Sep 10, 2026 Commission Meeting

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PLEASE STAND BY. WE ARE GOING ON AIR IN FIVE.

FOUR. THREE. TWO. ONE. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME, EVERYONE TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 10TH.

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THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE. EVERYONE'S SETTLING IN.

I'LL TURN TO OUR CITY CLERK TO GIVE US ANY PERTINENT INSTRUCTIONS.

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

IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY, YOU CAN LOG IN USING THE ZOOM APP OR VISIT ZOOM.US ON YOUR BROWSER.

YOU CAN ALSO PHONE IN AT 3052241968 AGAIN 3052241968 OR TOLL FREE AND 54499. THE WEBINAR ID IS 8139285767181392857671. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM DURING THE MEETING, PLEASE CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON.

IF USING THE ZOOM APP OR PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE.

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

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

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

A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR A NONPROFIT.

SPEAKING WITHOUT PAY OR A PRIVATE CITIZEN SPEAKING ON YOUR OWN BEHALF WITHOUT COMPENSATION.

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

IF A LOBBYIST GIVES OR AGREES TO GIVE $1,000 OR MORE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING A CITY MATTER THAT MUST BE DISCLOSED IN WRITING TO THE CLERK.

NOTE THAT CONTINGENCY FEES ARE NOT PERMITTED.

BE COMPENSATED. COMPENSATE. COMPENSATE LOBBYISTS.

IF YOU PLAN TO SPEAK DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING TODAY, YOU CAN SIGN IN USING THE SIGN IN SHEETS AT THE PODIUM OR SCAN THE QR CODES ALSO LOCATED THERE, AND SIGN IN ELECTRONICALLY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. RALPH. I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP FOR OUR INVOCATION, RABBI BENZION KORFF.

FIRST, I'M GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. I TOLD HIM I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE HIM BLUSH. SO, FIRST OF ALL, RABBI KORFF IS A CHAPLAIN WITH OUR MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WAS I WAS HOPING YOU'D HAVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL NEW UNIFORMS THAT THE CHAPLAINS HAVE NOW.

BUT BUT YOU LOOK, LOOK GREAT. BUT YOU YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PARENTS CAME DOWN HERE.

YOUR FATHER WAS WAS AN EMISSARY OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE COMING, COMING HERE AND WAS WITHOUT QUESTION, INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING JEWISH INSTITUTIONS, JEWISH LIFE HERE IN FLORIDA, AND OF COURSE, MIAMI BEACH. AND YOU'VE CONTINUED THAT AS HEAD OF THE LUBAVITCH EDUCATIONAL CENTER, A VERY LARGE YESHIVA, AND OF COURSE, YOUR SYNAGOGUE. YOUR SONS NOW HAVE THEIR OWN SYNAGOGUES IN MIAMI BEACH AND CONTINUING TO DO GREAT WORK.

REALLY. I LIKE TO SAY NOT JUST FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, BUT REALLY SPREADING, SPREADING LOVE AND UNITY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN MIAMI BEACH AND BEYOND. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S A TRUE HONOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN YOU MENTIONED MY CHILDREN, THEN YOU DID MAKE ME BLUSH.

FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS CITY MANAGER.

THE MAYOR DID TELL ME THAT THE MEETING START PROMPTLY ON TIME.

I GUESS YOU MEANT SYNAGOGUE TIME. SHUL TIME. AS WE GATHER TODAY ON THE EVE OF ROSH HASHANAH, THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, WE REFLECT UPON THE MEANING OF THIS SPECIAL TIME.

WE'RE, OF COURSE, REMINDED TO BE GENEROUS TO ONE ANOTHER AND GIVING.

AND, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME USE YOUR PARKING SPOT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE ADVERTISED IT. PART OF THE GENEROUS GIVING AND THE SPIRIT.

IF I GET TOWED, I WILL BE CALLING YOUR OFFICE.

BUT I'M SEEING THE SPIRIT OF ROSH HASHANAH AT WORK.

ROSH HASHANAH COMMEMORATES THE CREATION OF HUMANITY, THE MOMENT WHEN GOD BREATHED LIFE INTO MAN AND CREATED US, EACH IN HIS DIVINE IMAGE. WITH THAT GIFT CAME EXTRAORDINARY POWER AND EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSIBILITY.

TO BE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE MEANS THAT EACH OF US HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING LIGHT.

WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, KINDNESS, WHERE THERE IS PAIN, HOPE WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR AND LOVE, WHERE THERE IS THERE'S THE VISION. YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE POWER TO LIFT ANOTHER PERSON, TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED, TO SPEAK WITH COMPASSION, AND TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER THROUGH THE CHOICES THAT WE TAKE EACH DAY AS WE ENTER THE NEW YEAR.

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MAY WE USE THE GIFTS THAT HASHEM GOD HAS GIVEN US, NOT SIMPLY FOR OURSELVES, BUT IN SERVICE TO ONE ANOTHER.

MAY WE LEAD WITH HUMILITY, CARE FOR THOSE WHO NEED US, AND ALWAYS SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

ALMIGHTY GOD, BLESS OUR MAYOR, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. GRANT THEM WITH THE WISDOM TO LEAD, THE STRENGTH TO SERVE AND COMPASSION TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE BEHIND EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE. AND AS WE DO OUR PART TO BRING MORE GOODNESS AND KINDNESS AND LOVE INTO YOUR WORLD, MAY YOU LOOK UPON THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS WITH FAVOR AND BLESS US IN RETURN. MAY THE YEAR AHEAD BE A YEAR OF PEACE, HEALTH, UNITY, REDEMPTION, AND BLESSING FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR NATION, AND FOR ALL OF HUMANITY.

AND IN THE WORDS OF THE TRADITIONAL, TRADITIONAL ROSH HASHANAH BLESSING, SHANA TOVA.

MAY IT BE A GOOD, SWEET NEW YEAR. AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, ROBERT KORFF. WE'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE THE PLEDGE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR NINE OVER 11.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL TOMORROW AT OUR FIRE STATION.

IF ANYBODY CAN, CAN MAKE IT. BUT I THOUGHT SINCE TODAY IS THE DAY BEFORE.

I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM. SORRY IF I'M MISSING SOMEBODY, BUT I THINK EVERYONE HERE REMEMBERS NINE OVER 11.

AND I IT'S AMAZING. 25 YEARS LATER AND I STILL GET EMOTIONAL WHEN I THINK OF THAT DAY AND THE LIVES LOST, THE HEROISM OF PEOPLE RUNNING INTO BURNING BUILDINGS.

CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND THE MINDSET AND THE TRAINING.

AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE.

WHO DO THAT? WHO RUN TOWARD DANGER WHEN PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE.

IT'S A IT'S A BATTLE THAT WE FOUGHT THEN, AND IT'S STILL A BATTLE WE'RE FIGHTING TODAY.

THAT SAME IDEOLOGY IS ABSOLUTELY OUT THERE. AND WHAT SCARES ME IS THAT SOMETIMES IT'S CLOUDED.

IT SEEMS TO BE PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG WHEN IT'S SO TO ME, GLARINGLY OBVIOUS, BUT IT'S JUST A REMEMBERING OF WHAT THAT IDEOLOGY IS, AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST TRYING TO KILL PEOPLE, IT'S TRYING TO DESTROY A WAY OF LIFE, OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR WAY OF CIVILIZATION. AND HONESTLY, IF THEY WIN.

FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING THAT FOR THOSE ALMOST 3000 LIVES THAT ARE LOST, IF THEY WIN, THAT'LL BE FAR MORE TRAGIC.

AND THEY'LL BE FAR MORE LIVES LOST THAN JUST THAT DAY ON NINE OVER 11.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A MEMORIAL, BUT WITH CLOSE TO 3000 PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY, I THOUGHT 30S WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. SO NOW I GET TO PICK SOMEONE FROM THE CROWD.

I LOOK AROUND, THERE'S A LOT OF LEADERS HERE, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, A LOT OF GREAT LEADERS, BUT ALSO AMONGST OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.

WE WE ARE A BETTER CITY BECAUSE OF THEM. AND I HAVE NOT ASKED THIS PERSON YET, SO THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

I'M GOING TO MENTION THEIR NAME, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK CHAD BRAVER, WHO'S A LEADER IN THE VENETIAN ISLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD, TO COME UP AND LEAD US. DON'T WORRY. JUST STARTED OFF AND WE'LL JOIN YOU.

WHY DON'T YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM? IT'S JUST A LESSON.

IF YOU'RE COMING HERE, BE PREPARED TO SAY THE PLEDGE.

OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.

THERE'S A BLOOD DONATION BANK OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.

IT'S GOING TO BE HERE TILL 4 P.M.. SO IF ANYONE HAS THE TIME OR THE INCLINATION, IT'S A IT'S A GREAT THING TO TO DONATE,

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I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I HEAR SO OFTEN AND THIS WEEK I HEARD IT A BUNCH OF TIMES THAT THEY'RE SO PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND THE FACT THAT IT'S MANY, MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE MOST RESIDENT FRIENDLY COMMISSION THAT THEY CAN RECALL. AND THESE ARE FROM RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.

SO WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING HARD. THERE'S ALWAYS ISSUES TO ADDRESS, BUT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT AND THE THINGS THAT WE STILL NEED TO IMPROVE ON.

WE'RE WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EACH AND ONE OF ONE OF YOU BECAUSE IT TAKES COLLECTIVELY, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THAT MINDSET ABOUT OUR COMMISSION, IT'S A TRUE REFLECTION ON ALL OF US.

SO THANK YOU. GO TO THE NEXT HOUR. THANK YOU.

[R9 C DR. STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZEN'S FORUM. (8:35 A.M./1:00 P.M.)]

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JESSICA SALISBURY. I SERVE MIAMI BEACH OVER TEN YEARS AS AN OFFICER AND SERGEANT.

I WAS EXPOSED TO PORNOGRAPHY, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AN EXPLICIT PHOTO FROM A HIGH RANKING COMMANDER.

AND A TENURED SERGEANT WHO STALKED MY HOME OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OVER 34 DOCUMENTED TIMES, PER INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS SENIOR COMMAND ATTORNEY.

THERE ARE THEIR PERSONNEL MATTERS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED HERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE FORUM FOR THIS.

THIS IS EXCUSE ME, I MISSED THROUGH THE MAYOR.

I DON'T SEE WHY THE CITY MANAGER IS INTERRUPTING THIS.

THIS IS A SUTNICK. OUR THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY. UNLESS OUR CITY ATTORNEY DIRECTS.

OTHERWISE, PLEASE. PLEASE CONTINUE. YEAH. I DON'T SEE A REASON.

SENIOR COMMAND KNEW NOTHING. CHANGE. HARASSMENT CONTINUED FOR YEARS AFTER REJECTING A TENURED OFFICER'S PROFANE GREETING CARD, HE BECAME A LIEUTENANT ON THE ONLY NIGHT I WORKED FOR HIM, HE MADE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS THAT ENDED MY CAREER.

HOW DO I KNOW THEY'RE BASELESS? HERE'S THE ALLEGATION OF EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT.

FORM SIX OF THE REQUIRED SIGNATURES ARE BLANK.

SUPERVISOR. NO SIGNATURE EMPLOYEE, NO SIGNATURE WITNESS.

NO SIGNATURE. TUNE THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. NO SIGNATURE.

CHIEF OF POLICE. NO SIGNATURE. THE LIEUTENANT HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO SIGN THIS PROFANE CARD, BUT NOT THIS FORM AS REQUIRED. SENIOR HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS.

NEW CITY RULE X AND SOP TEN YET BYPASS THEM. THE LIEUTENANT'S ALLEGATIONS WERE NEVER PRESENTED OR INVESTIGATED.

IN AN UNHEARD OF MOVE, THE LIEUTENANT BYPASSED HIS CHAIN OF THE CHAIN STRAIGHT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

EVERYONE HAD SELECTIVE AMNESIA. FAILING TO SIGN THE FORM, EVEN THE CITY ATTORNEY ASKED FOR SIGNATURES.

YET HR PROCESSED MY TERMINATION ON A BLANK NON EXECUTED FORM ANYWAY.

TO THIS DAY, NEITHER THE DEPARTMENT OR HR HAS EXPLAINED HOW.

AFTER MY SEPARATION HARASSMENT CONTINUED, OFFICERS SEARCHED ME AND DAVID, A RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT DATABASE WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE.

ONE ADMITTED. ONE ADMITTED IT RESIGNED, WAS REHIRED SIX MONTHS LATER.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS NEEDS REAL OVERSIGHT. POLICE DATABASES NEED AUDITING AND MISCONDUCT NEEDS INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

MOST BPD OFFICERS ARE ETHICAL. ACCOUNTABILITY MUST GO HIGHER WHERE POWER ABUSE AND CORRUPTION THRIVE.

KEEPING THE COMMUNITY IN THE DARK. FOR SIX YEARS, I HAVE FOUGHT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

LEADERSHIP SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WALK OVER 10,000 DEAD BODIES TO RETURN.

I WILL WALK OVER 10,000 LIES, DECEPTION, MISOGYNY AND CORRUPTION UNTIL JUSTICE IS SERVED.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME.

ADDRESS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER AND CITY STAFF.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH FRIAS. I RESIDE AT 90 ALTON ROAD.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR SUCH A SAFE LABOR DAY.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK FOR WHOEVER TOOK PART ON THIS SOUTH POINT PARK.

DOG PARK TO CHECK THE GRASS. IT LOOKS REAL NICE.

AND THE DOGS LOVE THE THE NEW GRASS. I'M SPEAKING HERE TO RAISE TWO CONCERN REGARDING MIAMI BEACH MARINA.

THE THE FIRST ONE IS MARINA STATUS. WE RECENTLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL ANNOUNCING A CLOSURE OF THE INSPECTION AFTER A FEW

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HOWEVER, AS TODAY, YELLOW TAPES LIKE THIS ARE ALL AROUND THE MARINA.

I WOULD APPRECIATE CLARIFICATION ON WHICH AREAS ARE CURRENTLY SAFE AND WHAT REPAIRS ARE STILL REQUIRED AND WHAT ACTION THE CITY IS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROTECT VESSELS, OWNERS AND GUESTS.

NUMBER TWO MARINA PARKING, GARAGE AND SECURITY.

THE MARINA PARKING GARAGE IS ADJACENT ONE OF THE MARINA PARKING GARAGES ADJACENT TO MY HOME AT THE YACHT CLUB.

PORTOFINO OR BUILDING IS A LANDLORD AND I BELIEVE THE LEASE TERMS ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY ENFORCED.

THE REQUIRED 24/7 SECURITY IS NOT BEING PROVIDED AND THE GARAGE IS BEING USED FOR PUBLIC PARKING BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD NO MARINE RELATED BUSINESS.

THIS HAS LED TO DISTURBING INCIDENTS INCLUDING TRESPASSING, TRESPASSING AND INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND OUR BUILDING MANAGEMENT IS WORKING WITH THE CITY, I WANT TO ENSURE YOU GUYS KNOW AND BEING AWARE OF THE DIRECT IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDINGS ABOUT A RESPECTFULLY AS A CITY TO ENFORCE THE LEASE.

RESTORE PROPER SECURITY AND ENSURE THAT BOTH THE MARINA AND THE GRASS MEET THE FIRST CLASS STANDARDS REQUIRED UNDER THE AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

JOSE, FOR MY. I GET VERY NERVOUS. NO, YOU DID GREAT.

YOU DID GREAT. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MITCH NOVICK.

WELCOME BACK. BURIED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA IS C7AY.

REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE. AS I HAVE REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED OVER MANY YEARS, WHENEVER OCEAN DRIVE IS CLOSED, THE RESIDENTS AND GUESTS AT MY PROPERTY ARE SUBJECTED TO INCESSANT DELIVERIES, INCLUDING THE CRASHING OF HYDRAULIC LIFTS AND NOISY CONDENSING UNITS ON TRACTOR TRACTOR TRAILER SIZED TRUCKS, OFTEN VIBRATING AND RATTLING MY PROPERTY BEFORE 6 A.M..

OCEAN COURT IS FORCED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE VEHICLES, DESPITE NEVER HAVING BEEN DESIGNED FOR OR BEING ABLE TO SAFELY ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CREATED WHEN OCEAN DRIVE IS CLOSED. ON ANOTHER MATTER I'VE REPEATEDLY RAISED HERE, THE CITY REMOVED NOTICES FROM UTILITY, UTILITY, UTILITY BILLING WATER STATEMENTS THAT HISTORICALLY ADVISE CUSTOMERS OF PROPOSED RATE INCREASES BEFORE AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION.

DESPITE YOUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS SUGGESTING THESE NOTICES WOULD BE RESTORED, THE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY NOTIFY CUSTOMERS WHO WILL BE HIT WITH BOTH A CPI INCREASE NEXT MONTH, AS WELL AS THE ANTICIPATED WHOPPING RATE RATE HIKE. YOU'RE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON TODAY.

I URGE YOU TO DEFER TODAY'S VOTE AND INSTRUCT THE ADMINISTRATION TO RESTORE PROPER NOTICE ON WATER BILLS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN DATE AND TIME OF THE NEXT MEETING, SO THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO WILL BE IMPACTED HAVE A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY AND TO COMMENT AND BE HEARD. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT BE LEARNING ABOUT SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES TO THEIR WATER BILLS AFTER THE FACT, OR DISCOVERING THEM HIDDEN IN A CONSENT AGENDA.

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

MY NAME IS JANET FIGUEROA. I'M ONE OF THE ARTIST VENDORS WHO'VE BEEN TRYING FOR THE PAST YEAR NOW TO TRY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR FIVE AC AND THE DOCKET.

HOPEFULLY WE COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM TODAY AND WE COULD.

HOPEFULLY. GRANDFATHER IN THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT IN THE PROGRAM.

THEY WANT TO KEEP PARTICIPATING AS ARTISTS, WHICH IS PROBABLY MAYBE FIVE AT THIS POINT, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU GUYS WOULD TURN THAT OVER AND LET US KEEP DOING WHAT WE LOVE. MR. SUAREZ, I KNOW WE DON'T AGREE HARD TO HARD ALL THE TIME ON EVERYTHING, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU. THAT FLAT CAMERA'S GOT TO GO.

OKAY. I AM ONLY ONE PERSON, AND I AM VERY OBSERVANT, AND I COULD SEE WHERE ALL OF YOU PARKED YOUR CARS BECAUSE YOU HAVE LITTLE SIGNS THAT SAYS THAT YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE WALKING THEIR DOG OUT OF THE LEASH,

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BUT I KNOW BECAUSE I'M VERY OBSERVANT AND THE WORD OF MOUTH PEOPLE COULD BE LIKE, I COULD FIND OUT ANYTHING.

SO IMAGINE WHAT FLOCK CAMERAS COULD DO TO YOUR LIFE.

HOW COULD THEY INVADE YOUR PRIVACY? HOW THEY CAN INVADE YOUR LIFE PERSONALLY.

AND THAT'S JUST ME WATCHING YOU WITH MY EYES.

IMAGINE IN THE WRONG HANDS, THIS TECHNOLOGY. WHAT IT COULD DO TO YOU.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT TOO. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO AGREE EYE TO EYE TO EVERY SINGLE THING HERE.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN LIFE THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT.

AND WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO YOUR CITY AND WORK AND EARN A LIVING, HONESTLY, YOU SHOULD APPLAUD THAT.

NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM, WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS OUT HERE THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARY.

BUT PEOPLE ARE MAKING IT A PRIORITY. THANK YOU.

NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KURT. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MIAMI CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT ITEM. C2D RFQ 202608WDWG HOLIDAY LIGHTING BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LONG TERM PROCUREMENT DECISION FOR THE CITY.

UNDER THE PREVIOUS HOLIDAY DECOR RFQ, THE CITY NEGOTIATED WITH THE TOP TWO RANKED FIRMS. I BELIEVE THIS APPROACH MADE SENSE BECAUSE THE RFQ PROCESS PRIMARILY EVALUATES QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE.

IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE FULL REVIEW OF ACTUAL HOLIDAY DECOR PROGRAM BEING PROPOSED, INCLUDING DESIGN CONCEPTS, PRICING, SERVICE LEVELS, MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, AND OVERALL VALUE TO THE CITY.

I BELIEVE THE SAME APPROACH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED HERE BEFORE THE CITY COMMITS TO NEGOTIATING WITH ONLY ONE FIRM.

I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TOP TWO RANKED COMPANIES SO THAT THE CITY CAN COMPARE THE ACTUAL PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED.

THIS WOULD GIVE THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE NOT JUST QUALIFICATIONS, BUT ALSO DESIGN, PRICE, SERVICE, MAINTENANCE AND OVERALL VALUE BEFORE MAKING A LONG TERM DECISION.

I'M ASKING THAT THIS ITEM BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE COMMISSION TAKES ACTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER LARRY ROSEN 28TH 2020 839 PRAIRIE AVENUE.

HALF A BLOCK FROM THE BAYSHORE PARK. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CREATING A MAGNIFICENT PLACE.

IT'S IT'S UNIQUE AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I HEARD RECENTLY THAT THEY WANT TO PUT PICKLEBALL COURTS AT THAT PARK.

AND I PLAY PICKLEBALL. PICKLEBALL PLAYERS ARE MY FRIENDS.

AT LEAST THEY USED TO BE UNTIL I SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

FLAMINGO PARK IS IDEAL. YOU KNOW, THEY IT'S A SPORTS PLACE.

THE GOLF COURSE PEOPLE PLAY THERE. THERE'S, NORTH SHORE, THERE'S SOUTH SHORE, THERE'S HAULOVER.

YOU KNOW, INSIDE THERE ARE PLACES, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I, BECAUSE WE'RE A HALF A BLOCK AWAY.

TAKE OUR DOGS THERE. IT'S PEACEFUL, IT'S TRANQUIL.

IT'S A UNIQUE KIND OF PLACE. THEY'RE TENNIS COURTS THERE, BUT THAT'S QUIET IN COMPARISON.

IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATELY A, A NOISY KIND OF SPORT.

AND IF THERE WEREN'T OTHER PLACES TO GO, I MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST, I JUST HATE TO SEE. US CHANGE THE UNIQUENESS.

I SEE COUPLES TALKING, PEOPLE RESTING PEOPLE MEDITATING AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT.

SO I ASK FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER NOT AUTHORIZING THE BUILDING OF COURTS THERE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. HELLO, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL ROSSI. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY MUSICIANS TODAY.

WITH ME, IT'S JUST ME. SORRY. I'M HERE TO ONE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE ITEM FOR THE HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.

THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS SPONSORING TODAY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO APPLY TO BOTH THE VCA AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS.

WE'VE RECEIVED BOTH GRANTS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHICH HAS MADE US MAKE THE EVENT WHAT IT IS TODAY.

IT'S A NOW A ALMOST A NATIONAL HOLIDAY EVENT.

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER EVEN IN NEW YORK SAY, OH, I'VE BEEN THERE AND TO THIS EVENT.

SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALLOW US TO STILL TO CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR BOTH GRANTS.

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AND WE ARE EXPANDING GREATLY. WE JUST PURCHASED 15 MORE PROJECTORS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF SNOW MACHINES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR SNOW EVEN BIGGER ON OCEAN DRIVE.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND ALSO, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHEN THE ROAD IS CLOSED.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON OCEAN DRIVE LOOKING UP TO SEE THESE PROJECTIONS AND THE SHOW AND THE, THE HOLIDAY VILLAGE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING THE ROAD TO BE CLOSED IN THE PAST.

AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MICHAEL. YOU DO GREAT WORK. AND NEXT TIME DO COME WITH YOUR MUSICIANS THERE.

I DON'T SING WELL. YOU DON'T WANT ME TO SING THE OPENING, BUT NEXT TIME I WILL.

THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARY KENNETH.

I LIVE IN 1800 SUNSET HARBOR. I AM, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT LINE ITEM R7 AND AYE AND R7 AND.

OH I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE QUALITY EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

AND IN THE LAST MEETING, WE PASSED A MOTION TO BE EXEMPT AS A COMMITTEE FROM THIS ORDINANCE.

ONLY BECAUSE WE RUN ON A SCHOOL CALENDAR VERSUS THE CITY CALENDAR.

OUR COMMITTEE HAS EXPANDED TO NOW 25 MEMBERS, AND IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING DONE WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF CAP AS WELL TOO. I BELIEVE THAT THE YOUTH COMMITTEE ALSO HAS ASKED FOR AN EXEMPTION ON THIS SOME ORDINANCE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LEARN. AND I THINK THIS DAIS IS NOT THE DAIS THAT WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS ONE THAT DOES NOT EMPOWER AND TEACH OUR YOUTH.

SO I WOULD REALLY, TRULY RECOMMEND THAT THIS COMMITTEE, THESE TWO COMMITTEES ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS ORDINANCE.

THE QUALITY EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPRESENTS OVER 10,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, WHICH ADDING TWO PARENTS MAKES ABOUT 3000 RESIDENTS.

WE ARE THE VOICE OF THOSE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S AFFECTED ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS WE HAVE FUNCTIONED NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE, WHEN RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE MORE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT TO BE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

SO I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE EXEMPT THESE TWO COMMITTEES FROM THIS ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

I'M VICTORIA HALLER 815 EUCLID. IT'S MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING UP HERE TODAY, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE USING MY VOICE.

I HAVE A SCRIPT SO THAT I DON'T MISS ANYTHING, BUT LAST NIGHT ON INSTAGRAM, SOME INFORMATION WAS RELEASED AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON IN THAT REGARD. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SAVOY AND ARLINGTON HOTELS ON OCEAN DRIVE.

THAT'S AT 425 AND 455 OCEAN DRIVE. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL A.

WOULD DEMOLISH THE ARLINGTON, DEMOLISH MUCH OF THE SAVOY AND REPLACE THE EXISTING PROPERTY WITH A 38 STORY TOWER ON OCEAN DRIVE.

MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS MAY NEVER GET A PUBLIC HEARING ON WHETHER THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

FLORIDA'S LIVE LOCAL ACT HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TALLAHASSEE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN NOW MOVE THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW WITHOUT A VOTE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.

THAT SHOULD CONCERN US. MIAMI BEACH HAS SPENT DECADES PROTECTING ITS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, AND PRESERVATION IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT SAVING OLD BUILDINGS, IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING THE IDENTITY, SCALE AND CULTURAL MEMORY THAT DISTINGUISHED MIAMI BEACH FROM EVERY OTHER COASTAL CITY EXPERIENCING DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE.

THE ARLINGTON AND SAVOY PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT TEST OF WHAT AUTHORITY REMAINS.

I ASKED THE CITY COMMISSION TO USE EVERY REMAINING POWER THAT IT HAS, SCRUTINIZING WHETHER THE PROJECT ACTUALLY QUALIFIES UNDER LIVE LOCAL.

I ALSO ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ABDICATE IN TALLAHASSEE FOR CHANGES TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.

WE DESERVE TO HAVE A SAY OVER OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

AFFORDABLE AND WORKHOUSE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING ARE A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC GOAL, BUT THAT GOAL SHOULD NOT COME AT THE COST OF BREAKING WITH OUR SPIRIT OR TRADITION.

WE CANNOT SURRENDER OUR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OR ELIMINATE RESIDENTS FROM THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DECIDING TO COME. WE WE AS A BODY HAVE WE HAVE LOBBYISTS FROM OUR CITY THAT HAVE TRIED.

WE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCEAN DRIVE AFTER THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED TO EXPRESS OUR DISPLEASURE.

SO WE WE COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS STEPHEN

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WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE VOTERS VOTED FOR A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE, AND THEY VOTED TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.

AND WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT BRIDGE IS.

AND RECENTLY I HEAR THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT KILLING THE BRIDGE.

NOW, I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A BRIDGE CANNOT BE BUILT.

A BRIDGE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE MIAMI BEACH RESIDENTS.

A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE THAT WOULD ADD TREMENDOUSLY TO MIAMI BEACH.

WHETHER IT'S THE EXACT BRIDGE AT THE EXACT SPOT WHERE IT IS NOW, OR ADJUSTED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH. BUT I SEE NO ADVANTAGE TO THE CITY TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER WHO MADE A SIGNED COMMITMENT OUT OF BUILDING US A BRIDGE, AS HE PROMISED WE COULD SEND A MAN TO THE MOON. WE CAN BUILD A 500 FOOT TOWER.

WE CERTAINLY CAN BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS FIFTH STREET.

THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AND PROVIDE SAFETY TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND WOULD ADD GREATLY TO THE CITY.

SO I URGE YOU. I URGE THAT THE CITY DOES ITS OWN DUE DILIGENCE, FINDS AN INDEPENDENT ARCHITECT, DESIGNER OR WHATEVER TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BUILT ACROSS THERE AND LET THE LET THE DEVELOPER PAY FOR IT. IF HE CAN'T DO IT HIMSELF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. IF IF I CAN JUST BRIEFLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN SIT. I JUST I DON'T USUALLY COMMENT.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS ITEM TODAY, BUT THERE TO SAY THERE'S BEEN MISINFORMATION OUT THERE.

SO THE ITEM I BROUGHT, THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING HERE.

WHAT HAPPENED IS THE DEVELOPER HAS AN OBLIGATION UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO BUILD THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

WHEN THEY DUG UNDERNEATH THEIR UTILITIES, AND THEY ARE CLAIMING, THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT THEY CANNOT BUILD THE BRIDGE BECAUSE THE UTILITIES AND BASICALLY EVERYONE WILL LOSE POWER. MY. SO NOTHING'S HAPPENING.

THIS IS DORMANT. LET ME LET ME FINISH. I BROUGHT AN ITEM, DOCTOR, NOT AN ENGINEER.

PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME FINISH. PLEASE. I DIDN'T CUT YOU OFF.

BUT. AND THE REASON WHY I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY BROUGHT AN ITEM. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT AN ITEM TO HOLD THE DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.

IT'S. I HEAR A LOT OF CHATTER THAT I'M DOING THE OPPOSITE BECAUSE WHAT I'M.

NOTHING IS HAPPENING. SO RIGHT NOW THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING ARE NOT DOING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE CLAIMING THEY DON'T.

THEY CAN'T, AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO LOSE POWER.

MY ITEM IS ASKING OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION TO US TO AUTHORIZE OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DO AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT, AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT, AND MAYBE WE WILL DISAGREE WITH THEM.

AND IF WE WILL DISAGREE WITH THEM, THEN WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE CONTRACT AND WE WILL DO THAT.

BUT IF THEY'RE RIGHT AND WE FIND THAT THEY'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER OPTION.

AND MAYBE IT IS A BRIDGE. MAYBE. BUT THE POINT IS, AND WHAT WHAT'S CONCERNING TO ME, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I BROUGHT THIS ITEM, AND I THINK THIS IS GETTING LOST HERE, IS THAT THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEVELOPER, IF IT'S NOT BUILT THE WAY THEY'RE THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, IS THEY'RE OFF THE HOOK. WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

WE'LL DEAL WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. AND THAT THAT'S PART OF MY ITEM, IS THAT IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE DESIGN, WHETHER IT BE A BRIDGE OR ANY OTHER OPTION THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND WHATEVER FUNDS THAT THEY WERE OBLIGATED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY NEED TO UTILIZE FOR ANOTHER OPTION. SO MY ITEM IS ACTUALLY 100% HOLDING THE DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE.

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE EARMARKED FOR IT HAVE TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING.

I DON'T USUALLY TURN IT BACK OVER, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

TO MY NEIGHBOR, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, JAY NEWMAN AND I'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH WITH HIM TO TRY TO EXPLAIN, SAYS WHO HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH SAYS WHATEVER IT COSTS THE REST OF IT'S ON THE DEVELOPER.

SO I MEAN, THERE IS GROUND THERE, THERE ARE AREAS TO, TO MOVE FOOTINGS, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE DONE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF AN EXPENSE. SO I'M SURE HE'S TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE EXPENSE.

AND YOU KNOW, BUT BUT RIGHT NOW THEORETICALLY I THINK WHAT SOME PEOPLE WANT IS JUST TO SUE THE DEVELOPERS.

LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, WE HAVEN'T EVEN DONE AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE ASKING, IS THAT THAT'S MY ITEM.

WE GET AN ARCHITECT OR SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A BRIDGE, YOU KNOW?

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HE SAYS EXACT OPPOSITE THINGS. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHY.

THAT'S WHY MY ITEM IS, IS DIRECTING. IF ASSUMING OUR COMMISSION AGREES, WE'RE DIRECTING THE CITY TO DO AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT, WELL, THEN THE NEXT FIVE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO EVERYONE SHOULD BE HAPPY.

THAT'S THAT THAT'S THAT'S MY ITEM. IT'S GOTTEN IT'S GOTTEN.

I SEE. WHAT'S THE EMAILS I GET? I'M. I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE'S BEEN THIS LEVEL OF CONFUSION, BUT PLEASE, MR. MAYOR. OH, PLEASE, IF I COULD.

AND PERHAPS AS PART OF THAT ITEM, IF YOU'RE AMENABLE.

THIS BRIDGE. I LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. IT IS THE FIRST THING THAT I GOT INVOLVED BEING ACTIVE IN OUR CITY.

I WALK ACROSS THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH MY NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

I SEE THE FAMILIES GOING TO SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY, MY ELDERLY MOTHER.

MOM, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME FOR CALLING YOU ELDERLY.

MY MY MY MY MOTHER, WHO IS OLDER THAN I WALKS HER GRANDDAUGHTER ACROSS THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AS DO DOZENS OF OTHER FAMILIES IN THIS AREA. SO POINT BEING, I'M TOTALLY ALIGNED WITH WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING HERE.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION, A LOT OF CONFUSION, EVEN TO THE EXTENT WHERE WHEN I TALK TO ONE OF THE INVOLVED PARTIES THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM VERSUS THEN THE FIVE PARK TEAM, THEY'RE TELLING ME TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND I HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN TO SAY, OKAY, WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S WRONG. ERIC, WHAT I WILL REQUEST YOU ALL ARE THE EXPERTS BETWEEN YOU AND LEGAL.

I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS HAVE THE POLITICS OUT OF IT, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT POLITICS. I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE BUILT, WHAT CAN'T BE BUILT, THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT. WE NEED TO GET ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SAME ROOM.

WE NEED OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY STAFF.

WE NEED THE FIVE PARK TEAM. AND JAY, WHO HAS KIND OF LED THIS EFFORT ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND EVERYBODY SIT HERE AND AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THE FACTS ARE. THOSE ARE BLACK AND WHITE.

WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT LIMIT IS THERE? THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S NOT AT THIS POINT. WE NEED THAT TO HAPPEN WITH ALL PARTIES IN THE ROOM.

AND I URGE I KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE PENDING LITIGATION.

I'M HOPING THAT RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS DON'T USE THAT AS AN OUT TO HAVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED ALL PARTIES HERE. WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE NEED IF THE DEVELOPER HAS A DIFFERENT STORY THAN WHAT THE WELL KNOWLEDGE TEAM THAT'S REPRESENTING THE FIVE PARK RESIDENTS FEEL DIFFERENTLY.

WE NEED TO HASH THAT OUT IN PERSON AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT CORNERS, DIFFERENT POCKETS. WE'RE GETTING FED DIFFERENT INFORMATION FROM ALL DIFFERENT SIDES.

SO I WANT THE PROFESSIONALS TO REALLY DRIVE THIS PROCESS.

LEAVE THE POLITICS OUT OF IT AND LET'S REALLY GIVE TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, MR. MAYOR, HOPEFULLY IT'S PART OF YOUR ITEM.

I WOULD SAY WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS DONE FOR THAT MEETING TO HAPPEN, AND ALL OF US TO AT LEAST GET ON THE SAME PAGE JUST ABOUT WHAT IS FEASIBLE, WHAT IS NOT, AND WHAT PEOPLE'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

IS THAT FAIR? YEAH. BY THE WAY, AND I'M SORRY, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK IN A SECOND.

I ACTUALLY FEEL, WITHOUT EVEN TAKING THE VOTE YET, THAT I'VE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT I WANTED, IN PART WITH BRINGING THIS ITEM.

BECAUSE ABSENT THIS CONVERSATION, NOTHING WAS HAPPENING.

IT WAS. THEY'RE CLAIMING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T.

AND LITERALLY WE'RE AT A STALEMATE. SO I'M BRINGING THIS ITEM TO FORCE TO FORCE THE ISSUE.

BUT THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ROCCO CIAVARELLA.

I'M A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT SINCE 2015. I LIVED AT ICON SOUTH BEACH FOR TEN YEARS AND I ALSO NOW LIVE AT FIVE PARK.

I'M ALSO HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BRIDGE.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S LOTS OF CONFUSION AS AS YOU BOTH HAD JUST COMMUNICATED, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU DO NOT DECIDE TODAY TO DO THE C SEVEN BG RESOLUTION OR PULL THE CONSENT THAT SHOULD GO TO A TO AN INDIVIDUAL REVIEW.

WE WANT THE COMMUNITY WANTS THE BRIDGE. IT'S A IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR TEN YEARS. I BICYCLE, I WALK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I SEE FAMILIES USING THIS THIS PATHWAY THAT'S DANGEROUS.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, IS FOR EVERYBODY TO GET THEIR FACTS TOGETHER AND NOT HAVE A VOTE HERE TODAY THAT THEN GIVES THE DEVELOPER AN OFF RAMP TO JUST CANCEL THE WHOLE PROJECT.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY. WE WANT TRULY INDEPENDENT ENGINEERS.

WE DO NOT, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE DEVELOPER ENGINEERS.

WE WE WISH THAT THE CITY HIRE ENGINEERS THAT ARE THIRD PARTY TO REVIEW THIS ISSUE.

AND I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS MIAMI BEACH. WE SHOULD BE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY MUCH EXCELLING AND VERY PROGRESSIVE CITY.

I WOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT I LIVE HERE IF WE CAN'T BUILD A BRIDGE, GUYS.

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IT SHOULDN'T BE A BRIDGE UNDER THE WATER WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE DARK POCKETS AND CORNERS AND, AND IT SHOULD BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE FOR A VERY BEAUTIFUL CITY.

YOU KNOW, PRIMARY ENTRYWAY TO THE BEACH, OF COURSE, IS WHERE THIS BRIDGE WOULD BE BUILT.

AND YOU KNOW, I JUST JUST THOROUGHLY BELIEVE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND IT SHOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER CONTROLLED ESSENTIALLY. YEAH.

AND THIS ITEM, WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IT. IT'S OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT. AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO IN THE ITEM IS TO GET AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW.

I THINK, I THINK I REALIZED WHERE BECAUSE I WAS BASICALLY AND I WAS BASICALLY TRYING TO SAY WHATEVER IT IS, IF IT'S A DIFFERENT BRIDGE DESIGN, IF IT'S OVER WATER, BUT BUT UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY LEGAL IS GOING TO LEGAL IS GOING TO GET UPSET IF I, IF I STATE A POSITION.

BUT THERE THERE ARE ISSUES IF THE DESIGN CHANGES, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD TO PAY THE MONEY THAT'S EARMARKED FOR THIS BRIDGE, HOPEFULLY WE COME BACK WITH AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY CAN BUILD THIS BRIDGE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. BUT IF THERE HAS TO BE A DESIGN CHANGE OR SOMETHING, I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OUT.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS PARTLY DOING, IS SAYING, WHATEVER MONEY YOU HAVE FOR THIS, YOU NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT GETS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

NO THANK YOU. JUST JUST PLEASE DON'T GIVE THEM A WAY OUT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE THE C7BG IS A PATHWAY TO A WAY OUT, TO COUNCIL THE PROJECT, TO COUNCIL THE OBLIGATIONS. AND THAT'S NOT BENEFITING THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE ITEM ACTUALLY.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT LENGTH. THANK YOU. HELLO.

MY NAME IS NICK JOVANOVIC. I'VE BEEN A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT SINCE 2021.

I LIVE CURRENTLY AT 500 ALTON ROAD AT FIVE PARK.

I'M ONE OF THE MANY SPEAKERS HERE TO DISCUSS THE BRIDGE.

I AM ALSO A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND HAVE BEEN LICENSED SINCE 2022.

I SOLD MANY, SEVERAL OF THE UNITS PRE-CONSTRUCTION AT FIVE PARK AND THE BRIDGE WAS PROMINENTLY FEATURED.

IT WAS ONE OF THE SELLING POINTS FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT PRE-CONSTRUCTION, SEVERAL FROM NEW YORK WHO I'VE KNOWN PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND WHILE THE LOCATION WAS ON A CAUSEWAY WAS SOMEWHAT CONCERNING TO THE POTENTIAL BUYERS.

THE BRIDGE WAS GOING TO SORT OF REMEDY THAT. AND THIS THE SENTIMENT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT FIVE PARK, WHILE THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE BUILDING AND IN GENERAL IS THAT THE BRIDGE WAS WAS A WAS A BROKEN PROMISE THAT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED.

AND THEN I A LOT OF US COME FROM THE NORTHEAST AND WE LEFT FOR A BETTER LIFESTYLE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

TAKE POLITICS OUT OF IT. WE WANTED TO, WE WANTED TO COME TO A STATE WITH LESS RED TAPE.

AND SO I'M JUST URGING THE COUNCIL THAT TO BE BETTER THAN, THAN, THAN THE NORTHEAST AND TO BUILD THIS BRIDGE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSION. HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY? WELCOME BACK. AFTER YOUR AUGUST RECESS. JESSICA PITA.

I AM A MIAMI BEACH 33139 FULL TIME RESIDENT. TO START POSITIVE AND I'LL KEEP IT POSITIVE.

DON'T WORRY. THANK YOU FOR THE ONGOING WORK OF THE HISTORIC CITY HALL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE POST OFFICE PAINTED.

I ASSUME THAT THE CITY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. OUR BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC POST OFFICE PAINTED.

IT LOOKS REALLY LOVELY. NOW FROM A SOUTH BEACH RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE, SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

THE OTHER DAY I HAD TO DRIVE UP TO SUNNY ISLES.

OKAY. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH SUNNY ISLES, TELLING MYSELF, YOU SEE, IT'S NOT THAT BAD UP HERE.

IT'S WELL MAINTAINED, SEEMS CLEAN, BUT MILES UPON MILES OF MINI MALLS, STRIP MALLS, BIG CHAIN STORES, FRANCHISES, PARKING LOTS IN FRONT OF EACH MINI MALL.

THAT PLACE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN FLORIDA. TAKE OUT THE PALM TREES.

IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE NATION. THAT IS NOT US IN SOUTH BEACH.

WE ALL KNOW THAT SOUTH BEACH IS SPECIAL. IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S UNIQUE. THE HUMAN SCALE, THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, IS WHAT GIVES IT THE SENSE OF PLACE.

BUILDINGS HOLD MEMORY. IT'S A DIFFERENCE THAT PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY COME TO SOUTH BEACH.

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WE CANNOT PUT A PRICE TAG ON OUR ORIGINALITY.

