS IN A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. AND, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT REACHES EVERYBODY WHERE THEY ARE. SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL, WILL FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERACT WITH IT. IT'S GOING TO HAVE OFFERINGS THAT RESONATE WITH PEOPLE AT ALL DIFFERENT POINTS ALONG THEIR, THEIR, THEIR LIFE CONTINUUM, THEIR WORLD CONTINUUM, THEIR CONNECTIVITY CONTINUUM. SO YES, THERE'S, WE THERE'S NO REASON TO NOT BE BEHIND THIS. YEAH. AND I, YOU COULD SEE FROM THE LEVEL OF INTEREST, UH, EVERY TIME WE DO AN EVENT, IT'S A LARGE CONTINGENCY OF RE RESIDENTS SHOW UP. THERE'S MEDIA ATTENTION TO IT. IT'S, UH, IT DEFINITELY, UH, IT CAPTURES PEOPLE'S, UH, ATTENTION. SO, UM, AND, AND CONSERV OUR CITY, WELL, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, UM, IT SOUNDS GREAT, AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES LIKE THIS, AND ACTUALLY TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES DO PAY FOR THEMSELVES OVER TIME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT AS WE DO BLUE ZONES, I'VE HAD A TREE ITEM LANGUISHING IN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR LIKE A YEAR, AND IT IS A MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN A TREE CANOPY. SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. IF YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND MIAMI BEACH, UH, WE NEED SHADE. WE HAVE TREE DESERT, WE HAVE DESERTS IN MIAMI BEACH. THERE ARE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN'T, THERE'S NO SHADE, THERE ARE NO TREES, THERE'S NO GREEN. ALL YOU SEE ARE ELECTRICAL LINES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I MEAN, TREES NOT ONLY MAKE US MORE RESILIENT AND PROVIDE SHADE AND MAKE A CITY MORE WALKABLE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING NEGATIVE THAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT PLANTING TREES, AND YET IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR, UM, [05:20:02] FOR THIS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, UM, SO I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE BLUE ZONES THAT I LEARNED FROM MARGARET, UM, IS THAT THESE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE ALL WANNA DO, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE TREES OR FINISHING BICYCLE LANES OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. UM, THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH, UM, IT'S NOT JUST EDUCATION, IT'S ACTION. AND THROUGH THE EXPERTS THAT WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WHO WILL BE TRAINING THE TRAINERS, UH, THE TEACHERS BASICALLY, UM, ARE, ARE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO TAP INTO GRANTS AND TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERHAPS WOULD FUND THE INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO GET DONE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR, OR WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED IS. SO IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE BEANS FOR DINNER INSTEAD OF HAVING A BURGER. IT'S, IT'S INFINITELY RICHER, DEEPER, AND MORE IMPACTFUL THAN THAT. SO, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT DOING THIS, BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITY, FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE SO GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO, THERE WILL BE RESOURCES LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE TO, TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS, FIND FUNDING, FIND EXPERTS WHO HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR ELSEWHERE WITH A CASE STUDY THAT WORKS. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A WIN. AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT IN MIAMI TODAY, IN THIS EDITION THAT CAME OUT TODAY, THERE'S AN ARTICLE ON BLUE ZONES, HOW ABOUT THAT? UH, GOOD CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOT. UM, LET'S CALL [R7 N A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 2-367(e) OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH WASTE CONNECTIONS OF FLORIDA, INC. (WASTE CONNECTIONS) FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, YARD DEBRIS, AND BULK WASTE AND THE OPERATION OF THE CITY’S GREENWASTE FACILITY, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE STABLE PRICING AND RELIABLE RESIDENTIAL WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES TO CITY RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS WITH TWO (2) TO EIGHT (8) RESIDENTIAL UNITS; SAID AGREEMENT HAVING AN INITIAL TERM OF TEN (10) YEARS, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2026 AND EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31, 2035; WITH TWO RENEWAL TERMS, SUBJECT TO CONSENT OF THE PARTIES: (I) A FIRST RENEWAL TERM FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS, FROM JANUARY 1, 2036 TO DECEMBER 31, 2040; AND (II) A SECOND RENEWAL TERM FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS, FROM JANUARY 1, 2041 TO DECEMBER 31, 2043.] R SEVEN NR SEVEN R SEVEN N. DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION. SPRING BREAK 2025, REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPRING BREAK. R I'M SORRY, R SEVEN N IS WAIVE BID EXECUTE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH WASTE CONNECTION OF FLORIDA R SEVEN N COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YEAH, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO CITY STAFF. BUT, UH, THE ONE THING I WANNA MAKE CLEAR BEFORE FOR ALL OF US AND ANYBODY LISTENING, WATCHING, IS WE'RE REALLY BIFURCATING HERE. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT. THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, BIT MORE CONTROVERSIAL AND DRAWN OUT IS OUR COMMERCIAL CONTRACT. THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT. I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA AFTER EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, OUR HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS, OUR CITY MANAGER. UM, SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, ONE, YOU KNOW, THINKING THAT THIS IS, UH, UH, THE CATCHALL FOR ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS, THAT IS NOT, THIS IS JUST FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ITEM. SO BRAD, LET US TURN IT OVER TO YOU. UH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UM, TODAY, I'M, I'M, I'M PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD TO THE, UH, CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, UH, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL. UM, THIS WAS A, UH, A GREAT EFFORT BETWEEN, UM, CITY STAFF AND, UH, WASTE CONNECTIONS TEAM, UH, TO PUT THIS AGREEMENT TOGETHER. IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING MARKET, UH, TODAY IN THE, UH, WASTE INDUSTRY. UH, AND, UH, WE REALLY LOOKED AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE WE, UH, CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION AND DECIDED THAT, UH, THIS WAS THE BEST ROUTE TO GO, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. UH, SO I'M PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU. UH, AND I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE LITTLE BIT OF THE TERMS, UH, OF IT. UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN IF GRANT HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO IT, I'LL, I'LL CERTAINLY LET HIM. BUT, UM, THIS IS AN INITIAL AFFILIATE FOR A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WILL BE IN, IN EFFECT, UH, JANUARY, UH, 2026 AND GO TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2035. UM, IT WILL TAKE THE RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, AND THIS IS JUST THE BASE RATE OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE, UM, ARE PAYING WASTE CONNECTIONS FROM 34 OF 37, UH, A MONTH, UH, PER HOME TO 42 0 3. UM, AND, AND I JUST, I JUST SHOULD IN ALL TRANSPARENCY AND PURPOSES, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT TO THAT RATE THAT IS A CITY SERVICE FEE. IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE FRANCHISE FEES THAT THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDS ONTO THAT RATE, WHICH IS ABOUT $16 A MONTH. THIS, THIS JUST ADDRESSES, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR AGREEMENT IS, AND AN OBLIGATION IS SOMEONE STABLE. YES. SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GET INTO THAT. UM, SO THIS AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY, 2026. THAT NEW RATE, UH, THERE WILL NOT BE A CPI INCREASE NEXT YEAR. THAT WILL JUST CONTINUE EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE AGREEMENT. THAT WILL BE CAPPED AT 5%, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING THE CEILING AND, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY ZERO BEING THE FLOOR, UH, IN THAT AGREEMENT. UM, IT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UH, THE SAME BACKYARD SERVICE SIDE YARD SERVICE THAT WE ARE GETTING TODAY, TWICE A WEEK. UH, SIX BULK PICKUPS, UH, FOR EVERYBODY, UH, ACCESS ONCE A MONTH TO OUR BULK WASTE EVENT THAT HAPPENS, UM, AT 75TH AND DICKENS AND AT, UM, TERMINAL ISLAND. UH, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE, [05:25:01] WHICH IS AGAIN, A, A REALLY BIG BENEFIT TO GREEN WASTE FACILITIES, WHICH TAKES YARD WASTES FROM THE RESIDENCE THAT'S OPEN SIX DAYS AWAY, RIGHT HERE ON MERIDIAN BY THE GOLF COURSE. AND THAT ALSO TAKES ELECTRONIC WASTE AND TEXTILES, UM, AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT AS WELL. UM, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANY UPGRADES RELATED TO THE GREEN WASTE FACILITY, UH, FOR RECYCLING PROGRAMS, UM, IN KIND SERVICES, UH, TO THE CITY FOR WASTE SERVICES, UH, ROLL OFF CONTAINERS, ADVERTISEMENT OF THE BULK WASTE EVENT, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, UH, PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENTS AS WELL. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE BULK WASTE. UM, SO BASICALLY AFTER THIS ADJUSTMENT IN JANUARY, UH, THE RATE WILL ONLY BASICALLY GO UP AT MOST 5% A YEAR, UH, BASED ON THE CPI. UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT, THAT IN TODAY'S MARKET, THAT THAT'S A SUPER DEAL. UM, AND, AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S EDIFICATION, MOST MUNICIPALITIES IN FLORIDA DO NOT HAVE THIS SERVICE. UH, IT IS MOSTLY A, A FRONT YARD, UH, SIDE LOADER SERVICE THAT IS DONE BY CART, TIPPER, AND BY ONE PERSON. THIS IS A VERY, UM, UH, BASICALLY A WHITE GLOVE SERVICE, UH, THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET. AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN, UH, WITH THIS WITHIN THE PRICE RANGE THAT WE ARE, I THINK IS A FANTASTIC AGREEMENT. AND, AND, UM, I COMPLETELY STAND HERE AND I SUPPORT EVERY, EVERY BIT OF THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO KEEP, UH, THE RATES, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY STABLE AND LOW, AND THEY WILL ONLY MOVE BY AGAIN, AS I SAID, THE CPI AFTER THAT. AND THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL IN IT, UH, FOR FIVE AND THREE YEARS AFTER THAT. SO, UH, IN THEORY, BY MUTUAL CONSENT, BY THE WAY, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO LET YOU KNOW, BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT EXTENSION AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT COULD POSSIBLY BE UP TO AN 18 YEAR AGREEMENT, UM, AGAIN, IN TODAY'S MARKET. THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD STUFF, BRENT. I ALWAYS START WITH THE PREMISE FOR THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT COMPETITION IS GOOD. COMPETITION IS GOOD FOR THE CONSUMER. AND I'M ASKING A QUESTION I KNOW THE ANSWER TO 'CAUSE YOU'VE INFORMED ME, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, WHY A BID WAIVER HERE? WHAT, WHY DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND THE ANSWER IS, IS VERY SIMPLE. UM, BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE HERE, IT IS MORE LABOR INTENSIVE. IT REQUIRES MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON ON A VEHICLE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. AND IN TODAY'S MARKET, AS I SAID, MOST MUNICIPALITIES, UH, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE A, UH, CAR TIPPER, YOU KNOW, ONE ARM BANDIT SERVICE WHERE BASICALLY IT'S A 95 GALLON CARTON. YOU KNOW, AUTOMATED SERVICE COMES AND TIPS IT OVER HERE. UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING INTO PEOPLE'S SIDES OF THEIR HOUSES AND INTO THEIR BACKYARD IN SOME CASES. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ASKED, YOU KNOW, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS ARE REALLY USING THAT? AND THE NUMBER WAS OVERWHELMING. IT'S ABOUT 80% OF OUR RESIDENTS, OF THE 5,600 ARD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WE HAVE. AND, AND THEN THE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS ABOUT 1300 UNITS, TWO TO EIGHT, UM, USE THAT SERVICE. UH, SO IT, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT SERVICE THAT EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETS A GREAT BENEFIT OF AND, AND, AND ENJOYS. SO, UM, THE MARKET TODAY IN, IN MOST CITIES WHERE THEY'RE GOING OUT, AND THIS IS JUST FOR, UM, THAT SERVICE, AS I MENTIONED, THAT'S, UH, CAR TIPPER SERVICE FRONT, FRONT YARD, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 60% INCREASES EVERY MUNICIPALITY IS SEEING IN, IN THOSE SERVICES. SO THIS SERVICE IS EVEN MORE LABOR INTENSIVE AND REQUIRES A LOT MORE EFFORT. SO, YEAH, UH, THE COST WOULD PROBABLY BE EVEN WAY BEYOND THAT. SO WE'LL BE BACK, WE FELT, UM, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATING THIS LONG-TERM AGREEMENT AND WASTE CONNECTIONS, BEING A WILLING PARTNER TO DO IT AT THE RATES THEY'RE DOING IT. AND AGAIN, PROVIDING THAT GREAT SERVICE FOR THE GREEN WASTE FACILITY AS WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WAS A TERRIFIC, UH, DEAL IN LONG-TERM AR ARRANGEMENT THAT WE, WE FEEL, UH, CERTAINLY IS BENEFICIAL TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO, SO, UH, ADVOCATING, UH, TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY GOING TO KEEP PRICING STABLE AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST, IF I MAY, I JUST WANNA SAY, AS A RESIDENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE SERVICES THAT IS MOST CONSISTENT. AND ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT I GET THE LEAST AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS OUR RESIDENTIAL WASTE, UH, WASTE, UH, COLLECTION SERVICES. UM, AND I THINK AT A TIME WHEN THERE'S SO MANY DRAMATIC RATE INCREASES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, AND SEEING, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE HAVE FACED, UH, AS, AS RELATES TO, UM, UH, TO THE INCREASED COST OF THEIR OTHER WAYS COLLECTION. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A VERY RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO STABILIZING PRICING FOR, FOR [05:30:01] OUR RESIDENTS. AND I, AND I ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID IS I USUALLY LIKE COMPETITION, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF, OF WASTE COLLECTION. I AM, I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF THAT, AS MUCH COMPETITION AS AS POSSIBLE IN THIS CASE, IT'S NOT BROKEN IN THIS CASE IS, IS WORKING, UH, WELL. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EN ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY, UH, PRODUCT THAT IS RELIABLE, THAT IS WELL PRICED, THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UH, SO I'M USUALLY ALSO NOT A BIG, THE BIGGEST FAN OF, OF BID WAIVERS. UM, BUT HERE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES SENSE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE ITEM. I'VE, I'VE A QUESTION FOR YOU, UM, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, I KNOW WE'RE NOT AT THIS OTHER ITEM YET, BUT IT IS RELATED, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, UM, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A, A WISE THING, UM, OR NOT, BUT IF IT WERE, UM, TO SEPARATE OUT SMALL MULTIFAMILY UNIT, UM, BUILDINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER IS, LIKE SIX OR FEWER, 10 OR FEWER AND FOLD THEM INTO THIS CONTRACT OR, UM, BECAUSE TO ME, SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT 200 UNITS, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT SIX UNITS AND A 200 UNIT BUILDING IS RUN BY A PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHO CAN, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE AND, AND DO ALL THIS STUFF. BUT AS YOU KNOW, A SMALLER BUILDING IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'VE GOT A RESIDENT OWNER PAYING ATTENTION. UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE HYPOTHETICALLY? UM, UH, THERE PROBABLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO LOOK AT AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT BEFORE, UH, ABOUT POTENTIALLY ADDING THE NINE TO 25, I THINK. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE, THE RANGE OF A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, AT COMMITTEES ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY AND SMALL MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE IN THAT RESPECT. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR GRANT, BUT, UH, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM COMMISSION, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT, BUT WE RECENTLY DID, DIDN'T WE RECENTLY EXPAND OUR RESIDENTIAL WASTE SERVICES TO INCLUDE UNITS, BUILDINGS WITH UP TO EIGHT UNITS. IT, IT, IT COMMISSIONER GRANT SMITH WITH WASTE CONNECTIONS. TO YOUR QUESTION, MADAM COMMISSIONER, THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES THE TWO TO EIGHT UNIT BUILDINGS. AND THAT HAS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, AS LONG I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2009 WORKING ON THIS CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. AND IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE. SO I, I, I MISSPOKE WITH MY NUMBERS, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT SMALLER GROUP, YES, THOSE VERY SMALL GROUPS, BUT STILL 10 THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20 UNITS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM 200 UNITS. AND I THINK THEY MIGHT GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. CERTAINLY IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE CITY, WE'D BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. ABSOLUTELY. UM, HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE US TODAY? IT, IT DOESN'T, IT WOULD BE AN CONTRACT. WE COULD COME BACK, COME BACK, IT WOULD BE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO JUST CHANGE FIRST. I THINK YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR CODE. I THINK THERE'S A CODE PROVISION THAT OUTLINES WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT, THEN WE WOULD POTENTIALLY NEGOTIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS CONTRACT TO INCLUDE THE, UH, LARGER BUILDINGS. I, I THINK IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS. WE, I FOUND RECENTLY, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE AMENDED SOMETHING TO BE MORE TO BRING SOME OF THESE IN, I THOUGHT MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. BUT, UM, BUT I'M COMPLETELY ALIGNED. I, I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE SMALL, EVEN EVEN UP TO 12 UNITS, WE HAVE A LOT OF 12 PLEX. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER, UM, SITUATIONS, THE COMPLEXITIES THAT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BINS AND WHETHER THEY HAVE SPACE FOR STORAGE AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OTHER COMPLEXITIES THAT GET INVOLVED ONCE YOU START GOING INTO LARGER BUILDINGS. UM, BUT COMMISSIONER BAD, I THINK, WHAT DO YOU SAY MAKES SENSE? UM, AND I'M, I THINK IT'S NOT BAD TO EXPLORE IT. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. WELL, FIRST I WILL SAY THAT OUR RESIDENTS LOVE YOUR SERVICE. THEY LITERALLY KNOW THE WASTE HAULERS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING ONTO EVERYBODY'S PROPERTIES. I MEAN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY GAVE SAUL A PARTY, LIKE LITERALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SA IS, BUT WE SHOULD GIVE HIM AN AWARD BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH PEOPLE, UM, LIKE HIM. SO I, I, LISTEN, I'M OKAY WITH THIS. THE TRUTH IS EVERYTHING'S GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE ELECTRIC WATER WASTE HAULING. UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A [05:35:01] ROUGHLY 20% INCREASE, OR 25%, 20% INCREASE. IT'S GOING FROM 34 37 TO 42, UH, 30, $34 AND 37 CENTS PER UNIT TO $42 AND 3 CENTS. AND THEN THE COUNTY HAS A PASS THROUGH COST. THAT'S THE $10 AND 51. NO, NO, THERE, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S JUST A CITY SERVICE FEE, WHICH IS, THAT IS A NORMAL PART OF THE RATE THAT THE CITY, UM, ADDS TO THAT NUMBER. IT BRINGS IT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, 58 POINT 47 I BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER. MADAM COMMISSIONER, IF I CAN ADDRESS WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE LOOKING AT MM-HMM . THE COMPONENT OF THE RATE THAT WE'LL CALL IT THE $40 PIECE MM-HMM . IS IN TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. PART OF IT IS THE ACTUAL HAULING, WHICH IS THE TRUCKS AND THE EMPLOYEES AND THINGS. AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THE DISPOSAL PIECE. AND THOSE TWO IN THE CONTRACT HAVE DIFFERENT CPIS MM-HMM . UM, BASED ON WHAT THE ACTUAL DISPOSAL COST IS. AND THEN ONE, THE, THE, THE PICKUP AND THE HAULING PIECE IS BASED ON THE CPI FORMULA ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND IT'S JUST TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THE ONE COMPONENT. IT'S NOTHING ON TOP OF THAT. OKAY. SO WE'RE GETTING, SO WE HAVE THAT INITIAL INCREASE AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR NO INCREASE, AND THEN UP TO 5% CAPPED PER YEAR. YEAH. YES, MA'AM. I, I HAD A QUESTION. THESE PUBLIC BENEFITS, UM, IS, IS THIS A, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE TIME $25,000 CONTRIBUTION FOR GREEN WASTE FACILITY UPGRADES, IS THAT ONE TIME FOR THE 10 YEAR CONTRACT? IT IS, BUT LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS. MM-HMM . WE RUN THE GREEN WASTE FACILITY AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FOREVER, WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THERE, AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE HORRIBLE TO SAY, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD ELECTRIC OR WATER THERE. AND SO THIS CONTRIBUTION IS FOR THE CITY TO BRING US ELECTRIC AND WATER SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEE HAS WATER AND ELECTRIC. SO, SO YES, THAT IS A ONE TIME THING TO DO THE FACILITY UPGRADES TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE HABITABLE FOR OUR EMPLOYEE WHO'S THERE. OH, OKAY. SO WE HAVE THAT. AND THEN THE CONTRIBUTION, THE 20, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF LIKE SOME OF THESE PUBLIC BENEFITS COULD BE EXCHANGED FOR LIKE A LESSER INCREASE, UM, FOR RESIDENTS? NO. WELL, IN A, IN A, IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING THEY ARE. RIGHT. SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE THE $25,000 PER YEAR TO THE RECYCLING PROGRAM, MOST LIKELY YOU WOULD BE PAYING THAT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. UM, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEGOTIATED EXTENSIVELY WITH ADMINISTRATION, MR. CARPENTER AND HIS STAFF. UM, AND, AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT MADE SENSE, UH, IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CONTRACT. OKAY. SO WE GET THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND THE ADVERTISEMENT ON THE TRUCKS. WE, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD TRUCK. WE CAN PUT ANYTHING WE WANT ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCKS. IF WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, THIS WILL BE A NEW PROVISION TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THEIR VEHICLES. WE COULD SELL THAT OUT. IT HAS TO BE CITY RELATED. AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMPANY WOULD ALLOW THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING ON THE TRUCKS. THEY NORMALLY DON'T. THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE EVER SEEN FOR ADVERTISING ON THE TRUCKS IS, IS POTENTIALLY LIKE THE FUEL SUPPLIER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT SUPPLY THE TRUCKS, NOT NECESSARILY, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, RECENTLY WE WERE APPROACHED, WE, WE DO THE HAULING IN THE CITY OF HIAL AND THEY'RE HAVING, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THEIR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY. SO THEY ASKED US IF WE WOULD WRAP OUR TRUCKS IN THEIR 100 YEAR LOGO AND WE DID THAT FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FOR THE CITY AT THE WILL OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE, OF THE MANAGER. OKAY. UM, WHAT ELSE? OKAY. I MEAN, I'M SUPPOSE THIS IS FINE. AND ALL OF THESE BENEFITS ARE THE, WE ALREADY ROLLED IN THE EIGHT UNIT OR LESS CONDOMINIUM LIKE THOSE AND THEY'RE GETTING THE BULK PICKUPS, THE SIX MILES CORRECT. PICKUPS PER YEAR? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. I WAS GONNA ASK A QUESTION ON THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND. OF COURSE. BECAUSE, UM, I, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING THIS UP EARLIER, BRAD, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF FOR THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS, TWO TO EIGHT UNITS, IF WE END UP EXPANDING TO 12, WHICH I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK INTO EXPANDING THIS UP TO 12 UNITS TO HAVE MONTHLY BULK PICKUP INSTEAD OF SIX TIMES A YEAR, UH, EVERY MONTH. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS OUR APARTMENT BUILDINGS TEND TO BE OUR MORE TRANSIENT BUILDINGS. THEY TEND TO BE RENTALS. YOU HAVE PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT AT THE END AND [05:40:01] THE START OF THE, OF THE MONTH. AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S THE AREA OF OUR CITY WHERE SOMETIMES WE START TO SEE ILLEGAL DUMPING. YOU SEE FURNITURE IN THE, IN THE CURB, UM, STUFF LEFT BEHIND WHEN PEOPLE MOVE IN AND OUT. AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE IN OUR CITY, UH, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF DOING SIX NIGHTS A MONTH, WE COULD DO ONCE A MONTH BULK WEIGHTS PICK UP FOR THESE BUILDINGS. UNDERSTOOD. UM, CAN I TURN OFF? OH, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, COMMISSIONER, THIS IS BECAUSE THE, THOSE BUILDINGS PAY PER UNIT, THIS IS PER UNIT, IT'S NOT PER BUILDING. SO IT'S SIX TIMES PER UNIT, WHICH IS PROBABLY, WHICH PROBABLY COVERS WHAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING. YES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PER BUILDING. OKAY. SO IT, IT WOULD BE SIX TIMES FOR EACH UNIT IN THAT BUILDING TO CALL US. ALRIGHT. DOES THAT, AND DOES THAT MAKE THE BEST SENSE? I I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S PROBABLY A POLICY DECISION . UM, I, I, I, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. IT'S, IT'S WORKED. WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY BULK COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THOSE UNITS. YEAH. I THINK THE ISSUE COMES UP WHERE IT'S BIGGER, UH, MORE MORE UNITS AND WHERE IT'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE. I, I DON'T THINK THIS HAS, THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN THE ISSUE ON THAT. SO IT'S SIX TIMES ON DEMAND. I THINK WHAT YOU WERE THINKING, MY IMPRESSION WAS EACH BUILDING WOULD HAVE SIX TIMES PER YEAR. SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AN ON DEMAND SERVICE, IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? IT? IT IS, BUT THIS ISN'T THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE, RIGHT? WHERE WE ARE GETTING THE SIX TIMES, IT'S THE SMALLER CONTRACTS WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING ANYTHING AND THEN THEY'RE HAVING TO GO TO . IT'S PROBABLY MORE THEY DUMP TRASH OR WHEN YOU'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT LIKE THE NINE UNITS AND UP, RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE REALLY GETTING INTO MORE OF THE ISSUE. IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT'S IN THIS CONTRACT, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MANY ISSUES. 'CAUSE AS GRANT MENTIONED, THEY ARE GETTING AT LEAST SIX PRE UNIT AND THERE'S LIKE 1300 UNITS IN THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE'RE REALLY, THE ISSUE IS, WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE PERHAPS GIVEN THAT MANY OF OUR OLDER BUILDING, OUR MORE AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS FALL WITHIN THE NINE TO 12 UNIT RANGE. IT DOES INCLUDE ALSO THE TWO TO EIGHT UNITS, BUT IT ALSO GOES BEYOND EIGHT UNITS. THOSE NINE TO 12 UNIT BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW, I LIKE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLORE WHETHER THE AGREEMENT COULD BE EXPANDED OR SUPPLEMENTED, UH, PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE TO INCLUDE THOSE PROPERTIES. PART PARTICULARLY, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THESE, UH, THESE, THESE APARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THESE NINE TO 12 UNITS ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES ACROSS SOUTH BEACH IN THOSE BUILDINGS. MM-HMM . AND I'D LIKE JUST TO ANNOUNCE ONE MORE THING, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS, UM, WHENEVER PRACTICAL, UH, WASTE CONNECTION SAYS THAT IT WILL MAKE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO EMPLOY PERSONNEL FROM AMONG RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB WASTE CONNECTION, YOU APPLY TO WASTE CONNECTIONS, UH, YOU GET A PREFERENCE UNDER THIS CONTRACT. YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT, THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO A POINT, UM, THAT I THINK, UH, YOU MADE, UH, COMMISSIONER IS THAT THIS, THIS IS A, THIS IS A SPECIAL CITY. I GREW UP DOWN HERE. I I UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF MIAMI BEACH. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE, BUT THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE IS SO PERSONAL IN NATURE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO THEIR YARDS AND, AND GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY. SO HAVING EMPLOYEES WHO KNOW THE AREA, LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES, WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE HABITS OF THE, OF THE RESIDENTS AND WHERE THEY PUT EVERYTHING. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE FAILED AND WE HAVE FAILED OVER THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT, IT'S BEEN BECAUSE IT'S A NEW EMPLOYEE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY SETS SOMETHING OUT NORMALLY. AND SO IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET THERE. SO WE STRIVE TO HAVE THESE LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES WHO KNOW THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE SERVICE DOESN'T FAIL. THAT'S THE GOAL, OBVIOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'VE ALLOWED YOUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE WATER AND ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY. YES. THAT BECOMES EVEN MORE . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UH, YES SIR. AS MANY KNOW, I'M NOT A FAN OF BID WAIVERS. I'M, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. THE ADMINISTRATION CONVINCED ME THAT, UH, DESPITE THE RATE INCREASE, UM, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT RATE INCREASES THROUGHOUT. UM, AND I, AND I DID MY OWN DUE DILIGENCE AND FOUND OUT, NOT SURPRISINGLY, BUT THAT WAS, WAS ACCURATE. I WANNA KNOW WHAT RECOURSE THERE IS. IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES IN THE CONTRACT, WHAT RECOURSE THERE WOULD BE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS. WELL, I MEAN, JUST IN GENERAL TO STATE, THERE'S ALWAYS A TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE CLAUSE THAT WE HAVE IN THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHICH BY THE WAY, WE'VE LEARNED IN MANY DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. THAT'S NEVER AS SIMPLE AS CAN BE AND, AND NOBODY'S LOOKING TO TERMINATE. BUT IF THERE'S ISSUES, I, I, I MEAN, I, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM SOME OF THE, UM, THINGS THAT COME UP SOMETIMES, [05:45:01] UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SERVICE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, WASTE CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE, UM, IN TIMES WHERE CITY STAFF, PER SE HAS HAD TO, UH, PERHAPS HELP OUT OR ASSIST WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO RECOVER THOSE COSTS AND THEY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY GOOD IN IN ADDRESSING THAT AND, AND ACTUALLY REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR THAT. SO I WOULD TELL YOU WHEN THOSE THINGS COME UP, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY GOOD PARTNERS WHEN THOSE SITUATIONS HAS HAPPENED. AND WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN INTO A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN A DISPUTE OVER THOSE KIND OF ISSUES. OKAY. AND THE LAST THING, AND I ALWAYS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE ADVERTISEMENTS, I JUST WANNA GET SOME CLARITY 'CAUSE I THINK THERE WASN'T SUCH SO MUCH CLARITY. MAYBE I'LL TURN TO LEGAL. WHAT, WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY AND WHAT CAN BE PUT ON IT? WELL, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC SERVICE TYPE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE THE DISCRETION TO REQUEST CERTAIN ADS BE PLACED OR WRAPPED ON, ON THE, ON THE COLLECTION VEHICLES. UM, BUT I HEARD MR. SMITH SAY THAT WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING ADS TO RAISE FUNDS, WHICH I THINK WAS, UH, WHAT YOUR COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ASKED, UH, BECAUSE THE COMPANY HAS A POLICY AGAINST DOING THAT. BUT, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WAS, IF THERE WAS SOME NOTICE THAT YOU WANTED TO GO OUT FOR A BIG EVENT ON THE BEACH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AIR AND SEA SHOW OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD DO THAT. BUT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, BY HEINEKEN, UM, WE PROBABLY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR TRUCK. WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH, WITH MR. CARPENTER. CLEAR? CLEAR. BUT WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY? WELL, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW. IT SAYS, I THINK THE CONTRACT SAYS AS DIRECTED BY THE MANAGER. BUT I I I BELIEVE THAT THE MANAGEMENT HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN REASONABLE AND UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, THE BOUNDS OF GOOD TASTE AND APPROPRIATENESS. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CONTRACT DOES NOT ALLOW YOUR COMPANY TO SELL ADS ON THE TRUCKS. NO, IT DOES NOT. OKAY. SO IT'S PURELY A PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I'M STILL HEARING, AND I, AND I GET IT, THIS IS A LONG CONTRACT, BUT I STILL HEAR, I'M STILL HEARING, WE THINK, OR I THINK IT SAYS, WELL, I GUESS I WANT CONFIRMATION THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS FULL DISCRETION. YOU KNOW, MAYOR, AS FAR AS I'VE, AS I KNOW, THE CITY HAS NEVER ASKED FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS OTHER CITIES HAVE, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A, A DISCUSSION. AGAIN, I I WANT TO SAY IT'S AN, IT IS A AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MANAGER, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE US SOME LEEWAY TO SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ADVERTISING, YOU KNOW, SOME BIG ELSE. NO, UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO REJECT WHAT THE CITY MANAGER DOES, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO REJECT SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT TO PUT ON. OH, I, I I DON'T THINK WE'RE PUTTING ANYTHING ON THE YEAH, I, I, I, I WOULD, AND LEMME JUST CLARIFY. I'LL TELL YOU IN ALL THE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WASTE CONNECTIONS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A NEW PROVISION. NO, NO, NO. BUT, BUT I, I'M JUST, JUST GIVING YOU LIKE LITTLE CONTEXT GENERAL. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHERE, UH, A GARBAGE HAULER PER SE, IS WORKING IN A MUNICIPALITY AND THEY'RE KIND OF DOING THEIR OWN ADVERTISING THING. WHAT YOU'LL NORMALLY SEE WHERE THERE ARE, UH, AGREEMENTS BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND, UM, THE PRIVATE HAULERS IS STUFF THAT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY RELATED TO THINGS THAT THE CITIES ARE DOING OR INITIATIVES OR PROGRAMS. AND YOU SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WASTE CONNECTIONS SERVICING THE CITY OF BLANK, YOU KNOW, IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM OR THAT PROGRAM. SO THAT YOU, THAT, THAT I'VE SEEN MORE COMMONLY, BUT NEVER, LIKE, YOU WOULDN'T SEE AN AD FOR LIKE ANHEUSER BUSCH, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDE OF WASTE CONNECTIONS TRUCK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PROUDLY SERVING OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AND PERHAPS THIS MIGHT ANSWER SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS, BUT SECTION 11.3 PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENTS AND THE CONTRACT SAYS, AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY MANAGER, THE CONTRACTOR WILL, AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE PLACED CITY APPROVED PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENTS ON ITS COLLECTION TRUCKS, TRUCKS, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL REPLACE ANY SUCH PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENTS WITH NEW PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENTS EVERY SIX MONTHS DURING THE TERM. SO SAYS AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY MANAGER, CITY APPROVED. AND, AND THE ANOTHER KEY WORD IN THAT PARAGRAPH IS PUBLIC, UM, ADVERTISEMENTS. SO IT, IT WOULD BE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. SEE, ALEX, I'VE TOLD COMMISSIONER FROM I'VE TOLD YOU, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL SOMETIMES TO READ A CONTRACT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER VI ACTUALLY THINK IT COULD BE SUCH A GREAT AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW IT SOUNDS REALLY DUMB, BUT, AND MELISSA, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. 