* 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. TWO [00:00:01] ONE SOUNDS LIKE IT. GOOD MORNING [CALL TO ORDER] AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 3RD. WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED. I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY CLERK RAFAEL GRANADO TO GIVE US ANY, UH, INSTRUCTIONS. MORNING EVERYONE. DURING THIS HYBRID SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING. THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS ON 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 OR ON THE WEB AT ZOOM US OR BY TELEPHONE AT (305) 224-1968. AGAIN, THE LOCAL NUMBER IS 3 0 5 2 2 4 19 68 OR TOLL FREE 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 IF USING THE ZOOM APP OR PRESS STAR NINE ON THE TELEPHONE TO RAISE THEIR HAND. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ZOOM LINK WEBINAR ID AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMISSION MEETING ARE STATIC AND REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM MEETING TO MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, RALPH. I'M GONNA ASK, UH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR INVOCATION AS WE ALWAYS DO, AND ASK PASTOR KIP NELSON FROM ST. JOHN'S IN THE LAKE TO LEAD US WITH WORDS OF WISDOM AND MOTIVATION. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS REVEREND KIP NELSON AND IT IS A, A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO STAND HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. AND I GREET YOU THIS MORNING NOT ONLY AS A RELIGIOUS LEADER OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO AS A RESIDENT OF THIS BELOVED CITY. AND I STAND BEFORE YOU ALL THIS MORNING WITH A HEAVY AND BROKEN HEART. DUE TO THE ONGOING VIOLENCE, PREJUDICE, AND DIVISION PLAGUING OUR COUNTRY AND WORLD. SO MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD IS ANTITHETICAL TO EVERYTHING WITHIN MY FAITH TRADITION. AS A FELLOW UNITED METHODIST PASTOR WRITES, LOVE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR SOURCE, OUR MEANS, AND OUR DESTINATION. IN MY TRADITION, WE BELIEVE THAT LOVE IS OUR ONLY REASON FOR BEING AND THAT OUR WORK AS HUMANS AND THIS LIFE ISN'T FINISHED UNTIL THAT LOVE IS KNOWN AND EXPERIENCED BY EVERY PERSON AROUND US. SO THIS IS MY DEEPEST DESIRE AND PRAYER FOR US TODAY. THAT LOVE MIGHT GUIDE OUR EVERY DECISION AND EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE IN THIS CITY. WOULD YOU ALL JOIN ME IN A WORD OF PRAYER? GREAT GOD OF LOVE AND JUSTICE. TODAY WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOVE, THAT YOU ARE OUR VERY SOURCE OF BEING, AND YOU WE HAVE LIFE. AND IN THAT LIFE YOU HAVE GRANTED US THE ABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE LIFE, LOVE, AND DIGNITY IN AND FOR ONE ANOTHER. YOU INVITE US TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES AND TO HAVE COMPASSION ON ALL THOSE WHO SUFFER. SO TODAY I PRAY THAT WE MIGHT REMEMBER THOSE WHO SUFFER IN OUR MIDST AND TAKE ACTION AS IF THEY ARE VERY MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY BECAUSE WE ARE ONE HUMAN RACE. LET US REMEMBER THOSE BEING TARGETED BY HATRED AND PREJUDICE OF ANY KIND, AND UTILIZE EVERY OUNCE OF POWER WE HAVE TO PROTECT THOSE IN HARM'S WAY. MAY WE LEARN TO SEE THE DIVERSITY REPRESENTED HERE IN OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE WORLD, NOT AS SOMETHING TO FEAR, BUT AS SOMETHING TO CHERISH VALUE AND TO LEARN AND GROW FROM. HELP US TO SEE ONE ANOTHER AS BELOVED NEIGHBORS AND SIBLINGS, AND GRANT US THE COURAGE AND THE WILL TO ACT WHEN ANY ONE OF US HAS BEEN HARMED OR IS IN HARM'S WAY AT SUCH A TIME AS THIS. EMPOWER THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN EVERY RESIDENT OF THIS CITY TO ACT IN LOVE UNTIL LOVE BECOMES OUR REALITY. MAY THIS CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CONTINUE TO STAND AS A BEACON OF LOVE, INCLUSIVITY, AND BELONGING FOR ALL OUR HUMAN SIBLINGS. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU REVEREND. AND AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, YOU GAVE ME AN IDEA IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, INCLUSIVENESS, [00:05:01] INCLUSIVENESS AND TOGETHERNESS. WHY DON'T WE ALL SAY THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TOGETHER? I GUESS MAYBE OUR COMMISSION WILL START IT OFF, BUT PLEASE WE COULD ALL SAY IT TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LITERACY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. UM, WE'RE GONNA START THE NIK HOUR IN A MOMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE HALF HOUR, BUT THEY SOMETIMES DO GO AN HOUR. UM, OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED HE, UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. SO, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, AS YOU WERE ALL COPIED ON AN EMAIL THAT I JUST SENT OUT WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES, UM, I HAVE IN FACT SUBMITTED THE REQUEST FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN REGARDS TO OUR CROSSWALK AESTHETIC TREATMENT ON 12 AND OCEAN DRIVE. I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE A TOPIC TODAY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE THAT WE DID NOT WANT MISS THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF THIS. AND SO IT HAS GONE OUT. THANK [R9 C DR. STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZEN'S FORUM. (8:35 A.M./1:00 P.M.)] YOU ERIC. WE'RE GONNA START THE, UH, SUT NICK HOUR MORNING EVERYONE, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I REQUEST THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. GO AHEAD SIR. START PLEASE GO AHEAD PLEASE TO ME. OKAY. BOB KUNST, 5 2 5 WEST 49TH STREET, NATIVE OF MIAMI BEACH, 83 JEWISH ACTIVISTS AND GAY ACTIVISTS. AND WANTING TO REMIND YOU THAT, UH, THIS IS THE HOLY LAND OF GAY RIGHTS. IT ISN'T NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA, IT'S RIGHT HERE IN DADE COUNTY AND MIAMI BEACH O ALWAYS VOTED WITH US, WENT THROUGH FIVE ELECTIONS BETWEEN 1976 AND 1981 AND WE WON. SO I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS, UH, HOSSEIN ON, UM, THE RAINBOW FLAG STUFF ON THE BEACH, ON, ON THE STREET. WE NEED TO CLEAN UP ALL GRAFFITI, ALL BLIGHT, ALL TRASH. WE'RE COMING UP TO THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA. WE'RE GONNA BE SPONSORING AND HOLDING COURT WITH THE WORLD CUP. THE OLYMPICS IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND IT'S GONNA BE OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE WE DID THE REVOLUTION ON EMOTIONAL SEXUAL LIBERATION OUT OF DAY COUNTY THAT WAS BENEFITING THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND THE WHOLE WORLD. THE LAST THING WE NEED IS TO THINK THAT WE'RE HONORING THE GAY COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE TRUCKS AND VEHICLES AND CRAP THAT'S ON THE STREET. IT'S MIND BOGGLING. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE SLAP IN THE FACE. MY SUGGESTION IS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT IT, A THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS WHO THEY ARE. DO IT ON YOUR HOME, YOUR BUSINESS. YOU COULD GET A BLANK WALL FROM SOMEWHERE. GET PERMISSION, DO A REAL WORK OF ART, NOT THE CRAP ON THE STREETS. HOW ABOUT WEARING IT ON YOUR CLOTHING? PUT IT ON YOUR CAR. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE TO STEAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THEN CLAIM THAT YOU'RE THE VICTIM? IT'S MIND BOGGLING TO BE PUT IN THIS POSITION AND THAT ANYBODY DISAGREES WITH YOU HAS TO BE ANTI-GAY. I WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU, SIR, ON SUNDAY. YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR. JUST THANK YOU. JUST LEMME FINISH. ONE PERSON WITH MY SIGN, I WAS OUT THERE AND HE SAID, I HOPE YOU GET RUN OVER. THAT'S YOUR MENTALITY HERE IN DADE COUNTY. WHAT A TRAGEDY. THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS GONNA BE VIA ZOOM. IT'S JOHAN MOORE. MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, JOHAN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE. UH, I WANT TO FIRST ADDRESS A CONCERN ON BEHALF OF MERIDIAN COURT COMMUNITY. UH, THIS IS NOT BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, BUT IT MAY COME BEFORE YOU. UH, NAMELY THE PROPOSAL FOR A 15 STORY, 165 FOOT, UH, ALLEGEDLY AFFORDABLE APARTMENT BUILDING AT 1600 WASHINGTON AVENUE. UH, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND CANDIDATES WILL EXPRESS, UH, THEIR VIEWS ON THIS, UH, SUBJECT, UM, WITHOUT WANTING TO, UH, THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE WATER, GIVEN THAT THE INTENTION IS IN FACT AFFORDABLE OR AFFORDABLE ISH HOUSING. OUR CONCERN IS THAT A POSSIBLE INABILITY TO PREVENT THE PROJECT [00:10:01] UNDER RECENT STATE LAW, WHICH I DO NOT KNOW IS THE CASE MAY IN FACT THEN DISINCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPERS FROM MITIGATING OR NEGOTIATING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THIS BUILDING, BE IT THE HEIGHT OR BE IT OTHER ISSUES. UH, I'M STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT THIS COMMISSION IN FIVE YEARS HAS NEVER HAD AN IMAM, UH, PRESENT, UH, THE INVOCATION. PERHAPS IF WE DID, WE MIGHT HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT DEFENDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. UH, THIS IS NOT ON BEHALF OF MERIDIAN COURT COMMUNITY, BUT SIMPLY A PERSONAL COMMENT. UH, I IN FACT URGE THE COMMISSION TO REFUSE TO REMOVE THE RAINBOW SIDEWALK AND TO CEASE PURCHASING BONDS FROM A GENOCIDE INDICTED FOREIGN REGIME AND USE THAT MONEY INSTEAD TO PLUG THE GAP IN FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL, I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYONE LISTENING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO JUST SPOKE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CENSURED BY OUR COMMISSION. GO AHEAD MA'AM. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SOPHIE RINGLE. UH, 2 3 9 5 LAKE PANCOAST DRIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR FOR ALLOWING TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AN ITEM SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER FERNANDEZ. IT WOULD BE A ORDINANCE TO BAN CONFETTI AND PLASTIC FLOWER PETALS ON OUR BEACHES. I BROUGHT, UH, SOME THAT WE FIND, UH, AT OUR BEACH CLEANUPS. THIS WAS JUST ONE PROPOSAL WHERE AN ENTIRE TEAM TRIED TO CAPTURE THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THEY FLY INTO OUR WATERWAY. WE ADDITIONALLY RECENTLY HOSTED A BEACH CLEANUP WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE. UH, ALEXANDER FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, UH, JOINED THIS ONE TOO, WHERE WE FOUND ALSO ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONFETTI AND GLITTER ALONG THE DUNES. OUR SEABIRDS AND WILDLIFE, THEY INGESTED, THEY THINK IT IS FOOD, ESPECIALLY ALL THE SHIMMERY STUFF. UM, THESE FLOWER PETALS, THEY MIGHT LOOK PRETTY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO MADE OUT OF PLASTIC POLYMERS WHICH BREAK DOWN INTO MICROPLASTICS THAT HARM OUR WATERWAYS, OUR WILDLIFE, AND OUR ESSENTIALLY OUR HEALTH AS WELL. WE HAVE PICKED UP OVER THOUSANDS OF THESE FLOWER PETALS AT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CLEANUP, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK UP FOR OUR WILDLIFE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE. PLEASE SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS SHARON. SHARON STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, IT'S SHARON WEISS, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UH, I'M CALLING TODAY, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO R 5G AND H, WHICH IS TO INCENTIVIZE SCHOOL USES. UM, WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS IN NORTH BEACH. UH, IT CREATES A LOT OF TRAFFIC, UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZING SCHOOLS AND NOT REQUIRING PARKING OR HAVING PARKING GIVEAWAYS FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IS WRONG. UM, PER THE MOST RECENT CENSUS IN 3 3 1 4 1, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES NORTH BAY VILLAGE, THERE ARE FEWER THAN 5,000 RESIDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. LESS THAN 15% OF HOUSEHOLDS UP HERE, UH, LESS THAN 15% OF THE POPULATION IS SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. SO WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS. WHY DO WE NEED MORE? IT WOULD JUST BE ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM, UM, OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND INCREASING TRAFFIC. SO, UH, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR AREA. I ALSO, UH, JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP. I THINK WHAT, UH, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, MS. RINGLE IS DOING IS GREAT. HOWEVER, I'M VERY DISTURBED THAT OUR TAXES BOTH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THE COUNTY LEVEL PAY FOR, UM, FOR, UH, UH, COMMUNITY JANITORIAL SERVICES AND, AND, AND CLEANING THE BEACH. AND YET WE'RE INCENTIVIZING AND HAVING VOLUNTEERS, UH, IN ORDER TO, TO DO THE WORK OF, OF EMPLOYEES. I, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WRONG. I THINK WHAT SHE'S DOING IS RIGHT. I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR IT THROUGH OUR TAXES AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO USE VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE WORK OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES IS WRONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER BYINGTON. MY ADDRESS IS 63 63 INDIAN CREEK. UM, I AM HERE ALSO ON BEHALF OF CLEAN MIAMI BEACH AND I WANT TO ALSO SPEAK ON THE ORDINANCE OF BANNING GLITTER AND PLASTIC PEDALS. AS SOPHIE MENTIONED, WE FIND THEM AT EVERY SINGLE CLEANUP. THEY'RE SUPER HARD TO GET OUT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. ONCE THEY'RE IN IT, THEY GET BURIED IN THE SAND, THEY GET SPREAD INTO THE OCEAN, WATERS INTO THE DUNES, AND WE HAVE A VERY HARD TIME GETTING RID OF THEM. UM, WE REALLY SEEN A PICKUP SINCE 2024 WHERE THEY'RE LITERALLY AT EVERY BEACH CLEANUP. WE JUST HOSTED A BEACH CLEANUP THREE WEEKS AGO ON FLAGLER MONUMENT ISLAND AND THEY EVEN HAVE MADE IT THERE YET. SO WE ARE REALLY IN FAVOR OF BANNING THIS AND JUST PROTECTING HUMANS AND OUR WILDLIFE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A [00:15:01] SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. HI, MY NAME IS CAROLINA VEDO. I AM, I LIVE AT 29 39 INDIAN CREEK DRIVE. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM R FIVE S. UM, THE BEACH WALK ITEM, UM, BEACH WALK IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE I USE WITH MY KIDS TO GET AROUND MIAMI BEACH. WITHOUT IT, WE'D BE FORCED ONTO THE STREET, WHICH IS MUCH LESS SAFE. UM, PARENTS ON E-BIKES RIDING WITH THEIR KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO SPEEDS THAT HAVE CAUSED CONFLICT ON THE BEACH WALK. SO I JUST URGE YOU TO PLEASE VOTE FOR THIS NARROW EXCEPTION THAT WILL HELP KEEP KIDS SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM. STATE NAME, ADDRESS. HI, LEAH TWELL, 1, 2 5 JEFFERSON AVENUE, THE COURTS. UM, I WAS WALKING THE OTHER DAY, I WALKED SOUTH OF FIFTH. I'VE LIVED, UM, IN MIAMI BEACH SINCE 2013. I RECENTLY BOUGHT MY CONDO IN 2023. I LOVE MIAMI. I LOVE MIAMI BEACH. I SUPPORT EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. ALSO, MY OFFICE IS SOUTH OF FIFTH AND I NORMALLY WALK AND RUN EVERY SINGLE MORNING ALONG THE BEAUTIFUL BOARDWALK ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH OF FIFTH. YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE ALL THE WAY UP TO MILL HARBOR AS WELL. AND I WAS WALKING MY DOG THAT DAY AND THERE WAS JUST A PLETHORA OF THOSE RED, HORRIBLE PLASTIC PEDALS. NOW I KNOW IT STARTS WITH AMAZON. WE CAN ORDER ALL THESE GOODS ON AMAZON AND PARTY CITY. UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, GOT DOWN, STARTED GATHERING THEM, IT JUST RAINED, SO THEY WERE KIND OF STICKING ON THE GROUND. UH, MY DOG'S LOOKING AT ME, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT ME, WALK BY AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY JUST KEEP WALKING. LIKE, WHAT IS SHE DOING? WHY IS SHE PICKING ALL THESE THINGS UP? WHAT A WEIRDO, RIGHT? UM, SO LUCKILY WE HAVE SOPHIE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SHE ALSO DOES A LOT OF THE BEACH CLEANUPS WITH MY TEAM, MY HEALTH INSURANCE TEAM. AND I CALLED HER AND I TEXTED HER. I WAS LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS? AND SHE'S LIKE, YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL GET A TEAM THERE TO, TO HELP CLEAN UP. SO I, I GATHERED AS, AS MUCH AS I COULD THAT DAY IN, IN PILES, RIGHT? SWEEPING 'EM UP WITH MY HANDS GETTING DIRTY. UM, AND THEN I DID A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH AND I'M LIKE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA. SO JUST LIKE THE, SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY THINK IT'S, THEY THINK IT'S PRETTY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THEY'RE CELEBRATING, MAYBE LOVE AN ANNIVERSARY OR, YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT. UM, BUT WE JUST, WE NEED TO MAKE IT AWARE. UM, MAYBE IT STARTS AT THE HIGHER LEVELS UP OF AMAZON AND PURCHASING THESE THINGS. IT STARTS WITH ALSO PARENTS AS WELL AND THE COMMUNITY AND AND TEACHERS. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE SOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS YAEL DIAZ. GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS YAEL DIAZ. I OVERSEE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT SERVE ROBOTICS, HEADQUARTERED AT SEVEN 30 BROADWAY STREET, REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES OR PDDS ON THE SIDEWALKS OF MIAMI BEACH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN CONSIDERING HOW TO REGULATE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE BDS. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS WE GEARED UP FOR OUR LAUNCH, AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEM R FIVE R, WE SHARE THE CITY'S GOAL OF SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY. OUR DEVICES ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE SAFELY ON OUR OUT AROUND THREE TO FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON THE SIDEWALK. AND WE O OPERATE SOMETIMES A LITTLE FASTER ON CROSSWALKS TO ENSURE SAFE AND EFFICIENT, UM, PASSAGE AT LARGER INTERSECTIONS. PDDS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT CONVENIENCE FOR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WORKERS WITH BUSY SCHEDULES AND THOSE WITH MOBILITY LIMITATIONS. PDDS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO FRESH, FRESH MEALS WITHOUT REQUIRING A CAR OR TIPPING FOR RESTAURANTS. PDDS PROVIDE MORE RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY OPTIONS. THEY HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF DELIVERY COMPLETION AND DO NOT REQUIRE PARKING SPACES THAT SHOULD REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS FOR VISITORS. PDDS ENHANCED DINING AND HOSPITALITY SERVICES WITH A SEAMLESS INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCE REINFORCING THE CITY'S REPUTATION AS A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION. AND IT ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND VEHICLE EMISSIONS BY REPLACING SHORT CAR TRIPS WITH SAFE ELECTRIC DELIVERIES. WE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION E OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT JUST THE PROPOSED LIMIT OF SIX MILES PER HOUR TO 10, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE STATUTE. AMEND THE THREE MINUTE IDLE TIME TO NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S EXISTING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. AND AS TO THE PERMIT ITSELF, REPLACE THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE WITH A FLAT $2,000 FEE, UH, PER COMPANY OR OPERATOR. ADDITIONALLY, ALLOW OPERATORS ALREADY IN SERVICE A GRACE PERIOD TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU TO CREATE THIS VISION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. I HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. UH, AND MAYOR, MY NAME IS JOE SAUNDERS. I LIVE IN 14TH, 39 WEST AVENUE IN MIAMI BEACH. I AM A MEMBER OF THE, UH, CITY'S TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING A QUALITY FLORIDA FLORIDA'S LARGEST L-G-B-T-Q CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONERS FERNANDEZ AND DOMINGUEZ AND MAGAZINE FOR YOUR RESOLUTIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ON THE FUTURE OF THE OCEAN DRIVE PRIDE CROSSWALK. I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU ALL ALONG WITH COMMISSIONERS BOT AND [00:20:01] ROSE GONZALEZ FOR ATTENDING THE PROTEST THIS WEEKEND AT THE CROSSWALK. THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME AND WE NEED YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. RON DESANTIS IS THREATENING TO WITHHOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER TAXPAYER FUNDED PROJECTS FROM CITIES EXPLOITING OUR VULNERABILITY IN THE AFTERMATH OF STORMS, THREATENING TO MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE AND THREATENING PROJECTS THAT HELP ALL OF US IF YOU DON'T COMPLY TO HIS BIGOTED ATTACKS ON THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY INVISIBILITY, THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT EXTORTION. IT'S A COWARDLY ABUSIVE POWER AND THE LATEST IN HIS CAMPAIGN TO ATTACK THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY AND IT'S PART OF A BROADER EFFORT, EFFORT TO SILENCE LOCAL DEMOCRACY. HE'S TESTING YOU OUR LOCAL LEADERS, TESTING WHETHER CITY COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS AND MAYORS CAN BE REDUCED TO WINDOW DRESSING, OVERRIDDEN OR COERCED AT HIS WHIM. SO HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. IN THE 12 CITIES IN FLORIDA WITH THRIVING L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PRIDE STREET ART, ALL LEADERS HAVE COMMITTED TO MEETING THIS MOMENT WITH EVEN GREATER VISIBILITY TO BUILD BACK GAYER WITH BIGGER, BOLD VISIBILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TODAY, BUT WE ALSO NEED YOU TO FIGHT BACK, FIGHT FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND FOR DEMOCRACY CITIES HAVE A STATUTORY RIGHT TO QUESTION AND CHALLENGE UNFAIR OR ILLEGAL DIRECTIVES FROM THE STATE. YOU CAN DO THAT IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE SETTING. YOU CAN DO THAT IN COURT. CITIES LIKE DELRAY BEACH, KEY WEST ST. PETERSBURG, ORLANDO, AND FORT LAUDERDALE, THEY'RE ALL PUSHING BACK. THEY'RE ALL CHALLENGING. CITIES LIKE KEY WEST LATER TODAY ARE FILING FOR AN INJUNCTION OR ARE GOING VOTE ON WHETHER TO FILE FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST, UH, A REPEAL OF THEIR CROSSWALK IN DUVAL STREET. CITIES LIKE FORT LAUDERDALE ARE GOING TO COURT. THANK YOU SIR. PLENTY OF FILING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS. PLEASE FIGHT BACK. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER IS DAVE GREER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HELLO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR, UM, HEARING US TODAY. I WOULD, UH, MY NAME'S DAVID GREER. I LIVE AT 1754 MERIDIAN JUST ACROSS THE STREET. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS C FOUR S AND C 7:00 AM. I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, COMMISSIONERS FERNANDEZ MAGAZINE, BOTTON DOMINGUEZ, UM, WHO ARE SPONSORING AND CO-SPONSORING THESE ITEMS, UM, AND ATTENDING THE PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF THE CROSSWALK AT 12TH AND OCEAN, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND. UM, I WOULD, I WANT, I WANT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THESE ITEMS TODAY, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DO MUCH MORE FOR THE LGBT LGBTQ COMMUNITY. UM, THE STATE'S OVERREACH IN REMOVING THIS PROPERLY PERMITTED SAFE CROSSWALK. IN FACT, THE SAFEST CROSSWALK ON I COMPARED TO THE OTHER, UM, DEADLY CROSSINGS OF THAT STREET IS ONE OF MANY STEPS TO HARASS THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST, UH, SIX YEARS. UM, WE NEED THE CITY TO TAKE CLEAR STEPS TO WELCOME AND OUR FIRM, OUR RIGHT TO LIVE SAFELY IN OUR CITY. WE SHOULD BE TAKING CONCRETE STEPS TO WELCOME L-G-B-T-Q COM VISITORS AND MAKING SURE OUR LOCAL RESIDENT POPULATION THRIVES HERE. UM, THE QUEER COMMUNITY HAS DONE MUCH FOR MIAMI BEACH OVER THE AGES. UM, MANY WAYS THAT THE CITY LOOKS, FEELS, UM, AND IS ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS IS BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL, UH, TO STAND UP FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS CAROL COOMBS. I WEAR MANY HATS. I'M CHAIR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, L-G-B-T-Q ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER AT MIAMI BEACH PRIDE AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT AT LIVES, A ZIP LINE AWAY FROM YOU AT 1754 MERIDIAN AVENUE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI BEACH FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO INCLUSI INCLUS INCLUSIVITY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE WHO'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE SUPPORTING THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY SO WE FEEL SAFE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DISCUSS IS TOURISM. I CAME HERE IN 2000, IN 2001 FROM LONDON AS PART OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY TO WORK FOR WHAT WAS THEN MIAMI BEACH GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL. I ACTUALLY HAD STAMPED IN MY PASSPORT THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY AND HAD THAT IN MY PASSPORT FOR SEVEN YEARS WHILE I WORKED THERE. I WILL TELL YOU, THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK IS NOT JUST A COLORFUL LANDMARK, IT'S A SYMBOL OF SAFETY, BELONGING, AND VISIBILITY FOR THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY. AND THE REASON WHY MILLIONS OF VISITORS CHOOSE MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE IT STANDS FOR OPENNESS, INCLUSIVITY, INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY AND ACCEPTANCE TOURISM IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY AND L-G-B-T-Q TRAVELERS ARE A VITAL PART OF THIS CITY'S STORY AND ECONOMY. THAT CROSSWALK ON OCEAN DRIVE IS ALSO PART OF THE OCEAN DRIVE HISTORY. AND FOR LEONARD HOROWITZ, WHO WAS THE PASTORAL COLOR ARCHITECT OF ALL THOSE AMAZING ICONIC BUILDINGS ON OCEAN DRIVE, [00:25:01] LET'S NOT FORGET WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, OUR HISTORY AND EVERYTHING, THE L-G-B-T-Q-Q COMMUNITY STANDS FOR IN MIAMI BEACH. I WANT TO THANK YOU PARTICULARLY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR TAKING A STAND FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER B FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, FOR YOU, MR. MAGAZINE, AND ALSO FOR YOU CHRISTINA, MONGO AND GONZALEZ. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS LARRY SCHAFER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, THIS IS LARRY SCHAFER. UM, 2 3 3. FIRST THREE, UH, NUMBER ONE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. BEFORE I TALK ABOUT WATER QUALITY, I'VE BEEN OPPOSED TO YOUR SCHOOL USE ITEMS AND INCENTIVES AND I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR OFFICE. APPARENTLY YOU HAVE TWO AIDES, BUT NOBODY'S GOTTEN BACK TO ME, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME. MR. TOM MOONEY FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HASN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME. MR. WILLIE MCDONALD FROM THE PARKING DEPARTMENT HASN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME EITHER. I AM WONDERING WHY YOU ARE CHOOSING TO PUSH SCHOOL USES AT THIS POINT. YOUR OPPONENT HAS SUGGESTED THAT YOU DIDN'T GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CLEAR THE AIR AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE THE FACTS SO WE KNOW IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION WHO WE'RE VOTING FOR. I'M WONDERING WHY YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO PUSH SCHOOLS IF THIS IS THE CASE. I'M SORRY. A AS, AS VICE MAYOR, UM, WE DO HAVE, AND THE MAYOR STEPPED AWAY, SO THAT'S WHY I'LL STEP IN. WE DO HAVE, UH, DECORUM AND RULES WHERE WE DO NOT ADDRESS, UH, SOMEBODY SITTING UP HERE BY NAME, ESPECIALLY IN SUCH A MANNER. SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN GENERALITIES, UH, WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO ANY TYPE OF CENSORSHIP, LARRY. UH, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, ABOUT ADDRESSING INDIVIDUALS UP HERE BY NAME. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE, LARRY, UH, WOULD LOVE AND ALWAYS WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE'RE GONNA REFRAIN FROM ADDRESSING PEOPLE BY NAME. HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT, JOE? ONE MINUTE, NINE SECONDS. GO AHEAD. MOVING ON TO WATER QUALITY. SOPHIE RINGLE. YOU TALK ABOUT GLITTER AND CLASS PLASTIC PEDALS. WE GOT THREE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GLITTER ON THE BEACH. ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE'S FECES IN THE PARKVIEW ISLAND CANAL AND FECES O IN THE WATER ON THE BEACHES AND FECES, UH, OFF OF THE WEST AVENUE PUMP STATIONS? DO. YOU'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT THINGS. THREE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GLITTER. WHEN WE HAVE HUMAN FECES IN OUR WATER, WE HAVE POLICE CLEANING THE BEACHES INSTEAD OF COUNTY WORKERS. WHY IS THAT A GOOD THING? YOU KNOW, AND OTHER FOLKS HAVE SPOKEN TODAY ALREADY ABOUT THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A THREAT THAT INSULTS THE IDENTITY OF JUST SOME, AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE BROWN FECES POLLUTING OUR WATERWAYS THAT DAMAGE THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF EVERYONE. I'M QUESTIONING PRIORITIES OF ALL THE PEOPLE CHOOSING TO SPEAK WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT IN THE WATER. YOU VOTED FOR 42 MILLION TO REPLACE PUMP STATION 28. THAT'S A MID BEACH, SOUTH BEACH SEWAGE PROCESSING STATION NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HEBREW SCHOOL. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU BUDGETED? HAVE YOU GIVEN 42 MILLION FOR NORTH BEACH 63RD AND INDIAN CREEK JUST WENT HOT WITH A SCORE OVER 500. THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A SEWAGE PROCESSING AND PUMP RIGHT THERE AT 63RD. SO OPERATION CLEAN WATER IS NOT WORKING. THIS IS FAKE HUSTLE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION LOOKING, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA ANO. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I SUPPORT THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY. I YOU GUYS LOVE YOU AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY OUR CROSSWALK, HOWEVER, I AM HERE IN REGARDS TO MAYOR MINOR'S PROPOSED MEMORANDUM, THE R NINE V 7:00 PM CURFEW FOR YACHT CHARTERS AT MIAMI BEACH MARINA. I, MYSELF HAVE BEEN RUNNING THIS COMPANY, THE ADVANTAGE JOB CHARTERS FOR OVER 19 YEARS. SINCE THEN, I'VE CREATED 12,000 CHARTERS. MORE THAN THAT, IF ANYTHING, THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE ON RECORD. HOWEVER, WE HAVE GENERATED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. MY CHARTER'S NOT ONLY JUST IMPACT LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STORES, RESTAURANTS, LIQUOR STORES. I KNOW EVERYONE DOESN'T LIKE LIQUOR SOMETIMES, BUT COME ON. WE ALSO DEAL WITH RESTAURANTS. JOE STONE CRAB. THEY ADORE ME. HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S GENERATED IS ASTRONOMICAL. IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST THE MARITA, HUNDREDS OF CAPTAINS, CREW MEMBERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS. IF WE'RE LIMITING 7:00 PM WE'RE LIMITING THE ABILITY TO SEE THE SUNSET TO GO TO RESTAURANTS WE'RE, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST TOO EARLY AND REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE FOCUS MORE ON HAVING BETTER OPERATORS, MORE I GUESS STRINGENT REGULATIONS IF MUCH, BUT NOT REALLY THE TIMING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MARINA'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE 1980S. THE NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING ARE THE ONES WHO ARE UPSET. THE MARINA'S BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH THAT WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE OUR OPERATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF ALIYAH AYA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. UM, HELLO, CAN YOU, HELLO? UH, THIS IS ALIYAH ANOVA AND UM, I AM A MOTHER WITH A SMALL CHILD. WE LIVE ON SOUTH BEACH AT TWO 20 WASHINGTON AVENUE. UH, WE DO NOT OWN A CAR AND OUR E-BIKE [00:30:01] IS HOW WE GET AROUND MIAMI BEACH. UH, PLEASE SUPPORT R FIVE SA NARROW SAFETY FIRST PILOT THAT LETS PARENTS RIDE E-BIKES, UM, AT NO MORE THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR ON THE BEACH WALK WITH THEIR CHILDREN. RIGHT NOW, FAMILIES ARE PUSHED ONTO STREETS, UH, EVEN WHEN A SAFE PATH DOES EXIST, AND FLORIDA IS AMONG THE DEADLIEST STATES IN THE NATION FOR BICYCLISTS. UM, THIS PILOT IS TEMPORARY AND ACCOUNTABLE WITH A BUILT-IN SUNSET AND WILL ONLY CONTINUE IF YOU RE-UP IT BASED ON RESULTS. THE RULES ARE SIMPLE AND EASY TO ENFORCE AN ADULT WITH A CHILD 10 MILES PER HOUR CAP YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS. TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS FOR MIAMI BEACH COME FROM MANY SMALL ITEMS PUT TOGETHER TO DELIVER REAL RESULTS. PLEASE TAKE THE STEP TO, UH, FOR SAFETY AND APPROVE R FIVE S. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MONICA COHEN. I LIVE AT EIGHT 80 LAKEVIEW DRIVE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE SISTER CITIES PROJECT. WITH ME TODAY ARE THREE MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE, FRED JANINA AND SHERRY AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS WHO HAVE JOIN ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY. WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST THE PLACEMENT OF TWO DISPLAY CASES IN THE LOBBY OF THE CITY HALL TO SHOWCASE THE MERCHANDISE, THE ITEMS, THE ARCHIVES THAT WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD IN THE PAST YEAR TO PUT TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF THE SISTER CITIES. AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND WE BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A POINT OF INTEREST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO SEE THIS, IN ADDITION TO JUST SHOW THE HISTORY BEHIND 50 PLUS YEARS OF SOME OF THE CITIES. SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL. I BELIEVE THE PROJECT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I DON'T NEED TO GO ON. I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ALL AGREE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT. PLEASE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS VALERIE NAVARETTE. MS. NAVARETTE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. I AM ON LINCOLN CON ROAD ON THE PART THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A FEW BUSINESSES HERE AND THEY ARE BEING, UH, THEY'RE SUFFERING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF COURSE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY TO PUT SOME, UM, SOME ADS ON ALTON ROAD, UH, UH, SHOWING THAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE OPEN. MY CONVENIENCE STORE, WHICH IS VERY CONVENIENT, , THEY ARE, UH, TALKING ABOUT CLOSING AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION. I'M AFRAID THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT. AND PLEASE DON'T LET MY CONVENIENCE STORE CLOSED. UH, MY PANZA THE OLDEST MOM AND POPS BUSINESS IN THE ENTIRE LINCOLN ROAD. ALSO, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THREATENING OF, UH, PROBABLY CLOSING. SO PLEASE IF YOU COULD PUT SOME SIGNAGE, LETTING ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE, UH, THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE OPEN, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. AND, UH, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, IN ANOTHER NOTE, UH, I SUPPORT THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GAY TO SUPPORT A BEAUTIFUL CAUSE. THE SIDEWALK IS BEAUTIFUL. WE NEED MORE COLOR IN THE WORD. AND, UM, WELL, SIGMUND FREUD, THE FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY, EXPLAINS THAT HOMOPHOBIC DIP INSIDE MAYBE, UM, UH, GAY INSIDE. SO I HOPE THAT ONE DAY THEY CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD PLEASE, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MILES DAVIS. I LIVE AT 3 5 0 SOUTH MIAMI AVENUE. UM, I SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR SAVE, WHICH IS SOUTH FLORIDA'S LEADING L-G-B-T-Q ORGANIZATION, DEFENDING EQUALITY THROUGH GRASSROOTS POLITICAL ACTION, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. I WANT TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR SPONSORING THE PRIDE STREET PROPOSAL AND RELATED ITEMS. I THINK RENAMING 12TH STREET AND RAISING RAINBOW FLAGS ARE NOT JUST SYMBOLIC, THEY ARE VISIBLE COMMITMENTS THAT AFFIRM LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE BELONG IN MIAMI BEACH. AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT, UM, UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY AS NOT STEALING FROM THE PUBLIC. IT IS SERVING THE PUBLIC. UH, PRIDE PAPERS ARE, UM, AND FLAGS REFLECT THE CITY'S VALUES OF DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND CREATIVITY. UM, THEY MAKE OUR STREETS MORE WELCOMING AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT MIAMI BEACH IS PROUD OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. UM, WHAT IS REALLY BEING TAKEN FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, IS THE RIGHT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. THE STATE'S DIRECTIVE TO REMOVE THE PRIDE, PAVERS IS CENSORSHIP AND IT ERASES SYMBOLS OF PRIDE. IT SILENCES COMMUNITIES AND IT UNDERMINES HOME RULE. MIAMI BEACH HAS ALWAYS LED WITH PRIDE AND IT MUST CONTINUE TO DO SO. NOW, THIS, UM, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT PAVERS OR FLAGS THAT IS ABOUT FREE SPEECH, LOCAL AUTHORITY, AND WHETHER MIAMI, UH, MIAMI BEACH STANDS FIRM IN ITS VALUES BY SUPPORTING THESE ITEMS, YOU SEND THE MESSAGE THAT INCLUSION HERE IS VISIBLE, CELEBRATED, AND NON-NEGOTIABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:35:01] THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS PATRICK CHEK. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICK BICK. I LIVE AT 1754 MERIDIAN AVENUE AND, UH, JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND I WANNA THANK, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE THERE AT THE PROTEST, UM, PROTESTING FOR THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT OVERREACH FROM TALLAHASSEE STREET. ART HAS SHOWN TO BEEN TO MAKE STREETS SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND MOTORISTS. THE CITY OWN THE CITY'S OWN RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS ON OCEAN DRIVE. SHOW THAT THE 12TH STREET, UH, THE 12TH STREET CREEK CROSSING IS SAFER THAN THE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE SURROUNDING IT. AND, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE EVEN COOLER IF WE EX NOT ONLY FIGHT BACK TO KEEP THIS CROSSWALK, BUT EXPAND, MAKE ALL OF OUR, UH, CROSSWALKS ON OCEAN DRIVE MORE COLORFUL. IT'LL INCREASE TOURISM AND I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO INVEST IN HOW WE CAN, UH, SHOW THAT WE ARE STILL A SAFE PLACE TO VISIT. AND THIS FIGHTING BACK IS, UH, ONE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS TWO MINUTES. UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS MACHUCA AT 55 SIXTH STREET. I'M A MEMBER OF EQUALITY FLORIDA STAFF SERVING THE STATEWIDE L-G-B-T-Q CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONERS FERNANDEZ MAGAZINE AND DOMINGUEZ FOR THEIR INITIATIVES AND LEADERSHIP TODAY ON THE AGENDA. AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED, COMMISSIONERS ROSEN GONZALEZ AND BOT, AND SPEAKING UP ABOUT ATTACKS, UH, ON THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY COMING FROM TALLAHASSEE. ON BEHALF OF EQUALITY FLORIDA'S 2,447 SUPPORTERS IN MIAMI BEACH, I'M ASKING YOU TO REJECT THIS POWER GRAB FROM TALLAHASSEE. GOVERNOR DESANTIS ACTION IS THE LATEST IN HIS CAMPAIGN TO BAN BOOKS, WHITEWASH HISTORY AND ATTACK L-G-B-T-Q PEOPLE. THE OCEAN DRIVE RAINBOW CROSSWALK IS A VISIBLE REMINDER THAT L-G-B-T-Q PEOPLE BELONG HERE, THAT WE ARE SEEN AND WELCOMED AND THAT MIAMI BEACH VALUES OUR LIVES. THIS ORDER IS NOT ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY. A FLORIDA BASED STUDY FOUND THAT CROSSWALK ARE IMPROVED SAFETY RESULTING IN A 10% DECREASE IN DRIVERS RUNNING STOP SIGNS AND A 6% INCREASE IN DRIVERS COMING TO A FULL STOP. THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG ALSO FOUND A 70% DECREASE IN OVERALL CRASHES AFTER A MURAL WAS ADDED TO AN INTERSECTION, AN OUTCOME THAT WAS PREDICTED AND SUPPORTED BY YEARS OF RESEARCH. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, PLEASE COMMIT TO L-G-B-T-Q VISIBILITY THAT IS OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE IN ORDER TO STAND FIRM IN OUR VALUES OF INCLUSION AND BUILDING A WELCOMING CITY. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR SUBMITTING AN APPEAL ON THE CROSSWALK. PLEASE USE EVERY TOOL, UH, YOU HAVE TO PRESERVE VISIBILITY FOR OUR L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY AND COMBAT THE STATE'S CENSORSHIP AND OVERREACH. AND ALSO FOR THE RECORD, I ALSO DON'T LIKE PLASTIC PARTICLES ON THE BEACH OR FECES IN THE WATER. THANK YOU ALL . MR. MAYOR, WE'VE ELAPSED 30 MINUTES ALREADY. MAY WE CONTINUE AT ONE MINUTE FROM NAAN? YES. OKAY, SO EVERYONE HAS ONE MINUTE, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REQUESTING TO SPEAK IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM AND PLEASE GET ON IN LINE. WE'RE GOING TO GO, SIR, GO AHEAD. UH, MY NAME IS MARK KEEN. I LIVE AT 8 99 WEST AVENUE AND I'M JUST, UM, HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT A, THE PROPOSAL THAT I BELIEVE IS ON THE DESKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE CITY PLANNERS REGARDING A HIGH RISE CONDO, LUXURY CONDO THAT IS TARGETED TO BE BUILT, UM, BETWEEN EIGHTH AND NINTH STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF ALTON ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 40 STORIES HIGH. IT, IT'S UNDER THE, THE LIVE ACT, WHICH MAKES IT, UH, DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH, UM, STOPPING THE PROJECT. UH, UP UNTIL NOW, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY HIGH RISES CONSTRUCTED ON ALTON ROAD. THIS APPEARS THAT IT HAS A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF BEING THE FIRST, UM, MY PLEA WOULD BE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE A STAND ON IT. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT IF YOU AREN'T IN FAVOR OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS 40 STORY MONSTROSITY, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST ONE ON ALTERNATE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. I WOULD DO SOMETHING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS DAVID SEXTON. MR. SEXTON STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS DAVID SEXTON, A 30 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH. I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO SAY THAT I TRAVELED ABROAD A LOT THIS, THIS SUMMER AND WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND I WAS ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHY ARE YOU STILL LIVING IN FLORIDA, A STATE THAT IS CLEARLY HOSTILE TO YOU, UH, BEING AN L-G-B-T-Q MEMBER. AND I SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT MIAMI BEACH IS AN OASIS [00:40:01] AND THAT IT'S ALWAYS FELT LIKE HOME TO ME. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE PERCEPTION THAT'S GOING OUT ACROSS THE WORLD, THAT FLORIDA IS CHANGING INTO SOMETHING HOSTILE TO GAY TOURISM AND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF DIVERSITY AND THAT MIAMI BEACH NEEDS TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITIES, ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITIES ACROSS ALL SECTORS. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE AND I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION TODAY WILL SUPPORT KEEPING THE THE PROD CROSSWALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, SIR. GOOD MORNING. UH, MIKE ES AND LAW 3,800 NORTHEAST FIRST AVENUE REPRESENTING SECURITY ALLIANCE. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO GET WRONG. AND I FEAR ITEM R TWO A DOES JUST THAT IT TAKES A CITYWIDE SECURITY CONTRACT AWAY FROM TWO LARGE FIRMS WITH DECADES OF MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, AND IT GIVES THE ENTIRE THING TO ONE SMALL COMPANY WITH NO MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE AND NO SUSTAINED MEANINGFUL PRESENCE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. WE THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE. NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UH, PRIMARILY IN THE SCHOOL SETTING, BUT THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT WORK. UH, THIS COMPANY HAS NO MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, UM, VIRTUALLY NO PRESENCE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND JUST 127 SECURITY GUARDS, UM, FIRM-WIDE ACCORDING TO THEIR PROPOSAL. UM, WE THINK FORTUNATELY THERE IS A PATH FORWARD HERE TO MAKE SURE THE CITY CONTINUES TO RECEIVE SU UH, QUALITY SE SECURITY NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT DURING SPECIAL EVENTS. IN PARTICULAR, OUR, OUR CLIENT SECURITY ALLIANCE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR A SECONDARY CONTRACT. UH, UNFORTUNATELY UNDER A SECONDARY CONTRACT STRUCTURE, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO PUT TO, TO PERFORM THESE SERVICES, UH, PARTICULARLY DURING HIGH IMPACT WEEKENDS, BUT WE, UH, RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT THERE BE TWO PRIMARY CONTRACTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS GAIL DURHAM. GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, GAIL, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. HERE I AM. UM, MY NAME IS GAIL DURHAM AND I LIVE AT 1504 BAY ROAD AND I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH FOR 20 YEARS. I THINK IT'S A DANGEROUS MOVE TO INVITE PLAYBOY TO MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE PLAYBOY IS PART OF THE SEX ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE MY FATHER COMING HOME ONE DAY AND SAYING, HEY MOM, YOU KNOW, TO MY MOTHER, I JOINED THE PLAYBOY MANSION. I THINK SHE WOULD HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A, WITH A FRYING PAN. I, I'M JUST AN AVERAGE FAMILY. UM, I THINK EVERYONE IN MIAMI BEACH FEELS THE SAME WAY I DO UNLESS YOU ARE GONNA BE WORKING FOR THE, THE CORPORATION, THE, THE, THE MAGAZINE AND THE BUNNY LOGO IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIRECTION I WOULD WANT MY CITY TO GO IN. AND, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THESE CODE WORDS LIKE PLAYBOY IS NOW NEW. IT'S LIKE A LIFESTYLE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A CODE WORD. IT REMINDS ME OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S LIFESTYLE. AND NOW I SEE PLAYBOY WANTS TO DO JOB TRAINING, WHICH TO ME IS CODE FOR, YOU KNOW, GROOMING. HAS THE CITY GONE TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO FIND OUT? THANK YOU. THEIR OPINION. SORRY. UH, MR. GO STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S MATTHEW ALTOFF AND I LIVE AT 1 25 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I WANNA SPEAK THIS MORNING IN SUPPORT OF A FEW ITEMS. C FOUR A, C FOUR D, C FOUR P AND R FIVE S E-BIKES AND MICRO MOBILITY ARE A GROWING AND IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION MODE IN OUR CITY. NOT JUST FOR RECREATION, BUT FOR GOING TO WORK, GOING TO SCHOOL AND GENERAL TRANSPORTATION. WE ARE A LEADER AND WE CAN BECOME EVEN A SAFER CITY WORKING TOGETHER. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE AND I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO PASS THESE FOUR ITEMS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IN'S, IPHONE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. YEAH, MY NAME IS MS. FLEX. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEAR ME. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD PLEASE. OKAY. I LIVE AT 15 OCEAN DRIVE AND I JUST WANT TO, BUT MY COMMISSIONER, THE MAYOR THAT IS SPRINKLER, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE ANY STREETS. PLEASE DON'T BLOCK THESE OR CLOSE STREETS. IT JUST MAKES EVERYTHING WORSE. AND ALSO, UM, MAYBE A DIFFERENT MARKETING THAT WILL BRING, UH, THE RIGHT MIX OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DON'T CLOSE THE BUSINESSES EITHER. JUST BE VERY AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, [00:45:01] THE BUSINESS NEEDS TO SUSTAIN THEMSELF AND, AND THAT, UH, UH, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLING THE CRIME FOR SPRING BREAK AND VIOLENCE, UH, THAT NOW MAYBE STARTING TO MOVE ON AND NOT BE BLOCKED IN AND CLOSING, OBSTRUCTING ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CAN I AHEAD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS? UH, JUBA 2 0 3 9 1 RENT COVE. I LIVE ALL THE WAY IN AVENTURA, BUT MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN BEACH NATIVES FOR 60 YEARS. I WANT TO ADDRESS ITEM R FIVE U, WHICH IS THE SPONSORSHIP AND GRANT RESTRICTION FOR ENTITIES THAT BOYCOTT ISRAEL. THIS MEASURE ENSURES THAT MIAMI BEACH IS TAX PAYER DOLLARS ARE NOT DIRECTED TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN BOYCOTTS VERSUS THE STATE OF ISRAEL. AT ITS CORE, THIS IS ABOUT VALUES AS MUCH AS FINANCES. OUR CITY IS KNOWN FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND GLOBAL CONNECTION. AND THE PARTNERS WE FUND SHOULD REFLECT THOSE SAME PRINCIPLES. WHEN WE PROVIDE GRANTS OR SPONSORSHIPS. RESIDENTS EXPECT THAT THEIR MONEY SHOULD BE USED RESPONSIBLY, THAT YOU STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY, BUILD BRIDGES, AND FOSTER COOPERATION, NOT DIVISION. BY ENACTING THIS RESTRICTION, WE SET A CLEAR STANDARD. MIAMI BEACH SUPPORTS OPENNESS, RESPECT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOW PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE SPENT. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM IS A REFLECTION OF OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS AND UNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF GLEN, GLEN STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. YES. HI. UM, I WAS, I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED, UM, TO HEAR, AND CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS? ARE, ARE WE BUYING LIKE FOREIGN BONDS FROM, UH, FOR COUNTRIES OUT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN MONEY COULD GO TO SUPPORTING LOCAL THINGS? THIS IS KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME AND ESPECIALLY THE DISCUSSION, HOT DISCUSSION IS THESE BONDS THAT SUPPORT WAR EFFORTS BY OTHER COUNTRIES. I'M VERY SHOCKED ABOUT THIS AND, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT. IT CREATES A POLITICAL SITUATION. I THINK WE'RE, WE HAVE SUCH A SMALL JEWISH COMMUNITY AND IT'S BEING BROKEN UP WHENEVER SOMEONE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ERASING THE PALESTINIAN, IT'S ANTI-SEMITIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. YOU'RE OUT OF TIME. YEAH, THANK UH, GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GOOD MORNING, KIMBERLY FALCONER. I'M OWNER OF OCEAN FORCE ADVENTURES, HISTORICAL SIGHTSEEING AND CULTURAL BOAT TOURS OUT OF THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE ORDINANCE R FIVE P AS IT IS WRITTEN BECAUSE IT'S HARMING THE GOOD OPERATORS LIKE MYSELF AND MR. GREENSTEIN WHO WILL BE UP, UH, IN A MOMENT. IT'S DOING NOTHING TO CURB THE BAD BEHAVIOR, WHICH IS ALSO HARMING OUR BUSINESSES. WHY? BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE THAT TARGETS THIS TARGETS ALL COMMERCIAL VESSELS IN THE MARINA. THE CHARTERS CAUSING THE ISSUE ARE NOT COMMERCIAL DURING THE TIME OF THE CHARTER, DUE TO A LOOPHOLE CALLED BAREBOAT DEMISE AGREEMENT. EVERY CUSTOMER THAT GOES ON THOSE CHARTERS SIGNS A CONTRACT. THEY OWN THE VESSEL FOR THE DURATION OF THE CHARTER. SO IT IS A PRIVATE OWNED VESSEL WHEN THEY COME BACK AND THEY BREAK THE CODE. THANK YOU. THAT'S A US COAST GUARD REGULATION. I URGE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PLEASE LOOK THAT UP AND CORRECT THAT ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF MIAMI BEACH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. UH, GOOD MORNING WANDA JAMIE, 8 3 0 5 C KRESGE BOULEVARD. I'M CALLING TODAY TO, FOR TWO THINGS. I'M OPPOSING THE PLAYBOY HEADQUARTERS COMING INTO MIAMI BEACH. THIS IS NOT A BRAND. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME DIGNITY. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT COME HERE AND I THINK IT WILL KILL TOURISM. SECONDLY, THE WATERS, UH, OF MIAMI BEACH MUST BE ADDRESSED BY SIGNAGE. THE, THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO LET HIS, THEIR CITIZENS, RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR WATERS AND THE BACTERIA THAT IT CAUSES THOROUGHLY. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A COMPLETE MORATORIUM OF ALL APPLICATIONS ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS. UH, THIS COULD BE DONE LEGALLY, UH, THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THEY COULD CITE INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC, UH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. I THANK YOU ALL FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, LIST. SORRY, GO AHEAD. [00:50:01] STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. UH, GOOD MORNING. DAN BRIGHTEN STEIN, UH, RESIDENT OF 90 ALTON ROAD HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. UH, ALSO AN OPERATOR OF A, UH, COMMERCIAL, UM, BUSINESS OUTTA MIAMI BEACH MARINA. UH, WE DO PARA SAILING, UH, WE DO FISHING CHARTERS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, A TOUR BOAT THAT WE DO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TOURS ON. I'VE GOT 10 OF MY CREW MEMBERS HERE TODAY. UH, BASICALLY STANDING AGAINST THE, UH, R FIVE P UM, ORDINANCE. IT'S, UH, BEING TALKED ABOUT. THEY ROLL BACK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK. UH, THAT'S GONNA AFFECT MY BUSINESS DRASTICALLY AS FAR AS MY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TOUR. UM, WE DO 65% OF OUR REVENUE, UM, ON OUR LAST TRIP OF THE DAY. AND BASICALLY THAT TRIP IS OVER BY EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. UM, AS TO ECHO MY FRIEND KIM. UM, THIS REALLY DOESN'T ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BRAIN. IT'S, IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. A RULE REALLY DOESN'T DO MUCH. UM, BAD BEHAVIOR'S GONNA HAPPEN AT ANY POINT DURING THE DAY AND, UH, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY LOOK AND SEE HOW THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN AS FAR AS DEFINING THE ACTUAL WHAT A COMMERCIAL BOAT IS COMPARED TO A BARE BOAT. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, RENTAL. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. YES, GOOD MORNING. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. GO AHEAD SIR. YES. UH, YES, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SANDRA COSLA AND I WAS BORN, UM, I LIVE AT SEVENTY FOUR FIFTY ONE HARDING AVENUE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND, UM, I'M CALLING, UH, TO SPEAK, UH, FOR TWO SUBJECTS THAT YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT. ONE IS THE PARK CROSSWALK. UH, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER RESISTING, UH, HAVING TO, UH, PAINT OVER THE, THE, THE PRIDE CROSSWALK. UH, IT'S A SYMBOL FOR THE GT PLUS, UH, QIA, UH, COMMUNITY. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN THERE AND, UH, IT WAS NEVER AN ISSUE BEFORE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE NOW. AND THE OTHER SUBJECT THAT I'M TALKING, I'M CALLING ABOUT IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, UH, I HAD HEARD THAT, UH, THE UNI MEALS ARE GOING TO BE CUT AND, UH, AND THEY HAD BEEN APPROVED RECENTLY, UH, TO ONE 50 MEALS AND APPARENTLY NOW IT'S GONNA BE CUT TO ONE 20. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RECENT, UH, SENIOR LUNCHROOM OPENING ON, ON A 8 33 SIXTH STREET. THANK YOU, SIR. BUT PLEASE CONSIDER NOT DOING IT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NOW EVERYONE WHO WAS ONLINE REQUESTING TO SPEAK HAS SPOKEN. WE'RE JUST GONNA DO THE REMAINDERS OF, OF THE LINE. GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS KA SANTOS, 1 2 2 8 WEST AVENUE. I'M ALSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT ALLIANCE MIAMI. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON A FEW ITEMS. UH, FIRST IN SUPPORT OF C FOUR D, WE SUPPORT CREATING INCENTIVES THAT IMPLEMENT BIKE SHARES THROUGH RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE, UH, ACCESSIBLE OPTIONS TO CAR TO CAR OWNERSHIP IN MIAMI BEACH. AND THERE'S EVEN SMALL ADJUSTMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM EVEN STRONGER. WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE. ALSO R FIVE S. WE ALSO SUPPORT THIS, UH, SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO EPAC RULES TO RUN THIS PILOT PROGRAM THAT ALLOW ALLOWS ADULTS AND CHILDREN, UH, TO DRIVE E-BIKES ON THE BEACH, UH, ON THE BEACH WALK, UH, BELOW 10 MILES AN HOUR. UH, THIS ALLOWS FOR SAFE MOBILITY AND PUBLIC SPACES THAT CAN BE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR FAMILIES ON THE MULTIPLE CROSSWALK ITEMS. UH, ONE MORE TIME. CROSSWALK IS NOT JUST ABOUT COMMUNITY CULTURE. UH, IT'S ALSO ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY. IT SLOWS DOWN CARS, IT PROVIDES, UH, SOMETHING THAT MAKES EVERYBODY SAFER ON THE STREET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. MY NAME IS HAN. I'M THE COO OF DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY, THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF SAFETY OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I HEAR A GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAYING, MAKING SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT MY COMPANY. I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY HAVE OVER 600 SECURITY OFFICERS IN FLORIDA, MORE THAN 120 IN MIAMI-DADE ALONE. UH, SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT I HEAR TODAY ARE INACCURATE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A, WITH A THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS TO DO THE SAME THING OVER AGAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS. UM, 98% OF ALL MY OFFICERS ARE RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT. I AM A VETERAN OF THE IDFI SERVED 10 YEARS IN ISRAELI ARMY IN SPECIAL FORCES. UM, PART OF MY TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. X PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DAVID GREGOR. I LIVE AT 80 31 NORTHWEST EIGHTH STREET, AND I AM THE OPERATIONS MANAGER OF A CHARTER BOAT THAT OPERATES OUT OF MIAMI BEACH MARINA. UM, WE [00:55:01] OPERATE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. WE'RE AN INSPECTED VESSEL. AND IN REGARDS TO THE CURFEW THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED, I WOULD URGE YOU TO MAYBE PARTNER WITH THE COAST GUARD TO DEVELOP STRICTER THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARTER BOAT OPERATORS RATHER THAN KNEE CAPPING AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO SOUTH FLORIDA AND MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. UM, MY NAME IS IDO LUCINA, UH, 1900 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA. UM, BEFORE I SPEAK ABOUT THE TOPICS I'M HERE FOR, UM, AND AFTER HAVING JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT, I, I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY. UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON TOPICS, UH, RRP, SORRY, R FIVE P AND R FIVE Q AND R NINE. THEY AIM TO FURTHER RESTRICT OPERATING HOURS FOR CHARTERS OUT OF THE MAIN BEACH MARINA AND FORCE ALL PICKUPS AND DROPOFFS THAT TAKE PLACE FROM THE LOADING DOCK. FIRST, LEMME STATE THAT I AM AWARE THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WERE TOO MANY CHARTER VESSELS AND TOO MANY BAD OPERATORS. TODAY, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF VESSELS HAS HALVE AND THE NUMBER OF BED OPERATORS HAS BEEN REDUCED IN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, UH, THE LAST OF WHICH CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH EASE. AS A RESULT, COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS AN, AS IT'S HIGH AS IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND WITH THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROBLEMS ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE AND WHAT PROBLEMS ARE THESE NEW MEASURES TRYING TO SOLVE. UM, UNFORTUNATELY THESE MEASURES ARE GOING TO HARM GOOD OPERATORS, UH, AND THEY WILL ENDANGER PICK OPPOSITE DROP OFFS. THANK YOU SO MUCH OF PASSING. LET'S ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES SNICK. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR, UH, YOUR COMMENTS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM, FROM THE PUBLIC. LET'S GET TO THE AGENDA AND I, AND OBVIOUSLY THE FACT THAT WE EXTEND THE SUDDEN AND WE'VE BEEN, I GUESS WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF SPEAKERS AND CALLERS, SO WE'VE BEEN ROUTINELY EXTENDING IT AND I THINK IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE, UH, OF HEARING FROM EVERYONE. UM, LET'S DO SOME SECOND READING ITEMS, UH, ON THE AGENDA. LET'S START WITH R FIVE A, MAY, MAY WE DO THE CONSENT [CONSENT AGENDA] AND, UH, I'M SORRY. YES, LET'S DO THAT. OKAY. SO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM CONSENT. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU A LIST SHORTLY. MAYOR MINOR IS SEPARATING C SEVEN M AS IN MARY, C SEVEN M. COMMISSIONER BOT IS SEPARATING HOLD. SAYS WE ON A LIST. YEAH, IT'LL BE IN A MINUTE. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU ONE SHORTLY IF YOU, IF YOU WISH. C SEVEN M AS IN MARY, THAT WAS MAYOR MINOR COMMISSIONER BOT HAS SEPARATED THREE ITEMS. C SEVEN A C SEVEN A IC SEVEN AJ. I'M GONNA REPEAT THOSE. C SEVEN A CC SEVEN A IC SEVEN A J. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS SEPARATING TWO ITEMS. C SEVEN D AND C SEVEN C. AGAIN, C SEVEN CC SEVEN D. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS SEPARATING ONE ITEM C SEVEN A E. AGAIN, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, C SEVEN A COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ IS SEPARATING ONE ITEM C SEVEN A. AGAIN COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ C SEVEN A AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SEPARATING ONE ITEM C SEVEN A FC SEVEN A F. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE SEPARATED. UH, I MOVE THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS AND ALSO THE MAYOR WILL BE APPROVING THE UH, ADDENDUM ITEMS TO BE HEARD LATER AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. SO, EXCLUDING ADDENDUM ITEMS AND CONSENT AND THE SEPARATED ITEMS. SO MOVED. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. CONSENT, AS I WAS SAYING, R FIVE A GIMME ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY R SEVEN MAYOR OR R FIVE? R FIVE. R FIVE A. OKAY. R FIVE. R [R5 A 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.] FIVE A IS IN ORDER FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED PUBLIC PLACES BY AMENDING DIVISION TWO ENTITLED, BICYCLING SKATEBOARDING ROLLERSKATING INDY SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC BICYCLE MOPEDS, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH 66 [01:00:01] 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 OF MIAMI BEACH PRADE AND PROVIDING FOR REPEATER OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE A. SO IT'S MY ITEM. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR REGULATIONS OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES ON THE BEACH WALK. IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. AND I'D LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR, SIR. CO-SPONSOR. COMMISSIONER GLENN? YES, SIR. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BLACK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS BEING ADDED AS THE CO-SPONSOR VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER BOT? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE A A COMMISSIONER. FOREZ IS A YES. R [R5 B 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.] FIVE B AS IN BOY, R FIVE B IS IN NORTH OF MAYOR CITY, COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. ENTITLED, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED BUSINESS BY CREATING ARTICLE 20 ENTITLED POLICE COST RECOVERY BY CREATING SECTION 18 DASH NINE 50 THEREOF ENTITLED, RECOVERY OF COST FOR FAILURE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSONS TO APPEAR ON BEHALF OF BUSINESSES, UH, 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 NO 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 I'M PROVIDING FOR REPE HAVE ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS R FIVE B COMMISSIONER BOTS ITEM. UH, I'M A CO-SPONSOR ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. UM, I, THIS IS THE ITEM TO HELP, UM, EFFECTUATE, UM, THE, THE POLICING THAT HAPPENS ALREADY WHEN, UM, BUSINESSES ARE ROBBED OR, UM, OTHERWISE MALIGNED BY OR AFFECTED BY, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. UM, POLICE ARRESTS SHOWS UP IN COURT. THE PERSON WHO FILED THE COMPLAINT DOESN'T. THEREFORE, ALL THAT TIME AND EFFORT, AN ENERGY IS WASTED AND THE PERSON WHO DID THE CRIME IS RELEASED. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO BREAK THAT CYCLE. SO, MARK, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE VERY MINOR CHANGE THAT WE TWEAKED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND, PLEASE? YEAH, SURE. COMMISSIONER, BASED UPON YOU KNOW, YOUR FEEDBACK AND FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES, WE ADDED TWO WORDS, VICTIM. AND SO WHAT IT DOES IS NOW WHEN A BUSINESS, UH, IS THE VICTIM AND THE REPORTER, UH, OR COMPLAINANT ABOUT A CRIME THAT OCCURRED IN THIS PREMISES, ONLY THEN CAN THEY BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICE COST RECOVERY. IF SOMEONE, A RESPONSIBLE PERSON FAILS TO APPEAR IN COURT. AND WHAT THAT ACCOMPLISHES IS THE FOLLOWING, IT JUST PREVENTS THE POSSIBILITY WHERE WITHIN A BUSINESS SOMEONE, AN INDIVIDUAL, A CUSTOMER GETS BATTERED OR ASSAULTED OR BEATEN OR WHATEVER, IT WOULD REMOVE ANY HESITATION THAT THE BUSINESS MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO COMPLAIN OR REPORT THE INCIDENT TO POLICE NOW, BECAUSE THEN IT COULD BE STUCK WITH COST RECOVERY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE VICTIM. BY ADDING THE VICTIM AND THE COMPLAINANT REPORTER, THEY WOULD NOT BE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR COST RECOVERY. THEREFORE, THEY SHOULD HAVE NO HESITATION IN CALLING TO ASSIST ANYONE WHO'S VICTIMIZED WITHIN THEIR STORE, WHERE THEY'RE NOT THE VICTIM. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. PEOPLE STAY AWAKE. PEOPLE HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. ACTION. WHY DON'T WE TAKE A, UH, AN INTERMISSION AND, UH, LET'S GO OFFLINE. WE HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. SO WE, UH, WE'RE BACK AT THE, UH, COMMISSION MEETING. WE, UM, ONE OF OUR RESERVE OFFICERS HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. HE IS CONSCIOUS. UM, SO THANKFULLY IT APPEARS HE'LL BE OKAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, NEEDED TO BE ATTENDED TO. UM, SO WE, WE WENT OFFLINE WHILE, UH, WHILE HE WAS BEING, UH, ATTENDED TO. I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ALL THEY DO GENERALLY. AS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS, GENERALLY IT'S FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. AND, UH, TODAY IT WAS, UH, RESPONDING TO, TO ONE OF THEIR OWN. TO ONE OF OUR OWN. SO, UH, VERY PROUD OF OUR, UH, OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AND THANK YOU. AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'LL PRAY FOR THE OFFICER, BUT IT DOES APPEAR HE'LL BE OKAY FROM WHAT I'M BEING TOLD. UM, WHERE WERE WE? MARK? UH, ITEM RR FIVE B. I THINK I WAS JUST EXPLAINING, WE ADDED THE WORDS VICTIM AND IT USED TO BE IF A BUSINESS WAS, UH, [01:05:01] FIRST READING, MERELY THE COMPLAINANT TO REPORT, THEY COULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR COST RECOVERY BY ADDING THE WORDS VICTIM. AND NOW IF THEY CALL ON BEHALF OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S VICTIMIZED IN THEIR STORE, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY HESITATION 'CAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COST RECOVERY BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE THE VICTIM. UM, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD ADDITION BY THE COMMISSIONER. SO, UM, AND JUST TO REASSURE AND REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE WILL BE AN EDUCATION PERIOD SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW, UM, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. SO NOBODY WILL BE BLINDSIDED. BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. AND MARK, IS THIS HOLD, UM, THIS HOLD TRUE FOR OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION CASES AND THE CASES THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BY THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? YES, IT DOES MATTER. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AFTER AND EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS TO PEOPLE. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF SHOPLIFTING CASES AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PROSECUTE THEM. THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET TO COURT, UM, THE STORES THAT WERE SHOPLIFTED OR THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE SHOPLIFT, THEY DON'T SHOW UP. AND WHEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT, WE CANNOT PROSECUTE. AND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT PART OF THE REASON MANY OF OUR RETAIL BUSINESSES HAVE LEFT MIAMI BEACH IS BECAUSE OF SHOPLIFTING. SO TO ME, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. NOW, THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER B ON THIS IS THAT WE ARE PASSING THE ONUS ON IF THE STORE THAT CALLS IN THE CRIME, UM, DOES NOT SHOW UP TO COURT, THEY'RE GONNA BE FINED $250. COULD WE MAKE THIS A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM AND LOOK AT THE DATA ONE YEAR LATER? BECAUSE IF THE STORES GET ANGRY AND STOP CALLING IN, UH, CRIMES, OR WE SEE AN INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTING. 'CAUSE THEY JUST DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANNA BE FINED THE $250, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO REACT AT ALL. MAYBE WE COULD JUST IN ONE YEAR REVISIT THIS AND SEE WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE, SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS FROM OUR RETAIL COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY. WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT? YEAH. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU ALL. BUT I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY THAT A BUSINESS WOULD REFRAIN FROM CALLING POLICE WHERE THEY'RE VICTIMIZED. I MEAN, BECAUSE THE REASON WHERE THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T SHOW UP NOW SOMETIMES TO COURT IS BECAUSE THE POLICE ARREST THE BAD GUY, THEY GET BACK THEIR SUNGLASSES OR WHATEVER PROPERTY AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY BOTHER SENDING SOMEONE TO COURT? BUT IF THEY WERE TO FOREGO CALLING POLICE, NOT ONLY WILL THEY GET THEIR PROPERTY BACK, BUT IT WOULD THEN BE KNOWN BY THAT INDIVIDUAL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT PERSON ASSOCIATES WITH THAT THIS STORE DOESN'T CALL THE POLICE. SO GO IN AND TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND HEAD ON OUT. SO I, I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY, BUT CERTAINLY WHETHER IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM IS, IS FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE, NOT ME. SO THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY YOUR CALL. CAN, CAN WE GIVE A NOTICE THE FIRST TIME BEFORE WE SEND THE $250 FINES SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE MEAN BUSINESS? YEAH, AND ABSOLUTELY. AND LIKE COMMISSIONER BOT SAID, THERE WILL BE AN EDUCATION PERIOD AND IT'S ALWAYS IN THE CHIEF CHIEF JONES'S, UH, DISCRETION WHETHER TO, TO TO CHARGE THE $250 COST RECOVERY OR NOT, OR EVEN GO FOR A FULL COST FORMULA FOR A REPEAT FILE. BUT YES. OKAY. SO I SPONSOR THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT COME TO MIAMI BEACH AND SHOPLIFT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PROSECUTE YOU. AND THE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT ARE GOING TO GET FINED. THIS IS NOT ANTI-BUSINESS, IT'S ACTUALLY PRO-BUSINESS AND WE WANT TO ATTRACT RETAIL AND SAY, COME BACK TO MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO REACT. SO WE HAVE, YEAH. SO, UM, LIKEWISE, A CO-SPONSOR. IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD ITEM. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE GRAPPLE WITH, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM, IS MAKING SURE OUR CASES GET PROSECUTED. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF TOURISM HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, MARK AND MARK, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IF THERE'S, UH, IF THERE'S A BATTERY, SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE LET'S SAY THEY GET INTO A DRUNKEN FIGHT, BUT THE PERSON LIVES IN ALABAMA, THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK HERE TO, UH, TO TESTIFY. SO THOSE ARE, UM, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE CAN BE, THOSE CAN BE CHALLENGING. AND THEN WE HAVE ISSUES SOMETIMES WHERE THE, UH, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME RECENT CASES WHERE THE JUDGES ARE, ARE, UH, RELEASING PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE DESPITE BEING ARRESTED NUMEROUS TIMES. SO THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD MEASURE. I ACTUALLY WANTED TO CALL THE CHIEF UP TO, TO ADDRESS. 