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HI EVERYBODY.UH, I'M COMMISSIONER LAURA DOMINGUEZ, AND I CHAIR PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AND MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ IS HERE, AND HE WILL BE UP ON THE DAYS SHORTLY.
UM, I'M JOINED ON THE DA AS WELL WITH THE FABULOUS STEPHANIE RAY BROOKS AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK TAXES.
AND OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, ROB ROSENWALD, WILL BE COMING SHORTLY.
UM, WITH THAT, WHILE WE WAIT FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, VICE CHAIR TO COME OVER TO THE DAYS, WILL YOU GIVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, OF COURSE.
UM, TODAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WERE DEFERRED, AND THIS MEETING WILL BE A HYBRID MEETING.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE IN PERSON IN THE CHAMBERS AND MEMBERS THAT WISH TO JOIN CAN JOIN VIA ZOOM OR BY DIALING 1 3 1 2 6 2 6 6 7 9 9, OR 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4, 9 9.
AND WITH THAT, WE CAN START OUR MEETING.
SO LET'S START WITH NUMBER ONE.
[1. DISCUSS IMPEMENTING A TEXT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR BUILDING INSPECTION ROUTE QUEUE UPDATES]
ONE IS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTING A TEXT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR BUILDING INSPECTION QUEUE UPDATES.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND BUILDING NIT WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
OKAY, VICE CHAIR FERNANDEZ, TEE IT UP.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS ITEM.
THIS IS A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEM, UH, TO BETTER USE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
UH, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE NEED TO WAIT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, UH, FOR INSPECTORS.
AND IF WE COULD HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE, UM, WHERE A NOTICE CAN BE PROVIDED TO PROPERTY OWNERS, THEIR CONTRACTORS, UH, AS INSPECTORS ARE NEARING THEIR PROPERTY, WE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS WE'RE SERVING.
I SEE WE HAVE, UH, FRANK INCANA AND VINCE HAS, UH, TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS ITEM.
UH, THERE CURRENTLY IS A SYSTEM RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU SIGN IN, UH, YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE ACTUAL SERVER AND YOU PUT IN YOUR PERMIT NUMBER AND IT'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHERE EVERYONE IS.
IT WON'T TEXT YOU IN REAL TIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, UH, DOMINO'S APP OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THAT A, YOU KNOW, YOUR PIZZA'S IN THE OVEN, UH, IT'S BEING DELIVERED NOW AND GIVE YOU REAL TIME UPDATES.
YOU'D HAVE TO LOG IN MANUALLY AND FOLLOW THAT PROGRESSION.
UH, SO THIS FEATURE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP OR A CONTINUOUS CONTACT.
AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MAN HOURS IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, TO DEVELOP THE, THE PLUGIN TO PROVIDE THAT.
UH, BUT WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH IT.
AND THE TECHNICAL PART OF HOW THE COMPUTER'S GONNA TEXT PEOPLE, I'LL LEAVE TO MY, UH, MY PEER AT THE IT DEPARTMENT.
SO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, PEOPLE CAN GO INTO THE WEBSITE YES, SIR.
AND SEE WHAT ORDER THEY'RE IN, IN THE QUEUE OF INSPECTIONS FOR THAT DAY, WHERE THEY ARE AT IN THE ROUTE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW.
IT MIGHT BE INSPECTION NUMBER FIVE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THE INSPECTORS CAN BE HERE AT 10:00 AM OR AT 3:00 PM CORRECT.
AND THE, AND, AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO OFFER A MORE TIMELY AND A MORE PREDICTABLE, UH, INSPECTION UPDATE BY TEXT MESSAGE SO THAT THAT CUSTOMER THAT'S WAITING FOR THAT INSPECTOR KNOWS, OKAY, I GOT THE NOTIFICATION, UM, TWO INSPECTIONS AWAY, BETTER WRAP UP LUNCH, BETTER, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THE OFFICE BETTER HEAD OVER TO THE INSPECTION SITE SO THAT WHEN THE INSPECTOR GETS THERE, UM, THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE PROPERTY.
FRANK, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE US MORE, MORE OR LESS TO GET THIS TECHNOLOGY ROLLING? UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FEATURE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SOFTWARE WE HAVE TODAY.
IT'S A FUNCTIONALITY WE WILL BUILD.
AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BUILDING TO IDENTIFY HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
UM, SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE A PLAN HERE, UH, SHORTLY.
I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT YOU'VE ESTIMATED THAT THE FISCAL IMPACT IS $625 PER YEAR? YES.
THAT'S BASED OFF OF THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS WE HAVE TODAY.
UM, ON A PER MESSAGE BASIS, EVERY TIME THE SYSTEM SENDS A TEXT, THERE'S A CHARGE FOR IT, WHICH IS A NOMINAL FEE.
UM, AND THAT'S ASSUMING THE SAME LEVEL OF INSPECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM, PROJECTED.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO GET AN UPDATE ON THIS, UM, NEXT MONTH.
NOT NEXT MONTH, BUT IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, DOES THAT GIVE YOU SUFFICIENT TIME TO SEE, UH, OFFICE? YEAH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A, A PLAN PUT TOGETHER BY THEN WITH SOME DATES.
UH, WE CAN SHARE THAT BY THEN.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR BUDGET AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26
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BUDGET FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS? I MEAN, DO YOU, DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOU'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN THE $600 YOU MENTIONED? THAT'S BASED OFF OF OUR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS TODAY.UH, THE REST OF THE COST WOULD BE STAFF TIME ON, ON OUR TEAM.
SO, SO WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER.
AND THANK YOU FRANK AND VINCE, THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT ITEM, GOOD INITIATIVE.
UH, IT'S LOW COST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAN HOURS TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING FAVORABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND NOW ON 20, ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER
[20. MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE 5TH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THE MONDRIAN HOTEL/MIRADOR CONDOMINIUM BAYWALK PROJECTS.]
20 IS A MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE FIFTH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THE MON HOTEL MIRADOR CONDOMINIUM BAY WALK PROJECTS IS, IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY CIP AND SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.SO, UH, THIS ITEM WAS INITIALLY SPONSORED, UH, BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SAMUEL.
AND, UM, HE USED TO WALK THE BAIT WALK EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN HE PASSED AWAY.
COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, TOOK THE LEAD.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT ELECTED, I HAVE BEEN SPEARHEADING THIS, UM, WITH PASSION AND I REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS ITEM.
UM, I CARE ABOUT IT SO MUCH SO THAT I'VE GONE ON WALKS WITH YOU, WITH SOBE WEST.
I'VE ALSO DONE THINGS WITH, UM, OTHER RESIDENTS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THIS, UH, BAY WALK, UH, HAPPENS.
AND I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I ALSO RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, SPENCER CROWLEY, WHO'S WITH FIND THE FLORIDA INLAND, UM, NAVIGATION.
UM, AND HE, FOR ANY CONNECTORS WHERE WE'RE MISSING MONEY, HE IS WILLING TO HELP.
HE DID THIS ON THE MIAMI SIDE AND HE'LL DO IT FOR MIAMI BEACH AS WELL.
UM, SO WITH THAT INTRO, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY.
UM, YOU WRAPPED IT UP PERFECTLY.
WE DID SPEAK WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER CROWLEY.
UH, WE SENT HIM THE INFORMATION.
HE DID RECOMMEND THAT WE APPLY FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE NEXT GRANT CYCLE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AS THE TIME APPROACHES.
UM, THE SECTION FROM 10TH TO 12TH, AS YOU'VE SEEN, IS, IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETED WITH THE, EXCEPT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CONNECTION AT 10TH STREET.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE CONNECTION TO THE BUILDING ON THE NORTH END.
UH, THE CONNECTION AT 10TH STREET IS, UH, COVERED BY THE DEVELOPER.
HE IS DOING A PERMIT REVISION, SO HE CAN COMPLETE THAT ON THE PARKLET SIDE.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN YET THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THE DRAWINGS, BUT I'VE SEEN THE COMPLETED DRAWINGS, SO THEY SHOULD BE DOING THAT SOON.
UM, THE OTHER PORTIONS, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN, UH, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE 1250 PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOW TAKING OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO WORK THROUGH THE LAST OF THE EASEMENT REQUIREMENTS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE BUILDING AT 800? NO.
WE HAVE AN EXISTING EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH 800.
WE WERE TRYING TO AMEND THAT AGREEMENT TO, UH, ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BUILDING, SO THAT WE COULD PULL THE BAY WALK AWAY FROM THE SEA WALL FOR FUTURE REPAIRS OR ANYTHING THEY MAY NEED SO THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE TO DO THAT OR MORE SPACE TO DO THAT.
UM, SO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
THE LAST CONVERSATION WITH THEIR ATTORNEY SEEMED LIKE THEY WOULD BE SIGNING OFF ON THE AGREEMENT, BUT I, WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE 1250 AGREE STARTED COMING UP.
SO WE HAVEN'T PURSUED THAT YET.
HAS SOUTHGATE OPENED THEIRS? SOUTHGATE IS PREPARED TO DO THAT.
THEY ARE, UH, WAITING ON THE FINALIZATION OF THE 10 TO 12TH STREET SEGMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EXCUSE ME, THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HAD COMMITTED THE CITY TO REIMBURSING THEM FOR THE COST OF OFFENSE.
SO THAT STILL HAS TO COME BACK TO COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT APPROVED.
WILL IT BE ON JULY 25TH? IT WILL NOT BE JULY 23RD, OR WILL IT BE ON JULY'S MEETING? NO, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE IT YET FOR THE 23RD.
WE'LL BE BRINGING IT IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NOPE, I'M GOOD.
UM, DID WE TALK ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE? SORRY, I GOT AN INTERRUPTION.
UH, THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS ONGOING.
THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING SOME UNEXPECTED OR SOME UNKNOWNS WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE FINDING UTILITIES THAT EITHER ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE OR WHERE THEY WEREN'T EXPECTED, BUT THAT'S BEEN LIKE THREE MONTHS THAT WE'VE YEAH, THEY'VE SAID THE EXACT SAME THING.
WHERE'S GOING TO BE PROGRESS? IT, IT'S DELICATE WORK BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE LARGE WATER MAINS AND STUFF, THEY'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH IT.
THEY'VE DONE MOST OF THAT RELOCATION WORK ALREADY.
UM, BUT THEY ARE WRAPPING THAT UP AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
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ADJUSTING THE DESIGN OF SOME FOUNDATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE UNFORESEENS.SO THAT'S IN THE, IN THE WORKS.
WHEN DID THEY ANTICIPATE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEP? I NEED TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
IT SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS.
IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEVELOPER HERE? NO.
I, AND I, I DIDN'T FOLLOW UP WITH THEM FOR TODAY.
I'LL DO THAT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
WELL, I MEAN, IF, IF THERE'S NO PROGRESS BY NEXT MONTH, I'M GOING TO EXPECT, OH, IT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER.
AND I, I DO HAVE TO SAY, I MEAN, I DRIVE BY THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S JUST SITTING THERE, IT FEELS LIKE WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING.
WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING OR NO GROUNDBREAKING.
AND THEN IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING STOPPED.
AND SO, AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT MAKES ME VERY SUSPICIOUS AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SUSPICIOUS.
SO MY EXPECTATION IS THAT EITHER THE, THEY, THEY START WORKING AGAIN, AND IF THEY, THEY'RE, AND IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING BY OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING, I EXPECT THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEVELOPER TO BE HERE EXPLAINING TO US WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND TO BE FAIR, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING.
SO I NEED TO, TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU WHEN I DRIVE BY THERE, I DON'T SEE THEM EITHER, BUT, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN, OR AT LEAST THE REPORTS I'M GETTING IS THAT THEY ARE DOING STUFF.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LEAVE THAT OPEN.
[21. DISCUSS TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.]
IS DISCUSSED THE TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, HEADQUARTER HOTEL, AND ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
SO FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, WE FELT THE SHAKING IN HERE,
UH, SO I KNOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
WHAT IS THE UPDATE? THE UPDATE IS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK WITH THE SAME SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE SHARED BEFORE.
AND ACTUALLY THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE COMPLETED THE ACAST FILES.
AND WE'RE BUILDING THE FOUNDATION NOW, THE PILE CAPS AND GREAT BEAMS. SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO SEE SOME VERTICAL PROGRESS IN SEPTEMBER AS INDICATED IN THE LAST UPDATE.
AND OUR HOTEL, UH, OPENING DATE IS STILL CONTINUES TO BE NOVEMBER, 2027.
UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YEP.
REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING, UM, SOME MORE PROGRESS FOR SEPTEMBER.
[22. DISCUSS INCREASE IN GRAFFITI AND STICKERING ACROSS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.]
NUMBER 22 IS DISCUSS INCREASE IN GRAFFITI AND STICKERING ACROSS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, AND CODE WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM
UH, HERNAN PURINO CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE LAST ON APRIL 9TH.
THAT DISCUSSION WAS HAD, IT WAS FORWARDED TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
WE HAD SECOND READING ON THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE, AND THEY GO INTO EFFECT, OR THEY WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 5TH.
SO WE'LL ASK THAT MAYBE WE COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS, UH, WITH SOME STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
CAN IT BE A LETTER TO COMMISSION? THAT'D BE EVEN BETTER.
SO WHY IS THIS ITEM BEFORE US? UH, IT WAS COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND SHE ASKED FOR, UM, US TO HEAR ALL OF HER ITEMS EVEN THOUGH SHE'S OUT.
BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY THIS ITEM WAS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? YES.
THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD WAS INCREASING THE PENALTIES AND THE FINE, UM, ENHANCEMENTS, UH, FOR THE GRAFFITI AND STICKERING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND WE PASSED THAT IN FIRST READING, IS THAT CORRECT? AND SECOND READING AT COMMISSION? YES.
IT WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 5TH AND WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 5TH.
SO THE, THE PURPOSE IS TO SEE WHAT IMPACT IS THE INCREASED FINES HAVING ON THE GRAFFITI VIOLATIONS? YES, SIR.
ARE WE COMMUNICATING TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE FINES FOR, UM, FOR GRAFFITI HAVE BEEN INCREASED? ACTUALLY, THE FINES THAT THE INCREASE GO TO THE VIOLATOR, THE PERSON ACTUALLY DOING THE GRAFFITI VERSUS THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE PERSON DOING THE GRAFFITI? YES.
ARE THEY NORMALLY CAUGHT? SORRY.
UH, SOME HAVE, YEAH, THERE'S BEEN SOME NOTABLE ARREST BY POLICE THIS YEAR.
SO HOW IS THIS A TOOL? I MEAN, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE, THE ISSUE WITH GRAFFITI IS USUALLY LIKE A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
I MEAN, WHEN SOMEONE IS TAGGING PROPERTY, THAT'S MORE OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, ISN'T IT? RIGHT.
SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH MORE THE GRAFFITI, UH, ASPECT OF IT.
IT'S THE STICKERING THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OR IF YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE STICKERS WITH CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, AND SO CODE COMPLIANCE WILL ISSUE THAT VIOLATION.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED BY THE COURTS, UH, WHERE
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WE'VE GOTTEN RESTITUTION THROUGH THE COURTS WHEN AN ARREST IS MADE.UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT VIOLATION THAT ATTACHES.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU'LL SEND US AN LTC? YES, SIR.
UM, STEPHANIE, HAVE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I DO RIGHT NOW, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM, UH, WITH AN LTC COMING IN THE FUTURE, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FOUR.
[4. DISCUSS A POTENTIAL “TASTE OF NORTH BEACH” RESTAURANT CRAWL ACTIVATION]
FOUR IS, UM, CONSIDER POTENTIAL TASTE OF NORTH BEACH RESTAURANT CRAWL ACTIVATION.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER B, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
I'LL RECOGNIZE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
UH, STEVEN ANTHONY, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, AS OF, I BELIEVE IT'S IN MARCH, THERE WAS THE, THE REFER FOR A DISCUSSION AROUND THE TASTE OF, UH, NORTH BEACH, UH, RESTAURANT CRAWL ACTIVATION.
UM, THE BOOK, ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, UM, WHO ACTUALLY HAD A, A RESTAURANT CRAWL ACTIVATION THAT HAPPENED BACK IN, UH, JUNE, JUNE OF, UH, JUNE OF LAST MONTH.
AND WHICH ACTUALLY RECEIVED GREAT REVIEWS.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED.
UM, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS EVEN INFORMATION IN THE NEWS AROUND, AROUND SOME OF THE, THE PIZZERIA, UM, THAT, THAT WENT VIRAL.
UM, AND SO THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK THAT HAPPENED FROM THAT.
AND SO FROM THERE, UM, THERE WAS THE FURTHER DISCUSSION AROUND DOING A RESTAURANT CRAWL, UH, FOR, FOR NORTH BEACH, UM, WHICH WAS LOOKED TO BE SCHEDULED IN EARLY, EARLY SEPT, WELL LATE FALL, UH, POTENTIALLY ALSO EARLY, EARLY, UH, OF NEXT YEAR, EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR FOR, UH, FOR A RESTAURANT CALL.
UM, THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT CERTAINLY WORKS WITH, UH, THE, UH, NORTH BEACH, UH, CRA ALONG WITH, UH, ALONG WITH THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO REALLY COME TOGETHER WITH THE IDEA AROUND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
UM, AND WE, UH, PUT TOGETHER A SMALL, SMALL BUDGET OF, UH, ABOUT $3,000, STILL WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF, OF WHAT THAT WOULD, WHAT THAT WOULD NEED.
AND SO FROM, FROM HERE, UM, REALLY JUST FURTHER REFINING WHAT THE SCOPE WILL BE, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE ESTIMATES WOULD, WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, OF COURSE, UH, CONTINUE WITH THAT COLLABORATION WITH, UH, NORMY FOUND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A, A REALLY, A REALLY SOLID, SOLID EVENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE TARGETING THE FALL FOR THIS EVENT, POTENTIALLY TARGETING THE FALL OR EARLY SPRING OF 2026.
WANNA DO IT WHEN THE WEATHER IS, WEATHER IS NICE.
WHAT, WHAT ACTION DO YOU NEED FROM THIS COMMITTEE? REALLY JUST TO FURTHER, UM, REALLY JUST ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE INITIATIVE AND FURTHERING THE SCOPE, UM, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE NEXT STEP FOR, FOR US TO REALLY, JUST TO FURTHER REFINE THIS SCOPE.
SHOULD WE CONTINUE THE ITEMS IN SEPTEMBER? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO I, UH, PARTICIPATED, I BOUGHT A TICKET FOR TASTE OF THE FOUNTAIN A FEW MONTHS BACK.
SO READING THIS ITEM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD EXPAND TO MORE RESTAURANTS IN NORTH BEACH.
RATHER THAN CONTINUING THE ITEM, WHY DON'T WE SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION? SURE, THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD DO IT IN SEPTEMBER.
IF WE HEAR IT IN SEPTEMBER, THEN WHEN WOULD WE, WE WON'T ABLE TO, WE DO IT.
SO WE'LL MOVE THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
WITH, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
[3. DISCUSS INITIATING A CULINARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARIS ÎLE-DE-FRANCE CHAMBER OF TRADES AND CRAFT]
IS CONSIDER INITIATING A CULINARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN THE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE PARA DE FRANCE CHAMBER OF TRADES AND CRAFT.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PRESENTING.
UM, SO THE, THE CULINARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WAS OF COURSE BROUGHT BY, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
UM, REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE, THE PARIS CHAMBER OF TRADES AND CRAFTS, UM, REALIZING THAT THERE WAS A GAP, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE CULINARY, UH, CULINARY TRADES, UH, HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UM, AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING, UH, A NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM, FROM, UH, THE PARISH TRADES, UM, HERE, UM, IN OCTOBER, UM, TO ACTUALLY WORK IN AND LEARN FROM, UM, SOME OF OUR EXPERTS HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE WITHIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, IS PARTNER WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR FOLKS, UM, AT SODEXO.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH, UH, SODEXO AND OSTEO HEALTH.
UH, RANDY, RANDY MORALES WITH SODEXO, WHO'S, WHO'S HERE THAT CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AROUND, UM, THAT, THAT PIECE OF, OF THE PROGRAM.
AND WHEN YOU SAY STUDENTS, IS IT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, OR ANY ADULT THAT IS STUDYING WOULD BE A STUDENT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRADE STUDENTS AND SO YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE TRADE STUDENTS IN PARIS.
DO YOU WANNA SHARE THE PRESENTATION? YES.
I BELIEVE WE, WE DO HAVE IT ON THE, ON THE SCREEN.
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MORNING EVERYONE.RANDY MORALES, GENERAL MANAGER, ATEX OI, REPRESENTING MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE HONORED AND THRILLED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HOST, UM, SOME, UH, FRENCH CULINARIANS OR CULINARY STUDENTS, UM, FOR WHAT I THINK WILL BE A CULTURAL EXCHANGE, RIGHT? SO OF COURSE THEY WILL GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND IN SOUTH FLORIDA IN GENERAL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR TEAM, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ALSO LEARN FROM, FROM THESE WONDERFUL FRENCH, UM, TRAINED STUDENTS.