WE KEEP HEARING THE COMMON THEME. DEVELOPERS ARE MAKING EVERYBODY LOOK LIKE THE BAD GUY.

THE REAL ESTATE AGENT, THE LOCAL LEADERS. ENOUGH.

SOUTH BEACH IS HISTORIC ROLLS ROYCE TO THE REST OF FLORIDA'S HYUNDAI PALISADE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BY THE WAY. I'M ACTUALLY LAUGHING.

DID YOU SAY HONDA PILOT? OH, BECAUSE I DRIVE BEHIND THE PILOT.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID ALLISON. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

FABIAN BASABE. NINE ISLAND AVENUE. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE.

I REPRESENT TEN CITIES, AND AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE RALLIED BEHIND ME IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER. SOME OF US JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

LOOK FORWARD TO FIXING THAT IN THE FUTURE BY FIRST SAYING THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM OF OCEAN DRIVE.

WHY THAT WAS EVER ON CONSENT IS BEYOND ME. BUT WE'VE ASKED, I'VE ASKED SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND EACH OF YOU TO PUT THAT AND THE HOMELESS ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

ONE OF THEM IS FINALLY HAPPENING. OCEAN DRIVE IS WHAT PUT US ON THE MAP AND BISCAYNE BAY AND I HEAR A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON LIVE LOCAL.

THAT WAS A DIFFICULT BILL TO FIGHT. I ATTACHED MYSELF TO IT TO GET PROTECTIONS FOR OUR HISTORIC BRAND IDENTITY AND OUR HISTORIC PROPERTIES.

WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. I DO THINK THAT THE ENTIRE BILL NEEDS TO BE REVISITED.

I THINK IT'S BEING MISAPPLIED. PROTECTING OUR BRAND IDENTITY IS PARAMOUNT.

IT'S OCEAN DRIVE DOESN'T JUST MATTER TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

HERE IT IS. IT'S IT'S, IT'S A HISTORIC IDENTITY OF FLORIDA.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS THEN.

AND I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANYTHING WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER.

PUBLICLY, I DON'T GET TO SEE MUCH OF MY OPPOSITION, BUT I'M OPEN FOR LIVE DEBATE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH PUBLIC DISCUSSION, REAL LIVE DISCUSSION ON IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING EVERYBODY TRYING TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. POLITICS IS JUST UGLY. IT'S GETTING DIRTIER EVERY DAY.

BUT I INVITE EVERYONE TO STILL PARTICIPATE BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR VOICES, THE CHANGE WON'T HAPPEN.

AND I DO APPRECIATE HOW HOW DEDICATED OUR COMMUNITY IS IN TRYING TO LEARN THE ISSUES.

AND THE MORE WE CAN PUBLICLY DISCUSS THEM, THE BETTER, THE EASIER IT IS TO GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS THEIR MAILBOXES FILLED WITH MORE FLIERS AND WASTED PAPER.

WE WANT REAL CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE GOT REAL PROBLEMS, AND WE'VE GOT REAL SOLUTIONS TO COME.

SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING AND GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN.

I'M STEPHANIE MURPHY. I'M A RESIDENT ON WEST AVENUE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR BRINGING THE ITEM OF THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO THE AGENDA AND TO PUBLIC DISCUSSION. I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.

AND WE GET STARTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.

BUT LET'S DO A REVIEW ON THAT AND LET'S GET GOING.

ALSO, I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE GALA THAT WE HAVE HERE OCTOBER 10TH.

WE WE REACHED OVER 200 PEOPLE NOW AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.

SO I'M HOPING EVERYONE CAN MAKE THE GALA ON OCTOBER 10TH.

BUT, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, STEFAN.

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK WITH MIAMI BUSINESS CLUB, AND WE'RE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH YOU, MIAMI WATERKEEPER, FOR THAT FOR THAT GALA YOU'RE DOING. SO GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, AND THE COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF.

MY NAME IS ALEX KRUEGER WITH THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.

JUST TO REITERATE AND BRING FURTHER ATTENTION TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT THE VFW.

WE SERVICE VETERANS AND THE COMMUNITY ALIKE. ONE OF THE INITIATIVES FROM VFW NATIONAL, WHICH SERVES 1.3 MILLION MEMBERS GLOBALLY, IS HEALTH AND WELLNESS. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LIKE LIVING ON SOUTH BEACH SINCE 2009 IS THE WALKABILITY.

AND SO PART OF THAT INITIATIVE IS THERE'S FREQUENT MILITARY RUNS AND RUCKS, WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF LOGISTIC ISSUES IS THAT FIFTH STREET INTERSECTION. IT CREATES A BOTTLENECK AND WE HAVE TO CONSIDER STREET CLOSURES.

AND IT KIND OF PREVENTS FURTHER ACTIVATIONS LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING.

THE VFW. WE LIKE TO SAY, IS YOUR BASE ON THE BAY.

AND SO IT'S A GREAT STARTING AND STOPPING LOCATION FOR THOSE INITIATIVES.

AND HAVING THAT BRIDGE WOULD CONNECT THAT. MY FAVORITE LOOP IS DOWN LINCOLN ROAD, DOWN OCEAN DRIVE, AROUND SOUTH POINT, AND IT PRETTY MUCH ENDS THERE BECAUSE THAT FIFTH STREET BOTTLENECK.

ALSO THE FIRST DATE I TOOK MY WIFE WAS A BIKE RIDE AROUND THAT SAME LOOP AND IT KIND OF KILLED THE VIBE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GO ACROSS FIFTH STREET.

SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT ATTENTION. IF WE CAN MOVE THAT ALONG TO FOLLOW STEFAN THAT'D BE GREAT.

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IT WORKED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ALEX. AND WE'LL I'LL BE THERE TOMORROW FOR YOUR NINE OVER 11 EVENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR DOING THAT, VFW. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MANUEL VARELA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF FIVE PARK AND I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT ANYONE.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BRIDGE. I WALK ACROSS FIFTH STREET WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AS WELL WHEN SHE ALLOWS ME TO, AND WITH MY NONELDERLY 82 YEAR OLD MOTHER AND MOTHER IN LAW.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT TODAY. ACTUALLY THERE WAS A LOT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS HERE, I SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE BEFORE WE STARTED TODAY.

THERE AREN'T, WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREED SET OF FACTS.

AND SO IT'S HARD TO HAVE A DEBATE OR A DISCUSSION WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN AGREED SET OF FACTS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION. THERE'S A LOT OF MISTRUST, CERTAINLY FROM THE FIVE PARK FOLKS TOWARD THE DEVELOPER.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE FEARED WAS THAT THIS CONSENT MOTION WAS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ALTERING THE DEVELOPER'S OBLIGATIONS.

IN A NONTRANSPARENT WAY. I THINK I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

SO I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO KEEP ON THEM, KEEP DOING SO IN A TRANSPARENT WAY, AND LET'S FIND A WAY TO GET TO AN INDEPENDENT, DERIVED SET OF FACTS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A RATIONAL DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MATTHIAS PESCH, OWNER AND CEO OF VIENNA HOSPITALITY GROUP. MY GROUP HAS MORE THAN 30 YEARS IN THIS CITY.

WE HAVE AROUND 16 RESTAURANTS AND TWO HOTELS IN MIAMI BEACH.

WE HAVE AROUND 800 EMPLOYEES HERE IN MIAMI BEACH IN THE CITY, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE CITY THROUGH DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

AND THE IDEA OF MY GROUP IS TO SUPPORT THE CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER THAN A SAFER PLACE FOR THE VISITORS, THE BUSINESS IMPROVE. EVERY TIME THAT WE WE HAVE THE CLOSURE OF OF THE STREET.

SO, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS NOT ONLY THE CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE, BUT ALSO THE CONNECTION.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO CLOSE ESPANOL AWAY, AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS TODAY.

AND WE UNDERSTAND AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO CONNECT LINCOLN ROAD THROUGH DREXEL ESPANOL AWAY THE ALLEY WITH THE BETSY HOTEL OF BETSY ALLEY AND OCEAN DRIVE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CONNECTION WILL HELP AND IMPROVE ALL THE TRANSIT, THE PEDESTRIAN, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR VISITORS AND OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS BRETT BENZA. I LIVE AT 650 WEST AVENUE WHERE I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE FLORIDIAN.

TODAY I'M HERE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I CALLED IN THE END OF JUNE, YOU'LL REMEMBER ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT CANOPY PARK.

WELL, CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE WITHIN TWO WEEKS, THAT PARK WAS COMPLETELY CLEANED UP THANKS TO YOUR EFFORTS.

I THINK THE MAYOR TEXTED ME WHILE I WAS SPEAKING THAT DAY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY THE RANGERS IN THAT PARK, JOSE NUNEZ. THE FACT THAT I KNOW THEM ALL BY NAME SHOULD TELL YOU HOW OFTEN I'M THERE AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING.

SO JOB WELL DONE. SECOND THING, THE BRIDGE. I THINK MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BRIDGE.

IT'S NOT JUST FIVE PARK. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, INCLUDING OURS.

YOU GOT AN OFFICIAL EMAIL TODAY FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

SO I ADVISE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE.

I'LL LET THAT SPEAK FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I THINK MANY OF YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THE COMMISSION BECAUSE OF FIVE PARK.

I MEAN, THIS WAS A LIGHTNING ROD FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.

SO HERE WE ARE. SAME DEVELOPER, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS ONCE AGAIN.

SO I URGE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ISSUE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE NATIONAL NEWS. IF THIS DOESN'T GET HANDLED PROPERLY.

SO PLEASE, LET'S HANDLE IT WITH THE GRACE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE REASON WHY YOU WERE ALL ELECTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF I CAN JUST COMMENT BRIEFLY.

THANK YOU FOR, FIRST OF ALL, YOUR COMMENTS ON CANOPY PARK.

I SAID THIS AFTER I WAS ELECTED AT THE INVOCATION.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A COMPLAINT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND PEOPLE WERE LOOKING. I SAID, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE LOOK AT THEM. AND IT REALLY TAKES IT TAKES PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT TO US BECAUSE WE TRY TO GET AROUND THE CITY. I TRY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL DO. BUT WE CAN'T BE. WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE. SO IT'S, IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO BRING THINGS UP. AND WE DO WE, WE ADDRESS THEM.

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THROUGH JUNE OF THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, 2020 515 911 CALLS 16.

I'M SORRY, IN 2025 THROUGH JUNE, WE HAD 16 CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE UP 20% THROUGH JUNE OF 2026.

SINCE JUNE, I HAVEN'T GOT THE UPDATED STATS, BUT I THINK THERE'S BEEN ONE ARREST AND I THINK IT WAS 10:00 AT NIGHT FOR CAMPING.

SO THAT'S WHAT A TURNAROUND WE'VE HAD AT THAT PARK AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BRIDGE PRETTY SOON.

AND I'M KIND OF REPEATING MYSELF, BUT THE, THE GOAL THAT IS GOING TO BE TO GET AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.

AND NO MATTER WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING, THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE USED TO CREATE A SAFE, HOPEFULLY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.

SO MAKING THAT, THAT CLEAR, DO WE HAVE CALLERS ON, ON ZOOM? WE DO. WE HAVE ACTUALLY 16. MAY WE DO A MINUTE AND 30 OR A MINUTE.

I HATE TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A MINUTE, A MINUTE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO REPROGRAM AND WE HAVE TIME CERTAINS THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO. OKAY. SO THE FIRST CALLER IS KEN. KEN KOPPEL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. THIS IS KEN KOPPEL FROM SOBI.

I'M A RESIDENT ON OCEAN DRIVE. I'M TOLD THAT WE MAY BE IN FOR THE USUAL THEATER FROM THE SPLINTER GROUP OF OCEAN DRIVE CLUB AND CAFE OWNERS.

ON THE SUBJECT OF PEDESTRIANIZATION. I'M ASKING YOU TO NOT EQUATE THEATRICS WITH COMMON SENSE.

THE REASON OCEAN DRIVE IS PERFORMING WELL BELOW ITS POTENTIAL IS CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.

IT'S GOT THE REPUTATION INTERNATIONALLY AND FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS IN GREATER MIAMI AND EVEN HERE ON THE BEACH AS BEING A LOW CLASS TOURIST TRAP.

NOT WORTH THE TRIP, WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS.

YES, THE ARCHITECTURE IS WONDERFUL, BUT BEYOND THAT, FORGET IT.

CARS AND BOOZE WON'T CHANGE THAT. THE SCIENCE SAYS THAT TODAY'S GENERATION WANTS SAFE AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES.

THERE. DRINKING LESS, BUT LOOKING FOR WHAT'S INTERESTING, SAFE AND PLEASANT.

PEDESTRIANIZING OCEAN DRIVE IS ONE KEY INGREDIENT IN TRANSFORMING THE AREA INTO ONE THAT FOLKS FROM KALAMAZOO TO TO NORTH BEACH WILL STILL WANT TO EXPERIENCE. YES, IT TAKES ACTIVATIONS, CLEANLINESS, VALET SERVICE, AND MORE, BUT PEDESTRIANIZATION IS THE KEY.

THANK YOU SIR. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JAY NEWMAN.

MR. NEWMAN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. NO SURPRISE. JAY NEWMAN, 501 WEST AVENUE.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE VIEWER AND BRIDGE.

AND I WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN A MINUTE. THE ARTIST HIMSELF HAS WEIGHED IN.

HE'S WRITTEN TO THE MAYOR. HE SAYS EMPHATICALLY THAT THERE ARE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, AND HE WONDERS WHY THEY AREN'T BEING PURSUED.

MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR PULLING C7BG. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROPOSED ITEM WAS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS BEING ASKED TO RUN THE PROCESS.

THAT IS NOT INDEPENDENCE. THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER A TRULY INDEPENDENT PROCESS.

WE WOULD WELCOME WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SUGGESTS, WHICH IS CITIZEN REPRESENTATION.

BUT I THINK THAT THE INDEPENDENT PROCESS SHOULD ENVISAGE THE POWER TO ENGAGE ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND BRIDGE DESIGNERS THAT ANSWER DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSION. THOSE EXPERTS SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH EXAMINING EVERY OPTION AND GETTING THE BRIDGE BUILT OVER FIFTH STREET.

IT CAN INCLUDE MOVING FOOTINGS, CANTILEVER STRUCTURE AND MOVING ELECTRICAL LINES.

EXPENSIVE IS NOT THE SAME AS IMPOSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS JOHANN MOORE. MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

GOOD MORNING. COMMISSION. JOHANN MOORE, 717 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

I CALL IN TODAY. CONCERNING ITEMS. ITEMS R5I AND R5J.

WITH THE SINGLE REQUEST THAT IF YOU IN FACT, AT SECOND READING INTEND TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS WHICH WILL ENABLE 1600 AND ITS OUTSIZE STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT 1600 WASHINGTON WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU EXTEND THE TERM OF PROHIBITION ON CONVERSION TO CONDOS FROM 15 YEARS TO AT LEAST 20FPNA HAS A POSITION ASKING FOR 30 YEARS.

AND HERE IS MY ARGUMENT 15 YEARS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR A FAMILY, FOR A HOUSEHOLD TO RAISE A CHILD THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, NECESSITATING DISRUPTION OF THAT HOUSEHOLD. THAT IS THE SINGLE COMPELLING REASON FOR INCREASING THAT 15 YEARS.

IN MY SECONDS LEFT, I WILL TAKE THE REPRESENTATIVE UP ON HIS INVITATION AND ADMONISH THAT THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

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SHARON, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, PLEASE. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. PLEASE. HI. YES. SO I'M CALLING TODAY.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR FINALLY ADDRESSING.

ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE CONDITION OF THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM IN OUR CITY.

THAT IS BEFOULING OUR BEAUTIFUL OCEAN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT DESPITE MY EMAILING SEVERAL OF THE COMMISSIONERS MULTIPLE TIMES, IMPLORING THEM TO CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS THAN INCREASING TAXES OR WATER AND SEWER RATES ON LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

YOU JUST WENT AHEAD AND AGREED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO TRIPLE OUR WATER BILLS.

THIS IS NOT HELPFUL. AND I AM FRANKLY FLABBERGASTED THAT ANY DISCUSSION OF SPENDING ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS NOT ON WATER AND SEWER IS EVEN BEING CONTEMPLATED THAT WE'RE PAYING COMMISSION CONSULTANTS.

WE'RE PAYING FOR THE BALLET. SUBSIDIZING THE BALLET.

ANYTHING, ANY, ANY EXTRA MONEY SHOULD BE PUT TOWARDS REDUCING THE STRAIN ON RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THE FIXING OF THE WATER AND SEWER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JUDITH SCHMIDGALL.

GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MAYOR, ALTHOUGH HE HAD VERY GOOD POSITIONS IN HIS REMARKS, IS USED UP A LOT OF THE TIME IT SHOULD BE FOR US.

I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO PUBLICLY STATE OR RESTATE THAT.

CITY MIAMI BEACH POSITION ON ICE ACTIVITIES IN MIAMI BEACH, INCLUDING BY THIRD PARTIES LIKE FLORIDA WILDLIFE.

I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ALLOWED. AND IT ALSO SEEMS THAT ANY ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE, EFFORT. THE MINING INDUSTRY SHOULD BE INFORMED WELL BEFORE ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES.

I AGREE 1600 WASHINGTON HAVE A 30 YEAR PROHIBITION.

SO TO LET THE INITIAL WAVES OF TENANTS HAVE STABILITY, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CHILDREN AND AGAINST THE TOWER ON OCEAN DRIVE.

I HOPE THAT THIS IS REALLY NOT OVER. I'M PRESERVING OUR HISTORY AND THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS TOM. TOM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS TOM GLASS.

I REPRESENT THE AVALON HOTEL, 700 OCEAN DRIVE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OCEAN DRIVE.

AND SPECIFICALLY, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ FOR BRINGING FORTH CURRENT NEW LEGISLATION, LET'S SAY, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD COMMUNITY FRIENDLY ACTIVATIONS TO OUR AREA FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

AS AN OPERATOR ON SEVENTH STREET FOR OVER 35 YEARS NOW, I CAN ATTEST THAT STREET CLOSURES IMPROVE THE LOCAL BUSINESS CLIMATE, IMPROVE SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS. AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO PASS THIS MEASURE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE A PERSPECTIVE IN SPEAKING WITH A RECENT MARKETING VETERAN WHO HANDLES SOME LARGE BUSINESSES ON OCEAN DRIVE.

HIS COMMENT WAS, LET'S BE HONEST, OCEAN DRIVE HAS A REPUTATION PROBLEM.

LOCALS DON'T GO TO OCEAN DRIVE AND WE CAN'T SURVIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT CALLER IS TROY, RIGHT? PLEASE GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. HI, THIS IS TROY, RIGHT? THE DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS BETWEEN FIFTH AND 17TH STREET AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.

THIS PAST SATURDAY, THE BID PRESENTED MAC'S CLUB DEUCE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND WHAT I BELIEVE WAS THE BEST BLOCK PARTY IN MIAMI BEACH HAS SEEN IN YEARS. IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. FROM AROUND THE WORLD, MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE ATTENDED OVER THE COURSE OF THE CELEBRATION ON 14TH AND WASHINGTON.

OLD FRIENDS UNITED, STRANGERS BECAME FRIENDS AND A GENERATION SHARED LAUGHTER, HAPPY TEARS AND MEMORIES THAT SUDDENLY FELT LIKE YESTERDAY.

YES, IT RAINED A LITTLE, BUT IT COULD NOT DAMPEN OUR ENTHUSIASM OR WASH AWAY THE SMILES AND LOVE AND THE JOY.

SO YOU EVEN SAW SPONSORS WHO NORMALLY COMPETE FOR THE SAME AUDIENCE DANCE TOGETHER.

EVEN A FEW POLICE OFFICERS COULDN'T RESIST MOVING TO THE BEAT.

SO FROM CUBA GOODING JR TO LONGTIME REGULARS AND EVEN A FEW FAMILIAR FACES WHO HAD BEEN 86 OVER THE YEARS, EVERYONE WAS A PART OF A FAMILY NIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MONICA MATEO- SALINAS AND LAURA DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LONG TIME SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER. TANYA BHATT, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.

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THANK YOU, SENATOR VON MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH FIVE PARK.

I JUST THINK THERE'S A COMMON SENSE ISSUE HERE.

THE DEVELOPERS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THE TALLEST BUILDING IN MIAMI BEACH IN 2 TO 3 YEARS, BUT HAVE TAKEN SIX YEARS TO DISCOVER THAT THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM BUILDING A BRIDGE.

THIS BRIDGE WAS COMMITTED TO UNEQUIVOCALLY. AND I'VE BEEN A PARTNER TO MAJOR LAW FIRMS FOR 40 YEARS BOTH TO THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF FIVE PARK. IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED. IT'S BEEN SENT TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS.

IT IS REALLY NOT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR, NOR IS IT EVER THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR TO ALLOW A SNEAKY AND UNDERHANDED TYPE OF APPROACH BY A DEVELOPER WHO HAS MADE, COURTESY OF THE CITY, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SELLING APARTMENTS IN FIVE PARK? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DAVID. ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING YOU MENTIONED THE AMOUNT OF YEARS BECAUSE NONE OF US HERE ON THE DAIS, NONE OF US WERE ACTUALLY HERE FOR THAT VOTE WHEN IT WAS APPROVED THAT THAT THAT PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY A PRIOR COMMISSION THAT NONE OF US WERE A PART OF.

SO IT SHOWS YOU HOW LONG IT'S BEEN. YES. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS ANNA MARIE FERREIRA DE MELO.

GOOD MORNING. I'M ANNA MARIE FERREIRA DE MELO 4779 COLLINS AVENUE.

SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE MID-BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR MBA IF POSSIBLE MAY REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL TIME SO I CAN REFLECT OUR COLLECTIVE POSITIONS ON SEVERAL ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY. JUST GO AHEAD PLEASE. ANNA REPRESENTS EASTMAN BEACH FROM 23 TO 60 THIRD ALONG COLLINS AVENUE AND INDIAN CREEK DRIVE, AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH HOTELS AND CONDOMINIUMS ON ITEM C, SEVEN, D, A AND B AND A.

RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COMMISSION ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE MIAMI BEACH PROMENADE. THE PROMENADE DESERVES THE INVESTMENT AND ATTENTION NECESSARY TO REALIZE ITS FULL POTENTIAL, AND WE THANK COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ITEM AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR YOUR CONTINUED ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MID-BEACH ASSET FOR ITEM C, TWO, D, A, AND B AND A SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE, HAVING ATTRACTIVE HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND APPROPRIATE SEASONAL DECORATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAS NOT CONSISTENTLY BEEN THE EXPERIENCE IN MID-BEACH IN RECENT YEARS, THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING HAS LOOKED POORLY MAINTAINED, SECTIONS HAVE FREQUENTLY BEEN NOT BEEN OPERATIONAL, AND OVERALL, THE QUALITY HAS NOT REFLECTED THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT BEING MADE BY THE CITY AND BEING A REQUEST.

CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR QUALITY, MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONALITY AND TIMELY REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. TERMS AND VENDORS NEED TO MORE CAREFULLY BE CONSIDERED.

PLEASE AND BHATT ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORTS C FOR THE REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE MORE IMPORTANT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TAKE ACTION ON UNNECESSARY SIGNAGE AND VISUAL CLUTTER THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE FOR SPONSORING THIS REFERRAL. THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS ON COMMISSION TODAY THAT CONTEMPLATE INSTALLING ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE. COMMISSION. PLEASE GO A STEP FURTHER AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AT THEIR SOURCE.

THE CITY SHOULD EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS.

AND IT IS. AND IT'S CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH VENDORS TO ESTABLISH APPROPRIATE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

ADDING MORE SIGNS TO OUR BEACH, WALK, THE BEACH, AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES SEEMS LIKE A REACTIVE SOLUTION TO BEACH GOERS ENCOUNTERING CONCESSIONS THAT ARE PERMITTED BY THE CITY TO OCCUPY THE AREA.

NOBODY HAS CONCERNS WITH THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSED SOLUTION AND AND POSSIBLY THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING VISUAL CLUTTER WITHOUT NECESSARILY ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING BEHAVIORAL OR OPERATIONAL PROBLEM REGARDING C SEVEN, A, P, AND B, AND A RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY HAS VALUE.

SO DOES PROTECTING THE CHARACTER, IMAGE AND IDENTITY OF MIAMI BEACH MB ANY HAS CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR PARAMETERS.

THE COMMISSION HAS APPROVED INITIATIVES IN THE PAST WHERE EVENTUAL IMPLEMENTATION DIFFERED FROM WHAT WAS INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED, OR THE SPIRIT OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTION BEFORE FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE REGARDING LOCATION, SCOPE AND IMPLEMENTATION, PLEASE COULD THE CITY MANAGER ENGAGE OR AT MINIMUM, COMMUNICATE WITH AFFECTED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT TIMELY FEEDBACK CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS? THIS IS A SHORT CONTRACT WITH A QUICK TURNAROUND.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR CITY AND WE JUST NEED TO GET IT RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS FRED MATTERA.

HI. GOOD MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APPLAUD THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION FOR THE PASSION FOR WHICH THEY THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE BRIDGE ISSUE.

I LIVE AT 501 WEST AVENUE AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BRIDGE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD SAD THAT WE CAN'T CONFLATE SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE BUILT WITH SOMETHING THAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ANTICIPATED TO BE BUILT. AND I THINK IT STRAINS BELIEVABILITY TO THINK THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD THIS.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC RESOURCE. CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM FROM THE NEIGHBORS, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THEY GOT THE DEVELOPER GOT SIGNIFICANT VARIANCES TO BUILD THIS TOWER.

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AND I WOULD URGE AN INDEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE FACTS SO WE CAN GET THEM STRAIGHT.

BUT I DO APPLAUD THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION.

YOU CLEARLY ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. AND AS CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S A VERY HIGH PROFILE ISSUE. SO THANK YOU.

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

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR. THIS IS SARAH, SUNSET HARBOR.

I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM C7S IN THE PET PARADE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LICENSE PLATE READERS HAVE HELPED MIAMI BEACH DURING SPRING BREAK TO KEEP BAD ACTORS IN SOUTH BEACH.

AS THE PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION.

A LICENSE PLATE READER, ITEM C7BE AND C7BH ARE SECURE AND ENFORCED AND HOW THEY CAN BE TURNED OFF AND NO EVENT IN SOUTH BEACH.

ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE PROCESS, HOW TO SECURE ACCESS TO IT.

THERE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABILITY AND SECURITY. HOW THE WAY TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS SAFE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS BRUCE BECKMAN.

GOOD MORNING. I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM R5 E AND FR5I AND JR5AK AND LR5AM AND A N.

ALL OF THESE ARE INCREASING FAR AND HEIGHT IN MIAMI BEACH YOU'RE CONSIDERING THEM ALL IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION WITHOUT HAVING A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE OVERALL EFFECT. THAT WILL DAMAGE THE LOW RISE, SUNNY, OPEN ATMOSPHERE OF SOUTH BEACH.

I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD DO A MASSING STUDY, OR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SHOULD DO A MASSIVE STUDY TO SHOW WHAT THE OVERALL EFFECT WOULD BE OF ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. THE VERY FIRST ONE, WHICH WILL BE THE EPICURE SITE, HAS A BUILDING THAT IS GOING TO BE TALLER THAN 1111.

WELL, THE BIG GARAGE, THAT'S 125FT. THE SITE IS NOW GOING TO BE 150FT AT LEAST, PLUS FLOOD PLAIN ELEVATION, WHICH MIGHT RAISE IT UP ANOTHER 15FT. THERE'LL BE AN ENORMOUS SLAB.

AND I THINK I KNOW IT'S AT SECOND READING TODAY, BUT I THINK CONSIDERING ALL THESE PROJECTS AND FAR INCREASES IN HEIGHT INCREASES SEPARATELY IS A BAD MISTAKE. YOU NEED A UNIFIED APPROACH FOR SOUTH BEACH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS CHARLOTTE LABOV.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CLOSE OCEAN DRIVE TO TRAFFIC DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIOD.

THAT INCLUDES THE HOLIDAYS AND ALL OUR EVENTS.

THIS IS A TIME TO SHOWCASE OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PALM TREES.

PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK AS A PEDESTRIAN AND ENJOY EVERYTHING AND SEE THE ART DECO AND, AND HAVE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE, IS ALL PREDICATED ON NOT HAVING TRAFFIC.

THE CAR SHOW, THE FASHION SHOW, THE WORLD CUP THAT SAVED OUR TOURIST INDUSTRY DURING THE THE SUMMER.

ALL OF THESE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING THE TRAFFIC BARRED DURING THIS TIME.

SO I AM JUST ADDING MY VOICE TO TOM AT THE AVALON AND EVERYONE ELSE IN FAVOR OF HAVING THIS.

A WONDERFUL TIME TO ENJOY THE FANTASTIC AMENITIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS ERIC MARSHALL.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. GOOD. ERIC MARSHALL ALSO CALLING IN.

I'VE HEARD ALL THE OTHER CALLERS. I THINK IT'S SHORT, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS. THE LAST TIME I CALLED IN WAS THE 14TH STREET RAILING, WHICH WAS REMOVED A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE WAVERLY AND WEST AVENUE RESIDENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE BRIDGE.

I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WAS SPOKEN AND FOR SURE EVERYONE THERE WANTS IT I TO DO THE BIKE RIDE.

I DO THE LOOP AND I GET THE RIGHT TO FIFTH STREET AND I DON'T GO BACK AROUND.

I DODGE THE SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC. I'VE TIMED THE LIGHTS OVER THE YEARS, BUT BOY, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A BRIDGE AND GET OVER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME, MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS AND AS ALWAYS, YOU'RE AT WORK AND DEDICATION IS DEFINITELY APPRECIATED. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JACK KLEIN. HI MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON C7 AYE.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR PERMITTING COUNCIL TOWER SOUTH TO PLANT A MICRO GARDEN AND THE UNUSED GREEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THE WALGREENS.

THIS IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF PLEASURE TO OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS AT COUNCIL TOWER SOUTH, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS LAURA.

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GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD.

WONDERFUL. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA MINKOVITZ. I LIVE AT NINE ISLAND AVENUE CONDOMINIUM, A FULL TIME RESIDENT.

EVEN SUMMER. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF WHY THE FLOCK CAMERA REGULATION OVERSIGHT SHOULD KEEP PACE WITH TECHNOLOGY.

IF YOU ALLOW ME, MAYBE ANOTHER 10S. I LIVE IN A PRIVATE CONDOMINIUM, SO WE HAVE EXTENSIVE SECURITY CAMERAS, IT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH I FULLY SUPPORT BECAUSE IT PROTECTS RESIDENTS, DETERS CRIME LIKE SOME HAVE MENTIONED, AND PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN NEEDED. TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO PROTECT PEOPLE CAN NOT ALWAYS BECOME A PRIVACY RISK WHEN THE ACCESS ISN'T REALLY CONTROLLED.

RECENTLY IT'S COME TO LIGHT WHERE OUR CONTRACTED IT COMPANY SUBCONTRACTS WORK OUT, AND WE'RE NOW KNOWING THAT THE SUBCONTRACTORS HAVE ACCESS TO SENSITIVE RESIDENT INFORMATION, CAMERA FOOTAGE, AND YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

IT'S A VERY GOOD PARALLEL. SO I DO SUPPORT THE FLOCK CAMERAS WITH OVERSIGHT.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROVIDING MEASURES ARE PUT IN PLACE.

AND IN CLOSING, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT IF YOU'RE DRIVING AND YOU'RE GOING ABOUT YOUR DAY, SOMEONE WHO MAYBE ISN'T IN YOUR BEST GRACES HAS ACCESS TO YOUR WHEREABOUTS.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AND WHERE YOU'RE PARKING. WOULD THAT BE COMFORTABLE FOR YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL CALLER IS LAURA.

WE'LL TRY AGAIN. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE? LAURA, YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING DIFFICULTIES. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE SUBJECT FOR THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU. EVERYONE WHO SPOKE. IT'S IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A HALF HOUR, BUT I AS AS YOU SEE, IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS. SO WE ALWAYS MAKE THE TIME. I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SHORTEN THE TIME A BIT TO GET THROUGH BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

COMMISSIONER BHATT IS SEPARATING C7AD APPLE DOG.

YOU HAVE THESE ON YOUR LIST. C7AD COMMISSIONER BADA IS ALSO SEPARATING.

C7ARC7BEC7BG. SO AGAIN COMMISSIONER BHATT C7ADC7ARC7BEC7BG. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS SEPARATING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS C7AC7IC7AS AND C7BG. SO AGAIN, AS LISTED ON YOUR ON YOUR SEPARATED LIST.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ C7AC7IC7ASC7BG COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ IS NOT SEPARATING ANY ITEMS. WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOTATION THAT HE IS DEFERRING C7BF SO THAT'S NOT ON YOUR LIST BUT C SEVEN BOY, FRANK C7BF IS BEING DEFERRED TO THE OCTOBER 14TH MEETING.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS NOT SEPARATING ANY ITEMS. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS IS SEPARATING C7ACC7AC APPLE CAP COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS SEPARATING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. C7BGC7BHC7APC7IC7RC7C.

C. SEVEN. O. AND A NEW ITEM, SO PLEASE WRITE THIS DOWN.

A NEW ITEM IS BEING SEPARATED. C7AH. SO AGAIN NEW ITEM NOT ON YOUR LIST C7AH.

SO THOSE ARE THE SEPARATED ITEMS. ADDITIONALLY THEY WERE IT'S A NEW ITEM C7AH.

IT IS NOT MEANING NEW ITEM THAT WAS NOT SEPARATED ORIGINALLY ON YOUR LIST I APOLOGIZE.

THE FOLLOWING TWO ITEMS ARE NEW MEANING ADDENDUM ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE DAIS.

OKAY. C7BJ FACILITATE. IS IT HUGO ACTIVATION? AND IT'S BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONERS MATEO- SALINAS.

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IT'S A NEW ITEM. IT'S A RESO ON YOUR. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE.

BUT BY VIRTUE OF. IT'S AN ADDENDUM ITEM, IT'S NOT GETTING ON CONSENT.

CORRECT. SO I'M JUST ANNOUNCING THAT FACT. AND THE OTHER ADDENDUM ITEM IS R9 AYE H IS DISCUSSED.

ACTIVATE. DISCUSS TAKE ACTION COMMUNITY MEETING REGARDING LIVE LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND ITS IMPACT.

THAT'S FROM COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. SO THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE ON THE DAIS AS A SPONSOR.

YOU GOT IT. SO HAVING SAID THAT, MAY WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING THE ADDENDUM ITEMS AND EXCLUDING THE SEPARATED ITEMS. SO MOVED. HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING SEPARATED AND ADDENDUMS ARE APPROVED.

OKAY. LET'S CALL. WE DO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN TO DISCUSS THE OCEAN DRIVE ITEM, BUT WE HAVE A TWO MINUTES.

LET'S CALL R5A. R5A IS NORTH OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

[R5 A AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED “PUBLIC PROPERTY,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “IN GENERAL,” BY AMENDING SECTION 82-441 THEREOF, ENTITLED “FISHING FROM VIADUCTS AND BRIDGES IN THE JETTY AREA BETWEEN 29TH AND 33RD STREETS AND IN RESTRICTED SWIM AREAS,” BY PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, AMENDING, AND CLARIFYING THOSE AREAS IN WHICH SALTWATER FISHING IS PROHIBITED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

BY PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, AMENDING AND CLARIFYING THOSE AREAS IN WHICH SALTWATER FISHING IS PROHIBITED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R5A, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

I'M TRYING TO STALL TILL 10:00. YOU WANT TO DISCUSS YOUR ITEM? NO, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

OH, I DO SEE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

SO I BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS ABOUT PROHIBITING FISHING FROM THE STREET AND PARKS, IS THAT CORRECT? AT 10TH STREET, 14TH I PERSONALLY DON'T FISH, HOWEVER.

I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE FISH IN THIS COMMUNITY AND AND I SHARE A CONCERN AND MANY OTHERS SHARE CONCERN ABOUT THE CONTINUING RESTRICTIONS PLACED AT PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY OPINION FOR THE FISHERS AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO ENJOY PUBLIC SPACES WITHIN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

MAY I CALL THE ROLL? YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ ON R FIVE AYE.

YES. COMMISSIONER BOK. YES. VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR. MINER. YES.

OUR FIVE A IS APPROVED AND IS 10 A.M.. THANK YOU.

ALWAYS. ALWAYS HELPFUL. COLLEAGUES. LET'S GO WITH R9AG.

[R9 AG DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION - ANNUAL CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE, BETWEEN 5TH STREET AND 15TH STREET, TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM THANKSGIVING DAY UNTIL VALENTINE’S DAY EACH YEAR IN ORDER TO PEDESTRIANIZE OCEAN DRIVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.]

THE ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY C7 AYE. IT IS NOW A DISCUSS TAKE ACTION R9 AG COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

SO THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORTH AFTER NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OCEAN DRIVE ASSOCIATION AND VARIOUS OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT AREA AND OCEAN DRIVE. MANY OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE SAID THAT THEIR BUSINESS GOES UP WHEN WE HAVE A PEDESTRIANIZED.

WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY HAD IT PEDESTRIANIZED DURING FIFA, DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND OTHER HIGH IMPACT WEEKENDS.

AND IT HAS WORKED WELL. AND THIS IS AN URGING TO HAVE THE COUNTY GIVE IT A CONSIDERATION.

JOSE FROM TRANSPORTATION IS HERE. JOSE GONZALEZ IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE ANYTHING MORE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD MORNING. JOSE GONZALEZ, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DIRECTOR.

AS YOU POINTED OUT, COMMISSIONER, WE WOULD FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATH TO WHAT WE FOLLOWED FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE DURING THE WORLD CUP, WHICH WAS FROM ABOUT JUNE 10TH TO JULY 19TH.

WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT SAME PROCESS. IT DOES REQUIRE A PERMIT FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND COORDINATION WITH FDOT.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. AND THEN. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. OKAY.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. BEFORE WE GO TO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE SO WE CAN HAVE A I'LL MOVE.

I'LL MOVE IT. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOND AND COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. COMMISSIONER.

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PEDESTRIANIZING OCEAN DRIVE IS THE RIGHT PATH TO GO FORWARD.

NOW IT'S ALSO INCUMBENT ON US. WE CAN'T JUST HAVE AN EMPTY AREA.

WE NEED THAT OXYGEN. WHILE I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THE PATHWAY OR THE WAY FORWARD OF DAVID WALLACH, I AGREE THAT WE CAN'T JUST HAVE AN EMPTY STREET.

WE NEED OXYGEN. SO WE NEED THAT RIGHT PROGRAMING.

I THINK WE HAVE IT DURING THESE PERIODS OF TIME.

SO. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND I WANT TO SEE IF YOU'D BE OPEN TO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LATER IS WE NO LONGER SHOULD FEAR MARCH IN OUR CITY.

I THINK WE HAVE MADE SUCH PROGRESS. WE EMBRACE IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING HOSTING WORLD, WORLD CLASS EVENTS, THAT WE PLANT OUR FLAG FIRMLY AND WE SAY WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MARCH BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF OUR BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR.

AND IF YOU'D CONSIDER ACTUALLY EXTENDING THE PEDESTRIANIZATION THROUGH VALENTINE'S DAY AND ALSO THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TRULY SOME WORLD CLASS ACTIVATIONS LATER.

ONE QUICK THING. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. AND MULTIPLE TIMES THIS COMMISSION HAS VOTED SEVEN ZERO TO HAVE.

PEDESTRIANIZATION. AND I THINK IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE IT DURING THAT IMPACT WEEK AGAIN.

THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE MONTH OF MARCH, IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMFORTABLE WITH EXTENDING IT THROUGH THE END OF MARCH? SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OCEAN DRIVE FROM FIFTH TO 15TH STREET PEDESTRIANIZED YEAR ROUND.

I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BY THIS BODY.

AND THAT'S THE THE PATH THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YEAH.

GREAT ITEM, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. CALL THE ROLL.

I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THIS A. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT.

IT'S NOT A PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AFTER THE FACT.

RESOLUTION. IF THIS PASSES. THIS IS TO EXTEND THE CLOSURE ALL THE WAY UP TO MARCH 31ST.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BHATT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

I THINK IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. SO IT WAS COMMISSIONER BOT MADE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ SECOND IT. OKAY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS TO CLOSE DOWN OCEAN DRIVE FROM THANKSGIVING THROUGH MARCH.

YES. BUT JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THIS IS TO URGE THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY WHICH THROUGH THE MAYOR, THE COUNTY, WOULD STILL HAVE TO UNDERGO ITS REGULATORY REVIEW.

THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN APPLICATION AND THE PROPER REVIEWING AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE TO VET THAT APPLICATION, AND IF THEY DEEM IT SAFE AND APPROPRIATE, THEN THEY ISSUE THE PERMIT FOR THAT.

SO THIS DOESN'T PEDESTRIANIZE IT. IT'S ASKING THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER THAT.

DOES IT COME IS THAT CORRECT, MR. ATTORNEY? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THROUGH THE VICE MAYOR. YES.

RECOGNIZED. DOES IT COME BACK TO US FOR A FINAL REVIEW? NO. THIS WOULD BE THE IT WOULD BE AN AFTER THE FACT RESO UNLESS YOU DIRECT OTHERWISE.

WELL, I MEAN WELL, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE ARE SOME BUSINESS OWNERS HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH OUR TIME TO TO HEAR THEM.

I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NO, BUT BUT I'D REALLY PREFER YOU LET ME RUN THE MEETINGS.

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM. I'LL GIVE ONE MINUTE.

BUT THERE'S WAYS TO REACH US. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS MEETING. IF I IF I ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON EVERY ISSUE, WE HAVE ORDINANCES, WE'RE REACHABLE, WE ANSWER OUR EMAILS. BUT SINCE YOU ASKED, I'LL ALLOW IT.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAD WE WERE WE WERE HERE.

I, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

I THINK THAT MIAMI BEACH IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO OCEAN DRIVE.

I KNOW EVERYBODY IS GOING TO WANT THIS ON THE COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR.

BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PROFIT AND LOSS OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE THE FRONT PORCH CAFE SHUTTING DOWN, IN FACT, EVERYTHING NORTH OF 14TH STREET EXCEPT FOR THE BETSY IS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I THINK WE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MOVES LIKE THIS BECAUSE OCEAN DRIVE WAS DOING BETTER 30 YEARS AGO THAN IT IS TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR NAME PLEASE. ANDREW MERMEL.

THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE.

THEN I SEE GEORGE WALLER ONLINE. EXCUSE ME, MR.

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WE WERE TOLD THIS WOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH TIME.

CERTAIN. WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO DAYS NOTICE HERE, AND ONE MINUTE IS NOT ADEQUATE.

I HOPE YOU INDULGE ME WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO REFER TO FLORIDA STATUTES.

CHAPTER THREE. 34.61 TRAFFIC LANE REPURPOSING.

