* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ONE. [00:00:01] GOOD [CALL TO ORDER] MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING JULY 23RD, 2025. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK, RALPH GRANADO, TO GIVE US ANY PERTINENT INSTRUCTIONS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. DURING THIS HYBRID SPECIAL COMM, DURING THIS HYBRID COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL, 1700 CONVENTIONAL CENTER DRIVE THIRD FLOOR. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING. VIRTUALLY HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING OR PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON MAY APPEAR AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE OR PROVIDE COMMENTS VIRTUALLY DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING. THE PUBLIC MAY JOIN THE MEETING BY VISITING THE ZOOM APP ON THEIR SMART DEVICE. WE'RE ON THE WEB AT ZOOM US BY TELEPHONE AT (305) 224-1968. AGAIN, THE LOCAL TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 3 0 5 2 2 4 19 68. THE TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9. AGAIN, 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9. THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND. AGAIN, THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTING TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY ON AN ITEM DURING THE MEETING MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON OF USING THE ZOOM APP OR PRESS STAR NINE ON THE TELEPHONE TO RAISE THEIR HAND. THE ZOOM LINK WEBINAR ID AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMISSION MEETING ARE STATIC AND REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM MEETING TO MEETING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO, UH, ASK, UH, MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE, CHAPLAIN, RABBI DAVID WEBERMAN TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION TODAY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. LET US PRAY. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ARE CONVENED HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR CITY. INSPIRE THEM TO UTILIZE THEIR INTELLIGENCE, THEIR EDUCATION, AND THEIR EXPERIENCE TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS WITH FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY. INSPIRE THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXECUTE THOSE DECISIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL EFFICIENCY. PETITIONERS APPEAR HERE WITH CONFLICTING INTERESTS. MAY THOSE WHOSE REQUESTS ARE GRANTED APPRECIATE THE DECISIONS AND MAY THOSE WHOSE REQUESTS ARE DENIED ACCEPT THE DECISIONS WITH GRACE. WE PRAY FOR TRANQUILITY IN WASHINGTON, INSPIRING ALL PARTIES TO EMBRACE MUTUAL RESPECT. MAKE GOD BLESS THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND KEEP IT SAFE. MAY THE VIOLENCE IN TROUBLE AREAS AROUND THE WORLD COME TO AN END WITH YOUR BLESSINGS OF PEACE. MAY DIVINE BLESSINGS SHINE UPON OUR CITY, OUR COUNTY, AND OUR STATE. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU RABBI. THAT WAS MY FAVORITE PART WHERE YOU GET TO PICK SOMEONE FROM THE CROWD UNSUSPECTINGLY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, I SEE STEFAN MIRTH FROM THE MIAMI BUSINESS CLUB. JUST START THE WORDS I PLEDGE AND WE'LL ALL SAY IT WITH YOU, SO YOU'RE GOOD EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT. YEAH, I PLEDGE, I PLEDGE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALRIGHT, MAYBE, MAYBE I'LL START WARNING PEOPLE, UH, NEXT TIME. WELL, WHY DON'T WE [R9 C DR. STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZEN'S FORUM. (8:35 A.M./1:00 P.M.)] START OUR, UH, OUR NIK TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I'M GONNA BE GOING FROM THE AUDIENCE TO ZOOM. SO YOU'RE FIRST. GO AHEAD SIR. UH, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ADAM SAPER. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT IN A LONG TIME, MIAMI BEACH, RESIDENT AT 10TH AND LENNOX. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION C SEVEN Y AND I URGE THIS COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE DEHUMANIZING AND VIOLENT RHETORIC TARGETING IMMIGRANTS, INCLUDING THE HORRIFIC IDEA THAT USING THE EVERGLADES IN ITS WILDLIFE AS WEAPONS AGAINST THEIR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE AN EASY UNANIMOUS VOTE. YOU ALL DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS. HISTORY. STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE USING IMMIGRANTS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR NEIGHBORS AS PAS IN THEIR POLITICAL GAMES. BUT THESE HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES. THIS RHETORIC NORMALIZES CRUELTY, INCITES VIOLENCE AND RACIAL PROFILING AND DEGRADES THE VALUES THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS LONG STOOD FOR. WE ARE WITNESSING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN REAL TIME IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO STOP THESE ATROCITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. THE SILENCE FROM THE COUNTY AT THIS POINT IS DEAFENING. INSTEAD OF FIGHTING TO SHUT DOWN THIS CAMP IN THE EVERGLADES, THEY'VE DECIDED TO ASSIGN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO TRANSPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM MIAMI-DADE OUT TO CAGES IN A SWAMP. THEIR COMPLICITY IS ABHORRENT. WE APPLAUD MIAMI BEACH FOR SPEAKING UP THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT AND THE LANGUAGE THAT ENABLES IT CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HOPE THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WILL [00:05:01] LEARN FROM YOUR COURAGE AS WE ARE ALL STRONGER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER. UM, AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE FROM MY FAMILY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE, NOT ONLY IN THE EVERGLADES, BUT HERE AT HOME IN FLAMINGO PARK AS WELL. SO WE WOULD SUPPORT PERSONALLY C SEVEN AF. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR MORNING. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER. OUR FIRST VIRTUAL CALLER IS DARREN. DARREN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OKAY. HELLO, I'M RIE, ALL OF YOU, OF COURSE. ONE SECOND. OH NO, IT'S ME. . UH, GOOD MORNING. UH OH. YEAH, OKAY. HI, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR MAYER AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS DARYL MAGRID. I LIVE NEAR FLAMINGO PARK, 19 JEFFERSON AVENUE. UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING YEAR OF SERVICE. UM, WE ARE MOVING, WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND TOWARDS MAKING MIAMI BEACH, UH, HOPEFULLY A BLUE ZONE CERTIFIED COMMUNITY. UM, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION C SEVEN AF AND STOP THE PLAN TO BUILD FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE NEXT TO THE RUNNING TRUCK. UM, MOVING THE FIRE STATION JUST TO BLOCKS WEST TO ELTON ROAD, UH, WOULD NOT IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES. UM, IT PUTS EMERGENCE TRUCKS IN TRAFFIC. UH, THE CURRENT LOCATION ALREADY HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO ALL THE AREAS VIA LESS CONGESTED JEFFERSON AVENUE. UH, WHAT WE LOSE IS IRREPLACEABLE, ONE OF THE LAST PEACEFUL GREEN SPACES IN OUR CITY. THIS IS WHERE FAMILIES GATHER KIDS PLAY IN RESIDENCE HILL PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. REPLACING THAT WITH SIRENS, DIESEL FUMES, AND YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION IS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, IT COULD BE CONSIDER AS PUBLIC HARM. UH, WE ALREADY FALL SHORT OF THE CITY'S 2040 PARKLAND GOAL WITH JUST FIVE ACRES OF APARTMENT PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS, HALF OF WHAT'S RECOMMENDED NATIONALLY. UH, AND WE DO ALREADY HAVE A TOP 1% ISO FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE RATINGS, UH, FROM THE EXISTING LOCATION. UM, I GUESS WHY TO DESTROY GREEN SPACE WHEN EMPTY LOTS AND OTHER COMMON SENSE ALTERNATIVES EXIST. LET'S PROTECT OUR PARK, OUR PEOPLE, AND OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. PLEASE GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY, NOW I CAN SPEAK. OH, HELLO. I'M MARJORIE. ALL OF YOU KNOW ME THAT I'M A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT AN IDEA THAT I HAVE THAT I FEEL WILL BE BETTERMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE OF THE BACKGROUND AND HOW I GOT THE IDEA. YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE THE SUNFLOWER SOCIETY FREE ART CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AT FEINBERG FISHER AND AT ADAD. AND WHEN WE HAD THE EXHIBIT AT ADAD, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS CAME WITH A SERVICE DOG AND THEY YELLED SO LOUD AT HER, YOU CANNOT BRING A DOG IN HERE AND IT'S NOT ALLOWED. AND THIS AND THAT. AND I KNOW THE DISABILITY LAWS BECAUSE I'M ON MANY COMMITTEES AND I KNOW IT'S AGAINST THE LAW, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA MAKE A FUSS ABOUT IT, BUT IT GAVE ME A WONDERFUL IDEA. MOST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO NOT KNOW THE ACTUAL LAWS, AND WE DON'T NEED CONTROVERSY AND YELLING ABOUT PEOPLE NODDING, NOT ALLOWING DOGS IN VARIOUS PLACES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I WENT TO THE POLICE CHIEF FIRST AND SAID, I WANNA MAKE A SIGN THAT SAYS SERVICE DOGS ARE ALLOWED EVERYWHERE BY ORDER OF THE POLICE. BUT IT WASN'T JUST AN EASY THING TO DO. I GOT THE COUNTY LAWS AND THE, UM, AND THE STATE LAWS AND THE FEDERAL LAWS FROM THE UPSTAIRS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT I'M WORKING WITH THE DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE WITH VALERIA. SHE BROUGHT AN EXPERT TO LAST WEEK'S MEETING AND I FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. THEY HAVE THESE DECALS THAT YOU CAN PUT UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES. SO I WENT, I'M PARTNERS WITH THE CHAMBER. THEY CAN DO THIS FOR ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, BUT CHRISTOPHER BEST WAS AT THE MEETING AND IN ORDER TO HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS, BY ORDER OF THE POLICE, THIS COMMISSION HAS TO PASS THEIR OWN ORDINANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER TO DO THAT. THEN WE CAN MAKE THE SIGNS AND PUT THEM UP IN ALL OF THE BUILDINGS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS PAULA KING. PAULA, UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, I AM PAULA KING, 80 11 CRESTVIEW BOULEVARD, UH, NORTH BEACH. AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF THE UNATTRACTIVE PROBLEM OF FECES IN OUR CANALS. UM, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND WE HAVE MORE BEACH SHUTDOWN DAYS THESE DAYS THAN NOT. UM, WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM COMING AT US IN THAT WE HAVE 15, ROUGHLY 15,000 MORE UNITS COMING ONLINE AND [00:10:01] NOBODY'S ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAY, OH, THE POOP IS COMING FROM THE SCHOOL. THAT SCHOOL CANNOT PRODUCE ENOUGH POOP TO WARRANT THE, THE, UM, HEIGHTENED AMOUNTS OF FECAL MATTER IN OUR WATERS. WE REALLY HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALL OF THE POOP FROM BAY HARBOR ISLAND, SURFSIDE, BALL HARBOR, AND, UM, ANYWAY, MANY MUNICIPALITIES POOP COMES THROUGH NORTH BEACH AND OUR, OUR CANALS ARE POLLUTED AS A RESULT OF IT. WE, WE HAVEN'T CHECKED OUR PUMPING STATION AND WE HAVEN'T CHECKED THE TANKS. SO WE'VE CHECKED ALL AROUND AND WE'VE FOUND A FINGER TO POINT AT THE POOL, BUT THE, THE SCHOOL, BUT THAT COULD NOT BE THE PROBLEM. WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THE PUMPING STATION, THE TANKS, THE PUMPING STATION ON CRE ON HAWTHORNE AVENUE. WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM HERE AND YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE HIT THIS BEFORE, WE HAVE 15,000 NEW ADDITIONAL UNITS PUMPING THROUGH NORTH BEACH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE BIG PROBLEMS. I WISH OUR CITY WOULD ADDRESS THIS. I KNOW THERE WILL BE NO RIBBON C CUTTING CEREMONIES OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S NOT THE MOST GLAMOROUS THING TO DO, BUT WE MUST ADDRESS THIS OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE VERY BIG PROBLEMS IN MIAMI BEACH, NOT ONLY IN NORTH BEACH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THIS ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED. GO AHEAD SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS ROBERT MCDOUGALL. I LIVE OFF 13TH STREET AND DREXEL, I'M A RESIDENT HERE. UM, I'M HERE. AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M NOT A LOBBY. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE TRACK AND I HOPE WE GET TO KEEP IT. I JUST CAME FROM THE TRACK THIS MORNING. I RUN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK WITH MY FRIENDS AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE CAN KEEP IT. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I WANNA SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS JOHANN MOORE. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, JOHANN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE SPEAKING FOR MERIDIAN COURT COMMUNITY. UH, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR ITEM C SEVEN Y, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT AS AN ORGANIZATION FOR REOPENING THE SITE SEARCH FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE SOUTH SOUTHSHORE COMMUNITY CENTER BE OFF THE TABLE. THIS, DESPITE ONE OF OUR CO-FOUNDERS IMPATIENCE WITH THE PROCESS, UH, AND SHE IN FACT WOULD PREFER THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH THE CURRENT PLAN, BUT A MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, FEEL THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO IMPOSE ON ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD OR ON OTHERS WHAT WE OURSELVES HAVE OPPOSED AS AN UNREASONABLE IMPOSITION ON A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, WHILE OBVIOUSLY THE WEST END OF THE PARK HAS LESS IMPACT THAN WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, AS WE SAY, UH, FORCE ANYONE, UH, INTO A SITUATION ACCEPTING SOMETHING WHICH PRIMARILY IS NEEDED TO BENEFIT THE HIGH RISES IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE INTRIGUED BY ITEM C SEVEN AG, BUT OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE PAST ABOUT THAT SITE NOT BEING BIG ENOUGH, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR TRUCKS TO DRIVE THROUGH. UH, AN IDEA HAS BEEN RAISED OF A TURNTABLE, PERHAPS SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW FIRE STATION AT THE CURRENT SITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, SIR. YEP. HI, UH, HI EVERYONE. I'M UH, STEFAN LING MURF, UH, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER HERE ON WEST AVENUE. UM, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE RESOLUTION OF NOT BUILDING, UM, ANYTHING IN THE PARK AT ALL. . UH, WE WANT TO KEEP THE FLAMINGO PARK AS IT IS. UM, I'M A PASSIONATE RUNNER. UM, I ALSO STARTED A BUSINESS CLUB HERE IN ON THE, IN ON THE BEACH. AND, UM, WE HAVE A BIG COMMUNITY NOW AND, AND WE ALL WANNA SUPPORT, UH, THE PARK. THE FLAMINGO PARK IS A VERY VALUABLE ASSET. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD NOT BUILD IN THE PARK AT ALL, SO HOPEFULLY YOU VOTE IN THE DIRECTION OF THIS AND, UH, FOR A BETTER FUTURE ON MIAMI BEACH. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS RAQUEL PACHECO. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, RAQUEL PACHECO, UH, FLAMINGO PARK, RESIDENT LOCAL ACTIVIST. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF TWO ITEMS. FIRST ITEM, I'D LIKE TO START WITH PEOPLE FIRST. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS C SEVEN Y. I WANNA THANK AND COMMEND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE FOR SPEAKING OUT FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. I MYSELF AM A CHILD OF, UH, OF, OF, UH, WAR. I WAS A REFUGEE AT NINE MONTHS OF AGE. UM, [00:15:01] MY FAMILY AND I, UH, HAVE MIGRATED, UH, TO SEVERAL PARTS OF THE WORLD. IT LANDED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD. UM, SO IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT I, ALL OF YOU, UM, HOPEFULLY WILL SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND NOT JUST HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT THAT YOU ALSO PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO ADVOCATE, UM, AT THE, UH, HIGHER LEVELS FOR MORE TO BE DONE BECAUSE, UH, WHAT'S BEING DONE HERE IN FLORIDA IS A STAYING ON OUR MORALITY THAT I FEAR WILL NEVER BE WASHED CLEAN. UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANNA COMMEND, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ FOR ITEMS C SEVEN AF AND FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO TAKE THE PARK OFF THE CHOPPING BLOCK FOR THE FIRE STATION. UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER CANDIDATE. I WAS SUPPORTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE. I LOVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF AND ALL THE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN, UM, WHO DO AN AMAZING JOB, UH, AS YOU KNOW BY THEIR RATINGS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, TO GREEN SPACE, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT IS SACRED AND IN AN URBAN SPACE. I, I DO HAVE A DEGREE IN URBAN STUDIES AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD URBAN DEVELOPERS PROTECT GREEN SPACE AT ALL COSTS. AND UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE BUILD THIS FIRE STATION, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. I KNOW SOME OF THEM MAY BE COSTLY, BUT WE LOVE TO BOAST ABOUT OUR WEALTH AND WE LOVE TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT ARE, SOME WOULD CALL FRIVOLOUS LIKE TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS. SO IN MY OPINION, IF WE HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE FUNDS TO GIVE OUR FIREMEN THE BEST THAT THEY THANK YOU MR. WHAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. YES. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS FRANCOIS. I AM A WEST AVENUE RESIDENT AND I OWN A RESTAURANT AS WELL ON WEST AVENUE. I'M HERE TO TRY TO SERVE FLAMINGO PARK. UH, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF A FIRE STATION, BUT I THINK THAT THIS PARK IS BEAUTIFUL. MIAMI BEACH IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO LIVE HERE. I REALLY THINK THAT WE COULD FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THE FIRE STATION. AT THIS MOMENT, I DON'T REALLY USE THE TRACK, BUT I COMMIT TO USE THE TRACK. IF WE CAN ACTUALLY SAVE, UH, THE PARK, I WILL GO WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS KEN BARNES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS KEN BARNES AND I LIVE IN NORTH MIAMI LIKE COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ. MY STORY IS SHAPED BY IMMIGRATION. MY MOTHER CAME FROM A POOR UKRAINIAN FARMING FAMILY, OFTEN GOING HUNGRY BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1921 AND EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA WHERE I WAS BORN. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION, OPPOSING VIOLENT AND DEHUMANIZING RHETORIC TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS IS BOTH TIMELY AND ESSENTIAL. TOO OFTEN IMMIGRANTS ARE PORTRAYED AS CRIMINALS OR THREATS WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WORKING IN RESTAURANTS, CLEANING HOMES, AND HELPING BUILD OUR COMMUNITIES. ONE EXAMPLE IS DEMEANING THE THE DEMEANING ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. A NAME MANY OF US REJECT. SOME ARE NOT CALLING IT, AND I KNOW THE WORD IS EMOTIONAL, BUT I USE IT PURPOSEFULLY. THE EVERGLADES CONCENTRATION CAMP AS IT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF FACILITY. DETAINING LARGE GROUPS OFTEN PERSECUTED MINORITIES IN INADEQUATE CONDITIONS. AGENCIES LIKE ICE AND CUSTOMS AND BUREAU ORDER PROTECTION PLAY CENTRAL ROLES IN THIS CRISIS. CVP DETAINS MIGRANTS AND SEPARATES FAMILIES, ICE LOCATES, DETAINS, AND DEPORTS. INDIVIDUALS OFTEN WITHOUT OVERSIGHT ICE ASIANS HAVE REPORTED TO ARREST PEOPLE WITHOUT CLEAR IDENTIFICATION SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY. AND THERE ARE CASES OF ENTERING SCHOOLS UNDER FALSE PRETENSES AND EVEN DETAINING US CITIZENS. THIS KIND OF SECRET POLICING BRIEFS FEAR AND DISTRUST. THAT'S WHY I FULLY SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION OF ALEX FERNANDEZ. IT SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT MIAMI BEACH STANDS FOR COMPASSION, DIGNITY, AND OUR SHARED HUMANITY. IT'S A MESSAGE THE WHOLE COUNTRY NEEDS TO HEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR, GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE HERE. MY NAME IS RICHARD ROSINSKI. I'M PRESIDENT OF PALMS ASSOCIATION, UH, 10 25 ALTON ROAD REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 100 RESIDENTS. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MORE THAN 100 RESIDENTS. WE REPRESENT TWO STRONGLY OPPOSE OF THE PROPOSAL TO [RECESS FOR LUNCH AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 P.M.] BUILD A FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK. OUR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD JUSTIFY TAKING AN INCH OF A GREEN SPACE FROM A SMALL PRECIOUS PARK SUCH AS OURS IN GREAT CITIES LIKE NEW YORK, LONDON, MUNICH. YOU WOULD NEVER SEE PARTS OF CENTRAL PARK, HYDE PARK OR ENGLISH [00:20:01] GARDENS CARVED AWAY FOR A STRUCTURE SUCH AS THIS DWARFED AS IT IS, FLAMINGO PARK IS OUR CENTRAL PARK AND WHY SHOULD WE BE ANY DIFFERENT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH? THIS WOULD BE THE SIXTH GRAB IN FLAMINGO PARK OVER THE YEARS. THE FIRST GRAB WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE POWELL GYM, THEN THE EXTENSION OF THE TENNIS COURTS, THEN THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THEN THE BATHROOM ON THE HILL, AND RECENTLY THE NEWLY PROPOSED PICKLEBALL COURTS. IF THIS CONTINUES, THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT TO OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. FLA MIGO PARK IS ALREADY PACKED WITH FACILITIES. WHAT WE NEED IS MORE OPEN GREEN SPACE AND TREES AND MORE, NOT MORE CONCRETE. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MORE THAN 100 RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT, I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE RESOLUTION C SEVEN AF AND THEN ALL CONSTRUCTION OF CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS ALICIA CASANOVA. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. WE HAVE TWO MINUTES. ALICIA CASANOVA, 47 75 COLLINS AVENUE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE MBNA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING MAYOR MINORS R FIVE E PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDES PROHIBITING MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE. THE MBNA IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON MAINTENANCE OPTIONS TO IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS TEMPORARILY. BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR THIS VALUABLE PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE STRETCH STRETCHING. FROM 24TH STREET TO 29TH STREET, WE FULLY SUPPORT STRICTLY PROHIBITING ALL MEANS OF MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION ON THE MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE. WE ALSO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S C SEVEN AE SUPPORTING SMALL RESTAURANTS AND PERMITTING INSTALLATION OF PARKLETS ON SIDE STREETS BY 41ST STREET. ALTHOUGH THE MBNA APPRECIATES THE RECENT PAVER POWER WASHING AND GARBAGE CLEANUP ON 41ST, WHICH IS OUR MID BEACH ENTRANCE ARTERY, WE STRONGLY URGE THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE THE REVITALIZATION PROJECT AND IN THE MEANTIME TO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO ENTICE GOOD TENANTS FOR 41ST STREET. WE FEEL ALLOWING PARKLETS CAN ATTRACT GOOD RESTAURANTS AND HELP WITH THE MUCH NEEDED REVITALIZATION OF THIS AREA. WE ALSO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER BOT AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINES R NINE ZERO REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY BOLLARDS ON THE BEACH WALK AND OTHER AREAS. SINCE SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S PRIORITY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE AREAS ARE SECURE WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF VEHICLE ACCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD PLEASE. OH, MY NAME IS MARILYN NOVELA. I LIVE ON MIAMI BEACH AND ALTON ROAD 11TH STREET AND I OPPOSED THE FIREHOUSE ON, UH, FLAMINGO PARK. MY GRANDCHILDREN RIDE THEIR BIKE UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND THAT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF THOSE BIG TRUCKS COMING OUT WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AND, AND I JUST FEEL IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE TO TAKE ANY OF THE TREES AWAY FROM THE PARK. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS INITIALS OF DA. PLEASE GO AHEAD, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. LET'S THEN GO TO JULIANA. GO AHEAD PLEASE. HELLO, GO AHEAD PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS JULIANA TMA. I'M A RESIDENT IN FLAMINGO, UH, THE FLAMINGO NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER AT 7 3 4 MICHIGAN TOWN HOMES. I'M AN ARCHITECT AND I ALSO HAVE A MASTER'S IN URBAN DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY. I'M CALLING, UM, IN SUPPORT OF NOT PUTTING THE FIRE STATION IN OUR SACRED PARK AREA. THE GREEN SPACE OF THAT LITTLE SLIVER SERVES A BIG PURPOSE SUCH AS RETAINING STORM WATER OFF OF THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND ALSO LOWERING THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT SO WE DON'T FEEL SO HOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. UM, CREATING MORE CONCRETE, MORE ROOFED AREA IS GOING TO CREATE MORE RUNOFF AND MORE STORM WATER THAT WE HAVE TO THEN INJECT INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCEPT THAT MUCH WATER COMING OFF. UH, SO PLEASE FIND ANOTHER AREA THAT IS NOT IN THE GREEN SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ALREADY PER HABITANT. AS WE CONSTRUCTING MORE AND MORE CONDOS AND AND GROWING THE CITY, WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN GET MORE GREEN SPACE AND NOT TAKE AWAY FROM OUR GREEN SPACE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. HI EVERYBODY. MATT ROSENBERG PASS, SOUTH BEACH TRACK CLUB, SAFE FLAMINGO PARK. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR EVERYONE UP THERE, WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE ON ANY [00:25:01] PARTICULAR THING. YOU HAVE A HARD JOB. I KNOW EVERYONE IS THERE WORKING HARD FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE, OF THE CITY. THIS IS A, A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL HAVE. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE ALL LOVE IT SO MUCH. I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED THING. I'M GONNA SPEAK TO YOU ALL FROM THE HEART TODAY BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU PERSONALLY ABOUT THE TECHNICALITIES. THIS PARK, THE GREEN SPACE, THE AIR, THE BLOWING, WATCHING KIDS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH, PLAYING SOCCER, DOING TRACK ADULTS, KIDS, FAMILIES, PEOPLE IN WALKERS, THE HASIDIC SHUL ACROSS THE STREET. THEIR KIDS COME OVER, SET UP VOLLEYBALL NETS. THEY PLAY RIGHT THERE IN THAT SPOT. WE LOVE THIS PLACE. CHILDREN GO THERE, GENERATIONS FROM HERE ON OUT, CAN'T GET THE SPACE BACK IF IT'S TURNED INTO A CEMENT LOCATION. BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY LOVES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE JUST SERIOUSLY, SINCERELY ASK FOR YOU TO DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO FIND ANOTHER WAY SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF TRYING TO FIND SOME KIND OF RETAIL, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL SOMEWHERE ELSE. I KNOW EVERYONE LOVES THE PARK. I KNOW YOU ALL LOVE THE FIRE STATION. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOVE FLAMINGO PARK AS IT IS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. WE FEEL IT IN OUR HEART, WE FEEL IT IN OUR SOUL. AND EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THAT GREEN SPACE MATTERS AND WE LOVE IT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. PLEASE SAVE THE PARK FROM ANY CONSTRUCTION IN IT, FROM THE FIRE STATION OR ANYTHING ELSE. AND LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT AREA TO BE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL OR MORE INTERACTIVE OR OTHER WAY IN OTHER PLACES IN THE PARK AS WELL. WE LOVE IT. WE CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THE CITY AND WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF I FROST. PLEASE GO AHEAD, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS IRIS FROST. I'M AT 1418 MICHIGAN AVENUE AND I AM GONNA QUICKLY SAY TWO THINGS. UM, I APPRECIATE PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. I TOO STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL. AND THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY IS FLAMINGO PARK. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME WHO HAVE LISTED OFF ALL OF THE GOOD REASONS WHY WE NEED TO SAVE THE PARK AND FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE FOR, UM, THE FIREHOUSE GREEN SPACE, NOISE, TRAFFIC, NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY. UM, WE, WE REALLY, UM, I REALLY SUPPORT THE UM, C SEVEN AG PROPOSAL THAT'S, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND IF THAT CAN'T WORK, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE, UH, ALL OF YOU TO FIND A BETTER WAY. UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT, UH, GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, GOOD MORNING. STACY ROIA. I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH ON 16TH AND LENNOX AND I, I ALSO OWN A BUSINESS FOR, UM, MARKETING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL AS, UH, WELLNESS. I USE THE PARK ON A DAILY BASIS. I WAS THERE THIS MORNING AS YOU CAN SEE. UH, SO I OPPOSE THE, UH, THE BUILDING OF, UH, FIRE STATION AND TAKING AWAY OUR GREEN SPACE, TAKING AWAY MORE OF THE TRACK, UM, AND REDUCING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND, UH, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A RESOLUTION TO MOVE IT ELSEWHERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS AMY MAYHEW. GO AHEAD PLEASE. AMY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IN'S IPHONE ANEZ. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YES, YES. UH, I JUST DID. UM, MY NAME IS SINES FLAGS. I'M AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT R SEVEN. I, UH, I THINK THAT IS A MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT FOR LINCOLN ROAD AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. DEAR COMMISSIONERS, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND TIMELESS SERVICE, UH, FOR OUR MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS RITA SH AND I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF, UH, THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. LIVING NEAR BAY ROAD AND, UH, 15TH STREET. I DEEPLY CHERISH FLAMINGO PARK, A SPACE I VISIT AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK FOR PEACE, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION. FLAMINGO PARK IS NOT JUST A GREEN SPACE, IT IS A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL GEM THAT HAS SERVED GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES SINCE 1920S. IT IS A SANCTUARY FOR CHILDREN PLAYING SENIORS, WALKING ATHLETES, TRAINING AND NEIGHBORS GATHERING. IT IS A VITAL PART OF OUR CITY. [00:30:01] THAT IS WHY I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION OR ANY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PARK GROUNDS. PLACING SUCH AN INVASIVE FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHERISH TO RECREATIONAL SPACE WOULD NOT ONLY DISRUPT ITS BEAUTY AND PURPOSE, BUT ALSO SET A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR THE EROSION OF OUR PUBLIC GREEN SPACES. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR RESOLUTION C SEVEN AF, WHICH WOULD PUT A STOP TO THE PLANNING OF THE FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK. I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION C SEVEN AG AS A SMART AND SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE, EXPANDING THE CURRENT FACILITY RATHER THAN SACRIFICING OUR LIMITED PARKLAND. PLEASE PROTECT WHAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH SPECIAL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS DAVID SEXTON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, THIS IS DAVID SEXTON. UH, I'M AT, UH, 1255 MARS STATE DRIVE IN NORTH BEACH. UH, I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO ASK THAT THE COMMISSION PLEASE SUPPORT THE ITEM THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHADE SALES OVER THE NORMANDY PLAZA GO UP. UM, WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS ITEM IN MARCH, I PROBABLY NAIVELY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SHADE UP THERE FOR THE SUMMER AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE YET. WE'VE HAD TO CANCEL A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED AS MORE DAYTIME EVENTS. UM, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE PLAZA DURING THE SUMMER. THAT IS WHEN IT IS MOST CHALLENGING FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE PLAZA WAS ENVISIONED WITH SHADE SALES IN MIND. ALL OF THE HARDWARE IS THERE. WE JUST NEED THE SHADES AND INSTALLATION. ONE OF THE, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE HAS DECIDED TO DONATE A FABRIC. SO THE COST IS EXTREMELY LOW, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS PUT INTO THE PLAZA. AND THIS WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE FUNCTIONAL OR MORE FUNCTIONAL YEAR ROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OH, HELLO. UH, MY NAME IS GAIL DORA. I LIVE AT 1504 BAY ROAD, WHICH IS IN THE WEST AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WANTED TO MAKE TWO POINTS ABOUT MY OPPOSITION TO THE FIRE STATION AT FLAMINGO PARK. UM, I'VE USED THE PARK AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND THE SPOT RIGHT BEHIND THE GOALPOST, UH, IS WHERE I DO MY STRETCHING EXERCISES AND I JUGGLE A SOCCER BALL, UM, TO KEEP LOOSE AND FIT. AND IT'S THE EXACT SPOT WHERE THIS FIRE STATION IS, UM, PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED. SO IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS ME. IT, AND IT'S A NICE SPOT TO, TO DO YOGA AND STRETCHING 'CAUSE IT'S NICE ARTIFICIAL GRASS BACK THERE. UM, THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF UM, YOU ALL KNOW THIS OR IF STAFF REMEMBERS THIS, BUT I WAS AT THE VERY, VERY FIRST MEETING PRESENTATION BY THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF, UM, WHO AFTER HE DID AN ANALYSIS AND DID A REPORT WHERE HE REALLY WANTED THE FIRE STATION TO GO. IT WAS ABOUT, UH, NINE YEARS AGO IT WAS, UM, A FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING IN THE UNI CENTER. AND HE SAID THAT THE POPULATION OF SOUTH OF FIFTH HAD EXPLODED SO MUCH THAT HE THOUGHT THE BEST SPOT WAS THE FURTHEST SOUTH THAT YOU COULD GO. AND HIS NUMBER ONE CHOICE ACTUALLY WAS THE DOG PARK ON SECOND STREET. NOW I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS STORY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A FACT. AND SECOND OF ALL, IF YOU'RE GONNA CONSIDER ANOTHER LOCATION, PLEASE CONSIDER EVERYTHING FROM FIRST STREET, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY TO 11TH STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEY ARE 30 MINUTES, HAVE ELAPSE. WE HAVE, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EIGHT COLLARS, NINE CALLERS ON ZOOM, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEONE BEHIND THE YOUNG LADY. UH, CAN WE DO ONE MINUTE FROM NOW ON? SURE. OKAY, SO EVERYONE, LET'S DO ONE MINUTE. UH, THE NEXT CALLER ON ZOOM IS SHARON. SHARON, PLEASE GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HI, SHARON WEISS. UH, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UH, I'M CALLING TODAY. UM, BASICALLY, UH, IN SUPPORT OF C SEVEN X, UH, THE KITTY CAMPUS AND SOY KATZ DOES GREAT WORK, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, THE SECOND ITEM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS A SMALL REQUEST. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LEGAL REASON WHY THE AGENDA HAS TO BE IN ALL CAPS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. UH, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE. AND LASTLY, I STRONGLY ECHO PAULA KING'S, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UH, FECES IN THE WATER UP HERE. UH, IT'S DISGUSTING AND LIKE REALLY, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, UH, AT THE, AT A DIFFERENT MEETING, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS AND PUT ALL EFFORT INTO REMEDIATING THIS. IT'S DISGUSTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. SAY NAME, ADDRESS. I'M IAN. UH, I LIVE AT 15TH AND WEST. I'M A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE [00:35:01] TRACK. THIS CAN PARK IS PART OF THE HEART OF THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY. IT'S A RARE GREEN SPACE WHERE KIDS, NEIGHBORS, RESIDENTS CAN ALL GATHER FOR FREE. IT'S THE SOUL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S WHERE GENERATIONS HAVE LEARNED TO SWIM, SHOOT HOOPS, PLAY SOCCER, EXERCISE AROUND THE TRACK AND JUST BE OUTSIDE. IT'S WHERE PARENTS TAKE THEIR KIDS AFTER SCHOOL WHERE SENIORS WALK IN THE MORNING WHERE FRIENDS MEET UP TO CONNECT AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GET FIT. THIS IS A CITY THAT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING. FLAMINGO PARK IS ONE OF THE FEW CONSTANTS. IT'S A SHARED BACKYARD FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WHO DO NOT HAVE A BACKYARD TO BUILD ON THIS PLACE IS TO LOOSELY WE CAN NEVER REPLACE OUR GREEN SPACE IS A MAJOR REASON WHY SO MANY OF US LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH AND NOT IN MIAMI. ONCE THAT SPACE IS GONE, IT'S GONE FOR GOOD. PARKS ARE IRREPLACEABLE. THEY MAKE OUR HOT CITY LIVABLE AND RESILIENT. THERE ARE OTHER ESSENTIAL PLACES TO PUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, BUT NO SUBSTITUTE FOR OPEN PARK SPACE. LET'S PROTECT WHAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH SO LIVABLE. LET'S CHOOSE COMMUNITY, LET'S CHOOSE NATURE. LET'S KEEP MIAMI PARK WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS LARRY SCHAFER. SIR, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE BUDGET IN MILLAGE. I ACTUALLY EMAILED THE CFO MR. GREEN AND FERC CHAIR MR. MAGAZINE TO ASK ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS BUDGET SEEKS TO RAISE TAXES BY, I BELIEVE 7% INFLATION WAS 3%. WHY DO WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR POINTS ON TOP OF INFLATION? WHY SHOULD THE COST OF GOVERNMENT BE BASED ON THE MARKET VALUE PROPERTIES? THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE WHEN THE VALUE OF THEIR CONDOS GO UP AND DOWN. YOU'RE JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US AS YOU HAVE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 25% OR SO OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS WHEN INFLATION WAS FAR LESS. HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE THOUSANDS OF CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVED IN OLDER CONDOS? DO YOU KNOW THE TYPE OF TROUBLE THEY'RE IN WITH RISING MAINTENANCE, RISING TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, THEY'RE SUFFERING AND THEN YOU THINK IT'S WISE TO RAISE THE BUDGET BEYOND INFLATION? WHEN YOU'RE BEATING DOWN YOUR CONSTITUENTS FINANCIALLY, WHEN THEY'RE HURTING THE MOST, IT'S TIME TO BE BOLD AND REIGN IN EXCESS SPENDING. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA INCREASE YOUR TAX HALL AGAIN, HOW ABOUT YOU ASSIGN ALL THE AMOUNTS OVER INFLATION TO CLEANING UP THE DISGUSTING LA LAZY RIVER OF FECES? THAT IS PARKVIEW CANAL. THANK YOU SIR. WE NOW BELIEVE, GO AHEAD SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GOOD MORNING. KEVIN KRUEGER, UH, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT OF UH, EIGHT YEARS HERE, UH, SEVENTH. AND JEFF AND I CHOSE FLAMINGO PARK EIGHT YEARS AGO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ORDER TO HAVE ACCESS, NOT JUST TO THE BEACH, BUT TO THE WORKOUT. UH, SO I'M HERE IN A FEW CAPACITIES, A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENT. UH, AND THEN ON BEHALF OF MIAMI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH SOME OF YOU KNOW IS MY BELOW PROFIT, I FIRST WANNA, UH, COMMEND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, IN PARTICULAR, A YEAR AGO I HAD TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES SUNRISE. THEY WERE THERE WITHIN TWO MINUTES, ABOUT SIX BLOCKS AWAY, UH, WHEN I LIVED ON WEST AVE. SO, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD YET ABOUT HOW UH, THE COUNTY PUT THIS, UH, VOTE. EVERYBODY SUPPORTS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE NOT USING THE PARK. THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY VOTED IT FOR. UH, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL IS TO PROMOTE MORE SPORTS TOURISM WITHIN THE COUNTY. UH, DON'T LET THIS CRISIS GO TO WASTE, BUT INSTEAD ENHANCE THE SPACE WITH REAL GREEN SPACE GRASS. I THINK OUR CITY CAN AFFORD THANK MAINTENANCE TO BUILD A REAL PARK THAT'S NOT, UM, ASTROTURF, WHICH IS CARCINOGENIC. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS DAVID. DAVID STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. DAVID WALLACH. I WANNA PRAISE COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ WITH HIS ORDINANCE REGARDING IMMIGRATION. AND WHAT WE IN MIAMI BEACH MAY NOT REALIZE IS THAT OUR MIAMI BEACH BUSINESSES ARE ALL RIGHT NOW EXPERIENCING THE LOSS OF TALENTED, WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES DUE TO THEIR PAPERS BECOMING OUT OF DATE. AND, UH, WE'RE ON TEMPORARY STATUS AWAITING LEGAL IMMIGRATION PROCESSING APPROVAL. THAT IS A VERY SAD, SAD, SAD THING THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING ALL ON MIAMI BEACH RIGHT NOW. IN ADDITION, OCEAN DRIVE HOTELS AND CAFE BUSINESSES REQUIRE FULL AUTOMOBILE ACCESS TO PROVIDE THE MOST BASIC REQUIREMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH IS ACCESS, NO BOLLARDS, NO OCEAN DRIVE STREET CLOSURES. WE MUST RETAIN ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF OUR BUSINESSES FOR AUTOMOBILES. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR, GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD MORNING . MY NAME IS ANDREA . UM, I LIVE HERE 12 YEARS ON 1500 BAY ROAD. UM, I DISCOVER FLAMINGO PARK IN PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN FOR ME, LITERALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. UH, I START RUNNING FIVE TIMES A WEEK. FOR FIVE MONTHS I LOST 40 POUNDS AND I'M STILL USING THE PARK EVERY TWO, TWICE A WEEK SOMETIMES, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO DO IT AFTER 9:00 PM WHEN IT'S CLOSED AND I CHOOSE A TREADMILL OR ON THE STREET, PROBABLY THE SAME LIKE ME, THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH A KNEE PROBLEM. IF I RUN ON THE, UH, [00:40:01] CONCRETE, I CANNOT RUN ANYMORE. IT'S LIKE TWO MILES. I HAVE TO STOP. I CAN MANAGE MY FIRE MILES. SO PLEASE, UH, DON'T BUILD A FIRE STATION ON THE FLAMINGO PARK. IT'S A NICE ENVIRONMENT FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. KEEP THE RUNNING HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS KAITLIN. CAITLIN, GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HELLO, MY NAME IS KAITLYN BECK. I'M A MIAMI RE RESIDENT AND I'M REPRESENTING TBD TRACK CLUB. I STAND IN OPPOSITION TO A NEW FIRE STATION TO BE BUILT IN FLAMINGO PARK TRACK AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION REIN, REMOVING FLAMINGO PARK AS THE LOCATION SITE FOR A NEW FIRE STATION. THIS TRACK IS HOME TO COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS. IT IS A SOURCE OF WELLNESS TO MANY WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS. AND IT IS THE ONLY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARK IN MIAMI BEACH WITH HAS WITH A TRACK AS A LEADER TO TBD TRACK CLUB, A WEEKLY TRACK CLUB INCLUSIVE TO FOLKS OF ALL LEVELS ON THE WAY TO THEIR FIRST BIG RACES. FLAMINGO PARK IS OUR HOME BASE EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AND IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS A SHORT TIME COMPARED TO MANY OTHER FITNESS GROUPS AND CLUBS THAT MEET EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, INCLUDING SOUTH BEACH TRACK CLUB. MIAMI'S LARGEST TRACK CLUB, WHICH HAS OVER A DECADE LONG IN STANDING AND IT IS ITS HOME BASE. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MY TEAM, AND THE MIAMI RUNNING COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR SACRED GREEN SPACE AS LY AS WE DO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND I WANT YOU TO VOTE YES ON RESOLUTION AG. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MATTHEW ALTOFF AND I WANNA SPEAK ON A FEW ITEMS REAL QUICKLY. C FOUR L, UM, ON MICRO MOBILITY. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ITEM AND I ENCOURAGE THAT YOU INCLUDE, UH, EXPERTS ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE YOU, UH, AS YOU DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. C SEVEN AA I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TRIMMING OF LANDSCAPING ALONG THE BEACH WALK AND AGAIN, INCLUDE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY AND YOUR PUBLIC WORKS AND THOSE THAT HAVE CLEAR GUIDELINES. C SEVEN AE PARKLETS ALONG 41ST STREET. GREAT IDEA. I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER THIS TO COMMITTEE AND OR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS TO THE VITAL BIKE SHARE NETWORK. R FIVE E, THE MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE. UH, I THINK THAT NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION. R SEVEN O PARKING HOLIDAY. IF YOU'RE GONNA EXTEND THAT, WHICH AGAIN, I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA, I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME SUPPORTING EVIDENCE OR AT LEAST SOME EVIDENCE OF ITS USE OVER THE SUMMER. SO FAR. R SEVEN, I BELIEVE THIS IS L ABOUT THE 100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD. 300 BUSES USE THAT AREA A DAY. IT SHOULD BE TWO AND 300 BLOCKS. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I DON'T SUPPORT PUTTING THE FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK. I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THEY DESERVE THE BEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU SHOULD REBUILD THE CURRENT STATION. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS INITIALS OF DA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. MY NAME IS DAVID MCKINNEY. I LIVE AT 10 20 MERIDIAN AVENUE, 4 1 6 IN MIAMI BEACH. AS YOU DELIBERATE ON WHERE TO PUT THE FIRE STATION, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A COUNTY AND CITYWIDE REFERENDUM AND TO, UH, CONSIDER, UH, THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, VEHEMENT AT THEIR OPPOSITION. UH, THERE THE VALID BOX REALLY IS THE GREAT LEVELER AND IT GIVES ALL OF US ONE VOTE AND ONE VOICE. UH, THEY'RE NOT THOSE THAT, THAT SPEAK THE LOUDEST OR THOSE THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE LUXURY OF SPEAKING AT, UM, AT MEETINGS. SO AS YOU DELIBERATE, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THE MAJORITY OF, UH, FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD VOTED IN FAVOR OF, UH, THIS, UH, RES UH, UH, THE REFERENDUM AS WELL AS ALL OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. UM, GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS DESMOND NEIL LEACH. I I'M A RESIDENT OF 1330 DREXEL AVENUE. I SPEAK FIRSTLY AS A, AS SOMEONE WHO USES FLAMINGO PARK POOL ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, I WANNA SAY I'M ASTONISHED BY HOW WELL, UM, THE PARK HAS BEEN USED. I SEE FAMILIES HAVING PICK, HAVING BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR THEIR KIDS. I SEE OLD PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER. I SEE THE BASKETBALL POOL IS ABSOLUTELY SWARMING WITH PEOPLE. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THE PERSON WHO SAID IT IS NOT BEING USED ENOUGH. THAT IS NONSENSE. SECONDLY, I SPEAK AS A PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT FIUI COMPLETELY ENDORSED THE COMMENTS OF THE ARCHITECT PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE CATASTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. UM, THE, THE FIRE STATION IN THAT SPACE WOULD BE, UM, AND, AND FINALLY, I SPEAK AS A UK NATIVE. UM, UH, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT WE DID IN THE UK. MARGARET THATCHER SOLD OFF MANY OF THE PUBLIC PLAYING FIELDS. ONCE THEY ARE GONE, THEY ARE GONE. THIS IS A PUBLIC FACILITY SHOULD THAT SHOULD BE CHERISHED AND PROTECTED. THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT [00:45:01] CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF A PICTURE OF THE INSTAGRAM LOGO. GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH. NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. , THIS IS MICHAEL GRIECO. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD SIR. ALL RIGHT GUYS. SO, UH, LISTEN, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS USED THE PARK FOR OVER 25 PLUS YEARS ACTIVELY AND THE TRACK, UH, IT'S, IT, I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS TO PUT THE FIRE STATION THERE. THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO JUST VERY QUICKLY MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A NEWFOUND PERSPECTIVE REGARDING WHAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE GOING THROUGH. AND I, I SAW A VIDEO THAT COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ POSTED YESTERDAY REGARDING THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN WHICH OUR SANITATION WORKERS WORK. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THEY LIVE IN THE FIRE STATION AND THE EXISTING FIRE STATION FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY BUILT ON A, UH, ON A SEWAGE, ON A SEWAGE PUMP. SO EVERY DROP OF SEWAGE NORTH OF 11 STREET GETS PUMPED UNDER THAT BUILDING. IT IS NOT FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. IT NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED. WE NEED TO FIND A SPOT. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OVER THE YEARS, AND WE ESSENTIALLY NEED TO FIND A PROPER LOCATION THAT DOESN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT RESPONSE TIMES, BUT IT ALSO TREATS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE TREATED. SO THAT BEING SAID, I, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, UH, ALTON ROAD, FLAMINGO PARK LOCATION IS NOT GONNA WORK, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO NOT TURN THIS INTO ANOTHER 10 YEARS. THANK YOU MR. ON POLITICAL FOOTBALL. THANK, GO AHEAD PLEASE. HI, UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE QUESTA AND I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH. I LIVE ON EIGHTH AND MERIDIAN, AND I RECENTLY STARTED USING FLAMINGO PARK, UM, AND WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE THAT TRACK ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, AS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VOLLEYBALL COMMUNITY, I DIDN'T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE THE VOLLEYBALL COMMUNITY AROUND SOUTH BEACH. AND UM, NOW IT'S SLOWLY BECOMING PART OF MY LIFE TOO, AND I SEE THAT THE, I CAN ALSO SPEAK ON, UM, MY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, WORKING AT A SCHOOL WHERE FOUR YEARS AGO WE HAD TO BUILD A BRAND NEW FOOTBALL FIELD AND FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR WE HAD TO BUS OUR STUDENTS TO TROPICAL PARK TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FIELD. THE PROPOSAL OF SIMPLY MOVING THE TRACK, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S GONNA HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MOVE THE PEOPLE FROM THE TRACK TO ANOTHER PARK. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANOTHER PARK IN THE AREA. SO SIMPLY BUILDING A, A FIRE STATION ON A FACILITY THAT IS UTILIZED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PER WEEK IS GOING TO HAVE A LONG-TERM DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS AMY MAYHEW. AMY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU AGAIN. AND SORRY ABOUT EARLIER. UM, AMY MAYHEW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 41ST STREET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S. ITEM C SEVEN AE TO ALLOW PARKLETS ON CERTAIN SIDE STREETS AT THE 4,000 BLOCK. UM, WE'RE TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR SMALL RESTAURANTS. UM, IT SAYS, WELL AS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES WHO ARE LOOKING TO JOIN THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS BOARD AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE, UH, OUR, OUR TASTING CAFE AND, UH, VITA AND WHOMEVER ELSE WILL JOIN US TO, UH, TAKE UP, TAKE THE STEP. AND WE'RE EXCITED. SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. I BEFORE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I JUST WANNA INTERJECT SOMETHING. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE ABOUT THE FLAMINGO PARK FIRE STATION CONVERSATION, AND I KNOW IT'S A VERY PASSIONATE ISSUE. ANYBODY WHO'S READ MY NEWSLETTERS OR MY OPINION PIECE IN THE HERALD WILL UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. I'M NOT GONNA INTERJECT THAT HERE. WHAT I AM GONNA INTERJECT IS A VERY HEALTHY DOSE OF FACTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE SORELY LACKING. NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE TRACK. NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE FIELD. UH, THE THE PLAYING FIELD. THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHED. PERIOD. FULL STOP. I SEE SKEPTICISM. WE HAVE PLANS WE CAN SHOW YOU, DOESN'T WORK. IT DOES WORK. OR EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, NO DIALOGUE HERE. JUST, JUST TRUST ME. WE HAVE TEAMS OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS WHO HAVE SHOWN US THAT IT WORKS. OKAY? SO THAT'S NOT THIS ITEM AT THE MOMENT. WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THE TRACK IS NOT GOING TO BE IMPINGED UPON AT ALL. THE FIELD WILL NOT BE IMPINGED UPON AT ALL. IT WILL NOT BE CLOSED FOR ANY PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON THIS, I'M VERY EAGER TO CONTINUE LISTENING, BUT I REQUEST THAT YOU DO SO BASED IN FACT, I AM ALSO A RUNNER. I HAVE ALSO USED THAT TRACK. NOBODY IS CLOSING THE TRACK. [00:50:01] NOBODY IS GETTING RID OF THE ENTIRE PARK. FULL STOP. GO AHEAD SIR. GO AHEAD MA'AM. SIR, REALLY , ITS NAVARETTE. HOW ARE YOU? YOU GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, VALERIE NAVARETTE. UH, LAST MONTH I SPOKE ABOUT THE TROUBLING ACQUISITION OF ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. TODAY I RETURNED TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ RESOLUTION C SEVEN Y, WHICH CHALLENGES THE DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE AND CRIMINALIZATION EMBEDDED IN THIS ISSUE. LET'S BE HONEST. LOOK, UH, IT'S VERY SHORT. UH, LOOK AROUND YOU AT THIS VERY COMMISSION. LOOK AT EACH OTHER. ONLY IF ICE COME HERE NOW FOR THE DISCRIMINATION, I GUESS ONLY KRG AND MAYBE MAGAZINE WOULD GET AWAY WITH IT. UM, MR. MAYOR, YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL KIDS, YOU GUYS HAVE LATIN FEATURES. UM, AND ESPECIALLY YOU MR. SUAREZ ACTUALLY SUAREZ VERY SPANISH, UM, WITH YOUR DARK HAIR AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL TAN, YOU WOULD BE DOOMED. UM, A CRIMINAL SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THEIR ACTIONS, NOT BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR THEIR ACCENT. THE PORT MURDERS AND RAPISTS, YES, BUT HARDWORKING INDIVIDUAL WITH A TRAFFIC TICKET. AN 82 YEARS OLD AMERICAN SITS IN WITH A CLEAN RECORD. THAT'S NOT JUSTICE, IT'S INJUSTICE AND A DISGRACE. THANK YOU MR. EDWARD. I URGE THIS COMMISSION JUST ONE PARAGRAPH. I URGE THIS COMMISSION AND ADMINISTRATION TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND EXTEND THIS ADVOCACY TO ALL 33 MUNICIPALITIES. OKAY, THIS MOMENT. REMIND US ALL THAT WE NO LONGER LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE SAFETY AND FREEDOM, UH, CONDITIONING. THEY BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN ILLUSIONS. I NOW WALK WITH THE COPY OF MY PASSPORT AND MY ALIEN CARD, A LITTLE COPY IN MY WALLET JUST IN CASE. SO THAT'S HOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I SUGGEST EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD DO SO, EVEN IF YOU WERE BORN HERE. AND IF YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW, OUR NEXT CALLER YES, IS AUDREY. AUDREY, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. UM, HI. GOOD MORNING. I WANNA THANK THE COMMISSION SO MUCH FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION TO THIS FLAMINGO PARK ISSUE. UM, I SPEAK AS A CONCERNED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY AND RECREATION AS WELL AS THE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IT WOULD SET TO TAKE GREEN SPACE AND, UM, DEDICATE TO ANY SPACE OR ANY USE THAT ISN'T GREEN SPACE TO BUILD ON TOP OF IT. UM, I ALSO SPEAK AS AN EXPERT ON THE I ON THE IMPACTS OF THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND UM, AND AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH. AND TO COMMISSIONER BOTTS POINT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION ON THAT SITE, EVEN IF THE TRACK REMAINS OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION, ALL OF THE PARTICULAR AIR POLLUTION, ALL OF THE VARIOUS IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION ARE COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE USE OF THE TRACK FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. PARTICULARLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS, A LOT OF CHILDREN ON THE TRACK. UM, I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE AND I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR WEIGHING ALL OF THEIR VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES, I KNOW WE NEED A FIRE STATION, BUT FLAMINGO PARK ISN'T THE PLACE AND I AM IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HELLO? UH, JAY MOORE. I LIVE AT 1130 11TH STREET. UM, IT'S KIND OF SURREAL TO SEE YOU GUYS NOT ON CAMPAIGN POSTERS, , BUT IN PERSON. UM, BUT I'M REALLY HERE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT, UH, FLAMINGO PARK. AND I THINK THAT THE, THE PLAN TO PUT A FIRE STATION THERE IS REALLY NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE, UH, ME BEING A PERSON ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL. SO, UM, WHEN I SAW THE RENDERING, DID MY RESEARCH, UM, AND DECIDED TO COME OUT AND REALLY JUST EXPRESS MY VOICE, I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF NORMAL PEOPLE DO THAT. AND SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, LET ME SHOW UP. FIRST TIME HERE. UM, BEEN IN MIAMI BEACH FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND I PLAYED TENNIS IN THE PARK AND I ENJOY THE PARK. AND SO THE THOUGHT OF CONSTRUCTION AS SOMEONE WHO'S BUILDING IS GOING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW FOR THE THIRD YEAR TO SEE THAT HAPPEN ON ALTON ROAD JUST REALLY DECIDED FOR ME TO GET UP OFF THE COUCH AND COME HERE AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I THINK. SO PLEASE CHANGE YOUR MIND. THANK YOU. PLEASE KEEP COMING AND GETTING MORE INVOLVED. BOX PEOPLE UP AND, AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I'LL, I'LL MAKE YOU THE OFFER. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD EXTEND IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND MEET US AND, UH, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CHAT AS WELL. I'LL BE AROUND. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS FLORIN FLORIN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR FULL NAME ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HELLO, MY NAME IS UH, FLORIN VA. I LIVE ON 800 WEST AVENUE AND UM, I'M SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION SIX SEVEN AF AGAINST BEING BUILDING THE FIRE STATION. UH, I USED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER AND IT IS SURPRISING TO HEAR THAT, UH, BUILDING OF THAT MAGNITUDE DOESN'T, UH, DISRUPT THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES. [00:55:02] I'M AN ADDED RUNNER, I'M PART OF THE RUNNING COMMUNITY IN, UH, SOUTH BEACH AND WE ALL OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF THE FIREHOUSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. I'M NORA RYAN. I'M PART OF SOUTH BEACH TRACK CLUB AS WELL. AND HONESTLY THAT TRACK CLUB IS A HUGE PART OF WHY I'M IN MIAMI. I WOULD VISIT EVERY SO OFTEN. MY SISTER AND I WOULD GO HOME SEARCHING FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE THE SOUTH BEACH TRACK CLUB. COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE. WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I RUN REPEAT TWO HUNDREDS IN MY THIRTIES, THEY'RE IN AWE. AND I WILL SAY THAT EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF THAT TRACK IS WELL UTILIZED, INCLUDING THE GREEN SPACE WHEN WE'RE RUNNING THERE. THERE ARE KIDS, LIKE THERE ARE MULTIPLE GROUPS PLAYING SOCCER ON THE FIELD. THE KIDS THAT DON'T FIT THEN PLAY IN THE GREEN SPACE BY THE, UM, BY THE BATHROOM AREA AND WHERE THE FIRE STATION WILL GO. THERE ARE BOXERS OVER THERE, UM, PEOPLE STRETCHING TO SPRINT. SO LIKE EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE TRACK IS UTILIZED. AND I'VE GONE THERE. I GO ON MONDAY NIGHTS, BUT I'VE GONE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT'S BEEN TRUE AS WELL. AND SO I WILL JUST SAY, UM, THE COHESION OF LEADERSHIP IN THESE CLUBS OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS REALLY SETS SOUTH BEACH APART AND IS REALLY SPECIAL. SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, DAVID ADAMS 1242 ALTA ROAD. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ RESOLUTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ASK ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION THAT URGES THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO AMEND SECTION 7 7 5 0.215 OF FLORIDA STATUTE. I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MAYOR MINOR AS IT HAS BEEN HIS HIGHEST PRIORITY, UH, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD MANY SEXUAL OFFENDERS AND PREDATORS RESIDING IN MIAMI BEACH. I'VE BEEN NOTIFIED BY FDA ABOUT SEXUAL OFFENDERS RESIDING IN THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH A TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT STATUS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL PARK OR PLAYGROUND. THIS RESOLUTION REQUESTS THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE THE CURRENT LAW, WHICH PROTECTS MINORS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 AND CHANGE THE LAW TO PROTECT ALL MINOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. UH, PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN IS PARAMOUNT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD ROGER . GO AHEAD. ANDRES AZI, UH, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT FOR 50 YEARS I'VE BEEN USING FLAMINGO PARK. YEAH, I ACTUALLY TURNED, I'M 50 BUT I'VE BEEN USING FLAMINGO PARK SINCE I'M THREE YEARS OLD, GOING TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THERE AND USING THAT, THAT PARK. AND SO THAT PARK IS A SPECIAL PARK FOR ME. I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT IT HURTS ME THAT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE THAT'S ACTUALLY SITTING WHERE THIS FIRE STATION IS PROPOSED HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS. THOSE BATHROOMS ARE NOT USED. I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING THOSE FACILITIES BE REPAIRED. I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FLAMINGO LAKE EVERY SINGLE TIME IT RAINS AND THERE'S A, A STORM COMING THROUGH HERE. WHEN ALTON ROAD WAS RAISED AND THE PARK WASN'T RAISED AND THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DRAINAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED, THAT FIELD AND TRACK BECOMES A LAKE EVERY SINGLE TIME THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE. I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT TRACK BEING CLOSED DOWN. UH, IF THIS FIRE STATION WAS PLACED THERE, WHICH IS NOT GONNA BE, BUT REGARDLESS, AT SOME POINT THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO PLEASE GIVE ME 20 MORE SECONDS, 30 SECONDS, UH, THAT THAT PARK IS GONNA HAVE TO BE REPAIRED REGARDLESS, MOVING FORWARD. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE PRIOR FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIRE UNION HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION THAT THEY HAVE SEEN OUT OF ALL THE SITES PROPOSED AND THE PEOPLE DID VOTE. AND I DO FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE SPEAKING AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY. HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS DARBY. I AM A NEW RESIDENT TO MIAMI BEACH. ACTUALLY MOVED HERE IN NOVEMBER. UM, AND I'M IN OPPOSITION OF BUILDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT FLAMINGO PARK. I UNDERSTAND THIS PROPOSAL WON'T COMPLETELY TAKE AWAY THE TRACK, BUT IT WILL TAKE AWAY PRECIOUS GREEN SPACE THAT MAKES FLAMINGO PARK SO SPECIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. WHEN I MOVED HERE, I HAD ZERO FRIENDS, BUT SHOWING UP TO THE PARK, ESPECIALLY THE TRACK, HELPED ME FIND CONNECTION. THROUGH THE SOUTH BEACH TRACK CLUB, I'VE MET INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO'VE BECOME MY REAL FRIENDS. WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WE SHOW UP WEEK AFTER WEEK, AND WE GRAB PIZZA AFTER ANY RUNS. ANYONE'S WELCOME TO JOIN. UM, IT'S BECOME A PLACE WHERE I FEEL GROUNDED AND AT HOME. FLAMINGO PARK ISN'T JUST A FACILITY, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY. SO TAKING AWAY PART OF THAT SPACE DISRUPTS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. PLEASE PROTECT MIAMI BEACH, UM, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE HOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [01:00:01] GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I'M HASKELL MEYER. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 55 YEARS. I'VE BEEN RUNNING ON THIS TRACK FOR OVER 55 YEARS. SOME OF THE GREATEST RUNNERS IN THE WORLD HAVE RUN ON THIS TRACK, AND FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS STATE THAT THIS BUILDING WILL NOT AFFECT THE TRACK IS PREPOSTEROUS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT RUNNING, YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE WIND DIRECTION IN BOTH. YOU HAVE TO HAVE WIND FLOW IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THIS BUILDING IS GONNA BE FIVE OR SIX STORIES TALL. HOW MANY FEET IS IT GONNA BE? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S SPONSORING THIS. NO, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. BUT, UH, MARTINEZ, OFF THE TOP OF THERE, I'M, I'M VERY ANGRY OVER THIS ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING PUBLIC SPACE AND MOVING A FIRE STATION 6,700 FEET AWAY. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT? WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO DO STUDIES THAT COULD BE CONDUCTED ON THE BACK OF A NAPKIN AND, AND LATE TO REST? AS SOON AS IT'S COMPLETED? IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. PLEASE LEAVE THIS PARK ALONE, REBUILD THE FIRE STATION WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY, THERE'S 21,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE ON THAT LOT. THANK YOU, SIR. HELLO, MY NAME IS NEIL ROSS. I'M WITH THE DELEAGE 100 LINCOLN ROAD. UH, I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF, UH, TWO INITIATIVES ARE, UH, SEVEN I, UM, I WOULD LIKE I WAS TOLD BY THE RITZ, THE GREAT JOB THAT THE CITY HAS DONE WITH THE RITZ TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE GREAT EFFORT FROM COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ INITIATING AND FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THIS EFFORT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EFFORT, UH, FOR THE AREA. IT CONCEPTUALIZES AND PROVIDES A BUDGET TO REVITALIZE THE AREA BY MAKING THE TWO 300 BLOCK A PEDESTRIAN MALL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF THE CITY FUNDS THIS, THIS INITIATIVE, THE RICH WILL CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO THE DESIGN COSTS. ALSO IMPORTANT TO THIS IS THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE HELPING CLOSE THE 200, 300 BLOCK AND REROUTING THE BUSES. AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S LEGISLATION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ TO REVITALIZE THE AREA. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST CHANCE WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS AREA BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR TOURISTS TO COME. ON A SEPARATE NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, THE COMMISSION FOR ADDRESSING OUR NEEDS. STEPHEN MINOR. TANYA BACH, FOR PROVIDING POLICE, UH, PATROL IN THE AREA. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING, UH, POWER WASHING AND MORE INITIATIVES. PLEASE CONTINUE THAT EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME'S ANN BLOOM. I'M ALSO FROM THE DELAU. I ECHO WHAT NEIL SAID. SO THAT IS THE GREAT NEWS I NOW SHARED. UH, SAVED A LOT OF TIME. I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, THAT REALLY LINCOLN ROAD REALLY NEED NOT WAIT FOR ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS, FOR ALL OF THIS PEDESTRIANIZATION. WE NEED YOUR ATTENTION NOW. WE NEED MONEY NOW TO FIX THE HOMELESS, UH, TO, TO MOVE THEM, TO FIX THE CRIME. IT'S THE WORLD DEPLORABLE HAS NOW BECOME POLITICIZED. IT'S THE, IT'S TERRIBLE. I MOVED HERE, UH, FULL TIME A FEW YEARS AGO. I'M, I CAME TO MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE LINCOLN ROAD IS JUST SUCH A COOL PLACE. OCEAN DRIVE, SUCH A COOL PLACE. AND NOW LOOK AT IT, RIGHT POST COVID, YOU, WE'VE GOT JUST, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S INHUMANE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE. IT'S INHUMANE TO MAKE OUR TOURISTS GO THROUGH THIS. I FIND MYSELF TRAVELING NORTH AND SOUTH TO GO TO DINNER BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA WALK THROUGH THAT. THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD. FIX IT NOW. PLEASE REALLY FIX IT NOW. AND I'VE RUN OUT OF TIME. I HAVE OTHER, UH, THINGS I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR. SO I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES EVERYONE WHO WAS ONLINE WHEN SUT, UH, FOR SUT, NICK ORIGINALLY. UH, THERE'S ANO ANOTHER SUT HOUR AT ONE IF ANYONE WANTS TO ATTEND. OKAY, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, UH, YOUR COMMENTS. WE ALSO, IN ADDITION, I GUESS MY TIME IS UP THERE, , IN ADDITION TO ALL THE, UH, HELPFUL COMMENTS TODAY, UH, I KNOW MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS. WE GET TEXT MESSAGES. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, UH, PROVIDING YOUR INPUT. IT'S INVALUABLE. WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE, [CONSENT AGENDA] UH, CONSENT AGENDA? YES, SIR. SO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED, UH, UNLESS I STATE OTHERWISE, THE LIST THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IS CORRECT. FOR THE MOST PART, COMMISSIONER BOT IS SEPARATING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. C SEVEN A FC SEVEN A GC SEVEN A LC SEVEN K. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ IS SEPARATING ITEM C SEVEN A D. SO COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, C SEVEN A D COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SEPARATING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. [01:05:01] C SEVEN WC SEVEN XC SEVEN JC SEVEN Q, AND AN ITEM THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE ON THE LIST, C SEVEN AA. SO PLEASE ADD TO YOUR LIST C SEVEN AA. AND I'M PULLING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, I'M PULLING AN ITEM C SEVEN DS. I NEED TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, MOTION TO SET THE AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, UH, SEPARATED ITEMS. SECOND. SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR THE, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY ADDENDUM ITEM I, THE ADDENDUM ITEM, INCLUDING THOSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AT THIS TIME. THEY WILL BE HEARD SEPARATELY AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, A COUPLE OF [C7 B A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ELECTING COMMISSIONER JOSEPH MAGAZINE, GROUP VI, AS VICE-MAYOR, FOR A TERM COMMENCING ON AUGUST 1, 2025, AND TERMINATING ON NOVEMBER 30, 2025.] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THAT WE JUST, UH, DID ON CONSENT ONE, UM, STARTING AUGUST 1ST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHANGING OF THE VICE MAYOR. I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ NEVER LIKED TO BE REFERRED TO IT, SO I DON'T DO IT. BUT STARTING AUGUST 1ST, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, YOU WILL TAKE OVER THAT ROLE. YEAH, YEAH. WHICH IS, UH, MOSTLY JUST CEREMONIAL. IF I STEP AWAY FROM THE DAY AS, UM, THE VICE MAYOR THEN RUNS THE MEETING. BUT, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. UH, COMING UP, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO, UH, [C7 AK A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CONSENTING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN C. NORRIS, AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.] C SEVEN EIGHT K IS AN ITEM WE JUST APPROVED. WE ARE GONNA HAVE A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, JOHN NORRIS. AND, UH, ERIC, I KNOW A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I HAD PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA ABOUT FILLING CERTAIN POSITIONS. AND, UH, I HAVE TO TELL YOU SO FAR THE PEOPLE YOU'RE PICKING, WHETHER IT BE PARKING AND, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, FACILITIES, NOW, PUBLIC WORKS. UH, SO FAR I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE INDIVIDUALS YOU HAVE, UH, SELECTED, THAT WE HAVE APPROVED. AND, UM, I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT JOHN WILL CONTINUE IN THAT, IN THAT TREND. UM, IS HE HERE? IF WE CAN, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM? YEAH. JOHN'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, FOR THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE GOTTEN FOR THE COMMISSION AND CONFIRMING ALL OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE LAST OF THE VACANT DIRECTOR POSITIONS. AND SO NOW WE HAVE NO MORE INTERIM ROLES IN THE DIRECTOR LEVEL AND THE AND ABOVE IN THE CITY. AND, UH, I'VE MET WITH JOHN AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING HE IS GONNA BE A CONSTITUENT AS WELL. SO, UH, WE'RE PLEASED, PLEASED ABOUT THAT. WHY DON'T WE GO TO [R7 K A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE AT ITS DECEMBER 20, 2024 MEETING TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE A SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT (SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT) WITH THE GREATER MIAMI SPORTS COMMISSION, INC. (FIFA HOST COMMITTEE) FOR 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP-RELATED EVENTS IN MIAMI BEACH, SUCH SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE: (1) A MAXIMUM CASH SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION OF $1.5 MILLION, (2) A WAIVER OF SPECIAL EVENT FEES, LUMMUS PARK USER FEES, SQUARE FOOTAGE FEES, CITY SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000, (3) A ZONE OF EXCLUSIVITY, (4) POURING RIGHTS EXCLUSIVITY WAIVER, AND (5) THE PUBLIC BENEFITS TO INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, A FIFA WORLD CUP KICKOFF CONCERT, OFFICIAL WATCH PARTY LOCATION IN NORTH BEACH AND POTENTIAL LEGACY PROJECT IN THE CITY’S PARKS; AND FURTHER, APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, THE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE (A) A MAXIMUM CASH SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,250,000, (B) A WAIVER OF SPECIAL EVENT FEES, LUMMUS PARK USER FEES, SQUARE FOOTAGE FEES, CITY SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000, AND (C) COMMITMENTS BY THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE (I) TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE AND CHANNEL MEDIA TOWARD A “MEDIA ROW” IN LUMMUS PARK; (II) TO HOST A TO BE DETERMINED NUMBER OF 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP WATCH PARTIES IN SOUTH BEACH AND/ OR NORTH BEACH; (III) TO USE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO RAISE SUFFICIENT SPONSORSHIPS TO PRODUCE A KICKOFF CONCERT AND; (IV) TO CONTRIBUTE, SUBJECT TO FUNDRAISING, TOWARD THE COST OF BUILDING A HIGH-QUALITY SOCCER FIELD WITHIN THE CITY; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT CONSISTENT WITH FURTHER DIRECTION PROVIDED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION, IF ANY; AND FINALLY, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.] R SEVEN K. R SEVEN K IS NEGOTIATE SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT. 26 20 26 FIFA WORLD CUP. IT'S A TOURISM ITEM. R SEVEN K. YEAH. YEAH. AND THANK YOU. WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION AT OUR FINANCE MEETING ON FRIDAY, UH, ABOUT THIS. AND, UM, I'M ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE FIFA. IT IS, UM, IT'S LITERALLY KIND OF ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FIFA BE HERE FOR OUR CITY IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. I DID EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE 1.5 MILLION, AND THEN I HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH, UH, WITH THE HOST COMMITTEE AND, UH, ASKED THEM TO COME DOWN TO 1.25, WHICH THEY HAVE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE TABLE TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR LISA ANTE, UH, TOURISM AND CULTURE DIRECTORS HERE OF MIAMI BEACH. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, WE'RE LESS THAN A YEAR AWAY OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BEING ONE OF THE HOST, UH, LOCATIONS FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPORTING EVENT, WHICH IS THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026. UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I'M GONNA SHARE REALLY QUICKLY WHAT THE TERMS WERE FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORSHIP REQUEST THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE FEB, UH, DECEMBER 20TH 24, UH, FERC MEETING. UH, THE TERMS FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP ARE AS FOLLOWS, UH, WAIVERS OF SPECIAL EVENT FEES, NUMEROUS PARK USER FEES, SQUARE FOOTAGE, FEES, AND CITY SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED 500,000, UH, CASH SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1.5 MILLION A SO OF EXCLUSIVITY, SIMILAR TO OUR BASEL IN NORTH AND SOUTH BEACH. A WAIVER OF THE PEPSI POURING RIGHTS IN EXCHANGE FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF AN OFFICIAL KICKOFF AT CONCERT IN LOMIS PARK. AN OFFICIAL WATCH PARTY LOCATION IN MIAMI BEACH, A MEDIA ROW SIMILAR TO SUPER BOWL IN LOMIS PARK, AND A LEGACY PROJECT WITH FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH QUALITY SOCCER FIELD IN THE CITY. UH, THE FERC VOTED TO, UH, MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE COMMISSION WITH A FABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE ON THE TERMS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE JULY 11TH BUDGET WORKSHOP. UH, MR. MAYOR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED, UH, THE CASH SPONSORSHIP OF THE SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP AND ASKED THE, UH, STAFF TO NEGOTIATE, UH, BRINGING THAT NUMBER DOWN FOR 1.5, EXCUSE [01:10:01] ME, TO 1.25. AND SO WE HAVE SOME UPDATES THAT WE'VE ALSO NEGOTIATED, WHICH I'M GOING SHARE, UH, WITH THE TERMS, WHICH INCLUDE, UM, AS I MENTIONED, BRINGING THAT CASH SPONSORSHIP DOWN. UH, THE COMMITTEE HAS, UH, A NUMBER TO BE DETERMINED OF WATCH PARTIES IN NORTH AND SOUTH BEACH. AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE EXCLUDED THE FOLLOWING EVENTS FROM THEIR ZONE OF EXCLUSIVITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE MIAMI BEACH PRIDE CELEBRATION IN LOOMIS PARK IN JUNE, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. UM, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, THE JULY 4TH CELEBRATIONS IN LOOMIS PARK AND IN ALTOS A MAR PARK. AND THEY WILL ALSO BRING A FIFA LEGEND TO ATTEND A MIAMI BEACH PUBLIC EVENT. UM, I HAVE TODAY, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE, RAY MARTINEZ, WHO'S HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ANY FURTHER DETAILS THAT I DIDN'T CAPTURE OR ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS RAY MARTINEZ. I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE WORLD CUP MIAMI HOST COMMITTEE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSION, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THE CLERK FOR WORKING WITH US OVER THE PAST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS TO FRUITION TO BRING THIS ITEM HERE, UH, TODAY TO YOU. UH, AS MENTIONED, THE WORLD CUP IS THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD. UH, AND THIS IS THE LARGEST WORLD CUP THAT EVER HAS BEEN HELD. THERE ARE 48 DIFFERENT NATIONS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING 104 MATCHES, SPREAD OUT OVER 16 HOST CITIES WITH MIAMI BEING ONE OF THEM. WE HAVE SEVEN MATCHES THAT ARE GONNA BE PLAYED HERE AT THE HARD ROCK STADIUM, WHICH WILL BE, UM, RENAMED AND REBRANDED AS THE MIAMI STADIUM. UH, FOR THE MATCHES, WE HAVE FOUR, UH, QUALIFYING MATCHES, A ROUND OF 32 A QUARTER FINAL, AND THE BRONZE MEDAL FINAL. UM, ONE OF THE, UH, UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THE WORLD CUP, OBVIOUSLY IS THE INTERNATIONAL DRAW FROM 48 DIFFERENT NATIONS. OUR, UH, TOURNAMENT PERIOD STARTS ON JUNE 15TH AND GOES TILL JULY 18TH. SO WE HAVE THE SECOND LONGEST TOURNAMENT PERIOD FROM THE FIRST MATCH TO THE SECOND TO THE LAST MATCH, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THEY'RE NOT ONLY HERE FOR THE SEVEN DAYS THAT THE MATCHES ARE, THEY'RE GONNA BE USING, YOU KNOW, SOUTH FLORIDA, THE CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH AS THEIR JUMP OFF POINT, IF YOU WILL. WE HAVE MET AS A HOST COMMITTEE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, UM, ENTITIES, UH, INCLUDING THE COUNSELOR CORPS AND, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, NATIONS THAT HAVE COME AND WANTED TO MEET WITH US BECAUSE THEY FEEL MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH AND SOUTH FLORIDA IS AN IMPORTANT PLACE FOR THEIR COUNTRIES COMING TO VIEW THE WORLD CUP. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING, UH, WITH MIAMI BEACH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. WE DO HAVE A SIZZLE REEL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UH, TO SHOW THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF WHAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. HOW LONG'S THE REEL? UH, 90 SECONDS. OH, PERFECT. PJ, IF YOU COULD CUE THE REAL THANK YOU. NICE. THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION. HOW MANY MATCHES ARE HAPPENING IN SOUTH FLORIDA? WE HAVE SEVEN [01:15:01] MATCHES. SEVEN MATCHES, CORRECT. SO, AND I ONLY ASKED THAT BECAUSE I, I, UM, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I WAS LOOKING BACK, UM, IN 2024 WHEN THE GAME DAY FOR COPA AMERICA, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR OCCUPANCY RATES, OUR OCCUPANCY RATES IN MIAMI BEACH FOR GAME DAY OF COPA AMERICA WENT UP ALMOST 10%. OUR A DR WENT UP ALMOST 14%. OUR GROSS ROOM REVENUE WENT UP 27%. AND THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT DATA AS IT RELATES TO OUR HOTELS THAT'S NOT GOING AND LOOKING INTO THE IMPACT ON OUR RESTAURANTS OR THE SIGNIFICANT MEDIA IMPACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM HAVING MEDIA ROW HERE. AND THAT WAS ONLY LOOKING AT A ONE DAY GAME. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SEVEN, SEVEN, UH, GAMES. SO WE CAN SEE MUCH BIGGER IMPACTS, I WOULD IMAGINE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL GAME, UM, WITH, UH, WITH JUST GREAT RIPPLE EFFECTS FOR OUR ECONOMY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY. I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT IT. ADMISSION ROSE GONZALEZ. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR MIAMI BEACH. I BELIEVE 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE WATCH THE WORLD CUP AND VIEWING IT WITH THE OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION WITH FIFA IS JUST INVALUABLE AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS VALUE TO OUR CITY. UM, I DON'T THINK WE COULD EVER GET IT. SO I'M HAPPY TO SPONSOR THE ONE POINT, UH, TWO 5 MILLION BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET IT BACK IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOWCASE MIAMI BEACH WITH FIFA AND THE WORLD CUP COMMITTEE AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, I, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, GREAT PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT AS WELL. UM, I'VE READ SOME OF THE MATERIAL AND IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, A WATCH PARTY, A LEGEND APPEARANCE, UM, OF, OF OTHER VIEWINGS, POTENTIAL BROADCASTS FROM, UH, OCEAN DRIVE. UH, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR OUR CITY. UH, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY EXCITING TIME NEXT YEAR, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, UM, MR. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE WORLD AND POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF MIAMI AND, AND MIAMI BEACH. FOR THOSE OUT THERE, WONDERING WHY THE CITY MAY BE GIVING FIFA SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY. UH, ONE TO CLARIFY, IT IS COMING OUT OF OUR RESORT TAXES, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ESSENTIALLY PROMOTE AND ENHANCE TOURISM. AND THE MONEY THAT WE WILL ESSENTIALLY BE SHARING WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO THIS ISN'T JUST SOME SORT OF GIVEAWAY OR WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO FIFA, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK. THAT $1.25 MILLION THAT FIFA WILL UTILIZE. WE'LL BE PAID BACK TO THE CITY MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THROUGH THINGS LIKE VIEWING PARTIES, WATCH PARTIES, THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE AND THE MARKETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM WORLDWIDE BROADCAST. THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOW FRONT AND CENTER OCEAN DRIVE OUR LOVELY, UH, ART DECO HISTORIC DISTRICT, OUR BEAUTIFUL BEACHES. UH, THOSE THINGS ARE INCALCULABLE, IMMEASURABLE. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME FIFA AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT SUMMER. SO THANK YOU ALL. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I, I'LL SECOND. I HEARD COMMISSIONER BOTS AND THEN I HEARD COMMISSIONER, UH, MAGAZINE AS THE SECOND, SO, OKAY. LET'S CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN K, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R SEVEN K. THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S CALLED, UH, [C7 K A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS JULY 16, 2025 MEETING AND APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONCESSION AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 21, 2019 (“AGREEMENT”), AMONG THE CITY, BOUCHER BROTHERS MIAMI BEACH, LLC AND BOUCHER BROTHERS MIAMI BEACH 21 & 46ST, LLC (COLLECTIVELY “CONCESSIONAIRE”), FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC BEACHFRONT CONCESSION AREAS; SAID AMENDMENT AUTHORIZING A ONE (1) YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE SALE OF A SET MENU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THE LUMMUS PARK AND 21ST STREET BEACHFRONT CONCESSION AREAS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY MANAGER MAY, AT ANY TIME AND IN HIS SOLE DISCRETION, SUSPEND THE ALCOHOL SALES PROGRAM FOR UP TO SIXTY (60) DAYS OR TERMINATE THE PROGRAM ENTIRELY, IN EACH CASE UPON AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS’ PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE CONCESSIONAIRE; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT.] C SEVEN K, WHICH WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. YES, SIR. C SEVEN K IS APPROVED AMENDMENT TWO TO BEACHFRONT CONCESSION AGREEMENT WITH BOUCHER BROTHERS COMMISSIONER BOT. UM, YEAH, SO I, I PULLED THIS ITEM 'CAUSE I HAVE A, A QUESTION OR TWO. I AM TORN, AS I SAID IN OUR FERC DISCUSSION LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS ITEM, BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT A, A PILOT TEST FOR, UH, THE PERIOD OF, OF ONE YEAR WITH THE RIGHT TO PULL THE PLUG WITH 24 HOURS NOTICE IF ANYTHING GETS EVEN CLOSE TO, UM, MOVING THE RIGHT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND, AND I THINK THAT WE ALL, AND THE CITY MANAGER, UM, NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO. UM, A QUESTION THAT [01:20:01] I HAD FOR YEARS ON THE PLANNING BOARD, WE HAD, UM, UM, FOLKS COMING TO US TO PLEAD THEIR CASE FOR ONE MIS MISSTEP OR ANOTHER, AND OFTEN WE WERE TOLD, OH, WELL I COULDN'T HIRE ANY OFF-DUTY POLICEMEN. AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE COVERING. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATION WILL EVOLVE AS, AS THE NEEDS BECOME APPARENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON HOW THAT ISSUE WAS GOING TO BE OVERCOME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WRONG QUESTION OR A RALPH QUESTION. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, RALPH ANDRATI REPRESENT THE BOUCHER BROTHERS. WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, WE INTEND TO HIRE OFF-DUTY POLICE. UH, WE KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE. IF THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, WE'LL LOOK TO OUTSIDE JURISDICTIONS, UH, TO HIRE OFF-DUTY POLICE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. A LOT OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES DO THAT. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS A LICENSED PREMISES UNDER STATE LAW WITH A STATE LICENSE, WE'RE SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT, UM, AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, UNDER STATE LAW BY THE DABT, WHICH IS A DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO. SO THE CITY WILL ESSENTIALLY BE GETTING A STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AT NO COST TO THE CITY, WHICH ALSO HAS EYES ON THIS PROGRAM AND DOES INSPECTIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, SERVING, UH, TO MINORS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE SECURITY THAT WE INTEND TO PROVIDE WITH OFF-DUTY AS WELL AS OUR OWN PRIVATE SECURITY AND PARK RANGERS, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UH, THERE WILL BE OVERSIGHT, UH, BY THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS WELL. AND, UM, THAT CAN BE, UM, BOLSTERED AS NEEDED. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THESE SALES WILL BE ONLY IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONCESSION SPACES ON THE BEACH THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING, CORRECT? THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE, UH, WEST OF THE DUNES, SO THEY WILL NOT IMPINGE ON BUSINESSES ON OCEAN DRIVE AND COLLINS? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE CONTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOUCHER BROTHERS ARE EXCELLENT PARTNERS WITH THE CITY. THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BEING EXCELLENT PARTNERS WITH THE CITY, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT, UM, TO GO ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE VERY NORTHERN END OF NORTH BEACH. AND THAT CAUSES SOME CONCERN FOR NORTH BEACH RESIDENTS BECAUSE AS GREAT AS IT IS TO HAVE VERY ORGANIZED, UM, CONCESSIONS IN SOUTH BEACH, AND SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THAT, THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO EVER USE THAT AND DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE BASICALLY FORCED TO FIND A LITTLE PLOT OF SAND, YOU KNOW, WINNOW THEIR WAY THROUGH, UM, AREAS OF, OF, UH, UM, SEATING ARRANGEMENTS AND UMBRELLAS THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO, UM, NOT ACTIVATING THOSE SPOTS IN NORTH BEACH, NORTH OF ALTOS DEL MAR PARK, UNLESS THE COMMISSION EXPRESSLY AND EXPLICITLY VOTES TO AUTHORIZE YOU TO DO THAT RATHER THAN BY DOING IT, AS OF RIGHT. YES, WE AGREE TO THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THAT ALL LAYS A LOT OF CONCERNS FOR NORTH BEACH RESIDENTS. UM, IF THERE IS A POCKET WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DESIRE FOR NORTH BEACH RESIDENTS TO HAVE ONE OUTPOST RATHER THAN THE EIGHT, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE AS RIGHT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD, WOULD BE WILLING TO ACTIVATE? SURE. LOOK, WHATEVER THE COMM, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE CITY AND, AND THE COMMISSION'S, YOU KNOW, DESIRE AND, AND WILL. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD, IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO ACTIVATE IT, WE WON'T ACTIVATE IT. IF YOU DON'T BLESS THE ACTIVATION, OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T ACTIVATE IT. IF YOU WANT US TO ACTIVATE ONE BLOCK, WE'LL DO ONE BLOCK. IF YOU WANT TWO, WE'LL DO TWO. AND I THINK IN, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT DYNAMICS BETWEEN SOUTH BEACH AND NORTH BEACH. AND SO, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, AGREE TO SOME NUMBER OF, OF BEACH EQUIPMENT THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA CAN USE AT NO COST TO THEM. UM, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO, SO YOU WOULD ACTIVATE, UH, UH, ONE ALCO WHERE RESIDENTS COULD PUT IN A REQUEST AND USE A BEACH CHAIR FOR FREE IN NORTH BEACH, CORRECT? UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, OF COURSE. RIGHT. WE ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY 15. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT A CITYWIDE RESIDENT DISCOUNT? A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, ARE NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO SPLURGE FOR A WEEKEND, BUT IT'S ANOTHER, OR IF YOU'RE OUT IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. BUT IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT HERE, UM, IS THERE, THERE IS NO RESIDENT DISCOUNT NOW. THAT IS CORRECT THOUGH. SO COULD WE, FOR A CITYWIDE RESIDENT DISCOUNTS, COULD YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY TO IMPLEMENT THAT? YES, WE COULD. UM, HOW SOON COULD YOU EFFECTUATE THAT? HOW MUCH OF A, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING 40%. UM, COULD WE RESPECTFULLY COUNT TO 35% MM-HMM . [01:25:01] SURE. UM, AND WE WOULD LOOK TO IMPLEMENT THAT ASAP, AS WITH GIMME A TIME, UH, TWO MONTHS. COULD YOU GIVE US 90 DAYS TO, TO IMPLEMENT THAT? WHY WOULD YOU NEED 90 DAYS? 60? UH, JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAMMING WHERE WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO FOLKS, BUT WE DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THE SITU. AND I GET THIS WITH THE TOWING A LOT, THE RESIDENT DISCOUNT, AS, YOU KNOW, FOLKS SHOW UP, I'M A RESIDENT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVE THEIR RESIDENT. SO THERE, THERE HAS TO BE SOME METHOD OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE KNOW THEIR RESIDENTS. SO I THINK IT JUST WOULD TAKE A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHERE MAYBE RESIDENTS CAN ENROLL, SORT OF LIKE IN THE, THE TEXT TO TOE THAT YOU HAVE OR THE, THE HANDICAP PARKING, UM, PROGRAM. THAT'S WHERE WE KNOW THE FOLKS THAT ARE SHOWING UP OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE CAN AFFORD THE DISCOUNT TO THEM. IT IS THE END OF JULY. IT IS HOTTER THAN BLAZES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ACTIVATED NO LATER THAN SIX WEEKS FROM NOW. OKAY. OKAY. AND MELISSA, I DON'T KNOW. I'M SURE YOU'RE, HI. UM, LET'S COLLABORATE AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHAT THE SYSTEM WILL BE SO WE CAN START PREPARING CITYWIDE, UM, COMMUNIQUES TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW. UM, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE PRETTY PSYCHED TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH AND HAVE A CHAIR, WHICH MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN THEIR BUDGET PRIOR. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT PROTECTING NORTH BEACH. AND, UH, WITH THAT I MOVE THE ITEM. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, FOR RESIDENTS, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT. I JUST HAVE A QUICK TWO MINUTE PRESENTATION TO REALLY, UH, LAY THE REASONS OF WHY THIS IS, UH, A GOOD IDEA FOR A PILOT. UM, SO PJ, CAN YOU PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN PLEASE? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, UH, THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF ILLEGAL ALCOHOL SALES THAT ARE ON THE BEACH. UM, ILLEGAL BEACH FING IS OUTTA CONTROL. BOTH RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE SENT ME, UH, EMAILS SAYING THAT THEY FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. UH, SOME OF THE STATS, 136 ARRESTS IN 2020 THREE, A HUNDRED FIFTY ONE IN 2024, AND ONLY 27 FOR YEAR TO DATE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S LESS ALCOHOL SALES. I JUST THINK THAT POLICE RESOURCES ARE SO STRAINED THAT, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT COST PROHIBITIVE TO BE ON THE BEACH ENFORCING ILLEGAL ALCOHOL SALES. SOME OF THE COMMON ISSUES, UH, IS THAT THEY, A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL BEACH VENDORS MAKE UNSAFE HOMEMADE COCKTAILS. UM, THEY SELL, UH, IN GLASS CONTAINERS AND IN PLASTIC, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. UM, LIKE I SAID, AN UNCOMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS, UH, UNDERMINES LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND, AND CITY TAX REVENUE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE'S A VIDEO OF, UM, SOME OF THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS. SO A LOT OF THESE VENDORS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE MIXING THE DRINKS COULD BE DRUGGED, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHERE THEY'RE MADE, HOW THEY'RE MADE, AND HOW THEY'RE PASSED OUT. UM, AND THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS ARE, ARE REALLY, ARE OMNIPRESENT. AND WAYNE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT, CAN YOU COME UP FOR A SECOND CHIEF? AND THIS IS JUST ONE AFTER THE OTHER, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, IN, IN OMI PARK. AND MY FEAR IS, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T, UM, CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY HURT, UH, OR DRUGGED OR INJURED FROM ONE OF THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PJ, I THINK. GOOD POINT. UM, LIKE I SAID, THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ALREADY STRETCHED THIN BEACH ATVS ARE COVERING SAFETY EMERGENCIES AND MORE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS GET ARRESTED AND THEY'RE RELEASED WITHIN HOURS AND THEY GO BACK TO ON THE BEACH. UH, UNDERCOVER STINGS ARE RESOURCE HEAVY. UM, YOU KNOW, GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN ILLEGAL VENDORS AND REGULATED BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD CHOOSE THE THE BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR EVERYONE WATCHING LOCATION WOULD ONLY BE FOR LUMAS PARK AND 21ST STREET BEACH BEACHFRONT CONCESSIONS. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE OVERSIGHT LICENSED CONCESSIONAIRE. BOUCHER BROTHERS BEEN WITH US WITH THE CITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM, WE'RE, INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS TO, TO CAPITALIZE [01:30:01] ON OUR BEACHES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, AT LEAST NOW WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING MUCH NEEDED REVENUE TO THE CITY. UM, AND THE CITY, OF COURSE HAS A, UM, A CLAUSE WHERE IF THINGS GET OUTTA HAND, WE HAVE A, WE CAN TERMINATE ON A 24 HOUR NOTICE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER. NEXT SLIDE REMOVES THE INCENTIVES FOR ILLEGAL VENDORS. SAFER CONTROLLED PRODUCT, NO GLASS, NO PLASTIC, NO MYSTERY COCKTAILS AND ENFORCEMENT AND SERVICES WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. LEVERAGES TRUSTING PARTNERS AND, UM, IT, IT PRO IT PROVES A, A, A MODEL ACROSS FLORIDA THAT HAS ALREADY WORKED. AND NEXT SLIDE. UM, AND HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS. IT INVITES MORE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. ALCOHOL IS ALREADY WIDESPREAD VIA LEGAL SELLERS AND BRING YOUR OWN BEER. THIS REGULATES, NOT EXPANDS, IT HURTS. OUR IMAGE IS A COMMON ARGUMENT. ILLEGAL UNREGULATED ALCOHOL SERVICE IS WHAT REALLY HURTS OUR BRAND ON MIAMI BEACH. SO WHEN TOURISTS COME HERE AND THEY SEE THEY GET HARASSED BY THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A THREAT TO OUR BRAND THAN, UH, HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S REGULATED. UH, WE'VE MADE PROGRESS. TRUE. LET'S BUILD ON IT WITH SMART TOOLS, NOT TURN A BLIND EYE. NEXT SLIDE. UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S OVER A DOZEN BEACHES IN FLORIDA ALREADY PERMITTING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON THE BEACH, ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE THEM, UM, IF THEY CAN DO IT RESPONSIBLY. SO CAN WE, UM, WITH STRICT OVERSIGHT AND GUARANTEED REVENUE. AND, UH, PJ YOU CAN TURN ON THE SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO I'M, I'M GONNA BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE. I, I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, UM, AND, AND, AND REALLY PUT AN END TO THESE, THESE ILLEGAL VENDORS ON THE BEACH. UH, CHIEF, THANK YOU. UM, HOW, HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO ENFORCE THIS 24 7 OR DURING THE DAY? UM, YEAH, ESPECIALLY IN LUMES PARK AND, AND THESE LOCATIONS. UH, GOOD MORNING, WAYNE JONES, CHIEF OF POLICE. UH, YOU'RE REFERRING TO LEGITIMIZED, UM, BUSINESS OUT THERE SELLING ALCOHOL. YEAH. HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO ENFORCE? WELL, NO, UH, THE ILLEGAL ALCOHOL THAT'S ALREADY ON THE, ON THE BEACH NOW IN CROW BEACH, CHALLENGING TO ENFORCE BECAUSE IT IS RESOURCE INTENSIVE. UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD 151 ARRESTS OUT THERE LAST YEAR FOR LEGAL VENDING. SOME OF THESE FOLKS NOT ONLY SELLING ALCOHOL, THEY'RE ALSO SELLING DRUGS. DRUG OF CHOICE IS TYPICALLY MARIJUANA. UH, OFTENTIMES YOU MAKE THESE ARRESTS, THESE FOLKS GO TO COURT, THESE CASES ARE, UH, THROWN OUTTA COURT AND THEY'RE BACK DOING IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S A CASH, UM, CASH BUSINESS. SO THEY'RE FILLING A VOID, QUITE FRANKLY, ON THE BEACH. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MARKET FOR IT. FOLKS ARE OUT THERE, THEY'RE HOT, AS UMAT JUST MENTIONED. UM, THEY WANT A SOFT DRINK, ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE, UM, AND SOMETIMES DRUGS. AND, AND SO WE POLICE IT AS BEST WE CAN. UH, THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE, OBVIOUSLY FOR US, THERE'S LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OUT THERE, FOLKS THAT ARE IDING KIDS, BUYING ALCOHOL, UM, OUT THERE ON THE BEACH AS OPPOSED TO BUYING IT FROM A LEGAL VENDOR, UH, ON A BUSINESS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY REGULATE AND ENFORCE LAWS AGAINST IF THEY VIOLATE THE LAW IN ANY WAY, UM, IS A PREFERENCE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. I'M, I'M GONNA SECOND THE MOTION AND MR. COMMISSIONER BOTT, JUST, UH, A COUPLE MORE THINGS. CHIEF JONES. UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO EXERT BETTER CONTROL OVER THE ILLEGAL SALES IN SOUTH BEACH, THAT YOU ARE PROACTIVELY MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN NORTH BEACH. I THINK THE MID BEACH AREA IS A LITTLE BIT SAFER BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THEIR UPLAND CONCESSIONS FOR THE HOTELS AND, AND, UH, CONDOS UP THERE. BUT NORTH BEACH WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY BY DESIGN AND BY CHOICE, UM, LESS INTENTIONALLY ACTIVATED, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T DECIDE THAT THAT'S THEIR NEW STOMPING GROUNDS. ABSOLUTELY. UM, WE ARE PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT PERSONAL STORY. I TOOK MY FAMILY TO NORTH BEACH MONTHS AGO, AND AS THEY WALK OVER THE, UM, ENTRANCE, UH, THE BER TO GET TO THE CENTER ITSELF, THERE'S A GUY SET UP FULL STORE AND THERE IS DIFFERENT BE DISPLAYED. AND MIXED DRINKS OBVIOUSLY HAD THE POWER TO DO SOME ABOUT IT. THEY CALLED 'EM THE COPS AND TAKE CARE OF IT. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS BEACH, OUR BEACH, MIAMI BEACH IS A WASH WITH FOLKS DOING ILLEGAL VENDING, UH, FROM SOUTH POINT ALL THE WAY TO CITY LIMITS. AND SO I THINK, UM, THIS MEASURE ACTUALLY HELPS US MITIGATE THAT. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UM, I HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT I HAD MEANT TO ASK, UM, FOR, FROM RALPH AND STEVE. UM, IF YOU COULD JUST COME BACK UP FOR A QUICK SECOND. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FOR YOUR [01:35:01] CONCESSIONS IN SOUTH BEACH, YOU SIFT THE SAND EVERY DAY. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE, WE AS A CITY IN MIAMI BEACH GET OUR SAND SIFTED BY THE STATE, BUT NO. BY THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. CORRECT. IS IT ANY MORE THAN THAT, RON? IT'S, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY EVENTS OUT THERE AS WELL. IF, IF THERE ARE, THEN THEY DO IT, UH, MULTIPLE DAYS TO SIFT THROUGH THE SAND. OKAY. SO SINCE THERE ARE FEWER EVENTS UP IN NORTH BEACH, THERE, SAND GETS SIFTED UP IN NORTH BEACH, HOW OFTEN A YEAR? I THINK IT'S JUST, JUST DAILY. JUST AS NEEDED. CORRECT. SO LET'S SAY MAYBE 10 TIMES A YEAR. CORRECT. UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE AND WILLING TO, UM, USE THE SAND SIFTING EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN SOUTH BEACH AND DO A SWEEP UP IN NORTH BEACH A FEW TIMES A WEEK? YES, WE WOULD. YOU WOULD? YES, WE WOULD. OKAY. WE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT UP TO THREE TIMES A WEEK, THREE TIMES A WEEK UP IN NORTH BEACH, UM, WHICH IS A MARKED IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT NORTH BEACH GETS NOW. OKAY. THEN I MOVE THE ITEM AGAIN. CAN THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YEAH, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO STATE ABOUT THIS. NUMBER ONE, WE ESTIMATE THAT THIS WILL GENERATE, UM, WELL A MINIMUM OF $250,000, BUT IT COULD GENERATE, UM, SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL. UM, ANYWHERE YOU GO, UM, TO WORLDS CLASS TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN EUROPE, WHETHER IT'S, UM, RE OR NICE, UH, THEY HAVE AN EXPERIENCE ON THE BEACH, CENTRA PE UH, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING HERE. THIS IS NOT ANIMAL HOUSE STYLE PARTYING. THIS IS, UM, THINK A WHISPERING ANGEL BEACH, UH, HAVING A GLASS OF ROSE UNDER PINK PALE UMBRELLAS STYLE OF ACTIVATIONS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MOVING TOWARD. AND WE WANT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES, THERE IS NOT A TROPICAL BEACH EXPERIENCE LIKE YOU HAVE IN MAMIE BEACH, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A DRINK ON THE BEACH IF YOU, UM, ARE STAYING AT A, AN EXPENSIVE BEACH RUN HOTEL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF THIS ALMOST AS A DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE, THE BEACH STYLE EXPERIENCE. UM, AND, UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT COMMISSIONER BOT, UM, GOT THE 35% RESIDENT DISCOUNT. I WISH I WOULD'VE THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF WHEN WE WERE NEGOTIATING THIS. AND, UM, IT'S JUST A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM. UM, I WANT THE BUSINESSES ON OCEAN DRIVE, WHICH ARE VERY CONCERNED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL NOT BE LIQUOR SALES IN ANY GREEN PATCH OF LOOMIS PARK BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CONTROVERSY OR PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. IT'S GONNA BE EAST OF THE DUNES. UM, ONLY SO, UM, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE. I DO THINK THAT WE WILL FIND ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IF WE ARE, IF THE BOUCHER BROTHERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MIAMI BEACH ARE SELLING THESE BEVERAGES ON THE BEACH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A, AN ILLEGAL VENDOR WHO COMES BY, THE OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER THAT IS THERE ON THAT BEACH IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CALL THE POLICE OR HAVE SOME LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE IF WE WEREN'T REGULATING AND ACTUALLY SELLING, UH, THE BEVERAGES ON THE BEACH. SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL ENFORCEMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MARKET CONDITIONS. WHY WOULD THEY WANT ILLEGAL SALES OR WHY WOULD THEY WANT ANYBODY COMPETING WITH WHATEVER THE BEACH AND MIAMI BEACH IS SELLING? SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THE ACTIVATIONS AND, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE. AND COMMISSIONER, CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING? JUST YOU, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. YOU KNOW, THE IDEA HERE, IT'S NOT TO CREATE A PARTY ATMOSPHERE OUT ON THE BEACH, IT'S TO EXTEND THE, THE EXPERIENCE AND THE SERVICE THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING BEHIND THE HOTELS, THE FOUNTAIN BLUE, THE W ALL, ALL THE NICE TO THE LOWE'S HOTEL, THE ROYAL PALM, THE SAVOY HOTEL, ALL THE HOTELS WHERE ALCOHOL IS ALREADY BEING SERVED, EXTEND THAT EXPERIENCE TO LOOMIS PARK WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS A NIGHT FOR A ROOM. RIGHT. AND I THINK EVERYONE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT, INCLUDING THE OCEAN DRIVE BUSINESSES. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, RISING TIDES LIFT ALL BOATS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NEW EXPERIENCE WILL ATTRACT NEW FAMILIES, FOLKS THAT AREN'T OTHERWISE COMING TO THE BEACH AND GOING TO THE MIAMI RIVER, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND AND WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR MIAMI BEACH. IT'S, IT IS ELEVATING THE EXPERIENCE. AND RIGHT NOW, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THAT SOMEBODY GOES TO ONE OF THE BEACHES IN LOOMIS PARK AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ALCOHOL WITH THEM RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT PERMITTED. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD BE AN ILLEGAL USE TOO. SO AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KIND OF LIMIT PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME TO THE BEACH AND POSSIBLY OVERDRINK BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, BOTTLES OF LIQUOR THEMSELVES. AND IF YOU HAVE THESE OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE MONITORING THAT, I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'LL [01:40:01] HAVE LESS INCIDENCES OF, UH, BAD BEHAVIOR. AND THAT IS THE BEACH EXPERIENCE. WHEN LIKE, UM, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH. WHEN YOU GO TO THE AMALFI COAST, UH, THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BEACH. YOU'LL SEE THE AAL SPRITZ BEACH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO COMMERCIALIZE EVERY INCH OF EVERY BEACH, BUT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GO TO MIAMI BEACH. AND, UM, AND, AND JUST THINK OF SOMETHING VERY ELEGANT, SOPHISTICATED. I I SAW SOME OF, UH, WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO. EVEN KIND OF LIKE A CHRISTIAN DIOR BEACH , I DON'T MIND. UM, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR MIAMI BEACH AND I THINK THAT WE CAN GENERATE, UM, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE, BOTH OF US. COMMISSIONER BOT. DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT GONNA ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE. UM, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, 'CAUSE I, I THINK PERHAPS THERE'S A CONCERN OUT THERE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A FULL OPEN BAR AND THAT YOU CAN BUY SHOTS, AD NAUSEUM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE INTENDING. YOU'RE INTENDING CLOSED CONTAINERS, PRE-MIXED COCKTAILS. HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE WINE AND BEER? LIKE A BOTTLE OF, OF BEER, BEER, BEER. YES. IT, YES. BEER. IT WOULD ALL BE IN, IN PACKAGE CONTAINERS. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE BARTENDERS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FLIPPING BOTTLES AND LIKE IN THE MOVIE COCKTAIL, RIGHT. SO THAT IT'S NOT THAT IT'S, IT'S CONTAINED. YOU GET TOM CRUISE TO COME. NO. MAY MAYBE HE'LL MAKE A RIBBON CUTTING APPEARANCE FOR THE FIRST SALE. BUT, UM, THAT IS CORRECT. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SERVING SHOTS OR MIXING COCKTAILS OR DRINKS OUT ON THE BEACH. UM, SO FOR GLASSES OF WINE, THEY'LL BE PREPACKAGED. CORRECT. AND THERE WILL BE NO GLASS. IT'LL ALL BE RECYCLABLE. THERE'LL BE NO GLASS, IT'LL BE ALL ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, ACCEPTED MIAMI BEACH PRODUCTS. UM, LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD HERE FOR MIAMI BEACH. OKAY. SO JUST, YOU ALL CAN BE PROUD OF JUST, UM, FOR THE RECORD, IN CASE ANYBODY THINKS THAT THIS IS, UM, NOT CONDUCIVE WITH BLUE ZONES, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, INITIATIVE THAT I'M CHAMPIONING WITH THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL TELL YOU THAT TWO OF THE TENETS OF BLUE ZONES, UM, WAYS OF LIVING BETTER LONGER INCLUDE HAVING A GLASS OF WINE DAILY AND SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS, ACTUALLY THREE IN OPEN AIR SPACES. SO, UM, IT IS ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SUGGESTING ANYBODY ABUSES THIS TO EXCESS, BUT THIS IS A NICE WAY TO EXPLORE THAT PART OF THE BLUE ZONES INITIATIVE QUESTION. UM, SO THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DIRECTLY BY THAT AREA, AN OCEAN DRIVE. TWO ARE RESIDENTS, ONE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SO BE SAFE, THE OCEAN DRIVE ASSOCIATION AND THE ART DECKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THEY'VE ALL COME OUT AGAINST THIS PILOT PROGRAM. HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM? HAVE YOU CONVERSED WITH THEM? HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH THEM AT ALL? YES, WE DID. UM, STEVE MET WITH, WITH ALL OF THEM. AND, UM, SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE GIVEN, UM, FOR OPPOSING THE PROJECT ARE, ARE BASED SOLELY ON, ON SELF-INTEREST, COMMERCIAL INTEREST, BUSINESS INTEREST. THEY DON'T WANT COMPETITION WITH RESPECT TO, WELL, THAT'S THE OCEAN DRIVE, YOU COULD ARGUE, BUT THE TWO OTHERS ARE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE, THE O THE OTHER TWO, UM, AM I FREE TO SHARE HOW, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER TWO EXPRESSED A AN OPINION OF WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ILLEGAL SALES. IT IT'S NOT AFFECTING OUR BUILDING. THEY DON'T COME AND SELL ILLEGAL ALCOHOL HERE ON OUR BEACH. WE DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN LOOMIS PARK. WE DON'T CARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OCEAN DRIVE. AND THAT WAS THEIR POSITION. IT WASN'T BASED ON A LARGER VISION FOR, OR WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MIAMI BEACH. IT WASN'T BASED ON BRINGING FAMILIES, UH, TO MIAMI BEACH TO HAVE A, A DIVERSIFICATION OF, OF THE CITY RECLAIM, UM, SOME OF WHAT MIAMI BEACH HAS LOST TO OTHER DESTINATIONS WHO ARE OFFERING, UH, EXPERIENCES SUCH AS THIS. UM, BUT BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU SAY WE LOST, I, I, THERE'S A STAT THAT THE G-M-C-V-B AND I SAW DAVID WHITAKER HERE BEFORE THAT. I MEAN, WE WERE AT FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WE WERE THE HIGHEST ON MULTIPLE, UH, LEVELS OF RATING. UH, WE WERE AT THE HIGHEST ROOM PER NIGHT REVPAR, UH, OCCUPANCY RATE IN THE ENTIRE NATION. WE WERE AT 3 57 A NIGHT. THE NEXT CITY WAS 2 84. WE'RE 25% HIGHER ON ANNUAL, ON AN AVERAGE ROOM RATE OF ANY CITY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY EXPENSIVE. BUT WE COULD TELL YOU FROM, FROM OUR, I'M SAYING WE'RE DOING WELL, I THINK. WELL, YEAH, WELL LOOK, THE CITY'S WE JUST WANT TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR, FOR FOLKS. THE CITY IS DOING GREAT. I THINK UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, IT'S DONE, YOU KNOW, A GREAT JOB. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, WE JUST WANT TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE, UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE. IT'S COMMONPLACE THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. IT'S COMMONPLACE IN EUROPE. I JUST CAME BACK FROM PORTUGAL, HAD A LOVELY TIME, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN. PEOPLE EXPECT THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE. THEY, THEY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH WITH THEIR FAMILIES, HAVE A GLASS OF WINE. IT, IT'S COMMON. [01:45:01] UM, AND SOMEHOW IT'S BEEN MADE OUT TO BE A BOOGEYMAN OR IT'S GONNA DEVOLVE INTO CHAOS. WELL, THE, THE, THE, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS HERE. I THINK WE, MYSELF AND OUR ENTIRE COMMISSION AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TURNING THE NARRATIVE AROUND OBVIOUSLY SPRING BREAK, THE LAST TWO YEARS, A GREAT SUCCESS. SO BOUCHER BROTHERS HAS, DOES A GREAT JOB, GREAT CONCESSIONS, REALLY. I, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE COULD MAY NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE. I JUST GET CONCERNED WHAT THE IMAGE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO THE WORLD IS WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IF IT, SINCE I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TURNING THAT IMAGE. IT'S NOT EASY WE'RE DOING IT. I WOULD JUST SAY FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE CONCERNED, THE RESIDENTS, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER INSISTED ON THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE PROGRAM UPON 24 HOURS NOTICE. SO THE MOMENT THERE'S A HINT OR A WHIFF THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW, AND I BELIEVE SIDEWAYS, I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO ADD TO THAT, THAT THE CITY COMMISSION CAN ALSO STEPPED IN AND THE CITY COMMISSION. SO YOU ALL HAVE MAXIMUM AUTHORITY AND CONTROL OVER THIS PROGRAM. AND THE MOMENT YOU THINK IT'S NOT SERVING THE CITY'S INTEREST, THE NEXT DAY YOU COULD STOP IT. AND WE'VE AGREED TO THAT, AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WE BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA BE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK THE BESHE BROTHERS HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY AND CONTRIBUTE IN SO MANY INCREDIBLE WAYS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GET YOU, YOU MANAGE OUR MOST PRIZED ASSET AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL. AND SO I THINK I, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT JUST SPEAKS TO, TO YOU BEING A PARTNER WHO WE WOULD TRUST FOR SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE. UM, I JUST, MY CONCERN IS THAT I KNOW THAT ALCOHOL AND HEAT DEHYDRATE PEOPLE AND DEHYDRATION, YIELDS BAD DECISIONS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WE SEE IT AT TIME AND AFTER, AGAIN. AND IT'S WHY BACK IN 1999, MIAMI BEACH PASSED AN OPEN CONTAINER LAW, AND THAT WAS YEARS AGO. UM, HOW OLD ARE YOU THEN? ? I, I WAS YOUNG , I WAS YOUNG. UM, BUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND I TRUST NO ONE MORE THAN THE BOUCHER BROTHERS TO, TO, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, TO, TO, TO MANAGE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. I'M JUST GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE ON THE GROUND, BUT THAT THE HEADLINE BE, OR THE PERCEPTION BE THAT MIAMI BEACH IS GOING NOW IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE DIRECTION WE HAVE BEEN GOING IN, INTO PROMOTING A HEALTH AND WELLNESS ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN GOING INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND TELLING BUSINESSES, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO HAVE 5:00 AM UH, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSES THAT NOW, NO, WE'RE ROLLING BACK THOSE AREAS TO 2:00 AM UH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE TO DO THIS, I WOULD TRUST DOING THIS WITH NO ONE OTHER THAN THE BOUCHER BROTHERS. BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, HAS BEEN, WELL, YOU ALL HAVE WORKED SO HARD, UH, TO SHIFT THE IMAGE AND THE BRANDING AND WHAT DEFINES MIAMI BEACH. AND, AND WE HAVE, AND IT'S SOMETHING, UH, I'M THE LEAST SELF-CONGRATULATORY PERSON IN THE WORLD, BUT I, I THINK OUR ENTIRE CITY, UH, IS RIGHT TO BE PROUD OF DOING SO. UM, BUT I ALSO THINK WE CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? WE SOMEHOW WINE ON THE BEACH IS NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH MOVING TOWARDS A MORE ELEVATED, UH, CLASSIER EVEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOCUSED, UM, APPROACH. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE EVERYBODY'S CUP OF TEA. UH, MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER, UH, LIVE HERE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUT RUNNING AT FLAMINGO PARK TRACK. AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WHILE THEY'RE HEALTHY, NOT IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO DEFINE THEIR LIFE. UH, BOTH OF MY PARENTS LIKE TO GO TO THE BEACH ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND, UH, NOT TO THROW MY DAD UNDER THE BUS THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE, UH, SOME, SOME BUYERS OF THE ILLEGAL SALES THEY GO ON OUT THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO SIT THERE AND ENJOY A DRINK ON THE BEACH . SO TO HAVE THIS, I KNOW IT [01:50:01] IS MORE MOM THAN YOU DAD. SO, UH, UH, THIS IS ALSO AN AMEN. NOT EVEN HERE TO DEFEND. IT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY HE CHOSE THAT ROUTE , THAT THAT'S, UM, THIS IS AN AMENITY TO OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL, RIGHT? AND I SAW SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT CAME UP THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH, UH, TRACK CLUB THAT ARE LIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UH, DAY IN, DAY OUT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH GETTING TOGETHER WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND ENJOYING A GLASS OF WINE ON A SUNDAY ON THE BEACH RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANNA DO SO, YOU COULD DO SO A BLOCK AWAY, BUT YOUR CHAIRS ARE GONNA BE FIVE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE AT ONE OF THE FANCY HOTELS. UM, AND WHAT'S IRONIC IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DELIVERING THAT SERVICE ARE THE SAME ONES THAT WE'RE ENTRUSTING TO DO SO ON PUBLIC LAND A MERE 50 FEET AWAY. UM, SO WHILE I AM VERY PROUD OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY HAS MOVED IN AWAY FROM THE ANYTHING GOES PARTY TILL YOU DROP ATMOSPHERE AND MORE RESIDENT FOCUSED AND, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH PROVIDING THIS NOT ONLY AMENITY TO OUR VISITORS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORLD CUP AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING, UM, BUT AN AMENITY TO OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING A DISCOUNT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN AND ENJOY BEACH CHAIRS. WHY SHOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO ALSO BE ABLE TO ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE SITTING ON A BEACH ON 10TH STREET? SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, WILL BE VERY FOCUSED ON THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, AND WE HAVE THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ESSENTIALLY, UH, TURN THIS SHIP IF IT GETS, UH, TO A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T INTEND. UM, AND WITH THAT, I, I, I THINK I'M EXCITED TO SEE OUR RESIDENTS BE ABLE TO BE OFFERED IN THIS. UH, I KNOW SO MUCH FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, UH, THE DRAW FOR TOURISM, BUT FOR THAT, WHETHER IT BE MY PARENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE, TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, UH, TO LOOMIS PARK AND ORDER A GLASS OF ROSE AND REALLY TAKE THAT ALL ENHANCING EXPERIENCE, I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL FOR MIAMI BEACH MOTION. AND SECOND CALL, THE VOTE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BT, I HAVE A SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS AMENDED. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED ME AND ME? TWO NOS. THAT'S A NO FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND A NO FROM MAYOR MINOR. THE ITEM PASSES. OKAY. I SEE WE HAVE [RDA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIR AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (RDA), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE (FERC) AND APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RDA (LANDLORD) AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OFFICE OF THE TAX COLLECTOR (TENANT), FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,955 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE AT THE ANCHOR SHOPS AND GARAGE, LOCATED AT 100 16TH STREET, UNIT 1-5 (PREMISES), FOR A PERIOD OF NINE (9) YEARS AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR (364) DAYS; FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE THE LEASE AGREEMENT; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY TO EXECUTE THE FINAL NEGOTIATED LEASE AGREEMENT.] OUR, UH, TAX COLLECTED DARIEL FERNANDEZ HERE. SO LET'S CALL RDA TWO. WE ARE RECESSING AS A MEMBER, BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE ARE RECONVENING AS A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. THE R-D-A-R-D-A TWO IS A PUBLIC HEARING NEW LEASE WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE RDA TWO AND, AND DARIEL. I AM, I AM SO EXCITED, UH, AND I, I'LL LET YOU DO THE, UH, THE, THE DETAILS, BUT TO HAVE A DMV COME TO MIAMI BEACH, I MEAN, JUST LITERALLY YESTERDAY I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO LITER, WHO SPENT MOST OF THEIR DAY IN, IN A, IN AN OFFICE. UH, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU, UH, IMPROVING THE PROCESS. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I JUST WANTED TO START SAYING THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF, UH, FLORIDA MIAMI WISH. UH, ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO ALL COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I THINK FOR A LONG TIME OF THE PEOPLE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UH, NEED TO HAVE ONE OFFICE HERE IN MIAMI, UH, MIAMI BEACH. UM, THIS OFFICE WILL BE LOCATED AT, UH, THE SHOP, AT THE ANCO GARAGE, UH, BETWEEN THE COLLINS AVENUE AND WASHINGTON AVENUE. UM, IS, UH, WILL BE A 14 FOLD, UM, SERVICE WINDOWS, UH, WITH 19 FOLD EMPLOYEE, UM, 1,500 PARKING SPACE. UM, WHERE IS THE, THE SERVICE THAT WE GOING TO START PROVIDING OVER THERE IS A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY TAXES. THE, THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH NOW GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, OFFICE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF MIAMI BEACH. THEY DON'T NEED TO GO FAR AWAY. THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE DOWNTOWN TO PAY THE PROPERTY TAXES. THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER PLACE TO GET THE DRIVER LICENSE AND ID IF THEY NEED TO OPEN A NEW BUSINESS. NOW, WE GOING TO FIRST, UH, THAT SERVICE. ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER. I'M SORRY FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UH, TWO ENTITY, THE OFFICE OF THE TAX ELECTOR AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. UM, FOR A LONG TIME, THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI, THEY ACCOUNT, UH, NEED TO COME TO US. NOW, WE'RE GOING TO YOU TO, UH, THE RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH IF YOU NEED TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER LICENSE. UH, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE WAITING TIME, THE LONG LINES. WE ALREADY STOPPED THAT IN ABOUT, UH, A HUNDRED DAYS, 200 DAYS. NOW. IT'S A NEW, UH, FUTURE FOR, UH, MIAMI BEACH TO STOP RIDING THIS SERVICE HERE IN YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY DISABLED PARKING PERMIT, [01:55:01] BABY DESTROY PARKING PERMIT, AND NOW EXPECTING MOTHER'S APARTMENT, UH, PARKING, UH, PYRAMID. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU TO MY TEAM THAT IS HERE TODAY. UH, I HOPE, UH, IN A FEW MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR, UH, NEW OFFICE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU TO ALL I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ACTUALLY, UH, HE'S THE SPONSOR OF THE, UH, YES. I'M SORRY. I I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. UM, VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. UH, DARIO, I LOVE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW FRONT AND CENTER YOU ARE. UH, BUT BEFORE WE APPROVE IT, YOU REFERRED TO MIAMI BEACH AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, UH, CITIES IN FLORIDA. ARE THERE ANY YOU PUT HIGHER THAN US . THERE'S TOO MANY, TOO MANY BEAUTIFUL SERIES IN FRONT OF FLORIDA POLICE APPROVAL, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT HERE IS A BEAUTIFUL, IT'S BEAUTIFUL CITY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, ALL WITH THAT. I'LL, UH, I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. UM, IF IT'S OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS ITEM. AND I THINK OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO, TO GO ANYWHERE TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS THE DMV. YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND THAT IS A HUGE FEAT, UM, TO IMPROVE THAT SERVICE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY TAKING THIS OVER AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE RIGHT HERE ON MIAMI BEACH. IT'S A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE, AND IT'S GONNA DRAW A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE AREA. I THINK THE BUSINESSES SURROUNDING WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY GO TO THAT LOCATION ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, UH, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, BE VISITING MIAMI BEACH. SO, YES, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ, UH, CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE OPEN A NEW OFFICE HERE, MIAMI BEACH? I SAY, UH, YES, I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S MOVE FORWARD. AND WE ALSO, UH, WANTED TO BRING THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY MORE CLOSER, TO BE MORE CLOSER TO THE RESIDENT OF MIAMI WISH. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND WHAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE, AND TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND TO HAVE THIS SERVICE IN MIAMI BEACH, IT'S GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER. I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THE ITEM, AND IF IT HASN'T BEEN MOVED, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO PUT FOR THE RECORD THAT ORIGINALLY WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD COMING FOR US FOR, FOR THIS ITEM, UH, IF FOR THIS GROUND SPACE RETAIL AT THE ANCHOR SHOPS, IT WAS SLATED TO BE LEASED TO A BARBER SHOP. UM, AND INSTEAD WE ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, TO FIND SOMETHING THAT BETTER SERVED THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE TAX COLLECTOR, UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICES OF OUR RESIDENTS, UH, THE VISION YOU'VE HAD, UH, MR. MAYOR FOR HAVING THIS TYPE OF FACILITY HERE. UH, AND WE PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO, TO, UM, TO MY DEAR FRIEND, UH, THE TAX COLLECTOR, TO SEE HOW WE COULD TRANSFORM THIS SPACE. I THINK IT'S 4,000 SQUARE FEET, ALMOST 4,000 SQUARE FEET, ALMOST 4,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, OF PRIME, UH, SPACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, MR. MAYOR, BEING ABLE TO, TO GET, UM, LICENSE RENEWALS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH WITHOUT HAVING TO GO OFF THE ISLAND, BEING ABLE TO DO YOUR TAX PAYMENTS, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO YOUR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO GET IN YOUR CAR CROSS AND GO TO DOWNTOWN. IT'S A GREAT CONVENIENCE TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND MR. TAX COLLECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF, TO ANDREW MUNDO. MANNY SEATED YOUR ENTIRE STAFF UH, THAT HAS WORKED SO PROFESSIONALLY AND SO DILIGENTLY, AND TO YOU, MR. MANAGER, UH, FOR GETTING OUR FEEDBACK AND DELIVERING THIS VISION IN A GREAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR DAREL. WHY DON'T WE EXPECT THIS TO BE OPEN? AND THIS, I THINK IT WAS, THIS IS TAPED BEFORE, BEFORE, UH, END OF THE YEAR. WE'RE WORKING HARD IF THE COMMISSIONER HELP US, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE PROCESS WITH THE PREMISE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, TO DO EVERYTHING CORRECT. NOT MUNDO, YES OR NO. I, I LOVE HOW YOU SHIFTED IT BACK TO US. THAT'S GREAT. CLASSIC. I PROMISE. COMMISSIONER BOT, THEN COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. OKAY. UM, RON, UH, ARIELLE DID, DID I HEAR THIS CORRECTLY THAT YOU CAN ALSO GET BTRS THERE? THAT THERE'S A JOINT OFFICE? DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, IF YOU'RE OPENING A BUSINESS, UH, CAN YOU REPEAT AGAIN YOUR QUESTION? DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, IF YOU'RE OPENING A BUSINESS THAT YOU CAN OH, YES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF PEOPLE NEED TO OPEN A NEW BUSINESS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY NEED TO COME, THEY NEED TO COME TO US. OH. FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESS TAX. OKAY. AND ALSO THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY. SO THIS WON'T BE A JOINT. SO YOU CAN GET YOUR COUNTY APPLICATIONS THERE. YES, OF COURSE. BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO COME TO CITY HALL YES. FOR YOUR BTR. YES. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THANK YOU. AND, UM, ALEX, IF YOU'D PERMIT, I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN THE TRAIN AS WELL. SURE. SO, UM, MORE THAN I THINK WE SHOULD ALL [02:00:01] CO-SPONSOR. I THINK SO. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK MR. MAYOR, IF YOU'D JOIN ME AS A CO PRIME YES, PLEASE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW. I LIKE THE INVITATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YEAH. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THIS AND HAVING ALL THESE PEOPLE THERE AND HAVING SECURITY THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THE COUNTY ALSO. I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SECURITY THERE, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO BEEN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS. SO I THINK RESTAURANTS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE ANCHOR SHOP, LIKE YOU GO 1 0 5, THAT'S BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES, IS GOING TO BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM THIS. I CAN'T SAY WHAT A POSITIVE, UM, WHAT A POSITIVE INITIATIVE THIS IS. THANK YOU. AND NO MORE. NICE. RIGHT? NO MORE NICE. NO MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER, UH, SINCE YOU GOT ELECTED, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OF THE BEAUTIFUL MIAMI WISH WE MAY HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU. WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CHANGING, CHANGING THE ACTUAL TITLE TAX COLLECTOR, BUT, UH, UH, WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT ALSO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, FOR A LONG TIME, THE PEOPLE MIAMI, THEY SEE THE TAX ELECTORS JUST TAKE MY TAXES, BUT WE ALSO GIVE BACK THAT TAXI TO YOU. THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, YOU KNOW, FIXING YOUR ROOF. YOU PAY THE POLICE, PAY THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIREFIGHTER, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING COMING FROM US TO YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CALL, UH, MAYOR, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR. OH, YEAH. UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I SEE TWO INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING TO SPEAK ONLINE. ONE IS IN'S IPHONE, INEZ. ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON THE LEASE WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR? I WANNA THANK DARIEL AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND BRINGING THIS FACILITY TO US IS, IS A WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, INEZ. OUR NEXT SEE JANEA, STRODE JANEA HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MIAMI DAD DADE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. UM, NO, I'M NOT. I HOPE THAT'S OKAY. IT'S A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT I'M SORRY WE'RE, IT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM. IF YOU WANNA TALK ON SUT, WE COULD DO SO. THAT'S AT ONE O'CLOCK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UH, COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER HIGGINS. ABSENT OUR R SEVEN [R7 I A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AN IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT (AGREEMENT) FOR THE 100-300 BLOCKS OF THE LINCOLN ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, CONSISTENT WITH THE TERM SHEET NEGOTIATED WITH DILIDO BEACH RESORT LAND, LLC, DILIDO BEACH RESORT, LLC, AND EBJ SAGAMORE, LLC, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTIONS 2022-32444 AND 2023-32629, AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT, AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.] I, WE'RE RECONVENING AS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEETING, UH, R SEVEN I IS EXECUTE AN IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR TEN ONE HUNDRED TO 300 BLOCKS OF LINCOLN ROAD. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, FOR TOO LONG, FOR WAY TOO LONG, THE EASTERN GATEWAY TO OUR CITY'S ICONIC STREET, LINCOLN ROAD HAS STOOD, I BELIEVE, IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE VISION WE ALL SHARE FOR MIAMI BEACH. UM, THE 100, THE 200 AND THE 300 BLOCKS OF LINCOLN ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE IMAGINED AS A VIBRANT CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR WORLD RENOWNED PEDESTRIAN MALL AND OUR SHORELINE HAVE INSTEAD BECOME A CORRIDOR, SADLY, OF NEGLECT. IT'S BEEN IN DECLINE. WHAT SHOULD BE A RED CARPET ENTRANCE TO THE BEACH FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN MARRED BY, BY GRIME, BY DISORDER, BY SOCIAL AILMENTS, BY A DEEP SENSE OF LOST POTENTIAL, OF WHAT SHOULD BE THE MOST PREMIERED, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, THE MOST ICONIC ENTRANCE TO THE BEACHES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. IT SHOULD BE THE ENTRANCE AT LINCOLN ROAD. UH, BUT I THINK COLLECTIVELY, WE NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING IN WHAT LINCOLN ROAD AND THE EAST END OF LINCOLN ROAD COULD BE. AND TODAY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY, ONCE AND FOR ALL RECLAIM THAT VISION. UM, ACTUALLY SINCE 2020, SINCE BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE, I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR, FOR, FOR THIS VISION. UH, I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A BOLD PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, THAT WOULD RESTORE THE STRETCH OF, UH, OF LINCOLN ROAD INTO SOMETHING THAT IS WORTHY OF OUR CITY AND WORTHY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THIS PART OF, OF OUR CITY AND OF THE [02:05:01] TOURISTS THAT DREAM OF COMING TO OUR CITY, BUT COME AND FACE, FACE CRIME AND FACE CRIME AND DIRT, UH, IN THESE, THESE AREAS. BACK THEN, BACK IN 2020, UH, WHEN I SERVED ON THE POLICE CITIZENS RELATIONS COMMITTEE, I, I, IN FACT, BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION THAT CALLED FOR COLLABORATION THAT CALLED FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STAKEHOLDERS. AND I SEE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RITZ CARLTON HERE, PETER KAVANAUGH, AND COLLABORATION WITH THE RESIDENTS. AND WE, AND WE HEARD FROM ANN BLOOM AND, AND OTHER RESIDENTS FROM, FROM THE DELE PLOT TO BRING BACK SAFETY, TO BRING BACK BEAUTY AND PRIDE TO THIS NEGLECTED AREA. AND I BELIEVED THEN, AS I DO NOW, THAT WE CAN DO BETTER, AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI BEACH DESERVE BETTER IN THIS AREA OF THIS, OF THE CITY. AND SO TODAY IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE TODAY WE FINALLY GET TO HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AMBITIOUS AND TRANSFORMATIVE PLAN, UM, FOR, FOR THE RENAISSANCE OF THE EAST END OF LINCOLN ROAD. IT'S A TWO PHASE PROJECT, UM, THAT WE, IN THAT WE INITIALLY APPROVED, I BELIEVE, ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, UM, ALMOST THREE, THREE YEARS AGO, RIGHT, DAVID? YES. IT STARTED IN 22, AND IN 23, WE GOT THE DIRECTION TO CONSUMMATE DISAGREEMENT. SO WE STARTED IN 22. WE, WE, WE GAVE, UH, APPROVAL IN, IN 23. AND TODAY WE'RE HOPEFULLY FINALLY ADOPTING THIS, THIS AGREEMENT, UH, FOR A TWO PHASE PROJECT. PHASE ONE, FOCUSING ON THE 100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD FROM COLLINS AVENUE TO THE BEACH WALK, UH, WITH THE CITY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE OWNERS OF THE RITZ CARLTON, AND THE SAGAMORE COMING TOGETHER AS TRUE PARTNERS, A TRUE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE WILL COMPLETELY REDESIGN THIS BLOCK FROM THE GROUND UP. LITERALLY, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS WILL BE RECONFIGURED NEW GREEN, UH, SPACES WILL MARK THE TRANSITION TO, TO, TO, TO THE BEACH WALK OUR UNDERGROUND AGING UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, SEWER, STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE MODERNIZED, UH, FOR RESILIENCE. AND AT THE EASTERN END OF LINCOLN ROAD, IT'S ALL GONNA BE TOPPED OFF WITH A SIGNATURE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL VISION OF MORRIS LAP. IT'LL STAND THERE AS A PROUD SYMBOL OF OUR CITY'S IDENTITY. AND I, AND IT REALLY IS SOMETHING, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, AND I WANT US TO SEE THIS MORE THAN JUST A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WITH OUR VISION FOR A SAFER CITY. THIS IS BEYOND A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT. IT IS A SAFETY DRIVEN PROJECT. THAT WAS THE VISION FROM WHEN WE INITIATED IT. IT'S ALSO A MOBILITY PROJECT. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECT. AND FOR, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, UM, IN TERMS OF CLEANLINESS OF THIS PUBLIC AREA WILL ALSO BE A, UH, PRIVATE, UH, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH A PRIVATE STAKEHOLDER CONTRIBUTING NOT ONLY TO THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AT LEAST, ARE POWER WASHED. THAT THE LANDSCAPING, THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS WORTHY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL PARADISE THAT WE LIVE IN, THAT THE CARE IS GIVEN SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY DESERVE LIVING ON, ON LINCOLN ROAD. AND THAT'S ONLY PHASE ONE. THIS INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS BEACH ENTRY POINT. AND PHASE TWO WILL, WILL BRING THE DREAM FULL CIRCLE, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE 200 AND 300 BLOCKS. AND WHEN THOSE HOPEFULLY BECOME FULLY PEDESTRIANIZED WITH THE SUPPORT OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN, UH, OUR PEDESTRIANIZED LINCOLN ROAD MALL AND THE REVITALIZED 100 BLOCK, IT'LL BE SOMETHING TRANSFORMATIVE FOR, FOR THAT AREA, CHANGING THE ENERGY BUSES WILL BE HOPEFULLY RELOCATED, UH, TO, TO WASHINGTON AVENUE SO THAT NOW PEDESTRIANS HAVE SPACE FOR POSITIVE ENERGY. BUT THE RETAIL SPACES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND BE ABLE TO ATTRACT BETTER QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY RETAIL SPACES THAT LINCOLN ROAD DESERVES IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. SO THIS HASN'T HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED THROUGH GREAT PARTNERSHIP. THE DRIVE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR CHANGE, THE VISION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS FRONT OF RITZ CARLTON, UH, AND THE, AND THE SAGAMORE. THE VISION OF PEOPLE LIKE PETER KAVANAUGH, THAT'S, THAT'S JOINING US TODAY. AND THE, AND THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC ENTITY. MY, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WITH A $4 MILLION [02:10:01] INVESTMENT WILL BE GETTING A $12 MILLION PROJECT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF. IF YOU WEREN'T PROUD ENOUGH OF THE FACT THAT LINCOLN ROAD IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A BEAUTIFUL RED CARPET ENTRANCE TO THE BEACHES OF MIAMI BEACH, WELL THEN YOU SHOULD BE PROUD THAT THAT TRANSFORMATION IS COMING AT A GREAT VALUE FOR THE TAXPAYER'S INVESTMENTS. SO WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DAVID MARTINEZ, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS TO GUIDE US THROUGH, THROUGH TO THE TECHNICALITIES OF THIS ITEM. AND DAVID, BEFORE YOU START, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, BEFORE YOU EVEN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU HAD REACHED OUT TO ME WHEN I REFERRED TO LIKE A, A BABY COMMISSIONER ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND A SMALLER COMPONENT OF THIS. YOU WERE, YOU WERE DRIVING ME TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. AND THEN WHEN YOU GOT ELECTED, YOU RIGHTFULLY TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS AND, UH, REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. UH, SO KUDOS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS. UH, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ STOLE MOST OF MY THUNDER . IT'S VERY EXCITING. READY TO VOTE. I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? I WILL, I WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE. WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DO IS FOR Y'ALL TO APPROVE THE, THE, UH, UM, IMPROVEMENT IN MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT IS PART OF THIS ITEM THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, THE, UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTIES FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. I THINK A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT, AND I THINK THE CITY AND, AND THE PRIVATE ENTITY, UH, WILL END UP IN A GOOD PLACE WITH THIS. THE OTHER THINGS YOU'LL BE APPROVING IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT, UH, AND EVENTUALLY, UH, EXECUTED ALONG WITH THE CITY CLERK. THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT BASICALLY ESTABLISHES RESPONSIBILITIES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, UH, AHEAD OF THE CONSTRUCTION REGARDING DESIGN AND THOSE SORT OF ELEMENTS. UH, IT THEN ESTABLISHES CONDITIONS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. AND, UH, FINALLY IT ESTABLISHES REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE, THE AGREEMENT AS A TOTAL DURATION OF 15 YEARS. UM, ONE OF THE KEY, UH, ITEMS THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON, UH, THAT I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, OBVIOUSLY IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IS THAT, UH, TWO AND 300 BLOCK, UH, IT HAS, IT DOES HAVE THE BUILT IN CONDITIONS AND, AND THE TERMS, UH, IT ALLOWS FOR, UH, WHILE PHASE ONES IS, IS, IS GOING ON AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR PRIVATE PROJECT, IS, IT GIVES US 10 YEARS TO SORT OUT FUNDING SORT OUT, UH, APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM, FROM THE COUNTY RELATED TO THE BUS STOPS RELATED TO CLOSING OF THE STREETS, AND SOME TECHNICALITIES. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE MADE GREAT ADVANCEMENT IN, IN, IN THOSE PARTICULAR TOPICS. UH, IT WOULD CULMINATE IN A SEPARATE AGREEMENT ONCE WE, WE GET THOSE THINGS IRONED OUT. UM, I'M HAPPY TO GET INTO ANY OF THE DETAILS YOU'D LIKE. UM, WE BELIEVE THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED IS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND DAVID, I JUST, UM, I WANNA JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PRIVATE STAKEHOLDER THAT'S, THAT'S PARTNERING WITH US. UH, EITHER PETER OR PETER. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR, FOR SHARING IN OUR VISION. IT'S, IT IS, IT IS AS MUCH OUR VISION AS IT IS YOUR VISION, AND THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON'S VISION. IT'S PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY. JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH UPON, UM, BECAUSE ONCE THIS IS BUILT AND COMPLETED, IT'S GONNA BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THE EAST END OF LINCOLN ROAD, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS THE CONSTRUCTION IS THE ONGOING CLEANLINESS, THE ONGOING AESTHETICS, THE ONGOING LANDSCAPING. UM, HOW, TELL ME, TELL, TELL ME, WHAT IS THE ARRANGEMENT RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE, FOR POWER WASHING, FOR, FOR CLEANING THIS AREA OF, OF LINCOLN ROAD ONCE A PROJECT IS COMPLETE. YES. UM, FOR THE RECORD, PETER CANNABIS, ONE LINCOLN ROAD REPRESENTING THE RITZ CARLTON. BEFORE I RESPOND, I, I REALLY WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED, UH, WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE. HE HAD A VISION, UM, FOR A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT I THINK IS GONNA WORK BEAUTIFULLY. I ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, UH, THE STAFF, UH, THE MANAGER, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID. LEMME TELL YOU THEY DID A GOOD JOB. I KNOW BY THE LEVEL OF COMPLAINTS I'M GETTING FROM MY LENDER'S ATTORNEYS, UH, THAT THEY, THEY REALLY DID THEIR WORK. UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, UM, YES, WE, UH, WE ARE, UM, CONTRIBU WE ARE MAINTAINING THE LANDSCAPING FROM COLLINS AVENUE, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE, UH, PATH OF THE BEACH ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. UM, THE, UH, POWER WASHING OF THE STREETS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY, UH, WE, IN, IN THE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WE WORKED OUT WITH THE STAFF, [02:15:01] WE WERE GOING TO BE POWER WASHING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CITY WAS GONNA BE DOING THE SOUTH SIDE AT, AT A, UH, REQUEST FROM YOU YESTERDAY, LATE YESTERDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK TO OUR LENDERS IN TIME. UH, WE ARE NOW AGREEING TO DO BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD ON THE POWER WASHING. UM, AND IS IT JUST POWER WASHING? BUT IT SAID ALSO ONCE WE GOT TO THE BEACH WALK, THE LANDSCAPING, IS IT ALSO JUST THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL CLEANLINESS OF THE, OF THE YEAH. UM, THE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN ENCOMPASS IN THIS AGREEMENT, BUT THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ARE ACTUALLY BEING, UH, HANDLED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO, UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER BACH CAN, UH, VERIFY WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, BUT, UH, UH, WITH HER HELP, UM, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROAD, THE DEPL, SOON TO BE THE OWL AND THE RITZ CARLTON. AND WE'RE WORKING ON ISSUES OF THE, UH, CLEANLINESS, UH, OF, UH, THE, THE HOMELESS PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING OVER THERE, WHICH I THINK THAT DELEAGE FOLKS, UH, REFERRED TO. AND, UH, WE ARE IN COORDINATION. OUR PERSONNEL AT THE RITZ, UH, IS IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND, UM, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE ISSUES, WHICH I THINK WILL ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS, ALTHOUGH THEY REALLY ARE NOT IN ENCOMPASSED IN THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT. AND, UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING ON THE 200 AND 300 BLOCKS AS WELL. THAT PHASE TWO PART, I THINK WILL TRULY BE THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE PART OF IT, BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THE PEDESTRIANIZATION OF LINCOLN ROAD, EAST OF WASHINGTON AVENUE, CLOSING OFF A CLEAR TRAFFIC TO ACTIVATE, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT AREA, AND HELP THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT GO IN THERE. UM, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND ADDRESSING THE BIGGER ISSUE OF THE BUS ROUTE, UH, THAT IS ENDING AT THIS LOCATION? IT, IT'S VERY EXCITING, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE THINK WITHIN WEEKS FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR DECADES, WHICH IS TO GET THE COUNTY TO AGREE TO RELOCATE THE BUS STOPS, UH, OVER ON, UH, WASHINGTON STREET, WHICH WOULD BE THE PRECURSOR TO BRINGING, UH, THAT TO YOU HERE FOR A ROAD CLOSURE RESOLUTION, WHICH I EXPECT WOULD OCCUR SOMETIME THIS FALL. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THIS CLOSE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE PRETTY MUCH, UM, ANSWERED ALL THE, UH, HURDLES THAT WE HAD TO ANSWER WITH, UH, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND SO FORTH AND, AND BUS RE ROUTING. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE. I I WILL ALSO SAY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL MOVING PARTS TO THIS COMMISSIONER. UM, SOME OF WHICH ARE ENCOMPASSED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND SOME OF WHICH ARE BEING DONE X AGREEMENT. UM, THE, THE, THE PART THAT, UH, WE HAVE AGREED TO WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, SUBMITTED A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND A CONCEPTUAL BUDGET FOR THE PEDESTRIANIZATION OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE ALSO COMMITTED TO PAY THE, UH, ENTIRE SOFT COST, MEANING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IF AND WHEN THE COUNTY APPROPRIATES MONEY FOR THE ACTUAL HARD COST CONSTRUCTION. UH, WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THIS PROJECT AS JUST BENEFITING THE RITZ-CARLTON. THIS IS NOT A RITZ-CARLTON PROJECT. THIS IS A CITY PROJECT. WE ARE, WE ARE PART OF A DISTRICT, AND IT'S A DISTRICT THAT'S IN TROUBLE. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM THAT DISTRICT. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COMMITTED TO SPEND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ESSENCE, UH, SOME OF WHICH IS ALREADY, MUCH OF WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT WITH THE COUNTY TO, UM, CREATE THE PRECONDITIONS FOR, UH, ACTUALLY CLOSING OFF THAT ROAD. AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SPONSORED LEGISLATION, UH, THAT'S GOING THROUGH LAND USE RIGHT NOW TO TALK ABOUT SOME, UM, ZONING INCENTIVES OR REZONING THAT WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THE, THESE ARE ALL, UM, PIECES THAT ARE KIND OF SYNERGIZING AND COMING TOGETHER. IT'S A PUZZLE PIECES ALL COMING. YEAH. IT'S LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE THAT'S FINALLY COMING TOGETHER. AND, AND I JUST WANT TO ASK PJ, PJ, I SENT YOU TWO, TWO ATTACHMENTS, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE THAT HAS PHASE ONE OF THIS, UH, PROJECT. IF, IF YOU CAN JUST SHOW THOSE IMAGES BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS THE TRANSFORMATION AND ANYONE THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, UH, RECENTLY, WE'LL, WE'LL NOTICE THE, THE GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW, PJ, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THERE, WE, OH, WELL, WE, THAT'S SIDEWAYS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ROTATE THAT FOR US. THERE WE GO. UM, SO, AND LET'S, AND LET'S GO UP TO THE FIRST PAGE. YEAH. AND, UH, AND, AND PETER, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE'RE SEEING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING THERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRANSFORMED ENTRANCE, THE NEW HARDSCAPE, THE REPOSITIONING OF THE PEDESTRIAN AREAS, THE CHANGES. YEAH. IT, IT, IT, IT'S A, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON HERE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT TO TRY AND MAKE [02:20:01] IT BRIEF, WE TRIED VERY, UM, VERY MUCH TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND LIFE SAFETY ISSUES. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A VERY UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE HAVE ALMOST 8,000 PEOPLE A DAY TRAVERSING THIS ROAD TO THE BEACH TO AND FROM THE BEACH, WHICH IS THE MOST TRAFFICKED ENTRANCE TO THE BEACH OF ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THEY BOTTLE UP DOWN AT THIS CUL-DE-SAC IN A RATHER DANGEROUS WAY. WE HAVE TRUCKS, WE HAVE CARS QUEUING UP, UH, THEY HAVE TO CROSS OUR LOADING DOCK AREA. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO DELINEATIONS IN THE SIDEWALK OR SIGNAGE WARNING THEM WHERE THEY MAY REACH A CHOKE POINT. WE, WE HAVE TRIED TO ELIMINATE ALL THE CHOKE POINTS WHERE PEDESTRIANS CAN POTENTIALLY INTERFACE WITH CARS. I KNOW ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, I MYSELF HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY VEHICLES, UH, TRYING TO CROSS OVER. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A MEDIAN CUT, WHICH YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE HERE. AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE CITY ON SIGNAGE SO THAT THE LOOKY-LOOS OF WHICH PROBABLY ARE 50% OF THE TRAFFIC THAT GO DOWN THERE ARE FOREWARN THAT THERE'S NOTHING DOWN HERE FOR YOU. SO TAKE THE MEDIAN CUT AND MAKE A, MAKE A U-TURN AND GO BACK OUT. UM, WE HAVE, UH, ALSO MADE, UH, CHANGES TO OUR LOADING DOCK AREA SO THAT IT IS WIDER AND IT CAN ACCOMMODATE U-TURNS WITHIN THE LOADING DOCK AS OPPOSED TO TRUCKS BACKING OUT, WHICH IS A SOURCE OF SAFETY CONCERN. BUT ALSO WHEN TRUCKS BACK OUT, THEY MAKE THAT LOUD BEEPING NOISE, WHICH YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD FROM THE DEAP PLUS RESIDENCE IS REALLY NOT ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE SOUNDS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, THE, THESE, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT TO HERE WHERE WE'RE ALLOWING FOR SOME PUBLIC ART, WHICH WILL BE A PRIVATE INITIATIVE TO BE PLACED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED COMMISSIONER, THE, UM, LAPIDUS INSPIRED MONUMENT THAT I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE IN THERE. IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL, SOMEWHERE IN HERE THAT WILL DELINEATE, UH, WHERE THE CITY ENDS AND NATURE BEGINS. AND IT'S ALSO A TERMINUS TO REALLY, THIS SHOULD REALLY BE THE GRAND PROMENADE FROM BAY TO SEA. AND IT, AND IT TERMINATES WHERE WE ARE. WE SHOULD HAVE A REAL, A MONUMENT THAT'S BEFITTING THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT ENTRANCE MONUMENT WILL FIT THAT BILL. AND I THINK AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN ON THIS PRESENTATION, THERE'S, THERE'S THE, UM, THERE'S THE PICTURE OF, OF WHAT THAT GRANT PROMENADE ENTRANCE TO, TO THE BEACH AND SUB BEING. THAT'S THE ENTRANCE TO THE BEACH WALK THERE. UH, YEAH, THAT THE BEACH WALK INCIDENTALLY, UM, THE, THE, THESE ARE SLIDES ARE A LITTLE BIT OLD, BUT, UM, THE BEACH PATH IS ACTUALLY BEING DOUBLED IN SIZE, AND IT WILL HAVE BOTH LANDSCAPING AND ARTWORK ALONG IT TO, UM, TO BE A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO AND FROM THE BEACH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UH, YEAH. WAIT, I HAVE COMMISSIONER BOB, UNLESS IT'S A QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE COMMISSIONER BOT, THOUGH, WHO HAS TO BE, LET'S GO IN ORDER HERE. COMMISSIONER BOD, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. CAN YOU, UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT CAN YOU ADDRESS THE BUS ROUTE ISSUE? UM, WE'RE NOT ENDING THE BUS ROUTES. WE'RE RELOCATING THEM IN THE IDEAL WORLD, IS THAT YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING RELOCATED ONTO, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE. AND THIS, THE, THE COUNTY HAS DONE ALL THE STUDIES ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC, UH, THE TRAFFIC ROUTES AND THE BUS ROUTES, AND THERE'S NOT A NECESSITY TO ADD MORE BUSES THEY FOUND OUT. AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT TO TELL YOU, IN ALL HONESTY, COMMISSIONER, WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THAT BUS AND THEY LAND ON LINCOLN ROAD, THEY'RE NOT LANDING IN THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD. UM, THEY'LL BE FAR BETTER OFF IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND IN TERMS OF, UH, CONVENIENCE. UM, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE SO CLOSE THAT IT WOULDN'T BE AN INCONVENIENCE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHEN PEOPLE, UH, GET ONTO THIS END EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING. THEY MAY BE CLO, THEY MAY BE CLOSER TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING THAN WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BUS STOPS ARE NOW. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT, UM, ENDING THE BUS ROUTE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET ADDITIONAL BUSES ON THOSE ROUTES BECAUSE IN THE COURSE OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE NUMBER OF BUSES SERVING THOSE ROUTES ISN'T SUFFICIENT. AND SO THE COUNT IS GONNA ADD NO. OH, I, YOU JUST SAID THAT. NO, THE, THE, THE, THIS CURRENT BUS ROUTES NUMBER OF BUSES ARE SUFFICIENT. THERE'S NO NEED FOR CHANGE. OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO, TO POINT OUT, FOR ANYBODY LISTENING THAT, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. UM, IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, UM, BYWAYS FROM BETA BEACH, UM, IN THE CITY. AND I'M EXCITED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT WE ARE NOT WAITING, UM, UNTIL THE HARD ENVIRONMENT IS BUILT TO WORK ON THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING THE RITZ AND THE DECO PL FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UM, WITH CITY STAFF, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, MARTINEZ, AND A, A NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF WITH RESIDENTS WITH YOURSELF. WE HAVE A PARKING PILOT PROGRAM IN THAT 100 BLOCK, UM, TESTING, NEW SIGNAGE, NEW, UM, COLOR CODING, UM, HAVING THE LITTLE, UM, I THINK THEY'RE CALLED CANDLESTICKS ON BOTH SIDES TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME BALLARDS. YEAH. YES. UM, TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE, THE IDLING THAT HAPPENS. UM, AND WE WILL, AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, ASSESS HOW THAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S WORKING AND [02:25:01] CONTINUE FORWARD WITH WHAT IS AND GET RID OF WHAT ISN'T. UM, I, UH, AT THE LAST BUDGET MEETING, I REQUESTED THAT MY, UM, ALLOCATION FOR A SECOND AID BE USED FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR STREET CLEANING IN THAT, UH, ONE TO 300 BLOCK RADIUS, UH, RANGE, BECAUSE IT IS INSUFFICIENT NOW, AND THERE'S NO FUNDING IN THE BUDGET. SO THAT IS A, SOMETHING THAT I'M, UH, THAT WE ARE CODIFYING WITH THIS BUDGET. AND, UM, I WORKED WITH, UH, CHIEF JONES, UH, I THINK HE'S STILL THERE. HE'S, UM, WHO I THINK YOUR STAFF MEETING WAS WEDNESDAY. NO, UH, TUESDAY. WHEN, WHEN DID WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION? TUESDAY. MATT TUESDAY. UM, WORKING WITH CHIEF JONES TO, UM, EXPAND AND HEIGHTEN THE POLICE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE HOMELESS FOLKS WHO ARE USING, ESPECIALLY THE 200, 300 BLOCKS OF LINCOLN ROAD, BECAUSE IT'S SO CONDUCIVE TO USE AS A BATHROOM OR A PLACE TO SLEEP FOR THE NIGHT, IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED. AND HOW DID THAT GO, IF YOU DON'T MIND ADDRESSING AT THE, AT THE STAFF MEETING? 'CAUSE YOU WERE INTRODUCING THAT GOOD MORNING AGAIN. WAYNE JONES, CHIEF OF POLICE. UM, SO AFTER OUR CONVERSATION, I MET WITH MY STAFF ON TUESDAY. WE HAVE A MEETING EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, AND PART OF THE DIRECTION I GAVE WAS FOR RDA OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO, UH, LINCOLN ROAD ITSELF TO, UM, INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THEIR PRESENCE ALONG THE ONE TO 300 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD. AND ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THEY'RE NOT WORKING, THE R DAY OFFICERS, THEY DON'T WORK REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING OR VERY LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE NOT WORKING. UM, THAT TASK WILL BE DONE BY POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO DAY SHIFT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND MIDNIGHT SHIFT AT NIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE, I MEAN, WE'LL SEE THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING 'CAUSE YOU'RE STARTING THIS WEEKEND. MM-HMM . BUT I THINK THAT IS GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IMMEDIATELY, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE FOLKS ARE USING THE STREET AS FACILITIES OVERNIGHT. AND BY HAVING MORE, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, IF YOU WILL, UM, MOVING THEM ALONG, OFFERING THEM SERVICES FOR THEM, HELPING THEM FIND A DIFFERENT PATH FORWARD, UM, WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE THIS WEEKEND START SEEING A BETTER RESULT. UH, YEAH. COMMISSIONER, I WANT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THE ATTENTION THAT YOU'VE PAID AND, UH, ALL THE MEASURES YOU SAID ARE CORRECT. I, I JUST WANT TO ADD, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CHIEF WAS JUST UP HERE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST, UH, REVITALIZATION IN THE CITY THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. AND MY EXPERIENCE IS, WELL, GOING BACK, UM, WE WERE CLOSED DOWN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS WHEN HURRICANE IRMA TORE THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF OUR ROOF AND CREATED A FUNNEL EFFECT. AND, UM, DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS REALLY WHEN THE, UH, HOMELESS ISSUE ON THAT BLOCK ACCELERATED, BECAUSE LIKE ANY ABANDONED BUILDING IN MIAMI BEACH, IT BECOMES A MAGNET. UH, AND, UH, WHEN WE MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IT ALSO KIND OF SENDS OUT A SIGNAL AND THERE'LL BE LIGHTING AND OTHER THINGS INVOLVED THAT THIS IS REALLY NOT GONNA BE THE FRIENDLIEST ENVIRONMENT TO LOITER AROUND IN. SO IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE RENOVATION ITSELF WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR POLICE PRESENCE TO EASE THE BURDEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ALSO IN, FRANKLY, THERE'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. WE APPRECIATE THE HELP OF THE POLICE. IT'S NOT THE GREATEST OPTICS IN THE WORLD, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A LOT OF POLICE CARS AND, AND UNIFORMS, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING THE STREET WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE RITZ CARLTON OR THE RESIDENCES. SO IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE VERY, UH, ACT OF, UM, REVITALIZING THE STREET WILL HAVE A, UM, POSITIVE EFFECT IN THAT REGARD. AGREED. THANK YOU. AND I THINK ALSO WHEN WE MOVE THE BUS STOP THAT'S GONNA HAVE SOMETHING, I THINK A TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. AND, AND PJ I JUST, I JUST SENT YOU AN, AN ATTACHMENT BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT MORRIS LAPS ARC WAS NOT PART OF THE IMAGES WE WERE SHOWING. I, I, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW. AND I THINK IF WE GO TO PAGE SIX OF THE, OF THE, OF THE ATTACHMENT I SHOWED YOU, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S GONNA BE SO TRANSFORMATIONAL, AND IF THE PUBLIC GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO SEE IT AS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, MR. MAYOR, IT'D BE GREAT. ONE SECOND HERE. BRING IT UP FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. AND AFTER THIS, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. LET'S SEE HERE. WHILE IT'S BEING PULLED UP, I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION. THIS IS, UH, GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL TRANSFORMATION TO THAT AREA. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE, UH, DELEAGE IS ON BOARD AND, UM, IT'LL BE GREAT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WILL THE BEACH SPOT WALK BE OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION? UM, YES. I, I, I, I, I MEAN, I, I, I, I DON'T, I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER THE EXACT DETAILS OF ALL THE PLANS, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE TO KEEP A, AN ACCESS OPEN DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S A CRITICAL, UH, ARTERY SURE. FOR OUR CITY. UM, PEOPLE USE IT TO COMMUTE AND NOT JUST FOR, UH, ENJOYMENT. SO IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT OPEN. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YEAH, I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE END OF 16TH, 16TH STREET BECAME LIKE A DEN OF INIQUITY, BUT IT REALLY, THERE WAS SOME HORRIBLE ACTIVITY HAPPENING [02:30:01] ON YOUR BLOCK, AND THE CITY'S SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN FILTHY, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE. HERE. HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS. I MEAN, GIVEN WHAT I'VE SEEN OUR CITY DO, THESE ESTIMATES SEEM VERY LOW, $14 MILLION. I KNOW WE'RE GETTING 4.5 FROM THE STATE, AND YOU'RE GIVING $4 MILLION. UM, WHO IS BUILD? ARE, ARE YOU, YOU GUYS ARE NOT BUILDING THIS? IS THE CITY BUILDING THIS AND ARE THESE ESTIMATES, CURRENT ESTIMATES? BECAUSE ONE OF MY BIG WORRIES IS THAT THIS NEVER GETS DONE BECAUSE WE GET AN ESTIMATE. THIS SOUNDS SO LOW FOR A CITY PROJECT, UNLESS IT'S BEING BUILT BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE, WE BELIEVE THESE, THESE ESTIMATES ARE ADEQUATE IN THE WAY THIS FUNCTIONS COMMISSIONER IS THAT, UM, OF THE, UH, 1212 OF OUR $4 MILLION, UH, THE FIRST MONEY SPENT ARE OURS GOING INTO THE DESIGN, UH, THEN WHEN THE, UH, DESIGNS ARE COMPLETED AND, UH, THE RFP GOES OUT, UH, AND, UH, UH, THE CITY WILL BE HANDLING THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE HARD CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF IT. BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO DAVID. HE CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I CAN. OKAY. I, DAVID, HERE'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. YES. MY, MY, MY QUESTION IS, DAVID, SO IF THEY'RE HANDLING THE SOFT COST OF THIS CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAND YOU A DESIGN AND THEY'RE GONNA, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE PERMITS, ALSO, IS THAT WHERE WE ARE? OR THIS, AND, AND I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO THAT. SO YES, UH, AS PETER STATED, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN. JUST TO MENTION THAT THIS, THE DESIGN'S ALREADY, UH, HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD. SO TECHNICALLY WE'RE ALREADY 30% INTO THE, THE DESIGN PROCESS. UH, WE WOULD, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE SEEING IN SEPTEMBER FROM ADMINISTRATION A REQUEST, UH, FOR AUTHORITY TO PUT OUT AN RFQ FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM WHICH WE'LL USE TO DELIVER THE PROJECT. AS MOST OF YOU ARE HAVE HEARD US TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW PROJECT, THE PROJECT AT 50% AND 100% AT WHICH TIME THE DOLLARS WOULD BE SHARED IN THE ESTIMATES. AND THE IDEA IS TO, UH, DESIGN TO THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. SO WE WILL BE WORKING COLLABORATIVE TO GET TO THAT POINT, WE FEEL, AT THIS POINT, COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THE BUDGET. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THIS. SO THEIR 4 MILLION IS ALL SOFT COST, BUT NO, YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO BE HARD COST. THE FIRST, I'M GONNA SAY ROUGHLY THE FIRST PO ONE, 1.8 TO 2 MILLION WILL GO TO SOFT COST. WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED, THE BALANCE OF OUR MONIES KICK INTO THE HARD COST CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. I, MY ONLY, MY, MY BIGGEST RESERVATION ABOUT THIS IS OUR ABILITY TO GET THIS DONE , UM, WITH THAT ESTIMATE, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN US IN MIND DO ANYTHING YOU'RE SAYING WATER, WATER. BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND, THAT IS $12 MILLION FOR ONE BLOCK. NO, NO, NO. I'M, YES. I, I I KNOW THAT I'M JUST, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE, A WATER SEWER THAT I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN DO IT. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE IS THE REALISTIC ESTIMATE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY CIP, UM, ABOUT DOING THIS. 'CAUSE IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY, THIS IS GONNA COST US $12 MILLION, AND THEN WE NEVER HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. AND AFTER YOU'VE SPENT THE MONEY FOR ALL OF THESE SOFT COSTS, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE LOOK BACK AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE DATES IN HERE THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. SO WHO'S GONNA MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE CITY COMES BACK AND SAYS, OH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, $12 MILLION, IT'S GONNA COST 20. UH, WHAT DO WE DO AT THAT POINT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UH, GET THOSE FUNDS? CAN WE USE, DO YOU HAVE AN, BECAUSE I KNOW DAVID, I'VE SEEN YOUR PRICES AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING, UH, THIS CHEAP SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I JUST WANT IT TO HAPPEN. I WANNA SEE THE DEAL TAKE PLACE. YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE TO BUDGET. I THINK YOU NEED TO GET AN ESTIMATE. LOOK, WE'LL APPROVE THIS TO, WELL, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THIS TODAY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. I THINK WE'RE ALL, AS A BODY ALSO WILLING TO, UM, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL ZONING WITHIN REASON TO TRANSFORM THE BLOCK. I KNOW THE BLOCK IS IN BAD SHAPE, AND I FEEL FOR THE RITZ CARLTON, I FEEL FOR THE DECO PLUS PEOPLE, I MEAN, I, IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE. SO I I I JUST, THIS IS WONDERFUL. WHEN WE SIGN IT, UM, YOU THINK YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN DELIVER THIS. WE HAVE VERIFIED THE NUMBERS, AND AT LEAST TODAY, STANDING HERE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS, THIS IS A REASONABLE BUDGET. THE AGREEMENT DOES PROVIDE A MECHANISM IN THE EVENT THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO VALUE ENGINEER IF FOR SOME REASON THEY COME IN HIGHER, DOES HAVE A MECHANISM THAT PROVIDES FOR A COST SHARING. IF, IF MUTUALLY AGREED. OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO APPROVE ANY, ANY SHARING, IF THERE IS ANY, THERE ARE ANY OVERAGES. WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER DOING THE PROJECT FOR US AND TAKING A CONSTRUCTION FEE? BECAUSE THAT, I THINK IS THE KEY TO GETTING THIS. WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE STATE FUNDING, THE STATE FUNDING INVOLVED. AND THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM HAVING ANY KIND OF INVOLVEMENT. BELIEVE ME, MY PREFERENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN [02:35:01] FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BECAUSE AGAIN, PART OF THE VISION OF DOING PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP IS THAT WHEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S INVOLVED, EVERYTHING COSTS LESS AND EVERYTHING IS DONE MORE TIMELY. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE STATE DOLLARS, WHICH MEANS THAT FOR A $4 MILLION INVESTMENT, THE MAMIE BEACH TAXPAYER IS GETTING A $12 MILLION PRODUCT. BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO CERTAIN PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS TIED TO THE STATE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS. CAN I, CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? LET'S SAY THAT YOU COME IN WITH A $25 MILLION ESTIMATE, BUT, UH, THE RITZ CARLTON SAYS TO YOU, LOOK, WE COULD PROBABLY GET THIS DONE FOR 10 OR 12 MILLION USING A CERTAIN CONTRACTOR. COULD WE AGREE TO BID, WAVE AND GO WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY COULD BE SUPERVISING, UM, THE PROJECT AND, AND, UH, IS WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS ALLUDING TO, BECAUSE OF THE GRANT, THE STATE REQUIRES THE CITY TO PROCURE THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF HOW DO WE KEEP THE, THE STATE'S MONEY AND STILL, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THE ORIGINAL, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE FDOT SECRETARY AND ASK FOR A BID WAIVER SO WE COULD GET THIS DONE OR ASK FOR SOME SORT OF EXEMPTION? I I JUST WANNA SEE THIS REALIZED. I MEAN, WE, WE, WELL, LOOK, WE WOULD BE HAPPY. WE, WE'VE WORKED WITH, WITH STAFF ON GETTING THIS DONE THIS FAR. I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH 'EM, UH, IF THEY, UH, I MEAN, WE, WE CAN, UH, HELP IN THE RECOMMENDATION PROCESS IN TERMS OF CONTRACTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINAL DECISION MAKING OVER THIS. OKAY. WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT DONE, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WILL DO YOUR PART, HOPE THAT THE CITY CAN, CAN GET IT DONE TOO. MR. MR. MC, UM, THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF ANY CITY, MIAMI BEACH IN PARTICULAR THAT ARE MORE ICONIC THAN OTHERS, AND THEY DEFINE THE BRAND AND IDENTITY OF A CITY, SOMETIMES RIGHTFULLY, SOMETIMES WRONGLY. UM, THIS AREA IS ONE OF THOSE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN RECENT YEARS, IT'S FALLEN ON HARDER TIMES WHERE I THINK IT'S, UH, NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THE BRAND AND EXPERIENCE OF MANY IN OUR CITY. AND I COMMEND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ TO YOU, PETER, AND YOUR TEAM, FOR HAVING THIS VISION, CARRYING IT OUT. I'M EXCITED TO EXECUTE THIS AND THAT THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT JIGSAW PUZZLE THAT IS PART OF A MUCH FURTHER, UH, TRUE ECOSYSTEM HERE THAT GETS ON TRACK OF DEFINING THIS AS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC PARTS OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC CITIES IN THE WORLD. UM, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? UH, I'LL ASK THIS, BOTH OF YOU TO HAVE THIS GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? I DO NOT WANT TO BE SITTING HERE YEARS FROM NOW STILL TALKING ABOUT DESIGN. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THIS MOVE ALONG AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OUR CITY DESERVES. BUTTER. DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT FIRST? I'LL, I'LL, I'LL START ON MY END. OBVIOUSLY IT BEGINS WITH APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT TODAY THAT SETS EVERYTHING IN MOTION. AND THEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE'LL GET IT EXECUTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UH, FROM ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE IS WHEN, OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERING WHEN WE BRING BACK THE AUTHORIZATION TO PUT THE, UH, RFQ OUT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, THAT WOULD BE THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE NEED ON OUR SIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION. AND I'M SURE PETER HAS SAID, I, I THINK THE MAJOR, UM, ISSUE THAT I SEE IS REALLY, UM, CONSTRUCTION ACCESS. UM, UH, RIGHT NOW IN THE AGREEMENT IT'S AN EITHER OR SITUATION BETWEEN 17TH STREET AND, AND LINCOLN ROAD. UM, 17TH STREET, UM, IS FAR PREFERABLE WOULD, UH, ALLOW THE PROJECTS, UH, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC PROJECT IN, IN THE CONDOMINIUM THAT WE'RE DOING TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITHOUT THE POTENTIAL OF, YOU KNOW, BUMPING SCHEDULES AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND I, I THINK, UM, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, UH, 17TH STREET, NO RESIDENTIAL, UH, NO REAL, UM, SERVICE, UH, TO ANY OF THE HOTELS, IN FACT, ONE OF THE HO ONE OF THE HOTELS I THINK HAS GONE DARK FOR A WHILE, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR DECISION. THAT'S A DECISION THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE AT THE CITY LEVEL. BUT JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WOULD REALLY, UH, HELP IN, YOU KNOW SURE. ALL OF US KEEPING ON SCHEDULE FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS. ARE, ARE YOU BOTH ALIGNED WITH, UH, THAT COURSE OF ACTION, OR DO WE HAVE SOME CAVEATS? WE, WE HAVE SOME CAVEATS. WE, WE DO HAVE CONCERNS, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN THE TIME COMES. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRIVATE, OF, OF THEIR PRIVATE PROJECT, UH, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN FROM THE BEACH SIDE. SO AT SOME, SO THEY EITHER WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEACH AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THE DUN WITH THE PROPER PERMITTING, THEY WOULD'VE TO HAVE ACCESS EITHER OFF OF LINCOLN ROAD OR 17TH. SO WE, WE HAVE NOT COME EXACTLY THE TERMS ON WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST ROUTE. IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE BEST ROUTE IS LINCOLN ROAD, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE LEANING ON BECAUSE OF, OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, THEN IT WOULD PUSH, POTENTIALLY PUSH THE PUBLIC PROJECT ON LINCOLN ROAD TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH COULD BE SEVERAL YEARS. IF THE ACCESS TO THEIR PRIVATE PROJECT IS OF, OF 17TH STREET AND, AND TO THE BEACH, THEN CLEARLY THAT WOULD ALLOW [02:40:01] THE PUBLIC PROJECT TO PROCEED AS SOON AS THE DOCUMENTS ARE READY. AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS, IS, IS CONTRACTED. UH, SO IT IS NOT AN EASY DECISION. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE IMPACTED PARTIES, WHICHEVER SIDE, WHICHEVER STREET IS BEING, UH, AC USED FOR ACCESS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. AND WHO, SORRY, UH, WHO ULTIMATELY MAKES THAT DECISION? IS THAT YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER? ULTIMATELY WITH INPUT FROM BOTH OUR ENVIRONMENT GROUP AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, YES. I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I, I THINK COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, YOUR POINT ABOUT THE $12 MILLION, IT'S TRUE FOR A CITY PROJECT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT BACK INTO THE PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S $12 MILLION JUST IN ONE BLOCK. DAVID, HOW MUCH IS OUR ENTIRE LINCOLN ROAD PROJECT? I'M SORRY, REPEAT WHICH PROJECT? OUR, OUR CAPITAL LINCOLN ROAD PROJECT. UM, THE CURRENT PROJECT THAT WE HAVE NOW, THIS IS A, IT WAS A $60 MILLION PRO PROJECT, 60, MAYBE JUST NORTH OF $60 MILLION. THE, THE FULL BLOWN LINCOLN ROAD PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON NOW. YES, IT IS NORTH OF 60 MILLION. AND HOW MANY BLOCKS IS THAT? THAT IS ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, WASHINGTON TO, UH, LENOX. SO THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT BLOCKS, ROUGHLY? YES, ABOUT EIGHT BLOCKS. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST ROUGH NUMBERS, ABOUT $7.5 MILLION PER BLOCK ON THOSE PARTS OF, OF, OF LINCOLN ROAD HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $12 MILLION INVESTMENT ON THIS BEACH ENTRANCE. WHY? BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR CITY DESERVES. WE NEED TO TRANSFORM THIS. AND, UM, AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, BUT IF PJ WOULD SHOW FINALLY THE PICTURE THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET THERE, BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL, I WANNA MAKE SURE LIKE THERE'S THAT MORRIS, UH, LAPRAS, UH, ARCHWAY, UH, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE ADORNING, UH, THAT BEACH ENTRANCE. I MEAN, TALK ABOUT ICONIC AND BEAUTIFUL, AND JUST SETS JUST A WHOLE NEW TONE AND VISION, UH, FOR WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE, UH, ON THIS EAST END OF LINCOLN ROAD. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER, SO IS THERE, THANK YOU. SORRY. IS THERE A WAY TO SOMEHOW, UM, INCLUDE IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT, AND HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION JUST REACH OUT TO, UH, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHERE THE GRANT IS AND SEE IF A BID WAIVER IS AVAILABLE, JUST SO THAT WE COULD PO POTENTIALLY USE THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT YOU'RE USING WHEN YOU USE THE BUILDING AND JUST GET IT DONE? THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY REQUEST, UM, TO YOU, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER, A STATE REP, JUST YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE AGREEMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE, THE 100 BLOCK IS THAT WE'RE DOING WORK ON THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE RITZ, THAT NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH WHAT'S CALLED THE PRIVATE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE CONDOMINIUMS MM-HMM . WE ALREADY HAVE IN THERE THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO USE THE SAME, UH, CONTRACTORS THERE. UM, I, I, I, IF THERE, IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THIS, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US NOW HAS BEEN APPROVED BY OUR LENDERS. OKAY. OKAY. IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THIS, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEM, WHICH WOULD PUSH THIS OFF UNTIL SEPTEMBER. I, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER GO AROUND WITH THEIR ATTORNEYS THAT MAY OPEN UP NEW QUESTIONS THEMSELVES, UH, AND COME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OH, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS SIGN THE AGREEMENT TODAY, UH, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT YOU GUYS REACH OUT TO EFTA SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING THE SIDE OF THE RITZ CARLTON, WHICH WOULD CREATE A SEAMLESS, UH, MORE EXPEDITED WAY OF DOING THE PROJECT. BUT WE'RE NOT, WE WON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT WE'RE SIGNING TODAY. UNDERSTOOD. THROUGH THE CHAIR. I BELIEVE WHAT YOU CAN DO IS AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THAT. UM, BUT HE'S SAYING THAT HIS LENDERS NOT THE CONTRACT, THE RESOLUTION, THE RESOLUTION. COULD WE AMEND THE RESOLUTION JUST TO DO THIS? JUST BECAUSE YOU WANNA SEE THIS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER? I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO GET IN THE, IN THE WAY OF IT. I KNOW THE STATE IS VERY PARTICULAR, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO, TO THESE THINGS. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK WITH OTHER PROJECTS WHEN, WHEN I WORKED AT THE COUNTY, THEY'RE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THIS STUFF, AND I DON'T WANNA JEOPARDIZE IN ANY WAY, UM, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STATE, BECAUSE WHAT THAT STATE FUNDING MEANS IS THAT FOR OUR CITY OF MIAMI BEACH INVESTMENT, WE GET 200% RETURN, UH, FROM WHAT WE ARE INVESTING FROM CITY DOLLARS. SO I IN NO WAY WANT TO JEOPARDIZE, UM, THE, UH, STATE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT YOUR MOTION IS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO REACH OUT, I MEAN, THERE'S NON-BINDING. IT'S A SIMPLE MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OR WHOEVER YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT. SURE. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE STATE WILL ACTUALLY GRANT THIS, THIS WAIVER, BUT I I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS ASK. YEAH. I MEAN, OKAY. OKAY. LET'S [02:45:01] CALL A VOTE YOUR MOTION, PLEASE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. I HEARD THAT. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION. UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO AS AMENDED. THAT WAS R SEVEN I. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS HISTORIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU. WORK R FIVE A AND [R5 A AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND VESSELS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “VESSELS,” BY CREATING SECTION 66-143 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ANCHORING OF COMMERCIAL VESSELS OR FLOATING STRUCTURES USED TO RENT, STORE, OR OTHERWISE SECURE OTHER VESSELS PROHIBITED”; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] BR [R5 B AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND VESSELS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “VESSELS,” BY CREATING SECTION 66-156, ENTITLED, “MIAMI BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA ESTABLISHED” BY ESTABLISHING A MIAMI BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE A IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR. CITY COMMISSIONER CITY MAY BE FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND VESSELS BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED VESSELS BY CREATING SECTION 66 DASH 1 43 THEREOF ENTITLED, ANCHORING OF COMMERCIAL VESSELS OR FLOATING STRUCTURES USED TO RENT STORE OR OTHERWISE SECURE OTHER VESSELS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAT OR SEVERABILITY CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS ITEM R FIVE A. IT IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. R FIVE B IS NORTH OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF, UH, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. MANY CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY ENTITLED MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND VESSELS BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED VESSELS BY CREATING SECTION 66 1 56 ENTITLED MIAMI BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATIONS AREA ESTABLISHED BY ESTABLISHING A MIAMI BEACH OVERNIGHT ANCHORING LIMITATION AREA, PROVIDING FOR REPEAT OBSERVABILITY, CALCIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. IT IS ITEM R FIVE B, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, FINAL SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED, UH, ORDINANCE TO REALLY PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ACCESS TO FREE AND CLEAR WATERWAYS OF MIAMI BEACH. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY RARE CASE OF TALLAHASSEE GIVING GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONTROL, UM, O OVER THEIR, THEIR MUNICIPAL, UH, JURISDICTION. UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND, UH, UH, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, HAVE CHAMPIONED THIS. I WANT TO GIVE JUST A, A COUPLE, UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY HELPED GUIDE THIS, UH, BILL THROUGH TALLAHASSEE. ONE THING THAT I'VE REALIZED IS IT'S, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A BILL PASSED IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, AND, UM, I HAD A CRASH COURSE AND IT, UH, FROM LAST SESSION AND THIS YEAR'S SESSION, UM, I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE VICKI LOPEZ, WHO, WHO SPONSORED THE BILL IN THE HOUSE, AND SENATOR JOHN MARTIN, UH, IN THE SENATE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, HOUSE SPEAKER DANNY PEREZ FOR, FOR REALLY PUSHING THIS THROUGH, UM, ON THE HOUSE SIDE, UH, OF COURSE GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS FOR APPROVING IT AT THE GOVERNOR LEVEL. UM, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR, OUR NEW LOBBYING TEAM. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW HIRE, I DUNNO IF HE'S HERE, PETER LUC, GO, WHO, WHO HELPED REALLY PUSH THIS, UM, AND ADVOCATED FOR IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, ERIC ASHANTI FROM RUBEN AND TURNBULL ASSOCIATES. UH, JARED ROSENSTEIN FROM CAPITAL CITIES DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, BOTH OF THEM ON, ON, ON PASSING THE, ON PUSHING THIS IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK SPENCER CROWLEY FROM FIND FLORIDA IN INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT, UH, SOUTHERN BOATING MAGAZINE. I I WENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS, UH, REALLY SHOWCASING THESE, UH, THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE ON THE WATER AND THE GROWING THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND, AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND ACCESS TO, TO FREE AND CLEAR WATERWAYS. UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK PHIL PURCELL FROM THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WHO, WHO CONNECTED ME WITH, WITH MANY INDUSTRY LEADERS, UM, THAT, THAT WERE GOING TO ADVOCATE AGAINST THIS BILL IN TALLAHASSEE. BUT AFTER, UH, SPEAKING WITH ME CHANGED, CHANGED HER MIND. UM, LOCALLY, OF COURSE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR, OUR ACTIVISTS WHO REALLY NEVER WAVERED IN, IN THE SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, TIM CARR FROM, FROM WNA, UM, OR, OR SOY WEST. UH, SARAH DALLAS RAYS HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT ON THIS. UH, CHRIS TODO FROM, FROM STAR HIBISCUS AND, UH, PALM, UH, AND JOHN GARDNER FROM, FROM THE VENETIAN, UM, UM, ISLANDS. AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER STEINBERG ALSO HAD, HAD A BIG PART IN THIS, UM, AT THE, AT THE COUNTY AND, AND STATE LEVEL. SO, UM, [02:50:01] AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I, I, I'M GONNA, I, I'M GONNA HOPE THAT THE POLICE DO A GREAT JOB ON THIS BECAUSE MARINE PATROL HAS REALLY TURNED AROUND, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. UH, UNDER JAVIER, I MEAN, IT, IT'S COMPLETELY NIGHT AND DAY. YOU GUYS HAVE DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. UH, VERY RESPONSIVE, PROACTIVE, AND, UM, I, I EXPECT NO LESS ONCE THIS LAW PASSES TO REALLY ENFORCE, UM, OUR LAWS AND MAKE IT FREE AND CLEAR. SO, UM, WITH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM AND, UM, WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY HMM. IF I CAN. UH, MR. MAGAZINE, YOU'RE A CO-SPONSOR IN R FIVE B. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THIS, UH, SEEMINGLY ACROSS. IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. I CAN REMEMBER HAVING, UH, SUNSHINE MEETINGS, UH, AT CITY HALL IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM THAT BECAME VERY CONTENTIOUS AND DIVISIVE AND DOWNRIGHT VITRIOL THAT WAS HAPPENING. AND LISTEN, WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS, NOT JUST COMMISSIONER SUAREZ . SORRY. UM, IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER MEETING'S? A JOKE, JUST A JOKE. UH, WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS. OUR OUR RESIDENTS DO NOT, AND, AND THEY WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF A LOT OF THIS VITRIOL AS WELL. BUT YOU STOOD FIRM AND HAD OUR BACKS AND YOU HAVE OUR BACKS. WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE YOURS. SO THAT, THAT MEANS THE WORLD. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THAT'S NOT A ONE TIME THING THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS GOING FORWARD. SO, UH, COMMEND THE POLICE AND CODE COMPLIANCE AND EVERYBODY THAT'S GONNA HAVE A HAND IN THIS. UM, SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. UH, I BELIEVE IF I'M ABLE TO READ THE ROOM CORRECTLY, UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. OKAY. CAN I SARAH, UM, SARAH DE LOS RES SANTA HARBOR AND RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH. THIS WAS A VERY CONTAGIOUS, UH, UH, ITEM. IT WAS HARD FOR DAVID TO PUT UP WITH A LOT OF STUFF AND EVEN, EVEN TANYA WHO ATTENDED SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND REALLY TRIED TO NEGOTIATE, IT WAS LIKE MEETINGS AFTER MEETING. WE REALLY TRIED VERY HARD TO NEGOTIATE AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. BUT I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONNA PROTECT THE WATERS. I'M HAPPY THAT THE BOATS ARE GONNA BE MOVING OUTTA THERE, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE THERE. SOME OF THEM BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS, SOME OF THEM HAVE AIRBNBS ON THEM. THE WATER, THE WATER IN THE AREA, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT THAT GREAT. AND AT LEAST THE KAYAKS AND THE PADDLE BOARDS AND IN FRONT OF THE PARK WILL BE REALLY, IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PARK. SO IT'S GONNA BE VERY NICE. AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THIS. I KNOW IT TOOK ALMOST TWO YEARS, BUT WE GOT IT DONE. AND THANK YOU FOR TALLAHASSEE ALSO FOR VOTING. MAYOR, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA HEAR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC OR, SURE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? I HAVE TROY, WRIGHT, AND ZOOM. MR. WRIGHT, ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANCHORING OF VESSELS? UNFORTUNATELY, NO. I'M, I AM. I MEAN, I, I'M WAS HERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. MR. ROY. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER INDIVIDUAL ON, ON ZOOM AT THIS TIME. CALL A VOTE. WE'RE CALLING A VOTE ON BOTH, ON BOTH R FIVE A AND R FIVE B. I HAVE A MOTION ON BOTH ITEMS BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ ON BOTH ITEMS. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS ABSENT. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION PASSES. THE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. THOSE WERE R FIVE A AND R FIVE B. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO [C7 AF A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO REMOVE FLAMINGO PARK (PARK) FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION AS A SITE FOR THE RELOCATION OF FIRE STATION NO. 1; RECOGNIZING THE PARK’S OVER 100-YEAR HISTORY AS A RECREATIONAL AND HISTORIC GREEN SPACE LOCATED WITHIN A HISTORIC DISTRICT MAKING THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION’S SCALE, USE, AND IMPACT INCOMPATIBLE; ACKNOWLEDGING THAT INTRODUCING INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS A FIRE STATION WOULD COMPROMISE THE PARK’S CHARACTER, SET A TROUBLING PRECEDENT, AND CONFLICT WITH THE PARK’S RECREATIONAL PURPOSE; AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION THAT MEET THE CITY’S CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE INTEGRITY OF FLAMINGO PARK.] [C7 AG A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE FIRE STATION NO. 1 PROJECT AT ITS EXISTING JEFFERSON AVENUE LOCATION AND TO PRESENT THIS PLAN OF ACTION AT THE SEPTEMBER 3, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETING.] [C7 AL A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER REPURPOSING PARKING LOTS P9 (943 11TH STREET) AND P10 (1440 MICHIGAN AVENUE) AT FLAMINGO PARK INTO GREEN SPACE TO MITIGATE LOSS OF GREEN SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE STATION NO.1 PROJECT ON THE SITE LOCATED ON WESTERN BOUNDARY OF FLAMINGO PARK BETWEEN 11TH STREET AND 12TH STREET.] THE, UH, FIRE STATION, FLAMINGO PARK ITEMS. NOW LET'S CALL THEM ALL TOGETHER. C? YES SIR. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO C SEVEN AF C SEVEN A GC SEVEN A L, ALL OF WHICH WERE SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. SO I'M GONNA READ THE TITLES. THE FIRST ONE IS C SEVEN AF. IT IS SAY, FLAMINGO PARK, C SEVEN AG ACTION PLAN TO UTILIZE EXISTING LOCATION FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE AND C SEVEN. AL IS CONSIDERED REPURPOSING FLAMINGO PARK PARKING LOTS INTO GREEN SPACE. THAT'S C SEVEN AF AG AL, WE WILL DO THEM ALL UNDER C SEVEN. AL. YEAH. SO BEFORE, I'M GONNA CALL COMMISSIONER SWEARER. I'M GONNA, THE ORDER THAT THE ITEMS WERE ON THE AGENDA, I'LL JUST SAY ONE, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS. UH, PLEASE DON'T TAKE ANDINA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. REPRESENTING, UH, YOU GUYS AND GALS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE, UH, IN THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT'S REALLY UNFAIR TO YOU. UH, ACTUALLY, UH, [02:55:02] IT, IT'S, WE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB DON'T DESERVE THIS SORT OF, UH, THANK YOU, DON'T DESERVE THIS, REALLY THIS VOLLEYBALL BACK AND FORTH. UH, I, I HEARD COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAY AT THE FINANCE MEETING THAT, UH, HE WENT BACK TO AN AGENDA IN 2016. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO I WON'T BELABOR IT. BUT I HOPE OUR, AND I SEE ERIC SHELL'S IN, IN THE CROWD AS WELL. I, AND, UH, I JUST HOPE OUR FIREFIGHTERS KNOW THAT THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT DOESN'T TAKE ANY WAY, UH, OR ANYHOW, IN ANY FORM FOR OUR AFFECTION AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GET OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND IT'S REALLY OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE SAY OUR FIREFIGHTERS, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A FIRST CLASS FIRE STATION, UH, THAT HAS THE AMENITIES THAT, UH, WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY, GIVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UM, A DECENT PLACE TO, TO BE. I WILL ALSO SAY AS WE GO INTO THIS AND, AND, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE, THE ITEMS. I, I HAD SAID THIS WHEN IT CAME UP A YEAR OR TWO AGO. I WAS NEVER A FAN OF PUTTING IN A FLAMINGO PARK. I SAID THAT PUBLICLY. I SAY IT PUBLICLY, THEN I'LL SAY IT PUBLICLY NOW. UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I AM GONNA TURN AN ORDER OF WHERE THE ITEMS WERE PUT ON THE AGENDA. AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, C SEVEN AF AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, OF THE NEED FOR A NEW FIRE STATION IS NOT IN QUESTION. UM, BUT PUTTING A 66 FOOT TALL INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE IN FLAMINGO PARK, A HISTORIC COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS IS THE WRONG SOLUTION. UM, SOME MIGHT SAY THE VOTERS APPROVE THIS, THAT'S MISLEADING. UH, THE AUGUST, 2024 REFERENDUM WAS NON-BINDING, UH, AND LACKED MUCH CONTEXT. UH, THE REFERENDUM WAS EMOTIONALLY FRAMED, INVOKING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, OF COURSE, PEOPLE VOTED YES, WHO WOULDN'T SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, BUT WHAT THEY WEREN'T TOLD WAS THAT YES MEANT BUILDING A MASSIVE FACILITY IN THE HEART OF ONE OF THE MOST CITY'S BELOVED PARKS VOTERS NEVER GOT TO SEE THAT RENDERING. THEN THE RENDERINGS CAME OUT, UH, AND PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED. A 66 FOOT INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE SHOVED JUST ONE FOOT FROM THE SIDEWALK OF, OF ALTON ROAD, LOOMING OVER THE PARK LIKE A CONCRETE WALL. IT'S A BRUTAL INTRUSION ON ONE OF THE MOST CHERISHED GREEN SPACES OF OUR CITY. UM, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT BLENDS IN OR SERVES THE PARK. IT DWARFS IT, IT BLOCKS IT, AND IT VIOLATES THE VERY SPIRIT OF THE PARK. FLAMINGO PARK IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SANCTUARY, OPEN TO BREATH, BREATHABLE, HUMAN SCALED. THIS PLAN WOULD REPLACE THAT WITH SHADOW AND NOISE. IT DOESN'T ENHANCE THE PARK. IT WOULD DESTROY WHAT'S MOST SACRED ABOUT IT. UM, THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST ONE BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT. IF WE ALLOW THIS KIND OF INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PROTECTED PARKLAND, WHAT'S TO STOP THE NEXT ONE? AND, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE, THE SAME COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION REQUIRING NEIGHBORHOOD CONSENSUS FROM THE FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. THE SAME COMMISSION PASSED A STOP THE PAUSE POLICY BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS FIRE STATION WAS AT 90% DESIGN, AND WE DECIDED TO CHANGE COURSE AT THE LAST MINUTE AFTER FIVE YEARS OF PLANNING COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE PROCESS. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. AND I THINK BY DOING THIS TODAY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE AND NOT REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE OF WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE. I'D RATHER US MAKE A DECISION TODAY ON IF IT'S GOING TO BE AT THIS PARK OR NOT. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ESSENTIAL, BUT SO IS PROTECTING PUBLIC SPACE, AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A CITY COMMISSION TO DO BOTH. LET'S COMMIT TO FINDING A BETTER SITE AND PRESERVE FLAMINGO PARK FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME. MR. MAYOR, MR. BOB. SO, UM, I WOULD BE THRILLED TO FIND ANOTHER SPACE. UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE FOR 10 YEARS, AND WHAT I AM GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT WHILE WE GO AROUND THE BEND AGAIN TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER SPACE, UM, WE DO NOT TAKE THIS OFF THE TABLE UNTIL WE HAVE FOUND [03:00:01] A BETTER SOLUTION. IT DOESN'T MEAN DOING ANYTHING FURTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, CURRENTLY NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. NOTHING WILL BETO, NOTHING WILL BE, UM, THERE WILL BE NO PAUSE IN THIS PROJECT. THERE WON'T BE ANY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF WHERE IT IS. AND WE HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE WE NEED TO GET TO OUR NEXT STEP, STEP. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS LET THE PERFECT STAND IN THE WAY OF THE GOOD. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY ELECTED TENURE. PJ, IF YOU DON'T MIND. UM, WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER, SARAH HELPED PULL THE, THE SOURCES. SO THANK YOU, SARAH. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I READ THROUGH THE MINUTES THAT WERE TAKEN BY OUR MAYOR, UH, BY OUR CLERK'S OFFICE. I WATCHED VIDEO CLIPS AND I COULD HAVE PUT TOGETHER A THREE HOUR PRESENTATION, UM, OF UNEDITED VIDEO OF PEOPLE ON THIS DAY TALKING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT SOLUTION THIS COULD BE, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, UM, EXPLORE EVERYTHING. AND I AM JUST ASKING FOR THE SAME COURTESY THAT WE EXTENDED THIS PROCESS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THROUGH LAST, THE END OF LAST YEAR, TO THE PROCESS WHERE IT IS NOW. WE CAN BRING THIS BACK FOR A VOTE AT A LATER TIME IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THAT IS NECESSARY. BUT TO STOP IT NOW IS CUTTING OFF OUR NOSE TO, TO SPITE OUR FACE. UM, THE AMOUNT OF DISINFORMATION THAT HAS SURROUNDED THIS ENTIRE PROCESS SINCE THE BEGINNING IS STAGGERING. AND I DON'T, I DON'T, UM, I DON'T BEGRUDGE ANYBODY FOR BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL. I DON'T BEGRUDGE ANYBODY FOR FEELING THE WAY THEY DO, BUT I REALLY, REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT TELL THE TRUTH. UM, THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A, A PARKING LOT GOING INTO THE FLAMINGO PARK TO ACCOMMODATE THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WOULD BE OVERLOOKING THE POOL SO THAT PEOPLE COULD STAND THERE LEERING AT PEOPLE SWIMMING. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT A THING. THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FIRE STATION BEING PUT IN FLAMINGO PARK, LITERALLY ON TOP OF THE TRACK AND FIELD, TAKING AWAY THE TRACK AND FIELD NOT ADJACENT TO. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT A THING. I MEAN, YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE US, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT IDIOTS, AND CERTAINLY OUR STAFF AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT IDIOTS. UM, SO WITH YOUR FORBEARANCE, I WOULD LIKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF TIME TO GO THROUGH WHAT IS A PRETTY QUICK PRESENTATION. LIKE I SAID, I COULD HAVE PUT IN VIDEO CLIPS OF ALL OF US TALKING ABOUT THE MERITS OF THIS, UM, PROCESS, BUT I CHOSE NOT TO, IF YOU CAN KNOW. THE NEXT SLIDE, PJ, UM, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE EVERY MILESTONE HAS BEEN PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. SEVEN OH OR SIX OH, BECAUSE FOR TWO VOTES I HAD TO BE OUT OF, UM, NOT, UH, PRESENT AT THE DAY IS BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS HAVING HEALTH ISSUES. BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS PASSED SIX ZERO. WE HAVE MET EVERY BENCHMARK REQUIREMENT, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE GOALPOSTS. KEEP MOVING. PJ. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I MEAN, IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS, THIS HAS BEEN OUR LIVES FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND IT'S, IT'S NO WAY TO DO ANYTHING. IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING. UM, IN FACT, TODAY A NEW BENCHMARK WAS, UM, OFFERED UP BY ONE OF THE FOLKS SPEAK, SPEAKING ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD, THAT IT MIGHT AFFECT THE WIND PATTERNS. I MEAN, AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS BECOME ABSURD? I WOULD ARGUE THAT AFFECTING WIND PATTERNS MIGHT BE THAT POINT. JANUARY 31ST, 2024, THE MOTION PASSED. SEVEN OH, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE SITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024. MOTION PASSED. SIX OH, I WAS NOT PRESENT AS STATED. UM, BUT I WOULD'VE VOTED IN FAVOR DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO STUDY THE SUGGESTED SITES. WE PULLED TOGETHER A LIST OF EIGHT POTENTIAL SITES. UM, WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, FLAMINGO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, UM, TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE EVEN FEASIBLE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT, THE FIRST THING WE LOOKED AT, IN FACT, IS IF IT FELL WITHIN THE CORRECT GIS PARAMETERS, IF IT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, IF IT WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH, IF IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO ANY EXISTING FIRE STATION, IF IT HAD ANY ISSUES, IT WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T WORK FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, IT DIDN'T WORK, PERIOD. WE DID NOT EXCLUDE LOTS THAT WE COULD HAVE TO BUY. UM, IN FACT, WE APPROACHED SEVERAL PRIVATE [03:05:01] PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THEY WERE ALREADY IN PLANS TO DEVELOP AND HAD NO INTEREST IN EVEN ENTERTAINING A CONVERSATION. ONE OF THE SITES THAT WAS PROPOSED AND THAT WAS EVALUATED, WAS A SITE THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ BROUGHT TO US TO EVALUATE, WHICH IS THE CURRENT FLAMINGO PARK, UH, LOCATION. THAT WAS ACTUALLY SUGGESTED BY A RESIDENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE EVALUATION. AT THAT POINT, WE AS A COMMISSION DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION UNTIL THE STAFF RETURNS, UH, RETURNED IN MAY OR JUNE WITH FULL EVALUATIONS OF THE SITES. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE TODAY. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR HERE TODAY. APRIL 3RD, 2024, MOTION PATH SIX ZERO. AGAIN, I WASN'T PRESENT, BUT I WOULD'VE VOTED TO SUPPORT IT. UM, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROCEED WITH PREPARING LANGUAGE WITH, UM, WITH THE STAFF TO, UM, AND, AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WHO GRACIOUSLY TOOK THE LEAD ON THAT TO, UM, START THE REFERENDUM PROCESS BECAUSE IT HAD TO GO TO COUNTY VOTE, RIGHT? JUNE 26, APPROVAL OF RELOCATION PENDING VOTER REFERENDUM ADOPTION MOTION PASSED SEVEN ZERO. UM, IT IS TRUE THAT THE MOTION WAS NON-BINDING, THAT THE REFERENDUM WAS A NON-BINDING REFERENDUM. BUT WE DID SAY IN THAT MOTION THAT PROVIDED THAT THE REFERENDUM WAS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE, THE MIAMI EIGHT COUNTY VOTERS, WHICH IT HAD TO BE LEGALLY. AND, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE MIAMI BEACH VOTERS IN THE AGGREGATE, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. IT DIDN'T SAY WE HAD TO, IT SAID WE COULD. I'M NOT MISREPRESENTING ANYTHING HERE. THE RESULTS OF THE AUGUST, UH, REFER IN THE, UH, IT PASSED COUNTYWIDE, ALMOST 76%. THE REFERENDUM PASSED IN MIAMI BEACH BY 71% OVERALL IN EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT. EVERY SINGLE ONE, INCLUDING THE FLAMINGO PARK, UH, PAL VOTER PRECINCT, ALMOST 6,500 MIAMI BEACH VOTERS VOTED, ARE WE GOING TO AS A COMMISSION FOR A SECOND TIME, FOR A SECOND TIME IN A YEAR AND A HALF, SUBVERT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT 6,452 VOTERS ARE HAVING THEIR VOTE THAT THEY CAST TAKEN AWAY BY THEM? AGAIN, UNCONSCIONABLE. I WILL NEVER SUPPORT THAT. I DIDN'T LAST TIME, AND I WILL NOT THIS TIME, AND I WILL NOT EVER IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT HOW THE LANGUAGE OF THE REFERENDUM WAS MISLEADING AND THAT NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT MEANT. THAT THERE WERE NO, THERE WERE NO IMAGES. I BEGGED TO DIFFER. I PERSONALLY SENT OUT TWO FACTUAL EMAILS THAT HAD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIONS THAT WERE NOT JUST RECEIVED, BUT OPENED BY 41,000 RECIPIENTS. THERE IS AN OPINION PIECE IN THE MIAMI HERALD. THERE IS MASSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE AND ACTUALLY, UM, UPDATED, UH, RESULTS FOR THE MEDIA COVERAGE IS OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE REACHED. THAT'S A LOT. THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC. THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC, NO PUN INTENDED, BUT IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS WITH IMAGES, WITH LINKS TO PRESENTATIONS. SO TO SAY THAT NOBODY KNEW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS NONSENSE. IT IS AN, IT'S A FALSE NARRATIVE. SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE DIRECTED THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLORE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS ON THE FLAMINGO PARK SITE. AGAIN, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. WE GAVE THE PARAMETERS THAT IT HAD TO, UM, NOT IMPACT THE, THE TRACK, UM, NOT, UM, SHIFT THE TRACK, WHICH WAS A CONCERN BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A VERY EXPENSIVE THING TO DO. IT HAD TO, UH, BE ABLE TO BE CITED WITHOUT HAVING TO CLOSE THE TRACK AND FIELD DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. WE HAD TO DO IT WITHOUT GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE TRACK. NOBODY WANTS TO BE RUNNING NEXT TO A CEMENT WALL. THERE IS CURRENTLY A FENCE THERE. WE WERE NOT MOVING. THE, THE FENCE FENCE STAYS WHERE IT IS, AND THE, AND THE PRO POSSESSION, THE PROPOSED, UM, UM, PROJECT IS FURTHER AWAY THAN THE FENCE. AND IF WE COULD TO MAKE AN OPEN AIR VIEW CORRIDOR THROUGH THE STRUCTURE TO PRESERVE THE VIEWS, LOOKING FROM EAST TO WEST, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, OR SET OUT AS GOALS, BECAUSE COLLEAGUES SAID, IF WE DON'T DO X, I WON'T SUPPORT IT. SO THAT'S VERY CLEAR DIRECTION. THE STAFF AND THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS HEARD AND CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT MET ALL THE [03:10:01] CRITERIA. DECEMBER 11TH, WE HAD A, UH, A MOTION AGAIN, PAST SEVEN OH, TO AUTHORIZE THE CHANGE AMENDMENTS, UH, TO THE CONTRACT TO DO THE WORK. AND HERE WE ARE. HERE WE ARE TODAY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE ONLY JOB THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE CITY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND BUSINESSES IN MIAMI BEACH. THAT'S IT. THAT IS JOB ONE. ALL THE OTHER QUIBBLES AND QUARRELS INSIGNIFICANT. THE SECOND IS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FULLY FUNDED FIRE STATION, INCLUDING AN $11 MILLION GRANT, WHICH COULD BE AT RISK IF WE MOVE IT SOMEPLACE WHERE IT DOESN'T FIT THE CRITERIA THAT THAT GRANT COVERS, MAKING IT A CATEGORY FIVE HARDENED, UH, IN, UH, FACILITY. IT COULD POTENTIALLY, IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE HAVE TWO SMALLER STATIONS IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES TO FIT INTO LAND THAT'S AVAILABLE, IT COULD ACTUALLY JEOPARDIZE AND CHIEF ABELLA, I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND, BUT IT COULD, FROM, AS I WAS EXPLAINED IT, UM, IT COULD JEOPARDIZE OUR, UH, TOP TIER RATING NOW, UH, IT FOR THE FIRE SERVICE OVERALL IN THE CITY, NOT JUST FOR THAT STATION. AND IF THAT'S NOT CORRECT, IF I MISUNDERSTOOD, PLEASE CORRECT ME, BUT I WILL WANT YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT. SO GOING WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE FACING A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE ALREADY WERE, I DON'T KNOW, 80% THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS, MAYBE CLOSER TO 90. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THIS COMMISSION PASSED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE CANNOT FUND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. YEAH, WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S SPENT. SO IF WE COULD FIND NEW LAND AND IF THE LANDOWNERS WOULD AGREE TO SELL, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE FINDING THE 15 TO $30 MILLION IF WE CAN, THAT'S GREAT. I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T, I'M JUST SAYING LET'S NOT CLOSE THIS DOOR PERMANENTLY BEFORE WE HAVE A SOLUTION. WE ALSO, SOME OF US CAMPAIGNED ON IT. SOME OF US SUPPORTED IT IN SO MANY WORDS, LITERALLY TO PROTECT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER TO REVITALIZE IT. AND EVERYONE SAYS, OH, IT'S UGLY. OH, IT'S NEVER USED. IT HAD THE SORT OF DAM PLEASE HANGING OVER ITS HEAD FOR YEARS. SO OUR, THE TENANTS WHO WERE THERE MOVED OUT BECAUSE THEY STOPPED WANTING TO BE LIVING AND OFFERING SERVICES IN A PLACE THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION. SO TO SAY, LIKE IT OR NOT, AESTHETICALLY, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. BUT TO SAY IT'S UNDERUTILIZED. YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT. WE JUST GAVE IT THE GO AHEAD A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT FEELS LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROGRAMMING. AND WHAT DO WE HAVE SO FAR, THIS IS WITHOUT EVEN TRYING, THIS IS WITHOUT REACHING OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HAVING EVENING EVENTS THERE AND COMMUNITY, UH, MEETING SPACE AND POTENTIALLY RENTING IT OUT AS, AS A VENUE FOR EVENTS WITHOUT ANY OF THAT. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OR NOT THE POSSIBILITY. THE, THE, THE ACTUALITY OF ENHANCED NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY WITH A MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITY SERVING A PART OF THE CITY THAT COULD USE A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE'D BE 20 TO 30 POLICE OFFICERS GOING IN AND OUT A SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM DAILY, SERVING 50 SENIORS. CURRENTLY, AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 57 KIDS IN THAT FACILITY ENJOYING SUMMER CAMP THAT WE COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE BEFORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FACILITIES IN THE CITY. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SUMMER CAMP THERE AGAIN. BUT THAT'S 57 KIDS WHO WON'T HAVE AN OPTION FOR SUMMER CAMP NEXT YEAR. CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE 66 KIDS IN DAYCARE YEAR ROUND, PLUS DURING THE SUMMER, AN ADDITIONAL 51, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED KIDS. UM, WITH THE MIAMI, UH, BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING FACILITY SPACE, THE, UM, KIDS WHO GO UP TO NORTH BEACH AND ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO DO BOXING, THEY'RE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DURING THE WEEK. DOUBLE THAT NUMBER COULD COME DOWN TO, UH, TO THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO THEREBY INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING THAT FACILITY. THERE ARE COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICES THAT [03:15:01] ARE MOVING BACK IN THERE OR MUCH NEEDED COMMUNITY SERVICE. YOU THINK YOU LIKE HAVING A DMV ON MIAMI BEACH. IMAGINE TRYING TO GET HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, MEDICAID OR MEDICARE WHILE IT STILL LASTS OR TRYING TO FIND LANGUAGE CLASSES, OR HOW DO I TALK TO MY LANDLORD? THOSE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE HOUSED THERE. AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE'LL BE OTHER PROGRAMMING. AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING DON'T, SORRY, I WILL, I WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT COMMENT. UM, SO LET'S LOOK AT THE GOALS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. THE REFERENDUM PAST COUNTYWIDE AND CITYWIDE IN EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT, THE TRACK AND FIELD WILL NOT BE MOVED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FIRE STATION. THE TRACK AND FIELD WILL NOT BE CLOSED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. THE FIRE STATION WILL BE SET BACK FROM THE EXISTING CHAIN FENCE SIGNIFICANTLY. IT WILL NOT BE THE TRACK AND FIELD. OH, I'M SORRY, DUPLICATED. I REALLY WANTED TO PRESS THE POINT THAT IT WILL NOT BE CLOSED DURING CONSTRUCTION. I GUESS I, I DUPLICATED THAT POINT. I APOLOGIZE. THE VIEW CORRIDOR THAT WAS SUGGESTED HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INCORPORATED AND IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE SLIDE THAT FIREFIGHTERS CAN GO DOWN. THEY DON'T USE POLES ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE. FUN FACT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I SAW THE DESIGN. AM I RIGHT, ERIC? THANK YOU. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE APPARATUS. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FIRE TRUCKS THROUGH THE WINDOW. IT'S KIND OF COOL. UM, THE FIELD HOUSE, WHICH IS IN SO NEED OF ATTENTION, IS GOING TO BE UPGRADED AND MOVED AND INCORPORATED IN THE OVERALL DESIGN. AND THE PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED, IS FULLY FUNDED. UM, IF WE MOVE IT, WE, AND WE HAVE THAT, THAT PREROGATIVE. IF WE FIND A DIFFERENT SPOT, THAT'S FINE, BUT WE RISK AN AN $11 MILLION GRANT. AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING PUT IT THERE, I AM SAYING DON'T CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE POSSIBILITY UNTIL WE FIND A SOLUTION. THE GOALPOSTS REMOVED ONE LAST TIME BEFORE TODAY THAT GOALPOST WAS ADDRESS THE LOSS OF GREEN SPACE IN THE PARK. NOBODY WANTS TO LOSE GREEN SPACE IN THE PARK. NOBODY. THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST CHOICE, OBVIOUSLY. SO WE LOOKED AND WE FOUND A WAY TO ADD A NET INCREASE OF GREEN SPACE IN THE PARK OF CLOSE TO 30,000 FEET. 30,000 SQUARE FEET. IS IT IN THE SAME PLACE? IT IS NOT. IS IT MORE USABLE? IT IS. THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE FULL SCHEMATIC, AND THEN THE TWO PICTURES ON THE RIGHT ARE THE CLOSEUPS. WE CAN GET INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL, UM, IF YOU LIKE, BUT BASICALLY THE IDEA IS THAT NUMBER ONE, PJ, YOU CAN LEAVE THIS UP AS I TALK THROUGH THE NEXT POINTS. THE NORTHERN RAMP OF THE FIRE STATION COULD BE REMOVED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD WANTED A PULL THROUGH PROJECT, BUT IS WILLING TO PUT TO LIVE WITH, UM, A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROJECT WITH AN APRON THAT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLES TO TURN AROUND WITHOUT HAVING TO BACK INTO THE STREETS. SO THAT SQUARE NOW BECOMES, UM, GREEN SPACE. WE EXTEND GREEN SPACE INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 12TH STREET SIDEWALK. SO STILL MAINTAINING AN A DA COMPLIANT SIDEWALK. BUT NOW YOU HAVE THIS LONG, LOVELY STRETCH OF GREEN SPACE THAT IS, RUNS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TRACK AND FIELD, REPURPOSE MOST OF THE UNDERUTILIZED PARKING LOT THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE BASEBALL FIELD, WHICH IS ONLY REALLY HEAVILY USED DURING GAMES AND MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE LOST, UM, FOR GAME DAYS BY INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE NEW PARKS AND REC FACILITY THAT WILL BE BUILT IN OUR NEXT GO BOND TRANCHE IS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS A PROJECT TO BE BUILT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN REIMAGINE THAT, THAT VERY IMPORTANT, UM, WELCOMING CORRIDOR TO THE, TO THE PART THAT THE FP AND A IS SO ADAMANT ABOUT PROTECTING IT AND ACTUALLY REIMAGINING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS FAR BETTER THAN OPEN PARKING SURFACE PARKING LOT AND NO GREENERY. SO THAT WHOLE SPACE CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A, UM, GREEN SPACE, TAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THAT, OF THAT PARKING LOT, INCORPORATE THE PARKING SPACES WITHOUT ANY BEING LOST, AND CREATING A NEW PARKS AND REC FACILITY THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, THAT IS SUITABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACES ITS, UM, PARK SETTING AND ENHANCES THE IMMEDIATE ENTRANCE INTO FLAMINGO PARK. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU SEE THE [03:20:01] PARKS AND REC BUILDING, WHICH IS NOTHING MUCH TO LOOK AT. IT SERVES A VITAL AND, AND IMPORTANT, UM, ROLE, BUT IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY PLEASANT TO LOOK AT AND A SURFACE PARKING LOT. AND I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER. SO BY DOING THIS, NOT ONLY DO WE MAKE UP FOR THE GREEN SPACE, THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY, BUT WE ACTUALLY ADD 26,000 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL INCREMENTAL GREEN SPACE, THEREBY GETTING US CLOSER TO OUR GOAL OF MORE GREEN SPACE PER PER RESIDENT GOING FORWARD. SO ALL I AM ASKING OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY IS TO GRANT THE SAME GRACE THAT YOU DID A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN AS WE PURSUE A PARALLEL PATH TO IDEALLY FIND SOMETHING BETTER BEFORE YOU IRREVOCABLY CLOSE THIS DOOR. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, OKAY. WELL, I I'D LIKE TO COVER SOME POINTS THAT WERE MENTIONED BY COMMISSIONER, BUT I, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF BUILDING ANOTHER TALLER STRUCTURE ON TOP OF ANOTHER TALLER STRUCTURE FOR PARKING, UH, IN FLAMINGO PARK. I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A GARAGE IN FLAMINGO PARK. I THINK THAT'S A RIDICULOUS IDEA TO TO TO EVEN, TO EVEN INTRODUCE, UM, FOR, FOR THIS AREA, WE WANT, WE WANNA KEEP IT LOW SCALE. WE NOT UPSCALE AND TALLER. UM, TALKING ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I GUESS WE'RE ALL TO BLAME FOR THIS EXCEPT MAYOR MINOR, THE, THE 90, WE WERE AT 90% WITH FULL GRANT FUNDING, NOT FULL GRANT WITH GRANT FUNDING FOR THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE WE PULLED IT. THE SAME ARGUMENTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING NOW OR, OR THE SAME ARGUMENTS THAT I'M MAKING EXCEPT FOR THE FLAMINGO PARK. UM, AGAIN, YES, TECHNICALLY THE TRACK DOESN'T GET MOVED, BUT DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COULD BE TWO, THREE YEARS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE NOISE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PARTICULAR MATTER. PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE RUNNING, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA OBVIOUSLY BREATHE THIS, UH, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. AND, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. UM, AND LOOK, I I, I, I RESPECTFULLY, I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEED TO KEEP THIS ON, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, I DON'T SEE A CONCESSION FOR KEEPING THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER ON. UM, AND LOOK, I, I THINK THE RESIDENTS HAVE CLEARLY SPOKEN. THEY, THEY'VE COME OUT AND, AND PEOPLE THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, THEY, THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT THIS SIX FOOT, SIX STORY BUILDING IN FLAMINGO PARK. AND THEN TO TOP IT OFF ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR, FIVE STORY BUILDING AS A GARAGE ON FLAMINGO PARK, I THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA. UM, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SET THE PRECEDENT BY, BY, BY ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT OUR FOOT DOWN TODAY AND NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS MY, THIS IS INITIATIVE THAT I'M, I'M SPEARHEADING I THINK THE COMMISSION STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE STAND, UH, TODAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO, UM, I, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE FORWARD ON FOREVER MIXING THIS PARTICULAR AREA, UM, AS, AS A POTENTIAL SITE FOR, UH, THE FIRE STATION COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. IN MARCH 13TH, 2024, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PAUSING OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE ON THE TABLE, UH, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE FOUND THIS NEW SOLUTION FOR FLAMINGO PARK. THIS IS WHAT I SAID. I PULLED THE ITEM AND I SAID, WELL, I'M EAGER TO HEAR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW FEASIBLE THE PARK WOULD BE. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THERE HASN'T BEEN FULL COMMUNITY VETTING AND THERE'S NOT AN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THIS WILL REALLY ENTAIL. I AM IN THIS PARK ALL THE TIME. MY DAUGHTER GOES TO SUMMER CAMP THERE RIGHT NOW. SHE LEARNED TO SWIM THERE. SHE PLAYS SOCCER THERE. IT JUST TAKES ONE DRIVE ON A MONDAY EVENING AT 6:00 PM PAST THIS PARK TO REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE USE THIS AS THEIR PRIMARY MEANS AND, AND MODE OF COMMUNITY, SENSE OF SPACE AND BEING. UH, SO THEN I FURTHER WENT ON TO SAY, IF CITY STAFF COMES BACK AND RECOMMENDS ITS FEASIBILITY, WE ESSENTIALLY SIT HERE AS AN ELECTED BODY AND START HEARING FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS. THEY DO [03:25:01] NOT WANT IT IN THE PARK. EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO HEAR NOW. AND WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY AT AN IMPASSE WHERE WE WERE 10 YEARS AGO. THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PIECES TO THIS, AND THERE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN HERE AND THERE'S SEVERAL PROPOSALS. ONE THING THAT I LAMENT THAT WE TRULY HAVEN'T DONE, WHETHER IT BE THIS COMMISSION, BUT REALLY THE, UM, DATING BACK 10 YEARS, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, RIGHT? WE DID ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT WHETHER SOUTH SHORE OR, OR THE, THE PARK, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS AT ALL WHAT WOULD BECOME A FIRE STATION ONE THEN IF IT WAS MOVED, RIGHT? SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF ALL OF THESE MOVING PIECES A PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS. SO WE COULD SIT HERE AND DISCUSS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AD NAMA AS WE'VE DONE FOR 10 YEARS. I DON'T THINK WE GET ANYWHERE DOING THAT TODAY. I'M NEVER ONE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THE WORST THING THAT WE COULD DO IS MAKE THESE IMPARTIAL DECISIONS THAT COST SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND TIME, WHICH IS WHAT I TRIED FOREWARNING BACK IN MARCH OF 2024. AND THEN WE GET TO A POINT AND REALIZE THAT THE DESIRE TO MOVE IN SOME REGARDS, I'LL TAKE, TAKE THAT LAST PART UP, BUT WE, WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE GO DOWN THE PATH A LITTLE WAY AND THEN HAVE TO BACKTRACK BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT COMPREHENSIVELY ABOUT IT. SO WHAT I'LL SUGGEST HERE, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT I'LL PUT ON THE TABLE, IS WE ALL COME BACK AND GIVE A MULTITUDE OF SOLUTIONS TO CITY STAFF. I KNOW COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ HAS HAVING STAFF GO OUT AND DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF KEEPING THE LOCATION AS IS. AND I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER. COULD WE INCORPORATE PUTTING SOME OF THE LARGER EQUIPMENT IN PARTS OF THE FLAMINGO PARK PARKING LOT IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED? POINT BEING, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. COMMISSIONER BOT'S SOLUTION ABOUT THE PARKING LOT FOR FLAMINGO PARK BEING EXPANDED IN THE GREEN SPACE. AND WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. WE GIVE 60 DAYS FOR THAT PROCESS TO HAPPEN. AND WE GIVE 60 DAYS FOR OUR STAFF TO COME BACK AND EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY AND SAY, HERE ARE YOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WE SIT THERE AND WE LOOK AT EVERY OPTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE AND WE TAKE A VOTE OF WHICH WAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND WE LIVE WITH THAT VOTE AND WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT DAY ON AND DO NOT LOOK BACK. ANY SOLUTION THAT WE COULD EVER COME UP WITH IS GOING TO COME WITH IMPERFECTIONS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT SAY, YES, BUT I DON'T WANT THIS. WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WILL COME WITH UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THINGS THAT ARE IMPERFECT. WE LIVE IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD, BUT WE CAN'T JUST KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AT THE EXPENSE OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NOT GETTING ANY FURTHER TOWARDS THE SOLUTION. AND REALLY JUST PUTTING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN JEOPARDY. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT OVER THE NEXT 60 DAYS BETWEEN CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE COME BACK WITH A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE PUT TO CITY STAFF, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION ONE AND ITS RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION ONE IN ITS EXISTING PLACE. AND PERHAPS IF WE NEEDED TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT TO THE BUILDING JUST TO THE SOUTH, UH, NOT TO THE BUILDING, BUT TO THE PARKING LOT THAT'S OWNED BY THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OR THE PARKING LOT IN FLAMINGO PARK OR COMMISSIONER BOTS OPTIONS ABOUT GREENIFYING THE PARKING SPACE. ANY OPTION POSSIBLE, WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO PUT IN FRONT OF CITY STAFF AND YOU COME UP WITH YOUR OWN SOLUTIONS, WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE GIVE CITY STAFF 60 DAYS TO AT LEAST DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF EACH OF THOSE TO THEM. WHICH IT COMES BACK TO US FOR A VOTE THAT WE TAKE A VOTE OF WHICH SITE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ON AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND DO NOT LOOK BACK. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. CAN I, COMMISSIONER B AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, TO CORRECT A STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE ACCORDING TO CITY STAFF WHO'VE LOOKED AT THIS TO INCORPORATE PARKING INTO THE PARKS AND REC BUILDING WOULD NOT BE A SIX STORY BUILDING, IT WOULD BE TWO OR THREE STORIES TO COVER. IS THAT CORRECT, DAVID? OR AM I DEPENDING ON THE SCENARIO WE FOLLOW, AT MOST IT WOULD BE, UH, FOUR STORIES AT MOST FOUR. BUT IT COULD BE AS LOW AS TWO OR THREE. YEAH. OKAY. SO WHAT WOULD THE GROUND LEVEL BE? HOW HIGH WOULD THE GROUND LEVEL BE? FOR THE PARKING GARAGE? IT WOULD BE AT GRADE FOR THE FACILITIES, THE PARKS, FACILITIES, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THOSE AT BE A EQUAL ONE. SO HOW TALL WOULD THAT BE IN TOTAL? UH, THE [03:30:01] NEXT, I HAVEN'T DONE THAT MATH EXACTLY. IT WOULD BE AT AN NGVD OF NINE. AND I THINK THE PARKING LOT CURRENTLY IS AROUND THREE. SO FOUR STORES, IT COULD BE UP TO 50 FEET OR MORE APPROXIMATELY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU DON'T WANT A PARKS AND REC BUILDING BUILT? I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR PARKING GARAGE. IT IS ONE IN THE SAME BUILDING. JUST TO BE CLEAR. ANYHOW, IF I CAN CONTINUE WITH MY QUESTIONS. UM, DIGNA, IF YOU CHIEF, I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE. UM, CHIEF ABELL, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN, MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY AND LET EVERYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO BREAK UP THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FIRE STATION INTO SMALLER PIECES, BUT THAT IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY WOULD, BUT IT COULD JEOPARDIZE THE OVERALL MIAMI BEACH FIRE DEPART RATING? YEAH. UM, NOT SURE WHAT TIME IT IS. GOOD AFTERNOON, FIRE CHIEF OF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SO THERE'S TWO PARTS THAT MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT IS THE ACCREDITATION STATUS, WHICH IS THROUGH THE CENTERS OF FIRES, INTERNATIONALS AND ISO. SO ISO IS WHAT'S TIED INTO THE RESIDENTS HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE AND COMMERCIAL INSURANCE. AND IS BASICALLY THE PROXIMITY THAT YOU ARE WITHIN A HYDRANT AND A FIRE STATION. AND WITHIN THAT, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE TO FALL IN. SO YOU NEED TO BE WITHIN 1.5 MILES OF A FIRE ENGINE, AND YOU NEED TO BE WITHIN 2.5 MILES OF A LADDER TRUCK. SO OUR LADDER TRUCKS, WE HAVE TWO LADDER TRUCKS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. UH, LADDER ONE SERVES, UH, FROM SOUTH POINT ALL THE WAY TO 41ST STREET. AND I DID THE DATA YESTERDAY, 697. SO IT'S 682 BUILDINGS THAT ARE THREE STORIES AND HIGHER. AND OUT OF THE 682 BUILDINGS THAT WE SERVICE FROM FIRST STREET TO 41ST STREET, THERE IS A PROXIMITY OF 60 OF THEM THAT ARE GREATER THAN SEVEN STORIES OR HIGHER, THAT ARE PRE 1993 BUILDINGS THAT DON'T HAVE SPRINKLERS OR, UH, FIRE PROTECTION SUPPLY TO IT. SO US ARRIVING THERE ON TIME IS WHAT IS PARAMOUNT TO THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PICTURE. UM, LADDER ONE, ENGINE ONE, RESCUE ONE AND RESCUE 11. THEY ARE THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION PER SQUARE MILEAGE OF THE ENTIRE NATION. SO THEY SERVICE FROM FIRST STREET TO 15TH STREET. LIKE I SAID, THE LADDER TRUCKS SERVICE FROM FIRST STREET TO 41ST STREET. AND THAT IS WHERE THE PARADIGM OF THE RADIUS AND HOW THAT AFFECTS YOUR IS SO 22. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY. AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. OKAY. THAT DATA ABOUT THE BUSIEST STATION AT THE NATION, I HEARD PER, PER, PER PER SQUARE, UM MM-HMM. MILEAGE, THE AMOUNT DENSE AREA THAT WE SERVICE, WE ARE THE BUSIEST IN THE NATION. MORE THAN MORE THAN MANHATTAN. MORE THAN MANHATTAN. I FIND THAT, REMEMBER, WE'RE LESS, WE'RE LESS THAN THAT AREA'S 15 BLOCKS. MM-HMM . 15 BLOCKS, AND WE RUN. SO TO DATE, OUR DATA IS, SO TO DATE, 33% OF OUR CALL VOLUME IS STATION ONE 32% IS STATION TWO. ENGINE ONE HAS TO DATE, HAS RUN 1900 CALLS IN THE YEAR. LAST YEAR IS 4,000. JUST I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE TUNING IN MAY NOT KNOW THE LOCATIONS. CAN YOU JUST GIVE THOSE LOCATIONS? YEAH. SO, SO WE HAVE, UM, STATION ONE SERVICES, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS 15TH STREET, ALL THE WAY TO 15TH STREET. IT'S 10 51 JEFFERSON FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF 15TH STREET IS WHERE, UH, STATION TWO COMES DOWN, WHICH IS 2300. SO STATION TWO RUNS FROM 15TH STREET TO 41ST STREET, AND THEN YOU HAVE 53 0 3, WHICH IS COLLINS, THAT COMES DOWN TO 41ST STREET UP TO 69TH. AND THEN YOU HAVE STATION FOUR, WHICH IS ON 60TH AND COLLINS. SO IN, IN, HISTORICALLY, I'LL GO BACK HISTORICALLY. SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1926. THE ORIGINAL STATION ONE WAS OLD CITY HALL. WE HAD 22 FIREFIGHTERS, 22 MEN. 1965 IS WHEN FIRE STATION ONE WAS BUILT. WE HAD 122 MEN, ZERO WOMEN. SO THAT FIRE STATION IS DESIGNED FOR THE TIME THAT IT SERVICED 40 YEARS BETWEEN ONE FIRE STATION [03:35:01] WAS BUILT AND THE NEXT ONE WAS BUILT, WHICH IS IN 10 51 MORRIS LAPIDUS BUILDING. HERE WE ARE TODAY, NOW WE HAVE 220 MEN AND 20 WOMEN. THE, THE FIRE STATION IS STILL, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, STOPPED IN TIME AND IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVICE IT. THAT'S JUST ONE ASPECT OF IT. OKAY? YOU HAVE FIVE BATHROOMS THERE. YOU THROW THREE WOMEN IN THAT FIRE STATION AND IT DISRUPTS THE ENTIRE DYNAMICS FOR THE BATHROOMS. THERE'S ONE COMMON BATHROOM FOR THE MEN, AND THEN TWO THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, UNISEX. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ALSO HAVE, WHAT WE'RE FACING NOW IS FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CANCER, WHERE THE PORTHOLES, YOU KNOW, WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO SLIDE DOWN THE FIRE POLE THAT IS TIED INTO THE APPARATUS BASE. THE APPARATUS BASE WHERE ALL THE MUFFLER AND YOUR DIESEL AND EVERYTHING'S COMING OUT. WELL, IT'S GOING RIGHT UP TO WHERE WE SLEEP IN OUR ROOMS. SO AGAIN, 1965, THE STATION WAS BUILT. WHEN I WAS AT THE STATION, EVERY TIME I WENT HOME, I WAS SICK. I WAS SICK FOR A WHOLE ENTIRE DAY. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THAT I WAS OFF, IT WAS LIKE FINALLY WHEN I RECOVERED, I CAME BACK TO WORK AND I WAS BACK AT IT. SO, BUT WASN'T THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS A SEVERE MOLD PROBLEM THERE AND NOT RELATED TO EXHAUST IT? I MEAN, WHEN WE DID THE TEST AND WE DID THE MOLD REMEDIATION, AND THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. I MEAN, IN TERMS OF HAVING SOME SORT OF RESPIRATORY FEELING BECAUSE YOU GUYS DIDN'T MAINTAIN THE STATION AND YOU ALLOWED A MO MOLD CONDITION TO GO GROW OUT OF CONTROL OVER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. AND I'M NOT, YOU WEREN'T NOT THE CHIEF OR IN CHARGE OF WHEN THAT HAPPENED, BUT YOU GUYS FINALLY COMPLETED THAT MOLD REMEDIATION NOW. WELL, UM, AFTER ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER JUAREZ CALLED, YOU KNOW, SAID YOU GUYS HAVE A, A MOLD PROBLEM. SO IN THE LAST YEAR WE SPENT ABOUT $150,000. HOWEVER, THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT TYPE OF RESPIRATORY, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUE. NO, COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EXHAUST FUMES, THE ANTIQUE TRUCK THAT IS IN THE PARADE, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL LADDER TRUCK THAT SERVICED MIAMI BEACH COMPARED TO THE NEW LADDER TRUCKS THAT GOES UP TO 75 FEET. SO GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER BOTA QUESTION, EVERYTHING IS TIED INTO IS O RATING AND CFI. SO HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPARTMENT? HOW DO YOU MITIGATE A FIRE INTO GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS WITH A FIRE TRUCK ARRIVE THERE ON TIME IS THROUGH THE ISO RATING AND SPLITTING UP THE UNITS, SPLITTING UP THE ENGINE AND A RESCUE TRUCK OR THE LADDER AND A RESCUE TRUCK IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING BACK TO A 1.5 MILE RADIUS, TWO POINT FOR A LADDER TRUCK. THE DYNAMICS ARE NOT GOING TO, UM, FLUIDLY WORK ITSELF OUT, ESPECIALLY HAVING TO ARRIVE THERE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME OF FOUR MINUTES. IT'S, YOU KNOW, 460 SECONDS, UM, AND EIGHT MINUTES TO YOUR HIGH RISES. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, UH, 269 HIGH RISES THAT ARE NON SPRINKLERED HERE IN, UM, ZONE ONE. SO IN THE LAST, I, I RAN THE DATA IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS FOR THE 26 NONS SPRINKLER BUILDINGS PRESCRIBED TO, UM, ALL OF THE BEACH. SO WE HAVE 10,930 CALLS THAT WE'VE RAN TO EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS. UM, IN THE LAST SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS TO DATE, WE'VE RAN 134 CALLS TO THOSE 26 BUILDINGS THAT SERVICE, UM, THAT ARE SERVICED BY LADDER ONES, UH, COMPANY. AND MY LAST QUESTION, THANK YOU, CHIEF, UM, JOE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, SUPPORT YOUR MOTION. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO THAT INCLUDES KEEPING THIS ON THE TABLE AS PART OF THAT OVERALL EVALUATION OF WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. I'LL BE UPFRONT, UM, SURE. WHAT MY COURT CORDS ON THE TABLE ASSESSMENT. YEAH. FULL ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T ENVISION MYSELF EVER VOTING TO PUT THIS IN THE PARK, BUT I THINK OUT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE, WE NEED ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. OKAY? SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEWPOINT. OTHER PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO PUT THEIRS ON. BUT YEAH, LET'S, LET'S KEEP ANY AND ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA LIMIT OURSELVES, BUT I, I'LL JUST CONVEY MY PERSONAL VIEWPOINT. SO, SO MY, WHAT I WOULD REQUEST IS THAT I, I SUPPORT THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK 60 DAYS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING INTO AUGUST, RECESS IS ENOUGH. UM, STAFF IS GOING ON VACATION, COLLEAGUES ARE GOING ON VACATION. PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY ARE ON VACATION. I THINK IT'LL BE VERY HARD TO GET ANSWERS IN AUGUST. SO I WOULD EXTEND 90 OR 120 DAYS TO GET THE FULL AMOUNT OF RESEARCH DONE TO MAKE . SO I THINK HOW I WAS ENVISIONING IS WE WOULD HAVE 60 DAYS TO GIVE THEM IDEAS, AND THEN 60 DAYS, WHICH WOULD START IN SEPTEMBER WHEN EVERYBODY'S BACK [03:40:01] TO GET RESULTS, RIGHT? SO WE COULD COME UP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR DROPBOX OF SAYING, HERE'S MY IDEA, HERE'S MY IDEA, HERE'S MY IDEA. AND THEN THAT'LL WHAT, MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER. AND THEN THE STAFF WILL HAVE 60 DAYS TO EVALUATE THOSE. OR IF THEY HAVE ANY OF THEIR OWN AND THEY COME BACK 60 DAYS AFTER THAT WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS, NO DELAY. WE TAKE A VOTE AND WE MOVE FORWARD. I, I, I SECOND THAT. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR, FOR, FOR THAT MOTION. UM, I, I SUPPORT YOUR MOTION. UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE, THOUGH, WE HAVE APPROACHED INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS. COMMISSIONER BOD, THANK YOU FOR LEADING THAT VERY THOROUGH PROCESS. I KNOW YOU ARE VERY MUCH INVESTED IN, UM, IN HANDLING THIS IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY AND APPROACHING, UH, POTENTIAL LAND OWNERS ON ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTNERING WITH THE CITY. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER REALLY PUT OUT THERE ON RFLI, AN RLI TO ASK PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE HAVE NOT ENGAGED WITH. HEY, LISTEN, ARE YOU LOOKING TO DEVELOP YOUR PROPERTY? ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR PROPERTY? ARE YOU WILLING TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND ACCOMMODATE THIS AS PART, AS PART OF YOUR, OF, OF YOUR PROJECT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR, FOR AS LONG AS WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER MA MAGAZINE, I THINK YOU'RE TAKING A VERY RESPONSIBLE APPROACH. UM, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, LET'S PUT OUT THERE AN RFLI AND SEE AND SEE IF THERE IS INTEREST OUT THERE, UH, FROM, FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND INCLUDING THIS AS PART OF ANY PROJECT THAT, THAT THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING TO, TO DO WITHIN THE CITY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE WILLING TO INCORPORATE THAT AS PART OF YOUR MOTION. I'M NOT DOGMATIC ABOUT THIS. I I'M NOT DOGMATIC, THIS ISN'T PERSONAL TO ME. YEAH. UH, WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT HERE. YEAH. AND WHATEVER THE RIGHT SOLUTION IS THAT COMES BACK, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE PERSONALLY PREFER. THERE'S A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM THAT GOES INTO THIS. PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET THINGS DONE. SO THE MORE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL, THE BETTER. SO I'LL WELCOME THAT. YEAH. AND, AND I JUST CHECKED WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND HE, HE SEEMS FINE WITH THAT, WITH DOING AN RLI . YEAH. FOR, FOR ERIC DOESN'T FEEL HIS BEST TODAY. UM, HAVE, BE SURE TO TAKE ICAM, UH, DURING LUNCH BREAK, . UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I HAVE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT THE PARK LOCATION, IT IS NOT A GREAT SOLUTION. IT'S, IT IS, IT IS AN IMPORTANT SOLUTION, BUT ONLY OUT OF NECESSITY. BUT IT WAS NEVER THE IDEAL SOLUTION. IT WAS NEVER A GREAT SOLUTION. CLEARLY NO ONE LIKES THE IDEA OF TOUCHING GREEN SPACE, WHETHER IT IS ACTIVE PARK SPACE, WHETHER IT'S UTILIZED OR NOT. IT'S GREEN SPACE, IT'S OPEN SPACE, IT'S, UH, IT'S PERMEABLE SPACE FOR THE WATER. IT IS OPEN SPACE JUST FOR, TO HAVE A, A GOOD, GOOD URBAN PLANNING. SO IT WAS NEVER A GREAT SOLUTION. IT WAS IMPERFECT FROM, FROM, FROM THE GET GO. BUT IT WAS A NECESSITY. AND, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S OUR PRIORITY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY. I'VE ALWAYS FELT VERY COMFORTABLE EXPLORING THIS BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS UNANIMOUS AS WAS HIGHLIGHTED. WE WERE EITHER 7.0 OR 6.0, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A DISSENTING VOICE OR, OR A DISSENTING VOTE IN THIS PROCESS. AND SO, AND SO, FOR AS LONG AS WE ARE GOING OUT THERE AND LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION, SEEING CLEARLY THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO DISSENTING VOTES FOR THE PARK LOCATION, YOU KNOW, TOUCHING GREEN SPACE IS A BIG MOVE. AND WE SHOULD ONLY CONTINUE DOING THAT IF THERE REALLY IS A STRONG BACKING OF THE COMMISSION. IN FACT, NO, THERE'S THREE VOICES AGAINST, AGAINST HAVING IT A ON THE GREEN SPACE. COMMISSIONER WILSON GONZALEZ, WHO SENT AN EMAIL TODAY SAYING YOU DON'T SUPPORT IT AT, AT THE PARK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HAS REPEATEDLY, UH, SAID HE DOESN'T SUPPORT IT AT THE PARK. AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS SAID HE DOESN'T SUPPORT IT AT, AT THE PARK, ACTUALLY SAID THAT TOO IN MY REMARKS. OKAY. AND THERE YOU GO. AND, AND MAYOR MINOR. SO THERE, SO THERE'S ALREADY FOUR, FOUR VOICES SAYING, SAYING THAT THIS DOES NOT BELONG AT, AT THE PARK. IT'S A HARD BANDAID TO PULL OFF BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WANT TO DELIVER THIS HIGHLY NECESSARY PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AS WE JUST HEARD FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF, [03:45:01] THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION IN THE NATION WITH THE DENSITY THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA. SO CLEARLY THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY IN THE HEART OF SOUTH BEACH, BUT CLEARLY FLAMINGO PARK IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LOCATION. I, I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT WRITING IS CLEARLY ON THE WALL. AND I THINK, AND, AND, AND, AND FOR AS MUCH AS THIS LOCATION WAS RAISED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND THE VOTERS COUNTY WIDE BACKED PLACING IT IN THIS SPACE, AND THE MAMIE BEACH RESIDENTS BACKED PLACING IT IN THIS SPACE, AND EVEN THE FLAMINGO PARK VOTING PRECINCT, UH, VOTED IN FAVOR OF PLACING IT IN THIS SPACE. THE COMMISSION TODAY IS NOT, IT'S NOT ALIGNED IN, IN PLACING IT THERE ANY ANYMORE. AND SO I'M NOT AGAINST TODAY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT IS TIME TO TAKE THAT OPTION OFF THE TABLE, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST FOCUS ON WHAT IT CAN BE. WE KNOW IT CAN'T BE THE, THE SOUTHSHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE KNOW IT CAN'T BE FLAMINGO PARK. WE KNOW, UM, WE KNOW FIRE STATION ONE HAS ITS VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES. SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HAS THIS MOTION, LET'S GO OUT THERE, LOOK FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS. LET'S GO OUT THERE, DO AN RFLI AND COME BACK IN 60 DAYS, GIVE FEEDBACK TO OUR ADMINISTRATION, GET THEM SOME MORE TIME SO THEY CAN COME BACK WITH SOMETHING SOLID. UH, BUT CLEARLY, CLEARLY TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT, I DON'T THINK THIS COMMISSION IS, IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND, AND KEEPING THAT THERE. AND LET'S JUST PULL THAT BANDAID OFF. O OR OTHERWISE, THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT, THEY'RE JUST GONNA KEEP COMING OUT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S THEIR TIME, IT'S THEIR ENERGY. IS THE STABILITY THAT THEY DESERVE, IS IT, IS IT THE PERFECT SOLUTION? OR, OR, OR, OR IS IT THE PERFECT SITUATION TO BE AT TODAY? NO, IT'S NOT THE PERFECT SITUATION TO BE AT TODAY, COMMISSIONER. BUT IS IT HIGHLY FRUSTRATING? IT IS VERY HIGHLY FRUSTRATING. IT FEELS LIKE DEJA VU. WE KEEP ON HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THERE WILL NEVER BE THE PERFECT SITE. SOUTH, SOUTH FIFTH DOESN'T WANT IT. PEOPLE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF WEST AVENUE DON'T WANT IT. PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT FURTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF FLAMINGO PARK. SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR THIS. AND I AM CONVINCED THE ONLY WAY WE WILL LAND ON A LOCATION THAT EVERYONE WILL BE ULTIMATELY ABLE TO AGREE UPON IS IF WE WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHAT DO PEOPLE HAVE? WHAT ASSETS DO PEOPLE OWN ON ALTON ROAD THAT THEY MAY WANT TO DEVELOP AND BE WILLING TO INCORPORATE A FIRE STATION IN? THE ONE THING I'VE HEARD IS THAT, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT BEING IN THE PARK, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT AGAINST THE FIRE STATION BEING ON ELTON ROAD. AND THAT STANDS OUT TO ME. WHAT ASSETS DO PEOPLE OWN ON FIFTH STREET? SCOTT DERMAN HAS BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF TIMES THOUGH THE, UH, WALGREENS THERE, YOU KNOW, AND ON FIFTH STREET. ON FIFTH STREET, AND I KNOW PERHAPS WE HAVE REACHED OUT, BUT WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO THE OPEN MARKET IN GENERAL AND PLACED OUT A REQUEST FOR INTERESTS, UH, FROM THE GENERAL MARKETPLACE OF PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE. LET'S DO THAT AND SEE LIKE HOW WE DID WITH LINCOLN ROAD. WE PARTNERED WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WE'RE DELIVERING SOLUTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS ON LINCOLN ROAD, WHERE THE TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING A 200% RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT. WHILE PERHAPS THIS IS 1.1 SUCH INSTANCE WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO PARTNER UP WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR AND FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION. SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I SUPPORT YOU. UM, I ALSO SUPPORT US INCORPORATING INTO THAT, DOING AN RFLI INTO, INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I THINK, I THINK YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT TODAY TO, TO, TO GET, UM, THE FIRE STATION OUT OF CONSIDERATION. AND COMMISSIONER BOND, I GIVE YOU MY ADMIRATION BECAUSE YOU REALLY WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. UH, WE'VE COLLABORATED A LOT ON THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO FIND OURSELVES AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO US. I KNOW IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GOB OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST BETTER TO RIP THAT BANDAID NOW, COMMISSIONER RUSS GONZALEZ. SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, YOU'RE SAYING TAKE FLAMINGO PARK OFF THE TABLE TODAY. CAN WE TAKE THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER OFF THE TABLE TODAY? IT ALREADY, IT ALREADY IS. YOU PASSED IT SIX ONE LAST YEAR. WELL, BUT THIS DOESN'T TAKE IT BACK OFF THE TABLE. I MEAN, IS IT STILL ON THE TABLE? THAT WOULD BE MY, UH, BIG WORRY BECAUSE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, FIRST IT WENT SOUTH OF [03:50:01] FIFTH. YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ORGANIZED, AFFLUENT, EDUCATED PEOPLE, AND THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT IT HERE. WELL, ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT TRUE. FIRST IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO FLAMINGO PARK WHERE THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE WAS. AND ACTUALLY I HELPED RUN A CAMPAIGN TO TAKE IT OUTTA FLAMINGO PARK THE FIRST TIME. THEN WE TRIED TO MOVE IT SOUTH OF FIFTH TO THE DOG BARK, AND THEY ORGANIZED THEN WHAT, WHAT UPSETS ME SO MUCH ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE, WHO, UM, ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE ARE, UH, HOSPITALITY WORKERS AND THE WORKING CLASS OF MIAMI BEACH, WE JUST DECIDED TO PLOP IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT DIDN'T MATTER IF IT WAS SERVICING SENIORS OR SERVICING CHILDREN. UM, THOSE PEOPLE HAD NO VOICE. AND SO WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION FOR THE PARK, DID WE WANT TO PUT IT IN A PARK? NO. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE A PARK OR A COMMUNITY CENTER TO GET A FIRE STATION? AND THAT IS WHY MY RESOLUTION IS BUILT IT WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS. NOW, FORMER COMMISSIONER GRIECO CAME FORWARD TODAY AND SAID, OH, THERE'S A SEWER PUMP THERE, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE PLANS TO PUT THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE THERE. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S OKAY FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN TO OCCUPY A FACILITY NEXT TO A SEWER STATION, BUT A A BUNCH OF MUSCLY GUYS, FIREFIGHTERS CAN'T TAKE IT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY TO REMEDIATE. WE HAVE A SLOT RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE THE FUNDING RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE THE PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE IT HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING FOR DECADES, RIGHT THERE. AND ALL OF OUR ARRIVAL TIMES ARE WORKING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS AT ALL. A LOT OF THOSE CALLS ARE EMS CALLS THAT YOU'RE GETTING THERE. NOT NECESSARILY FIRE CALLS. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD SACRIFICE ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE A PIECE OF LAND, WE HAVE THAT PIECE OF LAND. WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW BIKINI HOSTEL, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE. POSSIBLY WE COULD TAKE IT AND PUT IT WHERE THE BIKINI HOSTEL IS. I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, TAP, TAP IS FOR SALE ON FIFTH STREET. AND BY THE WAY, THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN ON SALE FOR A LONG TIME NOW. AND YOU COULD PROBABLY NEGOTIATE TAP, TAP FOR A VERY, UH, GOOD PRICE BECAUSE IF YOU NEEDED TO REBUILD PART OF IT WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS, AND THAT IF YOU NEED A SPACE TO PUT A COUPLE OF TRUCKS, JUST BUY, TAP, TAP AND HAVE YOUR BIG, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? LADDER, BIG LADDER TRUCKS. MM-HMM . ON FIFTH STREET RIGHT THERE. OKAY. BECAUSE BY THE WAY, THOSE BIG TRUCKS ARE VERY INTRUSIVE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A PRIMARILY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THIS. I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. I HATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT BECAUSE THERE ARE SERIOUS ECONOMIC, UH, CONSEQUENCES TO ALL OF THIS WAITING AS WE'VE WAITED OVER THE YEARS, UM, WE'VE LOST, UM, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT THE POINT IS, IS WHEN YOU PUT IT IN A PLACE THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE IN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THEN INSISTED UPON THAT PLACE, A MORRIS LAPIDUS BUILDING, A BUILDING SERVICING, UM, OUR, OUR POOREST OF RAPPORT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT MOVE FORWARD ARE THE ONES THAT HELP THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP THEMSELVES. SO COMMISSIONER BOT, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A MAMMOTH EFFORT, AND ANDRE SA AND KOBE KARP AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AND, UM, SO WHAT I WOULD SAY, AND I I HATE TO DO THIS TO FIRE DEPARTMENT, IS THAT WE SHOULD EXTEND IT FOR, ARE WE SAYING 120 DAYS NOW TO COME BACK WITH, UM, AND WE'RE REMOVING THE, SO WOULD THAT BE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? WILL YOU ADD TO YOUR MOTION? WE TAKE FLAMINGO PARK OFF THE TABLE. WE WAIT 120 DAYS AND WE COME BACK WITH, UM, AND WE COME BACK WITH, UH, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING, I BET YOU, YOU CAN PICK UP TOP, TOP FOR PROBABLY MAKE AN OFFER FOR $4 MILLION. IT'S AN ESTATE, BY THE WAY. I MEAN THE, THE MAN DIED. NOBODY HAS WANTED TO, UH, PURCHASE IT. IT COULD JUST BE A HUGE BAY AND WITH SOMETHING ON TOP OF IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGEST TRUCKS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE THE HAITIAN SISTINE CHAPEL. I TRY AND STOP. I WAS G LISTENING, I WAS GOING TO THE COUNTY TO TRY TO SAVE IT WITH A HAITIAN CULTURAL CENTER. AND, UH, NOW THE COUNTY HAS A SERIOUS, I I I SAYEST. I KNOW, BUT IT'S TRUE. I, I WOULD HATE TO, I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN WHEN, WHEN THIS COMES BACK WITH I, I WANNA SEE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE TABLE, OFF THE TABLE, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE IN 120 DAYS. AND I'M GONNA PUT A MOTION THEN THAT WE MAKE A VOTE AND IT, I'M GONNA TALK TO LEGAL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE IRREVERSIBLE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T CARE WHAT'S ON THE TABLE, WHAT'S OFF THE TABLE. ALLS I KNOW IS I WANNA SEE EVERY AND ALL OPTION POSSIBLE SO WE CAN MAKE A COLLECTIVE DECISION IN 120 DAYS MOVE FORWARD, GIVE THE FIRE MEN AND WOMEN THE STATION THAT THEY DESERVE, THE STATION OUR CITY DESERVES, AND NOT LOOK BACK. SO THEN I'LL DEFER MY RESOLUTION TOO, IN CASE WE DON'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING ELSE. , ERIC, WE, UH, WE STARTED WITH 60 DAYS. NOW IT'S APPEARS ONE 20. DO YOU, DO YOU NEED THAT MUCH TIME? I, I, I MEAN, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE TIME THAT YOU NEED, BUT NOT, NOT ANYMORE. OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE CHANGING DIRECTION ON THIS, [03:55:01] THEN I'M GONNA NEED EVERY BIT OF A FOUR MONTH PERIOD TO ANALYZE EVERYTHING AS TO WHAT IS POTENTIALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY I AM VERY INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE WAY. UM, AND I'M GONNA NEED SOME TIME TO DO THAT EVALUATION, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. AND BEFORE I CALL ON COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, ALL THE COMMENTS. BUT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, YOUR COMMENTS, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS, UH, ZERO DESCENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT THAT LITERALLY, BUT, UH, A A RESIDENT REMINDED ME THAT WHEN THIS CAME UP, I HAD EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS. I, I EVEN SAID THAT I DON'T THINK THIS WILL EVER HAPPEN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. UM, BESIDE AND, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE PARK AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S DOING, WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR CITY, BUT ALSO, UM, WE WERE PUTTING ON A, AN EXTRA 15 $20 MILLION PRICE TAG, WHICH, UH, WHICH WAS QUITE A BIT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE IMPEDIMENT WHICH DIDN'T END UP HAPPENING, HUH? NO, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ COMMER, THANK YOU. UM, LOOK, I, I, I ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAID. WE, WE REALLY DO NEED TO RIP THE BANDAID OFF, AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS HAVE COME OUT AND, AND REALLY SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, THAT THIS SITE SHOULD BE OFF THE TABLE. UM, BECAUSE THE COMMISSION IS BROKEN ON THIS, I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO, TO POSSIBLY KEEP ALL, ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. I MEAN, I, THAT SHOULD BE RECIPROCAL WITH SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY IN FAVOR OF, OF PUTTING IT THERE AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT I FOR SURE, 100% I'M OPPOSED TO PUTTING THE FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENT, UM, THAT IT'S GONNA SET AND THE DAMAGE IT'S GONNA DO TO, TO, TO THE PARK'S OVERALL ESSENCE. AND SO, UH, I, I'M, I COULD BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S INITIATIVE TO REALLY PERHAPS MAYBE CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND, AND, AND IN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, A HUNDRED DAYS, 120 DAYS. BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO WALK AWAY TODAY AND I'M, I, AND I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING TODAY AND WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD, WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE HUNG OUT TO DRY AND, AND, AND GET ANOTHER THREE, FOUR MONTHS OF WAITING TO, TO, TO SEE IF THIS, UM, FIRE STATION'S GONNA BE BUILT, UH, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY PARK. SO, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO, UH, REMOVE FLAMINGO PARK, UM, TRACK OO OFF THE TABLE FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE I THINK THE VOTES UP HERE ALREADY, UM, ALREADY SIGNAL THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA REALLY WANNA DO THAT. UM, AND LET'S AT LEAST GIVE THE COURTESY TO THE RESIDENTS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH WHO ARE LOOKING OR WATCHING, UH, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE THERE. WELL, WE JUST LOST YOUR, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. WHY DON'T WE CALL THE VOTE? I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT FOR COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE TO COME BACK, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG, UM, ITEM. AND IF WE, WE NEED TO WAIT, WE CAN ALSO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, BUT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, HERE'S THE THING. UM, WE HAVE, WE KNOW WHAT THIS OPTION LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION. UH, WE'VE SIGNALED THAT IT'S NOT GOING HERE. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS, IF WE INCLUDE IT, EXCLUDE IT, WE COULD EXCLUDE IT, RIGHT? BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS INFORMATION, SO IN 120 DAYS, WHEN WE COME TO VOTE ON IT, IF THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE, OR EVEN FOUR PEOPLE THAT GO, YOU KNOW WHAT, THANKS, BUT THESE OPTIONS ARE ACTUALLY LUKEWARM TO ME. I'M GONNA PUT IT BACK IN THE PARK. CERTAINLY THAT'S A POSSIBILITY IF THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE THEN AT THAT TIME THAT WANNA DO SO. UM, SO GIVEN THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THE SSC AND ALSO FLAMINGO PARK, IT'S REALLY IMMATERIAL IF WE INCLUDE THEM, EXCLUDE THEM WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE, WE'RE GONNA DO SO WITH A PLETHORA OF ALL OF OUR OPTIONS. SO I'M FINE EITHER WAY. UM, BUT IF YOU EXCLUDE THEM, I RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, OPTION TO, LIKE I SAID, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I RESPECTFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WATCHING, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION NOT BEING INCLUDED. I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM NOT TO DRAG THEM ALONG FOR ANOTHER THREE, FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN POSSIBLY HAVE THEM COME BACK AGAIN, UH, IN THREE, FOUR MONTHS TO, TO, TO ALSO OPPOSE THIS LOCATION. [04:00:01] I MEAN, THE VOTES ARE HERE TO EXCLUDE IT. OKAY. WELL, I, I, I'D LIKE THIS TO BE, I'D LIKE TO, I'D, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D LIKE US TO BE ALMOST UNANIMOUS ON THIS. I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T, I, I, I THINK THE COMMISSIONS IN THE PAST HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN A REAL BAD HABIT OF KIND OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, JUST LETTING THESE OPTIONS OUT, UH, FOR, FOR TIME TO PASS ON. LET'S MAKE A DECISION TODAY MOVING, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE STEP FOR, UM, FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I THINK WE JUST LOOK, WE NEED TO TAKE A BOLD STANCE AND SAY, LOOK, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT HERE. WE SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT, PEOPLE THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN, UH, HAVE SPOKEN, AND THEY VEHEMENTLY DO NOT WANT IT HERE. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, AS CO-SPONSOR TO YOUR ITEM, AND I CAME OUT UNEQUIVOCALLY AND SAID, I, I DON'T EVER SEE MYSELF PUTTING IT THERE. UH, I THINK THAT'S A BOLD STANCE. NOW, WHETHER THE REST OF THE BODY WANTS TO INCLUDE IT OR EXCLUDE IT, I'LL LET YOU ALL MAKE THAT CALL. OBVIOUSLY BY ME SAYING, I NEVER AM GOING TO VOTE FOR IT TO PUT IN THE PARK BY DE FACTO . THAT'S MY VOTE TO EXCLUDE IT. UH, BUT IF THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT SAY, I WANT THAT OPTION ON THE TABLE, THEN YOU ALL CAN COLLECTIVELY DECIDE, UH, I'M FINE EXCLUDING IT. BUT IF THERE'S, UM, I THINK MR. MAYOR, IF JUST FOR JUST FOR PROCEDURE, HOW ABOUT WE JUST CALL MY, THE ORIGINAL ITEM FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHERE THE LE BOATS LIE, AND THEN WE CAN SEE, UM, IF THE, THE NEW MOTION PUT ON THE TABLE TODAY. UM, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT WAS JUST MADE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, THAT'S HOW THE, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY CLEARLY AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS STARTED, I KNOW MR. MAYOR, YOU DISSENTED, YOU VOICED CONCERNS, BUT THE VOTES WERE, ULTIMATELY, THE VOTES WERE UNANIMOUS. THE VOTE ALL ALONG THE PROCESS, AS COMMISSIONER BOT MENTIONED IN, IN HER PRESENTATION, AND, AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER BOT HAS WORKED SO HARD ON THIS ISSUE, AND I CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, I CANNOT BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION SHE MUST HAVE. UH, AS I'M SURE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WITH, WITH THE CONDITIONS AND THE CHALLENGES AT FIRE STATION ONE AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH US, IT IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. THIS PROCESS WAS STARTED UNANIMOUSLY ALL ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS NO LONGER A UNANIMOUS DECISION. AND IF TOUCHING GREEN SPACE, RECREATIONAL PARK, GREEN SPACE REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE ELECTORATE, I THINK IT ALSO SHOULD REQUIRE A STRONG, UNIFIED POSITION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY. THIS CANNOT BE A DIVIDED POSITION THAT SOME OF US WANTED THERE, AND SOME OF US DO NOT KNOW. LIKE, THIS IS, THIS IS PRECIOUS ASSET, AND WE ALL HAVE TO BE UNITED IN THIS. SO GIVEN THAT WE ARE NO LONGER UNITED, NOWHERE BEING UNANIMOUS AND PLACING IT THERE, I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR ADMINISTRATION THAT IT'S GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS. THE CLARITY OF JUST SAYING TODAY, LET'S JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE. AND SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY, LET'S JUST AMEND YOUR ITEM. LET'S AMEND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR MOTION TO MAKE IT CLEAR. OKAY? WE'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE 60 DAYS FOR IDEAS, ANOTHER 60 DAYS TO EXPLORE, UM, THOSE RESULTS, DO AN DO AN RFLI AND MAKE IT CLEAR TODAY WE'RE JUST RIPPING THE BANDAID AND TAKING FIRE STATION, UM, OUT OF, OUT OF THIS GREEN SPACE. AND AGAIN, IF NOT ONLY FOR THE CLARITY, FOR THE RESPECT OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE AND ACTIVATE AND SEND EMAILS AND BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE CAUSING OUR RESIDENTS TO BE CONCERNED AND ACTIVATING AND COLLECTING SIGNATURES AND SHOWING UP AT MEETINGS IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY. MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER BOT. SO, UM, THERE, THE, THE MOTION THEN WOULD BE TAKING THIS OUT OFF THE TABLE AND TAKING SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER OFF THE TABLE AND EVALUATING ALL OTHER OPTIONS. YES. YES. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD VOTE FOR. I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A COMMUNITY CENTER OR A PARK. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. WE HAVE TO GIVE THE DIRECTION, FIND A NEW, NEW SPOT, WHICH IS WHY I SAY BUILD IT. BUILD IT WHERE IT IS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SPOT. IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PAL. IT CAN BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS. AND EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION IS COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, SUBVERTING THE WILL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. CAN I, IN EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT, INCLUDING [04:05:01] THE FLAMINGO PARK PRECINCT, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ? IT'S FACT, I, I COMMISSIONER BROUGHT I KNOW THAT, BUT THE BALLOT QUESTION JUST SAID PUBLIC SAFETY. IT, IT WASN'T CLEAR. PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW WHERE OR WHAT THAT MEANT. OH, IT WAS CLEAR WHEN THEY VOTED FOR IT. WELL, NO, IT WAS CLEAR. IT WAS CLEAR. IT SAID, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WOULD YOU GIVE UP THIS PORTION? BUT IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT HERE AND ASK 50 PEOPLE IN FLAMINGO PARK, IF THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE BALLOT QUESTION REALLY WAS AND WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING, THEY WOULD TELL YOU, NO, WE VOTED FOR THIS, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT THIS. AND THAT'S WHY YOU GOT THE SAFE FLAMINGO PARK AFTERWARD. I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY WANTED, WE COULD PUT ANOTHER BALLOT QUESTION ON. IT WOULD COST US NOTHING IN NOVEMBER. AND JUST SAY, WOULD YOU WANNA PUT THE FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK? WOULD YOU WANNA PUT THE FIRE STATION IN THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER? LET THE ELECTORATE FINALLY WEIGH IN AND SAVE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SAVE THESE TWO, UH, BUILDINGS. UH, IT'S NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING TO PUT THESE QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT. IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT RUNNING A CAMPAIGN. I DON'T WANT TO, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT, I MEAN, THAT WAY YOU WOULD KNOW IF THE ELECTORATE REALLY DID. I THINK IF YOU TOLD THEM, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE FIRE STATION IN FLAMINGO PARK THE WAY THAT WE WERE, UM, IT WOULD BE TROUBLESOME IF IT WERE UP TO ME. I WOULD WAIT THE 120 DAYS AND LET'S COME BACK WITH A WHOLE MENU. BUT I WOULD REALLY, TODAY LET'S, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THAT DESIGN. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST BECAUSE WE VOTE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW DOESN'T MEAN THAT IN 120 DAYS, MR. MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW, I, I CAN'T SEE US EVER VOTING FOR IT, BECAUSE IT REALLY WOULD, IT WOULD KIND OF BOX IN THE TRACK. IT'S NOT THAT IT WOULD INTRUDE UPON THE TRACK, BUT YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTIONS ON ONE SIDE. IF YOU PUT CONSTRUCTIONS ON THE OTHER, YOU GET KIND OF A HOT BOX INSTEAD OF THE, A BOAT LIKE BREEZE. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO, TO BREATHE. COMMISSIONER BOT, THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS GONNA BRING US HOME. I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 120 DAYS, HALF OF WHICH IS TO FIND EVERY CONCEIVABLE OPTION. THE OTHER HALF OF WHICH IS TO TRY TO BRING ONE OR TWO OF THOSE FORWARD AS THE BEST OPTIONS. AND IN DOING SO, NOT REMOVING ANYTHING FROM THE TABLE, THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. SO THIS DRAMA OF, YOU KNOW, SWEARING FEY TO ONE PERSON OR ANOTHER IS, IS ABSURD. LET'S PUT EVERY OPTION ON THE TABLE. EVERY OPTION. DOESN'T MEAN EVERY, BUT TWO, EVERY OPTION MEANS EVERY, AND THEN WE CAN ALL MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOB, MR. MAGAZINE. SO NOT TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, UM, 'CAUSE I AM GONNA BRING THIS HOME, MR. MAYOR. I WILL VOTE TO EXCLUDE FLAMINGO PARK, UH, FROM THIS 'CAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE TEMPERATURE OF MY COLLEAGUES. THAT BEING SAID, WHETHER IT BE THIS OR ONE OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE EXCLUDED, WE CAN SIT HERE. WE REVERSE DECISIONS ALL THE TIME. AND IF IT'S THE WILL IN 120 DAYS THAT THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE THAT WANNA PUT IT IN A PARK, THEN THEY'RE GONNA VOTE TO PUT IT IN A PARK, WHETHER WE INCLUDE IT EXCLUDED. SO THIS IS KIND OF ALL MINI DRAMA, UH, UP HERE NOW. SO I'LL AMEND THE MOTION TO EXCLUDE FLAMINGO PARK. NOW, UM, I WILL NOT BACKTRACK ON MY WORD EVER ABOUT VOTING TO PUT IT IN FLAMINGO PARK. UH, BUT JUST TO FOREWARNED, JUST 'CAUSE IT IS TECHNICALLY EXCLUDED, UH, FROM HERE ON THIS MOTION, DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF THERE'S THE WILL OF FOUR PEOPLE IN 120 DAYS TO PUT IT THERE, THAT THIS DECISION CANNOT BE REVERSED. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING KIND OF MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE THESE PLANS FOR FLAMINGO PARK AND OTHER OPTIONS WHERE JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE EXCLUDING IT NOW DOESN'T MEAN IN 120 DAYS THAT VOTE CAN INCLUDE THIS. THAT WILL NOT BE MY VOTE. UM, SO I WILL HAPPILY AMEND THE MOTION TO EXCLUDE FLAMINGO PARK NOW. UH, BUT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, WHATEVER IS INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED AT THIS POINT CAN SIMPLY BE REVERSED IN 120 DAYS ANYWAY. AND, AND SO THIS IS SO MUCH, MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING. BUT IF IT'S SYMBOLIC, THEN WILL YOU ADD IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER TOO? UM, IT, IT'S, UH, I'LL REPEAT THE SAME EXACT, UH, SOAPBOX DRAMA THAT I JUST GAVE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. UM, BUT THERE'S GONNA COME A POINT IN TIME IN 120 DAYS WHERE WE MAKE A VOTE AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE, RIGHT? IT, THAT'S, IT'S JUST HOW LEGISLATION WORKS. IT'S CALLED A VOTE. SO WHAT WAS THE MOTION? IT WAS ONLY TAKING FLAMINGO PARK OFF THE TABLE. IF THIS IS JUST A SYMBOLIC MOTION, THEN WOULD YOU ALSO YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE. TAKE THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. WOULD YOU ADD THAT ON? SURE. OKAY, GREAT. WHATEVER THE COLLEAGUES WANNA [04:10:01] DO. OKAY, THAT'S THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND. IT'S CALLED THE VOTE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'VE ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT THAT SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY IS ALSO OFF THE TABLE THAT COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ OFFERED. YEAH. CITY STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THOSE OPTIONS. WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, THE FULL INFORMATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UH, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A FULL MENU OF OPTIONS OF HOW TO ADVANCE. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. IT INCLUDES THE 60 DAYS OF IDEAS, THE ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS OF EXPLORATION. RFLI. WELL, WELL, IT, IT, CAN WE DO MORE THAN WE SHOULD? WE, WE SHOULD DO MORE THAN 60 DAYS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO A SUMMER. SO LET'S MAKE IT 90 DAYS TO INCLUDE COMMISSIONER. OKAY, SO, SO 90 PLUS 60, IS THAT WHAT IT'S NO, 90 TOTAL? NO. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DO 60 DAYS TO COME UP WITH COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTED SOURCED IDEAS. AND THEN, AND YES. AND THEN CITY STAFF WILL HAVE 60 DAYS TO EVALUATE THAT. IF YOU COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT WE NEED ANOTHER 30 DAYS, WE CAN AMEND THAT. BUT WHETHER IT'S AFTER 120 DAYS OR 150 DAYS, I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VOTE HAPPENS AND WE NEVER LOOK BACK FROM IT. TRY TO STICK TO THE ONE 20. OKAY, SO, RAFAEL, YEAH. SO 60, 60, WE GOTTA GET MOVING. RFLI, UH, FLAMINGO PARK EXCLUDED. SOUTH SHORE PARK EXCLUDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO FOR THE RECORD. THE, THE 120 DAYS WOULD TAKE US TO NOVEMBER 20TH. THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING AFTER THAT IS DECEMBER 17TH. SO WE WOULD BRING THIS ITEM BACK ON DECEMBER 17TH. YEAH, AND IT IS POSSIBLE, AS I THINK COMMISSIONER EZ SAYS, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU WANNA COME BACK IN 60 DAYS FIRST. OKAY. WE, WE COULD CALL A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING JUST TO DISCUSS THIS, BUT WE, WE'LL PLAY THAT BY EAR. SO IGNORE THE, THAT DATE. AND, UH, UH, DO YOU WANT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO WITH THESE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE THERE ORIGINALLY? DO? ARE THESE NOW WITHDRAWN AND NOW A NUDE, UH, RESOLUTION TAKES PLACE? I'LL WITHDRAW ONE. OKAY, SO, SO YOU ARE WITHDRAWING C SEVEN AL COMMISSIONER? YES. SO COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ, ARE YOU WITHDRAWING THEN? C SEVEN AF? SURE. BUT I DON'T THINK WE WANNA WITHDRAW. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ IS, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE IDEAS TO PUT FORWARD, UH, AS PART OF THIS MENU OF ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO SEE RETURNED. SO C SEVEN AG IS DEFERRED TO WHENEVER THE WHOLE BULK OF THE ITEMS COME BACK. YES. JUST DEFER MINE. SO WITHDRAWING C SEVEN AF, DEFERRING C SEVEN A WITHDRAWING C SEVEN AAL. I, I, OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. IF WE'RE IN THE ELECTION CYCLE IN NOVEMBER, AND NOW WE HAVE A MONTH LONG, UM, LET'S SAY THAT WE HAVE RUNOFFS OR SOMETHING, THE MONTH LONG RUN RUNOFF. SO WHAT, WHO IS SERVING AT THE COMMISSION MEETING IN NOVEMBER? IS IT, IF THE CURRENT ELECTEDS ARE SERVING UNTIL THE NEW ELECTEDS ARE APPOINTED, WHICH IS ON THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND TUESDAY IN DECEMBER, BUT I THINK IN DECEMBER, I THINK WHAT RALPH SAID IS THERE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND TUESDAY IN DECEMBER, RALPH, THERE IS, YOU WERE JUST GIVING THE NOVEMBER 20. THERE'S NO COMMISSION MEETING. THERE IS NO COMMISSION MEETING MEETING IN NOVEMBER. HE WAS JUST TELLING US WHEN THE DATE'S RUN. AND THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS DECEMBER 17TH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS DECEMBER 17TH. DECEMBER 17TH. AND WHAT IS OUR ART BASEL THIS YEAR? DO WE KNOW ART BASEL? YES, I KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, DECEMBER 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR CALENDARS WITH YOU, BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT. BUT IT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY AFTER THE SECOND MONDAY. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK WE CAN RESOLVE THIS OFFLINE. WHY DON'T WE TAKE OUR LUNCH BREAK? UH, IT'S, UH, WE'LL RECONVENE AT ONE 30. USUALLY WE COME BACK AT ONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ONLY 12 MINUTES. NOW. ONE 30 SUT HOUR ONE. THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEARING WITH US AS WE HAD A LITTLE BIT SHORTENED, UH, LUNCHTIME, WORKING LUNCH AS, AS I SAY. BUT, UH, WHY DON'T WE CONTINUE WITH OUR SUT, NICK? I DON'T WANNA SAY HOUR, 'CAUSE I DON'T, THE AFTERNOON SESSION IS GENERALLY NOT AN HOUR. RALPH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF ANYONE IS HERE, THE AUDIENCE AND WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. UH, OUR FIRST CALLER VIA ZOOM IS DANIEL. DANIEL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. DANIEL, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YES. HI. THANK YOU. DANIEL ERALDO, A COMMISSION CANDIDATE GROUP 1 7 30 10TH STREET. AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ITEM R SEVEN B WARRANT REQUEST FOR 36 11 AND 36 12 COLLINS AVENUE. THIS IS NOT JUST A ROUTINE WARRANT REQUEST, IT IS THE TEST OF OUR VALUES OF WHETHER WE STAND BY [04:15:01] THE PRINCIPLES OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT DEFINE MIAMI BEACH. THESE ARE NOT JUST OLD BUILDINGS. THEY ARE DESIGNATED HISTORIC LANDMARKS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THEY'RE STILL INTACT, THOUGH NEGLECTED BY THE CURRENT OWNERS WHO ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME WARRANT. AND THIS, THESE PROPERTIES ARE ABSOLUTELY CAPABLE OF BEING PART OF A REVISED, MORE RESPECTFUL PLAN. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU USES STATE LAW 1526 TO BYPASS LOCAL PRESERVATION RULES, RAISES SERIOUS LEGAL AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS. AND THE WARRANT BEING CONSIDERED TODAY WOULD GRANT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE THAT THESE BUILDINGS NO LONGER MATTER. MORE STUDY IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FAR WOULD ACTUALLY BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SITE. THIS CALCULATION IS CRITICAL AND RUSHING AHEAD WITHOUT IT RISK SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT REWARDS DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT. AS WE KNOW, THE ZONING LAWS IN COLLINS WATERFRONT DISTRICT, WERE RIDDEN WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS ON THESE SITES. SO THE MAXIMUM FAR CANNOT BE THE SAME IF THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE VACANT LOTS TO BUILD ANOTHER LUXURY HIGHRISE. IF WE GRANT THIS WARRANT TODAY, WE LOSE ALL LEVERAGE TO NEGOTIATE A BETTER OUTCOME. BUT IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU BRING THE OWNERS BACK TO THE TABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON A PROJECT THAT RESPECTS BOTH OUR PAST AND OUR FUTURE. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION MEANS SOMETHING IN MIAMI BEACH, NOT JUST WHEN IT'S EASY, BUT WHEN IT COUNTS. THANK YOU. AND ALSO FOR THOSE INTERESTED, YOU COULD VISIT MY WEBSITE WHERE I HAVE A LETTER TO THE CYPRIANI FAMILY AT DANIEL FOR MIAMI BEACH.ORG. YOU GO AHEAD, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. SURE. MY NAME IS THOMAS KENNEDY. I, UH, LIVE IN THE MAINLAND 6 6 0 1 NORTHWEST FIRST PLACE, UH, MIAMI, FLORIDA 3 3 1 5 0. BUT I WANTED TO COME HERE AND, AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION REGARDING ITEM, UH, I BELIEVE C SEVEN Y. UH, YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A, A PLACE THAT HAS WELCOMED PEOPLE, UH, FLEEING TYRANNY, FLEEING GENOCIDE. IT'S BEEN A PLACE, UH, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE. AND ALSO IT'S A PLACE WHERE OUR, THE ECONOMY IS DEPENDENT ON, ON TOURISM, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A WELCOMING PLACE. SO I THINK THAT THIS ITEM REALLY REAFFIRMS NOT JUST THAT HISTORY, BUT ALSO PUTS, UH, THE CITY'S BEST FACE FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE A WELCOMING AND THRIVING PLACE. SO I THINK IT, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT ITEM AND I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS, I JUST WANT TO, MR. FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO PUT FOR THE RECORD, FOR, FOR ANYONE THAT'S, THAT'S WAITING. ITEM C SEVEN Y WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH A CONSENT AGENDA. SO, BUT THANK YOU TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE BABI. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI EVERYBODY, IT'S FABIAN BABI, NINE ISLAND AVENUE. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD LUNCH AND A NICE CLEAN AND SANITARY PLACE. YOU ALL TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, YOU TALK ABOUT DIGNITY FOR EVERYONE ELSE, BUT WHERE IS THE DIGNITY FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS RIGHT NOW? THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE CITY ARE WORKING IN A FIRE STATION WHERE RAW SEWAGE BACKS UP ALL THE TIME. THEY SHOW UP TO BE YOUR HEROES. AND INSTEAD, THEY'RE SHOVELING HUMAN WASTE. THEY'RE LITERALLY WET VACUUMING IT BEFORE STARTING THEIR SHIFT. AND YOU GUYS LET THIS ITEM GO ON AND ON FOR YEARS. YOU CHASE THEIR ENDORSEMENTS DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON. YOU STAND NEXT TO THEM FOR PHOTO OPS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS, THEIR SILENCE, NO URGENCY, NO DECISION, NO RESPECT. I REALIZE MANY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS DO NOT LIVE OR VOTE IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT THAT SHOULD NEVER DETERMINE THE VALUE WE PLACE ON SERVICE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WE COUNT ON IN EMERGENCIES, AND WE HAVE LEFT THEM TO WORK IN CONDITIONS THAT WE WOULD NEVER, EVER TOLERATE ANYWHERE ELSE. LET'S BE HONEST, IF THIS WERE A HOTEL OR A PRIVATE BUSINESS, THE CITY WOULD'VE SHUT THEM DOWN WITHOUT HESITATION. BUT BECAUSE THIS, IT'S A SILLY CITY FACILITY AND NOT POLITICALLY CONVENIENT, YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DELAY. I DO NOT SUPPORT BUILDING OVER ANY PUBLIC, UH, PARKLAND. BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE LOCATION ANYMORE. THIS IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP. IT'S ABOUT BASIC DECENCY. FIX THE PROBLEM, MOVE THE STATION, REBUILD IT, DO SOMETHING. JUST STOP PRETENDING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS. IF YOU GUYS CANNOT PROVIDE YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS WITH A CLEAN, SAFE PLACE TO WORK, IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO SOLVE IT, THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD ALL VOLUNTEER TO CLEAN UP STATION ONE YOURSELVES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ASKING OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO DO IT FOR YOU. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, GUYS, IT'S TIME TO ACT ON THIS. THANK YOU. COME MR. COMMISSIONER, STATE REP GRECO. YES. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MICHAEL GRECO. UH, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON TWO THINGS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE KIND OF NEBULOUS, SO JUST KIND OF BEAR WITH ME. SO I WAS JOKING AROUND ABOUT THE NUMBER 410. IT'S MY FAVORITE NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S [04:20:01] HOW LONG IT TOOK TO BUILD THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE POPPING UP ON THE CITY AGENDA, AND I'M NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT THE FIRE STATION, BUT WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, WEST AVENUES, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF FIFTH, THERE BE, YOU KNOW, MORE PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN COUNT THINGS UP IN NORTH BEACH. UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYBODY LISTENING AND WATCHING THAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON, IT'S TIME OR THE LACK THEREOF. AND I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ALL, AS WE WERE REMINDED WHEN I SERVED ON THE COMMISSION AND AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, THAT WE OWE IT TO THE CONSTITUENTS, TO THE RESIDENTS, TO OURSELVES. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LIMITED TIME AMOUNT OF TIME UP THERE AND TRY TO GET THINGS DONE QUICKER, YOU KNOW, TO, TO QUOTE COMMISSIONER BOT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA REALLY, AT SOME POINT, YOU JUST GOTTA LAY IT DOWN AND MAKE A DECISION AND, AND NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE FROM A RETIRED COMMISSIONER. AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING EARLIER TO THE, THE ITEM ON THE RITZ PROJECT AND, AND THE, THE 100 BLOCK OF, UH, LINCOLN ROAD, AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHERE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S GONNA BE GENERATED BY HAVING THE DRIVER'S LICENSE BUREAU AVAILABLE ON IN THE CITY. UM, THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS, AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMING FROM THIS CITY. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY PUSHING TO FILL THOSE EMPTY STOREFRONTS ON WASHINGTON, ON COLLINS, ON 41ST STREET AREAS THAT REALLY NEED POSITIVE FOOT TRAFFIC. AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, THAT TEDDY PENDERGRASS, YOU KNOW, TOLD YOU TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF. BUT IF YOU WANNA REALLY IMPACT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S NOT ABOUT POLICE PRESENCE, IT'S ABOUT LIGHTING AND TURNING THE LIGHTS ON. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, IF I COULD JUST COMMENT, WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE CALLERS, BUT I, I WILL REMIND PEOPLE WHO MAY BE JUST TUNING IN TODAY THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION ON. WE'LL START WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN STALLED, AND PLEASE, EXCUSE ME, THAT HAD BEEN STALLED FOR YEARS. AND THIS COMMISSION. AND I GIVE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WHO'S HEADLAND USE, WHO, WHO, UH, WHO SPEARHEADED THOSE THAT HAVE NOW NOT ONLY HAVE SOME OF THEM STARTED, BUT THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETED AND OTHERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED. SO THIS COMMISSION HAS, HAS DONE A LOT. AND THEN RECENTLY WE HAD THE BIKINI HOSTEL. THAT'S BEEN A BLIGHT. WE'VE NOW RESOLVED THAT THE VILLE, WHICHEVER YOU BELIEVE ABOUT IT, SOMETHING HAD TO GO THERE. WE'VE NOW, UH, RESOLVED THAT. SO THIS COMMISSION IS ACTING. YES, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT, UH, CERTAINLY AS WE DISCUSSED THE FIRE STATION THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS TAKEN US, UH, A LONG TIME. BUT THAT EVEN PRECEDES THIS COMMISSION. SO I'M, I'M, UH, I, I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ACTING AND MOVING AND AS FAR AS LIGHTING, THAT THIS COMMISSION CONTINUES TO ADD LIGHTING IN MULTIPLE AREAS. AND, UH, YES, THERE'S MORE TO DO, BUT IF WE'RE NOT IGNORING IT, THERE'S MANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDAS THAT WE GET TO, TO DISCUSS, UH, RETAIL, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT POINT AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING I'LL GIVE A LITTLE PRESSURE TO OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, STEVE ANTHONY. UH, THERE HE IS. UH, BUT, UM, AND CERTAINLY, UH, AN, AN ISSUE WORTH NOTING AND CERTAINLY ONE THAT OUR COMMISSION IS VERY MINDFUL OF. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS, HAS THE SCREEN NAME OF IN'S IPHONE INES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. UH, YES, IT FLAG AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE. THIS IS NOT CONCERNING ANY OF THE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA, AND IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO RECENTLY HAS CALLED BECAUSE WHERE SHE LEAVES THE CONDO THAT SHE LEAVES. UM, AIRBNB ARE LEGAL, THEY'RE ALLOWED, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. WHAT SHE'S CONCERNED IS THAT THOSE ROOMS ARE BEING OCCUPIED, UH, BY, UM, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OCCUPANCY THAT IS ALLOWED. SHE SAYS THAT THERE'S SOMETIMES EIGHT TO 12 PEOPLE TO A ROOM, AND SHE'S JUST CONCERNED FOR HER OWN SAFETY WHEN THIS, UH, APARTMENTS ARE BEING THE, THE, UH, THE OCCUPANCY IS BEING, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING ME BEING, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, BY MANY, MANY RESIDENTS. SO JUST WONDER, UH, WHO CAN HELP IN THE CITY. SHE WANTS TO BE ANONYMOUS. SHE'S AFRAID OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION WITHIN HER OWN COMMUNITY. SO IF SOMEONE CAN HELP WITH THIS ISSUE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THEY CALL ME. THAT'S ALL. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. I HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR MINOR. UH, IT'S NICE TO APPEAR HERE [04:25:01] ONCE IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING, UH, THE COMMISSION IS DOING. UM, I'M HERE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF ITEM C SEVEN Y. UH, I CONGRATULATE YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, FOR INTRODUCING IT. YOU COMMISSIONER BOTCH FOR CO-SPONSORING IT. UH, LET ME JUST SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS THAT I THINK REFLECT YOUR VOTE. THE CURRENT FRENZY OF HATRED THAT OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DIRECTED AT AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH SHAME BY HISTORY. THE TV AND NEWSPAPER IMAGES OF MASS MEN WRESTLING DOWN MEN AND WOMEN IN THE STREETS SHOULD HO US ALL. IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER THAT THE IMMIGRANTS WHO LAW ENFORCEMENT TREATS AS CRIMINALS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY FOR THE SAME REASONS ARE PARENTS. OUR GRANDPARENTS AND OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS CAME HERE TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE AND PERSECUTION. OFFERING COMFORT AND WELCOME TO THE STRANGER IS AN ETHICAL PRINCIPLE DEEPLY BAKED INTO ALL OF OUR RELIGIONS. THIS RESOLUTION REFLECTS THAT PROFOUND PRINCIPLE. MORE THAN THAT, IT WILL SEND AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE THAT MIAMI BEACH REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT, A COMMITMENT THAT IS MADE TO MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN THE PAST TO TREAT ALL MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY WITH THE DECENCY AND DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR U UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO THAT RESOLUTION. I'M SORRY, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME. I'M SORRY. YOUR NAME, I DIDN'T, I'M SORRY. UH, ALAN LEVINE, I RESIDE ON MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS LARRY SHAFER. LARRY SCHAEFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UM, I'D LIKE TO ISSUE A CORRECTION REGARDING MY COMMENTS WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND JASON GREEN. UH, MR. MAGAZINE DID CALL ME AND DID DISCUSS THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS LIKE THE VISION FOR THE CITY. SO HE DID GET IN CONTACT WITH ME AND MR. GREEN PROBABLY, UH, HEARD THAT. AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO JUST COMMUNICATE MORE AFTER THAT. UM, NEXT TOPIC. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CANDIDATES TO CALL IN AND SHARE YOUR OPINION ON AS MANY TOPICS AS POSSIBLE. WE JUST HEARD DANIEL ERALDO, WE'D BE SO WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES. SPREAD THE WORD OF HOW YOU WOULD RUN THE CITY. REACH OUT. UH, I WILL SUPPORT YOU AS A PERSON, EVEN IF I DON'T SUPPORT YOUR POSITION ON THE ISSUES. WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN PEOPLE TAKE TIME OUTTA THEIR LIVES TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND SHARE THEIR ISSUES. UM, REGARDING WATER QUALITY ISSUE, FABIAN BASA HAS MONEY AT THE STATE LEVEL TO, TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. AND I THINK THERE'S, WHY AREN'T WE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE STATE OR EVEN THE COUNTY TO FIX THESE ISSUES? UH, MR. CARPENTER HAS BEEN HERE FOR, WHAT, LIKE 12 YEARS INITIALLY IN PUBLIC WORKS. SO HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES, AND HE HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM THE ENTIRE TIME HE'S BEEN HERE. NOW, MR. MAYOR AND MR. CARPENTER, THIS PROBLEM IS YOURS. YOU NEED TO PICK IT UP. THE WATER QUALITY ISSUE IS URGENT. IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, AND WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO CALL PUBLIC HEARING IN THE CITY CHARTER TO BRING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE IN A TOWN HALL FORMAT, HOPEFULLY TO ADDRESS THE WATER QUALITY ISSUES WE NEED. REAL ANSWERS. ARE PEOPLE GETTING SICK FROM WATER THAT'S IN THE BASEBALL FIELD ACROSS FROM PARKVIEW CANAL? HAVE WE NOTIFIED THE BUYERS OF 72 PARK THAT THEY HAVE WATER QUALITY ISSUES, THAT THEY SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF CERTAIN THINGS? SHOULD WE SEND KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AT BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY WHEN WE KNOW THE WATERS IS FOUL AND THAT WATER IS GONNA BE ON THE GROUNDS? SHOULD WE BE BUILDING A PLAYGROUND ON, ON, ON AN AREA THAT HAS POLLUTION? WE HAVE SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS. MR. DICO, CAN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, SIR. ANDRES ION 1000 SOUTH POINT DRIVE, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DOING WOW PROJECTS IN OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE COME OVER AND SAY, HOW DO WE DO THIS IN OUR CITY WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE PROJECTS IN OUR CITY? YOU KNOW, IS OUR POWELL FACILITY A WOW FACILITY? ARE OUR FIRE STATIONS, WOW, FIRE STATIONS? ARE PEOPLE GONNA WALK IN THERE AND SAY, HOW CAN WE COPY THIS IN OUR CITY? WE DON'T HAVE FACILITIES LIKE THIS. SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FIRE STATION OR THE NEW POWER OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING, MAKE IT WOW. DON'T JUST SAY, LET ME JUST FIND ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY FIT THIS IN AND, AND, AND MAKE IT WORK. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOVE AND BEYOND THINK BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING. THINK GREATER. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANNA BRING UP SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, UH, BOTHERING ME FOR A WHILE, FOR PAST FEW YEARS. I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SEVERAL OF YOU THAT THE EXIT RAMP OFF OF THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY HEADING ONTO BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IS A ONE LANE EXIT. THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING ON THAT ONE LANE, WHICH OPENS UP TO FOUR LANES FOR A WHILE. WE'VE HAD A ONE LANE EXIT THAT OPENS UP TO FOUR LANES FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SPENDING OVER A BILLION DOLLARS ON THAT [04:30:01] BRIDGE AND THAT EXIT, AND IT'S STILL GONNA BE A ONE LANE OPENING UP TO FOUR LANES. THERE'S GONNA BE THREE TOWERS BUILT ON WATSON ISLAND. THERE'S GONNA BE ABOUT EIGHT TOWERS BUILT RIGHT OFF OF THAT EXIT, WHICH WERE NOT THERE BEFORE AND ARE NOT THERE NOW. AND THAT EXIT BOTTLENECKS CONSTANTLY AND BACKS UP THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS GUESTS THAT COME HERE THAT ARE LEAVING OUR, OUR BEACHES. IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE STATE, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, AND TRY TO DO A POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO BUY OUT SOME OF THE LAND THAT'S ADJACENT TO THAT EXIT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT BEFORE THE FIVE BUILDINGS GET BUILT ON THE MIAMI HERALD SITE. AND, UH, AND THINK OF THAT IN ADVANCE BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA HURT IT OUR OURSELVES HERE IN MIAMI BEACH WITH THAT EXIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. I'LL JUST CHIME IN THAT, UM, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PALM HIBISCUS STAR ISLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH FDOT AND THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE, SO THEY'RE AWARE WE'RE ON THE CASE. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS JANESSA STRODE JANEA, UNMUTE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANNA BRING UP THE, I WAS GONNA BRING UP ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY AS WELL BEING OFF ON THE BAY, UM, AND PEOPLE WANTING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS, YOU KNOW, THE WATER SAFELY. I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD MYSELF, JUST SEEMS LIKE THE SIGN ON DICKENS OVER AT LIKE 72ND HAS JUST BEEN UP THERE FOR YEARS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY. SO THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE. I ALSO WANNA BRING UP SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS NOT DIRECTLY FUNDED BY MIAMI BEACH, BUT THAT HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN STAND BEHIND AND I, MAYBE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTERS AT, UH, MEDLEY AND DURRELL NOT HAVING ANY AIR CONDITIONING, AND THESE DOGS ARE LITERALLY LIKE STROKING OUT AND HAVING HEAT STROKE. UM, IT'S JUST REALLY UPSETTING TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR MORE FUNDING BEING GIVEN TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE DEVELOP A LETTER OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, EXCUSE ME, WRITE TO THE JUSTICE, PLEASE, UM, WRITE TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO DO AND JUST SOMETHING I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD, SIR. HEY, ERIC, I KNOW WE'VE, CAN YOU JUST SUMMARIZE BRIEFLY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CALLERS ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY AND JUST BRIEFLY SOME THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN. SO THROUGH, UH, MANY LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AND DIRECTION FROM THIS COMMISSION, INCLUDING OPERATION CLEAN WATER, UH, WE HAVE SPENT IN EXCESS OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO DATE. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAMMED TO THINK OF OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTIONS. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A CONSULTING FIRM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AT, UM, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS AT THE COUNTY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY DR. SOLO GABRIELLE, UH, WHICH HAS CLEARLY SHOWN THAT THIS IS PRIMARILY A STORM WATER ISSUE, UM, AND THAT THAT STORMWATER IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER STORMWATER ISSUES ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD. UM, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON THIS, AND YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED. I HAVE A QUESTION, ERIC, QUESTIONS. UM, WHEN IS IT BEING DREDGED? WHEN IS THE PARKVIEW CANAL BEING DREDGED, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, WHEN ARE WE RETROFITTING THE STORM WATER DRAINS WITH THOSE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS THAT SUPPOSEDLY GET RID OF THE BACTERIA BEFORE IT DRAINS? THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO BIG THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE SCHEDULED, BUT, SO I'D ASK AMY KNOWLES OUR, UM, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY. SURE. UM, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER. SO I'LL TAKE THE, THE DREDGING ITEM FIRST. UM, OUR STAFF HAS, UH, DONE A LOT OF STUDIES WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON A FLUSHING ANALYSIS AND THE TYPE OF DREDGING THAT WOULD WORK IN THE AREA. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FLUSHING. IT'S A SLOW MOVING CANAL, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE, UH, WHAT LEVEL OF DREDGING WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. OKAY. AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED RESOLUTION ON THAT YET, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT, BUT, UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SPEND TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO DREDGE AND NOT HAVE IT FIX THE WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS. UM, SO THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND WE'RE EXPLORING [04:35:01] SOME OTHER KIND OF EXCITING ALTERNATIVES. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE UV DISINFECTION. SO THAT ONE IS TO NOT DISINFECT, UM, STORMWATER EXACTLY, UM, BECAUSE THAT CAN'T BE DONE, BUT TO DISINFECT AREAS ON THE ROADWAY SO THAT THAT BACTERIA DOESN'T GO, THEN GO INTO THE STORMWATER SYSTEM. SO THAT ONE, THE PLAN IS COMPLETELY READY. WE JUST NOW HAVE ANOTHER AGREEMENT FROM, UM, THAT WE TOOK BACK TO OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO IT'S JUST SOME BACK AND FORTH, BUT THAT IS ON 73RD STREET, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT AREAS AND WE'LL STUDY, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOT THE EQUIPMENT DONATED TO STERILIZE THE ACTUAL PAVEMENT, AND THEN WE WILL BE SORT OF SPRAYING WATER ON IT, TEST IT TO SEE IF THAT STERILIZING HELPS. WHAT GOES INTO THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM. UM, IS IT MUCH BETTER THAN JUST SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, STREET SWEEPING. SO THAT WILL BE GREAT ONCE WE CAN, WE CAN GET IT STARTED. REALLY, WE HAVE NOTHING MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT NUMBER ONE, WE WERE GOING TO DREDGE NUMBER TWO, WE WERE GONNA RETROFIT THE STORMWATER DRAINS WITH THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING. AND IT SEEMS LIKE NEITHER ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES IS MOVING FORWARD. . I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S MOVING FORWARD, BUT I MEAN, IT'S BEEN YEARS. I MEAN, I, YEAH, WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT THE UV DISINFECTION IS VERY NEW. NO CITY HAS EVER DONE THAT, SO IT HAS TAKEN A FEW MONTHS TO GET THROUGH HOW WE WOULD DO THAT. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. THEY HAVE A HUGE, UM, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM OF APPROVALS AS WELL, BUT WE DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PLAN, AND THEN DREDGING. UM, I DON'T THINK OUR CITY HAS DREDGED IN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. I DON'T KNOW IF CIP HAS ANY EXAMPLES, BUT DREDGING IS A, IS A HUGE CAPITAL PROJECT AND WE JUST HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY. UM, DO WE HAVE THE DREDGING FUNDED? YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE DREDGING FUNDED AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS. MM-HMM . UM, IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S 15 ITEMS. I MEAN, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE. YEAH. OKAY. AMY, UM, COMMISSIONER BOT, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR YOU OR FOR RODNEY, BUT THE, THE HUGE HOTSPOTS THAT WE FOUND AT THE, UM, BISCAYNE BEACH, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF GETTING IN THERE AND IDEALLY FIXING IT BEFORE THE KIDS COME BACK TO SCHOOL? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK PUBLIC WORKS IS REALLY CLOSE TO ISSUING A PURCHASE ORDER ON THAT ONE. UM, ASK RODNEY COME UP AND GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. RODNEY KNOWLES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. UM, WHERE WE ARE AT IS THAT WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE SCHOOL. UM, THEY'VE AGREED TO, WELL, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ALLOWED US TO ENTER THE PROPERTY. WE'RE WORKING ON AN ACCESS AGREEMENT WITH THEM RIGHT NOW THAT SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN, UH, LESS THAN A WEEK. UH, WE HAVE A VENDOR LINED UP WHO'S GOING TO LINE, UH, THE LATERAL LINES TO SEAL THOSE UP. AND SO WE CAN CCTV THAT ALSO TO REALLY GET A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. SO, UH, THE CONTRACTOR'S READY TO GO TWO DAYS AFTER NOTICE TO PROCEED. SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP. WE HAVE, UM, THE BUILDING PERMIT, UH, FOR THE PLUMBING LINED UP ALSO. SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT FROM. AND IT'S FUNDED AS WELL. YES. SO LITERALLY AS SOON AS YOU GET THE, THE, OKAY, WE CAN START GOING. WE'RE READY TO GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA CALL OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER WHO HAS A SCREEN NAME OF MIAMI BEACH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MED, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. OKAY, PJ, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THAT CALLER. WE'RE GONNA GO WITH MR. HANOFF NEXT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MATTHEW HANOFF, 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I USUALLY DON'T SPEAK IN THE MORNING, IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, BUT I JUST WENT TO A BRAND NEW RESTAURANT, OR I GUESS, UH, ESTABLISHMENT ON LINCOLN ROAD CALLED JOE'S PIZZA OF NEW YORK. IT SEEMS TO HAVE OPENED IN RECORD TIMES, SO YOU HAVE THAT, AT LEAST THERE'S ONE BUSINESS THAT'S ABLE TO OPEN HERE. UH, THE PIZZA WAS, WAS GREAT, BUT REALLY WHAT GOT ME THINKING WAS, UM, NEW YORK CITY DOES A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS JUST THERE LAST WEEKEND AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A CLEAN, A COMFORTABLE, A SAFE TRAIN FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY. AND HERE ON MIAMI BEACH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, UM, WELL, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THERE IS A BUS STOP RIGHT NEXT TO CITY HALL AND IT WAS CLOSED LAST WEEK. IT'S THE BUS STOP THAT SERVES THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO CITY HALL. IT'S BLOCKED OFF OF CON CONCRETE BLOCKS. THERE'S NOT EVEN A SIGN THAT SAYS THE BUS STOP IS CLOSED. THERE'S NOT A SIGN THAT SAYS, WHERE IS THE NEXT BUS STOP? AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEW YORK CITY DOES GREAT. I'M SURE ANYONE HERE THAT'S VISITED OR PERHAPS HAS LIVED THERE BEFORE KNOWS THAT WHEN THERE IS WORK BEING DONE ON THE SUBWAY, ON BUS STOPS, WHEN THEY'RE BEING RELOCATED, WHETHER IT'S TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, OR FOR MONTHS OR FOR WEEKS, THERE'S SIGNAGE AND PEOPLE KNOW. AND YET PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO CITY HALL, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WHO ARE GOOD PEOPLE TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT, BY THE WAY, THEY, THEY WON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET BACK TO THE BUS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. SO IT JUST, THESE LITTLE THINGS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. AND NEXT TO CITY HALL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE BUS. THANK YOU. ERIC. IS IT A, WAS IT THE BUS OR TROLLEY? IT'S ACTUALLY BOTH. ERIC, [04:40:01] I'M ASSUMING THAT MATTHEW'S TALKING ABOUT 17TH STREET, UH, EAST OF CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE, WHERE THE HOTEL CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. AND WE WILL HAVE OUR, UM, OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE HOTEL FOLKS ADDRESS THAT IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS, HAS A SCREEN NAME OF BAMBI BEACH. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. UH, GOOD DAY MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WANDA JAMAN, 83 0 5 CRESTVIEW BOULEVARD. UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE BAY. UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS, UH, YOU ALL AWARE ARE THE HEALTH RISK GROWTH BY THIS ALARMING LEVELS OF BACTERIA. WITH THAT SAID, IS IT, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PRIORITIZES THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF ITS RESIDENTS. I PETITIONED THIS BODY TO IMPLEMENT ADVERTISING MEASURES, INCLUDING DANGER, SIGNAGE, AND OR MAILERS TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTAMINATED WATERS AND ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPARENCY AS MANY RESIDENTS ARE UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUES. FURTHERMORE, I ENCOURAGE CONTACTING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ANY, ANY STATE OFFICE TO ASSIST AS THIS IS A PRESSING CONCERN. PERSONALLY, I HAVE WITNESSED INDIVIDUALS SWIMMING IN THIS CONTAMINATED WATERS DAILY. I THANK YOU. AND, UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT ANY, ANY MONETARY THAT WE HAVE COMING IN FOR THE BILL OR ANY OTHER PROJECTS AS, AS PUBLIC BENEFITS SHOULD BE APPLIED UNIVERSALLY JUST TO FIX OUR WATERS AND OUR BAY. THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES SUBJECT. GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN ALL FOR, FOR CONTRIBUTING. WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO THE AGENDA. LET'S DO, UH, TRY [R5 C AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 54 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "FLOODS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE Ill, ENTITLED "RESILIENCY STANDARDS FOR TIDAL FLOOD PROTECTION,” TO AMEND THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE, MODIFY DEFINITIONS, AND STRENGTHEN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR NEW AND EXISTING SEAWALLS AND OTHER TIDAL FLOOD BARRIERS TO STRENGTHEN COASTAL RESILIENCE AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF TIDAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] TO GET THROUGH THE SECOND READING ITEMS. R FIVE CR FIVE C IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 54, THE MIAMI BEACH CODE ENTITLED, FLOODS BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED RESILIENCY STANDARDS FOR TITLE FLOOD PROTECTION TO AMEND THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE, MODIFIED DEFINITION OF THE STRENGTHEN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR A NEW AND EXISTING SEA WALL AND OTHER TITLE FLOODS BARRIERS, STRENGTHEN COASTAL RESILIENCE AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF TIDAL FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE C, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO BACK IN 2021, UM, OUR CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED, UM, SOME MINIMUM ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR SEA WALLS. IT MADE SURE THAT PROPERTIES WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION OR SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WOULD UPGRADE THEIR, THEIR SEA WALLS. UM, AND WE DID CONSIDERATIONS SO THAT, SO THAT, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD CONSIDER USING MATERIALS, UM, TO THAT PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY AS PART OF THEIR SEA WALLS. AND IT ESTABLISHED, UM, IT, IT, IT ESTABLISHED OTHER PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT OVER TOPPING AND, AND OTHER MATTERS. TODAY WE'RE BRINGING AN ORDINANCE THAT IS FURTHER STRENGTHENING, UM, THAT IS FURTHER STRENGTHENING THIS, THIS ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, UH, OUR CURRENT CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IF THE CITY IS REQUIRING A PROPERTY OWNER TO FIX THEIR SEA WALLS, THE OWNER HAS 60 DAYS TO SHOW THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT WE HAVE NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT SHOWING PROGRESS REALLY MEANS. WE NEED, WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO SHOW PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THIS WORK ON THEIR SEA WALLS, UM, TO PREVENT TIDAL WATERS FROM FLOWING, UH, OVERLAND AND LEAVING THEIR PROPERTIES AND CREATING OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNITY FLOODING. SO WE HAVE THIS 60 DAY TIME PERIOD WHERE THEY NEED TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE DOING PROGRESS ON REPAIRING THEIR SEA WALLS, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT, WHAT PROGRESS REALLY MEANS. SO WITH A REVISED ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, WE'RE MAKING THAT CLEAR. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DEMONSTRATING PROGRESS COULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE GETTING PRICE QUOTES FROM CONTRACTORS. 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REALLY ENGAGING WITH CONTRACTORS AND THEY'RE REALLY ATTEMPTING TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE SECURING, FINANCING THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS ACTING ACT. ACTUALLY PUTTING SOME, SOME CRITERIA, SOME OBJECTIVE CRITERIA INTO WHAT SHOWING PROGRESS IN, IN CWA REPAIRS REALLY MEANS. IN ADDITION TO THE 60 DAY RE REQUIREMENTS, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS [04:45:01] ARE REQUIRED WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO APPLY FOR PERMITS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE REQUIRED TO SHOW PROGRESS IN THE FIRST 60 DAYS WITH QUOTES WITH FINANCING AND APPLYING FOR THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WITHIN SIX MONTHS, WE'RE REQUIRING PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR PERMITS WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND THAT JUST HELPS MAKE SURE THAT OUR REPAIRS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND GIVES CLEAR NEXT STEPS. UM, ALSO CURRENTLY THE ORDINANCE SAYS IF YOUR REPAIRS COST 300 OR DOLLARS OR MORE PER LINEAR FOOT, IT'S CONSIDERED A MAJOR REPAIR. AND THEN NOW THAT TRIGGERS FOR THE SEAWALL TO BE RAISED TO THE, TO THE NEW CURRENT NAVD, WHICH IS 5.7 FEET. WE ARE AMENDING THAT UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGES IN MARKET CONDITIONS AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE INCREASING THAT COST TO, I BELIEVE IT'S $500, UH, PER, PER, UH, PER LINEAR FOOT. AND THE ISSUE IS THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY BE MAKING SMALLER REPAIRS AND THE COST OF THOSE REPAIRS ELEVATE. AND NOW IF WE SAY, IF YOUR COST OF REPAIR COSTS $300 A LINEAR FOOT, IF YOU, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO RAISE THE, THE ELEVATION OF YOUR SEAWALL. WE ARE IN ESSENCE DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM REPAIRING, UM, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR SEAWALLS. SO THIS IS AN, AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT. UH, SO WITH A REVISED ORDINANCE, UH, NOT ONLY ARE WE RAISING THE COSTS FOR MAJOR REPAIRS, UH, FROM $300 TO $500, UM, WE'RE ALSO PUTTING A CONDITION BY WHICH A PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS TO PREVENT WATER FROM FLOWING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE BIGGER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN AREAS LIKE IN PALM VIEW, IN AREAS LIKE PALM VIEW, WE HAVE CRUMBLING SEA WALLS AND THOSE CRUMBLING SEAWALL. YES, THEY NEED BE, NEED TO BE PREPARED. AND WE KNOW REPAIRING SEA WALLS IS A LONG TERM PROCESS, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, IN THE SHORT TERM, THAT COMMUNITY FLOODING NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. AND SO NOW IT CREATES THIS REQUIREMENT FOR TEMPORARY, UH, BARRIERS FOR FLOODING. UH, SO THAT, SO THAT THAT'S THAT, UM, THAT DAMAGED SEA WHILE IT DOESN'T FLOOD THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN COORDINATION WITH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING COMMUNITY FLOODING, COMMUNITY FLOODING AS A RESULT OF BROKEN SEA WALLS. IT, IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO MAKE REPAIRS LONG-TERM RE REPAIRS. IT CHANGES THE CRITERIA SO THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT FORCED TO COMPLETELY RAISE THE ELEVATION OF THEIR SEAWALLS JUST FOR MAKING RESPONSIBLE MAINTENANCE TO THEIR SEAWALL. BUT IT ALSO MAKES SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE TIMES OF FLOODING, THAT THERE IS THIS 72 HOUR PERIOD WHERE TEMPORARY BARRIERS FOR FLOODING NEED TO BE PLACED SO THAT THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET IMPACTED, UH, BY DAMAGED SEA WALLS. SO WITH THAT, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, AMY KNOW I WANNA REC, I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER LAURA DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS, ON THIS ITEM. UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY, UH, WE CAN ONLY BE TRULY RESILIENT IF WE HELP OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS FIX THEIR SEA WALLS. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE FACING A BURDEN WHERE FIXING THE SEA WALL ISN'T REALLY ENCOURAGED AND THIS HELPS MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, RIGHT ON CUE. THANK YOU. UH, SO IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS AS BEING THE CO-SPONSOR. I REMEMBER DOING A WALKTHROUGH, UH, WITH PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, WHERE WE REALLY GOT, UH, DOWN AND DIRTY BECAUSE IT WAS FLOODED THAT DAY. UM, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS, I'LL QUICKLY RECAP. IT PROVIDES CLEAR STEPS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND ENSURES TIMELY ACTION. IT INCREASES THE THRESHOLD FOR SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ALLOWS EXEMPTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE WORK UNRELATED TO ELEVATION AND REQUIRES TEMPORARY TITLE BARRIERS IF OVER TOPPING CONDITIONS IMPACT PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, WHICH WAS A REAL BIG DEAL IN PALM VIEW. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. LET'S CALL A VOTE. I, WELL BEFORE WE DO, AMY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED BECAUSE IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL ITEM. MM-HMM . AND I PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, BUT THIS IS A VERY TECHNICAL ITEM THAT YOU'VE WORKED VERY HARD ON. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN CHANGES AT THE COUNTY LEVEL ALSO THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR ORDINANCE AND THE USE OF RIP WRAP, WHICH MAKES THESE REPAIRS VERY EXPENSIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL WE NEED TO PLACE ON THE RECORD. NO. UM, COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU COVERED IT VERY WELL AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AS [04:50:01] WELL. UM, I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF OUR MAIN ITEMS AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S A, A REALLY NICE, UM, SORT OF SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2021. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD THAT WE PASSED ONE OF THE FIRST SEA WALL ONE ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE ELEVATION FOR THE RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS GIVES US SOME, SOME REALLY IMPORTANT UPDATES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. HOLD THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE'S NO ONE IN ZOOM AND THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE CR FIVE [R5 D AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 82-73 THEREOF, ENTITLED “BALLOONS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC MARINAS, MARINE FACILITIES, PARKS, AND BEACHES” TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTIES AND SPECIFY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN ORDER TO DETER HARMFUL LITTERING AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] D. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S ITEM. LET HIM RALPH QUEUE IT UP. UH, THIS, THIS IS R FIVE D. IT'S AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF IT MAY BE CITY CODE ENTITLED PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING. ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 82 DASH 73 THEREOF ENTITLED BALLOONS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC MARINAS, MARINE FACILITIES, PARKS, AND BEACHES TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTIES AND SPECIFY RESPONS RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN ORDER TO DETER HARMFUL, LITTERING AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, SERVICEABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R FIVE D. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I MOVE MY ITEM SECOND. IT'S CALLED THE RULE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BACH. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR. UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE. DR FIVE GR [R5 G AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 106 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “METERED PARKING,” DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” SECTION 106-55 ENTITLED “PARKING RATES, FEES, AND PENALTIES; EXCEPTIONS,” TO EXPAND THE EXISTING EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY A FEE FOR THE PERMANENT REMOVAL OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE REMOVAL IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OFF-STREET PARKING (A) TO ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF UP TO TWO SPACES AND (B) TO ENABLE DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES TO QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] 5G IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 1 0 6 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED METERED PARKING DIVISION ONE, UH, PENALTIES EXCEPTIONS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY A FEE FOR THE PERMANENT REMOVAL OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN A REMOVAL IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OFF STREET PARKING A TO ALLOW FOR REMOVAL OF UP TO TWO SPACES AND B, TO ENABLE DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES TO QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION, PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION, REPEAL, SERVICEABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R 5G. THIS IS MY ITEM, TOM, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU. OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. THIS IS A SECOND READING, UH, AMENDMENT TO, UM, CHAPTER 1 0 6 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE REMOVAL OF OFF STREET PARKING SPACES WHEN THEY'RE REMOVED TO PROVIDE CURB CUT ACCESS TO A PROPERTY. AS YOU MAY RECALL, WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING, THE COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICABILITY BE NARROWED. AND SO WHAT WE'VE INCLUDED IS A PROVISION WHERE DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX USES IN EITHER A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT OR AN RO DISTRICT, UH, WOULD BE ALLOWED TO REMOVE UP TO TWO PARKING SPACES SO LONG AS THE OFF STREET SPACES CREATED ARE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF ON STREET, ON-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR WHICH THE PARKING SPACES, UH, THE REMOVAL IS REQUESTED. AND THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE FEE ANY MORE THAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF THE FEE. TOM, A RESIDENT, HAD REACHED OUT AND I'D FORWARDED YOU THE EMAIL AND ALSO, UM, WE DISCUSSED IT EARLIER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT THE REQUEST IS AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT ARE? THE REQUEST WAS TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THIS APPLICABILITY TO RM DISTRICTS AND, UM, IN SPEAKING WITH THE PARKING DIRECTOR, I THINK ONE OF OUR COLLECTIVE CONCERNS WITH EXPANDING IT IS THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN POTENTIALLY THE REMOVAL OF MORE ON STREET PARKING SPACES AND IT WOULD AFFECT A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROPERTIES AS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OR A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY IS ZONED RM ONE. AND SO, UH, AT LEAST AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ADDING THAT AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT SEPARATELY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD DO THAT. OKAY. SOMEBODY WANNA MOVE MY ITEM SINCE I CAN'T MOVE IT. MOVE. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MOVED. I SECOND. IT'S A PUBLIC, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE MR. LARRY SCHAFER REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MR. SCHAEFFER, PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 FIRST STREET. UM, I WAS THE PERSON TO INQUIRE ABOUT EXTENDING THESE BENEFITS TO DO DUPLEX AND [04:55:01] TRIPLEX OWNERS WITHIN RM ONE DISTRICTS. I DO UNDERSTAND MR. MOONEY'S CONCERN ABOUT THAT COVERING SUCH A LARGE AREA. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND IF THIS, THIS DOESN'T GET INCLUDED, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HOWEVER, THAT, UM, WHEN WE REVIEW THE NORTH BEACH PARKING PLAN, WE REALLY DO, UH, A REFRESH AND SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK. UH, WE HAVE THE WEST LOTS UP HERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO RATIONALIZE THEIR USE AS PARKING AND ACTUALLY ADD TWO MORE PARKING LOTS, THE TOP TWO PARCELS. AND IF WE CAN RATIONALIZE THE WEST LOTS IN THEIR USE FOR PARKING, THEN, THEN IT MIGHT BE FINE FOR RM ONE ZONE PROPERTIES UP HERE TO NOT GET THE BENEFITS THAT THESE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE GONNA GET. SO I HOPE THAT WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH THE PARKING DIRECTOR, WE REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE NORTH BEACH PARKING PROGRAM. THE WEST LOTS IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING, AND WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR PARKING FROM THE SCHOOLS UP HERE THAT THE LEHRMAN SCHOOLS EXPANDED. THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED SOME MORE PARKING AND, UM, SO THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS COMING. SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MVPP OVERALL. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING YOU TO SPEAK ON ZOOM. I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BOT? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. HE'S A YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R 5G. R FIVE [R5 J SETBACK REGULATIONS FOR AC UNITS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.5.3, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTARY YARD REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING THE ALLOWABLE SETBACK ENCROACHMENTS FOR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] JR FIVE J IS A NOR ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR. CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE FIVE, ENTITLED SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.5 0.3 ENTITLED SUPPLEMENTARY YARD REGULATIONS BY AMENDING THE ALLOWABLE SETBACK ENCROACHMENT FOR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS. I'M PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEAL OF ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. IT IS ITEM R FIVE J. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A SIMPLE ITEM TO STREAMLINE OUR BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALLER UNITS THAT HAVE WALL UNITS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND SOUTH BEACH. NORTH BEACH, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER BUILDINGS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE CUMBERSOME. SO WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH TOM AND WE SAID, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DO THESE SIMPLE JOBS? ONE OF THE THING WE FOUND WAS TO AMEND THE SETBACK. SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM. OKAY. CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON R FIVE J. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR S SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE JR [R5 K VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RELEASE OF COVENANTS REQUIRING NON-TRANSIENT USES AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS,” BY CREATING SECTION 7.1.12 THEREOF, ENTITLED “AMENDMENT OR RELEASE OF COVENANTS RESTRICTING TRANSIENT USES SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS,” TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM VOTING THRESHOLD FOR THE RELEASE OF A COVENANT RESTRICTING TRANSIENT USES; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE KR 5K IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDMENT. THEY MAY BE RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS BY ING SECTION 7.1 POINT 12 THEREOF ENTITLED AMENDMENTS OR RELEASE OF COVENANTS RESTRICTING TRANSIENT USES SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM VOTING THRESHOLD FOR THE RELEASE OF A COVENANT RESTRICTING TRANSIENT USES AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEAL, OBSERVABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE IS ITEM R 5K. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, CO-SPONSOR BY COMMISSIONER'S MAGAZINE AND SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE TO RELEASE ANY FUTURE COVENANT TIED TO NON-TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL USES. UM, AND THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WHEN WE OFFER INCENTIVES IN EXCHANGE FOR A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM HOUSING, WE EXPECT FOR THAT COMMITMENT TO MEAN SOMETHING. AND THESE ARE LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO SERVE THE, TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. AND SO IF IN THE FUTURE SOMEONE WANTS TO WAIVE, REMOVE FROM THEIR COVENANTS, THEIR PROMISE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WON'T HAVE TRANSIENT USES, THAT THEY WON'T HAVE SHORT TERM RENTALS, WELL THEN IT MUST BE IF THIS ORDINANCE GETS ADOPTED, A SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, NOT A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE OF, OF THE CITY COMMISSION REQUIRING, UH, THIS, UH, THIS SUPER MAJORITY WILL HELP ENSURE, UH, THAT FUTURE COMMISSIONS TAKE THESE COMMITMENTS SERIOUSLY AND DON'T REVERSE COURSE WITHOUT A STRONG CONSENSUS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. SO WITH THAT, I MOVE MY ITEM SECOND. SECOND. [05:00:01] IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. . COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. AS MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M ALSO A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM. OH, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOT. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE KR FIVE [R5 L VARIANCE FEE WAIVERS FOR BUILDING RECERTIFICATION AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED, "LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS," BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE ENTITLED “GENERAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND HEARING PROCEDURES,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2.2.3, ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW,” BY MODIFYING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS FOR LAND USE BOARD APPLICATION FEES AND ESTABLISHING A PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER A WAIVER OF REQUIRED FEES FOR VARIANCE APPLICATIONS RELATED TO COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] LR FIVE L IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. SUBPART B ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES. ARTICLE. ARTICLE ENTITLED GENERAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND HEARING PROCEDURES BY AMENDING SECTION 2.2 0.3 ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND REVIEW BY MODIFYING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS FOR LAND USE BOARD APPLICATION FEES AND ESTABLISHING A PROCESS FOR CRITERIA FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER A WAIVER OF REQUIRED FEES FOR VARIANCE APPLICATIONS RELATED TO COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION OR RE APPEAL SERVICEABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. R FIVE L IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. R FIVE L. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE CITY COMMISSION TO WAIVE, UH, FEES FOR VARIANCES WHEN THOSE VARIANCES ARE NECESSARY, UH, TO COMPLETE CRITICAL REPAIRS IDENTIFIED IN A RECERTIFICATION REPORT. UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN MORE AND MORE, UH, WHERE BUILDINGS, AS THEY REACH THEIR POINT OF RECERTIFICATION, UM, THEY REALIZE THEY MIGHT NEED TO DO CERTAIN WORK, CERTAIN WORK THAT MIGHT NOT COMPLY WITH THE CODE. THEY NEED TO SEEK A VARIANCE. AND OFTENTIMES THESE VARIANCES TEND TO BE EXPENSIVE, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR FINANCIALLY STRAINED CONDOMINIUMS AND INDIVIDUALS, UH, LIVING PAY PAYCHECK TO, UH, PAYCHECK, PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. UM, SO THIS, THIS IS A VARIANCE. THIS IS, UM, A VARIANCE ON THE FEES, UM, THAT WOULD BE USED ONLY FOR SAFETY AND CERTIFICATION REPAIRS. THIS IS NOT FOR OTHER TYPE OF DISCRETIONARY LUXURY CONSTRUCTION. IT'S STRICTLY TIED TO HELPING BUILD, UH, BUILDINGS MEET THEIR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THE SAFETY STANDARDS THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE OPERATING. AND WITH THAT, TOM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED FOR THE RECORD. UH, NO. IT'S, IT'S LIMITED SOLELY TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. AND AS YOU CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, IT'S ONLY FOR THOSE VARIANCES THAT ARE NECESSARILY BY A BUILDING RECERTIFICATION. AND IT WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING WITH NO CHANGES. AND IT'S WHEN THE BUILDING IS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UH, AND THAT HARDSHIP HAS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT I MOVE MY ITEM SECOND CALL A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE ON ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY, UH, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE L. [R5 M AD HOC HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE XIII, ENTITLED “HISTORIC PRESERVATION,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2.13.2, ENTITLED “HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW OF PROJECTS,” TO REMOVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICATIONS CONTINUED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, BY AMENDING SECTION 2.13.7, ENTITLED “ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS/CERTIFICATE TO DIG/CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION,” TO INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THRESHOLD FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION PLAN REQUIREMENT, TO CLARIFY THE TWO-STEP REVIEW PROCESS, AND TO CONSOLIDATE AND OTHERWISE AMEND THE APPLICABLE REVIEW CRITERIA, BY AMENDING SECTION 2.13.8, ENTITLED “SPECIAL REVIEW PROCEDURE,” TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY FOR THE REVIEW OF ADDITIONS TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES LOCATED WITHIN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS, BY AMENDING SECTION 2.13.9, ENTITLED “HISTORIC DESIGNATION” TO INTRODUCE PROCEDURES FOR THE REPEAL OF HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE SECTION 16A-3.1, AND BY AMENDING SECTION 2.13.10, ENTITLED “SINGLE-FAMILY AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION,” TO EXPAND THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 196.1997, FLORIDA STATUTES; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.2, ENTITLED “RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-4 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS,” SUBSECTION 7.2.2.4, ENTITLED “ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS (RS),” BY EXPANDING THE APPLICABILITY OF ZONING INCENTIVES TO INCLUDE CONTRIBUTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES LOCATED WITHIN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS; BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.5.1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY (SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS),” SUBSECTION 7.5.1.5, ENTITLED “ROOF REPLACEMENTS AND NEW ROOFS,” TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY FOR SUSTAINABLE ROOFS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE. MR FIVE M IS AN AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION OF REVIEW PROCEDURES. ARTICLE 13 ENTITLED HISTORIC PRESERVATION BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 13 DASH TWO ENTITLED HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW OF PROJECTS TO REMOVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICATIONS CONTINUED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH TWO POINT 13.7 ENTITLED ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS CERTIFICATE TO DIG, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION TO INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THRESHOLD FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION PLAN REQUIREMENT TO CLARIFY THE TWO STEP REVIEW PROCESS AND TO CONSOLIDATE AND OTHERWISE AMEND THE APPLICABLE REVIEW CRITERIA BY AMENDING SECTION TWO POINT 13.8 ENTITLED SPECIAL REVIEW PROCEDURES TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY FOR THE RE FOR THE REVIEW OF ADDITIONS TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED WITHIN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS BY AMENDING SECTION TWO POINT 13.9 ENTITLED HISTORIC DESIGNATION TO INTRODUCE PROCEDURES FOR THE REPEAL OF HISTORIC DESIGNATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE SECTION 16 EIGHT DASH 3.1 AND BY MANY SECTION TWO POINT 13 POINT ENTITLED SINGLE FAMILY A VALOR TAX EXEMPTION TO EXPAND THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 1 196 POINT 1997 FLORIDA STATUTES BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.2 0.2 ENTITLED RS ONE RS TWO RS THREE RS FOUR, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, SUBSECTION 7.2 0.2 [05:05:01] ENTITLED ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS RS BY EXPANDING THE APPLICABILITY OF ZONING INCENTIVES TO INCLUDE CONTRIBUTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED WITHIN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS BY AMENDING ARTICLE FIVE ENTITLED SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.5 0.1 ENTITLED GENERALLY SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS SUBSEQUENT SUBSECTION 7.5 ENTITLED ROOF REPLACEMENTS AND NEW ROOFS TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY FOR SUSTAINABLE ROOFS PROVIDED FOR CODIFICATION REPEAL OF SUB ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE IS R FIVE M. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONERS DOMINGUEZ AND B. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND I AM VERY EXCITED, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN OVER TIME AN ATTACK ON OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, ON OUR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE STATE OR FROM OR FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS OR FROM STAKEHOLDERS, THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE ENCOUNTER WHEN EVEN THEIR GOAL IS TO PRESERVE HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT THEY ARE FINDING CHALLENGES WORKING WITH OUR COMPLICATED CODE, WORKING WITH THE SYSTEM IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THAT HISTORIC PROPERTIES NATURALLY HAVE. AND WE'VE LISTENED, WE'VE LISTENED, WE'VE WANTED TO ADDRESS THESE, THESE, THESE CONCERNS. AND I JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE THAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH UNIQUE IN THE WORLD. IT IS OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT TELLS THE STORY OF OUR PAST, THAT SHAPES THE IDENTITY THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF TODAY, THAT WE PROMOTE, THAT WE PROMOTE ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN AND THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPAIGNS. AND THAT DESERVES, THAT'S THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. IT'S 14 HISTORIC DISTRICTS. IT'S 17 INDI INDIVIDUAL HISTORIC SITES IS 31 HISTORIC SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE THAT THAT THAT PRESERVES THIS CHERISHED PATRIMONY OF OURS, ONE COULD CALL IT, UH, WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN 1982. AND WHILE IT SEEN CERTAIN AMENDMENTS OVER TIME, THE LAST REAL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW REALLY TOOK PLACE IN 2001. AND SINCE THEN, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS, HAS CHANGED. AND RECOGNIZING THIS, UH, BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, I CONVENED, UH, AN AD HOC HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW AND MODERNIZE OUR PRESERVATION REGULATIONS IN A WAY THAT BALANCES THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY, BUT WITH CONTEMPORARY NEEDS. AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS DESIGNED TO BE NON-POLITICAL AND PROFESSIONALLY DRIVEN. IT WAS LED BY RICK LOPEZ, UH, WHO WAS ALSO A FORMER CHAIR OF OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. UH, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE COMPOSED OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, OF ACTIVISTS OF RESIDENTS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, OF BANKERS, OF DEVELOPERS. AND THEY FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING WAYS TO SIMPLIFY AND ENHANCE THE PRESERVATION PROCESS, MAKING IT MORE FEASIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO SAVE AND TO PROTECT AND TO INVEST IN OUR HISTORIC ASSETS. AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER, UH, TO DO TO TO TO TOM MOONEY AND TO DEBBIE TACKETT, DEBBIE, OUR CHIEF PRESERVATION OFFICER, WHO SAT WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND WALKED THROUGH, THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. BUT JUST SUPERFICIALLY, I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON SOME HIGHLIGHTS, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE EXPANDING CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY, UH, THAT'S GONNA HELP SOME OF OUR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS SAVE TIME AND SAVE MONEY. WE ARE WORKING ON A TWO STEP PROCESS THAT WE'RE ADOPTING TODAY, UH, TO FACILITATE AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS BEFORE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND SAVE ALSO TIME AND MONEY FOR, FOR APPLICANTS. WE ARE STREAMLINING THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS PROCESS SO THAT TRANSPORTATION STUDIES DON'T HOLD BACK SMALL APPLICATIONS. WE ARE ALLOWING, UH, ADDITIONS, GREATER ADDITIONS TO HISTORIC HOMES SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE SEE LESS OF A LOSS OF HISTORIC HOMES AND MORE INVESTMENT INTO PRESERVING THESE, THE, THESE HOMES. [05:10:01] IN ADDITION TO FINALLY EXPANDING OUR AVALOR TAX EXCEPTION TO GO BEYOND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND TO ALSO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, PUTTING OUR MONEY WHEN, WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, WHEN WE SAY WE WANT YOU TO INVEST IN PRESERVING HISTORIC PROPERTIES. WELL NOW WE ARE GIVING YOU A TAX INCENTIVE ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO INVEST IN THE PRESERVATION OF THAT BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC ASSET THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN OUR CITY. AND WITH THAT, I'M VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHIEF PRESERVATION OFFICER, DEBBIE TACKETT, TO WALK US THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THIS REFORM. UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MR. MAYOR ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ DID A GREAT JOB OF SUMMARIZING. I'M JUST GONNA HIT ON A COUPLE MORE, UH, DETAILS. UM, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE ORDINANCE CAN BE REALLY CHARACTERIZED INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. UH, THE FIRST CATEGORY, UM, THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REVIEW CRITERIA CURRENTLY, UM, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. UM, 'CAUSE WE LOVE TO BE UNIQUE AND WE ARE, UM, HAS OVER 50 CRITERIA WHEN YOU BREAK THEM ALL OUT. UM, WHEN, WHEN THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND STAFF RESEARCHED OTHER COMPARABLE HISTORIC PRESERVERS PRESERVATION PROGRAMS IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC NEW ORLEANS, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON, WE REALIZED THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS HAVE ABOUT 10, MAYBE A HANDFUL MORE. UM, AND THEY PRIMARILY RELY ON THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION. WHILE WE HAVE THOSE STANDARDS AS WELL IN OUR CRITERIA, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE WERE MANY REDUNDANT CRITERIA THROUGHOUT THOSE, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 50 CRITERIA. UM, THERE WERE SOME ERRONEOUS CRITERIA OUT OF DATE CRITERIA ABOUT CODE REQUIREMENTS. UM, AND SO THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT WE REMOVE 14 OF THESE CRITERIA. AND IN THE REDUCTION IN CRITERIA WOULD BE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH BEST PRACTICES THROUGHOUT OTHER HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMS. AND STAFF IS, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. UM, THAT WILL LIMIT THE PERCEPTION THAT, THAT OUR REVIEW IS VERY BURDENSOME AND ONEROUS AND COMPLICATED JUST BY REDUCING THAT AMOUNT OF CRITERIA, UM, FOR NOT ONLY THE BOARD TO REVIEW, BUT STAFF AND THE APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO. WE THINK THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT. UM, THE SECOND MAJOR CATEGORY THAT THE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT WAS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW PROCESS. NOW THERE IS BASICALLY A PROCESS IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE. ONE ARE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE GOING THROUGH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WOULD BE, UM, WORK THAT CAN BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY. CURRENTLY THERE'S A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT THAT ADMINIS IS ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT WE CAN REVIEW AND APPROVE. AND, UM, THE COMMITTEE, UH, TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH. UM, THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED AND, AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF INCLUDING UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. SO STAFF LEVEL REVIEW, SUSTAINABLE ROOFING, PROPERTY WALLS, FENCES AND GATES, MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO PUBLIC INTERIORS, MINOR WORK WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES CONSISTENT WITH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION, RAILING REPLACEMENT, AND AN ALTERNATE MATERIAL THAT CLOSELY REPLICATES THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS. AND AN ALTERNATE DESIGN RAILING, UM, REVIEW PROCESS THAT STAFF COULD GO THROUGH FOR NON-CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS. THESE ARE BUILDINGS THAT WERE PRIMARILY BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE COMMITTEE IS A LOT OF THESE, THESE BUILDINGS OF THAT PERIOD HAVE THESE HEAVY CONCRETE RAILINGS. MOST OF THOSE BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE BUILDING RECERTIFICATION PROCESS. I WOULD SAY NINE OUT OF 10 ARE COMING IN SAYING OUR ENGINEERS ARE TELLING US THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR SLABS CANNOT SUPPORT THIS WEIGHT. IF WE DO TRY TO REPAIR IT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE SAME POSITION IN ABOUT 10 YEARS. SO WE'RE SEEING A REAL HARDSHIP FOR, FOR THESE LARGER CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS. AND REPAIRING IT WOULD ALSO MEAN A COST. A COST BECAUSE IT'S CONCRETE, BUT IT ALSO MEANS GOING CURRENTLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH, THROUGH THE PRESERVATION BOARD PROCESS, WHICH ADDS TIME AND ENGINEER FEES AND OTHER FEES TO THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. CORRECT. AND, AND WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE, OF THESE NON-CONTRIBUTING CONDOMINIUMS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT BEING DELAYED IN THE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO THE BUILDING. ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? I MEAN, IT, IT ADDS PROBABLY BETWEEN FOUR, BETWEEN THREE AND SIX MONTHS. SO RIGHT THERE [05:15:01] WE ARE SAVING MANY OF THESE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS UP TO SIX MONTHS IN TIME AND NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT MONEY WITH THIS SIMPLE MODIFICATION. CORRECT. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. UM, THE OTHER, UM, PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE IS TO MODIFY THE EXISTING TWO STEP PROCESS. THERE IS AN EXISTING TWO STEP PROCESS THAT ALLOWS PROJECTS, UM, TO GET A SITE PLAN APPROVAL, A BINDING APPROVAL, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE BOARD AT, WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING OF THE PROJECT. HOWEVER, AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, UM, THAT IS A VERY NEBULOUS PROCESS. THERE'S NO CRITERIA, THERE'S NO GUIDELINES, THERE'S NO DETERMINATION OF WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROCESS. SO, UM, WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID IS THEY, UM, RECOMMENDED MAJOR CLARIFICATIONS, DETAILED GUIDANCE, DETAILED REQUIREMENTS, AND, UH, THRESHOLDS FOR WHAT PROJECTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. THESE WOULD BE LARGER PROJECTS THAT TYPICALLY, AND I, AND I BROUGHT A VISUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I I HEARD THE CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE LINCOLN ROAD, UM, RITZ CARLTON PROJECT. WELL, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE, THE BOOK THAT THE BOARD GETS FOR THIS ONE PROJECT. AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE BOARD TO DIGEST, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY HAVE OTHER APPLICATIONS TO BE HEARD THAT DAY, TO DIGEST ALL OF THESE DETAILS AND, AND AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THESE LARGER PROJECTS IS, UM, THEY GET CONTINUED WITH RECOMMENDED DESIGN CHANGES. AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY GET CONTINUED IS THAT THIS ENTIRE SET NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE ARCHITECT, TO THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, TO THE LIGHTING DESIGNER, TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS. AND WE'RE SEEING A REAL WASTE IN RESOURCES. WHEREAS A TWO STEP PROCESS WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND APPROVE CERTAIN THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE HEIGHT, THE MASSING, THE SITE PLAN, THE LEVEL OF DEMOLITION THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, AND FOCUS ON THOSE REAL BIG PICTURE ISSUES, APPROVE THAT OR, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND CHANGES TO THAT. BUT THEN YOU'RE ONLY A SMALLER PACKAGE REVISING A MUCH SMALLER PACKAGE, WHICH WILL SAVE TIME AND AND RESOURCES. AND IN MY OPINION, IT WILL ALSO, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN, WHAT RIGHT NOW IS GOING BEFORE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD IN THAT FIRST HEARING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING NOT JUST FROM MASSING, BUT EVERYTHING TO LIKE A DETAILED SITE PLAN. UH, ALL THE FLOOR PLANS FOR ALL, FOR ALL THE FLOORS, ELEVATIONS, MATERIALS, FINISHES, MANEUVERABILITY, A VERY DETAILED SET OF PLANS THAT WITH, WITH A MINOR TWEAK, IF THEY WANNA CHANGE, IF THE HPP FEELS THAT THERE HAS TO BE MORE SETBACKS OR THE HEIGHT HAS TO BE CHANGED OR ANY, ANY, ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, NOW THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDESIGN AND CHANGE THAT ENTIRE THICK BOOK. WHEN IN FACT THE, THAT MORE BIGGER PICTURE CONCEPT CAN FIRST BE ADDRESSED IN A FIRST HEARING IN A TWO STEP PROCESS WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER PERHAPS MORE, MORE, UH, MORE SUPERFICIALLY THE SIDE PLAN AND THE MASSING. AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SIDE PLAN AND YOUR MASSING IS, THEN YOU COME BACK WITH YOUR BIGGER SET OF PLANS WITH ALL OF YOUR OTHER DETAILS. CORRECT. AND HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS COSTS, UH, APPLICANTS WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING, UH, FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROCESS? UH, REDESIGNING THESE BOOKS, IF IT, IF IT'S A, LIKE IF IT'S A REDESIGN OF A, A SET THAT'S THIS THICK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE ALL THE, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO, TO REDESIGN THEIR PROCESS, WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HERE THAT WE'RE FACILITATING TO HELP THIS PROCESS GO MORE SMOOTHLY. AND I WOULD IMAGINE IF YOU NEED TO GO BACK, AMEND THAT BIG BOOK IS ALSO TIME. I'M SURE IT'S NOT THE SAME THING TO AMEND THAT BIG BOOK AS TO AMENDING THE SMALLER SET OF PLANS. CORRECT. UM, THE NEXT, UH, PROCESS RECOMMENDATION CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE IS TO INCREASE THE THRESHOLD, UM, FOR APPLICATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION PLAN. UM, CURRENTLY ANY PROJECT THAT CONTAINS OVER 5,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, OR FOR OR MORE RESIDENT, OR FOUR MORE THAN FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS, DOES REQUIRE THIS TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS. UM, WHICH DOES INCLUDE A PEER REVIEW THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. UM, WE'VE SEEN THIS REALLY DELAY SMALLER PROJECTS, FIVE UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. UM, AND THE COMMITTEE WAS ALL UNANIMOUSLY IN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD INCREASE THOSE THRESHOLDS TO A 50,000 [05:20:01] GROSS SQUARE FOOT. UM, AND WHAT CAUSES THE DELAY WITH THAT TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS? 'CAUSE WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU'RE CREATING FOUR NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH IN ESSENCE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CREATE NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED THAT HOUSING. WHY, WHY DOES IT COST A DELAY WHEN WE HAVE THAT TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS? FROM MY EXPERIENCE, WELL THE FIRST, THE CALENDAR REQUIRES YOU TO, TO REACH OUT TO TRANSPORTATION A MONTH PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REVIEW. SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL MONTH. THEN ONCE THAT MEETING WITH TRANSPORTATION IS HELD, THE METHODOLOGY HAS TO BE DETERMINED, AGREED UPON WITH AN OUTSIDE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT. SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS CERTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS OUR OWN OUTSIDE, UM, PEER REVIEWER AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OUTSIDE TRANSPORTATION, UH, PROFESSIONAL. WE'VE SEEN A DELAY IN THAT PROCESS WHERE THERE BEFORE WE CAN EVEN AGREE ON A METHODOLOGY FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED. THINGS ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, BUMPED BACK TO THE, TO THE NEXT AGENDA CYCLE. SO WE'RE SEEING 2, 3, 4 MONTH, UM, AND HOW MANY PROJECTS END UP GETTING IN THIS TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS RED TAPE, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, UM, BECAUSE, UH, 5,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET IS, IS VERY SMALL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S FOR, FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A NON-EXISTENT FAR FOR MOST PROPERTIES. ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY, JUST A FEW MORE THINGS. I WILL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. UM, THE, THE COMMITTEE AND IN YOUR ORDINANCE IT'S REFLECTED IS ALSO RECOMMENDING EXPANDING THE CURRENT SPECIAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED WITHIN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. UM, THIS WOULD JUST EXPAND THE ALLOWABLE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY GIVEN MORE LATITUDE FOR THESE PROPERTIES, UM, IN THE, IN THE REGULATIONS. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, MORE REALISTIC ADDITIONS THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OR FROM A WATERWAY TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY STAFF. AND THIS IS TO DISCOURAGE THE DEMOLITION OR ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF THESE OF THESE HOMES AS OPPOSED TO DEMOLISHING? CORRECT. AND THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE, THE RETENTION AND RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING HOME. THIS WOULD ALSO HAVE, UM, AS, AS DRAFTED A NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THE IMMEDIATE, UH, LEE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS A A MAIL NOTICE. SO AS WE COULD REVIEW THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY, WE WOULD, THE APPLICANT WOULD STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR PROVIDING A MAIL NOTICE TO THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT, UH, THE LAST CATEGORY IS THE INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. UM, FOR THE INCENTIVES, WE HAVE TWO, UM, ELEMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. ONE IS THE EXPANSION OF THE APPLICABILITY FOR THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ZONING INCENTIVES. UM, THIS IS CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR PRE 1966 ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT HOMES. THIS WOULD EXPAND THOSE INCENTIVES TO CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS WITHIN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS CONTRIBUTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ADDITIONAL UNIT SIZE. SO THE LOT COVERAGE, THE, THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE REDUCED SETBACKS WOULD BE INCLUDED, BUT THE COMMITTEE DID NOT WANT TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL 10% LOCK OR UNIT SIZE. SO THAT IS NOT IN HERE. UM, FINALLY THE LAST, UH, INCENTIVE IS TO EXPAND THE CITY'S ADOR TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT PROGRAM AND ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. UM, AND THIS IS VERY EXCITING, EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. WE SAY WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION AND NOT ONLY ARE WE ENCOURAGING PRESERVATION THROUGH OUR ZONING POLICIES, AND NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING IT BY CUTTING RED TAPE, BY CUTTING TIME FOR APPLICANTS, BY CUTTING REVIEWED CRITERIA, BUT BY GIVING THOSE WHO INVEST IN OUR HISTORIC ASSETS A TAX BREAK AS A THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR HISTORIC ASSETS IN MIAMI BEACH. CORRECT. AND, AND JUST LET ME POINT OUT THAT THE, THE TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS, IS, IS ALSO THE COUNTY HAS THE SAME PROGRAM, UM, IS FOR QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENTS. SO IT'S NOT JUST A RUBBER STAMP, YOU'RE HISTORIC, YOU GET A TAX BREAK, YOU HAVE TO INVEST INTO RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. AND THAT INCREASE IN BUILDING VALUE IS WHAT IS POTENTIALLY EXEMPTED FOR A PERIOD, A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. AND THEN IT'S ROLLED BACK IN. DEBBIE, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS. I HAD A VISION OF CONVENING THIS COMMITTEE AND YOU, AND YOU, YOU WENT WITH THAT VISION. YOU DROVE THAT, THAT, THAT COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT BACK SOME INCREDIBLY [05:25:01] SUBSTANTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE I REALLY DO DO BELIEVE WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM TALLAHASSEE OR FROM THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, WE OFTENTIMES GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICTS. AND WE STRUGGLE TO FIND THIS BALANCE. AND I THINK WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'VE LED TOGETHER WITH THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS AND PROFESSIONALS AND RESIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS, I THINK WE'RE STRIKING THAT GREAT BALANCE. I THINK THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS IS RECEIVED BY THE INDUSTRY AND BY LEGISLATORS AS A MESSAGE THAT WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. WE CARE ABOUT HI OUR HISTORIC, UH, ASSETS, BUT WE ALSO CARE ABOUT HELPING PROPERTY OWNERS FACILITATE THE INVESTMENTS INTO THESE HISTORIC ASSETS TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE. WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I'M VERY PROUD TO MOVE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD ITEM CALL VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE MR. LARRY SCHAFER ONLINE. MR. SCHAFER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. THIS IS A COMMENT JUST IN SUPPORT OF, UH, MR. GRANADO. THIS ITEM HAD THE LONGEST TITLE I'VE EVER HEARD AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HE GOT IT ALL OUT. IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE HE EVEN BR TOOK A BREATH. SO THANK YOU REF. THANK YOU MR. GUDO. THAT WAS AN, AN AWESOME TITLE. READING. PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE WE COULD SHORTEN SOME OF THESE, THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE THAT. THANK YOU . UH, I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. AND IF THE STATE ALLOWS US TO SHORTEN IT, WE'LL DO IT. I VOTE FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER BOT? YES. UH, VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES THE ITEM AS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE MR [R5 N MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME RENOVATIONS EXCEEDING THE 50% RULE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED "LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, ENTITLED "INTENT AND APPLICABILITY," BY AMENDING SECTION 4.1.2, ENTITLED “SHORT TITLE AND APPLICABILITY,” BY MODIFYING THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROJECTS EXCEEDING THE 50% RULE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE NR FIVE N IS, IT'S AN ORDERS TO MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR, MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE ENTITLED LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE. ENTITLED INTENT AND APPLICABILITY BY AMENDING SECTION 4.1 0.2 ENTITLED SHORT TITLE APPLICABILITY BY MODIFYING THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROJECTS, EXCEEDING THE 50% RULE, PROVIDING FOR A APPEALER OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE. IT IS R FIVE N. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. UM, HI. CONTINUING ALONG WITH, UH, CUTTING THROUGH, CUTTING THROUGH RED TAPE AND ELIMINATING SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE TO JUST GETTING BUILDING PERMITS. AND I SAT DOWN WITH TOM AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS, WHICH WAS, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING OUR CODE, WHICH MAKES THINGS COMPLICATED, UM, YOU NEED A CERTAIN KIND OF TREE THAT HAS TO BE, UH, 12 FEET. BUT THE COUNTY, IF IT'S A NATIVE TREE, IT COULD BE EIGHT, EIGHT FEET, WHICH SAVES PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU OWN A HOME, YOU HIT THE 50% RULE. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE CONVERTING YOUR GARAGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR VERY, VERY COMPLICATED STANDARDS. BUT IF WE FOLLOW THE COUNTY CODE, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SIMPLER. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PLANT A SHRUB, IT ONLY HAS TO BE 30%, BUT OURS IS 50% AND OURS HAS TO BE DROUGHT TOLERANCE, SALT TOLERANT, LOW MAINTENANCE. IT'S SO WE GET PEOPLE TIED UP OVER SHRUBS WHERE THEY DON'T NEED TO BE. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA FOLLOW THE COUNTY CODE, WHICH I THINK ELIMINATES THINGS. IT MAKES IT, UM, INEXPENSIVE IN CASE YOU DO HIT THE 50% THRESHOLD. 'CAUSE YOU, YOU CAN HIT THAT THRESHOLD VERY EASILY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE SUPER COMPLICATED LANDSCAPING CODES AND PEOPLE JUST CAN'T GET IT DONE. SO WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY DON'T GET A BUILDING PERMIT. SO, UM, IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF ELIMINATING RED TAPE, BUT FOLLOWING THE COUNTY CODE, WHICH DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS. I MOVE THIS ITEM SECOND. LET'S CALL A VOTE. PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK OF BUSH. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION PASSES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE N. [R5 Q RO DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR ALCOHOL SALES IN NONCONFORMING USES – COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BY AMENDING GOAL RLU 1: LAND USE; OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1: ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES; POLICY RLU 1.1.11: RESIDENTIAL / OFFICE (RO), TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR NONCONFORMING CAFES SERVING ALCOHOL AND LOCATED ON ALTON ROAD; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; TRANSMITTAL; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] [R5 R RO DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR ALCOHOL SALES IN NONCONFORMING USES – LDR AMENDMENTAN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED, "LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS," BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES”, ARTICLE XII, ENTITLED “NONCONFORMITIES,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2.12.5, ENTITLED “NONCONFORMING USE OF BUILDINGS,” TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR NONCONFORMING CAFES SERVING ALCOHOL AND LOCATED ON ALTON ROAD; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7 ENTITLED, “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS”, ARTICLE II, ENTITLED, “GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS”, DIVISION 7.2.9 ENTITLED, “RO RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE DISTRICT,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.9.2, ENTITLED “ USES (RO),” TO ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES IN EXISTING CAFES; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE. QR FIVE Q IS AND AND R FIVE. RR FIVE Q IS IN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING GOAL RLU ONE, LAND USE. OBJECTIVE. OBJECTIVE, RLU, RLU 1.1. ESTABLISHING A FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES POLICY RLU 1.1. POINT 11. RESIDENTIAL OFFICE RO TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-CONFORMING CAFES, SERVING ALCOHOL AND LOCATED ON ALTERNATE ROAD. PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRANSMITTAL RETAILERS HAVE ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS R FIVE Q, WHICH IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC [05:30:01] HEARING. COMPANION ITEM R FIVE R IS AN ORDER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. SO PART B ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES. ARTICLE 12 ENTITLED NONCONFORM NONCONFORMITIES BY AMENDING SECTION TWO POINT 12.5 ENTITLED NONCONFORMING USE OF BUILDINGS TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR NONCONFORMING CAFES SERVING ALCOHOL AND LOCATED ON ALTERNATE ROAD BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED GENERAL TO OLD ZONING DISTRICTS DIVISION 7.2 0.9 ENTITLED RO RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DISTRICT BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 ENTITLED USES, UH, RO TO ALLOW ALCOHOL, SALES AND EXISTING CAFES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, OBSERVABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT WAS COMPANION ITEM R FIVE R, WHICH IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRING FIVE SEVEN VOTE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S A SMALL TWO BLOCK GAP BETWEEN 12 AND 14TH STREET ON ALTON ROAD WHERE ALL ALCOHOL SALES ARE PROHIBITED. THE PROPOSAL HERE WOULD PERMIT LIMITED BEER AND WINE SALES AT EXISTING CAFES ONLY WITHIN THE RO DISTRICT. THERE ARE KEY PROVISIONS. MAXIMUM OF 10 SEATS PER CAFE APPLIES ONLY TO EXISTING CAFES. NO NEW CAFES WILL BE PERMITTED. AND IT INCLUDES A VESTING PROVISION TO PROTECT CURRENT USES BECAUSE IT APPLIES ONLY TO EXISTING SMALL CAFES. AND UNDER STRICT CONDITIONS, THE OVERALL IMPACT IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL AND THE PLANNING BOARD HAD APPROVED THIS UNANIMOUSLY. THE EXISTING CAFE IN QUESTION IS THE PLANT NURSERY THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. AND IN THE BACK THERE IS A TINY RESTAURANT THAT, UM, SERVES SALAD SANDWICHES AND, UM, FOOD AND DRINKS. AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. MS. UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, IS THERE ANY OR MR. DIRECTOR, IS THERE ANY PROVISION FOR NOISE, AMBIENT NOISE? UH, FOR THE ENTERTAIN THE GUESTS, IF THIS, THEY, UH, ENTERTAINMENT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED. SO THEY COULD NOT HAVE ANY, ANY FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT. AND IF THEY WERE TO PROVIDE AMBIENT MUSIC, IT COULD NOT BE PLAYED AT A LEVEL THAT EXCEEDED, UM, WHAT WE WOULD CALL, UH, NORMAL LEVELS OR LEVELS THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH NORMAL CONVERSATION. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AMBIENT MUSIC. AND, AND WHEN WOULD ALCOHOL SALES END? I THINK IT WAS AT NINE. IT WOULD BE THE SALES WOULD HAVE TO END BY 10:00 PM FOR INDOOR AREAS AND 8:00 PM IF THERE ARE OUTDOOR SEATS. OKAY, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE. CALL THE ROLL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEE MR. TOM HAWKINS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MR. HAWKINS, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS TOM HAWKINS. I LIVE AT 1300 MONAD TERRACE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I COMMEND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR CARING ABOUT THE BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SHE WOULD MAKE THIS, UH, PROPOSAL TODAY. UH, I FULLY SUPPORT IT AND, UH, THIS IS COMING AT A TIME WHERE MANY OF OUR LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE SUFFERING, UH, FROM THE LACK OF BUSINESS. AND, UH, AND THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT THE COMMISSION IS DOING TODAY. PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES, THIS IS ON BOTH RFIQ AND R FIVE R. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. ITEMS IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. BOTH ITEMS R FIVE Q AND R FIVE R ARE APPROVED. R FIVE [R5 E AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PLACES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 2, ENTITLED “BICYCLING, SKATEBOARDING, ROLLER SKATING, IN-LINE SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC BICYCLES, MOPEDS, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES, AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 70-66, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” BY CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 70-67, ENTITLED “PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES,” BY PROHIBITING MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ON MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] ER FIVE E IS NORTH MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED PUBLIC PLACES BY AMENDING DIVISION TWO ENTITLED, BICYCLE BICYCLING, SKATEBOARDING, ROLLER SKATING, LIGHT INLINE SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC BICYCLE, MPIS, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED VEHICLES, AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH 66 ENTITLED DEFINITIONS BY CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. AND BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH 67 ENTITLED PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY PROHIBITING MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ON MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEAT OBSERVABILITY CLARIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE E. THANK YOU. IT'S MAY, UH, UH, MY ITEM AND, UH, MIAMI PROMENADE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS MIAMI BEACH DRIVE. IT'S A SHARED USE PATHWAY PARALLEL TO AND WEST OF THE BEACH. WALK FROM, UH, BASICALLY 24TH TO 29TH STREETS. THIS WOULD PROHIBIT MOTORIZED VEHICLES SIMILAR, SIMILAR TO THE BEACH WALK. I WANNA THANK THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR HELP IN, UH, THE RENAMING AND ALSO FOR DRIVING THIS, UM, FOR THIS LEGISLATION. NO PUN INTENDED. NO PUN INTENDED. CORRECT. MR. MAYOR, JUST [05:35:01] ONE COMMENT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR OF MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING IS TO COME BACK TO YOU AND POTENTIALLY INCLUDE, UH, SOME INTERIOR PATHWAYS OF PARKS, PARTICULARLY NEW PARKS THAT HAVE COME ONLINE OR WILL BE COMING ONLINE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INCLUDE THEM IN SECTION 70 PO UH, DASH 67 AS WELL. BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING. JUST LOOKING, UH, BECAUSE, UH, MARK FISHMAN IS SHAKING HIS HEAD BEHIND YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR. THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE WILL NEED A NEW TITLE TO DO THAT. SO TO BRING A NEW ORDINANCE. OKAY. OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO, UH, WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. SO, UM, MR. ROSA GONZALEZ, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DANGER AND THE NEED TO, I GUESS SUPPOSE REGULATE, BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY WE DON'T JUST HAVE LIKE A SEPARATE LANE EVERYWHERE AND JUST HAVE IT MARKED WITH LIKE A BIKE OR TRANSIT. EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD THAT I GO, THEY HAVE A SIMPLE MARKED LANE AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW IT AND WE CAN'T FOLLOW THAT. WE CAN'T JUST PUT A , PUT A LANE ON THE BEACH WALK HOWEVER POSSIBLE, HAVE IT MARKED, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT BE LIKE 30% OF THE BEACH WALK SO THAT WE AVOID ALL ACCIDENTS. AND THEN IN THESE AREAS TOO, HAVE A HAVE A LANE INSTEAD OF JUST PROHIBITING BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET ACROSS THE PROMENADE IF YOU'RE ON YOUR BIKE? IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, UH, TO DO THIS. WHY DON'T YOU JUST MARK IT INSTEAD SO THAT YOU HAVE A LANE. I MEAN, I'LL SUPPORT THIS TODAY 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A DANGER, BUT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST PROHIBIT, PROHIBIT UH, BAN, YOU JUST MARK IT. CAN'T YOU JUST MARK IT? IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT I'LL LET YOU ADDRESS THAT. SO AROUND, JUST GO THROUGH WITH A MARKER AND PUT A LITTLE BIKE ON IT OR WHEEL OR SOMETHING AND, AND MARK THE LANE. SO TO BE CLEAR, WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS PROHIBIT ELECTRIC MOBILITY DEVICES, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH ARE NOT PROHIBITED ANYWHERE ON THE BEACH WALK OR OTHER SHARED USE PATHS. THE ONLY THING IS THAT 70 DASH 67 IS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF THE AREAS WHERE MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ARE PROHIBITED. AND THE MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE IS CURRENTLY NOT IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS. UM, IF, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN HERE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'M GONNA SAY WHY I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS JUST 'CAUSE I'M THERE EVERY MORNING AND I, AND THIS IN THIS HALF A MILE STRETCH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT THEIR BACK ENTRANCE OPENS RIGHT INTO THE PROMENADE AND THAT PROMENADE IS RIGHT BETWEEN THE BACK ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING AND USUALLY THE POOL OF THE BUILDING. AND WHAT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT RUN OUT OF THE BACK DOOR OF, OF THOSE BUILDINGS RUNNING TO THE POOL. YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH THEIR DOGS RUNNING FROM THE BACK DOOR OF THEIR BUILDING RUNNING TO THE EAST SIDE WITH A POOL. AND THEN MIXED WITH THAT YOU HAVE NORTH SOUTH TRAFFIC THAT CROSSES THERE. AND SO, SO WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING FROM WEST TO EAST, THE WEST, THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS TO THE EAST, WHICH IS THEIR POOL AREAS MIXED WITH NORTH, SOUTH PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC, IT CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT IN THIS PROMENADE BECAUSE OF THAT UNIQUE CONFIGURATION TO HAVE THESE, UH, THESE MOTORIZED UH, VEHICLES. AND SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE OF THAT. IT IS A VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE. THERE, THERE IS NOT THE ISSUE OF SPACE BECAUSE OF PROMENADE. IT'S VERY WIDE. IT'S PROBABLY 15 FEET WIDE IF I HAD TO GUESS. UM, BUT THE ISSUE THERE IS THAT YOU HAVE CROSS TRAFFIC, UH, AT EVERY BUILDING. AND SO, UM, HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. UM, CAN I SAY ANYTHING MR. ROSA GONZALEZ? YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THIS, BUT JOSE, GIVEN ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE PREEMPTED FROM REGULATION, WHY HAVEN'T YOU JUST MARKED THE LANE? DO WE HAVE A MARKED LANE UP AND DOWN THE BEACH WALK AT THIS POINT? SO WE, WE TRIED, YOU MAY RECALL WE TRIED THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE, UM, WE TRIED TO SEGREGATE BICYCLISTS MM-HMM . FROM PEDESTRIANS MM-HMM . AND ALONG THE BEACH WALK, IT JUST DID, DID NOT WORK BECAUSE TO TRY TO SQUEEZE TWO-WAY BICYCLE TRAFFIC MM-HMM . IN ABOUT EIGHT FEET ON THE BEACH WALK AND THEN GIVING ABOUT SEVEN FEET TO TWO-WAY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. IT WAS JUST TOO MANY CONFLICTS OCCURRING. AND IT WAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN ACTUALLY NOT DOING, UH, THAN, THAN THAN DOING NOTHING. SO WHAT WE DID, WHICH IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW IS WE DREW A CENTER LINE DOWN THE ENTIRE SEVEN MILE STRETCH OF THE BEACH WALK AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING THROUGH SYMBOLS [05:40:01] AND THROUGH SIGNAGE FOR ALL USERS TO KEEP TO THEIR RIGHT WITH VERY SIMPLE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS KEEP RIGHT AND, UM, SLOW DOWN. HAS THAT BEEN WORKING? HAVE YOU SEEN LESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT ACCIDENTS? ACTUALLY WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, GENERALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. OH, THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER BOT. YEAH. TO, TO THAT POINT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 'CAUSE WE TALK ABOUT IT ALMOST EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING, COMMISSION MEETING THAT COMES UP IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THERE IS A WORKING GROUP INTERNALLY THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF WORKING ON THESE MICRO MOBILITY ISSUES HOLISTICALLY. UM, AND, UM, THE SIGNAGE CHANGES, THE DIVIDING OF THE BEACH WALK, ALL OF THAT ARE STEPS GETTING TO WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A LOT MORE USABLE MILEAGE FOR ALL TYPES OF MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES, INCLUDING ELECTRIC. BUT WE NEED TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET THE DATA AND MAKE, MEASURE THE METRICS AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS IN ORDER TO DO IT SAFELY. THE PROBLEM WITH THE BEACH WALK AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IS UP IN NORTH BEACH YOU'VE GOT, I DUNNO, 25 FEET ACROSS OR SOMETHING ENORMOUS WHERE IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM TO DIVIDE, UM, INTO MULTIPLE SEGMENTS, BUT DOWN, UM, JUST NORTH OF, OF, UM, OF OCEAN DRIVE. YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BARELY GO TWO OR THREE PEOPLE ACROSS, RIGHT? SO IT, IT DOESN'T WORK. IT'S NOT UNIFORM. SO BEFORE WE START DOING THINGS THAT WILL END UP IN COMPLICATING AND UM, POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX EVERYTHING WE CAN AS EASILY AS WE CAN WHILE WE GET THE DATA TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS THAT FIX US IN A COMPREHENSIVE, PERMANENT WAY MOVING FORWARD. SO IT'S, IT'S THE GOAL. I DO THINK AT SOME POINT TOO, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MARK SIDEWALKS 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME HOW, LIKE, HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH BEACH. YEAH. IT'S, WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT AS WELL. AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING ROBOTS TO THE MIX. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DELIVERY BOTS AND EVERY KIND OF WIZARD ON WHEELS, , AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MARK YOUR A BOT LANE TOO. WELL, YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A THING. THE, THE DELIVERY BOTS, WHICH WE HAVE NO, IT, IT ALREADY IS IT? NO, MY POINT IS, WHICH WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, EXERT HOME RULE ABOUT, IT'S GOING TO GET VERY COMPLICATED. SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, AN OCTOPUS OF AN ISSUE. JUST ONE MORE BOT TO DEAL WITH. I MOVE THE FULL VOTE. I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR. EXCUSE ME. IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING? I THINK IT WAS FERNANDEZ, BUT, UH, NO, BUT YOU SECONDING IT, YOUR ITEM. THAT'S FINE. IT'S YOUR ITEM SECONDED. OKAY, SURE. OKAY. UH, I HAVE A, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING, I HAVE INEZ ON, ON ZOOM. INEZ STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. UH, YES. THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR FOR ALL THE EFFORT AND THE WORK AND THE TIME THAT YOU VOLUNTEER. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. UH, WHAT I WANNA SUGGEST, BECAUSE I HEAR, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN THE OCEAN. I'M, UH, 1500 OCEAN DRIVE AND I HEAR FROM MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY MY ELDERLY NEIGHBORS, HOW AFRAID THEY ARE TO WALK ON THE PROMEN, ON THE BEACH WALK PROMENADE, OR EVEN BIKE. SO I THINK THAT I MAY SUGGEST THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER, UH, UH, DESIGNATED, SAY CERTAIN DAYS, CERTAIN HOURS FOR JUST PEDESTRIAN OR JUST BICYCLES. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND I THINK IT'S A, IS IS VERY POSSIBLE AND LIKE YOU SAY WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS, SIGNS AND ALL OF THAT, THAT YOU SHOULD RESERVE CERTAIN DAYS, CERTAIN HOURS FOR ONLY BICYCLES AND CERTAIN DAYS, CERTAIN, UH, HOURS FOR JUST PEDESTRIAN. SO THE PEDESTRIAN CAN BE AT PEACE THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE RUN OVER. 'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW ACCIDENT HAPPENINGS WITH THE BICYCLES RUNNING INTO THE PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY TWO OF MY FRIENDS RECENTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, SIR. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN. MATTHEW HANOFF, 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. UM, I'M WONDERING WHY IT'S HAPPENING NOW. IS THERE, IS THERE A PROBLEM ON THIS, UH, THIS HALF MILE STRETCH OF MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE? WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THE PROMENADE? UM, WHY DIDN'T, WHY WEREN'T OTHER THINGS LOOKED AT FIRST BEFORE JUST BANNING, UH, BANNING MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION? AND THEN I WAS HOPING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'VE HEARD THAT STATE GRANTS THAT WERE USED TO FUND THE BEACH WALK PROHIBIT, UH, BICYCLES OR EBIS E-BIKES AS WELL. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT STATEMENT? DOES NOT DECIDE. NO, THE, THE STATE DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE RESTRICTION ON E-BIKES. WE, WE DID LOOK INTO THAT PREVIOUSLY. OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF 70 DASH 67? THE CITY CODE THAT WAS, I I BELIEVE IT WAS ENACTED IN 2014. IT PREDATES ME, BUT I WOULD ASK MARK FISHMAN IF HE CAN ADDRESS, BUT I SUSPECT [05:45:01] THAT IT WAS ALWAYS RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY BACK AND FORTH. SO I DID, I I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THE HISTORY OF IT. IT WAS ABOUT SEGUES. IT WASN'T ABOUT E-BIKES. E-BIKES DIDN'T EXIST. IT WASN'T ABOUT EESS SCOOTERS, IT WAS SEGUES NON TANDEM. THEY CALLED EM ASSISTANT MOTORIZED DEVICES. UH, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTED MOTOR MOBILITY DEVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS SEGWAYS. IT WAS TAURUS ON SEGWAYS WHO HAVE NEVER RIDDEN THEM BEFORE. AND SEGWAYS, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM BEFORE, THEY'RE SUPER WIDE. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A DATE OF AGE NOW, MICRO MOBILITY, BUT THIS IS, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE WAS, OR THE CITY CODE WAS FOR A DIFFERENT PROBLEM AT A DIFFERENT TIME. AND MICRO MOBILITY IS HERE TODAY AND IT'S GONNA STAY AND IT'S GONNA KEEP GETTING BIGGER. SO JUST SAYING NO, NO, NO IS NOT ADDRESSING ANYTHING HERE. PUSHING THE PROBLEM AWAY WON'T MAKE IT, BY THE WAY. I DON'T THINK IT IS A PROBLEM, BUT MANY CALL IT A PROBLEM ISN'T GONNA MAKE IT GO AWAY. THESE ARE, THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS, THESE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS. GOTTA FIND SOME WAY TO DEAL WITH WITH THIS I KNOW HAPPENS, IT'S LITERALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WE GET. UH, PEOPLE FEAR ARE FEARFUL WALKING ON THE, ON THE BEACH WALK 'CAUSE OF THE SPEED OF, OF SOME OF THESE MOTORIZED VEHICLES. SPEED LIMIT. IT'S NOT ALL AROUND THE STILL GOTTA THE COUNTRY. MATTHEW, YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS? THE GOAL IS TO HAVE SAFE RIDEABLE, SHAREABLE PATHS AND STREETS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS AND ONTO TO BIKES OR SCOOTERS OR SEGUES IF THEY WANT, IF IT'S LEGAL IN THE, IN THAT RIGHT SPOT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION, BUT LET US DO THE WORK. WE HAD TO GET FUNDED. NOW WE'VE GOT THE DEVICES, NOW WE'RE GETTING THEM INSTALLED, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DATA. WE'VE JUST GOT THE SIGNS GOING. I WAS JUST, I WAS UP ALL THE WAY I AT 87TH STREET AND RAN BACK DOWN. THE SIGNS LOOK AMAZING AND THEY ARE UNIVERSALLY CLEAR. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH. THEY'RE LEGIBLE. LIKE, YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS. I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. WE ARE ALL TRYING TO GET TO THE SAME DESTINATION, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER VIA ZOOM IS DANIEL RESPOND. THANK YOU. YES. HI, DANIEL ERALDO, CANDIDATE FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION. I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT, UH, THESE BIKES, UH, CAUSING SAFETY ISSUES. I MYSELF RIDING ELECTRIC BIKE. UM, BUT I DO IT RESPONSIBLY AND UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYBODY DOES. BUT I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK ON THIS, BUT I HEARD ONE OF THE CONSTITUENCY NE FLAGS CALL IN AND SHE HAD A GREAT IDEA ABOUT ALSO HAVING A TIME WHEN A BICYCLE FOLKS CAN USE SOME OF THOSE LANES. I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, LINCOLN ROAD, A LOT OF US LIKE TO GO BEFORE 9:00 AM WHEN, UH, BICYCLES ARE ALLOWED. AND SO PERHAPS AS AN INTERIM, YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THEY DO IN CENTRAL PARK WHERE THEY, THEY SWITCH THE MODES FROM TIME TO TIME AND ALLOW THAT BOARDWALK THAT'S A PUBLIC TAXPAYER FUNDED, UH, UH, STREET TO ALLOW FOR ALL DIFFERENT MODES OF MOBILITY, BUT TO DO IT SAFELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER PER INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. OKAY, LET'S CALL A VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECOND BY MAYOR MINOR VICE MAYOR SCHWARZ. YES, HE'S A YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD, R FIVE [R5 F AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “BUSINESSES,” BY CREATING ARTICLE XX, ENTITLED “POLICE COST RECOVERY,” BY CREATING SECTION 18-950 THEREOF, ENTITLED “RECOVERY OF COSTS FOR FAILURE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO APPEAR ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS,” BY AUTHORIZING THE RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS, OR A MINIMUM SERVICE FEE IN LIEU OF THE RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS, INCURRED BY THE CITY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IS NOLLE PROSSED, ABANDONED, DISMISSED, OR OTHERWISE UNSUCCESSFUL AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF A RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO APPEAR IN COURT PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FR FIVE F IS AN NOTICE OF MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MY, OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED BUSINESS BY CREATING ARTICLE 20 ENTITLED POLICE COST RECOVERY RECREATING SECTION 18 DASH NINE 50 THEREOF ENTITLED, RECOVERY OF COST FOR FAILURE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO APPEAR ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS BY AUTHORIZING THE RECOVERY OF ALL LOST COSTS OR MINIMUM SERVICE FEE IN LIEU OF RECOVERY OF ALL COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER CIRCUM, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IS NO PRO ABANDONED, DISMISSED, OR OTHERWISE UNSUCCESS UNSUCCESSFUL AS A RESULT, AS A DIRECT RESULT OF A FAILURE OF A RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO APPEAR IN COURT, IN COURT PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEATABILITY COMPLICATION ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE F, COMMISSIONER BOT. YEAH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I'M BRINGING, UM, IN SERVICE OF, UM, HELPING KEEP THE BAD GUYS FROM DOING BAD THINGS. WE, UM, ARE FRUSTRATED, UM, AND HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN PROSECUTING CASES THAT ARE BROUGHT, WHICH IS GREAT. THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THAT. UM, I THINK THAT STARTED WHEN YOU WERE A BABY COMMISSIONER, AS YOU SAID EARLIER. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WE HAVE IS THAT WE MAKE THE ARRESTS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS FILL OUT ALL OF THE REPORTS. THEY GO TO THE COURTHOUSE AND THE STORE OR THE RETAILER, WHOEVER, UM, [05:50:01] WHO, UH, PRESS CHARGES FAILS TO APPEAR. SO IT'S A WASTE OF TIME. AND ALSO THE CASE IS IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED. UM, THERE ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE, UH, PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO COMBAT THAT. UM, IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO FALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL STORE OWNER OR MANAGER OR EMPLOYEE WHO, UM, WAS THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME. THERE ARE WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT SO IT'S NOT A DRAIN ON, ON THE RETAIL OPERATOR. UM, AND I THINK THAT IF WE START ENCOURAGING PEOPLE BY, YOU KNOW, HAVING NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO MAKE SURE THEY SHOW UP TO, UM, ENACT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COURT PROCEEDINGS TO GO THROUGH THE COURT PROCEEDINGS, UM, THEY WILL DO THAT MORE OFTEN. AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR, IN OUR KIT TO, UH, TRY TO CURB THIS. AND I'D LIKE TO BRING UP CHIEF JONES TO TALK ABOUT THIS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE PARTICULAR THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED. GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SORRY. UH, WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF. UM, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT THIS, THIS ITEM, UM, AND I'LL LET, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF VAN MAG, UH, TELL YOU AS TO WHY. UM, BUT IN SUMMARY, WE OFTENTIMES GO TO, UH, THEFT CALLS FOR SERVICE AT VARIOUS BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, ARREST PEOPLE IN GOOD FAITH PROBABLE CAUSE, EXPECTING THOSE FOLKS BE FULLY, UM, HELD TO THE EXTENT OF THE LAW. AND OFTENTIMES THOSE CASES ARE DROPPED BECAUSE VICTIMS DON'T SHOW UP TO SEE THE CASE THROUGH TO, TO THE END. BUT I'M GONNA LET, LET CHIEF, UH, DAN MCGALL, SO TO SPEAK, THERAPY TO THIS. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MR. MAYOR, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL GEL ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THE PROSECUTION OF THESE RETAIL THEFT CASES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE HABITUAL OFFENDERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. UM, ALSO WITH, UM, THE ISSUE OF ORGANIZED THEFT RINGS THAT HIT SOME OF THESE MAJOR, UM, RETAILERS ON LINCOLN ROAD AND SOME OTHER AREAS. AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IS THAT SOME OF THESE RETAILERS CALL THE POLICE, WE RESPOND, WE SPEND HOURS WITH OUR OFFICERS AND SOMETIMES OUR DETECTIVES IN SOME OF THESE CASES INVESTIGATING, MAKING ARRESTS. AND THEN ONCE THE RETAILER RECOVERS THE STOLEN PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THERE IS NO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROSECUTION. AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT THESE HABITUAL OFFENDERS CONTINUE TO REMAIN ON THE STREET BECAUSE THE CASES ARE DROPPED BECAUSE THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CANNOT PROSECUTE THE CASE WITHOUT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSINESS APPEARING IN COURT. SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS BASICALLY IT WOULD PUT US IN THE POSITION AS THE CITY THAT IF A RETAILER ASKS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND, MAKE AN ARREST AND DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROSECUTION, IT PROVIDES THE CITY A RECOURSE TO RECOVER SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE PLACED IN MAN HOURS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDING, MAKING THE ARREST, AND FOLLOWING THROUGH TOWARDS THE PROSECUTION. I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, AS DO I, BUT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SO I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THIS COURT BUSINESS THAT REPORTS, UH, A CRIME AND DOESN'T IT SHOW UP IN COURT? OR IS IT ONLY FOR BIGGER BUSINESSES? I I, I JUST, I I GET CONCERNED, I GET CONCERNED ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM REPORTING THINGS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE DO LIVE IN A TIME AND PLACE WHERE WE EVEN HAVE CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION THAT ARE SCARED OF WITNESS TO SOMETHING THAT'S SCARED OF SHOWING UP TO COURT. I, THIS IS THE REALITY OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY. AND SO THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD TO ANY AND ALL BUSINESSES. I SEE MARK SHAKING YOUR HEAD YES, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S CORRECT. THIS WOULD APPLY TO ANY BUSINESS ACROSS THE BOARD. WHERE'RE RESPONSIBLE PERSON FAILS TO APPEAR IN ANY COURT PROCEEDING ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS. AND AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THAT, THE CASE IS NO PROCESS DISMISSED, DROPPED OR ABANDONED. HOWEVER, LET ME ASK YOU. SURE. BUT LET ME ASK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE SIMILAR LEGISLATION AND IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHERE THEY HAVE THE SIMILAR TYPE OF LEGISLATION, WHICH IS, WHICH MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CALLING, REPORTING A CRIME AND THEN YOU DON'T SHOW UP IN COURT TO SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I GET IT. BUT THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE ALSO. AND, AND SO IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, HOW DO THEY DO THIS? DO THEY APPLY IT ACROSS THE BOARD TO, TO, TO ALL BUSINESSES OR IS THERE A DISTINCTION? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE OTHER JURISDICTION YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO IS AVENTURA. AND THEY HAD PROBLEMS, THESE STAFF PROBLEMS AT THE AVENTURA MALL AND THEY APPLIED IT TO THE STORES AND THE AVENTURA MALL, MOST OF WHOM ARE BIG BOX STORES, THEY SAID IT REALLY HELPED TO REMEDIATE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IN ALL HONESTY, THEY HAVEN'T USED IT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS WHEN WE CALLED AND SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT IT. UH, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA REVIVE IT. BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA TELL YOU IS THE POLICE CHIEF ALWAYS HAS DISCRETION [05:55:01] WHETHER TO INVOICE THE BUSINESS EITHER A $250 AMOUNT OR A FULL COST AMOUNT, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD'VE ALL THE, THE CFO JASON GREEN OR NOT DO IT AT ALL. AND I THINK OUR, OUR POLICE CHIEF HAS SHOWN, UH, THAT HE'S A VERY, UH, REASONABLE AND AND THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUAL. AND I'M SURE IF IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED OR IT'S A ONE-OFF. I, I, I DON'T THINK HE WOULD PROBABLY INVOICE AND LOOK FOR THAT POLICE COST RECOVERY. I THINK WHAT THEY'RE MORE REFERRING TO IS THE BIGGER BUSINESSES. I DON'T HAVE TO NAME THEM, BUT SOME OF THE BIGGER STORES WHO JUST ROUTINELY AS A COST OF DOING BUSINESS, I'VE DECIDED THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEND A RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO COURT, WHICH FRUSTRATES OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN DOESN'T GET A CONVICTION ON A PERSON. THEY GET ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING, THEY GET THEIR PROPERTY BACK, AND THAT PERSON LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, WRONGLY ARRESTED. SO THEY KEEP DOING IT AGAIN, AND THE JUDGE SEES THEY HAVE NO PRIORS OF THE USE IT JUDICIOUSLY, I THINK. ALRIGHT. SO THERE IS THE WAY WHERE SOMEONE, IF A SMALL BUSINESS, SOMEONE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE IT'S A ONE MAN SHOP OR THE THE WITNESS IS SCARED TO, TO, TO APPEAR IN COURT, THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY GET THIS FINE. NO, AND NOBODY'S AUTOMATICALLY GETTING IT. THE POLICE CHIEF, WE WOULD HAVE TO INVOICE THEM, AND THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE POLICE CHIEF TO EITHER INVOICE THEM FOR $250 OR TO DO A FULL COST RECOVERY, WHICH COULD BE FAR IN EXCESS OF THAT OR NOT AT ALL. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE UP TO CHIEF JONES. THANK YOU. AND MARK, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE IF SOMEBODY IS UNCOMFORTABLE GOING TO COURT BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CLIMATE, THE BUSINESS CAN APPOINT A RESPONSIBLE PERSON. IS THAT RIGHT? I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU'VE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT EXISTS WHERE YEAH. YES, PEOPLE HAVE DESIGNEES. YEAH. THEY, THEY COULD APPOINT A RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO TESTIFY TO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE CRIME, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE PROPERTY STOLEN. HOWEVER, THERE'S OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE YOU WOULD NEED AN EXACT PERSON, THE, THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME OR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY WITNESSED IT, WHERE YOU COULDN'T RELAY OFF ON SOMEONE ELSE. UM, BUT THERE IS A MECHANISM, LIKE I SAID, FOR THEM TO, OR SEND A DESIGNATED PERSON. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, CHIEF JONES WOULD HAVE THE DISCRETION WHERE IF THEY HAVE A REASON WHY SOMEONE DIDN'T GO TO COURT, THEY'RE NO LONGER IN THEIR EMPLOY, OR MAYBE THEY CAN'T GO FOR ANOTHER REASON, YOU KNOW, OR AN ACCIDENT OR WHATEVER TO, TO NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, INVOICE THEM. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER BA I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS. ONE OF MY BIGGEST PET PEEVES IS THAT WE DON'T PROSECUTE SHOPLIFTERS. AND IF YOU GO IN, YOU CAN JUST SHOPLIFT A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THEN THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES AND NOTHING HAPPENS. SO I THINK IF WE REALLY DO START TO FINE OR INVOICE THESE BUSINESSES, MAYBE THEY WILL UNDERSTAND AND WILL SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE DO NOT WANT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT SHOPLIFTING ON MAMIE BEACH. IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TROUBLING WHEN YOU GO INTO A STORE AND EVERYTHING IS UNDER LOCK AND KEY BECAUSE, UH, , SO NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANNA GET, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SOME SORT OF MEDICINE, YOU CAN'T. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I I WOULD ALSO LIKE US TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY DRAFT A LETTER TO EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY ALL OF THE WALGREENS AND CVSS, AND LET THEM KNOW, OKAY, THAT WE TAKE SHOPLIFTING SERIOUSLY. I'D LIKE THIS TO BE A STERN LETTER AND WE WANT THEM TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS AND WE SHOULD FIND A WAY, YOU KNOW, DEMAND THAT THEY ENFORCE OUR LAWS. UM, BECAUSE I PAY, I'M PRETTY SURE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ISN'T SHOPLIFTING ANYTHING AND THE NOTION THAT YOU CAN GO INTO SOMEPLACE AND SHOPLIFT UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT. , I WAS GONNA MAKE A CHECK, BUT I WON . UM, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN TO QUOTE UNQUOTE SHOPLIFT WITHOUT IT BEING GRAND THEFT? WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD? I THINK THEY RAISED IT TO $750. YEAH. SO YOU CAN TECHNICALLY GO IN AND TAKE UP TO $750 AND HAVE ZERO CONSEQUENCES. BUT I THINK IF WE SEND THIS REALLY STRONG LETTER AND SAY WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF PENALTY IF WE SEE, UM, A REPETITIVE PATTERN, BECAUSE IF CVS AND WALGREENS IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, THEN NOBODY'S EVER, YOU KNOW, GOING TO LEARN. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT THE ONUS ON THEM SO THAT THEY START TO ENFORCE EVEN PETTY THEFT. YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT ITEM. I DO BELIEVE WALGREENS DOES HAVE A PROGRAM IN, THEY'RE WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROSECUTING. YES, SIR. SO SOME OF THE WALGREENS AND CVSS, NOT ALL OF THEM IN OUR CITY, UH, PARTNER WITH A COMPANY THAT REPRESENTS THEM IN COURT. THERE'S ALSO THAT SAME COMPANY REPRESENTS OTHER OF THE SAME STORES ON THE MIAMI SIDE. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS VERY POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THESE, THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY REPRESENTING THOSE STORES IN COURT THAT HAVE LINKED CASES THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN LINKED, WHERE THE SAME OFFENDER WAS COMMITTING RETAIL THEFTS, BOTH IN MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH. AND BECAUSE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THAT REPRESENTATIVE COMPANY ON BEHALF OF WALGREENS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET FELONY CONVICTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND BASICALLY GET PEOPLE ACTUALLY KEPT IN JAIL FOR HABITUALLY BEING RETAIL THIEVES. EXCELLENT. COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, AND, AND I AGREE, I I I REALLY LIKE THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER BOT. UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST, BUT YOU ACTUALLY TOOK [06:00:01] THE MANTLE AND, AND DID IT. WE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN PROPERTY IS RETURNED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, THIS ITEM THOUGH HOLDS TRUE WHETHER THE PROPERTY WAS RETURNED OR NOT. CORRECT. SO OUR NORMAL PROCEDURE IS, UH, WE WOULD HAVE CRIME SCENE OR THE ACTUAL RETAILER IN SOME CASES PHOTOGRAPH THE PROPERTY AND THEN RETAIN CUSTODY OF THE PROPERTY. IN SOME INSTANCES, IF WE MAKE AN ARREST OFFSITE AND WE WOULD IMPOUND THE PROPERTY, THEN WE WOULD RELEASE IT BACK TO THEM AFTER WE WOULD PHOTOGRAPH IT FOR EVIDENTIARY PURPOSES. BUT PROPERTY IS USUALLY RETURNED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WE DON'T RETAIN IT, BUT IT'S NOT CONTINGENT ON THAT. LET'S SAY YOU ARREST SOMEONE AND THERE'S NO PROPERTY, THEY STILL HAVE TO COMPLY AND SHOW UP TO COURT, RIGHT? IF, IF THEY CALL THE POLICE WISHING TO PROSECUTE SOMEBODY FOR RETAIL THEFT, THEN IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROSECUTION OF THAT CASE MOVING FORWARD. DO WE HAVE DATA ON HOW WIDESPREAD THIS IS? MEANING SHOPLIFTING YOU COME AND MAKE AN ARREST ON WHETHER THAT THEY PROCESS THE CASE OR WARRANT? WE CAN, WE CAN DO THE RESEARCH AND FIND SOME OF THE DATA TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THESE CASES HAVE BEEN DROPPED TO GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME TODAY. OKAY. UM, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE. UH, WE CERTAINLY WANNA NOTIFY BUSINESSES SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS AND ALSO HOPEFULLY INCENTIVIZE THEM TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. AND ALSO JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THE, THE $750 THAT IT'S STILL A MISDEMEANOR THOUGH, IF IT'S UNDER $750 AND THAT WOULD FALL UNDER OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION PROGRAM. THAT COULD THEORETICALLY, THAT WOULD BE A MISDEMEANOR UNDER STATE LAW, WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED PETTY THEFTS AS, UH, MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD? THE VOLUME IS, IS TOO HIGH. ENORMOUS. IT WOULD REQUIRE A, AN EXPANSION OF OUR PROGRAM. YOU'RE REMINDING ME. 'CAUSE I THINK WE LOOKED INTO THIS A WHILE BACK. MM-HMM. AND THAT WAS YOUR WARNING TO ME THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE UP A LOT OF RESOURCES. THERE ARE A LOT OF PETTY THEFTS. THE GRAND THEFT AMOUNT IS $750, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PETTY THEFT MISDEMEANORS, WHICH THE STATE PROSECUTES. AND FOR US TO TAKE THEM, IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. CAN I ASK QUESTION? OKAY. YEAH, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. SO WHAT IS THE STATE? OH, COMMISSIONER BOT. I DID PROMISE. COMMISSIONER BOT AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. UM, SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IF, IF YOU FIND SOMEBODY WHO HAS STOLEN $749 AT THREE CONSECUTIVE STORES IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK, DOES THAT THEN BUMP IT UP FROM PETTY THEFT TO SOMETHING MORE? NO, IT'S EACH, NO, IT DOESN'T. EACH ONE WOULD BE INDIVIDUALLY PETTY THEFT. BUT THERE IS IN THE LAW WHERE IF YOU COMMIT A FIRST PETTY THEFT AND YOU COMMIT A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT ONE, IT BUMPS IT FROM A SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR. I'M SORRY, A SECOND DEGREE. YEAH, SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR TO A THIRD DEGREE FELONY. SO A SECOND PETTY THEFT UNDER STATE LAW TURNS INTO A FELONY. OKAY. SO THERE, THERE ARE BIGGER CONSEQUENCES THE MORE YOU DO IT. SO I DO LOVE KRISTEN COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, THE, UM, IDEA OF HAVING A VERY ROBUST AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE, UM, IF THERE ARE RETAILERS, I'M THINKING MAYBE I DON'T WANNA CAST ASSERTIONS, BUT PERHAPS SOME OF THE LARGER CHAINS WHO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WRITE THIS OFF AS A COST OF DOING BUSINESS. IF THERE ARE, ARE RETAILERS WHO HAVE A, UM, UM, A PATTERN OF DOING THIS AND THEY DON'T START, UM, ENGAGING IN THE WAY THIS IS INTENDED, YOU KNOW, COULD WE EXPLORE HAVING AN A SLIDING FEE STRUCTURE? COST RECOVERY STRUCTURE? SO IF IT HAPPENS ONE TIME OR ONCE EVERY BLUE MOON, THAT'S ONE THING, VERSUS IF EVERY TIME YOU DO THIS AND YOU DON'T, UM, GO TO COURT, WE'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA BECOME INCREMENTALLY HIGHER. I, YEAH, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT THOUGHT. AND WE HAD ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULD BE LEERY ABOUT DOING THAT. REMEMBER, THEY, THEY, THEY DO PAY TAXES. WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES. WE DON'T DECIDE WHICH POLICE CALLS WE'LL GO TO OR WON'T GO TO. WE LIKE THEM OR DON'T LIKE THEM. SO THIS IS A COST RECOVERY. UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT A FINE, IT'S A COST RECOVERY. UM, AND I, I WOULD BE VERY LEERY ABOUT HAVING A SLIDING SCALE WHERE IT GOES BEYOND THE, THE, THE BASIC ONE IS 250, OR WE CAN DO A FULL COST RECOVERY, WHICH WILL PROBABLY EXCEED THAT. BUT I'D BE LEERY OF HAVING AN AUTOMATIC FIND OF 500, A THOUSAND BECAUSE THE POLICE RESOURCES UTILIZED ON ANY PARTICULAR CASE, ANY PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION DID NOT EXCEED THAT AMOUNT OR UNDER THAT AMOUNT. IT WOULD NO LONGER BE A COST RECOVERY. WE'D BE TAKING AN EXCESS MONEY SO LEERY. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS GET OUR FULL COST RECOVERY AND DO THAT FORMULA WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE CFO. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR THOSE LISTENING, IN NO WAY WAS I SUGGESTING THAT WE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CALLS AT ALL. THAT WAS NEVER, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS THE IDEA OF LIKE, LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE OF A, OF A STICK INSTEAD OF A CARROT. UM, IF YOU'RE NOT SHOWING UP, LIKE JUST GO TO GO TO COURT AND LET US PUT THESE GUYS AWAY, BUT, OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE UNDER THE OBLIGATION OF COURSE. AND I KNOW YOU MEANT TO GO TO GO TO EACH AND EVERY CALL, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD OF COURSE DO. UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RECOVERING COSTS AND NOT FINDING THEM FOR, FOR US GOING TO A CALL THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO. AND OF COURSE WE ALL WANT TO GO TO MR. ROSA GONZALEZ. ONE QUESTION, COULD THIS HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT IF WE PUNISH THE BUSINESSES, LIKE LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE REPORTING THE THEFTS, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY GET THE NOTICE AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT, AND THEN WE FIND THEM $250 THE NEXT TIME WILL THEY JUST NOT REPORT IT AT ALL? AND THEN IT COULD BE LIKE A SHOPLIFTING, LOOTING, IT COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE [06:05:01] EFFECT. I HAVE, I WOULD, BEFORE WE DO THIS, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A, LIKE A LITTLE FOCUS GROUP WITH SOME OF THE MANAGERS. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE CAN APPROVE THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE START TO FIND THESE BUSINESSES AND THEN THEY DON'T REPORT ANY OF THE PETTY CRIMES? THAT'S MY FIRST THOUGHT. SECOND IS, LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW, OKAY, SOMEONE GETS ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING, THEY GO IN, THEY GET NOBODY PROSECUTED BY THE STATE. LET'S SAY THAT THE BUSINESS DOES SHOW UP, OKAY. AND THE POLICE SHOW SHOW UP. WHAT IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? UH, ARE MOST OF THESE GETTING DISMISSED AS PLEA OR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CRIMINAL COURT? YEAH. UM, I, I CAN'T SAY WITHOUT LOOKING, BUT I, I DO THINK THE STATE ATTORNEY DOES PROSECUTE THEM. AND OF COURSE A PLEA WOULD BE A, A CONVICTION, A GUILTY VERDICT, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING. MOST SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS. AND IN A PLEA, NOT WITH THE TRIAL, 90 SOME ODD PERCENT OF IT. SO A PLEA IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL THING. UM, SO, BUT I CAN'T SAY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE PROSECUTING THEM. OF COURSE, THEY CAN'T, IF THERE'S NOT THE WITNESSES FROM THE, THE BUSINESSES TYPICALLY THE BIG BOX, UH, BUSINESSES. AND YOU HAD A, YOU HAD A GOOD POINT. UM, YOU KNOW, COULD IT POSSIBLY HAVE AN ADVERSE REACTION WHERE THEY JUST START YEAH. NOT REPORTING. IT IS, IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT I, AGAIN, I THINK THE CHIEF WOULD SLOWLY ROLL THIS OUT. YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY SEND THE LETTER NOTIFYING ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT THIS IS GONNA BE HAPPENING, YOU NEED TO SHOW UP. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT COST RECOVERY. IF THEY STILL FAIL TO SHOW UP, HE'LL PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HIT THEM WITH THE $250, THE AUTOMATIC $250 IF THEY CONTINUE NOT SHOWING UP. AND WE SEE IF THEY'RE CONTINUING TO, TO CALL IN WHEN THEY HAVE THEFTS. AND IF THEY ARE, MAYBE HE WOULD INCREASE IT AND THEN DO THE FULL COST RECOVERY. AND IF THEY START AND NOT CALLING IN THEFTS, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO REEVALUATE AT THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE HE DOESN'T AND MAYBE DOESN'T, DO WE WANNA GET TO THAT POINT WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T REPORTING THEIR THEFTS BECAUSE WE'RE PUNISHING THEM. WE'RE PUNISHING. IF I CAN, FIRST OF ALL, AND, AND THE CHIEF I THINK CAN ADDRESS THIS, THE CITY OF AVENTURA IS UTILIZING IT. AND, AND, AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL OVERALL. IT'S TRUE. THERE'S THE POTENTIAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. BUT THINK OF IT FROM THE BUSINESS STANDPOINT, IT'S, IT'S NOT IN THEIR SELF-INTEREST ULTIMATELY, EITHER THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE A PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD OR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, OR, OR THEY'RE GONNA, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANT, UH, MASSIVE THEFTS IN THEIR, IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. RIGHT? RIGHT. YES, SIR. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, AVENTURAS HAS HAD SUCCESS WITH THIS BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED TO, THEY, THEY IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM THAT WAS HAPPENING AT AVENTURA MALL WHERE THEY WERE HAVING MULTIPLE RETAIL THEFTS. THEY WERE SPENDING HOURS UPON HOURS MAKING ARRESTS, AND THEN THOSE CASES WERE BEING DROPPED BECAUSE THE RETAILERS WEREN'T PROSECUTING. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT LED TO IT IN AVENTURA. UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING ANECDOTALLY FROM SPEAKING TO MY COUNTERPARTS OVER THERE, IS THAT THEY SAW A REDUCTION IN THE THEFT CASES AND BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO PROSECUTE CASES, THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE A REDUCTION IN PEOPLE REPORTING. AND IT HASN'T, THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO FIND VERY MANY BUSINESSES, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. RIGHT. SO IN THIS SITUATION, THEY'RE CALLING THE POLICE. THE POLICE, AS YOU'RE SAYING, ARE LITERALLY RECOVERING THE PROPERTY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE INCENTIVE MAYBE TO PROSECUTE THE CASE, BUT ULTIMATELY, IF THEY STOP CALLING POLICE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THEIR ITEMS BACK. RIGHT. AND THEREFORE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A, A LOSS. SO, AND THE MESSAGE IT SENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS, IT'S OKAY TO COME HERE AND STEAL, WHICH NONE OF THE RETAILERS WANT THAT. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CALL US, NEED THE BENEFITS, FAR OUTWEIGH. AND, AND IT, AND THE RESULT THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH AVENTURA IS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN THE COMPLIANCE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROSECUTE THESE CASES. IS IT CITYWIDE OR JUST THE AVENTURA MALL? MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S JUST THE MALL. JUST THE MALL. ONE OTHER QUESTION. LET'S SAY THERE'S, I'M GIVING A HYPOTHETICAL, THERE'S A BATTERY WITHIN A, AN ESTABLISHMENT AND THE WITNESSES OUT OF TOWN. IS THAT A SEPARATE THAN RETAIL? WE'RE TALKING SOMETHING SEPARATE? YES. THAT WOULD BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE AND THERE WOULDN'T BE COST RECOVERY DONE THROUGH THE ORDINANCE. IT'S, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THEFT. OKAY. OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE. I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. AND, UH, NO ONE IN ZOOM EITHER. UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. BUSH AND CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE FR FIVE [R5 O SCHOOL USE INCENTIVES – COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTAN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PURSUANT TO THE EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS OF SECTION 163.3184(3), FLORIDA STATUTES, BY AMENDING THE “RESILIENT LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT,” GOAL RLU 1, ENTITLED “LAND USE,” OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, ENTITLED “ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES,” AT TABLE RLU 1.1 TO PROVIDE FLOOR AREA RATIO (F.A.R.) INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CITY COMMISSION WARRANT REVIEW PROCESS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, TRANSMITTAL AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] OR FIVE O IS AN ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, UH, YEAR 2040. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS OF SECTION 1 63 0.3184 SUBSECTION THREE, FLORIDA STATUTES WHERE I MENTIONED THE RESILIENT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT GOAL, ALL GOAL RLU ONE ENTITLED LAND USE OBJECTIVE, RLU 1.1 ENTITLED ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES AT TABLE RLU 1.1 TO PROVIDE FLOOR AREA RATIO, FAR INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CITY COMMISSION WARRANT REVIEW PROCESS, AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEAL OBSERVABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT [06:10:01] IS ITEM R FIVE. OH, OKAY. WE GOT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AND LEMME JUST, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF CO-SPONSORS. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, MYSELF MAGAZINE, AND BOB COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR JOINING AS CO-SPONSORS OF THIS, OF THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING FOR TARGETED LAND USE INCENTIVES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DEVELOP, UH, NEW EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN OUR CITY. AND WE KEEP ON SAYING HOW WE WANT TO INCREASE THE RESIDENT BASE IN OUR CITY. INCREASING THE RESIDENT BASE IN OUR CITY ALSO MEANS MAKING MORE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THE FAMILIES THAT MOVE INTO OUR CITY. AND THE GOAL IS TO STREAMLINE THE APPROVAL PROCESS, PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY, AND CUT THROUGH SOME OF THE UNNECESSARY RED TAPE. UM, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, UH, AND BY REMOVING OR RE NOT REMOVING, BUT REDUCING CERTAIN REGULATORY, UH, BARRIERS WILL, WILL HELP SCHOOLS GET BILLED FASTER AND IN THE RIGHT PLACES WITH FEWER DELAYS. I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE, TOM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANNA PUT ON THE RECORD TO EXPLAIN THIS ITEM. I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. UH, YOU SUMMARIZED IT VERY WELL. AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTED IN THE MEMO, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HAD BEEN APPROVED AT FIRST READING ON MAY 21ST. HOWEVER, DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT, WE DID NOT TRANSMIT THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE WITHIN THE REQUIRED 10 DAYS. SO THAT'S BEFORE YOU FOR A REALLY A PRO FORMA RE-APPROVAL OF WHAT YOU APPROVED IN MAY 21ST. UM, AND THEN YOU WOULD SET SECOND READING FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD. AND THEN TANGENTIALLY, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT R FIVE P, WHICH IS SECOND READING OF THE LDR AMENDMENT, ALSO BE OPEN AND CONTINUED TO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING SO THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, AT SECOND READING CAN BE ADOPTED WITH THE LDR AMENDMENT AT THE SAME TIME. THANK YOU. TOM. CAN I, NO ONE'S HERE. MAYOR, THIS MAYOR, CAN I, CAN YOU PUT ME ON AS A CO-SPONSOR? BECAUSE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ JUST ADMONISHED ME THAT I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS NOT, THIS IS JUST INCENTIVES IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A SCHOOL. YES. WONDERFUL. I'M TRYING TO BRING A FRENCHLY SAY TO MIAMI BEACH AND, UH, HOPING WE CAN GET IT DONE AND THE MORE INCENTIVES THE BETTER. 'CAUSE WE DO NEED SCHOOLS. THAT'S GREAT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I, AND I'LL SECOND THE A VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEE DANIEL ONLINE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YES, I SORRY ABOUT THAT. DANIEL ERALDO CANDIDATE FOR, UH, MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER OR SORT OF WHAT THE FAR CHANGE WOULD BE, UH, INCLUDING, UM, YOU KNOW, EXISTING FAR, UH, CURRENTLY AND WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHTS. IF, UH, PERHAPS IF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR COULD JUST SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SURE. IT'S, IT'S TOM, TOM, DO NOT TAKE DIRECTION ONLY, ONLY FROM THE COMMISSION, PLEASE. OKAY, THANK YOU. WELL, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO FEEL FREE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. OKAY. UH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE, THE SPONSOR, I CAN, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTION. UM, THERE IS NO TECHNICAL INCREASE, UM, UH, IN FAR OR INCREASE IN HEIGHT. HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT A WARRANT, UH, FOR A POTENTIAL, UH, INCREASE BY UP TO 10%, NOT TO EXCEED 5,000 SQUARE FEET FOR UM, SCHOOLS. AND SIMILARLY WITH HEIGHTS, UM, THERE WOULD BE THE ABILITY FOR THE COMMISSION AS PART OF A WARRANT TO ALLOW FOR A BUILDING HEIGHT TO EXCEED 50 FEET, UM, OR WHATEVER THE, UH, UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT IS, WHICHEVER IS LESS. SO THE GOAL IS TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE. WE'RE NOT GRANTING FAR, WE'RE NOT GRANTING HEIGHT, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT A SCHOOL MIGHT POTENTIALLY NEED MORE HEIGHT OR FAR IN ORDER TO MAKE A SCHOOL WORK, WE ARE PROVIDING THEM WITH A MORE FLEXIBLE PROCEDURE THROUGH COMMISSION ACTION. THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT. WITH THAT, I SECOND THE ITEM THAT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. MS. MAYOR, CALL THE ROLL. AND THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE ON, UH, ON THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, ON ITEM R FIVE O COMMISSIONER. BACH COMMISSIONER BOT, I'M SORRY. YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BOZEN GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER [06:15:01] FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. MAYOR MINOR. AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, R FIVE P IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 3RD. THIS ITEM R FIVE O IS A SECOND. IT'S SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SEPTEMBER 3RD. MAYOR MINOR. HE'S A YES. ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO R FIVE [R5 S AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ENVIRONMENT,” ARTICLE XI, ENTITLED “USE OF GAS-POWERED LEAF BLOWERS AND CHAINSAWS,” BY AMENDING TITLE AND CREATING SECTION 46-249.1 TO BE ENTITLED “REGULATION OF NOISE PRODUCED BY AIR CONDITIONING AND SWIMMING POOL EQUIPMENT,” TO PROHIBIT NOISE ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT UNREASONABLY DISTURBS THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF A NEIGHBORING RESIDENCE BY A NEARBY RESIDENT AND ESTABLISHING ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] SR FIVE S IS THE NORTH MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE 11 ENTITLED, USE OF GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS AND CHAINSAWS BY AMENDING TITLE, THE AMENDING TITLE AND CREATING SECTION 42 DASH 2 4 9 SUBSECTION ONE, OR 0.1 TO BE ENTITLED, REGULATION OF NOISE PRODUCED BY AIR CONDITIONING AND SWIMMING POOL EQUIPMENT TO PROHIBIT NOISE AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT UNREASONABLY DISTURB THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF A NEIGHBORING RESIDENCE BY A NEARBY RESIDENT AND ESTABLISHING ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY PROVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL SEVERAL BULLET CALCIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE S. COMMISSIONER BOT. YEAH. VERY SIMPLE. UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, NEW POOL EQUIPMENT OR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS THAT ARE INSTALLED ARE WITHIN A REASONABLE DECIMAL RANGE, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ADJACENT TO THEM ARE NOT, UH, IMPEDED IN ENJOYING THEIR SPACE, UM, BY THE NOISE COMING OUT OF AIR CONDITIONING AND POOL EQUIPMENT, DEVICES. UM, UH, IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO RETROFIT, REPLACE, UH, THE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE NOW. IT IS JUST INTENDED TO GOING TO, AS THINGS GET REPAIRED, AND YOU MIGHT NEED A NEW COMPRESSOR OR WHATEVER TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN A REASONABLE STANDARD AND, UM, WON'T IMP PINCH UPON YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ENJOYMENT OF THEIR HOMES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THAT NOISE COULD BOTHER PEOPLE, BUT OKAY, SO LET'S SAY I'M CHANGING OUT MY COMPRESSOR. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAVE TO COME IN WITH A PERMIT AND HAVE A CERTAIN DECIBEL S SIZE UNIT. DO YOU KNOW THE COST OF WHAT THAT WOULD INCREASE THE COST OF A UNIT OR, I MEAN, LIKE, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, UM, SO YOU CAN'T JUST CALL IN AND COMPLAIN AND SAY LIKE, HEY, MY NEIGHBOR'S HC UNIT IS BOTHERING ME. RIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA BE IN VIOLATION. CORRECT. THIS IS ONLY FOR NEW UNITS, BUT I JUST WONDER, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO REQUIRE WHEN YOU GO TO, WHEN YOU GO TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IF YOU DIDN'T NEED A PERMIT FOR AN IM FOR, FOR AN EMERGENCY REPAIR AT YOUR HOME, UM, JUST NOBODY'S GONNA GET A PERMIT. , THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. I JUST, WHAT IS THE, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S QUIET AND WHAT'S NOT? IS THERE LIKE SOME SORT OF LABELING? IS THAT GOING TO DOUBLE THE PRICE OF THE UNIT? DO YOU KNOW THAT? SO GOOD AFTERNOON, HAR AND CARINO FOR THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. UM, TO ADD TO THAT, JUST ANOTHER POINT OF DISTINCTION IS, UH, WE HAVE NO OTHER DECIBEL BASE ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OUR NOISE. WE DO, YOU DO OR DON'T? WE DON'T, WE DO NOT CHANGE NOW. SO, UH, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO BUY THE EQUIPMENT AND TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT CALIBRATED AND ARE STAFF TRAINED, UH, FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE TESTIMONY. CAN I, SO, SO ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THIS OR NOT RECOMMENDING WE'RE, WE'RE A STAFF'S POSITION ON THIS. AGAIN, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE US TO BUY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND THERE IS NO OTHER, WE FOLLOW THE REASONABLE PORTION STANDARD ON WHETHER NOISE IS UNREASONABLY LOUD, EXCESSIVE, UNNECESSARY, OR UNUSUAL. AND THAT I UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN HELD UP, UH, IN, IN COURT IN THE 11TH, UH, UH, CIRCUIT, UH, SITTING IN IT APPELLATE CAPACITY, HONOR COMM, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THAT'S SPEAK. I JUST, I WANTED TO, I MIGHT HAVE MISSTATED SAYING DECAL RANGE. I, IT'S THE, IT'S THE STANDARD THAT WE HAVE NOW. I'M SORRY, AUDIBLE. SAY AGAIN. AUDIBLES, IT'S, IF I MISSPOKE ABOUT DECIMAL RANGE, I'M NOT, THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO HAVE PEOPLE GO OUT AND BUY NEW EQUIPMENT. THIS IS IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT IS AN OUTRAGEOUS AIR CONDITIONING UNIT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, RATTLING THE WINDOWS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA CHIME IN ABOUT, UM, WHEN THE MAYOR CALLED ME IT JUST NOW, UH, SO, UH, YEARS AGO, MARK SAMUEL HAD BROUGHT AN ITEM SIMILAR AND WAS TRYING TO BRING DECIBELS AND THAT GOT SHOT DOWN. IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO. UM, I THINK THE COUNTY MAY HAVE SOMETHING FOR IT, BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING EASY. AND WHERE IT STEMMED FROM WAS, UH, ON BELL ISLE, THERE WAS A BUILDING THAT REPLACED THEIR FAN OF THEIR, UM, AIR CONDITIONING. AND THEN THE OUTSIDE FAN USED TO BE SUPER QUIET AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SOUNDS LIKE A HELICOPTER'S LANDING. SO THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR HAVE BEEN IN A FEUD WITH THEM FOR YEARS, AND IT'S STILL NOT SETTLED. SO MOVING FORWARD NOW, [06:20:01] DOING A DECIBEL SYSTEM SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY. YES. I I, BECAUSE I WANNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, AND IF THE ITEM SAYS DECIBEL, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO CLAIM THE AUDIBLE. BUT I HAVE TO, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN THERE QUICKLY. I HAVE TO SAY DECIBEL, DECIBEL SYSTEM IS SUBJECTIVE. MM-HMM . IT IS VERY OBJECTIVE. THERE'S NO QUESTION WHEN A CALIBRATED INSTRUMENT IS USED, THE NUMBER THAT IT REPORTS IS THE NUMBER THAT IT REPORTS. WHEN WE SAY REASONABLE, WHAT'S REASONABLE TO ME IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS REASONABLE, UH, TO, TO YOU. OR WHEN WE SAY A HUNDRED FEET, IF IT'S AUDIBLE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET, I MIGHT HEAR IT WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET. BUT SOMEONE ELSE WHO MIGHT BE HARD OF HEARING MIGHT NOT HEAR IT WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET. BUT A DECIBEL SYSTEM, IT IS, IT IS OBJECTIVE. UM, AND WHEN I READ THIS, THIS ITEM, I READ IT IN SUCH A WAY, UH, WHO DRAFTED THIS ITEM WAS, WAS THIS DRAFTED? WAS THIS ITEM DRAFTED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION OR WAS IT DRAFTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? IT WAS, IT WAS DRAFTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ROB ROSENWALD, UH, WORKED ON THE ITEM. OKAY. BECAUSE IT, IN THE, IN THE CLAUSES THAT WERE PLACED HERE, IT SAYS THE AMERICAN NATIONALS STANDARD INSTITUTE PROVIDES RELIABLE AND WIDELY ACCEPTED GUIDELINES FOR SOUND MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION, WHICH ARE UTILIZED TO ENSURE CONSISTENT AND ENFORCEABLE COMPLIANT ASSESSMENTS. AND THIS ORDINANCE INTRODUCES A PHASE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, UH, TO ENSURE FAIR NOTICE AND INFORMED ADOPTION. UM, IT, IT ESTABLISHES A CLEAR ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS PROCESS. TO ME, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. IT TAKES AWAY, IT TAKES AWAY THE SUBJECTIVITY THAT WE CURRENTLY DEAL WITH, NOT ONLY WITH THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, WITH ALL OTHER TYPES OF NOISE THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUING SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS COMING FROM COMMERCIAL AREAS, NOISE LEAVING COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. WHY? BECAUSE THE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN SO SUBJECTIVELY DRIVEN, DRIVEN BY WHAT IS REASONABLE TO ME VERSUS WHAT'S REASONABLE TO YOU AND WAS HEARD AT A CERTAIN DISTANCE. I MUCH RATHER US STARTING TO SEE THIS SHIFT TOWARDS A DECIBEL SYSTEM. AND I THINK THIS ORDINANCE COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO TEST IT. UM, SO I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT, UM, PAY AS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LANGUAGE OF THIS AS I SHOULD HAVE, AND THAT'S MY FAULT. UM, I WILL SAY THAT I THINK A LOT OF US ON THE COMMISSION AS EVEN BEFORE WE WERE ELECTED AS RESIDENTS, HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT WE KEEP GETTING TOLD THAT WE CAN'T HAVE DECAL MEASURES, UM, FOR MUFFLERS OR MUSIC OUTSIDE OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE IT'S TOO HARD TO ENFORCE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OTHER COMPETING FACTORS TO DETERMINE WHERE THE MUSIC OR THE NOISE MIGHT BE COMING FROM IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THERE'S EITHER A VERY LOUD, UH, ENGINE GOING OR THERE ISN'T. SO, UM, I KNOW MONEY IS REALLY TIGHT. UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE WE WOULD NEED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF THESE UNITS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WE WOULD NEED A SUPER EXPENSIVE COUPLE OF THESE UNITS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT, IF, IF I WOULD LIKE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND, UM, READING TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK WITH AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BUY ONE OR TWO HANDHELD UNITS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SUPER TOP CHEAP OF THE LINE. THEY'RE CHEAP. UM, I'M SURE WE CAN GET 'EM ON AMAZON THAT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE HOW IT GOES, UM, AND, AND LEARN FROM IT. AND I'M SURE TRAINING PEOPLE WON'T BE THAT HARD. PEOPLE DO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THINGS WITH DRONES IN THEIR OWN PRIVATE TIMES. SO HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO USE A HANDHELD DECIBEL READER? LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE COSTS ARE AND IF WE WANNA INSTITUTE THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW USEFUL IT IS, I WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT. BUT LET'S, LET'S FINISH THIS CONVERSATION IN A MORE CONCRETE WAY. I AGREE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US, UM, MOVE TO A DECIMAL MEASURING CITIES THE WAY OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, PHILADELPHIA DOES IT. PARIS DOES IT. WHY CAN'T WE? SO, UM, LET'S START WITH SOMETHING THAT IS CUT AND DRY. MAKES SENSE. MAKES, AND EVEN TO YOUR POINT, WHEN YOU GO TO DESTINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, EVEN IN NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS, THEY'VE REGULATED SO WELL WHERE YOU SEE THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISPLAY THAT SHOWS YOU THE DECIBEL OF THE MUSIC THAT HELPS THEM SELF-REGULATE AND SELF POLICE THE NOISE THAT IS BEING CREATED BY THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. AND SO I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE, UH, TAKEN THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. MR. ATTORNEY, I WOULD LIKE US TO START WORKING ON LEGISLATION NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, UM, CREATING PRECEDENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE. BUT LET'S START WORKING ON LEGISLATION [06:25:01] SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, UH, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AS IT RELATES TO NOISE TO SEE HOW CAN WE START, IF THIS WORKS, WELL START TRANSITIONING, UH, TO, UH, DECIBELS FOR THE OTHER AREAS. UM, USE OBJECTIVE USING OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. WOULD THIS REQUIRE, IF YOU'RE FOR A NEW HOME BUILD, WOULD, WOULD THERE HAVE TO BE AN INSPECTION FOR THIS DECIBEL READER FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING? MAYBE TOM CAN ANSWER THAT. IF IT, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PERMIT, THEN I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE INSPECTOR WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THE DECIBEL READER HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND IS WORKING CORRECTLY. SO IF IT'S A, SO IF IT'S A NEW HOME BUILD, EVERY NEW HOME IS GONNA HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONING THAT THIS IS, THAT IS GONNA ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF REVIEW AND WOULD CODE OR PLANNING OR BUILDING, UH, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CODE OR BUILDING BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE. AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY WITH EXPERTISE AND ENSURING THAT THE DECIBEL READER HAS BEEN PROPERLY CALIBRATED AND IS WORKING CORRECTLY. SO WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD DECIBEL? 'CAUSE LIKE, LET'S SAY IT'S A VERY LARGE HOME AND THE AIR CONDITIONING RISES MAYBE ONE DECIBEL OVER THE THRESHOLD, YOU KNOW, AND WHERE IS THAT DECIBEL READING BEING TAKEN PLACE? IS IT BEING TAKEN PLACE FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY? IS IT FIVE FEET AWAY? SO YEAH, THE, THE READING'S TAKEN FROM THE DECIBEL, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, IT IS THE, UH, AT, AT LEVELS THAT RISE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES STARTING AT THE QUIETEST FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THEN GOING THROUGH MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL WITH EACH BEING ALLOWED A LITTLE BIT LOUDER. AND IT IS, UH, 55, 60 AND 65 DECIBELS, WHICH OUR RESEARCH SHOWED WAS WHAT MODERN EQUIPMENT AT THE QUIET TO MONITOR GRADING. WHEN YOU MEAN WHEN YOU MEAN OUR RESEARCH WHOSE RESEARCH, MY, MY RESEARCH WHEN I WROTE THIS. OKAY. SO LOOK, I I GENERALLY, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS ADD ANOTHER LAYER TO THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. AND, AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING A CITY, NO, HOLD ON. THE CITY ATTORNEY. TELL US WHAT THE DECIBEL SHOULD BE. I I THINK IT SHOULD COME FROM BUILDING, YOU KNOW, UH, OR PLANNING. UH, THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT THE AVERAGE DECIBEL READER FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING OR POOL EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE, NOT, NOT FROM LEGAL. UM, BUT I JUST, I WANNA BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA ADD ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF, OF THE PERMIT PROCESS. UM, AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE TO HEAR LOUD EQUIPMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW, I WANNA BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ON THIS. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE THOUGHTFUL ON WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, IF I MAY, UM, EXCELLENT POINTS. NOBODY'S TRYING TO PUT IN AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF COMPLICATION. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PERMIT TO, UM, BUILD A HOME, UH, INSTALL A POOL, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PERMITTED PROCESSES. ANYHOW, I THINK PERHAPS ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER IS THAT IN THE PERMIT GUIDELINES, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICE. THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT YOU TO INSTALL. EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS SOLD, UH, WHETHER IT'S A DISHWASHER OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A A A GENERATOR TELLS YOU WHAT THEIR RATINGS ARE. AND SO THAT IS NOT A COMPLICATED THING TO DO. AND SO IF YOU, UM, IF WE STATE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS GUIDELINES, THIS IS WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I, MY VOTE WOULD BE THAT, UM, THE PERSON IS GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT HERE'S A STICKER ON THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AH, CHECK. SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF ANYTHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. IT'S JUST, HEY, THIS IS A BRAND NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HERE'S A STAR RATING, HERE'S EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES. NOT A PROBLEM. IF IN SIX YEARS IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST IF I, I, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY NOTES, BUT I BELIEVE, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OR THE CITY OF MIAMI, UM, ALREADY HAS LEGISLATION ALONG THESE LINES PERHAPS THAT WE CAN, UM, BASE OUR LEVELS AT TO MAKE THEM COMMENSURATE SO IT'S NOT CRAZY COMPLICATED AND WHATNOT, EXTRAPOLATING. UM, AND WE HAVE A GOOD BASIS THAT IF IT'S WORKING IN MIAMI, IT'S LIKELY THAT IT WOULD WORK HERE. UM, AND I THINK THIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME REFINING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING, BUT I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH GETTING IT RIGHT. LET ME, AND ALSO WHAT ALSO YOU SAID THE THE PROPERTY LINE WHERE, OKAY, SO [06:30:01] WHERE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, I MEAN, ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S MEASURED FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. WHERE IN THE PROPERTY LINE IS IT MEASURED FROM AT THE CLOSEST SPOT BETWEEN, UH, THE PROPERTY LINE AND YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY LINE? THAT COULD BE FIVE FEET, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S A SETBACK. CORRECT. IF YOU, I THINK THE, THE GOAL OF THIS IS IF YOU WERE GOING TO PUT, AND, AND THE WAY THIS CAME ABOUT WAS A RESIDENT COMPLAINED ABOUT A, A UNIT THAT WAS PUT IN ALMOST RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND WAS SUPER AND WAS SUPER LOUD. AND SO THE IDEA BEING IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD SO THAT YOUR UNIT IS RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE, THEN YOU REALLY NEED TO BUY A QUIET UNIT. UM, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO, SO IF I, IF I COULD MAKE A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION INSTEAD OF MAKING IT PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UM, MAYBE IT COULD, UH, JUST BE A, UH, A PROCESS WHERE IT'S PROACTIVE. IF SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE, THEY CALL IN AND THEY SAY, OKAY, IS THAT, IS THAT THE, IS WORDS OUTTA YOUR MOUTH? ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WAS GONNA SAY IS THIS ISN'T PART OF THE, THIS ISN'T DRAFTED AS PART OF THE PERMIT PROCESS. THIS IS DRAFTED AS PART OF OUR NOISE ORDINANCES. IT IS NOT PART OF THE MAIN NOISE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COURTS AND IS NOT BASED ON DECIBELS. AND IN THAT BROAD CIRCUMSTANCE, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND MOVING TO DECIBELS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. I CAN GET INTO WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR, OR WHEN YOU WANNA HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. BUT IN THIS, UH, IN THIS CASE, THIS IS OUR NOISE VIOLATIONS ARE COMPLAINT DRIVEN. AND THIS WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT IF YOUR NEIGHBOR, UH, CALLS AND SAYS THE AIR CONDITIONER'S TOO LOUD CODE WOULD GO OUT, DO A DECIBEL READING, AND, UH, AND THERE'S A FINE ASSOCIATED WITH IT IF YOU ARE TOO LOUD. I, AND, AND, AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, I, IT JUST SUCKS THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WE MAY POTENTIALLY PASS THIS AGAINST OUR OWN RESIDENTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ORDINANCE AGAINST BUSINESSES THAT CONSISTENTLY MAKE A LOT OF LOUD NOISE. I I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LIKE NECESSARILY THE RIGHT PLACE TO START AGAINST, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. UM, I I WOULD MUCH WOULD'VE RATHER PREFER HAVING A, WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS SUGGESTING A DECIBEL BASED OBJECTIVE SYSTEM BEFORE WE GO WITH THIS. UM, BUT I GUESS WE COULD JUST SEE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING THE WHAT THE, IF IT'S THE THRESHOLDS ARE, IF IT'S THE DESIRE, THE IF IT'S THE DESIRE, THE COMMISSION, WE CAN SWITCH TO A REASONABLE LEVEL SOUNDS, UH, PLAINLY AUDIBLE WITH THE PROPERTY LINE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, WOULD ALSO BE A FINE STANDARD AND ONE THAT SOME DO USE. UH, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ADD WAS THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE DO USE, ALTHOUGH I DID RESEARCH AND SEE THAT THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR NEW EQUIPMENT, THEY ARE ALSO THE SAME, SAME NUMBERS THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI USES IN THEIR ALMOST IDENTICAL ORDINANCE. CAN I JUST QUESTION? YEAH. MR. ROSE GONZALEZ AND LET'S, UH, CALL THE, SO IF WE PASS THIS TODAY, IT JUST GIVES YOU, IT GIVES CODE COMPLIANCE A TOOL. IF SOMEBODY'S AC IS NOISY OR THEIR POOL EQUIPMENT IS OVERLY NOISY, WHICH COULD HAPPEN AT THE END OF A USEFUL LIFE OF ANY OF THESE UNITS, IS THAT ALL THIS IS, WE ARE NOT IMPOSING ANYTHING ON ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REPLACE A UNIT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR AN INSPECTOR TO COME OUT WITH THEIR DECIBEL MACHINE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING TO THE PLANNING OR BUILDING PROCESS. RIGHT? IT'S ONLY NEARLY INSTALLED AND IT'S NOT PART OF THE BUILDING OR PERMIT PROCESS. IT'S IF YOU GET A, IF YOUR NEIGHBOR COMPLAINS AND SAYS THIS, THIS, UH, POOL EQUIPMENT'S KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT, UH, WE CAN GO OUT AND SAY, SEE IF IT'S, IF NEWLY INSTALLED EQUIPMENT IS TOO LOUD, AND THAT WAY PEOPLE, IF THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED IT AND THEY HAVE SUPER LOUD EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE NOT PENALIZED UNTIL THEY GET AROUND TO IF, IF I MADE THEM. BUT IF I, BUT LET'S SAY THAT MY, LET'S SAY AN AC UNIT BREAKS, WAIT, SINGLE FAMILY HOME UNIT BREAKS. THE GUY COMES OUT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? I NEED TO PULL A PERMIT TO REPLACE THIS UNIT. I DON'T KNOW. IS IT REQUIRED FOR REPLACEMENT OF AC NO, NOT TO. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING REQUIRED TO REPLACE A POOL PUMP OR A AC EQUIP. MM-HMM . YES. OKAY. SO HE GOES, LET'S, THE AC GUY COMES OUT AND HE SAYS, I I AM I I AM GONNA GO PULL THE PERMIT. DOES HE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA, IF I MAY? WELL, ARE WE PASSING ANY EXPENSE AT ALL ONTO RESIDENTS? IF I MAY SAY THAT THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED, IT APPLIES ONLY TO NEWLY INSTALLED EQUIPMENT. SO BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT IF SOMEBODY CALLS, IF YOU HAVE EXISTING EQUIPMENT, BUT YOU PURCHASED IT TWO YEARS AGO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION. UH, THIS WILL APPLY FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026. SO WE WILL NEED TO ENGAGE IN AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE INSTALLING NEW EQUIPMENT FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026, YOU WILL NEED TO BUY EQUIPMENT THAT COMPLIES WITH THESE STANDARDS OR YOU COULD FACE VIOLATIONS. HOW DO THEY COMPLY? I MEAN, ISN'T THERE AN ASSUMPTION THAT ALL [06:35:01] AC UNITS THAT ARE BEING SOLD ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW ARE REASON REASONABLE UNITS? I MEAN, WHO'S GONNA ARE, ARE SOME I, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN AC UNITS. HAVE YOU, VINCE? I MEAN, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THIS POLICY AND WHAT, WHAT WILL IT REQUIRE FOR I HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BUILDING CODE TO REGULATE NOISE OUTSIDE OF AN ALARM THAT HAS TO BE 85 DECIBELS AT 10 FEET FROM THE SOURCE. THAT'S THE ONLY PROVISION I HAVE. SO THIS DOESN'T AFFECT YOU AT ALL, RIGHT? IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AT ALL. IT JUST GIVES YOU A TOOL. I'LL SUPPORT IT THEN IF IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS ALONG ANY EXPENSE TO PEOPLE. AND IT'S JUST AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND THERE'S NO EXTRA STEP IN THE BUILDING PROCESS AND WE'RE NOT CREATING RED TAPE. IS THAT TRUE? YES. TO ALL OF THESE THINGS. IF I MAY, YOU GUYS ARE RECOMMENDING THIS. THE, AGAIN, A PERSON WHO PURCHASES OR INSTALLS A NEW AIR CONDITIONING UNIT OR POOL PUMP AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026, WOULD NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE YOU DON'T, THE LAST THING YOU WANNA DO IS INSTALL EQUIPMENT THAT WILL VIOLATE THE DECIBEL, UH, REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE SUBJECT TO FINES. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE RESEARCH THAT ROB CONDUCTED SUGGESTS THAT MOST EQUIPMENT THAT IS OUT THERE TODAY WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE DECIBEL. BUT I THINK BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WE COULD WORK WITH STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THESE STANDARDS THAT, THAT WE ARE INCLUDING, OR THAT THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE ARE, ARE REASONABLE BASED ON EQUIPMENT THAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY. CAN CAN, CAN WE ALSO FOR BY SECOND READING, CAN WE ALSO HAVE A TEST HERE IN CHAMBERS OF, OF LIKE WHAT, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE FIVE FEET, RIGHT? THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE, THE MINIMUM. WHAT IS WHAT? WHATEVER YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, WHAT IS THAT THRESHOLD? UM, UH, SURE, WE COULD DO THAT. OKAY. I MEAN, UH, THE, THE DECIBEL LEVELS HERE, LIKE 60, UH, DECIBELS IS GENERALLY THE SOUND THAT A REFRIGERATOR MAKES. 70 TO 80 DECIBELS IS THE SOUND OF A VACUUM CLEANER. UM, AND SO WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, FOR, UH, RESIDENCES? UH, UH, 55 ABOVE AMBIENT, WHICH IT MEANS WITH, WITH IT ON AND WITH IT OFF . LET'S WORK THIS OUT BETWEEN READINGS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. YEAH. I, I I JUST WANNA, I'M, I AMUSED AT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE LET, LET'S NO GOOD DEED GO UNPUNISHED. WE ARE TRYING TO HELP, UM, KEEP MIND BEACH QUIETER AND IF IT LEADS TO A MORE CODIFIED WAY TO APPROACH SOUND ISSUES ACROSS THE CITY, BECAUSE WE LEARNED THAT IN FACT WE CAN, UM, USE DECIBEL READERS TO MANAGE THIS ISSUE THAT IS A CHRONIC, UM, QUALITY OF, OF LIFE ANNOYANCE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES. UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD POINTS RAISED. LET US REWORK IT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER AND, YOU KNOW, HOLD VOTE. IT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU ALL ALL FOR, UH, COMING UP HERE. I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT AND A SECOND BY SECOND. I SECOND. I'M SORRY. I HEARD I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. AND, BUT OH, I'M SORRY. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVE DANIEL ALDO ON, ON ZOOM. MR. ALDO, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. YES, THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS A GREAT ORDINANCE. THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR. WE MUST PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM COMMERCIAL INTRUSIONS LIKE OVERSIZED MCMANSIONS AND AIRBNBS, WHICH CHEAPEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. THE RECENT UNDERSTORY ORDINANCE IS LEADING TO EVEN MORE SPECTRUM TEAR DOWNS. WE MUST PROTECT OUR TAX PAYING HOMEOWNERS WHOSE QUALITY OF LIFE IS UNDER ATTACK. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS AS A SCREEN NAME OF ZOOM USER. IDENTIFY YOURSELF. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, THIS IS JANE , 1390 OCEAN DRIVE. I'M SURPRISED MY NAME DIDN'T COME UP FOR SOME REASON. UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. I'M A DESIGNER. I'VE WORKED MANY, MANY, UM, APARTMENTS, SOUNDPROOFING THEM AND DEALING WITH SOUND ISSUES IN NEW YORK WHERE EVERYBODY LIVES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. AND THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE STRIP OUT THE APARTMENT TO DEMO IT, AND THEN WE BRING IN A SOUND ENGINEER AND THEY HAVE A, DECIBELS ARE DON'T, DO NOT MEASURE ANYTHING. THEY MEASURE SOUND IN THE AIR. THERE'S A MORE COMPLEX PROBLEM HERE OF VIBRATION. VIBRATION GOES INTO THE GROUND, AND IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S CLOSE TO YOUR UNIT, THAT SET, THAT VIBRATION TRAVELS AND IT COMES UP INTO THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE BUILDINGS. THERE IS A METER THAT MEASURES AND IDENTIFIES EVERY SINGLE FREQUENCY AND WHERE THAT FREQUENCY IS COMING FROM. SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING AMBIENT SOUND FROM CARS AND TRAFFIC. THAT IS THE ACCURATE WAY TO MEASURE SOUND THAT ANNOYS A NEIGHBOR. SO THIS WHOLE DECIBEL ISSUE, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. IT DOESN'T WORK. IT'S, IT DOESN'T IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM [06:40:01] AND IT DOESN'T CREATE AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF VIBRATION. IT'S THE VIBRATION THAT COMES UP INTO YOUR BEDROOM AT NIGHT, NOT THE SOUND IN THE AIR. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE WRITTEN TO YOU GUYS BEFORE ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE SPECIAL METERS AND SPECIAL TRAINING THAT READS THESE METERS AND IDENTIFIES EVERY SINGLE FREQUENCY AND WHERE IT COMES FROM, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON TO MITIGATE SOUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JANE. UH, I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ALL THE VOTE. AYE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE SR SEVEN [R7 B CITY COMMISSION WARRANT REQUEST FOR 3611-3651 COLLINS AVEA RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA GRANTING, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2.4.1 OF THE RESILIENCY CODE, A WARRANT PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.7.1 OF THE RESILIENCY CODE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SUM OF THE SIDE YARDS SETBACK BY EIGHT FEET IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SUM OF SIDE YARDS SETBACK OF TWENTY-FOUR FEET FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3611, 3621 AND 3651 COLLINS AVENUE.] BR SEVEN B. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING CITY COMMISSION WARRANT REQUEST FOR 36 11 THROUGH 36 51 COLLINS AVENUE. THREE R SEVEN B. MAYOR, IF I MAY, SINCE THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING, I NEED TO SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES WILL BE TESTIFYING TODAY, INCLUDING STAFF. SO IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, KICK THIS OFF AND THEN I'M GONNA, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIVATE APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN FILED. BUT AS THE COMMISSION MAY RECALL, UH, WHEN THE RESILIENCY CODE WAS ADOPTED IN 2023, THERE WAS A WARRANT PROCESS THAT WAS INSTITUTED. AND THIS WARRANT PROCESS GIVES THE CITY COMMISSION THE ABILITY TO GRANT SOME LATITUDE FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTS RELATED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, SUCH AS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN BUILDING HEIGHT OR A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN SETBACKS. UH, THE APPLICATION HEREIN IS FOR A REDUCTION IN THE, UH, SUM OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS SOLELY THE REQUEST FOR A WARRANT FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT'S BEFORE YOU WITH REGARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AS YOU'LL NOTE IN THE COMMISSION MEMO, WE HAVE PROVIDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST, WHICH IS BASICALLY A REDUCTION BY EIGHT FEET OF THE SOME OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. WE'VE ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE WARRANT IS APPROPRIATELY BEFORE THE COMMISSION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.7 0.1, THE PROPOSED WARRANT DOES SATISFY THE CRITERIA THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. AS SUCH, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING, UM, APPROVAL OF THE WARRANT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 36 11 AND 36 21 COLLINS AVENUE. TOM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE APPLICATION, UH, MR. MYERS, IS IT OKAY IF I ASK A QUESTION OR THE APPLICANT CAN GO? IT'S UP TO YOU. PLEASE, NICK, IF I COULD CALL YOU. UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME EMAILS AND IN FACT, WE HEARD SOMEBODY DURING SONICK THAT, UH, I BELIEVE SAID HE'S A COMMISSION CANDIDATE, ESSENTIALLY SAYING, DON'T VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE WE WANNA SAVE THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES ON THIS SITE. AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING LOBBIED TO DO SO. I STARTED GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE EMAILS LATE LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING SAYING, PLEASE SAVE THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES, VOTE NO FOR THIS WARRANT. AND THEN I READ THROUGH YOUR EMAIL THAT SEEMED VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT REASONS WHY WE COULD VOTE AGAINST THIS WARRANT. AND FOR DISCLOSURE, SINCE WE'RE IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING, I CALLED YOU AND I SAID, HOW TIGHT ARE OUR HANDS HERE? AND SINCE I GO, NICK, WOULD I BE ABLE, READING THROUGH YOUR EMAIL WAS VERY, VERY DESCRIPTIVE ABOUT WHY WE COULD OR COULD NOT VOTE AGAINST THIS WARRANT. I SAID, NICK, IF I, IF I SAID I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IN A BAD MOOD, I I'M CRANKY, I WANNA VOTE AGAINST THIS, WOULD THAT BE IMPROPER? SO IF, IF, I GUESS I WOULD START BY SAYING YOU'RE, THE COMMISSION'S HANDS ARE NOT, ARE NOT TIED, RIGHT? YOU STILL HAVE, UM, YOU STILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY, INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE DECISION ON THIS APPLICATION. BUT YOUR DECISION, BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER, YOU'RE NOT IN A POLICY SETTING ROLE IN THIS HEARING. YOU'RE IN A, YOU'RE APPLYING POLICY TO A PARTICULAR APPLICATION. SO YOUR DECISION HAS TO BE MADE BASED ON THE CRITERIA IN THE CODE FOR THE GRANTING OF A WARRANT. AND IT HAS TO BE MADE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU, WHICH IS EVERYTHING IN YOUR AGENDA MATERIALS, THE PRESENTATION YOU, YOU [06:45:01] HEARD FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE THAT YOU'LL HEAR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO YOUR DECISION ULTIMATELY HAS TO BE BASED ON THOSE THINGS. WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A IS A, IS IS IS A VERY LIMITED ISSUE, WHICH IS A, A REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARDS SETBACK FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD HAS, HAS APPROVED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT. UM, AND THE, THE DEMOLITION, THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE SITE, UM, HAS BEEN, IS THE APPLICANT HAS APPLIED FOR PURSUANT TO THE RESILIENCY AND SAFE STRUCTURES ACT. SO NEITHER THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT NOR THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF, OF THE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE SITE OR BEFORE YOU, WHAT'S THE ONLY THING BEFORE YOU IS THE WARRANT FOR RELIEF FROM THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARDS SETBACK. SO SOME OF THE EMAIL CAMPAIGN THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING AND WHAT WAS SUGGESTED DURING SUT HOUR IS IF WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WELL THE EMAILS AND, AND THE GIST OF THAT WERE VOTE AGAINST THIS WARRANT, SAVE THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS. IF WE WOULD SIT HERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANNA SAVE THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, SO I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS WARRANT BECAUSE I THINK HE GIVES THEM A GREATER CHANCE TO BE SAVED. IS THAT WITHIN THE DESCRIBED CRITERIA CRITERIA THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS DECISION ON? NO, IT'S NOT. IF, IF YOU WANTED TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE GRANTING OF THE WARRANT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON THE CRITERIA FOR THE WARRANT. DOES THE, HAS THE APPLICANT, UH, SUBSTANTIATED THAT, THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY SHOULD? SO, SO WHAT WE'RE BEING LOBBIED TO DO IS IMPROPER AND WE EVEN USED EVEN STRONGER WORDS WHEN WE WERE DEBATING BACK AND FORTH EARLIER TODAY. AND IF WE WOULD SIT HERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANNA SAVE THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS WARRANT, THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT? WELL, ONE OF TWO THINGS. EITHER THE APPLICANT WOULD, WOULD, UH, WOULD, WOULD NEED TO REDESIGN THE PROJECT TO, TO, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE, UH, WITHOUT THE WARRANT. UM, OR THE APPLICANT COULD, UH, SEEK REVIEW OF THE CITY COMMISSION'S DECISION BY PETITIONING TO, TO THE CIRCUIT COURT, ESSENTIALLY BY, BY APPEALING YOUR DECISION. AND ALSO THEY COULD ALSO REQUEST A VARIANCE FROM THE, FROM THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARDS AND, AND IN YOUR CALCULATION, THAT WOULD BE AN EASY WIN IF WE SAT UP HERE AND USED, UH, THE REASONS THAT WE JUST LAID OUT FOR VOTING AGAINST THIS WARRANT. GIVEN THAT THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE STRICT CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED AS TO WHY WE CAN OR CANNOT VOTE ON THIS WARRANT, MY, MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION TODAY BASED ON THE WARRANT AND THE WARRANT ALONE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO IF I CAN JUST FOLLOW UP JUST TO CLARIFY ONE FURTHER THING. SO THE, THE IDEA OF USING THIS AS LEVERAGE TO NEGOTIATE A BETTER PROJECT THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT THE PRIOR JU QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS FROM THE HPB AND WHOEVER ELSE LIKE THAT, THAT CON LIKE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PURVIEW TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE WARRANT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE DO HORSE TRADING UP HERE AGAINST EVERYONE'S COUNSEL, UM, ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'LL SAY YES TO WARRANTS, BUT REALLY WE WANT YOU TO DO X, Y, AND Z. LIKE, THAT'S NOT A THING THAT CAN HAPPEN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE, THE REASON THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPTED A WARRANT PROCESS AS PART OF THE RESILIENCY CODE IS TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THESE ONE-OFF REQUESTS FOR RELIEF THAT MIGHT IMPROVE THE OVERALL DESIGN OF A PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE CODE. RIGHT. SO, SO THIS, SO THIS IS THE FIRST WARRANT APPLICATION, UM, THAT'S BEFORE YOU, BUT IT'S, IT'S FOR THAT REASON. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF US ON THIS, ON THIS COMMISSION WHO ARE PRESERVATIONISTS AND THIS SHIP HAS SAILED. WE ARE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE ON DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE PERHAPS MADE THINGS BETTER FOR US. UM, WE AT THIS MOMENT DON'T HAVE A PATH TO PROCEED TO UNDO THAT, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NEVER GONNA STOP LOOKING. UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF LET'S SAVE THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THE, THE DYE HAS BEEN CAST. IF WE, YOU KNOW, HAD MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION AS A CITY, NOT US UP HERE, BUT IF, IF THE THE, UM, THE PLANS WEREN'T APPROVED BY THE OTHER BOARDS, UM, THE APPLICANT COULD SAY, FINE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PRESERVING ANYTHING, WE'RE BUILDING A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT, WHICH THEY CAN DO. AS OF RIGHT, I DO THINK THIS PROPERTY, THIS PROPERTY IS LIKELY ELIGIBLE FOR LIVE LOCAL. UM, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A VERY NARROW REQUEST. UH, THE STAFF ANALYSIS, UM, ANALYZES THE APPLICATION UNDER THE, THE, THROUGH THE LENS OF THE, OF THE WARRANT [06:50:01] CRITERIA. UM, THE APPLICANT WILL, WILL NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THE CITY COMMISSION HAS FORWARDED ME ALL OF YOUR EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH WE UPLOADED TO THE ONLINE AGENDA SO THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE RECORD. UM, AND THEN AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO MAKE A REBUTTAL, THEY CAN, AND THEN YOU CAN DELIBERATE AND MAKE YOUR DECISION. BUT, SO WHAT I WANNA GET CLEAR IS THAT THIS IS NOT A, A, A REFLECTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE THE PROJECT, WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK THE BUILDING SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED. IT IS PURELY AND SOLELY ABOUT THESE VERY MINOR VARIANCES THAT ARE A, A MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF GRANTING VARIANCES. RATHER THAN MAKING AN APPLICATION OR CHANGING THE CODE FOR A, YOU KNOW, AN OVERLAY DISTRICT AS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM HERE, UM, THAT AFFECT VERY LIMITED AREAS. UM, AND SO, BECAUSE I KNOW I, I'M GUESSING THE REASON WHY A LOT OF MY PRESERVATION FRIENDS ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THESE BUILDINGS, WHICH I, I SHARE THE CONCERNS. UM, THIS VOTE WILL NOT PROTECT IT, CANNOT, IT, IT, IT JUST, WE CAN'T VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THOSE BUILDINGS SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE DEMOLISHED. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AND, AND WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS IS VOTE ON THE VERY SPECIFIC MATTER BEFORE US, NOT THE VALIDITY OF THE PROJECT. NOT WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE IT, NOT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE WANNA SAVE ONE MORE OF THE BUILDINGS CAN GET IT INCORPORATED. I MEAN, YES, OBVIOUSLY I WOULD, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M VOTING ON. AND IF I MAKE A DECISION TO SAY NO TO THIS VERY SPECIFIC THING BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE PROJECT, THEN I'M NOT FULFILLING MY LEGAL OBLIGATION. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. YOU, YOU, AGAIN, YOU JUST WANNA MAKE THIS DECISION BASED ON THE, THE CRITERIA SPECIFICALLY OF A WARRANT. RIGHT. I JUST WANT THAT UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS ARE HERE. AND, AND IT'S, IT'S SO FRUSTRATING. I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN THE SAME EMAILS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE, AND I, I HEAR THEIR FRUSTRATION JUST, YOU KNOW, DRIPPING THROUGH THE EMAILS. I LIKE, WE ALL SHARE IT IN THE CITY. WE HAVE THIS GEM OF AN ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE THAT IS NO LONGER OURS TO MANAGE, BE THAT AS IT MAY, THIS VOTE IS SPECIFICALLY ON SOME VERY MINOR VARIANCES ON A PROJECT THAT IS ALREADY APPROVED, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BOUND BY LAW TO DO. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, THAT ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS A VIEW ON THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE ALSO UNDERSTANDS THE CONSTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE UNDER CORRECTLY. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND THEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AND WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND LIKE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MENTIONED, ALL OF A SUDDEN LAST NIGHT I STARTED GETTING SO MANY EMAILS AND I EMAILED YOU A COUPLE TIMES SAYING, AREN'T WE PREEMPTED? AND, UH, SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I DO SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR ART DECO. I, UM, APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS AND PRESERVING IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT AS COMMISSIONER B MENTIONED, WE AS A CITY ARE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEMOLITION OF THESE BUILDINGS. AND THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A DEMOLITION PERMIT UNDER THE RESILIENCY AND SAFE STRUCTURES ACT, AND THE CITY STAFF CONFIRMED THAT THE EXISTING STRUCTURES MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL UNDER THE LAW. AND SO THE ONLY ITEM BEFORE US TODAY IS TO VOTE ON A WARRANT RELATED TO THE PROJECTS REQUIRED, SOME OF THE SIDE YARDS SETBACK. AND WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE DEMOLITION, STRICTLY ON THE SETBACK. SO COMMISSIONER, PLEASE. OKAY. PEACE. AND COUSIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THAT ON, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, IF IT COULD BE HOW LONG POSTED? I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT PRETTY SHORT BECAUSE THE STAFF REPORT, I THINK IS COMPLETE. UH, SO GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, NEESON KADEN AND CECLIA. TORRE TOLEDO AKERMAN, AS WELL AS TRACY SLAVIN AND MIKE TIVE, LSN REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. UH, ALSO WITH US TODAY IS BRANDON HALL, THE LEAD ARCHITECT WHO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO IN A MOMENT. AND STEVE AB ABCO OF A CONSULTING ARCHITECT. I THINK YOU HAD A VERY FULSOME, HONEST AND ACCURATE DISCUSSION OF THE LEGAL POSTURE OF THIS MATTER, SO I WILL NOT GO INTO THAT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE BRINGING MR. HAW UP IS THAT THIS PROJECT IS A MAGNIFICENT ADDITION TO THAT PART OF COLLINS AVENUE. IT FITS IN IN TERMS OF CHARACTER AND SCALE WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND HAS RECEIVED THE STRONG SUPPORT OF, UH, [06:55:01] THE NEIGHBORING OF ALL THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. UH, WE'LL DISTRIBUTE NOW, AND YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED BEFORE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING FROM THE FAINA HOUSE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UH, ALSO FROM THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTATIVES OF BEACH HOUSE EIGHT, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY ARE HERE. AND I THINK YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARIBBEAN CONDOMINIUM BOARD, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE ALL AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL LETTERS FROM A PIONEER IN THAT AREA. ALAN FAENA AND HUMANA CAMINOS, WHO'S BEEN A MAJOR FORCE IN THE ART SCENE AND THAT AREA. AND IN MIAMI BEACH, EVERYONE IS WELCOMING THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW ADDITION TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU HAVE THE STAFF REPORT. THE STAFF REPORT SHOWS HOW WE MEET ALL OF THE NECESSARY CRITERIA. THIS IS TRULY A VERY MINOR REQUEST, WHICH IS RESULT ONLY OF THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY EXPANDED BY 50 FEET WHEN BEACH HOUSE EIGHT WAS INCLUDED BY A COVENANT ALOO. AND THAT THEREFORE, UH, INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE, SOME OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY EIGHT FEET HERE. AND YOU'LL SEE THE DESIGN THAT BRANDON HAS COME UP WITH IS, HAS BEEN, IS THE BEST FOR THE SITE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE GUIDED THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I'LL INTRODUCE BRANDON. BRANDON WAS FOR MANY YEARS, ONE OF THE SENIOR PARTNERS OF, UH, LORD NORMAN FOSTER. HE IS ALSO THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED FAINA HOUSE AND MANY OTHER FAMOUS BUILDINGS IN AMERICA AND ABROAD. AND BRANDON, IF YOU WOULD TAKE OVER AND BRIEFLY TAKE THEM THROUGH, UH, THE REQUEST. I CAN NEED SOME, I, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONS. I, I, SORRY. SORRY. I, I THINK, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THE VOTES. I MEAN, WE REALLY WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND LET'S, LET'S WRAP THIS UP. SO I'LL SPARE YOU. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I, I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING OTHER, IS THERE MORE THAN THIS ONE SIZE? WE GET SO MUCH ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THERE'S VERY LITTLE, I MEAN, I I I'M NOT DOING AN ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION. THIS IS DIAGRAMS AND, AND DIMENSIONS. UH, IT'S A COMMON SENSE ARGUMENT. BASICALLY, WE'RE TAKING AN AREA BECAUSE BEACH HOUSE EIGHT HAS GOT A NON-CONFORMING SETBACK OF SEVEN FOOT SIX. INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON 36TH STREET WHERE YOU'VE GOT A PUBLIC CAR PARK, SETBACKS ARE FOR LIGHT AND AIR. AS ROY FRANCE ALWAYS SAID, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TAKING THAT EIGHT FEET DEFICIT AND PUTTING IT BETWEEN BEACH, BEACH, HOUSE EIGHT, AND OUR NEW BUILDING TO GET LIGHT AND AIR BETWEEN BUILDINGS, VIEW CORRIDORS, LIGHT AND AIR. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. YOU DON'T NEED IT ON 36TH STREET. AND WE'RE INCREASING THE SETBACK FROM FOUR FOOT NINE TO 16 FOOT SIX ON 36TH STREET ANYWAY, WHICH WE WOULD DO, AS OF RIGHT. ANYWAY. THIS IS JUST AN ANOMALY OF THE SITUATION AND WE'RE DOING A COMMON SENSE MOVE. IS IT A BETTER PROJECT BECAUSE OF IT? MUCH BETTER. I MEAN, IT'S, AS AN URBANIST, AS AN ARCHITECT, IT'S A COMMON SENSE URBAN RESPONSE TO AN ANOMALOUS SITUATION. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. AND I CAN GO THROUGH THE DIAGRAMS, BUT THE NEIGHBORS BY INTEREST OF TIME. YEAH. LET, LET'S HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL BRING IT BACK HERE IF WE THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO HEAR FROM YOU. I OBVIOUSLY, I, I CAN'T PREDICT HOW WE'LL GO. I, I DO LET, WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. IF, IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR REQUESTING TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I'M GONNA CALL STEVE DUBINSKI. FIRST. MR. DUBINSKI, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN I'LL SWEAR YOU IN. I, UM, HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME'S STEVE BINKI. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU, SIR. BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU GO ON, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT ANY AND ALL TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? IF SO, PLEASE SAY I DO. I I DO. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I ALSO WAS PRESIDENT OF LINCOLN ROAD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I RENOVATED 900 LINCOLN ROAD, BRINGING IT UP TO ITS 1925 STOREFRONT. WE ALSO HAVE AN HISTORIC BUILDING IN THE CARIBBEAN CONDO. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THE NEED TO HAVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS. BUT I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE TWO EXISTING STRUCTURES, AND THEY ARE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS THAT ADD, IN MY OPINION, NO ARCHITECTURAL VALUE, UH, AND ARE REAL DETRIMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT WILL DEFINITELY ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'VE LOOKED AT THE ARCHITECTURAL DIAGRAMS CLOSELY, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR THE SETBACK. UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT PRESERVATION, BUT WE SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT PRESERVATION IN A VACUUM. AND I WANTED THE COMMISSION TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE CREATING A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. AND WHAT'S BEING SAVED IS SIMPLY, IN MY OPINION, AND MANY PEOPLE'S OPINION NOT WORTH SAVING, OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE MID BEACH ASSOCIATION AND OTHER COMMUNITIES FOR THANK YOU. [07:00:01] THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS DANIEL ALDO. MR. ALDO, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT ANY AND ALL TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? IF SO, PLEASE SAY. I DO. I DO. THANK YOU. SO, DANIEL SERATO, CANDIDATE FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION, BUT I'M ALSO THE PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE. AND I REMEMBER IT WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS BACK WHEN I MET WITH THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY AND SAW A PLAN THAT INCLUDED THE ADAPTIVE REUSE, IMPARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES, THE HISTORIC CORAL REEF AND THE PATRIC HOTEL, WHICH BY THE WAY, THE PAT, THE PATRICIA IS A ROY FRANCE BUILDING. AND JUST LIKE THE VERSAILLES AND THE NATIONAL HOTEL, UH, THESE ARE AMAZING BUILDINGS. I UNDERSTAND MR. BINKY'S POINT, UH, THAT IN HIS OPINION, THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T LOOK THAT GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY OUR OPINION THAT MATTERS. IT'S THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE ON, AND THEY'RE ALSO IN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE VOTE'S ALREADY BEEN MADE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE HEARD THAT, UH, THAT FOLKS UP THERE ARE ALREADY BIASED TOWARDS US SUPPORTING THIS. I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY TO SAVE THESE BUILDINGS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN DEFEATED. AND JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR HISTORY BEING TRASHED, WHILE THERE'S PLATITUDE SENT OUT ON EMAILS ABOUT ACTUALLY CARING ABOUT IT. SO PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK NERI? PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME FIRST. YES. MY NAME IS GEORGE RI. I'M THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE. ME SWEAR YOU IN. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF YEAH, I GOT, I WAS SWORN IN ALREADY. PERFECT. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, AS I SAID AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. I SERVED FROM 91 TO 98, AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME, I HAVE HEARD FOR 30 YEARS. THESE ARE DUMPY. THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE, IF I HEAR ONE MORE PERSON TELL ME HOW BAD THESE BUILDINGS ARE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE CARLISLE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE HOTELS ON OCEAN DRIVE. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THREE BUILDINGS. THE LENNOX HOTEL. HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE LENNOX? FANTASTIC. WAS IT DUMPY BEFORE? YES. WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, GRAYSTONE? DO YOU REMEMBER THE GRAYSTONE? WAS IT DUMPY BEFORE? THE SAME STORIES I'VE HEARD THEN I'M HEARING NOW, AND ALSO THE ESME. WHAT A FANTASTIC RENOVATION. SOMEONE TOOK IT. THEY DIDN'T SAY, OH, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN ON. OH, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PRESERVED. YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY TWO THINGS. I WANT TO READ TO YOU. OUR MOTTO HERE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVICE AND SAFETY TO ALL WHO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY, AND ARE VIBRANT, TROPICAL, HISTORIC, NOT FUTURE DRIVEN, NOT, UH, ANY HISTORIC. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE LISTEN TO THE GLITZ AND GLAMOR, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE BORN HERE, A LOT OF TIMES YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE WALKING BY THESE BUILDINGS, AND THEY WERE DILAPIDATED THEN. AND IT'S HARD TO CHANGE YOUR INNER, UH, SELF BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE BY THEM FOR SO LONG THAT YOU THINK, OH, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PRESERVED. THAT IS WHO WE ARE. WE JUST CELEBRATED THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF ART DECO, THE ART DE DECO CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. SO I KNOW WE CAN'T NOW DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BUILDING, AND I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. IT MADE ME FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND OUR DECO IS SO IMPORTANT. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD SINCE THE DAY I ARRIVED, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU, I CAN GIVE YOU 20 MORE EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RENOVATED, THAT ARE GORGEOUS AND WONDERFUL, THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WERE DUMPY AT THE SAME TIME. THANK YOU, GEORGE. GEORGE, MR. B. SO, GEORGE, I, I, I SHARE, I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SET UP HERE. AND, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, UGLY DUCKLINGS CAN TURN INTO BEAUTIFUL SWANS WITH ENOUGH 10 11 CARE. WE'VE SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES. GO WALK DOWN, OCEAN DRIVE, WALK DOWN COLLINS. WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME. AS I STATED IN THE BEGINNING, UM, CONTRARY TO WHAT THE PREVIOUS CALLER SAID, OUR HANDS HAVE BEEN TIED, RIGHT? WE ARE NOT IN, IN THE GRAND SCHEME WITH THE, THE, THE STATE LEGISLATION. BUT IN, IN THIS EXACT PARTICULAR CASE, WE ARE VOTING JUST ON SETBACKS. AND IF, IF I'M BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BETTER LIGHT CORRIDOR AND CREATE LIGHT AND AIR AND SPACE IN A PROJECT THAT IS ALREADY GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OR WITHOUT ME, I'M GOING TO TRY TO HELP TO MAKE IT [07:05:01] BETTER. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I'M GIVING CARTE BLANCHE TO ANYBODY EV THIS PROJECT, ANYBODY, TO, TO JUST COME AND SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOT SOME SPING. WE SHOULD REALLY GET RID OF IT. OR, OR LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT JENNIFER LOPEZ'S, UM, MANSION, I FORGET WHAT THE ADDRESS WAS AND SAID, NO, NO, NO, IT HAS TO BE TORN DOWN BECAUSE THERE ARE COCKROACHES. HELLO. YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA. WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING? YOU'RE IN A SWAMP. SO, YOU KNOW, I I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS NARRATIVE THAT I'M HEARING, UM, WHETHER IT'S FROM PEOPLE CALLING IN OR PEOPLE WHO ARE EMAILING, THAT WE ARE JUST SIGNING THE DEATH WARRANT TO ART DECO AND TO MID-CENTURY MODERN AND TO ALL THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL ARCHETYPES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY THAT WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE IN THIS CITY THAT WE ARE FIGHTING LIKE MAD TO PROTECT IS NONSENSE. I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I CAN, I CAN IMAGINE AT LEAST SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THAT, FEEL THAT WAY. 'CAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON SOME ISSUES. I WOULD NEVER PRESUME TO SPEAK FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS MATTER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FOR MYSELF, THAT'S NOT HOW I ROLL. AND I WILL NEVER BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US. I WILL NEVER BE COMFORTABLE WITH HOME RULE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US. AND I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO GET THAT BACK. AND WHERE I CAN MAKE A DECISION THAT MAKES A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY IN FULL MOTION BETTER, I'M GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION. DO I WISH IT WERE BEING PRESENTED TO US DIFFERENTLY? I SURE DO. I I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL. I'VE NO DOUBT OF THAT. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. COULD IT HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL INCORPORATING DIFFERENT THINGS DIFFERENTLY? I'M QUITE SURE WE HAVE INCREDIBLY TALENTED ARCHITECTS IN FRONT OF US AND A WHOLE TEAM BEHIND YOU. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT NO, WHATEVER THE CONSTRICTIONS HAD BEEN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A SPECTACULAR PROJECT. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON. AND THE NARRATIVE OF WE'RE CONDEMNING THE ENTIRE CITY TO DEATH, UH, BY DEMOLITION, IS FALSE, RIDICULOUS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, OFFENSIVE. MR. MAYOR, UH, GEORGE, IF YOU COULD STAY BY THE PODIUM, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UH, GEORGE? YES, I KNOW YOU'RE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR, RIGHT? OKAY. BUT THE, THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR CALLED IN. ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE SAME GROUP AND THE SAME REPRESENTATIVES ADVOCATING FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT DONATED, I THINK CLOSE TO $10,000 TO MDPL? NO. DIDN'T KNOW THAT. NO. SO, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE PUBLIC RECORDS, THIS WAS, I THINK DONE IN FEBRUARY OF 23, THERE WAS A, A LARGE DONATION MADE TO MDPL, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, OR I BELIEVE THE SAME YEAR IN THAT FLORIDA SESSION, WE HAVE THIS FLORIDA UNSAFE STRUCTURES ACT. RIGHT? AND AGAIN, THIS IS NO FAULT TO YOU, BUT WHERE WAS MDPL AND YOUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR WHEN THIS WAS GOING THROUGH THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATION? OH, THEY WERE VERY MUCH THERE. YEAH. THEY WERE THERE KNOCKING THE DOORS WHEN WE, YEAH. AND WE GOT EXEMPTIONS BECAUSE OF IT. WE GOT EXEMPTED ALL THE WAY UP TO WHICH STREET 20. WE GOT THE HISTORIC 22ND, 23RD, WE GOT AN AT A TIME, ONE AT A TIME, 23RD. OH. SO IF I, IF I CAN, I, I WANT, I WANNA MAKE THE, ON, EXCUSE ME. I WANNA MAKE THE, I WANNA MAKE THE POINT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPER AND SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY STAYS OUT OF MDPL. OKAY. EXACTLY. UM, BECAUSE THIS, AGAIN, THE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE INTERESTS LIE, WHAT AGENDAS ARE BEING DRIVEN. AND SO I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO REALLY, UH, STAY TRANSPARENT ON THAT. I, I AGREE. AND ALSO, AS, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VOTED ON, BUT THE BOARD IS, IS, UH, GOING TO BE, UH, APPROVING VERY SOON SOME, SOME NEW DIRECTIVES FOR THE, UH, FOR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. AND THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED, INCLUDED. UH, SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GEORGE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, STILL PUBLIC COMMENT, BY THE WAY, IS, IS THIS BUILDING BEING DEMOLISHED WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVE THE WARRANT? YES. YES. SO WHETHER OR NOT IN INCONSEQUENTIAL OF OUR VOTE TODAY ON THIS WARRANT, THESE, THIS, THE BUILDING IS BEING REMOVED, QUESTION. YES. THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD UNANIMOUSLY, WHICH THEY THOUGHT WAS THE BEST DESIGN SOLUTION, URBAN PLANNING SOLUTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD SOLUTION WOULD REQUIRE THE DEMOLITION OF THE TWO BUILDINGS. OKAY. WHICH ALSO HAPPEN TO BE STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE AND OKAY. BUT WELL, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND UN UNUSABLE. OKAY. SO, SO WHETHER WE APPROVE THIS OR NOT, THE BUILDINGS ARE GONE. YES. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IS WHETHER [07:10:01] OR NOT WE WANT THERE TO BE AN INCREASE IN SPACE BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS, THE CONDOMINIUM BUILDING AND THE PROPOSED PROJECTS. EXACTLY. COMMISSIONER TO CREATE MORE LIGHT AND AIR, AND A BETTER OVERALL PLANNING FOR THAT BLOCK. OKAY. AND SO BECAUSE OF THE SOUTH, WE HAVE THE PARKING LOT, AND TO THE NORTH, UH, THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM BUILDING. AND IF THIS WAIVER IS NOT APPROVED, THEN IN ESSENCE THE BUILDING WOULD JUST EXTEND FURTHER NORTH, UH, REDUCING THE LIGHT, UH, FOR THE CONDOMINIUM BUILDING. CORRECT. OKAY. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH A DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING, WHETHER OR NOT OUR VOTE TODAY IS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST, WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY WITH OUR VOTE IS IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH PRECISELY. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE UN SAFE STRUCTURES BILL CAME THE FIRST TIME, WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY WE HAD RIGHTS OVER DEMOLITION. AND IF YOU DEMOLISHED, THEN YOU HAD TO REPLICATE. SO IT WAS A REALLY BITTER PILL FOR ALL OF US. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UM, MDPL WAS FIGHTING LIKE CRAZY IN TALLAHASSEE. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS UP IN TALLAHASSEE. I WENT TO TALLAHASSEE. UM, BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT. WE GOT THE PREEMPTION, THANK GOODNESS WE GOT THE EXEMPTION UP TO 23RD STREET. UM, SO IN THIS CASE, ALL I CAN SAY IS IF IT IS NOT BOTHERING THE NEIGHBORS, AND I DID SPEAK TO PEOPLE AT THE CARIBBEAN WHO, AND I KNOW THAT YOU WENT AND SPOKE TO THEM, AND IF WE GET LIGHT AND AIR VOTING FOR, I MEAN, LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT WE VOTE NOW, RIGHT? LET'S SAY THAT THREE OF US VOTE NO RIGHT NOW. UM, TWO THINGS HAPPEN. WHAT? THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL GONE. THE BUILDINGS WILL STILL BE GONE, AND THEN THERE WILL JUST BE LESS LIGHT, , LESS AIR, AND POSSIBLY A WORSE PROJECT FOR THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WERE FINE WITH THIS, UM, DESIGN. CORRECT. OKAY. AT LEAST THE CARIBBEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE LETTERS HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. BUT, AND I DO, I I MOURN SOME OF THESE STRUCTURES. THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ONE OF THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT I THINK IS, IS A, IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL BONES. UM, THAT IS NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE. AND THAT'S SAD. IT REALLY IS. BUT IF WE VOTE NOW, THEN WE JUST SEND A MESSAGE, IT'S HARD TO DO BUSINESS. AND THEN GUESS WHAT? THEN PEOPLE GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, NEXT TIME YOU, YOU CAN NO LONGER, UH, VOTE ON EASEMENTS, THEN WE DON'T EVEN GET TO VOTE ON THESE EASEMENTS. THIS IS REALLY LITERALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE FACING. SO, YOU KNOW, AND THE COST TO DO THESE, LOOK, I'M GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, OH, AND THE FACT THAT THEY BUILT WITHIN THE REGULATIONS OF 200 FEET IN HEIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS ASKING FOR A LOT MORE HEIGHT. SO WHEN I INITIALLY LOOKED AT IT, I SAID, WELL, AT LEAST THEY'RE BUILDING WITHIN WHAT THEY COULD CURRENTLY BUILD. AND THAT IS A LOT TO ASK RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM PEOPLE TO GO HIGHER AND HIGHER. AND I HAVE HAD AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR LITERALLY A YEAR AND A HALF, ABOUT A SIX SEVENTH THRESHOLD ON HEIGHT THAT THE MAYOR HAS NOT CALLED. NOT SURE WHY. SHOULD PROBABLY CALL IT AT SOME POINT. BY THE WAY, IT'S FUNNY, I GET CRITICIZED ME WHILE WE'VE, WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT C I'M JUST SAYING THAT I LITERALLY KNOW. SO, LEMME FINISH, LEMME FINISH. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME. NO, I'M NOT, BECAUSE I DON'T INTERRUPT YOU. BUT NO, THE, THE ROBERTS RULES, IF I AM, IF I AM REFERENCED, WE'VE LITERALLY HIT RECORDS OF THE AMOUNT OF ITEMS I HEARD IN YOUR ACTION ON THE TOP OF THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD. WELL, UM, AS WE'RE SAYING AT A TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE TELLING US WE HAVE TO GO HIGHER AND HIGHER AND, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REGULATE THAT, AND WE CAN'T, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BUILDING WITHIN WHAT THEY HAVE. AND BY THE WAY, CONSTANT CHIP ROUNDS A FA FABULOUS BRAND. I MEAN, IT'S MILANO, IT'S TRUE. I MEAN, MILANO, NEW YORK, MIAMI BEACH. IT PUTS US ON THIS NEW MAP IN A WAY THAT REALLY IS ICONIC FOR MIAMI BEACH, INTERNATIONALLY, WORLDWIDE. SO WE'RE NOT GETTING SOME GENERIC PROJECT. I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOODWORK AND DESIGN AND LIGHT AND NORMAN FOSTER WITHIN OUR BUILDING CODE. SO, OKAY, LET'S [07:15:01] CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. JACK. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. AND MR. MAYOR, I'M JACK FINN GLASS. I LIVE AT 79 35 EAST DRIVE TEMPORARILY. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE HPB AND LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. I'D LIKE TO QUOTE MY FORMER COLLEAGUE ON THE HPB SCOTT EDLEMAN, WHO NEVER, NEVER SAW A VARIANCE THAT HE LIKED. AND FOR A LONG TIME, I CRITICIZED HIM BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A VERY BAD ATTITUDE TO TAKE. THAT THERE SHOULD BE VARIANCES FOR SOME THINGS. BUT THIS IS A CASE, EVEN A SYMBOLIC CASE, WHERE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE A BACKBONE FOR A CHANGE AND VOTE AGAINST THIS. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY LOSE, AND WE PROBABLY WILL IN THE LONG RUN, UM, THIS NEW BUILDING, WHICH IS FABULOUS, I THINK I'M AN ARCHITECT AND I THINK MR. UH, NORMAN FOSTER IS A FABULOUS ADDITION TO THE CITY. WE, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BACKBONE NO MATTER WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS IN TALLAHASSEE OR ANYWHERE ELSE. AND WE REALLY NEED TO STAND UP AND TAKE A STAND PERMANENTLY AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR CITY. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN UP. OH, ON ZOOM AT LEAST ONCE. OH, PLEASE. HI. WHERE TO GO? I'M JUST TALKING. IS ROGER GOLDBERG ? THAT'S IT. UH, MIAMI BEACH CITIZEN. UH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME. EXCUSE ME. YOUR NAME. I DIDN'T CATCH IT. ROGER GOLDBERG. EVERYBODY ASKED THAT. I MUST MUMBLE. UH, ANYWAY, UH, WHAT I, WHAT I LIKE TO SEE HAS HAPPENED PRETTY MUCH THE CONVERSATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. UH, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE, I THINK AS A CITIZEN, UH, TO SEE A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE COMPROMISE IN STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS, THINGS YOU CAN'T SAVE. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE LAWS. UH, WE, WE ARE A, UH, VIBRANT MDPL. WE WANT, WE WANNA SHOW OUR FACE. WE'RE THERE TO HELP YOU, HELP GIVE ADVICE IF YOU WANT IT. UH, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION. I THINK IT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. AND LET'S, UH, LET'S CALL A VOTE. OH, HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. JULIE ISAACSON, EIGHT 50 15TH STREET. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, UNFORTUNATELY DECIDED. BUT I STILL FEEL, AS JACK, I BELIEVE FEELS, AND THE REST OF US THAT ARE HERE, WE DO NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THESE STRUCTURES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A WAY TO POSSIBLY INCORPORATE THE BUILDINGS INTO THE NEW DESIGN. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO MORE OFTEN. WE KEEP COMING UP AGAINST THE SAME DEVELOPERS, THE SAME ARCHITECTS, THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE SINCE 2011. I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I BEEN ON THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE SINCE 2020. IT'S AS WHAT GEORGE NERI SAID. WE KEEP HEARING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. HISTORIC. OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, IS WHAT MADE THE CITY, IT WAS FALLING APART. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE NOTICED AND THEY PAINTED IT. AND THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY CAME, AND THE VIDEO AND THE MODELING INDUSTRY. AND WE BECAME THE, WE HAVE THE, THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF ART DECO. YOU ALL KNOW ALL THIS. SO WE ARE GETTING VERY TIRED OF CONSTANTLY HAVING TO DISCUSS DEMOLITION. WHY CAN'T SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS BE INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE NEWER DESIGNS? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. IS THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND SHARING YOUR FEEDBACK. TRULY. I DO. I I BOTHERED OUR, UH, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY AT SEVEN 15 THIS MORNING WITH A PHONE CALL, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, WHETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW DRIVE A DISCUSSION TOWARDS INCORPORATING, SAVING, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO BIFURCATE THE ISSUES INTO WHAT'S GOING FORWARD. AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SUZA. IT SEEMS LIKE THE VOTES ARE THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME BECAUSE [07:20:01] WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THIS PROJECT IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE, TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR CITY. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AND CELEBRATED PROJECTS. NOT IN MIAMI, NOT THE UNITED STATES, IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, RIGHT? WE ARE PROUD AND WE WELCOME THIS MOVING FORWARD IN OUR CITY. I HOPE IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. 'CAUSE I SEE THIS BIG TEAM THAT I GUESS HAS TO BE PAID DOWN HERE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS PRETTY BIG. SO I, I I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT. UM, BUT KIDDING ASIDE, UH, TRULY THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE TYPES LIKE THE FAINA, WHERE IN 10 OR 15 YEARS, WE CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT AREA WAS LIKE PRIOR TO CASA CYPRIANI COMING TO OUR TOWN. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE AMERICAN RIVIERA AND A SECTION OF OUR CITY THAT WAS ONCE LEFT ABANDONED. AND NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF THE FAINA, ANI, THE AMAN, THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND RECOGNIZED AREAS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO BIFURCATE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT LAMENTING LOSING BUILDINGS. THAT SHIP HAS SAILED, BUT REALLY TURNING AN EYE TOWARDS CELEBRATING WHAT WE HAVE COMING TO OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE YOU MOVING IT? YEAH. I'LL, WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE, AND I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR NICK. SO, THE UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY ACT IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT. UM, FOR TWO YEARS WE FOUGHT THIS, AND WE FOUGHT THIS VERY, VERY HARD. WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF ENERGY AND A LOT OF HEARTACHE INTO FINDING THIS IN, IN TALLAHASSEE, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE NAME OF SAFETY AND RESILIENCY. UH, BUT IT REALLY, WHAT IT WAS, IS A BILL ABOUT DEMOLISHING HISTORIC BUILDINGS, UH, TO CREATE NEW BUILDINGS. AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST, THE FIRST APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE THAT CONSIDERS THE UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND RESILIENCY ACT. IT WAS MENTIONED FIRST WARRANT. IT IS THE, IT IS THE FIR, IT'S THE FIRST. IT'S BOTH THE FIRST WARRANT APPLICATION BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST, UH, DEMOLITION PERMIT APPLICATION UNDER THE RESILIENCY AND SAFE STRUCTURES ACT. AND, AND THAT FOR ME IS, YOU KNOW, WE FOUGHT SO HARD AGAINST THAT. WE FOUGHT, AM I ALLOWED TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF YOUR REVIEW CRITERIA. SO I CANNOT VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE IT'S INVOKING THE UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND RESILIENCY ACTS. YOU COULD ONLY VOTE A, THE COMMISSION COULD ONLY DENY, MAKE A DECISION TO DENY THE WARRANT ON THE BASIS OF THE WARRANT CRITERIA. THE DEMOLITION IS, IS NOT, IS NOT AS A MATTER OF LAW. IT'S NOT BEFORE YOU TODAY. ALRIGHT? THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT'S INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. 