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5, 4, 3, 2, 1.[CALL TO ORDER]
AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 27TH.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK, RAFAEL GUDO, TO GIVE US ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DURING THIS HYBRID SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER OF MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL, 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE THIRD FLOOR.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO 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 OR ON THE WEB AT ZOOM US OR BY TELEPHONE AT (305) 224-1968.
THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9.
THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 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 ON, OR PRESS STAR NINE ON THE TELEPHONE TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
THE ZOOM LINK WEBINAR ID AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMISSION MEETING ARE STATIC AND REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM MEETING TO MEETING.
LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM FOR, UH, SOMEONE TO PICK FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO WOULD KNOW IT.
AND I SEE CAPRI MAGAZINE OVER THERE,
SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THAT LAST NAME.
CAN YOU HELP? COME ON UP, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WHERE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WASN'T NECESSARILY IN A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING, GONNA DO AN INVOCATION, BUT I ACTUALLY WAS LOOKING OVER AT REGINALD LESTER AND I HAD THE, THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING MY FAMILY BOWLING NEXT TO HIS PASTOR, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO I THOUGHT, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US SOME WORDS OF, UH, INSPIRATION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR FINEST.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND, UM, I'LL SAY TO YOU THAT, UH, GOD HAS GIVEN US CHOICES AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY SOBER.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS TO RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL SAY A SHORT PRAYER AND LET US FOCUS ON THE CALLING OF BEING PUBLIC SERVANTS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR FREEDOM THAT YOU GIVE US.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE THESE LEADERS TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT AND AFFECT THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS.
VISITORS OF MIAMI BEACH FILL THEIR HEART WITH TRUST AND GOD, THEIR WORDS WITH WISDOM.
GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO REMAIN BALANCED, PEACEFUL, STEADFAST, SO THAT WE ALL CAN ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR IN ADVANCE FOR THE OUTCOME OF THIS MEETING.
WE GIVE YOU ALL HONOR AND PRAISE AND FOR ALL WHO AGREE IN ADVANCE THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE A GOOD MEETING, AND THIS MEETING WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
AND THIS MEETING WILL HELP GUIDE THE CITY AND MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
SERGEANT, I THINK YOU HAVE A FUTURE.
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE WITH MIAMI BEACH FOR MANY YEARS, BUT, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE A SECOND CAREER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRAP MIKE TO GIVE NOW A LITTLE BLESSING, IF YOU DON'T MIND? WELL, I THINK YOU GAVE US A BLESSING LAST
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WEEK.THERE'S NO BALANCE THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALL ONE GOD.
SO IF IT'S SHORT, IT'S VERY SHORT.
WE STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HUMILITY AND GRATITUDE.
BLESS THIS GATHERING OF THE CITY, OF COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
GRANT THEM WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND COMPASSION AS A DELIBERATE AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
MAY THEIR HEARTS BE GUIDED BY JUSTICE, THEIR WORDS, BY TRUTH, THEIR ACTIONS BY KINDNESS AS IT'S WRITTEN IN OUR TRADITION.
EK SADEK TEAR JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL PURSUE, SHALL YOU PURSUE.
BLESS OUR CITY WITH PEACE, SAFETY, AND UNITY.
PROTECT ITS RESIDENTS, UPLIFT THE VULNERABLE, AND INSPIRE US ALL TO ACT WITH LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE.
MAY WE BE PARTNERS IN HEALING AND BUILDING AND BLESSING.
RALPH, GUIDE US ON NEXT STEPS.
[R9 A DR. STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZENS’ FORUM.]
THERE IS A SUT AT THE MINIMUM FOR 15 OF 15 MINUTES.UH, YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN THAT IF NEEDED.
THESE ARE ALL, ALL THESE ITEMS ARE ALSO PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO MAYBE YOU WISH TO DO 15 MINUTES OF SUT, NICK, AND THEN OPEN THE, THE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE ITEMS DO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S UP TO YOU HOW YOU, HOW YOU WANNA RUN IT.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE SEE HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA, ACTUALLY YES.
IF YOU'RE HERE FOR SUT, CAN YOU COME OVER HERE TO MAKE IT EASIER? BECAUSE WE WE'RE BASICALLY ALL POLICE, UNLESS YOU CAN'T STAND AND THEN JUST TELL US.
BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA, I'D LIKE TO NOTE, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE, LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE HAD 60 PEOPLE WANTED TO SPEAK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIMIT THE TIME.
UM, SO, AND, AND RALPH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ON ZOOM? WE HAVE SEVEN RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL HERE TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. NO, NO, NO.
AND WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK ON SUT NICK AS OPPOSED TO COMING AND SPEAKING DURING THE PUBLIC ITEM? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT EACH ITEM TO SPEAK AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST THE SUT NICK HOUR.
OH, SUT MEANS IT'S AN OPEN FORUM.
YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT ANY TOPIC YOU WANT.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT, THAT THAT MANY PERCENT.
UH, MY NAME IS SANDRA KALA AND I LIVE AT 74, UH, HARDING AVENUE.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO MAYOR MINOR AND TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND TO EVERYONE HERE.
UH, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DEVO PROJECT.
UH, I'VE COME ON PREVIOUS MEETINGS, EITHER, UH, HERE IN PERSON OR THROUGH ZOOM, UH, GIVING MY SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN NORTH BEACH SINCE 1992 WITH MY FAMILY, AND I LIVED PREVIOUSLY, UH, IN THE ORIGINAL DEVILLE.
UH, AND, UH, EVER SINCE IT WAS DEMOLISHED, THAT AREA HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT, UH, SINCE, UM, SINCE, UH, THE ORIGINAL DEVILLE, UH, VANISHED.
AND, UH, THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA SUFFERED, UH, BECAUSE OF IT.
AND THE AREA CHANGED ALSO IN THE ASPECT THAT I DIDN'T SEE THAT MUCH, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE PASSING, UH, THROUGH THAT AREA AS I DID WHEN THE ORIGINAL DEVILLE WAS THERE.
UH, I USED TO SEE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY THERE, AND IN THAT AREA WAS, HAD MUCH MORE ENERGY AND WAS MORE VIBRANT.
AND I THINK THAT THE DEVILLE PROJECT, UH, WOULD BRING BACK THAT, UH, WHAT'S LACKING IN THAT AREA.
IT WOULD HELP THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED QUITE A BIT, UM, WHEN, UH, THE DEVILLE LEFT AND ALSO BEFORE THAT WITH COVID.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HELP OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND I THINK THIS PROJECT WOULD BE VERY POSITIVE, UH, FOR THAT AREA AND WOULD BRING BACK THE ENERGY THAT WAS LOST, UH, AND WOULD BRING BACK, UM, THE ACTIVITY THAT I USED TO SEE.
UH, I REALLY, UH, LOVE NORTH BEACH AND, UH, I SINCERELY, I I I GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND I'VE HEARD, OH, SORRY.
I AM A NEW RESIDENT FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
IT'S IMPERATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I GREW UP
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WITHOUT, UH, A VERY FINANCIALLY STABLE HOME.SO I FEEL LIKE I'M AN EXPERT TO SPEAK IN THIS.
COMING FROM LA I SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOW THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE HANDLED IN THEIR STATE.
I LEFT BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I LOVED CALIFORNIA, I WAS TRAUMATIZED FROM WALKING DOWN THE STREETS OF BEVERLY HILLS, WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST ZIP CODES.
BEING VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ATTACKED WITH A TODDLER MOVING DOWN HERE, IT'S IMPERATIVE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, SPECIFICALLY THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN.
THE 1250 PROJECT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST GOING TO BRING A LOT OF BUSINESS TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY BRING VIBRATION AND MORE ENERGY TO MIAMI, FLORIDA.
I HIGHLY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN IF THIS HOSTILE, WHICH IS A REHAB CLINIC ESSENTIALLY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE, IS ALLOWED TO BE FREE INTO SOCIETY INSTEAD OF A PLACE THAT'S SAFE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY HEAL PROPERLY.
IF WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND THEIR DRUG REHABILITATION, WE NEED TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE THAT'S SAFE.
I KNOW THAT TANYA, LAURA, KRISTEN, AS WOMEN, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF A FEMALE TO FEEL SAFE.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THAT IN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY THE WOMEN IN CHILDREN OF MIAMI.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? LIZ KENNEDY.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GO NOW TO TWO OUTSIDE.
SO MICHAEL K, DO YOU HAVE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
MICHAEL, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF WHERE YOU'RE FROM.
LET'S GO THEN TO JAMES JULIUS, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
STATE YOUR NAME OR YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
UH, I ALSO OWN THE HARBOR CLUB, UH, IN SUNSET HARBOR.
AND I'M ALSO HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT OF THE 1250 PROJECT.
UH, MY WIFE RECENTLY HAD A BABY.
UH, WE HAVE A TWO MONTH OLD AND SHE FEELS UNSAFE TO WALK OUR BABY IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ONE ISSUE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE DOING THE BOARDWALK.
WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS THE ONLY WAY THAT MY WIFE CAN ENTER THE BOARDWALK RIGHT NOW IS OPPOSITE THIS HOMELESS SHELTER, WHICH SHE WILL NOT GO EVEN ANYWHERE NEARBY.
UH, ON TOP OF THAT, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME INTO MY RESTAURANT AND TAKE THINGS, UM, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
IT'S BRINGING DESTRUCTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DESERVE TO LIVE IN A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I THINK THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY GREAT OPTION FOR THE CITY WHERE MY WIFE AND I PLAN TO BE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.
I'M ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER IN SUNSET HARBOR.
UM, I HAVE 202, UM, MY WIFE HAD A BABY LAST WEEK, UM, HERE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, 1250 WEST AVENUE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ECHOING A LOT OF THE SENTIMENT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THAT AREA.
THE, UH, BIKINI HOSTEL HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF, UH, DISORDER AND IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, TO INCREASE THE HOMELESS AND REALLY JUST ECHOING THE SENTIMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REDEVELOPMENT ALLOWS US A CHANCE TO MOVE MIAMI BEACH IN A DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND HAVING RESIDENTS WITH YOUNG KIDS AND REALLY ANYBODY, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, FEELING UNSAFE IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE WANNA SUPPORT.
SO I URGE YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS REPRESENTATIVE FABIAN BASA.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
STATE, WHERE YOU FROM? HELLO EVERYBODY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME ON VIDEO.
I LIVE AT NINE ISLAND AVENUE AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTY YOU ALL ARE PRODUCING.
UH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE CREATING HERE.
UNCERTAINTY IN OUR CONDO MARKET AND UNCERTAINTY IN OUR BUSINESS MARKET.
MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU'VE ALLOWED THESE CONSULTANTS TO MANIPULATE IS EXACTLY HOW YOU COLLAPSE A COMMUNITY AND DESTROY TRUST IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH OVERDEVELOPMENT IN MIAMI BEACH.
IT'S NOT JUST THE TOWERS, IT'S THE TACTICS.
THIS CITY COMMISSION IS CREATING DEEP UNCERTAINTY IN THE CONDO MARKET.
BUYERS ARE AFRAID TO INVEST IN BUILDINGS THAT MIGHT BE BOUGHT OUT.
OWNERS ARE HOLDING BACK ON RENOVATIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR HOME WILL STILL BE THERE THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE WATCHING A PATTERN BUILDINGS LEFT TO DETERIORATE.
OTHERS ARE QUIETLY FILLED WITH SHORT-TERM RENTERS OR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE PRESSURE AND DISCOMFORT.
THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE, IT'S A STRATEGY.
A SLOW MOTION TAKEOVER MEANT TO DRIVE OUT OWNERS AND CLEAR AWAY FOR DEVELOPERS.
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AND IT'S NOT JUST THE OVERDEVELOPMENT, IT'S THE POLICY.THE LOCAL HOMELESS ORDINANCE PUSHED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, BEEN VOTED BY MOST OF YOU.
THAT ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE REPEALED AND STATE LAW MUST BE ENFORCED.
REPEALING, IT WOULD'VE SAVED TAXPAYERS TENS OF MILLIONS AND ACTUALLY HELPED THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY NEED THE HELP THAT ARE IN THESE MAKESHIFT MAKESHIFT SHELTERS RIGHT NOW.
INSTEAD, YOU'VE MADE THE RESIDENTS PAY TWICE WHILE THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE BEING USED AS PAUSE.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, YOU SAID YOU WOULD TAKE THIS ON, YOU TOLD ME PERSONALLY, YOU SAID YOU MIGHT.
SENATOR MASABI, YOU'VE ACTUALLY BROKEN THE RULE TWICE NOW.
UH, YOU DO NOT MENTION, AND YOU KNOW THE RULES VERY WELL.
DO NOT, DO NOT MENTION COMMISSIONERS BY NAME.
THAT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR CODE.
SO WHILE WE'RE HERE AND, UH, LET'S ALSO DISCUSS THE IMPACT FEES FOR THESE PROJECTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA IN GENERAL, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED SINCE 1995.
YOU ALL KNOW IT, YOU'VE IGNORED IT WHILE THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING GROWTH FOR DECADES, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS BRINGING IT UP, EXCUSE REPRESENTATIVE, I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD.
I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT TO THE COMMISSION A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO AND WE JUST VOTED TO APPROVE IT AND RECTIFY THAT SITUATION ON WEDNESDAY.
SO THAT HAS BEEN RECTIFIED, AND I AGREE, IT'S A SHAME THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO BE RECTIFIED, BUT THAT IS ON PRIOR COMMISSIONS, NOT THIS ONE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT I'D LIKE TO RECTIFY FROM THE RECORD, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SPEND THE TIME COMMISSIONER, I'LL TIME DOING IT.
I'LL, I'LL RECLAIM MY TIME IF I MAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REPRESENTATIVE MR. ROMERO NEXT TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
AND IN FACT, WE ARE IN PART HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR REPRESENTATIVE, FABIAN BASA, VOTED TO SILENCE THE VOTE OF THE ELECTORATE.
THE MIAMI BEACH CHARTER SAYS THAT FAR INCREASES ARE TO BE VOTED SOLELY BY THE ELECTORATE, BY THE VOTERS, BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, WHO PASSED A CHARTER REFERENDUM SAYING THAT THEY WANTED THAT RIGHT.
AND REPRESENTATIVE FABIAN BAE VOTED ALIGNED WITH THAT STATE STATUTE TO TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF, OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS CITY TO BE AWARE OF THAT AS THEY ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A YEAR-ROUND RESIDENT OF 1330 WEST AVENUE.
OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, YOU'VE HEARD MANY DIFFERENT ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED TOWER AT 1250 WEST AVENUE.
AND ACTUALLY SURPRISINGLY FEW ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF IT, MANY OF THE LATTER HAVE BEEN SELF-SERVING, AS IN THE REMARKS BY RESIDENTS OF ONE SIDE OF 1228 WEST AVENUE CONCERNED ABOUT CHANGES TO THEIR VIEWS.
CURIOUSLY, EARLY ON, SOME AREA RESIDENTS ENDORSED THE PROPOSED TOWER BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING A DESPERATELY NEEDED PARKING GARAGE TO THE BIKINI HOSTEL SITE.
WELL THEN EQUALLY CURIOUSLY, THE PARKING GARAGE DISAPPEARED AND IN FAVOR OF A PARK THAT WE SUPPOSEDLY ALSO DESPERATELY NEED, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A MUCH LARGER PARK WITH ABUNDANT AMENITIES.
JUST TWO, EXCUSE ME, JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
LET'S FACE IT FROM THE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, AS WE'VE SEE ALREADY TODAY, THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT AT 1250 WEST AVENUE IS NOW ALMOST ENTIRELY ABOUT THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND TO A MUCH LESSER EXTENT ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
YES, THE BIKINI HOSTEL SITUATION NEEDS A SOLUTION, BUT A TALL TOWER FOR THE ULTRA RICH THAT VIOLATES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON A SITE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOSTILE SITE IS NOT THAT SOLUTION.
THE DEBATE HAS BEEN EXHAUSTING AND TRYING, AND I THINK FRANKLY, DEEP DOWN THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT FUNDAMENTALLY THIS PROPOSAL IS WRONG.
IT GOES AGAINST MANY PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PLANNING AND GOOD GOVERNANCE.
IT IS A SELLOUT OF PUBLIC INTEREST TO A PRIVATE ENTITY WITH DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BAYFRONT AND ELSEWHERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
IT WOULD BE AN IRREVOCABLE STAIN ON THE CHARACTER AND REPUTATION OF OUR CITY.
WE WILL WELCOME AND AS OF RIGHT, DEVELOPMENT AT 1250 WEST AVENUE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER, LISA NANO, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MINOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSALS FOR 1250 WEST IN THE VILLE.
THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE INCREASED HEIGHT AND FAR, UH, UNDER BOTH PROPOSALS IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE PURPORTED BENEFITS TO OUR CITY.
BOTH PROPOSALS ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY OPPOSITION, A FACTOR THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN DECIDING WHETHER THESE ARE GOOD DEALS FOR THE CITY.
THE VILLE PROPOSAL SETS THE TERRIBLE PRECEDENCE OF REWARDING DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT AND THE SALE OF INCREASED HEIGHT AND FAR BY THIS COMMISSION RATHER THAN ENFORCEMENT OF OUR ZONING REGULATIONS, OPENING THE FLOOD GATES TO MORE 400 FOOT TOWERS AND PUTTING US ON THE PATH TO BECOMING SUNNY ISLES, EVENTUALLY 1250 WEST.
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FOR DOUBLE THE PERMITTED HEIGHT PROMISES TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM CREATED BY THE BIKINI HOSTEL, I WOULD URGE THE CITY TO EXPLORE SHUTTING DOWN THIS HOSTEL AS A NON-CONFORMING USE UNDER OUR ZONING REGULATIONS AND OR BUYING THE BUILDING RATHER THAN OUTSOURCING THE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEVELOPER.WE ALL KNOW THAT BOTH DEVELOPERS CAN CREATE ARCHITECTURALLY DISTINCTIVE AND IN SCALE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PROFITABLE FOR THEM AND BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN MONAN TERRACE DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO 1250 WEST.
AND BY THE SAME DEVELOPER USING THE METRICS OF TAX REVENUE, ZONING ALIGNMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, JOB CREATION, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND PUBLIC BENEFITS.
MONAD TERRACE WAS A BETTER DEAL.
OVERDEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OUR CITY FACES AND CONTRIBUTES TO OTHER PROBLEMS. THESE PROPOSALS, IF APPROVED, WILL WORSEN TRAFFIC AND FURTHER TAX OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS COMPROMISE THE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF OUR ISLAND.
NOT TO MENTION THE UNTOLD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS RATHER THAN SPOT ZONING, WE NEED DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IN KEEPING WITH OUR ZONING REGULATIONS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING, WANDA JAMAN, 83 0 5 CRESTVIEW BOULEVARD.
I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE VOLVO PROJECT.
I EMAILED EVERY SINGLE COMMISSIONER AND THE MAYOR THIS MORNING.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MONTHS.
I THINK IT'S A BIG CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THE DEVELOPER HAS ALL RIGHT TO BUILD WHATEVER HE WANTS, BUT WHEN A DEVELOPER WRITES TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND TELLS HIM, I'M GONNA HAVE A COMMISSIONER PUT, HAVE THIS COMMISSIONER, PUT THIS ON THE ITEM FOR VOTE, IT'S A PROBLEM.
SECONDLY, FULL DISCLOSURE, I EMAILED 160 STATE FLORIDA SENATE WATCHING, THEY ALL RESPONDED.
THE ONLY ONE THAT RESPONDED TO ME THIS MORNING WAS ME A MINOR.
I EMAILED THE HOUSE COMPLETELY.
GOVERNOR DESANTIS, THE AG OFFICE, THE BOARD OF ETHICS, WASABI, JUST SPOKE.
HE HAD A, HE VOTED FOR SB 1730.
WHY? BECAUSE OUR COMMISSIONERS, I CONSTANTLY ALLOWING THESE DEVELOPERS AND THE SAME ONES TO BUILD OVER A ZONING LAWS.
SO THE BLAME SHOULDN'T BE ON WASABI.
THE BLAME SHOULD BE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE MAKING A SITUATION REALLY BAD.
I'M A SENIOR WITH DISABILITIES.
I LIVE ALL THE WAY UP IN BISCAYNE POINT.
IF I HAVE TO CALL AN AMBULANCE, THE TRAFFIC IS LITERALLY SICK.
I'VE BEEN IN INDIAN CREEK AND I SEE AN AMBULANCE IN THE MIRROR FOR TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES, TRY TO GET THROUGH, RUNNING THROUGH INCOMING TRAFFIC.
EVERY MINUTE COUNTS AND THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS, DEFER THIS TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT DOOR.
YOU SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, KIND OF STUDY.
IT'S NOT FOR NO REASON, BUT A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS PETER VANDEL VANDER LEE.
HI MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I AM A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT AND VOTER AND OWN MY APARTMENT AT 63 65 COLLINS AVENUE, WHICH IS NEAR THE VILLE SITE.
I AM NOT AGAINST BUILDING ON THE VILLE SITE FAR FROM IT.
I BELIEVE A WELL THOUGHT OUT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A BOOST TO THE AREA.
HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED OVER THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE INCREASE IN FAR AS A RESIDENT, I NO LONGER HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE PROPOSED FAR INCREASE AND NOW NEED TO RELY ON THE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT HERE TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN FAR AND THE HEIGHT OF THE VILLE SITE SETS A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT FOR NORTH BEACH AND FOR MIAMI BEACH IN GENERAL.
ONE THING I DO AGREE WITH IS THAT MIAMI BEACH WILL NOT BE LIKE SUNNY ELSE.
INSTEAD, IF THIS PROJECT IS ALLOWED TO PROCEED AS PROPOSED, MIAMI BEACH WILL EVENTUALLY BE KNOWN AS THE NOT.
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SONY ISLES, OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE BEGINNING TO SPEAK UP MORE AGAINST THE VO PROJECT AS IT STANDS NOW.I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONER WILL LISTEN AND PUSH BACK ON THIS PROJECT.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS CARRIE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KARINA MERCADO AND I LIVE AT 1200 WEST AVENUE.
I'M HERE TO, UH, VOICE MY, UH, OPPOSITION FOR THE JDS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
THE BIKINI HOSTEL SITUATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 1250 DEVELOPMENT.
THAT SITUATION IS A POLICY FAILURE BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR.
THE NEXT TIME A DEVELOPER WANTS MORE HEIGHT OR FAR APPROVED, A HOMELESS SHELTER WILL MAGICALLY POP UP IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL FROM.
YOU'RE SETTING A VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT HERE.
PEOPLE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO REBUILDING, BUT WE WOULD ONLY LIKE TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD WITHIN THE EXISTING HEIGHT AND FAR LIMITS.