SO, UM, WE'RE THINKING EITHER THE 28TH OR 29TH, DEPENDING ON KIND OF THE SCHEDULE THAT'S PREDETERMINED OF EITHER OF THOSE DAYS, WORK WELL FOR A FULL DAY OF A CULINARY EXCHANGE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE.
UM, SO BASICALLY A FULL DAY, UH, STARTING WITH, OH, WONDERFUL.
SO THE MORNING WOULD START OFF WITH A MASTERCLASS OR REALLY A, A DEMO IF YOU WILL.
KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO THE FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL, YOU'LL HAVE ONE OF THE CHEFS DO A DEMO.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR CHEFS DO, UM, SOME DEMOS AS WELL AS DO A CONVERSATION SERIES.
SO, UH, A PANEL, IF YOU WILL, OF LOCAL REST TOURS, LOCAL CHEFS, UM, AND, UH, BASICALLY SOME TOPICS THAT WE'LL SEE IN ANOTHER SLIDE.
AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON WE'LL HAVE A LUNCH BREAK, A UH, COMPETITION, AND THEN, UM, A CLOSING.
SO VERY QUICKLY HERE, THE MORNING SESSION, AGAIN, THE MASTERCLASS WILL BE AN EXCHANGE OF BASICALLY, UM, SOME DIFFERENT FRENCH TECHNIQUES, BUT WITH OUR OWN SOUTH FLORIDA INGREDIENTS, RIGHT? SO WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CEVICHE'S,
AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'LL MAKE IT INTERACTIVE.
WE'LL HAVE SOME BITES PASSED AROUND.
UM, THESE DEMOS WILL BE DONE BY OUR EXECUTIVE CHEF, UH, ISH, LAAL OR, AND OR, UM, OUR EXECUTIVE SOUS CHEF OMAR HALE.
WE WILL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A CONVERSATION PANEL AS MENTIONED POSSIBLE TOPICS THAT ARE RELEVANT OF COURSE, TO THE STUDENTS, UM, AS WELL AS RELEVANT TO WHAT WE DO IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND THAT COULD BE MODERATED BY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMISSION, SOMEONE FROM THE CHAMBER.
UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO GET, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH BREAK.
SO HERE, OF COURSE, WE IS OUR MOMENT TO KIND OF SHINE AND TREAT THEM TO A NICE LUNCH, BREAK SOME BREAD WITH OUR TEAM.
UM, THIS COULD BE AT THE VENUE OR AT RUM ROOM.
UM, IT'LL BE NICE TO KIND OF ESCAPE FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER AND GET TO CHECK OUT, UM, OUR BEAUTIFUL VENUE AND, UM, RUM ROOM RESTAURANT.
AND OF COURSE IT'LL BE IMPERATIVE THAT WE DEFINITELY SHARE WHERE, UH, HAITIAN CUISINE, UM, SHINES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
AND SEE THE FRENCH INFLUENCE AND WHAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE, UM, FOLLOWED BY, I THINK THE MOST FUN PART IS GONNA BE A COMPETITION WHERE WE'LL SPLIT UP THE TEAMS. THEY WILL GET A MYSTERY BASKET, WHICH MIGHT HAVE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID A DEMO WITH, RIGHT? SO, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE 90 MINUTES TO COMPLETE A DISH WITH SOME OF OUR TEAM WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE JUDGES, UM, LOCAL RESTAURATEUR, AGAIN, MAYBE A CHAMBER MEMBER, MAYBE BRITTANY, MAYBE SOMEONE FROM THE CHAMBER AND VOLUNTEERS.
UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
AND THEN LOOKING AT, UM, THE MEMO HERE, THERE ARE NO HARD COSTS HE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IN KINDS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND OTHER INPUT THAT WAY FROM CITY STAFF, CORRECT? YES.
SO THIS IS TO HOST FRENCH CULINARY STUDENTS.
IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR OUR STUDENTS IN MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH, TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND TO LEARN FROM THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE CULINARY STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGH THE CHAMBER EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND, UH, CITY FUNDING AND THE STATE FUNDING THAT WAS SECURED, THERE'S THAT BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN THAT'S BEEN BUILT ON MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH, AND THERE'S A GREAT CULINARY PROGRAM THERE.
IF WE'RE BRINGING IN STUDENTS, UH, FROM FRANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MIGHT BE GREAT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUR LOCAL STUDENTS FROM MIAMI BEACH, UH, TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN FROM THEM AS WELL, AND EXCHANGE, UM, EXCHANGE FROM, FROM, FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE.
OH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
AND, AND THIS IS THE, JUST THE FIRST PART OF THE, THE PILOT.
UM, AND, AND JUST REALLY KIND OF TESTING OUT, UH, WHAT THIS HALF OF IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I THINK THERE'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO ACTUALLY DO IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
'CAUSE THAT'S OF COURSE THE, THE EXCHANGE PART, AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER.
UH, I THINK THERE'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT ON THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND OF COURSE THERE WOULD BE SOME, SOME COSTS THAT PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ASPECT OF IT.
BUT, BUT WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO, TO REALLY TESTING OUT THIS PO COMPONENT OF IT AS WE REALLY KIND OF HONE IN AND PULL TOGETHER WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND THEN GOING FORWARD, SEEING IF WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY PARTNER WITH, WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN, AN OPPORTUNITY AT IT AS WELL.
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OKAY.I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE FULL COMMISSION, GIVEN THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO START IN OCTOBER, SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO HEAR IT AND IF POSSIBLE, FOR THE JULY COMMISSION MEETING, UM, 'CAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, WE HAVE LARRY SCHAFER ONLINE.
LARRY, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UH, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A, LIKE A ENTREPRENEURIAL ITEM THAT STARTS UP WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY AND THEN COULD POSSIBLY EVOLVE INTO A GREATER RELATIONSHIP THAT COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE MAYBE A NEW FOOD FESTIVAL.
THE, THE PRODUCERS OF THE SOUTH BEACH FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL MAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET IN THAT GAME DIRECTLY AND MAKE MONEY BY HAVING A NEW FESTIVAL THAT INVOLVES THIS PARTNERSHIP? UM, SO YES.
IN SUPPORT AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE MORE MONEY WITH IT.
SO WE'LL MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE JULY COMMISSION MEETING.
[23. MONTHLY UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF ONGOING AND FUTURE PROJECTS INVOLVING THE USE OF THE LEONARD HOROWITZ COLOR PALETTE FOR ART DECO BUILDING RESTORATION IN COLLABORATION WITH BARBARA HULANICKI.]
23 IS MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STATUS GO ONGOING AND FUTURE PROJECTS INVOLVING THE USE OF THE LEONARD HOROWITZ COLOR PALETTE AND ART DECO BUILDING RESTORATION IN THE COLLABORATION WITH BARBARA HOKE.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, AND FACILITIES AND FLEET WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
GOOD MORNING, RON
UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS, UM, THAT WERE TARGETED TO RECEIVE THE LETTER HOROWITZ COLOR PALETTE.
UM, FIRST WAS OCEAN RESCUE HEADQUARTERS.
UH, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF APRIL, UH, THE ANCHOR GARAGE, WHICH WE HAVE TARGETED NOW TO START, UM, BY JULY 31ST.
UH, NEXT IS THE COLONY THEATER.
COLONY THEATER IS ALSO, UM, HAS A GEO BOND PROJECT INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS THERE.
SO ONCE THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED, WHICH IS TARGETED FOR OCTOBER OF 2025, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAINTING, UM, IN NOVEMBER TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER AS WELL.
AND I, UM, SO OCEAN RESCUE WAS DONE? YES.
AND I WILL SAY THAT I RECEIVED MIXED REVIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE COLOR PALETTE.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE OTHER LOCATIONS, YOU MENTIONED THE ANCHOR GARAGE THAT'S GONNA GET PAINTING.
AND WHAT COLOR SCHEME IS IT? IT'S THE ART DECO COLOR SCHEMES FROM LEONARD HOROWITZ.
BUT, BUT, BUT I GUESS TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, THE OCEAN RESCUE HEADQUARTERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ART, THE ART DECO PALETTE AS WELL.
AND WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ART DECO PALETTE, IT, IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE INTERPRETATION OF THE A DECO PALETTE, UH, FROM SOMEONE THAT APPRECIATES COLOR.
UM, AND SO I THINK WE ALL JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND CAREFUL THAT OF THE COLORS THAT WE USE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THAT WE DO NOT END UP MAKING ALL OF OUR CITY ASSETS THESE VERY BOLD, UH, COLORS IN THE SPECTRUM OF THE A DECO PALETTE.
WHAT WE CAN DO, THE, OUR NEXT UPDATE IS WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THOSE, THOSE IMAGES.
SO YOU CAN, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT COLOR THE ABSOLUTELY.
AND FOR THE ANCHOR GARAGE, WHAT COLOR? LIKE IT SAYS HERE, IT STARTS JULY 31ST.
IS THAT FOR THE PAINTING OR FOR OTHER THINGS? NO, FOR THE PAINTING.
I MEAN, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONER.
UM, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, THE, THESE PAINTING PROJECTS ARE, ARE BEING EXECUTED IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, MS. UH, BARBARA HULA, NICKI, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH HER CONSULTING.
AND SO, UM, ONCE THE COLOR SCHEME IS FINALIZED, IT HAS BEEN RUN BY OUR, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN, IN KEEPING WITH WHAT CAN BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UM, AND IN, AND IN SOME INSTANCES, THE, THE, UH, COLORS WERE A LITTLE PUNGENT AND, AND THEY WERE TONED DOWN.
UM, SO, AND, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, I I REALLY DON'T LIKE WHAT WAS DONE, UH, THE OCEAN RESCUE HEADQUARTERS.
IF IT WERE MY PREFERENCE, I WOULD PAINT IT BACK WHITE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION AND, AND WHAT IS MY TASTE IN, IN ART SHOULD NOT DEFINE WHAT IS EVERYONE ELSE'S TASTE IN ART.
AND ART SOMETIMES IS MEANT TO CAUSE CONVERSATION, AND IT'S MEANT TO BE UNIQUE AND IS MEANT TO BE AT TIMES OUTSIDE THE NORMS. AND SO AND SO, AND SO, I'M NOT GONNA POLICE ART AND THAT, AND, AND, AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
UH, I, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THAT ON THE CITY'S ASSETS, THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT, THAT WE USE A, YOU KNOW, THE PARTS OF THE ART DECO PALETTE THAT ARE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE IDENTITY AND THE CHARACTER OF WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY ASSOCIATE
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WITH ART DECO COLORS.AND BECAUSE I REALLY DO THINK WE KIND OF LIKE MISSED THE MARK WITH THE OCEAN RESCUE HEADQUARTERS, IT, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S SUCH, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, UH, ICONIC BUILDING.
IT REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN THE, UH, POSTER CHILD FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT JUST SPARKED A CONVERSATION FOR THE WRONG REASON.
UM, SO WE HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE USE, UH, THE, THE COLOR PALETTE IN THE MOST FLATTERING WAY POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, FOR THE ANCHOR GARAGE, SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL SEPTEMBER, IF A LETTER TO COMMISSION CAN BE SENT WITH THE COLOR THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, COLONY THEATER, IF THERE'S TIME FOR THAT, THEN WE'LL HEAR IT IN SEPTEMBER.
IF NOT, PLEASE INCLUDE THE COLOR FOR THAT.
UH, SO FOR ANCHOR, YOU DON'T HAVE THE COLOR YET.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COLOR IS FOR THE ANCHOR GARAGE, WE DO HAVE THE COLORS.
WELL, WHAT ARE THE COLORS? WE, WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE THE, WE CAN SHARE THE COLOR SCHEME, UM, IN, IN AN LTC.
UM, I, I DON'T HAVE THE RENDERINGS.
FOR NEXT TIME, PLEASE BE READY.
WE HAVE THE ITEM ON COMMITTEE.
THIS IS THE VENUE TO SHARE IT.
SO IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE, WHEN THIS ITEM COMES BACK, PLEASE BE READY TO SHOW US THE COLOR PALETTES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, ITEM NUMBER
[5. EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A UNIFIED VALET SYSTEM FROM 5TH TO 15TH STREET ON OCEAN DRIVE, COLLINS AVENUE AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.]
FIVE IS EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A UNIFIED VALET SYSTEM FROM FIFTH TO 15TH STREET ON OCEAN DRIVE COLLINS AVENUE IN WASHINGTON AVENUE.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH AND PARKING WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UM, SO THIS ITEM, UH, CAME UP AFTER I HAD A MEETING WITH A HOTEL OWNER ON OCEAN DRIVE WHO EXPRESSED, UM, THAT HAVING A UNIFIED VALET SYSTEM WHERE EVERY OPERATOR ON OCEAN DRIVE USED THE SAME ONE MIGHT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM, MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY I HAD SPONSORED THIS ITEM.
AND SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR FEELING ON THAT.
SO, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HELD INITIAL DISCUSS WILL MCDONALD, UH, DIRECTOR OF PARKING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HELD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ODA.
UM, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK WITH, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
UM, WHAT WE FEEL IN THE PARKING ASPECT IS THAT THIS CAN WORK, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE RUN BY THE BIDS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE AREAS.
AND THE REASON THAT WE SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A VALET THAT IS OPERATING AND REPRESENTING SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOTELS IN THE SAME BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE COMPETING INTERESTS.
AND SO THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD WANT WOULD BE THE CITY TO BE THE ULTIMATE DECIDER ON COMPETING INTEREST, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STORAGE CHALLENGES, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE STAFFING ISSUES.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT THE BIDS TO DO, BUT THERE'S NO BID ON OCEAN DRIVE, UH, THEY HAVE THE ODA AND WE'VE, WE'VE HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ODA AND THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS ON HIGH IMPACT WEEKENDS, YOU ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE, JUST LIKE WE DO A LACK OF STORAGE.
SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, DURING HIGH IMPACT WEEKENDS, I'LL USE THE C AND AIR SHOW.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE, RIGHT NOW, THESE INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS ARE, UH, REQUIRED TO GO AND, AND PROCURE SPACES ON THEIR OWN WITH A UNIFIED SYSTEM, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACES.
AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST USE FIVE DIFFERENT HOTELS IN FIVE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS THAT ALL ARE GOING TO WANT PRIORITY, WHICH RIGHT NOW THEY GO TO THEIR OPERATOR AND THEY SAY, THEY DECIDE HOW MANY SPACES THEY WANT, THEY DECIDE THE STAFFING THAT THEY WANT.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NINE DIFFERENT OPERATORS THAT IS CORRECT.
WHERE THAT'S WHY THINKING ONE WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR, AND I, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE, UH, UH, SPOKEN WITH THE ODA ABOUT AS WELL AS WE WILL HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH THESE, IS THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN INTELLIGENTLY CREATE A CONTRACT STRUCTURE.
AND WE WILL WALK THEM, I PERSONALLY WILL WALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN BE THE ULTIMATE DECIDERS ON WHERE THE STAFFING GOES, HOW THEY STAFF, UM, HOW THEY PAY FOR IT, WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS, SO THAT WAY IT CAN SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
WELL, SO, UM, SO JUST WALK ME THROUGH, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE VALET OPERATORS THAT ARE GONNA WANT PRIORITY TREATMENT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, IF, AND I'LL JUST USE IF, UH, THIS PARTICULAR RESTAURANT SAYS, I KNOW THAT MY PATRONS THAT ARE GONNA COME HERE AND SPEND A HUNDRED TO 500 TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PER TABLE, UM, I WANT VALET FOR THEM NO MATTER WHAT.
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PAY FOR WHATEVER SPACES WE NEED TO PROCURE, EVEN IF IT'S AT A LOSS, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MAKE IT BACK ON MY TABLE SERVICE.UM, WHEREAS ANOTHER RESTAURANT MAY SAY, WELL, VALETS NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ME.
SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA USE THE 10 SPACES THAT WE CAN PROCURE AND THAT WE SEE, BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE ARE ADDRESSING IT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
AND DRIVING BUSINESS TO ONE ESTABLISHMENT SHOULD BE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PERSON THAT EATS AT THE, THE RESTAURANT MIGHT SHOP AT THE STORE NEXT DOOR AND MIGHT BUY DESSERT AT THE ICE CREAM SHOP AT, AT THE, AT THE END OF THE BLOCK.
AND SO, AND SO, IF, IF, IF, IF THE VALETS ARE USING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, IF THE BUSINESSES ARE, ARE USING VALETS THAT ARE OPERATED ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS TO OPERATE THEIR PARKING SYSTEM, IT SHOULD BE TREATED IN A MUCH MORE DEMOCRATIC WAY THAN A SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING PUBLIC PARKING SPACES TO OPERATE A VALET WHERE THAT ONE BUSINESS IS GOING TO THEN BE ABLE TO GET PRIORITY PARKING SPACES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU FOLLOW ALONG FOR ME, I'D RATHER, I'D RATHER SEE A SYSTEM THAT IS, THAT IS MORE INDEPENDENT OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES AND THAT SERVE THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN A VERY DEMOCRATIC WAY THAN MORE FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS THAT IS ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH A VALLAY OPERATOR.
WE ARE SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING, COMMISSIONER.
AND SO WHAT OUR FOCUS IS THOUGH, IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE THE ULTIMATE DECIDER OF STAFFING, OF SPACE PROCUREMENT.
UM, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OCEAN DRIVE, THE ODA, WOULD BE BECAUSE THEY ARE PLUGGED INTO THE NEEDS OF EVERY ONE OF THEIR, UH, UH, ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT, THAT THEY REPRESENT.
UM, AND SAME FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THEY ARE PLUGGED INTO THE NEED OF EVERY ONE OF THEIR BUSINESSES THAT THEY REPRESENT.
AND SO WE WILL HELP GUIDE THEM ON STRUCTURE, ON, ON PRICING, ON, ON STAFFING, ON CONTRACT, UH, ON CONTRACT STRUCTURE.
BUT, UM, IT, IT WILL BE UP TO THEM AND THEIR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ON HOW THEY DECIDE WHO GETS STAFFED, WHERE, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT LEVELS OF STAFFING, HOW MANY VEHICLES THEY WANT, HOW MANY SPACES THEY WANT TO PROCURE.
RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, OCEAN DRIVE, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC PARKING SPACES TAKEN UP BY VALET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY PARKING ALLOWED ON OCEAN DRIVE.
SO THOSE ARE, UM, ESSENTIALLY NO PARKING AND VALET ONLY ZONES ALONG OCEAN DRIVE.
BUT, BUT WE ARE, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THERE SHOULD BE A A, A GREATER GOOD STRUCTURE.
AND, UH, THE ODA, UM, UPON INITIAL DISCUSSIONS IS IN AGREEANCE.
AND SO WE WILL WALK WITH THEM ON WHAT THAT WE WILL WALK THROUGH WITH THEM ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM, AND HOW WE CAN HELP THAT COME TO FRUITION.
AND I KNOW WE'RE JUST USING THE ODA, BUT, UH, JUST BECAUSE THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE JUST BEEN HAD WITH THEM INITIALLY AND THE WASHINGTON AAV UH, CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO START NEXT WEEK.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI, AMY
WE SIMILARLY HAVE AN ITEM COMING ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TODAY OR AT SUMMER, FUTURE TIME, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE CENTRALIZED VALLEY ON 41ST STREET AS WELL.
AND I'VE SHARED WITH THE EACH OF YOU COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU'RE SPOT ON ABOUT DEVELOPING SOMETHING THAT IS THINKING NOT ABOUT SPECIFIC BUSINESSES, BUT THE STREET IN TOTALITY.
UM, CITY OF MIAMI IS DOING IT WITH THEIR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, WYNWOOD COCONUT GROVE, AND IT'S NOT JUST IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE, WITH THE BIDS IS BUILT INTO THEIR CODE.
SO I'VE SHARED THAT WITH YOU VIA EMAIL AND, UM, PARKING
UM, SO THAT WE COULD PROBABLY SEE HOW WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON DOING THAT SAME TYPE OF APPROACH BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED TO TRY AND COME UP WITH SOME OUR PARKING SOLUTIONS AND TRAFFIC SOLUTION.
WILL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO WITH THIS ITEM? DO WE NEED TO KEEP IT A COMMITTEE, TAKE IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION? SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS 90 DAYS, BECAUSE WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS, IS INVEST TIME SPEAKING WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE, THE ASSOCIATIONS, THE BIDS.
AND I'M, AND I, I KNOW AMY, WE, WEVE STARTED INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH AMY.
I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THEM IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FUTURE
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GOALS ARE AND HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THOSE GOALS.SO WE'RE ASKING FOR IS 90 DAYS TO, UH, LOOK AT WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, HOW WE CAN ASSIST IN THAT CONTRACT STRUCTURE, HOW WE CAN ASSIST IN, IN BETTER SUPPORTING THEM, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, UH, LOOKING AT THE CURB FEES IN SOME UNUSED AREAS, UM, AND REALLY GET A BETTER IDEA OF, OF HOW WE CAN HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN COME BACK IN 90, OCTOBER 22ND.
WOULD THAT WORK? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHATEVER IS BEING DISCUSSED, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, HOW I GET THAT YOU WANT THIS TO BE MANAGED BY, BY THE BIDS, UM, PRICING STRUCTURE.
