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WE ARE GOING ON AIR IN 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
WELCOME TO THE MARCH FINANCE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.
WANNA WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE.
WANNA WELCOME CITY STAFF, OUR RESIDENTS.
WE EVEN HAVE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM KISKA, UH, JOINING US.
UH, WHAT MAKES, UH, THIS REGION SPECIAL IS THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME, UH, PLUSES, MINUSES, UH, EXCITEMENT, AND ALSO CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE TACKLING.
SO IT'S GOOD TO DO SO TOGETHER.
UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST AGENDA HERE COMING UP INTO SUCH AN EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR.
IT IS JUST, IT, IT'S COMFORTING AND, AND GREAT TO SIT HERE AND ACTUALLY WELCOME MARCH WITH, UH, AN EXCITED ANTICIPATION ASPO, AS OPPOSED TO A MONTH THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE DREADED, WHICH, UH, WE FOUND OURSELVES OFTENTIMES IN THE PAST.
I'LL KICK THINGS OVER TO OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, OUR CFO, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, GET MOVING WITH THE TIME SURGEONS HERE.
TODAY'S MEETING OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND REMAINING MEMBERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM.
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING, VIRTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY DIAL 1-888-475-FOUR 4 9 9, AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 6 3 6 0 5 9 5 4 6 2 POUND, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 8 6 3 6 0 5 9 5 4 6 2.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF THEY ARE USING THE ZOOM APP, OR DIAL STAR NINE IF PARTICIPATING BY PHONE.
JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, OB FIVE, OB SEVEN, AND MB ONE, UH, DEFERRED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SPONSOR.
UH, ITEMS MB TWO AND MB 10, UH, PERTAINING TO LINCOLN LANE WILL BE LINKED AND HEARD TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE A ONE TIME CERTAIN, UH, RIGHT OFF THE BAT AT 10:00 AM MB SIX, UH, SHALL I CALL, UH, MB SIX? WE SHALL WE HAD SOMEBODY, UH, GOING INTO AN ALL OUT SPRINT EFFORT I HEAR TO GET HERE FOR, UH, FOR THAT TIME.
CERTAIN, I PROMISE WE WOULD'VE WEIGHED IN A COMEDY, BUT, UH, WHY, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE PUT IN QUITE LITERALLY YEARS OF EFFORT, UM, AND THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT.
UH, THIS TOOK GREAT INVOLVEMENT FROM AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DIVISION.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TEE THINGS UP AND HEAR WHERE THIS IS GOING.
[NB 6. REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DRAFT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND SUNSET ISLANDS 1 & 2 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR A SELF-FUNDED INSTALLATION OF A TURF SPACE AT THE PARK ON SUNSET ISLAND 2.]
REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION, THE DRAFT AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MY BEACH AND SUN, SUNSET ISLAND'S ONE AND TWO, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR A SELF-FUNDED INSTALLATION OF TURF AT THE PARK AT SUNSET ISLAND.I'M JOHN REBAR, UM, PARKS, FACILITIES, FLEET AND BEACHES DIRECTOR.
AND, UM, I'M HERE WITH A MEMBER OF THE SUNSET ISLAND ONE AND TWO HOMER ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ABOUT DOING A, A PARK MASTER PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
AND, UM, I'M DUE TO FUNDING THAT CAN'T HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
SO THE ASSOCIATION CAME TO US AND, AND IS OFFERING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT AT, AT THEIR, AT THEIR EXPENSE, UM, WHICH WE FULLY SUPPORT.
AND THAT IMPROVEMENT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY UTILIZE THAT, UM, THE PARK SPACE ON, ON ISLAND TWO.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE AREA THAT'S HEAVILY USED AND IN THE, THE SOD NEEDS, UM, QUITE A BIT OF MAINTENANCE, UH, AND REPLACEMENT.
AND THEY'RE, UM, COMING TO US SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO ARTIFICIAL TURF THAT AREA.
SO IT'S MORE RESILIENT, IT DOESN'T NEED SHUTDOWN PERIODS.
SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE FULLY SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, TURN IT OVER TO YOU, YOUR BRAGGADOCIOUS MOMENT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR, UH, TEAM HAVE PUT IN.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT PARTNERS WITH US ON VARIOUS PROJECTS.
UM, OUR ISLAND IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS GREEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
A LOT OF THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE ISLAND OF CHANGE, THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS ON THE ISLAND NOW.
IT REALLY GETS UTILIZED DAILY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY FOR MOMMY AND ME.
CLASSES, SOCCER CLASSES GET TOGETHERS.
IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY SPACE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF RAIN AND IT TURNS INTO A MUD PIT AND OR A SWAMP, UM, AND EVERYTHING HAS TO GET CANCELED.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT MORE FREQUENTLY AND POSSIBLY YEAR ROUND.
UH, ALSO HOPING TO SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
I KNOW LAST YEAR ALONE IT WAS RESETTED TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS.
UM, SO I THINK WE THINK THAT THIS COULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO OUTLAY THE CAPITAL.
WE, UH, ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, IS A DEVELOPER WHO HAS CONTACTS AND HAS DONE THIS TYPE OF THING BEFORE.
UH, THE BID COMES FROM A COMPANY
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WHO HAS WORKED WITH MUNICIPALITIES BEFORE AND IS READY AND WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WITH WHATEVER, UH, CODE REQUIREMENTS THERE ARE.AND WE JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL THING FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO KIDDING SIDE, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE ENTIRE ASSOCIATION THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, FOR REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS.
UM, I WANT TO ALMOST SEND AN APOLOGY THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, TACKLE THIS AS A PARTNER.
I'M FULLY AWARE OF THE TAXES YOU ALL PAY OUT THERE.
UH, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE DELIVERED A PARK.
WE TRIED, ATTEMPTED TO IN OUR LAST BUDGET SESSION, I THINK, UH, JASON, WE HAD WHAT ABOUT $40 MILLION OF, UM, ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO FIT INTO A $4 MILLION BUCKET.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SIT HERE AND LOOK YOU IN YOUR EYES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LAST YEAR.
THAT'S NOT A PROMISE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT, THAT LITERALLY HURTS ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE THAT.
UM, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO LET THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS.
AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY THE BEST, UH, MOST EXPEDITIOUS PATH TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UH, I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, TAKING THAT ON BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOU INDIVIDUALLY, THIS'S COLLECTIVE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OUT THERE.
SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR CITY.
SO YEAH, PLEASE, WE'RE, WE'RE INTERACTIVE HERE.
AND I DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN IN OTHER PARKS WHERE, UH, THE SODDING AND RETTING AND THEN WAITING SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, YOU CAN'T TOUCH IT UNTIL THE SOD SETS.
UM, SO IT'LL REALLY BEAUTIFY AND MAKE IT USEFUL.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT SWALE WAS SLATED FOR A PUMP STATION IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT STILL GONNA HAPPEN OR WILL THIS, SO IS THIS PART TEMPORARY OR, UM, WE SEND IT TO YOU AND IF IT'S IN THE FUTURE, WE SENT THE, THE SCHEMATICS OVER TO, UM, AND THEY, I BELIEVE CROSS-REFERENCED IT WITH THE, THE PUMP STATION PROJECT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S NOT WHERE THE PUMP STATION'S GOING.
I'M GONNA HAVE BOTH CIP AND PUBLIC WORKS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AREA AND ANY FUTURE PUMP STATION IS NOT, DOESN'T AFFECT THIS PROJECT SITE EVEN BETTER.
YES, WE WANNA BE EFFICIENT, WE WANNA DO IT ONCE AND, UH, ONE AND DONE.
AND ONCE THE PUMP COMES IN, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU THEN TO WHATEVER THAT REQUIRES.
MAYBE WE COULD OUTSIDE CONTRACT YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, UH, FUTURE PROJECTS HERE.
SO DO WE WANT TO RETURN THIS, UH, TO OFFICIAL COMMISSION? YES.
SO I THINK WE WOULD SHOW THIS AS RETURNING TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION DRAFT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND SUNSET ISLANDS, UH, ONE AND TWO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR A SELF-FUNDED INSTALLATION OF A TURF SPACE AT THE PARK AT SUNSET ISLANDS TWO.
WHO WILL BE MAKING THE MOTION, WHO WILL BE SECONDING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
LET'S, UH, TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT IN OUR CITY.
UM, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT, UH, LINCOLN ROAD IS MAKING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IT CAN BE.
I THINK WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
[NB 2. DISCUSS POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH MAC MANAGEMENT 2, LLC FOR THE LINCOLN LANE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY.]
[NB 10. DISCUSS A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY LAND USE BOARD APPLICATIONS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE REVIEW OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LINCOLN LANE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 723 LINCOLN LANE NORTH, 721 LINCOLN ROAD, AND 741 LINCOLN ROAD; SAID IMPROVEMENTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH A POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MAC LR HOLDCO, LLC, THE AGENT FOR THE CONTRACT PURCHASER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES; AND PROVIDING THAT THE FINAL DECISION TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT SHALL BE MADE BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.]
OUR, UH, OUR LINCOLN LANE DISCUSSIONS.IT'LL BE MB TWO AND MB 10, SO LEMME READ THEM IN, UH, MB TWO, DISCUSS POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH MAC MANAGEMENT TWO LLC FOR LINCOLN LANE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT'S MB TWO AND IT'LL BE HEARD AND LINKED WITH MB 10 A RELU, UH, DISCUSS A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZED AND THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY LAND USED BOARD APPLICATIONS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE REVIEW OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OF THE LINCOLN LANE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 7 2 3 LINCOLN LANE, NORTH 7 2 1 LINCOLN ROAD AND 7 4 1 LINCOLN ROAD SET IMPROVEMENTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH A POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MACK LR HOLDCO, LLC, THE AGENT FOR THE CONTRACT PURCHASER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES, AND PROVIDING THAT THE FINAL DECISION TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT SHALL BE MADE BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
MORNING OZZIE DOMINGUEZ, DIVISION DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT AS, UH, MR. UH, MR. GREEN HAS STATED, UH, MAG OWNS A COUPLE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THIS AREA OF LINCOLN LANE NORTH, WHICH IS 7 23 NORTH LINCOLN LANE, THE EATERY AND, AND THE MARSHALLS BUILDING AND SEVEN 19 LINCOLN ROAD.
THEY DID PUT TOGETHER A, UH, A POWERPOINT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH DESIGN CONCEPTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TODAY.
GET SOME DIRECTION FROM, FROM COMMITTEE, UH, AND THEN COME BACK IN
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THE FUTURE.UH, ONE OF THE NEXT, UH, UH, FINANCE MEETINGS TO PRESENT FULL TERMS, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION GO TO COMMISSION.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, IS IT GONNA BE MR. COMRAD AND TEAM MICHAEL, WELCOME.
UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, UH, LISTEN TO OUR PRESENTATION, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, ALL FOCUSED ON THIS LINCOLN LANE OF COURSE, AND LINCOLN ROAD.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING SUPER EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HELP PUT A DENT IN TO START BRINGING IT BACK.
AND IT'S ALREADY FEELING SOME REALLY POSITIVE ENERGY.
BUT I DO THINK THAT REALLY WHAT IT NEEDS IS A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK LINCOLN ROAD, AS WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, LINCOLN ROAD IS A SINGLE STREET DISTRICT IS REALLY UNSUSTAINABLE.
AND THAT'S BEEN PROVEN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AS AREAS ALL AROUND CITY OF MIAMI AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTY HAVE GONE AND REALLY TRIED TO TAKE AWAY THE THUNDER OF LINCOLN ROAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, LINCOLN ROAD DOES HAVE CHALLENGES.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTIES ARE GENERALLY 150 FEET DEEP OR A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, MAYBE 40 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS CONTROLLING 50 FEET AT A TIME, IT'S VERY TOUGH TO CREATE A MERCHANDISING MIX THAT BECOMES APPEALING TO CONTEMPORARY, UH, CONSUMERS AND RETAILERS, UH, AND RESTAURATEURS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED A SORT OF A MICRO DISTRICT, REALLY AT THE HEART OF LINCOLN ROAD, WHICH IS REALLY SET TO CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF THE LOCALS, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS A LOCAL, I'M HERE AND MICHAEL CONRAD WITH OFFICES AT 1261 20TH STREET.
I'M A RESIDENT HERE FOR ABOUT 32 YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS, BUT REALLY WHAT BRINGS ME BACK TO LINCOLN ROAD IS REALLY THE ABILITY TO COLLECT A, A, A FEW BUILDINGS CONTIGUOUS, WHICH ALLOWS US THEN TO CURATE AND MERCHANDISE EFFECTIVELY.
PART OF THAT IS EXPANDING LINCOLN ROAD TO THE NORTH.
UM, FOR YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING LINCOLN LANE AND THE STREETS TO GOING UP TO 17TH STREET.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE RFPS DIDN'T WORK, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO IS TO PUSH THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH OVER TO LINCOLN LANE.
AND IF YOU CAN, UH, SEE, UH, IT'S HARD TO SEE THROUGH THE, THE, UH, THE SUBSCRIPT THERE.
BUT TODAY, WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, FACING LINCOLN ROAD IS A VERY TROUBLED ALLEY.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE UGLIEST PICTURES I'VE SEEN ON MIAMI BEACH.
AND I SAT OUTSIDE WITH THE MANAGER ACROSS THE STREET AT THE EATERY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND I LOOKED AT THIS AND I SAID, THIS REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN OUR CITY.
WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THESE PROPERTIES.
AND, BUT THAT MEANS, THAT MEANS WHAT I DO.
JUST HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BEST REALLY TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT EVOLUTION.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS TAKING WHAT IS THE BACKS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT FRONT LINCOLN ROAD AND MAKING THEM A SECOND FRONT.
AND THAT SECOND FRONT WILL FACE THE EATERY.
AND HERE, IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE, UH, PLAN, YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WHERE YOU HAVE NEXT TO THE FORMER SAX FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT.
YOU HAVE A SERIES OF LITTLE STORES.
YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT THAT IS 25 FOOT WIDE WITH 145 FOOT DEPTH, THAT WAS THE OLD VERNO RESTAURANT.
AND THEN YOU HAD SEVEN, UH, 21 7, 23.
YOU HAVE VERY SMALL STOREFRONTS, VERY DEEP SPACE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS AFFECTING ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ON LINCOLN ROAD.
FOR YEARS, WE SPENT TIME TAKING BUILDINGS THAT WERE ONLY BUILT 75 FEET DEEP, MAKING THEM 150 FOOT DEEP TO CATER TO CONTEMPORARY RETAILERS THAT WANTED LARGE FLAGSHIP STORES LIKE NIKE.
TODAY, AFTER THE RETAIL APOCALYPSE AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF RETAIL, A LOT OF THE FLAGSHIP STORES TODAY WANNA BE 1500 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR LINCOLN ROAD.
IT'S A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
BUT LINCOLN ROAD, BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S BUILT, REALLY SUFFERS FROM THAT QUITE A BIT.
SO THE TWO BIG IDEAS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP TO REALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF THIS AREA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF AVIA.
IT'S A PLACE THAT PROVIDES A SENSE OF DISCOVERY TO SOMEBODY WALKING ON THE STREET.
SO HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE CUT A PEO IN AVIA VIA NOLI, WHICH STANDS FOR NORTH LINCOLN, AND IT TAKES PEDESTRIANS REALLY FROM LINCOLN ROAD TO THE NORTH PART TO WHAT IS TODAY THE ALLEY.
AND BY DOING THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS TO CUT IN STORES TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST, SMALLER BOUTIQUES, VERY EUROPEAN, VERY CHARMING TYPE BOUTIQUES, AND PROVIDES THAT SENSE OF
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DISCOVERY LEADING YOU BACK TO THE BIG PLAZA AT THE REAR.NOW, THIS VIA IS NOT JUST AN OPEN VIA, IT'S NOT JUST AN EXTENSION OF LINCOLN ROAD WITH THE, THE SUN AND THE HEAT AND EVERYTHING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A COVERED VIA A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ESCAPE, A PLACE WHERE THERE'LL BE CEILING FANS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE KNOCKING OUT THE EXISTING STOREFRONT, THE EXISTING BACK OF THE BUILDING, MAINTAINING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
AND WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING CEILING VANS, STOREFRONTS, BLADE SIGNS, CREEPY VINES, VIBE, AND SO ON.
AND THAT WILL CREATE A GREAT ACTIVATION AND PROVIDE THAT SENSE OF DISCOVERY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING DOWN LINCOLN ROAD.
AS YOU KNOW, IN THE PEDESTRIAN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN ROAD, NOT THE MIDDLE, THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO SHADE.
UH, THEY'RE ALL PALM TREES TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY EXIST.
UM, OUR FEELING FOR THE, THE VIA AND COMING BACK TO LINCOLN LANE IS REALLY, UH, MORE OF A SHADED TYPE OF AN APPROACH.
LINCOLN LANE WILL BECOME A TRUE STREET OFF THE STREET, ALMOST LIKE A MODERN DAY ESPANOLA WAY, WHERE PEOPLE JUST COME ABOUT IT AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT, WHERE IT IS, HOW IT GOT THERE, AND SO ON.
BUT I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IS CREATING A VIA TO A STREET OFF THE STREET, CREATING A MICRO DISTRICT OF ABOUT 150,000 SQUARE FEET WITH OVER 1700 LINEAR FEET OF FRONTAGE, CATERING TO ABOUT 40 LIKE-MINDED BOUTIQUES, CAFES, AND LIFESTYLE USES TO CONGREGATE TOGETHER.
OUR GOAL, AGAIN, IS TO ATTRACT LOCALS.
AND THIS IS A PROJECT BY LOCALS, FOR LOCALS.
AND WITH ME, I HAVE JACKIE ZE HERE WHO CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS A TIGHT AGENDA, SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU JUST REALLY QUICKLY THROUGH SOME OF THE VISIONING THAT WE DID FOR THE, FOR THIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
WE, UH, I'VE BEEN ON LINCOLN ROAD SINCE I WAS THREE.
I'VE LIVED ON AND OFF MIAMI BEACH MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF NIKE, APPLE AND GAP.
AND WE ALSO ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF, UH, THE 800 BUILDING, WHICH HAS ME LOVE THE RESTAURANT THAT IT'S DONE RIGHT NOW, NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY WITH A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE, WE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AS MICHAEL SAID, OF BRINGING BACK LOCALS.
AND WE THINK MIAMI BEACH IS A BRAND AND HAS A DNA THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
AND WHEN YOU DO ANYTHING OFF OF A WOR A WORLD CLASS, PEDESTRIAN STREET, WE WANNA KIND OF PLAY OFF OF THAT MICHAEL'S IDEA OF CREATING A DISTRICT THAT WAS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, THAT WAS HUMAN SCALE, THAT WOULD BRING BACK SOME OF THESE SMALLER RETAILERS THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ON LINCOLN ROAD, REALLY APPEALED TO US, AS DID THIS, MAKING IT MORE SUSTAINABLE, BRINGING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE, ADDING SHADE FOR US.
THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE KEY TO MAKING ANY SPACE.