WHEN A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PROPOSES ANY PROJECT THAT WILL REPURPOSE ONE OR MORE EXISTING TRAFFIC LANES, THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL INCLUDE A TRAFFIC STUDY TO ADDRESS ANY POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHANGES IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND IMPACTS ON SAFETY.

IF. FOLLOWING THE STUDY. IF. FOLLOWING THE STUDY REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION ONE, THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ELECTS TO CONTINUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, IT MUST NOTIFY ALL AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, IMPACTED MUNICIPALITIES, AND THE COUNTIES IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS LOCATED.

AT LEAST 180 DAYS BEFORE THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

THE NOTICE MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPLANATION REGARDING THE NEED OF THE PROJECT, AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO REVIEW THE TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION ONE, AND MUST INDICATE THAT ALL AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE PROPOSING ENTITY REGARDING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE CHANGE. THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY SHALL SHALL HOLD AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC MEETING WITH AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR NOTICE BEFORE COMPLETING THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SHALL REVIEW ALL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING AND TAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND ANY ALTERNATIVES PRESENTED DURING THE MEETING INTO CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU DAVID. I HAVE THREE LETTERS FROM DAVE COUNTY.

DAVID, WE GAVE YOU EXTRA TIME. THERE'S A LINE.

EXCUSE ME, BUT THIS IS THIS IS I REPRESENT 40 BUSINESSES IN ON THIS.

AND I, I, I NEED JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THIS IS THE CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I GAVE YOU JUST. DAVID, PLEASE.

TWO MINUTES. DON'T BE OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE. PLEASE.

TWO MINUTES. WE WE GAVE EVERYONE A MINUTE AND WE GAVE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE MINUTE. THIS IS ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO BE FAIR WITH EVERYONE. MY SAFETY IS INVOLVED HERE.

LIFE, SAFETY. AND THIS COMMISSION IS NOT CARING ABOUT LIFE SAFETY.

COMMISSIONER BHATT MADE A STATEMENT. LIFE SAFETY I HAVE CHECKED WITH.

I WAS TOLD BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND CHIEF DIGNA, AND THERE IS NO LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAVE TO. DAVID. DAVID. THE COUNTY HAS THREE LETTERS REGARDING LIFE SAFETY.

THE CITY HAS A STUDY HERE REGARDING LIFE SAFETY.

THE LACK OF VEHICULAR ACCESS COMPLICATES DELIVERIES.

EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND TRANSIT SERVICE CONTINUITY.

IT ALSO PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT VEHICULAR REDISTRIBUTION IMPACTS ON COLLINS AVENUE AND SURROUNDING STREETS, SOME OF WHICH WOULD NEED TO ABSORB THE DISPLACED TRAFFIC.

THERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO STUDY OF THE SAFETY, NO TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, AND THIS CITY IS OPERATING ILLEGALLY. FLORIDA LAW DEMANDS THE STUDY AND YOU HAVE FAILED AND AND IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA LAW.

NEXT, SPEAKER. AND BY THE WAY, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

WE HAVE A SUTNICK OUR THERE'S A THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROCESS OF PUBLIC COMMENT SINCE A COMMISSIONER ASKED FOR IT, I OBLIGED. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A HABIT.

THERE'S SUTNICK OUR. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING, THERE'S. THERE'S LAWS AND RULES AND POLICIES. AND THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE MORNING. I DON'T STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING.

YOU CAN EMAIL US, TEXT US. THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO REACH US.

BUT WHAT YOU JUST SAW IS NOT IT, SIR, WE WERE TOLD BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ THAT WE COULD SPEAK AT 10:00.

SO HE IS CORRECT. NOT JUST BEING HERE WILLY NILLY.

OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT PRIVY TO YOUR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MISTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MATTHEW 125, JEFFERSON AVENUE.

JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SCREAMED SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE. OBVIOUSLY. THERE'S. I'VE DONE MY OWN RESEARCH.

I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. JUST LIKE MR. WALLACH IS NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT.

LET ME STAND CORRECTED. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT CLOSURE.

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BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT THERE IS A CURRENT STUDY UNDERWAY THAT WOULD ALLOW A PERMANENT A PERMANENT CLOSURE OF OCEAN DRIVE.

IN ADDITION, THERE IS A PROCESS RIGHT NOW THAT FDOT IS REVIEWING THAT WOULD LEGALIZE PERMANENTLY LEGALIZE THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF ONE WAY SOUTHBOUND WITH THE BICYCLE LANE, AND THAT MY UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S BEING HELD UP BY FDOT RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THAT WE ALL, AS A COMMUNITY, DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION, AND WHEN WILL THAT BE FINALLY PERMITTED BY ALL THE PROPER AUTHORITIES? THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. ANYONE.

I APOLOGIZE. I LEFT MY JACKET WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS LEO ROSSINI.

I REPRESENT HOTEL VICTOR AND CASA CASUARINA. THE FORMER VERSACE MANSION.

I JUST WANT. CAN YOU HEAR ME WELL? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE DO SUPPORT AS BUSINESS OWNERS TO THE CITY OBJECTIVE TO MAKE OCEAN DRIVE SAFER, MORE BEAUTIFUL, WITH EASIER PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

THE ONLY THING IS, I ASK THAT THAT YOU CONSIDER AS WELL THE FACT THAT OCEAN DRIVE IS NOT JUST THE STREET IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING, IT'S OUR ONLY VEHICLE ACCESS POINT. AND I'VE WORKED IN THE FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL, THE ONE HOTEL, THE W. AND I KNOW THAT THE TYPE OF GUESTS THAT WE HAD THERE WOULD NOT ACCEPT TO WALK A BLOCK AWAY.

AND HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, THE FAMILY THAT COME WITH BAGS WHEN IT'S RAINING, WHEN THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT THE BEST? WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE OF MAKING OCEAN DRIVE SAFER AND BETTER, AND ALSO TO ELEVATE THE TYPE OF, OF OF GUESTS THAT THAT WORKS ON THE STREETS OF OCEAN DRIVE.

AND I THINK THAT BY IMPACTING THE ARRIVAL EXPERIENCE AND BEING A HOTELIER ALL MY LIFE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU SET THE TONE WITH AN ARRIVAL EXPERIENCE.

IT WILL IMPACT THE ADR AND THE LEVEL OF GUESTS THAT WILL HAVE.

SO I JUST SAY THAT FOR US, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT, AND IT WILL HIGHLY IMPACT THE FREQUENT MISSION, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND WHILE I SUPPORT THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD MAKE OCEAN DRIVE BETTER, I THINK THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO IMPACT THE BUSINESS DURING THE HIGHEST TIME OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASEL FESTIVE SEASON AND ALL THE FEBRUARY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO IT WILL HIGHLY IMPACTED US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I, WE WILL REACH TO DIFFERENT WAYS, AS YOU MENTIONED, EMAILS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE YOU MAKE THIS AUTOMATIC CLOSURE EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS.

REALLY HANDSOME. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSION MONICA ANTON ON BEHALF OF MANGOES AND THE COLONY HOTEL. THIS YOUNG MAN AND DAVID HAVE TAKEN KIND OF ALL MY UMPH.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS CLOSURE IS NOT BENEFITING OCEAN DRIVE OR MIAMI BEACH LIFE.

SAFETY IS A MAJOR CONCERN. IT IS A CONCERN WHEN YOU HAVE, AS HE INDICATED, GUEST HOTEL GUESTS WHO HAVE TO TRAVERSE THROUGH SIDE STREETS NOW WITH SUITCASES TO TRY TO GET THERE AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU'RE HAVING DELIVERIES, AT THE SAME TIME THAT THERE MIGHT BE EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT THE SAME TIME, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME FORM OF VALET OR SOME FORM OF VEHICLE THAT'S GETTING YOU TO YOUR HOTEL, HOPEFULLY, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE ALL INDICATED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FORM OF VEHICLE TAKING PEOPLE TO HOTELS.

SO WE URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE HAVING ON THE BUSINESSES.

ON OCEAN DRIVE, THE COLONY HOTEL IS SEEN IN EVERY IMAGE THAT YOU PULL UP.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OCEAN DRIVE OR MIAMI BEACH, IT IS A HISTORIC, ICONIC BUILDING.

NO GUEST IS GOING TO WANT TO STAY THERE IF THEY CAN'T ACCESS IT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. MONICA.

MONICA, YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY. I AM. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THIS ITEM DOES? I'M SORRY. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACTION THAT THIS ITEM TAKES? YES. IT GOES TO THE COMMISSION, FOR IT GOES THROUGH YOUR PERMITTING, THROUGH TO.

TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR REVIEW. IT'S IT'S AN URGING TO THE COUNTY.

CORRECT. AND, MR. MANAGER, SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PEDESTRIANIZING.

WE'RE NOT VOTING TO PEDESTRIANIZE THE STREET TODAY.

WE'RE ASKING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO PEDESTRIANIZE THE STREET.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WHEN THEY CONSIDER THAT, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT SAFETY STUDIES, TRAFFIC STUDIES AND EVERYTHING THAT MR. WALLACH, AS WELL AS MISS ANTON, IS BRINGING UP TODAY? ABSOLUTELY. AND I BELIEVE WE'VE SUBMITTED A GREAT DEAL OF THAT, IF NOT ALL OF THAT ALREADY.

SO I WANT THE RECORD JUST TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE SAFETY SAFETY IS OBVIOUSLY A TOP PRIORITY FOR FOR EVERYONE.

IT'S NOT OUR JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER THAT THOSE SAFETY MATTERS THAT FALLS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF MIAMI DADE COUNTY.

BUT ALL THOSE STUDIES AND ALL AND ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU AND DAVID HAVE BROUGHT UP TODAY ARE PROPERLY REVIEWED,

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AND THIS VOTE TODAY DOES NOT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF OCEAN DRIVE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION, THAT IS IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. WE HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS TO ANY OF THOSE REPORTS, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THOSE REPORTS AND THEREFORE ARE CONCERNED THAT THESE REPORTS DO NOT EXIST AS YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE ITEMS. ALSO, THE FINANCE REPORTS AND THE IMPACT ON THE BUSINESSES IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS REVIEWING OR HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT CONCERN ALL OF THE BUSINESSES ON IN OCEAN DRIVE.

BUT I DO WONDER IF YOU IF YOU REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

ANY OF THESE SAFETY REPORTS AND OTHER REPORTS THAT ARE NECESSARY AS PART OF THE CITY'S PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY.

I'M HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH THE APPROPRIATE STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN BE FACILITATED TO YOU AND TO AND TO THE APPROPRIATE STAKEHOLDERS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER BADA RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD GOOD PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS CAN HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON WHAT THE PROPER PATH FORWARD IS, AND NEITHER ONE IS RIGHT OR WRONG FOR THOSE BELIEFS.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE SUGGESTION THAT WE AS A BODY ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I THINK IT'S UNANIMOUS. BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF HOW POSITIVE IT CAN BE IN THE MONTH OF OR DURING THE SUMMER WHEN WE CLOSED IT FOR SIX WEEKS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS VERY ENGAGED WITH WITH THE COUNTY.

THEY WANTED US TO CLOSE IT FOR AN EVENT HERE, AN EVENT THERE.

AND I MADE THE CASE THAT THE WORLD CUP ACTIVATION WAS THE EVENT FOR SIX WEEKS.

SO DOING IT FOR A DAY HERE A DAY THERE WAS CHAOTIC AND DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND WHAT WE SAW WAS IT WAS FANTASTIC. NOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORLD CUP ACTIVATIONS FOR THE ENTIRETY.

SO THAT'S NOT EXACTLY A BENCHMARK, BUT IT SHOWS HOW THIS CAN WORK.

BUT TO MAKE THE, THE ACCUSATION THAT THIS BODY WOULD DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY IS AN ILL CONSIDERED LINE OF ATTACK. YOU CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YOU CAN MAKE VERY VALID POINTS ABOUT WHAT IT DOES TO YOUR PARTICULAR BUSINESS.

THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES THAT OVERALL THE BUSINESSES IMPROVE.

WE DO NEED. I WOULD APPRECIATE NOT BEING INTERRUPTED FROM THE AUDIENCE.

THE DATA. EMPIRICALLY, WHEN YOU REVIEW ALL THE DATA IN PEDESTRIANIZED AREAS AROUND THE WORLD, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT BUSINESSES IMPROVE.

IT IS MUCH EASIER TO BE STROLLING DOWN A STREET OR ON A PLAZA AND HAVE SOMETHING CATCH YOUR EYE AND STOP IN AND BUY IT, OR STOP IN WITH YOUR KIDS WHO SEE THE ICE CREAM AND WANT TO GO GET ONE, THAN IT IS IF YOU'RE DRIVING PAST IT IS JUST A FACT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY BUSINESS IMPROVES, BUT GENERALLY THE FACTS SUPPORT THAT AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO RESEARCH IT ON THEIR OWN.

BUT AGAIN, I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU MORE CLEARLY THAT SUGGESTING THAT THIS BODY IS DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD PUT OUR CITY AT RISK IS FALLACIOUS AND UNFAIR AND UNFOUNDED. NOW WE DEFINITELY HAVE THINGS TO WORK OUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET HIGH END HOTEL GUESTS TO THEIR FRONT DOORS IN A IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER THAT THEY WILL APPRECIATE IS A VERY REAL CONVERSATION POINT. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR THE HOTELS, FOR THE HIGH END VALET OPERATIONS. IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT AN INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE.

IT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, GET CREATIVE WITH, AND MODEL OUR ACTIVITIES ON WHAT THE BEST, MOST HIGH END CITIES AROUND THE WORLD DO. I REMEMBER GOING TO AN AMAN RESORT FOR FOR WORK.

LUCKY ME. IT WAS GREAT. YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN I LIVED IN BOSTON AND THEY PICKED US UP IN THIS BEAUTIFUL VEHICLE.

WHITE GLOVE DRIVERS. AND YOU FELT YOUR HOTEL EXPERIENCE START THE SECOND YOU GOT PICKED UP FROM THE AIRPORT? I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I AM TELLING YOU THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO TO SOLVE THESE CHALLENGES THAT WILL WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

SO PLEASE, LET'S NOT ACCUSE THIS BODY OF DOING SOMETHING TO UNDERMINE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AS DAVID POINTED OUT, I OFTEN SAY FROM THIS DAIS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR ONLY REAL JOB IN THIS ROLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR. CLARK.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOHN PAUL.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATED PARKING, ONE OF THE PIONEER COMPANIES.

WELL, THE PIONEER COMPANY OF VALET PARKING COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH BEACH SINCE 1989.

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SO WE, AS A VALET PARKING COMPANY, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE PEOPLE COME THAT ARE DISABLED, THEY'RE SICK, IT'S RAINING. AND IN ORDER TO ASSIST, WE'VE HAD TO EVEN SOMETIMES DRIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TOWARDS OCEAN DRIVE TO THE BARRICADES. BUT THAT POSES LIABILITY TO US THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BEAR.

I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. IAN HENRY, THE SHELBY BUSINESS ALLIANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK WE'VE REALLY BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A PROPER ASSOCIATION.

AND I WANTED TO GO ON TO THE RECORD. I WANT TO BE REASONABLE.

WE SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING. WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN FIVE AND A HALF YEARS OF CONSTANT CHANGE, CONSTANT, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON THAT HAS CAUSED ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS THE BUSINESSES, THE RESIDENTS WE ALL NEED TO KNOW AND WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

WHATEVER THAT PLAN BE MY REQUEST TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T COVER EVERYTHING IN ONE MINUTE.

I WILL BE SENDING YOU A PACKAGE LATER TODAY TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

IT'LL HAVE MY COMFORT, MY INFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A PERSONAL MEETING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AND I'VE GOT FOUR SECONDS LEFT. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DEFER THIS UNTIL THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, AFTER WE'VE HAD A MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A FULL PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAVE FIVE CALLERS. JOHANN MOORE, MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING EXPRESSING MY SUPPORT FOR THE PEDESTRIANIZATION, ALBEIT PART TIME OF OCEAN DRIVE. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY OUTRAGE AT THE DAIS CONDUCT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, ALLOWING BELLOWING CAPITALIST PROFITEERS TO GO ON AND ON WHILE CUTTING OFF MERE RESIDENTS.

WALLACH'S MICROPHONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF, AND THE MAYOR SHOULD NOT HAVE DETRACTED FROM THE PUBLIC'S COMMENT TIME BY FEELING THE NEED TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE DURING SUTNICK. THANK YOU.

NEXT CALLER IS GEORGE WALLNER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED ONE MINUTE.

AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON ONE POINT.

I THINK IT WAS MISS BAHAR THAT SAID THAT FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

PLEASE, WE DON'T NEED TO GENERALIZE, PHILOSOPHIZE, AND USE ALL THESE GRAND ADJECTIVES OF HOW WONDERFUL THINGS ARE.

OKAY. WE HAVE NEVER AT THE, AT THE CARLYLE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.

I REPRESENT ALL 21 OWNERS IN THAT BUILDING AT 1250 OCEAN DRIVE.

OKAY. DURING FIFA, WE HAVE NEVER HAD LOWER RATES BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE.

OKAY. THE RESTAURANT SUFFERED, THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS SUFFERED.

ALL OF US SUFFERED. ALL I ASK YOU TO DO, LET'S STOP HAVING CONVERSATION.

I THINK SHE SAID THE FACTS SHOULD SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

ALL OF YOU SHOULD TURN TO YOUR EMPLOYEES IN THE GOVERNMENT, AND BY THIS AFTERNOON, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A REPORT ON YOUR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS DURING FIFA. LET THOSE SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DID WE IN FACT HAVE. OUR NEXT CALLER IS ARMAND.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. ARMAND. MIARA. GOOD MORNING.

I AM A BUSINESS OWNER IN MIAMI BEACH. I OWN THREE SUNGLASS SHOPS LOCATED ON OCEAN DRIVE.

I'VE BEEN IN OCEAN DRIVE ALMOST FOR 30 YEARS.

EVERY TIME THERE'S A STREET CLOSURE, ALL THE TRAFFIC, ALL THE SIDEWALK TRAFFIC SHIFTS TO THE STREET AND WE LOSE ALL THE VISIBILITY AND EXPOSURE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS.

AND 80% OF THE TRAFFIC GETS TO THE STREET AND MY BUSINESS GOES DOWN 50 TO 70% EVERY TIME THERE'S A STREET CLOSURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JOSHUA WALLACH.

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WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN ON SOUTH BEACH FOR A LONG TIME.

I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEPRESSION IN SOUTH BEACH AND GREATER SOUTH BEACH DUE TO THE SHIFTING OF BUSINESS OVER TO MIAMI.

AND, YOU KNOW, OCEAN DRIVE CLOSURES ARE THEY WORK OVER HOLIDAYS AND HIGH IMPACT PERIODS WHEN THERE'S PROGRAMING.

BUT IT'S OCEAN DRIVE. IT'S NOT OCEAN WALK. THIS IS A 100% COMMERCIAL DISTRICT COMMERCIAL.

THIS IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH RISES AND PEOPLE LIVING IN APARTMENTS.

THESE ARE ALL BUSINESSES THAT REQUIRE ACCESS AND PARKING.

AND EVER SINCE MARCH OF 2020, DURING THE DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY.

AND THEN IN 2021, BARRICADES WERE INSTALLED AND IT'S BEEN ONE FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER AFTER ANOTHER OF OCEAN DRIVE WITH NO PERMIT AND NO YOU KNOW SOMETHING? AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY WOULD HAVE SHOWN THAT THIS WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON SOUTH BEACH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN YOU CLOSED IT ALL DOWN, TOOK AWAY THE PARKING. OUR LAST CALLER IS ANDRES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD MORNING ALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN MENTIONING FOR A LONG TIME IS THAT IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO EVEN FIND THE ROUTE TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE OCEAN DRIVE, INSTEAD OF HAVING OCEAN DRIVE BE ABLE TO BE ACCESSED DIRECTLY FROM FIFTH STREET, COME OFF THE MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, GO DOWN FIFTH STREET AND MAKE A LEFT AND ENJOY THE WHOLE ENTIRE RIDE. THE WAY THAT IT FUNCTIONS NOW IS JUST UNFUNCTIONAL.

IT NEEDS TO BE AN EASY ACCESS POINT IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH IT.

IN THE EVENT THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT A ONE WAY STREET JUST AT EAST GOING NORTHBOUND, AND YOU DO END UP CLOSING IT, WHICH I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF.

MAYBE YOU COULD DO A TROLLEY. BACK IN THE DAY IN THE 70S AND THE EARLY 80S, LINCOLN ROAD USED TO HAVE A TROLLEY THAT WOULD DRIVE UP AND DOWN LINCOLN ROAD TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO THE STORES. THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION FOR OCEAN DRIVE, BUT I THINK THAT THE THAT THE BIGGEST WIN IS TO BE ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR BOTH, NOT HAVE IT BE A TWO WAY STREET, BUT A ONE WAY STREET.

BUT MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO COME OFF OF FIFTH STREET, OFF THE CAUSEWAY AND GO STRAIGHT THROUGH OCEAN DRIVE AND THEN LOOP OUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. MR.. MAYOR COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

CAN YOU TELL ME THE PROCESS IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY? WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS EVEN IF THE COUNTY ALSO APPROVES THE THE URGING TO SHUT IT DOWN? DOES IT AGAIN? DOES IT COME BACK TO US FOR ONE FINAL REVIEW, OR DOES IT MOVE FORWARD AS A FULL PEDESTRIAN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD? WELL, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO TO ERIC AND JOSE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE ONES IF THE COUNTY APPROVES, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE COMMISSIONERS VIA BRIEFINGS OR LETTERS TO COMMISSION.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED OF THIS BODY IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT IS CURRENTLY BEFORE YOU.

THANK YOU. AND SO MAYBE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. I'M I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF PEDESTRIANIZING OCEAN DRIVE, BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A STOP GAP BETWEEN IF THE COUNTY APPROVES THIS AND US APPROVING IT WITH A WITH WITH A FINAL VOTE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A A, I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN APPETITE FOR THAT BECAUSE THEN IT'S MORE BUREAUCRACY.

SO IF WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT TODAY, MOVE FORWARD AND THEN LET THE COUNTY DO IT IF THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS WELL.

SO I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AS IS. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PROPERLY MOVED.

AND SECOND. SO SEEING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DAIS.

SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BHATT URGING THE COUNTY OCEAN CLOSURE OF OCEAN OCEAN DRIVE THANKSGIVING THROUGH MARCH 31ST.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE AFTER THE FACT RESOLUTION IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

THAT'S R9AG.

[C7 BE A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON NEW AND EXPANDED AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER (“LPR”) DEPLOYMENTS, PURCHASES, PROCUREMENTS, CONTRACTS, AND DATA-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS PENDING A COMPREHENSIVE 90-DAY REVIEW AND SUBSEQUENT AFFIRMATIVE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION; ESTABLISHING INTERIM SAFEGUARDS GOVERNING THE CITY’S CONTINUED USE OF EXISTING LPR SYSTEMS AND DATABASES; DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, AND REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE AND PARTICIPATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, CONSISTENT WITH ITS INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY, THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY’S USE OF LPR TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING PRIVACY AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS, DATA RETENTION, THIRD-PARTY VENDOR ACCESS, INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING, AUDITING, CYBERSECURITY, AND EXISTING CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; DIRECTING THAT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUCH REVIEW BE REPORTED TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION WITHIN 90 DAYS; PROVIDING THAT, FOLLOWING RECEIPT, THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY’S EXISTING LPR PROGRAM SHOULD CONTINUE, CONTINUE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL OR MODIFIED SAFEGUARDS OR RESTRICTIONS, OR BE SUSPENDED; AND PROVIDING THAT THE MORATORIUM SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNLESS AND UNTIL NEW OR EXPANDED LPR ACTIVITY IS AFFIRMATIVELY AUTHORIZED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.]

[C7 BH A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT, WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED, A CITY WIDE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO ENABLE THE INSTALLATION OF LICENSE PLATE READERS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 UTILIZING BUDGETED FUNDS, WITH SUCH PROGRAM TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT, TECHNICAL STANDARDS, AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS, INCLUDING PROTOCOLS GOVERNING THE OWNERSHIP, RETENTION, AND ACCESS OF DATA COLLECTED FROM LPRS INSTALLED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH THE PROPOSED PROGRAM FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.]

C7BH WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. YEAH, BUT IT WAS SEPARATED BY.

MR. MAYOR, DON'T WE DISCUSS SEPARATED ITEMS AFTER 5:00? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW OR LATER.

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YEAH, SURE. I JUST I HAVE AN ITEM FOR SOME PROPER SAFEGUARDS ON LPR THAT WAS ALSO SEPARATED, IF YOU CAN CALL THAT AS WELL. WITH THIS, MAYBE WE CAN JUST KIND OF KNOCK IT ALL OUT.

AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE DISCUSSION. I THINK MY ITEM COVERS COVERS ALL OF IT.

AND I HAVE THE CHIEF UP HERE TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

YEAH. AGAIN, I HAVE AN ITEM FOR JUST TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE LPR THAT WE HAVE OR ANY EXPANSION.

I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST BE SO KIND TO CALL IT TOGETHER AND WE CAN VOTE ON IT, IT'S THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE GREAT. CALL, CALL THE ITEM AS WELL.

SO THAT WOULD BE C7 B E LPR MORATORIUM PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SURE. THANK YOU. SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE.

SO JUST FOR ANYBODY. ALSO, NOBODY CAN ACCUSE US OF NOT TAKING ON HEAD ON THE THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES RIGHT AWAY.

SO LET ME JUST SEE THIS ISSUE UP BECAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE HAVE GENERALLY SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT JUST IN CASE. SO LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE SOMETHING THAT MANY CITIES, MOST CITIES AROUND OUR, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY UTILIZE. IT TAKES A PICTURE OF THE LICENSE PLATE OF A VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL, AND IT IS REGISTERED IN A DATABASE. RECENTLY, THE GOVERNOR, THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ISSUED A ORDER SAYING THAT ALL LPR LICENSE PLATE READERS ON STATE ROADS WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED WITHIN 30 DAYS.

THIS ACTUALLY CAME WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. WAS QUITE A QUITE A SURPRISE.

AND I WILL SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR AND HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO US IN MANY WAYS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING SPRING BREAK, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL ON THIS ONE.

I DISAGREE, SO THE ISSUES WERE RAISED, WERE PRIVACY ISSUES AND THAT I DO AGREE WITH.

I DO AGREE WITH THE THE CONCERNS AND THE LEGITIMACY.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER IN A MINUTE TO THE TO THE CHIEF TO START OUT ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE PRIVACY, WHAT WE DO AS A CITY TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY, AND ALSO ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE TO ALLEVIATE OR ALLAY MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE'S CONCERNS, BUT ALSO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THE, THE, THE STATE IS RAISING.

WE'RE I KNOW THE CHIEF AND I HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT THIS IN GENERAL.

BUT CERTAINLY MORE RECENTLY AS THIS ORDER CAME OUT AND HOW WE CAN HANDLE THIS.

SO JUST WE'LL ADDRESS THE PRIVACY ISSUES WHERE I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADDRESS HOW EFFECTIVE THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN.

WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS THE WORD YOU USED, CHIEF. YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN TERMINOLOGY, BUT WHEN PEOPLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TELL ME THAT WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, IT WILL OPEN UP THE FLOODGATES FOR CRIMINALS IN THE SENSE THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY SOLVING CRIMES. FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, LPR'S ARE USED NOT JUST BY OUR CITY BUT OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.

THE CHIEF DID TELL ME THAT IF A CAR RIGHT NOW IS, LET'S SAY, WANTED, AN LPR GETS A HIT OR THERE'S A STOLEN VEHICLE RIGHT NOW, THAT CAR CAN BE TRACED THROUGH OUR LPR AND THROUGH THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM.

WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, WE LOSE THAT ABILITY.

SO WHEN PEOPLE PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IF WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE MANY CRIMES THAT AYE WON'T BE SOLVED.

BUT ALSO THE CRIMINALS WILL KNOW THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY AND THAT WILL ONLY FURTHER EMBOLDEN THEM.

WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME, AND I HAVEN'T DONE A POLL OF RESIDENTS, BUT MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.

AND THERE'S JUST TOO MANY TO NAME ALL IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THE POSITION THAT I'VE THAT I'VE TAKEN.

I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT WHO ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

SO MY ITEM, JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR AND IS TO ONE, ADDRESS THE PRIVACY CONCERNS, BUT ALSO TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE UTILIZING THIS TECHNOLOGY IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY.

AND MY ITEM LOOKS AT, INSTEAD OF THE STATE ROADS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN EXTENSION FROM THE STATE.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME MODIFICATIONS. WE'LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS.

BUT IF IT DOESN'T, TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHO VOLUNTEER, OBVIOUSLY WE WE'RE NOT FORCING IT ON ANYBODY.

THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL, BUT IT'S PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER TO UTILIZE THEIR PROPERTIES, WHETHER IT BE A HOTEL, A CONDO. AND ACTUALLY MANY PRIVATE BUSINESSES HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAYING, SIGN ME UP.

I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS. AND THERE REALLY WOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH OF AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE SLIGHTLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, BUT WE WOULD BASICALLY EFFECTIVELY TAKE THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ON THE STATE ROADS, REMOVE THEM, AND THEN HAVE TO PUT THEM UP FOR FREE ON THE PRIVATE BUSINESSES.

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SO TO. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 LICENSE PLATE READERS, APPROXIMATELY HALF ON STATE ROADS.

THAT'S THE CAUSEWAYS. IT'S COLLINS AVENUE, ALTON ROAD, 41ST STREET, AND IT IT 30 DAYS IS A VERY LITTLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

YOU DON'T JUST TAKE ONE OF THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND SLAP IT ON A, ON A, ON A POLE OR A PROPERTY.

THERE'S PERMITTING INVOLVED. THERE'S ELECTRIC WIRING. SO THE 30 DAY BAN JUST, JUST IS REALLY SHORT.

I, IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST. AND I'M COMFORTED BY HEARING SO MANY DIFFERENT POLICE CHIEFS AND DIFFERENT GROUPS OF POLICE COMING OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE, OF THE CAMERAS.

WE DO NOT USE FLOC. FLOC IS A CITY IS A IS AN ENTITY.

IT'S BECOME KNOWN AS THE SORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF.

BUT WE DO HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT IN SUM AND SUBSTANCE USE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE AS A CITY DO NOT CONTRACT WITH FLOC.

ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DOES UTILIZE IT AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

SO, CHIEF, TELL ME, TELL LET'S START OUT TALKING ABOUT THE THE PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT AND THINGS WE DO NOW AND THE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING. MISTER, MISTER MAYOR BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CUSTOMARY.

USUALLY IF YOU CALL MY ITEM, I CAN ALSO SPEAK ABOUT MY ITEM AS WELL BEFORE THE CHIEF GETS ON.

COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ON MY MY ITEM AS FAR AS A MORATORIUM ON AN EXPANSION OF THE LPR OR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

I'M TRYING TO DO A 90 DAY PAUSE, NOT A BAN ON ANY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS SURVEILLANCE AND LPRS.

AGAIN, THE EXISTING LPR SYSTEM WOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL.

POLICE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THEM TO CATCH CRIMINALS, FIND STOLEN CARS, MISSING PEOPLE.

DURING THIS PAUSE UP TO 90 DAYS, WE STRENGTHEN THE SAFEGUARDS.

THAT HAS BEEN A HOT BUTTON ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY DOCUMENTED REASONS FOR SEARCHES MONTHLY.

AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROACTIVE AUDITS OIG OVERSIGHT, TIGHTER RETENTION AND DATA SHARING RULES.

AND AFTER THE REVIEW FROM MIAMI BEACH POLICE AND STAFF IT WOULD COME BACK TO US FOR US TO DECIDE IF THIS, IF THESE ARE PROPER SAFEGUARDS. SO. I WANT TO JUST BE VERY CLEAR THAT I THINK THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH A A MUCH TIGHTER POLICY, BUT I THINK THAT POLICY SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT BY THE POLICE. I THINK THE POLICE CAN COME TO US AND SAY, THESE ARE OUR SUGGESTIONS, AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CHECK IF THESE SAFEGUARDS ARE PUT IN PLACE.

I THINK LPR READERS ARE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT DOES. IT CERTAINLY CAUGHT A LOT OF BAD GUYS.

IT'S EVEN HELPED CATS ON THE BOARDWALK BE FOUND AND WHEN THEY'VE GONE MISSING.

SO I JUST WANT TO, NOT, NOT, NOT TO, NOT TO DENIGRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF CATS.

IT'S DONE WAY, WAY MORE THAN THAT. WE'VE TAKEN VIOLENT CRIMINALS OFF OUR STREETS WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF CATS. YES. WE DON'T WANT TO GO AGAINST THE CATS, BUT I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEMORIALIZE THESE SAFEGUARDS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME BACK AND AGAIN, BEFORE WE EXPAND ANY MORE OF THESE SYSTEMS THAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK US AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE PUT IN PLACE.

SO THAT'S MY ITEM. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENTING, MR. MAYOR. CHIEF. GOOD MORNING, WAYNE JONES, POLICE CHIEF.

AND I'LL START BY SAYING THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

WE'RE A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT THAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO REMOVE OUR LPR FROM STATE ASSETS.

SO FINDING CLEVER WAYS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR LPR NETWORK IS IMPORTANT TO US.

POLICE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AS YOU KNOW, I'VE SHARED MANY EXAMPLES WITH YOU OF BAD PEOPLE TAKING OFF YOUR ROADWAY, TAKING TO JAIL, PROTECTING IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF LPR. I THINK ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHERE A FELLOW STARTED IN CORAL GABLES WITH AN AR 15 THREATENING FOLKS IN AN OFFICE BUILDING, AND HE RAN OFF TO HIS CAR.

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THEY PUT THAT IN THE SYSTEM AND I DON'T HALF LADY.

WE CAUGHT HIM HERE IN MIAMI BEACH AND TOOK HIM TO JAIL AND CONFISCATED HIS.

CONFISCATED HIS AR 15. THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF THE USE AND POWER OF LPAS.

WE'VE BEEN USING LPR SINCE 2013 AT A POLICY WRITTEN IN 2013.

THAT POLICY WAS UPDATED IN 2016 AND AGAIN IN 2021.

I'M IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING PUT ON THE AGENDA, I THINK THAT'S WORTH REPEATING.

WE'VE BEEN USING THIS LPR TECHNOLOGY FOR OVER A DECADE.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. I DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY THINK IT'S JUST VERY NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND WE'VE DEFINITELY EXPANDED IT. AND IT DEFINITELY HAS IT'S A BETTER TECHNOLOGY THAN IT WAS A DECADE AGO, BUT WE'VE BEEN USING IT FOR FOR A LONG TIME, USUALLY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND PRIOR TO ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT FLOC, WHICH IS JUST ONE VENDOR IN THIS WHOLE LPR SPACE, BEFORE THIS FUSS OF FLOC CAME UP, I'D ALREADY DIRECTED MY POLICY WRITER TO STRENGTHEN OUR POLICIES.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. JUST YESTERDAY, I WAS ADDED TO THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE DADE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION TO COME UP WITH A MODEL POLICY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. A COLLEAGUE OF MINE SERVES ON LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE FLORIDA POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION.

HE MET WITH HIS GROUP IN ORLANDO JUST YESTERDAY, AND THEY TOO ARE WORKING WORKING ON PRODUCING A MODEL POLICY.

THAT POLICY AT SOME POINT WILL BE MERGED, I IMAGINE, WITH THE ONES, THE ONE WE'RE WORKING ON HERE IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND COME UP WITH A POLICY. WE THINK THAT REGULATIONS, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. IT'S A LOT MORE WORK.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE'LL COME UP WITH A POLICY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS POLICE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE DEPARTMENT. MY SIZE 437 POLICE OFFICERS ALLOWED TO POLICE A POPULATION OF 9000 ON A GIVEN DAY. 200 AND 000 PEOPLE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ALLOW US TO POLICE THEM.

THEY HAVE FAITH IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY OUR LAWS OBJECTIVELY AND WITHOUT FEAR, WITHOUT FAVOR, AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS TRANSPARENT.

AND SO I CAN TELL YOU YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THE PRIVACY CONCERNS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES IN THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, MUCH LIKE IT'S BEEN PUBLICIZED ON NATIONAL MEDIA.

AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO GO BROADER IN TERMS OF HOW WE MANAGE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM GET FROM LPR SYSTEMS. AND SO. AND SO I CAN TELL YOU STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO RETAIN DATA FROM LPR SYSTEMS FOR THREE YEARS.

OUR POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SINCE INCEPTION IN 2013, ONE YEAR.

I'M RELOOKING AT THE POLICY AS WE SPEAK. I'M THINKING REDUCING THAT MAYBE AS LOW AS 30 DAYS, 90 DAYS OR SIX MONTHS WITH SOME CAVEATS TO TO THAT DATA.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME CASES WE DON'T GET UNTIL WELL AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND HAVING SOME CUSHION IN TERMS OF TIME TO HAVE THAT DATA SEARCH, THAT DATA AND LEAD LEAD US TO PEOPLE COMMITTING CRIMES IS IMPORTANT.

SO IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR POLICY AS WE SPEAK I INTEND TO HAVE A MODEL POLICY WITHIN WEEKS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT POLICY WITH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AND COMMISSION.

AND WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SHARE THAT? I WOULD IMAGINE WITHIN 30 DAYS OR LESS.

WHEN'S OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING? WELL, THERE'S ONE IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE BUDGET, BUT OCTOBER 14TH.

OCTOBER 14TH. OKAY THEN. THAT'S GREAT. COMMISSIONER.

BHATT. THANK YOU MAYOR. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

LISTEN, I AS WITH ALL TOOLS THEY CAN BE USED FOR GOOD OR FOR ILL, RIGHT? A HAMMER IS GREAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE, BUT IT CAN ALSO KILL SOMEBODY.

I AM NOT TAKING LIGHTLY THE PRIVACY CONCERNS.

I THINK THEY ARE EXTREMELY VALID. AND I THINK THE DANGERS, DANGERS INHERENT IN THIS KIND OF SURVEILLANCE, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY WHEN USED BY BAD ACTORS OR BEING TIED INTO AI IN NEFARIOUS WAYS CAN DO UNTOLD DAMAGE. SO I AM NOT TAKING THESE CONCERNS LIGHTLY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR WELL OVER A DECADE.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWO THINGS.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY, ENHANCING POLICE OFFICER SAFETY BECAUSE WE USE A DRONE CAMERA THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE ARCTIC AND CAN GUIDE OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR SERVICE SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE RUNNING INTO.

THEY'RE NOT RUNNING INTO A SUPER DANGEROUS SITUATION BLIND.

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BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS. ONE IS THE DAVID SYSTEM, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT KIND, MORE ANALOG. IT'S NOT EXACTLY ANALOG, BUT IT'S A MORE ANALOG VERSION OF THIS THAT DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS ANOTHER KIND OF STATEWIDE SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO WHERE WHEREBY CIVILIANS CAN BE TRACKED.

AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO REALLY HEAR THE DETAILS ON HOW IF THERE IS A IF THERE IS MALFEASANCE BY SOMEBODY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABUSING A PRIVILEGE OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THEIR JOB TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM AND DOING SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T THAT FALLS BEYOND THE PARAMETERS OF A PARTICULAR CASE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

HOW IS THAT PERSON HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT STRONGER? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT THE TECHNOLOGY, IT'S THE PERSON USING THE TECHNOLOGY.

WE HAPPEN TO LIVE IN A CITY, AND I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU FALL ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, WHERE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VERY STRONG POLICE FORCE, AND I MEAN STRONG IN, IN TERMS OF BY AND LARGE, NOBODY'S PERFECT.

NO ORGANIZATION IS PERFECT, BUT WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE.

RIGHT NOW WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER, WE HAVE EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. CHIEF JONES AND AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THIS BOARD, THIS COMMISSION IN YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR, OF YOUR MEMBERS, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TEAMS, YOUR OFFICERS, YOUR CIVILIANS WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE AND GOD FORBID, WE GET SOME CRAZY, TERRIBLE CHIEF, WHICH I DON'T IMAGINE WOULD EVER HAPPEN.

BUT HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, HOW DO WE PROTECT THE PROTECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE THAT YOU WILL PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE THEM STRONGER, AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO FALLING OFF OF VIGILANCE, DUE DILIGENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMES AND TO THE POPULATION AT LARGE WHO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING AND IS VERY CONCERNED THAT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES ARE GOING TO BE SWEPT UP IN THIS DATA SURVEILLANCE STATE, WHICH NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE HAPPEN. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ. JUST QUICKLY, I AGREE WITH THAT, AND I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT THE SAFEGUARDS SHOULD INCLUDE AND I AM SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER WHAT YOU COME UP WITH AS FAR AS HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, WHETHER IT BE TERMINATION, POTENTIALLY EVEN CRIMINAL IF IF SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT UTILIZES, I MEAN, SOME OF THE STORIES YOU HEAR, NOT HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

AND SOME OF IT WASN'T EVEN IN OUR STATE. SOME OF IT WAS. BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT.

BUT TO ME, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SELECTIVE STORIES.

AND IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COUNTLESS COUNTLESS ARRESTS THAT ARE MADE FROM THIS, BUT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF VERY, VERY STRICT MEASURES THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE NOBODY ABUSES THE SYSTEM.

MR. MAYOR, COULD YOU JUST ALLOW THE CHIEF TO RESPOND BEFORE WE GET ANOTHER QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. GREAT QUESTION.

SO I'VE BEEN SHARING RECENTLY WITH FOLKS THE LPR SYSTEM ITSELF.

THE TECHNOLOGY DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO.

THE ISSUES YOU'VE SEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MEDIA IS NOT A TECH PROBLEM.

IT'S A PEOPLE'S PROBLEM. AND THAT'S TIED DIRECTLY TO THE, THE AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED HAVING VERY, VERY LOOSE SAFEGUARDS AND GUARDRAILS PROHIBITING PREVENTING THE OFFICERS TO SORT OF ACCESSING THE SYSTEM FOR THINGS NOT RELATED TO A DAILY DAILY JOBS. THE SYSTEM IS NOT A TRACKING SYSTEM.

IT'S A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CAR REGISTRATION AND DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION TO INCLUDE A PHOTO ARRAY, VARIOUS ADDRESSES THAT YOU'VE USED ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

IT'S NOT A TRACKING SYSTEM PER SE. IT'S GOVERNED BY RULES ISSUED BY FDLE, BUT ALSO SUPPLEMENTED BY DEPARTMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHICH WE HAVE WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD OFFICERS USE THE SYSTEM NOT CONSISTENT WITH THEIR DAY TO DAY WORK AND THEY'VE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.

I DISCIPLINE A YOUNG MAN MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND GAVE HIM TWO DAYS SUSPENSION BECAUSE HE INAPPROPRIATELY USED INFORMATION GLEANED FROM DAVID'S SYSTEM.

