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ONE.GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 19TH PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
I'M ALEX FERNANDEZ, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, JOINED BY OUR REVISED CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LAURA DOMINGUEZ, UH, AND OUR REVISED MAYOR, MONICA MATTEL SALINAS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR ALTERNATE MEMBER, TANYA VAD, OUR COMMISSIONER, TANYA VAD ON THE LINE AS WELL.
I'M GONNA, UH, PASS, UM, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE STEPHANIE RAY BROOKS, UH, TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
TODAY'S PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONTROL MEETING IS A HYBRID MEETING.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THIS MEETING OR PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON MAY APPEAR AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR PROVIDE COMMENT VIRTUALLY DURING THE MEETING MAY JOIN VIA WEBINAR OR ZOOM.
WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE AGENDA AS PRINTED AND, AND AS PUBLISHED.
AND BEFORE WE GO INTO THE, THE, UH, PUBLIC FORUM INTO THIS, UH, CNIK CITIZENS FORUM, I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, TO, TO THANK MAYOR MINOR FOR TRUSTING US, UH, IN SERVING, IN SERVING IN THIS, IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT HAS DONE IMPORTANT WORK AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO IMPORTANT WORK.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST PLACED IN US.
[ HOLD A SUTNICK CITIZENS’ FORUM AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY PUBLIC SAFTEY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT BY THE PUBLIC.]
IN THAT WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP, UH, THE SUN, UH, CITIZENS FORUM, RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WISHING TO SPEAK.WE'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
FEEL FREE TO APPROACH THE PUB, THE PODIUM, OR IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM, FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND THAT MATTHEW.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ FOR CREATING THIS NEW PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DURING THIS COMMITTEE MEETING.
I'M HERE TODAY TO FLAG AN ISSUE THAT'S GERMANE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA, A SINGLE COMMISSIONER'S PROPOSED CANCELLATION NEXT WEEK, BURIED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE NORTH MERIDIAN AVENUE SHARED USE PATH, A PRIORITY ONE LINK IN THE CITY'S LONG TERM TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN AS THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DIRECTOR DAVID GOMEZ SAID AT AT THE VIRTUAL PROJECT MEETING.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FULFILL ONE OF THE GAPS IN OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN BIKE RIDING.
WHETHER PEDAL BIKES, E-BIKES, OR OTHER MICRO MOBILITY CONTINUES TO GROW IN THE CITY.
THE CITY'S OWN COUNTER DATA DATA ON MERIDIAN AVENUE WHERE BIKE LANES WERE BUILT INDICATES ABOUT 1000 RIDERS A DAY.
THAT'S PARENTS, KIDS, GRANDPARENTS, NEIGHBORS, AND SERVICE WORKERS.
SADLY, FLORIDA LEADS A NATION IN A NUMBER OF BICYCLISTS KILLED NOT ONLY IN THE RAW COUNT, BUT ALSO IN THE PER CAPITA.
AND THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT SAFETY, COMFORT, AND CONNECTIVITY.
PERSONALLY, I AND MANY OTHERS USE MERIDIAN AVENUE TO GET TO PLACES LIKE THE SCOTT RAY, CAL YOUTH CENTER AND BAYSHORE PARK.
KIDS USE IT TO RIDE TO NAUTILUS PARK AND SERVICE WORKERS RIDE FROM NORTH BEACH DOWN THE SOUTH BEACH.
IT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE MOVE AROUND OUR CITY.
THE PROJECT, THE PROPOSAL CONTINUES A TROUBLING TREND OF KILLING LONG PLANNED AND VETTED BICYCLE NETWORK PROJECTS.
IT ALSO FEELS LIKE A REPEAT OF THE DEBACLE ON 34TH STREET AND CHASE AVENUE.
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO KNIT THIS IN THE BUD.
SAVE TIME INTO RESOURCES AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT MIAMI BEACH IS SERIOUS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
A CRITICAL AMEN AMENITY FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO RIDE EVERY DAY TO GET AROUND.
PLEASE COMMIT TO NOT ONLY PULLING THIS ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT TO A CLEAR AND PUBLIC PROCESS DESIGNED TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD WHILE ADDRESSING LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS? WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE ON ZOOM.
ANY MEMBERS ON ZOOM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SEEING, UM, I SEE MITCH NOVIK.
UH, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED AND THERE'S ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM WISHING TO SPEAK.
FEEL FREE TO READ, TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WANNA ECHO THE SAME COMMENTS AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING A CITIZENS FORUM FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, THE NEW BIKE LANE, THE CYCLE TRACK, WHICH WAS ADDED TO JEFFERSON AVENUE, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS STATED PUBLICLY THAT THEY BELIEVE IT'S TOO WIDE.
IT SHOULD BE, UH, CONSIDERABLY, UH, LESS IN, IN, IN TERMS OF ITS, UH, WIDTH.
AND IT HAS, UH, TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTED, UH, UH, A STREET WHERE I MANAGED, WHERE I'VE MANAGED A BUILDING FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
UH, I THINK THAT THE CYCLE TRACKS, UH,
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NEED TO BE, UH, CONSIDERABLY, UH, REVISED IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION THAT AT LEAST THAT ONE, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S TOO WIDE.UH, ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
SORRY, I'M, UH, A LITTLE LATE AND WALKED IN.
I MISSED THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF SUT.
BUT, UH, KEVIN KRUGER, NINE YEAR RESIDENT MIAMI BEACH.
AND, UM, UH, ADVOCATE FOR SPORTS TOURISM, UM, WHICH I THINK IS A PROSPECTIVE SOLUTION TO, YOU KNOW, SOME PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, I CAME IN HERE AND I ENCOURAGED THE CITY TO DEPLOY ITS LOCAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS, UH, SPORTS COACHES, INSTRUCTORS, UH, ALONGSIDE OF OUR AMAZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SATISFY AND START ATTRACTING, UH, SAFE, HEALTHY, ASPIRATIONAL, AFFLUENT TOURISM.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT WE'RE, I, I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING LATELY, EXPANDING PARKS.
UM, I STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO EXPLORE IN THE CITY, BUT THEN ALSO I'D LIKE TO BRING AND ATTRACT, UM, A REALLY DYNAMIC, UH, SPECIAL EVENT IN MARCH, 2028, IN PARTICULAR, AFTER WE'VE GOT OUR CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND WOULD BE WORTHY OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES DESCENDING UPON THE CITY.
AND, UH, SO STAY TUNED FOR MIAMI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO SIT WITH YOU ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND START AGGREGATING ALL THE TALENT IN THIS COUNTY TO BRING A WORLD CLASS, UH, ANNUAL EVENT.
SO, UH, ANY OF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME, MIAMI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, GMAIL, I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE MY CELL PHONE AND SO ON.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE MY EIGHT CAR PETRE, UH, CONNECT WITH YOU NOW.
UM, NICOLE, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED ON ZOOM.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY NAME'S PAUL DE I'M ON MY WIFE'S COMPUTER.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.
AND I JUST WANT TO PUT ON RECORD THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS PROPOSED BIKE PATH ON MERIDIAN IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER BIKE PATH, UH, IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND THAT IT RUNS ALONG THE LENGTH OF TWO GOLF HOLES, WHICH PUT PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE USING THE PATH IN DIRECT DANGER OF BEING HIT BY BALLS THAT FLY ACROSS MERIDIAN CONSTANTLY.
IN ADDITION, UH, THERE'S A BIKE PATH ON PRAIRIE, WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO MERIDIAN.
SO IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BIKE PATH THAT GOES TO THE EXACT SAME PLACE.
UM, AND FINALLY, UH, THERE IS ACTUALLY A, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION OF I THINK MORE THAN 75 PEOPLE, UH, ON WHO LIVE ON MERIDIAN WHO ARE AGAINST THIS AND WILL BE, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE VARIOUS PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON RECORD.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK? I SEE JOHANN HAS, UH, HIS HAND RAISED ON ZOOM.
UH, I WANT TO ECHO EARLIER COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS ALTERNATIVE SUT NICK HOUR.
UH, I AM ANTICIPATING IT WILL BE A MORE RESPECTFUL, UH, SUT NICK HOUR TOWARD THE PUBLIC, UH, THAN THE OTHER ONE IS ON OCCASION, UH, SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE JEFFERSON AVENUE BIKE LANE, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE PRIMARY SHORTCOMING THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE RESIDENTS IS IN FACT THAT THE CITY CHOSE FOR PRESUMABLY VERY GOOD FINANCIAL REASONS TO NOT, UH, PUT ONE LANE ON EACH SIDE OF THE AVENUE BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT WOULD'VE DOUBLED THE COST.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT IN FACT, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS HERE, UH, SHOULD KEEP IN MIND AS A WAY TO IMPROVE THE JEFFERSON AVENUE, UH, BIKE PATH.
I AM, IN PRINCIPLE, SUPPORTIVE OF EXTENDING BIKE PATHS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THERE MAY IN FACT BE, UH, SITUATIONS SUCH AS FLYING GOLF BALLS THAT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE EITHER RELOCATING OR IN FACT PUTTING IN SOME KIND OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS THE NETS THAT WE SEE ADJACENT TO BASEBALL FIELDS.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE ONLINE, ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE, UM, THE, UH, SUB CITIZENS FORUM.
UM, MR. UM, MR. ATTORNEY, IF WE COULD ADD A, A REFERRAL TO THE, TO, UM, NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA REGARDING THAT JEFFERSON AVENUE PATH SO THAT WE CAN GET INPUT, UH, FROM, FROM THE
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FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER THEY, THEY DO HAVE ANY SAFETY CONCERNS OR NOT, UH, ABOUT IT, WHETHER ANY TWEAKS NEED TO BE MADE.I THINK WE VALUE THE BICYCLE PATH AND THE AMENITY.
IT IS FOR THE SAFETY, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR RESIDENTS.
UM, BUT, BUT IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANY CONCERNS, I WOULD WANT TO HEAR THEM.
SO WE COULD ADD A REFERRAL ON THE CITY COMMISSION AGENDA TO THIS COMMITTEE ON THAT JEFFERSON AVENUE, UH, BICYCLE PATH.
UH, YES, SIR, WE CAN ADD THAT AS AN ADDENDUM.
THANK YOU, UH, WITH THAT, UH, COLLEAGUES, UM, THERE ARE FOUR REPORTS ON, ON TODAY'S, UH, AGENDA.
UM, I THINK WE'VE, WE ALL GOT OUR BRIEFINGS.
UM, I WANT TO BIFURCATE THE REPORT REPORT NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE STATUS UPDATE ON THE FIFTH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
UM, WITH THE BIFURCATION OF THAT ONE, CAN WE ADOPT A MOTION AS ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE UPDATES IN REPORTS ONE, TWO, AND FOUR? I WANTED TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO, UH, CAN WE THEN JUST ACCEPT THE UPDATES IN, UH, REPORTS TWO AND FOUR? CAN WE SHOW THAT BY ACCLIMATION? YES, YES.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UH, LET'S GO TO REPORT NUMBER
[ UPDATE ON TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.]
ONE, STEPHANIE, WE COULD READ THAT INTO THE RECORD REPORT.NUMBER ONE IS UPDATE ON TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, AN ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
YOU'VE, YOU'VE HAD THIS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, UH, THANK YOU.
UH, DURING MY BRIEFING, THEY MENTIONED THAT, UM, IT'S GOING ON SCHEDULE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AND I JUST WANTED, UH, TO RECONFIRM SOME SPECIFICS ON DATES THAT WERE TOLD TO ME.
AND TAIS, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
TAIZ VIRA, THE CITY LIAISON FOR THE CONVENTION STUDENT HOTEL PROJECT.
WE HAVE HERE TODAY WITH US HECTOR MORELLO FROM, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND HE CAN PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON DATES.
HOW ARE RECOGNIZED? THANK YOU.
UM, AS FAR AS, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING WITH THE, THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS ON TRACK, IS ON SCHEDULE, UM, THE NEXT 30 DAYS, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING WITH THE STRUCTURE.
WE'RE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON SIXTH FLOOR AND CONTINUE ON.
BUT THE, THE, THE MAJOR MILESTONES GONNA BE THE STRUCTURAL STEEL TRUSSES THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE IN MARCH.
SO NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA START ERECTING A BIG, UH, CRAWLER CRANE OUT THERE AND, AND STARTING TO PUT THE, THOSE MAJOR, THOSE MAJOR PIECES IN PLACE FOR THE, FOR THE BALLROOM.