THE IMAGES ON THE SCREEN ARE JUST DIFFERENT, UH, ACTIVATIONS.
MIAMI BEACH HAS A HISTORY OF LITTLE, UM, MOMENTS ALONG STOREFRONTS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALIZED, THAT ARE SPECIFIC.
WE WANNA BRING SOME OF THAT IDEAS INTO, INTO LINCOLN LANE SO THAT EACH RETAILER FEELS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTITY WITHIN A BIGGER CONTEXT.
WE HAVE THE BIG BLACK AND WHITE PIANO CURVES AND THE SWOOPING PINK OF MIAMI BEACH.
SO OUR IDEA WAS, WAS TO STAY KIND OF MONOCHROME, BUT PLAYFUL.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE YOUNGER FUN SISTER OF LINCOLN ROAD WHERE YOU GO AND DISCOVER SMALLER THINGS THAT YOU, UM, UP AND COMING BOUTIQUES, UH, MOM AND POP, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, NI NICE INDEPENDENT BOUTIQUES AS WELL.
SHADE AND, AND A RESPITE AND URBAN RETREAT, AN URBAN KIND OF GREEN AREA IN THE CITY WAS REALLY APPEALING TO US.
IT ALSO REALLY WORKS FOR, FROM A CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABLE STANDPOINT, THERE IS NOTHING MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN WORKING WITH EXISTING FABRIC.
SO THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN ALLEY AND BUILDINGS ALONG THE EDGE ARE REALLY, REALLY APPEAL TO US BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'S THE FUTURE.
SO THE EATERY BUILDING IS GONNA HAVE INTERVENTIONS TO BRING MORE GREENERY ON IT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BRING A LOT MORE SHADE TREES TO THIS PROJECT AND EVERYWHERE ALONG THE WAY, UH, AS MANY, UH, ACTIVATIONS CULTURALLY TO PLAY OFF OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ON LINCOLN ROAD.
AND WE'RE STARTING TO HAPPEN ON LINCOLN ROAD.
SO THIS COULD ALSO HAVE, IN THE PLAZA SPACE, COULD, COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE, IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE CITY.
AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA JUST SHOW YOU SOME OF THE VISION THAT WE HAVE.
YOU SEE ON THE LEFT WHAT IT IS, AS YOU START TO CLEAN IT UP, YOU ADD A LITTLE POPUP RETAILER IN THE CORNER, YOU ADD ELEMENTS LIKE THIS LITTLE WALL FOUNTAINS, SHADE, SHADE IS, IS HUGE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT REALLY TAKES ON A CHARM AND A AND SOMETHING THAT YOU DISCOVER THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS THERE.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE A DE BUILDING, ADDING SOME TRELLIS COLUMNS, ADDING GREENERY, UM, BANDS AND BRINGING DOWN THE SCALE OF THE CEILING SO IT FEELS MORE HUMAN.
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THIS, THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE MARSHALS IN LINCOLN LANE IS, CORRECT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE BLOCK AREA.
AND SO YOU'RE DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON MERIDIAN, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
YOU'RE DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON LINCOLN ROAD, AND THIS SPACE HERE IS JUST UNFINISHED AND IT'S NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE TO HUMANS.
AND WHEN YOU GET THE CONVENTION CENTER GOING, THIS IS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE COULD WALK THROUGH ON THEIR WAY TO LINCOLN ROAD.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF ADDRESS IT.
WE, WE SHOULDN'T LEAVE IT AS IT IS.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT THIS INTERSECTION WHERE YOU SEE THE ERY BUILDING AND YOU SEE THE BUILDING THAT, I DON'T KNOW, FORMERLY HAD THE
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FINS, FOR EXAMPLE.AND THIS IS WHAT, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS AS IT IS, ALTHOUGH THE FINS ARE, ARE OUT, AND HERE IT IS, UH, JUST SCREENING THE CORNER, ADDING THE ELEMENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE EATERY BUILDING AND BRINGING IN SIGNIFICANT SHADE TREES, NOT PALM TREES, BUT TREES THAT ACTUALLY MAKE IT, BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE, MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HUMAN SCALE.
AND THEN DOING TWO ISLANDS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT.
THE IDEA OF THE RESTAURANT IS, IS WE LOVE ROOFTOP RESTAURANTS AND WE LOVE GREEN ROOFS.
SO WE, WE TRY TO BRING THEM IN AS, AS A POSSIBILITY TO WHATEVER PROJECT WE WORK ON.
WE THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO HAVE, HAVE THAT KIND OF AN EXPERIENCE THERE, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE WITHOUT THE RESTAURANT.
SO THESE ARE JUST POSSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE EXPLORING.
AND HERE YOU SEE A SECTION, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
OH, I'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THERE'S, UH, PARKING SPACES THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO A LOADING ZONE.
UM, IS THE VISION TO HAVE THAT PEDESTRIAN? YES.
I'M, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE LOSS OF PARKING, BUT THERE'S A LOT IN GARAGE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE.
WHERE WOULD THE LOADING ZONE GO? THE LOADING ZONES WOULD BE TUCK.
LEMME MAKE SURE, UH, GO BACK TO THE PLAN.
THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD KEEP THE LOADING OFF TO THE, TO.
SO WE, OUR IDEA NOW IS ACTUALLY TO TAKE OUT THE PARKING SPACES AND MAKE THIS ENTIRE AREA A PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE WE REALIZED WE WEREN'T GETTING THE SHADE TREES WE NEED WHEN WE HAVE THE PARKING.
SO WE, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS REALLY WORK, AND THIS IS AN ITERATION, UH, SO THE LOADING IS HAPPENING IN THIS AREA, AND WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS AND, AND THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A PEDESTRIANIZED MALL.
NOT, NOT, IT'S STILL GONNA HAVE ACCESS.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL TO DETERMINE WHAT WIDTH THEY NEED, BUT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY PAVED OVER.
SO A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE THAT STILL HAS ACCESS, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE IDEA.
THE VALET COULD HAPPEN HERE, AND IT COULD, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, I MEAN, HAVE YOU, WE'RE STILL LOOKING ONE CONCERN THAT COMES TO MIND, LIKE IN FRONT OF MILA, BECAUSE IT'S ONE WAY EACH WAY.
YEAH, THEY'RE DOING THE PEDESTRIANIZATION ON DREADFUL, AND I THINK THOSE PEDESTRIANIZATION NEED TO FACTOR IN VALE AND, AND WHERE TO WHERE TO HAVE THEM.
UM, SO CLEARLY LOADING AND UNLOADING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND, UM, TODAY, THE WAY THE ALLEY'S SITUATED TODAY, YOU HAVE THOSE TRANSFORMERS IN THE DUMPSTERS, WHICH ARE FRONT AND CENTER, AND THAT'S YOUR MAIN EXPOSURE AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE NEW LAYOUT, AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE SIDE, WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED SIDE YARD, CAR DOOR COMING ALONG THE SMALL SHOP SPACE.
AND THAT'S PROVIDING FOR A NEW TRANSFORMER AND LOADING AND, UH, TRASH BINS AND SO ON.
WE'VE CONSOLIDATED ALL THE TRASH AND TRANSFORMED IS INTERNALIZED INTO THE BUILDINGS.
AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE STRATEGY OF TRASH REMOVAL AND DELIVERIES.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S MOVING MORE TOWARDS THE EASTERN END, UH, WHERE THE CURSOR IS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE SORT OF RE REDUCED THE SORT OF SIDEWALK EXPERIENCE THERE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LOADING AND DROP OFF ZONES.
AND THEN WE WOULD WORK ON VALET AS WELL, WHETHER THAT WOULD BE OVER TOWARDS THE MERIDIAN AVENUE SIDE OR THE MERIDIAN COURT SIDE.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST, AGAIN, THE VISION OF, OF THE SPACE.
AND THEN THE IDEA OF A PA SALE IS SOMETHING THAT'S EXISTED OR IN URBAN CENTERS FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S IN OUR CLIMATE, IF YOU DO THE FANS AND YOU DESIGN IT WITH A PROPER HEIST, WE'RE, UH, REUSING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE CEILING, THE DADE COUNTY PINE, UH, ROOF AND THE TRUSSES.
SO WE THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING LOOK IN INSIDE WHAT, WHAT THESE SHOPS WERE LIKE.
AND AGAIN, WE LOVE THE IDEA OF, OF HAVING THESE MICRO BOUTIQUES THAT DON'T HAVE TO INVEST IN HAVING THESE GIANT STORES.
AND THAT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO HAVE PARTICIPATE IN THE LIFE OF, OF LINCOLN ROAD OFF, JUST OFF OF LINCOLN ROAD IN THIS VIA.
AND THAT'S A VISION OF, OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE IMAGINING LIKE A SPEAKEASY OVER THE VIA, IT KIND OF PEAKS INTO THE, THE ARCADE AND ALSO ONTO LINCOLN ROAD.
AGAIN, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A ROOFTOP EXPERIENCE OR, OR JUST HAVE MORE OP UM, KIND OF FUN DISCOVERIES ALONG LINCOLN ROAD.
AND THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE'RE IMAGINING FOR THE LINCOLN ROADSIDE OF, OF THE PROJECT.
A LOT OF THESE RETAILERS CAN ALSO HAVE OPEN AIR OR, YOU KNOW, OPEN LIKE INDOOR OUTDOOR SPACES, WHICH IS PHENOMENALLY, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL FOR A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND THE, AND, AND, AND THAT KIND OF, UH, USAGE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE, MICHAEL, DO YOU OWN ALL THE PROPERTIES ON LINCOLN IN BETWEEN ME? WHAT IS THAT? MERIDIAN AND MERIDIAN COURT? YES.
OR WILL YOU NEED BUY-IN FROM OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS? NO, WE WE'RE IN CONTROL OF ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN FRONT, BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, AS YOU SEE, THIS IS THE LINCOLN ROAD ELEVATION.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SLIDE OF WHAT THAT EXISTING 150 FOOT FACADE LOOKS LIKE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT BACK IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, AND THEY WERE REALLY BUILT GREAT AS GREAT BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVE GREAT CEILING HEIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE, ONCE WE REMOVED TWO OR THREE CEILINGS THAT WERE BUILT INTO THESE SPACES, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE UPPER CEILING HEIGHT.
AND OVER TIME, THESE STOREFRONTS, WHICH
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HAD VERY LITTLE KNEE WALLS, ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES, SEVENTIES, THE KNEE WALLS GOT TALLER, THE STOREFRONTS GOT SHORTER, THE, UH, THE, UH, EYEBROWS AND THE CANOPIES GOT LOWER.SO IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY THAT YOU HAVE THESE VERY LOW CEILINGS WITHIN THESE STOREFRONTS.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE START CUTTING IT OUT, WE START TO SAY, OH MY GOD, WE CAN REALLY MAKE THIS BACK TO WHAT IT WAS.
I MEAN, THIS WAS THE FIFTH AVENUE OF THE SOUTH.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO DESIGN DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, SUPER UBER LUXURY, BUT I THINK ATTAINABLE AND GREAT CONTEMPORARY BOUTIQUES, UM, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
SPACES THAT RANGE FROM 500 TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET ARE IDEAL AND OPTIMAL FOR BOUTIQUE TYPE TENANTS.
YEAH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MERGE SOME SPACES, AND WE MAY FOR A RIGHT, THE RIGHT TENANT TO COMBINE, MAKE AN 8,000 FEET.
BUT THE GOAL HERE IS SMALL SHOPS AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN HERE AND REALLY CREATE A DIVERSITY OF MIX.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES TODAY WHEN PEOPLE WALK DOWN LINCOLN ROAD AND THEY SCRATCH THEIR HEAD AND THEY SAY, LOOK, I SEE SOME GREAT TENANTS HERE AND A COUPLE OF GOOD RESTAURANTS, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT JELLING.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE, THE VIA THE ACTIVATION OF LINCOLN LANE WILL START A TREND ALONG FURTHER LINCOLN LANE, BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE BACKS SHOULD BE SECOND FRONTS.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE BACKS OF BUILDINGS.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY, UH, BUILDING AND IT'S STARING AT THE BACKS OF BUILDINGS.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE AND SAY, HEY, HOW CAN I DO THIS TO MY PROPERTY? AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BECOME KINETIC AND PEOPLE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SUPER EXCITING.
I'VE OWNED PROPERTY ON LINCOLN ROAD FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS.
UH, WE SOLD A BUNCH, BUT I MAINTAINED TWO.
AND I KNOW, UH, IN THE PREAMBLE IT SAID THAT WE WERE UNDER CONTRACT.
WE ACTUALLY DO OWN THE PROPERTIES NOW.
AND, UM, SO IT'S REALLY COME A LONG WAY.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, SO WE REALLY WANTED TO, SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? THIS WAS JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO YOU.
UH, WE'RE COMING BACK NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS, UH, THE M-I-P-M-I-A AGREEMENT, UM, FOR THE LINCOLN LANE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND WHAT EVENTUALLY ARE YOU GONNA NEED FROM US? I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
HEY, HOW GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
UH, GRAHAM PENN, UH, 200 SOUTH PISCA BOULEVARD.
SO THESE ARE THE THREE MAJOR ELEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT.
FIRST TWO ARE, ARE, UH, RELATED TO THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, THE, THE IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE, UH, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, UM, WHICH WE ARE AS, AS STAFF INDICATED, AND MICHAEL REPEATED.
WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
WE HOPE TO BRING THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE HOPE TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN APRIL FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
THE, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD APPLICATION NECESSARY FOR THE LINCOLN LANE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE WOULD ASK FOR A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THAT TODAY, ALLOWING TO GO TO THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW STAFF TO FILE THAT APPLICATION WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT, UH, OF AN AGREEMENT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR INDIVIDUAL DRV APPROVALS, WHICH ARE NOT RELEVANT TO YOU.
UH, THE, JUST THE BASICS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, RIGHT NOW, THE, UM, THIS IS AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, THE DESIGN FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON, ON LINCOLN LANE WOULD BE, UH, FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER.
THE CITY WOULD ONLY BE COOPERATING IN THAT APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE COUNTY, AND I DON'T THINK THE STATE, BUT AT LEAST THE COUNTY.
AND ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL, UH, REGULAR CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE OF THAT ENTIRE AREA.
THE IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT AS DRAFT CURRENTLY DRAFTED.
AND THESE ARE NEGOTIATION TOPICS, OBVIOUSLY THE, THAT THERE WOULD BE CONTEMPLATION OF ALLOWING EXPANDED CAFE SEATING INTO THE PEDESTRIANIZED AREA, AS WELL AS GIVING THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT CONTROL OVER THAT AREA SIMILAR TO ESPANOLA AWAY.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL THINGS WITH STAFF AT THIS POINT.
SO TODAY, UM, THE ONLY ACTION ITEM I THINK, UH, AND WHAT DOES MR. DEVELOPER MANAGES EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING MEAN? WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER, BASICALLY THE CONCEPT IS THAT SPECIAL EVENTS, ANY ACTIVITY IN THERE, THE, THE DEVELOPER WOULD ACT AS KIND OF A INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE, THE PERSON, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT THERE AND THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL THE NATURE OF ACTIVITIES IN THAT AREA.
SO TO AVOID EVENTS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC, ET CETERA.
SO THAT, THAT'S AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TERM SHEET DISCUSSIONS ABOUT.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, AND, AND MICHAEL CAN ECHO THAT.
I'M SURE THAT THE, THE QUALITY OF THE, OF WHAT GOES ON, ON, ON THAT PORTION, LINCOLN LANE IS CONTROLLED.
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AND THAT'S THE IDEA.HOW ABOUT IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT? 'CAUSE UH, I, I OFTENTIMES GET ENVIOUS OF, UH, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE ON THE ROAD.
IS THAT DONE BY THE CITY OR IS THAT DONE BY, UH, THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER? PRIVATE DEVELOPER? IT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL DONE BY, UH, THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER, THE OWNER.
IS THERE AN ASK, IS THERE NOT FOR NO, IF I CAN, CURRENTLY ON THE CURRENT DRAFT, THERE'S NO ASK FOR THE CITY OF FUNDING.
DID I, I MEAN, HOW DO WE GET STARTED WITH THIS TOMORROW IF I CAN? I THINK EVERYBODY LAUGHS, BUT WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO DO ANYTHING HERE? LIKE LET, LET'S, LET'S GET THIS STARTED.
UH, THIS NICE GUY RESTAURANT WENT TO HPB YEARS AGO AND, AND WE'RE NO FURTHER ALONG.
HOW DO WE GO FROM CONCEPTUAL TO ACTUALLY GETTING THINGS DONE? AND MICHAEL, I DON'T THINK WE COULD BE BETTER HANDS THAN HAVING YOU DO IT.
WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED FROM US, NOT JUST TO KICK THIS ALONG, BUT ACCELERATE THIS? RIGHT.
I I, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD.
I, I WANT TO ENJOY LINCOLN ROAD WITH MY DAUGHTER.
I WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY IT NOT IN 10 YEARS.
I, I I WANT TO DO SOMETHING NOW.
SO IF, UM, THE, I WOULD SAY IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE, UH, PLAN OF THE FUTURE CONCEPT PLAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LINCOLN ROAD PORTION OF THIS PROJECT FROM LINCOLN ROAD TO LINCOLN LANE BEFORE THE RIGHT OF WAY, THAT WHOLE PORTION OF LINCOLN ROAD WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
THE ONLY REASON WHY WE CAN'T COMPLETE LINCOLN LANE OR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EATERY TO THE NORTH IS BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY A STAGING AREA FOR THE MERIDIAN AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT PRESUMABLY WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE ALL OUR IMPROVEMENTS OR APPROVALS IN PLACE SO THAT AS SOON AS THAT STAGING AREA IS MOVED, IT COMES IN AND WE FINISH OUT, AND THEN WE COMPLETE THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NORTH SIDE OF LINCOLN LANE, AND IT'S DONE.
SO THIS IS REALLY LESS THAN AN 18 MONTH PROJECT, AS LONG AS WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR PROCESS, AND THERE'S NO ABILITY TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK, UH, DOING BOTH THESE PROJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE, THE, THE PROBLEM IS, IS I HAVE THE, ABOUT THE STAGING, THE STAGING AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF LINCOLN LANE.
SO UNTIL THAT STAGING AREA GETS MOVED, UH, WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE LINCOLN ROAD, THE MERIDIAN AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WE WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
UH, DAVID GOMEZ, COULD YOU MAYBE, EH, NOT NOW, UH, WORK WITH THE TEAM HERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO BE ABLE TO FIRE THESE PROJECTS OFF SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND THEN, UH, TURNING THAT, WHAT IS JUST AN EMBARRASSMENT, THE BACKS OF THOSE BUILDINGS NOW IN THIS ALLEYWAY INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL LIKE YOU'RE PROPOSING, HOW DO YOU DO THAT
YEAH, SO THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN ON THE BEACH DOING THINGS LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S ACTUALLY ROOTED IN ADAPTIVE REUSE.
SO I'M NOT BUILDING ANYTHING, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE.
IT'S REALLY JUST ROUND OFF SOME EDGES.
