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GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 25TH, 2026, UH, MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUAL QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.
I'M ALEX FERNANDEZ, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M JOINED BY OUR REVISED CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LAURA DOMINGUEZ.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO IS JOINING US
[ HOLD A SUTNICK CITIZENS’ FORUM AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY PUBLIC SAFTEY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT BY THE PUBLIC.]
IN THE AUDIENCE.I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO, UH, STAFF TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO THE SEC INTO THE RECORD.
TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE A HYBRID MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING OR PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON MAY APPEAR AT THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR PROVIDE COMMENT VIRTUALLY DURING THE MEETING MAY JOIN WITH THE ZOOM APP OR DIALING 1 3 1 2 6 2 6 6 7 9 9.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY NOTES WE HAVE FOR TODAY.
I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
OUR SUNDAY CITIZENS FORUM THAT, THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ARE WELCOME TO APPROACH, UH, THE PODIUM.
YOU'LL BE AFFORDED TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR, FOR THE RECORD AND ADDRESS THE DAYS.
DON'T ADDRESS ANY COMMISSIONER OR COMMITTEE MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY.
AND WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM, UH, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR, YOUR HAND ON ZOOM.
AND IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE APPROACH, APPROACH THE PODIUM OR DURING, WHEN IS YOUR ITEMS CALLED? I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
YES, GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THERE'S AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.
YES, A SMALL PLUMBED BIRD BATH FOR BELL ISLE.
THIS IS MY TWO MINUTE COMMENT.
UM, UH, UH, AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH, MS. DOMINGEZ REMARKED THAT THIS SMALL PROJECT WOULD QUOTE, IMPACT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UNQUOTE, AND THAT SHE'D NEED TO CHECK WITH THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION ON BELL.
MA'AM, I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU FOR A FAVOR.
OH, KEEP THE COMMENTS DIRECTED TO THE DAYS WE DON'T MENTION, WE DON'T MENTION COMMISSIONERS BY NAME, COMMENTS, OBJECTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
SO, TO GAUGE SUPPORT FOR THE BIRD BATH, UM, THE BELL IS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.
THEY HAD A SCANDAL LAST YEAR AND RECEIVED, UM, A, UM, 1.2 MILLION FROM A DEVELOPER FOR A ZONING CHANGE AT THE STANDARD HOTEL.
UM, SINCE THEN, ITS LEADERSHIP HAS RESIGNED AND THEY WERE DRAGGED BEFORE THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
I SPENT 12 YEARS ON THE BUREAU BOARD ON BELLE ISLE WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HERB FRANK AND SCOTT DIFFENDERFER, 10 AS THE SECRETARY IN THE EARLY NINETIES, I WAS ON THE PACK TO REZONE THE NORTH HALF OF EL BELL ISLE.
I'VE SERVED OUT WITH BARBARA BNO IN THE VENETIAN CAUSEWAY.
I WORKED ON CY BERT'S CAMPAIGN.
I'VE TAKEN THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
I WENT TO THE RESIDENTS AFTER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING 16 DAYS AGO.
THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BIRD BATH.
IN THE 16 DAYS, I'VE EASILY GATHERED, GATHERED 125 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT.
THE ONLY PERSON WHO WOULD NOT SIGN IT IS THE NEW HEAD OF THE BELL ISLE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
UM, HE DID NOT OBJECT, BUT HE DID, WOULDN'T SIGN THE PETITION.
UM, THEY'VE NEVER HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING.
THERE'S NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM.
SO I QUESTION WHETHER THESE UNELECTED INDIVIDUALS COULD BE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR BELL ISLE.
UM, PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE THE LITTLE BIRD BATH AND THANK YOU JOHN REBAR, UH, FOR A PARKS DEPARTMENT.
BELL ISLE IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR THIS DUE TO OUR LACK OF FERAL CATS.
I DON'T WANT IT IN ANOTHER PARK.
UM, WE CONDO DWELLERS WANT THE SAME THINGS THAT PEOPLE WITH HOUSES CAN HAVE.
THAT COMMUNITY GARDENS, THE BIRD FEEDERS, THE BIRD BATH.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK IN PERSON? UH, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
MY, MY, MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS THEO KAREN SAL.
I'M CHAIR OF THE MIAMI-DADE COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES.
AND I ALSO SPEAK AS SOMEONE WHO PERSONALLY DEPENDS ON ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
I'M ASKING, I'M ASKING THIS COMMITTEE AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO STEP UP ENFORCEMENT AND ADOPT A ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH, UM, TO DISABLED PARKING ABUSE.
DISABLED PARKING ABUSE IN MIAMI BEACH IS REAL RECURRING AND, AND TOO OFTEN TOLERATED.
RECENTLY AT FLAMINGO PARK, AN EVENT CREW PARKED A ROUGHLY 20 FOOT BOX TRUCK IN A MARKED DISABLED PARKING SPACE AND BLOCKED THE ACCESS AISLE WHILE UNLOADING FOR A CITY EVENT.
THEY HAD NO VALID DISABLED PLACARD, YET POLICE CHOSE NOT TO ISSUE A TICKET THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
A DISABLED PARKING SPACE IS NOT A LOADING ZONE OR A CONVENIENCE SPACE.
A POLICE SERGEANT'S CLAIM THAT SOMEONE WAS UNLOADING OR ABOUT TO LEAVE DOES NOT MAKE THE VIOLATION LAWFUL.
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I HAVE ALSO SEARCHED FOR DISABLED STREET PARKING ON ELTON ROAD BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH STREETS, AS WELL AS AROUND 1200 MICHIGAN.AND THOSE SPACES ARE OFTEN OCCUPIED BY VEHICLES WITH NO PLACARDS PLACARD FRAUD IS REAL.
TWO YEARS AGO, MIAMI BEACH POLICE CALLED ME TO TESTIFY IN A CASE INVOLVING A WOMAN WHO SOLD UPWARD OF 500 DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS.
IF A VISIBLE DISABLED PARKING VIOLATION DURING A PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HIGH IMPACT ENFORCEMENT PERIOD DOES NOT RESULT IN A CITATION, THE MESSAGE IS THAT THESE LAWS ARE OPTIONAL, BUT THEY'RE NOT OPTIONAL FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
I URGED THIS COMMITTEE AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADOPT A ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH.
TICKET VEHICLES WITH NO PLACARD, MOVE THEM OUT.
AND WHEN A PLACARD IS BEING USED FRAUDULENTLY ISSUE THE CRIMINAL CITATION, THE LAW ALLOWS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.
AND WE'LL WORK ON AN ITEM TO BRING FORWARD TO COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THIS.
I ASK THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO HELP ME DRAFT AN ITEM TO REFER SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND POTENTIALLY A REFERRAL TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE.
I SEE JULIAN KERR ON ZOOM WITH HIS HAND RAISED.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
YOU'RE, UH, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS RACHEL SIEGEL AND I HAVE AN EIGHT POUND DOG AND I REALLY, UH, GO TO THE PARK.
WE USED TO GO TO THE PARK AND A BUNCH OF US WERE SMALL DOGS THAT WEIGH AROUND 10 POUNDS, 12 POUNDS WOULD GET TOGETHER AND PLAY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A DOG PARK NOT TOO FAR AWAY, THERE ARE LARGE DOGS THERE.
AND THE, OUR LITTLE DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PLAY, BUT THEY CAN'T PLAY BECAUSE THESE BIG DOGS ARE DOMINATING THE PARK.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS NOT TO JUST BE ALLOWED AT THE PARK ANYTIME.
WE ARE ASKING TO JUST BE GIVEN SOMETIME IN THE MORNING WHEN THERE IS NO ONE THERE BETWEEN LIKE SEVEN AND NINE IN THE MORNING SO THAT OUR LITTLE GUYS HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THE BIG DOGS, WHICH IS TO GO OUT AND PLAY AS MUCH AS THEY WANT.
UH, SO THERE IS A CAL SMALL DOG PARK, UM, C FOUR LC FOUR L DOG PARK, UH, BEING, BEING DISCUSSED TODAY AT COMMITTEE.
AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF US AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE LITTLE, THEY HAVE JUST AS MUCH WEIGHT AS A HUNDRED POUND DOGS THAT ARE RUNNING FREELY IN THE DOG PARK.
AND WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, THERE WAS A PERIOD, THERE WAS A SMALL AREA THAT WAS, UH, LEASE FREE IN THE GREEN IN WHAT WE CALL THE GREEN.
SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND THINK OF THE LITTLE, LITTLE DOGS THAT HAVE JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO PLAY IN ONE AS THE BIG DOGS.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, RACHEL WAS SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDING IN PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NOW I'M GONNA GO BACK TO ZOOM.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'M FOR BIRD BATHS, A LITTLE DOG PARK AND A BIG DOG PARK OR PARKS, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE.
I WAS EXPECTING A SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE KICKING THE CAN DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD OR UP THE ROAD.
IT'S, UH, IT'S IN A
I, I TRAVERSE, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
YOU GUYS GOTTA REALLY FOCUS IN ON GIVING INCENTIVES FOR THAT STREET TO BE REDEVELOPED.
ONCE THAT STREET SHOULD GET REDEVELOPED, IT'S GOING TO FILTER OFF TO COLLINS AND OCEAN DRIVE IN THE FLAMINGO PARK AREA.
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ONCE AGAIN EMERGE.AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, MITCH WAS REFERRING TO AN ITEM OF THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, OF WHICH I AM NO LONGER THE CHAIR, SO I AM NOT ABLE TO CONTROL WHEN THE ITEMS ARE CALLED IN THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, ALYSSA, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED ON ZOOM.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UM, RACHEL SIEGELS, UM, COMMENT ON THE SMALL DOG PARK.
AND JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OFF LEASH TIME ON THE GRASSY AREA ON EITHER SIDE OF SMITH AND MOLINSKY, NOT IN THE DOG PARK ITSELF.
AND, UM, UM, ANYWAY, WE'RE ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE EARLY, EARLY TIME IN THE MORNING TO BE ABLE TO BE OFF LEASH.
AND I JUST AM HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
HOPEFULLY I'LL GET OUT A 32ND COMPLIMENT.
UM, BUT I, SEVEN YEARS AGO I CAME UP HERE AND ENCOURAGED OUR CITY TO DEPLOY OUR LOCAL FITNESS AND, AND SPORTS INSTRUCTORS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
IT'S, UH, THE EVENTS ARE DOING SO WONDERFULLY AND WE'RE REBRANDING THIS CITY.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR NINE YEARS, SORRY, KEVIN KRUEGER.
UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR NINE YEARS AND IT'S SUCH AN INSPIRING CITY.
WE'RE THE FOUNTAIN OF THE YOUTH.
WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS BLUE ZONE.
UM, THE POLICE FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING, OF COURSE, AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
AND I THINK THE COMMUNITIES REALLY BONDED WELL WITH THEM AND JUST COMPLIMENTS TO THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND ALL THE, THE SUPER PRODUCERS DOING THESE WONDERFUL SPORTS AND AND FITNESS ACTIVATIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH, SUCH A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR, FOR OUR CITY AND A VISIONARY AS WELL.
YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED ON ZOOM.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE'RE GONNA RESET.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS JULIAN KERR AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ARTS COALITION.
WE WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
OVER THE PAST WEEKS, WE HAVE ORGANIZED AS A COMM, AS A COALITION, AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE LINCOLN ROAD BID.
AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME, UH, TO MEET WITH US.
EACH MEMBER ON THIS COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO MEET WITH US AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE ARE HERE TODAY AS PARTNERS COMMITTED IN HELPING STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE THE ART VENDOR PROGRAM.
OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE TO HELP MIAMI BEACH DEVELOP AN ART PROGRAM THAT REFLECTS THE QUALITY, STRUCTURE AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE EXPECTED OF A WORLD CLASS INTERNATIONAL ART CITY.
WHILE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR REFERRAL FROM THE COMMISSION, WE ASK THAT THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORT PLACING THE ART VENDOR PROGRAM ON A FUTURE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO COLLABORATE AND HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS OF THE ORDINANCE.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'M A BEACH RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I'M PART OF THE ARTIST, UM, COALITION.
AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.
I THANK EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED IN HELPING US.
'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HOST ART BASEL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, ARTS EVENTS IN THE WHOLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND OUR PROGRAM SHOULD REFLECT THE BEAUTY, THE PRESENCE OF THE ARTISTS HERE ON THE BEACH.
AND WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, IT WAS WITHOUT ANY ARTIST'S INPUT.
SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK EVERYONE TO CHANGE THIS ORDINANCE WHERE IT REFLECTS, UM, ARTISTS' INPUT, CONDITION INPUT, BECAUSE WE SEE A SIDE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T SEE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING IN THE TRENCHES.
SO I WANT THIS PROGRAM TO BE A VIABLE ARTIST PROGRAM FOR EVERYONE, FOR THE CITY THAT REFLECTS THE BEAUTY AND THE DIVERSE CULTURE OF OUR CITY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, AND I ASK THAT YOU, WE GUIDE EACH OTHER THAT IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND BENEFICIAL FOR US AND REFLECTS OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
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RECORD, UH, I BELIEVE OUR VICE MAYOR, MONICA MATTEL SALINAS HAD SPONSORED A REFERRAL, A COMMISSION, UM, I THINK IT'S STILL PENDING TO BE HEARD AT COMMISSION, SO THAT THEN THE ITEM CAN BE HEARD HERE AT, AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.I'M ALSO ONE OF THE ARTIST VENDORS THAT IS LEFT OUT BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, I LIVE OUT OF MIAMI BEACH, BUT EVEN THOUGH I LIVE OUTTA MIAMI BEACH, I'VE BEEN AN ARTIST VENDOR HERE FOR 10 YEARS, AND I HAVE MANAGED TO HELP A LOT OF OUR TOURISTS WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY ASK US QUESTIONS LIKE, WHERE'S THE TROLLEY? WHERE'S THE BUS? WHERE'S THE STORES? WHERE'S THE THE OCEAN DRIVE? ANYTHING THAT THEY COME UP AND ASK US.
EVEN THE BATHROOM,
AND I HAVE MANAGED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION, MAKING THE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY THAT THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE TO ANSWER A QUESTION WHEN THEY NEED IT.