WHEN IS THE EXPECTED TOPPING OFF? THE EXPECTED TOPPING OFF IS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
WE WE'RE, WE'RE FIGHTING A COUPLE WEATHER DAYS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CHECK, BECAUSE IT WAS, MY BRIEFING WAS QUICK, AND WHEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS JULY OF THIS YEAR, I WAS LIKE, ALREADY, YEP.
WE HAVE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE IT.
THE TOWER FOUNDATION COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, CORRECT? UH, WERE BY THE FIFTH FLOOR, THE TOP OUT IN JULY, AND THE HOTEL OPENING LATE OF 27.
WITH THAT, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, CAN WE ACCEPT THIS UPDATE? YES.
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO REPORT NUMBER THREE.
[ MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE 5TH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THE MONDRIAN HOTEL/MIRADOR CONDOMINIUM BAYWALK PROJECTS]
REPORT NUMBER THREE IS A MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE FIFTH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE MADRIN HOTEL MIRADOR CONDOMINIUM BAY WALK PROJECT.THIS ITEM IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY CIP.
UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST ASK A CO A NUMBER OF A FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS.
UM, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION WAS ISSUED, UM, BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE PORTIONS BEHIND THE BUILDING.
YES, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, I'M SORRY, DAVID GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF CFP.
UM, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, OR THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION WAS ISSUED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT LATE NOVEMBER, BEGINNING OF DECEMBER OF 25.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND DOING SOME PUNCH LIST WALKTHROUGHS AS IN THE, IN THE CAPACITY OF THE OWNER.
WE'VE CITED A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE'VE ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO ADDRESS, SUCH AS THE LOCKING ME MECHANISM AT THE GATE, AND SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WERE PENDING PARTICULARLY.
BUT HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THOSE ITEMS? THEY'RE, THEY'RE RELATIVELY MINOR.
YOU'RE TELLING ME LOCKING MECHANISM AT THE GATE, THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY MINOR THING THAT'S HOLDING UP THE OPENING OF, OF SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY COMPLETED.
YEAH, IT IS VERY, AND THEY CAN'T, AND IT, WOULD IT NOT BE FEASIBLE TO OPEN, UH, THIS, THIS PORTION WHILE WE STILL DO SOME OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, MINOR FIXES? WE CAN, THE ISSUE WITH THE LOCK IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE
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BAYIT WALK IS, IS CLOSED, THAT THE LOCK FUNCTIONS PROPERLY FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT STILL ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EXIT.SHOULD SOMEBODY BE IN THERE WHEN, SO WE'RE HOLDING UP THIS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OVER A LOCK.
IT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOCK.
AND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CHANGE THAT LOCK? THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT LOCKED.
AND WHO IS THE DEVELOPER? I THINK THE LOCK'S BEEN CHANGED AS OF TODAY.
I THINK THE LOCK'S BEEN CHANGED AS OF TODAY.
THE, THE LOCK IN, IN, IN ESSENCE, THE, THE CONCERN WAS THAT PEOPLE THAT WENT IN COULDN'T COME OUT, BUT THERE'S A PANIC HARDWARE, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH OF AN ISSUE, BUT WE CHANGED THE LOCK TO A KEYED LOCK VERSUS A CODED LOCK.
SO THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND BY EVERYONE SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO, YEAH, WE'RE TALKING, IT'S FOUR MONTHS ALREADY, UH, THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT OVER SOMETHING THAT SEEMS VERY SIMPLE TO BE FIXED.
HECTOR, IT WAS FIXED AS SOON AS IT, IT WAS FIXED.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS AN ISSUE TO HOLD UP THE OPENING, BUT, OKAY.
SO I THINK THERE'S MORE ISSUES.
I, WE, WE WILL HAVE STAFF GO LOOK AT IT TODAY AND, AND IF EVERYTHING'S FINE, WE'LL OPEN IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A, AN UPDATE IN MY OFFICE, A REPORT REGARDING THIS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT FIFTH STREET? WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING A YEAR AGO.
UM, AND I GOT COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING A YEAR AGO, WE HAVE NOT SEEN PROGRESS WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? IF, AND, AND ALICE BRAVOS HERE FROM, FROM THE DEVELOPER'S OFFICE, THAT SHE'LL GIVE MORE DETAIL.
THE, THE, THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS.
A LOT OF IT IS HARD TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S UNDERGROUND.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEVELOPER HAS COMPLETED THEIR SCOPE IN UTILITY RELOCATION SUCH AS WATER MAINS AND FOREST MAINS AND OTHER THINGS THAT IT HAS BEEN DONE BEGINNING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN THEY WERE BEGAN, THE TEST PILES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS, THEY STRUCK AN UNKNOWN UTILITY.
UM, AND IN THOSE COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO NUMBER ONE, FIGURE OUT WHICH UTILITY IT WAS.
IT TURNS OUT IT WAS FPL UH, NUMBER TWO, FIGURE OUT THE EXACT LOCATION BECAUSE IT WASN'T SHOWN ON ANY OF THE AS-BUILTS.
UM, AND THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING.
FPL HAS COME OUT, DONE A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF WHAT THEY CALL LOCATES, WHICH IS IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEIR LINES ARE.
UM, FOR CONTEXT, THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION DUCT BANK THAT PROVIDES ELECTRICITY TO MOST OF THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S A LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT NUMBER ONE, IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
AND NUMBER TWO, WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE NEED TO, TO DESIGN AROUND IT.
AND I'LL ASK, UH, ALICE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
ALICE BRAVO AND ASSOCIATES WORKING WITH, WITH TARA ON THE BRIDGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, UNDER STATE LAW, UH, ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO DIG OR EXCAVATE IS SUPPOSED TO CALL 8 1 1, AND EACH UTILITY COMPANY IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND, AND MARK THEIR UTILITIES.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROJECT, THESE FP AND L, HIGH VOLTAGE DEEP UNDERGROUND BOARD LINES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, AND EACH TIME THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
UM, SO THERE, THERE WAS AN INITIAL MARKING FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UM, AS THE PROJECT WAS GETTING READY TO THE POINT OF DIGGING, UM, A, A FRESH UPDATE WAS REQUESTED, AND THAT MARKED THE LINES, UH, FURTHER SOUTH.
SO THE BRIDGE WAS ACTUALLY REDESIGNED BASED ON THAT SECOND ROUND OF MARKINGS.
UM, AND WHEN WE WENT OUT TO BASICALLY DIG A PILOT HOLE CALLED METHOD SHAFT, UM, THAT'S WHEN ONE OF THE LINES WAS STRUCK.
SO EVERYTHING STOPPED AT THAT POINT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
THE UTILITY COMPANY WAS CONTACTED AS REQUIRED.
UM, THEY, THEY CAME OUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, THEY ACQUIRED A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND NOW THEY HAVE NOW REMARKED THOSE FPL LINES, THERE ARE PROBABLY 35 TO 40 FEET DEEP, UM, IN THE LOCATION OF THE BRIDGE.
SO LET ME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, I UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, THERE HAS TO BE SOME DIGGING DONE.
AND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, DIGGING THE DEVELOPER OR DRILLING, NOT DIGGING, DRILLING, UM, THE DEVELOPER NEEDS ASSURANCES CERTAIN LEVEL OF ASSURANCES OF WHERE CER CERTAIN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS LOCATED.
AND THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BEING HIGH VOLTAGE LINES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY THAT BELONG TO FPL L YES.
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AND SO YOU GUYS DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE OF REACHING OUT TO F-P-L-F-P-L SENT THEIR CONTRACTOR, U-S-C-I-F-P-L PERSONNEL WAS PRESENT IN THE FIELD? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, FPL HAD THEIR, OKAY.AND THEY IDENTIFIED A LOCATION WHERE THEY BELIEVED WHERE THESE LINES WERE AT.
PJ DO WE HAVE THE IMAGE THAT I SENT YOU? AND SO THE LOCATION THAT THEY IDENTIFIED WAS THE DARK PINK ON THE TOP.
THAT DARK PINK WAS THE ORIGINAL CORRIDOR MARKED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, THE ORANGE CORRIDOR THAT WAS MARKED IN 2024 AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO REALLY BREAK GROUND.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE, WE STRUCK, UM, SO IN THAT PURPLE AREA TO THE RIGHT WHERE WE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE PEACH ZONE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE STRUCK AN OBJECT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T, YOU COULDN'T DRILL IN THE ORANGE ZONE.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS RUNNING BASED ON WHAT FPL HAD INDICATED TO THE DEVELOPER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THREE REDESIGN.
AND SO THEN, AND SO THEN SINCE YOU COULDN'T DRILL IN THAT ORANGE PORTION, YOU WENT NORTH AND YOU WERE DRILLING IN THAT IN THE VICINITY OF THAT PURPLE PORTION SOUTH.
AND, AND, AND WHEN YOU GUYS WERE DOING THAT, YOU GUYS HIT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE, HAD THE INFORMATION THAT FPL PROVIDED YOU BEEN ACCURATE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS? BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND I GET CONCERNED, NOT ONLY IS IT IT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY, AND THEN FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE HERE WE HAVE A, A, SOMEONE THAT IS DOING A PROJECT, BY THE WAY, IT'S A GOB PROJECT.
THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IS A GOB PROJECT.
SO IT'S A PROJECT FOR THE CITY BEING DONE BY, BY BY THIS PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
UM, AND IT'S A SAFETY SITUATION.
SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED BY THE MISINFORMATION THAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY FPL, UM, AND THE ELECTRICAL GRID COMING INTO THE CITY COULD BE IMPACTED AS WELL.
SO WHAT LEVERAGE WOULD WE HAVE AS A CITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS? BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IF YOU'RE COMING OUT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND YOU'RE GIVING US THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THOSE THREE LOCATIONS ARE WRONG, IF I'M THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS TO DO THAT DRILLING, OR IF I'M THE GUY THAT'S ON THE MACHINE DOING THAT DRILLING, I'M NOT GONNA TRUST THAT THIRD LOCATION.
YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN ME THREE LONG, WRONG LOCATIONS.
I'M NOT PUTTING MY LIFE ON THE LINE OR THE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY ON, ON THE LINE.
YOU KNOW? SO TELL US WHAT LEVERAGE DO WE HAVE WITH FPL TO GET THEM TO CERTIFY THAT A LOCATION IS CORRECT OR EVEN TO GET THEM TO COME IN AND DO THIS DRILLING SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO PROVIDE SOME ASSURANCE.
UM, HERE, AS RECENTLY AS MONDAY, UH, TARA MET WITH F-P-L-F-P-L PROVIDED THEM THEIR LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LOCATIONS.
UH, AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, FPL OFFERED TO PERFORM ANOTHER ROUND OF LOCATES TO CONFIRM WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, JUST TO BE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION AND THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCURATE.
UM, THAT, AS ALICE STATED, FPL DID GO OUT AND PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH MORE ACCURATE THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE, SO THAT THEY COULD IDENTIFY THESE LINES.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING, FPL, I THINK THEY OFFERED TO DO THE RELOCATES, UM, AND THE DEVELOPER WAS GONNA GO BACK TO THE DESIGNER TO SEE IF IN FACT, WE COULD EVEN BUILD THE FOUNDATIONS AS DESIGNED OR IF MORE REVISIONS NEEDED TO BE, UH, MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE LOCATIONS AS IDENTIFIED.
NOW, WE, IF I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IF I COULD ADD, WE WOULD NEED A RECONFIRMATION THAT THE PURPLE CORRIDOR IS CORRECT, BUT WE ALSO NEED CONFIRMATION THAT THE ORIGINAL CORRIDORS ARE CLEAR OR ELSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO LAND THE BRIDGE.
AND, AND IF I COULD ADD ON THAT CALL, IF P ALSO SAID THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD NOT CERTIFY THE OBOS.
THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD NOT WHAT? I'M SORRY.
THAT FPL STATED, THEY WOULD NOT CERTIFY THE OBOS THAT THEY JUST, THEY JUST FOR THESE LOCATES DON'T DO THAT.
SO, BUT THAT IS, YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY WOULD NOT CERTIFY THESE CORRIDORS.
IT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IF, IF THEY WOULD HAVE COME OUT ONCE OR TWICE, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS THREE TIMES THAT, THAT, THAT HAS, THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH INACCURATE IN INFORMATION.
