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TO THE FINANCE AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH IS SERVING AS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
WE DON'T USUALLY DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT WE HAVE THE WHOLE BODY HERE.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A NICE CROWD IN THE GALLERY.
SO, JASON AND TAMIKA, YOU'RE WORKING HARD ON THIS BUDGET.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT AWAY? THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, JUST WANTED TO THANK ERIC, JASON, TAMIKA FOR THIS PROCESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, THERE'S A SERIES OF BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, VERY TRANSPARENT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO...
HAS THE INTEREST IN REVIEWING THEM AND DIGESTING THEM, BUT WE ALSO DO THIS IN THE PUBLIC AND GO THROUGH THE ITEMS. AND AS WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET, WE ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL WITH OUR SPENDING, WHICH WE SHOWED OUR COMMUNITY IN MIAMI BEACH LAST YEAR, RETURNING SURPLUS FUNDS, LOWERING OUR MIAMI BEACH MILLAGE RATE.
AND AS WE KNOW, THERE COULD BE SOME CUTS COMING FROM THE STATE AND THE COUNTY, CERTAINLY WITH THE PROPERTY TAX VOTER REFERENDUM.
SO THIS, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMISSION BECAUSE WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE CORE SERVICES THAT WE AS GOVERNMENT NEED TO PROVIDE IN STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY, MAINTAINING A CLEAN CITY, BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC SPACES, AND INVESTING WHERE RESIDENTS SEE REAL VALUE.
WE'RE DOING THAT, FOR THE MOST PART, I HEAR A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT, POTENTIALLY WITH LESS.
SO WE'RE, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE LOOKING TO LEVERAGE THE CITY'S ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE, REAL ESTATE, PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE'RE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE, AND THROUGH YOUR, ALL OF US, BUT THROUGH YOUR STEWARDSHIP, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IS LOOKING AT OUR GOVERNMENT AS A BUSINESS.
GOVERNMENT OFTEN GETS CRITICIZED FOR NOT BEING LEAN AS A BUSINESS WOULD BE, AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS IS DOING THAT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OURSELVES AS HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE SHAREHOLDERS, WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR.
SO I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US.
BUT I THINK THESE BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN THE PUBLIC, AND ALL OF US, ALL SEVEN OF US COMING TO COMMITTEE MEETING SHOWS THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE THAT THIS TAKES.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, FOR LEADING.
THIS IS NOT AN EASY COMMITTEE.
NONE OF THE COMMITTEES ARE EASY TO LEAD, BUT CERTAINLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE WITH LESS, IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE STEERING THE SHIP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, AND TAKE IT AWAY.
IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE AS AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF MIAMI BEACH.
I TRULY THINK IT'S THE BEST CITY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
I KNOW THIS IS A LONG AND ROBUST PROCESS, BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY AND ESPECIALLY AS AN ELECTED BODY HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A GREATER RESPONSIBILITY THAN HOW TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
I SPOKE AT A PANEL REPRESENTING OUR CITY IN NEW YORK CITY THIS PAST WEEK, AND I SAID, ANYTIME WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY, WE MUST ALWAYS ASK, WHY CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THIS DOLLAR? THAN THE TAXPAYER COULD IF THEY KEPT THAT.
ANY TYPE OF SERVICE WE PROVIDE, WHY CAN THE CITY DO IT BETTER THAN IF WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T TAX OUR RESIDENTS? I THINK THAT SHOULD BE KIND OF OUR THRESHOLD ACROSS THE BOARD.
ANYTIME WE'RE ALLOCATING DOLLARS TO PROGRAMS, TO EVENTS, TO SERVICES, WHY CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO THAT BETTER THAN IF WE LET THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY KEEP THAT THEMSELVES? I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION.
THIS ISN'T EVEN JUST OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.
COLLECTIVELY, ALL SEVEN OF US HAVE PROBABLY FOCUSED MORE ON FISCAL MATTERS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THAN ANY COMMISSION, CERTAINLY SINCE I'VE LIVED IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE'VE ROLLED BACK THE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 10 YEARS.
WE'VE RETURNED A SURPLUS TO OUR TAXPAYERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS.
HOWEVER, THAT CAN'T BE A ONE-TIME THING, RIGHT? AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE THE WAY THAT OUR PROPERTY VALUES WERE GROWING WAS NOT GOING TO BE AT A SUSTAINABLE RATE.
WE WERE VERY BLESSED TO SEE PROPERTY TAX GROWTH IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS, IN THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS, AND WE JUST KNEW IT'S PART OF ANY TYPE OF ECONOMY.
GROWTH RATES AREN'T GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL.
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WE ARE FORTUNATE.I'LL LET OUR CFO GIVE THE EXACT NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE MANAGING A THANK YOU.
DECLINING GROWTH AS OPPOSED TO MANAGING PROPERTY VALUES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOWN.
AND AS THE MAYOR POINTED TO, THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND PERHAPS BUDGET CYCLES GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE WITH SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PROPERTY TAX REFORM IN TALLAHASSEE AND HOW THAT WILL HAVE A FURTHER IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL BUDGET HERE.
I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY FORESEEN THAT COMING, BUT EVEN IF THAT HADN'T BEEN COMING DOWN, THE PIKE IN YEARS PAST WE HAVE DECIDED TO PROACTIVELY BE FOCUSED ON THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO REGARDLESS OF HOW THAT BALLOT MEASURE ACTUALLY TURNS OUT OF THE BALLOT BOX OR NOT.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ROBUST DISCUSSIONS HERE TODAY AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY UNPLEASANT, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MATTERS THAT WE CAN'T JUST SWEEP UNDER THE RUG.
I DON'T MEAN TO STEAL THE THUNDER HERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY TO MAINTAIN A FLAT BUDGET, OUR PROPERTY VALUES CAME IN BELOW THAT.
AND WE ESSENTIALLY, YOU'LL WORD IT MUCH BETTER THAN I, BUT WHERE OUR INITIAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS CAME OUT AT, WE'RE FACING A DEFICIT THAT WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO MANAGE TO.
AND IF WE ESSENTIALLY MANAGE ALSO TO A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE THAT WE ALL PASSED, WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AN EVEN FURTHER DEFICIT RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF MY GRIPES THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE WAY OUR BUDGET PROCESS HAS WORKED IS A LOT OF THE FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS ON WHAT IS JUST CALLED ENHANCEMENTS.
AND TO THE LAYPERSON, THIS TOOK, DESPITE ALL MY TIME SITTING IN THESE MEETINGS, UNTIL I ACTUALLY WAS IN THIS POSITION, I DIDN'T APPRECIATE WHAT THAT MEANT.
LET'S SAY, ROUND NUMBER WISE, WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
EVERY MEETING OR ANY OPPORTUNITY.
THAT THERE IS RESIDENTS WANT SOMETHING WE HAVE INITIATIVES AS AN ELECTED BODY AND WE COULD PASS SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT ALREADY EXISTS IN OUR BUDGET THAT COULD BE A NEW PARK THAT COULD BE A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE OR EVEN NEW EMPLOYEES OR A HEADCOUNT THAT IS CALLED AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR BUDGET THAT IS LESS THAN GENERALLY 1% OR 0.5% OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET LAST YEAR I THINK THAT NUMBER CAME IN AROUND $30 MILLION IN A BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET, AND WE HAD TO ESSENTIALLY MANAGE DOWN TO SPEND A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE SITTING THERE SPENDING ALL OF OUR TIME EXHAUSTIVELY ON THAT 1% OF NEW FUNDING, AND WE NEVER REALLY TAKE A LOOK BACK TO SEE, WELL, HOW ABOUT IN THAT BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET? IS THAT THE RIGHT SIZE? IS EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS BEING SPENT IN THAT BEING SPENT EFFECTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY? ARE THERE AREAS WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY SAVE? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO THINK ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS WE PUT FORWARD WERE VERY RESIDENT DRIVEN.
WE HAD TO GO OUT TO SUNSET ISLES AND SAY, I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T FUND YOUR PARK.
WE HAD TO GO OUT AND SAY, I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T FUND THIS PLAYGROUND.
HOWEVER, WE NEVER TOOK A LOOK BACK INTO, YOU KNOW WHAT, ARE THERE COST SAVINGS IN THAT BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT? AND THAT'S WHY...
WE HAD A LEGISLATIVE ITEM THAT GIVES A LOT MORE GRANULARITY THIS YEAR INTO OUR BUDGET, ALMOST A LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE EVERY DOLLAR IS BEING SPENT.
AND FOR THIS UPCOMING MEETING, I'M ACTUALLY INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION WORK ON AN INITIATIVE TO HAVE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PORTAL THAT WILL SHOW WHERE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING SPENT, DOWN TO PRINTING PAPER, DOWN TO CAMERAS THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED, DOWN TO MONEY THAT WE SPENT DOWN TO EMPLOYEE TRAVEL.
THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY THAT WE'RE USING, AND WE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE TAXPAYERS FOR EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR.
SO WITH THAT, JASON, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE.
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OFF THIS BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE COMMISSION BACK IN MAY AT OUR RETREAT.SO TODAY IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC WORKSHOP.
THE FOCUS OF TODAY IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WE WILL START OFF WITH A VERY SHORT UPDATE ON THE OPERATING SINCE WE GOT THE JUNE 1ST VALUATIONS ON THERE.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE LANDED WITH PROPERTY VALUES FROM JUNE 1ST.
AND THEN THE MEAT OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL REALLY BE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WE CAN BRING UP THE FIRST PRESENTATION.
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SO AS I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH PROPERTY VALUES.SO PROPERTY VALUES CAME IN AT AN OVERALL 3.5% INCREASE IN THE CITY'S TAXABLE VALUES.
THAT IS OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES PROVIDED BY THE TAX APPRAISER.
ON JUNE 1ST, WE WILL GET THE FINAL AND CERTIFIED ROLL, WHICH HAS A LOT MORE DETAIL IN IT ON JULY 1ST.
SO THERE'S JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES THERE.
NORBURY SHORES IS ONE OF THE CITIES.
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS, IT IS DOING VERY WELL UP IN NORBURY SHORES.
WE HAVE CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ARE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN US.
AND THEN SUNNY ISLES WE PUT ON THERE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW ANOTHER LARGE CONDO, HEAVY BEACHFRONT COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THAT.
BUT LET'S DIVE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE 3.5%.
SO FIRST JUST SHOWING THE TREND, AND I THINK AS OUR CHAIR HAD MENTIONED, AS WE'VE PREDICTED, AND THAT HAS KIND OF PLAYED OUT, THE TREND OF DECREASING INCREASES.
SO WE'RE NOT IN A DECREASING PROPERTY VALUE SITUATION.
WE'RE JUST IN A DECREASING ONE.
SO WE WERE AT 6.9% LAST YEAR AND WE'RE DOWN TO 3.5%.
SO AGAIN, ALWAYS BEING PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE, MAKING SURE WE MAKE GOOD, REASONABLE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.
AND SOME OF THE DETAIL IS OUR EXISTING VALUES.
SO EXISTING PROPERTIES WENT UP BY 2.6%. AGAIN, KIND OF THAT SAME DECREASING TREND.
AND THEN THE MORE SPORADIC IS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
$500 MILLION WORTH OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, KIND OF ABOVE THE OVERALL TREND LINE GOING BACK 20-SOME YEARS, LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT STILL IT HELPED BRING US UP FROM THE 2.6 TO THE 3.5%.
JASON, CAN I ASK YOUR TEAM FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE AN ANALYSIS THAT $.5 BILLION, $500 MILLION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR OVERALL ACCESSIBLE VALUES, HOW THAT COMPARES TO BOTH THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE? THE NEW CONSTRUCTION INTO WHAT PERCENT OF THE INCREASE IS IN OUR OVERALL TAXABLE VALUE AS RELATED TO THE COUNTY AND CITY OF MIAMI? NOT THE INCREASE, THE ABSOLUTE VALUE.
WHAT THEIR NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUES ARE? YES.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE IT HERE, BUT I'LL LET TAMIKA GET STARTED ON.
SO THIS SLIDE BASICALLY TAKES US BACK TO OUR RETREAT PRESENTATION BACK IN MAY.
AND IN MAY WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR REVENUES FOR THE 27 BUDGET AND OUR EXPENDITURES.
IT SHOWED THAT WE HAD AN INITIAL GAP OF $21.4 MILLION, AND THEN WE RECOMMENDED THE EXCESS FUNDS FOR 27 THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED RIGHT NOW FOR RESORT TAX WE TRANSFERRED HERE.
SO AT THE RETREAT WE SAID WE ESTIMATE A PRELIMINARY GAP OF $17.7 MILLION, AND THAT'S BEFORE WE GOT THE PROPERTY VALUES ON JUNE 1ST.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT AFTER THE JUNE 1ST VALUES.
WE DID PICK UP $10.2 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, ASSUMING WE WERE GOING TO ACCEPT THOSE AND KEEP THE MILLAGE RATE FLAT.
IF WE GO WITH THE MILLAGE RATE STAYING FLAT, WE WOULD HAVE A GAP OF $7.9 MILLION, AND THIS IS AN ESTIMATE.
SO WE WILL COME BACK WITH REAL NUMBERS ONCE WE HAVE THE JULY 1ST VALUES.
WE'VE BEEN UPDATING BOTH OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND OUR EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS.
BASED ON OUR Q2 PROJECTIONS, WHICH WERE DONE AFTER MAY.
AND SO THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY ON THIS SLIDE IS I KNOW WE WILL BE DELIVERING, AS REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSION, A ROLLED BACK RATE BUDGET, WHICH TAMEKA WILL GET A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT THIS IS THE FLOOR.
SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET EXERCISE IN JULY, AT THE VERY MINIMUM WE WILL BE NEEDING TO BE ABOUT A $7.9 MILLION REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES.
BEFORE TAMIKA GETS ON TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I HAVE THAT DATA HERE.
SO WE WERE AROUND $500 MILLION.
THE CITY OF MIAMI WAS ABOUT $1.86 BILLION, AND THE COUNTYWIDE WAS ABOUT $5.1 BILLION TOTAL TAXABLE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HAD ABOUT $5.1 BILLION, AND THAT WAS THE COUNTYWIDE INCREASE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND THE CITY OF MIAMI HAD $1.86 BILLION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPARED TO OUR ABOUT $530 MILLION.
MAYBE IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ON YOUR TEAM OUT THERE LISTENING THAT COULD JUST RUN THAT AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE RESPECTIVE ACCESSIBLE VALUES, RIGHT, SO ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST TAKES US BACK TO THE ROLLBACK RATE.
SO BACK IN DECEMBER THE COMMISSION DID ASK US TO PRESENT A ROLLBACK BUDGET.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT CALCULATION FOR THE ROLLBACK BUDGET.
WE WILL HAVE THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE JULY 1ST VALUES.
SO WE LEFT IT AS IN THE REVENUE STAY FLAT, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE STAY FLAT, WHICH WOULD BRING US BACK TO 17.7.
WE HAVE A LITTLE FOOTNOTE SAYING THAT WE THINK BASED ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUES WOULD PICK UP ABOUT $2.4 MILLION IN...
REVENUES AND SO IF WE APPLIED THAT WE'D BE AT A 15.3 MILLION DOLLAR GAP.
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AGAIN THIS IS PRELIMINARY.WE'LL HAVE THE REAL NUMBERS WHEN WE GET JULY 1ST VALUES.
SO THEN JUST SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MILLAGE RATES RIGHT NOW.
SO THE TOP OPERATING OR TOTAL GENERAL FUND IS REALLY JUST SHOWING THE EXISTING MILLAGES.
WE WON'T HAVE THE ROLLBACK WITH THE EXACT ROLLBACK MILLAGES UNTIL THE WE GIVE WE'RE GIVEN THAT BY THE COUNTY AND WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR IN JULY.
THE REALLY GOOD TAKEAWAY HERE IS JUST NOTING THE VOTED DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT.
THERE'S A SLIGHT DECREASE BECAUSE WE KIND OF HAVE FLATTISH TAX DEBT SERVICE, BUT AS THE VALUES WENT UP BY 3.5%, IT SHOWS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THERE.
IN NORMAL YEARS, PER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND ONE OF THE ONES ENDORSED BY THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IN ANY YEAR IN WHICH THE VOTED DEBT SERVICE WOULD DECREASE TO SHOW FLAT MILLAGE, WE WOULD SHOW AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT BEING ADDED TO THE CAPITAL RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT BUDGET TO INCREASE DOLLARS BEING SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT.
BUT AS WE'RE PRESENTING A PRELIMINARY BUDGET BASED ON THE ROLLBACK RATE, WE DID NOT REFLECT THAT.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROLLBACK RATE, WE WILL ADD THE WAIVER OF THAT POLICY GOING FORWARD.
SO ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, I THINK THE CHAIR AND THE MAYOR HAD TOUCHED ON THIS.
SO ON JUNE 2ND, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BALLOT QUESTION THAT WE'LL ALL BE VOTING ON IN NOVEMBER. SO THIS IS KIND OF AN UPDATE.
WE HAD AN EARLY UPDATE KIND OF BACK OF THE COCKTAIL NAPKIN THAT WE DISTRIBUTED.
SO THE OMB DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THE WHOLE 54,000 TAXABLE PROPERTIES AND KIND OF DID AN IN-DEPTH BALLOT AS PROPERTIES WOULD KIND OF VALUE OUT AS THEY WENT TO 150 AND 250.
AND SO OUR ESTIMATE IS NOW THIS.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IF IT GETS PASSED IN NOVEMBER WOULD NOT AFFECT THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT NOW WHICH IS THE FY 27 IT WOULD AFFECT FY 28 THAT FY 29 SO OUR PROJECTION IS IT WOULD COST THE CITY'S CITY'S TAX PROPERTY TAX ABOUT 5.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN FY 28 WHICH IS THE 27 VALUES AND ANOTHER 4.3 MILLION IN 28 WHICH WOULD BE FY 29 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL IMPACT OF AROUND $10 MILLION IF THIS.
GOES INTO EFFECT FROM OUR HOMESTEADED PROPERTY TAX PERSPECTIVE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND GOING FORWARD, IS THAT EVEN THROUGH THIS BUDGET, WHICH WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT REDUCTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE ONES INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THE SECOND BULLET I WANTED TO POINT OUT, WHICH IS ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUT THERE, IS WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT IS OF MOVING ALL THE NON-HOMESTEADED FROM 10% TO 5% CAPS.
BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR HOMESTEADED, WE'RE ALL AT 3%, AND IT KIND OF LIMITS.
IT LIMITS THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT.
NOW, MOVING FROM 10 TO 5, IN A YEAR IN WHICH NON-HOMES THAT ARE PROPERTIES ARE GOING OVER 5%, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT, AND YOU'VE LOOKED AT THOSE PAST CYCLES, IT HAPPENS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE GET OVER DOUBLE DIGITS, THE CITY COULD STAND TO LOSE UP TO $15 MILLION A YEAR IN POTENTIAL GROWTH.
THIS WOULD NOT BE AN IMPACT IN LOWERING OUR TAXES.
IT'S REALLY LIMITING OUR GROWTH.
SO IT WOULD REALLY JUST SHOW IT WOULD HEDGE US IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
AND JASON, CAN WE TALK IN PLAIN ENGLISH WHAT THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS? LET'S PUT OTHER FEES AND REVENUES ASIDE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES, RIGHT? SO EVEN COUNTING FOR NON-HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES, ESSENTIALLY THE MAXIMUM OUR BUDGET COULD EVER GROW ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS 5% BECAUSE IT'S LEGALLY MANDATED THAT WE BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND IF HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES ARE EXEMPT AND NON-HOMESTEADED THE MAXIMUM INCREASE IS FIVE PERCENT PER YEAR BESIDES MAYBE IF PROPERTIES TRADE HANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S AROUND THE EDGES CATCHING YOU OFF GUARD BUT BACK OF THE ENVELOPE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH SEEN BUDGETS IN OUR CITY GROW MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT PER YEAR CORRECT I THINK WE HAD DONE A PROJECTION SHOWING THAT.
WELL, LAST YEAR WE GREW BY 6%.
THAT INCLUDED ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE ADDED AND SOME REDUCTIONS.
AND THIS YEAR, AS OUR CSL, WE'RE AT 5.4%.
THE MAXIMUM WOULDN'T TECHNICALLY BE 5% BECAUSE THEN THE HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES ARE CAPPED AT 3%.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO DO AN AVERAGE.
BUT AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE EFFECT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS LIMITED, LET'S BE HONEST, IN THE CITY.
THE EFFECTS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN, AS YOU SAID, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS THAT NUMBERS WOULD DRIVE, IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE TRANSITIONARY SITUATION OF OUR POPULATION AS WE HAVE SALES.
SO YOU HAVE A SALE, AND IT'S A $200,000 PROPERTY, AND IT'S REALLY A MILLION, SO IT LOSES THAT TAX BASIS.
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SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT STEP UP THERE.BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT, AGAIN, AS I WAS SAYING, IF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSES, THIS WOULD HEDGE IN AND LIMIT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE VARIOUS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT ESSENTIALLY SHOW 8% YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH, RIGHT? THE CURRENT, I THINK WE'RE SPEAKING PROBABLY ABOUT THE CURRENT CBAS WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE UNIONS, WHICH HAVE A 5% OR A 4% STEP WITH A 3% COST OF LIVING.
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE GET RENEGOTIATED, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE YEAR LEFT ON BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, COST OF LIVING, AT THE VERY LEAST, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE VERY CLOSELY LOOKED AT.
BUT NOT ONLY COST OF LIVING RATE.
IF WE JUST CONTINUE WITH THE STATUS QUO, WE HAVE MAJOR EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS THAT ARE GROWING AT 8% PER YEAR.
AND IF THIS PASSES THE MAXIMUM WE CAN EVER GROW OUR BUDGET, EVEN IF PROPERTY VALUES MAX OUT IS 5%, THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS DELTA THERE BECAUSE THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
SO THAT WILL BE FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO OTHER SERVICES OR AMENITIES THAT WE ARE OFFERING OUR RESIDENTS.
POINT BEING, BACK TO THE POINT I MADE AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE CANNOT ADDRESS THIS WITHOUT HAVING EXAMINING SOME OF OUR SALARIES, EMPLOYEE HEADCOUNT, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE IF WE HAVE TIME TO...
COME BACK AND START HAVING PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT FULLY PREPARED FOR IT, SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT TO BE ETCHED IN STONE, BUT JUST FOR ALL OF US TO PREPARE FOR THE CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE MADE THAT CAN'T BE MADE JUST AT ONE OPERATING BUDGET MEETING.
WE CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM HERE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO MANAGE TO A $17.9 MILLION DEFICIT.
WE HAVE TO START GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO AFTER THE CAPITAL PORTION OF THIS, I KNOW YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRESENTATION PREPARED.
BUT WE NEED TO START, AS LEGISLATORS, START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE EFFECTIVELY GOING TO MANAGE AN $18 MILLION DEFICIT.
SO THE PRELIMINARY RESORT TAX, JUST A VERY QUICK UPDATE ON THE RESORT TAX.
SO AS I THINK AS MANY KNOW, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN IN A PLATEAU KIND OF SITUATION.
YEAR OVER YEAR HASN'T REALLY BEEN MUCH GROWTH, MAYBE A SLIGHT DECREASE, SLIGHT INCREASE.
BUT WE'VE STARTED TO SEE THAT CHANGE THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHERE A NUMBER OF THE MONTHS HAVE BEEN RECORD MONTHS.
SO WE ARE PROJECTING THAT TREND TO CONTINUE A BIT.