I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT MANY OF THOSE PUBLICLY EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE JDS PROPOSAL ARE NOT EVEN RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THEY'RE MOSTLY REAL ESTATE AGENTS THAT ARE JUST DESPERATE TO MAKE A SALE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SOLD ANYTHING.
SO THEIR INPUT SHOULD NOT BE WEIGHED THE SAME AS THOSE OF US WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE.
WE DON'T NEED TO BEG DEVELOPERS TO BUILD HERE.
WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE THEM ALL THESE ALLOWANCES THAT DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE BEGGING US TO, TO BUILD HERE AND TO ADHERE BY TO OUR ZONING LAWS.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS JOEY.
I'M, I'M USING, UH, A DIFFERENT ZOOM BECAUSE MINE WASN'T WORKING.
I'M ACTUALLY TONY SHEENA, UM, AND, UH, I'M A RESIDENT AT 1250 WEST AVENUE AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.
NOT, NOT JUST AS A RESIDENT, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE A PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN THIS BUILDING.
FOR MANY OF US WHO OWN UNITS AT 1250, THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS OUR LAST REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT.
THE BUILDING IS OUTDATED, INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING.
THE COST OF MAINTENANCE KEEPS CLIMBING TO CRAZY AMOUNTS, LIKE I DON'T HOW PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IT ANYMORE.
IT'S BECOMING FINANCIALLY AND UNSUSTAINABLE FOR MANY OF THE OWNERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE RETIREES OR WORKING FAMILIES WHO SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP POURING MON MONEY IN A DETERIORATING OLD BUILDING.
SELLING TO THE DEVELOP ISN'T JUST A BUSINESS DECISION, IT'S A LIFELINE.
IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO CLOSE THIS CHAPTER.
WITHOUT THIS REDEVELOPMENT, MANY OF US WILL BE LEFT WITH DECLINING PROPERTY VALUES, RISING FEES, AND NO REALISTIC PATH FORWARD.
THE PROJECT IS A CHANCE TO TURN THE PAGE BEING AND IT'S A MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT TO BOTH THE BUILDING SITE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT BENEFITS RESIDENTS, IT ENHANCES THE AREA, AND FOR MANY OF US OWNERS, IT PROVIDES A MUCH NEEDED SOLUTION.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT AT 1250 WEST AVENUE.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A PHONE NUMBER THAT ENDS IN FOUR FIVE FIVE SIX.
PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES PLEASE.
HELLO, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, UH, DAVID WHI KING.
HE IS A, A FORMER RESIDENT AT BAY GARDEN MANOR, UNIT 10 W DAVID WHI KING IS 80 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS BORN IN SIXTY FORTY FIVE.
HE PURCHASED THAT CONDO UNIT 10 W AND BAY GARDEN MANOR, 1250 WEST AVENUE, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1990 FOR $41,000.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD TO SELL HIS UNIT TO HIS BOSS IN MAY, 2018, BUT WITH THE AGREEMENT JUST LIVED THERE FOR FREE OR CHEAP.
UNFORTUNATELY, HIS BOSS HAD TO SELL TO THE DEVELOPER EARLY FOR A LOW BALL OFFER FOR 350 K NOVEMBER, 2024, AND HE WAS KICKED OUT AROUND CHRISTMAS.
I ASKED THE MAYOR AND MADAM AND MR. COMMISSIONERS TO HUMBLY ASK THE DEVELOPER TO PLEASE ALLOW DAVID, WE KING TO LIVE HIS LAST DAYS LOOKING AT THE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH AND BIKING AROUND TRYING TO REMEMBER HIS DAYS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL ON THE BEACH.
IT'S NOT GONNA, THE OWNER, THE DEVELOPER OWNS 10 W LET DAVID WHEAT KING STAY THERE FOR CHEAP OR FREE.
I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT FROM THE DEVELOPER THROUGH
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THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.AND I ALSO ASKED THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WHY DOES EVERYONE COMPLAIN ABOUT BIKINI HAEL FEELING UNSAFE WHEN YOU'VE HAD 24 7 POLICE PRESENCE RIGHT IN FRONT FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, IF NOT LONGER, YOU WOULD THINK IT'D BE THE SAFEST SPOTS HAVING A COP THERE 24 7 TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S OKAY.
OUR NEXT CALLER, WAIT, CAN I JUST RESPOND? UM, IF MR. WITKIN NEEDS A PLACE TO GO, COULD HE PLEASE COME TO ONE OF OUR OFFICES ON THE FOURTH FLOOR? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MIAMI BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THERE ARE, UM, MANY UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE THERE AND, UM, WE CAN GET HIM HOUSING.
SO PLEASE, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF FC USER, STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND, RAYMOND KENNY.
UH, WE BOUGHT AN APARTMENT THERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND JUST MOVED TO LIVE HERE PERMANENTLY, FULL-TIME.
UH, WE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE THINK IT'S BEST FOR OUR BUILDING, BEST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND BEST FOR MIAMI BEACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIKINI HOSPITAL IS DILAPIDATED.
IT'S DANGEROUS, AND WE WILL BE GETTING, UH, THE BAY WALK COMPLETED NEXT TO US, SO WE SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS ROCK SER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR.
I LIVE AT 2041 NORTH BAY ROAD.
I'M ALSO THE OWNER OF 17 WEST, WHERE THE TRADER JOE'S IS LOCATED.
I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THE 1250 WEST AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE CLOSE OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
WE'VE HAD INCREASED HOMELESS PRESENCE AT OUR PROPERTY AND IN SUNSET HARBOR.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST NOT WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD HARASSMENT AND PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE STAIRWELLS, UM, AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT THE DIRECTION THAT MIAMI BEACH IS GOING IS WEST AVENUE AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE 12, UH, 50 REDEVELOPMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT MEANS NEW ENERGY, NEW INVESTMENT, AND A CHANCE TO MAKE OUR AREA SAFER AND MORE WELCOMING FOR EVERYONE.
I DO FEEL THAT THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT BY ADDING MORE HEIGHT ACTUALLY GIVES A BENEFIT AS OPPOSED TO CREATING MORE OF A BLOCK LOWER RISE PROJECT THAT WOULD CREATE MORE SHADOWS AND LESS APPEAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I DO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, CAN MAKE MIAMI BEACH A BETTER PLACE.
OUR NEXT CALLER IS DONOVAN AGUILAR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
HI, UH, DONOVAN AGUILAR AT 1215 WEST AVENUE.
I AM THE EMPLOYER OF THIS BUSINESS, JOAN THE JUICE.
AND, UH, MY MAIN CONCERNS, I'M COMING AND CALLING IN SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE REMOVAL OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL WHILE, AND WHILE I FEEL A HUGE AMOUNT OF SENTIMENT FOR THE, FOR THE SITUATION THAT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH, IT HAS BECOME A MUCH MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY EMPLOYEES WHO COME IN AT FIVE IN THE MORNING AND ON THE COUNTRY AS WELL, LEAVING AT NINE OR 10 AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S VERY DARK.
I'VE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH THEM AND I HAVE A LOT OF REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE HAD TO TRESPASS, WHICH I CAN'T BLAME, I CAN'T BLAME THE, THE POPULACE AS A WHOLE, BUT IT IS A, A BIG SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE DARK HOURS.
AND SO, I MEAN, KEEP IT SHORT, I JUST WANNA SUPPORT THE FULL REDEVELOPMENT OF IT AS LONG AS THESE, UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SAFELY TRANSPORTED TO A BETTER LOCATION AND HOPEFULLY A SITUATION THAT'S BETTER.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS BRIAN.
UH, MY NAME, MY NAME IS BRIAN KEEN AND I LIVE AT 1000 WEST AVENUE.
I'VE CALLED IN PREVIOUSLY JUST TO, UM, ASK THE THE COMMISSION TO PLEASE RESTRICT THE HEIGHT OF THIS PROJECT.
I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BENEFIT FROM A PROJECT LIKE AS THIS, HOWEVER, THE HEIGHT WOULD SET PRECEDENT THAT WOULD, UM, REALLY CAUSE OTHER DEVELOPERS TO FOLLOW SUIT.
UM, I I'M ALSO SO DISAPPOINTED BY HEARING EVERYBODY TRYING TO USE THE BIKINI HOSTEL, UH, AS THE CUDGEL, UH, AND THEIR EXCUSE FOR SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND, UH, THE BIKINI HOSPITAL HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
HOWEVER, EVEN WITH THE HOMELESS, I HAVE SEEN ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE.
THE CO THE THE POLICE PRESENCE AS SOMEONE POINTED OUT IS THERE,
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UM, YOU KNOW, 24 7.AND SO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN SOUTH OF FIFTH CLAIMING, OH, IT'S UNSAFE, AND MY DAUGHTER, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A BUNCH OF BS.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA USE IT TO TRY TO SCARE EVERYBODY.
FOCUS ON THE ISSUE OF TRYING TO GET RID OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND FOCUS ON THE ISSUE OF KEEPING THE DEVELOPER WITHIN THE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED, UH, UM, IN ORDER TO RESTRICT THE HEIGHT OF THE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN ALL BENEFIT.
THERE'S NO NEED TO EMPLOY SCARE TACTICS IN ORDER TO SORT OF GAIN COVER.
YEAH, WE ARE A, A CITY OF, OF, OF RULES AND LAWS.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FOLLOW THE LAWS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, BEEN SET AND WRITTEN ON THE, ON THE BOOKS.
AND, UH, MIAMI BEACH IS NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME BASHING OF SAFETY.
IT, IT'S A PRETTY SAFE CITY, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR OWN CRIME ALL OVER THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I LIVE ON WEST AVENUE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN I SEE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
WOULD LIKE TO STOP PEOPLE DEMONIZING THESE HOMELESS FOR THE, THE SAKE OF PASSING THIS PROJECT.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A SAMSUNG PHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI, THIS IS, UH, PAUL FROM 1250 WEST AVENUE.
I JUST WANNA SAY IF UH, SOME PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE, THEN MAYBE THEY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FORCE 238 UNITS, UM, OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO THEIR SAFETY.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE FOR, UM, I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ISSUE AT THE HOSPITAL.
THERE'S A COPS OUT THERE 24 7.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IF MR. STERN GETS HIS 300 FOOT, UH, HEIGHT INCREASE IN FAR THAT HE WANTS AND HIS 300 MILLION IN EXTRA PROFITS, UM, IS HE GONNA GIVE HOMESTEAD OWNERS ANY ASSISTANCE, UM, IN MOVING AND RELOCATING AS WE'VE BEEN THERE EIGHT MONTHS PAST CLOSE ALREADY AND CURRENT CHARGES AND WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE AND USE THE BAY WALK AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS BECAUSE WE ARE BEING PRICED OUT.
UM, IS HE GONNA COMPENSATE US AT ALL FOR THIS? AND THAT'S A LEGIT QUESTION I'D LIKE YOU TO ASK HIM.
OUR NEXT CALLER, UH, HAS AN IPHONE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I'M A RESIDENT OF EIGHT 80 WEST 47TH STREET.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AT 1250 WEST.
I THINK THAT MOVING, UH, SOME OF THE HOMELESS RESIDENTS TO A PLACE THAT HAS THE NECESSARY SERVICES TO HELP THEM, UH, GET OFF THE STREET AND ON THE PATH TO A BETTER LIFE IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE CITY AND EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.
OUR NEXT CALLER IS SCOTT LONDON.
I LIVE ON THE VENETIAN ISLANDS AND, UH, DRIVE PAST, UH, THIS PROPERTY ALL THE TIME.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY, UH, ESPECIALLY AS YOUR LAST CALLER, UH, UH, REFERENCED THE, THE BAY WALK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
A LOT OF THINGS GET ACCOMPLISHED HERE THAT REALLY NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
THE, THE PRIVATE PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP REALLY, UH, REALLY SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS, UH, THE PERFECT CAUSE FOR THAT.
UH, AND, UH, IT'D BE NICE TO SEE THIS, THIS ALL GO THROUGH IT.
IT HELPS WITH GET RID OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL ON THAT WHOLE ISSUE, WHICH, WHICH NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, IS AN ISSUE.
AND, UH, IT FIXES THE WATERFRONT AND, AND IT, IT'S, IT ADDS MORE RESIDENTS TO THE, UH, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SIMA MYON, BAAL.
UM, I'M FROM ISRAEL, BUT I LIVE IN MIAMI FOR 20 YEARS.
I LIVE IN FIVE 20 WEST AVENUE AND I HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
WE WALK IN EVERY DAY TO THE SYNAGOGUE IN 12TH IN ALTON.
AND WE WORKING ON THE, ALSO TO THE SYNAGOGUE IN SUNSET HARBOR.
UM, WE LIVE IN WEST AVENUE FOR 10 YEARS.
I WANNA TELL YOU, UH, PEOPLE THAT IT'S BECOME VERY SCARED TO LET MY THREE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, YOUNG GIRLS TO WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S BECOME TO A POINT THAT I USED TO LET MY GIRLS TO GO TO SOUTH, TO A FIVE PARK TO PLAY AFTERNOON, THREE OF THEM.
AND NOW IT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU SEE VERY STRANGER PEOPLE THERE,
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PEOPLE JUST SLEEPING ON THE STREET, ON THE, ON THE ROAD INSIDE THE PARK, HOW OUTSIDE THE PARK.AND IT'S BECOME VERY DANGEROUS.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THE BIKINI HOSTEL NOW THAT IT'S FALLING OF, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE IS SAFE TO OUR KIDS.
IT'S SAFE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE WALKING THERE, PEOPLE LIVE THERE.
WE GOING TO THE SYNAGOGUE, THEY WALKING TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE COMING BACK.
I HEARD SOMEBODY SAYING THAT, LIKE, IF IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE, I, I BELIEVE YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S SCARED TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT THERE IS HOMELESS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE BUY THE HOUSE BECAUSE WE FELT THAT IT'S A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO RAISE OUR KIDS.
THEY'RE STILL IN SYNAGOGUE NEXT TO US, AND NOW IT'S BECOME VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.
AND ALSO THE VALUE OF THE HOUSES IS GOING DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY HARD FOR OUR MONEY AND WE WANNA HAVE LIKE, TO FEEL GOOD WHERE WE ARE LIVING.
SO I HOPE YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE THE LAST CALLER ONLINE, MR. FREEDOM.
LET'S STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
OH YEAH, THIS IS, UH, JOHN HANCOCK.
I LIVE IN THE VENETIAN ISLAND AS WELL.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? GO AHEAD.
UH, THE, MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS THAT, UH, MR. STERN HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GIVE PROMISES TO, UH, RESIDENTS IN NOT JUST THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
HE'S FAILED IN ALL HIS PROMISES, AND I AM VERY CERTAIN HE'S GONNA FAIL IN ALL THE PROMISES HE'S MAKING TO THE CITY.
I GUARANTEE YOU, HE INFLATED THE PRICES OF THE BEGINNING HOSTEL, I'M SURE, AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAD DONE YOUR RESEARCH.
AND THE BEGINNING HOSTEL WAS ONLY VALUED AT LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
HE'S LYING TO ALL OF YOU TELLING YOU THIS IS GONNA BE A GIFT OF 30 MILLION TO THE CITY AND ALL OF THIS.
HE'S BEEN DELAYING MULTIPLE PROJECTS, NOT JUST IN MIAMI AND NEW YORK AND ALL AROUND.
HE'S DEFRAUDED HIS OWN MOTHER.
HE'S DEFRAUDED OTHER INVESTORS.
HE'S BEEN CONVICTED SEVERAL TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMEWHERE, I'M SORRY.
WE CAN'T START LEVELING ACCUSATIONS OUT THERE.
I, WELL, THESE ARE NOT ACCUSATIONS.
IT'S A, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL EVIDENT.
UH, YOU, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK UP HIS NAME AND GO ON GOOGLE AND YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SEE.
OKAY? SO IF YOU WANT SOMEONE THAT'S GONNA DEFRAUD ALL OF YOU, AND IT'S GONNA DEFRAUD THE CITY.
EVERYONE WHO HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED TO SPEAK HAS SPOKEN ONCE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO SPOKE.
OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE PUBLIC ITEMS AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN, WE'LL HAVE A FORUM AS WELL FOR THE ITEMS BEFORE I ASK RALPH TO CALL IT.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A BIG DAY IN MIAMI BEACH.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT OUR COMMISSION, THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, THIS, THIS
AND I THINK THIS, THIS COMMISSION HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF FOCUSING ON SMART DEVELOPMENT, UH, NOT OVERDEVELOPMENT.
AND ACTUALLY THE FIRST, THE FIRST MEETING THAT BECAME MAYOR, UM, I PLEASE THE FIRST MEETING THAT BECAME MAYOR, THAT I, I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT OUR COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED TO MAKING IT, UH, SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE, SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE INSTEAD OF A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE TO, UH, TO INCREASE FAR, WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE RULE TODAY.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AS A BODY PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC, INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH AND ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER ARE WORTHY AND MAKE OUR CITY AND MAKE OUR CITY BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING TODAY AND CONTEMPLATING.
AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION.
UH, SO YESTERDAY MORNING I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
YOU WANNA CALL THE ITEM FIRST OR? SURE.
[R5 A ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO THE SMALL SCALE PROCEDURES IN SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY AMENDING GOAL RLU 1, “LAND USE,” OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, “ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES,” POLICY 1.1.7, “HIGH DENSITY MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM-3),” TO CREATE THE ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY LAND USE CATEGORY, PROVIDING FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUSES FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCLUDE CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFITS; AND PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TRANSMITTAL, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
[R5 B ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT – LDR AMENDMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.6, “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” SUBSECTION 7.2.6.3, “DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (RM-3),” TO REFERENCE MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY, FURTHER AMENDING ARTICLE III, “OVERLAY DISTRICTS,” BY CREATING SECTION 7.3.12, ENTITLED “ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT,” TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT INCENTIVIZE NON-TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON LOT 3, BLOCK 80 OF BAY GARDEN MANOR CONDO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 12 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
[R7 A ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY - DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTA 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.]
SO I WILL CALL THE R FIVE A, R FIVE B AND R SEVEN A R FIVE A IS AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER 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 1 63 0.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES BY AMENDING GOAL RLU LAND USE OBJECTIVE, RLU 1.1.
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OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, POLICY 1.1 0.7, HIGH DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RM THREE 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, REPEAL, OR SERVICEABILITY.THAT IS, THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM R FIVE B IS A ANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE TWO, DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.26 RM THREE, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HIGH INTENSITY, SUBSECTION 7.2 0.63, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, RM THREE TO REFERENCE MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY.
FURTHER AMENDING ARTICLE THREE OVERLAY DISTRICTS BY CREATING SECTION 7.3 POINT 12 ENTITLED ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT INCENTIVIZE NON-TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON LOT THREE BLOCK 80 OF BAY GARDEN MANOR CONDO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK SIX, PAGE 12 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FLORIDA AND PROVIDED FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALS HAVE ABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ITEM R FIVE B IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT ITEM REQUIRES SIX SEVEN VOTE.
FINALLY RELATED ITEM R SEVEN A IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
ALTON BEACH BAYFRONT OVERLAY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROCEDURAL.
OF COURSE, THE ITEM NEEDS TO BE CALLED FIRST.
UM, SO YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM, FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, AFTER HE HAD REVIEWED, UH, RECENT OPINIONS ISSUED BY THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL, UH, AS IT RELATES TO AN UNRELATED MATTER IN THE CITY OF OF MIAMI, BUT WITH CONCERNS ABOUT ITS, UH, POTENTIAL APPLICABILITY, UH, UNDER THE STATE CON CONSTITUTION, CERTAIN STATE LAWS ON HOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THOSE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS COULD INFLUENCE OVER HERE.
SPECIFICALLY OUR CHARTER SAYS THE MIAMI BEACH CHARTER SAYS THAT ONLY THE VOTERS CAN INCREASE, UH, FAR.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ENACTED SB SEVEN 18, WHICH PROHIBITS, UH, REFERENDUM AND BALLOT INITIATIVES ON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND TRANSFERRED THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
YESTERDAY, THE CITY ATTORNEY CALLED AND SAID THAT HE WANTED TO REVIEW THIS, THAT HE NEEDED TIME.
HE WAS REQUESTING POSSIBLY A CANCELLATION OF THE MEETING AND POSSIBLY NEEDING UP TO TWO WEEKS TO STUDY THE MERITS OF THIS BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED MATTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY WHERE HE'S AT TODAY, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LONG HELD HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, HOW SACROSANCT TO USE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S WORD.
IT IS TO PROTECT OUR CHARTER, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROTECT THIS VOTER ENACTED PROTECTION THAT DEFINES THE GROWTH, HOW WE GROW AND THE PROCESS IN OUR CITY FOR, FOR, FOR INCREASES IN FAR.
WE KNOW HOW STRONGLY OUR COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT THAT RIGHT BELONGS TO THE VOTERS OF OUR CITY.
AND SO AND SO, IF THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL FOR US TO EXECUTE, OUR FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY TO THAT IS TO PROTECT THE CHARTER OF OUR CITY AND THE RIGHTS OF OUR VOTERS.
'CAUSE YESTERDAY I FELT, I FELT LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY NEEDED TIME BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM UP TO TWO WEEKS TO STUDY THIS.
AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING.
AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR CHARTER AND THE RIGHTS OF OUR VOTERS.
UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, HAVING READ THE INITIAL OPINIONS AND GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR CHARTER, UM, I TOOK THE UNUSUAL STEP OF CONTACTING EACH OF YOU TO MENTION THAT I HAD CONCERNS THAT I WANTED TO STUDY.
AND AT THE TIME, I DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE WOULD NEED TO STUDY, UH, THE ISSUE.
BUT, UH, WE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF YOU GOT CALLS AS LATE AS 1130 OR MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.
AND WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MY OFFICE'S PRIOR OPINION ON THE ISSUE OF REFERENDUM, UH, ZONING STANDS, WHICH IS THAT THE STATE'S, UH, THE, THE STATE'S ACTS THAT APPLY TO THIS SPECIFIC MATTER DO IN FACT SUPERSEDE OUR CHARTER.
SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU CAN PROCEED TODAY AND CON CONTEMPLATE THE, THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING WITHOUT ANY, ANY PROBLEM.
SO YESTERDAY YOU FELT YOU NEEDED TWO WEEKS AS TODAY YOU FEEL CONFIDENT ISSUING AN OPINION.
HAVE WE GOTTEN AN OPINION FROM OUTSIDE
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COUNSEL ON THIS? I DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO YESTERDAY.I WAS CONSIDERING AN OPINION FROM OUTSIDE COUNSEL BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA FIND ONCE I DID THE RESEARCH.
BUT THE, THE ISSUES TENDED TO BE MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN I INITIALLY THOUGHT.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS GOING THROUGH THIS.
I SPOKE TO AT LEAST ONE PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO SOME MEMBERS AT THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND I AM FULLY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT YOU ALL MAY PROCEED.