UM, AND SO HOW CAN ANYONE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY CERTAINTY THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING SOMEONE'S LIFE IN
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JEOPARDY AND THAT WE'RE NOT AFFECTING THE ELECTRICAL GRID FOR THE ENTIRE CITY? MR. MANAGER, AT THE LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WE APPROVED CERTAIN EASEMENTS FOR FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.AND THIS IS A QUESTION AS WELL TO, UH, TO, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
HAVE WE EXECUTED THOSE EASEMENTS? I'M NOT, I I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE HAVE BEEN SIGNED OFF, BUT WE CAN CHECK AND MAKE SURE TODAY.
OKAY, THIS CAME UP IN MY BRIEFING AND I ASKED ABOUT THIS IN MY BRIEFING, AND I, I WANT ANSWERS WHEN I HAVE THE BRIEFING.
THE, SO WHAT I WANT IS IF THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THEY LE I WANT TO PUT THEM BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK, AND I WANT FP AT THE TABLE.
UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HOLD OUR LEVERAGE.
WE NEED TO HOLD OUR LEVERAGE WHEREVER WE HAVE IT.
UM, I, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY, GIVEN, GIVEN THE, GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMING INTO THE CITY FROM, FROM FPL RATHER THAN HAVE THE DEVELOPER DO THE DRILLING? CAN FPL DO THE DRILLING? IT'S, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SET UP FOR THAT.
THEY'RE NOT GEARED UP FOR THAT.
UM, THEY DON'T DO, THEY DON'T DO STRUCTURAL WORK.
SO, UH, I I'VE NEVER HEARD IT DONE.
BUT I'M, I, IF THAT'S SO, SO, SO I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO JUST CONSIDER WHATEVER OPTIONS WE HAVE, WHATEVER LEVERAGE WE, WE HAVE.
FPL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER.
UH, WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED VERY WELL WITH, WITH FPL, WHETHER IT'S, UM, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE DOING OR WHETHER IT BE PRIVATE, UH, PRIVATE PROJECTS WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED VERY WELL WITH, WITH FPL, BUT WE NEED THEM AT THE TABLE.
WE NEED THEM PRESENT AND COOPERATING WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A DEVELOPER'S PROJECT.
THIS IS A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROJECT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS OF THE CITY APPROVED, AND THIS IS A BRIDGE THAT NOW HAS BEEN ON HOLD FOR A YEAR AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SO, UM, IF NECESSARY, AND IF THE, IF THE DOCUMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN EXECUTED YET, LET'S PUT THEM FOR POSSIBLE RECONSIDERATION, A MINIMUM DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING, AND HOPEFULLY HECTOR ALICE, YOU GUYS CAN BE PRESENT AND HOPEFULLY FPLS REPRESENTATIVES CAN BE PRESENT AS WELL, SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME SORT OF COMMON GROUND ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THIS.
SO I'M BEING TOLD THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, SIR.
WELL, SO LET'S PLAY SOME, LET'S, LET'S PUT THEM AS AN ADD-ON TO NEXT WEEK'S CITY COMMISSION AGENDA, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD FROM.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, COMMISSIONER MONICA MATTEL.
DAVID, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, AND I'M, I'M ABOUT TO OPEN A CAN OF WORMS, BUT I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY MULTIPLE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA THAT THERE'S NOW A PUSH FOR THE BRIDGE TO BE MOVED, TO GO UNDERNEATH THE CAUSEWAY INSTEAD OF OVER.
UM, HOW FEASIBLE IS THIS? REALISTICALLY, THIS WAS DISCUSSED YEARS AGO.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED HEADROOM TO GET UNDER THE, THE BRIDGE, THE WALKWAY WOULD HAVE TO GO WAY OUT INTO THE BAY.
UM, SO IT JUST WASN'T, AT THAT TIME, IT WAS, IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE.
IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THIS? 2018 WAS THE GEO BOND, AND IT WAS BEFORE THAT, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BRIDGE.
IS IT TOO LATE TO REVISIT THAT? IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO REVISIT ANYTHING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED.
IT WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKE IT MORE FEASIBLE.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN MAKE THE, THE BAY WALK AND CREATE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD BE SO HARD TO CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR UNDER THE BRIDGE, AND THEN WE COULD AVOID ALL OF THIS FPL BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED INFRASTRUCTURE THERE TO MAKE STAIRS TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU TO, TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH IT GOING OVER THE CAUSEWAY IS WHAT'S THE HEIGHT THERE? THAT THE BRIDGE IS GONNA BE AT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM
SO IF WE HAVE A, IT'S 14 FEET.
DOT MANDATES ARE 16 AND A HALF FOOT VERTICAL CLEARANCE.
AND, AND TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, SEMIS THAT COME OVER THAT NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE THAT GO TO OUR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF THOSE SEMIS? THEY'RE, THOSE ARE EASILY ACCOMMODATED.
AND ANYTHING, SO THERE'S NO RISK OF ANYTHING, NO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THAT HAS A HOOK ON IT THAT THEY DON'T WIND DOWN IN THE, NOTHING'S GONNA GRAB ON THAT BRIDGE AND CAUSE SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT.
IN CASES WHERE THINGS EXCEED THE NORMAL SIZES, THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO SPECIAL PERMITS AND SPECIAL ROUTING FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLES.
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AN ISSUE IN THE CASE.NEVER WHERE AN OPERATOR LEFT A HOOK UP, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DISASTER SCENARIO WHERE SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THE, THE RANDOM PROBABLY WILL NEVER HAPPEN, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW A SCENARIO.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, AND THEN STRUCTURALLY, THE, THE BRIDGE IS MADE OUT OF WHAT MATERIAL? SO CONCRETE PRE-STRESSED BEAMS. OKAY.
WELL THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT STILL, IT WOULD BE PRETTY BAD IF SOMETHING HIT THE BRIDGE.
I MEAN, JUST IN TERMS OF ALL THE TRAFFIC SURROUNDING IT AND, OKAY, SO DAVID, LET'S MEET, BECAUSE THIS IS, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY MULTIPLE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, AND THEY'RE GOING BUILDING BY BUILDING AND GETTING BUILDING SUPPORT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MEET WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND, AND MEANWHILE, WHILE WE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PROJECTS LIKE THESE PAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO, THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER WAY AND THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, HEADWAY OR NOT, I MEAN, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OUT A WHOLE PLATFORM ON INDIAN CREEK FOR THE BOAT SHOW LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, AND I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S MORE INVOLVED, RIGHT.
BUT IF WE CAN DO IT FOR THE, THE, THE BAY WALK, WE MAYBE CAN DO IT HERE.
UM, I SEE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS JOINING US ON ZOOM, AND HE HAS HIS HAND RAISED COMMISSIONER, GOOD MORNING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S, UH, ATTENTION FOCUS ON THIS PROJECT.
I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED HERE, UH, BEFORE MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN, ENVISIONING THAT I'D BE ABLE TO WALK HER ACROSS THIS OVERPASS TO SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY, UH, BY THE TIME SHE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.
AND SHE'S NOW, UH, SHE'S HAD HER NINTH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
AND, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NO CLOSER TO, UH, SEEING THAT HAPPEN.
UH, I'M ASKING THE, THE PROJECT TEAM AND OUR CITY STAFF TO BE VERY FORTHCOMING AND SPEAKING VERY CLEAR ENGLISH, WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE TIMELINE AND PERHAPS EVEN FEASIBILITY FOR THIS PROJECT.
BECAUSE IN SPEAKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, JUST HAVING TO NAVIGATE THE RELOCATION OF THESE UTILITIES AND A REDESIGN COULD PUSH THIS PROJECT BACK BY ANOTHER YEAR.
AND THAT'S OUR BEST CASE SCENARIO.
UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS, BUT I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF WE CAN SPEAK IN VERY CLEAR ENGLISH TO SET VERY CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, DON'T TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, TELL US WHAT THE REALITY IS.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND SAY, OH, WE'LL COME BACK IN THREE MONTHS AND THERE'S MORE UPDATES, AND WE JUST KEEP KICKING THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND PLAINLY TO OUR RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE.
SO PLEASE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW UNDER THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT THIS DOES TO OUR TIMELINES, AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE BENCHMARK OR BASE CASE, UH, SCENARIOS ARE, WHAT THOSE MEAN FOR TIMELINES, AND TALK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.
SO I'LL LET, UH, THE DEVELOPER SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO TIMELINE.
WHAT I CAN RESPOND IS THAT IT IS A LITTLE PREMATURE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE DELAY WILL BE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW YET IF THE STRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE RE REDESIGNED, IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE ON RELOCATING THE DUCK BANK OR IF THE DUCK BANK NEEDS TO STAY WHERE IT IS.
THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WILL INFLUENCE THAT TIMELINE.
AS I STATED IN MY, UH, MEMO YOU FROM, AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, DAVID, TO ME, A REDESIGN WOULD BE, I FEEL, WOULDN'T BE RIGHT BECAUSE FPL IS A UTILITY.
AND IF WE START CREATING THE PRECEDENT THAT IF FPL IS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEIR UTILITY IS RUNNING, THAT WE'RE GONNA COME IN AND NOW START TO REDESIGN THINGS.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT IS A, AN INCREDIBLY, I BELIEVE, IRRESPONSIBLE AND HORRIBLE PRECEDENT TO SET.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE, THEY HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT, I WOULD SAY IT PRETTY IS, IT PRETTY MUCH IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW EXACTLY TO THE MINUTIA OF DETAIL OF WHERE THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ELECTRIFIES OUR CITY, IT'S LOCATED, IF I, IF I MAY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY REDESIGNED THE FOUNDATIONS, WHICH IS TYING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE DELAYS ON PERMITTING HAS BEEN CURRING.
WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN FDOT PERMIT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO REDESIGN THE STRUCTURE, THE FOUNDATIONS TWICE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS.
SO NOW IF WE DID IT AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY STOP FDOT AGAIN AND, AND REDESIGN FOUNDATIONS.
WE, RIGHT NOW IN CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE SHOWING CLOSE TO A YEAR DELAY, RIGHT? SO ON TOP
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OF ALL THE OTHER DELAYS, WE, ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER DELAYS, WELL COMPLETE ON CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE BEEN AT A DEAD STOP SINCE NOVEMBER.I SENT EVERYBODY HOME AND I TOLD 'EM I'M NOT, WE'RE NOT DRILLING ANYTHING UNTIL WE NOTICE.
ALRIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA COLLEAGUES, IF WE, IF WE ALL AGREE ON COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UH, IF YOU, IF, IF YOU AGREE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY I, THERE WAS, EASTMAN SAID THE CITY APPROVED THE LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR FPL.
UM, AND WE HAVE, AND, AND AGAIN, I'LL SAY FPL HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO THE CITY.
WE'VE WORKED SO CLOSELY ON SO MANY PROJECTS, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN INCLUDED.
AND WHENEVER THERE'S AN ISSUE, WE ALL COME TOGETHER IF WE FIND SOLUTIONS FORWARD.
UM, BUT MR. MR, MR. ATTORNEY AND MR. MANAGER, I WANT TO PLACE THESE EASEMENTS FOR DISCUSSION, UH, BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO WE CAN HAVE A BROADER DISCUSSION WITH FPL, UH, BRING THEM INTO THE BUILDING AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HECTOR, WITH ALICE, WITH DAVID GOMEZ ABOUT HOW WE FIND A SOLUTION, UH, FOR THIS, WHERE WE DON'T CONTINUE JUST SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIT.
WE START DOING WORK AND WE HIT A PIPE, AND THEN, OH NO, IT'S 25 FEET OVER THIS WAY.
AND THEN YOU START GOING 25 FEET, AND THEN YOU HIT AGAIN ANOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN YOU GOTTA GO ANOTHER 25 FEET.
AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE LOSE THE LIFE OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE WORST SITUATION THAT COULD HAPPEN, UH, BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY, UH, OVER, OVER, OVER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FPL SHOULD ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHERE IT'S RUNNING.
SO WITH THAT, CAN WE, SO ARE YOU ASKING, UM, MR. CHAIR FOR THIS TO GO BACK FOR AS A DISCUSSION ITEM? OR GO BACK AS A POSSIBLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER? I, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM TO DISCUSS WHETHER WE WANT TO RECONSIDER, RECONSIDER THESE, BUT LET'S, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
LET'S, LET'S PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS, AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, DURING THAT DISCUSSION TO, UH, TO, TO BRING THOSE EASEMENTS UP FOR RECONSIDERATION, UH, IF WE NEED TO, AND USE WHATEVER LEVERAGE THAT WE HAVE TO, TO START THE ENGINES.