'CAUSE I, UM, I CAN [05:50:01] ENVISION THIS AMAZING, ALMOST VIRAL, UM, INSTAGRAMABLE, UM, LONG-TERM CAMPAIGN ABOUT YOUR OIL CHAIN DRAGS BELONG IN THIS TRUCK, NOT IN OUR SEWERS OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S STORM SEASON. MAKE SURE WE'VE WE'RE PICKING UP YOUR PALM FRONDS OR YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S NOT CATCHY AT ALL, BUT LIKE SOMETHING SUPER COOL AND THAT, THAT RELATES TO THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, A WAY OF REACHING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY SUBSCRIBE TO THINGS OR NOT. AND IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE SO FUN AND CREATIVE BECAUSE IT'S MOVING THROUGH THE CITY. IT'S ON A VEHICLE THAT DOESN'T NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEE THEM AND WE DON'T FOCUS ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SORT OF NEUTRAL. BUT IT, WE COULD HAVE SOME REAL FUN WITH THIS. YOU, YOU KNOW, MADAM DON'T BE TRASHY, YOU KNOW, MADAM COMMISSIONER, UM, GOING BACK AND I'LL SHOW MY AGE HERE, THERE'S A PREDECESSOR COMPANY TO WHAT THE COMPANY THAT'S NOW REPUBLIC AND THAT COMPANY ON THE SIDE OF THEIR TRUCKS. AND THEY WERE GOING THROUGH BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE DADE AT THE TIME IN PALM BEACH SAID FREE SNOW REMOVAL. SO YEAH, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY CITY SPONSORED INITIATIVES ABOUT KEEPING THE BAY CLEAN AND UM, SCOOPING YOUR POOP AND, YOU KNOW, COMPOSTING, UM, WHICH WOULDN'T END UP IN YOUR TRUCKS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE BEING ADVISED TO BE MORE MINDFUL ABOUT, TO HELP, UH, OUR COMMUNITY COLLECTIVELY. UM, AND SO IF WE COULD START THINKING ABOUT A REALLY COOL SET OF ROTATING ADS, UM, THAT TIE INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND REMINDING PEOPLE AND I MEAN IT COULD BE SUPER FUN. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE. THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. I HEARD COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? YES. OKAY, SO SEVEN ZERO AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION, YOU'RE GONNA RESEARCH EXPANDING THE NINE TO 12 UNITS AND HAVE THAT COME BACK. CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. LET'S CALL RDA [RDA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (RDA), APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RDA (LANDLORD) AND COLLINS 1560, LLC D/B/A LIME TREE CAFÉ (TENANT), FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,697 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE LOCATED AT 1560 COLLINS AVENUE, SUITES 1–2, TO EXTEND THE RENT ABATEMENT PERIOD TO THE EARLIER OF: (I) THE OPENING OF THE PREMISES OR (II) AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT (8) MONTH PERIOD, FROM JUNE 6, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2026, DUE TO PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION DELAYS; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2.] ONE AND RDA TWO. YES SIR. SO WE ARE RECESSING AS A COMMISSION MEETING AND CONVENING AS THE R-D-A-R-D-A ONE IS AMENDMENT TWO LIME TREE CAFE LEASE, ADDITIONAL EIGHT MONTHS RENT ABATEMENT. RDA TWO IS AMENDMENT THREE, OPEN VISION ONE LEASE ADDITIONAL EIGHT MONTHS RENT ABATEMENT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE RDA, UH, MR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR. ATTORNEY, MR. CLERK ELIZABETH MITO, UM, FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR LIME TREE CAFE IS A FRENCH ITALIAN INFUSION RESTAURANT, WHICH HAS BEEN DELAYED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION AND BUILD OUT DUE TO PERMITTING ISSUES WITH DERM FOR THE GREASE TRAP. ACCORDINGLY, THEY HAVE REQUESTED AN EIGHT MONTH EXTENSION TO THEIR ABATEMENT. UM, AND THIS IS ALSO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I SAY SOMETHING? MM-HMM . PLEASE THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS SAYS. RIGHT ON GOVERNMENT OWNED PROPERTY, WE CAN'T GET PERMITS. SO THINK AND, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS THEN FOR PRIVATE OPERATORS, AS I JUST HAPPEN TO LOOK AT A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OUT OF THE LEFT PART OF MY EYE THAT WE NEED TO ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE MENT BECAUSE ON GOVERNMENT OWNED LAND, WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT OR NAVIGATE QUICKLY THIS PERMITTING PROCESS. AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF OF THIS, BUT I I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SAY THIS IS A DURHAM, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WITHIN OUR OWN CITY, BUT TALK ABOUT THE INEFFICIENCIES OF GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? AND WE TAKE A LOT OF THE HEAT UP HERE BECAUSE WHEN THESE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE HURTING IN MIAMI BEACH, YOU KNOW, THEY POINT THEIR FINGER SOLELY AT US. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOCUSED ON HOW TO PEEL BACK SOME OF THE BUREAUCRACY, SOME OF THE RED TAPE TO HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. BUT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURHAM ISSUE. I BELIEVE WE EVEN HAVE A LIAISON IN THE DURHAM OFFICE AT THE COUNTY. NOW, I, I MEAN, DOES ANYBODY, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANNA POINT FINGERS AT OUR COUNTERPARTS, BUT WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? AND THAT'S OPEN-ENDED FOR ANYBODY, WHETHER YOU'RE STANDING AT THE PODIUM OR ELSEWHERE. BUT IF WE CAN'T GET SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN GOVERNMENT OWNED SPACE, OPEN IN A QUICK EFFICIENT MANNER, WHAT HOPE IS THERE OUT THERE FOR THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, MAYBE NEW TO OUR COUNTRY IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS OR SMALL MOM AND POPS THAT AREN'T SAVVY BUT WANT TO CAPTURE THE AMERICAN DREAM, [05:55:01] RIGHT? IF WE CAN'T DO SO AS, AS A BIG BUREAUCRATIC GOVERNMENT, WHAT HELP, WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR, FOR OTHERS? AND, AND I'M ONLY LOOKING AT YOU 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT YOU, BUT IT'S OPEN-ENDED AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF WORK ON OUR SIDE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. BUT IT'S NOT JUST MIAMI BEACH ALONE IN A VACUUM COMMISSIONER. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. THIS ONE IS SOMEWHAT EXACERBATED BECAUSE IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE IS A SHARED GREASE TRAP THAT WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS NOW NOT ONLY IMP IMPLICATING ONE UNIT, BUT NOW MULTIPLE UNITS. AND SO THEY ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF THE RENTAL SPACE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE UNIT IS SIZED CORRECTLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. SO I HEAR YOU. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION AND I WELCOME EITHER OF THE ACMS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW TO WEIGH IN, UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. MM-HMM . GOOD AFTERNOON, RAY HERNANDEZ. UM, WE HAVE, UM, DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST AND, UH, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO UNLEASHING OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE COMPLETELY, UM, RESTRUCTURED IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND IT DEFINITELY INCLUDES A SPOT FOR DERM IN OUR PHASE TWO WALKTHROUGH, WHICH IS NOW SET UP IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE OPENING EVERYTHING UP BACK TO WALKTHROUGHS LIKE WE WERE YEARS AGO AND DERM IS GONNA HAVE A SPOT THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE DERM HERE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. UH, WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH EVERY DAY THERE, THERE'LL BE PERMITTED PLACES. UH, WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS THAT, UM, AND THE MANAGER AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES AS TO HOW MANY DAYS? UH, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAYBE FOUR DAYS A WEEK, UH, FROM MAY TO 12. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE, 'CAUSE REMEMBER WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES SITTING IN THOSE DESKS. UH, MAYBE WE'LL CHANGE THAT, MAYBE IT'S A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO COME AND SHOW US WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO HELP YOU RESOLVE IT ARE GONNA BE THERE. WHERE DOES THAT START? UH, WE WERE THINKING OF JULY 1ST, BUT THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S VERY SOON. . I MEAN, THIS IS A DER RELATED, BUT I, I LITERALLY, ERIC IS FAMILIAR, SOME OF YOU MM-HMM . I GOT A CALL MONDAY FROM A, A RESTAURANT OWNER WHO HAS A RESTAURANT HERE. MM-HMM . WAS MOVING LOCATIONS NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN VOLITION. THEY HAD TO AND LITERALLY WAS LIKE BEGGING ME. HE'S LIKE, I'VE SPENT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS MM-HMM . YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME. YEAH. AND HE MAY HAVE, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES ON HIS, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERYONE IN THE NEXT MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING GOT IN A ROOM AND IT WAS DONE. MM-HMM . WE NEED MORE OF THAT. LIKE IF WE REALIZE A, A BUSINESSES IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THEIR, GETTING THEIR ITEMS THROUGH. I MEAN, IT'S A HARD PROCESS. THIS IS A, A, A YES. UH, UH, A A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS AND HE HAD A PERMIT EXPEDITED, BUT STILL THEY WEREN'T GETTING IT DONE AND EVERYONE GOT IN THE ROOM AND GOT IT DONE. YEAH. SO GETTING THE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM IS KEY. UM, SO THE FACE-TO-FACE IS GONNA MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. AND, AND THERE NEVER WAS NOTHING BETTER, ANYTHING BETTER THAN THAT. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT BACK IS EVERY, AS WELL AS IS DEPARTMENT FROM THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE GOING TO BE THERE. I'M SORRY? IS EVERY DEPARTMENT FROM THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESENT WILL BE PRESENT? YES. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT LITERALLY HAVE ONE REVIEWER MM-HMM . THAT TOUCH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. AND SO IF WE TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES OF REVIEWING PERMITS TO DEAL WITH WALKTHROUGHS, THEY'RE BASICALLY NOT GETTING DONE WHAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE GOTTEN DONE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE WALKTHROUGHS. SO CAN THEY AT LEAST BE REACHABLE? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS. WE'RE, I'M JUST, I'M ONLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT IT, IT, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES TO THE, UM, ULTIMATE SOLUTION AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH IT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA POTENTIALLY MAKE TWEAKS AFTER. I MEAN, ON THE POSITIVE FRONT, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GIVE THE POSITIVES. I GAVE IT AN EXAMPLE THAT IT HAS DEFINITELY GOTTEN BETTER. IT HAS DEFINITELY GOTTEN BETTER. I I, I'VE PERSONALLY I'VE GOTTEN A LOT LESS COMPLAINTS. UM, BUT WE STILL, THERE'S MORE TO GO. LESS VISITS FROM BLAKE . EXACTLY. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. [06:00:03] WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE PROGRAMMED INTO THAT SOFTWARE SYSTEM IS VERY CONFUSING. I, UM, FIRST IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU DON'T JUST GET FAILED, YOU GET PARTIALLY FAILED MM-HMM . AND THEN THERE'S A HUGE PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHY YOU FAILED THE INSPECTION, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT. I DON'T EVEN THINK THE ARCHITECTS OR THE ENGINEERS UNDERSTAND THE FEEDBACK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHEN AN INSPECTOR'S GOING OUT, IT HAS LIKE, NUMBERS PROGRAMMED IN, LIKE FAIL, FAIL, SEE, YOU GET, THEY'RE PUTTING THESE NUMBERS IN AND YOU'RE GETTING THIS JUMBLED, UH, FEEDBACK THAT SOMEBODY REALLY NEEDS TO TRANSLATE INTO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I WOULD SAY THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS. AND YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE SOFTWARE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PERMIT PROCESS WITH THAT. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS DIFFERENT INSPECTORS ON EACH JOB. YES. THE FIRST PERSON THAT GOES OUT SHOULD BE THE ONLY PERSON TO RETURN TO THAT JOB SITE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY GO IN, THEY PASS IT AND THEN THE NEXT ELECTRICIAN COMES IN AND SAYS, YOU NEED TO MOVE THE OUTLET THERE. SO THAT IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH DERM, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE THEM THERE, IS BECAUSE YOU, YOU START THE PROCESS, YOU PUT YOUR APPLICATION IN AND THE FIRST THING GOES PERFECTLY. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THESE RED AND GREEN DOTS, RIGHT? AND YOU SAY, WOW, THEY'VE ACCEPTED MY APPLICATION GREEN. AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE GOES TO RED. AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE RED, IT GIVES YOU AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND A PHONE NUMBER FOR THAT PERSON WHO NEVER, EVER RETURNS YOUR CALL. MM-HMM . EVER. OKAY. SO YOU CAN CALL THAT PERSON EVERY SINGLE DAY AND EMAIL THAT PERSON AT THE COUNTY AND THEY NEVER RETURN THE CALLS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. WHEN I WAS OPENING, UM, CAFE BERNIE, THE ONLY REASON THAT I FINALLY GOT DERHAM TO RESPOND IS BECAUSE I LITERALLY COPIED EVERY INSPECTOR. I COPIED THE COUNTY MAYOR, I COPIED EVERY SINGLE ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND I SAID, HELP , I'M IN DEEP TROUBLE. AND I DON'T, DID I COPY YOU? I THINK I COPIED, I COPIED EVERYBODY THAT I KNEW COPIED ME. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T EVEN WORK IN GOVERNMENT. SO I COPIED AND I FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY GOT A RESPONSE. BUT THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMEBODY FROM, I MEAN, I, I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND THE GREASE TRAPS IS THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T GET A HOLD OF DERM. BUT EVEN BIGGER, THE EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM IS WHATEVER THAT SOFTWARE IS THAT WE'RE USING THAT IS GENERATING, UM, FEEDBACK THAT I'M TELLING YOU. IT'S LIKE READING CHINESE. UM, I TRIED TO HELP SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY AND I COULDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT. SO UNTIL YOU FIX THAT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT MARIA, RIGHT? YES. IF YOU WANT, I HAVE COPIES OF IT HERE. 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT SOMEONE'S FEEDBACK. WE'RE WE'RE LAUNCHING DECISION ENGINE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE OPENING UP OUR FACE-TO-FACE. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD. WHAT IS DECISION IS THAT DECISION ENGINE WALKS YOU THROUGH EVERY SINGLE STEP THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, LAUNCH ALL OF THIS, TAKE IT TO COMMITTEE AND SHOW IT MAYBE AT NEIGHBORHOODS PART OF THE TREE. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GO? YOU GO, YOU GO. AND THEN YOU END UP WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO FIX, WHICH IS ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM, IS CERTIFICATES OF USE AND BTRS, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE GET LOST IN. AND WE'RE TAKING, THERE'S VERY CLOSE. I KEEP SAYING VERY CLOSE, IT CAN NEVER BE FAST ENOUGH. BUT, UM, THAT WE'RE ALSO FACILITATING THAT FOR OWNERS, UM, AND BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT STRUGGLE THE MOST. WITH THAT, WHAT I WOULD LOVE IS FOR YOU TO SEND US ALL OF THE LINK AND INVITE US TO TRY AND GET A PERMIT AS RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WALKTHROUGH SYSTEM THAT WE'LL DO A MOCK UP. OKAY? MM-HMM . LIKE YOU'RE RENOVATING YOUR BATHROOM AND I'M RENOVATING MY KITCHEN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT OUR PROCESS IS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH. 'CAUSE IF YOU'VE NEVER APPLIED FOR A PERMIT BEFORE, THEN YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND IT. SO AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS NEW PERMIT SOFTWARE, PLEASE SURE. IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW PROGRAM THE SYSTEM SO WE COULD ALL GO IN AND APPLY FOR A PERMIT, THEN I THINK WE'RE REALLY GONNA KNOW. I WAS GONNA SECRET SHOP YOU ON SOMETHING, , WHEN IT WELL, WE'LL SEND OUT AN LTC UNTIL YOU CLICK HERE. CLICK THERE. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS FACE AND WE, WE NEED TO SEE IT. WE KNOW MR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IF I COULD, AND, AND I ACTUALLY HAD AN ITEM THAT PASSED ON CONSENT, UH, INSTRUCTING OUR CITY STAFF OVER THE NEXT 60 DAYS TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REFORM ON ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. RIGHT. BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS DERM. MM-HMM . BUT THEN A LOT OF THE PRO, UH, THE PRODUCT THAT'S IMPACTING SMALL BUSINESSES IS WE'RE, WE GOVERN LARGELY BY INCORPORATING MORE AND MORE REGULATION. JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OUR AGENDA. THERE'S A HUNDRED ITEMS EVERY, EVERY MONTH, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 11 MONTHS PER YEAR. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE PUTTING ON THINGS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE. MM-HMM . NEVER GOING BACK AND SAYING, LET'S [06:05:01] PULL BACK SOME OF THOSE REGULATIONS. MM-HMM . LET'S CUT THAT RED TAPE. THERE WAS A, A SMALL BUSINESS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. THEY CAUGHT MANY OF OUR ATTENTION ON FACEBOOK. I BELIEVE IT WAS LIFEGUARD, UH, CAFE. MM-HMM . AND IT WAS ABOUT CODE GOING OUT AND FINDING SOME VIOLATION THAT SEEMED INCREDIBLY NUANCED AND SILLY. IT WAS ABOUT A TV. THERE WAS A CERTAIN WAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOW IN THE ADVERTISING. I'LL BE HONEST, WE DON'T WANT CODE HAVING ALL THIS DISCRETION IN NUANCE. IF THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE, WE SHOULD BE REPEALING THEM, NOT TELLING CODE TO GO OUT AND IGNORE THEM. BECAUSE THEN WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? WHAT IS SILLY TO THEM? THAT SHOULD BE LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS, RIGHT? THAT, THAT POWER, RIGHTFULLY WRONGFULLY, IS IN OUR HANDS. SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SILLY, IT SHOULDN'T BE HERNAN TELLING HIS TEAM. RIGHT? GUYS, IGNORE, IGNORE THE SILLY THING ABOUT THE TV TURNED, YOU KNOW, UPSIDE DOWN IN THE STORE WINDOW WITHIN 90 FEET OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE. NO, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT REGULATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS WHAT THIS 60 DAY REVIEW CAN UNCOVER. I'M GONNA GUESS WE HAVE A BOOK LIKE THIS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CODE AND COMPLIANCE AND REGULATIONS THAT BURDEN A LOT OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US, JUST AS WE'RE ENCOURAGING EFFICIENCY WITHIN OUR OWN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN MIAMI BEACH. YEAH, MARK. AND LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I THINK ERIC, AND AS, AS ERIC SAID, HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IT WAS A GREASE TRAP ISSUE. IT'S, IT IS WITH DERM. WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS AN EIGHT MONTH EXTENSION. THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE ANYWHERE NEAR EIGHT MONTHS. I BELIEVE THE MASTER PERMIT IS ABOUT 72% COMPLETED. SO, UM, WE THINK IT'LL BE MUCH QUICKER THAN THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. I KNOW THAT MONICA'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TENANTS A GOOD TENANT AND WE THINK WE CAN GET THERE QUICKLY. AND I THINK A GAME CHANGER IS GONNA BE WHAT MARIA'S DESCRIBED WITH GETTING EVERYONE IN ONE ROOM. AND I KNOW THAT ERIC HAS, HAS BEEN HANDS ON WITH TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THAT TO HAPPEN WHERE EVERYBODY'S IN ONE ROOM TO, TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. AND WHERE IS THIS TENANT? WHERE IS THE ROOM? IT'S ON THE, IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FLOOR WHEN YOU WALK IN, NO, I'M SORRY. THE ANCHOR GARAGE. OH, THIS IS IN THE ANCHOR GARAGE. YES. JULY 1ST. , I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE BECAUSE I'M ON GOING ON VACATION, SO I'M KIND OF NERVOUS ABOUT JUST SAYING THAT WITHOUT ME BEING PRESENT , BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD AGREED TO. OKAY. YES. JULY 1ST. OKAY. READY TO VOTE. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I JUST WANNA THANK YOUR ASSET MANAGEMENT FACILITIES. THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, JUST UNPRECEDENTEDLY HELPFUL. WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS PERMITTING, WHICH HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATING, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN TO GET US TO THE 72% OF THIS PERMIT. SO WE, WE REALLY ARE GRATEFUL. HEY MONICA, JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. JUST, I'M SORRY. INTRODUCE YOURSELF, MONICA. APOLOGIES. YES, MONICA. AND TO, UM, REPRESENT THE, UH, TENANTS. THANKS, MONICA. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S CALL A VOTE. THANK YOU ALL. I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE. I MOVE. I'LL SECOND. SO, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT. IT'S APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT'S RDA ONE. MAY [RDA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (RDA), APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RDA (LANDLORD) AND OPEN VISION ONE, LLC (TENANT), FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 4,236 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE AT THE ANCHOR SHOPS AND GARAGE, LOCATED AT 1560 COLLINS AVENUE, SUITE NOS. 3-4, TO EXTEND THE RENT ABATEMENT PERIOD TO THE EARLIER OF: (I) THE OPENING OF THE PREMISES OR (II) AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT (8) MONTH PERIOD, FROM APRIL 25, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 24, 2025, DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AND PERMITTING DELAYS; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 3.] WE DO RDA TWO PLEASE? I'VE READ THE TITLE, NO, LEMME SEE. AMENDMENT THREE OPEN VISION ONE LEASE ADDITIONAL EIGHT MONTHS RENT. SO THIS IS THE ADJOINING RESTAURANT, THE ADJACENT RESTAURANT, WHICH IS ALSO SHARING THE GREASE TRAP. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALSO AN EIGHT MONTH EXTENSION OR THE EARLIER OF OPENING UP THE PREMISES. BEFOREHAND. I MOVE, IF YOU COULD JUST EXTRAPOLATE MY RANT TO THIS BUSINESS AS WELL. IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR OFFICE. THIS JULIE NOTED. IS THAT A SECOND ALSO? YES. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONER BOT. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT. THIS CONCLUDES THE RDA. WE'RE RECONVENING AS A COMMISSION MEETING. IT'S CALLED CRA [R7 E A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000 FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION TOWARDS THE NORTH SHORE PARK/MIAMI BEACH TENNIS CENTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND PURSUANT TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MADE AT ITS APRIL 8, 2025 MEETING, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND FUNDS IN THE NORTH BEACH CRA FY 2025 BUDGET, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] [CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 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 THE ALLOCATION OF NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000.00 FOR THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION TOWARDS THE NORTH SHORE PARK/MIAMI BEACH TENNIS CENTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, ENHANCING THE CURRENT SCOPE FOR THE FUTURE TENNIS CENTER CAFÉ FACILITY, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND FUNDS IN THE NORTH BEACH CRA FY 2025 BUDGET, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] ONE AND R SEVEN E. YES, SIR. UH, CRA ONE. SO WE'RE NOT CONVENING AS A NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY. WE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, UH, UH, OUR C NORTH BEACH. CA ONE IS APPROVED NORTH BEACH, CRA FUNDING FOR NORTH SHORE PARK, MIAMI BEACH TENNIS CENTER CAPITAL PROJECT. THAT IS NBRA ONE. AND THE COMPANION ITEM IS R SEVEN E, WHICH IS APPROVED NORTH BEACH CRA FUNDING NORTH SHORE PARK, MIAMI BEACH TENNIS CENTER PROJECT. MOVED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. [06:10:02] IF THERE'S NOTICE, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THIS ITEM. SURE. UM, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT, UH, WE ARE DOUBLE CHECKING WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRA FUNDING IS, UH, AVAILABLE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. WE BELIEVE IT IS. UM, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THE COUNTY COMES BACK WITH ANY CONCERNS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS APPROVAL IS CONDITIONED UPON THE COUNTY AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE CRA FUNDS. OKAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF NORTH BEACH. CRA ONE NR SEVEN E PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO FOR THE NORTH BEACH CRA ITEM, COMMISSIONER STEINBERG IS ABSENT. LET'S FINISH. [C7 W 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 JUNE 4, 2025 MEETING, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING A MOBILE POLICE SUBSTATION TO ENHANCE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES, INCIDENT REPORTING, HIGH VISIBILITY AND CRIME DETERRENCE THROUGHOUT MIAMI BEACH.] [C7 X 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 JUNE 4, 2025 MEETING, AND DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, EXPANDING THE MARINE PATROL UNIT TO DETECT AND DETER CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES IN BISCAYNE BAY, WITH A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $1,290,000 FOR YEAR ONE.] [C7 Y 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 JUNE 4, 2025 MEETING, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, DIVIDING MID-BEACH ("AREA 2") INTO TWO (AREAS/ZONES): EAST OF INDIAN CREEK AND WEST OF INDIAN CREEK, AND TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS NECESSARY TO PROPERLY STAFF THIS INITIATIVE.] UH, SOME OF THE PULLED ITEMS FROM CONSENT. WE GOT C SEVEN WC SEVEN W IS ACCEPTED. RECOMMENDATION PURCHASE MOBILE POLICE SUBSTATION TO ENHANCE LAW ENFORCEMENT. C SEVEN W WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND ACTUALLY I SEPARATED C SEVEN W UH, SO THAT IT COULD BE HEARD TOGETHER WITH C SEVEN X AND C SEVEN Y. UH, I THINK WE CAN HANDLE THEM TOGETHER IF YOU SO ALLOW THEM TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER. SO I'LL READ ALL THREE TITLES. UH, I'VE READ C SEVEN WC SEVEN X AS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION. EXPAND MARINE PATROL UNIT TO DETECT, DETECT THE TUR CRIME IN BISQUE BAY. D SEVEN YS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION, DIVIDE AREA TWO INTO TWO AREAS ZONES EAST AND WEST OF INDIAN CREEK. SO THAT'S C SEVEN W, X, AND Y. OKAY. AND SO THE REASON WHY I, I PULLED THIS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND MY PAPERS HERE. OKAY, WE HAVE ON THIS AGENDA, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 23 ITEMS THAT ADD TO THE DEFICIT OF THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. AND SO WE, WE SPEAK A LOT ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. THESE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA, IT'S GONNA GET US INTO PROBABLY WHAT, $30 MILLION IN UNFUNDED, UH, BUDGET GOING INTO THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, MR. MANAGER. AT LEAST, AT LEAST IF I COULD. WE CAN'T. WE HAVE TO. IT'S IT'S LAW. WE HAVE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET FLOW, RIGHT? WE SIMPLY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE ON A LOT OF THESE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE CAN CARRY A DEFICIT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SIT HERE AND SAY WE HAVE 30 ITEMS, WE CAN FUND THREE OF THEM. RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE ARE TRACKING, I BELIEVE $18 MILLION WORTH OF ASKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. I THINK OUR BUDGET TEAM HAD DONE AN ANALYSIS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 15 MILLION AT LEAST ON THIS BUDGET, FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AS PART OF THE PROCESS. THE KEY POINT IS CONSIDERATIONS. CONSIDERATIONS. ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AS THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MENTIONED. UM, AND SO WE WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS ARE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ITEMS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED AND NOT. AND SO, AND SO, I I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA START OFF, YOU KNOW, WITH DEFERRING A FEW OF MY ITEMS INTO, INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE DIVIDING OF AREA TWO. UM, I'M GONNA DEFER THAT TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR CONSIDERATION. UH, THE, THE MARINE PATROL, ACTUALLY THE MARINE PATROL, I'M GONNA PUT SOMETHING ON THE RECORD. THE, THE MARINE PATROL, I STARTED THAT ITEM, UH, LAST YEAR. AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE, OF THE ADMINISTRATION, MR. MANAGER, WAS THAT THAT ITEM SHOULD BE TABLED AND THEN A SEPARATE ITEM ON MARINE PATROL. SIMILAR SAID THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 PROCESS. AND SO, AND SO, TWO SIMILAR ITEMS WITH DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, WE HAVE TO BE MORE DILIGENT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CONTRADICTING OURSELVES. SO, SO SINCE IT'S IN THE LIST OF ITEMS [06:15:01] TO BE CONSIDERED ALREADY, UH, THROUGH A SEPARATE ITEM, I'M GONNA BE DEFERRING C SEVEN X, UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THE POLICE, UH, SUBSTATIONS, I'M GONNA BE DEFERRING THAT, UH, AS WELL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO BE PRUDENT. UM, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A DEFICIT AND I'M NOT GONNA, I WAS GONNA PULL ALL THESE ITEMS GOING INTO ALL THESE ITEMS THAT WE'RE SENDING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 26TH BUDGET. BUT I DECIDED NOT TO, BUT I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE HERE THAT I, THAT I CAN DEFER. UM, JUST BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S, WE JUST HAVE TO BE REALISTIC. UM, DID AND I, I WASN'T AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. DID, DID THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FEEL ANY WAY ON THESE ITEMS? UH, COMMISSIONER WILSON GONZALEZ. I KNOW, I KNOW YOU SENT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING AND I KNOW, UH, I THINK YOU WERE SITTING IN THAT, THAT FINANCE COMMITTEE. I MEAN, DID YOU HAVE CONCERNS WITH THESE ITEMS AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? I MEAN, WE LOVE, WE LOVE YOUR ITEMS. NO, I'M NOT, LIKE, NOT, NOT EVERYBODY'S ITEMS. THEY'RE ALL GOOD ITEMS. THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH CAN WE INFLATE AND OPERATING BUDGET? OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CAPITAL IS ONE TIME, BUT SOMETHING LIKE A MARINE PATROL, WE HAVE TO JUST LIKE, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP ADDING WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING. I AGREE. WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE, AND MAYBE WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHERE CAN WE CUT IF POSSIBLE NOT CUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, LET'S LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE DEPLOY THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN A, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, FILL THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S KIND OF SCARY TO KEEP ADDING, UM, TO THE BUDGET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR. AND COMMISSIONER, IF I COULD, SO AT THE FINANCE MEETING, THERE WERE MR. CFO, UH, WHAT NINE ITEMS? I I THINK THERE WERE WHERE WE JUST SAID, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. SO THERE'S REALLY NO POINT IN DEBATING THE MERITS OF EACH ONE OF THESE WHEN IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE FULL COMMISSION AND HAVE A LOT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LIST OF ABOUT 30 ITEMS AND HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION AND JUST THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, SALARY INTENSIVE. UH, I GOT, UH, A HEARTBREAKING TEXT MESSAGE YESTERDAY FROM A FATHER OF FRIENDS OF SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY, AND HE'S SAYING SOMETHING SO SIMPLE, WE'RE MIAMI BEACH, RIGHT? WE'RE MIAMI BEACH. HE GOES, HEY, JOE, FOLLOWING HIM UP AGAIN. ANY IDEA WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BEGIN WORKING ON JUST REPAVING THE BASKETBALL COURTS THAT ARE USED FOR THE COMMUNITY? RIGHT? AND I, I LITERALLY COULDN'T WRITE 'EM BACK TO TELL HIM THAT'S BUDGETED FOR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, RIGHT? WE WE'RE MIAMI BEACH AND WE'VE HAD DOUBLE DIGIT PROPERTY TAX INCREASES OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. AND I HAVE TO TELL PARENTS A PLAYGROUND WHERE YOUR KIDS PLAY EVERY SINGLE DAY, IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE REPAVED THREE YEARS FROM NOW. UM, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE ON THIS THEME OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY ANALYZING A LOT OF OUR EXPENSES. AND SIMILAR TO YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'M GOING TO BE REEVALUATING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE SITTING AT THAT 2026, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THINGS THAT WERE NICE TO HAVES THAT JUST, UH, MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR PRIORITIZE THIS YEAR. NO, AND I, AND, AND, AND I GET IT. AND I, I GET IT. AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE ALL PUT THINGS THAT ARE WORTHY OF MERIT. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE GOING BACK TO THE EMAIL WE GOT THIS MORNING, I MEAN, IT, IT CALLS OUT SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO, INTO, INTO THE BUDGET. SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, C SEVEN, AH, HI MEAN, DO WE NEED TO DO THE PROJECTION MAPPING THIS YEAR? I MEAN, IS THAT AN ESSENTIAL THAT WE DO THIS YEAR? NO. AND, AND I, AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT, SINCE I'VE FIGURED OUT WHAT OUR BUDGET NUMBERS WERE, I'M NOT PUTTING ANY MORE REQUESTS FOR ANYTHING. AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. I SWEAR. AND IF YOU DID FIND $15 MILLION, WELL THEN YOU HAVE TO ROLL IT OVER INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SO THAT WE DO PAVE THAT PLAYGROUND. YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE ALL WANT THESE THINGS. WE WANNA WRAP EVERYTHING IN LIGHTS AND ADD ALL THIS NEW STUFF, BUT MAYBE WE JUST CAN'T. AND SO, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION, ERIC, AND KIND OF TELL US, HEY, LOOK GUYS, WE FOUND THIS EXTRA MONEY AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE MARINE SCIENCE MUSEUM, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT I, WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIX WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THAT'S LOST. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT INVENTORY IS. [06:20:01] AND BY THE WAY, IT LOOKS LIKE TER IT LOOKS TERRIBLE AS YOU DRIVE ACROSS THE CITY, OUR SURFACE LOTS, THEY'RE NOT REPAVED. OUR WALLS AREN'T PAINTED. AND, AND, AND SO YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK ON US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, NO, AND IT'S HARD. I UNDERSTAND. SO COMMISSIONER, I'M MAKING A PLEDGE TO NOT, IF I MAY, THROUGH THE MAYOR ERIC, UM, ALL OF THIS IS, IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCESS. UM, AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE BY PUSHING A LOT OF THESE THINGS TO THE DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGET IS KIND OF OPENED EVERYBODY'S EYES TO THE AMOUNT OF ASKS THAT WE GET. AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT A LONG MENU OF ITEMS AND REALLY ALLOCATE DOLLARS TO THE ONES THAT HAVE THE BEST RETURN. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT PROCESS IS ALREADY HAPPENING AND IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF WE NEED TO STAY TRUE TO THE COURSE. YEAH. AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, I COMMEND YOU 'CAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO, TO LOOK AT YOUR OWN ITEMS. SO REALLY, YOU ACTUALLY STARTED A GREAT CONVERSATION, BUT ALSO TOOK A VERY MATURE APPROACH. BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE SEEING IT AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATE, TO THE COUNTY. EVERYONE IS EITHER CUTTING OR STABILIZING. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GONNA IMPACT US. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE ITEMS VERY CAREFULLY, UM, AND TIGHTEN OUR, TIGHTEN OUR BELTS. BUT ALSO, UM, I MEAN, WE ARE FORTUNATE IN A SENSE THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS LIKE, UM, FIXING OUR SIDEWALKS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WE HAVE GEO BOND FUNDING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE, THE MONEY IS THERE AND WE, WE'VE, WE'VE UH, WE'VE BONDED IT OUT. SO WE'RE GONNA STILL GO FORWARD AND WE'RE, WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION PROBABLY THAN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE GONNA, THAT ARE GONNA FACE THE CUSS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR. BUT I MEAN, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, TODAY I'M STARTING WITH, I'M NOT GOING AFTER ANYONE'S ITEM. I'M GOING AFTER MY OWN ITEM. I AM GOING AFTER MY OWN ITEM ITEMS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND WORKING ON FOR, FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. DIVIDING AREA TOO. IF YOU LIVE ON THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE VENETIAN ISLANDS, YOU'RE SHARING THE SAME SIX PATROL COPS AS THE GUY THAT LIVES ON THE NORTHEASTERN END OF 63RD STREET AND OUR BEACH FRONT. AND, AND, AND I WAS LOOKING TO DIVIDE IT BECAUSE THE DEMANDS, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS DON'T SHOW IT, YOU SEE IT ON IN THE POPULATION DENSITY, THE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU GET FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHETHER IT BE HOMELESSNESS ON THE BEACH OR VISIBILITY ON THE BEACH WALK OR CAR THEFT THEFTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR BIKE GANGS COMING THROUGH THROUGH OUR CITY, AN AREA SO BIG NEEDS MORE POLICE PRESENCE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT JUSTIFIED BY CAUSE FOR SERVICE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. PEOPLE WANT POLICE PRESENCE IN THEIR, IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THE FIRST ONE TO TAKE IT OFF MY, MY LIST. BUT EVEN TODAY, EVEN TODAY, WE APPROVED SOMETHING THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. WHICH IS THE, UH, PURCHASE OF THE TRAILERS FOR THE KATY CAMPUS. WE APPROVED, WE A BUDGET AMENDMENT OF $250,000. BUT ERIC, HOW MUCH IS THAT REALLY GONNA COST US COMMISSIONER? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FIRM NUMBER ON THAT YET. UM, BUT WE ARE CAPPED AT 250. IT'S, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET YET. IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT MONTH TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. AND BY THEN WE WILL HAVE FIRM NUMBERS. BUT YOU TOLD ME IN MY, IN MY BRIEFING THAT THIS IS GOING TO COST US POTENTIALLY A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS NOT TRUE. I HAVE INVOICES AND THIS IS MY ITEM , BUT WAIT, BUT THIS IS, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME IN MY BRIEFING. I JUST, I WANNA, I WANNA KNOW, WE DID DISCUSS THIS AT FERC. WE DID, BUT, BUT WE, WE DISCUSSED IT AT FERC IN DETAIL, AND I DON'T THINK ERIC HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH IT, BUT EACH CONTAINER IS $53,000. AND THEN WE INITIALLY WERE ASKING FOR 170, AND THEN WE DID SPEAK WITH BRAD AND UM, AND RON, AND THEY CAME UP AND THEY SAID WITH THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY, UH, AND, AND BY THE WAY, AT $53,000, THEY COME WITH THE AC UNIT, WITH THE WATER, WITH EVERYTHING IN THE CONTAINERS. THE, THEY SHOP THIS, HOLLY AND LINDA REALLY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FIND THE CHEAPEST POSSIBLE WAY SO THAT THOSE POOR CATS THAT ARE UNDER A TARP IN, UM, IN CAGES RIGHT NOW RECOVERING, HAVE A CONTAINER. UM, AND SOMEPLACE WITH SHELTER, BECAUSE WE INVESTED IN THESE CAT TRAPPERS, WE SAID WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. AND NOW [06:25:01] WE HAVE ALL THESE SICK, UH, LITTLE KITTIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE, LIKE UNDER A TARP AND THEY'RE GETTING RAINED ON. I MEAN, AND THEY'RE SICK. SO I MEAN, WE HAVE TO, WE, UH, WE STARTED OUT WITH THE TRAILER. THIS IS LIKE THE SUPER ECONOMICAL, THE ITEM PASS THROUGH ZERO AWAY. YOU'RE KNOWLEDGE. MY POINT IS, IS IS THAT I'M GUILTY OF THIS TOO. NO, BECAUSE I HAVE THOSE KITTY CONTAINERS ON THE AGENDA. NO. AND IT FELT REAL, REAL GUILT SENDING NO, WE ALL DO EMAIL KNOWING THAT I HAVE THOSE CONTAINERS. I JUST NEED TO KNOW FROM ERIC BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY BRIEFING, YOU TOLD ME THAT THIS IS GONNA COST US A MILLION DOLLARS. YEAH. SO I WANNA KNOW WHAT, WHAT DID I VOTE TO SIGN UP MY CITY FOR AS A FUNDING RESPONSIBILITY? ONCE WE ACQUIRE THESE NEW TRAILERS, IS IT $250,000 TO ACQUIRE THE TRAILERS OR DO WE NEED ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES? IS THERE CONSTRUCTION COSTS? IS THERE, IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE ELECTRICITY IT INFRASTRUCTURE? DO YOU HAVE PERMITTING? ARE THERE CONTINGENCY COSTS INVOLVED THAT, THAT, THAT GO IN ADDITION TO THE TWO 50? SO COMMISSIONER, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU APPROVED TODAY IS UP TO $250,000. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VET THOSE NUMBERS. I'VE TALKED TO 'EM OVER WITH MY TEAM. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FOLKS FROM SOY KATZ BROUGHT FORWARD SOME COST ESTIMATES, BUT THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, OFF THE SHELF CONTAINERS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN ELECTRICITY, RUN WATER TO THEM. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO PERMIT THEM TO MAKE THEM PERMANENT, BASICALLY, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS ON THE SITE. I AM VERY SKEPTICAL THAT IT WILL BE $250,000 AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE ITEM THAT YOU APPROVED THAT'S ON THE AGENDA? THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED TO THE ISSUES THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION? SO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THERE ARE THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE TRAILERS. MM-HMM . THIS IS FOR THE CONTAINERS AS OPPOSED TO THE TRAILERS. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NUMBER'S GONNA FALL. I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO. ALRIGHT. SO, SO, SO WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR THAT. SO THAT'S WHY ALL THAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I'M GOING INTO JULY 11TH WITH HAIRCUT MODE. UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FUN BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY ON JULY 11TH AND I GET TO SPEND IT WITH ALL OF YOU SAYING, TELLING PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO FUND. THAT'S NO FUN WAY OF, I THINK THAT WAS A HINT , BUT WE CAN'T USE CITY FUNDS TO BUY YOU A CAKE. WELL, WE'LL SPLIT IT. NOT WITH ALL OF THIS GOING ON. UM, BUT YEAH, SO, SO I'M JUST GONNA DEFER THOSE THREE LARGE TICKET ITEMS THAT I, THAT, THAT I HAVE HERE JUST 'CAUSE I DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. AND COMMISSIONER ROSE AL YOU DID POINT IT OUT THIS MORNING IN YOUR EMAIL AND THAT, AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC THAT COMES AND APPROACHES US, THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THE DIFFERENT RESIDENT GROUPS THAT APPROACH US, THE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS, THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL ENTITIES, ALL THAT HAVE GOOD CAUSES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO START SAYING NO MORE OFTEN FOR AS MUCH AS IT BREAKS OUR HEART TO HAVE TO TELL GOOD CAUSES. NO WONDERFUL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, NO, UM, FRIENDS WHO DO GREAT THINGS FOR EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START SAYING NO MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO AND OTHER ENTITIES ARE GONNA HAVE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE PRIOR PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. YEAH. IF I COULD, UH, COMMISSIONER WHAT WAS, AND AND YOU'RE HITTING THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS KITTY CAMPUS, AND THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS ITEM, RIGHT? IT'S MORE ABOUT THE, I JUST REALLY QUESTION HOW MUCH IT COSTS FOR US TO DO THINGS IN MIAMI BEACH. AND BRAD, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE LOOKED AT THE COST OF THOSE ACTUAL CONTAINERS, A BIG ABOUT $40,000 EACH. AND EVEN IF WE WOULD GET TWO, WE'RE LOOKING AT $80,000 AND I'M LIKE, THE REST IS PERMITTING OR RUNNING ELECTRICITY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE PUTTING $150,000 IN OUR BUDGET FOR A PERMITTING PROCESS THAT WE CONTROL AND WE'RE PAYING OURSELVES. AND THAT IS, I HAVE THE, I HAVE A DETAILED INVOICE IN FRONT OF ME FROM M1 COM M1 CONTAINERS IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA. THE, SO SOBI CAT ACTUALLY WENT OUT, THEY PRICED IT OUT. WE HAVE AN INVOICE HERE, WE HAVE A VENDOR. AND FRANKLY, MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS, IF IT, IF IT COSTS, LIKE IF WE COULD HIRE, LIKE MAYBE SOY CATS SHOULD BE MANAGING IT KIND OF LIKE A NEW DRAMA. MIAMI NEW DRAMA IS GONNA MANAGE THEIR CONSTRUCTION. IF SOY CATS CAN GET AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT AND DO THAT CONNECTION FOR $10,000 AND IT'S GONNA COST US 50,000, WELL THEN [06:30:01] MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD DO THESE KIND OF PROJECTS. BECAUSE I HAVE INVOICES. THESE ARE REAL CURRENT INVOICES OF THE CONTAINERS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST. THE ONLY INFLATED COST IN THIS ENTIRE THING ARE, ARE, I HATE TO SAY IT, ARE THE CITY'S COSTS TO RUN ELECTRIC AND WATER. AND THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. THEY COULD PROBABLY HIRE THEIR OWN PLUMBER AND THEY COULD PROBABLY HIRE AN ELECTRICIAN IF THEY CAN GET THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND DERM. AND SERIOUSLY, YOU SHARED THAT WITH ME? SURE. I APPRECIATE IT. I DID. SO I MEAN, WE, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYTHING'S THERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S THERE YET. OKAY. BUT THE POINT IS, IS LIKE THEY, THIS IS LIKE THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SOLVE A PROBLEM. AND, AND I'M MAKING A COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, A PLEDGE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO PUT ANY MORE FUNDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE SIMPLY CAN'T RIGHT NOW. YEAH. AND AND UNLESS WE CUT SOMEPLACE ELSE NO, THIS NO, IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING. I WANTED TO ASK JASON, 'CAUSE I RECALL YOU MENTIONING, OBVIOUSLY DURING OUR BUDGET BRIEF BRIEFINGS THAT WE'RE AT OUR LITERALLY HIGHEST RESERVES THAT WE'VE HAD. I, THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE AND WE DO NEED TO TIGHTEN, BUT I I ALSO WANNA SHOW OUR, OUR FISCAL HEALTH AS WELL AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. UH, Y YES, MAYOR, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO STATE THE CITY IS, HAS A VERY, IS A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. WE DO HAVE OUR HIGHEST RESERVES AND OUR RESORT TAX AND OUR GENERAL FUND THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. WE'VE FULLY MET ALL OF OUR GOALS. UH, I AM VERY EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING. UH, I KNOW IT'LL BE BE A VERY LIVELY DEBATE ON JULY 11TH. UH, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET, WE DELIVER A BALANCED BUDGET. YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WITH THE BUDGET TEAM AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. AND WE WILL BE DELIVERING, UH, I THINK A, A VERY SOLID BALANCED BUDGET, UH, GOING FORWARD. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF FACT COULD MR. MAYOR, JASON, BEFORE YOU GO, COULD I REQUEST FROM EITHER YOU OR TAMIKA, IF YOU HAVE IT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS? ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WOULD BE FINE. UM, IF NOT LATER TONIGHT, TOMORROW AN LTC, UH, PROVIDING A LIST OF THE BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT COME JULY 11TH, IF I CAN. WE'RE, THIS IS ALL STILL BEING WORKED ON AND THAT'S PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'RE WORKING, WORKING ON FOR THE JULY 11TH MEETING. THAT WOULD, UM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT WHOLE PACKAGE UNTIL AFTER THE JULY 1ST NUMBERS COME OUT. SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE OUT JULY 7TH, BUT THAT'S ALL STILL BEING WORKED ON. BUT YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY GET THAT PACKAGE OF ALL THE ONE TIME AND ALL OF THE ONE TIME, UH, ENHANCEMENTS. ALL OF THE RECURRING ENHANCEMENTS AND ANY EFFICIENCIES OR REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. EVEN, EVEN IF YOU CAVEATED, THESE AREN'T THE FINAL NUMBERS. WE HAVE A LIST OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. NOW THE FINAL NUMBERS HAVE TO COME IN AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE A FINITE LIST OF THE BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT. I THINK HE'S JUST ASKING FOR THE ASKS, NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO. THE IMAGINATIONS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. AND IT'S GOOD NEWS TO YOU BECAUSE I THINK WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING IS WE'RE ALL GOING TO BEGIN PRELIMINARY LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO PULL BACK, WHICH SHOULD BE MUSIC TO THE YEARS OF THE CFO UH, Y. YES. UH, LET ME WORK WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE TO SEE, UH, HOW QUICKLY WE COULD PUT TOGETHER JUST A LIST OF THE COMMISSION, UH, ENDORSED, UH, PRIORITIES DURING THIS BUDGET. AND WE COULD JUST PROVIDE A, JUST A LIST OF DESCRIPTION AND DOLLAR VALUE AND WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. UH, BUT WE CAN WORK ON THAT. GREAT. AND CAN I ASK A QUESTION? AT MY BUDGET BRIEFING YESTERDAY YOU SAID $30 MILLION IN ASK, WE ONLY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN DISCRETIONARY. HOW DID YOU FIND $15 MILLION BETWEEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THIS MORNING? WHERE DID THE 15 MILLION COME FROM THAT YOU SAID WE FOUND 15. WE JUST, WHERE'D IT COME FROM THE YEAH, YOU SAID WE HAVE 30, THE $30 MILLION NUMBER THAT I GAVE YOU YESTERDAY WAS THE 18 AND THE 15, I THINK I TOLD YOU BETWEEN 30 AND 40. NO. YES. AND BY THIS MORNING JASON SAID THAT OUR ASKS WERE UP TO $57 MILLION. I HAVE NOT VERIFIED THAT NUMBER, BUT YESTERDAY YOU SAID THERE WAS $1 MILLION AVAILABLE TO FUND THESE THINGS AND YOU JUST SAID NOW THAT THERE WAS $15 MILLION AVAILABLE TO FUND THESE THINGS, SO OH NO, NO, NO. THE 15 WAS THE ADDITIONAL ASKS IN THIS MEETING. NOT, OH, THIS WAS 15 ADDITIONAL. YES. SO WE'RE AT $57 MILLION WITH $1 MILLION, UM, IN ASKS AND AT LEAST THE WATER TAXI IS HALF OF MORE THAN HALF OF THAT. SO THERE WE GO. I THINK, I MEAN, IT IT'S GONNA BE A DIFFICULT MEETING. I DON'T EVEN UNDER, WE DO NEED A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE ASKS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO MAKE, I MEAN WE CAN'T FUND ANY OF THEM. CORRECT? WELL, YEAH, AS IF I MAY AS REQUIRED, THE CITY MANAGERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A BALANCED, UH, PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR REVIEW AND, AND DIRECTION BY THE COMMISSION. UH, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED ON JULY 11TH. THAT PACKAGE WILL PROBABLY GO OUT ON JULY 7TH. WHAT I'M [06:35:01] HEARING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USUALLY LIKE TO WAIT TO HA HAVE EVERYTHING COMPLETE WE COULD TRY TO PUT TOGETHER, 'CAUSE THERE'S MANY THINGS STILL IN FLUX, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS MEETING. BUT BUDGET CAN TRY TO PUT TOGETHER, WE CAVEAT IT THAT IT'S A DRAFT LIST, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT IT'S, AS OF NOW WHAT WE KNOW ARE COMMISSION ENDORSED, UM, UH, BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS ON THE OPERATING SIDE. AND WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT OUT TO YOU THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. GREAT. BUT TO THE FINAL, WE'LL, THE FINAL YOU'LL HAVE ON JULY 7TH WITH EVERYTHING. SO, MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA DEFER MY ITEMS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 26 27 BUDGET PROCESS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. BUT ONE, ONE FINAL THING I WOULD ADD, UM, ERIC IS, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU SEE THAT IT'S A GOOD ITEM, EVEN IF IT COMES WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, IF YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN'T FUND IT, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE RECOMMENDATION. AND I SAW THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THAT IN EVERY RECOMMENDATION. IT'S A SCARY THING GIVEN OUR CAPITAL NEEDS. IT'S ON EVERY SINGLE, IT'S RIGHT THERE UNDER FISCAL IMPACT. SO I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO, BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE TO JUST GIVE US A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION AND SAY THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS AGAIN AGAINST THIS OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR ALL THIS EXTRA STUFF, UH, ALL THIS EXTRA STUFF. AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FUND WEST AVENUE AND FIRST STREET IF WE DON'T RAISE THE WATER AND SEWER RATES. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, NOT GOOD. NOT GOOD BECAUSE AREN'T WE ALLOCATING MONIES FROM THIS TO WEST AVENUE? SO WE'RE RAISING WATER AND SEWER RATES TO FINISH WEST AVENUE. THIS ITEM, NOT THIS ITEM. NOT THIS ITEM. NO, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE, THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S COMING FROM EVERYWHERE TO FUND THESE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS. AND WE NEED TO MAYBE GO OUT AND, AND FIND THIS FUNDING ELSEWHERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T, UM, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. GREAT DISCUSSION EVERYONE. THANK YOU. SO JUST LIKE, MAKE SURE I GOT THIS CORRECT BY ACCLIMATION, WE ARE MOVING THESE THREE ITEMS AS AMENDED TO THE 26 27 BUDGET CYCLE. YES. IF I MAY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO I ASSUME THE RESOLUTION WOULD JUST BE CHANGED TO, TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE 27 26 27. THAT'S THE CHANGE . SO IT'LL BE AS AMENDED BY ACCLIMATION. ALL THREE APPROVED. THANK YOU. [R7 I A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, FOLLOWING A DULY ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE (FERC), AND APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY ("LANDLORD") AND SOBE TOSCANA, LLC ("TENANT"), FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,216 SQUARE FEET OF OUTDOOR CAFÉ SPACE LOCATED AT 22 WASHINGTON AVENUE, FOR A TERM OF NINE (9) YEARS AND 364 DAYS, COMMENCING ON JUNE 1, 2027, UPON EXPIRATION OF THE CURRENT LEASE AGREEMENT, AND EXPIRING ON MAY 30, 2037; AND FURTHER 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.] R SEVEN I, YES SIR. R SEVEN I IS A PUBLIC HEARING NEW LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SOBI TANA LLC 22 WASHINGTON AVENUE R SEVEN. I REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. I, I SECOND IT'S CALL THE VOTE. R SEVEN I IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE ON, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE. I HEARD COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY VICE SPARE SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN. AYE. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING? NO, THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS R SEVEN. AYE. COULD HAVE HELD OUT FOR SOME GUYS OLIVE OIL. UH, LET'S FINISH [C7 J 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 (“FERC”), AT ITS JUNE 11, 2025 MEETING, TO CONSIDER FUNDING, AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, A ONE-TIME RESIDENT GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN FUNDING REPAIRS/SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 30% OF THE AVAILABLE FINES FROM THE DEAUVILLE SETTLEMENT, TOTALING $1,289,052.] THE POLL TO ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. C SEVEN J. YES, SIR. C SEVEN J IS ACCEPT. HOLD ON. UH, ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION, USE FINES FROM BEEVILLE SETTLEMENT REPAIR SURROUNDING BUILDINGS. C SEVEN J WAS, UH, SEPARATED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A PERFECT ITEM TO FOLLOW UP ON THE LAST ITEM WE JUST HAD. UM, IT SEEMS THE CITY ALREADY HAS A POLICY THAT, UH, I THINK 20% OF LARGE CAPITAL PAYMENTS GO TO THE, INTO A SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. UM, THE BALANCE GOES INTO A FUND AS A SURPLUS TO BE APPLIED TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON AT THE TIME, WELL, I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING, IS THAT THE ADDITIONAL 30% OF THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY FROM THE VILLE FINES, UH, WILL BE USED AS, UH, GRANTS OR GIFTS, UH, TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO BE USED FOR REPAIRS OR, OR TO INDIVIDUAL UNIT OWNERS TO PAY FOR THEIR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR BUILDING REPAIRS. UM, SO, UH, WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM, I, I IMMEDIATELY SAID, YEAH, I STARTED QUESTIONING IT. UH, 'CAUSE IF YOU HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO GIVE AWAY, UM, THE FIRST DECISION SHOULD BE WHO GETS IT. UM, SHOULD IT GO TO, UH, INDIGENT RESIDENTS, UH, SPECIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL WELFARE CHARITIES, EMPLOYEE BONUSES, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ET CETERA. UM, IF YOU DECIDE TO GIVE IT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHAT, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR SUCH A PROGRAM? UM, AND I JUST WROTE DOWN SOME QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN IT GO TO INVESTORS WHO OWN RENTAL APARTMENTS OR JUST CONDO ASSOCIATIONS OR INDIVIDUAL CONDO UNIT OWNERS [06:40:01] TO PAY THEIR ASSESSMENTS? UM, IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIES, UH, IF IT'S BASED UPON INCOME, AGE, NET WORTH, CAN ANY UNIT OWNER, INCLUDING INVESTORS WHO RENT THE UNITS, GET THE MONEY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE, BUT THEY LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, DO, ARE THEY QUALIFIED? UM, WHO IN THE CITY IS GOING TO RUN THIS PROGRAM AND MAKE THESE PARTICULAR DECISIONS FOR THIS MONEY? 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE $1.3 MILLION. UM, WHO'S GONNA MONITOR AND VET THE APPLICATIONS? UM, I UNDERSTAND AND THE STATE ATTORNEY CAN OPINE. UM, THE STATE HAS NOW PASSED NEW LAWS THAT, THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ASSESSMENTS AND HAS DELAYED THEIR, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR UP TO TWO YEARS. UM, ALSO, THE STATE HAS ALLOWED CONDOS TO PUT UP LETTERS OF CREDIT AS OPPOSED TO ASSESSING OWNERS. I BELIEVE EVEN OUR COUNTY, UM, GIVES LOANS, BUT THEY DO NOT GIVE GRANTS TO, UH, CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. AND LOOK AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I, I THINK PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD STAY FOR IN, IN THE PUBLIC NEEDS. UH, NOT PRIVATE ENTITIES, UH, TO A SELECT HANDFUL, UH, OF BUILDINGS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE JUST HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS TIGHTEN OUR BELTS. UM, AND THIS MONEY FROM THE VILLE FINES IS, CAN CERTAINLY BE USED FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF NORTH BEACH. I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR NORTH BEACH IS THE WATER QUALITY. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE OPENED UP A KAYAK LAUNCH, UH, I THINK 10 YEARS AGO. AND IT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN EVER SINCE BECAUSE OF BAD WATER QUALITY INJECTION WALLS ARE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. WE HAVE PUMP STATIONS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY FUNDED. I ASKED DAVID MARTINEZ FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, HOW MUCH MONEY IN OUTSTANDING, UH, PROJECTS DO WE HAVE IN NORTH BEACH SPECIFICALLY? IT'S UPWARD OF $130 MILLION. UM, SO LIKE I'M KIND OF ALWAYS KIND OF BE AGAINST THIS IDEA OF TAKING PUBLIC MONEY, GIVING IT TO PRIVATE ENTITIES, UM, AND SELECT PRIVATE ENTITIES TO, UH, FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I THINK THE PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD STAY IN THE PUBLIC, UH, DOMAIN, PUT IT TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN, UM, CAN VALUE FROM, UH, ESPECIALLY OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH BEACH CAN, CAN BENEFIT. SO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO MORE REMIND EVERYONE AND THANK COMMISSIONER, UH, MAYOR MINOR AT THE TIME HE WAS A COMMISSIONER. THE WHOLE REASON WE HAVE THIS $6 MILLION IN FINES IS BECAUSE HE PUT THE EFFORT TO, UM, TO GET THIS MONEY. AND SO IT WOULD BE A REAL SHAME IF WE TOOK SOME OF THIS MONEY, UH, AND GAVE IT TO PRIVATE PEOPLE OR PRIVATE ENTITIES AND, AND INDIVIDUALS AND NOT KEEP IT IN THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SO CRITICAL FOR OUR CITY AND WE CONTINUE TO LOSE IT. PART OF THE REASON WHY THAT WE'RE LOSING IT IS BUILDINGS ARE BEING SCOOPED UP BY DEVELOPERS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO PAY THEIR ASSESSMENTS. SO THE CITY REACHED A $6.3 MILLION SETTLEMENT RELATED TO THE VILLE PROPERTY WITH OVER 5.3 MILLION STEMMING FROM SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINES. AND PER THE CITY POLICY, 20%, WHICH IS 1.07 MILLION, IS REQUIRED TO BE ALLOCATED TO MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL AND ACQUISITION COSTS. IN A PREVIOUS MEETING I MADE THE SUGGESTION, AND I THINK COMMISSIONER BOUGHT SO MUCH FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS, THAT 30% OF THE FINES, WHICH IS 1.2 MINUS MILLION, GO TOWARDS A ONE-TIME GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP OWNERS OF BUILDINGS WITH REPAIRS AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN NORTH BEACH, NORTH OF 73RD STREET. AND THE INTENT WAS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT STOCK THAT WE HAVE THERE. SO THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO HELP HOMEOWNERS IN A LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THEIR FAIR SHARE OF A CITY SETTLEMENT WITH THE VILLE OWNERS AND PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF THESE RESIDENTS BY PRESERVING THE PROPERTY VALUES AND PREVENTING HOMES FROM GETTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND VIOLATIONS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE ABOUT 200 BILLION, UH, 200 BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA THAT HAVE OVER 400 VIOLATIONS, RECERTIFICATIONS, THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO TACKLE. BUT THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK [06:45:01] BUILDINGS ARE STILL TRYING TO SCRAPE BY AND GET THE MONEY. SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IT. AND COMMISSIONER BOB, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ABOUT THIS? YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AND I, I, TO SOME DEGREE, I, I UNDER, I SHARE THE GENERAL GIST OF THAT. BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST SPENT HOW MUCH TIME THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT PREDATORY PRACTICES AND HOW TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM, UM, UNSCRUPULOUS INVESTORS WHO WANNA COME IN AND BUY UP BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES WHO ARE IN DISTRESS. AND IF A, IF A BUILDING, UM, A SMALL MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, UM, OR, OR BUILDING RATHER, IS, IS, UM, ROCK SOLID EXCEPT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CASH FLOW TO DO THE ROOF RENOVATION OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED, UM, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PUT THEM AT RISK OF, UM, FALLING INTO THIS PREDATORY NET OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SCRAPING BY TO TURF THEM OUT AND BUILD SOMETHING MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH US NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT GUARDRAILS AND THAT WE ADMINISTER IT THOUGHTFULLY. UM, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO WORK WITH MY CO-SPONSOR AND THE CITY STAFF AND WHOEVER ELSE WANTS TO GET INVOLVED ON HOW THAT WORKS. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT PROTECTING THIS NATURALLY AFFORD, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT EXISTS, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES, UM, RATHER THAN LETTING IT BE TURNED INTO, UM, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO, UM, TURN THEM OUTTA THEIR HOMES IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. MR. MAYOR, THANK COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YEAH, LOOK, UM, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, I, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS, UH, ON WHO GETS THE MONEY AND WHO DOESN'T. UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN SEP CERTAINLY SEPARATE CONDO OWNERS WHO HAVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THAT NEED TO GET PAID. AND THEN PREDATORY PRACTICES, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO BE MINGLED TOGETHER AGAIN AS A PUBLIC GOVERNING BODY. I THINK OUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF GIVING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES. WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES ON, ON FUNDS THAT WE COULD USE FOR PAVING BASKETBALL COURTS, FOR PAVING SIMPLE ROADS, FOR GREAT IDEAS THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE WHOLE PUBLIC CAN BENEFIT. I JUST FIND IT CRAZY TO THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE SEVEN FIGURES OF PUBLIC MONEY AND GIVE IT TO INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE CRITERIA THAT'S GONNA BE SET. BECAUSE THERE'S NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS WHO ARE OCEAN FRONT PROPERTIES. I JUST HAVE A PERCENT, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WANNA SPEAK. SO I FINISH. YES, THANK YOU. I LOOK THESE, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OF VILLE ARE ON THE OCEAN FRONT. , I MEAN, I LIKE, I'M, I'M SORRY, BUT TOO, YOU KNOW, I I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. USE PUBLIC FUNDS. SO IF, FIRST OF ALL I PRO, I KNOW YOU WANNA RESPOND, BUT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HASN'T BEEN HEARD, THEN I'M GONNA GO COMMISSIONER BOT. SEE, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS PROCEDURAL IS, ARE THESE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED OR PROPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED BECAUSE OF DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE VILLE? I I, IF I CAN SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS AND LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION HERE, THE ITEM THAT HE THAT'S HERE BEFORE US IS JUST A, A TO BE, UH, I THINK AS THE MAYOR SAID, A TO BE CONSIDERED A CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION. SO WE WOULD GO ON THE LIST OF ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE 26TH BUDGET PROCESS. SO IF THIS WAS APPROVED TODAY, THIS WOULD JUST BECOME AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO THIS WOULD NOT MAKE THE PROGRAM HAPPEN IF THIS DOES END UP GETTING BUDGETED AS PART OF THE 26TH BUDGET PROCESS, IT DOESN'T, UM, I THINK TO SPEAK THAT THERE'S SOME ITEM ELEMENTS THAT, THAT COULD BE REFINED ON THAT. AND THERE MAYBE AN ITEM THAT MAYBE, UH, COULD BE THE ADMINISTRATION COULD TAKE THROUGH COMMITTEE TO REFINE THAT, TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE, I'S DOTTED T'S CROSSED THERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HASH OUT THE DETAILS OF A PROGRAM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GET BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR TO, TO ASSIST THAT. AND AS FOR THE DOLLARS, THESE ARE UNBUDGETED REVENUES THAT WILL BE COMING INTO THE CITY INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WHAT WOULD, IF, UH, IF THIS DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WAS NOT APPROVED, WHAT IT WOULD HAPPEN IS THIS WOULD ROLL AS PART OF OUR SURPLUS, GENERAL FUND SURPLUS IN NOVEMBER, WHICH WOULD THEN BY COMMISSION POLICY GET ALLOCATED [06:50:01] TO OUR OUTSTANDING CAPITAL PROGRAM. SO GET THAT. SO THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY JUST COME INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, CORRECT, CORRECT. AND THEN FLOW TO OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO, AND WITHOUT THAT PART, SO HOW I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS IS AT FERC, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, SAID, OKAY, LET'S CONSIDER THIS AS PART OF THE 2026 BUDGET REQUEST. UM, YES, WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY FROM THE VILLE, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WERE THESE PROPERTIES THAT WERE SELECTED, IS IT BECAUSE OF DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED DUE TO THE VILLE? I'D HAVE TO ASK THE SPONSOR ON THEIR THE SPECIFICS, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROGRAM COULD BE HASHED OUT IF AND WHEN THIS ACTUALLY GETS APPROPRIATED. NO, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE NORTH BEACH RESIDENT WITH A COMMUNITY BENEFIT. THESE WERE COMING OUT OF THE FINES. THESE WERE NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS PER SE, THEY WERE FINES. AND 70% OF IT IS GONNA GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND. I ASKED FOR 30% TO GO TO HELP BUILDINGS. IT'S THE REASON YOU RAN 'CAUSE OF PEOPLE GETTING DISPLACED. RIGHT. UM, AND IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR BUILDINGS, IN THEIR HOMES. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME WHY RAN, UM, SO PART OF THE WAY I ADDRESSED THAT IS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE POLICIES, NOT TAKING TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM ONE PERSON GIVING TO THE OTHER. UM, THAT'S NOT WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS. I I TRULY THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE THESE WERE THE VILLE FINES, IT WAS BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS WERE IMPACTED BY THAT. BUT NOW WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT IS SEPARATE THE VILLE FINES. RIGHT? IT'S JUST, IT'LL BE A BUDGET REQUEST. DO WE WANT TO TAKE GENERAL FUND MONEY BECAUSE THIS MONEY IS COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND? DO WE WANT TO TAKE GENERAL FUND MONEY AND GIVE THEM TO THE SUBSET OF BUILDINGS? RIGHT. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. CORRECT. I HAVE A QUESTION. COMM, UH, I PROMISE COMMISSIONER BOT THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UM, I'M GONNA SKIP MY COMMENT. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND SO, OKAY, I JUST, AND I GOT WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE JUST MENTIONED BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, PROCEDURAL DISTINCTION HERE. WE'RE NOT CREATING THE PROGRAM HERE. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER ON JULY 11TH, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN BE ADDED TO THE PILE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA POSSIBLY BE ASKING, UH, ON JULY 11TH THAT ERIC IS GONNA COME UP WITH AN AXING LIST FOR US. UH, I PREFER RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT YES. YES. . UM, SO, BUT PUTTING THAT ASIDE, I, IT IS NOT LOST IN ME THAT THE AREA SURROUNDING THE DEVILLE, IT'S WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR MOST NATURALLY AFFORDING, UH, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, ALSO A LOT OF HISTORIC, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA. AND THIS IS, IT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE IS SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA IN, IN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OF THE DEVILLE, CORRECT? UH, WELL, NORTH OF 71ST IT WOULD BE NORTH, JUST NORTH OF, UH, THE VILLE. UM, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN FRONT OF THE VILLE. RIGHT. THAT'S NOT MORE FLUENT. RIGHT. AND SO, AND I WANT TO ASK OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, TOM MOONEY, TOM, THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA SURROUNDING THE DEVILLE NORTH OF THE, OF, OF THE DEVILLE. THESE ARE OUR, THESE ARE OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AREN'T THEY? THE BEEVILLE IS LOCATED IN THE, UH, NORTH BEACH RESORT HISTORIC DISTRICT. MM-HMM . AND THE LARGE BUILDINGS TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH, INTO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH. SOME OF THEM ARE CLASSIFIED AS CONTRIBUTING, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, LIKE FOR THE, LIKE THE TANT, UM, THEN WE HAVE THE TANTRUM WATERWAY. WELL, WE HAVE TATU WATERWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE THE NORTH SHORE HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S NORTH OF 72ND STREET. RIGHT. AND THAT'S SOME OF THE AREAS THAT THIS, UH, LEGISLATION CONSIDERS. IS THAT CORRECT? UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT AREAS NORTH OF, NORTH OF 71ST STREET. YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT LIKE, UM, YOUR MIC IS ON. YEAH. FROM ABBOTT. YOUR MIC IS OH, UM, FROM ABBOTT WEST TO TADO. 'CAUSE THEY'RE OLDER RUNDOWN BUILDINGS AND ARE FOUR. SO, SO THESE, SOME OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND, I I DON'T MIND, UM, HAVING THAT DISCUSSION. UM, I DON'T MIND HAVING THAT DISCUSSION OF HOW TO USE THESE FUNDS IF IT'S, IF IT'S DIRECTED TOWARDS HELPING SOME OF THESE OLDER BUILDINGS. YOU TEND TO HAVE RESIDENTS WHO TEND TO BE ON FIXED INCOMES. AND THESE ARE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND THEY USUALLY DO NEED REPAIRS. AND THESE ARE HISTORIC DISTRICTS. HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE. [06:55:01] UH, SO, SO, SO TO THE EXTENT OF THAT TODAY, I'M FINE WITH THIS. WE'RE NOT CREATING THE PROGRAM, BUT I COULD SEE HOW THIS DOES HELP ADVANCE A GOOD, UH, PUBLIC PURPOSE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND IF, IF THE COST OF SOME OF THESE REPAIRS FALL SINGULARLY ON THE PROPERTY OWNER OR OWNERS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY EXPERIENCE GREAT DISPLACEMENT. AND WE'VE SEEN IT COME OUT ON THE NEWS WITH PEOPLE CRYING. YEAH. WE'VE BEEN, MIAMI BEACH HAS BEEN ON THE NEWS YEAH. BECAUSE OF THIS. AND SO, AND SO, AND SO TODAY, WE'RE NOW MAKING THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURAL MOTION SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IT ON JULY 11TH. UM, SO BASED ON THAT, I FEEL TODAY COMFORTABLE IN CONSIDERING THE MERITS OF IT ON JULY 11TH. AND THEN EVEN IF JULY 11TH, LET'S SAY IT DOES GET THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN STILL PUT A PROGRAM SCOPE TOGETHER THAT MAKES SURE THAT THESE ARE REALLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THAT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, MADE TO MAKE IT A TRUE, UH, INELIGIBLE PUBLIC PURPOSE. MR. COMMISSIONER BOT, I MEAN, NOBODY'S PROPOSING THAT THIS IS A FEEDING FRENZY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT. THIS IS DESIGNED, THIS IS, IT'S NOT DESIGNED YET, BUT THIS IS INTENDED TO BE FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF BEING TURFED OUTTA THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF CASH FLOW ISSUES. BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, UH, ON FIXED INCOMES OR WORKING THREE JOBS AND BARELY MAKING, MAKING ENDS MEET. AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE DO IT IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE FOOD HANDOUTS, UM, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOVERNMENT TO HELP BACKSTOP THOSE WHO ARE MOST AT IN NEED. AND THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DECISION. THIS WILL NOT GO OUT AS AN UNBAKED PROGRAM. IT SHOULDN'T MAKE THE CUT AT DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS. IT WILL BE NEEDS BASED. IT WILL BE VERY THOUGHTFUL, IT WILL BE VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, GRAB A HANDFUL OF CASH AND, AND HAVE FUN WITH IT. THIS WILL BE A THOUGHTFUL PROGRAM LIKE THE REST OF OUR, UH, OUR PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED. LIKE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO DO FOR THE WATER AND SEWER RATE HIKES. RIGHT? LIKE IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT, JUST A DIFFERENT TOPIC. SO LET'S MOVE THIS ITEM. IF, IF MY COLLEAGUE CHOOSES TO NOT VOTE FOR IT, SO BE IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM AND LET'S PROCEED. LET'S CALL THE VOTE COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. UM, I, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, DIDN'T YOU PASS AN ITEM A FEW YEARS AGO THAT ALL OF THE FINES FROM THE VILLE SHOULD GO TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF SORTS? ANYWAY? I THINK IT'S STILL ON SOME COMMITTEE SOMEWHERE. IT IS. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE CREATED A VEHICLE THAT THOSE VILLE FINES WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ON SOME LEVEL TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. IT'S NOT GOING TO A PRIVATE ENTITY OR PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL CONDO OWNERS. I, I, MY MY POSITION IS THESE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS. THEY SHOULD STAY IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. WHAT ARE WE, SO ARE YOU, SO WOULD YOU, SO LEMME JUST, LEMME FINISH. I CAN, IF IT'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND IT'S, IT'S TOWARD, YOU KNOW, ENHANCING THE CHARACTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE ENJOYS AND BENEFITS FROM PUBLIC DOLLARS BEING SENT, IS PAYING SOMEONE'S SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, OR FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT LOOK, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE HAVE LAPSED ON THEIR, ON THEIR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THEM. I'M AS MUCH AS, AS, AS, AS, AS COMPASSIONATE AS IT MAY SEEM. OUR JOB IS TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, NOT A FEW PROPERTIES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE 71ST STREET GET TO BENEFIT FROM THE AREA AROUND THE VILLE. I, I THINK THE DOVE'S ON 67TH STREET, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH 71ST STREET? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A PROGRAM LINED UP TO GIVE THESE MONEY, LIKE I SAID, YOU COULD HAVE A MULTIMILLIONAIRE ON SOCIAL SECURITY WHO WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUNDS ARE AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE HELPING, UH, PEOPLE WITH THESE PROPERTIES WHO JUST FOR SOME REASON DON'T WANT TO PAY OR, UH, WHATEVER REASON. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF GIVING PUBLIC MONEY TO PRIVATE PEOPLE OR PRIVATE ENTITIES EVER. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT, YOU KNOW, DRAW A RED LINE ON HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY. THIS IS NOT OUR MONEY, THIS IS OUR TAXPAYER'S MONEY. IT'S NOT THOUGH, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD. IT'S NOT TAXPAYER MONEY. IT'S FINE. IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MONEY. IT'S MONEY OWED TO THE TAXPAYERS. IT'S MONEY OWED TO THE TAXPAYERS. AND THAT'S MONEY THAT WE CAN [07:00:01] ALL BENEFIT FROM PAVED BASKETBALL COURTS, PAVED ROADS. GREAT DISCUSSION, BUT IT IS LITERALLY A PROCEDURAL, UH, ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ON JULY 11TH. THIS IS NOT A FINAL VOTE. I GUESS WE COULD NIX IT TODAY. YEAH, WE COULD, OR WE COULD JUST PUNT IT TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER 20 SOME ITEMS. UH, BUT EITHER WAY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I LIKE THE INTENT OF THE ITEM. I SHARE, I SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS, BUT, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO, WHETHER IT'S TODAY OR IN JULY, PULL THE PLUG ON THIS ITEM, ARE WE GOING TO THEN GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR BUDGET ITEMS? UM, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND THAT TAKE PUBLIC MONEY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES. THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT FEEDING SENIORS. THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO, TO PRE-K. IT MEANS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GONNA RESCIND A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF THAT WE'VE JUST APPROVED. SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS. FUNDING SENIORS IS DIFFERENT THAN FUNDING. SOMEONE'S SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. EXCUSE ME, LET ME PLEASE FINISH. NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT HANDOUTS TO MILLIONAIRES LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITIES AND THAT KIND OF EXAMPLE. AND I KNOW WE, I KNOW THAT WE ALL PULL EXAMPLES OUT OF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. AND I'VE DONE IT A MILLION TIMES, GIVEN OUT TERRIBLE EXAMPLES. I, I TRUST THAT OUR STAFF IS CAPABLE OF CRAFTING A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF GUIDELINES TO HELP THE LEAST AMONG US WHO ARE, OR NOT THE LEAST AMONG US. THOSE AMONG US WHO ARE THE LEAST ABLE TO DO REPAIRS. IT'S NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S LIKE, OH, I JUST DON'T WANNA PAY MY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. IT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S POSSIBLY AT RISK OF, OF LOSING THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD A REPAIR. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT GETS STRUCTURED AS A MATCHING GRANT. I, WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT OF ADDING ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE, UM, HELPING OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION IN THE CITY, MANY OF WHOM ARE SENIORS, RIGHT? AND WE DO A LOT FOR SENIORS. WE DO A LOT FOR A VULNERABLE POPULATION. AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS BEING SINGLED OUT WHEN ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE WARMLY SUPPORTED AS THEY SHOULD BE. THAT IS PART OF BEING A COMPASSIONATE, THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY. AND ONE THAT IS, IS AS WEALTHY AS WE ARE. AND WE ARE, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE HARDSHIP THAT WE FACE, AND IT'S A TRUE THING. WE ARE GONNA MAKE, HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. THAT IS A TRUE THING. I, I GET IT. I'M VERY WELL AWARE AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GONNA BE, UM, ADDING TO THE, THE MIX AND, AND THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND, UM, TAKE OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT. I GET IT. BUT WHY ARE WE SINGLING OUT ONE TINY LITTLE PROJECT OUT OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO HELP SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED HELP FROM US? COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THERE IS, THERE'S SUCH GREAT MERIT TOWARDS PROTECTING THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS. ULTIMATELY, ANY MONIES THAT COME, WHETHER IT COMES FROM LITIGATION, THE MOMENT IT'S THE CITIES IS THE TAXPAYERS. SO, SO, SO WHETHER IT COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES OR NOT, SO, SO I BELIEVE IN THE ZEALOUSNESS OF PROTECTING THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS, THEY ARE ULTIMATELY THE TAXPAYERS TO ME. YOU KNOW HOW I SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY, MANY OF US HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH REPRESENTATIVE VICKI LOPEZ OVER, OVER IN, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I KNOW COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOU WORKED CLOSELY WITH, WITH REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ ON SO MANY OF THE A LA BILLS THAT YOU, UH, WORKED WITH HER ON. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE MY FLORIDA SAFE, UH, CONDOMINIUM PILOT PROGRAM. UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ SPONSORED IN TALLAHASSEE, SPECIFICALLY TO HELP COASTAL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS HARDEN THEIR BUILDINGS FOR HURRICANES AND, AND, AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT AT A LOCAL LEVEL BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE THAN JUST CONDOMINIUMS. WE ALSO HAVE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WHERE YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITH, WITH FIXED INCOMES AND NEEDS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT GO BEYOND JUST HARDENING FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR HURRICANES. BUT IN ESSENCE, THERE'S ALREADY KIND OF SOME SORT OF A FRAMEWORK, SOME SORT OF A PRECEDENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY SOMEONE THAT WE BOTH RESPECT, THAT WE BOTH HAVE, HAVE WORKED WITH IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, AND, AND, AND WE SEE THAT IN THE MY SAFE, UH, FLORIDA, UH, CONDO, UH, PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES THESE ASSOCIATIONS AND THESE BUILDINGS WITH, WITH FUNDING. AND HERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BUILD UPON THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT POOL OF DOLLARS IS ACTUALLY VERY LIMITED AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE SUFFICE TO ADDRESS THE GREAT NEED THAT, THAT, THAT THERE IS. SO FOLLOWING THAT LEAD AND THAT EXAMPLE, I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY IN THE PUBLIC [07:05:01] PURPOSE FOR US TO HELP THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT DO NEED OUR, OUR HELP, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CONSIDER THE DISPLACEMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO THESE COMMUNITIES. AND THESE ARE DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THIS MEETING IS TAKING PLACE OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T ENGAGE WITH US, BUT WHO DO NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT AND WHO DO REQUIRE AN OUR EMPATHY TO WALK IN THEIR SHOES AND UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S CALL A VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF C SEVEN J. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NAY? I HEAR ONE. NO. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ITEM IS APPROVED SIX ONE. THAT WAS C SEVEN J. CALL [R5 AE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “METERED PARKING,” DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” SECTION 106-55 ENTITLED “PARKING RATES, FEES, AND PENALTIES; EXCEPTIONS,” TO EXPAND THE EXISTING EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY A FEE FOR THE PERMANENT REMOVAL OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE REMOVAL IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OFF-STREET PARKING (A) TO ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF UP TO TWO SPACES AND (B) TO ENABLE DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES TO QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE AE R FIVE AE IS INORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 1 0 6 OH, THE CITY CODE ENTITLED TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED METER PARKING DIVISION. ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY SECTION 1 0 6 S 55, ENTITLED PARKING RATES, FEES AND PENALTIES, EXCEPTIONS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY A FEE FOR THE PERMANENT REMOVAL OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE REMOVAL IS NECESSARY. PROVI TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OFF STREET PARKING A, TO ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF UP TO TWO SPACES, AND B, TO ENABLE DUPLEXES AND PLEXES TO QUALIFY FOR THE EXEC EXCEPTION, PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION, REPEATER, OBSERVABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R FIVE AE ERIC DAVID MARTINEZ. NOBODY WANTS IT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK, UM, THIS, THIS ITEM IS TO ADDRESS A SITUATION THAT, UH, CAME UP ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY ON 71ST STREET, UH, A PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY, UH, DEVELOPED, UH, BASICALLY THREE TOWN HOMES ON THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY DID NOT HAVE A DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO 71ST STREET. THE PROPERTY OWNER OBTAINED AN FDOT PERMIT, BEING THAT IT'S AN FDO JURISDICTION TO CONSTRUCT THE DRIVEWAY, HOWEVER, HE'S NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FROM US TO CONSTRUCT THE DRIVEWAY UNLESS THEY WERE TO PAY FOR A POTENTIAL OF ONE TO TWO PARKING SPACES ON THREE SPACES THAT WOULD BE LOST IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE REQUIRED SIX ON, ON, ON THE PROPERTY PARKING SPACES THAT WERE REQUIRED. SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT ASSISTS PROPERTIES THAT ARE UP TO THREE UNITS THAT REQUIRE ACCESS TO THE REQUIRED ONSITE PARKING TO TAKE EFFECT. UM, AND I'LL AND DAVID, UH, YEAH, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR REALLY HANDLING A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH HIM. HE, HE OWNS THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT? HE IS THAT THAT IS CORRECT. HE'S NOT A, HE'S NOT A DEVELOPER. HE IS. HE OWNS THE TOWN HOMES AND HE'S TRYING TO USE IT TO SUPPLEMENT HIS INCOME TO PAY HIS RENT. THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR PITCHED US. THAT'S THE, WHAT HE REPRESENTED. YES. OKAY. I MAYOR, I JUST ADD THE ITEM AS SO AS NOT TO CREATE A PARKING DEFICIT, THE ITEM REQUIRES THAT THE NUMBER OF OFF STREET SPACES CREATED BY THE PROJECT BE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED. SO IF, IF, LET'S SAY, AND WHAT, AND WHAT IS IT IN THIS CASE? SO IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE OR TWO. AND IN THIS CASE, IT, IT COULD BE UP TO TWO. IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE RES STRIPING ON 71ST STREET OCCURRED. COULD BE UP TO TWO. BUT HE'S PROVIDING SIX, UH, ONSITE SPACES THAT HE HAS TO ACCESS FROM 71ST STREET. SO YOU LOSE, YOU COULD LOSE TWO, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING, GAINING A NET OF FOUR UP TO FOUR. YOU FERNANDEZ, SO YOU'RE GETTING FOUR ON THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE GETTING SIX ON THE PROPERTY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA LOSE UP TO TWO ON THE STREET. SO THE NET GAIN WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR, COULD BE EVEN FIVE. BUT THOSE ARE PRIVATE SPACES THAT ONLY, THAT ONLY THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE TOWN HOMES CAN USE. THAT, THAT, AND SO, AND SO THEN YOU'RE TAKING FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AWAY PARKING SPACES THAT MULTIPLE PROPERTIES COULD USE AND YOU'RE TRANSFERRING NOW TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. WHAT I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THAT COMMISSIONER IS THE CURRENT, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, OR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OR, UM, ALLOWS FOR A SINGLE FA THIS WORK, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT THE SAME EXACT SITUATION, [07:10:01] THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE WA THAT THAT FEE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE WAIVED AND THEY'D BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THE, WHAT THIS IS DOING IS ALLOWING THE BENEFIT TO A TRIPLEX UP TO A TRIPLEX UNIT, BUT, OKAY. AND SO THIS, THIS TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS IS LOCATED IN WHAT AREA? IT'S ON 71ST STREET, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ON A MORE, IT, IT'S, IT'S ON, IT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, IS THAT RIGHT? IT IS IN A RESIDE. AND CAN WE LIMIT THIS TO AREAS ZONED RS WITH AN, WITH AN UNDERLINING RS ZONING DISTRICT SO THAT, BECAUSE WHAT I'M CONCERNED IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS APPLIED IN AN RM AREA WHERE YOU ARE MORE DENSELY POPULATED, WHERE YOU HAVE MORE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE A DUPLEX, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE S SHMA HOMES. S SHMA HOMES DID THAT DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT BY 15TH STREET, I THINK IT WAS. AND THAT'S IN A MORE THE DENSELY POPULATED MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT. I WOULDN'T WANT THEM CONVERTING ON STREET PARKING THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE OTHER APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN THE AREA THAT DON'T HAVE PRIVATE PARKING SPACES INTO A CUT IN FOR A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS. I WOULD NEED TOM TO CONFIRM THE DISTRICT CLASS. DO YOU KNOW THE LOCATION, THE LOCATION OF THIS ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY? IS IT BETWEEN VERSAILLES AND RU NOTRE DAME ON 71ST STREET? I THINK IT IS. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY'S NOT ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. 'CAUSE A TRIPLEX IS NOT PERMITTED IN SINGLE FAMILY. I BELIEVE THE ZONING IS RO IT'S, UH, IT'S 11 34, 70 FIRST SOUTH SIDE 71ST. YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL OFFICE. UNDERSTOOD. BUT THE ZONING OF THAT SITE, IT, IT'S, IT'S FINE. BUT THEN CAN WE JUST LIMIT THIS, THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THAT SPECIFIC TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO BEING OPEN-ENDED? WE COULD AMEND THIS ORDINANCE TO, TO SPECIFY MAYBE R AS R RO, RIGHT? RS AND RO DISTRICTS. YEP. MM-HMM . I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE W WITH THAT IF MR. MAYOR AS A SPONSOR, IF YOU'D AGREE TO THAT. BECAUSE THAT WAY WE DON'T RISK HURTING OUR MULTI-FAMILY. ABSOLUTELY. DISTRICTS WHERE THERE IS A GREATER NEED FOR THE PARKING. YES. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE LARRY SCHAFER REQUESTING TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM. MR. SCHAFER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, LARRY SCHAEFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. I LIVE IN AN RM ONE ZONED AREA IN NORTH SHORE, AND WE HAVE A DUPLEX. AND THIS ITEM IS QUITE INTERESTING IN THAT I, I, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, IT REMOVES A SINGLE PARKING SPOT AT THE STREET TO ALLOW FOR DRIVEWAY ACCESS. THERE WAS AN ITEM PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. I THINK TANYA BOT WAS THE SPONSOR, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ALSO USE THAT CUTOUT SPACE FOR PARKING WITH THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER. SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THIS DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY DELETE STREET PARKING. THERE'S ANOTHER, UM, PART OF THE LAW THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED TO ALLOW THAT TO BE USED FLEXIBLY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR RM ONE ZONING. SO I THINK WHEN IT GOES BACK TO STAFF, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO USE THIS IN NORTH SHORE. BECAUSE MOST OF NORTH SHORE IS RM ONE, BUT IT'S NOT TALL BUILDINGS. IT'S TWO STORY DUPLEXES AND THE LIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR CALLING THE ROLE COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BOTT. YES. VICE SPARE SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS AMENDED. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD. [R5 AF AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “TAXATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “LOCAL BUSINESS TAX,” BY AMENDING SECTION 102-377 THEREOF, ENTITLED “PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT; COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT FEES AND TAXES, AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES” BY CLARIFYING THE PENALTIES FOR BUSINESSES THAT REPEATEDLY OPERATE WITHOUT PROCURING THE REQUIRED LOCAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE AF R FIVE AF IS AN NOTICE OF MAYOR CITY, COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CHAPTER 1 0 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH UNTIL TAXATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE FIVE, ENTITLED LOCAL BUSINESS TAX BY AMENDING SECTION 1 0 2 DASH 3 7 7 THEREOF ENTITLED PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT FEES AND TAXES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES BY CLARIFYING THE PENALTIES FOR BUSINESSES THAT REPRE THAT REPEATEDLY OPERATE WITHOUT PROCURING THE REQUIRED LOCAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEATERS OF ABILITY IFICATION ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. [07:15:01] THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE AF. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, AND, AND THIS IS AN ITEM UH, COM AND YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE EARLIER WAS, WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE DIRECTIVE THAT HE SPONSORED TO OUR ADMINISTRATION TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP OUR BUSINESSES AND HE, AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, MAKE PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT GOES TO HELP, UM, HELP OUR, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, CURRENTLY, UM, A BUSINESS THAT IS FOUND NOT HAVING THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT, UM, HAS A FIRST VIOLATION OF BEING SHUT DOWN AND THEIR FIRST VIOLATION, THE, UM, THE BUSINESS CAN BE ORDERED CLOSED. THEY HAVE TO CEASE THEIR OPERATIONS BY ORDER OR OF CODE ENFORCEMENTS. AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THROUGH THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH US, IS THAT SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS TO UNSOPHISTICATED INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW BETTER. A SMALL SALON OWNER THAT HAS CLIENTS THAT DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A, UM, A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT AND THEY END UP GETTING SHUT DOWN. AND I ACTUALLY, I JUST, TODAY I GOT AN EMAIL FROM, FROM A SALON OWNER ABOUT THIS. UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE IS IT? HERE, HERE WE GO. BTR SHUT DOWN. HI ALEX. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WRITE TO YOU ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT OCCURRED AT A WHITE SPACE SALON ON APRIL 12TH, 2024. THE CITY CAME INTO THE SALON AND ASKED TO SEE OUR INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT, OR BTR. THE ENTIRETY OF THE STAFF WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS NECESSARY TO WORK ON THE BEACH. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SALON OWNER NEEDED TO HOLD ONE, THE, THE PROCEEDED. THEY PROCEEDED TO SHUT DOWN THE SALON TO SHUT THE SALON DOWN. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CLIENTS AND WERE COMPLETELY CAUGHT OFF GUARD. WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE ALL OF OUR UPCOMING CLIENTS. IT WAS SCARY AND CONCERNING THAT THEY COULD JUST SHUT US DOWN LIKE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE ANYTHING YOU COULD DO. UH, THAT HAPPENED IN, IN 2024. IT'S HAPPENED TO DUNKIN DONUTS ON 41ST STREETS. IT'S HAPPENED TO COW BAKERY ON ALTON ROAD. I THINK MANY OF US RECEIVED EMAILS, UH, FROM TONY KA LAST YEAR WHEN IT, WHEN IT HAPPENED TO, TO TO THEM. THE MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT ON AUM ROAD. UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME? UH, SORAN, UM, I'M NOT PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT, FR FRA. SO YES, FR IT HAPPENED TO THEM. IT'S HAPPENED TO BARBER SHOPS ON, ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. THIS HAPPENED TO SMALL BODEGAS UP IN, IN, IN NORTH BEACH. THERE ARE MANY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SUFFERED THE UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE INTENTION WITH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED TO SHUT DOWN, UH, BUSINESSES ON THEIR FIRST VIOLATION. UM, IT CERTAINLY WASN'T, IT WASN'T MY INTENT WHEN I, WHEN, WHEN I VOTED FOR THIS, UH, I GUESS THIS WAS IN 2023, BUT WE LEARNED, AND WHEN WE LEARNED OF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, WE ACCEPT THAT AND WE FIX IT. AND I THINK BUSINESSES SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THEY ARE FOUND TO NOT HAVE A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT, THAT WE GO IN THERE. THAT WE OFFER THEM A HELPING HAND, THAT WE TELL THEM ABOUT THE LAW, AND THAT WE GIVE THEM AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THEIR LICENSES IN ORDER BEFORE WE GO AND TAKE THE HEAVY HANDED ACTION OF SHUTTING THEM DOWN. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST SO DIFFICULT TO, TO, TO GET THE BTR. YOU KNOW, MANNY IS THE ONLY REA I'M MENTIONING THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE POOR SUE FRAT, SOMEBODY BROUGHT ME THERE THE OTHER DAY, AND THEN LITERALLY THE OWNER WAS LIKE IN TEARS. HE HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT AND HE'S STUCK IN SOME SORT OF PROCESS AND YOU JUST CAN'T GET A, A BEER AND WINE LICENSE, WHICH IS LIKE $200. AND I'M LIKE, WHY CAN'T YOU GET THAT LICENSE? AND HE JUST CAN'T NAVIGATE HIS WAY OUT OF IT. AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO BECOME A VACANCY. SO BUSINESSES LIKE THIS, WHO ARE THEY REACHING OUT TO? I THOUGHT WE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE LOST. SO FRAUD IS GOOD. UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING OR GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY, MAN. MARCUS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. SO FRAUD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS. IT'S, IT'S A MY ROTATION OF WEEKLY. CAN YOU GO HELP THEM THEN? BECAUSE THEY, UM, IT'S NOT A-A-B-T-R ISSUE. IT'S A PLANNING AND ZONING ISSUE. THE REQUIRED [07:20:01] NUMBER OF SEATS FOR, FOR BEER AND WINE. I THINK THEY'RE UNDER THOSE SEATS. SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN AT MY LEVEL FOR, FOR TAXATION, BUT THEY PROBABLY HAVE LIKE 30 SEATS. I THINK THEY HAVE SOME IMPACT FEE ISSUES. SO I DEFER TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THAT. TOM, CAN YOU REACH OUT TO THEM? I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY INVESTED ALL THIS MONEY. I, IT, I'M PRETTY SURE BECAUSE AT ONE POINT THAT WAS BERNIE'S LA CAFE AND I'M SURE THAT HE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF SEATS AND HE FOR SURE HAD BEER AND WINE IN THAT SPOT. SO IF IT'S IMPACT OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FOLLOW OUT. I JUST WANNA HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 'CAUSE I THINK HE, HE NEEDS 30 SEATS FOR BEER AND WINE AND 50 FOR, FOR HARD LIQUOR. AND IF HE HAS THE SEATS, THEN THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S FEES ASSOCIATED CONCURRENCY FEES. SO HOW MUCH OTHER CONCURRENCY FEES OUT OF CURIOSITY, I JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION. BUT IF YOU'RE ADDING SEATS TO A RESTAURANT, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED, THERE MIGHT BE A PARKING IMPACT FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, THERE IS A MOBILITY FEE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN SEATS. AND AS MANNY STATED CORRECTLY, UH, WE DO HAVE MINIMUM SEAT REQUIREMENTS FOR BEER AND WINE LICENSE AS WELL AS LIQUOR LICENSES. NOW SOMEBODY COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY FOR A VARIANCE FOR A LESSER NUMBER OF SEATS. THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER OPTION, BUT I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE DEAL DETAILS OFFHAND FOR THIS RESTAURANT. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A PROBLEM. I WAS JUST THINKING, I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF THEM FILLING THE FORM OUT WRONG BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT AN EXISTING RESTAURANT AND THEN FILL THE FORM OUT WRONG. ALRIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST WILLING TO HELP OUR SMALL, LIKE A SMALL BUSINESS HOTLINE TO NAVIGATE THESE ISSUES. AND I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAN, WHERE THEY COULD JUST CALL, LIKE, AND SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS PICK UP THE PHONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FROM NINE FIVE, THEY CAN CALL OUR, OUR CALL, OUR CALL CENTER, SIX OH FOUR CITY 6 7 3 7,000 AND WE'LL HELP YOU. DO PEOPLE CALL, DO PEOPLE, CAN YOU GET A HUMAN THOUGH? HOLD THEIR HANDS. YEAH. IF I CALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, WILL SOMEBODY PICK UP, IF I CALL, CALL RIGHT NOW. CALL RIGHT NOW. AND AND SOMEONE WILL PICK UP 6 7 30. WELL, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROBABLY WATCHING. I'M GONNA TRY. WELL, THEY'RE NOT WATCHING, THEY'RE ANSWERING PHONE CALLS. WHAT? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S OUR CALL, SIR. SO WHAT SHE'S CALLED, LET ME ASK YOU IF HONOR COMMISSIONER BOTS NEXT AND THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM, UM, COMING UP. I THINK WE PASSED A REFERRAL ON CONSENT THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS HOW TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. I KNOW OUR, OUR NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UM, TEAM DOES A, A GOOD JOB OF PROVIDING RESOURCES. BUT HOW, LET'S BRAINSTORM ON HOW TO CATCH PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET INTO THE SITUATION. AND SO, AND NOT HERE, NOT NOW. I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS COMING BEFORE US BECAUSE HANG, HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY TIMES WHERE SOMEBODY OPENS A BUSINESS AND EITHER THE REALTOR OR THE LANDLORD OR THE PERMIT EXPEDITE EXPEDITOR DOESN'T KNOW, DOESN'T SHARE THE INFORMATION SOME, AND SO THEY ARE OPERATING THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT THE PROPER UNDERPINNINGS. YOU KNOW, THE, THE DETAILS MIGHT VARY AND IT IS THE BUSINESS OWNER, THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO'S TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ADDING TO THE COMPLEX RICH TAPESTRY OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. AND THEY ARE GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, BARELY MAKING IT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM MONTH TO MONTH THEY'RE PAYING THEIR RENT, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE, THEY'RE EEKING OUT A LIVING AND PEOPLE GO TO THEM, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GET HIT WITH $5,000 SOMETHING OR RATHER. AND, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION. AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ITEM IS PREPARED TO DO. BUT WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, AND THIS IS A YOU QUESTION, IT'S ALSO MAYBE A HERNAN QUESTION. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TREATED IF, UM, SOMEBODY GOES IN AND IS CAUGHT IN A VIOLATION THE FIRST TIME VERSUS IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SWEEP OF, YOU KNOW, DOING THE BTR REVIEW THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR OFFICE AND THEN THEY'RE AT, THEY'RE GIVEN TIME A MONTH, TWO MONTHS, WHATEVER, TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. SO IS THERE, CAN YOU EX EDUCATE ME ON HOW THAT, THAT'S DIFFERENT AND WHY IT'S DIFFERENT? AND IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE IT ON PARODY, BARRING ANY BAD ACTORS? THIS IS SINS OF, UM, OMISSION RATHER THAN COMMISSION. UM, THIS IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS, IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ORDINANCE SAYS WE SHALL CLOSE DOWN A BUSINESS AFTER THEY'VE RECEIVED THEIR THEIR THIRD VIOLATION FOR A PERIOD OF 13 MONTHS. THIS TAKES THE S SHELL OUT OUT OF IT. AND IT SAYS MAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTION, ALSO, MANAGER CARPENTER, UH, STARTED A TASK FORCE, A BTR TASK FORCE WHERE WE HAVE STAFF, STAFF FROM, FROM MY OFFICE AND STAFF FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE HIT THE PAVEMENT EVERY WEEK. WE'VE WALKED ALTON ROAD, WASHINGTON AVENUE, COLLINS AVENUE, UH, 41ST STREET, 70, UH, 71ST STREET, WHERE WE'RE WALKING ALL THE BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND GIVING FOLKS WARNINGS. 'CAUSE IF, IF CODE [07:25:01] GOES OUT AND THEY CATCH THEM, UH, VIOLATING THE BTR ORDINANCE, THEY GIVE 'EM A VIOLATION. BUT WITH THE BTR TASK FORCE, WE'RE GIVING THEM 45 DAYS TO, TO COME IN AND GET ALL THEIR PAPERWORK DONE. SOME, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A CO SO THEY HAVE TO START AT THE VERY BEGINNING GETTING THEIR, THEIR T-C-O-C-U AND THE BTR. SO, SO I'M JUST TO REDIRECT SLIGHTLY. I AM LESS INTERESTED IN THE THIRD TIME, THIRD STRIKER OUT THING, BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN SOMEBODY'S FIRST ADVISED, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU ADVISE THEM, YOU'VE GOT 45 MINUTES, 45 DAYS TO SET IT STRAIGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT AND THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. AND, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT, THAT THEY CAN TALK TO ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW. UM, WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH, I GUESS IS IF SOMEBODY, UM, GETS A VIOLATION, THEY'RE IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THE SWEEP, LET'S SAY. BUT THEY DID SHOW UP BECAUSE CODE WALKED IN AND IT, IT LEARNED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CO OR THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. BUT BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME THING. IT'S PARODY, IT'S THEIR FIRST VIOLATION. UM, AND IT'S A SIN OF OMISSION, NOT COMMISSION. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BAD ACTORS, THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T OPEN CORRECTLY, WHO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GAIN THE SYSTEM. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN EXTENDING OUR, OUR GRACE TO THEM WHEN THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN TWO PRIOR WARNINGS. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT FOR THE FIRST PERSON, FOR THE FIR THE PERSON WHO'S GETTING A, A VIOLATION OR GETTING CAUGHT TO USE THAT TERM LOOSELY THE FIRST TIME BY CODE, CAN WE MAKE THAT FIRST TIME CATCH, IF YOU WILL, COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT MANNY'S TEAM DOES AND SAY, YOU'VE GOT 45 DAYS, HERE ARE THE PHONE NUMBERS YOU NEED, HERE'S THE EMAIL, GET KRAKEN. AND BECAUSE TO ME, IF, IF YOU'RE, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S, IT'S UNCOVERED, IF IT'S A SWEEP VERSUS CODE WALKING IN TO CHECK SOMETHING ELSE, THEN IT'S DETERMINED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND IT'S NOT SOMEBODY AS A BAD ACTOR, THEN THEY SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME WAY. YES, COMMISSIONER, UH, RN AND CARDENA FOR CODE COMPLAINTS. AND THEY ARE IN THOSE TWO SCENARIOS THAT YOU, UH, JUST MENTIONED, THEY'RE TREATED IDENTICAL. THEY'RE BOTH SHUT DOWN. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THESE, NO WAIT, I'M SORRY, HANG ON. I THOUGHT, MANNY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT THE, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE AREN'T SHUT DOWN. THEY'VE GOT 45 DAYS TO RECTIFY. WELL, MY TEAM WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOES OUT WITH THE, UH, YES. PART OF THE BTR TASK FORCE. WE DON'T SHUT 'EM DOWN. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE GIVE THEM THE APPLICATION, WE, OUR HANDS, WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN ON THE FIRST. RIGHT? SO AS IT STANDS NOW FOR CODE COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH OF 2023, THAT DISCRETION WAS TAKEN AWAY AND THE WORD WAS ADDED, OR IT SHALL BE SHUT DOWN, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS SHALL BE AFTER THE THIRD, NOT AFTER THE FIRST. NO, STILL ON THE FIRST FIRST OFFENSE WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD PUNISHABLE BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE BUSINESS SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING A THE REQUIRED TAX. OKAY. AND THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THOSE TWO SCENARIOS AT THE TIME. UNDERSTOOD. THEY'RE HANDLED IDENTICALLY BY CODE COMPLIANCE. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE BTR TASK FORCE, WHICH IS LIKE AN ADVANCED TEAM WHO GOES OUT AND REACHES OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND ASKS THEM TO COME IN. IF WE GO OUT THERE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT DISCRETION AS OF MARCH OF 2023. IT'S SHALL OKAY. BUT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHEN SOMEBODY HASN'T BEEN FOUND THROUGH THE ADVANCE TEAM AND IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING OUTTA COMPLIANCE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS FIND GENERALLY NO, IT'S A BTR VIOLATION AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT, THEN IT, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO SHUTDOWN. NOW ON THE FRONT END, WHAT WE DO DO IS THE HIGH LIABILITY ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH IS OUR TATTOO PARLORS, OUR MASSAGE PARLORS, UM, MAYBE SOME OF OUR SALONS, ANYWHERE WHERE SOMEONE IS PLACING THEIR HANDS ON YOU, THOSE ARE HIGH LIABILITY. WE DO THOSE RIGHT ON THE, ON THE FRONT END, RIGHT OCTOBER 1ST, WE START GOING THROUGH OUR LIST BY DISTRICT. BUT THOSE ARE PROACTIVE AND IT'S STILL SUBJECT TO SHUT SHUTDOWN ON THE FIRST VIOLATION. J JUST TO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT GIVES THE MANAGER THE DISCRETION WHETHER TO DO THE 13 MONTH SHUTDOWN IF IT'S UPON A THIRD VIOLATION WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, UM, OR ON A FIRST VIOLATION. IF IT'S DURING A HIGH IMPACT PERIOD. IT'S NOT JUST FOR ANY FIRST VIOLATION. I GUESS, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS IF THERE IS A FIRST TIME VIOLATOR THAT CODE FINDS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE TIME THAT'S NOT THE CASE. BUT IF THAT SHOULD HAPPEN, UM, THAT THEY BE GIVEN THE SAME 45 DAY PERIOD TO RECTIFY RATHER THAN SHUT DOWN AND, AND WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S BEING REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT THAT PROCESS, UH, ABOUT THE PROCESS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ON THEIR FIRST VIOLATION, WHETHER PROCESSES, IS IT A DUE PROCESS? IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE IN ADDITION TO THE CORRECTION THAT WE'RE, UH, INITIATING HERE ON FIRST READING, UH, [07:30:01] CHANGING IT FROM XO TO MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER WHEN IT IS KNOWN THAT IT'S KNOWN KNOWINGLY AND WILL, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY, WILLFULLY, UM, VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE. SO THIS WOULD BE, IF YOU'VE HAD THREE VIOLATIONS INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY BEING SHUT DOWN, THE CITY MANAGER CAN MAKE THAT DECISION ON THE THIRD VIOLATION UNDER THE CURRENT CODE. THEY'RE SHUT DOWN AND PROHIBITED FROM GETTING A BTR FOR 13 MONTHS. IT GIVES ME THE DISCRETION TO WAIVE THAT 13 MONTH PENALTY BOX. BUT THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL THEY GET A BTR. THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHUT DOWN BY THE THIRD VIOLATION. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, THEY HAVE TO THEN GET THEIR BTR BEFORE THEY CAN REOPEN. I HAVE THE DISCRETION OF ALLOWING THAT PRIOR TO THE 13 MONTH RUNOUT. AND, AND HOW DO WE SHUT DOWN THAT, THAT BUSINESS AT THE THIRD, AT THE THIRD STRIKE? HOW DO WE SHUT THEM DOWN? YEAH, I MEAN, WHAT IF A BUSINESS CHOOSES TO NOT COMPLY? YOU'RE LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T CARE. I'M STILL GONNA OPERATE. THEN WE GO BACK OUT THERE AND WE SHUT 'EM DOWN AGAIN. BUT WE DO HAVE INSTANCES SOMETIMES WHERE FOLKS BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THUMB THEIR NOSE AT US AND, AND TRY TO OPERATE AROUND THE SYSTEM AND THROUGH THE MAYOR, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION FROM THE FIRST VIOLATION. THE BUSINESS IS SHUT DOWN UNTIL THEY RECEIVE A BTR, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WHICH IS THE THIRD VIOLATION WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. THE BUSINESS IS INELIGIBLE CURRENTLY TO OBTAIN A BTR FOR 13 MONTHS. WHAT THIS DOES IS, AS NICK EXPLAINED, IS THAT THIS MAKES IT DISCRETIONARY TO THE MANAGER, BUT EVEN FROM A FIRST VIOLATION UNTIL THEY GET A BTR, THEY ARE SHUT DOWN. OKAY. SO I, I'VE JUST, IF IF, IF I MAY THROUGH, THROUGH THE MAYOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. AND, UM, JUST HEARING THE DISCUSSION HERE IN THE DAYS WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT COULD GUIDE ME. PERHAPS WE COULD START SAYING IN THE FIRST OFFENSE WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, RATHER THAN STARTING WITH PROHIBITING THEM FROM OPERATING UNTIL THE REQUIRED TAX RECEIPT IS OBTAINED, GIVING THEM IN THAT FIRST OFFENSE 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS, SOMETHING, UH, AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. AND LET ME, AND I WOULD LIKE GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT. WELL THIS IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY A POLICY CALL, BUT, UM, IT COULD HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IF, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH SUCH AS, UM, YOU MAY, YOU MAY ALLOW THIS AND THERE MAY BE BAD ACTORS THAT YOU UNWITTINGLY ARE ALLOWING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE FOR 30 DAYS. WELL, BUT PERHAPS WE DO HAVE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CITY MANAGER STILL HAS AUTHORITY, BUT THE STANDARD PRACTICE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS, LIKE GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE EXAMPLES I MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, SO A SHOE REPAIRMAN THAT OPENS UP SHOP AND DOESN'T REALIZE THAT THEY NEEDED A BTR AND SHUTTING THEM DOWN FOR A DAY FOR A WEEK UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEDE. THAT, THAT, THAT COULD PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. WELL, ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER, THE MORE UNS. SO IF WE COULD GIVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND EXCEPT FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CITY MANAGER COULD RETAIN AUTHORITY, UM, TO, IF YOU KNOW, REALLY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HE'D BE ABLE TO SUSPEND THAT BTR IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION PERHAPS TO PROVIDE, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ALREADY AN EXPEDITED HEARING AFFORDED TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS SHUT DOWN. UM, ALLOW THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TO DETERMINE IF THIS INDIVIDUAL OR OR BUSINESS FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF THE, YOU KNOW, SHOEMAKER WHO, YOU KNOW, MISSED THE PAYMENT BY, BY ACCIDENT VERSUS ONE OF THE OPERATORS. THAT, THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. AND I, BUT I SEE THAT THERE, I I STILL HAVE A CONCERN THAT, THAT THAT, THAT THAT BUSINESS IS STILL GONNA BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL WHENEVER WE HAVE A SPECIAL MASTER HEARING SCHEDULED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE DOCKET AND HOPING THAT THEY DON'T [07:35:01] GET, YOU KNOW, POSTPONED RESCHEDULE. I I, I WOULD RATHER, I WOULD RATHER, AND I SEE HER AND SHAKING YOUR HEAD HER AND GIVE, GIMME YOUR FEEDBACK 'CAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSING CONCERN. SO SOME OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, KIND OF MADE MENTION OF, THINK ABOUT OUR, UM, ILLEGAL CHARTERS AND OUR VESSELS WHO DON'T HAVE BTRS THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THAT SAME TIME TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THINK ABOUT OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS AND ZONING WHERE IT'S ALLOWED, THERE WOULD BE NO CERTIFICATE OF USE AND THERE WOULD BE NO LIFE SAFETY INSPECTION BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IT WOULD GRANT THEM THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH A BTR. THAT'S THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HERE. SO WHY DON'T, OKAY, SO WHY DON'T YOU ALL HOW I WOULD LIKE FOR US AT FINANCE, 'CAUSE WE DID REFER THIS, THIS BROADER DISCUSSION TO FINANCE, UM, IDENTIFY WHAT ARE CATEGORIES THAT SHOULDN'T, LIKE OF COURSE WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE, WITH THE PARTY BOATS AND, AND, AND ALL THAT. UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES WHERE YOU NEED TO PLACE YOUR HANDS ON SOMEONE'S BODY. UNDERSTOOD THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE HEALTH AND SAFETY ORIENTED. UM, SO IDENTIFY THE BUSINESSES, THE CATEGORY OF BUSINESSES OR THE CATEGORY OF VIOLATION WHERE YOU COULD ALLOW THEM TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE WITHOUT A SHUTDOWN. AND THEN THE ONES WHERE WITHOUT A BTR, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN. AND MR. MANAGER SEEMS LIKE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK, I JUST, I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. I MEAN, THE MOVEMENT THAT WE MADE IN 23 GOING FROM MAY TO SHALL, I THINK WAS A FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED, I I WANNA SAY IT WAS MORE THAN 600 OUTSTANDING BTRS, SOME OF WHICH WERE MULTIPLE YEARS WHERE PEOPLE HAD NOT COME IN AND BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, STAYING CURRENT, THEY WEREN'T GETTING NOTICES OCTOBER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR THAT THEY NEEDED TO APPLY, REAPPLY FOR THEIR BTR. AND SO THEY WERE JUST INTO THIS CYCLE. SO I THINK THE WHOLE CONCEPT WAS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZE EVERYBODY TO GET BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHY WE IMPLEMENTED THE ADVANCED TEAM TO GO OUT AND TOUCH BASE WITH THEM. HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, OF FOLKS THAT ARE NON-COMPLIANT? AS FAR AS WE KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A HARD TIME TRACKING THAT EXACT NUMBER, BUT AS OF TODAY, 96% OF OUR BTRS HAVE PAID THEIR RENEWALS FOR, FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO ONLY 4% HAVE NOT PAID YET. THO THOSE 4% HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO CODE. ALSO THE TASK FORCE WORKS. UH, LAST YEAR ON THIS TIME ANECDOTALLY, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 7,000 BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. TODAY WE HAVE OVER 8,100 BUSINESSES AND THAT'S FROM HITTING THE PAVEMENT AND GOING BLOCK BY BLOCK, DOOR BY DOOR. SO FROM 7,000 TO 8,100 LICENSED BUSINESSES IN, IN MIAMI BEACH. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE TASK FORCE. WE, WE HIT THE STREETS, UH, EVERY WEEK AND THE TASK FORCE IS GREAT AND THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TASK FORCE. THAT WAS THE MANAGER'S IDEA. YEAH, . BUT, UM, I, I I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AN ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED. THE POLICY WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, BUT HOPEFULLY THE GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. AND WHEN THE PROBLEM IS ELIMINATED OR THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED, HOPEFULLY THEN THE VERY ONEROUS POLICY, GOING BACK TO THE EXCELLENT POINT MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MADE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEN YOU CAN BRING BACK REIGN IN SOME OF THE MORE ONEROUS POLICIES ON, ON OUR BUSINESSES. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT TODAY WE ARE AT 96% PAID, UH, PAID, UH, FOR BTRS. DOES THAT, IS THAT BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE AT, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TASK FORCE? OH YEAH, WE WERE ABOUT 88, 87. SO WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD, DEFINITELY. OKAY. I MEAN WE'RE ALMOST AT A HUNDRED PERCENT GOOD JOB. AND, AND THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, GOOD JOB. YEAH, YEAH. EXCELLENT WORK. WE'RE, IT'S, UH, ONE BIG TEAM. WE CAN'T DO OUR WORK WITHOUT CO COMPLIANCE. WE CAN'T EXPECT WON'T, WE'LL NEVER HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T, THAT GO OUT OF BUSINESS, BUSINESS OR BTRS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR TEMPORARY, UH, ACTIVITIES. 'CAUSE YOU DO ALSO HAVE BTRS FOR, FOR TEMPORARY ACTIVITIES. AND SO, AND SO, I WOULD JUST SAY, AND I'M SORRY, AND OTHERS THAT NEVER GOT A [07:40:01] BTR AND OTHERS THAT HAVE NEVER, SO THAT WOULD BE ENCOURAGING THAT BUSINESS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, CHARTER, VESSEL, SALON, WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO OPERATE UNTIL WE GET CAUGHT AND UNTIL WE GET CAUGHT, THEN WE'LL AFFORD THEM THAT WINDOW TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. SO, SO THE 96% DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR LIKE WHAT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND. WE HAD TWO VESSELS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE SYSTEM, HAD NEVER GOTTEN A BTR, UM, AND THEY FALL UNDER NUMBER ONE, FIRST OFFENSE SHUT DOWN. YOU CAN'T DO CHARTERING OF YOUR VESSEL UNTIL YOU GET A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. MAYBE IT'S AS SIMPLE AS GOING BACK TO MAY INSTEAD OF SHALL. WELL, IF, IF I COULD, AND, AND I LOVE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA BE ONEROUS ONTO THE GOOD OPERATORS OR THOSE ASPIRING TO BE THE GOOD OPERATORS. SO I THINK WHERE WE CAN LAND THIS PLANE IS BY YES, MAY, BUT GIVING SOME DISCRETION TO YOU AND MAYBE THE CONVERSATION SHIFTS TO WHAT SHOULD THE DEFAULT BE WHERE YOU ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A BTR THE FIRST TIME, BUT THE CITY MANAGER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SHUT YOU DOWN IF YOU ARE A PROBLEMATIC ACTOR, LIKE A, A CHARTER OR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL OR IS THE DEFAULT THAT YOU ARE SHUT DOWN, BUT THE CITY MANAGER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO, UH, RESTORE YOUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE OPERATING WHILE YOU APPLY. IF I HAVE ANY SAY IN THAT, I WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT I'M ALLOWED TO GRANT LENIENCY RATHER THAN HEAVIER HAMMER. UM, I THINK IF PEOPLE'S EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET HIT WITH A HEAVY HAMMER, THEN THEY'RE APPRECIATIVE ON GETTING SOME LENIENCY. BUT IF THEY EXPECT LENIENCY OFF THE GET GO, A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL PUSH THE ENVELOPE. AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THEN I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN STATED, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS FIRST OFFENSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OFFENSE WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD PUNISHABLE BY A $1,000 FINE. AND THE BUSINESS MAY CHANGE IT FROM SHALL TO MAY BE PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING UNTIL, UH, THE REQUIRED TAX RECEIPT IS, IS OBTAINED AND CONTINUING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THAT SHALL TO MAY, RIGHT? WE PULL THE VOTE AND, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SEPARATE ITEM, UH, THAT WAS THE REFERRAL TO FINANCE. AND RICK, HOW DOES THAT DIFFERENTIATE FROM THIS? WELL, AND IF I MAY 1ST, BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED, I THINK WHAT HE'S RECOMMENDING IS THAT IT WOULD REMAIN AS A SHELL, BUT IT WILL SAY, BUT THE CITY MANAGER MAY WAIVE THIS OR GRANT A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT A MAY, THEN NOW YOU ARE GIVING HIM A HAMMER AS OPPOSED TO A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD. OR YOU COULD GO EITHER WAY IF YOU WANT. I, I, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE. I THINK THAT'S, UM, A REASONABLE APPROACH. UH, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN 30 DAYS BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SOMEBODY HAS A, A GREASE TRAP ISSUE FOR, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. AND, AND WE KNOW THAT A GREASE TRAP ISSUE CAN'T BE RESOLVED IN 30 DAYS. MM-HMM . THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY, MY ONLY ASK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S 90 DAYS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 90 DAYS AND I'M SORRY, EXPLAIN THE 90 DAYS AGAIN. THE, THE DEFAULT POSITION IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BTR, YOU CAN'T OPERATE, BUT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MANAGER HAS THE DISCRETION TO ALLOW THEM UP TO 90 DAYS TO GET THEIR PAPERWORK IN ORDER. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. THAT'S, I MEAN, I'M NOT A POLICYMAKER. I'M JUST OFFERING THAT FOR, I, I FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. I MEAN, I'M ALREADY HEARING RUMBLINGS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES SAYING, WELL, THAT GUY IS NOT, YOU KNOW, BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WHY SHOULD I, AND I DON'T WANT THAT. AND IT'S, WE KNOW IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO GET BUSINESSES OPEN HERE. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET 'EM COME FIND ME, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THAT IS JUST WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO HELP, UM, A SMALL BUSINESS THAT JUST GETS CAUGHT IN, NOT CAUGHT LIKE FOR DOING SOMETHING BAD, BUT GETS TRIPPED UP BY NOT KNOWING. UM, AND THEN US HAVING THE, NOT US, BUT THE MANAGER HAVING THE DISCRETION TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION AND IF WARRANTED, UM, PROVIDE SOME, SOME RELIEF IN TIME TO GET THE ISSUE ADDRESSED. BUT IT, IT [07:45:01] NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO REALLY DIDN'T KNOW OR REALLY HAD, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT THAT ALL THE PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SIGNED THING FROM THE PERMIT EXPEDITOR AND WHATEVER, BUT YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE, NOT OKAY, I THINK, BUT NOT EVERYONE. ONE MAY ASSUME THAT SOMEONE'S TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS THAT NO, AND I, AND I AGREE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LET'S, LET'S GIVE ERIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE FACTS THERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE, UM, TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT WE KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY LARGE OPERATOR CONSTANTLY COMING BACK. I DON'T KNOW, THERE WERE 18, MAYBE 18, UM, EPISODES OVER MY THREE YEARS ON THE PLANNING BOARD, MAYBE, I DUNNO, 12 MAYBE. I DUNNO WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS LIKE RIDICULOUS. LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, THEY'RE BAD ACTORS, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE THOSE GUYS A A WAY OUT. I'M TRYING TO HELP THE SMALL FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY, TRULY TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND I THINK THIS DOES THAT WITH MAINTAINING, KEEPING THE LID ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN CHANGING IT TO ME. SO TELL ME WHERE WE'RE AT NOW BECAUSE THIS, THIS POLICY HAS EVOLVED. SO I, LET'S LET'S CIRCLE BACK AND TELL US WHERE, WHERE ARE WE IN AN AMENDMENT FOR? SO I THINK WOULD BE OF THE MISS, THE, THE, THE ATTORNEY. WELL, THE OTHER THING, YOU, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE REFERRAL? YOU DO HAVE A REFERRAL TO FINANCE TO DISCUSS DUE PROCESS AND HOW IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FOR CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT ARE HEALTH SAFETY RELATED VERSUS CERTAIN VIOLATIONS THAT MIGHT BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE WHERE SOMEBODY FORGOT TO PAY THE BILL. UM, ONE THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO LEAVE THIS IN PLACE UNTIL YOU HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, AT FERC OR IF YOU WANT TO ACT IMMEDIATELY AND DO SOMETHING NOW, UM, YOU COULD EITHER GO THE ROUTE THAT YOU INITIALLY MENTIONED, WHICH WAS TO SAY THE, THE BTR OR THE, THE BUSINESS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE OR TO SAY THE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE, BUT GIVING THE CITY MANAGER DISCRETION TO GIVE THEM A, A FREE, YOU KNOW, GET OUTTA JAIL FREE CARD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. YEAH. I I JUST THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION IS PROBABLY GONNA BE VERY INVOLVED. I MEAN, AS WE'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE SIMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES, RIGHTFULLY SO. AND THESE ARE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED OUT OF NEED 'CAUSE OF IMPACTS TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR SAFETY. AND SO I THINK FOR, I, I DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, WITH THIS ORDINANCE. SO TELL ME WHERE WE ARE IN THE AMENDMENT, THE AMENDED FORM OF THIS ORDINANCE. SURE. UM, WELL YOU, YOU SUGGESTED TO CHANGE SHALL TO MAY, AND I MENTIONED THAT IF YOU WANTED TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE MANAGER RECOMMENDED IT WOULD, RATHER THAN CHANGING MAY, UH, UH, SHALL TO MAY YOU LEAVE IT AS A SHALL, BUT YOU ALLOW THE MANAGER DISCRETION TO PROVIDE A, A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. IS THAT GOOD? FINE WITH THAT? OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALRIGHT. IS, IS OF THE HEARING AND HAVE, WELL, I'M SORRY, WE SHOULD DEFINE WHAT IS, OR ARE YOU GONNA GIVE THE MANAGER DISCRETION AS TO THE PERIOD OF TIME? I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE. WE CAN WORK ON THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING WE HAVE, UH, BY, BY MALS IPHONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. PLEASE GO AHEAD SIR. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YES, MY NAME IS BAAL RAY. I'M THANKFUL TO COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR AND MEN CITY MANAGER FOR HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES AND BEING COMPASSIONATE. SMALL BUSINESSES DO SUFFER MOST OF THE TIME AND OUR PROCESS CAN BE TEDIOUS AND THEY'RE BEING COMPASSIONATE. I WAS LISTENING TO ALL OF THEM. I APPLAUD AND SALUTE THEM AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING RIGHTFULLY BUSINESSES AND THIS IS JUST A THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, GUS, YOU'RE UP NEXT. STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YES. GUS MANES, BLACK HAT CIGAR LOUNGE. I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, BIG THANK YOU TO ALEX. UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, THE MAYOR AND, UM, WHOEVER ELSE WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS. UM, I HAVE TO SAY, UH, A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE MINE AND UH, WHICH IS BASICALLY ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, DID SUFFER FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, UH, NOW. BUT WE STAYED AFLOAT SOMEHOW BY USING OUR MONEY, PERSONAL MONEY AND LOANS. UH, SOME BUSINESSES CANNOT DO THAT. SO WHAT YOU DID TODAY AND DOING TODAY IS GONNA HELP A LOT OF BUSINESSES LIKE MYSELF AND SOME THAT COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE CLOSED, NOT EVEN FOR TWO WEEKS. SO WITH THIS IN MIND, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU ALEX. WE'VE WORKED HARD WITH ALEX BACK AND FORTH. HE NEVER LET ME DOWN AND HE STUCK TO HIS WORD TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE UH, COMMISSION. AND I DO APPRECIATE AND ERIC, I HOPE I [07:50:01] GET TO MEET YOU AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND NO ONE ELSE IN ZOOM. ALRIGHT, I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE. I'LL MOVE THE AS AMENDED. I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BACH. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS A YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED ON JULY 23RD. THE ITEM IS AS AMENDED. R FIVE AF. THANK YOU ALL AND AS YOU SAID, MAN. GOOD TEAMWORK. R [R7 H A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 25, 2025, PURSUANT TO SECTION 82-504 (A) OF THE CITY CODE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE, IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY LOCATED AT 999 11TH STREET, IN HONOR OF ARTHUR MARTINEAU.] SEVEN HR SEVEN H IS A PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED COMMEMORATE PLAQUE FOR ARTHUR MARTINY. 9 9 9 11TH STREET. HOW CAN WE DO THIS WITHOUT DEBORAH HERE? , GO AHEAD. HI ELIZABETH. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS BASICALLY TO ESTABLISH A MEMORIAL PLAQUE ON 99 11TH STREET BUILDING. WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, UH, IN COMMEMORATION OF ARTHUR MARTINO. SURE. OBVIOUSLY HE WA IT WAS SUCH A BIG PART OF HIS LIFE AND THE IMPACT THAT HE MADE ON THE, ON THE PAL. EXACTLY. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT ITEM. MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND. OH, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I SECONDED BACK. MAYOR MINOR. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK BACK. HALL THE ROLL. YES. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN HPCA. AYE. AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM PASSES FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS A YES. ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO, UH, R [R7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A PAY PLAN FOR THE OFFICES AND POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE, INCLUDING A SCHEDULE OF RATES OF BASE SALARIES FOR SAID OFFICES AND POSITIONS AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION; ADJUSTING THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM BASE SALARIES OF THE PAY RANGE FOR SAID OFFICES AND POSITIONS WITH A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE PERCENT (3%); AND APPROVING A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE PERCENT (3%) FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE WHOSE SALARY DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM OF THE PAY RANGE, BEGINNING IN THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF JULY 2025.] [R7 K A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A PAY PLAN FOR THE OFFICES AND POSITIONS WITHIN THE BARGAINING UNIT REPRESENTED BY THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 3178 (“CWA”), INCLUDING A SCHEDULE OF RATES OF BASE SALARIES FOR SAID OFFICES AND POSITIONS AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION; APPROVING A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE PERCENT (3%) TO THE BASE SALARY RANGES FOR SAID OFFICES AND POSITIONS; AND APPROVING A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE PERCENT (3%) TO EMPLOYEES IN POSITIONS WITHIN THE CWA BARGAINING UNIT WHOSE SALARY DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM OF THE PAY RANGE, BEGINNING IN THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF JULY 2025.] [R7 L A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A PAY PLAN FOR THE OFFICES AND POSITIONS IN THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE, INCLUDING A SCHEDULE OF RATES OF BASE SALARIES FOR SAID OFFICES, AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT A ACCOMPANYING THIS RESOLUTION; ADJUSTING THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM BASE SALARIES OF THE PAY RANGES FOR SAID POSITIONS AND OFFICES BY A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE PERCENT (3%); AND APPROVING A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE PERCENT (3%) FOR UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WHOSE SALARY DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM OF THE PAY RANGE, BEGINNING IN THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD OF JULY 2025.] SEVEN J. WE'RE GONNA CALL R SEVEN J. R SEVEN KR SEVEN LR SEVEN J IS ESTABLISHED PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED SERVICE. ASME OTHERS APPROVE THEIR PER 3% COLA R SEVEN K. ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED PAY PLAN FOR CLASSIFIED SERVICE. CWA APPROVED 3% COLA AND R SEVEN L ESTABLISHED PAY PLAN FOR UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE APPROVED 3% COLA. SO WE'RE DOING R SEVEN, J, K, AND L. I MOVED THE ITEM. UH, NO DISCUSSION. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. LET'S VOTE. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN J, K, AND L PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. UH, MAGAZINE IS ALSO A YES. SO THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. THE THREE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. R UH, SEVEN ZERO [R7 M A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THAT CERTAIN GRANT AGREEMENT (THE “AGREEMENT”) DATED OCTOBER 31, 2023, BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND MIAMI CITY BALLET, INC. (THE “GRANTEE”), IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR ARTS & CULTURE (“GOBAC”) FUNDS; SAID AMENDMENT: (I) ADDING A CAPITAL RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT (THE “CR&R PROJECT”) TO THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,407,415, FROM PREVIOUSLY AWARDED GOBAC FUNDING; (II) INCREASING THE TOTAL GOBAC GRANT AMOUNT FROM $7,518,000 TO $11,925,415; AND (III) AUTHORIZING THE GRANTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE NEW CR&R PROJECT, SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT FROM THE CITY, TO INTEGRATE THE CR&R PROJECT WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROJECT AND EFFICIENTLY MANAGE THE COMBINED PROJECT UNDER THE AGREEMENT.] R SEVEN M UH, R SEVEN N IS AMENDMENT ONE TO GRANT AGREEMENT FOR MAMEE CITY BALLET, GB ARTS AND CULTURE. MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL THE VOTE. R SEVEN M HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ITEM IS APPROVED. SIX ZERO. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS ABSENT. [R7 O A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, AT ITS JANUARY 29, 2025 MEETING, APPROVING THE ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY AT SENIOR CENTERS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DEDICATED MID-SIZE BUS SERVICE; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE SERVICE, SUBJECT TO FUNDING APPROPRIATION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS.] CALL R SEVEN O. R SEVEN O IS ENHANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. SENIOR CENTERS. MIDSIZE. MIDSIZE BUS SERVICE. YEAH. HAPPY TO SPONSOR THIS. THANK YOU TO, UH, MY CO-SPONSORS, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I THINK THAT'S THE VOTES RIGHT THERE. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A FINANCE ITEM THAT I'LL GO INTO THE, UH, INTO THE BUCKET, BUT, UH, I BROUGHT THIS AND I THINK MY, MY CO-SPONSORS AND ALL OF US HAVE HEARD SIMILAR, UM, SUGGESTIONS. I WOULD SAY FROM OUR, FROM OUR SENIORS AND OUR SENIOR LIVING, UH, FACILITIES THAT IT'S, IT'S CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO, TO GET TO BASIC GROCERY SHOPPING. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TROLLEYS IN CERTAIN PLACES. WE HAVE THE FREEBIE. UM, THIS WOULD BE A DEDICATED MID-SIZE BUS THAT WOULD COME TO THEIR FACILITY ONCE A WEEK, TAKE THEM, UH, TO TO SHOP AND, UH, AND THEY CAN DO THEIR SHOPPING DISCOUNTED. AND, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE HEAR, I HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I, AND IT'S JUST, IT, IT BREAKS MY HEART WHEN I SEE THEM ASK, UH, KNOWING HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE FOR THEM TO, UH, TO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT AS MOBILE OBVIOUSLY, AS, AS MANY OF US. SO LIKE TO GET THIS, UH, PASSED TODAY AND ONTO THE NEXT, ONTO THE NEXT ROUND. AND, UH, WHILE WE HAVE OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, I'LL MOVE IT SECOND. OKAY. LET'S CALL A VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS A YES ON THIS ITEM. THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO [R7 P A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEPLOY AS MANY ADDITIONAL POLICE DECOY VEHICLES AS PRACTICABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IN AN EFFORT TO FURTHER ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND DETER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.] [R9 L DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON ENHANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY AT SENIOR CENTERS WITH A DEDICATED MID-SIZE BUS SERVICE.] R SEVEN PR SEVEN P IS DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL POLICE DECOY VEHICLES. [07:55:01] R SEVEN P OH, ACTUALLY BEFORE I'M, I'M CALLING THE ITEM, BUT, UH, R SEVEN OH IS ALSO, THERE WAS A COMPANION ITEM AT R NINE L, WHICH WAS A DISCUSS, UH, AN UPDATE AND THAT'S, I GUESS IT GOT A RESOLUTION. SO IF WE CAN JUST CALL R NINE L AS WELL. SO AT LEAST WE, WE CALL SO R NINE L, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION. ENHANCED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AT SENIOR CENTER, MID-SIZE BUS SERVICE. THAT WAS A DISCUSSION. YEAH, SO SO YOU WANNA LINK IT AND HAVE YEAH, JUST LINK IT. IT'S ALREADY DONE. WE'LL PROBABLY END UP JUST COMBINING THEM. THIS ME AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THAT. I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. THIS MAY AS A CO ON THAT L ALRIGHT, I KNOW THAT ARE LINKED FERNANDEZ. OKAY. SORRY. R SEVEN PR SEVEN P DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL POLICE DECOY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. OH. SO AS WE'VE HAD COMPLAINTS AROUND SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS OF, YOU KNOW, BURGLARIES OR HOME INTRUSIONS AND ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS, WE FOUND THAT THESE DECOY CARS FOR $600 EACH CAN ARE RETROFITTED WITH THIS SOLAR POWERED LIGHTING SYSTEM. AND, UM, AND IT JUST DISTRACT, DETRACTS BURGLARS. IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A POLICE PRESENCE WITHOUT PAYING A POLICE OFFICER. AND, UM, I'D LIKE US TO DEPLOY AS MANY AS POSSIBLE 'CAUSE I'D RATHER HAVE A DECOY VEHICLE AT RETROFITTED WITH THE SOLAR LIGHTS THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL POLICE, WELL LISTEN, I'D RATHER HAVE BOTH, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT IT'S INEXPENSIVE, IT'S EFFECTIVE. AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, UM, WITH THAT I WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVE MY ITEM SECOND. YEAH, NO, IT'S A FIT ITEM. THANK YOU. UH, I WILL GIVE, I'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR POLICE THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE WERE SEEING, UH, OFTENTIMES HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SORT OF HIDING OUT IN HOMES OR SOME AUTO, WE WERE HAVING AREAS WITH AUTO BURGLARIES AND IT REALLY HAS, UH, MINIMIZED, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF POLICE WORK. UM, I, I PERSONALLY SAW, UH, LATE AT NIGHT POLICE VEHICLES DRIVING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, THERE WAS UNDERCOVER WORK AS WELL. UM, IT, IT'S NEVER GONE, BUT IT REALLY, IT IT, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, UM, MINIMIZING THAT. UH, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE, UH, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. THE CARS, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE NEW SOLAR POWERED RETROFIT LIGHTS IS GREAT. IT'S A LITTLE, WE USED TO HAVE A DECOY CAR JUST SITTING THERE WITH THE LIGHTS ON. YOU KIND OF KNEW. NOW IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO TELL THAT IT'S JUST A DECOY CAR. UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AL IN FAVOR OF OUR SEVEN P PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING? NO. THE ITEMS APPROVED SIX ZERO. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS ABSENT. [R7 R A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, APPROVING A ONE-TIME GRANT OF $25,000 TO THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE TO HELP OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PENDING AUDITS FOR THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS AS THE ORGANIZATION TRANSITIONS TO NEW LEADERSHIP; DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THIS GRANT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CITY’S STANDARD GRANT AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE FOREGOING.] R SEVEN RR SEVEN R APPROVED $25,000 GRANT TO POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, COMMISSIONER, BOT. UM, SO THIS IS AN ITEM I, I GUESS, UM, I GUESS, OKAY. UM, DEB WILL COME AND, AND TALK ABOUT IT IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, GET THE TABLE SET FOR THE PAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CLEAN SLATE. THERE IS, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND WHERE THEY ARE NOW. AND THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO, UM, TO FUND IT, TO GET IT CORRECTED AND TO MOVE FORWARD. DO WE NEED TO ADD, DO WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING OR CAN WE HELP MOVE IT? I'LL JUST MOVE IT THEN. SORRY. ALL SET. I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, VICE SENATOR SUAREZ. R SEVEN R? YES. CALL THE VOTE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN R PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SIX ZERO. COMMISSIONER, UH, MAGAZINE IS ABSENT. [R7 S A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE AND DEPLOY A SPECIALIZED TASK FORCE SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY’S CAMPING ORDINANCE AND OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES, DURING THE DAYTIME AND THE NIGHTTIME HOURS, WITH PRIORITY TO BE GIVEN TO THE AREAS OF LINCOLN ROAD, WASHINGTON AVENUE, COLLINS PARK, ALTOS DEL MAR PARK, AND THE BEACHWALK.] [R9 U DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION – ADDRESSING THE CITY'S PERSISTENT CRIMINAL HOMELESS POPULATION WITH A BALANCED APPROACH.] R SEVEN SR SEVEN S CREATE TASK FORCE TO ENFORCE CAMPING AND OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE PARTY. CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU DO THE COMPANION WHICH IS YEAH. R SEVEN S YEP. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. [08:00:02] AND R NINE UR NINE U IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION. ADDRESS CITIES PERSISTENT CRIMINAL HOMELESS POPULATIONS. WE'RE DOING R SEVEN S AND R NINE U. THANK YOU. UH, FIGURED WE'D JUST GET IT ALL DONE HERE. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU. UM, SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A LITTLE SLIDESHOW. PJ, IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE, OF COURSE. ANTI CAMPING. OKAY. SO, UM, EVERYONE UP HERE KNOWS THE SITUATION WITH THE, UH, THE HOMELESS AND, AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. WE GET THE SINS ALL THE TIME, UH, ON, ON, ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GET, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T NECESSARILY SEE. SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE THE PUBLIC LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT WE GET PRETTY MUCH ON A DAILY BASIS. SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AJ. UM, AND I'M, I'M GONNA POINT OUT SOME OF THE MOST HEINOUS CRIMES FROM THESE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. UM, I'M WITH HAMAS AS A MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO BOMB JEWISH SCHOOLS IN MIAMI BEACH, ACCORDING TO POLICE. NEXT MAN ACCUSED OF PUNCHING A 73-YEAR-OLD TSE IN MIAMI BEACH, THREATENING BYSTANDERS WITH A KNIFE. HOMELESS NEXT MAN ACCUSED OF BUYING TEEN ALCOHOL, RAPING HER IN MIAMI BEACH, ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. NEXT MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A TIP JAR THEFT AT MIAMI BEACH BUSINESS. NEXT, POLICE ARREST. 39-YEAR-OLD MAN ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING, EXPOSING HIMSELF TO A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN MIAMI BEACH, ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. NEXT, AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN MIAMI BEACH, UH, FOR A CRIME SPREE. HE HELD UP ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONER'S. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HAD A GUN IN HIS OWN CONDOMINIUM PARKING GARAGE. HE WAS HOMELESS. NEXT TRANS WOMAN, UH, MURDERED WHILE SLEEPING OUTSIDE MIAMI CITY BALLET, I THINK I BELIEVE, BY A, A METAL PIPE, ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. NEXT, UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL THAT ATTACKED, UH, ONE OF OUR LONGSTANDING RESIDENTS, JOE MANNING, UM, AND, AND SEXUALLY ABUSED HER NEXT, UH, MAN, 34 ACCUSED OF STABBING A FRIEND WHILE THEY WATCHED SOCCER GAME IN MIAMI BEACH. ANOTHER HOMELESS NEXT, UH, TWO HOMELESS MALES INVOLVED IN VERBAL ALTERCATION LEADS TO ONE GETTING STABBED IN THE ABDOMEN. NEXT, A WOMAN WAS FATALLY BEATEN IN SOUTH BEACH OVER A NECK, A SNATCH NECKLACE. POLICE SAY ONE JAILED. SO SOMEONE DIED OVER A SNATCH NECKLACE. THIS WAS, UH, A HOMELESS ON HOMELESS CRIME. NEXT MIAMI BEACH RAT RAPIST IS ILLINOIS SEXUAL PREDATOR, WHO FAILED TO REGISTER AND THEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WOMEN ROLLERBLADING DOWN THE BEACH, WALK, ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, NEXT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS SHOWERING IN PUBLIC BEACHES, COMPLETELY NUDE, AND FEW OF THE PUBLIC NEXT. AND I HOPE EVERYONE'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SLOT, TO THE DATES BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. UH, MAN BEATS MIAMI BEACH HOTEL EMPLOYEE THREATENS TO RAPE HER. ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. NEXT MAN ACCUSED OF HOMOPHOBIC BEATING IN SOUTH BEACH, NOTHING SHORT OF HATE AND VIOLENCE. NEXT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING, RAPING WOMEN WALKING NEAR LINCOLN ROAD IN MIAMI BEACH, ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. NEXT. AND HERE'S A VIDEO SHOWING A MAN STABBING A COUPLE AFTER, UH, AN ARGUMENT NEAR MIAMI BEACH CAFE. THIS WAS ON THE NEWS. NEXT, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER BOND DENIED FOR MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY BATTERING TERRORIST IN MIAMI BEACH. ANOTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL NEXT WOMAN'S NIGHT OUT WITH PEOPLE SHE TRUSTED, TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE WITH STRANGER IN SOUTH BEACH. CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. AND HERE'S A HOMELESS MAN ACCUSED OF SPITTING ON CHASING BUSINESS OWNER WITH PIPE IN MIAMI BEACH. NEXT VIDEO SHOWS, MAN, COPS SAY, INSERTED HIMSELF IN THE SOUTHEAST STREET. LIGHT STABBED THE VICTIM, BREAKING IT UP NEXT, AND, AND I THINK THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING AN 82-YEAR-OLD WITH TEQUILA BOTTLES SCREAMED HE WAS GOING TO KILL THE LESBIANS GAZE. CAREGIVER SAYS, NEXT, THIS IS SEVEN NEWS AT 10, NOW AT 10, AND ON JUST ONE STATION, TWO VIOLENT AND VICIOUS ATTACKS. FIRST, IT WAS A BLOOD BUS, THE POOR THING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR, AN ELDERLY MAN FALLING VICTIM TO A BRUTAL BEATING. AND HE BANNED THE BOTTLE AND BROKE IT ON HIS HEAD, THEN STABBED HER [08:05:01] POLICE WASTE TO SAVE A WOMAN STALKED AND STABBED. ARRESTED. OKAY, PJ, YOU, YOU GET THE PUZZLE HERE. THANK YOU. SO LOOK, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT TRYING TO BELABOR THIS, RIGHT, BUT THERE, IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STATISTICS, UH, FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 17TH, 2025 WAS A TOTAL OF 2,400 ARRESTS. 