WHO WOULD DETERMINE THE PRICING STRUCTURE? EACH BID WOULD DETERMINE THE PRICING STRUCTURE BASED ON THE CONTRACT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PART THAT I DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, I I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING.
LISTEN, THIS CITY, EVERY OPPORTUNITY IT HAS IS TAKING PARKING OFF OF OUR STREETS EVERY OPPORTUNITY IT HAS.
AND IT'S A PROBLEM THAT I I, IT, IT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME.
WE SHOULD, IN FACT, I'M GONNA BE BRINGING AN ITEM, MR. ATTORNEY DIRECTING, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO GO ON A MISSION TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO REGAIN PARKING SPACES FROM ARIZONA.
I SEE UL OFF HERE, AND I KNOW HE IS GONNA BE SHAKING HIS HEAD NO, BUT WE NEED PARKING IN THIS, IN THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE'VE BLOCKED OFF AND ALL THAT FOR AS UNUSABLE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PERHAPS WE COULD BE REGAINING.
HOWEVER, THESE ARE PUBLIC SPACES THAT ULTIMATELY GET USED FOR VALET OPERATION.
THEIR PRICE POINT SHOULD BE AT SOME, AT SOME LEVEL SET TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC'S NEEDS.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IS, IS WHEN THESE PRIVATE BUSINESSES GET INVOLVED IN SETTING THE PRICE POINT, THEY SET THESE VERY HIGH PRICE POINTS ON, ON THE PARKING THAT, THAT MAKE THE PARKING UNATTAINABLE.
AND IT HURTS, IT HURTS THE AREAS IN, IN GENERAL.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ALLOW THE BIDS TO OPERATE THIS, THAT WE RETAIN CERTAIN CONTROL ON WHAT THE RATE STRUCTURE IS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPETE, DO, DO A SOLICITATION PROCESS TO SELECT, OKAY, WHO IS THE
SO WITH THIS ONE, UM, I'LL LET YOU GET TO WORK ON IT AND WE WILL, UH, HEAR BACK FROM YOU AT THE OCTOBER 22ND NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
UM, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO NUMBER SIX.
AND, AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WELL, IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, WHO RUNS THEIR, THEIR VALET OPERATION, SO, SO THIS IS, I, IT'S FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE M UH, THE MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT.
SO THAT IS 100% PAID FOR BY THE BID AND WHICH IS THE MDDA.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, THEY OFFER THE DEVELOPER, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ALL THE SAME DEVELOPER.
WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT THE STORES, THERE'S NO COMPETING INTEREST.
SO THEY KNOW THAT WHATEVER STORE YOU GO INTO, IT DOES HELP THE DEVELOPER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT THERE ARE, I WILL SAY, UM, DEFLATED OR ARTIFICIALLY, UM, LOW PARKING PRICES BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU PARK AT THIS LOCATION, YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND MONEY IN A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS OR, OR BUSINESSES.
AND ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, UM, PAY LEASE TO THE EXACT SAME DEVELOPER.
AND SO THE CHALLENGE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, AREAS LIKE ODA, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE FACE OF OCEAN DRIVE, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM, I WOULD SAY TWO TO FIVE COMPETING INTERESTS OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE.
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL BRINGING BUSINESS TO MIAMI BEACH.
BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS, HAS A DIFFERENT MENTALITY ON PARKING, VALET PARKING, WHAT THEY EXPECT.
SOME OF THOSE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS ARE USING VALET PARKING TO DRIVE REVENUE FOR THEM.
SO THEY'RE GONNA SAY, I RELY ON THE REVENUE THAT I DRIVE THROUGH MY VALET PARKING, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY MY REVENUE.
SOME OF THEM ARE DOING IT FOR A STATUS, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE NO INTEREST IN DOING IT WHATSOEVER.
AND SO IT, IT, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SAY THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO DICTATE STAFFING LEVELS, UM, PROCURING PARKING SPACE LEVELS, PRICING LEVELS, AND TAKE THEM OUT OF THE, THE PROCESS.
[6. DISCUSS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED VALET PARKING SYSTEM IN THE 41ST STREET COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.]
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DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED VALET PARKING SYSTEM IN THE 41ST STREET COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ IN PARKING WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
IS IT THE SAME THING? SAME THING.
UM, BUT WE, SO, BUT, UH, TO, TO A LITTLE BIT LESSER DEGREE, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY, UH, ONE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UM, AS YOU HEARD, WE HAVE HAD, UH, INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH AMY AND THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
I JUST SPOKE WITH A GENTLEMAN LAST NIGHT.
UM, AND WE PLAN ON CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH EVERY SINGLE AREA, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT A VALLEY OPERATION WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR O THE ODA AREA IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A VALLEY OPERATION FOR THE WASHINGTON, UM, UH, WASHINGTON AAV.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE 41ST STREET BID IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AREA THAN THOSE TWO.
AND SO THE NEEDS WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE AN INTELLIGENT STRUCTURE THAT FITS THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN EXPAND UPON SHOULD THE, THE NATURE OF THE AREA CHANGE.
SO, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, 41ST STREET RIGHT NOW IS NOT A, AN EXTREME LATE NIGHT DISTRICT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF MORE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, EARLY EVENING, WHEREAS OBVIOUSLY A FEW OF THE OTHER, UM, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA SIT DOWN, WORK WITH THEM, GIVE US 90 DAYS, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY, AGAIN, HAD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE COULD STRUCTURE A CONTRACT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND AGAIN, STORAGE, VALET STORAGE AND CURB SPACE ON THE 41ST STREET DISTRICT LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE ODA.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY JUST BECAUSE OF DEMAND OF SPACES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO 90 DAYS, OCTOBER 22ND FOR THIS ONE TOO.
SO WE'LL DO THAT FOR THIS ITEM.
[7. DISCUSS HANDICAP PARKING.]
NUMBER SEVEN IS DISCUSS HANDICAP PARKING.AND THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND PARKING WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
DEAR YOUR TURN,
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CITY, THE, THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT RECOMMEND ALTERING, UH, THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE RESIDENTIAL PAR PARKING PROGRAM, NOR THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING PROGRAM.
AND, AND THE REASON BEING, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ACCESSIBLE PARKING PROGRAM GRANTS MUCH GREATER PERMISSIONS FOR PARKING IN MUNICIPAL AREAS THAN WHAT THE CURRENT STATE STATUTE DOES.
SO UNDER THE CURRENT FLORIDA STATUTE, IF YOU HAVE A HANDICAP PLACARD OR AN ACCESSIBLE PLACARD, UM, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PARK, UM, IN A METERED CURB AREA FOR FOUR HOURS CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT.
HOWEVER, OFF STREET PARKING IS PULLED FROM THAT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF OUR LOTS, ALL OF OUR GARAGES, WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER STATE STATUTE FOR IS FOR OFF STREET PARKING GARAGES.
LOTS THAT ARE MUNICIPALLY OWNED ARE EXEMPT, UH, EXEMPT CERTIFICATES, EXEMPT TOTAL CERTIFICATES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
UM, ANY VEHICLE THAT HAS MODIFICATIONS, IE HAND CONTROLS, UM, UH, UH, UH, WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, OR ANY DV PLATE.
AND THAT IS A, UH, PLATE THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO A DISABLED VETERAN WHO HAS BEEN RATED 100%, UH, DISABLED FROM, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION OR THE VA ADMINISTRATION.
AND SO RIGHT NOW OUR ACCESSIBLE PROGRAM, GREAT GRANTS, GREATER PERMISSIONS THAN IS REQUIRED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE.
AND THE DANGER OF, OF CHANGING OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM TO ALLOW ANYONE WITH A PLACARD TO PARK IN ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONE, OPENS UP THE RESIDENCE ZONES THAT ARE NEAR BUSINESS AREAS TO ABUSE BY EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD THEN THROW A PLACARD UP PARK IN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND WALK OVER TO THEIR BUSINESS.
NOW, THE PART THAT I'M FACING CHALLENGES WITH, WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE FOR A WHILE WHERE, BECAUSE OF THAT SAME ABUSE THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, WE WERE ASKING INDIVIDUALS, IF YOU WANT TO GET BEYOND THOSE FOUR HOURS FREE PARKING, YOU NEED TO COME TO THE CITY EVEN IN YOUR OWN ZONE.
YOU NEED TO COME TO THE CITY AND PRESENT US WITH YOUR DOCTOR'S NOTE.
AND SOME SORT OF PROOF, PROOF THAT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE DECAL THAT HAS CREATED AN ONEROUS FOR A LOT OF OUR HANDICAP IN INDIVIDUALS.
AND IT'S CREATED AN ONEROUS ALSO FOR A LOT OF ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM COMING TO CITY HALL OR ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST FOR THEM.
AND SO, AND SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS, AS IT RELATES TO THE ZONES,
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UH, BUT CAN WE GO BACK AND REVISIT THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK WE MAY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED BY VIRTUE OF IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM, HAVING RAN THE PROGRAM, I THINK PERHAPS FOR ABOUT LIKE TWO YEARS NOW, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE PROGRAM FOR REGISTRATION.I THINK WE MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON THE CHALLENGES.
I KNOW THAT THE POLICE AND THE STATE ATTORNEY, UH, AND I THINK EVEN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS AND BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY AND TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
ARE WE AT A POINT THAT WE CAN RECONSIDER THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM? SO THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH RECONSIDERING THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A MIAMI RESIDENT, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT DOES NOT WANT TO, OR IS UNABLE TO, OR CREATES A GREATER CHALLENGE, UM, EVEN IF THEY DON'T COME DOWN AND REGISTER AT THE OFFICE, STATE STATUTE STILL GRANTS THEM THE FOUR HOURS FREE AT ANY, UM, UH, ON STREET METERED PARKING ZONE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST CAUTION WHAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE GAIN, UH, OF THE INDIVIDUAL SAYING, HEY, I CAN'T MAKE IT DOWN, BUT WE'RE BEING DENIED THE ABILITY TO PARK.
UM, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY THAT BY STATE STATUTE, THEY STILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARK IN ANY ON STREET METERED ZONE, BUT THE ISSUE IS BEYOND THOSE FOUR FREE HOURS.
AND AS A, AND WE'RE ALSO FACING ISSUES ALSO WITH TOURISTS, WITH TOURISTS THAT, UM, THAT MAY BE COMING AND THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT THEIR HANDICAPPED PLACARD MIGHT NOT BE HONORED, UH, THE WAY, THE WAY THAT IT MIGHT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND.
BUT I, THIS IS, I I, UNDER, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS PROGRAM ISN'T GEARED TOWARD THE TOURIST AREA OR TOWARD THE VISITORS.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY GEARED TOWARD PEOPLE FROM MIAMI-DADE BROWARD, UM, THAT ARE COMING TO THE BEACH TO ENJOY IT.
UM, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO, IT, IT, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO POLICE.
AND IF WE END UP REMOVING THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM, THEN WE DEFAULT BACK TO, UM, WE DEFAULT BACK TO THE STATE STATUTE, WHICH ISN'T AS GENEROUS AS WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY GRANTED.
UM, AND IF I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO GRANT IT WITHOUT REGISTRATION, THEN WE PROBABLY FALL RIGHT BACK INTO A PLACE WHERE, UH, I'LL SAY, UH, RAMPANT FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE CAN OCCUR.
UM, BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, NOW WE, WE AREN'T ABLE TO, TO REALLY CRACK DOWN CHECK, LOOK, NOTHING HAS BEEN VERIFIED.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, UH, THE COMMISSIONER WAS AWARE, BUT IT WAS, THERE WAS A RECENT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ABUSE DOESN'T OCCUR.
AND I THINK THAT MIAMI BEACH AND THE COMMISSION HAVE TAKEN, UH, I WOULD SAY A GREAT STRIDE IN ENSURING THAT, UM, THERE IS ALWAYS PARKING, UH, TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY NEEDS BY EXPANDING ON THE STATE STATUTE.
UM, I WOULD JUST CAUTION ANY, UM, ROLLING BACK OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION FOR THAT PROGRAM.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR NAME.
WONDER JAMON, 83 0 5 CRESTY BOULEVARD.
AND, UM, I AM A PERSON WITH MOBILITY AND PARENTS.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH I KNOW WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE TO, UH, REDUCE KIND OF FRAUD AND ABUSE, I THINK IS VERY STRINGENT.
WANDA, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU, WANDA.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
IT IS VERY STRINGENT, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO FINISH SAYING.
UM, MR. ATTORNEY, ARE WE WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE ON POSSIBLY TO POSSIBLY REPEAL, UH, THIS PROGRAM, THIS REGISTRATION? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, BUT I COULD LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU.
BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO, TO, TO DO, AND I'M SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT IF WE REPEAL THIS, WE MIGHT ENCOUNTER THE PROBLEM AGAIN IN, IN, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WE CANNOT HURT GOOD PEOPLE 'CAUSE OF BAD PEOPLE.
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CREATING AN ONEROUS SITUATION FOR OUR OWN RESIDENTS, AND PERHAPS WE CAN CREATE A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH WE AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT TO SAY THAT BY RESOLUTION RATHER THAN BY ORDINANCE, WE CAN SUSPEND THE PROGRAM AND REINSTATE IT IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY THAT WAY.SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW SEE THAT, THAT THE SUSPENSION OF THE PROGRAM HAS CAUSED AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE, AND THERE'S RAMPANT ABUSE OF HANDICAPPED PLAS, AGAIN, THROUGH A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS.
IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, RE RE REINSTATED.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I, UM, I THINK I AM, I, I READ THE MEMO.
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT RECOMMEND ALTERING THE PROGRAM, AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
CAN WE BRING THIS BACK, UH, TO THE SEPTEMBER 10TH NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER? SURE.
SO SEPTEMBER 10TH, WE'LL HEAR THAT AGAIN.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. DISCUSS A POTENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM WITH DISCOUNTED PARKING RATES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.]
IS DISCUSS A POTENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM WITH DISCONTINUED PARKING RATES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATION RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH AND PARKING WILL BE GIVING AN UPDATE.
AN ITEM I PLACED ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY, THE CITY MIGHT GO TO A SCHOOL AND THEY MIGHT TAKE FIRE TRUCKS TO A SCHOOL, JUST, YOU KNOW, AN, AN EXAMPLE.
NOW THE TEACHERS IN THAT SCHOOL ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM THEIR PARKING SPACES BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING A FIRETRUCK THERE.
IT, ARE WE ABLE TO PROVIDE PARKING THAT'S IN, ON A PUBLIC LAWN ACROSS THE STREET TO THOSE TEACHERS WHOSE PARKING SPACES WE'RE NOW OCCUPYING AT THE SCHOOL? SHORT ANSWER.
SO, UH, WE SPOKE BRIEFLY, UH, UH, WITH YOUR AID A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS WEEK.
SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, AND, AND I KNOW I'VE PROBABLY SAID IT, UH, 27 TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN, UM, UP HERE IN THE LAST 10 WEEKS, BECAUSE OF OUR BOND COVENANTS OF NO FREE PARKING, IT CREATES SOME CHALLENGES.
AND SO, ANYTIME, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A CITY DEPARTMENT THAT IS DISPLACING SOMEBODY FOR A REASON AND IS GOING TO REQUIRE THOSE RESIDENTS TO BE RELOCATED ONTO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, UM, THEN MOST LIKELY WE WOULD REACH OUT TO THAT CITY DEPARTMENT THAT IS DISPLACING, UM, THOSE PRIVATE ENTITIES TO REIMBURSE PARKING, UM, FOR THAT AREA.
UM, NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN DO, WE ALREADY, THERE ALREADY ARE, UM, A NUMBER OF REDUCED FEES IN OUR CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WHICH I, I FEEL LIKE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE, PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, UM, UH, UH, ANCHOR, ANCHOR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY WOULD ALREADY BENEFIT FROM.
BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER AVENUES THAT AREN'T AS WIDELY USED.
FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF OUR LOTS ARE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, A DOLLAR AN HOUR.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY IS SAYING, I DON'T NEED A GUARANTEED SPACE, I JUST NEED THE ABILITY TO PARK VEHICLES INSIDE A LOT THAT HAS AMPLE AVAILABILITY, THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IS SELL CODES AT COST THAT WOULD ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO SAY, WE'RE NOT RESERVING A SPACE FOR YOU, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE ENOUGH, UM, AVAILABILITY IN THIS PARTICULAR LOT.
AND SO IF YOU ONLY NEED THE LOT FOUR HOURS, WE CAN SELL YOU 20 CODES.
SO WHEN THE PEOPLE PARK, THEY, BUT WELL, LESS THAN CREATIVELY FOR A MOMENT YES SIR.
IF THE CITY IS USING THEIR PARKING SPACES, AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE CITY IS OCCUPYING THEIR PARKING SPACES.
ISN'T THAT IT'S, CAN'T WE JUST DO LIKE, LIKE, LIKE A TRADE? UM, WHERE, WHERE SINCE WE ARE USING THEIR PARKING SPACES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE ALLOWING, ALLOWING THEM TO USE OURS IN, IN ESSENCE THEIR PAYMENT FOR USING OUR PARKING SPACES IS ALLOWING THE CITY TO USE THEIR PARKING SPACES.
SO IN A, IN A, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND IN, IN A, IN A, IN A, I UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS COMMISSIONER, HOWEVER, I, I GO BACK TO PARKING AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
SO WE DON'T TAKE A SINGLE DOLLAR OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
SO IN, IN ORDER TO PARKING IS THE TAXPAYER'S PROPERTY.
IT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE PARENTS, OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS.
IT'S NOT THE CITY MANAGER'S BUSINESS OR THE CITY COMMISSION'S BUSINESS.
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TAXPAYER'S PROPERTY THAT SERVES THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS OF THOSE SCHOOLS WHOSE TEACHERS NEED TO PARK IN THOSE PARKING SPACES.AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME FROM A VERY BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, THAT IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO FIND THE WAY WHERE, WHERE WE CAN HELP THE SCHOOLS ON A VERY LIMITED BASIS TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE PARKING SPACES WHEN THEY NEED IT.
IF A CITY DEPARTMENT IS COMING TO US, IF THEY'RE UTILIZING, IF THEY'RE TAKING AWAY SOME, SOME P PARKING SPACES OF A PRIVATE ENTITY, I ABSOLUTELY FEEL THAT PARKING SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH WHATEVER CITY ENTITY IS TAKING THOSE SPACES.
AND THERE'LL BE A FEW QUESTIONS ON WHY CAN WE LOOK AT ANOTHER PLACE? CAN WE LOOK AT A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS MORE SUITED OR BETTER SUITED THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT ENTITY? SO, UH, UP TO NOW, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE BEEN INVITED INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD WHOLLY INVITE ANY CITY ENTITY THAT WANTED TO TAKE AWAY PRIVATE PARKING, UM, TO BRING US INTO THE CONVERSATION TO SEE HOW WE COULD HELP.
AND THEN, AND THEN FOR INSTANCES, LET'S SAY A SCHOOL IS HAVING AN EVENT, AND LET'S SAY THE CITY IS NOT INVOLVED, BUT THE TEACHERS NEED TO PARK TEMPORARILY IN A CITY LOT, YOU WERE SAYING WE COULD DO CODES.
SO WE, OR WE COULD GET 'EM LIKE A DISCOUNTED RATE.
UM, WE, RIGHT NOW THERE, THERE IS A DISCOUNTED RATE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR, UH, RESERVE SPACES.
THESE ARE GUARANTEED RESERVE SPACES.
HOWEVER, A LOT OF TIMES, DEPENDING ON WHAT END, WHERE THAT SCHOOL IS AT, UM, WE HAVE RATES THAT ARE ALREADY LOWER THAN THOSE RESERVED RATES IF PAID BY THE HOUR.
AND I'M ASSUMING A SCHOOL EVENT IS GONNA BE FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS, UM, YOU KNOW, NO MORE THAN 10.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN DO THINGS CREATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE IS, GIVE THEM A CODE FOR A NOMINAL FEE.
SO THAT WE ARE HOLDING TRUE TO OUR BOND COVENANT.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CHARGING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ONEROUS TO THIS, TO THE PROFESSIONAL SEGMENT IN OUR SOCIETY.
THAT IT'S ALREADY THE LOWEST PAID, UH, SEGMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT WHO HAS THE GREATEST JOB, WHICH IS EDUCATING THE FUTURE GENERATION SO THAT WE DON'T PLACE A FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THOSE HONORABLE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
PERHAPS GET THEM A CODE WHERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING SO THAT WE SAY TRUE TO THE BOND COVENANT, BUT A NOMINAL FEE, A DISCOUNTED FEE, SO THAT IF THE PARKING AND THE SCHOOL CAN'T BE USED, THEY CAN GO TO THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET.
IT'S NOT A RESERVED SPACE, BUT THEY CAN USE A TEMPORARY CODE FOR THE SCHOOL.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO? YES, SIR.
THE CODES AND I, AND I WOULD SAY IN, IN SOME PLACES WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE OF WHERE OUR SCHOOL PLACEMENT IS HERE ON, ON, ON THE BEACH, UM, THAT IS A BIT MORE CHALLENGING WITH SOME SCHOOLS THAN OTHERS.
BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, WHENEVER AN INSTITUTE HAS ANY CHALLENGES, I ABSOLUTELY WOULD INVITE ALL OF THEM TO REACH OUT TO US AND WE CAN SIT THERE AND SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT WE COULD DO REALISTICALLY.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU THINK WE COULD BRING THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD COMMISSION MEETING? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO START YEAH, THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST.
SO, SO IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD, UM, BRING BACK A, A PROPOSAL WHERE A CODE CAN BE GIVEN FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO USE.
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, PAID PARKING CLOSE BY, UH, WHERE THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM A DISCOUNTED RATE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE MY WORD? OKAY.
TWO, TWO COMMISSIONER, SEPTEMBER 3RD COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, WE'LL GET, HE'LL GET AN UPDATE WITH THE CODES AND FULL COMMISSION.
AND THEN, UM, YOUR LAST ITEM IS NUMBER 24
[24. UPDATE - EXPANDING CITI BIKE PROGRAM]
CITY BIKE PROGRAM.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY PARKING WILL MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PARKING CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
UM, SO WITH THIS CURRENT ITEM, UH, THE, THE INTENT OF THE ITEM WAS TO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEPLOY THE SUCCESSFUL CITY BIKE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT IT'S CONTINUED USE AND ITS CONTINUED GROWTH, UM, IS A MICRO MOBILITY SUCCESS HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND WE, WE ADDRESSED IN THE MEMO, WE CITY BIKE ALREADY HAS A VERY STRONG MID BEACH PRESENCE.
UH, I LISTED IN THERE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BIKE STOPS AT 20, THE THIRD, 23RD BLOCK, 2,400, BLOCK 25, 26, 29, 31, 35, 40, 4400, 4600.
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UH, PARKING HAS IDENTIFIED TWO ADDITIONAL PLACES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLACE THESE.UM, ONE IS AT THE 100 BLOCK OF THE, IT'S 30, THE 37TH STREET, WHICH WOULD FILL A GAP BETWEEN THE 3,500 BLOCK AND THE FOUR THOU, UH, THE 4,000 BLOCK.
AND THEN RIGHT NOW, WHILE WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE ONE ON THE 5,300 BLOCK, IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS AVENUE AND WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS WITH, UH, OUR PARKS PARTNERS ON POSSIBLY UTILIZING, THERE IS A WIDENED STRETCH ON THE BEACH WALK RIGHT THERE.
AND TO KIND OF CREATE BETTER ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING THE CITY BIKE PROGRAM TO TRAVERSE OUR BEACH WALK.
SINCE WE HAVE IT, OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW, FAR SOUTH WHERE IT STARTS, YOU CAN GO TO FIFTH AVE AND SEE THEM PREVALENT THERE.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND LOOK FOR SOME SPACES ON THE 5,300 BEACH WALK AREA.
AND SO WE FEEL THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE.
THESE ARE TWO EASY PLACEMENTS, UM, THAT RIGHT NOW DO NOT INFRINGE ON F DOT'S RIGHT OF WAY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH FDOT ON THE FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY ASPECT OF PLACING THEM ON FDOT RIGHT OF WAY.
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT FDOT IS SAYING THAT BECAUSE THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A LICENSING AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL BE GIVING US SPACE FOR SOMEBODY TO, UH, PERFORM, UH, PUBLIC COMMERCE.
AND SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME TYPE OF REVENUE SHARE AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THEM AND IT CAN GET VERY, HAVE YOU MET WITH MBU ON LOCATIONS? I HAVE NOT.
I MEAN, NOT M-B-U-M-B-N-A MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE A CONTACT? UH, I DO, I DO NOT, BUT I'M SURE THAT, UH, SOMEBODY IN OUR TEAM DOES.
SO YOU FOUND, OKAY, SO YOU FOUND LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
YOU HAVEN'T FOUND ANY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? NO, SIR.
WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN WORK WITH, AND I, I MEAN I'LL, I'LL SPEAKING WITH THE MBNA, WE'LL TALK WITH THEM.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING, UH, BETWEEN 23RD AND 53RD, UH, THE 2300 BLOCK AND THE 5,300 BLOCK.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY A BIKE STATION EVERY THREE BLOCKS, UH, GOING UP THROUGH MID BEACH SO WE CAN DEPLOY SOME MORE.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AREAS WHERE WE CAN DEPLOY THEM, UM, ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE REVENUE GENERATING, UM, THEY'RE, YOU RUN INTO THE CHALLENGE OF OF GOING TO A PRIVATE ENTITY AND ASKING THEM TO GIVE UP SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, AT NO COST OR THEN AT WHAT COST TO THE CITY BIKE PROGRAM.
I THINK WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TOO.
SO, SO THE LOCATIONS THAT YOU FOUND ARE ON THE 100 BLOCKS, RIGHT? UH, YES.
AND, AND WHERE ARE THE, THE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU FOUND? UH, THE OTHER LOCATION IS ON THE 5,300 BLOCK, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BEACH WALK SIDE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BEACH WALK.
AND THEN WE DID, LOOK, THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL PLACES ON INDIAN CREEK DRIVE.
HOWEVER, THOSE ARE THE FDOT RIGHT OF WAYS.
AND WHILE THEY ARE HASH MARKED AREAS, UM, AND WE THINK THAT THEY COULD BE SAFELY DEPLOYED JUST BECAUSE OF, YOU GOTTA HAVE, UH, CERTAIN SITE LINES BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC SPEED AND VEHICLES MAKING LEFT OUT OF THERE TO GO SOUTHBOUND.
UM, WHEN WE SPOKE WITH FDOT ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A REVENUE PRODUCING PROGRAM, UM, THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT, UM, IN PLACE, UH, THAT WE WOULD PAY THEM A REVENUE SHARE OF SOMETHING.
DOES, DOES CITIBANK PAY THE CITY, UH, REVENUE, UH, OF A SHARE OF THEIR PROFITS RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I MEAN, USUALLY THESE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THE CITIES AND THE GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING THESE PROGRAMS. SO CITY BIKE IS WHOLLY AND I'LL, I'LL BRING UP, UH, AND, AND I KNOW HERE IN MY, IN MY BEACH, WE'RE NOT, UH, BUT THE MODEL USUALLY IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS USUALLY PAYING THESE PROGRAMS. AND IN THIS CASE, FDLT IS SAYING THAT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, 'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT IS, IT IT IS A FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PAID TO PROVIDE THIS PUBLIC SERVICE BECAUSE IT, IT IS A, A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT IS PERFORMING A SERVICE THAT RUNS AT A, ON A PROFIT.
UM, IT IS PUBLIC COMMERCE ON THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THEREFORE THEY WOULD NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF REVENUE SHARE TYPE PERMIT IN ORDER FOR US TO STAGE THERE.
BUT THAT'S SAYING, THAT'S SAYING LIKE THE TROLLEYS, WHEN THE TROLLEYS ARE OPERATED BY, BY A CONTRACTOR, THAT FOR THE TROLLEYS TO BE ABLE TO GO ON, ON, ON FDLT ROADS THAT, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD
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HAVE TO PAY F-D-L-T-A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THE CITY IS PAYING THEM.I MEAN, IT, IT'S, THIS IS ULTIMATELY PART OF OUR LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY PLAN IN OUR CITY.
AND, AND YES, IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT FREE, BUT IT'S STILL PART OF OUR LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY PLAN IN OUR CITY.
I WOULD, I WOULD, THIS IS WHERE I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, NOT, NOT TO TRY TO, TO PUNT THE BALL.
I WOULD INVITE OUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM 'CAUSE THEY WERE ON THE MEETING WITH US, THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH THEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES.
MY THE ONLY THING THAT I I CAN MAYBE POINT OUT IS THAT THEY WOULD POINT TO, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, MIAMI-DADE OR THE TROLLEY SYSTEM TO SAY THAT IS A, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT IS NOT OPERATING AT A PROFIT VERSUS THIS IS A PRIVATE COMPANY PROVIDING A PRIVATE PAID FOR SERVICE THAT IS GENERATING REVENUE AND OPERATING AT A PROFIT.
AND I, THAT'S, THAT IS A, AN ASSUMPTION, BUT I CAN GET WITH THEM 'CAUSE THEY WERE IN THE MEETING WITH US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET OF FDOT FOR THIS.
AND, AND, AND, AND UNDERSTOOD.
I'M SURE THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE OPERATING OUR TROLLEY SYSTEMS, THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR CHARITY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING IT FOR PROFIT.
AND SO, AND SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ENGAGE IN THIS COMMUNICATION WITH FDLT AND YOU GO TO INDIAN CREEK, THE AMOUNT OF AREAS THAT THEY HAVE HASHTAG IN YELLOW PAINT, IT'S SICK.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S SO MUCH PARKING THAT WE HAVE LOST IN OUR CITY BECAUSE OF THESE MARKINGS.
IT'S LIKE EVERY TIME WE OPEN UP A ROAD AND WE CLOSE A ROAD AGAIN, WE LOSE MORE PARKING.
AND SO, AND THIS IS TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE TRAFFIC MANUALS, BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN THESE BIKE STATIONS THERE TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC AND, AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN SOME SORT OF, OF COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, WITH FDLT ABOUT THIS.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE JUST HAD A MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WE'LL REENGAGE WITH THEM, UM, AND THEN KIND OF GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS COULD BE VERY TRIVIAL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE FROM ANY FINANCIAL ASPECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, NOBODY ELSE, ACCORDING TO THEM, NOBODY ELSE HAS ASKED THEM TO DO THIS.
AND SO, UM, DURING THE INITIAL MEETING, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY FEEL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO FOR THIS SO WE CAN REENGAGE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT NEED IS.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IS LOOK AT PLACES WHILE WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY PARKING SPACES, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT UNDERUTILIZED RIGHT OF WAY THAT MIGHT NOT ALREADY BE PARKING OR MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR PARKING TO, TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO PLACE THESE TO MAKE THEM MUCH MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEREFORE MORE DESIRABLE.
OKAY, I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM AND I JUST SENT AN EMAIL RECONNECTING YOU WITH MBNA FOLKS, UM, ABOUT THE CITY BIKE EXPANSION AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WANDA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UH, THIS, THIS, THIS IS FOR THE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
I, UM, MY PHONE POOPED OUT WHEN I WAS SPEAKING AND I DIDN'T GET THE PARTICULARS AS TO WHAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING AND WHAT THE COMMISSION WILL DO REGARDING DISABLED PLACARD HOLDERS LIKE MYSELF.
UM, I, UH, THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING TO STOP, UH, FRAUD AND WASTE, UH, I BELIEVE IS NOT READILY, UH, AVAILABLE TO MOST OF THE SENIORS.
I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN ALL THE SENIOR COMMUNITIES, REBECCA TOWERS, MAURICE, UH, AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM GOING INTO ONE OF YOUR OFFICES TO REGISTER.
I EVEN HAVE A PROBLEM AND I'M, I I, I HAVE MORE, A LITTLE BIT OF MORE FREEDOM, BUT I DON'T, I HAVE THREE, THREE CHILDREN HERE THAT I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, MY PHONE POOP OUT AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE END RESULT OF THIS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, REGARDING REGISTRATIONS, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN PERIOD IN PARKING AREAS AND BEST BUY OR ROSS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND THIS IS FUNDS THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO SPARE TO THROW AWAY.
I DO HAVE A VALID PLACARD FOR MANY YEARS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
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WHAT THE COMMISSION OR WHAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS.MY FRIENDS THAT LIVE THERE CANNOT MAKE IT.
AND THEY, THEY DO DRIVE, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM, I'M CONSTANTLY IN TOUCH WITH THEM IN THE SENIOR HOUSINGS I VISIT.
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING AND SO AM I.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT? UH, COMMISSIONER MENEZ.
THAT ITEM WAS ALREADY CLOSED OUT, BUT WILL, IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE SEPTEMBER 10TH COMMISSION.
THE CITY'S RECOMMENDING NOT TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST FOUND OUT IS THAT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER HAS PERSONALLY GONE TO REBECCA TOWERS TO, UH, ENROLL PEOPLE IN PERSON.
SO, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AN OUTREACH PROGRAM AND I'LL, BUT THAT'S WONDERFUL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT LIVES AT REBECCA TOWERS AND THOSE TEND TO BE VERY WELL CONNECTED SENIORS.
AND IT'S GREAT THAT FOR THOSE SENIORS THAT LIVE IN THESE BUILDINGS, COUNCIL TOWERS FOR FREEDOM FEDERATIONS, TEL MAREZ, REBECCA, THAT WE GO TO THOSE BUILDINGS TO DO THAT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS AND DEPENDS ON THAT HANDICAP PLACARD.
I'M GONNA, I'M WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE TO AMEN, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO BRING IT TO COMMISSION.
IF IT GETS SUPPORT, IT GETS SUPPORT.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE PASS LAWS AND ORDINANCES TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM, ONCE THE PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO KEEP THAT POLICY IN PLACE.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT MERITS, YOU KNOW, ADAPTING THE POLICY.
GOING BACK TO NUMBER 24, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MARY SCHAFER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UH, COMMISSIONER IS MATTHEW GULOFF.
I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, BUT I'M HERE.
AND SO THE CITY BIKE PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BIKE SHARING PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
OUR LITTLE, OUR LITTLE CITY, OUR LITTLE CITY OF SEVEN SQUARE MILES, THEY HAVE ALMOST 2 MILLION RIDES PER YEAR.
A SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD MAKE IF, IF, UH, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION IS LISTENING WHEN THEY NEGOTIATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ON THESE BIG PROJECTS, LOOK AT THE TDM, THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
MANY CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY WILL, UH, THEY WILL REQUIRE BIKE SHARE STATIONS TO BE BUILT ON SITE, ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AS PART OF THEIR, UH, PROJECT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE DAS THAT ARE UNDER NEGOTIATION RIGHT NOW, OR MAYBE HAVE BEEN APPROVED, MIGHT BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE.
AND I WOULD LOOK AT PLACING BIKE SHARE STATIONS THERE.
AND MATTHEW, TO YOUR POINT, UH, AT THE LAND USE MEETING, WHICH IS TOMORROW, I BELIEVE IS LAND USE.
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT'S COMING FORWARD ABOUT SPECIFICALLY HAVING RIDE SHARE INTEGRATED AS PART OF NEW PROJECTS COMING FORWARD IN, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, LARRY SCHAEFFER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, LARRY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
SO I'D LIKE TO SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR OF MATT'S LONG HAIR TODAY.
USUALLY HE HAS IT UP, SO I'M GONNA COMPLIMENT HIM ON THAT.
UM, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS I HAD MY HAND RAISED ON A COUPLE, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THEM RELATED TO CITY BIKE UP HERE IN THE NOR AT THE WEST LOTS, THERE IS A CURRENT INSTALLATION, UM, AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WEST, LOTS ON 79TH STREET THAT TAKES UP STREET PARKING.
AND I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THAT LOCATION BE MOVED UP TO 81ST STREET, WHERE THERE'S A SWALE, SO THAT IF IT'S A LANDSCAPE SWALE THAT HAS ROOM FOR THE BIKES, AND IF WE USE THAT, WE'LL GIVE BACK TWO PARKING SPOTS TO MY NEIGHBORS.
SO THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY THAT SPEAKS TO, I THINK WHAT ALEX WAS SPEAKING ABOUT BEFORE, UM, RELATED TO THE 41ST STREET PARKING FOR VALET.
THAT IS A SUPER RICH PARKING AREA.
THEY HAVE MANY SURFACE LOTS AND THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW PARKING GARAGE.
I'M IN FAVOR OF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT A VALET PROGRAM, THAT'S GREAT, BUT THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN NORTH BEACH, WHICH REALLY HAS A PARKING DEFICIT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION SPEND TIME ON THE, THE, THE VALET PROGRAM, OR AT LEAST CONSIDERING IT FOR NORTH BEACH.
UM, FINALLY RELATED TO THE SCHOOL AND PARKING ITEM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THE DETAILS THERE.
I, UH, SOMEONE GIVING, GIVING SOMEONE A PARKING PASS SO THAT THEY CAN TEACH SCHOOL SHOULDN'T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO PARK OVERNIGHT.
UH, IN MY VIEW, I THINK THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE GONNA COME AND, AND TEACH, LET'S GIVE THEM A PREFERENCE.
BUT THEN WHEN THE SCHOOL DAY'S OVER, LET'S GIVE THE PARKING BACK TO THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND ON THE WEST LOTS WE COULD TAKE PARKING FOR, UH, LEHRMAN SCHOOL, UH, DURING THE DAY AND THEN AT NIGHT THAT COULD BE FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR PEOPLE VISITING BUSINESSES, SUSHI, PEACHY, AND SO ON.
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SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE ITEM AND THEN WE'LL GO, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT OF, OUT OF ORDER.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER 13.
AND ALBERTO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT OF ORDER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NUMBER 13 NEXT BEFORE GOING TO THE ITEM NUMBER
[13. DISCUSS POTENTIAL ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING ADULTS RIDING WITH CHILDREN TO OPERATE ELECTRIC BICYCLES, UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS, IN CERTAIN, OTHERWISE RESTRICTED AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.]
13 IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION, POTENTIAL ORDINANCE, AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING ADULTS WRITING WITH CHILDREN TO OPERATE ELECTRIC BICYCLES UNDER SPECIFIC, SO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HEARD.AND CONDIT, I HAD TO SKIP AN ITEM.
OTHERWISE RESTRICTED AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, SO WHO IS HERE FROM TRANSPORTATION? NOBODY.
THIS WILL BE, POLICE WILL BE TAKING THE LEAD.
GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, UH, CITY STAFF, EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.
MAJOR JEVON CAMPBELL, MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF DAN MCGALL ON THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF WAYNE JONES.
TO DISCUSS THE POLICE PORTION OF THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE RECOMMENDED THAT IF THIS DOES GO THROUGH, THAT THERE BE A MAXIMUM AGE OF SAY, UH, FIVE YEARS OLD, UH, FOR A CHILD, UH, THAT WILL ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS AND BASICALLY IDENTIFYING COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH THIS.
AND OBVIOUSLY TRANSPORTATION IS OUR LEAD ON THIS ITEM, SO WE DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT IT BE DEFERRED TO THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR VALUABLE INPUT, UM, PERTAINING TO THIS.
AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM, UM, A PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UH, THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.
SO, MATT, IS THAT YOUR HAIR FRYER? DEAR
AND I HAVE FRANCISCO WITH ME AS WELL, WHO HERE SHE IS.
UH, SHE'LL PROBABLY SPEAK AFTER ME, BUT I JUST PREPARED JUST A SHORT LITTLE STATEMENT ABOUT THIS.
GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'D LIKE, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S PROPOSAL TO ALLOW PARENTS WITH CHILDREN TO USE E-BIKES ON THE BEACH WALK UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
A CHILD MUST BE RIDING ON THE BIKE WITH THE ADULT.
THEY MUST OPERATE AT 10 MILES PER HOUR OR UNDER A COMMON SPEED LIMIT AND BEST PRACTICE.
AND RIDERS MUST YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS AT ALL TIMES, AND THEY MUST ANNOUNCE OR USE A BELL WITH WHEN PASSING SOMEONE ELSE.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE DATA, UH, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR MORE DATA, BUT THEY HAVE HAD BICYCLE COUNTERS IN THEIR POSSESSION FOR OVER 18 MONTHS AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO INSTALL, DEPLOY, OR COLLECT ANY DATA.
FAMILIES SIMPLY CANNOT WAIT AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME.
THEY NEED THIS FOR BASIC TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR SCHOOL, FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, FOR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, RECREATION CAMP, AND OTHER PLACES TO TRAVEL.
UH, MEANWHILE, WHILE THIS PROHIBITION IS IN PLACE, FAMILIES ARE STUCK WITH DANGEROUS ALTERNATIVES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY JUST REJECTED F DOT'S BIKE LANE PROPOSAL ON COLLINS AVENUE, A ROAD THAT THE CITY'S OWN VISION ZERO REPORT IDENTIFIES AS A HIGH INJURY NETWORK WAIT POINT OF ORDER.
WE ARE GOING ON A PARALLEL PATH TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE IT IN A SEPARATE PROJECT.
JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IS PUBLIC OUTREACH WAS DONE AND THE PUBLIC DIDN'T WANT IT ON THE STREET, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE IT, UH, IN A DIFFERENT PROCESS OR THE TIME BEING IT, IT'S BEEN POSTPONED, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
FDOT WAS WILLING TO IMPLEMENT A BIKE LANE ON, ON, UH, COLLINS AVENUE AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT.
YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOSE PARKING ON A STREET LANE.
UH, SO BACK TO, UH, JUST THE PREPARED STATEMENT.
IT'S A HIGH INJURY NETWORK WHERE SERIOUS CRASHES REGULARLY OCCUR.
UH, THERE'S SLOW PROGRESS ON BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CITY'S OWN PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 CAPITAL BUDGET ONLY PROPO ONLY HAS $297,000 FOR BICYCLE PROJECT CITYWIDE.
THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN SHOWS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE ACTIONS.
OVER 33,000 CRASHES IN THE CITY INVOLVING 682 BICYCLISTS FROM 2017 TO 2023 OF THOSE CRASHES.