BUT REALLY THIS IS ADAPTIVE REUSE AND IT'S IN ITS CLASSIC FORM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, AND I DID THE, WITH JACKIE AND CARLOS, WE DID THE NIKE BUILDING, WE DID THE APPLE BUILDING, WE DID THE GAP BUILDING, AND WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF WORK TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE THESE GUYS ALONGSIDE BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND MY VISION AND MY DREAM.
AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, I WANT IT TO BE A NEW AREA THAT REALLY TIES TOGETHER EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE BUILDING A CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE MERIDIAN A MERIDIAN AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M JUST SORT OF PLAYING OFF OF THAT AND REALLY TYING IT ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO'S LEAVING THE CONVENTION CENTER OR THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, THEY GO TO 17TH STREET AND THEY'RE STARING AT THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO THE NOTION OF IMPROVING MERIDIAN AVENUE IS AN, A NEWLY WRAPPED PARKING GARAGE.
I'M SORRY, THE NEWLY WRAPPED IN A MURAL, NEW NEWLY WRAPPED WITH ADELL COURTS ON TOP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE NOTION OF PEOPLE WALKING FROM CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE WEST TO MERIDIAN AVENUE IS GREAT IN THEORY.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL STOP SHORT AND GO RIGHT TO MERIDIAN COURT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT MERIDIAN COURT, IT, IT'S ANOTHER ALLEY, JUST NOT AS UGLY AS THE ONE THAT WE'RE ATTACKING.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE, AT THE END OF, UH, MERIDIAN COURT, WHERE THE FOREVER 21, THE FORMER FOREVER SAX FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING IS, WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE THAT AREA.
SO THE VISUAL FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S MAYBE WALKING BY MERIDIAN COURT WILL BE JUST AMAZING.
SO THEY MAY BE DRAWN TO WALK THERE OR THE WALK TO MERIDIAN AVENUE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE LOST.
AND I WALKED WITH A NUMBER OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND, AND THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THIS, AND WE'VE STOOD IN THAT ALLEY, AND YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE, THEY, THE 1500 CAR PARKING GARAGE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, I KNOW THERE'S LINCOLN
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ROAD HERE SOMEWHERE, JUST, WHERE IS IT?SO REALLY, THIS PROJECT REALLY TIES IT ALL TOGETHER AND REALLY IS NO, THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TODAY? YES, I THINK THAT THERE ARE TWO.
SO UNDER MB 10, IT WOULD BE RETURN TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY LAND USE BOARD APPLICATIONS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AS PRESENTED.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST MOTION.
AND MY ONLY COMMENT THAT I'LL MAKE IS, UH, TO REALLY WORK ON THE LOADING ZONE AND THE VALET SO THAT WHEN WE SEE AT COMMISSION, THERE'S A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE THOSE TWO AREAS ARE IMPORTANT.
SO WE SHOULD, UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ MADE THE MOTION.
SHOULD A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
THERE'S A, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS RELATED TO MB TWO, WHICH, UH, OZZY WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M OFF HERE.
IS THIS IS TO, THIS ITEM IS TO RETURN TO FERC WITH AN UPDATE AND FINAL TERMS OF AN IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO, UH, WHO WILL BE MAKING THAT MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONTH.
WHY DON'T WE, I KNOW WE HAVE A RESIDENT HERE AND I'D LOVE TO GET OUR RESIDENTS OUT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, UH, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEIR TIME.
WHY DON'T WE, UH, TALK ABOUT THE INSTALLED BIRD BATH, UH, WATER FEATURE AT, UH, PARK MONICA? SORRY.
[NB 5. DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A PLUMBED BIRD BATH WATER FEATURE AT BELLE ISLE PARK.]
DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A PLUMBED BIRD BATH WATER FEATURE AT AL PARK AND B FIVE HI, I'LL BE BRIEF.UM, MONICA, TRACY, UH, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT 45 YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, YOU, YOU ALL MAKE LIVING IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TOLERABLE.
UM, UH, THIS SMALL BIRD BAND, LIKE WE HAVE PARADISE DOWN HERE.
THIS, THIS IS THE, THE CENTER OF THE WORLD.
THIS WOULD BE A SMALL STRUCTURE ABOUT THREE FEET HIGH WITH MAYBE AN 18 INCH BY 18 INCH BASE.
THERE WOULD BE A DRAIN FIELD INVOLVED.
THERE IS, UM, IT WOULD BE BUILT OF A NATURAL LOOKING SUBSTANCE.
IT WOULD BE TALL ENOUGH FOR A BIG DOG TO DRINK WATER OUT OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT INTENDED AS A DOG DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
UM, IT NEEDS A ONE OR TWO HORSEPOWER MOTOR.
IT NEEDS AN ELECTRIC LINE, WHICH COULD BE SOLAR POWERED OR NOT.
UM, IT ALSO, UM, LIKE I SAID, NEEDS A DRAIN FIELD.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A WATER FEATURE.
SO, UM, BARRY MILLER OF, UM, MILLER SAVINO IS RE READY TO HELP ME.
WE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO FIND A LOCATION THAT WORKS IN THE PARK, AND IT COULD BE BY THE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, HE'S READY TO HELP AND THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OVER AT BOTANICAL GARDEN, HE REALLY KNOWS WATER FEATURES AND COULD HELP.
UM, A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMITTEE WOULD HELP WITH THE NEIGHBORS COMMITTEE.
UM, THAIS AND THE GEO BOND DEPARTMENT SAID THAT, UM, THERE IS, UM, 1 MILLION, UM, ALLOCATED FOR BELL ISLE THAT'S UNSPENT FROM GO BOND MONEY.
THAT'S FOR ABOVE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT, UM, THAT TRACHE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN FUNDED.
UM, I AM PERSONALLY WILLING TO, UM, DEPOSIT INTO SOME TYPE OF ACCOUNT, $2,000 OF FUNDS TO PAY FOR MATERIALS, WHICH AREN'T GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, SOME ROCKS AND, YOU KNOW, A PUMP, YOU KNOW, ROD MATERIALS AND CONSULTING, YOU KNOW, MILLER SINO AND THE, THE, UH, BOTANICAL GARDEN GUY.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR LABOR, SO I'M WILLING TO PONY UP, UH, TWO GRAND.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD THAT WORKS, BUT, UM, AND JUST IN CLOSING, UM, I VOLUNTEER AT PELICAN HARBOR AND I'VE BROUGHT IN, YOU KNOW, 40 BIRDS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE I RETIRED.
AND ONLY EIGHT OF THOSE BIRDS HAVE LIVED.
MAYBE IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING TO DEAL WITH THE, THE, WHAT OUR WILDLIFE GOES THROUGH DOWN HERE.
AND, UM, A LITTLE BIRD BATH WOULD BE I'M THEIR LOBBYIST.
MONICA, WHAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I THINK YOU JUST RUSHED TO THE POINT.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? IT'S A BIRD BATH.
IT'S A LITTLE STONE STRUCTURE, ABOUT THREE FEET HIGH.
THE WATER FLOW HAS TO BE REGULATED.
IT WILL NEED SOME CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE.
I'M WILLING TO CLEAN IT, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
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OKAY.SO JOHN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? UM, YOU'VE STUDIED THIS, HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST? WELL, BUT ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, WITHOUT LOOKING FOR EVEN, SHE SAID, WE GOTTA FIND A RIGHT LOCATION.
WE WERE ESTIMATING AROUND $15,000, NOT INCLUDING WHATEVER TYPE OF MAINTENANCE.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW THESE WATER FEATURES WORK.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUMPS RUNNING 24 HOURS A DAY NEED MAINTENANCE AND, AND OFTEN FAIL.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIKE WORKING THE LOCATION.
I KNOW MONICA FOR YEARS, SHE SENDS ME VIDEOS OF HER, HER BIRD RELEASES, AND IT'S WONDERFUL.
I'M HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT ATTRACTING MORE BIRDS, UM, BIRD WASTE, BIRD FEATHERS, THE CHILDREN OF THE PLAYGROUND, THE PETS AT THE PLAYGROUND, WORKING THROUGH THAT SIDE OF THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THIS AS JUST A BIRD BATH.
WHAT WOULD IT COST IF IT WENT SW SOMEWHERE IN THE PARK? OKAY.
AND IS IT TRUE THAT WE COULD USE GEO BOND FUNDS FOR THIS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE PARKS BUCKET, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY.
UH, I THINK THEY'D BE CONCERNED THAT 'CAUSE THOSE MONIES WERE, UH, SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR THE ABOVE GROUND PORTION OF, OF, UM, MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO WATER SEWER.
SO ONE OF, UH, TS VIVIE, UH, DIRECTED GEO BOND PROGRAM, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE 2018 BOND IS CALLED, UH, ABOVE GROUND IMPROVEMENTS AND INCLUDES A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
AND THOSE FUNDS WERE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SEWER, STORM WATER PROJECTS WE NEED ABOVE GROUND IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPE, ET CETERA.
BELL AISLE HAS WITHIN THAT BUCKET, UH, $1 MILLION ALLOCATED.
AND IF I CAN, THAT, THAT'S ALSO THE, SINCE IT'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT, IT WOULDN'T MEET THEIR, YOU KNOW, CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD.
SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING MORE LIKELY THAT COULD, MIGHT STATE CAPITAL.
WE MORE LIKELY BE FUNDED OF OPERATIONS.
SO WHEN WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET A HARD COST FOR US TO, TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE, OR IS 15,000 D NUMBER.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PRO AND JASON COULD MAYBE ASSIST ME WITH DIRECTION FROM THE COMMITTEE TO PUT MORE EFFORT TOWARDS MAYBE NOT ENGAGING WITH, LOOKING AT DESIGN, WATER CONNECTIONS, DRAINAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, PROBABLY TAKE 45 DAYS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE, THE LIBERTY.
I'M OKAY WITH JUST CONTINUING THE IDEA AND, AND SEEING WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT WAS DUAL REFERRED AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, THIS IS THE REQUEST OF ONE RESIDENT THAT WOULD AFFECT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND IT'S GONNA BE HEARD AT ONE OF THE UPCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING TO SEE IF THERE'S A INTEREST FROM THE BODY AND THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE IT.
UM, SO CONTINUING IT SOUNDS FAIR.
AND THEN WE CAN HEAR, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS ABOUT IT.
YES, WE DO HAVE A MEMO IN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE, WE CAN CONTINUE IT HERE AND THEN WE CAN THEN LET'S HEAR IT AT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAY CONVERSATION.
SO, SO THE DIRECTION IS TO CONTINUE EXPLORING FROM, FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO, SO IF I CAN, SO THE ITEM WILL, UH, NOT BE CLOSED.
THE ITEM WILL BE, WILL RETURN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING, SO YOU'LL BE LOOKING TO GET SOME, IT WAS REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE TO BE DISCUSSED THERE.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THERE CAN WEIGH IN ON WHAT THEY FEEL.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE ITEM RETURN AFTER THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, UH, WITH ITS RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, JUST, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THE DIRECTIONS ALSO, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER.
AND IF IT PANS OUT AT NEIGHBORHOODS, GREAT.
IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE, YOU, YOU'LL BE UPDATED.
BUT I THINK WE DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS OF POSSIBLY MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT BACK HERE BEFORE WE GET FEEDBACK IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A HUGE FINANCIAL ASK HERE.
IT'S JUST WHETHER THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PREFERRED AND WANTED OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO JASON, NO, UH, VOTER MOTION NEEDED ON THAT, CORRECT? YEAH.
UH, CHAIR, I THINK WE'LL JUST SHOW RETURN TO FERC AFTER, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE IS A RECOMMENDATION, BUT TO PROCEED WITH, UH, EXPLORATION OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.
UH, HOW ABOUT WE HEAR, UH, NB, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE, UH, EXPANDED ACCESS, UH, FOR NORTH BAY VILLAGE RESIDENTS AT NORMANDY PARK POOL.
[NB 3. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION TO EXPAND ACCESS AND DISCOUNTED RATES FOR NORTH BAY VILLAGE RESIDENTS AT NORMANDY PARK POOL AND NORTH BEACH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING.]
TAKE ACTION TO EXPAND ACCESS AND DISCOUNTED RATES FOR NORTH BAY VILLAGE RESIDENTS AT NORMANDY PARK POOL AND NORTH BEACH RECREATIONAL PROGRAM.MB THREE WE'LL BE, UH, MAYBE INTRODUCED AND LET US KNOW IF WE'LL BE SEEING WHAT AP POOLS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
LET'S, LET'S SEE IT, UH, GORAN COOK 7 9 0 1 ESPANOLA AVENUE, NORTH BAY VILLAGE.
AND GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
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TO COME AND, UH, SPEAK BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT THIS ITEM.UH, BUT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO START BY, UH, THANKING YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS ALL, ALL PUT IN EVERY DAY, UH, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
UH, IF I'M NOT A NORTH BAY VILLAGE, YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, I'M IN MIAMI BEACH.
I'M WALKING THE BOARDWALK OVER THERE SHOPPING AT MY, UH, NORMANDY BUSINESSES.
UH, MY FRIENDS ARE ALL IN SOUTH BEACH MID BEACH.
THIS IS WHERE I SPEND MY TIME.
UM, AND I LOVE, UH, THE TRANSFORMATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN HERE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THERE'S BEEN A REBRANDING TOWARDS, UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
AND, UH, ON TOP OF ALL THAT, YOU GUYS HAVE STILL FOUND A WAY TO GIVE RESIDENTS BACK $500 IN, UH, TAX REBATES.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THAT SUCCESS.
UM, I LOVE WHAT I'M SEEING AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
UM, SO I, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONGOING PARTNERSHIP.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE AND IT'S BEEN, AND IT'S BEEN ONGOING.
AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OF THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING ON.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING MOU BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOURS.
UH, THEY WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL.
WE, UH, GIVE OUR POLICE VOTE OUT FOR THE AIR AND SEA SHOW FOR SPRING BREAK.
WE'RE SUPPORTING WITH SPRING BREAK, UM, POLICE ACTIVITIES, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND AS WE HAVE LAST YEAR, UH, EUROPE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED US IN AN UNFORTUNATE TRAFFIC FATALITY THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.
SO, UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE GREAT SYNERGIES THAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN AREA THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO, UH, EXPAND.
UM, AND WE STARTED THAT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WITH THE TROLLEY PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE THE MIAMI BEACH TROLLEY.
WE EXPANDED THAT ACCESS TO COME TO NORTH BAY VILLAGE ONCE A MONTH FOR THE CULTURE CRAWLS.
AND THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
IT'S HELPED ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC IN NORTH BEACH.
UH, IT'S ALSO GIVEN US A NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO OFFER OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO COVERING THE COST OF THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, TROLLEY ACCESS THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S AN, AN ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM FOR MIAMI BEACH.
UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, A FREE YMCA SUMMER CAMP FOR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS THAT ARE ZONED AT TIES.
WE HAVE A FREE AND PAID SOCCER PROGRAM, OR DISCOUNTED SOCCER PROGRAM FOR MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS AND NORTH BAY VILLAGE AS WELL.
WE HAVE A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S OPENING UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, THREE STORIES WITH A LOT OF, UH, MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS, PADDLE COURTS, UH, AND LOTS OF OTHER RECREATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WE PLAN TO HAVE THERE.
AND WE, WE PLAN TO EXPAND THAT ACCESS TO MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS, UH, AS WELL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GREAT AREA OF PARTNERSHIP, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO REALLY, I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM, FOR ITEM NB THREE.
I WANTED TO THANK, UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, SU SUAREZ FOR YOUR, UH, LEADERSHIP AND SPEARHEADING THIS INITIATIVE AND JOINING A LOT OF THE CALLS BETWEEN OUR TWO COMMUNITIES AND, UH, CONTINUING THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, UM, IT'S THE BEST IT'S EVER BEEN.
AND, UH, WE HOPE TO, TO MAKE IT STRONGER.
SO THIS ITEM IS ABOUT, UH, EXPANDED ACCESS FOR DISCOUNTED RATES FOR MY, UH, NORTH BAY VILLAGE RESIDENTS AT MIAMI BEACH.
UH, PROGRAMMING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING NORMANDY POOL, UH, NORMANDY GOLF COURSE, UM, AND MOST OF THE AREAS IN THE NORTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS SHOULD CREATE MORE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR PARKS AND REC APARTMENT.
IT SHOULD CREATE MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE AREA, PARKING, WALKING AROUND, DINING AND SHOPPING, UM, AND BUILDING MORE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA.
SO, UH, OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.
MAY MAYBE IF WE MOVE FORWARD HERE, WE COULD, UH, WORK ON SOME PREFERRED ACCESS TO PALM TREE CLUB UP IN YOUR, UH, YEAH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
UH, SO I HAVE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, WHEN, AND THIS MIGHT BE FOR JASON 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE HIGH IMPACT WEEKENDS AND WE GET, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS, MIAMI BEACH IS PAYING FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS.
ARE WE PAYING FOR THE NORTH BAT VILLAGE OFFICERS, OR IS NORTH A VILLAGE GIVING IT TO US? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M NOT SURE OF THAT ANSWER.
I BELIEVE IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S PAID BY MIAMI BEACH OR BY NORTH BAY VILLAGE, BY MY MIAMI BEACH.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY CENTER COMPANY AND EXPLORING ACCESS.
CAN WE GET SOMETHING CONCRETE INSTEAD OF ASPIRATIONAL SO THAT, THAT WAY IT'S, IT LOOKS RECIPROCAL, UM, ON PAPER AND I UNDERSTAND IF MAYBE JUST 4, 3, 3 1, 4, 1 ZIP CODE BECAUSE, UH, NORTH BAY VILLAGE HAS 8,000 RESIDENTS AND MIAMI BEACH HAS 80,000 PLUS.
SO WE WOULDN'T WANNA BOMBARD YOU, BUT, UM, TO MAKE IT FAIR, UM, TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING DRAWN OUT CONCRETE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, JUST SAYING, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT GIVING YOU ACCESS AND MAYBE WHEN IT'S BUILT, IT'S NEVER, WE DON'T GET ANYTHING.
PERHAPS THERE'S SOMEBODY MAYBE INTERNALLY WITHIN STAFF THEY COULD WORK ON LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP AND
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COLLABORATION.'CAUSE IT, YOU LAID OUT SO MANY GREAT THINGS AND WE TRULY ARE INTERCONNECTED PARTNERS.
UH, THOSE BOUNDARY LINES, THE MIRROR INVISIBLE, RIGHT? WE'RE ONE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I LOVE THIS IDEA HERE.
UM, I'M ENVIOUS OF THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER YOU'RE BRINGING ONLINE.
HOPEFULLY WE GET TO HAVE OUR OWN WHERE WE CAN ALSO OFFER, UH, RECIPROCAL ACCESS TO, UH, TO YOUR RESIDENTS SOON AS WELL.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, UH, WE COULD KIND OF TACKLE A COLLABORATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP PRETTY SOON WE'LL JUST TAKE OVER NORTH BAY VILLAGE
JUST RICK, YOU WANTED TO ASK
UM, YEAH, LOOK, I THINK IT'S, I THINK COMMISSIONER DOMING DOES BRING UP A GOOD POINT AND LET'S HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING.