SO YOU MADE THIS BASED ON THE INPUT FROM FORMER CITY ATTORNEYS.
YOU MADE THIS DECISION BASED ON THE INPUT, UH, FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THE INPUT OF YOUR OFFICE STAFF.
YES, AND I, WELL, I REACHED THE CONCLUSION ON MY OWN.
I, I SUBSEQUENTLY SPOKE TO ONE OF THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEYS.
HE AGREED THAT I HAD REACHED THE RIGHT CONCLUSION.
I ALSO CONFIRMED WITH THE, UM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE THAT THEIR DECISION WAS TO BE CONSTRUED VERY IN A VERY LIMITED MANNER.
I GET CONCERNED WHEN I, WHEN I'M TOLD THAT TIME IS NEEDED.
'CAUSE I ALWAYS WILL SUPPORT MY LEGAL TEAM WHEN SOMETHING, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY TELL ME THEY NEED TIME TO STUDY SOMETHING, I'M WILLING TO GIVE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS THE MOST, THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR IN OUR CITY, OUR CHARTER AND ABOVE EVEN THE CHARTER, THE RIGHTS OF OUR VOTERS.
SO IF, IF, IF YOU CHANGED YOUR OPINION FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TODAY MOVING FORWARD, THEN YOU KNOW WE WILL RES I I WILL, I WILL RESPECT THAT.
RICK, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT YOU'VE, UH, EXHAUSTED THE RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE SEEN CASES FROM BOTH SIDES? I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT, THAT, THAT I'VE REACHED THE RIGHT DECISION AND THAT YOU ALL MAY PROCEED BOTH SIDES.
I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR, YOU SAID BOTH SIDES.
WELL, I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME INTERPRETATIONS ON ONE SIDE AND THERE'S CASE LAW AND MAYBE INTERPRETATIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
EVERY, EVERY, EVERY LEGAL ARGUMENT HAS A, HAS A, WE'LL SAY A, A PLAINTIFF AND A DEFENDANT TO MAKE IT EASY.
YOU COULD ALWAYS MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT'S, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT TO BE HAD, AT LEAST INITIALLY.
I'M, I'M SAYING ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT YOU'VE EXHAUSTED, UM, THE RESEARCH BASED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION? YES, I AM.
DO YOU, WHY DON'T WE START OFF, ERIC, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, KEY IT UP FOR US? WHERE ARE WE AT? CERTAINLY, AND I WILL ASK, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DAVID MARTINEZ AND PLANNING DIRECTOR THOMAS MOONEY TO WALK US THROUGH WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONER DAVID MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CONSIDER SECOND READING OF THE LDR AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE ALSO HERE FIRST TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TERMS AND WHERE WE ARE HERE AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF WORKING ON THIS.
THE FIRST THING I'M GONNA TOUCH ON ARE, AND I'LL LET TOM JUMP IN, IF HE, UH, IF I MISSPEAK, IS WHAT HAS CHANGED? WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S PROFFERED A SECOND READING.
THERE'S, UM, BASICALLY, UM, ABOUT FOUR ITEMS THAT HAVE CHANGED.
ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THAT THE SETBACKS FOR THE, UH, THE FRONT SETBACKS FOR THE PROPERTY AND REAR SETBACKS HAVE BEEN, UH, INCLUDED AS, UH, A FIXED NUMBER THAT THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE.
THAT BASICALLY GOVERNS THE LOCATION OF THE TOWER WITHIN THE SITE TO WHERE IT, IT'S PROPOSED TODAY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT PLAYS INTO THE AMOUNT OF SELLABLE SPACE OR SELLABLE, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THE PROPOSER CAN, CAN, UH, ACHIEVE.
DAVID, IS THAT JUST IN THE BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THAT'S BEING INCLUDED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS? THAT'S INCLUDED IN BOTH.
SO EVEN IF, UH, THIS PROJECT WOULD FOR WHATEVER REASON WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS, UM, BAKED INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ESSENTIALLY ADHERE TO ANY PROJECT THAT COULD TAKE FORM THERE? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE SECOND ITEM IS ALSO THAT IT REQUIRES AND CODIFIES THE REQUIREMENT FOR SUBTERRANEAN PARKING.
THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF IT DID NOT HAVE THAT, IT TECHNICALLY COULD BRING THAT UP INTO THE PEDESTAL, WHICH AGAIN WOULD INCREASE THE MASSING OF THE STRUCTURE, ET CETERA.
UM, NUMBER THREE, THEY, IT IS BE, IT IS PROHIBITED TO HAVE BARS AND ENTERTAINMENT
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AS AN ACCESSORY USE, UH, AT ANY TIME.AND LASTLY, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE TENTATIVE RESTAURANT USE, WHICH INCLUDES MAXIMUM 4,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, CLOSING NO LATER THAN 8:00 PM AND LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 80 SEATS.
AND OF COURSE NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES TO BE ISSUED.
SO, TOM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I MISSED THAT, THAT COVERS WHAT THE TWO LEGISLATIVE ITEMS WOULD ADDRESS NOW, WITH RESPECT TO, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, ON THAT.
'CAUSE YOU JUST MENTIONED SETBACKS.
YOU SAID VARIANCES ON SETBACKS? NO, NO, NO.
THAT THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY, THEY WERE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE FRONT SETBACK THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED.
BUT THEY HAVE DONE IS IT BASICALLY SETS THE BUILDING FURTHER BACK INTO THE PROPERTY FURTHER WEST.
BASICALLY, WHAT THE, UH, AMENDMENTS, UH, ACHIEVE IS IT ACTUALLY FIXES THAT NUMBER AND IT PROVIDES SUCH THAT YOU ARE, YOU CANNOT GET A VARIANCE ON THAT.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION IF A VARIANCE WOULD BE ISSUED IN THE FUTURE FOR, FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DO WE GET THESE TYPES OF FAMILIES? IT'S USUALLY PEOPLE SEEK LDR AMENDMENTS FOR THESE ISSUES.
UM, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A, A, A SECTION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION, UNLESS THERE IS A NO VARIANCE PROVISION, SOMEBODY COULD GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR, BUT USUALLY THEY PREFER TO COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION, SEEK A SPONSOR, RATHER THAN HAVE TO APPLY FOR VARIANCE BEFORE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BOARDS.
USUALLY PEOPLE AVOID THE VARIANCE PROCESS.
AND SO, AND SO IN ESSENCE, THIS PUTS INTO THE AGREEMENT WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY TRY TO AVOID DOING? YEAH.
IN, IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, PEOPLE WILL SEEK A CODE AMENDMENT AS OPPOSED TO SEEKING A VARIANCE.
AND THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT REMOVES THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEEK A VARIANCE FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OR THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MODIFY THAT FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENT, THAT REAR SETBACK REQUIREMENT OR THE PROVISION REQUIRING BELOW GRADE PARKING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS BODY.
FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, THERE WOULD BE NO OPTION TO SEEK A VARIANCE, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LDR AND THEN ALSO AN AMENDMENT TO THE DA.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
NOW WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT ITSELF, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SEVERAL ITERATIONS SINCE THE LAST TIME SINCE THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT DRAFT.
IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ITEM AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME MINOR, UH, REVISIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN TERMS OF US GETTING CLOSER TOGETHER TO WHERE WE THINK WE ARE.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, UH, FROM ADMINISTRATION'S PERSPECTIVE, WE STILL HAVE SOME POINTS OF CONTENTION THAT WE WANT TO, AGAIN, VOICE.
WE, THESE ARE NOT NEW, BUT BASICALLY WE, ADMINISTRATION STILL HAS A CONCERN WITH THE HEIGHT.
WE, THE HEIGHT, THE CURRENT HEIGHT PROPOSES 330 FEET.
UH, IT'S ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP IT CLOSER TO THE 300 FOOT MARK.
WITH RESPECT TO FAR, THE PROPOSED FAR IS 5.75.
WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH A 4.75 FAR.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE SETBACKS, WE PREFER A SETBACK THAT'S CLOSER TO WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES THAN WHAT'S BEING PROFFERED.
THE OTHER COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, AND I THINK WE'D, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY, UM, IS THE BAY WALK COMPLETION.
UH, WE HAVE TERMS THAT REQUIRE THAT THE, BEFORE A A, UH, TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED TO THE PRIVATE PROJECT, THE BAY WALK MUST BE AT A MINIMUM, UH, 25% CONSTRUCTION, ALL ANY OTHER BAY WALKS.
AND ALSO, UH, THE MANAGER WOULD CONSIDER THEY WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A LETTER, CREDIT OR BOND, UH, TO THAT ASSURES THAT THE BAY WALK COULD BE COMPLETED AT THAT TIME.
UH, START THAT FIRST POINT OVER AGAIN.
SO THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL CHECKS AND BALANCES ALONG THE WAY.
IN TERMS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE BAY, WHAT ARE ANY OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS? AND, AND I'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING.
IF, IF THERE'S PROVISIONS THAT, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE EASEMENTS FROM THE OLAND PROPERTY OWNERS FOR CERTAIN, THE 800 REQUEST, THE PRIMARY RIGHT.
UM, AND FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, AND IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN PERMITS, ALL THE REQUIRED REGULATORY PERMITS THEY HAVE, BASICALLY AT THAT POINT THEY CAN STOP AND THEY HAVE, UH, OPTIONS, OPTIONS BEING PAYING THE CITY THE ESTABLISHED AMOUNT, AND THE TOTALITY BEING 25 MILLION FOR ALL THREE, OR DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE HAS THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT NET PROPORTIONATE SHARE.
THEY ALSO HAVE AN OPTION OF, UM, UH, ASSIGNING THE CONTRACTS TO US, UH, AND, AND SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE BUILT
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IN.NOW THE ONE OF US REFERRING TO IS IF THEY HAVE OBTAINED PERMITS AND THEY HAVE OBTAINED, UH, EASEMENTS AND THEY HAVE A CON A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, THEY HAVE TO BE AT LEAST BE 25% COMPLETE.
AND THAT'S MEASURED BY HOW MUCH HAS BEEN PAID OUT ON THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD AGREE TO, UH, AS WELL AS PROVIDING A LETTER OF CREDIT OR BOND, UM, BEFORE THEY CAN OBTAIN A TCO ON THEIR PRIVATE PROJECT.
AND I THINK WE'RE CLOSE ON THAT.
WE JUST RECENTLY, WE, WE MET ON THIS YESTERDAY AND DISCUSSED IT AND WE JUST RECEIVED A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY.
UH, I REVISED AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE DA THAT I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH.
I BELIEVE THAT ITEM IS STILL THERE WITH THE 25%.
SO I, I, WE MIGHT, THAT ITEM SHOULD BE MOVED.
THE LAST ITEM THAT WE HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT OF COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME IS, I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, DAVID.
YOU JUST GOT THIS YESTERDAY AND YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T HAD A FULL CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING PROBABLY ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY, EVERY COUPLE OF THREE DAYS ON DIFFERENT, ON THE LAST FINE TUNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH A LOT OF THESE VERY SPECIFIC TIMEFRAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE CHANGES LITERALLY MADE TODAY.
WELL, THE, THE CHANGE WAS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AND THEN THEY RESUBMITTED THE REVISED VERSION EARLIER TODAY.
AND IN THIS SEVERAL SMALL LITTLE POINTS SUCH AS, HAVE WE SEEN THIS, THIS, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT SEEN THIS REVISED VERSION? NO, IT IS VERY, IT IS MINOR.
IT'S JUST VERY, IT'S FINE TUNING OF SOME OF THE VERY SPECIFIC TERMS. UH, THERE'S THE, THE BAY WALKS ARE STILL IN, THEY'RE STILL $25 MILLION.
THE PURCHASE OF THE HOSPITAL IS STILL IN, BUT THE SAME TERMS WE, WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, UH, THIS IS NOW GETTING JUST MORE SECURITY ON OUR END SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN AND THEN THEY DON'T, THEN THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LOOPHOLES TO, TO GET AROUND FOR IT NOT TO OCCUR.
UM, THE, THE LAST ITEM THAT WE HAD WAS REGARDING, OF COURSE, THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT MANY OF YOU WOULD WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT IS IN ITS TOTALITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT A VERY REDACTED VERSION WAS CIRCULATED.
UM, I DIDN'T RECEIVE IT PERSONALLY, BUT I WAS, I RECEIVED IT BY, UH, THROUGH ANOTHER ROUTE.
UM, I HAVE, SO THERE WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WHAT I HAVE PROFFERED TO THE DEVELOPER, I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE YET, IS IF, IF FOR SOME REASON, THIS ONE, ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD, IF THE PURCHASE PRICE, ONCE IT BECOMES PUBLIC, AFTER THE SALE CLOSES, IF THE DO, IF THE $20 MILLION THAT WE BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER IS LESS THAN 20 MILLION, WE HAVE ASKED THAT THEY COVER THE DIFFERENCE AND PAY THE CITY ANY DIFFERENCE FROM $20 MILLION, UH, HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN A RESPONSE ON WHETHER BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT TERM OR NOT.
UM, AGAIN, REMINDING EVERYBODY WHAT THE PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE, JUST TO PUT 'EM BACK ON THE RECORD, UH, WE KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL, THERE'S THE, OF COURSE, THE, UH, PURCHASE OF THE HOSTEL PROPERTY AND CLOSING AND RELOCATING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STAYING AT THE HOSTEL OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
FOLLOWING THAT WOULD BE THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY.
FOLLOWING THAT, THEY WOULD ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY SALE CENTER ON THE PROPERTY.
AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IF THE CITY DECIDES THAT A PARK IS WARRANTED ON THAT PROPERTY, WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO DECIDE FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE, THEN THEY WOULD BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK IF WE, IF WE CHOOSE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PARK.
OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD PAY US THE $2 MILLION VALUE OF THE PARK IF WE DECIDE.
THAT DOES NOT SOUND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
COMMISSIONER NABO HAS A QUESTION.
UM, IS, IS THE DECISION TO POTENTIALLY DEMOLISH THE BIKINI HOSTILE, UM, PART OF THE AGREEMENT, OR IS THERE SOME LATITUDE? BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ITEM AT, UM, WEDNESDAY'S COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT POTENTIALLY EVALUATING THE STRUCTURES TO BE REHABILITATED FOR, UM, WORKFORCE HOUSING, MISLEAD MIDDLE HOUSING AS A POSSIBILITY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEED SOME TIME AS A COLLECTIVE BODY, AS A CITY STAFF TO EVALUATE THAT, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
SO IS THERE A LATITUDE OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY? THERE, THERE IS CURRENTLY, AS WRITTEN, THERE IS NO LATITUDE.
THEY, THEY HAVE A VERY, UH, THEY HAVE TERMS THAT ESTABLISHES TIMEFRAMES FOR WHEN THEY HAVE TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE DEMOLITION WHEN THEY HAVE TO DEMOLISH IT, AND THEY HAVE TO RESTORE THE PROPERTY TO, TO, UH, UH, CODE, UH, ONCE THE DEMOLITION IS COMPLETED.
SO THERE IS NO, AND IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THERE IS NO LATITUDE TO DO ANYTHING BUT DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.
MR. CITY ATTORNEY, HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND PROVIDING ENOUGH TIME FOR THERE TO
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BE AT LEAST A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BEST USE OF THAT LAND AND AND STRUCTURES ON THAT LAND, IF THAT WERE THE WILL OF, I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN THE WILL OF THE, THE BODY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SINCE IT WAS REFERRED ON WEDNESDAY.I DON'T WANNA DERAIL ANY POSSIBLE MOVING FORWARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS REFERRED BY ALL OF US HERE.
WELL, THERE IS A, THERE IS A PROVISION, I BELIEVE, FOR, FOR THE CITY HAVE 24 MONTHS TO DETERMINE THAT'S STRICTLY FOR THE PARK.
THERE'S A PROVISION THAT A CLOSING MUST OCCUR BEFORE OR BY SEPTEMBER 15TH.
SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NOT CLOSING, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE TIMELINES OF CLOSING.
NOR AM I TALKING ABOUT, UM, VACATING THE HOTEL LICENSE.
NOR AM I TALKING ABOUT, UM, CHANGING THE TIMELINE OF FINDING NEW HOMES FOR THE FOLKS WHO NEED THEM.
IT IS PURELY, UM, A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THOSE STRUCTURES GET DEMOLISHED OR, OR IF THEY GET REHABILITATED.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A DECISION ON OR EVEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON YET, BECAUSE WE ONLY REFERRED THE ITEM ON WEDNESDAY.
WAS THE, WAS THE ITEM ABOUT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OR JUST HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THAT SITE? WELL, I THINK IT COULD BE EITHER.
I MEAN, THE ITEM, RIGHT? SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE STRUCTURE, BUT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE THAT STRUCTURE PER SE.
BUT THAT'S, IT WAS, IT WAS COMMISSIONER DOMINGEZ.
OH, THE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT TO ALL OF US FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THEM TO TAKE OVER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUILD A STRUCTURE THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF MANAGING IT.
YEAH, IF I COULD, UM, I, I'M ALL FOR EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING ON THAT SITE, RIGHT? THAT MISSING MIDDLE, THAT STRUCTURE, UH, SERVES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
NO PURPOSE, RIGHT? SO I AM ALL FOR EXPLORING CREATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE MISSING MIDDLE ATTAINABLE HOUSING THAT THIS CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS ON THAT SITE.
BUT DOING SO THROUGH THAT STRUCTURE, UM, I I DON'T THINK SERVES A PURPOSE THAT, UH, IS JUSTIFIED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, I WILL HELP CHAMPION WHOEVER WANTS TO BE THE LEADER OF WHAT THAT FINAL PROJECT LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER IT BE A PARK OR WE HAVE ATTAINABLE HOUSING ON THAT SITE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'D BE DOING AN INJUSTICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACTUALLY THE TYPES OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY ON THAT SITE IF WE, UM, CAN FIND OURSELVES TO THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE.
IT'S MR. MAYOR, THAT THAT BUILDING IS DATED, TO SAY THE LEAST, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I'M THE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I'M, I'M THE FITNESS COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I WOULD ASK ALBA.
SHE CAN GIVE US THE DETAILS ON, UH, HOW THAT TRANSPIRED.
BUT I THINK THE PROPOSAL ON THE AGENDA WAS THE MA THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE MIAMI BEACH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENCY, MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO GIVE THEIR PORTFOLIO TO THE COUNTY.
THIS IS STATE AGENCY AND, AND THROUGH, RIGHT THROUGH THE MAYOR.
BUT WHY, WHY DID WE, WHY DID WE GIVE THAT TO THE COUNTY? WE COULDN'T, WELL, FOR THE CITY, WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE REHABILITATION THAT THE PORTFOLIO NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO UPKEEP THOSE PROPERTIES.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE, WE WOULD ALSO BE BURDENED WITH THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND WHATEVER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WOULD COME WITH UPKEEPING THIS PROPERTY.
WELL, FOR N-B-C-D-C, THEY HAD, THEY NEEDED SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN TO THOSE, TO THE UNITS AS WELL AS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS A WHOLE.
SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON REHABILITATION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO I'M, I JUST, I WANNA BE CAREFUL AND CAUTION MY COLLEAGUES THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ONE ENTITY OR THE OTHER THAT OWNS A PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES OF, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I MEAN, IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS, THIS CITY WASN'T ABLE TO KEEP OUR OWN EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IN, IN OUR HANDS.
WE, WE KIND OF JUST GAVE IT TO THE COUNTY.
SO I I, I WOULD'VE CAUTIONED AGAINST GIVING, UM, OR, OR MANAGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WHAT, WHAT WAS ON THE AGENDA IS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
IT IS AN AGENCY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
IT'S NOT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
IT IS AN AGENCY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT REQUESTED TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEY ACTUALLY DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB, ACTUALLY, OF MAINTAINING, UH, THEIR BUILDINGS.
THEY DO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY EVEN DOING NEW WATER, EVEN WATERFRONT IN NORTH BEACH.
THEY'RE DOING NEW WATERFRONT HOUSING, UH, FOR SENIORS.
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THEY PARTNERED WITH, WHAT IS ATLANTIC PACIFIC, I THINK IT WAS, TO, TO, TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS.THEY ARE A SOPHISTICATED STATE AGENCY.
UH, I BELIEVE I IS MOJ THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE, OF, OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGAIN.
MOJ MOJ IS, IS IS THE CHAIR OF THE, OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGAIN.
SO WE'RE NOT, THAT, THAT PROPOSAL IS NOT ABOUT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BRINGING IT INTO ITS PORTFOLIO.
I WOULD SAY WE, WE DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO MANAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT A STATE AGENCY THAT HAS ITS OWN FUNDS THAT DON'T COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING SOURCES.
THEY'VE PROVEN TO BE VERY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS TYPE OF, OF PROPERTY AND EVEN UPLIFTING THEM.
THEY DO GREAT MAINTENANCE, AND THEY, AND WHEN THEY DO NEW CONSTRUCTION IS, IT IS EXCELLENT PRODUCT THAT THEY DELIVER.
SO THE FOLKS, GONZALEZ, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THAT IS.
THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS WHAT YOU CALL A CHODO, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY.
IT DID RECEIVE CITY FUNDS FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS IT, IT WAS MISMANAGED AND, UM, THEY HAD DONE THESE RENOVATIONS AND THE BUILDINGS WERE LITERALLY FALLING APART.
AND, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DOES HAVE HOUSING, AS DOES THAT.
UM, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH ARE ALL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE, HOW MANY UNITS DO WE HAVE? ALBA? 93 UNITS.
OUR UNITS ARE IN IMPECCABLE PERFECT CONDITION.
ALBA AND MARCELLA AND HER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS SHOWN THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY GREAT AT RENOVATING THESE PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT.
SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND ALSO OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.
THAT'S REBECCA TOWERS, THAT'S GOVERNED SEPARATELY.
WHY DID WE TURN OVER THOSE BUILDINGS FROM THAT CHODO? UM, THEY WERE IN SUCH DEPLORABLE CONDITION, UM, AND IT WOULD'VE COST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND, UM, SO WE MET WITH A COUNTY WHO HAD A LARGER BUDGET, AND WHAT THEY SAID IS, IF YOU SEE THESE BUILDINGS, WE WILL ALLOW THESE BUILDINGS TO CONTINUE, UM, TO BE FOR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS, REALLY.
AND ANY MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT WHO APPLIES, GETS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AND SEE THE CONDITION NOW, IT IS SO MUCH BETTER.
I WAS ON, UM, I THINK, IS IT MERIDIAN? I WAS ON MERIDIAN THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, AND THE COUNTY HAS COME IN.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY ALL NEEDED TO BE FUMIGATED.
WE HAD SENIORS LIVING IN, IN LIKE TERMITE RAT INFESTED, UM, UH, BUILDINGS.
AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SAD TO SEE.
SO ANYWAY, NOW THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BEING RENOVATED.
SO I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY AT THE COUNTY'S COST, BUT JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE BUILDINGS WERE PURCHASED WITH STATE FUNDS, CITY FUNDS, COUNTY FUNDS.
SO THE COUNTY DID KIND OF OWN THOSE BUILDINGS, UM, PARTIALLY ANYWAY TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO KEEP THEM IN OUR PORTFOLIO, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING.
BUT IF THEY DID WANNA TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE BIKINI HOSTEL, I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU GO INTO REBECCA TOWERS, IT'S PERFECTLY MAINTAINED.
AND IF YOU SEE ANY OTHER PROPERTIES, THOSE ARE MAINTAINED.
SO IF YOU DID WANNA CONVERT IT, THAT'S FINE, BUT I DO THINK THAT ON A PROPERTY OF THAT SIZE, I WOULD JUST, LET'S BUILD A HUNDRED NEW UNITS, UM, THAT ARE MORE HUMANELY.
LIKE I, I, I THINK WE COULD DO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, UNITS THAT ARE MEANT TO LIVE IN COMMISSIONER.
I DON'T WANNA GO OFF TOPIC, SO I JUST, COMMISSIONER B COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND THEN LET'S, YEAH, LET'S GET BACK ON TOPIC.
I, I, THIS IS THE ONLY REASON I I'M ADVOCATING FOR THIS CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN IS BECAUSE I SPOKE TO MIKE O'HARA YESTERDAY, AND WHAT THAT PROPERTY HAS IS THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING.
YOU'VE GOT A, UH, A FAMILY HOME POTENTIALLY FOR WITH TWO BEDROOMS. YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY HOME WITH THREE BEDROOMS, AND YOU'VE GOT AN APARTMENT UNIT WITH 16 ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS.
AND THE COST TO REHABILITATE THEM IS MINIMAL.
UM, IT, IT IS POSSIBLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AS PART OF THIS DA.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH VERSUS BUILDING SOMETHING NEW, WHICH YES, WE WOULD OWN THE LAND, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE AT 10 MILLION, 12, $15 MILLION COST TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW.
UM, SO I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST, I'M JUST SAYING PERHAPS IF THERE'S A WAY, WITHOUT DERAILING ANYTHING ELSE, THAT WE GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE AND, AND TIME TO HEAR A COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHAT WE VOTED TO DO ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN WE CAN, I MEAN, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT LAND IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S NOT FOR STALLING, CLOSING THE HOSTEL, RELOCATING THE RESIDENTS, UM, TURNING THE LAND OVER TO US.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF DOES THE PROPERTY GET DEMOLISHED IMMEDIATELY OR DO WE HAVE TWO OR THREE MONTHS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION, IF I MAY,
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THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, YES, GO AHEAD.COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS NEXT.
IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO, TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE DA BEFORE US THAT WOULD IN ESSENCE SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU, IF YOU GET THE PROPERTY, YOU DEMOLISH IT, YOU GIVE IT BACK TO THE CITY, OR YOU GET THE PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY GIVE IT TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PENDING FURTHER ACTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION? SURE.
YOU CAN INCLUDE ANY CLAUSE YOU WANT TO INCLUDE, BUT, UM, YOU, YOU WOULD WANT TO AT LEAST INCLUDE A PERIOD OF TIME BY WHICH DATE THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO GIVE DIRECTION.
I MEAN, I JUST LOOKING, SEEING, SEEING THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, HOW MANY UNITS ARE THERE IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW? AT 12 50 18? NO, 1250 THAT AT THE EXISTING BAY GUARD MANOR.
UM, I WOULD HAVE TO, HOW MANY UNITS ARE IN BAY GARDEN MANOR NOW? 2 38.
SO THESE ARE 238 OF OUR MOST ATTAINABLE UNITS IN THE MARKETPLACE.
AND THESE ARE IN GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED.
THESE ARE 238 OF THE MOST NATURALLY OCCURRING, ATTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING IN, IN, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
TO THE EXTENT THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS LEGISLATION, AND WE ARE DOING AWAY WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE TO SAY HAVING THIS PROPERTY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF A STATE AGENCY, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT HAS EXEMPLIFIED ITSELF AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE PROPERTIES TO PROVIDE, AT LEAST IN THE TIME BEING 18, UH, UNITS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A HORRIBLE PROPOSITION.
AND IT'S ALIGNED WITH OUR SHARED GOALS AS A, AS A CITY FOR MORE WORKFORCE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
WHILE THE GOAL IS LOFTY, I CAN'T AGREE TO TAKE A, WHAT'S GONNA BE BASICALLY GIVEN TO THE CITY AS A CITY PROPERTY, THEN SEATED OVER TO A STATE AGENCY, WHICH WE'RE HOPEFUL BASED ON THEIR PRIOR, OUR PRIOR EXPERIENCE.
WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO WHAT WE WANT.
I, I JUST, I THINK WE'RE JUST GIVING AWAY WAY TOO MUCH.
WE'RE GIVING AWAY A $20 MILLION PROPERTY.
WELL, MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY MM-HMM
IF WE'RE TRULY SERIOUS IN PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, THE BEST USE WE COULD DO FOR THAT PROPERTY IS HAVE IT FREE AND CLEAR OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND DO A JOINT VENTURE WITH A DEVELOPER THAT WILL PROVIDE ATTAINABLE HOUSING MORE THAN 18 UNITS.
OKAY? WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE 18 UNITS ON SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY THAT GETS BOUGHT OUT, UM, IN COLLINS PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVERNIGHT.
THAT, THAT DOES NOTHING TO TRULY ACHIEVE ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
IF WE WANNA BE SERIOUS, THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO FOR THIS PROPERTY IS HAVE IT FREE AND CLEAR OF AN UNDERUTILIZED, OUTDATED STRUCTURE AND DO A JOINT VENTURE WITH ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPER THAT WILL PROVIDE ACTUAL ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
BUT, BUT THE QUESTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY, DOES IT ALLOW THAT? AND THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, I BELIEVE FOR MINE DOES, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT JUST, IT CONTEMPLATES A PARK OR ANY OTHER USE.
I MEAN, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATES DEMOLITION.
SO IN, IN THE CASE OF THE, THE PROPOSAL TO RETAIN THE HOUSING, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A MODIFICATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU ARE MAKING, THERE IS FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WILL BE A PARK OR WHETHER IT WILL BE USED FOR SOME OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE.
AND DOING A P THREE TO DEVELOP ATTAINABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DECIDE IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE USES THAT YOU COULD DECIDE UPON.
AND WOULD A P THREE REQUIRE VOTER REFERENDUM? UM, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU STRUCTURE IT.
IF YOU DO A LONG-TERM LEASE, UH, IT, IT WOULD REQUIRE VOTER REFERENDUM.
AND IF THE PROPERTY GOES TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BEFORE IT COMING TO US, WOULD IT REQUIRE, UH, A REFERENDUM? UM, I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING PROPERTY THAT IS OTHERWISE COMING TO THE CITY AND DIRECTING THAT IT GO TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, IT COULD REQUIRE VOTER REFERENDUM.
BUT I MEAN, I COULD LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY WITH SOME TIME.
CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ENTERING A BARKLEY SITUATION.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE THE BARKLEY FOREVER.
IT'S SITTING THERE BOARDED UP.
IT'S KIND OF ALIGHT, UM, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS POINT.
HOPEFULLY IT'S COMING BEFORE US SOON SO THAT WE CAN FINALLY REDO THE BARKLEY.
UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS, BUT I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME NOW AT THAT NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DONE BY SERITA.
I'VE BEEN THERE LIKE FIVE TIMES AND I'VE REALLY BEEN STUDYING THE BUSINESS MODEL.
'CAUSE FOR FINALLY WE BUILT LIKE 80
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UNITS.AND IF WE HAVE THAT SIZE PIECE OF LAND, I REALLY THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE WHAT WE DID IN COLLINS PARK, THOSE 80 UNITS THAT PROVIDE WORKFORCE HOUSING, WE NOW KNOW WHAT KIND OF UNITS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WANNA LIVE IN THESE TEENY TINY UNITS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AT THAT DEVELOPMENT, WE CANNOT LEASE THE, UH, STUDIOS AND THE ONE BEDROOMS, THE ONLY UNITS THAT ARE LEASING IN THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING BUILDING ARE THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS LESSONS LEARNED.
SO WE CAN NOW GO AND CREATE MORE UNITS LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY LEASING AND POSSIBLY BUILD A HUNDRED UNITS THERE IF WE DO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON THAT PIECE OF LAND.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW DIFFERENT BUSINESS OWNERS.
PEOPLE DO NOT WANNA COME HERE AND COMMUTE HERE AND WORK HERE.
AND THE REASON I'M TA TALKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND WORKFORCE HOUSING SEEMS TO BE WHAT WE NEED.
UM, I LOVE THE MIAMI BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING THERE, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WANNA LIVE IN TEENY TINY MICRO UNITS.
AND THOSE UNITS ARE TINY, RIGHT? HOW, WHAT IS THE SIZE OF EACH UNIT? DO WE KNOW? DOES ANYONE KNOW? THEY'RE HOTEL ROOMS, SO THEY HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHAT TOM, I BELIEVE WITHOUT THEIR OWN SHOWERS, RIGHT? WHAT? AND WITHOUT THEIR OWN KITCHENS.
THERE, THERE'S A MIX OF UNITS.
I DON'T HAVE THE UNIT SIZES IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE, THAT ARE MORE OF A DORMITORY STYLE ARE ACTUALLY LARGER UNITS, BUT THEY HAVE MULTIPLE BEDS.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE STUDIOS AND THE ONE BEDROOMS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGES OF THOSE ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS A BIG SHIFT FOR ME IN THE PAST.
I WOULD'VE SAID, SERIOUSLY, IN THE PAST I WOULD'VE TOLD YOU, LET'S TRY TO PRESERVE THIS, BUT LOOK AT THE BERKELEY AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
AND THEN WHEN THE CITY FINALLY DOES GO AND SAY, LET'S DO SOMETHING THERE, THE PRICE IS SO INFLATED, 6 MILLION, 8 MILLION, 12 MILLION, WE CAN NEVER RENOVATE IT.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS BIKINI HOSTEL, UM, SITUATION.
BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK IT SHOULD HOLD UP WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TODAY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE, ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT LIVE AT 1250 RIGHT NOW AND NEED TO CLOSE ON THE UNIT? NO.
SO WE HAD ONE PERSON, YOU LIVE AT 1250.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE PERSON THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO TODAY.
HOW DIRE, UM, ARE THERE CLOSING NEEDS? UM, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO CLOSE, UM, ON THESE UNITS? IS THE BUILDING IN SUCH BAD PERIL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DEEMED, UM, UN UN STRUCTURALLY SAFE? LIKE THAT'S MY BIG CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING? DO THE UNIT OWNERS NEED TO CLOSE ON THE BUILDING? AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T MOVE IT FORWARD? BECAUSE REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, NOBODY HERE LIVES AT 1250.
HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE LIVE ADJACENT TO 1250? OKAY, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD HEAR FROM TODAY.
AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION BASED ON THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE BUILDING.
AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO DID COME HERE TO TALK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAS CAUSED A SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE.
I DROVE BY IT THIS MORNING AND I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I SAW OUTSIDE EITHER.
AND WHERE'S THE MOTHER WHO WALKS WITH HER, UM, THREE DAUGHTERS TO TEMPLE? I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, AND BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN LIKE HECKLED MYSELF.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A SERIOUS NEED TOO.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET THIS STOP US, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE BUILDING AND THE PEOPLE THAT JASON AND MR. MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, BUT LET'S START WITH THEM AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE ACTUAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE THERE.
WELL, WE, WHAT WE HAD ON OPEN MIC FOR SUT HOUR, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WE ARE GIVING AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO BE HEARD.
WE AS A BODY THOUGH, NEED TO BE MINDFUL BECAUSE ONE OF, ONE OF US IS NOT ME,
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HARD CUTOFF AT AROUND SIX 30.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, IF I MAY ASK YOU.
SO WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE THE DOVAL ITEM AS WELL, SO WE CAN HAVE TO BE MINDFUL, UH, OF THAT.
I, I'LL ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR ATTAINABLE HOUSING IDEA.
AND IN FACT, I BROUGHT THAT UP TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IN OUR AGENDA BRIEFING.
I SAID, HOWEVER, I THINK WE COULD BETTER UTILIZE THAT SPACE AND NOT THIS STRUCTURE.
I SAID, DO WE NEED TO VET IT OUT AT TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING OR BETTER IN PUBLIC SAFETY? HE SAID, WE CAN DO THAT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WILL BE YOUR CO CHAMPION IN LEADING, EXPLORING, WHETHER THAT'S BEST USED AS A PARK OR SOME SORT OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING IDEA.
I I JUST THINK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE MUCH BETTER SERVED WITH, UH, STARTING AFRESH THERE.
SO IF YOU'D BE AMENABLE TO THAT, I I WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST CHAMPION THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
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SENT US THAT, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A PERFECT SOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S THERE, IT'S BUILT AND IT'S NOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE THERE FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS, IF EVER.UM, BUT AS I'M SITTING UP HERE, I HAVE GOTTEN TEXT MESSAGES FROM RESIDENTS THAT SHOW THAT THE BIKINI HOUSEHOLD HAS A TARP ON THE ROOF, AND IT'S, UH, NOT IN THE GREATEST CONDITION.
SO IT WOULDN'T EXACTLY BE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE TO USE.
ANYWAY, SO HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND COMMISSIONER BOT TO GET SOMETHING GREAT.
SO IF I MAY, CAN WE, CAN WE WITHDRAW THAT ITEM THEN FROM THE, 'CAUSE WE JUST REFERRED IT TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, SO, UM, TALK ABOUT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT YEAH.
WHAT THAT SHEET WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM.
UH, AGAIN, I WAS JUST DISCUSSING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS.
UH, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE HOSTILE, UH, AGAIN, REMINDER, IF WE DECIDE NOT TO BUILD A PARK, WE GET TWO, $2 MILLION TO DO AS WE WISH WITH THAT AND THE PROPERTY, UM, THE BAY WALKS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN, THREE BAY WALKS, 1450 LINCOLN ROAD, 2028 WEST AVENUE, AND 800 WEST TOTALING, UH, OUR ESTIMATED BENEFIT OF $25 MILLION.
THERE'S ALSO A RENTAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENT THAT THEY HAVE PROFFERED THAT'S LISTED IN THE MEMORANDUM WITH DIFFERENT TIERS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU ARE STAYING TRYING TO STAY ON THE BEACH OR NOT.
UM, AND ALSO THE DEVELOPER HAS PROFITED DURING THE TIME THAT THEY BUILD THEIR TEMPORARY SALES TRAILER, THAT THEY WOULD, UH, HAVE THAT OPEN TO PUBLIC ACCESS DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, AND ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE LOCAL, UH, HOAS TO USE, UH, FOR FOUR HOURS A MONTH, UH, AT THEIR LEISURE.
UM, I DON'T THINK I'VE MISSED ANYTHING.
WE CAN GO AND TAKE A DEEP DIVE IN.
DAVID? WE HAD A SUNSHINE MEETING, UM, AFTER THE LAST SPECIAL MEETING THAT TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
SO WE GOT A PRELIMINARY FINDING, AND FEEL FREE TO TAKE OVER AND PHRASE THIS MUCH BETTER, BUT IT WAS, UH, VERY GENERIC.
AND CONCEPTUALLY, UH, IF ANYTHING WAS BUILT THERE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FAR AND HEIGHTS STATED WHAT THAT ECONOMIC BENEFIT WOULD BE.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE, UH, SETBACKS THAT ARE NOW GOING TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ALSO THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING W THAT WILL BE, UH, MEMORIALIZED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THIS WASN'T THE DEVELOPER'S ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, THIS WAS THE SAME GENTLEMAN THAT PERFORMED THE ORIGINAL ANALYSIS.
HE CAME BACK WITH A REVISED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THAT OR, OR IS THAT BETTER SERVED BY THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM? SURE.
I DON'T DO, I'LL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL AND IF WE NEED TO, TOM, YOU CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS, BUT YES.
BASICALLY, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE SUNSHINE MEETING WAS DETERMINED THAT, UH, THE, THE DEVELOPER AND, AND THEIR CONSULTANTS WERE GONNA MEET WITH US AND OUR CONSULTANT, THEY DID THAT, HAD A SECOND MEETING.
THEY LOOKED AT ALL THESE THINGS THEY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION, WHICH MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, OF COURSE, IS THE ESTABLISHED SETBACKS THAT, UH, THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER, WHICH BASICALLY FIXED THE LOCATION OF THE TOWER WITHIN THE PROPERTY AND PROVIDED A, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A INEFFICIENT TYPE OF, UM, OF CONSTRUCTION.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH IT, WHICH LOWERED TO SOME DEGREE, THE, WHAT WE FELT WAS THE SELLABLE, OR WHAT THE CONSULTANT FELT WAS THE SELLABLE SPACE.
SO WHAT IT ENDED UP BEING WHEN WE FIRST DID OUR CONSULTANT ANALYSIS AND, AND MR. ANDY KART IS HERE, WE NEED TO GO INTO THE DEPTH OF THIS.
UH, WE WERE AT 272,000,686 AS THE, UH, NET SELLABLE, UH, VALUE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT.
THAT NUMBER HAS SINCE BEEN DROPPED TO, UH, JUST UNDER 115 MILLION.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE REDUCED NET SELLABLE SPACE THAT WAS CALCULATED.
AND IF WE, YOU'D LIKE TO GET INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS, AND, AND IN LARGE PART, THAT'S DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING MEMORIALIZED IN THESE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE DA THE DEVELOPER AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT, UH, WELL, I'M SORRY, AS A BONUS, IS ACTUALLY GETTING MUCH LESS SELLABLE SQUARE FEET THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEPTUALIZED.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
THE BETWEEN THE SETBACKS AS WELL AS THE PARKING PODIUM, THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, AND OF COURSE YOU'RE FIXED WITH THE HEIGHT, YOU'RE FIXED WITH ALL SETBACKS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
UH, THAT'S WHAT CREATED THE REDUCED NET SELLABLE SPACE.
UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF ANYTHING.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE CAN, UH, ANSWER ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE IN ANY DETAIL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK MR.
I THINK IT'S MY LAST MEETING FOR BEING VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE BAY WALK.
IS IT, UM, IS IT THE CONTRACT, UH, CONTEMPLATE COMPLETION NO MATTER THE PRICE? OR
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IS THERE, IS THERE A FIXED PRICE? THEY, THE CON THE WAY THE DEVELOPER GROUP SET UP IS THEY ARE TO BUILD THEM, THEY'RE TO DESIGN THEM, PERMIT 'EM, AND BUILD THEM AT WHATEVER COST.UH, AND THEN THERE'S THE ONLY OUT THEY HAVE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PAY THE CITY $25 MILLION.
OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD COMPLETE 'EM.
THEY, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CRITERIA SET OUT.
THERE'S CRITERIA, THERE'S AN, THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT THAT DESCRIBES THE SPECIFICATIONS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT THAT SHOWS THE WORK THE CITY HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY WITH, UH, VERY HIGH LEVEL CONCEPT DRAWINGS THAT WITH DIMENSIONS AND, AND SUCH.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD BE GETTING FROM THESE WITHOUT ANY, UH, ANY ISSUES.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
HOW MANY UNIT OWNERS, HOMESTEAD OF UNIT OWNERS REMAIN TODAY? BUILDOUTS IN THE, IN THE BUILDING? I'M SORRY.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, SO HOW MANY HOMESTEADED PROPERTY OWNERS REMAIN? HOLD ON.
HOMESTEADED HOLDOUTS THAT ARE NOT UNDER CONTRACT HOMESTEADED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HOMESTEADED OR NOT, BUT THERE ARE THREE UNIT OWNERS LEFT THAT AREN'T UNDER CONTRACT.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THOSE HOLDOUTS? TO THE THREE HOLDOUTS, TO THOSE HOLDOUTS? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HEARD CONCERNS.
MANY HAVE CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE FORCED INTO FORECLOSURE, UH, THAT THE FEES ARE GOING TO BE RAISED ON THEM, THAT THERE'S SOME SEA WALL ASSESSMENT THAT'S GONNA BE PLACED ON THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY'S GONNA BE TAKEN OUT FROM UNDER THEM.
SO WHAT ASSURANCE CAN WE GET THAT TODAY WITH THIS ACTION, WE'RE NOT PLACING RESIDENTS WHO WE REPRESENT IN A POSITION THAT THEY WILL END UP GETTING FORECLOSED UPON.
SO THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A PRESCRIBED PROCESS IN STATE LAW FOR TERMINATING CONDOMINIUMS. THERE'S AN APPRAISAL PROCESS THAT HAPPENS.
UM, TYPICALLY THEY GET, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE MARKET RATE.
UM, BUT THAT'S A PROCESS THAT'S PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW, UH, UNDERSTOOD ON THE TERMINATION PROCESS.
BUT JDS IS GONNA TAKE CONTROL.
UH, DOES JDS ALREADY HAVE SEATS ON THE ASSOCIATION? UH, WE HAVE SEATS ON THE ASSOCIATION.
YOU HAVE SEATS, BUT DON'T, BUT DON'T CONTROL.
WE HAVE, I THINK, ONE SEAT ON THE ASSOCIATION.
UH, SO, SO AN ASSESSMENT COULD PA CAN BE PASSED WHERE THESE HOMEOWNERS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT ASSESSMENT AND THEY CAN END UP GETTING FORECLOSED UPON.
AND SO, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS? MM-HMM
OF FORECLOSURE THROUGH THE AS ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE BOARD THOUGH WE DO HAVE SEATS ON IT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR HAND IN ANY OF THE ASSESSMENTS.
AND OUR INTENTION IS TO GO THROUGH THE STATE PRESCRIBE TERMINATION PROCESS AND THAT WILL CALL FOR APPRAISALS.
THERE'LL BE A, A PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION BACK AND FORTH WITH THE THREE REMAINING UNIT OWNERS.
IF WE DON'T COME TO A VOLUNTARY DEAL BEFORE THAT, LIKELY WE WILL.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE UP TO EIGHT REMAINING HOLDOUTS IN THE BUILDING.
AND WHAT, WHAT ASSURANCE CAN WE GET THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT GOING TO BE FORECLOSED UPON? UM, BY THE, BY THE ASSOCIATION.
I NEED THAT ASSURANCE IS THESE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE VOTING TO, YOU KNOW, TO CHANGE.
UM, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING A FORECLOSURE THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE DON'T EVEN CONTROL TODAY.
UM, WE ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THE STATE PRESCRIBED TERMINATION PROCESS OR COME TO A VOLUNTARY DEAL WITH THOSE THREE REMAINING UNIT OWNERS.