EVEN IF WE ARE AS VENDORS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR STUFF AND MAKING OUR STUFF SOMETIMES ON SITE, WE STILL STOP WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TAKE OUT THE TIME TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE AND GIVE 'EM DIRECTION.
AND IT'S ALSO, THE PEOPLE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY SAY, THANK YOU.
YOU TOOK OUT THE TIME TO LET US KNOW AND GIVE US DIRECTION.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS PROGRAMS STAYS IN OUR CITY BECAUSE IT IS ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL HELP ALSO THE CITY ITSELF.
PEOPLE LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO SAY, UH, MA'AM, COULD YOU PLEASE DIRECT ME TO THE LINCOLN ROAD MALL? AND I SAID, IT'S TWO BLOCKS DOWN.
OR MA'AM, WHERE IS, UM, THE, THE, THE CITY HALL OR WHERE IS, UM, THE APPLE STORE? WHERE IS OCEAN DRIVE? ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN AROUND THIS CITY FOR SO LONG, BECAUSE OUR OUR SPOTS ARE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO PICK UP ALL THIS INFORMATION.
WE ABSORBED ALL THIS INFORMATION AND WE COULD PASS IT FORWARD.
WE DON'T ASK ANY MONEY FROM THE CITY TO DO THIS,
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE APPROACHING THE PODIUM IN PERSON AND NO ONE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO BE HEARD.
[ UPDATE ON TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE.]
[ MONTHLY UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF ONGOING AND FUTURE PROJECTS INVOLVING THE USE OF THE LEONARD HOROWITZ COLOR PALETTE FOR ART DECO BUILDING RESTORATION IN COLLABORATION WITH BARBARA HULANICKI.]
GOING TO MOVE ONTO OUR REPORTS AND UPDATES.I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE ADOPT, UH, THESE, UH, REPORTS AND UPDATES UNLESS COMMISSIONER, UM, DOMINGUEZ, UNLESS THERE'S AN UPDATE THAT YOU WANT TO SEPARATE FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, NUMBER TWO, I DO WANT TO HEAR THE VEHICLE NOISE, THE CAR NOISE? UM, NO, I MEAN, I MEAN THE, UH, ON THE REPORTS AND UPDATES ON THE AGENDA.
UM, OH, I WAS IN OLD BUSINESS.
UM, I MET WITH BARBARA, LEMME SEE.
I MET WITH BARBARA HOKE ON MONDAY AND I'M WORKING WITH, UH, FACILITIES AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN DEFER THAT, UH, FOR NEXT MONTH.
UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS AT THE TOPPING OFFICE IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND IT, IT REMAINS ON TRACK FOR COMPLETION ON LATE, LATE 2027.
I, I HATE TO HAVE HIM BE HERE.
WELL, I WANNA RUN AN EFFICIENT MEETING AND SO, AND SO IF WE ARE FINE WITH THE REPORTS, LET'S SEE.
PROVIDED BY SAP WE CAN SIMPLY MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT.
SO I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
SO WITH THAT WE'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE WILL, UH, WOULD YOU PREFER FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT REPORTS NUMBER ONE AND TWO? UM, IS THAT, IS THAT FINE? YES.
SO WE CAN SHOW THAT DONE BY ACCLAMATION.
AND WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO REPORT
[ MONTHLY UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE 5TH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THE MONDRIAN HOTEL/MIRADOR CONDOMINIUM BAYWALK PROJECTS]
NUMBER THREE.I'M MARIA SERNA, UH, WITH THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A, UM, A BRIEF, UH, RES TO TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH FP AND L ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
I'M THE DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR CIP.
UM, WE HAVE MET WITH, UH, FP AND L RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, AND ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK.
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ARE SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE THEIR TRACE.THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING A TRACER WIRE WITHIN THE FEEDER LINE TO HAVE A BETTER LOCATION, TO GET A BETTER, BETTER LOCATION OF THE, OF THE FEEDER LOCATION.
SO, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING THAT SOMETIME EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
THEY'RE GONNA BE PERFORMING THAT WORK AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THEIR FDOT PERMIT.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR DEWATERING PERMIT WITH DERM AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE GIVING US AN MLT PERMIT, UH, FOR, FOR POSSIBLE, UH, CLOSURES AT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY DO THE EXPLORATORY DIGGING AFTER THEY RECEIVE THEIR PERMIT.
SO THAT'S THEIR, SO THE FDLT PERMIT IS FOR THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ITSELF, OR IS THIS FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE WORK, THE, THE EXPLORATORY DIGGING THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW FOR WORK, FOR THE EXPLOR EXPLORATORY DIGGING? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD, THE FDLT PERMIT THAT WAS RECEIVED IS FOR THE EXPLORATORY DIGGING, NOT NE UH, BUT THE FDLT PERMIT FOR THE, FOR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS STILL ON THE REVIEW? THAT IS CORRECT.
JUST, JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, AND WE'RE WAITING ON DERM TO APPROVE THE DEWATERING PERMIT.
THE DEWATERING PERMIT? THAT IS CORRECT.
HAVE WE BEEN, BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ANYONE AT DURHAM AT THE COUNTY, UH, TO HAVE AN ESTIMATE AS TO HOW LONG, UH, THIS PROCESS COULD, COULD GO ON FOR IN THE REVIEW? AN ISSUANCE OF PERMIT FE AND L IS WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO PIGGYBACK ON THEIR, ON THEIR DUR PERMIT OR DEWATERING PERMIT THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO MODIFY THAT PERMIT WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
SO THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTRACT WITH THEM, HAVE THEY? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, WE DON'T.
WE WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT, BUT, UM, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO, UH, TO MODIFY THEIR PERMIT WITH DURHAM.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT FOR YOU.
SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS PERMIT REVIEW, BECAUSE THE CONCERN IS THAT AT TIMES WITH DERM MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, LIKE MOST REGULATORY AGENCIES, THESE REVIEWS CAN TAKE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW LONG THIS REVIEW COULD GO ON FOR? YOU HAVEN'T REVIEW AT THAT FPLS BEEN HANDLING THAT DIRECTLY WITH FLORIDA CIVIL, WHICH IS THE WATERING CONTRACTOR.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS 'CAUSE IT IS FP L'S PROCESS.
BUT I CAN GET, I CAN GET THAT, THAT RESPONSE TO YOU AND SEND IT TO YOU.
IT'S A MODIFICATION, SO IT'S NOT A FULL PERMIT, SO IT SHOULD BE LESS, BUT I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR DURHAM.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THAT GIVES ME THE UPDATE THAT I'M LOOKING FOR BECAUSE, UM, I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT FPL WAS, UH, COMING THROUGH.
'CAUSE INITIALLY THERE WAS PUSHBACK.
WE HAD A, YES, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE A MEETINGS WITH US, UH, WITH STAFF.
UH, WE HAD ONE LAST, UH, YESTERDAY, SO WE CONTINUED TO HAVE, UH, CONTINUE, UH, CONVERSATION WITH 'EM.
HAVE THEY, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THEIR SENIOR TEAM? UH, BECAUSE I, I KNOW WE HAD CONCERNS, UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOU KNOW, RAISED YOUR MM-HMM
CONCERNS, THAT COMMITTEE LAST MEETING, UM, ABOUT THE DELAYS.
UM, HAS, HAS FPL ASSIGNED ANYONE TO FOCUS ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT? YES, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR TRANSMISSION ENGINEER, UH, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF, OF, OF, OF, OF THIS ACTIVITY TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, TO FIND THE FEEDER LINES.
SO YES, THEY HAVE, UH, ASSIGNED A A SENIOR ENGINEER, A SENIOR ENGINEER TO THIS, TO THIS TASK.
I SEE YOU'RE APPROACHING THE PODIUM.
UM, NO, UH, JUST WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH FP AND L AND, AND THEY, THEY ADVISED THIS PLAN FOR AN EXPLORATION.
UM, BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT THAT EXPLORATION IS ABOUT 150 FEET AWAY FROM THE PLACE WHERE THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE TO GO IN.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION AS TO THEIR, WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE LINE OR MULTIPLE LINES, UM, BUT, BUT AT, THEY'RE GONNA EXCAVATE AT A DEPTH OF MAYBE 20 FEET AND IT'S 150 FEET AWAY.
SO WE, IT'S STILL NOT GONNA BE COMPLETELY CLEAR WHERE THE LINES ARE AT, AT THE PLACE WHERE THE FOUNDATIONS NEED TO BE BUILT.
WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL, WE'LL SET THE REPORT AND WE'LL HEAR THESE THREE REPORTS AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
[1. DISCUSS DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT AN ANNUAL FLAT FEE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT FOR ON-STREET PARKING AND LOT PARKING IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.]
ITEM NUMBER ONE.ITEM NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSS DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT AN ANNUAL FLAT FEE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT FOR ON STREET PARKING AND NOT PARKING IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UH, THIS IS AN ITEM I PLACED ON THE AGENDA, UH, TO, TO PROPOSE AN INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR AN ANNUAL FLAT FEE, UH, RESIDENT PARKING PROGRAM FROM, FOR ON
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STREET AND LOT PARKING AND NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.UH, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PROGRAM THAT I WANT TO PROPOSE FOR, FOR, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I KNOW THAT OVER TIME, PERHAPS THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION OR SOME MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE INTENT OF, OF THE PROGRAM AND THE FRAMEWORK.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, PJ IF YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION, UM, ABOUT, ON, ON THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THIS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SIMPLE IDEA TO IMPROVE THE, THE EXPERIENCE THAT EVERY MIAMI BEACH, UH, RESIDENT, UH, HAS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR, THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES, THEIR ERRANDS, TAKING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE COFFEE SHOP, GETTING THEIR HAIR DONE.
UH, IT'S ABOUT MAKING EVERYDAY LIFE IN MIAMI BEACH.
A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UH, FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN A WAY THAT IS THOUGHTFUL AND BALANCED AND, UH, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
UH, PJ WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, IN MOST CASES, UH, RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY FIND PARKING, UM, PRETTY EASILY.
THAT'S NOT THE, UH, PRIMARY ISSUE.
THE ISSUE IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER OUR RESIDENTS FIND PARKING.
AND TODAY, UH, USING THAT SPACE, THAT PUBLIC PARKING SPACE REQUIRES OUR RESIDENTS TO OPEN AN APP TO, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT TO CREATE THE ACCOUNTS.
UH, THEY HAVE AN ACCOUNT TO LOG INTO THE ACCOUNT TO REMEMBER THEIR PASSWORD, TO START THE SESSION, TO PUT IN THEIR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AND TO MANAGE THAT PARKING SESSION.
AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR NAILS DONE AND THEIR NAILS ARE WET.
AND THEN THERE YOU SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE IT OUT HOW TO EXTEND.
OR SOMETIMES MY BEST, MY BEST EXAMPLE, I'M GONNA ROAST ON MY AID CAR, SAY, HI, KARA
UH, AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUT YOUR PHONE.
UH, THAT'S YOU TWO STEPHANIE
UH, SO THIS MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT IT ADDS INCONVENIENCE TO THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF, OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PJ.
UM, AND THAT INCONVENIENCE, YOU KNOW, SHOWS UP IN REAL WAYS.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CARRYING THEIR GROCERY, THEY'RE MANAGING THEIR KIDS, UH, THEY'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE RAIN, UH, AND THEY'RE STILL NEEDING TO STOP AND PULL OUT THEIR PHONE AND INTERACT WITH THE PARKING SESSIONS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INTUITIVE.
UM, AND, UM, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SEAMLESS.
IT IS NOT HOW RESIDENTS, HOW IT'S NOT THE BEST EXPERIENCE THAT WE COULD GIVE RESIDENTS.
IT WORKS IN A LOT OF PLACES, BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE LEADING IN MAKING OUR CITY AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES MORE CONVENIENT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS OF OUR CITY WHO WE SERVE.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T STOP ONCE, ONCE YOU'VE PARKED, RESIDENTS ARE CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THE CLOCK ON THEIR APP, NEEDING TO CHECK THEIR PHONES, EXTENDING, UH, THE PARKING SESSION OR INTERRUPT WHETHER THEY'RE DOING, WHETHER IT'S A COFFEE MEETING OR WHETHER IT'S GETTING A HAIRCUT OR WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IS, YOU KNOW, DOING AN ACTIVITY WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR KIDS.
UM, IT'S, THEY'RE RUSHING TO AVOID GETTING A TICKET.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE SYSTEM ISN'T NECESSARILY SERVING THE RESIDENTS.
UM, THE SYSTEM IS SERVING THE SYSTEM, AND, AND THE RESIDENTS ARE SERVING THE SYSTEM AT THAT POINT WHERE RESIDENTS NEED TO INTERRUPT WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS TO STAY ON TOP OF, OF AN APP.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND HERE ARE MY EVERYDAY MOMENTS THAT I'M USING AS, AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND THEN, AND IN EACH ONE OF THEM, WE'RE ASKING RESIDENTS TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG, BUT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM, UH, THE BUREAUCRACY REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE CONSTANT MANAGEMENT.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE THE MOM, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR KIDS AND A BUNCH OF BAGS, UH, TRYING TO GET THROUGH YOUR DAILY LIFE, OR WHETHER YOU'RE JUST SOME GUY DOING YOGA ON THE BEACH, AND NOW YOU NEED TO INTERRUPT YOUR ZEN, UH, TO OPEN UP YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR PHONE AND EXTEND YOUR PARKING SESSION.
OR WHETHER YOU'RE SOMEONE GETTING YOUR NAILS DONE IN, IN A, IN A SALON AND YOUR NAILS ARE WET AND YOU'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, FUMBLE AROUND WITH YOUR PHONE AND TAP THE SCREEN WITH YOUR WET NAILS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, FIX.
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IS THAT THESE ARE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES, AND THEY SHOULD BE SIMPLE, THEY SHOULD BE INTUITIVE.AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, RESIDENTS, UH, ARE NOT ASKING FOR MORE PARKING SPACES.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR BETTER EXPERIENCE USING, UH, THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THAT MEANS LESS FRICTION, MORE CONVENIENCE, LESS PARKING TICKETS, LESS TOWS.
THAT IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, MY PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE AN OPTIONAL $150 ANNUAL RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT.