'CAUSE I, I HAD SEEN SOME NUMBERS AND, UH, CERTAINLY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR CITY WHERE SHOPLIFTING WAS, WAS DOWN. BUT I THINK THIS WOULD FURTHER ENHANCE THAT AND, AND, AND AND FURTHER SOLIDIFY OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, TO REDUCE CRIME. MORNING, MR. MAYOR COMMISSION, WAYNE JONES, CHIEF OF POLICE. UM, IT, IT WILL ENHANCE OUR EFFORTS, UH, MR. MAYOR COMMISSION, UH, SHOPLIFTING NUMBERS, RETAIL THEFT NUMBERS ARE DOWN, UH, WHEN COMPARED TO SAME PERIOD LAST, LAST YEAR. I GET SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR YOU IF YOU CAN GIMME A COUPLE MINUTES TO DO THAT. UH, BUT BY AND LARGE, WE LIKE THIS MEASURE. UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING ISSUE WITH SOME, UH, SHOPS, PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE MAJOR NATIONAL BRANDS, UM, WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE WHAT THEY CALL SHRINKAGE, BECOMING INTO STORE, STEALING GOODS. THEY CALL THE POLICE. WE GO OFTENTIMES MAKE ARRESTS, BUT THEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT. AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE CASES TO GET ARBITRARY DISMISSED. UH, AND WE BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS, PEOPLE COMMITTING THESE RETAIL THEFT CRIMES, [01:10:01] THEY DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, CONSEQUENCES FOR BEHAVIOR. SO THIS, I THINK, UM, SORT OF FORCES THE OPERATORS TO SHOW UP THE COURT SO WE CAN GET CONVICTIONS ON THESE, THESE FOLKS AND HOPEFULLY PUT 'EM IN JAIL FOR SOME TIME. PREVENT THEM FROM OFFENDING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, A KEY. AND I, AND I, AND I GIVE YOU CREDIT COMMISSIONER BOT THAT YOU HAVE DISCRETION, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS AND IT'S A ONE OFF THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PENALIZE SMALL BUSINESSES. I THINK YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD THAT IT'S SOME OF THE LARGER RETAILERS THAT ARE JUST MAKING IT A POLICY DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE THE CASES. AND CERTAINLY THEY HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO, UH, TO SEND INDIVIDUALS, UH, TO TEST, TO, TO COME TO COURT. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IN FACT, THE SMALL BUSINESS ARE VERY LIKELY TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY CANNOT CARRY THE LOSS LIKE LARGER CORPORATIONS CAN. RIGHT? THEY CAN'T WRITE THOSE. SO I ECHO THE SENTIMENT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRO BUSINESS ITEM. WELL, YOU KNOW, AND WE GO, WE ALL GO INTO THESE STORES AND WE SEE, AND IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE INCONVENIENT FOR US BECAUSE MORE AND MORE ITEMS ARE BEHIND LOCK AND KEY BECAUSE OF THESE VERY ISSUES. AND NOW YOU GOTTA GO GET AN ATTENDANT. UM, AND HOPEFULLY AS WE CONTINUE TO CRACK DOWN ON, ON SHOPLIFTING, MAYBE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ROWS WILL BE OPENED UP AS WELL. SURE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE DO, WE DO. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. UH, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AS IS MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MO? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AIR MINOR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE B. WILL THE RECORD [R5 C AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “TAXATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “LOCAL BUSINESS TAX,” BY AMENDING SECTION 102-377 THEREOF, ENTITLED “PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT; COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT FEES AND TAXES, AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES” BY CLARIFYING THE PENALTIES FOR BUSINESSES THAT REPEATEDLY OPERATE WITHOUT PROCURING THE REQUIRED LOCAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE C IS BEING OPEN AND CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 17TH. LET'S DO [R5 D 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 D. R FIVE D IS THE NORVILLE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. MANY CHAPTER TWO OF DAKOTA OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY CREATING SECTION TWO DASH 28 ENTITLED PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF A BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAT OR CODIFICATIONS OF ABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE D. TAKE IT AWAY, NICK. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS CHAPTER TWO OF OUR CODE TO CREATE A PROCEDURE TO REMOVE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A PROCESS IN OUR CODE. UM, THE ORDINANCE OUTLINES REQUIREMENTS TO REMOVE BOTH DIRECT APPOINTEES AND AT LARGE APPOINTEES. IT'S BEEN AMENDED, IT WAS AMENDED AT FIRST READING TO REQUIRE A SIX SEVENS SUPER MAJORITY VOTE TO REMOVE A MEMBER WHO IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT LARGE. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE BOARDS CANNOT BE REMOVED ON THE BASIS OF A MEMBER'S VOTE ON A PARTICULAR MATTER. UM, MR. CITY TURNER, YOU GAVE ME A CALL. YOU SAID, YOU SAID YOU, YOU PREFER OR SUGGEST THAT WE GO BACK TO FIVE SEVENS ON THIS. UM, WE, WE GENERALLY RECOMMEND THAT FOR ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE, THAT THE SUPER MAJORITY REMAIN AT FIVE. THAT IS A DIFFICULT ENOUGH HURDLE, UH, TO ACHIEVE. AND SIX SEVENS COULD, COULD MAKE THIS POTENTIALLY MEANINGLESS IF YOU DON'T ACHIEVE, UM, A SUPER DUPER MAJORITY VOTE TO USE A TERM. IS THAT LEGAL TERM THAT WAS COINED YESTERDAY DURING A BRIEFING? UM, SO THAT WAS JUST FOR THE BODY'S CONSIDERATION. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, I'M OKAY WITH EITHER WAY. SO OUR FIRST READING WE PASSED THE SIX SEVEN. YEAH. AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER TO GO BACK TO A FIVE SEVEN, WHAT'S YOUR THINKING ON THAT, COMMISSIONER? UM, I'M, I'M GONNA GO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SUGGESTION FIVE SEVENS, BUT I'M NOT MARRIED TO IT. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I THINK THIS BODY HAS SHOWN THAT, THAT WHEN THERE IS MERIT, UM, WHEN IT'S NECESSARY TO, TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST UNBECOMING BEHAVIOR, AGAINST BEHAVIOR THAT DOESN'T REFLECT, UH, THE STANDARDS THAT WE EXPECT, UH, FROM, FROM BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THIS BODY SPEAKS OUT, THIS BODY TAKES ACTION. UH, AND THIS BODY DOES SO UNANIMOUSLY, UH, WE RECENTLY DID, DID THAT. I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, THAT REMOVING A DULY APPOINTED MEMBER FROM A BORDER OR OR COMMITTEE, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STEP. UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT BE A SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT SHOULD BE A, A HIGH, UH, A HIGH THRESHOLD. UM, [01:15:01] I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THIS CHECK AND BALANCE. I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD POLICY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE THE MECHANISM TO REMOVE BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM, BUT AT THE SAME POINT, AT THE SAME TIME, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ESPECIALLY OUR POWER BOARDS, OUR LAND USE BOARDS, DRB, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNING BOARD BOA, THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE. AND A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE BOARDS DEAL WITH LDR MATTERS, LDR MATTERS THAT WE ADOPT BY A FIVE SEVENTH VOTE. IF BY THE SAME MARGIN THAT WE CAN AVOID IN A AN LDR MATTER, WE CAN REMOVE A MEMBER OF ONE OF THESE BOARDS, THEN I FEEL WE ARE WEAKENING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THESE BODIES, WHICH I KNOW IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND FOR THAT PURPOSE, I WOULD SUGGEST TO KEEP THAT HIGHER SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF A SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE, UH, SO THAT WE STAY TRUE TO THE INTENT. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. THANKS. UH, RICK, IN, IN THE, UH, ONE OF THE AMENDED LANGUAGE, IT SAYS THAT THE, TALKING ABOUT THE REMOVAL, IT SAYS WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE, AND THIS HAS COME UP IN OTHER CONTEXTS. I MEAN, REALISTICALLY IS THAT WITHOUT CAUSE? IS THAT EVEN REALISTIC? UM, I THINK THAT THAT IT, IT IS USEFUL IN SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE THERE'S DISAGREEMENT AMONG YOU AS TO WHETHER CAUSE EXISTS, BUT THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT REMOVAL IS APPROPRIATE. UM, AND IT GOES FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, AN EASIER MECHANISM THAN HAVING TO ESTABLISH. CAUSE WE CAN BE OPENING OURSELVES UP TO A CLAIM THAT THERE WASN'T CAUSE AND HAVING TO GO DOWN THAT PATH. UH, THIS IS COMMON IN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. UM, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CAME UP WITH. AND IT IS, UH, A USEFUL TOOL IN MY OPINION. AND MAYOR, IF I COULD ALSO ADD, WE LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCES THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THE CITY OF MIAMI AND, AND CORAL GABLES HAVE FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEY ALL PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL, UH, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND LET'S CALL THE VOTE. AND I'D LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR. SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, DANIEL IS REQUESTING TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DANIEL, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. YES. HI, DANIEL ERALDO, CANDIDATE FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION GROUP 1 7 30 10TH STREET, MIAMI BEACH. AS I SPOKE AT THE LAST HEARING, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS IN LIGHT OF HEARING MORE AND MORE FROM MEMBERS OF THE CITY POWER BOARDS THAT CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM EX PARTE AND, UH, TELLING THEM HOW TO VOTE ON QUASI-JUDICIAL PROJECTS, PROJECTS. SO I DO APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ADDING THAT HIGHER THRESHOLD. AND I ALSO WILL BE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES, SO THAT IF BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESSURED BY COMMISSIONERS, THERE'S AN EASY WAY TO REPORT THAT TO ETHICS OR THE CORRECT JURISDICTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK IN ZOOM OR ON IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, AGAIN, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ, WHO WILL ALSO BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM FOUR. UH, THAT WAS ITEMS R FIVE D. LET'S DO THE, UH, BUDGET ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH THE NORTH, NORTH BEACH CRA ITEMS R SEVEN A R SEVEN BCRA ONE CA TWO. SO LET'S DO FIRST THEN THE NORTH [CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NBCRA), ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, "PROJECTS"; B "SOURCE OF FUNDS"; AND C "PROGRAMS." JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] BEACH CRA ITEMS. UH, WE ARE DOING CRA ONE FIRST. WE ARE RECESSING AS A COMMISSION, UH, AND WE ARE RECON AND CONVENING AS A NORTH BEACH CRA COMMISSIONER. STEINBERG IS ABSENT. CRA ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING IS ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 NORTH BEACH, CRA CAPITAL BUDGET CA ONE. I MOVE THE ITEM A SECOND. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE SOMEONE ON ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN FIRST OR YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THE ZOOM? TAMIKA? I CAN EXPLAIN. OKAY. OKAY. IF, IF YOU, SO THIS ITEM IS BASICALLY TO APPROPRIATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, FOR AN ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE JULY 23RD COMMISSION MEETING. AND THIS IS TO FUND THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN PERMANENT SHADE SYSTEM IN A MULTIPLE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. THE FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS, HAS A SCREEN NAME. OH, NOW IT'S LARRY SCHAEFFER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. GOOD [01:20:01] MORNING. THIS IS LARRY SCHAEFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. WHY ARE WE APPROVING 100001ST SHADE STRUCTURES WHEN WE HAVEN'T REPAIRED OUR POOR WATER QUALITY? WE HAVE RUST IN OUR WATER COMING OUT OF THE TAPS. WE HAVE FECES IN PARKVIEW CANAL AND COMING UP AT 73RD AND OCEAN, AND WE'RE SPENDING A HUNDRED GRAND ON SHADE STRUCTURES. I DON'T, I THINK SHADE STRUCTURES ARE WONDERFUL THERE. THEY'RE NEEDED, BUT WHY IS THERE, HOW CAN YOU GET A HUNDRED GRAND TO COVER THAT SMALL SPACE? WHO'S BEHIND THIS? IS IS THIS MARGUERITE RAMOS AGAIN? GETTING A NO BID CONTRACT FROM YOU? WE NEED HELP WITH OUR WATER GUYS. PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS, HAS A SCREEN NAME ABOVE MIAMI BEACH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YES. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. ONE, THE JAMIE 83 0 5. I OPPOSE THIS, UH, FUNDING TO THE NORTHEAST CRA REGARDING THE SHADES. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS NOT PROPER PROCUREMENT, UH, WE CANNOT PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS. SO WITH THAT, UH, WITH THE PRETENSE THAT, UH, SHE GETS THE CONTRACT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, ANYBODY ELSE THAT COULD BID ON THIS. AND IT'S UNNECESSARY. AS MR. LARRY SCHAFFER JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN HAVING SHADES IN THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN. AND BY THE WAY, I REQUESTED AN AMERICAN FLAG IN THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN, AND I WAS DENIED UNDER MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, THE RIGHT TO, UH, PETITION THE GOVERNMENT. AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT THE LGBT CROSSWALKS. I'M GOING TO ALSO FIGHT, UH, I'M, I'M JOINING THE LGBT COMMUNITY BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO REPRESENT WHO I AM AN AMERICAN, AND I, I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL AND DISCRIMINATION DOES NOT STAND IN MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS VIA ZOOM, IS DAVID SEXTON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, DAVID SEXTON, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. WE DO EVENTS AT THE FOUNTAIN. THE, THE PROCESS FOR THIS WAS THAT MARGARITE RAMOS'S COMPANY, UM, OFFERED TO DONATE THE FABRIC AND REDUCE THE PRICE CONSIDERABLY. I, WITH ALL RESPECT TO MY NEIGHBOR AND FRIENDLY SHAPER, WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN BE AGAINST, UH, POOP IN OUR WATER AND SUPPORT MEASURES LIKE THIS THAT WILL HELP SMALL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE OVER THE SUMMER WHERE THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IS REALLY UNABLE TO DO EVENTS OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. SO THIS IS ALL FEEDING INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA IN WHICH GENERATES TAX REVENUE, WHICH HELPS THE CITY TO SUPPORT CLEAN WATERWAYS. THESE THINGS DON'T EXIST IN, IN A SILO AND WE, WE NEED TO SUPPORT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER. MAY I CALL THE RULE VICE MAYOR? MAY I CALL THE RULE? YES. SO THIS IS ON NORTH BEACH CA ONE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBERG. ABSENT. THE NEXT ITEM [CRA-2. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ADOPTING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] IS CA TWO. IT IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ADOPT THIRD AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEACH CRA OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 CA TWO. I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND A SECOND I WITH COMMISSIONER BOT. UH, IF NO NEED FOR EXPLANATION, THEN UH, THERE'S, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. ALL IN FAVOR OF CRA TWO. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBERG. ABSENT. MAY I DO THE COMPANION ITEMS? WE MAYOR, MAY I CLOSE THE YES. OKAY, GOT IT. OH, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE COMPANION ITEM. R SEVEN A IS A TOP SECOND AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR NORTH BEACH. CRA. HOLD ON. UH, SORRY. RR SEVEN [R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, "PROJECTS"; B "SOURCE OF FUNDS"; AND C "PROGRAMS." JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] A IS JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT SECOND AMENDMENT FISCAL YEAR 2025 NORTH BEACH. CRA CAPITAL BUDGET. THIS IS THE SAME, THIS IS THE SAME ITEM. IT'S JUST THE CITY'S VERSION OF THE CRA'S ITEM THAT YOU JUST APPROVED. MOVE IT. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. TAMIKA, WHAT'S THE CHANGE? NO CHANGE. SO WE, WE JUST APPROVED AS A CRA BOARD, NOW YOU'RE APPROVING AS THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THE RDA, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN A. UH, AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN A. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. NOW THE COMPANION [R7 B A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA. JOINT CITY COMMISSION AND NBCRA] ITEM AGAIN, R SEVEN B. IT IS A JOINT ADOPTER AMENDMENT TO NORTH BEAT CRA OPERATING BUDGET. NO ONE IS REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON ZOOM OR IN THE AUDIENCE. I MOVE IT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY [01:25:01] COMMISSIONER BOT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R SEVEN B. WE'RE ALL GOOD, RALPH? YES, SIR. OKAY. LET'S CALL [R2 A 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, PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. 2024-277-KB, FOR SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES; AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO AWARD CONTRACTS TO THE FOLLOWING (I) DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY, INC., THE SECOND-RANKED PROPOSER, AS THE PRIMARY CONTRACTOR, AND (II) SECURITY ALLIANCE, LLC, THE FOURTH-RANKED PROPOSER, AS THE SECONDARY CONTRACTOR; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE THE FOREGOING AGREEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAME AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS. (POLICE)] R TWO A. R TWO A IS AWARD RFP 20 24 2 7 7 KB, SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES R TWO A. HELLO. HI. GOOD MORNING. CHRIS BALA, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER. THIS ITEM PRESENTS A RESOLUTION, UM, TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR SECURITY OFFICERS, UM, 20 24 2 77 KB. THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, AS RECOMMENDED IN THE ORIGINAL COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WAS MAY 21ST, 2020 FOURTH, MAINTAINS ITS ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD DYNAMIC INTEGRATED SECURITY, THE SECONDARY, UM, UH, VENDOR, THE PRIMARY CONTRACT AND GOOD GUARD FLORIDA, THE SECONDARY CONTRACT. HOWEVER, THIS ITEM WAS REFERRED TO FERC AND PRESENTED TO FERC. AND FERC RECOMMENDS SUBSTITUTING GOOD GUARD, UM, WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED AS SECONDARY WITH, UM, SECURITY ALLIANCE. UM, AS THE SECONDARY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT FERC'S RECOMMENDATION. SECOND. SECOND. SO IT'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT FOR RECOMMENDATION. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON R TWO A. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ON R TWO A. R TWO A IS APPROVED, ACCEPTING THE FERC RECOMMENDATION. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. R FIVE LR FIVE [R5 L SUSPENSION OF EXTERIOR COLOR REVIEW REQUIREMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED “MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE,” CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS,” SECTION 7.1.7, ENTITLED “COLOR OF EXTERIOR SURFACES,” TO SUSPEND THE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REVIEW OF EXTERIOR SURFACE COLORS ON BUILDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] L IS IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, I'M SORRY, SUBPART B ENTITLED MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE CHAPTER SEVEN, ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS. ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED GENERAL TWO OH ZONING, DISTRICT SEC SECTION 7.1 0.7 ENTITLED COLOR OF EXTERIOR SURFACE TO SUSPEND THE PROCEDURE AND REQUIREMENT FOR THE REVIEW OF EXTERIOR SURFACE COLORS AND BUILDINGS AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEATERS OF ABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. IT IS ITEM R FIVE L. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I THINK MANY OF US HAVE DRIVEN AROUND THE CITY AND I, AND SEEN AT TIMES BUILDINGS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY COULD HAVE SOME TLC. AND THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE EFFORT TO TRY TO WAIVE SOME REGULATIONS FOR A TEMPORARY BASIS TO ENCOURAGE OUR PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET THEIR BUILDINGS PAINTED, MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD. WE'RE DOING IT ON THE CITY SIDE, UH, WITH THE COLOR PALETTES THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDINGS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRI PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS NOT ONLY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THEIR, THEIR PROPERTIES AND THE AESTHETICS OF IT, BUT THAT WE ENCOURAGE IT. AND IF WE CAN DO IT BY TEMPORARILY WAIVING SOME REGULATION, THEN UM, THEN, UM, I I I THINK IT'S A STEP IN, IN A GOOD, UH, DIRECTION. SO, UH, I MOVE THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. UM, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, BUT WHAT I'M CONCERNED IS THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T RECOMMEND THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE CONCERN IS THAT IT TAKES AWAY THE OVERSIGHT. AND IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO NEON PAINT SOMETHING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY COULD. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW AND UNDERSTOOD. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION IS NOT THE EASIEST PROCESS. I KNOW FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY FOR, FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, IT'S EVEN HARDER. UH, AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CUT RED TAPE FOR, FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNERS, FOR FOR OUR TAXPAYERS TO HELP COMMUNITIES LOOK BETTER, UH, TO MAKE THEM BE MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT EVEN, EVEN IF IT'S JUST ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. UM, AND THAT'S ALL THAT THIS IS, THIS IS SAYING ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PROPERTY OWNERS TO FRESHEN UP THEIR FACADES, MAKE THEIR PROPERTIES LOOK GOOD, AND [01:30:01] JUST FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME, LET'S JUST WAIVE THIS JUST TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE IT. BUT I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER BOTT? YEAH, I, I SHARE MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S, UM, CONCERNS. I, WHEN I LIVED IN BAYSHORE, I HAD A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND I NEEDED TO REPAINT IT AND I HAD TO FIX SOME SPING. AND IT TOOK, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, AND THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO BEFORE I WAS EVEN AN ACTIVIST, LET ALONE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. UM, IT TOOK NO TIME AT ALL TO COME DOWN TO CITY HALL, GET THE PERMITS FILLED OUT, GET THE COLOR APPROVED. UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THE COLOR CHART, MY COLOR FIT BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER, AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEP, THAT'S FINE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST ISN'T A BIG DEAL. DOING THIS THE RIGHT WAY IS NOT A, IS NOT A HURDLE. IT'S ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS TO GET APPROVED IN THE CITY. AND I, I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, CONTINUE TO HAVE THE, THE MODICUM OF OVERSIGHT ON THIS THAT WE DO. NOW, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. OKAY, SO IF THIS PASSES, THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN PAINT YOUR HOUSE LIKE BRIGHT PURPLE OR BLACK OR NEON. CORRECT? YOU HAVE TO STICK WITHIN THE COLOR PALETTE. NO, IT, IT JUST MEANS, CAN I, AND DO I STILL NEED A PERMIT TO, TO PAINT? OR CAN I JUST, I MEAN, MAKE A PERMIT? NO, IT, IT BASICALLY WAIVES ALL OVERVIEW OR REVIEW OF COLOR. SO SOMEBODY COULD POTENTIALLY PAINT THEIR HOUSE PINK OR NEON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IF THEY DO, THEY'LL BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE AND THEY'LL HAVE TO REPAINT. NO, BECAUSE THE REGULATIONS ARE SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS. WELL, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS REMOVE THE REGULATION, BUT SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE OUR PALETTE BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE PAINTING. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT A HOUSE PAINTED BLACK LOOKS GREAT, AND I MIGHT HAVE BE NEXT DOOR AND THINK IT LOOKS SCARY LIKE A HAUNTED HOUSE. AND THAT COULD HAPPEN. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO DO BOTH WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT KEEP OUR, KEEP OUR RESTRICTIONS SO THAT WHY CAN'T WE DO BOTH? I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT TO PAINT MY HOUSE. I WANNA USE OUR COLOR PALETTE. UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PAINT THEIR HOMES NEON. SO HOW CAN WE DO BOTH? TOM? THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT SOMEBODY IS STAYING WITHIN THE ADOPTED COLOR PALETTE IS TO ENFORCE THE REGULATION. SO IF SOMEBODY NOW CURRENTLY WANTS TO UTILIZE A COLOR THAT'S ON THE COLOR CHART, THEY DON'T NEED TO PULL A PERMIT, THEY CAN JUST GO PAINT IT. UM, IF THEY WANT TO USE A DIFFERENT COLOR, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A PERMIT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN, IT IS JUST THAT THEY TECHNICALLY WOULD NEED TO GET THE AUTHORIZATION. WHY DON'T WE, UM, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, TOM, CAN YOU GIMME SOME BACKGROUND? WHAT'S DRIVING THIS? UH, AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S BEEN SOME INSTANCES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST WHERE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THAT COLOR PALETTE VERY CLOSE. AND STAFF GO, WELL, SORRY, IT'S, IT'S NOT WITHIN THIS, SO PERHAPS WE DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER, BUT WE BECOME A BIT MORE FLEXIBLE OR ACCOMMODATIVE WHERE THERE'S MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN PAINTING A HOUSE NEON PINK VERSUS HAVING A BIT OF AMBIGUITY AND FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THIS COLOR PALETTE. CAN WE SOMEHOW THREAD THIS NEEDLE WHERE I, I, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TERM RELAX, BUT WHERE WE ARE, UH, A BIT MORE GENEROUS WITH OUR INTERPRETATION FOR WHAT ALIGNS WITH OUR ACCEPTED COLOR PALETTES, WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE EXTREME OR THE OTHER, BECAUSE I SAW SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WAS BEING REJECTED AND TO MY ELEMENTARY, I'M WOW. AND THAT IS PLACING SIGNIFICANT STRAIN ON SMALL BUSINESSES. SIGNIFICANT. RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE PROTECTIVE AND CHERISHED WHAT'S SPECIAL AND NOT HAVE NEON PINK HOUSES. HOW CAN WE THREAD THIS NEEDLE? UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFICULT. WE DO ACTUALLY EXERCISE A LOT OF DISCRETION, PARTICULARLY IF SOMEBODY IS PROPOSING A COLOR THAT DOESN'T QUITE LINE UP. BUT THE INTENSITY IS THE SAME. AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY IS IF THE INTENSITY EXCEEDS WHAT IS IN THE COLOR PALETTE, THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO EITHER SEEK, REVIEW AND APPROVAL FROM THE HPV OR DRB OR THEY CAN MODIFY THAT COLOR TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH IT. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY, NOW YOU'RE FORCING SOMEONE TO GO TO HPV OR DRB FOR SOMETHING FOR COLOR, THAT MIGHT JUST BE A SHADE OFF. AND FOR US, HE'S SITTING HERE, IT SOUNDS, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST GO TO HPB OR DRB, THAT'S BUREAUCRACY, THAT'S RED TAPE. THAT'S COST, THAT'S HIRING NOW SOMEONE TO MAKE PLANS, FILE APPLICATION, [01:35:01] SIT MONTHS IN, IN, IN THE PROCESS OVER BEING A SHADE OFF, NOT ON OUR PROPERTY, ON THE TAXPAYER'S PROPERTY, ON, ON SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE NOW SAYING YOU HAVE TO PAINT IT THIS COLOR THAT'S ON THE SCALE. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST SLIGHTLY OFF ON THE SHADE NOW, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU THROUGH THIS WHOLE BUREAUCRACY SITTING FOR MONTHS OF GOING THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF, OF REVIEW. I, I AGREE. AND IF I COULD, UM, I, I HOPE WE LEARN FROM WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE CROSSWALKS, BUT X THAT WITH TALLAHASSEE, OKAY. WHERE IF WE DON'T SHOW FLEXIBILITY, WE WILL GET THESE THINGS TAKEN OUT OF OUR HANDS. OKAY? SO TO SUGGEST THAT SOMEBODY THAT IS TRYING TO OPEN UP OR CONTINUE OPERATIONS OF SMALL RESTAURANT, AH, I MEAN, WE THROW THAT OUT. SO NONCHALANTLY, JUST GO TO DRB, JUST GO TO HPB. THESE ARE MONTHS AND MONTHS. PROCESS COSTS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I'M ON AN EMAIL THIS MORNING, I WANNA RIP MY HAIR OUT. OKAY? THIS IS FOR A RESTAURANT TRYING TO OPEN ON LINCOLN ROAD, WHAT WE ALL SIT UP HERE ON CAMPAIGN ON AND SAY, HOW CAN WE GET BUSINESSES OPEN? AND WE GET ALL THIS PUSHBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHTFULLY SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT? WHY IS LINCOLN ROAD LOOK LIKE THIS? THIS RESTAURANT'S BEEN TRYING TO OPEN FOR THREE YEARS AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A WALL ON THE UPSTAIRS ABOUT THE OUTER FACADE. JUST GO BACK TO DRB OR GO BACK TO HPB. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE. IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOSPITALITY OPERATORS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND THEY WANT TO SIT HERE AND GIVE OUR CITY THE MIDDLE FINGER AND GO, GUYS, IT'S BEEN A LOT GUYS AND GALS, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. THANKS, BUT NO THANKS. WE ARE PUTTING UP, AND IT'S NOT US. IT IS NOT ALWAYS US. IT ARE THESE REGULATIONS AND BUREAUS THAT ARE IN PLACE MM-HMM . THAT MAKE SUCH A BUSINESS DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT. AND IF WE DO NOT LEARN WHAT HAPPENED THROUGH LIVE LOCAL, THAT'S GOING TO COME DOWN ON ALL OF THIS STUFF. IF THIS RESTAURANT OPERATORS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE THAT SPONSORED THE LIVE LOCAL BILL IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THEY GO, LOOK AT THIS PROCESS THAT JUST HAPPENED. THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND SAY ALL THIS HISTORIC NONSENSE. THIS IS SILLY. THIS IS SILLY. THIS IS KILLING BUSINESSES. THIS IS KILLING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. GET RID OF IT ALL. AND WITH PROCESSES LIKE THIS, IF WE CAN'T HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN A COLOR PALETTE, THE SAME THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. WE CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND CONTINUE NONCHALANTLY TELLING A SMALL BUSINESS OPERATOR, FATHER, JUST GO BACK TO DRB. IT'LL ONLY BE SIX MONTHS. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. MAYBE THE MEMBERS SHOW UP, MAYBE THEY DON'T. MAYBE WE'LL JUST DELAY A FEW MEETINGS. THIS IS TIME. THIS IS MONEY. I AM SO SICK OF OUR CITY BEING SO NONCHALANT ABOUT PEOPLE'S TIME, PEOPLE'S TIME. WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THAT AND RESPECT THAT THESE BOARD PROCESSES ARE SO BURDENSOME AND THE REGULATIONS AND PERMITTING ARE SO BURDENSOME, IT HAS TO STOP. WE HAVE BEEN GIVING A UNIFIED MESSAGE UP HERE FOR YEARS ABOUT HOW TO DO SO, AND WE ARE NO FURTHER ALONG. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ANY EFFORT. YOU HEAR A UNIFIED VOICE FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. WE WANT IT TO BE EASIER TO COME THROUGH AND DO BUSINESS IN THIS CITY FOR OUR BUSINESSES, OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE'RE NOT MAKING PROGRESS. AND IT HAS TO STOP. SO IF I HAVE TO VOTE TO GO TO THE EXTREME WHERE SOMEBODY CAN PAINT THEIR HOUSE PINK, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTINUE WITH THE STATUS QUO. SO I'M ASKING IF WE CAN FIND A BETTER WAY TO THREAD THIS NEEDLE WITHOUT TELLING SOME SMALL RESTAURANT TO GO TO DRB FOR SIX MONTHS. AND IF WE CAN'T, THEN I'M GONNA THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WERE FORCED TO DO THAT. AND CAN I, MR. MAYOR? AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST A BUSINESS, IT'S A HOUSE, IT'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING. IT, IT'S JUST, THERE'S A REASON WHY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF CERTAIN, CERTAIN AREAS. AND IT'S BECAUSE WE DISCOURAGE OUR, OUR PROPERTY OWNERS FROM MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTIES THROUGH OUR REGULATIONS, THROUGH OUR B BUREAUCRACY. AND TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT ANY OF US. IT'S WHEN THEY GO TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TELLS 'EM, OH NO, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST GO TO DRB. JUST GO THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF REVIEW THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF, OF, OF THIS PROCESS. LIKE IF THEIR TIME DOES NOT MATTER, LIKE IF THEIR TIME IS NOT MONEY. CAN I, AND THAT'S A FRUSTRATION WITH THIS. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. UH, MY QUESTION, TOM, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GRANT REQUESTS FOR WEIRD COLORS? NOT WEIRD COLORS, BUT COLORS OUT OF THE ORDINARY? NOT THAT OFTEN. OKAY. THEN I, I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IF IT DOES MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO GO, I, I MEAN, I PULLED A PAINTING PERMIT ON [01:40:01] MY HOUSE BEFORE IT SEEMED PRETTY EASY. I PAID THE FEE, I WENT TO PLANNING AND SHOWED THEM THE COLOR AND IT WAS, IT GOT SIGNED OFF ON. BUT HOW LONG ARE YOU GUYS TAKING TO REVIEW THAT FOR HOMES? IF THEY'RE, UM, UTILIZING A COLOR THAT'S ON THE COLOR PALETTE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT. UM, THEY JUST PAINTED THAT COLOR. OKAY. IF THEY'RE USING A COLOR THAT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT THE SAME INTENSITY, THEN THAT CAN BE DONE ONLINE. SO, ALL RIGHT. LOOK, I'M WILLING TO WAVE RED TAPE. I HEAR THE SAME THING THAT YOU HEARD. IT'S VERY UPSETTING TO HEAR THAT ANOTHER RESTAURANT IS HAVING A PROBLEM OPENING ON LINCOLN ROAD. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH SALT AND STRAW AND CHEESECAKE FACTOR. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO OPEN UP, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALMOST LEAVING BECAUSE OF OUR REGULATION. SO, UM, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE. THIS IS FOR SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? AND I'M HAPPY TO AMEND IT FOR THREE MONTHS TO TEST IT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR, UH, YOU KNOW, OR WE CAN STUDY THE, TOM LET'S YOU AND I MEET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE RIGHT LEFT. RIGHT NOW IT'S SIX MONTHS IF NECESSARY. I'M HAPPY TO DO SHORTER TO IF, IF THERE WAS CONCERNS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU FOR THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. UM, WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I WAS HESITANT. UM, BUT I REALIZED IT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE INTENT. AND, UM, I DO LIKE THE ITEM. I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, AND I'M GONNA BRING AN ITEM REGARDING VARIOUS REGULATIONS IN OUR PERMITTING PROCESS THAT COULD BE REMOVED. UM, I KNOW I AM TALKING WITH LEGAL, I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS ALSO LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL. SO MAYBE WE'LL JOIN, UH, I HAVE A FEELING WE'LL ALL PROBABLY END UP JOINING TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE OUR BUSINESSES, UM, AND OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL, BUT OUR BUSINESSES CAN OPEN QUICKLY AND SAFELY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. ORIGINALLY HAD A MOTION FOR , UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. SO IS IT AMENDED TO THREE MONTHS INSTEAD, OR, I'M GONNA CONSIDER THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I WANNA UNDERSTAND ANY OTHER CONCERN THAT THE ADMINISTRATION MAY HAVE THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, BAKE INTO THIS BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK FOR SECOND READING. OKAY, I'LL, FOR NOW, IT'S, I'M SUPPORTED FOR FIRST READING AND I'LL ALSO GIVE SOME INPUT TO, UM, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION SO THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH GARISH COLORS ALL OVER THE CITY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I HAVE A MOTION BEFORE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SWAR. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. DANIEL, PLEASE GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. YES. HI, DANIEL ERALDO, CANDIDATE FOR MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION GROUP 1 7 30 10TH STREET, MIAMI BEACH. UM, YOU KNOW, COLOR PALETTES IS SORT OF ONE OF THE FIRST REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AN HOA AND IT'S VERY BASIC AND VERY SIMPLE. I'M GLAD THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A PERMIT TO PAINT YOUR HOUSE. IT'S, UH, A LITTLE DISTURBING TO HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTARY CLAIMING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SO, SUCH A DIFFICULT CITY, TALLAHASSEE IS TAKING AWAY ALL OUR RIGHTS. THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. UM, MY BIG CONCERN ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING VERY STRANGE COLORS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. MAYBE POLIO, TROPIC HALL WILL, WILL, UH, JAZZ UP THEIR, UH, FACADE IN, IN THEIR LOGOS OR PLAYBOY. UM, I THINK THE THREE MONTHS PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE, BUT I KNOW THAT MIAMI BEACH IS A CITY THAT CARES ABOUT ITS COLORS AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE, UM, RECENT WORK TO ADD MORE PASTEL TO THE CITY BUILDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS, UH, LARRY SCHAFER. PLEASE GO AHEAD, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. LARRY SCHAFER, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN AND SAY BRAVO TO VICE MAYOR JOE MAGAZINE. UH, IF I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN A FOLDER WITH THE JOE MAGAZINE'S GREATEST HITS OF SPEECHES. HE TOTALLY GETS THE ISSUES HERE. HE'S SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DEFINE THE COLOR. SO, UH, GREAT JOB, JOE. I LOVED IT. UM, ONE ADDITIONAL POINT, YOU KNOW, PAINT MATTERS, BUT ONLY SO MUCH. WE THREW PAINT ON OLD BUILDINGS. BARBARA CAPMAN DID IT, AND WE HAD A REVITALIZATION AND WE BECAME WHAT WE ARE TODAY. I THINK IN WYNWOOD. I DID THINK IT WAS MR. GOLDMAN. HE THREW A BUNCH OF PAINT ON MURALS ON WALLS, AND THEY CREATED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF VALUE WITHOUT A LOT OF RULES. IN FACT, VERY FEW RULES. THEY LET THE ARTISTS ROLL AND THEY CREATED A NEIGHBORHOOD AND STOLE SOME OF OUR SIGN. SO I THANK THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERING THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER [01:45:01] BACH. ABSENT. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION PASSES. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS OCTOBER 29TH AND COMMISSIONER BOT IS A YES. PROOF SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R. YES. IN A COLORFUL DIRECTION. R FIVE [R5 N AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 50 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION,” BY AMENDING SECTION 50-10, TO ESTABLISH PERMITTING FEES TO RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE OF THE MINIMUM RADIO STRENGTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS IN ALL NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 633.202(18), FLORIDA STATUTES; AND FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 1-15, ENTITLED “FEE SCHEDULE,” BY AMENDING APPENDIX “A” THEREOF, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERMITTING FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE OF THE MINIMUM RADIO STRENGTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS IN ALL NEW AND EXISTING BUILDINGS ; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] N AS IN NANCY. R FIVE N IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 50 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI REGION. TITLE, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION BY AMENDING SECTION 50 DASH 10 TO ESTABLISH PERMITTING FEES TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE ARE THE MINIMUM RADIO STRENGTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS IN ALL NEW EXISTING BUILDINGS AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 6 3 3 0.208 SUBSECTION 18, FLORIDA STATUTES AND FURTHER AMENDING SECTION ONE DASH 15 ENTITLED FEE SCHEDULED BY AMENDING APPENDIX A THEREOF TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERMITTING FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE AT THE MINIMUM. RADIO STRENGTH FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS IS ALL NEW EXISTING BUILDINGS AND PROVIDING FOR RE REPEALS OF ABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE N. SO THIS IS A FIRE DEPARTMENT ITEM TO CONFORM WITH STATE LAW. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR ESTEEM. CHIEF DIGNA AO. HEY, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR MINOR AND COMMISSIONER STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS, UM, LISTENING TO US OVER ZOOM. SO I'M HERE TODAY AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF, UH, TO SEEK YOUR ADOPTION OF OUR ORDINANCE OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE ORDINANCE. SO 63.202 REQUIRING BIDIRECTIONAL, UM, AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS, UM, IN ALL BUILDINGS, 75 FEET OR GREATER. THESE WERE LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED FROM SEPTEMBER 11. THAT COMMUNICATION WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. ONCE THEY ENTERED US INSIDE A BUILDING, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH COMMAND. AND THAT IS PUTTING PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, IN DANGER. AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD ALLOW THAT OR, YOU KNOW, CONFORM OTHERWISE. UM, BASICALLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE DOES IS ALL PRE-EXISTING BUILDINGS, THEY, UH, HAVE TO GO AND GET CERTIFIED THAT THERE IS RADIO COMMUNICATIONS INSIDE, AND IF NOT, UH, THEY NEED TO BASICALLY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE ADDING A WIFI INSIDE THE STRUCTURE SO WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. THIS IS A MANDATE THAT IS REQUIRED IN ALL BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT AFTER 2019. WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK. THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE'RE NOT COLLECTING FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. AND WE HAVE OVER 900 BUILDINGS THAT, UH, IN THE BUILDINGS THAT NEED TO GET CERTIFIED, UH, ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. MOVE COMMISSIONER BOT SECOND. I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA PASS EASILY, BUT JUST WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T PASS THIS? UH, IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALLOWING SOMEONE NOT TO CONFORM WITH THE LAW, WHICH IS A PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OUTSIDE. EXACTLY. THAT'S EXACTLY THE ANSWER I THOUGHT YOU'D GIVE. SO THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, MOTION BY, EXCUSE ME. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NO ONE IN ZOOM. THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLE? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH? YES. LAST MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION. CARRIE. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE N. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. CHIEF. R FIVE [R5 I 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.] IR FIVE I IS IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION. THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, UH, YEAR 2040. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING GOAL RLU. ONE, LAND USE OBJECTIVE, RLU 1.1. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES. POLICY RLU 1.1. POINT 11 RESIDENTIAL SLASH OFFICE RO TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-CONFORMING CAFES, SERVING ALCOHOL AND LOCATED ON ALTERNATE ROAD, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRANSMITTAL REPEAL OF ABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. IT IS ITEM R FIVE I. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THIS ITEM, UH, WAS HEARD AND PASSED, UM, ON SECOND READING AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, AND, UH, TOMMY CAN ADVISE WHY WE HAVE TO HEAR IT AGAIN. SURE. UH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, AFTER THIS ITEM WAS ADOPTED, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION HAD IN INADVERTENTLY MISSED THE DEADLINE TO TRANSMIT THE ITEM TO THE STATE. SO IT'S BACK BEFORE YOU FOR RE-APPROVAL OF THE SAME ITEM. UM, AND THEN WE WILL BE SURE THAT WE, UH, TRANSMIT IT TO THE STATE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION. I MOVE IT. AND WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT TO [01:50:01] TRANSMIT IT TO THE STATE? SO AFTER SOMETHING IS APPROVED, UH, AT FIRST READING, IT HAS TO BE, UH, TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE WITHIN 10 DAYS. AND WE HAD MISSED THAT DEADLINE. SO WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, UH, UM, ON, IN JULY, WE IMMEDIATELY TRANSMITTED IT. SO IT MET THE 30 DAY REQUIREMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE I, IT'S CALLED, UM, R FIVE RR [R5 R AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PLACES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 2, ENTITLED “BICYCLING, SKATEBOARDING, ROLLER SKATING, IN-LINE SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC BICYCLING, MOPEDS, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES, AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS,” BY CREATING SECTION 70-73, TO BE ENTITLED “SAFE OPERATION OF PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES AND MOBILE CARRIERS,” TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL LOCAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE R IS A ANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. UH, CODE ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED PUBLIC PLACES BY AMENDING DIVISION TWO ENTITLED, BICYCLING SKATEBOARDING, ROLLER SKATING, INLINE SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIC BICYCLING AU PITTS MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS BY CREATING SECTION 70 DASH 73 TO BE ENTITLED, SAFE OPERATION OF PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES AND MOBILE CARRIERS TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL LOCAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE R, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. SO MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE ROBOTS AROUND MIAMI BEACH, THE DELIVERY ROBOTS, WHICH I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST. UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY THAT HAS THESE ROBOTS, UM, ON MIAMI BEACH RIGHT NOW. THE COMPANY IS SERVE AND UM, THEY CAME TO SEE ME. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WRAPPING OUR ROBOTS. SPEAKING OF PAINT COLORS, I ASKED THEM TO WRAP THE ROBOTS IN PASTEL AND MIAMI BEACH COLORS. SO YOU'LL SOON SEE COLORFUL DELIVERY BOTS. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IN MIAMI BEACH AND THEY'RE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND THEY'RE TESTING THESE MARKETS BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE HIGHEST DENSITY IS. NOW WE'VE BEEN PREEMPTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS TO HOW MANY ROBOTS CAN BE ON OUR STREETS. SO TECHNICALLY IF THEY WANTED TO ADD 50 MORE, A HUNDRED MORE A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, 150 MORE, UH, THEY COULD. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THESE COMPANIES AND WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO CREATE A SET OF REGULATIONS. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THE SERVE CALLED IN THIS MORNING AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THIS, INCLUDING ALLOW THE BOTS TO GO UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR, UM, WITH A 30 MINUTE IDLE TIME AND A $2,000 FEE WITH A GRACE PERIOD FOR COMPLIANCE. I WOULD LIKE THE PEOPLE FROM SERVE TO KNOW THAT, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH A GRACE PERIOD FOR COMPLIANCE OR RAISING THE FEE TO $2,000. THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANT TO OPERATE, UH, THE BOTS IN OUR CITY. UM, BETWEEN I HAVE FIRST AND SECOND READING. CORRECT. SO BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, I WILL, I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH SIR AND, UM, TALK ABOUT THE 10 MILES PER HOUR. 'CAUSE THAT SEEMS PRETTY FAST. UM, I'M NOT SURE I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN PEOPLE ON THE STREETS KIND OF BUMP INTO THE ROBOT, SO IF THEY'RE GOING REALLY FAST, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM ALSO. UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE IDLE TIME. SOMETIMES A BOT IS STUCK AT A STREET BECAUSE OUR STREET LIGHTS AREN'T SYNCHRONIZED. SO I SAW ONE POOR DELIVERY BOT STUCK ON WEST AVENUE FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES. I FELT KIND OF SORRY FOR WHOEVER'S DELIVERY IT WAS BECAUSE THEY JUST COULDN'T CROSS THE STREET FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME KINKS TO WORK OUT. I PROPOSE TO WORK THEM OUT BETWEEN, UH, FIRST AND SECOND READING. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A POSITIVE WAY THAT WE CAN REGULATE OUR STREETS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THIS ROBOTIC TECH AI ERA THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE STILL COME FIRST AND SO DOES PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THAT WAS THE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THIS. AND, UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE THE ITEM A SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA ALZA. I, I PERSONALLY DON'T LOVE THESE, UH, ROBOTS. AND I THINK IT'S THE PEAK OF IRONY SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR ROADWAYS AND TALKING ABOUT PAINT VERSUS THESE ROBOTS THAT ARE SOMEHOW, UH, ALLOWED. UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE PREEMPTED AND WE CAN'T DO MUCH. SO TO THE EXTENT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT SOME SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AT A LOCAL LEVEL, I I VIEW THAT AS POSITIVE. I I'M INDIFFERENT, UH, AS TO WHAT THEY ARE. AND I'LL LET YOU LEAD THE CHARGE ON THAT. BUT, UM, I'M NOT VOTING YES. 'CAUSE I LOVE THESE. [01:55:01] IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO OTHER THINGS FOR IT. SO WE MIGHT AS WELL MAKE THESE AS SAFE AS WE CAN AT A LOCAL LEVEL. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. WELL, WHEN I HEARD THAT WE COULDN'T CONTROL HOW MANY WERE ON OUR STREETS, I WAS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS A PREEMPTION THAT I FIND INCREDIBLY, UM, INTRUSIVE. BUT THAT SAID, I THINK THESE REGULATIONS GO A LONG WAY AND WE COULD POSSIBLY GET THE NEXT CYCLE. IT, IT IS WHAT IT'S, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL COME FIRST ON OUR SIDEWALKS AND SO FAR, I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE 50, BUT YOU SEE THEM ALL OVER WHEN THEY ADD THE ADDITIONAL 50. AND THOSE ADDITIONAL 50 ARE COMING SOON. UM, THERE'S GONNA BE BOTS, UH, EVERYWHERE. SO I AGREE WITH YOU. WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOTS ARE COLORFUL AND, UM, MIAMI BEACH DELIVERY BOTS. AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE BIG DELIVERY BOTS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE SMALL ONES, BUT I SAW ONE AS BIG AS A DUMPSTER. UH, SO THEY CAN GET REALLY BIG. SO I WOULD HOPE, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE CUTE, LIKE WHEN THEY BLINK THEIR EYES, THERE'S SOMETHING CUTE ABOUT IT. BUT I MEAN, LOOK, I AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CREATING THIS SET OF REGULATIONS. WHAT'S THE CURRENT SPEED THAT THEY OPERATE? I BELIEVE SIX MILES AN HOUR IS WHAT THEY INDICATED. FIVE TO SIX MILES. BUT WHEN THEY GO OVER CROSSWALKS, THEY SPEED UP TO 10. I SAW A LITTLE KID JUMPING IN FRONT OF IT. IT ACTUALLY WAS, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. IT TRIED TO AVERT THE KID AND THE KID CUT. UH, GONE. BUT WHAT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, MAYBE IT'S ROBERT, RICK, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE JURISDICTION TO REGULATE AND WHAT WE DON'T AND WE'RE PREEMPTED SURE. ROB ROSENAU WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE ARE PREEMPTED FROM JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY ADOPTED, UH, WHICH, UH, HAVE TO DO WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND UH, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE ARE, UH, EITHER SUPPLEMENTAL TO OR CLARIFYING WHAT IS ALREADY REGULATED IN STATE LAW. UH, WE ADD IN, UH, A PERMIT REQUIREMENT. AND SO THAT THE PERMIT, UH, IS, IS THE, IS HOW WE ENFORCE ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE. LIKE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PENANT ON THE, UH, ON THE ROBOT SO IT CAN BE SEEN THAT IT HAS LIGHTS, SO IT CAN BE SEEN, UH, THAT GOES A CERTAIN SPEED, SO IT DOESN'T, UH, SIT ON THE SIDEWALK FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM SERVER ROBOTICS WITH THEIR SUGGESTED CHANGES AND WILL WORK WITH THEM AND WITH, UH, THE SPONSOR BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING ON WHICH OF THOSE, UH, CHANGES SHOULD BE INCORPORATED. BUT WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED AT FIRST READING ARE NOT PREEMPTED. OKAY. COMMISSIONER? NO, THAT'S IT. JUST BASIC SAFETY. I SEE THEM SOMETIMES ALSO THEY RUN OFF THE SIDEWALK. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM LIKE ON THEIR SIDES? SOMETIMES. AND , AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE OF AS THEY BECOME MORE PREVALENT. AND BY THE WAY, OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY HAVEN'T ROLLED OUT THESE ROBOTS YET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CRITICAL MASS. THE PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH HAVE. BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IS, OTHER CITIES, UM, HAVE THESE BOTS AND THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE BOTS. I THINK THERE WILL BE A PUSHBACK AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE, UM, NOW IT'S LIKE YOU CAN ROLL OUT A BUSINESS WITHOUT A BRAND NEW BUSINESS AND GET A PREEMPTION AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND, UH, THIS IS A TREND THAT IS, UH, VERY, UH, OVERREACHING AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN REVERSE IT BY WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATURE AND EXPLAINING WHY YOU CAN'T REGULATE SOME THINGS FROM TALLAHASSEE. COMMISSIONER BACH. SO, I'M SORRY. WHERE ARE WE ON THE SPEED? SIX MILES OR 10 MILES? WE'RE SAYING SIX. THEY'RE ASKING FOR 10. OKAY. 'CAUSE I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I FIND IT, UM, I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE WORDS FOR IT, WHICH IS NOT USUAL. I LIKE SO IRONIC THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE PREEMPTED FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY DEVICE OR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, REGULATIONS ABOUT A DEVICE THAT IS ONLY GONNA MAKE GETTING AROUND ON OUR SIDEWALKS MORE COMPLICATED AND LESS SAFE. UM, IT, IT'S JUST THE HEIGHT OF HYPO HYPOCRISY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS NOT UNCOMMON THESE DAYS. AND SO, UM, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE PREEMPTED, I WOULD LIKE TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES ON THIS AND KEEP IT AS SLOW AND AS VISIBLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCIDENTS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SO I'M, I MEAN, [02:00:01] THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO OTHER THAN LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY SLOW THE ROLL. OKAY. UM, ALSO THEY'RE ASKING THE, THE CURRENT COST TO, UH, OF THE OPERATION PERMIT FOR A ROBOT IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE $2,000. I, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE COMPANY AND TO SEE WHY THAT IS, BUT, UM, I WILL GO OVER THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND, UM, COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE SIX MILES. I DON'T, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE SLOWER RATHER THAN FASTER. SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY GOING 10 MILES ACROSS THE CROSSWALKS, CORRECT? THAT IS WHAT THEIR LETTER INDICATED, YES. I DON'T KNOW IT, I SO YOU WANNA KEEP IT ALL AT SIX, EVEN IF THEY'RE GOING ACROSS? YES. OKAY. WE'LL, I'LL TALK WITH THEM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. CALL THE VOTE. SO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF ZOOM USER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. OKAY, LET'S GO THEN TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. ADAM. OKAY, WE'VE LOST ADAM ZOOM USER. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HI, IT'S, IT'S JANE CROP OVER HERE AT 1390 OCEAN DRIVE. UH, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. UM, SO I HAD ONE OF THESE BOTS IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE FOR OVER 24 HOURS, IT JUST SAT DEAD ON THE SIDEWALK. AND, YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THESE THINGS? UH, WHO DO YOU CALL? I CALLED CODE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW. I SENT A, A, A EMAIL TO ERIC CARPENTER. NO ONE'S IN CHARGE OF THESE THINGS AND THERE'S NO, WHO'S GONNA ENFORCE ANY REGULATIONS ON THESE THINGS AND FOLLOW A HUNDRED ROBOTS AROUND THE CITY? ARE THEY GETTING A CITATION A FINE? COULD WE NEED TO THINK THIS OUT A LITTLE FURTHER AS TO YES, WE NEED TO REGULATE THEM, BUT HOW, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DEPART WHEN I SEE A DEAD ROBOT ON THE STREET, WHO DO I CALL? SO THAT'S BASICALLY MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE YOU WOULD CALL CODE COMPLIANCE AND WE WOULD ISSUE A, WE ONLY HAVE ONE COMPANY OPERATING RIGHT NOW IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT IF IT IS ON A RIGHT OF WAY AND SOMETHING'S WRONG, COULD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO ISSUE A CITATION? HOW ARE WE GOING TO, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN, IN OUR ORDINANCE IS THAT THE ROBOTS MUST HAVE A 24 HOUR NUMBER, UH, VISIBLE SO THAT A SITUATION LIKE MS. KRUPP, UH, DESCRIBES COULD BE ADDRESSED BY CALLING THE COMPANY AND, AND THEY SHOULD TAKE CHARGE OF THAT. BUT I THINK BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WE COULD LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NUANCES AND AND ADDRESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A ROBOT ROBOT EXCEEDS THE WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME WE ALLOW, UH, FOR THEM TO REMAIN IDLE ON THE SIDEWALK. AND YES, CODE COMPLIANCE WOULD BE THE, THE ARM OF THE CITY THAT WOULD BE ENFORCING THE, THE CODE PROVISIONS. AND WE COULD INCREASE FINES, CORRECT. 'CAUSE WE ARE ALLOWED TO FINE FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. SO WE COULD DO THAT SUBJECT TO THE STATE'S LIMITS ON, ON FIGHTS. YES. MR. MARIA, THEY EVEN PUT LIMITS ON THE FINES, HUH? MITCH NOVAK? MITCH NOK. WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU COMING AT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING? BEING THE FIRST SPEAKER I WAS HERE. I'M TRYING TO REMAIN LOW KEY OR KEEP GOING. I GET NERVOUS THAT YOU'RE OKAY EVERY TIME. I DON'T SEE EVERYTHING'S PERFECT. UH, JUST I WOULD URGE YOU TO, UH, REJECT THE $2,000 FEE PER, UH, FOUR PER COMPANY AND, UH, EITHER KEEP THE HUNDRED IN PLACE, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR CITY BLANKETED WITH THOUSANDS OF THESE THINGS. THANKS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS LARRY SCHAEFFER. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GO AHEAD, SIR. PICK 3, 3 80 FIRST STREET. LARRY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET A WRAP ON ONE OF THESE BOTS IN THE SHAPE OF COMMISSIONER TANYA BOT AND THEN CALL IT THE BOT? BOT? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS, UH, NE'S IPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. UH, YES. MY NAME IS INES FLAX. I'M AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE. I JUST WANNA BRING TO EVERYONE ATTENTION THAT EVERY TIME YOU RAISE THESE FEES AND YOU MAKE THEM UNAFFORDABLE, THEN YOU MAKE EVERYTHING ELSE UNAFFORDABLE. AND ALSO WITH THE FINES, THEY'LL BE SO QUICK TO FIND AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE COMPASSION EVEN TO ROBOTS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD MAYBE HAVE A, A FIRST WARNING, SECOND WARNING, AND MAYBE ON THE THIRD ONE, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A FINE, BUT NOT, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS FINES WILL MAKE ALSO LIFE UNAFFORDABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS. [02:05:02] GREAT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT COMPASSION IS REALLY RESERVED FOR HUMAN BEINGS IN AS, I MEAN, I, I LOVE YOU, BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMPASSION FOR THE BOTS. EXCUSE JUST DONE. IT'S , BUT EXCEPT FOR THE BOT. BOT . OKAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. SO I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, AS IS RIGHT COMMISSIONER, UM, AS IS. AND I'M ALLOWED TO MAKE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, AND I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE STRINGENT REGULATIONS. AND, UM, UH, TO INEZ IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS MORE DIFFICULT. I THINK IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE FOR A BOT, THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SEEING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BOTS EVENTUALLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPANDING. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ONLY DELIVERING FOOD. EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING MEDICINE. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO, AMAZON'S GOING TO HAVE BOTS. EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE BOTS. SO IT IS REALLY GOING TO, UH, POLLUTE THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO, UH, ON THE VOTE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BOT . FREE THE BOTS. UH, YES. RELUCTANTLY, BUT YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMM DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. R FIVE [R5 S 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 70-67, ENTITLED “PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES,” TO CLARIFY THE PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BY PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION, ON A PILOT PROGRAM BASIS, TO PERMIT AN ADULT RIDING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE WITH A CHILD TO OPERATE SUCH ELECTRIC BICYCLE ON THE BEACHWALK AND OTHER SPECIFIED AREAS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] SR FIVE S IS AN OR ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER. THE CITY MAY REACH FOR AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED PUBLIC PLACES BY AMENDING DIVISION TWO ENTITLED, BICYCLING SKATEBOARDING, ROLLERSKATING INLINE SKATING, MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE MOPEDS MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS BY AMENDING SECTION 70 DASH 67 ENTITLED PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES TO CLARIFY THAT PROHIBITION RELATING TO MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BY PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION ON A PILOT PROGRAM BASIS TO PERMIT AN ADULT RIDING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE WITH A CHILD TO OPERATE SUCH ELECTRIC BICYCLE ON THE BEACH WALK AND OTHER SPECIFIED AREAS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAT OBSERVABILITY CLARIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S ITEM R FIVE S. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO ME BY A RESIDENT WITH SMALL CHILDREN AND TAKING THEIR CHILD TO SCOTT REKO CENTER AND OTHER PLACES ACROSS MIAMI BEACH. ON THE BEACH WALK, UM, WAS BECOMING CUMBERSOME AND WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE TRANSIT COMMUNITY AND BIKE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT'S WHERE THIS ITEM WAS BORN. UM, AND JUST THIS WEEK, UH, THIS PERSON WAS SHOWING ME PICTURES OF THE SCOTT RAEL CENTER, WHERE EVEN IF THEY WOULD HAVE GONE BY CAR, IT WAS COMPLETELY FULL. AND SO WERE ALL OF THE METERS ON THE OUTSIDE. SO HAVING A BIKE WOULD, UH, TAKE A, ELIMINATE A CAR FROM THE ROAD. AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN MEETINGS WITH MBPD AND, UM, SO THERE'S THE ITEM. RAISE MY HAND FOR ME, I GUESS. YES, . UM, I APPRECIATE THIS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AND, UH, I MET WITH THE PERSON THAT WAS PUSHING THIS FORWARD AS WELL. UH, ROBERT, ONE, CONGRATS ON, UH, THE NEW ROLE AT MBU. UH, LOOK FORWARD TO STEADY HAND. LOVE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION. WHAT I, UH, SUGGESTED TO THE PERSON THAT IS PROPOSING THIS, UH, I WILL BACK IT ON FIRST READING. I WANT TO BUILD LIKE MANY THINGS, COMMUNITY CONSENSUS, RIGHT? IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE CONCERNS THAT YOUR GROUP MAY HAVE, AND ANOTHER PROMINENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MBNA, UH, WE GOT THIS MORNING THAT THEY, UH, DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE IN THIS. I DON'T LIKE TO BE PLACED IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE PUT IN THE MIDDLE TRYING TO DECIDE BETWEEN GROUPS THAT ARE GREAT STAKEHOLDERS OF OUR CITY ON TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I'D REALLY LIKE TO ALMOST HAVE, UH, IT MORE COMMON WHERE PEOPLE ARE MEETING AMONGST EACH OTHER AS GROUPS, AS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND LOOKING TO BUILD CONSENSUS BEFORE EVEN COMING TO US. UM, AND I HOPE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, UH, THAT'S WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHERE, UH, THE SPONSOR, SOME OF THE TRANSIT GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT CAN MEET WITH TREMENDOUS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MBU AND MBNA HERE, THEIR CONCERNS, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE, AND SEE HOW WE CAN ESSENTIALLY ACHIEVE CONSENSUS. UH, THAT'S FOR THIS ITEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT COULD BE A REALLY GREAT TEMPLATE TO REALLY COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD. UM, SO LONG STORY SHORT, I'LL SUPPORT HER ON FIRST READING. [02:10:01] NOT PROMISING HOW, UH, I'LL VOTE ON SECOND READING 'CAUSE I WANT TO HEAR BOTH SIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'M HOPING IN THE INTERIM, IT'S NOT INCUMBENT ON US ABOUT TRYING TO GO AND SEE WHICH GROUP IS RIGHT. THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH OPPOSING VIEWS SHOULD COME TOGETHER AND SEE IF THEY CAN BRING, UH, SOME CONSENSUS AND MAYBE HEAR OUT SOME CONCERNS AND HOW THEY CAN BE MITIGATED. SO I'LL, I'LL BE A YES HERE, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THOSE GROUPS KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO, UH, BRIDGE THAT GAP, UH, IN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, THERE IS. UH, I HAVE ALICIA CASANOVA REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MS. CASANOVA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MS. CASANOVA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS ALICIA CASANOVA. I'M REPRESENTING THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID. UM, OUR PRESIDENT, ANNA MARIE FERREIRA DELLO HAS MET WITH MATTHEW, UM, WHO IS, UM, LEADING THIS INITIATIVE. UH, HOWEVER, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD HAS MET AND THE MBNA FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT ADOPTING THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CONTRADICT ESTABLISHED CITY TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY PLANS, DISMANTLE CRITICAL, UH, PROTECTIONS, SET ENFORCEMENTS EFFORTS OF FOR FAILURE, DIMINISH THE SHARED ENJOYMENT OF THE BEACH WALK AND PLACE ITS MOST VULNERABLE USERS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, SENIORS, AND PEDESTRIANS AT UNACCEPTABLE RISK. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO PRESERVE THE CURRENT ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ALL MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON THE BEACH WALK WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTIONS. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER. SECOND, MAKE SURE, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR DEPARTMENT THAT'S WORKING ON THE PARALLEL BIKE WALK NEXT TO THE BEACH WALK, WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS? I KNOW YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS BEFORE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS ONE OF OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. IT'S NOT PARTISAN, IT'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THE PERMISSION AND CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE AND GO TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS AND EXPLAIN THAT WE REALLY NEED THIS PARALLEL BIKE PATH NEXT TO THE PEDESTRIAN PATH. SURE. AND, AND GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER AMY KNOWLES, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER. SO THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PRIORITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND WE DID, UM, HIRE A CONSULTANT FIRM TO HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO A YES TO DO THIS, ANYTHING IN THIS AREA OF MIAMI BEACH AS THE PART OF THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE. IT IS HIGHLY REGULATED BECAUSE THE STATE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IS, IS BUILT THAT CAN IMPACT THE BEACH IN A NEGATIVE WAY THAT CAN IMPACT, UM, SEA TURTLE HABITAT. THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS HERE. UM, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE WILL HAVE THE FEASIBILITY REPORT SOON, UM, THIS FALL, AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS WITH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE HOW TO SHARE THAT. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE IT IS ON THE BEACH, AND THE BEACH IS VERY PROTECTED BECAUSE OF STORMS AND HABITAT AND JUST THE STABILITY OF OUR COASTLINE. OKAY, SO YOU'RE GONNA GET THE FEASIBILITY REPORT THIS FALL AND THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? AND THEN WE WOULD, SO KIND OF DECIDE WHAT TO DO. IT'LL HAVE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, A VERY HIGH LEVEL ON, UM, HOW WIDE THIS PATH WOULD BE, HOW LONG IT WOULD BE, UM, ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, UM, AND WHAT THE KIND OF PATHWAY WOULD BE, UM, IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL COST AS WELL. DO WE HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE MINUTE YOU GET THE REPORT, WE SHOULD HAVE THE PLAN READY TO GO. THE COST, IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE ALREADY BUDGETED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE SO WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT LAST TIME IT TOOK US LIKE A DECADE. YEAH, VERY LONG TIME. AND, AND REMEMBER LAST TIME WE HAD THE DUNES ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE. SO THAT I THINK HELPED US AS A CITY. UM, THE PLANS WILL BE VERY HIGH LEVEL. THEY'LL BE CONCEPTUAL PLANS, SO IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLANS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR ACTUAL PERMITTING. SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER BIG STEP. SO IF YOU HAD A TIMELINE FOR US, BECAUSE THIS IS, I GET MORE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES. I GET SO MANY EMAILS ABOUT THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE TIMELINE IS FOR THE PATH REALISTICALLY? SURE. WELL, I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROBABLY BRING IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, EARLY NEXT YEAR, UM, TO DETERMINE THAT. I MEAN, IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR TO TWO IN DESIGN AND PERMITTING IF IT WAS, IF THERE'S A PATHWAY FOR APPROVAL AND THEN CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT. BUT USUALLY DESIGN AND PERMITTING IS A GOOD ONE TO TWO YEARS. SO DESIGN AND PERMITTING TWO MORE YEARS FROM NOW AND THEN CONSTRUCTION ANOTHER TWO YEARS A YEAR. YEAH, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK WE GET. CAN YOU GIMME ANY MM-HMM. LIKE SO FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS? WE COULD, I MEAN, WE COULD REALISTICALLY MAYBE TOUCH BASE WITH CIP [02:15:01] SINCE THEY BUILT THE, THE BEACH WALK COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE DON'T OWN ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THE APPROVALS OF THE UPLAND OWNERS LIKE WE DID DURING THE INITIAL BE BEACH WALK PROCESS. SO AS WE'VE SEEN, PARTICULARLY WITH THE BAY WALK, IT'S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL OWNERS. UH, SO THEN WE CAN MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT THIS BEACH WALK PATH IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. HOW MANY PROPERTY OWNERS DO YOU NEED TO GET PERMISSION FROM AT THIS POINT? AND WHY ARE WE NOT, WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE PERMISSION NOW SO THAT WHEN YOU GET THE PERMIT, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT IT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION. HAVE WE BEEN DOING THAT PROACTIVELY GOING OUT AND GETTING THE PERMISSIONS RIGHT NOW? WE DON'T EVEN HAVE CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL FROM THE STATE THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT, SO. WELL I UNDERSTAND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO BUILD THIS, THIS, THIS PATH. I MEAN, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL, WHAT DOES IT HURT IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE JUST REACHING OUT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHT NOW, SHOWING THEM KIND OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO SO THAT WE'RE NOT, SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE US A DECADE TO, TO BUILD THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARALLEL PATH ON THIS AND REALLY PUSH FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR US. DON'T YOU GUYS AGREE WITH ME? YEAH. AND MR. MANAGER, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, LET'S, LET'S BE SMART AND, AND USE THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE NOW TO BE ABLE TO GET BENEFITS, TO BE ABLE TO, FOR WHENEVER WE HAVE THE REGULATORY APPROVAL, BE ABLE TO DELIVER, UH, DELIVER THIS, THIS PROJECT. WHILE, WHILE, WHILE WE HAVE THEM, BEFORE US, THEY'RE GOING TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR HISTORIC PROPERTIES ALONG THE BEACH WALK AND THE DENSEST, THE, THE, THE BUSIEST AREAS OF THE BEACH WALK. MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS, THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH REVIEW, UH, FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. NOW, WHY DON'T WE START GETTING COMMITMENTS NOW, GIVEN THAT THIS WAS THE DIRECTION GIVEN TO YOU BY THIS COMMISSION, THAT WE WANT TO SEE THIS DONE. LET'S START GETTING THOSE APPROVALS SO THAT ONCE WE GET THE STATE'S APPROVAL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY. IF NOT, WE'RE JUST CONSTANTLY GONNA BE SLOW AND DELAYED AND IT'S GONNA BE AT A, AT A PACE THAT, THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE JUST GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY FRUSTRATED AT THE PACE THAT THE GOVERNMENT MOVES. COMMISSIONER BING AND COMMISSIONER ING GONZALEZ, AMY, I, I THOUGHT ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES WAS CONSTRUCTING AN ALTERNATE AND, AND AN INCREMENTAL PATH TO THE EAST OF THE DUNES. LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE IN BELL HARBOR AND SURFSIDE, IS THAT ALSO BEING CONSIDERED? YEAH, SO WHAT IS BEING CONSIDERED IS, IS A PATH EAST OF THE DUNES. SO WE HAVE OUR EXISTING BEACH WALK AND THEN WE HAVE THE DUNES. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH UPLAND PROPERTIES. UM, WE, WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE STATE WILL WILL REQUIRE AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW THIS AT ALL. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT, BUT WHAT WE'RE PURSUING IS SOMETHING THAT, BECAUSE THE STATE OWNS ALL OF THE BEACH, AND SO I THINK THE UPLAND PROPERTIES THEN DON'T FACTOR INTO THIS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WAS WHAT THE, THE MANAGER BROUGHT FORWARD. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO, HONESTLY, WE, WE'D HAVE TO HEAR MAYBE FROM THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BEACH WALK. SO I THINK THERE'S, UM, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR GETTING A, A SECOND BEACH WALK DONE, UM, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE, AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, AND ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING CAN BE DOING TO HELP WITH THAT. UM, LET'S BRING THAT FORWARD AS A SEPARATE ITEM. UM, I KNOW THE, THE BEACH WALK IN AND OF ITSELF IS AN ITEM THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT FORTH THAT I'M A CPRIME ON WITH HIM. AND SO THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A HOT TOPIC FOR ALL OF US, BUT THAT IS NOT THE ITEM BEFORE US. AND I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THIS ITEM THAT BEFORE US TODAY, JUST BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A HOT TOPIC AND IT'S SOMETHING, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT ON THE ITEM THAT'S NOT BEFORE US THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING? UH, THANK YOU, AMY. I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU'VE, YOU'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS. I BROUGHT THIS INITIATIVE A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND, UM, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT I KNOW THIS, UH, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN THIS COMMISSION. AND I, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN WHETHER THIS IS ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. 'CAUSE I THINK YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION THAT IT CERTAINLY IS, IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE CERTAINLY CAN ADD IT WITH THE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WITH TALLAHASSEE. YEAH. WITH THIS GROUP. THE CHALLENGE, IF I MAY, I JUST, THE CHALLENGE, I JUST WANNA JUST ADD THE CHALLENGE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW WITH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE HAS BEEN. IT'S UNNECESSARILY EVEN AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATUTE, BUT IT'S FROM, FROM WHAT I GATHER AND IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT IT INTO OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. UH, IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BY, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRO PROTECTION WHERE WE'VE ENCOUNTERED, I THINK PROBABLY MOST CHALLENGED WITH [02:20:01] THIS. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. THIS IS MY FINAL, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT ON THE ITEM. I'M SORRY. BUT I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL, ONE FINAL QUESTION. UM, HAVE WE MET IN PERSON WITH THE PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE THAT ARE GIVING US THE PERMISSION? OR IS IT A, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TALLAHASSEE LOCALLY? YEAH, SO WE HAD REACHED OUT, UM, INITIALLY LAST YEAR AND, AND TALKED TO FOLKS. UM, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND OUR NEXT STEP IS FOR THE PRE, UH, APPLICATION MEETINGS WHERE WE'LL HAVE FORMAL MEETINGS WITH THEM. IT IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM TO GIVE YOU A REACTION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. AND THOSE ARE, IF THEY'RE NOT SET UP ALREADY, THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING SET UP. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE REALLY PROACTIVE WITH THIS. AND ONCE WE GET THE, THE DESIGN FROM THE CONSULTANT, LITERALLY LIKE TRAVEL TO TALLAHASSEE WITH OUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND PUSH AND PUSH AND PUSH, UM, SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE US YEARS AND YEARS. 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST GONNA GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE PILE. SO I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS, TRAVEL TO TALLAHASSEE, TALK ABOUT IT, GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, DOING THE APPROVALS. UM, I THINK THAT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. COMMISSIONER MARTIN, DID YOU HAVE THINGS YOU WANTED TO FINISH UP? YOU WERE DONE? YEAH. OKAY, COMMISSIONER? NO, I MEAN, I DID HAVE THINGS TO FINISH UP. OH, UM, GO AHEAD LAURA , I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THIS IS A PILOT ITEM. UM, IT IS VERY NARROWLY TAILORED AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM SECOND, WHAT I'D LIKE TO COMMISSIONER BOT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWO YEARS ON MICRO MOBILITY ISSUES BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TOPIC. UM, WE SEE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES USING E DEVICES, UM, TO GET AROUND MORE EASILY. AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT. AND WE ARE HAMSTRUNG BY FDOT AND SOMETIMES THE COUNTY ON MAKING OUR ROADS SAFER. SO IT IS A NATURAL DESIRE TO PUT PEOPLE ONTO SAFER PATHWAYS, UM, TO, TO, UM, MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY. PEDESTRIANS, REGULAR BIKES, E-BIKES, SCOOTERS AND CARS. UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A MECHANISM TO ENFORCE THIS, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK POLICE CHIEF JONES TO COME UP, UM, AND DISCUSS THIS. BUT SECOND OF ALL, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS, UM, LET'S, LET'S TAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR MICRO MOBILITY EFFORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES. UM, THIS YEAR LET'S IMPLEMENT A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE AND COLLECT DATA. AND NEXT YEAR LET'S MAKE DECISIONS AND EFFECTUATE CHANGE BASED ON THAT DATA. SO THIS YEAR WE ARE PAINTING OUR GREEN, UM, BIKE PATHS, REPAINTING THEM. A LOT OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, IN SIGNIFICANT STATE OF DISREPAIR. WE ARE REPAINTING OUR WHITE BIKE LANES, UM, SHADOWS, ROAD MARKINGS TO MAKE THEM MORE VISIBLE. SO TO MAKE THEM SAFER. UM, WE HAVE, UM, DIGITAL DATA COUNTERS BEING INSTITUTED IN, UM, UH, SORRY, YEAH. INSERTED INTO DIFFERENT, UM, ROADS THAT ARE HEAVILY USED BY BICYCLES AND, AND OTHER E DEVICES AS WELL AS ON THE BEACH WALK. AND THAT IS EXACTLY TO CAPTURE THE DATA TO FIND THE CORRECT PATH FORWARD, NO PUN INTENDED. UM, YES, THERE WAS NO, I COULDN'T DO THIS IF I TRIED TO. UM, AND, AND SO TO SUBVERT THE PROCESS BEFORE WE HAVE THE DATA IS NOT HELPFUL. UM, MOREOVER, THE WAY THIS IS DRAFTED, SO FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T, I I DON'T LOVE THIS. AND IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE MATTHEW, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN, IN THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITH US, THESE TASK FORCE MEETINGS WITH US, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO WITH THIS. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING. UM, WE ALL WANNA MAKE THIS SAFER FOR EVERYBODY. THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN NOW, IT'S A, UH, AN ADULT OF 18 YEARS OLD SUPERVISING A CHILD OF UP TO 16 YEAR YEARS OLD. TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE BIKE GANGS WHO COME INTO THE CITY AND RUN ROUGH SHOT ALL OVER US. UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO LIMIT THIS TO, UM, A, A PARENT WITH A CHILD ON A BIKE, I COULD HAVE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. UM, UH, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET YOUR DRIVER'S PERMIT FOR A CAR AT 15, SO IF YOU NEED SUPERVISION ON A BICYCLE, ON A OFF ROAD PATH, THAT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING ON EITHER OF THOSE VEHICLES. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY THIS IS DRAFTED ABOUT THE, THE FACT THAT IT'S HERE BEFORE US. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERN BECAUSE I'VE SPENT THE LAST ALMOST TWO YEARS TO GET TO THIS, TO, TO RESOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AS WELL. BUT WE ALSO GET EQUAL NUMBERS OF PEOPLE SAYING, I'M JUST WALKING, MINDING MY BUSINESS. UM, AND TRYING TO NOT GET RUN OVER BY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T, UM, PAYING ATTENTION, WHO ARE SPEEDING, WHO ARE CARELESS, WHO AREN'T OBEYING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE'VE GOT TONS OF PEOPLE ON SCOOTERS WHO ARE, UM, RUNNING THROUGH [02:25:01] RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS AS IF THE LAWS OF THE ROAD DON'T APPLY TO THEM. WE ARE LITERALLY HAVING A MICRO MOBILITY TOWN HALL A WEEK FROM TUESDAY, THIS PAST TUESDAY, YESTERDAY, A WEEK FROM OKAY, TUESDAY COMING UP , UM, TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS UPDATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO USE ALL THESE DEVICES, UM, TO EX GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE, BUT ALSO TO, TO EDUCATE ON WHAT THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE ON A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU'RE ON THE ROAD, YOU NEED TO ACT LIKE YOU'RE IN A CAR, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN A CAR, IN A SCOOTER OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ON THE BEACH WALK, IT IS NOT OKAY TO BE BLASTING THROUGH AT 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY NARROW PORTIONS OF THE BE WALK AND PEOPLE WHO ARE STROLLING ELDERLY FOLKS WHO ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS. AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE SAFE. SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO DO A PILOT PROGRAM 'CAUSE WE ARE LITERALLY IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING DATA. UM, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE, TO THE POLICE OFFICERS, TO THE CHIEFS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD ENFORCE THIS GIVEN, GIVEN WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TODAY. SURE, SURE. UM, WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, DANNY MCGALL, ASSISTANT CHIEF. YOU KNOW, BROADLY SPEAKING, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN FAVOR OF MICRO MOBILITY, UH, FOR THE CITY. GIVEN THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WE HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS AND FRUSTRATION THAT THAT SURROUNDS THAT WE, WE DO BELIEVE IN IN DOING IT OPERATING THESE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES SAFELY. I'VE ASKED, UH, CHIEF BOGAL TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT. DANNY? YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MR. VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, MR. MANAGER. UH, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAVE WITH THE ORDINANCES THAT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS THE ENFORCEABILITY OF IT. UH, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE THAT ARE CONDUCTING ENFORCEMENT ON THE BEACH WALK TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE BASED ON THE 16 AND UNDER, AS OPPOSED TO IF IT WERE RESTRICTED TO SOMEBODY OF A YOUNGER AGE, 10 AND UNDER, WHICH IS MUCH EASIER FOR AN OFFICER TO DETERMINE AS THESE VEHICLES ARE GOING BY THE AGE OF THE PERSON ON THE BIKE. THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT CONCEIVABLY, AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT, COMMISSIONER, UH, A PERSON 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, THAT IS WITH SOMEONE 16 YEARS OF AGE OF YOUNGER, NOT NECESSARILY SUPERVISING BEHAVIOR, BUT WRITING THESE DEVICES TOGETHER WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE AS LONG AS THEY WERE TRAVELING AT A CERTAIN SPEED. UH, SO IT, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR US TO ENFORCE WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND OBVIOUSLY FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYONE'S SAFETY ON THE BEACH WALK, NOT JUST THE FOLKS THAT ARE OPERATING, UH, THE, THE E-BIKES. UH, THIS IS FOR THE, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE WALKING. SOME OF OUR ELDERLY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY VOCAL IN THE PAST. I KNOW HENRY STOLLER IS ONE OF THE, THAT HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO ENJOY THE BEACH WALK AS A PEDESTRIAN AND HOW HE'S PLACED IN FEAR OFTENTIMES BY THE OPERATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND E SCOOTERS THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON THE BEACH WALK. SO IT, IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE FOR US WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER PATH, UH, THE ELECTED BODY CHOOSES FOR US TO DO, AND WE WILL DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN, AS ALWAYS, TO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. NOW, HOW LONG IS THE PILOT FOR? NINE MINUTES? I THINK THAT'S, I THINK IT'S VERY REASONABLE, UM, TO, TO SEE WHERE THIS LANDS. UM, I THINK THERE IS A GOOD POINT TO BE MADE THAT YOU ARE GONNA BE TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN ON A SCOOTER. UM, I, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE A SECURE SAFE PATH WITH, WITH CERTAIN REGULATIONS THAN, UM, ON THE STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING RUN OVER. UH, SO, UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, FOR, FOR A PILOT PROGRAM FOR NINE MONTHS. I TAKE MY KIDS ON THE SCOOTER, YOU KNOW, I'M A PARENT. I, I, UH, I'M RESPONSIBLE WITH MY CHILDREN AT, AT SOME POINT. I, I, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE GETTING INVOLVED IN, IN HOW YOU PARENT OR TRANSPORT YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN AS LONG AS IT'S DONE IN A SAFELY MANNER. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT HAS RESONATED WITH ME IS THE SAFETY OF PARENTS TAKING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. UM, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS AFFORDABLE FOR A PARENT TO HAVE A CAR. UM, AND WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO EXPLORE CARLESS LIFESTYLES IN, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO THIS IS ALL A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. NOW, YOU MENTIONED THE AGE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN AGE THAT YOU WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY WILL [02:30:01] ALWAYS BE A TOP PRIORITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PASSING AN ORDINANCE. IT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IT IS ENFORCEABLE. UH, THE LAST THING WE NEED ARE MORE RULES IN THE BOOKS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE. YOU MENTIONED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ASSISTANT CHIEF, THAT THE AGE THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IS 10 YEARS OF AGE. YES, SIR. SO IN OUR INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, BECAUSE AS CHILDREN GROW IN THEIR TEENS, WE HAVE 16 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE INDISCERNIBLE FROM AN ADULT. SURE. SO THE INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD IS THE EASIEST WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE AGE ON A PARTICULAR ORDINANCE LIKE THIS WOULD BE TO HAVE A RESTRICTION OF 10 AND UNDER. BECAUSE THEN IT ALLOWS THE OFFICERS TO HAVE TO MAKE A VERY QUICK DETERMINATION TO VISUALLY IDENTIFY SOMEONE THAT IS POTENTIALLY OLDER THAN THEY SHOULD BE OPERATING. AND, AND IF THAT IS AMENDED, WOULD THAT SATISFY YOUR CONCERN ON ENFORCEABILITY? I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHAT WE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT, THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION WE WOULD BE OKAY AND IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH MORE FEASIBLE FOR US TO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE I VALUE VERY MUCH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER BOT'S CONCERN, UH, ABOUT SAFETY, ABOUT, ABOUT ENFORCEABILITY. I DON'T WANT US PUTTING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OFFICERS IN THE POSITION OF AN EXPECTATION, AN EXPECTATION TO ENFORCE AN EARNEST THAT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE. IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT 10 YEARS OF AGE IS WHAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT WILL HELP YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS, I LIKE TO PROPOSE IT AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE SPONSOR IF YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT. UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ULTIMATELY NEED TO ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE. YES. UM, THAT SOUNDS FINE. I ALSO WANNA SHARE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION AT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I KNOW THE FOLKS THAT APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS ITEM HAVE ALSO MET WITH MBPD MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. UM, I WILL ENCOURAGE THAT THAT HAPPENS. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING AMENDMENT. AND I THINK I MOVED THE ITEM SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ, THANK COMMISSIONER BOT. SORRY, I NEVER GOT TO WEIGH IN ON THE ITEM BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE BEACH WALK. THIS IS VERY, THIS IS SO DIFFICULT TO VOTE ON BECAUSE THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT LITERALLY LIVES ON THE BEACH WALK. SO THE BEACH WALK IS IN THEIR BACKYARD AS SAID, PLEASE DON'T VOTE ON THIS. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE SAYING THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE EITHER ALMOST BEEN HIT OR HAVE WITNESSED OTHER PEOPLE GETTING HIT OR INJURED. AND SO THEY'RE, THEY DON'T WANT IT. IT'S THEIR, THAT IT'S EVERYONE'S BEACH WALK, OBVIOUSLY. BUT THESE BUILDINGS ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT ON IT. SO TO VOTE FOR THIS WHEN THEY'RE ASKING US NOT TO IS SOMETHING THAT I, I DON'T WANNA DO AT THE SAME TIME. HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. YOU ARE ALLOWED RIGHT NOW ON IN A REGULAR BICYCLE TO GO ON THE BEACH WALK, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO IF WE'RE PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND WHATNOT, CAN WE JUST GET REGULAR BIKES FOR RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR KID TO SCHOOL ON A BIKE? OKAY, WELL THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PEDAL OR OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PEDAL. THAT'S IF YOU WANNA USE THE BEACH WALK, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN THINK ABOUT THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT ELECTRIC MICRO, BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD HAVE A PROTECTED PATH, BUT WE DON'T. AND IF WE VOTE FOR THIS AND SOMEBODY GETS HIT OR SOMEBODY GETS INJURED, THEN ON A, BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S ON AN E-BIKE, THEN IS THAT OUR FAULT? AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BECAUSE WE'VE SAID YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. SO THAT'S MY PROBLEM. EVEN IF YOU'RE GOING AT SIX MILES AN HOUR OR YOU KNOW, BOT SPEED, IF 10 MILES AN HOUR, UM, I THINK WE SAID EIGHT MILES, RIGHT? UNDER EIGHT MILES, I BELIEVE IT'S 10 MILES AN HOUR IN THIS ORDINANCE, 10 MILES AN HOUR. UM, IT JUST, IT GIVES ME PAUSE BECAUSE WHAT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT AND WE'RE CONDONING THAT AND IT HAPPENS. HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE, HAVE WE HAD OF, OF E-BIKES HITTING PEOPLE? SO THAT ONE'S DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM GO UNREPORTED. UH, UNFORTUNATELY. SO SOMETIMES FOLKS DON'T CALL US AND WE HEAR ABOUT THEM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR IN OPEN FORUMS LIKE THIS. SO I THINK THE ACTUAL REPORTED NUMBERS TO US MIGHT NOT REFLECT THE REALITY THAT OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT IN THE FIELD. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT OUR NUMBERS DON'T REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT A FEW TIMES, UM, BY AN E-BIKE, BUT HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN HIT WITH A PARENT, A CHILD ON THE SCOOTER? THAT'S VERY RARE. I I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY. IS THERE A WAY THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WE HOLD SOME SORT OF PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COME TO SOME AGREEMENT LIKE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING THEIR POSITION AND CREATE, CRAFTING [02:35:01] SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHOSE BEACH WALK IS IN THEIR BACKYARD. COMMISSIONER, I JUST SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT. WE ARE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE IN PERSON. I DON'T, THE ZOOM MEETINGS ARE NOT THE SAME. WHERE WE, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO MEET HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS OR MEET IN A DESIGNATED SPACE AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY PARENTS AND, AND CHILDREN SHOW UP, HOW MANY RESIDENTS OF THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOW UP. LET'S HAVE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD DOING WHAT WE KNOW IS, IS THE RIGHT THING AND THE SAFEST FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. I JUST NEED TO CHIME. OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER BTA AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. CAN I GET ? SO I'VE TWO, TWO THOUGHTS. ONE IS, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING A NINE MONTH PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH AND SPRING BREAK. AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD GET PRETTY HAIRY WITH YOUNG LOOKING ADULTS BEING ON, ON E-BIKES ON THE BEACH WALKS. SO I CAN I JUST INTERJECT SOMETHING. THE REASON WHY IT WAS NINE MONTHS IS SO THAT IT WOULD COVER THE SUMMER, WHICH IS OUR DEAD SEASON. UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO EXCLUDE MARCH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AMENABLE. AND THEN THE OTHER, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD, UM, BE VERY WILLING TO SUPPORT IS IF WE DID THIS FOR PARENTS WITH, UM, KIDS ON THEIR BIKES AS OPPOSED TO PARENTS SUPERVISING 10 YEAR OLDS. SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD APPLY TO PEOPLE WITH WHO ARE BIKING THEIR KIDS ON THEIR BICYCLES RATHER THAN, UM, RIDING. I THINK THAT JUST LIMITS TO THIS, TO THE PEOPLE WHO WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT. SO IF YOU'RE TAKING YOUR KID TO SCHOOL OR TO THE SCOTT RAY HOUSE CENTER AND YOUR KIDS IN A BIKE SEAT, THEN OKAY, WE CAN DO A TEST PILOT. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL NOT SUPER PLEASED ABOUT THIS ENTIRE SITUATION, BUT I WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO, BUT, UM, CAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO CRAFT HERE? IF YOU HAVE, UM, A CHILD ON A BIKE SEAT THAT YOU ARE TRANSPORTING ON THE BEACH WALK, THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE THERE. IF YOU ARE RIDING NEXT TO A CHILD, YOU KNOW, ON A SEPARATE BIKE, DID HE, SO YOU WANT THE CHILD TO BE ON THE STREET. I DO NOT WANT THE CHILD TO BE ON THE STREET, BUT ELSE ARE THEY GONNA GET TO WHERE THEY GO? THEY CAN BE ON A BICYCLE ONE, ONE AT A TIME. THIS, THEY CAN BE ON A BICYCLE. I DON'T THINK AN 8-YEAR-OLD CHILD SHOULD BE ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE OR A SCOOTER. THEY CAN GO UP TO 59 MILES AN HOUR. I MEAN, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT YOU CAN BUY SCOOTERS OFF OF AMAZON. THERE'S NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS REQUIRED, THERE'S NO LICENSING REQUIRED, THERE'S NO SAFETY TESTING REQUIRED. I'VE SEE, I SEE PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR CHILDREN INTO ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES AND LETTING THEM DRIVE AROUND. I THINK YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF, UM, WITH THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ON A BICYCLE IN A SAFE PLACE. AND IF A CHILD IS RIDING A BICYCLE TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR PARENTS, THAT IS FINE. I THINK TO HAVE A CHILD ON AN E-BIKE OR AN E SCOOTER IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. AND I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND OF COURSE, I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE PUT CHILDREN ON THE STREET IN VEHICLES THAT CAN GO UP TO 59 MILES AN HOUR. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CLARIFY THAT. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. SO I'M, I'M SENSITIVE TO THE ARGUMENT OF COURSE, THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT ON THE BEACH WALK BY BICYCLISTS. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THOSE ARE BICYCLISTS THAT PRETTY MUCH TREAT THE BEACH WALK LIKE THE TOUR DE FRANCE, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY THEY'RE GOING IN HIGH SPEEDS AND, AND THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR, TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. THAT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT IS RUNNING INTO ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT'S RUNNING INTO KIDS. IT IS A VERY, IS IT, IT IS SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE SPORTING ON THE BEACH WALK AND, AND, AND LITERALLY THEY'RE TREATING THE, THEY'RE TREATING THE BEACH WALK LIKE IT'S A SPORT COMPETITION. LIKE IF IT'S A TOUR DE FRANCE AND THEY'RE GOING ON THE, UH, I THINK THERE ARE ALUMINUM BICYCLES OR YOU KNOW, THAT ARE VERY THIN WITH A VERY THIN, WHAT'S THAT CARBON, CARBON, CARBON FIBER, THE CAR, CARBON FIBER, OR BICYCLES THAT ARE VERY LIGHTWEIGHT AND GOING VERY HIGH SPEEDS. THOSE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE GONNA BE USING THIS TO COMMUTE AND TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. AND, AND SO I COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO THE SAFETY CHILDREN AND OF PARENTS, UH, TAKING CHILDREN NOW WE'VE LIMITED TO THE AGE OF 10, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN 10 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER TO SCHOOL. UM, AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH [02:40:01] GREAT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN OUR CITY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE DIFFERENT MODES OF, OF TRANSPORTATION. I DON'T THINK, I REALLY DON'T THINK IN MY HEART THAT IT'S THE PARENT WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD THAT'S GONNA BE CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON OUR BEACH WALK. UH, I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF US WOULD BE PROPOSING THIS ITEM OR SUPPORTING THIS ITEM IF THAT WAS THE CASE. I THINK WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE SPONSOR HAS, HAS PROPOSED, AND KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALSO A TOWN HALL MEETING ON MICRO MOBILITY HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AS WELL, UH, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TO TEST IT. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT, THAT IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM AND IF WE NEED TO AMEND IT, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, COMMISSIONER. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I I I RESPECT SUNSHINE RULES VERY MUCH. I JUST SAW YOU PASS A NOTE TO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. DO YOU MIND READING IT TO US PLEASE? SINCE WE'RE IN THE SUNSHINE? SURE. UM, REALLY IT SAYS, AND I QUOTE, THANKS FOR PLAYING TEACHER AT SCHOOL. THAT'S FUN. AND THAT'S THE LEAD PARAGRAPH OF A NEWSLETTER. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO, BECAUSE AS I WAS SAYING, EXCUSE ME, SPEAKING, UM, AS I WAS SAYING THAT IF, IF WE'RE TAKING, IF WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BRING THEIR KIDS TO, TO SCHOOL, UH, IN A SAFE MANNER, THEY CAN'T RIDE IT ON THE SIDEWALK. 'CAUSE THAT'S ILLEGAL. THE ONLY OTHER PLACE THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT IS ON THE ROAD. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, I I THINK I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS A, AS A, AS A PILOT PROGRAM. UM, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A BEACH WALK THAT'S APPARENTLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AWAY, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SAFEST WAY TO GET CHILDREN, UH, TO, TO SCHOOL. UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE IN, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, I BELIEVE THAT AGE IS BETWEEN 11 AND 14. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BRING IT UP TO 12 SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS CAN USE THE BOARDWALK. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, LIKE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE RELIEF TO CHILDREN AND, AND THE PARENTS, NOT THE TOUR DE FRANCE, UH, BICYCLISTS LIKE, UH, OUR PLANNING DIRECTORS. AND SO , UM, I, I, UH, I WELCOME THIS AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, CRAFT IT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THANK YOU. SO I'LL CHIME IN. UM, I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF THE ITEM. I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE. UH, AND THE REASON IS I JUST, SINCE I WAS ELECTED, I'VE HEARD FROM, I, I HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM ELDERLY, MOSTLY ELDERLY RESIDENTS ABOUT THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE. AND, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND TRYING TO CARVE OUT, BUT I GOT AWAY, I GOT WEIGH IT AND JUST, I JUST, THOSE CONVERSATIONS OVER AND OVER WHERE CERTAIN PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE, THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF SOME OF THESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH CURRENTLY ARE NOT ALLOWED. AND I KNOW POLICE AND PARK RANGERS HAVE, UH, MADE AN EFFORT TO ENFORCE THAT. AND I THINK THAT ADDS ONTO IT. I I THINK WE'RE ALSO PUTTING OUR POLICE IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO, I TRY TO VISUALIZE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I TRY TO VISUALIZE, VISUALIZE MYSELF IN ALL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. WHAT A POLICE OFFICER, THE JUDGEMENTS YOU HAVE TO MAKE, AND THEY'RE QUICK, THEY'RE, I MEAN, THIS IS A QUICK DECISION AN OFFICER HAS TO MAKE. HOW OLD IS THE KID? HOW OLD IS, AND, UH, WHAT'S THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, UH, REALLY PUTS A, TO ME, A STRAIN ON, ON THE OFFICERS AS WELL, AS OPPOSED TO A CLEAR CUT RULE. SO AGAIN, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE FROM HEARING THESE RESIDENTS, UH, I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED HERE, HAS REALLY BEEN PROACTIVE AND, AND BEAUTIFYING. AND, UH, OUR BEACH WALK, THE SAFETY OF OUR BEACH WALK. AND THEY'RE AGAINST IT. MIAMI BEACH UNITED IS AGAINST IT. AND I, AND I SHARE THOSE CONCERNS. SO, UH, FOR THOSE REASONS, UH, ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND, AND, AND THE PILOT, AND WE'LL SEE. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA, WE'LL SEE WHERE THE VOTES FALL OUT AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THE PILOT GOES. AND, UH, MAYBE I'LL REASSESS, BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, I CAN'T BE SUPPORTIVE THERE INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL HIM? YES, PLEASE. UH, AND IF ANYONE'S IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, PLEASE QUEUE UP. FIRST CALLER IS IN'S IPHONE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES THE CALL. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. OKAY, LET'S GO TO KEITH THEN. KEITH STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. OKAY. KEITH MARKS, PRESIDENT OF AND, UH, CONTINUUM ON SOUTH BEACH. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, [02:45:01] WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING, UH, AND HAVE HAD RESIDENT AFTER RESIDENT TALK ABOUT THE UNSAFE, UH, ASPECT OF PARTICULARLY WALKING ANYWHERE NEAR, UH, SOUTH POINT, UH, PARK, UH, WITH MOTORIZED VEHICLES. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE POLICE TO MONITOR THIS AS IS. AND NOW WE WANT CARVE OUTS AND EXCEPTIONS. IT IS LUDICROUS. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL FIND ANYONE WHO WALKS AND LIVES ON THE BEACH WALK, WHETHER IT'S, UH, MID BEACH, NORTH BEACH, OR ANY BEACH WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN. IF YOU HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, PUT IT ON THE STREET. IF IT'S AN ELECTRIC BIKE, PUT IT ON THE BIKE, WHICH WE BUILT ON THE STREETS. THIS IS INSANE. IT IS NOT SAFE. THESE VEHICLES CAN GO FROM ZERO TO 60 WITH JUST AN ACCIDENTAL HIT OF THE THROTTLE, WHICH YOU CANNOT DO WITH A BICYCLE. AND, UH, IT, THIS IS THIS, I, I HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR THIS, BUT, UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY GIVE A FORMAL RESOLUTION. I HOPE IT DOESN'T PASS ON FIRST, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST SAFETY PROPOSAL I HAVE HEARD IN THE LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MATTHEW HANOFF. ACTUALLY, IT'S STILL MORNING. I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE COMMISSIONER FOR SPONSORING THIS ITEM AND FOR THE LIVELY DISCUSSION TODAY. I AGREE WITH YOU ALL THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE IN THIS CITY. AND LAST YEAR THERE WERE OVER 4,000 CRASHES ON OUR STREETS. FIVE PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO DATA THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED TO THE STATE, MORE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON OUR STREETS THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR THAN THEY DID ALL OF LAST YEAR. THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY. AS, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MENTIONED IT, PARENTS ARE GONNA BE, BY DEFAULT, THEY'RE GONNA BE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE RIDING WITH THEIR KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN YOUR OWN CHILDREN. AND THERE IS, THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS BUILT IN A 10 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT. I THINK THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL GIVE YOU BETTER DATA THAN A REAL WORLD PILOT. AND THIS ONE THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND TO MY, MY FRIEND AND MY NEIGHBOR IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD, KEITH, WHO JUST CALLED IN E-BIKES, DON'T GO 60 MILES AN HOUR. THOSE THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THOSE ARE NOT E-BIKES, THOSE ARE DIRT BIKES. THEY'RE NOT REGULATED. THEY'RE NOT LEGAL TO RIDE ON ANY PUBLIC STREET, ANY PUBLIC ROADWAY, ANY PUBLIC PATH. IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, E-BIKES HAVE TOP SPEEDS OF 20 MILES AN HOUR. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, AS A PARENT, MYSELF, AS SOMEONE WHO RIDES WITH THEIR CHILDREN, AND BY THE WAY, MY 8-YEAR-OLD WOULD BE WITH US TODAY IF SHE WASN'T IN SCHOOL. BUT SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AND SHE SAID, QUOTE, I WANNA BE FAMOUS. I THINK SHE MEANT ON TV. UM, BUT THIS IS A MEASURED RESPONSE TO A REAL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WHICH IS SAFETY ON OUR STREETS AND TRAFFIC ON OUR STREETS. AND SO I ASK THAT YOU PASS THIS ON FIRST READING, WE CAN GET TOGETHER. BY THE WAY, I REACHED OUT FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS TO THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO MEET WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO GO OVER THIS. AND IT NEVER HAPPENED. I OFFERED TO MEET WITH MBU IN PERSON AT THEIR MEETING ON FRIDAY, AND THAT WAS TURNED DOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BYE. OKAY, OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER HAS SCREEN NAME OF WT UNMUTE YOURSELF. STATE YOUR NAME. I MUST HAVE, UH, I MUST HAVE HIT THE WRONG LETTER. UH, IT'S R WAYNE ROBERTS. HOW ARE YOU? UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY INVOLVED IN, IN, UH, THE BEACH WALK, UH, MOBILITY WITH BIKES VERSUS PEDESTRIANS SINCE I MOVED HERE. UM, I'VE BEEN HIT ONCE OR TWICE BY BIKERS, BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH LAURA'S, UH, TEST, UH, AS LONG AS IT'S 10 YEAR OLDS. AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE TEST IS NOT WHAT A 10-YEAR-OLD WILL DO ON A BICYCLE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PERCEPTION AMONG, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SEE SOMEBODY WITH A MOBILITY BIKE OR A A, UH, AN ELECTRIC BIKE, UH, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO, TO THINK THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT AS WELL ON THE BEACH WALK. SO IT'S REALLY A COUNTER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, 10 YEAR OLDS WITH A PARENT ARE UTILIZING THE, UH, KING AND LAW TO, TO UTILIZE THE BEACH WALK. AND THEY MAY GET FOR IT, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A HALF OR 1% OF THE POPULATION THAT'S GONNA UTILIZE IT IS GONNA GET LINCOLN ROAD HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE BIKERS COME UP AND DOWN ALL THE TIME NOW 'CAUSE THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT REALLY. BUT, UM, [02:50:02] YEAH, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT I WOULD BE VERY KEEN TO UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT KIDS AND PARENTS SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UTILIZE THAT, THAT STRETCH. AND WE NEED TO CONTROL THE BIKERS. WE CAN'T HAVE TO THE FRONTS ON THE BEACH WALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD PLEASE. UH, HELLO, BLANC RELO, 1881 WASHINGTON AVENUE. UH, HELLO, UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER CITY DECLARES ATTORNEY. I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT SUMMER. AND THIS IS AN, UH, TOPIC I FEEL VERY STRONG ABOUT BECAUSE I LIVE OUT ACROSS THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE SIDEWALK OF THE CONVENTION CENTER ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IS VERY WIDE. AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN ABOUT TO BE HIT FOR THESE PEOPLE ANY AGE KIDS, OLDER ONES BECAUSE THEY USE IT LIKE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SPEED BECAUSE THERE IS VERY LITTLE FOOD TRAFFIC. AND THEN ALSO THE WORST PART OF IT IS WHEN THESE PEOPLE USING MICRO MOBILITY GET TO THE CROSSROADS, THEY DON'T EVEN RESPECT THE TRAFFIC LAWS. THEY DON'T STOP. YOU ARE ABOUT TO GO AND THEY COME JUST ACROSS YOU. AND SO THIS IS BOUND TO, TO CAUSE A LOT OF, UM, UH, ACCIDENTS OR SCARCE OR WHATEVER. AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR TRAFFIC AND PARKING AND ALL THAT, BUT, UH, IF YOU HAVE RIDE THE TROLLEY WHEN THE KIDS COME OUT OF SCHOOL, THE TROLLEYS ARE FULL OF KIDS IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING. SO I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS TO HELP THIS TRAFFIC AND THIS PARKING STUFF IS FIXING THE TROLLEY, UH, SCHEDULES THAT THEY'RE CLEANED, THAT THEY HAVE AC BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS UNTIL THE NEW CONTRACT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN FIX THE TROLLEYS THAT THEY'RE THERE, ESPECIALLY THE SCHEDULE. SO EVERYBODY, WE CAN JUMP IN AND OUT WHEN NECESSARY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ANNAMARIE FERRELO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, THIS IS ANNA MARIE FERREIRA DELO. I'M WITH THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MID BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MY HOME ADDRESS IS 4 7 7 9 COLLINS AVENUE. I AM REPRESENTING, UM, THE MB A'S OPPOSITION TO THIS AMENDMENT. YES, I, UM, UM, MATTHEW GATTOV DID NOT MEET WITH OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD. HE MET WITH ME AND AS THE PRESIDENT, I VETTED IT WITH OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD AND THEY WERE NOT OPEN TO MEETING AND DISCUSSING THIS FOR SEVERAL CONCERNS AND REASONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN OUR RESOLUTION. THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A BICYCLE THAT IS HEAVIER THAN A REGULAR BICYCLE BIKING ON OUR BEACH WALK AND, AND THE THOUGHT OF THE FORCE OF COLLISION CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES TO PEDESTRIANS, CHILDREN'S, AND ELDERLY RESIDENTS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS OF GREAT CONCERN TO THEM. THE THOUGHT THAT HAVING AN AN EXEMPTION FOR ONE GROUP AND, AND OTHERS TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN EXEMPTION. AND NOT HAVING OTHERS OR, OR MORE ELECTRIC BIKES ON THE BEACH WALK WAS ALSO A CONCERN. THEY FELT THAT PEDESTRIANS WERE NOT BEING PRIORITIZED AS MANY CITY PLANS HAVE, UM, HAVE OUTLINED TO BE A PRIORITY, AND THAT IT WOULD GO AGAINST ADVANCING VISION ZERO GOALS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. WE ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF, UH, MICRO MOBILITY, OF MAKING SURE THAT THE BEACH WALK IS A PLACE THAT IS ENJOYABLE AND SAFE FOR EVERYONE. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS REALLY BRINGS TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO INVEST IN FACILITIES THAT ALLOW THESE MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS. SO SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BIKES, AND OTHERS TO SAFELY COMMUTE FAMILIES AND, AND WITH YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUTE TO THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES SAFELY, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE, ON THE BEACH, WALK WITH OTHER, UM, WITH OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. SO THE MED BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS, IS ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO THIS PILOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS IN'S IPHONE. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. UH, YES. SORRY, I I I WAS OFF THE PHONE AT LAST TIME. UH, MY NAME IS INES FLUX. I'M AT 1500 OCEAN DRIVE. I AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN AND WITH A, UH, A RESIDENT WHO JUST SPOKE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT ELECTRIC BICYCLES TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE AN EXEMPTION. I THINK THE ONLY EXCEPTION SHOULD BE ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS FOR HANDICAP PEOPLE. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS. OKAY. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, MR. AMERICA, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA BE HEARD. UH, I'LL SAY SOMETHING AND UH, SURE. MATTHEW, I'M, I'M GONNA PUT SOME HOMEWORK IN YOUR SHOES HERE. UH, YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME PRETTY PROMINENT, UH, GROUPS [02:55:01] AND NOT JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE DISGUISING AS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, BUT MBU SOUTH OF FIFTH, MBNA, UM, I'M GONNA VOTE TO MOVE THIS ALONG TODAY JUST TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS. UM, BUT I'M HARD PRESSED TO SEE ME VOTING YES ON SECOND READING IF WE'RE STILL LATE YEARS AWAY. SO, I'M DOING THIS, I DON'T WANNA SAY AS A COURTESY TO YOU, BUT I BELIEVE IN THIS OVERALL VISION. BUT YOU HAVE SOME THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO WORK OUT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. IF THIS IS TRULY SOMETHING YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, USE THE RESOURCES OF YOUR GROUP. UM, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA BE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MOST ADJACENT TO THE BEACH WALK HERE ARE IN SUCH STRONG OPPOSITION. UM, YOU'RE GREAT AT THIS. GO AND, AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO MEET WITH THEM TO TRY AND, UH, BRIDGE THIS GAP, UH, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND RATING. MR. MAYOR, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET A, A DEMONSTRATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AT SOME POINT JUST TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SPEED. UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES 10 MILES AN HOUR, WHAT DOES 10 MILES AN HOUR ON, ON AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE LOOK LIKE? SURE. WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT, I'M SURE. THAT'D BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK? ABSOLUTELY HAPPY YOU DO THAT. PERSONAL ONE, ? YES. WHAT'S THAT? A PERSONAL ONE, OF COURSE. WHAT'S YOUR 40 YARD DASH CHIEF ? OKAY, I'LL SECOND THE ITEM. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. SO I HAVE MOTION BOOK FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AS AMENDMENTS. THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE IS, UH, CHANGE THE AGE TO 10 YEARS OF AGE, UH, PLUS A PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND EXCLUDE MARCH, 2016 FROM THE NINE MONTH PILOT PROGRAM. UH, VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER ZEN GONZALEZ. NO. COMMISSIONER B. NO. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? UM, I MEAN, YES, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PILOT STATED EXCLUDING THE MONTH OF MARCH, I INCLUDED IT. OKAY. YEP. MAYOR MINOR. NO MOTION FAILS. THE ITEM IS NOT APPROVED. THE AGE LIMIT. YEP. WHAT ITEM FAILED? THREE. UH, IT'S FOUR VOTES. YES. THREE. NO, I'M SORRY. NO, I PASSES. SO SORRY. NO, IT'S FOUR 17. WE GOT FOUR VOTES. IT PASSES. SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FIVE SEVEN VOTE AS AMENDED. 10 YEARS OF AGE PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND EXCLUDE MARCH, 2026 FROM THE NINE MONTH PILOT PROGRAM. FOR THE RECORD, DO YOU WANT SECOND READING TO BE SEPTEMBER 17TH, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, OR OCTOBER 29TH? OCTOBER 29TH. IT'S TOO SOON TO DO ALL OF THE MEETINGS BY THEN. SO OCTOBER 29TH, 2025 IS SECOND READING. THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES. LET'S, UH, WRAP UP TWO BUDGET ITEMS. R SEVEN C AND R SEVEN DR [R7 C A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE EIGHTH 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."] SEVEN C. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. UM, THIS AGAIN IS THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET. IT CONTAINS TWO ITEMS. IT RECOMMENDS THE APPROPRIATION OF $790,000 AND, UM, ONE ITEM, WHICH IS THE 2026 FEE FOR WORLD CUP SPONSORSHIP WAS APPROVED AT THE JULY CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE APPROVAL WAS FOR $1.25 MILLION. 700,000 WAS 750,000 WAS APPROVED FOR FFY 25, AND THE REMAINING 50 500,000 WAS APPROVED FOR FY 2026. SO THIS WOULD BE TO APPROPRIATE 750,000 IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THEN THE SECOND IM IS ACA BEACH ELEMENTARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000. AND THIS IS COMING FROM FUNDS FROM THE VILLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. THE $40,000 WAS RECEIVED, AND THIS WOULD BE TO APPROPRIATE THE DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT TO PROCEED. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. MR. MANAGER HAS WORKED, BEEN COMPLETED AT, THIS CAN BE ELEMENTARY. NO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE OR TWO MORE WEEKENDS. OKAY. TO FINISH THE WORK. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND. YES. MOTION. I'M SORRY. WHO SECONDED? I APOLOGIZE. I DID. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE. OH, WE HAVE LARRY SCHAEFER ON ZOOM. MR. SCHAFER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GO AHEAD SIR. LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UH, THE SCHOOL IS A, A, A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT ENTITY WITH A MASSIVE BUDGET. THEY TAX AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ALL OF OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND SAVE OUR HOMES. CAPS ARE NOT SUBJECT, ARE NOT INCLUDED WHEN CALCULATING, UH, SCHOOL TAXES. I SEE NO REASON WHY OUR CITY, WHICH, WHICH IS THROWING MONEY IN EVERY DIRECTION EXCEPT FOR THINGS LIKE SAVING THE, THE WATER. [03:00:01] NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR, UH, A REPAIR AT A SCHOOL PROPERTY. WHY DON'T WE GO, WHY DON'T WE GET THE SCHOOL TO PAY FOR THEIR BROKEN HEIGHT? WHY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER ONE. THERE'S NO OTHER PERSON REQUESTING TO SPEAK. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN C, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? R SEVEN C IS PASSED AND ADOPTED. SEVEN ZERO. THE SECOND ITEM IS [R7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE NINTH AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS SET FORTH IN ATTACHMENTS A, “PROJECTS”; B, “SOURCE OF FUNDS”; AND C “PROGRAMS."] ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT NINTH AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. CAPITAL BUDGET. R SEVEN D. AND THIS ITEM IS THE SAME ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED EARLIER IN THE NORTHEAST CRA'S BUDGET. THIS IS JUST APPROPRIATING THAT SAME A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE OVERALL CITY'S CAPITAL BUDGETS. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON ZOOM OR IN THE AUDIENCE MOTION, PLEASE. ANYONE WANNA MOVE THE ITEM? COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. WANNA MOVE THE ITEM? I'LL MOVE IT. YES. BUDGET ITEM. I FIGURED RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY. I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ABOUT MAYOR MINOR ON R SEVEN D. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? R SEVEN D IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. YES. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK. JASON AND TAMIKA AND YOUR WHOLE, AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM. LET'S CALL R 5G AND R FIVE HI WANTED THE THIRD THOSE ITEMS TO THE NEXT, GOTTA GIMME ANOTHER ITEM TO CALL, THEN WELL GIVE YOU ONE SEC. SO WE'RE [R5 G 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.] [R5 H SCHOOL USE INCENTIVES – LDR AMENDMENTS 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 V ENTITLED “REZONINGS AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS”, SECTION 2.5.3 ENTITLED “DESIGN REVIEW”, SUBSECTION 2.5.3.3 ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW”; CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES”, AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE XIII ENTITLED “HISTORIC PRESERVATION”, SECTION 2.13.7 ENTITLED “ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS/ CERTIFICATE TO DIG/CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION”, SUBSECTION C ENTITLED “REVIEW PROCEDURE” TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY FOR SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES”, ARTICLE VII ENTITLED “COMMISSION WARRANT” TO SECTION 2.7.1 ENTITLED “REVIEW PROCEDURE” TO ALLOW FAR WARRANT REQUESTS FOR SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ENTITLED “OFF-STREET PARKING,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “VEHICLE PARKING, BICYCLE PARKING AND OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS,” AT SECTION 5.2.4, ENTITLED “VEHICLE OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS,” BY AMENDING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN PARKING TIER 1 TO ELIMINATE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL USE; BY CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “GENERAL TO ALL ZONING DISTRICTS,” BY CREATING SECTION 7.1.12, ENTITLED “SCHOOL USE INCENTIVES,” TO ESTABLISH NEW ZONING INCENTIVES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FLOOR AREA RATIO) SPECIFIC TO PROPERTIES PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED WITH A SCHOOL USE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.4, ENTITLED “RM-1 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY LOW INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.4.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-1),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.5, ENTITLED “RM-2 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, MEDIUM INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.5.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-2),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6, ENTITLED “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.6.2, ENTITLED “USES (RM-3),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.10, ENTITLED “CD-1 COMMERCIAL, LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.10.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-1),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.11, ENTITLED “CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.11.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-2),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.12, ENTITLED “CD-3 COMMERCIAL, HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.12.2, ENTITLED “USES (CD-3),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.14, ENTITLED “NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER-CORE DISTRICT (TC),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.14.2, ENTITLED “USES (TC-1, TC-2),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.3, ENTITLED ‘USES (TC-3),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.14.6, ENTITLED “TOWN CENTER-CENTRAL CORE (TC-C) DISTRICT,” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.15, ENTITLED “PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICT (PS),” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.15.2, ENTITLED “RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (R-PS),” AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2.15.3, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICTS (C-PS),” AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.18, ENTITLED “SPE SPECIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.18.2, ENTITLED “USES (SPE)” BY REFERENCING THE SCHOOL USE INCENTIVES ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 7.1.12, AND CONFORMING THE REGULATIONS FOR EACH RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICT TO REFLECT THE INCENTIVES AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] DEFERRING, UH, TO SEPTEMBER 17TH. R 5G AND HI KNOW THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CONCERNS AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I ENGAGE WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND I APOLOGIZE. I DID SEE THOSE EMAILS COME IN AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESPOND. IT'S OUT OF COURTESY. I WANNA MAKE SURE I GIVE THE RESIDENT NO, IT'S ALL GOOD SERVE, BUT IT MAY BE THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF A COMMISSION MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE SEVEN SPONSORS TO AN ITEM AND YOU DEFERRED IT. SO YEAH, I KNOW. OUT OF COURTESY TO OUR RESIDENTS. NO, A HUNDRED PERCENT. AND, AND OF COURSE WE, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM, LET'S CALL R FIVE. J. R FIVE [R5 J VENDOR APPOINTMENTS TO LAND USE BOARDS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “LAND USE BOARDS,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” AT SECTION 2.1.1.3 THEREOF, ENTITLED “TERMS OF OFFICE,” TO RENAME THE SECTION AS “APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF OFFICE,” AND TO ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY VENDOR, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE OF A VENDOR, TO A CITY LAND USE BOARD; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] J IS IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, THAT MIAMI BE RESILIENCY CODE AND TITLE ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED LAND USE BOARD BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY AT SECTION 2.3 THEREOF ENTITLED TERMS OF OFFICE TO RENAME THE SECTION AS APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF OFFICE, AND TO ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY VENDOR, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE OF A VENDOR TO A CITY LAND USE BOARD, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OR CODIFICATION OBSERVABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. R FIVE J. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM, UH, IT'S FIRST READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVEN'S VOTE. R FIVE J. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, NICK, IF YOU COULD TAKE IT AWAY, THAT'D BE GREAT. SURE, I'D BE HAPPY TO. UM, SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO PROHIBIT THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY VENDOR, INCLUDING A PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYEE OF A CITY VENDOR TO ANY OF THE CITY'S LAND USE BOARDS. UH, THIS IS A REVISION TO, UH, AN INITIAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT, THAT THE SPONSOR BROUGHT, WHICH WOULD'VE APPLIED TO ALL CITY BOARDS IN THE CITY. UM, AT FIRST READING OF THAT ITEM, THE, THE ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO APPLY ONLY TO THE LAND USE BOARDS. IT WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, AND THE PLANNING BOARD REVIEWED AND TRANSMITTED IT WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. UM, THE ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY TO ANY, UH, ANY CITY VENDOR, UM, EXCEPT AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY PROVIDING GOODS, EQUIPMENT, OR SERVICES, UM, OF $10,000 OR LESS IN A CITY FISCAL YEAR, OR THAT RECEIVE $10,000 OR LESS IN GRANT FUNDS FROM THE CITY IN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR. UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO CLARIFIES THAT THE TERM PRINCIPLE INCLUDES AN OFFICER, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OR ANY PERSON HOLDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY A 5% OR GREATER OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE ENTITY. THAT 5% THRESHOLD IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER RULES IN OUR CODE OF ETHICS. I'M SORRY. AND LASTLY, IT PROVIDES FOR A WAIVER OF THE RESTRICTION ON A FIVE SEVENS VOTE BY THE CITY COMMISSION. OKAY. I THINK WE HASHED IT OUT AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I, UM, I NARROWLY TAILORED IT TO THE LAND USE BOARDS, WHICH HAVE A VERY, UH, STRONG, UM, IMPACT ON OUR DECISION MAKING. AND I, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO REALLY REMOVE ANY SORT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY VENDOR, UH, FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH MIGHT WEIGH IN ON [03:05:01] SPEC SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR LAND USE, UH, DECISION. SO, UM, I TRY TO BELABOR THIS LIKE WE DID FOR THIS, THE BICYCLE BICYCLE ITEM ON, UH, THE LAST MEETING. BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO MOVE IT AND SEE WHERE MY COLLEAGUES STAND ON THIS. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY PICK A SIDE, LIKE YOU'RE EITHER GONNA DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OR YOU'RE GONNA BE A RESIDENT ON A COMMITTEE ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING IN THE CITY. BUT THIS DOES HAVE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. WE HAVE SEVERAL LARGE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH. THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE. LIKE AT AND T, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE OUR BIGGEST, LARGEST VENDORS? ERIC, IF YOU HAD TO JUST PICK FIVE, FEW OF 'EM. I MEAN, AT AND T'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER ONES. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT I'M JUST AN EMPLOYEE OF AT AND T, RIGHT? I'M NOT REALLY REPRESENTING THE, THE GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST OR LARGE CONTRACTS. ALL OF A SUDDEN I CAN'T SERVE ON A BOARD. SO THERE'S, YOU HAVE TO FIX THIS. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL OF OUR VENDORS WHO ARE ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND OR MAKE SOME SORT OF EXEMPTION FOR LARGE NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS THAT RESIDENTS COULD POTENTIALLY WORK FOR, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CONTROL THESE LARGE CONTRACTS WITH MUNICIPALITIES. AND I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THIS MORE FAIR. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO IT, YOU KNOW? SO I, BUT I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPIRIT OF IT, I SUPPORT IT, UM, TO SOME EXTENT. UH, BUT I DO THINK THERE YOU HAVE TO FIX THAT. YEAH. FOR THE MAYOR, I THINK WE, WE ADDRESS THAT WITH THE FIVE SEVENS VOTE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT THAT COVERS THAT. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE POINT OF LIKE, AT AND T YOU KNOW, JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE THAT COMES TO MIND IS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WORK FOR AT AND T AND THEY NEED TO PUT MORE 5G CELL TOWERS, AND THAT HAS TO GO BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO, WELL, YEAH, BUT THERE'S A RECUSAL. SEE, HERE'S WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T, WE HAVE A NO, IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, DO WE NOT ALREADY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT YOU MAY, YOU HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF CONFLICT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I MEAN, I, I ALREADY KNOW HALF DOZEN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND NONE OF THE RECUSALS. WELL THEN THOSE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE REFERRED TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. IF YOU SEE RECUSALS THAT AREN'T HAPPENING, YOU SHOULD POINT THEM OUT. BUT, UM, I DON'T SAY I WANNA GET POINT. WHAT IF SOMEBODY HAS AN EXPERTISE? HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. 'CAUSE ONCE WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE, LIKE IT CAN, WE CAN ONLY REVERSE IT, UM, BY A CHARTER AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, SO IT BECOMES VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. WHAT IF SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FOR A CERTAIN COMPANY HAS AN EXPERTISE AND WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO SOMEHOW BE INVOLVED IN A CITY COMMITTEE. NOW, I GUESS WE HAVE THE FIVE SEVENTH VOTE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IS THIS JUST TO, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RECUSAL, UM, I, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHY YOU NEED TO LEGISLATE THIS. AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE NO, YOU KNOW, I NO INTEREST. I, I MEAN, I'LL VOTE FOR IT. I JUST THINK THAT SOMETIMES YOU TIE OUR HANDS IN WAYS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THESE COMMITTEES ANYWAY. AND YOU COULD HAVE AN EMPLOYEE OF AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OR SOMEBODY WHO COULD, WHO COULD REALLY CONTRIBUTE. THEY COULDN'T LIKE, FILL CERTAIN SPACES, ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SEAT. NOW YOU'VE HAMSTRUNG THAT BOARD AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL, UM, ON IT BECAUSE WE'VE OVER RESTRICTED IT. OR THEY DON'T WANNA BE, THEY DON'T APPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF US FOR A FIVE SEVENS VOTE. THIS IS LIMITED TO CITY VENDORS, NOT JUST PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BUSINESSES. SO IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU ARE CONTRACTED BY THE CITY FOR A CERTAIN JOB, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE IN POSITIONS OF POWER TO MAKE LEGISLATION OR, UH, QUASI-JUDICIAL LEGISLATION, UH, WHEN YOUR BUSINESS MIGHT BE, UH, WEIGHING YOUR DECISION. VERY SIMPLE. I JUST, I WANT TO, I WANT TO DRAW A BRIGHT LINE DISTINCTION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND, AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY. AND I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. SURE, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND A, A RECOMMENDATION TO INSPECTOR GENERAL, BUT THAT'S JUST A WASTE OF TIME, IN MY OPINION. SO WE'RE THE LEGISLATORS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE, UH, ETHICS GETS ETHICS, ETHICS CODES GET, UM, DRAFTED AND, AND, AND PASSED. AND WE'RE THE RESPONSIBLE ONES FOR THIS. THE FIRST LINE. WE'RE BASICALLY THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM. I, UM, YOU'VE BROUGHT A COUPLE OF SERIES OF ITEMS RELATING TO, UH, OUR ETHICS CODE AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AND, UM, WHILE I, [03:10:01] I COULD SEE THERE POTENTIALLY COULD BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. UH, I, I, I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THAT'S WHY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THEM. UM, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO, AND I'LL SUPPORT THIS ONE. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE THE OTHER QUESTION SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH? YES. MAYOR ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. MINOR YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29TH. SO TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 3RD, AND IT WAS CIRCLED ON THE CALENDAR AS OUR COMMISSION MEETING. AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT DATE FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE TODAY IS ALSO A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE IT'S OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC CARPENTER'S BIRTHDAY TODAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I HOPE IT'S NOT A SURPRISE. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE CELEBRATION FOR YOU UPSTAIRS. SO, UH, IF I RUINED IT, SORRY FOR ME, NO TAXPAYER FUND, AS I AM TOLD THEY'RE BEING USED FOR THIS. SO, UH, I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. LET'S, UH, LET'S BREAK TILL ONE 15. ONE 15. WE'LL BREAK. WELCOME BACK TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING AFTER OUR LUNCH BREAK. THANK YOU. UH, ERIC, HOW WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY? LUNCH? VERY NICE, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. GOOD. UM, WE ARE GONNA PROCEED WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC, CALL IN ON ZOOM. SO, HEY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MIDS. GO AHEAD, SIR. UM, MY NAME'S TIMOTHY SANDERS. I'M FROM PIER K ONE MIAMI BEACH ARENA. UM, I WAS NOMINATED AS A COMMUNITY GO-BETWEEN, I GUESS BETWEEN A THOUSAND RESIDENTS AND THE MARINA OVER THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE PROGRESS YOU MADE THERE. IT WAS VERY QUIET. WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. WE ALL HAVE A PARADISE HERE, BUT TODAY I AM HERE TO SPEAK BECAUSE, UM, LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE CALLED ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT R FIVE P AND THEY ARE COAST GUARD CERTIFIED BUSINESSES. SO THE, THE ISSUES AT THE MARINA STILL AND HAVE BEEN SIX BOATS. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR NAMES. THEY'RE THE PROBLEM. IT'S NOT YOUR LEGITIMATE BUSINESS OWNERS, AND IT'S GONNA HURT LEGITIMATE BUSINESS TAX REVENUE AND THE CITY AND THE MARINA OPERATOR, IF YOU CUT HOURS BACK ON THESE LEGITIMATE OPERATORS, YOUR ISSUES HERE ARE BAREBOAT CHARTERS. BAREBOAT CHARTERS. I CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH, BECAUSE PEOPLE LEASE THESE BOATS. THEY ACTUALLY OWN THESE BOATS. WHEN THEY TAKE 'EM OUT, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR CAPTAIN. THEY DON'T, THEY'VE GIVEN A CAPTAIN, BUT YOUR BAREBOAT CHARTERS AND EVEN THOSE, WE HAVE 450 BOATS, UH, SLIPS IN THE MARINA. YOU'VE GOT SIX BAD ACTORS. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE ON PIER K AND PIER J AND THEY JUST NEED TO GO. AND THEN WE JUST GO MOVE FORWARD. MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. FERNANDEZ, WHAT'S A BAREBOAT CHARTER? A BARE BOAT CHARTER. UM, I THINK DAN, WHO OWNS, UH, FLY SOBI COULD TELL YOU BETTER. I, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S WHERE A GROUP ACTUALLY OWNS THE BOAT. THEY LEASE THE BOAT FROM THE OWNER, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR CAPTAIN, WHICH THEY'RE ALWAYS APPOINTED ONE CAPTAIN. AND THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT SAID AND DONE, WE HAVE 450 SLIPS AT THE MARINA. THERE ARE SIX OPERATORS IN THERE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN THIS FOR OVER THREE YEARS THAT ARE THE PROBLEM, THEY'RE STILL THERE, GOT ABOVE, CAN'T MOVE THEM, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN J AND K PEERS. SO THAT CAUSES A LOT OF GRIEF WITH OUR RESIDENTS THERE AT MURANO, PORTOFINO, THE YACHT CLUB. UM, REBECCA TOWERS, OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY, SO HE CAN TELL YOU BETTER WHAT A BAREBOAT CHARTER IS. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ROUGH. YOU KNOW, IT'S ROUGH. OUR THE COMPANIES THAT ARE COAST GUARD CERTIFIED SHOULD BE CUT OUT OF THIS ALTOGETHER. THEY SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE A CURFEW. THEY'VE NEVER CAUSED ONE ISSUE. THEY'VE NEVER CAUSED ONE ISSUE. IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY, IT'S GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR BUS, OUR BUS. OUR LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES DON'T NEED TO BE TARGETED WITH THESE PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER BOB, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU COME BACK TO THE PODIUM FOR A QUICK SECOND? I JUST HAVE A, A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION. UM, HOW DOES A BOAT OPERATE WITHOUT [03:15:01] BEING A COMMERCIAL VESSEL OPERATE WITHOUT BEING COAST GUARD CERTIFIED? I THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF LICENSING OR, WELL, IT'S A BARE, IT'S A BARE BOAT CHARTER ACTUALLY. THE CITY GIVES THEM A BTR AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A NEGATIVE ANYTHING TODAY BECAUSE OF THE JOB YOU GUYS DID OVER THE WEEKEND, OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I MEAN, IT WAS THE CALMEST MIAMI BEACH HAS EVER BEEN. AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO KIND OF UNIFY AGAIN INSTEAD OF BEING SEPARATED. AND IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE THE BEST COMMISSION IN CITY GOVERNMENT OF ANY CITY, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN BAREBACK AND, AND COAST GUARD CERTIFIED CO CO COAST GUARD CERTIFIED. NOT BAREBACK, , SORRY. BARE BOAT. SORRY. CHILDREN WATCH IT. THAT WAS A MOVIE. I THINK BROBACK MOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING. I'M SORRY. GOD, BUT NO, I YOU'RE SAYING BARE BOAT. SO, NO, MY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU CAN, YOU CAN OPERATE, UM, YOU CAN OPERATE, LET'S SAY A, UM, UH, AN UBER, RIGHT? YOU CAN BE A, A DRIVER OF AN UBER, UM, OR YOU CAN OPERATE YOUR OWN PRIVATE CAR, BUT YOU STILL HAVEN'T HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE TO OPERATE THAT VEHICLE. SO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING BTRS FROM THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE SIX VESSELS THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF WHO THEY ARE. THE MARINA OPERATOR, UH, MIKE GRECO HAS HELPED US A LOT CLEAN UP OUT THERE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THE PROBLEMATIC CHARTERS ARE THERE, RIGHT? BUT SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, SO TO OPERATE A A BOAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ANY KIND OF LICENSING FROM THE COAST GUARD. YOU CAN JUST BUY THE GOAT, PLEASE. HE CAN ANSWER BUY THE BOAT. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T, BY THE WAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS. YEAH, SURE. I'M CALLING IT IN ABOUT TWO ITEMS. AND, AND JUST REAL QUICK, I MEAN, REALLY THIS, THIS IS MY, KINDA LIKE MY, MY, ONE OF MY BIGGEST, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, START, UH, DAN BRIGHTEN STEIN, UH, RESIDENT 90 ALTON ROAD, ALSO AN OPERATOR OUTTA MIAMI BEACH MARINA. UM, THIS IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST GRIEVANCES IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, IT'S SUPER CONFUSING, RIGHT? THESE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING, AND REALLY IN BETWEEN THESE TWO, LIKE THIS READING HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COAST GUARD COME IN. THERE'S A COUPLE FELLAS THAT CAN REALLY EXPLAIN THIS REALLY, REALLY WELL. I CAN EXPLAIN IT AS WELL. I MEAN, IT'LL TAKE FIVE MINUTES, BUT I CAN DO IT LATER ON IN THIS MEETING. BUT, UH, A BEAR BOAT, THE OPERATOR OF THAT BEAR BOAT DOES NOT NEED A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE AND ACTUALLY A BEAR BOAT RENTAL. UM, THE PERSON RUNNING THAT BOAT ACTUALLY OWNS THAT BOAT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THE ACTUAL, I MEAN THE, SO IT'S CALLED A DEMISE CHARTER. SO WHEN YOU, IF YOU ARE COME TO ME AND I HAVE A BOAT THAT'S FOR RENT, FOR A THOUSAND BUCKS FOR FOUR HOURS, WE'RE GONNA SIGN A CONTRACT AND THAT BOAT'S GONNA BE YOURS. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. YOU NEED TO HAVE INSURANCE FOR THAT BOAT. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT AND, UM, I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU A LIST OF NAMES OF CAPTAINS THAT CAN OPERATE THAT BOAT. YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE THAT PERSON. SO THERE'S, IT'S KIND OF A LONG-WINDED EXPLANATION, BUT SIMPLY PUT THE PEOPLE THAT OPERATE THESE BAREBOAT CHARTERS, IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY LAW FOR THAT PERSON THAT'S OPERATING THE BOAT TO HAVE A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE. HOW SCARY IS THAT? THE PEOPLE OPERATING THESE BOATS, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE, BE ENROLLED IN A RANDOM DRUG CONSORTIUM. SO ON A COMMERCIAL SIDE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE CAPTAIN. ALL CREW MEMBERS THAT ARE IN A SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITION, THEY NEED TO BE ENROLLED IN A RANDOM DRUG CONSORTIUM. SO THE CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE BY THE COAST GUARD ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE TO DO THIS. ON THE BARE BOAT SIDE, THERE REALLY AREN'T RULES. SO, SO WHEN YOU GO TO RENT A CAR, YOU CAN'T RENT A CAR WITHOUT HAVING A, A DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO WHY WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH A BOAT? IT'S A LOOPHOLE. IT'S BARE IT, IT IS. THE, AT ITS SIMPLEST FORM, IT, IT'S A BOAT. THE BAREBOAT CHARTER IS A BOAT RENTAL. IT'S REALLY NOT. THEY CALL IT A BAREBOAT CHARTER, BUT IT IS, IT IS A RENTAL. IT'S A SO, SO RICK, DOES THE CITY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THAT OR IS THAT A COAST GUARD MATTER? I MEAN, CAN, COULD WE HYPOTHETICALLY SAY THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSED CAPTAIN OPERATING YOUR BOAT, OR YOU NEED TO LIKE, I I THIS IDEA OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF PEOPLE TO OPERATE WHO ARE LICENSED CAPTAINS, BUT IT'S UPON INCUMBENT UPON THE PERSON WHO'S RENTING TO ACTUALLY HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THAT. CORRECT? RIGHT. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS NOT, UH, FORBIDDING OR PROHIBITING THE USE OF THESE BAREBOAT. UH, BUT HERE'S BARE BOATS. UM, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT PREEMPTIONS MIGHT EXIST UNDER STATE LAW. I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE EXPRESSLY PREEMPTED FROM DOING ANYTHING WITH BAREBOAT CHARTERS, BUT I THINK WE WOULD WANNA LOOK AT THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WHICH I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET INTO A BIT LATER. OKAY, THANK, THANK YOU. BUT THE REALLY COOL THING TO DO WOULD BE TO BRING, LIKE, EVEN IF IT'S, UM, LIKE MIAMI MASON MARINE WATER PATROL, BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF ENFORCEMENT OUT ON THE WATER FOR THIS, THOSE GUYS ARE WELL VERSED IN THESE RULES AND LAWS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU, YOU GUYS, IT'S, THERE'S A BIG HUGE MISSION ON UNDERSTANDING, AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BARE BOAT SIDE, THE, THE BOAT RENTAL SIDE, AND THE ACTUAL COMMERCIAL SIDE. ALL THE BOATS THAT I HAVE, WE ARE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, ON HOW WE OPERATE OPERATE. SO, AND [03:20:01] THAT'S THE THING WITH, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND IT, IT'S SUPER CONFUSING. LIKE IF I SAY, YEAH, THE PERSON OPERATING A BAREBOAT DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE, WHY IS THAT? BUT IF WE WERE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN THESE TWO READINGS HERE, SO YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT HERE WITH THIS ROLLBACK, BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL. UM, C COMMERCIAL OPERATORS, LIKE IN THE EYES OF THE COAST GUARD, THE THE CFRS ARE, IT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN THE BAREBOAT SIDE. GUYS, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THIS. WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THIS VERY SHORTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT, UH, VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS SHARON. SHARON STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MEDS. HI, SHARON WEISS, UH, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET. UM, I CALLED IN THIS MORNING. I AM, I'VE BEEN LISTENING ALL MORNING, UH, GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT. UH, AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M, I'M LIKE REALLY, REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT ALL OF THE DISCOURSE ON O OTHER STUFF NOT RELATED TO THE WATER. UH, AND, AND THE D DIRE SITUATION WITH OUR WATER QUALITY. UH, I, I, WE, WE WE'RE THE BEACH. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON, UM, TOURISM AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND PAY OUR INFLATED PROPERTY TAXES. ENJOY GOING TO THE BEACH AND USING THE WATER. THAT'S WHY WE LIVE HERE. IT, UH, IT BOGGLES MY MIND. I CANNOT FATHOM WHY YOU ARE DISCUSSING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WATER QUALITY. I KNOW YOU HAVE OPERATION CLEAN WATER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AS A, JUST A REGULAR PERSON SEEMS LIKE A BUNCH OF BS AND, UH, STUFF TO MAKE THE COMPLAINERS GO AWAY. DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GONNA HELP ANYTHING. IF, IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES, I WOULD BE DIRECTING ALL RESOURCES TO THE WATER QUALITY. I WOULD NOT BE SPENDING MONEY ON, ON, ON FUNDING, UH, PET PROJECTS, ON, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR SHADE SALES, ON GIVING MONEY FOR SISTER CITIES ON ARTS AND CULTURE. NONE OF THAT MATTERS IF OUR WATER IS DIRTY AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK FROM THE WATER. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY COMMENT. I'M SHOCKED AND SURPRISED AT THE DIRECTION THAT THE, THAT THE COMMISSION IS TAKING. THANK YOU, SIR. GO AHEAD. UH, JOHN BYRNE, 400 ALTON ROAD HONORABLE COMMISSION MEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. I RISE IN DEFENSE OF THE PRIDE SIDEWALK AND THE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGER CARPENTER FOR SUBMITTING A LETTER TO FLORIDA DOT. THIS IS A KEY FIRST STEP, HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO IMPERATIVE TODAY THAT THE COMMISSION HERE AND VOTE ON COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION R SEVEN DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO EXIST TO EXHAUST ALL APPEAL OPTIONS. MAYOR MINOR, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION TO A VOTE. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS WE'VE SEEN FOR OTHER CITIES, DELRAY BEACH KEY WEST, HAVE BEEN FARCICAL WITHOUT EVEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE. AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO LEAD WITH ADDITIONAL STEPS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMISSION DIRECT CITY STAFF TO EXPLORE ALL LEGAL OPTIONS, INCLUDING AN APPEAL AFTER THE INITIAL HEARING. IF THERE IS NO VOTE ON COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION TODAY, I FEAR MIAMI BEACH WILL FALL VICTIM TO AN OVERNIGHT ERADICATION OF OUR HISTORY. LIKE WE SAW WITH ORLANDO'S PULSE SIDEWALK. THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY IF WE DON'T TAKE ALL THE IMPORTANT LEGAL STEPS, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS, THAT WE CANNOT LET THIS ILLEGAL EFFORT TO STEAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS TO STAND. IF IT DOES, MIAMI BEACH IS EFFECTIVELY SURRENDERING ITS INDEPENDENCE AS A CITY AND WILL BECOME ONLY A VASSAL OF THE STATE. WHAT TODAY BEGINS AS A SIDEWALK WILL, TOMORROW WILL BE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CLIMATE RESILIENCY, AND OUR GLOBAL RENOWNED AND ARTS AND CULTURE. WE CAN'T THROW WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE DOWN THE DRAIN. MR. MAYOR, PLEASE ALLOW DISCUSSION ON COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER FAN FERNANDEZ'S, R SEVEN RESOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS LARRY SCHAFER. MR. SCHAFER STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. LARRY SCHAFER, TWO THREE 3D FIRST STREET. THIS MORNING WE HEARD ABOUT ROBOTS, RAINBOW CROSSWALKS, GLITTER AND PLASTIC PEDALS ON THE BEACH, NO BID. $100,000 CONTRACTS FOR SHADE SALES, PAINT COLORS FOR BUILDINGS AND E-BIKES WITH KIDS ON THE BEACH WALK. ALL OF THESE ARE TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE THAT IM, THAT ARE IMPACTED. AND IN GENERAL, NONE OF THESE IS AS IMPORTANT AS CLEAN WATER FROM THE TAP CLEAN WATER IN THE BAY, AND CLEAN WATER IN THE OCEAN. EVERYONE NEEDS CLEAN WATER. EVERYONE DOESN'T NEED MANY OF THESE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. WHY DO I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE I WAS INJURED IN THE POLLUTED WATER MYSELF, AND I STILL HAVE TINNITUS IN MY LEFT EAR TO THIS DAY. I DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE WHO GO SWIMMING IN MIAMI BEACH TO LOSE THEIR HEARING TEMPORARILY. I DON'T WANT OTHERS TO HAVE BLOOD COME FROM OUT OF THEIR EARS FROM SWIMMING IN THE WATER. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW OF THE RISK OF THE WATERS THAT SURROUND OUR ISLAND CITY. ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025, THIS COMMISSION PASSED A $43 MILLION APPROPRIATION TO REPLACE FAILING SEWAGE PUMPS. YOU ARE WELL AWARE [03:25:01] THAT YOUR SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IS FAILING. I'M GONNA READ FROM A LETTER PREPARED BY MR. CARPENTER. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HERE. THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. IN 2020, FORCED MAIN BREAKS AT SEWAGE PUMP STATION 28 PROMPTED A CITYWIDE MORATORIUM. THE MORATORIUM WASN'T TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. THE MORATORIUM WAS STOPPED BUILDING ON JUNE 29TH, 2023, ONE OF THE THREE PUMPS AT PUMP STATION 28 MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. AND ON JANUARY 12TH, 2024, A SECOND OF THE THREE PUMPS MALFUNCTIONED. THIS IS THE PUMP STATION BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HEBREW SCHOOL. IT'S, IT'S MALFUNCTIONING. IT CAN'T HANDLE THE LOAD FROM ALL THE OTHER CITIES. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 43 MILLION FOR THAT STATION. I PERSONALLY SAW BIOHAZARD BINS IN NORTH BEACH NEAR YOUR SEWER PUMP STATION NUMBER 23 NEAR THE PARKVIEW CANAL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY BIOHAZARD BINS ARE NEAR THAT FACILITY? IF IT'S CLEAN AND NOT PRODUCING EXCESS WASTE OPERATION, CLEAN WATER IS NOT WORKING. LOOK AT THE RESULTS. YOU'RE I AM GO AHEAD. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARY AKENS STRAND AND I'M REPRESENTING EQUALITY FLORIDA'S 2,447 MEMBERS IN MIAMI BEACH. EARLIER THIS MORNING, YOU HEARD FROM OUR SENIOR POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT JOE SAUNDERS, AND I WANNA ECHO HIS THANK YOUS TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE BROUGHT RESOLUTIONS TODAY AND JOINED US AT ACTIONS TO PRESERVE L-G-B-T-Q VISIBILITY AT OUR PRIDE CROSSWALKS IN MIAMI BEACH. I ALSO WANNA EXTEND A THANK YOU TO CITY MANAGER CARPENTER FOR SUBMITTING A LETTER TO THE FLORIDA DOT REQUESTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, WHICH IS YOUR RIGHT, THAT WAS A CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TO PROTECTING THE OCEAN DRIVE CROSSWALK. IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION R SEVEN DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO EXHAUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, INCLUDING APPEAL OPTIONS, IS STILL IMPORTANT TO HEAR AND PASS. TODAY, THE STATE IS TRYING TO PUSH CITIES TO COMPLY WITH THE REMOVAL OF CROSSWALKS IN VIOLATION OF THEIR STATUTORY RIGHT TO ADMINISTRATIVE OR LEGAL CHALLENGES. YOU ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND ALSO A RIGHT TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL IN FRONT OF A REAL, IN FRONT OF REAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A CLEAR CASE FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND HOME RULE. AND FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CROSSWALK, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THIS ADJUDICATED IN A COURT OF LAW SHOULD YOU CHOOSE. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO DIRECT STAFF TO EXHAUST THESE RIGHTS, OR THE CLOCK COULD RUN OUT. THIS IS A POSITION THAT KEY WEST DELRAY BEACH AND FORT LAUDERDALE HAVE TAKEN TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OPTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE DONE BY RIGHT IN A FORMAL HEARING IN FRONT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE FOR BOTH AN INITIAL HEARING AND AN APPEAL. THE THREAT THAT THE STATE WILL STEP IN TO REMOVE THE OCEAN DRIVE CROSSWALK AT NIGHT LIKE THEY DID IN ORLANDO AT PULSE, IS VERY REAL. THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT TO DECLARE YOUR RIGHTS AS LOCAL LEADERS TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEAL AND OR LEGAL OPTIONS LIKE AN INJUNCTION. WAITING UNTIL NEXT MONTH WOULD BE TOO LATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE ALREADY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS MILES DAVIS. GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MILES DAVIS. I LIVE AT 3 5 0 SOUTH MIAMI AVENUE. I SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS AT SAVE SOUTH FLORIDA'S LEADING LGBTQ PLUS ORGANIZATION. AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE LIKE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU ACT TODAY ON COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION DIRECTING STAFF TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. THE STATE IS PRESSING CITIES TO COMPLY WITH CROSSWALK REMOVALS, BUT FLORIDA LAW GIVES MUNICIPALITIES THE RIGHT TO A FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. THOSE RIGHTS NEED TO BE EXERCISED NOW BEFORE THE CLOCK RUNS OUT. OTHER CITIES LIKE KEY WEST, DELRAY BEACH AND FORT LAUDERDALE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THIS POSITION AND THEY'VE MADE CLEAR THAT THEIR CROSSWALKS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WHILE THEIR CASES MOVE THROUGH THE PROPER ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL CHANNELS. MIAMI BEACH DESERVES NO LESS RIGHT NOW. THE STATE HAS NOT RESPECTED THESE RIGHTS AND THEY HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES IN RECENT PROCEEDINGS. EVEN THOUGH THE LAW REQUIRES CITIES BE GIVEN THAT PROCESS BY STANDING FIRM, THIS COMMISSION CAN ENSURE MIAMI BEACH PRESERVES THE CROSSWALKS WHILE FULLY PURSUING ITS LEGAL OPTIONS. THE THREAT OF THE STATE STEPPING IN AT NIGHT TO REMOVE THE CROSSWALKS IS REAL. THAT'S WHY IT'S URGENT THAT YOU MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT TODAY. MIAMI BEACH HAS THE RIGHT TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, THE RIGHT TO APPEAL, AND THE RIGHT TO PROTECT ITS SYMBOLS OF PRIDE AND INCLUSION WHILE THOSE PROCESSES PLAY OUT. WAITING UNTIL NEXT MONTH WILL BE TOO LATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS NATALIE AND I'M A PROUD MIAMI NATIVE. I SAT HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE CENSORSHIP AND ERASURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY YEAR I COME TO MIAMI BEACH WITH A SENSE OF PRIDE, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF QUEER PEOPLE. SEEING THIS REPRESENTATION THROUGH THE WHOLE [03:30:01] CITY HAS MADE ME FEEL REPRESENTED IN A STATE THAT HAS SHOWN MUCH DIS SUSTAIN TOWARDS OUR QUEER COMMUNITY. I FEEL IT'S SAFE TO BE WHO I AM, MY BEACH, WHICH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH THE EFFORTS THE CITY HAS MADE TO SHOW SUPPORT AND VISIBILITY SUCH AS STREET ART. MIAMI BEACH ESTABLISHES CROSSWALK AS A FORM OF INCLUSION TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OUR COMMUNITY HAS MADE TO BE RESPECTED AND VISIBLE. REMOVING SUCH ART WILL SHOW THAT MIAMI BEACH IS COMPLICIT IN THE ERA RATIO OF THE EFFORTS OUR COMMUNITY HAS MADE TO HAVE INCLUSION, A STATE THAT OFTEN DOESN'T GRANT US ANY, OUR URGE TO RESIST CENSORSHIP AND SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU PRESENT THAT WE VALUED AND SUPPORTED. MAKE SURE TO COMMIT TO OUR PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE GREATER VISIBILITY TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS AVA FRANKL, 70 LAGO CIRCLE. I'M ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR COMMISSIONER IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION, BUT TODAY AS I WAS ON MY DRIVE, I SAW A TON OF WATER POOLING IN THE SIDEWALKS AND IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS. AND I NOTICED THIS TRUCK THAT WAS LIKE A SUCKER TRUCK AND IT SUCKS UP ALL THE WATER AND IT PUTS IT INTO THIS TANK. AND I WAS CURIOUS IF THAT IS THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM. AND THEN ALSO TO ADDRESS KIND OF THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD JUST IN THIS MEETING ON WATER QUALITY. OBVIOUSLY WATER QUALITY IN OUR BAY AND OCEAN IS NOT GONNA BE FIXED OVERNIGHT. AND I WAS CURIOUS IF ANYONE EVER CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY DOING LIKE AN AMBER ALERT TYPE OF THING OR A MASSIVE TEXT THAT ALL RESIDENTS COULD RECEIVE AS A NOTICE. DON'T SWIM TODAY. THAT WAY PEOPLE DON'T GET THE TINNITUS OR THE BLEEDING IN THE EARS THAT I HEARD EARLIER. SO YEAH, THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. SO WE ACTUALLY PASSED THAT ITEM TODAY. WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH SURF RIDER TO TEST THE WATER QUALITY. AND IF THE QUALITY IS ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN OPT IN TO RECEIVE A TEXT SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOUR WATER'S GONNA SWIM A BALL. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. GOOD JOB. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE WATER SUCKERS? IS THAT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION? NO, , BUT COLD. YEAH. RISK TO GET THERE, BUT WHEN THE WATER IS IN CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WORKS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE, AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE ALSO FOUND IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WHEN WE GO IN AND JUST CLEAN OUT THE DRAINS, A SYSTEM THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY WORKING AND FLOODING STARTS TO WORK. SO, UH, WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT MAINTENANCE. WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE, AND WE'RE DOING EVERY DRAIN ONCE PER YEAR, BUT WE NEED TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE DOING EVERY DRAIN QUARTERLY, POTENTIALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS. OKAY, THANKS. IT'S MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR. ERIC, COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT? WE ARE, AND I, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO DOING ALL THE DRAINS TWICE A YEAR, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE STATE, STATE. MOST CITIES, IT'S ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? IS IT EXPENSIVE? SO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, WE OWN SOME EQUIPMENT AND WE CONTRACT OUT SOME EQUIPMENT. UM, IT'S, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER THAN LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT DOESN'T SERVE THE, THE LONG-TERM GOAL. SO WE NEED TO DO A COMBINATION OF BOTH. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, AND JUST, UH, THERE, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE CERTAIN LOW LYING AREAS, UH, IN THE CITY THAT GET, UH, MORE OF THE FLOODING. IT, THIS GOES BACK SEVERAL YEARS AND, AND MULTIPLE YEARS. SOME OF IT PROCEEDED MOST OF OUR TIME ON THE COMMISSION. THERE WERE AREAS WHERE WE PUT IN SOME CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAISE THE ROADS, PUT IN GENERATORS, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU RAISE THE ROADS, THERE'S ALWAYS THE COMPLICATION OF THINGS DON'T GO PERFECTLY. AND SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY FAILS, WHICH INEVITABLY IT GENERALLY WOULD HOUSES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY COULD GET FLOODED, SO MM-HMM . THEY BECOME VERY CONTROVERSIAL. IT GETS THIS, THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION HALL GETS FILLED WITH RESIDENTS, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO WE, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO BALANCE THAT, THAT DELICATE, UH, ISSUE. SOMETHING THAT I SAW RECENTLY IN ANOTHER CITY IS THE ROADS ACTUALLY SLOPE INWARDS TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. AND ALONG THE MIDDLE LINE THERE ARE CHANNEL DRAINS WHICH ARE LONGER DRAINS RATHER THAN SINGLE POINT DRAINS, WHICH I NOTICE A LOT OF OUR BLOCKS CURRENTLY HAVE. AND IT'S LIKE KIND OF AS IF A BUNCH OF CARS WERE ON A HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS ONE LITTLE TOLL AND ALL THE CARS HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT ONE TOLL VERSUS GOING THROUGH A LINE OF SUN PASS THAT JUST LETS YOU DRIVE THROUGH. THAT'S LIKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHANNEL DRAIN AND SINGLE POINT DRAINS. MR. MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN ON THAT. IT'S SUCH A GREAT CONVERSATION. WE ACTUALLY FACED THIS VERY SAME CHALLENGE ON 50TH STREET AND LAKEVIEW 50TH STREET, AND LAKEVIEW WAS PLAGUED WITH FLOODING, AND THE FLOODING WAS SO BAD THAT THE WATER WAS GOING INTO THE HOMES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET [03:35:01] WITH RESIDENTS, PULL TOGETHER OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR PUBLIC WORK TEAMS. WE WERE ABLE TO GO IN REANALYZE THE PITCH, UH, AND THE ANGLE OF THE ROADS WE WERE SINCE THEN, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION TO, TO GO IN, REPAINT THE ROAD, GET THE PROPER ANGLES IN PLACE, CREATE DRENCHES ON, ON THE ROAD, AND NOW THE WATER IS ACTUALLY FLOWING, IT'S FLOWING TOWARDS THE DRAINS AND NOT FLOODING THE GARAGES OF THESE, OF THESE HOMES. UH, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, TO OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE IT WAS, IT'S NOT THE LONG TERM FIX, IT'S NOT OUR CRITICAL NEEDS PROGRAM, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, IT HAS ADDRESSED A DRASTIC AND SEVERE PROBLEM THAT HOMEOWNERS WERE FACING OF FLOODED WATERS GOING INTO THEIR HOMES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY, UH, FIX IT WITH THE HELP OF OUR TEAM. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AVA, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE AGAIN FOR, UH, YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND INPUT. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO, TWO SIDEBAR DISCUSSIONS THERE JUST FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THANK YOU. UM, LET'S [R7 Y A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING COMMITMENT TO IDENTIFY A REDUCTION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS THAT WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO FUND AN ADDITIONAL $70,000 FOR SENIOR MEAL SERVICES TO BRING THE TOTAL CITY FUNDING SUPPORT FOR UNIDAD OF MIAMI BEACH, INC. TO $350,000 FOR FY 2026 AND DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS HIGHER TOTAL AMOUNT, ADJUSTED BY CPI, IN FUTURE BUDGET YEARS.] HEAR R SEVEN YR SEVEN Y IS FUND ADDITIONAL 70,000 FOR UNAD SENIOR MEAL SERVICE IN 2026 AND BEYOND. R SEVEN Y COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, UNIDA HAD INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE A FUNDING GAP IN ORDER TO RUN THE MEAL PROGRAMS, UH, TO ABOUT 140 SENIORS AT THE CENTER OVER IN NORTH BEACH. AND THE ITEM HERE IS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE OF, UH, STATE FUNDING THAT WAS REDUCED THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM CONTINUING TO RUN THE PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE, UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND UP IN NORTH BEACH, UM, SO MANY SENIORS ARE WITHOUT HAVING, UH, ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT. AND THIS PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT AND BENEFICIAL. ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN TO UNI, DAD SEES THAT IT'S JAM PACKED IN SOME CASES, EVEN STANDING ROOM ONLY IN THE BACK. AND, UH, I'VE EVEN GONE ON OCCASIONS WHERE THEY HAD ALREADY REACHED THE LIMIT AND THERE WERE SENIORS THAT WERE TURNED AWAY WITHOUT GETTING FOOD. SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM. UM, I VICTOR WHO HAD ZUNI DAD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE, UH, BUT ONCE HE DOES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR BRINGING IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR MINOR, VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE AND ALL OF THE CITY COMMISSION. MR. CARPENTER, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND OUR CITY CLERK, VICTOR DIAZ, 400 ALTON ROAD. I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF UNI OF MIAMI BEACH, INC. WITH ME IS MARIA SABOA, THE PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD. I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR SPONSORING AND SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR THE UNIDAD SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM. THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER HAS BEEN OPENED AT 7 2 51 COLLINS AVENUE FOR 10 YEARS. YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, AND IT IS THE ONLY FULL STAND, FULL SERVICE FREESTANDING SENIOR CENTER IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. LAST JUNE, THIS COMMISSION FACED WITH FOOD INSECURITY BY AMONGST OUR SENIOR POPULATION, INCREASED OUR FUNDING FROM 280,000 TO 350,000 TO MEET MATCHING FEDERAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO FEED 150 SENIORS A DAY AT THE UNIDAD SENIOR CENTER, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING DAILY EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THIS COMMISSION APPROVED THE FUNDING. WE HAVE MAXED OUT. AND IN FACT, AS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS SAID, WE'VE HAD TO TURN AWAY SOME PEOPLE ON CERTAIN DAYS, UH, WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE, THE ORIGINAL GRANT WAS FOR ONE 20. WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU IS TO RATIFY THE VOTE THAT YOU MADE UNANIMOUSLY IN JUNE TO INCREASE THE FUNDING TO THREE 50 SO WE CAN FEED 150 SENIORS. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE AWARE, AS SHOULD THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THAT FUNDING CUTBACKS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL HAVE AFFECTED THE OLDER AMERICAN ACT. AND AS A RESULT, THE SENIOR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, WHICH USED TO ITS SUPPLY FOR WORKERS FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE SENIOR PROGRAM, SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. WE HAVE HAD TO ADOPT AND ABSORB THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES INTO, ONTO OUR PAYROLL, FURTHER EXACERBATING OUR FUND FINANCING CRISIS. BUT, BUT LIKE ALL THE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN MIAMI BEACH, WE ARE RISING TO THE OCCASION AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WHILE DEALING WITH DECREASED FEDERAL FUNDING. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, I WILL ANSWER THEM. AND IF NOT, I WANT TO THANK YOU DEEPLY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ, WHO'S UP THERE EATING A BAGEL TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG-TERM CONTINUOUS AND [03:40:01] UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR OUR SENIORS. I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE YES, IF I CAN, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS FROM THE SENIOR CENTER THAT CAME OUT AND THEY, THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY CARE. THEY TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO BE HERE AND I DIDN'T EVEN, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY WERE COMING. BUT I APPRECIATE GRACIA. YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. VICTOR, I WANTED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT GENERATING REVENUE AT UNIDAD FOR ITS SUSTAINABILITY. COULD THE CITY HELP FOR, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AND DURING THE DAY IT'S FULLY PROGRAMMED, BUT MANY EVENINGS IT IS NOT. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD WORK WITH UNI DOD TO GEN TO, YOU KNOW, TO PROMOTE, LIKE HOLDING WEDDINGS THERE OR USING IT AS SOME SORT OF REVENUE GENERATING OPTION? WE DO GENERATE REVENUE, UH, FROM THE RENTAL OF THE FACILITY PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU KNOW, THE UNIDAD SENIOR CENTER IS UNDERGOING MAJOR RENOVATIONS AS A RESULT OF THE GEO BOND PROJECT. THEIR SCAFFOLDING SURROUNDING THE BUILDING OF WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT PROSPECTIVE EVENTS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT HAD BOOKED THE CENTER, HAVE CANCELED FURTHER AGGRAVATING OUR REVENUE CRUNCH BECAUSE FOR THE PERIOD OF RENOVATION AND DURING THE PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION, WE BASICALLY HAVE HAD TO SUSPEND RENTALS. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ENCOURAGE. WE HAVE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE FILMED THE MOVIE BAYWATCH AT THE NORTH BEACH SENIOR CENTER. WE, UM, HOSTED THREE SUPER BOWL, UH, FAMILY DAYS AT THE UNIDAD SENIOR CENTER. AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN AND THE CITY OFFERS TO PROMOTE EVENTS AT THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER, WE DO. SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. OKAY. BECAUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GAVE LIKE A, A CATERING LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE SHANE CENTER, THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, THE BANDSHELL. DID WE DO THE SAME FOR YOU? DO YOU HAVE WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A CATERING LIQUOR LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. UM, AND WE'RE PERFECTLY FINE WITH IT WHEN SOMEONE RENTS THE EVENT, THEY HAVE TO PROCURE THEIR OWN LIQUOR LICENSE. AND MOST CATERERS WHO USE THE FACILITY HAVE THEIR OWN LIQUOR LICENSE AND SUPPLY IT. THEY ALSO SUPPLY INSURANCE TO INDEMNIFY NOT ONLY, ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. YOU'RE AN ADDITIONAL INSURED ON ALL POLICIES OF INSURANCE THAT ARE PROCURED FOR RENTALS AT THE SENIOR CENTER. OKAY, WELL, IF YOU WANTED ANY HELP, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR YOU. OH, ANY HELP. WE CAN, YOU CAN OFFER, WE SOLICIT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, UH, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ON THE RENOVATION. UM, AND I COULD SHOUT OUT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING AND, UH, FURTHER ENHANCING THE SENIOR CENTER THANKS TO THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE OFFERED. AND AGAIN, I WANT THE MESSAGE TO BE SENT LOUD AND CLEAR. THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS NOT TURNED. ITS BACK ON ITS SENIORS AND HAS RISE TO THE OCCASION TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DO SO AGAIN. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ONE FINAL QUESTION. 'CAUSE MA IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S GOING ON AT NIDA. HOW MANY SENIORS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, NOT JUST THE LUNCHROOM, HOW WE HAVE 850 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WHO, MOST OF WHOM ON ANY GIVEN WEEK WE HAVE OVER 500. UH, WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT CENSUS VERY CLEAR CLOSELY. WE HAVE OVER 500 SENIORS THAT USE SOME FORM OF ACTIVITY AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON A WEEKLY BASIS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. OKAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. YES, SIR. I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R SEVEN Y. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. [R5 P AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "PUBLIC PROPERTY," BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” BY AMENDING SECTION 82-72 THEREOF, ENTITLED “COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY HOURS OF OPERATION AT PUBLICLY-OWNED MARINAS,” BY FURTHER RESTRICTING THE PERMISSIBLE HOURS FOR COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY AT PUBLIC MARINAS AND PUBLIC MARINE FACILITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE, R FIVE PR FIVE P IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY, MAY BE FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MAYA BEACH, FLORIDA ENTITLED PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 82 DASH 72 THEREOF ENTITLED COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY, HOURS OF OPERATION AT PUBLICLY OWNED MARINAS BY FURTHER RESTRICTING THE PERMISSIBLE HOURS FOR COMMERCIAL VESSEL ACTIVITY AT PUBLIC MARINAS AND PUBLIC MARINE FACILITIES AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALS OF ABILITY, IFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE P. YEAH. SO WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS, UH, LAST TIME. IT'S, UH, MY ITEM. UM, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME, BUT WE HAD TO GIVE A CERTAIN TIME NOTIFICATION TO BRING IT FOR, [03:45:01] FOR A VOTE. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS, UH, WHAT THIS ITEM IS, IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF LEGISLATION THAT OUR COMMISSION PASSED THAT I HAD BROUGHT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE HAVING ISSUES AT THE MARINA. UM, AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO, NO RESTRICTIONS ON CHARTER VESSELS AND CHARTER BOATS AND THERE WAS SOME ISSUES AND, UH, ROWDINESS THAT WAS HAPPENING ALONG THE MARINA, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WAS IMPACTING OUR, OUR RESIDENTS. SO, UM, I'D PUT IN LEGISLATION THAT OUR COMMISSION PASSED PUTTING IN RESTRICTIONS TILL 9:00 PM THAT WORKED FOR A WHILE AND THE ISSUES HAVE, UM, REVISITED US AND, UH, OUR CITY HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND ENHANCING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH HAS HELPED A LOT. BUT IN WORKING WITH THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BROUGHT THIS LEGISLATION TO, UM, CURTAIL IT EVEN FURTHER TO 7:00 PM WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, AND THIS IS AGAIN, SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ALSO IN WORKING WITH THE SOUTH AND FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IS THAT I'D LIKE TO WORK, UH, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND I'D, I'D LIKE TO CALL IT FOR VOTE TODAY TO GET THE PARAMETERS GOING. BUT WE CAN WORK OUT A CARVE OUT FOR SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COAST GUARD INSPECTED VESSELS AND THERE'S DIFFERENT, I DON'T WANNA LIMIT IT RIGHT NOW, WE'LL WORK WITH LEGAL, BUT, UH, LIKE SIGHTSEEING, TOURS, PARASAILING, SUNSET, CRUISES, ESPECIALLY THOSE, AND MOST OF THESE HAVE NOT HAD ANY VIOLATIONS IN THE PROCEEDING 12 MONTHS. UH, AND UM, WE CAN, WE CAN EXEMPT THEM SO WE DON'T HARM REALLY OUR BUSINESSES WHO ARE, ARE GOOD OPERATORS AND ARE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH WITH OUR CITY. SO WITH THAT, I PRESENT THE ITEM, UH, AGAIN WITH THAT CARVE OUT THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING AND WORK ON AND BRING, UH, FOR A SECOND READING. I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM. I THINK IT'S BUILDING UPON, UH, WHETHER YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED COMMISSIONER WITH, TOOK TOGETHER WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE IN THIS AREA. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE BUSINESSES, WE DON'T WANT TO HURT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, WE DON'T WANNA PENALIZE GOOD OPERATORS. AND I WANNA BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT. UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONS, UM, I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH A LAPSE OF A BTR AT THE MARINA AND THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, BUSINESS MAY HAVE GOTTEN A BTR VIOLATION, NOT OUT OF THEIR OWN DOING, BUT BECAUSE OF A DOMINO EFFECT, THERE WAS A LAPSE OF A BTR AT THE MARINA THAT CONSEQUENTLY CAUSED THAT BUSINESS TO GET A VIOLATION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER EXCEPTION THAT WE DO TAKES CARE OF THAT AS WELL. 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO BE INADVERTENTLY EXCLUDED. AND RICK, I SEE YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT I'M MENTIONING. NO, I'M NODDING MY HEAD BECAUSE MARK, MARK FISHERMAN IS NODDING HIS HEAD AT ME. . YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER. I I HAD ALSO JUST HEARD THAT VERY, VERY RECENTLY, ACTUALLY THIS MORNING, UH, FROM A MARINA, UH, REPRESENTATIVE. UH, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WAS A BTR ISSUE THAT AFFECTED, UH, SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL VESSEL OPERATIONS, BUT AGAIN, JUST LIKE YOU SAY, IT WAS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. SO WE'LL BE CERTAIN TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CARVING OUT EXCEPTIONS FOR THE, TO SEPARATE THE GOOD BUSINESSES FROM THE, THE NOT SO GOOD BUSINESSES. I, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, FOR CONSIDERING THIS. 'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE SHOULDN'T BE HURTING THE GOOD BUSINESSES, BUT IF SOMEONE IS CAUSING A PROBLEM THAT'S PUT STRICTER, UH, PENALTIES ON THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YOU WANNA MOVE IT SECOND? I CAN'T MOVE IT. SO, UM, JUST THEY, THEY'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING HERE. I JUST WANT TO SURE IF YOU GUYS, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU'RE NOT EVEN VICE MAYOR . I DON'T GET TO PULL RANK ANYMORE. WE'RE NEVER MY VOICE IN THE MEANTIME. I JUST ASSUMED WE HAD RESOLVED THE, UH, THE ISSUES. SAY GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN. KIMBERLY FALCONER, UM, ONE OF THE GOOD OPERATORS AT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS. THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS AT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA ARE GOOD OPERATORS. AS THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER SAID, THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT ARE NOT. AND THEY ARE SKIRTING AROUND ENFORCEMENT VIA WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER A BARE BOAT CHARTER AGREEMENT, WHICH ALLOWS THE PERSON CHARTERING THE BOAT, THE CUSTOMER, TO OWN THAT BOAT DURING THE DURATION OF THE CHARTER. SO IF THEY COME IN PAST THE CURFEW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO IMPOSE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR WHOEVER IS THERE TO ENFORCE THAT CAN DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. SO THAT 7:00 PM CURFEW IS GOING TO HARM DAN'S BUSINESS, MY BUSINESS WHO'VE NEVER HAD A CODE VIOLATION, [03:50:02] UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO OPERATE PAST THAT TIME IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR BUSINESSES IN THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN RUN FOR 17 YEARS. THERE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. AND I'M HERE WITH ANOTHER 49 SECONDS IF ANYBODY NEEDS CLARIFICATION ON THAT BARE BOAT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHO'S REGULATED, WHO'S NOT. I'M PRETTY CLEAR ON THAT AND I THINK I COULD SPEAK TO IT PRETTY QUICKLY. CAN'T WE JUST BAN BARE BOATS AND NOT THESE HOURS? SO I THINK THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO BAN BOATS THAT ARE NOT REGULATED BY THE COAST GUARD. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S THE IN THE CARVE OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S WE ARE REGULATED BY THE COAST GUARD BAREBOAT CHARTERS ARE NOT UNDER US COAST GUARD REGULATION AS A COMMERCIAL VESSEL. I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN OPERATORS THAT HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM, EVER, NEVER HAD A VIOLATION EVER, UM, WE'RE MAKING THAT CARVE OUT, RIGHT? WE'RE CREATING THE CARVE OUT FOR THE COAST GUARDS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. YEAH. WE, WE ARE GONNA COMMISSIONER WE ARE GONNA WORK OUT AN APPROPRIATE CARVE OUT. UM, WE'RE THINKING SOMETHING POTENTIALLY INVOLVING US COAST GUARD INSPECTED VESSELS, UH, OF COURSE HAVING A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE. BUT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, BUSINESSES THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CODE VIOLATION OR ANY OTHER VIOLATION OF LAW WITHIN A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME. SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IT'LL BE UP TO YOU ALL OF COURSE, BUT MAYBE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY CODE VIOLATIONS THEY COULD APPLY TO THE CITY TO HAVE AN EXCEPTION AND BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE TILL 9:00 PM THE EXCEPTION, OF COURSE WOULD GO AWAY WHERE THEY, TO GET ANY VIOLATION. AND LIKEWISE FOR NEW BUSINESSES, THEY'D HAVE BE IN BUSINESS FOR POTENTIALLY THE SAME TWO YEAR PERIOD BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN APPLY TO, TO STAY OPEN AND, AND CONDUCT BUSINESS PAST, UH, 7:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM YES. BUT EVEN IF YOU PASS THIS, YOU'RE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS THE, WHAT IS IT, BAREBOAT. WELL, AND KEEP IN MIND, YES, IT IS BAREBOAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT SOLVING THE BARE BOAT. IT'S A DE DE CHARTER. BUT KEEP IN MIND, THERE'S PLENTY OF BARE BOAT CHARTERS THERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOOD OPERATORS. THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT ARE BAD. CAN I, AND IF I, IF I, I LET MARK, I LET THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD I, IF I, IF I COULD, I THINK BY BARE BOAT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHERE A CUSTOMER LEASES THE VESSEL AND BECOMES THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL FOR THE DURATION OF THE LEASE, AND THE CUSTOMER TYPICALLY OPERATES THAT VESSEL, EITHER ON HIS OR HER OWN OR WITH A LICENSED CAPTAIN TAKING OUT ONLY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. CORRECT. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LICENSED CAPTAIN. RIGHT. IF IT'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY. CORRECT. A PERSON THAT KNOWS HOW TO RUN BOAT IF IT'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY. CORRECT. YEAH. AND I THINK WE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT GOT MISSED IN, IN SORT OF ALL THIS IS, I THINK A MONTH OR TWO AGO, YOU ALL PASSED A GREAT ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, PUTTING INTO EFFECT. NOW, CODE HAD TOLD US PREVIOUSLY THE ISSUE WAS A LOT OF THE VESSELS ARE NOT TRUE BAREBOAT, WHERE SOMEONE RENTS IT, A RESIDENT RENTS, IT TAKES OUT THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO WATCH FIREWORKS SEE THE SUN. SO WHATEVER, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. BUT PEOPLE WOULD IN, IN FACT, BE HAVING ACTUALLY A CAPTAIN AND GETTING IT FROM A COMPANY AND THEY'D BE ACTUALLY TAKING A CHARTER, NOT DOING IT THEMSELVES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO A MONTH AGO, YOU ALL PASSED THE ORDINANCE 'CAUSE CODE HAD BEEN SAYING THAT HAD AN ISSUE WHERE WE REQUI WHERE WE SAY NO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY IT'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY CODE CAN ISSUE THE VIOLATION. AND YOU MUST ESTABLISH, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE PERSON WHO'S GETTING THE VIOLATION TO ESTABLISH BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT IT IS IN FACT, UM, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO IT'S INCUMBENT ON THEM AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. SO WE CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE. SO NOW WHEN YOU SAY IT'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY, IF CODE DOESN'T BELIEVE YOU, THEY ISSUE THE VIOLATION. YOU MUST AFFIRMATIVELY ESTABLISH TO THEIR SATISFACTION OR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS REALLY JUST FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SO I THINK THAT WILL HELP CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME SORT OF REQUIREMENT WHERE YOU HAVEN'T HAD CODE VIOLATIONS FOR A PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS OR WHATEVER. THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY SEPARATE THE GOOD OPERATORS FROM THE BAD. OKAY. THERE WE GO. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, SO AM I DONE? YEAH. UH, YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME CALL. WE HAVE VIRTUALLY, WE HAVE, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT CELAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF. UM, ROBERT CELAM. I AM, UH, ACTING PRESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH UNITED DUE TO THE, UH, SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF CLAIRE MCCORD. AND I'VE ALSO SERVED ON THE SONA MARINA COMMITTEE, AND I RESIDE AT 90 ALTON ROAD RIGHT ABOVE THE MARINA. SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS CHANGE TO THE MARINA CURFEW AND THE FINES FOR VIOLATIONS. AS WE DISCUSSED AT YOUR JULY 23RD MEETING, THE PROBLEMS AT THE MARINA CONTINUE FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS OF CURFEW AND BTR REQUIREMENTS. SEVEN O'CLOCK IS ACTUALLY A PERFECT PROXY FOR YEAR-ROUND, SUNSET TIME, UM, IN THE SUMMER. IT'S EIGHT 15 IN THE WINTER SOLSTICE. IT'S, UH, 5 35. SO, UM, SEVEN O'CLOCK IS A, UH, FAIR APPROXIMATION [03:55:01] OF ANNUAL NIGHTTIME. NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME GOOD COAST GUARD APPROVED CHARTER OPERATORS MAY BE, UH, INADVERTENTLY HURT BY THIS. UH, THEY REALLY SHOULD COMPLAIN TO SUNTEC. 90% OF THE PROBLEMS COME FROM A HANDFUL OF BOATS AND SUNTEC CONTINUES TO PROTECT THEM. NEVERTHELESS, WE'RE OPEN TO FINDING A WAY TO EXEMPT THESE GOOD LICENSED OPERATORS WITH NO VIOLATIONS FROM THE EARLIER CURFEW. BUT WE URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS TODAY, UH, AND INSTITUTE THE 7:00 PM CURFEW, UH, SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVIEW BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO HELP US BRING THE MAYHEM AT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA UNDER CONTROL. THANK YOU. UM, HELLO, UH, IDO LUCINA, 1900 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE. UM, I, I THINK I'M GONNA FRAME THE ISSUE HERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR DIVISION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL OPERATORS AND DO THAT RUN BARE BOARD CHARTERS. I AM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RUNS A BARE BOARD CHARTER AND, UM, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY VIOLATIONS RELATED TO, UH, EXCEEDING THE TIMES, THE CURFEWS, UH, NOISE, UH, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I AM ONE OF THE OTHER GOOD OPERATORS. UM, AND I REALLY WANT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS BACK ON THE CORE PROBLEM, WHICH IS THESE SIX VESSELS. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY'RE NO LONGER SIX, NOW THEY'RE JUST FOUR BECAUSE THE TWO THAT HAVE CAUSED THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, UM, ACTUALLY BEEN, UM, EVICTED FROM THE MARINA. SO NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOUR SIMPLE VESSELS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IN DIFFERENT MANNERS RATHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY DECIMATING ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE OUT OF, UM, THAT ARE ON OPERATING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE, UH, ESTABLISHED AND GIVEN TO US. AND WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS GOVERNING BODY. UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE EXEMPTIONS FOR GOOD OPERATORS. GET THOSE FOUR OUT, AND THEN GIVE US A CHANCE. LET'S SEE HOW WE'RE OPERATING WITHOUT THOSE FOUR BAD APPLES. AND, UH, IF THERE IS MORE RESTRICTIONS NEEDED, THEN I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY YES. PLACE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON US. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MR. MAYOR. MAY, MAY, MAY I ASK THE CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. UH, ERIC, WE, MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I THINK I SPONSORED A RESOLUTION AND IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WHERE THE CITY MANAGER CAN, UH, SET UP A POINT SYSTEM WITH THE MARINE PROTECTION AUTHORITY BOARD. UH, AND THAT BOARD WAS GONNA OVERSEE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS FROM THESE, UH, BTR HOLDERS. AND THAT GAVE, UH, SORT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, SUSPEND THE, UH, LICENSE, UH, OF, UH, NOT NECESSARILY LICENSE, BUT A RENTAL SLIP AT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA PER OUR CONTRACT, UH, WITH SUNTEC. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THAT AT ALL? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, COMMISSIONER HERNAN CARINO CODE COMPLIANCE. SO YOU HAVE THAT ORDINANCE. DID, UM, GIVE THE MWPA, THE MARINE PRODUCTION AUTHORITY, UM, MORE LEVERAGE IN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER ON SUSPENSION REVOCATION OR MODIFICATION OF BTRS FOR, UH, THE CHARTER VESSELS, UH, DOING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, UM, AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, UH, THAT I BELIEVE IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, MAYBE. UM, THEY'RE GONNA CONVENE TO ASSIGN POINTS TO THE LATEST ROUND OF VIOLATIONS BEFORE MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION IS GONNA HAVE BASICALLY A POINT SYSTEM AND A FRAMEWORK FOR VESSELS THAT HAVE BEEN BAD OPERATORS. AND OUR CITY MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY NOW TO, UH, END THEIR LEASE AT THE MARINA IF NEED BE. IF, IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, UM, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT TWICE, THE LEASE AT THE MARINA IS STRICTLY BETWEEN SUNTEC AND THE OPERATOR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH THEIR BTR. OKAY. HAVE YOU EXPLORED, BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE CONTRACT, I, I, UM, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EACH LEASE, IT'S A SUBLEASE TO EVERY, UM, BOAT OWNER AT THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA. AND, UM, I THINK THE CITY HAS SOME JURISDICTION OVER WHO LEASES, UH, AT THE MARINA AND WHO DOES NOT PER THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, JURISDICTION. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT PROVISION, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAVE BOTH LOOKED AT THAT PROVISION. UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT SHORT OF US APPROVING EVERY SINGLE LEASE AGREEMENT THROUGH THAT MARINA, [04:00:01] THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE MR. CITY ATTORNEY. WELL, THE, THE LEASE DOES INCLUDE THE ABILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER OR RATHER REQUIRES THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE, UH, ANY LEASES OR AGREEMENTS FOR THE USE OF THE MARINA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIVE WET SLIPS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE THE CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL. I THINK WHAT THE MANAGER IS SAYING, BUT HE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, THAT IS A RIGHT THAT HAS NOT BEEN EXERCISED TO DATE. SO YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY. SO IF THE CITY ATTORNEY IS TELLING ME THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY, THEN YES, I HAVE THE ABILITY. OKAY. SO MAYBE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK INTO, UH, EXERCISING YOUR POWER AS A CITY MANAGER TO READ OUT THESE BAD ACTORS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, UM, AMIDST ALL OF THIS, AND HERNAN AND MARK, SINCE YOU'RE STANDING HERE, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE JOB THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AT THE MARINA. THEY HAVE LITERALLY HAD CODE OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ARE HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I'VE HEARD FROM THE OPERATORS THAT THEY'RE GOING OUT TO EVERY SINGLE BOAT SPEAKING TO THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ON THE BOAT, UH, SOMETIMES MAKING PEOPLE'S LIVES MISERABLE. BUT IT'S THE KIND OF OPERATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE BAD OPERATORS. SO, I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS SAID YOU WERE GONNA BE CONTINUING WITH THIS UNTIL OCTOBER. CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF OCTOBER, DO YOU THINK THAT YOU, THESE FOUR BAD OPERATORS THAT WE KNOW OF, DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FINALLY GET, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH OF VIOLATIONS SO THAT SUNTEC WILL, UM, TERMINATE THEM AS WELL? UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MARINA AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING AS A WHOLE. I KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T TARGET PEOPLE I KNOW, BUT, BUT, BUT YOU'VE BEEN . NO, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT CODE HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB. I MEAN, THEIR ENFORCEMENT IS, UH, FABULOUS. SO I JUST WANNA, I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE SOLVING THE PROBLEM AND, YOU KNOW, IN SO MANY WAYS THIS IS THE TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT WE NEED AND IT'S REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THE MARINA AND YOU, YOU'RE SOLVING THE PROBLEM AND YOU'VE DONE THIS. WHEN DID YOU GUYS START WITH THIS OPERATION? JUNE. IN JUNE. SO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. TOOK A, IT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT I MEAN, THREE MONTHS YOU'RE GETTING THERE. SO THANK YOU. AND I, I WOULD ONLY ADD COMMISSIONER THAT, UM, THIS IS SINCE JUNE EVERY WEEKEND, UM, BOTH CODE AND POLICE HAVE HAD A JOINT BLITZ OUT THERE. SO WE'VE HAD FULL SUPPORT FROM, FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS AND THEY'VE HAD DETAILS OUT THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HELPED MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TODAY WHERE WE ONLY HAVE A FEW BAD ACTORS IS ACCURATE. UM, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF QUITE A FEW OF THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE MISBEHAVING AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE OUT THERE. AND, AND I THINK IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO GETTING RID OF EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S NOT THERE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES AND HAVE, HAVE BEEN CREATING PROBLEMS FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. CAN WE DO OCEAN DRIVE NEXT, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I, I'LL ECHO THAT. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH MY FAMILY. I'VE MET THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OUT THERE A FEW TIMES. DIDN'T TELL CODE, DIDN'T TELL POLICE ALL DIFFERENT TIMES ON FRIDAY EVENING SATURDAYS. AND YOUR PRESENCE WAS OVERWHELMING AT FIRST. I GO, OH, THEY'RE OUT HERE. 'CAUSE I MUST'VE TOLD THEM I WAS COMING, AND I REALIZED, NO, I DIDN'T. THIS IS JUST YOUR NEW PROTOCOL. AND IT, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE, UH, IT WAS RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S NOTED BY THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS. AND NOW WE'RE ADDING ROBOTS TO YOUR LONG LIST. HERNAN, I SAW THAT . YEAH, NO, NO. GOOD WORK. UM, I KNOW WE HAD A SERIES OF CALLS WITH THE SOUTH AND FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UH, YOU GUYS REALLY STEPPED IT UP IN A BIG WAY. SO IN THIS LEGISLATION, WE'LL ADD TO IT, WE'LL WORK ON IT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'LL PROPOSE WE BRING IT BACK OCTOBER 29TH TO, UH, ALLOW A LITTLE TIME. MARK IS VERY APPRECIATIVE. I AM. I SEE. THAT'D BE MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. UM, CALL THE VOTE. IT'S A PUBLIC, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE STILL HAVE INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING TO SPEAK. SURE. UH, KEITH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. KEITH MARKS, UH, 50 SOUTH POINT, UH, SPEAKING AS PRESIDENT OF SONA. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO, UH, GET THE MARINA IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORKING WITH SUNTEC AND, UH, THE CITY. AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, UH, THE EFFORTS BY HERNAN AND CODE BY MARK, TAXES BY THE POLICE, UH, IN THIS PUSH. AND IT'S MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. I GUESS IT'S, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT [04:05:01] TO BRING UP THE STATISTICS, BUT THERE WERE NUMEROUS BY VIOLATIONS, NOT JUST FOUR VOTES OR SIX BOATS, WHERE THEY, THEY'RE LAYING DOWN THE LAW AND, YOU KNOW, THE BAD OPERATORS ARE THE ONES WHO TRY TO SKIRT THE RULES, UH, NOT THE ONES WHO OCCASIONALLY PERHAPS MADE A MISTAKE AND THEN DON'T DO IT AGAIN. UM, SO WE SUPPORT THE IDEA AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OF CLASSIFICATIONS BECAUSE WE DO THINK IT'S TOO BROAD AND IT SWEEPS TOO MANY BOAT GOOD OPERATORS THAT ARE, UM, OPERATING PROPERLY INTO RESTRICTIONS THAT SHOULD BE MORE TAILORED FOR THOSE WHO ARE BAD OPERATORS. AND IN THAT REGARD TO, TO SONA, WHILE THE 7:00 PM IS, IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE VIOLATIONS. WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS EMPHASIZED ENOUGH, IS THAT IT'S CHANGING THE FINES TO MAXIMUM AND THREE STRIKES. AND YOU SUSPEND THE BTR NOW THREE STRIKES AND A SUSPENSION OF THE BTR, ALONG WITH THE ABILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO RE TO FORMALLY REQUEST A LEASE CANCELLATION SINCE THEIR COMMERCIAL OPERATING, TAKING MONEY WITHOUT A BTR WOULD BE THE PERFECT WORLD THAT DAVID, UM, SUAREZ IS TALKING ABOUT. AND WE CAN GET THE BAD PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST BARE BOAT OPERATORS. WE, I'M SURE THAT MARK AND, UH, OR HUNTING CAN TELL YOU ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRIVATE BOATS, BUT WHEN THEY'RE NOT USING IT. THANK YOU, SIR. DECIDE TO RENT IT OUT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WAYNE ROBERTS. MR. ROBERTS STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MEDS. WOW. YOU GOT MY INITIALS. WOW. FROM TO WAYNE ROBERTS. YES. UM, SO I I, I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR A BETTER PART OF A DECADE NOW. UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREEING WITH ME THAT OUR CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO CANCEL ANY CONTRACT AT WILL WITH OR WITHOUT COST. UM, AND IT SHOULD BE APPLIED WHERE IT'S APPLICABLE. SUN TEX IS A BUSINESS. UM, THEY HAVE DOZENS OF, OF, OF MARINAS ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY. AND THEIR, THEIR ONLY OBJECTIVE IS MONEY. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR POSITION STATEMENT IS ECONOMIC, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M CAPITALIST, BUT AS A CITY AND UNDER THE CONTRACT, WE, WE SHOULD PROTECT THE RESIDENTS. AND, UM, UH, I WOULD GO A STEP FURTHER. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BARE BACK, BARE , BARE BOAT OR AS, AS TINY SAYS, BARE BACK, UH, BARE BOAT. UM, UH, CONTRACT IS NOT OWNERSHIP. IT'S, IT'S A LEASE. UM, IT, AND THERE, THAT, THAT STATEMENT IS, IS NOT ACCURATE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, THE, THE BOAT ITSELF SHOULD BE, UH, UH, TAKEN OUT OF THE MARINA IF, IF THEY'RE BREAKING THE RULES, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO ME, AND I THINK TO THE RESIDENTS IN MY BUILDING AND ACROSS SOUTH OF FIFTH, IS THAT THE PARKING ARRANGEMENT THAT THE PRIOR, UM, UH, ADMINISTRATION, NONE OF YOU GUYS WERE REALLY INVOLVED, UM, AGREED TO A 10 YEAR, UH, PAY BY PLATE UNDER OUR BUILDINGS. AND I COULD TELL YOU THAT CRIME WENT UP, UH, INCREDIBLY WHEN THAT HAPPENED. AND, UH, THE, THE DEPRECIATION OF OUR BUILDINGS WERE IN INTENSE UNDER IN, IN THOSE, IN THOSE LOTS, IN THOSE, UH, GARAGES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COST OUR BUILDING MILLIONS TO REPAIR IF WE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE. AND, UM, THANK YOU, SIR. YOU KNOW, AND THEY BROKE IN, THEY BROKE INTO OUR, OUR, OUR BIKING. UM, THEY STOLE A HUNDRED BIKES. THEY THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. SIR, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, I WOULD JUST WISH TO CLARIFY, I DID NOT SAY THAT THE MANAGER HAS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE LEASES, BUT RATHER THE RIGHT TO APPROVE LEASES. I KNOW THAT IT'S NUANCED, IT'S A DISTINCTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE RECORD AS TO WHAT I SAID. OKAY, GO AHEAD, SIR. YEAH, DAN BRIGHTON. STEIN, AGAIN, 90 ALTON ROAD. AND I JUST WANNA ADD A COUPLE MORE THINGS. UM, LIKE, AGAIN, THE SEVEN O'CLOCK, THAT ROLLBACK IS WAY TOO EARLY. I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION OF WORKING OUT SOMETHING WITH, UH, THE GOOD OPERATORS THAT'S GONNA BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF WE CAN COME TO SOMETHING, UH, TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR US. BUT I THINK YOU GUYS STILL, LIKE, THERE'S SO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT THESE COMMERCIAL BOATS AND ALL THIS STUFF AND, AND WHEN IT COMES TO A PERSON START TRYING TO START A BUSINESS AND GET A BTR [04:10:01] AND THEY GO TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS BTR, THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE BOATS AND THE CATEGORIES, UM, EVERYTHING DOESN'T ALIGN. AND I THINK AS A CITY, WE NEED TO LOOK THAT AT THAT ALSO, BECAUSE SINCE COVID THE WHOLE, LIKE ON THE, THE, HOW EVERYTHING WAS CLASSIFIED IN GENERAL, EVERYTHING WAS LIKE A, A CHARTER OR IT WAS ECO TOUR AND THAT WAS IT. AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE KIND OF GONE THROUGH SOMETHING IN, IN THAT DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF CLEAN THINGS UP. BUT, UM, SOMEBODY COMES IN A LOT OF TIMES THE CLASSIFICATION IS WRONG. SO I THINK YOU GUYS KIND OF NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT TOO. SO THE HOUSE IS IN ORDER, SO EVERYTHING IS ORGANIZED WHEN IT COMES TO CLASSIFYING THESE DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, BOATS IF IT'S COMMERCIAL OR A BOAT RENTAL OR WAVE RUNNERS OR PARA SAILING. AND IT MAKES THAT WHOLE PROCESS A LOT EASIER FOR FUTURE BUSINESSES ANYWAYS. BUT I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. ERIC, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT PARKING AGREEMENT THAT HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN, IN CRIME AND PEOPLE PARKING THERE THAT WEREN'T BEFORE AND, AND THE BUILDING GET, GETTING THEIR BIKES STOLEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT? SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY A HUNDRED BIKE STEALING EPISODE, BUT MAKING, MAYBE THE CHIEF CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT. WELL, IT'S NOT JUST THAT, IT'S NOT JUST THAT. IT'S THE IDEA THAT YOU OVER COMMERCIALIZE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR REVENUE SHARE ON IT IS, BUT IS IT WORTH, UM, ALL OF, YEAH. IS IT WORTH GIVING IT UP TO THE PUBLIC? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH SUNTEC. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE, WHICH IS WE ARE BEING CHARGED BY THE BUILDINGS FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAINTENANCE TO THOSE AREAS, COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS. SO YEAH. BUT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE CREATING DEPRECIATION AND WEAR AND TEAR AND MAINTAINING IT, THEN IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD NEGATIVE CYCLE BECAUSE HERE YOU ARE INVITING MORE PEOPLE TO USE IT, TRASHING THE GARAGE, AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE BECOMES EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY. SO SHOULDN'T, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE IT OFF TO THE PUBLIC AND KEEP IT JUST FOR THE MARINA OR, OR WHAT IS THAT? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THAT OPTION, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD EXERCISE THAT OPTION. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LEGALITIES ARE HERE, BUT IF THAT'S CAUSING A PROBLEM, THEN STOP IT, GET, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THIS. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S UNILATERALLY UP TO THE CITY, BUT WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SUNTEC ON HOW BEST TO MANAGE THOSE PARKING FACILITIES UNDERNEATH. YEAH. ERIC BROUGHT, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING AND, AND, UH, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BE IN A POSITION TO COME BACK? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GONNA BE IN NEGOTIATIONS. WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BE IN A POSITION TO BRING THAT BACK TO US? WE NEED TO SET UP A MEETING WITH SUNTEC, OUR NEXT MEETING WITH SUNTEC. BUT IT'S, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ERIC STATED THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNILATERALLY CHANGE THE PARKING AGREEMENT WITHOUT SITTING DOWN AND TALKING TO THEM. THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT AS WELL IN THAT, UM, WE GAVE A DEMAND LETTER ON A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAD FOUND IN, IN HIS AUDIT. UM, AND WE GOT A RESPONSE FROM THEM AND, AND THEY SEE IT DIFFERENTLY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT CON THAT LARGER CONVERSATION, UM, WHEN WE GET TOGETHER WITH HIM. SO WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE SOMETHING SHORTLY, UM, AND BE BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN. OKAY. CAN WE BRING THAT BACK TO THE OCTOBER MEETING AS WELL? YEAH, WE'LL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO HAVE SOMETHING BACK TO YOU BY OCTOBER. I'LL DISCUSS IT AT THE SAME TIME. YEP. OKAY. NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HASN'T SPOKEN BEFORE. UH, WE CAN CALL THE ROLL IF YOU WISH. PLEASE, UH, HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. LAST MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BOTT? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE? SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS OCTOBER 29TH. GREAT, THANK YOU. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO OTHER MARINA RELATED ITEMS THAT I HAD BROUGHT, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL DISCUSS THEM NOW. R NINE [R9 AA DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF BY COMMERCIAL VESSELS AT MIAMI BEACH MARINA.] AAA. R NINE. HOLD ON. R NINE AA IS DISCUSSED. COMMERCIAL VESSEL PICKUP, DROP OFF AT MANDY BEACH, MARINA, R NINE AA. I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WORK FOR THE CITY NOW, UH, MR. KO? YES, I DO. WELL, WELCOME. NOW, WHO'S, UH, WHO'S HANDLING THIS FOR THE CITY? ALRIGHT, MR. TAXES. THAT, THAT WAS MY, UH, WAY OF GIVING YOU A SHOUT OUT. HOW'S THAT? [04:15:01] THERE YOU GO. I'LL TAKE IT. MARK HERNAN. UM, AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL PICKUP AND DROP OFF, TEX, WE, WE MET WITH THEM. THEY SENT OUT A, UM, AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THEIR, THEIR LEASE HOLDERS, UM, WITH WHERE THEY CAN DROP OFF AND, AND PICK UP. UM, I'M TOLD THAT THAT'S BEEN SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY AND, UM, I HEARD TODAY THAT THERE'S SOME BOAT OWNERS THAT DIDN'T GET THAT EMAIL, BUT IF, IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TO ALL OF THE CHARTER, UM, OPERATORS AND TO THE, THE LEASE HOLDERS, UM, THEY'VE ALL BEEN TOLD WHERE THEY CAN DROP OFF AND WHERE THEY CAN'T. WE HAD A PROBLEM AT 90 ALTON, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING DROPPED OFF THERE. SO WE'RE GONNA MONITOR THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET COMPLIANCE. WHAT WOULD BE THE, UH, HOW WOULD WE ACCOMPLISH THIS? I MEAN, THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT MONTES. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN UNILATERALLY? IS THAT NEGOTIATION? THAT'S THE, THAT'S DESIGNATED TO BE THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE GET DROPPED OFF, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THOSE CHARTERS ARE, IT'S FURTHER DOWN, CLOSER TO WHERE THE YACHT CLUB IS. SO, UM, BOAT OWNERS WERE TOLD WE'RE SENDING OUT TO PEOPLE TO, UM, DROP OFF AND THEY COULD PICK UP AT 90 ALTON, WHICH IS WHERE THE YACHT CLUB IS, AND THAT WAS CREATING PROBLEMS. SO THE, THE TEX HAS, HAS COMMITTED THAT THEY WILL, UM, WORK WITH US TO FIX THAT PROBLEM AND THEY'VE SENT OUT EMAILS AND WE'RE GONNA THEN CLOSELY MONITOR ALONG WITH THEM. ALRIGHT, JUST, JUST BRIEFLY, MR. MAYOR MICHAEL GRIECO, UM, ON BEHALF OF TEX ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, A NOTICE WAS SENT OUT TO ALL BOAT OWNERS, SPECIFICALLY THE COMMERCIAL OWNERS, BUT I THINK IT WENT OUT TO ALL OWNERS. UM, THEY ALSO RECEIVED, THE COMMERCIAL OWNERS ALSO RECEIVED VISITS FROM MARINA MANAGEMENT ADVISING THEM THAT ALL PICKUPS AND DROP OFFS HAVE TO OCCUR AT 300. ALTON, WHICH IS THE VALET CIRCLE AT, UH, AT MONTY'S. IT'S A CONDITION OF THEIR LEASE TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE MARINA. IF THEY VIOLATE IT, THEY WILL GET ONE WARNING. IF THEY VIOLATE IT AGAIN, THEY'RE OUT. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IT THERE LIKE THIS. WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND IT FORCED US TO DO WHAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ANYWAY, BUT REGARDLESS, HAPPY TO HELP. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. SO THERE, SO WE'RE AT THE, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE IT'S ON, THE ONUS IS ON TEX TO ENSURE THIS ISN'T HAPPENING. IF IT'S REPORTED TO US THAT A SPECIFIC CHARTER OR A BOAT OWNER IS NOT COMPLYING, THEY EITHER TELL ME OR THEY TELL, UH, THE MARINA MANAGER AND THEN THEY GET DINGED AND THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THE RULES AT THIS POINT. SO THIS IS FULLY ON TEX, RIGHT? MM-HMM . BECAUSE THIS NOT, IT'S NOT A CODE VIOLATION? NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NO, OH, WELL, IT, IT, IT IS AND WE'VE ONLY, WE'VE ONLY HAD A HANDFUL OF OPERATORS THAT HAVE BEEN CITED BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR DISEMBARKATION AND YOUR EMBARKATION POINT. AND WHEN THEY WERE ADVERTISING ONLINE, THEY WERE SAYING 90 ALTON, WHICH IS NOT EMBARKATION OR DISEMBARKATION, SHOULD HAVE READ 300 ALTON. SO WHERE WE ISSUED THOSE VIOLATIONS, THEY IMMEDIATELY TOOK THAT, THAT ADVERTISING OFFLINE, OR THEY CORRECTED IT. BUT GOING FURTHER, TEX NOW HAS NOTIFIED ALL OF THEIR LEASE HOLDERS THAT IT'S 300 ALTON AND YOU'RE SEEING COMPLIANCE. WE ARE, AND I, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I CAN SEE THE FRONT OF 90 ALTON FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PROBLEMS IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. OKAY. EYE WITNESS, ANECDOTAL EYE WITNESS EVIDENCE. OKAY. YES, SIR. LET'S INCLUDE THIS IN THE DISCUSSION OCTOBER 29TH AS WELL. JUST, UH, BECAUSE I GUESS YOU'RE SAYING SOME OPERATORS DIDN'T RECEIVE THE NOTICE. SO THAT'S, I, I, I ONLY KNOW OF ONE. I HEARD ONE, ONE PERSON INDICATED THAT, THAT HE HADN'T, HE, HE HAS A BOAT THERE. UM, HE'S HAD A BOAT THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND HE DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE, BUT, UM, HE'S NOT RUNNING CHARTERS, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT ALL THE CHARTER OWNERS, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAYBE SEND OUT ANOTHER, UH, EMAIL TO EVERYBODY AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET THAT WORD OUT. BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE VIOLATING ARE BEING PUT ON NOTICE, THAT'S A FINAL WARNING, AND THEN THEY'RE OUT. SO EITHER WAY, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE. AND MR. RAM, MAYOR, JUST AS A CLOSING NOTE, JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS AN IDEA. OVER THE LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THESE CON CONVERSATIONS, PROBABLY LAST FALL, WE WERE AT 66 CHARTERS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT 31 CHARTERS AND FIVE DIVE BOATS. SO SUNTEC OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS ESSENTIALLY CUT THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL OPERATORS IN HALF. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR PART WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE NEED TO HAVE, WE NEED TO HAVE AMMUNITION IN ORDER TO TERMINATE THOSE LEASES PROPERLY. AND THE CITY'S BEEN GIVING US THAT AMMUNITION, ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUMMER. HE JUST TERMINATED ANOTHER ONE, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK, AND I LET MARK KNOW THAT AS WELL. SO THE NEEDLE'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUMMER. GREAT. MIKE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IF I COULD, IS THE RATES ON TAX CHARGES THE SAME FOR A COMMERCIAL VERSUS NON, UH, COMMERCIAL? NO, IT, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR A COMMERCIAL SLIP. SO WHEN A COMMERCIAL, SO WHEN A COMMERCIAL, AND JUST, SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE MADE THE DECISION OR MY CLIENT'S MADE THE DECISION THAT [04:20:01] IF A COMMERCIAL SLIP IS TERMINATED, WE ARE NOT REPLACING IT WITH ANOTHER COMMERCIAL OPERATOR. AND I WAS JUST GOING TOWARDS HOW CAN WE IN SANITIZE THE REPLACEMENT OF COMMERCIALS WITH NON COMMERCIALS. SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST DOING IT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. VERY COOL. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH, MARINA RELATED ITEM. R NINE P AS IN PAUL MAYOR, YOU WANNA CONTINUE THIS ITEM ALSO? YES. I MEAN, R NINE AA IS GONNA BE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER NINE. WHICH ITEM MAYOR, I'M SORRY. R NINE PR NINE P [R9 P DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: UPDATE ON OIG NO. 25-08, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH MARINA LEASE AGREEMENT AUDIT, BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.] IS DISCUSSED UPDATE ON MAR MIAMI BEACH MARINA LEASE AGREEMENT AUDIT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL, REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR R NINE P. SO, UM, I THINK RICK, RICK PROBABLY HAS SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS AS WELL, BUT WE GOT A RESPONSE BACK. WE, WE SENT OUT A DEMAND LETTER WITH ALL OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE FELT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT. UM, AND WE GOT A RESPONSE BACK WHERE THEY'RE READING THE CONTRACT DIFFERENT THAN WE'RE READING THE CONTRACT AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH LEGAL ON NEXT STEPS AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I DON'T KNOW IF RICK WANTS TO ADD TO THAT. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? UH, THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT MEETING THAT WE'LL TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING READY TO BRING BACK TO YOU AND, UM, THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY UPDATE YOU AT OCTOBER WHEN WE ADDRESS THE OTHER ISSUES. OKAY. ANYTHING TO ADD, ERIC? NO, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH SUNTEC ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE LEASE. UM, THEY'RE READING THE LEASE DIFFERENTLY THAN WE'RE READING THE LEASE. ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EITHER REACH A COMPROMISE OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE IF WE CAN'T REACH A COMPROMISE. SO, UM, HOPING THAT WE CAN REACH A COMPROMISE. OKAY. THAT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. UH, HOPEFULLY WE PACKAGE IT ALL TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO ITEM 'EM AS WELL? YEAH. OKAY. R FIVE [R5 W AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 90 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “SOLID WASTE,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “PRIVATE WASTE CONTRACTORS,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 4, ENTITLED “SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 90-278 THEREOF, ENTITLED “FEES AND REQUIREMENTS; PENALTIES FOR NON-PAYMENT” TO MAKE CERTAIN CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE PENALTIES PAYABLE FOR FAILURE TO PAY COLLECTION FEES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] WR FIVE W IS THE NORRIS OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER NINE EIGHT THAT MIGHT BEACH CODE ENTITLED SOLID WASTE BY AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED PRIVATE WASTE CONTRACTORS BY AMENDING DIVISION FOUR ENTITLED SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS BY AMENDING SECTION 90 DASH 2 78 THEREOF, ENTITLED FEES AND REQUIREMENTS PENALTIES FOR NONPAYMENT TO MAKE CERTAIN CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THE PENALTIES PAYABLE TO FOR FAILURE TO PAY COLLECTION FEES AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS, THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE W, COMMISSIONER BOTT. SO THIS IS JUST CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S ERROR. AND RICK, IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS SURE. UM, THE CHANGE, THERE WAS A DELETION OF A SECTION, UM, THAT WE, WE HAD TO THEN STRIKE A REFERENCE TO THAT SECTION THAT WAS DELETED. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME CLARIFYING, UH, CHANGES, BUT THERE'S NO REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. THIS IS PURELY CLEANUP. I'LL SECOND THE A, PRINT IT OUT. IS MY PHONE SUFFICIENT? I'M SORRY. WHO MADE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. SECOND. IT IS VOTE PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. UH, I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. THAT WAS R FIVE WR [R5 O AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “GENERAL PROVISIONS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 1-15, ENTITLED “FEE SCHEDULE,” BY AMENDING APPENDIX “A” THEREOF TO: (1) EXCLUDE THE FY 2026 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) ADJUSTMENT ON OCTOBER 1, 2025 FOR ALL MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS RATES; AND (2) ADD THE MONTHLY GARAGE RESIDENTIAL RATES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE OR FIVE OH IS THE NORTH TO MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA BY AMENDING CHAPTER ONE OF THE CITY OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BEACH. ENTITLED GENERAL PROVISIONS BY AMENDING SECTION ONE DASH 15 ENTITLED FEE SCHEDULE ARE AMENDING APPENDIX A THEREOF TO ONE, EXCLUDE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CPI ADJUSTMENT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 FOR ALL MIAMI BEACH RESIDENCE RATES AND TWO AT THE MONTHLY GARAGE RESIDENTIAL RATES I'M PROVIDING FOR REPEATERS OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE OH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO SUSPEND THE CPI INCREASE TO THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING RATES THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS A CA AS A, AN EFFICIENCY TO OUR BUDGET TO SAVE SOME MONEY, WE ARE TRANSITIONING OUR GARAGES TO BE FULLY CASHLESS. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING CASH AND SO A MEANS OF PAYMENTS IN OUR MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGES. AND SO THIS TRANSITIONS THAT DIRECTLY TO OUR PARKING APPS. AND BY DOING THAT, NOT ONLY WE MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT TO, TO THE USERS, [04:25:01] BUT US AS A CITY ENTITY, THE TAXPAYERS ARE GONNA BE SAVING MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE SUSPENDING, UH, THAT CPI INCREASE TO THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING RATE. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE ITEM THAT SECOND , IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMING, UH, FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, MAY I CALL THE RULE? THERE'S, UH, OH, I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. SORRY, . SORRY. SO STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. AVA FRANKL, 70 LAGO CIRCLE. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. IS THERE GONNA BE TAP TO PAY? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN GARAGES WHERE YOU CAN ONLY PAY THROUGH THE APP AND IT CAUSES A LOT OF CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC. SO YES, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TECHNOLOGY FOR TAP TO PAY, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS FUNCTIONAL ALL THE TIME. HOWEVER, PART OF THIS, I'M, I'M, WE HAVE 9-YEAR-OLD EQUIPMENT THERE. WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT INSIDE THE GARAGES. SO YES, WE WILL NOT ONLY RECEIVE BOTH, UM, PAYMENT THROUGH THE APPS, BUT WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE PHYSICAL PAYMENT FORMS OF, UM, APPLE PAY, SAMSUNG PAY, TAP YOUR CARD TO PAY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE RUNNING VERY FAST TOWARD, UM, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BUT YES. AMAZING. AND, AND, AND AS THE, THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. ALL OF OUR, UH, GARAGES CURRENTLY ACCEPT, UH, CASH FOR PAYMENT. AND SO WE WILL BE INSTITUTING THIS ONCE WE UPDATE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL WITH APPS, WITH TAP, WITH APPLE PAY, WITH ALL TYPES OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT, UH, UH, UH, DEVICES. HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT TRANSITION TO TAKE PLACE? SO ONCE, ONCE WE HAVE DECIDED ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE HAVE, UH, SAID, YOU KNOW, PRESS THE GO BUTTON, THE TRANSITION CAN TAKE TWO WEEKS. SO WE WENT THROUGH DO WE HAVE TO DO A PROCUREMENT FOR THIS? UH, SO THERE'S, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCUREMENT ITEMS THAT WE CAN DO, SUCH AS PIGGYBACKING ON, ON STATE OR MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT CAN SPEED UP THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. UM, SO THAT THAT'S, BUT ONCE, ONCE WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT ASPECT OF IT, THE CHANGE OUT. UM, IN MY PREVIOUS STINT WITH DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UH, WE DID AN ENTIRE CHANGE OUT OF 144 LANES AND THE COMPANY DID IT IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. HERE WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 40 LANES. SO WE COULD, I WOULD SAY THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH BECAUSE THERE WE PAID FOR ADDITIONAL SPEED. BUT THIS CAN BE DONE IN THREE WEEKS, SIR. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. AND THANK YOU AVA. ALL RIGHT. WITH THEN I MOVE THE ITEM ALL VOTE. SO I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. IT'S CALLED [R5 M AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH NEW RATES FOR ARTIST VENDOR FEES AND AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "BUSINESS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE XV, ENTITLED "STREET PERFORMERS AND ART VENDORS," BY AMENDING SECTION 18-903, ENTITLED “ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AND RULES,” BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (3)(F) TO PROVIDE THAT ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE FEES SHALL BE SET FORTH IN APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE AND BY CREATING SUBSECTION (5) THEREOF, TO INCLUDE A LIMITATION ON THE ISSUANCE OF ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATES FOR NONEXPRESSIVE PRODUCTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 18-905 ENTITLED “PERMIT APPLICATION AND RULES” BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (7) TO CLARIFY THAT ARTIST VENDOR PERMIT FEES ARE SET FORTH IN APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R FIVE M. R FIVE M IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH NEW RATES FOR ARTIST VENDORS FEES AND AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA ENTITLED BUSINESSES, UH, AMENDING ARTICLE 15 ENTITLED STREET PERFORMERS AND, AND ART VENDORS AMENDING SECTION 18 DASH 9 0 3 ENTITLED ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AND RULES BY AMENDING SUBSECTION THREE F TO PROVIDE THAT ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE FEES SHALL BE SET FORTH IN APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE, AND BY CREATING SUBSECTION FIVE THEREOF TO INCLUDE A LIMITATION ON THE ISSUANCE OF ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE FOR NON EXPRESSIVE PRODUCTS BY AMENDING SECTION 18 DASH 9 0 5 ENTITLED PERMIT APPLICATION AND RULES BY AMENDING SUBSECTION SEVEN TO CLARIFY THAT ARTIST VENDOR PERMIT FEES ARE SET FORTH IN APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE M. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE SECOND READING. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. UH, MANNY, YOU SAID YOU HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO [04:30:01] SEE WHAT YOU HAVE. UM, YOU, MAYBE YOU COULD TEE IT UP THERE. THERE'S A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MANNY MARCUS IS IN DIRECTOR OF FINANCES. UM, THERE'S A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE COMMUNICATION TO US. PJ, IF YOU COULD PUT MANNY'S PRESENTATION ON. WELL, THAT'S, WELL, THAT'S, UH, GETTING STARTED. I COULD GIVE SOME DATA. THERE'S SOME ARTIST VENDORS CURRENT, UH, STATUS OF THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE 81 ACTIVE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, ARTIST VENDORS, AND THERE'S 38 PERMIT HOLDERS FOR THE LOTTERY ZONE. SO WE HAVE 58 LOCATIONS IN SOUTH BEACH IN OUR PREMIER STREETS, UH, COLLINS OCEAN, THE BEACH WALK, LINCOLN ROAD. AND WE HAVE 38 CURRENT PERMIT HOLDERS OF THOSE 38 PERMIT HOLDERS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 31 32 CELL BEACH STRING BEACH RINGING, UH, TYPE OF, UH, JEWELRY. AND THERE'S 58 LOCATIONS, BUT WE ONLY HAD 38 APPLICANTS FOR THIS LAST ORDER. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND SO THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, UM, I BROUGHT IT FORWARD A, A WHILE AGO AFTER I GOT ELECTED. UM, YOU KNOW, I TYPICALLY SEE ON OUR RIGHTS AWAY A LOT OF CLUTTER, A LOT OF STUFF MADE IN CHINA, UH, THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THESE QUOTE UNQUOTE ARTISTS ARE BUYING FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR AND THEN THEY SELL 'EM FOR 10 BUCKS. UM, AND THEN I, AND THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I ALSO FOUND THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY LOSES MONEY WITH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATING THE FEES FOR, UM, FOR, FOR THE PROGRAM. UM, I THINK WE'RE LOSING LIKE A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM ACTUAL LOCAL MIAMI BEACH ARTISTS. UM, BRENDA'S AT THE PODIUM RIGHT NOW, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, SHE ACTUALLY MAKES BEAUTIFUL ART HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND, UM, SHE HAS TO COMPETE WITH, UH, SORT OF THESE ARBITRAGE, UH, SALESMEN, UH, THAT TAKE UP HER RIGHT AWAY AND SELL STUFF FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, A A A FACTORY IN, IN CHINA. UM, AND I, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT. UM, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, AN EXCEPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH WHO ARE ACTUAL ARTISTS AND WHO HAVE REAL VALUE TO SELL TO RESIDENTS AND, AND THE MILLIONS OF TOURISTS THAT COME TO MIAMI BEACH. UM, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK IN THE WORLD, UH, WHERE, WHERE THESE ARTISTS, VENDORS HAVE HAVE POPPED UP, UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF 'EM ARE, THEY BUY LOW, THEY SELL HIGH, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A BUSINESS AND, AND THEY SORT OF MONOPOLIZE THE, UM, PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. AND SO I THINK WE WANT TO CLEAN UP OUR BRAND. UM, CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SEE TRINKETS FROM, FROM CHINA BEING SOLD ON, ON OUR RIGHTS WAY AND HAVE THEM COMPETE WITH ACTUAL RESIDENT ARTISTS IN, IN MIAMI BEACH. SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND ALSO, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT THIS. SURE. UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES IN BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING, WE'VE MET WITH CODE COMPLIANCE WITH TOURISM CULTURE WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE CLEANED UP, UH, THE PROCESS ON HOW TO OBTAIN A PERMIT OR A CERTIFICATE. NOW, BEFORE YOU CAN GET A CERTIFICATE, YOU NEED TO GO BEFORE THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD THE COMMITTEE, AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT YOU'RE A BONAFIDE ARTIST AND YOU MAKE THESE ITEMS BY HAND. YEAH. AND, AND I WANNA REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT I THINK 90% OF THESE ARTIST VENDORS ARE JUST BEAD STRINGERS AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 30 OR 40 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FROM LIKE WOOD MAKING, CANDLE MAKING, UM, QUITE A, QUITE AN ARRAY OF ACTUAL ART. UM, BUT IT'S BEING INUNDATED WITH, UH, THIS SORT OF ARBITRAGE MODEL, UM, WHICH PUTS RESIDENTS AND ACTUAL ARTISTS LIKE BRENDA AT A, AT A HUGE DISADVANTAGE. UM, I'D WELCOME TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. UH, IF NOT, I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO HEAR BRENDA SAY A FEW WORDS. UH, MR. VICE MAYOR, MR. CITY ATTORNEY OR MR. CITY MANAGER. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT IT'LL KIND OF HELP ME CRAFT THE THINKING HERE. IF I HAD A PIECE OF ART THAT I FELT WAS VERY, UH, VALUABLE, WHETHER IT BE FROM MONETARY OR JUST ARTISTIC VALUE, AND I WANTED TO PLACE IT ON A CITY RIGHT OF WAY, COULD I DONATE THAT ART TO THE CITY? YOU WOULD HAVE TO, WELL, SOMEBODY WOULD NEED TO BRING AN ITEM FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO ACCEPT IT, BUT SURE. BUT FOCUS ON THE FIRST PART OF THAT. I COULDN'T JUST SAY, I WANT THIS, IT'S GOING IN LOOMIS PARK OR WHEREVER. NO. AND TYPICALLY WE WOULD ALSO [04:35:01] WANT TO INVOLVE THE A IPP FOLKS IN THAT PROCESS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, IS I CAN SEE MERIT TO THE DISCUSSION OR TO THE PREMISE OF, WELL, IF I COULDN'T DONATE A PIECE OF ART THAT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF PARAMETERS IN PLACE, THEN WHY ARE WE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO JUST GO OUT AND SELL THINGS FOR A PROFIT WITHOUT THE SAME TYPE OF PARAMETERS? SO THAT KIND OF, I I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ANSWER, BUT IT HELPED ME FRAME MY CONTEXT. SO I, I THINK I'M, I, I KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING. WELL, IF, IF I MAY, AND, AND I SEE ROB COMING UP TO THE PODIUM, UM, THERE ARE SOME FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS THAT GIVE ARTISTS, VENDORS THE ABILITY TO SELL ON PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY. BUT I'M GONNA LET ROB GO INTO DETAIL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ROB TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION THAT BE STRINGING IT'S NOT ART, RIGHT? AND DEFINED BY THE SUPREME COURT. SO NON EXPRESSIVE VERSUS EXPRESSIVE. AND SO, AND, AND YES, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS EXPRESSIVE, BUT A LOT OF THESE ARE NON EXPRESSIVE, BULK PURCHASED ITEMS FROM CHINA THAT IS NOT LIKE OUR RESIDENT CREATING HER OWN ART TO BE SELLING OUT THERE. AND THAT I WOULD IMAGINE IS CLEARLY PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND IS THE CHARACTER OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUENESS OF THAT ARTISTIC, UH, PRODUCT THAT WE WANT TO SELL IN OUR CITY. UM, BUT ROB, I JUMPED IN FRONT OF YOU AND I GAVE MY OWN LEGAL OPINION WHEN I'M NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE ALMOST RIGHT. YEAH. UM, THE, UH, ALMOST THE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. IF YOU WANTED TO GO AND SELL ART IN THE PARK, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ART, YOU WOULD'VE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DO THAT. YOU COULD, YOU COULD STAND THERE WITH YOUR ART AND SELL IT FOR MONEY AND, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO WIN THE LOTTERY TO DO THAT. PARDON? IF, IF YOU HAD A, UM, IF YOU WERE WITHIN THE PARK AREA, UH, WITHIN THE LOTTERY ZONES, YES, BUT IN OUR CITY, GENERALLY, YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE EXCEPT THE, UH, THE LOTTERY AREA AND STAND WHEREVER YOU WANT AND SELL ART. HOWEVER, NOT EVERYTHING IS ART. UM, AND TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S QUESTION IN WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF ART IS THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED THAT ARE GENERALLY DEFINED BY THE SUPREME COURT TO BE MORE USEFUL RATHER THAN, UH, ARTISTIC AND DEFINITIONS OF THAT ARE SORT OF RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION HERE ARE LIKE JEWELRY. JEWELRY IS BY DEFINITION NOT ART. LEGALLY IT IS NON ART. IT IS INHERENTLY NON EXPRESSIVE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS A FUNCTION TO IT. UH, TOYS, UH, CANDLES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE INHERENTLY NON EXPRESSIVE AND ARE NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. SO OUR, OUR RULES FOR SELLING ART AROUND THE CITY AND OUR RULES FOR WHAT YOU CAN SELL IN THE LOTTERY ZONE ARE ALL DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM LAWSUITS BASED ON FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS REGARDING ART OR MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES. IN CASE, UH, JEWELRY INCLUDING BEAD STRINGING IS NOT INCLUDED AS ART. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ALLOW IT AT ALL. IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN, UH, DO SO ON ANY RATIONAL BASIS, UH, UPON WHICH YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT INTEREST. AND THAT IS HOW THIS ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, DRAFTED FOR FIRST READING AND THEN AMENDED FOR SECOND READING, UH, UH, SWITCHES THE FORMULA TO ALLOW ALL, UH, TRUE ART TO BE IN THE LOTTERY ZONE, BUT ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER. I THINK IT'S FIVE NUMBERS OF, OH, I'M SORRY, IT WAS FIVE ON FIRST READING, NOW YOU, IT'S JUST FOR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS WHO MAKE THEIR OWN PRODUCTS, UH, IN MIAMI BEACH. I MOVE MAD SECOND. WELL, YES, I'M HERE BUBBLING BECAUSE AS AN ARTIST CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME FIRST? OH, YES. I'M BRENDA JORDAN. I'VE BEEN A RE BEACH RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN SELLING MY ARTWORK JEWELRY BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED THIS PROGRAM. MY PROBLEM, NOT WITH THIS COMMISSION, BUT THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS THAT STARTED THIS WITH, UH, MADDIE BAUER, WHO WAS THE MAYOR, THEN WENT AROUND TO DIFFERENT PLACES WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM ARTISTS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SET UP A PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS, YOU HAVE TO START WITH THE MAIN INGREDIENTS. JUST LIKE IF YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INSIDE THAT HOUSE, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. AND THAT WASN'T DEALT WITH. THEY WENT TO [04:40:01] CALIFORNIA, NICE VACATION, UM, KEY WEST AND NEW YORK, WHICH ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND NONE OF THEM HAVE THE SAME MAKEUP THAT WE DO IN MIAMI BEACH. YOU KNOW, I HAD A NON-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING ARTS HERE ON THE BEACH CALLED WATA, AND THAT'S BEFORE THEY WENT. UH, DAVID WHITMAN WENT TO BASEL WITH ANOTHER PERSON TO BRING ART BASEL HERE. SO I'M, UM, AN EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO ART, WHETHER IT'S PAINTING, WHETHER IT'S BEADING AND NOT JUST JEWELRY THAT YOU FIND IN A DIFFERENT STORE. I DON'T HAVE ONE IN ANY OF MY PIECES. MY PHONE IS IN THE CAR AND IT'S RAINING, SO I DIDN'T GO OUT. BUT I HAVE EXQUISITE PIECES MADE WITH SACRED, UM, ANTIQUE AFRICAN BEADS, TIBETAN, ALL INTERNATIONAL BEADS. AND MY BEADS ARE MADE THROUGH SPIRIT, JUST LIKE MY PAINTINGS. I DO PAINTINGS AS WELL. EVERYTHING IN ART, I CAN DO MACRAME. SO EVERYTHING IN ART, PAINTING, WOOD CARVING, YOU NAME IT, I'M THERE. SO THIS PROGRAM WAS SET UP, IF YOU'RE SETTING ANY PROGRAM UP IN THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO GET AN EXPERT IN THAT FIELD TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH WHAT TO DO. AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE WE AS ARTISTS USED TO BE ABLE TO SET UP ALL ALONG OCEAN DRIVE, AND WE KNEW WHO WAS FAKE. WE SAW THIS PERSON, WE KNEW THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEIR THINGS, BUT YOU AS NOVICE AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. SO HOW CAN YOU SET UP SOMETHING FOR ME WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO KNOW WHAT THE INS AND OUTS ARE OF THAT THING? AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ME, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN ARTIST WHO'S WORKED OUT ON THE STREET. A LOT OF YOU HAVE NEVER WORKED OUT ON THE STREET. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WHEN THE SUN FEELS LIKE 110 DEGREES OUTSIDE, YOU DON'T KNOW CERTAIN SPOTS THAT I'M UNDER A TREE. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE ME WHEN IT'S A THUNDERSTORM. YOU NEEDED SOME OF US TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH WHAT ARE VALUABLE SPACES, THE FAKE THINGS. I GOT THIS JUST TOO QUICKLY. I BOUGHT THESE YESTERDAY. THIS IS $6 A DOZEN. THESE, THESE ARE $7 A DOZEN. I HAVE MY RECEIPT IN MY BAG TO SHOW YOU FROM A PLACE CALLED YELLOWSTONE. AND IT'S EMBARRASS EMBARRASSING FOR ME AS AN ARTIST WHEN ART BASEL COMES. THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE A JUNK SHOP WITH CRAP ON THE TABLE. I'M SELLING. I'LL ONLY SEND ONE PICTURE TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T USUALLY WANT THEIR PICTURES ON MY PHONE EVEN. UM, BUT THEY'RE SELLING CRAP AND THEY MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT THAT CHEAP STUFF. BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO MY TABLE, THEY'RE USUALLY ARTISTS. THEY'RE USUALLY FROM EUROPE OR SOMEPLACE. LIKE, I GET A LOT OF ITALIAN PEOPLE WHO COME TO MY TABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SENSE OF FASHION AND ART, REAL ART, NOT CRAP. SO PEOPLE WHO COME TO ME COME FOR VALUE. THEY COME FOR REAL ART. THEY COME TO SEE MIAMI BEACH, AND I FEEL EMBARRASSED. I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR FEELING EMBARRASSED. ART BASEL COMES, I LOOK, PEOPLE ARE SELLING THIS CRAP. AND PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? NOBODY HAS STUFF LIKE YOURS HERE. WELL, WELL BRENDAN, NOW YOU HOPEFULLY, YEAH, THAT'S, IF IT'S PAST A PERSONAL THING, YOU MAY NOT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THE CRAP ON THE STREET. YEAH. AND YOU'RE SAYING GOING UP, GOING UP ON PRICES. AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE FEW PEOPLE SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT. WE DO NOT, WE CAN GO TO WHOLE DAY. I'VE GOTTA PAY FOR PARKING WHERE I AMLE ALL MY STUFF OUT AND I'M NOT MAKING THE MONEY. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY CAN GET THREE FOR FIVE, THREE FOR 10. AND, AND LIKE MOST OF IT IS STRING THINGS LIKE THIS. WELL, BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR GUIDANCE IN, IN PROVIDING THAT ON THE GROUND KNOWLEDGE AND HELPING US, UH, YOU KNOW, CRAFT A BETTER ORDINANCE. ONE MORE THING IS I ALSO SEND ALL OF YOU HOW TO SET UP, I SEND EVERY COMMISSIONER EMAIL ON HOW TO SET UP A PROGRAM NOT BEING BIASED TO WHAT I WANT, BUT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, MR. SUAREZ, COMMISSIONER, YOU REALLY HELPED ME BECAUSE NOBODY EVEN COMES OUT TO SEE US. HE CAME TO MY TABLE, HE SAW THE CRAP THAT WAS ALL AROUND ME, AND HE SAID, ARE THESE JUST PEOPLE WITH A LICENSE THAT DON'T? I SAID, NO, IT'S SIX PEOPLE IN ONE CROWDED AREA AND MOST PEOPLE SELLING CHEAP PREP. AND IT'S NOT FAIR AS A REAL ARTIST FOR ME. SO PLEASE HELP ME AND I WANNA HELP YOU MAKE OUR CITY BETTER, MAKE IT VISIBLE THAT EVEN WE HAVE LIKE INCENTIVES, LIKE ARTISTS OF THE MONTH OR SOMETHING OF THING THAT PEOPLE, TOURISTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ME ALL OVER THE BEACH. BUT IF WE HAD SOMETHING TO SAY, OH, THIS ARTIST IS AT THIS SPOT, IT WOULD HELP US. THANK YOU, BRENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ROB, WE YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU'RE BUT HE WEST ALSO. ROB, YOU WERE, YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE CHOMPING AT THE BITS THERE TO THANK, THANK YOU BRENDA. NO, NO, I WAS, OH, OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND WE DO CALL THE, I CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. UH, MOTION [04:45:01] FROM COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ON THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. WEST MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR IS ABSENT. UH, MOTION PASSES. THIS WAS SECOND READING. R FIVE M ADOPTED. EXCELLENT. LET'S, UH, THANK YOU ALL. [R7 Z A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 AS A POSSIBLE BUDGET ENHANCEMENT DURING THE FY 2026 BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE “DOORS TO FREEDOM” PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH CUBAN FREEDOM MARCH, DURING ART WEEK MIAMI BEACH 2025, TO BE LOCATED AT 4601 COLLINS AVENUE IN INDIAN BEACH PARK; AND WAIVING ANY APPLICABLE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING FEES AND SQUARE FOOTAGE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTALLATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000.] LET'S HEAR R SEVEN Z. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, KICK THIS OVER TO YOU. R SEVEN Z IS FUNDING FOR DOORS TO FREEDOM PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION. I MOVE THE ITEM. I SECOND. UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND OR SAY ANYTHING? UH, SURE. I'LL SECOND. MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ ON R SEVEN Z. HAVE NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. R SEVEN Z IS ADOPTED. SEVEN ZERO UH, I'M SORRY, SIX ZERO MAYOR MINOR. ABSENT. LET'S GO TO [R7 O A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA), ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY’S FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE (FERC) AND OF THE CITY MANAGER AND WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE 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 USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY (LICENSOR) AND CROWN CASTLE FIBER, LLC. (LICENSEE), FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) AT THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER FOR A TERM OF NINE (9) YEARS AND 364 DAYS, COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 31, 2025 AND EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 29, 2035; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.] R SEVEN O. R SEVEN O IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION. NEW USE AGREEMENT WITH CROWN CASTLE. FIBER, LLC FOR DAS FACILITY, USE AGREEMENT R SEVEN O. OKAY. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. UM, THIS ITEM IS BASICALLY FOR A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT AT MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER. THIS IS FOR A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM. WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT THERE, AND THEY WANTED TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY DO HAVE ALREADY AT, UH, ANCHOR GARAGE. WITH THIS NEW AGREEMENT, THE CITY STANDS AT HAVING BOTH A FIXED REVENUE AS WELL AS, UH, 25% GROSS RECEIPTS. THE CITY WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT. I WILL MOVE THE ITEM. SORRY IF NO DISCUSSION, UH, OF MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SIX ZERO. MAYOR MINOR IS ABSENT TO R SEVEN Q AND R SEVEN AB R SEVEN Q IS ALLOCATE $10,000 FOR ONE TIME GRANT R DECO ALIVE. YOU WANT ME TO DO 'EM TOGETHER? NO. OKAY. R SEVEN Q. [R7 Q A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN ALLOCATION OF $10,000 FOR A ONE-TIME GRANT TO SUPPORT ART DECO ALIVE!, A MIAMI-MUMBAI ART DECO CENTENNIAL EVENT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CITY’S STANDARD GRANT AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE FOREGOING.] SO THIS IS, UM, ALLOCATING THE REMAINING, UM, IT'S NOT QUITE THE FULL REMAINDER OF THE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THIS IS A $10,000 ONE TIME GRANT. UM, CONTINGENT ON THE EVENT COMING TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY, UM, FOR A MUMBAI, MIAMI BEACH, MUMBAI, A HUNDRED YEARS OF ART DECO. UM, UM, WEEKEND OF EVENTS AT THE, UM, BETSY HOTEL, THE VICTOR, UM, THE WOLFSONIAN, AND, UH, AT MDPL, UM, UNIFYING THE INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT AROUND, UH, THE LARGEST, UM, COLLECTION OF ART DECO BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND THE REALLY RICH HERITAGE OF ART DECO ARCHITECTURE IN MUMBAI. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. NO DISCUSSION. I'LL CALL THE ROLL. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN Q, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SIX ZERO. MAYOR MINOR IS ABSENT. DO R [R7 AB A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120, FLORIDA STATUTES, AS REFERENCED IN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S (FDOT) AUGUST 21, 2025 LETTER TO THE CITY, AND TO PURSUE ANY ASSOCIATED APPEALS, IN RESPONSE TO THE FDOT DIRECTIVE TO REMOVE THE CITY CROSSWALKS AT 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE.] SEVEN EB UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I'M SORRY, WHAT TITLE? I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. WE TITLE AB AB, UH, PURSUE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING RELATED TO APPEALS TO PRESERVE CROSSWALK R SEVEN AB. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UM, BEFORE TODAY IS THIS ITEM RELATING TO THE ORDER FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT IS DEMANDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. REMOVE THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK AT 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE. FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, UH, WITH EVERY DETAIL. UH, THIS IS THE CROSSWALK, UH, ON 12TH STREET. UH, IT WAS INSTALLED IN 2018 AFTER YEARS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION ACTION DESIGN COMPETITIONS. UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS NOT AN, AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THIS WAS DONE IN COORDINATION WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, UH, FOLLOWING REGULATIONS AND, AND, AND GUIDEBOOKS. AND IT'S, IT WAS A DELIBERATE ACT, UM, TO DEDICATE SOMETHING PERMANENT, UH, AS A SYMBOL OF INCLUSION IN OUR CITY. FOR SEVEN YEARS, THIS CROSSWALK HAS BEEN PART OF THE FABRIC OF OCEAN DRIVE. IT'S BEEN EMBRACED BY OUR RESIDENTS, [04:50:01] UH, HAS BEEN ADMIRED BY, BY VISITORS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS PROVEN TO BE SAFE. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECORD OF COMPLAINTS OF CONFUSION BEING CAUSED BY THIS CROSSWALK YET NOW SUDDENLY WE'RE BEING ORDERED TO REMOVE IT UNDER THREATS OF PENALTY PENALTY TO OUR CITY. FOR SEVEN YEARS, THIS CROSSWALK HAS BEEN THERE. NO ONE'S COMPLAINED, NO ONE'S MADE AN ISSUE ABOUT IT. THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY WAS NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING ELSE. EVERYONE WAS SIMPLY JUST TRANQUIL EVERYONE. THERE WAS NO ISSUE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS CONTROVERSY WAS MANUFACTURED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, IT WAS FORCED UPON US THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE IT. AND WE'VE BEEN PLACED IN THIS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION TO FORCE US TO REMOVE THIS CROSSWALK NOW UNDER THREAT WITHOUT DIALOGUE. MM-HMM . I BELIEVE, SENDS AN INCREDIBLY CHILLING MESSAGE TO OUR L-G-B-T-Q RESIDENTS, TO OUR L-G-B-T-Q VISITORS WHO ARE PART OF THE ECONOMY OF OUR CITY, TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT CATER TO THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY. AND IN FACT, IT MAKES THIS INTERSECTION LESS SAFE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STUDIES, THE STUDIES TELL YOU, THEY TELL YOU THAT THESE AESTHETIC SURFACE TREATMENTS LIKE OURS ON OCEAN DRIVE, IN FACT ENHANCE THE SAFETY BY SLOWING DOWN DRIVERS. YES. COMMISSIONER, UM, PERHAPS LEGAL CAN CLARIFY GETTING WORD THAT, BECAUSE THIS WAS AN ADDENDUM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO WAIT TILL FIVE O'CLOCK TO HEAR THIS. OKAY. IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE DISCRETION TO DO AS THE CHAIR WISHES TO DO. JUST FOR THE RECORD IN THE MORNING. I SAID THEY WOULD BE HEARD AFTER FIVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID. I MEAN, I, CAN WE VOTE, I CAN MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO HEAR THE ITEM, CORRECT? YES. I MAKE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW. DO I HAVE A SECOND? IF IT WAS SAID AFTER FIVE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL IF IT WAS SAID AFTER FIVE, IF IF IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD AFTER FIVE, UH, I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO, TO WHAT WAS SAID. I NEED GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND TO, TO HEAR IT NOW, WHICH IS PROPER. OKAY. I GET THAT VOTE ON THAT. LET'S HEAR IT AT FIVE. I I BUT THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE, ON THE, UM, CAN'T HEAR YOU TO TO HEAR IT NOW. AND WE HAVE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I UNDER, AND THEN I'M JUST CONCERNED IT'S NOT GONNA BE HEARD AT FIVE. DO WE HAVE A PROMISE OF SORTS THAT IT'S GONNA BE HEARD AT FIVE? WELL, LET'S, I MAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO HEAR THIS AT 5:00 PM AND AT 5:00 PM UM, WHAT CAN I DO PROCEDURALLY, IF IT'S NOT HEARD AT 5:00 PM UM, YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE ITEM HEARD, WHICH IS ON THE DATE TABLE. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM AT 5:00 PM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS STATED PREVIOUSLY. AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND HEAR THE ITEM AT 5:00 PM PM MR. MR. AND MR. TURNER, I JUST WANT TO GET SOME GUIDANCE, JUST GUIDE US BY THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, I DON'T WANT US TO DO ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE. I WANT US TO RESPECT PROTOCOL, WHAT WAS DONE AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF THE MEETING. SO PLEASE GUIDE US CLEARLY. UM, SURE. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE IS NOW A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM AT A TIME, CERTAIN AT 5:00 PM AND I THINK, WAS THAT MOTION SECONDED? THERE WAS A PRIOR MOTION AND A SECOND TO HEAR IT. NOW THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON, THEN WE CAN DO THE VOTE ON THE HEARING AT AT FIVE. DOES IT, DOES IT CREATE A PROBLEM? MR. ATTORNEY DOESN'T CREATE A PROBLEM. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED CLARITY ON. DOES IT CREATE A PROBLEM THAT THERE WAS A MOTION DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF THE MEETING SAYING THAT THESE ITEMS WERE GOING TO BE HEARD AT FIVE, UH, AFTER 5:00 PM IS THAT GONNA CREATE A ISSUE NOTICE? WELL, I MEAN, IF PUBLIC WANTED TO LISTEN TO THIS ITEM AND THE MAYOR SAID THAT IT WAS GONNA BE HEARD AT FIVE, THAT WOULD BE THE CONCERN. UM, THEN I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT. I, I THINK THEN WE HAVE THE SAME WAY. WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL POSITIONS AND OF ALL PEOPLE. AND I WILL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. AND IF THERE WERE INTERESTED PARTIES THAT WERE HITTING THAT, THAT WERE LISTENING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AND THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE HEARD AFTER FIVE, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID THEN, THEN WE SHOULD HEAR THIS AT THAT TIME. SO WE DON'T NEED ANY FURTHER ACTION TO TABLE THIS IN HERE AT FIVE. IF, IF THE BODY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, YEAH, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ MADE A MOTION TO HEAR THE ITEM AT FIVE. AND WAS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT, WHAT ALREADY HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. AND I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA DISRESPECT THE PUBLIC THAT WAY. [04:55:01] YEAH, IF THE PUBLIC WAS TOLD FIVE I, WE, WE ALWAYS FOLLOW THIS STUFF. SO FIVE O'CLOCK IT IS DONE. I HOPE IT'S HEARD AT FIVE. OKAY, SO, SO NOTHING FURTHER IS NEEDED. CAN WE GO ON TO R SEVEN [R7 N A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO (1) ASSERT AND MAINTAIN COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL ASPECTS OF CITY-SPONSORED SENIOR EVENTS (SENIOR HOLIDAY PARTY, SENIOR PROM, SENIOR SUMMER BASH, AND THE SENIOR POLICE BALL), INCLUDING ENFORCING ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND ALL ASPECTS OF THE EVENTS PROGRAMMING; (2) LIMIT ATTENDANCE TO MIAMI-BEACH RESIDENTS WHO ARE 55 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND CITY EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS) NECESSARY TO STAFF AND EXECUTE THE EVENTS, INCLUDING PROGRAMMING AND ENTERTAINMENT; AND (3) ENCOURAGE ALL ATTENDEES TO REFRAIN FROM CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY POLITICAL OFFICE OR CAUSE WHILE ATTENDING THE EVENTS.] N VOTE? I MEAN, VOTE FOR WHAT? JU JUST TO DO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID IS GOING TO HAPPEN. LET'S JUST VOTE ON IT. I MAKE A MOTION HERE. THE ITEM AT FIVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? SECOND? I MEAN, WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. IT'S GONNA BE VOTE AT FIVE. SO THANK YOU MR. WEISNER FOR YEP. HOW ABOUT R SEVEN AND THE COMMISSIONER BOT CITY, CITY SPONSORED SENIOR EVENTS. WOW, THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. GREAT. JOHN, DO YOU WANNA TEE IT UP? GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JOHN REBAR, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A PRIOR RESOLUTION TO, UM, CREATE SOME, SOME RULES OR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR OUR, OUR SENIOR EVENTS. AND THIS WAS JUST SOME, SOME HOUSEKEEPING TO TIGHTEN UP SOME OF THE, THE WORDING. ONE SECOND. COMMISSIONER, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHAT I THINK WE'RE BOTH LOOKING TO ACHIEVE, BUT, UH, IS YOU AS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS? YEAH, HANG ON ONE QUICK SECOND. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT CONFLATING IT WITH A SECOND. A DIFFERENT ITEM OF MINE. OH, AND PERHAPS I AM AS WELL. I DUNNO. HANG ON ONE SECOND. SORRY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, UM, WE, UH, HAD A, UM, AN ITEM, UH, UH, WE PASSED INTO LAW, UM, MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO, PERHAPS EVEN LAST YEAR, UM, TRYING TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES ON THE SENIOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE BECOME A FEEDING FRENZY LIKE PIRANAS WITH A, YOU KNOW, SACRIFICIAL CALF, UM, OF CANDIDATES FOR POLITICAL OFFICE BEYOND, NOT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI BEACH POLITICAL OFFICES, UM, ELECTED OFFICES WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COME LITERALLY WITH, UM, DOLLIES, FLATBED DOLLIES AND CASES OF SKINCARE PRODUCTS AND SOAPS AND WATER BOTTLES AND, UM, TOTE BAGS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. UM, AND, UM, IT BECAME EGREGIOUS, WHICH IS WHY WE PUT INTO PLACE THE MEASURES WE PUT INTO PLACE. THOSE, THOSE THINGS GOT BETTER. BUT IN THE INTERVENING TIME, WE ALSO HAD, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT YET EVEN FILED FOR OFFICE WHO CAME, WHO WERE NOT GUESTS OF THE INTENDED EVENT. THEY WERE NOT 55 PLUS RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH, AND THEY CAME TO THE EVENTS WITH THEIR VIDEOGRAPHER AND STAFF ASSISTANT, UM, TO MAKE THE ROUNDS. UM, THERE ARE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE FOR, UM, ELECTED POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY COMING TO THESE EVENTS, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TAX PAYER DOLLARS, GOING TO PROVIDE FOUR TIMES A YEAR, SOME REALLY TERRIFIC EVENTS FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, OUR RESIDENTS. AND THEY'RE INVITED GUESTS TO HAVE A GREAT NIGHT OUT WITH THEIR COMPATRIOTS. PEOPLE THEY MIGHT NOT SEE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, HAVE A NICE MEAL AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. UM, WE HAVE OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF WHO DO A SPECTACULAR JOB IN MAKING THE VENUE LOOK REALLY SPECIAL. THERE ARE ALWAYS PHOTO BOOTHS. THERE IS GREAT LIVE MUSIC. YOU GET EVERYBODY OUT THERE DANCING. THEY'RE REALLY LOVELY EVENTS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD BE. AND THEY'VE BEEN BASTARDIZED INTO SOMETHING ELSE, A POLITICAL FEEDING FRENZY, AS I MENTIONED. AND THIS IS A WAY TO JUST STOP THAT COLD, SIMPLE PLANE STOP THAT. IF A CANDIDATE WANTS TO COME AND GREET PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE EVENT, THAT'S ONE THING. IF THEY WANNA HAVE A TABLE OUTSIDE THE EVENT, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING ENTIRELY THAN HAVING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR OWN CANDIDATES FOR, UM, COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY DETRACTING FROM THE, THE, THE INTENT OF THIS, UM, FROM THIS EVENT. AND SO THAT IS THE ITEM THAT I HAVE PLACED BEFORE US. I WOULD HOPE TO GET THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND, UH, GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER SWAR, MR. UH, CITY ATTORNEY. UM, THE WAY THIS IS DRAFTED, WOULD THIS EXCLUDE ALL, UH, CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING FOR ANY ELECTED [05:00:01] POSITION FROM ATTENDING THE EVENT A CANDIDATE COULD ATTEND AS A GUEST OF A SENIOR, UNLESS A CANDIDATE HAPPENS TO BE A SENIOR, I SUPPOSE THEY COULD ATTEND IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AS A SENIOR. OKAY. UM, AND THE, THE ITEM IS DRAFTED ENCOURAGES ANYBODY WHO'S ATTENDING TO NOT CAMPAIGN, RIGHT? SO DO CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO BE A GUEST? CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEY ARE CITY EMPLOYEES. AND SO CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND FOR PURPOSES OF STAFFING AND EX EXECUTING THE EVENT, INCLUDING PROGRAMMING AND ENTERTAINMENT. SO I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS, OF THIS ORDINANCE. UM, BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS GIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, A QUOTE UNQUOTE INCUMBENT. I DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO GIVE INCUMBENTS, UH, A AN EDGE ON ATTENDING THESE SENIOR EVENTS WHEN, UH, NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS DON'T. I THINK IT SHOULD BE FAIR. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS, REMOVING ANY SORT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING, I THINK NONE OF US SHOULD BE THERE, UM, ELECTED OR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ELECTEDS OR CAN CANDIDATES. I, I JUST, I PARTICULARLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A, A FAIR POLICY. UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IF THEY GET INVITED BY BY SOMEONE, UH, I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S SEVEN, 800 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO THESE THINGS. I'M SURE THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET ONE. BUT IF, IF WE REALLY WANT TO REMOVE THE SORT OF POLITICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPE, NO ELECTED OFFICIALS, NO CAMPAIGNING WHATSOEVER, AND, UM, NO, IF YOU, IF YOU REALLY WANNA ROOT OUT THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR AT THESE SENIOR EVENTS, YEAH. SO I, I THINK WE CAN, WHAT I'D PREFER TO DO IS BLEND THIS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, UH, WHERE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING CAMPAIGNING AND AGREE, DON'T WANNA GIVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO AN INCUMBENT AT THE END, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ELECTED TO REPRESENT, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THERE. AND WE'RE NOT THERE, PER SE, CAMPAIGNING, I'M THERE AS THEIR FRIENDS, RIGHT? I'M THERE AS THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE. UM, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN SOMEHOW ALLEVIATE THAT WITH NO CAMPAIGN MATERIAL. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS THERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THEY WANT TO COME AND SAY HELLO AND NOT GIVE OUT ANYTHING OR NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SURE THAT WE CAN FIND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THE TRUE INTENT IS TO PREVENT JUST THIS OVER PROLIFERATION OF BOTHERING THESE PEOPLE, THROWING THINGS AT THEM, HAVING LISTEN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M NOT UP FOR ELECTION FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BUT I STARTED GOING TO THESE, THE FIRST SENIOR EVENT WE HAD, AND MY DAUGHTER WOULD COME WITH ME. I GO TO EVERY SINGLE ONE. IT'S NOT CAMPAIGNING, RIGHT? AND THEIR EYES LIGHT UP BECAUSE THEY LOVE SEEING US, THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ELECTED TO REPRESENT THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT ONLY ALLOWED, BUT ENCOURAGED TO GO BECAUSE WE ARE REPRESENTING THOSE PEOPLE AND WE DON'T GET MANY CHANCES IN FRONT OF THEM. BUT I ALSO WANNA BE FAIR NOT TO GIVE AN INCUMBENT AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. SO PERHAPS ALLOWING SOME SORT OF ACCESS, BUT IN A PERRY PURSUIT TYPE WAY WHERE WHETHER YOU'RE AN INCUMBENT OR, UH, A CANDIDATE, YOU'RE NOT GIVING ANYTHING OUT. YOU CAN GO AROUND, SAY HI, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S NOT AN OVER PROLIFERATION OF CAMPAIGNING. MR. NER, IF I MAY, AND I'M GONNA ALLOW ROB TO ELABORATE, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN EXPRESSLY PROHIBIT CAMPAIGNING. WE CAN ENCOURAGE ANY ATTENDEES TO REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING IN CAMPAIGNING ACTIVITIES. UM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE COULD ADOPT RESOLUTION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT IT ENTIRE WELL, BECAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS, UH, NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR, BUT STATE OF HOLIDAY INN, YOU CAN'T DO IT IN HERE. CORRECT. SOME CITY OWNED PROPERTY, AREN'T THERE SOME CARVE OUTS OR EXCLUSIONS? YOU CAN'T SOLICIT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, UNLESS IT'S A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN RENTED FOR A FUNDRAISER EVENT. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY PROHIBITION ON CAMPAIGNING ON CITY PROPERTY. LOOK, CAMPAIGNING WITHOUT HANDING THINGS OUT, IS BASICALLY JUST TALKING TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAYING WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO POLITICALLY, WHETHER IT'S VOTE FOR YOU OR SUPPORT A PARTICULAR CAUSE OR WHATEVER. SO, NO, WE CAN'T PROHIBIT YOU FROM SAYING TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR ME, OR, I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE THAT PERSON. I, I WAS GIVING OUT MATERIAL. BUT, SO I THINK HE'S, HE'S, HE'S MENTIONING MATERIAL LIKE FLYERS. WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY PROHIBITED HANDING THINGS OUT. THIS IS, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT THAT REALLY HASN'T [05:05:01] SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGNING STILL GOING ON IN THEIR EVENTS. AND THAT, UH, AND, AND THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, AND, AND THE SPONSOR WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER LIMIT WHAT WE DID BEFORE. SO WITH THIS RESOLUTION, THE WAY THIS IS DRAFTED IS IT BRINGS BACK COMPLETE CONTROL OF THESE EVENTS TO THE CITY AND MAKES THEM CLEARLY CITY EVENTS RATHER THAN WHAT HAS COME OVER TIME TO APPEAR MORE LIKE PUBLIC FORUM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND AT ONE TIME GIVE THINGS OUT, AND AT OTHER TIMES, ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AND OTHER PEOPLE COULD COME AND SELL THINGS OR CAMPAIGN FOR THINGS. AND SO UNDER THIS RESOLUTION, IF YOU ADOPT IT, UH, THE CITY WOULD BE TAKING FULL CONTROL BACK OF ALL OF THESE EVENTS. ONLY, UH, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS WHO ARE 55 YEARS OR OLDER COULD ATTEND PERIOD, UH, UH, MI MIAMI BEACH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, UH, OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS AND STAFF COULD ATTEND IF THEY WERE NECESSARY FOR PUTTING ON THE EVENT OR FOR PROGRAMMING OR, UH, UH, OTHER PARTS OF THE PROGRAM. BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD GO TO THE EVENTS ARE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS OR 55 AND OLDER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE A CANDIDATE OR A COMMISSIONER. AND THEN ANYBODY WHO GOES, WE CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT WE ENCOURAGE YOU UNDER THIS RESOLUTION IF YOU ADOPT IT TO NOT CAMPAIGN, TO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT WHILE YOU'RE AT THE EVENT. JOHN, CAN YOU TELL ME THE CALENDAR? I KNOW THERE ARE FOUR, I THINK WE MIGHT'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING DOWN TO THREE FOR GOING FORWARD AT A BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUT, UM, THERE'S ONE, TELL ME WHAT, WHEN THEY, THEY COME, WHEN, WHAT TIME? SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER, JUNE, AUGUST. I'D HAVE TO CHECK. IS THERE SOME AVAILABILITY OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WE WORK AROUND WITH? VARY MINOR CHANGES, BUT OUR NEXT ONE WOULD'VE BEEN SEPTEMBER THEN, THEN THE HOLIDAY ONE IN DECEMBER, AND YOU JUST, WE JUST HAD THE ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO I, I HEAR WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING ABOUT NOT GIVING, UM, INCUMBENTS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. THAT IS NOT THE INTENT HERE. UM, SO TO THAT POINT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UM, THAT WHATEVER IS IN THE, SAY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS PROCEEDING, QUALIFYING, UM, AND THEN AFTER THE QUALIFYING PERIOD TO THE ELECTION IS NO, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS OR, OR CANDIDATES AT ALL. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE US. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I DON'T LOVE IT, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, UM, THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY AROUND AN ELECTION, UM, WOULD BE OPEN TO, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS. I, I MEAN, I FEEL THAT IF YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT IS PART OF YOUR JOB TO GO OUT AND CHECK IN WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN A, IN A MORE LOWKEY, RELAXED, FUN SETTING THAN A SPECIFIC MEETING OR A SPECIFIC EVENT, UM, THAT IS FOCUSED ON A THING AT LIKE A TOWN HALL OR A, A TOPIC. I, IT'S A NICE WAY TO BE SOCIAL WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. UM, SO I WOULD BE WILLING FOR ON THOSE ELECTION YEARS TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO EVENTS. YOU CAN ATTEND TWO EVENTS, YOU CAN'T. BUT I, MY GOAL IS TO REALLY SHUT THIS DOWN. WE DON'T DO TAXPAYER SUPPORTED ELECTIONEERING EVENTS OF ANY KIND, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD BE DOING THAT FOR THIS. UM, AND PARTICULARLY, UM, GIVEN THAT IT HAS BECOME SUCH A THING FOR PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COUNTYWIDE SEATS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL P**S IT OVER TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO COMMENT. I'M HESITANT TO DO ANY TYPE OF BLACKOUT PERIOD LIKE THAT. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WHERE DO YOU DRAW THAT LINE? WHAT IF ARE, ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT THE NORTH BEACH BANDSHELL JUST BECAUSE AN ELECTION IS A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY, OR AT THE END OF THE FLAMINGO PARK SUMMER CAMPS SITTING THERE SPEAKING IN OUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY? WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU MAY BE GETTING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, UM, THAT THAT BECOMES A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE. UH, YOU COULD EXTEND THAT TO ANY TYPE OF THING THAT IS IN A PUBLIC SETTING. SO I'D BE COMFORTABLE SITTING THERE ENFORCING THE BAN ON ANY TYPE OF CAMPAIGN MATERIALS, WHETHER IT BE FROM AN INCUMBENT OR FROM, UH, AN, UM, A CANDIDATE, DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM OUTRIGHT CAMPAIGNING, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T ENFORCE OR BAN IT. UH, BUT I WANNA BE CAUTIOUS JUST 'CAUSE OF THE PANDORA'S BOX AND SLIP RELIEF SLOPE OF SAYING, WELL, OKAY, YOU CAN GO TO TWO OF THE EVENTS, BUT THIS SENIOR EVENT BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN SIX WEEKS IN OF ELECTION. 'CAUSE THEN [05:10:01] WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE FOR THAT? LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE YOU COULD SAY, WELL, THAT'S A KIND OF A CITY QUASI SPONSORED EVENT, SO YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU SHOULDN'T BE THERE. I THINK WE REALLY START GETTING TO A GRAY AREA. UH, BUT LET ME TURN IT OVER, MR. VICEMAN. YEAH. AND, AND LOOK, I, I THINK THE INTENT IS GOOD. I MEAN, WE ALL SEEN IT. IT'S, IT IS A CIRCUS. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMISSIONER BOB BROUGHT UP, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND CHECK THE PULSE. BUT YOU KNOW, ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, YOU, YOU AS A CANDIDATE, YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO GO TO THESE EVENTS TO SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT COULD CHANGE WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND, AND CHALLENGE WHOEVER THE INCUMBENT IS. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU GIVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE HIT IT ON THE HEAD, YOU'RE GONNA OPEN UP PANDORA'S BOX, UM, ON, ON WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU START LETTING IN AND LETTING OUT AND DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, UM, EVEN, UH, EVEN LEADING UP TO, UH, AN ELECTION. I THINK EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, TECHNICALLY THERE'S NO ELECTIONS IF, IF YOU DON'T, IF IF YOU'RE AN INCUMBENT, YOU GO TO THESE EVENTS. I MEAN, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE THERE, IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING. UM, SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I, I THINK IT, IT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT, UM, AND I THINK IT GIVES A HUGE ADVANTAGE TO INCUMBENTS. AND THAT'S COMING FROM AN INCUMBENT. UM, I THINK WE CAN THREAD THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFULLY, UH, WITH OUR CURRENT LAWS, MAKE SURE THAT NO CAMPAIGN MATERIALS BEING PASSED OUT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF A LITTLE BIT GREATER CONTROL OF, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, THREE STRIKES ARE OUT, PERHAPS. UM, AND GET, GIVE MORE OF A DISCRETIONARY, UH, UM, PRIVILEGE TO, TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, TO, TO REALLY WEED OUT THE, UM, THE, THE ONES WHO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT OR OVER THE LIMIT. COMMISSIONER BOTT. AND THEN IF I COULD GET AN EXPLANATION FOR WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NOT BEING ALLOWED IN THIS ORDINANCE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF JUST CAPTURING ALL THE SHENANIGANS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THE STUFF BEING PASSED OUT, GIVE BAGS, UH, CAMPAIGN FLYERS. ARE WE DOING SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT? BEFORE YOU ANSWER, MAYBE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER BOT THEN. UH, THEN YOU CAN CHIME IN. NO, I, I WAS GONNA SAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO FIND A, A WAY TO, TO KIND OF FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND, BUT I AM VERY HAPPY TO KEEP MY, UM, MY PROPOSED, UM, RESO AS IS. AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN, AS IS, OKAY, THE, THE, THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AS YOU'VE DONE THROUGH PRIOR RESOLUTIONS IS, AS YOU SAID, YOU CAN GO IN AND CAMPAIGN, BUT YOU CAN'T PASS OUT ANY SWAG OR ANY INFORMATION. YOU CAN HAVE A TABLE OUTSIDE. THE ASSERTION IS THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. AND SO OVER THE YEARS, WHAT THESE EVENTS HAVE BECOME A SORT OF DEFACTO PUBLIC FORUM FOR WHERE, WHICH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES AND, UH, INCUMBENTS. AND, UH, AND THIS OR, AND THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T SEEK TO DO THAT. UH, THE, IT'S STRICT, IT MAKES THE RULES MORE STRICT BY TAKING TOTAL CONTROL OF THE EVENTS BACK AND SWITCHING THEM AS OF THE DATE OF THIS RESOLUTION FROM WHAT HAS BECOME PUBLIC FORUM WITH CANDIDATES COMING IN TO CITY SPONSORED EVENTS THAT IS IN EFFECT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION CALLED GOVERNMENT SPEECH. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ALLOW ANYONE TO COME IN AND DO THEIR THING THERE. HOWEVER, UH, IT DOES NOT ALLOW CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS TO COME UNLESS YOU'RE, UNLESS YOU'RE 55 AND OLDER, AND YOU CAN GET IN AS A, AS A RESIDENT. SO THAT'S THE KINK THERE AS WELL. RIGHT? LET'S SAY WE BAN ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS A CANDIDATE OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THEY'RE 55, THEY JUST SHOW UP IN THEIR CAPACITY AS BEING A SENIOR, RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE. AND THEN WE COULD ONLY ASK THEM NOT TO CAMPAIGN. BUT THE, YOU'RE ALREADY ASKING THAT IN THIS ORDINANCE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING. I I THOUGHT YOU JUST SAID THAT CITY EMPLOYEES AND CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN ATTEND IF THEY'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 55. NO, NO. ONLY IF THEY'RE NECESSARY TO PUT ON THE PROGRAM. SO IF AN ELECTED, THE ONLY WAY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL COULD ATTEND IS IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UH, THERE WAS A PROGRAM AND THEY [05:15:01] WERE ASKED TO COME AND LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THEY COULD COME TO THE EVENT AND LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WHO DECIDES, WHO DECIDES THAT? CAN I, CAN I, HOLD ON. I WANNA KNOW WHO DECIDES THAT IT'S A CITY RUN PROGRAM. SO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION WOULD INVITE WHO THEY WANTED TO BE THERE. SO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION STARTS DECIDING WHO IS INVITED AND WHO'S NOT INVITED. OH, YES. IF, IF, WELL, I'VE GOT A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, SHOULD, SHOULD BE DOING THAT. WELL, THEY MAY NOT, BUT THEY COULD, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU GIVING THE, THEY STATE IT'S NOT AN FAIR AMOUNT OF ADVANTAGE OF POWERS. AND LOOK, I MEAN, I, I THINK GUYS, I, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A, A FAIR AMOUNT OF CIRCUITRY GOING ON AT THESE EVENTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK BEFORE WE START GOING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF, YOU KNOW, STATE CONTROL HERE ON, ON, ON, ON THESE GOOD HEARTED EVENTS, UM, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO PAUSE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT HERE FOR, UM, A SPECIFIC SET OF PEOPLE TO, TO, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE O OF, UM, OF, OF A GOOD SITUATION. COMMISSIONER ING GONZALEZ, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, COMMISSIONER BOT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THESE LARGE EVENTS AND THERE'S A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I GO AND I HAVE LIKE 20 POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE AND I'M EXHAUSTED BY THE END THROWING CHOCOLATE, EVERYONE TRYING, YOU KNOW, SWEAT IT AND RUNNING AROUND. AND, UM, SOMETIMES I SAY TO MYSELF, WOW, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT'S, IT'S INTENSE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME TO NOT, LET'S SAY THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO, RIGHT, NONE OF US FINE, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE DURING CAMPAIGN CYCLE, PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 55 INSIDE THERE CAMPAIGNING ANYWAY, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE LITERATURE ON, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE RUNNING AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, DO DOING THEIR THING. THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT IT IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT CHAOTIC? YES. SOMETIMES IS IT JUST EXHAUSTING? YES. BUT IT'S LIKE THIS MESSY DEMOCRATIC KIND OF EVENT WHERE BY THE WAY, ON SOME LEVEL, IT LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR EVERYONE. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY CAN GO IN THERE AND EVERYBODY CAN MEET EVERYONE, YOU KNOW? AND, AND I THINK THE SENIORS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LOVE THE ATTENTION. THEY, THEY LOVE IT. THEY CAN'T, THEY, THEY LOVE THIS CAMPAIGN CYCLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, EVERYBODY'S SHOWERING THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH LOVE AND ATTENTION. SO I, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT TO TO, TO COMPLETELY CLOSE IT OFF, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, THAT I, THAT I LIKE IT. I MEAN, AS IT IS. LOOK, YOU GOT A TABLE OUTSIDE OR DOWNSTAIRS, LIKE AS OF RIGHT NOW. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? LIKE, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S LIKE A CANDIDATE RIGHT NOW AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR TABLE, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A TABLE OUTSIDE IF YOU'RE A CANDIDATE OR YOU'RE NOT. YOU, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A TABLE OUTSIDE, ACTUALLY OUTSIDE THE BALLROOM, ARE OUTSIDE, ACTUALLY GIVE YOU A TABLE AND WE ASSIGN YOU A SPOT AND YOU CAN SET UP THERE IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THIS RE SO, AND THIS RESENDS THAT, AND YOU CAN HAND STUFF OUT AT YOUR TABLE OUTSIDE THE BALLROOM AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT INSIDE THE BALLROOM. CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S THE, IT, THE, THE FORMER RESOLUTION ALLOWED YOU TO HAND THINGS OUT OUTSIDE, BUT TO GO INSIDE WITHOUT THAT, AND, AND YOU COULD TAKE A GUESS, I BELIEVE, UNDER THE FORMER RESOLUTION AND, UH, SPEAK TO WHOEVER YOU WANTED. THIS GOES FURTHER AND WE WERE ASKED TO DRAFT SOMETHING THAT, THAT GOT RID OF ALL OF THAT. AND THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL WAY THAT YOU COULD DO THAT. BUT KRISTEN, YOU, YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT. YOU SAID CAMPAIGNING IS GONNA HAPPEN THERE ANYWAYS. SO WHAT I THINK THIS MIGHT END UP DOING AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF THE CANDIDATES GOING OR THE INCUMBENTS GOING, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THESE SORT OF LIKE THIRD PARTY PEOPLE GOING AROUND AND DOING WHO ARE 55 OR OLDER AND DOING WHAT YOU WANT 'EM TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING PAID FOR IT. AND YOU KNOW, IT IT, AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE SAME SITUATION WE'RE AT NOW. YEAH. AND THEY CAN STILL, SOMEBODY CAN STILL HAND STUFF OUT INSIDE THE EVENT, OUTSIDE THE EVENT, RIGHT? WELL, I, I THINK PAID EMPLOYEES COULDN'T, BUT, BUT GEN THE GENERAL IDEA THAT OTHER PEOPLE 55 YEARS OR OLDER WHO ARE PARTISAN TO ONE CANDIDATE OR ANOTHER COULD GO AROUND AND TALK TO WHOEVER THEY WANT. IT IS, YES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN PROBABLY AT ANY EVENT. C COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SO THIS TAKES AWAY THE TABLE THAT'S PUT OUTSIDE THE BALLROOM FOR CANDIDATES. IT TAKES AWAY THE TABLE AND IT TAKES AWAY [05:20:01] THE ABILITY OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE UNDER 55 AND NOT MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS TO GO INTO THE EVENT AT ALL. HOW ABOUT THE WE, OH, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO, NO, PLEASE. UM, I LIKE THE NOT MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS. UH, I DO THINK OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALLOWED, RIGHT? I, I GET THE, THEY COULD BE GIVEN AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE IF IT'S AN ELECTION SEASON THERE. BUT HAVING THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION THERE, OUR COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR, OUR CITY CLERK, UH, OUR COUNTY CLERK, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. THEY ARE ELECTED TO RE REPRESENT THESE PEOPLE. UM, I'D BE FINE HAVING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MIAMI BEACH NON-RESIDENTS AREN'T ALLOWED THERE, UH, UNLESS INVITED, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. THEN WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO? YOU'RE GONNA CHECK EVERYBODY'S ID ON THE WAY IN. THAT'S GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY'S LIFE. YEAH. REALLY CHAOTIC, WON'T IT, JOHN, IF YOU GOTTA START. I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT. I KNOW, I KNOW. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE LIKE HAVING A SCREENING PROCESS AT THAT EVENT, WHICH IS ALREADY CHAOTIC AS IT IS. I HAVE A SUGGESTION. 'CAUSE I LOVE THE SPIRIT OF THIS ORDINANCE, OF THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK, AND I KNOW AT THE CORE OF IT IS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THESE EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT SENIORS ARE NOT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ENGAGING IN PREDATORY CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY, UH, OR AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY, UH, AT A TAXPAYER FUNDED EVENT. WE WANT OUR SENIORS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THESE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY DESERVE THE DIGNITY OF BEING TREATED WITH RESPECT. THEY'RE OUR ELDERS, AND THEY DESERVE THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT, NOT FOR OUR CAMPAIGNING, BUT FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT. UM, I WOULD SUGGEST TO THE SPONSOR, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO PERHAPS HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING. MAYBE WE CAN INVITE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, UM, AND GET SOME FEEDBACK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CONSULTED, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF NOW. HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION? NO, IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME TO SPEAK TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. AND I WOULD TELL YOU, I, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST KNOWING HIM AND HIS BACKGROUND FROM THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND PUBLIC TRUST, HE MIGHT, HE IS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT COMES TO, TO THESE ISSUES. HE MIGHT HAVE SOME GOOD AND PRACTICAL INPUT ON HOW TO GET TO THAT GOAL THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THESE EVENTS, MAKE SURE THE SENIORS HAVE HAVE A, AN EVENT THAT'S WORTHY OF THEM WITHOUT HAVING AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGNING, UH, BEING, BEING PUSHED ON THEM, WHETHER IT BE BY INCUMBENTS OR NON-INCUMBENTS. UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. LET'S HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING, CONSULT WITH EIG, GIVEN HIS BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE ON THESE ISSUES. I, I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'M REALLY BLOWN AWAY THOUGH. I, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE ELECTIONEERING FROM TAX FUNDED SENIOR EVENTS. THAT'S IT. UM, AND IF IT MEANS THAT WE AS ELECTED, INCUMBENT OFFICIALS DOING OUR JOBS DON'T GO, OKAY, SO BE IT. WE'LL FIND OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT'S FINE. I THINK IT'S FUN. UM, SEE EVERYBODY DRESSED UP IN THEIR FINEST OUTFITS AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING FUNNY PICTURES TAKEN AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SHAKING YOUR TAIL FEATHERS AND, AND IT'S GREAT. AND IT'S A REALLY NICE BONDING ACTIVITY FOR, FOR RESIDENTS AND, AND THEIR LEADERS AT CITY HALL. UM, BUT I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THAT, THAT IF IT MEANS THAT WE DON'T GO BE FOR THE, FOR THE SAKE OF A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND THE SAKE OF, YOU KNOW, NON WISHING TO SHOW ANY IMPROPRIETY IN ANY WAY, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT WITH MY, MY FRIENDS AND MY RESIDENTS. BUT OUT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION TO SPEAK TO JOE AND, AND HAPPY TO SCHEDULE A, A SUNSHINE MEETING WHERE EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO, TO CHIME IN. I HOPE WE COME TO A SENSIBLE AGREEMENT BECAUSE I, FOR ONE, DO NOT AS A RESIDENT, DO NOT WANT MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS GOING TO SU SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, 15 DIFFERENT CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSION. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT MY TAX DOLLARS GOING TO SUPPORT MY REELECTION CAMPAIGN. THAT'S NOT WHAT MY TAX DOLLARS ARE FOR NOW, IF WE LIVED IN ENGLAND, IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT WE DON'T, THEY HAVE A MUCH BETTER SYSTEM. WE DON'T HAVE IT, AND SO BE IT. BUT I SURE DON'T WANT MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS GOING TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES FOR OTHER POSITIONS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MIAMI BEACH. I FIND THE ENTIRE THING DISRESPECTFUL, EGREGIOUS, AND ALL AROUND GROSS. UM, SO I, I WILL, I DUNNO WHAT THE PROCEDURAL THING TO DO IS TO, UM, YOU WISH DEFER, DEFER THIS OR OPENING SEPTEMBER 7TH, WE CAN DEFER IT OPEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER. UH, YOU COULD OPEN AND CONTINUE THE ITEM, UH, TO SEPTEMBER 17TH OR OCTOBER 29TH. I THINK WE'LL DO OCTOBER 29TH SO WE CAN DO IT PROPERLY AND HAVE THE RIGHT COMPLETE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'LL FIND A, A DATE, A SUNSHINE MEETING DATE THAT WORKS FOR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE TO [05:25:01] BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IN A CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER. AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER OF THESE EVENTS COMING UP THIS YEAR, BUT I JUST WANT FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD TO REFLECT THE LAST ONE. I DID NOT ATTEND SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I AM AN, AND I DID NOT WANT TO CREATE AN APPEARANCE, UM, THAT, THAT I WAS GOING THERE, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT TO CAMPAIGN FOR AN EVENT THAT I MAY HAVE SUPPORT AT SOME POINT. SO, AND, AND I, AND I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS. I JUST, FOR ME, I, I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT FOR MYSELF. UH, AND IF THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THIS YEAR BEFORE THE ELECTIONS, I WON'T BE ATTENDING EITHER. JUST TO, JUST OUT OF RESPECT THAT THE SENIORS DESERVE. I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA MISS US IF WE'RE NOT THERE. , I DON'T THINK IT'S CAMPAIGNING. I THINK THEY LIKE TO SEE US. DON'T THEY GET EXCITED WHEN THEY SEE YOU THERE? I MEAN, LIKE, I TAKE LIKE 50 SELFIES, OFTENTIMES I GET SICK AFTERWARDS. I'VE KISSED A THOUSAND PEOPLE. EVERYONE'S LIKE, AND I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'M OKAY WITH IT, YOU KNOW, , I, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S MIAMI BEACH POLITICS. IT'S NOT PERFECT. IT'S, IT IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IIII, I SUPPORT THE REFERRAL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I WILL BE AT THAT EVENT. AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE THERE TOO. , AND I, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, THE, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN SOME, SOME STEPS THAT DEFINITELY ARE IMPROVEMENTS OVER WHAT WE SAW, UH, LAST CAMPAIGN CYCLE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE MATERIALS OUTSIDE OF THE, THE BALLROOM. UH, SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE GOOD MEASURES THAT, UM, THAT I THINK HAVE HELPED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY SENSITIVITY IS THAT THEN THE SENIORS OUT OF GOOD FAITH PUT THE PICTURES OF US THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCITED. YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE EXCITED FOR THEM. IT MEANS SOMETHING. THEY REALLY ARE EXCITED, THEY'RE GRATEFUL PEOPLE, THEY'RE WARM. THEY, THEY WANT OUR, OUR LOVE AND, AND ATTENTION, AND THEY, AND THEY DESERVE IT. AND THEN WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, THEY PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEN THAT PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA GETS PULLED AND MISCONSTRUED, AND MISINTERPRETED IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE THEN START TO CREATE AN ISSUE OF PUBLIC TRUST. PEOPLE START TO MANIPULATE THIS, THIS ISSUE OF PUBLIC TRUST. AND, AND I FEEL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY ON PUBLIC TRUST. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF APPEARANCE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM, UH, MR. SANTINO EARLY, EARLY IN MY PUBLIC SERVICE, IS THE APPEARANCE, UH, THAT, THAT CERTAIN THINGS CREATE, NOT JUST BY US, BUT THE WAY THAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT GET THINGS AND CREATE THIS, THIS, THIS APPEARANCE. AND, UM, AND I, I, I'M JUST VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A LOT TO SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THESE EVENTS, TO MAKE THEM WORTHY OF OUR RESIDENTS. UH, AND I KNOW NONE OF US ON THIS DAYS ARE GOING THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY ILL INTENT OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE EVENTS. THEY LOVE TO HEAR YOU. THEY LOVE TO HEAR YOU SING YOUR SONGS. . YEAH, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. THAT WAS AT THE BANSAL, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? YOU, UH, YOU HAD TALENTS. I DIDN'T KNOW ALEX. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. OKAY, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? OPEN, CONTINUE TO, UH, OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. IT'S CALLED R 5K. [R5 K LAND USE BOARD CONSENT AGENDA PROCEDURES AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED “MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE,” CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES,” ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “LAND USE BOARDS,” SECTION 2.1.1, ENTITLED “GENERALLY,” TO MODIFY THE MEETING AND AGENDA PROCEDURES FOR CITY LAND USE BOARDS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] R 5K. R 5K IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ARE PART B ENTITLED MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE CHAPTER TWO, ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION REVIEW PROCEDURES ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED LAND USE BOARD SECTION 2.1, ENTITLED GENERALLY TO MODIFY THE MEETING AND AGENDA PROCEDURES FOR CITY LAND USE BOARD AND PROVIDED FOR CODIFICATION RE REPEAT OF ABILITY AND REFLECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A FIRST READING, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES FIVE SEVENS VOTES. R 5K, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. OKAY, UM, AT THE SPONSOR'S REQUEST, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BRIEFLY PRESENT THIS, THIS AMENDS CHAPTER TWO OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO CODIFY A PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST VERY SUCCESSFULLY. CURRENTLY, OUR LAND USE BOARDS SOMETIMES WILL HAVE VERY LENGTHY AGENDAS, AND WHEN THE AGENDAS ARE THAT LONG, WE HAVE IN THE PAST IMPLEMENTED A [05:30:01] CONSENT AGENDA. AND THIS BASICALLY CODIFIES THAT PROCESS. THIS WAS ENDORSED BY THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, AND THREE THINGS WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN. FIRST, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO ALL THE CONDITIONS IN THE DRAFT ORDER. SECONDLY, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO HEAR THE ITEM ON A CONSENT BASIS. AND THEN THIRDLY, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE LITTLE OR NO PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, IF ALL THREE OF THOSE CRITERIA ARE MET, THEN THE ITEMS IDENTIFIED FOR CONSENT ON THAT AGENDA CAN BE APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF THAT, UM, BOARD MEETING AGENDA. THIS IS FIRST READING. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS CAME FROM, UH, WHEN I WAS KNOCKING ON DOORS. UM, THERE WAS A COMPLEX IN FLAMINGO PARK THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, RAILINGS THAT TOOK YEARS, AND IT HAD TO GO THROUGH THE HPB, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE HPB, I THINK WAS BACKED UP AT THE TIME. IT GOT DELAYED, FURTHER DELAYED. AND SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THIS, WHERE THE MEMBERS CAN BE UPDATED IN ADVANCE AND PUT ON A CONSENT AGENDA, REALLY JUST STREAMLINES SORT OF THE, THE BURDENSOME PROCESS FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN MIAMI BEACH. SO THAT'S WHERE THE INTENT OF THIS, UH, THIS LAW IS COMING FROM IS TO, YOU KNOW, STREAMLINE OUR MA MANY OF THE BUILDING PERMIT PRACTICES. I THINK TODAY WE PASSED ONE, UH, FOR THE COLOR SCHEME. AND, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER LAYER THAT WE CAN DO TO REALLY STREAMLINE OUR, UH, EFFICIENCY AS A, AS A, AS A PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT. I'LL SECOND AGAIN, MR. VICEMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION, TOM. THE ONLY THING THAT GIVES ME PAUSE ABOUT THIS IS, UM, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT LITTLE TO NO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IN ADVANCE? I MEAN, YES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING BOARD, SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE EMAILS THAT THAT CAME IN IN ADVANCE, BUT A LOT OF TIME, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT DIDN'T COME UNTIL THE ITEM WAS HEARD AND DISCUSSED. AND THAT DISCUSSION AND, AND THE UNCOVERING OF THINGS, UH, WOULD OFTEN ELICIT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE LISTENING IN. SO, UM, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE CHAIR WILL ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. AND SO IF ANYBODY HAS PUBLIC COMMENT OR THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THE ITEM, THEY CAN ADDRESS THE ITEM. IF IT'S AN ITEM THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN CHANCES ARE IT LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE ON CONSENT, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD CAUSE TOO MUCH OF A DELAY. BUT THIS IS REALLY INTENDED FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE LITTLE TO NO PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE WERE AN ITEM ON THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, 10 PEOPLE CALLING IN TO TALK ABOUT THAT ITEM IN SORT OF THE, THE MINI SUT HOUR, IF YOU WOULD, UM, THAT ITEM MIGHT BE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HEARD SEPARATELY, BUT ALL THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COULD MOVE FORWARD. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE THE ITEM I SECOND VOTE. THIS IS ON ITEM R 5K. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MATE. S MR. SDA, ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON R 5K? UH, MY APOLOGIES. I HAD RAISED MY HAND EARLIER FOR ITEM R FIVE M AND THEN, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT IT, SIR. THANK YOU. SO, SORRY, THIS IS R 5K. I APPRECIATE IT. UH, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, BUT I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN ZERO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29TH. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE KR SEVEN [R7 S A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUIRE THAT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN IN-PERSON, ANTI-SEMITISM SENSITIVITY AND DISCRIMINATION TRAINING, OF AT LEAST ONE HOUR IN DURATION, EACH YEAR BEGINNING IN 2025; AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT THE TRAINING SESSIONS ARE APPROPRIATELY TAILORED TO THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND REPORT COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.] SR SEVEN S IS MANDATORY ANTI-SEMITISM SENSITIVITY DISCRIMINATION TRAINING FOR CITY EMPLOYEES R SEVEN S. THANK YOU. SO I, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM, AND ACTUALLY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM STEMMING FROM A SPECIFIC, UH, INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED. I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY INCIDENT IS THE RIGHT WORD. I, I THINK IT WAS INNOCENT. BUT THERE WAS, UM, AN ISSUE ON, UH, LATE ON THE SABBATH COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL DREW A VERY LARGE SWASTIKA ON THE BOARDWALK, QUITE LARGE AND MULTI SEVERAL FEET LONG. AND, UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ORTHODOX JEWISH PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T CARRYING PHONES WITH THEM, SO THEY COULDN'T CALL, BUT THERE WERE, THERE [05:35:01] WERE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY WHO WERE THERE. PUBLIC WORKS, I THINK SANITATION, AND IN GOOD MEANING AND GOOD FAITH, I BELIEVE I WASN'T THERE. THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO WASH IT OFF, UH, RIGHT AWAY. AND THE INDIVIDUALS TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL CRIME THAT HAD JUST BEEN COMMITTED, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO REGISTER AT LEAST OF WHAT WAS RELAYED TO ME. AND I, AGAIN, I THINK ALL IN GOOD FAITH, SO THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR THE POLICE TO COME. BUT IT KIND OF, IN TALKING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THERE AND WITNESSED IT, THEY ALL BELIEVED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME LEVEL OF TRAINING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT A SWA STICKER MEANS AND HOW HARMFUL IT IS AND WHAT HATRED IT EXEMPLIFIES, OBVIOUSLY OF, OF NAZI GERMANY. AND, UH, IT'S AFTER EFFECTS AND UNFORTUNATELY STILL USED TODAY. SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO ADD ON TO. WE HAVE SENSITIVITY TRADING FOR A NUMBER OF, UH, NUMBER OF, UH, GROUPS THAT, UM, AND THE ONE AMENDMENT I WILL MAKE, AND THAT'S AFTER TALKING WITH MARLA, IS I HAD, UH, DRAFTED THIS AND WORKED WITH LEGAL TO DRAFT THIS, THAT IT SHOULD BE IN PERSON TRAINING. I UNDERSTAND THAT COULD BE QUITE EXPENSIVE, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. IT WOULD BE PART OF THE PORTAL AND WE, HOW WE DO THIS TRAINING, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT, UM, TO TRY TO KEEP THE EXPENSES DOWN AS LONG AS OBVIOUSLY IT CONVEYS THE, THE MESSAGE THAT, UH, WE NEED TO CONVEY. MARLA ALIZAR, HR DIRECTOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO, UM, GO FORWARD AND IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. ASK A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. SO WE SHOULD HAVE ONE TRAINING FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY GRANT. OH, YEAH. THIS WOULD BE INCORPORATED WITHIN THE TRAINING. WE'RE READY TO GO. SO IT SAYS WITHIN THE TRAINING. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. GREAT. I'LL MOVE IT SECOND. OKAY, LET'S CALL A VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER POT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. WE WILL DO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN S, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? WELL, YOU CAN ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR TOO. OKAY. SO AN R SEVEN S, WE'RE LISTING COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ AS CO-SPONSORS. ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND COMMISSIONER SORES. I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY. YEAH, SO, OKAY, SO THEN I'LL WRITE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. GIMME ONE SEC. ON R SEVEN S, EVERYONE IS GONNA BE LISTED. THE WHOLE BODY'S GONNA BE LISTED AS CO-SPONSORS AS AMENDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. LET'S CALL R FIVE [R5 E 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.] E. R FIVE E IS NORTH OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED HOUSING BY AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED, CONSUMER PROTECTION OF OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY BY AMENDING SECTION 58 600 ENTITLED DEFINITION OF SECTION 58 6 0 2 ENTITLED NOTICE TO ASSOCIATIONS AND SECTION 58 DASH SIX 11 CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 58 602 TO REQUIRE A PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNER OF RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL UNIT UNIT OWNERS OF ANY PRESENT OR PENDING APPLICATION OR OTHER REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH A, A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF A CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, SERVICEABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS ITEM R FIVE E. IT IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING. R FIVE E. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ADOPTED LEGISLATION THAT I SPONSORED TO PROTECT RESIDENTS, CONDOMINIUM OWNERS FROM AGGRESSIVE AND PREDATORY BUYOUT PRACTICES. PRACTICES THAT OFTENTIMES UNFOLD QUIETLY WITH DEVELOPERS ACQUIRING UNITS IN A BUILDING BEHIND THE SCENES UNTIL THEY REACH THAT 80%, UH, THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR CONDOMINIUM TERMINATIONS UNDER THE STATE LAW. THAT FIRST ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH THIS BODY ADOPTED, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN JUNE, NOW, REQUIRES PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNERS, THOSE ACQUIRING OR UNDER CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE 20% OR MORE OF THE UNITS IN A CONDOMINIUM TO DISCLOSE THEIR ACQUISITIONS, NOT JUST TO THE CITY, UM, BUT ALSO TO EVERY UNIT OWNER TO THE ASSOCIATION OR THE BOARD TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER. UM, IT'S, IT WAS A, IN ESSENCE, A CRITICAL FIRST STEP, UH, IN RESTORING TRANSPARENCY, UH, AND, UH, AND FAIRNESS IN A PROCESS IN WHICH OFTENTIMES THESE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS FIND THEMSELVES BLINDSIDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS, INDIVIDUALS IN FIXED INCOME, MIDDLE CLASS, UH, OWNERS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE LEGAL TEAMS WATCHING OVER THEIR BACK WATCHING, UH, EVERY DEED THAT'S BEING WR RECORDED IN A, IN A BUILDING. TODAY, WE ARE ADVANCING, UH, A DIFFERENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S [05:40:01] VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO THAT FIRST ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED. THIS ITEM EXPANDS THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE THAT IF A PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNER FILES OR PLANS TO FILE A REQUEST TO AMEND OUR COMP PLAN, OR REQUESTING AN LDR AMENDMENT AND AMENDMENT TO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UM, THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, SIGNALING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THAT THEN THE RESIDENTS OF THAT BUILDING WHERE THESE PURCHASES ARE TAKING PLACE IN NEED TO BE NOTIFIED BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO QUIETLY ACQUIRE THESE UNITS, BUT IT'S A TOTALLY OPPOSITE THING ALTOGETHER TO FILE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WHILE KEEPING THE CURRENT RESIDENTS IN THOSE UNITS IN THE DARK. SO THIS ORDINANCE ENSURES THAT RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED AT THE MOMENT THAT A REDEVELOPMENT REQUEST IS SUBMITTED, A CHANGE TO OUR ZONING, UH, CODE IS SUBMITTED, NOT WHEN IT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OR ONCE IT'S BEEN PLACED ON AN AGENDA OR BECOMES, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERCOME, BUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND THE REQUIREMENT WOULD APPLY TO ANY PROSPECTIVE BULK OWNER, UH, WHO HAS REACHED THAT 20% THRESHOLD IN A BUILDING, UH, WITH AT LEAST, UH, 12, 12 UNITS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE BUYING, IF, IF YOU ARE IN A UNIT IN A BUILDING THAT'S BEING ACQUIRED BY A DEVELOPER AND YOU ARE SELLING YOUR UNIT TO THAT DEVELOPER, THAT YOU ARE FULLY AWARE OF ANY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT THIS DEVELOPER MAY HAVE, UH, THAT THEY MAY BE THINKING OF, BECAUSE THAT CAN DEFINITELY IMPACT THE PURCHASE PRICES. ONE THING FOR ME TO SELL YOU A PROPERTY UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, THAT'S ONE VALUE VALUATION, BUT IF I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE MAKING A BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT OUT OF THIS PROPERTY THAT I'M SELLING YOU, WELL THEN I WANT TO BE COM COMPENSATED, UH, APPROPRIATELY. SO THIS MANDATES THAT THE NOTICE BE UPDATED AND REDISTRIBUTED WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF ANY MATERIAL CHANGE AND BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED IN THE PROPERTY ITSELF. UH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, UH, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PREVENTING REDEVELOPMENT. WE KNOW REDEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT. WE KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS FIND THEMSELVES IN VERY CASH STRAPPED SITUATIONS, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE HONESTY AND IT DOES REQUIRE A HIGH LEVEL TRANSPARENCY. WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTS INVOLVED, WHEN WE HAVE THEIR HOMESTEAD, THEIR NEST EGG INVOLVED, THEY REQUIRE THE UTMOST THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT A DEVELOPER PLANS TO DO WITH A PROPERTY THAT THEY STILL DON'T OWN. AND WITH THAT, UH, MR. VICE MAYOR, I MOVE MY ITEM. I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, NICK ES I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I'VE MISSED. UH, NO. COMMISSIONER, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. I'LL SECOND. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. UM, BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING IN VERY GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION. I THINK WE ARE THE FIRST JURISDICTION IN THE STATE THAT IS, UH, LOOKING AT PROTECTIONS, UH, FOR, FOR OWNERS IN THESE, UH, INVOLVED IN THESE BULK, UH, BUYOUTS AND THESE CONDO TERMINATIONS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE COLLABORATION TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE'S HOMES AND THE VALUES OF THEIR PROPERTY ARE REALLY PROTECTED. I IT INCREDIBLE. COMMISSIONER, HOLD UP. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OT. COMMISSIONER BOT. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YEAH. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. AND THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE E. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES CALL R FIVE [R5 U AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED “PROCUREMENT,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 3, ENTITLED “CONTRACT PROCEDURES,” BY CREATING SECTION 2-375.2, ENTITLED “CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-BOYCOTT REQUIREMENTS,” TO REGULATE CITY GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL POLICY; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] UR FIVE U IS IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE SIX ENTITLED PROCUREMENT BY AMENDING DIVISION THREE ENTITLED CONTRACT PROCEDURES BY CREATING SECTION TWO DASH 3 7 5 2 ENTITLED CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI BOYCOTT REQUIREMENTS TO REGULATE CITY GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL POLICY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEATERS OF ABILITY, CLARIFICATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATES. THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R FIVE U. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, UM, BROUGHT THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD PRIMARILY TO DEFEND MIAMI BEACH'S ECONOMY, UH, FROM FINANCIAL CONTACTS WITH PARTIES WHO AT THE SAME [05:45:01] TIME WOULDN'T INFLICT ECONOMIC HARM UPON ISRAELI BUSINESSES AND MIAMI BEACH BASED BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN AND WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL, UH, TO ENSURE THAT TAXPAYER FUNDS ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO FINANCIAL CONTACTS WITH PARTIES WHO AT THE SAME TIME UNDERMINE IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY PROTECTIONS AGAINST ANTISEMITIC AND NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION. UM, SO I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT MIAMI BEACH IS A VERY WELCOMING CITY. I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THAT VERY SOON. UM, AND AS WE'VE SEEN, THERE ARE SOME RABID ANTISEMITES IN, IN MIAMI BEACH WHO WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND, AND JEWISH POPULATED CITIES TO BE, UH, NUKED. SO, UM, I'M GOING TO WANT TO HAVE OUR CITY LAW ADOPT THE STATE LAW THAT JUST PASSED FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO REALLY PROTECT AGAINST A LOT OF THE, THE MODERN DAY ANTISEMITISM THAT, THAT WE SEE IN, UH, UM, IN, IN FLORIDA AND IN MIAMI BEACH. UH, ROB, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND CHIME IN A COUPLE MORE THOUGHTS. UH, UH, YOU, YOU PRETTY MUCH GOT EVERYTHING. THIS JUST EXTENDS THE CURRENT, UH, PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH PARTIES THAT BOYCOTT ISRAEL AND ENGAGE IN ANTISEMITIC CONDUCT TO SPONSORSHIPS AND, UH, UH, GRANTS. UH, THAT IT, IT SIMPLY EXTENDS TO GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS AND HAS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS. I'LL BE AT AZU COSPONSOR. LIKEWISE. I LIKE TO BE A COSPONSOR AS WELL. THANK YOU. ME TOO. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO EVEN TAKE IT FURTHER. UM, , UM, WE ARE LITERALLY LABELED AS A CITY CALLED, YOU KNOW, NO PLACE FOR HATE, RIGHT? SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THIS TO ALL OF OUR ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. NOT JUST ANTI-SEMITIC, BUT ANTI HATE TOWARD EVERY SINGLE GROUP. AND WE HAVE A LONG LIST, UM, IN HERE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD ADD IT SO THAT WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TARGET, UM, ANY GROUP, ANY CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT ON A SEPARATE ORDINANCE, AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR ON YOU IN THIS. BUT I, I'D LIKE THIS SPECIFICALLY TO STAND AS IS BECAUSE THIS IS ADOPTED FROM STATE LAW. SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO NO, I I'D SAY I, I COULD, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO, TO SPONSOR FOR EVERY SINGLE, UM, SORT OF SEGMENT. UM, WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM JUST ADDING IT TO THIS ORDINANCE? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. WE DON'T WANT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY GROUP AND WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF GROUPS THAT WE, UH, DO NOT WANT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST. I MEAN, EVERY PERSON OF EVERY COLOR. SO IT SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYONE. AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S FAIR. ANTISEMITISM IS AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST. I STRONGLY SUPPORT IT. YOU CAN ADD MY NAME AS A SPONSOR TO THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT ALL GROUPS DESERVE, UM, THIS TYPE OF PROTECTION SO THAT THERE IS NO HATE TOWARD ANY GROUP AND THAT THERE COULD BE PENALTIES OR, UM, PUNISHMENTS FOR ANY GROUP. YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO WHY, WHY ONLY ONE GROUP DOES THIS WATER DOWN THE SORT OF ORDINANCE FOR THIS SINCE WE ADOPTED IT FROM STATE LAW? NO. UH, THE ORDINANCE DOES IN FACT PROTECT ALL, UH, PROTECTED CLASSIFICATION GROUPS WITH, I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ IS, UH, PROPOSING IS JUST MAKING IT MORE CLEAR THAT IT INCLUDES THE CITY ORDINANCES CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY. SO IN ADDITION TO NATIONAL ORIGIN, UH, DISCRIMINATION THAT OH, ALL OF THE CITY'S, UH, PROTECTED CLASSES WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME, UH, BAN ON, UH, SPONSORSHIPS, UH, AND WITH THE SAME PENALTIES. THAT'S FINE. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY, I THINK IT LEGAL STRENGTHENS IT. I THINK IT STRENGTHENS IT, IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE ARE AN NON-DISCRIMINATORY CITY. THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT PROMOTES ACCEPTANCE, THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT DOES NOT TOLERATE HATE. THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT PROMOTES, UM, LOVE OVER HATE, UH, TO THE POINT OF PUNISHING ANY TYPE OF HATE SPEECH OR DISCRIMINATORY ACT. SO I THINK IT STRENGTHENS YOUR ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WHAT WERE YOU ABOUT TO SAY, ROBIN? I I THINK THAT WE COULD [05:50:01] JUST SIMPLY MAKE CLEAR THAT IT DOES PROTECT AGAINST ALL OF THE CITY'S, UH, UH, CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES FOR PROTECTION AND THAT WOULDN'T WATER IT DOWN OR CREATE ANY LEGAL PROBLEMS OKAY. AGAINST THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED NOW. GREAT. I WANT TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER EREZ FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM. UM, THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT'S AN ISSUE THAT GENERALLY DOESN'T HIT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND IT GENERALLY IMPACTS ISRAELI COMPANIES. WHAT'S GOING ON IN AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW IS THAT NO OTHER GROUP, I SHOULD SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, SO I DON'T, BUT THERE ARE ISRAELI ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY PROHIBITED FROM GOING TO MAJOR EVENTS. IT JUST HAPPENED IN FRANCE, IT'S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE. IT'S UNHEARD OF. THESE ARE ISRAELI CITIZENS THAT ARE GOING AND IT'S HAPPENING. AND THIS IS, IT'S A, IT'S A FORM. THE BDS THE BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND CENSURE IS, IS A FORM OF ECONOMIC WARFARE. IT'S A WAR NOT FOUGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELD. IT'S A WAR FOUGHT TO TRY TO ALIENATE THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND ANYONE AFFILIATED WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL THROUGH ECONOMIC MEANS. IT IS, UM, IT IS A FORM OF HATRED AND A SICKNESS, BUT IT'S VERY POWERFUL 'CAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE BIGOTED AND ANTISEMITIC, WHATEVER FORM YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THEY FEEL JUSTIFIED IN DOING IT 'CAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE PROMOTING A CAUSE. THE ONLY CAUSE THEY'RE PROMOTING IS THEIR CONTINUED HATRED FOR JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. SO THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE SENDING AND WE'RE ABOUT TO SEND FROM THIS. AND WE HAVE OTHER LEGISLATION THAT YOU'RE BUILDING UPON TO MAKE SURE THAT MIAMI BEACH IS NOT A PART OF THAT. UM, SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. MAYOR. I MOVE MY SECOND CALL THE VOTE. RALPH, YOU CAN ADMIT. ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AND I HAVE, I BELIEVE EVERYONE AS CO-SPONSORS. UH, SO THAT'S A YEAH, I HAVE ALL, EVERYONE AS A CO-SPONSOR. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVE SOMEONE WITH A SCREEN NAME OF MIAMI BEACH. NOPE, THEY'RE GONE. SO THERE'S NO ONE REQUESTING TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC OR IN ZOOM. I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE THEN. COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ AS AMENDED. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER BACH. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. THE ITEM IS APPROVED AS AMENDED WITH EVERYONE AS A CO-SPONSOR. ALRIGHT, AND THANK YOU KRISTEN. OKAY. FOR THINKING OF EVERYONE. R FIVE QR [R5 Q 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 CREATING SECTION 82-74 THEREOF, ENTITLED “PLASTIC-RELATED OR METALLIZED DECORATIONS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC MARINAS, MARINE FACILITIES, PARKS, AND BEACHES,” IN ORDER TO DETER HARMFUL LITTERING AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE; AND, PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE Q IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY AMENDING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED GENERALLY BY CREATING SECTION 82 DASH 74 THEREOF ENTITLED PLASTIC RELATED OR, OR MET METAL METHODIZED DECORATIONS PROHIBITED AT PUBLIC MARINAS, MARINE FACILITIES, PARKS, AND BEACHES IN ORDER TO DETER HARMFUL, LITTERING AND PROTECT MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE FROM PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ABILITY, CATION, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS ITEM R FIVE QS. IT IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, STEP THAT MIAMI BEACH IS TAKING TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AT THIS TIME, UH, BY LOOKING AT THESE PLASTIC BASED DECORATIONS LIKE GLITTER, LIKE CONFETTI. UH, I ALWAYS SAY A NAME. WRONG THE NAME WRONG. MYLAR. MYLAR. MYLAR IS RIGHT. MYLAR. OKAY, THERE WE GO. MYLAR, UH, STREAMERS IN PUBLIC SPACES LIKE PARKS AND BEACHES AND, AND MARINAS, UH, THESE DECORATIONS, WE ALL SEE THEM WHILE THEY'RE PRETTY, AND WHILE THEY'RE IN FACT, FESTIVE, THEY POSE AN ISSUE FOR MARINE LIFE. AND ONCE THEY HIT THE GROUND, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN UP, AND THEY OFTEN END UP IN, IN THE OCEAN. AND EARLIER, UH, SOPHIE RINGLE FROM CLEAN MIAMI BEACH WAS HERE. SHE BROUGHT THIS HUGE BAG, UH, WITH ALL THESE, UM, FAKE PETALS THAT PEOPLE THROW ALL THE TIME IN OUR BEACHES, UH, FOR, FOR WEDDINGS, FOR CELEBRATIONS, FOR, UH, FOR ENGAGEMENTS. AND THEN, THEN THEY DON'T PICK AFTER THEM, PICK UP AFTER THEM. AND IT BECOMES LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE, UH, TO PICK UP AFTER THESE. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE TINY PLASTICS, UH, WHEN THEY, [05:55:01] YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN INTO MICROPLASTICS, THEY END UP BEING CONSUMED BY OUR, OUR MARINE LIFE. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES, EVEN DEATH FOR MARINE LIFE. UM, THEY'RE ALSO LIGHTWEIGHT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, UH, WITH THESE DECORATIONS, THEY CAN BE BLOWN AWAY VERY EASILY, RAIN AND WIND, UH, CARRY THEM STRAIGHT INTO DRAINS, STRAIGHT INTO THE OCEAN, STRAIGHT INTO, INTO THE BAY. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE WAY MORE ECO-FRIENDLY, UH, THAN, THAN THESE. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE IS 100% ABOUT KEEPING OUR PUBLIC SPACES CLEAN, UH, OUR SPACES SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT FOR OUR WILDLIFE ALIKE. AND, UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER DAVID SUAREZ, UM, WHO RECENTLY PASSED THE BALLOON LEGISLATION. UM, THAT WAS IMPORTANT. UH, WITH THE OTHER DAY WE WERE DOING A CLEANUP WITH, UM, WITH CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, AND WE SAW THESE, WE SAW, YOU KNOW, THESE BALLOONS, UM, IN, IN, IN THE DUNES. UM, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IT'S LESS THAN WHAT USED TO BE OUT THERE. UH, BUT WE STILL NEED TO KEEP ON ADVANCING IN THESE EFFORTS. SO WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM, AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH UP, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, UH, FERNANDEZ FOR PICKING UP THE, THE LOOSE ENDS, SO TO SPEAK, ON SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT, OR SOME OF THESE, THESE ISSUES IN MIAMI BEACH THAT REALLY DO ADD TO A LOT OF LITTER, UM, IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS AND MARINAS. SO, UM, I, I, I, I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BRINGING THIS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ANY ONE PARTICULAR ELECTEDS AGENDA. I THINK WHEN WE ALL SORT OF BUY INTO THE PROGRAM THAT WE WANT A CLEANER, YOU KNOW, LESS PLASTIC, UH, CITY. I, I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE. SO I, I REALLY WELCOME THIS, AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'D BE HONORED IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME AS A PRIME SPONSOR, UH, JUST BUILDING UPON YOUR LEADERSHIP. UH, I, I WOULD LOVE THAT. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, I SECOND THE ITEM. AND THERE, AND, AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROHIBITING THESE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT HAS TO BE PUT INTO THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE PROHIBITING THESE PLASTIC ITEMS, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES, LIKE REUSABLE DECORATIONS. UH, THERE'S PAPER-BASED CONFETTI, THERE'S NATURAL FIBER STREAMERS. SO THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THAT ARE LESS HARMFUL TO, TO THE ENVIRONMENT. I WANNA THANK MY STAFF, UH, FOR WORKING ON THIS. UH, KARA AND SYDNEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THEY NEVER GOT A SHOUT OUT. AND RAFA, I'LL, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. ALSO, COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ IS BECOMING A CO-SPONSOR OF THE ITEM. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO ONE IN ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. THERE IS NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? CALL THE ROLL DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER B? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION, CARRIE. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. GOOD WORK TO THE BLOOM BOYS. R [R5 V AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “STANDARDS OF CONDUCT,” DIVISION 3, ENTITLED “LOBBYISTS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-481, ENTITLED “DEFINITIONS,” TO AMEND DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THIS DIVISION, BY AMENDING AND REVISING THE TITLE FOR SECTION 2-483, “EXCEPTIONS TO REGISTRATION; WRITTEN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST,” TO CLARIFY AND RESTATE THE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-485.1, “PENALTIES,” TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT BY THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-485.3, “CONTINGENCY FEE PROHIBITED,” TO ADOPT CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE GIVING OR ACCEPTANCE OF A CONTINGENCY FEE IN CONNECTION WITH APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY, AND FINALLY, BY AMENDING OTHER SECTIONS IN DIVISION 3 TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.] FIVE VR FIVE V IS AN ORDINANCE TO THE MAYOR OF CITY, COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMEND CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MV BEACH ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION. ARTICLE SEVEN, ENTITLED STANDARDS OF CONDUCT DIVISION THREE ENTITLED LOBBYISTS BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 41, ENTITLED DEFINITIONS TO AMEND DEFINITIONS OF THE APPLICABLE TO THIS DIVISION BY AMENDING AND REVISING THE TITLE FOR SECTION TWO DASH 4 83, EXCEPTIONS TO REGISTRATION, WRITTEN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST. TO CLARIFY AND RESTATE THE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 4 81 0.1 PENALTIES TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 45.3 CONTINGENCY FEE PROHIBITED TO ADOPT CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE GIVING OR ACCEPTANCE OF CONTINGENCY FEE IN CONNECTION WITH APPEARANCES BEFORE THE CITY. AND FINALLY, BY AMENDING OTHER SECTIONS IN DIVISION THREE TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR RE QUALIFICATIONS, FAVORABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. R FIVE V IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, NICK, DO YOU MIND TEEING UP FOR ME? SURE, COMMISSIONER. I'D BE HAPPY TO. SO THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS IN OUR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO LOBBYIST REGISTRATION AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY INDIVIDUALS [06:00:01] WHO ARE EXEMPT, EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYISTS. UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE SINCE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES. UH, THE FIRST IS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL AND ADOPT A DEFINITION OF CITY PERSONNEL TO BRING OUR LOBBYING ORDINANCE, UM, INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH DEFINES, YOU KNOW, WHICH INDIVIDUALS YOU ARE REQUIRED, UH, TO REGISTER BEFORE MEETING WITH. UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRES A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST IF THE ASSOCIATION OR ITS DESIGNEE WILL RECEIVE ANY, UH, MONETARY OR NON-MONETARY CONSIDERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPEARANCE. RIGHT NOW, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS ONLY CONSIDERED A LOBBYIST IF THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO APPEARS BEFORE THE CITY IS APPEARING IS, IS RECEIVING, UH, COMPENSATION FOR THEIR APPEARANCE. THIS WOULD AMEND THAT REQUIREMENT TO SAY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALSO A LOBBYIST IF THE ASSOCIATION ITSELF WILL RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION. UM, IT ALSO AMENDS THE SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST. UM, TO REFER TO THAT AS A, A WRITTEN DISCLOSURE AND MAKE CLEAR WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT IS AND WHAT INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, IF YOU ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYISTS. THIS IS A RULE THAT APPLIES TO EXPERT WITNESSES, UM, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR THE APPEARANCE. AND THAT'S AN EXISTING RULE. UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO AMENDS THE ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY PROVISIONS TO MAKE CLEAR THAT OUR, OUR LOBBYING ORDINANCE, UH, IS ENFORCEABLE BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS AGAINST A PERSON. UM, AND THAT INCLUDES A PERSON WHO IS ACTING OR APPEARING ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF AN ENTITY. UM, AND THE LAST AMENDMENT IS TO REVISE THE CONTINGENCY FEE PROHIBITION TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE PROHIBITION APPLIES TO BOTH PERSONS, INCLUDING, AGAIN, PERSONS WHO ARE ACTING OR APPEAR ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY, UM, AND ALSO ENTITIES. AND THAT, JUST TO, TO, TO REITERATE THAT THE, THAT THE PROHIBITION, UM, ONLY APPLIES TO LOBBYISTS AND PERSONS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. SO THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS HAS BEEN WORKED ON WITH THE CITY OF TURNER FOR MANY MONTHS. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS FAR AS ETHICS, UH, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AS IT RELATES TO OUR CITY. UM, AND NOT TO GO DOWN INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL AND, AND TAKE EACH OTHER'S TIME. UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS, THERE ARE MANY LOOPHOLES WHERE EITHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS, UM, ARE, ARE RECEIVING MONEY FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION AND IN, IN, IN RETURN FOR THEIR SUPPORT, FOR PARTICULAR, UM, ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. SO I WELCOME, UH, ANY OF OUR SORT OF QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES. AND, UM, I, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION FOR NICK. AND ALSO YOU SAID THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUALS TAKING MONEY. WELL, THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT COMES TO TOP OF MIND. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INDIVIDUAL, IT'S THE ORGANIZATION. SO, UM, THOSE ETHICS CHARGES WERE COMPLETELY REPUDIATED BY THE ETHICS COMMITTEE. SO, OR ETHICS BOARD. SO IF YOU, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY WANNA GET INTO THE DETAILS, UM, AND THEN NICK CAN ALSO CHIME IN. BUT, UH, THE STANDARD HOTEL NO, NO, I'M FAMILIAR, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING THAT PEOPLE OR AN ORGANIZATION DID SOMETHING WRONG. I'M SAYING, IN FACT, THE, IT'S THE STATE BOARD OF ETHICS COMPLETELY SAID NOTHING WAS, WAS AMISS. SO ANYHOW, THE PROBLEM, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANNA FOCUS ON. NICK, WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, 'CAUSE WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ACTUALLY IS, UM, FOR INSTANCE, I'M NOT BEING ON SUNSET HARBOR, IT JUST POPS TO MIND. SO ARE WE SAYING THAT ANYBODY WHO COMES TO US FROM SUNSET HARBOR, UM, ASKING US FOR RELIEF WITH THE PUMP STATION OR THE, THE, THE LIFT STATION, UM, WHICH WOULD BENEFIT THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR, THEIR, UM, UH, THEIR BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER AS LOBBYISTS? NO. SO THE WAY THE CODE IS NOW, [06:05:01] UH, A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHO IS NOT RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR THE APPEARANCE IS NOT A LOBBYIST, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO FILE A SEPARATE REGISTRATION WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO A FEE. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT TREATED AS LOBBYISTS, BUT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER THIS ORDINANCE, UM, DOES NOT CHANGE THAT, THAT PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT. UM, WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO RECEIVE, UH, COMPENSATION, UM, IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR, THEIR APPEARANCE BEFORE THE CITY, THEN THEY WOULD BE TREATED AS LOBBYISTS. SO IF THEY'RE BEING PAID TO COME TO A MEETING OR THAT'S WHAT, WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THIS? THAT THAT'S, WELL, RIGHT NOW, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PAYS SOMEONE TO APPEAR ON THEIR BEHALF BEFORE THE CITY, THAT PERSON IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST, DOESN'T THAT HAPPEN NOW? I MEAN, WE HAVE ATTORNEYS BY THE GAGGLE SHOWING UP AT, AT AT COMMISSION MEETINGS AS PAID AS AS REGISTERED LOBBYISTS WHO'VE PAID THE FEE, WHO ARE BEING PAID BY THEIR CLIENTS TO, TO SHOW UP AND LOBBY ON BEHALF OF AN ITEM BEFORE THE COMMISSION. THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. THAT WOULD HAPPEN. NOW, WHAT, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS DOES AS IT RELATES TO REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, IS IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ITSELF WOULD RECEIVE COMPENSATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPEARANCE, THEN THE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER. SO, SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY SUBTLE, BUT NOT, BUT NOT PAY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S LIKE, WHATEVER, $200 PER YEAR, AND THEN, OR NO, IT'S LIKE TWO THINGS, RIGHT? IT'S AN ANNUAL THING, AND THEN A PER EVENT, THAT'S IF THE, THE LOBBY. SO THAT'S, IF THE LOBBYIST IS BEING COMPENSATED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO APPEAR. WHAT THIS DOES, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THIS ORDINANCE ADDRESSES IS WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ITSELF AS AN ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO RECEIVE CONSIDERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPEARANCE, THEN THEY WOULD BE TREATED AS A LOBBYIST UNDER THIS ORDINANCE. SO THE DISTINCTION IS, IS THE COMPENSATION TO THE PERSON APPEARING ON BEHALF OF, LET'S SAY, SUNSET HARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, OR IS THE COMPENSATION TO THE SUNSET HARBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? THIS ADDRESSES THE LATTER. SO IF SUNSET HARBOR SAID, GIVE US THE $5 MILLION IT'S GONNA TAKE TO DO THE, THE PUMP STATION THINGY, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER. CORRECT. THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. BUT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE, THE RESOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM WAS, UM, THE CITY'S GONNA TAKE ADDRESS IT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO. AND SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REGISTER AS LOBBYIST BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST THE CITY'S HANDLING THE ISSUE UNDER THIS ORDINANCE. RIGHT. IF, IF THEY WERE NOT SEEKING, UM, CONSIDERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR APPEARANCE, THEN THEY WOULD NOT NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST. AND THEN, SO FOR INSTANCE, UM, ONE OF THE SUNSET ISLANDS, I DON'T MEAN TO BE PICKING ON SUNSETS, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S POPPING TO MY MIND. UM, THERE WERE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO CAME FORWARD AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD DONE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, AND FOR A PLAYGROUND IN ONE OF THE OPEN SWALES IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO IF THEY, IF THAT WERE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SAID, YES, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, WE'LL DO IT. WE'LL BUILD A LITTLE PLAYGROUND THERE, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. BUT IF THEY SAID, CAN WE JUST GET THE FUNDING FOR TO BUILD THIS PLAYGROUND? WE'LL DO IT OURSELVES FOR A LOT LESS MONEY. AND IF WE HYPOTHETICALLY SAID YES TO THAT, IN THE SECOND CASE, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE REGISTERED AS LOBBYISTS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE GETTING MONEY FROM THE CITY, THEREFORE THEIR COMMUNITY WOULD BE COMPENSATED. YES. THAT'S A GOOD THING. OKAY. I BELIEVE I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. AND THIS IS FIRST READING. SO THE HEARING, I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. MAY I CALL THE ROLL? CALL THE ROLL. I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YEAH. SO I WISH THIS WOULD'VE GONE TO COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT TO GO OVER AND THEY'LL SUPPORT IT AT FIRST READING AND HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING WITH YOU TO GO OVER EACH OF THE POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND, UM, THEN BY SECOND READING, HOPEFULLY COMM. OKAY. SO I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BAUGH? YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH. THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE VR [R7 F A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CONSIDERING AND APPROVING FOR REMITTANCE TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING AT THE SEPTEMBER 3, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETING, THE RESULTS AND INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 TRAFFIC INFRACTION DETECTOR REPORT (ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS EXHIBIT “A”), TO INCLUDE THE WRITTEN SUMMARY CONTAINED WITHIN THE REPORT WHICH WAS READ ALOUD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS ITEM AT THE SEPTEMBER 3, 2025, MEETING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE §316.0083(4).] SEVEN. FR SEVEN F IS A PUBLIC HEARING REIT RESULT OF ANNUAL TRAFFIC INFRACTION DETECTOR REPORTS. AND FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE TO READ THE SUMMARY. SO IF YOU ALLOW ME A MOMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SECTION THREE 16.0083, [06:10:02] SUBSECTION FOUR FOR THE 2025 TRAFFIC INFRACTION DETECTOR REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2025, THE CITY OF VIE BEACH RECORDED 7,838. NOTICES OF VIOLATION ISSUED, UH, TWO VIOLATIONS CONTESTED, ONE VIOLATION UPHELD, TWO VIOLATIONS DISMISSED. 2,597 VIOLATIONS ISSUED AS UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION. 3,861 VIOLATIONS PAID AND WERE COLLECTED. FUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTE STATE STATUTE THREE 16.0083, SUBSECTION FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF $307,860 TO THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND, $70 PER VIOLATION, $43,980 FOR THE HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRUST FUND, $10 PER VIOLATION AND $13,194 TO THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY TRUST FUND. $3 PER VIOLATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM, AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. THIS IS ITEM R SEVEN F CHIEF. SURE. WANNA PRESS THIS ITEM? YEP. R SEVEN F. YEP. MM-HMM . HAPPY TO, GOT THE VERY YOUNG AND CAPABLE. MAJOR VO CAMPBELL WILL CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT IT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEM. WELL, I, UH, I ALWAYS TELL, UH, MAJOR KA, I'M A BIG FAN. THANKS, SIR. HAVE THE, UH, FORTUNATE, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS HAVE GREAT CAPTAINS, BUT CAPTAIN OF MID BEACH, UH, FIVE, FIVE YEARS AGO OR SO, AND, UH, LITERALLY TALKED TO HIM ALL THE TIME. HE IS, UH, HE'S A GOOD ONE. GOOD. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT HE'S THE FUTURE . HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. WELL, YOU WANT ME DO THIS OR, SURE. HERE YOU GO. WE'LL DO IT FOR YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY MANAGER, MAJOR JOON CAMPBELL, PATROL DIVISION COMMANDER OF MINE, BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF JONES. UH, IT ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE, UH, REPORT AND THE STATISTICS THAT WERE, UM, GIVEN TO YOU. OBVIOUSLY, WE FEEL AS AN AGENCY THAT THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY ESSENTIAL, UH, FOR US AND WHAT WE DO. UM, IT ASSISTS US IN SOME CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE, UH, HAVE AS WELL. AND IT ALSO, UH, OF COURSE, THE TEARS, TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS OF PEOPLE RUNNING RED LIGHTS. AND THERE ARE STUDIES OUT THERE THAT SHOW THAT IT ALSO REDUCED, UH, SOME MAJOR TRAFFIC CRASHES, PARTICULARLY, UH, T-BONE, WHAT WE REFER TO AS T-BONE CRASHES. UH, SO WITH, UH, THAT SAID, UH, HERE TO ADDRESS WHATEVER, UH, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL, UH, MAY HAVE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN, UM, VERY GOOD FOR US AND OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, MAKE THE STREETS SAFE. ANY WAY WE CAN USE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO DEAL WITH, UH, NOT JUST SPEEDING, BUT THESE LOUD MUFFLER NOISES. I MEAN, IT'S CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN OUR CITY. UM, I MEAN, I HEAR IT ON 41ST. I'M HEARING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM SOUTH OF FIFTH, UH, WEST AVENUE OFF THE MACARTHUR. WHAT CAN WE DO? BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD. THERE WAS ONE THE OTHER NIGHT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT NORMAL. THE, IT'S, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO IT. I FEEL LIKE IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE SO LOUD, LIKE THEY, THEY HAVE LIKE EXPLOSIONS COMING FROM THEM THAT THIS CAR SHOULD IT. AND I'M GUESSING THESE CARS DRIVE THROUGH MULTIPLE CITIES, JURISDICTIONS, AND THERE'S, AND THOSE CARS SHOULD JUST NOT BE ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND WAKING UP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. ABSOLUTELY. MR. MAYOR, UH, FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, TO ADDRESS THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, UM, NOT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN USE TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT GIVEN THE CONCERNS THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED BY YOU AND THE REST OF THE, THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS, WE'VE HEARD THOSE, UH, CONCERNS AND WE'VE, UH, MADE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THEM. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, ON A NIGHTLY BASIS, WE ASSIGN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OFFICERS IN EACH AREA OF THE CITY TO PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON, UH, NOISE REDUCTION OR ENFORCEMENT FOR LOUD NOISES COMING, UH, FROM VEHICLES. UH, I CAN, UH, IF GIVEN TIME PROVIDE YOU EXACT STATISTICS, BUT IT'S BEEN SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CITATIONS THAT WE'VE ISSUED. UM, JUST FOR THE MONTH OF, UM, AUGUST ALONE, THERE WERE 121. SO, UH, WE WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT, UH, WE CAN WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS IT. PARTICULARLY, I KNOW THAT, UH, COLLINS, UM, AVENUE CORRIDOR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ISSUES AS WELL AS THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, UM, AND 41ST STREET. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE, I HAVE NOTICED, UM, A PRETTY GOOD PRESENCE AT NIGHT ALONG, UH, THE CARD AS YOU JUST MENTIONED. SO YES, SIR. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE. OKAY. [06:15:01] THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, FOR THE REPORT. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GREAT DAY. LET'S GET THOSE BIKER GANG. LET'S CALL SOME OF THE, UH, PULLED ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'M SORRY, I JUST NEED A, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION. I'LL MAKE MOTION. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN F. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. ITEM R SEVEN F IS APPROVED SEVEN, KNOW WHAT'S CALLED C SEVEN [C7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AND JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS, L.L.C. FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING (A/E) DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE LINCOLN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, SAID AMENDMENT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING (I) THE SEPARATION OF THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS FOR THE DREXEL AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE MERIDIAN AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS, (II) THE RE-ENGINEERING OF THE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT (FPL) DUCT BANK, AND (III) COMPLIANCE WITH NEW DERM REQUIREMENTS FOR STORMWATER PRE-TREATMENT, IN THE ADDITIONAL NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $239,449.00, UTILIZING PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDING, INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM $7,478,406.71 TO $7,717,855.71; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID AMENDMENT NO. 5.] A. C SEVEN A IS EXECUTE AMENDMENT FIVE TO AGREEMENT WITH JAMES FIELD OPERATIONS. C SEVEN A WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. SO THE REASON WHY I CALLED C SEVEN A IS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, ALL OF US, WE HAVE THE OPENING OF THE DREXEL AVENUE PROJECT COMING UP SOON, CORRECT? YES. AND I THINK WE'RE ALL EXCITED THAT THE LINCOLN ROAD CAPITAL PROJECT IS FINALLY STARTING. UM, AND THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO ADD $239,000 TO THAT CONTRACT, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF NEW DERM REQUIREMENTS AND SOME FP AND L DUCT WORK, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND THE TOTAL CONTRACT, SO WE'RE ADDING 240,000, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE TAKING IT FROM THAT PROJECT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE DO THIS AND WE DON'T FIND AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE, IS THAT NOW THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT ARE GONNA BE UNDERFUNDED FUNDED. SO MY BIG WORRY IS THAT THE LARGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS THE MAIN ONE, IS GOING TO END UP NOT HAVING THE FUNDS THAT IT NEEDS AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE. SO THE REASON WHY I PULLED IT IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO ASK, DO YOU SEE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDERS, DO YOU THINK THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW TO COMPLETE THE MAIN PORTION OF THE LINCOLN ROAD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT? AND I DON'T JUST WANNA DO DREXEL AND THEN NOT HAVE THE OTHER PORTION FUNDED, BECAUSE IN MY MIND, GOING DOWN THE MAIN STREET IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT. SO HOW ARE WE PLANNING ON FUNDING ALL OF THIS AS THE CHANGE ORDERS BEGIN? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ADDITIONAL COSTS COMING FOR THE CONTRACTOR AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE JUST STARTING. UM, WE BELIEVE, MY, MY HUMBLE OPINION IS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SET OF DRAWINGS WE'VE DEALT WITH IN A LONG TIME. THEY'VE HAD A VERY LONG TIME TO CONFIRM ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. THERE COULD ALWAYS BE A SURPRISE, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COVER WITH CONTINGENCY TODAY. UM, AS FAR AS FUNDING THE MAIN PROJECT OR WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS PHASE THREE, MM-HMM . WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY YET HAVE A FINAL COST ESTIMATE ON THAT, BUT THE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY CLOSE TO OUR BUDGET. UM, AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT FINAL COST. AND WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BE SIGNING THE PAPERS? ON THE FINAL PORTION OF, OF PHASE THREE, SO THAT WE GET LOCKED INTO A CERTAIN COST AND WE DON'T HAVE THIS ESCALATION IN CASE IT TAKES SEVERAL MORE YEARS. WE WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR A CONTRACTOR IN OCTOBER WITH AN AWARD IN JANUARY. SO IN JANUARY WE WILL KNOW A FINAL COST. OKAY. AND JANUARY YOU'LL HAVE THE FINAL COST, AND THEN THE SHOVEL WILL GO IN THE GROUND IN THE SPRING. SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER AWARD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON. WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, MOVE THIS ITEM. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WERE MANY MORE CHANGE ORDERS, IF THEY WERE FUNDED, HOW IT'S GOING DOWN. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT THIS FIRST PORTION IS GOING TO TAKE? IT'S ABOUT 12 MONTHS BETWEEN DREXEL AND MERIDIAN. AND YOU HEARD EARLIER THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES WERE SUFFERING AND THEY NEED SIGNAGE, RIGHT? WHEN A CALLER CALLED IN, RIGHT? THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN REFERENCE TO LINCOLN ROAD WEST OF ALTON. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE, UH, THAT WE USE SOME OF THE SAME STRATEGIES ON LINCOLN ROAD PROPER. AND DID WE, BY THE WAY, SINCE I HAVE YOU RIGHT HERE, WERE WE ABLE TO WAIVE THE SIDEWALK CAFE PERMITS FOR, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BLOCK WHERE CEVICHE 1 0 5 AS THEY CLOSED THAT BLOCK, BUT THERE'S NOTHING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THAT BLOCK, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE STORAGE ONLY. THERE'S NOTHING STORED THERE. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CLOSED AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF RESTAURANTS. THE POOR ARGENTINE LADY WHO'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 24 YEARS, LITTLER SAID SHE'S GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. AND, UM, I WAS, I MET WITH THE OWNER OF CEVICHE 1 0 5. HE'S VERY CONCERNED TOO. AND, UM, I THINK, HOW DID THE MEETING GO THAT [06:20:01] YOU HAD WITH THEM? WERE YOU ABLE TO WE DID MEET WITH THEM. IT WAS NOT ABOUT THE CAFE FEES. I THINK THAT CAME UP JUST RECENTLY. UM, AND WE ARE TALKING TO PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT, UH, MITIGATING THE CAFE FEES. ONE OF THE REQUESTS WE GOT WAS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION JUST TO HELP THEM COVER WHATEVER PROJECTED LOSS THEY MAY HAVE. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN, CAN UNDERTAKE, AT LEAST AS PART OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT, THAT, THAT PART WE CAN'T DO. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CAFE FEES AND HOW WE CAN, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE LANDLORD SO THAT HE COULD PASS THE SAVINGS ONTO HIS TENANTS SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF RESTAURANTS? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET TO THE RESTAURANTS, YOU CAN'T PARK WITH THE RESTAURANTS. THERE'S NO SIGNAGE FOR THE RESTAURANTS. AND THIS IS A THRIVING BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD, THAT CORNER WHERE CEVICHE, IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY BLOCKS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES. SO WHAT IS THE PLAN TO, TO HELP THEM IN TERMS OF WHILE WE CLOSE THEM, WHILE WE CLOSE THIS ENTIRE BLOCK DOWN, WE AS A PROJECT DO NOT HAVE A WAY OF PROVIDING ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SOMEHOW GET, GIVE SOME SORT OF ABATEMENT ON OUR LOCAL TAXES SO THAT THEY CAN PASS THAT SAVINGS ALONG TO THE TENANTS AND GIVE THEM A RENT REDUCTION IN THE INTERIM? BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPEN HAPPENING OFTEN, AND I DON'T WANNA SEE THESE BUSINESSES CLOSING. IS THAT LEGAL, RICK? ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? THE, THE QUESTION IS TO PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH SUBSIDIES BECAUSE OF, WELL, I'LL HAVE THEM SIGN AN AGREEMENT AND SAY, LOOK, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT PROVIDED THAT YOU PASS A PRO A, A RENTAL SAVINGS ALONG TO YOUR TENANT DURING THE TERM OF CONSTRUCTION. IF WE KNOW THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE ONE YEAR LONG, THEN MAYBE WE COULD GIVE THEM AN INCENTIVE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HE'S LIKE, I CAN'T AFFORD TO, UH, LOWER THEIR RENTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS GAVE SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE, I WOULD APPLY THAT INCENTIVE DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW SO THAT THEY CAN STAY IN BUSINESS. WELL, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACT IS TO THE CITY OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND PROBABLY START WITH A REFERRAL TO FERC. AND THAT WOULD ALSO GIVE MY OFFICE TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT THE BEST PROCEDURE WOULD BE TO, TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE THREE SITUATIONS COMING UP LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE THE CURRENT BLOCK WHERE CEVICHE 1 0 5 IS, YOU HAVE, UM, DREXEL RIGHT NOW WHERE, UM, ANDREAS HAS JUST OPENED UP AND NOW THE WHOLE THING IS, IS CLOSED DOWN. AND THEN YOU HAVE FIRST STREET, WHICH REALLY CONCERNS ME BECAUSE ON FIRST STREET YOU HAVE MILO'S, WHICH IS THREATENING TO MOVE OR IS MOVING. YOU HAVE KOCHA, WHICH IS MOVING. PUPPY STEAK IS SUPPOSEDLY CLOSING DOWN FOR RENOVATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN STAY OPEN DURING THIS MOMENT. SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GIVING THIS MONEY TO THE LANDLORDS, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF PASS THROUGH TO HELP THE TENANTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT AS WE DO THESE LARGE PROJECTS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HELP THE BUSINESSES OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS. HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THIS? IF I BROUGHT AN ITEM, WOULD YOU BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT? I THINK THE FISCAL IMPACT ON ONE BLOCK IS NOT GOING TO BE, I'M NOT SAYING A COMPLETE ABATEMENT, I'M SAYING SOME SORT OF DISCOUNT. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER INCENTIVE WE COULD OFFER. I THINK THIS STARTS WITH AN ITEM TO FERC, A REFERRAL TO FERC, AND THEN WE CAN REALLY IRON OUT THE DETAILS. OKAY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF NICK'S HERE, BUT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT HE'D CONVEYED, UH, ANY TYPE OF LOCAL TAX ABATEMENT WAS NOT LEGAL. I COULD BE COMPLETELY MISREPRESENTING THAT. UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN, I MEAN, WE HAVE TAX ABATEMENT FOR, UH, TO INCENTIVIZE HISTORIC, UH, RENOVATION OF PROPERTIES. UM, WE CANNOT WAIVE THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES OR THE SCHOOL BOARDS. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN, WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS, UM, ABATE SOME PROPERTY TAX THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CITY'S SHARE. BUT I'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, HAVE THE TIME TO, TO LOOK INTO AND SPEAK TO THE SPON OR THE POTENTIAL SPONSOR OF THE ITEM TO FIGURE OUT, YEAH, IF I COULD BRING A REFERRAL TO SEPTEMBER 17TH, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO OFFER SOME SORT OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE LONGTIME BUSINESSES THAT PEOPLE REALLY LOVE. AND WE CAN GO INTO A PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, LIKE MILO'S THAT'S SAYING RIGHT NOW, OKAY, WE'RE GOING UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE AND, AND SAY TO AND, AND SAY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO OFFER EX ABATEMENT AND WE'LL HELP YOU, UM, WITH SOME SORT OF, YOU [06:25:01] KNOW, RENTAL INCENTIVE BECAUSE I, IT, IT BECOMES VERY COMPLICATED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THAT STREET THE OTHER DAY, I COULDN'T GET IN AND I COULDN'T GET OUT. I WENT DOWN ONE STREET AND IT WAS BLOCKED. AND THEN I WENT ON DOWN THE OTHER STREET AND THAT WAS BLOCKED. SO CAN YOU IMAGINE YOU HAVE A RESERVATION GOING TO DINNER THE THIRD TIME YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, I'M JUST OUTTA HERE. THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK. I CAN'T GET IN. I DON'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SIGNAGE, SO YOU DON'T KNOW. SO IT'S A, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. WHAT WAS IT? CEVICHE 1 0 5 OVER LIKE THAT ENTIRE BLOCK. AND I, I TOOK A PICTURE BECAUSE THIS POOR WOMAN WHO'S HAD AN ARGENTINE CAFE, SHE PUT A SIGN OUT IN THE STREET AND THE SIGN SAYS, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 24 YEARS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO CLOSE. SO PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COME IN AND GET A COFFEE. IT'S REALLY SAD. UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT BLOCK ISN'T EVEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW AND WE CLOSE IT OFF FOR STORAGE AND THERE'S NOTHING BEING STORED THERE RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE TO FIX THIS. THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY. AND SO I'M, I'M GONNA BRING AN ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 17TH TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A TAX ABATEMENT, UM, POSSIBILITY ON OUR PART. AND UM, AND ALSO I'LL BRING A SEPARATE ITEM, I SUPPOSE, FOR SIDEWALK CAFE FEES. I THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD THAT WRITTEN INTO YOUR CONTRACT. THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. WHEN I SPOKE TO ERIC, HE SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING WRITTEN IN THERE. THE ORDINANCE GIVES US THE ABILITY, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESSES TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR SIDEWALK CAFES SO THAT WE WILL KNOW WHETHER WE CAN ABATE THE FEES. OKAY. UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE A METRIC ON THAT SO IT GETS DONE. SHOULD I BRING SOMETHING FORWARD? ARE WE GONNA REPORT BACK? SHOULD I JUST PUT A REFERRAL ONTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN WE CHECK BACK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT? LIKE MAYBE THAT COULD BE PART OF THE REFERRAL YOU'RE GONNA BRING ON THE 17TH TO INCLUDE THAT. I MEAN, OKAY. WE'LL CERTAINLY. ALRIGHT, JACKIE, YOU GOT THAT CHECK BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT. AND WITH THAT, I, I MOVE THIS ITEM AND I NEED A SECOND ALONG THE LINES, WHAT WE'RE YEAH, ALONG THE LINES WE'RE REFERRING TO, UM, I HAD ONE BUSINESS REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT POTENTIALLY ELIMINATING OR WAIVING, UH, MOBILITY FEES SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, LINCOLN ROAD. SO ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT, ERIC? SO, UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAD MENTIONED THAT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO ENTICE BUSINESSES TO, UM, TO COME NEW TO LINCOLN ROAD. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, I'VE HEARD, UM, I'VE HEARD THIS FROM LYLE STERN AND FROM SOME OTHERS, THAT THE, THERE IS RENEWED INTEREST, PARTLY BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BUT IT WILL BEAUTIFY THE AREA AND ALSO THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, WHICH IS COMING, WHICH IS GONNA BRING, UH, A HIGHER LEVEL. AND WE'RE A HIGHER LEVEL, UH, CONVENTIONS AS WELL AS 800 ROOMS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. ARE YOU SEEING THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD ANY REPORTS OF AN IMPACT YET, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF OPTIMISM. YEAH. OKAY. OH, AND, AND WHEN I BRING MY REFERRAL, WE'RE ALSO GONNA NEED TO DO THIS ABATEMENT ON 41ST STREET BECAUSE WHEN THAT PROJECT STARTS, IF IT EVER STARTS, UM, , THEY'RE GOING TO NEED, UM, THE SAME TYPE OF ABATEMENT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HARSH FOR THE BUSINESSES. COMMISSIONER BOT, ONE QUICK THING THAT SHOULD BE EASY AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. I'VE SEEN IN SOME CASES, UM, WHEN BLOCKS ARE CLOSED OFF OR PARTIALLY CLOSED OFF THAT THE CITY, UM, PRINT SIGNS LISTING, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET TO THE BUSINESSES AND WHAT'S OPEN. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY CONTEMPLATING? I MEAN, WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE SIGN MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY. WE ARE, YES. THE, THE QUESTION WAS HOW WE DO THAT. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE HAD BUSINESSES THAT WANTED SPECIFIC SIGNS TO THEIR LOCATION. THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER FOR US TO DO ONLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SIGNS IT WOULD RESULT. UM, BUT YES, WE ALREADY HAVE SIGNS IN PLACE THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE OPEN AND ACTIVE. UM, AND WE'LL BE ADDING MORE TO TRY TO HELP THEM WITH THAT SITUATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE. A SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALES. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. C SEVEN A IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU. [C7 C A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, (I) APPROVING AN INCREASE IN THE CITY CONTRIBUTION FOR THE NURSE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE FROM AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,400.00, AS SET FORTH IN RESOLUTION NO. 2019-30956, TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,250.00; (II) APPROVING AN INCREASE OF THE CITY CONTRIBUTION FOR THE NURSE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,250.00 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR, ON A RECURRING BASIS, SUBJECT TO FUNDING APPROVAL DURING THE CITY’S BUDGETARY PROCESS; (III) APPROVING, IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM, AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DATED MAY 17, 2018 AMONG THE CITY, MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC., NORTH BAY VILLAGE, THE TOWN OF BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE, AND BAL HARBOUR VILLAGE FOR THE PROVISION OF THE NURSE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,250.00; AND (IV) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL REQUIRED AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING SAID AMENDMENT NO. 8.] C SEVEN CC SEVEN C IS AMENDMENT EIGHT TO [06:30:01] MOU NURSE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025 DASH 2026 C SEVEN C IS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. UH, WELL I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM AS WELL AS C SEVEN D. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE THEM TOGETHER. SURE. SO C SEVEN D IS, UH, AMENDMENT NINE TO MOU WITH MIAMI BEACH, CCE, CEF MIAMI BEACH NURSE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE. SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. I HAVE PULLED ITEMS C SEVEN C AND C SEVEN D APPROVING FUNDING INCREASE FOR THE MAMIE BEACH NURSE ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE TO THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAMIE BEACH CHAMBER EDUCATION FOUNDATION BECAUSE I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE MAMIE BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION. I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THE VOTE ON THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS. MAYBE WE'LL COME GET YOU AFTER THESE TWO ITEMS. OVERHEARD . SO WHO INTRODUCES IT? ERIC? ERIC. WELL, HE JUST PULLED IT TO SAY HE WAS RECUSED THOUGH THIS, IT'S, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATION ITEM. YEAH. SO THESE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO TWO DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS REGARDING OUR, UM, SCHOOL NURSE PROGRAM. UH, ONE'S WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ONE'S WITH THE CHAMBER EDUCATION FOUNDATION. GOOD EVENING, ACTUALLY, BOTH ARE WITH THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THEY SERVE AS OUR FISCAL AGENT AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR THE PAST DECADE. UH, THEY EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT DIRECTLY WITH THE CHILDREN'S TRUST, WHO IS THE, UH, ENTITY THAT SELECTS THE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PROVIDER, UH, TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE, BOTH OF THESE ARE AMENDMENTS TO COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OURSELVES, THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION, AND A NUMBER OF SATELLITE CITIES THAT FEED INTO THE MIAMI BEACH SCHOOL SYSTEM FEEDER PATTERN. CORRECT. UH, AS PART OF ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, UH, SURFSIDE, BOW HARBOR, BAY HARBOR NORTH BAY VILLAGE, AS WELL AS THE MIAMI BEACH CHAMBER OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION, JOIN US IN PARTNERSHIP AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR OVER A DECADE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO THE CHILDREN, NOT ONLY, UM, IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BUT TO TREASURE ISLAND, WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE AND TO, UM, RUTH KRO AS WELL. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND, OR ITEMS BOTH OF THEM. I'LL SECOND. BOTH. SO C SEVEN CC SEVEN D. COMMISSIONER V UH, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED SIX ZERO WITH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ABSTAINING ON C SEVEN C ON C 70 D. SHOULD WE GET HIM? COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? LET'S CALL, UH, C SEVEN M. ANYTIME. M LIKE MARY, M LIKE MARY C [C7 M A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXTENDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE (3) MONTHS, THE 41 STREET TRAFFIC RE-CIRCULATION PILOT PROGRAM ("PILOT PROGRAM") WHICH MAINTAINS TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON SHERIDAN AVENUE AND ROYAL PALM AVENUE FROM 40 STREET TO 42 STREET, AND PROHIBITS NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURNS ON TO 41 STREET DURING WEEKDAY AFTERNOON PEAK PERIODS, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M., SUBJECT TO OBTAINING ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND/OR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE PILOT PROGRAM.] SEVEN M IS EXTEND 41ST STREET TRAFFIC RECIRCULATION PILOT PROGRAM FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS. SO I ACTUALLY PULLED THE ITEM, UM, I, I ACTUALLY CALLED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS, THERE'S ONE COMPONENT OF IT THAT I WANTED TO HAVE FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL TWEAK, BUT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR, FOR BRINGING IT. I THINK GENERALLY I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS MIXED SOME MIXED OPINIONS, BUT I, I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND I, AND I, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF EXTENDING IT. THE ONE ISSUE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE, AND I WANT TO HEAR YOUR INPUT AND OBVIOUSLY MY COLLEAGUES' INPUT, BUT JOSE, SO IF YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS ON 41ST STREET MM-HMM . IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A BASICALLY, UH, A TURN ONTO, IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE A LEFT TURN, UH, GOING EASTBOUND. SO YOU'RE GOING SOUTH AND MAKE A LEFT TURN, YOU CAN'T DO IT. UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CAR THEN HAS TO GO STRAIGHT, THE VEHICLE GOES STRAIGHT, AND THEN THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE BOTTLENECK IS, RIGHT? IT'S ON 40TH 39TH. SO YOU END UP WITH A CAR THAT NEEDS TO GO AROUND AND COME AROUND, BUT ENDS UP IN THE WORST TRAFFIC. SO YOU'RE ALMOST EXACERBATING THE TRAFFIC IN THAT ONE OR TWO BLOCK AREA. AND ACTUALLY, I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TELL ME, BUT RIGHT NOW, THANK GOD TRAFFIC ISN'T THAT BAD. BUT WHEN IN THE HEIGHT, AND I HAD SOME, SOME, SOME FOLKS MENTIONED TO IT AND I THINK WE DISCUSSED IT BRIEFLY. UM, BUT THEN IT HAPPENED TO ME AND I, I SAW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET OUT OF IT. AND I REALIZED I'M GOING RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF IT. WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME, WHICH ONE IS THIS? I'M TRYING TO MENTION. SO, SO BASICALLY LET'S SAY YOU'RE COMING DOWN, UH, LET'S SAY SHERIDAN. YEAH. YOU'RE COMING DOWN SHERIDAN AND YOU'RE GOING SOUTH AND YOU HIT 41ST STREET. YOU CAN'T MAKE A LEFT ONTO 41ST STREET. SO YOU'RE FORCED TO GO STRAIGHT AND YOU WANT TO GET BACK. 