LET'S MAYBE PERHAPS THROUGH AN MOU OR SOMETHING AND, UM, I'M SURE YOU GUYS COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK YOU HAVE A BIG SOCCER PROGRAM COMING.
OUR KIDS WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND THAT, SO A LOT OF THAT'S IN PLACE ALREADY TODAY.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANNA OVERBURDEN YOU EITHER.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OFF PEAK HOURS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S, UH, WHEN NORMANDY POOL'S NOT IN USE.
AND I KNOW MOST OF THE TIME THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IT'S EMPTY WHEN I, WHEN I GO BY THEIR DRIVE BY THERE.
AND WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP IN PLACE ON THIS ACTUALLY THE PAST WHERE OUR RESIDENTS HAD ACCESS TO THAT POOL FOR, I THINK IT WAS A DOLLAR.
THIS WAS ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT YEARS AGO.
UM, AND LESS THAN EVEN ON LESS THAN TWO.
OR YOU HAVE SUPPORT, JUST LET'S WORK IN SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ SAID SOMETHING CONCRETE.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE EASY FROM THERE.
THE MOU OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT, WOULD COME BACK TO A COMMITTEE OR WE GO DIRECTLY TO COMMISSION.
COMMISSION IF, IF I CAN, I'M JUST MAKING SOME NOTES HERE.
SO I, I THINK WHAT IT WOULD DO IS RETURN, THIS WOULD RETURN TO COMMISSION, TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DRAFT AN AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND NORTH AND, UM, NORTH BAY AND NORTH BAY VILLAGE, UH, FOR EXPANDED ACCESS AND DISCOUNTED RATES FOR NORTH BAY VILLAGE RESIDENTS AT NORMANDY PARK POOL.
I'M HEARING NORMANDY GOLF COURSE AND NORTH BEACH RECREATIONAL PROGRAM WITH RECIPROCITY, UH, FOR MY BEACH RESIDENTS AT SOME FACI FACILITIES WITHIN NORTH BAY.
VILLAGE AND LET THE, LET'S NOT LIMIT IT.
LET, LET'S LEAVE IT TO, UH, STAFF TO JUST WORK OPEN-ENDED AND COLLABORATIVE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE, UH, THE MOST RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WHO IS MAKING THAT MOTION? UH, I'LL MOVE IT.
WHY DON'T WE HEAR, UM, SIR, WHAT WAS THE RELINE ITEM? UH, MR. CFO, UH, WE CAN MB NINE, WE'LL CALL
[NB 9. DISCUSS REQUEST FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE A $5,000 SPONSORSSHIP FOR A REEFLINE ACTIVATION DURING EARTH WEEK MIAMI TAKING PLACE FROM APRIL 22–26, 2026.]
MB NINE DISCUSS REQUESTS FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE A $5,000 SPONSORSHIP FOR A RELINE ACTIVATION DURING EARTH WEEK.MIAMI TAKING PLACE FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH APRIL 26TH, 2026, MB NINE.
LISA ANTE, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.
UH, IT'S A PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ECO CHANNEL AND THE REEF LINE TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY EVENT IN MIAMI BEACH ON APRIL 25TH SURROUNDING EARTH DAY TO PROVIDE SOME SNORKELING AND POSSIBLE SCUBA DIVING TO THE REEF LINE.
WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE WHO WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE OF THE DETAILS, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR $5,000 FOR THE COST FOR THE SCUBA DIVING, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A 30% DONATION TO THE REEF LINE.
AND BEFORE WE CALL THEM UP, WHY DON'T WE OPEN IT TO, UH, COMMISSIONER BOT, UH, TO KICK THIS, UH, OFF, OR GIVE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER B, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UM, I WANTED TO, WE DON'T HEAR YOU, COMMISSIONER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE SHE IS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, LIZETTE.
I, I ALSO WANNA GIVE THE FOLKS FROM LY A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS DIRECTLY, BUT I URGE OUR, UH, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ON THIS SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK ON MARCH 18TH.
UM, THE RELINE IS AMAZING, UM, AND IT IS RIGHT OFF OUR SHORES.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGH, WHO MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING OUT TO EXPLORE IT ON THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND, UM, LEARN ABOUT IT FIRSTHAND FROM THE FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE, UM, DEEPLY INVOLVED.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRANDY AND BEBE.
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SUPER EXCITING AND WELCOME.HI, I'M BIBE AND THIS IS BRANDY.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CAME TO YOU FOR THE REEF LINE ACTIVATION IS THAT THERE ARE NO ACTIVATIONS ON MIAMI BEACH.
THE ACTIVATION THAT THEY WORK WITH IS DRIS PARADISE, AND IT'S HOW TO KEEP IT SKAIN.
SO, AS A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE TO KI IT SKAIN TO GET ON A BOAT TO COME BACK, TO GO BACK, TO COME BACK.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, PRETTY APPROPRIATE FOR A PROJECT THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS PAID FOR AND SUBSIDIZED.
SO WE WANNA ACTIVATE IT FROM THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA, WHICH IS THE GOAL.
AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT MONTHLY.
THIS, WE HOPE WILL BE THE KICKOFF, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT FIRST WEEK.
GOOD MORNING, BRANDY REDDICK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REEF LINE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, WHAT BB DID WAS INVITED US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECO IN THE EARTH WEEK FESTIVAL.
AND WHAT WE DECIDED WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ACTIVATION IS TO HAVE DIVE AND SNORKELING LEAVING FROM THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA.
WE DID A PILOT PROGRAM OF THIS DURING ART WEEK, WHERE WE HAD THREE TRIPS LEAVING DAILY AND OFFERED FREE DIVING AND STORING TO THE SITE.
SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS BASICALLY REACTIVATE THAT SAME KIND OF ACTIVATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TWO TRIPS LEAVING FROM THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA.
EACH TRIP HOLDS 20 PARTICIPANTS, PLUS OUR DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE, OUR, OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, AND MYSELF.
AND WE DO AN ART AND SCIENCE, UM, KIND OF IMMERSION ABOUT THE REEF LINE.
SO WE HAVE AN ART LEARNING PROGRAM AND A PROGRAM WHERE OUR DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE TALKS ABOUT THE CORALS THAT, THAT ARE OUT PLANTED ON THE REEF LINE AND REALLY EXPLAINS THE SCIENCE OF THE REEF LINE.
SO AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND A FUN OPPORTUNITY, AND AS PART OF THIS WILL ALSO BRING OUT THE BIG PINK BUOYS THAT WERE DESIGNED BY ARTIST ANDRES RAZER, WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOUNGE.
SO YOU GO OUT AND YOU LOUNGE ON THE BUOYS AND IT'S JUST A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE.
UH, THEY LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS EACH.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT, UH, TO THIS, UM, SUPER FUN.
DO YOU HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA INTERNAL TEAM? WELL, IF WE'RE A VERY SMALL TEAM, WE, YEAH.
I, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, WHAT I LAMENT IS WHEN WE HAVE THESE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND WE DON'T GET IT OUT THERE ENOUGH TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO ACTUALLY DOCUMENT SOME OF THE COOL THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON MIAMI BEACH.
COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY, WE DO OUR PROBLEM LIKE WITH EARTH, WITH, UM, ART WEEK, WE SOLD OUT IN 24 HOURS.
SO AS SOON AS WE ANNOUNCED SOMETHING, IT FILLS UP, IT'S VERY FAST.
AND WE DID, IN FACT, WE DID OPEN HOUSE WITH THE ONE HOTEL LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND THAT SAME THING WITHIN 48 HOURS, WE FILLED ALL OF OUR SPOTS.
AND, AND IF THIS ALL MR. MAGAZINE.
UH, LEMME JUST FINISH THAT AND THEN I'LL KICK IT OVER TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BOT, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ONGOING.
I, I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, MORE, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR SPONSORSHIPS AS WELL.
THE, THE ONE HOTEL OR, OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TO, TO DO THIS ACTIVATION AND KICK IT OFF SO WE CAN SHOW HOW SPONSORSHIP CAN COME IN FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THIS EVERY MONTH.
I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UH, TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT SHARING, UH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ONCE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS INVOLVED AS A SPONSOR FOR THIS MONTH'S EVENT FOR THE APRIL EVENT, UM, WE CAN SHARE IT WITH OUR, OUR INTERNAL MARKETING COMMS TEAM.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER REASON TO, TO, UM, TO GIVE SPONSORSHIP A QUESTION FOR BB AND UM, BRANDY, THIS IS A ONE TIME ONLY SPONSORSHIP FROM US, JUST FOR THE ECO FEST.
SO, UM, I FORGOT THAT I'M NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE SO I CAN'T MOVE IT.
UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I BELIEVE YOU HAD, UH, I HAD A QUESTION.
SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE $1 MILLION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED THERE WAS LIKE 12,000 STILL LEFT.
WOULD THAT COME OUT OF THERE OR HAS THAT $12,000 ALREADY BEEN DEPLETED? WOULD THIS BE THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS WERE FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS IDENTIFIED, THERE IS AN IDENTIFIED SMALL POOL OF MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS.
SO THIS WOULD NOT REQUIRE, WHEN THIS GOES BACK TO COMMISSION AND THEY APPROVE IT, THIS WOULD NOT REQUIRE COMING BACK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SO WE'LL SHOW THIS ITEM TO RETURN TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A ONETIME $5,000 SPONSORSHIP FOR RELINE ACTIVATION DURING EARTH WEEK.
MIAMI TAKING PLACE FROM APRIL 22ND THROUGH APRIL 26TH, 2026.
UH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ MADE THE MOTION.
THANK YOU LADIES, YOU, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION, WILL THIS BE ON THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IN MARCH THIS MONTH? YES.
WILL THIS BE DOCUMENTED? A FUTURE BOOK PERHAPS? AH, YEAH, THAT IS THE NEXT BOOK.
I WILL BE DOING SOME EQUAL BOOK.
I MEAN, I NEED TO FIND NEW THINGS TO TALK ABOUT IN MIAMI BEACH SCUBA STEVE OVER
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HERE.YOU GREAT DIVER COMING UP SOON.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, ALL IN FAVOR A AYE THE ITEM PASSES THE THREE.
UM, HOW ABOUT WE MOVE TO AN OLD ITEM, UH, ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A PRIVATE PARKING FACILITY IN NORTH BEACH? UH, JUST 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL FALL OFF IF IT'S NOT ADDRESSED.
I KNOW CITY STAFF IS KIND OF TAKING STABS AT THIS.
I LOVE THE PACE THAT YOU ALWAYS APPROACH THE MICROPHONE WITH.
I LOVE THE URGENCY, THE EFFICIENCY.
LET, LET ME READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
[OB 3. DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY ENTERING INTO ONE OR MORE AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE PARKING FACILITY OPERATORS IN NORTH BEACH IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES FOR NORTH BEACH RESIDENTS.]
DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY ENTERING INTO ONE OR MORE AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE PARKING FACILITY OPERATORS IN NORTH BEACH IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES FOR NORTH BEACH RESIDENTS.UH, WILLIAM MCDONALD, UH, DIRECTOR OF PARKING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
SO, UH, JUST WANT TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE UPDATES HERE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THINKING ABOUT WHAT WILL OCCUR.
UH, WHEN THE 72ND PROJECT, UH, UH, GETS OFF THE GROUND, UH, WE WILL LOSE 320 PLUS, UH, PRIME PARKING SPACES WITHIN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA JUMP RIGHT IN TEMPORARILY.
ONCE THE FAC ONCE IT'S BUILT, YOU KNOW, I, TWO TO THREE YEARS 'CAUSE I HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH TWO YEARS.
UM, UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS IS AN ETERNITY FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO ENJOY THE AREA.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY FOCUSED MORE ON QUALITY THAN IT IS ON QUANTITY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BAND SHELL AND THE, UH, UH, THE VALET COMPANY THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON LINCOLN ROAD.
AND WE FEEL THAT WE CAN BE, UH, VERY AGGRESSIVE THAT WITHIN, UH, BY THE END OF APRIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ROLL OUT A VALET PROGRAM FOR THE BAND SHELL TO START GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT DEMAND LOOKS LIKE, UM, DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO WE CAN POSSIBLY, UH, ONE, START CREATING THE DEMAND IF IT DOESN'T EXIST.
AND TWO, START OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T WANT TO CONTINUALLY CI CIRCUIT PARK.
AND WHERE WILL THOSE CARS BE PARKED IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE VALET MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, SIR? UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL AREAS.
UH, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT COMES DIRECTLY, UM, TO MIND WOULD BE INITIALLY THE LIBRARY LOT, WHICH IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY FOUR BLOCKS NORTH OF THE BANDSHELL AREA.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY THIS, UH, LOT CAME TO LIGHT.
ONE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTING THAT IS REQUIRED IN THAT LOT.
AND I'M, I'M GONNA SPEAK VERY IGNORANTLY OF THIS TOPIC.
I BELIEVE IT'S 'CAUSE OF TURTLE SEASON.
UM, IT, THAT LOT CAN'T BE LIT VERY WELL,
I DIDN'T MEAN TO TOUCH ANYTHING.
UH, THAT LOT CAN'T BE LIT VERY WELL.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES, BECAUSE IT IS TUCKED BEHIND SEVERAL BUILDINGS, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE THERE ON OCEAN COURT, UM, IT WASN'T THE MOST UTILIZED, IT WASN'T A VERY ATTRACTIVE LOT.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST PLACE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
I, I GET, YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T NEED A FULL ANALYSIS.
BUT YOU HIT ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT THERE AT THE END.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ESSENTIALLY USING LOTS THAT ARE FULLY UTILIZED.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM RESIDENT A AT THE EXPENSE OF RESIDENT B.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR, OUR BIG FOCUS POINT.
AND THEN THERE'S EVEN AN ALTERNATIVE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS KIND OF LEADS ME RIGHT INTO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH.
SO THE DO VILLE GARAGE, WE HAVE, UH, UM, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO UTILIZE 150 PARKING SPACES.
THEY HAVE UNTIL JUNE TO MAKE THAT GARAGE READY FOR PARKING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I BELIEVE IT'S JUNE 18TH, JUNE 21ST IN THAT AREA.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER SPACES IN THAT GARAGE.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, AND UNTIL THAT CONSTRUCTION GETS OFF THE GROUND FOR THE PROJECT THAT IS GONNA GO INTO THAT SPACE, UM, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT WE CAN COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING ON HOW TO BETTER, UH, UTILIZE THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES IN THAT AREA.
SO WE COULD COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PARK NORTH, CHOOSE TO PARK SOUTH.
AND ON A REALLY GREAT NIGHT, WE COULD CHOOSE, HEY, WE'RE GONNA VALLEY YOUR CAR IN THE SOUTH AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A SHORT, YOU KNOW, FOUR BLOCK WALK TO THE SOUTH WHERE YOU CAN BYPASS SOME OF THE GREAT RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO EAT DINNER BEFORE OR AFTER.
UM, SO WE FEEL WE CAN DO SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS, UH, FOR BOTH VALLEY ITSELF.
AND LEMME ASK THIS NOW THAT YOU BRING IT UP.
UH, THE VILLE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION WON'T BEGIN ON THAT SITE, I THINK FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, I GUESS THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYBODY IN THE ROOM TO CONFIRM IT 'CAUSE UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, BUT JUST FROM THE TIMEFRAME THAT THAT, UH, I REMEMBER FROM WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THIS, I'M JUST POSING IT OUT THERE IN THE UNIVERSE FOR FOOD, FOR THOUGHT AND JUST CAME UP WHEN YOU SAID VILLE.
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PERHAPS IN A PERFECT WORLD, UM, WE HAVE THE 72ND STREET GARAGE BEING BUILT, WE'RE LOSING THOSE SPOTS.PERHAPS IT COMES ONLINE MAYBE AS THE VILLE IS STARTING.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION ABOUT USING THE VILLE SITE, THE FUTURE VILLE SITE FOR PARKING RIGHT NOW? UM, AND TRUST ME, NOTHING PAINS ME MORE THAN THINKING ABOUT ANY TYPE OF PARKING ALONG THE WATER.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, MY MO I DON'T LIKE COVERED LAND PLAYS, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, FEW PARKING SPOTS ISN'T GOING TO, UH, PREVENT THE DEVELOPER FROM MOVING FORWARD THERE.
IT'S REALLY JUST THE TIMING ISSUE.
WOULD, WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS DAVID GOMEZ FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT DE DOVA WILL PROVIDE TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF SPACES IN 72ND STREET DURING CONSTRUCTION.
BUT THAT WOULD BE AT THE GARAGE.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, AT THE BEHEST OF COMMISSIONER SUAREZ THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP THE DOVA LOT IN PARK FLIGHT CONDITIONS, BUT AS, AS I RECALL, IT'S NOT AS IF THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THAT RIGHT.
HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT USING THAT AS LIKE AN OVERFLOW UH, PARKING SPACE? WE HAVE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NOT ONLY THERE, BUT ALSO IN, IN OTHER POTENTIAL SITES.
UM, THERE ARE SOME PLANNING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, HOW TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SO YOU ACTUALLY WALKED ME THE VERY INTO THE VERY NEXT PARAGRAPH, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, SPEAKING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SAYING IF WE GO AHEAD AND DEPLOY AN ASSET OR CREATE AN ASSET THAT'S A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, WE DO NOT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOODING.
SO WE WANNA LOOK AT PERMEABLE SURFACES THAT ARE BOTH ATTRACTIVE, BUT CAN ALSO BE CHANGED BACK INTO THEIR NATURAL STATE.
AND HERE'S WHAT SCARES ME ABOUT THAT.
RIGHT? I HATE THE THOUGHT OF PARKING ON A WATERFRONT LOT LAKE DEAUVILLE, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT TRULY WILL BE TEMPORARY BECAUSE IT'S JUST WHILE THEY'RE DESIGNING THOSE, I KNOW HOW OUR CITY WORKS AND IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE COULD DO IT FOR A WEEK, MAKE TEMPORARY PARKING ON THE WEST LOTS, AND THE SECOND WE COULD HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK PLANNED AND IN PLACE, I DO NOT WANT THOSE BECOMING FOREVER PARKING LOTS.
AND IT ALWAYS STARTS OUT AS TEMPORARY.
AND I, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD BE INCREDIBLY PESSIMISTIC THAT WE DO THOSE TEMPORARILY AND THEN IT BECOMES A FOREVER TYPE THING.
WELL, AND, AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE THAT PLOT OF LAND IS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PARKING HAS OPENED UP TO ANY PLOT OF LAND, BUT WE WOULD ENSURE THAT, UM, ONE COMPLETELY PERMEABLE SURFACE, THERE'S A LOT, I I KNOW YOU GUYS I IT, BUT FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, UNDERSTOOD.
AS SOON AS WE OPEN IT UP, THE PARKING AND THEN PEOPLE GET USED TO PARKING THERE, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER 30 YEARS WE SAY, HERE'S THE DIRECTION FOR THE WEST LOTS.
AND WE'LL HAVE 10 NEIGHBORS CALL AND SAY, OH MY GOSH, I, I PARKED THERE.