RESIDENTS CAN PARK FOR UP TO TWO HOURS IN PUBLIC PARKING SPACES WITHOUT NEEDING TO OPEN UP AN APP, WITHOUT NEEDING TO START A SESSION, WITHOUT NEEDING TO MANAGE THEIR TIME.
THEY SIMPLY PULL UP, THEY PARK AND THEY GO, THIS IS ABOUT RESTORING THE SIMPLICITY TO SOMETHING RESIDENTS USE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THE SAME WAY WE GIVE THE SAME PRIVILEGE WE GIVE US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE JUST, WE HAVE A PARKING DECAL THAT WE CAN JUST PULL UP INTO ANY PARKING SPACE AND WE CAN PARK AND GO, AND THE SAME, UH, THE SAME PRIVILEGE WE GIVE TO BUREAUCRATS, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY CAN JUST PARK AND GO EXTENDING THAT SAME CONVENIENCE TO THE RESIDENTS WHO WE SERVE.
BUT HAVING THEM PAY THE, THE ANNUAL RESIDENT PERMIT, UH, FEE AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF THE YEAR.
AND SO, I'M SORRY THERE WAS A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, AND YEAH, PLEASE MA'AM, WE THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS A TARGETED AND A CONTROLLED PILOT.
IT APPLIES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
IT MAY, IT, IT, IT WOULD APPLY FOR TWO HOURS SO THAT WE MAINTAIN, UH, TURNOVER.
IT OPERATES, UH, IT WOULD OPERATE CITYWIDE DURING, DURING A PILOT PERIOD, INCLUDING DURING HIGH DEMAND PERIODS.
AND IN OTHER WORDS, UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY CHANGING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF A SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PROVIDING FOR A TURNOVER.
UM, WHILE WE IMPROVE HOW RESIDENTS INTERACT WITH THE SYSTEM, WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO NOW THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FINANCES OF OUR CITY.
SO THIS MUST BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.
AND TODAY OUR PARKING SYSTEM GENERATES APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION ANNUALLY.
UH, THOSE $20 MILLION ANNUALLY THAT OUR PARKING ENTERPRISE GENERATES, MORE THAN 90% OF THAT REVENUE COMES FROM NON-RESIDENTS.
90% OF IT COMES FROM NON-RESIDENTS, FROM VISITORS, WHILE RESIDENTS, UH, DESPITE REPRESENTING ABOUT 20% OF THE TRANSACTIONS, GENERATE ONLY ABOUT SIX TO 7% OF THE REVENUE.
AND WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT RESIDENTS ARE FREQUENT USERS OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, BUT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE PRIMARY REVENUE DRIVERS OF OUR PARKING SYSTEM.
SO THE SYSTEM, OUR PARKING SYSTEM, IS OVERWHELMINGLY FUNDED BY VISITOR DEMAND, BY THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR CITY TO SPEND MONEY IN, IN OUR CITY.
AND SO IT MAKES SENSE, IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE VISITORS WHO COME TO SPEND MONEY IN OUR CITY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE PRIMARY REVENUE DRIVERS OF OUR, UM, OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ADJUSTMENTS WHERE REVENUES ARE GENERATED WHILE PROTECTING THE OVERALL STABILITY OF THE SYSTEM AND IMPROVING THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, APPROXIMATELY 18 TO $19 MILLION OF OUR PARKING REVENUE IS GENERATED BY NON-RESIDENTS.
AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS LOOKING AT A POSSIBILITY OF DOING A MODEST ADJUSTMENTS FOR NON-RESIDENTS, FOR THE VISITORS WHO ARE COMING TO OUR CITY TO SPEND MONEY ADJUSTING IT FROM FOUR TO $5 DOLLARS, REPRESENTING A 25% ADJUSTMENT APPLIED TO THE PRIMARY REVENUE BASE.
AND EVEN AFTER ACCOUNTING, YOU KNOW, FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGES.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PJ, UM, IT EVEN AFTER ACCOUNTING, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, FOR BEHAVIORAL
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CHANGES, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF THE PARKING RATE, THEY STAY SLIGHTLY SHORTER OR THERE'S A DROP IN DEMAND, UH, WE COULD CONSERVATIVELY EXPECT ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO TO $3 MILLION ANNUALLY WITH THIS SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT IN THE NON-RESIDENT, UH, PARKING RATE.UNDER MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD MAYBE EXPECT, UH, NUMBERS COULD APPROACH UP TO $4 MILLION.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THESE MORE CONSERVATIVE SCENARIOS, THE SYSTEM REMAINS FINANCIALLY STABLE AND WOULD ACTUALLY GENERATE MONEY, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE ANNUAL PERMIT WOULD CREATE A PREDICTABLE AND A STABLE CONTRIBUTION FOR RESIDENTS.
RESIDENTS WHO WOULD PAY THIS, THIS, UH, ANNUAL FEE REPLACING WHAT'S A FRAGMENTED PER USE TRANSACTION FEE TO AN ANNUAL STABLE FEE THAT RESIDENTS COULD PAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M PROPOSING HERE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT IS REDUCING REVENUE.
IT'S ACTUALLY IMPROVING HOW REVENUE IS GENERATED IN A WAY THAT IS MORE RATIONAL, MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS, IS MORE BALANCED AND MORE ALIGNED WITH HOW RESIDENTS ACTUALLY USE THE SYSTEM.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE, UH, VALIDATED THROUGH A PILOT PROGRAM BEFORE WE MAKE IT INTO A PERMANENT PROGRAM.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY RAISING THE RATES, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR NON-RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT STEPPING OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE MARKET HERE.
WHEN WE SEE OUR NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH MUNICIPALITY, LIKE SURFSIDE, SURFSIDE IS ALREADY CHARGING $5 AN HOUR FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
SO, SO THIS IS NOT AN OUTLIER, IS AN ALIGNMENT, UH, WITH, WITH ALREADY A PRACTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBOR ON THE BARRIER ISLAND DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH IS ALREADY DOING.
SO WE'RE SIMPLY APPLYING THAT REALITY IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS WHO WE SERVE AND WHO HAVE PLACED THEIR TRUST IN US.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PJ.
SO THIS CREATES, I BELIEVE, A MORE BALANCED SYSTEM WHERE VISITORS, UM, CONTINUE TO, UM, HELP MANAGE DEMAND THROUGH PRICING, UH, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE IN A HIGH DES HIGH DESTINATION, HIGH DEMAND DESTIN DESTINATION LIKE OURS.
UH, HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, UH, RESIDENTS GET SIMPLICITY AND PREDICTABILITY AND CONVENIENCE.
AND THE CITY, THE CITY, WHY IS THIS GOOD FOR THE CITY? WELL, THE CITY AND THE ENTERPRISE FUND, THE PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND MAINTAINS BOTH REVENUES AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
IT'S A BETTER ALIGNMENT OF WHO USES THE, THE SYSTEM AND HOW THE SYSTEM IS ULTIMATELY FUNDED.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE LAST SLIDE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WE'RE NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
WE'RE NOT CREATING FREE PARKING, BUT WE ARE IMPROVING A SYSTEM THAT RESIDENTS INTERACT WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, WE'RE MAKING GOVERNMENTS WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER, A LITTLE BIT SMARTER, A LITTLE BIT MORE HUMAN, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
IT'S SIMPLER, IT'S FAIR, AND IT'S FINANCIALLY, I BELIEVE, RESPONSIBLE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TO REFINE THIS AS, UH, AS HOPEFULLY WE IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROGRAM AND DELIVER SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, AND WITH THAT, UM, I WANT TO, UH, THANK THE PARKING DIRECTOR FOR, FOR ENTERTAINING THIS IDEA, AND I PASS IT TO YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
UH, WILL MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PARKING CITY OF MINE, VE UH, COMMISSIONER, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU'VE SHOWN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.
UM, I, I, I WILL SAY I'M GLAD THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND, AND I, AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES I'M, I, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UH, MANAGING THE CURB AND MANAGING DEMAND THROUGH PRICING.
UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS VERY WELL, UH, I'LL SAY CONSIDERED WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY REALM.
UM, BEING A RESIDENT MYSELF, UM, I THINK THAT MIAMI BEACH GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR RESIDENTS, AND I WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO, TO STRIVE AND ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE SOFT SPOT FOR LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM, UM, AS A, AS A WHOLE.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PILOT THIS.
UM, I, I KNOW THERE'S THAT SAYING THAT SOMETIMES PILOTS NEVER GO AWAY, BUT, UM,
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WHAT I CAN, UM, COMMIT, WE, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP IT ON THE STREETS.UM, UH, WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS LATER.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, WE WOULD NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RAMP THIS UP TO BETTER OUT, UH, UH, COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OR THE COMMISSION TO LAY OUT HOW WE WOULD RUN THE PROGRAM.
THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME OPERATIONAL DETAILS, SOME TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SOLVE BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, UM, BUT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND MAINTAINING, UH, AN A PLUS CREDIT RATING BECAUSE SHOULD THE CITY DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY BONDS FOR NEW PARKING GARAGES, IT WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD THOSE PARKING GARAGES IN A MUCH MORE FINANCIALLY EFFICIENT MANNER.
IF, IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, A, AGAIN, MY PRIORITY, AND I THINK THE PRIORITY OF ALL OF US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IS OF COURSE THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR, OF OUR RESIDENTS.
OF COURSE, THE FINANCIAL, UH, WELLBEING OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND IS CLEARLY VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT IF WE WERE TO CREATE THIS, THIS PILOT PROGRAM, CREATE, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, ANNUAL PARK AND GO RESIDENT PASS WHERE THEY CAN JUST PAY ONCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND PARK AT THEIR CONVENIENCE FOR UP TO TWO HOURS AT, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, LEGAL, NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, PAY FOR PARKING SPACES, UM, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE THE NON-RESIDENT PARKING RATE FROM $4 TO $5, WILL, WHAT WILL, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT OF THAT TO THE SYSTEM? SO THERE'LL BE, SO OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD, IT WOULD RAISE REVENUE, BUT, UM, I I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I LEFT THE PRIVATE SIDE TO COME TO GOVERNMENT IS BECAUSE I AM NOT PURELY REVENUE FOCUSED.
AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS WOULD BE, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT PREVIOUSLY WOULD SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO GO PARK ON THE CURB, UH, WOULD CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND GO INTO A GARAGE.
UH, BECAUSE THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS US WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DURING TRULY HIGH IMPACT TIMES ON THE DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
IT'S NOT REALLY THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
PEOPLE ARE STILL PROBABLY GONNA CHOOSE THE CURB, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE COMING TO MIAMI BEACH, PARKING FOR THREE HOURS, $3 IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT HABIT.
UH, BUT DURING HIGH DEMAND PERIODS, UM, WE HOPE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION FROM CIRCLING FOR THOSE NON-RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THEREFORE, IF THEY SAY, HEY, I CAN GO TO THIS GARAGE FOR, I'M GONNA BE AT MY BEACH FOR SIX HOURS FOR AN EVENT RATE OF 16 OR $20, UM, VERSUS 30, YOU KNOW, $40 AT A HIGHER EVENT RATE, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
SO THERE'LL BE THE DOUBLE BENEFIT OF, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY, I'LL PAY THE CURB NO MATTER WHAT, AND THERE'LL BE OTHER PEOPLE THAT CHANGE HABITS BECAUSE OF PRICING.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE HAVING TO DO TODAY.
UM, AND THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND CHOOSE TO MOVE TO OFF STREET FACILITIES, WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
AND, AND ONE OF THE ENLIGHTENING THINGS FOR ME, WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE REVENUES WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ON STREET PARKING REVENUES, UH, THOSE $20 MILLION ONLY, YOU KNOW, SIX TO 7% OF IT IS, IS, IS RESIDENT GENERATED.
AND, UH, AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN $2 MILLION IS RESIDENT GENERATED.
AND SO IF WE, IF WE LOOK AT THE OTHER 18%, THE OTHER, YEAH, THE OTHER, UM, 18 MILLION, I'M SORRY.
AND, YOU KNOW, RAISE THAT BY, BY, BY A QUARTER, YOU KNOW, FROM $4 TO $5, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GENERATE, UH, $4 MILLION POTENTIALLY IN A VERY CONSERVATIVE WAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING MORE MONEY THAN WHAT THE RESIDENT PORTION OF, OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS CONTRIBUTES, WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE IS GOOD FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE HEALTH AND THE RATING OF THE SYSTEM.
AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, REALLY FOCUS ON WHEN I, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL BEEN LESS THAN A YEAR, WHICH I CANNOT BELIEVE
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUTTING IT, YOU GOTTA MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND, UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE NEW SYSTEM THAT JUST WENT IN THAT WE'RE STILL KIND OF, UH, TWEAKING, YOU STILL GOTTA PUT A FEW MORE CAMERAS IN CERTAIN PLACES.
THE GARAGES WAS KIND OF THE FIRST SHOE TO DROP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE ABSOLUTE, THE, THE WRAP THAT CAME OUT ON GARAGE SEVEN.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IN OUR SYSTEM WHERE, UM, WE, WE DON'T MAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL USE OUR OWN CITY HALL GARAGE.
UH, THAT GARAGE DOES NOT EXIST TO BE A REVENUE MAKER.
UM, THAT GARAGE EXISTS TO SERVE, UH, THE EMPLOYEES THAT COME TO WORK AT CITY HALL AND THE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT COME TO DO BUSINESS AND MEET WITH THEIR ELECTEDS OR MEET WITH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS, ET CETERA.
UM, SO WE UTILIZE MONEY, WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, MONEY THAT'S MADE HERE AND PUT IT OVER HERE TO SUBSIDIZE THOSE OPERATIONS.
AND SO MY GOAL IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, DURING MY ENTIRE CAREER HERE, IS TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE SYSTEM,
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CONTINUALLY TO HAVE WELL PAINTED CURBS.WE CLEAN GARAGES, WELL PAINTED GARAGES.
UM, AND SO THAT REVENUE WILL ALWAYS BE HELPFUL TO ENSURE THAT WHEN, UM, I'LL NEVER LOSE THE SITE, THAT PARKING IS THE FIRST AND LAST IMPRESSION THAT SOMEBODY GETS WHEN THEY VISIT, WHETHER IT BE A RESTAURANT, A HOTEL, ET CETERA.
AND HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T A LONG CAREER IN THE CITY.