AND TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE A SURPLUS OF $3.7 MILLION IN THE RESORT TAX, OF WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE ALL OF THAT OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS PERMITTED.
AND THAT IS ALREADY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE EARLIER PROJECTIONS WE WERE GIVING YOU WITH THE $17.7 MILLION.
OKAY, SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE MEAT OF TODAY'S MATTER, WHICH IS ON OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
FOR MIAMI, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF TOTAL VALUE IS 1.7.
FOR MIAMI BEACH, IT'S 0.8%, THE FIRST OF MIAMI.
AND THE LAST ONE IS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, IT'S 0.9%.
THIS IS WHAT PERCENTAGE NEW CONSTRUCTION GROWTH IS OF OVERALL ACCESSIBLE VALUATIONS.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE GROW AND IF THERE'S OVERDEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE ARE GROWING THROUGH NEW CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY INTO REVENUES THAT WERE...
RAISING OR LACK THEREOF THAT ARE FUNDING SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO OFFER OUR RESIDENTS.
SO MIAMI BEACH IS 0.8%, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS 0.9%, AND CITY OF MIAMI IS 1.7%.
SO THAT, OKAY, SO THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT NEW CONSTRUCTION IS OF THEIR REVENUES.
OF THEIR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUES.
AND I WOULD JUST PUT IT INTO THAT CONTEXT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH IS ONLY SEVEN SQUARE MILES OF LAND.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS 1,900 SQUARE MILES OF LAND WITHOUT HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
I THINK CITY OF MIAMI IS LIKE...
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30 SOMETHING SQUARE MILES OF LAND.SO WE HAVE MUCH, UNLIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, WE HAVE MUCH MORE LIMITED AREA OF GROWTH, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S ALWAYS SO IMPORTANT.
WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO PRESERVE, WE ALWAYS NEED TO TALK ABOUT AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH BECAUSE THEY RELY ON EACH OTHER.
PRESERVATION CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT AREAS FOR THE GROWTH.
BUT I THINK, BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT CONTEXT WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE, BUT WE'RE ALSO VERY UNIQUE IN THAT WE HAVE HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM LIKE MANY OF THESE OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
SO WE'LL GET INTO THE PRELIMINARY CAPITAL BUDGET.
[NB 2. FISCAL YEAR 2027 PRELIMINARY CAPITAL BUDGET]
ALL RIGHT, SO THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS AN OFFICIAL POLICY DOCUMENT.IT'S ACTUALLY TWO LARGE BOOKS WITH OVER 800 PROJECTS.
IT IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, SO IT STARTS IN FY27, MOVING ON TO FY31.
THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY ARE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST FOR FY27 BUDGETS.
SO OUR PROCESS STARTED IN DECEMBER.
SO IN DECEMBER, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WORKED WITH THEIR TEAMS TO SUBMIT THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET AND THEIR OPERATING BUDGET REQUESTS.
WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS BETWEEN OMB AND THE DEPARTMENTS, BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN WE DID DO A BRIEF UPDATE AT THE MAY RETREAT, AND THEN TODAY WE'RE GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE OVERALL CAPITAL BUDGET.
WE'LL HAVE A SECOND MEETING IN JULY ON THE 17TH. AND IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND THEN, WE'LL PRESENT THOSE.
AND IN AUGUST, WHAT WE DO IS PREPARE THE ACTUAL PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU WILL SEE EVERY LINE ITEM DETAIL OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET IN THOSE TWO LARGE BOOKS.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ADOPT BOTH THE OPERATING AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO THE TABLE THAT YOU'LL SEE NEXT IS A SUMMARY.
OF ALL THE FUNDS AND ALL THE TOTAL DOLLARS REQUESTED, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND WHAT'S LEFT UNFUNDED.
SO A TOTAL OF $256 MILLION OF FUNDING WAS REQUESTED AMONGST ALL THE FUNDS HERE.
WE RECOMMENDED JUST UNDER HALF OF THOSE PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED AND THE REMAINDER IS A LITTLE OVER HALF.
THE BIGGEST GROUP THAT WE FUNDED WAS UTILITIES, THAT'S WHERE THE BIGGEST NEEDS ARE.
WE DID AS MUCH AS WE COULD WITH THE WATER AND SEWER AND STORMWATER, USING THE DOLLARS THAT WE DO HAVE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING TO BE FUNDED BASED ON FUTURE DISCUSSION ON THE WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASES.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT ONTO HOW WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT WE DID WHEN WE PRIORITIZED THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE NOW.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS FOCUS ON THE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT OF OUR EXISTING CAPITAL ASSETS USING OUR CRR.
AND WE ALSO USE OUR PAYGO DOLLARS TO FUND EXISTING PROJECTS AS WELL, PROJECTS THAT HAVE GAPS.
WE TRY TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS.
WE WANT TO PUT ASIDE THE MATCH DOLLARS IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO RECEIVE THE GRANTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER BOND DOLLARS, NOT JUST IN THE PARKS AND POLICE FUNDS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE PARKING BONDS.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS SCRAPE ALL THOSE DOLLARS THOSE USUALLY COME ABOUT WHEN PROJECTS GET CLOSED AND THERE'S SOME LEFTOVER DOLLARS OR INTEREST INCOME AND SO WE TRY TO USE ALL THOSE DOLLARS BEFORE WE USE OUR CITY'S CR OR PAGO DOLLARS AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL REVENUES AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND SO WE TRY TO ALLOCATE AS MANY OF THOSE DOLLARS TO THOSE PROJECTS AS POSSIBLE LET ME JUST SPEAK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE CAPITAL FUNDING STRATEGIES SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE ONGOING COMMISSION'S UH POLICY ABOUT THE GOLF COURSES.
SO AS THE GOLF COURSES HAVE FINALLY MOVED INTO THE BLACK OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ANY SURPLUSES OF THE GOLF COURSES HAVE GENERATED, HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED BACK INTO THEIR CAPITAL PROGRAM TO FUND THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE VERY MAJOR MIAMI BEACH GOLF COURSE RENOVATION, AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND THAT IN PIECES THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND WE PROJECT THAT WITH THIS FY27 ALLOCATION AND PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING EXTRA SURPLUS IN THE 26TH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT PROJECT FINALLY ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE FOLLOWED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IS NOW PART OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICIES, WHICH WAS KIND OF THE EXAMINATION WE TOOK AT FERC, WHERE WE MADE A DETERMINATION TO TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM VOLATILE REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH IS INTEREST INCOME, TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE OPERATING SIDE AND MOVE THAT TO THE CAPITAL.
SO AS WE'VE INCREASED IT, WE'RE NOW AT...
35% FOR THE 2027 GENERAL FUND TO MOVE THAT INTEREST INCOME.
SO THAT'S AN EXTRA $3.4 MILLION WE'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM OPERATING EXPENSES AND MOVED IT OVER TO OUR CAPITAL.
THIS YEAR WE PUT THOSE TOWARDS THE PAYGO AND WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAIL
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ON THAT, BUT FIRST.SO THIS IS A LIST WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ANY ITEM THAT COMMISSION APPROVED BY RESOLUTION ON THIS LIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING IN THE FY 27 BUDGET PROCESS.
SO BETWEEN THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HAS THE ITEMS THAT ARE STILL IN COMMITTEE IT'S OVER 30 MILLION DOLLARS OF REQUESTS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO TRY TO PRIORITIZE THIS YEAR AND WE FUNDED ABOUT 22 MILLION OF THESE PROJECTS HERE.
SO THE ITEMS THAT HAVE A CHECK MARK YOU WILL SEE THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THE FOR COMING SLIDES IF IT HAS A CHECKMARK, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FUNDING THOSE PROJECTS.
THE ONLY ONE WE AREN'T RECOMMENDING FULLY FUNDING IS THE SECOND ITEM.
WE FUNDED ALL WE COULD ON THE STORMWATER SIDE.
THERE WERE SOME SHORTFALLS ON THE WATER AND SEWER FUNDING SIDE.
IF I MAY ON THIS ITEM, MR. CHAIR, ON THAT SLIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING CAPITAL DOLLARS INTO THE FLAMINGO PARK FOOTBALL STADIUM RE-TURFING.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RE-TURFING THE STADIUM.
HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING THAT OCCURS IN THE PARK.
I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS, I THINK WE'RE SPEAKING WITH CIP, THAT TRADITIONALLY WHEN YOU DO SOME OF THAT WORK, THERE WOULD BE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES PERHAPS DEALT WITH ON THE FIELD.
BUT IF THERE ARE DRAINAGE ISSUES OR FLOODING ISSUES ANCILLARY ON THE SIDE, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ISSUE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN INVESTING 1.4 MILLION IN CAPITAL DOLLARS INTO RE-TURFING THIS AREA, IF THERE IS A NEED TO ADDRESS UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT RELATES TO FLOODING.
AND I HAVE HEARD OVER THE YEARS OF ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS WHEN IT RAINS ON THAT FOOTBALL FIELD.
THAT WE JUST DON'T SPEND $1.4 MILLION TO LATER HAVE TO RIP THAT OUT AND DO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
YES, I'M THE COMMISSIONER, I'M THE MAYOR.
THIS IS A RE-TURFING PROJECT ONLY.
IT'S LIKE A CARPET REPLACEMENT.
AND HOW LONG, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS IT CALLED, THE USEFUL LIFE OF THAT TURFING? WE HAVE SUCH HIGH USE, OUR WARRANTY LASTS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
OKAY, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, ARE WE GOING TO BE GOING BACK AND DOING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE OR PROJECTS? I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO RIP OUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF I MAY, JOHN, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST LAYING DOWN TURF.
IT'S LIKE ROLLING UP CARPET AND THEN ROLLING DOWN NEW CARPET AND TACKING IT INTO PLACE.
IF WE NEEDED TO DO ANY UNDERGROUND WORK OUT THERE, WE COULD ROLL THIS BACK UP, DO WHATEVER WORK, AND THEN ROLL IT BACK OUT.
SO THE FLAMINGO PARK TRACK IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUAL DIVOTS IN THE TRACK FOR FOLKS THAT USE IT, WHETHER THEY PLAY SOCCER OR FOOTBALL.
IT'S REALLY A RISK THAT THEY COULD INJURE THEMSELVES BY SPRAINING AN ANKLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IT'S ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO DO THE UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE, BUT WE CAN'T WAIT ON THIS TOO MUCH LONGER BECAUSE SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET INJURED ON THAT FIELD, AND IT'S REALLY A SAFETY RISK.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER IT WILL TAKE US IF WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 10 YEARS TO RECARPET IF WE DO THE UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE WORK TOO, BUT RIGHT NOW AS IT IS, IT'S A SAFETY RISK.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT PLAY ON THAT FIELD, WHETHER IT'S SOCCER OR FOOTBALL.
WE HAVE KIDS THAT PLAY THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND AT THIS POINT IT'S A SAFETY RISK.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO GET THAT FUNDED.
IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF TRAINING.
SO HERE'S A DUMB QUESTION, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THIS, BUT HOW BIG OF A PROJECT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERLYING? BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE FIRE STATION, WHICH EVENTUALLY I'LL GET OVER, BUT IT'S NOT TODAY.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE FIRE STATION, ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS THAT THAT CORNER, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
FLOODED ALL THE TIME AND IT WAS A KNOWN THING.
LIKE IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED BY INSTALLING A PORTABLE PUMP? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD ADDRESS MOST OF THE UNDERLYING ISSUES? IS IT SOMETHING WHERE WE NEED
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TO RIP UP THE ENTIRETY OF THE FIELD? HOW BIG OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERTAKING IS THIS? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE PRIORITIZE THIS AS WELL? KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT SPENDING MONEY.BUT IF WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE USING THIS FACILITY EVERY YEAR, RUNNING AND THROWING AND KICKING BALLS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS BECOMING A BIGGER LIABILITY THAN WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
SO I'LL TAKE A FIRST STAB AT THAT, AND I WELCOME JOHN TO WEIGH IN ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I'M GOING TO OFFER.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT TYPICALLY WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING PARK FACILITIES, WE'LL DESIGN SOME GREEN SPACE AREAS TO EXCEPT THE RUNOFF FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE PARK WHERE IT MIGHT BE MORE CRITICAL TO KEEP DRY FOR THE PATRONS.
AND SO THAT NORTHEAST AREA OR SOUTHEAST AREA, SORRY, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TRACK IS PROBABLY DESIGNED TO BE THE WATER RETENTION AREA DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW OF INSTANCES WHERE THAT WATER SITS FOR MORE THAN, YOU KNOW.
SIX OR EIGHT HOURS BEFORE IT'S DISSIPATING INTO THE SOIL.
I MEAN, SIX OR EIGHT HOURS IS A PRETTY LONG TIME.
I MEAN, IF IT'S DURING A RAIN EVENT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT IF IT'S DURING A RAIN EVENT, RIGHT? LIKE, IF IT DRAINS A LITTLE BIT MORE SLOWLY THAN THE REST OF THE PARK, THAT'S ONE THING.
IF IT'S THE NEXT DAY AND THE TRACK IS USABLE BUT FOR THAT AREA, THAT'S AN ISSUE.
BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE OUT DOING LAPS IN A MAJOR THUNDERSTORM.
SO I THINK FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, IS THIS HOW IT WAS INTENDED TO WORK? IS IT NOT WORKING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO? OR IS THIS ACTUALLY JUST A FAILURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT'S OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE? AND THAT'S NOT A TRICK QUESTION.
THAT'S NOT ME LIKE BEING, YOU KNOW, GETTING MY CLAWS OUT.
I'M JUST SAYING, WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE ISSUE? IS IT THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, AND PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE TRACK IMMEDIATELY, WHICH IS ONE CONVERSATION VERSUS SOMETHING BROKE AND WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH IT YET AND THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
THERE COULD BE 12 POINTS ALONG THE CONTINUUM.
SO TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES SENSE.
WE'VE GOT FIFA HERE, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD FIFA PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING, WHICH I KNOW THEY COULDN'T DO, WHATEVER.
BUT DOWN THE ROAD, THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE OUR KIDS PLAY SOCCER AND FOOTBALL.
RIGHT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE FAMILIES MOVING TO MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT FACILITIES.
AND IF ONE OF THE PREEMINENT FACILITIES IN OUR CITY IS UNDERWATER, MORE THAN IT'S DESIGNED TO BE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT GOING FORWARD.
AND THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN VERY EASILY LOOK AT BY GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT DATA THAT WE HAVE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S AN ANOMALY OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPABILITIES THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED LONG TERM AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
AND ALSO MAYBE IT'S A SHORT-TERM THING.
LIKE WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A WHOLE REVAMP OF IT.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE A PORTABLE PUMP THAT WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY AND IT WON'T TAKE UP A BIG FOOTPRINT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT THE TURF DOWN NOW BECAUSE WE CAN ROLL IT UP WHEN WE DO THE BIG REPAIRS IN FIVE YEARS AND THEN EVERYBODY WALKS AWAY HAPPY.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST GET MORE INFORMATION.
ERIC, IS THERE AN ACTUAL PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE IN FLAMINGO PARK? THERE IS A GEOBOND PROJECT THAT IS THE PAL BUILDING THAT IS IN FLAMINGO PARK, AND IT'S VERY CLOSE BY TO THIS.
WE'LL PROBABLY END UP HAVING TO LOOK AT WHAT DRAINAGE IS IN THE AREA AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO STANDALONE DRAINAGE PROJECT FOR FLAMINGO PARK.
WE'RE NOW GETTING THE INFORMATION.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS, IF IT'S JUST EXPECTATIONS DON'T MATCH REALITY OR IF REALITY IS NO LONGER SUITABLE, AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
AND LET'S JUST GET MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE YOU PURCHASE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ROLL UP THE TURF AND PUT IT BACK, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS DESIGNED FOR THAT? YES, SIR, I WILL CONFIRM.
IF I MAY, ONE LAST COMMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS MY ITEM, AND I'M ACTUALLY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
I INVITED THE BEACH HIGH FOOTBALL COACH HERE TO THE MEETING, SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT HE COME UP REAL QUICK TO TALK ABOUT BEACH HIGH
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FOOTBALL AND THE CONVERSATION THAT HE AND I HAD.SIX, NINE MONTHS AGO ABOUT THIS FIELD.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST...
THE UTAH FOOTBALL, IT'S NOT JUST THOSE KIDS, IT'S EVERY CHILD AND ADULT THAT COMES TO THIS FIELD TO PLAY.
AND COACH WILKIE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONDITIONS ON THE FIELD AND WHAT YOU HAD SAID TO ME THAT DAY THAT I DID THE WALKTHROUGH ON THE FIELD AND SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SPEAKING TODAY.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M THE MIAMI BEACH FOOTBALL COACH.
I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER OF MIAMI BEACH FLAG FOOTBALL.
WE'VE HAD OVER 40 PARTICIPANTS, LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS, WITHIN ONLY A YEAR'S SPAN.
AND I AGREE, WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD, AND I LOVE SAYING THAT.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, NIGHTLIFE AND EVERYTHING.
BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE BEST PART OF THIS CITY IS OUR COMMUNITY.
MY SON WENT TO SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY, NAUTILUS, NOW HE'S GOING TO GO TO MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH, AND I SEE KIDS PLAYING THERE ALL THE TIME.
I'VE BEEN TRAINING IN THAT FIELD FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
WE ACTUALLY TRAIN THE HEISMAN FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK, EVERYTHING ON THAT FIELD.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THAT FIELD, AND OUR KIDS PLAY THERE ALL THE TIME.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, AND I REACHED OUT, AND SHE WENT AND WALKED THE FIELD WITH ME, AND WE SAW ALL THESE HOLES RIGHT BEFORE A FOOTBALL GAME.
AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, LOOK, I DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO SEE THESE KIDS PLAY HERE AND GET AN INJURY.
IF ANYONE HERE HAS AN INJURY OF LIKE A KNEE, YOUR ANKLE, ANYTHING, THAT YOU'VE HAD AN INJURY PRIOR TO SPORTS, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO SEE A KID HAVE AN INJURY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO OUR PART.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SPEAK UP AS A COACH, AS A CITIZEN.
AND MY MISSION IS TO HAVE MIAMI BEACH, WE'RE IN THE GREATEST CITY.
WHY NOT BE IN THE GREATEST SPORTS CITY? WHERE WHEN YOU THINK OF MIAMI BEACH, YOU THINK OF GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM, GREAT FLAG TEAM AND OTHER TEAMS AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND SPEAK ON OUR COMMUNITY BEHALF.
BUT I AGREE, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE FLOODING, I EXPERIENCED THAT OURSELVES.
WE CANCELED THREE GAMES THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING, BECAUSE WE GOT THERE AND THE FLOODING WAS THERE.
SO OBVIOUSLY I'M JUST A COACH.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THE BUDGETING PART, AND I TRUST YOU GUYS THAT YOU'LL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR ME, AND THAT'S AS FAR AS I GO, BECAUSE THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PROTECT OUR KIDS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND HAVE THOSE KIDS HAVE FUN.
AND I HOPE WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
HOPEFULLY WHAT'S BEEN CONVEYED HERE, YOU SEE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO FULLY FUNDING THE RESURFACING OF THE FLAMINGO PARK FIELD.
WE INITIATED THE CONVERSATION.
ERIC, IF YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN COME BACK AND SAY THE STEPS IN WHICH WE DO IT, IF IT SHOULD BE PART OF A BROADER RESILIENCY UPGRADE, OR IF WE CAN DO THIS IN KIND OF A STEPPED PROCESS AS PLANNED.
YOU KNOW AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN TIME HAPPY MR. MAGAZINE AND BY THE WAY LIKE MAN YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN THE CITY I'M REALLY PROUD OF LIVING HERE AND IT'S SAFE FOR OUR KIDS AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR DOING THAT AS WELL AND THANK YOU AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH AND I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN YOU KNOW MY COMMENTS NEVER TO QUESTION THE NEED OF THIS BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR YOU TO HAVE TO CONTINUE CANCELING GAMES BECAUSE OF FLOODING YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL SUPPORT THE RE-TURFING OF THE FIELD, BUT THEN WHAT GOOD IS THE RE-TURFING IF YOU'RE HAVING TO THEN CANCEL THE GAMES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE TO AVOID THE FLOODING? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I WANT TO ADD TO THAT, THOUGH, BUT WE ALSO, I'M WORRIED, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYBODY'S SUGGESTING THIS, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO NOW GET STALLED BECAUSE WE'RE NOW GOING TO ROLL OUT A LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE CAN RE-TURF AND THEN LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DO THAT.
BECAUSE THE TURF ONLY HAS A, HOW LONG? BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH TRAFFIC, IT ONLY, IN ABOUT SIX YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO IT ANYWAY.
AND IF WE CAN INDEED ROLL IT UP, WE CAN REDO IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TURF GETS REDONE, IDEALLY AFTER FOOTBALL SEASON THIS YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, ERIC, NOT TO STEP ON YOUR ENGINEERING TOES, BUT PORTABLE PUMPS WORK WONDERS.
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STEP BETWEEN NOW AND FIGURING OUT HOW DEEP THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE IS AND WHAT THE TIMING IS AND ALL THAT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CANCEL GAMES.SO IT'S NOT JUST YOU GUYS AT HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S THE JUNIORS, YOU KNOW, THE SENIORS' SOCCER TEAM.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO ILLUMINATE ALL OF THE ISSUES.
I THINK WE'RE, NOT TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO RE-TURFING ASAP, PENDING THE CONFIRMATION OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE ACCURATE, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST ROLL IT UP AND PUT IT BACK DOWN AS WE NEED TO.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS THE APPETITE TO DELAY ANYTHING TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY GETS HURT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ALREADY PLAYING SPORTS.
YOU MIGHT TWIST AN ANKLE OR BREAK A LEG ANYHOW, WHICH IS PART OF THE GAME, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T DO.
AND THIS IS JUST THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE PROJECT THAT OUR CEDELIN COMMITTEE, WE DID RECOMMEND THE MUSCLE BEACH IN NORTH BEACH.
THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR COMMISSION LAST YEAR.
IT WAS ON OUR CIP, AND SO WE RECOMMENDED FUNDING THAT ONE.
CAN YOU JUST GO BACK ONE SLIDE TO THE PREVIOUS ONE, PLEASE? OH, SORRY.
DOES A BUS REALLY COST $35,000? SO WE CHECKED WITH THE PARK.
THAT'S AN INITIAL ESTIMATE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO REWORK THOSE NUMBERS, BUT THAT'S THE SUBMISSION.
SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION MAYBE I'M THINKING OF A DIFFERENT BUS.
I THOUGHT WE OWNED THE BUS, AND THIS WAS JUST FOR THE PEDESTAL.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONATED TO THE CITY.
YES, THE BUS WAS DONATED, BUT WE WALKED WITH THE DONOR.
AND THE PEDESTAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IS QUITE LARGE.
IT SHOULD BE VIEWED AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT.
WITH THE ENGINEERING AND WHATNOT, IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED NOT TO EXCEED $35,000.
SO THAT'S THE PRICE THAT WE'RE GOING WITH FOR NOW.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE'LL COMPETITIVELY SHOP IT OUT TO GET THE BEST PRICE WE CAN.
SO WHEN WE ACCEPT A DONATION, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION OR AN ERROR QUESTION, WHEN WE ACCEPT A DONATION THAT ISN'T FOR THE FULL COST OF AN INSTALLATION, RIGHT, THE BUS WAS DONATED BUT NOT THE PEDESTAL AND THE INSTALLATION, WHAT ARE THE, CAN WE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND FOR THE REST OF IT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, THE BUS COSTS.