AND SO THE PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE. PROCESS IS IN PLACE BOTH BY THE STATE AND BOTH INTERNAL ORGANIZATION WHEN FOLKS ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY, ABUSE THEIR ACCESS TO THESE SENSITIVE SYSTEMS OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION, WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND CHIEF, I JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE MY FULL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE ON YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOUR YOUR OFFICERS THAT USE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY USED THIS TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE DOWN A LIST OF FUGITIVES. AND YOU'VE PROVIDED ME WITH WITH A PACKET OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO,

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IT HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR OUR FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND MOST ESPECIALLY DURING OUR HIGH IMPACT PERIODS WHEN WE HAVE SUFFERED THE AILMENTS OF TREMENDOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESTORE THAT THROUGH THE USE OF THIS INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MY TRUST IN YOU, MY TRUST IN THE AGENCY AND THOSE LIMITED AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRIVACY.

I, I BELIEVE EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS, IS THE PUBLIC'S TRUST IN THEIR GOVERNMENTS THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS NOT INTRUDING ON, ON THE, ON THE PRIVACY OF, OF RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN A LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY AND, AND THE BROAD AMOUNT OF COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT USE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THE COMPANY FLOCK THAT HAS HAD SEVERAL, SEVERAL ISSUES THAT THAT, THAT WE'VE ALL BECOME VERY FAMILIAR WITH ISSUES WITH CROSS JURISDICTIONAL SEARCHING AND DATA SHARING IN THE PAST THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE AFFILIATION WITH ICE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVING ACCESS TO THE FLOCK DATABASE.

WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TERMINATED, BUT THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS OUT THERE WHETHER OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES COULD POTENTIALLY DO SOME SORT OF DATA SHARING WITH ICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS USING, USING FLOCK TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SET A CLEAR DIFFERENTIATION, THE ISSUES GOING ON WITH FLOCK VERSUS THE ISSUES GOING ON WITH THE LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH USES.

SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF OF THE PUBLIC, WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS DEPLOYED USING THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AS IT RELATES TO LICENSE PLATE READERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. FOR THE RECORD, WE DO NOT MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT DO NOT HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS.

WE HAVE VIGILANT CAMERAS. THAT'S NOW BEEN BOUGHT OUT BY MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.

WE HAVE AXON. FLOCK AXON CAMERAS. I'M SORRY. AXON LPR IN OUR CARS.

AND THOSE AXON CAMERAS DO DO FEDERAL AGENTS OR OTHER AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE AXON CAMERA SYSTEM? FEDERAL AGENCIES KNOW WE DO HAVE MOUS WITH NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS THAT WE DATA SHARE WITH.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN MOU WITH CORAL GABLES. THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN THEIR CITY.

ARMED GUY IN AN OFFICE BUILDING THREATENING PEOPLE AND CAME INTO OUR CITY.

SO MOU LOCAL AGENCIES. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MOU WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AS IT RELATES TO DATA SHARING AND LPR INFORMATION.

CURRENTLY. HOWEVER, THERE IS A CERTAIN AREA OF OUR CITY WHERE THERE ARE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PRIVATE FLOCK CAMERAS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO.

YES. SO THOSE CAMERAS ARE PURCHASED BY VENETIAN ISLANDS ASSOCIATION.

THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME ENHANCED SECURITY ON THE ISLANDS.

WE DO HAVE FEEDS FROM THOSE LPRS DO GET DATA FROM THOSE, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOES.

AND AND BUT THOSE ARE PRIVATE CAMERAS. THE CITY DID NOT PROCURE THEM.

THE CITY DID NOT INSTALL THEM. THOSE ARE PRIVATE CAMERAS THAT WERE INSTALLED AND THAT THE CITY SIMPLY HAS ACCESS TO.

THAT'S CORRECT. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. CHIEF, IS IT POSSIBLE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR OTHER ANY OTHER ENTITY IN TRANSITIONING THOSE, THOSE CAMERAS? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT SPECIFICALLY PARTICIPATES IN THIS NATIONALLY INTERCONNECTED DATABASE, WHICH HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF CONCERN. THE SOURCE OF ANGST FOR PEOPLE, FOR THEIR PRIVACY.

AND I THINK, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE IS AT IS, IS WITH FLOC IS DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY TRANSITION WORK IN TRANSITIONING THOSE CAMERAS FROM FLOC TO AXON OR VIGILANT OR ANY OTHER OF THE MORE THE CLOSED NETWORK THAT THE CITY USES. I THINK WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY.

I MEAN, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION, WE'LL HAVE MY TECH UNIT WORK WITH THE DECISION MAKERS FOR THE VENETIAN ASSOCIATION TO FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD AND HOW WE HOW WE TRANSITION FROM

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MR.. MR. MAYOR, I, I'D BE INCLINED TO PROPOSE A MOTION THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO TERMINATE THE CITY'S USE OF FLOC SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES WHILE PRESERVING OUR ABILITY TO HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS WITH OTHER COMPANIES THAT DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS NATIONAL NETWORK OF, OF, OF DATA SHARING, LIKE, LIKE THE ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY USE. BUT I THINK THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH'S USE AND ACCESS TO NOT USE, BUT ACCESS TO THIS, THIS TECHNOLOGY, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE TO TERMINATE THAT IN THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC'S PRIVACY AND THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC'S TRUST AND GIVE YOU ALL THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY.

MISTER MANAGER CHIEF, TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION THOSE CAMERAS AND WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOT AN INTERRUPTION IN PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT ANY ASSOCIATION, ANY USE OF THOSE OF THAT FLOCK TECHNOLOGY IS TERMINATED.

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION IF YOU SO ALLOW. SURE. SINCE WE HAVE CHAD BRAMER FROM THE VENETIAN ISLANDS ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HIS HIS VIEWS. OH, AND THEN COMMISSIONER.

WELL, WE HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND COME UP YET.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. AND THEN I'LL SPEAK. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO, CHIEF, I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE.

I'LL REITERATE WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THIS TECHNOLOGY SINCE 2013.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE POLICIES ON WHO VIEWS IT HAS BEEN UPDATED IN 2016 AND 2021.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER POLICY UPDATE THAT'S HAPPENING.

ONLY A FRACTION OF THE OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS.

AND SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH US MOVING FORWARD.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT IT. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

WE DID HAVE QUITE THE ISSUE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH CAR THEFTS IN THE VENETIAN IN NORTH BAY ROAD AND IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITIES, AND THE LPR'S HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AS A TOOL FOR THE OFFICERS IN ORDER TO SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THESE SITUATIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND CHAD.

THANK YOU. HI. GOOD MORNING CHAD. 801 WEST TOLEDO DRIVE, VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

SO WE, WE HAD SOME CRIME ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ONE WAY TO HELP WITH THAT WAS TO PARTNER WITH POLICE.

WE FUNDED LP'S ON EACH ENTRANCE TO THE VENETIAN ISLANDS.

WE NOW ALSO HAVE LIVE VIEW CAMERAS AS WELL. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO THOSE SO THAT IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT THEY CAN LOG IN AND USE THEM.

THE THE LP'S HAVE WORKED WONDERFULLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I TRACK CRIMES, MAJOR CRIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THESE LPRS HAVE AIDED US OR AIDED THE POLICE IN SOLVING A LOT OF CRIMES. THERE'S ACTUALLY A SIX MONTH STINT THAT ALL MAJOR CRIMES WERE SOLVED IN THE VENETIAN ISLANDS.

SO IN THE ARREST RATES REFLECT THAT. AND ALSO WE MAKE WE DON'T HIDE THAT.

WE HAVE THOSE IN THE VENETIAN ISLANDS. SO THERE IS A DETERRENCE AS WELL.

SO YOU KNOW, CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED HAVE GONE DOWN IN CORRELATION WITH INSTALLING THESE LPRS.

SO WHEN I DID SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME CRITICISM OF LPRS.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF SAFEGUARDS, BUT AT THE AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR OUR CITY.

AND IT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS FOR THE BROADER CITY THAT THERE'S A THREAT TO, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THESE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING THEM.

AS FAR AS VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SWITCHING FROM FLOCK, WE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.

HOWEVER, REMEMBER, THESE ARE PRIVATELY FUNDED, SO THERE ARE CONTRACTS IN PLACE.

THESE. THESE ARE NOT CHEAP. YOU THINK IT'S JUST A CAMERA? THIS IS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL TELL YOU THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PLAN ON HOW TO MOVE OVER.

AT THE TIME, FLOCK WAS THE ONLY OPTION THAT PRIVATE NONPROFITS COULD PURCHASE.

NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS AXON ALSO OFFERS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES.

I'VE ALSO SEEN THERE'S DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE FIGURED OUT OTHER WAYS TO WORK WITH PRIVATE NONPROFITS FOR LPR.

SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.

BUT WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE US WITHOUT THIS ADDED PROTECTION BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY WORKED.

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WE HAVEN'T HEARD YET FROM COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS.

AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE THE DETAILS OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LAID OUT.

THIS TECHNOLOGY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HOLD PRIVACY CONCERNS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.

AND PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY WHERE WE CAN DO THESE CONCURRENTLY, WHERE CHIEF PUBLIC TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKES YOU AND YOUR MEN'S AND WOMEN'S JOBS INFINITELY EASIER.

YES, SIR. EVEN IN TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WHERE IN OTHER AREAS OF THIS COUNTRY, THERE WAS THIS ALMOST BACKLASH AGAINST THE POLICE THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN MIAMI BEACH, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRUST THAT YOU AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE EARNED, RIGHTFULLY SO, OVER THE YEARS.

THE MORE TRANSPARENCY WE HAVE IN THESE, THE BETTER OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO ACCEPT IT, AND THE BETTER YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS JOB.

SO IS THERE A WAY WHERE WE CAN ALMOST DEVELOP THIS TYPE OF, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BILL OF RIGHTS? THE COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS TALKING ABOUT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'LL TAKE OUTREACH EFFORTS FROM ALL OF US, RIGHT? WE GO TO THE VENETIAN, WE GO TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

WE GO TO THE ACLU, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER IS CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS AND SAY, HERE ARE THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PAUSE THIS WHILE WE'RE PUTTING THAT INTO PLACE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO ROLL BACK THE 20 CAMERAS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE OR I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO PUT A MORATORIUM OR PAUSE WHILE THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.

I THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THOSE CONCURRENTLY.

SO I AGREE THAT THIS IS CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY. I ALSO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO NOT ONLY PUT THOSE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, DOES US NO GOOD IF WE JUST HAVE THOSE AND WE TALK ABOUT A COMMISSION MEETING AND THEN TUCK IT INTO SOME CHARTER DOCUMENT.

OUR JOB, YOUR JOB IS SELLING THE PUBLIC THAT THESE PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS PROTECT THEM, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

AND THAT MAKES YOUR JOB EASIER. SURE. I'M COMMISSIONER.

I'M CERTAINLY WE CAN CONNECT MORE WITH THE PUBLIC, INFORM THEM, LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, SHARE OUR POLICIES WITHIN REASON OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED IN THE POLICY, AS WE WILL SHARE WITH THIS BODY AT SOME POINT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF EXPANDING OUR NETWORK IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS OR SO.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE PAUSE. WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THOUGH, BECAUSE WE ARE TIME LIMITED ON THE ASSETS WE HAVE ON STATE PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO MOVE THOSE. AND SO ASK FOR SOME LATITUDE.

I LOVE THE MAYOR'S IDEA OF US PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND MAYBE USE THOSE THOSE PROPERTIES.

SO OUR NETWORK IS CONTINUOUS, CONTIGUOUS AND IS UNINTERRUPTED.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST AND IT DIDN'T EVEN TAKE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS TO DO SO.

THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. I WON'T THROW IT OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S EXAMPLES AND THAT DIDN'T TAKE LEGISLATION.

THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO BE ON BOARD OF THAT.

YOU ALL KNOW THE BEST METHODOLOGY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SO I'M FINE WITH UTILIZING THE CURRENT ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.

COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MORATORIUM.

WOULD THAT INCLUDE A MORATORIUM ON OUR CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKING LOTS, AND THE LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT WE HAVE TO ISSUE PARKING TICKETS IN SOME OF OUR PARKING LOTS AND IN THE LOADING ZONES.

I'M SORRY. YOU MEAN AS IT RELATES TO REMOVAL FROM STATE ASSETS? NO. THE THE ITEM WHERE WE'LL HAVE A MORATORIUM, I THINK IT WAS A 90 DAY FOR NEW LPRS.

AND WE HAVE A BUNCH IN OUR PARKING LOTS. YEAH.

WILL MCDONALD, DIRECTOR. PARKING CITY MIAMI BEACH. SO THE DIFFERENCE WHILE LPR THE TECH THE TECHNOLOGY IS THE SAME.

WE ARE NOT CONNECTED TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT NETWORKS, NOT.

DAVID, NOT NCIC, NOT FCIC. OURS ARE LOCALLY HOUSED.

SO THEREFORE, WHEN A CITATION IS GIVEN OR WHEN WE ARE READING LICENSE PLATES IN COMMUNITIES OR WHEN YOU ARE SIMPLY ENTERING THE GARAGE AND THE GATE GOES UP, THAT IS ALL LPR TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITY THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS. SO IT'S NOT IT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THIS LPR MORATORIUM.

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OKAY. YEAH, JUST JUST I'LL BE CLEAR. I'M GOING TO BE AGAINST THIS.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID AGAINST THE MORATORIUM, BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT ON THE VOTE.

AND THEN AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, CHIEF JONES, FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DO HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND FOR, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF CRIMINALS THAT WE CATCH BASED ON THESE LPR, THE AMOUNT OF GUNS THAT WE CONFISCATE AND DRUGS, ETC..

AND IT'S BEEN A DETERRENT FOR CRIMINALS. WE'VE REALLY TURNED A CORNER AND I APPRECIATE THAT, CHIEF. YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE BEST DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THEN COMMISSIONER. BHATT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU FLOCK RIGHT NOW IS OBVIOUSLY THE CURRENT FLASHPOINT.

BUT THIS ISSUE ISN'T EXCLUSIVE TO FLOCK. I MEAN, TOMORROW IT MIGHT BE MOTOROLA.

THE NEXT DAY MIGHT BE VIGILANT, IS WHAT WE USE, CORRECT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YOU JUST SAID IT, CHIEF.

THAT MIAMI BEACH POLICE DOES USE FLOCK. THEY THEY CAN ACCESS THE VENETIAN ISLANDS FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE CAN ACCESS THE DATA, BUT WE HAVE NO CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT WITH FLOCK.

WE'VE NEVER PURCHASED FLOCK. DON'T OWN THEM. RIGHT. AND BUT IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MIAMI BEACH POLICE OFFICERS CAN LOG INTO FLOCK AND ALSO TRACK PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH. SOME INVESTIGATORS CAN.

I THINK ONE OF THE KEY DIFFERENCE I NEED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT AND I SUSPECT THIS IS PART OF THE REASON THERE'S BEEN SUCH MISUSE IN OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY, ONLY A SMALL GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS AND ORGANIZATION HAVE ACCESS TO LPR SYSTEM.

OF COURSE, THE FOLKS ASSIGNED TO THE ARCTIC, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, HAVE ACCESS TO STUFF.

AND THEN A GROUP OF INVESTIGATORS IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

AND THEN WE HAVE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO CARS. WE HAVE THREE CARS.

NOW I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER FOUR COMING WITH ACCESS ON LPR IN THAT SYSTEM.

VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE HAVING ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM.

MOST OF OUR LPR WE CALL HITS COMES OFF A HOT SHEET, AND THAT'S BASICALLY AN ALERT THAT A CAR THAT'S WANTED HAS CROSSED INTO OUR CITY. THAT ALERT GOES OUT TO EVERY POLICE OFFICER THAT'S WORKING AT THAT TIME.

CORRECT. AND AND THANK YOU, CHIEF. SO JUST I THINK WE'VE ALL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PROACTIVE AUDIT SAFEGUARDS IS NOT IN PLACE YET. I WOULD WRITE IT HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY TRANSMITTED TO US.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MY INTENTION WITH MY.

MY ITEM IS THAT I WANT TO SEE THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK TO US.

I WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING, OR UP TO 90 DAYS TO REALLY VET THESE, THESE PROCESSES SUCH AS YOU KNOW, MONTHLY AUDITS RANDOM SAMPLING, ANOMALY DETECTION DOCUMENT AUDIT REPORTS, AND, AND AN INDEPENDENT OIG REVIEW.

I DON'T SEE WHY THAT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE. MR. MAYOR, I THINK YOU JUST VOICED YOUR OPPOSITION TO THAT.

I THINK BOTH OF OUR ITEMS WORK HAND IN HAND. MY ITEM JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT PROPER SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE BEFORE WE SPEND $50,000 ON SUBSIDIZING A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE ALREADY KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY EMAILED US SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE FLOCK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AGAIN, FLOCK COULD BE USED FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD, BUT REALLY, UNTIL WE HAVE A MEMORIALIZED SAFEGUARD SYSTEM, A PROACTIVE SAFEGUARD SYSTEM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD ON ANY EXPANSION OR EXPANSION ON DATA SHARING.

AND SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BOTH BE I'D LIKE TO HAVE US BOTH AGREE ON THIS MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE I THINK IT WORKS HAND IN HAND.

IT'S, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE COMBATIVE. IT COMPLEMENTS EACH OTHER.

YEAH. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I PROMISE. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. AND THEN I'LL THEN I'LL ADDRESS IT. TWO VERY QUICK THINGS, CHIEF. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE ALREADY PROCEDURES, EXCUSE ME, PROCEDURES AND REVIEW POLICIES AND CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON STRENGTHENING.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T EXIST. THEY DO EXIST.

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RIGHT. I MEAN, THE WAY I'M HEARING IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS THAT NOTHING EXISTS.

THERE ARE NO SAFEGUARDS. THERE ARE NO POLICIES.

I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS NOT CORRECT. THAT IS NOT CORRECT.

THERE ARE POLICIES IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, REQUIRES THE SUPERVISOR OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO LPR TO TO ORDER THOSE USAGE REGULARLY. I WANT TO STRENGTHEN THAT. I WANT TO CENTRALIZE THAT AS OPPOSED TO LEAVING IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS.

LIKE I SAID, AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THE POLICY IS BEING REVIEWED AND BEING TIGHTENED UP.

AND DOES THE OIG HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT CAPABILITY OTHER THAN REVIEWING ANY, REVIEWING ANY DOCUMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT SEND OVER? IS THE AND I'M NOT CHALLENGING. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LINE OF SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE MIGHT BE.

YEAH. PERSONALLY, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE WORK THEY DO.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. I THINK IT'S HIGHLY IMPROPER AND UNNECESSARY.

QUITE FRANKLY, THE OIG REVIEWING THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR PROCEDURES.

OKAY. AND THE LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I WOULD VERY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE US TO DO A VERY WELL ADVERTISED AND COMPREHENSIVE TOWN HALL MEETING.

SO NOT, NOT ONLY IN ANY FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS OR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT ACTUALLY A TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME.

MAYBE IT'S AT THE CHAMBERS, I'M NOT SURE. IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON ZOOM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR FROM EXPERTS LIKE YOURSELF, FROM ANYBODY ELSE WHO, WHO WE COLLECTIVELY THINK WILL BE USEFUL.

BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS SO OFTEN IS THAT THE HEADLINES MADE BY REALLY TERRIBLE ACTORS IN OTHER PLACES GETS, YOU KNOW, TRANSMOGRIFIED, IF YOU WILL, INTO A THING THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND NUANCE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER ON THIS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE OPERATE IN MIAMI BEACH, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO, AND THAT THEY CAN SHARE THEIR CONCERNS AND EITHER HAVE THEM ADDRESSED AND AND MITIGATED, OR RAISE SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS NONE OF US HAVE THOUGHT OF.

AND WE CAN WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS, I THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN REALLY QUICKLY.

AS SOON AS YOU'RE READY WITH YOUR NEW POLICIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A BIG HIGHLIGHTED THING THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY CAN JOIN US FOR.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE TOWN HALL MEETING. I THINK IT SPEAKS TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MENTIONED ABOUT MORE BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC TO ENHANCE OUR TRUST, LOVE THE IDEA OF HAPPY TO DO IT. SO LET'S BRING THIS.

LET'S BRING THIS HOME. THANK YOU FOR REITERATING THAT.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. WE DO HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE.

EVERYONE SHOULD UNDERSTAND ALSO ANY, ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ACCESSES THIS DATA.

FIRST OF ALL, IT IS LIMITED, BUT ANYONE WHO ACCESSES IT, THERE'S AN AUDIT TRAIL.

YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN AND PULL DATA AND THEN DISAPPEAR.

YOU HAVE TO TYPE IN YOUR CREDENTIALS. YOU HAVE TO TYPE IN A CASE NUMBER.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY YOU'RE USING IT.

AND THEN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S YOUR FINGERPRINTS. LITERALLY DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS ARE THERE.

SO IF THERE'S A MISUSE OF IT, THAT PERSON WOULD BE CAUGHT.

AND ALSO THERE ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO TRIGGER.

IF THE IF THE SYSTEM SENSES THAT THERE MIGHT BE MISUSED.

BUT AGAIN, SO WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE, WHICH IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES.

BUT I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE LEAD.

YOU'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THOSE PROTOCOLS AND THOSE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND THE FACT THAT THE MIAMI DADE CHIEFS, COLLECTIVELY, 34 CITIES, HAVE CHOSEN YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD IN DRAFTING THOSE POLICIES, I THINK SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOU AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. YOU DON'T PICK THE PERSON WHO'S GOT BAD POLICIES.

YOU PICK THE PERSON WHO'S ALREADY HAS AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO I LOVE, I LOVE THAT. AND WE KIND OF REITERATING, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY AND AGAIN, I GET THE LEGITIMACY OF THE, OF THE PRIVACY CONCERNS AND WE'RE ADDRESSING THEM.

BUT WHEN WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT GETS AK 47 SECONDS OFF THE STREET STOLEN VEHICLES, VIOLENT CRIMINALS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING POTENTIAL KIDNAPING CASES. AND I'LL EVEN MENTION ANOTHER POINT THAT PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T THINK OF OFTEN IS THAT WE HAVE SOLVED HATE CRIMES IN OUR CITY THAT WERE NOT PHYSICAL.

MOSTLY NOT BECAUSE NO ONE WAS PHYSICALLY HARMED.

I SHOULD SAY. BUT WE'VE USED THE TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE THOSE HATE CRIMES.

SO WHEN I HEAR FROM MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS, REALLY DIVERSE GROUPS, THAT WHEN THEY SAY MIAMI BEACH IS A SAFE HAVEN, IT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR US TO BE WHERE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD ARE NOT.

THERE'S NO ACCIDENT TO THAT. OBVIOUSLY. IT TAKES IT TAKES LEADERSHIP, IT TAKES GREAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

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OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES DILIGENTLY AND UTILIZED LPRS.

SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS COME INTO BEING.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS MY ITEM IS IN UTILIZING THE WAY I LOOK AT THE STATE, THE STATE DIRECTIVE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WROTE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR THAT I SENT OUT.

I HOPE MANY PEOPLE HAVE READ IT. IT REALLY I THINK IT BALANCES THE PRIVACY CONCERNS ALONG WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

AND I'VE HAD 12 MAYORS AROUND, AROUND THE STATE, MOSTLY OUR LOCAL SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT SOME OUTSIDE WHO'VE SIGNED ON.

AND I'M HOPING TO EVEN GET TO GET MORE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 12 MAYORS WHO HAVE JOINED ME. AND THE THE REASON, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM IS THE STATE IS BASICALLY SAYING, YOU CAN'T USE IT ON OUR ROADS, BUT WE COULD USE IT ON OUR ROADS, ON OUR CITY ROADS.

WE CAN USE IT IN OTHER PLACES. AND WE COULD ALSO USE IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE MENTIONED. WE ACTUALLY, IN SELECTIVE PLACES DO, BUT NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A NEED AS AS M, B, AND A TEXTED ME THIS MORNING.

RIGHT. YOU GOT COLLINS AVENUE, YOU GOT A LONG STRETCH OF COLLINS AVENUE THAT IS STATE ROAD AND ABSENT A PRIVATE BUILDING PUTTING IT UP AND YOU HAVE THE SAME THING ON COLLINS, SAME THING ON ALT AND SAME THING ON ON 41ST STREET.

SO YOUR MORATORIUM COMMISSIONER SUAREZ WOULD BASICALLY PROHIBIT US FROM NOW TRANSFERRING THE USE OF THAT LPR ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO MY ITEM, BASICALLY ALL IT, ALL IT DOES IS IT SAYS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, NOW WE HAVE.

AND THE ITEM SAYS THAT THE CHIEFS ARE GOING TO COME BACK WITHIN 30 DAYS WITH ENHANCED POLICIES, WHICH WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AS WELL.

IT PUTS A $50,000 CAP ON TRANSFERRING THE TECHNOLOGY FROM THE CURRENT STATE ROADS TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND IT ASKS OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION TO COME UP WITH A FRAMEWORK TO.

AND THAT INCLUDES OVERSIGHT DATA, PROTOCOLS JUST BECAUSE IT GOES TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THE ENHANCEMENTS OF PRIVACY CONCERNS.

THAT IS ALL INCLUDED IN THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY.

BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL OUR TECHNOLOGY, STILL GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE UTILIZING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

SO THOSE THREE THINGS, PRIVACY CONCERNS, YOU'LL COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING, THE CITY COMMISSION.

CITY ADMINISTRATION COMES BACK WITH A FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE WOULD UTILIZE PRIVATE BUSINESSES.

AND BASICALLY THE 50, $50,000 CAP TO, TO TRANSFER THAT TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY. AND THAT'S MY THAT WOULD BE MY ITEM. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YEAH. I HAVE NO PROBLEM MAKING AN AMENDMENT WHERE THE EXISTING CAMERA SYSTEM IS KEPT.

AND EVEN IF IT MOVES TO PRIVATE PROPERTY THE INTENT OF MY ITEM IS TO IS NOT TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

IT'S TO TAKE A PAUSE ON THE EXPANSION OF, OF OUR, OF OUR SURVEILLANCE NETWORK.

AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT IN THERE SO THAT IT'S MORE CLEAR.

AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE MEMORIALIZE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I KNOW THE CHIEF IS COMING BACK TO US, BUT I THINK THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD BE LEADING THE CHARGE ON WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE OR NOT ACCEPTABLE.

BECAUSE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE ALREADY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE.

THE WORD AUDIT ACTUALLY ISN'T IN THE SOP CURRENTLY.

AND IF THERE WAS SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, NO ONE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHY ARE WE WHY IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW AMENDING THIS? SO IT'S BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, IT'S VERY WEAK.

AND I THINK AS ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, 85,000 RESIDENTS, WE SHOULD BE THE ONES DIRECTING WHAT WE CONSTITUTE AS SAFEGUARDS AS FAR AS PROACTIVE AUDITING, NOT THE POLICE.

THEY CAN COME BACK TO US WITH SUGGESTIONS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE LEADING THE CHARGE.

NOT NECESSARILY THE POLICE. SO I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

OTHERWISE, I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO. I WANT US ALL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

I WANT THIS ALL TO GO, YOU KNOW, UNANIMOUS. BUT UNTIL I HAVE UNTIL THERE IS A.

UNTIL THERE IS A. A RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE AND A MEETING SET FORTH WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS AND NOT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T EXPAND THIS AND THE DATA SHARING.

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I ACTUALLY FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS YOU JUST SAID.

I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK IT REPRESENTS WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, EVEN THE TERMS THAT YOU USE IS INTERESTING.

SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. I. IT'S NOT A TERM I WOULD USE.

IT'S A LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE UTILIZED.

BUT I THINK THE WORDS YOU CHOOSE ARE CAREFULLY USED.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY MEANING TO USE IT THE WAY YOU DO.

BUT THAT'S OKAY. SOME PEOPLE DO VIEW IT THAT WAY.

I'VE GOTTEN, I HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM PEOPLE ACTUALLY MOSTLY OUTSIDE OUR CITY, FRANKLY, BUT I HAVE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS DISAGREEING WITH ME FROM, FROM PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. AND BY THE WAY, WHEN I TAKE THESE POSITIONS, I CAME OUT SO QUICKLY.

I LITERALLY CAME OUT THE DAY THE GOVERNMENT, I GOT THE MEMO ON MY DESK AT 4 P.M., AND THAT NIGHT I ALREADY CAME OUT WITH A POSITION.

I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD SAY.

I DIDN'T GO AROUND POLLING. I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME OR AN ASK.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ELECTED. ULTIMATELY, I WANTED TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE, BUT I FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

AND I CAME OUT WITH MY POSITION. AND TO ME, THE THE RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS IS OVERWHELMING.

AND IN SUPPORT OF WHAT I'VE PUT OUT IS IT'S LET'S ADDRESS PRIVACY CONCERNS.

I THINK WE HEARD FROM CHAD AND IT'S KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT I'M, FOR THE MOST PART.

AGAIN, I'VE HEARD SOME OPPOSITION, BUT LET'S ADDRESS THE PRIVACY CONCERNS.

BUT. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, YOU SAID THAT WHERE WE SHOULD BE DIRECTING THAT, NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT YOU HAVEN'T.

I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS MOTION. THERE'S LITERALLY THIS THIS ITEM IS ASKING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE PROTOCOLS.

AND I DON'T TAKE A I DON'T LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STRENGTHEN IT.

SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN WEAK. WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S THERE'S CONCERNS.

THERE'S AN OUTCRY IN OUR IN OUR NATION. AND I THINK IT'S DOING THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ANY POLICY DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

I I'VE ASKED WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF ABUSE, BUT TO ENHANCE THOSE POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS ITEM. WE'RE ASKING THE CHIEF TO COME BACK IN 30 DAYS, AND WE'RE GOING TO AND WE'RE GOING TO AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT.

AND $50,000 IS ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, A VERY REASONABLE CAP, BY THE WAY.

IT COULD BE LESS. IT COULD BE MORE. I DON'T THINK WE KNOW EXACTLY.

THAT'S PART OF THE PART OF THE ISSUE, BUT WE'RE GIVING OURSELVES SOME ROOM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT SEEMINGLY AT THIS POINT, UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OFF OUR STATE ROADS AND NOW PUT IT ON PRIVATE BUSINESSES AGAIN WITH WITH, WITH THEIR PERMISSION. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO GET RIGHT.

I DON'T LOOK AT IT AS ONE PERSON'S ITEM OR ANOTHER PERSON'S ITEM.

I THINK WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE QUALIFIED TO DEVELOP THAT LACK OF A BETTER TERM BILL OF RIGHTS THAT SAFEGUARD PRIVACY.

BUT I DO THINK WE'RE QUALIFIED TO ULTIMATELY OPINE ON IT.

RIGHT? I KNOW MYSELF, IF I WAS TASKED WITH COMING UP WITH THE SAFEGUARDS HERE, I PROBABLY LIKE 3 OR 4 OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT GO TO CHATGPT AND SAY, WHERE DO I START WITH THIS? RIGHT. THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS, BUT I CAN DO A SANITY TEST WHEN THEY COME BACK AND PRESENT.

HERE'S WHAT IT IS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE BETTER PROCESS.

GETTING THERE IS THE PROFESSIONALS MODIFY IT, PUT IT TOGETHER, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS IF THEY'RE ALREADY NOT IN PLACE, AND WE COME BACK HERE AND WE OPINE OR DO A SANITY CHECK OR SPECIFY CHANGES WE WANT TO SEE.

BUT US BUILDING IT FROM THE GROUND UP, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE QUALIFIED TO DO THAT, BUT I AM MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING THE CHIEF PUT THAT TOGETHER.

AND THEN WE HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. C7BH.

YES, SIR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR, AS AMENDED, WITH A THIRD AND TO VERIFY.

SO THE PROCESS IS THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THE SAFEGUARD OUTLINE AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.

YES SIR. AMONGST ALSO WORKING ON A FRAMEWORK TO WORK WITH PRIVATE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN UTILIZING THE LPR ON THEIR PROPERTY.

CORRECT. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS, SECONDED BY MAYOR MINER, AS AMENDED. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? NAY ON NO. BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THAT'S C7BH. MR. MAYOR AND I HAD A PENDING MOTION ON THE TABLE ABOUT ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO TERMINATE THE USE OF THE FLOCK SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY FLOCK AND ITS

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I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO STILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

I THINK WE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT THEY'RE OPEN MINDED TO COLLABORATING WITH WITH THE CITY ON THIS.

SO I'D LIKE TO, TO, TO STILL MAKE THAT MOTION AND SEE IF IT CAN BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION.

LET ME JUST MAKE CLEAR, SINCE IT'S A SORT OF A MOTION FROM THE DAIS, WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR MOTION DIRECTING? SO THE MOTION WOULD WOULD BE THE CITY'S USE THE CITY'S ACCESS TO FLOCK SAFETY TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO, TO TERMINATE THAT, THAT USE AND THAT ACCESS OF, OF, OF FLOCK TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSITION THAT TO BE PARALLEL AND CONSISTENT WITH, WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT NETWORK OF AXON VIGILANT CAMERAS THAT HAVE THE PROPER PRIVACY AND SAFETY CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO THAT IS CONSISTENT AND ALL PARALLEL.

CAN I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? AND BECAUSE CHAD WAS MENTIONING THERE MIGHT BE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS.

MAYBE CHAD DOES. THERE MAY BE A CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT.

I WOULD JUST, IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR OF YOUR MOTION, MAYBE JUST HAVE IT WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, YEAH, TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS, WORK, WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

BUT I THINK GIVING, GIVING, GIVING THE GOAL GIVING, GIVING THE MESSAGE IS THAT WE WANT TO TERMINATE THE USE.

WE WANT TO TERMINATE THE ACCESS TO FLOCK. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I BELIEVE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE ACTUALLY ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS ON CITY POLLS AND THEY'RE PERMITTED BY THE CITY.

CORRECT. AND SO, AND SO I THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE PUBLIC'S TRUST, BUT WE WANT TO PRESERVE PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL.

WE WANT TO PRESERVE THE USE OF THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY THAT PRESERVES THE PUBLIC'S PRIVACY, SUCH AS THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED IN OTHER AREAS OF OF THE CITY.

SO TAKING ALL OF THOSE NECESSARY STEPS SO THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, CAN WORK TOGETHER IN TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM TECHNOLOGY TOWARDS THE MORE APPROPRIATE SYSTEM USED BY POLICE DEPARTMENTS. MR. MAYOR, BUT THAT'LL BE MY MOTION.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF. DO YOU WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF THIS? SURE.

I MEAN, WE CAN WORK WITH CHAD AND HIS LEADERSHIP.

VENETIAN ISLANDS AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TRANSITION YOU TO TO AXON OR ACTUALLY PROBABLY BE A BETTER CHOICE OR MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS TO REPLACE THOSE CAMERAS THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW.

THE CAMERAS ARE ON CITY PROPERTY AND CITY POLES, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A STATE ISSUE THERE PER SE.

UNDERSTANDING THE WHY YOU'D LIKE TO TRANSITION FROM FLOCK, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THEM BARRING ANY LIMITATIONS WITH THE PREEXISTING CONTRACT.

YEAH. THE YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE TO REVIEW OUR WHAT CONTRACTS WE HAVE, BUT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO SWITCH OVER TO AXON OUTPOSTS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS RIGHT NOW IT'S FLOCK.

BUT YOU KNOW, THEN IT WILL BE AXON. YOU KNOW, IT'S THEY'RE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES.

AND SO IF WE'RE JUST SWITCHING TO SWITCH, YOU'RE SWITCHING A BRAND.

THE REAL ADVANTAGE WOULD BE IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD ALIGN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT INTEGRATES WITH FUZES BETTER THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGES TO THAT TO ALIGN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALIGN WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS USING THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY VETTED FOR PUBLIC PRIVACY PURPOSES.

AND AGAIN, YOU'RE SO RIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING AND SO COLLABORATIVE.

CHAD, AND YOU SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH ME ON THE PHONE DISCUSSING THIS AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS OF CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL SEARCHING AND THE DATA SHARING THAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

AND THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER ICE OR OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES COULD HAVE ACCESS TO FLOC DATA.

THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS IN THE SPIRIT OF, OF, OF THIS BODY TO BE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS IN, IN ANY WAY. AND SO TO MAINTAIN THAT PARALLEL, CONSISTENT USE OF THE SAME TECHNOLOGY, WHATEVER THE BRAND MAY BE, BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND ALSO SO THERE'S PROPER COHESION BETWEEN THE,

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BUT I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC'S TRUST IS SO IMPORTANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THEM THAT AS IT RELATES TO FLOCK SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO TERMINATE, USE AND TERMINATE ACCESS TO THAT SPECIFIC DATABASE.

COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OUR CONCERN SHOULDN'T BE THE LOGO ON THE CAMERA.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IT SHOULD BE ANY DATA SHARING COMPANY.

TODAY IT'S FLOCK. TOMORROW IT COULD BE MOTOROLA.

THE NEXT DAY IT COULD BE AXON. I DON'T I DON'T REALLY SEE AN ISSUE OR I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE'RE JUST GOING TO SINGLE OUT A SPECIFIC BRAND.

AND AND I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE NO MATTER WHAT LOGO IS ON THE CAMERA.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SINCE FLOCK IS A BRAND THAT IS IN THE HOT BUTTON ISSUE THAT WE'RE JUST SINGLING THAT OUT.

I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT FOR ANY DATA SHARING COMPANY THAT USES CAMERA TECHNOLOGY ON OUR STREETS. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE LIMITED TO FLOCK, BUT AND I'M JUST GOING TO JUST CHECK WITH WITH THE CHIEF.

OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE SAME PRACTICES AS FLOCK.

WELL, ALL THESE COMPANIES AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, FLOCK HAS DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB, I THINK, IN PARTNERING WITH NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES.

AND SO THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ON HOW THEY, THEY SHARE THEIR DATA, WHAT THEY DO WITH IT, HOW TO RETAIN IT.

I KNOW FLOCK JUST CAME OUT WITH AN INFORMATION BROCHURE EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE THEY SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF GUARDRAILS BEING PUT IN PLACE TO INCLUDE RETAINING DATA ONLY FOR SEVEN DAYS. AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND PIVOT BASED ON THE CONCERNS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

I'D JUST LIKE TO TOUCH ON ONE POINT AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2013, AND WE HAVE WELL OVER ALMOST 200 POLICIES IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

AND THIS POLICY ON LPR IS NO DIFFERENT. CHANGE IT IN 20 1621.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. AND IT'S LIKELY WE'LL DO IT ANOTHER TIME OR TWO NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE OUR POLICIES TO KEEP CURRENT AND UP TO TIME.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT. OKAY. BY THE WAY, CHIEF THROUGH THE MAYOR, HAS THERE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DOCUMENTED ABUSE IN THE DEPARTMENT WITH EITHER OUR LPR SYSTEM? DAVID SYSTEM LPR? NO, NOT TODAY. DAVID. YES. THERE HAS BEEN, AND I THINK I MENTIONED ALREADY JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO, A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO, A DISCIPLINARY YOUNG POLICE OFFICER FOR MISUSE ABUSE OF DAVID.

HE TOOK IT TO A SUSPENSION. HOW MANY DOCUMENTED CASES WOULD YOU KNOW? OFF TOP OF MY HEAD, PROBABLY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, MAYBE LESS.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, WELL, I GUESS I JUST ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE MOTION I MADE ON THE FLOOR, CHIEF, THE DATA COLLECTED THROUGH OUR SYSTEM OF LICENSE PLATE READERS, THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT SOLD.

THAT'S NOT PART OF ANY NATIONAL DATABASE THAT THAT IS DATA THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

IT IS NOT SOLD. IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

WE DO SHARE WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE MOU WITH BUT THAT'S A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT? OKAY. SO, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S A KEY THING.

AND THAT'S THE ISSUE WITH WITH, WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH FLOCK.

AND I THINK, CHIEF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.

AND WHY, AND WHY IT WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY TO HAVE A PARALLEL SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH OUR CURRENT OPERATORS OF CAMERAS? UNDERSTOOD. YES, SIR. SO? SO THAT'S MY MOTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SECOND, BUT I THINK FOR TO TO TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS, I THINK I THINK IT'S REASONABLE.

AND AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL TO CHAD FOR BEING HERE AND FOR BEING WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR ADMINISTRATION ON THAT.

MR. MAYOR, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MOVE MY ITEM AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HAVE A SECOND ON THE YOU.

CAN HE MOVE HIS OWN ITEM? OF COURSE. LET'S FIRST GO TO LET'S GO TO VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ UNLESS THERE'S A SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ITEM. I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER. OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS ONE.

C7BH1. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

[03:00:02]

I THINK IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE SINGLED OUT TO FLOCK.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE ANY DATA SHARING COMPANY AGAIN.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, IT'S TODAY'S FLOCK, TOMORROW'S AXON OR MOTOROLA.

I DON'T I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE JUST PICKING A BRAND NAME WHEN WE WANT TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.

AND IF I CAN RESPOND? YEAH. THE ONLY THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND AFTER THIS.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. YEAH. NO, THE THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT FLOCK IS THE ONE THAT IS BEING USED THAT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH WITH THE REST OF THE CAMERA NETWORK THAT THE CITY HAS.

AND WE'VE HEARD FROM, FROM, FROM THE CHIEF THAT THAT THERE'S NO NATIONAL ACCESS TO THE DATA THAT'S COLLECTED BY THE CITY AND THAT'S THE CITY'S DATA.

AND SO, AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT REASON, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE, THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE I JUST FEEL IT MIGHT SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE THAT THERE'S OTHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING USED THAT MIGHT BE SHARING DATA TO NATIONAL NETWORKS. AND I JUST, I BELIEVE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IS THAT RIGHT, CHIEF? IT'S NOT THE CASE, SIR. OKAY.

DOES DOES VIGILANT. WHAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE NOW? FROM A VIGILANT MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS. SO DO THEY DO DATA SHARING AS WELL? WE OWN OUR DATA. YEAH. WE ONLY SHARE OUR DATA.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT SELLING THE DATA THE LEGAL. BUT DO WE SHARE THE DATA ONLY WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE MOU IN PLACE. SO WHICH ONE? WHICH POLICE DEPARTMENTS? A NUMBER LIKE CORAL GABLES. CORAL GABLES IS ONE OF THEM, BUT IT'S MULTIPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WELL, DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE.

I MEAN, I CAN'T I MEAN, THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

I CAN BRING A LIST THE NEXT TIME WE COME. BUT IT'S THIS IS COMMON PRACTICE WITHIN THE POLICE WORLD, AND WE APPROVE THESE. I THINK THESE COME TO COMMISSION AND WE APPROVE THESE MOU. AT SOME POINT.

WE APPROVE. THESE GOES TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. IT REQUIRES MY SIGNATURE AND THAT OF THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL. CALL THE VOTE.