MOVING AGAIN ON THIS, ON THIS BRIDGE.
CAN WE ALL AGREE ON THIS BY ACCLIMATION? YES, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD SUPPORT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, RIGHT? AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN AT, AT, AT THE COMMISSION.
HO HOPEFULLY FPL IS LISTENING TO THIS CON TO, TO THIS CONVERSATION AND UNDERSTANDS THE SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT THREE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, A COLLEAGUE OF OURS, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, THAT WE ALL HAVE EXPRESSED ABOUT THIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT.
WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN, UH, THANK YOU GUYS, UH, FOR JOINING US ON THIS ITEM.
[1. DISCUSS ADDING BENCHES IN SHADED AREAS OF BAYSHORE PARK.]
NEXT ITEM, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE.STEPHANIE, IF YOU COULD READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSS ADDING BENCHES IN SHADE AREAS OF BAY SHORE PARK.
ALL RIGHT, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, THE, UH, STAFF HAS ISSUED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD, UH, THESE BENCHES AND SHADE AREAS OF THE PARK.
CAN WE ACCEPT, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND MOVE IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION? SECOND.
SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER MATTEL SALINAS SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER, UH, DOMINGUEZ.
WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE ITEM NUMBER ONE BACK WITH A FAVORABLE, UH, RECOMMENDATION ITEM NUMBER
[2. DISCUSS THE PLACEMENT OF WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AT BAYSHORE PARK TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AMENITIES.]
TWO.ITEM NUMBER TWO IS DISCUSS THE PLACEMENT OF WAY FINDING SIGNAGE AT BAY SHORE PARK TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AMENITIES.
COLLEAGUES, UH, THE REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SHOWS THAT THIS WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
SO, WITH THAT, CAN WE CLOSE THIS ITEM? YES.
WITH THAT, LET'S SHOW THE ITEM CLOSED.
[3. DISCUSS / TAKE ACTION REGARDING INSTALLING AN INFORMATIONAL PLAQUE FOR THE BANYAN TREE AT BAYSHORE PARK IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.]
ITEM NUMBER THREE.REGARDING INSTALLING AN INFORMATIONAL PLAQUE FOR THE BANYAN TREE AT BAYSHORE PARK IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
ALRIGHT, SO THE, SO THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, HAS ISSUED A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THIS PLAQUE.
CAN WE MOVE IT BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION? YES.
UH, WITH THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION BY, BY ACCLIMATION, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[4. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR LIGHTED PICKLEBALL COURTS AT BAYSHORE PARK.]
DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON THE FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR LIGHTED PICKLEBALL COURTS AT BAYI SHORE PARK.COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
UM, I, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM UP HERE.
UM, SO WHEN I HAD MY BRIEFING, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO LOCATIONS THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT RESIDENTS WITH LIGHT AND SOUND.
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IT IS 800,000 PLUS.SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUTURE PROJECTS, UH, SO THAT IT'S ON THE LIST.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE'VE ADDED AROUND THE CITY.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW, UH, AT THE M BEACH GOLF CLUB, UM, WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WE'VE ADDED THERE.
AND THOSE ARE OPEN TILL VERY LATE AT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF IT.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UM, THIS PARK JUST OPENED, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
IT'S WHAT, THREE DECADES PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR THIS PARK FOR THREE DECADES, AND IT'S JUST COMPLETED.
THE CONSTRUCTION HAS ENDED, FINALLY THE CONSTRUCTION HAS ENDED.
CAN WE SEE HOW THE PARK DOES OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS? UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE THE PARK AN OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE IN.
AND THEN RECON, UH, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT ON BECAUSE THE CONSIDERATION IS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IT'S ASKING FOR IT FOR THIS YEAR OR FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS THE PARK OPENS AND, UM, WE CAN SEE HOW IT'S DOING, UH, WE COULD WITHDRAW IT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT, UM, IT TO LOSE ITS PLACE IF I WAIT.
SO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ON THE COMMITTEE HERE? OH, NOT ON THE COMMITTEE.
UH, MOVE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE TO COMMISSION SO THAT IT COULD BE PUT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, COMMISSIONER
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THAT, UM, WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS AROUND THE CITY.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS COMING FROM.
AND JUST AS A KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER, I AM NOT SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING PARK SPACE GREEN SPACE OUT OF THAT PARK AND, AND PAVING IT OVER.
I WOULD BE MUCH MORE INCLINED AND, AND SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, OF HAVING SOME OF THE TENNIS COURTS BE DUAL PURPOSE, UM, AND LET THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, FIND A WAY TO MANAGE THE TIME WE, WE DO THAT IN OTHER PLACES AROUND THE CITY WHERE IT FLIPS BETWEEN PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN TAKING AWAY GREEN SPACE.
SO, UH, I KNOW I'M NOT A VOTING MEMBER, UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS WITH YOU.
WELL, COMMISSIONER, YOU ARE A MEMBER, YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT IMPACT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, JOHN, UH, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY WAS EVER CONTEMPLATED OF STRIPING THE TENNIS COURTS WE HAVE, AND ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED IS IF WE DID STRIPE THEM FOR, FOR DIFFERENT USES, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE IT'S SET UP FOR PICKLEBALL AND WHERE IT'S SET UP FOR, FOR TENNIS.
UM, BECAUSE HAVING A PORTABLE NET AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT JUST LEADS TO, TO NOT A WELL RAN OPERATION.
THE OTHER CONCERN IS THESE, THESE COURTS, THESE GO BACK DECADES IN THE PLAN.
WERE WERE, WERE SET FOR MIAMI BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ALSO TO USE AS THEIR HOME COURTS.
'CAUSE FLAMINGO IS ALL CLAY COURTS, THEY PLAY ON HARD COURTS.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERN ABOUT HAVING MULTIPLE STRIPING ON A COMPETITIVE HIGH SCHOOL COURT.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF MY CONCERNS TO LOOK INTO FOR RECREATION.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A TOURNAMENT OR A HIGH SCHOOL MATCH, YOU KNOW, THOSE LINES COULD MAYBE BE CONFUSING TO, TO PLAYERS.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WE TOOK THOSE TENNIS COURTS AWAY FROM MIAMI BEACH GOLF CLUB, WE MADE THEM PICKLEBALL, WE TOOK THAT ONE COURT FROM POLO PARK, MADE A PICKLEBALL AND THAT WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
IT WAS ALWAYS, BUT DON'T WORRY TENNIS PLAYERS, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR HARD COURTS BACK AT BAY SHORE.
SO I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT AND WE WANNA OFFER AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AS HAVE MUCH VARIETY AS WE CAN.
OF COURSE I WOULD JUST, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO MAKE A COMMITMENT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY THAT I HAVE THE SOLUTION TO THAT.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SINCE, SINCE YOUR PLAN IS TO KEEP IT ON A FIVE YEAR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TO, TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITIES AND SEE HOW IS IT FEASIBLE TO BE BUDGETED? IS IT, IS IT NOT FEASIBLE TO BE BUDGETED? UM, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING NOW.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, STARTING, I GUESS IT'S MORE LIKE A, THE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS OF PUTTING IT INTO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, UH, TO, TO STUDY IT DATA WOULD BE FINE WITH FOR AS LONG AS IT'S NOT, UH, A COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO
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ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THIS.'CAUSE I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC TELL US ABOUT THE PARK? HOW IS THE SPACE BEING USED? WHAT IS IT OFFERING WELL AND WHAT IS IT NOT OFFERING THAT THE PUBLIC IS THE ONE THAT'S TELLING US THAT'S, THAT'S MISSING THERE.
WHAT OTHER, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET, UH, SPACE THAT'S CURRENTLY GREEN SPACE AND USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PICKLE BALL CORD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, IS THERE A DESIRE FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN? IS THERE A DESIRE FOR SOMETHING ELSE? I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A BROADER EXPLORATION OF WHAT COULD WE OFFER THAT IS NOT BEING OFFERED TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND MOST CERTAINLY, I WOULD WANNA GET THE INPUT OF THE, OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN SO HANDS-ON OVER THE DECADES OF THE PLANNING OF THIS, OF THIS PARK.
SO, SO IF IF, IF WE'RE TALKING JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT ALONG THROUGH PROCESS AS IT RELATES JUST TO HAVE IT IN THE PIPELINE FOR DISCUSSION, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
WHILE WE DO LEGWORK WITHOUT COMMITTING TO ANY, UH, IMPLEMENTATION AT THIS TIME.
IS THAT FOR, IS THAT COMFORTABLE? UH, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS FINE TO ME.
JOHN, IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU? YES, AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO WITH THOSE SIX COURTS THAT WE HAVE? OKAY.
AND I SEE LORI, UH, WITH HER HAND RAISED ON ZOOM.
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, ACTUALLY.
IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD.
THIS IS LORI NEEDER AND I'M THE OPERATOR AT MIAMI BEACH TENNIS CENTER ON 72ND STREET, AS WELL AS THE OPERATOR OF THE BAYSHORE PARK TENNIS CENTER THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM A PILOT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE TWO HARD COURTS OVER AT MIAMI BEACH TENNIS CENTER, AND WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE MIAMI BEACH GOLF COURSE, I DID STRIPE THEM FOR PICKLEBALL.
SO THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, OFFER PICKLEBALL CLASSES, PICKLEBALL PRIVATE LESSONS, UM, AND CURATED OPEN PLAY AT OUR TENNIS CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BY THE TENNIS PLAYERS THAT THEY DO GET BOXED OUT BECAUSE THE PICKLE BALLERS REALLY, THEY, THEY WANNA PLAY.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF COMPROMISE ON SOME ASPECTS OF THINGS.
IT DOES CREATE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS.
THEY'RE NOT KNOWN TO FUNCTION SO MUCH IN UNISON IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
SO I WOULD LIKE THIS TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE BEACH HIGH TENNIS TEAM BECAUSE IT, IT WILL AFFECT THE BEACH HIGH TENNIS TEAM.
SO I JUST WANNA BE INCLUDED IN THAT DISCUSSION IF POSSIBLE, SINCE I PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STUFF.
AND, AND, AND THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COURTS.
AND THE QUESTION TO, TO THE DIRECTOR WAS, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONSTRUCTING NEW COURTS, WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO DO STRIVING? CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL IS USING IT AS WELL, SO WE DON'T WANT TO BOX ANYONE OUT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE, OF, OF THE COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, WOULD BE TO ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE IN A FIVE YEAR PLANNING, UH, PROCESS.
NOT NECESSARILY MEANING A, UH, UH, A DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION NOW, BUT ALLOWING US AND STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY FEASIBILITY.
AND IF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY SHOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PUSHED UP, THEN WE CAN, UM, REVISIT THAT AT THAT TIME.
IS THAT A GOOD DIRECTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION? YES SIR.
WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[5. EXPLORE THE USE OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES SUCH AS MINI-PARKS OR POP-UP SEATING TO ACTIVATE UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC SPACES.]
IS EXPLORE THE USE OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES SUCH AS MINI PARKS OR POP-UP SEATINGS TO ACTIVATE UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC SPACES.COMMISSIONER, UH, MAGAZINE, UH, IF YOU ARE STILL ON ZOOM AND I SEE YOU ARE STILL ON ZOOM, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT YOUR ITEM AND OKAY, WELL, UH, I UM, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.
UH, JOHN, SO YOU CAN RECOGNIZE SO THAT YOU CAN PRESENT THE ITEM.
YES, WE, UM, WE TOOK, TOOK A LOOK INTO THIS ITEM AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT UNDERUTILIZED SPACE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE PARKS SYSTEM ITSELF, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE UNDERUTILIZED SPACE BECAUSE IF IT'S OPEN, IT'S USUALLY DESIGNED TO BE OPEN ON ACTIVATED SPACE.
AND I THINK THIS ITEM THROUGH READING WAS REALLY LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
WHAT COULD THAT BE? STREET ENDS, MAYBE SOME CORRIDORS, ET CETERA.
THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? HOW DO, HOW DO WE NARROW IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL ACTION.
SO IF WE CAN PULL UP A POWERPOINT, I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT CAN BE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE I EVEN GET INTO, UM, THAT WE ALREADY ARE ACTIVATING SOME SPACES.