$10,000 BUT WE'RE SPENDING THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE BUS TO INSTALL IT IN A CERTAIN MANNER WITH A CERTAIN PEDESTAL.
CAN WE DEFINE THOSE TERMS BEFORE WE...
SO THOSE ARE ALL POLICY DECISIONS.
IF YOU WANT TO TELL US THAT YOU'RE ONLY WILLING TO SPEND $10,000 TO MOUNT THE BUS, WE'LL CARRY OUT THOSE ORDERS.
WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF US KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO MOUNT A BUS.
WHERE DID THIS $35,000 COME FROM? I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A WAY TO, I MEAN, I'M NOT EVEN COMPLETELY SURE.
I THINK I REMEMBER GENERAL JOSE SAN MARTINESE, THE PERUVIAN GENERAL? YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG.
WHO WAS THE SPONSOR OF THE EIDL? I BELIEVE IT CAME FROM A COMMITTEE, FROM THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO? THAT COST DOWN? I MEAN, WHY IS IT $35,000? WHERE WILL IT BE DISPLAYED? LIKE THE NORMANDY AREA? I MEAN, I'M LOOKING ON GOOGLE MAPS OF THE COLLINS PARK BUS.
NO, THIS IS THE ONE GOING UP TO...
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WRAPPED IN TILE.
AND IT HAS A SIMPLE CONCRETE FOUNDATION.
THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE $35,000.
AND TO ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING I THINK COULD BE VALUE ENGINEERED.
THIS ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON A WALKTHROUGH, A VISION, A CONCEPT THAT WAS THEN GIVEN FOR AN INITIAL ESTIMATE.
BUT IF THE BUDGET IS $10,000, WE WILL COME UP WITH A PEDESTAL THAT REPRESENTS $10,000.
YEAH, I THINK I DON'T WANT TO SHORTCHANGE ANYBODY'S VISION OF, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS IS ARGENTINIAN.
BECAUSE OF THE THERE'S A CONNECTION TO ARGENTINA UP THERE I I COULD BE I VAGUELY RECALL THIS CONVERSATION.
THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN AREA IS ALREADY CONGESTED, SO I THINK HAVING A LARGER BUS, A PEDESTAL, IS PROBABLY COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE DON'T
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WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET CLOSE TO THE TRAFFIC.I THINK WE NEED TO, AND I TOTALLY, IF I'M REMEMBERING THE CORRECT CONVERSATION, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PASSION BEHIND THIS IS COMING FROM, AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE ANY OF THAT.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MINDFUL ABOUT THE SPACE THAT IT'S GOING INTO AND THE LOOK, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE MAKING CUTS.
I KNOW THAT OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE TALKED ABOUT DONATING ART AND FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROJECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EXPLORED AS WELL.
BUT I THINK $35,000 FOR A PEDESTAL SEEMS LIKE A LOT.
ARE WE GETTING DIRECTION TO...
THIS IS A SPLIT-FUNDED PROJECT.
IT'S FUNDED, I BELIEVE, THROUGH NORTH BEACH QUALITY OF LIFE RESORT TAXES.
ABOUT ONE-HALF OF ONE-HALF IS FROM A MISCELLANEOUS FUND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN-ENDED.
I'M SORRY, THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE PEDESTAL OF THIS BUS IS NORTH BEACH QUALITY OF LIFE FUNDS? THERE'S RESORT TAX, YEAH.
SO IT WOULD BE IN RESORT TAX ELIGIBLE AREAS, SO IN AN AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
OKAY, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FUNDS FROM OUR RESORT TAX FUND, WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN USE THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE FUNDS? THERE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN RESORT TAX ELIGIBLE AREAS, SO USUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A BEACH AREA, 41ST STREET, A HIGH-TRAFFICKED AREA WITH RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO I THINK THIS WAS IN THE NORMANDY.
FOUNTAIN AREA, WHICH WE THOUGHT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE...
I KNOW THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION AND A REQUEST FROM THE HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY, VERY MUCH INCLINED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PROPER AND DIVERSE REPRESENTATION IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DIVERSITY OF MY COMMUNITY.
WHAT I HAVE DIFFICULTIES AGREEING TO IS USING QUALITY-OF-LIFE FUNDS.
IN AN AREA LIKE NORTH BEACH THAT HAS SO MANY REQUESTS AND SO MANY NEEDS, I MEAN JUST TODAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT $200,000 OF NEEDS FOR CROSSWALKS, SOMETHING TO PREVENT COLLISIONS AND FATALITIES.
AND SO I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE CONCERNS IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITIZING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHEN WE GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM NORTH BEACH THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE.
YOU KNOW, OTHER NEEDS IN NORTH BEACH WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO PRIORITIZE THESE DOLLARS.
BECAUSE I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN ALWAYS BE A BENEFACTOR.
I'M SURE WE CAN ALWAYS FIND A BENEFACTOR OR A SPONSOR FOR THE PEDESTAL FOR THE BUST.
SO WE CAN FUND SOME OF OUR OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IN NORTH BEACH.
WAS OUT OF A MISCELLANEOUS OLD CDT FUND, SO THE BUDGET COULD BE MAYBE DROPPED TO THE $16,336 THERE, AND THE $18,000 AND CHANGE IN THE NORTH BEACH QUALITY OF LIFE COULD BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE ONE MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FULLY FUND, WHICH WAS THE SECURITY BOLLARDS ON THE BEACHWALKS.
YOU SEE, THE SECURITY BOLLARDS ON THE BEACHWALK, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IN NORTH BEACH AND THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE CAN VALUE ENGINEER, REDUCE THE BUDGET, AND THEN FREE UP NORTH BEACH QUALITY OF LIFE.
FUND DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS ISSUES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE RAISING TO US, THEN I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN.
SO WE CAN REFLECT THAT, AND WHEN WE GET TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS, I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT TO MAKE SURE WE GET CONSENSUS ON THAT.
BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
OKAY, SO WE'LL PUT IT BACK UP.
AND THEN WE WERE GETTING STARTED ON FUNDING SOURCES.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MUSCLE BEACH SLIDE? SURE.
DISCUSSION OF MAYBE GETTING A SPONSORSHIP FOR EQUIPMENT.
WHERE IS THAT, JOHN? THAT ITEM IS STILL AT FERC, TO BE HEARD.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE SPONSOR OF THAT ITEM.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD BE A NORTH BEACH QUALITY OF LIFE ELEMENT.
IT'S A BEACHFRONT KIND OF PROJECT, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT HE COULD STILL, HE WANTED TO STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT FERC WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND IF THERE WAS AN AVAILABILITY TO FIND SPONSORSHIP, EITHER TWO WAYS IS EITHER YOU COULD BUILD A BIGGER PROJECT OR YOU COULD SUPPLEMENT FUNDS OUT AND JUST NOT UTILIZE ALL THE $300,000.
I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT IS GOING TO COST $300,000.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST A CONTAINER WITH WEIGHTS THAT WE PURCHASED, ACTUALLY.
I MEAN IS THIS MORE OF LIKE THE ART COMPONENT OF MUSCLE BEACH OR IS IT THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT?
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YES THIS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE IT GOES BACK TO 2025 COMMITTEE AND WE WERE PROPOSING MORE THAN JUST A CONTAINER TO SOMEWHAT REPLICATE WHAT WE HAVE IN SOUTH BEACH UP IN NORTH BEACH.YES SIR WE COULD DO JUST A CONTAINER FOR LESS THAN 300,000.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHERE ARE WE WITH THE SPONSORSHIP, THERE WAS JUST A MEETING MONDAY WITH A POTENTIAL SPONSOR.
THEY ARE GOING TO RUN THROUGH ALL OF THE OPTIONS AND COME BACK TO US TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.
I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, SO WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS IN THE FUNDING.
BUT IF WE CAN GET A SPONSOR IN THE MEANTIME, GREAT.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO REDUCE THE SCOPE, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THE SCOPE TO A CONTAINER, WE COULD REDUCE THE SCOPE.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WAS THE MAJORITY OF THE $300,000? THE ART COMPONENT OR WAS IT ACTUAL? IT WAS FUNCTIONAL.
FUNCTIONAL FITNESS EQUIPMENT, YES.
SO THE ONE IN SOUTH BEACH IS THIS BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN DESIGN.
I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED, I REMEMBER I THINK REALLY PUSHED HARD TO GET IT.
SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY DOING ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE UP IN NORTH BEACH, ASIDE FROM THE FUNCTIONAL CONTAINER, BUT ALSO HAVING SOMETHING THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL INSTALLATION? YES, IF WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, WHICH I'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE VALUE ENGINEERED OUT OF THAT, IT DID INCLUDE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT AND THEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING A CONTAINER.
BECAUSE I WILL SAY THAT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN NORTH BEACH AND THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE, CROWDED COMMUNITY IS BECOMING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEMANDING MORE.
AND SO DOES IT HAVE TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS WHAT WAS IN SOUTH BEACH? NOT NECESSARILY.
BUT TO JUST THROW UP A BOX FULL OF WASTE ISN'T QUITE THE RIGHT THING EITHER.
AND I'M SURE, I MEAN, WE HAVE HIGH ROCKS HERE, WE HAVE ADIDAS HERE, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, GUADALUPE HERE.
I WOULD IMAGINE BETWEEN THE THREE OR ONE OF THEM, I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM.
ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES TO DEFRAY THE COSTS, IF NOT PAY FOR THE ENTIRE THING.
THERE WAS A PROMISING MEETING HELD THIS MONDAY, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO COME UNTIL THE MONEY'S COMMITTED.
SO I WOULD BE OKAY WITH HOLDING THIS AS A PLACEHOLDER AND WORKING TOWARDS, COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS, FINDING A BETTER SOURCE OF REVENUE TO COVER THIS.
AND THERE WILL BE, THAT ITEM IS AT FERC, SO THAT DETAILED DISCUSSION...
WHEN PARKS IS READY TO COME AND WHETHER IT'S AGAIN SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADD TO IT TO HAVE A BIGGER PROJECT OR SUBSTITUTIVE AND JUST REDUCE THE CITY'S PORTION WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED IT FOR A COUPLE.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GET BACK AND TALK HERE ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCES ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST EXPLAINING THE ATTACHMENT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE.
IT ACTUALLY HAS ALL THE DETAILS OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN ITEMS THAT WERE FUNDED PREVIOUSLY AS WELL AS ITEMS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR FY 27 AND FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
SO AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, BUT YOU HAVE THE LIST THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING FOR RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL MAJOR FUNDS.
SO OUR FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, THE CITY'S CAPITAL RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND, WAS ESTABLISHED AS A STANDALONE BACK IN 2005, AND IT'S USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVIDE DEDICATED FUNDING.
TO RENEW AND REPLACE, MEANING TO FIX THE ITEMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, KEEP OUR FACILITIES AND OUR STRUCTURES IN GOOD USABLE FUNCTION.
SO THOUGH THE PRELIMINARY VALUES INCREASED BY 3.5%, WE DID NOT INCREASE THE REVENUES COMING IN HERE BECAUSE AS WE DO THE ROLLBACK, WE'RE USING THE SAME REVENUE STRUCTURE AS THE PRIOR YEAR.
AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK THROUGH HOW WE PRIORITIZE.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIFE SAFETY.
CRITICALITY OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BUDGET CAPS, YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE? SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING 4.7 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROJECTS UNFUNDED AT AROUND 10 MILLION.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE NEEDED DOLLARS.
SO HERE'S A LIST OF A FEW OF THE PROJECTS THAT THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT ONE HAS IT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT HEAVY ON REALLY NUTS AND BOLTS OF FIXING UP STUFF.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE RECERTIFICATIONS.
THE UNDAD NORTH BEACH OCEANFRONT BUILDING, STRUCTURAL WORK, WINDOW CEILINGS, ELEVATORS.
CAN I STOP YOU ON THIS? THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO WE DO ANYTHING TO RAISE REVENUE OR THAT IS REVENUE RAISING FOR EVENTS AT THAT UNDAD BUILDING? I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING LIKE A BEACHFRONT BUILDING WITH OCEAN VIEWS THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
SO, I JUST ASKED ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF WHEN THE CONTRACT RENEWAL IS UP, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO DO EVENTS.
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THEY'RE NOT EVEN LIKE FANCY EVENTS, JUST COMMUNITY MEETINGS.SHE WAS SAYING YOU HAD A BAR MITZVAH.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND IF IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT A CITY-REQUESTED EVENT, THERE'S A MINIMAL RENTAL FEE OF $3,000.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE, OUR BUDGET, OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM IS OUT UNTIL, TAMIKA, YOU GOT THAT INFORMATION, RIGHT? NO, I DON'T.
NO, YOU DIDN'T GET, SOMEBODY, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO GOT THAT INFORMATION FOR ME, BUT IT, OH, I THINK MAYBE OZZIE AND FACILITIES GOT IT, BUT THE CONTRACT IS LOCKED IN FOR LIKE ALL OF OUR NATURAL LIVES, BASICALLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR FOR RENTAL EVENTS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GREAT SPACE FOR WEDDINGS AND PARTIES AND EVENTS AND I DON'T KNOW AND RICK I GUESS THIS IS A YOU QUESTION IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND A CONTRACT IN BETWEEN WHEN IT IS SCHEDULED FOR RENEWAL I THINK IT'S GOT FOUR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS IS IT RIGHT NOW JUST USED FOR A LUNCH HOLE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE OPERATION.
I'D SAY THAT OVER THE YEARS, I KNOW THAT UNIDAD DOES RENT OUT THE FACILITY TO PEOPLE WHO USE IT AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS.
AND I BELIEVE THEY ALSO HAVE STAFF THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE FACILITY OPEN.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY USE THOSE DOLLARS AS PART TO FUND OPERATIONS, CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF MAINTENANCE, AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER AT THE SENIOR CENTER THERE.
SO I DO KNOW IT'S BEING RENTED, AND I DO KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THEY'VE REINVESTED THAT MONEY INTO THE OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY.
SO WHO FROM THE CITY OVERSEES THE UNIDAD FACILITIES? YEAH, BASICALLY THE ARRANGEMENT IS OVERSEEN BY OUR PARKS FACILITIES FLEET AND BEACHES TEAM.
THE LONG-TERM CONTRACT IS OVERSEEN BY OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE A, I BELIEVE IT'S A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
CITY-OWNED FACILITY, OBVIOUSLY ON CITY LAND.
I OBVIOUSLY AM NOT IN FRONT OF UNIDAD EVERY SINGLE EVENING, BUT I GO PAST THERE AN AWFUL LOT, AND I WAS SEEING UNIDAD ACTIVATED AT NIGHT IN THE LAST...
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT HASN'T BEEN, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR OUR PARKS AND REC FOLKS WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO HELP ELEVATE THEIR GAME AND DO EVENT MANAGEMENT STUFF.
I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE INDUSTRY, ALL KINDS OF PUBLICATIONS THAT LIST SPACES TO BE USED.
AND MAYBE THEIR, I MEAN, THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS A SENIOR CENTER.
SO WHY WOULD THEY POSSIBLY KNOW ABOUT EVENT MANAGEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THEIR...
THAT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM ALMOST AS IF THEY'RE A NEW YOUNG BUSINESS TO GET THEM CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL START USING THAT AS A VENUE SITE AND BRING IN REVENUE FOR THEM AND, YOU KNOW, ELEVATE EVERYBODY.
AND, COMMISSIONER, PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST PUBLIC ASSETS THAT ARE MANAGED THROUGH THIRD-PARTY AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, UNIDAD, MAYBE ALSO THE MDPL BUILDING, THESE ARE ALL GREAT PUBLIC ASSETS THAT WE HAVE THAT IF WE CAN HELP THEM IN THEIR MANAGEMENT OF LEASES AND ACTIVITIES, THAT HELPS GENERATE THEIR FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE OPERATIONS AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL AND RENEWAL EXPENDITURES POSSIBLY.
BUT NOT JUST UNEDA, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF OUR OTHER ASSETS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A USEFUL EXERCISE TO TAKE AN INVENTORY OF WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW THEY'RE BEING USED AND CAN WE HELP THEM GENERATE MORE REVENUE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO SINGLE OUT UNEDA BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER OCEANFRONT ASSETS.
MAYBE WE CAN GET THEM IN A ROOM WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE SHANE CENTER BECAUSE THE SHANE CENTER DOES A LOT OF THAT.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO COMMISSION AS A THING OR CAN WE JUST...
I JUST WANT TO COMMENT QUICKLY THAT I ACTUALLY DID ATTEND A BAT MITZVAH AT UNIDAD.
THIS WAS NOW THREE YEARS AGO MAYBE, BUT IT WAS A GREAT BAT MITZVAH, AND SO I'M SURE CINDY WAS THE ONE THAT SOLD THAT TO HIM AS A GREAT VENUE.
AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS AND ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SPOT ON THE WEEKEND, UNIDAD, AS WELL AS MDPL, AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
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YEAH, WE WERE JOKING.I ATTENDED APARTMENTS FOR THERE, AND IT IS AN UNDERUTILIZED SPACE, WHICH I BELIEVE OUR CONVENTION CENTER, TOO, AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION THAT I'LL BE BRINGING.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY A COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION, SO THANK YOU.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MORE ABOUT NUTS AND BOLTS, KIND OF RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT STUFF.
WE GOT ROOF REPLACEMENTS AT THE POWELL BUILDING.
WE GOT THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT, THE ROTUNDA.
WE DID DO A MAJOR STRUCTURAL PROJECT THERE, WHICH DETERMINED THERE WAS ROOF REPLACEMENT NEEDS THERE, HVAC WORK, POOL ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND NOW WE GO INTO THE PAY AS YOU GO FUND AND THAT ACTUALLY COMES FROM A DEDICATED MILLAGE RATE AS WELL.
JUST LIKE THE CRR, WE DID NOT INCREASE THE REVENUES BASED ON THE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES.
WE KEPT IT FLAT AT LAST YEAR'S NUMBER.
SO THAT 5.9 IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDS THAT JASON MENTIONED, THE TRANSFER OF $2.6 MILLION FOR THE GOLF COURSES, AS WELL AS THE $3.4 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ON INTEREST INCOME.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION.
SOMETIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT GET CLOSED OUT, AND WE ALSO GET INTEREST INCOME AS WELL.
SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF $12.9 MILLION TO ALLOCATE.
THERE WAS A REQUEST OF $78 MILLION, SO WE DO HAVE $65.9 MILLION THAT'S UNFUNDED.
WE TRY TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE MOST CRITICAL.
SO FOR THE SLIDES MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU SEE A BLUE FONT ON THE PROJECT, IT WAS ON THE LIST THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
AND THESE WERE ITEMS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO CONSIDER FUNDING IN THE 27 BUDGET PROCESS.
SO AGAIN ANOTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS THAT SOME ITEMS HERE SAY PARTIAL FUNDING, SO FOR EXAMPLE THE CITY-WIDE BRIDGES THERE IS A CURRENT APPROPRIATION OF ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY.
WE WERE ABLE TO PARTIALLY FUND IF LATER ON WHEN WE GET THE JULY NUMBERS AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NUMBER FUNDS WE COULD COME BACK AND ADD SOME FUNDING TO THE BRIDGES.
WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS THAT SAY THAT WE EITHER APPLY FOR A GRANT OR THEY'RE SPLIT FUNDED.
SPLIT FUNDED MEANS THAT YOU SEE THIS PROJECT SHOW UP MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE, TWICE OR THRICE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE USING PAYGO FUNDS HERE AND WE MAY BE USING SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS TO FULLY FUND THE PROJECT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS WE'RE FUNDING HERE IS THE MARINE PATROL DAC IMPROVEMENTS.
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO I THINK IT'S ABOUT $93,000, AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY ALLOCATING THE REST OF THE PROJECT.
THE SECOND LARGEST ITEM THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THE FINAL PORTION, WELL, ALMOST THE FINAL PORTION FOR THE GOLF COURSE RENOVATION.
WE, AGAIN, HAVE BEEN USING THEIR OWN SURPLUS.
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT $500,000 THAT'S LEFT UNFUNDED, AND WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF FY26 THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND THAT PROJECT.
TAMIKA, AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT FOR THE GOLF COURSE, WHEN IS THE OPERATING CONTRACT UP FOR THAT? JUST SIT UP FRONT, DUDE.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF 27, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LEFT.
AND THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING WITH THE TENNIS CENTER MADE ME THINK OF THIS.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO ESSENTIALLY...
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPERATORS OR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, SAY, GO OUT AND HAVE A NEW OPERATOR FUND IT, OR AT LEAST SEE WHAT THAT PROPOSAL IS.
IT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE UNDER A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT WE CERTAINLY, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING TO RE-ADVERTISE AND MAYBE RESET OURSELVES.
RIGHT, I MEAN, INSTEAD OF SPENDING $2.5 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY, AND ALBEIT I GET THAT IT'S DUE TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT GRANULAR DISTINCTION HERE, INSTEAD OF SPENDING $2.5 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY, PUT THAT AS PART OF THE BID FOR THE NEW OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
OKAY, WE'RE OFFERING A 10-YEAR CONTRACT.
LET'S SEE THE PROPOSALS, WHAT A $2.5 MILLION RENOVATION IS GOING TO BRING BACK.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF I COULD, THE $2.5 MILLION IS JUST THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS A $9 MILLION RENOVATION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.
CERTAINLY, WE COULD STRUCTURE IT THAT WAY.
REQUIRE US TO ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN RECOVER THEIR CAPITAL.
AND IT'S GOING TO MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT LESS CONTROL
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OVER WHAT HAPPENS.RIGHT NOW, THE CITY BASICALLY MANAGES ALL OF THE BUDGETING AND ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT HAPPEN AT THE GOLF COURSE.
WE HAVE A THIRD-PARTY OPERATOR THAT HANDLES THE DAY-TO-DAY, BUT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SAYING, MOTHER, MAY I, TO THE CITY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER, IF I MAY, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE NORMANDY GOLF COURSE.
I THINK THERE'S A FOR SOLAR REMEDIATION THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH.
SUSTAINABILITY, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD ON AS SOON AS WE CAN, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT CHUNK OF MONEY, PROBABLY FOR THE 28TH SURPLUS WE USE.
AND THEN WE'LL BE SETTING ASIDE THE SURPLUS OF THE GOLF COURSE MONEY FOR EVENTUALLY THE NORMANDY COURSE RENOVATION, WHICH WILL BE IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
I MEAN, CAN WE DO SOMETHING TO EXPLORE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE WE COMMIT $2.5 MILLION NOW AND FURTHER MONEY IN THE FUTURE? I'M NOT SAYING I'M DEAD SET LOCKED INTO THAT, BUT A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, ALL OPTIONS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE.
AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ESSENTIALLY BEARING THOSE COSTS AND THEN GETTING IT BACK THROUGH A LONGER-TERM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, IT'S CERTAINLY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE IN MY MIND.
I GUESS THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'RE KIND OF JUST SETTING THIS MONEY ASIDE, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PUTTING IT INTO A CONTRACT AND LOCKING IT UP.
AND SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE OUR MIND, THIS DOESN'T OVERLY TIE OUR HANDS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS.
MY FEAR WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE FOLKS THAT WOULD WANT TOO MUCH IN RETURN.
IN ORDER TO FRONT THAT CAPITAL.
WELL, IT'S A PUBLIC BID, RIGHT? IT'S A PUBLIC PROCURED BID, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST A BILATERAL BID WHERE SOMEBODY HAS THIS OVER THE BARREL.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IT OUT TO AN RFP.