LET'S CALL ROLL CALL. SO EXCUSE ME. ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. COULD YOU RESTATE THE RESTATE THE ITEM, PLEASE? SURE. IT'S DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF FLOCK TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE COLLABORATING WITH THE VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE TO REMOVE THEM BASED ON ANY OR SUBJECT TO ANY CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, BUT TRANSITIONED THEM TO THE CITIES TO TRANSITION, SUBJECT TO THEIR CONTRACTUAL.

THIS WILL BE AN AFTER THE FACT RESOLUTION, CORRECT? OKAY. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR IT YET? NO. OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. YES.

COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, CHIEF.

FOR A VOTE. ARE THERE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES? WE'RE NOT PICKING UP ON HERE IN AGREEING TO THIS.

THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY. I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK WE'RE SIMPLY LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING FROM FLOCK TO MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OR AXON.

YES. CORRECT. YES. AND THE PREMISE IS THAT THOSE ENTITIES DON'T HAVE THE SAME DATA SHARING NETWORK OR SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT FLOCK DOES. YEAH.

AND IT'S MORE CONSISTENT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN HOUSE. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO WHAT CHAD AND HIS ASSOCIATION HAS PURCHASED, INSTALLING THESE CAUSEWAYS, WE ALSO HAVE CAMERAS LPRS UNDERNEATH CAUSEWAY AS WELL.

WHAT CAN YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE? MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAVE ASSETS UNDER CAUSEWAY.

WHICH WHICH BRAND ACTION. WELL, I THINK HE'S VIGILANT.

OKAY. AGAIN THROUGH THE MAYOR. I DON'T SEE THIS IS ALL THEATRICAL.

WE'RE JUST PICKING OUT A BRAND AND WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS DATA SHARING COMPANIES THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF.

HE HAD A QUESTION, SO I ALLOWED IT. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YES. MAYOR MINOR.

YES. MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NEED AN APP TO. THE FACT THAT.

OKAY, WE'LL CALL THE NEXT ITEM. C7BG.

[C7 BG A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO THOROUGHLY EVALUATE THE ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY TCH 500 ALTON, LLC (DEVELOPER) AND ITS ENGINEERS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE ADMINISTRATION DEEMS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE 5TH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED OR POTENTIALLY REDESIGNED; AND, IN THE EVENT THE ADMINISTRATION CONCURS THAT A FURTHER REDESIGN OF THE BRIDGE IS NOT FEASIBLE, TO PROMPTLY ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVER-WATER ALTERNATIVE TO PROVIDE SAFE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, WITH SUCH NEGOTIATIONS TO INCLUDE THE TRANSFER OF THE CITY’S AND THE DEVELOPER’S RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS EXISTING UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO THE OVER-WATER ALTERNATIVE; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AT THE OCTOBER 14, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING.]

[03:05:01]

SO THIS IS. I'LL WAIT FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR OUT A BIT.

IF WE CAN KEEP IT, KEEP IT DOWN. QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE.

SO BASICALLY I'LL MAKE THIS SIMPLE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT THIS MORNING. THIS.

THE ITEM I BROUGHT HAS TWO PURPOSES. ONE, THE CITY SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT TO EITHER CONFIRM OR DISPUTE THE DEVELOPER'S FINDINGS, THAT THEY CANNOT BUILD THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN ITS CURRENT DESIGN.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS.

PLEASE. TOO MUCH NOISE. THANK YOU. AND WE NEED THAT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IF WE FIND THAT THEY CAN DO IT.

WE GOT TO FORCE THEIR HAND. IF WE FIND WE CAN'T.

LET'S. I WANT TO. I WANT US AS A BODY TO SAY THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD THEN TAKE THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE EARMARKED FOR THIS PROJECT, AND UTILIZE IT FOR SOME OTHER FORM OF BRIDGE OR MEANS OF GETTING OVER THE FIFTH STREET MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVERSE THE CAUSEWAY SO WE CAN LEAVE THAT OPEN.

IT'S OPEN ENDED, WHATEVER THAT WILL BE. BUT WHERE I WANT TO PUT PRESSURE ON, BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT MAY NOT BE SO SIMPLE THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TRANSFER THE MONEY AND WHETHER WE CAN HOLD THEM TO THE FIRE.

AND I WANT US AS A COMMISSION TO SAY THAT OUR POSITION IS THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF THAT AGREEMENT, WHICH, AGAIN, NONE OF US WERE A PART OF. WE WEREN'T ON THIS COMMISSION AT THE TIME, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD TRANSFER THAT MONEY THAT THEY HAVE NOW AND UTILIZE IT FOR SOME OTHER FORM. AGAIN, WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, IF WE FIND THAT THAT IS FEASIBLE.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. AND I CO-SPONSORED THIS ITEM.

OH YES. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER ABOUT THIS NEXT THURSDAY, AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ITEM. I ALSO CARE ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SAYING, AND A FEW OF THEM HAVE EVEN MENTIONED ONE OF THEM HAS A CONTACT THAT IS A BRIDGE DESIGNER AND SAID, WELL, THERE'S A WAY TO PUT THE FOUNDATION ON ONE SIDE OF A BRIDGE AND NOT HAVE IT ON BOTH SIDES.

SO I'M HEARING ALL OF THESE ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION.

I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT FPL INSTALLED ON THE FDOT RIGHT OF WAY MORE TAO HARDENING POLES THAT AFFECT WHERE THE BRIDGE IS GOING TO GO. SO THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR ME.

I'M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE IT IS, BUT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT HEARING FROM AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING FIRM, NOT SOMEBODY FROM THE DEVELOPER OR FROM THE RESIDENTS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT.

AND I DO WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN IN LEARNING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THANKS. COMMISSIONER BOND. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS AS WELL, PLEASE.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THE CITY MANAGER OR THE MAYOR WHO SAID THIS MORNING THAT HE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE BRIDGE DESIGNER SAYING THAT THERE WERE ALTERNATE WAYS OF CONSTRUCTING THE BRIDGE THAT DIDN'T PUT THE SAFETY OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR THE RISK OF KNOCKING POWER OUT TO A QUARTER OF THE CITY.

I AM BEHIND IN MY EMAIL, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN MY INBOX, BUT IF THAT WAS NOT SHARED TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES GET SHARED TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION? BECAUSE IF THERE ARE WAYS TO GET THIS DONE THAT WE HAVE NOT CONTEMPLATED BECAUSE WE'VE PURSUED A TRADITIONAL PATH OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER AND I'M NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS, BUT I'M SAYING IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT GETTING THIS DONE, AND THE PERSON WHO DESIGNED THIS IS REACHING OUT TO US, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF US TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IF WE DON'T ALREADY.

SO I WILL YIELD, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE MANAGER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO STAFF.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE BRIDGE WAS WHAT WAS COMMITTED TO AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THE BRIDGE IS OUR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND IS THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT IT UNDER THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE OF THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHERE THE CITY IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

FDOT IS THE OWNER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE HAVE MULTIPLE UTILITY CONFLICTS WITHIN THAT EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

YOU KNOW, I AM AN ENGINEER BY TRADE. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER AND THERE'S AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM, BUT THAT IS PREDICATED ON TWO THINGS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL TO DO IT NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY GO WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX.

[03:10:07]

WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BRIDGE.

TO THAT END, I'VE ASKED OUR TEAM TO ENGAGE WITH THE PEER REVIEWER.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS AWARE, BUT FDOT REQUIRES AN INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWER OF ALL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED OUT AT FIU, AND SO THE PEER REVIEW TEAM HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND ASKED FOR A PROPOSAL FOR THEM TO DO AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 21ST.

THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. AND I WOULD HAND IT OVER TO OUR TEAM TO MAYBE EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT.

DAVID, I GUESS IT'S GOOD MORNING STILL. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

DAVID MARTINEZ IS THE CITY MANAGER. I'LL LET DAVID GOMEZ FILL IN ON THE DETAIL, BUT HIGH LEVEL IS WE'RE ENGAGING SEVERAL CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO. THE FIRST THING THAT THESE CONSULTANTS ARE LOOKING AT IS DO THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THIS? MANY, MANY OF THESE CONSULTANTS HAVE OTHER PROJECTS OR OTHER RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ENGAGED WITH THE BRIDGE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE TOWER AND OTHER AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OF COURSE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE CONSULTANT IS DEEMED QUALIFIED TO EVALUATE SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS AND THAT THEY HAVE THE ENOUGH OF FOLKS IN THEIR FIRM THAT CAN THAT CAN LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S WHAT CYP AND DAVID HAS BEEN LOOKING AT VETTING THROUGH SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS.

THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ARE VETTING AT THIS TIME IS THE FIRM THAT HAS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, PEER REVIEWED TWICE THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

GOOD AFTERNOON. DAVID GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF CIP.

AS THE MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO THE NAME OF THE FIRM IS KIMLEY-HORN THAT DID THE PEER REVIEW.

THE ADVANTAGE WE SAW THERE IS THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH THE STRUCTURE AND THE DESIGN, AND THERE'S A SMALLER LEARNING CURVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO THEY CAN TAKE OFF FROM THERE.

THEY HAVE REPLIED. JUST A DAY OR SO AGO THAT THEY DO SEE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO WE HAVE BEGUN CONVERSATIONS WITH A SECOND QUALIFIED FIRM.

OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ON THE ITEM? I'LL MOVE IT. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. AND CAN WE STILL DISCUSS? OH, YES. OKAY. COUPLE SIMPLE THINGS, RIGHT. JUST QUESTIONS THAT I FEEL DAILY THAT I NEED TO HAVE A SOLID ANSWER TO. UTILITIES ARE MOVED ALL THE TIME.

ARE WE ABLE TO MOVE THE UTILITIES HERE? SO I'LL TRY AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH UTILITIES ARE MOVED.

IF WE WERE THE OWNER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WE WERE BUILDING A PROJECT THAT MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE STATUTE, WE COULD REQUIRE THE UTILITIES TO RELOCATE AT THEIR COST.

SINCE WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT FDOT IS GOING TO AGREE WITH OUR REQUIREMENT TO RELOCATE THE UTILITIES.

IT WOULD IT COULD END UP BEING AT THE COST OF THE PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. WHAT TYPES OF COSTS? BACK OF THE ENVELOPE BALLPARK? MILLIONS. TENS OF MILLIONS. I WOULD THINK IT'S THE LATTER.

10 MILLION. TENS OF MILLIONS. SO WHAT WE I THINK SOMETIMES HAVE FAILED TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE IS WE FOCUSED ON THE THE, YOU KNOW, ERRONEOUS LOCATES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE FOUNDATION.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH A VERY DEEP NOT DISTRIBUTION LINES, BUT ACTUALLY TRANSMISSION LINES FROM F, P, AND L THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 50FT DEEP.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IS THE STATE STATUTES ARE ARE.

MUTE ON WHAT KIND OF DISTANCE YOU HAVE TO HAVE FROM UTILITIES VERTICALLY AS OPPOSED TO HORIZONTALLY. THE STATUTES ARE VERY CLEAR.

IF YOU STAY WITHIN BEYOND TWO FEET FROM WHERE THE UTILITY MARKS THEIR UTILITY, YOU ARE CLEAR.

[03:15:01]

YOU CAN INSTALL A FOUNDATION TO 40FT OR 30FT OR 20FT.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO STATEMENT UNDER STATE LAW FOR THAT.

AND FPL WOULD NOT BE A PARTNER IN HELPING US RELOCATE THESE UTILITIES.

I AM SURE THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE AND A COST PERSPECTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE. IF YOU COULD ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS OR HAVE THE RIGHT MEMBERS OF THE TEAM DO SO.

AND THEN ALSO, WHAT ARE THE OTHER BOTTLENECKS OR CONSTRAINTS? IS IT. I'VE ALSO HEARD IF ONLY WE COULD HAVE A FEW FEET OF EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WE COULD MAKE THIS WORK. ARE THERE SMALL CHANGES THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY ENGAGING ON UP HERE THAT COULD MAKE THIS MORE FEASIBLE? SO TO DATE, WE HAVE ONLY LOOKED AT THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO ENTERTAIN GIVING US ADDITIONAL LAND ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES, THEN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE THE DYNAMIC.

WE'RE TALKING TWO FEET OF LAND OR 20FT OF LAND.

PROBABLY. MAYBE NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE LATTER, BUT CERTAINLY CLOSER TO THE LATTER THAN THE FORMER.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. AND THEN. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. SO I DO WANT TO REITERATE, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE INDEPENDENT STUDY FROM AN ENGINEERING FIRM.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL THROWING OUT HYPOTHETICAL THINGS WITHOUT KNOWING THE FACTS.

AND WHAT'S REALLY MOST CONCERNING AND UPSETTING IS THE WAY THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS DRAWN AND THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT, BECAUSE TO THINK THAT A 48 STORY TOWER WAS ABLE TO BE BUILT IN TWO YEARS WITHOUT ANYTHING BEING DONE ON THE BRIDGE PORTION OF IT. SO NOW AT THE 11TH HOUR IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS, WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS DONE IN 2018.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF US WERE INVOLVED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

NOBODY HERE ON THE DAIS. BUT IT'S UPSET ME TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE AN ITEM COMING IN OCTOBER TO TIGHTEN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND KEEP THE DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISES BEFORE THEY EVEN GET A TCO OR A CEO.

WE NEED TO DO BETTER BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS SO DISTRESSING TO THE RESIDENTS, TO ME, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I WON RYAN WAS FOR THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

IT WAS A VISION OF MY LATE PARTNER AND THAT WE'RE STILL HERE AND IT'S NOT DONE.

IT'S VERY DISTRESSING. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

THE PROMISES TO THE PUBLIC MUST BE KEPT. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.

HOW COME STAFF DIDN'T FORESEE THIS? I MEAN, IT'S I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN FIFTH STREET, IT'S PRETTY NARROW. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT FPL HAS FEEDER LINES THROUGH THIS PATH.

HOW COME THAT WASN'T PICKED UP BY STAFF AT THE TIME? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU ARE ON.

YOU WERE EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF TIME. I BELIEVE YOU WERE AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND AN ENGINEER.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE CITY MISSED THIS? SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A MISS PER SE.

I THINK WHAT WAS ALWAYS INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD EFFECTUATE THE BUILDING OF A BRIDGE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCT OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S AN FDOT RIGHT OF WAY, THAT THERE ARE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS WHY WE ACTUALLY REQUIRED THEM TO PROVIDE AN EASEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIVE PARK PARCEL TO INCORPORATE A A RAMP SYSTEM SO THAT IT WOULD BE ADA COMPLIANT WITH AN ACTUAL CONNECTION TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, BUT A BRIDGE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST NEEDS A FOUNDATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST NEEDS A FOUNDATION.

AND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN PUT A FOUNDATION WITHIN A NARROW STRIP OF LAND.

I MEAN, DON'T YOU THINK THAT STAFF SHOULD HAVE FORESAW THAT HAPPENING? YOU KNOW WHERE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO PUT IN PILINGS 40, 50, 60FT INTO THE GROUND TO SUPPORT A MAJOR BRIDGE.

SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US KNEW WHAT THE FOUNDATIONS WERE GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THE ACTUAL BRIDGE WAS GOING TO BE, WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO BE A SINGLE SPAN OR A DUAL SPAN, HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

[03:20:04]

IT'S TOO PRELIMINARY. AND, AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF, YEAH.

FROM FROM LEGAL THAT IS THERE IS THE OBLIGATION FROM THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BRIDGE REGARDLESS OF THE COST.

MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, ON WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS AGREEMENT THAT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD IT.

LET'S SAY IT IS A SINGLE SPAN BRIDGE AND IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO DO THAT.

PERHAPS WE MODIFY IT TO BE YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU SAID WE CAN USE SOME EXTRA LAND TO TO DO THAT.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY MORE EXPENSIVE.

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS THAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY HAS TO DO TO, TO POSSIBLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN? SURE. SO I THINK BEFORE WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WE NEED TO HAVE THE EVALUATION THAT THE MANAGER IS GOING TO REQUEST.

NOW, I AM ASSUMING THAT I APOLOGIZE FINISHED MY STATEMENT.

ASSUMING THAT THE EVALUATION DETERMINES THAT THE BRIDGE CAN BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A REDESIGNED OR WHATNOT.

THEN I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO COMPLETE THE BRIDGE.

IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO AGREE TO CONTRIBUTE ALL OF THAT OR LOOK FOR A, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL CONTRACTUAL PROVISION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, TO ASK FOR, FOR SOME, SOME HELP. BUT, BUT IF IT'S BUILDABLE, THEN YES, THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE THE OBLIGATION UNDER THE.

AND IF THEY CAN PULL A BUILDING PERMIT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUILD IT AT THEIR EXPENSE OVER AND ABOVE WHATEVER THEY'VE SPENT.

SO AGAIN, I'M JUST. I'M A LITTLE. I'M. AGAIN, I'M A LITTLE UNCLEAR.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. HE WAS FINISHING. HE WAS.

I THINK HE'S PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT YOU SAID. IF I PUT THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT IN CHATGPT AND SAID, TALK TO ME LIKE THE SIMPLE LAYMAN'S PERSON I AM.

WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS HERE? AT WHAT POINT DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST WALK AWAY? AND WHEN CAN WE HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE IN THE MOST ELEMENTARY TERMS? YEAH. THE THERE'S A CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS A DEVELOPER TO WALK AWAY IF THEY CANNOT PULL A BUILDING PERMIT.

AND SO PART OF THE REASON THAT I STARTED THE WAY THAT I DID IS THAT WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A WAY TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT TO BUILD A BRIDGE.

BECAUSE IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO FEASIBLY BUILD A BRIDGE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE UTILITIES.

AND UNLESS SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO GIVE US AN EASEMENT OR MORE LAND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A REDESIGN, THEN THAT, THAT COULD BE A WAY OUT FOR THE DEVELOPER.

JUST TAKING THAT ONE STEP FURTHER. YOU SAID IF THERE'S NO FEASIBILITY, IF THEY CAN'T RELOCATE THE UTILITIES.

BUT IS THERE SOME SORT OF CAP? BECAUSE ERIC SAID, WELL, YOU CAN, BUT IT MIGHT BE $20 MILLION, 30 MILLION. LET'S SAY IT'S $100 MILLION, BUT IT'S DOABLE.

IS THAT AN OUT OR IS IT NOT? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE SPEARHEADING THIS AT FIVE PARK.

SURE. I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT OUT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT THE DEVELOPER'S POSITION IS.

SO I UNTIL I SEE THAT IN WRITING, I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A FULL ANSWER.

GOT IT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU HAD A KEY WORD IN THERE.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY. FEASIBILITY. SO DOES THE FEASIBILITY MEAN IF IT BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE TO THE DEVELOPER.

ARE THEY ABLE TO TO BACK OUT OF THIS PROJECT, OR IS IT JUST SIMPLY A BUILDING PERMIT? COST PROHIBITIVE IS NOT A A REASON TO GET OUT OF THE THE PROJECT UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.

WHEN I USE THE TERM FEASIBILITY, I MEAN, IS IS IT DOABLE AT ALL? NOW AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW, BUT BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, I DON'T SEE A WAY OUT BASED ON COST ALONE.

SO WHAT WOULD BE A WAY OUT? I'M SORRY. REPEAT THE QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD BE A WAY OUT THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN GET OUT OF THIS BUILDING, THIS BRIDGE? TO REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER, IF THE DEVELOPER CAN ESTABLISH THAT IT CANNOT PULL A BUILDING PERMIT, THEN THAT WOULD BE A WAY OUT. AND CURRENTLY, BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT WITH THE UTILITIES, THE DEVELOPER HAS AT LEAST TOLD US THAT THEY

[03:25:05]

WOULD THAT CONSTITUTE ENOUGH LAND IF WE COULD TAKE THAT TO HAVE A SINGLE SPAN BRIDGE? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INSTRUMENT THAT CREATED THE BAYWALK, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN EASEMENT OF SOME SORT OVER THAT PROPERTY.

AND WHATEVER THAT EASEMENT CONTEMPLATES WOULD DICTATE WHAT WE COULD USE IT FOR OR NOT.

WELL, IN THIS CASE, TO BUILD THE BRIDGE, WOULD THAT QUALIFY FOR AN EASEMENT.

SO I I'M NOT HAVING LOOKED AT THAT BAY WALK EASEMENT IN PROBABLY 12 YEARS.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS, BUT I'M PRETTY CERTAIN IT DOESN'T CONTEMPLATE A BRIDGE.

BUT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS IN THERE UNDER WHICH WE COULD UTILIZE SOME OF THE OTHER ALLOWANCES TO INFER THAT. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST PART? TYPICALLY, AN EASEMENT IS FOR UTILITIES. PUBLIC ACCESS ISN'T A BRIDGE PUBLIC ACCESS.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MENTION A BRIDGE SPECIFICALLY, BUT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE AN ABILITY TO INFER SOME OTHER USE WITHIN THAT EASEMENT AREA. BUT WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT EASEMENT SPECIFICALLY.

AND IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS. I'M SURPRISED YOU GUYS HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT AS A POSSIBILITY.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE MORE STONES TO TURN OVER BEFORE WE ABANDON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE EARLIER.

THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE PROMISED TO, TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DEVELOPERS FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR PROMISES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S BEING SOLD AS AN AMENITY TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. YEAH, I THIS ALL CAME UP.

CORRECT ME IF ANYTHING I SAY IS WRONG. THIS ALL CAME UP IN THE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY STARTED DIGGING. THERE'S UTILITIES ON THERE THAT WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANS THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED. THAT'S THOSE ARE NOT CITY PLANS. THOSE ARE UTILITY COMPANY PLANS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO VERIFY. LET'S I WANT TO SEE THAT BRIDGE BUILT.

AND LET'S LET'S DO OUR OWN. THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS.

LET'S DO OUR OWN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND COME BACK.

YOU KNOW, THIS FINDING DIDN'T COME SIX YEARS AGO. IT CAME LAST YEAR AND RIGHT NOW IT WAS LANGUISHING, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TODAY.

SO LET'S WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND LET'S GET THIS GETS US ON THE WAY TO, TO ACCOMPLISHING WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

OKAY. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. SO THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BHATT. ALL IN FAVOR OF C7BG PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

C7BG. OKAY. I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR A LUNCH BREAK.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A COMMISSION PICTURE RIGHT AFTER THIS. WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 1 P.M..

CAN WE DO IT FIRST? YES, BEFORE LUNCH. RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE SALAD. 1 P.M. RETURN. WHAT? WAS FALLING APART. PLEASE STAND BY. WE ARE GOING ON AIR IN FIVE.

FOUR. THREE. TWO. ONE. WELCOME BACK FROM THE LUNCH BREAK.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR ITEMS, THANKS FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMING IN TO SPEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON PORTION OF OUR MEETING HERE.

GO AHEAD AND START. STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JENNY PIAZZETTA.

I WANT TO SAY, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER AND ALSO CITY ATTORNEY AND CLERK.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE FACING A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM IN NORTH BEACH, SPECIFICALLY ON KAYLEIGH'S DRIVE WITH THE DUCKS.

AND THE POPULATION IS GROWING, GROWING, EXPANDING, AND IT'S BECOMING A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH IT.

JASON HAS AN APARTMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND HE HAS TO DEAL WITH THEM EVERY DAY.

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IT'S. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THE NIGHTTIME WHEN WE WALK BECAUSE WE MIGHT BUMP INTO IT.

SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT THE CITY CAN DO ABOUT THIS.

BECAUSE I FOUND THE SANCTUARY. THE ONLY THING WHAT I NEED FROM THE CITY IS TO TRANSPORT THESE DRUGS TO THE SANCTUARY.

BUT IT SEEMS THEY GOT PAWS AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH IT.

NO, YOU ARE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. BUT IT'S REALLY OUT OF HAND.

THANK YOU. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS, YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THIS TODAY. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU JANINA.

WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER TODAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE PHOTOS AND YOUR OPINIONS. AND DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING HERE? BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY SERIOUS. WHAT'S HAPPENING? HI, MY NAME IS JUAN OTERO. I LIVE AT 1925 CALAIS.

I THINK THE PROBLEM CAN BE CONTROLLED AS LITTLE AS EVERY SIX MONTHS.

THEY CAN COME AND THEY PROBABLY ONLY GRAB, YOU KNOW, SIX, FIVE, SIX DUCKS.

BUT WE HAD 4 OR 5, SIX MONTHS AGO. WE HAVE 65 NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 180 BY DECEMBER. IT'S GOING TO BE 200.

I MEAN IT IT GETS REALLY CRAZY. AND THERE'S NO SPEED BUMPS ON THAT STREET.

AND THE CARS LIKE TO RACE. SO I END UP PICKING UP DEAD DUCKS ON A REGULAR BASIS, OR THEY GET HURT AND THEY ARE LIMPING, AND THEN I'M TAKING CARE OF HURT DOGS. SO IT'S JUST IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ISSUE IF IT'S JUST FOLLOWED THROUGH.

AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EXPENSIVE AT ALL. BUT IF IT DOESN'T GET FOLLOWED THROUGH, THEN THERE'S DEAD DUCKS EVERYWHERE. THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THEM, THERE'S BIRD FECES EVERYWHERE, AND IT BECOMES TERRIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING GUYS. OH THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH OTHER ANIMALS AND WE'VE WE'VE DEALT WITH IT.

SO CERTAINLY WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DREW CRYSTAL. MY FAMILY AND I LIVE AT 770 WEST 50TH STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM R5D AND THE PROPOSED UTILITY FEE INCREASE TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

I'M ALSO HERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO INCLUDE THE LAKEVIEW CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECT IN THE FIVE YEAR CRITICAL NEEDS PLAN.

SO OUR TWO BLOCKS, 50TH AND 51ST STREET BETWEEN CHEROKEE AND DELAWARE AVENUE, CAN FINALLY GET THE RELIEF THAT WE NEED.

WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN 2017, WE DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LACK OF PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD MEAN FOR OUR DAILY LIVES.

A HEAVY RAINSTORM WOULD SEND WATER POOLING ACROSS THE ROAD, COVERING DRIVEWAYS AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO REACH OUR OWN CARS.

IN THE NINE YEARS SINCE, IT'S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE TO THE POINT THAT MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE ABSORBED A FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLL, THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO PUT IN WORDS. I HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR CARS TO FLOODING, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD WATER INTRUDE INTO THEIR GARAGES AND HOMES.

JUST IMAGINE LOOKING OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW AND WORRYING EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE. WE SIT AT A LOW ELEVATION POINT IN THE CITY, THE LOWEST IN LAKEVIEW, WITH INADEQUATE STORM STORMWATER DRAINAGE. AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT TEN A 10 TO 15 YEAR WAIT FOR RELIEF AND WE CANNOT WAIT THAT LONG. THIS ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF INCONVENIENCE, IT'S A MATTER OF SAFETY.

MY TWO BOYS, AGES FIVE AND EIGHT, HAVE GROWN UP KNOWING THAT WHEN IT RAINS, DADDY CARRIES THEM TO THE CAR.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY MIAMI BEACH FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT.

THE PROJECT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MOVE UP A SMALL RELATIVE TO THE CITY'S TOTAL UTILITY BOND PACKAGE.

BUT ITS IMPACT ON OUR DAILY LIVES WOULD BE ENORMOUS.

SO ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO, WHO HAVE ASKED ME TO, TO SHOW UP ON THEIR STEAD WE ARE ALL ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO PLEASE INCLUDE THE LAKEVIEW CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECT INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE.

MR. MANAGER, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT FOR THAT ITEM.

GOOD AFTERNOON. BILLY CORBIN, BUSINESS OWNER ON LINCOLN ROAD HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

I'M HERE ON A RARE OCCASION IN SUPPORT OF AN ITEM, BUT IT'S ALREADY LOST.

USUALLY I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR SOMETHING THAT LOSES LATER, BUT I'M IN A RARE POSITION.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF OF C7BE TO HAVE A MORATORIUM OR BAN ON LICENSE PLATE READERS OR FLOCK CAMERAS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND FAILED, AND A DIFFERENT VERSION, A VERSION THAT THE MAYOR PROPOSED TO SUBVERT GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS.

VERY JUSTIFIABLE MORATORIUM AND BAN ON THESE LPRS.

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YOU HAVE NOT ONE, BUT TWO FIRST AMENDMENT LAWSUITS THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING TO DEFEND.

AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T TRUST THE POLICE OFFICERS.

WE DON'T TRUST YOU. WE DON'T TRUST LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OR LEADERSHIP OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IN THE EVENT THAT A POLICE OFFICER DOES ENGAGE IN MISCONDUCT, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE REAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE MAYOR SENT HIS TONTON MACOUTE TO HARASS A RESIDENT AND VETERAN FOR A FACEBOOK MESSAGE HE DIDN'T LIKE.

THERE WAS NO DISCIPLINE OR ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE'S BEEN ARMED POLICE OFFICERS ESCORTING SPEAKERS OUT OF THIS ROOM BEFORE THEY'VE EVEN HAD THEIR ALLOTTED TIME TO SPEAK.

THERE'S BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THERE HAS BEEN NO LESS THAN FOUR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO'VE BEEN DISCIPLINED, FIRED OR ARRESTED FOR ABUSING THESE CAMERAS TO STALK EXES.

AND WE HAVE A MAYOR WHO HIMSELF IS AN ACCUSED SERIAL SEX PEST, FORCED TO RESIGN FROM HIS JOB AT THE SEC BECAUSE HE WAS ACCUSED BY MULTIPLE WOMEN OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. WE HAVE A POLICE CHIEF, ALL DUE RESPECT, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR BREAKING INTO HIS ESTRANGED WIFE'S HOME AND ATTEMPTING TO KIDNAP HER.

SO WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE TRACKING US, AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE TRACKING YOUR EXES.

IT'S TIME TO PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AND STAND UP FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. COHEN. I VOLUNTARILY LEFT MY SERVICE AT THE SEC.

PLEASE DO NOT STAND UP HERE AND JUST MAKE UP AFTER 17 YEARS, SIR.

YOU WERE THREE YEARS AWAY FROM A FULLY VESTED FEDERAL PENSION.

NOBODY LEAVES THAT JOB. YOU LEFT IT TO KILL THE HR INVESTIGATION INTO YOU.

THAT IS FALSE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING. YOU GET 1%.

ONCE YOU HIT FIVE YEARS OF FEDERAL SERVICE, YOU GET 1%.

YOU ARE MAKING UP FACTS. YOU GET 17 YEARS, YOU GET 17%.

IF YOU WORK 18 YEARS, YOU GET 18%. IF YOU WORK 20 YEARS, YOU GET 20%.

IT'S 1% BASED ON THE YEARS YOU WORKED, THERE IS NO SUCH VESTING.

I'VE YOU VEST IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFTER FIVE YEARS, YOUR FACTS ARE WRONG ABOUT THE.

THEY ARE ABOUT THE RESIGNATION OR ABOUT THE PENSION, ABOUT BOTH.

I VOLUNTARILY LEFT AND YOU GET 1% FOR EVERY YEAR AFTER FIVE.

WHY DID YOU LEAVE? I LEFT BECAUSE I GOT A GREAT JOB WITH A GREAT OFFER THAT I LOVE, AND I MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY WITH A VENDOR FOR THE CITY.

RIGHT? NO CONFLICT THERE. NO VENDOR FOR THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M.

I DO NOT. THERE IS NO CONFLICT. I RUN EVERYTHING BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

THAT DOESN'T GENDER MUCH CONFIDENCE. I CALL THE ETHICS OFFICE ON EVERY ISSUE.

I'VE LITERALLY BEEN TOLD BY THE ETHICS OFFICE AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY THERE IS NOBODY.

THEY WORK WITH ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO CALLS AS MUCH AS I DO TO VERIFY THAT I AM DOING THINGS ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.

YOU'RE JUST MAKING. YOU'RE JUST LITERALLY MAKING UP FACTS THAT ARE VERIFIABLY FALSE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE ON SUNDAY.

OKAY, LET'S CALL ITEMS R FIVE AND R FIVE. F. R5E

[R5 E ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY – COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO THE SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT REVIEW PROCESS OF SECTION 163.3187(1), FLORIDA STATUTES, TO CREATE THE "ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY DISTRICT" BY AMENDING THE "RESILIENT LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT," GOAL RLU 1, ENTITLED "LAND USE," OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, ENTITLED "ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES," TABLE RLU 1.1, TO MODIFY THE FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) AND DENSITY REGULATIONS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; BY AMENDING POLICY RLU 1.1.9, ENTITLED "MEDIUM INTENSITY COMMERCIAL (CD-2)," TO CREATE FAR AND DENSITY INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF DORMANT COMMERCIAL PARCELS INTO MIXED-USE PROJECTS ON PROPERTIES THAT MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND ARE LOCATED IN THE "ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY DISTRICT"; BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO INCLUDE THE "ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY DISTRICT" IN THE AREA LOCATED BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF ALTON ROAD AND THE EAST SIDE OF WEST AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN ROAD AND 17TH STREET; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, TRANSMITTAL AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

[R5 F ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY – LDR AMENDMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED "ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS," ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "DISTRICT REGULATIONS," SECTION 7.2.11. ENTITLED "CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT," TO CREATE SECTION 7.2.11.11 THEREOF, ENTITLED "ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY (CD-2)," TO CREATE OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF ALTON ROAD AND THE EAST SIDE OF WEST AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN ROAD AND 17TH STREET; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

GOAL RLU1 ENTITLED LAND USE OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1 ENTITLED ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES.

TABLE RLU 1.1 TO MODIFY THE FLOOR AREA RATIO FAR AND DENSITY REGULATIONS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING POLICY RLU1 .1.9 ENTITLED MEDIUM INTENSITY COMMERCIAL CD TWO TO CREATE FAR AND AND DENSITY INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF DORMANT COMMERCIAL PARCELS INTO MIXED USE PROJECTS AND PROPERTIES THAT MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND ARE LOCATED IN THE ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY DISTRICT.

BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO INCLUDE THE ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY DISTRICT IN THE AREA LOCATED BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF ALTON ROAD AND THE EAST SIDE OF WEST AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN ROAD AND 17TH STREET. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, TRANSMITTAL AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT'S ITEM. IT'S THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S ITEM R5ER5F IS.

IN ORDER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION. THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS.

SECTION 7.2.11 ENTITLED CD TWO COMMERCIAL MEDIUM INTENSITY DISTRICT TO CREATE.

SECTION 7.2.11.11 THEREOF ENTITLED ALTON CITY CENTER OVERLAY CD TWO TO CREATE OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF THE ALTON ROAD AND THE EAST SIDE OF WEST AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN ROAD AND 17TH STREET AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS, A SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS ITEM R5F, AND THAT ITEM REQUIRES A 6/7 VOTE.

HEY, DEBBIE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. ENJOYING YOUR NEW ROLE AS DIRECTOR?

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SO, SO FAR, SO GOOD. WELL, THE FEEDBACK I'M GETTING IS VERY GOOD.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE MET WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE REACHED OUT AND LITERALLY NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU.

SO THANKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT THAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

AND WE WILL KEEP TRYING TO DO BETTER EVERY DAY AS WELL.

SO THIS THANK YOU, RAPHAEL FOR LEADING READING THESE VERY LONG TITLES IS A PRIVATE APPLICATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM IN A MINUTE.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY.

THIS IS A PRIVATE APPLICATION TO TO REQUEST AN INCREASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE PERMANENT NON TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CD TWO ZONING DISTRICT.

THE CURRENT F.A.R IS A 1.5. THEY ARE REQUESTING UP TO A 3.5 F.A.R.

THE CURRENT HEIGHT IS 65FT. THE REQUEST IS TO GO UP TO 150FT.

AND THE DENSITY ALLOWABLE CURRENTLY IS 100 UNITS PER ACRE.

AND THEY ARE REQUESTING 150 UNITS PER ACRE. AT FIRST READING THIS, WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AND THE COMMISSION DID PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME. SINCE FIRST READING WAS APPROVED, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REVISED SET OF CONDITIONS IN THEIR ORDINANCE, AND THE REVISIONS INCLUDE. THEY CLARIFIED THAT THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL LEASE PERIOD WOULD BE THE SIX MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY, UNLESS THE CITY WERE TO INCREASE OUR STANDARD LEASE PERIOD FOR NON TRANSIENT RENTALS.

SO THEY HAVEN'T THEY HAVEN'T AGREED TO INCREASE THEIR RENTAL TERM.

BUT THEY SAID IF THE CITY INCREASES IT CITYWIDE THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW SUIT AND INCREASE THEIRS.

THE SECOND CHANGE IS THEY HAVE AGREED NOW TO GO FROM A TEN YEAR RENTAL BUILDING, RESTRICTED RENTAL TO A 15 YEAR BUILDING THAT WOULD BE RESTRICTED FOR RENTAL USE. THE NEXT CHANGE, THEY HAVE MODIFIED THE MICRO MOBILITY REQUIREMENT THAT STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION WITH.

THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY SPONSORED LEGISLATION.

THEY'VE MODIFIED THEIR SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS JUST TO HAVE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY.

WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. THEY HAVE INTRODUCED A SUNSET PROVISION TO.

THEY ARE REQUESTING DECEMBER 31ST, 2035. THEY HAVE ALSO I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHANGES.

STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICATION, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE URGING THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER.

THE FIRST WOULD BE TO REQUIRE THAT ANY EXISTING TRANSIENT USES WITHIN A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE BE DISCONTINUED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR THE NEW PROJECT UNDER AN INCENTIVES ORDINANCE.

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.

OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE AN INCREASED PERCENTAGE IN THE RESIDENTIAL USE ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR, UP TO 80% IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE TO MAINTAIN RENTAL OF THE BUILDING.

SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE CONDOMINIUM, WE WOULD WANT THAT IT BE AT LEAST 80% RESIDENTIAL ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR.

WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING THAT THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE THERE.

THEY ARE PROPOSING 1700FT² BE REDUCED TO 1300FT².

THIS IS WITH THE INTENT TO KEEP DOWN THE RENTS.

WE DON'T WANT THESE TO BE LUXURY BUILDINGS WITH HUGE UNITS THAT WORKING PEOPLE IN CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE PARKING PROVISIONS TO BE ACTUALLY REDUCED.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE UP TO 100% OF WHAT'S REQUIRED IN PARKING DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR THE FOR SIMILAR REASONS, TO KEEP THE RENTAL PRODUCT LOW, ALSO TO ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RENTER PERHAPS A RENTER THAT WORKS IN MIAMI BEACH THAT DOESN'T NEED A CAR. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PARKING BE 50% OF THE PARKING DISTRICT ONE.

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE WORK WE'VE DONE ON THE CITY SPONSORED APPLICATIONS BOTH FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE AND THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED FOR LINCOLN ROAD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.

COMMISSIONER. BADA. THANK YOU MAYOR. DEBBIE, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THE NOTION THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD MATCH THE CITY'S CHANGE TO STR REGULATIONS IS A NONSTARTER BECAUSE WE ARE PREEMPTED BY THE STATE FROM DOING THAT,

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I ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING AND WHAT'S IN THIS AGREEMENT.

SO HOW DO WE CLOSE THAT GAP WITHOUT HORSE TRADING ON THE DAIS? SO WE STAFF HAS MET WITH THE APPLICANT SINCE FIRST READING.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO AGREE TO.

THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PROHIBITION WAS A VERY, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR STAFF.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WILL BE ACCEPTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT.

AND COULD YOU JUST RESTATE WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION IS? SURE. THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF THE PROPERTY OWNER AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THIS ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND THE ADDITIONAL F.A.R.

AS PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES THAT THEY BE REQUIRED TO CEASE AND ABANDON ALL SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT. OKAY. AND THE OTHER DISCREPANCY IS THAT YOU DELINEATED.

I, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE WE ARE OKAY WITH THE 60% RESIDENTIAL ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR AS LONG AS IT'S MAINTAINED AS A RENTAL BUILDING.

AND I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE WAS, WAS FOR THE, EXCEPT FOR THE PARKING, THE PARKING WAS THE OTHER DIFFICULT I THAT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE PREPARED TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THEY'RE PROVIDED.

AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE WORK WE WERE DOING WITH OUR OTHER RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES TO REALLY TRY AND CREATE A DIFFERENT, DISTINCT PRODUCT BY NOT RESTRICTING IT TO AN AMI.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO KEEP THE RENTS RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE.

ONE OF THOSE IS THROUGH THE UNIT SIZE TO REDUCE YOUR UNIT SIZE.

THE OTHER WOULD BE NOT TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, PARKING FOR EVERYONE.

1.5 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT WILL OFTEN DRIVE UP THE RENT.

IT WILL ALSO ATTRACT POTENTIALLY RENTERS THAT LIVE, WORK OFF THE BEACH AND CREATING, YOU KNOW, MORE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY IS A HIGHLY CONGESTED AREA, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.

SO WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRODUCT THAN WE'RE USED TO HERE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, INCREASING MICRO-MOBILITY AND REALLY MARKETING THE UNITS TOWARD PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE SO THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY A NEED FOR FOR PARKING, AT LEAST NOT AS SIGNIFICANT OF A NEED.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. SO I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THE REDUCTION IN PARKING. I THINK IT'S CRITICAL AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

THEY HAVE MET WITH EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT.

AND THAT WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE REQUEST TO HAVE A PARKING IN THERE.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT HE WENT FROM TEN YEARS TO 15 YEARS AND THAT'S IN LINE WITH HUD.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED IS THAT I SAID TO HIM, I PREFER NOT TO HAVE A PLAIN GLASS UGLY VANILLA BUILDING AND WE'RE ART DECO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL. WHAT ELEMENTS CAN YOU BRING THERE? AND THAT WAS ALREADY BEING DONE AND INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS STARTED.

THE MORATORIUM WAS IT NINE YEARS? I MEAN, NOT THE MORATORIUM.

THE SUNSET. YEAH. THEY THEY ARE YEAH. IT IS VERY LONG.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING 2033 AS THE DATE. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

YEAH. WHERE THEY HAVE TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL BUILDING PERMIT, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, A SEVERAL YEAR LONG PROCESS TO, TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. AND THEN. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

I ALSO DISAGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE PARKING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I DON'T.

DID WE PASS SOMETHING WHERE WE WANT REDUCED PARKING AT SOME POINT? MAYBE BEFORE I WAS ELECTED OR IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN RECOMMENDING FOR FOR YEARS NOW, BUT EVEN MORE SO WITH THE RISE IN MICRO-MOBILITY TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING INTENSITY AND DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT WHILE NOT MAKING OUR TRAFFIC CONGESTION WORSE THAN IT IS? AND IN THIS IDEA OF KIND OF A DIFFERENT PRODUCT WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY CAR DEPENDENT, RENTING IN THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS IS A MODEL THAT IT'S BEEN USED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT PROBABLY HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN A BUILDING THAT HAVE VEHICLES AND THEY DON'T HAVE PARKING, THEN THEY DRIVE AROUND, THEY LOOK FOR PARKING SPOTS, WHICH CREATES TRAFFIC. HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS ARE WE LOSING IN WEST AVENUE, THAT AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS? 75? NO, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THAT, MR. PARKING DIRECTOR. IF IT WAS GOING TO BE. PLEASE.