ALRIGHT, SO TO THE ATTORNEY, WHAT, WHAT SAFEGUARD CAN WE PUT IN PLACE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS? 'CAUSE I GOT WHAT MR. STERN IS SAYING.
HE'S SAYING THAT HE'S NOT LOOKING TO FORECLOSE THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION ON THESE INDIVIDUALS.
ONCE YOU CLOSE ON SUFFICIENT UNITS, YOU IN ESSENCE TAKE OVER THE ASSOCIATION.
YOU WILL, ONCE YOU CLOSE ON SUFFICIENT UNITS, UH, AND YOU'RE GONNA INHERIT THESE, THESE, THESE HOLDOUTS, UH, WHO HAVEN'T WANTED TO SELL PERHAPS WHAT MIGHT BE THEIR NASDAQ.
UM, AND SO AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT SAFEGUARDS CAN WE PUT IN PLACE AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO REPRESENT THESE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T END UP IN A SIT IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD A, AN, AN ASSESSMENT, A $5 MILLION ASSESSMENT FOR, FOR, FOR A SEA WALL.
OR ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR, THEIR MAINTENANCE FEES GET
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INCREASED SO MUCH MORE.SOME PEOPLE ARE PAYING RIGHT NOW, LIKE $2,000 IN, IN MAINTENANCE FEES AND THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GET RAISED SO MUCH THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO WHAT SAFEGUARDS CAN WE PUT IN PLACE SO THAT OUR VOTE, OUR LEGISLATIVE FACTION, DOESN'T END UP UPENDING, UPENDING THE LIVES OF THESE INDIVIDUALS? I WOULD ACTUALLY REQUEST THAT THE DEVELOPER PROPOSE SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO KNOW.
SO CAN I, UH, COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THINGS? THANK YOU RICK.
YOUR CONCERN'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR, UM, BOTH THE RENTERS RESIDENTS WHO WILL LIVE THERE, WHICH YOU'VE BEEN VERY, UM, PERSISTENT ON ADVOCATING FOR.
THERE ARE ALREADY PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE WAY YOU TERMINATE A CONDO.
THERE'S PROTECTIONS IN YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD.
IF WE TAKE OVER THE CONDO BOARD, WE BECOME FIDUCIARIES TO ACT APPROPRIATELY AS A CONDO BOARD.
IF WE WOULD DO A PREDATORY ASSESSMENT, THAT WOULD BECOME A BIG FIDUCIARY ISSUE FOR US, WHICH IS, BY THE WAY, WHY WE HAVEN'T MOVED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE BOARD.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF PASSIVE OBSERVERS ON THE BOARD.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR HAND ON THE ASSESSMENTS AND POTENTIALLY BE ACCUSED OF BEING PREDATORY THROUGH ASSESSMENTS.
BUT BEFORE WE GOT HERE, AND I'LL SHOW A SLIDE IN MY VERY, VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN GOING UP BEFORE WE GOT THERE, 50% OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEY'RE GONNA GO UP ANOTHER A HUNDRED PERCENT NATURALLY JUST BASED ON SARS, ON THEIR REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS UNDER REVISIONS TO STATE LAW.
BUT THE PROTECTIONS THAT YOU'RE SEEKING, THEY'RE ALREADY BUILT INTO STATE LAW THAT THEY'RE THERE.
WE CAN'T BE PREDATORY OR WE GET IN TROUBLE FOR DOING THAT.
IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT A PRACTICE WE WOULD ENGAGE IN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO TO USURP STATE LAW TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS, BUT THOSE PROTECTIONS ALREADY EXIST.
I MEAN, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT OF STATE LAW, YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE GONNA FOLLOW A PROCESS.
AND I, AND I GET THAT I JUST NEED SOME SORT OF SURETY IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS, I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD THERE ARE ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT, THAT LIVE THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, I, I GOT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DEAL AND I GOT THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF FIXING THE HOMELESS SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BECAUSE WE, I THINK HELPED TO CREATE THAT PROBLEM.
CAN I, UM, AND SO, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE A PROBLEM FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE VOICELESS WHO ARE NOT HERE, WHO WE REPRESENT.
AND SO, MR. ATTORNEY, YOU'RE A VERY TALENTED TRANSACTIONAL ATTORNEY.
I, WHAT CAN WE DO TO PUT HERE, UH, SAFEGUARDS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS? MR. MAYOR, I NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TELL ME WHAT CAN WE DO, UH, TO PUT IN SAFEGUARDS FROM ALL OF A SUDDEN INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND MINIMUM INCREASE ASSESSMENT.
CAN WE, CAN WE PUT SOMETHING INTO THE DA AT A MINIMUM THAT WAS SOME SORT OF SAFEGUARD? SURE.
AT A MINIMUM WE CAN INCLUDE THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE ALREADY APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO STATE LAW.
BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK THE, THE DEVELOPER TEAM, I MEAN, THEY HAVE A VERY CREATIVE TRANSACTIONAL TEAM TOO, TO GIVE US SOME FURTHER ASSURANCES THAT WOULD, WOULD MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE.
UM, AS TO THE, THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION OF, OF THESE UNIT OWNERS, UH, WHO ARE, WHO ARE CURRENTLY A HOLDOUT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? THE UNIT, THE THREE UNIT OWNERS WHO ARE HOLDOUTS, THEY'RE HOMESTEAD AID INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE BUILDING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL HOMESTEADED, BUT CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD CURRENTLY AND HAS BEEN THERE THE LONGEST AND KNOWS THE BUILDING THROUGH AND THROUGH IS HERE TO YOUR SUGGESTION, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, PERHAPS SOME OF THIS, WE COULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF THE BUILDING AND KIND OF BALANCING THOSE FACTORS.
BUT WE WILL, OF COURSE FOLLOW STATE LAW AND I'M HAPPY TO CODIFY ALL OF THOSE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
I JUST THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD GET, THE CITY SHOULD GET NOTIFICATION IF ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MONSTROUS INCREASE IN, IN MAINTENANCE FEES.
I WANNA KNOW, I, I THINK THE C THE CITY NEEDS TO BE AWARE, ALEX, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE AWARE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PLACING THESE RESIDENTS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE OF LIMITED MEANS THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
HOW ABOUT IF WE ADD IN THE DA A NOTICE REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT IF WE'RE GONNA, IF, IF WE TAKE OVER THE BOARD AND INCREASE ASSESSMENTS, THAT WE'LL SIMULTANEOUSLY NOTIFY THE CITY OF ANY OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS SO YOU GUYS CAN EVALUATE THEM.
I WANT THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO REJECT THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY THE STATE LAW WORKS.
I DON'T, BUT, BUT, BUT ZONING LAW ALSO WORKS IN THE WAY THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THE ZONING YOU HAVE UNDER OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
AND YOU'RE ASKING THOSE THREE HOLDOUTS THROUGH US TO APPROVE INCREASES IN HEIGHTS AND FAR THAT ARE GONNA EQUAL MULTIMILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
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SO, SO, SO THINGS DON'T WORK THAT WAY.AND FOR, FOR, FOR CONDO BIOS, THEY ALSO DON'T WORK THE OTHER WAY FOR, FOR ZONING.
SO MY JOB HERE IS TO PROTECT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST THREE PEOPLE, THOSE ARE THREE PEOPLES WHOSE LIVES MATTER.
AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD A $4 MILLION CONDOMINIUM, BUT SOMEDAY THEY WERE ABLE, BACK IN 1991, THEY WERE ABLE TO AFFORD A $40,000 CONDOMINIUM IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND IT'S MY JOB TO PROTECT THEM.
AND SO, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DA HAS THE PROTECTION FROM THESE MASSIVE ASSESSMENTS AND MASSIVE, UH, MASSIVE, UM, INCREASES IN MAINTENANCE FEES SO THAT IF THEM WERE TO BE PROPOSED, WE COULD PUSH BACK ON THEM TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, UM, MELISSA TANAS, 200 SOUTH BISCAY BOULEVARD, MIAMI.
UM, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IN, UH, SECTION 15 OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LAWS GOVERNING THIS AGREEMENT.
UH, WE WOULD WORK WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY TO MEMORIALIZE STATE LAW AND SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE WITHIN IT, UM, THE, I THE CONCEPT THAT THE HOLDOUT UNITS WILL BE ACQUIRED AT FAIR MARKET VALUE, UM, THROUGH THAT STATE PROCESS.
UM, WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE NOTICE, UH, TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AS IT RELATES TO ANY, UH, ASSESSMENTS, UM, OR INCREASES IN MAINTENANCE FEES.
UM, AS MR. STERN MENTIONED, THE ISSUE IS REALLY THAT WE DO NOT CONTROL THE ASSOCIATION TODAY.
AND THOSE FEES HAVE BEEN GOING UP DESPITE THIS PROCESS.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE AS I'VE LEARNED FROM THIS TRANSACTION, IS THAT FAIR MARKET VALUE IS BASED ON WHAT SOMEONE IS WILLING TO TO PAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR. ATTORNEY FAIR MARKET VALLEY IS WHAT SOMEONE'S WILLING TO PAY, WILLING, BUYER, WILLING SELLER, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON APPRAISALS AND, AND COMPS.
RIGHT? BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT WHEN IT CAME WITH THE BIKINI HOSTEL, YOU TOLD ME THAT THE BIKINI HOSTEL, THE VALUE OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL IS $19.9 MILLION BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT, YEAH, THE MOST BASIC DEFINITION FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE IS WHAT IS A WILLING BUYER WILLING TO PAY, AND WHAT IS A WILLING SELLER WILLING TO ACCEPT FOR THE TRANSACTION? ALRIGHT, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING 300,000, 500,000 FOR THEIR UNITS, THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT SHORTCHANGED.
AND AS IT RELATES TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHAT WE'VE ALSO LEARNED IS THE COMPARABLES, AND THAT'S ALL IN YOUR, IN YOUR RECORDS FOR THE THESE UNITS AS WELL AS THE UNITS THROUGHOUT THIS IMMEDIATE AREA.
SO FAIR MARKET VALUES BASED ON COMPS AND THOSE COMPS.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE BIKINI HOSPITAL, THE PRICE THAT MR. STERN AND JDS ARE WILLING TO PAY IS HIGHER THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE, BUT NOT LOWER.
SO FAIR MARKET VALUE TO EVERYBODY'S POINT IS BASED ON COMPS, THAT'S MARKET VALUE.
AND THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN GO UP FROM MARKET VALUE, UH, BASED ON, UM, OBVIOUSLY DESIRE TO ACQUIRE AS IT HAS BEEN THE CASE IN THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT LESS THAN, THAN, THAN SOME OF THESE OTHER NUMBERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE ELSE IS, IS GETTING BOUGHT OUT AT, COULD WE JUST SAY THAT YOU PAY THEM, LIKE WHATEVER THE HIGHEST I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
THE THREE HOLDOUTS, WHATEVER YOU PAID PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THOSE UNITS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RANGE OF UNITS WERE.
UM, COULD WE JUST SAY THAT THOSE THREE HOLDOUT UNITS, UM, GET THE TOP DOLLAR VALUE THAT YOU NEGOTIATED FOR THE OTHER HOLDOUT UNITS? BECAUSE I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING THE, FORCING THE, THOSE RESIDENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE NOT READY TO MAKE AT THIS POINT.
WELL, NO, WE'RE REPRESENTING THOSE, THOSE RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES.
AND WE'RE DOING OUR JOB OF PROTECTING THEM.
IF I MAY SAY, SAY SOMETHING, PERHAPS WHAT YOU COULD DO IS TO GET A, A, A COMMITMENT, A, A WARRANTY THAT THOSE RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE NO LESS THAN WHAT THE HIGHEST PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT.
THAT WAY THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO GET HIGHER.
THAT, AND I WOULD, IF IT'S NO, NO LESS THAN THE HIGHEST PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT, AND I, MR. ATTORNEY, THE WAY YOU STATED IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
THE STATE LAW WON'T, WON'T ALLOW FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, LIKE A MOST FAVORED, UH, NATION STATUS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH THE APPRAISAL PROCESS.
UH, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT STATE PROCESS AGAIN, WE CAN MEMORIALIZE IT IN THE AGREEMENT.
UM, AND THE GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY TO ACQUIRE THESE SITES, UH, THROUGH THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THOSE HOLDOUT UNIT OWNERS.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, A SALE PRICE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WAYS OF GIVING BONUSES, YOU KNOW, CREDITS.
AND SO AND SO MEANWHILE, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE APPRAISED VALUE OR THROUGH CREDITS THAT YOU PROVIDE, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE HOLDOUTS
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DO NOT WALK AWAY WITH LESS THAN THE HIGHEST PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OF THE OTHER SELLERS.SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE APPRAISAL AS YOU'RE MENTIONING IN THE STATE PROCESS OR THROUGH THEN CREDITS, THEY DON'T WALK AWAY AT A DISADVANTAGE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA, ASIDE FROM THE THE PRESCRIBED PROCESS IN STATE LAW, THE ISSUE THEN IS THAT DIFFERENT SELLERS SOLD AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR DIFFERENT PRICES.
WHAT YOU'D HAVE DONE IS A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY WHO SOLD EARLIER WAS GONNA CLOSE, MAYBE WOULD, MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD BE GETTING MORE LATER.
AND THEN YOU KIND OF GET INTO THESE, UH, DEBATES WITH 200 PEOPLE WHO KIND OF WANT KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT AND WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE PAID.
BUT THIS RELATES TO THE THREE HOLDOUTS I UNDERSTAND.
AND SO, AND SO, AND SO I, I AM, I'M SETTLED IN IN, IN WHAT MY EXPECTATION IS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE COMMISSIONER WILSON GONZALEZ, YOU KNOW, STATED IT IN, IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND THAT WAS RESTATED BY, BY, BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS MY EXPECTATION FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY VOTE IS NOT, YOU KNOW, JEOPARDIZING, UH, THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
UM, AS EZ YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE PART OF IT FOR YOU TO GET YOUR VOTE ON THIS ITEM? OH YEAH.
JUST, UM, YEAH, YOU MADE IT CLEAR, BUT I'M, UH, YEAH.
SO CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT? YEAH.
AND SO I, I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THE HOMESTEADED OWNERS.
WHAT IS BEING DONE TO HELP OUT THE HOMESTEADED PROPERTY OWNERS? THE HOMESTEADED OWNERS WERE THE PRICE THAT WE PAID FOR THEIR UNITS.
WE FACTORED IN WHETHER THEY WERE HOMESTEAD OR NOT.
EACH ONE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL NEGOTIATION.
'CAUSE THIS WASN'T, THIS WASN'T A CASE WHERE WE WENT TO THE BOARD AND DID A MASS DEAL AT ONE TIME WITH THE BOARD.
THIS WAS UNIT BY UNIT HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS.
AND IF SOMEBODY WAS HOMESTEADED, WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND PAID A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER PRICE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAS HOMESTEADED, PERHAPS THAN AN INVESTOR WHO HAD A RENTER.
AND WHAT'S IT DISCLOSED TO THEM THAT, THAT, THAT THE PURCHASER, UH, WAS THAT THE BUYER WAS GOING TO BE SEEKING LDR AMENDMENTS? WAS IT DISCLOSED THAT WE WERE SEEKING LDR AMENDMENTS? UM, IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD WHILE THE BUYER WAS GOING ON.
MANY THINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.
WAS IT DISCLOSED? WAS IT DISCLOSED TO THE SELLER THAT THE BUYER WAS GOING TO SEEK LAND DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD INCREASE THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY? THERE WERE CONTEMPORANEOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH MOST SELLERS.
'CAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT MAYBE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF MIAMI BEACH, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
SO AS SOON AS WE MAKE A FILING, WHICH HAPPENED VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, UM, THERE ARE BUILDING-WIDE WHATSAPP GROUP CHATS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS.
EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING WAS WELL AWARE THAT WE WERE SEEKING ZONING AMENDMENTS.
AND AGAIN, THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS HERE, CAN SPEAK TO IT AS WELL.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO GIVE THE TENANTS WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED? SO THANKS TO YOUR ADVOCACY AND MANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, UM, IN THE DA THERE'S A, A, A SERIES OF, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UH, FIVE MONTHS IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA RELOCATE INTO MIAMI BEACH PLUS OR MINUS, UM, OF TENANT ASSISTANCE.
IT STARTED AT THREE MONTHS WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED YOU ASKED US TO INCREASE IT TO FIVE.
SO I HAD, I HAD A FEELING IT WOULD COME BACK UP.
SO WE'RE WILLING TO GO TO SEVEN NOW.
UM, TO TRY AND HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS HELP HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS ON YOUR ADVOCACY.
CAN WE STRIKE A, A FAIR DEAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOP DOLLAR, BUT CAN IT BE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OVER WHATEVER THE APPRAISER DETERMINES IS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE? UH, WE CAN, LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AND THOSE THREE UNITS DETERMINED AS X CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN GO A PERCENTAGE OVER THE, THE VALUE THAT THE APPRAISER COMES BACK WITH.
I CAN, I CAN DO THAT FOR THOSE THREE UNITS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WELL, THAT'S WHY HAS TO BE A PERCENTAGE, RIGHT? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PERCENTAGE OVER APPRAISED VALUE FOR THOSE THREE UNITS.
WE'RE BACK TO THE OTHER ISSUE.
I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE BACK TO THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS ISSUE.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS A, DO YOU WANT ME TO TO 100 SPEAK OUT AS TO THE RANGES FOR MIAMI BEACH? WE DON'T.
HOW, HOW WILL THE RENTERS KNOW ABOUT THIS ASSISTANCE? UH, WE'RE GONNA SEND, WE HAVE A BUILDING WIDE EMAIL THAT WE, UH, SEND OUT.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, NOTIFY THEM.
WE'LL ALSO DO, UH, AND WHAT WILL THEY GET NOTIFIED? THEY'LL GET NOTIFIED OF WHAT'S BEEN CODIFIED IN THE DA AND THEY'LL GET CONTACT INFORMATION OF WHO TO REACH OUT TO IF THEY QUALIFY BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE DA.
UM, BUT DOES, UH, EITHER COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ OR COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ON A PERCENTAGE ABOVE APPRAISED VALUE FOR THOSE UNITS THAT YOU WOULD, YOU COULD LIVE WITH THAT YOU THINK IS FAIR? I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PATRICIA ELLO, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE.
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FAIR VALUE.IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? WHAT NUMBER ELSE? WHAT'S THAT? IT WAS 120% YOU CALLING IT? YES.
SO STATE LAW'S A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE'D GO TO 120, WE'D GOT 20% FOR THOSE.
IF WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT MR. ATTORNEY INTO THE DA, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE DA.
ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? NOT FOR NOW.
UM, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ONE THING ON THE RECORD THAT DAVID MARTINEZ UH, MENTIONED, BUT THE LAST TURN OF THE DA, UM, WE DID CODIFY THAT IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE IN THAT $20 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE, THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE THAT DIFFERENCE.
SO WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE PURCHASE PRICE.
AND THAT IS IN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE DA.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
WHAT IF IT'S HIGHER? JUST SUCKS FOR US.
ERIC, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? UM, AT THIS POINT I JUST NEED DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO VOTE ON THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION, THE COMP PLAN, AND ULTIMATELY ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES IN WHAT THE CITY HAS RECOMMENDED AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS IS CURRENTLY PROFFERING.
SO WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T WE WALK THROUGH THOSE? SO I THINK DAVID HIGHLIGHTED THOSE ITEMS. UM, LET'S GO ONE BY ONE.
SO WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT HEIGHT, FAR SIDE SETBACKS, AND THAT'S REALLY IT AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? IF THEY'VE AGREED TO.
YEAH, THE LAST TWO ITEMS THAT I HAD MENTIONED WAS REGARDING THE BAY WALK AND THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY 25% UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, THEY'RE ACCEPTABLE.
AND AS, UM, MICHAEL JUST STATED, THEY HAVE AGREED TO MAKE US WHOLE IN THE EVENT THAT THE PURCHASE OF THE BIKINI HOSPITAL IS SHOWN TO COME UNDER $20 MILLION.
SO THAT, THAT, THOSE ARE THE GENERAL TOPICS THAT WE, OKAY, SO JUST MINOR ISSUES LIKE HEIGHT, FAR AND SIDE SETBACKS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOOD.
OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE GOOD HOW WE BEGAN.
OTHER THAN THAT, MRS. LINCOLN, HOW DID YOU ENJOY THE PLAY? ANYBODY WANNA LEAD IT OFF? CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO DO IT? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM PUBLIC HEARING, ISN'T IT? I'LL SECOND STILL MAKE A MORE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO WHAT'S THE MOTION BE BEFORE US TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? THAT'S NOT A MOTION.
I THINK HIS MOTION IS ON THE ITEM ITSELF, RIGHT? YES.
NO, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE ITEM.
WHO WAS THE SECOND, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN? YES, PLEASE.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, PLEASE MAKE A LINE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO.
I'M GONNA, IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GONNA CALL FIRST, UH, JESSICA DAVIS, WHO IS ON ZOOM.
JESSICA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MINOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A 20 YEAR PLUS OWNER AND RESIDENT THERE, AND I AM CURRENTLY VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SUPPORTED THIS ITEM ON THE FIRST READ.
I AM HERE AGAIN TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED TOWER AND IN SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PACKAGE, WHICH WILL EXTINGUISH THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND COMPLETE THE BAY WALK.
1228 WEST IS A UNIQUE BUILDING.
ALMOST EVERY UNIT HAS A BALCONY WITH VIEWS OF BISCAY BAY AND THE OCEAN.
THE SMALLER FOOTPRINT AND LARGER SETBACKS OF THE TOWER WILL PRESERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, AND AS OF RIGHT BUILD WILL NOT.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE EXTRA 30 FEET IS NEGLIGIBLE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONLY TWO AND A HALF STORIES.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO ALL OF YOU UP ON THE DAY IS TODAY.
WOULD ANY OF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN OR BUY A CONDO UNIT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM A MAKESHIFT HOMELESS SHELTER? THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE FACING.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY INVESTING MONEY TO MAKE OUR BUILDINGS SAFE, CODE COMPLIANT, AND A PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE.
AND ALL OF THAT IS BEING DRAGGED DOWN FOR EIGHT MONTHS NOW, THE RESIDENTS OF 1228 AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE
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SEEN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE DETERIORATE.WE ARE CONSTANTLY CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY AND IN AN ALREADY SHAKY CONDO MARKET, THE EQUITY IN OUR HOMES IS DECLINING EVEN FURTHER.
HAVING A 24 7 POLICE PRESENCE AT A COST OF 35,000 TAXPAYER DOLLARS A MONTH IS NOT A GOOD LOOK.