I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL.
OF COURSE, I'D BE OPEN TO HEARING THINGS.
BEEN APPROACHED BY DEVELOPERS ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE NIKKI BEACH LOCATION.
THE MIAMI BEACH GOLF COURSE AND NORMANDY ARE SPECIAL.
AND ONCE YOU ENTER INTO A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, ALL OF THAT CHANGES.
AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BETTER, I FEEL.
WHAT ERIC, OUR CITY MANAGER, JUST MENTIONED IS WE STILL HAVE CONTROL.
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE MANAGING.
WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT ANY RFP THAT WOULD COME, THEY WOULD WANT TO BUILD UP AT THAT WAY.
I'M NOT PROPOSING BUILDING ON THE GOLF COURSE.
AT LEAST THE DEVELOPER THAT CAME TO ME WANTED TO DESTROY WHAT'S THERE NOW, BUILD UP.
I HAVEN'T BEEN PRIVY TO ANY CONVERSATION LIKE THAT.
I CAN IMAGINE RUSSELL PROBABLY WANTING A NICE TOWER ON THE EIGHTH HOLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THAT'S THE...
OR A PANEL COURT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
I NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANYBODY WANTING TO DO ANYTHING ON THE GOLF COURSE.
I JUST THOUGHT ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.
AND IF THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
BUT I'D AT LEAST LIKE TO SEE...
WITH THE CONTRACT EXPIRING, GREAT.
WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A DEGREE OF CONTROL.
THIS IS JUST ESSENTIALLY SEEING IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAT THE MANAGER OR OPERATOR WOULD BEAR SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT DOESN'T WORK.
AND I THINK, IF I MAY, MY RECOMMENDATION...
KIND OF SHOOTING FROM THE HIP HERE, BUT IF THAT WAS THE WAY YOU WANTED TO GO, I WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE'RE READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THEN MAYBE LOOK AT DOING A PROCUREMENT FOR A DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE, MAINTAIN.
DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE, MAINTAIN.
FOR THE COURSE ITSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, BUT THEN YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE.
LONG-TERM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
I'M JUST GOING TO INTERJECT IN THERE.
THIS GOLF COURSE IS IN THE HEART OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
ABUTTING EVERY SIDE OR MOST SIDES OF THIS GOLF COURSE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
AND SO I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.
I THINK IF AT ANY POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN OPERATION, MANAGEMENT, WHO OUR PARTNER IS IN THAT GOLF COURSE?
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WE FIRST NEED TO START WITH THE TOWN HALL, THE RESIDENTS, AND THE USERS OF THE GOLF COURSE.PEOPLE LIVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GOLF COURSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GOLF COURSE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THAT I'M HEARING OF THERE BEING A DEVELOPER INTERESTED IN TAKING OVER THAT.
FOR MANY YEARS, THIS GOLF COURSE WAS OPERATING IN THE RED.
THIS GOLF COURSE IS FINALLY OPERATING IN THE GREEN.
I THINK BOTH OF OUR PUBLICLY OWNED GOLF COURSES ARE NOW FINALLY OPERATING IN THE GREEN.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST FROM MY YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICES, MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES USUALLY DON'T OPERATE IN THE GREEN.
THEY'RE USUALLY NOT GOOD BUSINESS MODELS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PARTNER THAT IS HANDLING THIS VERY WELL.
FOR THE CITY GENERALLY I DON'T GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ON HOW OUR GOLF COURSE IS MANAGED OTHER THAN YOU KNOW THE STRAIGHT BALL GOLF BALL THAT LANDS ON PEOPLE'S YARDS UM AND SO AND SO I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THE VERY UNIQUE LOCATION OF THIS OF THIS GOLF COURSE THAT YOU HAVE RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT LITERALLY SHARE PROPERTY LINES WITH THIS WITH THIS GOLF COURSE, AND IF SOMETHING WERE TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED TO BE CHANGED, THAT IT START WITH THE RESIDENTS BEFORE WE GET INTO TOO MUCH DECISION-MAKING.
YEAH, AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS WHAT I WAS MENTIONING IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AT THE NORTH SHORE TENNIS CENTER, WHERE THERE'S AN OPERATOR UNDER A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THERE, AND WE ARE CONTEMPLATING EXTENDING HER CONTRACT, AND SHE ACTUALLY MAKES THE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION.
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAFE RIGHT SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE WOULD JUST SEE WHAT THE TRADE-OFF WOULD BE UM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ERIC IS THERE I MEAN HAS ANYONE APPROACHED THE CITY OF ANY HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTEREST WHETHER INFORMAL OR FORMAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ANY CHANGE TO THIS PROPERTY NOT THAT I'M MORE IF I CAN JUMP IN ON THIS UM THE GOLF COURSE IS A DONALD ROSS DESIGNED GOLF COURSE AND THE REASON I KNOW THIS, THAT IT'S A BIG DEAL, IS BECAUSE WHEN I MOVED HERE A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, MY THEN HUSBAND IS STILL AN AVID GOLFER AND HE WAS SUPER THRILLED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE WALKING DISTANCE FROM A WORLD-CLASS GOLF COURSE.
WE SHOULDN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE, YOU KNOW, THE COURSE DESIGN OF THE NORTH SHORE, THE NORMANDY COURSE, BUT THE ONE IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY, THE ONE THAT PEOPLE COME TO ON VACATION, IS A WORLD-CLASS DESIGN GOLF COURSE.
AND BOTH OF THEM SERVE AS COMMUNITY CENTERS, NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THEM, BUT FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS OF ALL STRIPES.
THE FOOD IS GOOD AT BOTH PLACES.
IT'S ACCESSIBLE, AS SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED.
YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO OPERATE? POTENTIALLY.
BUT I WOULD NEVER BE SUPPORTIVE OF...
EXCEEDING ANY MORE CONTROL THAN WE HAVE NOW.
AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE BEING GENERATED BY THE REVENUE THAT THEY ARE.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE BUDGET.
IT'S A QUESTION OF THE MONEY COULD GO TO SOMETHING ELSE IN THE BUDGET, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, AND THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE OVERLY HASTY TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO OPERATE.
I WOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT FINDING A NEW OPERATOR BECAUSE I FEAR THAT SOMEBODY WOULD WANT MUCH MORE THAN WE WOULD BE GETTING IN CONTROL, IN RETURN.
AND THE $2 MILLION OR EVEN THE $9 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, THAT'S HOW LONG THESE REPAIRS AND REIMAGINATION SHOULD LAST AT LEAST, IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY FOR A HUGE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS.
MY UNSOLICITED TWO CENTS ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S NOT BEAT THIS TO DEATH BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A THEORETICAL THING THAT I THREW OUT, AND WE COULD EXPLORE THAT IN DUE TIME.
OKAY, SO WE'LL GO BACK UP TO THE PAYGO LIST.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE LAST OF THE LIST OF PAYGO PROJECTS.
I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THE FLAMINGO PARK STADIUM, THE TURF THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS IN PAYGO.
THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT FOR THE NORMANDY SHORES GOLF CLUB THAT'S COMING FROM THEIR SURPLUS AS WELL.
THE POLO PARK BASKETBALL COURT LIGHTING, THAT WAS A COMMISSION PRIORITY.
AND THEN THE MONUMENT ISLAND, WE DID FUND A PORTION LAST YEAR, AND THIS IS THE FINAL AMOUNT
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FOR THE PROJECT, AND THIS IS TO HAVE SOME RIP-RAPS AROUND THE ISLAND TO PREVENT MOORING ON THE BEACH.SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE RESORT TAX CAPITAL FUNDS.
THERE'S ONE FOR NORTH BEACH, SOUTH BEACH, AND MID-BEACH.
SO THIS IS GENERATED FROM THE 1% OF THE RESORT TAX ON ROOM RENTS.
THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE USES ARE TOURIST RELATED CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THAT REVENUE THAT 1% IS 60% TRANSPORTATION PRIMARILY THE TROLLEY SYSTEM AND THEN 10% IN NORTH BEACH, MID BEACH AND SOUTH BEACH AND 10% FOR THE ARTS.
SO FIRST WE HAVE THE NORTH BEACH.
SO WE HAVE THE LIFEGUARD TOWERS, CROSS BRACES.
THERE'S AN AMOUNT IN EVERY ONE OF THE THREE FUNDS AS WE GO AHEAD AND DO THOSE REPLACEMENTS.
SOME MONEY FOR ALLEYWAY RESTORATIONS, THE BEACHWALK BOLLARDS, THE NORTH SHORE FITNESS CENTER RELOCATION, MUSCLE BEACH, THE KAYAK LAUNCH, ITEM 287.
THOSE FUNDS WILL NOT BE ADDED.
AND THOSE WILL BE ALLOCATED UP TO PROJECT 283, WHICH IS THE BEACHWALK BALLERS, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT NOTE.
AND THEN THERE'S A FEW SMALLER DOLLARS FOR RHYTHM FOUNDATION PROJECTS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE NORTH SHORE FITNESS CENTER RELOCATION IS? SURE.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE FIRST FLOOR, AND I'LL LET JOHN EXPLAIN WHY.
PARKING CENTER, THAT IS A DCF CHILDCARE SITE AND IT HAS A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS WITH COMMINGLING ADULTS WHILE THE KIDS ARE IN PROGRAM.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR WE COULD HAVE THAT AMENITY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE FOR MORE HOURS A DAY.
OKAY AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE WERE AUDITED WITH OUR SITES A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SOME AFTERCARE PROGRAMS WENT AWAY.
THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT ISSUE.
WE'VE RESOLVED THE LICENSURE ISSUES, OR WE DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES AT NORTH SHORE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT AMENITY AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOCKDOWN DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY.
SO HERE'S A QUESTION, BECAUSE I LOVE THIS IDEA.
AND ALSO, WE ARE BUILDING A NEW WORLD-CLASS SPORTS COMPLEX ON 72ND STREET, WHICH IN THEORY, NO PRESSURE, DAVID GOMEZ, I'M LOOKING AT YOU, NO PRESSURE AT ALL.
BUT IN THEORY, SHOVEL IN THE GROUND NEXT YEAR, AND TWO YEARS TO BUILD.
SO DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SPEND $357,000 TO COVER US FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS? FAIR POINT ON THE MOVE, BUT WE DO NEED NEW EQUIPMENT.
THAT EQUIPMENT EITHER THROUGH A PURCHASE OR A LEASE.
OKAY, SO WHEN WE MOVE TO THE NEW BUILDING, WILL WE TAKE THE EQUIPMENT WITH US? CAN IT BE DESIGNED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE EQUIPMENT? WE CAN DO THAT, YES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE CIP, I BELIEVE, IS BUILDING US A SHELL FOR THE FITNESS CENTER.
I'LL DO EQUIPMENT TO YOU, OKAY? SO HE'S DOING THE EQUIPMENT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT SERVICES FROM COMMUNITY AMENITIES BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS BUY NEW EQUIPMENT WITH LET'S SAY IT'S 40% OF THE COST WHATEVER IT IS BUY NEW EQUIPMENT TODAY OR IN JANUARY AND THEN IN THREE YEARS BY HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR NEW EQUIPMENT AGAIN SO EITHER FIND A WAY TO BRING TO SELECT THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM TO BE MOVED INTO THE LONG TERM OR RETHINK THIS.
I'M NOT, YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS? BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING X NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO BUY SOMETHING THAT THE WAY I'M HEARING IT IS JUST GOING TO BE REPLACED IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? WHAT EXACTLY IS THE EQUIPMENT? IT'S YOUR TYPICAL PLATE SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ANY, YOU KNOW, CRUNCH, CRUNCH FITNESS, LA FITNESS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT PLATES, THE DIFFERENT UPPER BODY, ALL THE DIFFERENT BODY PART WORKOUT STATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN PLATES? LIKE, MOVABLE PLATES? THE CABLE.
THE CABLE PLATE WITH THE PIN? WELL, THAT SHOULD LAST TEN YEARS, NOT THREE YEARS.
NO, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF THE EQUIPMENT NOT LASTING.
IT'S AT THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER COMPLEX, WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT, 72ND STREET COMPLEX, IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, TO INCLUDE EQUIPMENT ALREADY THAT'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
SO WHY WOULD WE BUY NEW EQUIPMENT IN PLACE CURRENTLY AND THEN NOT NEED IT IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS SO IT'S AN ISSUE THE EQUIPMENT NOT LASTING LIKE WE'RE BUYING IT'S A FAIR QUESTION THE SAME THING TWICE BASICALLY IF I MAY DAVID GOMEZ DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL
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IMPROVEMENTS THE FACILITY BEING DESIGNED FOR THE 70 SECOND STREET COMMUNITY COMPLEX COMPLEX WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE AUGMENTING THE SERVICES AT THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTER SPECIFICALLY THE FITNESS CENTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HIGHER END FITNESS CENTER THAT I THINK IS GOING TO SERVE SOMEWHAT OF A DIFFERENT POPULATION THEY MAY OR MAY NOT COEXISTS WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT OF THE SAME USERS IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY ON HOW WE PROGRAM IT AND HOW WE USE IT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT FUTURE USES FOR THE EXISTING FACILITY, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR IT.SO NOW I'M HEARING THAT IT'S PLANNED TO STAY OPEN.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER A BLOCK AWAY FROM A COMMUNITY CENTER? THEY'RE DIFFERENT USES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE 72ND STREET COMMUNITY CENTER HAS THE AQUATIC COMPLEX.
IT HAS THE FITNESS CENTER, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A HIGHER END FITNESS CENTER.
THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER HAS THE TENNIS CENTER.
HAS THE CHILD CARE AND DAYCARE STUFF.
SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY OVERLAP.
I MEAN, THE HIGHER-END FITNESS CENTER IN A COMMUNITY FACILITY AT 72ND STREET, IT'S NOT ANATOMY.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME CRAZY, SUPER FANCY CRYOGENIC GYM.
SO IT'S JUST A GYM FOR RESIDENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO GYMS? I DON'T KNOW IF PARKS WAS PROGRAMMING TO KEEP THE EXISTING ONE GOING OR IF THEY WERE GOING TO MERGE THEM.
SO WE COULD PROBABLY USE THAT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER GYM AT 72ND STREET COMPLEX, WE COULD PROBABLY USE THE SPACE IN THE NORTH SHORE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
IF ANYTHING WERE TO MOVE FROM NORTH SHORE TO 72ND STREET, THE FITNESS CENTER WOULD BE ONE OF THE TOP THINGS THAT COULD MOVE.
THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE COULD BE USED FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAM.
BUT COMMISSIONER BOTT'S SAYING IS WHY SPEND, HOW MUCH WAS IT? $375,000.
YES, ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON SOMETHING THAT MAY BE NOT NEEDED IN A COUPLE YEARS.
IF WE WERE TO OPEN UP IN THREE YEARS, OPEN FOR BUSINESS, I COULD SEE THAT.
WE COULD ALSO TAKE, BUT THE EQUIPMENT IS OLD, AND WE DO EXPAND.
USE OF THE CENTER BY MOVING IT TO THE FIRST FLOOR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CHILD CARE LOCKDOWN ISSUES THAT WE CAN WORK AROUND BY MOVING TO THE FIRST FLOOR.
SO YOU'RE NOT ONLY GETTING NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED, WE'RE GETTING EXTENDED USE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT I CAN DO IS LOOK AT A LEASE OPTION.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD RATHER LEASE IT FOR A FEW YEARS.
IF IT'S EXORBITANT, THEN THAT'S NOT GREAT EITHER BECAUSE WE'LL FIND A SPACE FOR GYM EQUIPMENT.
AND ALSO, WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE COST OF EXPANDING TO THE FIRST FLOOR VERSUS THE EQUIPMENT? LIKE WE'VE GOT A LUMP SUM OF $375.
IS $75 OF THAT MOVING AND $300 OF THAT THE EQUIPMENT OR VICE VERSA? SO THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TOO.
I WON'T HAVE YOU WATCH ME GO THROUGH MY PAPERS, BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
OKAY, IF I MAY, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS CAPITAL PROJECT IS BEING REQUESTED.
REQUESTED TO BE CANCELED AND THEN AN OPERATING BUDGET ENHANCEMENT WOULD BE SUBMITTED BY PARKS FOR RELOCATION AND A LEASE AMOUNT AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THAT SEPARATELY THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET.
IT WAS 350, WE'LL PUT IT BACK UP, 357,000 AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND JUST LIKE THE BUST THAT PROJECT 283, THE BEACHWALK BOLLARDS, SECURITY BOLLARDS WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION, AUDIO SYSTEM, CLUB DECK, AND THEATER SEATING? FACILITY? FACILITY, SORRY.
ADAM GINEWZA FROM THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION.
IT REALLY SHOULD SAY MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL, AUDIO SYSTEM, CLUB DECK, AND THEATER SEATING.
BUT TO GIVE FOLKS THE OVERALL PICTURE ON EACH OF THOSE ITEMS, THE AUDIO SYSTEM IS AN UPDATE TO THE AUDIO SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN IN THE BUILDING AND HAS BEEN IN THERE SINCE 2014, 2015, WHICH IS QUITE THE FEAT AS FAR AS LIFESPAN OF HIGH SENSITIVITY, HIGH TECH.
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ON AN OCEANSIDE OPEN AIR VENUE.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN UPDATE TO THAT SYSTEM.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS ALSO THIS PRICE ALSO REFLECTS A VERY
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DEEP DISCOUNT ON THE PART OF MEIJER SOUND SYSTEM.THIS IS THE SAME SOUND COMPANY THAT WORKS AT THE NEW WORLD CENTER.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE FERRARI OF SOUND SYSTEMS. DOES IT REPLACE IT? IT REPLACES IT, YEAH.
WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN? THE LIFESPAN FOR THIS IS EIGHT YEARS IS THE USABLE LIFESPAN.
THE LAST ONE HAD A SIMILAR LIFESPAN OF SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS.
THE EXPECTATION OF IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOWER GIVEN THE OPERATING CONDITIONS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO STRETCH IT OUT TO BE 11, 12, 13 OF THAT PARTICULAR SOUND SYSTEM.
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, WHAT'S NOTEWORTHY HERE IS THAT WE...
HAVE CONVINCED MEIJER TO COME ON AS SPONSORS OF THE BAND SHELL.
SO THEY GAVE, SO THEY DISCOUNTED THE COST OF THIS HIGH, THIS IS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE ROLLING OUT.
THEY DISCOUNTED IT BY OVER 50% WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BAND SHELL COULD BECOME A CASE STUDY, A SORT OF SHOWCASE VENUE FOR THE SOUND COMPANY.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ASSOCIATED MARKETING ON THE PART OF MEIJER.
TO PROMOTE THIS BRAND NEW TYPE OF AUDIO TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'VE CREATED.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE SAVING THE CITY, SAVING THE PUBLIC DOLLARS HERE THROUGH THIS SPONSORSHIP, WE'RE ALSO PROMOTING THE MIAMI BEACH BAND SHOW IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AS A TRULY STATE-OF-THE-ART PERFORMANCE VENUE.
DOES THIS TIE INTO THE BROADCASTS THAT YOU ALL DO? NO, THIS IS SEPARATE.
THIS IS A SPONSORSHIP DIRECTLY WITH THE SOUND COMPANY.
NO, BUT I MEAN THE AUDIO SYSTEM.
THE AUDIO SYSTEM IS TIED TO OUR BROADCAST IN AS MUCH AS IT'S PART OF OUR NETWORK OF TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE SPEAKERS THAT YOU HEAR THE MUSIC PLAYING FROM WHEN YOU COME TO THE VENUE.
I MEAN, IT IS A MUSIC VENUE THAT CANNOT OPERATE WITHOUT DECENT SPEAKERS.
I MEAN, NEW WORLD CENTER, NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, PLAYS IN ONE OF THE MOST ACOUSTICALLY SOPHISTICATED, WELL-DESIGNED AUDIO FACILITIES IN THE WORLD.
AND WE JUST UPGRADED THEIR OUTDOOR SPEAKER SYSTEM TO BE BETTER THAN IT WAS FOR SIMILAR REASONS.
YOU JUST WON, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE AWARD, BUT THE BANDSHELL RHYTHM FOUNDATION AND NEW DECO ENSEMBLE JUST WON A...
VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR BROADCAST.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL ADD AN EMMY TO THAT LIST TOO, BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL NEXT SPRING.
AND IT WAS A SUPER, I HAPPENED TO HAVE GONE TO THAT PERFORMANCE.
THERE WERE INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS.
THERE WAS AMAZING SOUND FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
AND THAT DOESN'T WORK IF YOU GO TO THIS AMAZING VENUE.
AND THE SOUND SOUNDS LIKE CRAP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AS LONG AS WE HAVE.
THAT COMES FROM A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, TONS OF MAINTENANCE, ALL OF WHICH THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION HAS PAID FOR ALL OF THAT.
WE THINK WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, IT'S GOING TO SOUND BETTER.
IT'S GOING TO BRING US UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
AND AS A PART OF THE PROMISE OF THIS NEW POINT SOURCE TECHNOLOGY, THEY CALL IT, IS THAT THERE'S MUCH GREATER CONTROL OF THE ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT, MEANING THAT YOU HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF...
STOP OF SETTING THE LIMITS OF WHERE THE SOUND STOPS, CONTROLLING AND CONTAINING THE SOUND TO WITHIN THE RING OF THE BANDSHELL.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE OTHER ITEMS TOO, PLEASE? SURE.
AND THEN THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAD UP THERE WAS THE DECKING.
SO IN THE BANDSHELL IN THE REAR, THERE'S AN ELEVATED DECK, CLUB LEVEL.
SO THAT REQUEST IS TO REPLACE THE TOP LEVELS, THE ACTUAL WOODEN DECKS.
SO NOT THE STRUCTURE OF THE CLUB LEVEL, BUT THE WOODEN DECKS SO YOU KNOW WHERE PEOPLE WALK.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS COMING TO THE END OF ITS USABLE LIFE.
OF COURSE WE VERY MUCH KEEP IT WELL MAINTAINED AND ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A PIECE OF THE DECKING THAT IS SOFT WE REPLACE IT BUT IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR US TO DO A WHOLESALE REPLACEMENT
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OF THE WHOLE TOP LEVEL OF THE DECKING.AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM ON THERE IS THE THEATER SEATING.
AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY TO HELP IS TO PURCHASE MORE CHAIRS TO REPLACE OUR THEATER STYLE SEATS THAT HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, ARE WORN OR BROKEN DOWN AFTER FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
JASON, THE KAYAK LAUNCH IS STILL CLOSED FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM A SECONDARY LOCATION ITEM, AND I THINK THERE WAS A COMMISSION ACTION ON THIS.
IT'S THE SAME KAYAK LAUNCH AT PARKVIEW? IT'S NOT THE PARKVIEW ONE.
THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT GOES BACK TO LAST YEAR'S COMMITTEES.
THAT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THIS BUDGET REQUEST IS TO WORK ON DESIGN AND PERMITTING FOR AN ALTERNATE LOCATION BECAUSE THE PARKVIEW ISLAND ONE IS CLOSED.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT LOCATION? IT IS 81ST AND HAWTHORNE.
THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THERE'S A CITY PARKING LOT, AND IT'S ADJACENT TO THE CITY PARKING LOT.
HAVE WE DONE WATER TESTING THERE? AMY, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU, IS THAT CLEAR? YES, MY COLLEAGUES.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE NEED IS ANOTHER BEAUTIFULLY INSTALLED KAYAK LAUNCH THAT CLOSES A MONTH AFTER INSTALLATION.