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I DO KNOW IT IS. I BELIEVE IT'S A FEW HUNDRED, BUT I'LL.

DO IT. NO, NO. I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 110.

I THINK WE REDUCED THAT TO AROUND 80. YEAH. I THOUGHT WE EVEN REDUCED IT LOWER THAN THAT.

BUT. SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES LOST IN THE NORTH SEGMENT FROM 14TH NORTH WAS 104.

AND WE RECOVERED SOME OF THOSE. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING PARKING IN THAT AREA.

SO I APPRECIATE PARKING IN THAT BUILDING. TRANSITIONING.

I WANT TO ALSO ASK THIS, HOW MANY THREE BEDROOM UNITS ARE IN THIS BUILDING? AGAIN, I WOULD DEFER TO THE APPLICANT ON THAT.

DAVID BERG INFINITY COLLECTIVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROGRAMING ABOUT 9% OF THE BUILDING TO BE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

POTENTIALLY TO GO UP TO LIKE 12 TO 15% OF THE BUILDING.

FOR PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S STILL LESS THAN 20 UNITS.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 9%. WE HAVE ALMOST NO THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

WE DON'T PEOPLE DON'T BUILD THEM ANYMORE. WE NEED THREE BEDROOM UNITS FOR FAMILIES.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUSH BACK ON THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE BEING I THINK YOU RECOMMENDED 1300.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT RAISED ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE, FAMILIES DESERVE SPACE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LUXURY PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE WATER.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF FEAR THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE LUXURY, YOU KNOW, SUMMER HOMES OR WINTER HOMES OR WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A REGULAR BUILDING. IT'S NOT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING. IT'S NOT EVEN A WORKFORCE HOUSING BUILDING. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE RENTERS THERE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NURSES AT MOUNT SINAI AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A CHUNK OF THOSE UNITS WITH A SHUTTLE BUS TO MOUNT SINAI.

AND FOR TEACHERS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, TOO.

A SHUTTLE BUS TO NAUTILUS MIDDLE FOR TEACHERS OR TO OTHER, YOU KNOW, NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY.

AND YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH BACK ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDED UNIT SIZE BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A LUXURY PROJECT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LUXURY. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ON THE WATER.

AND LET'S LET PEOPLE HAVE THREE BEDROOMS AND SOME SPACE.

SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. NEESON. KASDAN. ACKERMAN.

THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU HAS 17, 1700.

OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. MR. VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE THEN COMMISSIONER LARGELY ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. WHAT I DON'T LOVE, I DON'T LOVE THE HATE AND I DON'T LOVE THIS IS NOT PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE OVERLAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET GOOD BE THE ENEMY OF PERFECT.

THIS IS A BADLY NEEDED PRODUCT. SHAME ON US THAT WE HAVEN'T.

NOT WE. BUT WE COLLECTIVELY, AS THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, HAVEN'T FACILITATED THE BUILDING OF A RENTAL PRODUCT OF ANY TYPE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN DECADES.

RIGHT? IT'S IT'S REALLY BAD. IT'S BAD URBAN PLANNING.

IT HAS REALLY HURT AFFORDABILITY FOR PEOPLE IN OUR CITY OR LOOKING TO MOVE TO OUR CITY OR WHEN PEOPLE MOVE TO OUR CITY, THEN IT DISPLACES PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO GO.

SO THIS IS BADLY NEEDED. IT'S IN A GREAT AREA THAT PROMOTES WALKABILITY.

IF YOU SAID, WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO TO CREATE A MORE VIBRANT, LIVELY CITY? IT'S TO WORK ON INCREASING OUR WALKABILITY. OUR STREETS ARE JUST EMPTY FROM A VIBRANCY ENERGY STANDPOINT IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.

YOU LOOK AT WHY THERE'S TRAFFIC BECAUSE THERE'S 20 CARS FOR EVERY ONE PEDESTRIAN.

SO TO BE ABLE TO CRAFT OUT A CORRIDOR, AND I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT AREA OF THE LINCOLN ROAD, ALTON WASHINGTON, 17TH STREET, THAT SHOULD BE OUR VERSION OF WHAT A DOWNTOWN WOULD RESEMBLE, BECAUSE THAT'S NATURALLY GOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS. DEBBIE.

DON'T GIVE UP ON THE PARKING REDUCTION EFFORTS.

HOW I VIEW THINGS IS WE SHOULD PROMOTE THE ABILITY TO REDUCE PARKING, BUT WE SHOULDN'T MANDATE IT, RIGHT? NOBODY KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD EXCESS PARKING BECAUSE IT COSTS THEM MONEY THAT THEY'RE NOT RECOVERING.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD THE BARE AMOUNT OF PARKING WHERE WE CAN STILL EITHER SELL OR RENT OUR PRODUCTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO OVERBUILD ON SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GETTING THE PROPER RETURN FOR.

SO I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO ESSENTIALLY TAKE ON IS REMOVING PARKING REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT MANDATING ANY TYPE OF MANDATING THAT REDUCTION ON DEVELOPERS.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR EFFORTS AND SHARE THAT VISION THAT WE WANT TO CREATE MORE WALKABILITY.

WE WANT TO CREATE MORE MICRO-MOBILITY. WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC, RIGHT? WE CAN DO ALL THIS KIND OF LIPSTICK ON A PIG OF, YOU KNOW, DUCT TAPE HERE, DUCT TAPE THERE.

BUT UNTIL WE PROVIDE A WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS WHERE THEY CAN WALK, TAKE MICRO-MOBILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION,

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I SPEND MY LIFE IN THIS CORRIDOR. IT'LL BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS WILL PROVIDE A DIGNIFIED LIVING TO PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T HAD SOMEWHERE TO TURN TO IN MIAMI BEACH.

I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE. WE'RE GIVING A LOT HERE, SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR SENTIMENT OF.

WELL, WE'LL JUST MIRROR THE CITY'S RENTAL RESTRICTIONS.

I'D LOVE IF YOU JUST TOOK THAT A STEP FURTHER INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELL, IF THE CITY EVER CHANGES TO A YEAR, WE'LL DO THAT. EVEN I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME LEEWAY IN LEASING AND BUYING TO WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER.

SO EVEN IF IT'S 11 MONTHS WITH THE GOAL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO 12 MONTH LEASES BUT GIVES YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY.

NOT JUST LIMIT THIS TO SIX MONTHS IN A DAY. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SEASONAL.

I DON'T WANT SEASONAL, EVEN EXTENDED SEASONAL.

I WANT THIS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING, WORKING, GOING TO SCHOOL, GOING TO SYNAGOGUE, GOING TO CHURCH WALKING DOWN LINCOLN ROAD.

THEY ARE A COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT MAKES MIAMI BEACH SPECIAL COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT SCARED OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? I WANT TO SEE VIBRANCY IN OUR STREETS, IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO THIS IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. AND IT'S A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'RE SEEING PROPOSED IN OTHER AREAS.

AND THAT IS A VERY REAL ALTERNATIVE AND IT'S GETTING SAD TO SEE.

RIGHT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO TRULY HIT US UNTIL WE SEE A SHOVEL ON THE GROUND.

SOME OF THESE 500 FOOT PRODUCTS, LIKE ON OCEAN DRIVE OR ALTON ROAD, THAT IS NOT THE PRODUCT WE WANT.

SO LET'S ACTUALLY FACILITATE THE PRODUCT THAT WE DO WANT TO SEE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. COMMISSIONER. BOARD. AND THEN. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

I WOULD DAVID, I WOULD REALLY LOVE IF YOU COULD MEET US ON THE STR THING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES TO COMBAT THIS. AT TALLAHASSEE.

AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.

YOU AND I HAVE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.

LIKE JOE JUST SAID IT IS. IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT IS A GOOD PRODUCT.

AND I APPRECIATE AS A BUSINESS YOU WANT TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY, BUT AS A CITY WE WANT TO HAVE LONG TERM RESIDENTS.

WE WANT FAMILIES RAISED HERE. WE WANT PEOPLE GOING TO SCHOOL HERE.

WE WANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE ANOTHER SUPERMARKET COME TO TOWN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH DEMAND. SO I KNOW THERE'S A WAY FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO HIT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY AND MAKE THE MONEY THAT YOU NEED WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO SIX MONTH RENTALS.

SO I'M IMPLORING YOU TO, TO MATCH US ON THAT.

I ALSO HAVE AN IDEA ON THE PARKING SITUATION, THE PARKING CONUNDRUM, BECAUSE I DO SHARE THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT I DON'T MIAMI BEACH IS TOO CROWDED.

I DON'T WANT MORE DENSITY. I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THE PEOPLE COMING THERE OBJECTING TO THE CARS ON THE STREETS.

RIGHT. IN FACT, I THINK WE'D ALL BE BETTER SERVED IF WE HAD MORE YEAR ROUND RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR OUR OUR OUR SCHOOLS WOULD BE BETTER FUNDED AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS WOULD BE SPREAD OUT AMONG MORE OF US RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

SO IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE, IT'S THE CARS. SO HERE'S MY CRAZY IDEA NEVER STOP ME.

IF YOU DO ONE PARKING SPOT PER UNIT AND THE EXCESS THEN BECOMES A NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING SPOT THAT ADDRESSES BOTH ISSUES. EVERY UNIT HAS A DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT, SO THEREFORE IT WILL LIKELY ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN REDUCING USAGE IN CARS. AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH IT SITS, WHICH IS LOSING PARKING.

WE HAD ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR OFFICE WAS BECAUSE THE UPZONING OF TOWN CENTER, THAT WAS DONE LONG BEFORE ANY OF US WERE HERE AND WAS, IN MY VIEW, DONE VERY POORLY. WE HAVE ONE EXAMPLE IN PARTICULAR OF A VERY LARGE BUILDING, THE LARGEST BUILDING UP THERE THAT HAS CAPACIOUS PARKING MORE THAN THEY NEED. AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DAY WAS DONE THERE, OR IT WASN'T EVEN A DAY, IT WAS IT WAS THE AS OF RIGHT WAS DONE.

WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE NOW WHEN WE HAVE AN INCREASED POPULATION, INCREASED ACTIVATIONS IN NORTH BEACH WITH A PARKING SOLUTION RIGHT IN FRONT OF US WHERE WE COULD GO TO THAT DEVELOPER AND SAY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE YOUR PARKING GARAGE SPACE AND DO IT AT RESIDENTIAL RATES.

WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE. AND THERE'S THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER WOULD EVER SAY YES WITHOUT EXTRACTING A POUND OF FLESH.

SO I'M ASKING, CAN WE LOOK AT THAT AS A SOLUTION FOR THE PARKING? THAT MEANS THAT YOUR RESIDENTS COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY USE IT.

I MEAN, I LET WILL AND EVERYBODY ELSE FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS, BUT THAT, THAT THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE COMING TO USE YOUR RETAIL SPACES COULD COULD USE IT WHEN LINCOLN ROAD STARTS REGAINING ITS LUSTER AS IT ALREADY IS IN PROCESS OF THOSE FOLKS COULD USE IT AND ALSO YOUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE PROTECTED.

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OKAY. AND THEN I WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, I DON'T MIND THE APPLICANT RESPONDING TO COMMISSIONER BHATT FIRST.

WHATEVER YOU PREFER. WHY DON'T WE GET ALL EVERYONE'S COMMENTS IN SO THEN THEY CAN ANSWER ALL THE COMMENTS AND ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS ITEM. DEBBIE, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN AGAIN THE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ASPECT OF THIS AND THE LIMITATIONS? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION YESTERDAY THAT YOU SAID THAT THE APPLICANT WAS UNWILLING TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR ME AND FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE THAT. IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

SO AGAIN, WE'VE YOU KNOW, PLANNING STAFF HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT.

AND THEY KNOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US.

PRIOR TO THIS CURRENT PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT'S GOAL WAS TO PARTNER WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH.

THAT EXISTING PROPERTY WHERE TRADER JOE'S IS, HAS APARTMENT UNITS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AUTHORIZED FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL.

SO BY CREATING A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE, THE PLAN PREVIOUSLY WAS TO ALLOW THOSE EXISTING SHORT TERM RENTALS TO REMAIN.

WHILE THERE WOULD BE A PROHIBITION ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT TO NOT INCLUDE ANY SHORT TERM RENTALS.

YOU KNOW, AS WE WORKED BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERN ABOUT RETAINING EXISTING SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THEY RECENTLY, VERY RECENTLY AGREED TO, AND IT'S NOT IN THEIR DRAFT ORDINANCE, BUT VERBALLY WE HAVE WE HAVE AGREED THAT THEY WILL AGREE TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ANY SHORT TERM RENTALS AS PART OF ANY SITE THAT IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE INCENTIVES PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT.

SO THEY WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO VACATE ANY OF THE APPROVALS IF THEY THEY HAD LEGAL SHORT TERM RENTALS ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. I CAN LET THE APPLICANT EXPLAIN THEIR EXACT PROFFER, BUT VERBALLY THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE RECENTLY TOLD THE PLANNING.

THE WAY DEBBIE EXPLAINED IT IS, IS, IS THE WAY THAT WE ARE AGREEABLE TO A FURTHER AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU, THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE SHORT TERM RENTALS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, EITHER EXISTING OR NEW PERIOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YEAH, IF I COULD JUST JUST THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYONE BE MISLED.

THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISCONTINUE THEIR EXISTING SHORT TERM RENTALS.

I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN AGREED TO.

SO ANY INCENTIVES. PROPERTY OR ANY PROPERTY THAT'S TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE INCENTIVES, IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT PARCEL.

THANK YOU DEBBIE. HOLD ON. THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.

IS THIS IS THIS GOING TO ENCOMPASS THAT PROPERTY? NO. AND THAT'S A QUESTION I WANTED TO CLARIFY.

RIGHT NOW THE THE, THE APPLICANT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A ZONING OVERLAY, THE APPLICANT, THE INTENT IS TO DO EITHER A UNITY OF TITLE OR COVENANT IN LIEU OF TITLE WITH THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO US THAT WAS LOOKING TO DO A COVENANT WITH THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY THAT HAS THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THAT PROPERTY IS NO LONGER PART OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE.

IT'S LOOKING TO TRANSFER, IN ESSENCE, DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, TRANSFERRING THOSE TO THE CURRENT SITE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED. AND IN ESSENCE, IN THAT CASE, THERE'S NO SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT AND BROUGHT INTO THE EQUATION.

AND THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY.

AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, THIS AREA, THE AREA OF OF THIS OVERLAY, YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY THAT'S ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH OF, OF THE OVERLAY.

IT'S ALREADY A DEVELOPED SITE. IT'S A PRETTY INTENSE DEVELOPMENT.

THEN YOU HAVE THIS SITE THAT IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT, BUT FOR MUCH NEEDED HOUSING THAT WE NEED IN, IN THE CITY.

AND SO I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF PRESERVING THE LOW SCALE CHARACTER, ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS FRONTING LINCOLN ROAD.

DO WE ACHIEVE ANY SORT OF PRESERVATION OF LOW SCALE ARCHITECTURE WHEN YOU DO THAT UNITY OF TITLE OR THAT COVENANT WITH THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH,

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IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT DOES. BUT ANY, ANY PROJECT HERE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HEARING.

THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD STAFF HAS NOT REALLY CHIMED IN ON THE DESIGN. BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU, DEBBIE, IS THEY CURRENTLY IN THEIR SITE? THEY DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, SO THEY NEED TO BORROW FROM A NEIGHBORING SITE.

SO THEY'RE IN ESSENCE TRANSFERRING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM THEY'RE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.

IS THAT CORRECT? FROM THE SOUTH TO THEIR PROPERTY.

SO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 45,000FT² IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVES.

RIGHT. ALMOST ALL ARE BEING TRANSFERRED. SO LET ME ASK THE QUESTION.

SO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ALLEY, ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ALLEY, CVC 105 AND T-MOBILE.

TO GIVE YOU AN IMAGE THAT PROPERTY WILL BE LEFT WITH ABOUT 4000FT² OF AVAILABLE AIR RIGHTS.

OKAY. AND THOSE ARE SINGLE STORY AND ONE'S A TWO STORY BUILDING.

SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY AIR RIGHTS TO FURTHER GO HIGHER.

SO, SO. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE IS CURRENTLY AN EMPTY SITE.

THE, THE SITE ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH ON THE CORNER OF 17TH AND ALTON ROAD.

THAT'S ALREADY A DEVELOPED SITE. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN PRESERVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF LOW SCALE ARCHITECTURE CLOSER TO LINCOLN ROAD, TRANSFERRING THAT DEVELOPMENT RIGHT FROM LINCOLN ROAD TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE IS.

IT KIND OF HELPS PRESERVE THAT OLDER, LOW, LOW SCALE ARCHITECTURE.

I COMMISSIONER BOARD BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT AS IT RELATES TO THE TIER ONE PARKING.

IF YOU WERE TO PROVIDE THE, THE PARKING THE, THE, A TIER ONE PARKING COULD IN ESSENCE BE LIMITED TO ONE UNIT.

ONE PARKING SPACE PER PER UNIT. THEN YOU HAVE THE BALANCE, THE BALANCE OF THE PARKING THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AS HAS BEEN ALREADY PROPOSED UNDER UNDER YOUR, I GUESS, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER. IT'S NOW IT'S TIME TO ANSWER.

IN THE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT ANY PARKING SPACES DESIGNATED AS UNDERUTILIZED PARKING SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE FOR USE BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AT PREVAILING RATES FOR SUCH PUBLIC PARKING.

SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF AN OPERATIONAL PLAN.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE OFFICE USE IN THE EVENING, THEY WILL NOT NEED THAT PARKING.

THAT PARKING WILL THEN BE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE DON'T WANT TO GO BELOW THE ABLE TO PROVIDE 100% OF TIER ONE, BECAUSE THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE EXTRA PARKING TO BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UNDER. UNDERSTOOD. BUT IF YOU PROVIDE TIER ONE PARKING LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES TO ONE SPACE PER UNIT, WHICH I THINK COMMISSIONER BOARD WAS, WAS WHAT YOU WERE PROPOSING.

SO THAT, SO THAT WE ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THIS BUILDING BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO FOSTER PEDESTRIANISM WHO ARE GOING TO FOSTER MICRO MOBILITY WHILE ALSO HAVING A SUPPLY OF PARKING THAT CAN THEN ADDRESS THE PARKING NEEDS OF THE PARKING.

WE HAVE A PARKING DEFICIENCY. IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO YOU. SO WE CAN DEVELOP THE PARKING THAT WE NEED FOR THE AREA.

SO I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT, IF I MAY. SO NISSAN READ OUT THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE.

WE, PER YOUR REQUEST FROM THE FIRST COMMISSION TO THIS MEETING MET WITH THE PARKING DIRECTOR WILL AND HAVE SORTED THROUGH A PLAN THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, BOTH AGREED UPON BY BOTH SIDES THAT WE CAN BE EASILY EXECUTABLE.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUR BUSINESS PLAN IS, IS THAT THE RETAIL PARKING SPACES WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS YOU MENTIONED. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 80 TO 100 PARKING SPACES.

THE ONLY AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE FLOOR PARKING.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT WILL BE SOME TANDEM SPACES THAT WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR RESIDENTIAL ON THAT FLOOR. THE OFFICE COMPONENT WILL HAVE DESIGNATED OFFICE SPACE, PARKING SPACES FOR THE OFFICE USERS DURING OFFICE HOURS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THOSE SPACES WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT PREVAILING MARKET RATES FOR THE PUBLIC PARKING.

SO THE ONLY ACTUAL DESIGNATED SPACES, YOU KNOW, FULL TIME OVERNIGHT ARE THE RESIDENTIAL SPACES.

MY ISSUE WITH A 1 TO 1 PARKING RATIO, TO BE EXACT, IS BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A THREE BEDROOM UNIT AND A FAMILY, YOU NEED MORE THAN ONE CAR. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE LOCKED INTO A, YOU KNOW, YOUR UNIT 302.

YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PARKING SPACE. THE POINT IS I AGREE WITH THAT, DAVID.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE DURING NONCOMMERCIAL HOURS AS DRAFTED IN THE ORDINANCE AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL SPACES.

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SO OF COURSE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE MARKETS ARE GOING TO DETERMINE, BUT IN THEORY, THE STUDIOS MAY NOT BE FULLY ALLOCATED AT ONE PARKING SPACE PER ONE UNIT.

AND THE THREE BEDROOMS MAY HAVE TWO, TWO PARKING SPACES, BUT THAT'S TO BE SORTED THROUGH THE LEASING DYNAMICS OF THE PROPERTY.

AND I WANT TO JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CERTAIN PARKING POLICY TIED TO TO THIS ORDINANCE, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEST LEFT TO THE MARKET.

I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO RENT THE UNITS.

CORRECT. AND I, AND I, AND I THINK PERHAPS SOME OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT HAVE COME ABOUT WITH PARKING IN OUR CITY HAS BEEN BECAUSE THE CITY HAS DICTATED A SPECIFIC PARKING POLICY THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE MARKET WITH THE PARKING THAT THEY NEED.

AND SO WE END UP CARRYING THE BURDEN OF THAT.

AND SO, SO, SO RATHER THAN FORCING THE ELIMINATION OF PARKING SPACES OR A REDUCED PARKING POLICY, I'D RATHER LEAVE THAT TO THE MARKET SO THAT, SO THAT YOU DEVELOP THE PARKING THAT IS NECESSARY ON, ON THE SITE. AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, WHAT'S NOT BEING USED DURING THE DAY, THEN IN THE EVENINGS CAN BE USED BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT.

YOU'VE MET WITH THE PARKING DEPARTMENT AND UNDERUTILIZED PARKING CAN BE USED BY THE COMMUNITY AFTER HOURS AT THE RESIDENT RATE.

CORRECT. AND WE'RE ALSO DISCUSSING WITH SOPHIE WEST ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION FOR SPECIFIC ZONE 12 ZONE.

YEAH, PARKING SPACES, WHICH WE'LL SORT THROUGH AS WELL.

OKAY. AND YOU'RE LIMITING TO 10%. SO YOU HAVE LARGER UNITS.

AND THE LARGER UNITS IS TO ACCOMMODATE BEDROOM UNITS OF UP TO THREE BEDROOMS. YEAH. OUR OUR, OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE IS CAPPED AT 1700 1700FT² RIGHT NOW.

THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE IN THE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY IS 900FT² OR 880 SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY DESIGNED ABOUT 9% TO BE THREE BEDROOMS, ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE US TO PUT A A CAP ON LARGE UNITS.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO DO, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO UP TO 15% OF THE BUILDING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT 1700FT². AND THEN WE CAP IT AT THAT IF THAT'S NECESSARY.

WE WON'T, WE WILL NEVER GO ABOVE THAT. YOU KNOW, PRESUMABLY ANYWAY. BUT I THINK THAT 9%, YOU KNOW, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, THAT'S THAT'S LESS THAN 15 UNITS.

OKAY. AND FOR, FOR THESE RENTAL UNITS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO ENSURE THAT THESE ARE RENTAL UNITS FOR YEAR ROUND RESIDENTS OF, OF THE CITY. DEBBIE. CURRENTLY, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEFORE US, HOW DOES IT ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF, OF OF RESIDENCY? SO THEIR PROPOSAL TRACKS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT FOR NON TRANSIENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT, WHICH IS SIX MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY. THEY HAVE AGREED THAT IN THE EVENT THE CITY EXPANDS HOURS, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY PREEMPTED FROM BECAUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATION, THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW SUIT AND EXPAND THEIR RENTAL PERIOD.

SO SO I WANT TO I WANT TO SET THE STANDARD THAT THAT ON THESE APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PREEMPTED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN POLICIES LIKE THESE THAT THE STANDARD BE YEAR ROUND LEASES.

UNDERSTOOD. WE'RE AMENABLE TO THAT. I THINK COMMISSIONER BHATT WAS RECOMMENDED 11 MONTHS, WHICH WOULD GIVE US A MONTH OF FLEXIBILITY, AND WE'RE AMENABLE TO THAT IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. SO I, I THINK I THINK WE WE SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR A BUSINESS MODEL AND THESE RENTAL BUILDINGS WHERE THE BUSINESS MODEL IS YEAR ROUND LEASES, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S TIMES PEOPLE MOVE FROM ONE UNIT TO THE OTHER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF BEING 12 MONTHS, IT MIGHT BE 11 MONTHS OR TEN MONTHS.

BUT THE BUSINESS MODEL, I THINK, I THINK THE POLICY NEEDS TO CLARIFY AND SPECIFICALLY DICTATE THE BUSINESS MODEL.

THESE ARE YEAR ROUND LEASES. I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE MODEL OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS BEING DEVELOPED IN OUR CITY.

FOR SIX MONTH SEASONAL VISITORS. WE NEED HOUSING FOR FULL TIME RESIDENTS.

WE'RE CREATING HOUSING WITH UP TO THREE BEDROOM UNITS WE NEEDED FOR YEAR ROUND RESIDENTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AGREEING TO THAT. WE ACCEPT THAT.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER BOND, THANK YOU. A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE IS THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS. DO THEY HELP SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF THE RENTAL RATES FOR THE SMALLER UNITS? SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE 9% OF YOUR INVENTORY BE THREE BEDROOM UNITS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOUR RATES THAT YOUR RENT FOR THESE SMALLER UNITS WOULD HAVE TO BE HIGHER? OR IF YOU HAVE 12% OR 15% OF THREE BEDROOM UNITS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO CHARGE A LOWER RENT FOR THE SMALLER UNITS? I DON'T THINK I COULD HONESTLY ANSWER THAT WITH WITH HONESTY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW,

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THAT'S WHY PEOPLE DO BUILD MICRO UNITS. SO WE'D ACTUALLY BE HURTING OUR MARGINS TO BUILD MORE THREE BEDROOM UNITS. IT'S A FUNCTION OF, OF DEMAND THAT WE THINK EXISTS.

OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AN AVERAGE OF 1.5 SPOTS PER PER UNIT OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE MATH ENDS UP BEING. COULDN'T YOU COULDN'T YOU DO IT THAT THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS GET TWO SPOTS? THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS GET OR GET 1.5 SPOTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GETS ONE.

OR IS THAT I MEAN, SO THAT WE CAN LIKE REALLY FINE TUNE.

I WANT TO MAKE AS MUCH PARKING AS POSSIBLE AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS IT.

WITHOUT HAMSTRINGING YOUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT KINDS OF FOLKS THERE, BUT ALSO TRYING TO GET CARS OFF THE ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THREE BEDROOMS THEY NEED, MAY NEED ONE CAR, MAY NEED TWO CARS, MAY NEED ZERO CARS, MAY NEED ONE CAR. SO I COULDN'T GIVE A, LIKE A DEFINITIVE NUMBER PER, YOU KNOW, PER UNIT OR UNIT TYPE. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT DESIGNING UP TO TIER ONE.

WE'VE, WE'VE, I THINK WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 80% OF TIER ONE IN THE ACTUAL DESIGN.

SO WE'RE NOT AT THE FULL TIER ONE PARKING. WHICH IS, WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE CITY STAFF'S REQUEST, BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE RETAIL AND THESE WILL BE DIFFERENT HOURS APPROXIMATELY, BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 SPACES AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, AT THOSE OVERNIGHT HOURS THERE'S 358 SPACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMED.

AND SO WITHIN RANGE, AT LEAST AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THOSE SPACES ARE MORE WILL BE AVAILABLE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS.

AND THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION AFTER THAT, WE MIGHT WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I JUST AGAIN WANT TO PUSH BACK ON, ON LIMITING PARKING TO PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY SOMEONE MOVES INTO A STUDIO AND IT'S A COUPLE, A MARRIED COUPLE OR TWO ROOMMATES, AND THEY BOTH HAVE A VEHICLE. SO THEY'LL GET ONE PARKING SPOT AND THE OTHER ONE WILL HAVE TO PARK FOUR BLOCKS DOWN.

MEANWHILE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET WILL GET TO PARK IN THEIR BUILDING. THAT MAKES NO SENSE. SO, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. DO WHAT MAKES SENSE.

LIKE AGAIN, SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED FOR THE MARKET OF THE RENTALS, I KNOW YOU CAN'T REQUIRE PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO THE BUILDING AND SELL THEIR CAR.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE IN THAT HAVE MORE CARS THAN ARE PARKING.

IF YOU LIMIT THIS, WHICH HAS BEEN SUGGESTED UP HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.

I MEAN, THEN THEN YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN THE BUILDING THAT NOW HAS TO FIGHT THEIR NEIGHBOR FOR THE PARKING SPOT THAT WE'RE GIVING THEIR NEIGHBOR THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM, AND THEY LIVE IN THE BUILDING. IT'S JUST BIZARRE TO ME.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THE PARKING AND OFFERING IT TO THE RESIDENTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THAT BUILDING THAT LIVES THERE HAS PARKING AVAILABLE TO THEM FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE THEY LIVE THERE AND THEY'RE PAYING RENT.

AND PLEASE DON'T OVERBURDEN THE FAMILIES THAT MIGHT LIVE THERE, THAT HAVE VEHICLES AS WELL.

A THREE BEDROOM, A TWO UNIT, YOU KNOW, JUST I KNOW YOU GET IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS GOOD UP HERE WHEN WE BRAINSTORM, BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO KIND OF LOOK AT IT IN REALITY, WHICH THE PRIVATE MARKET DOES. SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THE RETAIL PARKING, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST FOR PARKING, WILL HAVE TWO HOURS OF UNPAID PARKING. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE RETAIL SPACES AT OUR PROPERTY, YOU WILL NOT PAY FOR PARKING UNLESS YOU'RE THERE FOR LONGER THAN TWO HOURS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SHOULD WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? SO PLEASE MAKE A LINE.

TAKE THAT. LET ME GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. YOU GO FIRST.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR. YOUR NAME, ADDRESS? AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. ANNABELLE LOPEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE LINCOLN ROAD BID.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. NICE TO SEE YOU AFTER THE HOLIDAY AUGUST HOLIDAY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BIDS BOARD TO EXPRESS HOW SUPPORTIVE WE ARE OF THIS PROJECT.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BRING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT TO OUR DISTRICT.

IT IS EXTREMELY WELCOME AND NEEDED. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS HEAR FROM ALL OUR TENANTS, WHETHER IT'S OFFICE OR RETAIL, IS THEY CAN'T FIND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT TO WORK IN THESE STORES AND THESE BUSINESSES.

SO WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT THIS COULD CREATE THE DENSITY THAT WE NEED, THE EXCITEMENT.

AND AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, THE ENERGY THAT OUR AREA NEEDS, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THE MEMORY, THE POSITIVE MEMORY OF LINCOLN ROAD WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANNABELLE. THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

COMMISSIONERS. MAYOR. MY NAME IS DAVID WHITE.

I LIVE AT 5154 LA FORCE DRIVE IN MIAMI BEACH.

I'M ALSO A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN MIAMI BEACH TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, IS LACK OF HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THIS BUILDING CERTAINLY AID IN, IN HELPING ALLEVIATE THAT CHALLENGE.

I SEE THIS ISSUE FIRSTHAND IN MY OWN BUSINESS.

A PROJECT LIKE THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT LOCATION FOR MY BUSINESS TO HAVE AN OFFICE.

AND THAT TYPE OF MIXED USE PROJECT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST IN MIAMI BEACH TODAY.

OUR OFFICE IS CURRENTLY IN WYNWOOD. AND AS A RESULT, ALL OF MY EMPLOYEES LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI. AND THIS PROJECT WOULD OFFER A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD WORK ON THE BEACH TO LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH AS WELL, AND NOT BE FORCED TO COMMUTE TO THE BEACH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, CREATES FURTHER TRAFFIC CONGESTION ISSUES.

I ALSO THINK THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES TWO VERY REAL NEEDS PARKING AND ACTIVATION.

IT DOES BRING MUCH NEEDED, ALBEIT HOPEFULLY REDUCED, PARKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE REPLACING VERY AN UNDERUTILIZED STRETCH OF ALTON ROAD WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL.

LASTLY, I DO BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE AND CONTEXTUAL IN HEIGHT WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED, WELL LOCATED, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT ADDS HOUSING, SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES AND STRENGTHENS THE CONNECTIVITY TODAY FROM LINCOLN ROAD, WEST AVENUE AND SUNSET HARBOR, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WILL AGREE IS MUCH NEEDED.

SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER. COME TO THE PODIUM. NOAH BACOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. I AM A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI OR MIAMI BEACH FOR THE LAST LIKE 12 YEARS OR SO, AND I'VE SEEN KIND OF THIS SITE GO THROUGH ITS EVOLUTION TO ITS CURRENT STATE AND KIND OF WHERE IT WAS AS AN EXISTING EXISTING EPICURE AND KIND OF SPECIALTY GROCER, WHICH HOPEFULLY IS GOING TO GET REPLACED ON THIS SITE, WHICH WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT VALUE ADD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I ALSO THINK THAT I COULD COUNT ON ONE HAND THE AMOUNT OF MARKET RATE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THERE ARE, WHICH DRIVES UP THE PRICES OF APARTMENTS, AND IT'S JUST A LOT SIMPLER FOR SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY TO GET INTO AN APARTMENT THAN LEASE AN EXISTING CONDO WHERE YOU NEED BOARD APPROVAL AND A FEW MONTHS SECURITY DEPOSIT.

YOU CAN ALMOST MOVE IN NEXT DAY. AND I THINK ADDING THE HOUSING CONNECTING THE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO ALL OF US AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER. YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM.

STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MINER.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS, WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE CITY.

MY NAME IS JARED. I'M A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

BORN AND RAISED. I ACTUALLY WORK ON ALTON ROAD, RIGHT BY THE DEVELOPMENT SITE.

AND I ACTUALLY USED TO GO TO EPICURE GROWING UP ALL THE TIME.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY NOTHING THERE. I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY GREAT FOR THE CITY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO PROMOTE MORE WALKABILITY.

THERE IS OF COURSE A PARKING ISSUE WITH THE CITY.

AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVING, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN A BUILDING AND BE ABLE TO JUST WALK DOWNSTAIRS AND GO TO COMMERCIAL SPACES WHERE THEY CAN EAT SHOP WOULD BE AMAZING FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JARED. NEXT SPEAKER, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. SEAN VARDY. I'M THE CEO OF A COMPANY CALLED THINK HOSPITALITY.

WE EMPLOY OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN THIS MARKET. OVER 35 DIFFERENT HOTELS.

AND OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW THAT MIDDLE HOUSING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE. WE ARE GETTING OUR LUNCH EATEN BY THE LIKES OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI, WHERE PROJECTS LIKE THESE ARE JUST GOING UP ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

AND TO BE FAIR, AFTER LISTENING TO THIS AND ABOLISHING THIS WHOLE SHORT TERM RENTAL THING, WHICH I KNOW IS A VERY BIG THING. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THE SPONSOR HAS AGREED TO I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST PROJECT THAT'S EVEN ON

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HELLO, MATIAS. AGAIN, I WANT TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

I THINK THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY NEED TO PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE THIS KIND OF PROJECT.

ALL THE BENEFITS ARE VERY WELL KNOWN FOR EVERYBODY.

AND I WANT TO TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER, WE HAVE 800 EMPLOYEES IN OUR BUSINESS HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.

AND HOUSING IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE NOT ONLY TODAY.

IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND WILL BE A HIGHER ISSUE FOR THE COMING YEARS, MAYBE 2030. SO FOR OUR WORKERS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF AN AFFORDABLE RENT AND HOUSING IS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC REDUCTION AND THE PRESSURE, I THINK NOT ONLY TO BALANCE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, BUT ALSO TO ALLOW THE ECONOMY TO BE HARDER AND TO BE STRONGER.

SO I THINK THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR, FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE NEED MANY, MANY DEVELOPERS, ENTREPRENEURS AND PROJECT LIKE THIS TO, TO DEVELOP A VERY STRONG MIAMI BEACH AS WE WANT TO, TO TRANSFORM THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER CAN STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. ANDREW MERMELL 1210 MICHIGAN AVENUE, MIAMI BEACH.

I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN THIS AREA, AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY.

AND FROM THE TONE, IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY APPRECIATES WHAT DAVID IS DOING HERE.

BUT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GOTTEN SO HIGH.

AND IN REGARD TO THE PARKING, I HAVE THREE LOTS BETWEEN 15TH STREET AND 17TH STREET, ONE WHERE THE WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING.

AND RIGHT NOW WE DESPERATELY NEED PROJECTS LIKE DAVID'S.

THE I WOULD SAY IN 2005, THE LOTS AT 1710 LENOX AND THE LOT WERE TRADER JOE'S WAS USED TO FILL. AND THEY WERE TWO OF MY BEST PARKING LOTS. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE BARELY ABLE TO SUPPORT THE RENT, AND THEY'RE ALMOST ENTIRELY EMPTY. IF YOU GO THERE AT 8 P.M., SOMETIMES THERE'S ZERO CARS IN THOSE LOTS.

WE NEED PROJECTS LIKE THIS. AND IN REGARD TO THE PARKING AGAIN, I WAS ON A CALL WITH WAYMO YESTERDAY.

THEY'RE BRINGING ABOUT 10,000 NEW WAYMO INTO THIS MARKET.

ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO TO GIVE HIM THE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THINGS WE DIDN'T FORESEE TODAY THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE AND BENEFIT WOULD BE IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. AND THE FUTURE MIGHT BE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME.

STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS MATTHEW 125 JEFFERSON AVENUE.

AND I'M JOINED BY AMY LEE. SHE'S 650 WEST AVENUE.

AND WE'D LIKE TO, IF POSSIBLE, COMBINE OUR TIME.

MR. MAYOR. MR. VICE MAYOR WELL, WE CAN GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE USUALLY COMBINE TIME, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I THINK FIRST OF ALL, MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL FACE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THE REGION AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THERE'S NO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DEBATE THAT OUR CITY, WHERE OVER 60% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE RENTERS, NEEDS MORE RENTAL HOUSING.

BUT HOW WE GET THERE AND HOW THIS PROJECT, WHICH BY THE WAY, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S FULLY BAKED EVEN AFTER TWO MONTHS SINCE THE FIRST READING, THERE'S STILL THINGS BEING DECIDED FROM THE DAIS, BUT THE CONVERSATION IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MUCH NEEDED HOUSING OR THE 15 YEARS, WHICH DOES NOT GIVE ENOUGH STABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO RAISE A FAMILY IN THIS CITY.

A LOCAL PROJECT, OF COURSE, GIVES A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS OF RENTAL PROJECTS.

THE CONVERSATION IS AROUND. PARKING. PARKING.

WE JUST HEARD ONE OF THE PARKING KINGS OF THE CITY SAY THAT HIS PARKING LOTS ARE EMPTY ON 17TH STREET.

AND WE'VE HEARD FROM 1691 MICHIGAN AVENUE WHERE THEY SAID THEIR PARKING IS BASICALLY WORTH NOTHING.

THE CITY IS NOT EVEN CALCULATING THAT IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WHEN THEY'RE GIVING PARKING TO, TO NEARBY TO THE NEARBY WORKFORCE. SO AMY AND I, WE CONDUCTED AN INFORMAL SURVEY, WE GOT 59 RESPONSES AND WE'LL GET THERE IN A MOMENT. BUT LET'S JUST SAY THAT PARKING WAS NOT THE MOST THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEM IN ZONE 12.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE REACHED OUT TO A CIP ZONE 12 OF THE WEST AVENUE PROJECT.

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THE CITY DELAYED THAT PROJECT AT A COST, AN IMMENSE COST TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES RELATED TO PARKING.

ONLY TEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING PARKING THROUGH THAT PROJECT.

I THINK THAT SHOULD SPEAK VOLUMES. WHEN YOU BUILD PARKING, YOU INDUCE DEMAND.

WE HEAR THE TALK ABOUT LESS DRIVING, LESS TRAFFIC, MORE WALKING.

IF YOU PROVIDE THAT PARKING, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE CARS AND THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE.

AND THAT GETS US TO ONE OF AMY'S CONCERNS AND OTHER RESIDENTS CONCERNS, WHICH IS THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING.

THE EXTRA PARKING LEVELS MAKE THE BUILDING TALLER.

AND WE KNOW THAT HEIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE CITY SPECIAL.

IT'S A LOW SCALE CITY PREDOMINANTLY. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AMY AND LET HER WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS.

I KNOW THEY WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU. VERY QUICKLY, I WON'T GO INTO THE MINUTIA BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE RESULTS OF THESE QUESTIONS THERE WITH YOU, BUT FOR THE AUDIENCE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S TOO SMALL TO SEE ON THE CAMERA. BUT BASICALLY, WE ASKED QUESTIONS TO GET A PULSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT ACTUAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO WEST AVENUE ARE THINKING, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE HEAR AT COMMISSION MEETINGS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE SAME NARRATIVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

MUCH OF THAT BEING THAT PARKING IS NEEDED. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE QUESTIONS, FAR AND AWAY THE MOST HITS WAS THE QUESTION OF WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH BEING THE SIZE OF BUILDINGS, WITH THE SCALE OF BUILDINGS, HEIGHT, FAR SETBACKS.

EVERY SINGLE QUESTION BASICALLY MADE THAT THE TOP PRIORITY.

SECOND BEING STORMWATER. BUT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT WITH THE WEST AVENUE PROJECT.

A PARKING CAME IN VERY LOW. IF YOU LOOK AT QUESTION NUMBER TWO, THAT CAME IN FIFTH, AND ONLY 30% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT PARKING WAS AN ISSUE.

IF YOU GO TO QUESTION THREE, IT WAS SECOND TO THE LAST.

ONLY 16% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT PARKING SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN WEST AVENUE.

BUT HERE I WANT TO STICK WITH THAT QUESTION JUST FOR A MOMENT AND DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDRESSING. THE SECOND MOST RESPONDED TO ANSWER, WHICH WAS MAKING OUR STREET CROSSINGS SAFER.

SO YOU'VE JUST RECENTLY INSTALLED A A PEDESTRIAN LIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF CANOPY PARK FROM THE WEST SIDE OF WEST AVENUE.

AND THAT SHOULD MAKE IT MUCH SAFER TO CROSS THAT VERY BUSY STREET.

AND WE WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED CROSSWALK IN THAT AREA.

IT SERVES AS A NATURAL SPEED BUMP IN ADDITION TO A PLACE, OF COURSE, WHICH WILL SLOW TRAFFIC.

AND HOPEFULLY, AS WE DO THE FURTHER PHASES OF WEST AVENUE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT UP AND DOWN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST A STRAIGHT AWAY WHERE PEOPLE SPEED.