IT IS BRINGING ALL OF WEST AVENUE DOWN AND IN EIGHT MONTHS, NO OTHER SOLUTION HAS BEEN ADVANCED.
1228 HAS BEEN WAITING FOR OVER FIVE YEARS FOR OUR SECTION OF THE BAY WALK TO BE COMPLETED.
1228 WEST AND ALL OF MIAMI BEACH NEEDS TO BE NOW.
UH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO ONE MINUTE AND SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ALREADY, IF WE COULD DO THAT.
SO I'M GONNA SET THE TIMER FOR ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR LISTENING TO ME ONCE AGAIN AFTER HEARING YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
AFTER HEARING EVERYONE SPEAK AGAIN, MOVING FROM CALIFORNIA TO MIAMI, IT IS IMPERATIVE.
AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I BUILT AN ENTIRE BUSINESS AND CAREER OF HELPING PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN, KEEPING WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFE SHOULD BE THE FIRST AND FOREMOST DECISION FOR THIS PLACE.
THAT'S WHY EVERYONE'S MOVING HERE FOR SAFETY FIRST AND FOREMOST.
NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW MICHAEL STERN.
ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THIS COUNTRY IS BUILT OFF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
I HEAR QUITE OFTEN PEOPLE VILLAINIZING HIM FOR HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS, THE PROJECTS THAT HE'S DEVELOPING.
THIS COUNTRY IS BUILT OFF OF THAT HE'S BUILDING BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES.
AND AS A WOMAN WHO COMES FROM NOTHING AND HAS BUILT MY OWN SUCCESS, IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO LIVE IN ONE OF HIS BUILDINGS.
I TRULY BELIEVE THIS WILL ADD VALUE AND VITALITY TO THIS PLACE.
AND IT IS IMPERATIVE TO HAVE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE.
AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
FIRST, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS BRANDI BIMA.
BRANDI, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL ALBANESE.
I AM, UH, CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF, UH, THE BOARD AT 1228 WEST.
AND, UM, I THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR VOTING FAVORABLY BEFORE AND, AND FOR, AND FOR ONE OF THEM STATING TODAY THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
AND WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY TO THE STOP OF THE PROJECT.
FOR US, THIS IS AN OVERWHELMING, UH, SUPPORT FOR US.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT RATHER THAN A BIG BLOCK BUILDING.
WE, WE NEED TO GET THE, UH, BIKINI HOSTILE GONE.
THE, THE, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT PEOPLE WOULD OBJECT TO A HIGHER BUILDING WHEN THERE ARE HIGHER BUILDINGS THERE AND WANT TO KEEP A, A, UH, A HOMELESS CENTER AND NOT HAVE A BAYIT WALK.
SO WE'RE FULLY IN FAVOR OF IT AND, UH, HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT IT AGAIN.
I RUN THE HABAD CENTER LINCOLN ROAD, MY FATHER RABBI BY KAZ.
UM, I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A STUDENT AT 1140 ALTON ROAD, WHICH IS THE YESHIVA THERE FOR HABAD BOYS.
AND I'VE WALKED BACK, UH, PAST BIKINI AUSTIN MULTIPLE TIMES AND I'VE HEARD AND SEEN OF MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED TO HABAD BOYS, PEOPLE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM TO COME IN, OFFERING THEM DRUGS.
UM, I AM PRO THE 1250 REDEVELOPMENT AND I THINK IT WILL HELP OUR CITY AND MAKE OUR CITY MORE SAFE.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS ANDRE.
ANDRE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 31 NORTHWEST 46TH STREET IN MIAMI, NOT MIAMI BEACH.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH FOR 20 YEARS.
THE FIRST 15 YEARS WHERE AT B BAY GARDEN MANOR, UH, WHERE I SAT ON THE BOARD FOR MOST OF THAT TIME.
UH, MY BACKGROUND'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND ENGINEERING.
UH, I CURRENTLY STILL OWN MY TWO UNITS AT BIG IRON MANOR AND I'M NOW A LANDLORD FOR THOSE.
THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE I NOW SPEAK FROM.
AND I GOTTA SAY, WHEN I HEAR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SPEAK SO MUCH ABOUT THE THREE HOLDOUTS, I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 235 UNIT OWNERS WHO HAVE SIGNED ON? MOST OF THOSE ARE ON THE BRINK OF FORECLOSURE DUE TO THE MAY, THE VERY HIGH MAINTENANCE AND ASSESSMENTS THAT COME FROM NO FAULT OF ANY OF THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THE THREE HOLDOUTS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 235 THAT ARE GONNA FACE FORECLOSURE IF THIS SALE DOES NOT GO THROUGH? THE SALE IS VIEWED BY MANY OF US AS A LAST LIFE LIFELINE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON MY TWO UNITS, I, I NET A TOTAL NEGATIVE OF ABOUT $1,400 EVERY MONTH.
I APOLOGIZE AFTER THE RENT OUT OF TIME.
WHERE'D YOU GO? MAYOR
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MEMBERS HERE OF MIAMI BEACH.MY NAME'S JENNIFER MYERS AND I LIVE AT 900 WEST AVE AND I WORK SOUTH OF FIFTH.
I MOVED HERE FROM LOS ANGELES AS WELL, SO I DON'T WANNA SEE MIAMI BEACH BECOME LOS ANGELES IS.
AND MY NEW YORK FRIENDS CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME LIKE NEW YORK EITHER.
I'VE DREAMT OF LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH MY WHOLE LIFE.
MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED HERE AND I USED TO VISIT THEM ALL THE TIME.
MIAMI BEACH AND THE ENERGY AND THE BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND IT'S A SAFE COMMUNITY.
SAFETY FIRST, WE WANNA KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
SINCE THIS WHOLE ISSUE, IT'S, I HAVEN'T FELT SAFE.
I WALK AROUND TOWN A LOT ALONE AND I HAVE TO HOLD MY MACE NOW TO FEEL SAFE.
EV I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVE IN MY BUILDING AND AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOBODY FEELS SAFE RIGHT NOW.
I'M A VERY COMPASSIONATE PERSON AND THANK YOU.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND I THINK IT SHOULD GET PASSED.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A NICE PARK WHERE BIKINI HOSTEL IS.
THEY'RE GONNA FINISH THE BAY WALK FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY.
AND AS WE ALL ARE SAYING HERE TODAY, SAFETY FIRST, PLEASE.
VOTE FOR OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS LARRY SCHAFER.
LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET.
THE DEVELOPERS PROVIDING THE BIKINI HOSTILE PROPERTY AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION TO THE CITY AND THE DEAL REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THE DA.
WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY, WE'LL TAKE THE PROPERTY AS IS CLEAR OF LIENS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A CREDIT FOR THE COST OF DEMOLITION AND THEN LET'S MOVE THIS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND THEN HAVE A VIGOROUS DISCUSSION OF ALL THE POSSIBLE USES OF THIS, THIS CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SAY, LET'S DO A NONPROFIT USE, LET'S DO A HOUSING USE.
LET'S KNOCK IT DOWN AND REDEVELOP IT, AND THEN HAVE ALL THE DEALS COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
DAVID MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR DOING A COMPLETION NOT CASH DEAL ON THE BAY WALK.
WE'VE HAD OTHER DEALS IN THE PAST WHERE TAXPAYERS HAVE HAD PAY MORE.
UM, AND FINALLY, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU FOR THE VIGOROUS RELENTLESS ADVOCACY FOR THOSE THREE REMAINING HOLDOUTS.
OKAY, SO WHAT'S GOING ON? SHE'S GONNA SPEAK FOR ALL THREE.
SO WE GOTTA DO THREE MINUTES AND WE'RE GOOD.
SO RESIDENT OF WEST AVENUE AND SUSANNA PERNER
AND WE'RE SPEAKING ALSO ON BEHALF OF 132 RESIDENTS OF WEST AVENUE WHO HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND I'M SORRY, THIS SEEMS LIKE A F OF COMPLETE AND THREE MINUTES IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH FOR ME.
I'M VERY VERBAL, BUT, UM, IN ANY CASE, LEMME TRY TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I'VE WRITTEN.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TOUCHED ON, AND ONE OF THOSE IS THESE, UM, SO-CALLED GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS, WHICH, UM, HAVE BEEN SIGNED ON BY VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE IS, UM, SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT IN EXCHANGE FOR MONIES.
AND I FIND THAT TO BE A RATHER PERVERSE SORT OF THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY, UH, SPEAKING TO WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO DO.
UM, WERE THEY NOT BEING COMPENSATED FINANCIALLY ALSO, I DON'T KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL, BUT, UM, ONLY I, I KNOW HIM BY, BY LETTERS.
UM, HIS NAME IS DANIEL BERG AND HE HAS SENT AROUND QUITE A BIT OF CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING 1250, WHERE HE'S AN INVESTOR.
AND, UH, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FACILITATING THE BULK SALE OF THAT BUILDING.
AND, UM, HE HAS SENT OUT THIS LETTER NOW, WHICH LAYS OUT THE SAME PROCESS.
IT HAPPENED AT 800 WEST, WHICH IS THE SOUTH GATE TOWERS.
UM, HE HAS, I'M SORRY, 800 WEST BAY CLUB, UH, SOUTH BAY CLUB.
UM, AND HE'S ALSO, UM, LAID OUT, UM, PLANS FOR OTHER THINGS.
THIS IS ANOTHER LETTER MR. MARBERG SENT OUT THAT, UM, BASICALLY, UM, TALKS ABOUT IN, IN VERY CRUDE TERMS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT, UM, 1250.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO READ ONE SENTENCE FROM THIS LETTER.
BASICALLY, HE SAYS, UM, IF YOU WILL BE LOOKING, TALKING TO UNIT OWNERS AT 1250, IF YOU WILL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME OR A NEW INVESTMENT PROPERTY, MY BROKERAGE IS HAPPY TO ASSIST.
WE ARE TARGETING ANOTHER PROPERTY APPROPRIATE FOR A BULK SALE TERMINATION.
AND IF INVESTORS WISH TO ACQUIRE UNITS IN THIS PROJECT WITH THE HOPE OF OBTAINING A RETURN ON THE BULK SALE, I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
I WOULD SAY THAT'S VERY COLD LANGUAGE FOR WHAT IS PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT THEY'RE BEING TERMINATED.
AND WE CAN ONLY WONDER OTHER THAN 800 WEST, WHICH IS ALREADY TARGETED, WHAT OTHER PROPERTIES ARE BEING TARGETED ON WEST AVENUE BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT IT'S OLDER, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UM, AGE OF
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THE BUILDINGS AND THE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN, UM, KEPT UP IN, IN VARIOUS STATES OF REPAIR.AND, UM, I I BELIEVE THERE ARE PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN PROPERTIES THERE MIGHT BE TARGETED FOR TERMINATION.
UM, SO IN ADDITION, MR. BERG HASN'T STOPPED.
HE ALSO SENT ANOTHER LETTER OUT, WHICH, UM, SOLICITS HIS SERVICES AS AN ATTORNEY AND TITLE AGENT FOR THE CLOSINGS AT 1250.
AND HE LAYS OUT A FEE SCHEDULE WHERE HE'S GETTING HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THANK YOU MUCH FOR US CITIZENS IN 2000 FOR NINE.
SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE HOMES.
THEY'RE NOT JUST BUSINESS DEALS AND PROPERTIES TO BE FLIPPED FOR PROFIT.
THANK YOU, MS. LITOS, IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO OR BE ABLE OR WILLING TO PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH THAT GENTLEMAN, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO, AFTER THIS MEETING, THROW COLD WATER ALL OVER ANY OF HIS, UH, GRANDIOSE IDEAS.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THIS DEVELOPER THAT HE'S HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO, OH, I'M SORRY.
I HAVE A LETTER HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
MR. STERN HELD AN EVENT AT 1250 WITH MR. BERG.
UH, WELL, I'M, I'M SAYING FOR 800, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU CAN PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH THIS PERHAPS UNSCRUPULOUS GENTLEMEN, I DON'T WANT TO, AGAIN, I ONLY KNOW HIM BY LETTERS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO ME.
THEY'VE BEEN MADE TO, I'LL LOOK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THROW COLD WATER ALL OVER ANY OF THIS.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SAMSUNG, IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
THIS IS PAUL FROM, UH, 1250 WEST AVENUE.
I JUST WANNA SAY, WHEN WE SIGNED OUR DEAL IN JUNE, OUR BROKERAGE DEAL WITH DAN AND DAN BERG IN JUNE 24, THE OWNER WAS NOT EVEN DISCLOSED TO US.
UH, HE HID IT AS LONG AS HE COULD, SOME, UNTIL SOME RESIDENTS PUSHED FOR THE INFORMATION.
WE FOUND OUT WHO THE DEVELOPER WAS.
UM, WE SIGNED OUR DEAL FOR THE CURRENT ZONING.
THERE WAS NO MENTION IN OUR CONTRACT THAT IT WAS BASED UPON APPROVAL OF, UH, 300 FEET OR 300 FEET WAS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED.
IF HE'S GONNA GET THIS 300 FEET, UM, EXTRA, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN OUR CONTRACTS AND RENEGOTIATE BECAUSE THE OWNERS THAT IS BUILDING ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT HE'S SUPPOSEDLY PUTTING IN.
AND WE'RE BEING PRICED OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT THIS EXTRA FOOTAGE AND ZONING WAS NEVER MENTIONED WHEN WE SIGNED OUR CONTRACTS.
AND, UH, NOWHERE IN OUR CONTRACTS DOES IT MEN, UH, MENTION THAT THE, UH, DEAL IS BASED ON HIM GETTING APPROVED FOR EXTRA ZONING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD'VE NEGOTIATED FOR MORE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 1250 WEST AVENUE AND THE REMOVAL OF BIKINI HOSTEL FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
IT IMPOSES A HUGE THREAT, NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT EQUALLY FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
WE MUST LOOK AT THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE.
WE MUST GET EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE AND THE POSSIBILITIES.
WE WANT TO BENEFIT FROM A TREMENDOUS INFRASTRUCTURE, FROM A FORWARD THINKING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE BETTER THAN A TREMENDOUS LEADER WITH OVER TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT TO HELP RESHAPE NOT ONLY FROM THE BEAUTIFUL ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT ALSO THE SAFETY ELEMENT AS RESIDENTS, AS BUSINESS OWNERS, WE WANT TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAFETY ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMING PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AT OUR BEST.
SO I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER TO WHAT EXTENT THIS COULD CONTRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO OUR FUTURE, BUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME.
OUR NEXT CALLER IS REPRESENTATIVE FABIAN BABI.
REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
SO I WANTED TO STATE, UH, WE WERE NEVER TOLD THAT THE HEIGHT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR DEALS.
WHAT MICHAEL STERN JUST SAID, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS, THAT, UH, WE WERE AWARE OF THE HEIGHT IN OUR CONTRACTS THAT WAS NEVER MENTIONED IN OUR CONTRACT.
LIKE THE OTHER CALL SAID, UH, THERE WAS NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF THIS HEIGHT.
AND, UH, WE, WE, WE NEED TO KNOW SOME, SOME REAL ANSWERS NOW OF WHAT'S GOING TO
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HAPPEN.WE SEEM TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT SOUND.
LET'S TRY BENDY BEMA, UH, BRANDY, I'M SORRY.
BRANDY, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? OKAY.
WE SEEM TO NOT HAVE THAT COLLAR EITHER.
I WANNA JUST REITERATE THAT, UH, I REALLY LOVE THE PEOPLE IN THE WEST AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I THINK THEY REALLY HAVE SOME INTERESTING POINTS OR STRONG POINTS THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, FOR WEST AVENUE.
AND I APPRECIATE JOE MAGAZINE STEPPING UP AND, AND GETTING INVOLVED WITH THIS REAL ESTATE BROKER WHO'S COMPLETELY OUTTA LINE.
UH, HE, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE VILLAIN.
UH, I DON'T THINK, UH, DAVID STERN IS, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO DAVID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BECAUSE, UH, I WAS A DEFINITE NO AT THREE 80.
AND HE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIKE SAYING IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION THREE OR FOUR TIMES, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN GET, I CAN MAKE THIS WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR LESS.
HE GOT IT DOWN AT THREE 30 AND I, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M QUASI YES.
BUT, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY SINCE THEN, HE IS ADDED SEVEN MONTHS RENTAL RATES, RENTAL PAYMENTS TO, UH, THE RENTERS THAT MAKE UP 80% OF THE POPULATION THAT BUILDING.
SO I THINK THE RENTERS ARE ACTUALLY IN A BETTER POSITION THAN THEY EVER WERE.
UH, I THINK, UM, THANK YOU, MR. MR. ROBERT.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU'RE OUT OF TIME.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS TOM HAWKINS AND I LIVE AT 1300 MONAN TERRACE.
UH, I WANT TO STATE ON BEHALF OF THE SOBE WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE SECOND READING OF BOTH OF THESE, UH, UH, PIECES OF LEGISLATION TODAY.
UH, WE BELIEVE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE OUTSTANDING AND, UH, THE BIKINI HOSTEL, ELIMINATING THE BIKINI HOSPITAL AND FINISHING OFF THE BAY WALK ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT BENEFITS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPROMISE IS WHAT'S BEEN DONE HERE AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, UH, BECAUSE I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE.
I'M GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS A REASONABLE AND BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT'S GONNA GO INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS BRIAN.
BRIAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
BRIAN WEST AVENUE, 1000 WEST AVENUE.
I'M JUST CALLING TO, UH, TO SAY THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT IS, IS THAT, AND THE DEVELOPER IS NOT NECESSARILY THE ENEMY HERE, RIGHT? UM, BUT THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR CURRENT LAWS, UH, THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS REGARDING THE HEIGHT OF, OF THE BUILDING AND THE PRECEDENT THAT IT WOULD SET IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I JUST REMIND THE, THE COMMISSION THAT THE, IN THE PAST, UH, DEVELOPERS HAVE PROMISED TO CREATE PARKS, UH, HERE I LIVE ON 10TH STREET AND, AND CREATE AND HELP ASSIST WITH, UH, CREATION OF THE BAY WAR WALK.
AND THEN IN THE PAST, THE DEVELOPER PUT THE MONEY, MONEY IN ESCROW, WAITED THE CITY OUT, AND YEARS LATER GOT HIS MONEY BACK AND DIDN'T BUILD A PARK AND DIDN'T BILL THE, UM, THE BAYIT WALK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE WHATEVER DECISION YOU GUYS MAKE TODAY, YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND AND REALIZE THAT WHAT'S NEXT MIGHT BE A 500, YOU KNOW, FOOT BUILDING.
MY NAME IS ALEX TI UH, I LIVE ON, UH, 1000 SOUTH POINT DRIVE.
I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THE BUILDING, UH, OF 1250 PLUS ALL THE BENEFITS.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA FINISH THE BAY WALK AND THEY'RE GONNA ELIMINATE THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
I WANNA READ YOU SOMETHING THAT I RECEIVED FROM MY NEIGHBOR, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, A MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING 80 YEARS OLD ACCUSED OF WITH BOTTLE.
I'M SO UPSET TO FIND OUT THAT THIS WEEKEND DR.
LITVAC WAS ATTACKED BY A CRAZY HOMELESS PERSON DURING THE AIR, SO ON NAUSEA OCEAN DRIVE, WHO WAS APPREHENDED BY THREE MEN NEARBY AND THEN ARRESTED MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT PRAYERS FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY TO ONE OF THE MOST LOVING AND RESPECTED NEIGHBORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HE HAS THE, THE DISTURBING STORY THAT ARE ON THE NEWS.
THAT WAS ON THE NEWS ONE MONTH AGO IN CHANNEL SEVEN.
AND, UH, AND THIS IS FOR THE PERSON WHO SAYS THAT THE, THAT PEOPLE, THEY USING SCARE TACTICS.
DEFINITELY MIAMI BEACH IS NOT SAFE.
UH, I HAVE AN EIGHT YEARS OLD BABY, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY HARD TIME TO WALK WITHOUT BEING SCARED.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT AND THANK YOU, SIR.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS RILEY SMITH, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT THE, UH, ON THE VENETIAN ISLANDS, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR 1250 WEST AVE.
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THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TRANSFORMING A SINGLE PROPERTY, IT'S ABOUT RAISING THE OVERALL STANDARD FOR WHAT WE WANT MIAMI BEACH TO REPRESENT.UH, FOR TOO LONG THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH INSTABILITY AND NEGLECT.
THAT KIND OF, UH, PRESENCE SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND FUTURE INVESTORS.
UH, THE ADDITION OF THE COMPLETED BAY WALK ALSO SHOWS A LONG-TERM VISION.
IT ADDS BEAUTY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND RESILIENCE TO OUR WATERFRONT.
A BENEFIT NOT JUST FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS, BUT FOR THE WHOLE, FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UM, THIS PROJECT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES.
IT'S SMART FORWARD-LOOKING AND SERVES THE PUBLIC GOOD, AND I URGE YOU TO APPROVE IT.
HI, MY NAME IS ISABEL AND I LIVE ON 1250 WEST AVENUE.
LIVING HERE HAS GIVEN ME A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE ISSUES WITH THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN VERY POOR SHAPE, AND ALSO IT'S VERY TROUBLING WHAT HAPPENS JUST OUTSIDE AT THE BEGINNING, HOSTEL, WHICH HAS BROUGHT A CONSTANT STREAM OF DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY.
I OFTEN DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WORKING HOME BECAUSE I WORK IN SUNSET HARBOR, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE THE REALITY FOR ANYONE.
SO I THINK THAT THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT IS MORE THAN WELCOME.
IT'S NECESSARY, AND IT'S A CHANCE TO BRING REAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES FOR THIS PROJECT.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS REPRESENTATIVE FABIAN BA.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
ANYWAY, EARLIER I DREW SOME ATTENTION TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MARKET, UM, THAT I BELIEVE IS BEING CREATED BY SOME OF THESE POLICIES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SELF-CENTEREDNESS OF PRIVATE INTERESTS.
UM, I DO WANNA RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE SAID EARLIER BECAUSE I COULDN'T RESPOND WHILE I WAS BEING TARGETED.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE RULES.
SO, A COMMISSIONER MENTIONED THAT I VOTED FOR SOMETHING THAT SILENCED VOTERS.
THE BILL THAT WAS REFERENCED IS THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, WHICH OBVIOUS ISN'T BEING USED NOW.
IT ALSO WASN'T SAID THAT IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ACROSS THE STATE.
WHAT ACTUALLY SILENCES VOTERS IS THE COORDINATED DIS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS LED BY THAT FED COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS ALL THE INCUMBENT COMMISSIONERS, CONSULTANTS THAT IT, THESE PEOPLE JUST, THEY F FLOOD YOUR MAILBOXES WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DECEPTIVE FLYERS.
THAT'S ON OUTREACH, THAT'S MANIPULATION.
THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE, YOUR COMMISSIONER.