YOU UM, UM, THIS CHAIR, WE, WE SPOKE YESTERDAY ABOUT THE USC FITNESS EQUIPMENT.
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WAYS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THOSE LITTLE FITNESS STATIONS IN, IN SPACES THAT MAKE SENSE AND YOU ACTIVATE THEM IN A POSITIVE WAY.THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAD A, JUST A CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON, ON, ON 63RD AND PINE TREE.
IT WAS PART OF THE PUBLIC WORK SYSTEM AND, AND THE RESIDENTS CAME AND SAID, LET'S MAKE IT A PARK.
IT WAS A MINI MINIMAL, UM, INVESTMENT.
WE PUT IN SOME BENCHES, A PICNIC TABLE, TRASH CAN, AND WE JUST CHANGED THE MAINTENANCE CYCLE AND IT BECAME A PARK AND IT, IT BECAME, IT WAS MORE ACTIVATED.
AND THEN YOU, THERE'S JUST ANOTHER STREET END POSSIBLY COULD DO THIS.
I WOULD WANNA WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS, PD AND WHOEVER ELSE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE AREAS ALSO HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS DON'T, MAYBE DON'T WANT THEM ACTIVATED.
AND I WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO THAT.
IS THERE PARKING AVAILABLE? THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S A STREET END THAT MAYBE COULD BE ON, ON THE LIST FOR AN ACTIVATION.
ANO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MAYBE DO SOMETHING HERE.
AND THERE'S NOTHING CONCRETE HERE.
I'M JUST PUTTING, THROWING SOME STUFF OUT.
THE NEXT SLIDE AN ANOTHER, ANOTHER AREA.
AND THESE ARE, AND THESE ARE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED TRAFFIC LOCATIONS.
UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO IDENTIFY NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE THESE RIGHT OF WAY AREAS.
THEY USUALLY, USUALLY THEY'RE, BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE A PUMP EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN SPACE THERE.
UM, AND I, AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ON MAIN, ON MAIN CORRIDORS LIKE PINE TREE DRIVE AND 41ST STREET THAT IS VERY BUSY, BUT YOU KNOW, MORE PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK TO, WHETHER IT BE FROM THEIR APARTMENTS OR FROM FROM THEIR HOMES.
AND GETTING THESE, THESE RIGHT OF WAYS AND MAKING THEM MORE FRIENDLY FOR PEOPLE JUST TO BE ABLE TO SIT THERE OR, YOU KNOW, IT EXERCISE THERE OR ENGAGE IN SOME SORT OF RECREATIONAL OR RELAXING ACTIVITY.
ANOTHER ONE CAME TO MIND, I CAN'T REM I KNOW HOW TO GET THERE, BUT I KNOW THE ADDRESS.
WE TOOK A PUBLIC WORKS MEDIAN TRIANGLE AND TURNED IT INTO A DOG PARK UP IN NORTH BEACH YEARS AGO.
IT WAS, IT WAS TAKING THAT UNDER YOUR LIFE SPACE AND TURNING INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID AT LINCOLN ROAD, THEY TOOK THIS AREA AND THEY PUT THESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EVERY TIME I'M ON LINCOLN ROAD, SOMEBODY'S, SOMEBODY'S PLAYING WITH THEM.
THAT WAS A RE-IMAGINATION OF THAT, THAT SPACE.
NEXT, NEXT WE GO IN AS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WE JUST DO A TEMPORARY ACTIVATION, WHETHER IT'S ON LINCOLN ROAD, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AT A, AN OPEN SPACE AND WE BRING OUR IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND OUT.
AND THEN WE CAN BRING OUT GAMES AND, UM, JUST GIVING YOU IDEAS SO WE COULD DO THINGS ONE DAY OR SO.
JOHN, SO MY REQUEST TO YOU, UH, AND I WOULD LOVE MY COLLEAGUES FEEDBACK ON THIS FOR YOU AND LET'S KEEP THIS ITEM OPEN FOR NOW.
WORK WITH THE ITEM SPONSOR ON IDENTIFYING PERHAPS THREE LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO COMMITTEE.
THREE, THREE LOCATIONS, UH, THREE OR FIVE LOCATIONS.
THAT MIGHT BE JUST SOME OF THESE RIGHT OF WAYS, GREEN AREAS THAT THEY EXIST, BUT THEY'RE UNDERUTILIZED.
THEY'RE NOT DESIGNATED PARKS AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE DESIGNATED PARKS 'CAUSE WE MIGHT NEED THEM IN THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES, BUT THEY COULD BE USED TODAY TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO IF YOU COULD GO BACK, 'CAUSE I LIKE THE IDEA AND I THINK THE IDEA IS GREAT AND I THINK WE COULD MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD THAT COULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD WORK WITH THE ITEM SPONSOR, IDENTIFY THREE OR FIVE LOCATIONS AND COME BACK WITH WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO THEN WE CAN CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
AND THEN FOR FURTHER CLARITY, WHAT I THINK I HEARD WAS IN THOSE THREE TO FIVE LOCATIONS, TARGET MORE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
BUT AGAIN, I WOULD SAY, UH, WORK WITH THE ITEM SPONSOR.
'CAUSE I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF THE SPONSOR'S VISION, BUT I WOULD SAY I WOULD AVOID, YOU KNOW, BUSY CORRIDORS LIKE ALDEN ROAD OR BUSY CORRIDORS LIKE PINE TREE DRIVE.
AND I WOULD GO MORE INTO THE HEART OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WHERE IN THE HEART OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, SMALL LITTLE GREEN SPACES, BUT IN THE HEART OF NEIGHBORHOODS YOU ALWAYS DON'T HAVE BIG PARKS.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE THESE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT COULD HAVE AN ADDED PURPOSE, UH, THAT RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY.
AND I SEE COMMISSIONER BOND HAS HER HAND RAISED ON ZOOM.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER BOND.
COMMISSIONER BOT, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
YEAH, I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I GET UNMUTED FOR EVERYBODY.
COMMISSIONER BOT, LET ME JUST ASK, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, TV DEPARTMENT IF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OF THE COMMISSION THAT ARE ON ZOOM, WE
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CAN JUST LEAVE THEM RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.I WELCOME THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MAYOR AND THE FULL COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON.
UM, I'M SURE EVERYBODY WISHES THEY COULD HAVE A MUTE BUTTON FOR ME ALL THE TIME, BUT, UM, ONLY SOMETIMES.
ANYHOW, I WOULD JUST, UM, SUGGEST ALSO IN THE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT HERE AND WITH OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S INPUT.
UM, CONSIDER IF THERE ARE SPACES THAT COULD BE CONVERTED INTO, UH, COMMUNITY GARDENS.
I WAS GONNA RAISE THAT AS PART OF THE BAYSHORE PARK CONVERSATION, BUT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ INCLUDED IT IN HIS COMMENTS, SO I DIDN'T WANNA, UM, DOUBLE UP.
BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF.
UM, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF YOUR CONSIDERATION SET.
ALRIGHT, UH, JOHN, YOU HAVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
[6. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF DIRECTING CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PAINT CITY BIKE RACKS IN RAINBOW COLORS, IN LIGHT OF FDOT’S REMOVAL OF RAINBOW CROSSWALKS INCLUDING THE CITY’S OWN AT 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE.]
NUMBER SIX.ITEM NUMBER SIX IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF DIRECTING CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PAINT CITY BIKE RACKS IN RAINBOW COLORS, IN LIGHT OF THE F DOTS, REMOVAL OF RAINBOW CROSSWALKS, INCLUDING THE CITY ZONE AT 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE.
UM, COMMISSIONER BOND, THIS IS YOUR ITEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY SIMPLE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN PREEMPTED FROM, UH, RECOGNIZING A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR, OUR CONTROL IDENTITY AS A CITY.
AND, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO, UM, RESTORE IT IN A WAY THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, PREEMPTED BY THE STATE IF WE DO IT SOON.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AND, UH, MOVE IT FORWARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER BOND, WHICH, SO THERE, SO THIS IS TO INSTALL AT 12TH STREET AND OCEAN DRIVE? YES.
WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE THIS BACK WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MOVE THE ITEM OR I'LL SECOND, UH, WITHOUT, CAN WE SHOW THIS ADOPTED BY ACCLAMATION? YES.
AND IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE THIS COINCIDE WITH PRIDE IN APRIL, UH, WITH THAT, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
[7. DISCUSS / TAKE ACTION REGARDING INSTALLING A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE ADJACENT TO THE CONTEMPLATED ART DECO RAINBOW CROSSWALK REPLICA AT LUMMUS PARK IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.]
SEVEN IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING INSTALLING A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE ADJACENT TO THE CONTEMPLATED ART DECO RAINBOW CROSSWALK REPLICA AT LOOMIS PARK IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.AND THIS IS TO ACCOMPANY THE, UH, THE, THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK, UH, THAT'S BEING PUT BACK INTO LOOMIS PARK, BUT DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK AND WHY IT'S HAVING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED AT LOOMIS PARK.
UM, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE THIS BACK WITH THE FAVOR.
RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MONICA LINAS.
AND THEN WE CAN SHOW THAT, UH, APPROVED ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. CONSIDER THE CO-NAMING OF 12 STREET FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE TO OCEAN DRIVE AS "PRIDE STREET".]
EIGHT IS CONSIDERED THE CONA OF 12TH STREET FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE TO OCEAN DRIVE AS PRIDE STREET.IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COMMITTEE? MOVED.
MOVED BY BY COMMISSIONER MONICA METO SALINAS, SECONDED BY VICE DOMINGUEZ.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW THAT GOING BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
[9. DISCUSS AND DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT AN ANNUAL FLAT FEE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT FOR ON-STREET PARKING AND LOT PARKING IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.]
NINE IS DISCUSSED AND DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT AN ANNUAL FLAT FEE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT FOR ON STREET PARKING AND NOT PARKING AND NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.SO THIS IS AN ITEM I'VE PLACED ON THE, ON THE AGENDA AS A CONVENIENCE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, OUR PARKING DEPARTMENT DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN OUR CITY, AND IT DOES A, NOT ONLY AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN ENFORCING PARKING, BUT ADMINISTERING A, UH, AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
UM, AND RESIDENTS CURRENTLY BENEFIT FROM A ONE HOUR PARKING RATE.
UM, UNLIKE VISITORS, VISITORS USUALLY WILL COME AND THEY'LL PARK FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO GO TO A RESTAURANT TO GO TO THE BEACH.
THEIR VISITS, USUALLY THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE HERE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
USUALLY WHEN WE PULL UP INTO A PARKING SPACE, WE'LL PULL UP TO PARKING SPACE, RUN INTO THE DRY CLEANERS, UM, TO GO INTO THE BAKERY TO RUN IN AND GET A COFFEE.
UM, AND TELLING RESIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO PULL OUT THEIR PHONE EVERY TIME THEY'RE GONNA PULL UP TO THE DRY CLEANER AND THEN GO GET THEIR NAILS DONE, AND THEN GO INTO THE BAKERY AND GET THEIR COFFEE AND, AND WHATEVER THAT THEY GOTTA PULL OUT THEIR PHONE EVERY TIME AND START A NEW PARKING SESSION.
IT IS NOT THE MOST CONVENIENT THING.
AND THEN, AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD ME, OH, WELL, I WAS ONLY THERE FOR, FOR FOR TWO MINUTES AND, AND I GOT A TICKET.
AND SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO, TO, TO ESTABLISH IS A SYSTEM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN BUY,
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UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A DECAL.IT'S NOT A DECAL BECAUSE IT'S LPRS, BUT I'M GONNA CALL IT A DECAL.
YOU PAY AN ANNUAL FEE, AND THEN YOU CAN PULL UP TO A LEGAL ON STREET, UH, PAY, PAY PARKING SPACE, BUT NOT HAVE TO BE, NOT HAVE TO PULL OUT YOUR PHONE.
YOU ALREADY PAID YOUR ANNUAL FEE.
AND SO YOU'RE ABLE TO PARK THERE, DO YOUR ERRAND, AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR DAY WITHOUT HAVING TO PULL OUT YOUR PHONE, EXTEND YOUR PARKING, AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE MANEUVERS.
UM, I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR, OUR PARKING DIRECTOR AND OUR ASSISTANT PARKING DIRECTOR, WILL MCDONALD AND ALBERTO VENTURA TO, UH, WALK US, UH, THROUGH THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS AND HOW WE COULD FIND SOME COMMON GROUND HERE.
