Sep 17, 2025 Commission Meeting

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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

DURING THIS HYBRID COMMISSION MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL, 1700 CONVENTIONAL CENTER DRIVE THIRD FLOOR.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND A MEETING.

VIRTUALLY HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND A MEETING OR PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON MAY APPEAR AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE OR PROVIDE COMMENTS VIRTUALLY DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING.

THE PUBLIC MAY JOIN THE MEETING BY VISITING THE ZOOM APP ON THEIR SMART DEVICE OR ON THE WEB AT ZOOM US OR BY TELEPHONE AT (305) 224-1968.

AGAIN, THE LOCAL NUMBER IS 3 0 5 2 2 4 19 68.

THE WEBINAR ID IS 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND.

AGAIN, WEBINAR ID 8 1 3 9 2 8 5 7 6 71 POUND.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTING TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY ON AN ITEM DURING THE MEETING MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON OF USING THE ZOOM APP OR EXPRESS, 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 DO NOT CHANGE FROM MEETING TO MEETING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WHERE 6 MILLION JEWS WERE KILLED FOR NO OTHER REASON OTHER THAN BEING A JEW.

WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

LAST MONTH I ASKED THIS ALL TO DO IT TOGETHER, THE COMMISSION, EVERYONE IN CHAMBERS, AND IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT EVENTS AND THE TRAGIC VIOLENCE THAT WE SAW IN OUR COUNTRY LAST WEEK, I'D LIKE TO ASK IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY FOR ALL OF US TO DO THAT AGAIN TOGETHER.

I ANCE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA AND SPIRIT OF REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS MY NATION, GOD, IN THIS VOTE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK US IN A MOMENT TO, TO, TO DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ACTUALLY A 32ND MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I THINK OUR WHOLE COUNTRY WAS HORRIFIED.

NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE ANYONE IS ON THE VIOLENCE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COUNTRY AGAINST POLITICAL FIGURES, AGAINST POLITICAL SPEECH, THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE, IT'S DISGUSTING.

IT HAS TO END.

WE CAN'T CONTINUE AS A COUNTRY LIKE THIS IF WE CAN'T HAVE AN OPEN AND RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE MAY DISAGREE.

AND, AND, AND, AND JUST THE RHETORIC THE DIVISION IS, IS, IS IT'S, IT'S SO, IT'S SO DISGUSTING TO ME.

I'VE, I'VE ALWAYS PRI PRIDED MYSELF OF STAYING POSITIVE, TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES.

AND, AND I THINK I'M ASKING THAT WE ALL, AND, AND NOT JUST HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT ALL OF US IN THIS COUNTRY NEED TO DO THE SAME.

WE'RE NOT NOT GONNA BE A BETTER COUNTRY FROM VIOLENCE.

IT'S GONNA DESTROY US.

SO ANYONE WHO HAS THAT INTENT IS JUST WOEFULLY WRONG.

SO I ASK US TO JUST DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF CHARLIE KIRK.

I THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY, UM, THE WIDOW OF DAVID CHAPTER, A MAN WHO WAS, UH, RECENTLY WE LOST AND WE LOST A GIANT, HE WAS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, BUT THAT DOESN'T EVEN DO JUSTICE TO WHO HE WAS AS A PERSON TO THE MESSAGE HE BROUGHT.

I MEAN, HE LIVES THROUGH EVIL, LIVED THROUGH HELL, BUT YET BROUGHT SUCH A POSITIVE MESSAGE OF GOOD TO THE WORLD AND SHOWED THAT GOOD WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL OVER EVIL.

AND I KNOW I'M CO PRIMING WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

UM, AND I, I'D LIKE TO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIM AND, AND SHOW A, UH, AND ALL OF US TOGETHER SHOW, UH, A SHORT VIDEO.

MY NAME IS DAVID CHAPTER.

I'M 95 YEARS OLD, A PROUD AMERICAN AND A PROUD JEW AND A SURVIVOR OF TWO NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

I'M A WITNESS TO THE GREATEST STOCK OF ANTISEMITISM

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I AM HERE REMINDING EVERYONE THAT THERE IS STILL THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS ALIVE TODAY WHO ARE IN DESPERATE NEED AND WHO CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN.

MY NAME IS DAVIS FACTOR.

I'M A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.

I'M ALSO THE GUY WHO CREATED THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL ON MIAMI BEACH.

I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, WYOMING BEACH COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR CARING.

THANK YOU FOR NOTING FOR THE ANTISEMITIC BEHAVIOR THAT HAVE BEFALL ON OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

AND THIS REALLY GIVES US HOPE.

AND I AM, UH, VERY MUCH AWARE, BUT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING VERY MUCH AFFECTED AND THEY ARE AS INNOCENT AS, UH, AS INNOCENT CAN MEAN, AND THEY ARE THE MEAN AND EXCLUDE IT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU WHO COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF IT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT.

I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE IT.

I WANT YOU TO TRY AND STOP THIS UGLINESS OF ANTISEMITISM, THIS POISONS CHILDREN'S MINDS.

AND IN THE MEANS OF MY PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY JEWISH CHILDREN, I AM VERY MUCH GRATEFUL THAT AND THANKING GOD THAT THE COMMUNITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH HAS NOT LOST THEIR HUMANITY.

AND PLEASE KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU STARTED OUT.

I HAD LIKE TO SEE A FEW THINGS.

MR. MAYOR, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY, WAS JUST SUED BY THE ANTI-JEWISH HATE GROUP, JEWISH VOICES FOR PEACE AND THEIR LAWSUIT.

THEY AIRED A SERIES OF GRIEVANCES AGAINST US THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LAW.

THEY'RE ALLEG CHALLENGING.

INSTEAD, THEY ATTACKED US FOR ACTS OF COMPASSION AND SOLIDARITY FOR DONATING AN AMBULANCE AND SENDING FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP WITH THE INJURED IN ISRAEL FOR DECLARING OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH THE ISRAELI PEOPLE AND FOR PASSING A RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANTI-SEMITIC BDS MOVEMENT.

ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'LL BE EXPANDING THAT RESOLUTION BECAUSE OUR CITY WILL NEVER BACK DOWN.

IN THE FACE OF ANTISEMITISM, DAVID SHATER UNDERSTOOD THE STRUGGLE HE UNDERSTOOD IT BE BECAUSE HE LIVED THROUGH THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF HATE.

NEARLY 6 MILLION JEWS WERE MURDERED AND KILLING CENTERS SUCH AS AUSCHWITZ, PRIMARILY IN GAS CHAMBERS.

DAVID WAS ALMOST ONE OF THEM.

AT AGE 11, HE WAS TAKEN TO AUSCHWITZ.

AGAINST ALL ODDS HE SURVIVED.

HE WENT ON TO BUILD A FAMILY AND THE LIFE OF MEANING IN MIAMI WITH HIS WIFE MARVIS WITH WHOM HE SHARED 53 YEARS AND LATER WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE, SECOND BELOVED WIFE SIDNEY, WHO IS HERE TODAY HONORING US WITH HIS LEGACY.

AS DAVID SAID SHORTLY BEFORE HIS PASSING, WE NEED TO GAIN OUR HUMANITY BACK.

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HIS WORDS ARE AS TRUE TODAY AS EVER.

IN THIS MOMENT WHEN HEY AND VITRIOL ARE AGAINST SPREADING ACROSS THE WORLD, WE MUST RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM IN ALL FORMS AND ENSURING THAT NEVER AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE SLOGAN, BUT TO LIVE THE REALITY.

DAVID WAS NOT JUST A SURVIVOR, HE WAS A LEADER AND A FOUNDER.

HE WAS ONE OF THE VISIONARIES BEHIND THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL JUST A HALF BLOCK AWAY FROM US HERE FROM CITY HALL, WERE COUNTLESS RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE DANGERS OF HATRED AND BIGOTRY.

HE GAVE HIS VOICE TO GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN SO THEY COULD CARRY HIS STORY FORWARD WHEN HE NO LONGER COULD.

AND EVEN AT 95 YEARS OLD, HE WAS STILL SPEAKING OUT, TESTIFYING BEFORE THE UNITED STATES OF CONGRESS ON APRIL 30TH OF THIS YEAR TO REMIND THE WORLD THAT SURVIVORS ARE STILL WITH US, STILL IN NEED, AND THAT ANTISEMITISM REMAINS A DEADLY THREAT.

THAT IS WHY OUR RESOLUTION DECLARES APRIL 30TH AS DAVID SHAK DAY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, TO HONOR THAT MOMENT OF COURAGE, ENSURE HIS MESSAGE CONTINUES TO ECHO THROUGH TIME.

YEAH, I, UM, I GREW UP IN SUNNY ISLES, UM, VERY, UM, IT WAS AN OLD CONDOMINIUM CALLED COASTAL TOWERS.

I WAS A LITTLE BOY GOING IN THE ELEVATOR AND I WOULD SEE MY NEIGHBORS AND MOST OF THEM ELDERLY AND A LOT OF THEM HAD THE TATTOOS FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

AND IT'S REALLY SAD.

AND TO KNOW THAT ONE DAY WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WITH ANY OF THESE SURVIVORS, AND I FEAR FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE THOSE SURVIVORS ARE NOT GONNA BE HERE TO REMIND US OF WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HUMANITY.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL REMEMBER THAT WORDS HAVE MEANING.

THANK YOU MR. MOORE.

MR. SHAKTA, DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR HONORING DAVID'S MEMORY, AND I PROMISE YOU HIS VOICE WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND HIS LIGHT WILL STILL BE INSIDE ME.

AND ALL OF US WHO KNEW HIM, I, EVERY PERSON HE MET WAS TOUCHED BY HIM AT HIS FUNERAL ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.

THERE WERE 50 CHILDREN THERE FROM THE YOUNG LIONS.

SOME OF THEM ARE IN COLLEGE NOW, AND THEIR PARENTS FLEW THEM IN.

AND THE DAY BEFORE HE PASSED A CANTOR AND SEVEN DIFFERENT RABBIS CAME TO HIS BEDSIDE.

HE WAS STILL COHERENT.

AND THEY ALL SAID, DAVID, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TELL YOUR STORY.

YOU CAN REST IN PEACE.

SO THERE'S COUNTLESS PEOPLE THAT HE HAS TOUCHED, AND HIS VOICE WILL STILL BE LOUD.

I JUST MISS HIM SO MUCH.

BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR HONORING HIM THIS WAY.

AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD IS ATTEMPTING TO SILENCE VOICES AT A TIME WHEN IT'S THE JEWISH NEW YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR EVERYBODY, FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS.

AND THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS OF HEBREW ACADEMY WHO TOOK THEIR TIME OUT FROM CLASS TO BE HERE TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, RABBI DANIEL HADAR FROM TEMPLE MOSES IN NORTH BEACH TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION THIS MORNING BEHALF OF OUR GREAT MAYOR COMMISSIONERS

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AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE STARTING OFF, WHEN IT'S A TIME TO SPEAK, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST REMEMBER THAT OUR WORDS ARE IMPORTANT.

OUR WORDS HAVE POWER.

OUR WORDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE, TO UPLIFT, TO HELP OTHERS GROW.

AND TODAY, WE AS GOD TO GIVE US THE POWER, THE KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FORTUITY TO HELP US USE OUR WORDS TO SHARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS, TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER, TO UPLIFT EACH OTHER.

AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND THE WHOLE COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT, TO CONTINUE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY GROW AND TO CONTINUE TO USE YOUR WORDS TO INSPIRE IN THIS WORLD.

AMEN.

THANK YOU RABBI HADAR.

AND REALLY, YOU'RE REPRESENTING TODAY ALL OUR FAITH LEADERS IN MIAMI BEACH.

UH, AND SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND, AND, AND OTHER FAITH LEADERS HAVE DONE.

BUT WHAT I, WHAT I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED, WHAT YOU'VE DONE SINCE YOU CAME HERE PERMANENTLY IN MIAMI BEACH AND BUILDING A NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY AND YOUR AND YOUR SYNAGOGUE IS, IS BEYOND TREMENDOUS.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE OPEN FORUM OF

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SUT NICK NOW.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING, PLEASE STAND IN LINE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO.

YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND WE'RE GONNA GO FROM THE PODIUM TO ZOOM.

SO SIR, GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME IS KEN BARNES.

I LIVE IN NORTH MIAMI AND I'M A MEMBER OF JEWISH AND LIVE, UH, WORK WITH JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE.

TALKING CHARLIE KIRK.

I ABHORRED THAT HE WAS SHOT I A POOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

THERE BEING NO PLACE FOR THAT IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY.

HOWEVER, USING HIS MEMORY AS A WEAPON TO STIFLE FREE SPEECH IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO VENERATE THIS MAN.

AS DAVID PER SUAREZ HAS PROPOSED, CROSSES A LINE.

I WILL LET KIRK'S OWN WORDS SPEAK FOR HIM.

CHARLIE KIRK WAS AN ANTI-SEMITE SAYING JEWISH PEOPLE CONTROL QUOTE.

NOT JUST THE COLLEGES, IT'S THE PRO NONPROFITS, IT'S THE MOVIES, IT'S HOLLYWOOD, IT'S ALL OF IT.

CONTINUING.

THE NUMBER ONE FUNDING MECHANISM OF RADICAL OPEN BORDER NEOLIBERAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IS JEWISH DONORS.

CHARLIE KIRK AND LGBT RIGHTS LASHING OUT AT A GAY COMMUNITY.

HE'S ANNOUNCED THE LGBT AGENDA OPPOSING GAY MARRIAGE.

ITS QUOTE, GOD'S PERFECT LAW WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL MATTERS.

CHARLIE KIRK ON BLACK PEOPLE PROWLING, BLACKS GO AROUND FOR FUN TO GO TARGET WHITE PEOPLE.

OR IF I SEE A BLACK PILOT, I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, BOY, I HOPE HE'S QUALIFIED.

CHANGING SUBJECTS, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY WILL NO LONGER AWARD CONTRACTS TO BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATION THAT BY BOYCOTT, DIVEST, OR SANCTIONED DOING BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL.

TWO DAYS, TWO DAYS AGO, THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION FOUND THAT ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND GAZA BDS IS A PALESTINIAN LED MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND HUMANITY.

HOW CAN ANYONE WITH A CONSCIENCE WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA WITHOUT FEELING DEEP COMPASSION FOR CLOSE TO 70,000? THANK YOU SIR PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE DIED THEIR LAND REDUCED TO RUBBLE.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS VIA ZOOM.

THE NAME, THE SCREEN NAME IS GLEN.

GLEN STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GO AHEAD, GLEN.

HATE IN THE WORLD ON BOTH SIDES AND EVERYTHING.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

UM, I WANT TO TALK A BIT THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES MEYER SAID ON MONDAY THAT MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN FLORIDA SHOULD NO LONGER ARREST OR PROSECUTE PEOPLE FOR OPENLY CARRYING FIREARMS IN PUBLIC SPACES, PLACES.

THIS INCLUDES THE, WHAT THEY CALL CONSTITUTIONAL, UM, CARRY.

IN OTHER WORDS, I AS A RESIDENT OF FLORIDA, CAN COME DOWN TO MIAMI BEACH WITH A M 16 AROUND MY SHOULDER.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT OUR NEXT SPRING BREAK? THIS IS MY CONCERN.

IF SOMEONE COULD ANSWER THIS WHEN I HANG UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND ALSO JUST TALKING ABOUT ALL THE

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WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.

ALL THE JEWS NEED TO COME TOGETHER.

MY FAMILY LOST PEOPLE IN THE HOLOCAUST AND I'M TIRED OF THIS KILLING ON BOTH SIDES.

IT MUST STOP.

PLEASE, IF YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION ON THE, UH, OPEN CARRY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH SBA.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH ADVOCACY CENTER.

I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU.

MIAMI BEACH HAS CERTAINLY BECOME THE LEADING CITY IN THE UNITED STATES WORKING TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM.

I THINK THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING THAT YOU CAN DO TODAY TO HONOR, I THINK THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING THAT YOU CAN DO TODAY TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF DAVID SCHACHTER IS TO PASS THIS VERY STRONG ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED THAT WOULD DO JUST THAT COMBAT ANTISEMITISM.

THAT ORDINANCE IS BASED ON A BILL THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS REALLY SIGNED, UH, RECENTLY SIGNED INTO LAW IN JUNE S ONE SEVEN, UH, EXCUSE ME, 1, 6, 7, 8.

UM, I WANNA JUST MAKE THREE POINTS ABOUT WHAT THIS BILL DOES, WHAT THIS BILL DOES NOT DO, AND WHO EXACTLY IS OPPOSING THIS.

NUMBER ONE, THIS BILL IS ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS EVERY RIGHT TO REGULATE AND PLACE CONDITIONS UPON THE EXPENDITURE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN ORDER TO REINFORCE PUBLIC POLICY.

THAT'S A WELL-ESTABLISHED FACT OF LAW THAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED AND SETTLED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

IT IS WITHIN ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT OF THIS COMMISSION TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.

NUMBER TWO, WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT DO IS AFFECT FREE SPEECH.

ANYBODY WHO HATES ISRAEL OR HATES JEWS HAS EVERY RIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND EXPRESS THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO SUGGEST IS THAT THEY HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO RECEIVING ANY FUNDING OR SPONSORSHIP FROM THIS CITY.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO SUGGEST THAT THE CITY IS CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED TO HAND THEM A MICROPHONE AS THEY GO AROUND AND SPREAD THEIR HATE.

LASTLY, JUST SPEAKING TO THE POINT OF JEWISH VOICES FOR PEACE, WHICH WE ALL READ LAST WEEK IN THE MEDIA, THEY'RE NOW SUING THIS CITY.

THEY'RE SUING MAY OR MAYOR MINOR.

IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, THEY'RE SUING COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY.

THIS IS A HATE GROUP.

IT IS RECOGNIZED FROM RIGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT WING, A DL, THAT JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE IS AN ANTI-SEMITIC HATE GROUP.

I WOULD URGE ANYBODY WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS DEBATE SIMPLY TO GO ONTO THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE'S WEBSITE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOSSIER ABOUT JEWISH VOICES FOR PEACE AND UNDERSTAND WHO IS SEEKING TO OPPOSE THIS CITY AND THIS ORDINANCE.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS VIA ZOOM, JOHAN MOORE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

MR. MOORE.

UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

JOHAN MOORE, 7 1 7 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

THE HYPOCRISY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IS STRIKING AND THE HYPOCRISY OF THE COMMISSION, IF IT PASSES THIS LEGISLATION WILL BE EVEN MORE STRIKING AND DEFENSIVE.

IT IS ZIONISM, WHICH IS THE HATE GROUP, AND FOR THIS COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE ZIONIST GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IS AN OUTRAGE.

THE SHOAH WAS WRONG, AND BECAUSE THE SHOAH WAS WRONG, THE ONGOING NAKBA IS WRONG.

AND JUST BECAUSE IT IS FASCIST JEWS WHO ENGAGE IN THAT GENOCIDE DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY MORE JUSTIFIABLE.

WELL, I, MS MS, WE, I, I LET MR. MOORE SPEAK.

HE HAD HIS FREE SPEECH, BUT I GET MY FREE SPEECH.

UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, MR. MOORE HAS BEEN CENSURED BY THIS COMMISSION FOR GLORIFYING VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS IN ISRAEL.

WE'VE SEEN IT IN EMAILS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UH, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY MORE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE HISTORY HERE.

I, ISRAEL MOVED, LEFT GAZA 20 YEARS AGO.

THEY REMOVED FORCIBLY THE REMAINING FEW THOUSAND JEWS THAT WERE IN GAZA.

HAMAS HAS RULED GAZA FOR 20 YEARS, AND THEY CHOSE TO USE WAR AND TUNNELS INSTEAD OF BUILDING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL COASTAL CITY.

LOOK AT THE MAP OF GAZA.

IT LOOKS IN MANY WAYS FROM A MAP.