HOW DO, DO I FOLLOW UP, UH, AFTER THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS A PLEASURE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN.
UH, MY NAME IS BRIAN SKOLNIK AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH AND I WORK IN SUNSET HARBOR, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE DEEP ROOTS, UH, IN THIS CITY.
AND WE'VE DONATED EIGHT FIGURES, UH, TOWARDS THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THIS REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF THIS CITY.
UH, TODAY I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR 1250.
I BELIEVE MR. STERN HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HIS COMMITMENT AS WELL, UM, TO BETTERING OUR CITY.
HE HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD WITH MONNET TERRACE, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT AND A COMPLETED BAY WALK, AS WELL AS THE REMOVAL OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
I BELIEVE IT'S JUST AN ADDED BONUS.
HI, UM, MAYOR MINOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE PTA PRESIDENT AT SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY.
UM, I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, UM, AND I REPRESENT MANY OF THE PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL.
UM, I HAVE ABOUT 500 SIGNATURES HERE.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, VOTE FOR YOU.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WANNA SEE THIS HOSTILE ERADICATED.
UM, WE'RE WALKING BY AND THE KIDS ARE SCARED.
UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PARENTS.
THERE'S GRANDPARENTS THAT PICK UP THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL THAT LIVE ON WEST AVENUE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS TO GET PASSED TODAY.
YES, HI, MY NAME IS FIFI BASSON AND I'VE LIVED IN MIAMI BEACH ALL MY LIFE.
AND I, UM, JUST WANNA ADDRESS THAT I'M REALLY, REALLY IN SUPPORT OF JUST SAFETY AS A WOMAN.
AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING A LOT OF MEN, I'VE LISTENED TODAY, A LOT OF MEN THAT ARE SAYING THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY SAFE AND THERE'S POLICE THERE.
WELL, IT IS NOT SAFE FOR WOMEN AND IT'S NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN, AND IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE ELDERLY.
SO I AM IN SUPPORT FOR SAFETY AND IF THE DEVELOPER IS BRINGING BOTH THINGS AND WE ARE GONNA ACCOMPLISH AN AMAZING, CLEANER ENVIRONMENT AND SAFER
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FOR EVERYONE, THAT'S THE GOAL.AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY.
I'M A RESIDENT AT THREE ISLAND AVENUE AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE ON WEST AVENUE.
AND THE CHANGES ARE ALWAYS HARD TO EMBRACE WHEN A CITY IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION.
UH, AND I ALSO THINK THE FAR AND THE HIGH CHANGES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO HAVE WILL BE THE ENABLER AND THE MONEY MAKING PART TO MAKE THE CURRENT RESIDENTS AND THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE TO HAVE A FAIR TRANSITION DURING THIS PROCESS.
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS ERIC MARSHALL.
MR. MARSHALL, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR TAKING THE TIME.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I, I, A COUPLE OBSERVATIONS.
I, IN THE TWO AND A HALF HOURS I'VE BEEN LISTENING.
YOU'RE VOTING ON DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET.
UH, IT WENT FROM A PUBLIC PART FROM NINE MONTHS TO POTENTIALLY AFFORDABLE WORKPLACE HOUSING.
UH, YOU GO OFF ON TANGENTS AT THESE MEETINGS THAT ARE ALMOST HARD TO COMPREHEND.
UH, I HOPE YOU MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AS ALWAYS.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
JORGE BENTON COURT 1250 WEST, 40 YEAR RESIDENT PRESIDENT OF 1250 FOR 20 YEARS, BOARD MEMBER FOR 30 YEARS.
I TEACH IN MIAMI BEACH HONORS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF THE MAKESHIFT HOMELESS SHELTER ON WEST AVENUE.
IT'S DEEPLY IRONIC THAT THE WAVERLY, A 36 STORY BUILDING HAS NEVER CAUSED TRAFFIC OR DISRUPTION IN ALL MY YEARS ON WEST AVENUE.
YET A MODEST TWO STORY BUILDING ON WEST AVENUE HAS HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE AND DISRUPTIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
CHILDREN NO LONGER RIDE THEIR BIKES ALONG WEST AVENUE AS SCHOOL STUDENTS REFER TO AS BLOCK 12, NOT AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AS A PLACE TO AVOID.
I'VE ALSO HEARD THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND THE SHELTER BY PURCHASING THE ADJACENT BUILDING TO ADD 350 MORE BEDS.
AS THE MAYOR SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS HOMELESS SHELTER LACKS ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES.
UH, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, ADDICTION TREATMENT, JOB PLACEMENT, AND PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
ITS PRESENCE HAS ERODED THE SENSE OF SAFETY AND COMMUNITY WE ONCE CHERISHED, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WHAT SHOULD BE JOYFUL MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS ARE NOW MARKED BY FEAR AND AVOIDANCE.
CHILDREN DID NOT CHOOSE TO BE BORN INTO THIS WORLD, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE SHARE THE VITAL RESPONSIBILITY TO GUIDE AND NURTURE THEM THROUGH THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS.
AT 12 50, 12 50 IS FACING A, A SEVERE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
UH, SKYROCKETING INSURANCE COSTS MULTIPLE ASSESSMENTS, 12 MILLION RIGHT NOW, 3 MILLION NEXT YEAR, NEW MANDATORY RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
ROUGHLY 80% OF THE UNITS AT 1250 ARE OWNED, ARE INVESTOR OWNED, AND NEARLY ALL ARE OPERATING AT A LOSS.
UNLIKE LUXURY BUILDINGS LIKE THE MURANO, 1250 IS A MODEST MIDDLE INCOME PROPERTY HOME TO MANY HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN MIAMI BEACH.
THIS FINANCIAL STRAIN HAS CREATED STRONG MOMENTUM TO RATE A BUCK SALE, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS THE ONLY VIABLE PATH TO AVOID WIDESPREAD DEFAULTS.
ALL THE OWNERS SUPPORT THIS MOVE TO MAKE THIS POSS THIS SALE POSSIBLE.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED HEIGHT INCREASE BY JDS DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH FOR 20 YEARS AND I LIVE HERE IN SUNSET HARBOR WITH MY WIFE AND 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
UH, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MIAMI AND I LOVE THE PROGRESS MIAMI HAS AND THE FORWARD THINKING, AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN PROJECT.
UH, I'M FOR THE PROJECT 1250 ON WEST AVENUE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT CITY'S GROW AND EVOLVE, AND WITH THAT COMES THE NEED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ONLY REPLACING AGING AND UNSAFE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO A SLEEK ARCHITECTURALLY SOUND MASTERPIECE, WHICH IS MUCH MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND A NATURAL FIT RATHER THAN A SHORTER BULKIER BUILDING.
SAFETY IS A PRIORITY TO ME, ESPECIALLY SINCE I RECENTLY BECAME A FATHER.
AND I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF TWO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONS, AND THAT'S WHY THE HOSTEL HAS TO GO.
IT'S UNSAFE AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT, ALONG WITH CHANGING THE BIKINI HOSTILE SITE INTO A PUBLIC PARK OR OTHER PUBLIC OPTIONS.
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I'M A BIG FAN OF THE BOARDWALK AND IT'S SOMETHING MIAMI REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE IT A LOT MORE WALKABLE.HI, MY NAME IS AUSTIN AND I LIVE ON WEST AVENUE.
I HONESTLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
I BELIEVE THIS HOMELESS SHELTER SITUATION MUST BE ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY AND MUST BE CLOSED RIGHT NOW BEFORE TRAGEDY HAPPENS.
UM, I'M ALSO A SOBER GUY WHO'S RUNNING A SOBER COMMUNITY, AND WE ALL AGREE UP TO THIS PROJECT.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
I, I RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT, UH, INTERESTS AND SIDES, ESPECIALLY OF A DEAL THAT SUBSTANTIAL.
BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN ONE OF OUR DENSEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I PERSONALLY LIVE IN WITH MY FAMILY, MY 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND MY TWO PARENTS, WE'VE BEEN FACING AN UNTENABLE SITUATION.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE AT THE BIKINI HOUSE RIGHT NOW ARE FACING AN UNTENABLE SITUATION THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A HUMANE PLACE FOR THEM AS WELL.
FORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE GOVERNMENT JUST CANNOT SOLVE ALONE.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THIS ISSUE IN PARTICULAR, IS ONE OF THOSE WE HAVE EXHAUSTED EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE, SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS, WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.
EVEN I'VE, UH, SEEN A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY MAYOR, UH, STATING THAT IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SUCH A DEAL HERE, THAT IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO DO SO.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATIONS FOR SURROUNDING SOME SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THAT MAY NOT WANT TO SEE THIS, BUT THE BENEFITS OF THIS, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, TRULY OUTWEIGH ANY TYPE OF DRAWBACKS.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY LIVING AT WEST AVENUE, UH, 1250 WEST AVENUE WOULD SEE INCREASED INCREDIBLE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE.
THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL WOULD CONTINUE LIVING IN INHUMANE CONDITIONS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BECOME MORE UNTENABLE.
AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD SO ELOQUENTLY STATED BY SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE TODAY WOULD JUST BE EXACERBATED.
SO THERE'S SOME VOTES THAT WE TAKE UP HERE.
YOU KIND OF COWER AND HOLD YOUR TONGUE AND BITE YOUR TEETH AND DO THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE I'M TRULY PROUD TO EMBRACE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE HAVE A SITUATION THE GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT ALONE CANNOT SOLVE.
THIS IS A TRUE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S A DAY TO BE PROUD TO MOVE FORWARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE CHILDREN IN OUR PARKS, GETTING ANOTHER COMMUNITY AMENITY.
UH, SO WITH THAT, AFTER THE MOTION BY MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ THAT I SECOND IN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FOR A VOTE HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
GOVERNMENT CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE ISSUES.
HOMELESSNESS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE CAN'T SOLVE.
AND THE GREAT EXTENTS THAT WE HAVE GONE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN A RESPONSIBLE HUMANE WAY, IN A WAY THAT HAS BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL.
AND SOMETIMES YOU DO NEED COLLABORATION.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT BECOME A PRECEDENT, MR. ATTORNEY, WHERE IS THE MORATORIUM ON LARGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THIS COMMISSION FOR? IS THAT MOVING FORWARD? WHERE IS THAT? IS I, I KNOW TODAY WE ARE ADDRESSING TWO ISSUES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT.
THE MAKESHIFT HOMELESS SHELTER THAT HAS BEEN CREATED WITHOUT OUR AUTHORITY ON WEST AVENUE, WHERE WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO RESTRICT OR STOP AND THE ISSUE IN NORTH BEACH THAT IS DRAGGING DOWN THE ECONOMY IN NORTH BEACH.
AFTER THAT, THAT WE ADDRESS THESE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
WHERE ARE WE WITH OUR, UH, MORATORIUM? THERE IS A, UM, MORATORIUM TO, UM, TEMPORARILY SUSPEND ANY FUTURE APPLICATIONS TO INCREASE FAR.
WHERE IS IT IN THE PROCESS THAT IS GONNA BE GOING TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE COMMISSION ON JULY ONE? ON JULY ONE, IF IT'S TRANSMITTED BY THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY ON JULY ONE, THEN THE MORATORIUM THROUGH ZONING AND PROGRESS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
AND IT WOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR FIRST READING IN SEPTEMBER.
SO JULY 1ST, EFFECTIVELY, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A MORATORIUM SPONSORED BY THIS CITY COMMISSION AFTER WE ADDRESS THESE TWO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
THE DEPRESSION THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED IN NORTH BEACH, UH, WITH THE EMPTY LOT AT THE DEVILLE SITE, THAT'S AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN NORTH BEACH AND THE SAFETY SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN CREATED OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, UH, AT THE BIKINI HOSTEL
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AFTER, AFTER THAT, THAT, UH, MORATORIUM COULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO PLACE AND AFFECT JULY 1ST.AND FOR THE RECORD, PJ, DO YOU HAVE THE IMAGE I SENT YOU? THIS IS SENATE BILL SEVEN 18 IN 2023.
IT IS A BILL PROHIBITING AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM PROCESS IN REGARDS TO ANY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.
AND WHAT THIS BILL DID IS THAT IT PREEMPTED OUR CHARTER, PROHIBITING OUR VOTERS FROM CONSIDERING ISSUES LIKE THIS.
OUR VOTERS ASKED TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, UH, PJ REPRESENTATIVE FABIAN BASA VOTED YES TO STRIP THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CHARTER TO HAVE A SAY ON DECISIONS LIKE THIS AND HAS PLACED ALL OF US, INCLUDING THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS POSITION.
AND I THINK NO ONE SHOULD BE DECEIVED BY THE LIES THAT ARE SPREAD BY SOMEONE WHO THE PUBLIC PLACED THEIR TRUST IN THAT PERSON.
THAT PERSON IS HOW THEY'RE SPREADING RELIES AND THE PUBLIC DESERVES BETTER.
AND THAT MEANS THE PUBLIC DESERVES THIS TRANSPARENCY.
THE FABIAN BASA VOTED, VOTED IN 2023 TO STRIP THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF MAMIE BEACH FROM THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CHARTER TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ON FAR INCREASES STRIPPING OUR COMMUNITY FROM OUR AUTONOMY.
SO ERIC, AS I RAISED THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS, MY, MY CONCERNS AND A BIG PART OF THIS DEAL, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IS THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
IT'S BEEN A BLIGHT IN OUR, WE'VE FOCUSED OBVIOUSLY ON THE MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, BUT IT'S BEEN A BLIGHT FOR DECADES.
UH, AS WE'VE SEEN, THERE WERE YEARS EVEN BEFORE THE RECENT HOME WHERE WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED POLICE CALLS IN A SINGLE YEAR FOR THIS LOCATION.
THAT BEING SAID, I I DID RAISE CONCERNS THAT THE, THE HOMELESS TRUST, COULD THEY, OR DO WE HAVE A REASONABLE BELIEF THAT THEY WOULD USE TURN PLACE THESE INDIVIDUALS OR OTHER HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOULD BE MORE RIGHTFULLY IN THE CAMILLA'S HOUSE, UH, OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT AND TURN AROUND AND PLACE IT SOMEWHERE IN MIAMI BEACH? UM, WE ACTUALLY HEARD ONE OF THE RESIDENTS MENTIONED THERE'S BEEN RUMORS ABOUT, UH, THE BIKINI HOUSEHOLD PURCHASING AN ADJACENT BUILDING TO EXPAND THE HOMELESS OPERATIONS.
UH, WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE THAT, UM, WE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO SOLVE ONE PROBLEM TO JUST CREATE A, ANOTHER LOCATION WITHIN MIAMI BEACH WHERE HOMELESS WILL BE, UH, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, UNFOUND AND PROBABLY INHUMANELY PLACED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT QUESTION WAS FOR ME, MR. MAYOR.
BUT, UM, OR TURN OVER TO EVERYONE YOU WANT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST.
UM, WE RECEIVED NO ASSURANCES FROM THE HOMELESS TRUST THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEEK TO, UM, TRY TO RELOCATE INDIVIDUALS TO MIAMI BEACH AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
UH, DESPITE MULTIPLE EFFORTS TO TRY TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH THEM.
UM, AND I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DO IT.
WE'RE NOT AWARE OF A LOCATION THAT COULD HOLD THIS NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT TO SAY THAT THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY IS, IS IT WOULD NOT BE A CORRECT STATEMENT.
AND BY THE WAY, THE LETTER YOU REFERENCED, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS A LETTER I SENT TO THE COUNTY MAYOR.
I COPIED, UH, OUR STATE SENATORS AND, UH, FEDERAL US SENATORS ASKING FOR INTERVENTION.
THE, THE RESPONSE FROM THE COUNTY MAYOR WAS THAT IT, MAYBE IT BEHOOVES US TO DO THE DEAL, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T GIVE ANY ASSURANCES THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN ELSEWHERE.
I WANNA TURN, I, I WANNA TURN, PJ IF YOU CAN PULL UP THE, THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS WITH THE, UH, I, I JUST WANT, UH, SOME INSURANCES THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S, AND, AND PJ'S GONNA PULL IT UP THAT WE DID GET A COPY OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL VER UH, SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE REDACTED THE PJ'S.
I'M PULLING UP FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND WHILE HE'S, WHILE HE PULLING THAT UP, UM, MY CONCERNS IS THAT SINCE WE CAN'T READ THE FULL PURCHASE AGREEMENT, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, HURT US AS FAR AS THE RELOCATION OF THESE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OR, OR FUTURE? YEAH.
SO THE REDACTIONS ONLY RELATED TO PURCHASE PRICE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.
AND I THINK WE DEALT WITH THAT, UH, BY ADDING TO THE DA ASSURANCE THAT IF WE PAY LESS
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THAN 20 MILLION, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THAT DIFFERENCE TO THE CITY.'CAUSE WE REPRESENTED THAT PURCHASE PRICE TO THE CITY.
UM, IN ADDITION THERE TO, TO THE CONTRARY OF SOMETHING BEING IN THERE THAT COULD WORSEN THE PROBLEM, UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE REQUIRING THAT THE POPULATION BE MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
AND THAT PROVISION WAS SHARED CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVED TO THE CITY OF MIAMI.
IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SELLERS HAVE A 10 31 EXCHANGE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING THAT POPULATION AND SHIFTING THEM OVER WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST TO ANOTHER LOCATION OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH.
BUT THEY ARE AFFIRMATIVELY REQUIRED TO MOVE THAT POPULATION OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND TO THE POINT OF THE RESIDENT SAYING POTENTIALLY THEY COULD EXPAND IT AND MAYBE ERIC OR THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ADDRESS IT, UM, THEY COULD ONLY THEORETICALLY DO THAT WITH THEIR EXISTING LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE, EXPANDING IT IF THEY HAVE THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
WHEN THIS DEAL HOPEFULLY GOES THROUGH AND THE SALE CLOSES, THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND THEIR LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE WILL GO AWAY.
THE PROPERTY THEY WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND INTO IS AN EXISTING CONDOMINIUM.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE USED AS A HOMELESS SHELTER ONLY THROUGH AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE.
SO THIS WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DOES THE CURRENT OWNER OWNERS OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL HAVE ANY OTHER PROPERTY WITHIN MIAMI BEACH? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY OWN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN SUNSET ISLANDS THAT THEY RENT OUT.
UH, THEY DO NOT OWN ANY OTHER HOTEL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN MIAMI BEACH.
THIS IS IT, ONE OF THE PJ IF YOU CAN PULL THE, UH, THE, IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO PAGE 33.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF THE PROVISIONS.
SO THESE, YOU CAN SEE THE REDACTIONS, THESE ARE ALL PURCHASE PRICE REDACTIONS.
I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE FULL PARAGRAPHS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE EITHER PURCHASE PRICE OR FINANCIAL.
AND WE'LL REPRESENT THAT THEY'RE ONLY FINANCIAL IN NATURE.
AND THERE IS A CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE THAT PREVENTS US FROM DISCLOSING.
AND THAT'S THE CLAUSE I WANNA PULL.
PAGE 33, THIS IS PAGE 25, PJ, PAGE 33 OF THE DOCUMENT.
SOMEBODY'S WHISPERING MY EAR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE FULL I'LL, WE'LL PULL IT UP.
BUT BASICALLY THERE'S A CONFIDENTIALITY, UH, PROVISION THAT SAYS THAT THE HOMELESS TRUST, THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND THE RESTAURANT DOES NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE CONFIDENTIALITY, UH, OR CAN GET COPIES OF THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
BUT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO I THINK IF, IF WE, I'M GONNA PULL IT UP HERE THAT RELATED TO THAT, IN RELATION TO HAVING TO MOVE THE HOMELESS POPULATION OUT IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT THE SELLER HAS WITH THE CITY, IF THEY HAVE A CLAUSE IN THEIR CONTRACT THAT SAYS YOU CAN ONLY MOVE THEM IF A SALE OCCURS AT THE FACILITY, ET CETERA, AND THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SHOWN IN ORDER TO MOVE THE POPULATION TO FACILITATE THAT MOVE, YOU CAN SHOW THE CITY OR THE HOMELESS TRUST CITY OF MIAMI OR THE HOMELESS TRUST THAT CONTRACT.
UH, HERE IT'S, IT SAYS TO THE EXTENT, SUCH PERSON NEEDS TO KNOW SUCH INFORMATION, AND IT'S OTHERWISE BOUND BY THE CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATION OF SELLER.
SO IT'S ONLY IN THE LIMITED CASE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW IT WITH REGARDS TO THE CONTRACTS THAT ACTUALLY TAKE THAT POPULATION OUT OF MIAMI BEACH AND PUT THEM IN MIAMI BECAUSE WE AREN'T PRIVY TO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND THE PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
AND WHY, WHY WOULD THE CITY OF MIAMI BE EXCLUDED FROM THAT? THE CITY OF MIAMI, IT MENTIONS THE HOMELESS TRUST, THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE RESTAURANT.
WHY THE CITY OF MIAMI, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT EXCLUDED.
THE CONTRACT IS WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS JUST NOT A CONTRACT PARTY TO THAT AGREEMENT.
AND IF YOU READ FURTHER IN THAT AGREEMENT, OKAY, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BEING PLACED THERE ARE FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI? ABSOLUTELY.
THE CITY OF MIAMI HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE HOMELESS TRUST.
THE HOMELESS TRUST THEN HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE MUSKETS.
SO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS JUST NOT A CONTRACT PARTY, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE NOT MENTIONED.
BUT FURTHER IN THAT SAME PROVISION, THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KEEP THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH INFORMED AND COOPERATE AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WITHIN THAT SAME PROVISION.
BUT THE ONLY REASON THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS NOT IN THAT PROVISION IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN PRIVITY WITH THAT PRIVATE CONTRACT.
AND BASED ON YOUR REPRESENTATION THAT THE REDACTED PORTIONS ARE ONLY FINANCIAL RELATED, OR WHY NOT PRODUCE THAT TO US? UH, ONLY, ONLY FINANCIAL RELATED NO, BUT WHY, WHY NOT PRODUCE A, A FULL PURCHASE AGREEMENT? WE, WE, WE VIGOROUSLY ASKED THE MUSCATS FOR PERMISSION TO SHARE THE IMPACT AND THE MUSCAT OF THE OWNERS OF THE BIKINI HOSTEL, THE, THE BIKINI HOSTEL.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY ASKED US TO PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL
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CONSIDERATION TO DISCLOSE IT.AND WE POLITELY DECLINED, UM, BEING A LITTLE, UH, FACETIOUS.
BUT, UM, WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION WHEN YOU INSISTED THEY GAVE US PERMISSION.
UM, THEY, THEY DID NOT GIVE US PERMISSION TO DISCLOSE, UH, THE PRICE AND ALL THOSE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SO TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IS THE HOMELESS TRUST GAINING ANY FINANCIAL GAIN FROM EITHER THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
SCC ATTORNEY
WE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, I WAS JUST TELLING OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES THAT I'VE NEVER QUITE BEEN INTERJECTED INTO A SCENARIO LIKE THIS ONE.