THEY WERE 44 SERIOUS INJURIES AND TWO DEATHS.
BOTH OF THOSE WERE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS WHO WERE KILLED WHILE RIDING IN UNPROTECTED BIKE LANES.
UH, YET THE PROHIBITION WOULD FORCE FAMILIES ONTO THE SAME DANGEROUS STREETS WHILE KEEPING THEM OFF THE BEACH WALK.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE ISSUE SIMPLY ISN'T THE TYPE OF VEHICLE EVERY DAY.
HUNDREDS OF TRIPS ARE MADE ON THE BEACH, WALK BY CITY VEHICLES, GOLF CARTS, ATVS, PICKUP TRUCKS, OTHER TRUCKS, SUVS, AND CARS ALL PERMITTED AT LOW SPEEDS.
SAFETY IS A FUNCTION OF SPEED AND HOW VEHICLES ARE OPERATED, NOT JUST WHAT THEY ARE.
THAT'S WHY THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A 10 MILE PER HOUR SPEED
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LIMIT AND CLEAR RULES FOR YIELDING TO PEDESTRIANS.UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT THIS WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES.
THE PROPOSAL'S LIMITED TO ADULTS THAT ARE RIDING WITH CHILDREN OF ANY AGE.
I WILL ADD, UH, NOT, NOT ALL E-BIKE RIDERS, PARENTS BY THE DEFAULT RIDE MORE CAREFULLY WHEN THEY HAVE CHILDREN PRESENT, THEY WON'T BE RECKLESS RIDERS.
MEANWHILE, IN ADDITION, THERE'S ALSO, THERE ALSO IS NO SUPPORT.
UH, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE RATHER TO SUPPORT THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS A SAFETY RISK.
TO THE CONTRARY, THIS SUPPORTS PUBLIC INTEREST BY ALLOWING A SAFER PLACE FOR PARENTS TO RIDE WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALREADY RIDE BICYCLES EVERY DAY ON THE BEACH WALK.
IN FACT, FDOT HAS A COUNTER PROGRAM ON, OFF, OFF ROAD OR, UH, SHARED USE PATHS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND THEIR NUMBER ONE COUNTER IS GUESS WHERE MIAMI BEACH ON THE BEACH WALK.
UM, SO, UH, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RIDE EVERY DAY.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULDN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE AT MOST, PERHAPS A FEW DOZEN PARENTS RIDING THEIR CHILDREN ON AN E-BIKE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.
UM, IT ALSO WOULD BE VERY EASY TO ENFORCE.
THERE EITHER IS OR THERE IS NOT A CHILD ON THE BIKE WITH THE ADULT.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE.
UM, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION YES.
AND WHERE ARE THEY AT? UH, THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE.
UH, WELL, ACTUALLY I WILL SAY I DID NOT SPEAK WITH THEM.
I OFFERED MULTIPLE TIMES TO MEET WITH THEIR, THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD AS THEY'RE CALLED.
AND, AND THEY EITHER WEREN'T INTERESTED OR THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND TIME TO MEET WITH ME.
UH, BUT I DID REACH OUT TO THEIR, UH, THEIR, THE PRESIDENT OF THAT ASSOCIATION.
A NUMBER OF TIMES TRYING TO MEET PRIOR TO THIS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION AND HAVE A DISCUSSION THERE.
WITH THE FULL BODY, I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE WE REPRESENT A DIVERSITY OF, OF PEOPLE.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, THAT, THAT, THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN MBNA WHO DON'T SUPPORT THIS.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO FORCE PARENTS, UH, TAKING THEIR KIDS TO, TO, TO, TO SCHOOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SEEN YOU MATT, UH, ON, ON, ON THE BEACH TRUCK WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FROM SOUTH BEACH TO MID BEACH, I'D RATHER, I'D RATHER SEE YOU ON A PROTECTED FACILITY LIKE THE BEACH WALK THAN TO FORCE FAMILIES LIKE YOURS ONTO COLLINS AVENUE AND SO AND SO.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR AS LONG AS THERE ARE ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMITS THAT ARE TIED TO THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER I THINK 10 MILES AN HOUR IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY REASONABLE.
AND YOU, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT IN YOUR, IN, IN YOUR COMMENTS, UM, I THINK EVEN, UM, CONSIDERING SOME SORT OF CARVE OUT TO, UH, LIMITED TO LOWER PEDESTRIAN VOLUME TIMES, UM, IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP.
I THINK IF WE, IF WE FIND PERIODS IN, IN THE DAY, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT MAKES SENSE AND, YOU KNOW, DOING IT AS A PILOT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE HAVE A SENSE OF PROVISION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE TRY IT FOR SIX MONTHS, WE SEE HOW IT WORKS FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO ADAPT, ADAPT THE POLICY OR REPEAL THE POLICY, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO DO THE MADAM CHAIR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MATTHEW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS GOING TO THIS, THE FULL COMMISSION.
IT REQUIRES TWO READINGS, AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS, UH, HAVE THIS IN PLACE BY THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I THINK THAT IF IT HAD THE FIRST READING IN JULY AND HOPEFULLY APPROVED BY, UH, BY THE FULL COMMISSION, YOU WOULD NEED A SECOND READING, WHICH WOULD BE EARLY SEPTEMBER.
SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT TIME OF DAY, I MEAN, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THERE ON THAT, UH, IN PRINCIPLE.
UM, BUT LIKE, WHAT IF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF YOUR CHILD HAS A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT ON 41ST STREET AT, AT NOON, RIGHT? I MEAN, ARE YOU NOW IN VIOLATION? UH, YOU KNOW, TIME OF DAY? IT'S, IT'S TRICKY AS WELL BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY, IT'S CERTAINLY, UM, UH, I'M SORRY, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE.
UH, IT, THE VOLUMES ON THERE CAN, CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY.
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SO I MEAN, I'M SUPPORTIVE.I THINK IT SHOULD GO TO THE, THE, THE FULL COMMISSION.
SHE'S A PARENT WHO LIVES, SHE LIVES IN MID BEACH AND SHE HAS AN E-BIKE AND SHE RIDES HER CHILDREN.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HER ANYMORE, BUT YOU MIGHT WANNA SAY SOMETHING.
MY KIDS GO TO NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY, AND, UH, I SOLD MY CAR.
SO YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT SELL THEIR CARS AND JUST GO WITH THE BIKE.
SO YOU SOLVE ALSO YOUR PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING.
AND, UH, YOU CANNOT REALLY TELL PARENTS TO GO ON COLLINS BECAUSE IT'S JUST DANGEROUS.
LIKE, I GET SCARED EVEN WHEN I'M DRIVING ON COLLINS.
YOU CANNOT REALLY TELL A PARENT WITH TWO KIDS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE.
SO PLEASE,
SO I JUST NOTE THAT AND, AND, AND I, AND I, AND I HEAR YOU, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE.
A CHILD HAS EMERGENCY AT SCHOOL, YOU NEED TO GO PICK THEM UP IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE DAY AND IT'S OUTSIDE OF, OF THE SCHEDULE.
BUT NOW YOU'VE BECOME DEPENDENT ON IT, ON THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO TO, TO PICK UP YOUR KIDS.
I'D RATHER YOU BE ON A PROTECTED, UH, PATH RATHER, RATHER THAN ON THE STREET.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, JUST, JUST REALISTICALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF RESTRICTING THIS TO EIGHT MILES AN HOUR, IS THAT REALISTIC? 'CAUSE I'VE RIDDEN ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND I KNOW THAT EVEN 10 MILES AN HOUR IS LIKE, YOU NEED TO FORCE YOURSELF TO GO 10 MILES AN HOUR.
SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY FEASIBLE TO DRIVE AND ELECTRIC.
I GO SLOWER THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR.
WHAT'S THAT? I GO SLOWER THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE SPEEDOMETER AND MY BIKE DOESN'T EVEN GO BELOW, I MEAN, ABOVE 15 UH, MILES AN HOUR.
SO, AND THERE'S PEOPLE WITH JUST REGULAR BIKES THAT JUST WITH THEIR LEGS GO WAY FASTER THAN ME.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE DANGEROUS ONES.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SO AGAINST ELECTRIC BIKES.
I'M NOT SUPPORTING WHEN MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST HAVE A SPEED LIMIT FOR EVERYBODY.
FRANCESCA, I'M SUPPORTING YOU.
I MEAN, IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE AGAINST ELECTRIC BIKES WHEN THE SPEED, I THINK IS THE ISSUE MORE THAN THE ELECTRIC BIKE.
AND, AND, AND BY THE WAY, I, I PURCHASED A RADAR GUN.
YOU CAN JUST POINT IT AT SOMEONE, HIT THEIR SPEED AND YOU SEE THE SPEEDS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING.
AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING THAT FAST ON THE BEACH WALK.
UH, BUT THE PURPOSE ISN'T TO GO OUT THERE AND AND TAG SOMEONE GOING 11 MILES AN HOUR.
YOU'RE GONNA GET MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO OBEY.
AND THAT'S GOOD PUBLIC POLICY.
WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE OBEYING THEIR RULES.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET EVERYONE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT 99TH PERCENTILE PERSON WHO DOESN'T CARE WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS OR WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS.
PAYING ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK GALLO HAS A FEEDBACK.
UM, I WOULD ASK THAT WE PUMP THE BRAKES IF POSSIBLE AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DISCUSSION AND HAVE US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THIS A LITTLE MORE.
BECAUSE WHAT MR. ALTOFF, WHO IS A VERY RESPONSIBLE BICYCLE OPERATOR, ONE OF THE MOST RESPONSIBLE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS CITY, ALWAYS WEARS A HELMET, ALWAYS HAS HIS CHILDREN WEARING HELMETS.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.
AND IF ALL OF OUR BICYCLE OPERATORS IN THE CITY WERE LIKE MR. ALTOFF, WE WOULDN'T NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THE REALITY IS, WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE COME OUT OF THIS DISCUSSION IS A VIABLE, ENFORCEABLE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA CONDUCT THE ENFORCEMENT TO READILY IDENTIFY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PARENT AND A CHILD ON A BICYCLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE DON'T ADD AGE RESTRICTIONS TO THAT, THEN THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO IS A 17-YEAR-OLD IS THE SAME SIZE AS AN ADULT, BUT IT'S STILL A CHILD UNDER THE LAW.
SO WE COULD HAVE ISSUES WHERE THEY'RE NOT RIDING RESPONSIBLY YET.
THEY'RE BOTH ON A BIKE, PARENT AND CHILD, AND WE CANNOT TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE THIS FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH GOOD STRATEGIES AND ENFORCEABILITY OF AN ORDINANCE THAT MOVES FORWARD SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN RESPONSIBLY USE THAT BEACH WALK, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED AREAS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE FOLKS ARE OPERATING EITHER A MICRO MOBILITY VEHICLE WITH A MOTOR THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON THE BEACH WALK AT ALL, OR A PEDAL ASSISTED BICYCLE OR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
EVEN FOLKS THAT ARE RIDING BICYCLES WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF PEDAL ASSIST OR MOTOR AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN A MANNER THAT INTERACTS WITH SOME OF OUR ELDERLY RESIDENTS THAT WALK OUT THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A DESIRE TO GET THIS FORWARD BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IF WE COULD PUMP THE BRAKES AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DISCUSSION, LET US WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION, LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN DEPTH SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY A WORKABLE, UM, ENFORCEABLE ORDINANCE TO COME OUT OF THIS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST PRACTICE.
LET ME HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER BOB.
UM, SO MICRO MOBILITY, AS MATTHEW
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WELL KNOWS, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN OUR ONLY RESIDENT, UM, WORKING ON THE TASK FORCE WITH STAFF MEMBERS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.UM, MICRO MOBILITY HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS PROJECT FOR ME SINCE I WAS ELECTED.
AND MY GOAL IS TO MAKE MIAMI BEACH ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES TO RIDE A BIKE IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY.
AS MATTHEW ALSO WELL KNOWS, UM, AT THE MOMENT, UM, E-BIKES ARE NOT, OR ELECTRIC DEVICES, WHETHER IT'S A SCOOTER OR BIKE, ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE BEACH WALK BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT TO BE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND TRADITIONAL BICYCLES ONLY.
WE ARE LITERALLY IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING, OF BUYING AND INSTALLING DEVICES TO MEASURE WHO USES THE BEACH WALK AND WHAT RATES OF SPEED THEY ARE AT SO THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER FOR A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW AND OVERHAUL OF HOW TO USE THAT, THAT BEACH WALK IN A MORE SAFE, EQUITABLE MANNER.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD BRINGING HIS 4-YEAR-OLD, UM, TO A PLAYGROUP ON, ON THE BEACH WALK? THEY'RE NOT A PARENT AND CHILD OR 16-YEAR-OLD AND A 4-YEAR-OLD SIBLING OR NIECE.
THEY'RE NOT A PARENT AND CHILD.
HOW WOULD WE DO THIS? SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL IS VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR, FOR, UM, ACHIEVING THE DESIRED, UM, EFFECT BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE OFFICERS MAKING SNAP DECISIONS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO ARGUE THE WAY IN AND OUT OF THINGS.
I AM ASKING YOU TO HOLD ON THIS AS CHIEF MORGA HAS SAID, BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO THIS WITH DATA, WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING.
SO BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I EXPECT TO BE BRINGING A COMPREHENSIVE, IF NOT SOONER, FRANKLY, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE BEACH WALK AND OTHER LANES THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE THIS BE A HOLISTIC SOLUTION.
I UNDERSTAND, FRANCESCA, YOUR CONCERNS AND I I I HEAR THEM LOUD AND CLEAR.
I MEAN, I, YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE TRANSPORT THEIR CHILDREN TO AND FROM PLACES IN EUROPE.
UM, IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THIS HAS ALREADY TAKEN EFFECT.
WE ARE SO CLOSE, LET'S NOT, UM, DO SOMETHING IN HASTE THAT ENDS UP WITH A WORSE PRODUCT THAN IF WE DID SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO IN THE PROPER TIMEFRAME WITH ACTUAL DATA SO THAT WE CAN GET THE SUPPORT WE NEED.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET FDOT TO RELAX SOME THINGS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO LET US HAVE MORE, UM, UH, JURISDICTION OVER OUR OWN STREETS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
LET'S NOT FORCE THE ISSUE HERE BECAUSE IT WON'T END UP AS WELL AS IT WOULD IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THINGS HOLISTICALLY.
I'LL JUST SAY, MY CONCERN IS THAT TODAY WE ARE PROHIBITING THOSE PARENTS THAT WANT TO USE ELECTRIC BICYCLES FROM USING A SAFER MODE OF TRA A SAFER AVENUE OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE'RE SAYING YOU GOTTA GO ON THE STREET, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THE BEACH WALK.
WE ARE DISCRIMINATING ON, ON A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE PUSHING THEM ONTO, ONTO THE STREETS.
NO, IT'S JUST, IT'S CURRENTLY NOT LEGAL PER UNDER OUR CODE AND BY THE RULES UNDER WHICH THIS SPEECH WALK WAS FUNDED.
SO CAN I JUST CLARIFY THAT UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE, UH, IT, THE, THE SUN, THE SUN TRAIL NETWORK, THE SUN STANDS FOR, FOR SHARED USE NON-MOTORIZED.
AND UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE, CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO BICYCLES ARE CONSIDERED NON-MOTORIZED.
SO THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS BEACH WALK THE MANY DIFFERENT PHASES.
IT TOOK OVER TWO DECADES TO BUILD, ALLOWS E-BIKES.
THE FLORIDA STATUTE DOES GIVE THE CITY THE OPTION TO PROHIBIT THEM ON, ON SHARED USE OF PATHS, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
AND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WOULD NOT RUN A FILE OF ANY SORT OF RULES AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO THE SUNRAIL NETWORK DOES NOT PROHIBIT AUTOMATICALLY, LIKE WHEN YOU GOT, WHEN YOU GOT FUNDING THROUGH THE PROGRAM, YOU'RE NOT PROHIBITED FROM HAVING E-BIKES ON, ON THE FACILITY BEING BUILT WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE GRANT DOLLARS.
AND SO I, KNOWING THAT, LISTEN, IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN MY CONSCIOUS THAT GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOMETHING, FIX SOMETHING IN THE NAME OF SAFETY OF PARENTS AND, AND CHILDREN, AND FOR US NOT TO EXPLORE IT, I THINK, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE.
UH, I WOULD'VE GONE UP TO 10 MILES AN HOUR, UH, JUST HAVING RIDDEN THESE, I KNOW THAT 10
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THOU 10 MILES AN HOUR, YOU'RE NOT CAUSING DAMAGE ON ANYONE.AND THIS IS, THIS IS SAYING EIGHT MILES AN HOUR.
SO, UM, I THINK, AND I JUST WANT CLARITY.
I THINK THE ITEM SAYS EIGHT MILES AN HOUR.
SO I'M NOT, I DON'T WANNA SWEAT HAIRS ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, AND SO AND SO MADAM CHAIR, I THINK AND, AND KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS, WHEN THEY GET BACK TO SCHOOL, HAVE A SAFE AVENUE, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO, TO GET THERE OTHER THAN THE STREETS.
AND, UH, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SEND THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
I'M IN AGREEMENT TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION AT COMMISSION, UM, FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD.
AND, UM, WE'LL SEE WHERE AS A BODY THE DISCUSSION GOES.
MADAM CHAIR, COULD I JUST, I WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT COMMISSIONER BOT MADE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE TASK FORCE HAS DONE, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T APPEAR TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IT, IT COMES FROM A GOOD PLACE.
A PROPOSAL IS GOOD POLICY, AND IT'S, IT'S IN LINE WITH PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
I'VE BEEN TRAVELING THIS, THIS SUMMER, AND FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS IN COLORADO AND ON THE, AND SOME TRAILS THERE, THEY HAVE SPEED LIMITS 10 MILES AN HOUR.
THEY HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY, E-BIKES WELCOME CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, ONLY CLASS THREE ARE PROHIBITED.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY BEING LOOKED AT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, AND STARTING FROM THE DEFAULT OF NOT ALLOWING, I THINK IS THE WRONG PATH.
AND IF I COULD JUST SHARE ONE MORE THING THAT I PREPARED.
THIS IS A MAP SHOWING, UH, BICYCLE LANES PROTECTED, UNPROTECTED, ANY SORT OF BICY LANE BUILT IN THE CITY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND THE RED ONE IS A BICY LANE THAT WAS BUILT AND REMOVED.
THERE'S NOT MUCH, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRE FOR MORE DATA, AND I THINK YOU CAN COLLECT DATA AND THE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S IDEA FOR A SUNSET PROVISION IS NOT A BAD IDEA.
IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT, IT WILL SUNSET.
IF IT IS WORKING OUT, IT CAN BE EXTENDED AND PERHAPS MADE PERMANENT, UH, IN PARALLEL WITH COLLECTING DATA, OF COURSE.
SO I, THAT THE VISUAL THAT YOU HAVE IS INTERESTING.
IT IS NOT THE EXTENT OF OUR BIKE LANES, AND AS YOU WELL KNOW AND THE REASON WHY THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE THE PRIOR COMMISSIONS HAVE NOT PRIORITIZED THIS AS, I MEAN, I, I'M JUST SO FLABBERGASTED IN THIS WHOLE THING BECAUSE WE ARE CLEARLY PRIORITIZING THIS.
WE ARE FUNDING, WE ARE FINDING MONEY TO FINISH EXTENSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT SO THERE'S BETTER CONNECTIVITY.
I'M LITERALLY IN THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT TRYING TO REPURPOSE EXISTING ROADS SO THAT INSTEAD OF BEING, UM, ONE WAY ONLY FOR CARS AND ANYBODY, IT WOULD BE TWO WAYS FOR MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES ONLY.
THE LEAPS AND BOUNDS WE ARE TAKING BETWEEN WHAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO AND WHAT WILL BE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ARE, ARE ENORMOUS.
AND THE REASON I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH THE NEED AND THE DESIRE.
BUT I REALLY, I, WE DO THINGS AS A CITY, SO HAPHAZARDLY, WE DO THINGS, WE UNDO IT, WE DO THINGS, WE UNDO IT.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THINGS SUPER HOLISTICALLY ON THIS SO THAT CITYWIDE, WE HAVE A WAY TO NEGOTIATE OUR WAY THROUGH GODAWFUL TRAFFIC.
THE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO LEAVE THEIR CARS OR GET RID OF THEM ENTIRELY, THE BETTER.
WHICH IS A POINT I MAKE TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE LIKE, WELL, I'M NEVER GONNA USE A BIKE.
HOW DOES THIS HELP ME? AND I SAY, WELL, BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WILL, AND THEREFORE YOUR ROADS WILL BE CLEARER.
THE POLICE HAVE TALKED ENDLESSLY ABOUT SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT AND HOW COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT THAT BECOMES CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO MEANS A LOT TO US.
IT MAY MEAN NOTHING TO PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BIKES OR THEY MAY NOT EVEN CARE.
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF ISSUES TO BE WORKED OUT AT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
MY GOAL IS NOT TO ENDANGER OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE ALL SHARE, ALL OF US ON THE DAY SHARE THAT DESIRE.