IT COULD BE MIAMI BEACH WITH HOTELS, AND IT USED TO BE, BY THE WAY IT USED TO BE.

AND, AND, AND, AND DAYS AGO WHEN EGYPT CONTROLLED IT BEFORE ISRAEL WON IT IN A DEFENSIVE WAR, IT'S HARD TO LISTEN TO IT.

WE LISTENED TO IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THESE THINGS OUT.

MR. MAYOR.

I I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF THE LAST PERSON WHO SPOKE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE DO SAY WORDS MATTER, IT'S, AND, AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE, ARE ACTUALLY MEMBERS O OF OUR SOCIETY.

I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT

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TO CALL THEM OUT.

UH, JOHANN MOORE STATED TO ALL OF US ON THE COMMISSION.

MY HUSBAND JOINS ME IN CONGRATULATING IRAN ON ITS SUCCESSFUL MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST THE GENOCIDAL REGIME.

I URGE IRAN TO NUKE ZIONIST HELD POPULATION CENTERS DIRTY BOMBS, SUFFIC IF EPHESIAN WARHEADS AREN'T YET READY TO PURSUE THE DEFEAT OF THE OCCUPATIONAL REGIME, THAT WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT SPOKE.

SO FOR ANYONE HERE AND, AND YOU KIDS FROM HEBREW ACADEMY AM NOT GONNA SUGARCOAT IT.

BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WANT YOU DEAD.

THEY WANT TO KILL YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE JEWISH.

IT HAPPENED TO DAVID SCH, IT HAPPENED TO THE 6 MILLION JEWS.

IT'S HAPPENING TODAY.

SO DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES.

DON'T PUT YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SICK PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE JOHANN MOORE, WHO JUST CALLED IN, WHO WOULD NOTHING, WHO WOULD RATHER NOTHING TO BE HAPPY THAN TO WATCH YOU GUYS DIE.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

KEEP YOUR HEAD HIGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER YOU SEE SCUM LIKE THAT, YOU FIGHT IT.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

I HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR.

MY NAME IS PJ WARE COMMISSIONERS.

UH, I AM HERE ON BEHALF AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ENERGY CORPORATE WELLNESS.

UH, THIS IS ABOUT THE WELLNESS BUDGET FOR TODAY.

UH, FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS, WE PROUDLY SERVED THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, EARNING TWO TOP 10 FINAL SPOTS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL'S HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER AWARDS.

OUR MISSION HAS BEEN TO HELP EMPLOYEES OVERCOME OBSTACLES, WHETHER IT'S BORDERLINE TYPE TWO DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, OR HELPING THOSE DIAGNOSED REDUCE RELIANCE ON MEDICATIONS.

AS A SELF-FUNDED ORGANIZATION, THE CITY BENEFITS DIRECTLY FROM A HEALTHIER WORKFORCE CONTROLLING CLAIMS AND STRENGTHENING THE BOTTOM LINE.

BEYOND CAMP ENERGY'S SIX WEEKLY CLASSES, WE BUILT A WELLNESS CHANNEL WHERE EMPLOYEES FEEL SAFE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SHARE CONCERNS FROM BEACH BOOTCAMPS AND POP-UPS SMOOTHIE DEMOS TO LEADING WARMUPS AT THE MERCEDES-BENZ RUN IN FIVE KS.

WE'VE FOSTERED A PROUD FAMILY-LIKE COMMUNITY SINCE JANUARY, 2025.

WITH MINIMAL MARKETING, WE'VE GROWN PARTICIPATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, STRIVING TEAM BUILDING AND BETTER HEALTH.

AND 2024, WE FUNDED GIFT CARD REWARDS OUT OF POCKET TO SUSTAIN ENGAGEMENT.

FOR NEARLY A YEAR, THE CITY WAS IN BETWEEN WELLNESS APPLICATIONS AND ASSOCIATES WEREN'T RECEIVING REWARDS.

AND WE FELT IT.

WE OPERATED WITH ZERO INCENTIVES, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED PARTICIPATION.

DURING THAT TIME, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT POINTS AND REWARDS ARE A KEY DRIVER OF OUR PROGRAM, SUCCESS KEEPING ASSOCIATES ENGAGED AND MOTIVATED.

PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE THIS VITAL MISSION WITH THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO KEEP TEAM MIAMI BEACH THRIVING.

DONNA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, VIRTUALLY IS DONNA.

DONNA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, MY NAME IS DONNA NEVILLE.

I LIVE IN, UH, NORTH BEACH IN MIAMI BEACH.

I WAS GOING TO RESPOND TO ONE OF TODAY'S DEEPLY OFFENSIVE RESOLUTIONS, BUT NEED TO RESPOND TO REMARKS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.

I GREW UP WITH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN MIAMI BEACH.

I SPENT WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND HEARING THEIR STORIES WHICH WERE ETCHED INTO MY SOUL.

I WORKED FOR THE WORLD GATHERING OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

IT IS PRECISELY BECAUSE OF HOW DEEPLY AND PROFOUNDLY I HONOR THEIR MEMORY THAT I STAND FOR JUSTICE TODAY.

AND THAT MEANS STANDING AGAINST ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO CONFLATE ANTISEMITISM WITH CRITICISM OF ISRAEL AND ITS ACTIONS MAKES A MOCKERY OF ACTUAL ANTISEMITISM.

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES ON THE ISSUE OF JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN PART OF A JEWISH ORGANIZATION THAT MORE REFLECTS THE VALUES I GREW UP WITH OF TIKUN OLAM, REPAIR OF THE WORLD.

I LEARNED THOSE VALUES IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE IN MIAMI BEACH I WAS PART OF.

AND AT THE HEBREW ACADEMY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL AS A JEWISH PERSON AND AS A HUMAN BEING.

I SAY STOP ISRAEL'S ONGOING BRUTALITY AND STARVATION CAMPAIGN THAT IS RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

SILENCE IS COMPLICITY, NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE EVER.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND I HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GARY AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

OMAR JIMENEZ, UM, CANDIDATE FOR CITY COMMISSION IN GROUP 1 73 24

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THE CITY IS ALMOST A $1 BILLION BUDGET ANNUALLY, HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE OVER 100 MILLION IN UNFUNDED PROJECTS DUE TO THE WASTE AND MISMANAGEMENT OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS EACH YEAR.

LAST WEEK, THE DREXEL AVENUE PEDESTRIANIZATION FINALLY BROKE GROUND AFTER 12 YEARS.

HOW IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO BRING BACK PEOPLE TO LINCOLN ROAD? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW DOES A FEW PAVERS AND LANDSCAPING COST $31 MILLION? IT'S A SIMILAR STORY WITH PUMP STATION 28.

IN 2022, THE UPGRADE WAS SUPPOSED TO COST 11 MILLION.

THEN THREE YEARS LATER, IT'S NOW COSTING $44 MILLION.

ARE WE REALLY NEGOTIATING THE BEST CONTRACTS POSSIBLE? LAST WEEK, THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING, WE LEARNED THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION NO LONGER FEELS DREDGING.

THE CONTAMINATED SLUDGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PARKVIEW CANAL ESTIMATED THAT $2 MILLION IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WHILE WE LIVE SURROUNDED BY TOXIC WATERWAYS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND SEE REGULAR CLOSURES DUE TO BACTERIA FILLED BEACHES.

AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

OUR FUTURE IS OUR CLEAN AND SAFE BEACHES AND WATERWAYS.

MIAMI BEACH IS SOUNDING MORE LIKE A BROWN ZONE THESE DAYS RATHER THAN A BLUE ZONE.

NEXT COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER BARA SPEAK.

I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE RECORD.

AT LAST WEEK'S LAND USE COMMITTEE MEETING, IT WAS NOT A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT DREDGING WAS A PRUDENT FISCAL MEASURE.

THE CONCERN WAS THAT IT WOULDN'T BE IN AND OF ITSELF BY ITSELF A SOLUTION THAT WOULD YIELD THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT.

WE ARE STILL PROCEEDING WITH THE DREDGING PLAN.

WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS TO, UM, TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DREDGING PLAN.

I THIS IS A VERY HOT TOPIC, UM, AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY TO HAVE AN ISLAND WHERE WE ALL LIVE, WHERE WALTER DOESN'T STOP AT BARRIERS TO BE CLEAN.

SO I DON'T APPRECIATE FOLKS MISCHARACTERIZING THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

I I AGREE THAT IT'S NOT AS FAST AS WE WANTED.

I SHARE THE FRUSTRATION THAT IT'S NOT SOLVED YET.

I WAS THE RESIDENT AT THE TIME WHO RAISED THE ALARM ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON PARKVIEW ISLAND.

AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME, NOT PEOPLE HERE NOW, SAID, OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IT'S JUST WEIRD, FUNKY TESTING FROM THE SEWER LINE BREAK IN IN MID BEACH.

THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS NOW, UM, LED BY MY COLLEAGUE WHEN HE WAS ELECTED ALEX FERNANDEZ AND, AND ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION NOW TO FIX THIS.

BUT IT IS NOT A QUICK, SIMPLE, EASY OR INEXPENSIVE FIX.

WE'RE SPENDING CLOSE TO $20 MILLION, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, WHEN ALL WILL BE SAID AND DONE.

AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED.

BUT LET'S, LET'S USE FACTS ACCURATELY.

WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE DREDGING GOING.

WE ARE WORKING ON OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT CAN ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF THE DREDGING.

AND WE WILL NOT STOP WORKING UNTIL WE HAVE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE.

COMMISSIONER BACH.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS WATER QUALITY ISSUE.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE, THE WORDS OF MY COLLEAGUE, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND IN GREAT PART BECAUSE COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, PRIOR TO TO BEING ELECTED, UH, TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH WATER QUALITY IN NORTH BEACH.

AND EARLY ON IN MY TERM, WE STARTED PRIORITIZING THE FUNDING TO FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTH BEACH.

AND WE CONTINUED THAT WORK.

IN FACT, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT I'M SPONSORING ON THE, ON THE AGENDA TO AUTHORIZE AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF THE SANITARY SEWER PUMP STATION 23 OF THERE IN NORTH BEACH.

SO THAT IF THERE IS AN AN ISSUE, WE BECOME AWARE OF IT AND WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE DEFINITIVE ACTION WE NEED TO, TO, TO FIX IT.

AND WE'RE ALSO AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR WEEKLY WATER QUALITY TESTING IN THE PARKVIEW CANAL SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BENEFIT FROM FROM THAT INFORMATION.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DURHAM, OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION ON NEW TECHNOLOGY.

IN ADDITION TO THE DREDGING NANO BUBBLE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IN ESSENCE PUMPS THE WATER FROM THE CANAL, PUTS IT THROUGH A SYSTEM TO OXYGENATE AND HOPEFULLY KILL THE ENTEROCOCCI THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUING THIS, THIS CANAL FOR FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND THERE IS HIGH HOPES THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THE SERIOUS WATER QUALITY ISSUES WE'VE BEEN FACING THERE.

CLEARLY WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY HAS A RIGHT TO BE UPSET.

FOR TOO LONG PRIOR TO THIS COMMISSION, THE ISSUE WAS IGNORED.

BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH REAL IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS

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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALAN LEVINE.

MR. LEVINE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SO WE HAVE TWO MINUTES.

UH, I'M ALAN LEVINE, A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH AND A MEMBER AND LAWYER FOR JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE.

LAST MONTH, THE COMMISSION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION FOR TESTING THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

THAT DISPLAY OF TOLERANCE SEEMS TO BE TOO MUCH FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO'VE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, CELEBRATING CRUELTY AND INTOLERANCE.

FIRST, THERE'S COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO HONOR CHARLIE KIRK.

ONE NEED NOT, AND I DO NOT CELEBRATE HIS ASSASSINATION.

WHEN I NOTE THAT KIRK WAS A FIRST CLASS BIGOT, HE APPLAUDED STONING GAY PEOPLE, CALLED PEOPLE WHO WERE TRANS IN ABOMINATION AND SAID THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS AWFUL.

THAT'S WHO YOU ARE ASKED TO HONOR BY ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.

AND THEN THERE'S COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ ROSEN'S PROPOSAL TO GIVE A ONE-WAY BUS TICKET TO HOMELESS PEOPLE.

IT'S A PROPOSAL RIGHT OUT OF THE RON DESANTIS PLAYBOOK WHO PAID FOR IMMIGRANTS TO BE FLOWN OUT OF FLORIDA.

AND THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, BY THE WAY, IS NOT DIRECTED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME, BUT SIMPLY PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO POOR TO PAY FOR SHELTER FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO SPEND MONEY TO HELP DISAPPEAR A VULNERABLE POPULATION RATHER THAN USING THAT MONEY TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER, IS A SHAMEFUL ABDICATION OF THE CITY'S MORAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND FINALLY, LET ME SAY THAT THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ DISHONOR THE MEMORY OF DAVID SCHACHTER BY SAYING THAT THOSE OF US WHO PROTEST ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE ARE ANTISEMITIC.

ANTISEMITISM IS A REAL THING.

CRITICISM OF ISRAEL IS NOT THAT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

UH, BY THE WAY, I'M GONNA ASK 'CAUSE I I ACTUALLY FIND IT PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE WHEN I HEAR THE CLAPPING.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THAT ACTUALLY IS AGAINST PROTOCOLS.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT IS SO PAINFUL WHEN PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT ARE HATEFUL TOWARD ISRAEL.

AND NOT ONLY ISRAEL, THE JEWISH PEOPLE, EVERY JEWISH PERSON SITTING HERE, ALMOST EVERY JEWISH PERSON IS SITTING HERE HIGHLY OFFENDED.

AND WE ARE FEARFUL FOR WHAT THIS COUNTRY AND WHERE WE STAND IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND TO HEAR PEOPLE CLAPPING AND GLORIFYING MISREPRESENTATIONS, IT'S HARD.

MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS JACQUELINE POWERS AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS AND STEAM PLUS PROGRAMMING.

UM, LAST YEAR, THE COMMISSION AND MAYOR, UH, SO AMAZINGLY FUNDED NOT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MIAMI BEACH, BUT ALSO FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

UM, EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, ENRICHMENT, STEAM PLUS, UH, STOP THE BLEED KITS.

AND, UH, I'M WITH THE, THE PARENT AT INNOVATIVE SCHOOL TEMPLE BE SHALOM.

I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PTO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY IS A BUDGET MEETING AND THAT SOME OF THESE ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING THE STEAM PLUS PROGRAM, ARE POTENTIALLY BEING, UM, THOUGHT TO BE ELIMINATED.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY STRESS THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD, LIKE WE WERE TOLD TO, TO BE HERE BY THE QAC.

WE WERE TOLD.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

BUT, UM, I JUST REALLY WANNA STRESS HOW IMPORTANT, UM, THESE CULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE.

THE BASS MUSEUM IS COMING INTO OUR SCHOOL AND FIU, UM, AGAIN, THE STOP THE BLEED KITS, LIKE ALL THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS, UM, NOT JUST BY THE WAY, UH, THE, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MIAMI BEACH, ALSO ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A COUPLE PICTURES OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENJOYING THIS AMAZING PROGRAMMING BY THE BASS.

AND, UM, THEY ARE REALLY LOVING IT.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST, UM, THE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL TEMPLE BE SHALOM, IT'S ALL THOSE SCHOOLS IN MIAMI BEACH.

SO I WOULD URGE YOU WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE BUDGETS TO PLEASE, UM, DON'T CUT THIS PROGRAMMING.

THANK YOU .

E ATTACHED TO THE BUDGET.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, UM, BECAUSE IF IT'S NECESSARY FOR ME TO MAKE A MOTION RIGHT, RIGHT NOW TO PROPOSE NOT ELIMINATING ANY EDUCATION OR ENHANCEMENT, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BUDGET AS IT STANDS, DOES NOT PROPOSE ELIMINATING ANY OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT MIAMI BEACH MAKES INTO EDUCATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I BELIEVE EVERYONE IS REFERENCING APPENDIX

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APPENDIX E WAS THE EXERCISE THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO, BUT THOSE ARE NOT RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS.

SO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION IS NOT RECOMMENDING, UH, UNFUNDING ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN INVESTING IN OVER, OVER THE YEARS, WHETHER IT BE FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

IF, IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE THING APPARENTLY.

'CAUSE I'M ALSO ON THE QAC, APPARENTLY THERE'S AN OPEN POSITION AND IF THAT POSITION DOESN'T GET FILLED, THEN THEY CAN'T CONTINUE THE STEAM PLUS PROGRAMMING.

AND SO THAT POSITION NEEDS TO BE FILLED.

AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I HOPE I'M WRONG, THAT POSITION IS NOT GONNA BE RECOMMENDED TO BE FILLED AND THEN THEREFORE THE STEAM PLUS PROGRAMMING CAN'T GO FORWARD.

THAT WAS WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

THAT IS A FROZEN POSITION RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT A BUDGET REDUCTION.

RIGHT.

AND I BELIEVE, UM, I HAD REQUESTED LEGISLATION SO THAT, SO THAT IF THERE WAS A FROZEN EDUCATION POSITION, THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE HIRING OF THAT POSITION.

BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO FREEZE AND THAT THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY.

WELL, WHAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THIS COMMISSION DID NOT REQUIRE A FREEZE.

THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT THERE WAS NO VOTE TAKEN TO, TO IMPOSE A FREEZE ON A FREEZE ON HIRING.

IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS THAT IT IS INTRINSIC IN OUR VALUES, NOT ONLY AS A CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT IN HOW WE INVEST THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS OF OUR CITY, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE FIND IT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE OF OUR CITY.

AND SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE UNFREEZE IT AND THAT, AND THAT THAT POSITION REMAINS FUNDED IN OUR BUDGET.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S STATEMENT THAT THAT POSITION SHOULD BE FILLED.

AND I'VE SEEN THE OUTCOME OF ALL OF THESE STEAM PROGRAMS IN BOTH OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

I ACTUALLY GOT A WONDERFUL EMAIL FROM, UH, ONE OF THE YESHIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACTUALLY SAYING HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE BALLET PROGRAM.

AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CITYWIDE AND IT'S CRITICAL.

SO ERIC, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT POSITION IS FUNDED.

I WILL, I WILL SUPPORT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ ON THIS, AND I'M PRETTY SURE ON THIS DAY YOU HAVE SUPPORT FOR THESE EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS.

THE POSITION IS FUNDED.

I CAN CONFIRM RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET PROCESS.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE END WE CAN DELIVER A BALANCED BUDGET.

AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT POSITION FUNDED AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR ONCE WE'VE GOT AN ADOPTED BUDGET.

OUR NEXT, SORRY, OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS ABBY.

ABBY STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI, MY NAME IS ABBY, AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA.

AND I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS TO BE SUCH A HEAVY MORNING THIS MORNING WITH THE TOPICS THAT WERE PRESENTED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND, YOU KNOW, ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GAIN HUMANITY BACK AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE FAMILIES THAT SENT THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR.

AND THEY, UM, DID NOT COME HOME.

AND THE MANY FAMILIES THAT WILL SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR, AND THEY'LL ALSO NOT COME HOME AGAIN.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST POLITICAL, THIS IS HUMANITY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MATTER THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE TODAY IS AN ORDINANCE ACTUALLY BRINGING HUMANITY BACK TO MIAMI BEACH.

AND THAT STARTS WITH CHANGING OUR PARKING ORDINANCES.

UM, I WAS TOWED IN MIAMI BEACH AFTER THE PROPER SIGNAGE NOT BEING DISPLAYED IN A PRIVATE PARKING LOT.

THE PRIVATE PARKING LOT LOOKED VERY, VERY SIMILAR, THE SIGNAGE TO CITY PARKING.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER BOT MAGAZINE AND, UH, FERNANDEZ, WHO RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL IMMEDIATELY AND WANTED TO REALLY MOVE THIS INITIATIVE AND ORDINANCE ALONG TO MAKE, UM, BRANDED AND CLEAR SIGNAGE AVAILABLE TO ALL, UM, THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY THAT IS AFFECTED BY THIS IS THE HANDICAPPED COMMUNITY THINKING THAT THEY CAN PARK IN THESE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE HANDICAPPED WHEN THEY'RE, IN FACT, IN PRIVATE LOTS, THEY ARE TOWED.