YES, COMMISSIONER, WE DID DO ANALYSIS.
THIS AREA HAS A LOT OF FLUSHING FROM THE BAY, AND THE WATER QUALITY LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
WHERE ARE WE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE FUNDING, THE FUNDING FOR THE NANOBUBBLES TECHNOLOGY? I UNDERSTAND WE...
WE SUBMITTED A PERMITTING TO THE COUNTY, A PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY.
WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK, AND THAT SHOULD NOT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YEARS, LIKE SO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT TAKE YEARS OF REGULATORY REVIEW BEFORE IT GETS APPROVED.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN APPROVAL WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
DO WE HAVE THE FUNDING IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PILOT NANOBUD? NANOBUBBLE TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN HERE REGARDING WATER QUALITY.
YEAH, THE NANOBUBBLE PROJECT IS FUNDED IN THE STORMWATER.
YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT UNDER THE UTILITIES.
BUT YES, IT IS APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLARS.
BUT THE CAPITAL SIDE IS IN THIS BUDGET AND WILL BECOME AT A FEW SLIDES.
AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE NANOBUBBLE IS THE TECHNOLOGY, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT IS HOPEFULLY WE CAN TEST TO HOPEFULLY ONCE AND FOR ALL ADDRESS THE RECURRING WATER QUALITY AND ELEVATED NUTRIENTS IN THANK YOU.
SO IN MID BEACH, WE JUST HAVE REALLY TWO MAJOR PROJECTS AGAIN WITH THE LIFEGUARD TOWER CROSS BRACING REPLACEMENT AND THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR.
THIS WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED WITH A GEO BOND THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION LAST YEAR, A MAJOR ALLOCATION LAST YEAR FROM THE MID-BEACH CAPITAL FUND, AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS ANOTHER $1.4 MILLION GAP THAT CIP HAD IDENTIFIED.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT PROJECT, THAT IMPORTANT PROJECT, ACROSS THE FINISH LINE HOPEFULLY.
AND THEN IN SOUTH BEACH, AGAIN, WITH THE LIFEGUARD TOWER CROSS BRACES, AN UPGRADE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AND SOUTH POINT PARK, ALLEYWAY RESTORATION, AND THE BIG ALLOCATION THERE IS THE BEACHWALK SECURITY BOLLARDS.
YEAH, I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE LIGHTING.
I GET EMAILS ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I REMEMBER I THOUGHT YOU WERE BEING A BIT HEAVY-HANDED WHEN WE FIRST GOT ELECTED ABOUT THE FOUNTAINS, AND IT'S BEEN MAGICAL SINCE THEN, TRULY.
YOU WALK BY THERE, IT'S ONE OF THE GEMS OF OUR CITY.
YOU CAN TELL HOW A CITY FUNCTIONS IF ITS FOUNTAINS OPERATE.
SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO CONVENTION CENTER.
SO CONVENTION CENTER IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALL THEIR PROJECTS.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 14 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, AND THE BIGGEST PROJECT THAT WE ARE FUNDING IS THE ROOF REPLACEMENT.
SO YOU MAY RECALL FOR THE LAST...
TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THIS WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING AS WE GO AND THIS WOULD BE THE LAST ALLOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH IS ABOUT 24 MILLION DOLLARS THE AEROPONIC GARDEN WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO ASK US TO TRY TO FUND THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER TEAM HAS
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ASKED TO FUND SOME AN ACTIVATION SPACE WHERE THE BOUNDARY TREE USED TO BE A LOT OF THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE RENEWABLE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FACILITY SO THEY COME THIS YES, IT'S FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER.IT'S OUR FUND, BUT ALL THE REVENUE IS LESS EXPENSIVE ON THE ENTERPRISE.
AND THERE ACTUALLY ARE DOLLARS SET ASIDE FROM RESORT TAX.
SO AFTER WE PAY THE DEBT FROM ONE OF OUR 1% REVENUES, THOSE DOLLARS ARE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
COULD WE EVER DO SOMETHING MORE CREATIVE ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE CONVENTION CENTER? YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR LARGEST ASSETS.
THERE'S NOTHING AROUND THAT WOULD INHIBIT ITS VIEW.
I HADN'T THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT BOX.
I MEAN, BECAUSE WE CAN'T RE-ENGINEER THE BUILDING TO SUSTAIN A GREEN ROOF, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY ALREADY TO DO A HYDROPONIC GARDEN THAT WOULD TAKE UP PART OF THE ROOF, IF THAT'S WHERE IT ENDS UP GOING, THROUGH COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.
I MEAN, WE HAVE DRONE SHOTS ALL THE TIME.
IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE, AND IT WOULDN'T DAMAGE THE STRUCTURE.
I MEAN, I KNOW A LARGE PORTION OF THE ROOF IS OBVIOUSLY AT THE PARKING GARAGE, BUT I GUESS THERE IS A REGULAR ROOF, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE IS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
AT ONE POINT YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION OF ART THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT COULDN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING RECREATIONALLY? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A WEIGHT ISSUE.
WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF THINGS, EVERYTHING FROM SOLAR PANELS TO GREEN ROOFS.
BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 500,000 SQUARE FOOT AREA THAT'S JUST OVER THE HALLS, IT IS DEFINITELY A WEIGHT ISSUE.
SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN DO THERE.
THAT'S THE AREA WE ARE RE-ROOFING.
AS FAR AS DOING ART THERE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE COULD MAYBE LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST PAINTING SOMETHING OR HAVING SOMETHING.
YOU COULD LITERALLY JUST HAVE SOMEBODY PAINT WAVES ON IT SO THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A SWIMMING POOL ON TOP OR THE CONTINUATION OF OCEAN.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A BIG FANCY ANYTHING.
IT COULD JUST BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE WAY THAT THE WATER TOWERS ARE PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE POOLS, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A SUPER FANCY ARTIST.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AWESOME.
THE WEIGHT OF THE PAINT, THAT'S IT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
YEAH, WE COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELCOME TO MIAMI BEACH WHEN YOU FLY OVER.
LIKE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE POSTCARDS, THE RETRO POSTCARDS THAT SAY WELCOME TO MIAMI BEACH.
WHEN I WAS THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, WE DID THAT WITH HEDGES.
IF YOU FLY ALONG 836, YOU'LL SEE WELCOME TO MIAMI BEACH IN HEDGES ALONG 836.
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE REALLY FUNNY, AND I LOVE THAT IDEA.
TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THEY CAN FUND.
I'LL ASK YOU, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE YOU'RE CLEAR, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WE COULD DO THAT WOULD BE A LONG-TERM REVENUE GENERATOR, PUT AN OUTDOOR AREA THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR CONCERTS OR AFTER CONVENTION, HAPPY HOURS, MEETING PLACES, THINGS LIKE THAT? YOU MEAN ON THE REST OF THE DECK, WHICH IS WHERE THE PARKING IS? BECAUSE UP THERE, NOTHING CAN, WE CAN'T, IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO TAKE THAT KIND OF WEIGHT.
ON THE ON THE PARKING DECK, IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE LIVE LOAD OF CARS.
BUT THE PROBLEM YOU WILL HAVE THERE, WHICH WE HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS BEFORE, BEING ABLE TO PROGRAM IT AND PUT A TENT OR PUT SOME KIND OF FOOTPRINT THERE, IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXITS.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EGRESS IN ORDER TO HAVE A VOLUME OF PEOPLE IN ONE LOCATION.
AND I ASK THAT YOU SEE THE GREAT WORK FREDDIE'S DONE.
AND THE CALIBER OF CONVENTIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IS VERY CONGRUENT WITH THE DIRECTION.
WE'RE TAKING OUR CITY IN RIGHT IT IS JUST NOT SO FOR YOU CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
IT'S REALLY GOING HAND-IN-HAND IN THE DIRECTION.
WE'RE TRYING TO GUIDE OUR CITY SO OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO INQUIRE THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO CITY SAY JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE CONVENTION CENTER VICE REPORT HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW OF ALL OF OUR ADVISORY BOARDS, I THINK ONE OF OUR MOST ROBUST ADVISORY BOARDS IS THE CONVENTION CENTER ADVISORY BOARD.
YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED THIS TO THEM AS WELL, RIGHT? I HAVE TO ASK THE CONVENTION CENTER FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW MOST OF THESE ARE RURAL REPLACEMENT, THE BIG ONE BEING THE ROOF, WHICH I KNOW I'M PRETTY SURE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THESE OTHER ELECTRICAL UPGRADES
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OR CRR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN.I KNOW THAT FREDDIE IS VERY INVOLVED WITH MSS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND HEATHER IS.
THEY'RE VERY HANDS-ON, AND THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN IT.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SHARE WITH THEM.
WE'LL MAKE SURE IF THAT HASN'T, THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES GO REACH OUT AND SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO FEED THAT BACK.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A SMALL POT OF FUNDS IN THE CRR RENEWAL REPLACEMENT FUNDS.
SO THEY CAN ONLY BE USED IN THE CITY CENTER RDA CAMPUS.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED FOR PROJECTS HERE EITHER AT CITY HALL OR THE 777 BUILDING AND MOVED SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS OVER HERE BEFORE USING OUR CRR AND PAYGO DOLLARS.
SO WE HAVE FOUR ELEVATORS HERE THAT NEED SOME MODERNIZATION, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING SETTING THE FUND IN HERE.
HVAC CONTROLS FOR CITY HALL AND THEN SOME OTHER ADA IMPROVEMENTS AT THE 777 BUILDING INCLUDING ELEVATORS AND MORE HVAC.
SO NUTS AND BOLTS HERE ARE ON THIS CAMPUS.
BEFORE AND I'M SO SORRY TO GO BACK TO THE CONVENTION CENTER ISSUES THIS MORNING WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS PUBLIC SAFETY NEIGHBORHOODS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE ABOUT CERTAIN TRAFFIC POTENTIAL NEEDS FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR POTENTIAL SIGNALIZATION POTENTIAL REDESIGNING OF THE WEST SIDE OF CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE SHOULD ANY STUDIES FUNDING BE NEEDED FOR ANY OF THAT? HOW CAN THAT BE CONTEMPLATED? AS PART OF THE BUDGET FOR FOR FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR THE FOR THE CONVENTION I WOULD SAY IF THE COMMISSION WAS GIVEN DIRECTION IN THAT AREA, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT WOULD SUBMIT A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT.
IT PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE INITIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY FALL MORE ON THE OPERATING SIDE, BUT PROBABLY COULD BE ABSORBED WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO WE'D HAVE TO, OBVIOUSLY THIS JUST HAPPENED THIS MORNING AS A DISCUSSION, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE SAID DEPARTMENT TO THEN BE CONSIDERED.
IT'S THE BUILDING WHERE CIP IS RIGHT BEHIND.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S THE CITY'S OFFICE BUILDING.
IS ANYBODY PROUD OF THAT? LIKE, WALKING PAST CITY HALL, DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A GREAT FACILITY? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO PUTTING, I THINK, LIKE CLOSE TO $1.3 MILLION OF CRA.
RDA CITY CENTER DOLLARS TOWARDS THE 17TH STREET GARAGE AND YOU KNOW WE'RE INVESTING IN BUILDINGS HERE IN THIS CITY CENTER CAMPUS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE USEFUL LIFE YEAH EXACTLY OF THESE OF THESE BUILDINGS IN CITY CENTER AND I DO THINK THERE COMES A POINT WHERE MAYBE NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN YOU KNOW OVER THE NEXT THREE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OR NEED OF OF THIS AREA HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU CONTRIBUTE CONTINUE TO REINVEST INTO THESE BUILDINGS IF THERE IS A BETTER USE OF SOME OF THESE PARCELS IN IN CITY CENTER AS PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE I BELIEVE AS PART OF THE 17TH STREET MASTER PLAN IF WE ARE GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF PROTECTING LINCOLN ROAD AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND NOT ENCOURAGING ANY TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT THEY'RE SHIFTING THAT THAT POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT TO 17TH STREET AND AS PART OF THAT, ANALYZING WHAT THE CITY-CENTERED DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW CAN THESE LANDS BE BETTER USED, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE NEED OF CITY HALL? YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE INVESTING MONEY IN THIS BUILDING, AND THIS BUILDING ITSELF, YOU KNOW, HAS ITS CHALLENGES, EVEN DOWN TO THE FLIES THAT WE CAN'T GET RID OF FROM THIS BUILDING.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION YOU'RE BRINGING UP, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.
AND I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE THE SAME...
KIND OF THEORETICAL DISCUSSION WHETHER LAST BUDGET SEASON OR THE ONE BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION THAT SHOULD DO IT OR WE SHOULD DO IT LEGISLATIVELY BUT I LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A MASTER PLAN.
WE'RE JUST PIECEMEALING THIS TOGETHER AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING BUT WHAT OR THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DOING THERE BUT WHEN I DRIVE DOWN 17TH STREET I SEE THAT BUILDING, I DON'T SAY, WOW, THAT IS MIAMI BEACH CITY CENTER.
SO ARE WE THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER THE BAD? YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE CAN BE A BIT MORE WORLD-CLASS SEEKING FOR OUR OWN CITY CENTER THAN THE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE THERE.
SO THE CITY ACQUIRED THAT BUILDING.
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WE DID NOT BUILD THAT.I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS WHO BUILT IT.
BUT HEARING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO DO A LONG-TERM VISION PLAN FOR WHAT THIS CAMPUS LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK THIS CAMPUS AND 17TH STREET.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE BROADER CONVERSATION.
OF OPPORTUNITY, MISSED OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR CITY CENTER CAMPUS MOST CERTAINLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE HAVE RDA DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE RATHER THAN CONTINUE PUTTING DOLLARS INTO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MIGHT BE PAST ITS USEFUL LIFE, PUTTING DOLLARS INTO WHAT IS THE MASTER PLAN AND WHAT IS THE VISION.
YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT THE MASTER PLAN FOR CITY CENTER 17TH STREET.
FOR THESE CAPITAL DOLLARS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC, AND THE REMAINDER DOLLARS ARE LEFT OVER FROM KIND OF LEGACY FUNDS.
ON THE OPERATING SIDE, AS YOU ALL RECALL, OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS, I THINK, WHICH IS ON THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH AMENDMENT WITH THE COUNTY, DOESN'T ALLOW US TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL RDA EXPENDITURES.
SO IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT WITH SOMETHING, WE COULD USE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
BUT I THINK THE MANAGER IS HEARING THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO PARKING.
WHICH IS SPEAKING TO, I THINK, WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS MENTIONING ON OUR BRIEFING.
SO THE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE A LIST OF BASICALLY CRR, OR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, FOR THE CITY'S GARAGES, WHETHER THE 16TH STREET, PENN GARAGE, THE 17TH STREET, AS WE SPOKE ABOUT.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF DOLLARS TO KEEP OUR GARAGES UP TO DATE.
PLUMBING, ROOF, FIRE, FIRE ALARM, ELEVATOR.
WE ALWAYS KNOW ELEVATORS ARE ALWAYS AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY THESE OPEN-AIR STRUCTURES.
ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, AGAIN, THINGS YOU WOULD EXPECT IN OPEN AIR STRUCTURES.
SAME THING, 42ND STREET, TRAFFIC CODE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WATERPROOFING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR A BUILDING DOWN HERE.
IT PROTECTS THE OVERALL STRUCTURE, SO MAKING SURE WATERPROOFING, PAINTING, JOINT REPLACEMENTS ACROSS THE BRIDGE DECKS, AND 17TH STREET IS A MILL AND RESURFACE OF THE FIRST STREET, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST FLOOR, SO I APOLOGIZE.
FIRST FLOOR THAT NEEDS TO BE DUG UP AND FIXED.
AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK IT'S THE LAST SLIDE ON PARKING, AGAIN, A LIST.
YOU'RE SEEING ALL REALLY NUTS AND BOLTS PRETTY MUCH OF STRUCTURAL WORK AND REAL ESTATE REPLACEMENT BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY GARAGE.
PRIMARILY THE DOLLARS ARE AT OUR CITY'S GARAGES.
JASON? I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAMERAS.
WHERE WAS THAT? THE CONVENTION CENTER? THE ONE YOU SPOKE ABOUT IN PAGO FUND, I BELIEVE IT WAS PRIDE PARK, IT WAS PRIDE PARK CCTV CAMERA INSTALLATION.
SO IT WAS THE PURCHASE OF, I WANT TO SAY, 19 CAMERAS ALONG WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I THINK THE DETAIL ESTIMATE WAS PROVIDED TO YOU THIS MORNING FROM POLICE.
IT LOOKED LIKE FROM WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT, MOST OF THE DOLLARS ARE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF, RUNNING CABLE, RUNNING CONDUIT, ELECTRICAL, POWER, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
WAS IT $13,000 OR $19,000? IT WAS $13,000.
AND HOW MUCH WAS IT? $125,000, INCLUDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IS IT HERE? NO, THAT WAS BACK IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE PAYGO.
BUT THAT DETAILED ESTIMATE YOU ASKED FOR WAS PROVIDED TO YOU? AND I THINK...
SO IT'S $125,000 FOR 13 CAMERAS.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH BRIGHT PARK? WHY DO WE NEED...
PLEASE COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
AND PJ, IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE SLIDE, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER SWAIN, JOINT CHIEF OF POLICE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS TO GET MORE EYES ON ADVENTURE CENTER DRIVE AND PRIDE PARK AND AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY HALL CAMPUS.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL DURING LARGE, MAJOR EVENTS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE TRAVERSING THE CAMPUS IN AND OF ITSELF.
THE CAMERAS IN PRIDE PARK WILL HELP US SORT OF MEET THAT NEED.
I THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS EACH OTHER TODAY.
THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES COST AROUND $23,000, MAYBE $25,000.
THE BULK OF THE COST OF THIS PROJECT IS BASED ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH HAS TO BE DONE ONE TIME, ONE TIME ONLY.
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MAJOR ERIC GARCIA IN CHARGE OF TECH AND CAMERAS.HE CAN PROBABLY GO INTO SPECIFICS FOR YOU IF YOU NEED MORE DETAIL.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE PROCURED, OR IS IT PROCUREMENT? I BELIEVE PRIDE PARK IS AN UNFUNDED PROJECT, SO ALL WE HAVE IS OUR ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW.
AT THE TIME THAT WE GO DO THE PURCHASE, WE WOULD DO QUOTES FROM CITY VENDORS.
OKAY, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE BREAKDOWN.
A LOT OF IT IS JUST LICENSING FOR THESE CAMERAS.
$15,000 FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.
ANOTHER $13,000 FOR THREE COMMUNICATION LOAD CENTERS.
CITY CONTRACTED LOW VOLTAGE CABLING ESTIMATE $25,000.
CISCO SWITCHES AND POWER SUPPLIES, $23,000 FOR THE ACTUAL CAMERA EQUIPMENT, $3,000 FOR THE GREEN SPACE, $3,000 FOR THE LICENSE, ABOUT $11,000 FOR THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OR THE ELECTRICAL WORK.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR 13 CAMERAS, 125,000.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE PLACED? THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, WE'RE GOING TO COVER ALL THE SIDES OF THE CAMPUS.
WE CAN'T PUT THEM ON THE ACTUAL CITY HALL BUILDING AND POINT IT TOWARD, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH CONDUIT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR, OR WE CAN DO IT ON THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, NOT THE HOTEL, BUT THE CONVENTION CENTER ITSELF TO POINT AT.
THE PARK? ALL THOSE ARE OPTIONS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PARK IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE AND YOU NEED THINGS AT THE LEVEL WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY SOMEONE FROM A ROOFTOP CAMERA.
YOU DON'T GET FACIAL PICTURES, YOU DON'T GET CLOTHING, FULL CLOTHING DESCRIPTIONS FROM HIGH OVERHEAD OVERWATCH.
SO DOES THIS GET PLUGGED INTO OUR ARCTIC OR IS IT...
ONCE THEY'RE CONNECTED AND THE REASON WE'RE USING ALL THIS CONNECTIVITY AND LICENSING IS TO BRING IT INTO OUR MAIN VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS TO ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE ARCTIC.
SO IT WILL BE PLUGGED INTO ARCTIC? ABSOLUTELY.
SO MAJOR, YOU WERE JUST SAYING THAT WHEN IT'S PLACED ON A ROOF, THE CAMERAS, YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FACIAL TECHNOLOGY? NO, IT'S NOT FACIAL TECHNOLOGY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
CAMERAS ARE USED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
CAMERAS ON ROOFTOPS GIVE YOU AN OVERALL VIEW OF AN AREA.
WE USUALLY CALL IT OVERWATCH, BUT IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY SOMEONE, YOU NEED A CAMERA AT HUMAN LEVEL, NOT FROM, IN OTHER WORDS...
WHEN I WENT TO THE ARCTIC, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CAMERAS THAT YOU HAVE ON TOP OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS.
YES, SIR, BUT THEY'RE NOT RECORDING SOMEONE'S FACIAL, SOMEONE'S FACE AT THE TIME THAT AN INCIDENT OCCURS.
WE CAN ZOOM IN FROM SOMETHING AT ANY MOMENT IN TIME, BUT IN ORDER TO RECORD WHAT HAPPENS IN A PARK AND RECORD SOMEONE'S CHARACTERISTICS, YOU NEED A CAMERA THAT'S AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN OVERHEAD VIEW.
WELL, WHAT LEVEL? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CAMERA AT A HUMAN HEIGHT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CAMERA AT LIKE A SIX FOOT, RIGHT? NO, THEY'RE EIGHT TO TEN FEET.
I THINK TWELVE FEET IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE TRY TO GO WITH.
THESE ARE TYPICAL POLES LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE BEACH WALK? OF COURSE, YEAH.
THEY SERVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
I THINK THAT SPENDING $125,000 ON 13 CAMERAS...
IS IT FUNDED FROM, JASON, IS IT FUNDED FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER, SINCE THAT'S OFFICIALLY THE CONVENTION CENTER CAMPUS, AND ADDING SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROTECTIONS TO EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AS PART OF THE CONVENTION CENTER CAMPUS? NO, IT'S BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE PAYGO.
AS I REMEMBER, THE COMMISSION A YEAR OR SO AGO REMOVED THAT FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER AND PLACED IT UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
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BUT WHY? WELL, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER BOB BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.WE CHANGE WHO MANAGES THE PARK.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE CHANGE WHO MANAGES THE PARK, FOR GOOD REASONS, SINCE THE TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, DESIGN MIAMI, THE BOAT SHOW, WHEN ADOBE WAS HERE AND THEY BOUGHT OUT THEIR PARK, COULD THEY NOT AT LEAST SPLIT FUND WITH US? EVEN THOUGH THE CITY MANAGES AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S THE COMMISSION'S DECISION IT WASN'T ONE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND JUST BASED ON THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF IT BEING UNDER THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND WITH THE PARKS THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED TO USE CONVENTION CENTER DOLLARS TO FUND THIS PROJECT THAT WOULD BE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW.
THIS OBVIOUSLY WASN'T HOW WE HAD RECOMMENDED IT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT SHIFT, IT'S NOT PART EFFECTIVELY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
IT'S AS WE SHIFTED SPECIFICALLY BACK TO THE PARKS.
BUT IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, WE WILL SHIFT THE FUNDING.
I MEAN, THE CONVENTION, THE PARK, PRIDE PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEING THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT, IS...
BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE RENTAL OF THIS FACILITY, THAT'S BEING PACKAGED BY THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THE CONVENTION CENTER IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING THE PRIDE PARK TO ATTRACT A CERTAIN TYPE OF CONVENTION THAT WOULDN'T GO, THAT IT'S COMING HERE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AMENITY OF THAT PARK AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN OFFER TO IT.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD USE FUNDS, SUCH AS CONVENTION CENTER FUNDS, THAT HAVE LIMITED AND RESTRICTED USES TO FUND SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE SHOULD BECAUSE NOW WE CAN UNLOCK GENERAL DOLLARS THAT WE CAN USE FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER NEEDS.
BUT YES, IT'S MANAGED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT THE ONES THAT REALLY BENEFIT FROM IT IS THE CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE THEY ARE.
ACTIVELY PACKAGING THIS AND PROFITING OFF OF IT.
WAS THAT? PROFITING OFF OF IT.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A NEXUS IN THAT ARGUMENT.
SO WE COULD SHIP THAT PROJECT OVER TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND AND THEN THE DOLLARS THAT WERE IN PAYGO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT REMEMBER THE BRIDGES PROJECT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING SO WE JUST TRANSFER THAT 125 WHICH WAS PART OF PAYGO TO SUPPLEMENT THE BRIDGE PROJECT.
THERE'S BEEN AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS WHO DO REHABILITATION RENOVATION OF THE CITY'S OWN BRIDGES AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR BUT NOT ALL OF IT SO I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT JUST LIKE THE SECURITY BALLERS WHEN WE REMOVE FUNDING FROM SOMETHING ELSE IS SO WE CAN IF THE QUESTION SEEMS OKAY WITH THAT WE'LL SHOW THE 125,000 BEING MOVED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FUND AND 125 THAT WAS IN THE PAYCO WOULD BE ADDED ON TO THE CITYWIDE BRIDGES PROJECT.
WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE THERE? I DON'T WANT TO JUST DO IT ON THE FLY TO SAY FUND THE BRIDGES.
THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT ARE THERE OTHER JUST AS IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED THAT WE SHOULD ALL DECIDE ON? I THINK ON PAGES 259? WELL, NO, THOSE ARE ALL FULLY FUNDED.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY ON THIS? CAN WE AT LEAST? NO, THE MONEY, IF YOU WANT, THE FUNDS COULD JUST BE LEFT UNALLOCATED FOR NOW, AND WE BRING BACK AN UPDATE AT THE JULY 17TH, ONE WHERE WE GIVE KIND OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
WE GIVE A SHORT CAPITAL UPDATE, AND THEN WE MAJORLY GO INTO THE OPERATING, AND WE COULD GIVE THE CAPITAL UPDATE AND SHOW A RECOMMENDATION THERE.
AND IN THE INTERIM, THE COMMISSION COULD GO THROUGH THE ATTACHMENT A, WHICH IS ALL THE FULL CAPITAL PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE TO FUND IT.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE DOING BRIEFINGS FOR ALL THIS, AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, I THINK IT MERITS AT LEAST A PAUSE AND JUST MORE OF A THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE COULD USE THIS DOLLARS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE BRIEFINGS IS NOT A BAD IDEA, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT ON THE FLY.
MY ENTHUSIASM WAS LET'S GET THE CONVENTION CENTER TOP OF MONEY TO COVER IT, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE MONEY SAVINGS GOES TO.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DO, IF THE CONVENTION CENTER IS BENEFITING MOSTLY FROM THIS PARK, WE SHOULDN'T USE PAY FOR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SHOW THAT MOVING OVER TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEN WE'LL SHOW THE $125,000 IS JUST UNALLOCATED THIS TIME AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AT THE JULY COMMISSION MEETING AND THEN IT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU TIME TO GO THROUGH.
YOUR PACKET AND IDENTIFY ANY OTHER EITHER CRR OR PAYGO.
ACTUALLY YOU COULD USE THE DOLLARS AND GET IT TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CRR SO IF THERE'S A CRR PROJECT THAT MAYBE YOU FIND IS IMPORTANT
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BUT WE WILL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND WE CAN GET THOSE DOLLARS ALLOCATED OUT AT THE JULY 17TH MEETING.OKAY, SO I THINK I'LL PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP AND WE'LL GET INTO THE TRANSPORTATION.
SO WE'RE ON TO TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.
YOU MAY RECALL AT THE MAY RETREAT WE MENTIONED THAT THEIR BUDGET IS STRUCTURALLY IMBALANCED FOR 2017, AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING NOT DOING MANY PROJECTS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION FUND UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL CONCLUSION OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGET.
SO A LOT OF THE ITEMS YOU SEE HERE WITH A NEGATIVE, WE ARE NOT DEAPPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST SWAPPING WHERE THE FUNDS ARE.
ALLOCATED RIGHT NOW SO SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FUNDS ARE BEING USED WE'RE USING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND MAKING THE PROJECT STILL AVAILABLE SO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING FOR FUNDING IS ITEM 459 WHICH IS THE CITYWIDE BIKE LANES PROJECT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED A 17TH STREET BIKE LANE PROJECT BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THE BIKE LANES ANYMORE ON 17TH STREET SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING JUST CHANGING THE NAME TO BE CITYWIDE BIKE LANES, NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY STREET.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT AND HOPEFULLY WE DO RECEIVE THE GRANT AND WE'LL HAVE THE MATCH DOLLARS AVAILABLE.
THOUGH ONLY STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE PARTIALLY FUNDING IT USING WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
CAN YOU GO BACK? THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMING TWICE.
YEAH, SO WE'RE LITERALLY, SO IT'S NET ZERO.
IT'S FUNDING AND WE'RE JUST SWAPPING THE FUNDING SOURCE.
THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING FUNDING ARE STARTING FROM THE SECOND ITEM DOWN.
SO FOR THE WEST AVE PHASE 3 PROJECT, WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FUNDING FOR FLASHING BEACONS FOR PEDESTRIANS WHEN THE PROJECT IS DONE.
SOME CROSSWALKS AT BAY DRIVE, TRAFFIC COMMON AT 47TH STREET, AND THEN FOR SUNSET ISLAND TOO, THAT WOULD BE SOME TRAFFIC COMMON WITH SOME SIGNS AND SOME PAINTINGS.
SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS, AND I KNOW THE COMMISSION'S BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A BIT, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT UTILITY FUNDS, AND AS WE KIND OF SPOKE ABOUT, WE ARE REALLY JUST RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME FUNDING FOR ANYTHING THAT IS REALLY IN THE CONSENT DECREE AREA.
SO THE FIRST ELEMENT IS JUST THE FUNDING SWAP IN THE 25 WATER AND SEWER BONDS, WHICH WE DID THE DECLARATION INTENT TO ISSUE.
FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THAT PROJECT 477, THAT WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT NORMITY, IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY, SO THEY'RE JUST ACTUALLY DEFUNDING SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS WHICH COULD TEMPORARILY PAUSE, AND USING THAT DOLLAR TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.
AND THEN 483, AND THEN ON THE NEXT ONE, YOU SEE DERM AND EPA CONSENT DEGREE.
THOSE ARE KIND OF A SMALLER CONSENT DEGREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
AND THEN THIS NEXT ONE, YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING THAT SAYS CDSA.
THAT'S CONSENT DECREE OR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THESE ARE PART OF SOME TYPE OF LEGAL OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME UPGRADES TO OUR SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHERE OUR MAJOR DOLLARS ARE REALLY GOING FOR IN THE WATER AND SEWER AREA.
NOW STORMWATER, I'M SORRY, THIS IS JUST THE END OF THE SAME THING WITH THE FUNDING SWAP HERE.
ON THE STORMWATER SIDE, THEY DID HAVE MORE AVAILABLE DOLLARS.
THE FUND HAD GENERATED AVAILABLE DOLLARS.
AND ANYTHING THAT WAS A STANDALONE, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH WAS STORMWATER CRITICAL NEEDS AND SEAWALL PROJECTS COMING FROM EITHER RESILIENCY OR OLD BOND DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN ANYTHING THAT'S TIED AS AN NIP WOULD BE HELD OFF UNTIL WE KIND OF RESOLVED THE ISSUE.
AND I THINK THE COMMISSION IS WORKING ITSELF WELL THROUGH THAT ISSUE, AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT AT THE JUNE COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT THE LAST ITEM I THINK IS WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WAS MENTIONING RELATED TO THE PARKVIEW ISLAND WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S THE NANOBUBBLES.
SO THIS IS THE CAPITAL SIDE OF IT FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEPLOYMENT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY, AND THERE WILL BE A SMALL RECURRING OPERATING EXPENSE THAT WE WILL DEAL WITH AT THE JULY 17TH MEETING, AND THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GO HAND-IN-HAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE GOING HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE OPERATING EXPENDITURE.
WE SEE WE CAN GET THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, WHICH WE THINK WE CAN.
AND THEN THE FINAL THREE SLIDES THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE ALL THE CASH HAUL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE FUNDS THAT WE TRY TO APPROPRIATE AT THE END OF EACH YEAR.
SO FIRE ASKED FOR A NEW OUTDOOR TRAINING FACILITY.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY FUND THAT IT HAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING IT WITH YOUR OWN FUNDS.
BIG TICKET ITEMS HERE, THE MARINE PATROL DOCK IMPROVEMENTS.
WE FUNDED MOST OF IT IN PAYGO DOLLARS, BUT THIS 240 CAME FROM THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AT THE MARINA, SO THEY HAD A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT OF 240.
THE PARKVIEW ISLAND ENTRANCE SIGNS, ENTRANCE IMPROVEMENTS,
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AND THE ALLISON PARK DOCK PARKING IMPROVEMENTS ALSO CAME FROM THE DEAUVILLE SETTLEMENT.SO WE'RE APPROPRIATING THE DOLLARS PER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
THE OTHER TWO, WELL THE REST OF THE ITEMS ARE SPLIT FUNDED SO YOU'RE LITERALLY SEEING THE SMALLER PORTIONS OF PROJECTS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN PRIOR SLIDES THIS FUNDING SOURCE, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE HERE? WHICH ONE? THERE'S SEVERAL.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENTRANCE SIGN.
SO THAT'S COMING FROM THE DEAUVILLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
THE ENTRANCE SIGN AND THE ALLISON PARK DOG PARK, THAT'S COMING FROM THE SETTLEMENT FROM DEAUVILLE.
SO WHEN THEY GIVE US THE FUNDS, WE APPROPRIATE THEM IN THE CAPITAL.
THE AGREEMENTS WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE PROJECTS.
OKAY, SO THE DA SPECIFICALLY PRESCRIBED THAT THESE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE USED FOR THIS.
AT SOME POINT, I DO WANT TO SEE, AND THIS IS SO OUT OF CONTEXT WITH THIS HERE.
BUT AT SOME POINT I DO WANT TO SEE WHAT IN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NORTH BEACH FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED TO AFFORDABILITY ISSUES FOR RENTERS IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA.
BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IN NORTH BEACH, BUT THAT IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE NORTH BEACH CRA.
IN THIS CASE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE NORTH BEACH FUNDS THAT THIS DA SPECIFICALLY AND CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGES US TO.
IT'S A MATTER OF BEAUTIFICATION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SEE AT SOME POINT, MR. MANAGER, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE IDENTIFY FUNDS THROUGH THE CRA TO ADDRESS RENT OR AFFORDABILITY IN THIS PART OF OUR CITY? YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT A MILLION TIMES, 10% OF OUR REVENUE GENERATED INTO THE CRA MUST BY LAW BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE TO START THINKING NOT JUST ABOUT BUILDING OR REHABILITATING EXISTING BUILDINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW PRESCRIBES IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO RENTAL AS OPPOSED TO KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HERE BUT IF THIS CRA FUNDS PERMIT US TO DO RENT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD EFFECTUATE IMMEDIATELY WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR PURCHASE WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR REHABILITATION AND THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS.
PERHAPS WE CAN START A REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT.
CAN WE, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IF THAT'S LEGAL? SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT ALL ARE UNDERNEATH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE FOR RENTER ASSISTANCE BECAUSE MORE AND MORE, I'M JUST HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT RENTERS BEING PUSHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF OUR CITY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TALK WITH THE STATE REFORMS AND PROPERTY TAXES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ONES THAT ARE NOT BENEFITING IN ANY WAY FROM THAT SHOULD THE AMENDMENT PASS ARE THE RENTERS, AND THE RENTERS OF OUR CITY WHO ARE SEEING EVER-INCREASING COSTS JUST BECAUSE LIVING IN MIAMI BEACH IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE AN ITEM PERHAPS SENT TO FINANCE.
WHERE WE CAN SEE WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A RENTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IN NORTH BEACH, USING PERHAPS THOSE DOLLARS, BUT ALSO MORE BROADLY, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, IT IS AN ISSUE.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT DR.
TERRY IS HERE, AND SINCE HER DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HANDLES RENTAL ASSISTANCE, I'D LOVE DR.
TERRY FOR YOU TO COME UP, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAD A VERY ROBUST MEETING LAST NIGHT WHERE WE DISCUSSED HOW WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ALSO INCORPORATE THAT 10% FROM THE CRA BECAUSE WE'RE DISCUSSING WHERE THAT WILL GO IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE A BUILDING OR PURCHASE UNITS OR CONTINUE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY DO.
SO I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
ALBA TARRAY, OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
YES, FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHAT WE DO UTILIZE TODAY IS GENERAL FUNDS.
SO FOR THAT, THERE IS SPECIFIC AMI ATTACHED TO IT.
SO THOSE ARE CDBG HOME DOLLARS.
AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS REFERRAL TO FINANCE, I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DR.
TARRAY IS IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.
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HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THEY'RE A VERY ROBUST GROUP, AND WE HAD A GREAT MEETING.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING GREAT MEETINGS, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN THE FOLD.
RICK, ARE WE ALLOWED TO REFER FROM THIS MEETING TO DOES IT HAVE TO GO BACK TO COMMISSION? WE WOULD HAVE TO PLACE IT ON AN AGENDA.
CAN YOU PLEASE DRAFT THAT FOR WEDNESDAY'S MEETING? SURE.
AND I'LL CO-SPONSOR AS CHAIR OF AHEC.
PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP, AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT WRAPPING UP.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS SLIDE JUST HAS ALL SPLIT-FUNDED PROJECTS.
YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ALL THESE PROJECTS BEFORE.
THESE ARE JUST USING UP ALL THE SMALL FUNDS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND THE LAST ONE, AGAIN, HAS SOME SPLIT-FUNDED PROJECTS.
FOCUS ON THE BIGGER ITEMS. WE DO HAVE A FUND BALANCE IN THE BUILDING FUND.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING SETTING ASIDE 9.5, WHICH IS A HIGH NUMBER.
BUILDINGS WILL GO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF AI PERMITTING SOLUTIONS THEY CAN COME WITH.
THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO SEE THAT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK THAT'S JUST A LITTLE TOO HIGH FOR AI PERMITTING SOFTWARE.
I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF AI IS THAT YOU CAN CUSTOM BUILD IT YOURSELF.
TO YOUR NEEDS, I DON'T SEE HOW WE NEED TO PAY OR SET ASIDE $9.5 MILLION FOR THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE FLUSH WITH CASH, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD SPEND IT.
WELL, ONE THING IS THERE IS STATE LAWS RELATED TO THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE THAT THEY HAVE, SO A LOT OF THOSE CALCULATIONS GO INTO THAT ESTIMATE.
SORRY, THERE'S STATE LAW RELATED TO WHAT? THE BUILDING FUND IS ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF RESERVES.
OTHERWISE, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE DEVELOPERS? SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I THINK AS THE COMMISSIONER WAS JUST STATING, I THINK THE PROCESS IS IN GENERAL.
YOU GOT TO RETURN IT TO YOU, SIR.
WELL, WE COULD ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES TO VERY SPECIFIC AND STATE LAW WHAT YOU CAN USE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FUNDS FOR.
IT MUST BE FOR, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING AND REVIEWING.
SO IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY RESTRICTIVE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO USE IT BEFORE WE LOSE IT.
BUT STILL, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING NEARLY $10 MILLION IN AI SOFTWARE.
AND I WOULD AGREE THAT I WOULD EXPECT THIS FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS EXERCISE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO.
I DO BELIEVE THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO COMMISSION BASED ON THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF.
WELL, BUT THEN I THINK WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO, YOU KNOW...
WHAT IS THE REALISTIC NUMBER? BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SOFTWARE OR AI SOFTWARE PROCUREMENT AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS IN THE MARKETPLACE.
WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR US TO BE TOLD IN A LINE ITEM, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR AI PERMITTING SOFTWARE.
I'D RATHER KNOW, OKAY, WE HAVE THIS BALANCE THAT REMAINS UNALLOCATED THAT WE NEED TO DETERMINE HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, FRANK KINGDOWN, IT DIRECTOR.
SO THIS NUMBER, AS WAS NOTED, IS BUDGETARY, AND THE PROJECTION THERE WAS BASED UPON THE COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE CURRENT PERMITTING SYSTEM, ASSUMING THAT A NEW SYSTEM WOULD BE NEEDED TO HAVE A FULL END-TO-END PERMITTING REVIEW.
THERE'S AI COMPONENTS TO THAT.
THERE'S AN RFQ THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON FOR PERMITTING REVIEW.
THE PERMANENT REVIEW COMPLETENESS CHECK THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH BUILDING AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH, BUT THAT IS A PROJECTION ON REPLACING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AS A KIND OF WORST-CASE SCENARIO, TO YOUR POINT, JUST AN AI TOOL WOULDN'T BE THAT, BUT IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT REPLACING THE SYSTEM WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER IS COMING FROM.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF IN THE INFANT-STYLE STAGE OF AI, BUT AI IS...
IS SUPPOSED TO REDUCE, IT'S NOT GOING TO COST $10 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU REALLY NEED JUST ONE OR TWO PROGRAMMERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO SET UP AN AI SYSTEM TO BUILD OUT A FUNCTIONING OPERATING SYSTEM.
I MEAN, YOU CAN HIRE, I MEAN, I'D RATHER HIRE TWO, THREE STAFF WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL AI CODERS.
YOU CAN BUILD IT OUT FOR US THAT ARE PROPRIETARY TO US, THEN SPEND $10 MILLION.
I MEAN, I'D RATHER, IT'S A LITTLE RIDICULOUS.
I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT'S LIKE A BOONDOGGLE.
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LITTLE AI COMMITTEE WHERE WE CAN RELY ON SOME RESOURCES? FROM OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL AS WELL.THIS IS A VERY QUICKLY EVOLVING...
SECTOR IF YOU WILL I KNOW A GUY THAT WORKS IN A COMPANY JASON TO MINE I THINK MET ERIC AND HE'S VERY WELL VERSED IN AI AND HE'S BEEN TALKING IT MAKES MY HEAD SPIN BUT I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF COLLABORATE ON JUST FOR LIKE A BEST PRACTICES AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT BUT DO YOU HAVE A NEW LOOK I YOU LOOK COOL DUDE IS IT THE BEARD NO BEARD OR SOMETHING YOU LOOK PRETTY COOL.
SO WE DO MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I HAVE HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK PICTURE, BY THE WAY.
I'D LIKE TO, BUT I WAS DIGGING IT.
GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, WE MEET...
I WANT TO SAY AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY WEEKLY, WITH SOMEONE THAT'S BRINGING SOMETHING THAT HAS EITHER COME THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY CIRCLES.
YOU'D BE THE POINT OF CONTACT? YES, I'D BE THE POINT OF CONTACT, YEAH.
AND WE MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS.
CARLOS AND VINCE AND I HAVE MET AS WELL WITH SOME COMPANIES THAT ARE PROJECTING THAT.
WE'VE BUILT A NUMBER OF TOOLS INTERNALLY, OBVIOUSLY NOT TO THAT SCALE.
SO AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS HIGH, COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, BUT IT WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE, ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD.
REQUIRE A WHOLESALE CHANGE TO OUR ENTIRE PERMITTING SOFTWARE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
THERE ARE WAYS TO WRAP WHAT WE HAVE IN THAT.
SO I JUST, I'M BEING TOTALLY TRANSPARENT AND FAIR.
IT IS A $9.5 MILLION BUILD-OUT FOR A PERMIT SYSTEM IN MIAMI BEACH, EXCESSIVE.
AND IT SAYS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT A BUILDING PERMIT SYSTEM MEANS.
IF MIAMI BEACH PAID $9.5 MILLION FOR A COMPLETE ENTERPRISE PERMITTING PLATFORM REPLACEMENT, INCLUDING SOFTWARE LICENSING, CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT, WORKFLOW AUTOMATION, ONLINE CITIZEN PORTAL, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT, PLAN REVIEW TOOLS, GIS INTEGRATION, MIGRATION OF DECADES OF PERMIT RECORDS, TRAINING HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES, MULTI-YEAR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE, THEN $9.5 MILLION IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCESSIVE.
LARGE MUNICIPAL SOFTWARE PROJECTS FREQUENTLY LAND IN THE $5 TO $20 MILLION RANGE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY REPLACE LEGACY SYSTEMS USED BY MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT BEING SAID, IS THAT WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO DO? AGAIN, FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, WE WERE ASSUMING THAT IF WE NEEDED TO LEVERAGE THE AMOUNT OF AUTOMATION THAT NEEDED TO BE REQUIRED WITH THE COMPLEXITY THAT WE HAVE, IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK IF WE WERE TO REPLACE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT SAYING THAT THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT LOOKING AT BUILDING FUNDS FROM SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE NEEDED TO DO A WORST-CASE KIND OF SCENARIO, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD PROJECT THAT THIS WOULD END UP BEING.
NOW, THERE ARE OTHER AI-RELATED ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND SOME OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE RESULTS OF THE RFQ THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
I THINK ONCE WE LAND THERE AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SCALES OUT TO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER NUMBERS.
WHILE WE CAN AND HAVE BUILT SOME AI TOOLS HERE INTERNALLY, THERE IS A LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM MANY TIMES IT'S A CLOSED SYSTEM SO YOU'RE LIMITED INTO WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T PULL FROM WHICH KIND OF ALSO LEANED US TOWARDS WHAT WOULD THE COST BE FOR A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT IF WE WANT THAT ROUTE AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M SURE FROM YOU KNOW WATCHING THE NEWS AND JUST BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S OUT IN PRIVATE SECTOR RIGHT NOW AI COSTS ARE ASTRONOMICAL IT'S AFFECTED EVERYTHING WE DO FROM BUYING LAPTOPS AND SERVERS AND STORAGE TO SOFTWARE LICENSING QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY TECHNICAL COMPANY OUT THERE IS RAISING PRICES AND BLAMING IT ON AI.
IT'S JUST PART OF THE WAY THAT THE MARKET IS GOING.
IF I COULD, JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE COMMISSIONER'S QUESTION, AND REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A BUDGET NUMBER.
THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER, AND ULTIMATELY WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING BACK ANY PURCHASING TO THE COMMISSION THAT'S IN EXCESS OF $100,000.
BUT I THINK IF THE INDUSTRY SEES THAT IN OUR BUDGET WE HAVE ALLOCATED UP TO NINE MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO IT I DON'T THINK IT PUTS US IN A GOOD PLACE UM IT SO WE HAD A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING THAT MAYOR CONVENED OF A WHILE BACK ABOUT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND AND SO THE DIRECTIVE WAS TO PILOT UM AI AND SO YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER AN RFQ FOR THAT THAT WENT OUT
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IN MARCH AND PEOPLE WERE RESPONDING.IT WAS A 30-DAY RESPONSE PERIOD, IF I RECALL PROPERLY.