'CAUSE YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO, YES, I DO.
UM, SO THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT INITIATIVE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, I THINK THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
IT'S LESS THAN $3 A WEEK IF YOU WERE TO, UM, LOOK AT THAT AND IT'S A GREAT CONVENIENCE.
AND IF, SORRY, THIS WAS A LONG PRESENTATION, SO IF YOU ALREADY SAID IT, MY APOLOGIES.
UM, THIS WOULD APPLY TO METERS ONLY OR TO THE CITY LOTS IN THE GARAGES AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO GARAGES.
'CAUSE THAT IS A DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME CONVERSATION THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE HAD REGARDING LOTS AND METERS, AND WE CAN HAVE THAT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER LOTS, UH, AS WELL IF DURING, THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM IS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, AND I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
YEAH, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER ON STREET PARKING AND LOTS, CLEARLY NOT INCLUDE THE GARAGES.
WHAT I WOULD DO IS THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY PAY THAT $70 A MONTH FEE IN THE GARAGES, ALLOW THEM.
'CAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT, WHAT, A HUNDRED RESIDENTS THAT USE THE GARAGE AND THAT JUST UNDER 180, JUST UNDER A HUNDRED.
SO WE HAVE JUST UNDER A HUNDRED RESIDENTS THAT ALREADY PAY $70 A MONTH TO PARK IN THE GARAGE, EXTEND TO THEM THE COURTESY OF BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D BE A FAN OF RAISING THE PRICE OF, UH, THE PARKING TO $5, IF, IS THAT ONLY FOR METERS OR IS THAT FOR METERS? LOTS AND GARAGES? NO, SO THAT WOULD ONLY BE FOR METERS.
OUR LOTS AND GARAGES ARE STILL AT $2.
SO THEN WE CAN STILL, THE REASON WHY I, UM, CRINGE A LITTLE WITH THAT IS, UM, WHILE GROWING UP PEOPLE LOVED COMING TO THE BEACH AND SOME OF OUR, UH, CLOSEST CUSTOMERS ARE JUST OVER THE BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY AND THEY'VE STOPPED COMING HERE THE LAST 10 YEARS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO DIFFICULT, SO EXPENSIVE.
I WOULD LIKE COMPARISON OF NOT JUST SURFSIDE, UH, BUT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES I QUICKLY GOOGLED.
UM, CORAL GABLES AND THEIR CITY LOTS ARE $4.
THEIR GARAGES ARE THREE 50 AND THEIR STREET PARKING'S THREE 50.
SO THAT'S A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM HERE.
WHILE SURFSIDE IS SIMILAR TO US IN THAT THEY'RE A BARRIER ISLAND AS WELL, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT FROM US, UM, HOTELS WHO VISITS THEM AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I, I'D LOVE MORE EXAMPLES OF OF THINGS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE RATE INCREASE WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE METERS.
SO THAT IF SOMEBODY'S COMING FROM, UH, ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY, THEY STILL CAN GET A REASONABLE RATE AT $4 PER HOUR IN A LOT OR A CITY GARAGE.
AND I, AND I WANT TO, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I, UH, IN GENERAL IN ITS BEST PRACTICES IN IN PARKING TO HAVE YOUR ON STREET BE, I'LL SAY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, I'M NOT TALKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETHING INSANE DURING NORMAL TIMES.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LOTS AND GARAGES ARE ONLY $2 AN HOUR.
SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO LOTS AND GARAGES AND ON STREET AT $4 AN HOUR, NO ONE WOULD EVER CHOOSE A GARAGE OR A PARKING LOT.
SO HAVING FOR THE, FOR NOT ONLY THE HEALTH OF THE SYSTEM, BUT HAVING THAT PRICE DISPARITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OFF STREET AND ON STREET PARKING IS CRITICAL, UM, TO NOT ONLY THE HEALTH OF THE FUND, BUT ALSO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
BECAUSE THE MINUTE THAT ON STREET BECOMES AS CONVENIENT OR AS CHEAP AS OFF STREET, UM, YOU NOW CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE I WILL CIRCLE 18 TIMES TO FIND THAT ONE WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO WALK TWO BLOCKS.
AND I THINK TO THAT POINT, UH, AND YOU'VE RAISED VERY GOOD POINTS, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UM, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY WELL RECEIVED.
UM, TO THE POINT THAT IF WE CONSIDER A NON NON-RESIDENTS ON THE VISITORS TO RAISING ONLY, UH, THE ON STREET PARKING RATE AND KEEPING THE GARAGES THE SAME, IT DRIVES NOW THE VISITORS TO USE THE MORE AFFORDABLE, THE LESS EXPENSIVE PARKING, WHICH IS THE GARAGES WHILE KEEPING THE ON STREET PARKING AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RUN INTO THE COFFEE SHOP WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO RUN INTO THE BARBER SHOP, WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO RUN INTO FRESH MARKET OR WHEREVER ELSE, YOU KNOW, IT DRIVES, IT DRIVES THE, THE, UH, THE, THE OTHER CONSUMERS INTO THE GARAGE, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MORE, THE LESS EXPENSIVE PARKING IS AT.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY KEEPING THE CURB MORE AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES.
AND HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT? SOMEBODY STAYS THERE
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FOR TWO HOURS AT A METER? UH, SO THAT DEPENDS.SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN LOTS WE ARE STARTING TO DEPLOY CAMERA SYSTEMS. RIGHT BEFORE I ARRIVED, THE COMMISSION HAD, UH, UH, STARTED A PILOT WITH PAVE MOBILITY TO PLACE CAMERAS AT THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS OF EVERY SINGLE LOT.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY MEASURE THE MINUTE SOMEBODY ENTERS, THE MINUTE THAT SOMEBODY LEAVES, UM, PARKING IS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR NOT ONLY AN EXTENSION OF THAT PILOT, BUT ALSO AN EXPANSION.
UH, BECAUSE, UM, IT, IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO TAKE THOSE PES PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALISTS OUT OF JUST CHECKING PLATES INSIDE OF A RANDOM LOT AND GOING OUT AND SOLVING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
IE THE DELIVERY CHALLENGES THAT ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE IN MIAMI BEACH.
UM, UNTIL WE GET ALL OF DELIVERY COMPANIES ON BOARD, UH, IT ALLOWS US TO, TO REDEPLOY THOSE ASSETS FOR MORE QUALITY OF LIFE RATHER THAN JUST DID YOU PAY AT A RANDOM PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, ON THE BEACH OR IN THIS ZONE OR IN THAT ZONE.
SO A PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST WILL MONITOR IF SOMEBODY'S HAD A SPOT FOR TWO HOURS? CORRECT.
SO, UM, ON STREET, UM, SO WE ARE, I AM ADVOCATING, WHICH I'LL BE BRINGING VERY SOON AS WELL, UM, FOR THE EXPANSION OF LICENSE MOUNTED, VEHICLE MOUNTED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION.
RIGHT NOW THE CITY ONLY HAS, UH, THREE VEHICLES THAT ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL.
UM, AND MY, MY ANTICIPATION IS WE NEED 15.
UM, AND SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, ONE, IT'S WIDELY USED THAT'S BEEN WIDELY USED AT EVERY STOP THAT I'VE HAD IN MY CAREER.
AND IT'LL ALLOW, UM, OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST TO SIMPLY, FOR EXAMPLE, DRIVE DOWN COLLINS AND THEY WILL BE SCANNING EVERY SINGLE PLATE.
THE TECHNOLOGY, IF IT, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PARTICULAR PERMIT IS, HEY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S A, UH, TWO HOUR RESIDENT, IT WILL WHAT WE CALL, UH, TIME GRAB IT, IT WILL TIME MARK IT, UM, IN THAT ZONE.
AND, UH, THEN WE WILL KNOW IF, FOR EXAMPLE, ANOTHER PES DRIVES BY TWO AND A HALF HOURS FROM NOW, THE VEHICLE'S STILL THERE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE SITUATION DEPENDING ON HOW
UM, GREAT JOB, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM.
LET ME KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT AND SO AND SO, AND LET ME ASK YOU, WE ALSO HAVE CERTAIN AREAS IN OUR CITY WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW LIKE FLAMINGO DRIVE, FLAMINGO DRIVE, I KNOW WE HAVE IN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA A LIMIT OF, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO HOURS, UH, PARKING.
SO WE ARE ALREADY, UH, ENFORCING TWO HOUR PARKING THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR CITY, CORRECT.
UH, ESSENTIALLY ALL OF SOUTH OF FIFTH, UM, IS A TWO HOUR UNPAID, UM, NON-RESIDENT LIMIT.
UM, AND SO THAT TIME MARKING ABSOLUTELY DOES TAKE PLACE AND, AND WE'RE ENFORCING THAT.
I WOULD IMAGINE WE ARE, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU IF ANY VEHICLE SITS THERE FOR VERY LONG, UM, OUR PARKING DISPATCH WILL GET A CALL FROM A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS OWNER.
SO, SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, UH, TO SEND THIS BACK TO, TO COMMITTEE WITH A 12 MONTH, UH, PILOT PROGRAM, UH, COMMENCING AT THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TIME TO, TO TO, TO WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO LET'S SAY, UM, A, UM, A PILOT PROGRAM THAT COMMENCES OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR, THAT WOULD CONCLUDE, UH, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AND UNDER THE PILOT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS WILL BE PERMITTED TO PARK, UH, FOR UP TO TWO HOURS ON STREET AND ON LOTS, UM, IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
UM, AND TO HAVE A REVIEW AND AN EVALUATION OF THE DATA COLLECTED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROGRAM HERE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT CHANGES WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE, UH, TO, TO THE PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, SENDING IT BACK TO COMMISSION, I WOULD PROPOSE $150, UH, ANNUAL FEE BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO IS TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AND CONSIDER, UM, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY THE LESS THAN 100 RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY PAYING THE $70 FOR PARKING IN, IN THE GARAGE TO INCLUDE THEM, UM, AS PART OF, OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.
I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU WILL, IF YOU WANNA ADD, YOU KNOW, A FEED SO THAT IF THEY CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW, JOIN THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DETERMINE THAT.
UH, SO IF, IF THAT'S, UH, GOOD WITH YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU'D BE WILLING, I'LL MOVE IT.
ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW YOU HAD A COMMENT.
COMMENTS ARE MADE FROM THE PODIUM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHILE SHE'S WALKING UP, THE MOTION WAS FOR SPACES AND LOTS, BUT NOT GARAGES.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
IS THAT INCLUSIVE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR RESIDENTIAL PARKING ALREADY
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OR IS THAT A SEPARATE SEPARATE? SO, SO THERE ARE ZONES IN THE CITY, UH, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE RESIDENTS PARK FOR THEIR ZONES, AND THIS WOULD BE SEPARATE.THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
THESE ARE, UH, FOR, FOR THE COMMERCIAL AREAS OF OUR CITY WHERE YOU HAVE ON STREET, UH, PAY BY PHONE PARKING.
ONE OF, ONE OF THE CLARIFICATIONS, IF I COULD, UH, FIRST, UM, I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO DURING THE SPRING BREAK, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME AMAZING DATA TO SHOW HOW, UM, OUR WHOLE GOAL FOR THE ON STREET PRICING, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE HIGH DEMAND PERIOD DURING SPRING BREAK, WAS TO TRY TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE VISITING INTO OUR GARAGES, WHICH OUR GARAGES WERE THE MOST ECONOMICAL PARKING, UM, THAT COULD BE FOUND DURING THOSE HIGH IMPACT DAYS AND SPRING BREAK.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT WE HAD LESS TRANSACTIONS ON THE CURB COMPARED TO 2023.
SO WE COULD MAINTAIN THOSE CURB SPACE FOR RESIDENTS WHO STILL PAY THE DOLLAR AN HOUR, AS WELL AS, UM, ANY INDIVIDUALS WITH PLACARDS.
UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES, UH, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU HAVE A SPACE IN A GARAGE, UM, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT CONVENIENT.
SO I'M ABSOLUTELY EXCITED TO, UH, SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT STUDY, AND I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PILOT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO COMMENCE THE INCREASE AT THE SAME TIME? UH, YEAH.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL.
UH, LET'S WORK ON THE ITEMS. YES.
SO THAT, SO THAT WHEN IT GOES TO COMMISSION, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, I SEEN HIM WHEN HE FIRST STARTED
AND I USED TO TELL PEOPLE, HIT THAT PARKING LOT, IT'S CHEAPER AND YOU'RE BETTER, BETTER OFF.
SO THEY, THEY STARTED TO GET INTO THAT IDEA.
YEAH, LET ME GO TO THE PARKING LOT
YOU KNOW, SO IT IS, IT DOES HELP.
AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF, MAYBE A PICTURE APP OR SOMETHING THAT WHEN PEOPLE VISIT HERE, THEY COULD KNOW WHERE THE PARKING LOTS ARE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW.
SO THERE WAS A MOTION, A SECOND, SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND SEEING NONE ON ZOOM WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED.
UH, WE'LL SEND THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU WILL, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COLLABORATION ON THIS.
UM, AND WE, WE, WE LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER ON THESE THINGS OVER TIME.
UH, AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
[6. DISCUSSION OF FEASIBILITY OF A LONG-TERM LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH UNTITLED ART FAIR]
UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.I'M GOING TO, I LIKE USUALLY TO FOLLOW THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA, BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD TO LEAVE, UH, AND, UH, IF WE COULD INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A DISCUSSION OF FEASIBILITY OF A LONG-TERM LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNTITLED ART FAIR.
THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
SO UNTITLED HAS, UM, BEEN AN ART FAIR IN OUR CITY FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS.
UM, THEY DO SET UP ON THE BEACH.
THEY ARE, HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH US.
THE CITY HAS BEEN HESITANT BECAUSE THERE IS NO, UM, LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON A BEACH PROPERTY, AND THEY WORRY ABOUT OTHER FOLKS WANTING THE SAME THING.
BUT MY ARGUMENT HERE IS THAT THEY'RE NOT A NEW ENTITY.
THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND THEY'VE BEEN, UH, A GREAT PARTNER AND, UM, THE CITY GETS A LOT OUT OF IT, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND, UM, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE AREA.
AND THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO TALK ABOUT UNTITLED.
THIS IS, FOR ME, IT'S A NO-BRAINER.
IF YOU WANNA MOVE THE ITEM, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT.
I'LL MOVE THE ITEM FOR A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT.
ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO COMMENT ON THE ITEM? HI, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UH, FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION.
UH, I'M ROBIN ROSENBAUM, UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF INFORMA AND HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE CHRISTOPHER PINELLAS.
WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS HERE AS WELL THAT ARE HERE IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE JEFF LAWSON, WHO IS ALSO THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE ENTITLED ART FAIR AND BOB GOODMAN REPRESENTING ART BASEL,
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UM, HERE TO SUPPORT AND TALK ABOUT THE, THE FAIR'S CONTRIBUTION.SO, UM, THINK YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YEAH, WE, WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR SUPPORTING THIS GREAT FAIR IN THE LONG TERM, UH, THE LONG TERM, UH, FUTURE ON THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
I KNOW WE ALWAYS SAY WE WANT TO BE SELECTIVE ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT WE SUPPORT AND ALL THAT.
I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING SELECTIVE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT NOT ONLY, UH, IT, IT'S GREAT CULTURALLY, BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE AMOUNT OF, OF, UM, OF INVESTMENT GENERATED FOR THE CITY, THE ANNUAL HOTEL ROOM STAYS, UH, AND THE JOBS CREATED DURING OUR WEEK IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND SO WHEN WE SAY BEING SELECTIVE, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, RIGHT? WHEN WE SAY THAT WE WANNA BE A SELECTIVE CITY.
SO I THINK WE CAN SHOW THIS ADOPTED BY ACCLIMATION.
THERE'S NO OTHER MEMBERS HERE TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
[2. MONTHLY UPDATES ON EFFICACY OF ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO EXCESSIVE VEHICULAR NOISE.]
[3. DISCUSS OPTIONS TO ENHANCE ENFORCEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES SUCH AS EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM THE UTILIZATION OF OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT AND THE SMOKING BAN ON THE BEACHES.]
[4. DISCUSS A POTENTIAL CITY POLICY MITIGATING EARLY-MORNING NOISE FROM NON-EMERGENCY CITY VEHICLES]
TO CALL ITEMS, UH, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR TOGETHER.STEPHANIE, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE US.
I WILL READ ALL ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE MONTHLY UPDATES ON EFFICIENCY OF ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO EXCESSIVE VEHICULAR NOISE, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS DISCUSS OPTIONS TO ENHANCE ENFORCEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSES, SUCH AS EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM THE UTILIZATION OF OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT AND THE SMOKING BAN ON THE BEACHES, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BAUGH, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DISCUSSED POTENTIAL CITY POLICY MITIGATING EARLY MORNING NOISE FROM NON-EMERGENCY CITY VEHICLES SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
AND SO I WANTED TO CALL THESE ITEMS TOGETHER, UH, BECAUSE THEY RELATE TO ONE OF THE, UH, MOST CONSISTENT CONCERNS WE HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT IS NOISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THEY MAY APPEAR TO BE SEPARATE ITEMS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA, BUT THEY'RE, IN FACT, THERE IS A COMMONALITY TO ALL OF THEM.
THEY EACH REPRESENT A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF NOISE, UH, IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND IN A COORDINATED AND THOUGHTFUL WAY ON HOW WE HANDLE THIS.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK, UM, THIS REALLY COMES DOWN TO THREE CATEGORIES.
UH, THE CATEGORY IN, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO THAT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ HAS SPONSORED IS THE VEHICLE NOISE.
UH, WHERE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN A GREAT, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, THROUGH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S ROLE IN THIS.
UH, THE DATA SHOWS THAT ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING, PARTICULARLY IN KEY CORRIDORS LIKE FIFTH STREET, 41ST STREET, 71ST STREET, COLLINS AVENUE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN ENFORCEMENT, UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING AND THE, AND THE CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR.
THEN, UH, THERE'S ITEM NUMBER THREE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BON AND I HAVE SPONSORED, UH, REGARDING THE NOISE FROM OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE ACTIVITIES, LEAF BLOWERS, CHAIN SAWS, UM, AND HERE WE'RE SEEING HIGH LEVELS OF COMPLIANCE, WHICH TELL US THAT THE EDUCATION, THE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND THE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS ON THE PUBLIC ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND I THINK ENSURE CONSISTENCY, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE, THE, THE THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER SUAREZ HAS BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, ABOUT NOISE GENERATED BY OUR OWN, UH, CITY OPERATIONS BY PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, PARTICULARLY EARLY MORNING ACTIVITIES LIKE SANITATION COLLECTION, THE BACKUP ALARMS THAT ARE BEEPING, UH, FROM TRUCKS.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE, I BELIEVE US AS A PUBLIC ENTITY, UH, US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE WITH OUR VEHICLES AND THOSE WHO DO WORK FOR THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS ALREADY BEING, BEING MADE, AND I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WANNA START OFF BY RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, UH, TO, TO PRESENT ON YOUR ITEM ITEM NUMBER TWO RELATED TO THE VEHICLE NOISE AND WHERE YOU SEE WE NEED TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
UH, SO I'VE WORKED WITH MBPD AND, UH, THE RESIDENT.
THIS INITIALLY CAME AS, UM, COMPLAINTS IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND ALSO ON ALTON ROAD AND WEST AVENUE.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT IN THE CONDO CORRIDOR
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UP ON COLLINS IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES.AND IT'S TURNED INTO THE NUMBER ONE HOT TOPIC.
UH, I GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, THE CAR NOISE AND MOTORCYCLE NOISE.
AND MVPD HAS MET WITH RESIDENTS AND RESIDENT GROUPS AND INCREASED ENFORCEMENT.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF IT, AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL MORGA ON BEHALF OF CHIEF JONES OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND PRESENT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, AS THE COMMISSIONER ALLUDED TO, UH, OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF BEING RESPONSIVE TO THIS, UH, COMMUNITY, CONCERNED THIS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
UH, I CAN GIVE YOU THE, THE NUMBERS WHICH ARE IMPRESSIVE.
UH, FOR ALL OF 2025, WE WROTE 675 CITATIONS FOR NOISE RELATED VIOLATIONS FROM VEHICLES FROM SEPTEMBER OF 25 THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.
WE'VE ALREADY WRITTEN 674, AND JUST IN 2026, WE'VE WRITTEN 513 CITATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR NOISE RELATED VIOLATIONS.
UH, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THOSE CITATIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN AND AROUND THAT FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR, I WANNA SAY UPWARDS OF 400 OF THOSE 513 HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THAT CORRIDOR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE BEING RESPONSIVE, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THIS, AND WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT, UH, CRIME IS DOWN TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS MORE HEAVILY ON THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
SO WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT INCREASING INCREASES IN THE CITATIONS OVER TIME, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, IT REALLY, I I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SO MANY COMPLAINTS, SO I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, PARTICULARLY SPIKE, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE SAW FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, 213, UH, CITATIONS, UH, ACCORDING TO THE MEMO ON VEHICLE NOISE VIOLATIONS.
ARE WE SEEING THIS TRANSLATE INTO BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IN THOSE CORRIDORS, OR ARE WE SEEING REPEAT OFFENDERS? SO LAST WEEK AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE LOOK DEEPER INTO THE CITATIONS BEING ISSUED, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO REPORT TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ON REPEAT OFFENDERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D, I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK NEXT MONTH AFTER WE HAVE THE, THE CHANCE TO GO DEEPER INTO THE CITATIONS, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ISSUING, UH, FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR THOSE STATUTE VIOLATIONS AS OPPOSED TO CIVIL CITATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S, UH, REPEAT OFFENDERS THERE.
AND SO, UH, AND SO TO, LET'S SAY THAT THERE WERE, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THERE PROBABLY ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS.
UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS OUR ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, ROB? IS THERE ANYTHING STRICTER, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO REPEAT OFFENDERS ON THESE ISSUES? IS THERE ANYTHING THROUGH, THROUGH MUNICIPAL VIOLATIONS THAT WE CAN DO? WELL, YOUR ENFORCEMENT CHOICES ARE LIMITED TO UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS.
YOU COULD DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT YOU WOULD PICK, UH, BASICALLY ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE, OF COURSE, THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION IS, IS, IS, IS A BEST ALTERNATIVE.
AND DO WE HAVE A HEAT MAP, A CORRIDOR SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN THAT SHOWS WHERE THE VIOLATIONS ARE MOST CONCENTRATED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE REFINING THAT DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES? I KNOW YOU SAID FIFTH, FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR, BUT DO, DO YOU HAVE A MORE PRECISE BREAKDOWN OF, OF, UM, OF, OF WHERE THE VIOLATIONS ARE HAPPENING? SO THE PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS WERE BASED ON WHAT THE COMMISSION, UH, SENT TO US THROUGH THE RESOLUTION.
UM, SO THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY THE FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR, THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR, COLLINS AVENUE, BETWEEN 43RD TO 63RD, AND THEN ALONG THE 63RD STREET CORRIDOR.
BUT I MEAN, BUT THE VIOLATIONS, SO WE KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION, UH, ASKED YOU TO TARGET THOSE AREAS, BUT OF THOSE AREAS, UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A BREAKDOWN THAT SHOWS WHERE THE VIOLATIONS ARE MORE CONCENTRATED? YES.
OR MOST CONCENTRATED? SO THE, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IS GONNA BE IN THE AREA ONE IN SOUTH BEACH AREA.
AND OF THE 513 CITATIONS ISSUED THIS YEAR, 397 HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY, UM, ON MIDNIGHT SHIFT.
AND IN THAT SOUTH BEACH AREA, MIDNIGHT SHIFT IN SOUTH BEACH.
AND HAVE YOU, UH, I SEE THAT WE HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW, FIFTH STREET, 41ST STREET AND COLLINS 70 CORRIDOR, 71ST STREET, ALTON ROAD.
UM, THE, HAVE WE, ARE WE LOOKING AT ALTON ROAD AT ALL, OR NO, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO THIS, WE BOUGHT, BUT YOU JUST TOLD ME THAT THE ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY IN TARGETED IN THESE THREE TARGETED AREAS, UM, THOSE ARE THE TARGETED AREAS.
YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT LIMITED TO THOSE AREAS.
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PRIORITIZING THIS AS AN ENFORCEMENT PRIORITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION.SO ANYWHERE WE ENCOUNTER THIS, OFFICERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION AND ENFORCE NOW THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON BASED ON THE RESOLUTION AND POLICY GUIDANCE FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAS BEEN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT, THAT I ENUMERATED, BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO JUST THOSE AREAS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON AND WE'VE ASKED OUR, OUR OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON.
SO ANYWHERE THEY ENCOUNTER IT, WE'RE THEY'RE ASKED TO TAKE ACTION.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, UM, CITY ATTORNEY ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BUT, SO WHY CAN'T WE OFF? WHY CAN'T WE DO TWO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CITATIONS AT THE SAME TIME? WHY CAN'T WE GIVE A UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET AND A ANOTHER CITATION, UM, A CODE VIOLATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OR A CIVIL INFRACTION? MINE IS A OFFENSE.
IT'S, I, I SUPPOSE I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU, BUT IT'S NOT, I THINK IT'S NOT TYPICAL.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT REPEAT OFFENDERS.
I THINK IF THEY GET TWO DIFFERENT TICKETS, THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE, WHOA, I NEVER GOT THIS BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, GETTING, WHICH, WHICH MEANS THAT IT SIGNALS TO THEM THAT WE MEAN BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN JUST LAYER ON AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THESE, TO, TO THESE CARS THAT JUST CONTINUE TO MAKE NOISE.
SO I THINK FOR NEXT MONTH, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER WITH, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF IS GONNA BRING US ON, UH, ON REPEAT OFFENDERS, PERHAPS, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD INCLUDE IN THE MEMORANDUM INFORMATION AS TO WHAT YOU ARE ALLUDING TO, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THE LAYERING OF, OF VIOLATIONS, NOT JUST UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS, BUT PERHAPS OTHER TYPES OF, OF, OF MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT THAT WE COULD LAYER ON TO DRIVE HOME THAT MESSAGE.
YOU COME HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT JUST GONNA GET A SLAP IN THE HAND, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE BAD.
WHAT IS THE FINE, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WHAT IS THE FINE FOR ON A UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET ALLOWED, LOIS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW THAT DANNY? I, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.
BUT IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME PROPERLY WITH A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR STATUTE, THE VIOLATOR HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE VEHICLE AND THEN GO TO COURT AND SHOW THAT THEY EITHER REMOVE THE AFTERMARKET EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND THEN WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS THE, THE, THE TICKETS ARE DISMISSED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NON-MOVING INFRACTIONS.
BUT ARE THEY, WHAT IF I HIRED LIKE A TICKET CLINIC AND I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE MUFFLER, UM, MODIFICATION FIX? ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THAT? YES.
SO, SO I, I CAN HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND THEN ATTORNEY CAN JUST TAKE IT TO COURT, NO CONTEST OR, YES.
AND THEN THEY, I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIX MY CAR IN SOME CASES.
IT WOULD BE UP TO THE MAGISTRATE TO, TO DECIDE IF THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH SPRING BREAK AND THE PARKING GARAGES, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT LAST YEAR, WHERE WE, WE MADE IT $500.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE JUST MAKE A, A, A CODE VIOLATION, $500 OR SOMETHING TO THAT SIMILAR, PEOPLE SEE THAT AND THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE, WOW, WOW.
YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN WE DO THAT? WE CAN LOOK INTO IT.
I THINK THAT YOU CAN, BUT I WOULD WANT TO, AND TO BUILD IT ONTO THAT, COULD WE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE IS COMING INTO OUR CITY WITH, UM, WITH THESE ADJUSTED MUFFLERS AND THEY'RE CREATING THIS PROBLEM, CAN WE REVOKE PARKING PRIVILEGES? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS A RESIDENCE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GIVE THEM A PASS THE FIRST TIME AND GIVE THEM A VIOLATION.
BUT IF IT'S A RESIDENT THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE BEING A REPEAT OFFENDER, AND, UH, WITH THESE ADJUSTED MUFFLERS AND CREATING THIS NOISE, CAN WE REVOKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR ZONED PARKING? IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN THE CITY, CAN WE, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOW THEM TO USE OUR, OUR, OUR PARKING, OUR STREET PARKING? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEN WE CAN CONTROL THESE VEHICLES FROM COMING INTO THE CITY.
I WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.
SO IF YOU COULD INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR ANALYSIS FOR NEXT MONTH AND INCLUDE IT IN THE MEMO THAT'S PUT IN THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROPERLY BRIEFED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, AND I WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, THAT IN, IN ADDITION TO THE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND A HEAT MAP, IT'LL BE GREAT TO SEE A HEAT MAP, UH, SO THAT WE GET THIS ENHANCED DATA, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE SPONSOR.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST NUMBER? YEAH, NO, WE'RE, YEAH.
ALL ANYTHING ELSE, UH, ON THIS ITEM? DEPUTY CHIEF AS CHIEF? YOU READY? NEXT MONTH.
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THANK YOU.SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, GO INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE THAT COMMISSIONER BOT AND I, UH, SPONSORED, UH, REGARDING THE NOISE, THE EXCESSIVE NOISE, UM, FROM, FROM, FROM OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE REPORTING EVOLVE FROM CITATION COUNTS TO OUTCOMES.
YOU KNOW, OUR REPEAT, UH, VIOLATIONS BEING REDUCED BY CORRIDORS.
ARE WE, ARE THESE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGING IN THESE, IN THESE OFFENSES? ARE THESE LANDSCAPERS? HERNAN, I, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION? SO, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, HERNAN CARDINA FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STATISTICS, WE HAD OVER 1300 INSPECTIONS THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, ABOUT 23 VIOLATIONS.
BUT ON MONDAY, MARCH 23RD, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNED THE FLORIDA FARM BILL, WHICH NOW PREEMPTS MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES FROM ENACTING ANY LAWS THAT RESTRICT GAS POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT.
AND FROM, UH, HAVING ANY TYPE OF, UM, DIFFERENTIATIONS TO DISTINGUISH WHAT THAT IS, SUCH AS THE GAS POWERED, UH, CHAINSAWS OR THE GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.
AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THAT IS JULY 1ST.
SO WHAT ALTERNATIVES, UH, ROB DO HAVE, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THAT BILL? I HAVE, YES.
AND THE BILL ALLOWS US, UH, AS WE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED TO URGE, UH, USERS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE GAS POWERED ONES AND GO AND TO STICK WITH THE QUIETER ELECTRIC POWERED ONES.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN PREEMPTED FROM MANDATING THAT.
AND SO, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE, UH, BIG CONTRACTS AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN URGE THEM, WE CAN ASK THEM, HEY, LISTEN, YOU HAVE THESE BIG LANDSCAPING COMPANIES THAT COME IN AND DO WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK THEM TO CONSIDER DOING THAT.
YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN URGE ANYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU COULD ALSO, I MEAN, HAVE INCENTIVES IF YOU WANTED, UH, I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT, HOW VALUABLE THE ABILITY TO HAVE ELECTRIC RATHER THAN GAS, BUT YOU COULD OFFER SOME MONEY TO, UH, COMPANIES WHO ARE WILLING TO, UH, USE THE ONE THAT YOU WANT OR SOMETHING ALONG A SIMILAR VEIN SO YOU CAN URGE AND YOU CAN INCENTIVIZE.
UH, SO, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
UM, BASED ON THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE, HERNAN, UM, WHERE ARE THE VIOLATIONS COMING FROM? ARE THESE RESIDENTS, ARE THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES? ARE THESE CONDOMINIUMS? ARE THESE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS? WHAT, WHAT INTELLIGENCE DO YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT? IT'S MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL.
DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE NUMBERS? NO, I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
UH, YEAH, WE COULD INCLUDE THAT ON THE, ON THE MEMO FOR, FOR NEXT MONTH.
UH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
HOLLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WE CAN'T PROHIBIT, WE CAN'T PROHIBIT CASPER.
CAN WE, CAN WE REGULATE THE SIZE, FOR EXAMPLE? DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE A SUPER MAX POWER SIZE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DONE BY CCS.
THE BILL COMPLETELY PREEMPTS US FROM REGULATING GAS POWERED, UH, EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS.
LET ME, LET ME, LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
ARE WE PRIMARILY, WHEN WE'VE BEEN ISSUING THESE VIOLATIONS, ARE THEY COMPLAINT DRIVEN OR IS, WAS THIS OUR PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFYING THESE VIOLATIONS IN AREAS WE KNOW THAT THE ISSUES PERSIST? IT'S BEEN BOTH.
BUT WHAT'S A BREAKDOWN? I MEAN, THAT'S VERY SUPERFICIAL.
WELL, SUBSTANTIVELY ALL OF OUR CODE VIOLATIONS INCLUDING, UM, GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT, UM, WE'RE AT ABOUT 88% PROACTIVE.
UM, AND THEN THE BALANCE WOULD BE COMPLAINT DRIVEN.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN FOR JUST THIS GAS OKAY.
I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND, AND KNOWING WHAT, UH, WHAT OUR WHAT OUR APPROACH, UH, WOULD BE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, THANK YOU TALLAHASSEE FOR THE PREEMPTION.
I KNOW THAT WAS MARK'S, THAT WAS, THAT WAS COMMISSIONER THE, THE LATE COMMISSIONER SANWELL, UH, ITEM.
COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, WE HAVE YOUR ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA ABOUT, UH, CITY GENERATED NOISE.
UM, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, I GET, I GET PROBABLY AN EMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE OR A CALL FROM A COUPLE NORTH BEACH
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RESIDENTS THAT, UM, EVERY MORNING HE IS BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, AND IT'S OTHER FROM CITY VEHICLES BACKING UP OR JUST SITTING IN PLACE.UM, AND I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY A NIGHTMARE FOR HIM WAKING UP LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I WANTED TO SEE IF STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW MITIGATE THAT NOISE.
I KNOW A LOT OF IT'S, UH, TECHNICALLY A SAFETY FEATURE, BUT, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED TO REALLY MITIGATE THAT CONSTANT BEEPING SOUND FROM ANY OF OUR VEHICLES.
RODNEY KNOWLES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, IN THE INITIAL REFERRAL, THERE WERE LIKE FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED, UM, AS SUGGESTIONS THAT STAFF CAN LOOK INTO TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
UH, WE IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON THE TWO THAT WE CAN TURN AROUND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY, WHICH WERE BEHAVIORAL AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES.
UM, THERE'S NO DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED TO THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, CHANGING THE SCHEDULING WHEN WE'RE, UH, SERVICING, UH, PARTICULARLY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WE'RE NOT OUT BEFORE 8:00 AM WHICH IS WHEN THE NOISE ORDINANCE ON WEEKDAYS, UH, GOES INTO EFFECT.
SO WE'RE STARTING LATER AND THAT, UM, THE DRIVERS UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE FEASIBLE.
YOU'RE MAKING U-TURNS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE TO CUT DOWN ON THAT NOISE.
UM, THAT WAY WE'RE STARTING TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION, SEEING IF WE HAVE ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS COME IN WHERE WE CAN, UM, GET THOSE LOW HANGING FRUIT.
AND IF THAT'S NOT MAKING MUCH OF A DENT IN THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, UM, THEN TRANSITION TO THE ONES THAT, UM, HAVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED TO THAT.
UM, BUT INSTEAD OF, UM, MAKING IT ABOUT A DOLLAR ISSUE, WE JUST DECIDED TO MOVE ON THAT AND CHANGE AS MUCH AS WE COULD INTERNALLY.
AND YOU SAID THERE WAS OTHER, THE, THAT'S JUST ONE OF FOUR OR, UH, THAT WAS TWO.
THE, UH, SCHEDULING AND THE, UH, PROCEDURAL, UM, INTERNALLY FOR WHEN STAFF ARE DRIVING CITY VEHICLES AND OPERATING THOSE.
JUST BEING MINDFUL OF, UM, TRYING TO, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD AND ALL, BUT WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, IN TWO, THREE YEARS WHEN THERE'S A TURNOVER AND CHANGE AND YOU KNOW, THAT POLICY SOMEHOW JUST GETS FORGOTTEN.
WHAT'S MORE OF A PHYSICAL THING THAT WE CAN DO TO OUR VEHICLES TO, TO CHANGE THAT NOISE? OKAY.
UM, REGARDING THE, UH, PROCEDURAL CHANGES, WE CAN MEMORIALIZE THOSE IN THE FORM OF SOPS.
UM, WITH REGARD TO PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH.
UM, FLEET MANAGEMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YES, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NOISE ISSUE, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UM, IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAIN MOTIVATION FOR DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, JUST TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND, AND PETS AND THAT WE'RE BEING BEST STEWARDS WE CAN.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, IS IT POSSIBLE, CAN WE REMOVE THE BEEPING SOUND FROM THE, I KNOW THIS SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO PEOPLE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A BIG CONCERN.
UM, BUT CAN WE LEGALLY REMOVE THE BEEPING SOUND FROM THE REVERSE OF SOME OF OUR VEHICLES LEGALLY WE CAN REMOVE THEM.
UM, I, INSTEAD OF A WHOLESALE REMOVAL, UM, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UH, SIMILAR TO HOW OSHA HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING VEHICLES WITH A RARE OBSTRUCTION, UM, IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, THERE IS A BACKUP ALARM THAT WE LOOK AT OUR FLEET INTERNALLY AND JUST SEE WHICH VEHICLES HAVE, UM, A SMALLER, UH, WHEEL BASE WHERE IF WE REMOVE THOSE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF RARE OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WE'RE BEING AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, BUT THE LARGER VEHICLES IT REMAINS.
SO IT'D BE SORT OF A HYBRID APPROACH AS OPPOSED TO A WHOLESALE JUST REMOVE THEM ALTOGETHER.
MAYBE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE MORE PRONE TO BE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE MORNING SPECIFICALLY, AND, AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUES.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY, UM, DIRECTLY MANDATES THAT IT IS A REQUIREMENT.
IT'S JUST US BEING, UH, PROACTIVE TRYING TO BE SAFE.
SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, LET ME ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN.
I'M, YOU KNOW, I ASKED, RODNEY SAID, WE CAN, CAN WE REMOVE THE BEEPING SOUND FROM OUR VEHICLES WHEN THEY REVERSE? WELL, THE CITY ISN'T GOVERNED BY OSHA, BUT WE DO TRY AND FOLLOW THE, THEIR GUIDANCE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GUIDANCE.
I CAN IMAGINE, I, I DON'T SEE RISK MANAGEMENT HERE, BUT I WOULD HIGHLY, UH, ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD STRONGLY OBJECT TO REMOVING THOSE FROM OUR VEHICLES.
UM, THERE WOULD BE POTENTIAL LIABILITY IF, UH, ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES WOULD BACK UP AND, AND POTENTIALLY HURT SOMEBODY.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON THERE.
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IT IS INDUSTRY STANDARD, UH, TO HAVE THOSE, LEMME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THAT, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN POLICE CARS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT.AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S THE BIGGEST FLEET THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
I, I DON'T THINK IT'S, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON FLEET MANAGEMENT, BUT MY, MY OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN THAT TRUCKS AND VANS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, ALWAYS HAVE, UH, A, A BACKUP BEEP.
I WAS DRIVING A GATOR I THIS WEEKEND MONITORING SPRING BREAK, AND EVERY TIME I'D BE BACKED UP, IT, IT BEEPED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE A GATOR, YOU KNOW, A GATOR, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT TAKE A GATOR DOWN, A MORE PEDESTRIANIZED AREA THAT YOU USUALLY SHOULDN'T BE TAKING A VEHICLE.
THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE'RE SEEING THE TRAFFIC OF VEHICLES, STREET VEHICLES ON THE BEACH ROCK ON, UH, ON THE SANDS.
AND THOSE TYPE OF VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE THE, SHOULD HAVE THE BEEPS, THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE BEACH WALK AND ON THE SAND.
BUT WE SHOULD BE LIMITING THE TYPES OF VEHICLES IN THOSE AREAS TO BE LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED, LIKE A GATE OR A GOLF CART, UH, TO THE, WE DON'T WANT VEHICLES IN THOSE AREAS, BUT THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE WILL BE A VEHICLE IN THOSE AREAS, IT SHOULD BE, UH, A VEHICLE LIKE WHAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, A GATOR OR, OR A GOLF CART.
BUT, BUT FOR THE REST OF THE FLEET THAT, THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS JUST IRREGULAR TRAFFIC.
I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE NORMAL VEHICLES.
JUST, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER VEHICLE THAT I USE MY PERSONAL VEHICLE TO CONDUCT OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS TO GO TO MEETINGS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF, I DON'T HAVE A BEEP ON MY CAR.
AND I, I, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION ITEM THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SMART BROUGHT WAS EARLY MORNING PICKUPS.
UH, IT SOUNDED LIKE GARBAGE TRUCKS IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, UH, IT COULD BE GARBAGE TRUCKS, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, GREEN SPACE.
IT COULD BE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT'S JUST, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'RE BIG TRUCKS.
NO, BUT WE, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, OUR OFFICE HAS AN SUV, THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR COMMISSION, UH, HAS A FLEET, UH, VEHICLE, UH, THAT IS, THAT'S SHARED BY ALL THE OFFICES THAT HAS A HORRENDOUS BEEPING SOUND, UH, WHEN YOU BACK UP.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A REGULAR, JUST A REGULAR SUV THAT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER SUV, UH, HAS TO BE RETROFITTED WITH THIS HORRENDOUS BEEPING SOUND THAT IT, IT JUST CREATES MORE NOISE POLLUTION THAN WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS.
WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU NEED IS A DISCUSSION AND PERHAPS SOME SORT OF STUDY FROM, UH, THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE SELF-INSURED, SO WE DO, WE, WE PAY ALL OF OUR CLAIMS OUT OF THE GENERAL, OUT OF THE TAXPAYER'S FUNDS.
UM, AND IF WE HAVE BEEPS ON SOMETHING NOW, HOW MANY, BUT HOW MANY CLAIMS HAVE THERE BEEN FROM BACKING UP? I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, THERE ARE NO, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, I, I, I, THERE'S NO WAY I COULD TELL YOU THAT.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THERE'S PROBABLY ZERO, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM BACKING UP ON A CITY VEHICLE.
I MEAN, LOOK, MAYBE WE JUST KINDA LOWER THE VOLUME DOWN SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
UM, BUT WHERE IS FACILITIES, JOHN, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
SO, UM, THESE VEHICLES, UM, DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH REMOVING THE BEEPING SOUND? DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SAFETY RISK OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AWAY WITH? I WOULDN'T, UM, SIR, I WOULD NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS RISK RELATED.
MAYBE EVEN SOME OTHER REGULATIONS.
I'M JUST NOT PREPARED TO GIVE YOU A PROFESSIONAL OPINION OFF THE CUFF FOR, FOR NEXT MONTH.
I, I DON'T, I COULD DEFINITELY REDUCE RESEARCH BY NEXT MONTH.
I JUST, IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING.
THIS IS A, A COMMITTEE MEETING AND YOU GUYS SHOULD BE PREPARED.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE THING THAT, THIS IS AN OPTION THAT I EXPLORED THAT I, I'D LIKE TO JUST REMOVE THIS BEEPING SIGN.
THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REMOVE IT OR NOT 'CAUSE A RISK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE PLANNED FOR.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU BEFORE THIS MEETING, AS FAR AS I AM CHANGING THE PROCEDURE, SO THIS COMMITTEE, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW ITEMS GET PLACED ON THE AGENDA WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AND WITH MY NAME ON IT AND WITH THE VICE CHAIR'S NAME ON IT.
AND WE DON'T GET TO SEE THE ITEMS BEFORE THEY GET PLACED ON THE AGENDA, BUT THEY CARRY OUR NAMES ON IT.
AND I'M GONNA BE CHANGING THE PROCEDURES OF THIS COMMITTEE, HOW I DO THE AGENDA SO THAT,
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UH, AFTER THE CITY MANAGER SIGNS OFF ON, ON THE ITEM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR ITEM NOW MAKES IT ONTO THE AGENDA BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER SIGNED UP ON IT.IT SHOULD ONLY MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA ONCE YOU, AS THE ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS SEEN HOW YOUR ITEM HAS BEEN CRAFTED AND THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT.
BECAUSE WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT WE END UP WITH ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE INCOMPLETE, DOESN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO ADDRESS THAT, I, THERE'S A MEMO WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT LATER THIS WEEK ON HOW I'M GONNA BE HANDLING THE AGENDA, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD SEE THIS MEMO AND KNOW, OKAY, IS THIS COMPLETE ENOUGH WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? OKAY.
I, I DID GET, I, I I WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
OSHA IS ALSO INVOLVED IN, IN THESE, THESE BACKUP ALARMS. OKAY.
LOOK, I MEAN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IF I, IF I HEARD THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND IT WAS OUTSIDE MY HOUSE, I'D BE VERY UPSET.
SO WOULD ANYONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO'S DRIVING THE VEHICLES? SO LET'S, LET'S MAKE IT, UH, LET, LET'S SEE WHAT SOLUTIONS WE CAN COME UP WITH.
SO RODNEY, ON BELL AISLE, I HEAR THE, THE BEEPING EVERY MORNING AT SEVEN 30,
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO THE PUMP STATION AND BACKING INTO THAT ON ISLAND AVENUE EAST, YOU HAVE TO ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT IS BEFORE EIGHT O'CLOCK AND IT'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, SO FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OSHA RULES ON WHY YOU NEED TO HAVE THE BEEPING.
IF THEY HAVE A CAMERA, WOULDN'T THAT BE ENOUGH? UM, I DON'T THINK THE CAMERA IS ENOUGH TO SUPERSEDE THAT.
UM, THE CAMERAS ARE GREAT WHEN THEY DO WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO OBSTRUCT THE CAMERA, UM, BE IT BAD WEATHER OR EVEN DEBRIS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY, UH, THE CAMERAS ARE NICE, BUT THEY'RE SUPPLEMENTAL AND NOT SEEN AS THE PRIMARY, UH, MEANS FOR SAFETY.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL SOPS THAT KIND OF DICTATE TO THEIR STAFF THAT, UM, WHEN THEY DO THEIR WALK AROUNDS WITH THEIR VEHICLES, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S FUNCTIONING BEFORE THEY, UM, START THEIR ROUTE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE THREE ITEMS TILL NEXT MONTH.
STAFF HAS FEEDBACK FROM, FROM ALL OF US AS IT RELATES.
BY THE WAY, I'M GONNA JUST MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE ON IF I COULD HAVE STAFF'S ATTENTION.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, ABOUT EXCESSIVE NOISE, UH, FOR OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT, IF WE COULD LOOK, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOW THE STATE PRE PREEMPTION ON THE, ON THE GAS EQUIPMENT, BUT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT JUST GENERAL EQUIPMENT, GENERAL LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT AND HOW FAR YOU CAN HEAR THE NOISE.
SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHETHER IT, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE POLICY WAS MADE ABOUT GAS BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT GAS EQUIPMENTS HAVE.
BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS ALSO THE NOISE AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO WITH THESE, UH, LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENTS, UM, IF WE COULD STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF REGULATING THEM BASED ON DISTANCE THAT IS BEING HEARD, UH, YOU SHOULDN'T BE HEARING, UH, SOMEONE'S, UH, LEAF BLOWER, FIVE HOUSES AWAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULDN'T BE HEARING IT A HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THAT THE, THAT TECHNOLOGY IS THERE WHERE THERE ARE SUFFICIENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY THAT DOESN'T GENERATE THAT EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NOISE.
AND IF MR. ATTORNEY, YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT, UH, DISCUSS IT AND SEE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE A BRIEFING OF THAT WITHIN THE MEMO, UH, FOR, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
SO WITH THAT, WE CAN SHOW THESE ITEMS CONTINUE TO NEXT MONTH.
UH, LET'S CALL ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[5. DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING IDENTIFYING A SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO REPLANT OAK TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED DURING CONSTRUCTION ON FIRST STREET.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION REGARDING IDENTIFYING A SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO REPLANT OAK TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED DURING CONSTRUCTION ON FIRST STREET.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, YOU'RE WELCOME TO PRESENT YOUR ITEM.
THIS IS AN ITEM I PICKED UP FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE GONZALEZ.
AND RODNEY, I'LL LET YOU, UH, TALK ABOUT THE ITEM.
RODNEY NOLES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND ITEM BEFORE YOU IS, UH, CONCERNING THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON FIRST STREET AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE EXISTING OAKS THAT ARE THERE.
UM, AND AS AN ASSESSMENT WAS DONE BY CERTIFIED
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ARBORIST IN WHICH ALL OF THE OAKS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED AND, UM, THEIR CONDITION HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RECORDED.STAFF IS EVALUATING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH, UM, THE OAKS DEPEND ON, DEPENDING ON THEIR HEALTH AND THE LOGISTICS AND COSTS FOR, UM, EVALUATING THREE OPTIONS.
UH, ONE OPTION BEING, UM, REMOVAL OF ALL OF THE OAKS TEMPORARILY TRANSPLANTING THEM TO, UH, DONOR SITE WHERE THERE'S, UM, ESTABLISHED, MAINTAINED, AND THEN TRANSPLANT PLANTED BACK TO THE SITE.
ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS, UM, ABOUT THE END, UH, WHEN THE LANDSCAPING IS GOING IN.
THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE, UM, TO TRANSPLANT THE OAKS TO ANOTHER SITE PERMANENTLY AND INSTALL, UH, BRAND NEW TREES, UM, AS LARGE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET THEM IN.
STAFF IS ESTIMATING ABOUT, UM, EIGHT INCH, UH, DIAMETER WITH ABOUT 14 OR 16 FOOT OVERALL HEIGHT, UM, AS A SECOND OPTION.
AND THE THIRD BEING A COMBINATION OF BOTH WHERE THE HEALTHIEST SPECIMENS ARE BROUGHT BACK TO THE SITE TO FIRST STREET AND WHEREVER THE, UM, OTHER OAKS THAT AREN'T, UH, SURVIVING AND DOING AS WELL.
THEY'RE REPLACED WITH BRAND NEW OAKS.
UM, THE LARGEST SITES WE CAN POSSIBLY GET.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CONSULTANT, KCI THAT IS DOING A COST ESTIMATE FOR US FOR ALL THREE OPTIONS.
UM, THAT COST ESTIMATE IS DUE BACK TO US BY MID-APRIL.
SO FAR WE'VE BEEN EXCHANGING CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE CONSULTANT.
THEY HAD SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO ELIMINATE SOME PRESUMPTIONS, UH, FROM THEIR ESTIMATE.
AND, UM, WE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, I APOLOGIZE THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE IT AS OF, UH, TODAY, BUT IT'S DUE BACK TO US BY MID-APRIL.
DOES THE COMMISSION OR THE CITY AND CONSULTANT MAKE A DECISION ON ONE OF THE THREE OPTIONS? UH, IT WOULD BE THE COMMISSION.
SO IS IT OKAY TO MOVE IT TO COMMISSION? WILL WE HAVE IT BY, UH, THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING OR MAYBE IN MAY? WE SHOULD HAVE IT IN MAY.
SO I MOVE IT TO THE MAY COMMISSION MEETING.
AND LET ME JUST ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, UH, WE HAVE THE SURVEY THAT'S GOING ON NOW.
UH, THERE'S A SHADE SURVEY THAT I BELIEVE GOES THROUGH MARCH 31ST.
HOW COULD THAT, COULD WE USE THESE TREES, UH, TO HELP PROVIDE SHADE AND AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS ARE, ARE ASKING FOR SHADE AS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MIGHT GET FROM THIS SURVEY? SURE.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER AMY KNOWLES, CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY OUR THROW SOME SHADE CAMPAIGN IS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 31ST.
AND I THINK THAT TYPE OF APPROACH COULD BE UTILIZED FOR THIS SITUATION.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA COME DOWN TO TIMING.
UM, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SURE.
SO OUR THROW SOME SHADE CAMPAIGN IS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 31ST.
IT IS A, A REALLY EXCITING APPROACH WHERE WE WANT PEOPLE TO TELL US WHERE THEY'D LIKE TO SEE TREES ON THE SWALE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE DONE FOR FIRST STREET.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON CONSTRUCTION, IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE TREES COULD BE PROPERLY ROOT PRUNED AND RELOCATED AND, UH, WOULD HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, AREAS WOULD HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO RECEIVE THOSE TREES.
BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, COULD BE EMPLOYED.
WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE, UH, FIRST READ STARTING, ARE THESE TREES BEING REMOVED? I DON'T HAVE THE DATE RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT THE ROOT PRINTING WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN ABOUT, UH, THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE REMOVAL.
BUT WE'RE HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRST READ.
WHEN, WHEN IS FIRST STREET STARTING? I, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE ENGINEERING TEAM.
UM, GUYS, I, I JUST NEED, I JUST NEED THE ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE HERE, YOU HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS HERE HAVING A COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT FIRST STREET, ABOUT RELOCATION OF TREES ON FIRST STREET.
KNOWING WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTS, SOMETHING VERY BASIC THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER FOR MR. CHAIR.
UM, ALSO IN THIS REPORT, WILL IT ALSO GIVE, AND, AND BY THE WAY, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE TREES 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET BEAUTIFUL TREES MATURE ENOUGH.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA KNOW WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS IS, RIGHT? DID THEY GIVE A CO DID THEY GIVE A PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS, UH, FOR, FOR EACH TREE? UM, OR DO THEY DO THAT AS A WHOLE? THEY DON'T OFFER A PROBABILITY BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT.
OF COURSE, THE HEALTH AND AGE OF THE TREE AND THE CONDITIONS, WHICH, UM, FOR, IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE GONNA BE RELOCATED TO A SECOND SITE MAINTAINED AND THEN BROUGHT BACK.
SO HOW ARE THEY BEING MAINTAINED IN BETWEEN THAT? UM, HOW, UM,
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DO YOU GUYS HAVE A, DO YOU, DO YOU GUYS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT DONOR SITE MIGHT BE? THERE ARE SEVERAL SITES THAT WE IDENTIFIED AROUND THE CITY ON THE GOLF COURSES, UH, GIVEN UP A COUPLE SITES THAT THEY, THAT WE CAN USE.UM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT, UM, BUT LIKE THE WEST LOTS, THAT'S AN OPTION.
UM, WE'VE DEFINITELY LOOKED INTO THAT.
UH, THE ONLY CHALLENGE WITH THE WEST LOTS OF COURSE IS LOGISTICS OF TRANSPLANTING, UH, TRANSPORTING LARGE TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR SITES ALSO.
YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE GOLF COURSE, I MEAN, JUST THAT'S AN EXTRA 10 MINUTES TO GET TO NORTH BEACH DURING THE DAY.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF, NOT EVERYONE USES THE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, SO IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT THIS SURVEY TELLS US.
SO FOR RESIDENTS WANT TREES, I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPLANTING THEM AND THEN RE-TRANSPLANT THEM BACK TO FIRST YEAR.
'CAUSE I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD SURVIVE BEING TRANSPLANTED TWICE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, IF YOU HAD TO SAY, UM, AND, AND PERHAPS THE CAPITAL TEAM MIGHT BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS THE TEAM HAS DONE, HOW MUCH WOULD ONE OF THESE MATURE TREES COST? WE WOULD GO TO MARKET TO BUY ONE OF THESE MATURE TREES, I WOULD IMAGINE.
YOU KNOW, THEY MUST BE, I HEAR SOME OF THESE RESIDENTIAL 10,000, 10,000 PLUS.
YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU WILL BE IN THOUSANDS.
THOUSANDS WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A, A BIG TREE.
SO, SO, SO, SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TREES.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO SAVE THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN.
I THINK TRANSPLANTING THEM TWICE, YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TREES IF YOU PLANT THEM AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER YOU MOVE THEM AGAIN JUST TO SHOCK ABSOLUTELY.
BUT, BUT, BUT NOW YOU HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL, GROWN, MATURE TREES.
UM, IF WE COULD CONSIDER PUTTING THEM IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SHADE, AND I JUST, SOMETIMES WE'LL GO IN AND WE'LL PUT TWIGS THAT EVENTUALLY GROW, UH, AS DAVID MARTINEZ WOULD SAY, THE CHARLIE BROWN TREES
BUT HERE YOU ALREADY HAD THEM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO CONSIDER WHERE, WHERE WE COULD PLACE.
AND SO I SUPPORT COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ'S MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO, TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT YOU ALL CAN COME TO US ABSOLUTELY.
WITH GOOD IDEAS OF WORKING WITH GOOD IDEAS.
UM, SPEAKING OF, OF TREES, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER IS GONNA GET DEMOLISHED.
THERE'S A COUPLE ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL PALM TREES THERE.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A SHADE TREE.
I KNOW THIS IS, WE'RE AT A COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT, UM, PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, BETWEEN A COUPLE OF US THAT WE CAN ALSO RELOCATE THEM SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY MATURE AND BEAUTIFUL.
I WOULD BE ASHAMED TO JUST, IT IS, IT WAS OUR INTENT TO, UH, RELOCATE THOSE TREES.
WHERE ARE YOU GONNA, TO WHERE, I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW IF WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO RELOCATE THEM, BUT WE WILL.
WELL, LET'S FIND AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.
WHERE THE RESIDENTS LIVE, WHERE THEY'RE TELLING US, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROMISED TREES FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVEN'T GONE BECAUSE WHATEVER.
'CAUSE THE BUDGETS AND THE PROJECTS AND ALL THAT.
NO, WE, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO THOSE AREAS.
OUR PUBLIC SPACES LIKE THE WEST LOTS OR PARKS OR GOLF COURSES, THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE TREES.
BUT I THINK CLOSE TO WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE, I THINK WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL THING TO DO.
AND I THINK THE PROGRAM, UH, THAT, UH, AMY WAS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THAT WILL BE A GREAT YEAH.
WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT START DATE, BUT IT'S SCHEDULED TO START IN EARLY 27.
SO WE GOTTA HAVE, SO, SO, SO THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE GOTTA START DOING THE PRUNING AND EVERYTHING RELATIVELY IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS I WOULD IMAGINE.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PICKING UP THIS ITEM.
I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SAVE MATURE TREES IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND SEPARATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON A MATURE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.
UM, I HAVE CONCERNS OF AREAS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY WHERE, WHERE OVER TIME MATURE TREES THAT ARE HEALTHY HAVE BEEN SLATED TO BE CUT DOWN.
AND WE SHOULD BE PRESERVING THESE STREETS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NON-NATIVES, EVEN IF THEY'RE NON-NATIVES, IF THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, UM, WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SAVE THEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, BY ACCLAMATION SHOW THAT SENT BACK TO COMMISSION ITEM NUMBER SIX, WE HEARD ALREADY THAT WAS THE ITEM RELATED TO UNTITLED ART FAIR.
[7. DISCUSS TEMPORARY WAYFINDING SIGNAGE DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF THE 41 ST STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.]
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IS DISCUSSED TEMPORARY WAY FINDING SIGNAGE DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF THE 41ST STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
SO YESTERDAY, UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.
UH, RE RELATED TO THE 41ST STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UM, AND TALK ABOUT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE THE CORRIDOR, UM, TO, TO TO BRING ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION TO, TO, TO THE AREA AND BRING BACK BUSINESSES.
MY FEAR IS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, LOCAL BUSINESSES MAY EXPERIENCE REDUCED VISIBILITY, REDUCED ACCESSIBILITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANNA KNOW FROM, FROM FROM OUR STAFF, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS? WHAT, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO INSTALL TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY WAY, FINDING THAT DIRECT RESIDENT OR VISITORS TO BUSINESSES AND KEEP DESTINATIONS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.
UH, MARIA CERNA, UH, CIP ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO IN RECENT CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WHERE, UM, WE HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, WITH THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A FEW STRATEGIES.
UM, WE HAVE CREATED, UM, SOME, UH, MESH SCREENINGS WITH PROJECT RENDERINGS AND INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED AROUND OUR CONSTRUCTION FENCE.
THE PANELS DO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT BUSINESSES BEING OPEN, UM, AND WE GUIDE THE PEDESTRIANS SAFELY AROUND THE WORK AREAS.
WE HAVE ALSO, UM, CREATED SOME BANNERS WHICH WE INSTALLED ON THE LIGHT POLES TO SHOW ALSO THAT BUSINESSES ARE OPEN, AS IT WAS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY ON THE 41ST, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
THE WORK IS IN, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING IT ON A BLOCK BY BLOCK SEQUENCE.
AND WE WERE INTENDED TO USE A VERY, VERY SIMILAR, UH, STRATEGY ON 41ST.
AND, UM, SINCE THE, THE WORK IS GOING TO BE MOVING, WE WERE PLANNING TO REUSE THOSE PANELS.
UM, OF COURSE, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE BID, WITH THE BLUE RIBBON PANEL, WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
AND OF COURSE IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY FDOT, AS YOU KNOW, SHARED.
HAVE WE, HAVE WE SHARED WITH THEM, UH, THESE, THE PROPOSED SIGNS FOR THESE, UH, LIGHT BULB BANNERS? UM, OR THE, UM, THE WINDSCREENS ON THE FENCES? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE SHOWN, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE, UM, THE RENDERINGS, BUT WE WILL, OKAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, TO REFER THIS, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S 41ST STREET BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AND TO THE BID.
PERHAPS WE CAN GO THERE, SHARE THIS ITEM WITH THEM, GET THEIR FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION ABSOLUTE TO, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE.
LET'S, LET'S, UH, LET'S GO PRESENT MM-HMM
TO, TO THESE TWO COMMITTEES, GET THEIR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT FROM THE START WE UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN BEST HELP THEM.
SO THEY CONTINUE COOPERATING WITH US DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT CONSTRUCTION ALWAYS BRING IN CONVENIENCES AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OFFICE HAS BEEN SO COURTEOUS IN FOSTERING BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THOSE AFFECTED BY THESE PROJECTS.
AND THE PROJECT TEAMS. UH, SO WE CAN AMELIORATE AND FIX A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES.
AND SO I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
I THINK THAT ENHANCED LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION MAKES EVERYTHING GO SO MUCH SMOOTHER.
ABSOLUTELY FOR OUR, I KNOW FOR OUR RESIDENTS IT MEANS A LOT.
SO THE MOTION IS TO ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BID AND THE, UH, 41ST STREET COMMITTEE AND COME BACK.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE, THEY'VE SHARED THIS YET WITH THEM.
SO LET'S, LET'S GO AND PRESENT AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND TELL YOU WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS FROM THE, UH, RIGHT FROM THERY.
I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN YOU WHEN YOU GO, SO ABSOLUTELY.
SO LET MY OFFICE KNOW, PLEASE.
ARE THERE, UH, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT?
[8. DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF EARLY MORNING OFF-LEASH HOURS FOR SMALL DOGS AT SOUTH POINTE PARK.]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.IT DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF AN EARLY MORNING OFF LEASH HOURS FOR SMALL DOGS AT SOUTH POINT PARK.
THIS ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MONICA MATEO SALINAS.
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I KNOW VICE MAYOR SALINAS WAS UNDER THE WEATHER THIS MORNING.I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S ON ZOOM.
WE'RE HAPPY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE VICE MAYOR IF SHE'S ON ZOOM AND WISHES TO, TO SPEAK ON HER ITEM.
UH, BUT I SEE WE HAVE JOHN REBAR HERE, SO JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
SO THIS ITEM YOU, YOU HEARD DURING THE SUBJECT, AH, THIS MORNING, SOME CALLERS ON THIS, THIS IS A REQUEST OF, UM, RESIDENTS THAT USE SOUTH POINT PARK FOR BOTH HISTORY.
WE DO HAVE AN OFF LEASH AREA THERE.
IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL DOG PARK WITH FENCING.
IT IS JUST THAT AN AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED DURING CERTAIN HOURS FOR OFF LEASH FOR BOTH LARGE AND SMALL DOGS.
THERE'S A REQUEST TO CREATE A SECOND AREA FOR SMALL DOGS ONLY BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 9:00 AM DAILY.
UM, ONLY FOR SMALL DOGS, AND THAT IS TO BE LOCATED NEAR SMITH AND WALINSKI JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING WHERE EXACTLY IS IN FRONT OF SMITH AND WALINSKI, UH, TO, TO THE WEST OF IT.
AND JUST, I'M ASSUMING JUST EAST OF THAT WALK PATH.
SO YOU, YOU WOULD BE WALKING EAST FROM THE OFF LEASH AREA BEFORE YOU GET THE SPIN.
THAT'S WHERE WE NORMALLY HAVE IT WHEN THE DOG PARK, WHEN THE TRADITIONAL DOG PARK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND I THINK THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THAT, THAT LOCATION, BECAUSE WHEN WE RESAW THE DOG AREA, WE, THEY MOVE OVER THERE.
SO THIS IS, UM, IT'S A POLICY DECISION.
IT WAS REALLY COMES DOWN TO ENFORCEMENT.
IF WE WERE TO IDENTIFY THIS AS AN OFF LEASH AREA, UM, THEN I BELIEVE RANGERS AND CODE WOULD, WOULD ALLOW IT DURING THAT TIME THROUGH THE CHAIR.
UM, YEAH, I I'M, I'M IN FAVOR.
UM, I MIGHT BRING MY DOGS THERE ALL THE TIME.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT INCREASES THE FINES FOR OFF LEASH.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE DOG KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GETS OFF ON THE SIDEWALK? IS IT TECHNICALLY IN VIOLATION OR IT IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE AREAS THAT AREN'T FENCED IN, LIKE TRADITIONAL DOG PARKS, THAT'S A CONTAINED AREA.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE, ARE OFF-LEASH AREAS THAT REALLY PUTS THE OWNER INTO HAVING TO CONTROL HIS OR HER PET.
UM, BECAUSE IT, IT CAN GO MUCH FURTHER THAN JUST THE SIDEWALK.
SO WE HAVE TWO, UH, OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON THE AGENDA.
THERE'S OPTION A, UH, WHICH IS A SIGNAGE ONLY STRATEGY THAT COSTS $300, JOHN, APPROXIMATELY.
AND THAT INCLUDES AN INSTALLATION OF SIGNAGE DESIGNATING THE EARLY MORNING, UH, OFF LEASH AREA.
UH, AND THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN WITHIN ONE MONTH MM-HMM
AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE START OFF WITH THAT, UM, WITH OPTION A WHILE WE IMPLEMENT OPTION B, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, UH, OTHER, OTHER ELEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SIGNAGE, THE BENCHES, THE CONCRETE PADS, THE WASTE, THE, THE BAG DISPENSERS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT LANDSCAPING, UH, IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT IT'S LANDSCAPING THAT'S TOLERANT, UH, TO THE IMPACTS OF, OF, OF THE DOGS.
AND THAT TAKES FROM WHAT IT SAYS HERE, EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT.
AND WE WOULD NEED FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND THE FIRST ONE WE DO WITH OPERATING FUNDS, IT'S A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND WHAT DID, AND BUT FOR THE SECOND PART, OPTION B IS, UH, IT'S ESTIMATED OF 15,000.
SO, SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO TO, TO THE COMMITTEE IS THAT LET'S SEND BACK A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION, UH, IMPLEMENTING OPTION A WHILE THEY IMPLEMENT OPTION B, SO THAT AT LEAST WE GET SOME SIGNAGE UP, WHICH IS NOMINAL IN COST WHILE WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE SECOND PART.
UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS IT, IS IT OPTION B? THERE'S NO FUNDING IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BECOME PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET PROCESS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA BRING.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE STARTING OPTION A WITH OPTION A, WHICH IS VERY NOMINAL.
I, I THINK ALSO YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE A DOG DISPENSER AND, AND TRASH CAN THERE.
I MEAN I, WE, WE, WE COULD HANDLE THE DOG, THE, THE RIGHT, THE YES.
NOT JUST THE SIGN, BUT I THINK THE BAG DISPENSER WERE UNDER OPERATING FUNDS.
THE BAG DISPENSERS USUALLY INCLUDE THE TRASH CAN, DON'T THEY? YES.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO INCLUDE, BUT YOU OFTEN SEE THEM GO HANDY.
THEY, THEY ALWAYS SHOULD IF WE'RE GIVING THEM A DISPENSER FROM THE BAG, THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY DON'T SOMETIMES IS IF IT'S NEXT TO A LARGE, UM, UH, TRASH CAN.
COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I, I HAD, UH, WHEN I HAD THE ITEM FOR EXPANDING THE DOG POOP STATIONS, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT DOG POOP STATIONS
THIS IS A SMALL THINGS THAT WE CAN USE OUR OFFICES AND OUR POSITIONS FOR
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TO IMPROVE JUST THE DAILY QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS.SO TO THE VICE MAYOR, I, I, I KNOW YOU CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
SO THE MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED IS TO SEND IT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON OP OPTION A AND TO CONSIDER OPTION B AS PART OF THE FY 27 BUDGET PROCESS.
[9. DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A PLUMBED BIRD BATH WATER FEATURE AT BELLE ISLE PARK.]
TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.ITEM NUMBER NINE IS DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A PLUMBED BIRD BATH WATER FEATURE AT BELL IS PARK.
THE ITEM WAS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND I'M GONNA ASK IF IT COULD BE DEFERRED AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
I REACHED OUT TO THE BELL ISLE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AWARE.
UM, I SPOKE WITH NIKKI AND WITH GARY RUG'S DEATH, THE BOARD IS RESTRUCTURING AND THEY'RE BRINGING ON A NEW PRESIDENT AND THEY WEREN'T, UH, READY YET TO DIVE INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S RESTRUCTURING AND IN MOURNING, I THAT'S, THAT'S REASONABLE.
COMMISSIONER FAR DO YOU FIND DEFERRING TO SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT'S THAT? I DIDN'T KNOW MR. RUGG DIED.
WHAT? I DIDN'T KNOW GARY RUGG PASSED AWAY.
HIS HEALTH DECLINED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEAR.
HE WAS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO WHEN WERE YOU DE REFERS TO MINE.
AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH WENDY RUGG.
SHE, THEY, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN SUCH CARING AND LOVING PEOPLE IN, IN OUR CITY AND, UH, AND I I IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING THAT CARRIE PASSED AWAY.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU STAFF, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK, FOR, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR COLLABORATION AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PARTICIPATED.