'CAUSE YOU, LET'S SAY YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO COLLINS OR INDIAN CREEK, AND NOW YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK, STUCK IN THE TRAFFIC IN, IN, IN THAT TRAFFIC LOOP. 'CAUSE THE TRAFFIC REALLY ISN'T THAT BAD NORTH. IT'S, IT'S SOUTH OF 41ST STREET WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS. AND NOW YOU'RE FORCING THAT CAR [06:35:01] INTO THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT 'CAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC FLOWING ON 41ST, BUT IN THIS SITUATION YOU'RE ALSO, YOU'RE PUSHING THE TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF 41ST STREET INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF 41ST STREET. CORRECT. WHERE IT'S WORSE. GOT IT. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO THAT, THAT'S THE ONE SUGGESTED TWEAK AND I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR VIEWS, JOSE, AND OBVIOUSLY MY COLLEAGUES. GOOD AFTERNOON. JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR OF VERY GOOD POINT, MR. MAYOR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALSO NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM. UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE ORIGINAL, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT IS FOR TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND ONLY ALONG ROYAL PALM AND SHERIDAN. BUT IN THE AFTERNOONS, WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY TIME THAT THE PILOT IS IN EFFECT, MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS GOING NORTHBOUND SOUTH OF 41ST TO REACH 41ST TO EXIT THE CITY. UM, THE TRAFFIC, UH, COMING SOUTHBOUND ALONG THE AVENUES TO REACH 41ST STREET IS MINIMAL IN COMPARISON TO THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. SO I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT TWEAK OPERATIONALLY. UM, POLICE IS HERE AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HEARING THE FEEDBACK AS WELL. 'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, POLICE, THEY'RE OUT THERE CONTROLLING THE TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTIONS. THERE ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT, MAKE THAT TWEAK AND I REALLY WOULD NOT, UM, JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PILOT PROGRAM IN ANY WAY. I, I FEEL, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS, BUT GENERALLY HOW'S IT WORKING OUT? GOOD AFTERNOON. WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF, UM, SUPPORT, UH, OUR TRANSPORTATION COLLEAGUES IN CONTINUING THIS FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. I'M TOLD BY THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. UH, AND I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING AN ARMY OF POLICE OFFICERS ON 41ST STREET DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I THINK THOSE FOLKS ARE, THERE ARE MUCH NEEDED, UH, FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, MOSTLY LIVING, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH OF 41ST STREET, TRYING TO REVERSE 41ST STREET TO GO BACK AND FORTH. UM, FEEDBACK HAS BEEN GREAT. UH, THEY THINK IT'S MADE A REAL AND POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AND THEY COMMUTE TIME, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE CITY GOING NORTH AND SOUTH. UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO PUSH THIS FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS OR SO. YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THE INTENT OF THIS WAS TO THINK OF A BRIDGE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE 41ST STREET WITHOUT THE ACTUAL BRIDGE. AND UM, I THINK THE REASON WHY I PICKED SHERIDAN AND UM, ROYAL PALM ROYAL PALM IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THESE LIKE MASSIVE BULB OUTS, RIGHT? AND SO YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A RIGHT OR YOU, YOU'RE BLOCKING EVERYONE BEHIND YOU IF YOU'RE HAVING TO WAIT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE THOSE THINGS, BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT IT'S WORKING OUT. I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST, JUST THE MAINLAND AND 95 IN GENERAL. UM, BUT IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, I THINK THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S WORTH, UM, KEEPING. YEAH, I, I'VE GENERALLY HEARD POSITIVE FEEDBACK, SO, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU I GO THROUGH THAT ALL THE TIME COMING, GOING HOME FROM, UH, FROM CITY HALL AND IT'S DEFINITELY BETTER THAN IT WAS. SO MM-HMM . AND THE, UH, AND, AND THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIALISTS HAVE DEFINITELY HAD AN IMPACT THE BEFOREHAND A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH CARS GETTING INTO THE INTERSECTION BLOCKING, UH, AS THE LIGHT WAS CHANGING, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS BAD. AND NOW AT LEAST THERE'S, IT'S, THERE'S BAD TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S CONTROLLED. I HAVE TO SAY THAT SCHOOL HAS STARTED AND I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED. UH, 'CAUSE USUALLY ONCE DON'T JINX IT. I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS TOO, BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IT, IT REALLY DOES BECOME, I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN SOME DAYS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BAD, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, FOR THE MOST PART, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET HOME WITHOUT SITTING IN THAT HORRIFIC THREE BLOCKS OF JUST SITTING IN LINE TRYING TO GET TO THE CORNER OF MY HOUSE. SO I'M VERY EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR THIS. SO WE'RE GONNA SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HEAR IT BACK IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. IT WOULD BE A THREE MONTH EXTENSION, SO DECEMBER FOR THE DECEMBER COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE WOULD VOTE TO MAKE IT PERMANENT OR EXTENDED BY A YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. WE, BY THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS. WE'LL HAVE A POST EFFECTIVENESS, UH, STUDY FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM AND WE'LL SHARE THOSE RESULTS WITH YOU. AND THEN IT WILL BE A POLICY DECISION WHETHER TO EXTEND IT OR, AND, AND HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE THERE? WE HAVE ONE WITH TWO TRAFFIC SPECIALISTS OR, UH, WHAT'S AT THE, OR THERE'S TWO OFFICERS AT ONE AT EACH INTERSECTION. UH, WE TYPICALLY HAVE TWO PSSS INTERSECTION. UM, OFTENTIMES IT'S SUPPLEMENTED BY POLICE OFFICERS, BUT WE'VE GOT, UM, COPS ALONG THE 43 STREET CORRIDOR AND EVERY INTERSECTION DURING OUR HOUR TRAFFIC. GOT IT. OKAY. GOOD. I MOVE THE ITEM SECOND. [06:40:04] STATE FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR OF C SEVEN M. PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE, AYE. HEARING NO ONE OPPOSED THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS C SEVEN M. LET'S CONTINUE. UH, LET'S TRY TO GET THROUGH THESE, UH, PULLED ITEMS. C SEVEN AC, [C7 AC A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING AN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR ALL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS SEEKING GRANTS OR OTHER FUNDING (EXCLUDING SPECIAL EVENT OR SIMILAR SPONSORSHIPS) FROM THE CITY, AND PROVIDING THAT, AS A CONDITION OF QUALIFICATION, EACH APPLICANT MUST CERTIFY THAT, DURING THE APPLICANT’S MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR, NO SALARIED EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RECEIVED ANNUAL COMPENSATION EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00).] C SEVEN AC SALARY, CEILING RESTRICTIONS FOR CULTURAL GRANTS. IT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER BOT. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THIS GO TO FERC TO BE HASHED OUT. I THINK THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE CULTURAL GRANT RECIPIENTS SHOULD HAVE A VOICE, UM, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. AND SO THAT'S MY MOTIONS TO MOVE IT TO FERC. I'LL SECOND THAT. THIS IS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S ITEM, UH, CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YEAH, I, I HAVE NO ISSUES, UH, HEARING IN D FRE. AND IN FACT, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S PROBABLY BETTER BECAUSE I DID JUST HAVE, UH, SOMEWHAT OF AN ARBITRARY SALARY CAP ON THAT. UH, BUT THE INTENT IS IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION SOME CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS THAT WE GIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RECURRING FUNDING TO, I'M SORRY, GIVE RECURRING FUNDING TO HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT OFFICER SALARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'RE TALKING TO THE TUNE OF CLOSE TO, IF NOT AT SEVEN FIGURES. AND IF A CULTURAL INSTITUTION CAN PAY SOMEBODY SEVEN FIGURES, GOD BLESS THEM, GOD BLESS THEM. BUT THEN IT CALLS INTO QUESTION IF THEY NEED CONTINUOUS RECURRING EVERY YEAR TAXPAYER MONEY. UM, SO I THINK FERC IS A GOOD FORM TO ANALYZE. THAT DOESN'T HURT THAT YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. . OKAY, SO MY ACCLIMATION, MAY WE REFER C SEVEN AC TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? YES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ITEM IS REFERRED TO, UH, FERC C SEVEN, AE SEVEN [C7 AE A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AS A 2026 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THE AUTHORIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO EXERCISE GREATER CONTROL OVER THE REGULATION OF VACATION RENTALS TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGES.] AE MAKE SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS OF 2026 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY. IT WAS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SEPARATED THAT ITEM. APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO HAVE THIS HEARD. MR. MARIN. I PULLED MY OWN ITEM JUST BECAUSE I DO WANT TO, UH, SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS. I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, CITY ATTORNEY CES, UH, IS ABLE TO JOIN AS WELL. UM, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I'LL BE FOCUSING ON, UH, COMING UP TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT. WE'VE TRIED THIS BEFORE AND WE WERE MET WITH RESISTANCE IN TALLAHASSEE AND I UNDERSTOOD THE LAY OF THE LAND. THEY WERE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT THAT BELIEVED IN PROPERTY RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. SO THAT MADE SENSE. IF SOMEBODY OWNS A HOME AND THEY WANNA DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THAT, OKAY, WHETHER I AGREED OR NOT, UH, I AT LEAST SAW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. BUT NOW, RIGHTFULLY SO, THERE IS SO MUCH ATTENTION ON HOUSING, ON AFFORDABILITY, NOT JUST IN MIAMI BEACH, NOT JUST IN MIAMI-DADE, BUT ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHERE OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY CRAFTING SOME BILLS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, IN OTHER REGARDS. BUT ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS, BAR NONE THAT WE COULD HAVE TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS RETURNING CONTROL OF USAGE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT'S A ONE, IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH AND THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD RETURN TO CONTROL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IRONICALLY IS THE ETHOS OF CONSERVATIVE VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT. SO WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR ABILITY OR OUR DESIRE TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE PARTIES OR WHO MOVES IN NEXT DOOR. YES, THAT IS STILL FRONT AND CENTER AS PART OF THIS ISSUE, BUT EVEN MORE SO IS THE COMPOUNDING EFFECTS THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THIS RIGHT. HAS DONE TO EXACERBATE THE UNAFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING, ESPECIALLY IN MIAMI-DADE. AND WHEN I GIVE SOME OF THESE STATS, THEY ARE MIND-NUMBING AND I HOPE TO OUT FRONT AND CENTER FOR TALLAHASSEE TO IGNORE. AND I KNOW HERE LOCALLY, WE'VE GOTTEN INTO SOME BACK AND FORTH AND WHETHER IT BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THESE CHAMBERS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EVEN OUR OWN STATE REPS. I DON'T WANNA DO THAT. I DON'T WANNA FIGHT TALLAHASSEE. I WANNA MAKE THIS A JOINT EFFORT, A PARTNERSHIP. AND I'M HOPING WHEN WE MAKE THIS ARGUMENT, THEY ACTUALLY SEE IT THE SAME WAY WE DO. SO RIGHT NOW, AND NICK, IF YOU WANNA COME UP AND FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME AS I'M GOING, WE HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME OF REGULATING WHAT USAGE IS [06:45:01] AND WHEN WE SEE A NEW MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY WHAT THAT USAGE IS, WHETHER IT'S A FULL-TIME RESIDENTIAL RENTAL OR THE MODEL THAT IS JUST ENTIRELY PROLIFERATED ACROSS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RIGHT NOW IS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL CONDO HOTELS. WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO SAY NO. A MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING OVER HERE SHOULD BE LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL OR RENTAL OR CONDO. A DEVELOPER HAS THE RIGHT AND IS OFTENTIMES MORE THAN NOT CHOSE TO GO THE SHORT-TERM CONDO HOTEL ROUTE. NOW WHY DOES THAT MATTER? 10 YEARS AGO OR FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WOULD JUST SIT THERE AND SAY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONDO HOTEL NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL, UH, BUILDING. AND THAT HAD MERIT ON ITS OWN. BUT NOW WHEN FLORIDA AND MIAMI-DADE AND MIAMI BEACH ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS, WE ARE SEEING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF UNITS COME ONLINE AND DOING NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. IN MIAMI DAD ALONE, IN OUR DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE, INCLUDING MIAMI BEACH, MIAMI-DADE, BRICKELL AREA, OVER 12,000 CONDO HOTEL, SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS ARE COMING ONLINE OR IN THE PIPELINE. THINK IF THOSE WERE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THAN INCREASING SUPPLY. I KNOW WE LIKE TO SIT UP HERE AND GET QUEUED AND SAY, WELL, WE'LL ADD THIS AMOUNT OR, OR THIS RENT CONTROL SUPPLY IS THE ANSWER AND WE'RE GETTING SUPPLY BUT NOT THE RIGHT KIND OF SUPPLY. IN MIAMI BEACH ALONE. AND THESE NUMBERS ARE SOMEWHAT EMBARRASSING OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS ON NON WATERFRONT, WE HAVE ADDED 159 MULTIFAMILY UNITS IN OUR ENTIRE CITY. AND I'LL INCLUDE FIVE PARKS WATERFRONT 'CAUSE THAT'S ULTRA LUXURY. 88 OF THOSE COME FROM THE COLLINS PARK, UH, PROJECT, WHICH LEAVES JUST 70 UNITS. HOWEVER, TRANSIENT UNITS HAVE BEEN 1500 OVER THAT SAME TIME WITH ANOTHER THOUSAND COMING ONLINE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING NORTH BEACH UP TO 800 UNITS, 800 UNITS, THOSE ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONDO HOTELS THAT WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO REGULATE. 72 PARK, THE ELLA PALMA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WOULDN'T BE THAT BAD IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY USING TO HOUSE OUR RESIDENTS TO HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS AND HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. AND THAT PROBLEM IS EVEN WORSE IN PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN AND BRICKELL IN DOWNTOWN. YOU HAVE ENTIRE BLOCKS OF OUR DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED AND BUILT AND DO NOTHING BUT HELP DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS. AND THEY DO NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. SO THIS ISN'T A FIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT ALONE. WE SHOULD GO OUT, AND I'M ALMOST CERTAIN WE'RE ALL ALIGNED HERE, BUT WE SHOULD GO OUT AND INCORPORATE THE CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, AND LIKE I SAID, NOT LOBBY BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING TALLAHASSEE, BUT BRING THIS FRONT AND CENTER TO THEM AND SAY, WE WANT TO HELP IN YOUR FIGHT AGAINST HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. AND THE BEST WAY TO DO SO IS BY HELPING US FACILITATE HOUSING SUPPLY. AND HOW IS THAT, IS BY RETURNING USAGE TO LOCAL CONTROL. NICK, TELL ME WHERE I'M OFF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD AND THEN I WANNA HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES. UH, NO, NO, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN WE CANNOT PROHIBIT OR REGULATE THE FREQUENCY, UH, OR DURATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN ANY DISTRICT WHERE SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED. SO WHAT THAT, THAT HAS LEFT THE COMMISSION WITH, UH, WITH REALLY THE ONLY OPTION IN DISTRICTS WHERE SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE ALLOWED IS TO, IS TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE, UH, LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND AS A CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, YOU HAVE REQUIRED, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS TO COVENANT THAT THEY WILL NOT RENT ON A SHORT TERM BASIS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU, YOU, THE, THE, THE CITY IS PREEMPTED FROM PROHIBITING OR REGULATING THE FREQUENCY OR DURATION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS. THANK YOU. SO I, AND MY TEAM WAS GREAT IN, IN PUTTING TOGETHER A SLIDE. I'M NOT GONNA PUT IT UP 'CAUSE UH, UM, I DON'T WANNA PULL DAVID OVER THERE AND YOU KNOW, COPY HIM. BUT, UH, JUST SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, RIGHT? THIS IS MORE SUPPLY THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST 20 YEARS IN OUR CITY. 72 PARK, THAT'S 206 UNITS RIGHT THERE THAT DO NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. ELLA MIAMI BEACH, 95 UNITS DO NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. PALMA 126 SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS DO NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. NEXO [06:50:01] RESIDENCES, 254 UNITS COMING TO NORTH BEACH, NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STRAIN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND AND DEVELOPMENT OR OVERDEVELOPMENT HOW WE GROW, NOT THAT WE'RE OVERDEVELOPED OR NOT, WE'RE OVERGROWING, WE'RE GROWING IN THE WRONG WAYS. WE'RE GROWING IN USAGES THAT STRAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DO NOTHING TO HELP HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. AND THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN REVERSE THAT IS BY TRYING TO GET BACK LOCAL CONTROL. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT THROUGH FIGHTING WITH TALLAHASSEE, IT'S WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY AND HELP THEM SHARE THIS VIEW AS WELL. MR. VICEMAN AND, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER BOT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM AND YOUR APPROACH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YOU'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT IS A PRIORITY OF TALLAHASSEE. THEY HAVE THIS PRIORITY OF HOUSING AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND THEY WANT TO DO IT QUICK AND THEY WANNA DO IT BY CUTTING BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE. THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE STATED AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE MADE INTO LAW BY ALIGNING WITH THEIR POSITION. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND THROUGH PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TODAY. WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, OVER 5,000 LICENSED SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS IN MIAMI BEACH. AND THEY WILL GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE OUR, OUR REGULATION ON THIS. THOSE ARE 5,000 UNITS THAT INSTEAD OF BEING SHORT-TERM RENTALS COULD BE ATTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING OR MARKET RATE HOUSING FOR, FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF IT BEING IN THE TRANSIENT INVENTORY, WHICH CREATES ANOTHER DOMINO EFFECT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE 5,000 UNITS OF SHORT TERM RENTALS, NOW YOU'RE TAKING BUSINESS AWAY FROM THE SMALLER HOTELS, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF THOSE HOTELS END UP STRUGGLING. 'CAUSE NOW YOU HAVE COMPETING INVENTORY THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. SO IT CREATES, SEND THIS DOMINO EFFECT OF ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION OF OLDER BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT, YOU DON'T MAKE THE NUMBERS, DON'T MAKE BUSINESS SENSE ANYMORE. WELL, REASON WHY THEY DON'T MAKE BUSINESS SENSE ANYMORE IS NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE OLD. IT'S BECAUSE NOW THESE PREVIOUS HOTEL UNITS ARE COMPETING WITH SHORT TERM RENTAL UNITS. AND THAT'S WHERE IF THEY RETURN THAT AUTHORITY BACK TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IF WE FIGHT FOR OUR HOME RULE AND WE DO IT BY ALIGNING WITH THOSE PRIORITIES THAT TALLAHASSEE HAS IDENTIFIED, RESTORING AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING AND CUTTING BUREAUCRACY, WE CAN, UH, ACHIEVE TOGETHER THESE GOALS. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. I'M HAPPY TO TEAM UP WITH YOU HONOR, BECAUSE IT IS A SHARED PRIORITY. COMMISSIONER BACH, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WILL SURPRISE EXACTLY NO ONE THAT I HAVE MULTIPLE NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS AND I READ THEM ALL ONLINE AND, UM, IN MULTIPLE OF THOSE, UH, NEWSPAPER, UM, UH, PROPERTIES, THERE ARE ADS FOR 72 PARK AND I'M PULLING THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY ADVERTISING, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OPEN. UM, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY ADVERTISE IS THAT IT'S, IT'S LICENSED TO BE A SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTY. LIKE YOU DON'T, IT'S NOT ABOUT COME LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH, COME LIVE MINUTES FROM THE BEACH, COME LIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HEART OF A DEVELOPING FABULOUS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S, HEY, IT'S AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR LEAD OFF BATTER. SO I, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS. I'M THRILLED TO SUPPORT YOU IN IT AS A CO-SPONSOR AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO, WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND TALLAHASSEE, I'M WITH YOU TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY AS PART OF THIS NICK AND UH, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS, IF NOT THE, THAT I RAN IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE OLDER HOMES THAT ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO REGULATE THE USAGE. WE DID. SO TO AN EXTENT EARLIER WITH THE HOTEL, UM, AMENDMENT. HOWEVER, WHAT WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS INVESTORS COME IN, BUY UP EVERY ONE OF THESE HOMES, NOT REDEVELOP IT INTO OTHER HOUSING, AND THEN AT LEAST THAT REMAINS HOUSING. RIGHT? BUT IN SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS BOUGHT, KICKED OUT, RIGHT? LIKE DOGS AND TURNED INTO SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONDO HOTELS. AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. AND THAT PAINS ME. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO, AGAIN, NOT FIGHT, BUT PARTNER MM-HMM . WITH PEOPLE AT THE STATE THAT HAVE THE SAME VISION AS US. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS GETS US TOWARDS THAT GOAL. I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION. OKAY. I MEAN, I WANNA POINT OUT THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAD A LANDLORD LIKE MEL SCH LESSER, WHO CAME UP AND SAID, [06:55:01] IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. I CAN'T BE PROFITABLE AND SUSTAIN MY BUSINESS RENTING THEM. WHICH IS WHY WE MOVED TOWARD, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE MOVING TOWARD THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL MODEL. IT'S NOT IDEAL. BUT IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW GET BEYOND AIRBNB, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG LOBBY , POWERFUL LOBBY, THAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE. I'LL, I'LL FINISH BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M THE CHAIR OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE DO HOLD TWO, UH, REGIONAL MEETINGS PER YEAR WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL ATTEND THIS ZOOM AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS THERE. AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS ALL THESE INCENTIVES, LIKE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. AND THE GUY THROWS OUT AT THE LAST MEETING, HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOU COULD DO IN OUR, IN IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND I WAS LIKE, UH, BANNED SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WHICH OUR KILLING THE COMMUNITY. AND EVERYBODY AGREED WITH ME. AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT THE LEGISLATURE, UM, HAS NOT DONE. ALTHOUGH I DO THINK THERE'S A MOVEMENT TOWARD IT BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES, IS REALIZING THAT IT'S RUINED THE, THE HOUSING STOCK. YEAH. AND ESPECIALLY, UH, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT WHERE IT'S NOT ONLY FIGHTING AIRBNB, IT'S ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPERS. 'CAUSE THIS IS THE GOLDEN EGG FOR THEM, RIGHT? THEY GET TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE HOTEL-LIKE PROFITS, BUT LAY OFF THE RISK TO PRIVATE INVESTORS. AND WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY IS SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE BUILT QUITE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF UNITS AROUND MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONDO HOTEL MODELS ARE THE ONES SITTING THERE LOBBYING TALLAHASSEE FOR LIVE LOCAL SAYING, OH MY GOSH, WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MIAMI BEACH. MM-HMM . WELL, YOU COULD HAVE DELIVERED THAT, BUT YOU DECIDED TO DELIVER BLOCKS AND BLOCKS OF CONDO HOTEL PROJECTS. I'LL SECOND YOUR ITEM. ANYBODY ELSE WANNA GET ON THE SOAPBOX ? I WAS, BUT I'LL MO MOVE IT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE MOVED IT. SO FOR A SEC. ALRIGHT, MOVE BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ SECOND IT BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION. UH, C SEVEN AE ALL IN FAVOR OF C SEVEN AE PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THAT'S C SEVEN AE C SEVEN AF, [C7 AF A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ANCHORS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMMING FOR THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND RETURN TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS OCTOBER 29, 2025 MEETING WITH PRELIMINARY UPDATES.] C SEVEN AF DEVELOPED PROGRAM FOR SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. 67 AF WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I AM BRINGING FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE EVENINGS. AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO VERY LOW COST, UH, AND IMMEDIATE PROGRAMMING THERE FOR RESIDENTS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, WE CAN ASK OUR CULTURAL ANCHORS TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER EVENTS, UM, UM, ONCE A MONTH AS PART OF WHAT THEY DO AS, AS GIVE BACK TO THE CITY. THERE ARE FOLKS WHO, UM, WOULD BE EAGER TO RENT THE SPACE TO HOST MUSIC THERE TO OPEN, HOST AN OPEN MIC, UM, NIGHT ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO, UM, USING, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS VETTED AND APPROVED OF COURSE, THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS WE DECIDE IS APPROPRIATE, BUT HOSTING, ROTATING ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS ON THE WALLS. UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED, AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF, UM, WELL I, I WANTED TO, UM, JUST GET GOING ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN EXPEDITE THINGS. UM, THEY'RE NOT A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING. IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE DOWN THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. UM, YEAH, THE REASON I PULLED IT, I THINK THERE WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION IN THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE, UM, THE FIRE STATION. AND, UH, I THINK THE DISCUSSION WAS, THE AGREEMENT WAS ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. UM, AND WE DON'T WANNA RULE OUT ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION. UM, YOU KNOW, I, FOR ONE, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE TO PUT IT IN THE, IN THE TRACK. I DUNNO HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT. BUT I, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA NEED A NEW FIRE STATION. AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT NEEDS TO BE AT SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT NEEDS TO BE THERE. SO, UM, BEFORE WE PUT THE CART, BEFORE THE HORSE, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, AND, AND SEE WHAT THE CITY STAFF CAN DO BEFORE, BEFORE WE DO. UM, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT, MIGHT CIRCUMVENT THAT I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND ERIC OR, OR RALPH, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME. UM, I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TAKEN BOTH THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE, THE FLAMINGO PARK LOCATIONS OFF THE TABLE. [07:00:01] I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A, A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THAT WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I KNOW, I KNOW. WE, WE JUST GOT OFF A BREAK AND WE'RE PROB WE'RE JUST GETTING BACK INTO, UH, INTO LIKE FOURTH GEAR, UH, ON, ON THIS. SO I THINK IT'S JUST WISE TO JUST WAIT AND, AND SEE WHERE, HOW THAT DISCUSSION GOES. UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD OR HAVING A MEETING WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, YEAH, SO, AND I'LL CHIME IN. I GUESS THE ONE THING THAT IS PROBABLY REGRETTABLE, UH, IS WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD A COMPREHENSIVE VISION, AND IT'S HARD TO SAY SINCE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 10 YEARS, BUT I WOULD ASK, OKAY, WELL WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE EXISTING FIRE STATION? WHAT'S GOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S NEVER REALLY BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF ALL THINGS, ALL PIECES. AND I AM THE LAST ONE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, TO EVER SAY, LET'S HURRY UP AND WAIT. UM, BUT FOR THIS, IT'S, I I DO WANT TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ALL MOVING PIECES AND I JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS. WE DON'T BOX OURSELVES IN TO ANY ONE OPTION OR BOX OURSELVES OUT OF ANY OPTION OR THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, FOR THE SAME REASON, I WOULDN'T SAY WELL GO AND BUILD A, A SCHOOL AT THE FLAMINGO PARK TRACK BECAUSE IT MAY COME DOWN TO WE DO NEED THAT. UM, SO TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW COMMISSIONER, MR. MAYOR? YES. MAYOR, OH, COMMISSIONER B AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE END UP ON THE FIRE STATION LOCATION, IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR YEARS TO COME. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COMES NEXT. I MEAN, WE MIGHT MAKE A DECISION IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, BUT THEN THERE'S STILL SOME TON. AND SO IF WE CAN AT, AT A MINIMUM, HAVE A YEAR OF PROGRAMMING THAT IS AT VERY LOW COST, THAT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, UM, FOR RESIDENTS, FOR, FOR SENIORS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S WALKING DISTANCE AND, AND WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY. WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST DO THIS? AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CHIPS FALL, THEY'LL FALL AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT HAVING PROGRAMMING IS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ANYTHING AND IT'S PROGRAMMING. SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. AND MR. VICE MAYOR, AND I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. WE HAD THE SUMMER CAMP, UM, AND THAT, THAT PERFORMED WELL YESTERDAY, WE OPENED UP A SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM, UH, THERE, THEY'RE, THAT, THAT'S SERVING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED SENIOR POPULATION. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT ACTIVITIES CAN, CAN GO THERE ALSO FOR THE FIRE STATION WE HAD DISCUSSED DURING DOING AN RFLI, UM, YOU KNOW, TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MAY BE LOOKING, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP IN OUR CITY AND INCORPORATING THE FIRE STATION, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE MIGHT BE TO INCORPORATE THE FIRE STATION, UH, IN SOME OTHER PROPERTY THAT MIGHT NOT BE CITY OWNED PROPERTY. 'CAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT OUR PORTFOLIO OF REAL ESTATE IS LIMITED AND WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE BEST SITE FOR IT. SO, SO I'M, I'M FINE WITH, WITH THIS ITEM. I'VE, I SUPPORT IT. I FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE WITH THE LUNCH PROGRAM, WITH THE SUMMER CAMP, WITH THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WE'VE DONE, INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND GIVE US FEEDBACK. AND ALSO WE HEAR SO MANY TIMES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND GROUPS THAT WANT THAT COME TO THE CITY LOOKING FOR SPACE. LOOKING FOR SPACE WHERE TO HOLD THEIR EVENTS. THAT'S SUCH A, THAT IS SUCH A GREAT, GREAT SPACE, UH, FOR THAT. SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE ITEM. UM, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UH, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TOO. I FEEL IT'LL BE A NOMINAL COST AND UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE WAY DOWN IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO HAVE THE RESIDENTS ENGAGE AND HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE UNIDA IN SOUTH BEACH THAT HAS PROGRAMMING, UM, FOR THE SENIORS. I MEAN, IN NORTH BEACH, WHAT DID I SAY? SOUTH BEACH. SOUTH BEACH IN NORTH BEACH. AND, UM, TO HAVE SOMETHING IN SOUTH BEACH ALSO ACCESSIBLE. AND PEOPLE REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPENING OF, UM, THE LUNCH FOR THE SENIORS. THAT'S GREAT. AND OTHER PROGRAMMING THAT COULD BE FOR ALL AGES OR DIFFERENT AGES, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE EXPLORED. YEAH. COMMISSIONER AL. YEAH. I, I WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND I SAW THE JOY ON EVERYBODY'S FACES. THE 50, BY THE WAY, THE 50 SLOTS THAT WE HAVE FOR LUNCHES FILLED UP IMMEDIATELY, AND THERE'S SUCH A NEED TO EXPAND THAT. I BET YOU IT WOULD PROBABLY, IF, IF YOU COULD, YOU COULD PROBABLY FEED 150 SENIORS PER DAY IF WE HAD TO. AND WHEN I THINK OF SOME OF THE GRANTS AND DIFFERENT FUNDING ITEMS THAT WE GIVE AWAY, UM, I THINK [07:05:01] FEEDING PEOPLE FOOD INSECURITY IS PROBABLY TOP PRIORITY IN MY BOOK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED SO HARD AND SO LONG TO SAVE THAT CENTER AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS RIGHT. WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMUNITY SPACE THERE. NOTHING, NOTHING IN THE ENTIRE AREA. THAT'S IT. FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE SENIORS, FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS, FOR PROGRAMMING. SO, UM, I WOULD BE REALLY UPSET IF THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY WAS BACK ON THE TABLE. AND I BELIEVE AS PER OUR RESOLUTION, IT WAS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS ZEAL AND ZEST AND RENEWED INTEREST AND THE CENTER WAS. I DON'T LIKE THAT WE DIDN'T RENEW THE LEASE FOR THE DAYCARE. THAT BOTHERED ME A LOT. AND, UM, NOW THE PUSHBACK ON THE PROGRAMMING, I ALSO FIND, UM, UNSETTLING. BUT I DO THINK HERE THAT THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I'D LOVE TO HOLD THE SUNSHINE MEETING AND SIT DOWN WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, AND, AND FIND OUT AND JUST TALK ABOUT IT. LET'S GO OVER THE COMMUNITY CENTER TOGETHER AND LET'S SEE THE PROGRAMMING, AND LET'S GO VISIT THE KIDS AND LET'S GO VISIT THE SENIORS. AND I THINK MAYBE WHEN YOU SEE IT BUZZING WITH THAT ACTIVITY, YOU MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND AND, AND FIND, UH, A RENEWED COMPASSION. I DON'T THINK MY, I DON'T THINK MY MIND IS MADE UP BY THE WAY. I JUST, THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA PUT ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, UM, FOR A COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE WAS SAYING. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WAITING FOR, FOR THAT MEETING. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEARHEAD THAT MEETING. I, UM, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO YEAH. TAKE UP. AND, AND IF I COULD CONFIRM, SO THIS, AND MAYBE, I'M GLAD YOUR POINTS KIND OF HELP ME WALK THROUGH THIS. SO THERE'S NO LIKE CAPEX OR THINGS THAT WE'RE LONG TERM LOCKING INTO THIS IS JUST PROGRAMMING AND I AGREE. IT'S A, IT'S A SPACE. LET'S UTILIZE IT. AS LONG AS THERE'S NOTHING THAT REALLY BOXES IT IN AND IS SOME SORT OF LIKE, LONG TERM CAPEX. I'M SORRY. IT'S USING THE AUDITORIUM. YEAH. AND, AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOOD A LITTLE ELBOW GREASE. AND ALSO AFTER THIS ITEM, WE DID HAVE AN ITEM THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL AT 5:00 PM WE PASSED OUT. UM, OR I DON'T KNOW, WAS IT A, A MOTION TO HEAR THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK ITEM? WE'RE PM ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET ITEM, SO WE KNOW WE GET TO SAID WE'RE, CAN WE JUST VOTE ON THIS ITEM? JUST VOTE ON THIS. WE GONNA GET TO ALL, DID I SECOND IT FOR YOU? YOU DIDN'T, BUT FEEL FREE. OKAY. I'M SECONDING THE ITEM A THIRD HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOT SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEMS APPROVED C SEVEN C SEVEN AF C SEVEN A IC [C7 AI A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A ONE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR A ONE-WAY VALET PARKING SERVICE AT THE MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL, UTILIZING PARKING LOT 106 AND SUCH OTHER MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AS THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DETERMINE FOR VEHICLE PARKING; SAID PROGRAM TO ALLOW EVENT ATTENDEES TO DROP OFF VEHICLES AT THE BANDSHELL ENTRANCE AND RETRIEVE THEIR VEHICLES FROM LOT 106 OR OTHER DESIGNATED PARKING LOT AT THE END OF THE EVENT.] SEVEN AI DEVELOPED, IMPLEMENT ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM ONE WAY VALET PARKING SERVICE AT DANIL C SEVEN AI WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH. UM, THE ONLY REASON I WANTED TO SEPARATE THIS WAS TO, UM, UH, REQUEST THAT WE MOVE THIS TO A REFERRAL TO, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS. BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THE BAN SHELL TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND I JUST WANTED TO GET IT VETTED WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR EVERYONE TO BE INFORMED AND, AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS. WELL, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT COMMISSIONER BOT, AND THE REASON WHY I'D LIKE IT TO MOVE FORWARD NOW IS THAT YOU'RE REALLY GONNA NEED THE ONLY TIME THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH PARKING IN NORTH NORTH BEACH, AND WILLIAM POINTED THIS OUT TO ME, OUR DAYS THAT THE BANDSHELL HAS AN EVENT AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARD THE SEASON AND HE NEEDS TIME TO GET THIS SYSTEM TOGETHER. AND WE ACTUALLY WORKED ON IT. IT WAS SO BRILLIANT. I WANNA THANK OUR NEW PARKING DIRECTOR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW NEW YOU ARE NOW. YOU'RE . BUT HE DID A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB BECAUSE THE WAY THAT HE HAS STRUCTURED THIS IS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO THE BAN SHOW, DROP OFF YOUR CAR, AND THEN ON THE WAY OUT YOU PICK UP YOUR KEYS AND IT KIND OF FORCES YOU TO MEANDER THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO GO PICK UP YOUR CAR DOWN BY THE LIBRARY. AND IT REALLY SOLVES THE ENTIRE PROBLEM DOWN BY THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY'S NEXT TO, BASICALLY NEXT TO THE BAN SHOP. WELL, I MEAN DOWN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PARKING. SO, AND YOU COULD EVENTUALLY WALK TOWARD ONE OF THE WEST LOTS, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU WALK THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. IT WILL SOLVE THE ENTIRE PARKING PROBLEM EVEN FOR JAMES AND SUSHI BEACHY BECAUSE THE DAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T, AND IF WE, IF, IF, IF WE STALL THIS, WE WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO GO OUT AND FIND A VENDOR AND GET THE SYSTEM IN PLACE THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SO THAT WHEN WE ENTER THE SEASON AND THE BANAL STARTS TO RAMP UP ALL OF ITS [07:10:01] EVENTS, THAT'S WHEN THE PARKING PROBLEM REALLY GETS BAD. SO THIS WAS A REALLY, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE AREA, FOR THE BUSINESSES, FOR A, A RESIDENT, FOR ANYBODY ATTENDING THE BANDSHELL TO BE ABLE TO PARK AND THEN ACTUALLY FREQUENT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. 'CAUSE MAYBE THEY'LL LEAVE THE BAN, SHELL STOP AND HAVE AN ICE CREAM. UM, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO, UM, IF YOU, IT'S, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM. IT TAKES TIME TO IMPLEMENT AND WE NEED IT FOR THE SEASON. WE'RE ALREADY IN SEPTEMBER, SO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, THE BANS SHELL'S GONNA START HAVING THE EVENT. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PARKING. THIS IS GONNA FREE UP, SO WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA PREPAY THE BANS SHELL'S BEHIND IT. THEY WANT THIS. OKAY. I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEED, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA IF WE ARE GOING TO START SENDING CARS TO THE WEST. LOTS THAT WE GET THE VIEWS, UM, AND THE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS ADJACENT TO THOSE PROPERTIES. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OR NOT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BUT, UM, MORE IMMEDIATELY PERHAPS WE HAVE THE VILLE GARAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I MEAN, THEY, THEY, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OWNERS. UM, I THINK, I DUNNO IF VINCE IS HERE, BUT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE, ALL THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CURED. IT IS NOT ATTRACTIVE AT THE MINUTE IT'S GOING TO BE SKINNED WHILE IT'S OPEN FOR, UM, UH, RESKIN FOR WHEN IT'S OPEN FOR USE. BUT IT IS FUNCTIONAL AND SAFE AND IT'S GONNA BE OPEN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND SO, UM, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE HAVE SHUTTLES RUNNING BACK AND FORTH TO THAT EXISTING SPACE, UM, AND, AND MAKE USE OF IT, UH, JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE BANDSHELL BEFORE WE START PARKING CARS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO MOVE IT. I'M NOT TRYING TO DELAY ANYTHING, BUT I DO THINK IT IS AN APPROPRIATE CONVERSATION TO BE HEARD OF AT, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT. I DID RECEIVE, UM, CONCERNS FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT IS COMPLETELY FULL AT NIGHT. RESIDENTS PARK THERE, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MULTI-FAMILY HOMES USE THAT LOT. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S PARKING, UM, OVERNIGHT AND THEY WON'T EVEN KNOW IT. SO, UM, OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOODS MEETING IS SEPTEMBER THE 10TH. IF WE WANNA REFER IT TO DISCUSS IT, THEN, UM, WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN, UH, GET COMMUNITY INPUT. I LIKE THAT BECAUSE I TOO HAVE RECEIVED CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY USE THAT PARKING LOT. UH, AND NOW THAT PARKING LOT IS GOING TO BE OCCUPIED BY VALET PARKING. AND, UH, AND I THINK THE RIGHT PLACE TO DISCUSS THIS WOULD BE AT AT NEIGHBORHOODS COMMISSIONER, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO IT AT THE NEXT ONE SO THAT WE DON'T DELAY THE PROGRAM AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A GOOD SOLUTION, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. BUT THE, BUT THE REALITY IS ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO NORTH TO NORTH BEACH DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO VALET. UH, I DO THINK THAT THERE'LL BE A MARKET, BUT I KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DO USE THAT PARKING LOT, THEY GO TO NORTH BEACH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT PARKING LOT IS THERE. UH, AND IT MAKES IT, IT, IT, IF WE FORCE ONLY VALET AS AN OPTION TO USE THAT LOT A ONE WAY VALET SYSTEM, IT, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE NOT FORCING ANYTHING, ANYTHING. BUT LIKE WHEN YOU BUY YOUR TICKET AND THE AVERAGE TICKET ON A LOT OF THESE EVENTS IS LIKE $80, $75, A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SOME CASES FOR ONE SINGLE TICKET TO THE BANSAL. WE JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A WAY TO ALLEVIATE AND OPEN UP THAT OTHER PARKING LOT, WHICH EVERYBODY NEEDS IN THE AREA TO, TO GO TO ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES. NOW I LOOK, I, I THI I THOUGHT IT WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA WHEN IT IS A GREAT IDEA. WILLIAM BROUGHT IT TO ME. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BECAUSE I THINK IT SOLVES A LONGSTANDING PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT LOCK GOES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, MR. VICE. SO MR. UH, MR. VICE, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. I THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE JUST PARK, UM, ON METERED SPOTS, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS COULD PARK IN THOSE SPOTS AFTER A, I THINK A CERTAIN TIME. UM, BUT IF WE HAVE ACTUAL GUESTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT GO TO THE VAN, SHELL NOT COMPETING WITH RESIDENTS WHO PARK, UM, FOR OTHER SPOTS, AND WE MOVE THEM TO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SOLVING A LOT OF THE PARKING PROBLEM, UM, WITH THIS PILOT. UM, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY SEE THE NEED TO BRING TO NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S EITHER WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS OR NOT. UM, SO I, I, I, COMMISSIONER ROSE, I, I, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE. UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT IF, IF THIS GOES TO NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE 10TH, UH, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BRING IT BACK ON THE 17TH TO THE CITY COMMISSION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TWO WEEKS OF, OF, OF A DELAY. BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW HOW MANY PARKING SPACES, UH, ARE GONNA BE USED BY THE VALET PROGRAM. UH, IF THERE, IF IT'S A LOT OF PARKING SPACES, HOW DO WE MITIGATE THAT? WHERE CAN WE, UH, DIRECT PEOPLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST TWO WEEKS THAT WE, I, I SUPPOSE I JUST FEEL LIKE WE [07:15:01] FINALLY HAVE A REALLY GREAT INNOVATIVE IDEA. GREAT. IT SOLVES PROBLEM. IT'S GREAT. IT FREES UP PARKING, IT CREATES ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO MEANDER DOWN THAT CORRIDOR THAT WHERE THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY WALK. AND, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS COMPLAINING BECAUSE EVERY OTHER, EVERY BUSINESS THERE SHOULD BE REJOICING ABOUT IT. THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE THERE NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S, WHO'S PARKING THERE, BUT I MEAN, AS IT'S FINE, AS LONG AS WE HEAR IT AT NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT COMES BACK ON THE 17TH, I MEAN, IF I HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS IT TODAY, I WILL. BUT IF I DON'T, I I, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEND IT TO COMMITTEE. I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING ANY EMAILS OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ITEM. I GOT PHONE CALLS. I DIDN'T TO MR. TO ME, MR. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN PHONE CALLS, BUT THAT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE, OKAY. SO, ALL RIGHT. SO I'M D FROM WHICHEVER ROUTE WE WANNA, OKAY, LET'S SEND IT TO COMMITTEE, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED TIME TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM. AND HONESTLY, THIS IS THE KIND OF INNOVATION THAT WE NEED SO THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT JUST HAVE INEXPENSIVE PREPAID VALET PARKING, BUT IT ENCOURAGES THE, IT IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAME TIME TIME. SO I'M REALLY CELEBRATING THIS INITIATIVE AND, UM, IT WAS BRILLIANT. WILL, SO OKAY, WE'LL SEND IT TO COMMITTEE AND, BUT FOR IT TO COME BACK ON THE 17TH TO SEPTEMBER 17TH, IT'S GONNA COME BACK ON 17TH. IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, SURE. WHEN, WHAT DAY IS THE NEIGHBORHOODS? THE 10TH. 10TH. THE 10TH, OKAY. FINE. AND IT WOULDN'T BE ADDED AS AN ADDENDUM, IT WOULD JUST BE A REGULAR, DOES THAT GIVE YOU IT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE AN ADDENDUM. OH, AGENDA PRINTS ON THE 10TH, BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOODS IS ON THE 10TH, WHICH IS THE DAILY, WELL, YOU CAN PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND THEN JUST ISSUE A SUPPLEMENTAL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. THIS ITEM CAN BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 17TH, AND THEN IT CAN BE UPDATED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE GONNA PRE PLACE IT ON SO THAT IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. I'M JUST, DOES THIS GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM PRIOR TO THE SEASON? YEAH, WE CAN OPEN CONTINUE. SO, YES, I MEAN, WE HAD PLANNED ON, SO WE HAVE A MEETING, UH, TOMORROW WITH THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THIS. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT BEING A PILOT, WE ARE, THE LIBRARY LOT WAS MENTIONED AS A CLOSE LOCATION. IT IS UNDERUTILIZED. UH, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALL THE LOTS IN NORTH BEACH, UM, WELL IN THAT VICINITY, UM, ARE PAY BY PLATE UNTIL 11:00 PM AT NIGHT. AND SO, UM, WE HAVE LESS OF A CONCERN ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENT IMPACT BECAUSE THEY ARE PAY BY PLATE. UM, I LIVE, YOU KNOW, BUT 13 BLOCKS FROM, FROM WHERE THESE LOTS ARE LOCATED. SO I HAVE GONE UP THERE FREQUENTLY SINCE I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THIS IS A, A PLACE OF FOCUS WITHIN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN PARKING. SO, UM, I GO UP THERE FREQUENTLY TRYING TO LOOK AT WHERE THERE ARE SPACES THAT ARE OPEN. UH, COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE VILLE GARAGE THAT IS OPENING UP SOON. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ON OUR MIND IS WE, WHILE WE MENTION THE LIBRARY LOT, WE CAN ACTUALLY, MAYBE EVEN, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY BUYS PREPAID VALET BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO THE EVENT AND THEN THEY WANT TO GO HAVE DRINKS AFTERWARDS, OR THEY WANNA PARK BEFORE THE EVENT AND THEN GO TO THEIR, UH, LOCATION, WE CAN PUT A NORTH PARKING, UH, LOCATION AND A SOUTH PARKING. SO WHEN THEY PURCHASE IT, THEY CAN SAY, WELL, I WANT TO LEAVE THE BANDSHELL AND WALK SOUTH BECAUSE I WANT TO VISIT THIS PLACE. AND THAT IS SOUTH OF THE BANDSHELL. SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, UH, CUSTOMIZE A PROGRAM THAT IS BUILT, UM, THAT FITS THE NEED OF THE END USER. IE WHOEVER'S GOING TO VISIT THESE NORTH BEACH LOCATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS UTILIZE UNDERUTILIZED PARKING ASSETS THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY SO THAT WAY WE CAN KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE. AMAZING. WHERE ARE WE TALKING? ALRIGHT, WE DON'T KILL ANY BIRDS HERE. WILL TURTLES? I DIDN'T MENTION TURTLES ACTUALLY. NOT TURTLES OR CATS. OH. SO, UM, DO WEMO, ARE WE, DID WE VOTE ON THIS SECOND? SO WHAT ARE WE REFERRING, KRISTEN REFERRING TO NEIGHBORHOODS? SO BACK 17TH, SEPTEMBER 10TH. SO BY COMMISSION, WE'RE MOVING THIS, UH, WE'RE OPENING AND CONTINUING THIS ITEM. IT'S GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY ON, ON THE 10TH, AND IT'S GONNA BE RETURNED TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE, THE SEPTEMBER 17TH. WHAT I'LL DO RIGHT NOW IS WE'LL MOVE THIS ITEM AS IS TO SEPTEMBER 17TH, AND IT CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED AFTERWARDS. SO, SO IT WON'T, SO IT WON'T BE AS AN ADDENDUM OR SOMETHING? CORRECT. WE WILL MOVE IT. OKAY, PERFECT. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, UM, BILL, FOR YOUR INNOVATIVE THINKING FOR CREATING A VALET SITUATION THAT'S AFFORDABLE. I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OUR LAST PULLED ITEM ON, UH, FROM CONSENT C SEVEN AJ, C SEVEN [C7 AJ A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE, AS A POSSIBLE BUDGET ENHANCEMENT FOR THE FY 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, THE REPAINTING OF THE MIAMI BEACH MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGE LOCATED AT 17TH STREET (G5), UTILIZING THE LEONARD HOROWITZ COLOR PALETTE IN CONSULTATION WITH BARBARA HULANICKI.] A AJ INCLUDE RE REPAINTING 17TH STREET PARKING GARAGE FISCAL YEAR 26, UTILIZED, UH, HOROWITZ'S COLOR PALETTE, C SEVEN AJ WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER BUCK. YEAH, SO I LOVE THIS IDEA. MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS THAT IT WAS JUST REPAINTED LIKE A YEAR AGO. I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. UM, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY PAINTED JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. WE COMPLETED THAT PROJECT. AND HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO REPAINT IT? 185,000. SO [07:20:01] RATHER THAN REPAINTING IT AGAIN, ALTHOUGH I LOVE THE IDEA OF, OF BEAUTIFYING IT, ANOTHER PROPERTY SUGGEST THAT IF WE'RE DESPERATE TO GET IT DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, THAT WE GO TO, UM, THE BUILDERS AND, AND THE HOTEL FLAG OF THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COST SO THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING $200,000 TO REPAINT SOMETHING THAT HAS JUST BEEN REPAINTED. UM, THAT, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST MOVE IT SO THAT WHEN IT HAS TO BE REPAINTED, WHEN IT, YOU KNOW, IN FOUR YEARS WHEN THE LIFECYCLE OF THE PAINT JOB HAS RUN ITS COURSE, THEN WE REPAINT IT WITH THESE COLORS. UM, BUT I, I'M NOT SUPER PSYCHED ABOUT THE IDEA OF SPENDING $200,000 TO REPAINT. SOMETHING WAS JUST PAINTED. I MEAN, THE WAY THAT I SEE IT IS THAT THAT GARAGE IS SO UNSIGHTLY AND EVEN THOUGH WE REPAINTED IT, UM, THE WHOLE AREA IS KIND OF UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE ALL THESE AMAZING EVENTS COMING UP DURING SEASON, AND I JUST WANTED TO LIKE POP AND BE BEAUTIFUL AND HAVE SOMETHING EXCITING LIKE RIGHT THERE, SO THAT THE WHOLE AREA DOESN'T KIND OF LOOK BLIGHTED, ESPECIALLY AS WE, YOU KNOW, WORK ON DREXEL AND WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE WHOLE AREA. SO IF YOU WANT, I MEAN, WHAT WE COULD DO, IT'S TAKEN US ONE YEAR JUST TO EVEN GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO PAINT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE INITIALLY APPROVED. SO IF WE MOVED IT TO THE END OF THE BUILDING CYCLE, THAT COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS ANYWAY, BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH EVERYTHING ELSE. SO COULD WE POTENTIALLY A, A APPROVE IT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT IT, PUT IT AT THE END OF THE CYCLE. BECAUSE I'M WATCHING RIGHT NOW, THE BUILDING ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IS STARTING TO GET PAINTED AND IT REALLY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S POPPING. THE COLONY THEATER IS BEGINNING TO GET PAINTED AND IT LOOKS SO GORGEOUS. I JUST, IF WE, THIS KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SO IMPORTANT, IT'S NOT ABOUT FUNCTIONALITY. I'VE SEEN US SPEND WAY MORE FOR SOME PIECE OF SOMETIMES PIECES OF ART THAT SIT IN PRIDE PARK OR SOMEPLACE LIKE THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR , FOR, FOR NO TIME AT ALL HERE YOU HAVE THIS ASSET THAT'S RIGHT IN, IN THE CENTER OF OUR CONVENTION CENTER CAMPUS, SOMETHING THAT WILL CREATE, UM, LIKE POSITIVE PRESS. I MEAN, THESE BUILDINGS ARE GONNA POP ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I UNDERSTAND IF SO, COULD WE GO TO, TO, UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL FOLKS AND SEE IF THEY WOULD FUND THIS, OR AT A MINIMUM SPLIT IT, IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR? UH, JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS. ONE, THE 17TH STREET GARAGE IS NOT IN ANY HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND THE WAY THAT IT WAS BUILT, IT CONTAINS VERY LITTLE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS. SO, YOU KNOW, A PAINT SCHEME AND A PALETTE COLOR IS NOT THE BEST TREATMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF BUILDING. REMEMBER, THIS IS A BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A BUILDING THAT IS JUST A LOT OF CONCRETE AND JUST A VERY HEAVY BUILDING, CONCRETE HEAVY BUILDING THAT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN SHOW IT TO BARBARA AND SAY, BARBARA, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE THIS POP AND SHINE AND CREATE, PRESS AND CREATE GOODWILL? I MEAN, MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST ASK HER AS A CONSULTANT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO THIS FACADE TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER? BECAUSE IT'S REALLY UNSIGHTLY AND UNATTRACTIVE. IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S, I DON'T KNOW. I, I JUST WOULD LOVE, LOVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. WE ALSO HAVE THIS NEW PADEL, UM, YOU KNOW, FACILITY COMING TO THE TOP FLOOR. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, I DON'T KNOW. I, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO WITH IT THAT WOULDN'T BE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE. THIS IS ONE IDEA IF YOU GUYS WANNA LEAVE IT AS IS FINE, BUT NO, I AGREE. IT, IT DESERVES MORE. UM, WHAT IS MORE, I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW I HAD AN ITEM. IT'S NOT ABOUT, OH, IT'S YOUR ITEM. I, I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THAT STUFF, BUT IT COULD CALL FOR A GREAT MURAL THERE. YEAH. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, LIZ, IT IS JUST THIS HUGE CANVAS. CANVAS, RIGHT. AND THERE WE'RE AT THE HEART OF OUR, I DON'T WANNA MISS DISTRICT IT MM-HMM. YOU KNOW, AND GET SCOLDED. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, COMING FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, IF YOU COME FROM DENVER OR CHICAGO OR SEATTLE AND FEBRUARY TO MIAMI BEACH AND YOU WALK OUT OF THAT CONVENTION CENTER, YOU SHOULD SEE SOMETHING WHERE YOU GO, WOW, I'M IN MIAMI BEACH. SO, RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT THAT GARAGE, BUT MAYBE IT IS SOME SORT OF ARTISTIC MURAL THAT PAZO IMAGE TO MIAMI BEACH OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO WHY DON'T WE CHANGE THE ITEM, MAKE IT A REFERRAL TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND TALK ABOUT CREATING A, UM, A CONTEST, A MURAL CONTEST. I LOVE IT. SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS MIAMI BEACH AND PUT IT OUT TO ARTISTS AND SEE WHAT COMES BACK. AND MAYBE YOU'LL GET SOME TREMENDOUS MURAL IDEA AND UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN FINANCE THAT. HOW DO YOU, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? OH, OR FORGET EVEN FINANCING THAT WOULD BE WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE FOR SOMEBODY. YEAH. THAT WANTED TO ESSENTIALLY PORTRAY THEIR NAME UP THERE. RIGHT? WE, WE COULD SIT THERE AND HAVE PEOPLE PAY US, [07:25:01] UH, FOR THAT. WE WON'T DO THAT. UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL WE GO BACK TO THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL PEOPLE AND ASK THEM TO BUY THE PAINT . BUT NO, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, HAVING THE JEN STARK MURALS THAT ARE IN, IN ESPANOLA WAY ON THE CONVENTION CENTER WOULD LOOK SPECTACULAR. SO WHY DON'T WE DO A CONTEST AND PUT IT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT WE GET BACK AND THEN HAVE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. UM, CHOOSE THE WINNER. WE CAN DO IT AS A REFERRAL RIGHT NOW TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND THEN, UM, AND SEE WHAT WE GET BACK. WHAT DO YOU THINK, LISETTE? GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR OF, UH, THANK YOU. I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE RIGHT? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UH, WE COULD DO A CALL TO ARTISTS. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO. A CONTEST, UH, REFERS TO US, YOU KNOW, PAYING THE ARTISTS AND UM, AWARDING SOME KIND OF FUNDING. THIS WAY WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESSES THROUGH ART AND PUBLIC PLACES. UH, WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN DO THAT WOULD BE FUN IS HAVE OUR RESIDENTS VOTE FROM LIKE THE TOP FIVE SUBMISSIONS FROM THE CALL TO ARTISTS AND MAKE IT MORE PARTICIPATORY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING OF INTEREST IN THE ITEM THAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SPEAKS OF, THAT'S, UM, IN FERC WE DID A COST ESTIMATE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S STARTING AT 300,000. I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT BUILDING. UH, AND AS LIZ MENTIONED, JUST TO PAINT IT IN A BASIC COLOR WAS CLOSE TO 200,000. SO COMMISSIONING AN ARTIST AND THE PAINT HAS TO BE DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT REGULAR PAINT THAT THEY USED TO. WHY CAN'T WE JUST DO A MURAL? WHY CAN'T WE JUST HAVE LIKE A MURALIST? WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THERE? 'CAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR IT JUST MONEY. WHY CAN'T WE JUST HAVE PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS AND THEN WE'LL PAY FOR THE PAINT AND WE'LL GIVE IT TO THEM. WHY WE WHY DOES HAVE TO BE $300,000? IT YEAH, WE WAS COVERED IN SPRAY PAINT ART AND IT LOOKS AMAZING. LIKE WHY COULDN'T WE BE? YEAH, LIKE $300,000 IS NOT WHERE I WOULD SAY THAT. LET'S TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH. THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS TO OPEN THIS UP TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PAINT A MURAL. SUBMIT YOUR MURAL IDEAS IN SMALL AND THEN WE WILL PAY FOR THE PAINT FOR THE MURALIST TO DO IT. AND THE MURALIST IS GONNA WANNA DO IT FOR FREE BECAUSE HONESTLY THEY'RE GONNA WANNA GET THE EXPOSURE THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT AND THAT WILL LOWER THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY. IF I MAY, WE, WE WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO RESEARCH THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A WORLD CLASS COLLECTION. WE HAVE ARTISTS THAT ARE A CERTAIN CALIBER OPENING IT UP TO WHATEVER MURALIST THAT DOES IMPACT OUR, BUT WE'RE GONNA CHOOSE THE BEST ONE. WHAT IF WE FIND AN UNKNOWN WHO COMES UP WITH SUCH A COOL, INNOVATIVE IDEA AND IT'S ZERO COST VERSUS $300,000. THERE'S ALWAYS A COST ME HAVE IT'S GARAGE TO THAT'S SO UGLY RIGHT NOW WHAT AN ARTIST IS NOT GONNA DO THAT FOR FREE. WE WANNA PAY ARTISTS FOR THEIR WORK. CAN I WELL UNDER I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT BABY, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT EXPOSURE. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF MURALISTS OUT THERE WHO MIGHT JUMP AT THIS. WE CAN, CAN I SUGGEST WE MOVE THIS TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND HASH IT OUT? OKAY. I MOVE. OKAY. WELL WE'RE GONNA MOVE THIS ITEM TO NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, WITH A CAVEAT THAT IT IS NOW A, UM, CALL A CON I WOULD CALL IT A MURAL CONTEST. I KNOW YOU WANNA CALL TO ARTIST, BUT I WOULD JUST CALL IT A CONTEST AND WE CAN JUDGE IT. HAVE RESIDENTS VOTE ON IT. AND I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SOME WELL-KNOWN ARTIST. I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMEBODY, IT SHOULD BE AN, IT SHOULD WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD TRY TO FIND A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT, A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT WHO COMES UP WITH A MURAL IDEA OR SOME I, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WELL MAYBE NOT A BEACH RESIDENT. ANY MURALIST, ANY ARTIST WHO COMES TO US, A MURALIST WHO HAS PAINTED SOMETHING IN WYNWOOD, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THOSE WYNWOOD WALLS DID NOT STAR WITH $300,000 PROJECTS. SO IT'S A BIG CANVAS. I GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WOULD DO IT. WE CAN PAY THEM A NOMINAL FEE IF WE WANT TO. MAYBE $10,000. LET'S NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE PAYING THEM A LOT IS THROUGH EXPOSURE. YEAH. LET'S BRING IT TO NEIGHBORHOODS. I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS ON THIS AND EXPENSIVE REAL ESTATE. LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST TO BE SPECTACULAR. IT CAN BE A YOUNG, UNDISCOVERED, EMERGING ARTIST WHO JUST NEEDS ONE BREAK TO, TO GO TO THE STRATOSPHERE. AND HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE AS A STORY LIKE MIAMI BEACH HOME OF ARTS AND CULTURES BREAKS THE CAREER IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY OF THIS NEW EMERGING ARTIST. SO LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT ACCOMPLISHES THE GOALS OF LOW COST MAXIMUM EXPOSURE AND PROTECTING THE, THE, THE REPUTATION OF MIAMI BEACH ART AND CULTURE SO THAT IT'S NOT A FREE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE IT WITH THIS GREAT IDEA. I HOPE YOU GUYS CO-SPONSOR IT BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND, AND THAT WAS YOUR IDEA. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL IDEA. AND COMMISSIONER BOUGHT I'D BE HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ALL THREE OF US ARE GONNA CO-SPONSOR IT AND UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL REALIZE SOMETHING PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU. AND THAT WE NEED TO HEAR THE CROSSWALK ITEM 'CAUSE IT'S 5 49. SO THIS IS OUR REFERRAL BY ACCLIMATION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK CALLED STAFF COMMITTEE REFERRED BY, I MEAN CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE BOT AND COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ. YES. DONE BY COMMISSION. GREAT. [07:30:01] ALL LAW R SEVEN A BR SEVEN A B IS PURSU ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS RELATED APPEALS TO PRESERVE CROSSWALK. THE ORIGINAL ITEM WAS HEARD OF AROUND 3 0 8. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UM, AS I WAS STATING EARLIER, UH, WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MIAMI BEACH, TELLING OUR CITY TO TEAR OUT THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK AT 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE. AND FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T FOLLOWED THE BACKGROUND, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION WE'RE BACK IN 2018 AFTER THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AFTER FORMAL ACTION BY THIS CITY COMMISSION BY AFTER THE SIGNED COMPETITIONS. IT, IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY REVIEWING TRAFFIC MANUALS THAT WERE CONSULTED THAT THIS CROSSWALK WAS INSTALLED TO CREATE A LASTING AND A SAFE STATEMENT OF HEIGHT AND INCLUSION IN OUR CITY. FOR SEVEN YEARS, THAT CROSSWALK HAS BEEN WOVEN INTO THE LIFE OF OCEAN DRIVE. RESIDENTS HAVE WALKED ACROSS IT, VISITORS PHOTOGRAPH IT, AND ALL ALONG IT HAS FUNCTIONED SAFELY. I HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF HARM. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CONFUSION CAUSED BY THIS CROSSWALK. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY COMPLAINTS, UH, CREATED AS A RESULT OF THIS CROSSWALK. YET NOW WITH NO CAUSE SHOWN WE'RE BEING ORDERED TO REMOVE THIS CROSSWALK UNDER THREATS OF PENALTY AGAINST OUR CITY. AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY FOR SEVEN YEARS IT HAS STOOD THERE. WITHOUT CONTROVERSY, NO ONE CHALLENGED IT. THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY WAS NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING MORE. WE WERE SIMPLY EXISTING. WE WERE VISIBLE, WE WERE ACCEPTED, WE WERE RESPECTED, WE ARE GRATEFUL, WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, FOR THIS INCLUSIVE CITY THAT WE CALL HOME. AND THEN WITHOUT WARNING, WE ARE TOLD THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THE HIGHER JURISDICTION IS INJECTING CONFLICT INTO SOMETHING THAT HAVE BEEN SETTLED AND HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL AND HAVE BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT ANY ISSUES TO FORCE US TO REMOVE THIS CROSSWALK. NOW UNDER THREAT AND WITHOUT DIALOGUE SENSE, AN INCREDIBLY CHILLING MESSAGE TO THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY, TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR VISITORS, TO OUR VISITORS WHO ARE PART OF THE ECONOMY, THE L-G-B-T-Q ECONOMY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO, TO, TO MIAMI BEACH. AND IT ALSO MAKES THIS INTERSECTION, I BELIEVE, LESS SAFE. IN FACT, AT LEAST TWO MAJOR STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT AESTHETIC SURFACES, AESTHETIC SEA, UH, SURFACE TREATMENTS LIKE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE ON 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE, ENHANCE SAFETY BY SLOWING DRIVERS DOWN AND PREVENTING ACCIDENTS AND OUR OWN POLICE DATA. THE DATA FROM THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVES THE SAME. YOU LOOK AT 10TH STREET, IT HAD 37 ACCIDENTS, 11TH STREET, 30 ACCIDENTS, 13TH STREET, 23 ACCIDENTS, 12TH STREET, ONLY 15 ACCIDENTS. SO THAT RIGHT THERE IS TELLING IF SAFETY IS THE MEASURE, THIS CROSSWALK MORE THAN PASSES THE TEST. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY THIS COMES DOWN TO TWO COMMITMENTS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE FIGHT FOR IN MIAMI BEACH. WE FIGHT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ALWAYS ARE LEADING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS OUR FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY AS CITY OFFICIALS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IN MIAMI BEACH IS OUR VALUE OF INCLUSIVITY. NOW, AS A CITY, WE HAD OPTIONS AND WE HAVE OPTIONS. AND I BELIEVE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE COLLEGIAL, BE COLLABORATIVE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT. I DON'T WANT US TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL. I DON'T WANT US TO BE COMBATIVE. THAT IS NOT WHO MIAMI BEACH WANTS TO BE. WE COULD HAVE GONE STRAIGHT TO COURT. WE COULD HAVE SOUGHT AN INJUNCTION, WE COULD HAVE FILED FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF. WE HAVE CHOSEN A CONFRONTATIONAL PATH THAT ESCALATES THIS SITUATION. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I AM ASKING OF THIS BODY TODAY. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT IS BALANCED, THAT IS RESPONSIBLE, THAT IS FAIR, AND THAT WE SIMPLY EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO THE DUE PROCESS AFFORDED TO US BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE LAW AFFORDS US A FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. AND IF NECESSARY, IT ALSO AFFORDS US AN OPTION TO APPEAL. AND THAT IS ALL THAT I AM ASKING FOR TODAY. THAT WE STAND UP FOR OURSELVES, FOR OUR RIGHT, FOR, FOR OURSELVES, THE RIGHT WAY THROUGH THE VERY [07:35:01] CHANNELS THAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED TO US. I ALSO THINK ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS AND I QUESTION MYSELF, IS THIS REALLY HOW WE SHOULD BE SPENDING THE PUBLIC'S DOLLARS TEARING UP SOMETHING THAT IS SAFE, THAT IS WORKING WELL AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY EMBRACES JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BEING THREATENED? I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS A PROPER USE OF THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, UH, EITHER. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS FOR FAR MORE PRESSING ISSUES, AS DOES THE STATES THAT DEMAND OUR FOCUS THAN TEARING OUT A CROSSWALK THAT IS FUNCTIONING JUST PERFECTLY. I ALSO WANT US TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS HOME RULE. OCEAN DRIVE IS NOT A STATE ROAD. IT IS OUR ROAD. AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THREATEN REMOVAL AND COSTS IS NOT ONLY, I BELIEVE LEGALLY QUESTIONABLE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S A DIRECT CHALLENGE TO OUR RIGHT TO GOVERN OURSELVES AS A CITY. AND THAT IS A LINE THAT I BELIEVE IS WORTH DEFENDING. AND THIS IS ALSO ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTIONS THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS TAKEN IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, FOUR YEARS. THIS GOVERNMENT, THIS CITY GOVERNMENT, HAS FOUGHT TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER AND THE AUTONOMY OF OCEAN DRIVE. WE HAVE TAKEN UNANIMOUS ACTION TO LOBBY, TO LITIGATE AND TO EXHAUST EVERY REMEDY POSSIBLE IN DEFENSE OF PE, OF PEDESTRIANIZATION, OF OCEAN DRIVE AND OUR LOCAL CONTROL OF OCEAN DRIVE. TO BREAK WITH THAT CONSISTENT PATTERN NOW, I BELIEVE WOULD UNRAVEL THE YEARS OF WORK AND ADVOCACY AND WEAKEN OUR FIGHT FOR THE VERY AUTONOMY OF DRIVE THAT WE HAVE ASKED, THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT THE PRECEDENT WE SET HERE, HOW WE HANDLED THIS SITUATION TODAY, AND HOW MUCH CONTROL WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US AS IT RELATES TO OCEAN DRIVE, IS WORTH CHALLENGING. FAR BEYOND THE QUESTION OF THIS ONE CROSSWALK. JUST LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE ART DECO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHERE THEY REMINDED US THAT THE AUTONOMY OF OCEAN DRIVE IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR OUR CITY. AND ONLY THIS JUNE, THIS PAST JUNE, WE UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED EXPLORING, UH, LEGISLATION WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO ASK THEM TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF OCEAN DRIVE BACK TO MIAMI BEACH. SO THE FIGHT HERE, AS I SEE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CROSSWALK, IT'S HOW WE HANDLE THIS ORDER FROM THE STATES AND HOW THIS WILL BE A DEFINING POLICY DECISION ABOUT JURISDICTION, ABOUT JURISDICTION OF THIS ROAD, ABOUT PRECEDENT, ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN OUR STREETS. I WONDER WHAT WOULD STOP THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FROM DICTATING THE FUTURE OF SLOW STREETS, OF THE SLOW STREETS PROGRAM IN FLAMINGO PARK, IN, IN THE FUTURE. 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT JUST A CROSSWALK, THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC CALMING PLAN. USING WHAT? USING STREET ART, USING PAINT APPLIED TO THE SURFACES OF OUR STREETS WITH PAINTED PINCH POINTS TO SLOW DOWN CARS WITH PAINTED CURB EXTENSIONS TO NARROW TRAVEL LANES. AND WITH PAINTED MEDIANS TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER. ARE WE WILLING? AND ARE WE PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON SLOW STREETS? WE ALSO KNOW FROM PREVIOUS EFFORTS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO ENGAGE IN THAT FDOT HAS TOLD US THAT THE BICYCLE LANES SHOULDN'T BE PAINTED GREEN. AND UNDER THEIR CURRENT STANDARDS, MOST OF OUR EXISTING BICYCLE LANES, UM, ON, ON, ON, ON CITY ROADS WOULDN'T BE COMPLIANT BECAUSE FDLT ONLY ALLOWS GREEN BICYCLE LANES IN CONFLICT POINTS LIKE THE INTER LIKE INTERSECTIONS AND BUS STOPS. YET HERE AT MIAMI BEACH, WE'VE CREATED 21 MILES, 21 MILES OF GREEN CONTINUOUS BICYCLE LANES PAINTED UNTO THE SURFACE OF OUR STREETS TO PROTECT CYCLISTS AND PROMOTE SAFETY. ARE WE WILLING TO HAND OVER THAT AUTHORITY AWAY FROM OUR CITY? SO THE PRECEDENT HERE MATTERS AND THE RIPPLE EFFECT MATTERS FAR BEYOND THE ISSUE OF THIS CROSSWALK. SO HERE'S WHERE I LAND WITH THIS. [07:40:01] I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO PICK A FIGHT WITH THE STATE. I WANT US TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE. I DON'T WANT US TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL WITH THE STATE. I'M NOT ASKING US TO BE COMBATIVE WITH THE STATE. I'M ASKING US TO TAKE THE FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE PATH FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR AUTONOMY, FOR OUR HOME RULE, NOT JUST FOR THIS CROSSWALK, FOR ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED. LET US AUTHORIZE. AND MR. MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THAT LETTER EARLIER. UH, SEEKING THE ADMINISTRATIVE, THE FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, UH, FROM FROM FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO ASSERT OUR RIGHT TO THE DUE PROCESS AND IF NECESSARY TO APPEAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD FROM THE LETTER THAT WE'VE SENT THAT WE'RE, OUR HEARING IS LIKELY NOT TO SUCCEED. THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE TOLD US IN THAT LETTER. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE ARE MEETING AS A BODY, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE TO THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GATHER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SEEK AN, UH, AN APPEAL TO FOLLOW THAT DUE PROCESS. THAT'S NOT LITIGATION, THAT'S NOT AN INJUNCTION, THAT'S NOT DEC DECLAR, THAT'S NOT DECLARATORY RELIEF. THAT'S JUST FOLLOWING THE BASIC DUE PROCESS THAT'S AFFORDED TO US IN THE LAW. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CROSSWALK. IT'S ABOUT THE PRECEDENT OF OUR HOME RULE, ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OCEAN DRIVE TO MAKING SURE WE DON'T GIVE UP POWERS THAT OUR CITY IS ENTITLED TO ON ISSUES LIKE PEDESTRIANIZATION, THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO COORDINATE WITH OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT ON THAT WE DON'T GIVE UP ON SLOW STREETS, UH, WHEN THAT'S PAINT ON THE ASPHALT THAT WE DON'T GIVE UP ON PAINTED BICYCLE LANES. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE LOCALLY BETWEEN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS ALSO ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO BE. MIAMI BEACH HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR INCLUSION, FOR PRIDE, FOR SAFETY. AND I THINK THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO STAND TOGETHER TODAY WITH OUR RESIDENTS FOR OUR VALUES AND FOR OUR RIGHTS. THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, EVER SINCE THIS STARTED, HAVE NOT BEEN EASY. 'CAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN THE POLICY MATTER HERE. THE POLICY MATTER. EVERYONE KNOWS HOW STRONGLY I FEEL ABOUT HOME RULE. BUT OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THIS DIRECTIVE FROM THE STATE HAS ERUPTED VERY STRONG FEELINGS IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE THIS ORDER CAME DOWN. I'VE BEEN CALLED A PEDOPHILE. I'VE BEEN CALLED A SISSY. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT GAYS SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO GET MARRIED, THAT WE SHOULD GO BACK INTO THE CLOSET. AND I CAN TELL YOU WITH COMPLETE HONESTY THAT THIS PAST WEEK I HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE HATE, MORE HOMOPHOBIA, MORE INTOLERANCE FOR BEING GAY THAN WHAT I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY ENTIRE LIFETIME. AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD EXPERIENCE THAT FROM PEOPLE FROM OUR OWN COMMUNITY UNITY. BUT THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS EVOKED. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PERSONAL THAT I FEEL I SHOULD. IT'S THE REALITY OF THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE LIVING IN. AND I, AND I FEEL THAT NOT CHA CHALLENGING THIS ORDER DOESN'T MAKE THAT HATE DISAPPEAR. IT ONLY EMBOLDENS THAT HATE. IT GIVES THOSE VOICES PERMISSION. AND I REFUSE TO LET MIAMI BEACH BE THE CITY THAT SENDS THAT MESSAGE. MR. MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT LETTER TODAY TO THE STATES, AND I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THE SUPPORT TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPER DUE PROCESS TO GO FORWARD. 'CAUSE MIAMI BEACH, I BELIEVE MIAMI BEACH, ITS PEOPLE BELIEVE IN RESPECT, BELIEVE IN DIGNITY, BELIEVE IN INCLUSION, AND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE HEART AND IN THE VALUES OF OUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YOU'RE NOT A SISSY. ALEX AND I LOVE YOU GUYS. YOU'RE A GROWN MAN. I LOVE YOU GUYS. I LOVE TO, YOU'RE A GROWN STRONG MAN. I LOVE TO SEE VERY FAR. I LOVE TO SEE SORT OF, AND I LOVE MY COLLEAGUES AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE UNITY THAT CAME OUT. UH, THIS THIS WEEKEND IS IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT REALLY, WELL, WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD'VE BEEN A SAD MOMENT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE JOYFUL AS COMMISSIONER BOT PUT ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER. UM, AND SO [07:45:01] WITH THAT, I I MOVE MY ITEM. I'LL SECOND IT. AND, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I, YOU KNOW, AS USUAL YOU DO, UH, AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, UM, VERY CLEARLY, UM, AND ELOQUENTLY POINTING OUT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT GO INTO THIS. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE REDUCING THIS TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GAY ISSUE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS. IT'S NOT, IT'S SO MUCH MORE. IT IS, BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. THERE'S SO MUCH AT STAKE HERE. AND, AND I, I ECHO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID. UM, AND I SUPPORT YOU IN THIS, IN THIS ENDEAVOR. UM, I ALSO WANNA ADD THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THESE FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, AND I'M USING THAT TERM LOOSELY BECAUSE THE WAY THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE WAY WE ARE EMBARKING, UM, THEY'VE BEEN GREETED WITH A 20 SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FDOT EMPLOYEE WHO DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY COME PREPARED WITH THEIR LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS, AND THEY'RE PREPARED FOR PROPER LEGAL PROCEEDING. AND THEY'VE GOT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHO IS NOT GIVING ANY CREDENCE TO THE PROCESS. THEY'RE NOT GIVING ANY RESPECT TO THE ISSUES AT HAND. AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS OR, OR EMPOWER THE CITY MANAGER TO, ALONG WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ALL OF THE OPTIONS MIGHT BE. DOESN'T NEED MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT ALEX ENUMERATED, NOT LEAST OF WHICH IS HOME RULE, WHICH GETS TRAMPLED ON, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANY DAY THAT ENDS IN A Y BASICALLY. AND, UM, SO I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS UNANIMOUSLY TO, UM, SEND A VERY STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNING OUR CITY FOR, UM, PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS FOR, UM, PROTECTING, UH, THE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE HERE AND WHO HAVE MADE CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA SEE IN THE CITY. AND NOT TO LET PEOPLE WHO LIVE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY WHO DON'T SPEND ANY TIME HERE, TRY TO DICTATE IN A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MANNER WITH, UH, ONE SIZE FITS ALL MANNER. UM, WITHOUT GIVING US THE RESPECT THAT WE DESERVE AS A FULLY FUNCTIONAL CITY, WHICH BLESSED ANYBODY'S FORGOTTEN, SENDS MORE MONEY TO TALLAHASSEE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE. UM, THE ONLY, THE ONLY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE ONLY OTHER, UM, ENTITY, THEY'RE NOT A CITY, BUT DISNEY WORLD SENDS MORE THAN WE DO, BUT NOBODY ELSE DOES. SO WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT MANAGING THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATIONS IN THE COUNTRY FOR TOURISM. AND, UM, PART OF THAT IS, UH, THE DIVERSITY AND THE, THE OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND THE LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY COLORFUL CITY THAT WE HAVE HERE. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. NOT JUST TODAY, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. UH, AS SOON AS WE RECEIVED NOTICE IN THE CITY MANAGER CALLED ME TO SAY, TO EXPECT A LETTER FROM FDOT. UH, THAT WAS THE TACK THAT I TOOK, WAS, LET'S STICK UP FOR WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO. AND I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY GIVING MY GUIDANCE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T INSTRUCT, BUT ESPECIALLY WITHOUT A MEETING, WITHOUT LEGISLATION, BUT GIVING MY GUIDANCE THAT I FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO EXHAUST THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US TO HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND PERHAPS APPEAL. UH, ALTHOUGH THAT WASN'T, UH, TOO CLEAR AT THAT MOMENT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE CLARITY ON THAT. NOW. THIS CROSSWALK MEANS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT. AND WHICH BY DEFINITION MEANS IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. UM, YOU'VE POINTED OUT THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF US SUCCEEDING IS DE MINIMUS. AND I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE HURT FROM THAT. WE STAND WITH YOU. BUT A CROSSWALK ISN'T GOING TO DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY OR WHO OUR VALUES ARE. WE WORK UP HERE AS YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS EVERY SINGLE DAY TO TRY AND SHOW THAT. BUT EVEN ON A MORE GRAND SCALE, IT'S EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH SPECIAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT AND OUR LEADERSHIP THAT MIAMI BEACH WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR INCLUSION AND EQUALITY. AND THAT'S NOT DEFINED BY ANY, ANY TYPE OF STREET ART. SO WE WILL EXHAUST I WITH THIS RESOLUTION. I BELIEVE WE'LL EXHAUST OUR OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US TO MAKE OUR CASE HURT IN COURT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT IS NOT [07:50:01] PREVAILED WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW AS THE COMMUNITY WHO OUR TRUE VALUES ARE. VICE MAYOR. I THINK THERE'S A, A MOTION. YEAH. COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ. LAURA WANTED TO SPEAK. YEAH. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UH, VERY WELL SAID. WHAT A POWERFUL MESSAGE AND, UH, VERY PERSONAL AND SORRY TO HEAR THE ATTACKS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, UM, BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE. UH, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM AND I THINK IT'S IN A VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO, UM, SEND A MESSAGE TO TALLAHASSEE ABOUT HOME RULE. THIS IS NOT AN FDOT ROAD, THIS IS OUR ROAD. AND THAT CROSSWALK HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT INCIDENT. AND ONLY RECENTLY I STARTED HEARING THE INFORMATION FROM MBPD, THAT IT'S THE INTERSECTION WITH THE LOWEST CRASHES AND INCIDENTS TO, TO SPEAK OF. SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE. THIS ITEM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN POLITICS IN MIAMI BEACH, AND LIKE, I'M GONNA CRY TOO . NO, NO. I CAME INTO THESE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AND IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING THAT I'D EVER SEEN. 'CAUSE WE USED TO DO PROCLAMATIONS IN THE MORNING, SO EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN HERE AND YOU WOULD HAVE A RABBI SITTING NEXT TO A, A DRAG QUEEN SITTING NEXT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A CUBAN, YOU KNOW, A LADY, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH HER ARMS. AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THE MOST DIVERSE, UH, LOVING BODY THAT YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAS ALWAYS HISTORICALLY MADE MIAMI BEACH, WHO WE ARE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE, IT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE PASSED A LAW TODAY AGAINST, UH, HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION. AND WHILE THIS IS A CROSSWALK, UM, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN A CROSSWALK AND WE KNOW THAT. AND, UM, WE DON'T WANNA FIGHT WITH TALLAHASSEE. UM, BUT IF NOT NOW, WHEN, AND IF EVER THERE WERE A TIME TO RALLY ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE DESCENDANTS, CUBAN EXILES, WHO ESCAPED CUBA TO FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY HAD FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, UM, HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, UM, THE DESCENDANTS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO WERE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THAT PINK TRIANGLE WAS PUT ON EVERY, UM, GAY PERSON WHO WAS IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. AND THE REASON THAT, UM, THE RAINBOW, THE IDEA OF THE RAINBOW CAME ABOUT WAS HARVEY MILK SAID, THERE'S TOO MUCH NEGATIVITY SURROUNDING THAT PINK TRIANGLE. WE NEED A NEW SYMBOL FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY. AND THEY CAME UP WITH, UM, THIS FLAG, WHICH, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY COLOR, UM, OF THE RAINBOW. SO THIS DESIRE TO, UM, TO ERASE THAT, UM, SPREAD IS, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST STAND FOR. AND IF WE DON'T GET A FAIR HEARING, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD, UM, APPEAL TO THE POWERS THAT BE, REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT A LAW. THIS IS A RULE. THIS WAS A RULE BY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO WE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY APPEALING A LAW, WE'RE APPEALING A A A RULE PASSED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE BODY. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD, UM, FIGHT FOR EVERYONE, FOR, YOU KNOW, AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, AGAINST, UM, AN ATTACK ON OUR HOME RULE AGAINST, UH, YOU KNOW, AND STAND UP FOR WHO WE ARE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, DO IT WITH RESPECT, UM, LEAD WITH LOVE. AND, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT DEFINES MIAMI BEACH AS A COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE WERE ELECTED HERE. I, AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE VERY PROUD TO JOIN YOU IN DOING. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, UH, ALL THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR MOVING COMMENTS. UM, AND I, AND I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF WHAT, OF HOW YOU, HOW YOU PHRASE IT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS WE, LIKE WE'RE DOING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN APPEAL, WE CAN, UH, AS ERIC DID, OUR CITY MANAGER DID TODAY, BUT ALSO IN WORKING [07:55:01] TOGETHER WITH THE STATE. 'CAUSE WE ARE SO RELIANT ON THE STATE. YEAH. SO WHEN THERE'S PREEMPTION ISSUES, WE'VE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS ON THAT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AS THE MUNICIPAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS DAILY, THAT WE ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO KNOW WHAT OUR RESIDENTS DESIRES ARE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE STATE HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO US IN MANY WAYS. THEY PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STATE TROOPERS FOR SPRING BREAK, WHICH WERE INSTRUMENTAL. THEY PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO US. THEY'VE GIVEN US GRANT FUNDING ON SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND RESILIENCY PROJECTS AND THE WATER TAXI MORE RECENTLY. SO, UM, WHICH I THINK IS THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE, OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. JUST ONE QUESTION FOR, FOR LEGAL, I HAVE TO PUT MY LAWYER'S HAT ON. UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS PROPOSING WE'RE APPEALING. WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON APPEALING A DECISION THAT HASN'T BEEN HANDED DOWN YET. UM, WELL, YOU'RE GIVING AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO APPEAL BECAUSE THERE MAY NOT BE A MEETING IN TIME TO GIVE ME THAT AUTHORIZATION. UH, IF WE DO RECEIVE AN ADVERSE DECISION AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, WHICH AS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MENTIONED, UH, THAT HAS BEEN TELEGRAPHED TO US. SO YOU'RE JUST GIVING US THE AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH AN APPEAL AND, WHICH WE DON'T USUALLY REQUIRE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS ISSUE, WE, WE FELT IT APPROPRIATE. YEAH. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I, I, I RECALL. BUT ANY LEGAL RISK IN DOING SO, UH, IF WE AUTHORIZE THIS TODAY LEGAL RISK IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE APPEALING A DECISION BEFORE IT'S HANDED DOWN, IT'S ATYPICAL, AS YOU SAID, I'M JUST ASKING YOUR LEGAL OPINION. IS THERE ANY RISK OF US DOING THAT? WELL, WE'RE NOT APPEALING A DECISION. YOU'RE AUTHORIZING AN APPEAL, CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. IS THERE ANY RISK? THERE'S LEGAL RISK. THERE'S NO LEGAL RISK. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. IS THERE POLITICAL RISK? THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION. NO, I'M, I'M ASKING FROM A, NOT A POLITICAL RISK. I'M ASKING FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. AND, AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK, AND IT'S JUST A CROSSWALK. AND, AND HONESTLY, IF, IF, IF I HAD MY CHOICE OF SELECTING, LIKE HOW WOULD WE CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD'VE MAYBE SELECTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A CROSSWALK. UH, BUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS SELECTED AND VETTED AND VOTED ON UNANIMOUSLY. AND, AND WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? THIS REPRESENTS A HISTORY OF RESILIENCE OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY. UM, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY THAT DEALT WITH MARRIAGE SPANS, EXPULSION FROM, FROM THE MILITARY, WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION STIGMA OF HIV AND, AND AIDS, UM, HATE FUELED VIOLENCE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, THAT THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY HAS DEALT WITH AND FOUGHT AGAINST AND OVERCAME. AND SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH. AND, AND THESE, AND SYMBOLS LIKE THESE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THE RESILIENCE AND THAT HISTORY AND THAT MIAMI WAS A PART OF THAT HISTORY. AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TODAY TO THIS BODY, TO ALL OF YOU, TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, TO MY COLLEAGUES. I'M SO PROUD OF COMMISSIONER JOSEPH MAGAZINE. WHEN I SAW THAT, THAT POST THAT YOU MADE, UM, THAT DAY WHEN WE ALL GOT THE PHONE CALL FROM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER, I'M EXPECTED TO FIGHT FOR MY COMMUNITY. I'M EXPECTED TO FIGHT FOR MYSELF. BUT TO SEE A STRAIGHT ALLY TO GO ON , TO GO OUT TO SO STRONG, SO PASSIONATE IN DEFENSE OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY, IT REALLY WAS VERY TOUCHING AND VERY MOVING. AND I'M TRULY VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR CITY COMMISSION AND TO OUR GOVERNMENT AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. MR. MAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE FAIR A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDARY BY COMMISSIONER BOT. ALL IN FAVOR OF R SEVEN A B PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THEY ONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO R SEVEN A B. THANK YOU. SO, UH, WE MENTIONED AND CELEBRATED A LITTLE BIT THE CITY MANAGER'S BIRTHDAY, BUT I JUST GOT WIND THAT THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHOSE BIRTHDAYS TODAY ARE JOSE GONZALEZ, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AS WELL. YEAH, EXACTLY. PERFECT TIMING. I SAVED IT. UH, WANNA PLEASE SAY SOMETHING? IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, IT'S YOUR FLOOR. NO, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK, UH, THANK ALL OF YOU. I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AS WELL FOR VERY INSPIRATIONAL WORDS. AND, UH, I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER PLACE THAT I'D LOVE TO SPEND MY BIRTHDAY THAN HERE TODAY. , DON'T TELL YOUR WIFE AND KIDS THAT. NO, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO, TO REALLY THANK NOT ONLY OUR DIRECTORS, BUT OUR ENTIRE CITY ADMINISTRATION. ONE THING I HAVE OBSERVED, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MANY, MANY INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, UM, PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY ARE [08:00:01] RESIDENTS, BUT PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH MANY DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. AND THEY ALWAYS COMMENT TO ME THAT MIAMI BEACH IS EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE, ALWAYS ON TOP OF IT, REALLY AHEAD OF THE GAME OF, OF OTHER CITIES. SO, SO I'M SO APPRECIATIVE. 'CAUSE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OBVIOUSLY DOING THE EFFECTIVE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. SO IT'S REALLY, I'M USING YOU, JOSE, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THANK OUR ENTIRE CITY, UH, STAFF AND EMPLOYEES. SO, AND NOW THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE TO SOME BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE GOTTA . WE GOTTA PAY FOR ALL THIS. SO LET'S [R7 G A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ALLISON ISLAND SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE ALLISON ISLAND SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT COMMENCING FISCAL YEAR 2026.] [R7 H A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ALLISON ISLAND SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE ALLISON ISLAND SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.] [R7 I A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE BISCAYNE BEACH SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE BISCAYNE BEACH SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT COMMENCING FISCAL YEAR 2026.] [R7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE BISCAYNE BEACH SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE BISCAYNE BEACH SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.] [R7 K A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE BISCAYNE POINT SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE BISCAYNE POINT SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT COMMENCING FISCAL YEAR 2026.] [R7 L A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE BISCAYNE POINT SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE BISCAYNE POINT SECURITY GUARD SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.] DO OUR, SHOULD WE JUST CALL 'EM ALL TOGETHER? WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO R SEVEN, GR SEVEN HR SEVEN IR SEVEN JR SEVEN K, AND R SEVEN L. YES SIR. SO R SEVEN G IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT NON AVALOR, A NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR ALLISON ISLAND. R SEVEN EIGHT IS A, IS ADOPT OPERATING BUDGET. ALLISON ISLAND SECURITY GUARDS, UH, SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT R SEVEN I IS A PUBLIC HEARING ADOPT NON A VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR BISCAY BEACH. R SEVEN J IS ADOPT OPERATING BUDGET, BISCAY BEACH SECURITY GUARD, UH, SPECIAL, SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FI. UH, R SEVEN K IS ADOPT NON AT VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR BISCAYNE POINT AND R SEVEN L IS ADOPT OPERATING BUDGET. BISCAY POINT, SECURITY GUARD, SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. SO, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS, UH, THE THREE ITEMS. WE ACTUALLY MET WITH ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOAS FOR THESE DISTRICTS. UH, THEY HAVE APPROVED THE BUDGETS AND IT'S PRIMARILY FOR SECURITY GUARD SERVICES AND THE MAINTENANCE. THE ALLISON ISLAND, UH, BUDGET IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN. THEY HAD A ONE TIME PROJECT LAST YEAR, AND THE OTHER TWO PRO BUDGETS ARE GOING UP SLIGHTLY. AND IT'S PRIMARILY FOR THE SECURITY GUARD SERVICES. THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM, AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. I SECOND. CAN WE MOVE ALL THE ITEMS AT ONCE, RICK? MM-HMM . YES. SO THIS IS A MOTION ON R SEVEN G, HI, J, K, AND L , I THINK. YEAH. YEAH. WAITING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND? YEP. I NEED A SECOND. I'M SORRY. I, I HEARD A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OH. COMMISSIONER MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. LET'S CALL A VOTE. THIS IS ON AGAIN ON R SEVEN G, I'M SORRY. R SEVEN, G, H, I, J, K, AND L. THEY ARE, SOME OF THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM OR, OR, OR IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTED TO SPEAK. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TAMIKA AND JASON. R SEVEN AA. R SEVEN. AAS [R7 AA A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE AND DEPLOY A SPECIALIZED POLICE TASK FORCE TO MORE PROACTIVELY ADDRESS AND ENFORCE ANY VIOLATIONS OF LAW COMMITTED BY ROGUE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS ENTERING THE CITY RIDING DIRT BIKES, ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, BICYCLES, ELECTRIC BICYCLES, AND OTHER DEVICES IN A RECKLESS OR UNLAWFUL MANNER, IN VIOLATION OF VARIOUS TRAFFIC LAWS, AND WITH BLATANT DISREGARD FOR OTHER ROAD USERS AND PEDESTRIANS.] CREATE TASK FORCE TO MORE PROACTIVELY ENFORCE LAWS AGAINST ROGUE BICYCLE GROUPS. R SEVEN AA. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE PLEASE CHIEF JONES TO COME UP IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. SO, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A DEATH, UH, ON THE RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY, LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AGO, UM, AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THESE ROGUE A TV ELECTRIC, A TV GANGS AND KIND OF THAT JUST COME INTO CITY AND LEAVE, AND THEN FOOT, UH, RESIDENCE AND TOURISTS THAT AT, AT, AT RISK. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WENDY'S SORT OF BIKE GANGS COME, WE GET ADVANCE NOTICE. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CAMERAS EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE A REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER NOW. THEY TRACK SOME MONITORS, BUT I THINK THE, UH, THE PROTOCOL RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO FOLLOW THEM, UM, TO MAKE SURE, I'M NOT REALLY EXACTLY SURE WHAT TO MAKE SURE, BUT I THINK THEY FOLLOW THEM. UM, AND, UH, NO ENFORCEMENT AS FAR AS LIKE, ARE THESE STREET LEGAL DEVICES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE ROADWAYS. UM, FROM WHAT I CAN UN, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE, UM, ELECTRIC POWERED ATVS, UM, OR NOT STREET LEGAL. UM, AND THEY SORT OF COME IN, CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF A HAVOC OR A SITUATION LIKE THEY DID IN KIVAS GAIN, [08:05:01] UM, AND PEOPLE GET HURT. SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS TO REALLY SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THIS SORT OF BIKER A TV GANG, WHETHER IT'S MOTORIZED THROUGH GAS POWERED OR ELECTRIC. IF YOU COME HERE AND YOU, YOUR, YOUR VEHICLE IS NOT STREET LEGAL AND YOU'RE DRIVING IT IN OUR CITY, PULL 'EM OVER, SEE IF THEY HAVE A LICENSE, OKAY. SEE IF THE VEHICLE'S REGISTERED PROPERLY INSURED, AND IF NOT IMPOUNDED, UM, AND WRITE A CITATION. UM, I THINK SINCE WE HAVE GREAT ADVANCED NOTICE, UH, WITH OUR CAMERAS AND REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WHERE THE POLICE CAN SET UP A UNIT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS. UM, EVEN IF YOU CATCH TWO OR THREE MESSAGES, GETS OUT PRETTY QUICK THAT MIAMI BEACH IS GONNA ENFORCE, UM, OUR LOCAL AND STATE, UH, LAWS RIGOROUSLY. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS CHIEF. YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, A WEEK AGO SOMEONE'S, YOU KNOW, KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT UPON US TO, TO, TO BRING THIS TO, TO LIGHT AND, AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS FROM, UH, LOSING THEIR LIFE AS A RESULT OF, UH, AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. SO IF YOU COULD CHIME IN. SURE. HAPPY TO. CHRISTIAN, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THIS CONVERSATION. TO TELL YOU, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT IN SERIOUS MATTER, NOT ONLY HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THESE RIDERS DON'T JUST COME TO MIAMI BEACH. THEY DO THIS SORT OF NONSENSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE THE ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE REGION THAT ACTUALLY, UM, TRY TO STOP THESE VEHICLES AND ENFORCE, UH, UH, LAWS. UM, NO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AS YOU SORT OF HINTED ON, UH, ESCORT THESE RIDERS THROUGH THEIR CITY, IF YOU WANNA GET 'EM IN AND OUT OF CITY AS QUICK AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE TO PREVENT ISSUES FROM HAPPENING TO THE EXTENT SOMEONE GETTING INJURED AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE ARE SOME PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO STOP ONE OF THESE VEHICLES. BY AND LARGE, THE CULTURE OF THOSE RIDERS IS NOT TO STOP FOR POLICE. THEY, THEY FLEE. UM, SO IN CONCEPT, STOPPING WRITING CITATIONS, SEIZING THESE VEHICLES, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, AND IDEALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AT ALL COSTS. BUT OFTENTIMES IT'S JUST NOT A PRACTICAL. AT ANY RATE, I'VE ASKED, UM, MY ASSISTANT CHIEF DANNY MAGA, TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS FOR ME, COME WITH SOME OPTIONS SO WE CAN DO SOME BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF IT. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ADVANCED NOTICE WHEN THESE FOLKS COME OVER CAUSEWAY INTO OUR CITY, UH, AND RIDE THROUGH IT. UM, OFTENTIMES WE'RE REACTING, UH, TO WHAT WE, WE GET, UH, TRYING TO MITIGATE THEIR ISSUES, THEIR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, THEIR RECKLESS RIDING, AND THAT SORT OF STUFF AS MUCH AS EVEN POSSIBLE. AT ANY RATE, UH, DENNY? YEAH. SO DANIEN, JUST, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT, WHAT I WAS THINKING. WE SEE 'EM COMING FROM THE CAUSEWAY AND YOU HAVE AT LEAST FIVE, 10, MAYBE FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. UH, TO PREPARE. AND THEN, AND THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE CITY. I THINK THEY COME IN MAYBE THROUGH THE 1 95 AND THEN LEAVE OUT A 3 95 OR VICE VERSA. BUT IF WE, IF WE STOP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A NORMAL TRAFFIC STOP, ONE OR TWO OF THEM, IT'S GOING TO SEND A CHILLING MESSAGE TO THESE SORT OF ROGUE BIKER GANGS THAT IF YOU GET PULLED OVER, THERE'S A RISK OF OF IT ACTION OF, OF YOU GETTING PULLED OVER YOUR, YOUR BIKE, GETTING IMPOUNDED. YOU MIGHT HAVE POINTS ON A LICENSE, YOU MAY NOT EVEN HAVE A LICENSE. AND THEN THEY'RE CHECKING LICENSES, WHICH MAY PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING A, A DRIVER'S LICENSE. THERE'S A WHOLE ARRAY OF REASONS AND DISCOURAGEMENT FROM COMING HERE IF THE POLICE ACTUALLY STOP THEM. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IS THE CHIEF THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER IS TO STEP UP THE ENFORCEMENT. I DON'T, I THINK IT'S ALMOST, I THINK IT'S ALMOST COMICAL THAT WE ESCORT PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE PRETTY MUCH BREAKING THE LAW, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR CITY. I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, STOP THEM AND, AND, AND GIVE OUT CITATIONS WHEN NEED IT TO REALLY DISCOURAGE THE BEHAVIOR. 'CAUSE AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT CITATIONS ARE FOR. IT DISCOURAGES POOR BEHAVIOR ON THE ROAD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO, PERFECT. UH, MR. MANAGER, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR US, PROBABLY DATING BACK FIVE OR SIX YEARS. NOT JUST THE MOTORIZED VEHICLES COMING THROUGH OUR CITY, BUT THE BICYCLISTS COMING THROUGH OUR CITY. AND [08:10:01] ALTHOUGH CONCEPTUALLY WE HAVE NOTICED THE REALITY IS MOST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN OUR CITY, SO MANY CAMERAS THAT ARE BEING MONITORED WHEN THE ARCTIC IS OPEN, WE OFTENTIMES DON'T HAVE ADVANCED NOTICE. AND WE'RE BECOMING AWARE WHEN THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR CITY, THERE IS AN INHERENT RANDOMNESS IN THE ACTIVITY AS TO WHEN THEY COME THROUGH OUR CITY, WHAT DIRECTION THEY COME FROM. WE'VE HAD THEM COME SOUTHBOUND ON, ON HARDING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. WE'VE HAD 'EM COME FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST. UM, THERE IS DIFFICULTY AND CHALLENGES IN PREDICTING WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME INTO THE CITY. WHERE WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST IS WHEN THEY HAVE COME INTO OUR CITY AT A TIME WHERE WE HAVE MOTOR UNITS AVAILABLE, WHERE WE HAVE ENHANCED RESOURCES BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. AND AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING ARRESTS AND IMPOUNDING MULTIPLE OF THE ILLEGAL MOTORIZED VEHICLES. UM, AND AGAIN, CONCEPTUALLY, YEAH, WE, WE TRY TO PULL 'EM OVER AND, AND THEY PULL OVER. WE TAKE ACTION. BUT INHERENTLY WHAT WE SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT THEY DON'T STOP FOR POLICE. THEY FLEE FROM POLICE. SO NOW WE RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEM FLEEING FROM US FOR A TRAFFIC INFRACTION DOES NOT ALLOW FOR US TO PURSUE THEM. SO WE RUN INTO THAT ISSUE OF, OKAY, NOW WE'VE SENT THE MESSAGE THAT WE TRIED TO STOP THEM, THEY FLED FROM US, AND THE POLICE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FINDING THE BALANCE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES HERE AND AVAILABLE IS, AND WHEN WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL HAS BEEN THE MOTOR UNITS. WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD MOTOR UNITS SET UP WHEN WE ANTICIPATED SOME OF THESE GROUPS ARE GONNA COME INTO THE CITY AND THEY SEE THE MOTORCYCLES AND THEY TURN AROUND AND THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO MIAMI. WELL, THIS IS WHY I'M, THIS IS WHY I'M PROPOSING A SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY FLEE, AND IN WHICH CASE, IF THEY'RE FLEEING, THEY'VE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS. RIGHT. UM, BECAUSE THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE GONNA KEEP COMING HERE AND KEEP DOING IT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING NORTH ON, ON OCEAN DRIVE, UH, AND, AND THEY'RE FLEEING, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES THEY CAN ACTUALLY LEAVE THE CITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S, I THINK FOUR, FOUR WAYS, MAYBE FIVE. UM, AND IF YOU HAVE A TASK FORCE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A POLICE OFFICER AT EVERY, UH, ENTRY AND EXIT POINT. LISTEN, I'M NOT, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT TRYING TO MICROMANAGE, BUT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OF, UH, AN EFFORT HERE FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT STATUS QUO. OKAY? I I, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT JUST ESCORTING THESE, THESE BIKER GANGS IS, IS, IS GOOD. OKAY. UM, IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE, INSTEAD OF, OF SOMEONE, INSTEAD OF SOMEONE DYING ON RICK AND BECKER, SOMEONE'S DYING ON MIAMI BEACH AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, THEY ACCIDENTALLY HIT THEIR HEAD BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING OUTTA THE WAY OF THESE, UM, BIKER GANGS. SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. OKAY? THAT WASN'T A NO, IT'S NOT A NO, IT WASN'T A NO, IT'S NOT A NO. AND I CAN TELL YOU, I CAN TELL YOU THE REASON PEOPLE AREN'T DYING IN MIAMI BEACH IS BECAUSE OF POLICE PRESENCE, UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE RICK AND BARER. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE DOING MORE THAN ANY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY, IN THE COUNTY, AS EVIDENT BY WHAT DANNY JUST SUGGESTED, THE FACT THAT WHEN WE HAVE HAD MANY DETAILS OUT THERE, WE'VE STOPPED THESE GUYS, WE'VE TAKEN 'EM TO JAIL, WE'VE TAKEN THEIR VEHICLES FROM THEM. OKAY? IT'S NOT A NO GOOD. AND TO HIGHLIGHT, I'M SORRY, WHEN I GET THE, WHEN I GET THE SINS, IT'S, AND THERE'S MUL, YOU KNOW, I GET 'EM MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. BUT, YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH POLICE, UH, YOU KNOW, SAW THAT THERE WAS A BIG, A LARGE CROWD OF BIKER GANGS, ATVS. AND THEN THEY WERE ASK, THEY CAME IN HERE AND THEY ESCORTED HERE. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPANYING THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE PULLED OVER THIS MOTORIST THAT MOTORIST, UH, FOUND NO VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE AND AN IMPROPER RED IMPROPER VEHICLE, UH, VEHICLE IMPOUNDED AND, YOU KNOW, CITATIONS ISSUED. SO, YEAH, I WOULD TOO. IF THE PEOPLE HAD THE NOTION AND THE CULTURE OF STOPPING POLICE, THEY DON'T STOP FOR POLICE. YOU CAN PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON AND THE AVERAGE DRIVER WOULD STOP. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LAW ABIDING. THE NATURE OF THESE, THESE GROUP OF FOLKS, THEY'RE NOT LAW ABIDING. THEY BREAK THE LAW AND WE PROVIDE PRESENCE SO THEY DON'T HURT OUR RESIDENTS OR VISITORS WHILE THEY'RE ON OUR STREETS. SO IF SOMEONE, IF SOMEONE IS ROBBING A BANK, ARE YOU NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THEM? OF COURSE YOU ARE. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION. THAT'S NOT THAT COMMISSION, THAT'S AN TRAFFICKING INFRACTION AT BEST. THE TRAFFICKING INFRACTIONS YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS A MISDEMEANOR. NO, WE DON'T FOLLOW THEM MISDEMEANORS. 'CAUSE PEOPLE DIE, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTENTIMES IN THE BAD GUY DYING, IT'S THEM RUNNING INTO A CAR FULL OF, OF, OF, OF PEOPLE KIDS AND, AND [08:15:01] MOMS AND DADS. THOSE PEOPLE THAT DIE. WE'RE NOT GONNA CHASE A MISDEMEANOR INFRACTIONS. WE'RE JUST NOT MR. MR. MAGAZINE. YEAH. AND AS I ACTUALLY, UH, I EMAILED, UH, MEN AND WOMAN OF THE, UH, MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES. I SAW FIRSTHAND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WHO YOU THOUGHT WAS VERY LIKELY GOING TO BE AN ARMED SUSPECT AND DETAINED HIM AT 7:00 PM ON SEVENTH STREET. SO I APPLAUD THE BRAVERY. SO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY OR THINGS LIKE THAT. LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU NEED THINGS FROM US LEGISLATIVELY THAT CAN HELP WITH ENFORCEMENT, ENHANCE CRACKDOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT? ARE, ARE YOU, ARE YOUR HANDS TIED FROM ANY LEGISLATIVE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE FROM US? 'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID FROM DAY ONE IS, YOU HAVE OUR BACK. I'M ALWAYS GONNA HAVE YOURS IF YOU DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. SO IF YOU'RE, SOME OF IT IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. SO IF YOU NEED LEGISLATIVE RELIEF OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? 'CAUSE WHEN I TALKED TO YOU CHIEF JONES YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS, WE'RE LOCK AND STEP WHERE WE DON'T WANT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RICKENBACKER TO HAPPEN TO MIAMI BEACH. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE PLAYING MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK SAYING, WHAT COULD WE HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO REEVALUATE, SAYING, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT MIAMI BEACH? AND WHEN I SAY A TASK FORCE, I DON'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE DEVOTED CONSTANTLY 24 7, BUT ALMOST LIKE A, A PLAN OF ACTION OR ENGAGEMENT WHERE ONCE THESE GENTLEMEN COME INTO OUR CITY, YOU HAVE KIND OF A, A PLAN TO ACTION. UM, SO IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU NEED FROM US, PLEASE LET US KNOW. AND THAT, THAT DOESN'T JUST GO TO YOU. I SAY THAT TO CITY STAFF ALL THE TIME. UH, BUT ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, IF THERE'S LEGISLATIVE THINGS THAT YOU NEED, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO. YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE IMPLEMENTING IT. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE BETTER POLICY OR GUIDANCE, UH, FOR THEN WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK. YEAH, YEAH. LEGISLATIVE, I THINK WE'RE FINE. ONE THING THAT SO ACCIDENT NEED TO DO IS COORDINATE WITH OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CITY OF MIAMI. THIS IS NOT A MINE BEACH ISSUE. THIS IS A REGIONAL CONWOOD ISSUE. UM, AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, SEE, EVEN COME WITH A PLAN TO, WE NEED ATTACK US COLLECTIVELY. IT'S ONE THING FOR MIAMI BEACH TO DEAL WITH IT. I THINK IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER THING FOR OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS SUPPORTING WITH US TO GET IT DONE. YEAH. AND I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE ALMOST SISTER LEGISLATION THAT IS, UH, LOOKING TO TALK TO TALLAHASSEE AND WITH OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 'CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT, IT IS A COLLECTIVE ISSUE. I, IS IT ONE OR TWO GROUPS HERE, UH, THE SAME RECURRING, UH, PEOPLE, OR IS IT, THIS IS JUST THE FAD TO DO AROUND MIAMI DADE AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHO IT IS ON ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEEK? YEAH. SO THERE'S NO REAL AFFILIATION. IT'S, THERE'S NO REAL LEADERSHIP. IT'S JUST LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS THAT COMMUNICATE AMONGST EACH OTHER AND DECIDE THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT AND DO THIS, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO KIND OF PREDICT WHEN THEY'RE GONNA DO, DO THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO REAL SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION. UM, AND AND FURTHER INTO WHAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED, I'VE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE UNDERSHERIFF, MIAMI-DADE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, UNDERSHERIFF CARUTHERS. HE'S COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING US AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS. I'VE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAJOR OF TROOP E OF FHP, WHO'S ALSO ON BOARD TO HELP US. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE CITY OF MIAMI CHIEF, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP. AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PARTNERS TOGETHER, PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH NEW STRATEGIES OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO COME INTO OUR CITY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT. IF YOU NEED THINGS FROM US, PLEASE BE PROACTIVE IN ASK IT. YOU KNOW, UM, A RESIDENT JUST SENT ME A VIDEO. I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN VIETNAM IS THEY, IF THERE IS A, A VEHICLE LIKE AN A TV THAT GETS, THAT DECIDES NOT TO, UM, LISTEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUST RUNS FROM THE POLICE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIRE A NET AT THE WHEEL AND IT'LL SLOW IT DOWN. IT WON'T KICK 'EM OFF, BUT IT'LL SLOW IT DOWN AND MAKE IT, UH, INOPERABLE. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED FROM US TO INVEST MAYBE, UH, IN PURCHASING FOUR OR FIVE OF THESE AND, AND TESTING IT OUT? UH, UM, SIMILAR TO MAYOR MINER'S TRACKING DEVICE. SO QUITE HONESTLY, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER EVALUATION OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE GRAPPLER SYSTEM, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO GRAB THE REAR WHEELS OF CARS. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY SYSTEM THAT WE WOULD FIRE A NET AT AN INDIVIDUAL RIDING A BICYCLE OR AN A TV BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT [08:20:01] RISK OF INJURY IF THAT INDIVIDUAL CRASHES. AND THAT COULD BECOME A FOURTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION. THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION. THE PERSON'S ACTIONS AND OUR RESPONSE TO THEIR ACTIONS HAVE TO BE COMMENSURATE. AND WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION THAT CAUSES OR UNDULY HARMS THAT INDIVIDUAL IN OUR EFFORT TO TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY. YEAH. FOR, FOR A CLEAR TRAFFIC VIOLATION, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DEPLOY EVEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EVEN AFTER A CAREFUL EVALUATION IF WE WERE ABLE TO USE IT. UH, IF THE PERSON COMMITS A FORCEFUL FULFILLING, OF COURSE WE CAN USE, UH, ISSUES TO MITIGATE, UM, THEM GETTING AWAY FROM US. HOW ABOUT WE KEEP THIS IN? YOU KNOW, I CAN REFER THIS TO NEIGHBOR, KEEP THIS IN A COMMITTEE. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH MIAMI BEACH POLICE AND, AND GO OVER SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY AND WE CAN, UH, SEE HOW PERHAPS WE ADOPT THIS, UH, PURCHASE IT. AND I MEAN, FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO, IT'S PRETTY COOL. UH, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA HURT ANYONE. UM, AND THIS BE A GREAT SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEM. OKAY. AND WHAT THEY NEED, THEY NEED LIKE A PUBLIX, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT THEY PUT ON THE CARTS THAT LOCK THE WHEELS. THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR. RESIDENT JUST SENT ME THIS, UH, WHOLE FIRE REAPER DRONE. GUYS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GO. PLEASE GO THROUGH ME. SORRY. ANYTHING ELSE? UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAD SOME SUCCESS BY HAVING OFFICERS STAY, LET'S SAY BY THE VENETIAN. AND WE'RE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY AT TIMES, TURN 'EM AROUND. ARE WE STILL PROACTIVELY DOING THAT? SO PROACTIVELY DOING THAT, HAVE AN OFFICER ASSIGNED VENETIAN EVERY SHIFT EVERY DAY. AND PART OF THE CHARGE IS TO LOOK OUT FOR THESE BIKERS MOTORISTS COMING ACROSS THE COSBY TO CREATE A MISCHIEF IN NUISANCE IN THE CITY. UM, DURING HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, LIKE WE JUST HAD, UH, LABOR DAY, WE ACTUALLY STAFF UP AND WE HAVE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE COS BASE TO DO JUST THE SAME THING. LOOK OUT FOR THESE BICYCLES, UH, ATVS, MOTORCYCLES COMING ACROSS THE CAUSEWAYS, THIS SORT SORT OF STUFF. SO SUCCESS THAT DANNY SORT OF MENTIONED WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR MO UM, A MOTOR UNIT WHEN WE ARRESTED MULTIPLE PEOPLE, CONFISCATED MULTIPLE BIKES, WAS ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND WHERE WE HAD PLANNED AHEAD TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. RIGHT. COULD WE UTILIZE DRONES? YEP. YEAH. AND YOU DO YEP. TO SORT OF SEE, AND THEN, YEAH. OKAY. HOW'S THAT WORKING OUT? THE DRONE HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR US BECAUSE IT'S PROVIDED US A CAPABILITY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. UM, WHENEVER WE NEEDED AIR SUPPORT IN THE PAST, WE WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST IT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. VIOLENT CRIMES FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. NOW THE DRONE ALLOWS US TO CONDUCT, UH, ACTIVITY SURVEIL GROUPS LIKE THIS THAT COME INTO OUR CITY AND ENGAGE IN LAWLESSNESS IN, UH, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND MANNER THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON A HELICOPTER. UH, IT'S MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE. UH, IT'S MUCH MORE, UH, QUICK TO QUICKER, QUICKER QUICK TO DEPLOY. AND IT GIVES US A GAME CHANGING CAPABILITY THAT OUR ARCTIC AND, AND OUR DRONE OPERATORS EVERY DAY ARE FINDING NEW WAYS TO USE THE DRONE AND INNOVATE. OUR COMMISSION LAST YEAR HAD A, HAD, UH, APPROVED AN INITIATIVE I BROUGHT ABOUT THE GPS DARTS. YES, SIR. UM, I'M NOT, COULD THAT WORK ON THIS TYPE? IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A CAR. SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM HAVING GONE THROUGH THE CLASS WHEN WE DEPLOYED THE STAR CHASE SYSTEM IS THEY DON'T RECOMMEND DEPLOYING IT ON AN INDIVIDUAL ON A BICYCLE OR A MOTORCYCLE BECAUSE THERE'S A POTENTIAL THERE FOR INJURY. GOT IT. SO IT, IT'S ONLY DEPLOYABLE ON A VEHICLE. AND EVEN IF IT'S A CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE, THEY DON'T RECOMMEND IT BEING DEPLOYED ON A TOP DOWN CONVERTIBLE. I DON'T WANT TO VEER OFF TOO MUCH, BUT HOW, HOW'S THE STAR CHASE WORKING OUT? ACTUALLY, IT'S WORKING OUT VERY WELL, UH, TO THE POINT THAT, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES HERE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ARE LOOKING AT IT AS WELL. AMAZING. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED IT SINCE WORKING. WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN FLORIDA TO DO IT. RIGHT. THE FIRST IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR SURE. OKAY. SO AMAZING. MAYOR. SO WHAT CAN WE, SO I'M GONNA KEEP THE, THE NET, UH, IN COMMITTEE. UM, BUT WHAT CAN WE EXPECT DIFFERENT MOVING FORWARD? SO THE DIFFERENCE IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY DANNY'S GONNA BE COORDINATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, SHERIFF OFFICE CITY, MI CITY, MIAMI, AND FHP. SO TO CUT FOLKS TOGETHER, HEADS AND STEERING ROOM COME WITH A PLAN TO DEAL WITH THIS HOLISTICALLY AS OPPOSED TO US DEALING WITH IT, UH, INDIVIDUALLY ON MIAMI BEACH. WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEPLOY RESOURCES DURING HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, AND WE KNOW THESE FOLKS ARE LIKELY COME OVER TO THE CITY, ADDRESS THEM DIRECTLY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ESCORT FOLKS. UM, AS THEY COME INTO THE CITY WHEN WE'RE GIVING UP, GIVEN NOTICE THEY'RE COMING OR WE, WE, UM, CATCH 'EM COME ACROSS ONE OF THE CAUSEWAYS. WE BELIEVE, QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S THE BEST, UM, TOOL WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS BUSINESS SAFE. UH, THESE GUYS TEND TO CREATE, UH, BREAK LESS LAWS WHEN THERE'S A COP PRESENT THERE AS OPPOSED TO JUST SUB A FREE FOR ALL AS, UM, THEY DO IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. WE'RE [08:25:01] THE ONLY AGENCY THAT DOES THIS. NOBODY ELSE IS DOING IT. SO WE'RE DOING MORE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I, I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS . UM, I'M SURE THIS IS, YOU MEANT THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, INCLUDE NORTH BAY VILLAGE AND SURFSIDE SLASH B HARBOR AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REACH OUT TO, JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE COMING IN THOSE WAYS AS WELL. SURE. PLEASE. AND THANK YOU. ATE, DID YOU WANT TO REFER TO NEIGHBORHOODS YOU MENTIONED? YEAH. SO, UM, I, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE OTHER FINANCE OR NEIGHBORHOODS. I, WE CAN START WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, SIMILAR TO THE DART PROGRAM, BUT THERE'S A NET, UM, PROJECTILE THAT YOU CAN POINT AT THE BACK WHEEL AND IT SLOWS IT DOWN. IS THERE A REFERRAL ONLY FOR THAT PROGRAM OR YOU JUST WANNA REFER THE ITEM? THE ITEM, YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT? SO BY ACCLIMATION WE COULD HAVE A REFERRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. IT'S ACCLIMATION. R SEVEN AA IS OUR CONVERTIBLE REFERRAL. . CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. LET'S SAY THAT YOU, I GOT THE VIDEO TOO FROM ANDREAS. IF YOU, LET'S SAY YOU NET SOMEBODY MM-HMM . RIGHT? FIRST OF ALL, IF IT'S A GANG, HOW MANY ARE IN A TYPICAL GANG? UH, IT VARIES IN SIZE. YEAH. I'VE SEEN IT LIKE TEN FIVE. OKAY. SO IF YOU NET SOMEBODY, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? ARE YOU ARRESTING THEM FOR BEING, FOR BIKING IN A GANG? IS THAT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OR WHAT IS THAT? NO, IT'S MORE LIKELY, UH, SOME, UH, TRAFFIC CHARGE, LIKE RECKLESS, UM, OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE IN AND OF ITSELF. UM, THERE MAY BE A FLEEING LOOTING INVOLVED, DEPENDING IF THEY, WE TRY TO STOP 'EM, THEY RUN, RUN AWAY FROM US. UM, BUT THEY'RE VERY TIGHT GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF WHEN WE CAN OPERATE DEVICES LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND LOOK INTO THIS ONE. UH, AGAIN, UM, FOR, FOR TRAFFIC, BASIC TRAFFIC VIOLATION, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR, WE CAN'T EMPLOY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I'LL SEND YOU THE VIDEO TOO. I HAVE IT. I MEAN, LOOK, IF, IF IT WORKS, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING. IF YOU NET SOMEBODY AND , YOU'RE NOT NETTING THE BACK WHEEL. BUT WHAT IF YOU, SOMEBODY, I THINK THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU NET THE WHEEL AND THEN THE PERSON THAT'S AN ACCIDENT, WE COULD BE LIABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONCERN. IT'S GONNA, AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T USE THESE SORT OF MITIGATION DEVICES FOR MISDEMEANOR CRIMES. IT HAS TO BE A FORCEFUL FELONY UNTIL SOMEONE PHYSICALLY GETS HURT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS TO, TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. I'M WILLING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE GANGS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY COME ACROSS, THEY, THEY DO HARASS PEOPLE AND THEY'RE DANGEROUS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YEAH. IT'S AWFUL. YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD, LIKE IT'S IN, ITS IN ITS MOST SINCEREST FORM. SO WE, IF ANY AND ALL TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD USE. AND LIKE I SAID, I, WHEN THE COPS SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, PULL OVER, WE NEED TO CHECK YOUR LICENSE. AND THEY, AND THEY RUN. YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO STOP THEIR VEHICLE. WARD'S GONNA GET OUT REALLY QUICKLY THAT YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE WE'LL JUST GET NETTED AND, AND GET PULLED OVER. SO, , THIS IS GETTING SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, IT WORKS. SO LET'S START THERE. AWESOME. SO WE'LL DISCUSS IT AT, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS IT IN NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD DISCUSSION. UM, ACTUALLY ANOTHER POLICE RELATED ITEMS, SO DON'T GO, DON'T GO TOO FAR. UH, R SEVEN X, UM, WE'LL JUST START. [R7 X A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, AT ITS JUNE 9, 2025 MEETING, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS EXPANDING THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT K9 UNIT TO INCLUDE DRUG DETECTION DOGS. ] R SEVEN X, EXPAND MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT CANINE UNIT TO INCLUDE DRUG DETECTION DOGS. UH, DANNY DANNY'S GONNA TAKE THIS. DANNY ACTUALLY USED TO BE A FORMER, UH, CANINE OPERATOR. OH, NICE. SO, IN HIS PAST LIFE, LONG TIME AGO. LOVE IT. HE'LL TAKE THIS. I'LL JUST KICK IT OFF AND THANK YOU. UM, I THINK WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THIS. AND, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU TO, I HAD SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT GUYS. I HAD SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, DRUG DEALING IN GENERAL. AND THIS, WHERE THIS CAME UP. UM, SO I BROUGHT THIS INITIATIVE, IT WENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, COMMITTEE, WHICH, UH, WHICH IS IN FAVOR. I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN FAVOR. AND THE THINKING IS YOU HAVE THE, AND I'LL, AND I'LL LET YOU THEN TAKE IT WITH YOU. 'CAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE AN EXPERT IN IT, BUT YOU HAVE A DRUG DEALER. 'CAUSE, AND REALLY WHERE, WHERE IT STARTED IS YOU GET THESE COMPLAINTS FROM CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THANKFULLY IT'S NOT, IT'S IN VERY TARGETED AREAS IN OUR CITY. IT'S NOT WIDESPREAD, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN POCKETS WHERE YOU GET THESE COMPLAINTS. AND IT'S HARD. YOU HAVE TO HAVE UNDERCOVER, UNDERCOVER, UM, OFFICERS GOT IN IT. IT IS TIME CONSUMING. IT CAN BE A PROCESS. THE DOG TRAINED, BY THE WAY, THESE DOGS AS, AS MY PROPOSAL IS, WOULD EXCLUDE MARIJUANA. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER, OTHER HARD DRUGS. BUT THE, THE DOG CAN, COULD HAVE AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER LITERALLY WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH A DOG. NOBODY WOULD EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A POLICE OFFICER AND DOG WILL DETECT THE DRUGS. AND THAT IN [08:30:01] ITSELF, MY UNDERSTANDING, I'VE MET WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM AS WELL. THAT IN ITSELF WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT, BUT WITH OTHER EVIDENCE, UM, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO EVEN BE IN THE POSITION TO LEAD THE DOG THERE, UH, COULD BE ENOUGH AND SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO HAVE REASONABLE CAUSE TO THEN MAKE THE, UH, TO MAKE THE SEARCH. SO I THINK THIS IS CAN BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO, UH, TO BE EFFICIENT. BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION. YES, SIR. SO, UH, AS A FORMER HANDLER, AND I ACTUALLY WAS A, A DUAL CERTIFIED HANDLER, SO I SORT OF, I, I HANDLED A STREET POLICE DOG THAT WAS CROSS-TRAINED AS A NARCOTICS DETECTION DOG. UM, THEY CAN BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE STREET DEALING THAT WE SEE IN OUR CITY WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DEALING AREN'T CARRYING THE NARCOTICS ON THEIR PERSON. THEY HIDE IT NEARBY. UM, EVEN IF WE CAN'T LINK THEM BACK TO THE NARCOTICS, JUST TAKING, USING THE DOG TO FIND THEIR DRUGS WHERE IT'S HIDDEN AND TAKING POSSESSION OF THAT AND IMPOUNDING IT, THEY'RE OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND IT, IT, IT BASICALLY SENDS THAT TO TURN EFFECT. OKAY. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVE THIS IS YOURS, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE IMPOUNDED AND IT'S NOT GONNA BELONG TO ANYONE. UM, ONE OF THE DISTINCT ADVANTAGES IS THAT A WELL-TRAINED NARCOTICS DOG WILL BE ABLE TO FIND MINUSCULE AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS THAT ARE PROSECUTABLE, THAT ALLOW US TO TAKE INDIVIDUALS OFF THE STREET, TAKE INDIVIDUALS INTO CUSTODY. WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST WITH PASSIVE ALERT NARCOTICS DOGS. AT ONE POINT WE HAD, UH, TWO THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO SIS, UH, IN AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AT RECOVERING NARCOTICS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, BOTH AT THE STREET LEVEL AND DURING SEARCH WARRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE DEPARTMENT. UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, WITH THE, THE VENDOR THAT NORMALLY PROVIDES DOGS TO THE CANINE KNIGHTS, THEY CAN GET US A DOG RELATIVELY QUICKLY. SO WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD RATHER QUICKLY. UH, ONCE, UH, THE DECISION IS MADE. AMAZING. SO BASICALLY THE DOG IS, IS DONATED TO THE CITY RIGHT? BY THE CANINE? CORRECT. THE CANINE KNIGHTS PURCHASED, THE DOG DONATED TO THE CITY. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN THE TRAINING AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY IT COULD GO TO THE CANINE NIGHTS FOR, THEY'RE AMAZING FOR, FOR OFFERING THAT TO OUR CITY. IT'S A, IT'S A BIG COST SAVINGS AND A TREMENDOUS VALUE. YEAH. UM, THERE IS SOME EXPENSE. I GUESS YOU'RE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE MEMO, IDENTIFYING ABOUT $82,000 AND AN ANNUAL EXPENSE, WHICH IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS SEEMS RELATIVELY, UH, COST EFFECTIVE. AND OBVIOUSLY AT SOME POINT GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND THAT MONEY IN THE BUDGET. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT FOR THE HERE AND NOW. BUT I, I THINK WE TODAY, AS A BODY CAN, CAN OF PROVE THIS AND, AND KEEP THE, KEEP THE PROCESS GOING. YES, SIR. I CAN'T MOVE THE ITEM, SO I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. SO SECOND, I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND A SECOND THEN FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. OKAY. ALL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ITEM IS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO WHILE YOU'RE STILL STANDING HERE. ONE MORE. WE'LL, WE'LL CALL A, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY ITEM. IT'S, IT'S THE ITEM ABOUT THE, UH, TASK FORCE FOR THE ANTI CAMPING. MM. R SEVEN P. I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. [R7 P A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE AND DEPLOY A SPECIALIZED TASK FORCE SINGULARLY FOCUSED ON ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY’S CAMPING ORDINANCE AND OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES, DURING THE DAYTIME AND THE NIGHTTIME HOURS, WITH PRIORITY TO BE GIVEN TO THE AREAS OF LINCOLN ROAD, WASHINGTON AVENUE, COLLINS PARK, ALTOS DEL MAR PARK, AND THE BEACHWALK.] R SEVEN P CREATE TASK FORCE TO ENFORCE CAMPING QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES. UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND CO-SPONSOR WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND MYSELF. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, SO I GOT, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I WANT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT I WAS, UH, DRIVING DOWN MERIDIAN AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF IT'S EITHER YOU, WAYNE OR THE FOP, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT EVERY COP LIKE KNOWS MY PICTURE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST SUPPLY EVERY POLICE OFFICER WITH A, THE PICTURE OF SEVEN OF US, NOT ME. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE LIGHT. IT WAS, IT WAS 17TH AND MERIDIAN GOING NORTH. IT'S LIKE ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THEN THERE WAS ONE O'CLOCK A COP. YEAH, I WORK LATE. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A COP CAR POINTED OR HEADING SOUTH, AND THEN THEY MUST HAVE STOPPED ME, OR MAYBE THEY DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN THEY DID, THEY, THEY, THEY TURNED ON THE LIGHTS WENT ON, UH, 17TH AND WENT AROUND TO WHERE ALL THESE SORT OF VAGRANTS HANG OUT AND THIS PERSON WAS SLEEPING AND HE GOT OUTTA THE CAR AND HE CONFRONTED. AND I'M LIKE, THERE WE GO. OKAY. POLICE OFFICER SEES SOMETHING GOING ON, HE GETS OUTTA HIS CAR AND, AND, AND HE'S ENFORCING THE LAW. SO GOTTA HAND IT TO THAT OFFICER. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M HOPING WITH JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T ME. THAT WAS IT, . UM, BUT YOU [08:35:01] KNOW, THAT SORT OF MENTALITY REALLY GOES A LONG WAY. MM-HMM . UM, AND IT, IT REALLY BOLSTERS OUR SORT OF IMAGE, OUR BRAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HAVING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR, FOR THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR, UH, IN, IN MIAMI BEACH. UM, AND I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE WORKED ON, UH, SINCE WE LAST SPOKE ABOUT THIS. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND I'M GLAD YOU HAD THE EXPERIENCE LAST NIGHT, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING OUR COPS TO DO. AND I, I THINK, UM, THEY'VE REALLY STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS IN RECENT MONTHS. UM, AND LAST MONTH, 27TH OR SO LAST MONTH, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, MAJOR CAMPBELL WHO'S IN CHARGE OF ALL UNIFORM PATROL. UH, SO IT'S HIS JOB TO REALLY ADDRESS, UH, THE HOMELESS SITUATION ON A DAILY BASIS AND EVERY SHIFT AND ASK HIM TO STEP UP OUR, OUR EFFORTS. AND, AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS, UM, A PIVOTING OF HALF OF OUR HOMELESS RESOURCE UNIT. THOSE ARE THE GUYS WHOSE SOLE JOBS TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION. SO HE PIVOTED THE AFTERNOON SHIFT FOLKS TO GUYS EVERY DAY, UM, TO DEAL WITH QUALITY OF LIFE ENFORCEMENT. THAT INCLUDES THE CAMPING ISSUES, UM, ALL THE OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE STUFF TYPICALLY COMMITTED BY A HOMELESS POPULATION. UH, THAT WAS DONE ADDITIONALLY ON EVERY SHIFT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY, TWO OFFICERS ASSIGNED IN EACH SHIFT TO DEAL WITH QUALITY LIFE ISSUES. THEY DO THE EXACT SAME THING. UM, THAT'S UNSCORED, BUT A WORK JEROME BARON, SERGEANT BARON, AND HIS DAY SHIFT COMPONENT OF THE HOMELESS RESOURCE UNIT. THEY CONTINUE TO DO THEIR, THEIR USUAL WORK. UM, AND I THINK THEIR IS SUCCESS SO FAR AS REFLECTING THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING. UH, LET, UM, THE, THE MAJOR SORT OF WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. BUT I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THEM, QUITE FRANKLY. AND I THINK WE'RE ON A GREAT, GREAT, UH, GREAT TRACK. THANK YOU CHIEF. MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS MAJOR JOON CAMPBELL, MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, COMMISSIONER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS CHIEF JONES STATED IS ACTUALLY A JULY 27TH. UM, FROM THAT TIME TILL AUGUST, UH, 24TH, UH, WE REALLY STEPPED UP OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS, UH, THIS CONCERN. AS A RESULT OF THAT 228 OF THE ARRESTS, UH, WE MADE, WERE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS UNHOUSED. UM, OF THOSE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT, A HUNDRED AND FOUR OF THEM WERE A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR OFFICERS ENFORCING THEIR CAMPING PROHIBITED ORDINANCE. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE TWO, WHAT CHIEF JONES MENTIONED IS TWO OFFICERS THAT WE ASSIGNED FROM OUR AFTERNOON SHIFTS SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK FOR THESE VIOLATIONS AS WELL AS TWO OFFICERS FROM OUR MIDNIGHT SHIFT. BUT WHAT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU ALL IS THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN TWO THAT ARE DEDICATED. UH, THE MINDSET, I THINK AS A WHOLE, HOLISTICALLY OF OUR OFFICERS, OUR MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE, UM, THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS TO NOT JUST RIDE BY AND TO ENGAGE THESE INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE CAMPING ORDINANCE OF OR NOT. BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO, UM, DOING ENFORCEMENT, WE ALSO ARE APPROACHING THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPASSION TO OFFICER SERVICES. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. IF THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST THEM FOR VIOLATIONS OF, UH, ANY ORDINANCE OR STATE STATUTE, WE'LL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE JUST LIKE WE WOULD ANY OTHER, UM, CITIZEN. AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS. WE'VE USED OUR HOMELESS RESOURCE, UH, OFFICERS AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE OFFICERS, EVEN OUR, UH, SET TEAM, OUR STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT TEAM, THEY ARE FOCUSED, UM, ON IT WHEN THEY HAVE TIME AS WELL. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH. IT'S NOT JUST TWO INDIVIDUALS. THIS, IT COULD BE A REGULAR OFFICER WHO IS OUT THERE WITH THE INTENTIONS OF, UM, CONDUCTING TRAFFICK ENFORCEMENT, BUT IF THEY SEE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS POSSIBLY VIOLATING A, UH, CAMPING PROHIBITED ORDINANCE OR VIOLATING OPEN CONTAINER OR A TRESPASS, THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER, JUST THIS PAST WEEK WE ARRESTED 124 PEOPLE AND, UM, 59 OF THEM WERE, WERE HOMELESS. 20 OF THOSE ARRESTS FOR WAS FOR CAMPING. UM, AND THAT'S, UH, 48% OF ALL ARRESTS MADE FOR JUST THIS PAST WEEK. AND I'VE SEEN OUR NUMBERS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST MONTHS, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, WHERE WE'RE AVERAGING MAYBE 30% OF THE ARRESTS BEING UNHOUSED HOMELESS FOLKS. THAT'S WELL ABOVE 40%, UM, CONSISTENTLY, UH, FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO VERY HAPPY. THE PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING, I THINK YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH. AND PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP IT UP. IT IS NOTICEABLE. YES. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE NOTICED THAT. WE'VE NOTICED THAT. UM, I'VE, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL REGULARLY GO TO A LOT OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES. UH, SOMETIMES IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'LL DRIVE AROUND. CERTAINLY THE, THERE'S CERTAINLY POCKETS WHERE WE'RE PROBABLY NOT SEEING JUST VISIBLY, BUT I COULD TELL YOU, I COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE JUST UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. I DO NOT SEE, UH, WHAT THE, THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT I USED TO. UM, [08:40:01] SO, SO THANK YOU. AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. IT'S ABSOLUTELY, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, IT'S SO HARD BECAUSE IF YOU LET UP, IF YOU LET UP YOUR GAME JUST A LITTLE BIT, IT WILL, IT WILL COME BACK IN A BIG WAY. AND YOU KNOW, THAT, AND, AND I WANNA SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO SIGN UP. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE BEST PART OF BEING A COP, RIGHT? IT'S TALKING TO HOMELESS PEOPLE, OFFERING THEM SERVICES OR, OR ARRESTING 'EM. I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT MOST COPS DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S ALMOST NEARLY HALF OF ALL CRIMES COMMITTED IN MIAMI BEACH FROM HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. SO, YOU KNOW, AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN A POUND OF CURE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY WOULD PROBABLY MAKE YOUR JOBS TOWARD, AT, AT, UM, IT WOULD MAKE YOUR JOBS EASIER, BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE THAN HAVING TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CONSEQUENCES OF, YOU KNOW, PERRY SMITH FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF GUY, THAT TYPE OF GUY, OR CHRISTOPHER PETRI, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT BEING HARD FROM DAY ONE, YOU LET THINGS SLIP AND THEN GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW, WARS THINGS HAPPEN WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO BY AND LARGE CREATE ALMOST HALF OF THE CRIME HERE IN, IN MIAMI BEACH. SO, UM, APPRECIATIVE LAST NIGHT WAS A GREAT, WAS A GREAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, EYEOPENER THAT, UH, THAT I SAW. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL. AND, UM, ARE WE MOVING THIS ITEM OR WHAT? ACTION? IT'S, IT'S A RESOLUTION, YES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT SECOND. SO, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ADAMS APPROVED SIX ZERO. GREAT MEETING AFTER AN AUGUST RECESS. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY, UH, ADMINISTRATION AND ALL ITS EMPLOYEES. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN TO ERIC AND JOSE. MEETING ADJOURNED OUR NEXT MEETING, SEPTEMBER 17TH. * 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.