AND WE'LL SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'LL, THEY'LL JUST BE PARKING LOTS FOREVER.
AND THOSE SITES DESERVE TO BE SO MUCH MORE THAN PARKING COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
UM, THOSE LOTS AND WILL CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WEST LOTS ARE PREDOMINANTLY USED, UM, TO CAPACITY ON THE WEEKENDS.
THEY ARE NOT OVERLY USED DURING THE WEEK AND CERTAINLY NOT DURING THE DAY.
SO, UM, AND THERE IS AN ITEM TRAVELING LEGISLATIVELY TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY TURNING THE ENTIRETY OF THE WEST LOTS INTO A PLANNED PARK, UM, INCLUDING RECONFIGURING, UM, UH, CUT THROUGH STREETS AND LOOKING AT THE UTILITARIAN PARTS OF THE LOTS AND HOW THOSE CAN BE BETTER PLACED.
UM, BUT THINKING OF THIS COMPREHENSIVELY AND HOLISTICALLY AND, UM, NOT TO GET RID OF THE PARKING NECESSARILY, BUT TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO USE IT AND WHERE TO PUT IT SO THAT IT'S BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK WITH THIS COMMISSION THAT THEY, THAT WE COLLECTIVELY WILL LET THAT BECOME A PERMANENT SITUATION.
AND I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR WILL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA GET TO IT, BUT THE, THE 72ND STREET, UM, HIGH RISE THAT BUILT OVER CAPACITY PARKING AS WELL AS THE OTHER HIGH RISES THAT ARE COMING ONLINE, BUT 72 PARK IS, IS OBVIOUSLY BUILT AND OPEN.
SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH THEM? UH, YES.
SO WITH THE, WITH ANY, OBVIOUSLY I'LL SAY THIS WITH ANY PRIVATE OPERATOR TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET, UH, MIAMI BEACH RATES BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE OUR FOCUS.
UH, BECAUSE WHEREAS WE ARE $1 AN HOUR IN THE NORTH BEACH, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 72 PARK GARAGE SIX AT $4 AN HOUR, UH, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS OF RIGHT NOW.
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RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT, I'LL JUST SAY NORTH OF, UM, WHAT OUR VISITORS AND, UH, RESIDENTS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO.WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD, UH, WHAT TYPE OF DEAL WE COULD PUT IN PLACE AND WHERE WE CAN GET THE MOST, UH, BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
UM, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE WEST LOTS, UM, PRIVATE OPERATORS, WE'LL LOOK AT SAYING, HEY, WHAT WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD IT COST US TO DO X HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO WE GET OUT OF IT? SO I REALLY WANT TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ON THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE CLOSE, UM, UM, AND A AND EFFICIENT PARKING SERVICES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS VISITING AT NORTH BEACH.
AND THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE IN THE VILLE PARKING GARAGE? UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, COMMISSIONER BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT 450.
UM, SO IT MIGHT BE LIKE SLIGHT LESS THAN MIGHT BE RIGHT, 400, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 150 OF THEM.
THE, THE, THE UNFORTUNATE ASPECTS, PROBABLY ABOUT ADDITIONAL 50 OF THOSE 400 ARE, UH, UH, WE CALL VALET SPACES.
SO THEY'RE MEANT TO BE DOUBLE PARKED, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN IN OUR MIND.
SO IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S OVER 400 SPACES AND THE VILLE PROJECT ISN'T GONNA BE OFF, I MEAN, THERE ISN'T GONNA BE A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND FOR A COUPLE YEARS, MAYBE WE CAN GO TO THE DEVELOPER AND ASK HIM IF WE COULD JUST USE THE WHOLE GARAGE UNTIL IT'S BUILT.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE PLAN COMMISSIONER, UM, WHEN I TALK ABOUT EXTRA SPACES, UM, AND IT KIND OF PUTS ME RIGHT INTO THE VERY, BECAUSE NO ONE'S REALLY GONNA WALK TO THAT GARAGE.
I MEAN, IT'S, SO THAT ACTUALLY PUTS ME INTO THAT VERY, UM, LAST SECTION.
SO WHEN I, WHEN I, WHEN I THINK ABOUT PARKING AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 72ND STREET PROJECT, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE NO SILVER BULLET THAT GETS A WIND.
HOWEVER, IF WE CAN LOOK AT ASSETS IN THE UNDERUTILIZED WEST, LOTS THAT ALREADY EXIST, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT TEMPORARY LOTS, JUST USING WHAT'S UP IN THAT AREA.
WE LOOK AT VALET, WE LOOK AT POSSIBLE, UM, UH, AGREEMENTS WITH, WITH PRIVATE GARAGES THAT ARE IN THE AREA THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED.
AND WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE A VILLE, A TRANSPORTATION LOOP CONCEPT, SORT OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, BUT SOMETHING MUCH TIGHTER AND FOCUSED MORE ON PEAK TIMES.
SO SOMETHING THAT TRAVELS BETWEEN SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, 85TH AND 67TH STRICTLY FROM HARDING TO COLLINS, UM, I THINK COULD BE A PHENOMENAL ASSET BECAUSE IT WOULD, UM, REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE CORE.
BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, NOT A PROBLEM.
I'M COMING FROM THE SOUTH, I'M GONNA PARK IN THE VILLE, HOP ON A, ON A, ON A TRANSPORTATION CONCEPT.
AND IT TRULY GETS BACK TO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO HERE IS FOCUS ON MICRO MOBILITY AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND REDUCE SOME OF THIS TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THIS AS AN, AS A, AS A WHOLE CONCEPT FOR THE AREA.
'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT THAT, THAT WALK FROM 67TH TO 72ND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAY IT'S ONLY FIVE BLOCKS, BUT WILL DO YOU LIVE IN OUR CITY? I DO, SIR.
OUR EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE HERE PICK UP ON THESE LITTLE NUANCES THAT ARE LOST WHEN YOU JUST DRIVE TO CITY HALL AND THEN DRIVE OUT OF OUR CITY.
UM, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF TOPIC.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT FABULOUS JOB.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE WHAT, A YEAR, NOT EVEN, NOT EVEN, SIR.
NOT EVEN STILL HUNDRED, STILL 10 MONTHS.
HOW YOU VIEW THINGS COMPREHENSIVELY, YOUR ENERGY, BUT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST LIVING IT NINE TO FIVE.
UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIVING AND BREATHING IT ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
IT'S THESE LITTLE NUANCES THAT I THINK REALLY MAKE OR BREAK DECISIONS WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE PUT FORTH, WHEN OUR STAFF PUTS FORTH PROPOSALS, UNDERSTANDING THOSE LITTLE NUANCES THAT YOU ONLY GET NOT FROM SITTING IN THE CONFINES OF CITY HALL, BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE WEEKENDS, UH, WALKING WITH YOUR FAMILY OR RIDING A BIKE, UH, IS COMMUNITY.
WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS MR. CFO? UH, LEMME A QUESTION FOR THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I MEAN, IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT, THAT SOME OF THESE ISSUES WE LINKED TO 72ND STREET, WHICH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I THINK STAFF ALREADY KNOWS TO BRING BACK THE APPROPRIATE AGREEMENTS IF THERE ARE, ARE ANY.
BUT IT, THIS COULD RETURN TO COMMISSION, TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO NEGOTIATE ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING AGREEMENTS AS DEEMED NECESSARY AND BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMISSION WHEN APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER BOTS ITEM.
CORRECT? THIS IS COMMISSIONER BOT SIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENCE ON HOW THIS PROCEEDS? UM, I'M SORRY, JASON, WHAT WAS YOUR, WHAT WAS YOUR, UH, RECAP GOING TO BE? WELL, I, I THINK THE ITEM COULD BE, COULD BE JUST, UM, HEARD ENCLOSED.
'CAUSE AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THE, THE ADMINISTRATION IS AWARE THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BRING BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ALTERNATE PARKING LOCATIONS WHEN THE 72ND STREET, UH, LOT IS CLOSED FOR THAT, FOR THAT BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
AND I THINK THAT PLAN IS WELL, WELL IN THE WORKS, BUT IF THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO, TO DO THAT, UM,
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YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF RESOLUTION.BUT WILL, I GUESS THIS IS REALLY FOR WILL AND FOR CIPI BELIEVE THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN YEAH.
THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY BEING HANDLED.
HOWEVER, UM, OBVIOUSLY I THINK WITH ANY UNDERSTANDING OR ANY, OR ANY AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLE PARKING GARAGE WOULD'VE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE COMMITTEE MOST LIKELY ANYWAY.
ALL THESE, ALL THESE AGREEMENTS WERE, WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS AS WELL AWARE THAT THERE'S THE NEED HERE, UH, IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND WOULD BRING 'EM BACK WHEN APPROPRIATE.
BUT IF THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO FORMALIZE THAT AS A, A MOTION TO GO BACK AS A RESOLUTION, THEY CAN, UH, DO SO.
BUT I, I THINK MY POINT IS I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY BEING HANDLED.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, TALK, ASK WILL A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION.
WILL, HOW, HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO US WITH, UM, WITH FINALIZED PLANS? I, I'M, I'M RELUCTANT TO CLOSE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THESE ANSWERS SORTED OUT, AND, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED FURTHER DIRECTION FROM US AT THIS POINT FROM THE COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE NITTY GRITTY.
SO LIKE IF WE JUST BRING IT BACK IN A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE IT ALL BUTTONED UP? UM, IF, IF POSSIBLE, UH, I'D REQUEST 90 DAYS, ONE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE NEXT 30 DAYS I'M GOING TO BE, UM, LIVING ON SOUTH BEACH, UM, RIGHT.
BUT, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, THE, THE TEMPORARY LOTS, I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST HURDLE BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE IN ANY ONE OF OUR, UM, UNDER OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, AS FAR AS WHAT A TEMPORARY LOT IS REQUIRED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW UNDER THE CODE, AND I, I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY ALMOST REQUIRES A COMPLETE PARKING LOT.
UM, SO THE, I I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, UM, I, I DON'T THINK I'D BE IN FAVOR OF A PARKING LOT ON, ON, ON THE BEACH.
I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PARKING CONCERNS, BUT I THINK THE, THE LOWS HANGING FRUIT WOULD BE AT THE VILLE GARAGE.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE WILL, WE WILL GET SO MANY COM CALLS.
I, I, YEAH, IT'S, AND IF I, IF I MIGHT JUMP IN, I WILL.
CAN WE GET FROM THE BANDSHELL AND ANALYSIS, OR DO YOU ALREADY HAVE IT, OF HOW MANY SPOTS THEY NEED AT NIGHT? BECAUSE I, I, I'VE GOTTA BELIEVE THAT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AT LEAST, UM, THE, THE 72ND STREET COMPLEX IS NOT, THERE'S NO SHOVELING GROUND, SO THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE.
THE DOE VILLE GARAGE IS COMING ONLINE IN JUNE AT THE LATEST PER THEIR, THEIR DA.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE PARKING LOT NORTH OF LIBRARY, AND WE DO HAVE PARKING IN THE WEST LOTS CURRENTLY.
SO BETWEEN ALL OF THAT, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT.
IT'S A QUESTION MORE OF COORDINATING THE SHUTTLES.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS WOULD BE AS THE 72ND STREET GARAGE, UM, GOES THROUGH, IT'S, UH, UH, 72ND STREET COMMUNITY COMPLEX GOES THROUGH, ITS, ITS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS IT'LL BE TORN UP.
UM, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TALK ABOUT ARE WE PUTTING ADDITIONAL LOTS ON, ON, UM, THE WEST LOTS OR, YOU KNOW, CAN WE WORK OUT A, UM, AN AMENABLE DEAL WITH 72ND STREET OR 72 PARK, UM, FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO UTILIZE THE AREA'S RETAIL.
SO IT, IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT TIME HORIZONS.
ONE IS, IS, UM, USING THE THINGS THAT ARE IMMEDIATE AND, AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEED IS FROM THE BANDSHELL VERSUS, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED WHEN THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT 72ND STREET.
AND DAVID, IF YOU'RE STILL THERE, WHAT IS THAT TIME HORIZON? I MEAN, IT'S THIS SORT OF BOOGEYMAN LURKING OUT IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER DAVID HERE.
UM, THE 72ND STREET PROJECT IS CURRENTLY AT 60% COMPLETION ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
UM, WE'LL BE MOVING TOWARDS 90% AND SHOULD BE BRINGING A GMP TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO, SO THAT GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO PLAN FOR THE, WHAT WE NEED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
UM, IT GIVES US THE FULL REST OF THE YEAR.
SO WILL, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK, UM, TO THIS COMMITTEE IN, IN MAY OR JUNE? UM, THE VO GARAGE WILL BE COMPLETED AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER HANDLE AND LET'S REVISIT WHERE WE ARE AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF THE COMMITTEE'S OKAY, WE CAN SHOW THE ITEM HEARD AND RETURN WITH AN UPDATE WHEN APPROPRIATE.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO SPECIFY NO LATER THAN JUNE SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THIS.
WE'LL SHOW THE ITEM HEARD AND RETURN WITH AN UPDATE BY JUNE, 2026.
[OB 1. DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AND FUNDING FOR THE PINE TREE DRIVE AND 46 STREET TRAFFIC CIRCLE PROJECT]
MAYBE IF WE COULD, UH, KEEP YOU UP HERE.UH, OB ONE, I DON'T WANT THIS TO FALL OFF.
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40 PINE TREE AND 46TH STREET TRAFFIC PROJECT.UM, WE'VE DONE SO MUCH ON THIS OVER THE YEARS.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO GO WITH THIS.
WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH FDOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS HERE.
UH, UPDATE US WHERE WE LEFT OFF, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
I KNOW WE HAD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE INVOLVED MM-HMM
UM, WHERE ARE THINGS, I DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT FALLS INTO PURGATORY, BUT, UH, EVEN IF WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, UH, AS PROPOSED, WHICH THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PUSHBACK ON THAT FORM, IT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.
RIGHT? I, I JUST, I WANNA BE HONEST, I DON'T SEE US HAVING SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR A TRAFFIC COMING, UH, PROJECT IN THAT AREA.
WHERE ARE WE AT? WHAT CAN WE DO? CAN WE DELIVER A SOLUTION THAT IS MORE WELL RECEIVED BY THE RESIDENTS, UM, AT A MORE COST EFFICIENT MANNER THAT ALSO DOESN'T GET THWARTED BY, IS IT THE COUNTY OR FDOT THAT WAS PRESENTED? THE COUNTY.
LET ME CALL THE ITEM, UH, OB ONE, DISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN FUNDING FOR PINE TREE DRIVE AND 46TH STREET TRAFFIC CIRCLE, PROJECT O OB ONE.
DAVID GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AS A REMINDER, COMMISSIONER OF THE, WE HAD A MEETING APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO.
IT WAS A HYBRID MEETING HERE IN CHAMBERS.
UH, TOTAL ATTENDANCE FROM RESIDENTS OF APPROXIMATELY 53 10 OF WHICH I THINK WERE IN, IN PERSON.
WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COUNTY, WE INCLUDING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS M-D-T-P-W, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WERE PRESENT.
THE, THE PROJECT AS DESIGNED TODAY, UM, INCLUDES A PROPOSAL FOR DUAL TRAFFIC CIRCLES, UM, AT 46TH AND 47TH STREET.
IT IS DUAL TRAFFIC CIRCLES BECAUSE OF THE SPACING AND THE LIGHTING AND, AND STREET LIGHTS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE ROAD SYSTEM, IT QUALIFIED FOR ROAD IMPACT FEES FROM THE COUNTY.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, ALLOCATE APPROXIMATELY JUST OVER $3.2 MILLION.
AND WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE OTHER HALF.
WE HAD TO COME UP WITH APPROXIMATELY 3.1.
WE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET UP TO 600,000.
WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE, THE BALANCE.
AS YOU STATED, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, HESITATION FROM THE RESIDENTS REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
THEY MADE NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW WE COULD BETTER APPROACH THE, THE ISSUE INCLUDING SPEED TABLES.
THE COUNTY IS ADAMANTLY AGAINST SPEED TABLES, UH, OUT OF A CONCERN THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY CREATE MORE ACCIDENTS THAN REDUCE THEM.
SO THEY, AT THAT MEETING, UH, PROPOSE GOING BACK TO THEIR OFFICE, UH, TO LOOK AT A POTENTIAL REALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD, MEANING CHANGING THE CURVE ALIGNMENT.
IT WOULD IMPACT PARKING ON THE ROADWAY.
SO WE WOULD LOSE A LOT OF ON-STREET PARKING.
UH, AND THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF INCLUDING CHICANES WITHIN THE ROADWAY.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK FROM THE COUNTY AS OF A REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THEY STILL HADN'T COME BACK TO US WITH A PROPOSED SOLUTION.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A COUNTY ASSET.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND, AND EVERYTHING ON THIS ROADWAY.
THIS WAS BEGAN AS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THE RESIDENTS HAD ABOUT SAFETY.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT NOT HAVING THE PROJECT IN ITS ITERATION.
UM, THERE WAS A BIG PUSH, I THINK RIGHTFULLY SO WITH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THAT AREA TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC MITIGATION.
SO I DON'T WANT THIS JUST TO LANGUISH IT ALREADY HAS FOR A YEAR.
UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE MYSELF, AND I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN MY COLLEAGUE'S, BUT AFTER SEEING THAT MEETING, I DON'T FORESEE US GETTING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANYTIME SOON FOR THIS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE US JUST STEAMROLLING ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAD THOSE CONCERNS.
SO IF YOU COULD REENGAGE WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW WE CAN THREAD A BETTER NEEDLE THERE, UM, AND WHERE THEY STAND.
I DON'T WANT THIS JUST TO, UH, LANGUISH IN PURGATORY.
COMMISSIONER, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS ADDRESSING RESIDENT CONCERNS.
HOW DID IT TURN FROM ADDRESSING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO THEM BEING SO OPPOSED TO IT? WHEN, WHEN THE, UH, COMMUNITY APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT THE CONCERN OF SAFETY? I BELIEVE IT WAS THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT STARTED LOOKING INTO WHAT COULD BE DONE.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTANT AND ECHOED BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
IS THAT THE CORRECT SOLUTION? THERE IS A TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE, UH, SOLUTION FOR THAT CONDITION.
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ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE THAT WOULD TO A LESSER DEGREE, ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS? YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE ROAD IMPACT FEES FROM THE COUNTY AVAILABLE OR ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD MOST LIKELY GO AWAY IF WE DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER, UH, A TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT.
SO IS THIS NEEDED? UM, LIKE CAN THIS BE CLOSED? AND THEN IF, UH, UH, OTHER IDEA COMES OUT, THEY CAN BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FORWARD.
THERE IS, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERN.
THE COUNTY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IF THERE WERE CARS THAT WENT INTO PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, AND THAT, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR UTILITY POLE THAT IS OF CONCERN.