THERE WAS A 30-DAY RESPONSE PERIOD.
DUE TO THE INTEREST IN THAT PROPOSAL AND THE AMOUNT OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, WE HAD TO EXTEND THAT DEADLINE A NUMBER OF TIMES JUST TO ALLOW THE BIDDERS APPROPRIATE TIME TO BID ON IT CORRECTLY.
AND WE ARE FINISHING THE REVIEW, THE TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE RESPONSIVENESS NOW.
SO I EXPECT THAT'S ON MY SHOP PRIMARILY.
KRISTI'S TEAM HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE HELPING US WITH THE PROPOSAL PORTION SO WE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT HERE SHORTLY AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
SO IT IS UNDER THE CONE OF SILENCE BUT WE DID RECEIVE A VAST NUMBER OF RESPONSES ABOUT 30 SOMETHING SO THEY'VE BEEN THEY'RE BEING REVIEWED INTERNALLY AND THEN WE HOPE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK ONCE WE COULD EVALUATE THEM PILOT.
YEAH BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE INTENSE.
OF THE COMMISSION WAS THAT WHILE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT FULL-BLOWN IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AI SYSTEM MIGHT BE MORE INVOLVED AND MIGHT TAKE A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WE REALLY PUSHED FOR THERE TO BE A PILOT QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD START TO BENEFIT FROM THE EFFICIENCY AND THE TIME SAVINGS THAT IT WOULD GENERATE.
SO BY WHEN GIVEN THE EXTENSIONS YOU HAD TO PROVIDE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR PROPER TIME AND COMPETITION WITHIN THE MARKETPLACE, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE COMMISSION? WE NEED TO HAVE THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND THEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, I DON'T SEE WHY MAYBE AFTER THE BREAK, SEPTEMBER, IF POSSIBLE, WE CAN SHOOT FOR THAT.
BECAUSE ONCE WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT, THAT COMMISSION, YOU STILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA WAS URGENCY.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN WE, HI, WHEN WE PURCHASED BETSY PEREZ'S HOUSE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE USES WAS GOING TO BE AN OUTPOST OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH OTHER CITY SERVICES IN NORTH BEACH.
THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.
THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY CHANGED DIRECTION.
AND WE HAVE HAD TO REPAY THAT $6.5 MILLION TO THE BUILDING FUND.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LIMIT OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU COULD HAVE IN RESERVE.
I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR FORMER BUILDING DIRECTOR WAS TALKING ABOUT ACQUIRING SPACE TO HAVE A PERMANENT HOME IN NORTH BEACH, AND NOW THAT I'M HEARING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CAP, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY YOU CAN KEEP IN RESERVE.
WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? REAL ESTATE, LET ME JUST FINISH MY THOUGHTS FOR A QUICK SECOND.
REAL ESTATE IS ONLY GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE UP THERE.
LAND BANKING, LAND BANKING IS A TIME-TESTED WAY TO INSULATE A CITY'S RESOURCES.
I KNOW THAT, I THINK IT WAS THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION LOOKING AT OFFICE SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF UNDERWHELMING RETAIL SPACE ON COLLINS, AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR 10 GRAND A MONTH.
SO WHERE ARE WE INITIATIVE AND IS THAT FACTORED IN ANY PLACE AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? YEAH, I'LL START BEFORE I TURN IT OVER.
THE SECOND PROJECT THERE WAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR OFFICE SPACE BUILD OUT RENOVATION BUT ONE OF THE CAVEATS, THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP AND SPEAKING WITH OUR NEW BUILDING DIRECTOR IS I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON A LEGAL OPINION IS THAT THERE WAS SOME CHANGES TO THE STATE LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN THAT OPTION OFF THE TABLE AND I'M SORRY TAKING WHAT OPTION OFF THE TABLE THE ACQUISITION OF A BUILDING SPECIFICALLY FOR TWO FED OUT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SO WE MAY BE FORCED INTO A RENTAL SITUATION WHICH THE STATE WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO PURCHASE AND I'LL LET GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BUT THAT IS, I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A LEGAL OPINION TO CLARIFY THAT, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT MAY OPTION MAY HAVE BEEN RECENTLY TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.
SO JUST TO KIND OF GO INTO THAT.
SO SENATE BILL 1614 IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, TOOK THE ABILITY, TOOK THE ABILITY OF US
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TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING TO HOUSE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.SO WHAT ABOUT IF YOU ACQUIRE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY OFFICE SPACE? SO IN TERMS OF PURCHASE, IT'S NOT STATED YES OR NO.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE WAITING ON IT.
SO THE STATE WOULD RATHER HAVE YOU PAY RENTAL FEES IN PERPETUITY TO HAVE A NEW BUILDING OFFICE? WE DON'T KNOW THAT, AND THAT'S THE FINE POINT.
IT DOES APPEAR WE CANNOT CONSTRUCT OUR OWN BUILDING, BUT WE'RE NOT 100% SURE IF IT MEANS WE CAN'T ACQUIRE AN EXISTING BUILDING.
SO IT'S A GRAY AREA THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT SO WE'RE EITHER GOING BACK TO RENTING A BIGGER, MAYBE NICER SPACE AND RENOVATING IT OUT VERY WELL, WHICH IS WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET.
BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT, WE MAY BE ABLE TO PIVOT TO AN ACQUISITION.
OKAY, SO THAT ENHANCED NORTH BEACH BUILDING FACILITY, WHATEVER IT IS, IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET TO SOME DEGREE? THE CAPITAL BUDGET HERE DOES HAVE DOLLARS FOR A BUILD-OUT AND RENOVATION OF A SPACE.
WHETHER IT'S RENTED OR ACQUIRED WOULD BE DETERMINED.
IF IT'S ABLE TO BE ACQUIRED, WE CAN COME BACK AND THEY CAN ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS AGAIN WITH OZI TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC LOCATION.
THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND EVEN...
WITH ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS, INCLUDING THIS MAJOR IT PROJECT, THERE WOULD STILL BE SUFFICIENT FUNDS, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE A BUILDING.
SO WE'RE WORKING OURSELVES THROUGH THIS PROBLEM.
SO I'M PUTTING OUT THE LEGAL DISCLAIMER THAT THE FBI AND THE STATE WHO ARE LISTENING, THIS IS ACTUALLY A JOKE, BUT CAN WE BUY BUSES FOR OUR TROLLEY SYSTEM THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SINCE THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY ROLLING AROUND IN THERE? THAT WAS A JOKE.
I DON'T ACTUALLY SUGGEST THAT WE DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL.
IT WOULD BE A MOBILE PERMITTING SYSTEM AS YOU GO AROUND.
WELL, I LIKE THE OUT-OF-BOX IDEA.
SO IF I COULD ON THAT, I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A HEADS UP THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A REPORT THAT'S COMING OUT ON THE AGENDA THAT PRINTS TODAY THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS OF THAT STATE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN MAY THAT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1.
SO THEY GAVE US LESS THAN 60 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, INCLUDING CHANGES IN OUR FEE STRUCTURE AND BASICALLY UPENDING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TODAY.
WHAT A CHERISHED MEMORY WE HAVE OF HOME RULE.
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE ONE LAST FINAL.
YEAH, THE LAST ITEM IS VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT'S $10 MILLION, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE FOR EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES FOR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND THEN I JUST FINALLY WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE THIS IS, AT LEAST REMEMBER, THIS IS A BUDGET THAT WON'T BE IN PLACE FOR ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.
SO THIS IS A LONG, IN-DEPTH, TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE.
THESE ARE CAPITAL BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JULY 17TH. WE WILL DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
WE WILL HAVE A SHORT CAPITAL UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AS WE CLOSED OUT FY25 AND IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
AND THEN THE MAJOR ONE WILL BE THE OPERATING.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROLLBACK RATE REDUCTIONS AND ANY ENHANCEMENTS THAT THE MANAGER WOULD BE RECOMMENDING AS THEIR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
THEN THE COMMISSION ON JULY 22ND WOULD SET THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE.
WHETHER THAT'S ROLLBACK OR NOT, YOU COULD ALWAYS LOWER THE MILLAGE AT THE FIRST OR SECOND HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH OR 23RD, BUT YOU SET THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE, WHICH GOES OUT IN YOUR TRIM NOTICE IN AUGUST.
AND BASED ON THE MANAGER'S PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND ALL OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FEW IN THE CAPITAL ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM AGAIN MORE IN JULY.
AND THEN ON THE OPERATING SIDE, THEY WILL DELIVER THE PRELIMINARY OVERALL BUDGET, AND THOSE WILL GO OUT.
TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN ON OCTOBER 1ST THE NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS.
SO AND THIS IS CIRCLING BACK TO WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD SPEND SOME TIME, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL EVENING, BUT STARTING THESE BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS.
I MEAN THE NEWS WE'RE DELIVERED HERE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING AT MINIMUM A WHAT 7.6, 7.9, A MILLION DEFICIT.
AND IF WE FOLLOW THE LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED, A $17.9 MILLION DEFICIT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND NOT EVEN PREPARE FOR IT JUST IN ONE AFTERNOON BUDGET MEETING IN JULY.
I THINK WE NEED TO SIT UP HERE AND KIND OF APPRECIATE THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES
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IN AND WHILE NOT GETTING INTO SPECIFICS, AT LEAST TALK HIGH LEVEL ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.AND JASON, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT AT ALL BECAUSE I'M NOT EXPECTING A PRESENTATION PREPARED, BUT...
IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE UP FOR IT, AT LEAST MAYBE A HALF HOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO START PREPARING FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE TOWARDS, AT MINIMUM, AN $8 MILLION CUT TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
WELL, I CAN JUST SAY A COUPLE THINGS TO THAT POINT.
ONE, WHEREVER THAT CUT LEVEL ENDS UP IN THE 7 TO 8 OR UP TO $15, $17 MILLION, THAT WILL BE THE DISCUSSION.
SO YES, WE WILL HAVE A VERY LONG AND IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION IN JULY, BUT THAT IS NOT TO BE AN END-ALL.
THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MANAGER.
THERE WILL BE THINGS YOU WILL BE FINE WITH.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU WILL MAYBE NOT BE SO FINE WITH.
YOU WILL GIVE FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH AUGUST.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK AT THIS FIRST BUDGET HEARING IN SEPTEMBER, THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO REFINE.
SO MAYBE THIS BIG PIE, AND YOU SAY, I'M GOOD WITH THIS PART BUT NOT GOOD WITH THIS PART.
SO THERE WILL BE MORE PUBLIC MEETING OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WHEN YOU FIRST SEE THAT DATA...
YOU'VE HAD THE PROGRAM BUDGET FOR A BIT.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE DETAILED LINE-IN ON BUDGET, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON ENHANCEMENTS AND REDUCTIONS.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THIS WHOLE LIST OF ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MEET OUR BALANCED BUDGET.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE WAS INTENDING.
I THINK WHAT HE'S INTENDING IS A CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND MAYBE THE NEXT FERC MEETING WE CAN HAVE A SET-ASIDE.
FOR THAT 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR.
I WAS THINKING NOW, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER, BUT JUST, ERIC, WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT WHERE SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO COME FROM? LIKE, I DON'T MEAN, OH, LINE ITEM 459 OF $118,000, BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO START MAKING SOME OF THIS UP? AND WE'LL HAVE TWO LEVELS.
ONE, JUST THE BARE MINIMUM MANAGING THAT $7.9 MILLION, AND THEN.
TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED MANAGING TO A 18 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHAT I WAS PLANNING TO DO FOR THE JULY 17TH MEETING, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK AT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, IS AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS SINCE WE GOT VERY CLEAR DIRECTION TO PREPARE A ROLLED BACK BUDGET.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO REALIZE 5% REDUCTION IN THEIR CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL COSTS.
SO WHAT WE PRESENT TO YOU IS A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO FIND EFFICIENCIES, BUT I JUST...
I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE TO ANYONE.
WHEN I RAN FOR THE CITY COMMISSION IN 2021, I RAN SAYING PUBLIC SAFETY IS MY TOP PRIORITY AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ANY CUT.
POLICE, FIRE, OCEAN RESCUE, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT I DO BELIEVE REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH A VOTER AMENDMENT, REGARDLESS OF OUR DESIRE AS A POLICY TO HAVE A ROLLED BACK BUDGET.
THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE DO NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE LEVEL OF FUNDING.
THOSE ARE AREAS THAT I BELIEVE EVERY GOVERNMENT, EVERY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, OUR MAIN PURPOSE IS ALWAYS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
AND THAT IS THE VERY BASICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
EVER SINCE I STARTED WORKING IN PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 15.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR THE VERY BASICS.
I'M GOING TO BE VERY STRONG ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE DO WANT TO SEE A ROLLBACK BUDGET, WHILE WE DO WANT TO SEE EFFICIENCIES, THERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU TAKE FUNDING AWAY FROM WHEN NECESSARY, WHEN YOU HAVE TO, BUT MOST CERTAINLY NOT POLICE, FIRE, OCEAN RESCUE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, STREETS, AND SIDEWALKS.
THOSE ARE JUST VERY BASIC LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WHERE I DO BELIEVE WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THAT WE PROVIDE AND THEN ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER AREAS.
I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT IN MY POSITION.
IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, IS THAT I THINK WHAT THE MANAGER WAS GETTING TO IS THAT SINCE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE,
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BECAUSE THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE TO, AND THESE ARE STILL PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL JULY 1ST TO GET THE FINAL NUMBERS, BUT IF WE WERE TO SET, LET'S JUST SAY THEY ARE CORRECT AT $7.9 MILLION, WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO CUT TO MAKE A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN A MENU OF $15 OR $16 MILLION, YOU'LL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS TO REMOVE THOSE REDUCTIONS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PALATABLE TO THE COMMISSION.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'LL HAVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
YOU WON'T BE FORCED TO DO $15 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS.
YOU'LL HAVE TO DO EIGHT, LET'S SAY, AND YOU CAN METER YOURSELF DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOME MORE THAT ARE NOT, YOU CAN GIVE DIRECTIONS AND SAY, WELL, COME BACK WITH SOMETHING MORE IN SEPTEMBER, AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO, YOU HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE.
YOU'LL HAVE A MENU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE FULL THING.
YOU CAN TAKE SOME THINGS THAT WILL NOT BE PALATABLE TO SOME.
AND LET'S SAY WE GET TO THAT $8 OR EVEN $10 MILLION, OR X WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MENTIONED.
WHAT IS OUR PATH THERE IF THAT ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, 62% OF OUR BUDGET IS OFF THE TABLE? IS OFF FOR WHAT? IS OFF THE TABLE.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.
IF THAT 62% OF OUR BUDGET IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND NOT.
IN GENERAL, IF THAT IS OFF THE TABLE FOR REDUCTIONS, WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH $10 MILLION? CAN I JUST CHIME IN? BEFORE YOU CHIME IN, JASON, AND JUST PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION, I DON'T THINK ANY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM REVIEW.
I THINK THERE ARE INEFFICIENCIES IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN...
BY US HAVING TO REVIEW FIRE AND POLICE'S BUDGET IS SOMEHOW ANTI-POLICE OR ANTI-FIRE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOLDEN COW THAT WE JUST DON'T EVER TOUCH OR SCRUTINIZE.
I THINK IT MAKES IT BETTER BECAUSE IF THEY ARE RUNNING MORE EFFICIENTLY, IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE.
IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
IT BECOMES LEANER, MORE EFFICIENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, BUT PROTECTING, YOU KNOW, SAFETY DOES NOT REQUIRE PROTECTING EVERY LINE ITEM FROM SCRUTINY.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO WHAT WAS TOLD TO US, 5% TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, NOT TO THE BUDGET, NOT TO THE OPERATIONS, 5% TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
I JUST, PERHAPS, MAYBE I MISHEARD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY.
WHERE IS THE CUT COMING FROM? MAYBE THERE'S A CITY MANAGER.
BUT I NEED AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.
SO THE CSL BUDGET IS WHAT WE HAVE.
WHAT IS CSL? SORRY, CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL BUDGET IS WHAT IT WOULD COST TO PROVIDE THE EXACT SAME SERVICES THIS COMING YEAR.
WHAT WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND SAID, FROM YOUR CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER BUDGETS BESIDES CSL FOR POLICE AND FIRE? SORRY? ARE THERE ANY OTHER BUDGETS FOR POLICE AND FIRE? THAT'S OVERALL, WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET, WE START WITH THE BASELINE.
SO EVERYBODY'S BUDGET IS BASELINE.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST NEXT YEAR TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? BUT I THINK IF AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU OR PUT WORDS IN ANYONE'S MOUTH.
I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS HOW DO WE DELIVER THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE MORE EFFICIENTLY? AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN TAKING AWAY FROM THE SERVICE LEVEL.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I FEEL MANY OF US MIGHT BE IS DELIVER THE SAME SERVICES BUT FIND EFFICIENCIES SO THAT WE DO IT.
MORE EFFICIENTLY SO IT DOESN'T COST US AS MUCH.
MAYBE YOU HAVE LESS SWORN PERSONNEL IN OFFICE POSITIONS, MAYBE YOU AS THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE HAD OF SEEKING MORE UNSWORN PERSONNEL DOING OFFICE WORK AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THE NUANCE.
I MEAN IS SWORN OFFICERS IN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES CONSIDERED CSL? SO CSL BUDGET IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE TOTAL HEADCOUNT, TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S UP TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
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BASED ON THE POLICY DIRECTION OF THIS BODY AND OBVIOUSLY WITH INPUT FROM THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, AND I THINK YOU SAW IT IN THE LTC THAT WENT AROUND YESTERDAY, IT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF AN ASK DURING THE BUDGET RETREAT, IS THAT WE'VE NOT SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HEADCOUNT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS ON NON-PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED.
EFFORTS, BUT YET BOTH ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY GOVERNMENT, WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND SERVICES.
I'M JUST WORRIED THAT YOU'RE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THE EXPECTATION THAT WE CAN JUST CUT $10 MILLION OUT OF A BUDGET WITHOUT CUTTING SERVICES IS UNREALISTIC.
WELL, THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS HERE.
AND I THINK, YEAH, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, IF I MAY, NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, WE KIND OF WANT TO GET A HEADS UP ON THAT BEFORE THE JULY MEETING.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT PERHAPS AT A FERC MEETING, AT THE NEXT FERC MEETING, WHERE WE CAN SET ASIDE ANOTHER HOUR AND GET A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF WHAT STAFF IS COMING UP WITH TO DO AT A MINIMUM, OBVIOUSLY, EIGHT, BUT REMEMBER...
WE ALL PROMISED THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A ROLLBACK, RIGHT? WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE RESIDENTS.
IT WAS A PROMISE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOWER YOUR TAXES AND NOT RAISE YOUR TAXES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT COMING AS A SHOCK, AND THEN COME JULY WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS.
I THINK COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS VERY CORRECT WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH.
ADVANCE NOTICE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GO OVER IT.
AND I THINK, IF I CAN, JASON, HIGH LEVEL, WHERE I'M THINKING THIS GOES, RIGHT, AND I'VE SAID IT FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY EASY TO SEE THE TREND LINE OF WHERE OUR EXPENSES WERE GOING AND JUST EXPECTING A DECLINE IN THE GROWTH OF OUR ASSESSED VALUATIONS, IS I'VE SAID THIS EXACT PHRASE, WE NEED TO DO MORE WITH THE SAME.
OR ELSE ONE DAY WE WILL BE FORCED TO DO MORE WITH LESS.
AND I HOPE WE CAN GET TO THIS POINT WITHOUT DOING MORE WITH LESS.
WE ALL NEED TO PUSH OURSELVES TO DO MORE WITH THE SAME.
SO TO THE EXTENT, WHETHER IT'S IN ANY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING OUR POLICE AND FIRE THAT I THINK THE ABSOLUTE WORLD OF, RIGHT? IF WE HAVE AN OUTPUT.
SO YOU HAVE OUTPUT OF ONE TO ONE.
IF TWO PEOPLE RETIRE OR STEP AWAY FROM THE JOB WHERE WE'RE NOT FORCED TO MAKE CUTS, BUT WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE BECAUSE OF ATTRITION, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED IS NOT MAINTAINING THAT ONE TO ONE OUTPUT.
WE CAN'T SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET AN OUTPUT OF 98.
BECAUSE WE HAVE 98 EMPLOYEES, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT OUTPUT OF 100 THROUGH 98 EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ASK MORE OF ALL OF US, OURSELVES, OUR CITY'S STAFF ADMINISTRATION, AND OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS, RIGHT? AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL NOT BE FORCED INTO MAKING FORCED CUTS.
OKAY, IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS STAFFING LEVELS PROACTIVELY, WE WILL BE FORCED TO DO SO THROUGH HEADCOUNT REDUCTION.
I THINK THE WORLD OF EVERY EMPLOYEE HERE, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO ASK MORE OUT OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS AND ACTUALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WITH A LITTLE LESS RESOURCES.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE FORCED.
INTO REDUCTIONS NONE OF US WANT TO MAKE.
IF I COULD ADD TO THE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE-WAY STREET, RIGHT? WE HAVE POLICE AND FIRE AND OCEAN RESCUE SERVICES TO HANDLE THE VERY MANY MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, RIGHT? WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE AN 82,000-PERSON CITY.
WELL, THAT'S TRUE ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
BUT ON A SATURDAY EVENING IN DECEMBER OR FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, WE'RE A HALF A MILLION PERSON CITY.
AND SO THE TWO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT ARE NOT PART
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OF THE BUDGET PROCESS PER SE, BUT ARE A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD IS HOW MUCH DO OUR EVENTS THAT WE WELCOME TO OUR CITY.GENERATE FOR THE GREATER GOOD, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF THEY END UP BEING A BIGGER DRAIN ON OUR SYSTEM AND SERVICES AND STAFF.
WHAT'S THAT? THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD DO FEWER OF THEM.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE REALLY BIG, IMPACTFUL ONES THAT DEFINE THE CITY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT FOR NOTHING.
WE'VE HAD ART BASEL IN DECEMBER.
WE HAD THE FOOD AND WINE EVENT IN FEBRUARY.
WE HAD THE MONTH OF SPRING BREAK, WHICH WAS GREAT.
WE HAD WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE'VE GOT FIFA GOING ON NOW, WE'RE MISSING ONE.
THAT IS EVERY SINGLE MONTH, BASICALLY.
WE HAVE MAJOR IMPACTFUL EVENTS IN THE CITY, WHICH ARE AMAZING, AND WE LOVE THEM.
BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY OUR STAFFING LEVELS OF SANITATION AND FIRE AND POLICE ARE AT THE LEVELS WHERE WE ARE, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HANDLE THOSE EVENTS WITH THE LEVEL OF SECURITY IF WE WERE A CITY STAFFED FOR 82,000 RESIDENTS.
FUNDAMENTAL PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT SOME POINT IF WE DO NOT FIND OTHER WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE THAT ARE NOT BASED ON PROPERTY TAX SO OR FEES ON OUR RESIDENTS OR FEES ON OUR RESIDENTS UM SO SO BRINGING NEW INDUSTRY HERE YOU'VE YOU'VE BROUGHT IN SEVERAL UM I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH WITH PEOPLE UH IN THE COUNTY ABOUT REVVING UP OUR FILM INDUSTRY AND GENERATING INCOME FROM THAT.
TO TRANSITION THE CITY FROM A SEASONAL, EVENT-DRIVEN, REAL ESTATE-BASED, INCOME-GENERATING TOWN TO SOMETHING THAT IS YEAR-ROUND, SUSTAINABLE, HAS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IS A PHILOSOPHICAL SEA CHANGE.
THE SAME WAY THAT REINVENTING OCEAN DRIVE AND SOUTH BEACH AS AN ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO JUST ENTERTAINMENT NOT GETTING RID OF ENTERTAINMENT, NOT GETTING RID OF EVENTS, NOT GETTING RID OF THE BEAUTIFUL REAL ESTATE THAT DRIVES SO MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON HERE.
BUT IF WE WANT TO BE SOMETHING ELSE AND PROTECT OURSELVES, INSULATE OURSELVES FROM THESE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE WHIMS OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S ECONOMIC DECISIONS, WHETHER IN THE STATE OR IN THE COUNTRY, WE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION FOR TODAY OR EVEN...
REALLY FOR THE REST OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
BUT IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD AND THINK ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THE POLICIES, WHAT WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE HERE, WHO WE WANT TO ATTRACT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER.
I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, THAT WE HAVE WORLD-CLASS PARKS AND REC.
WORLD-CLASS PARKS AND REC FROM THE FACILITIES.
THE WEIGHT SYSTEM NOTWITHSTANDING IN NORTH BEACH, WE'LL TAKE THAT OFF.
NO, BUT SERIOUSLY, FROM THE FACILITIES TO THE STAFFING TO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, WE HAVE WORLD-CLASS ARTS AND CULTURE.
AGAIN, FROM THE FACILITIES, THE ACTUAL FACILITIES, TO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
WE HAVE ALBA TAREI AND HER STAFF WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR UNDER-RESOURCED RESIDENTS WITH RENT ASSISTANCE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM, NOT TO MENTION THE $10 MILLION THAT WE SPEND IN HOMELESS OUTREACH.
I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO START THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS AWAY, WE NEED TO EITHER DECIDE THAT THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE AND THEREFORE LOSE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE CHOSEN TO MOVE THEIR MULTI-HUNDRED MILLION LIFESTYLES, OR BILLIONS IN SOME CASES, TO OUR CITY.
THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO SUNNY ISLES.
THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO MIAMI PROPER.
AND THEY'RE COMING HERE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE OFFER IN OUR TOTALITY.
OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ATTRACT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND SHIFT THE NARRATIVE OF WHO WE ARE.
AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A CONVERSATION FOR TODAY OR EVEN NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE AWAY THE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS CITY SPECIAL AND SAFE AND DISTINGUISH US FROM MIAMI AND OTHER PARTS OF MIAMI-DADE.
I MEAN, THE STATISTICS THAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, JOE, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF...
OF OUR REVENUE CAME FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH IN A GOOD WAY HERE ON A TINY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT EVEN WEIGHTED FOR THE SIZE OF THE AREA IN WHICH IT WAS BUILT.
I MEAN, IF YOU DO THAT ANALYSIS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO, BUT I'M SURE SOMEBODY HERE DOES, IT'S EVEN MORE DISPROPORTIONATELY FAVORABLE TO MIAMI BEACH.
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SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST VERY MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY NOT IN THIS COUNTRY OR THIS STATE.WE DID PROMISE THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO KEEP COSTS LOW GOING FORWARD.
BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A PRUDENT DECISION AT THE EXPENSE OF WHAT MAKES US US.
THERE IS A BALANCE TO BE HAD THERE.
I AGREE WITH YOU, ALEX, ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, A THOUSAND BAZILLION PERCENT.
I AGREE WITH YOU, DAVID, ABOUT TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO AT LEAST THE SAME WITH LESS.
AND, JOE, I KNOW THAT'S YOUR PHRASE AS WELL, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT WITHOUT CUTTING TO THE BONE AND KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG.
AND ONE THING, AND DEBBIE, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN EXAMINE WITH ALL OF US.
YOU CAN COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
IT'S A VERY ACCEPTED PRACTICE.
WE DON'T DO THAT, RIGHT? WE DON'T DO THAT.
AND THAT'S ONE WAY TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE SURE, AND IT TIES INTO YOUR...
KIND OF EVENT DISCUSSION WHERE, WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THESE MAJOR EVENTS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BUILT A REAL ECONOMY YET AND WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENTIAL POPULATION THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
FOR HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE ALL TURNED ON CHANNEL 7 AND GO, OH, THERE'S A VIDEO FROM MITCH NOVAK'S HOUSE AGAIN.
HAVE ANY ONE OF US OR STAFF AS WELL GONE I WONDER WHAT IT IS ABOUT THAT AREA THAT THAT IS SUCH A HOTBED FOR THIS CRIME THAT THEN STRAINS POLICE JONES AND HIS TEAM, RIGHT? PERHAPS IF WE HAD BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN IN CERTAIN AREAS, WE WOULDN'T NEED SUCH A DRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES, RIGHT? JUST LIKE THESE HUGE EVENTS ARE DRAINS ON OUR RESOURCES, THERE MIGHT BE AN ROI FOR THAT, A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.
BUT IF WE SEE THESE AREAS, AND DEBBIE, MAYBE IT'S YOU WORKING WITH US AND WITH CHIEF JONES, AND REALLY IT'S PART OF WHAT MY VISION FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE WAS AND OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY WHERE WE WON'T NEED SO MUCH POLICE.
I ALWAYS USE THE EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I SAY, CHIEF, DO YOU NEED TO SEND MORE OFFICERS, THE FIRST IN WASHINGTON OR 10TH IN WASHINGTON? AND WHY IS THAT, RIGHT? IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE LESS OF A STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES, I THINK URBAN PLANNING IS A HUGE PART OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST CAME UP AND YOU'RE A VETERAN BUT YOU'RE NEW.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, DEBBIE? YEAH, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
JUST AN INPUT YOU MIGHT BE ABOUT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES.
YOU AND I HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT HOW WE CAN REIMAGINE MORE AS NOT SO MUCH RESIDENTIAL, BUT JUST TO REIGNITE IT SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE-USE CORRIDOR WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE EYES ON THE ROAD.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ALSO LIVING THERE.
YOU FUNDAMENTALLY HAVE MUCH MORE EYES ON THE ROAD AND LESS BLIGHT.
AND LESS NEED FOR POLICE INTERVENTIONS.
AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'LL ASK.
ARE THERE AREAS OF OUR CITY WHERE WE COULD BETTER DESIGN IT, WE COULD HAVE BETTER URBAN PLANNING, THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED SUCH RESOURCES FROM OUR POLICE AND FIRE? YES, I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOOLS IN TERMS OF URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING.
THE CEPTED GUIDELINES ARE EXCELLENT.
YOU KNOW, I WILL GIVE YOU MY COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH...
I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS SOME EXPERTS IN THAT SEPTED FIELD WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING NEW PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE LAND USE, ALLOWABLE LAND USES ALSO FACTOR IN TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
ONE OF THE, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE SEEING ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IS A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES DO NOT CREATE THAT ACTIVITY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STOCK.
ON WASHINGTON AVENUE CORRIDOR AND WHAT WE SEE IS WE SEE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PRIMARILY LATE NIGHT BUSINESSES THAT ACHIEVE THEIR DESIRED EFFECT BY BLOCKING OUT THEIR STOREFRONTS SO YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IN.
THERE'S NOT THAT CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK.
THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT WE CAN
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WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON IN TERMS OF LIGHTING AND THAT TYPE OF ENHANCEMENT ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHICH ALSO HELPS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN SPEAK FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE COMMITTED GOING FORWARD TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT DIFFERENT LAND USES.
WE ARE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF.
REMOVING ALLOWABLE LAND USES, BUT CERTAINLY INCENTIVIZING LAND USES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT JUST BY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A ZERO COST, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF COST TO THE TAXPAYERS BY CHANGING A NIGHTCLUB TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
THAT IS THE COST 100% OF A DEVELOPER.
SO THERE ARE LOW COST AND ZERO COST THINGS JUST FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE CAN TRY AND IMPLEMENT IN TERMS OF A POLICY.
SMALLER PROJECTS LIKE LIGHTING AND MAYBE COMING UP WITH SOME MORE ROBUST SEPTIDE GUIDELINES THAT WE COULD FOLLOW AND WORK WITH CHIEF JONES ON.
YOU'VE SAID BETTER IN ONE MINUTE THAN I'VE BEEN BABBLING ON ABOUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
WHAT YOU SAID IS PERFECT AND IT LITERALLY GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS BECAUSE THAT'S THE VISION I WANT TO CARRY OUT FOR OUR CITY.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OR THIS OR THAT.
IT IS CREATING A BETTER LIVED ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS THAT ARE HERE.
AND IN DOING SO, IT ALSO HELPS US WITH OUR BUDGETARY ISSUES.
SO HAVE WE EVER HAD IN THE PAST, ERIC, A CONSULTANT OR SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT ACTUALLY PRESENTS SOME TYPE OF LONG-TERM PLAN FOR MIAMI BEACH AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO? I MEAN, BECAUSE I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, DEBBIE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, YOU GUYS.
YOU KNOW, ASSESS PROJECTS AS THEY COME UP AND THEY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS WILL CONTACT YOU AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO DO THIS HERE AND THEN THIS IS OUR PLAN AND WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT CAN WE ASK FOR AND WHAT CAN WE GET AND YOU WORK WITH THEM.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS EVER BEEN ON STAFF THAT NECESSARILY SAYS WHAT JOE WANTS, WHICH IS, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, WHICH IS LIKE, WELL, WE WANT TO GET HERE, YOU KNOW, OR WE WANT TO, WHAT'S, WHERE'S THE SWEET SPOT OF.
TOO MANY EVENTS OR EVENTS THAT ACTUALLY LOWER, THAT KEEP OUR PROPERTY TAXES LOW BECAUSE THEY BRING IN THE RESORT DOLLARS.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY TYPE OF VISIONARY PROCESS, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, WHICH IS WHY YOU PRESENTED THAT BIMONTHLY COMMISSION, THE WORKSHOP, SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER REALLY HAD ANY TYPE OF COHESIVE PLAN AS TO WHERE DO WE WANT TO GET? IS IT MORE RESIDENTIAL? IS IT YOU KNOW, LESS NIGHTCLUBS, OR IS IT MAYBE A NICE COMBO OF BOTH, OR DO WE WANT TO MODEL OURSELVES LIKE NEW YORK CITY OR AUSTIN, TEXAS OR MONACO? HAVE WE EVER HAD A CONSULTANT THAT DOES THAT CITYWIDE FOR WHAT WE WANT OUR FUTURE TO BE LIKE IN 10 YEARS? COMMISSIONER, I WOULDN'T WANT TO TRUST THAT TO A CONSULTANT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ELECTED FOR.
BUT IS THAT, THOUGH? BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, LIKE YOU GUYS DON'T, OR DO YOU? AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I'VE JUST NEVER.
KNOWN OF YOU OR TOM OR ANYONE I MEAN YOU'RE JUST ONE DEPARTMENT RIGHT SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU COULD SIT DOWN OR COULD WOULD WE NEED TO CONVENE LIKE ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS YOU KNOW YOU AND PARKING BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING AND THEN WE NEED TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR ROADS ARE IN CAPACITY AND THEN WE NEED TO GET YOU KNOW PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TOILETS THAT FLUSH AND THEN YOU KNOW LIKE HAS THERE EVER BEEN A STRATEGY SESSION ABOUT WHERE TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND FIVE, TEN YEARS, FIFTEEN YEARS, AND WHERE WILL WE BE AND WHAT DOES THAT REQUIRE? AND SO THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE CONSULTANTS THAT DO ALL OF THAT URBAN PLANNING.
TELL US WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN TEN YEARS, DEBBIE.
FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU, DEBBIE.
YOU ARE TOO TALENTED AND LOVE THIS CITY TOO MUCH TO BE A CODE READER.
I WANT YOU TO BE AN URBAN PLANNER.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL, DEBBIE? CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU WANT TO GO? CERTAINLY THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT HOLISTICALLY IN THIS CITY, INCORPORATING OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK WE TRY TO DO THAT, BUT COMMISSIONER MATEO SALINAS, YOU'RE CORRECT.
WE TEND TO LOOK AT PROJECTS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, RIGHT, SO WE'RE MORE REACTIONARY.
WHAT WE COULD DO IS, AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, IS LOOK AT PROJECTS ON A CASE-BY-CASE AND THEN LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS.
WE HAVEN'T, I MEAN, UNDERTAKING AN ENTIRE CITYWIDE MASTER PLAN WOULD BE QUITE THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? IT WOULD BE A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.
IT MAY, LIKE A LOT OF OUR MASTER PLANS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE YEARS, MAY NOT RESULT IN ANY SORT OF QUICK ACTION.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK CE FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE, WE'VE GOT AN ITEM NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
BUT THERE'S BEEN PROBABLY EIGHT
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WASHINGTON AVENUE PLANS SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY.SOMETIMES WE'RE THINKING TOO LARGE IN TERMS OF WE COME UP WITH THESE YEAR-LONG PLANNING PROCESSES, AND THEN WE DON'T ACTUALLY, THREE YEARS AFTER THE PROCESS IS OVER, IT'S HARDER TO IMPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE HOLISTIC, WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, AND I THINK YOU KNOW THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PARTNER WITH THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S PURVIEW TO PROPOSE ALL THESE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
THAT'S REALLY A POLICYMAKER DECISION AND YOU KNOW OF COURSE WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST WITH THAT.
BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE READY TO ROLL OUR SLEEVES UP AND START THINKING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT, DEBBIE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT TO DO MORE WITH LESS, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO NOW CREATE A VISION FOR THE WHOLE CITY AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO IN FIVE, TEN YEARS.
SO I, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, DEBBIE, FOR THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THIS TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT.
JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT BEFORE ERIC GETS INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LOT AFTER I GOT ELECTED, IS HOW COME STAFF DIDN'T COME TO US WITH IDEAS, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT'S BACKWARDS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE THE POLICYMAKERS BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO GET ELECTED BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO KNOCK ON DOORS AND HEAR FROM THE ELECTORATE OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A CONSULTANT'S IDEA OF HOW AUSTIN SHOULD BE MIAMI BEACH.
SPOKEN TO THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS LIKE WE HAVE ON THEIR ISSUES AND THEIR CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT'S A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS, AND BY THE TIME IT'S DONE, THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF NEEDS.
AND THE CONSULTANT KIND OF SAYS, WELL, THIS IS HOW YOU GET THERE, BUT IT COMES FROM US.
AND YOU GUYS ARE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WOULD GIVE US A SUGGESTION.
RESPECTFULLY, I'M THE COMMISSIONER WHO WANTS TO HAVE AS LEAST CONSULTANTS AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I TRUST THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO CARRY THROUGH MY VISION JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH WASHINGTON AVENUE.
I SAID, HEY, DEBBIE AND TOM, I WANT TO REIMAGINE WASHINGTON AVENUE, MAKE IT MORE RESIDENTIAL, MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE, NOT ADD TO TRAFFIC, AND REALLY ADDRESS THE VACANT STOREFRONTS AND BLIGHT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO THAT.
I FULLY TRUST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, WHERE DO WE WANT TO SEE EACH OTHER, THIS CITY IN 10, 20 YEARS, AND HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE THAT ARE ALREADY HIRED WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES TO REALLY GIVE THEIR INSIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY A GOOD IDEA TO HIRE A CONSULTANT WHO'S GOING TO TAKE YOUR MONEY.
OR OUR MONEY OR THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY FOR WHAT THEY THINK THEIR VISION IS.
I THINK IT REALLY COMES FROM TOP DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO REALLY SPEAK TO THE ELECTORATE AND TALK TO THOUSANDS OF VOTERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND WE'RE THE ONES WHO SHOULD BE GIVING THE POLICY DIRECTION, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY WHY YOU DON'T SEE STAFF COMING.
TO US SAYING HEY THIS IS OUR IDEA YOU KNOW FOR MY BEACH IT'S YOU KNOW YOU GUYS CARRY OUT OUR VISION WE'RE NOT HERE TO CARRY OUT YOUR VISION CORRECT SO I I WANT TO GO BACK UH TO A POINT I MADE EARLIER THERE'S ONE UM ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS THAT WE HAD YOU KNOW I ASKED STAFF SEGREGATE OUT THE 62 THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE BUDGET AND SHOW US WHERE WE'VE HAD MOST OF OUR INCREASE AND YOU PREPARED THAT LTC.
I THINK JASON STARTED WITH HIS PRESENTATION WITH THAT TODAY AND PJ I DON'T KNOW IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THAT THERE WE GO THAT'S THAT'S THE IMAGE THAT I WANTED TO SEE AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME HERE IS THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NOT THE DIRECT SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING WHERE WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH.
IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET OF $2 MILLION.
IN PROCUREMENT, YOU'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF OVER $1 MILLION.
IN CIP AND FINANCE AND IN FACILITIES, I THINK IT'S $4 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
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WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE MORE THAN 50%.INCREASE, YEAH, CERTAINLY MORE THAN 50% INCREASE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
NOW, DOES THAT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE OVERSPENDING? PROBABLY NOT, BUT DOES IT SUGGEST THAT THERE'S ROOM TO EXAMINE WHETHER EVERY INCREASE IN THESE LINES REMAINS JUSTIFIED? I THINK SO.
AND SO BEFORE WE GO OUT AND WE TAKE AWAY FROM...
THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING IN POLICE, FIRE, OCEAN RESCUE, MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS, STREETS, AND PARKS.
I'D RATHER US TAKE A LOOK IN THESE AREAS HERE, ESPECIALLY THOSE LINE ITEMS THAT AREN'T THE FRONT-FACING SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING BEFORE WE TOUCH ANY OF THOSE DIRECT SERVICES.
AND MOST CERTAINLY BEFORE WE TOUCH ANY OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE THE MOST ESSENTIAL CORE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE VERY BASIC TENETS OF BEING A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
AND I SAY THAT WITH MUCH RESPECT FOR ALL OF THESE ENTITIES THAT ARE HERE, AND INCLUDING A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY LINE ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR BRAND AND WHO WE ARE AS A CITY, INCLUDING ARTS AND CULTURE THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO PRESERVING THAT, I TRULY FEEL THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING SECURED TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE CORE AREAS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN SEEING SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD $2 MILLION INCREASES OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, $4 MILLION INCREASES OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INCREASES, AND SEEING, OKAY, THERE, ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT ARE NOT FRONT-FACING.
ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT ARE NOT DIRECT SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, SEEING WHERE WE CAN FIND THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND THOSE EFFICIENCIES SO THAT OUR GOVERNMENT CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING THE VERY CORE BASIC SERVICES THAT ARE EXPECTED OF A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
I HAVE AN ITEM COMING UP FOR AI CONSULTING TO SEE.
HOW WE CAN GO INTO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, NOT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, AND SEE WHERE WE CAN FIND INEFFICIENCIES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND AND THAT JUST FREES UP MORE DOLLARS FOR WHAT OUR CORE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT ARE SO AND ARTS AND CULTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE VALUE AS A CITY IN MIAMI BEACH.
HOPING THAT I GET I GET UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER WAY WE CAN ATTACK THAT ISSUE.
YEAH, AND TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, CERTAINLY PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE IMPROVED SO MUCH AS A CITY IS BECAUSE OF OUR FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, A CLEAN CITY, RIGHT? SO I WOULD NEVER WANT TO TAKE STEPS BACK IN THAT REGARD.
HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO HAVE MORE EFFICIENCIES IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE RIGHT JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED THEIR MAYOR AND COMMISSION MAYBE PJ IF YOU COULD PULL THAT SLIDE BACK DON'T WORRY EVEN IF WE ROLLED BACK THE TOP FOUR DEPARTMENTS, EX-PARK AND REC, TO 10-YEAR-AGO NUMBERS, THAT ONLY GETS US ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE TO A ROLLED-BACK MILLAGE RATE.
IF WE WOULD TAKE PARKS AND REC ISN'T SOMEWHERE I'M WILLING TO ROLL BACK ON BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TRULY THE GREATEST AMENITY IN OUR CITY, ALONG WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT IF YOU WOULD ROLL BACK THE TOP FOUR ENTITIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED THERE, TO 10-YEAR-AGO NUMBERS, WE'D STILL ONLY GET TO ABOUT HALF OR A THIRD OF THE WAY TO GETTING TO OUR ROLLBACK MILLAGE RATE.
SO IT'S NOT THAT I'M SAYING, YES, WE WANT TO ROLL BACK PUBLIC SAFETY OR THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST WHEN THAT CONSTITUTES SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO FIND WAYS TO RUN AT THE SAME LEVELS OF
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SERVICE WITH... A MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? AND I'LL SAY THAT ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.IF WE HAVE LESSER ALLOCATION TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND TELL OUR CONSTITUENTS, HEY, YOU CAN'T CALL ME ON TUESDAY BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS RESOURCES. I'M GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO BUST MY BUTT AND PROVIDE THAT SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE LESS RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE OUR OWN SELVES, THAT'S ON THE TABLE AS WELL, BECAUSE I WILL FOR DAMN SURE LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
I GUESS MY POINT WAS, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN SAYING, YOU KNOW, MY THING IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE REVENUES ARE DECLINING, WHICH I ANTICIPATE THIS BALLOT QUESTION WILL PROBABLY PASS, IF I HAD TO GUESS, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF EXPERTS IN POLITICS SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS. I READ THE TEA LEAVES VERY DIFFERENTLY, AND I FEEL IT IS GOING TO PASS, NOT BECAUSE I LIKE THE BILL, BECAUSE I DO THINK A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO SUFFER. A LOT OF THE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT AND A LOT OF GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO PRACTICALLY DISAPPEAR. BUT WHEN OUR REVENUES ARE DECLINING, THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, I BELIEVE, SHOULD BE BASED ON PRIORITIES AND NOT A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE THAT'S APPLIED EQUALLY TO EVERY DEPARTMENT. AND THAT TO ME IS CRUCIAL. YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THE EXERCISE OF THE 5% ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUT THERE ARE MORE ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES THAN OTHERS. AND IF THAT 5% APPLIED TO CERTAIN ESSENTIAL CORE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AFFECT THE PROVISION OR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF SOME VERY BASIC SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT, I'D RATHER THEN SEE THE CUT PERHAPS BE SLIGHTLY LARGER. IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO PROTECT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF CORE ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE AND ERIC JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, YOU JUST DID THAT ACROSS THE BOARD TO GIVE US A MENU OF OPTIONS TO SAY IF NOT HERE, THERE.
CORRECT. ALL RIGHT SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND I THINK A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF OUR STRUCTURE GOING FORWARD. I THINK AND THEN TO WRAP UP FOR THIS WITH THE CAPITAL I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE NOTES OF WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE THAT BACK IN JULY AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS JULY FIRST WE'LL GET THOSE ADDITIONAL VALUES OUT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT WE GOT SOME DEFINITE WORK TO DO BUT WE'LL BE READY BUT WE ARE THREE AND A HALF MONTHS OUT FROM FROM THIS BUDGET SO WE GOT DO HAVE SOME TIME AND GO THROUGH THESE EXERCISES I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR ALL BEING HERE AND GIVING US SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION HERE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU AND IF I COULD THIS ISN'T PART OF THE MEETING. ERIC, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, CHIEF JONES, YOUR TEAM, CHIEF ALBA, YOUR TEAM. WHAT AN EVENT, JOHN, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, WHAT AN EVENT WE HAD TO KICK OFF THE WORLD CUP. IT WAS FLAWLESS. WE WERE JUST, YEAH, WE WERE THE EPICENTER OF THE WORLD AND OUR CITY PULLED IT OFF FLAWLESSLY. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD. CRUSHED IT. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.