UH, WILL MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PARKING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
UM, I FIRST WANTED TO SAY I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE BEHIND THIS DESIRE.
UM, IT PARKING GENERALLY SHOULD BE A VERY EASY THING.
WE'RE WORKING ON TECHNOLOGIES EVERY DAY.
UM, SOME OF YOU CAN SEE IN OUR GARAGES THAT WHEN YOU PULLED IN TODAY, UM, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR BOTH, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO MIAMI BEACH.
THE, UM, THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS PARTICULAR GOAL IS WHERE WE ARE AT IN OUR CURB TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, FIRST I WANT TO SAY I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT THE CURB SHOULD BE USED STRICTLY FOR SHORT STINTS.
A GREAT PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEM IS WHEN THE CURB IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DRIVE UP WASHINGTON NAV RIGHT NOW, YOU SHOULD AT MOST HAVE 70% OF THE SPACE IS TAKEN UP.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT THE ECOSYSTEM THAT IS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND SO THE, THE POSSIBLE DOWNSIDE OF A, A CONTINUOUS PERMIT THAT RIGHT NOW WOULD ALLOW ESSENTIALLY UNLIMITED CURBSIDE PARKING, UM, WITHOUT PULLING OUT AND STARTING A SESSION, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO PULL UP, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD ALWAYS BE ACTIVE TO PULL UP, DON'T TOUCH YOUR PHONE AND GO IN.
WOULD IT WOULD ALLOW CURB DWELL.
CURB DWELL THEN SAYS, WELL, IT'S SORT OF LIKE AN ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO EAT SO MUCH, BUT I WANTED TO GET MY MONEY'S WORTH.
A PERMIT OF THIS NATURE WOULD, COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THE ABILITY OF, WELL, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE MOST CONVENIENT PARKING IN THE CITY FOR ONE LOW RATE AND SIT THERE FOR HOURS ON END.
AND I, I'LL I GO BACK TO WASHINGTON AAV JUST 'CAUSE IT IS A GREAT, UM, EXAMPLE.
SO YOU HAVE LITTLE BOUTIQUE STORES.
ALL OF THESE, UH, UH, THESE POP IN AND POP OUT RETAIL STORES ON WASHINGTON NAV, UM, A TATTOO PARLOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TOURIST STUFF WHERE I WANNA POP IN FOR AN HOUR, GET BY WHAT I WANNA BUY AND GET OUT.
IN BEST CASE SCENARIO, THAT SPACE IN FRONT OF THAT STORE CAN TURN OVER FOUR TO SIX TIMES A DAY.
AND SO NOW THOSE STORES HAVE REPEAT VISITORS THAT ARE COMING IN THERE TO SPEND MONEY.
I CAN POP IN AND POP OUT IF A PERMIT LIKE THIS BECOMES AVAILABLE.
IT CAN INFLUENCE INDIVIDUALS TO SAY, I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SHOW UP AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE MY CAR THERE.
NOW IN A, BUT THAT USUALLY WOULDN'T BE THE CASE WITH RESIDENTS, BECAUSE USUALLY RESIDENTS ARE NOT LOOKING TO PULL UP THERE AND STAY THERE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
I COULD SEE IF YOU'RE A BEACH GOER, UH, OR YOU'RE COMING TO FOR A NIGHT OUT OR YOU'RE COMING FOR TO SPEND THE WEEKEND HERE, BUT OUR RESIDENTS, LIKE OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE RUNNING INTO SOUTH BEACH HIGH TO PICK UP DINNER, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THERE AT 8:00 AM AND PARKING THERE ALL DAY TO PICK UP THEIR DINNER AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
THEY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, RUN INSIDE, PICK UP THEIR DINNER AND LEAVE, OR, OR IF SOMEONE, UM, WANTS TO GO TO TO, TO THE LAUNDROMAT ON ALTON ROAD.
THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PULLING UP WITHOUT, THEY'RE NOT THERE ALL DAY.
AND YOU MENTIONED TWO THINGS THAT, OR YOU MENTIONED THREE THINGS.
YOU MENTIONED CONVENIENCE, ONE RATE, UH, AND, AND THEN THE HOURS ON END.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE OUR, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, NOT WITHSTANDING OPERATING AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH IS LIKE A BUSINESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HERE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THE, AND THE, AND THE LOW RATE IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE OFFERING OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
IN FACT, I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER, I WOULD LOVE TO DO AWAY WITH A PARKING RATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE PARKING COVENANTS THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO DO AWAY WITH, WITH, WITH A PARKING
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RATE WITHOUT AFFECTING OUR, OUR BOND RATING.SO WE HAVE A LOW RATE, WE HAVE CO CONVENIENCE.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOURS ON END.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD PARK THERE FOR HOURS ON END.
AND IT'S A VALID CONCERN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
AND AS A, AND AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, UM, I, I BELIEVE RESIDENTS USUALLY, THEY EITHER RATHER WALK SOMEWHERE.
THEY'D RATHER, UM, YOU KNOW, GO AND PARK SOMEWHERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF, OF TIME AND THEN GO ON WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR ERRANDS.
BUT I DON'T SEE A RESIDENT LOOKING TO DRIVE TO ALTON ROAD TO PARK ON ALTON ROAD ALL DAY OR PARK ON 71ST STREET ALL DAY, OR PARK ON 41ST STREET ALL DAY.
THIS COULD HELP OUR RESIDENTS WITH CONVENIENCE.
AND IT COULD ALSO, UH, HELP OUR, OUR BUSINESSES BY BRINGING BACK LOCALS, BRINGING BACK LOCALS AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO, SO TO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU.
UM, I SEE YOUR POINT, UH, CHAIR, MR. CHAIR, BUT I DO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE STAYING FOR WEEKS ON VACATION ON ONE OF OUR ROADS.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE NORTH BEACH PARKING WAS BROUGHT UP BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LEAVING THEIR CARS AND BROKEN VEHICLES FOR, UH, DAYS AND WEEKS ON END.
IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PARK FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, HAVING THEM SCAN AN APP FOR A MOMENT, UM, I KNOW IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT I DO WORRY ABOUT THE LOOPHOLES OF HAVING PEOPLE STAY THERE.
DON'T WE HAVE 15 MINUTE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY? FAR HAVE WE HAVE 15 MINUTE PARKING, 15 MINUTE PARKING.
DON'T WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE, OF THE CITY WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN ONLY BE I ICING THOSE PLACES? UH, SO THOSE ARE COMMERCIAL OR UH, UH, OR PASSENGER LOADING ZONES.
SO OUTSIDE OF EVERY HOTEL, THERE'S PASSENGER LOADING ZONE PASSENG ZONES, RIGHT? AND HOW DO WE ENFORCE THOSE 15 MINUTE PARKINGS? UH, SO THOSE ARE, SO BY, BY CITY CODE, EVERY HOTEL, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, EVERY HOTEL IS, IS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ONE PASSENGER LOADING ZONE, UM, FOR 15 MINUTES, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, I DON'T WANNA SAY GIFTED, THOSE ARE AUTHORIZED BY CITY CODE FOR SAID HOTEL.
BUT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS TO ENFORCE THOSE 15 MINUTES.
CORRECT? UM, SO YOU'RE ALREADY ENFORCING 15 MINUTES.
IF WE PUT A LIMIT ON, ON THESE, THE DECALS OF LET'S SAY THREE HOURS, THREE OR FOUR HOURS, OKAY? YOU CAN'T BE PARKED FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS USING THIS DECAL.
THEN WE'RE THEN THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO IT WITH THE 15 MINUTE PARKING, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO THE, POTENTIALLY THE ENFORCEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS DECAL OF LIKE, OKAY, YOU PULL UP TO A PARKING SPACE, YOU CANNOT BE THERE PARKED THERE FOR WEEKS.
UH, YOU CAN ONLY BE PARKED THERE FOR FOUR HOURS.
SO THE, THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THEM COMES, UH, AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE, A CAT AND MOUSE GAME FROM ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS.
SO, UM, FROM A SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO PUT A TON MORE RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY CHECKING EVERY SINGLE LICENSE PLATE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS ON COLLINS AND WASHINGTON.
AND, AND SHOULDN'T WE BE CHECKING ALL OF THESE LICENSE PLATES TO SEE IF, IF PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE EXPIRED PARKING SESSIONS? EH, AND, AND ALL, I MEAN, ARE WE DOING THIS ALREADY? WE ARE, SIR.
BUT IT COMES, IT COMES DOWN TO FREQUENCY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SO WE'RE NOT DOING FREQUENT ENFORCEMENTS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, COMMISSIONER.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO LIVE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE OWNERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH.
IF THIS PASSES, THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN TAKE PRIME PARKING ON A CURB ALL DAY.
AND THEN IF RECEIVED A TICKET, OUR OFFICES HANDLES THOUSANDS OF ADMINISTRATIVE REQUESTS FOR DISMISSALS OF CITATIONS FROM RESIDENTS WHO FEEL THEY WERE UNFAIRLY CITED.
THIS WILL NOT ONLY MAKE THAT NUMBER EXPLODE BECAUSE JUST LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, NOW WHEN A RESIDENT RECEIVES A TICKET, OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WHEN THAT SESSION EXPIRED, WHEN THEY SCAN THE PLATE, IT IS EITHER APPROVED OR UNAPPROVED.
IF IT IS UNAPPROVED, IT COULD BE 30 SECONDS, COULD BE 30 MINUTES, THE PERSON COULD HAVE NEVER PAID.
THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT GOES THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.
IF THEY DECIDE TO, TO, UM, DISPUTE THAT CITATION IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN TIME MARK, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN JUST IN FORCE,
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EVERY SINGLE LICENSE PLATE ALONG MILES OF ROAD AND THEN COME BACK.AND IF THAT VEHICLE IS WITHIN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T TIME MARK DOWN TO A PARTICULAR ADDRESS, IT BECOMES A GEOGRAPHIC REGION.
SO IF THAT PERSON THEN MOVED TWO BLOCKS UP, ONE BLOCK UP, THEY'RE MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO RECEIVE A CITATION.
AND THEN, THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTES AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I WOULD SAY, ARE GOING TO EXPLODE.
AND IT WILL BECOME, I HAVE THIS UNLIMITED PERMIT.
PROVE TO ME THAT I WAS THERE FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS.
SO, UM, I ALSO AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM TODAY.
I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT MAKE A LOT MORE CONVENIENCE FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT I DO HAVE TWO CONCERNS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS THE UNINTENDED PARKING CONSEQUENCES THAT OUR PARKING DIRECTOR IS MENTIONING, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
AND SO INITIALLY I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR A YEAR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE IF IT WORKS OR NOT.
BUT THEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AFTER A YEAR, IF WE END UP TAKING IT AWAY, IT'S VERY HARD TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT, YOU KNOW, ENJOY THE SYSTEM OR PAID FOR THE SYSTEM AND THEN IT'S CONFUSING AND IT'S REALLY JUST BURDENSOME TO STAFF.
AND THEN THE SECOND, SO I FIGURE I DON'T THINK THE PILOT PROJECT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA EITHER.
SO, AND THE SECOND CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS, I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T MENTION IN HERE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR THE ANNUAL RATE.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING $200, $500, A THOUSAND DOLLARS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CALCULATION WOULD BE.
AND SO THEN IT BECOMES WHO CAN AFFORD THIS AND WHO CAN'T.
AND THAT ALSO CONCERNS ME TOO.
SO, UM, I I I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
UM, LISTEN, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
I BELIEVE IN THE CONVENIENCE OF, OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS, UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
WITH THAT, WE CAN CLOSE THIS ITEM.
[10. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FORMALLY PETITIONING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO GRANT MIAMI BEACH AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OVER OCEAN DRIVE.]
NUMBER 10 IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION.REGARDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FORMERLY PETITIONING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO GRANT MIAMI BEACH AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OVER OCEAN DRIVE.
ALRIGHT, AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S, UH, ITEM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY, UH, PUTTING IN, UH, SPECIAL PERMITS, TEMPORARY PERMITS, AND ALWAYS HAVING TO GO TO THE COUNTY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT STREET.
UH, THE THOUGHT IS, UM, IF THE CITY HAD FULL CONTROL, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT US WITHOUT THE ADDED BUREAUCRACY.
UM, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY MORE.
YES, GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MR. CHAIR.
JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, AS YOU POINTED OUT, UH, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAS JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY VIA THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE OVER ALL TRAFFIC CONTROL AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS ON ALL LOCAL ROADWAYS.