AND, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TODAY TO SPEAK, UM, ON 1250.
THE PEOPLE FROM WEST AVENUE, ANYBODY WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE BIKINI HOSTEL AND SECURITY AND SAFETY AND, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE BUILDING OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ADJACENT.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, WHAT WE DO TODAY DIRECTLY, UM, IMPACTS LIVES.
YOU KNOW, POST CHAMPLAIN TOWERS IN 2021, WE COULD HAVE NEVER PREDICTED THAT WE WOULD BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UM, THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, LAWS IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE INCREASED MAINTENANCE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
WE SEE THAT EVEN FP AND L IS RAISING THEIR RATES TWO AND A HALF PERCENT FROM NOW THROUGH 2029.
SO, I MEAN, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE OLDER CONDOMINIUMS ARE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE AND UNIT OWNERS ARE SOMEHOW FORCED TO SELL.
AND WE'VE KIND OF BEEN INTERJECTED, UM, INTO THE ENTIRE SITUATION, UM, WHICH IS NOT EASY TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF CHOICES.
AND, UH, I REALLY USED TO LOVE WHEN WE HAD THE REFERENDUM, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT WASN'T UP TO THE COMMISSION, IT WAS UP TO THE ENTIRE ELECTORATE OF MIAMI BEACH.
FABIAN TOOK THAT AWAY FROM US.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.
OKAY? SO THIS IS A SITUATION OF MARKET CONDITIONS AND SOMEHOW WE NOW HAVE A HOMELESS SHELTER, UM, ON WEST AVENUE IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, AND I WOULD HOPE YOU KNOW, THAT THE DEVELOPER, WHEN YOU STARTED TO PURCHASE THESE UNITS, WHAT, HOW LONG AGO DID YOU START TO PURCHASE THE UNITS FIRST UNIT IN, WELL OVER A YEAR AGO AT THIS POINT? SO, OH, A LONG TIME AGO.
AND, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF WEST AVENUE WHO ARE WORRIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE CERTIFICATIONS AND INFLATION AND THE COST OF LIVING INCREASING, UM, WE COULD BE IN THE CENTER OF THIS AGAIN.
UM, I WANT THAT SHELTER CLOSED IMMEDIATELY, EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I DRIVE BY IT, OR I SEE IT ON WEST AVENUE.
AND IT'S INHUMANE, NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE FIRST AND FOREMOST.
'CAUSE IF YOU SEE THE BUNK BEDS IN THESE TINY, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY FILTHY, UM, ROOMS THAT ARE NOT BEING, I I, I LOOKED AT THE CONDITIONS OF THE HOSTEL AND, UM, THEY'RE UNTENABLE.
THERE'S NO INDOOR GATHERING PLACE FOR THEM.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVED INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE HUMANE TREATMENT.
THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE KITCHEN WAS CLOSED AND THEY WERE EATING FAST FOOD.
UM, SOME THINGS THAT ARE WEIRD.
I MEAN, I THINK THE SO WHAT IT, IT, THE WHOLE SITUATION IS BIZARRE.
UM, LOOK, I'M PREPARED TO VOTE FOR THIS TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T SEE A, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IT DOES BREAK MY HEART WHEN I HEAR FROM CERTAIN UNIT OWNERS WHO SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS CONTINGENT ON SOMETHING ELSE.
'CAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE HAPPY.
UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO THOSE UNIT OWNERS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE GOVERNMENT BEING INTERJECTED INTO A, UM, KIND OF PRIVATE SALE OF SOMETHING.
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BUT HERE WE ARE, AND THIS IS OUR FIFTH HEARING, UM, WHERE WE'VE BEEN HERE.AND, UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE DO COME TO MIAMI BEACH AND SAY THAT THEY WANT TO INVEST, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OUR CITY, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TREAT, UM, THOSE PEOPLE TOO SO THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH MIAMI BEACH.
UM, AND I DO THINK THAT FROM WHERE WE WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DEAL, WHERE IT WAS LIKE OVER 400 FEET, WELL OVER 400 FEET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, UM, COME A LONG WAY.
SO, UM, I'M PREPARED TO, TO, TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS TODAY.
MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE VOTE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AND I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT A COUPLE THINGS FOR THE RECORD.
WE ARE WORKING, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUT THERE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS, THAT'S CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BUILDING BEING THE NEXT S BUYOUT.
AND THIS CITY COMMISSION IS TAKING ACTION TO PASS GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
ABSENT OUR REPRESENTATIVES TAKING ANY ACTION IN TALLAHASSEE IN MIAMI BEACH, WE ARE TAKING THE LEADERSHIP LOCALLY TO PUT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR HOMEOWNERS AND CONDOMINIUMS TO BE PROTECTED FROM PREDATORY BUYOUT PRACTICES, INTIMIDATION TACTICS, UH, FOR SALE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING LD, POSSIBLY WE'RE STUDYING THE POSSIBILITY OF REQUIRING LDR DISCLOSURES, UM, WHEN A DEVELOPER IS GOING TO A SELLER SO THAT THAT SELLER KNOWS THAT THAT BUYER IS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT COULD IMPACT THE VALUATION OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND ALSO REQUIRE CLOSING DATES SO THAT WHAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED, THAT THEIR, THAT THEIR CLOSINGS GET DELAYED AND DELAYED AND DELAYED SO THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO WE ARE TAKING ACTION AS A COMMUNITY TO PASS SOME OF THIS GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION.
AND I'M JUST GONNA END WITH ONE THING.
UM, AT THE LAST HEARING I ASKED YOU, YOU WOULD CONSIDER LOWERING YOUR HEIGHT.
DID YOU LOWER YOUR HEIGHT? WE DID NOT.
UNLESS ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO BE HEARD.
UM, WE'RE VOTING ON, BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE A, A DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN WHAT THE DEVELOPER, THE PRIVATE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD PROPOSED.
BUT WE ARE VOTING ON WHAT THE PRIVATE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED.
THAT IS THE ITEM BEFORE US, CORRECT? YES.
THE ITEM BEFORE IS THE APPLICATION AS PRESENTED BY THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND HOLD THE VOTE.
UM, AS I SAID, WHEN WE VOTED UPON THIS THE FIRST TIME, THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE HARDEST QUOTE THAT I NEED TO, THE HARDEST DECISION THAT I NEED TO MAKE.
AND IT HAS, UM, CAUSED SOME CONSTERNATION AND, UM, A LOT OF INTERNAL STRIFE ON THIS.
BUT, UM, WITH WHERE WE ARE NOW, I CANNOT DO ANYTHING BUT VOTE FOR IT.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER BO GONZALEZ? YES.
I, I'D LIKE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ TO BE HERE FOR THIS VOTE.
AND WHAT'S THE, UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT'S THE VOTE THAT'S NEEDED? THE BATHROOM.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE VOTE THAT'S NEEDED TO PASS? SIX SEVEN.
HOW, WHAT HAPPENS? SO, SO FAR THE VOTE IS, UH, FOUR TO ONE.
IN IN FAVOR, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
WELL, I WILL SAY THIS LAST YEAR, THIS CITY COMMISSION MET AND DECIDED TO SILENCE THE WILL OF 20,000 VOTERS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
I DID NOT VOTE FOR THAT ORDINANCE.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT 100 HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE PLACED IN WEST AVENUE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE FACING THIS ISSUE TODAY.
IN FACT, I RAISED THE ALARM OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THAT VOTE WOULD CAUSE
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OUR COMMUNITY.AND BECAUSE OF THAT, ALL OF YOU WHO CARE BECAUSE OF THIS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
I DIDN'T CREATE THAT PROBLEM, BUT I'M ASKED, I'M BEING ASKED TO FIX IT BECAUSE ALL OF YOU FEAR FEEL UNSAFE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN LEADING ON EFFORTS TO ADDRESS, UH, THE HOMELESS ISSUE, NOT ONLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS ON, ON, UH, ON COMPASSIONATE SERVICES.
BUT IN ADDITION, P THAT VERY BAD VOTE.
NOT ONLY DID WE END UP WITH 100 HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUT THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO A DEAL WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO FORK OUT UP TO $75 MILLION THROUGH FOR, THROUGH, FOR THE NEXT 13 YEARS.
SO WE CAN EITHER TAKE AN EASY NO VOTE AND CONTINUE WITH THE SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT FAMILIES AND WOMEN HAVE COME TO PRESENT TO US, OR WE CAN TAKE A YES VOTE AND VOTE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE OF THE HOMELESSNESS IN WEST AVENUE.
WHEN WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK DOWN TO OUR POLICE AND WE PUT OUR POLICE IN THE SPOT AND SAYING THAT OUR POLICE ARE NOT ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, WE, THIS DAYS CREATED THE HOMELESS ISSUE THIS DAY IS, IS RESPONSIBLE AS TO WHY THOSE 100, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE HERE.
AND WE CAN STAND HERE ALL DAY AND BLAME THE POLICE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I'M GOING TO VOTE WITH YOU TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS ISSUE ON, ON WEST AVENUE BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER THAN THE HOMELESS SHELTER THAT HAS BEEN CREATED ON WEST AVENUE.
YEAH, I, I JUST, I KNOW A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES WANNA SPEAK.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSIONATE COMMENTS.
UM, I I WOULD JUST SAY THAT ULTIMATELY WE ARE NOT THE ONES, THIS COMMISSION DID NOT, UH, TAKE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CAMILLE'S HOUSE.
YOU WERE THERE THAT NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE NOT EVEN TOLD THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE PLACED THERE.
SO, UH, ULTIMATELY, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IT WAS A RESULT OF OUR VOTE.
AND THE NIGHT THAT THE JUDGE RULED THAT THAT QUESTION COULD BE TAKEN OFF THE BALLOT AFTER 20,000 PEOPLE HAD VOTED A, A FEW HOURS LATER, WE ENDED UP WITH BUSES OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WE SERVE, WHO ARE SITTING HERE TODAY ASKING US TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
SO, NO, NOT WITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VILIFIED IN PUBLIC, THAT LIES ARE GOING TO BE SET ABOUT US IN PUBLIC, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CORRUPT AND SOLD TO SPECIAL INTERESTS.
THE SPECIAL INTERESTS IN HERE ARE YOU THE FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE URINATING IN PUBLIC, DEFECATING IN PUBLIC, DEALING WITH BIKE SHOP THEFTS, JOE MANNING, WHO'S BEING ATTACKED BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
WE SAW A SLIDESHOW OF PROBABLY OVER TWO DOZEN CRIMES CREATED BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IN LARGE PART IS BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR, I DISAGREE WITH YOU.
THIS COMMISSION WITHOUT MY VOTE DECIDED TO SILENCE THE VOTES OF 20,000 PEOPLE ON THAT HOMELESS TAX.
AND WE ENDED UP BEING RETALIATED AGAINST.
AND WE HAD TO BE THERE THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.
WELL, TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND NOW WE'RE REALLY SOLVING THAT PROBLEM.
AND BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO LAUNCH THE ATTACK, LAUNCH THE ATTACK BECAUSE THIS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
NO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
I WILL, I NEVER SAW COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY.
UH, NO, I ACTUALLY, I, WELL, I'LL SAY, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REFERRING TO ME.
SO I, I, BUT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THIS ISSUE FIRST CAME UP ABOUT PUTTING THIS 1% TAX ON, I, I WAS A, A NO VOTE, UH, AS WELL.
BUT THE, THE PROBLEM IS ALSO THAT WE, WE MADE A DECISION AS A CITY.
BUT PUTTING THAT ASIDE, WE, THE COUNTY AS WHOLE, THE HOMELESS TRUST IS WHOLE.
OUR COMMISSION POINTED UP THE MONEY WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOW SHIFTED AND WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF RESORT TAXES FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL INSTEAD OF BURNING OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND, UH, WHAT THAT HEADLINE WOULD'VE MEANT, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY THIS COMMISSION HAS TAKEN SOME OF ITS BOLD ACTION, AND I'LL SAY, NOW, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE PER SE RIGHT NOW, BUT BOLD ACTION IN DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS, WITH CRIME, WITH MAKING SURE OUR CASES ARE PROSECUTED.
WE GOT VILIFIED IT EVERY TURN.
WE LITERALLY, AND BY THE WAY, I PERSONALLY, I WEAR IT WITH A BADGE OF HONOR.
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YOU KNOW WHY? 'CAUSE YOU ARE RESIDENTS NO MATTER WHAT GETS THROWN AT US, I HEAR FROM YOU.THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMISSION.
WE SEE THROUGH IT, ALL OF US SEE, SEE THROUGH IT.
AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS, BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SAY FLORIDA, WE'RE SUCH A, WE'RE A SAFE CITY, MIAMI BEACH, YES, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES.
BUT OVERALL, I HEAR A LOT, I HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE.
THEY FEEL, THEY DON'T FEEL THERE'S A SAFER CITY IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW THAN MIAMI BEACH.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS ADDRESS ISSUES, BUT SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT EXIST HERE, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE THE SAME POLICIES THAT ARE IN CALIFORNIA AND IN NEW YORK THAT ARE CREATING THE PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK.
AND WE AS A BODY, AS A COMMISSION, HAVE TAKEN BOLD ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
AND THIS VOTE TODAY IS ACTUALLY PART OF IT.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AS WELL THAT WE MAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY OUR POLICE DO A GREAT JOB.
THERE'S MORE WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL COME UP WITH THE CHALLENGE.
BUT, UH, I AM, I AM REALLY PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION OVER OVERALL.
I KNOW, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ WANTED TO SPEAK AND COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING UP, UH, I'M SORRY, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE THIS HOMELESS SITUATION ON WEST AVENUE.
LIKE YOU, I VOTED NO ON THAT ITEM.
AND I, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M SO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.
AND FOR THE RECORD, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT COMMISSIONER BOT.
UM, I JUST WANTED, I, I WAS COMMISSIONER FEREZ.
I'D BEEN THINKING ABOUT BRINGING UP THE SAME ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, UM, IT REALLY STICKS IN MY CR THAT WE ARE HERE HAVING THIS VERY MAJOR DEBATE.
UM, IN PART BECAUSE, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THIS ACTION.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, I ALSO VIGOROUSLY VOTED AGAINST, UM, DISENFRANCHISING 20,000 RESIDENTS.
UM, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH DEBATING THE MERITS OF BEING PART OF THE HOMELESS TRUST.
THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY JUST NORTH OF US THAT DOES NOT PAY THAT TAX.
AND NOBODY HAS EVER BUST PEOPLE TO THEM.
UM, THEY STILL HAVE A, AN AMIABLE COLLEGIAL RELATIONSHIP.
BUT NOT ONLY DID WE, UM, TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT OF VOTERS WHO HAD ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS, THERE WAS A, AN ESCALATION OF THE WAY THINGS WERE COMMUNICATED THAT DID NOT HELP THE SITUATION AT ALL AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
AND SO NOW WE NO LONGER JUST HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON HOW TO HANDLE, UM, WHAT WE DO WITH OUR CITY'S HOMELESS POPULATION.
BY THE WAY, WE SPEND CLOSE TO $10 MILLION PROVIDING SERVICES AND ACCESS TO SERVICES AND CARE, CONTINUUM OF CARE RESOURCES.
WE HAVE FOLKS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE PRIMARILY DEDICATED TO HOMELESS OUTREACH.
ALBA, UM, HER TEAM DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ADDRESS IN A COMPASSIONATE AND PRODUCTIVE WAY HOW TO HELP THESE FOLKS WHO NEED HELP AND HOW TO REIGN IN THE, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE BAD ACTORS, UM, AND CAUSING, UH, CREATING CRIMES AND OR, OR PER, PER PERPETUATING CRIMES.
BUT THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE PEOPLE START VOTING.
THE TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IS NOT WHEN EARLY VOTING HAD STARTED AND BALLOTS HAD BEEN CAST.
AND SO WHEREVER PEOPLE NET OUT ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA BE A PART OF THE HOMELESS TRUST IS A VERY VALID CONVERSATION TO BE HAD, BUT NEVER TO TAKE AWAY A PERSON'S RIGHT TO VOTE ON SOMETHING ONCE YOU HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
AND SO THAT IS WHY IN LARGE MEASURE, WE ARE HERE HAVING THIS VERY ROBUST DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROJECT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST IN TRANSLATION.
WE COULD HAVE DONE THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY AND HAD A, A PERFECTLY GOOD OUTCOME IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE DISENFRANCHISING PEOPLE WHO ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? AH, A YES.
MOTION PASSES ON ALL THREE R FIVE BR FIVE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, A NICE PARK OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE THERE, DRINK, WE WORRIED TO BE TOO HAPPY.
OKAY? PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, UH, CLEAR THE ROOM.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE THE DOVA ITEM NEXT.
SO IF YOU CAN CLEAR THE ROOM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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YEAH, RALPH, YOU WANNA CALL IT R FIVE[R5 C NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTAN 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.]
C? IT'S THE NORRIS OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2020.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO THE SMALL SCALE PROCEDURES IN OBJECTIVE, RLU 1.1, ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, POLICY 1.1, 0.7, HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL RM THREE.
DOMINIC, I'M ASKING YOU NOT CREATING THE NORTH BEACH OCEAN FRONT OVERLAY, LAND USE OVERLAY CATEGORY, PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH FLOOR AREA INCENTIVES FOR PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CONS, CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS AND DESIGNATING THE NORTH BEACH OCEAN FRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT ON THE 2040 FUTURE LAND USE MAP, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TRANSMITTAL REPEAL, HAVE ABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M ASKING EVERYONE PLEASE, PLEASE CLEAR THE ROOM.
WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS MEETING.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR ITEM TO CALL.
[R5 D NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT OVERLAY - LDR AMENDMENTAN 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.]
D IS 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 SEVEN ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.ARTICLE TWO, DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.2 0.6 RM THREE, RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY HIGH INTENSITY, SUBSECTION SEVEN POINT 0.3, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO REFERENCE MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE NORTH BEACH OCEAN FRONT OVERLAY.
FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN, ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.
ARTICLE THREE OVERLAY DISTRICTS BY CREATING SECTION SEVEN POINT 11 ENTITLED NORTH BEACH OCEAN FRONT OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THE PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS ON CERTAIN EXISTING OCEAN FRONT LOTS WITHIN THE NORTH BEACH RESORT, LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEAL SUB ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ITEM REQUIRES A SIX SEVENS VOTE.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS, R SEVEN
[R7 B NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE DISTRICT - DEAUVILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING, FOLLOWING 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.]
B, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING, NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE, DISTRICT VILLE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.[R7 C 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.]
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE VILLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.SO AGAIN, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO DAVID MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THOMAS MOONEY, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR.
SO THIS IS NOW THE, THE SECOND READING OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS READ BY THE CLERK.
THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATION AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT, THAT Y'ALL VOTED ON THIS.
AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH QUICK LIST OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SO THAT WE CAN BRING THIS UP TO SPEED.
SO PREVIOUSLY, IF YOU ALL RECALL, THERE WAS A, THE HEIGHT PROPOSED FOR THE TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS ON THE PROJECT.
THAT HEIGHT HAS BEEN LOWERED TO 300 FEET.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT TWO TOWERS INSTEAD OF THREE.
UH, THERE WILL BE A, A SOUTHERN TOWER THAT WILL BE ALL RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A NORTHERN TOWER THAT WILL BE PART OF THE, UH, RECONSTRUCTED PEDESTAL.
UH, THAT'LL INCLUDE THE HOTEL UNITS AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL.
THE FLOOR PLATES ON THEIR TWO TOWERS THAT ARE NOW REMAINING ARE BEING INCREASED IN SIZE FROM THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 10,000 SQUARE FOOT PLATES TO 25,000 SQUARE FOOT PLATES.
THERE WAS A PREVIOUS REQUIRE THAT'S BEEN, UH, TO, UH, OR REQUIREMENT NOW TO MODIFY THE PREVIOUS REQUIREMENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY RECONSTRUCT THE FORMER VILLE BY ALLOWING FOR THE REINTERPRETATION OF THE ORIGINAL TOWER PORTION OF THE HOTEL AND REDISTRIBUTE THE ALLOWABLE FAR WITHIN THE TWO NEW TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN RELOCATED THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO LIMITED THE OVERALL DENSITY OF THE PRODUCT TO NOT EXCEED 200 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 140 HOTEL KEYS.
A MINIMUM OF 90 TO 125,000 SQUARE FEET OF HOTEL FLOOR AREA WILL BE PROVIDED.
A MAXIMUM OF 625,000 TO 660 SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL TOWER FLOOR AREA WILL BE PROVIDED.
A NO GAMBLING PROVISION FOR THE SUBJECT SITE IS ALSO INCLUDED.
A GUARANTEE THAT NO FUTURE PROJECTS ON THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT IS ALSO INCLUDED.
A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY SHALL BE DEVELOPED AS A TEMPORARY PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, AND THAT IS ASSOCIATED ALSO AND PICKED UP ON THE, UH, COMPANION AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
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THE DEVELOPER HAS ALSO AGREED TO CONSTRUCT A MINIMUM SIZE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBITION IN MEETING SPACE.THAT'S BEING CALLED THE CENTER FOR MIAMI MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND RESILIENCE.
THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE PROPERTY THAT WILL BE, UH, PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLIC PUBLICLY MAINTAIN, UH, OPEN SPACES.
THESE INCLUDE CORRIDOR ALONG COLLINS AVENUE, THE TWO BEACH ACCESS CORRIDORS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, ONE OF THEM BEING ELEVATED ON THE NORTH.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE LOBBY OF THE RECONSTRUCTED, UH, DOBO HOTEL WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO RECAP ON THE PUBLIC BENEFITS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY MODIFIED.
DAVID, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHEN THEY CHANGED THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS WAS IT BEFORE AND, AND THE FAR FOR THAT RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND WHAT DID IT CHANGE AFTER THE FIRST READING AS, AS I MENTIONED, THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS 200.
AND IS THERE, WAS THERE A CHANGE IN FAR? THERE IS NO CHANGE IN FAR THAT NO.
FOR RESIDENTIAL CHANGES TO, TO BE, UM, PARDON MY QUESTION.
UM, WAS THERE A CHANGE IN THE DEDICATED FAR TOWARD RESIDENTIAL VERSUS HOTEL? HOWEVER YOU WANNA YEAH.
ACCORDING, ACCORDING TO THE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, UM, BY THE DEVELOPER IN APRIL, UM, THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL AREA PROPOSED WAS 517,000 SQUARE FEET.
CURRENTLY, AS ERIC SAID, SIX 40 UPWARDS OF SIX 60 ARE PROPOSED.
AND FOR THE HOTEL AREA, IN APRIL, 230,000 SQUARE FEET OF HOTEL WAS PROPOSED.