AND NO ONE SAID THAT YOU WERE NO, NO, NO.
I, NO, BUT YOU, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT BE ON YOUR HEAD.
WE DON'T, NONE OF US WANT IT ON OUR HEADS.
AND I, I SAY ALL THE TIME THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHAT WE ARGUE ABOUT OR SUPPORT IN POLICY, THE ONLY REAL JOB WE HAVE IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I AM GIVING SO MUCH PRIORITY TO TRYING TO MAKE THIS AVENUE OF, NO PUN INTENDED, THIS AVENUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY PARAMOUNT.
SO LET US DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
IT'S GOING TO THE COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 3RD, BUT LET'S PUT A SUNSET PERIOD.
I ALSO WANNA MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS SAID THAT PAST COMMISSIONS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT BIKES.
I WENT TO A BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UH,
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WORKSHOP AT THE GOLF COURSE WITH MARK, AND THE CITY IMPLEMENTED THAT, UH, THEY ALSO IMPLEMENTED WHAT MODE OF TRA OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION, IF YOU WILL, WOULD GO FIRST AND PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE, LIKE CAR WAS LAST.SO PAST COMMISSIONS HAVE EMBRACED WALKING, UM, AND BICYCLE.
WE HAVE OVER 30 MILES OF BICYCLE LANES CURRENTLY, AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAD AN EMERGENCY, SO THEY'RE NOT HERE.
OH, WE HAVE ALSO, BUT COMING DOWN THE PIKE IS ANOTHER 30, UH, MILES OF, OR MORE OF BICYCLE LANES.
SO PAST COMMISSIONS HAVE EMBRACED BICYCLE LANES, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL AND THE FULL COMMISSION CAN DISCUSS IT.
AND THE PAST COMMISSION ALSO FINALIZED THE SHARED USE PATH ALONG DAVE BOULEVARD.
WE APPROVED THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE COMING ON MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND THERE'S ONE THAT WILL BE STARTING SOON THAT GOES ALONG CHASE AVENUE AND 30 AND 34TH STREET THAT THE PAST COMMISSIONS HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY THE PASSING MEDIA COMMISSION, UH, FUNDED AND, AND AND APPROVED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY VETTING.
IT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT WE GOT THERE, RIGHT, MATTHEW? YEAH.
AND LASTLY, BEFORE WE WE MOVE ON, CAN I JUST ADD, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY ON MY MICRO MOBILITY, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE'S SO PASSIONATE AND FIRED UP ABOUT THIS.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND THE FULL COMMISSION CAN DISCUSS IT AND, UH, SEE WHERE IT LANDS.
IT'LL BE FIRST READING, RIGHT? YES.
NO, I JUST WANNA ADD ONE MORE THING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANNA DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, BUT EVERY DAY THAT NOT ALLOWED TO GO ON THE, ON THE BEACH WALK, IT'S JUST DANGEROUS FOR THE FAMILY.
WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE DISCUSSION.
AND WITH THAT, I, WE WILL GO TO NUMBER NINE.
[9. DISCUSS POTENTIAL PROCUREMENT FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION KIOSKS AT SELECT CITY PARKS]
DISCUSS POTENTIAL PROCUREMENT FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION KIOSK AT SELECT CITY PARKS.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND PARKS AND REC WILL BE, UM, PRESENTING THE ITEM.
SO I WANNA HANDLE THIS A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO, UM, UH, MENTIONED WHAT YOU'VE DETERMINED, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA HEAR FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA.
AND, UM, I WANT HIM TO SHARE HIS VISION.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO TO PROCUREMENT, WOULD HAVE PROPER BIDDING AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, BUT I'D LET, I'LL LET YOU KICK IT OFF AND THEN GO, UH, TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL, I'LL STAY VERY HIGH LEVEL.
SO THE ITEM, THE ITEM BEFORE US IS TALKING ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM TO BRING CONCESSIONS OR FOOD AND BEVERAGE KIOSK INTO SOME OF THE PARKS TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL PARK EXPERIENCE.
SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE DID AT YOUR, YOUR DIRECTION WAS WE, WE TRY TO FIND SOME LOCATIONS WHERE WE WOULD THINK A PILOT WOULD FIT WELL.
AND BEFORE WE, WE, WE, UM, KICK IT OFF TO OUR GUESTS.
WE'VE COME DOWN WITH FLAMINGO PARK, THAT'S LIKE OUR CENTRAL PARK.
IT'S, IT'S ONE OF OUR LARGER PARKS, NORTH BEACH, OCEANSIDE, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, LARGE PARK HEAVILY USED, AND THEN NORMAN, THE AISLE PARK IN POOL.
THAT WOULD BE OUR SUGGESTIONS IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO A THREE PARK PILOT, IF YOU WANTED TO DO MORE OR LESS, WE COULD THEN REFINE THAT LIST.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT INFORMATION.
AND, UH, NOW I WOULD LIKE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, ED, IF YOU WOULD COME UP.
UM, IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE, UH, HAVING MEETINGS WITH YOU, HEARING YOUR VISION, AND, UM, YES, FEEL FREE TO, UH, SHARE WITH US.
AND THIS IS MY PARTNER, DANIEL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING CARE MEETING.
YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, WE'VE BEEN SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY.
WE, WE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE, UH, JUST A VERY PRELIMINARY, UM, UH, SORT OF CONCEPT OF, OF DIRECTION AND WHATNOT.
UM, BUT THE IDEA OF, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN HERE RESIDENTS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW IN MIAMI BEACH, AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, HAVING A FAMILY HERE AS WELL, AND, UM, ENJOYING ALL THE GREEN SPACES AND PARKS IN, UH, MIAMI BEACH.
UM, HOWEVER, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF, UH, A QUESTION.
WE, WE, WE, BY THE WAY, EXCUSE ME, WE COME FROM THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY.
WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING, UH, CONCEPTS IN MIAMI BEACH FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW.
UH, SO, UH, WITH THAT AS FAMILIES AND GROWING SORT OF, UH, INFLUX OF FAMILIES IN MIAMI BEACH, WE FEEL THAT THERE MIGHT BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING, UM, SOME OF THESE LITTLE VENDING PROJECTS IN, UH, IN A FEW PARKS IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, AND, UH, SO WE WANTED TO JUST OPEN THE DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL AND SEE, UH, WHAT, HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE, WHAT, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE.
AND IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THE DISCUSSION,
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THIS PARTICULAR, UH, CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE, IT'S A ICE CREAM CONCEPT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA OFFER.ALSO VEGAN ICE CREAM WITH SOME, UH, JUICES AND SANDWICHES AND JUST SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY, FOR THE KIDS.
UH, AS DANIEL SAID BEFORE, WE, WE HAVE KIDS AND WE ALWAYS TAKE THEM TO THE PARK AND WE ALWAYS LIKE, OH, THERE'S NOTHING TO DRINK.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF THE PARK, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS CERTAIN PARKS, BUT, UH, WE WANT TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH WITH THE F AND B OFFERING.
AND IF, UM, WERE YOU THINKING OF USING IT EXISTING CITY STRUCTURES TO SELL THINGS OR WOULD YOU BRING YOUR OWN KIOSK OR WHATNOT THAT, GO AHEAD.
SO THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION.
UM, WE ARE, WE'RE REALLY SORT OF ADVOCATES OF REPURPOSING, UH, STRUCTURES AND WHATNOT AND HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF, UH, SORT OF, UH, HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN OUR, IN OUR EXPERIENCES AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND WHATNOT.
HOWEVER, THAT WOULD BE UP TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE, IN THE PARKS THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO THIS.
UM, WE WERE SUPER OPEN TO, UH, REPURPOSE OBVIOUSLY BUILDINGS.
ONE OF OUR IDEAS WAS ALSO LOOKING INTO, UH, THE WONDERFUL LIFEGUARD STANDS THAT WERE, AT ONE POINT A FEW YEARS BACK, I KIND OF DID A LITTLE RESEARCH HAD GONE UP IN AUCTION AND WHATNOT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, USING SOME FUN ELEMENTS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN MIAMI WOULD ALSO BE A FUN AND CREATIVE WAY, UH, TO, TO REPURPOSE AND TO DO SOME FUN STRUCTURE, ATTRACTIVE TRUCK STRUCTURES FOR PEOPLE, PARK GOERS AND WHATNOT.
SO IT WOULD REALLY DEPEND ON A PER BASIS, YOU KNOW, ON THE PARK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE OR NOT.
UM, SHE ANSWERED IT VERY WELL.
IF WE WENT WITH THESE THREE SUGGESTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, NORTH BEACH, OCEANSIDE PARK DOESN'T HAVE A STRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO THE WAY THAT THE BID WOULD BE, WOULD BE, UM, DEVELOPED WOULD BE, OR THE RFP, WHATEVER IT IS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD IDENTIFY IF THERE'S A SPACE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION, OR THE POTENTIAL BIDDER WOULD WANT TO SUGGEST A KIOSK OR A PORTABLE SOMETHING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
HOW MANY PARTS IS THIS BEING PROPOSED THEN? WE SUGGESTED THREE.
WHAT IS THE IDEA, AND I'M SORRY, I HAD TO STEP OUT.
WHAT IS THE IDEA TO HAVE CONCESSIONS IN CERTAIN PARTS? YES.
THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN'T SUPPORT.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF ANYTHING THAT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY BEING INTRODUCED IN OUR PARTS.
I THINK WHILE IT MIGHT SEEM INNOCENT AT FIRST AND, AND, AND ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, A GREAT AMENITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE PARK, BUT TO, AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF FOOD STAND OR, OR OR BEVERAGE CONCESSION, I DO THINK IT OPENS UP THE DOOR TO OTHER POTENTIAL COMMERCIALIZATION.
OTHER TYPES OF CONCESSIONS ARE GONNA TRY TO COME IN AND PUT IN THEIR OWN, UH, CONCESSIONS.
COME TO US ASKING, WELL, YOU, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SIMILAR CONCEPT, SO EXPANDED TO US.
SO I GET THE IDEA OF IT AND I SEE HOW HOW IT COULD BE A NICE AMENITY IS JUST, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I CAN'T SUPPORT.
I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN SOUTH POINT PARK POINT AND ALSO AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN.
AT SOUTH POINT PARK, ACTUALLY, WE, I HAD THE OCCASION OF BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE TO SORT OF, UH, HELP, UH, START THE PLAYGROUP THAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING IN FLAMINGO PARK, ACTUALLY, BUT WE BROUGHT IT TO SOUTH BOY PARK AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE STRUCTURE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE AND JUST ADJACENT TO IT, ARE PART OF THE SAME STRUCTURE, IS NOW VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I SEE PROCUREMENT MOVE TO THE FRONT.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, JUST WE WOULD WORK.
HI, CHRISTIE BALA, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
UH, WE WOULD, WE CAN WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION IF THE INTENT IS TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION FOR THIS.
UM, AND WE COULD PUT SOMETHING OUT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PARKS AND WHICHEVER PARKS YOU GUYS IDENTIFY, OR FOR SOUTH WAYNE PARK, WE DID HELP THEM WITH THE CONCESSIONS THERE.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WOULD YOU BE OPEN IF WE MOVE THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION WITH NO RECOMMENDATION FOR DISCUSSION AND SEE WHERE THE ITEM LANDS? WHICH, WHICH WERE THE THREE PARKS AGAIN? FLAMINGO, NORMANDY AND OCEANSIDE.
FLAMINGO, NORMANDY AND OCEANSIDE.
UH, WITH, WITH, WITH NO RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I JUST WANTED FOR THE RECORD TO, TO REFLECT THAT WHEN THIS DOES GO TO COMMISSION, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS AT COMMISSION.
UH, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FLAMINGO PARK.
I, I DON'T FEEL WE ALREADY HAVE CONCESSIONS THERE WITH, WITH, WITH TENNIS.
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AND ALL THE SPORTS.AND NOW WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE A FOOD CONCESS CONCESSION.
YOU KNOW, I, I JUST HAVE CONCERNS WITH PUTTING MORE COMMERCIAL LIKE ACTIVITY IN OUR PARTS.
SO YES, LET'S SEND IT BACK TO COMMISSION WITH NO RECOMMENDATION, BUT JUST KNOW THAT A COMMISSION WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT.
IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I THINK I'LL LET YOU GUYS MEET DIRECTLY.
AND THIS IS NOT A, A, A BID WAIVER BY ANY MEANS.
IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, SO WE'LL SEND THIS TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION THERE.
AND, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
NUMBER TWO ONE OH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
LARRY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
LARRY SCHAEFER, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET.
UM, THERE ARE THREE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS IN FLAMINGO PARK.
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LODGE IN THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THERE? THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOCATION USING, UH, ADAPTIVE REUSE, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY, UM, FOR NORMANDY IS PARK AND POOL.
I, YOU KNOW, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT OPTION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING.
I, I'D LET THE LOCAL NEIGHBORS THERE SPEAK FOR THAT.
NOW IN NORTH BEACH, OCEANSIDE PARK, I COMPLETELY SHARE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S CONCERNS ABOUT COMMERCIALIZING PARK SPACES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE DO A, A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE PUT SOME KIND OF INSTALLATION ON THE WEST LOTS.
SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY IN NORTH BEACH OCEANSIDE PARK.
IT'S ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THERE'S PARKING, WHERE THERE'S ACTIVITY, AND IT, AND WE DO IT ON A TRIAL BASIS, SO WE DON'T SPEND FOREVER, YOU KNOW, KICKING THESE IDEAS AROUND AND NOT DOING ANYTHING.
I SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE A FOOD TRUCK THAT'S NICE, NICELY DESIGNED.
UM, SELL COFFEE IN THE MORNING.
THERE WAS A CONCEPT AT THE NORTH BEACH YARD TO DO SOMETHING CALLED THE MORNING GLORY CAFE, AND THAT WOULD BE A PLACE TO GO AND GRAB COFFEE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE NEVER GOT IT BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT THAT YARD PROJECT.
AND WE ARE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY RETAIL UP HERE, NO CORNER STORES, NO CAFES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A DEAD ZONE.
WE HAVE TO WALK FIVE BLOCKS TO GET A, A BOTTLE OF WATER OR GATORADE OR A CUP OF COFFEE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO STAFF AND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET GOING UP HERE ON THE WEST LOTS IF WE CAN.
ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC.
THE ONE THING I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IS WHEN THIS DOES COME BACK TO COMMISSION, JUST LET'S THINK ABOUT SANITATION.
AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OF.
I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO AT FLAMINGO PARK, WE HAD A RAT INFESTATION MM-HMM
I WAS GETTING SO MANY CALLS, UH, ABOUT THAT.
AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE NOW WE INTRODUCE A FOOD ELEMENT INTO, INTO, YOU KNOW, HAVING OTHER RODENT ISSUES.
AND THEN I ALSO KNOW WHERE, WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE SELLING FOOD, IT ALSO BECOMES AN ATTRACTION FOR HOMELESS ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR FOOD AS WELL.
SO I JUST, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT US TO KEEP IN MIND AS THIS ITEM MOVE FORWARD.
I WAS JUST CALLED A DEBBIE DOWNER.
[10. DISCUSSION REGARDING NAMING THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT FLAMINGO PARK AS THE “JOY MALAKOFF BUTTERFLY GARDEN,” AFTER LATE COMMISSIONER JOY MALAKOFF.]
NUMBER 10 IS DISCUSSED RE DISCUSSION REGARDING NAMING THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT THE FLAMINGO PARK AS THE JOY MALOFF BUTTERFLY GARDEN AFTER LATE COMMISSIONER JOY MALAKOFF.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND PARKS IN IRAQ IS HERE TO PRESENT.
I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO NUMBER 11.
[11. DISCUSSION REGARDING EXPANDING THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT K9 UNIT TO INCLUDE DRUG DETECTION DOGS.]
IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT CANINE UNIT TO INCLUDE DRUG DETECTION DOGS.THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR MINOR AND POLICE IS HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
IS, UH, MAYOR MINOR GOING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? I WAS NOT TOLD.
ANYBODY FROM HIS TEAM? ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR THE ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
SO, ON BEHALF OF CHIEF JONES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, EXPANDING OUR CAPABILITY TO, UH, HAVE ADDITIONAL NARCOTICS DOGS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS FURTHER.
I THINK THE, THE MOST CONCERNING ISSUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION IS THE, UH, COST RELATED TO EXPANDING, UM, THE CANINE UNIT TO HAVE MORE NARCOTICS DETECTION DOGS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU AS A FORMER NARCOTICS DETECTION DOG HANDLER, UM, IT IS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE, UM, OFFICE TO BE A CANINE HANDLER IN ANY REGARD.
WHETHER THAT'S A STREET CANINE THAT'S ALSO NARCOTICS TRAINED, OR EOD TRAINED.
IN THIS INSTANCE, WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT PASSIVE NARCOTICS DOGS.
UM, THE PROCESS TO MAINTAIN TO NUMBER ONE, TRAIN THE DOG AND THEN MAINTAIN THE CAPABILITIES OF THE DOG LONG TERM ARE DELINEATED, UM, BY THE COURTS AND
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BY ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.SO THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, THE, THE CARE AND SAFETY OF THE CANINE OFFICER AS WELL AS THE, THE CANINE PARTNER.
SO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIAMI BEACH CANINE KNIGHTS THAT PROVIDE US THE DONATED DOGS, UM, THERE'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE THAT THE CITY INCURS IN VETERINARY BILLS AND COST OF TRAINING, COST OF, UH, TRAINING AIDS, COST OF SECURING THOSE TRAINING AIDS AND WHATNOT.
SO, UM, WE WOULD, WAS IT LIKE 82,000 PER DOG? IT, IT'S ABOUT 82,000 PER DOG JUST IN THE COLLATERAL COSTS.
THE $15,000 COST OF THE DOG IS SEPARATE.
IF WE HAVE TO, IF THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THE DOG, THEN WE'RE UP TO ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DOG.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM FOR THE MAYOR, SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
AND SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
WITH THE CURRENT CANINES THAT WE HAVE, COULDN'T THEY BE USED FOR DRUG DETECTION PURPOSES? SO WE HAVE SEVEN CANINE TEAMS AT THE MOMENT.
SO THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND UP TO 12.
UM, EOD DETECTION IS OUR PRIMARY SECONDARY, UM, RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CANINE.
SO EVERY, EVERY ONE OF OUR PATROL DOGS, UH, EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DETECTION, SIR, THAT'S PRIMARY.
SO, NO, OUR PRIMARY IS STREET POLICE DOGS.
THEY BASICALLY ARE OUR APPREHENSION DOGS.
THEY SEARCH FOR BAD GUYS, THEY WORK PERIMETERS.
AND THEN THEIR SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY OR SECONDARY TRAINING IS TO CONDUCT EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DETECTION SWEEPS FOR ALL OF THE HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY EVERY YEAR.
SO, SO THE SEVEN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PRIMARILY USED AS POLICE DOGS AND SECONDARILY AS EOD? CORRECT.
AND YOU HAVE BUDGETED RIGHT NOW UP TO 12, CORRECT? THOSE ARE BUDGETED, YES, SIR.
AND SO THEN THOSE FIVE VACANT POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN VACANT FOR? I WOULD TELL YOU THAT WE CURRENTLY HAD ONE HANDLER PROMOTED, SO I WOULD SAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND SO, AND SO WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE 12 POSITIONS, THOSE 12 POSITIONS ARE INCLUSIVE OF THE 82,000? YES, SIR.
AND WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE SINCE, SINCE THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF, OF TIME ALREADY TO, TO BE ABLE TO DEDICATE, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO OF THEM FOR, FOR DRUG DETECTION PURPOSES, SINCE WE ANTICIPATE, BECAUSE I, I, I ALSO HAVE HEARD THE CHIEF MENTION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FULL STAFFING BY THE END OF, OF, OF THE YEAR, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE FULL STAFFING BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT THESE 12, UM, THAT THESE 12 POSITIONS ARE ALSO GONNA BE FILLED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL THE POSITIONS FILLED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT THERE'S NOT THE SAME LEVEL OF INTEREST IN FOLKS TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A 24 HOUR CANINE HANDLER BECAUSE IT IS A 24 HOUR JOB.
SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD LIMITED, UM, LIMITED INTEREST FROM SOME OF OUR OFFICERS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS.
WHEN WE'VE OPENED UP FOR OFFICERS TO VOLUNTEER TO BECOME CANINE HANDLERS, IT'S BEEN VERY FEW THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD.
SO WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'VE HAD AT THE MOMENT.
UM, IDEALLY WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN UPTICK IN INTEREST, AND MAYBE WE WILL WITH OFFICERS LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF JUST BEING A SINGLE USE NARCOTICS DETECTION DOG.
BUT IDEALLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND ON THE NARCOTICS DETECTION ONLY SIDE, THAT THOSE DOGS BE ASSIGNED TO UNITS LIKE OUR STR OUR, OUR, UH, OUR SET UNIT, OUR CRIME SUPPRESSION TYPE.