22,441. UM, OF THOSE 1028 WERE, UH, IDENTIFIED AS HOMELESS. SO 42% OF ALL THE CRIMES IN THAT TIME PERIOD, COMPARATIVELY TO LAST YEAR, AND COMPARING THE RAPE HOMELESS DEFENDANTS IN MIAMI BEACH FACED 191 CHARGES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES. THAT'S ONE THAT'S MORE THAN ONE VIOLENT CRIME EVERY OTHER DAY. AND HE SAYS RAPE, UM, BATTERY BURGLARY. I DON'T KNOW IF, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BURGLARY OR ANYTHING. IT'S WORSE. UM, MURDER AND, UH, MANSLAUGHTER AND, OKAY, APPROXIMATELY 40% OF ALL ARRESTS IN 2024 WERE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. SO IN THE JANUARY 20, 25 POINT IN TIME, UH, AN UNSHELTERED POPULATION OF 106 INDIVIDUALS. SO IF THERE'S 106 INDIVIDUALS AND YOU HAVE THIS MANY VIOLENT CRIMES, CERTAINLY IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM WHERE IT IS. AND SO IF, IF THERE IS, IF IF THERE'S A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF CRIMINALS, UH, THEN NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE HOMELESS, I THINK IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT TO HAVE A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE ANTI CAMPING ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED WHILE THE, THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT'S IT. SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE TASK FORCE WOULD BE? SO, I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN OUTREACH, UM, TASK FORCE IN, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MR. CITY MANAGER, AND THROUGH THE MAYOR. UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING, UH, OUR ANTIQUE CAMPING LAWS. I THINK, I THINK, UH, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH PROVIDING, UM, SERVICES TO, TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, ENGAGING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. CITY MANAGER, THERE IS NO DEDICATED TASK FORCE THAT, UH, GOES OUT AND ENFORCES THE ANTI CAMPING ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE PASSED. AND SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, THERE IS A, UH, A DIVISION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES EXACTLY THAT. UM, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 24 7, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA BE ENFORCING ANTI CAMPING, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO BE ENFORCING IT IN AFTER SUNSET. UM, AND, AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO, TO, TO ADDRESS THIS. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAME PERIOD AS LAST YEAR, I, I GAVE THOSE STATS BETWEEN, UH, JANUARY 1ST AND JULY. IT WAS AT 36%, ALL IN ALL, UH, CRIMES COMMITTED BY, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE. NOW IT'S 42%. SO THERE IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, AND I THINK IT'S WISE TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY GO THROUGH THE PAIN OF, OF, AND, AND, AND POLITICAL CAPITAL OF PASSING THESE LAWS THAT ARE SOMETIMES VERY CONTROVERSIAL. AND IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT ENFORCED, THEN IT'S ALL IN VAIN. SO, UM, BUT THAT I WELCOME THE DISCUSSION OF MY COLLEAGUES TO, UH, HEAR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. YEAH, THANK YOU. UH, APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE ISSUES WE FACE AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE WORK TO CORRECT THEM. I'M GONNA PLAY A LITTLE BIT GOOD COP FOR A MOMENT. SOMETIMES I PLAY THE BAD COP, BUT I'M GONNA PLAY GOOD COP. SO, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE NUMBERS WERE 106, UH, WHICH I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WERE AT TWO 50 MM-HMM . UM, THAT DECREASE, SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, UH, MORE THAN HAVE IS, UH, IN OBVIOUSLY LARGE PART DUE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS. AND THE WORK YOU DO, IT'S ALSO THIS BODY, THIS COMMISSION THAT PASSED LEGISLATION GIVING [08:10:01] OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS EVEN BEFORE THE STATE PASSED SIMILAR LEGISLATION, GIVING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THE TOOLS. IF SOMEONE IS SLEEPING IN PUBLIC AND THEY REFUSE THE SHELTER, SUPREME COURT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE SHELTER, THUS TO OFFER IT. BUT WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT. AND IF THEY REFUSE THE SHELTER THAT WE OFFER, THEN THEY CAN BE ARRESTED. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING YOU THE TOOLS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK YOU'RE DOING, DOING A NICE JOB. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, AND WE ALL FACE IT, BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING HOME AS SERIOUSLY AND COMPASSIONATELY, WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. HOMELESS. WE HAVE THE MOST FULL SERVICE HOMELESS WALK-IN CENTER IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. WE CONTINUE TO GET CRITICIZED AND VILIFIED, BUT NOBODY IN THE COUNTY, 34 CITIES OFFERS WHAT WE OFFER. IT'S INCREDIBLE, THE COMPASSIONATE, HUMANE HUMANITY THAT WE HAVE. BUT YET, FOR MANY CIRCLES, THE MEDIA AND OTHERS, WE CONTINUE TO GET CRITICIZED THAT WE DO NOT, UH, HANDLE THE, THE HOMELESS WITH COMPASSION, BECAUSE YET WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE ALL LAWS. THERE IS A CRIMINAL COMPONENT TO HOMELESSNESS AS COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS POINTING OUT WITH YOUR 42% NUMBERS. AND WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE THE LAWS, MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. OUR RESIDENTS DEMAND IT. THEY EXPECT IT, AND THEY SHOULD. UM, I MEAN, WE HAVE A, THERE'S A MEMO ACTUALLY HERE, UH, JUST SOME STATS THAT, TO GIVE YOU AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A, A MEMO FROM MAYOR DANIELLA LEVI KAVA FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION, ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ, MAY 13TH, 2025. AND IN IT, SHE, SHE WRITES THAT 165 ARRESTS WERE MADE RELATING TO THE STATE LAW RELATING TO ANTI CAMPING. AND 160 WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. I'M ACTUALLY PROUD OF THAT. I'M ACTUALLY PROUD OF THAT. I THINK IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE DOING OUR JOB AND, UH, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T BE CAMPING ON THE STREET, EVIDENTLY, BASED ON THESE STATS THAT WE MADE, A HUNDRED SIXTY, A HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE, UH, OVER, UH, LOOKS LIKE A JANUARY 1ST 20, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF PERIOD. ALTHOUGH CITIES ARE NOT SIMILARLY ENFORCING IT. BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT KUDOS TO, TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING THAT. AND, UH, BUT I DO AGREE THERE'S MORE TO DO AND WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING, BUT ALSO THE RESPONSES TO THIS, I, I PERSONALLY, SOMETIMES I CALL IT IN, AND SOMETIMES OUR RESIDENTS TELL MORE TIMES, OUR RESIDENTS TELL ME WHEN THEY CALL THE POLICE ARE THERE. VERY QUICKLY. I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION, MORE THAN ONE CONVERSATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN LA THEY CALL, NOBODY COMES, THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING. THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME. I'M JUST BASING ON WHAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE TELL ME. SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE RESPONSIVENESS AS WELL IN TAKING THIS ISSUE AS SERIOUSLY AS, AS WE DO, MR. MAYOR, JUST, UM, JUST, AND, AND JUST TO FOLLOW THROUGH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHERE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS TO CALL. RIGHT. AND IT GETS TAKEN SERIOUSLY. UM, I THINK NO, IT'S RESIDENTS TOO. I WAS JUST SAYING THAT SOMETIMES I, I CALL AND SOMETIMES RESIDENTS CALL ME AND THEN I, THEY DON'T CALL NINE ONE ONE, BUT THEY CALL ME AND I PASS IT ALONG. YEAH. AND, AND I THINK WHERE WE'RE GETTING AT IS WE DON'T WANT IT TO HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY RESIDENT DRIVEN. I, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO HOW ALBA AND HER TEAM GOES OUT. I DUNNO IF IT'S EVERY FOUR MONTHS NOW, AM I GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN GO OUT THREE TIMES A WEEK? OH, NO, YOU CAN DO THAT. AND WHILE YOU GO OUT AND, AND DO THE COUNT, YOU CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFFER SERVICES OR, OR MAKE THE ARREST. UM, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS, I'M SORRY. I PROMISED, UH, I PROMISED COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, COMMISSIONER BOT AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SO, YEAH. UM, JUST WE MORE, MY INTENT IS THIS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE. UM, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, ARE YOU FINISHED? SORRY. YEAH, SURE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE SEEN THE POLICE BE PROACTIVE ON THAT. I'VE GONE OUT ON BELL ISLE AND, UH, SEEN GROUPS OF POLICE OFFICERS. I ALWAYS CHECK IN WHEN I'M WALKING MY DOG, AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE'RE DOING, UM, OUR FOCUS TODAY IS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. AND I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER AREAS, AND MAYBE THE CHIEF CAN EXPAND HOW OFTEN YOU DO IT, BECAUSE I DO KNOW IT HAPPENS. SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF. AND THANKS, GIMME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON, ON THIS TOPIC. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PROUD OF, AND MAYOR MINNESOTA TOUCHED ON THIS, WE ARREST MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE, UM, FOR COMMITTING CRIMINAL OFFENSES THAN ANY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS COUNTY. IN FACT, MORE THAN MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS COMBINED IN THIS COUNTY, NONETHELESS, UH, HOMELESS ISSUES PERSIST. UM, BECAUSE AS I'VE SAID SO MANY TIMES, SO MANY PEOPLE HOMELESS IN OF ITSELF IS NOT JUST A POLICE ISSUE. IT'S REALLY A SOCIETAL ISSUE. AND WE DO OUR VERY, VERY BEST TO, UM, [08:15:01] TO ADDRESS IT. WE'RE THE ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A COUNTY THAT HAS A SERGEANT PLUS A PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS, PLUS FOUR POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO ADDRESSING HOMELESS ISSUES. AND TO COMMISSIONER SORES POINT, THEY DON'T ONLY MAKE ARRESTS WHEN NECESSARY DUE TO A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER THINGS TO INCLUDE SUPPORTING THE CITY OF HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM IN OFFERING SERVICES, PROVIDING THAT SERVICE ONCE IT'S, IT'S, UM, ACCEPTED. THEY DON'T SIMPLY JUST ARREST FOR VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY ORDINANCE. WE DO, HOWEVER, AND HAVE BEEN DOING THIS QUITE SOME TIME, AND JUST RE-IMPLEMENTED THIS JUNE 11TH, WHERE WE HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS TWICE A WEEK ON OVERTIME TO GO OUT AND THEY FOCUS NARROWLY ON ENFORCING THE SLEEPING CAMPING ORDINANCE. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT, UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UH, BUT UNDERSTANDING YOUR POINT, UH, COMMISSIONER, WE, WE HEAR YOU. WE'LL PIVOT, WE'LL MAKE SOME CHANGES IN HOW WE ADDRESS THE CAMPING ORDINANCE. SECOND COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER BACH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CORRECT SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID SINCE IT WAS SAID IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. UM, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WAS, UM, THREATENED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ATTACKED VERBALLY BY A HOMELESS PERSON, BUT SHE WAS NOT SE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. AND I WANT TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD BECAUSE THAT'S A THING THAT IT HAS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE FOR SOME PEOPLE, AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN TO HER, THANKFULLY. NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ANY OF THE POINTS YOU'RE MAKING. JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SUAREZ FOR, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES WITH HOMELESSNESS. SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE VERY AWARE OF IS MANAGING EXPECTATIONS ALSO AS IT RELATES TO, AS, AS, AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESS ISSUES, AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, ARRESTS OF HOMELESS IN INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSIENT NATURE OF HOMELESS POPULATIONS. UM, BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, WE ARE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS A DESTINATION THAT HAS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RUNNING THROUGH HERE. UM, AND SO IT IS NATURAL THAT REGARDLESS OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE ENGAGE IN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HOMELESS POPULATION. IT'S, DO I LIKE THAT? NO. DO I WISH WE, WE WE COULD HAVE A ZERO HOMELESS POPULATION? YES. BUT IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. I MEAN, THE REALITY IS, WE TO THIS DAY HAVE A BUS THAT GOES FROM TGK OUT IN WEST MIAMI-DADE THAT COMES ALL THE WAY TO 41ST STREET STOPS IN FRONT OF THE BURGER KING THAT GOES ONTO COLLINS AVENUE, THAT COMES AROUND UP TO LINCOLN ROAD. AND, AND IT'S, IT'S A REVOLVING DOOR THAT NO MATTER THE, THE 1021 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED THIS YEAR, THEY GET OUT OF JAIL BECAUSE JUDGES LET THEM GET OUT OF JAIL. THEY GET ON A BUS THAT BRINGS THEM BACK TO MIAMI BEACH. THE, THE SIGN OUTSIDE OF THAT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SAYS ON THAT BUS SIGN SAYS, DESTINATION MIAMI BEACH, LINCOLN ROAD, . THAT IS WHAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. I THOUGHT YOU FIXED THAT. NO, WE HAVEN'T FIXED THAT, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE ENTITY THAT NEEDS TO COLLABORATE IS NOT VERY WILLING TO COLLABORATE. AND THEY MAKE EVERY EXCUSE IN THE BOOK AS TO WHY WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT. CAN YOU? WHY NOT US? WHY THEY CAN'T CHANGE THAT. AND, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS THAT AS THE DESTINATION POINT THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. SO NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPEND, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE REALITY IS THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT'S GONNA BRING THEM BACK INTO OUR CITY. I WOULD SAY OUR EFFORTS ARE BEST SPENT. COMMISSIONER AL YOU ONCE SAID, WE SHOULD HAVE A LOBBYIST AT THE COUNTY. MAYBE WE DO NEED TO GET A LOBBYIST TO GO TO THE COUNTY AND TRY TO ADVOCATE TO FIX THIS [08:20:01] ON OUR BEHALF. BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL SEE THAT THE RAPIST, THE MURDER THAT KILLED THE TRANSGENDER, UH, WOMAN, THE GUY THAT IS PRAYING ON, ON, ON THE ELDERLY, THE GUY THAT GOT THE TEQUILA BOTTLE AND BROKE IT OVER, OVER, OVER SOMEONE, THE ONE THAT IS ENGAGING IN THEFT, THAT THOSE GUYS DON'T MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO MIAMI BEACH. ABSENT THAT, ANY EXPECTATION THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AN IRON CURTAIN AND KEEP THE HOMELESS, CRIMINAL, HOMELESS POPULATION IS NOT THERE. THERE ARE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WHO, WHO ARE NOT CRIMINAL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CRIMINAL HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. THE THOUGHT THAT THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO DO THIS IRON CURTAIN AND PREVENT HOMELESS CRIMINAL INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED FROM TGK, FROM MAKING THEIR WAY BACK INTO OUR CITY. IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY A FALSE EXPECTATION. IT IS, IT IS A FALSE EXPECTATION. NOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE AN OPERATION THAT IS DONE ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE COMPASSIONATE OUTREACH THAT IS DONE. MM-HMM . AND I THINK THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT. AND I, AND SO, SO YOU HAVE SERGEANT JEROME BARIAN YEP. TOGETHER WITH BO HALL, TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. AND THEY GO OUT ONCE A WEEK. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES. AND THOSE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE MISSIONS. WERE WHERE, WHERE THEY TRY TO GET INDIVIDUALS INTO HOUSING. YES. ALRIGHT. BUT SEPARATE THAN THAT, THAT'S ON THE COMPASSIONATE SIDE. SEPARATE THAN THAT, THERE ARE MORE ENFORCEMENTS RELATED MISSIONS THAT YOU, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED WITH. UH, THAT'S CORRECT. AND EVEN ON THOSE, UH, WEEKLY JOINT MISSIONS WITH THE CITY'S HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, THE RURAL POLICE OFFICERS, NOT ONLY TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM AND TO, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE SHELTER TO TAKE HELP, BUT IF THEY OBSERVE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THEIR JOB IS ALSO TO MAKE THE ARREST AS WELL. OF COURSE, SEPARATE, APART FROM THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A TWICE WEEKLY MISSION WHERE WE PAY TWO OFFICERS, UM, TWICE A WEEK TO GO OUT. AND THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS TO ENFORCE THE COUNTY ORDINANCE. THAT'S SO THAT'S OVERTIME. YES, SIR. THAT'S OVERTIME. YEAH. AND SO HOW CAN WE GET THAT OUT OF OVERTIME? 'CAUSE I, BECAUSE THAT'S A CONCERN, OVERTIME COSTS US MORE MONEY. HOW CAN WE GET THAT OUT OF OVERTIME AND DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY SO WE CAN ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS THAT I SHARE THE CONCERN AS, AS WELL. AND NOT LIMITED. BECAUSE, UH, AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU C COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOUR ITEM IS GREAT, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT WHEN WE FOCUS ON SPECIFIC AREAS, WHEN WE SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON LINCOLN ROAD, WASHINGTON AVENUE, COLLINS PARK, ALTOS, DEMAR PARK, AND THE BEACH WALK ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IS LIKE WATER. WATER IS LIKE A BALLOON, IS WATER IN A BALLOON. IT SHIFTS, IT FINDS GRAVITY. IF YOU PUT THE TASK FORCE ONLY ON LINCOLN ROAD AND ONLY ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, AND ONLY IN COL COLLINS PARK, AND ONLY ON AN ALTO SELL MAR, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? THEY'RE GONNA BE HANGING OUT BEHIND THE BANK ON 41ST STREET. WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THEM AT THE BURGER KING ON 41ST STREET. WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THEM ON THE BUS STOP ON ON 41ST STREET. WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THEM, UH, HANG OUT BY THE PUMP STATIONS. THIS HAPPENS. WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THEM GO INTO THE GOLF COURSES. WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING IN, IN, IN THE BREEZEWAY OF, OF THE SUNSET HARBOR GARAGE. WHERE, WHERE, WHERE PANTHER, UH, COFFEE IS AT. WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS GOING INTO SOUTH OF FIFTH AND FINDING ALLEYWAYS. AND WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE, MORE OF THE MOVE TO, TO, TO SLEEP BEHIND APARTMENT BUILDINGS. AND THEY'RE GONNA FIND, UH, PORCHES OF PEOPLE'S HOMES AND THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO GO OVER THERE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A TASK FORCE OF THIS NATURE THAT IS TARGETED IN A SPECIFIC AREA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE THE PROBLEM. WHAT I FEEL THAT THE, TO ADDRESS THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS THAT WE NEED THE MORE CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF THIS OPERATION, BUT CITYWIDE SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE TO WHERE THE ISSUE IS, IS FOR. YEAH. WELL THE FOLKS I'M TALKING ABOUT, MUCH [08:25:01] LIKE JEROME BAR AND HIS TEAM, THEY ARE CITYWIDE. THEY TYPICALLY GO WHERE THE HOTSPOTS ARE. AND SOMETIMES DRIVEN BY COMPLAINTS IS WHERE THEY FOCUS THEIR NG ON ANY GIVEN DAY. SO ONE DAY THEY BE, MAY BE IN SOUTH BEACH AREA, ONE ANOTHER NIGHT, THEY MAY BE IN NORTH BEACH OR MID BEACH DEPENDING ON WHERE THE ISSUES ARE. YEAH. AND, AND, UH, COMM, SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE WAS NEXT, AND THEN COMMISSIONER . AND SO HOW DO WE GET THAT TO BE MORE REGULAR AND MORE CONSISTENT? BECAUSE, AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MULTIPLE TIMES, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T THINK DOING, DOING THAT OPERATION, UM, THAT PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION ON THE CAMPING ORDINANCE, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE COMPASSIONATE MISSION. I'M TALKING NOW ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT MISSION. THAT ENFORCEMENT MISSION, I FEEL ONCE A WEEK IS NOT SUFFICIENT. AND SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT MORE FREQUENTLY? DO YOU FEEL WE SHOULD BE DOING IT MORE FREQUENTLY? AND, AND, AND AND WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO DO THAT? WELL, CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER, THERE IS, UM, SOME CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WE CAN PROBABLY TRY TO MAXIMIZE. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, AND I THINK THIS IS SMART, NOT COSTING ANY TYPE OF OVERTIME OR ADDITIONAL, UH, DOLLARS, UH, FROM OUR BUDGET, IS OFTENTIMES BETWEEN THE OVERLAP TIMES BETWEEN A AFTERNOON SHIFT AND, UM, MIDNIGHT SHIFT, UH, COMING ON AND THE AFTERNOON SHIFT GOING HOME. WE ASSIGN POLICE OFFICERS SPECIFIC TASKS. THIS COULD BE ONE. THOSE, THE, THOSE TASKS. THIS COULD BE, UH, WE CAN ASSIGN OFFICERS TOO. AND THAT I THINK WE PROVIDE A CONSISTENCY. YOU JUST ASK ABOUT, BUT OKAY, BUT ISN'T THAT THE SAME THAT WE'RE NOW PUTTING ON THE 100 BLOCKS? PARTLY, YES. SO HOW ARE WE GONNA HAVE THEM DO THE 100 BLOCKS WHILE GOING TO DIFFERENT PARTS IN OUR CITY TO DO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CAMPING? WELL, THE 100 BLOCK INITIATIVE IS A TEMPORARY INITIATIVE. IT'S GONNA BE SHORT-LIVED. UM, AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN SHIFT RESOURCES. UH, I THINK WE MAY HAVE THE CAPACITY EVEN WHILE IT'S GOING ON TO SHIFT LIMITED RESOURCES, DO SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO. OKAY. AND NOW HOW DO WE GET, BECAUSE I THINK THE BIGGER THING ALSO IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY POLICE OFFICER IS ENGAGING WITH THE HOMELESS IN INDIVIDUALS. AND I GOTTA SAY, I, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE FOR A GRADUATION AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, WITH, WITH A HOMELESS IN, IN INDIVIDUAL, A HOMELESS IN INDIVIDUAL, WAS HAVING, UH, AN ISSUE WITH SOMEONE ON THE STREET. I LITERALLY SAW A POLICE OFFICER PULL OVER IN HIS, IN, IN HIS CAR, GET OUT OF IT AND ADDRESS THE SITUATION. AND, AND I, I LIKE, IT JUST STUCK OUT TO ME. I WISH I WOULD'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF IT BECAUSE IT JUST LIKE, TO ME, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST PROACTIVELY WITHOUT BEING ASKED, ENGAGING WITH THE HOMELESS. AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WE GET USED TO SEEING A LOT OF THESE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND WE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE HOMELESS IN INDIVIDUALS AND WE ALMOST BECOME IMMUNE TO, TO, TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THERE. BUT HOW DO WE REMIND, HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE, HOW DO WE INSTILL IN THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT WHEN YOU SEE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, YOU NEED TO ENGAGE THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, YOU NEED TO OFFER THEM, UH, SERVICES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN THEY ARE VIOLATING THE CAMPING ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO PROCEED WITH ENFORCING THAT. YEAH. GLAD YOU SAW THAT INTERACTION IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE COP SHOULD HAVE DONE. I I CAN TELL YOU, ALL OF OUR COPS HERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN, IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CAMPING ORDINANCE AND RETRAINED IN ACCOUNTING ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE. AND, AND I EXPECT THEM TO, I'M SURE THEY ARE DOING THE SAME TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT YOU WITNESS IN TALLAHASSEE. I JUST FEAR, I FEAR, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE HIGH VISIBILITY DETAIL, MID BEACH, THE HIGH VISIBILITY DETAILS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. BUT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, MID BEACH, I KNOW THAT IN MID BEACH THERE'S BEEN TIMES I'VE SEEN ISSUES WITH HOMELESS IN, IN INDIVIDUALS THAT UNLESS IT'S BROUGHT TO THE OFFICER'S ATTENTION IS NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESSED. SO THAT'S WHERE I FEAR, I I FEEL LIKE THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE WITH THAT. YEAH, NO, I ECHO THAT AS, AS I'LL, I'LL GIVE THE KUDOS IF, BUT FOR OUR POLICE FORCE, WE WOULD HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE. SO I GIVE YOU THAT CREDIT, BUT I DO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT DESPITE ALL THE SUCCESS AND THE KUDOS THAT I'LL GIVE YOU, WE COULD EVEN DO MORE. BUT THE REALITY IS YEAH, WE CAN DO MORE. WE ARE AT 106. YEAH, AGREE. AGREE. WE WERE AT 250 AND YOU MENTIONED THAT MR. MAYOR. I THINK JUST THE REALITY IS THAT WE CAN'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ZERO, THOUGH IT IS A GREAT GOAL AND I, BUT I JUST THINK THERE IS REALITY. THERE IS EXPECTATION TO MANAGE AND THERE IS JUST SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL, WHICH IS [08:30:01] THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BRINGING BACK THESE INDIVIDUALS OVER HERE AND MANY OF THEM RIDE THEIR BIKES ACROSS THE CAUSEWAYS ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT NO MATTER WHAT EACH ONE OF OUR OFFICERS DO, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT KEEPS ATTRACTING PEOPLE BACK INTO OUR CITY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH. MY GOAL FOR MIAMI BEACH IS SIMPLE. IT'S NOTHING SHORT THAN BEING THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD TO LIVE, TO VISIT, TO RAISE A FAMILY. UM, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY I DON'T WALK AND ADMIRE AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE AND THIS BEAUTIFUL PARADISE WE LIVE IN. WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. I CAN LOOK AT YOU CHIEF AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF AND SAY KUDOS TO THE JOB YOU'VE DONE. RIGHT? TRULY THE, I MEAN, THAT'S BACKED UP BY THE STATS AS BACKED UP BY THE STATS, BUT IN THE SAME BREATH SAY, LET'S KEEP PUSHING FOR MORE. RIGHT. LET'S ASPIRE TO BE EVEN BETTER THAN WE WERE WHEN WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING. AND I THINK THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE, RIGHT? IT IS TO SAY IT'S PROVEN OUT BY THE DATA THAT WE'RE DOING MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN MIAMI D COUNTY. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT FACT AND WE RECOGNIZE THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE, BUT LET'S KEEP PUSHING. RIGHT? AND A LOT OF THIS IS ACTUALLY PREVENTATIVE. SO THERE COULD BE A DETECTIVE THAT MAYBE THAT'S NOT HIS CORE UNIT, BUT WHEN WE GO AND SEE 42% OF OUR CRIMES ARE COMMITTED BY HOMELESS, A LOT OF THESE TURNING INTO VERY SERIOUS THINGS. A LOT OF THIS COULD BE GETTING OUT IN FRONT BEFORE SOME OF THOSE SERIOUS CRIMES HAPPENED. SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE TASK FORCE. UH, I'M INDIFFERENT TO WHETHER WE CENTERED ON CERTAIN AREAS OR, OR DO CITYWIDE. I I'LL LEAVE THAT TO, UH, YOU WHERE YOUR RESOURCES ARE BEST DEEMED, EVEN IF IT IS OFFICIALLY CITYWIDE. BUT YOU KIND OF CONCENTRATE ON THE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, TO BE HOTSPOTS. BUT THAT ALSO BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT IS THIS CAN'T BE ONE SIDED. RIGHT? AND I'VE SAID THAT SINCE, UH, THE DAY I WAS ELECTED. YOU DO YOUR JOB, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO DO OUR JOB LEGIS LEGISLATIVELY. WE CAN'T ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND WE NEED TO EXAMINE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH BETTER URBAN PLANNING. RIGHT? IT'S STARING US IN THE FACE. I MEAN, IT'S DANGER OF ASKING A QUESTION YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I DO. WHAT'S A BIGGER STRAIN ON YOUR RESOURCES AND UH, A MORE PROBLEMATIC AREA? UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE IN FRONT OF PURA VIDA OR COLLINS AVENUE WHERE WE SEE EVERY VIDEO AT MITCH NOVAK'S HOUSE , THAT, THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY THE 100 BLOCK OF, UH, NINTH STREET. AND I CAN TELL YOU ONDO, I'M PRE CONFIDENT THAT A DATA WOULD SUPPORT THIS WOULD BE THE 100 BLOCK OF NINTH STREET, RIGHT? AND SO WE NEED TO SIT HERE AND SELF REFLECT AND SAY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT AREAS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE ATTRACTING AN ELEMENT THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR OUR CITY, THAT WE'RE NOT PROUD OF? AND WE COULD PUT A POLICE STATION RIGHT THERE, WE COULD MOVE IT THREE BLOCKS TO THE EAST. AND YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS THERE. WHY? RIGHT? WHY DO WE HAVE A MEGA PIZZA AND A LIQUOR STORE, UH, ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC BEACHES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, RIGHT? AND THEN WE NEED TO SELF-REFLECT AND SAY, WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE AS A CITY AND HOW CAN WE MAKE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, PERHAPS THROUGH URBAN PLANNING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT AREA BETTER? BECAUSE WE ALL SIT UP HERE AND WE NOTICE OUR POLICE BUDGET IS, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY 60 PER 62% OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET, RIGHT? WE HAVE A FINITE PIE THAT JUST CAN'T KEEP GROWING MORE. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY OTHER THAN JUST THROWING MORE RESOURCES. MORE RESOURCES, MORE RESOURCES. 'CAUSE THAT'S A FINITE PIE. SO I'LL WRAP IT UP AND TRY AND BE CONCISE. KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. JUST AS I EXPECT THE SAME OUT OF MYSELF WHERE I'M ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, HERE ARE THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT LET'S KEEP GOING AND DO BETTER. I'LL ASK THE SAME IN OUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, THEN COMMISSIONER BOT, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE BUS IN FRONT OF TG. WHAT IS IT? T-G-K-T-G-K-T-G-K THAT COMES ACROSS THE BRIDGE. AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT THE COUNTY IS NEVER GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT BUS ROUTE. AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY OFFENDED WHEN WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO, BUT IT IS NOT IN THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL INTEREST FOR THEM TO KEEP BUSTING PEOPLE TO MIAMI BEACH. AND THEN WE ARREST THEM BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE AT [08:35:01] THE COUNTY, THEY WERE COMPLAINING AND SAYING, ALL OF THESE ARRESTS ARE COSTING TOO MUCH MONEY NOW. COULDN'T WE PUT A SIGN NEAR THE BUS OR SPEAK TO THEM SAYING THAT WE'RE ENFORCING OUR CAMPING ORDINANCE? YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHICH MIGHT BE A WARNING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DON'T NECESSARILY COME TO MIGHTY BEACH 'CAUSE WE'RE ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE AND IF THE COUNTY SAYS THAT WE CAN'T PUT IT. BUT REALLY YOU SHOULD FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S COSTING THEM WITH THESE HOMELESS ARRESTS. WHY DON'T WE LOOK IN THE AREA FOR ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT. AND PUT UP A BIG SIGN ACROSS THE STREET. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO TGK, NEVER ARRESTED, BUT I'M SURE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST GET OUT. UM, IS IT ON A STREET? IS IT LIKE, LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S ON A STREET OBVIOUSLY, BUT IS IT A COMMERCIAL STREET? IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. YOU HAVE THE AIRPORT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION. YEAH. ARE THERE ANY BUILDINGS WHERE WE COULD PLACE AN AD BECAUSE MAYBE WE WILL SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME AND INVESTMENT IF WE PAY TO PUT AN AD THERE OR A WAY FINDING SIGNED IN NEW YORK CITY OR, YOU KNOW, BUT SERIOUSLY, IF WE TELL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE, IT COULD DETER PEOPLE, RIGHT? I THINK THE HOMELESS POPULATION, DO THEY KNOW WHAT THE CAMPING ORDINANCE IS AT THIS POINT, WOULD YOU SAY? I AM PRETTY SURE THEY DO. THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SORT OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. SO I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATIVE WAYS. I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THROWING MORE PEOPLE AT IT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN OR IF WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON THEIR END. WHERE DOES THE, WHERE'S THE BUS STOP IN MIAMI BEACH? THE FIRST STOP IS ON 41ST STREET BY GARDEN AVENUE. WELL, LET'S PUT A SCARY SIGN THERE. SO YES. AND LET'S PUT IT SCARY SIGN AT THAT BUS STOP. OKAY. AND SAY, WARNING, WE ARE ENFORCING CAMPING ORDINANCE. DO NOT SLEEP ON THE STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN FOLLOW THAT AROUND. I MEAN, IT CAN'T HURT, RIGHT? IF THIS IS TRUE WHAT YOU SAY, AND IT'S ENCOURAGING THE HOMELESS POPULATION. I, I, I REALLY BELIEVE OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IS AGGRAVATED BY THIS. I'VE GONE OVER THERE, I'VE GONE IN THE BUS, I'VE RIDDEN THE ENTIRE BUS. I'VE DONE IT MORE THAN ONCE TO CONFIRM WHAT I'VE SEEN. AND IT IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOOD RESOURCE, PUTTING GOOD RESOURCES AFTER BAD, PUTTING ASIDE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE JUDGES THAT ARE JUST CREATING THIS REVOLVING DOOR ON CRIMINALS WHO ARE PREYING ON OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS, THIS BUS WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS, THIS BUS THAT'S JUST SENDING THEM BACK. AND, AND I REALLY THINK COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, FOR AS GOOD AS YOUR IDEA OF THE TASK FORCE IS, IS NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE ISSUE. IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE CRIMINAL HOMELESS POPULATION, AND AGAIN, THE CRIMINAL HOMELESS POPULATION. 'CAUSE NOT ALL HOMELESS ARE CRIMINALS, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES IS IF WE CUT THIS DIRECT LINE FROM THE JAIL OVER HERE. WELL, I MEAN, MR. MAYOR, HOLD ON. CAN I JUST ANSWER THIS ONE PLEASE? THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT THERE MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CUT THE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA STOP THE BUS LINE. WELL, LET, LET'S TRY. BUT WE CAN MESSAGE ALONG THE WAY. LET, BUT LET'S TRY TO GET A LOBBYIST. WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE TRY TO HIRE A LOBBYIST? I TRIED THAT. WELL, I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED, BUT MAYBE LET'S TRY, MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY HIRING A LOBBYIST THAT HAS GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP US ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE THE POLITICS OF THE COUNTY THAT CAN HELP US ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. UM, THANK YOU. UM, I RESPECTFULLY COMMISSIONER FERNET, I DISAGREE. UM, I THINK WE COULD DO BOTH. I I DO THINK THAT HAVING A PROACTIVE TASK FORCE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. IT'S AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER. UM, I, MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE COUNTY IS VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MOST OF THE TIME ADVERSE TO OUR OWN INTERESTS, UH, ON MIAMI BEACH. AND I, AS THE CHIEF SAID, THEY HAVE A SUB COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. THE WORD HAS GOTTEN OUT THAT IT, IT, IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO, UH, CAMPING IN, IN, IN MIAMI BEACH. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, YOU SAID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TEAM, RIGHT? THAT'S REACTIVE, RIGHT? AGAIN, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, AND WHAT I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SIGN ON BOARD WITH IS A PROACTIVE FORCE. [08:40:01] LOOK, MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. LET'S JUST START WITH FOUR DAYS A WEEK. UM, MORE THAN THE ONCE A WEEK, UH, UM, PERIOD THAT WE DO NOW. I THINK IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PAY DIVIDENDS DOWN THE LINE BECAUSE IT, IT DOES DETER HOMELESS FROM STAYING IN MYY BEACH ONCE THEY REALIZE AT TWO IN THE MORNING WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK WITH ALL THEIR, WITH ALL THEIR GEAR, THEY, NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING IS WORSE THAN GETTING WOKEN UP, UH, FROM, FROM YOUR BEAUTY REST AND THEN HAVING TO EITHER ACCEPT SERVICES OR GO TO JAIL. AND YOU DO THAT A COUPLE TIMES, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK. THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO COME BACK. UM, AND THAT IT IS A DETERRENT. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS THE WHOLE ETHOS OF, OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED, IS TO REALLY MAKE IT NOT A, A CONDUCIVE PLACE TO, TO, TO CAMP OVERNIGHT IN MIAMI BEACH ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. SO AGAIN, I I, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT A MORE PROACTIVE PRESENCE. I, I KNOW COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAD HAD ISSUES. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D HAD ISSUES OR NOT, BUT IF I, I, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE THIS DISCUSSION TO GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CHIEF ON DIRECTION, LIKE CLEAR DIRECTION, UM, ON WHY DON, WE CREATE ON A PROACTIVE TASK FORCE. WHY DON'T WE CREATE A PILOT? LET'S TEST IT, LET'S TEST IT. YOU KNOW, HE'S ALREADY BEEN THE CHIEF. YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TESTING THIS, UM, ON, ON A WEEKLY BASIS. AND, AND, AND MAYBE IS EXPANDING IT, UH, ON A, ON A PILOT BASIS BEFORE WE COMMIT TO IT PERMANENTLY TO SEE WHAT INROADS, UH, IT MAKES BEFORE WE DEDICATE PERMANENT RESOURCES TO IT. RIGHT. UM, SO I MEAN, WAIT, I'M NOT TRYING, I'M NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGE. UM, I I I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL IDEA OF RICHARD, DO YOU PLAN ON A VOTE TODAY OR IS THIS MORE GUIDANCE? GUIDANCE, OKAY. YEAH. UM, UNLESS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE'RE HEADED UNLESS YOU, UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO BRING A MOTION FOR A VOTE. BUT I, I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL IDEA OF SORT OF WHAT WE NEED. UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES THAT HE'S GIVEN CLEAR DIRECTION AND I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER BOTEN, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ TO, TO ALSO CHIME IN BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BE A UNANIMOUS DIRECTION, UH, ON, ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, POSSIBLY CARRY THROUGH WITH THIS IDEA. DO YOU HAVE DIRECTION, I'M SORRY, SIR. DO YOU NEED MORE DIRECTION OR DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE, UH, DIRECTION? YOU'RE, WELL, WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING IS I'M ASKED TO DO MORE OF THE PROACTIVE, UM, CAMPING ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT, IS WHAT I'M HEARING GENERALLY, GENERALLY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THERE, IS IT, IT'S NOT JUST CAMPING ORDINANCE, RIGHT? I MEAN, UH, WELL, I THINK IT'S, I I THINK, NO, I, I, I THINK IT IS THE ANTI CAMPING ORDINANCE BECAUSE, UM, AND THAT'S, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S HOMELESS IN GENERAL. SOMETIMES THE INDIVIDUAL IS, UH, YOU CAN HAVE SITUATIONS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, BUT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, A, A PROBLEM THAT IS ABSOLUTE PERSON'S SCREAMING ON THE TOP OF THE LUNGS. WE'VE ALL DRIVEN BY THAT. SURE. THEY MAY NOT BE SLEEPING AT THE MOMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PROBLEM. MM-HMM . I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. THERE'S, THERE'S CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND THEN THERE'S, AND THEN THERE'S CAMPING, RIGHT? UM, AND LET'S BIFURCATE IT TOO. IF THERE'S CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, OBVIOUSLY THE POLICE, THEY DO A FINE JOB IN ADDRESSING THAT, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT IF THERE IS A HOMELESS PERSON WHO DOESN'T COMMIT ANY CRIMES, UM, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY MAY BE JUST CAMPING ON, ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, UH, THERE'S REALLY NO, THERE'S NO DRIVE FOR A POLICE OFFICER DRIVING BY TO SAY, OH, HE'S SLEEPING, BUT HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING BAD. NO ONE'S CALLED IT IN. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT PERSON. LIKE SOMEONE IN TALLAHASSEE THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAID TO STOP AND, AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BY WASHINGTON AVENUE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, I COUNT, I DON'T KNOW, 20. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SLEEPING IN THE PUBLIC. YES. CAMPING. AND, AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, BECAUSE YOU MADE A VERY GOOD DISTINCTION. 'CAUSE WHEN WE SAW THE SLIDESHOW, WE SAW THE SLIDESHOW OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMITTED SOME PRETTY EGREGIOUS CRIMES. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ABSENT THOSE CRIMES, IF THE POLICE WOULD HAVE SEEN ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WALKING BEFORE THEY COMMITTED THE CRIME, IF THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE ABILITY, EVEN WITH A TASK FORCE TO ARREST THAT INDI INDIVIDUAL, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY COMMITTED THE CRIME THAT THEY ENDED UP GETTING ARRESTED AND THEY MADE THOSE HEADLINES THAT YOU SHOWED. UM, NOW, AND SO YOU BIFURCATED THAT. [08:45:01] YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU JUST MENTIONED THE DISTINCTION THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMITTED THOSE CRIMES, THEY COMMITTED THOSE SPECIFIC CRIMES. THAT THAT'S NOT CAMPING. THOSE PEOPLE MAY HAVE COME ON THE BUS. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IN OTHER PLACES IN, IN MIAMI, BECAUSE THE HOMELESS POPULATION DOES MOVE AROUND. AND THEY DO COME IN DURING THE DAY AND THEY LEAVE AT NIGHT, WHICH IT DOES HAPPEN THOUGH. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MORE PERMANENT HOMELESS POPULATION HERE THAT THEY DO SLEEP IN, IN OUR STREETS. THEY SLEEP IN OUR, UH, BEACHES, THEY SLEEP IN, IN OUR PARKS. AND SO, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF EXPECTATIONS, BECAUSE WE MIGHT VERY WELL BE GOING AFTER THOSE WHO ARE VIOLATING THE CAMPING ORDINANCE AND SLEEPING IN OUR BEACHES AT NIGHT. BUT THOSE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTING ALL THOSE OTHER CRIMES THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR, IN YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I, AND I THINK YOU REALIZE THAT BECAUSE YOU JUST MADE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO. WELL, THAT'S WHY I RAISED THE ISSUE. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THERE'S AN ISSUE. UH, OBVIOUSLY SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT COMMITTING CRIMES AND WE'RE NOT WORRIED. BUT WHEN THERE'S, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M, I, I WOULD EVEN EXPAND IT BEYOND THAT BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY'S SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK NOT SLEEPING, BUT THEY HAVE SEVEN SHOPPING BAGS AROUND THEM, AND IT'S, AND IT'S, IT'S CLEAR, EVERYONE VISUALIZES WHAT I'M SAYING. THE POLICE CAN TELL THEM TO MOVE ALONG. WELL, WE PASS OUR RIGHT OF WAY ORDINANCE, UH, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW POLICE TO MAKE AN ARREST WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE BLOCKING THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT ROB YOU HELPED US, UH, CRAFT THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL, UH, THAT WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCING, ENFORCING THAT IN THIS, IN THE CONTEXT. IF THERE IS THIS TYPE OF TASK FORCE, IT SHOULD BE ENFORCED AS PART OF THAT, I WOULD HOPE. YEAH. SO, SO THE, THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT I SHOWED COMMITTED THOSE VIOLENT CRIMES, AT SOME POINT THEY WERE SLEEPING IN MIAMI BEACH, RIGHT? THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE SLEEPING, THEY WERE CAMPING, HOWEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. UM, I MEAN, THE GUY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT DIRT BAG WHO HELD UP OUR COLLEAGUE WITH A GUN, HE'D BEEN HERE FOR MONTHS AND, UM, HE WAS SLEEPING SOMEWHERE. AND IT WASN'T AT SOMEONE'S HOME. HE WAS SLEEPING ON THE STREET. UM, AND I, AND I THINK HE HAD A BUNCH OF WARRANTS, CORRECT? UM, I DON'T RECALL IF HE HAD WARRANTS, BUT DID ARREST HIM THE INCIDENT. BUT AGAIN, WHEN AFTER YOU GOT OUT, DID YOU ARREST HIM AGAIN? AND ONLY THAT, BUT HE, HE WAS HOLDING, HE WAS, HE HAD A GUN ON HIM. HE DID. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A PROACTIVE POLICE FORCE THAT STOPPED HIM, YOU KNOW, CHECKED HIS, ID REALIZED THAT HE HAD A GUN ON HIM, IT COULD HAVE PREVENTED A LOT OF, OF, OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAPPENED. THE SAME PERSON THAT ATTACKED JOE MANNING. I'VE SEEN HIM SLEEPING ON THE, I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN THAT GUY SLEEPING IN MIAMI BEACH. UM, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I SHOWED, I PERSONALLY SAW, UH, SLEEPING IN MIAMI BEACH. SO AT SOME POINT THEY DO SLEEP IN MIAMI BEACH AND IT, IT, AGAIN, IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PROACTIVE TASK FORCE IS A PREVENTATIVE, UH, CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT IN, IN MY OPINION. I, I JUST WANNA INTERJECT THAT, UM, THE MIAMI BEACH CRIME PAGE FEELS THAT IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT THE MUNICIPAL PROSECUTORS THAT ARE DROPPING THE CHARGES. SO WE ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE, BUT THEN THEY'RE NOT PROSECUTING ON OUR END. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY SEEM TO FEEL THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, THE POLICE ARE ARRESTING AND THEY'RE DOING THIS DIFFICULT JOB, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE MAKING THE ARREST AND WE'RE DROPPING THE CHARGES. IS THAT TRUE? HI, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNTRUE. OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTORS DROPPED VIRTUALLY NOTHING. WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A 92% SUCCESS RATE RIGHT NOW. WE WENT FROM 8%, THAT'S WHEN I STARTED BRINGING ALL THAT LEGISLATION THAT OUR COMMISSION PASSED. AND, UH, WE ARE AT 92% LESS. I CHECKED SAID, I DON'T KNOW. HE SAID, LOOK AT THE CRIME PREVENTION CASE. THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE NOT, UM, DROPPING THE CHARGES. I'M GONNA GO IN AND LOOK AT IT YESTERDAY, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, 6 24, ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR FAILS THE RESIDENCE OF MIAMI BEACH BY AGREEING WHAT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S REQUEST TO DISMISS THE CAMPING BEACH CASE IN ORDER TO CLOSE OUT THIS DANGEROUS, CONVICTED FELONS TO OPEN MISDEMEANOR CASES WITH A PLEA DEAL. SO THIS IS HAPPENING. SO IF WE COULD FIND THAT IT IS HAPPENING, THE CASE, I, I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND I MEAN, AND, AND IF THAT IS TRUE, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICE OFFICERS, IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. IF YOU CAN FORWARD ME THAT CASE, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT. BUT FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, THAT WAS A MISDEMEANOR CASE, WHICH WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE STATE ATTORNEYS. AND OUR AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE OUR MUNICIPAL CASE WITH THEIR PROSECUTION, UH, IS A STRATEGIC DECISION MADE [08:50:01] BASED ON THE CASE AND THE STRENGTH OF THAT INDIVIDUAL STATE PROSECUTION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT VERY, VERY, VERY FEW MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION CASES, AND I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF ONE, UH, BEING DISMISSED BY OUR MUNICIPAL, UH, PRO. SO MY OFFICE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING ON LEGISLATION FOR JULY, UM, TO PERHAPS INVITE THEM IN AND, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR TEAM, KIND OF, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GRANULARITY EXCEPT FOR STATS, RIGHT? AND TO SHARE KIND OF THE INNER WORKINGS, JUST TO ESSENTIALLY HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT PROGRAM IS. UM, ANY TYPES OF CHANGES, ANY TYPE OF, UH, LEGISLATIVE GUIDANCE THAT WE COULD GIVE. UM, SO I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD JUST FOR US TO KIND OF GET A PEEK UNDER THE HOOD. YEAH, OF COURSE. WE'D BE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT. IT'S OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTORS ARE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE. THEY ENFORCE EVERYTHING. THEY DON'T DROP ANYTHING. I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT. SO, SO JUST TO, FOR EVERYONE WATCHING THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST, I'D SAY THREE, FOUR YEARS, WHAT GENERALLY HAPPENED IS WE, WE ARE THE ONLY CITY IN MIAMI-DADE 34 CITIES THAT HAS A MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR. WE HAVE I THINK FOUR NOW. UH, YES. SO WE HAVE FOUR. WE USED TO HAVE ONE. WE WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT EVEN HAD ONE. THE STATE ATTORNEY HANDLES ALMOST EVERYTHING, INCLUDING FELONIES. AND WE HANDLED A, A HANDFUL OF MISDEMEANORS. I, AND A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT OTHERS TOO, BUT I BROUGHT MANY DIFFERENT MISDEMEANORS. I ACTUALLY DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND WHICH ONES THAT WERE NOT BEING PROSECUTED TO THE LEVEL THAT WE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE. AND WE ADDED THAT TO OUR ARSENAL OF CASES THAT WE HANDLE. SO WE HAD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROSECUTORS THAT WE HAD. THE OTHER ISSUE IS WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE PROSECUTING THESE CASES, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND THE ONE THING YOU WILL NOTICE IS A LOT OF THESE ARRESTS, ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS THAT ARE, IT'S, IT'S LIKE PAGES LONG, BUT GENERALLY NOT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT MIAMI BEACH GENERALLY, WE USED TO SEE THAT A LOT. YOU'D HAVE PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS AND, AND I'D SEE IT, YOU'D HAVE THE SAME PERSON ARRESTED IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE CITY OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THE CASES WEREN'T BEING PROSECUTED. BUT NOW WE'RE PROSECUTING THOSE CASES. SO THEY HAVE A, THERE'S A CONVICTION. THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET JAIL TIME THE FIRST TIME AROUND. AGAIN, THAT'S A LOT OF THE, THE JUDGES HAVE THE DISCRETION OFTEN, BUT ONCE YOU START SEEING THOSE CONVICTIONS, THE JUDGES WILL TAKE, GENERALLY WILL TAKE ACTION. SO YOU DON'T SEE THOSE REPEAT CRIMINAL OFFENDERS, UH, AS MUCH IN OUR CITY AS, AS YOU USED TO. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF OUR CITY COMMISSION AND PASSING THIS LEGISLATION. I BROUGHT MUCH, MUCH OF IT, BUT, UH, AGAIN, UH, WORKING IN TANDEM AND, UM, BUT STILL, IT, IT'S STILL, THERE ARE STILL STILL CASES THAT, UH, THAT THE FELONIES WE CANNOT HANDLE BY STATE LAW. THAT'S THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, AND THE JUDGES OBVIOUSLY, WERE STILL AT THE, AT THE MERCY OF THE JUDGES, AND YOU SEE THE STATS, I READ YOU THE STATS FROM THAT MEMO FROM MAYOR KABA. WE MADE 160 OF THE 165 HOMELESS ARRESTS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. AND UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE JUDGES DON'T LIKE THESE CASES, AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T FEEL AS COMPASSIONATE TO OF OUR RESIDENTS. I, I'D SAY, AS WE DO, AND THEY SAY, WELL, THIS IS NOT REALLY A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. NOW I'M NOT GONNA, WE, WE HAD SOMEBODY JUST ARRESTED IN OUR CITY WHO LITERALLY HAD, I THINK OVER 50 ARRESTS, INCLUDING JOE MANNING IT, IT WAS THAT INDIVIDUAL, AND HE WAS ARRESTED IN OUR CITY, AND HE WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SHAMEFUL, BUT IT, IT HAPPENS. AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THAT OUTSIDE OF AN ELECTION OF, UH, IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, BUT WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE SPECIFIC CASE THAT WAS REFERENCED, BUT, UH, I MEAN, WE MON I MONITOR THIS AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. UH, THE STATE ATTORNEYS OFFICE, I KNOW HIS IS, UH, I THINK DONE A BETTER JOB. I'M IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM FREQUENTLY, AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, WE CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THEM. MR. MR. MAYOR, UH, HOW, HOW ABOUT I MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR, FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND FOR THE CITY MANAGER IN CHIEF, HOW ABOUT WE, UM, REVISIT THIS IN JULY AND IN, IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN OF WHAT A PROACTIVE FORCE LOOKS LIKE? UM, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE US SORT OF LIKE YOUR FEELING ON, ON WHAT IT IS, AND THEN LET US, LET US DISCUSS IT. UM, HOPEFULLY NOT AS LONG AS TODAY, BUT, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL BE REACHING OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY. UM, AND SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE, DOES THAT, DOES THAT SOUND FAIR WITH MY COLLEAGUES? I THINK THAT'S FAIR. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LOVE TO SEE IS BECAUSE IN JUNE IS WHEN YOU STARTED THE OPERATION. YEP. UH, SO THEN HOPEFULLY BY THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE A MONTH WORTH OF DATA TO SEE HOW THE OPERATION IS, IS GOING AND WHETHER IT'S WORTH EXPANDING AND BUILDING UPON IT. THEN AT THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE CONCRETE DATA ON THAT. SO I, I LIKE THAT IDEA. OKAY. YES. WILL DO. VICE MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE R SEVEN S AND R NINE U OR JUST ONE OF THEM? UH, LET'S, WHAT'S R SEVEN U [08:55:01] AGAIN? THE BOTH. IT'S JUST THE DISCUSSION ITEM, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN R SEVEN S WITHDRAW FOR NOW. UM, THAT'S THE RESIDENT, NO, THAT, THAT'LL BE, UH, DEFER TILL NEXT MONTH. OKAY. SO DEFER THAT ONE AND NOT THE DISCUSSION. CORRECT. DISCUSSION CLOSE OUT, DEFER THE, UM, GOT IT. THE TASK FORCE TO NEXT MONTH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE GOT A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR. LET'S TRY TO PLOW THROUGH THESE ITEMS IF WE CAN. UH, WE GOT TWO MORE R SEVEN ITEMS. LET'S FINISH THOSE. R SEVEN [R7 W A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO INSTALL "NO DUMPING - DRAINS TO THE BAY" SIGNAGE NEXT TO STORMWATER DRAINS AT 200 STRATEGIC LOCATIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF IMPROPER WASTE DISPOSAL, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MARINE WATERFRONT PROTECTION AUTHORITY BOARD (MWPA), WITH AN INITIAL PHASE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 USING AVAILABLE FUNDING.] WR SEVEN W INSTALL NO DUMPING DRAINS TO THE BAY SIGNAGE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM, UH, WAS BROUGHT FORTH, UM, BY, UH, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND IT DIRECTS THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO INSTALL NO DUMPING DRAINS TO THE BAY SIGNS AT 200 STORM WATER DRAIN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S COME BEFORE US IN THE PAST. UH, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATING PEOPLE IS KEY TO CURBING THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF WASTE INTO OUR DRAINS. AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN KISKA HAVE TAKEN THIS INITIATIVE AND IT'S SHOWN SUCCESS IN REDUCING THEIR STORM WATER CONTAMINATION, AND IT'S A RELATIVELY LOW COST AND CAN PREVENT FUTURE EXPENSIVE WATER CLEANUPS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, ERIC. SECOND. NO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WE'RE VERY OPEN TO DOING IN THE FUTURE. EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT INTO THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ULTIMATE ULTIMATELY ENDS UP IN THE BAY. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ONLY ALLOWING WATER TO GO DOWN THE DRAIN. UH, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING GARBAGE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING DOG WASTE. THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING, UM, YOU KNOW, CHEMICALS OR WASHING THEIR, YOU KNOW, GREASE MATS OR ANY OF THESE THINGS INTO THE DRAINS, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT ALL IS GONNA BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE BAY. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU IF, IF I, I HAVE A SUGGESTION TO THE SPONSOR, UM, . SO, UH, WE WANNA INSTALL NO DUMPING DRAINS AND IT OBVIOUSLY COSTS MONEY. $10,000, I BELIEVE. HOW, HOW ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAVE ADOPT A HIGHWAY. HOW ABOUT ADOPT A DRAIN WHERE SOMEONE CAN, CAN, UH, GIFT THE CITY A $10,000 AND THEIR NAME IS PUT ON THERE, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE SUCH AND SUCH FAMILY, OR THIS INDIVIDUAL AND IT'S ON THE DRAIN FOREVER. UM, AND THEN THEY PAY FOR THE COST, OR YOU CAN DEDICATE IT AFTER AN ENEMY . I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D BE OPEN TO, BUT, UH, SOMETHING WHERE IF, IF, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO, UH, DONATE TO, TO ADOPTING A DRAIN AND HAVE THEIR NAME ON IT, I THINK THAT COULD BE, I THINK IT YOU, I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY GET A LOT OF BUY-IN FOR THAT. MAYBE I, HUDSON CITY THE ATTORNEY FEEL ABOUT THIS. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A REFERRAL, UH, TO ESTABLISH AN ADOPT OR TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AN ADOPT A DRAIN PROGRAM. SO YOU ARE BOTH THINKING, YOU ARE BOTH THINKING SIMILARLY. SO, UH, NOT A BAD IDEA. SO IS IT IS ALLOWED BY THE WAY, SPOT OVER THERE? YEAH. IT, IT CAN BE ALLOWED. I MEAN, IT, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S SYMBOLIC. THE PERSON'S NOT GONNA ACTUALLY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE DRAIN, BUT IT'S, THE IDEA FOR THIS WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD ADOPT A DRAIN AND CLEAN UP ANY DEBRIS, BUT YOU CAN EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE PAYING FOR THE SIGNAGE AND THEIR, AND THE PERSON'S FAMILY NAME OR THE NAME CAN BE ON THE DRAIN. YOU ALL CAN GET AS CREATIVE AS YOU WANT. COOL. YOU KNOW, I, I WILL JUST SAY, UM, KRISTEN AND I AND ALEX, UM, THERE ARE ZOOS AND THINGS WHERE YOU CAN LIKE DONATE A BOX OF RATS TO BE EATEN BY A SNAKE OR SOMETHING AND YOUR EXES IN THE NAME OF YOUR EX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THIS ACTUALLY COULD BE A GREAT FUNDRAISING MECHANISM. THERE YOU GO. SO ART SEVEN W'S AS AMENDED. I THINK I'M HEARING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MERGED INTO THE REFERRAL ITEM. OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. R SEVEN W IS WITHDRAWN. OKAY. AND I'LL, I'LL CO-SPONSOR THIS ITEM WITH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, [R7 X A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING AS A POLICY DURING THE FY 2026 BUDGET PROCESS THAT ANY AVAILABLE YEAR-END GENERAL FUND SURPLUS IN FY 2025 BE USED TOWARD THE $6,530,000 THE CITY WOULD NEED TO PAY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7605 COLLINS AVENUE FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH ANY ESTABLISHED CITY POLICIES REGARDING RESERVES.] R SEVEN XR SEVEN X ALLOCATE FY 25 SURPLUS OF ACQUISITIONS OF 76 0 5 COLLEGE AVENUE FOUR. I MOVE THE ITEM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE ON R SEVEN [09:00:01] X. UH, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? R SEVEN X IS ADOPTED. SEVEN ZERO MS. RAMIREZ, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF C SEVEN ITEMS. WHAT WAS THE, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTED ONES? SURPLUS MICE. LET'S DO, UH, [C7 BU A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD (CCAB), AS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER TO COMMISSION (LTC) DATED JUNE 23, 2025, REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVE A ONE-TIME EXTENSION OF THE PRIDE PARK ACTIVATION WINDOW BY THREE (3) ADDITIONAL DAYS - FROM SEVENTY-FIVE (75) DAYS TO SEVENTY-EIGHT (78) DAYS - FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 ONLY, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AND RETAIN ADOBE MAX, A HIGH-VALUE CONVENTION CLIENT WITH AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $60 MILLION THROUGH 2027.] C SEVEN BU U C7, BU C7 BU INCREASED PRIDE PARK ACTIVATION DATES FROM 75 TO 78 FOR 26, ONLY FOR ADOBE MAX COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSOR. SO BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO THANK AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF RESIDENTS. UH, THE COMMISSION WAS KIND OF LIKE THRUST IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THIS PRIDE PARK ACTIVATION FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL BACKDROP. PRIDE PARK SERVES AS, UH, A STAGING GROUND OR EVEN, UM, UH, AN EVENT GROUND FOR A LOT OF CONVENTION CENTER ACTIVITIES. OBVIOUSLY, THE RESIDENTS WANNA MAXIMIZE THEIR USAGE TIME OF THAT PARK. UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER IS A THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLAR ASSET THAT WE HAVE THAT IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR OUR CITY. UH, SO AT TIMES THERE CAN BE COMPETING INTEREST. THE COMMISSION KIND OF GOT THRUST IN THE MIDDLE WITH OUR RESIDENTS WANTING ONE THING AND THE MORE BUSINESS-MINDED FOLKS WANTING ANOTHER, UM, IT, IT TOOK SOME MASSAGING, BUT WE HAD A GREAT GROUP OF RESIDENTS, UH, I'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, JOHN AND CHRIS OVER AT, UH, PALM VIEW AND ROBIN JACOBS, WHO SERVES ON THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD. UH, THEY HAVE BECOME, UH, QUICK BEST FRIENDS AS, UH, AS TEXT MESSAGES, UH, INDICATE TO MAKE. BUT KIDDING ASIDE, UH, THOSE TWO ENTITIES WORK TOGETHER AND FOUND A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, A VERY MAGICAL EVENT, UH, THAT WAS HELD IN OUR CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, UH, THE ADOBE CONFERENCE. AND IT'S GOING TO USE AN ACTIVATION OF PRIDE PARK FOR THREE DAYS. SO THIS IS A ONE-OFF ACCOMMODATION FOR ONE YEAR TO INCREASE THE, UH, ALLOWABLE UTILIZATION TIME, WHICH IS MEASURED IN DAYS FROM 75 TO 78, THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW, UH, THE ADOBE CONFERENCE TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, OR TO ACTIVATE PRIDE PARK. SO I'LL LET YOU TAKE THAT, MARIA. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TEAM THAT WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION, PERHAPS WE CAN FIND A WAY TO ADD SOME NUANCE TO THIS BECAUSE MM-HMM . WHEN WE HAD SUCH A BLACK AND WHITE RULE WHERE IT WAS, OKAY, IF YOU HAVE 75 DAYS AND YOU HAVE THE BEST CONVENTION CENTER, UM, ACTIVATION IN THE WORLD COMING, THEY NEED TO USE IT FOR ONE MORE DAY. THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY AND NO DISCUSSION THAT WAS ABLE TO BE MADE, AND ADOBE WAS ALMOST SENT PACKING BEFORE THEY EVEN GOT HERE. MM-HMM . UH, SO PERHAPS IF WE COME UP WITH SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT BOTH SIDES WANT AND WHAT A COMPROMISE COULD LOOK LIKE, WE CAN ADD A LITTLE NUANCE AND AMBIGUITY INTO THAT POLICY GOING FORWARD. AND, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME MARQUEE, UH, CONFERENCES THAT COME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, UH, WE CAN HAVE A WORKING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS ECONOMIC DRIVER AND OUR VERY IMPORTANT RESIDENTIAL GROUPS. SO, MARIA, THANK YOU AND LIZETTE FOR YOUR TEAM, UM, FOR, UH, KIND OF SPEARHEADING THIS, WORKING WITH THE RESIDENT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. SO TELL US WHAT THE ACCOMMODATION OF THESE THREE EXTRA DAYS IS GOING TO MEAN TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UM, UH, YES. ON MONDAY I ATTENDED THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, AND THERE WERE PALM VIEW RESIDENTS THERE, AND THEY WERE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF THE ITEM, UH, WHICH IS WHY ALSO, UM, ROBIN JACOBS SEND OUT THE LTC WITH A MOTION SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. SO WHAT THESE THREE DAYS ARE GOING TO ALLOW IS FOR DESIGN MIAMI TO ACTUALLY MOBILIZE ON THE SITE, UH, ABOUT NINE DAYS EARLIER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD. UM, AND WHAT THIS IS THEN GONNA ALLOW IS FOR DESIGN MIAMI TO BE ABLE TO BE IN, UM, LET'S JUST CALL IT LIKE A SEMI SHUTDOWN MODE WHEN ADOBE MAX COMES AND PROGRAMS CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE. SO THEY WANNA DO THE SHOW EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THEY DID IT, UH, THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE, WHERE THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE, UH, LET'S JUST CALL IT A FOOD COURT ON CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE. AND THEY WANTED THE AREA TO BE VERY QUIET. UM, AND, UM, WE ARE, THIS WILL ALLOW DESIGN MIAMI TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. NOW, OF COURSE, THE DETAILS NOW MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH DESIGN MIAMI TO HELP THEM, [09:05:01] UM, FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT THEY ONLY NEED AN EXTRA NINE DAYS IN THE FRONT END, WHICH IS THE THREE DAYS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR OUTSIDE OF OUR 75 DAYS. SO, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. THEY NEEDED TO HAVE THIS APPROVED BY COMMISSION SO THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOOD FOR THE TIME, AND NOW WE HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN MOTION, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO IT'S ALL GOOD. AND BY THE WAY, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS ONE TIME ONLY BECAUSE, UH, THEY ALSO WANNA COME BACK IN, UM, 2027, BUT THEY WON'T HAVE THE CONFLICT, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE OTHER DATES THAT DON'T, UM, CONFLICT WITH DESIGN MINING. AND, AND IF I COULD, ALEX, REAL QUICK, THEN I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IT IS JUST ASKING STAFF TO USE KIND OF COMMON SENSE, OR IF YOU NEED SOMETHING LEGISLATIVELY, YOU TELL ME, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS RESTRICTION OF 75 DAYS MM-HMM . AND WE WANT TO ADHERE TO IT. BUT IF THERE ARE INCREDIBLE GAME CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITY, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTING WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF NUANCE, RIGHT? OF COURSE. MM-HMM . IF ADOBE 2.0 COMES UP AND COMES TO STAFF AND SAYS, WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE CONFERENCE, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO GO OVER ONE DAY. YEAH. BRING THAT TO US. DON'T JUST SEND THEM PACKING, RIGHT? YES. AND IF THERE'S NOT THE APPETITE TO DO THAT, THEN THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE CALL COURSE, BUT I DON'T WANT SUCH A BLACK AND WHITE RULE WHERE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TELLING POTENTIALLY GREAT NEW OPERATORS TO OUR CITY. I'M SORRY, WE'RE AT 75 DAYS, AND THERE'S A LEGISLATIVE POLICY WHERE YOU CAN'T GET TO 76 AND YOU NEED THAT ONE DAY OF ACTIVATION. MM-HMM . SO, OKAY. I'M HOPING IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE, BUT IF YOU AND YOUR TEAM DISCUSS AND YOU NEED SOMETHING LEGISLATIVELY TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE, LET US KNOW. CAN WE'LL DISCUSS, OF COURSE, BRING IT TO YOU. IT'S PART OF OUR GUIDELINES, I BELIEVE WE SAID. IT'S JUST THEY'RE GUIDELINES. IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THAT'S WHERE, IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING, IT'S, IT'S IT GUIDE GUIDELINES. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK, IS I THINK WE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE HAVE TRUST IN OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AND WE HAVE TRUST IN OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION. AND PER PERHAPS FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS, WHERE WE RUN THE RISK OF LOSING SOMETHING THAT IS SUCH A GREAT ACTIVATION, THE ENERGY THAT WAS IN OUR CITY LAST YEAR WITH, WITH ADOBE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T WAIT FOR A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, RIGHT. FOR US TO TAKE THE ACTION WHERE IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT FOR CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THAT, CERTAIN LIMITED DAYS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAVE SOME SORT OF LIMITED AUTHORITY TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS ONLY THREE DAYS. IT'S NOT A BIG IMPACT. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I FEEL COMFORTABLE SIGNING THIS WAIVER AND THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE, WE CAN WORK ON TOGETHER AT THE RIGHT TIME. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A ONE TIME THING MM-HMM . AND, UH, I'M SUPPORTED OF IT. IN GENERAL. I WILL SAY THAT I'VE HEARD FROM TWO PEOPLE FROM THE PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT THEY FEEL BLINDSIDED THAT, THAT THIS WAS SNUCK THROUGH. UM, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE AS MUCH ADVANCE NOTICE IF THERE IS A CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE THIS, UM, BECAUSE I DID HEAR FROM TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS. UH, YEAH. I JUST ASKED YOU ABOUT THE, THE BOARD OF PALM VIEW. ERIC PHYLLIS IN WHAT YOU TOLD ME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MEMBER FROM THE PALM VIEW BOARD THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE CCAB WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM AND HAD REPRESENTED THAT THE MAJORITY OF HIS BOARD WAS SUPPORTIVE. YES. UM, I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FORMALLY MEET ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. LIKE YOU SAID, IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO TRY, UM, MAYBE TO, TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WORKAROUND WHERE THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NECESSARY, BUT IT ENDED UP THAT IT HAD TO HAPPEN. SO WE HAD TO TAKE LIKE AN EXTRA MONTH TO FIGURE IT OUT. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, LIZETTE AND HER TEAM GO TO THE PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY YEAR TO TALK ABOUT DESIGN MIAMI AND HOW THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, BE, UM, PUT TOGETHER. AND THIS YEAR WHAT SHE CAN DO IS SHOW THEM 2026 AS WELL, SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT FULL DISCUSSION WHEN SHE GOES TO THEM LIKE SHE NORMALLY DOES EVERY YEAR. SO WE'LL GIVE THEM A, A MORE DETAILED PATH AT THAT TIME AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE KNOW. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. UM, ALSO, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE YOU GUYS HERE MM-HMM . WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO SEND US ALL A LIST OF ALL THE CONVENTIONS THAT ARE BOOKED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER RIGHT NOW THROUGH SUMMER? YEAH, OF COURSE. WE HAVE THAT LIST SO THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA. YES. THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS THAT LIST, KEEPS IT UPDATED. I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN LTC WITH HOW MANY CONVENTIONS WE HAVE AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH REVENUE IS THE CONVENTION CENTER GENERATING? WHAT IS IT COSTING [09:10:01] US? YEAH. UM, THAT, YEAH, FOR RIGHT NOW, IF YOU COULD JUST GET US A COPY, ALL OF US, A COPY OF THE LIST, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, BY THE WAY, HAS A $30 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT. ONE SHOW. IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT. VERY ORGANIZED TOO. MM-HMM . THEY CAME IN WITH THEIR BUSES LAST YEAR. IT WAS GREAT. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE BEST. HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH OF AN ECONOMIC? 30 MILLION. 30 MILLION. ONE SHOW. THAT'S GREAT. THE ONLY, IT'S TWO YEARS. SO IT'S 60. THE OTHER DAY SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS GREAT INVESTMENT, BUT THAT DURING HURRICANE MONTHS, NOBODY WANTS TO BOOK A CONVENTION BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RISK. AND SO I WAS WONDERING, WHAT ARE WE DOING AT IN THOSE MONTHS? AND IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING WITHIN THE INDUSTRY THAT NO LARGE CONVENTION WILL BOOK IN CERTAIN MONTHS FROM LIKE JUNE UNTIL OCTOBER? SO THAT'S JUNE, JULY, OCTOBER? WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT MEANS THAT FIVE MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR WE'RE LIKE OUT OF COMMISSION AND WELL, THEY'RE COMING IN OCTOBER, SO THAT'S LIKE SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HURRICANE SEASON. SO THAT'S ONE WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S COMING IN OCTOBER. ADOBE MAX. ADOBE IS YES. DOING OCTOBER. MM-HMM . SO IN OCTOBER. SO WHAT ARE THE MONTHS THAT PEOPLE STOP COMING? JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. YEAH. THE SUMMER. SO THOSE FOUR MONTHS, WHAT DO WE DO, UM, DURING THOSE MONTHS? I MEAN, HAVE WE ATTRACTED ANY CONVENTIONS AT ALL? DID WE REALIZE THIS? DO WE LIKE, TRY TO SWITCH TO LIKE, WEDDINGS AND, OR EVENTS? I DON'T KNOW. LIKE WHAT I THINK, UM, THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE FREDDY PETERSON AND HIS TEAM TELL YOU, UM, WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO, BUT THEY DO PLAN FOR THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE TIMES. AND NOW IN SEPTEMBER THINGS RAMP UP AGAIN. AND, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOOKED SOLID. I MEAN, THERE'S NO OTHER TIME THAT WE CAN PUT ADOBE MAX OTHER THAN IN THIS SLOT. UM, WE HAVE THE JEWELRY SHOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS. UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MANY, BUT WE STILL PROGRAM. I MEAN, THERE'S STILL EVENTS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. UM, BUT I CAN GET YOU THE LIST AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT COMMITTEE. OKAY. UM, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, SECOND. OKAY. CALL THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE ITEMS. UH, C SEVEN BU IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. LET'S DO THE BOARD AS [R9 A BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.] COMMITTEE. AND NONE ARE CONTESTED. CORRECT. SO WE, EVERYONE HAS THE YELLOW PIECE OF PAPER. THERE'S ONE SEAT FOR EVERY NOMINATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM OR JUST DO THE ALL INFORMATION. I MOVE THE APPOINTMENT. I ALL 'EM BY ACCLAMATION. I'LL SECOND YELLOW OF PAPER. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVE SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND SECONDED COMMISSIONER, BUT SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. FOR ALL THE POSITIONS WE'RE DONE? I THINK SO. ALL THE COMMITTEES. OKAY. ALL BY ACCLAMATION, NOBODY OBJECTS. HOLD ON. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. OH, YOU WANNA LOOK HIM THE CA. OH, GOOD. OKAY. DID I, UH, CO-SPONSOR, UH, DAVID COHEN? YES. I HAD EMAILED EARLIER ABOUT HIM. OKAY. YEAH. SORRY. YEAH. YES. SO BY ACCLIMATION, SO SEVEN ZERO. EVERYONE'S APPOINTED. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. R FIVE [R5 AA AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 54 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "FLOODS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE Ill, ENTITLED "RESILIENCY STANDARDS FOR TIDAL FLOOD PROTECTION,” TO AMEND THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE, MODIFY DEFINITIONS, AND STRENGTHEN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR NEW AND EXISTING SEAWALLS AND OTHER TIDAL FLOOD BARRIERS TO STRENGTHEN COASTAL RESILIENCE AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF TIDAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] AA. ONE SECOND. R FIVE AA IS A NORRIS OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY MVB FLORIDA MANY CHAPTER 54 THAT MAY BE REACHED CITY CODED TITLE FLOODS BY MANY. ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED, RESILIENCY STANDARD FOR TITLE, FLOOD PROTECTION TO AMEND APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE, MODIFIED DEFINITIONS AND STRENGTHEN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR NEW AND EXISTING SEAWALL AND OTHER TITLE FLOOD BARRIERS TO STRENGTHEN COASTAL RESILIENCE AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF TAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEATED OBSERVABILITY, CATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R FIVE AA. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, I'M GONNA MOVE THIS ITEM. THERE'S STILL SOME MINOR TWEAKING WE'RE GONNA DO BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, PENDING SOME, UM, SOME ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES FROM THE COUNTY. UH, AND ALSO, UH, TO, TO, TO INCORPORATE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PALM VIEW, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, BUT FOR NOW, I'M GONNA MOVE TO ITEM, LET'S CALL A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. NO ONE IN ZOOM. I HAVE MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD. [C4 AD REFERRAL TO FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE - DUE PROCESS FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS CLOSURES RELATED TO LOCAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT VIOLATIONS.] SO THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL ITEM. C FOUR A DC [09:15:02] FOUR A D, REFERRAL TO FINANCE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE DUE PROCESS FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS CLOSURES, LOCAL BTR VIOLATIONS C FOUR A DI MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY A C FOUR. THE ITEM IS REFERRED SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM C FOUR A. D AD D I'M JUST TRYING TO [C7 BO A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH THE SPONSOR AND BOUCHER BROTHERS, THE CITY’S BEACH CONCESSIONAIRE, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A “FREE BEACH DAY” PROGRAM TO BENEFIT MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO HELP SUPPORT SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES DURING THE SLOWER SUMMER MONTHS.] FINISH THE C SEVEN ITEM. C SEVEN BO SIR. C SEVEN BO DEVELOPED FREE BEACH DAY PROGRAM TO BENEFIT RESIDENTS C SEVEN B. I MOVED THE ITEM SECOND. UH, FERNANDEZ HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF C SEVEN B PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO C SEVEN BR NINE [R9 S DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE NON-EXCLUSIVE WASTE HAULER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP).] R NINE SR NINE S. DISCUSS, UPDATE. NON-EXCLUSIVE WASTE HAULER. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION R NINE S. THANK YOU, MS. ERIC, YOU READY FOR THIS ONE? COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? I, I JUST WANNA ASK A QUESTION, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT MY ITEM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST ASK A QUESTION. UM, HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE FROM ACTUALLY, UH, DOING ANYTHING WITH THIS? ARE WE, YOU KNOW, A MONTH OR TWO AWAY? ARE WE SIX MONTHS AWAY? DO WE THINK WE'RE A YEAR AWAY? I JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY SUPERFICIALLY. SO NOVEMBER 30TH, VERY, VERY SUPERFICIALLY. UM, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. WE DID NOT GET ANY NEW CONSULTANTS THAT SUBMITTED. UM, I HAD DIRECTED BRAD TO FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT. SO NOW THAT WE'VE FINALIZED THAT, WE CAN START TO WORK MORE HEAVILY ON THIS ONE. UM, AND WE'RE PROBABLY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS IS MY BEST. SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. THE REASON WHY I, I ASKED THE MAYOR TO, UH, CALL THIS SCIENTIST. I JUST WANNA PROPOSE IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMPETITION IS IMPORTANT. UH, I THINK I, I THINK THE MORE OPTIONS THE CONSUMERS HAVE, UH, WITHIN A LIMITED SCOPE IS, IS GOOD. AND IT, IT JUST KEEPS ON BOTHERING ME THAT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, GREAT WASTE, GREAT WASTE PAYS A FRANCHISE FEE. THEY HAVE THEIR TRUCKS IN MIAMI BEACH, THEY'RE SERVING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. THEY'RE IN SOUTH BEACH, THEY'RE IN MID BEACH. THEY'RE IN NORTH BEACH. BUT OUR CONSUMERS, OUR, OUR, OUR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS CAN'T APPROACH THEM FOR PRICING, AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER PRICE. AND SO FOR AS LONG AS WE'RE IN A MONTH TO MONTH IN OUR COMMERCIAL, UH, FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS, AND THIS COULD TAKE ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, WHY NOT ALLOW THIS OTHER, UH, COMPANY THAT ARE, IT'S ALREADY PAYING FRANCHISE FEES THAT ALREADY HAS THEIR TRUCKS HERE TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES TO OUR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS. THEY'RE WORKING FOR ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHILE WE HAMMER OUT AND BRING THIS PROCESS IN. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD FEEL ABOUT, ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UM, FRANCHISE BEING ABLE TO COMPETE AND OFFER SERVICES TO OUR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS. BUT I'D BE, I'D BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING BACK AN RF AN RFQ, UM, UH, A WAIVER FOR WHATEVER LANGUAGE THE CITY MANAGER FEELS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN JUST GIVE ANOTHER OPTION OF SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY DOING BUSINESS IN OUR CITY IS, HAS, HAS AN AGREEMENT ALREADY WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND COULD HELP THE COMPETITIVE MARKET OFFER, UH, ANOTHER OPTION TO OUR, UM, COMMERCIAL CLIENTS. COMMISSIONER FE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. DO YOU, DO YOU MEAN WHILE WE'RE IN THE INTERIM? YEAH, WHILE WE'RE IN THE INTERIM. UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T I LOOK, I, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON LONG ENOUGH. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT WHY DON'T WE JUST MAKE A DECISION TODAY IF WE'RE GONNA DO SINGLE HAULER OR MULTI HAULER TO WHAT, IF WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH A SINGLE HAULER SYSTEM OR A MULTI HAULER SYSTEM. LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR A SINGLE HAULER SYSTEM. I BELIEVE IN THE COMPETITIVE, UH, IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET. I THINK THE SMALLER THE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THAT WORKS VERY WELL IN THE RESIDENTIAL MARKETPLACE, IN THE SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS WHERE WE CAN ADVOCATE, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE PRICING. WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING UP TO 12 UNITS, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THE EXCLUSIVE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE [09:20:01] SMALLER, UH, PROPERTIES. BUT FOR, FOR, UM, FOR THE LARGER COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, I, I DON'T FEEL FOR US, UH, WE'RE BEST POSITIONED TO TELL THAT CONSUMER, HEY, LISTEN, THIS IS WHO YOU NEED TO USE FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL WASTE SERVICES. AND, AND SO, AND RESPECTFULLY AND THROUGH THE MAYOR, UM, SORT OF HIJACKED IT ON THE VICE MAYOR ROLE HERE. , I YOU WERE BACK THERE. UM, I THINK THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, SO LET ME, UH, LET ME BACK FINISH. UM, , WELL, LOOK, WE, WE HAD A REPORT, RIGHT? UH, I THINK THAT SAID TWICE THAT THE SINGLE HAULER IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO MIAMI BEACH. UM, ALL, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, STATED HIS POSITION. I, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN LET'S JUST MAKE A DECISION TODAY. 'CAUSE LET, LET'S NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND, AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. SO, I MEAN, IF EVERY COMMISSIONER CAN JUST KIND OF JUST SAY, ARE, ARE YOU FOR A SINGLE HAULER OR SINGLE HAULER OR MULTI HAULER, UM, THEN WE, THEN WE, THEN WE, THAT WAY WE CAN JUST HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION MOVE FORWARD ON, ON, ON WHAT WE'D LIKE. BUT EVEN THEN, IT'S STILL FROM WHAT ERIC IS SAYING, STILL, LIKE WHAT AN EIGHT MONTH PROCESS, YES. WE ARE STILL GONNA BE HAVING TO PUT TOGETHER AN RFP, UM, THAT RFP IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE BROKEN OUT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE MANY DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY. UM, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO THE COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE. SO THAT WOULD BE AN RFP FOR A MULTI HAULER SYSTEM? IT COULD, IT, IT COULD BE EITHER. IF YOU WERE GONNA GO WITH A CURRENT, WHO'S YOU, THE COMMISSION, OR A LANDLORD? I'M SORRY. IF THE CITY WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH A SINGLE HAULER SYSTEM, WE WOULD GO OUT WITH AN RFP, WHICH IS THE, THE CURRENT DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, POTENTIALLY TO EXPLORE HYBRID OPTIONS WAS ALSO PART OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED. RIGHT. UM, WHICH IS POTENTIALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THE LINE BETWEEN THE MORE SOPHISTICATED, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMERS THAT CAN NEGOTIATE VERSUS THE ONES THAT WOULD BE BETTER SERVED TO HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE OR SINGLE HAULER SYSTEM. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A, A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS THAT WOULD THEN ALLOW YOU TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO ANYBODY THAT WAS GONNA BE WITHIN THAT POOL. AND 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR COMPETITIVE PRICING IS GOING TO COME FROM. IT'S WHEN YOU PUT IT OUT TO THE MARKETPLACE AND ASK THEM TO COME BACK WITH THEIR BEST PRICING OPTIONS. BUT IF THERE'S A POOL, THERE'S MULTIPLE MEANING COULD MULTIPLE PEOPLE GET ORDER THE BID OR IS IT GOING TO BE A SINGLE HAULER? SO RIGHT NOW, THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMISSION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SINGLE HAULER, HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DRAFT THAT RFP AND LOOK AT THE HYBRID OPTION. THAT'S THE CURRENT DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMISSION. AND YOU TRIED TO DO THE RFQ FOR THE CONSULTANT, BUT THE SAME CONSULTANT RESPONDED WHOSE REPORT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND IT WAS THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION NOT TO USE THE SAME CONSULTANT. AND SO, AND SO, AND SO AT THIS, AT THIS JUNCTURE, THE DECISION IS, WELL, DO WE GO BACK OUT, DO ANOTHER RFQ FOR ANOTHER CONSULTANT? DO WE GO AHEAD AND ISSUE AN RFP FOR, FOR A, FOR A SINGLE HAULER? FOR A SINGLE HAULER AND SEE WHAT THE PRICING COMES BACK AS? OR DO WE TRY AND FIND A HYBRID SOLUTION THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SOLVE MOST OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE BELIEVE WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THE COMMUNITY? AND WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS AS THE CITY MANAGER, DO YOU THINK, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS GONNA JUST BRING CLOSURE TO THIS? IS IT GONNA BE SINGLE HOLLER? DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE HYBRID? WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION AS A CITY MANAGER? AS A CITY MANAGER, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT INTO SOME LARGER MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SEE IF THERE'S A SWEET SPOT SOMEWHERE IN THE, UM, THE BREAKDOWN OF BOTH SMALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND SMALL MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN BEING UNDER A CONTRACT MANAGED BY THE CITY. AND THEN, WHICH IS A SINGLE HAULER, WHICH IS A SINGLE HAULER. AND THEN POTENTIALLY CONSIDER SOME OF THE MORE SOPHISTICATED, LARGER BUILDINGS AND LARGER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BE IT ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE THEIR CONTRACTS UNDER A MULTI HAULER SYSTEM. SO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A HYBRID OPTION, A HYBRID, WHICH TO ME IS WHAT MAKES SENSE. SMALLER BUILDINGS NEED MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY, BUT [09:25:01] THE BIGGER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE UNIQUE SITUATIONS, UH, LARGER COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, SUPERMARKET STORES, RESTAURANTS, UH, THAT HAVE VERY UNIQUE NEEDS, LARGER APARTMENT BUILDINGS, OFFICE BUILDINGS, THAT IS A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. UM, AND EVEN THE PRICE POINTS AND THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT'S NEEDED IS, IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND THEY MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED, EVEN PRICE WISE, NEGOTIATING THEIR OWN PRICES. OTHERWISE, WE MIGHT END UP PASSING ALONG TO OUR RESIDENTS AT, AT, AT, UM, WHETHER IT BE BENTLEY BAY OR, OR THE ICON OR SOME OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS, UH, OR EVEN SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, UH, PASSING OUT TO THEM RATE INCREASES WHEN WE PUT THEM UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF, OF THE CITY, WHICH IS WHY I LIKE WHAT THE MANAGER IS SAYING THAT'S HYBRID BECAUSE WE GIVE THE LARGER ACCOUNTS THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE THEIR BASTILLE, THEIR BA, THEIR BEST PRICE GIVEN THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS WITHIN THE MARKETPLACE. AND THE SMALLER BUILDINGS HAVE THE PROTECTIONS THAT THE CITY CAN AFFORD THEM. COMMISSIONER BOT, UM, A COUPLE THINGS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS WE VOTED ON AS A COMMISSION. MM-HMM . AND IT'S BEEN LANGUISHING IN PURGATORY EVER SINCE. MM-HMM . UM, I, I DO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING. I, I THINK WE HAD AGREED THAT WE WERE GONNA DO A COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO HAVE CONVERSATION TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THOSE AFFECTED. UM, BUT THIS WAS WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SORT OF TAKING THIS ON AS, OR OR APPROACHING THIS AS, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY WILL HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID OR TO, UM, TO USE, UH, MULTIPLE SERVICES AND, AND THEY, IT WILL BE INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO, TO MANAGE WHAT THEY, WHAT TO NEGOTIATE THE BA BEST RATES. WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES, SMALLER BUSINESSES AND, AND SMALL TO MID-SIZE, UH, MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM BEING UNDER THE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOLLER UMBRELLA. SO INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT THIS, AS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE CITY GETS, IT GETS THE, THE, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE. I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO JUST GET A DECENT, FAIR PRICE FOR THE SERVICES THEY NEED AND BE DONE WITH IT AND NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND THE BIGGER BUSINESSES, THE BIGGER CONDOS POSSIBLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A, IN A, UM, IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO NEGOTIATE. WHAT I PROPOSE IS THIS LET US CONSTRUCT, UM, AN RFP FOR THE LARGEST BUSINESSES AND THE LARGEST, UM, UM, UH, CONDOS, THE, THE TALL BUILDINGS. UM, AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE A, A, UM, A, A MULTI HAULER SYSTEM, EVERYBODY ELSE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT CUTOFF POINT, BUT IT'S MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, A A SIX TO 10 UNIT BUILDING, LIKE 20, 30, MAYBE 40, YOU KNOW, MAYBE UP TO 40. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN, BUT I DON'T WANT LIKE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHAT THE CITY BANKER NO, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA GO TO, BUT I, I, WE, WE NEED TO FLIP THE, THE CONCEPT. IT'S NOT THE MO THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY WILL GET, UM, MULTIPLE HAULERS. THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY WILL BE UNDER SINGLE HAULERS. AND THEN THE VERY LARGE BUSINESSES, THE VERY LARGE HOTELS, THE VERY LARGE CONDOS THAT SMALL SUBSECTION OF, OF LOCATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE. WELL, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO WORK OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT ERIC IS SAYING, THAT NOW THAT BRAD HAS FINISHED THE REST, UH, CONTRACT, THAT NOW THEY NEED TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT I, WHAT I DOES, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE, THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT MORE OF THE CITY FALLS INTO THE SINGLE HAULER, RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AS A VERY PRESCRIBED, UM, YOU KNOW, SMALL, MULTIPLE FAMILY UNITS OF 10 UNITS, OR, YOU KNOW, 10 UNIT BUILDINGS OR LESS, OR WHATEVER THAT CUTOFF POINT I'M SAYING EXPAND THAT UP TO WHATEVER THE MAJORITY IS, RIGHT. OF THOSE SMALLER, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW. AND SO, HANG ON A SECOND. AND SO I, I REALLY DON'T WANNA SPEND MORE TIME HIRING THE SAME CONSULTANT TO GET THE SAME ANSWERS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. UM, AND, AND WHY DON'T WE PUT TOGETHER THE, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE RFP FOR WHAT WE WANT, AND THEN IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT FROM THE SINGLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THIS, UM, GET, GET MORE OF THE PEOPLE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE HOLLERER, GOOD GRAVY. I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ANYMORE, THE SINGLE HAULER THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT EXPA EXPANDING THAT POOL. SO MORE OF THESE PEOPLE GET [09:30:02] SO CAUGHT UP INTO THAT AND THEN, AND THEN WORK ON A VERY SMALL SUB SUBSECTION OF THE LARGEST BUILDINGS, THE LARGEST BUSINESSES. SO GO TO A, I DON'T WANNA FAVOR ONE OVER THE OTHER. I NOT, I DON'T WANNA SAY, WELL, I WANNA PUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON ONE AND THEN A MINORITY ON THE OTHER. I WANT THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES SENSE. IT MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THE MAJORITY ON ONE AND THE MINORITY AND THE OTHER, BUT WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A COMMISSION. THOSE I, I LET YOU FINISH. SO LET ME FINISH. I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND SEE, OKAY, WHAT MAKES SENSE? WHAT SIZE OF A BUILDING, WHAT SIZE OF A, OF A BUSINESS COULD BENEFIT FROM A CONTRACT NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY? AND LET THEM DETERMINE WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD AND THEN WHAT SIZE. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE SAYING NO, IT'S NOT. YOU WERE SAYING, WELL, LET'S PUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN A, IN A SINGLE HOLLER AND RIGHT. THE MAJORITY BASED ON WHAT MAKES SENSE, NOT JUST LIKE RANDOM NUMBERS. I MEAN, YEAH. SO LET'S, LET'S LET THEM FIGURE THAT OUT. PUT TOGETHER, I THINK WE'RE ALL UNIFIED IN THIS, IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT WE ALL KIND OF LIKE AND ERIC AGREE THAT WE SHOULD LET THEM JUST CREATE THE FRAME. AND ERIC, BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT, I, I JUST WANNA MENTION A FEW THINGS. UM, AND I THINK THE REASON WHY, UH, WE KIND OF WE'RE KIND OF GETTING LOST IN TRANSLATION, THE REASON WHY THERE'S BEEN SUCH A DEBATE ON SINGLE HAULER VERSUS MULTI HAULER, AND I WOULD INVITE PR TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MULTIPLE HAULERS FOR THESE, FOR MANY BUSINESSES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH BEACH, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DUMP TRUCKS ARE GONNA BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CITY. SO YOU, YOU COULD SEE MULTIPLE DUMP TRUCKS AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHERE THEY'RE NOT, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT COORDINATING 'CAUSE THEY'RE COMPETITORS COMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. AND THAT CAN BE A BIG NUISANCE, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO OUR, OUR OUR TRAFFIC, UM, AND THE RESIDENTS. UM, AND ANOTHER ISSUE IS BROKERS. I BELIEVE A LOT OF THESE, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BETWEEN THE 2030, UH, UNIT BUILDINGS, NOT NECESSARILY A HIGH RISE, NOT NECESSARILY, UH, YOU KNOW, A VERY SMALL UNIT, BUT THEY GET LOCKED INTO THESE CONTRACTS BECAUSE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, UNSCRUPULOUS BROKERS FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEY CAN'T GET OUT. UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE, THERE'S A REASON WHY WE'RE HERE AND, AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. UM, AND BRAD, MAYBE YOU CAN, THROUGH THE MAYOR, YOU CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF, I I WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE ITEM AFTER THIS THAT I'LL, WE'LL LITERALLY FINISH THE NON-DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND I'D LIKE TO GET TO THAT TODAY UNLESS, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION. YEAH. ALL, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YEAH. A TWO PART MOTION. OKAY. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET ON THE ITEM. YEAH. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I ACTUALLY, UH, BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD, UH, TO ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND AT THE TIME IT WAS A REALLY, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, TIME WITH THE HAULERS. UM, THE IG HAD BROUGHT FORTH A SCATHING REPORT. THERE, UH, WAS RESEARCH THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES IN MIAMI B IN THE, UH, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, I THINK MAYBE 70% USED THE SINGLE HAUL HAULER SYSTEM. UM, FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE USE A SINGLE HOLLER. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PRICE COMPETITION THAT COMES AT THE RFP TIME. SO THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD GET THE BEST PRICE. AND I WAS GETTING BOMBARDED WITH, UM, MULTI-FAMILY HOMES AND BUSINESSES ABOUT THE POOR SERVICES AND PRICES AND, UH, HOW HORRIBLE IT WAS TO DEAL WITH THE WASTE HAULERS AND THE BROKERS AND NOT GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY WANTED. UM, WHEN THIS ITEM IDLED OUT, UM, ANYTIME I GOT A COMPLAINT, I WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE HAULERS. AND, UH, THAT'S REALLY HELPED. AND WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, UM, THEY'VE EVEN MADE SPECIAL CONCESSIONS AND CONTRACTS. SO I CHANGED FROM WHERE IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A HYBRID MODEL. BUT ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE A DECISION AND DO IT BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT BEING STEWARDS FOR OUR CITY AND THE FINANCES. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVEN'T HAD CONTRACTS IN DOING MONTH TO MONTH. AND THAT'S COST THE CITY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND TO THINK THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE ALL VOTED SEVEN ZERO FOR A RAL HAULER, AND THE DECISION STILL HASN'T BEEN MADE, IS FRUSTRATING. AND SO, MR. MAYOR, I I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE YOU BRING IT HOME. WELL, YES, I'M GONNA PROPOSE TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WE KNOW THAT AT BEST, THIS IS EIGHT MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. I KNOW THAT TODAY THERE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PRICE ISSUES. AND, AND I REALLY, AND I REALLY, IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS PAYING FRANCHISE FEES AND IS SERVICING A GOVERNMENT ALREADY HAS THEIR TRUCKS ALREADY GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CAN'T OFFER OUR, OUR CONSUMERS A COMPETITIVE PRICE OR SOME [09:35:01] PRICE RELIEF. AND SO, AND SO TO THAT EXTENT, I WANNA, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE PROPER MOTION BE, MR. MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO BRING AN ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO TRY TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COMMERCIAL, IN THE NON-EXCLUSIVE WASTE HOLLER PROGRAM? SO I, I WOULD NEED SOME HELP FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT I BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED TO POTENTIALLY HAVE TO EXTEND A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BY BID WAIVER. YES. YOU, YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO DO A BID WAIVER, UH, TO WAIVE THE, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UH, FOR THIS, FOR THIS HAULER. UM, THAT WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. AND MULTI HAULERS ARE SELECTED ONLY BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT WOULD BE A QUEUE PROCESS IF IT WERE, THE ALTERNATIVES ARE, PUT IT OUT COMPETITIVELY PROCURED THROUGH A QUALIFICATION PROCESS OR WAVE BID. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY PROVIDING IT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY ALL OVER OUR CITY AND IT'S JUST, IT'S BOTHERED ME BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM EVERYONE AND FROM BUSINESSES AND FROM CONDOMINIUMS ON COST, ON EVERYTHING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY FOR A YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS. LIKE, WHY IS IT THAT THIS PERSON THAT IS PAYING FRANCHISE FEES CANNOT OFFER AND COMPETE TO GIVE OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR CONDOMINIUMS A MORE COMPETITIVE RATE? SO, MR. ATTORNEY, IF, IF YOU COULD HELP ME FRAME THE PROPER MOTION, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE COULD BRING FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING THIS. WELL, I THINK YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO DIRECT THE, UM, MANAGER TO CONSIDER BRINGING BACK A, A BID WAIVER. AND I THINK YOU NEED TO GIVE THE MANAGER THE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST AFTER HE AND HIS STAFF TO, UH, REVIEW THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THIS PARTICULAR HAULER. OKAY. SO, SO YEAH, IF SO, SO TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE IN THE CITY'S, UH, BEST INTEREST TO CONSIDER THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THIS, OF THIS HOLLER AND IF SO, TO BRING FORWARD, UH, BID WAIVER AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST MOTION. CAN I JUST ASK COMMISSIONER B QUICK QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OTHER COMPANY. DO THEY ONLY DO SCHOOL FACILITIES AROUND THE COUNTY OR SOUTH FLORIDA, OR DO THEY DO APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND BUSINESSES? SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND THEY GENERALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY OPEN SPACE TO GO IN AND GET THE STUFF AND LEAVE AGAIN. NO, THEY DO. THEY, THEY HANDLE OTHER COMPANIES, OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF, OF COMMERCIAL USES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND MY THING IS, THEY'RE ALREADY HERE. THEY'RE IN OUR STREETS AND, BUT OUR, OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR CONDOS CAN'T USE THEM. BUT THEY'RE HERE ALREADY AND THEY'RE PAYING THE FRANCHISE FEE TO THE CITY. IS, IS THAT CORRECT? BRAD? DOES DISCRE WASTE PAY FRANCHISE FEES TO THE CITY? THEY DO PAY FRANCHISE FEES. THEY DO PAY FRANCHISE FEES TO THE CITY. ARE ARE THERE OTHER ENTITIES THAT PAY FRANCHISE FEES THAT ARE PART OF, ARE THERE OTHER ENTITIES THAT PAY FRANCHISE FEES THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN WHAT, WHAT'S THE CORRECT VERBIAGE POOL? UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY OTHER ENTITIES, OTHER WASTE HAULERS? NO, NO. SO JUST WASTE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE PAYING THE FRANCHISE FEES ARE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE CONNECTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO LICENSED HAULERS. THEY WENT THROUGH A QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS AS THE MANAGER MEANT, AND IT'S AN RFQ PROCESS. YEAH. AND THEY WERE BOTH AWARDED LICENSES TO SOLICIT BUSINESS AND BASED ON THEIR SHARE OF THE BUSINESSES THEY PAY, YOU KNOW, FRANCHISE FEES. BUT WHAT IS THEN GREAT WASTE PAYING A FRANCHISE FEE FOR THERE WAS, THERE WAS AT, AT, AT A POINT IN TIME A INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT DONE ON THEIR BUSINESS IN THE CITY AND IT WAS DETERMINED BECAUSE THEY WERE COLLECTING WASTE IN THE CITY, UM, THAT THEY SHOULD FOR SCHOOLS BE PAYING FRANCHISE FEES OH, FOR THE SCHOOLS. OKAY. SO ARE THERE OTHER WASTE HOLDERS? THERE ARE NONE OTHER THAN THAT. OKAY. SO WE'RE SO, SO, SO, SO THIS BUSINESS IS IN A DISPARITY AND OUR, OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS CAN'T USE THEM, BUT THE TRUCKS ARE HERE. YEP. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YEAH. THEN I GUESS WHAT I WOULD, UH, FINISH WITH IS GIVEN IT SEEMS LIKE, I DON'T WANNA SAY THERE'S UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, BUT PRETTY CLEAR DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO ESTABLISH WHAT THAT MEDIUM GROUND IS ABOUT, WHAT [09:40:01] WILL BE INCLUDED IN RESIDENTIAL AND THEN WHAT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE PART OF THE HYBRID METHOD, WHICH IS A, A MULTI HAULER AT SOME POINT, GIVEN THAT THERE'S, SEEMS LIKE KIND OF FORMING, UM, CONSENSUS HERE, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD SHRINK DOWN THAT TIMELINE OF SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS? SO PERHAPS THIS ACCOMMODATION WOULDN'T BE NEEDED. COULD WE GET AN RFP PREPARED AND OUT IN THREE MONTHS? IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT I THINK MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT, I WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THIS ON A MULTI-TRACK PATH JUST BASED ON THE DISCUSSION HERE TODAY. WHAT I WOULD FIRST DO IS I WOULD LOOK AT, 'CAUSE I THINK THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE ISSUE HAS BEEN REALLY IN THE NINE TO 24 25, UM, YOU KNOW, MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. BRAD, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT MR. MAYOR, JUST, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING. SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU MAY PROCEED. I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT YOUR SECOND IDEA WAS. I'M TOTALLY, I, I I, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD EVALUATE THAT AND PERHAPS PROFFER THAT, UH, WASTE CONNECTIONS CAN LOOK AT WHAT THEY CAN PRICE THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, AND PACKAGE THAT INTO UM, YOU KNOW, AN ADDENDUM TO THEIR AGREEMENT. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SET PRICING AS THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE LIKE THAT WOULD BE NUMBER ONE. I THINK THE OTHER THING SIMULTANEOUSLY IS WE CAN GO FORWARD AND START PREPARING AN RFQ AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED. THAT'S FOR THE NON-EXCLUSIVE, SIMILAR JUST LICENSES. AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MULTI HAULERS TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT WOULD BE ANYTHING AND ABOVE THAT, UM, THE 25 AND CONCLUDING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. AND THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT, UH, AND WE HAVE THE COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE ACCOUNTS THAT THEY HAVE. SO WE CAN EVALUATE, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND UM, BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS HAVE ONE OR TWO YARDERS, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, SMALL CONTAINERS SERVICES AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY FALL INTO A CERTAIN CATEGORY. AND THEN ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHERE WE FEEL IS BEST AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, BASED UPON THE NUMBERS, HOW QUICKLY, GIVEN THIS KIND OF FORMING DIRECTION HERE, COULD YOU ISSUE AN RFQ? AN RFQ, YOU KNOW, WILL TAKE A LOT QUICKER THAN AN RFP. AN RFP WOULD BE GO OUT FOR A SINGLE HAULER. IT'S A MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE PROCESS. 'CAUSE WE WANNA PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE AND WE'RE CREATING IT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE COMMERCIAL. BUT AT THE RFQ, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE MONTHS AT PROBABLY MOST TO DO AN RFQ. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? WELL, I HAD MADE A MOTION SO THAT, SO THAT THE CITY MANAGER, THE ONE THAT RELATED TO GRADE WASTE, WHICH IS THE, THE COMPANY THAT'S ALREADY PAYING FRANCHISE FEES AND IS ALREADY HERE. SO THE CITY MANAGER COULD CONSIDER THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND CONSIDER WHETHER IT WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO CONSIDER A BID WAIVER FOR OUR CONSUMERS SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT EXTRA CHOICE OF THIS THIRD COMPANY THAT IS HERE THAT IS PAYING THE FRANCHISE FEE BUT IS BEING DEPRIVED OF GIVING OUR CONSUMERS A, UH, AN OPTION TO USE THEM. AND SO THAT WAS THE, THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST MOTION I HAD. AND THEN SEPARATELY, UH, I LIKE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT BRAD IS IS SAYING, BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST MOTION THAT I HAD ON THE TABLE. CAN YOU BRING IT HOME? I'LL SECOND THEM BOTH BECAUSE I WANNA FINISH THIS. YOU'RE GONNA SEPARATE OUT NINE TO 25 UNITS, CORRECT? MM-HMM . SO THE SMALLER BUILDINGS AREN'T GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM. YOU SAID 25. PREPARE THE RFP, THAT'S 25. PREPARE THE RFP, EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE WILD WEST. I HAVE NO IDEA. WITH THE OTHER THREE I FIND THE WHOLE WASTE HAULING THING. FASCINATING. SO YOU HAVE THAT'S THE MOTION, WHATEVER HE SAID FIRST AND, AND FOLLOWED BY WHAT YOU SAID, FOLLOW THE VOTE AND JUST CLARIFY MR. MANAGER, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM AFTER THIS. IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY. I DON'T WANT TO TIE OUR HANDS TO 25. IT COULD BE 20, IT COULD BE 30. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RIGHT SIZING IT BASED ON HYBRID DATA. YES. WE JUST, THE KEY IS HYBRID. WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF THE LITTLE GUYS AND WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO HAVE TO CONTACT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A BAD CONTRACT OR YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS IN THE SMALLER BUILDINGS ARE NOT BEING EXPLOITED. ARE NOT BEING EXPLOITED. AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT WE'RE RE TREATING LARGE CONDOS COMMERCIALLY BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE JUST A GROUP OF RESIDENTS. BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE FROM THAT PROCESS IS TO CREATE UNIT PRICING FOR THEM TO BE FIXED FOR THAT GROUP. ALRIGHT. THROUGH WASTE, WASTE FOR LARGER CONDOS THROUGH NO, NO. THROUGH THAT GROUP THAT WE'RE TALKING THROUGH. WASTE CONNECTIONS CONTRACT. THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO ENVELOP NINE TO 25 INTO THE WASTE CONNECTIONS CONTRACT AT A UNIT PRICE? CORRECT. OKAY. IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR MOTION? ALL THE VOTE. SO ON THE TWO MOTIONS, UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? CLEAR. MR. ATTORNEY WHAT THE MOTION IS FOR EVERYONE? YES. THE FIRST MOTION [09:45:01] IS TO DIRECT THE MANAGER AND IT WILL ALL OF COURSE BE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE GENERAL SENSE OF, OF WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTING. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO RETURN WITH A PROPOSED HYBRID MODEL. AWESOME. AND, AND YOU'LL DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE RIGHT THRESHOLDS FOR EACH ONE. OKAY. THAT WAS, SO THE LAST LAST ITEM I'LL CALL ON THE AGENDA. IT'S THE LAST LEGISLATIVE ITEM THAT IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION ITEM. SO IT'S ALL, WE'VE HIT ALL THE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS. [C7 BV A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING ALL CITY STAFF AND PERSONNEL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CITY’S OUTSIDE AGENCY PARTNERS, FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OBSERVED DURING SPRING BREAK 2024 AND SPRING BREAK 2025, PARTICULARLY IN CONTRAST TO SPRING BREAK PERIODS IN PRIOR YEARS, MOST NOTABLY SPRING BREAK 2021, 2022 AND 2023, WHICH WERE MARKED BY PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENTS INCLUDING MASS OVERCROWDING, PUBLIC MAYHEM, AND INSTANCES OF GUN VIOLENCE; AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE CORRESPONDING IMPROVEMENTS IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY, ROOM RATES, REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM (“REVPAR”), AND THE OVERALL RESIDENT AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE; AND FURTHER, APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY, SIMILAR TO SPRING BREAK 2024 AND SPRING BREAK 2025, FOR SPRING BREAK 2026, AS DIRECTED AND SET FORTH HEREIN, IN ORDER TO PROACTIVELY STEM THREATS AND CONTINUE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY TO SECURE A POSITIVE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL; AND FINALLY, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION WITH, AT A MINIMUM, QUARTERLY LETTERS TO COMMISSION (“LTCs”), AS WELL AS QUARTERLY UPDATES ON CITY COMMISSION AGENDAS, REGARDING ITS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS, BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER 2025.] UH, C SEVEN BV, C SEVEN, BV, SPRING BREAK 2026. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN. RIGHT NOW I MOVE THE ITEM. I SECOND. HOLD ON. SO I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR C SEVEN BB. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. NO ONE OPPOSED? WE ARE DONE. OKAY. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. MAYOR. MOTION NOT ACCEPTED. . MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. GOD BLESS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.