UH, THAT INCLUDES OCEAN DRIVE.
OCEAN DRIVE IS A LOCAL ROADWAY IN OUR MUNICIPALITY.
AND WHILE THE CITY MAY MAINTAIN IT AND IMPROVE IT, THE ALL TRAFFIC RELATED FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, LIKE MAKING IT ONE WAY, TWO WAY NORTHBOUND, SOUTHBOUND, THOSE TYPES OF, OF, UM, DECISIONS REST ON MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKERS.
SO THIS ITEM PROPOSES TO, UM, DISCUSS WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANTING AUTONOMOUS CONTROL TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SPECIFICALLY OVER OCEAN DRIVE.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE THIS BODY TO, TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, FIRST, I BELIEVE AT NEXT WEDNESDAY'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING, UH, THERE IS AN ITEM ON OCEAN DRIVE AND THE FUTURE LONG-TERM PERMANENT CONFIGURATION OF THAT ROADWAY, UM, THAT MAY INFLUENCE THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A RESOLUTION ON THE CITY COMMISSION, UM, FOR THIS, THE ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNTY HAVING AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OVER TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION OVER ALL ROADS, NOT JUST OCEAN DRIVE.
THAT'S A BROADER, IT'S A BROADER ITEM, BUT THAT'S ALSO ON THE CITY COMMISSION AGENDA FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.
SO TWO ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, SEPARATE BUT RELATED TO, TO THIS ITEM AS WELL, AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE DISCUSSED ON, ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THOSE ITEMS, IF THEY SHOULD THEY PASS, THEY WILL, UM,
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YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY WILL BE OUR DIRECTIVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY REGARDING AUTONOMY OVER TRAFFIC.SO, SO, SO THE DISCUSSION ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA IS A CITYWIDE DISCUSSION YES.
ABOUT, ABOUT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALIZATION, NOT JUST IN ONE ROAD, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THEN, BUT, AND DO YOU, AND THEN HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST OCEAN DRIVE, CORRECT.
AND WE'RE NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT SIGNALIZATION, BUT, UM, ALL ASPECTS REGARDING, UM, ALL ASPECTS OF, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL, DENIAL, PERMITTING, UM, INSTALLATIONS, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAVEL, LANES OF THE BICYCLE, LANES OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, STREET CLOSURES, SPEED, SPEED LIMITS.
IS THERE A FISCAL IMPACT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH US, UH, TAKING, IF, IF, LET'S SAY WE SAY, OKAY, LET'S MOVE THIS FORWARD, LET'S ENGAGE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
LIKE WHAT DOES ASSUMING JURISDICTION OF THE ROAD ACTUALLY MEAN, UH, IN DOLLARS AND CENTS FOR THE CITY? SO IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT OF THE TRANSFER OF, OF AUTHORITY AND, AND ON, YOU KNOW, ON, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE ROAD ITSELF.
THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD, IN THIS CASE, UH, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING OCEAN DRIVE, THERE'S ALREADY A CITY PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE TO TOTALLY REDO THE ROADWAY, ALL ASPECTS OF IT, UH, PARTICULARLY THE ABOVE GROUND.
UH, SO, SO THEY OWN THOSE COSTS ARE, WILL ALREADY BE ABSORBED BY, SO THEY OWN THE ASSET, BUT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY TO IMPROVE THEIR ACID WHILE HAVING NO JURISDICTION OVER, OVER THE ASSET.
WELL, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE TERMS OF THAT JURISDICTIONAL TRANSFER, BUT IN ESSENCE, IF IT'S A FULL TRANSFER, WE WOULD OWN THE ROAD AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE ROAD UNDER A FULL TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.
AND THIS WOULD GO TOGETHER, I GUESS, WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S ITEM FOR, FOR NEGOTIATION ON THE TRAFFIC LIKE SIGNAL STATION ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS? YES.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S ADOPTED.
MR. CHAIR, ONE, ONE LAST THING I DO WANT, WANT TO MENTION, THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, FOR EXAMPLE, CROSSWALKS, UH, SIGNALS, UH, REGULATORY SIGNAGE WHERE EVEN IF THE JURISDICTION OF THE ROADWAY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY, THERE ARE FEDERAL STANDARDS AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND STATE GUIDELINES THAT ARE EVEN ABOVE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT WE WOULD STILL NEED TO FOLLOW THAT WE WOULD STILL, SO AS AN EXAMPLE, THE, THE, THE RECENT ELIMINATION OF THE L-G-B-T-Q, THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK AT OCEAN IN 12, THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A STATE MANDATE.
EVEN IF WE OWNED THE ROADWAY, WE WOULD STILL NEED TO COMPLY.
THE CITY WOULD STILL BE, UM, LEGALLY, UH, REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THAT STATE MANDATE AND THE, THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK WOULD'VE HAD TO BE REMOVED REGARDLESS.
AND COMMISSIONER, THIS IS AN OLD ITEM.
I SUBMITTED THIS ITEM IN JUNE OF 2025.
SO OUR ITEM, I THINK JUST CAME IN, BUT, UM, SO IT'S, IT'S MADE THE LOOP AND HAD DISCUSSIONS AND I, I YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION MOVE? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS.
YEAH, MY FIRST MEETING, I PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
[11. DISCUSS WHAT INITIATIVES THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS TAKING IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE FESTIVE FOR NATIONAL/GLOBAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL (CFB) CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TAKING PLACE IN JANUARY 2026.]
ITEM NUMBER 11.SO THE ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 10, SUPPORT SEND BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSS WHAT INITIATIVES THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS TAKING IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE FESTED FOR NATIONAL GLOBAL EVENTS, SUCH AS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TAKING PLACE IN JANUARY, 2026.
AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S ITEM.
HE'S WELCOME TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, UH, IF HE WISHES.
ANTE DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH IS THE PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY FAN FEST.
UH, 2026 IS THE YEAR OF SPORTS FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR US, WE JUST FINISHED HOSTING A MAJOR, UH, NATIONAL EVENT IN JANUARY.
WE'RE GOING INTO RIGHT NOW TO MARCH, SPRING BREAK FITNESS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FITNESS EVENTS SET UP, UH, AND WE ARE PREPARED.
WE'RE ALL IN AS FAR AS FAR AS THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS, A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK INTO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF TO PREPARE TO HAVE ALL
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OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS, UH, THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, CLOSING WITH FIFA AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.UM, AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE TAKEN MANY STEPS.
UH, JANUARY 20TH, WE, AS YOU SEE IN THE MEMO, WE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING WITH DEM FIRE POLICE FOR THE WATCH PARTIES THAT ARE SCHEDULED, UH, THROUGH THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE.
AND I'LL, UH, STATE THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE POTENTIALLY A CONCERT CONTINGENT ON SPONSORSHIP FUNDING FOR JUNE 11TH IN LOOMIS PARK IN THE BEACH FRONT WITH, UH, THE BROADCASTING OF A MATCH.
AND THEN THAT'S PENDING CONFIRMATION FROM THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE AS OF THIS MORNING.
AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE CONFIRMED IS TWO WATCH PARTIES IN NORTH BEACH, UH, AT THE BANDSHELL SAND BOWL.
AND THEIR PART, THE HOST COMMITTEE IS PARTNERING WITH THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION, AND THAT'S JULY 18TH AND 19TH.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE PREPARING FOR THOSE EVENTS AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER MATCHES THAT ARE BEING HOSTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE HARD ROCK, UM, STADIUM OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO BE FESTIVE.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD SEE THE BEAUTIFUL, UM, WRAPPING THAT IS ON 17TH STREET GARAGE THAT OUR, OUR COMMS TEAM, UH, CREATED, UH, SHOWING DEPICTING ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL EVENTS LIKE LONG JEANS, YOU KNOW, GLOBAL CHAMPIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, HORSE JUMPING SHOW, UH, FITNESS, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WORLD CUP, UH, IS ON THERE.
SO, UM, AS I OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, HAVE WE ENGAGED, UM, WITH THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, LISTEN, THESE ARE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE COMING IN, THESE ARE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, SO THAT, OKAY, GREAT, WE ARE PERMITTING THESE ACTIVITIES, BUT WE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO CAPITALIZE ON THESE ACTIVITIES, WHETHER IT BE, UH, SPECIAL MENUS OR SPECIAL, OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS.
THAT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE, UM, ALL OF THESE EVENTS COMING IN, THEY'RE GREAT FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE GREAT, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY AS AN ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS TO BE GREAT FOR THE BUSINESSES OF THE CITY, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE OFTENTIMES LOOK AT HOW CAN RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE THESE INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE SPECIALS SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT IN THEIR PROMOTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE IN ALL OF THIS EFFORT THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS, IS WORKING ON, AND NOT JUST YOUR DEPARTMENT.
IT IS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT BE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, OR EVEN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, EXPEDITING PERMITS WITH NO FEES OR THE PUBLIC WORKS.
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ON HAND, BUT WE WANT, WE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MOST, UH, THE, THE GREATEST ABILITY TO CAPITALIZE FROM THESE EVENTS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THE BUSINESS CONCIERGE.
UH, I KNOW FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, WE HAVE MET WITH, UM, THE LINCOLN ROAD BID AND HOW TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL SO THAT THEIR RESTAURANTS, UH, ARE ABLE TO BROADCAST, UH, THE MATCHES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, A REQUEST THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THROUGH FIFA DIRECTLY THROUGH THE HOST COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE FOLKS ENGAGING IN THE RESTAURANTS, UH, DURING ALL THE MATCHES ALL SUMMER, WHICH IS THE SLOWEST TIME FOR THEM.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, THE BUSINESSES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE AMAZING EVENTS, ESPECIALLY FIFA THIS SUMMER.
YEAH, WELL, I THINK, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S KEY.
WE CAN DO A LOT IN INTERNALLY.
UH, BUT THE, BUT THE KEY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT JUST THE CITY ACTIVATING ITS PUBLIC PLACES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF POSITIVE ACTIVATION IS POSITIVE ACTIVATION IN PRIVATE PROPERTY AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING ON THIS.
MR. SHERIFF, I, IF I COULD YES.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR LEADING THIS AND COULDN'T ECHO YOUR SENTIMENT ANYMORE.
UH, LIZETTE, I THINK WHAT WE DID ON THE 17TH STREET GARAGE WAS GREAT.
IT, IT, UH, JUST THAT MURAL, IT REALLY TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE INITIATIVES LIKE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GRAVITY OF THE WORLD CUP.
THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVENT EVER HOSTED IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND, AND I THINK, UH, WE MAY BE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED SOMEWHAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HOST, UH, THE WORLD CUP, THEY'RE DOING THINGS LIKE BUILDING NEW STADIUMS, BUILDING NEW TRAINS, INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD, UH, WHEN WE COME HERE, AS THE CHAIR SAID, ACTIVATING OUR PUBLIC SPACES, UH,
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AND WE DO NEED TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES.ONE THING I'LL ASK, I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M DIRECTING THIS TO, MAYBE I COULD GET SOME GUIDANCE.
UM, I HAD HEARD, AND, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE INFORMAL, THAT THE LINCOLN ROAD BID HAD BEEN WORKING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THE RESTAURANTS HAD OUTDOOR VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE, I GUESS, PRICE THAT THEY GOT BACK, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA STAFF THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ON HAND JUST MADE IT, UM, FINANCIALLY UNFEASIBLE.
AND I'M, I'M KIND OF PIECEMEALING A FEW THINGS TOGETHER HERE, UH, BUT IF I COULD HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK INTO THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, I DON'T WANNA SAY WE DON'T NEED EXTRA PLEA THIS, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT EXPERT IN THIS, BUT IF WE'RE HAVING OUTDOOR, UM, RESTAURANTS, JUST HAVING OUTDOOR, UH, VIEWING FOR THE WORLD CUP, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD BE SUFFERING SOME SORT OF EXTRA INCREMENTAL COST, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, SO I, I COULD BE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY REPEATING CONJECTURE HERE, BUT IF I COULD HAVE, UH, UH, SOMEONE ON STAFF LOOK INTO THAT, UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING CRITICAL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR OUR BUSINESSES, UH, TOURISTS COMING HERE ARE GONNA EXPECT THAT I'VE BEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN THEY HAD THE WORLD CUP, AND WHETHER YOU'RE A SOCCER FAN OR NOT, THERE'S JUST THIS OPEN AIR EXCITEMENT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT AN ENTIRE CITY.