UM, THE, THE QUESTION IS WHAT SHAPE OR WHAT FORM THAT SAFETY MITIGATION TAKES PLACE AND GIVEN IT'S A COUNTY OWNED ASSET, WOULD WE, I KNOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAID, IF WE WOULD COLLECTIVELY SAY WE KNOW BETTER, UM, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PLACE THE TEMPORARY SPEED TABLES, UH, LIKE WE HAVE IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH AREA ON THAT ROAD? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD APPROVE IT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF ROADWAY IN THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN THAT SEGMENT.
JOSE, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. OR GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.
UH, WHAT DIRECTOR GO, MISS STATED IS, IS, IS CORRECT, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE WOULD BE THE OPTIMAL, SAFEST SOLUTION FOR THE SAFETY CONCERNS TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS? ARE THERE OTHER SOLUTIONS? THERE MAY BE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNTY HAS, UM, DUG THEIR HEELS AND SAID THE CIRCLE IS THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEST SOLUTION.
NOW, WHAT IF WE WOULD DO THINGS SUCH AS, WHAT IS THE PROFESSIONAL WORD THAT USE THAT STARTS WITH A C, THE CHICANES CHICANES.
UM, WHAT IF WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY PROV, UH, PUT AESTHETIC, LIKE THE PLANTERS THAT WE HAVE ON, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS OF PINE TREE AND LAGO THAT ESSENTIALLY NARROW THE ROADS TO PREVENT, UH, SPEEDS FROM REACHING SUCH A HIGH SPEED.
IF THEY WERE TEMPORARY AESTHETIC PLANTERS THAT ESSENTIALLY, UH, NARROWED THE ROAD, WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT BE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW? I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID PREPARE A TRAFFIC STUDY TO GIVE THE COUNTY MORE DATA AND MORE INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT MORE COHESIVELY.
LET'S, IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THIS, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THIS.
AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, WHAT IT WAS, IS THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THIS, LIKE QUITE LITERALLY HAD CARS COMING INTO THE YARDS, PUSHED FOR SOMETHING, AND THEN WHEN THE SOLUTION WAS PROPOSED BY THE COUNTY, OTHER RESIDENTS THAT WERE IN THAT GENERAL AREA THAT WEREN'T DIRECTLY AFFECTED, BUT THAT'S THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY GO, NO, THIS IS SILLY.
SO THERE'S A CLEAR NEED FOR SOMETHING, BUT THE SOLUTION THAT WAS PROPOSED JUST, JUST WASN'T IT.
BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO MEAN THAT WE DELIVER NOTHING.
SO LET'S, YOU KNOW, REENGAGE REALLY WORK WITH THE COUNTY, UH, TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DELIVER AT A MORE ACCOMMODATIVE COST THAT ISN'T YEARS AWAY IN THE BUDGET AND IS SOMETHING THAT IS MORE DIGESTIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS.
RESIDENTS SEND PICTURES ALL THE TIME.
CARS CRASHING FRONT THEIR HOUSE.
WE, WE, WE CAN'T JUST LET THIS HANG, YOU KNOW, FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR SO.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE COUNTY, LET'S BE PROACTIVE IN, UH, REALLY ENGAGING THEM.
SO, SO HOW ARE WE LEAVING THIS ITEM? IT'S, UH, I CAN SHOW IT.
SO CAN WE KEEP IT HERE? UH, THAT, NOW THAT IT'S BEEN HEARD, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT RESOLUTION WE'RE LOOKING AT SHOULD BE THAT, UM, IT WOULD GET ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
SO SINCE IT WAS HEARD, UH, IT WOULD LIVE ON.
SO IF, IF THIS IS A ANOTHER ITEM HEARD AND TO RETURN WITH AN UPDATE WHEN APPROPRIATE, IT CAN BE, UH, RECORDED THAT WAY.
AND, UH, I'LL JUST RECOGNIZE THE AUDIENCE.
IT'S NOT OFTEN WE GET SUCH, UH, MOVERS AND SHAKERS JUST OBSERVING DOWN HERE.
YOU, YOU JUST HERE TO CHECK OUT THE MEETING OR IS THERE AN ITEM SPECIFICALLY? IS THIS THE LIVING WAGE? NO,
CHRISTINA BEGA, CHIEF OF STAFF.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON FIFA AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BRING IT UP.
SO I WANTED TO BE READY IF YOU DID BRING IT UP.
I, I WASN'T GOING TO, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD I JUST SAW YOU, UH, LANGUISHING OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND, UH, WHY DON'T YOU KICK IT OFF? UH, I GUESS IT'S IN RESPONSE TO, UM, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM, UH, TOURISM AND CULTURE OR AN LTC FROM THE MANAGER, FROM THE MANAGER, UH,
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LAST EVENING SAYING, HERE'S OUR EVENTS THAT ARE PROGRAMMED THUS FAR WITH FIFA.AND THEY WERE A CONCERT WITH TALENT TO BE NAMED IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE TO KICK OFF THE WORLD CUP IN LOOMIS PARK.
AND THEN TWO VIEWING PARTIES AT THE NORTH BEACH BAND SHELL.
UM, ONE OF THEM BEING FOR THE THIRD PLACE GAME, WHICH IS LARGELY AN EXHIBITION GAME WITHOUT IMPACT.
THAT IS VERY UNDERWHELMING TO ME, VERY UNDERWHELMING.
UH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND WE DELIVERED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, TO FIFA, UH, A MILLION AND A $1.25 MILLION, IF I BELIEVE.
BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE PAID ZERO, WE PAID $10 MILLION.
I CARE ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCES.
I CARE ABOUT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HERE.
UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR THEM.
AND IF THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE IS A CONCERT TO KICK THINGS OFF, AND THEN TWO, TWO GAMES THAT ARE VIEWED AT THE NORTH BEACH BAND SHELL THAT ARE THE THIRD PLACE GAME AND THE NEXT DAY THE FINAL.
THAT'S FIVE WEEKS WHERE WE JUST, WE HAVE NOTHING.
UH, EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE WE'RE AT.
WHAT ARE, WHAT IS STILL POSSIBLE.
I WANT MIAMI BEACH TO BE THE COOLEST PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE.
RIGHT? THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT'S EVER COME TO MIAMI.
UH, SO I WAS PERSONALLY UNDERWHELMED BY ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.
NOW, I AM FINE NOT NEEDING FIFA TO HOLD OUR HAND, UH, AND PUT ON THESE EVENTS FOR US, RIGHT? WE COULD HAVE PUBLIC VIEWING PARTIES FOR EVERY SINGLE GAME, UH, ON OMI PARK OR ON LINCOLN ROAD.
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND OUR
I'LL START WITH THE, UM, MIAMI BEACH HAS A FIFA WORKING GROUP, WHICH THE MANAGER HAS RECENTLY MADE ME BE THE POINT PERSON FOR WITH CITY MIAMI BEACH, FIFA WORKING GROUP, AND THE HOST COMMITTEE MISS THAT FROM TOURISM.
UH, WE HAVE POLICE, FIRE PARKS AND COMMUNICATION ARE ALL PART OF THAT GROUP COME.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? WE KNOW THAT NOW, UM, WE DON'T NEED APPROVAL FOR OUR RESTAURANTS ON LINCOLN ROAD OR OCEAN DRIVE OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER, THAT IS ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME INSIDE TO BE ABLE TO ALSO PUT SCREENS OUTSIDE.
WELL, WE NEVER NEEDED THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE.
THE QUESTION WAS, CAN I DO IT OUTSIDE? AND THAT WAS A QUESTION YOU HAD AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY HAD ANSWERED IT TO YOU.
AND THE THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU CAN EXTEND IT TO OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY TO, TO GET THAT PERMITT, BUT YOU CAN DO IT.
SO THAT HAS OPPORTUNITIES NOW.
AND THE ONLY REASON THAT WAS EVER IN QUESTION IS BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF LIKE THE, THE BLACKOUT ZONE DETERMINED BY FIFA.
THAT THAT WOULDN'T JUST APPLY IF THERE'S SOME RESTAURANT ON ALTON ROAD OR LET'S SAY ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT AS IF FIFA HAS CONTROL OVER IF THEY CAN PLAY A GAME OUTSIDE.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS BLACKOUT ZONE THAT WAS DETERMINED BETWEEN US AND FIFA.
WELL, FIFA HAS A ROLE IN OUTSIDE OF RESTAURANTS.
SO IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING IN A PARK, IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING IN A PARKING LOT, I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CLEAN ZONE IS WHAT THEY CALL IT FOR US.
NOW I THINK THAT YOU HAD A QUESTION ON PARKING LOTS.
CAN WE PUT SOMETHING IN THE PARKING LOT? CAN WE DO SOMETHING IN THE PARK? WE CAN.
WE JUST HAVE TO BUY A LICENSE FOR IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH FIFA.
THEY HAVE A PORTAL AND I SPOKE TO THE CEO OF THE HOST COMMITTEE THIS MORNING AND SHE SENT ME THAT PORTAL.
I HAVE STAFF RIGHT NOW GOING IN AND JUST KIND OF PRETENDING THAT WE WANT TO DO A LICENSE SO WE COULD START FIGURING OUT WHAT DOES IT COST, WHAT WILL IT COST US TO HAVE ALL OF THIS? ANY BACK OF THE ENVELOPE ESTIMATES? NO.
AND FIFA COULDN'T GIVE AND THE HOST COMMITTEE COULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME EITHER.
I MEAN, I TOLD THEM TO TEXT ME, WHICH THEY HAVEN'T.
YEAH, AS SOON AS I HAVE IT, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND THAT CAN BE AS OFTEN AS WE'D LIKE.
SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND FOR OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN MORE PARTIES.
SO IF I JUST LIVED IN SOME RANDOM SUBURBAN TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA, UH, WE'LL USE MY HOMETOWN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, RIGHT.
AND I WANTED TO PLAY, UH, A FIFA GAME AT THE MUNICIPAL PARK THERE.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH FIFA AND BUY A LICENSE.
AND THAT WAS CONFIRMED TO ME THIS MORNING ON MY CALL.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE POTENTIALLY WILL HAVE A THIRD WATCH PARTY, NOT PAID BY US, BUT THROUGH THE HOST COMMITTEE THAT'S GONNA BE ATTACHED TO THE CONCERT.
SO AS SOON AS THEY, THEY GET THE TALENT FOR THE CONCERT, YEAH.
THEY'RE GONNA ADD A THIRD WATCH PARTY IN SOUTH BEACH.
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THE THOUGHT IS BAYFRONT PARK WILL ESSENTIALLY BE SHOWING ALL THE GAMES.I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ALL OF THEM.
IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I ASKED THE HOST COMMITTEE.
I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COUNTY AND WHAT CITY OF MIAMI ARE GETTING FOR THEIR MONEY AND WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR SPONSORSHIP IS.
UM, SO SHE ACTUALLY JUST SENT THAT TO ME BEFORE I CAME DOWNSTAIRS, SO I'M GONNA TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ALL OF THEM, BUT I KNOW IT'S A LOT MORE THAN US.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, IF WE'D BE ABLE TO BUY THE RIGHTS TO SHOW A GAME AT THE NORTH BEACH BAND, SHELL, UM, I MEAN, DID WE PAY A MILLION DOLLARS IN A QUARTER FOR, FOR A CONCERT? AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE, AND I'M NOT, UH, UPSET AT US.
I I, I'M A BIT UPSET WITH HOW THE, THIS KIND OF CAME DOWN FROM FIFA AND, YOU KNOW, OUR MIAMI WORKING GROUP, UH, EXCEPT WHEN THEY CAME TO ASK FOR MONEY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE GROUP THAT CAME HERE.
AND WERE OUR BEST FRIENDS WHEN THE MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR CONTRACT WERE ON THE LINE
HAVE WE HAD ANOTHER EVENT IN MIAMI BEACH? HA HAVE WE HAD THEM COME AND SAY, HERE'S, EVEN THOUGH HE IS 70 YEARS OLD, HERE'S, HERE'S RONALDO JUGGLING A SOCCER BALL FOR THE KICKOFF OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, NO, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL GET AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, WE'RE HAVING THIS COOL EVENT AT THE PRE OR MUSEUM OR, UH, COME MEET THE PLAYERS OVER HERE.
WE'VE HAD NOTHING IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, DID MIAMI PAY MORE? RIGHT.
MORE BUT MIAMI, YOU KNOW, A MILLION
IT DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT US, UH, BEING ABLE TO HAVE MIAMI BEACH AS A BACKDROP BENEFITS THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF LED ON THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS HUGE SIX WEEK LONG MEDIA SET UP IN FLAMINGO PARK, IN LOOMIS PARK, UH, NOT FLAMINGO PARK.
SO HOW WAS PRESENTED WAS WE WERE GONNA BE WORLD CUP HEADQUARTERS AND EVERY MEDIA STATION WAS GONNA BE HERE BROADCASTING AND JUST LIKE WE HAD THE SETUP FOR, UH, THE SUPER BOWL WHERE ALL THE BROADCAST WAS DOWN IN LOOMIS PARK.
THAT'S HOW WAS, AT LEAST HOW I INTERPRETED IT.
UM, PERHAPS THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY FAULT.
BUT TO THINK THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE, UH, THREE GAMES THAT ARE VIEWED AT THE NORTH BEACH BAND SHELL AS OUR WORLD CUP, UM, UH, SHOW OR PLATFORM THAT, THAT'S UNDERWHELMING TO ME.
AND, AND LET'S DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO REALLY PREPARE FOR THIS.
ANY IDEA HOW LONG THOSE LICENSES WOULD TAKE TO OBTAIN? I DON'T KNOW THE TIMEFRAME, BUT THEY DID TELL ME THAT WE ARE IN PERFECT TIMING TO RECEIVE THEM.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ON THAT, I CAN TELL YOU, I CONCUR WITH YOU A MEDIA ROW.
AND MANY OF US ASSUMED, NOT ASSUMED WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE MEDIA ROW, BUT THAT IS NOT DEAD.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL WORKING ON.
SO THAT IT, THERE'S STILL THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING THE MEDIA THERE.
THEIR BASE CAMP IS DALLAS AND THAT'S, THAT'S FIFA.
BUT WE STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING IT THERE.
AND WE'RE EXPLORING THAT WITH, WITH MEDIA CURRENT.
AND I GET THAT WE HAVE LIMITED LEVERAGE OVER FIFA.
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S LOCAL EVENT PRODUCERS THAT ARE KIND OF ACTING ON BEHALF OF FIFA IN THE MIAMI AREA.
IT THERE'S LIKE A FIFA MIAMI COMMITTEE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF EVENT PRODUCER.
I MEAN, THERE, IT'S NOT LIKE GIANNI CAME HERE AND ASKED US FOR MONEY.
THEY, THEY WERE PEOPLE THAT GO, HEY, WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH YOU.
WE, WE USED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PUT ON OTHER EVENTS IN MIAMI BEACH AND HERE WE ARE, WE'RE WORKING FOR FIFA.
LIZETTE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME PUZZLED.
THERE'S NOT LIKE A FIFA MIAMI EVENT COMMITTEE THAT WORKS ON BEHALF OF FIFA FOR MIAMI.
THERE, THERE'S THE HOST COMMITTEE, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT IS WHO WE WORK WITH DIRECTLY.
THEY HAVE A CONTRACT AT A LOCAL PRODUCER WHO DOES A LOT OF EVENTS HERE, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANY OTHER OF THE PRODUCERS.
AND I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THROUGH THE COMMITTEE TO THE LOCAL PRODUCER.
SO THEY COME AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ASK US FOR THINGS FOR THE BOAT SHOW AND, AND OTHER EVENTS.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE VERY SKEPTICAL WHEN ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT WHOLE CIRCLE COMES HERE AND ASKS FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
I'M LIKE, YOU CAME HERE, ASKED US FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS AND WE GOT TWO GAMES AT THE BAND.
SHELL COMMISSIONER AND I DID, UM, MIND MY CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.
I DID LET LET THE CEO KNOW THAT YOU HAD THOSE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS AND YOU HAD JUST RECENTLY SENT AN EMAIL OUT, UM, AND THEY OFFERED TO, TO COME IN OR HAVE A CALL WITH YOU AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO PLEASE
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YEAH.TO TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS.
AND WE ARE AS THE COMMITTEE NOW THAT WE ARE JUST, WERE THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN WORKING.
I JUST BECAME THE POINT PERSON.
UM, IN OUR MEDIA ROLE, UH, SITUATION JUST CAME TO LIGHT.
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE IT MORE THAN JUST THE TWO PARTIES.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING HERE, DID I HAVE MISGUIDED EXPECTATIONS OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE POSSIBLY GOING TO GET? OR, OR ARE WE COLLECTIVELY UNDERWHELMED HERE? I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS WHAT WAS IN THE AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE THOUGHT YES, THAT IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE, ARE NOT LOST TO US.
WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
THAT'S, UH, LET'S SET UP A CALL WITH THAT TEAM THAT YOU MENTIONED WOULD HAVE A CALL.
LET'S HEAR, I GUESS THERE'S NOTHING TO CLOSE OUT 'CAUSE THAT WASN'T AN ITEM, MR. CFO.
[NB 4. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CONDOMINIUM SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.]
ABOUT, UH, AND B FOUR DISCUSS, UH, FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING CONDO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.AND B FOUR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CONDOMINIUM SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT HAP, LET'S SEE WHAT STAFF HAS TO SAY AND YOU GUYS CAME UP AND SEE WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED.
RE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WE, WE'VE CLOSELY LOOKED INTO THE COUNTY'S SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM AND LOOKING INTO IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ABSORB AS A, AS AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FUNCTIONS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR EXISTING STRUCTURE AND OUR EXISTING, UM, STAFFING LEVELS.
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TAKE ON IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT A PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
UM, WHILE THE MIAMI-DADE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY PAUSED, IT IS ANTICIPATING AN ALLOCATION OF APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION WITHIN, UM, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPENING WITHIN THIS MONTH.
THE COUNTY PROGRAM PROVIDES UP TO $50,000 TO PROPERTY OWNERS EARNING UP TO 140% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY HUD, WHICH IS ABOUT $122,000.
UH, FOR A ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD.
THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED AT A 0% INTEREST LOAN FOR 40 YEARS.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING INTO A PRELIMINARY CONCEPT OF A CITY PILOT PROGRAM MODELED UNDER THE COUNTY'S FRAMEWORK.
WE, IT WOULD NEED TO POTENTIALLY BE FUNDED UNDER GENERAL FUNDS, AND WE COULD LOOK AT POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SHIP DOLLARS TO AUGMENT, UM, THE ALLOCATION AND TO SUPPLEMENT THE ALLOCATION UNDER THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED AT A 0% INTEREST LOAN WITH MONTHLY REPAYMENT REQUIRED FOR A LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLD, A $50 MINIMUM PAYMENT FROM FUNDED BY THE COUNTY.
WELL, FOR US, IF WE WERE TO LOOK INTO DOING THAT PROJECT, WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT DOING IS A SIMILAR STRUCTURE, MUCH LIKE THE COUNTIES, UM, WHERE WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE PERSON'S A MI.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO.
UH, WHERE WOULD IT BE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS OUR A MI STRUCTURE? CURRENTLY THE COUNTY GOES UP TO 140% A MI, WHEREAS WITH US, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING GENERAL DOLLARS, WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT.
A MI, REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, IF WE ARE TO LOOK AT FEDERAL DOLLARS SUCH AS SHIP, WE WOULD BE LIMITED TO 80% A MI.
SO EVERYTHING, THE PROGRAM IN AND OF ITSELF WOULD NEED TO BE STRUCTURED BASED ON THE A MI THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO FOCUS ON.
SO COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU THINKING? SO YOU YEAH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LOOK, UM, THE, THE COUNTY HAD A, AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND IT'S PAUSE, IT'S APPARENTLY COMING BACK ON, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CAVEATS TO WHO GETS FUNDED, HOW IT GETS FUNDED, UH, AT THE COUNTY.
UM, I'M NOT LOOKING TO SUPPLEMENT THE COUNTY I AS MUCH AS, WELL, THIS IS WHY IT SAID COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU, THERE'S TWO PARTS.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE A QUALIFICATION AND HOW, HOW WOULD IT BE FUNDED? AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS.
UM, AND I, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE AND VALUE YOUR INPUT.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY USES AN A MI, UM, BASED, UH, METHODOLOGY FOR, FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DO THAT IF WE'RE NOT USING MONEY FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS.
I MEAN, WE CAN USE IT, WE CAN DO IT BASED ON HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE TIED TO SOME SORT OF BASIC, UM, CRITERIA OF INCOME HOMESTEADED.
UM, I THINK THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH FROM BEING FORCED OUT.
UM, AND THEY, THERE, THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF THAT WHO DON'T
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MAKE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR, UH, UNDER AN A MI PROGRAM OR, OR GUIDELINES, BUT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO STILL PAY FOR THEIR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE.UM, SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOUR INPUT IS AND ON THE, HOW WE'RE GONNA FUND THIS.
UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERY YEAR WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A DEVELOPER PROJECT THAT COMES, COMES THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A NEGOTIATION THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THIS IS ANOTHER FUND THAT WE CAN, UM, ASK FOR AND DEDICATE DOLLARS TO.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT'S ULTRA LUXURY, 3000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT UNITS GOING FOR $5,000 A SQUARE FOOT, WE CAN SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE JUST THE, THE AVERAGE, UH, COST FOR LIVING HERE IS GONNA GO UP, PUT ASIDE SOME FUNDS FOR THIS CONDO RELIEF FUND FOR, FOR CONDO OWNERS TO, UH, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SAVE THEMSELVES FROM, FROM BEING PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET THROUGH A LOT OF THESE FEES THAT THAT HAPPENED.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ON THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I THINK THE A MI FORMULA IS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE STANDARD.
I KNOW IT WAS USED FOR COLLINS PARK, UM, BUT THERE COULD BE OTHER CREATIVE WAYS, UH, TO LOOK AT IT.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE VILLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CAME IN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD PROPOSED WAS TO USE PART OF THE CO THE PAYOUT TO, UH, AFFECT, UM, MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS IN, UH, THE NORTH BEACH AREA.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT CRITERIA, UM, MAYBE ONE OF THE IDEAS CAN BE, UH, OLDER BUILDINGS, UM, OR IF THEY'RE HISTORIC.
UM, AND YES, BEING A RESIDENT FOR, UH, A LONG TIME IS ALSO, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING.
BUT WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT SO MANY BUILDINGS ARE GETTING, UH, I, I'M SURE EVERYONE UP HERE HAS HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE OF, UH, CONDO BOARDS COMING TO YOU SAYING, MY BUILDING'S GETTING BOUGHT OUT.
WHAT DO I DO? HOW DO I FIGHT THIS BACK? HOW DO I KEEP MY BUILDING? UM, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY CREATIVE.
AND, UM, THE THOUGHT IS WHAT PARAMETERS DO WE, WE GIVE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE LEAVING THE BEACH BECAUSE THEIR BUILDINGS ARE GETTING SCOOPED UP AND BUILT BY OTHER PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD COMMISSIONER, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHERE I'M GETTING AT IS WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH WHO DON'T NECESSARILY QUALIFY UNDER THESE A MI GUIDELINES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
UM, AND WE WANNA OFFER SOME HELP.
AND IT'S, AGAIN, THIS IS A LOAN.
IT'S, IT'S A ZERO INTEREST LOAN.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GIVING THE MONEY AWAY.
WE'RE, WE'RE HELPING THEM STAY.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WELL, WELL, JASON, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE, IS THERE, IS THERE A NEED, LIKE A BRAINSTORMING SESSION WITH, WITH STAFF TO COME BACK AND GIVE US A SET OF SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR, FOR THIS? OR DOES IT, DO WE NEED TO HAVE PERHAPS A SUNSHINE MEETING, UH, OR A SEPARATE MEETING TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES FOR, FOR THE CRITERIA? WELL, I THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA OF WHICH, UH, RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, UH, FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE RESIDENT CONDO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUND, UM, I THINK THE STAFF HAS PRESENTED, UH, SOME, BUT IF THE COMMITTEE HAS INTEREST IN, AND NOW THAT THEY'VE KIND OF HEARD SOME OF IT, UH, YOU CAN GIVE FEEDBACK, UH, TO THEM, AND THEY CAN COME BACK WITH A, A DIFFERENT SET OF RECOMMENDED CRITERIA.
IF IT'S, IF THE A MI APPROACH, UH, WHICH IS VERY COMMONLY USED IN A LOT OF THESE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE KIND OF, UM, UH, SITUATIONS IS NOT WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS INTERESTED IN.
BUT ONCE A, GIVE 'EM SOME GUIDANCE TO THE STAFF AND STAFF CAN COME BACK, UH, AT A LEADER MEETING WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA.
I THINK A NON-STARTER WOULD BE NON, YOU KNOW, WILL EXCLUDE NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.
UM, SO LIKE, IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S JUST A INVESTMENT INCOME PROPERTY, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD QUALIFY.
SO I THINK THAT'S A YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR POINT.
UM, CAN I ASK AT THE COUNTY, IS THIS GIVEN OUT THE INDIVIDUALS OR BUILDINGS? INDIVIDUALS.
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ANOTHER THING TO LOOK AT IS PERHAPS HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE.UM, AND MAYBE THERE IS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST GOT HERE LAST YEAR, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD NECESSARILY QUALIFY.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING TO LOOK AT IS WHEN DID THE SURFSIDE TRAGEDY HAPPEN IN 2002? JUNE OF 2000.
SO THAT'S WHEN THE, THE LAWS STARTED TO CHANGE AT A, AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN, NOW THERE'S ALL THESE BURDENS.
SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE SAY IF YOU'VE HAD THE YEAR CONDO FOR, YOU KNOW, LONGER THAN 2020 OR 2021, SO FIVE YEARS MINIMUM, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN A HOMESTEAD OF PROPERTY IN MIAMI BEACH.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CRITERIA.
GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH.
AND WHAT ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR SENIORS? THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD POINT.
THE CITY IS SETTING UP A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD TAKE, UM, AGE INTO ACCOUNT.
WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT MORE CLOSELY AS THE CRITERIA IS DEFINED.
BUT, BUT I, I THINK THAT IF WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE OUR OWN FUNDS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, IF I COULD ADD, I THINK IN HEARING THE, THE REVENUE SOURCE, UM, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE AN UPDATE FOR THE MEMO TOO, UH, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY USING GENERAL FUND MONEY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS, IS SHORT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHORT.
BUT TO USE, UM, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M MAKING SOME NOTES ON IS TO ACCUMULATE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION SPECIFICALLY.
SO IT WOULD KIND OF BE SETTING UP A, UM, AND SINCE THIS IS A LOAN, THIS WOULD BE MORE OF, UM, A REVOLVING TRUST FUND.
UH, I'VE, I'VE ACCESSED THOSE IN, IN PRIOR GOVERNMENTS, UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL WHERE IT KIND OF SELF FEEDS ITSELF AS THE PAYMENTS COME BACK IN.
SO AS THE BALANCE WILL GET BIGGER AND AS THE PAYMENTS COME BACK IN, YOU CAN RE LOAN THINGS OUT.
SO IT, IT WOULD BE MORE OF A, LIKE A REVOLVING TRUST FUND, EFFECTIVELY.
BUT IT'S A LOAN THAT ZERO INTEREST, IT'S NOT A HANDOUT.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE, UH, THE SPONSOR.
COULD CRA MONEY THAT'S EARMARKED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BE USED FOR THESE LOANS? UM, MARCELA REVIEW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WE, WE TALKED TO THE CRA STAFF, UH, THAT'S LIAISONING THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, CRA IS FUNDS CANNOT BE USED TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS.
IT'S TO, UH, INCENTIVIZE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO ANY CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING OR NEW UNITS COMING ONLINE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MATEO SALINAS ON HERE.
AND THEN I'LL GIVE MY THOUGHTS.
COMMISSIONER, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA GO BACK TO THE A MI, UH, PERCENTAGES.
AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR DR. TERRY.
UM, ALBA, COULD YOU GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT INCOME LEVELS ARE, UM, COVERED BY A MI? BECAUSE I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN A MI PERCENTAGES THAT WOULD, UM, REFLECT FOLKS THAT MAKE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, WHICH IS THE COLLINS PARK, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
IT WASN'T AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT WAS WORKFORCE, BECAUSE THOSE A MI RATES ARE HIGHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, A MI IS ACTUALLY A GOOD WAY TO SEE WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT'S A PERCENTAGE AND IT GOES UP RATHER HIGH.
AND IT CAN ENCOMPASS PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF MIDDLE INCOME AND NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY, VERY POOR, WHICH IT CAN ALSO ENCOMPASS THOSE DEPENDING ON THE PERCENTAGE.
SO, ALBA, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INCOME LEVELS AND WITH A MI AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS? SURE.
SO THE A MI IS CONSIDERED PER FAMILY SIZE.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 140% A MI, WHICH IS THE COUNTY'S CURRENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR COLLINS PARK, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $121,520 FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE THAT'S AT 140.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SUPPLEMENTING, UM, THIS PROGRAM WITH SHIP DOLLARS, WE COULD LOOK AT THE EIGHT.
IT'S RESTRICTIVE TO, LET'S SAY, 80% A MI, WE'RE LOOKING AT $69,400.
IF WE WOULD LIKE TO GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, LET'S SAY WE WANNA SET THE PERCENTAGE RATE AT 200% A MI, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $174,400 FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE.
ALBERT, HOW MUCH IS THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTING? UH, WHAT, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU CAN GET? $50,000.
LET'S JUST RUN SOME NUMBERS HERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE IN OUR CITY.
IN FACT, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, MY BUILDING WILL BE IMPACTED BY IT, RIGHT? I, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS UP TO $80,000.
I HAVE TWO PARENTS THAT LIVE IN, UH, MY BUILDING THAT ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.
AND THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, UNCERTAINTY AND, UM, COLORFUL CONVERSATIONS WE HAD JUST WITHIN MY HOUSEHOLD MM-HMM
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THERE'S PROBABLY VERY FEW ISSUES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE FACING THAT ARE MORE INTEGRAL THAN THIS AND MORE IMPACTFUL.IT JUST COMES DOWN TO A MONEY THING, RIGHT? LIKE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET IT? AND IF IT IS A DEVELOPER FUND, THEN WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT? OR WHAT IS MORE JUST FOR THE GREATER COLLECTIVE GOOD? IS IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? OR IS IT FOR THE TENS OR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY? RIGHT? IF WE JUST RUN SOME SIMPLE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MATH HERE, I DON'T KNOW, FINGER IN THE AIR, 87,000 FULL-TIME RESIDENTS, UH, EVEN IF ONLY 5,000 WERE IMPACTED, RIGHT? OR 5,000 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS, WHICH IS I THINK A, A VERY LOW BALL ESTIMATE.
YOU'D HAVE 300 JUST IN MY BUILDING ALONE, RIGHT.
UM, AT $20,000, WHICH IS JUST A FRACTION OF THE COUNTY, IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
RIGHT? AND WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE ALL THINGS AT ALL PEOPLE IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HELP AFFORDABILITY BY KEEPING OUR TAXES LOW, WHERE DOES THIS MONEY COME FROM? AND IF THIS INITIATIVE OF THE STATE TO DO AWAY FROM HOMESTEAD, TAXES PASSES, THINGS LIKE THIS, ARE BEYOND EVEN LIKE A PIPELINE DREAM, RIGHT? IT, IT WILL QUITE LITERALLY JUST BE YOUR CORE BREAD AND BUTTER PUBLIC SAFETY.
'CAUSE THERE'S ALSO INITIATIVES, UH, BILLS IN THE HOUSE AND LEGISLATOR THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN'T REDUCE PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDING BEYOND WHERE THEY WERE AT A CERTAIN EXTENT.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE DOLLARS TO GO AROUND FOR THESE.
NICE, I HATE TO CALL IT NICE TO HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE NEEDED BY RESIDENTS.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S FUNDED OUTTA CI UH, OUT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, LIKE, I, I LOVE THE IDEA.
I, I WOULD ALLOCATE AS MUCH MONEY IF MONEY WAS FUNGIBLE TO THIS AS POSSIBLE.
I'M, I'M PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY IT.
IT JUST COMES, WHAT ARE OUR COLLECTIVE NEEDS AND WHERE DOES THIS FALL IN THAT PECKING ORDER? I, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT.
I'M JUST POSING THAT OUT THERE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, YOU RAISED SOME GOOD POINTS, COMMISSIONER.
UM, I THINK MY IDEA WOULD BE TO SET UP A PROGRAM, HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT, SO TO SPEAK, AND WHENEVER THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF TO FUND THAT, UM, THAT'S WHEN WE, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
I DON'T, UM, SURE WE CAN DISCUSS LIKE, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY FROM THIS DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, OR WE COME ACROSS A FRANCHISE FEE OR WHATEVER, IT COULD BE SET ASIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M, I'M, I'M ALWAYS GONNA ADVOCATE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, PROJECTS THAT BE BUILT, BUT I THINK LET'S START SOMEWHERE.
LET'S LET THE CONVERSATION CONTINUE.
AND WHEN THE, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN DECIDE TO EITHER FUND IT OR NOT FUND IT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN TELL YOU TWO THIRDS OF ALL OF MY BEACH LIVE IN CONDOS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE, MOST OF THEM ARE AGING.
AND MANY PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY, LOOK, I CAN'T, I CAN'T AFFORD THIS $80,000 ASSESSMENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE MAKING $150,000 A YEAR, BUT DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE 140% A MI AND THEY WOULD RATHER JUST SELL AND LEAVE.
SO YEAH, LOOK, TOUGH DECISIONS.
I THINK, UM, WE WILL KNOW IN A MONTH OR TWO WHAT THE STATE DOES AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, BUT I THINK WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH, I THINK, UH, A GOOD ENOUGH AN IDEA HERE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND JUST START SEEING THIS SORT OF BAKE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT.
JASON, ARE THERE YOU AREAS, IF THESE ARE LOANS, RIGHT? THAT ARE PAYBACK, WHAT, WHAT IS THE COUNTY? WHAT, WHAT IS THE PAYBACK PERIOD? 40 YEARS? 40.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE CAN SET UP OUR OWN GUIDELINES, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE CAN MAKE IT 10 YEARS AND, AND WE WOULD PROPOSE IF WE WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT THE, WE CAN START RECYCLING THE FUNDS AND HAVE, BE ABLE TO ASSIST MORE PEOPLE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.
ANOTHER THING THAT MAYBE WE COULD TRY TO LOOK AT IS WITH OUR CURRENT SHIP DOLLARS, WE COULD POTENTIALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MORE RESTRICTIVE A MI, WE CAN START SETTING UP THE PARAMETERS FOR THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT FEDERALLY WE HAVE TODAY, OR STATEWIDE WE HAVE TODAY.
HOW MUCH DO WE GET? SO, UM, WE GET DIFFERENT ALLOCATIONS EVERY YEAR.
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GIVE AND TAKE.BUT THIS ALSO FUNDS THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM.
BUT WE CAN LOOK AT SEEING A POT OF MONEY AND STARTING TO STRUCTURE THIS PROGRAM BY STARTING TO AMEND OUR LA SO WE CAN START CREATING THE FRAMEWORK.
SO IF WE DO GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE THAT ARE GENERAL FUNDS, THEN WE ALREADY HAVE SORT OF THE PROGRAM FRAMEWORK OUTLINED.
AND THAT'S WHERE THIS BECOMES DIFFICULT, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE WE COULD DO THESE THINGS THAT FEEL GOOD.
RIGHT AT $50,000, THAT'S SIX HOMEOWNERS.
AND WE GET TO SAY, WELL, WE ALLOCATED MONEY TO HELP STRUGGLING HOME.
SO, SO TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY IMPACTFUL ON KIND OF AN ACROSS THE BOARD SCALE, EVEN IF IT IS LIMITED TO SENIORS AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERELY LOW INCOME PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING IN THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OR TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, TO BE IMPACTFUL AND NOBLE.
I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE FIND IT.
UM, HAVE NO ISSUES MOVING FORWARD WITH PUTTING PARAMETERS IN PLACE.
AND THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE IT FALLS IN THE PECKING ORDER.
LET, LET ME, UM, LET ME WORK ON THAT.
LET ME WORK ON HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY FUND THIS COMMISSIONER.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU DOING IT ALL PERSONAL
SO IF YOU'RE MAKING 122,000, YOU DON'T QUALIFY.
AND THAT, TO ME, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST COUNTERINTUITIVE WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS INCENTIVE.
SO, UM, I THINK BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, AND, AND THEN EVENTUALLY FROM THE SEVEN OF US, WE CAN COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT MAKES SENSE FOR MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AS FAR AS FUNDING.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND LET ME WORK ON THAT.
I, I THINK THE PARAMETERS ARE, UH, LESS PROBLEMATIC TO ME.
I, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY SMART PEOPLE HERE.
UH, SO HAPPY TO HAVE THE TEAM ENGAGED IN THAT JUST BECOMES, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPACTFUL CAN WE BE WITH OUR FUNDING? AND, UH, HAPPY TO, UH, HAVE YOU EXPLORE THAT.
SO IF I CAN TO, TO HELP, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE WOULD SHOW THE SIGN OF THE RETURN TO, UH, UH, FERC, UH, WITH, UH, SOME STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UM, SOME DIFFERENT REVISED CRITERIA BASED ON THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION.
AND THE TEAM CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE SPONSOR TO SEE IF THEY CAN KIND OF REFINE A SET OF CRITERIA.
AND YOU TAKE THOSE BIG ISSUES IN SMALL BITES.
AND I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS SETTING UP THE CRITERIA.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY, THE SPONSORS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS AS MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AND SO THE TEAM WOULD COME BACK AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, UH, WITH THESE REVISED CRITERIA AND SEE HOW THE COMMITTEE FEELS ABOUT IT.
SO WE WILL SHOW, WE'LL SHOW THAT RETURN TO COMMITTEE FERC, UH, WITH A REVISED SET OF PROGRAM CRITERIA BASED ON COMMITTEE DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MATEO LINA ON LINE COMMISSIONER, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
I WOULD JUST, I UNDERSTAND THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I'D ALSO LIKE TO BE A PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, UH, DR. TERRY WITH YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE SHIP FUNDING MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE WANNA HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHEN WE TAKE FROM ONE POT AND WE TAKE FROM FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM, OR WE TAKE FROM ANOTHER TYPE OF FUNDING, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, HELPING ONE SET OF PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS.
SO I JUST WANNA BE AWARE OF THAT AS MOVING AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND DISCUSS WHERE THIS FUNDING WILL COME FROM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THAT'S GREAT, BUT LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY EXIST.
AND I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS.
SO JUST, AND JUST TO REITERATE, I, I'M, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY IN FAVOR OF USING FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHICH, WHICH RESTRICT US FROM BETTER DEFINING.
SO I, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MATEO SALINAS THAT I DON'T WANT TO AFFECT OTHER, YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER BUYERS.
UM, I THINK WE CAN CRAFT THIS IN A WAY THAT HELPS RESIDENTS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FUND IT THROUGH OTHER MEANS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL PRESENT ITSELF IN THE FUTURE.
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LIVING WAGE, UH, FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEN WE GET OUT OF HERE UNLESS ANY OF US HAVE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO HEAR? ANYBODY? UH, YOU HAVE THE LEASE? YES.WHY DON'T WE DO THAT REAL QUICK? SORRY.
'CAUSE THAT SHOULD BE QUICK, RIGHT? OZZIE? YES.
[NB 8. DISCUSS A PROPOSED NEW LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY (LANDLORD) AND LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES AND NUTRITION CENTERS, INC. (TENANT) FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR FACILITY AND ADJACENT PLAYGROUND AREA HAVING APPROXIMATELY 1,407 SQUARE FETT LOCATED AT 1245 MICHIGAN AVENUE, FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF FIVE (5) YEARS, WITH TWO (2) ADDITIONAL RENEWAL TERMS OF TWO (2) YEARS EACH, AT THE CITY’S OPTION, FOR THE OPERATION OF A CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY.]
GONNA BE MB EIGHT.DISCUSS PROPOSED NEW LEASE SCREEN BETWEEN THE CITY LANDLORD AND LITTLE EVENT ACTIVITIES AND NUTRITION CENTERS, INCORPORATED TENANT FOR USE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,500 SQUARE FOOT OF GROUND FLOOR FACILITY AND ADJACENT PLAYGROUND AREA, HAVING APPROXIMATELY 1,407 SQUARE FEET LOCATED AT 1 2 4 5 MICHIGAN AVENUE FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH AN TWO ADDITIONAL RENEWAL TERMS OF TWO YEARS EACH AT THE CITY'S OPTION FOR THE OPERATION OF A CHILDCARE DAY FACILITY, MBA GOOD MORNING, OZZIE DOMINGUEZ, DIVISION DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, DAYCARE THAT IS CURRENTLY AT SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND WITH THE UPCOMING REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT BUILDING, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE SHIFTED OVER TO 1245 MICHIGAN AT FLAMINGO PARK.
UH, CIP IS WORKING ON FINALIZING ALL THE DETAILS FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT SAID, WE NEED A NEW AGREEMENT FOR THE NEW LOCATION AND NEW TERMS. SO WE ARE REQUE ADMINISTRATION IS REQUESTING, UH, THAT THIS BE APPROVED, UM, AND MOVED ON.
SO THIS IS CITY LAND? CORRECT.
AND THE AMOUNT OF AGITA THIS WOULD'VE SAVED IF THIS WAS DONE 10 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? YES.
THERE, THERE WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO, UH, AN ARCHITECTURALLY IMPORTANT BUILDING.
BUT I THINK THE BROADER COMMUNITY'S GREATER CONCERN WAS, WELL, THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THERE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR 10 YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING, UH, AS SIMPLE AS THIS PUT INTO PLACE.
SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH PUTTING THE FIRE STATION, WHERE I THINK BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION IS THE ONLY PLACE IT CAN GO WITHOUT FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE DIGNIFIED SITE FOR THESE CHILDREN.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR DOING SO.
IT, UH, COULD HAVE SAVED ALL OF US.
A LOT OF YOU, YOU'D STILL HAVE HAIR, YOU KNOW, IF THIS
10 YEARS AGO,
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS COOL OR NOT COOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOVERNED UNDER YOUR STUFF, BUT
UH, SO WE JUST NEED TO, UM, WHEN HEAR IT, JUST RETURN TO COMMISSIONER OF THE, OF THE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED.
VERY THANK YOU OZZY FOR YOUR WORK.
WHO'S MAKING THAT MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT.
HEARING NONE OPPOSED? THE ITEM PASSES.
NEXT ITEM MB SEVEN DISCUSS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LIVING WAGE RATES BEGINNING APRIL, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE SIX, DIVISION SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 4 0 8 OF THE CITY CODE AND B SEVEN.
CHRIS DI, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
UM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL ITEM THAT WE PRESENT TO A REFERRAL TO FERC AND THEN WE RETURN TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
THE ADMINISTRATION SEEKS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON AN ADJUSTMENT NOT TO EXCEED 3% ALIGNED WITH THE APPROVED, UM, COLA FOR UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND A PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL, 2026.
THIS HAPPENS HOW OFTEN ANNUALLY WE REVISIT, UM, THE WAGE RATES.
SO CURRENTLY THE WAGE RATES ARE 16.
THIS IS CURRENTLY FOR FY 25 THAT WE PASSED.
SO NOW THIS ONE WILL BE FOR FY 26.
UM, THE CURRENT WAGE RATES ARE 1646 WITHOUT HEALTH BENEFITS AND 1301, UM, WITH HEALTH BENEFITS.
AND, BUT THAT'S JUST THE ANCHOR, RIGHT? THEN THIS DOESN'T JUST APPLY TO THAT CLASSING CATEGORY.
THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD IMPACTING HOW MANY EMPLOYEES.
SO THIS APPLIES TO SERVICE CONTRACTS.
UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY EMPLOYEE SPECIFICALLY THAT THIS WOULD OR I, I DIFFER TOMORROW ON THE EMPLOYEE PORTION.
[NB 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LIVING WAGE RATES BEGINNING APRIL 2026, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VI, DIVISION 6, SECTION 2 - 408, OF THE CITY CODE.]
MARLA ALIZAR, HR DIRECTOR AT THIS TIME, OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, SALARIES, UH, FULL-TIME WITH BENEFITS OR ABOVE THIS THRESHOLD AS WELL AS PART-TIME WITHOUT BENEFITS ABOVE THIS THRESHOLD.UM, IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD BE BASED ON WHAT YOU RAISE THE LIVING, UH, WAGE RATE TO, UM, AS A CITYWIDE THRESHOLD, UH, IF, IF WE INTERNALLY HAD A EMPLOYEE BELOW THAT THRESHOLD, WE WOULD RAISE THAT SALARY TO MEET THAT LIVING WAGE.
SO DOES EVERY WAGE IN THE CITY ANCHOR OFF OF THAT? THIS REALLY IS NOT AN ITEM, PARTICULARLY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, CORRECT? IT'S MORE FOR SERVICE CONTRACTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, JANITORIAL SERVICES, THE TROLLEY OP, THE TROLLEY OPERATORS, UM, SECURITY OFFICERS
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SERVICE, RIGHT? SERVICE CONTRACTS.GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING? DOES THIS JUST SET THAT BASE MINIMUM RATE? CORRECT.
BUT IS EVERY SERVICE CONTRACTOR THEN ANCHORED OFF OF THAT? CORRECT.
SO THEY ALL GET A THREE AND A HALF.
HOW MANY WORKERS DOES THIS IMPACT? SO WHAT IS THE BUDGET IMPACT OF THIS? WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOURS, UM, AND THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOURS IS ABOUT 927,000 HOURS.
UM, THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT WE LOOK AT.
SO JANITORIAL GROUNDS, MAINTENANCE TROLLEYS, UM, THE PARKING ATTENDANTS, DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND WHEN YOU SAY CONTRACTS, SO THIS IS THROUGH A THIRD PARTY EMPLOYER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, BUT THEN WE GET TO SAY WHETHER WE RAISE THE WAGES ON THAT OR NOT.
BESIDES JUST BEING A NICE KIND INDIVIDUAL PUT ON JOE TAXPAYER AND JOE TRYING TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY HAT.
WHY WOULD WE PUT FORWARD THESE RAISES IF WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT FOR X AMOUNT THAT'S IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS? SO BACK IN 2017, WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO REVISIT THE WAGE RATES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, AND IT'S CAPPED AT 3% DEPENDING ON THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED AN INCREASE OF 1%, 2%, OR 3% SINCE IT IS CAPPED AT THREE.
AT YOUR DISCRETION AND, AND RECOMMENDATION TO A COMMISSION, IF I CAN ADD THIS IS, THIS IS AN ANNUAL ITEM AND MY UNDER MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, AND I MIGHT ASK FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CHIME IF I'M OFF.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A, A STATE PREEMPTION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE THAT NO NEW CONTRACTS AFTER OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR, CORRECT.
UH, ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS LANGUAGE.
SO THIS WILL BE AN ITEM THAT WOULD BE, WE'RE DEALING WITH, I GUESS, LEGACY CONTRACTS AT THIS POINT.
AND AS WE ENTER INTO NEW CONTRACTS AFTER THAT, THIS LANGUAGE WOULD NOT BE IN THERE.
SO IT'LL BE APPLICABLE TO THOSE CONTRACTS ENTERED IN TO BEFORE THIS OCTOBER 1ST.
SO EVERY YEAR WE WOULD HAVE LESS AND LESS CONTRACTS WHERE THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO.
THERE WAS A HOUSE BILL THAT WAS PASSED, UM, STARTING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
ANY CONTRACTS THAT ARE UM, SIGNED AFTER SEPTEMBER 30TH CANNOT, UH, WE CANNOT AS A CITY IMPOSE ANY LIVING WAGE RATE.
LISTEN, I MEAN, SEPTEMBER 30TH WE'RE TO KEEP EXPENSES DOWN FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, RIGHT.
IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT SAYS HERE IS WHAT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, MAKE AND WE'VE, IT'S NOT AS IF WE'RE LIVING IN A PRE COVID WORLD AND INFLATION HAS JUST GONE UP 10, 15%.
SO WE JUST PROVIDED WAGE INCREASES THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AS LONG, THE COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, THE COMMISSION HAS IMPROVED THE LIVING WAGE.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY OF THE YEARS SINCE THIS IS, SO THERE WAS ONE YEAR, UM, FISCAL YEAR 22 THAT THERE WAS NO IMPACT.
WE DID NOT INCREASE IT AT ALL.
IN 21, WE INCREASED IT BY 1% AND THEN THE LAST FY 23, 24 AND 25, WE DID A 3% IN YEAR.
BUT EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR THE COMMISSION HAS APPROVED WHATEVER THE, UH, THE LIVING WAGE.
IF IT'S ZERO, IT'S ZERO, BUT CORRECT.
AND WHAT WERE THE ONES 3% PER YEAR SINCE POST COVID MINUS 22.
I'D LOVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY WE RAISES ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT THAT GIVE MORE MONEY TO SERVICE WORKERS.
WE'RE ASKING MORE MONEY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, KEEP WAGES, UH, WHERE THEY'RE AT.
WHAT'S, UM, SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT.
SO, UH, I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS, THIS WILL RETURN TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT THE LIVING WAGE INCREASE.
NO, NOT TO CONTINUE AT THE FFY TWO FIVE OH.
TO THE FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE AT THE FFY 25.
SO A 0% INCREASE AND 25 RATES.
WE'RE ALSO NOT LOWERING RATES.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF, PLENTY OF YEARS.
I GO INTO MY BOSS AND GO, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DID GREAT THIS YEAR.
UH, IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ECONOMY.
WE WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU CAN'T DO SO LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION PROBABLY MORE TIMES THAN I HAVEN'T.
SO WE'LL SHALL RETURN TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE WITH THE FY 25 RATES.
HEARING NONE OPPOSED, THE ITEM PASSES THREE.
I BELIEVE PARKING, UH, WAS ASKING, THEY HAD A VERY QUICK UPDATE THAT THEY NEEDED ON HOW QUICK WILL, HOW, HOW QUICK CAN YOU GET UP HERE? I JUST GAVE YOU ALL THAT PRAISE BRO.
[OB 4. DISCUSS A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AT ITS APRIL 19, 2024 MEETING, TO ACCEPT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION’S UPDATE ON THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PARKING DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.]
THE RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR COMMISSION,[02:15:01]
UH, EXCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE SECOND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE FOR ITS APRIL TWO 19, 2024 MEETING TO ACCEPT THIS.SO THE ADMINISTRATION'S UPDATE ON CITY MIAMIA, BEACH PARKING, DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT UPDATES, OB FOUR WILL, JUST THINKING THROUGH EFFICIENCY, YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO RUN IF YOU DIDN'T SIT IN THE BACK CORNER? I LOVE THAT BACK CORNER, SIR.
I, I, YOU CAN TELL ALERT THOUGH, AND JACKIE AND THE PARKING DEPARTMENT TAUGHT ME THAT BACK CORNER AND, YOU KNOW, OUTTA SIGHT, OUTTA MINE.
UM, HOWEVER, IT DOES INCLUDE SMALLER VEHICLES.
UM, I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME THINGS HERE.
UH, JUST TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT, I WANT TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION EVEN WITH YOU IN A ONE-ON-ONE FORM BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS OUT.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME UPDATES HERE, BUT I'M NOT GONNA CLOSE IT OUT.
I BELIEVE HE HAS ONE SPECIFIC ACTION, MOTION HE'S GONNA BE ASKING, AND THEN WE WILL SHOW THE ITEM CONTINUE TO STAY OPEN.
SO, UH, THE PARKING DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY IN A THREE MONTH NO, UH, COST PILOT PROGRAM WITH A NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED TOW BOOKS.
SO BEFORE, WHEN ANY, UH, ANYTIME THE CITY HAD TO IMPLEMENT THE TOW, IT WAS ALL DONE VIA PAPER, VIA FIVE DIFFERENT RADIO RELAYS.
UM, TO SAY THAT IT WAS INEFFICIENT, UM, IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
UH, THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE 4, 3, 3, 4 MONTHS WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING IT RIGHT NOW, UM, HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL TO OUR OFFICERS.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DOCUMENT THE SITUATION A MILLION TIMES OVER BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY, UM, HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS DIGITALLY DOCUMENTED, HOWEVER WE ARE, IM, UH, ALSO ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY UPLOAD PHOTOS, VIDEOS, ALL OF THE INFORMATION, VERIFY THE VIN, AND I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE TO THE COMMISSION, UM, TO ALLOW US A ONE YEAR PILOT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS.
JUST TO ENSURE, 'CAUSE THREE, FOUR MONTHS IS GREAT, UH, BUT IT DOES HAVE A COST TO IT.
AND, UH, HOW, HOW ARE THE EFFICIENCIES ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
UH, I'LL SECOND THAT WHILE WE'RE ON THIS.
AGAIN, I WANNA BE MORE PREPARED FOR THIS.
I KNOW WE HAD LPR READERS THAT WERE IN A CAR, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND, AND I, IT WAS ONE OF OUR LAST PARKING DIRECTORS.
YOU SAY, WELL, WE, WE ONLY DO IT, UH, ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE DAYS 'CAUSE THE CAR GETS TIRED AND IT NEEDS A REST.
I I DIDN'T KNOW AUTONOMOUS CARS WERE JOINING UNIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, CRAZY, CRAZY TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, DID IT CAUSE TRAFFIC IN FLAMINGO PARK HAVING THIS CAR? THAT, THAT ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS ODD, BUT IT'S, UM, ARE WE RE-IMPLEMENTING THOSE, UH, THOSE LPR DRIVERS? SO, SO WE, WE DO HAVE, UH, THEM RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S IN THIS FOR THE CONTINUED.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THE CITY ONLY HAS, UH, THREE WORKING LPR VEHICLES AND ONE'S ON VACATION.
UM, AND TO BE VERY HONEST, I WANT TO OUTFIT OUR, OUR, OUR FLEET WITH ABOUT 15 BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ALL OF OUR ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES NEED TO BE DRIVING AROUND WITH THESE UNITS ON THERE BECAUSE IT NOW TURNS EACH PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST INTO A SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
WE CAN DO THAT LPR ENFORCEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, ON STREET PARKING, PARKING LOTS.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TO GET THAT MOVING? UM, SO FOR, WITH THAT, WE SIMPLY WANTED TO DISCUSS, HEY, WE HAVE, WE WANT THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND SEARCH A, FOR A TURNKEY SOLUTION, WHICH MEANS, UM, WHETHER IT WE USE OMNIA OR WHETHER WE PIG UP, PIGGYBACK OFF ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY.
THIS ALLOWS US TO GO GET TECHNOLOGY, CAMERAS, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICE, UM, AND MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU NEED FROM US TODAY? UH, NO.
IT WAS SIMPLY AN UPDATE TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THESE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS OR SOURCE WELL OMNIA, UM, NPP, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO PROCURE IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE MANNER.
BUT BY GOING OUT AND TALKING TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE THESE TECHNOLOGIES, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THREE DIFFERENT LPR TECHNOLOGIES IN MY CAREER.
UM, EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAVE BENEFITS, EVERYONE HAVE DRAWBACKS.
AND SO JUST KIND OF GIVING AN UPDATE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO GO OUT AND SEARCH FOR THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST AND ON TOP OF SMALLER VEHICLES, UM, WHICH WE ARE PURCHASING VERY QUICKLY THROUGH A SOURCE WELL CONTRACT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEARCHING FOR A, A MUCH LARGER, UM, I'LL, I'LL SAY, UH, FOOTPRINT WITH THE LPRS AND THE TECHNOLOGY.
WELL, I, I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY FOR PARKING EFFICIENCY AND ENFORCEMENT, WHY I HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE DRIVING 14 FOOT PICKUP TRUCKS.
UM, I'M A BIG GOLF CART ADVOCATE.
I SEE NO REASON WHY SOME OF YOUR, YOUR GUYS AND GALS, UH, CAN'T BE OUT THERE.
YOUR ABILITY TO FIT IN TIGHT SPACES TO, TO NAVIGATE TIGHT CORNERS.
UH, LET'S JUST BE SMART, UH, IN
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USE.WHY DO YOU GUYS HAVE, WHY DO YOU GUYS HAVE TRUCKS? UM, LIKE WITH A BED? SO THE, THE BIGGEST REASON FOR TRUCKS IS, IS CONES AND GPS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, TEAMS THAT PLACE OUT THE SPACE RENTALS.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE NO CONE COMMISSION
I THINK THE DEPARTMENT HAS SOME MOT RESPONSIBILITIES ON THANK YOU.
I THINK RETURN TO COMMISSION WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE WITH A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PROGRAM AS, UH, AS PRESENTED.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
AND WE'LL ALSO SHOW THE SIDE TO REMAIN AT FERC TO COME BACK WITH A FUTURE UPDATED TEAM.
MEETING IS MEETINGS ADJOURNED.