AND THE COST FOR RETRIEVAL OF YOUR VEHICLE IS AT LEAST $400, WHICH IN TODAY'S ECONOMY IS EXTREMELY HEFTY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BACKING THIS INITIATIVE TO MAKE CLEAR SIGNAGE AND DISCLOSURES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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YOUR TIME IS UP.

I APOLOGIZE.

AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL, ERIC.

I, I'VE ACTUALLY, THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT IN A DIFFERENT AREA AND, AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO CHECK OUT THE SIGNAGE AND IT WASN'T CLEAR HOW, HOW DO WE RECTIFY, HOW DO WE RECTIFY THIS? SO WE HAD LEGISLATION THAT WAS BROUGHT A FEW MONTHS BACK TO TRY AND CLARIFY THIS.

UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, THANKS TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, UM, TO ADD ADDITIONAL CLARITY TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PRIVATE PARKING LOTS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC WHEN A LOT IS THE CITIES AS OPPOSED TO WHEN IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED.

AND MAYBE IT'S A SEPARATE ITEM OR, OR IF WE CAN ADD ON TO, WELL, WE'LL DISCUSS IT AT THE TIME, BUT THE AREA I'M TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY WAS, UH, A STREET WHERE THERE'S A LOADING ZONE, BUT THE, IT, IT REALLY WASN'T CLEAR.

I ACTUALLY WENT READ IT SEVERAL TIMES AND I COULDN'T FIGURE, FIGURE IT OUT.

UM, AND I THINK WE BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, BUT THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE SOMEBODY GOT TOWED AND IT'S LIKE, KIND OF FEEL BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE EVEN SOMEONE, UH, WHO, WHO READ THE SIGN MULTIPLE TIMES WOULD BE CONFUSED.

UNDERSTOOD.

WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARKING FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNAGE IS CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE.

THANKS.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI, MY NAME IS COLE BENLI AND I'M THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE HEBREW ACADEMY STUDENT COUNCIL.

ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, I WANNA THANK YOU, MAYOR MINOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR MAKING MIAMI BEACH EVEN BETTER AND SAFER.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND ITS CITIZENS.

WE APPRECIATE THE ENHANCED VISUAL POLICE PRESENCE AT RELIGIOUS SITES.

OUR STUDENT BODY IS ALSO VERY EXCITED TO ENJOY THE BRAND NEW PARK THAT THE CITY'S BUILT ON PINE TREE DRIVE RIGHT NEAR OUR CAMPUS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR, UH, NEW PRESIDENCY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

30 MINUTES HAVE ELAPSED.

MAY WE CONTINUE AND IF SO, MAY I DO IT FOR ONE MINUTE? SURE.

SO EVERYONE JUST, WE'VE ELAPSED THE 30 MINUTES, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE EVERYONE ONE MINUTE TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO SPEAK.

THE YOUNG LADY WITH AT THE END WILL BE THE LAST PERSON IF YOU, UNLESS YOU, IF YOU WANNA STAND THE LINE, PLEASE DO SO NOW.

OTHERWISE, SHE'S THE LAST PERSON.

UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMANDA HARRIS.

AMANDA, GO AHEAD.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

HI.

HI, MY NAME'S AMANDA HARRIS.

I LIVE AT 1751 WASHINGTON AVENUE.

UM, I WAS READING AN EMAIL THIS MORNING FROM KRISTEN ROSEN GONZALEZ THAT THE PLAN IS NOW TO GIVE UNHOUSED PEOPLE A BUS TICKET AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET OUTTA MIAMI BEACH.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER FACED VIOLENCE FROM AN UNHOUSED PERSON.

MY KIDS PLAY AT THE SOUNDSCAPE BY THEMSELVES UNACCOMPANIED, AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ACCOSTED BY AN UNHOUSED PERSON.

WHAT I DO SEE IS THAT A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH IS TOO HIGH.

I THINK THAT THIS COMMISSION CAN WORK OUT A BETTER PLAN THAT'S SUSTAINABLE FOR PEOPLE IN MIAMI BEACH TO LIVE SAFELY AND COEXIST WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO LIVING ON THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER BEING MORE CREATIVE AND COMING UP WITH A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION THAT'S HUMANE TO THE HUMANS THAT LIVE ON OUR STREETS WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON OUR STREETS.

UM, AND I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA, REPRESENTATIVE.

UM, I ALWAYS COME HERE TO ACTUALLY TALK BUSINESS OF THE CITY AND STATE, AND I JUST GET DRAWN INTO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE TABLE.

SO I'M GOING TO CHANGE WHAT I'M GONNA SAY AGAIN THE OTHER DAY.

I JUST WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW, I, I POSTED A VERY APPROPRIATE POST ON THE DEATH OF CHARLIE KIRK.

NO ONE SHOULD TAKE BULLETS FOR THEIR BELIEFS.

I POSTED ON THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY CHATS.

THE COMMENTS WERE SO TOXIC, SO HORRENDOUS THAT THE MODERATOR SHUT IT DOWN.

I CALLED HIM IMMEDIATELY AND SAID, PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT.

I'M AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

I DON'T CENSOR ANYBODY REGARDLESS OF MY POSITION.

UM, AND HE REFUSED TO.

AND I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY OUT THERE.

WE JUST HAD THE, UM, REMEMBRANCE OF NINE 11 WHERE I, I WASN'T ABLE TO SPEAK.

UM, AND I HEARD SPEECHES THAT HIT THE TALKING POINTS, BUT FAILED TO REMIND EVERYBODY.

AND I WAS THERE THAT DAY.

I LOST FRIENDS THAT DAY.

AND IT WASN'T JUST OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERY DAY.

IT WAS A COMMUNITY THAT STOPPED THINKING OF WHERE TO POINT FINGERS.

THEY JUST CAME TOGETHER IN AN INSTANT, PERFECT STRANGERS DOING AMAZING THINGS FOR STRANGERS.

UM, I I, THE CITY IS HURTING, THE WORLD IS HURTING AND I, I WANNA BLAME THE LEADERS.

I WANNA BLAME THE PARENTS.

I WANNA TAKE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY

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FOR MYSELF.

I GOT INTO THIS TOO LATE TO BE A VOICE.

UM, WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE UNTIL WE MAKE A DECISION TO JUST STOP THE NONSENSE AND DO BETTER.

AND TO THE CHILDREN THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THAT ARE LISTENING EVERYWHERE, IT IS A UP TO YOU.

EDUCATE YOURSELVES ON EVERY SIDE OF EVERY ARGUMENT AND BE BRAVE AND BOLDEN STEP FORWARD.

I DO BELIEVE IN US, AND, UH, THIS CITY IS MY HEART.

IT'S MY HOME.

I RAISED MY KID HERE, SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT'S WHY I LOVE IT THE MOST BECAUSE IT HURTS THE MOST.

SO HE'S A REPRESENTATIVE.

JUST GIVE HIM ANOTHER YEAH, I, I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I CAME TO TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW.

WE SEE EYE TO EYE AND AND WE WON'T, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE SHOULD CHALLENGE EACH OTHER.

BUT, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND LET'S FIX THIS, THAT WE CANNOT TAKE ANY MORE OF THIS.

IT, IT JUST HURTS TOO MUCH.

THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE WASABI.

UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

I WOULD LIKE TO REBUT A FEW OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT MY, UM, BUS TICKET ITEM.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY I PUT THE BUS TICKET ITEM ON JUST SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CAMPING ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND, UH, WE ARE ARRESTING HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING IN OUR PARKS.

WE HAVE AN OPTION TO ARREST, AN OPTION TO GO TO A SHELTER AND MOST OF, OR A BUS TICKET.

AND WHEN I DID A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS, I FOUND THAT THE REASON THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING THE BUS TICKET AND THEY'RE JUST GETTING ARRESTED, WHICH IS EVEN WORSE, IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO RECEIVE THEM ON THE OTHER END.

WE KNOW A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION COMES FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

SO IF WE CAN SEND THEM BACK TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE SOMEONE RECEIVE THEM ON THE OTHER END, THAT IS IN FACT COMPASSIONATE.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT A BUS TICKET, BUT IT IS A BUS TICKET WITH A HUNDRED DOLLARS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME FOOD AND, UH, INCIDENTALS ALONG THE WAY.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A SOLUTION, IT'S A COMPASSIONATE SOLUTION.

AND THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THE DATA AFTER THREE MONTHS AND SEE IF IN FACT, PEOPLE ARE FINALLY CHOOSING TO TAKE THE BUS TICKET OPTION.

AND, AND WE'LL OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS THIS MORE AT LENGTH WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE CALL THE ITEM LATER.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS SHARON.

SHARON STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

HI, UH, SHARON WEISS, UH, 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET.

AND, UH, I'M JUST CALLING IN THIS MORNING TO EXPRESS MY, UH, PUZZLEMENT WHY THIS COMMISSION IS NOT TAKING THE, UM, SITUATION WITH THE WATER QUALITY AS A FIVE ALARM FIRE, I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSION IS WASTING TIME AND MONEY ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON ARTS AND CULTURE, ON FAR INCREASES ON DEVELOPER GIVEAWAYS.

100% OF OUR MONEY AND FOCUS SHOULD BE ON WATER QUALITY WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE WATER.

WE ARE NOT MIAMI BEACH.

WE ARE JUST MIAMI.

WE ARE HOT, WE ARE SWAMPY, AND WE HAVE NO, NO, NO RELIEF FROM IT VIA OUR, OUR BEAUTIFUL WATERWAYS.

GO AHEAD SIR.

MY NAME IS CALEB GSKI.

AND AS A GREAT GRANDCHILD OF FOUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, TWO OF WHOM SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ, I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO SHARE A FEW WORDS TODAY.

THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO HONORING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ENSURES THAT THEIR LEGACY WILL NEVER FADE.

BY CREATING SPACES LIKE THIS FOR REMEMBRANCE AND DIALOGUE, MIAMI BEACH REMINDS US THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST ANTISEMITISM IS ABOUT PROTECTING FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR EVERYONE.

AS A LIFELONG STUDENT OF THE HEBREW ACADEMY, I'VE CONSISTENTLY BEEN TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY OUR JEWISH IDENTITY, BUT THE PARAMOUNT PLACE THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL HOLDS AS OUR TRUE HOMELAND.

AS A LIFELONG RESIDENCE OF MIAMI BEACH, I FEEL DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT HAS ALWAYS STOOD WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND WITH ISRAEL, MIAMI BEACH HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE JEWISH FAMILIES JUST LIKE MY OWN FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED, EVEN WHILE ANTISEMITISM CONTINUES TO RISE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND ITS LEADERS FOR THEIR CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

OF AMERICA FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT THIS RESOLUTION THE CITY WISHES TO PASS, TO ENCOURAGE ITS BUSINESSES TO BE GUN-FREE ZONES IN NO WAY RESOLVES THIS ISSUE.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS LOUIS VALDEZ.

MR. VALDEZ STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

MY NAME IS LOUIS VALDEZ.

I'M THE FLORIDA STATE DIRECTOR FOR GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA.

OUR, OUR CORPORATE ADDRESS IS 8 0 0 1 FORBES PLACE, SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA, BUT I'M A MIAMI NATIVE AND GREW UP IN MIAMI BEACH.

UH, SHALOM, MR. MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, IS COMPLETELY AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO BECOME COME FREE ZONES AS IT HAS BEEN SAID, NEVER AGAIN MEANS SOMETHING.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THE NAZI GOVERNMENT DID WAS ENACT GUN CONTROL AND DISARM THE JEWISH POPULATIONS.

GUN CONTROL ONLY RESTRICTS THE LAW ABIDING CRIMINALS IN NO WAY ABIDE BY THIS.

FURTHERMORE, IT RE IT RESTRICTS THE JEWISH POPULATION AND LEAVES THEM DEFENSELESS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS.

GUN OWNERS

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AND IN FACT, DISARMS THE JEWISH POPULATION AND OTHER LAW ABIDING FLORIDIANS THAT VISIT AND LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

GOOD MORNING, I'M ELIANA COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

I JUST WANT TO JUST CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, DOES THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS JUST REFERENCED, DOES IT ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESSES OR DOES IT SIMPLY INFORM AND EDUCATE THE BUSINESSES THAT IF THEY CHOOSE, UH, LEAVING IT UP TO THE BUSINESS WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT, UH, PROHIBIT WEAPONS IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT? WELL, WE'RE NOT IN ANY WAY REGULATING, WE WOULD BE PREEMPTED FROM DOING THAT UNDER STATE LAW, OF COURSE.

UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO REGULATE FIREARMS. THAT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS.

UM, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING INFORMATION, UM, ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO MAKE THEIR THEIR OWN DECISIONS, BUT IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING.

I BELIEVE THAT THE WORDING DOES INCLUDE THE WORD ENCOURAGING.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ABOUT INFORMING NOT NECESSARILY ENCOURAGING.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS INFORMATIONAL, UH, SO THAT EACH BUSINESS MAKES THEIR OWN DETERMINATION.

WE CAN MODIFY THAT WHEN THE ITEM GETS CALLED.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM MR. MANAGER, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND I SPOKE, SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS.

UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT ITS RESIDENCE.

I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP.

IF THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, I JUST WANT IT TO BE ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING OUR POLICE, ESPECIALLY ON ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH WEAPONS THAT WE CHARGED THEM TO PROTECT US ABOUT COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR SCHOOL NAMES, NOT NUMBERS.

THIS YEAR THE FUNDING WAS KAPA THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AND WE AS A COMMISSION INTERVENED AND FUNDED IT FOR YOU AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO THE COMMISSION DOES A LOT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TO KEEP THE LE THE LEGACY OF THE SURVIVORS PRESENT EVER PRESENT.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MOST ACTIVE OPEN FORUMS THAT WE'VE HAD.

UM, SO GO AHEAD PLEASE.

I'M A SENIOR AT HEBREW ACADEMY.

TODAY WE PAUSED TO HONOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, MEN AND WOMEN WHO ENDURED UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY, YET REFUSE TO LET HATE DEFINE THEIR LIVES.

THEIR COURAGE IS MORE THAN HISTORY.

IT'S A CALL TO ACTION.

AS SURVIVORS GROW OLDER, OUR RESPONSIBILITY GROWS STRONGER.

WE MUST LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES, PRESERVE THEIR TESTIMONIES, AND SHARE THEM WITH FUTURE GENERATIONS SO THAT THE TRUTH CAN NEVER BE DENIED OR FORGOTTEN.

HONORING SURVIVORS MEANS MORE THAN REMEMBERING THE PAST AND MEANS STANDING UP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM IN ALL FORMS OF HATRED TODAY BY CARRYING THEIR VOICES FORWARD.

WE ENSURE THAT THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST, ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PREJUDICE AND THE POWER OF RESILIENCE REMAIN ALIVE.

LET US PROMISE THAT THEIR SUFFERING WILL NOT BE IN VAIN AND THAT THEIR LEGACY OF HOPE AND HUMAN DIGNITY WILL ENDURE.

IT'S, I HAVE TO SAY I'M SO PROUD, UH, HEARING THE STUDENTS FROM HEBREW ACADEMY THAT ARE SPEAKING BECAUSE IF I CLOSE MY EYES AND DIDN'T SEE YOUR FACES AND KNOW YOUR AGE, I WOULD THINK I'M LISTENING TO A, UH, WELL RENOWNED PUBLIC SPEAKER.

UH, YOU, IT'S, UH, I KNOW IT'S FROM THE HEART AND IT'S INCREDIBLE, UH, THE TALENT THAT, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS GINA.

GINA STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

MY NAME IS GINA ERLA AND I LIVE AT 5 5 5 5 COLLINS AVENUE.

AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF CLEAN MIAMI BEACH TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE BAN OF ARTIFICIAL FLOWER PETALS AND GLITTER ON OUR BEACHES.

SO THESE PRODUCTS MAY LOOK FESTIVE, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY HARMFUL POLLUTANTS.

THESE ARE SYNTHETIC AND THEY NEVER FULLY BREAK DOWN.

AND ONCE THEY'RE SCATTERED, THEY ENTER OUR OCEANS WHERE OUR FAUNA CAN MISTAKE THEM FOR FOOD.

JUST YESTERDAY DURING OUR CLEANUP AT 24TH STREET, WE ONCE AGAIN COLLECTED MANY OF THESE ITEMS LITTERED ON OUR BEACH.

AND DESPITE REGULAR CLEANUPS, THEY CONTINUE TO REAPPEAR SHOWING THAT OUR CLEANUP EFFORTS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH.

THESE ITEMS DON'T BIODEGRADE AND THEY ADD TO THE GROWING PROBLEM OF MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION.

A BAN IS NOT JUST NECESSARY, IT IS COMMON SENSE.

IF WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR BEACHES, WILDLIFE, AND THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE ALSO URGING THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING SEWAGE CONTAMINATION THAT THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH, DEGRADES WATER QUALITY AND HARMS AQUATIC LIFE.

BUT FOR THE WHOLE JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS ABI ELMA, SENIOR AT HEBREW ACADEMY IN MIAMI BEACH.

I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THESE WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.

I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE HONEST.

I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID TO GO TO SUCH A WELL-KNOWN JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS INSURED SAFETY, NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS WHO GO TO HEBREW ACADEMY,

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AND FOR THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE GRATEFUL IT'S NECESSARY THAT IN THESE TIMES WE STAND AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM AND WE CONTINUE TO COMMEMORATE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND DEFEND THEIR LEGACY.

IT'S ON US TO KEEP THEIR STORIES ALIVE AND REMIND EVERYONE WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S ESSENTIAL TO KNOW ALSO THAT THERE ARE APPROPRIATE WAYS TO ADDRESS CONTROVERSIES, INCLUDING PEACEFUL DIALOGUE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

ULTIMATELY, THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS AND THE CITY FOR DOING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN SAFEGUARDING THE MASSIVE JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE.

YOUR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT ARE TRULY APPRECIATED AND DON'T GO UNNOTICED.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS, HAS A SCREEN NAME OF BRANDON.

BRANDON STATE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

PLEASE STOP HURTING THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

HEY, I'M BRANDON BUCKLES TRAVELER, ONE FOR THE AGENCY@WECONTROLTIME.COM.

BETWEEN, UH, MIAMI BEACH, BOGO, GUITAR, COLUMBIA, AND, UH, COURT OF CARING FOR THOSE IN NEED IS A CORE TENANT OF OUR SHARED TRADITIONS IN JUDAISM.

SAY THAT GUY, I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.

THE COMMAND TO GIVE CHARITY IS NOT MERELY A MORAL IDEAL, BUT A COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT SUSTAINS SOCIETY.

WHEN WE NEGLECT THE POOR, WE WEAKEN THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR ECONOMY.

RECENT ANALYSIS SHOW THAT SUCH NEGLECT CAN TRANSLATE INTO A LOSS OF ROUGHLY $4 MILLION IN HOTEL TAX REVENUE, REFLECTING REDUCED TOURISM AND LOCAL SPENDING.

MY OWN FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST CALLS ME TO HONOR EVERY PERSON AS AN EQUAL, EXTENDING COMPASSION WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

AS CHRISTIANS, WE ARE ALSO CALLED TO RESPECT THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORITY THEY HOLD AS APPOINTED BY GOD, ACKNOWLEDGING THE WISDOM OF THEIR TEACHINGS ON JUSTICE AND GENEROSITY TOGETHER LET US CHAMPION POLICIES THAT LIFT VULNERABLE BECAUSE DOING SO ENRICHES BOTH OUR MORAL CONSCIOUS AND OUR COLLECTIVE PROSPERITY.

I HAVE ONE MINUTE.

MY NAME IS JACOB LEBO.