AND I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THAT NOT ONLY FOR, UH, THE, THE INTEREST OF OUR BUSINESSES, BUT REALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS THAT ARE KIND OF COMING HERE AND ENJOYING THIS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM.
SO THAT WAS A BIG THING THAT STUCK OUT FOR ME.
SO IF I COULD HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO THAT AND HOW WE CAN BETTER ACCOMMODATE, UH, JUST SIMPLE THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY STANDARD, LIKE OUTDOOR VIEWING, UH, AT RESTAURANTS ON TVS, I, I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL.
AND I THINK LIZETTE IS GONNA RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION AND THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AGO, I CAN SAY THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION, OUR CITY MANAGER MET WITH, UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LINCOLN ROAD BID WITH A TEAM, UH, FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET THEM TO HAVE THE VIEWING SUCCESSFULLY.
SO WE'RE STILL WAITING, WE'RE PENDING NOW, UH, THE REQUEST FROM THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE TO FIFA DIRECTLY TO ALLOW THEM TO STREAM THE MATCHES.
BUT WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINCOLN BID.
WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEIR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.
IT'S BIG, I THINK THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UH, LINCOLN BID OF COURSE, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALSO, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST OTHER, THERE IS A COST, YOU KNOW, TO GETTING THE RIGHTS TO BROADCAST.
SO WE'RE, WAIT, WE'RE PENDING ON WHAT THAT IS, AND WE CAN HAVE A, A A, YOU KNOW, SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT THAT WOULD COST.
AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE'S CONCERN AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IF I UNDERSTOOD RIGHT, WAS THE COST OF THE POLICE CORRECT.
ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROADCAST.
AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT WOULD BE AS OF NOW, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE LINCOLN ROAD BID ON THAT.
AND CAN WE, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT THOUGH, LIZETTE, THAT, UH, THE POLICE WERE SAYING IF WE HAVE, UH, RESTAURANTS HAVE OUTDOOR VIEWING FOR THE GAMES, THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREMENTAL COST THERE, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK WITH THEM.
UH, I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO BE HONEST.
AND IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE GREAT TO KNOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE CAN WORK.
I, I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES, OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, UH, WITH THEIR BUSINESSES JUST AS REGULAR PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND THOSE BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR EXTRA POLICE STAFFING.
AND MAYBE, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THROUGH THE RDA, UH, THAT COVERS, UH, LINCOLN ROAD OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE ENHANCED STAFFING SO THAT WE CAN EASE THE BURDEN FROM THE BUSINESSES.
WE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO PROSPER.
WE WANT TO, AND I'M ALWAYS, I ALWAYS SAY BE FRIENDLY, BE HELPFUL WITH, WITH BUSINESSES AND WITH EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, REDUCE COSTS AND, UH, AND TRY TO AVOID EXTRA STEPS THAT THESE SHOULD BE OUR GOALS.
BE FRIENDLY, BE HELPFUL, REDUCE AND AVOID COSTS, AND AVOID EXTRA STEPS ON ANYONE THAT'S, THAT'S DEALING WITH, WITH, WITH OUR CITY.
AND SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN SHIFT THE BURDEN SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN FULLY BENEFIT FROM THIS.
IF THERE, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE POLICE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NEVER GONNA SAY NO TO HAVING POLICE PRESENCE, BUT MAYBE WE SHIFT THAT TO THE CITY WHERE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT IS OUR FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY RATHER THAN PLACING THAT BURDEN ON THE BUSINESSES.
I HOPE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS STILL LI LISTENING BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
I, I FEEL LIKE WE AS A CITY HAVEN'T REALLY GRASPED HOW HUGE THIS IS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I JUST GOT WORD FROM A BUSINESS OWNER ON WASHINGTON AVENUE THERE, THAT THERE'S A CONTINGENT OF 10,000, UM, SCOTTISH RESIDENTS THAT HAVE
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BOOKED OUT THREE HOTELS, 10,000 PEOPLE, AND THEY HAVE RENTED 70 BUSES TO TAKE THEM BACK AND FORTH TO THE STADIUM FOR TWO WEEKS IN JUNE.AND THAT'S JUST ONE COUNTRY, AND THERE'S SEVERAL MATCHES MM-HMM
WE ARE NOT READY
AND I MEAN THAT RESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF US DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FANS AND THE NUMBERS AND THE CAPACITY AND THE INSANITY THAT COMES WITH SOMETHING SO BIG.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE STATED, AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ JUST STATED THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, GAME WATCHES, YOU KNOW, DRUNKENNESS THAT HAPPENS, UM, WHEN PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT SPORTING EVENTS.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES, SUPPORTING OUR RESIDENTS, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE IN JUNE AND JULY, THAT WE'RE FULLY PREPARED AND FULLY STAFFED.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH AND MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THE HOARDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION, LISETTE, WHEN YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, ACTIVATIONS, DO WE WORK WITH FIFA DIRECTLY OR WHO DO WE WORK WITH DIRECTLY? SO WE, AND, AND JUST TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST COMMENT, UH, WE ARE AWARE THAT FIFA, THE WORLD CUP, WILL BRING TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE ALONE.
SO WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT FOR THE, THE THREE SANCTIONED, UH, ACTIVATIONS.
WE WORK WITH THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE.
THEY'RE THE REPRESENTATIVES LOCALLY, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, FIFA IS AWARE OF ALL OF THE GOINGS THAT ARE, THAT THEY'RE ARE APPROVED TO DO HERE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
THEY'RE ALSO FAN FEST IS IN BAYFRONT PARK.
UH, SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
BUT FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR HERE FOR MIAMI BEACH, WE WORK WITH THE FIFA HOST COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE 10,000 SCOTTISH FOLKS THAT ARE COMING HAVE BOOKED OUT THREE HOTEL ROOMS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, SO YAY US.
UM, HE ACTUALLY EMAILED ME, UH,
UM, SO MY AIDE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S BIG INTO SOCCER, HE LOVES SOCCER.
UM, AND HE MENTIONED THAT WORLD CUP, 10 YEARS AGO OR WHENEVER IT WAS, IT WASN'T HERE, BUT THEY HAD DONE A FAN ACTIVATION WHERE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF STICKER PROMOTION, AND THEY HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING, THERE WAS AN EVENT IN IN AVENTURA, AND HE MENTIONED, CAN WE GET THAT EVENT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH? IT WAS GREAT FOR, FOR FAMILIES, UM, AND FOR CHILDREN.
AND SO, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT AND BRINGING AS MANY EVENTS HERE TO MIAMI BEACH THAT ARE FAN FEST RELATED.
SO, LISETTE LET'S, UM, FIND SOME TIME WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ACTIVATION AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN PUSH THE, UH, THE HOST COMMITTEE TO HAVE SOME ACTIVATIONS IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT, UH, JUST, JUST BASED ON ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE, YOU KNOW, WITH SPRING BREAK, WE'VE DONE BUSINESS TOWN HALLS AND PERHAPS THIS COMMITTEE CAN HOST A BUSINESS TOWN HALL, UM, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND BE A VERY LEADING AND ACTIVE PART IN THIS, UH, GIVEN THIS ITEM YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD CONVENE A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, WHERE WE CAN LET ALL THE BUSINESSES AND INVITE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY CAN HEAR FROM US WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM WHAT FEEDBACK THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN, UH, FINDING OBSTACLES, AND ALSO HEAR FROM THEM, HEY, LISTEN, THIS IS THIS, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT INTERESTS, THE SCOTTISH GROUPS THAT ARE COMING IN OR FIND OUT FROM THEM STUFF THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF.
UM, BUT THAT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR OUR CITY.
IT MIGHT BE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR OUR CITY.
SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK IT COLLEAGUES, IF, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED, WE, WE'VE DONE IT WITH SPRING BREAK, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE JUST A CROSS APARTMENT, UH, TOWN HALL WITH, WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE, WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING IN THE CITY? HOW CAN THEY, UH, BENEFIT FROM, FROM THOSE ACTIVITIES AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT THEY'RE HEARING, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY, AND, UM, AND, AND WHAT CHALLENGES THEY'VE BEEN, UH, HAVING.
YES, COMMISSIONER, UM, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DID THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND
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MAYBE THEY COULD GIVE AN UPDATE, UM, PERFECT ON WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS, AND, UH, ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE COULD SUGGEST.STEVEN ANTHONY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
CAN WE, UH, REPEAT WHAT WAS, WELL, MR. DR UM, MR. WHY YOU REPEAT THAT CONVERSATION, PLEASE? JUST, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DOING THE TOWN HALL TO BRING THE BUSINESS? NO, JUST THE LAST COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
JUST THE LAST COMMENT FROM MS. COMMISSIONER DOMINGEZ.
UH, SO IT, IT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TOWN HALL, UH, WITH THE BUSINESSES AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THEM BETTER.
AND INFORM THEM OF, UH, HIGH SCALE EVENTS, HIGH IMPACT EVENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER DOES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO INFORM BUSINESSES OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
ONE, WE DO, THROUGH OUR CANVASSING, WE REGULARLY DO OUR CANVASSING EVERY SINGLE WEEK WHERE WE'RE LETTING BUSINESSES KNOW, ONE, WHAT'S HAPPENING, ALSO CHECKING ON THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UM, WHAT WE STARTED DOING MORE RECENTLY IS A, WE GIVE, UH, THERE, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THESE, UH, RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES TO LET BUSINESSES KNOW.
UM, WE THANK THEM FOR BEING IN THE CITY.
ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR US MORE THAN ANYTHING IS IT GIVES OUR BUSINESSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BE A RESOURCE TO THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN THE CITY.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE, AND IT'S GIVES A MORE WHITE GLOVE TOUCH TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, MY FOCUS IS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO FIFA COMING UP, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN, THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION BY THE CITY THAT WILL AFFECT BUSINESSES.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT BUSINESSES MIGHT BE DOING, UH, OR HOSTING THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY.
JUST, UH, HAVING SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC AS IT RELATES TO FIFA, UM, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DO WITH SPRING BREAK, BUT SPECIFICALLY RELATED WITH, UH, WITH FIFA.
SO, UH, PERHAPS WE CAN, UH, WORK WITH STAFF.
DO YOU NEED, YOU DON'T NEED COMMISSION ACTION FOR THAT, DO YOU? NO.
SO WE SHOULD, THERE'S TWO THINGS WITH THIS.
WE SHOULD, THE CONCERN ABOUT LINCOLN ROAD AND POLICE, I THINK WE SHOULD SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT BURDEN CAN WE TAKE FROM THE BUSINESSES AS IT RELATES TO POLICE STAFFING, UH, THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING AS SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS SO THAT THAT BURDEN DOESN'T FALL ON ON THE BUSINESSES.
SO THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE RAISED.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH CHIEF JONES AND LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, CHIEF JONES ALWAYS LOOKS FOR SOLUTIONS, SO I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A SOLUTION THERE FOR THAT.
AND THEN SEPARATELY, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON EVERYTHING RELATED WITH FIFA, TO EDUCATE THEM, TO INFORM THEM, AND FOR US ALSO TO GET EDUCATED AND INFORMED FROM THEM.
AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WRAPPING UP AND SO EVERYONE'S KIND OF LIKE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THEIR NEXT MEETING, BUT I'M GONNA BE ALL OVER THIS EVERY MONTH, EVERYWHERE WITH ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, 10,000 SCOTTISH RESIDENTS ARE COMING INTO TOWN, AND THAT'S JUST ONE COUNTRY.
WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED.
IT'S CONCEPTUALLY, IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WHATEVER YOU THINK WORLD CUP AND FIFA IS, MULTIPLY IT BY A HUNDRED.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I, AND I'M GONNA BE ALL OVER THIS, SO THANK YOU.
AND THE LAST THING WE WANT TO HAVE IS A SITUATION, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE AT THE HARD ROCK STADIUM LAST YEAR, UH, WITH THOSE EVENTS THAT THEY WEREN'T PROPERLY READY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE.
UH, WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD OF IT ALL AND TO REALLY, UH, PUT THE BEST IMAGE FORWARD, UH, FOR THE CITY OF, OF MIAMI BEACH.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR THANK YOU FOR, FOR SPONSORING THIS ITEM.
AND WE'LL HAVE A FOLLOW UP, UM, TOWN HALL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, AND THANK YOU STAFF.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED.