Mar 18, 2026 Commission Meeting

TWO ONE. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING OF MARCH 18TH, 2026.

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THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THE CITY COMMISSION IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL, 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE, THIRD FLOOR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.

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THE ZOOM LINK, WEBINAR ID, AND PHONE NUMBER STAY THE SAME FOR EVERY COMMISSION MEETING.

ALL LOBBYISTS MUST REGISTER WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF CITY HALL.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER IF YOU'RE AN EXPERT WITNESS GIVING ONLY TECHNICAL OR SPECIALIZED TESTIMONY.

A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR NONPROFIT SPEAKING WITHOUT PAY OR A PRIVATE CITIZEN SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF WITHOUT COMPENSATION.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE AN EXPERT WITNESS OR A NONPROFIT OR A NEIGHBORHOOD REP, YOU DO NEED TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN DISCLOSURE FORM TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK BEFORE SPEAKING WITH THE COMMISSION OR STAFF. FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.

IF A LOBBYIST GIVES OR AGREES OR AGREES TO GIVE $1,000 OR MORE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A CITY MATTER THAT MUST BE DISCLOSED IN WRITING TO THE CLERK. NOTE THAT CONTINGENCY FEES ARE NOT PERMITTED TO COMPENSATE LOBBYISTS.

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THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU RALPH. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE RABBI SHALOM KORFF OF THE CHABAD OF LAKEVIEW TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.

I WILL SAY IT'S IT'S A FAIRLY NEW SYNAGOGUE TO THE MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY, AND IT ALREADY HAS A TREMENDOUS, PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LAKEVIEW AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

I ACTUALLY VISITED NOT TOO LONG AGO ON A, ON A SHABBAT.

AND YOU WERE, YOU WERE PACKED. YEAH. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY STAFF AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE.

TODAY. WE GATHER WITH THE SHARED PURPOSE TO SERVE, TO LEAD AND TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY OF MIAMI BEACH WITH THE HELP OF GOD. AS WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAY OF PASSOVER, WHERE WE TELL THE STORY OF THE EXODUS OF EGYPT.

THE JEWISH SAGES TEACH THAT A NAME ACTUALLY HOLDS WITHIN ITS ESSENTIAL MEANING.

THE NAME EGYPT IN HEBREW MEANS LIMITATIONS. SO THE EXODUS OF EGYPT DOESN'T JUST MEAN A STORY OF PHYSICAL FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE, BUT ACTUALLY TRAVERSING BEYOND OUR LIMITATIONS, GOING OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE AND LEAVING PERHAPS WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE DOING TO GO A BIT GREATER, MORE BEYOND, TO DO A LITTLE MORE.

EACH OF US FACES MOMENTS WHEN WE'RE CALLED TO RISE BEYOND WHAT IS EASY AND BEYOND WHAT IS KNOWN.

LEADERSHIP, AT ITS CORE, MEANS EXACTLY THAT. TO BE ABLE TO DO BEYOND WHAT IS YOUR COMFORT ZONE? TO RISE BEYOND WHAT IS THE USUAL. WHAT'S EASY AND TO GO A BIT ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY WITH THE HELP OF GOD.

MAY THE WORK HERE DONE TODAY BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, CLARITY, AND COMPASSION.

MAY THERE BE AN OPENNESS TO NEW IDEAS, COURAGE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGE, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROGRESS THAT BENEFITS ALL THOSE THAT CALL THE CITY THEIR HOME.

JUST AS THE JOURNEY OF PASSOVER REMINDS US THAT GROWTH BEGINS WHEN WE STEP BEYOND OUR BOUNDARIES.

MAY THIS GATHERING BE A PLACE WHERE MEANINGFUL STEPS ARE TAKEN TOWARDS GROWTH, TOWARDS UNITY, AND TOWARDS PURPOSE THAT BENEFIT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

MAY THIS MEETING, WITH THE HELP OF GOD, BRING ABOUT OUTCOMES THAT PROMOTE OPPORTUNITY, GROWTH, JOY AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.

MAY WE MERIT THE COMING OF THE MASHIACH, WHERE THERE WILL BE PEACE AND HARMONY AMONGST ALL NATIONS, PEOPLE AND CREATION. AND LET US SAY AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. RABBI, IF YOU HAD THE ROOM. MESMERIZED.

THANK YOU. SO AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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AND FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR SO FAR, TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT, BUT REALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE UP HERE, TO OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SO FAR. GREAT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THANK OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND THE GREAT MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK MELISSA, OUR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MR. MAYOR. AS A FELLOW BASEBALL FAN AND A SUPERSTITIOUS BASEBALL FAN, WHAT DO YOU NEVER DO? YOU NEVER CALL A NO HITTER BEFORE IT'S OVER. FAIR ENOUGH.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, PLEASE RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

SO, COMMISSIONER BHATT, YOU ACTUALLY TEED IT UP PERFECTLY, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO WISH CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA WHO WHO BEAT THE UNITED STATES IN THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE GAME. THE THE DEDICATION, THE LOVE, THE LOVE OF COUNTRY.

BUT REALLY WHAT I, WHAT I SAW WAS THE LOVE OF PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT SPORTS BRINGS OUT. IT'S WHAT THE ARTS AND CULTURE IT BRINGS OUT.

WE JUST HAD THE OLYMPICS. IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU SUPPORT ONE TEAM, BUT THEN YOU LITERALLY HIGH FIVE THE THE OPPONENT NEXT TO YOU AND JUST WISH THEM CONGRATULATIONS.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR THE WORLD LAST NIGHT TO SEE AND WITNESS THE COMPETITIVENESS AND THE SPIRIT OF TOGETHERNESS. WE'RE GOING TO START THE HOUR, OUR OPEN FORUM.

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE GO AHEAD.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RAFAL. I'M PART OF THE SENIORS COMMITTEE REPRESENTING FOUR FREEDOMS TOWER.

AND THESE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS FROM FOR FREEDOM.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUTS DONATION CUT REGARDING OUR SENIOR THE SENIOR PROGRAMS OR CLASSES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR BINGO AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND WE REALLY. WE PLAY BINGO IN OUR BUILDING EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

AND GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW, YOU CANCELED THE. YOU PROBABLY CANCELED CHRISTMAS BEFORE YOU CAN CANCEL BINGO.

BUT THE THING IS THAT WE DO IT ON OUR OWN. WE DON'T NEED CITY MONEY FOR THAT.

PEOPLE CAN BRING CHIPS. SOMEBODY BRINGS SODA.

THE OTHER ONE BRINGS PAPER. THE OTHER ONE BRINGS CUPS.

WHAT WE DO NEED ARE THE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE YOGA, WHICH HELPS WITH BALANCE, WHICH HELPS OUR MUSCLES. WE HAVE DANCE, WHICH SHE ALSO GIVES EXERCISES THAT WILL HELP US, HELPS OUR HIPS.

SHE DOES EXERCISES FOR HIPS AND BONES. WE HAVE ZUMBA, WHICH IS FOR SENIORS, AND WE DO SIT IT DOWN.

EVEN OUR 94 YEAR OLD DOES ZUMBA SITTING DOWN BECAUSE SHE EXERCISES.

AND AND WE HAVE PAINTING, WHICH IS THE ONLY CLASS WHERE WE'RE NOT EXERCISING OUR BODIES, BUT THEN WE'RE USING OUR MINDS, AND ALL THOSE CLASSES WE CONSIDER ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR PEOPLE, BUT THE CLASSES NOT ONLY HELP PHYSICALLY BUT ALSO MENTALLY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INSIDE THEIR APARTMENTS ALONE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE VERY FAR AND THEY'RE ALONE ALL THE TIME.

LIKE OUR 94 YEAR OLD, SHE PARTICIPATES IN EVERYTHING AND SHE GOES IN A WALKER BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.

AND EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T EXERCISE HER LEGS, SHE EXERCISES HER ARMS AND IT GIVES A MUSCLE STRENGTH.

THEY TEACH US HOW TO FALL IF YOU'RE GOING TO FALL, HOW TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BE SAFER.

SO TO US, ALL THOSE CLASSES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT JUST AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION AND THE ACTIVITIES.

ACTUALLY, INSTEAD OF LESS, WE NEED MORE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLACES WHERE LIKE THE EGG EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE SCOTT CENTER.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T COME BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION.

FOR SOME OF THEM. THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET.

THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T PUT A BUS FOR SOME OF THE THINGS, BUT MAYBE UBERS, YOU KNOW, SIX PEOPLE IN AN UBER. SO INSTEAD OF LESS WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS MORE.

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AND NOW THAT WE ARE SENIORS, MIAMI BEACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR HAVING SO MANY PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS.

I HOPE THAT DOESN'T CHANGE. YOU KNOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF YOU CAN IMPROVE IT, IT WILL BE BETTER. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CHANGE AND CLARIFY THE NARRATIVE.

YOU WERE GIVEN MISINFORMATION. I'M SURE IT'S COMING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE SEVERAL SENIORS CALLED ME SAYING THAT GLORIA TOLD THEM TO COME IN TODAY AND TO CALL ME. I HAVE AN ITEM TO ADD MORE, NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR SERVICES.

THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST. I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THINGS, ADDITIONAL THINGS FOR YOU.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ASKED FOR BINGO WAS FEDERATION AND VICKY LOPEZ IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

SO WHEN THIS ITEM GETS CALLED, I'M GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

YOUR BUILDING SPECIFICALLY DID NOT ASK FOR BINGO, BUT REBECCA TOWERS DID.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT I'LL MAKE THAT I WON'T BE ASKING FOR.

WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY WITH THE SENIORS, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP AND SPEND MORE, WHETHER IT'S A SENIOR MEALS AT THE DIFFERENT DOORS, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

DO YOU KNOW THAT OUR PARKS FUNDING IS ABOUT $193,000 FOR THE SENIORS? YOU MENTIONED BUSSES. WE SPEND ABOUT $37,000 IN BUS SERVICES FOR THE SENIORS FOR THE DIFFERENT EVENTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND MORE ON THAT. PART OF THAT 193,000 ALSO INCLUDES SENIOR CLASSES, OUR CONTRACTORS FOR YOGA, TAI CHI AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD AND HELP MORE. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ASKED US FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND AS I MENTIONED, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO HELP WITH SOME. SO IN MY AMENDED ITEM, WHEN IT'S CALLED LATER, IT'LL BE $3,000 AS OPPOSED.

BUT IT'S NOT FOR ANY CUTS WHATSOEVER. AND I'M SO SORRY THAT YOU WERE GIVEN MISINFORMATION BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT AT ALL WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS ITEM.

I ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO GIVE YOU MORE KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SOMETHING WAS WRONG. YEAH. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOUR RESPONSE.

AND I TAKE IT IN GOOD FAITH THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. BUT SINCE YOU INVOKED MY OFFICE.

I HAVE NOT DIRECTED ANYONE TO MAKE THOSE CALLS.

I JUST ASKED MY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO SAID THAT SHE HAS NOT MADE ANY CALLS.

AND GLORIA CAMPOS, I'M BEING TOLD, IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK.

I'M JUST SAYING, YOU DIRECTLY POINTED AT ME AS SAYING THAT I WAS DIRECTING THESE CALLS FROM MY OFFICE, AND I DIDN'T SAY YOU. I SAID THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

I DIDN'T SAY I DIRECTED HIS OFFICE. IT'S MY OFFICE.

FOR CLARIFICATION YOUR OFFICE WAS CALLING SENIORS TO CALL ME, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE NARRATIVE.

THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT THIS IS. OKAY. CAN YOU COME UP HERE? DID YOU GET A CALL FROM ANYONE FROM MY OFFICE? NO, I GOT AN EMAIL. COME UP TO THE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

NO, I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM FROM GLORIA CAMPOS.

AND IT WASN'T JUST DIRECTED TO ME. IT WAS DIRECTED TO ESTRELLA, WHICH IS OUR ADMINISTRATOR, OUR SOCIAL WORKER, AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE. AND IT WAS IN REGARDS TO TO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND SHE AND SHE SAID THAT THE DONATIONS WERE THAT THE PERSON OR THE COMPANY THAT WAS DONATING WAS CUTTING THE FUNDING IN HALF.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE WORRY CAME. OKAY. THANK YOU.

BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY TO CALL YOU LARA. YOU DIDN'T CALL ME.

BUT I DID GET CALLS FROM SOMEBODY. OTHER PEOPLE IN REBECCA TOWERS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE SO BUSY, YOU DON'T READ THE AGENDAS.

LIKE, HOW WOULD THIS EVEN COME UP? AND THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT GLORIA HAD BEEN CALLING.

AND. AND IN MY CASE, SHE DIDN'T CALL AND SHE DIDN'T.

AND HER EMAIL FOR THE CLARIFICATION DIDN'T EVEN MENTION YOUR NAME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING MAYOR. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING NEIGHBORS.

MY NAME IS ALINA VALDES, AND I'M HERE AT THE INVITATION OF KIESA.

SHE ALREADY WENT OVER BASICALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALSO.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE IT VERY SHORT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR THAT WHEN ELECTION TIME WAS HERE YOU ALL APPROACHED US AND PROMISE US THAT WE WILL ALWAYS BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL OF THAT, THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU OUR TRUST, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH. VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SERVICES. AND JUST PLEASE DON'T FORGET US.

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THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE WE AS A COMMISSION, AND I HAVE CERTAINLY MADE A STRONG EFFORT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR SENIORS. AND I AND I, I AM I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL ONLY CONTINUE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MAYOR. I JUST COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE ALWAYS THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.

MR. MAYOR. EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH WITH GREAT PASSION. AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT UNITE US, UNITE US NOT ONLY AS A COMMUNITY, BUT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, HOW MUCH WE VALUE THE SENIOR COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH WE OWE TO YOU, HOW MUCH WE RESPECT YOU, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU.

WE SERVE YOU WITH LOVE, AND THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNIFIED IN THAT.

AND IN A MATTER OF FACT, BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL MATTER, AT ONE POINT I WAS SAYING, WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS CERTAIN EVENT.

AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION WAS LIKE, OH, NO, EACH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, ACTUALLY, I WAS THE ONLY PERSON I THINK THAT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY THAT SAID, MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. AND THE ENTIRE BODY WAS SO UNITED AND CONTINUES TO BE SO UNITED.

AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH THAT WE REALLY CARE FOR EACH OTHER AS NEIGHBORS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS CAN GET TENSE, BUT THERE'S BEAUTIFUL STUFF HAPPENING BEYOND THAT.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MEG LOUSTEAU.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION R7H, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP LATER TODAY. THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXPLORE LEGAL ACTION REGARDING HOUSE BILL 399, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE LAST WEEK, WHICH TAKES AWAY THE RIGHTS OF MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS YOUR RIGHTS AS OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MITCH NOVAK, TO PIGGYBACK ON TO WHAT MEG STATED HOUSE AND SENATE APPROVED LIVE LOCAL 4.0 LAST WEEK. I HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER DISCUSSING THAT AT SOME POINT.

ON ANOTHER NOTE I WANT TO SAY MY NUMBERS FOR MARCH HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.

THERE'S NO LONGER UTTER CHAOS OR A POLICE LOCKDOWN OUTSIDE OF MY HOME IN BUSINESS.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, I NEVER HEARD OF WHAT A PALOOZA OR HYDROX OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER FITNESS EVENTS UNTIL LAST YEAR.

AND MANY OF MY GUESTS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND WERE IN TOWN FROM SWITZERLAND, GERMANY BRAZIL, URUGUAY TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS. SO YOU'RE ON YOU'RE ON A GOOD TRACK AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS BRENDA JORDAN. I'VE LIVED HERE IN MIAMI BEACH FOR OVER 35 YEARS.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME TO MIAMI BEACH, IT WAS NOT A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND DENIED BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.

AND THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY, GET A LAWYER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DID, AND I DIDN'T. I GAVE THE CITY A CHANCE AS AN ARTIST.

I BROUGHT MY CULTURE, MY DIVERSITY TO THIS CITY.

AND AS AN ARTIST, I'M BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE THEY SET UP A PROGRAM WITHOUT ANY INPUT OF ARTISTS.

IT WAS SET UP MAYBE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT IT TOTALLY LEFT THE ARTIST OUT OF AWAY FROM THE TABLE AND IT WAS SET UP BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ART, HAVE NO DEGREE IN ART, PROBABLY DON'T EVEN HAVE ART'S TAG ON THEIR CAR, WHICH I DO. I PAY EXTRA MONEY. AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT I HAD A NON-FOR-PROFIT THAT CUT ME OUT OF THE GRANTS.

I WORKED AT THE ART CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY COUNTYWIDE AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS PERCEIVED OF. I TAUGHT CHILDREN IN THE INNER CITY AND ONE GIRL ASKED ME, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I SAID, MIAMI BEACH. SHE SAID, ONLY WHITE PEOPLE LIVE THERE.

AND I SAID, NO, YOU CAN LIVE WHEREVER YOU WANT.

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THE PROGRAM THAT WAS SET UP RECENTLY REVISED, MADE IT WORSE.

I'M PAYING DOUBLE THE FEES. I GET NOTHING IN RETURN.

THERE'S NO WEBSITE. THERE'S NO UPDATES, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE REAL ARTISTS ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

THEY CAN'T EVEN SELL IN THE CITY AGAIN. AND DICTATING THAT JEWELRY IS NOT ART.

I SENT NUMEROUS EMAILS AND MR. MAYOR LAST MEETING.

YOU PROMISED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ME. I WENT TO THE OFFICE AND TRIED TO SET UP ONE.

I GOT NO RESPONSE. LUCKILY, SOME PEOPLE WHO PROMISED DURING THE ELECTION THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR ME, LIKE, YOU KNOW THE VICE MAYOR HERE, MONICA. SHE PROMISED AND SHE CALLED ME MR. ALEX HERNANDEZ. AND I ALSO SPOKE TO DAVID SUAREZ, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ON DIFFERENT PAGES, BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD A PROGRAM IN HIS MIND AND WASN'T OPEN HIS HEART OR HIS EARS.

HE LISTENED, BUT HE WAS LIMITED TO BECAUSE I THINK HE HAD A PROGRAM ALREADY DICTATED.

IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT FAIR TO ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE CITY WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY.

THEY MOVED OUT AND NOW THEY'RE DISCARDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S NOT FAIR. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU.

I WILL. SO I I DO GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR FOR MEETINGS.

I TRY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THEM. I IF YOU DID REACH OUT, I APOLOGIZE THAT WE DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU PROMISED.

AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON BEFORE YOU WERE REELECTED.

I VOTE IT'S NOT A MATTER OF VOTING. IF YOU IF YOU ASK THE TALK, WE WILL TALK.

YOU TOLD ME WE WOULD LAST MEETING. THAT WAS A MONTH AGO, I.

I WAS NOT AWARE THAT YOU HAD REACHED OUT. I AM GIVING YOU MY MY COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL TALK BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AGAIN, AND I HOPE THIS TIME YOU. I'M SAYING IN FRONT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WELL, YOU DID LAST TIME. I HOPE YOU HONOR YOUR WORD BECAUSE WORDS ARE SACRED.

YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN. WE MAY NOT HAVE SPOKEN SINCE THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I'VE SENT YOU EMAILS, BUT WE HAVE NOT INDIVIDUALLY SPOKEN. NO. SO I'M GIVING YOU I'M GIVING YOU.

I'M GIVING YOU MY COMMITMENT. THEY WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. OKAY. I HOPE YOU HONOR YOUR WORD. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. MISS JORDAN AND OTHER ARTISTS. I THINK THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT I DO HAVE AN ITEM, A REFERRAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE ARTISTS VENDORS PROGRAM. SO THAT WAY WE CAN AT COMMITTEE TALK ABOUT WHAT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE PROGRAM AND WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS TO SEE WHAT CAN IMPROVE THE PROGRAM. COMMISSIONERS. BECAUSE I HAVE EMAILED LIKE A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.

YES. EVEN GIVING YOU LIKE A BLUEPRINT HOW TO SET UP.

YES. YOU KNOW, ARTIST PROGRAM. AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS.

SO WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY, I'M DEFINITELY TRYING TO HELP.

SO I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE ARE. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ.

I KNOW YOU HAD GOOD INTENTIONS AND YOU KNOW, ART IS INCLUSIVE.

IT'S NOT JUST PAINTING. I'M SURE WE'LL COME TO A GOOD PLACE HERE.

SO WE WILL. SO WE WILL. I'M OPTIMISTIC. THANK YOU, MISS JORDAN.

THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE GOOD INTENTIONS. YEAH, YEAH, BECAUSE I'M NOT AGAINST ANYONE.

I JUST WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE WHEN YOU'RE SETTING UP SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

IT'S NOT YOUR FIELD. IT'S NOT YOUR LANE. BRING SOMEONE IN.

I'M NOT EVEN ASKING FOR PAY. I'M A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR FOR THIS CITY.

BRINGING DIVERSITY. I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY.

I'M TRYING TO BUILD. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP.

YES, WE WILL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT, PLEASE. YOU CAN SAY IT IN SPANISH. NO PROBLEM.

NO PROBLEM. BUENOS DIAS.

PARA SU NOMBRE, POR FAVOR, ALBERTO GALVAN. AMIGOS E MIAMI BEACH PORQUE NO TENGO DINERO LUGAR DE BAJO RECURSOS IN MIAMI.

Y BUENO. VAMOS A TRATAR EL SENOR. ESPERO OK TENEMOS UNA UN COMMITTEE Y VAMOS A HABLAR PARA MEJORAR LA PROGRAMA DE ARTISTAS.

OKAY. MUCHISIMAS. GRACIAS.

HI. YOU ALL KNOW ME ALREADY. MY NAME IS JANET FIGUEROA.

I'M ONE OF THE ARTIST VENDORS. I'VE BEEN HERE SOME OF THE MEETINGS WITH MISS MATEO, WITH MR.

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AND WE'RE TRYING OUR HARDEST TO BE PATIENT. BUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE ELDERLY.

WE ARE ALREADY MORE THAN 55 AND OLDER IN THIS PROGRAM.

I'M 61 THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING TO TRY TO MAKE IT.

AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE A PERSON THAT'S BEEN INJURED IN A CAR ACCIDENT LIKE ME, AND I WAS HURT HERE IN THE MACARTHUR, MY CAR WAS TOTALED, MY NECK AND MY BACK IS DAMAGED.

I CANNOT PROCEED WITHOUT SURGERY BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK EVER.

SO THIS IS ALL I HAVE AND THIS IS HOW I KEEP MY HOME.

AND I LIVE OUT OF MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE HERE BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT I'M PAYING FOR 1300FT² FOR $957 IS MY MORTGAGE, MY TAXES, AND MY INSURANCE TO TURN TO TRADE THAT TO COME LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH TO KEEP A JOB.

IT'S INSANE. NONE OF YOU WILL DO THAT. SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I KEEPING MY BUDGET AMONG MY NEEDS, WHAT I WHAT I COULD AFFORD. I AM NOT EXCEEDING MY BUDGET BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I CAN'T EXCEED MY BUDGET.

SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

I CHOSE THIS PLACE AND I AFFORD I COULD AFFORD THIS PLACE.

THAT'S $957 FOR A REASON. I WENT THROUGH THIS.

I PLANNED MY LIFE FOR LIKE THAT. I WON'T BE A BURDEN TO MY CHILDREN, YOU UNDERSTAND? THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AS A SENIOR. I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. AND THIS PROGRAM IS ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

THEREFORE, I'M GOING TO GO TO ZOOM FIRST. CALLER ALICIA CASANOVA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI, MY NAME IS ALICIA CASANOVA. I'M HERE THIS MORNING AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AS PRESIDENT OF THE BLUE AND GREEN DIAMOND CONDOMINIUMS, REPRESENTING OVER 2000 RESIDENTS.

AND AS A LIFELONG MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT. WE HOPE THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION R7AH IS HEARD TODAY.

WE FULLY SUPPORT IT AND HOPE THAT IT'S VOTED ON FAVORABLY.

WE HEARD THE MAYOR'S VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT MIAMI BEACH POTENTIALLY LOSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STATE GRANT FUNDING IF THE CITY USES ITS LEGAL RESOURCES ON HOUSE BILL 399. BUT THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE NOT SILENCED BY DECISIONS MADE IN TALLAHASSEE LIKE THE ONE MADE LAST MINUTE IN THE SENATE LAST FRIDAY.

OUR CITY CANNOT BE INTIMIDATED. NO AMOUNT OF GRANT MONEY CAN JUSTIFY GIVING UP OUR CITY'S RIGHTS.

OUR HOME RULE OR OUR VOICE AS RESIDENTS TO BE HEARD BEFORE OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT STARTING A LAWSUIT NEXT WEEK.

THE RESOLUTION WILL SERVE TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO EXPLORE LEGAL ACTION IF AND WHEN IT BECOMES NECESSARY.

FOLLOWING ALL LEGAL ADVICE AVAILABLE TO DEFEND ITS RIGHTS.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF ITS RESIDENTS, WHO WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THIS BILL.

GOVERNOR DESANTIS WILL BE LEAVING OFFICE IN A FEW MONTHS, AND WHILE WE CANNOT PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WE HOPE INTEGRITY AND HONOR WILL PREVAIL WITH THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

WE KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR ALL OF YOU, BUT PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS WHO VOTED FOR YOU, WHO WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT THE STATE JUST VOTED ON AND WHO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

R7AH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

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

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS OSCAR VASQUEZ. I AM ALSO WITH THE MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHERE I CHAIR THE BEACH AND WATER QUALITY WORKING GROUP.

M, B AND A RECENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE BEACHFRONT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THE CITY PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WHO SERVED ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE AND HIS FOR HIS SUPPORT DURING THAT MEETING. MBNA HAS SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ROUGHLY TEN.

AREAS OF CONCERN OUR OVERARCHING CONCERN IS THAT THE DRAFT PLAN LACKS VISION.

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FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES THAT COULD MAKE OUR BEACHES UNUSABLE IN THE SHORT TERM AND OVER TIME, AS YOU KNOW, OUR BEACH IS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE PUBLIC ASSETS, AND THIS PLAN SHOULD DO MORE TO BIND THE COUNTY TO PRIORITIZING AND PRESERVING THIS ASSET, IN OUR VIEW. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURE THAT BEACH MANAGEMENT DECISIONS MATCH THE VALUE OF THE RESOURCE BEING PROTECTED.

OUR TOP CONCERN IS SARGASSUM. THE PLAN NEEDS A STRONGER STRATEGY FOR SURGE RESPONSE.

OPERATIONAL SCALING DURING PEAK PERIODS AND LONG TERM ADAPTATION IF CONDITIONS WORSEN.

A SECOND MAJOR CONCERN IS WATER QUALITY, INCLUDING RECURRING BACTERIA ISSUES AND A NEED FOR STRONGER INTEGRATION BETWEEN BEACH OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION. WE ALSO SUBMITTED COMMENTS ON ADDITIONAL ISSUES INCLUDING CONCESSION ENFORCEMENT, BREAKWATER PERFORMANCE, SPECIAL EVENTS. WRAPPING UP.

PLEASE GO AHEAD. YES. I'M DONE. DUNE PROTECTIONS AND WATER SPORTS CHANNELS.

THIS ITEM IS COMING BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND WE REMAIN AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS CONCERNS WITH ANY COMMISSIONER OR THEIR STAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JOHAN MOORE.

MR. MOORE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING.

JOHAN MOORE, 717 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE AS YOU MIGHT ASSUME, ITEM R7A, WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE THE DEMOLITION OF THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I WOULD REMIND THAT THE PLANNING BOARD NO HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD DECLINED UNANIMOUSLY DECLINED TO SUPPORT THAT DEMOLITION.

WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS A BAD IDEA AND THAT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD NOT BE FORCED INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS FAIL TO CARRY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF HEAVY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

I ALSO OBJECT TO OUR ITEM R5 T R5 U AND I'M NOT SURE WHOM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS INTENDING TO BENEFIT WITH THE SUSPENSION OF THE COLOR REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXTERIOR OF BUILDINGS, BUT SPEAKING IN, IN ECHO OF WHAT MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID TO ME OVER THE YEARS, I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF US WHO LIVE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT CONTINUING OUTDOOR COLOR REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR PAINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS.

I AM SUPPORTIVE OF R7, R8 AND IN FACT WOULD ECHO MITCH'S USEFUL LANGUAGE RATHER THAN GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE WEEDS, IT REALLY IS DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE NEGATIVE LEGISLATION COMING OUT OF TALLAHASSEE, BUT I THINK IT'S A USEFUL SHORTHAND TO REFER TO IT AS LIVE LOCAL 4.0.

AND FINALLY, IN LIGHT OF THE FOCUS ON THE BEACHFRONT AND THE DUNES I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO FILL THE VACANT POSITION FORMERLY HELD BY JUANITA BALLESTEROS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO FURTHER THAT WORK. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JUDY SCHMIDGALL.

STATE YOUR NAME. ADDRESS? YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

JUDY. UNMUTE YOURSELF. PJ, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE A DOUBLE COLLAR BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE JUDITH SCHMIDGALL.

SO LET'S TRY THAT. JUDITH, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. I'M. YOU HEAR ME? RIGHT? YES, PERFECTLY. GO AHEAD. I AM VERY HAPPY TO PRAISE SO MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND BODIES IN THIS AREA FOR THEIR ADVOCACY. TRYING TO BALANCE OUR INTEREST WITH TALLAHASSEE.

THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS OF THE MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE, THE EFFICACY OF COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THE MAYOR OTHER PEOPLE WE HAVE.

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I WOULD LOVE THAT MORE AND MORE. OUR COMMUNITY BE A BEACON OF FREE SPEECH, DIVERSITY EMBRACED AND A BALANCE OF INTERESTS BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND WISE DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THANK YOU ALL. THESE ARE NOT EASY TIMES.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS PATRICK.

STATE YOUR NAME. ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR. HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICK.

I LIVE AT 1754 MERIDIAN AVENUE, ACROSS FROM PRIDE PARK.

I'M CALLING TO THANK COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR ITEM C4M TO DISCUSS MOVING THE SLUM BOYS FURTHER EAST TO INCLUDE THE NEARSHORE REEF AND THE REEF LINE.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM AND REALLY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR FOR SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE IN THE PAST AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE OCEAN SAFELY WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING HIT BY A BOAT.

THE REEF LINE WAS JUST LISTED AS ONE OF THE NEW GREAT PLACES IN THE WORLD BY TIME.

SO WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE TO SWIM.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS SAFETY INITIATIVE MOVING FORWARD AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GOING OUT THERE TO VISIT IT.

AND SPEAKING OF SAFETY, I ALSO NOTICED THERE'S AN ITEM TO DISCUSS THE JEFFERSON BIKE LANES.

AND I WANT TO SAY HOW WONDERFUL THESE BIKE LANES ARE.

THEY ARE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF BIKE LANE SAFETY AND SUPPORT, BOTH BIKERS AND PEOPLE USING E-MOBILITY AND GIVING EVERYONE SAFE SPACE, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS, BIKERS, AND CARS ALIKE.

BY CREATING SEPARATE ZONES FOR EACH OF THEM. I HOPE THE CITY CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THESE HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT PRIORITIZE SAFETY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS HAS A SCREEN NAME OF BATHSHEBA'S IPHONE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

PJ, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT. GO AHEAD. HI. HI, THIS IS BATSHEVA KATZ.

I LIVE AT 4747 COLLINS AVENUE. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM R7AH, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER ALEX FERNANDEZ, WHICH WILL AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CHALLENGE HB 399 IF IT IS SIGNED INTO LAW AND IF IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY BY ALL LEGAL COMMITTEES. THIS BILL INTERFERES WITH MIAMI BEACH'S LOCAL LOCAL ZONING AUTHORITY AND STRIPS RESIDENTS OF THEIR VOICES IN DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE HEARD.

PLEASE VOTE YES ON R7AH TO PROTECT MIAMI BEACH AND ITS RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS SUSANNA.

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

SUSANNA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. LET'S GO THEN.

NEXT TO DAVE. OKAY. HELLO. GO AHEAD. HELLO. YES, YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

MY NAME IS SUSANNA SANTORO. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF 5600 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AND A PROUD RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.

I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON R7 A H.

THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT FILING LAWSUITS TOMORROW.

IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING OUR RIGHT TO ACT, OUR HOME RULE AND ENSURING THAT IF AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF AND ITS RESIDENT.

COMMISSIONER MAYOR, YOU'RE ENTRUSTED WITH SAFEGUARDING CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES DO NOT EXIST IN A VACUUM.

THEY REQUIRE AUTHORITY BECAUSE RESPONSIBILITY WITHOUT AUTHORITY IS NOT GOVERNANCE.

IT'S EXPOSURE. AND TODAY, THE RISK IS REAL. INCREASING DENSITY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, STRAIN ON EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PRESSURE ON ALREADY LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE ARE NOT ABSTRACT CONCERNS. THEY ARE DAILY REALITY.

YOUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING YOU TO ADDRESS THIS.

RESOLUTION IS ABOUT STANDING UP FOR YOUR RESIDENTS, ENSURING THAT THEIR VOICES ARE NOT OVERRIDDEN, AND THAT THE CITY RETAINS THE ABILITY TO ACT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WILL NOT RELINQUISH ITS RELINQUISHES RESPONSIBILITY, ITS AUTHORITY, OR ITS COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.

STAND WITH YOUR RESIDENTS. PROTECT YOUR CITY.

VOTE YES ON OUR SEVEN H. AND THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE STOOD WITH RESIDENTS IN OPPOSING HB 399 AND DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS DAVE DOBLER, LIVING AT 8000 WEST DRIVE, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE SANITATION COMMITTEE AND FORMER CHAIR OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT C7L, THE UPDATED SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS THAT ENHANCE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE AND SANITATION PLAN GUIDELINES THAT REDUCE WASTE AND IMPROVE DIVERSION FROM LANDFILLS.

MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND MIAMI BEACH HAS A WASTE CRISIS.

WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF LANDFILL SPACE AND ARE ALREADY PUTTING OUR TRASH ON TRAINS, SHIPPING IT TO LANDFILLS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

REDUCING AND DIVERTING WASTE FROM LANDFILLS IS NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY, IT'S A FISCAL ONE.

IF WE DON'T REDUCE AND DIVERT WASTE NOW, THOSE RISING LANDFILL COSTS WILL ULTIMATELY FALL ON OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

SPECIAL EVENTS CAN GENERATE TREMENDOUS VOLUMES OF WASTE, BUT ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL BOTH THE INPUT AND THE OUTPUT.

WHAT MATERIAL COMES IN AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AFTERWARD THAT MAKES THEM A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE WASTE, IMPROVE RECYCLING, AND KEEP PLASTIC OUT OF OUR WATERWAYS.

WE KNOW THIS CAN BE DONE. ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL AT BAYFRONT PARK HAS SHOWN THAT WITH THE RIGHT PLANNING, EXECUTION AND ENGAGING OF VENDORS, LARGE SCALE EVENTS CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE WASTE DIVERSION AND THEY'VE WON WORLDWIDE AWARDS FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS. AFTER YOU VOTE TO IMPLEMENT THESE NEW GUIDELINES, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STAFF TO DEVELOP THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO HELP EVENT PRODUCERS SUCCEED, AND STRONG COMPLIANCE OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY.

I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY STAFF WHO LED THIS EFFORT, PARTICULARLY CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AMY KNOWLES AND OUR NEW SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR, EMILY MILTON. EMILY HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL WORK.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP WE NEED RIGHT NOW, AND I'D LIKE TO TELL THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT, GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS MARK MARX.

STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS MARK WEISS. I'M THE FOUNDER OF SIX FLAGS.

I FOUND THE VIRAL PRESIDENT MOVEMENT REPRESENTING OVER 4500 RESIDENTS.

THE BIGGEST THREAT TO MIAMI BEACH TODAY AND THE BIGGEST STORY ON MIAMI BEACH TODAY, ACCORDING TO EVERY NEWS ARTICLE, IS THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR BEACHES WITH THE FOUNTAIN BLUE WATER PARK.

LET'S BE VERY CLEAR. WHAT HAPPENED TO TALLAHASSEE WAS NOT PREEMPTION.

IT WAS A BILL PAID FOR BY A SINGLE DEVELOPER WITH A REPRESENTATIVE WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN MIAMI, WHO OPENLY ADMITTED THAT HE WORKED WITH THE FOUNDER TO DRAFT A BILL THAT OVERRIDES ALL OF OUR LOCAL ZONING CONTROL AND COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR.

WHEN THIS GETS BUILT, THE COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH WORSE THAN WE DON'T HAVE.

BINGO. THIS IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTE GRIDLOCK ON OUR MIAMI BEACH.

THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WILL BE A DISASTER.

WE GOT GUT PUNCHED. LET'S BE REAL. WE GOT PUNCHED IN THE GUT.

BY TALLAHASSEE. BY JEFFREY ALL FOR AND BY THE HOTEL BORRERO HANDOUT.

I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT R7AH BECAUSE IT'S THE BARE MINIMUM.

A CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL ITS ZONING, ITS PLANNING BOARD, ITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, ITS COASTAL LINES, ITS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

THIS IS BASIC. WE HAVE TO DEFEND OUR HOME RULE.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL ZONING, AND WE HAVE TO PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND SAY, MIAMI BEACH IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND TALLAHASSEE, FROM 500 MILES AWAY SHOULD NOT BE BARRELING DOWN LEGISLATION PAID FOR BY BILLIONAIRES.

IT SETS AN AWFUL PRECEDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR TAKING THE LEAD HERE AND FIGHTING SO HARD.

I WANT TO THANK MAYOR FOR FIGHTING SO HARD, AND WE MUST FIGHT WITH RESOLVE, BECAUSE IT WILL SEND A MESSAGE THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK THIS IS BAD, THERE'S MUCH MORE COMING. EVERY DEVELOPER IS WATCHING WITH DROOL COMING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THEIR MOUTH SAYING, WOW, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO THOSE ANNOYING COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR AND TALK TO THOSE PESKY RESIDENTS.

I CAN GO RIGHT TO THE TOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT EXCUSE ME, OUR NEXT CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF SOME USER.

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

GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS CAROL ANN ALT AT 408 WEST 25TH STREET.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M CALLING IN TO GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT TO C7 L SPECIAL EVENTS REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES.

I SUPPORT THE UPDATES, PARTICULARLY CREATING THE STANDARDIZED TEMPLATE FOR SANITATION PLAN PROCESS.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO BE MINDFUL OF THE LANGUAGE.

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I SUGGEST THAT APPLICANT FEES COMPENSATE FOR A DESIGNATED CODE COMPLIANCE FIELD INSPECTOR THAT WILL MONITOR AND EVALUATE EVENTS TO ADHERE TO SANITATION PLANS DURING EVENTS, SO ANY INFRACTIONS CAN BE CORRECTED IN REAL TIME.

ADDITIONALLY, I DID NOT SEE ON THE AGENDA AN ITEM FOR THE NEW COMMISSION COMMITTEE WORK WATER ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE COMMITTEE, BUT I DO GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS MIRIAM'S IPHONE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MIRIAM WEISS. I AM THE CO-FOUNDER WITH MARK WEISS OF STOP SIX FLAGS AT FOUNTAINEBLEAU.

MY ADDRESS IS 4779 IN THE BLUE DIAMOND. THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO FIGHT THIS MONSTROSITY FOR SIX MONTHS. IT HAS UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION FROM EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE IS NO ONE THAT WANTS IT ON OUR BEACHFRONT.

WHEN YOU WALK ON THE BOARDWALK, YOU ARE GOING TO BE SEE THIS 120FT TOWERING IN THE AIR, COMING ALL THE WAY, WRAPPING AROUND THE BUILDING RIGHT INTO THE SETBACK LINES.

BECAUSE NOW JEFFREY SOFFER DOES NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY OF THE BASIC RULES THAT THE CITY SETS OUT FOR PLANNING.

EVEN IF YOU WANTED A WATER PARK, YOU NOW EVEN HAVE NO SAY WHERE THAT WATER PARK IS GOING TO BE, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED. IT'S GOING TO COME ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BEACHFRONT.

IT'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS NOISE. IT IS UP TO YOU.

YOU ARE THE CITY. YOU HAVE TO LEAD THE WAY AND SHOW THE RESIDENTS THAT JEFFREY SOFFER CANNOT BUY WHATEVER HE WANTS ON OUR BEACHFRONT, THAT DEMOCRACY STILL EXISTS. THE RESIDENTS STILL HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT HAPPENS, AND OUR LOCAL LEADERS AND OFFICIALS GET TO LEAD US AND DECIDE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN MIAMI BEACH AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AND IF IT'S COMPATIBLE.

PLEASE VOTE FOR R7 A H AND PLEASE, AS A CITY, CONSIDER ALL THE POSSIBILITIES.

WHETHER THIS IS ACTUALLY A WATER PARK AND THEREFORE IS NOT PERMITTED BY ZONING.

BECAUSE JEFFREY SOFFER IS GOING TO SELL DAY PASSES AND THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED USE.

THE CITY SHOULD BE EVALUATING ALL THE POSSIBLE AVENUES TO STOP THIS TRAIN THAT'S COMING DOWN THE TRACKS.

AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT HE'S GOING TO GO FOR IS GOING TO BE GAMBLING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS VINCENT.

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

VINCENT? YEAH? CAN YOU HEAR ME? GO AHEAD. PLEASE.

DO YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. YEAH. VINCENT MURPHY, I'M A CONDO OWNER AT THE SORRENTO, RIGHT IN 15FT AWAY FROM THE PROPOSED WATERSLIDE. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF R-7A, AND I HAVE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

TO TAKE, TO CONSIDER TO KEEP OPPOSING THIS SITUATION.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS JUST AN IDEA AND TURN THIS THING, FLIP IT OVER AND TURN IT ON ITS OTHER SIDE.

I THINK THIS BILL, THIS CARVE OUT IS, IS DISCRIMINATORY.

JUST THINK, IF YOU OWNED A HOTEL THAT ONLY HAD 499 ROOMS OR YOU HAD 4.8 ACRES OR WHATEVER THE ARBITRARY CUTOFFS WERE THAT WERE CONVENIENTLY FIT, THE FOUNTAIN BLUE WOULD WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY BY A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES. I BELIEVE THIS BILL WAS DISCRIMINATORY AND IT WAS SO BAD THEY HAD TO PUT A FIVE YEAR LIMIT ON IT. SO WE HOPE YOU GUYS CAN DON'T THROW UP THE WHITE FLAG AND KEEP DOING WHAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER HAS A SCREEN NAME OF IPHONE 275.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. HI, THIS IS CHRIS CARNEY FROM THE FOUNTAIN BLUE TRACER TOWER IN SORRENTO TOWER, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S ALREADY SPOKEN.

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IT'S JUST GOING TO TURN MIAMI BEACH INTO A SO PLEASE CONSIDER RESOLUTION R7AH.

AND LET'S TRY TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS ANAMARIE. GO AHEAD. PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANAMARIE FERREIRA DE MELO, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND I RESIDE AT 479 COLLINS AVENUE. I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION R7AH.

AND THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AND COMMISSIONER, BHATT AND OTHERS THAT HAVE CO-SPONSORED THIS ITEM.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY IN TALLAHASSEE, WHERE THE STATE STRIPPED LOCAL AUTHORITY AND DISREGARDED THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY, IS NOT PROPER BUSINESS, AND EXPLORING ALL POSSIBILITIES IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECTING OUR CITY AND UPHOLDING OUR PRINCIPLES.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR FINAL CALLER IS ANDRES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. THE NOISE ORDINANCE. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND I.

I HEAR THE HOW UPSET OUR RESIDENTS ARE REGARDING THE WATER PARK AND THE TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING.

HAVING A MINI SIX FLAGS ON COLLINS AVENUE IS GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA.

BUT WE'RE FIGHTING TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD HAVE A SAY.

BUT WHEN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD HAD A SAY TO TRY TO KEEP THE MORRIS LAPIDUS BUILDING ALIVE, AND THE COUNTY VOTED TO PLACE THE FIRE STATION ON ALTON ROAD AND 11TH.

THAT SORT OF FEELS LIKE IT GOT VETOED. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A SAY ON THAT, IT HURTS TO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO DESTROY THAT MORRIS LAB IN THIS BUILDING. YOU KNOW, I AM ON THE BOARD OF OIC MIAMI, WHICH I KNOW YOU CAME BY COMMISSIONER BHATT.

YOU CAME BY COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YOU CAME BY.

THAT WAS A $22 MILLION FACILITY THAT WE BUILT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND PROGRAMING FOR THE SENIORS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE BRUKNER HIMSELF DOING A BLUE ZONE CLASS IN THE BUILDING.

AND NOW WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S WORTH THAT AND MORE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT BUILDING AND WE'RE GOING TO TEAR IT APART. INSTEAD OF BUILDING ON A SITE THAT IS NOT USED NOW BY A SIMPLY BY A BATHROOM IN A LOCKER ROOM ON ALTON ROAD, WHERE THE POLICE OFFICER WHERE THE FIREFIGHTERS ACTUALLY PREFERRED THAT SITE BECAUSE IT'S ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THEIR CURRENT SITE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO USE FLAMINGO PARK FOR TRAINING THE TRACK, THE FIELD, THE POOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IT REALLY DOES HURT.

WHEN YOU'RE BREAKING UP, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. WAS THE LAST CALLER ORIGINALLY IN LINE.

SO WE CAN CONCLUDE AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. LET'S LET'S GO OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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MAYOR MINOR IS SEPARATING ITEM C SEVEN, T AND C SEVEN.

YOU AGAIN? MAYOR MINOR IS SEPARATING C7 AND C7.

YOU COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS SEPARATING C7 J SO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ C7 J COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SEPARATING C4P AS IN PAUL C7 A F AND C7 A G AGAIN COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SEPARATING C4P C7 A F C7 A G. THE MAYOR HAS NOT APPROVED THE INCLUSION OF ANY ADDENDUM ITEM.

THEREFORE THERE WILL BE HEARD AFTER 5:00. AND JUST FOR THE FOR THE RECORD THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THESE ITEMS HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. THE CITY COMMISSION MUST WAIVE BY 6/7 VOTE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND TRANSMIT ITS RECOMMENDATION BEFORE REACHING. BEFORE REFERRING EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

THAT WOULD BE C4B, C4C AND C4D AND C4E AGAIN C4B, C4C, C4D AND C4E.

SO ANY MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WOULD INCLUDE THAT MOTION TO SET THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, CALL THE VOTE. SO THIS IS TO SET OR TO APPROVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED AS ANNOUNCED BY THE CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU. L GRANADO. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? AS AS SET, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED HEARING? NO. SEVEN ZERO APPROVED.

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[R7 L A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO REGULARLY MONITOR BEACHWALK CAMERA FEEDS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS ANY VISIBILITY ISSUES; AND TO TAKE NECESSARY MEASURES TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS THAT MAY IMPAIR CAMERA VIEWS, INCLUDING THE TRIMMING OF LANDSCAPING AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN CLEAR SIGHTLINES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES.]

I THINK WE CAN R7 L. R7 L IS REGULARLY MONITORED BEACHWALK CAMERA FEEDS TO ID ADDRESS VISIBILITY ISSUES. I'M ANSWERING THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, FOR CO-SPONSORING WITH ME.

WHO'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON THIS? ERIC FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

THIS WILL BE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND SO FAR, SO GOOD, AS WE MENTIONED ON SPRING BREAK.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY WITH GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE EAST REALLY WE'VE, WE'VE ALL SEEN THE STEPPED UP PRESENCE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO YEAH, AGAIN, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR.

COMMISSION. I APPRECIATE THE THE COMMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A ROBUST CAMERA SYSTEM COVERING MUCH OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE BEACH AND BOARDWALK TOTAL OF ALMOST 1000 CAMERAS AND ALMOST 2000 CAMERA VIEWS.

MUCH OF THOSE CAMERAS ARE MONITORED IN REAL TIME THROUGH OUR TECH OR REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

BUT THERE ARE TIMES, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THOSE CAMERAS ARE USED RETROACTIVELY TO HELP US SOLVE, MITIGATE CRIMES THAT MAY OCCUR IN AND AROUND THOSE, THOSE CAMERA COVERAGE AREAS.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO REGULARLY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.

I MEAN, CAN WE, CAN WE, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU MONITOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE'S NO OBSTRUCTIONS OF CAMERAS.

SO THERE'S A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.

AND ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO OUT SURVEY THE AREAS WHERE CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED, PARTICULARLY ON THE BEACH AND BOARDWALK, WHERE IT'S REALLY PROBLEMATIC AT TIMES BECAUSE TREES GROW, NEED TO BE TRIMMED BACK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT OBSTRUCTED.

OKAY. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT THAT IS BEING DONE? AND WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO ENSURE THE CAMERAS ARE OPERATIONAL AND NOT BEING OBSTRUCTED? YES WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET FOR CAMERA MAINTENANCE AND THAT THOSE FUNDS USED TO DO JUST THAT.

HOW ARE WE WITH A FULL OPERATIONAL CAMERA SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE BEACH WALK? I THINK THERE ARE SOME GAPS STILL. NOT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WISH TO GET IT DONE OR DESIRE TO GET IT DONE.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN FULLY FUNDED, BUT IT'S GONE GOING ON IN STAGES.

I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE FULLY COMPLETED, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY.

YEAH, LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND I GUESS IT CAME TO MIND AS WE HEARD A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I KNOW THEY'VE, THEY'VE OFTEN CHAMPIONED THE COMPLETION OF THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE BEACH WALK.

SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. WE ARE EAGER TO GET IT DONE, SIR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ.

CHIEF, HAVE WE CONSIDERED USING POSSIBLE AI SOLUTIONS TO DETECT WHEN A CRIME MIGHT BE HAPPENING? THAT YOU CAN SEND AN ALERT TO THE DEPARTMENT? I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE YOU CAN'T COVER A WHOLE BEACH WALK UNLESS YOU HAVE DOZENS OF OFFICERS LOOKING AT THE CAMERAS.

YEAH. SO WE ARE WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US BE SMARTER IN HOW WE APPROACH, PREDICT, PREVENT CRIME. AND SO WE DO LOOK AT THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT ARE WE USING AI TO DO THAT? OR ARE YOU LOOKING INTO AI SOLUTIONS? WE ARE, WE ARE NOT LOOKING INTO AI SOLUTIONS.

ARE YOU GET CLOSE. I MEAN, YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE NEXT TIME I HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

BUT WE ARE OKAY. YEAH, I'D LIKE I'D LIKE AN UPDATE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

ABSOLUTELY. MY FELLOW CO-SPONSOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

ANYTHING? JUST IT'S IT'S IMPRESSIVE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CAMERAS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO EXPAND INTO, INTO PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE BAYSHORE PARK. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE ITS PART IN MAKING SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WAS, WAS, WAS IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE PARK DESIGN.

THE, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE, I GUESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NECESSARY FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE BEACH WALK.

IT'S THERE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY IN.

THAT'S CORRECT. BAYSHORE PARK IS ONE PLACE THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US TO GET CAMERAS IN THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S SUCH A LARGE REAL ESTATE, IF YOU WILL.

AND WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE, CHIEF, THAT I SEE OUR CITY DOING NOW MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WHAT WE DID YEARS BEFORE, IS THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW SPACES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE THE BAY WALK THAT WE'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE AT SOME POINT WHETHER IT BE A COMPLETED PROJECT LIKE LIKE BAYSHORE PARK, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY FORWARD THINKING.

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THIS DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING, TOGETHER WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS OF OF WHETHER IT BE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENTS OR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT AS WE ENVISION NEW PUBLIC FACILITIES AND NEW PUBLIC AREAS, THE DEPARTMENT IS UP TO SPEED WITH THE SAFETY RESOURCES THAT THE USERS OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE GOING TO NEED.

AND SO I'M FOR THAT. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS ITEM.

I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT IT. I'M HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, TRULY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE PLANNING THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON A PARALLEL PATH TO ENSURE THAT A COMPLETION, YOU'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE NECESSARY RESOURCES.

WELL THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WISH WE WE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR IT. THE TRUTH IS WE'VE BEEN IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS YOU JUST MENTIONED.

WE'RE BROUGHT IN AT THE VERY GROUND FLOOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING SMART ABOUT HOW WE THINK ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION.

WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE ARE DONE. MR.. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. SO WE'RE HEADING INTO OUR BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH SEEMS LIKE WE JUST FINISHED ONE AND START ANOTHER.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE FACING SOME HARDSHIP IMPOSED BY THE STATE COMPLETING THIS, EXPANDING IT, MAINTAINING IT. IS THIS I GUESS LET'S START WITH COMPLETING IT.

IS THIS A FUNCTION OF NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO COMPLETE IT? OR IT JUST TAKES EVEN IF IT'S FULLY FUNDED, IT TAKES X AMOUNT OF TIME AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT YET.

IT'S REALLY A TIME AND RESOURCE CAPACITY ISSUE WE'RE DEALING WITH MORE SO THAN I THINK THE FUNDING HAS BEEN FUNDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPEDITE THE IMPLEMENTATION IF WE BRING IN OUTSIDE HELP TO SUBCONTRACT OUT THE INSTALLATION, FOR INSTANCE? THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE PROCESS AS IT STANDS TODAY.

MUCH OF THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE IS SUBCONTRACTED OUT.

SO HOW DO WE EXPEDITE IT IF THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING? LIKE, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TO GET THIS FINISHED THIS YEAR? LET'S SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU NEED ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND SPEAK TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE OVERSEEING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE CAMERAS.

I'M NOT SURE WE NEED ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. OKAY. CAN YOU COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND LET US KNOW IF THERE IF IF YOU DON'T COME BACK, WE'LL PRESUME EVERYTHING'S FINE. BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING, LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SURE. OKAY.

THANKS. THANK YOU. CHIEF. IT'S CALLED R7D. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECONDED BY THE MAYOR.

ALL IN FAVOR OF R7L, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED 70R7LR7D. I'M SORRY. WHAT LETTER?

[R7 D A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THE RESTORATION OF THE STAR ISLAND WATER TOWER, WITH AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $2,000,000 TO INCLUDE ANY NECESSARY UPDATES TO THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT, A BUDGET PRIORITY DURING THE CITY’S FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET PROCESS, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE A SURVIVING ELEMENT OF EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.]

I THINK THIS ITEM WAS A WAS ON CONSENT. I HAD PUT IT ON FOR IT TO BE A PRIORITY IN DISCUSSIONS FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET. IT WAS NOT ANYTHING TO APPROVE IT OUTRIGHT.

I HAD A VISIT WITH THE PALM HIBISCUS STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND IN GOING THROUGH THIS AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. THE WATER TOWERS OVER 100 YEARS OLD AND IT HAS BEEN ON THE.

TO BE DETERMINED WHEN WE'RE GOING TO FUND FIXING IT SINCE 2019.

AND EACH YEAR IT GETS PUSHED TO THE SIDE AND THE COST TO REPAIR IT GET INCREASED.

IT IS HISTORIC AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I EVEN THREW OUT THERE IF THEY WANTED TO TAX THEMSELVES TO PAY TO FIX IT THEMSELVES.

AND THEY DO NOT. THEY FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE CITY SHOULD.

SO THIS ITEM IS SIMPLY TO PUT IT ON THE LIST SO THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND DECIDE AS A WHOLE IF WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AS A PRIORITY FOR 2027.

COMMISSIONER IS THAT A MOTION? YES. SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, HAVE NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF R7D, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, R7D IS APPROVED.

SEVEN ZERO. R7ER7. E IS IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE AND REGULATORY

[R7 E 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 FEBRUARY 20, 2026 MEETING, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE AND REGULARLY SCHEDULED SEAGRAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN.]

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I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN AND CONTINUE THIS FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

IS JOHN HERE? JOHN MORRIS HI. IS IT MONTH ENOUGH TIME? SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON INTERNALLY AS WELL AS LEGISLATIVELY WITH AMY KNOWLES AND JOHN NORRIS AND THE CHIEF TO REALLY ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE SEA GRAPES ALONG OUR BEACH WALK ARE AN AREA THAT BECOMES A REPOSITORY FOR PEOPLE DOING UNSAVORY THINGS, WHETHER THEY COMMIT CRIMES, THEN RUN IN THERE OR THERE.

THEY'RE CAMPING OUT THERE. THIS IS NOT AN EFFORT.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN MISINFORMATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS NOT AN EFFORT TO CHOP EVERYTHING BACK AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A PILE OF TWIGS.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. AND, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THE THE PLANTS GROW IN A HEALTHY MANNER.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS MOST RECENTLY EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS HAVING THE POLICE IDENTIFY THE HOTSPOTS ALONG THE BEACH WALK AND THEN GO OUT AND VISIBLY INVESTIGATE AND WE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE IF WE ACTUALLY CAN FIX THE ISSUES WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR THESE DEPARTMENTS.

VERSUS THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT, WHICH WAS WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY OUTSIDE TO DO SOMETHING.

SO WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT PROCEDURE IS TO OPEN AND CONTINUE.

SO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN AND CONTINUE. R7E TO APRIL 22ND BY COMMISSIONER BHATT SECOND.

OKAY. GREAT. THANKS. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YEAH.

I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH OPENING CONTINUED, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH AMY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THIS, AND I THINK AMY ACTUALLY CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING REASONABLE WAS FOR, FOR SEA TURTLES AND NESTING SEASON, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SEA GRAPES DO BLOCK THE LIGHT FROM THE STREET AND FROM THE STREET LAMPS, CARS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ISN'T AFFECTED.

THAT'S CORRECT. WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT.

SO MOTION TO OPEN AND CONTINUE TO APRIL 22ND BY COMMISSIONER SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. OH I'M SORRY.

JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE VOTE. IT'S MONTH ENOUGH TIME.

OR DO YOU NEED TWO MONTHS? I THINK TWO MONTHS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US TO DO THE INSPECTION AND THEN GET ANY QUOTES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

I THINK THAT'D BE IMPORTANT. OKAY. SO TO ME WOULD BE IS THAT OKAY? THAT WOULD BE MAY 20TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

R7GR7G INSTALLED TRAFFIC DELINEATORS. DID WE TAKE? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM. WE TOOK THE VOTE ON R 70.

WE WERE. IT WAS A COMMISSIONER BHATT MATEO- SALINAS OPEN AND CONTINUE TO MAY 20TH.

OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE HAD A WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DO THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY VOTED. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM R7 G IS INSTALLED.

[R7 G A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO AND/OR OBTAIN, FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (“FDOT”), ANY PERMITS, AGREEMENTS, OR OTHER PREREQUISITES NECESSARY FOR THE PROMPT INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC DELINEATORS, WITH FUNDING FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION’S EXISTING BUDGET, AROUND THE DESIGNATED “NO PARKING” AREAS SITUATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF ALTON ROAD BETWEEN FIFTH STREET AND SIXTH STREET, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE VISUAL AND PHYSICAL DETERRENTS THAT WILL SERVE TO PREVENT THE CONTINUED ILLEGAL STOPPING, PARKING AND LOADING/UNLOADING ALONG ALTON ROAD, ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY BY MAINTAINING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS TO FIRE HYDRANTS, AND IMPROVE OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG ALTON ROAD AND THE SURROUNDING SIDE STREETS.]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE GOTTEN ALMOST LIKE A DOZEN EMAILS OF PICTURES WHERE YOU HAVE THESE LOADING TRUCKS THAT ARE PARKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK, AND IT'S CAUSING HUGE TRAFFIC JAMS ALONG ALTON ROAD, JUST AS YOU GET ONTO THE OVERPASS FOR 395.

AND I BELIEVE PARKING ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND I MEAN, EVERY TIME I GO BY THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS A DELIVERY TRUCK OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS THERE.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE ALL THE, THE HUNDREDS OF DELIVERIES THAT GO TO THAT PLACE.

AND THEY THINK THAT THAT'S OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE CITY CAN PUT DELINEATORS THERE TO EXPRESSLY AND EXPLICITLY SHOW THAT YOU CANNOT PARK HERE.

SO I MEAN, WELL, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING WELL.

MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PARKING CITY MIAMI BEACH. YOU ARE CORRECT. COMMISSIONER. I WILL SAY THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY CREATES A GAME OF WHACK A MOLE.

SO AS SOON AS WE SEND A DETAIL THROUGH THERE AND WE CLEAR IT OUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOME OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVERS WHO DON'T DELIVER THERE EVERY DAY, JUST SAY, HEY, I'LL TAKE THE FINE. THEY TAKE THE FINE.

IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO ACTUALLY MOVE THEM BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET A, A,

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THE BARRICADES YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY IT'S, I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE BARRICADES.

DELINEATORS. THE DELINEATOR POST WILL ABSOLUTELY BE A DETERRENT.

WE CAN I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I'LL KIND OF DEFER TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE THAT IS AN FDOT ROAD. SO WE DO JUST HAVE TO GET PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DOCKMASTER AT THE PROPERTY WITH, WITH MIXED RESULTS.

IT STARTED OFF AMAZINGLY. THEY EVEN CALLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT A FEW TIMES WHEN THEY TOLD TRUCKS TO LEAVE AND THEY WOULD NOT. SO THERE, THERE BEGAN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT I BELIEVE AS YOU STATED, COMMISSIONER THERE ARE THAT IS A VERY DENSE PROPERTY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNTIMED DELIVERIES THERE. SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE MOVING FORWARD.

SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO PUT DELINEATORS THERE? GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR.

AS DIRECTOR MCDONALD MENTIONED, BECAUSE ALTON ROAD IS A STATE ROAD TO PLACE DELINEATORS WOULD REQUIRE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, AN INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THEM. WE, WE DO THOSE ALL THE TIME.

WE WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AND IT WOULD NEED TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY FOR EXECUTION.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S ALL WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE COMMISSIONER MONICA MATEO- SALINAS.

OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ COMMISSIONER. MONICA MATEO- SALINAS AND COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM.

I'D LOVE TO JOIN AS A CO-SPONSOR. I KNOW BACK IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE WERE GETTING EMAILS FROM DAVID MARTINEZ WHO LIVES IN IN THE BUILDING, FIFTH AND ALTON. I WELCOMED AND THE CHANGE OF POSITION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PLACING DELINEATORS THERE, I WAS TOLD AND I RELAYED TO MY CONSTITUENT AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD MAKE SITUATIONS WORSE BY HAVING CARS INSTEAD OF PARKING IN THAT STRIPED AREA. THEY WOULD THEN PARK ON ALTON ROAD, AND THAT WOULD CREATE A PARKING SITUATION ON ALTON ROAD WITH CARS.

GIVEN THAT THE ADMINISTRATION NOW SEEMS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT POSITION ON WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY, I'M GOING TO JOIN AS A CO-SPONSOR WITH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ON THIS ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS AND COMMISSIONER BHATT. I JUST I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND THE DELINEATORS, BUT AGAIN, LIKE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAID, AND WHAT EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT THAT LANE GOING ON TO THE CAUSEWAY WILL BE BLOCKED. SO I'LL SUPPORT THIS TODAY.

BUT IF THAT DOES END UP HAPPENING AND WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY, A BETTER WAY FOR THEM TO UNLOAD AND LOAD AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO, AND IT DOES BLOCK THAT LANE, THEN I'LL BRING AN ITEM TO REMOVE THE DELINEATORS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AWFUL.

THAT'S THE ENTRANCE UNDER THE CAUSEWAY AND THAT IT'LL BE A MESS.

IT'LL BE A MESS. SO. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. SO THE LAST TIME I CHECKED ON THIS, THE ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE THE CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC IMPACTS.

SO CAN YOU GUYS EXPLAIN TO ME MAYBE ERIC, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS CHANGED? WHY IT CHANGED? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT NECESSARILY HAS CHANGED.

I, AS THE ADMINISTRATION, HAVE CONCERNS THAT IF WE TAKE AWAY THE PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO THE LOADING DOCK AREA, WHERE ARE THOSE VEHICLES GOING TO GO? I'D LIKE TO SHOW A PICTURE OF WHAT WHAT HAPPENS.

I THINK IT'LL GIVE A LOT OF CONTEXT TO THAT. SUBMITTED.

PJ, CAN YOU CAN YOU PUT UP SOME OF THE PICTURES I SENT? I MEAN, EVERYONE HAS SEEN IT FROM DAVID MARTINEZ, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE IT.

JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. SURE. AND I THINK THE WAY IT'S SITUATED IS IF THERE'S DELINEATORS THERE, THERE'S NO WAY THAT A TRUCK OR SOME SOMETIMES THERE'S THESE SEMI TRUCKS THAT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

BUT WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO NOW? WELL, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHICH IS WHERE I THINK THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIVE PARK.

SO IF THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. SO I THINK WE HAVE A DELINEATORS.

NO. THAT'S REGARDLESS. WE HAVE A BIGGER ISSUE.

WE SEE IT WITH TRUCKS DOING DELIVERIES ON MAIN THOROUGHFARES DURING RUSH HOUR.

WHO CHOOSE TO NOT PULL INTO THEIR DESIGNATED LOADING SPOTS BECAUSE EITHER THE BUILDING SAYS THEY DON'T WANT THEM BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY, OR THE DRIVERS DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE TIME GETTING IN AND OUT OF A COMPLICATED DRIVEWAY.

WE HAVE THE RITZ AND THE DECO PLAGE, WHICH HAVE BEEN IN A HATFIELD-MCCOY SITUATION FOR YEARS.

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HOW DO WE AND MR. MANAGER. MAYBE THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE CAN BRING UP FOR NEXT MONTH.

HOW DO WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING THE VERY THINGS THAT THE VARIOUS US ZONING LAWS, PLANNING BOARDS AND OTHER LAND USE COMMITTEES TRAFFIC STUDIES, PARKING STUDIES ARE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT IN ADVANCE OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING.

WE HAVE I KNOW WILL YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DELIVERY TRUCK COMPANIES TO HAVE THEM SIGN PLEDGES SAYING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND IF THEY'RE THERE ARE OPERATORS VIOLATE THEM, THEN THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

DO WE REQUIRE MORE DOC MASTERS? DO WE HOLD THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABLE IF THERE ARE ISSUES LIKE THIS? I MEAN, THIS IS ABSURD. THIS AFFECTS PEOPLE BEYOND JUST THE RESIDENTS OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.

IT AFFECTS POTENTIALLY LIFE SAFETY. IF IF THERE ARE PEOPLE BACKED UP AND CAN'T GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE THAN THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING.

SO I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE POSITION CHANGED OR DIDN'T CHANGE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

AND THE BIGGER ISSUE IS AS THIS BECOMES A CITY WIDE PROBLEM, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT OF, OF LIVING AND DOING BUSINESS IN OUR CITY, LIVING IN AND DOING BUSINESS OF OUR, IN OUR CITY, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING A BUILDING THAT IS TOO LARGE FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S BRINGING TRUCKS IN THAT ARE TOO LARGE FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

I MEAN, BRING IN SMALLER DELIVERY TRUCKS. YOU DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW, AMAZON HAS THOSE LITTLE SPRINTER VANS USE THOSE.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE DELIVERING HUGE AMOUNTS OF FURNITURE AND SOMEBODY'S MOVING IN, THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. THEN YOU GET A DELIVERY PERMIT OR SOMETHING WHERE FOR FROM 9 TO 4 IT'S BLOCKED OFF FOR THAT PARTICULAR DELIVERY.

BUT THIS IS THIS NEEDS TO BE ONCE AGAIN, A HOLISTIC REVIEW BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, BUILDING TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING HOLISTICALLY TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, NOT FEWER. I MEAN, LOOK, IN NORTH BEACH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 13 BUILDINGS IN AN EIGHT BY SIX BLOCK RADIUS. AND THOSE ARE SOME NARROW, DESPERATELY CONGESTED STREETS UP THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING AN ITEM AND MR. MANAGER, IF YOU COULD TAKE POINT ON THIS FOR NEXT MONTH AND HAVE THESE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

MR. MAYOR, I THINK PJ'S READY FOR THE PICTURE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE IT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT ALREADY SORT OF BLOCKS TRAFFIC.

AND COMMISSIONER DOES RAISE A GOOD POINT. AND THEY SHOULD.

THE PEOPLE AT FIVE PARK SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE THESE MASSIVE DELIVERY TRUCKS PARKING ON A NO PARKING SECTION OF THE OF THE ROAD. SO I THINK WE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATION YOU HAVE. GIVEN OUT TO A LOT OF THESE DELIVERY TRUCKS AND DRIVERS IS GOING TO SOLVE THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S JUST LAZINESS AT ITS FINEST.

AND I THINK WITH A SIMPLE FIX LIKE THIS, WE CAN ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC FOR AN IMPORTANT SECTION OF OUR BEACH, WHICH IS FIFTH AND ALTON. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEREVER WE CAN STEP IN AND ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WE SHOULD AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS GOING ON EVERY DAY. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE AN ACTION ON RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I SEE WE HAVE ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR TWIN COMPANIES HERE, AND I WANT TO KNOW, ARE WE WHEN THESE WHEN THESE VEHICLES ARE ENGAGING IN THESE ACTIVITIES, HAVE WE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN TOWING THESE VEHICLES? ARE WE ONLY GIVING THEM CITATIONS? WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO WHEN WE HAVE TRUCKS OF THIS SIZE, IT DOES REQUIRE SPECIALIZED TOWING EQUIPMENT, WHICH RIGHT NOW DOES NOT EXIST ON THE ISLAND.

IT WOULD REQUIRE AN OFF ISLAND SOLUTION. ALSO, MOST OF THE TIME THESE TRUCKS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS WITHIN A 3 TO 5 MINUTE WALK.

SO THEY ARE, THEY'LL BE THERE. AND IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF THOSE PHOTOS A TRUCK WAS UNLOADING,

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I SAW HOW YOU REACTED. I'D LIKE IF YOU COULD APPROACH THE PODIUM AS I WOULD LOVE. PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

HI, MANNY. DIAZ, TREMONT TOWING. WILL AND I WORK HAND IN HAND.

AND IF WE NEED A MEDIUM DUTY, WE COULD GET YOU A MEDIUM DUTY.

BUT LIKE WHAT HE SAID. BY THE TIME THE MEDIUM DUTY COMES DOWN, THEY'RE ALREADY RUNNING OUT.

YEAH, BUT IF WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT IS A RECURRING NUISANCE.

YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT COULD BE KEPT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT LOCATION.

ESPECIALLY THE CITY HAS PROPERTY VERY CLOSE TO THERE WHERE IT COULD BE STATIONED OR, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY CAPABLE TO TO FINDING THAT, BUT HERE WE HAVE A RECURRING NUISANCE WHERE IT IS PREDICTABLE THAT A LOCATION LIKE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN THE VICINITY.

IF HE NEEDS A MEDIUM DUTY, WE COULD WORK TOGETHER AND I COULD HAVE A MEDIUM DUTY AT ALL TIMES.

YEAH, BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE UNLESS WE DROP THE HAMMER 100%, YOU KNOW, AND SO AND SO.

WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION GIVES ME ONE OPINION AND THEN WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE OPINION FOR A SOLUTION CHANGES NOW THAT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT AVENUE FOR SOLUTIONS.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT YOU.

I JOIN YOU AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS. BUT I DO THINK THAT AS WE EXPERIENCE MORE OF THESE TYPES OF CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT OUR BARRIER ISLANDS WE CERTAINLY NEED YOU TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ISSUE CITATIONS, WE CAN ISSUE CITATIONS, WE CAN ISSUE TRAFFIC TICKETS TO PEOPLE AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE VIOLATION. AND WHAT WE NEED IS COMPLIANCE OF THE VIOLATION IN ORDER IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT.

THERE'S A REASON WHY WE ISSUE VIOLATIONS. WE ISSUE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LACK OF COMPLIANCE THAT IS CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT THAT IS AFFECTING OTHER PEOPLE. AND IT'S VERY WONDERFUL. WE CAN GIVE OF A PARKING VIOLATION.

WE CAN PUT. SOMETHING ON SOMEONE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS NOT TO BE PUNITIVE, BUT WE WANT TO DRIVE COMPLIANCE AND ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED YOUR COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS THIS NUISANCE.

THAT'S HOW WE DID IT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE FREIGHT LOADING ZONES BACK IN THE DAYS. NOW WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS WITH THE TOW TRUCKS.

COME TAKE THE CARS OUT. WE COULD DO THE SAME WITH THE HEAVY DUTIES.

I MEAN, 100% NEEDS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. I KNOW I HAVE COMMISSIONER, BHATT, COMMISSIONER, DOMINGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. AND THEN COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SO I STILL THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS. I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD WHY THE POSITION HAS CHANGED.

AND THEN I DO HAVE A SECOND QUESTION THAT I'D LIKE TO RAISE.

SO AS I MENTIONED, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE POSITION OF OUR PARKING DIRECTOR AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR HAS CHANGED.

MY POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED. WE ARE GOING TO DISPLACE A PROBLEM FROM WHAT IS NOT A TRAFFIC LANE INTO A TRAFFIC LANE.

SO, MANNY, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TOW TRUCKS AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TELLING PEOPLE OUT OF TRAVEL LANES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO, AND IF YOU COULD ALLOW ME TO CLARIFY. COMMISSIONER.

SO THIS IS 6 IN 1 HAND, HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER.

SO AS A COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS TALKED RIGHT NOW THE TRUCKS ARE IN VIOLATION.

OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOW UP. THEY, THEY WRITE A $124 OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC CITATION, PLUS GENERALLY A 500, 1000, $5,000 RIGHT OF WAY VIOLATION.

GENERALLY, WE RECEIVE COMPLIANCE. AND I SAY GENERALLY BECAUSE I WOULD SAY 90% OF THE TIME THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE RISK OF THE TRUCKS JUST TURNING ON THEIR FLASHERS IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC WITH THESE BARRICADES AND ACTING LIKE THEY'RE INVISIBLE.

THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE RISK. SO I, I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS COULD ABSOLUTELY PUSH SOMEBODY FROM THE STRIPED AREA, THE GORE OUT INTO THE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND THEY COULD JUST NOT CARE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. SO, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN, CAN, CAN LOOK FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE AND SAY, NOW, WILL THERE BE SOME DRIVERS THAT WILL BE DETERRED FROM THE DELINEATOR POST? ABSOLUTELY. THERE WILL BE SOME DRIVERS THAT ARE DETERRED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE AS BRAZEN. WE HAVE FROM THE PARKING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A FREIGHT LOADING ZONE NEXT TO THE BUILDING.

HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY THE FREIGHT LOADING ZONE IS ON WEST.

IT'S ON THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE SIDE. SO THE DESIGN OF THIS BUILDING IS THE FLOOR, NOT ANYTHING AROUND IT.

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UNFORTUNATELY THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO ONE OF MY EARLIER COMMENTS.

I MEAN, LISTEN, THIS WAS NOT A SMALL BUILDING THAT JUST SNUCK IN AND NOBODY NOTICED.

THIS WAS WENT TO A PUBLIC REFERENDUM. THIS WAS DESIGNED UP THE YIN YANG.

IT'S BEING SOLD FOR ZILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS BEACHFRONT PROPERTY.

THE FACT THAT THE LOADING ZONE IS ON THE WRONG SIDE FOR TRAFFIC IMPACTS IS OFFENSIVE.

IT'S IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREAKING OFFENSIVE. SO BE THAT AS IT MAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO RETROFIT THAT SOMEHOW.

PROBABLY NOT. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS I, AS PART OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE THING THAT I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ON, ERIC, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE IS NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH THAT A BUILDING OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD HAVE A LOADING DOCK THAT IS NOT IN THE IDEAL PLACE, AND NO OTHER BUILDING SHOULD GOING FORWARD. SO THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME.

SECOND OF ALL, CAN WE NOT YOU KNOW, IF, IF ENFORCEMENT IS THE ISSUE, WHY ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL ENFORCEMENT? I WANT SOMEBODY STAFF THERE DURING THE LOADING HOURS, THE LOADING DOCK HOURS, SO THAT THE SECOND SOMEBODY PULLS UP, THEY ARE TICKETED AND FINED. I BELIEVE MOST BUILDINGS HAVE BOARDS WITH CUPS AND, AND PLANS FOR HOW LOADING HAPPENS IN THEIR BUILDINGS.

I WANT THE BUILDINGS HELD RESPONSIBLE TOO. IT'S AFFECTING THEIR MEMBERS.

IT'S AFFECTING THEIR RESIDENTS. SO HOLD THE BUILDINGS RESPONSIBLE.

IS THERE A WAY TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS? I MEAN, THIS IS ABSURD. AND IT IS. IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION HERE AND NOW, IT IS GOING TO BECOME BEYOND PROBLEMATIC THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND SO I WANT EVERY OPTION EXPLORED. I WANT TO BACK AT THE APRIL MEETING, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

I, I APPRECIATE THE INTENT WITH WHICH THIS WAS BROUGHT.

ALL OF US HAVE GOTTEN THE SAME CALLS AND EMAILS AND PHOTOGRAPHS SENT.

I CANNOT BE SUPPORTIVE NOW. I THINK IT IS GOING TO JUST DISPLACE THE PROBLEM.

I WANT REAL SOLUTIONS IN APRIL AND I WANT THEM TO BE ENACTED WITHOUT THE DELAY OF AN MOU WITH FDOT, ETC.. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE PREVENT THIS GOING FORWARD, WHAT WE CAN DO IMMEDIATELY.

I THINK STAFFING CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW, RIGHT? YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY ASSIGNED THERE TOMORROW 24 OVER SEVEN, IF THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET A BIG RIG, TOW TRUCK OR WHATEVER AVAILABLE TO US, BUT IF THAT CAN BE AS OF TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK TO HAVE ON CALL AND PARKED NEARBY.

LET'S GET THAT GOING. LIKE THOSE DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL TIME.

SO THAT'S WHERE I AM ON THIS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. SO I HAD ALSO HEARD THE SAME THING FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT HAVING DELINEATORS, THEY WORRIED BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE STREET AND THE TRUCKS WOULD BE PARKING IN THE STREET INSTEAD OF WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

AND I KEEP HEARING ABOUT BRINGING THESE MASSIVE TOW TRUCKS ARE BOOTS.

NOT A THING. OUR BOOTS ONLY FOR CARS. CAN'T WE JUST HAVE THE BOOTS AND THEN THE TRUCKS CAN'T GO ANYWHERE? THAT'S THE SAME AS A TOW. YOU CAN SO BOOTS CAN ABSOLUTELY BE DONE.

BUT IT DOESN'T, I'LL SAY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE ADVANCED PENALTIES WITH REPEAT OFFENDERS.

SO OUR RIGHT OF WAYS CAN GO UP TO TEN, I BELIEVE $15,000, $15,000 FOR A THIRD OFFENSE.

WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF THESE DELIVERY COMPANIES.

THE CHALLENGE OF THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF UNIQUE DELIVERY COMPANIES FOR INDIVIDUALS MOVING IN, INDIVIDUALS BUYING FURNITURE FROM THIS LOCATION, THIS LOCATION HAVING SPECIAL DELIVERIES.

SO THIS ISN'T WHILE WE DO SEE THE FEDEX AND THE UPS AND THE AMAZONS, THEY ARE STARTING TO HEAR US.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH ALL THREE OF THOSE VENDORS. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE LARGER ONE OFF DELIVERY COMPANIES THAT, HEY, I HAVE SOMEBODY MOVING IN. SO THIS DELIVERY TRUCK CAME FROM COLORADO OR CAME FROM NEW YORK OR CAME FROM FILL IN THE BLANK HERE.

AND SO WE WILL GIVE THEM A FIRST TIME VIOLATION AND THEY WILL NEVER COME BACK INTO THE CITY AGAIN.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT THIS CURRENT TIME.

CAN THE VIOLATIONS GO TO THE BUILDING? THEY HAVE A LOADING ZONE.

THEY HAVE STAFF THAT WORKS THERE. IF THEY SEE THE TRUCK, THEY SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPTING ANYTHING UNTIL THE TRUCK MOVES TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

CAN THE BUILDING BE HELD LIABLE? SO PARKING DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY POWER FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

I WOULD I WOULD PROBABLY DEFER TO OUR CODE PARTNERS OR BUILDING TO SEE IF THAT COULD BE DONE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A THING, BUT WE HAVE NO MECHANISM TO TO EFFECTUATE THE RECEIVER.

YEAH. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN THE CODE TO CURRENTLY CHARGE THAT BACK TO.

SO WHAT WOULD YOU NEED A NEW ITEM FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION.

WE NEED A CODE AMENDMENT TO TIE THOSE VIOLATIONS BACK TO THE ADJACENT BUILDINGS.

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SO SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT. WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT IN ORDER FOR THE BUILDING TO GET A VIOLATION FOR NOT TELLING THEIR DELIVERY TRUCKS TO MOVE.

WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO ENFORCE THAT, AND WE WOULD NEED NEW LEGISLATION TO MOVE FORWARD.

ERIC, DON'T THEY HAVE A CUP THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT HAS A DELIVERY PLAN? SO NOT ALL BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE A CUP, BUT FIVE DOES NOT HAVE A CUP.

THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A CUP.

OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. LIKE I WANT IN APRIL.

I WANT A COMPREHENSIVE THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO AMEND OUR CODE FOR. THIS IS HOW WE.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT ON THE FLY TODAY. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO STAFFING. WE CAN DEFINITELY GET A TOW TRUCK INTO THE CITY THAT CAN HANDLE THIS CAPACITY.

BUT IN APRIL, I WANT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THESE ARE OUR OPTIONS.

HERE'S HOW WE AMEND THE CODE AND ADDRESS THIS AND REALLY GET AHEAD OF THIS PROBLEM.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THANK YOU. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION, JUST TO BUILD UPON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS MENTIONED, IS THAT IF WE DO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE, AN ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DO THINK SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT THE ENFORCEMENT.

YES, THE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE VEHICLES AND THE DRIVERS, BUT THE ENFORCEMENT ON THE BUILDING AND REQUIRED THE BUILDING RATHER THAN TO, YOU KNOW, PUT A HEFTY FINE ON THEM THAT GOES TO THE CITY TO SOME FUND UP IN THE CITY'S ACCOUNTS.

THAT THE VIOLATION, THE REMEDY BE THAT THEY HAVE TO HIRE.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE OFF DUTY POLICE OR OFF DUTY PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

TO BE THERE PRESENT TO DO NOW THE WORK THAT THEIR DOCKMASTER IS NOT DOING.

THAT THEIR DOCKMASTER IS BEING NEGLIGENT AND DROPPING THE BALL IN DOING SO.

NOW WE NEED TO ALLOCATE OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES, THE TAXPAYER'S RESOURCES TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING RIGHT.

SO THE VIOLATION SHOULD BE ONCE WE BRING THAT ORDINANCE.

MR. ATTORNEY IS THAT YOU'RE FOUND NOT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, YOUR BUILDING GETS A VIOLATION, BUT YOU JUST DON'T WRITE A CHECK. YOU NOW HAVE TO HIRE OFF DUTY TO SIT THERE AND DO THE WORK THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE YOURSELF.

AND IF COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS NEXT. I'M SORRY.

IT'S OKAY. FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. COMMISSIONER BHATT.

THANK YOU. CURRENTLY, WHEN BUILDINGS WANT TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO TRIM PALMS ON THEIR PROPERTY, THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT THAT HAS TO BE OBTAINED BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BRING THEIR TRUCK.

I. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE GUYS WITH THE, THE HOOKS AND THE SHOPPING CARTS THAT DO IT.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I KNOW A RESIDENT HAD HAD REACHED OUT AND THERE WAS A WHOLE PROCESS WHERE THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE SIDEWALKS SO THEY COULD BRING THEIR LARGE TRUCK. LET'S HAVE AS PART OF THIS, A PROCEDURE WHERE IF YOU ARE BRINGING IN AN 18 WHEELER BECAUSE YOU JUST MOVED CROSS COUNTRY, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU NEED TO THEN SCHEDULE THAT TIME WITH THE CITY.

AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE TRAFFIC PLAN IN, IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

THEN THEN THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TOO.

AND, YOU KNOW, CAN BE SELECTIVE TOO, JUST SUPER HIGHLY DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH NARROW STREETS.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ON A FOUR LANE STREET. COLLINS.

NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED, BUT IN THIS CASE, IN OTHER CASES, LIKE WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING UP IN NORTH BEACH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT COMPREHENSIVELY. SO AS YOU GUYS, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO BRING BACK ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE FOR US NEXT.

NEXT MONTH I WANT THAT TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL.

PLEASE. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. I'M REALLY GLAD THIS SPRING ON A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ON ON LOADING AND UNLOADING.

YEAH, LOOK, I, I, I THINK DELINEATORS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY SO THAT ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, STAND BY 24 OVER SEVEN THERE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING IT THERE WITHOUT DELINEATORS KIND OF INVITES THESE TOW TRUCK DELIVERIES, YOU KNOW, THEY, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'RE USED TO OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN HIALEAH OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT I LOOK, I WOULD LOVE TO TRY THIS AND SEE HOW IT DOES.

I MEAN, WE HAVE CAMERAS THERE AND AND SEE IF IT MAKES AN IMPACT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY.

ALL DAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, WELL, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF LIKE, MAYBE THREE AND 7 P.M..

SO I HOPE THAT DELINEATORS ARE ALSO PART OF THE PLAN.

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SO WE HAVE THE CITY ALREADY HAS A FREIGHT LOADING ZONE THAT ALSO BELONGS TO THE BUILDING.

WHEN I SAY BELONGS, IT'S THERE TO SERVICE ANY BUILDING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A WALKING DISTANCE THAT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT BUILDING BECAUSE IT WAS PREEXISTING IN THE PERFECT WORLD. YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE BEEN FLIPPED.

AND ON THAT SIDE, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE ENTRANCE INTO THE LOADING ZONES OFF WEST AVE. WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE FREIGHT LOADING ZONE THAT IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE ROAD TO THE CAUSEWAY ACTIVATED. SO THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH ROOM TO HANDLE, I WOULD SAY AT ANY ONE TIME BETWEEN THE LOADING ZONE AND THE FREIGHT LOADING ZONE.

FIVE. I'LL SAY RELATIVELY LARGE BOX TRUCKS. THE CHALLENGE IS THAT ON THE ALTON SIDE, THERE IS NO ON STREET SOLUTION.

OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT THAT GORE THAT, THAT HASH STRIPED AREA THAT IS RIGHT THERE OUTSIDE IS THERE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME FOR A REASON, THERE'S SOME ACCESS TO, I BELIEVE SOME PUBLIC WORKS PUMPS UNDER THERE.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON INTELLIGENTLY ON THAT.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NO PLACE TO, TO PUT ADDITIONAL LOADING RESOURCES ON ALTON ROAD RIGHT THERE.

HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY FINES SO FAR? OH WE CAN, I CAN WE CAN TABULATE IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE WE WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT WHILE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY STATIONED THERE ALL DAY.

THAT IS ON OUR, I'LL SAY, SOUTH OF FIFTH OR KIND OF OUR SOUTHERN ISLAND ROUTE.

SO WE DO HAVE TEAM MEMBERS PASS BY THERE ON A FREQUENT BASIS.

AND SO EVERY TIME THEY GO BY, THEY WILL WRITE THE APPROPRIATE CITATIONS.

I WAS AND AGAIN, GENERALLY COMPLIANCE OCCURS WHILE WE ARE THERE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENS. I'LL JUST SAY FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND, WE SHOW UP.

WE START CITING IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE, SOMEBODY GENERALLY PULLS OFF, BUT WE WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO CITE THE MAIN OFFENDER AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

OKAY. AND IF JOSE CAN STEP UP, WHAT AGAIN, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? YOU HAVE TO GET AN MOU WITH THE COUNTY. WITH F DOT F DOT.

OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE TIME? WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME ON THIS? I WOULD GIVE IT PROBABLY TWO TO 2 TO 3 MONTHS.

WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR EXECUTION OF THAT MAINTENANCE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.

SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS. OKAY. VICE CHAIR. YES.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT TO ADDRESS.

AGREE WITH THE TRAFFIC. DELINEATORS. BUT WHAT ARE THEY ESTHETICALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I'M WORKING STEADFAST IN TRYING TO IMPROVE THE ESTHETICS OF OUR PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.

AND MY FEAR IS WE'RE JUST ADDING THESE LITTLE ORANGE CONES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

COULD WE NOT? WHY WOULD FLOWER POTS PLACED IN THAT AREA NOT WORK? SO THE GENERALLY THEY WOULD BE THE WHITE DELINEATOR POSTS WITH A REFLECTIVE STRIPE AT THE TOP.

THE CHALLENGE WITH ANY FIXED ITEM WOULD BE THE ACCESS.

SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT HASH MARKED AREAS IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA.

ONE IS FOR A FIRE HYDRANT, THE OTHER ONE IS FOR ACCESS TO SOME.

AND THERE ARE THESE DOORS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY.

I'LL DEFER TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THOSE THOSE DOORS ARE HALF IN THE DOOR AND HALF ON THE ROADWAY. SO. GOT IT. SO BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HAVING A PRACTICAL PURPOSE FOR THINGS, BUT MAKING IT MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR HOW OUR CITY LOOKS.

RIGHT? AND I I'M SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE, RIGHT? NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE. YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN ALTON ROAD OR 17TH STREET, AND THERE'S THESE SILLY LITTLE MESSAGING SIGNS.

FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE HELL. OKAY. WE WILL NEVER FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNLESS WE BETTER DESIGN OUR STREETS. AND I HAVE BEEN SENDING OUR STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS VIDEOS FOR YEARS, AND JOSE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS WE HAD ABOUT THE LOADING IN WEST AVENUE AND PJ, IF YOU COULD SHOW TWO VIDEOS THAT I SENT TO OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION AND CODE JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THIS IS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND WE COULD HAVE ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A WHACK A MOLE.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED. SHOULD WE ADDRESS THIS AFTER THEY'RE KILLED?

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AND WE HAVE DELIVERY TRUCKS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OKAY, IF THAT WAS 15 SECONDS EARLIER, I TOOK THIS VIDEO BECAUSE YOU SAW A MOTHER LIKE THIS PEEKING OUT PAST THE DELIVERY TRUCK WITH A BABY STROLLER AND 10S LATER, A CAR COMES FLYING DOWN.

IS SOMEBODY GOING TO HAVE TO GET KILLED BEFORE WE REALLY ADDRESS THIS? THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE DAY, RIGHT? AND SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STAFF, RTO OR STIFF.

THAT DOESN'T WORK. THAT DOES NOT WORK. WE NEED TO BETTER DESIGN OUR ROADS TO PERMANENTLY ADDRESS THIS.

AND I'VE BEEN ON IT FOR YEARS AND I'VE GOTTEN NOWHERE.

OKAY, WELL, THIS PROBLEM THAT THAT CROSSWALK, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO TRY AND GET AN ELEVATED CROSSWALK.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT ANY OF OUR INITIATIVES? IF IT TAKES TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO BUILD A FREAKING CROSSWALK 30FT WIDE OR 30FT LONG? WHY? RIGHT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

KIDS, FAMILIES. AND IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO BUILD A CROSSWALK, RIGHT? WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF AGENDA ITEMS, BUT IF IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO DO A CROSSWALK.

I SAW COMMISSIONER BHATT. SHE HAD AN ITEM A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT BUILDING A NEW FLYOVER ON 63RD STREET.

IT WAS RIGHT AFTER I GO, WELL, THIS CROSSWALK WILL TAKE ANOTHER YEAR.

WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING? LIKE, LIKE, HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY BE AMBITIOUS AND THINK COMPREHENSIVE AND TRULY GAME CHANGING SOLUTIONS? IF IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO BUILD A CROSSWALK, AN ELEVATED CROSSWALK? WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE CITY? WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING THAT VIDEO? PJ, CAN YOU PLAY THE SECOND ONE? THIS IS EVERYDAY UP AND DOWN WEST AVENUE. HOW CAN WE NOT HAVE AN ESTHETIC DESIGN IN THE MEDIAN THAT PREVENTS DELIVERY TRUCKS FROM DOING THIS? I TOOK A VIDEO JUST THIS DAY. THIS IS ON EVERY BLOCK UP AND DOWN WEST AVENUE.

ARE WE GOING TO GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE PISSED AND GOING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO RUN INTO PURE VIDA ON WEST AVENUE.

AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL PLANTS THERE NOW, I CAN'T.

YES, WE'RE GOING TO. ARE WE GOING TO GET CALLS FROM BUILDINGS ALONG WEST AVENUE LIKE MY OWN RIGHT WHERE THEY GO? IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US JUST TO HAVE THESE CARS OUT IN THE STREET.

YES WE ARE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE STRONG AND SAY THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT THINGS.

OKAY. WE SHOULD HAVE PLANTERS IN THE MEDIAN JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN SUNSET HARBOR.

I'VE BEEN BRINGING IT UP FOR THREE YEARS, AND MAYBE IT'LL TAKE SOMEBODY GETTING KILLED.

MAYBE IT'LL TAKE A MOTHER TRYING TO CROSS IN FRONT OF AN AMAZON DRIVER THAT'S THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND WE'LL GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE NOW WE'LL ADDRESS IT.

I REALLY HOPE THE CITY CAN SHOW SOME PROACTIVENESS IN ADDRESSING THIS, THAT I'VE SENT AROUND TO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR YEARS BEFORE.

IT'S A RESULT OF SOMEBODY DYING THERE. OKAY. THE WIDENING OF WEST AVENUES, FIVE LANES LONG, PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE AND PASSING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

PEOPLE PASSING THE MEETINGS, THEY PASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

I'VE SENT EVERYBODY VIDEOS, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING THE POLICE OUT THERE TO ENFORCE, BECAUSE THAT CAN'T BE A CONSTANT STRATEGY.

WE HAVE TO HAVE BETTER DESIGN IN OUR ROADWAYS, BETTER DESIGN.

SO THIS IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION. SO WHO'S WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND DO IT? WELL, GUYS, SERIOUSLY, NOT ALL AT ONCE. COMMISSIONER ALL AT ONCE.

I WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM, AND WE WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.

I APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING TEXT MESSAGES HERE AND IT'S ASKING ME TO ASK YOU, TOM, FOR SPECIFICALLY IF I PARK DOESN'T DRB OR HPV FOR THAT VIKTORK HAVE HAVE ORDERS TO ADDRESS DELIVERY. YEAH. THEY'RE. WELL, I NEED TO CHECK THE ORDERS AND I DID DOUBLE CHECK I MISSPOKE.

COMMISSIONER. BUT THEY DO HAVE A Q P AND THAT LIKELY WILL HAVE CONDITIONS REGARDING LOADING AND DELIVERY.

THE DRB ORDER MAY ALSO HAVE CONDITIONS ON LOADING AND DELIVERY, BUT SINCE THEY HAVE A CORRESPONDING CUP, IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE IN THAT. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO THE MANAGER, IS THAT WITH REGARD TO THE LOADING AREA, THEY DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST INTERIOR LOADING DOCK THAT'S ACCESSED FROM ALTON ROAD.

THE REASON THAT IT WAS PLACED ON ALTON ROAD IS BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY VIABLE LOCATION.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE SOUTH SIDE IS THAT IT FRONTS DIRECTLY ON MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, WHICH IS, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, A FREEWAY ENTRANCE.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE WEST SIDE FRONTING WEST AVENUE IS THAT THE FUTURE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE DOWNSLOPE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THAT BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER WEST AVENUE, COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

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BUT WITH THAT SAID, THE IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THE TRUCKS WERE SUPPOSED TO EASILY PULL RIGHT INTO THAT VERY LARGE LOADING DOCK AREA, AND SO THERE WAS NEVER AN INTENTION FOR TRUCKS TO BE PARKED ON ALTON ROAD.

SO HOW COME THEY DON'T DO THAT? SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD.

HOW COME THEY DON'T DO THAT? WHY DON'T THEY GO INTO THE LOADING DOCK WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR THEM TO. SO PULL IN.

PART OF. PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS EVERY TIME I'VE GONE DOWN THE LOADING DOCK YOU WILL SEE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES WITH INSIDE THE LOADING DOCK.

ALSO, THE WAY THAT THE LOADING DOCK IS STRUCTURED, IT DOES REQUIRE, I WILL SAY, A CDL DRIVER TO HAVE A CERTAIN SKILL SET, AND I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO PULL HEAD IN AND THEN BACK YOUR VEHICLE UP INTO ONE OF TWO BAYS THAT EXIST.

WHILE INSIDE THE AREA. AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IN MY EXPERIENCE, CERTAIN CDL DRIVERS THAT HAVE THAT SKILL SET AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THAT MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE. SO, SO NOW THAT, NOW THAT WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT THEY DO HAVE A CUP, CAN THE PROPERTY OWNERS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS? YEAH. IF THERE'S VIOLATIONS THAT ARE ISSUED, WE CAN CERTAINLY ISSUE A CURE LETTER AND THEN BRING THEM BRING THEM BACK FOR A PROGRESS REPORT. SO WILL I AND CITY MANAGER YOU SEE THIS? LIKE, BY THE WAY, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THIS TO TO TO GET IT GOING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS LIKE THIS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND FOR NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF TO BE LIKE, WELL, THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SEVEN LAYPEOPLE TELLING YOU THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LIKE A LITTLE DELINEATOR ITEM TO SPUR ON AN HOUR DISCUSSION ON INSANE ON ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THIS FUCKING HAPPENS EVERY DAY. AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THE STAFF ISN'T READY TO REALLY HANDLE THIS HEAD ON BECAUSE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN MIAMI BEACH IS TRAFFIC. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE BLATANT VIOLATIONS AND YOUR STAFF DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT HAD A CUP IN THERE. WE CAN HOLD THE PROPERTY OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, COME ON. I THINK IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT AND WE WOULD HAVE HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

I BET YOU THOSE PEOPLE AT FIVE PARK WOULD, WOULD, WOULD MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE DELIVERY DRIVER THAT COMES THROUGH IS EITHER MAKING SURE IT GOES PARKS IN THE BAY AND DOESN'T BLOCK TRAFFIC AND DOESN'T GO ON THE GORE.

SO LOOK, GET YOUR GET YOUR, GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER.

ERIC. OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG ISSUE FOR US.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE, YOU HAVE SEVEN OF US REALLY ENCOURAGING WHATEVER YOU NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION FOR, FOR YOU TO DO YOUR JOB EFFECTIVELY. WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS IS A BIG ISSUE FOR US AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ YEAH, AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE, YOU KNOW, I VALUE SO MUCH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF OUR CITY.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT, THE ON THE GROUND EXPERIENCE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE, THAT OUR VISITORS HAVE, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHAT IS ON THE SURFACE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO REMEMBER WHEN THEY GO BACK HOME.

AND I THINK WE TRULY, EVEN THOUGH WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY, WE TRULY NEED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND MAKING SURE.

YES, WE'RE GOING TO PUT DELINEATORS. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME OTHER TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT JUST DON'T THROW DELINEATORS THERE.

DO IT. PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL AND THE FINAL PRODUCT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING AND REMEMBERING.

AND LASTLY, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE CROSSWALK.

VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS AND I, WHEN SHE WORKED IN MY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED, I THINK IT TOOK US TWO YEARS TO GET OR 2 OR 3 YEARS TO GET A CROSSWALK ON MERIDIAN AVENUE BY LINCOLN ROAD.

IT WAS THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME AS A COMMISSIONER, FOR US TO TAKE TWO YEARS TO GET A CROSSWALK, A SIMPLE CROSSWALK.

AND FOR IT TO TAKE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. NOW YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE CONDITIONS SAFER FOR MOTHERS AND FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, JUST PEDESTRIANS IN GENERAL, FOR IT TO TAKE THIS LONG TO ME.

THEN LIKE, THEN WHY ARE WE COMMISSIONERS IF WE CANNOT PUSH AN AGENDA FOR THE BENEFIT AND THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PLACED THEIR TRUST IN US? THEN WHY DO WE HOLD THESE OFFICES? SO, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMISSIONER, DOMINGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER BADA AND THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR BEING AN ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE WITH REAL TEETH IN THEIR COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND HIS

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AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT ALL OF YOU AND SECOND YOUR ITEM BECAUSE IT'S TRULY JUST SPEAKS TO JUST A BIGGER EFFORT IN OUR CITY WHICH IS NOT HAVE THINGS TAKE SO LONG AND DO THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, WITH ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, IF WE GO TO YOU GUYS WITH A PROBLEM, A PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, DELIVERIES AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU GUYS WITH DELINEATORS, WELL, DON'T TELL US. WELL, NO, WE CAN'T DO THE DELINEATORS GIVE US AN ALTERNATIVE.

DON'T JUST SAY NO. IT'S SO EASY JUST TO SAY NO.

BUT IF THE ADMINISTRATION KNOWS, WELL, THERE'S THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THERE'S A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHER AVENUES THROUGH WHICH TO ACHIEVE, YOUR OBJECTIVE WILL GUIDE US IN THAT DIRECTION.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE AND COMMISSIONER. BHATT. FEW THINGS THAT I LIKE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, IF WE'RE THINKING COMPREHENSIVELY, IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF OUR CURBS, AND AGAIN, THIS SOUNDS SILLY, BUT THIS IS THE SURFACE LEVEL EXPERIENCE FOR SO MANY VISITORS OR RESIDENTS.

THEY ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. RIGHT. AND I SEE IT FIRSTHAND.

IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THESE LARGE TRUCKS HAVE SUCH A WIDE TURNING RADIUS THAT THEY GO AROUND FIFTH, 15TH STREET, RIGHT BY THE IL VIAGGIO IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, RIGHT? WE SPEND SO MUCH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ESTHETICS OF OUR CITY.

AND THEN THESE LARGE STRUCTURE DESTROYING IT RIGHT OUTSIDE ON COLLINS AVENUE.

BY COUNCIL TOWER SOUTH. IT'S THE SAME EXACT THING.

THESE CURBS ARE DESTROYED BY THESE LARGE TRUCKS.

PERHAPS WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT SOME WAYS TO ENCOURAGE OR I HATE THE WORD, BUT PENALIZE THE LARGER TRUCKS AND REALLY ENCOURAGE THE SMALLER TRUCKS THAT ARE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CITY.

I WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING SPECIFIC, BUT I'D LIKE AN ANSWER.

THE EXIT OF WEST AVENUE, RIGHT ONTO THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY COMPLICATED INTERSECTION, I GUESS COMPOUNDED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT CROSSWALK PROJECT GOING ON, BUT RIGHT NOW THE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE THE NORTH AND SOUTH LANE.

THE ENTRANCE ON WEST AVENUE AND THE MACARTHUR.

THERE'S ABOUT 12 TRAFFIC CONES THAT ARE THERE.

RIGHT. AND. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? WHY IS IT THERE? AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A POORLY PLANNED ROAD WHERE.

I MEAN, AM I CRAZY? NOBODY KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S LITERALLY THE EXIT OF OUR CITY. PEOPLE HAVE TO COME AND ENTER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THERE'S 12 TRAFFIC CONES RIGHT THERE WHERE OUR AREA MANAGERS WHO WHO ARE THEY? WHAT DO THEY DO? WHY DO THEY NOT DRIVE AROUND LOOKING AT ISSUES LIKE THIS ALL DAY? WHY DOES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMUNITY NOT DRIVE IT AROUND? GOLF CART HIGHLIGHTING THIS ISSUE FOR A YEAR WE'VE HAD 12 TRAFFIC CONES FOR NO RHYME OR REASON AT THE EXIT OF OUR CITY AND THE ENTRANCE OF OUR CITY, RIGHT.

WEST AVENUE AND MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY. AND I'M GETTING A BUNCH OF BLANK STARES. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? THIS IS. NOBODY KNOWS. NOBODY KNOWS. BUT EVERYBODY WILL DRIVE BY THEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHY ARE THERE 12 TRAFFIC CONES AT THE END OF WEST AVENUE EXITING ONTO MACARTHUR? THOUSANDS. THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES DRIVE BY THERE EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

WHY DO WE HAVE THEM? WHO CAN ANSWER THAT? I DON'T WANT YOU TO WRITE BECAUSE I GET THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM AND ACCOUNTABILITY STARTS. STOPS AT THE TOP, I GET THAT, BUT THIS SHOULD BE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT HEADS.

SOMEBODY'S DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

WHO? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? AT THE EXIT WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS, GO OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE HELL AND NOBODY KNOWS WHY. NOBODY KNOWS WHY THEY'RE THERE.

JOHN COMMISSIONER I'LL FIND OUT IMMEDIATELY. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT LOCATION, BUT I'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER.

WHEN WE SAY THE EXACT LOCATION. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE POMPOUS OR AN ASS HERE.

THIS IS THE EXIT TO OUR CITY, RIGHT? THE EXIT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

WE DON'T HAVE 100 EXITS TO OUR CITY. WE HAVE THREE MAIN ARTERIES, FOUR MAIN ARTERIES.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM. AND THERE ARE 12 TRAFFIC CONES FOR NO.

THE REASON WHY THEY'RE THERE IS BECAUSE THE ROADWAY IS SO POORLY DESIGNED.

BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING LONG TERM STRUCTURAL FIXES, WE'LL HAVE A GROUPING OF TRAFFIC CONES.

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AN AREA MANAGER. WE JUST HIRED A WHOLE TEAM OF THEM.

NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS. RIGHT? THESE SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE DAY TO DAY.

JUST GOING AROUND OUR CITY AND SAYING THAT LOOKS OFF.

I'M GOING TO FIND THE PERSON TO FIX THAT. THAT LOOKS OFF.

I'M GOING TO FIND THE PERSON TO FIX THAT. WHAT DO THEY DO? I HAVE MY PHONE FULL OF THE DETOUR SIGNS THAT ARE THROWN IN BUSHES.

THEY'RE ON THE BRIDGE OF SUNSET HARBOR. THEY'RE LAYING DOWN ON THE STREET.

HOW CAN WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES GOING AROUND OUR CITY EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT BE THE CITY MANAGER OR A SANITATION WORKER OR ANYBODY IN BETWEEN, AND NOT HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND SAYING THAT REALLY LOOKS OFF.

WE NEED TO DO BETTER. I KNOW WHY COMMISSIONER BHATT WAS NEXT.

SO WE KNOW THERE ARE VIOLATIONS AT THIS BUILDING AND WE KNOW THEY HAVE A CUP.

CAN WE HAVE THEM? CAN WE GET THEM A NOTICE TO CURE? AND TO APPEAR AT THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THE NEXT PLANNING BOARD MEETING.

YES. THERE'S A MINIMUM 15 DAY NOTICE WHEN YOU ISSUE A CURE LETTER.

I CAN TRY TO HAVE THAT ISSUED AND GET THEM TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THEIR APRIL 7TH MEETING.

IF WE CAN'T MEET THAT MINIMUM NOTICE REQUIREMENT, THEN IT WOULD BE THE MAY 5TH MEETING.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? FIRST. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF SOMEBODY CALLS, SOMEBODY WANTS TO CALL IN.

I SAID, OKAY, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. PEOPLE OUTSIDE THAT.

I'LL CALL YOU IN. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL LET CARLA GO FIRST.

SHE'S HERE. HEY, CARLA. OH, IT'S. IT'S RELATED TO.

HOLD ON. CARLA. COME ON IN. OH, SORRY. CARLA.

I LIVE IN 20TH AND ALTON NOW, BUT I WANTED TO SAY.

I USED TO LIVE SOUTH OF FIFTH, AND I GO DOWN THERE QUITE A BIT TO GO TO SMITH AND WOLLENSKY.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ YOU HAD AN ITEM LAST WEEK AND OR LAST MONTH.

IT WAS ABOUT THE TIMING OF LIGHTS AND US TAKING OVER WORK FROM THE COUNTY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT ALSO THE PROBLEM THAT'S HERE IN THIS INTERSECTION IS AT SIX FIFTH AND FOURTH STREET.

I KNOW I GOT THE CROSSWALK, PUT IT IN FOURTH STREET.

THAT IS ALL OUT OF TIME. SO I THINK THAT ALSO CAUSES THE BACKUP.

YOU KNOW SIXTH AND FIFTH WERE IN TIME. IT WOULD ALSO HELP WITH THE FLOW.

OKAY. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT TIES IN WITH YOUR OTHER ITEM YOU BROUGHT IN LAST MONTH. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CARLA. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST PUBLIC CALLER, VIRTUAL CALLER IS SUSANA.

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

SUSANNA SANTORO, 5600 COLLINS AVENUE. MY COMMENT IS REGARDING THE DELIVERY COMPANIES.

IF THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A GRIP ON COMMERCIAL DELIVERY COMPANIES, THE SOLUTION CANNOT BE TO SHIFT ENFORCEMENT ONTO ASSOCIATIONS AND RESIDENTS, ALL IN THE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIONS THAT THEY NEITHER EMPLOY NOR CONTROL IS JUST UNJUST AND MISPLACED.

ENFORCEMENT SHOULD INSTEAD TARGET THE DELIVERY COMPANIES DIRECTLY WITH MEANINGFUL FINES AND CONSEQUENCES, NOT THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY SERVICE. AND I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE THAT SAFETY MUST BE ADDRESSED, BUT AGAIN, PENALIZING RESIDENTS FOR CONTENT THEY CANNOT CONTROL IS NOT FAIR OR EFFECTIVE SOLUTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW, TOM, SHE DOES BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE THE HOAS ARE OBLIVIOUS TO.

I MEAN, WHO'S REALLY AT FAULT HERE? MAYBE THAT'S CITY MANAGER QUESTION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CONTINUE TO FIND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT BUILDING, YET EVERY DAY IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND THERE'S NO COMPLIANCE.

SO IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, IF THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF EITHER A LAND USE BOARD ORDER, CUP ORDER THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENFORCE NOW IN TERMS OF HOW THE HOA DEAL WITH THEIR VIOLATIONS INTERNALLY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SPEAK TO, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY ENFORCE WHAT THEIR APPROVALS ARE.

YEAH. AND, AND TO SUSANNA, THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ENFORCE THEIR DELIVERY TRUCKS TO FOLLOW THE RULES.

AND SO THEY WENT INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, WITH THE CITY TO DO THAT.

SO SORRY. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE. SO OUR NEXT CALLER IS ALEX JIMENEZ.

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AND I ALSO HAVE AN IDEA FOR YOU GUYS. AS WE KNOW, THE STANDARD HOTEL IS NEXT DOOR, AND YOU ARE DIVERTING TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE WATER UTILITY. SO. VENETIAN.

THE VENETIAN CAUSEWAY IS BLOCKED. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY BRING EVERYBODY HERE ALONG.

YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE STANDARD HOTEL. AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC TO EXIT.

TALK ABOUT EXITING OUR CITY AND THE BEAUTY OF EXITING OUR CITY.

THE STANDARD HOTEL HAS 2 OR 3 TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, AT A TIME DELIVERING STUFF.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE DURING RUSH HOUR WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THE CITY AND THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE CITY, AND THERE'S THREE HUGE BOX TRUCKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAY THAT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IF YOU KNOW, IT WAS ON THE VENETIAN CAUSEWAY. BUT WHY IS IT ALLOWED ON OUR LITTLE STREET? AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THIS IS STANDARD'S FAULT.

I THINK THIS IS THE CITY'S FAULT. YOU KNOW, I THINK AN IDEA FOR FOR EVERYONE HERE, I THINK WE'VE HAD LIKE I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLACE FOR THESE TRUCKS TO GO AND THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING SPACES.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT PARKING IS LIMITED, BUT 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 CAN BE CONVERTED TO A FREIGHT ZONE FOR THE STANDARD, RIGHT, RIGHT IN FRONT. THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE PROACTIVE CREATIVE IDEAS WITH THE REAL ESTATE THAT WE HAVE, LIKE OUR PARKING SPACES. I THINK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE WAS TOTALLY CORRECT.

WE SHOULD WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES THE CITY HAS, THERE SHOULD BE A LOOKS OFF PERSON THAT WALKS, THAT DRIVES AROUND AND FINDS OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATE CREATIVE IDEAS TO FIX THINGS, PAINT CURBS SUGGEST IDEAS, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK CONVERTING PARKING SPACES IS IS AN EASY WIN NEAR FIVE PARK NEAR THE STANDARD ALL OVER THE CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NEED DELIVERIES. AND IF YOU'RE A DELIVERY DRIVER, YOU NEED TO STOP SOMEWHERE AND YOU NEED TO PARK.

SO WE SHOULD BE CONVERTING MORE PARKING SPACES TO FREIGHT ZONES AND NOT JUST FOR ONE TRUCK, BUT FOR THREE OR, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3. THANK YOU SIR.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS JANE KRUPP. GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI. JANE KRUPP, 1390 OCEAN DRIVE. YOU ALL KNOW ME FROM THE PARKING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I CALL ABOUT TEN TIMES A DAY.

AND THE PARKING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, BUT IT REALLY IS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH THESE DRIVERS, AND THEY KNOW IT. WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF STAFF TO GET OVER THERE.

BUT IT'S A CITYWIDE PROBLEM AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF WHERE HAS THIS PROBLEM STARTED.

IT'S THIS BIG HIGH RISE. THE BIG HIGH RISE IS CREATING DENSITY, CREATING THE NEED FOR MORE DELIVERIES AND THE CITY NEEDS A CITY PLAN.

OVERALL, CITY PLAN OF HOW TO INTEGRATE THE HIGHER DENSITY THAT'S COMING.

IF YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE HIGHER F, A, R AND WASHINGTON AVENUE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A LOADING PLAN.

CITYWIDE. AND PART OF IT IS RESTRICTING THE SIZE OF TRUCKS.

WE DON'T HAVE A TERMINAL LIKE THEY HAVE IN NEW YORK, WHERE THEY ALL THE BIG TRUCKS DON'T COME IN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MANEUVER THE STREETS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THIS CONFLICT OF MORE DENSITY AND SAFETY BECAUSE THE TRUCKS ARE VERY UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY ON HERE ON 14TH STREET AND OCEAN COURT.

A MAN WAS KILLED BY A HUGE TRUCK TRYING TO MAKE A THREE POINT TURN.

NO, NO TRUCK OVER 30FT SHOULD BE GOING EAST OF COLLINS AVENUE.

WE NEED SOME RULES. WE NEED A PLAN. AND I ENCOURAGE THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT TO GET WITH THIS AND THE POLICE AND THE PARKING DEPARTMENT TO GET TOGETHER. I AGREE WITH WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHERE YES, TOURISTS ARE ARE WALKING IN BETWEEN HUGE TRUCKS ON 14TH STREET NEAR THE BEACH.

THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR LAUNDRY IN YOUR HOTEL FROM BROWARD COUNTY IN A TRACTOR TRAILER BECAUSE IT'S A DOLLAR CHEAPER FOR THE WATER, THAT'S NOT A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION. USE A LOCAL LAUNDRY THAT HAS VANS.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE. WE BY NOT ALLOWING THESE HUGE TRUCKS COMING FROM LONG DISTANCES.

ONE MORE SECOND. WE ENCOURAGE LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH VANS AND LOCAL DELIVERIES.

SO IT'S A WIN WIN IF WE CAN HAVE SOME CITY PLANNING AROUND THIS AS WELL, CONSIDERING THE DENSITY THAT'S COMING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT. HOLD ON. LET ME.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS HAS A SCREEN NAME OF COLIN USER FOR STATE YOUR NAME.

ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW BALTANOV. MY ADDRESS IS 125 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO AT THE FIFTH AND ALTERNATE SITE, THERE WAS A LOW RISE MEDIUM DENSITY PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED.

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APARTMENT HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND AREA.

NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY CAME AND FOUGHT IT, SAYING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DELIVERING TOO MUCH TRAFFIC TO THE SITE.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY. NOW I LOOK UP AND I ACTUALLY SEE THE FIFTH AND ALTON TOWER AT OVER 500FT, AND HERE WE ARE NOW A DECADE LATER. AND THE ACTUAL ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS TREMENDOUS TRAFFIC IMPACTS BEING CAUSED BY THIS TOWER AND THE NARRATIVE THAT IT WOULD JUST BE EMPTY AND PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COFFERS OF THE CITY AND NOT LIVING HERE ACTUALLY DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE NECESSARILY TRUE EITHER.

BUT REMEMBER, THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS MANY TIMES IS LOW RISE MEDIUM DENSITY IN CITIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR LAST VIRTUAL CALLER IS DAVID.

DAVID. GO AHEAD PLEASE. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. DAVID WALLACH, I SEEM TO SOUND LIKE A BIT OF A BROKEN RECORD.

AS DO MANY OF THESE CALLERS, BUT DELIVERIES ARE A PART OF HOTEL BUSINESS.

THEY ARE A PART OF RESTAURANT AND CAFE BUSINESS.

AND OCEAN DRIVE FROM FIFTH TO 15TH STREET IS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

IT IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. IT IS FILLED WITH HOTELS.

IT IS FILLED WITH RESTAURANTS AND MIXED RETAIL.

THEY ALL REQUIRE REGULAR DELIVERIES VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

NOT JUST ONE TRUCK, BUT EACH BUSINESS REQUIRES PROBABLY FIVE DIFFERENT TRUCKS.

AND IF LARGE TRUCKS CANNOT GET IN, THEN THEY HAVE TO USE FOUR SMALL TRUCKS.

AND SO WE'RE PROPAGATING THE PROBLEM BY CLOSURE OF ANY OF OUR MAIN STREETS, INCLUDING OCEAN DRIVE, AND THROWING THAT PROBLEM ONTO COLLINS AVENUE, PLUS VALET PLUS RIDESHARE UBERS, PLUS MULTIPLE MULTIPLE DELIVERY TRUCKS PER BLOCK. AND THE FURTHER YOU PUT THESE TRUCKS FROM THE DELIVERY POINT, THE MORE TRUCK, YOU KNOW, A HAND TRUCK, BACK AND FORTHS HAVE TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN THE MORE TIME THOSE TRUCKS HAVE TO STAY, IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT.

BY CLOSING MAIN ARTERIES, WHICH WERE NOT DESIGNED TO BE CLOSED.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER ALL OF THE MULTIPLE DOMINO EFFECTS AND COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT WE ARE CREATING OURSELVES BY POOR PLANNING AND THINKING THAT WE CAN CLOSE A MAJOR ARTERY AND IT NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECT MAJOR ARTERIES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO IT. THANK YOU. MITCH. MITCH NOVICK, 901 COLLINS AVENUE.

I AGREE WITH THE LAST CALLER AND JANE KRUPP. WHEN YOU CLOSE OCEAN DRIVE, YOU CREATE A DANGEROUS CONDITION.

MY STREET BECOMES A TRAFFIC CESSPOOL OF ABSOLUTE GRIDLOCK.

SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC FLOWING.

AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS NOT TRUE. NOT DISRUPT OUR TRADITIONAL URBAN TRAFFIC GRID.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES OKAY.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE DO.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WILL BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF R7G, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. THAT WAS ITEM R7GR7SR7S.

[R7 S A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH STRATEGIC PLAN 2026.]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MR. CITY MANAGER. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU.

BUT IT'S REALLY JUST GOOD GOVERNANCE METHOD. AND WHILE I LOVE THAT THIS COMMISSION GETS DOWN INTO THE DETAILS LIKE WE JUST DID TODAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE, WHETHER IT BE THE SAFETY OF YOUR ROADS, THE CLEANLINESS OF YOUR STREETS, WHETHER YOUR CITY IS SAFE DURING MARCH FOR SPRING BREAK, WHETHER YOUR STREETS ARE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING OR NOT.

THOSE ARE THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF EVERYDAY DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF A CITY.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO THINK COMPREHENSIVELY. AND OFTENTIMES, I THINK OUR WAY OF GOVERNANCE TENDS THAT WE FOCUS SOLELY ON SOME OF THESE DAY TO DAY ISSUES AND DON'T TAKE A STEP BACK, TAKE A BREATH AND FIGURE OUT THOSE MACRO ISSUES AS WELL.

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SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SETTING SOME OF THOSE PARAMETERS.

NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T DEVIATE FROM THAT.

IF IF WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR VISION, SOMETHING IS OUTSIDE OF THAT, PERHAPS WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT DEVIATES FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE VISION.

BUT MR. CITY MANAGER, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY LAY THIS OUT AND THEN HOW WE'LL GOVERNANCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER THROUGH THE MAYOR. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.

WE PRIORITIZE HOW WE WANT THIS ORGANIZATION TO BE RUN EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS IS REALLY TAKING US OUT FURTHER MULTIPLE YEARS.

I LIKEN THIS TO IF YOU'RE IN AN OLD TIME BOAT AND YOU HAD 40 PEOPLE WHO WERE ROWING, EACH STROKE OF THE OAR IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW WHERE THE POINT IN THE DISTANCE IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GO TO, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE THAT BOAT FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT IS THE CULMINATION OF INPUT FROM THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OVER THE PAST YEAR. IT DOES OBVIOUSLY BUILD ON WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY.

OUR CITY OF MIAMI BEACH'S FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2006, 26341 AND WAS UPDATED IN 2015, 2019 AND 2023.

THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVICE AND SAFETY TO ALL WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN OUR VIBRANT, TROPICAL, HISTORIC COMMUNITY.

IT OUTLINES OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES TO MAINTAIN MIAMI BEACH'S A WORLD CLASS CITY, TO WORK AS A COOPERATIVE TEAM OF WELL TRAINED AND EMPOWERED PROFESSIONALS TO ACT WITH OWNERSHIP AND AUTHORITY, TO REACH EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES, TO EXPEDIENTLY SERVE THE PUBLIC WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND DEDICATION. WE ARE AMBASSADORS OF GOODWILL TO OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND WE TREAT OUR CITIZENS, STAFF AND EACH OTHER WITH PROFESSIONALISM, KINDNESS AND COLLEGIALITY.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STRATEGIC VISION AREAS, A VIBRANT CITY WHERE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD ON OUR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED REPUTATION BY BALANCING TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND VITALITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SCHOOLS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS. SAFE CITY WHERE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD RESIDENT SATISFACTION THROUGH SAFETY, CLEANLINESS, PARKS AND MODERN CODES ARE RESILIENT.

COASTAL CITY WHERE WE. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH LEADING EDGE RESILIENCE, INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES AND INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE LONGEVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

A CONNECTED AND ENGAGED CITY WHERE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO EMBRACE A MULTIMODAL PHILOSOPHY, TO ENCOURAGE NON-MOTORIZED MOBILITY OPTIONS TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND PROVIDE ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, EMPLOYMENT, SPECIAL EVENTS, OPEN SPACES, BUSINESSES, AND ATTRACTIONS.

SMART CITY WHERE OUR GOAL IS TO. CREATE A HIGH QUALITY AND EFFICIENT GOVERNANCE. SERVICES AND EMPLOYEES. MR. CITY MANAGER, IF I COULD MAYBE FOR THE BEST USAGE.

EXPLAIN. IS THIS THE RESULT OF THE RETREAT THAT WE DID THIS PAST YEAR? YES. AND THIS IS THE RESULT OF A TWO DAY RETREAT WITH THE.

SIX OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY VICE CHAIR MATEO- SALINAS WAS INVOLVED, BUT NOT IN HER CURRENT ROLE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THOUGHT PROVOKING EXCHANGE. AND WHERE WILL THIS BE PUBLICLY VISIBLE AND IS THIS ALREADY LOCKED IN AND SET IN STONE? OR IS THIS KIND OF A DYNAMIC DOCUMENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY CHANGE OR

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IT CAN BE CHANGED BY RESOLUTION AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

THIS WOULD INFORM OUR BUDGETING PROCESS AND THIS WOULD INFORM THE DAY TO DAY DIRECTION THAT I GIVE TO THE TEAMS ON HOW TO DELIVER THE BEST RESULTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ALMOST ADDS ACTS LIKE A SAFEGUARD? I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. LET'S SAY WE WANT TO. ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES IS TO MAKE A MORE WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY CITY. AND THEN SOMEBODY PROPOSES LEGISLATION WITHOUT GIVING A CONCRETE EXAMPLE, BUT JUST FLIES IN THE FACE OF THAT. RIGHT? REALLY TAKES THAT THAT WILL RESULT IN GOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

WILL THERE BE SOME SORT OF FLAG OR DISCUSSION THAT'LL SAY, WELL, OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS WALKABILITY, BUT THIS IS FLYING IN THE FACE OF THAT. SO IN OUR MEMOS IN PRIOR ITERATIONS, WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO INCORPORATE SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND INITIATIVES INTO WHAT WE'RE FORMULATING AS WE'RE PUTTING THE INFORMATION FORWARD. WE'VE TRANSITIONED A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THAT.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL BLOWN REFRESH SINCE 2019.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO THAT SO THAT WE COULD HELP THE COMMISSION DOVETAIL INITIATIVES WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO I GUESS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES AND NOT THAT I HAVE THE POWER, BUT COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. BUT ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT THIS IS OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO KIND OF ADOPT COMMISSIONER.

BHATT YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, THROUGH IMPETUS FROM RESIDENTS OR.

COMMISSIONERS AT THE TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS ADDED TO THE BLUE SHEETS, THE COVER MEMOS ABOUT FISCAL IMPACT OR IS IT A RESONANCE, RIGHT TO KNOW OR WHATEVER? COULD WE ADD A THING LIKE A LITTLE CHECK BOX TO THOSE COVER MEMOS? SAY, DOES THIS ALIGN WITH AN INITIATIVE? IF YES, WHICH ONE? SO THAT WE CAN. THAT'S A QUICK REFERENCE POINT THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.

ABSOLUTELY. IF THAT'S THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO VOTE ON OR.

WE COULD PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO TO THIS. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT THE COVER SHEETS INCORPORATE A PLACE TO INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM BEING PROPOSED ALIGNS WITH ONE OF THE INITIATIVES.

AND IF IT DOES, WHICH ONE IT IS, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS A BAD ITEM. IF IT DOESN'T, IT JUST HELPS US KEEP A FRAME OF REFERENCE.

INCORPORATION OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. YEAH.

SO THAT'S THE MOTION. IF THERE'S A SECOND I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THIS IS ITEM R7S AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE A SECTION.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. ALL IN FAVOR OF R7S, AS AMENDED, SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. R SEVEN IS APPROVED AS AMENDED.

AND JUST IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR FOR CLARITY, THE THE BOX TO BE CHECKED WILL BE WHETHER THE ITEM ALIGNS WITH OR WHETHER THE ITEM AFFECTS. BECAUSE THERE MAY BE ITEMS THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH.

RIGHT. I THINK IT WOULD BE DOES IT, DOES IT AFFECT, DOES IT IS IT RELATED TO, IS IT RELATED TO.

IT'S A GOOD WAY OF. AND THEN WHICH ONE IT RELATES TO.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. SHOULD WE DO THAT COMMISSIONER.

OR IS IT MAYBE JUST ASK FOR A FLAG IF IT ADVERSELY IMPACTS.

I LIKE HAVING SORT OF THE, THE BENCHMARK OF, OH, LOOK, WE'RE DOING ANOTHER THING THAT ALIGNS WITH ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

R9 X. R9 X IS DISCUSSED. TAKE ACTION. NAMING RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS.

[R9 X DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: EXPLORE POSSIBLE NAMING RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS.]

I I'M GUESSING I WANT TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR CITY TO REACH OUT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NAMING RIGHTS OR ADVERTISING ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF OUR FACILITIES HERE.

AND I THINK AT ONE POINT WE HAD THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS MAYBE NORWEGIAN CRUISE SHIPS.

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WAS IT? MR. MANAGER, I WOULD ASK OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS.

MELISSA, PLEASE JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT IT. SURE.

MELISSA BERTHIER. IT WAS A TEN YEAR DEAL AND ULTIMATELY WE TURNED IT DOWN.

THE COMMISSION TURNED IT DOWN AT THE TIME, WHICH I THINK WAS A BIT OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE THAT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE'RE TRYING TO CUT, CUT, CUT. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO INSTEAD INCREASE REVENUE IN CERTAIN WAYS.

FOR EXAMPLE, I LEARNED THAT IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, ONE OF THEIR PARKS, THE UNDERLYING PARK WAS SPONSORED BY CHEWIE, THE DOG FOOD BRAND. OR THEY SELL MORE THAN DOG FOOD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD APPROACH CHEWIE FOR SOME ADVERTISING.

MAYBE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, WRAP A PARK IN A BANNER.

AND MY BIGGEST ISSUE ACTUALLY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO, ONE OF MY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IN MAY IS THE FLAMINGO PARK FOOTBALL FIELD SOCCER FIELD RIGHT THERE.

AND IN ORDER FOR THAT FIELD TO BE RETURFED, IT'S GOING TO BE ONE POINT, I THINK $3 MILLION.

AND SO WHAT IF WE REACHED OUT TO ADIDAS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE SAID, HEY, ADIDAS, YOU'RE DOING MULTIPLE EVENTS IN OUR CITY.

FIFA IS BIG THIS YEAR. WHY DON'T WE DO SOME TYPE OF NAMING OPPORTUNITY WHERE ADIDAS NAMES, CODE NAMES ARE FLAMINGO PARK TRACK AND GIVES US THE 1.3 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND WE CALL IT THE ADIDAS FLAMINGO PARK TRACK.

SO MANY IDEAS. AND THE REASON WHY I DID THIS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND NOT SENT IT TO COMMITTEE, WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION HERE, TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR STAFF, AND HAVE THEM COME BACK AND GIVE US SOME IDEAS OF APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS. SO THAT WAY IT WASN'T CLOGGING UP COMMITTEES AND, AND KIND OF EATING UP TIME.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE, I WANT TO TAKE EVERYONE'S TEMPERATURE AND SEE HOW WE ALL FEEL AND SEE IF WE CAN GET STARTED ON SOMETHING.

MR.. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND I'LL SAY TRADITIONALLY I AM NOT A FAN OF HAVING NAMES THROUGHOUT OUR CITIES.

IT COMES WITH UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AT A TIME.

AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AN ENTITY WHOSE VALUES IN THE FUTURE, YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE, MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH THE PUBLIC VALUES AND THE PUBLIC POLICIES OF THE CITY.

HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT, WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE TODAY THAN WHEN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES CAME TO US WITH A PROPOSAL TO NAME THE CONVENTION CENTER.

TODAY, WE'RE FACING A POTENTIAL SHIFT IN REVENUES, POTENTIAL REFORM TO OUR SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THE OPERATIONS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF IMPORTANT FACILITIES TO OUR CITY.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I DO THINK, MADAM VICE MAYOR, IT IS INDEED PRUDENT FOR US TO BE EXPLORING WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE OUT THERE.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY GOING TO ENGAGE IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IF IT'S THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY, THEN IT'S ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO BE CONSIDERING THOSE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

NOT ALL OF THEM WILL WORK. I KNOW IN THE PAST, MELISSA, WE HAD A COMPANY.

CORRECT. DO WE STILL HAVE THE COMPANY? WE DO NOT HAVE THAT COMPANY ANYMORE.

WE DON'T. AND WE DON'T HAVE A SALES TEAM. RIGHT? YEAH. BUT I MEAN, WE CAN TRY OUR BEST, BUT WE ARE NOT A SALES TEAM, YOU KNOW? BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND DO OUR BEST, BUT THERE ARE SPECIALIZED FIRMS THAT DO DO THIS, BUT OF COURSE IT COMES WITH A CUT, RIGHT? BUT I DO, I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, AND TO YOUR POINT, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT YOU KNOW, HANDLES COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING, BUT YOU GUYS DON'T DO MEDIA SALES.

YOU DON'T DO SALES FOR BUS BENCHES. YOU DON'T DO SALES FOR TROLLEY WRAPS.

YOU DON'T DO SALES FOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENTS. AND WE SHOULDN'T BE ENGAGING EITHER IN SALES OF, OF NAMING RIGHTS. HOWEVER, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF APPROACHING THIS THROUGH AN OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT DOES HAVE THOSE, THOSE CONTACTS, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, KNOWS HOW TO NEGOTIATE A, A REALLY WORTHWHILE, FINANCIALLY WORTHWHILE TERM AND AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEREAS FOUR YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY BEEN AGAINST THIS.

I THINK THE, THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE THAT WE MAY BE POTENTIALLY FACING IF 60% OF THE STATE'S VOTERS MAKE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH COULD FORESEEABLY HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO IT MAKES IT PRUDENT TO BE AHEAD OF IT AND BE ENGAGING IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOUR MOTION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. YEAH. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. I'LL ECHO THOSE THOUGHTS. I DON'T WANT TO TIE OURSELVES INTO ANYTHING.

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AND I DO WANT TO MAINTAIN SOME SORT OF DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY WHILE NOT MICROMANAGING.

THERE COULD BE SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW, THE FLAMINGO STADIUM BY ADIDAS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S OVERLY OFFENSIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO MICROMANAGE. BUT I DO WANT TO NOT JUST KIND OF GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT SIGN OFF TO WAIVE ALL OF THESE THINGS IN.

I'LL OFFER UP OUR FIRST POSSIBILITY. I'LL OFFER $500 FOR THE MAGAZINE ORANGE CONE REMOVAL CAPITAL PROJECT ACROSS THE CITY.

SO. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. SO I HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DEAD SET AGAINST THIS.

I SHARE MY COLLEAGUE'S OPEN TO OPENNESS TO CONSIDER WHAT'S OUT THERE.

I'M ACTUALLY VERY LEERY OF HAVING AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION GO OUT AND SELL THE CITY BECAUSE FOR THEM IT'S REVENUE.

AND I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE CURATED WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THE PROPERTY IS AND WHO THE SPONSOR COULD BE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY PIVOT THIS POSSIBLY TO A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

WE HAVE INCREASING. ENRIC, I NEED YOU TO TELL ME HOW, HOW WE CAN DO THIS LEGALLY.

AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AT YOUR FINGERTIPS BECAUSE IT'S A WEIRD, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER CITIES DO THIS.

WE HAVE INCREASINGLY MEGA WEALTHY RESIDENTS IN THE CITY AND IN OTHER CITIES.

WE, WE SEE PEOPLE UNDERWRITING ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS, PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS, IMPROVED WATERWAYS, ALL THINGS THAT WILL BE DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED IF, GOD FORBID, WE LOSE OUR PROPERTY TAX AND POTENTIALLY OUR BUSINESS TAXES. SO IS THERE A WAY TO SET UP AN EMPLOYEE, AN OFFICE, A AFFIRM TO BASICALLY BE A MUNICIPAL FUNDRAISER TO THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT FUNDRAISERS FOR OTHER NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND INITIATIVES TO TAKE UP MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES THAT IS NOT SELLING NAMING RIGHTS, BUT IS, IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS BECAUSE I WOULD BE KIND OF MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THAT.

AND THIS IS A TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS USUALLY NOT OR IS USUALLY NEW TO THE CITY, MIGHT NOT BE SUPER ENGAGED YET WITH WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE SOME OF THE TIME, NOT ALL THE TIME, AND DOESN'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF WHAT, WHAT GETS VALUED AND WHAT IS A CHALLENGE.

AND IT'S A WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND HAVE THEM BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.

SURE. IN FACT, ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES SEVERAL MONTHS AGO HAD HAD HAD DISCUSSED WITH MY OFFICE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME KIND OF A FUNDRAISING 503. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS DONE DURING MAYOR LEVINE'S ADMINISTRATION.

AND I THINK THAT IT WAS SHUT DOWN EVENTUALLY BECAUSE OF SOME CONCERNS.

SO YOUR COLLEAGUE DID NOT PURSUE THIS AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY REVISIT THE IDEA AGAIN, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE.

MAYBE THERE ARE SOME GUARDRAILS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH TO ENSURE THAT THE THAT THE ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BACK THEN, THE CITY AT THE TIME HAD ONE MIAMI BEACH, WHICH WAS A FOUNDATION THAT WAS SET UP.

THE CITY COMMISSION, I THINK, AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO WORK ON SETTING UP A FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

AND THEN THAT FOUNDATION HAD A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I BELIEVE.

YOU KNOW, THE LATE COMMISSIONER MALIKOV AND A NUMBER OF OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE DAIS WERE ON THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND SPECIFICALLY, IT FOCUSED ON YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE MADE BY, BY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE REINVESTMENT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, INTO PROJECTS THAT THEN THE CITY WOULDN'T HAVE TO, TO FUND. AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN'T DO A NOT FOR PROFIT, AGAIN, MAYBE WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PERSON IN, IN THE CITY THAT CAN WORK ON, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO WORK ON IMPROVING A PARK AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SET AS A GOAL TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS IN A PARK OR DO AN IMPROVEMENT SOMEWHERE IN NORTH BEACH.

AND THERE'S A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S COMING IN, OR THERE'S A NEW RESTAURANT THAT CAME IN THAT WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT'S MAKING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.

SO THAT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PURSUE THAT MONEY EVEN THROUGH THE CITY AND WE THE CITY, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,

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AND SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXPLORE IS BRINGING IN A DEVELOPMENT PERSON.

AND MAYBE PART OF THAT PERSON'S COMPENSATION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STRUCTURE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY FUNDRAISE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY TYPICAL A LOT OF TIMES IN THE NONPROFIT WORLD.

SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE. YEAH. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I THIS IS NOT RELENTLESS FOR PROGRESS.

THIS IS NOT A PACK. THIS IS, THIS IS A, THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A HIGH END BESPOKE FUNDRAISER.

THE WAY, AS YOU MENTIONED NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AND USE VERY EFFECTIVELY AND IT'S LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING WAY TO APPROACH THIS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN AMENDMENT TO THIS OR BECOMES A SEPARATE ITEM.

I THINK IT'S A SEPARATE ITEM. I THINK IF I HEARD CORRECTLY.

COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A WELL, RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ACTING AS MAYOR, SO YOU CANNOT MAKE A MOTION, BUT THE EARLIER MOTION THAT I BELIEVE YOU HAD MADE WAS TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON SOME POTENTIAL NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY AND RETURN BACK TO COMMISSIONER.

AND I DO WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY THAT THE CITY HAS A VERY VIGOROUS PROCESS FOR NAMING RIGHTS.

SO THIS WOULD GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL.

IN SOME INSTANCES, THERE'S A REFERENDUM REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN NAMINGS.

SO SO IT'S NOT THAT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR SUBSTANTIAL INPUT.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT COMMISSIONER. BHATT. I LOVE YOUR IDEA AS WELL.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY IDEAS TOO. IF A FAMILY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, THIS LITTLE POCKET PARK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO EXPLORE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT IT TO JUST CORPORATE PARTNERS, BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT CORPORATE PARTNERS. IN FACT, I WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF OUR ONE OF THE EVENTS, THE CORPORATE EVENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT'S HOSTING AN UPCOMING EVENT WANTED TO RAP ONE OF OUR LIFEGUARD STANDS, AND I WON'T SAY WHICH, BUT AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO END UP BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT THEN SOMEONE HAD ASKED, WELL, HOW MUCH ARE THEY BEING CHARGED TO RAP THEIR LOGO ON OUR LIFEGUARD STAND? AND THE RESPONSE WAS, OH, NOTHING. WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM DO IT FOR FREE. AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE CHARGED FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COGNIZANT ABOUT BRANDS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR CITY THAT WANT THAT, THAT PR AND THAT MARKETING ASPECT.

AND, AND, AND WHAT WE CAN GET FOR THAT. SIMILARLY MUSCLE BEACH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO ACTIVATIONS THERE ALL THE TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE WITH A BRAND OR A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME TYPE OF BRAND THAT'S THERE.

MAYBE THEY CAN WRAP THE INSIDE OF THAT CORAL WALL WITH WITH A BANNER.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE HERE. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST EXPLORE ALL OF THEM.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T JUST LIKE CARTE BLANCHE TO DO WHATEVER WE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO LOOK AT THE BRANDS AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SPONSORSHIPS AND LOOK AT THE AREAS AND WHAT THE AMOUNT IS. BUT I DO WANT TO BRAINSTORM AND JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH, SEE WHAT YOUR TEAM CAN COME UP WITH. MELISSA OR NOT YOUR TEAM.

I'M SORRY. THE WHO, WHOMEVER. YEP. THAT'S RIGHT.

ONE CITY, ONE TEAM AND WHOMEVER WE GET TO DO THIS.

I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON.

ARE THERE ANY CATEGORIES THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO EXCLUDE? AND SPECIFICALLY I'M ASKING ABOUT ALCOHOL. YEAH.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. YEAH. AND VAPE AND ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES, VAPE CBD, THC.

YEAH. OKAY. AGREED. ALL THE BAD STUFF YOU LIKE WHOLESOME, WHOLESOME APPETIZERS.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALCOHOL. YEP. I'M STILL ON THAT SAME PAGE.

I WOULD WHAT I WOULD DO IS I WOULD LOOK AT OUR CURRENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE WITH THE TROLLEYS AND WITH THE WITH SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE HAVEN'T WE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE? LIKE I REMEMBER, BUZZ BALL'S NOT ON ON TROLLEYS.

YES. ALCOHOL IS NOT PERMITTED, BUT ON BUS SHELTERS, ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED.

BUT THAT WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THAT WAS NOT LEGISLATIVE.

SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADVERTISE ALCOHOL ON THE TROLLEYS.

I'VE DIRECTED THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT TO NOT DO THAT.

WE JUST HAVE A STANDARD, A CONSISTENT STANDARD, NO, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO EXPLORE.

NO. NO ADULT TOYS PLEASE. OKAY. YEAH. I'LL ALSO ADD AND GIVE A PLUG FOR OUR WATER TAXI, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME INTEREST FOR FROM SOME PRIVATE ENTERPRISE POTENTIALLY PARTNERING WITH US THAT THEY WOULD HELP POTENTIALLY FUND SOME OF OUR ROUTES, BUT ALSO FOR NAMING RIGHTS. SO I THINK IT FITS IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO THIS IS THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. AND THANK YOU FOR GUIDING US INTO THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU,

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IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT AND CONTROVERSIAL CONVERSATION FOUR YEARS AGO.

IT BECAME VERY POLITICALLY CHARGED. AND I THINK IT'S VERY FORWARD THINKING OF YOU TO TAKE THAT VERY BRAVE STEP, TO BRING IT UP NOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THIS.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO CLOSE THE GAPS TO MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONS AND THE MAINTENANCE AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO GET ACCUSTOMED TO? AND SO THIS IS FORWARD THINKING, AND I LIKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN, AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ANYONE ELSE? LET'S VOTE.

SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FROM VICE CHAIR. MATEO- SALINAS. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ TO DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLORE NAMING RIGHTS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONER BHATT ALSO HAD A SEPARATE.

YEAH, WE'LL WORK ON THAT FOR THE FOR THE APRIL MEETING.

WE'LL WORK ON AN ITEM FOR YOU AND MAYBE AN ITEM FOR YOU.

OR YOU GUYS COULD WORK TOGETHER. OUR FIVE I.

[R5 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING PART I, SUBPART B, ARTICLE IX, RELATED SPECIAL ACTS, OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED "PENSION SYSTEM FOR DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT OF MEMBERS OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS"; AMENDING SECTION 62, “DEFINITIONS”, ADDING DEFINITION FOR POLICE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SECTION 79, ENTITLED "DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (DROP)”, RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM DROP PARTICIPATION PERIOD; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CODIFICATION; SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

ADDING DEFINITION FOR POLICE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES. AMENDING SECTION 79 ENTITLED DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN. DROP RELATED TO THE MAXIMUM DROP PARTICIPATION PERIOD PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT. HEREWITH.

CODIFICATION. SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R5I7 SPONSORS.

I GUESS CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF JONES COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING ALL OF YOU THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR JOINING ME AND SPONSORING THIS ORDINANCE AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE VERY IMPORTANT ROLE OF CONTINUITY AND LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND BRIEFLY, BEFORE WE SPEAK ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL CHIEF JONES, I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT THIS LEGISLATION ACTUALLY DOES, BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE IS A MATTER OF POLICY.

IT'S A POLICY DECISION AMENDING THE PENSION PLAN TO ALLOW THE CHIEF TO EXTEND HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE DROP PROGRAM FROM EIGHT YEARS TO A MAXIMUM OF TEN YEARS. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND THAT IS THAT OUR ACTUARY, MR. MANAGER. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE CITY'S ACTUARY HAS REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE, AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT IT DOES NOT INCREASE COST TO THE CITY.

CORRECT. AND SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THIS THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN STABILITY IN LEADERSHIP WITHOUT PLACING ANY ADDITIONAL BURDEN TO OUR TAXPAYERS. BUT ULTIMATELY, AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS BEING A POLICY DECISION AND A VERY PRUDENT POLICY DECISION.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICERS WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY, THOSE WHO ANSWER THE CALL OF SERVICE AND WHO PUT ON THAT UNIFORM EVERY DAY.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK HOME AT NIGHT. THEY WALK OUR STREETS.

THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS CAN FEEL SAFE.

AND A DEPARTMENT LIKE OURS, LIKE OUR INCREDIBLE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THE PEOPLE WHO WEAR THAT UNIFORM AND WHO SERVE EVERY DAY WITH THAT BRAVERY. AND THOSE OFFICERS DESERVE LEADERSHIP, THAT LEADERSHIP THAT SUPPORTS THEM, THAT PREPARES THEM, AND THAT GIVES THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED EVERY DAY TO SUCCEED.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND WHAT HAS BEEN DELIVERED UNDER CHIEF JONES LEADERSHIP, IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT SUPPORT THAT HE GIVES EVERY DAY TO OUR OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCEED.

AND PJ, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE SLIDE ON MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS.

IF YOU HAVE THAT READY TO TO BE DISPLAYED. THERE WE GO.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MOST RECENT MAJOR CRIME STATISTICS, WE SEE MEANINGFUL REDUCTION REDUCTIONS ACROSS NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY.

YOU LOOK AT VIOLENT CRIMES, THAT'S DOWN BY 9%.

YOU LOOK AT PROPERTY CRIMES. THAT'S DOWN BY 19%, ROBBERIES DOWN 32%.

YOU LOOK AT BURGLARIES, THEY'RE DOWN 26%. AUTO THEFTS DOWN 36%.

HOMICIDES. HOMICIDES DOWN 75%. AND THESE ARE REAL IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IS A DEPARTMENT THAT'S OPERATING WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF

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THAT'S WHY WE SEE THOSE REDUCTIONS IN CRIMES.

THE MORALE IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE BRINGING US THESE RESULTS.

AND THAT THAT BEGINS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CHIEF JONES HAS CULTIVATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OFFICERS TELL US THIS IS NOT ANECDOTAL.

OFFICERS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY FEEL SUPPORTED BY THEIR CHIEF OF POLICE.

THEY FEEL WELL TRAINED. THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS EXPECTED FOR THEM.

AND THAT LEADERSHIP IS IS IS REFLECTED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITY AND PRESENCE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE NUMBERS. BUT IN 2025 ALONE, THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 80,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, MORE THAN 81,000 OF CALLS FOR SERVICE. 58% OF THOSE, NEARLY 60% OF THOSE ARE INITIATED BY THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES.

AND OFFICERS DON'T DO THAT. THEY DON'T FEEL SUPPORTED.

AND IF MORALE ISN'T STRONG, THAT LEVEL OF PROACTIVE POLICING IS A RESULT OF A WORKFORCE THAT IS ENGAGED AND ACTIVELY WORKING TO PREVENT CRIME, RATHER THAN SIMPLY REACTING TO CRIME. WE'VE ALSO SEEN THEIR VISIBILITY.

OFFICERS UNDER CHIEF JONES LEADERSHIP CONDUCTED NEARLY 5000 PARK AND WALK AND WALK PATROLS.

AND THAT INCREASES THE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT INCREASES VISIBILITY. CHIEF JONES, AS WE ALL KNOW, ONE OF THE COOL THINGS AND NEW CHANGES IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS THAT CHIEF JONES HAS PUSHED THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD AND HOW WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

AND PJ, DO WE HAVE THERE THE DRONE FOOTAGE? AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS DRONE FOOTAGE FROM ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

AND I BELIEVE AND PERHAPS THE CHIEF IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE TO TO, TO GIVE THIS DESCRIPTION, BUT IN THE REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER THAT WAS COMPLETED DURING, DURING HIS TENURE THEY, THEY GET ALERTS FOR LICENSE PLATE FROM THEIR LICENSE PLATE READERS AND WHETHER IT'S WHEN THERE'S A STOLEN VEHICLE, THAT REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE CENTER GETS THE ALERT AND THEY'RE ABLE NOW TO DEPLOY THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE THE DRONES IN LESS THAN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

IT'S OVER THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY WAITING FOR THAT LICENSE PLATE OF THAT STOLEN VEHICLE TO SHOW UP.

AND THEY'RE AT THE FAR. YOU SEE THAT STOLEN MOTORCYCLE COMING INTO INTO OUR CITY.

IT IS SUCH COOL STUFF WHEN YOU SEE IT. AND THERE'S THAT MOTORCYCLE COMING IN.

CAN YOU ZOOM IN ON THOSE GONZALEZ? THERE'S THAT MOTORCYCLE COMING IN.

LOOK, I MEAN, THE THE WORK THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CHIEF HAS BROUGHT FORWARD, THERE'S THE STOLEN MOTORCYCLE. AND WHAT AND WHAT AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

AND IT JUST SPEAKS TO TO THE TECHNIQUES AND THE AND THE ABILITIES IN WHICH THE CHIEF HAS TAKEN THIS DEPARTMENT TO.

AND PJ IS, IS, IS, IS AT DOUBLE THE SPEED. I DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE THE SPEED.

THERE WE GO. THERE, THERE, THERE GOES THE GUY.

THERE GOES THE GUY. THERE HE GOES. GOING INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC.

HE GOES DOWN INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS INTO FLAMINGO PARK.

COMMISSIONER SALINAS CLOSE TO YOU. HE ABANDONS HIS MOTORCYCLE, THROWS IT IN THE ALLEY, GOES INTO A BUILDING, TAKES OFF A SHIRT AND A CAP. THINKS HE'S GETTING AWAY.

BUT OH, NO. THERE THEY ARE, CHIEF JONES OFFICERS.

THERE THEY ARE RESPONDING. AND THE GUY THINKS HE GOT AWAY.

BUT NO, HE DIDN'T. THEY ARE OUR OFFICERS TAKING HIM DOWN.

THAT IS THE WORK OF TRUE LEADERSHIP. OF LEADERSHIP LIKE CHIEF JONES.

BUT TECHNOLOGY ALONE DOESN'T CREATE THESE RESULTS.

IT'S THE PEOPLE, PEOPLE. IT'S THE LEADERSHIP THAT GUIDE THAT THAT GUIDES THEM.

AND WE SEE THAT LEADERSHIP PLAY OUT RIGHT NOW.

DURING ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR, FOR, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND AND PJ, DO WE HAVE THE NEWS CLIP THAT JUST REMINDS US OF WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW? THIS IS THE MOMENT CHAOS ERUPTS IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS THE BEACH SATURDAY AFTER WHAT APPEARED TO BE GUNSHOTS RINGING OUT.

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THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS IT HAPPENED EVEN WITH DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE CROWD, LATER ADDING AT LEAST ONE WEEKEND SHOOTING WAS ALSO SPRING BREAK RELATED.

AND IN PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS, POLICE SAY A 17 YEAR OLD SHOT AND WOUNDED FIVE PEOPLE ON A BEACH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

NO ONE'S RUNNING FROM GUNSHOTS. BUT IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AN ICONIC PARTY TOWN HAS WORKED ON A SPRING BREAK REBRAND IN RECENT YEARS.

AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. POLICE SAY THIS WEEKEND ARRESTS PLUMMETED ALMOST 21% YEAR OVER YEAR.

THE CITY'S SURGING RESOURCES, MORE POLICE, D-U-I AND LICENSE PLATE CHECKS, BUT ALSO PARKING AND GETTING TOWED ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.

THE STRATEGY THAT WE IMPLEMENTED WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK AND A COLLECTIVE STRATEGY INVOLVING NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT DIFFERENT CITY ENTITIES. THAT MADE IT VERY CLEAR, WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR CITY, BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO BREAK THE RULES AND BREAK THE LAW, YOU'LL BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY. RACING A NEW STRATEGY TO AVOID SCENES LIKE THIS.

JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

THANK YOU PJ THAT TYPE. THAT KIND OF TURNAROUND DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

IT HAPPENS WHEN A DEPARTMENT HAS STRONG LEADERSHIP.

CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FROM THE VERY TOP AND OFFICERS THAT KNOW THAT THEIR CITY STANDS BEHIND THEM.

SO EXTENDING THE DROP FOR CHIEF JONES IS NOT JUST ABOUT HIS TENURE.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT KEEPING CHIEF JONES HERE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S MOST IMPORTANTLY, ABOUT MAINTAINING THE STABILITY. CONTINUING ON THE PROGRESS WE ARE SEEING AND SUPPORTING THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO RELY ON THAT LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF JONES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND WHEN OUR OFFICERS KNOW THAT THEIR LEADERSHIP HAS THE CONFIDENCE AND THE FULL BACKING OF THIS MIAMI BEACH CITY COMMISSION, I THINK THAT MESSAGE STRENGTHENS THE IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WITH THAT FOR THOSE REASONS MR. MAYOR, COLLEAGUES, I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SPONSORS IN THIS IN THIS LEGISLATION.

AND I'M PROUD, I'M VERY PROUD TO MOVE IT IN SUPPORT OF OUR INCREDIBLE CHIEF AND THE AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I WAS VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, APPRECIATED AND ENJOYED IT.

SO I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT RESONATES WITH, WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

I'LL ADD ONE OTHER, A COUPLE OF THINGS. BUT ONE IS I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT DATA AND NUMBERS ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT AND IT TELLS A GOOD STORY.

AND, AND IN THIS CASE, IT TELLS A REAL STORY.

BUT I'M ALSO A BIG BELIEVER IN IT'S HOW OUR RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS FEEL WHEN THEY WALK DOWN THE STREET.

EVEN IN APART FROM THE DATA AND THE GOOD NEWS THERE IS I HEAR ALL THE TIME AND I ASSUME ALL OF US HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

WOW. MIAMI BEACH HAS CHANGED IN A BIG WAY. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WALKING DOWN THE STREET TAKING MY FAMILY.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME THEY WOULDN'T TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SOUTH BEACH, AND THEY DO NOW, AND THEY'RE WALKING ON OCEAN DRIVE AND OTHER PARTS.

SO THERE'S A GREAT STORY OVERALL AND OBVIOUSLY IT ALL COMES WITH BREAKING THAT SPRING BREAK CYCLE.

THE MAJOR CRIMES YOU TALKED ABOUT ARE HOMELESS NUMBERS, THE LOWEST WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, 60% LOWER THAN JUST THREE YEARS AGO. THE STAFFING, FULL STAFFING, WHICH SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A, A WELL MOTIVATED FORCE AND I'M ACTUALLY HEARING A LOT AGAIN.

I SUPPOSE I'M HERE, I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TELLING ME I RUN INTO OFFICERS IN OTHER CITIES OR SECURITY GUARDS WHO ARE TELLING ME I'M TRYING TO GET INTO THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO BE. BUT YOU GUYS ARE FULLY STAFFED. I CAN'T EVEN GET IN. SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE BECAUSE IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WE WERE.

I REMEMBER HEARING WE HAVE 40 SLOTS THAT WE HAVE TO FILL AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, AND I'LL GIVE ALL OF US HERE A PAT ON THE BACK, BECAUSE I ALSO HEAR CHIEF JONES, OTHERS AND OFFICERS ON THE STREET WHO SAY THANK YOU TO US, BECAUSE NOT EVERY CITY DOES THE ELECTED BODY SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE WAY WE DO AND SAY PUBLICLY, WE GOT YOUR BACK.

AND I THINK, I THINK OUR OFFICERS, THE MESSAGE IS LOUD AND CLEAR.

WE GOT THEIR BACKS, WE'RE GIVING THEM THE BEST TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

WE DO. IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.

AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR, FOR PREVENTING AND SOLVING CRIMES TO HAVE THAT.

SO CHIEF JONES IT'S IT'S, IT'S GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.

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SO YOU KNOW, WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER. I WILL SAY, AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU, I THINK. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU. YOU COULD SAY IT, BUT I THINK PART OF YOUR MOTIVATION IN WANTING TO CONTINUE IS WE'VE SEEN SO MANY POSITIVE CHANGES AND THERE'S MORE TO DO, RIGHT? WE DON'T WE DON'T REST ON OUR ON OUR LAURELS.

AND THE POLICE VISIBILITY HAS GOTTEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPROVED AND THERE'S EVEN MORE WE CAN DO, RIGHT? WE NEVER STOP. WE NEVER STOP PUSHING. AND AND I THINK, I THINK, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE OUR OFFICERS LOVE THAT THEY LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOB AND THAT WE WANT THEM AND EXPECT THEM TO, TO FOLLOW THEIR TRAINING AND DO THE JOBS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF COUPLE OF YEARS.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. I TOO AM VERY SUPPORTIVE.

I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE ITEM. UNDER CHIEF JONES LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN CRIME.

HE AND HIS TEAM HAS WORKED VERY HARD IN TACKLING THE RAMPANT DRUG PROBLEM THAT HAD REALLY BUILT UP DURING COVID AND THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

HE FILLED ALL THE VACANCIES. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT.

NOT EASY. AND NOW WE HAVE FULLY STAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE CHIEF IS VERY RESPONSIVE, AND HE HAS ALSO BUILT A STRONG COMMAND STAFF OF MEN AND WOMEN, VERY EXPERIENCED AND A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM UNDER THE CHIEF, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS WELL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, CHIEF JONES, THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY IMPROVE, NOT IMPROVE, TO CONTINUE AND BUILD ON THE THE SUCCESSES YOU'VE HAD AND YOUR COMMAND STAFF IN SUPPORT OF YOU IN. THE INITIATIVES LIKE 30 BY 30 AND MAKING THIS A SAFE DEPARTMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TRADITIONALLY SEEN AS COPS.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR A COMMUNITY TO BE POLICED BY PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE.

AND I AM GOING TO LOOK TO YOU AND TO, YOU KNOW, SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, NOT, I'M SORRY, SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT. AS THAT CONTINUES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND ENSURE THAT NO MATTER WHO COMES TO TRY TO FILL YOUR SHOES AFTER YOU LEAVE IN TWO YEARS THAT, THAT IS A PRIORITY AND A PILLAR OF THE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD IN PERPETUITY.

SO I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I'M 1,000% CONFIDENT IN YOUR VISION AND SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR VISION AND CONFIDENT IN YOUR COMMAND STAFF WHO WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS AFTER YOU'VE GONE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN GET DONE TOGETHER IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

CHIEF, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I FULLY SUPPORT YOU IN THIS EXTENSION, AND I'M SO IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE TEAM YOU'VE CREATED AND THE STAFF THAT YOU OVERSEE.

I, EVERY TIME I SPEAK WITH AN OFFICER, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR RANK, THEY ALL REALLY LOVE THEIR JOB.

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'VE CREATED WITHIN THE FORCE AND WITHIN THE TEAM.

IT'S JUST, IT'S PALPABLE. I HAD THE I WAS AT ROLL CALL ON SUNDAY, AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO GO ON A RIDE ALONG WITH A SERGEANT.

AND HE JUST, YOU COULD TELL HE JUST LOVED HIS JOB.

I MEAN, THE WAY EVERYTHING HE WAS SO DETAILED ABOUT EVERY EXPLANATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FASCINATING.

IT WAS TRULY FASCINATING. AND I'M SO GLAD I GOT THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE CREATED SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE TEAM.

EVERY SINGLE OFFICER JUST HAS SUCH PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO AND THE RESIDENTS KNOW IT.

WE SEE IT. WE LOVE IT. WE LOVE YOU. WE LOVE THE TEAM.

WE LOVE EVERY SINGLE OFFICER THAT THAT PROTECTS US AND AND HELPS US.

AND IT'S JUST SO IMPRESSIVE. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I TRULY CAN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH ACCOLADES. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT TO YOU AND I SAID, LISTEN, I WANT TO WORK ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING THIS YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND YOU AGREED IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD CREATED THE FIRST HUMAN TRAFFICKING TEAM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND IF THAT IF I MISSPEAK, PLEASE CORRECT ME. BUT I MEAN, I JUST BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU DO SO MUCH AND AS IN FRONT OF THE SCENES, YOU DO SO MUCH.

AND I REALLY, TRULY CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU.

CHIEF. ANYONE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH, CHIEF, WE COULD GO ON UNTIL YOUR YOU'RE HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR EXTENSION HERE, SO WE COULD WE HAVE SOME TALKERS MAYBE WE'LL BRING THIS IN FOR A LANDING.

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AND IT'S CLEARLY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY DO.

YOU'RE A GREAT AMBASSADOR. GREAT POLICE OFFICER, GREAT POLICE CHIEF.

SO PROUD TO WORK WITH YOU GOING FORWARD. AND IF I MAY, IF I I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE, ONE OTHER THING, WHICH WHICH I THOUGHT OF THERE'S REALLY LIKE, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN A DEPARTMENT LIKE THIS.

AND EVERYTHING WE DO IS SO HIGH PROFILE WHICH ADDS TO THE SORT OF THE, THE PRESSURE STAKES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DECISION. BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR, OF OUR ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT SUPPORT FROM US AS A COMMISSION, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IT REALLY TAKES THAT TO TO, TO BUILD.

AND I SAY THAT PARTLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS PROCESS WAS COMING UP AND UNTIL THIS CAME UP, THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL SUCCESSORS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND, AND THERE'S. AND YOU'VE BUILT A DEEP BENCH, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF YOUR LEGACY AS WELL.

AND IT'S A COMPLIMENT TO YOU AND OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR, IN OUR IN SENIOR COMMAND AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I HAVE RESIDENTS COME TO ME, THANK GOD WE LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THINGS ARE GOOD.

THINGS ARE SAFE. WE'RE A SAFE HAVEN HERE. I'VE EVEN HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY TELL ME RECENTLY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE HERE, LOOKING TO MOVE BUSINESS HERE, LOOKING TO MOVE THEMSELVES. AND THEY SAID, BUT IT'S GOING TO STAY THIS WAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA, RIGHT? IT'S GUARANTEED. I'M LIKE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE IN LIFE.

THINGS CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY. A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, A CHANGE IN DIFFERENT.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER CITIES IN OUR COUNTRY.

WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. THINGS CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY.

SO I DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT I WORK WITH SO MANY GOOD COLLEAGUES UP HERE AND WORK WITH SO MANY, WORK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

AND I BELIEVE OUR RESIDENTS DON'T. BUT I SAY IT AS A CAUTIONARY TALE THAT THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE SEEING DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM.

IT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HARD WORK.

IT TAKES SOME TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE OFTEN DO GET NEGATIVE PUSHBACK, BUT WE DO IT BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING.

AND TODAY IS PROOF OF WHY WE DO IT, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THE SUCCESS THAT OUR CITY IS HAVING.

AND YOU'RE A BIG PART OF IT. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE VERY STRESSFUL, VERY CHALLENGING, HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS THAT CAN BE AT TIMES DISHEARTENING AS THEY CAN BE REWARDING, THEY CAN BE DEMORALIZING AS THEY CAN BE UPLIFTING.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL GO HOME. WE GO HOME TO OUR FAMILIES, WHETHER IT BE OUR PARTNERS OR OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KEEP US GOING.

NOW, I RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE MARIANA CHIEF JONES WIFE, AND MARIANA.

THIS COMMUNITY OWES SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO YOU.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ROCK OF THAT FAMILY. I KNOW, I KNOW, THE CHIEF FEELS SO SUPPORTED IN DOING HIS JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE YOU'RE THERE SUPPORTING HIM AND SUPPORTING YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE HERE IN THIS MILESTONE MOMENT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

AND I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A TEAM. I KNOW IN MY OFFICE, I HAVE MY TWO AIDES WHO HELP ME IN ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT I DO.

AND I'D BE REMISS NOT TO EQUALLY, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE TEAM CHIEF THAT YOU HAVE AROUND YOU, WHETHER IT BE ASSISTANT CHIEF SAMMY GUERRERO AND ANY MARGALLO OR WHETHER IT BE RUBY, CHANTEL AND CELIA AND CHRIS BASS OR NACHO RODRIGUEZ. YOU KNOW, YOU ALL. EACH ONE OF YOU.

WE CALL YOU GUYS AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY, AT ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT, ON HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS.

AND YOU GUYS, ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, YOU INTERRUPT YOUR BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY MORNINGS TO RESPOND TO US.

YOU INTERRUPT YOUR FAMILY CELEBRATIONS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR CITY.

AND SO, CHIEF, OUR RESIDENTS, FEEL THE DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR OFFICERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY.

THEY SUPPORT YOU. AND TODAY WE STAND WITH THEM IN SUPPORTING YOU.

AND WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM, CALL THE VOTE, AND IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

I HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WITH THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE COULD ENTAIL ADMINISTRATION BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 33496.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR FOR THAT REFERRAL.

THANK YOU. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

MAY I CALL THE ROLE? I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE BOBBY HERNANDEZ HERE AS WELL.

THE UNION CHIEF. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS HAD WITH HIM.

SO. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, IT WAS GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

IT WAS A PRETTY CONTENTIOUS AT THE BEGINNING I THINK.

BUT MEETING WITH THE MANAGER, MR. TAXES WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION WHERE OUR MEMBERS WON'T BE AFFECTED.

THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WERE WE THREE YEARS AGO? WE WERE IN A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. THEY CALLED THE POLICE ACADEMY.

WE'RE IN A SERIOUS POLICE ACADEMY NOW. CHIEF JONES CHANGED THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE A JUST IN CASE STAFFING PLAN WHERE ALL OF US WERE WORKING EVERY DAY JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN.

I ALWAYS REFER TO MY PUBLIX ANALOGY WITH MR. CARPENTER.

YOU DON'T WALK INTO PUBLIX AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING. SEE EVERY CASH REGISTER OPEN JUST BECAUSE YOU MIGHT GET A COMPLAINT. AND WE'RE NO LONGER THERE.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE 437 OFFICERS. THAT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE.

IT'S LEADERSHIP. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR HIM.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, EXCUSE ME. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ COMMISSIONER SUAREZ COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YES. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES, MAYOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5, I.

WHY DON'T. YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, CHIEF? YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. THEY SAY SHE'S EXPECTING A SPEECH FROM YOU.

YOU KNOW, THEY SAY IN COURT WHEN THE JUDGE IS IN YOUR FAVOR, YOU SORT OF DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY YOU WAITED FOR THE VOTE.

YEAH, I I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY, ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS 30 YEARS FOR ME IN THIS GREAT CITY THAT I OFTEN REFER TO AS THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

I LOVE IT. MUCH LIKE ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT LOVE IT.

WE DO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A GREAT CITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.

AND WE ALL LOVE IT. I AM THANKFUL TO EACH OF YOU FOR THE CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE COLLECTIVELY SHOWED TODAY.

YOU HAVE IN ME AND IN THE ORGANIZATION. I AM GRATEFUL TO MY BOSS FOR GIVING ME THE SPACE AND LATITUDE TO BE A POLICE CHIEF.

WE SPEAK ON THE PHONE MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, MEET MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, AND.

BUT NOT FOR THAT. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE IN A POSITION. WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW AS AN ORGANIZATION.

WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS. NOT BECAUSE I'M BRILLIANT, NOT BECAUSE I'M THE BEST CHIEF IN THIS COUNTRY.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME STANDING AGAINST THE WALL.

I REALLY THINK I HAVE A COMMAND STAFF MADE UP OF ABSOLUTE POLICE BRILLIANCE.

I HAVE A TEAM OF POLICE OFFICERS DOING HEAVY LIFTING FOR US EVERY DAY THAT BELIEVE IN THIS CITY, BELIEVE IN PROTECTING ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS, AS YOU SAY ALL THE TIME, MR. MAYOR, THE SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA. AND BECAUSE OF THAT BELIEF, WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS.

AND SO I AM HONORED AND GRATEFUL. I'M SIMPLY GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND FOR SUPPORTING.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE WHO SHOWED UP UNEXPECTEDLY.

FOR BEING THERE ALL THE TIME. AND SHE'S THERE WHEN I GET THE CALLS LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNINGS.

AND SHE'S TAKING THE BRUNT OF RAISING OUR TWINS, THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, A PIECE OF WORK.

BUT IT'S BEEN A COLLECTIVE TEAM EFFORT. AND SO I'M SIMPLY GOING TO SAY THANK YOU ALL.

I'M GRATEFUL. WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO SEND A PICTURE. I THINK WE SHOULD DO A GROUP PICTURE.

HE'S YOUR EMPLOYEE. NOW DON'T FORGET.

EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE UNDER THE DISTRICT AND THE GUYS ARE HERE.

LET'S GO. YOU HAVE TO GO. IN HERE. YOU SHOULD GO.

RIGHT. APPRECIATE. IT.

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TO. THE COMMAND STAFF. AND IF YOU GUYS CAN GET THE REAR OF THE ELECTED TO THE WINDOWS.

WE NEED THE CRYSTALS IN HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IF YOU GUYS. IF YOU GUYS CAN. FALLING IN THE WINDOWS, PLEASE.

SORRY. YOU CAN'T SEE IT. YOU'RE VERY IMPORTANT.

YES. YOU'RE HALF THE BATTLE. YES, YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TWO LINES SO YOU GUYS CAN COME UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE. AND YOU GUYS CAN FOLLOW SUIT.

AND MARIA. GARCIA, IF YOU GUYS CAN COME ON THIS SIDE.

YES. I LOVE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, BUT THEN WE NEED THE TWO PIECES IN HERE.

YES. YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. ONE. TWO.

THREE. OKAY. NOW.

THE TWO. TWO. THREE. YES. NO, NO. SHE'S GOT.

NOTHING. NOTHING. I LOVE. THIS CAMERA.

ONE TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. OKAY, LOOK AT THIS CAMERA.

ONE. TWO. THREE. SPILSBURY. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE.

ALL RIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. HEY, WHY DON'T WE CALL WHILE GOOD. LOOKS LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S GOT SOME OPEN.

MY BABY BOY. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

MANNY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MANNY. MANNY.

IT'S CALLED R5V AS IN VICTOR. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

[R5 V AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “MARINE STRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND VESSELS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “RESTRICTED WAKE ZONES,” BY AMENDING SECTION 66-43, ENTITLED “RESTRICTED AREAS,” TO ESTABLISH A DESIGNATED PUBLIC SWIM AREA, AND CORRESPONDING MOTORIZED VESSEL EXCLUSION ZONE, IN THE WATERS SURROUNDING FLAGLER MEMORIAL ISLAND, ALSO KNOWN AS MONUMENT ISLAND, PURSUANT TO SECTION § 327.46 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE AND EXECUTE THE NECESSARY APPLICATIONS AND COORDINATION WITH THE VARIOUS AGENCIES OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DESIGNATED PUBLIC SWIM AREA, AND CORRESPONDING MOTORIZED VESSEL-EXCLUSION ZONE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE DOING ITEM R5V.

HELLO, LINDSAY. I'M I'M SPONSORING THIS ITEM AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND VICE MAYOR MATEO-

[03:10:04]

AS YOU KNOW, MONUMENT ISLAND HAS SEEN INCREASING PRESSURES FROM VESSEL AND SWIMMER CONFLICTS.

HEAVY VESSEL TRAFFIC. BOATS ANCHORING VERY CLOSE TO SHORE.

SHORELINE EROSION IN ADDITION TO SEAGRASS BED DECLINE.

AS A RESULT OF THOSE BEACHING ACTIVITIES IN 2023, THE COMMISSION PRIORITIZED A PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FUNDING FOR SHORELINE RESTORATION IN ADDITION TO A MOTORIZED VESSEL AND OR SWIM ZONE EXCLUSION ZONE, EXCUSE ME FOR THE MOTORIZED VESSELS AND ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE REGULATORY PERMITTING PROCESS. SINCE THEN, WE UNDERWENT CONSULTANT SELECTION AND PROCUREMENT, AND THE CITY'S CONSULTANT HAS COMPLETED SURVEYS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND SUBMITTED PERMIT APPLICATIONS IN AUGUST OF 2025. WE'VE NOW RECEIVED AGENCY COMMENTS THAT CLARIFY WHAT MAY BE PERMISSIBLE WITHIN THE BISCAYNE BAY AQUATIC PRESERVE.

INITIALLY, THE PROJECT CONTEMPLATED BOTH A MOTORIZED VESSEL EXCLUSION ZONE AND A PUBLIC SWIM AREA OR SWIM ONLY ZONE TO ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY THROUGH PERMITTING.

DEPENDING ON WHAT THE AGENCY COMMENTS WERE FOR, FDEP HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ESTABLISHING A MOTORIZED VESSEL EXCLUSION ZONE WOULD REQUIRE A SUBMERGED LANDS LEASE, WHICH THEY ARE NOT ISSUING NEW LEASES FOR THAT PURPOSE WITHIN THE BAY, WHICH ESSENTIALLY NEGATES THAT OPTION. HOWEVER, THEY DID INDICATE THAT A PUBLIC SWIM AREA WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE.

WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE FDEP PROCESS, WE ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WORKED WITH FWC ON REVIEWING THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS PREPARED IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT LANGUAGE.

AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE LANGUAGE IS APPROPRIATE AND APPROVABLE BY THEIR AGENCY.

THE SWIM ZONE IS PROPOSED TO EXTEND 150FT FROM THE SHORELINE, AND THAT DISTANCE WAS BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS.

THE FIRST IS WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MARINE PATROL TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL SAFETY BUFFER BETWEEN THE VESSEL'S MOTORIZED VESSELS AND THE SWIMMERS THAT UTILIZE THE ISLAND.

THE SECOND IS IT AVOIDS IMPACTS TO SEAGRASSES AND OTHER BENTHIC RESOURCES SURROUNDING THE ISLAND BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS.

THE THIRD IS IT STAYS CLEAR OF NAVIGATION ROUTES AND DEEPER WATERS USED BY BOATERS.

AND THEN FINALLY, TO NOT TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF MY POCKET.

BUT IT ALLOWS FOR REGULATORY COMPROMISE WHILE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH PERMITTING.

WHEN YOU GO FOR THE LARGEST, THERE MAY BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE THAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF THOSE PERMITS.

THIS APPROACH FOR A SWIM ONLY AREA IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMISSION'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE ISLAND, PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY AND REDUCING THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN VESSELS AND SWIMMERS.

THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH THE REGULATORY PERMITTING PROCESS.

AND THEN IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, STAFF WITH THE CONSULTANT WILL REVISE THE ENGINEER DRAWINGS TO REFLECT THE SWIM ONLY ZONE, REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE MOTORIZED VESSEL EXCLUSION ZONE, AND RESUBMIT THE APPLICATION MATERIALS TO ALL OF THE REGULATORY PERMITTING AGENCIES.

THE ORDINANCE IN PARALLEL WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO FWC FOR THEIR APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMISSION TAKING ACTION TO TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS WAS MONUMENT ISLAND WAS WAS SOMETHING WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT.

THE MOTORIZED VEHICLES, THE TRASH THAT WAS BEING LEFT THERE.

THE, THE NOISE THAT WAS EMANATING FROM FROM BOATS THAT WERE THERE AND PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU TO MY, TO MY CO-SPONSORS AS WELL. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YESTERDAY I WAS BOMBARDED WITH A FEW FOLKS THAT HAD CONCERNS AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THEIR CONCERNS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING I SEE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE AND HOW TO MAKE THIS BETTER IF THAT'S NECESSARY.

SO LET ME JUST OPEN THIS UP. IT'S A CURRENTLY NO SWIM.

I MEAN, IS IT IT'S CURRENTLY SWIM ONLY OR WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS, IS IT'S A BEACH WHERE SWIMMERS ARE ACCESSING THE AREA.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE DID NOT DESIGNATE A PUBLIC SWIM AREA, THERE IS ALLOWED TO BE A CONFLICT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE VESSELS.

OKAY. AND SO CURRENTLY MOTORIZED VESSELS CAN GO AND THIS CHANGE WOULD WOULD FORCE THE MOTORIZED VESSELS TO BE AT WHAT LENGTH 150FT OUTSIDE OF THE SWIM AREA.

AND THEN PEOPLE CAN SWIM FROM THE MOTORIZED VESSEL TO THE ISLAND OR GO ON KAYAK OR PADDLEBOARD.

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HOWEVER, I DID SPEAK WITH MARINE PATROL. WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN ENFORCEMENT, AND AS SUCH, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL WOULD BE TO PROHIBIT THE MOTORIZED VESSELS FROM ENTERING THE ZONE.

THERE ARE OTHER AREAS AS WELL ON MONUMENT ISLAND WHERE PADDLEBOARDS AND KAYAKS CAN ACCESS THE ISLAND.

ARE THERE OTHER AREAS ON MONUMENT ISLAND WHERE A MOTORIZED VEHICLE WOULD GET CLOSE? THERE ARE SMALLER RIPRAP REVETMENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

THAT ESSENTIALLY MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR BOATS TO GET TOO CLOSE BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO RUIN THEIR HOLES.

ARE WE BOUND BY ADA COMPLIANCE? PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ELDERLY FOLKS THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO SWIM 150FT. WELL, THE SWIM ZONE DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO SWIM TO, LIKE, THE 150FT TO GET TO THE ISLAND.

IT JUST PROHIBITS MOTORIZED VESSELS FROM STAYING OUTSIDE OF THAT.

THERE ARE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE SWIM BUOYS WHERE THEY'D BE ABLE TO GET CLOSER TO THE ISLAND ALONG THE ADJACENT AREAS.

SO LIKE THE NORTHERNMOST AND THE SOUTHERNMOST BUOY, YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO THE ISLAND.

IT ESSENTIALLY DRAWS A FAKE LINE FROM THOSE AND KEEPS VESSELS OUTSIDE OF THAT.

AND SO A MOTORIZED VESSEL WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ALONG THAT LINE TO GET CLOSER TO THE ISLAND.

YES. LET'S SEE. AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTARY ON THE TRASH. THERE IS A TON OF TRASH THERE. SOMEBODY MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ISLAND ON THE MIAMI SIDE WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THE TRASH CANS OUT ALTOGETHER, AND THAT'S HELPED MAKE THE TRASH SITUATION BETTER.

I KNOW I RECENTLY TRAVELED TO JAPAN. THEY DON'T HAVE TRASH CANS ANYWHERE, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO CARRY THEIR TRASH, KEEP IT IN THEIR POCKET OR THEIR BAG UNTIL THEY FIND.

HAS THAT BEEN THOUGHT OF AS AN IDEA TO HELP WITH TRASH THERE? BECAUSE I KNOW OUR FUNDING WAS LIKE $400,000, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DOUBLED FOR CLEARANCE OF THE TRASH, BUT IT HASN'T SOLVED THE ISSUE. YEAH. I'LL LET AMY SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON OUR LEAVE.

NO TRACE POLICIES. YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

COMMISSIONER SO THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ACTUALLY DOES TRASH PICKUP ONCE A WEEK THERE THROUGH A FIND GRANT.

WE ACTUALLY ADDED ON AN ADDITIONAL DAY PER WEEK TO ADDRESS ANY LITTER ISSUES.

AND WE ALSO DO BEACH ACTUALLY ISLAND CLEANUPS AS WELL AS EDUCATION.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE IT'S TIME TO ACTUALLY REMOVE THE TRASH CANS.

I DON'T THINK OUR CULTURE AND OUR BEHAVIORS ARE REALLY THERE YET, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TO WORK TOWARDS.

IT IS IMPORTANT. I UNDERSTAND THAT LEAVE NO TRACE POLICY, BUT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T REALLY READY FOR THAT, AND WE DON'T WANT THE ISLAND TO JUST HAVE TONS OF LITTER.

OKAY. AND SO THE LAST THING WAS IS THERE A CURRENT STATUTE IN PLACE WHERE BOATS CANNOT BEACH ON THE ISLAND? THERE ARE NOT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS.

SO I AM CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WE NEED AN AREA WHERE SWIMMERS CAN BE SAFE AROUND THE ISLAND AND SWIM SAFE.

AND YOU KNOW, I DID GET SOME EMAILS. YOU KNOW, HOW COULD YOU SUPPORT THIS? AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW. BECAUSE IN 2018, AND THIS IS IN THE MEMO, BUT PEOPLE DON'T READ MEMOS, THEY JUST KNEE JERK REACT SOMETIMES. SO I WANT TO SPELL OUT IN 2018, THERE WAS A TRAGIC INCIDENT WHEN A CHARTER VESSEL GUEST WAS SWIMMING WITHIN THE SWIM ZONE, AND IT WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VESSEL'S PROPELLERS.

THE VICTIM SUSTAINED CATASTROPHIC INJURIES, INCLUDING A SEVERED ARM AND LEG, A SPLIT OPEN BACK AND A DISPLACED SPINE.

AND DESPITE THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE MARINE PATROL IT RECOVERY EFFORTS TOOK TWO DAYS TO LOCATE AND RETRIEVE THE THE DESCENDANT.

SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. AND I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND I THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR, FOR CREATING THIS SWIM ZONE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY SAFETY IN THE WATER IS PARAMOUNT TO YOU KNOW, ENJOYMENT AND STUFF. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT QUITE AS PARAMOUNT TO LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS THAT HAPPEN ON THE WATER SUCH AS THIS.

SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OVER EASTER WEEKEND, UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. I'LL SECOND THE I LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T MAKE IT. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. BY MAYOR MINOR. COMMISSIONER.

FERNANDEZ. YES. MR.. DOMINGUEZ. YES. MR.. MAGAZINE.

YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YES. MR.. BHATT. YES.

[03:20:02]

AND FOR THE RECORD, THIS WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE WAS NO ONE ON ZOOM AND THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22ND.

THAT WAS ITEM R5B APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. LET'S CALL ONE MORE ITEM R5Q.

[R5 Q APPENDIX A FEE SCHEDULE MODIFICATION - ADVERTISING FEESAN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING APPENDIX "A" TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CHANGE THE ADVERTISEMENT FEES FOR PUBLIC NOTICES REQUIRED BY SECTION 2.2.3.5 OF THE RESILIENCY CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

ADVERTISEMENT. FEES. IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION. THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AMENDING APPENDIX A TO. ORDINANCES TO CHANGE THE ADVERTISEMENT FEES FOR PUBLIC NOTICES REQUIRED BY SECTION 2.2.3.5 OF THE RESILIENCY CODE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CLARIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING R5Q. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO. ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YES. VICE CHAIR.

MATEO- SALINAS. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS APRIL 22ND.

THAT WAS ITEM R5Q. R7AF.

[R7 AF A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP GAP FUNDING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $56,750, FOR THE OCEAN DRIVE ASSOCIATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION FIREWORKS DISPLAY, TO TAKE PLACE ON JULY 4, 2026; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH OCEAN DRIVE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC., IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MEMORIALIZING THE GAP SPONSORSHIP FUNDING.]

JULY 4TH 2026. R7AF SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION BY CALL THE ROLL. YES ON R7AF.

ALL APPROVED, SAY AYE. HEARING NO NO'S R7AF IS APPROVED 70R7N.

[R7 N A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE MOTION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, PURSUANT TO LTC #340-2025, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY PROVIDE ENHANCED ETHICS TRAINING FOR THE CITY’S REGULATORY EMPLOYEES AND ALLOCATE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR SUCH TRAINING IF NECESSARY.]

COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

I HAVE A MOTION ON R7N BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF R7N, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, R7N IS APPROVED. 70R7OR7O IS FLAG FLAGPOLE AT

[R7 O A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO ERECT A FLAGPOLE TO DISPLAY THE AMERICAN FLAG AT THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 AND TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES.]

AYE. OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

70R7O. IS HR HERE? ERIC? YES, HR IS HERE. OH, GREAT, R7TR7T.

[R7 T A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INITIAL DONATION OF $6,776.40 AND ALL FUTURE RECURRING DONATIONS RESULTING FROM EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE ENROLLMENT IN SELECT VOLUNTARY BENEFIT PLANS OFFERED TO BENEFIT-ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES OF THE CITY AND ADMINISTERED BY PIERCE INSURANCE, INC., THE CITY'S THIRD-PARTY VOLUNTARY BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR, AT NO COST TO THE CITY OR THE ENROLLEE; AND FURTHER SELECTING A LOCAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY FROM AMONG NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, KRISTI HOUSE, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI, INC., OR VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION, INC., AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE INITIAL DONATION AND ALL FUTURE RECURRING DONATIONS RESULTING FROM ENROLLMENT IN SELECT VOLUNTARY BENEFITS THROUGH PIERCE INSURANCE, INC.]

ENROLLMENT IN VOLUNTARY BENEFITS PROGRAM R 17.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

IF NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF R7T, PLEASE SAY AYE AYE AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. R7T IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. R7AGR7AG IS MAILED NOTICE TO CONDO

[R7 AG A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TO PREPARE AND MAIL A LETTER TO EVERY CONDOMINIUM UNIT OWNER IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO RAISE AWARENESS REGARDING THE CITY'S BULK BUYOUT ORDINANCE (SECTION 58 600 ET SEQ. OF THE MIAMI BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES) AND THE GOOD STANDING ORDINANCE (SECTION 2.4.1 OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE); AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION BY LETTER TO COMMISSION WITHIN 60 DAYS.]

SECOND. SECOND. I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ ON R7AG.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, R7AG IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO. I DON'T WANT TO PRESS MY LUCK.

WE'VE BEEN. WE'VE BEEN DOING SO GREAT. BUT LET'S CALL A LUNCH BREAK.

WE'LL RECONVENE AT ONE AT 1:00. THANK YOU. SURE.

4321. WELCOME BACK TO OUR AFTERNOON SESSION AND WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH OUR OPEN PUBLIC FORUM THIS TIME. HEY, SARAH. SARAH, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

SARAH DE LOS REYES, HARVARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I THIS WEEK.

THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS AT IN PALM BEACH. I TOOK MY CATS TO THE 33RD PET PARADE OF PALM BEACH.

IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BRING THE PET PARADE BACK TO MY.

STARTED PET PARADE IN MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE IT BRINGS FAMILY TOGETHER AND THE KIDS.

AND THEY LOVE WATCHING THE THE DOGS AND THE ANIMALS PARADE AND AND DRESSED UP.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN BRING IT BACK. MR..

MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. LAST YEAR, COMMISSIONER.

LAURA DOMINGUEZ TOOK A LEAD IN BRINGING THE PET PARADE.

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AND IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. YOU SAW SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT TO OCEAN DRIVE TO TO LOOMIS PARK.

PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, EVEN OUTSIDE THE CITY.

AND THEN THEY WERE SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES. AND IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY EVENT THAT JUST BROUGHT EVERYONE TOGETHER.

AND WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME AND. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THAT THAT THAT PARADE WILL BE GREAT.

AS SARAH MENTIONED, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN AND MAYBE WE CAN REFER, YOU'LL REFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT. I THINK IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO MIAMI BEACH IF WE START SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT IS EVERY YEAR PEOPLE PLAN. IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE TO DRESS THEIR ANIMAL AND SHOW THEM AND EVERYTHING.

SO IT WAS GREAT FOR BUSINESS.ORG. I HAVE A QUESTION, SARAH, FOR THAT PARADE, WERE THERE ANY SPONSORS? DID YOU SEE WE HAD, WE HAD NOT OURS, BUT THE ONE WE ACTUALLY HAD THE ER THE BAD AIR THAT AIR.

THE THE PRIVATE PLANE PLANES WHO ACTUALLY GAVE THE GRAND PRIZE OF A A TRIP TO NEW YORK AND BACK ON THE PRIVATE PLANE WITH YOUR PET.

THEY. ALL THEY DO IS CARRY YOUR PET WITH YOU IN THE PLANE AND AND BACK.

BARKER. BARKER WAS ONE OF THE BIG SPONSORS. WE GOT HIM.

WE GOT A FEW. YEAH, WE GOT A FEW. ONE THAT YOU WENT TO THIS PAST WEEKEND.

WHAT SPONSORS DID YOU SEE? OH, WELL, IN PALM BEACH, IT'S ALL THE SPONSORS ON WORTH AVENUE.

I GOT A TORY TORY BURCH BAG AS A PRESENT. YOU KNOW, MY CATS WON THE.

THEY WERE TIED WITH OTHER CATS, BUT IT'S MOSTLY DOGS, AS YOU KNOW.

IT'S LIKE THERE'S ONLY THREE CATS AND 100 DOGS.

BUT IT WORKS, YOU KNOW, SO THEY GET REALLY THEY GET HOTELS, GIFTS TO STAY IN A HOTEL FOR THREE DAYS.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE SPONSOR OF THE HOTELS TO ACTUALLY THEY CAN SPONSOR A GIFT.

SO I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD PROMOTION FOR MIAMI BEACH.

I THINK IT STARTS GROWING AND THEN IT'LL GET BIGGER AND BIGGER. EVERYBODY START TRAINING THEIR PETS TO DO SOMETHING.

I'D LIKE FOR US TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, OR I'LL SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. PERFECT. YEAH. SO? SO WE'LL DO IT. THERE YOU GO. LET'S DO IT NOW.

WE WON'T EVEN NEED TO PLACE AN ITEM. OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO REFER NOW? WE WILL DO IT NOW BASED ON IF YOU ALL MAKE A MOTION AND VOTE ON IT.

WE CAN DO THAT. I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ MOTION. SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE PET PARADE TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FOR DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ITEM IS REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. YAY! ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I HAVE MR. ASEAN ON ZOOM. MR. ASEAN, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. ANDRES AS 1000 SOUTH POINTE DRIVE.

SORRY I GOT BAD RECEPTION THIS MORNING, BUT I WAS TOUCHING UPON THE FACT THAT WE'RE VOTING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION HAS A SAY, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION VOICED THEIR OPINION OF NOT KNOCKING DOWN THE MORRIS LAPIDUS BUILDING COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE HAVE ON THE BEACH.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING VETOED. THE COUNTY WE TOOK THIS TO REFERENDUM TO THE COUNTY.

THE PEOPLE VOTED THAT'S GETTING VETOED AS WELL.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIREFIGHTERS TRULY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HAD THEIR FIRE STATION ON ALTON ROAD IN 11TH BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CAMPUS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY. FLAMINGO PARK'S TRACK FIELD POOL AND ALL THE FACILITIES AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING VERSUS BEING ON SIX AND JEFFERSON.

IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, WE, I TOOK THE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AS WELL AS.

COMMISSIONER BHATT OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND OVER TIME, WHERE I'M A BOARD MEMBER AT, THAT WAS A $22 MILLION FACILITY AND WE HAVE AMAZING PROGRAMING FOR OUR SENIORS, OUR KIDS AND, AND ALL THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SUCH A VALUABLE ASSET IN OUR COMMUNITY VERSUS KNOCKING DOWN A BATHROOM IN A LOCKER ROOM TO BUILD A FIRE STATION ON ALTON ROAD. IT'S SAD. IT'S SAD TO SEE IT HAPPEN. NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND I HATE THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS OR THE PING PONG BALL IN THIS SCENARIO, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER OPTION, WE DID HAVE ANOTHER OPTION. AND WE'RE EXECUTING ON KNOCKING DOWN A MORE SPACIOUS BUILDING AND IT HURTS. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM. THIS CONCLUDES THE AFTERNOON ZOOM.

THANK YOU. IT'S CALLED R5M. R5M IS NORTH OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.

[R5 M AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “ENVIRONMENT,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “NOISE,” BY AMENDING SECTION 46-152, ENTITLED “NOISES; UNNECESSARY AND EXCESSIVE PROHIBITED,” BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (B) TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE TO ESTABLISH PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE SPECIFIED NOISE VIOLATION DURING SPECIFIED HOURS; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

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THIS IS A FIRST READING. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS ITEM R5M. SO ONE OF ONE OF OUR BEST TOOLS THAT WE CAN DO HERE AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY IS TO GIVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THE ADDITIONAL TOOLS THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE LAW.

SO THIS WOULD REDUCE THE CODE'S 100 FOOT STANDARD TO 25FT.

REGARDING NOISE FROM VEHICLES OF VESSELS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES.

BUT TAKE IT AWAY, CHIEF. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSION. WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK IT GIVES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST YET ANOTHER TOOL TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE PEAKED UP QUITE A BIT, QUITE FRANKLY, IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

GETTING LOTS AND LOTS OF RESIDENTIAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS. CERTAINLY CREATING WHAT I THINK TO BE A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.

I'VE EVEN GOT A COMPLAINT FROM YOU ONE NIGHT. MR. MAYOR LATE AT NIGHT ABOUT PEOPLE MAKING LOUD NOISE, SPEEDING LOUD MUFFLERS, MUSIC ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

A FEW MONTHS AGO WE STARTED WHAT IS CALLED OPERATION QUIET STREETS.

THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE CONCERNS.

OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING IT, DOING IT AND ENFORCING IT BASED ON THE 100 FOOT RULE.

HAVING IT REDUCED TO 25FT, I THINK MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BOTH FOR CARS, VEHICLES AND FOR BOATS AS WELL IN THE WATERWAYS.

JUST WANTED TO THROW SOME NUMBERS AT YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF IT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT BACK TO 2021 ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AS IT RELATES TO NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLES WAS REALLY, REALLY BLEAK, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU WROTE 76 CITATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR THAT YEAR.

AS RECENT AS 2024. WE WROTE 430 AND LAST YEAR WE WROTE 675.

FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. THIS YEAR. AS A RESULT OF OPERATION WIDE STREETS.

WE'VE ALREADY WRITTEN 513 CITATIONS. THAT'S TWO AND A HALF MONTHS INTO THE YEAR ITSELF ON RECORD.

I MEAN, ON TRACK TO PROBABLY BREAK 1500 AT THIS PARTICULAR PACE.

SO WE HEAR THE COMMUNITY, WE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THIS IMPACTS THEIR DAILY, NIGHTLY LIVES.

AND WE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS SOLELY LIMITED TO HERE ON THE BEACH.

MUCH OF OTHER CITIES, MANY OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES SORT OF FACING THE SAME PROBLEM.

IN FACT, THERE WAS A RECENT NEWS ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTING WHAT CITY MIAMI IS DOING FOR THIS VERY SAME, SAME REASON. CHIEF DANNY MIGUEL IS HERE, AND HE'S ACTUALLY THE BRAINCHILD BEHIND OPERATION SAFE STREETS, AND SO HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. QUIET STREETS, SO YOU SHOULD ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN HAVE. OKAY, GREAT.

WELL. THANK YOU. IT'S BEFORE I TURN IT OVER, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS. COMMISSIONER FIRST, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE SHIFT, I THINK, IN FOCUS THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO A GOOD PLACE BECAUSE SPRING BREAK OBVIOUSLY WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE'VE AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE I'M JINXING IT AGAIN, BUT WE'VE WE'VE SOLVED THAT CRIME, A LOT OF MISDEMEANORS WHICH WERE, WERE PLAGUING OUR CITY.

THEN WE STARTED PROSECUTING THOSE CASES, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE. AGAIN, ALL THESE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE IMPROVING ON, THEY EXIST.

BUT AS FAR AS THEY, WE'VE DEFINITELY IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY, EXPONENTIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, WHICH WE MENTIONED DOWN 60% IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUR LOWEST HOMELESS COUNT EVER DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT WE'RE, I USED TO GET COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

NOW IT COMES IN, THEY'RE MUCH MORE RARE, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

THIS IS NOW SORT OF THE ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLACE.

IT SHOWS THAT WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE HELPED IMPROVE SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

NOW THE TO ME, ONE OF THE PRIME COMPLAINTS THAT I GET IS ABOUT THE ABOUT THE VEHICLE NOISE.

SO AND SINCE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE OTHERS, I THINK WE CAN DO IT HERE TOO.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CHIEF, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT IN EDUCATION PROGRAMING OR PROGRAMS WITH MICRO-MOBILITY ON THE BEACH WALK.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR ENFORCEMENT GOING FORWARD ON MICRO-MOBILITY ISSUES.

WHAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL ABOUT IT IS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN REPEAT OFFENDERS.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME WHO NEED TO BE EDUCATED BECAUSE THERE ARE VISITORS FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE. SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET EDUCATED ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN AND CAN'T RIDE. ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME THING? AND DANNY, MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THIS AS WELL.

ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME THING WITH THIS TYPE OF VIOLATION? I WOULD IMAGINE PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT PEOPLE COME OVER THE BRIDGES BECAUSE IT'S COOL TO DO IT DOWN HERE.

IT'S COOL FOR THE GRAM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER GET THROUGH TO THEM, BUT IS THERE ANY,

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YES. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANT CHIEF DANNY MORGADO HERE.

WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SEEING REPEAT OFFENDERS JUST ANECDOTALLY, BASED ON EXPERIENCE. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THESE TYPE OF TICKETS HISTORICALLY, AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US DATING BACK TO WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE.

I REMEMBER DETAILS THAT WE HAD ON OCEAN DRIVE AS A YOUNG OFFICER HERE WHERE WE WERE WRITING PEOPLE CITATIONS FOR LOUD NOISE.

AND IT'S COME BACK TO THE FOREFRONT AGAIN AFTER GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE LAST 25, 26 YEARS.

IT IS NOT A MIAMI BEACH SPECIFIC PROBLEM, AS THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO.

WE'RE SEEING THAT SAME COMPLAINT COMING FROM BRICKELL IN MIAMI AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE TRI COUNTY AREA, WHICH IS WHAT LED TO US PARTNERING WITH FHP AND COLLABORATING LOOSELY WITH MIAMI AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ACTUALLY SPREAD THE WORD AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, REINFORCING WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO BE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON ISSUES LIKE THIS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE FACT THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE, THAT WE'RE NOT CHASING ROBBERS AND SHOOTERS.

WE'RE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND BASED ON THE NUMBERS AND WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE DOING, THEY HAVE RAMPED UP FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE TREMENDOUSLY.

TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, WE'VE WRITTEN OVER 513 CITATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR LOUD NOISE FROM VEHICLES.

FOR COMPARISON, ALL OF 2026, WE WROTE 675. SO WE'RE ON PACE TO TRIPLE THAT NUMBER THIS YEAR.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE ZERO NOISE VIOLATIONS.

SO IF THAT'S THE STANDARD WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY HARD TO GET THERE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO MAKE IT THERE. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WRITE A CITATION? IS IT A IS IT POINTS ON YOUR LICENSE? IS IT A FINE.

YEAH, THIS ONE IS CONSIDERED A NONMOVING VIOLATION. SO THERE'S NO POINT IN LICENSE, BUT THERE'S A FINE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IF YOU DON'T PAY THAT FINE AND YOUR LICENSE IS SUSPENDED AFTER 30 DAYS. AND SO IS THERE A WAY TO TRACK OR IF THERE'S A FIRST OFFENSE IS $250, SECOND OFFENSE IS $500 AND THEN IT GOES UP. OR IS IT JUST IT'S A FLAT LINE.

IT'S A FLAT FINE THAT'S SET UP AS A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION.

IT'S NOT LIKE OUR CITY CITATIONS THAT RAMP UP OR ANYTHING.

AND DO WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT OR IS THAT MANDATED BY THE STATE? YEAH, I BELIEVE IT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE.

OKAY. SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE.

IF, IF THIS IS MANDATED BY THE STATE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, IF I MAY CLARIFY WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS DOING IS IT'S TAKING OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE, WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT NOISE EMANATING FROM A VEHICLE OR A, OR A VESSEL BY RADIO OR OTHER INSTRUMENT. THERE'S A PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF A VIOLATION IF IT IS AUDIBLE AND WE'RE TAKING IT FROM 100FT TO 25FT. SO THIS IS UNRELATED TO OTHER CONCERNS.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM, WHICH IS TO MAKE A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.

ASKING THE STATE TO ALLOW US TO USE NOISE CAMERAS TO TO ENFORCE NOISE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND SO THIS IS THEN A THIRD RELATED QUESTION, WHICH IS IF THE STATE CONTROLS THE FINES FOR UTCS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A MUNICIPALITY THAT IF YOU ARE NOW ON YOUR FIFTH OR 10TH, WE WOULD NEED TO ASK THE STATE TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO ENABLE US TO.

OR RATHER, THE STATE WOULD NEED TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT THAT INCREASE THE FEES STATEWIDE.

LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO. AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN LAYER ON SEPARATELY.

NO, NOT TO MY UNDERSTANDING. IT WOULD BE I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT ONEROUS TO DO TO JUST RUN A REPORT TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE THAN ONE TICKET FOR THE SAME THING. I MEAN, BECAUSE IF IT'S ALL NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, THAT'S ONE CONVERSATION.

IF IT'S THE SAME 30 PEOPLE GETTING TICKETS EVERY WEEKEND, THAT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONVERSATION.

DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE. CERTAINLY. ASK IF IT IS.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. SURE. THAT'S A GOOD CALL.

THE I MEAN, I THINK WHAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, CHIEF, IS THE CHIEF OF MIAMI CAME OUT WITH A PUBLIC PLEA BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL, I GUESS, WHO DOES IT FOR KICKS ON INSTAGRAM. AND AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM IS THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE ARE NOT GREAT.

AND YOU'RE ASKING THE PERFECT QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE, I HAD BROUGHT AN ITEM TO BRING CAMERAS HERE, WHICH WE DID HAVE, WE HAD THESE VIDEO, THEY TAKE PICTURES, VIDEOS, BUT UNDER STATE LAW, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH IT.

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AND THE FINE IS SIGNIFICANT THERE. I THINK IT'S OVER $800.

SO THERE'S AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO CORRECT THE THE THE ISSUE.

UNFORTUNATELY HERE THE FINE IS MUCH LESS, AND THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO FIX IT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THEIR VEHICLE. YEAH, I THINK GIVEN THE WAY THINGS ARE, A BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE DOING MOSTLY DONE AT NIGHT. LIKE I SAID, 80% OF CITATIONS ARE ISSUED AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS.

CONTINUE DOING THAT AND THEN CELEBRATING IT PUBLICLY, WHETHER THAT'S SOCIAL MEDIA OR OTHER MEANS JUST CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING IT.

GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO FOLKS THAT DON'T COME TO THE BEACH AND WEAR YOUR ENGINES OR PLAY LOUD MUSIC.

YEAH. SO, WELL, LET'S, LET'S GET THROUGH THIS ITEM AND THEN I'LL CALL THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE MUFFLER ITEM.

WELL, WHO'S MOVING IT? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE MR. MITCH NOVAK ON LINE. MR. NOVAK, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANKS, RALPH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MITCH NOVAK, I LIKE THE CONVERSATION YOU'RE HAVING.

I BELIEVE THE 25 FOOT THRESHOLD SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY ALONG OCEAN DRIVE, THE 100 BLOCK. YOU HAVE SOME BUSINESSES WHICH YOU CAN HEAR THEIR MUSIC AND SCREAMING ALL THE WAY TO THE SHORELINE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT A HOT SPOT. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT SIXTH AND JEFFERSON, WHERE I'VE MANAGED THE PROPERTY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 35, 36 YEARS. THE GOLF CARTS OF, OF AS OF LATE COMING DOWN THAT SIXTH STREET CORRIDOR, PROBABLY FROM PUBLIX OR TOTAL WINE HAVE BEEN BLASTING AND REALLY IMPACTING THAT SECTION OF OF THE BEACH. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. MITCH.

I SEE NO ONE ELSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER BHATT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, MITCH RAISES A GOOD POINT THERE. I SEE THESE LITTLE FREE GOLF CARTS.

THEY'RE NOT CITY FREEBIES, BUT THEY'RE, I GUESS SPONSORED BY WHO KNOWS WHOM.

BUT THEY DOWN ESPECIALLY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE MUSIC BLASTING.

WHAT WHOSE ARE THEY. HOW DO THEY OPERATE THIS WAY AND HOW DO WE.

I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH MUSIC, OBVIOUSLY, BUT LIKE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE BLASTING THAT.

YOU CAN HEAR IT A BLOCK AWAY. SO WE HAVE DONE WE HAVE DONE DETAILS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE RECKLESS OPERATORS BASICALLY OPERATING WITH NOISE BLASTING. WE'VE WRITTEN NUMEROUS CITATIONS AND AND DEALT WITH IT.

OBVIOUSLY, MITCH BRINGING IT UP IS THAT IT'S MOVED TO SIXTH STREET, SHOWS THAT OUR ENFORCEMENT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WORKS, BUT WE NEED TO EXPAND IT TO. BUT BUT THOSE ARE BUSINESSES.

I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE PRIVATE OPERATORS, BUT SO DO THEY HAVE BTRS OR IS THAT A CODE THING WHERE WE CAN ENFORCE THAT IF THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, BAD OPERATORS, WE CAN PULL THEIR BTR.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD DEFER TO CODE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

BUT IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BETA AND THEY'RE OPERATING A BUSINESS, THEN WE COLLABORATE WITH CODE AND WE DO APPROPRIATE.

I WOULD I WOULD HOPE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BETA IF THEY'RE OPERATING SOME KIND OF COMMERCIAL TAXI SERVICE.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON ALL. HERNAN CARDENO CODE COMPLIANCE.

SO YEAH, IN OUR JOINT VENTURES OUT THERE, WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL ISSUE THE VIOLATION FOR NOT HAVING A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

POLICE USUALLY ARREST AND WILL IMPOUND WILL SHOW THE GOLF CART.

BUT YES, IT IS A CODE VIOLATION BECAUSE THEY'RE CONDUCTING BUSINESS ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY SOLICITING THESE RIGHTS.

OKAY. SO WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO CURE IT THEN? I MEAN, THEY JUST NEED TO GET THEIR BTR AND THEN THEY CAN GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AGAIN.

CORRECT. AND THEN WE'D PRESUMABLY CATCH THEM WITH THIS 25 FOOT ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER.

IN THEORY, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR.. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. MR. CITY ATTORNEY MITCH BROUGHT UP A POINT THAT I ACTUALLY OBSERVED WHEN I WAS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, ACTUALLY JUST THIS WEEKEND. AND WHILE I CERTAINLY NEVER WANT TO BE THE WORD POLICE OR TOO HEAVY HANDED IN GOVERNMENT, WHAT PEOPLE DO INSIDE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND THEIR OWN WALLS WILL NEVER BE ANY OF MY BUSINESS.

BUT THERE WAS ONE ESTABLISHMENT IN PARTICULAR THAT HAD THEIR MUSIC BLASTING.

WE COULD DEBATE WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE OUTDOOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE ACTUAL MUSIC THAT WAS COMING THERE WAS SO EGREGIOUS.

I WAS WITH MY DAUGHTER. IT WOULD OFFEND ANYBODY.

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WELL, I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. AND SO IF THE MUSIC OR THE SOUND IS UNREASONABLY LOUD, THAT COULD COULD TRIGGER A CODE VIOLATION. THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN, AND I THINK THEIRS IS TRIGGERED BY BEING OVER A CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVEL.

SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE TAKING A DECIBEL METER AND DETERMINING SO, SO REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE A CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I ACTUALLY MEAN THE, THE CONTENT, I'M SORRY, THE CONTENT, THE CONTENT.

I MEAN, IF, IF I WOULD REPEAT 30S OF IT UP HERE, PEOPLE WOULD COVER THEIR EARS AND HEART, RIGHT? I, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME, SOME FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES WITH TRYING TO REGULATE THE CONTENT, BUT NOT WITHIN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. THEY COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITHIN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. WE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S EMANATING AUDIBLY AND LOUDLY ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN, I COULD LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER, BUT MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PEOPLE CAN SHOUT PROFANITY IF THEY'RE IN PUBLIC. THERE'S A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

CAN A BUSINESS BUSINESSES HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS THE SAME WAY THAT PEOPLE DO? YEAH. RIGHT. BUT WE MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF REGULATIONS ABOUT.

YOU COULDN'T OPTICALLY HAVE SOMETHING. THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF LINE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. START GIVING EXAMPLES ON THE DAY. NO, I MEAN, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED PORNOGRAPHIC THAT YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE OUT IN PUBLIC.

AND I SEE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT EXPERT COMING UP HERE TO, TO ASSIST.

BUT, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VISUAL AND SPOKEN.

CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? BECAUSE I THINK THIS, YOU'RE PICKING UP ON A VERY GOOD POINT.

AND JUST IN GENERAL, SOMETIMES A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES, THEY ENGAGE IN ACTIVITY THAT WE GIVE THEM THE RIGHTS TO ENGAGE IN SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ENTERTAINMENT.

THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS ENTITLED TO LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

AND SO TO THE EXTENT, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM A RIGHT THAT THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO, WE SHOULD AT MINIMUM ASK THEM, HEY, ARE YOU AGREEING TO, YOU KNOW, NOT USE NOT, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN, YOU KNOW, PROFANITY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT.

THEY'RE NOT ENGAGING IN ANTI-SEMITIC ENTERTAINMENT LIKE WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN AT, AT THE NIGHTCLUB NOT ENGAGING HOMOPHOBIC STUFF THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GIVING YOU THESE EXTRA RIGHTS THAT INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR BUSINESS AND THAT INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY, WE AT THE VERY LEAST, I FEEL WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING VOLUNTARILY PROFFER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GIVE YOU THIS, DO YOU VOLUNTARILY AGREE? ARE YOU WILLING TO STATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE NOT TO ENGAGE IN.

AND I'M GOING TO USE THE ANTISEMITIC ARTWORK THAT WE DEALT WITH RECENTLY.

AND THAT ISN'T EVEN OUR WORK. THAT WAS JUST LIKE ANTI-SEMITISM, YOU KNOW, ANTI-SEMITISM FROM A NIGHTLIFE VENUE.

CAN'T WE DO THAT? THE QUESTION OF WHETHER WE CAN ASK FOR A VOLUNTARY PROFFER OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD NOT DEMAND IS AN OPEN QUESTION THAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO LOOK AT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT. BUT THE GENERAL RULE IS THAT YOU CANNOT IMPOSE AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITION UPON A PERMIT OR A LICENSE.

AND SO IF BUT THAT'S NOT A CONDITION. IF WE'RE IF WE'RE ASKING THEM, DO YOU VOLUNTARILY PROFFER.

NOW THEY CAN CHOOSE TO SAY NO. AND GOD KNOWS IF SOMEONE SOMEONE SAYS THAT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO AGREE TO NOT ENGAGE IN ANTI-SEMITIC ACTIVITY AND NOT TO NOT TO ENGAGE IN IN RACIST ACTIVITY AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN HOMOPHOBIC ACTIVITY.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT IF SOMEONE IS NOT WILLING TO PROFFER THAT.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO, I WANT TO I WANT TO KNOW THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO KNOW YOUR REQUESTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINKING ABOUT IF IT'S POSSIBLE IN THE BEST WAY TO FORMULATE IT.

IF WE ARE. SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT HERE ON THE DAIS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

IF WE DO HAVE THAT AVENUE. YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE COULD WORK TOGETHER WITH COMMISSIONER JOSEPH MAGAZINE ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THE ISSUE THAT YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ARE BRINGING UP. AND THANK YOU FOR RESEARCHING.

I KNOW YOU GUYS AND YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF TIME INTO RESEARCHING THIS MATTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT,

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SO WE DON'T VIOLATE ANYONE'S RIGHTS, BUT WE ALSO PROTECT AND UPHOLD THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT ARE TO BE AN INCLUSIVE AND A PROTECTIVE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE EVERYONE CAN FEEL SAFE. AND I THINK AN IMPORTANT PROCESS IN THAT IS USING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PROCESS, WHEN WE'RE GIVING RIGHTS FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND FOR MUSIC AND FOR NOISE RIGHTS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT WE PUT THAT SAFEGUARD THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF IN PLACE. YEAH. BECAUSE. ROB IT WAS SO EGREGIOUS.

I ACTUALLY SHAZAMED THE SONG AND AGAIN, I WAS WITH MY NINE YEAR OLD.

WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING LIKE, OH, I CASUALLY HEAR I'M ACROSS THE STREET AND I HEAR THIS AS CLEAR AS SHAZAM PICKS UP AND I'M LOOKING HERE, THEY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING.

THE LYRICS OF THE SONG. THEY USE THE N WORD SEVEN TIMES.

THEY F ON B'S HIDE HIS H. JUST JUST THINGS THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW NOT EVEN A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. JUST COMMON DECENCY.

RIGHT? YOU LOST ME ON SOME OF THOSE. BUT THE I MEAN, IF I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE NOISE VIOLATION, IF YOU, IF THEY'RE OVER WHATEVER'S ALLOWED IN THEIR CUP OR BY OUR GENERAL NOISE ORDINANCE, YOU CAN CHARGE THEM WITH THAT. IF AN ORGANIZATION IS ALLOWED TO PLAY MUSIC OUTSIDE, WE CANNOT IN ALMOST EVERY CASE, INCLUDING THE CASES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, CONTROL THE CONTENT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S SO WE CAN'T I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CAN, IF THEY WANT TO PLAY THE HEIL HITLER SONG, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED.

YES. SO SINCE THIS IS AN INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION, CAN YOU ILLUMINATE WHY THERE IS A STANDARD, A DIFFERENT STANDARD FOR VISUAL THINGS THAT ARE VISUALLY OFFENSIVE VERSUS THINGS THAT ARE SPOKEN THAT ARE OFFENSIVE UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I THINK FOR EXAMPLE, COMMISSIONER NOT GOING TO PLAY THAT GAME.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT ARE FALL INTO CERTAIN CATEGORIES, LIKE FIGHTING WORDS OR TRUE THREATS OR THINGS THAT YOU SAY THAT'S GOING TO INCITE SOMEONE TO VIOLENCE IMMEDIATELY AGAINST, AGAINST SOMEONE SPECIFIC. AND WORDS OBVIOUSLY LEND THEMSELVES TO THAT MUCH MORE THAN A PICTURE.

LIKE ON A, ON A ON A FRAME WOULD LEND ITSELF TO.

AND SO IN THAT WAY, SPOKEN WORDS HAVE CAN BE RESTRICTED IN SOME WAYS MORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE POWER THAN WRITTEN.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE, RIGHT? THAT IF, IF THE, THE PHRASES THAT WERE IN THE SONG WERE DONE UP AS CARTOON CARICATURES, FOR INSTANCE, AND PUT ON A WALL, THEY WOULD BE VISUALLY REPELLENT AND PROBABLY NOT PERMITTED, BUT SINCE THEY'RE SPOKEN OR SUNG OR WHATEVER PHRASES, THEY ARE PROTECTED.

NO. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROTECTION FOR IN THIS CONTEXT.

IF THEY WERE WRITTEN OR SPOKEN. NO, BUT I'M SAYING, IF THE PHRASES WERE TRANSLATED TO ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PHRASE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD WE, I THINK WE MAY STILL HAVE A BUSINESS THAT WANTED TO CALL THEMSELVES HAMBURGER B SINCE WE'RE USING THE INITIALS BACON, THE ESTABLISHMENT WHERE IT WAS.

YEAH. OKAY. AND, AND, AND THAT WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED.

THAT WAS WRITTEN ON THEIR SIGN AND THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE EXAMPLE. NO, THAT'S NOT LIKE IF THESE WERE VISUAL, LIKE, IF I MAY, I THINK SHE'S TRYING TO DRAW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WORDS AND PORNOGRAPHY. AND THERE IS THERE IS PROTECTION.

I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

SHE DIDN'T MENTION PORNOGRAPHY FOLLOWING A WITH COMMISSIONER BHATT IS REFERRING TO.

I'M SORRY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY. NO, I'M SAYING THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT ARE EXPLICIT AND OFFENSIVE TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF GENERAL RUN OF THE MILL DECENCY.

RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE FOOTLOOSE GENERATION OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T HEAR.

BUT IF SOMETHING WERE NOT PERMITTED TO BE VISUALLY REPRESENTED WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OR A PICTURE ON A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE IT'S OFFENSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS, RIGHT, THEN WHY WOULD SOMETHING THAT IS THE SAME LEVEL OF OFFENSIVE BUT IS DONE WITH WORDS RATHER THAN IMAGES ALLOWED TO BE ON A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY? IF IT'S OFFENSIVE TO COMMUNITY STANDARDS IN THAT CONTEXT, THEY WOULD BE THE SAME.

THERE WOULD NOT BE A DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A DIFFERENT LEGAL ANALYSIS FOR OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY IN THIS CASE, IN THE TYPE OF SITUATION OF LIKE NUDITY. AND THAT IS A MORE DETAILED, NUANCED AND DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.

[03:55:06]

THAT'S LIKE, I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE HIP HOP, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, HIP HOP CONSISTENTLY USES THAT SORT OF TAGLINES OF MISTREATING OF WOMEN.

OKAY. YOU NAME IT, ESPECIALLY PROFANITY. I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY? WE CAN'T ALLOW HIP HOP ON, ON THE, YOU KNOW, FOR BUSINESSES TO PLAY HIP HOP, OR ARE WE GOING TO CRACK DOWN ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING? LOOK, I'M NOT A FAN OF IT. RIGHT? IT'S NOT MY IT'S NOT MY IT'S NOT MY CHOICE OF CONTENT NEUTRAL.

I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO START GOING DOWN ON.

AND ARE WE GOING TO REALLY REGULATE WHAT BUSINESSES PLAY IF CONTENT.

BECAUSE LIKE, YEAH, LOOK, ON ONE EXTREME, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE.

YES. THERE'S UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A DISGUSTING BUSINESS THAT PLAYS HEIL HITLER IN ITS CLUB.

AND THEN YOU HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE JUST PLAYING, YOU KNOW, THE TOP TEN HITS OF HIP HOP, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY WANT TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF REGULATING THAT, BUT WHERE I WAS GOING WAS THERE'S USUALLY CLEAN VERSIONS OF ANY SONG, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN PLAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN OUR STREET AT 1 P.M.

AND THEY HEAR F F F N, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T.

ENJOY FROWN UPON. WHERE DOES THAT LINE FALL? LIKE, IS IT JUST ALLOWED.

AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO. WELL, WE USUALLY THINK ABOUT IT AT THE OUTSET WHEN THE LEGISLATION OR THE PERMIT IS, IS BEING THOUGHT ABOUT IN THE ABSTRACT. LIKE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW MUSIC OUTSIDE WHEN WE ADVISE YOU? WE TELL YOU, YOU? WELL, THINK ABOUT IT IN THIS CONTEXT. THIS IS WHAT YOU MAY HEAR OUTSIDE.

AND SO YOU HAVE CONTENT NEUTRAL WAYS OF DEALING WITH IT, WHICH ARE NOISE OR NOT ALLOWING MUSIC OUTSIDE AT ALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT ONCE YOU DO ALLOW IT YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN'T REGULATE BASED ON CONTENT.

INFORMATIVE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ THANK YOU.

GOING BACK. SO MR. MR. CHIEF DEPUTY ATTORNEY YOU MENTIONED WHEN THE LANGUAGE INCITES VIOLENCE THAT THEN THE CITY COULD HAVE A LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OR A LEVEL OF REGULATORY JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER MATTER.

THE WORDS AREN'T PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT IF THEY INCITE IMMINENT VIOLENCE.

OKAY, SO BUT YOU BUT THAT'S AN INSIGHT TO VIOLENCE.

THAT'S A CALL TO ACTION, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOU COULD SAY IT THAT WAY. NOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS VIOLENCE COULDN'T.

COULDN'T IT BE SAID THAT IF IF YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE RACIST LANGUAGE THAT COULD INCITE VIOLENCE, PEOPLE WHO ARE OFFENDED BY THAT. PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, TO WHOM IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EMOTIONAL.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A SONG, YOU GO TO LITTLE HAVANA, YOU GO TO HIALEAH.

AND I'M SURE IF YOU PUT SOMETHING THAT CELEBRATES, YOU KNOW, THE CASTRO MURDEROUS REGIME YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN DEPRIVING PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND ARRESTING POLITICAL DISSIDENTS AND DISSENT AND ALL THAT. IF YOU PUT A MUSIC HAILING THAT, IT'S GOING TO INCITE VIOLENCE IN IN SOME IN SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, IT COULD INCITE VIOLENCE RIGHT HERE. IF YOU PLAY THAT HERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE A WAY TO REGULATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEING DONE WITH THE INTENT OF CREATING, YOU KNOW, AN INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE.

I LIKE PEOPLE TO VIOLENCE. BUT NO, THE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE HECKLER'S VETO, THAT THE EFFECT ON THE LISTENER WHO IS OFFENDED BY IT IS NOT THE STANDARD BY WHICH AN IMMINENT THREAT OF VIOLENCE IS MEASURED.

IT IS ARGUE URGING SOMEBODY TO TAKE VIOLENCE AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE.

NOW, LIKE I WANT YOU TO GO OUT AND KILL THIS GAY PERSON TODAY IS A THREAT OF VIOLENCE.

AND THE ENTIRE GAY COMMUNITY MAY BE VERY OFFENDED BY THAT, BUT IT'S NOT A THREAT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ALL OF THE GAY COMMUNITY.

SO THEY COULDN'T REACT THAT WAY AND ACT IN SELF-DEFENSE, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THE, THE REACTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING IT EXCEPT FOR THE, THE EXACT THREAT THAT'S BEING MADE IS WHAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HERE.

[04:00:04]

IF IF THIS LEADS TO TO TO AN ORDINANCE. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.

LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE CAN GET A VOLUNTARY PROFFER ON ON THE MATTER OF VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY AGREE.

YOU KNOW, NOT TO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE OR ENTERTAINMENT.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE PARTICIPATE IN IT.

HE WAS. COMMISSIONER. JOSEPH MAGAZINE. JOSEPH MAGAZINE.

YES. WE'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL JOE MAGAZINE IN THE AUDIENCE, BY THE WAY.

SHOUT OUT TO HIM. THE ORIGINAL, THE OG COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS.

I JUST WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CODE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A CRACKDOWN ON UNLICENSED GOLF CARTS AND LIMOUSINE SERVICES CALLED OPERATION TITLEIST, WHICH LED TO THE ABOUT EIGHT ARRESTS AND MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT WERE IMPOUNDED.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT OPERATION. BOTH TO CODE AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING TOGETHER SO SEAMLESSLY AND ENFORCING OUR LAWS.

THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE THE VOTE. IT IS A ROLL CALL.

AND AGAIN, NO ONE ELSE IS ON ZOOM OR IN THE AUDIENCE.

HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND SECONDED BY MAYOR MINOR.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. BHATT.

YES. VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22ND. THAT WAS ITEM R5M, R9AB.

[R9 AB DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION – UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON POLICE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND DATA RELATED TO EXCESSIVE VEHICULAR MUFFLER AND EXHAUST NOISE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.]

SO I HAD BROUGHT LEGISLATION AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ CO-PRIME SPONSOR.

WE'VE ACTUALLY CO-PRIME SPONSORED SEVERAL ITEMS RECENTLY RELATING TO.

AND AGAIN, THIS GETS BACK TO THE CONCERNS WE'RE HEARING FROM FROM RESIDENTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HEAR AN UPDATE REGARDING OUR EFFORTS.

I THINK YOU KIND OF DESCRIBED SOME OF THEM, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO THE THE MUFFLERS AND LOUD EXHAUSTS.

AND JUST OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THIS WELL, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, SOME OF THE NOISES YOU HEAR FROM CARS ARE ACTUALLY LEGAL.

IF IT'S THE CAR IS MANUFACTURED THAT WAY. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS SOMETIMES.

I MEAN, I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOMETIMES HAS TO DO DO SOME CHECKS ON THE CAR, BUT GENERALLY WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE BOOMING NOISES COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, THOSE ARE ILLEGAL. AND SO THE RECENT LEGISLATION THAT I BROUGHT ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, FULLY SUPPORTED BY OUR COMMISSION, WAS TO HAVE NIGHT TIME DETAILS BASICALLY FROM 10 P.M.

TO 5 A.M., MOSTLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RELAX, GO TO SLEEP.

AND AND THESE CARS CLEARLY INTENTIONALLY DRIVING DOWN OUR STREETS AND TRYING TO DISTURB, DISTURB THE PEACE.

THEY'RE ALSO EASIER TO LOCATE FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MANY CARS ON THE ROAD.

SO IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. I MEAN, I COULD SEE IT FROM MY WINDOWS SOMETIMES AND I CAN PINPOINT WHICH CAR IS.

SO I JUST WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS, WHAT YOU HOW MANY TICKETS WE'RE ISSUING, HOW MANY ARE AT NIGHT TIME DURING THOSE HOURS? THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL MORGADO, ON BEHALF OF CHIEF JONES AND THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO I CAN TELL YOU AND I ALLUDED TO IT IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM IN 2025, SPECIFIC TO LOUD NOISE, LOUD MUFFLERS EMANATING FROM VEHICLES. WE WROTE 675 CITATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR IN THE TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF 2026, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE GUIDANCE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, CHIEF JONES HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR US TO FOCUS ON DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE SPECIFIC NOT ONLY TO THE THE LOCATIONS THAT WERE IN THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS THE FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR, 41ST STREET CORRIDOR, BOTH CAUSEWAYS, 71ST STREET AND FROM 44TH TO 63RD ALONG THE COLLINS CORRIDOR. WE HAVE WRITTEN ALREADY IN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, 513 CITATIONS, AS COMPARED TO 675 OF ALL OF LAST YEAR.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE CITATIONS, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, OVER 80%, 397 CITATIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT FOR US, WHICH IS AFTER 10 P.M. AND BEFORE THAT 6 A.M.

WINDOW. AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORKFORCE AND THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING TO PRIORITIZE THIS AMONG THE MANY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT WE GIVE THEM CONSTANTLY, AND THEY HAVE COME THROUGH OVERWHELMINGLY, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO AN AMAZING JOB AT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

AND IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO RAMP IT UP, WE'LL CONTINUE TO RAMP IT UP AGAIN.

WE STARTED OPERATION QUIET STREETS IN JANUARY, AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH FHP.

[04:05:03]

AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES.

I GOT OUTSIDE MY HOUSE ABOUT MIDNIGHT. OKAY.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WELL TO ME. I LOOK AT IT AS A COUPLE OF FOLD.

ONE, THERE'S A IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE POLICE PRESENCE.

WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF MAJOR SPOTS, WHETHER IT BE FIFTH STREET OFF THE MACARTHUR OR 41ST 71ST.

I HATE TO LEAVE SOME OUT BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER AREAS IN OUR CITY DOWN COLLINS, BELLE ISLE.

THERE'S OTHER PLACES, CLEARLY. BUT WE SORT OF.

IN THE LEGISLATION, THE COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND I BROUGHT THAT THAT OUR COMMISSION APPROVED.

WE SORT OF HIT ON SOME MAJOR SPOTS THAT IMPACT THAT ONE CAR GOING DOWN WITH THAT ILLEGAL EXHAUST IMPACTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THOUSANDS. AND THEY HEAR IT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUMP OUT OF THEIR BEDS, BY THE WAY.

I THINK THERE'S A SAFETY. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, SO IT'S NOT OUR JURISDICTION, BUT I WAS ON THE ON THE HIGHWAY. AND ONE OF THESE CARS WITH THE EXHAUST CAME UP. I MEAN, I LITERALLY JUMPED IN MY IN MY IN DRIVING.

IT WAS SCARY BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT IT BECAUSE HE, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS A HE HIT THE HIT THE PEDAL AND AND I JUMPED.

IT'S SCARY. IT'S DANGEROUS. SO THESE CARS DEFINITELY NEED TO BE PULLED OVER, BUT SO THERE'S A POLICE VISIBILITY ASPECT TO IT AND THEY'RE EASY TO CATCH.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT HIGH LEVEL DETAIL AND THOSE CARS ARE GOING TO KNOW THAT BASICALLY COMING DOWN ANY MAJOR INTERSECTION, WHETHER IT BE 71ST, 41ST OR FIFTH, THEY'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT.

I MEAN, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH HAVING A LITERALLY A DETAIL FROM 10 TO 10 P.M.

TO 5 A.M.? NO, NO, THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE.

THE TRAFFIC LEVEL IS LESS. SO IT ALLOWS US TO PINPOINT THOSE SPECIFIC VEHICLES, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE DENSE TRAFFIC.

AND THEN THE OTHER ADVANTAGE TOO IS THAT WE HAVE A USUALLY LESS VOLUME OF CALLS BETWEEN 10 AND 6 A.M.

SO IT HAS, WE HAVE AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN TARGET ON NOT JUST THE NOISE ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S MAXIMIZING THE VISIBILITY AND ADDING IN THE PRODUCTIVITY AND DIRECTING THE WORKFORCE ON THE THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COMMISSION. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. THAT'S IT. WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND CONTINUE TO REPORT ON THE GREAT JOB THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING.

OKAY, GREAT. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO CALL C7J. C7J IS A MEN'S CITY OF MIAMI BEACH

[C7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH OCEAN DRIVE SIDEWALK CAFE DESIGN GUIDELINES TO CONSOLIDATE AND FORMALLY INCORPORATE THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED AMENDMENTS SET FORTH IN RESOLUTION NOS. 2017-29752 AND 2018-30411 FOR CLARITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONSISTENCY, AND TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE FORMER SIDEWALK CAFE PERMIT PROCESS TO REFLECT THE CITY'S OUTDOOR DINING PROGRAM CONCESSION AGREEMENT STRUCTURE.]

OKAY, SO THIS ITEM DREW SOME CONCERN FROM FOLKS ON OCEAN DRIVE.

AND I'D LIKE TO REFER THIS ITEM TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I SECOND THAT MOTION. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ON C7 TO A J REFERRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. MR. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. IS THIS GOING TO HAVE ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT? NO, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THIS. I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE ALSO REFER TO FINANCE, BUT THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT.

SO THE ITEM SEVEN ZERO IS REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT WAS C7J NO RESO.

[R5 C AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SUBPART A OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “CHARTER,” BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 4, ENTITLED “BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-41 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ESTABLISHED; PURPOSE; POWERS AND DUTIES; COMPOSITION,” BY AMENDING THE NAME, PURPOSE, AND POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

AMENDING SUBPART A OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLES CHARTER AND AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY AMENDING DIVISION FOUR ENTITLED BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 41 THEREOF ENTITLED ESTABLISH PURPOSE, POWERS AND DUTIES COMPOSITION BY AMENDING THE NAME, PURPOSE AND POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS ITEM R5C COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THIS.

[04:10:04]

I HAVE SINCE SPOKE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THEY HAD THEIR LATEST AND GREATEST MEETING JUST THIS PAST WEEK. TAMIKA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OF WHAT THEY DISCUSSED THERE, BUT FROM WHAT WAS CONVEYED TO ME, THOSE CHANGES AND THE ENHANCED SCOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL SEEM POSITIVE.

SO I DON'T SEE A NEED TO PROLONG THE DISCUSSION HERE.

WE WENT PRETTY DETAILED LAST TIME UNLESS ANYBODY HAD ANY INCREMENTAL COMMENTS OR ISSUES IN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.

SOUNDS GOOD. IS THAT THE MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT.

I HEARD A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

SURE. MAY I CALL THE ROLE? YES. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. BHATT.

YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. MATEO- SALINAS.

YES. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5CCRA1. A ONE.

[CRA-1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO (I) APPROVE THE AWARD OF A GRANT UNDER THE COMMERCIAL FAÇADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO MIAMI BEACH EXPRESS INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,000, AND (II) AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A CORRESPONDING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI BEACH EXPRESS INC.]

COMMISSIONER STEINBERG IS ABSENT. WE'RE DOING CRA1 WHICH IS APPROVED COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT AWARD MIAMI BEACH EXPRESS, INC.. I MOVE THE ITEM. YOU'RE NOT GIVING STEVE HIS CHANCE IN THE LIMELIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

SO ON NORTH BEACH CRA ONE, I HEARD A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

I BELIEVE I HEARD VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO WITH ONE ABSENCE. MOTION TO RECONVENE AT THE MIAMI BEACH CITY COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. ALL GOOD? ALL GOOD. R7AD.

[R7 AD A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN INCREASE IN THE COMPENSATION FOR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND THE CHIEF SPECIAL MAGISTRATE; PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) PER HOUR; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

SO MOVED. HOLD IT, HOLD IT. NOT THERE YET. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. NO DISCUSSION. WHAT'S THE THING? JUST THE.

WHAT'S THE THINKING BEHIND THIS? SO THE CHIEF SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WHOSE COMPENSATION CAN BE SET BY ME ADMINISTRATIVELY, HAS NOT GOTTEN A RAISE SINCE 2023.

THIS WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 3% PER YEAR SINCE HER LAST RAISE.

AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATES THAT ARE SET BY ORDINANCE BY THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE.

BUT THIS $25 WOULD RESULT IN A 2% PER YEAR INCREASE SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY GOT A RAISE, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS IN 2018. AND WHAT WOULD THIS BRING THE AMOUNT TO? IT WOULD BRING THE CHIEF SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FROM 275 TO 300 AND THE MAGISTRATES FROM 175 TO 200.

OKAY, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THIS IS ON R7AD. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? R7AD IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

R5D. R5D. AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.

[R5 D AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 17, ENTITLED “CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION FOR WOMEN,” BY AMENDING SECTION 2-190.4 THEREOF, ENTITLED “COMPOSITION,” TO MODIFY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND MODIFY THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO MAY BE APPOINTED BY EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

MOVE IT. EXACTLY. CALL THE VOTE. I WILL SAY, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, WHAT A GREAT EVENT WE HAD LAST WEEK HONORING TEN EXEMPLARY WOMEN IN OUR CITY.

REALLY WAS FIRST CLASS. YOU CAN SEE THE EXHIBIT IN LUMMUS PARK.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. AND IT WAS REALLY A SPECIAL EVENT.

HUNDREDS REALLY HAD SEVERAL, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND I, AND I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU CHECK OUT THE TEN WOMEN THAT WE WE, WE HIGHLIGHTED AND HONORED.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT. AND THE EXHIBIT WILL BE MOVING UP TO ALTA DEL MAR PARK WHEN IT COMPLETES ITS RUN HERE IN SOUTH BEACH.

I WAS TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT. EXCELLENT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR AID COMMISSIONER BUD, WHO DID SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB. YOU COULD TELL THAT HOW PROUD SHE WAS OF THE WORK THAT SHE WAS DOING.

[04:15:04]

I KNOW SHE'S UP HERE UPSTAIRS, BUT ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YESTERDAY WAS HER BIRTHDAY AND SHE IS DOING ALL THIS AS A VERY YOUNG, VERY ACCOMPLISHED AND QUITE AWESOME HUMAN BEING.

SO YES. I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING THIS LOUD AND CLEAR.

IF NOT, WE'LL SEND TO THE TAPE. EXCELLENT. SO, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YEAH. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. MAYOR.

MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5DR5B. R5B IS AN

[R5 B AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED “BUILDING REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED “PERMITS APPLIED FOR ON OR AFTER MARCH 1, 2002,” BY AMENDING DIVISION 2, ENTITLED “DEMOLITION,” BY AMENDING SECTION 14-421 THEREOF, ENTITLED “NOTICE OF DEMOLITION TO AFFECTED PERSONS,” AND BY CREATING SECTION 14-422 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ONE-WAY TRAP DOOR INSTALLATION PRIOR TO DEMOLITION”; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED BUILDING REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN ENTITLED PERMITS APPLIED FOR ON OR AFTER MARCH 1ST, 2002 BY AMENDING DIVISION TWO ENTITLED DEMOLITION BY AMENDING SECTION 14 DASH 421 THEREOF ENTITLED NOTICE OF DEMOLITION TO AFFECT PERSONS AND TO AFFECTED PERSONS BY CREATING SECTION 14 DASH 442 THEREOF ENTITLED ONE WAY TRAPDOOR INSTALLATION PRIOR TO DEMOLITION, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS ITEM R5B COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

THANKS. SO THIS ITEM IS SECOND READING AND IT'S BASICALLY ENSURING THAT BEFORE BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED, THAT THERE ARE TRAP DOORS FOR ANY ANIMALS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TRAPPED THERE.

AND WITH THAT, I MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND IS THIS CALL THE VOTE.

IS THIS FOR ALSO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? YES IT IS.

OKAY. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM.

THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES, MAYOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5BR5E. R5 IS THE ORDER OF THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

[R5 E AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES,” DIVISION 22, ENTITLED “MIAMI BEACH ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE,” SECTION 2-190.59 THEREOF, ENTITLED “COMPOSITION,” TO MODIFY THE COMPOSITION OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

TO MODIFY THE COMPOSITION OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BEACH ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R5E COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

THANKS. SO WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS NO LONGER ACTIVE WAS STILL LISTED.

SO THIS ORDINANCE CHANGES SO THAT ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S INVOLVED WITH ANIMAL WELFARE CAN APPOINT, RATHER THAN MENTIONING ONE IN PARTICULAR. AND I MOVE THE ITEM.

SECOND CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A SECOND READING.

HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. HAVE A. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NO. ONE IN ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. YES. VICE CHAIR. MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5E. SINCE YOU'RE ON A ROLL. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ WILL GO WITH R5F.

[R5 F AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SUBPART A OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “GENERAL ORDINANCES,” BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ENTITLED “ANIMALS,” BY CREATING SECTION 10-21, ENTITLED “INTERFERENCE WITH TRAP-NEUTER-VACCINATION-RETURN ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED; DEFINITIONS; PENALTIES” TO PROHIBIT INTERFERENCE WITH SPECIFIED TRAP-NEUTER-VACCINATION-RETURN ACTIVITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

FLORIDA. AMENDING SUBPART A OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN ENTITLED ANIMALS BY CREATING SECTION TEN DASH 21 ENTITLED INTERFERENCE WITH TRAP NEUTER VACCINATION RETURN ACTIVITIES. PROHIBITED DEFINITION PENALTIES TO PROHIBIT INTERFERENCE WITH SPECIFIED TRAP NEUTER VACCINATION RETURN ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS A SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R5F COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

SO THIS ITEM IS FOR TRAP NEUTER, VACCINATE, RELEASE PROTECTION OF THE CAT TRAPPERS, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CITY AND VOLUNTEER TRAPPERS.

WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS INTERFERENCE WITH THE TRAPPERS WHILE THEY'RE DOING T N, V R.

AND SO THIS ITEM IS STRICTLY DURING A T N V R.

CAT TRAP. AND IT PROTECTS OUR CITY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEER TRAPPERS.

I SECOND THE ITEM. MOVE THE ITEM. CALL THE VOTE.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER BOK. YES. VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS.

YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM IS APPROVED.

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[R5 N AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 90, ENTITLED “SOLID WASTE,” DIVISION 3, “RATES, CHARGES, BILLING PROCEDURES,” SECTION 90-133 THEREOF, ENTITLED “SINGLE UTILITY BILLING,” TO RELOCATE THE TABLE OF SANITATION COMMERCIAL IMPACT FEES TO APPENDIX A; BY AMENDING APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “FEE SCHEDULE,” TO ADD SANITATION COMMERCIAL IMPACT FEES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 90-133, AND TO INCLUDE AN AUTOMATIC ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) ADJUSTMENT FOR SANITATION COMMERCIAL IMPACT FEES, WATER IMPACT FEES, AND SEWER IMPACT FEES IMPOSED BY THE CITY PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 90-133, 110-167, AND 110-169; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

COMMERCIAL IMPACT FEES TO APPENDIX A BY AMENDING APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE AND TITLE FEE SCHEDULE TO ADD SANITATION COMMERCIAL IMPACT FEES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 90 DASH 133 AND TO INCLUDE AN AUTOMATIC ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

CPI ADJUSTMENT FOR SANITATION, COMMERCIAL IMPACT FEES, WATER IMPACT FEES AND SEWER IMPACT FEES IMPOSED BY THE CITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 90 DASH 133, SECTION 1-167 AND SECTION 110 DASH 169. AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEATERS HAVE ABILITY ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS ITEM R5N.

COMMISSIONER BHATT. BEFORE ANYBODY PANICS THIS IS A CORRECTION.

THIS IS NOT NEW WATER FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THESE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.

AND IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE DID. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN TO EXPLAIN IN FURTHER DETAIL.

YES. JOHN NORRIS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ASKED COMMISSIONER. BOB MENTIONED THIS DOES UPDATE THE COMMERCIAL SANITATION IMPACT FEES, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE 1998. THAT'S APPLIED CPI, CPI TO COME UP WITH A CURRENT VALUE IN TODAY'S MARKET, AND IT ALSO ADDS CPI INCREASES ANNUALLY TO WATER, SEWER AND SANITATION IMPACT FEES.

SO WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION IN 30 YEARS.

SO WE'LL UPDATE THEM ANNUALLY. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT ARE THE RATES THAT ARE GOING UP. I'M SORRY.

WHAT ARE THE RATES. SO THERE'S A CHART THAT WE PROVIDED A COMMERCIAL UNIT WITH 0 TO 25 UNITS.

THE MONTHLY FEE WILL GO FROM $16 TO $34. AND THEN AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH 101 OR MORE UNITS WOULD GO FROM 50 TO $109 PER MONTH, AND COMMERCIAL UNITS COULD BE FOR UNIT CONDO OR EIGHT UNIT CONDO. CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE ON THE 0 TO 25.

SO THIS IS AN IMPACT FEE THAT'S ADDED TO THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FOR THAT BUILDING.

AND THAT COMES TO THE CITY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE IMPACT OF ADDING THE STRUCTURE.

SO THIS IS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS FOR. WELL THIS IS FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT.

THE IMPACT ON OUR SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN THE SANITATION DIVISION.

YOU MEAN WOULD IT BE? IT WOULD BE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXIST OR JUST NEW CURRENT.

I'M SORRY. THAT CURRENTLY EXIST. THIS IS ADDED TO EVERY COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE BILL.

THAT WASTE CONNECTIONS OR WASTE MANAGEMENT WOULD HAVE.

SO OKAY, SO CAN YOU JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR WHAT ARE THE THRESHOLDS? IT'S FROM ZERO TO. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO 0 TO 25.

26 TO 50. 51 TO 75. 76 TO 101 HUNDRED. ONE AND ABOVE.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT. WHAT ARE THE RATES PERCENTAGES.

SO THE ASSOCIATED RATES FROM 0 TO 25. THE OLD RATE WAS $16.

IT'S GOING TO 3493 FROM 26 TO 50 UNITS. THE OLD RATE WAS $24.

IT'S GONE TO 5244 PER HOUSEHOLD. THIS WOULD BE FOR THE COMPLEX THAT'S GETTING THE BILL.

SO SO THAT'S THAT $25 INCREASE IS SHARED AMONG SHARED AMONGST THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

YES SIR. IT'S NOT PER HOUSEHOLD. CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND FROM 51 UNITS TO 75 UNITS, IT GOES FROM 30 TO 6550 FROM 76 TO 100 UNITS.

IT GOES FROM $40 TO 87. 33 AND THEN 101 AND ABOVE GOES FROM 50 TO 100.

AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL FEE. THIS IS A MONTHLY FEE.

CAN YOU RUN THAT THRESHOLD AGAIN? SO. OKAY. IT'S PER MONTH.

BUT THESE AREN'T PER UNIT. THIS IS PER AGGREGATED DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE'RE GOING FROM ZERO TO WHAT WAS THE THRESHOLD.

SO 0 TO 25 IS THE FIRST BRACKET THAT GOES FROM $16 TO $34.93.

SO WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN A DOLLAR PER UNIT CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES PER MONTH. THAT WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE PER MONTH.

CORRECT. I'M JUST IF I MAY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PASSING UTILITY COSTS TO RESIDENTS.

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OF THIS SPECIFIC OF, FOR EXAMPLE, TRASH COLLECTION, WASTE COLLECTION.

WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON AN ITEM TO LOWER COSTS ON THE RESIDENTS.

I CANNOT COME THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, PASS THIS ALONG.

WHEN I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION.

I'M FINE WITH THAT. AND PERHAPS THE SPONSOR COULD TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

FOCUSES FOCUSES ON NEW CONSTRUCTION. I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT A LOT OF LIKE ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR FOURPLEXES ARE GOING TO BE GETTING THIS INCREASE.

I THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR FOURPLEXES OUR SMALLER BUILDINGS.

THIS IS SOMETIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST AFFORDABLE OR THE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PASSING ALONG ANY SORT OF INCREASE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE IT GETS PASSED DOWN TO THE TENANTS THAT LIVE IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

IF THE SPONSOR AMENDS THIS TO MAKE THIS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, 100% ON BOARD BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE THE SPONSOR IS COMING FROM. BUT TO APPLY THIS TO THE EXISTING THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT, WHAT ARE THESE FEES GO TO JOHN. THESE BASICALLY COME BACK TO THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF SANITATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES DOING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.

AND THIS IS A FEE THAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY.

WE ADMINISTER THOSE CONTRACTS. SO WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S BASICALLY ADMINISTERING ALL THE COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE.

AND THIS BASICALLY GOES TO HELP US DO THAT. AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE IT'S ONLY NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WATER SEWER IMPACT FEES. THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THAT IS WHEN YOU'RE UPGRADING A METER OR INSTALLING A NEW METER.

SO SANITATION IS ON THE MONTHLY BILL. IS THIS GOING TO BE.

CAN I MR. MANAGER, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE FEES THAT HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED IN THE CITY FOR THREE DECADES. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT CONVERSATION, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS AGO.

AS A RESULT OF THAT CONVERSATION, THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN BY THIS BODY TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE FEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE KPIS APPLIED AND THAT THEY ARE BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS OF, OF COST ASSIGNMENT.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE THING THAT WE PROVIDE UPDATED AND EXTENSIVE SERVICE FOR THAT.

WE ARE CHARGING AT A PRICE OF 30 YEARS AGO. I AM NOT, I'M NOT A FAN OF ADDING COST TO RESIDENTS, AND I KNOW THINGS ARE VERY DIFFICULT NOW, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO PAY A REASONABLE AMOUNT FOR THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE ALL RELY ON, AND GETTING YOUR TRASH PICKED UP IS ONE OF THEM.

AND THIS IS A THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS POSITION TO HAVE TO DO.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THREE DECADES THERE WAS NOBODY WHO CAUGHT THIS.

BUT HERE WE ARE. AND WE HAVE TO BE THE GROWN UPS IN THE ROOM TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES.

IT IS IT IS A A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND I'M NOT BEING CAVALIER. IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ENSURE.

AND WE GET CALLS FROM RESIDENTS ALL THE TIME SAYING THEY HAVEN'T COME, PICKED UP MY TRASH OR THERE'S TRASH BEING DUMPED OR WHATEVER THE ISSUES ARE, IF WE DON'T UPDATE OUR COSTS TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE, SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE. SO HOW DID WE CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE PROCESS WAS TO ARRIVE AT THESE AMOUNTS? AND AGAIN, IF WE'D HAD CPI BUILT IN PROPERLY, IT WOULD HAVE INCREASED BY PENNIES EVERY YEAR AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE NOTICED THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD. SO COMMISSIONER THROUGH THE MAYOR OR THE VICE MAYOR THIS ITEM THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF KPIS HAD BEEN APPLIED EACH YEAR SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY WERE, WERE RATE INCREASES IMPLEMENTED? THIS, YOU KNOW, OVER THAT PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS, YOU'RE SEEING THAT MANY OF THESE RATES WOULD HAVE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN DOUBLED.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE RATES, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE

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SO IF YOU WERE TO DIVIDE IT OUT AMONGST THE NUMBER OF UNITS, YOU WOULD FIND THAT THAT RATE INCREASE IS RELATIVELY MINOR THROUGH THE MAYOR.

MR.. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. I TOTALLY CAN SIGN OFF ON THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CATCH UP AT TIMES, BUT SHOULDN'T WE PHASE THIS OUT AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME INSTEAD OF JUST ALL AT ONCE? JASON GREENE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER I THINK TO THAT POINT, I THINK THAT WAS PERHAPS WHAT COMMISSIONER BOT WAS GETTING TO, WAS THE FACT THAT THE CITY HASN'T DONE THAT OVER THE PAST 28 OR 30 YEARS.

BY NOT HAVING THOSE VERY SMALL INCREMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS HERE, AND I KNOW I'M NOT SAYING SMALL, RIGHT? I'M JUST SAYING IT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR TO PUNISH THE CURRENT RESIDENTS FOR THE PREVIOUS MISMANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE CITY IN LIKE, JUST LIKE THAT. I'M SAYING MAYBE YOU PHASE IT OUT OVER 3 OR 4 YEARS INSTEAD OF IF THAT.

I MEAN, IF THAT IS THE COMMISSION'S WILL, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT TO COME BACK.

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY, BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. JUST ONE ON THE SANITATION FUND. I THINK A LOT OF THIS STARTED DUE TO PROBABLY A BUDGET RETREAT FROM A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET RAISED A BUDGET RETREAT KIND OF THE RED FLAG ON CONCERNS ABOUT THE SANITATION FUND AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS IT DOES FOR THE RESIDENTS YOU KNOW, LITTER PICKUP. AND WE'VE EXPANDED A LOT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS COMMISSIONERS, ONE OF THEIR MAJOR DIRECTIONS WAS A CLEAN AND SAFE CITY.

TO THAT EFFECT, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR MAINTENANCE CYCLES RELATED TO LITTER PICKUP, THE RESIDENTIAL PRESSURE WASHING SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

ALL OF THAT GETS FUNDED THROUGH YOUR CAT PROGRAMS. ALL OF THAT GETS FUNDED THROUGH HERE. AND IT HAD A MAJOR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT WAS EITHER GOING TO MAKE SOME RATES GO UP DRAMATICALLY OR OR A MIXTURE OF THAT OR SERVICE LEVEL CUTS.

AND TO THAT EFFECT, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BHATT WAS THE ONE WHO SPONSORED THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LOOK, I THINK SHE MENTIONED LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT IMPACT OR CONNECTION FEES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY THAT HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN INDEXED TO INFLATION.

AND TO RECTIFY THAT SITUATION LAST YEAR, THE FIRST PART OF THIS ORDINANCE IS THE CONNECTION FEES OR THOSE ONE TIME CONNECTION FEES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED IN 20 OR 30 YEARS. AND WE LOST THOSE MONIES.

THAT WAS RECTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR.

BUT THE ONE THING WE REALIZED GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE IS WHEN WE DID THAT, IT WAS JUST, I THINK, THROUGH PAPERWORK ERROR, WE DIDN'T ADD A CPI ESCALATOR TO IT.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, IS THAT WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSION LAST YEAR TO ADD THE CPI ESCALATOR, LIKE MOST FEES DO. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PART RELATED TO THE WATER AND SEWER ON THE ONE TIME DEVELOPER CONNECTION FEES.

COULD WE VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY? SO COULD WE VOTE ON THAT PART? I THINK WE'RE ALL ALIGNED THERE, RIGHT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR THE BODY TO.

AND THEN I THINK WE CAN IF THERE'S A DETERMINATION TO APPROVE ONE AND THE OTHER ONE TO COME BACK IN A DIFFERENT FORM, THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT. AND THEN ON THE SANITATION FEES, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED JUST LIKE THE WATER AND SEWER THAT EVEN FURTHER BACK WASN'T SINCE 1998 THAT THOSE RATES HAVEN'T BEEN ADJUSTED.

SO THESE ARE JUST IF THERE HAD BEEN A SMALL INCREMENTAL RATE ADJUSTMENT PER, PER YEAR OVER ALL THOSE TIMES, AND I THINK AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS STATING, AS THOUGH THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT HAD DOUBLED. BUT WHEN YOU SPREAD IT OVER A 50 UNIT BUILDING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PENNIES PER MONTH, PERHAPS AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND THIS GOES AGAIN, I JUST WANTED THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL THE THINGS THE SANITATION FUND.

SO IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFICALLY WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING.

IT'S FOR CLEAN CITY, CLEAN PARKS, CLEAN RIGHT OF WAY, CLEAN SIDEWALKS.

SO JUST ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE GET, JASON.

YOU DON'T NEED TO SELL US ON IT. BUT LOOK, THE CONDO OWNERS IN MIAMI BEACH PARTICULARLY ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE A DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS, RIGHT? THERE'S NOW THE FPL RAISED THEIR RATES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER HIKE.

SO I'M NOT A LOOK, I WANT TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT JUST, I THINK A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO JUST DO IT ALL AT ONCE. I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, YOU HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WHO, WHO DOESN'T LIKE FROM WHAT HE JUST SAYS, HE'S GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO THE IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S AMENABLE TO MAYBE A A STEP INCREASE BY 25% FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.

THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF PHASE IT IN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE BODY FEELS ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING PROBABLY SOON ON EVERYONE ELSE, RIGHT? FOR, FOR MORE WATER IMPACT FEES. SO I DON'T KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE

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ADJUSTMENT FOR 30 YEARS. SO I THINK AT A MINIMUM, JUST LIKE ALMOST ANY OTHER FEE RIGHT.

YOU ADD A CPI JUST TO KEEP UP SO WE DON'T GET FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE KIND OF THE BASE MINIMUM PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN IF WE WANT TO DO A STEP IN, IF WE WANT TO DO MAYBE CPI PLUS 1% EACH YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS, OR WE CAN GET CREATIVE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.

BUT I WOULD ASK AT LEAST IF WE ADD SEE THAT WE START APPLYING CPI RIGHT NOW, EVEN IF WE DON'T INCREASE THE FEES THAT AT LEAST WE ADD CPI ADJUSTMENTS ANNUALLY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO THE COMMISSION HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO DO IT IF THEY WANTED TO DO A PHASE IN ONE, YOU KNOW, AND DO YOU KNOW ONE HALF OF THAT VALUE NOW AND THE OTHER HALF WOULD JUST WOULD MODIFY THE TABLE TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE 2026 IMPLEMENTATION IN THE 2027 NUMBER. THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE COMMISSION.

IF YOU WANTED TO SPLIT IT IN HALF, LET'S SAY, AND GO 50% OF THE WAY TO JUST USING THE $16 TO THE 34.93, WHATEVER THAT HALFWAY INCREASES AND DO THAT IMMEDIATE AND THE OTHER ONE TO BE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2027.

AND THEN FOR THE CPI TO BE ESCALATED BEYOND THAT, I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S REASONABLE.

IF IF THAT'S A HAPPY MEDIUM. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS DO WE KNOW? I'M LOOKING AT THIS CHART HERE. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THESE RANGES? SO YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A OKAY. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER WITH ME.

WE CAN GET THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I DO AGREE.

YOU KNOW THE SMALLER BUILDINGS FROM 0 TO 25. YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A BUILDING THAT ONLY HAS EIGHT UNITS OR 12 UNITS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING A LOT MORE THAN THE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE OVER 100.

IT JUST IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FAIR. AND THOSE SMALLER BUILDINGS FROM 0 TO 25 GENERALLY ARE THE MORE AFFORDABLE OLDER BUILDINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A TOUGHER SPOT.

AND I THINK THE MATH JUST DOESN'T, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S, I GET THAT IT'S EQUAL ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT'S A DOUBLE NUMBER FROM WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW. BUT THEN IF THE SMALLER BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, HAVE LESS UNITS, THEY'RE PAYING MORE. VERSUS THE LARGER ONES, YOU KNOW.

SO I AM HESITANT WITH THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

COMMISSIONER. WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE SMALL BUILDINGS WE HAD.

FIRST READING WILL BE COMING TO SECOND READING. I THINK IT'S ON THE 22ND OF APRIL, HOPEFULLY.

YEAH, WE'RE FINISHING WORKING ON IT, BUT THAT WILL PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT PART OF THIS BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL GO TO A DIFFERENT CONTRACT.

SO. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST WAIT THEN UNTIL THAT'S FINISHED, TAKE IT STEP BY STEP.

I'M OKAY WITH ADDING A CPI LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID.

AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD. YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE WATER IMPACT IS FOR NEW BUILDS, BUT THE SANITATION IS FOR THE SANITATION IS AN ONGOING FEE THAT FUNDS ALL THE ACTIVITIES, THE SANITATION FUND, THE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES, AS THE COMMISSION TACKLED LAST WEEK.

I WOULD SUPPORT THEM ON THE WATER. THE WATER PHASE.

I'M 100% FINE SUPPORTING THAT. I WILL NOT VOTE TODAY TO PASS ALONG A COST TO OUR FIXED INCOME RESIDENTS.

OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE MAKING WHO ARE FACING DIFFICULTIES FACING MAKING ENDS MEET.

AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WE SENT THE HOMESTEAD RELIEF CHECK IN THE MAIL BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND AND RESIDENTS ARE FACING COSTS, BUT WE DIDN'T SEND THAT TO TENANTS AND TENANTS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS AS WELL.

AND BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEND THAT RELIEF TO TENANTS, THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE IN WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE HELP OUR RESIDENTS BY LOWERING OTHER COSTS, SUCH AS SOME, SOME OF THESE SEWER COSTS, NOT SEWER WASTE COLLECTION COSTS. AND SO TODAY I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M EXERTING SO MUCH EFFORT WITH STAFF AND MEETING WITH ATTORNEYS AND MEETING WITH THE WASTE HAULERS AND MEETING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE HOW CAN WE LOWER THE COST ON COLLECTION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PASS THEM UP THIS THIS OTHER IMPACT FEE INCREASE THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SO WE CAN BIFURCATE.

I'LL BE I'LL FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF I COULD JUST ASK ONE CLARIFICATION IS THE BIFURCATION THAT THE TABLE MEANING THE RATES BEING GAPPED UP ON THE RETROACTIVE CPI IS

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SLOW DOWN. JASON JUST WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION THAT THERE WOULD SEEM TO BE OKAY ON HAVING THE CPI ADDED TO THE BOTH THE WATER AND SEWER AND THE SANITATION ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.

BUT THIS RETROACTIVE CATCH UP ON THE SANITATION IS WHAT YOU, I THINK ARE COMMISSIONER FERDIAZ WANTS TO BOTH I COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND I WANT TO BIFURCATE. I'M OKAY WITH THE CPI MOVING FORWARD ON BOTH WATER AND SEWER.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BIFURCATE THE, I GUESS THE, THE CATCH UP OF, OF THE 20, 30 YEARS.

SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, WHAT I THINK WE COULD DO HERE IS WE COULD BRING BACK THE CPI INCREASE FOR SECOND READING AND THEN THE SANITATION ELEMENT, WHICH IS THE CATCH UP COULD BE A, A NEW ORDINANCE FIRST READING SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD STUDY IT AND BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

IF I CAN CAN THE CAN THE CPI WE ARE AT SECOND READING.

COULD THE CPI IN THERE BE APPROVED TODAY? CORRECT.

PARDON ME. THE CPI CAN MOVE FORWARD TO SECOND READING.

THIS IS JUST FIRST READING TODAY. THIS IS SECOND READING. NO, IT'S NOT ON THE SCREEN.

OKAY. AND IF IT WAS SECOND READING WE COULD DO THAT.

BUT IT'S NOT I APOLOGIZE. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO BIFURCATE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH CPI ON A PRO FORMA BASIS. SECOND. OKAY. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVE TWO.

MR.. MR.. THIS DOESN'T INCREASE ANY COST ON OUR RESIDENTS TODAY.

IS THAT CORRECT? MR.. ATTORNEY? WHEN THE CPI INCREASES IN OCTOBER, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT IT WILL INCREASE TODAY THERE IS NO INCREASE.

THE CPI IS WHAT, 3%? I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE IT IN SALINAS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FOR NEW BUILDS. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FOR NEW BUILDS MOVING FORWARD. WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY. THE WATER AND SEWER, ALL THE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES ARE ALWAYS FOR NEW BUILDS.

OKAY. AND THIS IS AN ONGOING CHARGE FOR ALL EXISTING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMING BACK WITH. THE SANITATION WILL APPEAR TO BE PROVING TODAY ON FIRST READING WILL BE A CPI ESCALATOR FOR BOTH OF THOSE GOING FORWARD.

SO NEW BILL WOULD ADJUST THE RATES TODAY IT WOULD BE OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH IS NORMAL.

I THINK THE QUESTION COMING UP IS THAT CPI GOING TO BE APPLIED TO SANITATION IMPACT AS WELL? YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING. IT WOULD BE OCTOBER 1ST WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHEN ALL FEES.

I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD. YES. I'M GOING TO I'VE IF.

AND IT WON'T BE NOW WILL BE OCTOBER 1ST WHEN ALL. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AS IT RELATES TO COSTS.

AND I SEE A LOT OF A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. SO JUST TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT.

WE HAVE TWO FEES HERE. NEITHER OF THOSE FEES HAVE BEEN INCREASED IN 30 YEARS.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY TYPE OF CPI STEP UP IN 30 YEARS.

WATER. SEWER, SANITATION. WE. THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS TO SAY, LET'S DO A ONE TIME CATCH UP FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

WE'RE GOING SANITATION. YES, WE'RE GOING TO SHELVE THAT.

WE'RE NOT IMPLEMENTING THAT. BUT AS FIDUCIARIES OF OUR SYSTEM, WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE CAN'T BE 31 YEARS BEHIND AND 32 YEARS BEHIND AND 33 YEARS BEHIND. SO LIKE JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER FEE, WE'RE GOING TO ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, OUR WATER AND SEWER AND SANITATION IMPACT FEES WILL HAVE A CPI APPLIED TO IT. MR. MANAGER, CAN YOU CONFIRM ALL THIS PLEASE? BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YES.

SO WHAT I BELIEVE THE DEBATE WAS, IS WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO BIFURCATE THE WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES FROM THE SANITATION IMPACT FEES. I THINK WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW IS TAKING THE CPI FOR THE WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES AND THE CPI FOR THE SANITATION IMPACT FEES AS A PACKAGE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY AND PUTTING THE SANITATION CATCH UP AS PART OF A FUTURE DISCUSSION. I'LL SECOND THAT.

I HEARD A MOTION. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. IT IS? YEAH. AND WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO SPEAK.

AND SARAH, YOU CAN GO UP. BUT ORIGINALLY I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND VICE MAYOR MONICAH MATEO- SALINAS. IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T. KNOW YET. SO.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. SECONDED THEN. SECONDED.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BHATT. PLEASE GO AHEAD.

HI, SARAH DE LOS REYES. PERSONALLY, I'M A REALTOR AND I DO HAVE MY CLIENTS THAT I DO MANAGE IN SMALL BUILDINGS AND THEY ARE GETTING HIT VERY MUCH

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AND THAT'S REALLY HUGE. SOME OF THEM ARE TRYING FOR ONE YEAR TO COLLECT SOME MONEY AND THEN GET SOME CREDIT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE BANK TO HAVE IT THERE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GETTING HIT THE SMALL BUILDINGS TO OUR FIVE STORY, FIVE FOX STORIES. YOU KNOW, NOT THE BIG ONES.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING HIT, THE BIG ONES ARE GETTING HIT. BUT I'M SAYING IT'S MORE IMPACT ON THOSE TYPE OF BUILDING.

THREE FLOORS, FIVE FLOORS. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU DO THIS.

SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I SEE MITCH NOVAK REQUESTING TO SPEAK. GO AHEAD MITCH.

THANK YOU AGAIN, RALPH. MITCH NOVAK. I'VE BEEN WATCHING OUR WATER RATE INCREASES FOR 30 YEARS.

NEED TO CORRECT THE THE RECORD. SINCE THE DAYS OF JIMMY MORALES BEING OUR CITY MANAGER, WE'VE HAD AN AUTOMATIC CPA. CPI INCREASE EVERY OCTOBER. ALL THIS LEADS TO HOUSING UNAFFORDABILITY. DAVID DERMER, FORMER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER DAVID DERMER, PERHAPS THE BEST LEGISLATOR THIS CITY HAS HAD.

POLICY MAKER THIS CITY'S HAD IN DECADES WOULD NEVER APPROVE AS A AS A POLICY AND AS A PROMISE HE MADE TO TO THE PUBLIC NEVER APPROVE OF ANY OF THESE TYPES OF RATE HIKES AND FEE HIKES.

AND HE'S HE'S STUCK BY THAT. WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE IS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS IN ON SPENDING OUR MONEY WISELY.

WE HAVE 500 MORE EMPLOYEES TODAY THAN WE HAD WHEN JIMMY MORALES TOOK TOOK OFFICE.

WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR CITY STAFFING AND DO WHAT'S FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.

AND THAT'S, AND THAT OBJECTIVE NEEDS TO BE TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS, NOT TOWARDS THE MONSTER MONSTER OF GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER. CAN I JUST THROUGH THE MAYOR.

CAN WE CLARIFY? BECAUSE MITCH JUST SAID THAT WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE A RATE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN RAISED.

CAN WE PLEASE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT? IF HE'S CORRECT, LET'S ADDRESS IT.

IF THAT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING, LET'S ADDRESS IT, PLEASE.

SO OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT I THINK WHAT MR. NOVAK IS SPEAKING OF ARE THE USER FEES RELATED TO WATER AND SEWER, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE CHARGED AS NEW CONSTRUCTION IS COMING ONLINE, AND THEY NEED TO CONNECT TO OUR SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE AN IMPACT TO THAT SYSTEM. AND WE'RE TRYING TO OFFSET A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT COST.

OKAY. SO I JUST WANT ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEES.

AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN THREE DECADES.

I WANT THAT TO BE LOUD AND CLEAR. AND NOT ONLY THAT, COMMISSIONER APOLOGIES.

WELL, IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN 30 DECADES.

THAT'S NOT SORRY. 30 YEARS. IT'S NOT AN ONGOING MONTHLY FEE.

THE WATER AND SEWER FEE IS STRICTLY A ONE TIME FEE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO WE CANNOT SIT HERE AND TALK OUT BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTH ABOUT ALL THESE BILLIONAIRE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DOING ALL THIS, AND THEY DON'T HELP OUT WITH ANYTHING. THIS IS A CHANCE TO MAKE A 30 YEAR TOO LATE, MODEST CHANGE TO JUST INCREASING FROM CPI, FROM A PRICE THAT WAS SET IN THE 90S, IN THE 80S.

I'M A LITTLE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED NOW. HOLD ON.

I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO THE SANITATION FEE IS APPLIED MONTHLY.

THE WATER AND SEWER FEE IS A ONE TIME IMPACT SETUP FEE ONLY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO BIFURCATE THE WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEE, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT'S ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO WE CAN DO A MOTION ON THAT IF THE IF THE SPONSOR WOULD ALLOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO, TO, TO MAKE A MOTION TO BIFURCATE THAT BECAUSE I CAN SUPPORT THAT.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS. I WILL 100% ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING INTO OUR CITY.

I WILL 100% SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN THE IMPACT FEES THAT.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS 100% LONG OVERDUE.

AND THREE DECADES IS WAY TOO LONG OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS AND YOU ARE TAKING THE LEADER,

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SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO BIFURCATE THAT PART SO THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THAT, AND MAYBE THEN WE CAN VOTE ON THE OTHER, BECAUSE THE OTHER I CANNOT SUPPORT IF THE OTHER MEANS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, THOUGH.

BUT HOLD ON. IF WE CAN CLARIFY, THEN WE'LL ALMOST HAVE TO BIFURCATE THE BIFURCATION BECAUSE WHERE WE SAID WE GO, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE FEES IN ARREARS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO START CPI GOING FORWARD.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BIFURCATE WATER AND SEWER FROM SANITATION AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT, THEN I THINK WE DO THE CATCH UP. THAT'S 30 YEARS IN ARREARS.

AND ADD THE THROUGH THE CHAIR. MR. MAYOR THIS IS ALREADY STARTING TO GET A LITTLE OUT OF HAND.

CAN WE CAN WE JUST DEFER THIS ONE MONTH? HONESTLY, THIS IS THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE OUT OF HAND AND I THINK IT'S NOT EVEN I'M HAVING A LITTLE HARD TIME TRACKING THIS. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE RESIDENTS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME TRACKING.

IF IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S DO IT RIGHT.

LET'S DO IT RESPONSIBLY. LET'S HAVE LET'S HAVE PLENTY OF MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS.

AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AND DEDICATE A TIME CERTAIN FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS DOES IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AS SARAH SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING OUT THERE WHO NEED HELP.

AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE TO OUR TAXPAYERS IF WE KIND OF JUST RUSH THIS AND, AND, AND KIND OF KIND OF SHOTGUN THIS THROUGH.

I THINK LET'S JUST DEFER ONE MONTH AND THEN LET'S REALLY GET OUR BEARINGS STRAIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER. I'LL TURN IT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY SINCE WE HAVE NOW TWO MOTIONS ON THE TABLE. THREE MOTIONS. OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, BEFORE THE MOTIONS, BECAUSE THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE, BUT THE MOTION TO DEFER WOULD, WOULD, WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE. BUT I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE CONFUSION HERE AND I WOULD LOVE FOR, FOR JASON AND, OR JOHN AND, OR THE MANAGER, THE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES.

THOSE WERE ALREADY UPDATED. YOU DID THAT IN, IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.

SO ALL THAT THIS DOES TO THOSE CONNECTION FEES IS ADDS THE CPI THE SANITATION FEE.

THAT IS THE ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR 30 YEARS.

AND THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BOTH UPDATE AND START TO APPLY THE CPA.

CORRECT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS, BUT BUT THE MOTION TO DEFER CONNECTION FEES.

SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY, RIGHT.

IF WE WANT TO BIFURCATE THINGS, WE CAN ALL SIT HERE AND SIMPLY AGREE THAT WE CAN JUST TACK ON THE CPI FOR THE WATER SEWER IMPACT FEES.

THAT WAY, WHEN THIS COMES BACK IN A MONTH, IT'LL JUST BE THE SANITATION PART.

AND WE COULD DISCUSS TWOFOLD WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY CATCH UP FROM ARREARS AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO APPLY CPI GOING FORWARD.

BUT IF WE TRULY WANT TO SIMPLIFY THINGS, THIS IS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, WE PASSED IN A NEW IMPACT FEE FOR ONLY NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR WATER AND SEWER.

WHAT THIS PORTION IS THAT WE CAN VOTE ON HERE IS JUST TO INCLUDE THAT IT WILL BE UPDATED AT THE RATE OF CPI GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S VERY CLEAR. THAT'S VERY SIMPLE. AND I THINK PROBABLY WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO ANYWAY.

AND WHAT THAT WILL ALSO DO IS IN A MONTH WHEN IT COMES BACK FOR THE SANITATION SIDE, IT SIMPLIFIES THAT.

SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE IN TWO DIFFERENT PARTS.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING, IF WE GO WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SUGGESTED, I'LL SECOND THAT THIS BIFURCATED ONLY ADDRESS THE WATER AND SEWER PART.

TODAY, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED, WE ALL VOTED TO INCREASE THE WATER SEWER IMPACT FEES THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED IN 30 YEARS.

THE MOTION BEFORE US, GIVEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S DIRECTION, IS SIMPLY TO CONTINUE APPLYING A CPI ADJUSTMENT.

SO IN 30 YEARS WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANOTHER CATCH UP.

THAT PART IS VERY SIMPLE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX AND COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ON THE SANITATION SIDE PERHAPS A MONTH FROM NOW.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. SO THIS ITEM HAS GONE IN A FEW DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION ON HOW THIS ITEM SHOULD MOVE? HELLO. FROM THE SIDE OF THE WORLD. YEAH, OVER TO THE DARK SIDE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE CPI ON BOTH ITEMS OR IS IT ON? IT'S ON. SO TURNED AROUND, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CPI BECAUSE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

THAT'S A NO BRAINER. IT HAS TO HAPPEN. AND I'M VERY OKAY WITH COMING BACK NEXT MONTH WITH A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO CATCH US UP ON SANITATION, WHETHER IT'S WE DO HALF OF IT THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND THEN A 25% AND 25%.

OR IF WE DO CPI PLUS SOME PERCENTAGE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU GUYS TO PROCEED AND COME BACK TO US WITH A PLAN.

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AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON A SANITATION PROGRAM TO CARVE OUT THE SMALLER BUILDINGS.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GETS ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT IN THAT UNDERTAKING GETS APPLIED TO THIS AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN. I THINK WE'VE JUST OVERCOMPLICATED THIS.

SO ARE YOU MOVING THAT ITEM? YEAH. SO I'LL SECOND IT.

SO I THINK THAT WAS ON THERE AND IT WAS SECOND I SECONDED IT.

OKAY. SO I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS COMPLETELY.

THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS WHAT COMMISSIONER BHATT JUST SAID.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SECOND MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND MAGAZINE SAID JUST FOR THE WATER IMPACT FEES.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIRST MOTION. THE FIRST MOTION IS CPI FOR BOTH THE WATER AND SEWER AND THE SANITATION.

SO THAT ONE NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON FIRST. OKAY.

I'LL SECOND. SO LET'S DO THAT. SO THE FIRST MOTION IS COMMISSIONER BHATT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

IS SECOND. THIS IS CPI ON BOTH WATER AND IMPACT FEES.

WATER IMPACT FEES AND SANITATION. I JUST GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM MITCH NOVICK AND HE SENT ME A PICTURE.

I THINK WE ALL GOT IT. A PICTURE OF HIS BILL WHERE IT SAYS NO SOLID BILLING.

CUSTOMERS PURSUE AN ORDINANCE 2016 4039 EFFECTIVE FIRST 2025 BASE CONSUMPTION COMPONENTS OF THE WATER AND SEWER CHARGES WILL INCREASE BY 1.6%.

SO THAT LOOKS LIKE CPI. SO THAT I THINK IS THE MANAGER SAID THAT'S THE USAGE FEE, NOT A CONNECTION FEE FOR NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION.

I'M JUST GOING TO SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO TO TO MY COLLEAGUE.

I'M JUST I'M NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THIS TODAY.

I, MY, YOU KNOW, OUR, A NUMBER OF US FOUND OUT HERE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO APPLY TO EXISTING CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS NOT WHAT I HAD DISCUSSED IN MY BRIEFING.

IF WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO GET TO A PLACE OF A YES, BUT IF I HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY, I, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE NO.

VERY RESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE I, AND I SAY RESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND THE EFFORT HERE AND HOW RESPONSIBLE THE EFFORT IS, BUT I JUST CANNOT SUPPORT THIS TODAY. IF OR WE CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT READING SO YOU CAN SUPPORT IT ON FIRST READING, MAKING CHANGES OR MEETING WITH THE SPONSOR BY SECOND READING.

BUT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN ON FOR MONTHS.

IT WAS JUST NOT REACHED. YEAH, I, I HEAR WHAT I THINK WE ALL HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.

IT IS FIRST READING. IT HAS BEEN ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.

AND I THINK THAT EVEN IF SECOND READING DOESN'T TAKE PLACE, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN GET THERE BY APRIL, BUT IF WE NEED MORE TIME, THE SECOND READING CAN BE ASSIGNED FOR FOR MAY.

I THINK WE CAN GET THERE, BUT I WOULD REALLY HATE TO GET THIS KICKED OFF THIS PILE BECAUSE IT'S TAKING I DON'T RALPH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU HOW LONG IT'S BEEN IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN, I CAN LOOK IT UP IF YOU WANT. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN ON FOREVER.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE PROGRESS. SO MAYBE SO SO SO LET'S DO SOMETHING.

LET'S, LET'S VOTE ON THIS TODAY. AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE JUST A QUICK SUN.SHINE MEETING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND IT CLEARLY. BECAUSE I KNOW, I THINK THERE'S EVEN MEMBERS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT CLEARLY BEFORE TODAY. SO THAT BY THE TIME IT COMES TO SECOND READING, WE ALL MAKE SURE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT PASSING COST TO RESIDENTS WHILE I'M ACTIVELY WORKING, TRYING TO REDUCE COSTS FOR THEM ON A RECURRING BASIS.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU GUYS ARE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT HE'S SAYING.

YOU KNOW THIS INSIDE AND OUT. SHOULD WE BREAK THESE TWO ITEMS APART RIGHT NOW? WATER AND SEWER AND SANITATION. THAT'S WHERE WE BREAK IT APART.

CPI AND. AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE HIS SUPPORT.

AND PERHAPS OTHERS LIKE THE EASIEST WAY. HOLD ON.

THE EASIEST WAY IS TO HAVE THESE TRAVEL IN TWO DIFFERENT PATHS.

RIGHT. WE HAVE A VOTE FOR WATER AND SEWER. WE HAVE A VOTE FOR SANITATION.

I AGREE WITH THAT. RIGHT. AND I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT POPULACES HERE.

ONE IS BEING CHARGED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT ON DEVELOPERS, RIGHT? THE OTHER IS FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS ON POINT.

YEP. READ THE ROOM. LET'S ALLOW THESE TO TRAVEL DIFFERENTLY.

RIGHT. I SAY WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD DO THIS LEGALLY, BUT TAKE A VOTE ON THE WATER AND SEWER AND THEN DEFER THE DISCUSSION ON SANITATION.

OKAY. I LIKE WHERE COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS AT.

WELL, I THINK JUST PROCEDURALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START WITH THE INITIAL MOTION, WHICH WAS TO APPLY CPR ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THEN IF THAT FAILS, YOU GO TO THE SECOND MOTION.

CAN WE DO A FRIENDLY VOTE DOWN OF THAT, AS YOU WOULD SAY?

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I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE MADE A MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THIS IS ONLY CPI NEW IMPACT WATER AND SEWER FEES GOING FORWARD FOR THE MAYOR.

MR.. SUAREZ. RESPECTFULLY, THOSE ARE REALLY UNPROFESSIONAL.

I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE'RE LIKE LEARNING ON THE FLY RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS WHAT I MEAN? I THINK THAT'S AWFUL. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, SURE, IT'S OUR FAULT, BUT LIKE STILL DOESN'T.

TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT, I THINK. I MEAN, CAN I FINISH, PLEASE? WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S THE WHAT'S MAYBE NEXT MONTH WE HAVE A PACKAGED AFTER HAVING A SUN.SHINE MEETING, WE HAVE A PACKAGE DEAL. WE HAVE. WE REALLY THOUGHT THIS THROUGH, BUT DO WE REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, VOTE ON THIS? WE'RE CLEARLY FOR THE LAST 45 MINUTES, WE'VE KIND OF JUST BEEN LEARNING ON THE FLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S WHAT. AND I, AND I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PLACE THE BLAME ON US.

I MEAN, OUR ADMINISTRATION. I HAVEN'T HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH ERIC.

HE HASN'T BROUGHT THIS UP TO ME. YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I I'M WITH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THIS TODAY. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO. SO YOU GUYS CAN VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.

BUT I'M SIMPLY SAYING, LET'S JUST WAIT ONE MONTH.

LET'S HAVE A SUN.SHINE MEETING. LET'S REALLY IRON EVERYTHING OUT.

THAT WAY WE ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND THEN THE.

AND THE VOTERS OF MIAMI BEACH CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS AND AND MOVE ACCORDINGLY.

I DON'T SEE WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS. ONE MONTH IT'S.

AND THERE WILL BE BETTER INFORMED. AND WE'LL HAVE A MUCH MORE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF ON THE DAIS ON A COMMISSION MEETING.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S HOW DISCUSSIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, GIVEN THE SUNSHINE.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS. THIS IS WHERE WE HASH THINGS OUT, RIGHT? WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, BUT WE CAN HAVE A SUN.SHINE MEETING.

WE CAN CALL IT SUNSHINE. I MEAN, THIS IS A SUNSHINE MEETING, RIGHT? LIKE, NO, LIKE A SUNSHINE MEETING DEDICATED TO THIS. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE RAISING RATES ON OUR CUSTOMER, ON OUR ON OUR RESIDENTS.

WELL, LET'S, IF WE, IF WE ADDRESS THE MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS ON THE FLOOR WITH ME, IT ACTUALLY DOES THAT. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. IT MAKES THIS SIMPLE, RIGHT? WHERE THE SANITATION. WE COULD DISCUSS WHETHER THAT'S IN A SUN.SHINE MEETING OR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

AND WE TRAVEL IN TWO DIFFERENT PATHS. THE WATER AND SEWER IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE'VE ALREADY VOTED TO INCREASE THE IMPACT FEES THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED ON 30 YEARS.

THIS IS JUST ADDING ALMOST A TEXT AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE ADJUSTED BY CPI.

IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY EXISTING RESIDENTS AT ALL, AND IT ACTUALLY CLEANS UP THIS PROCESS.

SO THEN WE COULD HAVE THAT MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THE SANITATION FEES.

THIS ACTUALLY JUST CLEANS IT UP AND GETS RID OF SOME OF THIS BACK AND FORTH.

I'M LOOKING FOR OCCUPANCY. SPECIFICALLY TO MY COLLEAGUES, RESPECTFULLY TO MY COLLEAGUES.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF TWO. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AMONGST OURSELVES ON THE DETAILS OF HOW TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

AND WE HAVE TIME AND TIME AGAIN SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT DIRECTION HAS BEEN GIVEN.

COME BACK TO US WITH SECOND AT SECOND READING, WITH THE ITEM CLEANED UP AND FIXED.

WE HAVE ALSO SAID WE WILL HAVE A SUN.SHINE MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING WE WILL BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE DIRECTION AND AT SECOND READING, IF IT'S NOT THERE, WE CAN DEFER IT AT THIS POINT.

WHY? WHY ARE WE NOT EXTENDING THE SAME GRACE TO THIS PROJECT AS THIS INITIATIVE, AS WE DO TO OTHER INITIATIVES, IF I MAY. MR.. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND LET'S CALL THE VOTE. FOR A LONG TIME, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT COST SAVINGS ON UTILITY RATES.

I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN AN ITEM. I THINK I CONNECTED YOU WITH AN ENTITY, ACTUALLY, THAT REACHED OUT TO US, THAT LOOKED AT WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD SAVE MONEY FOR PEOPLE BASED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THEIR UTILITY RATES.

AND WE'VE BEEN SPECIFICALLY, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OF CONCERN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THIS ISSUE ISSUES RELATING TO RATE INCREASES POTENTIALLY TO OUR RESIDENTS AND SO AND SO AND THE WAY THAT IT'S BEING DESCRIBED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE WE CAN STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF YOUR LEGISLATION WHILE WE STILL FIGURE OUT THE OTHER PART THAT WOULD HAVE A MORE DIRECT IMPACT TO RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING HERE NOW.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT WHY WOULDN'T WE DO THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING? AND IF SECOND READING NEEDS TO BE PUSHED OUT TO MAY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE YET, SO BE IT.

BUT WHY ARE WE? BECAUSE IT GIVES RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT OR TO HEAR.

AND THE MORE PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE CAN HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO COMMENTS ON THIS, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, IT'S YOUR ITEM. AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO SUPPORT YOU AND THE PART THAT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING,

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MR. MANAGER, YOU'VE ASKED US TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RATE INCREASES IN THE PAST, AS HAS JASON, AS HAS OUR CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS.

AND I'VE BEEN AND I'VE HELD THE LINE ON AND I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO END UP ABSORBING THESE COSTS, BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY WON'T BE THE ASSOCIATION.

THE ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO PASS IT ON TO PEOPLE.

AND AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE THE LANDLORDS.

THEY'RE GOING TO PASS IT ON TO THE TENANTS. AND I'M JUST VERY MINDFUL AND VERY COGNIZANT AND TRY TO PUT MYSELF IN THEIR SHOES AS I KNOW ALL OF US DO, ESPECIALLY YOU. COMMISSIONER. BUT BUT I JUST FOR A LONG FOR I THINK PROBABLY 2 OR 3 YEARS NOW, I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY CONSISTENT AND VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, THAT WE DON'T TAKE ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION AS IT RELATES TO THESE UTILITIES THAT IS GOING TO BE PASSED DOWN TO THE MOST STRUGGLED, STRUGGLING SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION.

THEY DON'T IT'S, IT'S EXPENSIVE ENOUGH FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.

SO BEFORE WE OVER COMPLICATE THIS FURTHER, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I THINK IS VERY SIMPLE, VERY DIGESTIBLE AND VERY DOABLE FOR ALL OF US.

RIGHT. AND THAT IS TO SEPARATE THE DISCUSSION FROM THE WATER AND SEWER AND THEN THE SANITATION.

AND WE VOTE TO APPLY A GO FORWARD CPI THAT ONLY APPLIES TO NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE WATER AND SEWER.

WE HAVE ALREADY CAUGHT UP 30 YEARS THAT THAT HAS NOT BEEN FORWARD.

SO THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE WE'RE ADDING A CPI METRIC.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BASICALLY HAVE A SEPARATE ITEM WHERE WE DISCUSS THE MORE ROBUST SANITATION.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S NOT SO MUCH CONFUSING, BUT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ABOUT WHERE WE GO.

AND I THINK SEPARATING THOSE TWO ALLOWS US TO HAVE.

SORRY FOR THE PUN, A MUCH CLEANER DISCUSSION.

ALL. RIGHT. SO WHAT WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON, GIVEN THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND IS, ARE WE GOING TO APPLY A CPI CHARGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES THAT IS ONLY APPLIED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT? YEP. SECOND CALL THE VOTE. IT IS A IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE ONE MORE PERSON REQUESTING TO SPEAK. SUSANNA GO AHEAD PLEASE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. SO IN IN REGARDS TO THE MATTER OF THE INCREASE OF THE WATER, SEWER AND SANITATION, FIRST OF ALL, BUILDINGS ARE GETTING INCREASES EVERY YEAR.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT AN IMPACT FEES, BUT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, FOR INSTANCE, JUST FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR WENT UP 4%.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO APPLY THE IMPACT FEES, AT LEAST FOR WATER AND SEWER ONLY TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS, BECAUSE REALLY THE IMPACT FEES ARE, ARE PROMPTED BY NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

SO THEY SHOULD BEAR THE COST. IN REGARDS TO THE CONCERNS THAT BOTH COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ REPEATEDLY STATED FOR RESIDENTS IN THE OLDER BUILDINGS, THAT IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.

AS WE KNOW, SEARS CAME INTO EFFECT. THE COSTS HAVE GONE UP, I CAN TELL YOU THAT JUST FOR OUR ASSOCIATION, WE HAD TO RAISE MAINTENANCE FEE BY 22%. SO AND WE DO HAVE OLDER PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR BUILDINGS, IN OLDER BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON A FIXED INCOME, WHERE MOST OF THEIR MONEY ACTUALLY GOES TO PAY FOR MEDICATION.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

AND THE FACT THAT WHAT MAY BE CONSTRUED AS A MINOR INCREASE ALL AROUND TO PEOPLE ON A FIXED INCOME THAT ARE OLDER, IT'S NOT A MINOR ISSUE. IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT MOVE THEM OUT OF THE BEACH OR MAY MAKE, YOU KNOW MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO LIVE HERE.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE IN A CHOKEHOLD AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION I THINK IS RESPONSIBLE AND LEGIT.

AND I THANK COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ AND, AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IN PARTICULAR FOR WANTING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISION THEY MAKE, IT'S MADE WITH FACTS THAT ARE CORROBORATED BY DOCUMENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS ELIZABETH LAYTON.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BRINGING THESE IMPACT FEES CURRENT

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WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEMS THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT DOING THIS.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE. AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, IT'S A TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS ONLY AND WE HAVE TO DO IT.

WE CANNOT, WITH ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING ON TO WASHINGTON AVENUE AND LINCOLN ROAD WE, IT JUST HAS TO BE DONE. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE THIS TO PASS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN ZOOM.

NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

MAY I CALL THE ROLL? CAN WE JUST BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW? SURE. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WHICH IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CPI INCREASES ONLY.

AS TO THE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES. AND THEN THE ITEM.

WELL, IT'S ONLY THOSE ARE ONLY ON NEW DEVELOPMENT OR ON CHANGES TO AN EXISTING WATER SERVICE.

AND THEN THAT WOULD COME BACK FOR SECOND READING NEXT MONTH.

THE SANITATION WILL BE EXERTED FROM THIS. AND THAT WILL COME BACK FOR A FIRST READING NEXT MONTH, PRESUMABLY. OKAY, LET'S CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER.

DOMINGUEZ. YES. VICE MAYOR SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER.

FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. MAYOR MINOR.

YES. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22ND.

MR.. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. JOHN, WILL YOU BE READY TO TALK ABOUT SANITATION IN APRIL? YES. THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. SO, RESPECTFULLY, MR. MAYOR, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ASSIGN THIS TO A TIME CERTAIN IN APRIL SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T WE DON'T LOSE MORE TIME.

OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OUR SEVEN A.

[R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE XIII OF THE RESILIENCY CODE, APPROVING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE TOTAL DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING TWO-STORY BUILDING LOCATED AT 833 6TH STREET (SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER), A CITY-OWNED PROPERTY WITHIN THE FLAMINGO PARK LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NO. 1 ON THE SUBJECT SITE.]

DEMOLITION OF BUILDING AT 833 SIXTH STREET R7A.

I MAKE A MOTION. I MEAN, WE'VE LITERALLY DISCUSSED THIS TO DEATH.

MOTION AND A SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM, NO ONE ON IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

ROLL CALL, CALL THE VOTE A. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, R7 A IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

I KNOW THIS IS PURELY SYMBOLIC. I KNOW IT'S MOVING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS BREAKING MY HEART.

SO I'M GOING TO BE A NO. SO YOU ARE A NO A NO ON R7 A THAT IS COMMISSIONER BHATT.

SO ITEM IS APPROVED SIX ONE WITH COMMISSIONER BOT VOTING NO.

NO, NO, IT'S IT'S THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS, ERIC AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REALLY QUICKLY.

ERIC TROLL IS ON BEHALF OF THE ON BEHALF OF THE MIAMI BEACH FIREFIGHTERS UNION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE DEMOLITION EITHER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. YOU KNOW, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO GET US A NEW FIRE STATION LETTER.

FIREFIGHTERS, MEN AND WOMEN SLEEP IN. YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ERIC. R9 D. R9 D IS DRB APPEAL NUMBER 20 5-112

[R9 D CITY COMMISSION FILE NO. 2025-00002 APPEAL, FILED BY MICHAEL KRIEGER, OF AN ORDER OF THE MIAMI BEACH DESIGN REVIEW BOARD (“DRB”) DATED NOVEMBER 13, 2025, FOR DRB FILE NO. 25-1112, APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY RESIDENCE, INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS, TO REPLACE AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.]

NICK WELCOME WELCOME TO THE DAIS HERE. THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.

THANK YOU MAYOR. AND GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THIS IS AN APPEAL OF A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL FOR A NEW TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT 50 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE. THE APPLICATION INCLUDED A WAIVER FROM THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITATION FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND A WAIVER FROM THE SITE WALL REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPEAL WAS FILED BY MICHAEL KRIEGER, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH AT 34 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN APPEAL OF AN ORDER OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD FOR A SPECIFIC PROPERTY.

THE CITY COMMISSION IS SITTING IN A QUASI JUDICIAL CAPACITY.

YOUR DECISION MUST BE BASED ON THE RECORD BEFORE THE DRB, AND NO NEW TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE MAY BE TAKEN.

ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED ON THE RECORD, AND I'VE GIVEN COPIES TO TO THE PARTIES UNDER THE CODE.

THE CITY COMMISSION CAN ONLY REVERSE OR REMAND A DECISION OF THE DRB.

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FAILED TO OBSERVE THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, MEANING THE FAIL TO APPLY THE CORRECT LAW OR FAIL TO BASE ITS DECISION UPON COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THE COMMISSION CANNOT REWEIGH THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

YOUR JOB TODAY IS ONLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DRB DECISION WAS SUPPORTED BY CONFIDENTIAL EVIDENCE AT ALL.

THE ORDER OF THE HEARING. IT WILL START WITH THE.

THE PETITIONER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEIGHBOR WHO FILED THE APPEAL, FOLLOWED BY THE RESPONDENTS WHICH ARE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT, AND THE. AND THE CITY AND. AND LASTLY, WITH ANY REBUTTAL BY THE PETITIONER.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT THE ATTORNEY SHOULD SIT DOWN AND THE CITY COMMISSION CAN DELIBERATE.

MR.. MAYOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ JUST JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

IS IT I MEAN, I SAW THE THE HEARING, I REVIEWED THE RECORD AND THE MATERIALS PRESENTED TO US.

IS IT THE POSITION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT THE DRB FOLLOWED ALL THE PROPER OBJECTIVE CRITERIA? SO THE SO I'M SITTING HERE AS COUNSEL TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A ASSURED THE CITY IS REPRESENTED BY MY COLLEAGUE JUSTIN ALEXANDER, BUT THE PARTIES DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY UNDER THE CODE TO PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT.

YES, THE THE THE BRIEFS AND THE EXHIBITS AND THE AND THE TRANSCRIPT ARE PART OF THE RECORD.

BUT THE PETITIONER DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. AND JUST TO SPEAK IN MORE PLAIN LAYMAN'S ENGLISH.

I WATCHED THE VIDEO AS WELL. BUT JUST SO WE CAN PUT THIS IN A SIMPLISTIC FORM, THERE'S AN APPLICANT.

THEY GOT A FAVORABLE RULING AT THE DRB, AND NOW A NEIGHBOR IS SAYING HE'S MAKING AN APPEAL, SAYING I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT RULING. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LITIGATING WHETHER WE WOULD AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH HIS THOUGHTS.

IT'S JUST DID THE DRB ACT APPROPRIATELY? COMING TO THAT APPROVAL? THAT'S RIGHT. HOW MUCH TIME DOES. ARE THEY DO THEY HAVE TO PRESENT.

SO CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR APPEALS BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, THE PETITIONER COULD HAVE TEN MINUTES.

THE RESPONDENTS HAVE AGREED TO SPLIT THEIR TEN MINUTES.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE PETITIONER CAN CAN PRESENT A BRIEF TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL.

OKAY. OKAY. SO SET THE CLOCK FOR TEN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BILL RILEY.

I'M AN ATTORNEY LOCATED WITH OFFICES LOCATED AT 16343 SOUTHWEST, 256TH STREET AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT OR THE APPELLANT, MR. MICHAEL KRIEGER, WHO IS THE SOLE NEIGHBOR AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE DRB.

IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR TIME HERE EFFICIENT AND MAKE IT MOVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

THE CLIENT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I'M GOING TO ASK HIM TO COME UP AND MAKE THAT STATEMENT FIRST AND THEN I'M GOING TO PRESENT WITH MY LEGAL ARGUMENTS.

HELLO, MR. COMMISSIONER. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LETTING ME BE HERE.

I AM A I'M MICHAEL KRIEGER. I'M A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF TOLEDO ISLAND AT 34 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS AND WALKED MY ISLANDS DAILY.

WHAT I'VE SEEN HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS IS ASTOUNDING TO ME.

THERE'S BEEN WAIVER AFTER WAIVER. IT'S BEEN ISSUED EXCEEDING THE CODE.

THE REASON FOR THE CODE IS A REASON FOR THE CODE IN ITSELF.

IT'S EXCEEDED CONTINUOUSLY WITH WAIVERS FOR SETBACKS AND HEIGHTS.

IT'S IT'S SITUATION WHERE I'M HERE REGARDING 50 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE TO MAKE THE STATEMENT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

MY CONCERN IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE APPROVAL OF A HEIGHT WAIVER OF THREE FEET ABOVE CODE WITHOUT A PRESENT HARDSHIP OR COMPELLING BASIS.

THE CODE ESTABLISHES LIMITS FOR A REASON, AND EXCEEDING THOSE LIMITS WITHOUT A CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED HARDSHIP, UNDERMINES CONSISTENCY AND GOES AGAINST THE WRITTEN CODE.

IT RAISES A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A CODE WRITTEN CODE? IF IT CAN BE EXCEEDED ON A RECURRING BASIS, WHICH IT IS? THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. IT'S REPEATED.

EXCEPTIONS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE AN OFFICE PARK.

WE'RE PROGRESSIVELY ALTERING THE SCALE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE VENETIAN ISLANDS, WHICH ARE HISTORIC IN NATURE.

IN THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY A LARGE SCALE DOUBLE LOT FACING DUE WEST APPROXIMATELY 200FT,

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I REJECTED IT. THEN WHEN THEY SHOWED UP AT THE HEARING, THEY PUSHED IT TO THREE FEET.

GRANTING ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IS NOT ABOUT NECESSITY.

THERE'S NO HARDSHIP. IT REINFORCES. IT REINFORCES A PATTERN OF INCREMENTAL OVERBUILDING.

AT SOME POINT, A BOUNDARY HAS TO BE MAINTAINED.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT ANY DEVIATIONS FROM CODE ARE SUPPORTED BY A CLEAR, LEGITIMATE HARDSHIP AND REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE REGULATIONS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE STATEMENT ENTERED INTO THE RECORD TO PRESERVE MY RIGHTS.

MR.. MAYOR. IT'S TIME SOMEONE SPEAKS UP. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE MR. KRUGER TO BE AT THE PODIUM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

OH. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. SO IS IT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE ASKED THE APPLICANT FOR HALF $1 MILLION FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR HIS PROJECT? AND THEN WHEN HE DIDN'T. WELL, EXCUSE ME, I'M ASKING MR. KREEGER, THE ATTORNEYS, THE ATTORNEYS WERE NEGOTIATING PRIOR TO THIS HEARING.

OKAY, SO IS THAT IS THAT A SETTLEMENT? I'M JUST ASKING THE BASIS.

I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING A QUESTION. DID YOU REQUEST HALF $1 MILLION FROM THE APPLICANT FOR YOUR APPROVAL? NO. NO, I DID NOT. OKAY. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I HEARD WAS THAT YOU SENT A DEMAND LETTER TO A WELL-KNOWN RESIDENT IN MIAMI BEACH, MELISSA BEATTY, BECAUSE APPARENTLY SHE ALSO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT A TYPE OF QUID PRO QUO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A RESULT RELATES TO MR. SANJAY'S PROJECT. IS THAT TRUE? MISS BEATTY ACCUSED ME OF EXTORTION ON A PUBLIC PLATFORM, WHICH IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, AND I REQUESTED HER TO WITHDRAW THAT STATEMENT.

AND SHE DID. SO I'M ASKING YOU HERE ON THE RECORD, DID YOU ASK THE APPLICANT OR DID YOU TRY TO NEGOTIATE A HALF A MILLION? I DID NOT TRY TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING. I HAD MY ATTORNEY TRY TO NEGOTIATE TO NOT EXCEED THE.

SORRY. YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, DID ANY OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TRY TO NEGOTIATE A HALF $1 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR YOUR APPROVAL? NO, THERE WAS NEGOTIATIONS. IS THIS UNDER OATH OR THE QUASI JUDICIAL.

WE ARE IN A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING. ORAL ARGUMENTS ARE TYPICALLY CONDUCTED BY ATTORNEYS ONLY.

I THINK THE THE THE PETITIONER ASKED IF HE COULD ADDRESS THE BOARD.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THAT THE ARGUMENT SHOULD BE PRESENTED BY BY COUNSEL TO EACH PARTY.

AND THESE ARE IN UNDER OATH. USUALLY, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THESE.

AND IT'S THE THE GENTLEMAN'S SPEAKING. SO DO YOU WANT THE RIGHT.

SO IF COUNSEL IS UNDER OATH, MAYBE THE COUNSEL SHOULD. SINCE.

MR.. RIGHT. SINCE SINCE MR. KRIEGER DID PROVIDE A STATEMENT, I CAN ASK YOU, IS THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY THAT YOU WILL GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING. I'M NOT PARTY TO THE DISCUSSIONS THE ATTORNEYS TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO THE PREVIOUS HEARING. OKAY. AND YOU WERE TESTIFYING FOR A HEARING.

YOU'RE TESTIFYING AT A HEARING, AND I'M TESTIFYING ABOUT OVERBUILDING HEIGHT.

EXCUSE ME. USUALLY INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO TESTIFY ON MATTERS LIKE THESE ARE TESTIFYING UNDER OATH, AND THEY'RE USUALLY ADMINISTERED AN OATH BEFORE THE TEST, BEFORE THEY START TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BODY.

YOU ARE COMMISSIONER. YOU ARE CORRECT, MR. KRIEGER.

I'D LIKE TO PLACE YOU UNDER OATH AND ASK YOU IF THE TESTIMONY YOU HAVE GIVEN IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS.

IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO. THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS.

IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO, SIR. IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO.

YOU'RE UNDER OATH. YES. OKAY. CAN YOU ASK HIM ONE MORE TIME? THANK YOU. DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'VE GIVEN AND WILL GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? MY STATEMENT BEFORE I MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

THE TESTIMONY YOU'VE GIVEN AT THIS ORAL ARGUMENT, MY STATEMENT IS THAT THE ATTORNEYS NEGOTIATED A SETTLEMENT FOR THIS, AND I WAS NOT PARTY TO THAT. THAT IS THE TRUTH.

MAYOR MY MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE LIMIT THE REST OF THE ARGUMENT TO THE TO TO COUNCIL FOR PARTIES TO THE APPEAL.

I'D LIKE I'D LIKE TO HEAR HIM BE UNDER OATH BECAUSE HE'S MAKING SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AND I WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

WHAT ALLEGATIONS AM I MAKING EXCEPT THAT HE'S BUILDING OVER HEIGHT? EXCUSE ME.

I'D LIKE I'D LIKE TO BE UNDER OATH. WHAT THAT IS. MR. KRUGER, I'D LIKE IT TO BE UNDER OATH. IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO. IT'S BINARY. YES OR NO? NOT MY ATTORNEY. YES OR NO? TO WHAT? CAN YOU ASK HIM THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME, SIR, SINCE YOU WERE.

SINCE YOU HAVE GIVEN TESTIMONY, I JUST. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IF THE TESTIMONY I'M PLACING YOU UNDER OATH.

IF THE TESTIMONY YOU HAVE GIVEN AND THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

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YEAH, ON THAT FRONT. HELLO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR 200 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD FOR OUR RECORD BEFORE.

IF WE COULD HOLD ON BEFORE WE START, I JUST I JUST REAL QUICK.

ARE THEY UNDER OATH? OKAY. COUNCIL ARE NOT UNDER OUR CODE AND UNDER IN GENERAL, COUNCIL DO NOT NEED TO BE PLACED UNDER OATH AT THESE PROCEEDINGS.

BUT. BUT THEY'RE NOT TESTIFYING. IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM OR.

NO, IT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S AN ORAL ARGUMENT.

OKAY. COULD WE PERHAPS DO SOMETHING IF ANYONE IS GOING TO TESTIFY AS PART OF THESE PROCEEDINGS? OF COURSE NOT THE ATTORNEYS, BUT ANYONE ELSE YOU KNOW, CAN THEY JUST NOT STAND? AND YOU ADMINISTERED THE OATH? JUST LIKE WITH ANY OTHER TYPICAL PROCEEDING OF THIS NATURE, IT'S IT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME IN MY 13 YEARS HERE.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. AND. WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

I DID MAKE SURE THE RECORD NEEDS TO BE CLEAR FOR THE NEXT REVIEWING COURT BODY.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE APPELLANT GOES FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.

HE GETS TO RESPOND AND THEN I GET TO REPLY. I'M NOT SURE.

I JUST WANT I DON'T WANT IT TO GET CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A RECORD FOR A REVIEWING COURT.

YOUR TIME. THE TIMER WAS STOPPED. IT WAS PAUSED.

NO, I KNOW, BUT HE'S GOING TO START SPEAKING NOW.

AND I HAD A QUESTION AND NO ONE'S ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

I WANTED TO, I'D LIKE TO ANSWER IT. SURE. SO THE QUESTION IS, WAS THERE A AN OFFER FOR A SUM OF HALF $1 MILLION TO BUY YOUR CLIENT'S APPROVAL FOR MR. SANJAY'S PROPERTY? THE ANSWER IS NO WITH AN EXPLANATION. IF YOU ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE FULL HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

LET'S HEAR IT. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO JUST PIVOT FOR A MOMENT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR PRESENTATION.

BUT BEFORE I GOT INVOLVED THE CLIENT, THE HOMEOWNER, MR. LARKIN, SAT DOWN AND HAD A CONVERSATION. THE CONVERSATION DIDN'T RESULT IN A AGREEMENT, SO MR. KRUGER DECIDED TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY. I CAME IN AND STARTED SPEAKING TO BERKOWER AND FERNANDEZ'S OFFICE, AND WE WERE WORKING ON A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDED AND PRIMARILY FOCUSED UPON MOVING THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AREA THAT'S LOCATED AGAINST THE APPELLANT'S PROPERTY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOT WHERE THERE IS NO NEIGHBOR.

IF THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD DO, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AN EASY FIX, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY COULD DO.

MR. KRIEGER SAID, MY HOME IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

EVALUATION. MY HOME IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. I SAID, LOOK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACTUAL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN'T JUST COME UP WITH ITS MY OPINION. SO HE WENT OUT TO ANNE HATHAWAY AND BURKHART.

HATHAWAY, DID AN EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY, CAME BACK WITH A WRITTEN OPINION, WHICH WE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD.

AND THAT WRITTEN OPINION SAYS THAT IF THE HOUSE WAS BUILT AS PROPOSED AT THE HEIGHT, IT WAS PROPOSED AND CREATED A CANYON EFFECT, THAT THE HOME WOULD BE DIMINISHED IN VALUE BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WHAT WE ASKED FOR IS IF AND IT WASN'T TO BUY ANYBODY'S VOTE.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE THE ENTERTAINMENT AREA FROM THE SOUTH SIDE THAT'S ABUTTING OUR PROPERTY, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR FORCE OF IMPACT TO THE NORTH.

WELL, THERE IS NO NEIGHBOR. WELL, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO MITIGATE OUR DAMAGES.

WE GAVE THEM THE LETTER FROM PRCHAL HATHAWAY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE EVALUATE THE PROPOSAL.

OUR OUR PROPOSAL WAS FOR MITIGATION. THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE PUT THAT IN. WRITING YOUR CODE REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF ALL TYPES OF SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MITIGATION? MITIGATION MEANS THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THE FULL DAMAGES AFFECTED BY THE REDUCED VALUATION THAT'S IN THE PROFESSIONAL'S OPINION LETTER. BUT WHAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE? WHAT WOULD HALF $1 MILLION BUY TO MITIGATE IT WOULD IT WOULD OFFSET THE DEVALUATION OF THE HOME.

IT'S A DAMAGE. SO IF SOMEBODY IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND DECIDES THEY WANT TO DO A A CARNIVAL NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE, BUT THIS ISN'T A CARNIVAL. THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME HYPOTHETICAL, JUST ANOTHER HYPOTHETICAL.

YOUR PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE DAMAGED. THE VALUATION, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DAMAGED. BUT EVERYTHING. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. SURE. BUT EVERYTHING IS TO CODE OTHER THAN THE THREE FOOT VARIANCE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S BUILDING A CARNIVAL NEXT DOOR.

IT'S. HE'S JUST THE ONLY THING HE'S ASKING AS FAR AS A VARIANCE IS THREE FEET.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO VARIANCES WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THIS.

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RIGHT. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T SEE I MEAN, THREE FEET CAUSING HALF $1 MILLION IN DAMAGES WHEN IT COULD BE THREE FEET LESS AND IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME LOCATION OF THIS ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.

IT'S VERY IT'S VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE HEIGHT HAS SHADOWING EFFECTS.

AND THAT'S ONE THING WE COMPLAINED ABOUT. YOUR CODE REQUIRES THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BECAUSE I HAD THIS DISCUSSION ALSO ON LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN IT CAME TO UNDER STORIES AND IT'S TOM MOONEY AROUND. TOM.

TOM, I REMEMBER ON THE RECORD YOU TOLD US WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION FOR UNDER STORIES THAT THREE FEET WAS WHAT WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE TERM YOU RECOMMENDED? YOU SAID DE MINIMIS, DE MINIMIS. OKAY, OKAY. SO JUST I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT MY PLANNING DIRECTOR, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THREE FEET IS DE MINIMIS.

IT'S IMPERCEPTIBLE. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT IT'S NOT? YES, SIR. AND IT'S WORTH HALF $1 MILLION. WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAD AN EXPERT AND THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY GIVE AN OPINION, A WRITTEN OPINION, AND THAT OPINION SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE DAMAGED BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH THIS CANYON EFFECT.

THERE WAS NO LIGHTING PLAN SUBMITTED WHICH WAS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED ASSOCIATED WITH THIS APPLICATION, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR ARGUMENTS. THAT LIGHTING.

THAT LIGHTING PLAN WHEN YOU HAVE A FLAT ROOF, DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF OVERCAST IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR PROPERTY.

THE LOCATION OF THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AREA, WHICH DIDN'T HAVE A VARIANCE, BUT IT'S OUR MAIN POINT OF CONCERN BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE THE NOISE SITUATION. BUT AGAIN, HE COULD HAVE BUILT THAT WITHOUT THE THREE FOOT AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

BUT THE THE CITY HAS SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A ZONING STUDY AND A ZONING CODE, AND THEY PROVIDE FOR IN EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONS FOR APPLICANTS TO GET WAIVERS.

OUR OUR POINT. BUT HE JUST BUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID THERE WAS NO WAIVERS GRANTED.

THIS WAS A WAIVER. NO, NO, NO VARIANCE VARIANCES.

JUST A THREE FOOT WAIVER FOR HEIGHT. EXACTLY.

OKAY. SO IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF REASON THERE'S AN IRREGULARITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY.

THEN AN APPLICANT CAN COME BEFORE A BOARD AND SAY THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES HERE.

WE NEED TO ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE FEET. YOU SHOULDN'T WITHOUT THOSE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE CITY INVESTED SO MUCH TIME AND SO MUCH RESOURCES INTO A ZONING CODE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT ZONING CODE. UNLESS THOSE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST, THEY DON'T. AND IN OUR CASE, BY GIVING THEM AN ADDITIONAL THREE FEET.

I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, BUT WE HAD A PERSON GO OUT THERE.

HE GAVE HIS WRITTEN OPINION AND THAT'S THE OPINION WE SUBMITTED.

NOW, YOUR CODE REQUIRES US TO MAKE DISCLOSURES.

AND AS A ATTORNEY, FOLLOWING THE CODE, I MADE THE DISCLOSURE TO THE BOARD.

I PUT IT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR WHAT THE WHAT THE HEARING WAS THAT YOU SAW.

AND I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ALL SAW. IT WAS BASICALLY FILLED WITH INSINUATIONS THAT WE WERE SOMEHOW, WHICH IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING THIS DIRECTION TODAY, SELLING OUR OUR APPROVAL, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

WE PROVIDED DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN ORDER TO SETTLE OUR GRIEVANCES.

OKAY. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A MENU. AND THAT MENU CAN BE PICKED AND CHOOSE FROM.

WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO WAS TO ADDRESS NONE OF OUR CONCERNS, AND INSTEAD LOBBY THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH FALSE ALLEGATIONS, AND TO LOBBY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD WITH FALSE ALLEGATIONS.

NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY HISTORY, THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD ASKS EVERY PERSON THAT CAME UP TO THE DAIS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ASKING FOR MONETARY COMPENSATION TO SELL THEIR VOTE, AND IT PUT THIS WHOLE IT PUT THIS WHOLE SHADOW, A DARK SHADOW UPON THE HEARING BECAUSE IT WASN'T FOCUSED ON THE ACTUAL ISSUES.

IT WAS FOCUSED ON A MISGUIDED NARRATIVE THAT SOMETHING WAS IMPROPERLY DONE WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE CODE.

THE CODE HAS THAT DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT IS PROPER TO ASK FOR MITIGATION OF YOUR DAMAGES.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPTED IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.

THEY, THEY DECLINED IT, BUT THERE WAS OTHER OPTIONS IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THEY COULD ACCEPT EXCEPT TWO AND THEY DECLINED THOSE. YEAH. I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING THAT IF THERE WAS NO THREE FOOT VARIANCE FOR THE HEIGHT. AND MR. SANJAY DECIDED TO KEEP HIS ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WHERE HE ORIGINALLY INTENDED? YES, SIR. I MEAN, I HAVE A PLANNING DIRECTOR THAT SAYS IT'S DE MINIMIS.

THERE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN IN THE SAME SITUATION, RIGHT? EXCEPT JUST THREE FEET LESS. AND TO ME, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN THERE IS,

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AS FAR AS OPPOSITION IS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T IT WASN'T TO GO AWAY.

WE WERE NEVER GOING TO PROPOSE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND I WILL SAY ON THE RECORD, UNDER OATH, I KNOW OF NO OTHER FIRM OUT THERE THAT HAS MADE MORE DISCLOSURES THAN BERKOWER AND FERNANDEZ ON THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.

SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. AND I'LL TAKE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE APPROACH TO THAT, RIGHT, WHERE I'M SAYING, WELL, IF THERE'S TWO NEIGHBORS AND THE GUY WANTS TO BUILD THREE FEET HIGHER FOR A HOUSE OR HE WANTS TO BUILD A FENCE A FOOT CLOSER TO YOUR PROPERTY LINE THAN THE CODE ALLOWS. HE COMES OVER AND GOES, HEY, FRANK, IF IF YOU SUPPORT THIS WEATHER, HE GOES, I'LL GIVE YOU A CASE OF BEER, $1 MILLION.

I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO GET INVOLVED THERE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S DISCLOSED.

RIGHT. SO I THINK WE JUST MOVE ON TO THE FURTHER ORDERS THAT ARE UNDER.

BUT IN THE SAME REGARD, I SAW NOTHING IN THE DRB HEARING THAT SAYS, WELL, THE DRB HEARING SOMEHOW GRANTED THIS WAIVER BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS DISCLOSED. SO WHILE I AGREE WITH YOU IN ONE REGARD, WHERE IT'S REALLY NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THOSE TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES, AGAIN, WHETHER IT WAS FOR A CASE OF BEER FOR SUPPORT OR HALF $1 MILLION.

YES, SIR. I ALSO DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR CHANCE TO FURTHER MAKE THAT CASE HERE.

THANK WHETHER SOMEHOW THIS WAIVER WAS IMPROPERLY GRANTED.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

THANK YOU. AND IN THE MATERIALS THAT WERE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US THERE'S A LETTER FROM FROM A MR. JASON SAKO. MR. RILEY I DON'T THINK SO. MR. RILEY, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU.

SORRY. I'M VERY SORRY. THERE'S A LETTER FROM A MR. JASON SAKO. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THE MATERIALS THAT WERE PROVIDED? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND MR. SAKO IS THE ONE THAT HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS EQUATES TO A SIGNIFICANT DEVALUATION FOR LAND.

YES, SIR. THAT'S THAT'S THE GENTLEMAN FROM BROOKE HATHAWAY, I THINK, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.

AND WHAT IS WHAT ARE MR. SAKO'S PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO ISSUE THIS OPINION.

HE'S A PROFESSIONAL LICENSED REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE AGENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS AN APPRAISER.

I DON'T NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. OKAY. SO WE'RE SO WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AN APPRAISER MAKING A DETERMINATION OR A RECOMMENDATION OR GIVING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON VALUE OF PROPERTY.

YES, SIR. AND IT'S A GOOD POINT YOU'RE BRINGING UP.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RAISED. I JUST, I JUST, I JUST, I, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT IF YOU TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS AN APPRAISER, APPRAISER GUIDES HIMSELF THROUGH A SCIENTIFIC METRIC AND THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO THAT, THEN I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS IMPORTANT EVIDENCE THAT'S PRESENTED TO US, BUT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THAT, THAT THIS ISN'T SOMEONE THAT'S TRAINED IN EVALUATIONS, WE KNOW THAT REAL ESTATE AGENTS ALL THE TIME AGENTS FROM, FROM, FROM COMPANIES LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT SAY, YEAH, PROPERTY IS WORTH THIS OR THAT, BUT THEN WHEN IT GETS TIME TO GET A LOAN OR WHATEVER.

IT'S NOT WHAT SOMEONE LIKE MR. ZARCO SAYS THAT MATTERS.

IT'S WHAT A PROFESSIONAL APPRAISER SAYS THAT MATTERS.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE BEFORE US TODAY THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD OR PASS ALONG TO US.

THAT SHOWS THAT A THAT A EXPERT AND A PROFESSIONAL ON EVALUATING VALUES OF PROPERTIES AND THEIR IMPACTS HAS MADE THIS DETERMINATION THAT YOU'RE ALLEGING.

SO OUR POSITION WAS THAT WE RELIED UPON HIM AS A PROFESSIONAL, AS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL, YOU, AS A TRIER OF FACT, BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

AND AS A TRIER OF FACT, YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER HIS QUALIFICATIONS ARE.

BUT WOULDN'T YOU SAY THAT HE. IF YOU IF YOU IF YOU HAD TO GET AN EVALUATION ON LOSS OF OF OF OF VALUE ON YOUR PROPERTY, WOULD YOU HIRE A REAL ESTATE AGENT TO DO THAT FOR YOU? OR WOULD YOU HIRE AN APPRAISER TO DO THAT FOR YOU? I WOULD. ME PERSONALLY, I'D PROBABLY HIRE BOTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIRST GO TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, THE FIRST PERSON YOU DO YOU TALK TO AS A LISTING AGENT, AND THAT LISTING AGENT USUALLY DECIDES WHAT THE LISTING PRICE WOULD BE.

BUT THEN WE GO GET FINANCING IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DEAL.

YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT APPRAISER. AND THIS IS NOTHING.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. AND YOU HAVEN'T PRESENTED US WITH ANY EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT A PROFESSIONALLY LICENSED APPRAISER, WHICH IS A TRADE THAT IS LICENSED AND REGULATED UNDER THE STATE OF FLORIDA UNDER SPECIFIC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS,

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AND SO I DON'T SEE. AND IF IT WAS, I'M SORRY.

YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO REBUT, BUT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ENTERTAINED BY THEM AND NOT USED AS A WEAPON AND THEY DECIDED TO SAY, LOOK, WELL, LET'S HAVE AN APPRAISER DO IT. WE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE NEXT STEP AND HAD AN APPRAISER DO IT.

I PERSONALLY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE DONE BOTH, BUT IT WAS NEVER FULLY CONSIDERED BY THEM.

INSTEAD, IT WAS USED AS A GOTCHA, AND IT WAS THIS GOTCHA THAT CREATED THIS FALSE NARRATIVE THAT DIDN'T ALLOW US TO HAVE A FULL AND FAIR HEARING AT THE DRB BOARD, AND HAS CLOAKED THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WAIVER INTO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE? NO, BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

BUT PUTTING ASIDE WHAT YOU KNOW, YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER, WHETHER WHETHER THE HEARING WAS, WAS FAIR OR NOT IN THE DRB AND I TRUST THAT WITH THE GUIDANCE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I TRUST WITH THE GUIDANCE OF STAFF THOSE WHO ARE APPOINTED TO THE DRB CONDUCTED A FAIR A FAIR HEARING. I MEAN, YOU TRUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS, AS AN AIC ACCREDITED PLANNER.

TOM MOONEY HAS EXPERIENCE IN THIS MATTER. WOULDN'T YOU WOULDN'T YOU SAY? YES, SIR. I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE BEST PLANNING DIRECTORS THAT'S OUT THERE.

I MADE THAT POINT. HE'S ONE OF THE BEST DIRECTORS OUT THERE.

I THINK SO, AND AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT.

THAT ON PAGE THREE OF MR. MOONEY STAFF REPORT, WHO.

WHO YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS ONE OF THE BEST PLANNING PROFESSIONALS OUT THERE.

HE HAS WRITTEN THAT THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE HAS AN ORIENTATION AND MASSING, WHICH IS SENSITIVE TO AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE BUILDING SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA, AND WHICH CREATES OR MAINTAINS IMPORTANT VIEW CORRIDORS.

THE MASSING AND THE ORIENTATION IS SENSITIVE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE BUILDING SITES.

AND HE WROTE THAT THAT WAS SATISFIED. DO YOU AGREE THAT THAT IS WHAT MR. MOONEY SAID? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU READ IT CORRECTLY.

ALL RIGHT. SO SO MR. MOONEY, WHO YOU HAVE DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL AND THE BEST PLANNING PLANNING PROFESSIONALS IN THE AREA, HAS WRITTEN THAT THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, WHICH YOU ARE, WHICH YOU ARE APPEALING ON BEHALF OF YOUR CLIENT IS INDEED HAS THE RIGHT ORIENTATION AND THE RIGHT MASSING, AND IT IS SENSITIVE. AND THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS LICENSED AND WHO IS TRAINED TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER YOU COME AND YOU BRING US YOUR EVIDENCE, SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ON THE ISSUES OF VALUATION.

AND SO HOW DO I GIVE MORE? NOT ON THE ISSUE OF APPRAISALS AND EVALUATIONS.

HE'S. HE'S. HE'S. LICENSED HE'S. LICENSED TO SELL PROPERTY BUT NOT TO VALUE PROPERTY.

AND SO HOW DO I GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO YOUR EVIDENCE AS OPPOSED TO THE WEIGHT OF OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, WHO YOU JUST HAVE SAID IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE AREA? IN PAGE 14 OF MY OF MY COMPLAINT TO THIS BOARD, I MENTIONED THAT I SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF IS ONE OF THE BEST PROFESSIONAL STAFFS IN ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I SAID IT HERE AGAIN TODAY.

HOWEVER, YOUR YOUR ZONING CODE HAS A CRITERIA THAT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE PLANNING BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

AND WHEN I QUESTIONED STAFF FOR THAT HEARING.

AND IF YOU WATCH THE TAPE, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT. THEY MISS ONE OF THOSE CRITERIAS AND THE CRITERIA SAYS SHALL.

AND THEY DIDN'T EVALUATE THAT CRITERIA. OKAY.

NOW THAT'S A DEPARTURE FROM THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE THE BEST PROFESSIONAL STAFF OUT THERE, I PUT IN MY ARGUMENTS. EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.

EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO A BAD DAY. SO WAS THERE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? YES. AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE APPEALABLE ISSUES.

IS HE ONE OF THE BEST PLANNING DIRECTORS OUT THERE? YES, BUT MISTAKES HAPPEN AND OUR APPEAL IS BASED UPON THOSE MISTAKES.

MR. RILEY, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? SO WE NEED TO LET THE APPLICANT. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? YES.

I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED MY PRESENTATION. I'LL JUST RESPOND TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO FINISH YOUR. I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO MY PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR. SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO START WITH IS TO EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD THAT THIS IS A VERY NARROW ISSUE, AND THE ISSUE IS NOT TO HAVE A REHEARING ON THE MATTER, AS YOUR CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, BUT TO SEE WHETHER THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE APPLICATION WERE MET. AND THE LAW HAS DETERMINED THAT THOSE THIS LEGAL REVIEW HAS THREE PRONGS, AND THEY'RE PRETTY SHORT AND PRETTY CONCISE. THE FIRST IS WHETHER OR NOT THE HEARING ALLOWED PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS AND TO

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BUT TO MAKE IT VERY SHORT, IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A MEANINGFUL, FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

NOW, IF YOU WATCHED THAT HEARING AND IF YOU READ THE TRANSCRIPT THAT WE SUBMITTED AFTER THE HEARING, IT'S OUR POSITION THAT THERE WAS PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS THAT WAS NOT AFFORDED IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE I HAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WAS VERY SHORT.

I ASKED TO GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. I WASN'T GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR OUR EVIDENCE.

I WAS CUT OFF REPEATEDLY. I WAS ASKED ABOUT QUESTIONS ABOUT $500,000.

THERE WERE ARGUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAIS. WHENEVER I WENT TO MAKE ONE OBJECTION, THE CHAIRMAN YELLED AT ME AND TOLD ME TO SIT DOWN.

I COULDN'T MAKE AN OBJECTION. WELL, THAT'S MY JOB TO MAKE OBJECTIONS.

IT WAS IT WAS REALLY VERY STRANGE TO ME TO BE IN THAT SETTING.

WHENEVER A STAFF PERSON WAS INTRODUCED ON, ON THE RESPONSE AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, NOT IN THE CASE IN CHIEF, BUT IN RESPONSE, I ASKED TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE WITNESS I WAS TOLD I HAD.

I CAN GIVE HIM ONE QUESTION. AND THESE ARBITRARY, THESE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS RULES THAT WERE SET UP BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AND THIS PARTICULAR MATTER NEVER ALLOWED US TO GO THROUGH OUR EVIDENCE.

NEVER ALLOWED US TO ADDRESS THE THREE FEET IN HEIGHT.

AND WE STAND AND I'LL STAND UP ON THE COMPLAINT.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT THERE REALLY WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS LAW BECAUSE.

THE WHOLE HEARING CENTERED AROUND $500,000, AND IT PUT THIS.

THE DECISION WAS MADE BEFORE WE WALKED IN THE DOOR.

OKAY. AND IT WAS ALL CLOAKED WITHIN THIS BLACK CLOUD AND CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT WAS VERY EASILY TO ADDRESS. AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT WAS NEVER GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE THINK BASED UPON THE LAW THAT THEY FAILED THE FIRST PRONG AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY FAIL.

THE FIRST PRONG IS NOT DECISIVE ON THIS ISSUE.

THE COURTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO MEET EACH AND EVERY PRONG, SATISFY EVERYONE.

AND IF THEY MISS ONE, WELL THEN THE CASE HAS TO BE REMANDED OR OVERTURNED.

NOW THE SECOND ONE, THE SECOND PRONG IS WHETHER THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW WERE OBSERVED IN THE CASE.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IN SECTION.

LET ME JUST FIND IT REAL FAST. SORRY. LET ME GIVE YOU THE RIGHT SECTION CODE.

IN SECTION 2.5.3, POINT ONE OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARDS REGULATIONS IS CODIFIED WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE ZONING RESILIENCY CODE.

IT PROVIDES FOR A LAUNDRY LIST OF ITEMS THAT MUST BE REVIEWED ON AN APPLICATION.

AND ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IT SAYS, AND I'M GOING TO READ IT VERBATIM A LIGHTING.

LIGHTING SHALL BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE SAFE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND VEHICLES AND REFLECTION ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, AND TO MINIMIZE GLARE AND REFLECTION ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

THE ONE QUESTION I ASKED THE STAFF ONLY ALLOWED ONE WAS WHETHER OR NOT THEY REVIEWED THE LIGHTING.

AND HIS ANSWER WAS NO. NOW, A DEPARTURE FROM THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW TO MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE IS WHETHER OR NOT THE LAW WAS FOLLOWED.

YOUR CODE SAYS IT SHALL BE REVIEWED. NOW, COURTS HAVE SAID WHEN THE WORD SHALL IS DONE, IT'S A MANDATE.

IT'S NOT LIKE MEH. THERE'S NO DISCRETION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN OR CANNOT, YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THAT CRITERIA.

AND THAT WAS MISSED. STAFF NEVER REVIEWED THAT CRITERIA.

THE APPLICANT NEVER SUBMITTED THOSE DOCUMENTATION.

BY MAKING A RULING. AND THE CASE COULD HAVE BEEN DEFERRED AND THEY COULD HAVE RESOLVED THIS.

THEY DECIDED NOT TO. INSTEAD, THEY WERE GOING TO SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY THEY MISSED THAT CRITERIA. AND THEREFORE THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW WERE NOT FOLLOWED.

THE LAST ONE, VERY SHORTLY, IS WHETHER OR NOT THE DISPUTED ACTION IS SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL, COMPETENT EVIDENCE. YOUR STAFF ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

THE APPLICANT MADE A LONG, LONG ARGUMENT IN THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD ABOUT HOW THAT WAS SUBSTANTIAL, COMPETENT EVIDENCE PER SE. THE LAW HAS SAID IT CREATES A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION.

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THEN THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE AND I'M JUST TRYING TO RUSH. BUT WITH THAT, THOSE ARE OUR ARGUMENTS ON APPEAL. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND OF COURSE, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

OH, OKAY. GRAHAM PENN, 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD.

ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, KC PROPERTY HOLDINGS LAND TRUST.

AND I THINK ONE THING WE LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON IS THAT THE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ORDINANCE MOVING THIS INTO A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PROCESS. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THE BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THIS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NATURAL IS WELL SET UP FOR WHAT THIS IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, MR. PENN. YES, YOU'RE GETTING INTO AN AREA THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE POLICY AND WITH WHAT IS THE JURISDICTION OF THIS BODY.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S FOR POLICY MAKERS TO MAKE AND FOR LOBBYISTS TO OPINE ON.

YES, I THANK YOU. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR. AND I MEANT TO DO THIS EARLIER.

THE STATEMENTS OF MR. KRIEGER I WOULD OBJECT TO AS BEING NEW EVIDENCE BEING PRESENTED TO THIS COMMISSION.

THIS COMMISSION CANNOT TAKE IN NEW EVIDENCE. AND I WOULD EVEN SAY APOLOGIES TO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THE COLLOQUY WITH MR. MOONEY, WHO IS THE BEST PLANNER THAT HAS EVER LIVED, IS, IN MY OPINION BUT THAT IS NEW EVIDENCE AND THAT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED BY THIS COMMISSION. YOU ARE LIMITED TO THE RECORD IN FRONT OF THE DRB.

YOU ARE LIMITED TO THE ARGUMENTS IN THAT THAT WERE MADE AND AND GIVEN TO THE DRB.

SO LET ME TOUCH ON AND I APOLOGIZE. I MEANT TO MENTION THAT MR. JUSTIN ALEXANDER, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS GOING TO HELP ON ANY DUE PROCESS PORTIONS, BUT I'LL TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT CAME UP IN OUR INITIAL IN, IN MR. RILEY'S PRESENTATION FIRST WAVERS JUST AS JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION.

A WAIVER IN YOUR CODE IS NOT A VARIANCE. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL SHOWING OR ELEVATED SHOWING TO THE BOARD.

IT JUST IT IS A. THE BOARD REVIEWS WAIVERS UNDER THE SAME STANDARDS.

THEY REVIEW ANY APPLICATION. IT IS NOT A SPECIAL REQUEST.

IT'S NOT A VARIANCE. IT'S NOT OUT OF SORTS OR INCONSISTENT WITH THE CODE.

TWO ON WAIVERS. WE HAD TWO WAIVERS IN OUR APPLICATION.

ONE WAS WAS WAS THE ADDITIONAL THREE FEET OF BUILDING HEIGHT.

THE OTHER ONE WAS TO PROVIDE SEVEN FOOT SOLID WALLS ON EITHER SIDE FOR MR. KRIEGER, THAT WAS WHAT HE REQUESTED. SO WE AGREED TO SEEK A WAIVER.

AND WE DID. AND CONTRARY TO THE THE ASSERTIONS WE'VE HEARD, THIS PLAN FROM THE OUTSET HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE IMPACTS ON MR. KRIEGER. WE SET THIS BUILDING BACK 18FT FROM HIS PROPERTY LINE.

WE PUT THE GARAGE, THE KITCHEN, THE POOL EQUIPMENT, ALL THE AC'S, ALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY IS FAR AWAY FROM IT AS POSSIBLE.

BUT AGAIN THE, THE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY AND I THINK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE GOT IT.

THIS IS NOT WHETHER THE COMMISSIONER WOULD MAKE THE SAME DECISION THAT THE DRB MADE, BUT WHETHER THE DRB MADE A LEGAL DECISION.

AND, AND BASED ON THOSE STANDARDS, THE THREE PRONGS THAT MR. RILEY OUTLINED, THE DRB CLEARLY MADE A LEGAL DECISION.

THE. LET ME TURN TO THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW ARGUMENT.

BASICALLY, WHAT THE ESSENTIAL. WHEN. WHEN YOU'RE ASKED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE.

WHETHER AN APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT OR A DECISION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS.

THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS DID THEY APPLY THE STANDARDS IN THE CODE? DID THEY LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE CODE AND MAKE A DECISION? HERE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TRANSCRIPT, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE BOARD SOUGHT TO KEEP THEIR PURVIEW ON DESIGN.

THE VICE CHAIR, WHO WAS CHAIRING THE MEETING EXPRESSLY, AND THIS IS ON PAGE 69, MADE SURE THAT, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT VALUATION.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT $500,000. THIS IS ABOUT THE CODE CRITERIA.

AND HE FORCED THAT. HE MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS NOT BEING DISCUSSED BECAUSE THAT'S NOT RELEVANT TO THEIR DECISION.

AS TO THE QUESTION OF THE LIGHTING PLAN. THE PETITIONER SUGGESTED THAT THERE IS NOT A LIGHTING PLAN PROVIDED.

THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON PAGE 71 OF YOUR TRANSCRIPT WHERE PLANNER EXPLAINED.

ANOTHER GREAT PLANNER, JULIO MEDEM, EXPLAINED THAT THE THAT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY IS NOT TO REQUIRE A PHOTOMETRIC LIGHTING PLAN UNTIL BUILDING PERMIT. AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NO PHOTOMETRIC PLAN PROVIDED.

HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKAGES, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE ENJOYED READING AT LENGTH L PAGE PLAN L7 IN OUR SUBMITTAL, WHICH IS THE LAST PAGE OF OUR APPENDIX. INCLUDES A LIGHTING PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

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SO THERE IS A LIGHTING PLAN. NOW, A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN PER CITY POLICY WILL BE REVIEWED, A BUILDING PERMIT.

BUT THERE'S A LIGHTING PLAN IN THIS SET. SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF MR. IF JUSTIN WANTS TO GET UP BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T GET TEN HERE, BUT THE LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE OUR, OUR CLEAR POSITION BASED ON THE RECORD IN FRONT OF THE DRB.

THE DRB CLEARLY PROVIDED MR. KRIEGER WITH DUE PROCESS.

THEY CLEARLY OBSERVED THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, AND THEY CLEARLY BASED THEIR DECISION ON SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE, INCLUDING STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THE EXTENSIVE PLANS THAT ARE IN THIS SET ON NEARLY 50 PAGES OF DETAILED PLANS AND ALL THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING. YOUR JOB, AGAIN, IS NOT TO RELAY THIS DECISION, NOT TO SAY, WELL, LOOK, WE'LL REVISIT IT AND MAYBE MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE.

THE ONLY QUESTION IS COULD THE DRB PROPERLY LEGALLY MADE THAT CHOICE? AND IN OUR OPINION, THE ANSWER IS CLEARLY YES.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MR. ALEXANDER. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS JUSTIN ALEXANDER, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, ON BEHALF OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD. THE DRB RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT YOU AFFIRM ITS ORDER APPROVING THE DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATION FOR 50 WEST TOLEDO, BECAUSE THE DRB AFFORDED PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS TO THE PETITIONER, MR. KRIEGER. THIS IS SO FOR THREE REASONS. FIRST, THE DRB AFFORDED THE PETITIONER A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON OCTOBER 23RD.

SECOND, THE DRB FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY DELIBERATED PRIOR TO RENDERING ITS DECISION.

AND THIRD, ALL EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WERE FULLY DISCLOSED ON THE RECORD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ARE NOT PREJUDICIAL.

THE PETITIONER CLAIMS HE LACKED A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, BUT THE.

BUT THE RECORD PLAINLY REVEALS THAT THE PETITIONER HAD EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF TIME HE REQUESTED.

5 TO 8 MINUTES PLUS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL TIME.

SPEAKING IN COLLOQUY WITH BOARD MEMBERS, MAKING EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS, INTRODUCING EVIDENCE AND PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL TESTIMONY, AS WELL AS CROSS-EXAMINING PLANNING STAFF, IT SHOULD BE NOTED.

NEITHER THE LAW OF DUE PROCESS NOR THE CITY'S RESILIENCY CODE REQUIRES ANYTHING MORE FOR A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ON PAGE 42 OF THE TRANSCRIPT AT LINE FIVE, MR. RILEY REQUESTED 5 TO 8 MINUTES TO TO PRESENT, TO WHICH VICE CHAIR DIFFENDERFER, WHO WAS PRESIDING OVER THE HEARING, SAID, I CAN GIVE YOU FIVE. TO WHICH MR. RILEY RESPONDED, I'LL SPEED THROUGH IT SOME.

NOW. 5 TO 8 MINUTES SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THROUGH HIS PUBLIC COMMENT.

MOST. MOST OF THE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTERS ONLY RECEIVED ABOUT TWO MINUTES, BUT HE DID GO WELL IN EXCESS OF THAT.

AND ADDITIONALLY, ANY SUGGESTION THAT THERE WERE ARBITRARY RULES GOVERNING THE HEARING IS SIMPLY BELIED BY THE FACT THAT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE TRANSCRIPT VICE CHAIR DIFFENDERFER AND DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY STEVE ROTHSTEIN CONTROLLED THE TIME TAKEN BY PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THE HEARING ON NO FEWER THAN 13 SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

AS TO THE FAIRNESS AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE HEARING, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD FAIRLY AND PROPERLY APPLIED.

EVERY DESIGN REVIEW CRITERION SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.5.3.

POINT ONE OF THE RESILIENCY CODE. REGARDLESS OF THE PETITIONER'S ATTEMPT TO INJECT THE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS INTO THE HEARING.

EVEN THOUGH DOING SO WAS NEITHER REQUIRED BY THE CODE.

I'D LIKE TO REITERATE SOMETHING AND CORRECT SOMETHING THAT MR. RILEY SAID. NEITHER THE RESILIENCY CODE NOR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REQUIRES SOMEONE TO DISCLOSE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE PARTIES AS PART OF A DESIGN A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPLICATION.

THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT ONLY APPLIES TO EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS AND HEAR THAT DISCLOSURE WAS PROPERLY MADE, AS I'LL EXPLAIN SHORTLY. BUT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REPEATEDLY MR. DIFFENDERFER AND MISS BUTTACAVOLI REPEATEDLY SAID, THIS IS OUT OF OUR PURVIEW.

THIS IS OUT OF OUR PURVIEW. WE DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS THIS AND WOULD REPEATEDLY TRY TO REDIRECT THE CONVERSATION BACK TOWARD THE DESIGN ISSUES PROPERLY. JURISDICTIONALLY BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

AND IN ANY EVENT, THE BOARD SPEAKS THROUGH ITS WRITTEN ORDER AND THE PETITIONER'S REQUEST TO TRY TO ATTRIBUTE A FEW BRIEF, RESPONSIVE COMMENTS TO SOME GRAND. BIAS OR SENSATIONALISM THAT TAINTED THE PROCEEDINGS IS SIMPLY

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AND ALSO THE TRANSCRIPT REVEALS THAT MISS BUTTACAVOLI NEVER ASKED MR. RILEY TO DISCLOSE THE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

SHE MAY HAVE ASKED OTHER APPLICANTS FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS ON THE DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING, BUT NOT THIS ONE. AND FINALLY, ALL OF THE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS THAT THAT MR. DIFFENDERFER AND MISS BUTTACAVOLI ENGAGED IN WERE FULLY DISCLOSED ON THE RECORD AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY SECTION 2-5 12 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AND EVEN IF THE PETITIONER COULD NOW RAISE SOME SOME DEFECT WITH THE DISCLOSURE, HE WAIVED THAT BY NOT OBJECTING CONTEMPORANEOUSLY AT THE HEARING AND BY CROSS-EXAMINING THOSE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THOSE COMMUNICATIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION.

SO THAT CANNOT BE A BASIS ON WHICH THE COMMISSION WOULD REVERSE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

SO IN IN LIGHT OF THE FOREGOING, THE DRB RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT YOU AFFIRM ITS ORDER BECAUSE DUE PROCESS OF LAW WAS AFFORDED.

THANK YOU. MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, WHETHER THERE WAS SOME SORT OF PAYMENT OR NEGOTIATION, I DON'T THINK IS IN MY PURVIEW, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS HEARING.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN THE DRB PURVIEW AS LONG AS IT WAS DISCLOSED.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT ANY DECISION WAS MADE IN RELATION TO THAT.

SO GOING ON, TWO THINGS THAT THE. NOT THE APPLICANT, THE APPELLANT, THE PETITIONER, THE PETITIONER MENTIONED. AND THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT A LACK OF ADEQUATE TIME TO SPEAK PUBLICLY, WHICH WAS FIVE MINUTES AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PETITIONER MAY BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

I GUESS I'LL ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF THERE IS SOMEBODY AT A PUBLIC HEARING, DRB OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THEY ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, DOES THAT GIVE THEM MORE TIME, MORE RIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE? SO IN THIS CASE, AN IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOR. NO, THE CODE DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL TIME.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS THAT THE BOARD, I THINK IN RECOGNITION THAT THIS WAS THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOR ALLOWED MR. RILEY ADDITIONAL TIME, BUT NO, THE CODE DOES NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME.

YES. SHRINKAGE TIME. AND THE SECOND IS YOU MADE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT WITH THE LIGHTING.

THAT WAS THEN AGAIN, TO A LAYPERSON, COMPELLINGLY REBUTTED.

DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT REBUTTAL? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. COMMISSIONER. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A VERY SHORT REPLY.

THERE'S ONLY THREE ITEMS I WANTED TO ADDRESS.

I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE LIGHTING FIRST BECAUSE YOU ASKED ABOUT IT.

SO THE CODE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICALLY STATES THE FOLLOWING.

I WANT TO READ IT VERBATIM BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

LIGHTING SHALL BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE SAFE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND VEHICLES AND REFLECTION ON PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, AND TO MINIMIZE GLARE AND REFLECTION ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

PERIOD. NOW, WHEN HE WAS MENTIONING THAT A LIGHTING PLAN WAS ISSUED SORT OF TRYING TO SORT OF A RED HERRING BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A PLAN WITHIN THEIR 51 PAGES THAT SHOWED WHERE FLOODLIGHTS AND ITEMS WERE GOING TO BE.

THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY TO PROFESSIONAL STAFF SITTING ON THE DAIS WAS, DID STAFF REVIEW A LIGHTING PLAN FOR THE GLARE AND EFFECT ONTO MR. KRIEGER'S PROPERTY? THE ANSWER WAS NO, THAT NONE WAS PROVIDED.

BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PHOTOMETRICS AND THE PHOTOMETRICS CAN BE DONE AT THE TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT.

SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO CONVOLUTE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION IN MY MIND.

I'M GOING DIRECTLY WITH HOW THE CODE READS. THE I ASKED THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION TO STAFF.

STAFF SAID NO. THE SECOND ITEM I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP VERY QUICKLY WAS ON MY TIME THAT I PRESENTED.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE TODAY WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION INITIALLY, BUT I DIDN'T GET TO PRESENT THE MEAT AND POTATOES.

THAT WAS ALL COUNTED AGAINST ME AT THAT HEARING AND I NEVER, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO EXPLAIN IT, UNLESS YOU WATCHED IT AND HAD YOUR OWN OPINION, WAS THAT I HAD A VERY SIMPLE POWERPOINT.

AND YEAH, I DID SAY I WAS GOING TO RUSH THROUGH IT BECAUSE I HAD LIKE A MINUTE. THEY GAVE ME LOVE.

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YEAH. THAT'S IT. AND I'M DONE AND I'M DONE. AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

AND PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN GUIDE ME AS TO WHOM I SHOULD DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE IRB PROCEEDINGS AND THIS SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE CODE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE LIGHTING PLANS. ALWAYS REQUIRED OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

WHEN THEY GO BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. EVEN THOUGH YOU.

YOU CANNOT CONSIDER NEW TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE.

I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT IS BEST DIRECTED TO THE TO THE TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.

WELL, SO PERHAPS I CAN ASK THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ON THE RECORD PAGE 71 OF THE TRANSCRIPT.

LINE 17 SAYS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE LEAVE THAT AS A CONDITION THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE BUILDING PROCESS.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE ON THE RECORD ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2025? GENERALLY LIGHTING PLANS ARE SUBMITTED BASED UPON THIS IS GENERALLY BASED UPON ALL DRB APPLICATIONS.

THE DETAIL OF THE LIGHTING PLAN SUBMITTED. IS BASED UPON THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I'M OFFERING NEW TESTIMONY, BUT THE TESTIMONY THAT WAS PROVIDED WAS ACCURATE, AND I AGREE WITH IT.

SO, SO, SO IT IS. SO WHEN I'M READING HERE THAT SAYS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE LEAVE THAT AS A CONDITION THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED ON THE RECORD THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HEARING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE AT THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. AND YOU AGREE WITH THAT RECORD THAT WAS MADE AT THE BOARD HEARING? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO AND SO AND SO FOR ME, THAT'S THAT THAT SATISFIES.

WAS THERE WAS THERE ANY OBJECTION? FROM, FROM, FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS OF OF THIS BEING HEARD AT THE BILL BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. WE HAVE A PETITIONER OBJECTED.

NO, THE BOARD, THOUGH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE APPOINT, THEY.

THE TRANSCRIPT SHOWS NO OBJECTION TO MR. MAIDEN'S CONCLUSION.

OKAY. AND SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THEN TO UPHOLD WHAT WAS THE THE RULING.

I MEAN, WHAT I'M SAYING HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ALLEGATION IS THAT IS THAT THEY DIDN'T REVIEW LIGHTING.

BUT, BUT, BUT THE RECORD STATES THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WAS DISCLOSED AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HANDLED AT THE DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS.

THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH THAT THEY COULD HAVE RAISED THAT CONCERN, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALL AGREED, WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE OF OF OF ROGELIO MADAAN THAT OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR JUST ALSO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTED. SO I, I I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO UPHOLD THE RULING.

YEAH. AND I THINK TO THAT SPECIFIC POINT, COMMISSIONER WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING WHAT'S IN OUR PURVIEW IS WAS THERE ANY ANSWER THAT CAME OUT OF THAT LIGHTING THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FROM MAKING THE DECISION OR GRANTING THE WAIVER? AND TO THAT I SEE NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. SO I AGREE WITH WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

AND TO COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, WHO MADE THE MOTION, MAY I SUGGEST THAT THE MOTION IS TO AFFIRM, BASED ON A FINDING THAT THE THAT THE STANDARD OF REVIEW WAS SATISFIED, RIGHT.

THAT THE BOARD PROVIDED PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS, THAT THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW WERE OBSERVED AND THAT THE BOARD'S DECISION WAS SUPPORTED BY COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

SO MOVED. SECOND, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD? IS THAT OKAY? I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CODE REQUIREMENT ON THE ON THE LIGHTING IS SPECIFICALLY SUBMITTED FOR THE DRB CRITERIA AND TO DELEGATE THAT TO THE PERMIT PROCESS LEAVES NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHOUT A REMEDY. SO IT MAKES THAT CRITERIA MEANINGLESS.

THAT'S MY ONLY POINT, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME.

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OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. MR. KRUGER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU'VE SPENT HERE ON MIAMI BEACH.

AND THANK YOU. WHAT YOU OPENED WITH. I THINK A LOT OF US DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS IN OUR PURVIEW HERE.

THANK YOU.

R7J. R7J IS ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION MODIFICATION TO 63RD STREET BRIDGE SCHEDULE.

[R7 J A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, AT ITS JUNE 10, 2025 MEETING, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (“COAST GUARD”) TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE COAST GUARD’S PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO THE 63RD STREET BRIDGE DAILY OPENING SCHEDULE, EFFECTIVE EACH DAY FROM 7:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M., WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE CURRENT ON-DEMAND OPERATION AND INSTEAD ONLY OPEN ON THE HOUR AND HALF-HOUR (UPON DEMAND) DURING SUCH HOURS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FEDERAL HOLIDAYS WHICH WILL REMAIN FULLY ON-DEMAND.]

THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN ON FURLOUGH UNFORTUNATELY, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU FOLKS ARE HERE TO SPEAK.

I'VE RECEIVED YOUR LETTERS. I CAN ASSURE YOU NOBODY'S TRYING TO MAKE THE WATERWAYS LESS SAFE FOR YOU.

I RODE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I THOUGHT I WOULD GROW IT BROWN, BUT I'M CLEARLY TOO SHORT TO BE OF USE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR YOU. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING THERE ARE NO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AS SOON AS WE HAVE SOME ANSWERS FROM THE COAST GUARD.

I WILL SHARE WITH YOU I HAVE EMAILS. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

I'M VERY EAGER TO GET YOUR INPUT ONCE WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION.

FAIR MR. MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK IN THAT SAME THOUGHT, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COAST GUARD. AND I'M SORRY, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER.

WE HAVE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING. WE'VE TAKEN A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.

I THINK WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT.

I DON'T HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION. WELL, YOU WERE AT THE MEETING.

YOU MADE PRESENTATIONS. HOW DO YOU NOT. BUT WE DON'T.

BUT STAFF DOESN'T HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COAST GUARD.

I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO STAFF. IT'S MY ITEM. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH STAFF.

WE HAVE VERY CLEAR DIRECTION. AND IF YOU WOULD LET ME MANAGE MY ITEM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S BEEN DEFERRED. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, I WILL SHARE IT AND WE WILL PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.

THANKS. CAN WE CALL THE VOTE? I'D STILL LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, JUST TO SEE IF HE CAN AT LEAST SUGGEST SOME CERTAIN THINGS TO THE COAST GUARD.

IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES. RESPECT.

IT IS MY ITEM. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH THE INPUT FROM YOU AND THE COMMUNITY.

RESIDENTS AND OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES THAT CAME TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING.

AND YOU'RE FREE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH JOSE ON YOUR OWN TIME.

BUT HOW IS THIS THAT I'M NOT PERMITTED TO MANAGE MY OWN ITEMS? NO ONE'S NO ONE'S CHANGING WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH THE COAST GUARD.

I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT STAFF, YOU KNOW, HAS SOME SORT OF DIRECTION FOR WHAT TO REQUEST FROM THE COAST GUARD.

WE HAVE THE ROWING CLUB HERE WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO MR. MAYOR PROCEDURE ORDER, BECAUSE I'VE ASKED RICK TO GIVE ME A PROCEDURE.

SURE. I MEAN, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO USUALLY YOU WOULD VOTE ON THAT.

SO LOOK, I JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AND, AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES FROM PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE ON THE WATER EVERY DAY. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, WE'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. I GOT TO CALL THE VOTE. CALL THE VOTE.

SO THIS IS A MOTION TO DEFER TO APRIL 22ND? NO.

NO. WHAT DID WE DECIDE? MAY OR JUNE? I FORGET WHAT WE SAID, JUNE.

I THINK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BACK AND WE HAVE TIME TO.

EXACTLY. OKAY. SO DEFER TO THE JUNE MEETING. SO THE JUNE MEETING IS JUNE 24TH.

SO MOTION TO DEFER TO JUNE 24TH. I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

ALL IN FAVOR OF DEFERRING R7J TO JUNE 24TH, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE ITEM IS DEFERRED SEVEN ZERO TO JUNE 24TH.

THAT WAS ITEM R7J2 TO THE ROWING CLUB. STARTED.

YEAH. IF THE IF THE SPONSOR WOULD HAVE LET US EVERYONE KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DEFERRED.

YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WASTED YOUR TIME TO COME. AND TO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GETS PASSED IS NOT GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SAFETY ON THE WATER FOR YOU AND YOUR KIDS.

CLEARLY, THAT IS NEVER THE INTENT, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

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R7 A E. R7 A E IS A MEND MODEL VOLLEYBALL WITH ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONCERTS.

[R7 AE A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MODEL VOLLEYBALL 2026 ACTIVATION TO INCLUDE TWO ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONCERTS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18-19, 2026, BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH STREETS ON THE LUMMUS PARK BEACHFRONT.]

NO DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

CAN STAFF PRESENT, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.

WE'RE PRESENTING NOW THE AMENDMENT OF THE MODEL VOLLEYBALL EVENT BEFORE YOU.

THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS YEAR TO ADD ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING.

THERE ARE LONG STANDING GRANDFATHERED EVENT. THEY'VE BEEN 15 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, AND FOR THIS YEAR THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ADD NIGHTTIME ACTIVATIONS WITH DJS.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY UNTIL 11 P.M. WE DID MEET WITH THEM TO BRING DOWN ON SUNDAY NIGHT TO 10 P.M..

THEIR ACTIVATIONS. IT WILL NOT BE A TENTED EVENT.

IT'S OUT IN THE OPEN AS PART OF OUR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING PROCESS.

THEY DO HAVE TO RECEIVE APPROVALS FROM STATE.

IT'S REVIEWED INTERNALLY FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AND JUST IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME WHEN WE HAD THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONCERT, WHICH I ACTUALLY THOUGHT WAS AWESOME, EXCELLENT. I HAD THREE GENERATIONS, MY FAMILY THERE.

WE DID GET COMPLAINTS THAT THE MUSIC WAS LOUD.

I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT THAT EVENT WAS FOR 70,000 PEOPLE.

AND IT WAS PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED BY SOME OF THE BIGGEST PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD.

WE'RE NOT TALKING EVEN IN THE SAME BALLPARK IS THE DECIBEL LEVEL THAT WILL BE EMANATED, ESPECIALLY ON A SUNDAY EVENING.

ANY EVENT HAS TO ADHERE TO THE NOISE OR THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH NOISE ORDINANCE THAT STARTS AT 11 P.M.

HOWEVER, IF ANY NOISE IS HEARD WITHIN 100FT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THAT OR EVEN BE SHUT DOWN SO THAT THAT APPLIES TO ANY EVENT, ANY TIME OF THE DAY. SO I GUESS WHAT I'LL SAY IS I'LL PLACE MY TRUST IN YOU ALL.

HOWEVER, I'M GUESSING YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A ONE AND DONE TYPE THING, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO COMING BACK NEXT YEAR AND GOING I'M SORRY, WE DIDN'T REALIZE SOMETHING.

IF YOU MESS UP, YOU MESS UP AND WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION NEXT YEAR.

SO TAKE IT AS YOU WILL. LET'S BE RESPECTFUL. LET'S MANAGE THIS PERFECTLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITY. LET'S REALLY GET THIS RIGHT FROM THE GET GO.

SO WHEN IS THE EVENT? I'M SORRY. WHEN WOULD THE EVENT TAKE PLACE? THE EVENT IS TAKING PLACE SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH AND SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH OF THIS YEAR.

CORRECT. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY PROPOSAL FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR? THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT, SO THEY TECHNICALLY DO COME EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

OKAY, LOOK, MY ONLY CONCERN IS TURTLE NESTING SEASON, RIGHT? WITH LIGHTS. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH AMY.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO MITIGATE THE LIGHTS ON THE BEACH? ABSOLUTELY. THROUGH THE TURTLE ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST AND HAVE A LIGHTING PLAN.

MOST EVENTS END AT 9 P.M. DURING THAT TIME, SO IT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW.

WE'RE WAITING. WE WOULD WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE STATE WOULD REQUIRE OF THIS EVENT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE TO ADHERE TO THE TURTLE ORDINANCE.

IS THAT AMY, IF YOU DON'T MIND. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO WORK WITH? LISETTE ON, ON MAKING SURE THAT IT IS TURTLE COMPLIANT? YES. WE WILL COMMISSIONER OUR ORDINANCE, WHICH WE UPDATED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, HAS SOME VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY EVENTS IN THE EVENING.

FIRST IT SAYS THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE STATE, AND THEN ANY LIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT CANNOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE BEACH AFTER 9 P.M., AND ANY AUTHORIZED LIGHTING MUST BE LOW WATTAGE, LONG WAVELENGTH LIGHT SOURCE, SHIELDED AND DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE BEACH.

SO WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT IT WOULD BE VERY LOW LIGHT, THAT THERE WOULD BE SHIELDING AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE CAUSING AN IMPACT.

IS THIS ON THE BEACH? YES, IT'S ON THE BEACHFRONT.

SO HOW DO YOU WRANGLE THOSE TWO? IT'S ON THE BEACH.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE LIGHT. YEAH.

I MEAN THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE THE SITUATION.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE MAY MAY ALLOW.

SO OUR ORDINANCE MINIMIZES IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. WELL I HOPE I HOPE IT'S MINIMIZED. I'M A BIG TURTLE FAN, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT POLLUTION. EVEN IF IT'S TILL WHAT TIME? 11:00, 9 P.M. IS UNTIL 9 P.M., 9 P.M.. THE THE APPLICATION THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED IS UNTIL 11 P.M..

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IT WOULD GO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STATE RECOMMENDS.

SO IF THE STATE RECOMMENDS 9 P.M., THEY WOULD HAVE TO END AT 9 P.M..

CAN WE RECOMMEND AS THE CITY 9 P.M.? ABSOLUTELY WE CAN.

OUR ORDINANCE RECOMMENDS THAT THE LIGHT BE MINIMIZED AFTER 9 P.M..

ANY LIGHTS HAVE TO BE TURTLE FRIENDLY AND NOT NOT VISIBLE AS AMENDED.

I'LL MOVE IT AS AMENDED UNTIL 9:00. OKAY. RICK, CAN WE CALL THE QUESTION? I DIDN'T HEAR THE ANSWER. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE.

THE EVENT ENDS AT 9:00. THAT WOULD BE I MEAN, THIS IS APPROVING THE EVENT, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT TO REDUCE THE HOURS. RIGHT. SO, SO MOTION AS AMENDED.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT IS THE AMENDMENT. BECAUSE I WANT STAFF TO.

THE AMENDMENT IS TO QUALIFY THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT SO THAT THE MUSIC ENDS AT 9:00.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE ORDINANCE, AS IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED, SAYS THAT THE EVENT HAS TO BE CONCLUDED, AND ANY LOAD OUT THAT HAPPENS THAT EVENING HAS TO BE CONCLUDED AS WELL.

SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO LOAD OUT THAT NIGHT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO START BEFORE NINE, OR THEY WOULD NEED TO LOAD OUT THE NEXT DAY.

I, I WOULD SAY THE, THE, THE EVENT SHOULD END AT NINE.

IF WE, IF WE SAY THAT THE LOAD OUT HAS TO HAPPEN BY NINE, THEN MIGHT AS WELL NOT GIVE THEM ANY APPROVAL IS THEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST EFFECTIVELY JUST DESTROYING THE EVENT.

YEAH, I'M A LITTLE I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING AN EVENT ON THE BEACH TILL 11:00.

AND THEN COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CODE THAT SAYS END AT 9:00.

AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE LOAD AND LOAD OUT IS BECAUSE TRUCKS COME ON THE BEACH, RIGHT? WITH THEIR HEADLIGHTS. THEY COULD RUN OVER A SEA TURTLE. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. RIGHT. BUT THEY CAN LOAD OUT THE FOLLOWING MORNING. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IS TYPICALLY OUR EVENT HAS RUN FROM 12 TO 8 P.M..

WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR WAS TO GET A COUPLE MORE HOURS INTO THE EVENING.

THIS WAS THE FIRST LAST WEEK THAT WE HEARD ABOUT SEA TURTLES. AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING THAT IS AGAINST WHAT CITY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT SCENARIO.

SO I THINK WE WERE ASKED TO MOVE THE EVENT ON SUNDAY TO 10 P.M.

AND WE SAID THAT WAS NO PROBLEM AND WE DON'T LOAD OUT UNTIL MONDAY.

SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR US. AND WE DON'T DO ANY INTERCHANGEABLE LOAD OUTS BETWEEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU WOULD END AT NINE AND THEN LOAD OUT THE NEXT DAY, LEAVE EVERYTHING AS IS.

AND THEN IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IF YOU'RE REQUESTING AT 9 P.M..

YEAH, YEAH. WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD THROUGH OUR PRODUCTION HAS PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF EVENTS ON MIAMI BEACH.

JOSH BLASE WE'VE WORKED WITH FOR 15 YEARS. THEY DID EVENTS IN APRIL LAST YEAR AND THEY USE AMBER LIGHTING.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

THAT WAS THE PROTOCOL WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULD PUT INTO PLACE THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. IF SINCE SINCE THE LOADOUT IS HAPPENING THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEN I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY IF IT ENDS AT 10:00 AND THEN AT 10:00 THEY DO THE LOAD OUT OR CLEARLY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT. BUT BASED ON WHAT'S BEING STATED ON THE RECORD THAT THE LOADOUT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THE FOLLOWING DAY AT A TIME, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO CONFLICT WITH OUR CODE AS IT RELATES TO THE SEA TURTLES, THEN I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE SCHEDULE AS WAS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS WHAT, 9:00 OR 11:00 SUNDAY WOULD BE 10 P.M., SUNDAY WOULD BE 10 P.M..

WELL, WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE LIGHT AFTER 9:00.

AND THEN OUR CODE SAYS AFTER 9:00, THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHT ON THE BEACH.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO END AT 8:00 AND HAVE AN HOUR OF LOADING TIME WHERE THEY HAVE TO SHUT OFF AN HOUR LATER, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY'LL END THE SHOW AND THEN LOAD OUT THE NEXT DAY.

DURING THE DAY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TRUCKS ON THE BEACH WITH THE LIGHTS ON.

POSSIBLY MAKING DISRUPTIONS. SO, AMY, IF I COULD.

OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS.

SO I YOU KNOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLANNING THE CONCERT? SO WE FIRST BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE WANTED TO DO THIS BACK IN AUGUST WITH, WITH OUR STAFF.

CORRECT. AND WERE YOU EVER TOLD ABOUT SEA TURTLES BACK IN AUGUST AND ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH? SO I DO I DO FEEL FOR YOU GUYS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A CONCERT LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY, AND HERE WE ARE TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO REDUCE THE HOURS BY TWO HOURS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST ALLOW YOU GUYS TO HAVE THE CONCERT TILL 10 P.M.

AT THE VERY LEAST. AND I RESPECT THE SEA TURTLES.

BUT YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS. YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTING THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK I'VE SEEN ADS AND YOU'VE BEEN SELLING TICKETS FOR THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER YOU WITH LESS THAN A MONTH FROM YOUR EVENT. SO I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR CONCERT UNTIL 11 P.M..

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IS JUST UNFAIR TO YOU AND THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND SUPPORT.

WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WOULD. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SEVEN COOKS UP HERE IN THE KITCHEN, NOT THE TURTLE SOUP KITCHEN.

RELAX. WOULD THERE BE APPETITE FOR 9 P.M. ON SUNDAY? RIGHT. AND THEN WE COULD GO TILL THE PROPOSED TIME THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY ON SATURDAY, WHICH IS FINE.

IT'S SATURDAY RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, WAS 12 P.M.

TO 11 P.M., AND THEN SUNDAY WE WERE ASKED TO GO FROM 11 P.M.

TO 10 P.M. JUST LAST WEEK. SO AND I'M VERY RARELY AT LIKE 930 EVEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, TYPICALLY THIS EVENT HAS ALWAYS ENDED AT EIGHT. SO LIKE WITH THIS REQUEST ORIGINALLY AND TRYING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND YOU KNOW, THE VCA HAS GIVEN US A BIG AWARDED GRANT FOR THIS EXACT MOMENT.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PULL THROUGH ON ALL FRONTS.

AND IS THIS MITIGATED? IS THE AMBER LIGHTS DOES THAT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT MITIGATION USING AMBER LIGHTS? THEY DO IT PROPERLY. THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE ORDINANCE THAT THE LIGHT IS MINIMIZED SO THAT IT'S NOT VISIBLE, THAT THE LIGHT IS SHOOTING DOWNWARDS. IT'S SHIELDED NOT VISIBLE FROM THE BEACH.

AND SO IT'S A TALL ORDER, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR A CONCERT.

THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2024 IN OCTOBER.

AND YOU'LL BE THERE TO OR GUIDE THEM AND HELP THEM CODE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THEIR, THAT'S PART OF THEIR JOB. I MEAN, I'M OUT THERE OFTEN AS WELL, BUT IT IS, IT IS A TALL ORDER.

AND WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IF THEY'RE ON THE BEACH AFTER NINE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO COMPLY.

HOW COME HOW COME YOU DIDN'T TELL THEM ABOUT THE SEA TURTLE? I MEAN, MAYBE EXPLAIN YOURSELF GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.

THEY JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY WORK WITH A PRODUCER WHO'S BEEN DOING THE EVENT FOR 15 YEARS.

HE'S AWARE OF TURTLE SEASON. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL EVENTS KNOW ABOUT, ESPECIALLY EXPERIENCED PRODUCERS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BEACH.

SO IT'S NOT A NEW TURTLE TURTLE. SO THEY SO THEY KNEW THEY SHOULD KNOW THEIR PRODUCERS SHOULD BE AWARE.

WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. IT WASN'T UNTIL FEBRUARY 6TH THAT THEY EMAILED US WITH ANNOUNCING THE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING.

DID YOU RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL? WE REVIEWED IT INTERNALLY, IF I MAY.

AND THEN WE SCHEDULED A MEETING TO DISCUSS WITH THEM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A TENT BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A CONCERT UNTIL 11:00 AT NIGHT? ARE YOU GOING? ARE YOU WILLING TO GO DOWN? PEOPLE WORK. THERE ARE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

SO SUNDAY TO 11 WAS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T FEEL WAS FEASIBLE.

SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AFTER WE REVIEWED INTERNALLY, WE PERMIT OVER 600 SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS A YEAR.

SO WE ALSO HAD TO TAKE OUR TIME TO REVIEW EVERYTHING ELSE AS WELL.

NOT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND OUR WORKLOAD.

AND SO TO TELL ME THAT WE HAVEN'T WE TOOK US A MONTH.

WE ARE REVIEWING A LOT OF PERMITS. I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. LISTEN, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, BUT AT A BARE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PASSED A LAW IN 2024 SPECIFICALLY FOR SEA TURTLE LIGHTING.

HOW COME IT WASN'T EXPLAINED TO TO MODEL VOLLEYBALL THAT LOOK? 09:00 IS THE LAST LAST HOUR. SURE. SO IF I MAY.

WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THIS GETS PRESENTED TO THE STATE AS WELL AS WE REVIEW INTERNALLY.

WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THOSE DETAILS OF THEIR EVENT THAT THEY SUBMITTED LAST MONTH.

AND SO ONCE THE STATE REVIEW IS WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS OF THIS ITEM, THE STATE WILL THEN RETURN AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO DO THE AMBER LIGHTING, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY THE STATE. I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING OUR OWN CODE, THE CODE THAT WE PASS THE CODE SAYS IT HAS TO BE MINIMIZED.

DOES IT SAY THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTING AT ALL? AND I DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S MORE VERSED IN THIS.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN DOES NOT PRECLUDE THEM FROM HAVING AN EVENT WITH LIGHTING.

IT JUST HAS TO BE MINIMIZED AND IT HAS TO FOLLOW WHAT AMY STATED.

SURE. BUT LET ME ASK THE EVENT PRODUCER, WAS ANY OF THIS RELAYED TO YOU? NO, NO, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES WHO ARE PULLING THE PERMIT.

THE PERSON WHO'S PULLING THE PERMIT, THE PRODUCER IS NOT HERE TODAY WHO CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIMSELF, BUT HE KNOWS. AND HE PULLED THE PERMIT FOR THE EVENT THAT THEY MENTIONED THE YEAR PRIOR.

SO HE UNDERSTANDS. HE ALSO MENTIONED TO US THAT HE DID OTHER EVENTS IN APRIL IN THE LATE HOURS OF THE EVENING, RIGHT FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE CITY.

HI, OLIVIA, BY THE WAY, OLIVIA AND I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

ELEMENTARY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOGETHER. LET'S GET IT RIGHT. ANY.

I'M SORRY. ANY STORIES YOU WANT TO SHARE, OLIVIA? NO, I DON'T KNOW. DAVID. WE COULD GO TO MIDNIGHT IF YOU SHARE THE RIGHT STORIES.

IT'S LIKE, WHO WANTS MY VOTE? LISTEN, I JUST.

LOOK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SOFT SPOT FOR ME. IT WAS A SOFT SPOT FOR MARC SAMUELSON.

YOU KNOW, THE SEA TURTLES. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DISRUPTIONS.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING YOU GUYS WANT TO ALSO SEE IS A SEA TURTLE GETTING RUN OVER OR CRUSHED.

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LIKE WE'RE NOT HERE TO GO AGAINST ANY GUIDELINES. THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD A PERFECT TRACK RECORD FOR 15 YEARS.

AND THIS EVENT HAS HISTORICALLY NEVER HAD AN ARREST, NEVER HAD A SHUTDOWN.

THE POLICE ARE BEHIND US. THE VC IS BEHIND US.

THE POLICE EVEN PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. LIKE EVERYONE LOVES THIS EVENT.

AND IT'S BEEN THE SAME EXACT EVENT FOR 15 YEARS.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. AND WE WANT TO REWARD GOOD, GOOD ACTORS.

WE'RE NOT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A REASON TO NOT HAVE US COME BACK.

LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. AND WE'RE HERE TO BE TRANSPARENT ON ANYTHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING. OKAY, WELL, LOOK, I'M GOING TO BE THERE. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I'LL BE THERE TO PARTICIPATE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHTS. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR IS ALSO THERE TO, TO ASSESS THE SITUATION.

SO OKAY, I MEAN, LISTEN, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE STILL STANDING.

15 YEARS LATER ON THIS BEACH. AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO JEOPARDIZE ANYTHING FOR THAT GOING FORWARD.

COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. SO I JUST WANT TO SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, AND LISETTE, YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB YOU DO IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY EVENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME FRAME, BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT SIMILAR EVENTS DON'T GET TO THIS.

WHAT'S THE BETTER WAY? WHAT'S THE BETTER CONDUIT.

YOU KNOW, WHY ISN'T THE THREE POINTS GUY PERSON HERE? YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. SO I JUST WISH THE COMMUNICATION WOULD GO A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER.

SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD. YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD. NO ONE'S CAUGHT OFF GUARD. ABSOLUTELY. AND IT ALL DEPENDS ALSO ON HOW SOON YOU RECEIVE THE INFORMATION. SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT FOR SIX MONTHS. BUT UNTIL WE RECEIVE CONFIRMED INFORMATION IN WRITING, THEN WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY REALLY CHALLENGING FOR US TO STOP EVERYTHING, TO WAIT TO GET A RESPONSE. WHEN WE WERE PLANNING AN EVENT THAT IS APPROACHING VERY QUICKLY.

SO WE, WE TRIED TO KEEP EVERY UPDATE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, VOUCH THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

THERE'S NO. AND YOU KNOW, I SENT ALONG EVERY DAY WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE THEIR, THE MARKETING PLAN EVERYTHING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BUSY SCHEDULES AND THEY DIDN'T GET BACK TO US FOR 30 DAYS.

THAT'S NOT CORRECT. IF I MAY 30TH DAYS, THE 30 DAYS.

YES. BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE REVIEWING INTERNALLY, NOT BECAUSE I CAN'T STOP.

I CAN'T STOP EVERYTHING. FOR 30 DAYS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

THERE WAS AN ISSUE. YEAH. LET'S NOT GO BACK AND FORTH. LET'S LET'S NOT GO BACK AND FORTH. I'M JUST GLAD WE'RE AT A GOOD PLACE NOW.

BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND I, YOU KNOW, WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THE CONCERT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

I THINK WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.

ACTUALLY, THE MOTION WAS WITHDRAWN BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SO I DON'T IF WE COULD CLARIFY THE HOURS, PLEASE, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET. I WAS GOING TO SECOND YOUR MOTION.

COMMISSIONER ONE ONE LAST QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ SOMEONE SOMEONE'S ASKING, IS THE SPEAKER'S GOING TO BE POINTED WEST OR EAST OR EAST? OKAY, SO AWAY FROM THERE TO THE WATER. THAT WAS PART OF THE MEETING THAT WE HAD.

AND THAT'S YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOUND WAVES.

WE'VE DONE THAT. THAT ACTUALLY. WE'VE ALSO NEVER BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR NOISE.

YEAH, WE'VE WE'VE DONE THAT EVERY, EVERY YEAR.

YEAH. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT MODEL VOLLEYBALL, YOUR EVENT AND YOUR CONCERT SERIES CAN CAN PROCEED.

SATURDAY NIGHT, 11 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT. DID YOU SAY 9 P.M.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE OR NINE 3930? I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN JUST GIVE THEM I THINK WE IF WE CAN GO TILL TEN AND THEN MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE. I THINK WE CAN GIVE THEM WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIRST. I'M GOING TO BE THERE.

A LOT OF US ARE GOING TO BE THERE. RIGHT. IF THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND IF, IF, IF IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS FINE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO BE FINE, BUT I'M WILLING TO, TO BE OPEN MINDED AND SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ASSESS THE NEXT YEAR.

SOUNDS GREAT. I WANT TO JUST PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

THE IMPORTANCE OF US BEING THERE AT THESE EVENTS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO BE A LOT OF PALOOZA, BUT I, FOR THE FITNESS COMPETITION, I HAD TO BE AT A WEDDING. AT THE SAME TIME. THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT A WEDDING AT THE SAME TIME. BUT YEAH,

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WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN MAKING SURE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR US TO VOTE ON THESE THINGS AND THEN BE TOLD, OH, WELL, YEAH, NO, YOU CAN'T STEP FOOT THERE BECAUSE OF OF, OF WHATEVER REASON.

WELL, HOW CAN WE VOTE ON STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? I MEAN, IT'S, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO UNDERSTAND THESE EVENTS WHEN WE'RE VOTING ON THEM.

IN THE PAST, I'VE ATTENDED MODEL VOLLEYBALL AND I KNOW THE CALIBER OF THE EVENT, HOW GOOD IT IS FOR FOR THE CITY.

THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF ATHLETES AND, AND THE AND THE AMOUNT OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE.

AND REALLY IT DOES ELEVATE OUR CITY. AND THAT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE IN VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE EXPERIENCED IT. I KNOW TO TRUST YOU AS A GOOD PARTNER FOR OUR CITY THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S GOING TO PROTECT OUR BUSINESSES, THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT OUR OUR RESIDENTS.

BUT I JUST SAY MR. MANAGER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THESE ITEMS DO COME BEFORE US AND IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THIN AIR SAY, YEAH, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS OR NOT.

WHEN WE REALLY DON'T EXPERIENCE THEM, WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THE CHALLENGES OR HOW IT'S GOOD OR HOW IT'S BAD.

A LOT OF TIMES I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR, FOR, FOR THE RECORD.

COMMISSIONER. AND I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT AND ALSO SENT TO MY GIRLFRIEND.

I WILL BE ATTENDING MODEL VOLLEYBALL ON OFFICIAL CITY CAPACITY.

SO THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, BY THE WAY, YOU REACHED OUT, BY THE WAY, AND FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FUTURE PROOF, YOU'VE REACHED OUT AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE WANT TO EXPERIENCE FUTURE PROOF.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE CITY, THAT OUTREACH SHOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE CITY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON, WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING. AND YOU ARE VERY KIND TO HAVE REACHED OUT AND MADE SURE THAT WE ALL FELT WELCOMED.

BUT THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE COMING FROM THE FROM FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPERIENCE THESE THINGS.

BECAUSE THE WORST THING ALSO A LOT OF TIMES IS THAT THEN WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE THERE WHO TELL US ABOUT IT, WHO TELL US, OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. I WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, SORRY, YOU KNOW, OVER, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE THERE YET. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.

AND IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN TO OUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEN WHY, WHY WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACTS OF SOMETHING.

WE'D BE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THERE. YEAH.

WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU WITH OPEN ARMS. YEAH, YEAH.

AND I TRY TO MAKE EVERY EVENT. I OFTEN, I OFTEN DO GET INVITED TO COME SOMETIMES SPEAK AT EVENTS THOUGH.

YEAH. BUT THEY ALSO MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO US. AND I THINK THAT'S IT SOMEHOW THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I AGREE. COMMISSIONER WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE CHALLENGES WITH EVENTS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T SPONSOR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE TICKETS. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE, THE PROMOTERS THAT ARE DOING THOSE KIND OF EVENTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR ELECTEDS TO SHOW. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FUTURE PROOF WAS REACHING OUT, AND I'M HEARING THAT THEY DID NOT. SO THAT THAT'S FRUSTRATING.

AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, WHO DID REACH OUT IN A VERY COLLEGIAL MANNER TO MAKE SURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON, ON SOMETHING RELATING TO THAT AGAIN.

AND HOW DO I MAKE A DECISION WHEN I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE THE IMPACTS AND EXPERIENCE THE IMPACTS? IT PUTS US IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION AND. MR..

MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. AND LET'S CALL LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

SO MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUT PUTTING OUR VENDORS IN THESE POSITIONS, CAN, CAN WE PUT IN WRITING THAT DURING SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON, IF THERE'S REALLY NO MORE THINGS THAT COULD IMPACT DISORIENTATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER 9:00 YOU HAVE TO BE OUT AND DONE.

COMMISSIONER WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND OUR ORDINANCE TO DO THAT, WHICH THE COMMISSION COULD DO THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW THE ORDINANCE BASICALLY SAYS AFTER NINE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MINIMIZED LIGHTING.

THE SEA TURTLE COMPLIANT LIGHTING. THAT'S HOW IT CURRENTLY STANDS.

OKAY. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN THE THAT AMENDMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE LIGHTING IS AFTER? YEAH. DO YOU SEE HOW DO YOU SEE HOW THIS IS THIS IS THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF, OF OF ONE HAND NOT DO THAT ON THE OTHER.

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JOSH DOES DOES KNOW HE'S HE'S PRODUCED LAST YEAR IN APRIL.

HE IS OUR LEAD ON PRODUCTION. AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT.

LET'S CALL IT OUT AS WELL. LET'S CALL IT OUT.

SO I HAVE A SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, BUT THANK YOU.

THAT IS SO SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS AS IS, AND I THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER. OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO DO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AS IS.

ALL IN FAVOR OF R7A AS IS. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

OLIVIA, I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAMES. CAN YOU BOTH INTRODUCE YOURSELF? OF COURSE. OLIVIA. AND THIS IS MICHAEL MALONE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD. IT'S CALLED R7B.

[R7 B A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING, ON A FIVE-SEVENTH (5/7TH) VOTE, AFTER HOLDING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE (“PSNQLC”), TO INSTALL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE ADJACENT TO THE ART DECO RAINBOW CROSSWALK REPLICA AT LUMMUS PARK IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.]

I MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

THE SECOND WAS COMMISSIONER BHATT. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK.

ALL IN FAVOR OF R7B PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, R7B IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

THANK OUR COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I'M SORRY.

I KNOW MAYBE ONE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS REACHED OUT.

I DON'T THINK I HAD A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO HIM. IF YOU COULD ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I ALWAYS SAY WE ARE STRONG BECAUSE OF OUR ALLIES, AND YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLE ALLIES. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. R7W. SEVEN W IS WAVE RENTAL FEE. USE OF PRIDE PARK ON APRIL 4TH,

[R7 W A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, GRANTING MIAMI BEACH PRIDE'S REQUEST TO WAIVE CITY FEES IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $3,456.00 FOR THE USE OF PRIDE PARK ON APRIL 4, 2026, IN SUPPORT OF MIAMI BEACH PRIDE'S FAMILY PICNIC EVENT.]

IT'S R7W I'VE. I HEARD A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS ON R7W. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, R7W IS APPROVED 70R5O.

[R5 O AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING, ON A FIVE-SEVENTHS (5/7THS) VOTE, AFTER HOLDING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE (“PSNQLC”) AT ITS FEBRUARY 19, 2026 MEETING, AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED “NAMING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONUMENTS OR MEMORIALS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 82-503 THEREOF, ENTITLED “NAMING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES; CO-NAMING AND RE-NAMING OF STREETS,” BY AMENDING SUBSECTIONS (C)(1)(A) AND (C)(2)(A) TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CO-NAMING OF STREETS, AND PROVIDING SUNSET PROVISIONS THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

THIS IS A FIRST READING. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS ITEM R FIVE. OH, I MOVE THE ITEM, CALL THE VOTE ONE SECOND.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON R5.

OH, I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BHATT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES.

VICE MAYOR MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. YES. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS ON APRIL 22ND.

THAT WAS ITEM R5 OR7K. R7K IS AUTHORIZED.

[R7 K A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO EXPAND THE “FOREVER PROUD” LIGHTPOLE BANNER INITIATIVE WITHIN THE ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO FEASIBILITY AND AVAILABLE FUNDING.]

I MOVE THE ITEM. I SEPARATED THAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

OKAY YEAH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROPOSAL BEFORE US TO EXPAND THE FOREVER LIGHT POLE BANNERS AS A WAY TO AFFIRM INCLUSION SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THAT HAS FACED DISCRIMINATION AND ENHANCE THE VIBRANCY OF THE ART DECO CULTURAL DISTRICT.

I SUPPORT THAT CONCEPT, AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD APPLY THAT SAME FRAMEWORK TO AN IDEA THAT I HAVE.

I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A SIMILAR BANNER INITIATIVE USING ISRAELI FLAGS AROUND THE WOLFSONIAN, SPECIFICALLY ON WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM 10TH TO 11TH STREET AND ALONG 10TH STREET FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE TO LOOMIS PARK.

FOR ME, IT COMES DOWN TO VISIBILITY, SAFETY, AND CONSISTENCY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY. IT'S ABOUT STANDING WITH OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY AT A MOMENT WHEN ANTI-SEMITISM IS RISING,

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THE LOCATION IS INTENTIONAL. THE WOLFSONIAN WAS FOUNDED BY A JEWISH FAMILY, AND ITS FOUNDERS.

FATHER WAS MIAMI BEACH'S FIRST JEWISH MAYOR. JEWISH LEADERSHIP HELPED BUILD THIS CITY.

THE WILSONIANS MISSION ALSO EXAMINES FASCISM, PROPAGANDA AND FORCES THAT LED TO THE HOLOCAUST, WHICH MAKES THIS LOCATION ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL.

IF WE'RE WILLING TO USE PUBLIC SPACE TO VISIBLY SUPPORT ONE COMMUNITY FACING HOSTILITY, WE SHOULD DO THE SAME FOR ANOTHER.

THAT'S NOT SPECIAL TREATMENT. IT'S EQUAL TREATMENT. INCLUSION ISN'T JUST WHAT WE SAY, IT'S WHAT WE SHOW.

AND MIAMI BEACH SHOULD BE CLEAR. HATE HAS NO PLACE HERE AND OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY WILL NOT STAND ALONE.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE OKAY WITH ALSO INCLUDING ISRAELI FLAGS AROUND THE WILSONIAN, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE WORLD, ALMOST WHAT SEEMS LIKE ON A DAILY BASIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM.

I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ AND MR.. MAYOR. AND I'LL SAY I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU IN THAT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH WHEN ISRAEL WAS CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY.

I HAVE BROUGHT AN ITEM TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO DISPLAY THE ISRAELI FLAG IN CELEBRATION OF ISRAEL, IN CELEBRATION OF OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY. AND AT THE TIME THE ITEM WAS PULLED.

I DIDN'T HAVE SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, WITH THAT ITEM.

BUT I SHARED THE SENTIMENT. IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT.

I TRIED TO DO THAT VERY SAME THING. FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF, OF OF, OF ISRAEL REALIZING THAT WE ARE ALL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A TARGET ON OUR BACKS.

SADLY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH WE WAIT TO REACT AFTER EVENTS LIKE OCTOBER 7TH HAPPENS TO DISPLAY OUR, OUR, OUR SUPPORT. NO, WE NEED TO SHOW OUR STRENGTH ALWAYS.

WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE STAND WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND WITH JEWISH PEOPLE.