I'M THE SENIOR AT THE HEBREW ACADEMY.

NOW, BEFORE I SPEAK, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

WE ARE THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY.

NOW I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH SINCE 2009.

I DIDN'T JUST GROW UP IN THE CITY, BUT I GREW WITH THE CITY.

AND IN RECENT TIMES THERE'S BEEN AN EXPONENTIAL RISE IN HATE, UNJUSTIFIED, HATE AND HATE THAT SEPARATES OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M ADDRESSING NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WITH ME NOW BEGGING FOR PEACE.

WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY AND I ASK THAT WE PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY IS BUILT THROUGH PROPER COMMUNICATION AND PEACEFUL CONVERSATIONS.

ALTHOUGH EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM SHARES A DIFFERENT OPINION, WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE VOICE OUR OPINIONS IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.

I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND FRANKLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WHO'S HERE TODAY FOR STANDING WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY DURING A VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY ANTI-SEMITIC TIME.

YOUR SUPPORT MEANS MORE THAN WORDS CAN CAPTURE.

AS A STUDENT OF HEBREW ACADEMY, ISRAEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN CORE TO OUR VALUES.

IT IS THE HOME OF MY PEOPLE AND I CANNOT BEGIN TO START MY THANKS FOR WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS WAYNE ROBERTS.

MR. ROBERTS, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BROKE.

UM, I WANNA BEGIN BY THANKING ERIC 'CAUSE HE PICKED UP THE PHONE, UH, ERIC CARPENTER AT SEVEN 30 THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS IN FRONT OF WALGREENS WHERE I, UH, SAW A, UH, MAN IN HIS THIRTIES SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK.

UM, PICKED UP THE PHONE AND SERVICES CAME FROM, BUT I HAD A LONG TALK WITH HIM.

UM, HE'D BEEN ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES UNDER THE, UH, THE CAMPING AND ORDINANCES.

UM, AND HE WAS, WAS HAPPY TO TAKE SHELTER.

BUT I ASKED HIM WOULD HE BE INTERESTED IN A BUS TICKET A HUNDRED DOLLARS? AND HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

BECAUSE I WANT TO GET HOME.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MONTHS, UM, AND I HAVE NO MEANS TO GET HOME.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S CRUEL.

MOST OF THE, THE HOMELESS HERE CAME HERE WITH $500 IN THEIR POCKET AND, AND THEY, AND THEY, THEY'RE DONE.

THEY HAVE NO MEANS TO GET HOME.

AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, TO, UH, UH, TO PUT THEM BACK WHERE THEY, THEY THANK YOU MR. ROBERTS.

THEY WILL HAVE MORE SUCCESS.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

HI, MY NAME IS BRENDA JORDAN.

I'M AN ARTIST VENDOR LIVE 2316 BAY DRIVE, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

3, 3 1 4 1.

CAN REVIEW GOVERNMENT ACTION BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE.

UM, I'M A CERTIFIED, UH, MIAMI BEACH ARTIST VENDOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY, UM, NONE OF THE ARTISTS, UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ARTISTS WHO, WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE RECENT ORDINANCE.

AND IF YOU ARTISTS CAN STAND UP, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

NONE OF THE ARTISTS WERE GIVEN PROPER COPIES OF THE ORDINANCE TO REVIEW BEFORE THE VOTE WAS TAKEN, INCLUDING MYSELF.

THIS GOES AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS, WHICH WERE MEANT TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC

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SHOW THE THINGS MY HUSBAND'S GONNA SHOW SOME OF THE ART THAT, ESPECIALLY TO THE LAWYER WHO CONSIDERS JEWELRY NOT ART, UM, UH, AGAINST, OKAY, THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS, WHICH MEANT THAT PUBLIC, I'M GONNA TAKE HIS MINUTE, CAN REVIEW GOVERNMENT ACTIONS BEFORE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE.

WE WERE DENIED A MEANINGFUL CHANCE TO COMMIT.

I MEAN, WHAT IS IT? COMMENT OR PREPARE.

IN AUGUST, WE PAID INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR OUR PERMITS AND THE LOTTERY FOR THE OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER TURN.

ON DECEMBER 9TH, WE SPENT THREE HOURS ON A ZOOM CALL COMPLETING LOTTERY CHOSEN, UH, LOTTERY, AND CHOOSE OUR SPOTS.

AFTER PAYING AND SIGNING OFF, WE FOUND THAT THE CITY REVOKED THE PROCESS WITHOUT ADVANCE.

NOTICE THAT IS BAIT AND SWITCH AND UNDETERMINED OUR GOOD FAITH CONTRACT WITH THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS A CONTRACT WE SIGNED INTO IT.

A LAWYER WITHOUT CREDENTIALS IN THE ART IS MAKING DECISIONS ON WHAT IS AND NOT ART.

JEWELRY AND WEARABLE ARTS ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST RECOGNIZED ART FORMS IN THE WORLD HELD IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS AT MAJOR MUSEUMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, ONE OF THE ARTISTS, CAN I TAKE YOUR SPOT MA'AM? WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LINE.

NO, BECAUSE THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE HEARD.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE TO ME AS A RESIDENT, THANK YOU.

FROM THE BEGINNING, THE PROGRAM WAS BUILT WITHOUT INPUT FROM ARTISTS OR EXPERTS.

NO ONE PAID AN EXPERIENCED ART PROFESSIONAL TO, TO DESIGN IT.

SO LOOPHOLES AND INCONSISTENCIES HAVE PILED UP.

NOW THE FOUNDATION IS CRACKED AND THE ORDINANCE EFFECTIVELY BROKEN.

THERE ARE NO FORMAL ORIENTATIONS FOR NEW ARTIST VENDORS.

PEOPLE SIMPLY WATCH OTHERS AND FOLLOW THEIR LEAD, WHICH LEADS TO CONFUSION, MISTAKES, AND INCONSISTENCIES.

A A, UH, UH, TRANSPARENT EXPERT DESIGNED ORIENTATION WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE APPLYING TO COMPLY WITH THE PROGRAM'S POINTS.

ARTISTS ARE A VITAL POINT, PART OF MIAMI BEACH CULTURE AND ECONOMICS.

YET OUR VOICES HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED.

WE WANT A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH THE CITY AND AUTHENTIC ARTISTS, NOT DICTATED WITHOUT .

WE WANT A PROGRAM THAT HONORS THE ARTISTS AND OUR VOICES NOT DICTATED.

AND THIS DIDN'T START WITH YOU.

THIS STARTED WITH MAYOR MATT BAUER, UM, AND HILTER HERNANDEZ AND MANNY.

SO ANYWAY, GOING DOWN HERE, WE, THIS IS A SOLUTION.

WE KNOW PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL, BUT RIGHT NOW, AS A WORKING ARTIST, I FEEL LIKE DAVID STANDING BEFORE GOLIATH, BUT DAVID STILL HAD A VOICE AND THE RIGHT TO FAIRNESS AND SO DO WE WE'RE ASKING YOU NOT TO BE GOLIATH IN THE STORY, BUT TO STAND WITH US IN CREATING A FAIR, TRANSPARENT PROGRAM.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I RESPECTFULLY THANK THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO NOT NULL AND VOID OUR CONTRACT THAT WE ALREADY SIGNED UP IN AUGUST FOR THE CITY.

I THINK IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THIS CYCLE AND DURING THAT TIME, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE WITH INCLUSION OF ARTISTS AND SET UP A VIABLE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT SESSION.

A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, ONE LADY, HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THIS IS HER LIVELIHOOD AND SHE'S IN HER SEVENTIES, LATE SEVENTIES.

I'M IN MY SEVENTIES, BUT MAYBE HER HUSBAND IS IN HIS EIGHTIES DEALING WITH AILMENTS AND HAVE A HEART.

THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD, AND I'M NOT SAYING DON'T MAKE CHANGES, BUT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED THREE HOURS IN THE LOTTERY ON THE NINTH.

I PAID MY MONEY IN AUGUST AND WITHOUT HAVING ANY FINANCES DURING THE SUMMER, PLEASE OPEN YOUR HEART.

MY HUSBAND WAS SHOWING MY JEWELRY.

THAT IS ART, AND I HOPE YOU SAW IT.

LASTLY, THE CITY MUST MAKE IT A PRIORITY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF OUR WATERS.

THE NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF MIAMI BEACH.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

GOOD MORNING, .

MY NAME IS WANDA JAMIE, 83 0 5 BOULEVARD.

I I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE ANTISEMITIC ORDINANCE.

I WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT I'M NOT FROM THE JEWISH FAITH.

I AM A CATHOLIC AND A CHRISTIAN.

ISRAEL HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART BECAUSE IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MY KENYAN SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

I ALSO SUPPORT CHARLIE KIRK'S MEMORIAL BECAUSE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

AND EXPRESSIONS SHOULD NEVER WARRANT DEATH ON ANY HUMAN NO MATTER WHAT.

THE DIALOGUE, VIOLENCE, AND HATE IS NOT THE ANSWER.

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AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.

WE HAD THIS PROBLEM.

IF YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN, PLEASE ASK THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

OR I WILL TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ASK THEM MYSELF AS PER THE HOMELESS, UM, ORDINANCE FROM MY BELOVED KRISTEN ROSEN.

THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

UH, MA'AM, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER GURA.

I'M ONE OF THE ARTIST VENDORS HERE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

I WAS, UM, TOLD THAT ONLY RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ALLOWED NOW AS AN ARTIST.

SO MANY ARTISTS, VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE IN THIS PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME HAS BEEN LEFT OUT AND WITH NO SAY.

AND IT'S UNFAIR TO THEM.

WE ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE LOTTERY.

THERE'S A LOT OF ARTIST VENDORS, THEY ALL HERE.

AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM THAT THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT, THEY PAY THEIR FEE, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE LOTTERY THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, AND OVERNIGHT THEY SAY, IF YOU'RE NOT A MIAMI CITY RESIDENT, YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS BIAS.

AND WE ARE ALL TALKING HERE ABOUT GETTING ALONG THE COMMUNITY, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, THE RE EVERYBODY'S IS NOT FAIR TO PICK AND CHOOSE.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO SAY THIS GROUP COULD, BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH AND THIS GROUP CANNOT.

IT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS RAQUEL PACHECO.

MS. PACHECO, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.

RAQUEL PACHECO, 7 3 2 LENOX AVENUE.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A VERY UNCONVENTIONAL NIK HOUR.

I HAVE TO SAY I LIKE IT, MR. MAYOR.

I LIKE THE THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN YOU AND THE PUBLIC, BUT I WAS HOPING IT WOULDN'T CUT INTO OUR TIME.

SO I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING THAT WHILE IT'S VERY ENGAGING AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE ALL SOLVING PROBLEMS IN REAL TIME, IT SHOULDN'T, UH, IMPEDE ON THE PUBLIC'S TIME TO PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND TO THAT EFFECT, I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, THE MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI THIS MORNING WAS LOVELY.

AND MR. MAYOR, I'M SORRY THAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE SO HURT, BUT THE FACTS, UH, TRUMP YOUR FEELINGS.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO START HEALING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS FOR EVERYONE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT AND, UM, THE VIOLENT LANGUAGE THAT'S COMING OUT OF THIS DAIS, PARTICULARLY WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YOU KNOW, I GOTTA TELL YOU, IF THAT WAS ONE OF MY CHILDREN IN THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU SPOKE TO EARLIER, YOU AND I WOULD HAVE WORDS ON THE SIDE BECAUSE THAT RHETORIC IS SO VIOLENT.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY TO THOSE CHILDREN, NOBODY WISHES YOU HARM.

WE ALL JUST WANNA HEAR.

THANK YOU, MS. PACHECO.

UH, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

SURE.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MARIN COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS CHELSEA LYON, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, UH, HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE FPL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE RESOLUTION ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

TO FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING THE PSC TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH AND FAIR REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE.

THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WE'VE REACHED IS A WIN FOR ALL FPL CUSTOMERS AND A WIN FOR MIAMI BEACH.

IT SUPPORTS OUR COMMITMENT TO MEET THE RELIABILITY NEEDS OF OUR FAST GROWING STATE, WHILE KEEPING CUSTOMER BILLS WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

WE EXPECT THE TYPICAL A THOUSAND KILOWATT HOUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER BILL WILL INCREASE NEXT YEAR BY $2 AND 59 CENTS A MONTH.

EVEN WITH THAT INCREASE, FPLS BILLS WILL BE 20% LOWER THAN THEY WERE 20 YEARS PRIOR.

WHEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SETTLEMENT ALSO INCLUDES ADDITIONAL BILL PAY ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFYING CUSTOMERS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE LHE, WHICH IS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UH, AND THROUGH OUR FPL CARE TO SHARE PROGRAM, WE'RE 59% MORE RELIABLE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

AND STRENGTHENING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS HELPED US AVOID OVER 1.8 MILLION OUTAGES SINCE THE LAST RATE INCREASE.

EVERY YEAR IN MIAMI BEACH, WE'RE INVESTING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

A FEW OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY IS WE'VE HARDENED 26 MILES OF FEEDER LINES.

NEED TO START WRAPPING UP, PLEASE.

IS ONLY NINE MILES LONG, AFFECTING OVER 26,000 CUSTOMERS.

WE HAVE REPLACED OVER 4.3 MILES OF DUCK BANKS SINCE 2017 WITH MORE PROPOSED DUCK BANK REPLACEMENTS COMING.

WE HAVE AN UPCOMING UNDERGROUND TRANSMISSION PROJECT THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL ABOUT.

WE HEAR YOU AND THE RESIDENTS HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT WANTING MORE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING TO INVEST IN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS LARRY SCHAEFFER.

IN THE BAY AND IN THE OCEAN.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LARRY SCHAFER 2 3 3 80 FIRST STREET.

WE HEARD FROM MANY PRECOCIOUS SMART CHILDREN.

TODAY WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM A CHILDISH ADULT.

WE ARE POOP PEOPLE OPPOSED TO OCEAN POLLUTION, WE WANT CLEAN WATER IN THE TAP

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WE WANT THE CITY TO DISCLOSE IN A PROFESSIONAL, COMPLETE MANNER THE LOCATION, AGE, AND REPAIR RECORDS FOR THE TAP WATER SYSTEM, PIPES AND PUMPS, THE SEWAGE SYSTEM, PIPES AND PUMPS IN THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.

THE CITY NEEDS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW IF THEY LIVE NEAR A SEWAGE PUMP.

WE NEED TO KNOW IF SEWAGE PIPES ARE GOING TO BLOW UP AND FLOOD THE STREETS.

WE NEED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR OUR FAMILIES TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO LIVE IN THIS POLLUTED PLACE, OR IF WE WANNA MOVE AWAY TO A PLACE THAT IS CLEAN AND NOT POLLUTED.

WE ALSO WANT THE CITY TO VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO OVERSIGHT FROM THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, DURHAM, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

BECAUSE YOUR TIMELINE DOESN'T WORK FOR US, WE REFUSE TO LIVE IN POLLUTION.

THANK YOU, MR. WE WANT YOU TO BE THE SOLUTION, NOT THE POLLUTION.

AND, AND THANK YOU LARRY AND I AND AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY.

AS, AS COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ COMMISSIONER BOT SAID EARLIER, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THIS COMMISSION AS A BODY HAS JUMP STARTED NUMEROUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON THE WATER AND SEWER, WHICH HAD BEEN STALLED FOR MANY YEARS.

UH, THIS, THAT'S A REALLY INTEGRAL PART OF, UH, OF IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY.

SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF ACTION.

MR. MARY STATE YOUR FULL NAME ADDRESS.

I HAVE ONE MINUTE.

THANK YOU MR. GRANADO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MINOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO PHYSICALLY WAVE AND SENSE OF LOVE TO TODAY AS TO EVERYONE HERE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, MY NAME IS LUIGI MARY.

I AM THE MIAMI BEACH CANDIDATE FOR GROUP THREE.

AND COMMUNITY UNITY IS MORE RELEVANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE.

I WANNA TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO THANK, UH, THE JCC AND, UH, CBS MIAMI FOR A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UH, ROBUST DEBATE.

AND ANYONE WHO SAW THAT, YOU COULD SEE THAT IT WAS LIGHT AND UPBEAT AND EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES PEACEFULLY AND LOVINGLY.

NOW, PERSONALLY, I CARRY $2 BILLS, NOT FOR ITS MONETARY VALUE, BUT FOR ITS AESTHETIC VALUE.

IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK OF A $2 BILL, YOU SEE FRATERNITY, YOU SEE PEOPLE IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE, AND I KEEP THEM ON ME AND I HAND THEM OUT TO PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT AND LOVE ME BECAUSE THAT $2 BILL THANK AN EXPRESSION OF COMMUNITY UNITY.

AND LASTLY, IF, UH, IF I MAY, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME ON THE SPOT MODIFICATIONS OR PROPOSALS OF MODIFICATIONS, UH, I THINK I COULD SAVE A LOT OF US TIME.

UH, THIS IS A FUN AND EASY TO READ COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND IT CAN HELP US, UH, ANSWER A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS KATRINA ERALDO.

DO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME'S KATRINA.

I LIVE AT 1000 WEST AVENUE.

UM, I AM IN RESPONSE TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANTI BDS, UH, RESOLUTION AND THE RESOLUTION.

UH, JUST DISMAYED AS A, UH, MIAMI BEACH BORN AND RAISED, UM, RESIDENT.

UM, I THINK THAT JVP JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE HAS BEEN, UH, A VERY IMPORTANT VOICE.

I PERSONALLY LEARNED ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AS A CHILD.

I READ THE ANNE FRANK DIARY.

I'VE BEEN TO THE MEMORIAL, AND I CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PALESTINE, NOT JUST ME WATCHING THE VIDEOS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BEING BOMBED IN THEIR TENTS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE INTERNATIONAL GENOCIDE SCHOLARS NOW SAYING THIS IS A GENOCIDE.

SO MIAMI BEACH, WE HAVE OUR OWN ISSUES TO DEAL WITH AS MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP TODAY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CALLING THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OF MEMBERS OF GOOD VOICE FOR PEACE.

VERY, UM, THANK YOU.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

MY NAME IS, UH, MADELINE DIAZ.

I'M AN ARTIST, UH, VENDOR MIAMI BEACH.

I LIVE IN KENDALL.

AND, UH, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI RECONSIDER THE CLASSIFICATION OF, UH, CROCHET DRESSES, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY PROVIDE WRITTEN CLAR CLARIFICATION AS, UH, TO HOW THE AMENDS TO CHAPTER 18 APPLY TO CONTRACTS ALREADY EXECUTED AND PAID TO PRIOR TO THEIR ADOPTION.

AND THE LAST THING, ART IS UNIVERSAL AND SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED ON A ZIP CODE.

OUR LAST VIRTUAL CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF USAD ZOOM.

STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.

[01:20:02]

UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS JOEL MATOS.

I, I'M NOW I'M BRAZIL.

AND I RECEIVE EMAIL ABOUT THE, THE, AND THE PROGRAM.

SORRY ABOUT MY ENGLISH.

I WALK IN THIS PROGRAM 20 YEARS.

I, I DO SBA LAW BECAUSE I WORK WITH THE ARTS NOW.

I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR PAY MY BILL BECAUSE YOU, YOU ARI, YOU HAPPY? YOU HAPPY? ARE YOU HAPPY? YOU DESTROY WALKING? YOU TAKE MY PICTURE ON THE BEACH.

I BE WALKING.

I'M NOT DO NOTHING.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE A HOMELESS.

HOMELESS, NO WALKING.

WE ARE CONCLUDING THE ZOOM PORTION OF IT AS THERE'S NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK THE KIDS OF THE HEBREW ACADEMY FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TODAY.

IT'S REALLY TRUTHFULLY AMAZING THAT YOU GUYS SHOWED UP.

AND SECOND OF ALL, I WANNA LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF MIAMI BEACH IN THE 1920S WHEN DEVELOPER CARL G. FISHER FOUNDED THIS CITY.