'CAUSE WE FOUGHT HARD AGAINST, AGAINST THAT BILL. WE SPENT WEEKS FIGHTING, FIGHTING THIS ON THE GROUND, DEALING WITH PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE, CREATING ALLIANCES, GETTING THE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR ART DECO DISTRICT FROM FIFTH TO TO, TO 23RD STREET. BUT THIS SECTION WAS NOT ACCEPTED. AND WE, AND WE RAISED THE ALARM ABOUT THESE AREAS. AND NICK, YOU WERE A PIVOTAL PART OF HELPING US IN OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND EDUCATING MEMBERS OF, OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS WOULD HAVE. AND SO AND SO, BECAUSE OF THAT, I FEEL IN MY HEART THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO NOT BE A HYPOCRITE TO THE EFFORTS THAT I FOUGHT FOR, TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT IF I DO THAT, THEN WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE? I MEAN, THE, THE COM THE DECISION OF THE, THE, THE DECISION THE COMMISSION MAKES TODAY COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHALLENGE, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S TO APPROVE OR DENY THE WARRANT, UH, EVERY, THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD. SO WHEN I LOOK AT, IN THE EVENT, AT THE WARRANT ITSELF, THE WARRANT ITSELF, HAVING GREATER SETBACK BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS, HAVING MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS IS A GOOD THING. THAT PART IS GOOD. WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS, IS THAT THIS IS TIED TO THIS DEMOLITION. AND SO I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT VOTE AGAINST THIS BASED ON THAT. YOU CANNOT VOTE AGAINST THIS BASED ON THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT IS A, UH, A VOICE VOTE. SO, ALL [07:25:01] IN FAVOR? AND THE MOTION WAS FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS GREAT PROJECT. THANK YOU. RR NINE, R NINE [R9 V DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING ENHANCED MEASURES, INCLUDING THE ROLLBACK OF OPERATING HOURS, INCREASED FINES FOR VIOLATIONS, AND A DEDICATED PICK-UP/DROP-OFF POINT FOR CHARTER VESSEL PASSENGERS, IN ORDER TO REMEDIATE ONGOING CHARTER VESSEL ISSUES AT MIAMI BEACH MARINA.] VR NINE V. DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION. ENHANCE MEASURES, REMEDIATE CHARTER VESSEL ISSUES AT MIAMI BEACH MARINA R NINE V. OKAY, PLEASE, UH, IF EVERYONE CAN CLEAR THE ROOM AS WE, UH, CONTINUE, UH, OUR ITEMS. SO, UM, WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA. THIS, UM, HAD BEEN AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE CHARTER BOATS AND SOME UNRULY BEHAVIOR WAS OCCURRING THERE. OUR, I TOOK THE LEAD ON SOME ITEMS, BUT OUR COMMISSION IN GENERAL, UH, DID A GOOD JOB OF PASSING LEGISLATION. OUR CITY DID A GOOD JOB, SEEMED TO CLEAN UP THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S COME BACK. UM, AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT AND WE'VE ALL BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE APPRECIATE TAKING THE LEAD AND BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION. PLEASE, EVERYONE, IF YOU CAN CLEAR THE ROOM. THANK YOU. UM, AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UH, AGAIN, THIS, THE BRINGING, BRINGING THESE ISSUES TO OUR ATTENTION AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT. SO THERE'S SEVERAL ITEMS THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS TODAY. SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE, I'M GONNA BE PUTTING IN AN ORDINANCE. THE, THE RULES PROHIBITED TO BRING THE ORDINANCE TODAY. SO I'M GONNA BE PUTTING IT IN AN ORDINANCE TO COME BACK. BUT THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE MORE NEGOTIATION ISSUES THAT WE'LL DEAL WITH. AND, UM, BUT LET ME TEE UP THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, UH, FOR THE POTENTIAL. THE ORDINANCE THAT I PLAN TO BRING IN SEPTEMBER ONE IS, UH, PUSHING BACK THE CURFEW, THE CURRENT CURFEW TIMES, UH, TO 7:00 PM FOR THE CHARTER BOATS, AND ALSO INCREASING THE CURRENT FINES. AND, UH, MARK FISHMAN, OR MAYBE YOU MARK, CAN, CAN WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE INCREASE IN FINES WOULD BE. THE FINE YOU HAVE PROBLEM? YEAH, I MEAN, YES, I HAVE HERE, YEAH, YOU WANNA WALK THROUGH THIS? YEAH, MAYOR, AS IT STANDS NOW, I THINK THE FINES ARE FOR COMMERCIAL CHARTER VESSEL ACTIVITY. UM, THAT'S UN PERMITTED. THE FINES ARE FOR A FIRST OFFENSE WITHIN THE PROCEEDING SIX MONTHS. UH, IT'S $500, UH, FOR A SECOND OFFENSE WHEN THE PROCEEDING SIX MONTHS. THE THOUSAND THIRD OFFENSE IS 2000 AND A FOURTH OR SUBSEQUENT IS 5,000. UM, WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT DOING, OR WHAT, WHAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT DOING IS ROLLING BACK THE COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY, OPERATING HOURS FROM 9:00 PM UH, TO 7:00 PM SO IT'D BE PROHIBITING IT FROM 7:00 PM TO 7:00 AM INSTEAD OF NOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TILL TILL 9:00 PM SO IT, IT WOULD END EARLIER AND INCREASING THE FINES TO A FIRST OFFENSE FROM 500 HUNDRED TO A THOUSAND, A SECOND OFFENSE FROM A THOUSAND TO 5,000. AND POTENTIALLY WITH, POTENTIALLY WITH LOOKING AT A, A SUSPENSION OF A, A PERIOD OF TIME OF THE BTR POTENTIALLY FOR MAYBE 10 DAYS. AND THEN FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, A $5,000 FINE AS WELL. UH, AND POTENTIALLY DENYING, UM, UH, THE BTR UH, IN THE FUTURE. WHAT ABOUT THEIR, UH, REMOVAL OF THE BTR? UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CODE, UH, DOESN'T REALLY CONTEMPLATE THAT. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS. UM, 1 0 2, I THINK 3 71 OR 3 72, AND THEN 1 0 2, I THINK IT'S 3 81. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S CONTEMPLATED IN THE DENIAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF IT'S CONTEMPLATED IN THE, UH, REVOCATION, BUT I'D HAVE TO LOOK. OKAY. YEAH. CAN I, COMMISSIONER B, CAN I, A QUICK QUESTION MARK. CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT? DON'T WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR CODE ABOUT OTHER BTR ISSUES, UM, THAT IF YOU'RE A THIRD TIME, UH, STRIKER, YOU LOSE YOUR BTR FOR 13 MONTHS? YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT WAS IN THE CODE, UM, THAT YOU CHALLENGE, I THINK WE MIGHT BE SWITCHING IT NOW OR SOON TO, TO MAY. RIGHT? WELL, IT WAS OPENED IN, THE ITEM WAS OPENED CONTINU TENURE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S SHALL OR MAY. BUT THERE IS THE PROVISION THAT IF YOU SCREW UP THREE TIMES ON THE THIRD TIME YOU'RE DONE AND YOU'RE DONE FOR 13 MONTHS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A BRICK AND MORTAR ESTABLISHMENT WHERE IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY PUNITIVE, I MEAN, THEY'D LOSE THEIR LEASE, ALL THE STUFF. WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE THAT SAME STANDARD FOR BOATS? WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THEM TO LOSE THEIR SLIP AT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA, BUT THEY'RE A BOAT. THEY CAN GO ANY PLACE ELSE THAT THEY WANT TO. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE LOOK AT MAKING IT THAT SAME LEVEL OF, OF, UM, OF, UM, OF PUNISHMENT BECAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO GO ELSEWHERE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY SHOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE MARINAS [07:30:01] OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING BAD ACTORS AND NOT REALLY CARING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, AS LONG AS THEY MAKE THEIR DOLLARS, UM, THEY SHOULD BE HELD AT, AT LEAST AS ACCOUNTABLE. YEAH, NO, I, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I, I AGREE. WE WERE TRYING TO MAX OUT THE FINES WITH 1000, 5,000 AND 5,000 AND LOOK AT SUSPENDING AND DENYING AND POSSIBLY REVOKING THE BTRS. BUT I, WE WERE JUST STARTED LOOKING AT IT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY, UH, WANNA LOOK AT AND WANT TO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS STRONGLY AS POSSIBLE. 'CAUSE WE JUST HAD, YOU ALL HAVE HAD RECURRING, UH, ISSUES AT, AT THE MARINA OF THESE CHARTER VESSEL OPERATIONS JUST CONSISTENTLY, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU, YOU TRY AND DO, UM, THERE, THERE STILL SEEM TO BE SOME ISSUES. OKAY. TWO OTHER ISSUES THAT, UM, I'M IN, IN MY MEETINGS AND CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL ARE NOT SOMETHING WE'D PUT IN ORDINANCE, BUT IS SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATIONS. I WANNA DISCUSS THOSE AS WELL. ONE IS POTENTIALLY MOVING THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF TO THE MONTES. UM, AND THEN TWO ABOUT MAKING THE PARKING FOR MARINA ONLY. THAT'S, I'LL TAKE THAT. UH, SILENCE AS ACQUIESCENCE. UH, SO GOOD. I'M SORRY. WE'LL REALIZE THAT WAS A QUESTION. I THOUGHT IT WAS A STATEMENT. . YES. SO WE'VE BEEN MAYOR, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SUNTEC TO MOVE THE DROP OFF AND PICKUP TO MONTY'S. UM, THEY'RE WORKING TO CHANGE ALL OF THE, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE THAT'S ADVERTISING NO LONGER ADVERTISES BECAUSE THERE'S AN ADVERTISEMENT THAT'S GONE OUT FOR THE DROP OFF FOR THE, OR THE DRIVE IN FOR THE, UH, YACHT CLUB, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON CHANGING THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. BUT, BUT, UM, WE CAN PUT THAT IN LEGISLATION AS WELL. BUT THEY'RE WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN CURRENTLY. IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED AS FAR AS THE PARKING, THAT THAT WOULD BE A NEGOTIATION BECAUSE IT'S IN THEIR CONTRACT, THEIR AGREEMENT NOW THAT, THAT THEY HAVE AC THEY CONTROL THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGES. IS THAT BEING NEGOTIATED CURRENTLY? NO, WE HAVE NOT STARTED YET. I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA, IT, THAT WOULD BE A NEGOTIATION WHERE THERE'D BE GIVE AND TAKE. SO WE, WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT. WE HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM SUNTEC HERE. UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, GOOD AFTERNOON. ANY OPINION ON THAT? UH, I JUST WANNA GIVE EVERY MICHAEL GRIECO, UH, ON BEHALF OF SUNTEC. I JUST WANT GIVE EVERYBODY KIND OF AN UPDATE. I'VE EMAILED YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT JUST SOME UPDATES ON THE CHARTER ACTIVITIES. SO TEX, WHICH IS THE, UH, MASTER LEASE HOLDER, THEY TOOK IT OVER ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. UM, IN THE LAST 45 DAYS, I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE EVICTED NINE, UH, CHARTERS, UH, DUE TO CODE VIOLATIONS OR VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE MARINA. UM, WE ARE GONNA BE ACTIVELY, UH, ADDRESSING ANY RENEWALS ON ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL SLIPS, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AS WELL. UM, MR. MAYOR, YOU AND I MET ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, DISCUSSED ISSUES, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THE, THE CONCEPT OF MOVING THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF TO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION AT MONTY'S. WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THAT, UM, ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT, UH, JUST BASED ON WHERE THE, WHERE THE BOATS ARE, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE TRAFFIC CAN HANDLE IT. SO THOSE, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED INTERNALLY. AND WHAT'S A TIMELINE ON GETTING THE I I'D BE, I I, THE ANSWER IS, I DON'T KNOW. I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I CAN TELL YOU, I CAN TELL, I I CAN TELL YOU THAT MARCH. I APPRECIATE WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME THAT. LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A BIT, MY, MY FAVORITE JUDGES ARE THE ONES THAT SAY, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SAME THING. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MR. TAXES IS ON TOP OF ME. HE CALLS ME TWICE A WEEK MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING ON THESE THINGS. SO I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY RULING WITH AN IRON FIST. AND, AND I WOULD, I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GRIECO, UM, TALKED ABOUT NINE THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A LIST THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM FROM OUR EFFORTS OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKENDS. THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT OF, OF IT'S IN THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT NOW LOOKING AT BOATS THAT, THAT WE'VE VIOLATED. AND THEY'RE, UM, WE EXPECT TO HAVE AN ANSWER WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, UM, ON THOSE ADDITIONAL CHARTERS. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY, UM, OUT THERE AND, AND ENFORCING OUR RULES. AND, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE A LIST OF OVER 18 VOTES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOW TO EVICT. YEAH. AND I, AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS, UH, AFTER OBVIOUSLY THE SOUTH OF FIFTH FOLKS BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THEN, UH, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. SO WE DO APPRECIATE THE POLICE AND CODE HAVE, HAVE STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY. UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WANNA RESOLVE THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO USE ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES 365 DAYS A YEAR. RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD MR. MAYOR, ONE MORE THING. THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ADDED RESOURCES. WE, WE HAVE OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING, I THINK THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE PEAK HOURS WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM SUNSET TO SUNDOWN. IS THAT RECENT? I KNOW WE HAD DONE THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE HAD PROBLEMS. WE HAD DONE IT. YEAH. AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE RESTARTING THAT NOW. SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO, AND AND THAT'S CURRENTLY I LIVE ACROSS CURRENTLY HAPPENING. YES. AND I, AND [07:35:01] I, AND I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT I, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. I'M OUT THERE, UM, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A FOUR, THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK DURING DUSK. UM, AND I SEE WITH MY OWN EYES, NOT ONLY, UH, THE SUNTEC OUTSOURCE SECURITY, BUT I'VE SEEN AGGRESSIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, AND POLICE PRESENCE OUT THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE SPILL OUT FOR MONTY'S AS WELL AS FOLKS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF COMING THROUGH FROM THE PARK, PLUS ANYBODY THAT'S COMING OFF FROM ANY CHARTERS. SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT TO MANAGE, BUT I THINK YOU, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OUTLIERS WHERE THINGS HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, AND WE HAD A RECENT CALL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT TEX IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO BE A GOOD PARTNER. SO JUST BRING BACK, IT'S SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GARAGE HAS NOT BEEN NEGOTIATED YET. IT HAS NOT, SIR. AND IS THAT GONNA START THIS WEEK? I, I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE ISSUE IS IS THAT THERE, IT'S A NEGO THAT'LL BE A NEGOTIATION WHERE THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING AND, AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE NEGOTIATION, PROBABLY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR, WELL, WHAT'S THE CURRENT CONTRACT? SAY THE CURRENT CONTRACT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE, THEY CONTROL THE FIRST FLOOR OF ALL OF THOSE GARAGES. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN OPT OUT, BUT NO, NO. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER, THE ONLY OTHER THING MR. MAYOR, THAT, THAT I THINK IS, IS POSITIVE NEWS IS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER. WE NOW HAVE A CAMERA TRAILER OUT THERE WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME OF OUR CAMERAS OUT THERE. UM, TEX IS ALSO REVIEWING THE ABILITY TO GIVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THEIR CAMERAS POINTING AT THE DOCKS AND THE BAY WALK. UM, THEY'RE REVIEWING THAT AND WE, WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE A FAVORABLE ANSWER THAT WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR CAMERAS THAT WE COULD THEN PUT OVER INTO OUR POLICE STATION. UH, IS THEIR COVERAGE SUFFICIENT? THEY HAVE GRAY COVERAGE. OUR COVERAGE IS LIMITED. WE DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MANY CAMERAS ON THE, ON EACH ONE OF THOSE DOCKS. SO, UM, WE COULD EITHER INSTALL MORE CAMERAS ON THE BUILDINGS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO DO, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO GET AN ANSWER BACK. AND, AND AGAIN, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT ANSWER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, DO YOU THINK? ABOVE, ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, MR. MAYOR. I, I, I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS DEFINITELY INSTALLED A FEW MORE, OR AT LEAST TEMPORARY, UH, CAMERAS SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF JOSE'S APARTMENT, THE CITY, THE CITY, THE CITY GAINING ACCESS TO TEX CAMERAS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DEEPER LEGAL ISSUE. THAT'S, THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE MASTER LEASE HOLDER AND THOSE CAMERAS ARE, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY PRIVATE AND THEY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THOSE DOCKS AS WELL. SO THERE'S, THERE'S, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE, AGAIN, ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. SO THOSE, THOSE ARE BEING MADE EITHER I HAVE, I HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL WITH ME AND I ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, GENERAL COUNSEL IN, IN TEXAS THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. OKAY. UM, SO AGAIN, SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BRING THE ORDINANCE AND, AND I'D LIKE TO STAY REGULARLY IN CONTACT, ERIC, ABOUT THESE NEGOTIATIONS. UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ , LOOK, WE ARE GETTING CONSTANT PHOTOS AND COMPLAINTS AND HAS THAT STOPPED OVER THE PAST MONTH SINCE THE LAST BLOWUP WHERE THERE WERE SEVERAL INCIDENCES? 'CAUSE THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT, UH, NOISE COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE VOMITING, SOMEBODY GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND THE PLANTERS. I MEAN, LIKE, WE GET THE PICTURES. AND SO HOW HAVE THE, HOW HAVE THE CALLS BEEN TO CODE OF THE MARINA FOR THE PAST MONTH OF, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY ALL THIS IS ABOUT. IF YOU FIX IT, WE WON'T GET THE COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, THE BAD BEHAVIOR. THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE SO UPSET, IS THE CONSTANT COMPLAINING FROM THE RESIDENTS. AND I UNDERSTAND THEM. NOBODY THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, IS ON THEIR BOAT OR LIVES RIGHT THERE WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, WALK OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR AND SEE SOMEBODY GO, GO INTO THE BATHROOM AND THE PLANTER WHO'S WASTED OR WAKE UP TO SOMEBODY'S VOMIT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CRUX OF THIS. AND HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO MEET, LIKE, FIX IT? SO HERNAN CARINO AGAIN FOR CODE COMPLIANCE, SO I CAN GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, UM, WITH RESPECT TO LICENSING, UH, AND DOING BUSINESS, CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITHOUT A PERMIT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND EITHER DEPARTING OR COMING IN AFTER HOURS. UM, SO FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, WE'RE AT ABOUT 68 VIOLATIONS FOR LICENSING, UH, AND BUSINESS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR THE ILLEGAL ADVERTISING, WHICH MEANS EVERY LICENSED CHARTER HAS TO HAVE THEIR BTR, THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT ON THAT ADVERTISING AND THE EMBARKATION AND DISEMBARKATION LOCATION. UH, WE'VE ISSUED 19 VIOLATIONS FOR THAT BECAUSE WE DID IDENTIFY SEVERAL THAT WERE IDENTIFYING PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF. THOSE HAVE SINCE COMPLIED. AND NOW THEY IDENTIFIED 300 ALTON, UH, WITH RESPECT TO [07:40:01] THE MARINE HOURS, WHICH IS DEPARTING EITHER AFTER 7:00 PM OR COMING IN IN THAT CHARTER AFTER 9:00 PM WE'VE HAD 18 VIOLATIONS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, UH, SINCE JANUARY ONE. THAT'S BEEN 24 VIOLATIONS SINCE JANUARY 1ST. SO WE HAVE A HUNDRED VIOLATIONS SINCE OVER THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, OR JANUARY. SINCE JANUARY 1ST. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, WE HAD 87 VIOLATIONS THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. NO, THE 68. 68, UM, I GAVE YOU. THAT'S THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. RIGHT. AND WHAT I CAN, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT EVERY TIME THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION AND THERE'S A LEGIT CODE VIOLATION, WE THEN DO A REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE LEASE IS GONNA BE, UH, TERMINATED. SO JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IN THE MARINA, ALL OF THOSE BOATS, THEY ALL HAVE SUB LEASES THAT, THAT GO TO TEX. SO THEY HAVE RIGHTS WITHIN THOSE, THOSE LEASES. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE LEGAL LIABILITY. WE BEING TEX DOESN'T CREATE LEGAL LIABILITY FOR THEMSELVES. WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM SEVERAL OF THE CHARTERS THAT WE HAVE EVICTED THAT THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING LEGAL ACTION. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A CODE VIOLATION THAT WE CAN HANG OUR HAT ON BEFORE WE EVICT SOMEBODY. AND THAT'S WHAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. AND AS IT HAPPENS, IT GETS REVIEWED BY LEGAL, IT'S, AND THEN THEY MAKE THE DETERMINATION AND THEN THEY SEND THE TERMINATION LETTER. AND IT'S USUALLY LIKE, YOU'RE OUT IN TWO DAYS. I'VE SEEN THE LETTERS. UM, I'M NOT PART OF THAT PROCESS. UM, I'M JUST REPORTING BACK AS TO WHAT THE PROCESS IS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF THOSE VIOLATIONS WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS. SO IT WAS THOSE, THOSE NINE THAT WE REMOVED JUST OVER THE LAST 45 DAYS AND HOWEVER MANY THAT WE REMOVED BEFORE THAT. UM, THOSE WERE ALL A PRODUCT OF A LOT OF, UH, REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE JUST DECIDED THAT WERE NO LONGER SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE MARINA. SO WE CAN ONLY POLICE, WE CAN ONLY POLICE SO MUCH. WE WE'RE NOT, WE, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A SUNTEC CAN ONLY POLICE SO MUCH. UM, WE ARE, WE, BUT WE WORK HAND, HAND. I, I'M IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH MARK, WITH HERNAN, WITH OZZY. UM, WE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR TEAM ON THE GROUND, THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY MANAGING THE MARINA TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PURELY REACTIVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOW BEING PROACTIVE. CAN WE, CAN WE LEAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA AND COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AND LOOK AT AND SEE IF THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS HAS DECREASED SINCE WE'RE GETTING RID OF THOSE NINE REPEAT OFFENDERS? BECAUSE IF WE REMOVE THOSE NINE PEOPLE AND WE STILL, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT VIOLATIONS, THEN AT SOME POINT TEX HAS TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OR HELD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE IT'S RUINING PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT WE CAN DO LEGALLY TO HOLD TEX ACCOUNTABLE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A VIOLATION. UM, WELL WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER, SO I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD TIME AS WE'RE VOTING ON THAT TO DISCUSS THE, UH, SO WHAT'S GOING ON. AND ALSO I, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS ITEM 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE IN THE ORDINANCE, SUCH AS THE GARAGE, THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF THAT YOU'RE NEGOTIATING CURRENTLY. SO YES, THIS WILL, YEAH, THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE ON SEPTEMBER. AND I FULLY EXPECT THAT WHEN WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THERE'LL BE A LOT, THE LIST OF IT WON'T BE NINE, IT WILL BE A MUCH LARGER NUMBER. AND AS WE GET RID OF THOSE BACK BAD ACTORS, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. I THINK THAT YOU, YOU WILL, I'VE, I'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE BEHAVIOR OUT THERE FROM SEVERAL OF THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS OUT IN THAT AREA THAT THEY'VE NOTICED A DIFFERENCE. I THINK IT'LL EVEN BE GREATER IN THE COMING WEEKS ONCE WE GET RID OF A FEW MORE OF THOSE BAD ACTORS. UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TURNED OVER TO SUNTEC, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH US TO, TO TRY TO, TO DEAL WITH THOSE SITUATIONS. I MEAN, IT'S IN TEX'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE A SECURE MARINA BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO DOCK AND SLEEP ON THEIR BOAT OR YACHT AT MIAMI BEACH AND HAVE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR. SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT TEX IS EVEN ALLOWING THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR OR THOSE CHARTERS BECAUSE WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT VOTES THAT ARE THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA IS NOT CHEAP, RIGHT? WHAT DOES IT COST TO DACA? A A IT'S, IT'S AN EXPENSIVE EXPERIENCE. SO I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE MARINA TO SECURE, SECURE YOUR MARINA FOR THE CUSTOMERS. WHAT? YOU KNOW, IT DOES IT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT TO ME, THIS WHOLE THING IS, IS RIDICULOUS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING THESE FEES TO DOCK AT THE TEX MARINA ALSO HAVE THIS DEVIANT BEHAVIOR THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH. AND WE ARE GETTING, UH, THE COMPLAINTS, BUT IT'S REALLY THE SUN SYNTAX , IT'S NOT US. AND NOW YOU'VE PUT US IN A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE, BUT I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE PROBABLY DEFINITELY IN, IN VIOLATION [07:45:02] OF, OF THE CONTRACT, JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT OUR LAWS ARE BEING VIOLATED 68 TIMES IN A MONTH, 68 TIMES. YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, COMMISSIONER LAWS ARE BEING VIOLATED, THE PEOPLE VIOLATING THE LAWS ARE GETTING CITED FOR THE LAW VIOLATIONS. JUST AS IF, IF YOU HAVE A LANDLORD THAT OWNS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN FLAMINGO PARK AND THEY HAVE A TENANT THAT'S DOING SOMETHING WRONG, IS IT THE LANDLORD'S FAULT OR IS IT THE TENANT'S FAULT? DID THE POLICE ARREST THE LANDLORD? DID THE POLICE BLAME THE LANDLORD? NO, THEY GO AFTER THE TENANT AND THEN THE TENANT GETS EVICTED. THERE ARE PROCESSES INVOLVED. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH NOT ONLY EVERYBODY UP HERE, BUT ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I USED TO SIT, I USED TO SIT ON. SO I, I'M OUT THERE PERSONALLY MYSELF, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT IT'S VERY EASY TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A PUDDLE AND SAY IT'S FLOODING. OKAY? 99.9% OF THE TIME, THERE AREN'T ANY PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM, THERE'S A VIDEO OR SOMEONE'S GONNA TAKE A SNAPSHOT AND IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND THEN YOU'LL GET A CALL OR COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WILL GET A CALL AND THEN HE'LL TEXT ME AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. IT'S FINE. IT, AND I'M, I I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT. WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IS THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO, PRIOR TO COVID, IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD, OKAY? THERE WAS A MODEL SHIFT DURING COVID, ESPECIALLY WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, IT WAS LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW HOW OPEN FLORIDA WAS. AND THEY ALL DECIDED TO COME TO SOUTH BEACH AND IT WAS CHAOTIC AND TRYING TO UNWIND THAT CHAOS, PEOPLE WERE OVERLY MONETIZING THE CHARTER BUSINESS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO UNWIND THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND IT'S CHALLENGING. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SUNTEC IS NOT CREATING LEGAL LIABILITY FOR ITSELF. AND THE CITY HAS PROVIDED US WITH LEGISLATION, WITH THE TOOLS TO LEGALLY REMOVE PEOPLE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MARINA AND ALSO BEING GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY BROUGHT ME ON, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN ON FOR, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A YEAR NOW THIS TIME AROUND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S BECAUSE I'M BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THE AREA. AND BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND EVERY INCH OF THAT BAY WALK, AND I TAKE IT PERSONALLY, I I, I GET UPSET WHEN I GET A CALL. THANK YOU, MICHAEL. WE HAVE, UH, ROBERT SELSO FROM THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UM, I'M JUST SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT OF THE YACHT CLUB WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE MARINA ISSUES AND BEEN BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES BEFORE. I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU OUR PERSPECTIVE. THIS USED TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD MARINA. IT WAS COMPATIBLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON. IT WAS, IT WAS DELIGHTFUL TO HAVE IT THERE. IT WAS AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING ABSOLUTE MAYHEM FROM THE CHANGES THAT SUNTEC HAS ALLOWED THE MARINA TO BECOME. AND A, A SIMPLE FACT THAT IN, IN A THREE MONTH, I'M SORRY, A THREE WEEK SURGE BY HERNAN AND HIS PEOPLE, THEY ISSUED 161 VIOLATIONS, WHICH IS EVIDENCE OF THE MAYHEM THAT WE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING. SO WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY, FOR, UH, THE COMMISSION, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, FOR, UH, MARK AND, AND ERIC'S EFFORTS TO HELP US FINALLY BRING THIS UNDER CONTROL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CALLERS. YES. FIRST CALLER IS WAYNE ROBERTS. MR. ROBERTS, GO AHEAD PLEASE. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE MARINA NEGOTIATIONS OR THE REFERENDUM AND, AND, UM, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, YOU WORKING WITH TEX TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT TEX IS LISTENING. FINALLY, UM, THE, THE ISSUE FOR ME IS THAT, UM, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD IN THE EIGHTIES, THAT'S STILL, THAT'S STILL ENFORCED, ENABLES THE CITY AT THE, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER TO CANCEL ANY, ANY CONTRACT SUB SUBLEASE OF ANY PARTY IN THE MARINA. UH, I'M, I'M AFRAID THAT IF WE CHANGE THAT RULE, THAT, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, IMPACT OUR POSITION, OUR STRENGTH. UH, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE PARKING AGREEMENT DOESN'T GIVE THEM GROUNDS AS FAR AS I READ THE AGREEMENT TO THE FIRST FLOOR. UM, WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, NOT YOURS, MAYOR? UM, THE, UH, THE, THE PARKING LOT WAS GIVEN A 10 YEAR, UM, AGREEMENT WHERE PAY BY PLATE, AND IT WAS, BUT THE 10 YEAR AGREEMENT WAS SPECIFIC. IT ALLOWED, UH, A TWO YEAR WINDOW WHERE YOU CAN [07:50:01] CANCEL AND THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CANCEL EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, IS THE WAY I READ IT. SO I WOULD ASK OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT I SENT THE LANGUAGE THAT ENABLES THE CITY MANAGER TO CANCEL ANY SUBLEASE AT, AT WILL WITHOUT, WITHOUT REASON. AND SECONDARILY, UM, UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, THE PARKING AGREEMENT WHERE WE'RE UNABLE TO CANCEL ANNUALLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS KEITH. KEITH STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. WE HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. UH, KEITH MARKS CONTINUUM, PRESIDENT OF SONA SPEAKING FOR SONA. AND, UH, HAPPY TO REPORT. I AM NOT RUNNING FOR A COMMISSIONER SEAT, UM, , BUT I, UH, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT AS, UH, ROBERT SAID, UH, SONA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SUNTEC AND TALKING TO MICHAEL, UH, GRECO AND TALKING TO ERIC. AND IT'S JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE AS, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT WROTE TO ME THAT THERE MIGHT BE A, UH, A LIGHT AT THE END OF A TUNNEL INSTEAD OF A TUNNEL AT A, LOOKING AT A LIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, WE ARE SHOWING AND THERE'S PROOF THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS BAD OPERATORS. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S INCUMBENT ON CODE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TO FERRET OUT THESE BAD OPERATORS, TO LOWER THE THRESHOLD OF, UM, AS THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED TO 7:00 PM TO UP THE FINES. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE LOOK AT AN, UH, AT OUR POWER TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE A, A LEGAL OPERATION, MEANING YOU'RE RUNNING A BOAT, YOU'RE TAKING MONEY AND YOU DON'T HAVE A BTR OR IT'S EXPIRED, THAT YOU CAN CANCEL THEIR LEASE. UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF, YOU'RE RUNNING AN ILLEGAL BUSINESS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE TAKING MONEY. UH, SOME OF THEM, UH, ARE ACTUALLY DOING IT ON PURPOSE. THEY'RE, THEY SAY THEY'RE PRIVATE, THEY DON'T HAVE A, UH, A HAVE A PLEASURE CRUISE, UH, CRAFT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LASTLY, UH, I AGREE WITH WAYNE. WE NEED TO LOOK AND CANCEL THE, UH, PAY FOR PARK ARRANGEMENT. IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO MARINA USE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY TEX WOULD NOT WANT PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE JUST THERE TO ENJOY THE MARINA SHOPS, THE RESTAURANTS, MONTES, AND GO TO THE BOATS. SO PLEASE WORK ON THE GARAGE ISSUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS, UH, IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. THE ORDINANCE WE'LL BRING BACK, UH, IN SEPTEMBER. AND, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED, WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS THESE NEGOTIATION ISSUES. THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UH, OUR POLICE AND CODE THAT'S, UH, REALLY STEPPED IT UP AND, AND REALLY TO, SO NUTS FOR, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THESE ISSUES FOR US. MR. MAYOR, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE, THE COMING WEEKS OKAY. ON WHAT'S BEING DONE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S GO [R9 U DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: UPDATE ON OIG NO. 25-08, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH MARINA LEASE AGREEMENT AUDIT, BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.] TO OUR, WELL, ACTUALLY LET'S, WE HAVE ONE MORE MARINA RELATED ITEM. R NINE UR NINE U IS DISCUSSED UPDATE ON MIAMI BEACH MARINA LEASE AGREEMENT AUDIT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL. YEAH, SO I, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAD A, I HAD A REPORT, UM, AND I THOUGHT IT BEHOOVES US WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CITY AND IN, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, UH, RON , DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND FLEET. UM, Y YOU ARE CORRECT. THE, UH, OIG DID CONDUCT A LEASE AGREEMENT COVERING AN AUDIT OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT COVERING, UH, JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2022. AND THEY DID COME UP WITH FOUR ITEMS THAT I'LL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICKLY HERE. UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING, UM, UNDER-REPORTED FUEL SALES, UM, TOTALING, UH, $2.3 MILLION, WHICH THE CITY IS, IS DUE 10% OF THAT FOR $238,000. THE SECOND ITEM THAT WAS DISCOVERED WAS THE, UH, UNDERREPORTED GROSS RECEIPTS. UM, THE AMOUNT WAS TWO, $2.3 MILLION. UH, AGAIN, THE CITY IS DUE 10% OF THAT FOR $239,000. THE THIRD ITEM WAS UNDER REPORTED PARKING. GROSS RECEIPTS, UH, TOTAL DEBT WAS 660,000, UH, REPORTED WAS 165,000. UNREPORTED RECOVERED WAS 495,000, UH, DUE TO THE CITY. UH, 35% OF THAT WOULD BE 1 73. UM, THE LAST ITEM, UM, IS UNREPORTED PARKING RECEIPTS, UH, TOTAL $12,158. SO THE TOTAL THERE IS $668,000 [07:55:01] WITH A 3% TAX OF 19,000. THE GROSS TOTAL, UM, IS $683,000 DUE TO THE CITY BASED UPON THE OIGS REPORT. THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR EXCUSE. THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR. YES, THAT'S, YES, SIR. AND SO WHAT ACTION IS THE CITY TAKING? SO AS OF YESTERDAY, WE DID SEND OUT A DEMAND LETTER TO THE, TO THE MARINA ITSELF, AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT ANY RESPONSE FROM THEM. A DEMAND LETTER FOR THE PAYMENT OF 683,000. THAT IS CORRECT. AND HOW WE PER, AND WHAT'S, WHAT IS THE LETTER SAY? A A DEMAND LETTER USUALLY HAS A CONSEQUENCE IF THE DEMAND IS NOT MET. WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE? WELL, THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ALL OF ITS REMEDIES UNDER THE LEASE AND APPLICABLE LAW. SO WE DID NOT SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE THE SAME REMEDIES WE WOULD HAVE IN THE CONTEXT OF ANOTHER DEMAND LETTER. WE RESERVE ALL OUR RIGHTS, BASICALLY. AND ARE, DO WE, DO WE, UM, ANTICIPATE THAT THESE SAME ISSUES OCCURRED IN OTHER YEARS AS WELL? IT POSSIBLY COULD BE, YES. I'M, I'M GETTING A NOD FROM YOU AND THE OFF AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. UM, WHAT ARE WE PLANNING TO DO ABOUT THAT? WE HAVE ANOTHER AUDIT, UM, THAT WE ARE GONNA PURSUE. WHAT YEAR? ONE SEC. WHAT YEARS? WE HAVE THE 20, I BELIEVE. THE 24 AUDIT. WE'RE GONNA AUDIT 24. I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO THE 23. AND WHY IS THAT? I DON'T THINK IT, IT MEANT THAT WE WERE TIMELY ON THAT. WHAT, PLEASE, UH, SO WAIT, WE DID 22, BUT WE'RE NOT TIMELY ON 23. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I BELIEVE. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND WE CAN'T GO BACK TO 21. CANNOT GO BACK TO 21, I BELIEVE. WHY DON'T WE HIRE, WHY DON'T WE HIRE A SPECIAL FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT TO GO BACK SINCE THE INITIATION OF THE CONTRACT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK HERE, IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS A $6.5 MILLION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE THAT THEY REPORTED TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. IS THAT A, THAT'S ILLEGAL, ISN'T IT? IF YOU REPORT, I, JOE, THAT'S A MANIPULATION. I MEAN, THAT'S, THEY'RE IN VIOL. THEY'RE WELL, OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER JOSEPH, CENTER INSPECTOR GENERAL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO CRIMINAL IS THAT THE, THE, WE POINTED OUT THAT THE, THAT, THAT THE MARINA HAD, HAD REPORTED ON A, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE $28 MILLION IN, IN RECEIPTS FOR THAT YEAR, BUT THEY, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, UH, TO THE STATE FOR STATE TAX PURPOSES, BUT THEY REPORTED SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT TO THE CITY. THE BONO CONTENTION HERE IS THAT THEY CLAIM THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS THAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO MAKE. WE DIDN'T AGREE, I DON'T THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREED WITH THEIR POSITION, BUT, SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF LEGALITY, BUT A QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY COMPLIED WITH THE, WITH THE CONTRACT. SO IT'S A CIVIL CON CONTRACTUAL ISSUE? YES. YEP. OKAY. YES. UM, I MEAN, I THINK WE HIT ON SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS $280,000. AND WHEN WAS THE FIRST, THE INCEPTION OF THE CONTRACT? I THINK I, I'LL LEAVE IT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THERE'S, SINCE IT'S A CIVIL CONTRACTUAL MATTER, WE MAY BE PRECLUDED FROM GOING BACK PAST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. AND IF I MAY, THERE WAS AN AUDIT NOTICE SENT THAT I, BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED WHEN YOU SAID WE DIDN'T INCLUDE 2023. THERE WAS AN AUDIT, NO AUDIT NOTICE SENT THAT INCLUDED BOTH THE 2023 AND 2024 YEARS. UM, PURSUANT TO THE LEASES TERMS, WE DO HAVE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT YEARS WE CAN AUDIT. NOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO EXTRAPOLATE THE CLAIMS RELATED TO THE FINDINGS THAT WERE MADE BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, THAT WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT. WE COULD JUST EXTRAPOLATE AND, AND APPLY THE, THE SAME FINDINGS TO PRIOR YEARS SUBJECT TO A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ANY CONTRACT CLAIMS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE. ARE WE PLANNING TO ISSUE A DEMAND LETTER FOR THAT AS WELL? DOES THIS MEAN THAT THEY'RE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM? PARDON ME? CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? LIKE THIS $680,000 DISCREPANCY, DOES OUR CONTRACT WITH THE MARINA, I MEAN, WOULD THIS MEAN THAT THEY'RE IN, OBVIOUSLY IN VIOLATION OF OUR CONTRACT OR WITH THESE MISTAKES OR? WELL, THEY, THEY HAVE REPLIED TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, AND THEIR POSITION IS THAT THEY ARE NOT, THEY'VE TAKEN A CONTRARY POSITION. SO RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'VE MADE A DEMAND BASED ON WHAT OUR, WHAT THE IGS FINDINGS WERE AND WHAT THE CITY'S POSITION IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IF WE DON'T REACH A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY END UP IN COURT TO, TO FIGURE OUT, [08:00:01] UH, WHAT WHAT ACTUALLY APPLIES. BUT WE ARE, WE'RE CONFIDENT IN OUR POSITION. AND JOE, YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT, UH, SUN TEX IS CLAIMING THAT THERE WERE EXCLUSIONS, SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T OWE THIS MONEY, OR AT LEAST THAT WAS THEIR INITIAL POSITION? YES. I MEAN, IN GENERAL, I MEAN, THE BIG TICKET ITEMS HERE ARE THE EXCLUSIONS, AND THEY HAVE ASSERTED THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO EXCLUDE FROM THEIR GROSS RECEIPTS. AND THEREFORE, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, UH, REPORTED TO THE CITY, THEY REPORTED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF THEIR RECEIPTS WITH THE EXCLUSIONS FROM THAT THEY, THEY HAD DECIDED TO MAKE. AND WE DISAGREE. THAT'S THE POINT OF WE DISAGREED. I MEAN, AND, BUT PRESUMABLY THOSE EXCLUSIONS WERE ALSO MADE IN OTHER YEARS. SO AS, AS, UH, RICK POINTED OUT, YES, WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT THESE, THAT, THAT THERE WAS ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THEY INTERPRETED THE CONTRACT FOR, FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE AWARE OF. IN FACT, I THINK WE EVEN MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE, UM, ESTIMATED WHAT WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL AMOUNT MIGHT, MIGHT BE FOR THE, FOR THE YEARS IN QUESTION. MICHAEL? YES, MR. GRECO, UH, AGAIN, MICHAEL GRECO ON BEHALF OF TEX, REMIND YOU I'M NOT LEGAL COUNSEL FOR TEX. WE HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR TEX. UM, I'M GONNA DO A DANCE HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT , UM, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ON THE DEUS, AND I WANNA REMIND ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S LISTENING THAT TEX TOOK OVER THIS LEASE, WHICH WAS DRAFTED ON MICROFICHE IN LIKE THE EARLY 1980S. IT'S STILL 90% OF THE LEASE LANGUAGE GOES BACK TO THE EIGHTIES. AND WE TOOK OVER, OR SUNTEC TOOK OVER ABOUT HALF A DECADE AGO. PRIOR TO SUNTEC TAKING OVER THIS LEASE, THE CITY WAS GETTING A CHECK FROM THE PREVIOUS LEASE HOLDER FOR ABOUT $1.2 MILLION A YEAR. SUNTEC TAKES OVER, THE CITY STARTS GETTING A CHECK FOR $2.7 MILLION A YEAR. SO FROM YEAR ONE, MOVING ON, SUNTEC HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED THE CITY'S REVENUE SINCE IT HAS TAKEN OVER THE MARINA. ON TOP OF THAT, EVERY TIME THAT THE PAYMENT IS MADE ACCOMPANYING THAT PAYMENT IS A FULL AUDIT REPORT THAT'S GENERATED BY A THIRD PARTY AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING FORENSIC ACCOUNTING COMPANY THAT PRESENTS HOW THOSE NUMBERS CAME TO PASS, SHOWING EVERYTHING OPEN, KIMONO, THE WHOLE DEAL, AND ACTUALLY EXPLAINING HOW IT'S CALCULATED RELATED TO THOSE PASS THROUGH COSTS. THE BIG TICKET ITEM OUT OF ALL OF THAT MONEY IS THE PASS THROUGH COSTS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THE CITY CHARGES THE MASTER LEASE HOLDER BEING TEX ONE BILL FOR WATER. TEX THEN BILLS ALL OF THESE SUBTENANTS FOR WATER, BECAUSE TEX DOESN'T USE THE WATER, THE SUBTENANTS USE THE WATER, RIGHT? TEX ISN'T MAKING MONEY ON THIS. THEY'RE JUST GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THE WATER BILL ACCORDING TO THE IG REPORT. IT'S EXPECTED BASED UPON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE LEASE THAT THE CITY IS TO GIVE THE, THAT, THAT TEX IS TO GIVE THE CITY 10% OF ALL OF THE MONEY IT COLLECTS FROM ITS SUBTENANTS FOR THE WATER BILL BACK TO THE CITY AGAIN. SO THE CITY GETS PAID FOR THE WATER BILL, THEN IT GETS ANOTHER 10% FOR THE PASS THROUGH COSTS FOR THE WATER BILL, AND THEN EXTRAPOLATE THAT OUT TO ALL OTHER PASS THROUGH COSTS THAT ONE COULD HAVE AS A MASTER LANDLORD. SO I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING IT, BUT THERE IS TERMINOLOGY IN THE LEASE, AND I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY LEGAL ARGUMENTS. THERE'S TERMINOLOGY IN THE LEASE, AND THERE IS A DELTA BETWEEN WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOTH OUR GENERAL COUNSEL AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL HAVE INTERPRETED REGARDING THE LANGUAGE IN THE LEASE. SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT LIKE THE MATH, NOT MATH THING OR ANYBODY HIDING THE BALL. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT WE PROVIDE FULL ACCOUNTING, LIKE THE AUDIT REPORT THAT THE IG DID ESSENTIALLY MATCHES WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED TO THEM WHEN WE GIVE OUR AUDIT REPORT, WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR CHECK TO THE CITY. SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE ON THE MATH. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ON HOW IT'S CALCULATED BASED UPON AN INTERPRETATION OF A LEASE. SO THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR ITEMS IN THE LEASE WHERE THERE'S JUST NOT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MY CLIENT AND THE CITY AS TO HOW THOSE ARE INTERPRETED. REMINDING YOU THAT PRIOR TO 2022, THE CITY HAD INTERPRETED THAT CLAUSE THE SAME WAY TEX DOES FOR THREE DECADES, AND THEN IN 2022 AS A PRODUCT OF THIS AUDIT IS NOW BEING INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE, WHERE THE CITY HAS A TENANT ON ONE OF, IF NOT ITS MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, AND THE TENANT IS HIDING THE BALL OR HIDING MONEY. THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION. THE SITUATION IS, THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW THERE ARE CLAUSES IN THE LEASE, YOU KNOW, GROSS RECEIPTS AND HOW THAT'S INTERPRETED TO THE COMMISSIONER TO COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ'S POINT. WHEN SUNIX SUBMITS ITS NUMBERS TO THE STATE, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING, WHICH IS GROSS RECEIPTS AND FUEL SALES [08:05:01] IN THE LEASE. FUEL SALES AND GROSS RECEIPTS ARE SEPARATE ITEMS. THEY'RE ALMOST, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH WALLED OFF FROM EACH OTHER AND HOW THEY'RE CALCULATED. SO WHEN YOU SEE THE GROSS RECEIPTS NUMBERS, THE, THE OIG IS TALKING ABOUT, THOSE ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBERS THAT ARE REPORTED TO THE STATE BECAUSE THE NUMBERS TO THE STATE INCLUDE EVERYTHING AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBER THAT'S BEING REPORTED. AND THE EXCLUSIONS ARE DIFFERENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONTRACT. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DISPARITY THERE. SO IF, I'M NOT GOING TO JUDGE ANYBODY UP THERE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I, I WOULD BET A LOT OF MONEY THAT THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON ON THE DESK THAT HAS NOT FULLY READ THE IG REPORT AND OR HAS NOT FULLY READ THE RESPONSE BY TEX'S LEGAL COUNSEL. AND DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREAK EYE CONTACT. I'M JUST, I, I KNOW THAT'S THE CASE 'CAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS I'M HEARING'S, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. JUST DON'T, ALL I ASK IS DON'T JUST FAST FORWARD TO THE SUMMARY OF THE IG REPORT OR YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, RICK, I LOVE YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, OR A SUMMARY FROM THE, FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, OKAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE FALLIBLE AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA DISAGREE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER SIDE TO THAT. AND ALL I ASK IS THAT AS WE CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE, THERE'S ONE SIDE, THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE, USUALLY THERE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S GENERALLY HOW IT WORKS. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU. BUT I JUST ASK YOU TO READ EVERYTHING AND DON'T JUST TAKE IT FOR WHAT'S BEING THE CHAIR. YEAH. JUST BY THE WAY, SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE COMING BACK, WE'LL BRING THIS ITEM BACK AS WELL TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN RESPONSE TO THE DEMAND LETTER. YES. I, I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION, BOB. UH, LOVE YOU TOO. COMMISSIONER GRECO . UM, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE CITY, YOU, YOU, YOU STATED THAT THE CITY HAS INTERPRETED THE LEASE IN A PARTICULAR MANNER FOR THREE DECADES. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS EVER TAKEN A POSITION ON THE LEASE OR HOW IT'S TO BE INTERPRETED UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY COMMISSIONER BOTT AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. SO WHAT, I'M NOT SURE WHO TO ASK THIS TO. I GUESS I'LL START WITH YOU, RICK, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO, TO MICHAEL AND, AND THE IG. UM, HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO RESOLVE THIS SO-CALLED DISCREPANCY ON HOW THINGS ARE BEING INTERPRETED? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 700 MIL, 700, I WISH IT WAS 700 MILLION, $700,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO IF THERE IS A DISCREPANCY, IT NEED NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED AND WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO RESOLVE IT. I, IF I MAY, I BELIEVE, UH, NEXT STEPS WILL PROBABLY INVOLVE SOME CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN COMMISSIONER GRECO'S CLIENTS AND THE CITY AND STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IN, IN WHAT TIMEFRAME. UM, I, I AM, I KNOW THAT THE MANAGER AND MY OFFICE KNOWS THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER, SO WE WILL WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I, LISTEN, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A CITY THAT HAS A BIG BUDGET, BUT NOT ENOUGH IN OUR BUDGET TO FUND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO FUNDING THIS PAST YEAR. UM, WE'RE MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS, AND THIS IS NOT A ROUNDING ERROR FOR US. SO IF, IF THERE'S A DISCREPANCY, LET'S FIGURE IT OUT. LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IS OWED, LET'S GET IT PAID, LET'S CLEAN THINGS UP, AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD IN, IN A MANNER THAT'S MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL, RANGING FROM MAKING SURE THAT THAT TEX IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST, UM, BEHAVIOR FROM ITS TENANTS TO CONTINUING CITY ENFORCEMENT AND MOVING FORWARD TO, TO MAKE, UM, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, MAKE THIS A, A COMMUNITY AMENITY THAT IS HAPPY MAKING RATHER THAN REALLY HORRIFYING. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I'M GLAD YOU EXPLAINED TO ME THE, THE DIFFERENT, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN ONE PAYMENT AND ANOTHER, BUT RIGHT AFTER THAT, IN THE IGS REPORT, IT SAYS THAT THEY ALSO UNDER REPORTED PARKING REVENUE BY $167,000. WHY IS THAT? NO, IT'S, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER DISAGREEMENT. SO SUNTEC AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UM, MADE A MOVE TO MON, AND THIS PREDATES ME, BUT MADE A MOVE TO, TO MONETIZE THE PARKING, UH, AND GENERATE REVENUE REALLY MORE FOR THE CITY'S SAKE. THIS DID NOT COME FROM TEX, BUT THE, IN ORDER TO GENERATE THAT REVENUE, THEY HIRED A VENDOR TO COLLECT THE PARKING REVENUE. MM-HMM . SO I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION IS, IS THAT WHATEVER THE TOTAL GROSS COLLECTIONS ARE, THE CITY'S ENTITLED TO ITS PERCENTAGE EVEN BEFORE WE PAY THE VENDOR ITS PERCENTAGE. SO IT'S ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW THIS, HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PAID. SO LET'S SAY TEX GENERATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PARKING REVENUE, AND LET'S SAY THE VENDOR THAT COLLECTS IT, WHATEVER THE CONTRACT SAYS, THE VENDOR GETS A PERCENTAGE OF THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE THEIR REVENUE. IT'S NOT A FLAT RATE. THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE COLLECTIONS. IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY PRIVATE, PRIVATE VENDOR THAT'S DOING, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT. SO THE VENDOR GETS PAID AND THEN [08:10:01] WHATEVER REMAINS TEX AND THE CITY SPLITS. THAT'S, THAT'S TEX INTERPRETATION. THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION, I BELIEVE, IS THAT THE CITY GETS ITS PERCENTAGE REGARDLESS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS VENDOR IS ENTITLED TO, TO ANYTHING. AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY AFTERWARDS. AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU MAP THAT OUT, TEX I THINK TAKES A LOSS, WHETHER IT WAS WRITTEN ON MICROFISH OR A CAVE WALL, I WOULD THINK THAT THE CONTRACT HAD SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GROSS FIRST NET, NO ON PAR ON PARKING. NO, BECAUSE THE PARKING, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT GOES BACK TO THE EIGHTIES, BUT THE PARKING AGREEMENT, IT'S ONLY BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. OPPOSITION IS THAT GROSS PARKING RECEIPTS ARE GROSS PARKING RECEIPTS. IT'S WHAT, IT'S WHAT COMES IN. IF THEY PAY THEIR, YOU KNOW, IF CONTRACTOR, THEN THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T REDUCE THE GROSS RECEIPTS. SO I THINK THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE DISAGREEMENT. IF, LET'S SAY IT WOULD COME, WE DON'T REACH AN AGREEMENT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LITIGATED AND WE WOULD COME OUT ON TOP. UH, THEN OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE YEAR, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T AUDIT IN YEARS PAST, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A RECURRING THEME. WOULD WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE THE PREVIOUS YEARS? WELL, I, I THINK WE ESTIMATED IT'S PROBABLY OVER $2 MILLION, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE THINK IS OWED. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION. I THINK, YEAH, A LOT OF THAT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. SO I THINK THAT MOST OF THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT, YES, THIS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, BASICALLY A CLAIM. UM, AND HAVE WE AGREED NOW ON THE REINTERPRETATION OF EVERYTHING FROM WATER TO PARKING TO ALL OF THESE REVENUE STREAMS? OH, NO, THERE'S NO, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING, I MEAN, THAT'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. YEAH. LIKE WE'RE, I THINK EVERYBODY'S ON THE OPPOSING 10 YARD LINE AT THIS POINT, AND WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONNA, WHO'S GONNA MOVE TOWARDS THE, UH, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THIS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME STRIDES AND RESOLVING THIS. ALSO, IF YOU WANT MY, UM, MY MOVING GOAL POSTS AND CHARLIE BROWN FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPH, I CAN SEND IT TO ANYBODY UP THERE WHO FEELS LIKE THEY MIGHT NEED IT, OR RICK, IT'S AVAILABLE. MAYOR. SO WE'RE BRINGING BACK R NINE U AND RRV IN SEPTEMBER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. [R5 U AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES,” BY CREATING SECTION 2-28, ENTITLED “PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS,” TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE UR FIVE VIEWS IN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES BY CREATE AIDING SECTION TWO DASH 28 ENTITLED PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAT OR QUALIFICATION FAVORABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. RICARDO, WHY DON'T YOU KEEP THIS UP FOR ME. SURE. UM, SO CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY THE, THE CODE DOES NOT HAVE A MECHANISM FOR THE REMOVAL OF MEMBERS FROM BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. AND SO, UH, COMMISSIONER SWIS ASKED MY OFFICE TO WORK ON LEGISLATION, UH, TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM. AND IN A NUTSHELL, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT REQUIRE AN AUTOMATIC REMOVAL. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A BOARD MEMBER, I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY, UH, CAUSE FOR REMOVAL WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS RELATED TO ATTENDANCE. BUT IF A, IF A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER IS, UM, CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES THAT WILL, UH, RESULT IN AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC RENEWAL REMOVAL, UM, IF A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS BEEN APPOINTED, UM, IS A DIRECT APPOINTMENT, THEN THE COMMISSIONER OR THE MAYOR WHO APPOINTED THAT INDIVIDUAL CAN REMOVE THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND IF IT'S IN THAT LARGE APPOINTMENT, THEN ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY, MAY MAKE A REQUEST TO HAVE THE MEMBER, UH, REMOVED. AND I BELIEVE IT'S A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE TO, TO REMOVE, UM, A ANY, UH, BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER. AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TURN IT OVER TO NICK WHO WORKED ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, RICK. GO AHEAD, NICK. SURE. SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A RULE IN PLACE FOR THE REMOVAL OF A BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBER, EXCEPT, UH, AS TO ATTENDANCE. IF A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER FAILS TO MEET THE FAILS TO ATTEND THE MINIMUM REQUIRED NUMBER OF MEETINGS IN A GIVEN YEAR, THEN THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED. UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, UM, [08:15:01] THE CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS DON'T REALLY ESTABLISH A PROCESS. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD PUT A PROCESS INTO PLACE WHERE, UH, WITH OR WITHOUT, CAUSE THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, REMOVE A MEMBER OF ANY OF THE CITY'S, UH, BOARDS OR COMMITTEES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO WITHOUT REHASHING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, I THINK, UH, ONE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST A PROCESS IN CASE THAT THERE IS A, UH, A SITTING BOARD MEMBER WHO RAISES CONCERNS FOR, FOR MANY REASONS. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT PERSON. SO I THINK, UM, I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POLICY IN PLACE TO HAVE AS, AS A, UH, AN EMERGENCY, UH, PROCESS. AND I THINK WITH A FIVE SEVEN VOTE FOR AT LARGE, UM, APPOINTEES, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD THRESHOLD, UH, AND, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR THE WILL OF THE BODY. AND WELCOME FEEDBACK FROM MY COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND TO THE SPONSOR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM. I THINK, UH, I THINK IT IS, UH, A GOOD SAFEGUARD FOR US AS APPOINTING MEMBERS, WHETHER, WHETHER IT BE US AS AN APPOINTING BODY OR INDIVIDUALLY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH TO REMOVE MEMBERS. UM, MR. ATTORNEY, THIS, THIS ESTABLISHES A PROVISION, UM, THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A FELONY, SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THAT WE CAN REMOVE THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS. UM, THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE COMMISSION THE ABILITY TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR AUTOMATIC REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS UNDER CERTAIN, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES. ONE OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, MR. FERNANDEZ, IS WHAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, WHICH IS IF THE MEMBER IS, UH, IS ARRESTED OR CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES. AND THEN IF, LIKE, THERE'S CERTAIN CATEGORIES ON LAND USE BOARDS WHERE WE REQUIRE LICENSES, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE LICENSE, THEN THEY CAN BE REMOVED. UH, THEY NO LONGER LIVE IN THE CITY OR DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY, OR THEY FAIL TO MEET, UH, FAIL TO ATTEND MEETINGS. THAT IS AUTOMATIC REMOVAL. CORRECT. NO VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION IS NOT NECESSARY. OKAY. SO THEN ON THE, ON THE ISSUE WHERE, ON, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE ISSUE WHERE SOMEONE WHO IS APPOINTED TO A BOARD AND COMMITTEE BY THE CITY COMMISSION IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO BE REMOVED, IS THERE ANY CRITERIA LIKE UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE PLACING THERE? OR IS IT FOR ANY REASON WHY? 'CAUSE WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT WHAT WE DON'T END UP WITH IS, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING BOARD DOESN'T VOTE ON A PROJECT THE WAY THAT WE, THAT WE WANT THEM TO VOTE, AND THEN WE END UP WITH PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS BEING NOMINATED FOR REMOVAL OR, YOU KNOW, KNOW WITH THE HPB OR THE DRB. THE, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE BOARDS THAT WE HAVE, THE LAND USE BOARDS, WHETHER IT BE PLANNING OR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OR DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, IS THAT THEY ARE INDEPENDENT BOARDS. AND THAT MANY OF THEM DO THEIR WORK BASED ON, ON, YOU KNOW, IN QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS. AND THEIR DECISIONS LIKE US TODAY ARE BASED ON CRITERIA. AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS A SITUATION WHERE, WHERE THIS POLICY ENDS UP HAVING MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS BEING BROUGHT TO US FOR REMOVAL BECAUSE OF POSITIONS THEY'VE TAKEN IN THEIR INDEPENDENT CAPACITY. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S, FOR REALLY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO HAVE. 'CAUSE WE DO NEED TO HAVE AN AVENUE THROUGH WHICH TO REMOVE PEOPLE. UH, BUT I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOR UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR OR LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, HATEFUL SPEECH OR, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OF ANTISEMITISM OR, YOU KNOW, OR OR THAT TYPE OF STUFF. RAPE, BUT, BUT I'M SORRY, RAPE. YEAH. YEAH. OR CRIMES, UH, CRIMES AND, UH, UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR, UH, DANGEROUS RHETORIC, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE. UH, SO THAT THIS POLICY IS NEVER MISUSED OR GOES OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE INTENDED PURPOSE IS. AND, UM, SO WE, WE DRAFTED THIS ORDINANCE TO GIVE THE COMMISSION THE ABILITY TO REMOVE WITH OR WITHOUT, CAUSE [08:20:01] THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE REMOVAL ORDINANCES THAT, UH, THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THE REASONS FOR A BOARD MEMBER'S REMOVAL WOULD BE UNIQUE TO, TO THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SITUATION. UM, BUT WE, WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO, WE WANTED TO, TO, TO BUILD FLEXIBILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF SITUATIONS THAT THAT MAY ARISE. BUT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE GOING BACK TO MY POINT, LIKE ISSUES LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, FINDINGS OF, OF ETHICS VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, FINDINGS OF ETHICS VIOLATIONS TO ME IS A REASON WHY, WHY WE WOULD, WE WOULD, UH, BRING SOMEONE FORWARD TO BE REMOVED, UH, FINDINGS BY THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF, YOU KNOW, ABUSE OF POWER OR, OR THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I WOULD FIND THAT TO BE REASONS WHY, TO BRING SOMEONE TO BE VERY MOVED, UH, UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR, UH, LANGUAGE THAT GOES OUTSIDE OF OUR, OF, OF, OF THE POSITIONS THAT, THAT THE CITY TAKES. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT USED TO PENALIZE PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR VOTING RECORD. SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE PUT THAT SAFEGUARD? I, I THINK, UM, A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT WOULD BE FOR CERTAIN BOARDS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE LAND USE BOARDS WHICH HAVE FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. UM, THE ORDINANCE COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SPEC SPECIFIC REASONS FOR REMOVAL IF THAT WERE THE WILL OF THE SPONSOR OR OF THIS BODY, OR PER, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT OR PERHAPS, UM, COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU COMMISSIONER BOTSMAN. UM, I, UM, I, I SHARE THAT CONCERN. I I DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME A STAR CHAMBER, UM, WHERE ACCUSATIONS ARE HURLED AND IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, LIKE MANUFACTURED. I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO GET, UM, UM, REMOVED FROM THEIR POSITIONS. AND, AND SO IN PRINCIPLE, I SUPPORT THIS AND I, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH THE LEGAL TEAM, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN AN OVERSIGHT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE. I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS HAS NO, THERE IS NO ABILITY FOR THIS TO GET ABUSED. AND I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEBODY IS APPOINTED, UM, UH, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TWO TERM APPOINTMENT, FOR INSTANCE, THEY HIT THE LOTTERY AND DECIDE THEY'RE GONNA RETIRE. SO THEY'RE NOT NO LONGER A PRACTICING ARCHITECT, LET'S SAY, BUT THEY'RE STILL AN ARCHITECT. UM, AND THEY'RE STILL LIVING HERE. AND SO NOTHING'S CHANGED EXCEPT THEY'RE NO LONGER GETTING A PAYCHECK OR, YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR A LIVING, BUT THEY'RE STILL QUALIFIED THAT THEY'RE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT TO BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF DECIDING TO RETIRE. AND SO THE WAY, THE WAY WE'VE DRAFTED IT FOR PURPOSES OF AUTOMATIC REMOVAL IS IF YOUR POSITION REQUIRES YOU TO BE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE THAT LICENSE, SOME OF OUR POSITIONS ON THE LAND USE BOARDS SAY YOU HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED ARCHITECT. SOME SAY YOU HAVE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICING IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE. SO IT'S REALLY GONNA DEPEND ON THE POSITION, BUT THAT'S, IT'S THE PRACTICING. SO YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL, YOU'RE LICENSED, WHATEVER, BUT IF YOU'RE NO LONGER PRACTICING IN THAT, THAT, UM, CRITERIA IS PART OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION CRITERIA. MM-HMM . UM, DOES THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO NO LONGER BE PRACTICING IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT, THEN NULLIFY YOUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE SERVING OUT THAT TERM? IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE LEGITIMATE TO SAY YOU CAN'T BE REAPPOINTED BECAUSE YOU'RE NO LONGER PRACTICING. BUT FOR THAT DURATION OF THE TWO YEAR TERM, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S NOT THE INTENDED, UM, DESIRE OF THIS. AND SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE WORK THAT LANGUAGE? I THINK FOR, FOR AUTOMATIC REMOVAL, UM, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED IS ONLY IF, IF YOU'RE REQUIRED TO BE, UH, LICENSED FOR THAT POSITION. SO IT WOULD, THAT WOULDN'T APPLY TO SOMEBODY WHO IS IN ONE OF MAYBE THE BROADER CATEGORIES. UM, I, I THINK TO YOUR, YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COULD THIS ORDINANCE BE ABUSED? UM, THE, THE TWO SAFEGUARDS THAT WE BUILT INTO THE ORDINANCE ARE THAT, UH, THAT A MEMBER AT LARGE CAN ONLY BE REMOVED ON A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE, AND THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION BEFORE REMOVAL, UM, TO, TO MAKE THE CASE WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED. OKAY. COMM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, WELL, I DID LOSE $10 'CAUSE I BET COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THAT YOU WOULD FOR SURE HAVE A SLIDE FOR THIS . UM, HE'S KIDDING. THERE SHOULD BE, UH, I, I DO WANNA BE CAUTIOUS NOT TO ALMOST HAVE THIS CONTINGENT ON HANGING IT OVER PEOPLE'S HEADS. YOU NEED TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY [08:25:01] OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. UM, SO HOW ABOUT A HIGHER THRESHOLD MAYBE THAT COULD THREAD THE NEEDLE? WE SAW SOMETHING EGREGIOUS THAT WE ALL UNANIMOUSLY AGREED, THAT PERSON, UH, THAT MADE SUCH REMARKS SAID NO BUSINESS SERVING ON A CITY BOARD. SO YOU WOULD'VE HAD A EIGHT TO ZERO VOTE IF, UH, IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN CALLED MUCH LESS, UH, SEVEN ZERO. SO WHAT IF THAT THRESHOLD WOULD BE SIX SEVENTHS? YEAH, I'M NOT TIED TO IT. I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR SAKE OF DISCUSSION. UH, I'M, I'M OKAY THAT I I WAS ALSO ABOUT TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION PERHAPS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CANNOT BE REMOVED BASED SIMPLY BECAUSE OF A VOTE, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU VOTED ON A LAND USE BOARD. UM, SO I THINK THAT WITH A HIGHER THRESHOLD, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK IF SOMETHING COMES TO THE POINT WHERE SOMEONE HAS TO BE REMOVED IN OFFICE, WHERE THE BEHAVIOR, THE ACTION, THE SITUATION INVOLVED IS SO EGREGIOUS THAT IT REALLY DOES MERIT REMOVAL OF, OF SOMEONE FROM ONE OF THESE OFFICES, I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY BE PRETTY UNITED, UH, IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK TO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S RECOMMENDATION, I, I THINK THAT SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE, I THINK THIS IS GREAT ORDINANCE. I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SAFEGUARD. UM, BUT I DO THINK GETTING IT RIGHT, UH, WILL MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE IT STICKS TO, TO, TO THE INTENDED PURPOSE. AND I LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SIX, UM, VOTE. AND, AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I MEAN, YOU'RE HELPING ME CRAFT THIS MUCH BETTER. 'CAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO BE USED AGAINST SOMEONE OR TO PRESSURE PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE THE WAY THEY WANT TO VOTE, OR HOW THE WAY WE MAY WANT THEM TO VOTE OR SPECIAL INTERESTS MAY WANT THEM TO VOTE. UM, SO, UH, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, I, NOT TO REHASH WHAT HAPPENED LAST MEETING, THAT'S SORT OF LIKE THE CRUX OF OF, OF WHY I'M DOING THIS. UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE IS, IS KINDA WHY I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR THIS. WE'VE NEEDED THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK THAT YOU CAN, OKAY, SECTION ONE A IS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, SORRY, SECTION TWO IS AUTOMATIC REMOVAL BY THE CITY CLERK. IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW IF IT, LIKE, IF YOU DON'T ATTEND THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, IF YOU'RE CONVICTED OF A FELONY, YOU'RE CHARGED WITH A FELONY, UM, OR MORAL TURPITUDE. BUT WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS THE, THE REMOVAL OF AT LARGE APPOINTEES IN SECTION ONE B, I WOULD SAY THERE HAS TO BE A CAUSE WITH CAUSE WHY WITHOUT CAUSE. THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THE CITY COMMISSION MAY WANT TO REMOVE A MEMBER FROM A BORDER COMMITTEE. UM, WE LOOK CLOSELY AT OTHER ORDINANCES THAT, THAT MIAMI COUNTY CITY OF MIAMI AND CITY OF CORAL GABLES HAVE FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS. UM, I THINK THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND INCLUDING WITHOUT CAUSE. UM, I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE, WE ESTABLISHED A PROCESS, UM, IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT A BOARD MEMBER COULD NOT FILE A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THEIR REMOVAL IF WHEN IT HAPPENED. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GIVE YOURSELVES THE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO, UH, TO REMOVE WITHOUT CAUSE I OKAY. THAT I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE BEEN ENFORCING IN THE COMMITTEES, UM, THE ATTENDANCE RULES, BUT WE DO, WE DO. WE ARE ENFORCING THEM EVERY MONTH. I THINK WITH THAT ON THOSE, UM, LAND USE BOARDS, THE, THE ATTENDANCE POLICY SHOULD BE EVEN MORE STRICT. IT IS. IT IS, YES. ONE, HOW MANY? YOUR ONE? I THINK IT'S TWO. YOU CAN ONLY MISS TWO. AND I, THE ONLY CAUTION I WOULD SAY ON THAT IS IF, IF WE MAKE THAT TOUGHER MM-HMM . WE ALREADY HAVE, IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO RECRUIT QUALIFIED MEMBERS TO THE LAND USE BOARDS AS IT IS. UM, AND IT, IT MAKES IT, IF SOMEBODY MISSES A MEETING BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT SICK, YOU KNOW, THEN THAT WOULD BE THEIR LAST ABSENCE. OKAY. THEN, OKAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVE MR. ALDO REQUESTING TO SPEAK MR. ALDO HERE ON THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS. YES. THANK YOU. AND, UH, I KNOW MY NAME WAS MENTIONED IN A PRIOR ITEM AND SO, UH, I HAVE MY HAND UP, BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESPOND. I'LL DO THAT ANOTHER TIME. UH, AS FAR AS THIS ONE, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK OUT OF CONCERN REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH PROPOSES A FORMAL PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WHILE I SUPPORT ACCOUNTABILITY AND HIGH STANDARDS FOR CIVIC SERVICE, I'M DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE RISK THIS ORDINANCE POSES FOR MISUSE AND POLITICIZATION. WE MUST ENSURE OUR BOARDS REMAIN PLACES FOR HONEST [08:30:01] CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, NOT BATTLEGROUNDS FOR PERSONAL VENDETTAS OR POLITICAL RETALIATION. POLICIES THAT ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF VOLUNTEERS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY EQUALLY STRONG SAFEGUARDS FOR FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND DUE PROCESS. WITHOUT THESE, WE RISK TURNING PUBLIC SERVICE INTO A LIABILITY DISCOURAGING QUALIFIED RESIDENTS FROM STEPPING FORWARD AND OPENING THE DOOR TO SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC WITCH HUNTS. AS I'M PERSONALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF, LET'S BE CAUTIOUS NOT TO ENACT A POLICY THAT COULD BE USED NOT FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, BUT AS A TOOL TO INTIMIDATE AND SILENCE DISSENT. FINALLY, I WANNA MENTION THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MANY MEMBERS OF THESE BOARDS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE REACHED OUT IN THE PAST AND URGE THEM TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY. AND SO I HOPE THAT THAT CAN ALSO BE ADDRESSED EITHER BY THIS OR A FUTURE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THESE COMMISSIONERS DO NOT PRESSURE OUR PRECIOUS VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD MA'AM. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. THANK YOU. PATRICIA AGNE, 25 55 COLLINS AVENUE. AND I HAVE A, A CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR MR. NICK. SO WHEN YOU SAY APPOINTED AT LARGE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF SOMEONE ON A COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED BY A SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED AT LARGE OR I, I DON'T THINK SO. NO, THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT APPOINTMENT. OKAY. SO IN THAT CASE, IF YOU WANNA REMOVE A COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO CAN DO THAT, IS IT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OR DO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PERSON WHO SPONSORED THAT PERSON CLERK UNDER THIS OR UNDER THIS ORDINANCE? IT WOULD BE BY THE, BY THE, UH, BY THE COMMISSIONER. WHO APPOINTED THAT MEMBER? WELL, THE COMMISSIONER OR THE CITY CLERK BASED ON A SET OF CRITERIA. WELL, BY THE CITY CLERK. IF IT'S FOR ONE OF THE AUTOMATIC FOR DIRECT APPOINTMENTS. BUT IF YOU WERE VOTED ON BY THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, THEN YOUR APPOINTMENT HAS TO REVERT, BE REVERSED BY A FIVE SEVEN VOTE OR SIX SEVENS VOTE, DEPENDING ON RIGHT. IF WE MADE THE AMENDMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. APPRECIATE IT. AND I LIKE THE BILL. WE HAVE ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL, UH, STEVEN CONE. STEVEN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. NAME IS DR. STEVEN COHEN, 63 65 COLLINS AVENUE. I'M A NEWLY APPOINTED, UH, NEWLY VOTED IN MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE. AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS, UH, BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHEN, WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE AT THE LAST MEETING, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO MISS TWO MEETINGS AND ON THE THIRD, MISS, YOU'RE, YOU, YOU'RE KICKED OUT OR ARE YOU ALLOWED TO MISS THREE? AND ON THE FOURTH MEETING, YOU'RE KICKED OUT. AND WHY IS THERE NO, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND BY ZOOM AND HAVE THAT COUNT FOR AT LEAST HALF CREDIT? I MISSED IT. I WAS OUT FOR THE FIRST MEETING. I I DID IT BY ZOOM, THEY SAID IT DIDN'T COUNT. SECOND MEETING I WAS ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. I COULDN'T EVEN DO IT BY ZOOM. SO THEN THEY SAID IF I MISS ANOTHER MEETING, I'M OUT. AND I DIDN'T EVEN START YET. THE ATTENDANCE POLICY GOES BY 33 AND A THIRD. YOU CAN MISS UP TO 33 AND A THIRD PERCENT OF THE MEETINGS. UH, WE CANNOT GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC NUMBERS 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME BOARDS THAT MEET QUARTERLY, SOME BOARDS MEET MORE OFTEN. SO IT'S BASED ON THAT PERCENTAGE. UH, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION. I DUNNO IF YOU AND MAYOR, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO RESPOND TO THE SECOND QUESTION. UM, UNDER STATE LAW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN ORDER TO, TO VOTE AND TO, UH, TO COUNT TOWARD THE QUORUM AND TO COUNT FOR ATTENDANCE PURPOSES. GREAT. LET'S CALL A VOTE. I NEED A MOTION. SECOND. AND IT AS AMENDED. AND THE AMENDMENTS WERE THE SIX SEVENTHS WAS THE OTHER AMENDMENT, UH, BASED ON, NOT BASED ON THE VOTE. ALSO ACCEPTED. YES. SO AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER, BY MAYOR SUAREZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER ROSELAND GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR SCHWARZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIED. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD. THAT WAS R FIVE U MAYOR. I HAVE ITEMS ON CONSENT AND SOME I'M GETTING TIMELY MAP AND ONE I TRYING TO SEE, I CAN GET TELL THEM WAS OKAY. THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR THE YES, I'M KIT CAMPUS. IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY GIMME A LITTLE NOTE OF YOUR ITEMS ON THAT. ALSO THE PIERA PORTUGUESE. I'LL GIVE YOU A NOTE, [C7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING EARLY VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2025 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH GENERAL ELECTION AND, IF REQUIRED, A DECEMBER 9, 2025 RUN-OFF ELECTION AND DIRECTING THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE DRIVE-THROUGH DROP-BOX LOCATIONS AT ALL EARLY VOTING SITES DURING EARLY VOTING TO ALLOW VOTERS TO SECURELY AND TIMELY RETURN VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2025 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH GENERAL ELECTION, AND, IF REQUIRED, THE DECEMBER 9, 2025 RUN-OFF ELECTION.] BUT I'M GONNA GO TO, UH, RALPH HAS THE FIRST ITEM IN 14 YEARS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET TO HIM. YES, SIR. UH, C 70 DC SEVEN D. UH, LET'S SEE. C SEVEN D IS AUTHORIZED EARLY VOTING DRIVE THROUGH DROPBOX LOCATIONS FOR GENERAL AND RUNOFF ELECTION. I SEPARATED THIS ITEM, MAYOR, I'VE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF, UH, TO REQUEST THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TO EXTEND THE EARLY VOTING HOURS FOR A RUNOFF IF NECESSARY. USUALLY WE HAVE, WE, WE HAVE THREE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE RUNOFF. THOSE ARE FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM I REQUESTED BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME AS DURING, IT'S, IT'S DURING THE ART BASEL PERIOD. [08:35:01] I REQUESTED THAT THEY, IF THEY COULD PLEASE EXPAND THOSE FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO POSSIBLY VOTE. UH, EARLY VOTING. THEY HAVE SAID YES. UH, THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $39,000. UH, I DO HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE BASED ON THE NEW, UH, ORDINANCES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED, I WILL NOT BE ADVERTISING AS MUCH FOR THE ELECTION AS WAS USED TO BEFORE. SO THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND SAY YES OR RETURN TO THE NORMAL EIGHT TO FOUR. SOUNDS GOOD. WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXPAND IT FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM ON THE THREE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE RUNOFF IN THE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WE NOW HAVE AT FOUR LOCATIONS. OKAY. YES, I SUPPORT THAT. ALRIGHT, READY? SO BY ACCLAMATION WE CAN APPROVE THAT? YES. YES. SO I WILL AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO STATE EXACTLY THAT VERSUS WHAT IT'S, HOW IT'S WRITTEN NOW. SO C 70 PA PASSES. AND MAYOR ALSO, WE NEEDED TO VOTE ON THE, TECHNICALLY VOTE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW DIRECTOR. YES. I'M GONNA GET TO THAT. AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE HITTING NOW IS TIME SENSITIVE ITEMS. UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF LONG ITEMS TODAY, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO HIT ALL THEM THAT ARE TIME [R9 D DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION ON SETTING A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE FINAL FY 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT.] SENSITIVE. R NINE D I'M SORRY. YOU SAID D RIGHT? D AS IN DAVID. DAVID. OKAY. UH, THIS IS DISCUSSED TAKE ACTION. SET SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING FOR FINAL FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY THE BUDGET DIRECTOR. UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO HOLD THE SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21ST. UH, AS YOU RECALL, ANY MEETING BETWEEN THE ELECTION, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 4TH AND THE RUNOFF ELECTION ACCEPTANCE, WHICH WOULD BE DECEMBER 15TH, CAN ONLY BE EMERGENCY MATTERS. WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON NOVEMBER, UH, 10TH, BUT THAT IS NOT EARLY ENOUGH FOR THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN ALL THEIR FINANCIAL DATA INFORMATION TO AMEND THE BUDGET. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING NOVEMBER 21ST. I'VE GIVEN EVERYONE A CALENDAR THAT YOU HAVE WITH ALL THE DATES AND COLOR IF YOU WANTED TO USE THAT. THAT'S THE DATE THEY'RE RECOMMENDING. WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING IS IF THAT DATE WORKS FOR THE, FOR THIS BODY. WHAT TIME DO YOU WANT TO HAVE IT? UM, MR. MR. MECK. CAN WE, CAN I, MR. SUAREZ, CAN I PROPOSE THE 20TH OR THURSDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY? I AGREE WITH THAT. THAT'S FINE. IS IT IN THE EVENING? IT DOESN'T MATTER. ANYTIME IS GOOD. I CAN DO THAT IN THE EVENING. THIS ISN'T, THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE 5 0 1 MEETINGS. NO, THIS IS JUST A BUDGET AMENDMENT. OKAY. JUST HAVE TO DO IT. IT DOESN'T, OKAY, SO, SO 5:00 PM IS 5:00 PM ON THE 20TH. NOVEMBER 20TH. THAT'S FINE. THE ACCLIMATION NOVEMBER 20TH IS BEING REQUESTED AT 5:00 PM THE 21ST. IS THAT LATE ENOUGH, JEFF? IS THAT LATE ENOUGH? THE 21ST. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, TAMIKA, THIS SHOULD BE RATHER SHORT MEETING, CORRECT? YES, IT SHOULD BE, YES. JUST A BUDGET AMENDMENT. YES. OKAY. SO I'LL MOVE, I'LL MOVE THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO NOVEMBER 20TH AT 5:00 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I-I-I-I-I MAY BE SPEAKING AT A, UM, A MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ABOUT ANTISEMITISM IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE SAME TIME. I NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT. RIGHT. AND WHAT'S THE PRO FRIDAY? YOU CAN DO NEED A MAJORITY VOTE. IS THIS MY ANNIVERSARY? 17TH? IS THIS, UM, CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU FIND OUT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 3RD? YEAH. OKAY. SURE. SO TENTATIVELY ON THE 20TH. OKAY. AND IF, IF 17TH IS NOT DOABLE, IT'S TOO EARLY, WE NEED TIME TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE YEAR END NUMBERS. YEAH. THE 20TH. AND DOES THIS INCLUDE LIKE THE NORTH, THE NORMANDY SHORE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS AND OR JUST, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COMMISSION BRINGS UP. I KNOW YOU HAVE AN ITEM TO USE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AT YEAR END. UM, BUT 'CAUSE THE MEMORY SERVES ME, RIGHT. SOME OF THESE, UH, SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS REQUIRE UNANIMOUS VOTE. UH, THIS IS JUST ROLL, THIS IS REALLY JUST THE YEAR END, UH, ROLLOVER, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S DONE EVERY YEAR, UH, IN NOVEMBER TO CLOSE OUTS. USUALLY AS LATE AS IN NOVEMBER AS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. OKAY. WE CAN MAKE THE 2020 FIRST WAS THE RECOMMENDED. UM, BUT IT CAN BE THE 20TH. IT'S SEEN. OKAY. GOT. AND WE JUST NEED A MAJORITY VOTE. RIGHT. OKAY. JUST LIKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. OKAY. OKAY. SO TENTATIVELY WE'LL SHOW THURSDAY AT, AT 5:00 PM AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD WANT THE MAYOR TO BE HERE. SO IN THE FUTURE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. CAN WE TRY TO WORK THIS OUT OFF TODAY? IT'S LIKE, [08:40:01] I DON'T, WE SHOULDN'T BE TAKING UP OUR COMMISSION TIME MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE TRY TO RESOLVE IT, BUT I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT. YOU KNOW, NOW I KNOW YOUR ANNIVERSARY AND SHARON EXACTLY. . SO I'M JUST SAYING IT'S LIKE WE'RE TAKING UP VALUABLE TIME ON, ON UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS SO WE COULD TRY TO DO THESE OFFLINE. THAT'D BE BETTER. OKAY. WE GOOD? YES. ACTUALLY, SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE ALREADY, [R7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION AND IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A."] I THINK WE HAVE FOUR OTHER ONES. LET'S, LET'S DO THE, UH, LET'S DO THE BUDGET ITEMS. R SEVEN DEFR SEVEN. R SEVEN. I'M SORRY. YEAH. R SEVEN DEFR SEVEN D ADOPT SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET. I MOVED THE ITEM SECOND. HOLD ON. R SEVEN D IS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BT IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE ON R SEVEN B IF NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? R SEVEN B IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. I'M SORRY. R SEVEN C. NO, HOLD ON. WHERE ARE WE? IT'S D, IT'S DDR SEVEN D. [R7 E A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, “PROJECTS”; B, “SOURCE OF FUNDS”; AND C “PROGRAMS."] THE NEXT ONE IS R SEVEN E. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. CAPITAL BUDGET. R SEVEN E. I MOVE THE I SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. IF, MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ONE. OPPOSED? NO ONE OPPOSED. R SEVEN DEER SEVEN E IS APPROVED. [R7 F A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SETTING 1) THE PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE; 2) THE REQUIRED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATE; 3) THE CALCULATED “ROLLED-BACK” RATE; AND, 4) THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026; AND, FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSMIT THIS INFORMATION TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER IN THE FORM REQUIRED BY SECTION 200.065, FLORIDA STATUTES.] R SEVEN R SEVEN F IS SET. PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 MILLAGE RATE, DEBT SERVICE RATE AND ROLLBACK RATE R SEVEN F. SO THIS ITEM PROPOSED IS THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE JULY 11TH CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT 6.1481 MILLS. AND IT'S THE SAME MILLAGE RATE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. WE'D HAVE THE SAME LEDGE. I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDARY BY COMMISSIONER B. UH, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT? NO. CORRECT. OKAY. UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. R SEVEN F IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO [R7 G A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORMANDY SHORES LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SETTING 1) THE PROPOSED GENERAL OPERATING MILLAGE RATE FOR THE NORMANDY SHORES LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; 2) THE CALCULATED “ROLLED-BACK” RATE; AND 3) THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026; AND, FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSMIT THIS INFORMATION TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER IN THE FORM REQUIRED BY SECTION 200.065, FLORIDA STATUTES.] R SEVEN G IS SET. PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026. MIDDLE DEBT SERVICE ROLLBACK RATES. NORMA DE SHORE, THAT IS R SEVEN. THAT'S A MILER. THIS BEING SET. THAT'S G. YEP. YES. SO THIS IS A MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE FOR NORMANDY SHORES SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. THEIR MILLAGE RATE IS PROPOSED AT 0.7305, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION FROM THIS YEAR'S MILLAGE RATE. I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY MAYOR SCHWARZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. R SEVEN G IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [C7 X A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SOBE CATS SPAY & NEUTER, INC. (SOBE CATS), IN A NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $250,000, TO ENABLE SOBE CATS TO PURCHASE TWO (2) CONTAINERS TO BE RETROFITTED FOR EXPANSION OF THE CITY’S TRAP, NEUTER, VACCINATE AND RELEASE PROGRAM AND THE KITTY CAMPUS; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.] C SEVEN XC SEVEN X AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER NEGOTIATE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SOY KATZ NOT TO EXCEED $250,000. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, I, I PULLED THIS ASIDE. ARE IS SOY KATZ HERE? ARE THE ONLINE? I THINK THEY'RE GONNA CALL, THEY'RE GONNA CALL IN. I, I, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE. I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT, WITH THIS, WITH THIS GRANT, UM, IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY END UP PURCHASING THESE CONTAINERS, UM, IT DOESN'T GET SPENT ON ANYTHING ELSE AND WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR A PERMANENT STRUCTURE. SO, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR WITH MY COLLEAGUES. UH, IF WE, IF WE CAN AGREE ON THAT, UM, THAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AND IF IT'S NOT ABLE TO, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK, UH, OR NOT BE SPENT ON ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, THIS IS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE. THEY'VE SUBMITTED INVOICES ELECTRIC, I MEAN, AND, AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS GONNA BE ON TOP OF THIS. WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE, GRANT THEM A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE. AND YOU'RE NEGOTIATING THIS GRANT AGREEMENT, RIGHT? WE WOULD DRAFT INTO THE GRANT AGREEMENT THAT IT'S A NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 AND IT WOULD BE PRESCRIPTIVE AS TO WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS THEY WOULD DELIVER ON THE SITE. AND ERIC, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DO YOU THINK THAT WITH THIS MONEY IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR THEIR INTENDED AND FOR THEIR GOAL? UM, I AM NOT CONVINCED AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, BUT THAT'S WHY I WOULD RECOMMEND IT BE A GRANT AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUNDRAISE, TO DO [08:45:01] ANY DIFFERENTIAL COST ABOVE THE 250,000 TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS, THE OUTCOME. OKAY. I MEAN, AND, AND JUST PART OF THAT GRANT AGREEMENT, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, THEN WE COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. WE DON'T JUST GIVE OUT $250,000. NO, THEY, THEY SUBMITTED VERY DETAILED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AND SAW THE CONTAINERS. THESE ARE CUSTOM MADE CONTAINERS THAT THEY SOURCE. UM, I THINK THE COMPANY IS IN ORLANDO AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THEY UM, THEY DESIGN THIS CONTAINER AND IF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT THEY PUT INTO THE INVOICES OF EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANTED THE WATER CONNECTION, THESE ARE SOBI C IS INCREDIBLY DILIGENT AND DETAILED, OR THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPERATION THAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE, ARE RUNNING UP THERE. SO YEAH, I, I, AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTIVE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY WOULD BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURPOSE AND NOTHING ELSE. AND, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF THE CITY MANAGER IS TELLING US THAT HE DOESN'T FEEL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH AND THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FUNDRAISE, GREAT. THEY'LL HAVE TO FUNDRAISE. I MAY EVEN DONATE, UH, TO . UM, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY CAN'T RAISE THE MONEY AND THEY CAN'T GET THE TO THE INTENDED GOAL, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST GIVE $250,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY. WE ARE NOT OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THESE CUSTOM DESIGN, UH, BASICALLY THEY ARE GONNA ORDER THESE CUSTOM DESIGN CONTAINERS THAT WILL BE SHIPPED AND THEN THEY REALLY HAVE TO JUST WORK ON WATER, SEWER, ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS. AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE OUTSOURCING THIS IS TO GET IT DONE CHEAPER AND QUICKER. KIND OF LIKE THE SHADE STRUCTURE AT BEACH HIGH FOR $150,000. JULIE BASNER CAME TO US. SHE DID HER RESEARCH, SHE FOUNDED AT 30% OF THE PRICE AND WE AGREED TO, YOU KNOW, STAY FOR THE MONEY. SO COMMISSIONER BOB, MOTION COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. SECOND CALL. THE VOTE ON SEATS. HAVE NEXT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. C SEVEN X IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO C SEVEN AK C SEVEN AK IS APPOINT JOHN C. NORRIS AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO IT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, AFTER THE AGENDA PRINTED. SO WE'RE DOING IT AFTER FIVE. YEAH. HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE SECOND. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT. SECONDED BY, BY MAYOR SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. C SEVEN A K IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. [C7 W A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND JANET ECHELMAN, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000, FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ENTITLED "WHEN LINES SHIFT" IN THE EAST CORRIDOR OF ESPAÑOLA WAY, FOR A TERM OF ELEVEN (11) MONTHS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELEVATE ESPAÑOLA PROGRAM, WITH FUNDING ALLOCATED AND AVAILABLE IN THE ELEVATE ESPAÑOLA PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.] C SEVEN WC SEVEN W APPROVED AGREEMENT WITH ARTIST JANET ECKELMAN FOR ELEVATE. ESPANOLA C SEVEN W. YOU PULLED IT. I PULLED IT. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU. UM, LOOK, I WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET CRISIS. I, I'M, I'M GONNA TRY TO BE AS CAUTIOUS AS POSSIBLE ON, ON HOW WE SPEND, UH, OUR MONEY OR, WELL, NOT OUR MONEY, OUR TAXPAYER'S MONEY. UM, SPENDING I BELIEVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATION FOR JUST ONE YEAR, I DON'T THINK IS A GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY. UM, I, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AT LEAST MAKE IT LIKE TWO, THREE YEARS SO THAT WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE VALUE, UM, OUT, OUT OF OUR, OUR DOLLARS. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE PUTTING SIX FIGURES, UH, ON TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS. IF IT WAS PERMANENT, THEN IT WOULD BE ONE THING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START SAYING NO, UM, TO, TO SOME OF THESE, TO SOME OF THESE ITEMS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, THERE'S, THERE'S CUTS COMING FROM THE COUNTY. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY CUTS COMING FROM THE STATE, AND I JUST, I CAN'T GO TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAY THAT I'M OKAY WITH A TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATION FOR A SIX FIGURE AMOUNT THAT'S ONLY GONNA LAST A YEAR OR MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE'RE IN A TIME OF FINANCIAL SCRUTINY AND, AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE NOT THE TIME TO BE DOING THIS. YEAH. VERY GOOD. UM, IRONICALLY, I ACTUALLY HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO DRILL DOWN INTO WHAT THIS MEANS. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE PENNYWISE POUND FOOLISH, AND ESPANOLA WAY IS ONE OF THE GREAT SUCCESSES OF OUR CITY. UM, IT IS TRULY JUST SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. UH, HOWEVER, I DID WANT TO BE MORE INQUISITIVE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, RIGHT? FOR $150,000, ARE WE RENTING THIS? AND THEN IT GETS LIKE RECYCLED AND USED BACK SOMEWHERE? COULD WE BUY A PERMANENT STRUCTURE? TELL ME MORE ABOUT, LIKE, THE DYNAMICS HERE, BECAUSE I, I, I DO WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS HERE. UM, IT'S NOT [08:50:01] THAT I'D BE OPPOSED TO SPENDING MONEY, UH, BUT IF WE COULD DO SO IN A MORE PROLONGED FASHION AND GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK, I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT. SURE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LISA ANTE, DIRECTOR OF CHAIRMAN CULTURE. AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR QUESTION AND ALLOWING ME TO EXPLAIN, WHICH IS, UH, INTERESTING BECAUSE THE REASON WHY IT'S HERE IS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK. UH, THE REASON THE GENESIS OF THIS PROGRAM WAS THAT STREET WAS EXTREMELY BLIGHTED. I MEAN, UH, BACK IN 2021. AND WE HEARD, UH, FROM BOTH THE OCEAN DRIVE, UM, ASSOCIATION AND THE ESPANOLA WAY BID OF HOW BAD IT LOOKED. AND THAT CORRIDOR, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S, UH, IT CONNECTS BOTH BEAUTIFUL ESPANOLA WAY WEST AND OCEAN DRIVE. AND SO TO DO A QUICK WIN AND 2021, WE DID LITTLE CLOUD SKY, AND IT IMMEDIATELY CLEANED UP THE AREA WITH BEAUTIFUL ART AND A MURAL. AND WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM ELEVATED SPINOLA BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF LITTLE CLOUD SKY. UH, WE DID TWO OF THESE ACTIVATIONS A YEAR, BUT WE NOTICED ONCE WE DEINSTALLED THE ONE THAT RAN FROM DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH, UH, THE STREET BECAME LIGHT AGAIN AND DIRTY WITH, UH, JUST UNSIGHTLY AND FOLKS THAT WOULDN'T WANT HANGING OUT ON THE STREET. AND SO WE NOTICED THAT, AND WHAT WE DID IS LAST YEAR WE EXTENDED THE PROGRAM TO ONE 11 MONTHS SO THAT THE MURAL STAYS UP. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE DOWN THE LIGHTING, EXCUSE ME, THE HANGING INSTALLATION BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SEASON, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO BE ELIMINATED DOING TWO TO JUST ONE, TO GET ONE BIG INSTALLATION SO THAT THE STREET IS BEAUTIFUL FOR 11 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE WE SAW THAT THE ISSUES OF WHAT WERE HAVING, THIS IS NOT JUST ART FOR ART'S SAKE. IT'S A CREATIVE MAKE MAKING PLACE, CREATIVE PLACE MAKING PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MITIGATE BLIGHT IN ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING, UH, CORRIDORS OF OUR CITY. YEP. AND, AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE SECOND, UH, I LOOKED AT THE MEMORANDUM 'CAUSE I, I REVIEWED THIS CAREFULLY AND I DON'T THINK I WAS ABLE TO GET A TRUE SENSE FOR WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HANGING ABOVE THE PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY. SURE. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE GONE, WE ALWAYS, UH, UNVEIL IT DURING ART WEEK IN DECEMBER. SO IT'S A MURAL AND IT IS A HANGING INSTALLATION, AND IT BRINGS A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC TO THE TWO BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE, THE AGENDA, AND I THINK LA MULATA RESTAURANT ON THE OTHER CORNER. SO WHY WOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO KEEP THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE THERE NOW? THERE'S NO STRUCTURES. WE TAKE 'EM DOWN BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SEASON. SO THE MURAL IS UP. DO WE THROW 'EM AWAY? NO, WE DON'T. THEY'RE TEMPORARY. SO THE, THE MATERIALS NECESSARILY WOULDN'T, DON'T WITHSTAND A LOT WITH THE WEATHER, THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING, THEY GET BEAT UP. SO THE DEPRECIABLE LIFE IS A YEAR BASICALLY. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF THAT, DO SOMETHING THAT PERMANENT WOULD BE A LOT MORE THAN THE MONEY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. OH, I SAW THAT PREVIOUS TO THIS ITEM, WE HAD HAD A SPECIAL ART EXHIBIT BY MICHELLE OKA DONNER, THAT WAS GOING TO BE PERMANENT AND IT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE NEW PARK AND IT WAS WITHDRAWN. IS THAT BECAUSE OF FINANCES? NO, NO, IT'S JUST, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH DRB FIRST. OH, OKAY. I, I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE ICONIC. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, MICHELLE LUANA IS FROM MIAMI BEACH, AND WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH, UM, MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, YOU KNOW HOW YOU SEE IN THE TERRAZZO, THOSE GOLD INLAYS OF DIFFERENT SHELLS AND LEAFS AND STUFF. COMPOST IS SUPER ICONIC AND MIAMI BEACH. SO I WAS HOPING THAT THAT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF FINANCES. NO, FINE. I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, MR. MAYOR, BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, ARE THOSE FUNDS, DO THOSE, ARE THESE FUNDS COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? NO, THEY'RE PART OF CAC AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2021. CAC IS THE CULTURE ARTS COUNCIL CULTURAL ART. AND SO WE COULD SPEND THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING PERMANENT, ON SOME SORT OF PERMANENT SHOP INSTALLATION. NOT FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. NO. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UM, YEAH, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. LISETTE. UM, IT WAS BLIGHTED RIGHT? LAST POLO WAS BLIGHTED. IT'S NOT BLIGHTED ANYMORE. IT'S, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE ARTWORK THERE. I I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT BLIGHTED. I MEAN, I'M SURE THE LIGHTS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE , I'M SURE THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS, BUT THERE, IF THAT IS TRULY THE REASON, I THINK THAT TAXPAYER DOLLARS SHOULD GO TO OTHER STREETS THAT ARE BLIGHTED RIGHT NOW THAT COULD USE THAT SORT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND, AND HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS ON LINK LINCOLN ROAD. UM, BUT AGAIN, I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GETTING VALUE OUT OF 150 THOU, I MEAN, $150,000 FOR SOMETHING THAT'S TEMPORARY DURING A BUDGET CRISIS. I, AND, AND LISTEN, I KNOW IT'S COMING OUT OF, UH, CAT FUND, BUT IT'S STILL TAXPAYER MONEY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S STILL COMING FROM THE TAXPAYERS, UH, OF MIAMI BEACH. SO I, I, I THINK LET, HOW ABOUT WE DEFER THIS AND, UH, WE, WE [08:55:01] WORK WITH STAFF ON, ON FINDING POSSIBLY A MORE LONG-TERM, UH, ART, ART EXHIBIT FOR EITHER ESPANOLA WAY OR USE THESE FUNDS TO A, AN AREA PERHAPS MAYBE IN NORTH BEACH, UM, MAYBE AT THE, AT THE FOUNTAIN, UM, WHERE, UH, THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN, WHERE IT, IT, IT COULD DRAW EVEN MORE, UH, ACTIVATIONS THERE. SO, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO DEFER THIS IF I MAY, THROUGH THE MR. MAYOR. UH, WE CAN'T DEFER IT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE A CALL TO ARTISTS. IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED. WE HAVE A ARTIST THAT WE'RE READY TO CONTRACT. AND IF WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH THIS FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER AND WE DEFER IT TO SEPTEMBER, WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE ARTIST TO PRODUCE THE WORK AND CONTRACT WITH THE ARTIST. SO WE CAN'T DEFER THIS ITEM. WE WANNA HAVE SOMETHING READY FOR ART WEEK. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SO I GET THE SPIRIT OF THIS CONVERSATION, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS CONVERSATION. UM, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY THIS ARTWORK IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY BEEN, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PROCURED, I GUESS IS THE BEST YES. THROUGH THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE. RIGHT. AND THESE ARE RESORT TAX DOLLARS, RIGHT? UH, I BELIEVE SO, YES. UH, ALL CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL GRANT FUNDING IS, I REMEMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, MAYBE LIKE SIX YEARS AGO, JOHN DEUTCHMAN, HE USED TO CALL THIS AREA OF THE CITY, HE USED TO CALL IT MURDER SQUARE. THAT'S WHAT HE USED TO CALL IT. MURDER. SQUARE. SQUARE. AND IT WAS THIS AREA THAT WAS BORDERED ON COLLINS EAST, ON WASHINGTON, ON THE WEST ESPANOLA WAY ON THE NORTH AND 14TH ON THE SOUTH, WHERE WE WOULD EVEN HAVE MURDERS THERE. WE WOULD EVEN HAVE MURDERS THERE. AND WHEN WE WOULD LISTEN TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AS TO WHAT WOULD BE THE CHANGE AGENT TO RESTORE SAFETY IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY, THAT WAS ONE STOPPED MURDER SQUARE WAS POSITIVE ACTIVATION. POSITIVE ACTIVATION WAS WHAT WAS PRESCRIBED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRANSFORM THIS AREA OF THE CITY. AND I, AND I THINK IT'S UNDENIABLE, THE INFLUENCE OF THE BUSINESSES IN TRANSFORMING THESE AREAS. THE BUS, THE, THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE, HAVE BEEN ELEVATED, THE WORK, UH, DONE AT THE ESME HOTEL, AND THAT HAS ELEVATED THE STREET, THE UNITED OWNERSHIP ON, ON ESPANOLA WAY. AND, AND THE PRIDE THAT THOSE OWNERS TAKE TAKE THERE. THE WORK OF THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BID, THE LIGHTING OF, OF THE STREET, UH, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON COLLINS AVENUE TO, TOGETHER WITH OCEAN DRIVE. IT'S ALL PART OF THE PUZZLE PIECE. BUT I THINK THIS IS ALSO A PART OF THE PUZZLE PIECE. I THINK THE RIGHT THING MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD TO GIVE DIRECTION THAT IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO CUT, THAT THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT FOR FUTURE BUDGET YEARS, WE MIGHT LOOK TO RECONSIDER. MM-HMM . BUT GIVEN THAT A CALL FOR ARTISTS ALREADY HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE, BEING THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN VETTED, THAT THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEFORE US AT THIS POINT. I THINK WE KIND OF LOST THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO NOT DO THIS. BUT I THINK COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THE RIGHT THING IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS, WE WANT TO RECONSIDER THE ELEVATED ESPANOLA PROGRAM, OR RATHER THAN INVESTING IN A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION, CONSIDER A PERMANENT IN INSTALLATION THAT PERHAPS MIGHT GIVE US A GREATER, UH, RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENTS. UH, BUT I THINK FOR, FOR FOR THIS YEAR ALREADY, IT'S, IT WOULD BE UNFAIR, UH, TO, TO, TO THE CALL FOR ARTISTS THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE, THE WORK DONE BY THE CAC, UH, AND THE SELECTION OF THE, OF THE ARTISTS. AT THIS POINT, WE NEED POSITIVE ACTIVATION. LET'S CALL A VOTE. I NEED A MOTION. WHAT ARE WE VOTING THE ITEM? APPROVE. APPROVE AGREEMENT. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MAKES THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDS. SO, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NAY? NO, I HAVE NO, NO. FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, SUAREZ AND A NO FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. ITEM IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. C SEVEN [C7 AJ A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2-367 OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PROFESSIONAL STONE DESIGN LLC., TO PROVIDE SERVICES INCLUDING ACID WASHING AND CLEANING OF SIDEWALK STONES AND FISHPOND AT THE 1100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD, USING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $140,000.] WC SEVEN EIGHT JC SEVEN A J ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION, ACID WASHED SIDEWALK STONES, FISH POND AT 1100 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD. [09:00:01] WHO PULLED IT? IT'S, IT WAS JUST AN ADDENDUM IT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. I'LL SECOND THE IDEA. YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE MAINTENANCE AND THE CEILING, THE ACID WASHING OF THE 1100 BLOCK ON LINCOLN ROAD. JUST TO UPKEEP AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO THAT IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. AND HOPE I, AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT IN. THANK YOU, RODNEY. WELCOME. I HOPE IT LOOKS NICE. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF C SEVEN AJ. TCI. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? C SEVEN AJ IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. [RDA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (RDA), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OR DESIGNEE, IN LIGHT OF THE AUGUST RDA RECESS, TO DO THE FOLLOWING, AS NEEDED: (I) SELECT, NEGOTIATE, AWARD AND REJECT ALL BIDS, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, AND GRANT APPLICATIONS; (II) RENEW EXISTING CONTRACTS WHICH MAY EXPIRE; AND (III) TERMINATE EXISTING CONTRACTS, FROM THE LAST RDA MEETING ON JULY 23, 2025, UNTIL THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2025; SAID AUTHORIZATION BEING SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY THE RDA BOARD AT ITS FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2025. (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT) JOINT CITY COMMISSION, RDA, AND NBCRA] LET'S DO THE, UH, REMAINING, UH, RDA ITEMS ONE AND THREE RDA. ITEM IS RDA. WE'RE RECESSING AS A COMMISSION MEETING, UH, UH, COMMENCING AS RDA. UH, ITEM ONE IS JOINT GRANT. RDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AUTHORIZED DURING RDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS IS A ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED. THIS IS COMPANION ITEM TO ONE THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. RDA ONE IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER HIGGINS ABSENT. [RDA-3. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIR AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (RDA), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE (FERC); FURTHER, APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, A NEW ROOFTOP LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RDA (LANDLORD) AND CROWN CASTLE FIBER, LLC. (TENANT), FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AT THE ROOFTOP OF THE ANCHOR SHOPS AND GARAGE (LEASED PREMISES) FOR A TERM OF NINE (9) YEARS AND 364 DAYS, COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 31, 2025 AND EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 29, 2035; FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE THE LEASE AGREEMENT; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY TO EXECUTE THE FINAL NEGOTIATED LEASE AGREEMENT.] RDA THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NEW LEASE FOR CROWN CASTLE. FIBER, LLC AT ANCHOR SHOPS. THAT'S RDA THREE. I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR SUAREZ. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONER HIGGINS IS ABSENT. [CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA), AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OR DESIGNEE, IN LIGHT OF THE AUGUST NBCRA RECESS, TO DO THE FOLLOWING, AS NEEDED: (I) SELECT, NEGOTIATE, AWARD, AND REJECT ALL BIDS, CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, AND GRANT APPLICATIONS; (II) RENEW EXISTING CONTRACTS WHICH MAY EXPIRE; AND (III) TERMINATE EXISTING CONTRACTS, FROM THE LAST NBCRA MEETING ON JULY 23, 2025, UNTIL THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED NBCRA MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2025; SAID AUTHORIZATION BEING SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY THE NBCRA BOARD AT ITS FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2025. JOINT CITY COMMISSION, RDA, AND NBCRA] IT'S CALLED THE CRA ITEMS. WE ARE NOT CONVENING AS THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. FIRST ITEM IS A SIMILAR ITEM. GRANT NORTH BEAT CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AUTHORIZATION DURING THE NORTH BEAT. CRA BOARD OF DIRECTOR RECESS. YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHWARZ. DID I HEAR THAT CORRECT? YEAH. UH, THE PROBLEM. RDA ONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. RDA ONE IS APPROVED WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBERG ABSENT. [CRA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NORTH BEACH CRA), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ITS MAY 13, 2025 MEETING AND APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF NORTH BEACH CRA FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 FOR NORMANDY FOUNTAIN SHADE SAILS, SUBJECT TO CITY COMMISSION FUNDING APPROVAL. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] RDA TWO IS A JOINT ITEM. UH, ALLOCATE NORTH BEACH CRA FUNDS NORMAN DE FOUNTAIN SHADE STRUCTURE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ON RDA TWO. UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBERG ABSENT. UH, [CRA-3. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NORTH BEACH CRA), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA) AT ITS JUNE 17, 2025 MEETING TO FUND THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ANALYSIS BY AMS RESEARCH AND PLANNING FOR THE OF THE BYRON CARLYLE PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $190,000 FROM NBCRA FUNDS RESERVED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] ITEM THREE IS JOINT AND A JOINT ITEM EXCEPT NORTH BEACH, CRA REC RECREATION FUND. WORKFORCE HOUSING ANALYSIS FOR THE BYRON CARLISLE. I, UM, I MOVE IT, I I PULLED THIS ITEM. YOU DIDN'T PULL THIS ITEM. YOU PULLED THE ITEM FORM CONSENT. OH, THIS IS APPROVING THE USE THAT THE CRA GOT. IT IS AUTHORIZED. SO, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT? YES. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBERG ABSENT. [R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NORTH BEACH CRA) ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ITS MAY 13, 2025 MEETING: APPROVING THE USE OF NORTH BEACH CRA FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 FOR THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN SHADE SAILS, SUBJECT TO FUNDING APPROPRIATION BY THE NORTH BEACH CRA BOARD: WAIVING. BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 2-367(E) OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A VENDOR AGREEMENT WITH SHADEFLA, INC. FOR DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF THE SHADE SAILS. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] R SEVEN A R SEVEN A IS THE JOINT ITEM AND WE'RE NOT CONVENING BACK AS A CITY OF COMMISSION MEETING. R SEVEN A IS USE NORTH BEAT CRA FUNDS NORMANDY FOUNTAIN SHADE STRUCTURE. R SEVEN A I MOVE THE AYE SECOND. ALL THE VOTE. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. R SEVEN A IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO [C7 Q A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS JUNE 11, 2025 MEETING, TO INCREASE THE CITY’S ANNUAL FUNDING CONTRIBUTION (CITY CONTRIBUTION) TO THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION, INC. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 23, 2019 (2019 AGREEMENT), TO A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $150,000, TO BE CONSIDERED INITIALLY AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, AND THEREAFTER, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR; SAID CITY CONTRIBUTION BEING SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND POSSIBLE INCREASE IN THREE YEARS, AND PROVIDED THAT THE EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES UNDER THE 2019 AGREEMENT FROM CITY GRANTS AND CULTURAL FUNDING SOURCES IS CONTINUED; FURTHER, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 2-367(E) OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, AND APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, A NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION, INC., FOR A TERM OF NINE (9) YEARS, COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 1, 2028 AND EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2037; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE: (I) AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2019 AGREEMENT, MEMORIALIZING THE INCREASED CITY CONTRIBUTION AND (II) THE NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.] C SEVEN QC SEVEN Q IS INCREASED ANNUAL CITY FUNDING. RHYTHM FOUNDATION EXECUTE NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. IT REQUIRES FIVE SEVENS VOTE. C SEVEN Q WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SAME LINE OF REASONING SINCE THE, THE LAST ITEM, EXCEPT THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, FOR, UH, I BELIEVE NINE YEARS, UH, AND, AND EXTRA FUNDING. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRIPLING THE BUDGET FROM 50,000 TO 150,000. UM, I, I LOVE THE SHAW. I GO THERE, YOU KNOW, I GO THERE OFTEN. UM, I KNOW ADAM DOES GREAT WORK THERE. UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M GONNA CONSISTENTLY BE PUSHING BACK ON ON, NOT JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, BUT ALSO STAFF, UH, WHEN THESE SORTS OF ITEMS COME UP, UH, THAT REALLY START TO PUT A STRAIN ON OUR, OUR BUDGET. [09:05:01] UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S RECURRING. SO, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY WAY TO LOWER THAT AMOUNT? YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE DOUBLE IT INSTEAD OF TRIPLING IT. IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT GOING BACK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA EXPECT YOU TO DO MORE WITH LESS, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRIPLE, UM, UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA, AGAIN, RESPECTFULLY TO EVERYONE, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT. I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AT LEAST A CAUTIONARY VOICE ON HERE THAT REALLY DOES WANT TO, UH, SCRUTINIZE WITH, WITH A MICROSCOPE A LOT OF THIS, THESE, THESE FUNDS, THESE FUNDING OF, OF TAXPAYER MONEY. SO, UH, REQUE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, LET'S DO A, LET'S DO A MODEST INCREASE. A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, TO TO, TO THE BAN SHELL AND NOT GO TO THREE X. SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK ADAM TO STEP UP. I, I THINK IT IS PENNYWISE AND POUND FOOLISH IN THE HIGHEST TO THE HIGHEST ORDER TO, UM, TO DO THIS. IT IS ALREADY A REDUCTION FROM WHAT HAD BEEN ALREADY ASKED FOR. YES. UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR 2023 OR 2024, LET'S LOOK AT, UM, WE SPENT $49,000 WITH THE BAN SHELL AND OVER $1.6 MILLION WITH THE BASS AND THE BAN. SHELL GOT, UH, 77,000 ATTENDEES VERSUS 75,000 ATTENDEES FOR THE BASS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CUT FUNDS, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE CUT FUNDS FROM THE BASS, BUT I WOULD SAY YOUR ROI IS IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED WITH, WITH THE BAN SHELL. UM, WE HAVE THE 72 PARK COMING ONLINE. WE HAVE TWO, TWO, IF NOT THREE OTHER BUILDINGS ALREADY WITH CONSTRUCTION FENCES AND EQUIPMENT AND CRANES BUILDING ALREADY. UM, THE VILLE WILL BE COMING ONLINE IN A FEW YEARS. UM, OCEAN TERRACE WILL BE COMING ONLINE IN, IN A FEW YEARS. IT IS ONE OF THE PREEMINENT DESTINATION DESTINATIONS IN THE COUNTY FOR LIVE MUSIC AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE SAYING, LITERALLY, OH MY GOD, WHERE IS THIS PLACE? HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE? SO TO, TO CUT FUNDING BY 50 GRAND AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE NOT SPENDING $6.5 MILLION TO CHANGE THE PURPOSE OF A, OF A, OF A A PUBLIC BUILDING, UM, IS PENNYWISE IN POUND FOOLISH? AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT SUPPORT THIS BUDGET, UH, REDUCTION. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO DO THAT TO, TO, UH, TO CUT FUNDING. AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BIG TICKET ITEMS, NOT NICKLING, DAMING OURSELVES INTO FAILURE. YEAH. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COMMISSIONER, I'M, I'M NOT CUTTING THE BUDGET. I'M SIMPLY SAYING INSTEAD OF A THREE X, WE DO A TWO X. UM, IN FACT, I'M IN FAVOR OF, OF INCREASING THEIR, UM, THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLAR GRANTS ON A, ON A YEARLY BASIS. BUT I JUST THINK IT SHOULD BE IN A MODEST AMOUNT. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE, UH, THREE X. UM, AND LOOK, I PENNYWISE POUND FOOLISH. I I LOOK AT ALL PENNIES THAT TAXPAYER SPEND. I I DON'T, I DON'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A BIG TICKET ITEM OR A SMALL TICKET ITEM. UM, I'M, I'M GOING TO BE A, UH, UM, I'M, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO GUARD SAFEGUARD TAXPAYER MONEY NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR HOW, HOW LARGE IT IS. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE MY POSITION MOVING FORWARD. IT, IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. I, I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY. UH, NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT. I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU, ADAM. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, THIS IS, AGAIN, WE'RE ALL ELECTED AND ALEX TELLS ME WE'RE, WE'RE ALL ELECTED BY THE SAME PEOPLE MM-HMM . IN MIAMI BEACH. UM, AND PEOPLE ELECTED ME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS OF WHY THEY ELECTED YOU. UM, AND I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH CRITICIZING AND SCRUTINIZING HOW TAXPAYER MONEY IS SPENT. AND I CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE TO BE CHASTISED ON HERE ON, ON MY VIEW, ON, ON, ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO, WITH RESPECT, ADAM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, STATE YOUR CASE. UM, YES. THANK YOU. WELL, UM, WE DID HAVE, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND, AND UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT YOUR POSITION OF WANTING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE, UH, PUBLIC COFFERS AND YOUR, YOUR COLLEAGUES. I, I, I BELIEVE TAKE THAT SAME TACK AS WELL. WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, LAST, LAST MONTH, IT WAS A VERY, UM, LET'S SAY THOROUGH AND SPIRITED DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT THE RIGHT AMOUNT WOULD WOULD BE. [09:10:01] AND IT WAS THE, UH, CONCLUSION OF THAT BOARD AT THAT TIME, THAT $150,000 TOTAL, WHICH AMOUNTS TO A $99,000 INCREASE, UM, WAS THE RIGHT, UH, AMOUNT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO, UM, TO APPROVE THIS INCREASE AS, AS, UH, PUT FORTH. I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. OKAY. SO WHEN THIS WENT TO FINANCE MM-HMM . WHAT WAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? THE, UM, WE HAD RECOMMENDED THE, THE NINE YEAR EXTENSION AND, UM, TO START WITH A TRUE UP OF CPI OVER THE, OVER THE TERM. AND WOULD THAT CPI, UH, TOTALED TO WHAT AMOUNTS? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER WITH ME. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN THE, THE 60,000 RANGE. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH YEAH. IF I RECALL THE BAN SHELL LAST FOR SIGNIFICANTLY MORE. 200. YEAH, 200 SOMETHING. WE CAME IN AT, WHAT, A HUNDRED THOUSAND? YEAH, YEAH. WE STARTED AT TWO 50 WAS OUR INITIAL REQUEST. BUT I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN WE MET YOU GUYS, I THINK YOU GUYS SAID THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD YOU WERE NOT GOING, YOU WERE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE YOUR FULL REQUEST. AND YOU WERE, YOU WERE COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. WE, HOLD ON. WE, UH, RESPECTED THE POSITION THAT THE, THAT THE STAFF WAS IN AND THEN BROUGHT OUR REQUEST TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE ADDITIONAL 250, FOR $250,000 FOR ITS CONSIDERATION AT THAT TIME. AT THE, AND THE ONLY REASON WHY, WHY I, I MENTIONED THAT IS, IS BECAUSE WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT, THAT WE LOVE, THAT WE CARE ABOUT, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM TO THE LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM IN THE PAST. MM-HMM . UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW, HOW PASSIONATE I AM ABOUT THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAM SERVICES AND, AND THIS YEAR AND THE REQUESTS, I'VE REDUCED THAT IN HALF. UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE CUTS THAT WE HAVE TO, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. SO, IN MY MIND, I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. YOU WERE COMFORTABLE IN THE $100,000 SUPPORT, UH, FROM THE CITY. I THINK WE, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION, UM, FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE, UM, UH, AN EXPANSION OF WHAT THAT FUNDING IS. BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE SERVICES AT, UH, BECOMING OF A, OF A WORLD CLASS PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY. AND, AND SO LET ME, LEMME JUST ASK THIS. AT THE ONE 50 THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, DOES THIS STAY AT ONE 50 FOR THE NINE YEARS? OR DOES THIS CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR? SO I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF FINANCE WAS THAT IT WOULD BE THAT WAY FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN IT WOULD BE REASSESSED. EXACTLY. PRECISELY. THAT IS CORRECT. AT A HUNDRED OR 50 FINANCE RECOMMENDED 150. ONE 50. SO DOES, IF IT GETS RE NOT 50 INCREASE, IF IT GETS REASSESSED, IS IT, IS THIS IS THE BASELINE 150,000 NOW. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. THE BASELINE WAS 50, IT'S GETTING REASSESSED NOW. IT'S 150 IN THREE YEARS, BASELINE'S 150. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT HARDER THEN FROM NOW TO GO BACK DOWN, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT THEIR STAFF OPERATING EXPENSES, ET CETERA. AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SAYING NOT NOT TO, I'M NOT GOING WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF $60,000 A YEAR. I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING, IF WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR VOTERS, WE SHOULD SAY, LOOK, INSTEAD OF THREE X WE TWO XED IT. AND YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS ALSO SENDS A SIGNAL TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS GET THE FULL FUNDING THAT WHAT YOU REQUEST. AND GRANTED, I UNDERSTAND YOU CAME WITH 250,000 MM-HMM . BUT YOU COULD HAVE CAME WITH HALF A MILLION AND THEN SETTLED IN FOR 250. YOU KNOW, SO I I, I GET THE ARGUMENT. BUT AT, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO REALIZE THAT WE, WE, WE WANT TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU RUN A GOOD, GOOD SHIP THERE OR A TIGHT SHIP. UM, BUT LET'S HAVE MODEST INCREASES. MAYBE PERHAPS IN THREE YEARS WE CAN REASSESS, SEE HOW OUR CITY FINANCES ARE GOING, AND THEN MAYBE MAKE UP FOR THE, THE TWO YEARS, UM, [09:15:01] BETWEEN NOW AND YEAR THREE, WHERE IF, IF OUR CITY COFFERS ARE DOING BETTER, MAYBE ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE TIME, I, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. WAIT, I JUST WANNA SAY IN, IN MARCH WE HAD A FITNESS FESTIVAL, RIGHT, WHERE YOU GUYS ALL PREENED AND, YOU KNOW, SQUATTED AND TOOK ALL THESE PICTURES AND THAT WAS $400,000. AND THAT WAS NOT REALLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS OF SPORTING EVENTS. BUT WE SUPPORTED THIS. BUT THIS IS SERIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THE BAND SHELL IS BRINGING TO NORTH BEACH IS REALLY POSITIVE FOR THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE. SO TO NOT SEE THAT, I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST SEE THE BENEFIT OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE VALUE IN YOUR, UH, WHAT WAS IT CALLED? YOUR SPORTING THING WHERE YOU WERE OUT THERE? WHY DEADLIFTED COMMISSIONERS? YEAH. I DIDN'T SQUATTING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING. SQUATTING AND MUSCLING ON THE BEACH. YOU WATERPROOF? WATERPROOF. I PERSONALLY DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE VALUE IN THAT, BUT I SAID MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING HERE. THAT'S TO ME FOR, WHAT WAS IT, TWO DAYS OF, OF, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WEEK. A WEEK OF SQUATTING AND DEADLIFT, SCREAMING AND DEADLIFT, WHATEVER IT WAS. I MEAN, I MEAN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THAT WAS, WAS PRETTY HUGE. KRISTEN. I MEAN, IT, IT, THERE'S A LOT OF HOTEL ROOMS THAT CAME IN. I THINK THEY ACTUALLY PUT OUT A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, KEVIN IS HERE TOO. 80,000 PEOPLE COMING TO NORTH BEACH. I CAN GUARANTEE THAT 80,000 PEOPLE DID NOT ATTEND, UM, THAT EVENT. BUT I SUPPORTED IT. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT, IT'S GREAT. BUT IF YOU THINK OF THE POSITIVE PRESS THAT WE GET FROM THE NORTH BEACH BANSAL, THE FACT THAT IT HAS BECOME A NORTH BEACH IS A DESTINATION BECAUSE OF IT. THAT BANSAL IS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN. SO THIS SMALL SEED INVESTMENT, AND IT REALLY IS SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE ALLOCATED TO OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, IS SMART, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA. RIGHT NOW, THAT IS AN AREA IN TRANSITION. AGAIN, NO ONE'S, NO ONE'S DISPUTING THAT. COMMISSIONER, I, I JUST THINK THAT LET'S HAVE A MODEST INCREASE INSTEAD OF A THREE X, LET'S DO A TWO X AND THEN PERHAPS AT IN YEAR THREE WHEN WE RENEGOTIATE, WE CAN LOOK AT, WE CAN LOOK AT OUR CITY FUNDS AND SAY, ALRIGHT, WELL YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB. WE'RE, WE'RE A COUPLE PROPERTIES CAME ONLINE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A HUGE BUDGET CRISIS. I MEAN, EVEN THE COUNTIES, THE COUNTY'S STARTING TO CUT LIFEGUARDS. IT'S SO BAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DON'T, OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. I WOULD CUT THIS. IF WE CUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM YOUR SPORTING FESTIVAL. I'M SORRY. CUT , DO YOU WANNA CUT? I THINK, I MEAN, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. ADAM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. AND THESE ARE PENNY AND, AND THE WHOLE, BUT IT'S NOT PENNY. YOU REALLY WANT TO, IT'S OVER NINE YEARS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UM, HERE TO FOUR, WAS YOUR CONTRACT ROUNDED UP EACH YEAR TO COVER CPI INCREASES? THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF OF YEARS WHERE THAT WASN'T HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, JOHN AND STAFF GOT THE, OKAY. SO THAT WAS JUST, UM, CORRECTING A PROBLEM THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING AGAIN. WHICH IT, ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING THIS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING IT WITH IMPACT FEES AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS, BUT WE'VE CORRECTED THAT AND THAT WILL BE CORRECTED. MM-HMM . UM, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A AN INCREASE IN FUNDING? IN FUNDING? NO, NEVER. SO THIS IS THE INITIAL AMOUNT THAT YOU WERE FUNDED WITH SINCE 2015. OKAY. AND SINCE THEN, IT IS ARGUABLY THE TOP DRAW CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN THE CITY. WE'VE INCREASED THE UTILIZATION OF THE SPACE BY SIX TIMES. THE ANNUAL ATTENDANCE BY NINE TIMES. NO, I COULD, THERE WAS A, I COULD DO THE SUPER TRUNCATED RETURN ON INVESTMENT SPIEL IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S HELPFUL. UM, BUT THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS YOU HAVE A SPACE THAT, UH, A FACILITY THAT WENT FROM KIND OF SLEEPY PARKS FACILITY, UM, TO SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY, UH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. UH, UH, NOW. AND YOU KNOW, OUR PART OF OUR BIG VISION IS HAVING THE BANDSHELL BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MY, WITH MIAMI BEACH AND WITH MIAMI AND THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS, UH, RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IS FOR NEW YORK, OR RED ROCK'S AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE FOR, FOR DENVER. AND WE'RE STARTING TO, WE'RE SEEING THAT, THAT MOMENTUM, MOST CERTAINLY. SO I HAVE MADE A MOTION TO, UM, SUPPORT THIS INCREASE AS STATED. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF I HAVE A SECOND SO WE CAN CALL THE VOTE. SO I'LL SECOND THIS AND I'LL, AND I'LL TELL [09:20:01] YOU WHY. UM, WITHIN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, MR. MANAGER, WE'RE GONNA START, WE'RE GONNA BREAK GROUND ON 72ND STREET COMMUNITY COMPLEX. GOD WILLING, . OKAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, NUMBER ONE, WHEN THE BAND SHELL IS ACTIVATED, THE BUSINESSES IN NORTH BEACH ARE THRIVING. IT IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR NORTH BEACH. AND NUMBER TWO, WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT WILL CAUSE AN IMPACT, AN INTERRUPTION OF SOME SORTS TO THE BANDSHELL. AND THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT THEY, THEY HAVE TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. UH, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOR, FOR AS MUCH AS THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INTERRUPTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING THERE, THAT WE HELP THEM GET THROUGH THAT, THAT PHASE OF, OF INTERRUPTION. AND SO, AND SO, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SAYING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE GREAT IMPORTANCE AND THE ENERGY THAT THIS FACILITY BRINGS THERE. AND JUST SEEING BIGGER PICTURE, THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING THERE, THAT WE ARE PROMOTING, UH, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS. SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE FULL AMOUNT THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE RE RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE, JUST A QUICK, UH, I KNOW THIS IS, I MEAN, IT'S NOT FOR THIS ITEM. I'M NOT GONNA, I I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. UM, IT'S NINE YEARS, 364 DAYS AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN THIS CASE. SO, UM, IT'S A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE INSTEAD OF A SIX SEVEN. SOMETIMES WE DO IT TO AVOID A VOTER REFERENDUM. JUST NOT CRAZY ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE RUBBING UP RIGHT AGAINST THE 10 YEARS. AND I, I JUST THINK IT'S NOT THE BEST LOOK 'CAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS WE'RE TRYING TO GET AROUND THAT. I THINK WE, IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK TO MAKE IT SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT. UNDERSTOOD. I'M, I'M GLAD I SEE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ NODDING HIS HEAD. SO, UM, OKAY, LET'S CALL A VOTE ON C SEVEN Q. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NAY? I HEAR ONE. NO, FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. C SEVEN QC [C7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA) AT ITS JUNE 17, 2025 MEETING TO FUND THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ANALYSIS FOR THE OF THE BYRON CARLYLE PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $190,000 FROM NBCRA FUNDS RESERVED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING; AND FURTHER, WAIVING, BY A 5/7TH VOTE, THE FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 2-367(E) OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR $190,000 TO ENGAGE AMS RESEARCH AND PLANNING TO CONDUCT THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ANALYSIS FOR THE BYRON CARLYLE PROJECT.] SEVEN JC SEVEN J IS A JOINT ITEM EXCEPT NORTH BEACH, CRA, UH, FUND WORKFORCE HOUSING ANALYSIS BY BYRON CARLISLE. C SEVEN J WAS SEPARATED BY, BY MAYOR SUAREZ. NO MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAREZ? YEAH. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. WE, WE HAD A, UM, WE HAD A SPIRITED DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND ACTUALLY ON A DIFFERENT PROPERTY. AND ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS, DON PEEBLES CAME, UM, TO THE PODIUM. AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO, UH, LEND HIS EXPERTISE, UH, ON, ON HELPING US, UH, BETTER GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS INSTEAD OF POSSIBLY SPENDING $190,000 ON A STUDY. UM, I WOULD PREFER TO START THERE BEFORE, UH, SPENDING AGAIN, $190,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON A, ON A STUDY. UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FOR A GREAT, UH, PURPOSE. UM, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO'S WILLING TO, UH, RECUSE HIMSELF FROM BIDDING ON THE PROJECT AND IS WILLING TO HELP PRO BONO, UH, WHO HAPPENS TO ALSO BE A NORTH BEACH RESIDENT, I THINK WE SHOULD START THERE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN A BUDGET CRISIS AGAIN. UM, I I I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE START THERE. UH, I UNDERSTAND THIS, THESE ARE CRA FUNDS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL TAXPAYER MONEY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. UM, AND I, I JUST, IT DOESN'T, I UNDERSTAND IT MAY COME IN UNDER $190,000, BUT I COULD SPEND $190,000 TO, TO ME, SPENDING CLOSE ALMOST $200,000 ON STUDIES FOR A, A PROJECT WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OUTCOME IS GONNA BE. ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S GOING TO BE A, UH, A PERSON IN, IN THE INDUSTRY WHO IS RESPECTED, WHO CAN HELP AS PRO BONO. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE STARTING THERE. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE MY COLLEAGUES ARE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE WAY, THE WAY IT HAS GONE DOWN IN THE LAST COUPLE VOTES, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TAXPAYER MONEY WHERE, I MEAN, I, FOR ONE, THINK WE, WE COULD BE SAVING. WE, WE, WE, WE COULD, WE COULD CERTAINLY BE TAKING A HAIRCUT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, ON THE BUDGET. ALTHOUGH I WOULD DIFFER ON THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A BUDGET CRISIS, ACTUALLY. WE'RE, WE'RE IN REAL, EXTREMELY GOOD HEALTH. AND THIS IS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH. [09:25:01] SO, UH, COMMISSIONER B. SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH DON PEEBLES FOR THE LAST SIX, EIGHT WEEKS. ABOUT SIX WEEKS. SIX WEEKS. UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I REACHED OUT TO HIM AND I ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY THAT EXPLAINED WHAT THE VISION IS, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT HE'D BE WILLING TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DOING THIS. AND, UM, I THEN STEPPED OUT OF THE CONVERSATION, TURNED IT OVER TO DANIEL AND YOUR TEAM. UM, WE GOT ROBERTO ESPEJO, WHO'S THE ARCHITECT, WHO'S WORKING ON, NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNING THE PROJECT, BUT HELPING TO VISUALIZE HOW TO MAKE THE SPACE WORK, RIGHT? SO TO FIT ALL THE THINGS INTO IT THAT WE NEED TO. UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION OVER A NUMBER OF MULTIPLE MEETINGS FROM, FROM THE REPORTS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM, FROM THE STAFF TEAM, UM, TO WORK THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE KEEP COMING BACK TO IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC ENGINE AND ADD, UM, AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING TO THE MIX THAT ISN'T REPURPOSING. UM, IT IS ADDING, UM, AND IT, IN THE, IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. SO WE CAN'T JUST LOOK TO A MODEL. AND THE LAST THREE TIMES THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING TWO TIMES ON THE BYRON CARLISLE SITE AND ONE TIME ON THE ANMAR SITE, WE'VE MET WITH MIXED RESULTS AT BEST BECAUSE IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO DO. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS EVEN HARDER. SO WE HAVE DON'S INPUT. IT'S BEEN, I, FROM WHAT YOU TOLD ME, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY USEFUL AND IT'S HELPED GET US A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. BUT HERE WE ARE, A YEAR AFTER WE'VE APPROVED THIS PROJECT, STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. AND THIS, UM, RESISTANCE TO SPENDING MONEY TO DO IT CORRECTLY WITH MONEY THAT HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED FROM THE CRA, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BENEFIT THE MOST DIRECTLY. UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE EXPERTISE WE NEED AND CRAFT THE SOLICITATION AND FIND THE FUNDING MECHANISMS TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT AND NOT HAVE A FOURTH EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS DIDN'T WORK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THE RIGHT THINGS IN THE RIGHT WAY, OR WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING. WE ARE DELAYING THIS PROJECT. WHAT THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE THIS PROJECT DONE BY 2027. WE'RE NEVER GONNA MEET THAT. NOW IT'S NOT POSSIBLE ANY DELAY TO FUNDING THIS, WHICH BY THE WAY, IS ALREADY FUNDED BECAUSE THE CRA ALREADY APPROVED IT. IT'S A DELAY ON THIS PROJECT FOR DESPERATELY NEEDED WORKFORCE HOUSING AND IT, AND ANOTHER ENGINE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTH BEACH. AND THEREBY BY EXTENSION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. I, I'LL JUST ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. I SEE THINGS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. . I LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF STUDIES THAT ANY GOVERNMENT DOES. OUR GOVERNMENT, OTHER, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR STUDIES. STUDIES. IT'S CRAZY. AND, AND THAT'S WHERE GOVERNMENT REALLY GETS TAKEN TO THE CLEANER, RIGHT? ALL THESE CONSULTANTS AND STUDIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I FEEL WE DON'T NEED IT. 'CAUSE I TRUST YOU. I TRUST YOU, RIGHT? I'VE SEEN YOUR WORK. I TRUST YOU. GO OUT AND DO IT. THANK YOU. RIGHT? WHEN, WHEN I SEE, UH, STUDIES, I DON'T SEE, IF WE DON'T DO A STUDY, WE'RE DELAYING THINGS. I SEE ALL THESE SUPERFLUOUS STUDIES AS DELAY, RIGHT? AND, AND COMMISSIONER BOT, I, I THINK WITH OUR TEAM HERE, AND IF DONAHUE NEEDS TO BE COMPLIMENTED BY ANOTHER DEVELOPER THAT WOULD GIVE UP ALL POSSIBILITY OF DOING A, UH, A BID ON THE WORKFORCE HOUSING, SOME, SOMETIMES YOU JUST, YOU JUST GO, RIGHT? YOU, YOU JUST GO, WE COULD SIT HERE AND, AND MICRO ENGINEER TILL THE COWS COME HOME. UM, I'M CONFIDENT IN OUR TEAM, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK AT HAND. SO I VIEW IT DIFFERENTLY AS NOT DELAYING, I MOVE THIS AS JUST REMOVING A, I VIEW THIS AS REMOVING A COG IN THE WHEEL AND JUST GIVING YOU THE ABILITY AND FREEDOM TO WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND GO OUT AND GET THIS DONE. SO THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALREADY. AND WHAT OUR TEAM IS SAYING IS THEY, AND THIS IS NOT, NO DISRESPECT FOR THE TEAM, AND DANIELLE, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT BECAUSE THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE YET BEFORE, AND WHAT IS THAT JUST, AND WHAT IS, HASN'T THE TEAM, LEMME JUST PLEASE FINISH MY SENTENCE. THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND WE, THE TEAM, WE DON'T HAVE THE IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE TO DO WHAT WE FEEL WILL GET US THE BEST CORRECT RESULT. IT'S POSSIBLE WE DON'T SPEND THE FULL 198, DO $98,000, [09:30:01] BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY. AND I AGREE, THERE ARE TOO MANY STUDIES AND TOO MANY CONSULTANTS, BUT YET ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY TO APPEASE THE FDOT GODS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. DANIEL, PLEASE, PLEASE. UM, AND LET ME ASK WHAT, HOLD ON. THAT'S, HOLD ON. WHAT HASN'T BEEN DONE? WE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER BUILT WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING ON TOP OF IT. WHERE, SO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK A CONSULTANT IS GONNA LISTEN TO WE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE ANSWERING A QUESTION? THANK YOU. I'M THE VICE MAYOR. I CAN SPEAK. LISTEN, I, I, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO INTERJECT A, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS THE, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT IF WE SPEND THIS $190,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE INTENDED DESIRE THAT WE WANT. IT COULD JUST BE WASTE MONEY WASTED, WHICH IS WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS TRYING TO SAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE ALL HAVE FAITH IN OUR STAFF TO DO THIS SHIRT. WE'VE HAD MISTAKES IN THE PAST AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THEM. WE'RE EVEN WILLING TO HAVE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE WILLING TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM BIDDING ON THIS, WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK PRO BONO FOR US. I THINK THAT'S THE, THE, THE START THAT WE SHOULD DO BEFORE WE START SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON STUDIES. I'M SORRY, I JUST, I THINK, I THINK STUDIES ARE A BIG WASTE OF TIME AND A BIG WASTE OF MONEY. COMMISSIONER BOT? NO, I JUST WANTED TO FINISH THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT I WAS DIRECTLY AN ASKED, UM, APPARENTLY, SO IF I COULD DIG, YEAH, APPARENTLY I GOT PULLED RANK ON, UM, WHAT WHAT HASN'T EXISTED TO CONTINUE ANSWERING. AND DANIEL, I'D LIKE YOU TO PLEASE YES, BECAUSE YOU'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF THIS. BUT IT'S THE COMBINATION OF THE, UM, THE CULTURAL ARTS COMPLEX, COMPLEX PLUS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PLUS WE RETAIN THE LAND PLUS THE, UM, THE, THE WAY THAT WE FINANCE IT IS SUCH THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMPLEX BECAUSE THE RENTS THAT COME IN AFTER THE FIRST X NUMBER OF YEARS WILL HELP DO THAT. THEREBY ENABLING THE CULTURAL ARTS COMPLEX TO BE A BETTER AMENITY FOR THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING MORE DIFFERENT AND MORE AFFORDABLE, MORE DIFFERENT AND MORE AFFORDABLE OFFERINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVES. DANIEL. AND IF I COULD DANIEL, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION IF I COULD, COMMISSIONER, UM, THERE, THERE COULD BE SOME DIFFERENT DYNAMICS, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT IN TERMS OF, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. THERE'S DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OR VERSIONS. SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU POINT BLANK. SURE. I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. SORRY IF IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE IN DOING SO, BUT SPEAK TRULY AND FREELY BECAUSE I I'M GONNA GO ON YOUR GUIDANCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU WITH THE HELP OF THE, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR TEAMS THAT WE'VE KIND OF ELICITED CAN DO THIS IN A EFFICIENT MANNER? SO, UH, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, DANIEL ZU FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND, AND IN SHORT, I I SAY YES IF OR NO, BECAUSE THERE, IT COULD FALL ON EITHER SIDE. AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, DON PEOPLES OF LEGACY, UM, AND WE EXPLAINED WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE HERE. AND COMMISSIONER BOT IS CORRECT IN THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND TO THOSE WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS MODEL, THIS PERMUTATION OF THE, THE JOINT BUILDINGS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER WITH THE WORKFORCE HOUSING MANAGED BY A NON-PROFIT ENTITY THAT THEN SEES THE REALIZATION OF THE PROFITS FROM THE RENT TO SUBSIDIZE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SUBSIDIZING THE ARTS AND PAYING FOR THE ARTS, THIS IS VERY TIMELY. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY SWINGING FOR THE FENCES HERE IN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A CULTURAL INSTITUTION THAT IS SELF-SUPPORTING AND WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY FOR, FOR MONEY. SO WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH A VERY LARGE INVESTMENT THROUGH THE GEO BOND. WE'RE, WE BELIEVE THROUGH THE WORK WITH, WITH DON AND ENGAGING C STUDIOS AND ROBERTO ESPEJO, WHO DID DO THE INITIAL MASSING STUDY, PRO BONO FOR FRIENDS OF THE BYRON. SO HE HAD ALL OF MODELS, WE REENGAGED THEM, REENGAGED DON, WE HAD A VERY CANDID CONVERSATION, A GREAT IDEATION SESSION WHERE DON CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH INSIGHT INTO, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. UH, BUT THEY VERY MUCH LOOK AT IT FROM A FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, WHICH NEEDS TO SEE MARKET RETURNS ON THEIR INVESTMENT. WHERE, SO THAT'S ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM. YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAND THIS OVER TO A DEVELOPER, MUCH LIKE THE ANMAR MODEL, WHERE THEY NEED TO, THEY'RE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR STAKEHOLDERS TO [09:35:01] EXTRACT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VALUE FROM THAT PROJECT. IT'S THE BUSINESS THEY'RE IN. THE OTHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM IS WE PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT CULTURAL ORGANIZATION, IT'S MISSION DRIVEN, AND THEY RUN, THEY, THEY HIRE A PROPERTY MANAGER WITH RESPECT. YES. I, I GET IT. YES. CAN YOU DO IT OR DO YOU NEED HELP? WE CAN DO IT. DO YOU, DO YOU NEED A STUDY TO HELP YOU BE EFFICIENT? WHAT I NEED IS, IS WHAT ESSENTIALLY IS A FINANCIAL BUSINESS PLAN OR AN ANALYSIS FOR A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR A BUSINESS PLAN. WE NEED PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS REALM TO SAY, YES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FINANCE UP TO X AMOUNT WITH THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE GIVEN AND THE LAND THAT YOU'RE GIVEN. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR THIS CONSULTANT TO MODEL A BUSINESS PLAN USING THE NON-PROFIT MODEL THAT WOULD THEN ENABLE IN LONG TERM THE CULTURAL CENTER TO REALIZE THE PROFITS FROM THE WORKFORCE HOUSING. THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS, UM, IN CONVERSATION WITH LEGACY, THEY VERY MUCH ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THIS OR BEING PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO SOME DEGREE. AND, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST FINANCE MEETING, I BROUGHT THIS UP TO HIM AND HE NEVER MENTIONED THAT THIS HAS BEEN, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR EIGHT WEEKS. AND, AND THAT FINANCE MEETING WAS LAST WEEK. AND SOMEONE JUST TEXTED ME SAYING THAT THE CRA WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH DON PEEBLES EVER. AND SO, I MEAN, IF, IF APPARENTLY, IF, IF THAT CRA BOARD HAD KNOWN THAT, UH, THERE WAS A DEVELOPER INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT PRO BONO, PERHAPS THEY MAY NOT HAVE PASSED THOSE FUNDS, UH, TO, TO BE SPENT. SO, I'M SORRY, I'LL SECOND MOTION TO MOTION TO 15 MINUTES. I CAN DO FIVE. I CAN DO FIVE TOO. I'VE GOTTA GO, CAN DO FIVE, FIVE MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES. CAN I, CAN I ASK SOMETHING? SO HOLD ON, LET, LET ME FINISH, PLEASE. SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ASKED YOU A QUESTION, CAN YOU DO IT? I THINK THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPERS IN, IN WHO LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH WHO WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO STEP UP HELP ON A PROB BONO BASIS. AND THEN WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE CAN TAKE THEIR ADVICE, STAFF WORKS WITH THEM, AND THEN PUT TOGETHER A FINANCIAL PLAN. AND IF THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, AND IF, OR OR, OR WE DON'T GET THE ACTION OR THE GOAL THAT WE WANT OR BIDS, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE TRIED EVERYTHING STAFF HAS, HAS DONE THEIR JOB. WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM FROM LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. NOW WE NEED TO GO TO A STUDY. SO I THINK THAT'S THE PROPER COURSE OF ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE TO BEFORE WE START SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY, UH, ON, ON, ON STUDIES. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING NO, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW LET'S HAVE STAFF WORK WITH, UH, WITH, WITH INTERESTED, UM, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP US CRAFT WHAT WE WANT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY EXTRA DOLLARS FOR IT. I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND REASONABLE. I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AGAIN, I I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CAUTIOUS ABSOLUTELY. OF, OF ALL TAXPAYER MONEY. AND MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT WE SPEND THIS MONEY AND WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT. , YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE, WE SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS AND, AND, AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I RESPECTFULLY, I I I WOULD LIKE, I'D LIKE TO DECLINE THIS OFFER. I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY, SAY SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY, GONZALEZ. I MEAN, I, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS STUDY BECAUSE IT IS VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU REMOVE PROFIT FROM IT. BUT $180,000 FOR SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN TO US HOW WE DO THIS. I MEAN, THERE ARE LESSONS LEARNED. YOU DIG, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO SPEAK TO THE, THE PEOPLE AT THE ANMAR. WE DID STRUCTURE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT TIME AND THERE HAS BEEN A LESSON LEARNED BETWEEN WHAT WE DID THERE ABSOLUTELY. AND WHAT WE NEED NOW. ABSOLUTELY. WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE ASKING, UM, FOR THE STUDY. MAYBE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS SCHEDULE A COUPLE OF FOCUS GROUPS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING EITHER, BUT HOLD, LIKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE RESIDENTS TELLING US HOW TO STRUCTURE A DEAL THAT DOESN'T, HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. CAN YOU GET US FOCUS GROUPS? THIS IS, I'M SORRY, ERIC. I'M SORRY. I'M ERIC CARPENTER, SO I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN SOME VERY HELPFUL FEEDBACK AND VERY INFORMATIVE DATA POINTS FROM LEGACY. UM, DANIEL AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE 190,000 WAS A WORST CASE SCENARIO. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS AUTHORITY UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR BLESSING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GAPS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST OUTCOME HERE, I CAN FILL IN WITH THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER THE NEXT MONTH. AND IF I NEED MORE, THEN I COME BACK AND I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT YOU HAVE [09:40:01] THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CRA TO SPEND UP TO 198,000. SO BETWEEN, IF WE NEED 50 GRAND FROM THE CRA AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM THE VETERANS, LIKE I DO NOT WANT TO, TO CUT OFF OUR NOSES DESPITE OUR FACE TO GET TO WHAT WILL BE IF WE DO IT RIGHT, SOMETHING STUDIED AND EMULATED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THAT'S, THAT'S THE LEVEL OF STUFF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE NOT SAYING, OH, WELL IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHO CARES? OR IT'S JUST ANOTHER BLACK BOX THEATER, WHICH WAS PROPOSED AND, AND DISMISSED OUT OF HAND BY RESIDENTS AND PRIOR COMMISSIONS. LIKE THAT'S ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND I, I REALLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO TURN UP MONEY UNDER EVERY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY UNDER EVERY STONE. I GET IT. AND I SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I JUST DON'T HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PUT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK TODAY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WE ALL AGREE ON THAT WE COULD WAIT. YOU ARE, LET'S JUST MOVE THIS FORWARD. IM BEGGING MY COLLEAGUES TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, GET THIS DONE AND APPROVE THIS TODAY. RIGHT NOW. SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH ERIC'S KIND OF, UH, THREADING THE NEEDLE, GIVE HIM THE DISCRETION UP TO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH, BUT THEN WE WOULD WITHDRAW THIS ITEM NO. WITH, WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FROM WHAT THE CRA HAS APPROVED? NO, BECAUSE THAT COULD, THAT THAT THEN YOU'RE SPENDING $290,000 POTENTIALLY. I MEAN, NO. LIKE, WE GOTTA DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE. I THINK, LOOK, IT'S REALLY EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY . OKAY. IT'S REALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M STARTING TO LEARN. IT'S REALLY EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. I FOR ONE, DON'T LIKE SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. IF WE HAVE AN AVENUE TO DO THIS IN-HOUSE AND HAVE PEOPLE WILLING TO DO IT FOR FREE FOR PRO BONO, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO GO TO BID OR TO MARKET AND SEE WHAT WE GET, THEN GREAT. AND WE DON'T, WE COULD, WE COULD SPARE A DOLLAR OF TAXPAYER MONEY, EVEN IF IT'S A DOLLAR. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A DOLLAR OR 190,000. I THINK WE ALL KNOW OUR POSITION. LET'S CALL THE VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA LOSE SOME PEOPLE SOON. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE A FLIGHT. NOT ME. I'M GOOD. BUT TRYING TO BE CONSIDERATE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT. I HAVEN'T HEARD A SECOND YET. MAY WE DEFER THE ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 2ND? SECOND. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE. LET'S CALL, LET'S CALL A ROLL. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE OKAY. I'M GONNA GO ALPHABETICALLY. COMMISSIONER BOT. WAIT, CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THIS, THIS MONEY FOR THIS STUDY, IS IT THE WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING. WE'RE GETTING THE WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE BREAKDOWN OF THE ARTS CENTER PLUS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PLUS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THE CULTURAL CENTER IS MORE OR LESS LAID OUT. THIS IS THE, THE STUDY OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING, THE FINANCES AROUND THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THE RETURNS ON THE WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT WOULD THEN SERVICE THE BOND THAT WOULD BE TAKEN OUT FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING. AND CAN WE, ONCE YOU GET THIS MODEL, CAN IT BE GENERAL ENOUGH THAT WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE TO OTHER WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY IF WE NEEDED TO DO THESE TYPES, MORE OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS TO SOME MEASURE, I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME SO. THE MODELING, UH, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT AREAS HAVE DIFFERENT ECONOMICS. SO THE, THE MARKET RENT, UH, IN SOUTH BEACH IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN NORTH BEACH IS GONNA BE. SO WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER STUDY BASICALLY THAN WHAT YOU SAY. NO, NO. MY, MY I SHOULD, MY FINAL QUESTION IS JUST WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE? WHY $190,000 FOR ONE PROJECT, FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING? FOR THE FINANCIAL MODEL, IT SEEMS VERY HIGH. SO ONE 90 IS THE TOP END OF THAT. IT'S ACTUALLY ONE 60 WITH 30, UH, 30,000 FOR ALLOWANCE, FOR ACTIVATIONS IF WE WANTED TO HAVE, UH, RESIDENT, UH, INFO SESSIONS OR SOME SORT OF RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT. SO, UH, WE WILL SPEND AS LITTLE OF THAT MONEY AS WE CAN. UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH LEGACY, UH, I, I THINK WE'VE REACHED THE POINT THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER COMFORTABLE GOING PRO BONO AND OFFERED TO GIVE ME A PROPOSAL TO CONSULT. SO I, I THINK I'VE EXHAUSTED THAT. UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'RE A MULTITUDE OF DEVELOPERS WHO I KNOW WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP YOU HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I'M GONNA DO IT WITH AN OFFICIAL ROLL CALL VOTE. SO RANDOMLY. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE? NO. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? NO. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. NO. ITEM FAILS. THIS IS A FIVE SEVENTHS. OH, GO. THERE WAS A FOUR THREE. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE QUICK, QUICK ITEMS AND WE CAN EXTEND THE MEETING. I THINK. HOLD ON THERE. THIS IS, THEY TOLD US FIVE SEVENS. WHY IS IT FIVE SEVENS? THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE SHEET THAT SOMEONE TOLD US. SO SOMEONE CAN VERIFY THAT. OH, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG WAY. I EVEN ASKED [09:45:01] THE QUESTION PRIVATELY AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS FOUR SEVENS. IT'S FIVE SEVENS. BECAUSE PART OF THAT IS ALSO THE BID WAIVER TO ENGAGE A MS, THE VOTE. MOTION TO RECONSIDER. IT'S NOT, I SECOND THE MOTION. SO MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. ALL IN FAVOR OF RECONSIDERING, PLEASE SAY, AYE. IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S, YOU'RE NOT CHANGING YOUR VOTE. BUT THEN, BUT THEN I, I . YEAH. UM, OKAY. [R9 B BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – CITY COMMISSION / AT-LARGE APPOINTMENTS.] LET'S CALL A COUPLE QUICK ITEMS. UH, R NINE B, THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. R NINE BY ACCLIMATION, I BELIEVE ACCLIMATION THERE IS ONE NOMINEE FOR EACH SEAT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE APPOINTMENT OF MODS KAGAN, UH, FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. UH, ISAAC KESSLER AND FOR THE NORTH BEAT, CRA ONE NOMINEE JOHN OIA. IF WE DO THOSE ACCLAMATIONS, WE CAN GET THOSE DONE. OKAY. THERE'S NO NO COMPETITION. NO COMPETITION AT THIS TIME? NO. OKAY. SO, SO, UH, YES. OKAY. SO EVERYONE IS APPOINTED. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S R NINE [R5 V AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "HOUSING," BY AMENDING ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 58-600, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” SECTION 58-602, ENTITLED ”NOTICE TO ASSOCIATIONS,” AND SECTION 58-611, “CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 58-602,” TO REQUIRE A PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL UNIT OWNERS OF ANY PRESENT OR PENDING APPLICATION, OR OTHER REQUEST, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] B. THANK YOU. R FIVE VR FIVE V IN ORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OF STATE, MAY BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 50 8TH OF MAY BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY AMENDING. ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED, CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BY AMENDING SECTION 58 DASH 600, ENTITLED DEFINITION SECTION 58 DASH 6 0 2. ENTITLED NOTICE TO ASSOCIATIONS AND SECTION 58 DASH SIX ONE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 58 DASH 6 0 2 TO REQUIRE PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL UNIT ORDERS OF ANY PRESENCE OR PENDING APPLICATION OR OTHER REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FOR REPE, ACCEPTABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE ON ITEM SECOND. SO, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, COMMISSIONER UH, MAGAZINE, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE CALL IS VICE MAYOR SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. MR. ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MR. DOMINGUEZ. ONE MORE? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. MAYOR MINOR. DAVID. ONE MORE. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS [R7 O A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-33678 TO EXTEND THE PARKING HOLIDAY PROGRAM THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2025; AND WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE REQUIREMENT IN SECTION 2-14 OF THE CITY CODE TO REFER ANY AGENDA ITEMS IN EXCESS OF $75,000 TO FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.] SEPTEMBER 3RD. ONE. ONE LAST ITEM, IF CANDIDATES, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAID TO EXTEND THE PARKING HOLIDAY. WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT NOW. R SEVEN. OH, LAST ITEM I MOVE, HOLD ON SECOND. WE GOTTA CALL IT R SEVEN. OH. R SEVEN. OH, I HEARD MAGAZINE? YES. AND ROSA GONZALEZ. R SEVEN. OH, ALRIGHT. ALL THE TABLE. YEAH. AYE, ANYONE OPPOSED? MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. ENJOY SUMMER, EVERYONE. ENJOY AUGUST WITHOUT ALL OF US BOTHERING YOU. NO MEETINGS. WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 3RD. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. GOD BLESS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.