BASICALLY IT'S A SEMI UNIFORM PROACTIVE UNIT THAT COULD BE ABLE TO EMPLOY THE DOG, UM, TO DETECT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EITHER HIDING DRUGS OR SELLING DRUGS ON THE STREET AS OPPOSED TO THE REGULAR PATROL CANINE UNIT THAT'S DUAL CERTIFIED.
AND SO, COULD THAT BE, CAN THAT BE A, COULD YOU, COULD SOME OF THE 12 YES, SIR.
THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE BUDGETED, BE DEDICATED FOR THAT? YES, SIR.
SO PERHAPS WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WAY IT'S A DUAL PURPOSE GOAL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ADDING AN ONEROUS TO THE BUDGET OF, OF THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT THAT YOU INTEND TO FILL THESE POSITIONS, BUT PERHAPS AS PART OF THOSE SAME POSITIONS, WE CAN HAVE A SET ASIDE OF THESE CANINE DOGS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NARCOTIC PURPOSES.
UM, SO 11 WILL BE TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
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WE HAVE LARRY SCHAFER.LARRY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKES ALL OF OUR MONEY ALL OF THE TIME.
THEY ASK FOR EVERYTHING THEY WANT AND THEY ALMOST ALWAYS GET IT.
AND HERE, UP IN NORTH BEACH, WE HAVE A TERRIBLE WATER QUALITY SITUATION AND WE WANT MONEY PUT TOWARDS THAT.
WE CAN'T EVEN WORK OUT UP HERE.
THE GYM'S CLOSED ONLY FOR TWO HOURS A DAY.
WE WANT MONEY TO DEVELOP THE WEST LOTS.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST WANTS MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
CAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY LOOK AT ITS OWN BUDGET AND REDUCE PART OF THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO GET THE CANINES THEY WANT? CAN THEY OPERATE WITH A, WITHIN A BUDGET THIS YEAR? BECAUSE THE NEEDS WE HAVE UP IN NORTH BEACH, THE THE EXTRA CANINE DOGS AREN'T GONNA ADDRESS OUR WATER QUALITY, THAT WE CAN'T USE THE KAYAK LAUNCH.
EXTRA CANINES ARE NOT GONNA BUILD A GYM FOR US.
EXTRA CANINES ARE NOT GONNA DO THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THESE, THESE GUYS, THEY KEEP COMING AND GETTING EVERYTHING FROM US AND THE, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT PAY AND VOTE AREN'T NECESSARILY HAPPY WITH HOW MUCH IT COSTS.
[15. MONTHLY UPDATES ON EFFICACY OF ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO EXCESSIVE VEHICULAR NOISE.]
15 IS A MONTHLY UPDATE ON EFFICIENCY OF ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO EXCESSIVE VEHICULAR NOISE.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND POLICE WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
SO I RECENTLY HAD A MEETING WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVE SOUTH OF FIFTH AND ON WEST AVENUE, AND I'VE ALSO GOTTEN CORRESPONDENCE FROM FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE CONDO CORRIDOR ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLES AND VERY LOUD, UH, CARS MUFFLERS AS THEY'RE GETTING ON AND OFF THE CAUSEWAY, AND THEN THEY SPEED, UH, DOWN CERTAIN STREETS.
UM, SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
WANTED TO HEAR YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS AND THEN WE CAN GET MORE IN DEPTH AT THE NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE, WE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE LISTEN TO OUR POLICYMAKERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH AREA, THE CONDO CORRIDOR AREA, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DATING BACK THREE YEARS TO WHEN I WAS THE PATROL MAJOR THAT I INSTITUTED THE, THE NEAT TEAM, WHICH WAS THE NOISE ENFORCEMENT AND ABATEMENT TEAM, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON CONDUCTING THIS TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A PLAN WHERE WE HAVE DIRECTED THE WORKFORCE TO PRIORITIZE THIS TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF THEIR REGULAR DUTIES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO IS 1,000,001 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT, BUT LIMITED RESOURCES.
SO WE HAVE TO WEAR MANY HATS AS ENFORCEMENT, UM, SO THAT OUR MOTOR OFFICERS AREN'T JUST CONDUCTING THE, YOU KNOW, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AND SPEEDING, THAT THEY'RE ALSO WRAPPING INTO THEIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF ISSUE.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT SINCE WE STARTED PRIORITIZING THIS, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THESE CITATIONS BEING ISSUED.
JUST BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY, WE SAW 29% INCREASE.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE INCREASINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT AT ONE POINT WE WERE THE LEADING AGENCY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ISSUING THESE CITATIONS.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE IT WITH THE WORKFORCE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK EVERY MONTH AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO THEN WE'LL HEAR, UH, THIS AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.
[16. DISCUSS THE EXPLORATION AND FEASIBILITY OF A CRISIS INTERVENTION RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT WOULD DEPLOY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONDERS TO ADDRESS CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.]
IS DIS DISCUSS THE EXPLORATION AND FEASIBILITY OF A CRISIS INTERVENTION RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT WOULD DEPLOY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIRST RESPONDERS TO ADDRESS CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH CRISISES.THIS PON ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGEZ AND POLICE WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL MARGAO HERE ON BEHALF OF CHIEF JONES OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UH, LAST MONTH WE, WE PRESENTED IT AND WE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ REGARDING, UM, SPECIFICS AS TO HOW MANY BAKER ACT CASES WE HANDLE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND A BREAKDOWN OF THE PARTICULAR CLIENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE.
SO, I'M PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM.
BUT THE, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MAIN ISSUE WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ITEM LIKE THIS IS COST.
UM, EVEN IF WE REPURPOSED ONE OF OUR OFFICERS THAT'S ALREADY IN ANOTHER CAPACITY OR ASSIGNED AN OFFICER TO THIS, WITHOUT HIRING ANYBODY FOR THIS, THERE'S STILL A $250,000 COST INVOLVED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE BEHAVIORAL FOLKS THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE TEAM.
SO I'LL, I'LL SAVE YOU SOME TIME.
I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS FOR 2027.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM OUT AND THEN MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO.
[2. DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AD HOC NIGHTLIFE TASK FORCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ITS APRIL 10, 2025 MEETING]
IS DISCUSSED RECOMMENDATION FROM THE AD HOC NIGHTLIFE TASK FORCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT[02:10:01]
ITS APRIL 10TH, 2025 MEETING.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND IT'LL BE A MULTI-DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICE.
SO I'VE ATTENDED, AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AS WELL, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UH, TASK FORCE MEETINGS, AND THEY RECENTLY HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SPRING BREAK, UH, POLICIES AND PERMITTING AND ENTERTAINMENT REGULATIONS AND SOME COLLATERAL ISSUES.
THEY ALSO HAD SOME IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICING AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN ADDITION TO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, UH, REGARDING THEIR MOTIONS.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, OR IS IT AFTERNOON YET? GOOD MORNING, OR AFTER? IT IS AFTERNOON NOW.
UH, STEVEN ANTHONY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, YES, THE TASK FORCE HAD, UM, HAD PUT FORWARD FOUR, FOUR MOTIONS BACK IN APRIL.
UM, REALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION AND KIND OF, UH, WELL ADDRESSING ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS, UH, REGULATIONS AND, AND, UH, POLICIES, UH, REGARDING NIGHTLIFE, UM, HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND SO THOSE REALLY SPOKE TO, UM, UH, SPRING BREAK POLICIES, OF COURSE, UH, ENTERTAINMENT REGULATIONS, COLLATERAL ISSUES, POLICING AND SECURITY MATTERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING STRATEGY.
UM, THE MEETING, UH, THAT WAS HELD IN MAY, UH, SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, TO MARKETING.
UH, WE HAD THE DIRECTOR OF, OF COMM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, UH, THERE AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING.
UH, REALLY SPEAKING TO THE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, CAMPAIGNS THAT WAS GOING ON DURING THAT TIME.
UM, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
THERE WAS ALSO FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF, OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE, UH, COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, SHARING DIFFERENT VARIOUS IDEAS OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE COULD HELP, UH, PROMOTE NIGHTLIFE HERE, HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE CONTINUALLY ONGOING AND, AND, AND WORKING WITH THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DEPARTMENT ON, ON THAT BEHALF.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECES, UM, THE MEETINGS WERE, WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE.
UM, THAT MEETING WAS, WAS CANCELED, UM, DUE TO JUST TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER, UM, SO THAT, THAT COULD BE EFFECTIVE.
UH, THE DEPARTMENTS CONSIST OF PLANNING, BUILDING, UH, TRANSPORTATION, OF COURSE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND, AND POLICE AS WELL, UH, AS THE CHIEF WAS, IS GOING TO BE SET TO SPEAK, TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED.
THE, THE MEETING FOR JULY WAS ACTUALLY, UH, SET FOR JULY 3RD.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS RESCHEDULED TO THE 24TH.
UM, SO THAT'S THE MEETING WHERE WE'LL HAVE THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL SPEAK AT THAT MEETING THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY HAD THEIR MOTIONS IN APRIL MM-HMM
AND SO IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN NO DISCUSSION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HEARING IT HERE.
UM, SO, UH, POLICE OR MARKETING, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
MELISSA BRAIER, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS.
I DID ATTEND THE MAIN MEETING, NOT THE APRIL MEETING.
UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THEIR FEEDBACK AND WE ARE ALREADY ACTIVELY INCORPORATING, UH, THEIR FEEDBACK IN THE SPOTS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE G-M-C-B-B GREAT.
INCLUDING NIGHTLIFE AND, AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT, UH, WE APPRECIATED HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, AND THEN ON THE POLICE SIDE, UH, SO I, I HAVE PERSONALLY MET WITH THE CHAIR OF THE AD HOC NIGHTLIFE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND, AND JUST TO, TO ECHO WHAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS HAVE SAID, UM, WE ARE ON BOARD WITH FURTHER DISCUSSIONS MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING FOR, UM, HOW WE CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES IN WHATEVER CAPACITY AND WHATEVER NEED THE CITY DECIDES MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, I THINK WE CAN CLOSE THIS ITEM.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER MEETING JULY 24TH.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD, THEY CAN DO SO, UH, AT, AT THAT TIME.
[12. EXPLORATION REGARDING LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IN NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCING HIGH LEVELS OF BURGLARIES AND AUTO THEFTS AND DISCUSSING THE BEST STRUCTURE TO IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY-CENTERED SECURITY MEASURES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.]
12 IS EXPLORE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IN NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCING HIGH LEVELS OF BURGLARIES AND AUTO THEFTS, AND DISCUSS BUS STRUCTURE TO IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERED SECURITY MEASURES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BA.
I'M, CAN YOU READ NUMBER 14 AS WELL? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE SAME AS MY ITEM.
[14. DISCUSSION REGARDING ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.]
IS DISCUSSED ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.AND THIS DECIDED WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
LIEUTENANT OR SERGEANT GARCIA MAJOR.
ERIC GARCIA, MY APOLOGIES SERVICES DIVISION.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY USES VARIOUS, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS, UM, AS NEEDED THAT WE DEPLOY IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
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UH, WHEN WE SEE AN UPTICK IN CRIME, UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS.UM, I'M CURIOUS AND INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OR WHAT EXACTLY YOU'D LIKE TO US TO LOOK INTO SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME OPTIONS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THIS CAME UP.
I THINK, UM, THE VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THEIR PRESIDENT, CHAD, IS HERE, UH, MET WITH ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, HAD SOME IDEAS.
UM, CHAD AND SOME OTHER FOLKS ALSO WENT TO ARCTIC AND, UH, LOOKED AT THE CRIME CENTER.
UM, CHAD, DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND GIVE SOME PUBLIC FEEDBACK? YES.
SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH IMPLEMENTING THE LPRS AND NOW, UH, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT FUSS PASSED, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PUTTING ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES TO LOWER CRIME AND THE VENETIAN ISLANDS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU START TO GET INTO LOOKING AT YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU SAY, WELL, THIS COULD APPLY TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, I, I THINK REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT IS SEEN AS A LOT OF THINGS ARE CHANGING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THE, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE AXON FUSS, THERE ARE THESE MODULES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED INTO PERSONAL AND, UH, AND BUSINESS CAMERA SYSTEMS TO CONNECT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONCE THAT SYSTEM IS INSTALLED, UH, FROM AN HOA PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN INSTALL CAMERAS, OF COURSE, THEY GET THE COST ADDS UP.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH POLICE TO DECIDE ON WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE USED, WHERE, AND WHERE CAN WE HELP OUT TO ACT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INTELLIGENTLY USE THEIR RESOURCES, UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY LOWER CRIME.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BUDGET HAS COME UP A COUPLE TIMES TODAY, AND WE CAN'T JUST KEEP ADDING TO THE BUDGET.
SO MAYBE THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN HELP OUT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE, UM, CRIME AND, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS, UM, COST EFFICIENT AND, AND HELPS POLICE USE RESOURCES BETTER.
UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO HAVE A MEETING WITH CHAD OFFLINE ON THIS TOPIC AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING FORWARD, AND THEN I'LL MOVE THIS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 10TH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING? ABSOLUTELY.
[18. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PROJECT COSTS. (PROCUREMENT)]
18 IS DISCUSSED.TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON PROJECT COST.
THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND PROCUREMENT WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
OKAY, SO THIS ITEM CAME UP AFTER I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, AND BY EVALUATING AND POTENTIALLY STREAMLINING THE CURRENT PROCUREMENT STIPULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO SEE IF THE CITY CAN IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY COSTS, UM, AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A SAVINGS AND OVERALL ON PROJECT EXPENSES, UM, THAT'LL HELP THE CITY BUDGET AND TAXPAYERS.
AND BY SIMPLIFYING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE CAN ENCOURAGE MORE CONTRACTORS TO PARTICIPATE AND FOSTER A MORE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR BETTER QUALITY AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE BIDS, WHICH WOULD IMPROVE THE VALUE FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO, WANNA HEAR MORE FROM YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHRISTIE.
BALA, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
SO OVER THE YEARS WE'VE DONE A, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID, UM, WE'VE DONE A FEW THINGS TO IMPROVE, UM, VENDOR PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN, UM, PROJECTS AND BIDS THAT WE PUT OUT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE DONE A FEW THINGS LIKE VIRTUAL, ELECTRONIC, BI, VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR ALL, UH, SOLICITATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO INCORPORATED ELECTRONIC BIDDING BEFORE VENDORS USED TO HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY TO DROP OFF BIDS.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, STREAMLINED ALL REQUESTS FOR QUOTES AND FORMAL BIDS TO ONE SYSTEM, SO EVERYONE SUBMITS ALL THE QUOTES AND VENDORS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO.
UM, THAT WAS AN ISSUE WE HAD IN THE PAST.
SOMETIMES VENDORS WOULD SAY, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW WE CAN QUOTE, WHERE WE CAN GO, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO ESTABLISH A VENDOR ADVOCACY WITHIN THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST VENDORS, UM, TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR FORMAL BIDS OR HOW TO SUBMIT, UM, PAPERWORK.
WE ALSO, UM, DO A VENDOR SURVEY ABOUT EVERY TWO, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS, UM, TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE VENDOR
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COMMUNITY AND SEE ANY ISSUES OR, UM, THINGS THAT PERHAPS CAN BE STREAMLINED.FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF 'EM WAS THE QUOTING THAT WE INSTILLED THAT ALL QUOTES AND BIDS ARE IN ONE SYSTEM.
WE ALSO REVISITED OUR TEMPLATES IN THE MOST RECENT, UH, YEARS AND REMOVED ANYTHING THAT PERHAPS WAS REDUNDANT OR TIME CONSUMING REQUIREMENTS FOR VENDORS.
AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO OTHER OUTLIERS THAT MAY DRIVE COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, PERHAPS, UM, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, BUDGET, UM, THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS AVAILABLE.
THERE'S ALSO MAYBE PROJECT TIMELINES.
THERE'S ALSO RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, PERHAPS STAGING OR PARKING AVAILABILITY FOR THE CONTRACTORS.
SO THERE'S SOME, UM, ITEMS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, UM, DETAILED ENOUGH SO IT'S CLEAR TO THE VENDOR COMMUNITY WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE ASKING THEM TO BID ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO, WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND SOLICITATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, ARE THEY TOO STRINGENT? IS CAN WE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENT? DO THEY REALLY NEED THIS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND ET CETERA.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON STREAMLINING SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS THE FORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS AND ALSO THE INFORMAL QUOTES THAT THEY MAY REQUEST.
SO WHEN WE'RE DOING SOLICITATIONS, THEY GENERALLY DON'T COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, INVITATIONS TO NEGOTIATE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS, DO COME TO COMMISSION FOR ISSUANCE, INVITATION TO BID, UM, DO NOT COME TO COMMISSION FOR ISSUANCE, BUT THEY DO COME FOR APPROVAL.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE PERHAPS WE MAY PUT CERTAIN CRITERIA THERE THAT MIGHT INCREASE THE COST THAT ULTIMATELY WE'RE PAYING, UM, FOR CONTRACTS AND FOR, AND FOR, AND FOR VENDORS THAT ARE DOING WORK IN THE CITY.
ALL SOLICITATIONS HAVE THAT IMPACT WHETHER AN ITB OR RFP, BECAUSE ANY REQUIREMENT THAT YOU PUT IN ANY TYPE OF SOLICITATION CAN HAVE THAT IMPACT.
SO YES, EVEN AN INVITATION TO QUOTE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS DELEGATED TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO DO.
SO EVEN IN, IN THAT INSTANCE ALSO, BUT THEY'RE ALL RUN THROUGH YOUR OFFICE ULTIMATELY? CORRECT.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS THAT OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE THAT COULD BE DRIVING COST UP? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, ONE REQUIREMENT, UM, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IT VARIES.
UM, WE DO HAVE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN LOOK INTO MAYBE, BUT THAT'S, ISN'T THAT NORMAL WITH IT'S STANDARD, YES.
BUT, UM, WE CAN, LIKE THE COUNTY.
EVERYONE HAS INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, BONDS, UM, WE HAVE LIVING WAGE ALSO FOR SERVICE CONTRACTS, BUT THE COUNTY HAS THAT ALSO, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO OTHER THAN THAT, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR THE VENDOR COMMUNITY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE.
LOOK INTO SOME, UM, IDEAS, AND I CAN WORK WITH SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS ALSO TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE STREAMLINE SOME OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT ABILITIES DO WE HAVE TO CREATE SOME FLEXIBILITIES AS FAR AS PERHAPS PROJECT TIMELINES, PROJECT SCOPE, UM, TO PERHAPS OPEN IT UP TO MORE OF A VENDOR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO DO OUTREACH EVENTS THAT WE TRY TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE COUNTY MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE, UM, TO ALSO ENGAGE, UH, BUSINESSES TO COME TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
ALSO, I, I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE NOTICED ON A NUMBER OF THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO COMMISSION OVER THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN EFFICIENCIES, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BROUGHT US CONTRACTS AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WHEN YOU FIRST TOOK THE JOB.
AND I, AND I ASKED YOU PLEASE FIND WAYS TO BRING US CONTRACTS THAT ARE MORE EFFICIENT ON THE TAXPAYERS.
AND I HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU PERHAPS HAVE NOT GONE WITH THE INCUMBENT VENDOR AND YOU MAY HAVE GONE WITH A NEW VENDOR BECAUSE A NEW VENDOR, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US A LOWER COST ON THE TAXPAYER.
SO I HAVE NOTICED THE EFFORT ON YOUR OFFICE, THANK YOU, AND ON YOUR BEHALF, TO BRING US THOSE, THOSE CONTRACTS TO, TO THE COMMISSION WHEN WE APPROVE THEM.
AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO POLICY WISE ABSOLUTELY.
UH, TO FURTHER BRING EFFICIENCY IN THESE CONTRACTS ON THE TAXPAYERS.
AND I THINK ALSO THE COUNTY, I THINK THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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MAY HAVE INITIATED A PROCUREMENT, UH, TASK FORCE WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN PROCUREMENT POLICIES TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO INTERNALLY WITH THEIR REGULATIONS TO BRING, UM, MORE COST EFFICIENT CONTRACTS.MAYBE WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I CAN LOOK INTO WHAT THE COUNTY'S DOING ALSO.
SO I WILL KEEP THIS ON HERE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN SEPTEMBER 10TH.
UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
[26. DISCUSS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SIDEWALKS ON COLLINS AVENUE WITH MOSAIC DESIGNS, LANDSCAPING AND DECORATIVE UPLIGHTING]
26 IS DISCUSS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF SIDEWALKS ON COLLINS AVENUE WITH MOSAIC DESIGNS, LANDSCAPING AND DECORATIVE LIGHTING.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
SO WITH THIS ITEM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID SOME SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH.
WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, UPLIGHTING AND SIDEWALKS AND, AND LANDSCAPING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS ITEM BEING ON COLLINS, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS TO BE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH FDOT AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, YOU KNOW, COST TO GO WITH IT.
SO IT'S REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN ITEM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROVIDED, LAID OUT ALL THE COST ESTIMATES OF EVERYTHING, AND I THINK IT TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION, UM, TO GO FORWARD.
AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH FDOT BECAUSE IT IS ON COLUMN.
WE DID FDOT, DO ANY CONTRIBUTIONS? WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH FDOT AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO STAY HERE AND, UM, DISCUSS WHEN COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ IS BACK.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE THIS TO SEPTEMBER.
IN THE MEANTIME, CAN SOMEBODY ON YOUR TEAM REACH OUT TO FDOT AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS? UM, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE MOVING FORWARD.
[17. DISCUSS POTENTIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN AGAINST CONTRACTORS THAT IMPROPERLY CLOSE LANES ON ROADWAYS.]
17 IS DISCUSSED POTENTIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN AGAINST CONTRACTORS THAT IMPROPERLY CLOSE LANES ON ROADWAYS.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MINOR AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER B.
PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM MAYOR MINOR'S TEAM THAT WANTS TO TEE THIS UP OR JUST HAVE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS? I SEE DANNY
HOW YOU DOING PLEASE? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I WORK FOR THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
THIS ITEM IS ABOUT CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ON PRIMARILY COLLINS AVENUE, BUT AT EAST, ANY ROAD THAT THEY WILL BE, THE CONTRACTORS WILL BE TAKING UP A LANE, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE PERMITS AND THEY HAVEN'T NOTIFIED THE CITY.
AND THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN THE CITY DO ABOUT IT, UH, TO GET A NOTIFICATION AND TO PERHAPS FIND THEM OR HAVE SOME CONSEQUENCE, UH, FOR THEIR LOCKING LANES.
UM, SO A LOT OF THIS IS, IS AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY LIKE DOT TYPE, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR THEM, UH, ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS ON THEIR ROADWAYS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD FOR US, UH, AT TIMES TO REGULATE, YOU KNOW, THAT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ROADWAY PERHAPS.
BUT WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO, AND, AND OUR STAFF HAS, UH, REACHED OUT TO FDOT, UM, BASICALLY TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE TYPE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE INCIDENT THAT'S OCCURRED AT RUSH HOUR WHERE IT'S KIND OF SMALL TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, PER SE, MID BEACH AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, UM, IS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, UH, UH, DISCUSS PROJECTS WITH THEM.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THINGS, IF THERE'S LIKE SOMETHING THAT, LIKE AN EMERGENCY, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEY HAVE TO COME OUT AND RESPOND OR, OR, AND A LANE PERHAPS GETS SHUT DOWN WITH THAT, THAT'S VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PREDICT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING FOR THEM UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPECIFIC, UM, TIMES THAT THEY CAN BE OUT THERE, UH, AND THEY HAVE TO STOP THEIR WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY AT THREE 30 TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC, UH, DURING RUSH HOUR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED BEFORE.
SO, I MEAN, OUR STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THEM.
WE ALSO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RIGHTWAY INSPECTORS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AT THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU GET TO THAT THREE 30 AREA ON THE MAIN ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF FDOT UH, IS WORKING OUT THERE, THAT THEY'RE PACKING UP AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT OF THERE.
SO, SO THE MAYOR BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BECAUSE HE WANTS ENFORCEMENT
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ACTION.SO WHAT IS GOING WELL, WE, FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ABILITY, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY SO WOULD IT BE, AND MPD COULD, COULD POTENTIALLY A CITATIONS, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR EITHER OF THEM ON, COULD WE, WHAT ARE THE LAWS IN PLACE COULD WE GET MONTHLY UPDATES ON, ON THE CITATIONS BEING ISSUED ON THIS? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS MAJOR JOON CAMPBELL, MINE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF JONES.
UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROACTIVELY ENFORCING AND ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK.
WE CONDUCT FORMAL DETAILS FROM OUT OF OUR OFF-DUTY OFFICE WHERE THEY PROACTIVELY GO OUT THERE, UM, TO, UH, GO OUT TO SCENES AND SITES WHERE THERE ARE LANE CLOSURES TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ADHERING TO THE APPROVED PERMIT, THAT THEY HAVE ONE, AND THAT THEY ARE ADHERING TO, UH, THE STIPULATION TO THE SCHEDULE.
UM, IF THEY ARE NOT, THEN THEY AUTOMATICALLY, THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AND WE REQUEST CODE TO COME ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE CITATIONS, UH, TO THEM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ONLY A FORMAL DETAIL.
TWICE A WEEK, AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, OUR REGULAR PATROL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ASKED TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THEY COME UPON AS WELL THAT THEY SEE AS ADVERSELY IMPACTING TRAFFIC TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO THE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE RUSH HOUR TIMES WHEN WE HAVE THESE LANE CLOSURES, THEY'RE USUALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE OFF DUTY, NOT ALWAYS.
UM, AND THEN THERE, ARE THERE ARES, WHAT ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE OFF DUTY? WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE OFF DUTY IF THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE LANES.
BUT WHAT I, UM, SHOULD SAY, UH, COMMISSIONER, IS THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE'RE UNABLE TO FILL THE OFF DUTY.
SO THERE'S STILL ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE WORK, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE AN OFF-DUTY OFFICER AT THE TIME.
BUT, BUT AREN'T THEY REQUIRED TO BRING IN THEN SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION? NO, NO.
SO THEY CAN CLOSE A LANE OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THAT, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE THAT DOES HAPPEN.
AND THERE, SO, SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE THIS, IF THERE'S NOT A POLICE OFFICER THAT IS AVAILABLE TO FILL THAT OFF DUTY, CAN'T WE REJECT THE PERMIT? BECAUSE THE THING IS THE POLICE OFFICER IS ASKED TO BE THERE AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU'RE CLOSING A LANE OF TRAFFIC, WHICH IS IN PART IS A SAFETY SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND, AND COORDINATION THAT GOES INTO PLAY.
SO THE POLICE OFFICER IS STATIONED THERE NOT JUST TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER, BUT TO ADDRESS, TO ADDRESS A SAFETY SITUATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE 100% CORRECT.
UH, COMMISSIONER AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THOSE INCIDENTS ARE FAR FEW IN BETWEEN.
UM, IN FACT, IF WE DON'T HAVE A POLICE OFFICER FROM MIAMI BEACH THAT'S ABLE TO COVER THE DETAIL, WE DO REACH OUT TO OFFICERS, UH, FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES WHO WE DO HAVE MUTUAL AID WITH, UH, THAT CAN WORK OFF-DUTY JOBS HERE.
WE ALSO OFFER IT TO OUR PSSS, OUR PUBLIC SERVICE SPECIALISTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE TRAFFIC CERTIFIED NON SWAN PERSONNEL OF OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TECHNICALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, FROM OUR, UM, DISPATCHERS WHO CAN WORK THE OFF-DUTY.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHERE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY, UM, COVERAGE, UH, THERE AT A ROAD SITE.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE OFF-DUTY THERE, CAN THOSE OFF-DUTY OFFICERS HELP ENFORCE THE SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING BEYOND THE SCHEDULE OR THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR? ABSOLUTELY, SIR.
THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DO.
AND I GUESS THE ISSUE IS IN THE INSTANCES WHERE THEY DON'T GET A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT AND YOU HAVE THESE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE CLOSING LANES WITHOUT A PERMIT, THEN I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR'S TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ADDRESS AS WELL IN OUR ENFORCEMENT DETAILS.
WHEN DID THOSE DETAILS START? THEY HAVE, THEY HAPPEN TWICE A WEEK, UM, DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULING OF THE OFF-DUTY OFFICE TEAM, WHAT THEY MAY HAVE.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT SET, IT'S NOT TWO SET DAYS OR SAME DAYS EVERY WEEK.
IT COULD BE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY THIS WEEK.
IT COULD BE MONDAY, FRIDAY NEXT WEEK.
BUT HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN GOING ON FOR? IT'S BEEN, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF YEARS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WAS ASSIGNED O OVERSEEING THAT UNIT BACK IN 2022 AND IT WAS GOING ON BACK THEN.
SO, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, THROUGH
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THE CHAIR.SO IN OUR CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES, I THINK IT'S UH, SECTION 82 DASH 1 51, ALL OF THESE PERMITS HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY PUBLIC WORKS POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THE DISCUSSION ITEM TALKS ABOUT WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AGAINST CONTRACTORS THAT IMPROPERLY CLOSE, UH, THESE LANES OF TRAFFIC.
SO AFTER THREE VIOLATIONS, IF A CONTRACTOR IMPROPERLY CLOSES A LANE OF TRAFFIC, THEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CAN DENY THAT PERSON A, UM, A TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR OBSTRUCTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
AND DO WE HAVE, AND THEN OUR FINE PENALTIES ARE, UH, FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE, $500, SECOND OFFENSE, A THOUSAND THIRD, 5004TH IS 10005TH, IT BECOMES AN ARRESTABLE OFFENSE KNOWINGLY CONTINUING TO IMPROPERLY BLOCK A LANE OF TRAFFIC.
DO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY ON FDLT ROADS? UH, I JUST, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CHIME IN AND SAY.
JUST IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FDOT ROADS, WE DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER LANE CLOSURES ON THE STATE OWNED OR, UH, MAINTAIN ROADS BY FDOT.
WE, WE, WE DO NOT, YOU KNOW, CAN COORDINATE.
SO FDT, BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
IF FDOT HAS A CONTRACTOR AND THAT CONTRACTOR, IF I'M FDLT AND I'M HIRING A CONTRACTOR, I'M HIRING THAT CONTRACTOR TO DO ALL THE LEGWORK TO, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING ALL THE PROPER REGULATORY APPROVALS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK UNDER, UNDER THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
AND IF THEY'RE, IF, IF THEY'RE VIOLATING THE SCHEDULES OR NOT SUBMITTING THE RIGHT, UH, APPLICATIONS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
AND AS HERNAN IS SAYING, AFTER THE THIRD VIOLATION, THEY CAN BE REJECTED.
THEY CAN BE DENIED A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT DENIED TO ONE YEAR.
THEY JUST HAVE TO GET ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO DO IT.
BUT THEY, BUT THEY TECHNICALLY DO NOT NEED A PERMIT TO SHUT DOWN LANES ON THEIR ROADWAY FROM THE CITY.
I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO, TO UNDERSTAND.
LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTROL OVER THEM, UM, BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ROAD.
SO THEIR CONTRACTORS CAN GO TO ALTON ROAD, THEIR CONTRACTORS CAN GO TO 41ST STREET, TO COLLINS AVENUE, TO INDIAN CREEK AND CLOSE THE ROAD WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UN UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ROADWAY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE, UH, LAST YEAR WE ISSUED 196 VIOLATIONS FOR THIS, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE UP TO 91 VIOLATIONS, UH, YEAR.
AND THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE ON CITY ROADS OR STATE ROADS, UH, EVERYWHERE, EVEN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
SO HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THOSE VIOLATIONS ON FDLT ROADS? UH, IF THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT, THEN WE DON'T ISSUE A VIOLATION.
SO, SO WHEN YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU ISSUED THESE VIOLATIONS, I GUESS THEY'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE AGAIN THEN, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING IF YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE ISSUING VIOLATIONS.
HERNAN, I I NEED TO UNDERSTAND, I'M, I'M, I LOST YOU HERE IN THIS.
RIGHT? SO I MENTIONED EVEN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
SO YESTERDAY WE CAME ACROSS A BOOM TRUCK AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING BLOCKING A LANE OF TRAFFIC WITH NO RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT ON THE, ON, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
ON THE STATE ROADS IS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION.
SO YOU'RE NOT ISSUING THOSE VIOLATIONS ON ALTON ROAD, 41ST STREET, COLLINS AVENUE, INDIAN CREEK.
YOU'RE NOT ISSUING THOSE VIOLATIONS? CORRECT.
WHICH IS, THAT'S, THAT'S A CONCERN OF WHAT IS CAUSING THE MAJOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. ARE THESE, UM, THESE CLOSURES DURING, UH, DURING PERIODS OF HIGH CONGESTION ON THESE MAJOR THO FEARS.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR ALTERNATIVES? HOW CAN WE BETTER ADDRESS THIS? I, I ACTUALLY, I ASKED, UM, OUR, UH, RIGHT OF WAY MANAGER ALEX UH, ALVAREZ TO COME DOWN HERE AND JUST, UH, COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, HE WORKS VERY CLOSELY, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH FDOT, UH, ON THESE TYPE OF MATTERS.
AND I CAN, I CAN LET HIM ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR POINT FOR YOU.
UM, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? SORRY.
HOW, HOW, THANK YOU ALEX FOR BEING HERE.
HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OR HOW CAN WE BETTER ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF, OF THE CLOSURES ON FDLT ROADS, ON ALTON ROAD, ON COLLINS AVENUE ON 41ST STREET, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE CREATING, THAT ARE CREATING A PROBLEM, UH, RIGHT WITH WITH TRAFFIC AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GETTING PERMITS, CLEARLY THEY DON'T NEED
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TO GET PERMITS.HOW CAN WE BETTER ADDRESS THIS? SO ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKING WHEN THEY'RE AN FDOT CONTRACTOR WORKING ON BEHALF OF FDOT OR JUST ANY CONTRACTOR? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS THE ORDINANCES.
UM, THERE'S NO CLOSURES ALLOWED BETWEEN OUTSIDE OF 10 TO 3:30 PM BUT THAT'S FOR PERMITS THAT ARE ISSUED THROUGH MIAMI BEACH.
IF IT'S A CONTRACTOR FOR FDOT, WE DON'T OFFICIALLY HAVE, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL JURISDICTION OVER THEM AND THEY CAN WORK AND DO CLOSURES AT 30 YEAR.
SO NON-EMERGENCY LANE CLOSURES ON MAJOR ROADS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM SO YES, IF SOMEONE IS NOT AN FDLT CONTRACTOR, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO WORK BETWEEN THOSE HOURS BETWEEN 10 AND THREE 10 AND 3:30 PM WITH A MIAMI BEACH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT.
AND THEN IF THEY'RE AN FDOT CONTRACTOR, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO WORK OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.
USUALLY FDOT WORKS WITH US, UM, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, UM, TO SEE WHAT'S BEST WITH OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT.
THEY'LL WORK WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM AND THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH THE BEST HOURS THAT A MEETS OUR CITY STANDARDS WITH TRAFFIC IMPACT AND THEN ALSO MEETS THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR PROJECT.
AND HAVE WE, AND I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PREVIOUS SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION YES.
PREVIOUSLY WITH SECRETARY, SECRETARY MILLER ABOUT, ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
HAVE WE MET WITH, UH, WITH SECRETARY CIAS, UM, ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THESE ISSUES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE NEW SECRETARY, THAT THERE'S CONTINUITY OF, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY, UH, AND TRYING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THEY HAVE THESE PROJECTS? YES.
WE ACTUALLY DID MEET, UM, A COUPLE, I WANNA SAY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, WITH A LOT OF MEMBERS FROM FDOT AND THE NEW SECRETARY AND WE WENT OVER SOME OF THE, UM, CITY'S EXPECTATIONS AND HOW THESE ARE IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS AND THE TRAFFIC.
UM, THEY'RE VERY AWARE WE'RE EXCHANGING CONTACT INFORMATION COUNTERPARTS SO THAT ANY PLANNED WORK WE'RE MADE AWARE OF, OBVIOUSLY EMERGENCIES HAPPEN.
UM, SIMILAR TO US, OUR STRUCTURE ENTITY IS A BIG STRUCTURE.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WHERE IT'S MAINTENANCE, WHERE IT'S OPERATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TOWARDS THE RIGHT PATH AND WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH MORE THAN WE DID IN THE PAST.
IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR ABILITY, UNDER, UNDER WHAT WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER? I BELIEVE SO, YES.
PER PERHAPS WHAT CAN BE DONE, MAYBE ON A MONTHLY BASIS WE CAN JUST GET SOME SORT OF A REPORT ON, ON THE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IT'S GREAT THAT POLICE IS OUT THERE DOING DISEN ENFORCEMENT.
PERHAPS WE CAN JUST GET A MONTHLY REPORT BY LTC, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, UM, JUST TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO ON TO NUMBER 25.
[25. DISCUSS CONSIDERING BEAUTIFICATION OF THE ALLEYWAYS BEHIND ROASTERS ‘N TOASTERS AND CAFÉ AVANTI ON THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR]
25 IS CONSIDER BEAUTIFICATION OF THE ALLEYS BEHIND ROASTERS AND TOASTERS ON CAFE AVANTE ON THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR.THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
HI, UM, MADAM CHAIR, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN LOOKING AT AND, AND COMMISSIONER ROSEN GO GONZALEZ HAS BEEN VERY, UH, ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE'VE TAKEN FROM THIS ITEM AND, AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN TRANSPORTATION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ALLEYS BACK THERE PARTICULARLY, UM, THE TWO THAT ARE IN QUESTION BOTH ARE, ARE VERY HEAVILY USED SERVICE ALLEYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THEM.
AND IN ORDER TO REALLY TRY TO DETERMINE THE BEST COURSE OF, UM, THE USE OF THEM GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER TO MAKE THEM BRICK PAVERS, UM, OR JUST IT, IT, IT MADE THE MOST SENSE THAT WE FELT AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A, UM, YOU KNOW, A STUDY TO KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED HERE, IF THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE JUST TO MAKE THEM BRICK PAVERS IN THE ALLEY.
DOES THE STUDY MEAN BRINGING OUTSIDE PEOPLE? DOES THAT COST MONEY OR A STUDY INTERNALLY? IT DOES.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING HIRING A CONSULTANT BETWEEN 16 A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO HELP EVALUATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IF IT WAS A SIMPLISTIC THING, WE WOULD COME RIGHT UP HERE AND TELL YOU THAT.
BUT, BUT THERE ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED IN IT AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TURNING A, UH, ALLEYS LIKE THAT INTO POTENTIALLY BRICK PAVERS, UH, INTO THESE HEAVILY USED ALLEYS, UM, THAT HAVE TREMENDOUS SERVICE AND THINGS GOING ON THERE, I'M JUST GONNA JUST PUT
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FOR THE RECORD, I THAT'S OKAY.I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING AT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK, AND I, AND THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND I, YOU KNOW, I COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR THIS.
I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM, FROM FROM BUSINESSES IN THE, IN THE AREA, ACTUALLY THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
SO THEY WANNA HAVE PARKLETS ON THAT 4,000 BLOCK, UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 40TH STREET AND 41ST STREET ON CHASE AVENUE ON PRAIRIE AVENUE ON ROYAL PALM WHERE CHASE, WHERE PETER LOCA IS ON CHASE AVENUE CURRENTLY, THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A CITY BIKE STAND THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE EXPANSION OF THEIR, OF THEIR SPACE ONTO, ONTO THE SIDEWALK.
UM, BUT, BUT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA BE UNDER UNDERTAKING ON, ON 41ST STREET WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW AND NOT AS FOCUSED ON THE, ON THE, ON THE ALLEYWAY.
'CAUSE I I DON'T WANNA KEEP IT ON COMMITTEE AND THEN HAVE IT NOT BE HEARD UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEND IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION WITH NO, UM, RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE SPONSOR CAN DECIDE IF WHAT SHE'LL DO THERE.
UH, NUMBER 19, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[19. DISCUSS REINTRODUCING SAILING EVENTS TO MIAMI BEACH]
DISCUSSION ON REINTRODUCING SAILING RELATED EVENTS TO MIAMI BEACH.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BA.
TOURISM AND CULTURE WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
UH, WELL, I I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE NECESSARY.
I DO WANNA CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, LISETTE AND ALSO WITH THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
THEY WENT OVER ALL OF THE ROADBLOCKS THAT THEY'VE HAD IN GETTING THIS DONE.
I THEN TOOK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND I HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, A YACHT CLUB AND SOME OUTSIDE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A PROJECT THAT I HAVE COMING FORWARD, BUT I'M NOT PREPARED TO SHARE IT YET.
SO, UM, LET'S KEEP IT TILL SEPTEMBER AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU AND I WILL TALK SO THAT I CAN TELL YOU, UH, WHAT, UH, MY TEAM AND I HAVE IN MIND.
I WANNA COMMEND YOU 'CAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF ITEMS. UM, THE ONE THING I'M GONNA JUST ASK, UH, TO OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE REFER ITEMS TO COMMITTEES AND WE REFER A LOT OF ITEMS TO, TO COMMITTEES.
IF IT'D BE HELPFUL, IF THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM WHO IS REFERRING AN ITEM TO COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO BE PRESENT, PRESENT WHEN THEIR ITEM IS BEING CONSIDERED.
BECAUSE OTHER, OTHERWISE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR GOAL IS.
AND, AND IF THEY'RE SENDING AN ITEM TO COMMITTEE, THEY SHOULD BE PRESENT TO DISCUSS AND, AND PRESENT THEIR PROPOSAL AT COMMITTEE.
OTHERWISE, THIS IS HOW WE END UP, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WITH 30, 40 ITEMS ON, ON A COMMITTEE AGENDA, IT'S EASY TO MAKE THE REFERRALS, BUT THEN NO ONE HAS THE TIME TO BE PRESENT TO PRESENT THEIR REFERRAL.
AND SO I WOULD JUST KINDLY AND RESPECTFULLY ASK OUR COLLEAGUES IF THEY COULD BE PRESENT, UH, TO PRESENT THEIR ITEMS. SOUNDS FAIR.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER THE 10TH.
I WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY SUMMER AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU DO AND TO MY VICE CHAIR.
UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.