HE IMPOSED DEEDS AND GRANT RESTRICTIONS AMONG MANY JEWS IN THIS CITY AND FORCED THEM TO LIVE SOUTH OF FIFTH.

NOW, HERE TODAY, IN THE YEAR 2025, I STAND BEFORE A COMMISSION WITH TWO JEWISH COMMISSIONERS AND AN ORTHODOX JEWISH MAYOR.

I ASK THAT IN OUR, IN OUR CITY'S LEADING FIGHT AGAINST ANTISEMITISM THAT YOU SUPPORT, UM, THE ORDINANCE AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND YOU SUPPORT, UM, THE ORDINANCE TO REMEMBER, UM, DAVID CHECKER THE, UM, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR BECAUSE, UM, FROM THE, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD, THE, FROM THE WAY THE CITY WAS FOUNDED TO THE WAY THE CITY IS TODAY, IT'S TRULY AMAZING TO SEE HOW TIME CAN CHANGE AND HOW, UM, THE WORLD OF, UM, JEWRY IN SPECIFICALLY MIAMI BEACH IS BIG AND IT'S GROWING.

SO THANK YOU.

I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, JUDAH.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW, HOW MANY COMMISSIONERS DID YOU SAY WERE JEWISH? I THINK I SAID TWO, NO, OR THREE.

AND WHO ARE YOU COUNTING? UM, DAVID AND I THINK YOU, RIGHT? YES.

THEY MENTIONED THE BUZZWORDS, CONTROVERSIES, PROPER COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY PRESERVATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

I JUST, YEAH.

AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THE MAYOR.

NEXT STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.

I HAVE ONE MINUTE.

COME WRITING.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MITZ.

I LIVE ON, UH, NINE ISLAND AVENUE IN VALE ISLE.

UM, MY, LOOK, I'M GONNA BE VERY QUICK.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TODAY CHANGED WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY NOW, HONESTLY, AND I'LL PLAGIARIZE, SORRY.

EARLY THIS MORNING, IT WAS MUCH HEAVIER THAN MOST OF US HAD EXPECTED.

UH, WITH MENTIONINGS OF VOICES MATTER, SHOW UP MATTERS, SILENCING JUST IN GENERAL THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

SO THEY DID A LOT MORE THAN MAYBE I WOULD'VE DONE WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

UM, BUT I'M GONNA ASK THAT WHEN WE DO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY FOR ANY AGENDA ITEM, NOT JUST THE ONE I'M HERE FOR.

JUST REALLY REMEMBER THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.

THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE DWINDLE DOWN AS THIS GOES DOWN THE PIPELINE.

ANY AGENDA ITEM.

AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DO SHOW UP PROBABLY SPEAK FOR ABOUT 30 OR 40 PEOPLE.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[01:25:06]

YES, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO, UH, CAME, AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED, IT DOES TAKE COURAGE TO COME.

I REMEMBER BEFORE I WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL COMING TO SPEAK.

UH, SO I, I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M, I'M SPECIFICALLY, UH, GRATEFUL TO THE STUDENTS WHO CAME HERE AND SPOKE.

IT, IT, AGAIN, IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE.

AND I HAD A REQUEST TO DO A QUICK PICTURE WITH THE STUDENTS AND I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, MEANINGFUL TO YOU.

UM, AND, AND, AND OUR COMMISSION AS WELL.

[01:30:04]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, RALPH.

I'M GONNA

[CONSENT AGENDA]

TURN IT TO YOU FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOU HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF YOU THAT CONTAINS THESE ITEMS. TOO MUCH NOISE FOLKS.

TOO MUCH NOISE.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS SEPARATED C SEVEN W.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS SEPARATED C SEVEN G COMMISSIONER ROSEN GONZALEZ IS NOT SEPARATING C SEVEN J.

SO IF YOU CAN SCRATCH THAT FROM YOUR LIST.

SO, C SEVEN J IS NOT BEING SEPARATED.

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE SEPARATED.

THE MAYOR, WELL, ONLY TWO SEPARATED ITEMS. UH, THAT MAY BE, UH, A RECORD FOR THE FEWEST AMOUNT OF SEPARATED ITEMS. THE, THE ADDENDUM ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND THEY'LL BE HEARD AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK.

I HAVE THE FOLLOWING TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS ON ITEMS C TWO A.

THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WHICH STATES A MINIMUM OF SEVEN TIMES BLOCKS, SEVEN TIME BLOCKS OF ONE AND A HALF HOURS PER BLOCK PER WEEK, ACCOMMODATING 40 MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS PREFERRED RATES AND RESERVE ACCESS TO MIAMI BEACH RESIDENCE IS BEING REPLACED WITH A FOLLOWING PUBLIC BENEFIT, PROVIDING A 15% REDUCTION IN COURT BOOKING FEES FOR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS.

THE UPDATED RESOLUTION AND EXHIBIT A WERE UPLOADED INTO ONE MEETING YESTERDAY.

WE'RE ADDING COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AS CO-SPONSORS TO C SEVEN A F, AND R FIVE O.

AND WE'RE ADDING COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AS CO-SPONSOR OF C SEVEN A B AND C SEVEN AF NO WAIT, WHICH I HAVE A MO A MOTION FOR BECAUSE AC C SEVEN A C I'M SORRY.

C SEVEN.

SO TELL ME AGAIN.

IT'S C SEVEN AF AND C SEVEN AC.

GOT IT.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S JUST THOSE TWO.

YES, SIR.

GOT IT.

SORRY.

UH, IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE ADDENDUMS AND EX EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS. I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

I'LL MOVE THE AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEPARATED ITEMS AND JUST, UH, POINT OF INFORMATION.

MR. MAYOR, ARE WE DOING TODAY THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, OR IS THAT, UM, IS THAT WE DOING IT? I'VE ACTUALLY HAD A REQUEST FROM MEMBERS OF THIS DAY NOT TO HEAR THOSE TODAY.

I SUPPOSED SPOKE, UH, RALPH, I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS RAISING WHETHER WE'RE GONNA HEAR THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

UH, ONE, I HAD SOME REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE DESK NOT TO HEAR IT TODAY.

ALSO, I HEARD FROM YOU, UH, TO MY OFFICE THAT GENERALLY WE, THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOT EVEN UP TILL JANUARY.

MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY THERE, THE REAPPOINTMENTS ARE NOT UP TILL DECEMBER 31ST.

THERE'S A 60 DAY GRACE PERIOD.

NORMALLY WE DO THESE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING AN ELECTION YEAR, OF COURSE.

SO, BUT THE VACANCIES THAT ARE HERE, YOU COULD DO TODAY.

THEY'RE NOT CONTROVERSIAL, I FEEL, AND THEY'RE NO ONE'S BEING OPPOSED.

SO THE VACANCIES COULD BE DONE IF YOU WISH VERY QUICKLY.

TO MAKE A SELECTION IN THOSE, IN THOSE POSITIONS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT, OF VACANCIES THAT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF, OF THE YEAR.

AND THAT, I THINK WE OWE IT TO WHOEVER THE ELECTRIC CHOOSES THROUGH THEIR WISDOM TO HOLD THESE SEATS, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

[01:35:01]

IT'S THE COURTESY THAT'S BEEN AFFORDED TO US IN THE PAST WHEN WE WERE ELECTED.

THEN ONCE WE GOT ELECTED, WE WERE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE SERVING IN THESE POSITIONS.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD AFFORD THE SAME TO WHOEVER HOLDS THESE SEATS, UH, AFTER THE ELECTIONS.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

DO YOU WISH TO DO THE VACANCIES NOW OR, OR LATER? NO, I, I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS SAYING IS THAT, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRADITION, WE, WE WILL LET THE NEW ELECTORATE BODY, UH, MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS.

COULD WE DO ONE IN, AND THE REASON IS IT'S A DIRECT APPOINTMENT FROM HEBREW ACADEMY AND IT REQUIRES A WAIVER AND OTHERWISE THE PERSON DOESN'T COME IN, IT'S THEIR NOMINEE TO ACT ON THE QEC.

YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THAT.

SO RABBI SETH GUTENBERG, WE HAVE THE WAIVER AS HE DOESN'T HAVE CHILDREN AT THE MOMENT, SO HE NEEDS A WAIVER.

SO WE'LL DO THAT BY ACCLIMATION.

SURE.

SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS DONE.

ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RALPH? NO, THAT'S IT.

I JUST NEED A VOTE.

NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, AYE.

AYE.

AND I DON'T SEE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SO, UH, ONE ABSENT.

SIX ZERO ABSENT.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, IT'S CALLED R FIVE E.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO IT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED, EXCLUDING THOSE ITEMS. SEVEN ZERO.

YOU SAID

[R5 E 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.]

R FIVE E MAYOR? CORRECT.

R FIVE E IS AN ORDINANCE OF A MAYOR 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 1 63 0.3184 SUB THREE FLORIDA STATUTES BY AMENDING THE RESILIENT LAND USE AND RE AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT GOAL RLU ONE, ENTITLED LAND USE OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1 ENTITLED ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES AT TABLE RLU 1.1 TO PROVIDE FLOOR AREA RATIO FAR INCENTIVES THROUGH THE CITY COMMISSION WARRANT REVIEW PROCESS AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALS HAVE ABILITY TO TRANSMITTAL AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS ITEM R FIVE E, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WITH FIVE CO-SPONSORS.

AND UH, TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAS AN EXCEPTION FOR NORTH BEACH.

IT DOES ACTUALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER R FIVE F, WHICH IS THE COMPANION LDR AMENDMENT, INCLUDES THE EXCEPTION FOR NORTH BEACH.

THE, THE LDR AMENDMENT IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO HAVE THE EXCEPTION.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES.

ON R FIVE E.

COMMISSIONER B? YES.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES.

VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE? YES.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES.

MAYOR MINOR.

FIVE F IS THE NORTH OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING THE MAMEE BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES.

ITEM R FIVE E IS APPROVED.

R FIVE FR

[R5 F 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.]

ARTICLE FIVE ENTITLED REZONING AND READ AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS SECTION 2.53 ENTITLED DESIGN REVIEW SUBSECTION 2.5 0.3 0.3 ENTITLED ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE 13 ENTITLED HISTORIC PRESERVATION SECTION TWO POINT 13.7 ENTITLED, ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, CERTIFICATE TO DIG, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION SUB SUBSECTION C ENTITLED, REVIEW PROCEDURES TO EXPAND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AUTHORITY FOR SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT BY AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ENTITLE ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED COMMISSION WARRANT TWO, SECTION 2.7 0.1 ENTITLED REVIEW PROCEDURES TO ALLOW FAR WARRANT REQUESTS FOR SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT BY AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE ENTITLED OFF STREET PARKING.

ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED VEHICLE PARKING, BICYCLE PARKING AND OFF STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS AT SECTION 5.2 0.4 ENTITLED VEHICLE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS BY AMENDING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND PARKING TIER ONE TO ELIMINATE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL USE BY CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED GENERAL 12 ZONING DIS DISTRICTS BY CREATING SECTION 7.1 POINT 12 ENTITLED SCHOOL USE INCENTIVES TO ESTABLISH NEW ZONING INCENTIVES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION OF FLOOR AREA RATIO SPECIFIC TO PROPERTIES PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED WITH A SCHOOL USE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN ENTITLED RM ONE RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY LOW INTENSITY, A SUBSECTION 7.7 ENTITLED USES RM ONE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 0.5 ENTITLED RM TWO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY MEDIUM INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.2 ENTITLED USES RM TWO AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 0.6 ENTITLED RM THREE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HIGH INTENSITY AT SUBSECTION 7.2.

[01:40:01]

POINT SIX 0.2 ENTITLED USES RM THREE BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 ENTITLED CD ONE COMMERCIAL LOW INTENSITY DISTRICT AT SUBSECTION SEVEN ENTITLED USE OF CD ONE AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 ENTITLED CD TWO COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICTS AT SUBSECTION SEVEN POINT POINT 11.2 ENTITLED USE OF CD TWO AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 POINT 12 ENTITLED CD THREE COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT AND SUBSECTION 7.22 ENTITLED USE OF CD THREE BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 14 ENTITLED NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER COURT DISTRICT TC AT SUBSECTION 7.2 14 ENTITLED, USES TC ONE, TC TWO AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.2 14 ENTITLED USES TC THREE AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.6 ENTITLED TOWN CENTER CENTRAL CORE TCC DISTRICT AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION SECTION 7.2 ENTITLED PERFORMANCE STANDARD DISTRICTS PS AT SUBSECTION 7.2 ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICT RPS BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 7.3 ENTITLED COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICT CPS AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2 ENTITLED S SP SPECIAL 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 RE RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICTS TO REFLECT THE INCENTIVES AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPEATS OF ABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS ITEM R FIVE F, IT REQUIRES A SIX SEVENS VOTE.

IT IS A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WITH FOUR CO-SPONSORS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND, UH, AND I WANT TO THANK MY CO PRIME SPONSOR, COMMISSIONER DAVIS SUAREZ WITH THESE ITEMS R ABOUT SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN OUR CITY BY OFFERING TARGET TARGETED INCENTIVES TO FACILITATE THAT.

SOMETIMES OUR ZONING CAN BE VERY RESTRICTIVE, BUT IN THE ONE AREA WHERE WE, WHERE WE SHOULD PERHAPS HAVE SOME MORE LENIENCY IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EDUCATION THAT MAKES US A DESIRABLE COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO MOVE TO.

AND SO, UH, AND SO I'M PROUD TO MOVE THIS ITEM.

I WANNA THANK AGAIN MY, MY CO-PRO SPONSOR, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO HAVE JOINED US, A SPONSOR.

AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE, THIS IS NOT INCLUDED FOR NOW NORTH BEACH, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THEN I MOVE THE ITEM.

I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA ALSO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR JOINING ME.

I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE SUNSHINE MEETINGS ON THIS AND WE, I KNOW COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND I ARE LOOKING TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE FAMILIES OF MIAMI BEACH AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL BASE SYSTEM HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, FAMILIES ARE NOT GONNA WANNA COME.

AND SO WE ARE A RESIDENT FIRST CITY AND THIS IS A GREAT INCENTIVE TO, TO REALLY ENCOURAGE MORE FAMILIES TO COME IN MIAMI BEACH AND, AND GROW THEIR ROOTS HERE.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR CO PRIMING THIS WITH ME.

GREAT, GREAT ITEM AND, UH, HAPPY, UH, TO CO-SPONSOR.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOU SECONDING.

ALL THE VOTE.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

DANIEL STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI, DANIEL ERALDO, SEVEN 30 10TH STREET CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSION GROUP.

ONE.

LAST TIME I CALLED IN ON THIS ITEM, I ASKED A QUESTION OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ABOUT MAXIMUM HEIGHT.

I WAS MISHED BY ONE OF THE COMMISSION SPONSORS WHO DIRECTED THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

NOT TO ANSWER MY BASIC QUESTION, I'M STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AS IT APPEARS TO BE A CITYWIDE FAR IN HEIGHT INCREASE.

I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHETHER THIS APPLIES TO PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I'M ALSO NOT CLEAR ON THE ENROLLMENT OF SOME OF THE NEWER PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

I'VE HEARD THAT THOSE ENROLLMENTS ARE ON THE DECLINE.

UM, BUT MY OVERALL QUESTION REMAINS WHEN THERE'S A HISTORIC BUILDING ON THE SITE, WILL THIS STILL GO TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE PROTECTED AND NOT DESTROYED BY OVERDEVELOPMENT.

UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT DOES NOT GRANT AN FAR INCREASE IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR SCHOOLS TO REQUEST ONE THROUGH A COMMISSION WARRANT AT A AND IT, AND IT'S A LIMIT.

AND, AND MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD RESPOND TO THAT.

'CAUSE HPP REVIEW IS STILL REQUIRED FOR DEMOLITION IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S NOT LIKE WHEN, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WENT TO THE COTTAGE, TO THE ROSE COTTAGE, UH, AND, AND DEMOLISHED THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE JURISDICTION ON, ON THE MATTER, THAT BUILDING SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN DEMOLISHED.

THAT'S A HISTORIC STRUCTURE.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY HAVE THEIR AUTHORITY AND THEIR INDEPENDENT JURISDICTION AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REQUIRE HPB REVIEW IN THIS CASE.

HPB REVIEW IS STILL REQUIRED IN THOSE HISTORIC DISTRICTS? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND,

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IT'S CAPPED AT 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF FAR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND 5,000 SQUARE FEET WE KNOW IS REALLY NOT THAT MUCH FOR, FOR A SCHOOL.

AND THAT ALLOWING THAT TO GO THROUGH A COMMISSION WARRANT.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS ALLOWS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF UP TO 50 FEET IN HEIGHT.

CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

SO JUST IN CASE THERE WAS ANY MISUNDERSTANDING OR, OR CONFUSION, JUST SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE POLICY DOES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WITH ALL RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS, YOU'D BEEN A GOOD LAWYER .

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

MAY I CALL THE ROLL? IT'S CALL THE ROLL.

UH, COMMISSIONER BOB? YES.

UH, VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ? YES.

MAYOR MINOR.

OPEN AND CONTINUED OCTOBER 29TH.

OCEAN CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R FIVE.

FR FIVE A FOR THE RECORD.

R FIVE D IS BEING OPENED AND CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 29TH.

R FIVE D YOU SAID R FIVE A SIR, JUST TO BE CLEAR, D AS IN DAVID, RIGHT? D AS IN DAVID, YES.

R FIVE A

[R5 A 40TH STREET OVERLAY – LDR AMENDMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.2.2, ENTITLED “RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-4 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS,” AT SUBSECTION 7.2.2.6, ENTITLED “40TH STREET OVERLAY (RS)”, TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USES INCLUDING ASSOCIATED DORMITORIES; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

R FIVE A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMIA BEACH, FLORIDA.

AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMIA BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS SECTION 7.2 0.2 ENTITLED RS ONE RS TWO RS THREE RS FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AT SUBSECTION 7.2 0.26 ENTITLED 40TH STREET OVERLAY RS TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USES INCLUDING ASSOCIATE DORMITORIES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION REPE OF ABILITY ON EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND.

A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING.

IT REQUIRES FIVE SEVENS VOTE.

R FIVE A FIRST READING.

I'M THE SPONSOR AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, TOM.

ENHANCE THE, UH, RELIGIOUS OVERLAY, BUT ALSO TO THE NEARBY, UH, NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS.

UM, AS MOST OF THE COMMISSIONER IS AWARE, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AMENDS, UM, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE, SPECIFICALLY THE 40TH STREET OVERLAY, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2010.

AND THIS OVERLAY, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 40TH STREET, ALLOWS FOR THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, UM, WOULD AMEND THAT OVERLAY TO ALLOW FOR A LIMITED EXPANSION FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION USES.

IT'S GONE THROUGH A LENGTHY PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS TO THE LAND USE COMMITTEE AND THE PLANNING BOARD ENDORSED THE ITEM SPECIFICALLY.

AND, AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER THEM.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR OVERLAY WOULD ALLOW FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF DORMITORY USES DORMITORIES WOULD BE LIMITED TO FOUR DORMITORY UNITS PER PLATTED LOT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD HAVE ON A PLATTED LOT.

AND NO MORE THAN FOUR BEDS PER DORMITORY UNIT.

UM, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ANY SITE THAT CONTAINED TWO OR MORE PLATTED LOTS.

UM, THE UNIT SIZE HAS IN BEEN INCREASED FROM 50% TO A 100%.

THE LOT COVERAGE HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 30% TO 50%.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN MODIFICATIONS TO THE FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, WHICH WOULD PRIMARILY FRONT EITHER 40TH STREET, DEPENDING ON THE LOT OR ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS.

AND THOSE HAVE BEEN REDUCED FOR TWO STORY STRUCTURES FROM 30 FEET TO 20 FEET.

UM, LIKEWISE, STREET SIDE SETBACKS HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM 10 FEET, UH, TO FIVE FEET.

AND THE OVERALL HEIGHT ALLOWED HAS BEEN, UH, INCREASED FROM TWO STORIES TO THREE STORIES.

ADDITIONALLY, ROOFTOP ACCESS AND USES ON THE ROOF, UM, WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.

AND UP TO THREE PLOTTED LOTS COULD BE AGGREGATED FOR PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE, THE ADMINISTRATION IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE THE 40TH STREET OVERLAY IS PRIMARILY A TRANSITIONAL ZONE FROM THE MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 40TH STREET INTO THE NORTH OF 40TH STREET, INTO THE MORE LOW SCALE RS AREA THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 40TH STREET.

UH, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE IF APPROVED OF FIRST READING.

SECOND READING, UH, WOULD BE SET FOR OCTOBER 29TH.

I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE RABBI SHLOMO STILLMAN, WHO'S HERE AS WELL, WHO FIRST BROUGHT THIS CONCEPT TO, TO MY ATTENTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, UH, AND, UH, COMPROMISES THAT WENT INTO THIS, UH, THIS, UH, ORDINANCE.

SO, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OBVIOUSLY RABBI STILLMAN, BUT ALSO TOM AND THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION.

UM, COUNTLESS HOURS WERE DONE TO MAKE THIS, UH, AMENABLE TO OUR CITY TO WORK FOR, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, UH, USE THIS ORDINANCE TO

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I THINK THIS IS A, A REALLY GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET THERE, BUT WE GOT THERE AND, UH, VERY PROUD TO SPONSOR IT.

I'LL SECOND THE ITEM.

MR. MAYOR, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL MOVE IT.

MAKE SURE.

UH, AND I'LL SECOND, AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THIS IS, THIS IS CONDITIONAL USE 'CAUSE I'VE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

THIS DOES ANYTHING IN AN OVERLAY LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD WHEN THEY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR AN OPERATIONAL PLAN, DELIVERY HOURS OF OPERATION, PARKING, ALL OF THAT GETS CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, AT THE TIME OF AN APPLICATION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ALRIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.

I'LL SECOND.

MOTION, MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECOND BY MAYOR MINOR.

UH, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANITA'S IPHONE IS REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

MY NAME IS ANITA GROSSMAN, 45 39 NORTH MERIDIAN AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH.

I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS OVERLAY.

I THINK IT WILL BE A BOON TO OUR CITY.

IT'LL BRING A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL PASS THIS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND SEE THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF WYYM VENTURES.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YM VENTURES, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THEY'RE NOT UNMUTING THEMSELVES.

I, GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

HI, MY, MY NAME IS JAKE MARTYR.

I LIVE OFF FOUR, UH, 43 43 ROYAL PALM AVENUE.

I BEING INVOLVED WITH UD 10 YEARS ROLE IN MY LIFE, NEW JERSEY JUST TO BE INVOLVED, UH, WITH YEHUDI AND TO FURTHER THEIR MISSION OF INSPIRING AND GUIDING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

UH, I'M ALSO HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE OVERLAYING ZONING.

THIS PROJECT ISN'T JUST ABOUT BUILDING, IT'S CREATING A HUB THAT WILL REALLY, I FEEL, SERVE AS A MAGNET FOR YOUNG COUPLES AND COMMUNITIES WHO WANNA BUILD THEIR LIVES IN MIAMI BEACH.

UM, AND I, I FEEL LIKE I SPEAK NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

UH, I SEE IT AS A REAL ASSET THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, AND PROVIDE A SPACE FOR CONNECTION, EDUCATION, AND INSPIRATION.

OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS SARAH DUKO.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI, MY NAME IS SARAH VAN DUO.

I LIVE AT 29 31 SHERIDAN AVENUE IN MIAMI BEACH.

UM, I'M A SINGLE GIRL IN MY TWENTIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YEHUDI IS ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS HERE THAT CATERS TO MY DEMOGRAPHIC.

AND I FEEL LIKE ALLOWING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU WHOI TO GROW ONLY BRINGS IN OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANNA SHOW MY SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ? YES.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAEL.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YELL PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

THEY'RE NOT UNMUTING THEMSELVES, SO, AND THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE SO WE CAN PROCEED THEN.

IT'S CALLED THE VOTE.

IT IS.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

UH, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS A YES.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER B? YES.

VICE MAYOR MAGAZINE.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29TH.

THANK YOU, RABBI STILLMAN.

WELCOME.

MY NAME IS RABBI SCHMO STILLMAN, UH, VERY, VERY PROUD MEMBER OF MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS NOW.

I LIVE HERE WITH MY WIFE AND WE ARE RAISING SEVEN BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN HERE.

I WANNA REALLY THANK THIS BODY FOR DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON GIVING ME AND MY FAMILY SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

WITH THE MISSION TO INSPIRE.

I WAS, UH, VERY TOUCHED TO SEE THIS MORNING THAT WE HONORED, UH, DAVID SCHAFFER, UH, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.

MY WIFE IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF FOUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, MAKING ALL MY SEVEN CHILDREN MIRACLES.

THE FACT THAT ANY OF THEM EXIST.

YEHUDI WAS ESTABLISHED BY MY WIFE AND I 12 YEARS AGO

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AND THERE'S MANY WAYS OF FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM, BUT WE BELIEVE THE WAY TO FIGHT ANTISEMITISM IS THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH EDUCATING OUR YOUTH, THROUGH EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION THROUGH INSPIRATION, TEACHING A GENERATION OF JEWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LIGHT AMONGST THE NATIONS.

WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE INTEGRITY, TO HAVE LOVE, AND TO HAVE KINDNESS.

THAT'S WHY HUI IS HERE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE HERE WHO MADE HUI POSSIBLE SO FAR.

AND I DO ASK IF YOU CAN HAVE ONE CONSIDERATION ON THE CURRENT AMENDMENT.

THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW UUD TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING, EXCEPT IT'LL GIVE US A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS BECAUSE MOST OF OUR EVENTS ARE CURRENTLY OUTSIDE, MANY OF THEM IN THE RAIN.

SO THE FACT THAT WE COULD BUILD A PLACE THAT WOULD KEEP EVERYONE INSIDE, AND A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE THAT COME TO SLEEP OVERNIGHT OR HAVE TO BE BY HOUSES FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AND, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOW, THEY'LL HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP INSIDE.

SO, THANK YOU.

UM, BUT THERE'S ONE THING I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE MET THEIR, UH, HUSBANDS OR WIVES AT UUD, AND IT'S A TIME HONORED COUSIN.

A JEWISH WEDDING SHOULD BE UNDER THE STARS, AND THERE SHOULD BE A A, THERE'S A , A CANOPY WITH A RABBI, A FEW FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

TO BE UNDER THE STARS MEANS THAT WHEN YOU START YOUR YOUR JEWISH HOME, THERE'S NO BARRIERS.

THERE'S NO ROOF ON TOP OF YOU.

IT'S YOU AND THE ALMIGHTY.

AND YOU CAN BRING THE PRESENCE OF THE MIGHTY INTO YOUR HOME AND BRING THE PRESENCE OF, OF, OF LIGHT INTO YOUR HOME.

AND I ASK THAT THE, UH, COMMISSION PLEASE, UH, NOT DENY OUR STUDENTS THAT.

RIGHT.

AND THAT THAT EXPERIENCE CURRENTLY THE ROOFTOP USAGE OF ANYTHING BUILT ON 40TH STREET WOULD BE PROHIBITED.

AND I ASK IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONSIDER REMOVING THAT, UH, RESTRICTION ALTOGETHER, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, MODIFYING IT SIGNIFICANTLY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE , WE COULD HAVE, UH, MARRIAGE CEREMONIES ON THE ROOFTOP WHERE THEY COULD SEE THE OCEAN, THEY COULD SEE THE SKY, AND THEY COULD BUILD HOMES FILLED WITH JEWISH VALUES OF LOVE AND KINDNESS FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.

UM, THANK YOU RABBI STILLMAN.

I'M JUST GONNA ASK, WE ACTUALLY JUST VOTED ON THE ITEM.

SO I'M GONNA ASK TOM FOR SOME CLARIFICATION.

I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN THE RABBI'S MOUTH, THAT, UH, HE HAS A CONCERN WITH ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITS ROOFTOP USES.

THAT'S WAS, THAT WAS A CONDITION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE LAND USE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS INCLUDED, UM, IN THE DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE.

UM, IT WOULD BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD WANT TO MODIFY THAT OR REMOVE THAT EITHER NOW OR, UM, LOOK AT REVISED LANGUAGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.

UH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, CAN I MAKE A MOTION PERHAPS TO, UH, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK WITH AN ANALYSIS OF, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT? SURE.

GREAT.

TO WORRY ABOUT LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY BRING HELL OUT, THE MUSIC IS OR THIS, THAT LET 'EM GET MARRIED.

CAN I, COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, RABBI IT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION.

CAN YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE USING THE ROOFTOP FOR? WOULD IT BE JUST THE CEREMONY ITSELF WITH JUST A LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE GETTING MARRIED, THE, THE RABBI PERFORMING THE, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IMMEDIATE PARENTS AND THEN THE CELEBRATIONS WOULD BE INSIDE? I THINK THE CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY AS, AS IT IS ALWAYS WITH ROOFTOP ACTIVATIONS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE A PARTY ON THE ROOFTOP BECAUSE WHY WOULDN'T YOU? RIGHT.

SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S THE CEREMONY, I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE HEAR WHAT, WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, THAT'S ONE CONVERSATION.

IF IT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THE CELEBRATION, THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

SO MAYBE YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT YOU IMAGINE THE USAGE EXACTLY.

BEING SINCE YOU'RE HERE.

BEDTIME IN MY HOUSE STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK, SO I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO PUT KIDS TO BED, AND I WOULDN'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY PARTIES ON ANY ROOFTOPS.

UH, BUT IF THERE'S A NOISE RESTRICTION, I'D FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, LIKE NOISE RESTRICTION FROM A CERTAIN POINT ONWARDS, MAYBE IT'S 10 O'CLOCK ONWARDS.

THE, THE CEREMONY IS, UH, TYPICALLY VERY LIKE AMBIENT MUSIC, LIGHT MUSIC, UH, THE PARTIES ARE INDOOR.

THE, THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE ENDURED.

UM, IT MAY BE ON THE, ON OCCASION ON A PURIM HANUKAH OR COUPLE TIMES A YEAR TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE, ON THE ROOFTOP.

BUT, UH, THE MOST OF THE CELEBRATIONS, THE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS WILL BE INDOORS.

DOWNSTAIRS.

THE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED, I GOT MARRIED HERE ON THE BEACH, UH, TO MY WIFE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, UM, IN THE VILLE.

AND IF IT'S AN OUTDOOR WEDDING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THINKING ALL DAY, PLEASE GOD, DON'T LET IT RAIN.

AND THAT'S ALL YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT.

AND IF FOR A YOUNG COUPLE, THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE

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LET THEM START OFF THEIR, THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT STRESS AND WITH WITH LOVE.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND RABBI, THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL TRADITION YOU HAVE BROUGHT INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT, IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUES OF, OF MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY OUR MID BEACH COMMUNITY.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS OVERLAY IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE VERY CAREFULLY TAILORED WHATEVER LANGUAGE IS CONSIDERED AND PROPOSED BECAUSE THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ABUTTING, ABUTTING, YEI.

AND THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT YEHUDI, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVERLAY THAT'S FOR ALL OF 40TH STREET, THAT IN THE FUTURE THEN OTHER PROPERTIES, NOT YEHUDI COULD COME AND ASK FOR SIMILAR ROOFTOP ACTIVATIONS ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE THAT IS, IT'S NOT A SMALL AMENDMENT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE, TO THE ITEM.

DID THE PLANNING BOARD CONSIDER ROOFTOP ACTIVATIONS? TOM? NO.

THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD INCLUDED THE CURRENT PROVISION, NOT PERMITTING ANY TYPE OF ROOFTOP ACTIVATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED.

AND WHEN THE LEGISLATION STARTED, IT HAD ROOFTOP ACTIVATIONS AND THEN THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE CRAFTING PROCESS.

AND HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE MEETINGS THAT WERE HAD, THE ROOFTOP WAS REMOVED.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO I JUST, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A FINE BALANCE.

UH, AND OF COURSE THIS, THERE IS A MISSION TO BE SUPPORTED.

IT'S THIS MISSION.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MISSION AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOOD, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR MIAMI BEACH.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF THE LIFE OF THE ABUTTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I LOVE JEWISH PARTIES AND YOU GUYS THROW GREAT PARTIES, , AND THERE'S ALWAYS LOTS OF MUSIC AND LOTS OF DANCING.

UM, AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE, HAVE THE PROPER SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE BUDDING THE AREA.

AND YOU ADD A LOT WHEN YOU COME TO THOSE PARTIES.

SO, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

DANCING.

NOT THE DANCING.

I'M NOT GOOD WITH THE DANCING.

NO.

THEY'VE GROWN PROFESSIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS PASSED ON FIRST READING WITHOUT THAT, UH, AMENDMENT.

AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL, IT'LL COME BACK TO US AT SECOND READING AND WE'LL, WE'LL REVIEW IT.

SO IS THAT AS AMENDED THEN OR AS IS? SO, IT'S AS IS.

AND SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29TH.

JUST WANTED TO ADD MY PERSONAL TOUCH.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS AND LEADERS IN OUR CITY THAT ADD SO MUCH TO OUR CITY, OFTEN GOES UNRECOGNIZED.

WE TRY TO DO IT THROUGH PROCLAMATIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE, BUT IT'S WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SO GREAT AND SPECIAL.

BUT SINCE YOU'RE HERE, ROB, I STILL, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A SHOUT.

I'VE MET PERSONALLY MANY OF THE, THEY'RE COLLEGE STUDENTS OR, OR, OR GRADUATE STUDENTS, BUT YOUNG ADULTS IN THEIR TWENTIES.

AND YOU'VE CHANGED OUR LIVES.

I'VE SEEN IT.

THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT, UH, THEY'VE MET THEIR SPOUSES THROUGH YOU.

SO, SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ADD TO, TO OUR CITY AND AND CULTIVATING THAT IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.

I WANNA CALL, UM, THANK YOU.

I WANNA CALL

[R7 M A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REITERATING THE DIRECTIVE AND CLARIFYING THE PROCEDURE, AS SET FORTH HEREIN, TO BE UTILIZED IN SELECTING NOTABLE CRIMINAL CASES CONCERNING PERSONS ARRESTED FOR CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE CASES INVOLVING HABITUAL OFFENDERS, HATE CRIMES, HIGH-PROFILE CASES, AND SIGNIFICANT COURT RULINGS (INCLUDING RULINGS THAT ALLOW DANGEROUS REPEAT OFFENDERS TO BE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY) FOR INCLUSION ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2024-33131.]

R SEVEN.

M AS IN MICHAEL.

R SEVEN M IS URGE GRANTEES PURSUE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.

NO, RRR SEVEN MM.

WHEN IT'S SO CLEAR THEY SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED.

INCLUSION OF NOTABLE CASES ON MBPD WEBSITE.

SO I BROUGHT, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM.

I I WANT US TO START HIGHLIGHTING CASES THAT, UM, OF CRIMES IN OUR CITY THAT DON'T, DO NOT GET THE PROPER TREATMENT GENERALLY BY THE JUDICIARY.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'VE TAKEN SO MANY STEPS AS A COMMISSION, AS A BODY, AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO REDUCE CRIME AND THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS ARE TELLING, AND WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING GOOD WORK ON THAT.

THAT BEING SAID, WE, WE MAKE ARRESTS, BUT THEN IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM.

WE'RE NOW PROSECUTING WHERE WE ON WHAT, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE LEGISLATION THAT I, THAT I BROUGHT ON THAT.

AND, AND OUR COMMISSION HAS, HAS ALSO SIGNED ON IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

ULTIMATELY, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CRIMES IN OUR CITY THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, THEY'RE NOT COMMITTING THE CRIMES OVER AND OVER IN MIAMI BEACH GENERALLY BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THE ACTIONS, BUT THEY ARE COMMITTING THE CRIME ELSEWHERE.

AND THEN THEY, THE, THEY'RE LITERALLY JUST RELEASED ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE AFTER COMMITTING A, A VIOLENT CRIME.

AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND THEY GO ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING MIAMI BEACH AND THEN COMMIT THE CRIME.

WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE IT'S LITERALLY JUST DAYS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED

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I THINK IT BEHOOVES US AS A COMMISSION TO, TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE CASES.

WE HAVE TO, AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UH, EMBARRASS ANYONE.

WE'RE JUST GIVING THE FACTS.

WE'RE GIVING THE FACTS.

THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.

THIS IS THE CRIME THEY COMMITTED AND THIS IS THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN THROUGH THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM.

WE NEED TO START HIGHLIGHTING THAT.

THIS ITEM, ACTUALLY, I SAY THAT SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE.

I'D LIKE TO PRO TO PROPOSE IF WE COULD DO IT WITHIN THIS ITEM, OR I'LL BRING A SEPARATE ITEM THAT WE START DOING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT IS, UM, WE HAD AN INCIDENT A, A COUPLE DAYS AGO, AN OFFICER, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS IN MAKING AN ARREST.

LUCKILY, THIS PERSON HAD NOT, UH, HAD NOT INTERACTED OR, OR, OR ENGAGED WITH ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION IS THAT THE POLICE OFFICER RECOGNIZED, AND THIS IS THROUGH PROACTIVE, VISIBLE POLICING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CHIEF JONES, THE OFFICER THROUGH, THROUGH HIS OWN PROACTIVE, UH, POLICING, SAW AN INDIVIDUAL WHO COULD BE A THREAT.

AND WHEN THEY WENT TO EFFECTUATE THE ARREST, HE HEADBUTTED THE OFFICER IN A VERY VIOLENT MANNER, CAUSING THE OFFICER TO HAVE SEVEN STITCHES, FIVE TO FIVE OR SEVEN STITCHES GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.

I SPOKE TO THE OFFICER, THANK GOD HE IS DOING WELL.

BUT THIS PERSON HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT IS UNREAL, MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY, BUT SOME OF IT IN IT AND JUST CONTINUES TO BE BACK ON OUR STREETS.

WE NEED TO START HIGHLIGHTING THESE CASES FOR THE JUDICIARY.

AND I'M VERY PROUD WHEN WE HAD THIS, UH, THE PRIOR, THE PRIOR, UH, THERE'S NOW NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE, IN THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY JUDICIARY.

BUT THE PRIOR HAD BROUGHT IN THIS BAIL REFORM THAT WOULD'VE BEEN DEVASTATING FOR OUR CITY.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HIGH.

I HIGHLIGHTED IT, OTHERS HIGHLIGHTED IT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I KNOW YOU TOOK A, A MAJOR LEAD ON THAT.

ULTIMATELY THE GOVERNOR STEPPED IN.

BUT THIS, WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN ELSEWHERE IN OTHER, OTHER CITIES, AND IT DOES NOT END WELL.

IT'S, AND AND THIS IS TO ME ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT TO YOU, CHIEF JONES.

HOW DO WE GET THAT DONE? HOW DO WE START HIGHLIGHTING THESE CASES? AND, AND I'M GONNA PROPOSE NOW THAT WE DO IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

UH, WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF, UH, MERRICK, MISSION CITY MANAGER.

YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE LONG HELD WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THIS IDEA THAT WE WANNA ENSURE AS MUCH OF WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DEAL WITH, UH, UH, PUBLIC, UM, THAT'S EVIDENT.

THE FACT THAT, UH, SOME TIME AGO WE STOOD UP DASHBOARDS THAT SHOWS OUR, OUR CRIME DATA IN REAL TIME.

UH, IN MANY CASES THAT ARE RESIDENTS OR ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT ANY GIVEN TIME CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CLICK, CLICK ON A DASHBOARD, AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN TERMS OF CRIME DATA, WE BELIEVE THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ITERATION OF THIS, A SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

UH, THE FACT THAT HIGHLIGHTING, UM, ARRESTEES, UH, PARTICULAR, PARTICULARLY FOLKS WE CALL, UM, UH, HABITUAL OFFENDERS ON OUR WEBSITE, HIGHLIGHTING CERTAIN CASES ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE THINK IT'S THE NEXT ITERATION OF THAT, OF TASK.

UH, CAPTAIN BROWN, HIS TEAM COME UP WITH A WAY TO DO THAT.

UM, AND, UH, HE'S WORKING THAT D RIGHT NOW, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE HOPE TO HAVE, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN PUT FORWARD, UH, FOR YOU TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TO VIEW, UM, AND THEN GIVE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, I, IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTING THE ARRESTEE, IT'S HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

IF THE CASE WASN'T PROSECUTED, WE HIGHLIGHT THAT.

BUT GENERALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SO MUCH AS THE ISSUE AS THE JUDICIARY IS, IS RELEASING INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

THEY ARE LOWERING, UH, PROBATION PERIODS AND RELEASING BEFORE THE FULL PROBATION PERIOD.

AND WE'VE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE LITERALLY WITHIN DAYS OF A VERY LAX RULING OR RELEASE THAT THIS PERSON GOES OUT AND COMMITS A VIOLENT OFFENSE.

AND I, AND I, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO EDITORIALIZE IT.

WE COULD JUST STATE THE FACTS.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

THIS PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR THE 49TH TIME.

I MEAN, THESE ARE PEOPLE, LET'S BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ARRESTED ONCE OR TWICE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 TIMES.

NOT ALL IN OUR CITY.

MOSTLY NOT IN OUR CITY, BUT ELSEWHERE.

AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY HERE.

UM, TO SOME EXTENT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT NOW.

WE, WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY LINKS TO THE CLICK REPORTS, UM, WHERE SOMEONE CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CLICK ON THOSE LINKS AND FIND OUT INFORMATION YOU, YOU'RE SUGGESTING BE AVAILABLE.

MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING IT.

IT'S TOO HARD TO FIND.

YOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED ON IT, MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING IS GONNA BE WALKING THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN NOT EMBARRASSING PEOPLE, BUT HIGHLIGHTING THE FACTS.

SO WE'RE GONNA FIND A SMARTER WAY TO DO IT.

FIND YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SMARTER WAY TO DO THAT.

AND CAPTAIN BROWN HAS SEEN, HAS BEEN TASKED COMING UP WITH A WAY TO DO THAT.

AND SO TO MAKE IT EASIER, MORE EFFICIENT FOR SOMEONE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND EASILY FIND THIS INFORMATION.

HOW ABOUT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA? UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.

UH, MS. MAYOR WASN'T PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, BUT, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE , I, AND I SAY THAT TO YOU ERIC, AS WELL ON OUR, ON OUR CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I THINK

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SO, YEAH, I, AND, AND BY THE WAY, I, I AGREE.

UH, IT, IT, THERE'S AN, THERE'S AN EXTENT THAT IT WILL BE EMBARRASSING, BUT I, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE, IT SHOULD BE THE FACTS.

IF EMBARRASSES SOMEONE AND EMBARRASSES SOMEONE, UH, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE JUST STATING THE FACTS.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AND WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IT.

PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THE INFORMATION.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

I'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THIS.

UM, THE JUDICIARY, THE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A PERSON'S ARREST IS SO MURKY.

WE'VE PUSHED, AND I, I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'VE MADE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS INTERNALLY, BUT IT IS VERY MURKY AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.

AND THAT IS, IN MY OPINION, I'M GIVING, I'M, NOW, I'M EDITORIALIZING.

I THINK IT'S BY DESIGN.

I THINK IT'S BY DESIGN, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE AS A CITY SHOULD MAKE THAT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE AND THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.

JUDGES ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST LIKE WE ARE.

UH, AND PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW, SHOULD KNOW THE DECISIONS THEY ARE MAKING, JUST LIKE THEY KNOW THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.

UH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND YOU MENTIONED A SITUATION WHERE 49 TIMES THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED.

UH, SOMETIMES MORE .

THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, AND JUST LOOKING AT THIS, AT THIS RESOLUTION, UH, WHERE, WHERE YOU MENTIONED IN HERE, PERRY SMITH.

PERRY SMITH, WHO, UM, WHO WAS RELEASED, UH, FROM COCUS, FROM CUSTODY AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING JOE MANNING IN 2024, THEN PROCEEDED TO BATTER AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY TOURIST.

TYPICALLY USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

IN 2025, JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER ACCEPTING A PLEA BARGAIN ON THOSE TWO CASES, HE WAS REARRESTED FOR BATTERING A GERMAN SPORTS JOURNALIST WHO CAME HERE TO MIAMI BEACH.

AND THEN WE KNOW, UM, IN 2024, THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON, UM, AN ACCUSED SERIAL BURGLAR AND A REPEAT OFFENDER WHO POINTED A GUN TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

AND THEN HE WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY JUST SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THAT INCIDENT.

AND HE REMOVED HIS ANKLE MONITOR AND WAS ON THE RUN.

AND NOW CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHEN THESE INDIVIDUALS GET ARRESTED AND THEY GOT RELEASED, DO THEY HAVE A CAR TO GET BACK TO MIAMI BEACH? UM, SHORT ANSWER IS OFTENTIMES NO.

NO.

DO THEY TYPICALLY, DO WE THINK THEY WALK BACK TO MIAMI BEACH FROM TGK ALL THE WAY IN DORAL BACK OVER HERE? NO, SIR.

GET BACK HERE.

THEY USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THEY'RE COMING TO MIAMI BEACH BACK ON THE BUS THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS IS PAYING FOR.

AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE, THE JUDGES WHO ARE ALLOWING THEM TO BE RELEASED, AND THEN THE FACILITATING OF A BUS TICKET TO SEND THEM BACK, NOT TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THEM TO GET SERVICES, NOT TO INTO REENTRY SERVICES, UH, NOT TO JOB TRAINING SO THEY CAN BETTER THEIR LIVES, SENDING THEM BACK TO SOMEONE ELSE'S BACKYARD, TO OUR BACKYARD, TO THE BACKYARD OF THE TAXPAYERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, WHO ARE BECOMING THE VICTIMS OF THESE CRIMINALS.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO STAND UP.

WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOBBY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO END ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT BUS TICKET THAT IS SENDING CRIMINALS BACK TO WHERE, TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE TO BATTER OUR ELDERLY, TO POINT GUNS AT OUR COLLEAGUES, TO ATTACK OUR TOURISTS, TO HARM OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

IT'S TIME FOR IT TO END.

AND IT HAS TO END NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

WE ARE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AND THAT BUS TICKET IS JUST SENDING CRIMINALS BACK TO OUR BEAUTIFUL PARADISE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, COMMUNITY IS ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR WEAKEST LINK.

AND WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PUT YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE CONTINUOUSLY.

YOU DID IT FOR THE SITUATION.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ REFERENCED WITH ME WHERE YOUR OFFICERS APPROACHED AND APPREHENDED SOMEBODY THAT THEY KNEW WAS OF A PROBABLY ILL MIND WITH A LOADED WEAPON.

AND YOU DO SO CONTINUOUSLY.

I SAW YOU DO SO, UH, FROM MY APARTMENT JUST SEVERAL WEEKS AGO ON SEVENTH AND EUCLID, WE HAVE THE BEST MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SERVING OUR CITY.

WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNIFIED IN PROVIDING THE SAFEST, CLEANEST CITY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

RIGHT? BUT OUR WEAK LINK IS THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM.

AND THAT PUTS ALL

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OF OUR EFFORTS, NOT RENDERS 'EM FOR NAUGH, BUT IT GREATLY REDUCES THAT BECAUSE AS I SAID, YOU'RE ONLY AS STRONG AS YOUR WEAKEST LINK.

AND IT IS IRONIC, WHETHER BY DESIGN OR NOT, THAT THAT IS THE MOST OPAQUE PART OF THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM.

WHEN PEOPLE, CONSTITUENTS COME TO ME, THEY SAY, WELL, HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE BACK OUT? I I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR THEM, AND I'M SOMEBODY THAT FOLLOWS THIS DAY IN, DAY OUT.

SO PERHAPS WE DO NEED TO EMBARRASS PEOPLE.

PERHAPS WE DO.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WHAT DOES THAT RESULT IN? BEFORE THE VIOLENT INCIDENT THAT WAS REFERENCED IN SUT HOWARD TODAY, THERE WAS ANOTHER VIRAL INCIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT WE ALL SAW COME ACROSS OUR COMPUTER SCREENS AND SOCIAL MEDIA LAST WEEK WHERE A YOUNG GIRL HAD HER THROAT SLIT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

AND I STILL CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO WATCH THAT VIDEO.

I STOP IT.

BUT THE PART I WILL NEVER, EVER GET OUT OF MY MIND IS SEEING HER EYES OPEN UP AND LOOK UP AS SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

AND AS THE FATHER OF A YOUNG DAUGHTER, I'LL NEVER GET THAT OUT OF MY MIND, SEEING JUST THE HELPLESSNESS THERE.

AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM FAILED.

THE MONSTER WAS ARRESTED TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME, AND THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN WALKING THAT STREET.

AND BECAUSE HE WAS THAT YOUNG GIRL AND HER FAMILY'S LIVES ARE EITHER GONE OR CHANGED FOREVER.

AND THAT HURT ME AS A HUMAN BEING, EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA.

I COULDN'T LIVE WITH MYSELF IF THAT HAPPENED IN OUR CITY TO ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE DOING OUR JOB UP HERE, AND YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB.

WE NEED TO HOLD THE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.

AND THIS IS THE WAY TO DO SO.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

UM, I DON'T, I LIKE THIS ITEM.

I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT OUR CRIME STATISTICS RIGHT NOW AND YEAR OVER YEAR AGGRAVATED BATTERIES AND ASSAULTS ARE NOW UP BY 15%.

NOT BLAMING THE POLICE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A JUDICIAL ISSUE.

UM, IN SOME OF OUR POLICIES, SEXUAL BATTERY IS NOW UP 150% YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO IT'S VERY CONCERNING.

UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING ARRESTED AT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THIS OBVIOUSLY MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN DO APART FROM THE BUS TICKET ITEM THAT I HAVE HERE RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S POSSIBLY NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT REACHING THESE CONVICTIONS OR PLEA DEALS AND ACTUALLY TAKING THEM TO TRIAL, UM, AND INSISTING, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE REACHING, UM, A, A PLEA DEAL.

THEY'RE GETTING OUT ON TIME SERVED, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FAULT 'CAUSE THEY'RE ARRESTING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

UM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE TO STOP TRYING TO GET THESE CONVICTIONS SO WE CAN SAY OUR CONVICTION RATE IS SO HIGH, BECAUSE WHAT'S THE POINT OF GETTING A CONVICTION IF THEY'RE JUST GETTING ARRESTED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN? UM, CAN I I, WELL, I I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK THAT WHEN WE GET TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONVICTIONS THAT THIS IS A, A POSITIVE THING, BUT IT'S COSTING A A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, I'M NOT SAYING TO, TO STOP, UH, DOING IT, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO CONSTANTLY POST, UH, CRIMINALS ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

I DO KNOW THAT MIAMI CRIME AND PREVENTION DOES THIS SUCCESSFULLY, AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH WHAT THEY SEE AS THE PROSECUTION, UM, STRIKING THESE PLEA DEALS.

UH, THE HOMELESS MANY OF THE TIMES WHO ARE COMMITTING THESE CRIMES, THEY'RE RELEASED ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

THEY'RE BACK OUT ON THE STREET IMMEDIATELY.

AND, UM, WE NEED TO STAND OUR GROUND AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO TRIAL.

SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE IS THIS JUST TO GET A HIGHER CONVICTION RATE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.

WE CAN SAY, OH, WE HAVE THIS GREAT CONVICTION RATE, BUT IF YOU SEE THAT SEXUAL BATTERY'S UP 150% YEAR OVER YEAR AT A TIME WHEN SEXUAL BATTERY IS DOWN BY 50% IN CITY OF MIAMI, OKAY? AND YOU SEE THAT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY, AND I KNOW THE OTHER DAY, MAYOR, YOU SAID AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ISN'T SO BAD.

IT IS, IT'S AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY.

SO PEOPLE ARE GETTING BEATEN UP.

AND THAT IS NOW, WHAT, 15%? I THOUGHT IT WAS UP ONLY 10%.

IT'S UP 15%.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE CAN DO BETTER AT THE COURT SYSTEM.

WE'VE INVESTED IN IT.

AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY PUSH THROUGH AND NO LONGER SEEK THESE PLEA DEALS JUST TO HAVE A HIGH CONVICTION RATE.

SO WE CAN GO AROUND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE DOING GREAT, UM, WHEN WE'RE NOT.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE BUS TICKET ITEM.

I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT, BUT I AM THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A PILOT PROGRAM, THIS MIGHT GO A LONG WAY IN ASKING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE CITY, UM, AND SEE IF THEY TAKE US UP ON OUR OFFER, AT LEAST LEAVE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

AND I'LL CALL THAT ITEM SEPARATELY.

UM, I, I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID, AND I'LL, I'LL TRY TO PARSE IT OUT AND I'LL TURN TO THE CHIEF.

I, AND I ALSO

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APPRECIATE IF WE DON'T DO POLITICS AND CAMPAIGNING FROM, FROM THE DEUS, I DON'T THINK IT'S POLITICS.

IT'S NUMBERS, STATS AND FACTS.

SO THE REASON OUR PROSECUTION AND I, AND WE HAVE, UH, THE HEAD OF OUR PROSECUTION TEAM HERE AS WELL.

IT IS, IT IS A FACT.

AND IT ABSOLUTELY HAS WORKED TO HAVE THE CONVICTIONS BECAUSE WE USED TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY THAT COMMITTED MULTIPLE CRIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT HAPPENING NEARLY AS MUCH THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND I'LL, AND I'LL TURN IT, I'LL LET, I'LL LET THE POLICE CHIEF AND OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR HEAD PROSECUTOR ADDRESS THAT.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING THOUGH IS PEOPLE COMMITTING CRIMES IN OTHER CITIES AND THEN COME HERE.

OBVIOUSLY INDIVIDUALS ARE MOBILE, BUT THE CONVICTION RATE ABSOLUTELY WORKS BECAUSE ABSENT A CONVICTION, THE ARREST IS MEANINGLESS.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF A PERSON GETS ARRESTED, IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT IN THEIR LIFE.

I'M NOT JUST SAYING AN ARREST IS, IS, IS MEANINGLESS AND IN A VACUUM, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ABSENT A CONVICTION, THE JUDGE AND THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM CANNOT, CANNOT THEN ASSESS THAT FOR FUTURE, UM, ADJUDICATION.

SO THE CONVICTIONS HAVE WORKED, THEY HAVE WORKED, AND WE'VE ALSO DONE OTHER THINGS.

WE OFFER PROGRAMS. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THE CONVICTIONS.

WE OFFER COURT OPTIONS.

WE OFFER MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION.

SO THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THAT HAS HELPED.

AND I'LL TURN IT TO YOU, BUT I ALSO, BEFORE WE TURN IT TO THE PROSECUTION, I'D LIKE TO TURN, UM, BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S NOT ME SAYING IT, I JUST CITE THE STATISTICS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES.

MAJOR CRIMES ARE DOWN, OR ABOUT 16%.

OUR HOMELESS COUNT IS LITERALLY THE LOWEST THAT WE'VE HAD IN AT LEAST A DECADE.

I'D LIKE TO LET YOU, I'LL LET YOU ADDRESS THAT CHIEF.

THANK YOU, MR. NA.

AND, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

UM, THE DATA USE SIDE IS THAT I PROVIDE YOU AND I STAND BY, UH, DATA, REALLY PROUD TO WORK THE MEN, WOMEN FROM MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, DOING A DAILY BASIS.

THE FACT THAT OUR CRIME IS DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE FACT THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFER TODAY THAN THEY DID YEARS AGO, I THINK IS A TESTAMENT OF WORK THAT MIKE COPS DO EVERY DAY.

UH, BEING VISIBLE, ADDRESSING, UM, OFFENDERS LIKE PERRY SMITH THAT TEND TO SOMEHOW, UM, ESCAPE GOING TO PRISON FOR LENGTHY PERIODS OF TIME AND COME BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND VICTIMIZE PEOPLE OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

AND EACH TIME HE DOES, WE FIND HIM ARREST HIM, WE SEND HIM BACK TO JAIL.

SO STAND BY.

THE CRIME NUMBERS STAND BY.

THE GOOD WORK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE.

CAN YOU ADDRESS THE HOMELESS COUNT AS WELL? I MEAN, THAT'S THE NUMBERS COMING FROM THE HOMELESS TRUST.

HOMELESS COUNT IS DOWN AS COMPARED TO, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND I THINK THE LOIS HAS BEEN, UM, TAKING ASIDE, UH, THE YEAR OF COVID, UH, LOIS HAS BEEN IN 10 YEARS.

I THINK IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH, UH, MY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM LED BY DRIER, I'M SURE HE IS HERE, CAN SPEAK ON SOME OF THE WORK WE DO EACH DAY.

MY COPS GO OUT AND ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE, THEY ADDRESS, UM, UH, QUALITY LIFE ISSUES, OFTENTIMES COMMITTED BY A HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND THEY PROVIDE, UM, WHEN ACCEPTED SERVICES TO THESE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO TRY AND GET THEM OFF THE STREET.

UH, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC FORMULA THAT'S WORKED YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS, OTHER CITIES AND STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE REACHED OUT TO US TO FIND OUT HOW WE DO IT.

UM, AND WE'VE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO IT AND GET BETTER, UH, BETTER AT DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

VERY PROUD OF WORK.

WE THAT'S BEING DONE, SIR.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

I'LL TALK TO MARK FISHMAN.

YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

AND MARK FISHMAN, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO BE CLEAR AND REMIND EVERYONE, UH, THAT THE REASON OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION PROGRAM STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2018 WAS BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT, WE WERE PAYING THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROSECUTE OUR CITY CODE, CRIMINAL CITY CODE VIOLATIONS ON BEHALF OF US, WHICH THE OTHER 33 MUNI MUNICIPALITIES IN MIAMI COUNTY CONTINUE TO DO.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE STATISTICS, THEY WERE EITHER NO PROCESSING THEMSELVES OR ALLOWING THE JUDGES TO ILLEGALLY DISMISS 93 90 4% OF OUR CRIMINAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.

IT WAS TO THE POINT WHERE OUR POLICE OFFICERS, WE HAD REPEATEDLY HEAR FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS, I'D HEAR FROM THE POLICE CHIEF.

I HAD AN OFFICE NEXT DOOR TO THE LAST THREE POLICE CHIEFS.

WE'D CONTINUALLY HEAR THE OFFICERS WOULD BE TAUNTED BY THE DEFENDANTS WHO WOULD BE ARRESTED.

AND THE DEFENDANTS WOULD LAUGH AT OUR OFFICERS AND TELL THEM, I'M GONNA BE BACK HERE ON THE STREET IN MIAMI BEACH BEFORE YOU ARRIVED BACK HERE FOR YOUR NEXT SHIFT.

I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE MORALE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO NONETHELESS CONTINUE TO STILL DO THEIR JOB AND OUR RESIDENCE IN OUR, IN OUR RESIDENCE, OF COURSE.

BUT THE POINT WAS THAT THEY WERE NOT BEING PROSECUTED.

THERE WERE NO REPERCUSSIONS.

THEN WHEN THAT PERSON WOULD GET ARRESTED AGAIN AND THEY'D GO TO COURT, THEY HAVE NO CONVICTIONS, JUDGE, THIS IS A FIRST TIME OFFENDER.

AND AGAIN, THE CASE WILL GET DISMISSED.

SO IT DIDN'T MATTER.

THIS WAS JUST A, A NEVER ENDING CYCLE.

SO NOW WE GO AND WE PROSECUTE AGAIN.

REMEMBER, I'LL, I'LL JUST REMIND, I BROUGHT LEGISLATION REQUIRING OUR PROSECUTION OF THE CASES, AND IF THE JUDGE DISMISSES IT WITHOUT A BASIS, WE'RE GONNA APPEAL.

AND THAT HAPPENED RIGHT AWAY.

THEY TESTED US, WE APPEALED, AND WE WON.

AND THEY STOPPED DISMISSING 'EM.

THE STATE'S PROSECUTING FOR THE OTHER 33 MUNICIPALITIES, THEY'RE USED TO DISMISSING.

SEVERAL TIMES THAT HAPPENED.

MAYOR, THEY DISMISSED OUR CASES 'CAUSE THEY'RE USED TO DOING THAT.

WHEN THE STATE WAS PROSECUTING OUR CASES, AND WHEN

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THEY DID THAT A FEW TIMES IN OURS.

WE APPEALED THEM JUST LIKE YOU HAD SAID.

AND WE, UH, SUCCEEDED, WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THE APPEALS.

THE CASES GOT REINSTATED, AND THEY NO LONGER DO THAT.

UM, BUT THE, THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER TOO IS WE ONLY PROSECUTE CITY CODE VIOLATIONS.

THE MAXIMUM TIME WE CAN GET IN JAIL.

AND ANY DEFENDANT FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, DRINKING IN PUBLIC SMOKING IN PUBLIC CAMPING IS 60 DAYS IN JAIL.

BUT THE OTHER CRITICAL THING TO REMEMBER IS THIS, THE JUDGES CAN DO ANYTHING EXCEPT DISMISS THE CASE.

THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ON OUR CASES.

THEY HAVE COMPLETE AND UNFETTERED DISCRETION.

THEY CAN RELEASE SOMEONE ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

THEY CAN DENY MOTIONS, DENY CONTINUANCES.

HECK, THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE TRIER OF THE FACT.

IF WE GO TO A TRIAL, IT'S THE JUDGE WHO DETERMINES GUILTY OR INNOCENT.

UNLESS WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A FULL JURY TRIAL WITH SIX JURORS, THEN WE HAVE TO CONVINCE SIX CITIZENS THAT THIS PERSON'S DRINKING IN PUBLIC OR SMOKING IN PUBLIC, OR WHATEVER IT IS, IS A CRIME.

AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT EVEN IF THE JURY FINDS THE PERSON GUILTY, THE SIX JURORS UNANIMOUSLY AGREE.

IT'S THE JUDGE WHO DECIDES THE SENTENCE.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN'T ESCAPE IT.

WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THAT.

SO WE ALWAYS TRY AND SECURE CONVICTIONS THE BEST WE CAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, WE'RE, WE JUST ARE LIMITED WITH WHAT WE CAN DO.

BUT I DEFINITELY STAND BY OUR WORK.

OUR WORK HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR.

WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION RATE OF OVER 90% WHEN BEFORE IT WAS A DISMISSAL RATE OF OVER 90%.

UM, SO I, I THINK WE DO AN AMAZING JOB.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.

DO YOU THINK THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS GONNA CONSIDER THIS A HOSTILE ACT IF WE POST THE JUDGE'S NAME ATTACHED TO THESE CASES ON OUR WEBSITE? SH I JUST WANNA KNOW BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE SAT DOWN WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT THIS AND ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION BEFORE WE GO AND START POSTING JUDGES' NAMES ON THE WEBSITE? I JUST WANT, IF THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND THEY WILL, THEN IF YOU ANTAGONIZE THEM WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THEN IT MIGHT WORK AGAINST MIAMI BEACH INSTEAD OF FOR IT.

I THINK STARTING OUT WITH A CONVERSATION WOULD PROBABLY BE A MORE DIPLOMATIC WAY TO, WELL, JUST IF I START THIS, IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY ANSWER, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I, I BELIEVE MAYBE THEY WON'T SAY IT PUBLICLY.

THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD LOVE THIS.

THEY FACE THE SAME PROBLEMS WE DO.

IT'S THE, THE JUDICIARY THAT MIGHT HAVE HAVE AN ISSUE.

AND BY THE WAY, FOR MY, 'CAUSE I SPEAK TO SOME, SOME OF THE JUDGES ARE GOOD ON THIS, AND, AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED TOO.

THEY DON'T LIKE WHEN THEIR COLLEAGUES, UM, DISMISS THESE, THESE CASES.

SOME OF THEM ARE, MIGHT MEET RESIDENTS AS WELL, OR THEY LIVE IN MIAMI DAD COUNTY.

CER CERTAINLY.

BUT, UH, MARK, YEAH, NO, THANK YOU.

AND I, I, I, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS A CONCERN.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND I HAD DISCUSSED.

AND I THINK THE WAY HIS PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AND THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE PLAYED OUT IS IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SAYING WHAT THE DEFENDANT DID, AND YOU KNOW, WHO THE JUDGE IS AND WHAT THE JUDGE HAS DONE OR HAS FAILED TO DO ON THE CASE.

IT REALLY LAYS OUT JUST FACTS FOR RESIDENTS.

BUT IT'S ALL INCLUSIVE.

IT'S DEFENDANT'S NAME, THE ARREST DATE, THE CHARGES, THE CASE NUMBER, THE NEXT HEARING COURT DATE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE CASE, THE FACTS OF THE CASE, THE NAME OF THE JUDGE.

SO IT'S ALL, IT, IT'S EVERYTHING.

JUST PROVIDING FACTUAL INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THE JUDGE'S NAME AND IDENTITY IS JUST ONE FACTUAL COMPONENT THAT WILL BE POSTED.

IT'S NOT JUST SINGLING OUT JUDGES WITH THIS JUDGE DID THIS ON THIS CASE.

IT'S, IT'S JUST PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE FACTUAL INFORMATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, TO FOLLOW IN AN EASY FORMAT.

UM, ONE MORE QUESTION.

THESE JUDGES THAT ARE DISMISSING THE CASES, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM? YEAH, WE DID THAT.

WE DID THAT.

THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, ALMOST WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR PROGRAM.

THEY DISMISSED SOME OF OUR CASES AND WE IMMEDIATELY APPEALED THEM.

THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE APPEALED.

THEY GOT REVERSED BY THE HIGHER COURT.

THE CASE CAME BACK TO THEM.

WE SAT DOWN WITH THEN CHIEF JUDGE ROBIN FABER, UH, AND ANOTHER JUDGE, I CAN'T RECALL WHICH ONE WE SAT DOWN WITH THE SECOND JUDGE.

AND THEY NO LONGER DISMISS OUR CASES.

AND I ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE DISMISSING THE, THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CASES, THE HIGHER LEVEL CRIMES, THE FIRST DEGREE MISDEMEANORS AND THE FELONIES.

I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IS, UH, THE STATE MIGHT BE SORT OF LIMITED IN SOME REGARDS WITH WHAT IT CAN DO, UM, BASED ON THEIR OWN ISSUES AND BASED UPON, UM, CERTAIN JUDICIARY ISSUES.

BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT DISMISSING THOSE CASES.

THEY'RE NOT, SHOULDN'T BE DISMISSING, UH, ANY OF OUR CASES AT THIS POINT.

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD SCHEDULE A MEETING AND HAVE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THIS, DONE THAT, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I'VE DONE, I'VE DONE THAT.

YOU'VE DONE THAT WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY, WITH ALL OF US IN THE ROOM WITH OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM.

EVERYONE'S SITTING AT A TABLE AND EXPLAIN WITH A FEW VICTIMS AND SAY, LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND, AND APPEAL TO THESE JUDGES.

HAVE, HAVE WE DONE THAT? I'VE MET WITH THE JUDGES TOO.

AS PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF MIAMI BEACH UNITED.

I MEAN, IT'S, I DON'T, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER BOT.

UM, I HAVE TWO THOUGHTS.

ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS, UH, ON THE BOARD OF MBU, WE STARTED A, UM, COMMISSIONER SCORECARD AND IT PUT OUT FOR EACH PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT MIAMI BEACH UNITED TOOK A POSITION ON, UM, HOW THE COMMISSION VOTED, WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED IT OR DID NOT,

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IT'S NOT SINGLING ANYONE OUT, IT'S JUST A, AN AGGREGATION OF THE VOTING RECORD ON THOSE WHATEVER A HUNDRED ITEMS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION.

UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTING TO, UM, HOLD THESE JUDGES ACCOUNTABLE.

I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF DUE PROCESS AND, UM, EVERYBODY GETTING A FAIR SHAKE AT COURT.

BUT, UM, IF PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND BEING, UM, RELEASE ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE OR, YOU KNOW, TIME SERVED WHEN THEY ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND HAVE A RAP SHEET AS LONG AS THEIR ARMED, YOU KNOW, VOTERS, WHEN WE HAVE ELECTIONS, EVERYBODY TURNS TO EVERYBODY ELSE SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE JUDGES? LIKE, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE JUDGES, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST ELECTED, UH, UH, POSITION TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT.

AND THIS MIGHT BE, UM, A WAY TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR WORK OUTPUT.

BASICALLY.

IT'S NOT AN INTENT TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY, BUT LET LET THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH KNOW IT'S GOING ON.

MAYBE THAT'S FOR LATER TIME.

IT WAS, IT'S A THOUGHT.

UM, THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IN PUTTING ON MY BACKGROUND AS A MARKETING AND BRANDING PROFESSIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS DATA COME OUT ON A WEBSITE, ON THE POLICE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

I WOULD BE VERY LEERY ABOUT PUTTING THIS DATA OUT ON THE MIAMI BEACH, UH, PLATFORMS, SPECIFICALLY INSTAGRAM, I, I, I MIGHT BE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN CHANNEL OF, OF OUTPUT, BECAUSE THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE USE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, NOT TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FACEBOOK PAGE BY RESIDENTS, HAS BEEN CAREFULLY BUILT AND CURATED AND DOES A SPECIFIC JOB.

IT'S A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC JOB.

I MEAN, IF YOU WENT TO THE G-M-C-V-B AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT THESE CRIME STATS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, THEY WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTE HEART ATTACKS.

SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF SHARING THIS AGGREGATED INFORMATION WITH, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE FACTS, NOTHING BUT THE FACTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY INFORMED AND FOLLOW UP.

BUT LET'S BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT WHERE WE PLACE IT.

WE DON'T WANNA SAY, HEY, COMING OVER SPRING BREAK IS GREAT.

THE WATER'S WONDERFUL.

THE WEATHER'S FABULOUS.

THE FOOD'S EXCELLENT.

LOOK AT ALL THE HEALTH AND FITNESS STUFF WE'RE GOING, BUT HEY, BY THE WAY, HERE'S A JUDGE WHO JUST RELEASED THE CREMA.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS, UM, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE, UH, MIAMI BEACH, UH, POLICE, UH, PORTION OF THE WEBSITE TO PUT THE STATUS.

I'D LIKE TO PASS THAT TODAY.

I WILL BRING BACK A SEPARATE ITEM DEALING WITH SOME OTHER IDEAS, INCORPORATING WHAT YOU JUST SAID AS WELL, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, BOT, AND, AND ON THE POLICE SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, SO I'LL BRING THAT FOR NEXT MEETING, BUT I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AND PLEASE THIS, ME AS A CO-SPONSOR, THANKS AS WELL.

I'D LIKE BE ADDED AS CO-SPONSOR AS WELL.

AS AMENDED THAT IT BE A SEPARATE, NOT THE MAIN PROFILE, THE CITY, IF I MEET THROUGH THE CHAIR, I THINK THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENTS THROUGH A SEPARATE ITEM NEXT MEETING.

AND I, AND I, I'LL ADD, WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY CULTIVATED, I KNOW YOU HAVE MARK AND I HAVE WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION TEAM HAS TO WORK IN, IN, IN, IN, IN, UH, COLLABORATIVELY.

ONE EXAMPLE EARLY ON THAT WAS AN ISSUE WAS THAT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HANDLES FELONIES.

WE HANDLE THE STATE, SORT OF OUR, OUR CITY ORDINANCE THAT, UH, AS THE, THE MISDEMEANOR EQUIVALENT.

BUT EARLY ON, THIS IS GOING BACK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD BROUGHT THIS LEGISLATION, THE STATE ATTORNEYS MIGHT NOT ULTIMATELY BRING THE FELONY CHARGE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

MAYBE A WITNESS DOESN'T SHOW UP, BUT WE COULD STILL PROSECUTE THE MISDEMEANOR, BUT WE WOULDN'T KNOW, SO WE WOULDN'T GET A HEADS UP.

SO, AND THEN THE, THE FACEBOOK PAGE RIGHTFULLY AND DID A GOOD SERVICE BY POINTING OUT, HEY, WHY IS THIS CASE BEING DISMISSED? WELL, WE'VE RESOLVED THAT AND IT'S THROUGH, WE REACHED OUT, I REACHED OUT TO, UH, OUR STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, KATHY FERNANDEZ, UH, RUNDEL AND HER DEPUTIES, AND THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH US.

AND, UM, SO I, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD, A, A GOOD SYSTEM GOING WITH OUR PROSECUTION TEAM.

AND I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

AND MR. MANGER, I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOU.

THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WORKING HARD.

THAT NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND, AND THEY FACE GREAT CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE STATE LIMITS THE SALARIES OF THE PROSECUTORS, THE PEOPLE WHO WE CHARGE TO GO INTO COURT TO FIGHT FOR US TO FIGHT FOR THE JUSTICE OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE JUSTICE OF THE VICTIMS. THEY'RE ONE OF THE LEAST PAID PUBLIC SERVANTS.

AND, AND, AND SO THE STATE ATTORNEY, KATHY FERNANDEZ RUNDEL, SHE REALLY TRIES HER BEST TO FIGHT FOR US, FOR OUR JUSTICE.

BUT WE NEED, JEAN NEEDS STRONG, CAPABLE, WELL-PAID ATTORNEYS THAT WILL STAY THERE THROUGH THE COURSE OF A CAREER TO REALLY FIGHT, FIGHT FOR US.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE JUDGES, THE JUDGES ARE THE ONES

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AND, AND, AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE A GREAT SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO, TO AN EXTENT, FOCUS ON THOSE, UH, FELONIES AND PERHAPS, UH, MISDEMEANORS WHERE THERE'S, UH, HABITUAL OFFENDERS.

BUT WE ARE ADDING TREMENDOUS VALUE BY HAVING A HANDFUL OF PROSECUTORS.

WHAT DO WE HAVE? FOUR PROSECUTORS, WE HAVE THREE FULL-TIME PROSECUTORS AND ONE WHO DOES WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAY BOND HEARINGS.

I, I DON'T WANNA SAY THEIR SALARIES, UH, PUBLICLY, BUT THEY ARE NOT, LIKE YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THEY'RE NOT THE HIGHEST PAID PUBLIC SERVANTS, BUT THEY'RE SO VALUABLE.

UM, THEY'RE REALLY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE POLICE OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREET, BUT OUR PROSECUTORS ARE OUT THERE FIGHTING, UH, FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND SAFETY, UM, UH, IN A BIG WAY.

SO, UH, I'M PROUD OF THAT WORK.

BUT YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, IS, IS HAS TO HANDLE FELONIES.

BUT I'LL, I GOTTA TELL YOU, WHEN I DID MEET WITH A GROUP OF JUDGES, I, I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY DISHEARTENED BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD FROM THEM WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUDGES OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WE SEE ALL TYPES OF BRUTAL CRIMES AND MURDERS AND, AND, AND, AND THE WORST, UNFORTUNATELY, OF HUMANITY AND MIAMI BEACH.

LIKE, WE'RE SEEING A HOMELESS PERSON WHO'S ARRESTED OR, OR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

BUT WE TAKE THOSE CRIMES SERIOUSLY HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT SAY, WELL, THAT'S OKAY, IT'S JUST A MISDEMEANOR.

WE'RE EVEN TRYING TO PREVENT, YOU BROUGHT THIS ITEM COMMISSIONER, BUT THAT I'M CO PRIMING WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE BUSINESSES PROSECUTE, UM, PRO PROSECUTE SHOPLIFTERS.

I MEAN, WE ARE TAKING EVERY LEVEL SERIOUSLY HERE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, AND AND IT WAS SAID TO MY FACE, WHY THE JUDICIARY, THE, THE OWN JUDGE SAID TO ME, WE CAN'T, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE PRIORITY.

UM, AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.

CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TALK ABOUT YOUR WOUND IS NOT LESS VALID THAN SOMEBODY ELSE'S WOUND.

UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HA IS, IS DEALING WITH CANCER, SOMEBODY ELSE LOST A CHILD, SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, UM, LOST A JOB.

THOSE ARE NOT RANKED INJURIES.

THOSE ARE ALL INCREDIBLY REAL INJURIES TO PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND EXPERIENCING THEM.

AND FOR THE JUDICIAL BODY TO SAY EFFECTIVELY THAT, THAT OUR WOUNDS DON'T COUNT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AS GRIEVOUS AS OTHER WOUNDS.

I MEAN, NOBODY SAYS THAT ABOUT LAWS WHEN THEY'RE BEING WRITTEN.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, IT'S A FELONY.

IT'S A FELONY.

IF IT'S A MISDEMEANOR, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR.

SO PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.

UM, SO IT'S, I I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE TO, AND THAT IS REALLY UNDERWHELMING AND NOT HOW LAWS AND, AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO, TO, UM, TO WORK.

AND I, I FIND IT QUITE DISHEARTENING AS WELL.

SO IF, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ALSO BE A, A CO-SPONSOR ON THE ITEM, RALPH.

AND I WILL, I'LL, I'LL, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UM, WORK WITH YOU ON THE NEXT ITEM YOU'RE GONNA BRING.

I, I, I WOULD LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

BUT I WILL ADD, THERE ARE SOME GOOD JUDGES UP, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I'M, OBVIOUSLY I'M WE'RE, BUT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT IN TRANSPARENCY, AND WE SHOULD SHOW, UH, YOU, WITH THE DATA WE'RE PUTTING OUT, PEOPLE WILL SEE WHO THE JUDGES WHO ARE TAKING CRIME SERIOUSLY, AND THE JUDGES WHO ARE NOT, AND BY THE WAY, IT'S UP TO THE ELECTORATE, THEY'LL ULTIMATELY VOTE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS IF THEY WANNA VOTE FOR JUDGE WHO LOCKS ON CRIME.

I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE THE CASE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

THEY CAN, THEY, THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT WE'RE JUST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION.

COMMISSIONER ROSA GONZALEZ, JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION, AND IT'S FOR THE CHIEF WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING, WHY ARE WE UP IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES? WHAT'S GOING ON? AND SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS? YEAH, I, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS TODAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FROM TIME TO TIME FOR US TO BE UP IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU FACTOR IN YEAR TO DATE, THAT WE WENT THROUGH SPRING BREAK MORE THE WEEKEND WHEN OUR CRIME NURSE SEEMED TO, UH, TEND TO PEAK AS WE GET INTO THE FALL MONTHS LIKE WE ARE NOW, UM, THOSE, THOSE TEND TO DECLINE.

SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I, I, I PREDICT WE'RE GONNA BE LOWER ACROSS EVERY CATEGORY THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.

AND JUST, UH, JUST FOR CLARITY, FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF ASSAULT? UM, FOR, OKAY.

ASSAULT IS AN, UH, THREATENED, UH, OF AN ATTENTIONAL TOUCHING.

SO A BATTERY IS WHERE YOU, YOU HIT AN INDIVIDUAL IS AN ASSAULT, IS WHERE YOU THREATEN TO DO SO, AND THE PERSON BELIEVES YOU COULD DO SO, BUT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY COMMIT THE OFFENSE, COMMIT THE BATTERY.

BUT THE CATEGORY IS ACTUALLY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY, WHICH ARE COLLAPSED NOW.

THEY USED TO BE SEPARATE CATEGORIES, BUT NOW UNDER THE DATA THAT'S COLLECTED, THEY'VE NOW, UH, THEY'VE NOW PUT THEM TOGETHER.