SO TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE NOT ONLY PEOPLE CAN CROSS SAFELY, BUT SERVES AS A NATURAL SPEED DETERRENT I THINK THAT'S HOW WE REALLY URBAN PLAN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER POINT ABOUT THAT. STREET CROSSINGS AGAIN, BEING VERY IMPORTANT ON THE LIST. WE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE JUST ONE UNSAFE STREET CROSSING WHEN IT COMES TO GOING TO SOUTH FIFTH FROM THE NORTH OF FIFTH, WE HAVE THREE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STREET CROSSINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO CROSS, INCLUDING A SIX LANE HIGHWAY OVER FIFTH STREET JUST TO, TO MAKE THAT LITTLE TREK THAT HOPEFULLY THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WILL ADDRESS.

SO WHATEVER OBSTACLES REMAIN THERE. COMMISSION YOU'RE URGED TO PLEASE OVERCOME THEM AND GET THAT PROJECT UNDERWAY.

THANK YOU AMY. THANK YOU. MATTHEW. SO TO SUM IT UP, IF WE COULD JUST 15 SECONDS WE SUPPORT I THINK MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT MORE RENTAL.

THE CONCERN IS THAT THE ASK THE PRIVATE APPLICATION OF MORE HEIGHT IS TIED TO THE PARKING.

AND WE BELIEVE. AND SOME OF OUR DATA HERE SUPPORTS AND CENSUS DATA AS WELL.

IT SUPPORTS THE ASSERTION THAT PARKING IS ACTUALLY NOT AS IMPORTANT, AND IF LESS PARKING THERE WOULD BE LESS HEIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE BIGGEST THING IS THROUGH OUT SOUTH BEACH.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATTHEW. THANK YOU. AMY.

SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK IN PERSON, MR. CLARK, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE ON ZOOM? YES WE DO.

OUR FIRST CALLER IS BRUCE BACHMAN. MR. BACHMAN, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

I SPOKE THIS MORNING, BUT BASICALLY I SAW THE MASSING STUDY JUST FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A GIANT CLIFF.

IT'S 150FT OVER FREEBOARD, WHICH I PRESUME IS ABOUT 15FT.

SO IT'LL BE 165FT. I'M GUESSING PLANNING CAN CORRECT ME, WHICH MEANS IT'LL TOWER OVER THE 1111 GARAGE.

I THINK THIS SHOULD BE AT LEAST DELAYED FOR A WEEK OR SO.

I PLANNING DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE DOING A WHOLE MASSING STUDY FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS.

YOU'VE GOT 4 OR 5 OF THEM ON THE AGENDA JUST FOR TODAY FROM A COMMISSION WHO AT ONE POINT SAID THEY WEREN'T GOING TO EXPAND ANY FAR OR HEIGHT.

NOW WE GOT 4 OR 5 PROJECTS AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE RESIDENTS AT LEAST HAVE A VISION OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE IF THESE ARE ALL REALIZED.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PLANNING PART WOULD PRESENT THAT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS. LINCOLN, WASHINGTON.

AND THIS ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT CALLER IS JOHANN MOORE.

MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON.

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I FEEL LIKE THE PUBLIC FEELS LIKE THE 15 YEARS IS AN ARBITRARY FIGURE CHOSEN BECAUSE IT'S EITHER NOT TEN YEARS OR NOT 20 YEARS. THESE, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE ARBITRARY.

AND THE 30 YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNTY REQUIREMENT AND THE 30 YEAR REQUEST FROM FPNA FOR SUCH A PROHIBITION FOR 1600. TO BE SURE, THIS PROJECT NOT BEING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PRECEDENT. 15 YEARS INTERRUPTS THINK OF A THREE A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT.

IT INTERRUPTS THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT JUST GENERATIONAL STABILITY AS REPRESENTED BY 30 YEARS, BUT EVEN AS I SAID BEFORE, THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL.

I URGE AS THE SINGLE I WOULD ARGUE, LOWEST HANGING FRUIT THAT CAN BE CURED BY THIS PROJECT, WHICH I OTHERWISE WILL NOT COMMENT PRO OR CON ON, THOUGH I SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT HEIGHT WOULD BE IN FACT, TO EXTEND THAT PROHIBITION ON CONDO CONVERSION TO, AT A MINIMUM 18 YEARS, WITH 20.

OBVIOUSLY GIVING A BIT OF LEEWAY TO A PROSPECTIVE FAMILY WITH CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS RONALD FINBAR.

GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS RONNY FINVARB. I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO SUPPORT THIS GREAT PROJECT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. ONE, YOU HAVE A GREAT AND THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPER BEHIND THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WILL EXECUTE A HIGH QUALITY PROJECT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY WILL BE VERY PROUD OF.

TWO WE NEED TO ACTIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND BRING MORE YEAR ROUND RESIDENTS.

AND THIS PROJECT DEFINITELY CHECKS THAT BOX. THREE THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK IN MIAMI BEACH, WHICH IS CRITICAL. AND THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO EMBRACE THESE TYPES OF MIXED USE PROJECTS. FOR THE PROJECT IS ACTIVATING, YOU KNOW, THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR.

IT'S ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY BETWEEN LINCOLN, ALTON WEST AVENUE, SUNSET HARBOR.

RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY AN EYESORE. AND THIS IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL, VERY THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS NICELY. GREAT ARCHITECTURE, GREAT DESIGN, FULLY AMENITIZED.

AND I, I TRULY THINK IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER. AND I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD EMBRACE IT LIKE I DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER. CALLER IS VALERIE NAVARETTE.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU. I'M HERE ON LINCOLN AND THE BAY.

I'M VERY NEAR TO THE PROJECT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT WITH THE PARKING AS IT IS.

WE NEED. WE ARE BLEEDING FOR PARKING. WE NEED THAT PARKING.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE FOR YOU TO PLEASE LET THE PARKING AS IT IS.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL REDUCE TRAFFIC AND IT WILL HELP THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ON THE NIGHT PARKING.

I ALSO, MATT, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED ON YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LIVE RIGHT HERE AND I'M VERY INVOLVED.

I'M ALL OVER BABY. YOU HAVE MY NUMBER. THAT WOULD BE ALL.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS TROY, RIGHT? YEAH. HI, THIS IS TROY, RIGHT? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

SO WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES NEED A STRONG YEAR ROUND COMMUNITY TO SUCCEED.

SO THE PROPOSED 184 RESIDENTIAL UNIT WOULD BRING NEW LIFE TO AN UNDERUTILIZED STRETCH OF ALTON ROAD AT NEIGHBORHOOD

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WE ALSO NEED MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK IN MIAMI BEACH BUT STRUGGLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ADDRESS THAT GAP, WHILE BRINGING MORE PERMANENT RESIDENTS WHO CAN SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LOCATING HOUSING NEAR JOBS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CAN REDUCE RESILIENCE.

RELIANCE ON DAILY COMMUTES. THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL PARKING COULD ALSO HELP SERVE RESIDENTS AND NEARBY BUSINESSES.

FOR US, THIS IS ABOUT CREATING MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK AND SHOP LOCALLY.

WE ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS IS JUDITH SMIGEL. HI. JUDY SMIGEL MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT SINCE 1989. RENTAL FOR THE RESIDENTS IS BRILLIANT. THE QUESTION IS HOW? MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOR RESIDENTS. IT WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE SPACE ABOUT SEVEN BLOCKS FROM THE BEACH.

WHAT WILL KEEP CORPORATIONS FROM RENTING IT OUT AS A PARK OR ANY OTHER OUT-OF-STATE OR OUT OF PLACE? I SUPPORT WOMEN AND I'LL SUPPORT. PROHIBITION AND POSITIVE VISION AND ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT FIGHT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS NANCY DUKE.

I WANT TO CALL REALLY IN STRONG SUPPORT. OH, I'M NANCY DUKE, 1450 LINCOLN ROAD.

I WANT TO CALL TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'VE MISSED IT SO MUCH SINCE EPICURE HAS BEEN GONE.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.

AND DAVID, I KNOW THAT YOU'LL GIVE US A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.

I HAVE EVERY FAITH IN YOU. ALSO, PARKING IS MY ONE BIG CONCERN.

WE REALLY DO NEED PARKING HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING TO AMY AND MATT WITH THEIR SURVEY.

I NEVER SAW THAT SURVEY. IF YOU SURVEYED PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

WE ALL KNOW WE NEED PARKING. IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO INCREASE PARKING WHEN THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SECTION OF IT THAT'S DEDICATED TO ZONE 12 AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT YOU.

THANKS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS MICHAEL CAMERAS.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON MICHAEL. CAMERAS WITH OFFICES AT 1260 1/20 STREET.

A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH AND A PROPERTY OWNER ON LINCOLN ROAD.

I 100% SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR LINCOLN ROAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

I ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION AND THE DEVELOPER TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET TO A RESOLUTION ON THESE MATTERS OF PARKING, BUT CREATING ACTIVATION AT THE END OF LINCOLN ROAD WHERE YOU HAVE THE 1100 BLOCK, WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY.

BUT FOR THE PADDLE POP UP THAT'S THERE. IT REALLY NEEDS TO HAVE ACTIVATIONS IN ALL HOURS OF THE DAY.

WE'RE REALLY MISSING ACTIVATIONS IN THE EARLY MORNINGS.

YOU CAN WALK DOWN LINCOLN ROAD AND IT'S COMPLETELY DEAD.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S NO RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE ON LINCOLN ROAD.

SO WHILE WE CAN'T GET IT ON LINCOLN ROAD, THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND GET IT DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT CALLER IS PATRICK KEDZIORA.

YEAH. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PATRICK KEDZIORA.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER AT THE SOUTH BAY CLUB AT 800 WEST AVENUE.

I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS TWO THINGS REGARDING THE PROJECT.

I'LL DEFER TO MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE LIVE AT THAT YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THAT LOCATION.

AS SOMEBODY WHO OFTEN GOES TO LINCOLN ROAD AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BETWEEN ALTON AND WEST AVENUE.

IT'S KIND OF A DEAD AREA AND IT'S GOTTEN MORE AND MORE DEAD OVER TIME.

SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S DONE WELL THAT'S GOING TO REVITALIZE OR VITALIZE, I SHOULD SAY. THAT WHOLE AREA ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON LINCOLN ROAD BETWEEN ALTON AND WEST AVENUE.

SO YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE KNOW BEST, BUT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING DAVID BERG AT

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I'VE MET QUITE A FEW DEVELOPERS OVER MY LIFE ON A PROFESSIONAL BASIS, AND I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY HIM AND THE WAY THAT HE APPROACHES DOING THINGS. SO I HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL THAT HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WELL DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN MIND.

AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPERS I'VE SEEN AROUND TOWN WHO DON'T SEEM TO PUT THE COMMUNITY ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR PRIORITY LIST.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND HOPE THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REVITALIZE THAT LITTLE AREA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JARRETT FINE.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

LET ME START AGAIN. MAYOR MINER COMMISSIONERS JARRETT FINE, LOCAL MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER AT 1691 MICHIGAN AVENUE.

TO SAY LINCOLN ROAD IS A LITTLE BIT DEAD WOULD BE A COMPLIMENT.

IN THE MORNINGS, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A GHOST TOWN.

I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EXCITING PROJECT THAT WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE RESURGENCE AND VIBRANCY OF THE LINCOLN ROAD GLORY DAYS.

I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING RENDERINGS OF THIS PROJECT.

I THINK DAVE BERG AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

THIS IS GOING TO STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH INCREASED RESIDENCE SPACE.

AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, IT'S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO FIND EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE AND WORK HERE.

THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN LINCOLN ROAD, WEST WEST AVENUE, SUNSET HARBOR.

FURTHER SUPPORTING ALL OF THE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA BY PROVIDING MISSING MIDDLE MARKET HOUSING, EXPANDING YEAR ROUND RESIDENCY BEYOND ITS TRADITIONAL SEASONAL BASE THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING.

BY REDUCING COMMUTER TRAFFIC, ENABLING PEOPLE TO LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK.

THIS WILL ENCOURAGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MICRO MOBILITY, AND ALLEVIATE LOCAL TRAFFIC AND PARKING PRESSURES BY PROVIDING LOCAL MIXED USE LIVING AND BRINGING PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL USE IN A MAJOR PUBLIC TRANSIT CORRIDOR.

EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE, AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PROJECTS WE'VE SEEN IN SOME TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS SOPHIA CARBONELL. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS SOPHIA. I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE SM HOTEL HERE ON ESPANOLA WAY.

I'M IN SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. CURRENTLY. WE'RE FACING A LOT OF SCRUTINY WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING BEING ON TIME DUE TO TRAFFIC.

IF THEY STAY OFF OF THE BEACH OR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET STAFFING DUE TO BEING EITHER TOO FAR FROM WHERE THEY LIVE OR THEY END UP MOVING TO LEAVE WORKING HERE. SO I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS HOUSING PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO HELP US SUPPORT OUR STAFF.

THANK YOU AGAIN. OUR NEXT CALLER IS LUIS BOSCH.

HELLO. MY NAME IS LOUIS BOSCH. I AM A RESIDENT OF MIAMI BEACH.

I BUILD HOMES IN MIAMI BEACH. MY OFFICE IS IN MIAMI BEACH.

VERY NEAR THE PROJECT. AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

I THINK EMPLOYEE HOUSING IS VERY NECESSARY. I KNOW MY EMPLOYEES DRIVE FOR HOURS TO GET TO OUR OFFICE EVERY DAY.

AND I THINK THAT HAVING HOUSING FOR THESE EMPLOYEES IS ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF SUPPORT TO ALL THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS IN THE AREA.

AND THAT WILL BE YEAR ROUND SUPPORT, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT MIAMI BEACH YOU KNOW, GETS A LITTLE BIT EMPTY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN ALL THE SNOWBIRDS GO BACK NORTH AND AVOID THE HEAT.

BUT WE KNOW THAT ALL THESE YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES WILL BE HERE YEAR ROUND.

AND I THINK IT CAN ONLY HELP ALL OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND IN TURN, THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS SARAH.

HI. SARAH DE LOS REYES, SANTA BARBARA, 1800 CENTER HARBOR DRIVE.

PERSONALLY, I, I THE THREE TIER BUILDINGS IS IS BETTER THAN ONE BIG, GIGANTIC MONOLITHIC ONE.

BRUCE IS CORRECT. WHEN PRESENTING, DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FREE BOARD IS INCLUDED BECAUSE IT HAS 15FT TO ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THERE.

SO WE NEED TO VISUALIZE THE HEIGHT, HOW IT'S COMING UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY 150FT, BUT THEN BY THE TIME THEY DO THE FREE BOARD,

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BUT THIS BUILDING IN, IN, IN THE LEASES AND THE SIZE OF THE APARTMENT IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE WE NEED THREE BEDROOMS FOR PEOPLE WITH FAMILY, AND THAT CAN WORK HERE AND STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SUNSET HARBOR IS A VERY EVERYBODY'S AWAY. STILL, PEOPLE DON'T COME BACK UNTIL OCTOBER.

WE'RE PRETTY MUCH EMPTY HERE FOR A WHILE. SO WE'RE WE'RE SEASONAL.

SO THAT WOULD HELP A LOT WITH THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN SUNSET HARBOR TOO.

SO PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE PROJECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JARED GALVIN. GOOD AFTERNOON.

TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON TODAY.

AND LONG TIME RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME PROPONENT OF THE ALTON ROAD CORRIDOR.

AND AS YOU GUYS HAVE NOTICED, AND EVERYONE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUSINESSES HAVE SIMPLY JUST SUFFERED.

AND IT'S BEEN GOING JUST BECAUSE OF NEW AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN OPENING ACROSS THE BRIDGE, AND WE'VE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN OPERATING.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO THE LACK OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.

AND IT'S EXACTLY LIKE THIS WITH PROJECTS TO INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.

AND RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY ORIENTED DEVELOPERS LIKE DAVE BERG AND INFINITY ARE THE EXACT PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO HELP BRING MIAMI BEACH BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND FUTURE PROJECTS THAT HELP BRING MIAMI BACK.

AND MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CALLER IS RAFAEL. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

LET'S GO TO SPENCER'S IPHONE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. SPENCER GOLDENBERG, LONG TIME MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT.

I WANTED TO STRONGLY URGE YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT FIRST AND FOREMOST.

DAVID BERG IS A MENSCH OF A GENTLEMAN. HE IS THE RIGHT GUY TO LEAD THIS DEVELOPMENT.

HE HE IS A MAN OF HONOR AND, AND HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.

AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF DEVELOPERS THAT YOU WANT HERE OPERATING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. SECONDLY, AND MORE SELFISHLY, OUR RESTAURANTS, HOSPITALITY SCENE HAVE ALL TAKEN A HIT DOWN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

EXCUSE ME. THIS PROJECT OFFERS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HAVE PEOPLE WORK OR LIVE WHERE THEY WORK.

AND THAT'S EXTREMELY HUGE BENEFIT TO MIAMI BEACH AND ALL THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I'M REALLY TIRED OF GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO GO EAT.

AND IT'S AGAIN, SELFISH, BUT YOU KNOW IT ALL.

IT ALL INTERCONNECTS AS A COMMUNITY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD LIVE AND WORK AND THEY HAVE TO COMMUTE, THEN WHY AREN'T THEY GOING TO COMMUTE TO MIAMI? AND WHY AREN'T ALL THE JOBS GOING TO STAY OVER THERE? WE NEED TO BRING SOME BACK TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. I STRONGLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS DANIEL CARDENAS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER HERE ON LINCOLN ROAD AND JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LINCOLN ROAD AND ALTON ROAD HAS NEEDED, QUITE FRANKLY, FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

I'M SURPRISED IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET HERE, BUT A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS JUST GOING TO TREMENDOUSLY BENEFIT NOT ONLY LINCOLN ROAD, BUT ALTON ROAD, SUNSET HARBOR AND THE WEST AVENUE CORRIDOR.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS THAT YOU'D ASK IF THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

WE NEED IT TO HAVE HOUSING THAT SUPPORTS THE LOCAL WORKFORCE IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DESPERATELY NEEDED.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL COMBAT THE SEASONALITY OF OF MIAMI BEACH SO THAT OUR CORE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BODIES DURING THE OFF SEASON. ANYHOW, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS JARED'S IPHONE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.

LET'S GO TO GREG DAVIDSON. HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS GREG DAVIDSON. I LIVE AT 6040 LEGACY DRIVE.

AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I MOVED HERE ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO MOVE MY COMPANY LALO, DOWN TO MIAMI.

DUE TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE SINGLE, YOUNG.

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THUS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE EVEN EIGHTH OF THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE DOWN TO MIAMI BEACH, WHERE WE HOPE TO RELOCATE. THIS PROJECT BEING MIXED USE RENTALS NEAR ALTON ROAD, A GREAT WALKING AREA.

THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR US TO CONTINUE BUILDING THIS BUSINESS.

AND SELFISHLY, I THINK LIKE MANY OTHER RESIDENTS OF MIAMI BEACH WE LOOK AT THIS ALTON LINCOLN ROAD AREA THAT CAN BE A MAJOR HUB AGAIN FOR SOCIALIZING FOR WORK. AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS TO OFFER.

SO I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. YEAH.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. OUR LAST CALLER, JARED.

GO AHEAD PLEASE. HEY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THIS IS JARED ROBBINS. I'M BORN IN MIAMI BEACH.

I'M RAISED IN MIAMI BEACH. I LIVE AT THE FLAMINGO AROUND THE CORNER.

AND I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS WHICH IS LOCATED ON ALTON ROAD.

I LOVE THIS PROJECT AND I LOVE ALL THE REAL ESTATE PROJECTS DAVID BERG AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE IN MIAMI BEACH.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE HOSPITALITY HE'S BROUGHT TO THE CITY ALREADY, IT'S A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO HERE.

SO I'M IN FAVOR AND I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. AND WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS ROBUST PUBLIC HEARING.

WITH WITH THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. IT'S BEEN PRESENTED, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED ON THE FLOOR.

THE SUNSET PROVISION MOVED TO 2033, THE 15% CAP ON THE 1700 SQUARE FOOT UNITS THE NO MINIMUM PARKING MANDATE TO WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A NO MINIMUM PARKING MANDATE, BUT WITH A MAXIMUM OF TIER ONE. AND AND THE YEAR ROUND LEASES.

THOSE, I BELIEVE THUMBS UP THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED ON THE FLOOR.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ON R5E? THERE'S THE SECOND THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.

AND SECOND IS SEEING NO OTHER MATTERS BEFORE US ON THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR. SHOULD WE CALL THE QUESTION? YOU HAVE TO REPEAT IT.

SO? SO IT WAS THE ITEM PRESENTED BEFORE US. R5E AS MOVED WITH THE AMENDMENTS OF THE SUNSET PROVISION BEING MOVED TO 2033, THE 15% CAP ON THE 1700 SQUARE FOOT UNITS. A NO MINIMUM PARKING MANDATE, BUT WITH A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING EQUIVALENT TO TIER ONE AND LEASES BE REQUIRED TO BE YEAR ROUND.

AND THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SALINAS. THAT'D BE ON THE SUNSET PROVISION.

WHAT DO WE NEED? YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY DOESN'T.

I MEAN, I SAY IT PROBABLY A MINIMUM OF FOUR. I MEAN, WE HAVE SEEN THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT, WITH THE ECONOMY.

WE'VE SEEN THINGS HAPPEN WITH YOU KNOW, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND THINGS THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, BUT IN A NORMAL WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY, THEY NEED TO GO TO EIGHT TO, TO DRB.

THEY NEED TO GO TO PLANNING BOARD, SAY THAT'S FIVE, SIX MONTHS.

THEN THEY NEED TO SECURE FINANCING ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.

THEN THEY NEED TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, MAYBE 6 TO 12 MONTHS, AND THEY NEED TO GET A PERMIT, WHICH IS ABOUT 18 MONTHS. SO COULD THEY DO IT IN FOUR? YES. BUT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, IT MIGHT TAKE THEM FIVE, MAYBE SIX.

IT'S HARD TO FOR ME TO TELL YOU BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY NOT A DEVELOPER, BUT I'VE SEEN SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS.

THE MINIMUM TIME WE'VE SEEN THINGS, YOU KNOW, GO FROM FROM APPROVAL TO PERMITTING IS, IS PROBABLY 12 MONTHS, MAYBE 18 MONTHS. BUT I THINK THE APPLICANT COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN THEIR TIMELINE BETTER THAN I COULD.

I'LL LET DAVID EXPLAIN, BUT I THINK AGAIN, YOUR EXPLANATION, YOU DEAL WITH THIS ALL THE TIME BETWEEN SUBMITTING THE PLANS FOR DRB AND PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL, THEN GETTING THAT APPROVAL, THEN DOING THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, WHICH TAKES A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL. THEN, AND HAVING THE FINANCING AND PROVIDING THERE ARE NO HICCUPS LIKE A PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING. PROBABLY THAT FOUR YEAR WINDOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IS, IS A, IS AN AGGRESSIVE WINDOW.

NOW, I THINK WITH DAVID, YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO MOVE AS FAST AS ANYONE CAN MOVE ON IT.

BUT BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY IN OTHER ORDINANCES THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS SIX YEAR TIME PERIOD.

IS IT SIX YEARS? I MEAN, I GUESS WE'RE THERE.

WE'RE WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE 2033, WHICH WOULD BE BACK DOWN TO TO ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT KNOCKED OFF FOR A YEAR.

I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, EVEN MORE. BUT I'M WILLING NOT TO PUSH YOU TO THE TO THE TO THE MAX.

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YOU OFTEN LEARN IN LIFE AND US AS ELECTEDS, WE GET BURNED FROM EXPERIENCE AND TOO OFTEN WE APPROVE A PROJECT AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

AND WE JUST AND WE'RE AWARDING SOMETHING THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT VALUE AND FOR WHATEVER REASON NOTHING HAPPENS.

I DON'T I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS YOU WOULD, BUT I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO PROTECT PROTECT OURSELVES.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IT KNOCKED DOWN TO 2032. OKAY, SO CHANGED THE SUNSET PROVISION CHANGED TO 2032 I THINK.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. AND THEN. COMMISSIONER. BOND. SO I'M GETTING SOME PUSHBACK ABOUT THE 15 YEARS, AND I KNOW IT WENT UP FROM TEN AND WHAT'S THE APPETITE TO GET IT TO 20? WE FOLLOWED HUD FOR 15 YEARS. IT'S NOT A MADE UP.

I TRIED TO FIND THAT ONLINE. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT SAID THAT THE IF YOU LOOK AT ANY FINANCING THAT IS DONE WITH LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS IS A 15 YEAR LOCKUP IS, IS THE REQUIREMENT. THAT'S THE HUD STANDARD.

NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU PEOPLE MENTIONED YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS WELL, YOU LIVE LOCAL IS 30 YEARS, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO BE OVER TWO TIMES THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT. SO 15 YEARS IS THE STANDARD FOR HUD, FOR HUD PROJECTS AND COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU, IF YOU YIELD I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS MOST APPETIZING ABOUT GIVING, AS A MAYOR MENTIONED THESE VERY VALUABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. SO WE ARE GETTING RENTAL HOUSING IN OUR CITY.

AND, AND WE'VE LIVED THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, WHERE RENTAL HOUSING GETS CONVERTED TO CONDOMINIUM.

I WOULD SUPPORT YOUR PROPOSAL TO, TO, TO KEEP THIS FOR 20 YEARS AS RENTAL HOUSING, BECAUSE IT IS A GUARANTEE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOR TWO DECADES THERE IS A GUARANTEE AND IT COULD CONTINUE BEYOND THAT.

AND I THINK ALWAYS, IF THERE IS A NECESSITY TO CHANGE THAT, THAT COULD ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR, FOR, FOR AN AMENDMENT ON THAT. BUT I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPER YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, THE GREAT NEED THAT THERE WAS FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THIS, THE NEED UNEQUIVOCALLY WAS THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR RENTAL HOUSING.

AND FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK WE SHOULD LEGISLATIVELY USE OUR AUTHORITY TO PUSH FOR THAT.

COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY. SO WE DIDN'T MAKE UP THIS TIME FRAME OUT OF THIN AIR.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AS AS NEESON MENTIONED, THIS IS A FEDERAL STANDARD.

IT'S ALSO A FLORIDA STATE STANDARD. SO FLORIDA STATUTE 4255887.

BUT THIS COULD BE THE MIAMI BEACH STANDARD, RIGHT? AND IT COULD BE A GREAT MIAMI BEACH STANDARD. BUT HERE'S THE HERE'S THE OTHER COMMENT IS THAT ACADEMICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY CAN FORECAST OUT TEN YEARS IF YOU LOOK AT A PRO FORMA, WHETHER YOU'RE IN SCHOOL, OUT OF SCHOOL, ETC., NO ONE HAS A CRYSTAL BALL AND A VISION LENS THAT CAN EXCEED TEN YEARS.

AND SO WHILE RENTAL HOUSING IS WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE PAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT HOME OWNERSHIP IS DEAD FOREVER.

AND SO 15 YEARS FROM NOW, THE ATTAINABLE COMPONENT OF THIS, THE MISSING MIDDLE, THE THING THAT ATTRACTS THAT'S NEEDED MOST MAY BE OWNERSHIP. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COVENANTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS BUILDING IN TERMS OF UNIT SIZES, IN TERMS OF HEIGHT, IN TERMS OF, OF PARKING, THAT, THAT THAT ULTIMATELY MAKE THIS A RENTAL PRODUCT.

AND AND THAT'S AND YOU PUT THE GUARDRAILS. BUT TO SAY THAT THE THAT THE WORLD MAY NOT CHANGE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THE WORLD EVOLVES.

AND SO 15 YEARS FROM NOW, THE WORLD MAY HAVE EVOLVED INTO OR BACK INTO.

AND I THINK THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, IF IT WERE NECESSARY, YOU COULD WORK WITH THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, WHETHER IT BE TO AN A COVENANT OR TO OR TO THE LEGISLATION. BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LONGER THAT WE HAVE THIS RENTAL GUARANTEE FOR IF IT CAN BE FOR 20 YEARS, IT. TO ME THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, GIVING THE REASON WHY THIS HOUSING IS BEING DEVELOPED.

COMMISSIONER BOND, THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING AS AS COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ AND VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ, I UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OR THE YOU KNOW, WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT.

AND NOBODY HAS A CRYSTAL BALL. BUT IF IF HOUSING NEEDS CHANGE FROM RENTAL DEMANDS TO MIDDLE OWNERSHIP DEMANDS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO EVAPORATE IN THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS.

SO I THINK YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY LOUD AND CLEAR.

30 YEARS. I KNOW IT'S IT'S A LONG TIME. BUT 20 YEARS REALLY SORT OF COVERS THE NUT AND, AND I THINK I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY TO

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WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT YOUR VIEWS ON HOW TO DO DEVELOPMENTS IN URBAN SETTINGS THAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU'RE HEARING NOT JUST FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A NEED.

PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE SOMEWHERE. I MOVED MY WHOLE LIFE GROWING UP AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. OTHER PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

THEY WANT TO STAY SOMEPLACE EVEN IF THEY DON'T OWN IT, BUT THEY WANT TO PUT DOWN THEIR ROOTS AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY AND BUILD THEIR CAREER AND LIVE THEIR LIFE FOR MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, TEN, 15 YEARS.

SO IF YOU CAN FIND IT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR BUSINESS MODEL TO GO JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REALLY GO A LONG WAY WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOND. SO THE EYE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED AS AMENDMENT WITH THE CHANGE TO THE SUNSET PROVISION OF 2032 AND THE CHANGING OF THE, OF THE HOUSING RENTAL GUARANTEE TO 20 YEARS. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DEBATES FROM THE DAIS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION AND THEN THE YEAR END RENTALS 11 MONTHS PER COMMISSIONER BART'S PROPOSAL.

I THINK I THINK AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE I THINK THE THE DESIRE IS TO DO YEAR ROUND HOUSING.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AT TIMES WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE MOVING FROM ONE UNIT TO THE OTHER, THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE IT TO THE 12 MONTHS.

AND SO YOU MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY. SO, NICK, HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? I MEAN, THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS MEASURED AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT IS EXECUTED. RIGHT. SO I THINK FOR CLARITY AND FOR EASE OF ENFORCEMENT, I WOULD RECOMMEND TO BE ONE YEAR LEASES.

THIS WILL BE THE THIS WILL NOW SET THE STANDARD FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVES MOVING FORWARD, IT SHOULD BE A CLEAN REQUIREMENT. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.

BEFORE WE CALL THE QUESTION, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE DEBBIE.

THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE 15%.

SO IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF 15%. I THINK I HEARD 1700FT².

COULD WE MAYBE AMEND THAT TO BE A MAXIMUM OF 15% FOR THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS, JUST IN CASE THEY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT THEY WOULD FINE WITH THAT, BUT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTENT OF THE 1700 IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THREE BEDROOMS. AND, AND UNLESS I HEAR ANY OBJECTION FROM FROM THE DAIS CAPPING THE THE THREE BEDROOMS TO 15% THREE BEDROOMS. BUT THERE'S NO UNIT WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE WERE DOING BY SAYING CAPPING THE 1700 SQUARE FOOT UNITS TO 15%.

SO SO MAKING IT SYNONYMOUS. YOU'RE SAYING NO MORE THAN 15% OF THE UNITS CAN BE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

THAT'S WHAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IS, IS PROPOSING.

AND YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE A MINIMUM PERCENTAGE, SINCE I KNOW THAT HAVING A FEW THREE BEDROOM UNITS WAS IMPORTANT TO A FEW OF YOU.

WE'VE WE'VE DEBATED THIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO START CHANGING THIS TOO MUCH ON THE FLY WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A VOTE.

I THINK THE BODY FELT COMFORTABLE SETTING A CAP OF 15% ON THE 1700 SQUARE FOOT UNITS.

AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS YOU YOU FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING FOR FAMILIES THAT THAT WORK IN THE CITY.

WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST MAKING IT SYNONYMOUS FOR PURPOSE OF CLARITY THAT BY 1700 SQUARE FOOT UNITS, WE MADE THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS. YEAH. OKAY. AND HOLD ON.

SORRY. WE'RE BEING CAPPED AT RENTALS FOR 20 YEARS.

AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF THE IF THE DEMAND MOVES TO MORE THREE BEDROOM UNITS OVER STUDIOS.

WE CAN'T DO THAT. I FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE JUST SAYING.

YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 15% OF 1700FT² BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, THREE BEDROOM UNIT SIZES MOVE TO.

MAYBE THEY MOVE TO 1200FT² IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEMAND FOR THREE BEDROOMS BECOME GREATER THAN 15%, BUT IF YOU SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 15% OF BUILDING BE MORE THAN 700FT², I THINK IT ACCOMPLISHES YOUR GOAL AND DOESN'T LIMIT US FOR 20 YEARS ON WHAT DEMAND IS OR WHAT FAMILIES WANT. AT THIS POINT. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO MICROMANAGING RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE.

I MEAN, IF ANYTHING, I'D SAY MORE THREE BEDROOMS BECAUSE I LOOK ON ZILLOW AND THERE'S NOT A THREE BEDROOM IN SOUTH BEACH FOR, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE FOUR FOR UNDER $2 MILLION FOR SALE.

AND I'M SURE RENTALS ARE JUST AS CONSTRICTED.

SO I'M FINE WITH THE PARAMETERS WE HAVE IN PLACE.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERLY MICROMANAGE THE PROCESS, LET THE MARKET BE THE MARKET.

IF ANYTHING, I'D RATHER LESS STUDIOS, BUT THEN I'D BE A HYPOCRITE ABOUT THE MICROMANAGE COMMENT I JUST MADE.

SO I THINK I'M FINE WITH WHATEVER PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF LAID OUT.

MADAM DIRECTOR, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE NOT HAVING A CAP ON ON THAT? YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH REMOVING THE CAP COMPLETELY.

OKAY. YEAH. IT'S JUST WE WILL STILL HAVE A MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE OF 1700FT², BUT WE WON'T PUT A CAP ON HOW MANY UNITS CAN BE 1700.

OKAY. SO AND IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW YOUR YOUR GUIDANCE.

WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE 20 YEAR GUARANTEE ON THE RENTAL HOUSING.

THE SUNSET PROVISION MOVED TO 2032 AS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR AYE.

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AND AND THE YEAR ROUND LEASES, THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.

AND SECOND, SEEING NO OTHER DEBATE, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

MR. CLARK, LET'S CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

SUAREZ. NO. COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. YES.

VICE MAYOR. FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. BHATT.

YES. MAYOR MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS R5E. MAY I HAVE THE SAME MOTION? AND SECOND.

SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE MOVES R5F. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MONICA MATEO- SALINAS.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ IS A NOTE CORRECT? COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ IS A YES.

YES. VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ YES. YES. COMMISSIONER BHATT IS.

YES. YES. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS IS A YES.

YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE IS A YES. AND MAYOR MINOR IS A YES.

SO R5E AND R5F ARE APPROVED. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ, IF I MAY ASK YOU, YOU VOTED YES ON FIRST READING.

YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. COULD I ASK YOU WHAT CHANGED YOUR VOTE? BECAUSE MAYBE IT WOULD ELUCIDATE FOR ME AND THE REST OF US.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS. WHAT CHANGED? YOU KNOW, AFTER AFTER MUCH THOUGHT AS I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE DEAUVILLE AND 1250 WEST, I. I'M JUST GOING TO STAND AGAINST ANY SORT OF SPOT ZONING, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO CORRECTLY HAVE URBAN PLANNING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, LIVE LOCAL HERE.

IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED OUR BUILDING CODE AND BUILDING RIGHTS TO CATCH UP WITH MODERN TIMES. AND I JUST FUNDAMENTALLY HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WHERE.

WE HAND PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS, AND WE END UP WITH A CITY THAT THAT HAS A BUILDING LIKE FIVE PARK.

AND AND I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SOON IS DEAUVILLE AND 1250 WEST AND BUILDINGS THAT ARE JUST GOING TO BE OUT OF SCALE.

SO JUST MOVING FORWARD, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I'M GOING TO BE A NO ON ANY SORT OF SPOT SOON MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MY POSITION. I'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

I WANTED TO MOVE THIS ALONG FROM FIRST READING TO SEE WHAT OTHER BENEFITS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FROM, FROM THIS. I'M CERTAINLY NOT LOOKING TO KILL ANY PROJECTS, BUT LOOK, ULTIMATELY MOVING FORWARD, I'M GOING TO BE A NO IN ANY SORT OF SPOT ZONING.

I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ITEMS. WE'RE STARTING TO RACK UP BESIDES THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.

I'M STARTING TO HEAR PERCOLATING. SOME OF IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL, AS WE HEARD LIVE LOCAL.

WE'RE I MEAN, THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECT AND FUNCTION TO IT, BUT IT'S OUT OF OUR COMMISSION CONTROL.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS COMING UP. SO, AND I JUST, I CAN TELL YOU, I DO NOT BELIEVE OUR CITY CAN SUSTAIN EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE. SO HERE I WAS A, I WAS A CLOSE, EYE.

THERE WAS SOME ISSUES THAT YOU ADDRESSED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT THE YOUR HISTORY IN OUR CITY ALSO, AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AS IT ALSO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO ME.

SO BUT I JUST WANT TO GET IT OUT THERE AS WELL.

I JUST THERE'S A LOT COMING AND WE JUST WE CAN'T DO IT ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT.

I, I THINK THAT LARGER CITY REZONING IS, IS NECESSARY, BUT IT'S INCUMBENT ON YOU TO MOVE THOSE THINGS ALONG.

YOU HAVE WASHINGTON AVENUE IN FRONT OF YOU. I THINK COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ HAS AN COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ LEGISLATION. YOU'VE REVIEWED 17TH STREET IN THE SUNSHINE MEETING.

THE SOONER THAT THOSE LEGISLATIONS MOVE FORWARD YOU KNOW, THE BETTER YOU'LL BE POSITIONED TO, TO HAVE DIRECTIVE ON WHERE WHERE THE ZONING GOES.

AND IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, AS MAYOR GILBERT SAID, QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD.

RIGHT? NO, BUT AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID, DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD.

YOU'VE TAKEN A MAJOR. YOU'RE TAKING A MAJOR STEP TODAY.

YOU COLLECTIVELY, IN CREATING RENTAL HOUSING FOR THE WORKING POPULATION IN THIS CITY SO PEOPLE CAN LIVE AND WORK AND BOUTIQUE OFFICE LIVE WHERE THEY WORK AND WORK, WHERE THEY LIVE, AND ALSO SHOP WHERE THEY LIVE, WHICH IS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMMUTING. YOU'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE DOING IT WITH WHAT YOU JUST VOTED ON TO BE CONSIDERING IT AS WELL WITH WASHINGTON AVENUE.

THESE ARE NOT GRANDIOSE PROJECTS. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE RENTAL HOUSING THAT YOU HAVE PRIORITIZED AND YOU'RE DOING IT.

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SO I THINK YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S CALLED R5D. R5D IS THE MAYOR CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,

[R5 D AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 110 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, ENTITLED “UTILITIES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “FEES, CHARGES, RATES AND BILLING PROCEDURE,” SECTION 110-166 THEREOF, ENTITLED “SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY WATER USER RATES AND TAPPING CHARGES,” TO GRANT AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL PASS-THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS TO WATER USER RATES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO DETERMINE APPLICABLE WATER USER RATES; BY AMENDING SECTION 110-168 THEREOF, ENTITLED “SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY SANITARY SEWER USER RATES,” TO GRANT AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL PASS-THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS TO SANITARY SEWER USER RATES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO DETERMINE APPLICABLE SANITARY SEWER USER RATES; AND FURTHER, BY AMENDING APPENDIX A TO THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “FEE SCHEDULE,” TO INCREASE WATER RATES, SANITARY SEWER SERVICE CHARGES, AND STORMWATER FEES TO FUND THE CITY’S REVISED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR WATER, SEWER, AND STORMWATER PROJECTS PREPARED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 2026-34383; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

THIS IS THE FIRST READING. PUBLIC HEARING IS ITEM R5D.

THANK YOU. JOHN, BEFORE YOU TEE IT UP I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF OF THIS ITEM.

AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH. I LIKE THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. I THINK OUR COMMISSION IN GENERAL IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF ADDRESSING THE RESILIENCY ISSUES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING THE COSTS.

I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN INDEPENDENT REPORT THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REPORT THAT'S COMPILED BY MIAMI WATERKEEPER AND A NUMBER OF OTHER NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT RATE THE CITIES IN MIAMI DADE AND MIAMI BEACH WAS NUMBER ONE IN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. AND I THINK IT TELLS A LOT ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS IN PUMP STATIONS, STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO BE NUMBER ONE IN EVERYTHING WE DO.

BUT IT WAS IT WAS CERTAINLY VERY TERRIFYING TO ME TO GET THAT INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION.

SO THANK YOU. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT BUT JOHN, AMY. AMY. KNOWLES. ERIC. REALLY, IT'S I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR, FOR THAT WORK AND FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DO. ABSOLUTELY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSION. JOHN NORRIS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE'VE I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION HOLDING ON THIS LONG AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE ITERATIONS OF THIS PLAN.

WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO REMAIN A LEADER IN RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE WORLD.

SO THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY AT THE DIRECTION OF COMMISSION FROM THE LAST MEETING, ADDRESSES EVERYTHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, AND I REALLY THINK IT IS THE BEST PLAN THAT WE HAVE HAD MOVING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY AND ALSO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO WITH THAT, I HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PROCEED WITH THAT.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE SHORT? YES, BUT I THINK IT'S FIVE SLIDES.

OH, AND I'LL TALK VERY QUICKLY. SO PJ, IF YOU DON'T MIND BRINGING THAT UP.

AIR HAS PASSED ALONG THE MESSAGE. SHORT AND SWEET.

AND ONE WAS THE TITLE PAGE. THAT'S SO WHAT WE'VE DONE THE NUMBERS CROSSED OUT OR WHAT YOU SAW IN THE LAST PLAN.

THE NUMBERS IN THE BOLD BLUE. THOSE ARE THE REVISED NUMBERS BASED ON COMMISSION'S DIRECTION.

SO THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN WENT FROM 737 MILLION DOWN TO 469 MILLION.

WE DID THAT BY MOVING SOME PROJECTS OUT INTO THE FUTURE, INTO A MORE REALISTIC TIMELINE BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH DESIGN AND PERMITTING, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS RATE INCREASE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THAT TIME HAS KIND OF DELAYED WHERE WE ARE AT WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

SO IT MADE SENSE TO REASSESS EVERY YEAR THAT A PROJECT FELL IN.

SO 36% DECREASE IN THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM. THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT.

WHAT'S MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THE DEBT FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WENT DOWN FROM 624 MILLION TO 246 MILLION.

THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WHEN WE RAISED THE RATES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CASH COMING IN.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO CASH FUND MORE PROJECTS WITH THE PROJECTS BEING PUSHED OUT INTO THE FUTURE.

SO 60% LESS BORROWING UNDER THIS PLAN. THE BIGGEST WIN IS A RATE INCREASE THAT'S REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THAT

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AS YOU CAN SEE, YEAR ONE, WE WENT FROM 11.8% COMBINED INCREASE DOWN TO 8.4.

THAT IS A 29% DECREASE IN YEAR FIVE, WHICH IS THE LAST YEAR OF THE PLAN.

WE WENT FROM 7.4 TO 4.5%, AND THEN EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT BY ORDINANCE WOULD GO TO CPI, WHICH HOVERS AROUND 3%.

THAT WAS A 39% DECREASE FOR YEAR FIVE AND THE FIVE YEAR, FIVE MONTHLY BILL.

THIS IS BASED ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH THE USAGE OF 5000 GALLONS PER MONTH.

ORIGINALLY, IT WAS 209 A MONTH IN YEAR ONE. I'M SORRY, A YEAR FIVE, AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 193 A MONTH IN YEAR FIVE FOR THE AVERAGE CONDO, WHICH I DO WANT TO PREFACE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT CONDOS GET A MASTER BILL.

WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A LARGE SAMPLING OF CONDO BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, DIFFERENT AGES, DIFFERENT SIZES OF CONDO BUILDINGS, AND WE AVERAGE THE WATER USAGE AND EXTRAPOLATED WHAT AN AVERAGE BILL TO A CONDO OWNER OR CONDO DWELLER WOULD BE. THEY DON'T RECEIVE THAT BILL. THE CONDO ASSOCIATION DOES, AND THEY SPLIT IT UP INTO THE CONDO FEES.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT DROPPED FROM 151 A MONTH DOWN TO 134, AND THAT IS AN 11% DROP.

JOHN, BEFORE YOU GO. YES. IT'S 8% FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, 8% LESS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE PAID.

THAT'S CORRECT. IF YOU AND 11% FOR CONDOS. THAT'S CORRECT.

FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WE DISCUSSED LIKE SIX MONTHS AGO.

YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE SINGLE FAMILY BILL THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER, 5000 GALLONS PER MONTH. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RATES ON THE SINGLE FAMILY BILL HAVE DECREASED YEAR BY YEAR.

IN 2027, WE WERE LOOKING AT A 12.4% COMBINED BETWEEN STORMWATER, WATER AND SEWER.

AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO AN 8% FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, GOING DOWN THE LINE FOR THE LAST YEAR GOES FROM 6.7% TO 4.3%.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE AVERAGE COMBINED MONTHLY BILL ESCALATES OVER THE YEARS.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT'S OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BILL GOING STRAIGHT TO $193.

THAT'S INCREMENTAL OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

AND THIS IS THE SAME THING FOR THE CONDO BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE THE RATE INCREASE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE COMBINED THE FIRST YEAR WAS 15.1 PREVIOUSLY AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 8.7%.

AND THAT DROPS AS YOU GET TO YEAR FIVE. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO CPI ON YEAR AFTER YEAR FIVE.

THIS IS THE AFFORDABILITY INDEX THAT WE ALWAYS REFERENCE.

EPA SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD BE BELOW 4.5% OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME TO BE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE NEAR HALF OF THAT AFFORDABILITY INDEX.

SO THAT IS A GOOD TARGET. AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE AT MOST AT 2.7%, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THOSE REVISED RATE INCREASES AND HOW THEY CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL TO NOW.

AND NOW WE GET INTO THE PROJECTS AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS PLACE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND LINE OF THIS, THIS IS ALL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS JUST FOR FRESHER NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS USUALLY INVOLVE LARGE STORMWATER PUMP STATION RAISING THE ROADS, HARMONIZATION, WATER AND SEWER.

IT'S BASICALLY LIKE THE UTILITY GUTTING OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKING IT ALL BRAND NEW.

THESE ARE MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECTS AND THE MOST TAXING ON THE USER RATES.

YOU CAN SEE NORTH SHORE D PHASE ONE AYE. WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE $90 MILLION AND $45 MILLION OUT TWO YEARS.

THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE RATE STRUCTURE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULING OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS MORE RIGHT SIZING THE SCHEDULE OF THAT PROJECT.

FIRST STREET PHASE ONE AND TWO. SAME THING. WE KNOW WE WON'T NEED THAT MONEY UNTIL FY 29.

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IN FIVE YEARS WE WILL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER RATE STUDY.

SO WE WILL REASSESS THE CIP PLAN WHERE RATE CONSULTANT WILL LOOK AT EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN.

AND THESE FUTURE PLAN PROJECTS WILL BE ASSESSED AT THAT POINT.

SO YOU CAN SEE FIRST STREET PHASE THREE AND FOUR.

NORMANDY ISLES AND FLAMINGO LOOMIS ALL MOVED TO THE FUTURE PLAN.

HOWEVER, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE STILL DESIGNING THESE PROJECTS IN THIS FIVE YEAR FUNDING PLAN.

SO WE WE ARE PLANNING ON THESE PROJECTS HAPPENING.

WE JUST NEED TO REASSESS THE RATE STRUCTURE AT THAT FIVE YEAR POINT, AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY FALL.

STORMWATER CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECTS. THIS DID NOT CHANGE AT ALL.

THIS IS THE SAME PLAN. SO WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT STARTING AT CRITICAL NEEDS NUMBER 11 AND BEYOND, THOSE WILL FALL IN THAT FUTURE PLAN. EVERYTHING ELSE ONE THROUGH TEN WILL FALL UNDER THIS FUNDING PLAN.

THESE ARE BASICALLY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN RANKED BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF FLOODING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY SMALLER PROJECTS, NOWHERE NEAR THE COST OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THEY USUALLY DO NOT INCLUDE ANY WATER OR SEWER AND RARELY INCLUDE ROAD RAISING.

THAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT NOT AT THE DEGREE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SEWER PROJECTS. THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT CHANGING IN THIS PLAN.

THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE AS FAR AS HOW MUCH MONEY WAS NEEDED FOR EACH PROJECT AND ONE PUMP STATION.

THE LAST LINE THAT WAS MOVED OUT TO THE FUTURE PLAN, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT CHANGED.

AND SAME THING WITH WATER PROJECTS. WE HAD JUST SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND PRICES, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MOVEMENT.

YOU DO HAVE SOME WORK ALONG 41ST STREET. THAT ONE POINT THE COMMISSION BROUGHT UP WAS HOW MANY PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON IN CERTAIN AREAS.

CIP HAS A STREETSCAPE PROJECT GOING ON ON 41ST STREET.

AT THE SAME TIME, FDOT IS GOING TO BE DOING WORK ON ALTON ROAD.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS CONGESTION AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE SOME WATER MAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE 41ST STREET CORRIDOR.

THEY ARE NOT QUITE AS CRITICAL, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO HOLD OFF ON THOSE INTO THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PARAMETERS WE LOOK AT WHEN WE WERE REASSESSING THIS PLAN.

AND THEN THESE ARE OTHER PROJECTS. WE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND RIGHTSIZING THE SEAWALL PROGRAM, MOVING THAT MONEY OUT. THAT WAS A BIG ONE. YOU SEE THE BOTTOM LINE, $37 MILLION FOR FDOT, ALTON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IN THE UPPER SECTION.

THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDING FOR FDOT WITH THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT INDEFINITELY.

WE STILL WILL PROBABLY NEED THAT MONEY. WE JUST WON'T NEED IT WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD.

BE UP TO THE FIFTH SLIDE. LOOK AT THAT Q&A. I ACTUALLY HAD COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS THEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THANKS, JOHN. MAGAZINE. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ GUESS YOUR LAST COMMISSIONER BHATT.

GOOD ANSWER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A BUNCH OF LAKEVIEW RESIDENTS AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING.

AND I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING WITH EVERYONE TO. SO EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF GETTING A COUPLE DIFFERENT EMAILS.

BUT THEN ONCE WE HEAR FROM EVERYONE AND WE'RE ABLE TO MEET WITH EVERYONE, IS THERE ANY WAY, DO WE HAVE ANY ABILITY TO KIND OF SPEED UP THEIR PROCESS WITHOUT BUMPING ANYONE ELSE? SO THESE PROJECTS WERE RANKED BY OUR CONSULTANT AND A MASTER PLAN, AND THEY'RE RANKED ON MANY DIFFERENT PARAMETERS TIDAL FLOODING, DEPTH OF FLOODING, NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. DO THEY HAVE TEMPORARY PUMPS OUT THERE? IS THERE PROPERTY DAMAGE THE SIZE OF THE AREA? LAKEVIEW DEFINITELY HAS A FLOODING ISSUE, AS DO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CITY.

THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND MODERATE STORMS. IT IS A FAIRLY SMALL AREA, 50TH AND 51ST STREET WEST OF CHEROKEE, BASICALLY BETWEEN ALTON AND CHEROKEE.

WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUR CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATION AND START MOVING PROJECTS AROUND.

SO ADMINISTRATION IS IS NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT LET'S MOVE THIS PROJECT OR THIS PROJECT.

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AND THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF ENGAGING THE CITY AND ORGANIZING.

I'VE MET WITH THEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND I'VE RECEIVED THIS REQUEST FROM NUMEROUS.

COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. IF YOU YIELD BECAUSE ON THAT I HAVE A THOUGHT. YEAH, SURE. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, BUT WE CAN ADD THE PROJECT IN.

OKAY, SO AND WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

THANK YOU. AND ON THAT, LET ME JUST ASK YOU, BECAUSE I DID NOTICE ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CRITICAL NEEDS, BECAUSE. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS I, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT IS NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED YEARS AGO, THAT WAS RAISING ROADS AND THE MORE EXTENSIVE PROJECT.

THIS IS A VERY SURGICAL AND VERY SPECIFIC CRITICAL NEED PROJECT ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKEVIEW WHERE WE HAVE HOMES THAT ARE BEING FLOODED, THAT VERY MORE SPECIFIC CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECT IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. RIGHT. JOHN? WHAT, WHERE, WHERE DIANE LIVES? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO AND SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAD A SLIDE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECTS AND THERE'S NEEDS IN LAKEVIEW. BUT THEN I SAW ALSO IN THAT THAT CRITICAL NEEDS SLIDE.

YOU HAVE PROJECTS AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN NORTH BEACH, YOU HAVE NORTH SHORE AYE, YOU HAVE NORMANDY SHORES.

WE HAVE PROJECTS IN FLAMINGO PARK THAT ARE PART OF, OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECT AND THE LOOMIS PARK AREA.

WE HAVE IN, IN BAY SHORE AND IN OTHER AREAS. AND SO RATHER THAN, THAN SINGLING OUT JUST LAKEVIEW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NEEDS IN NORTH BEACH, THERE NEEDS IN SOUTH BEACH.

HOW DIFFICULT AND WHAT WOULD IT BE THE IMPACT ON THE BILLS TO GET THAT THAT TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN FROM PROJECTS 11 THROUGH 19 AND PUT IT WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE LAKEVIEW, BUT DOING IT IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY. SO IT'S ABOUT A $52 MILLION SHORTFALL, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CAPITAL PLAN SIMILAR TO OURS, WHICH IS ABOUT 470 MILLION IN THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT'S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE. LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

WHAT WOULD BE THE YEAR ONE WATER BILL IMPACT? TO A CONSUMER. SO I WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ERIC, MR. CARPENTER AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THAT ARE CONCERNS AND THE CRITICAL NEEDS ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT. THESE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS. PJ, DO YOU MIND PULLING UP THE NEXT VERY SHORT PRESENTATION WITH THE REVISED NUMBERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. JUST.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT I JUST SHOWED.

AND WHAT I DID IS I PUT THEM BACK TO BACK BECAUSE THIS WAS KIND OF DONE ON THE FLY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE I'M GOING TO TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH.

THE PLAN GOES FROM 469 MILLION TO 522 MILLION.

THE NUMBER EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT ARE THE RATES.

SO THE COMBINED RATE FOR YEAR ONE GOES FROM 8.4% TO 9.1% TO INCLUDE ALL CRITICAL STORMWATER CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECTS INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. AND I'M GOING TO TOGGLE BACK.

WE WERE AT 4.5% IN YEAR FIVE, AND WE WOULD BE AT A 5.2% IN.

SO BY. SO BY THE FIFTH YEAR, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD BE PAYING $7 MORE ON THEIR BILL COMPARED TO NOT HAVING.

THEY WOULD PAY JUST UNDER $9 MORE PER MONTH FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE WAIT. I'M SORRY, $7 MORE.

YOU ARE CORRECT. YOU GO FROM 193 TO 200. SO FOR $7 MORE ON BY YEAR FIVE.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE IF THAT'S YOUR FIVE YEAR ONE YEAR ONE YOU'RE FIVE.

YES. SO WHAT WOULD BE YEAR ONE BECAUSE THIS ESCALATES.

YEAH. SO THIS IS THE OLD PROPOSAL. IT WOULD BE $2 MORE A MONTH.

SO $1.50 A MONTH. IT WOULD GO FROM $2 A YEAR.

ONE ADDITIONAL TO GET THE TEN YEAR CRITICAL NEEDS PROGRAM.

ADDED ADDED INTO INTO THE FIVE YEAR WORK PLAN, SO IT WOULD ESCALATE FROM $2 TO A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ON, ON THE WATER BILL TO DO ALL THE TEN YEAR CRITICAL NEEDS WITHOUT SINGLING OUT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS IS SAYING.

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BUT I THINK THE APPROPRIATE WAY OF DOING IT IS DOING IT IN A WAY WHERE WE INCLUDE THE REST OF THE OF, OF THE TEN YEAR CRITICAL NEED PLAN. NOT SINGLING OUT THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO, AND SO THAT'S THE AMENDMENT I WOULD WANT TO OFFER UP TO.

COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. BECAUSE THE DIFFERENTIAL IS IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S NOT THAT GREAT.

AND THE TOTAL AND THE TOTAL SCHEME OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

AND DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE CONDO NUMBERS REAL QUICK? BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE SIGNIFICANT AS WELL. SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE FOR CONDOS.

WE WERE AT 101 IN THE FIRST YEAR. AND WE WILL BE AT 103 IN THE SECOND YEAR.

I'M SORRY. WITH THE NEW PLAN BY YOUR REVISED, REVISED PLAN.

OKAY. SO ADDING ADDING THE REST OF THE TEN YEAR WOULD INCREASE THE CONDO BILL BY $2.

YEP. SAME THING IN $7 FOR THE FINAL YEAR. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND SO AND SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MY, MY, MY PREFERENCE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND UNDERSTANDING THE GREAT NEEDS THAT THIS, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS WOULD BE TO, TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, HOLISTICALLY THE BALANCE OF, OF THE TEN YEAR CRITICAL NEED PROGRAM.

WHAT WOULD BE THE REDUCTION ON, ON, ON THE RATES? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS A VERY LARGE NUMBER THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED IN TERMS OF A RATE INCREASE, AND WE DID THE MORATORIUM TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTROL THESE COSTS.

SO COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL RATE INCREASE THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED, WAS THE RATE INCREASE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY.

SO YEAR ONE WOULD BE A 23% DROP IN THE RATE INCREASE.

AND YEAR FIVE WOULD BE A 30% DROP IN THE RATE INCREASE.

AND THAT'S IF THAT'S EVEN WHEN WE ADD THE TEN YEAR CRITICAL NEED PROGRAM.

YES, SIR. THAT'S COMPRESSING THE ENTIRE STORMWATER CRITICAL NEEDS PROGRAM INTO A FIVE YEAR FUNDING.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS. I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF RATE INCREASES.

AND, AND I WAS VERY CONCERNED AT THE BEGINNING OF THESE CONVERSATIONS OF PASSING YET AN ADDITIONAL COST TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND I WANTED US TO BE AS MEASURED AS WE COULD, UNDERSTANDING THE AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THE GOAL OF THE MORATORIUM WAS NEVER TO STOP THE INVESTMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

IT WAS TO BE AS SERIOUS AND AS CAUTIOUS AS WE COULD BE AND TAKE EVERY CONSIDER, EVERY AVENUE WE COULD TO REDUCE THE IMPACT WE WERE GOING TO PASS ALONG TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS.

I THINK TODAY WE WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S BALANCED.

NONE OF US, I THINK, TAKE PLEASURE IN HAVING TO PASS A RATE INCREASE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

BUT BUT I THINK WE'VE ALL COLLECTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN A IN AN EXCELLENT EXERCISE THAT IS REDUCING THAT IS REDUCING THE ORIGINAL RATE IMPACT.

SO YEAR ONE, WE'RE REDUCING IT BY 23%, THE RATE IMPACT AND BY YEAR FIVE, 30%.

AND SO THAT'S, WE'RE TODAY IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE WE WERE AT ORIGINALLY.

AND I FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, KNOWING THAT WE DID EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD TO LOOK FOR, TO LOOK AFTER THE AFFORDABILITY OF OUR RESIDENTS.

MR. MAYOR COMMISSIONER, WERE YOU NEXT? I DON'T REMEMBER.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. OKAY, JOHN. SO WHEN YOU SAY 4% AND 6.4%, THAT'S UNDER THE FIVE YEAR.

THAT'S THIS. THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. I'M SORRY.

I'M FAILING TO SEE THE NUMBER YOU'RE REFERENCING FOR THE ARROW DOWN 4% AND 6.4%.

THE THIS IS FOR THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, MOVING ALL THE STORMWATER CRITICAL NEEDS INTO A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

OKAY. AND SO THE PERCENTAGE DROP REPRESENT REPRESENTS WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY BILL ON YEAR FIVE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO SO IT'S THE DROP IN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A DROP.

I'M. 4%. I'M JUST BEING. YEAH. LOOK, I'M. IT'S JUST RHETORICAL.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAD SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ON THE WATER RATE INCREASE.

AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD. FORWARD THINKING.

IS THIS REALLY GOING TO PUT MORE STRAIN ON OUR ON OUR RESIDENTS?

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YOU KNOW, WE SURPASSED NEW YORK. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO EXACERBATE THE THE ISSUE ON YEAR FIVE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION COMING DOWN AND DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO TO REALLY LOWER THAT RATE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, WE HAVE $1 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

I DON'T DISPUTE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY MATTERS.

AND BEFORE WE KEEP RAISING OUR WATER BILLS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ASK WHETHER WE'RE PRIORITIZING EVERY DOLLAR WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING.

YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS CONTINUALLY, RESIDENTS CAN YOU CAN PUT THE SLIDE DOWN ON THAT.

RESIDENTS CONSTANTLY TELL US, LET'S MAKE THE DEVELOPERS PAY.

RIGHT. YET WE CONTINUOUSLY GRANTING EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL, ENORMOUS BENEFITS TO THEM.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND WE TELL RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR WATER BILL HAS TO GO UP BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEY'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DOES HAVE TO PAY.

BUT WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE RESIDENTS? YOU KNOW, WE ALSO SPEND MONEY EVERY YEAR ON THINGS THAT ARE WANTS RATHER THAN NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE FACING $1 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO MOVE TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.

I APPRECIATE THAT THESE PROPOSALS THESE RATE INCREASES HAVE BEEN REDUCED EVEN THOUGH IT'S 5%.

THAT'S PROGRESS. BUT BEING LOWER THAN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR OUR STRUGGLING RESIDENTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE UP HERE THAT ALWAYS TRIES TO PRIORITIZE THE, THE, THE URGENT PROJECTS. AND LET'S STRETCH OUT WHAT CAN RESPONSIBLY WAIT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA TO OR IT'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR QUITE A WHILE TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF OUR TAX RESORT MONEY TO INFRASTRUCTURE INSTEAD OF THINGS THAT ARE NICE TO HAVES, BUT THINGS THAT WE NEED.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE CAN KEEP PRIVATIZING THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPMENT TO.

TO TO TO. ONCE INSTEAD OF ACTUAL NEEDS AND AS A AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AT MIAMI BEACH.

I THINK ONE OF OUR. I THINK WHAT COMES TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE AS FAR AS PRIORITY BEYOND PUBLIC SAFETY IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO YOU KNOW, I IT'S, IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT IT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO START ASKING RESIDENTS TO, TO PAY MORE AND REALLY ADD SALT TO THE WOUND OF AFFORDABILITY.

AND IN MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENT, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

THIS IS A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY NEEDS.

WHEN IT COMES ELECTION TIME. WE ALL PUT THOSE ON THOSE SILLY LITTLE POSTCARDS AND SAY, HEY, I'M THE INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY PERSON. BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT PROMISE, IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT THE COSTS, THE DISRUPTION OF LIVES DURING SOME OF THESE.

AND THOSE ARE ALL LIFE IS GETTING DESTROYED. DISRUPTED.

OH THANK YOU. THAT WAS REALLY EXTREME. NO, THERE WAS THIS ONE GUY THAT.

LIVES BEING DISRUPTED, WHICH IS OUR VERY REAL AND VALID CONCERNS.

CONCERNS I'VE SHARED. AND IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I WORK DILIGENTLY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES TO AND WITH OUR STAFF.

AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME MOMENTS WHERE HE STOOD AT THAT PODIUM WHERE I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE GOING TO.

AND I COULDN'T HAVE FAULTED YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE, BUT WE NEED TO DELIVER ON RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HEAR ABOUT ALL THE TIME.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN WALK DOWN OUR STREETS AND SEE WITH OUR OWN TWO EYES.

THOSE AREN'T JUST PIE IN THE SKY DREAMS OF 20 OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW.

THOSE ARE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ALSO ARE FACING A HUGE AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE.

I'M PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION WHERE I'M CONFIDENT THAT ACTUALLY, NO, WE'VE ALREADY PUT IT FORWARD.

TODAY, OUR BUDGET WILL BE FURTHER ON THE PATH TO DELIVERING OUR LOWEST MILLAGE RATE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS AND DELIVERING TWO STRAIGHT YEARS OF A REDUCTION IN OUR MILLAGE RATES.

THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT WE CAN DO, AND I'M CONFIDENT.

I'M PROUD THAT I BELIEVE WE'LL CONTINUE DOING SO HERE.

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THAT STARTED OUT AS WHAT I THINK A LOT OF US FELT WAS INSURMOUNTABLE, OF DELIVERING THESE RESILIENCY PROJECTS AND CHALLENGES IN A MANNER THAT TAKES SOME OF THE BURDEN THAT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED OFF OF OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? IT JUST IT WASN'T THE RIGHT TIME TO PUSH FORWARD THE FULL ROLLS ROYCE OF THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE.

AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF CHOOSING THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL, THE MOST CRITICAL, THE MOST PRESSING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES THE BEST DEGREE WE CAN FOR AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR FOR YEARS WORKING SO DILIGENTLY ON THIS.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, JOHN, TO YOU AND TO YOUR TEAM FOR MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND MAKING THIS A MUCH BETTER.

SOLUTION FOR THE TIME BEING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE CITY.

AND I, I DID MEET WITH PEOPLE FROM THE LAKEVIEW AREA AND THEY SENT ME VIDEOS.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THEIR FLOODING ISSUES. I WILL MENTION I ALSO HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN LAKEVIEW THAT ARE NOT ON 50TH AND 51ST, WHO ALSO WANT TO BE INVOLVED AND FELT WE WERE BEING SNEAKY.

SO I WILL ASK YOU THAT BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST. PLEASE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN LAKEVIEW SO THAT NOBODY FEELS THAT WE'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT AND TRYING TO SNEAK JUST ONE STREET OR TWO STREETS THROUGH TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

I'M GOING TO HOLD THAT MEETING, AND I'LL INVITE YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU.

YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. JOHN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE YOU REITERATE FOR THE RECORD HOW WE GOT HERE AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT WHAT THINGS WILL LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AFTER THIS ADJUSTMENT PERIOD PLUS THE CIP THE CPI ADJUSTMENT THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN.

WHEN WE DO OUR NEXT EVALUATION OF OUR RATES. SO FOR THOSE LISTENING, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT IN A, IN SOME BROADER TO PROVIDE SOME BROADER CONTEXT AND TO HELP THE PUBLIC FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AGAIN IN OUR COLLECTIVE LIFETIMES.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE TWO ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND AND THE WATER SEWER FUND.

THESE FUNDS ARE SELF-SUSTAINING. ALL OF THE OPERATING COSTS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH USER FEES. WE OPERATE AS A BUSINESS. SO BY RAISING THESE RATES RIGHT NOW AND USING CPI ADJUSTMENTS EVERY YEAR. BEYOND THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT MAKES THOSE FUNDS HEALTHY.

IT BRINGS THEM UP TO DATE OF WHERE THEY SHOULD BE RELATIVE TO OTHER UTILITIES OF OUR SIZE.

SO THE HOPE IS IN FIVE YEARS WHEN WE DO A REVISED RATE STUDY, WE LOOK AT THIS AND IT'S MUCH LESS IT MIGHT BE CPI, IT MIGHT BE A 4 OR 5% INCREASE INSTEAD OF AN EIGHT OR A 9% INCREASE.

I'M NOT MAKING ANY GUARANTEES BECAUSE WE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE CAN PREDICT BASED ON AGE AND BASED ON CONDITION AND BASED ON INVENTORY.

WHAT WE NEED. BUT WE COULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THAT COST US A LOT OF MONEY.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE THIS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THESE FUNDS WILL BE MUCH HEALTHIER MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, AND THEY WILL BE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, AS IF WE WERE PROPERLY FUNDING THEM.

AND THE REASON WHY IT WAS SO PAINFUL NOW IS BECAUSE THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS HAD NOT BEEN HAD IN YEARS.

AND SO THERE WASN'T AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT, WHICH BASICALLY LEFT US FINANCIALLY IN THE HOLE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND I, I COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR SLOGGING THROUGH WHAT HAS BEEN A TWO YEAR PROCESS.

MY COLLEAGUES FOR TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT BALANCE OF AFFORDABILITY AND PRACTICALITY AND URGENCY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, PRIOR ELECTED OFFICIALS DID NOT HAVE THE DISCIPLINE

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AND THAT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DERELICTION OF DUTY, IN MY VIEW, BECAUSE AS MY COLLEAGUES COMMISSIONER SUAREZ SAID IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC SAFETY BEING JOB NUMBER ONE, INFRASTRUCTURE IS RIGHT THERE WITH IT.

IN MY VIEW, IT'S PART OF JOB NUMBER ONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT POOP BACKING UP INTO YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

AND IT'S EVEN WORSE IF YOU'RE IN A CONDO. I MEAN, TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD A TRUCK FALL INTO A SINKHOLE IN NORTH BEACH.

WE'RE NOT IN A DEVELOPING NATION. THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE ARE COLLECTIVELY ARRIVING AT THIS SPOT WHERE I BELIEVE I HOPE THERE WILL BE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THIS, BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO SHARE IT ACROSS EVERYBODY WHO LIVES AND WORKS HERE IN THIS MANNER, MAKING IT AS AFFORDABLE AS NECESSARY AND GETTING THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK AS WE CAN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOND.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE DAIS. WHEN WE OPENED THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE LINE UP.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MITCH NOVICK. I OWN OR MANAGE TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON THE BEACH.

I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, JOHN, YOU ALLUDED TO YOU REDUCED WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED.

BUT HOW WILL THAT IMPACT MY FUTURE BILLS? FOR EXAMPLE, MY BUILDING ON COLLINS.

THE LAST STATEMENT WAS ROUGHLY $1,800 FOR THE MONTH.

AND GRANTED, BUSINESS IS DEAD RIGHT NOW. USUALLY IT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 23, 2400.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT? THAT BILL TO TO TO BE. AND MOREOVER, AS I MENTIONED THIS MORNING, THE CITY CAN BEGAN USING A NEW BILLING SYSTEM WHERE THEY TOOK ALL CUSTOMER INFORMATION NOTICES OFF THE BILLS IN YEARS PAST.

AND I HAVE MY SEPTEMBER 25TH WATER BILL CUSTOMER INFORMATION.

THE CUSTOMERS THAT A CPI INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER AND STORM WATER WAS IN STORE.

AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN HISTORICALLY GOING BACK MANY YEARS, EVEN DECADES.

SO ON THE CURRENT BILLING MY CURRENT BILLS, THEY'RE JUST BLANK OTHER THAN THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BUILDING, NO BILLING, NO NOTICE TO THE CUSTOMERS REGARDING THE IMPENDING CPI INCREASE NEXT MONTH, AS WELL AS WHAT YOU WHAT I ANTICIPATE YOU'LL APPROVE TODAY.

SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR.

HI, DREW. CRYSTAL. 770 WEST 50TH. AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SPENDING MORE UTILITY BILLS TO SUPPORT THE CITY, BUT IT WOULD IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE THE ISSUES THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXPERIENCING WERE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO KNOW THAT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO PAY.

NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MORE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PAY $28,000 FOR INSURANCE FOR A $3,500, 3500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. BUT I DO. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS INCLUDED AND MOVED UP INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS UNDERSTOOD THAT.

THE REASON WHY YOU'RE HEARING FROM ALL THESE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S A NOW THING.

IT'S NOT EVEN A FIVE YEAR THING. IT'S NOT A TEN YEAR THING.

IT'S A NOW THING FOR US. SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE MECHANICS OF THAT OTHER THAN I'M UP HERE AGAIN AND I'M ASKING TO APPROVE IT. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE THE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE THE TABLE, I BELIEVE, AS AS AMENDED, IS NOT SINGLING OUT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALL THE CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECTS THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW

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OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE. I'M GOING TO ZOOM DEBBIE MOSKOFF.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. PERFECT. CAN YOU CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THIS IS BEN MOSKOFF. I HAPPEN TO BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE MARRIED TO DEBBIE MOSKOFF USING HER COMPUTER.

AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE TWO FOR THE LAST 43 YEARS AT 4900 LAKEVIEW DRIVE.

WE ARE AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS EXPERIENCING THE STANDING WATER, WHICH I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE AS MEETING THE DEFINITION OF FLOODING. AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, THE MANAGER. I HAVE WRITTEN AN EXTENSIVE LETTER, PROBABLY TOO LONG FOR MOST PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH.

I SENT IT TO YOU ALL YESTERDAY OUTLINING MY CONCERNS.

AND THE ISSUE COMES DOWN TO NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION.

I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM A SELECT HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORS WHO KNEW TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT TODAY'S MEETING FOR THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS NOT AN ANNOUNCED AGENDA ITEM PER SE.

IT HAS NOW BEEN INTRODUCED INTO ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS LAKEVIEW AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT THE SENTIMENT OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT BEEN EXPRESSED TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE FORUM TO DO SO. HAD WE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE BEING DISCUSSED TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, IN ADDITION TO LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS A REGISTERED LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

IF WE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY THAT INDIVIDUAL AND HAD BEEN GIVEN THAT COMMON COURTESY, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TODAY IN PERSON TO PRESENT TO YOU ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE ISSUE, AND I WILL HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT YOU NEED TO, AS ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS, TO BE ETHICAL AND FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY, TO HOLD A WORKSHOP FOR THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISIONS TODAY ABOUT REPRIORITIZING US FOR WHAT'S BEING CALLED A CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECT.

SO I NEED YOU TO START WRAPPING IT UP. THAT'S THE WRAP UP.

THANK YOU. PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. OUR NEXT CALLER IS SARA DE LOS REYES.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, SARA DE LOS REYES. I HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.

WE'RE BUDGETING OUR OUR WE'RE DOING OUR BUDGET FOR 2027 FOR SUNSET HARBOR.

AT LEAST FOR THE SOUTH TOWER. AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER? IT'S A 6.4%. THE INCREASE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE LEVY ON US OR 8%.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW. THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS THROWN UP THERE.

15. I JUST WANT TO KNOW. IT'S A. 6.4. JOHN CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. BHATT.

YEAH, I'M GETTING READY. OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY.

SO THE THE RATE SEPARATED, THE COMBINED RATE IS 8.4%.

BUT ON A CONDOMINIUM SUCH AS IN SUNSET HARBOR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL RATES.

WATER AND SEWER WILL INCREASE BY 7% UNDER THIS PLAN.

I'M SORRY. I'M GOT TO LOOK AT THE OTHER ONE. I'M SORRY.

SO THE WATER AND SEWER RATE WOULD GO UP BY 7%.

AND THE STORMWATER RATE WOULD GO UP TO ABOUT 16.8%, WITH A COMBINED OF 9.1%.

ANYBODY THAT IS CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR INCREASE OR ABOUT THEIR BILL, ESPECIALLY THE CONDO ASSOCIATIONS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US OR WATER BILLING, AND WE WILL HELP FIGURE THAT OUT FOR YOU.

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WE ESTIMATE ABOUT $7 A UNIT, BUT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT IF SHE WANTS A MORE DETAILED ESTIMATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, WE'RE HAPPY TO MODEL THAT FOR HER. IT'S $7 A MONTH OR ANNUAL $7 A MONTH EXTRA.

HANG ON. A LOT OF NUMBERS GOING AROUND IN MY HEAD.

THIS IS. FOR CONDOS. I'M SORRY. IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE CLOSER TO $10 PER MONTH PER UNIT. BUT AGAIN, THAT IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE SAMPLING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THERE ARE VARYING USAGES OF WATER BASED ON THE BUILDING.

SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO TALK TO THE HOA IN THE CONDO AND GET A COPY OF THEIR BILL AND AND MODEL THAT FOR THEM.

SO IT'S AN EXTRA $120 A MONTH. I'M SORRY, A YEAR FOR A YEAR.

YES, SIR. YEAH. COMMISSIONER. BHATT. JASON, DO YOU MIND JOINING US AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE? SO SINCE EVERYBODY'S HERE IN THE SAME ROOM, MITCH, YOU'VE RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE NOTIFICATION ON THE WATER BILLS A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND I WANTED TO JUST HAVE A VERY CLEAR, HOPEFULLY COMPREHENSIVE AND FINAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY RESIDENT GETS NOTICES ABOUT ANY CHANGES. SO, JASON, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO THE ROOM AND TO THOSE LISTENING AND TO MITCH WHAT THE CHANGES WERE AND HOW WE ARE USING OTHER MEANS TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

SURE. SO. JASON GREENE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHEN WE MOVED TO THE TYLER UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM, WHEN THAT WAS SET UP, THERE WAS A REQUEST. MANNY IS MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WHO DID THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THIS, BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAIL ON THE SPECIFICS OF WATER, SEWER, YOUR CONSUMPTION, MULTIPLE METERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY WILL BE PROVIDED.

SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE SMALL TEXT BOX THAT GOT USED ONCE A YEAR TO JUST NOTICE THAT AN ANNUAL CPI INCREASE, LIKE ANY FEE WOULD GO UP, WAS LOST IN THAT. AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT AND NOT ABLE TO BE DONE IS WITH THROUGH TYLER CONTACT WE'RE ABLE TO SEND OUT AN E-BLAST AND TEXT IF WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND OR PHONE NUMBER TO NOTIFY YOU OF THAT.

AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW ON E-BILL AND ON AUTO PAYMENT YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SENDING AN E-BLAST IS THE MOST EFFICIENT, COST EFFICIENT WAY OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

AND AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE CONCEPT THAT I THINK.

COMMISSIONER BHATT YOU BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING TOWARDS THAT, IS THAT PEOPLE ON AUTO PAYMENT ARE AN E BILL.

WE'RE STILL GETTING A PAPER BILL AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING RID OF THAT. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY BIG CHUNK OF PEOPLE THAT COULD THEORETICALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT, YOU KNOW, START GETTING BILLS AT ALL PHYSICAL BILLS AT ALL.

SO WE BELIEVE GOING FORWARD, JUST CONTINUING WITH USING THE E BLAST, USING THROUGH THE TEXT MESSAGING.

AND THEN I THINK WE'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT IN THE, THE MAGAZINE TO FROM A PAPER PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S THE SMART WAY. AND, AND IF I MAY, THERE'S ALSO A REFERRAL FROM A COMMISSIONER TO FERC THAT WE CAN HASH OUT THE NUANCES OF THIS ALSO MORE. OKAY, PERFECT. SO WE'RE ON IT.

SO WHEN IT COMES UP TO FERGUSON'S, I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE JUST IN CASE.

PERHAPS THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING MORE THAN JUST ONE ROUND OF E BLAST NOTIFICATIONS AND TEXT NOTIFICATIONS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SINCE IT'S EFFECTIVELY FREE, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM SENDING MULTIPLE ONES ON THAT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH MELISSA AND HER COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THOSE KIND OF BLASTS, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT GET A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MIX OF CUSTOMERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING TO BE COST EFFICIENT AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT. AND THERE'S IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ACCOUNT WITH US, THERE'S NO WAY I'M ASKING, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE EITHER THEIR EMAIL OR THEIR PHONE NUMBER OR IDEALLY BOTH? WE WOULD HAVE A LOT. AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO MANNY ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.

THERE ARE SOME LEGACY LEGACY CUSTOMERS THAT PROBABLY HAVE HAD ACCOUNTS SINCE BEFORE EMAIL EXISTED, BUT PART OF THE SCRIPT THAT THE TEAM HAS IS WHENEVER THOSE CUSTOMERS DO CONTACT US AND THEY NOTICE THAT THOSE BOXES ARE MISSING IN THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, WE ASK THEM FOR AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.

SO WE GET MORE AND MORE OF THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO THROUGH PROACTIVELY WHEN WE DO THE E-BLAST ABOUT RATE HIKES SO THAT WE CAN PICK UP THE PHONE OR SEND THEM AN EMAIL OR I GUESS, WELL, I GUESS SEND SOMETHING, A POSTCARD.

YEAH. THEY WOULDN'T GET THE INFORMATION RIGHT. YEAH.

ANYTIME WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION AND THE FEW THAT WE'RE MISSING WHENEVER THEY CONTACT US, WE GET THAT INFORMATION WITH THE WITH THE IDEA TO.

BUT EVEN EVEN IF THEY DON'T CONTACT US, CAN WE DO A REVIEW ONCE A YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT THE.

WE CAN. WE CAN LOOK AT A LIST OF THAT AND PUT THEM INTO.

AS WE HAVE DOWNTIME. NOT THAT THERE'S A LOT, BUT IS THERE DOWNTIME? WE COULD DO OUTBOUND PHONE CALLS TO CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE AND TRY TO GET AHOLD THEM.

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OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MITCH, DOES THAT HELP? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET THE NOTICE OF MIAMI BEACH MAGAZINE. YEAH, NO, WE'RE CLEARLY NOT. BUT FOR YOU, MITCH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CARRIER PIGEON, SO. THANKS.

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I'M ONE OF THOSE LEGACY CUSTOMERS.

I'VE RECEIVED NOTHING IN TERMS OF EMAIL OTHER THAN WHAT I FOUND IN YOUR AGENDA REGARDING THESE INCREASES.

WELL, WHY CAN'T WE PUT IT ON THE BILL, JASON? AND THEY SHOULD BE ON THE BILL. WHAT? WHAT BETTER PLACE TO ALERT YOUR CUSTOMERS THAN ON THE BILLS THEMSELVES.

WELL, JASON, WHY CAN'T YOU? CAN YOU GO BACK AND ANSWER WHY WE CAN'T PUT IT ON THE BILL? WHEN THE NEW SYSTEM WAS THE OLD SYSTEM HAD A TEXT BOX THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO.

A SMALL TEXT BOX THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO INPUT INFORMATION THAT WAS USED ONCE A YEAR FOR THIS PURPOSE. BUT WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH IS A COMPLETELY NEW SYSTEM, IT WAS DONE.

THEY, IT WAS CUSTOMIZED TO PROVIDE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE WERE FINDING A LOT OF CUSTOMERS WERE ASKING FOR, SUCH AS A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THEIR CONSUMPTION, DIFFERENT METERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS A DECISION TO NOT UTILIZE THAT SPACE FOR ONCE A YEAR TEXT BOX, BUT DATA THAT WOULD BE USED EVERY MONTH.

WHY CAN'T YOU JUST ADD ANOTHER LETTER IN THAT BILL? OR THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD LOOK AT.

IT WAS A COST BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW THIS COMMISSION IS ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT BEING EFFICIENT AND BEING COST SAVINGS AND TRYING TO DRIVE TO THE LOWEST DOLLAR THAT WE CAN. AND SINCE SO MUCH IS NOW THROUGH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION, EITHER THROUGH EMAIL OR TEXT, WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME LEGACY CUSTOMERS THAT THAT WON'T BE SUFFICIENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IT ON THE PORTAL. SO WHEN PEOPLE GO IN AND MAKE PAYMENTS, PEOPLE ARE DOING E-PAYMENT, PEOPLE ARE GETTING EMAILS, WE'RE HAVING THE MAGAZINE.

WE JUST FEEL THAT WE HAVE SO MANY VECTORS IN THAT. BUT YES, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PRINT IT THROUGH CENTRAL SERVICES, HAVE MANUAL STUFFING OF THOSE ENVELOPES FOR THOSE BILLS.

WE CAN DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE SEEING COSTS.

WHEN YOU GET A BILL, IT'S IN A PDF. AND ON THAT PDF, DOES IT SAY YOUR RATE IS GOING TO INCREASE IN THE.

WHAT WE'LL DO IS IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE E-BLAST.

SO YES, IN THE E-BLAST, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST PUT IT ON THE BILL? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE ISSUE HERE IS THE PAPER BILL.

THE ISSUE HERE IS THE PAPER BILL BEING MAILED.

SO THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PRINTED DOCUMENT THAT COULD BE EITHER MANUALLY STUFFED IN THERE OR A SEPARATE BILLING.

SO YOU AVOID THOSE COSTS. I'M JUST SAYING THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS A SEPARATE REFERRAL TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. LET'S DISCUSS IT THEN.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE THIS. YEAH, LET'S LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN QUITE THE PROCESS, BUT I THINK WE AS WE'RE ALL HEARING THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD RESULT. IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IN THE SENSE WE THE ADMINISTRATION ORIGINALLY CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING.

OUR COMMISSION ASKED FOR SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE FULFILL OUR NEEDS AND FLOOD PROTECTION, AGING PIPES, SEAWALLS AND REALLY ADDRESSING THE FLOODING BY AT THE SAME TIME, YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AS AN INCREASE, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.

SO WE'VE COME UP WITH A WAY, DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD, HALF THE HALF THE GLASS IS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY.

WE'VE ACTUALLY SAVED OUR RESIDENTS A LOT OF MONEY AND ALSO PROTECTED OUR CITY.

OUR BOND RATING AND THIS IS A GREAT ITEM. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

IT'S CALLED THE VOTE. I HEARD A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDES, BUT I NEVER HEARD THE MOTION. SO COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE, AS AMENDED WITH THE. SO THE AMENDMENT IS INCLUDE TEN YEAR CRITICAL NEEDS PROJECTS IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ NO.

VICE. MAYOR. FERNANDES. YES. COMMISSIONER. BOT.

YES. COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YES. MAYOR.

MINOR. YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SEE 7AP. C7AP IS

[C7 AP A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH AMPLIFY MARKETING INC. ALLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNAGE AND OTHER MATERIALS ON CONCESSION EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACHFRONT AND ON SUCH OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY AS THE CITY MANAGER MAY DETERMINE, IN CONNECTION WITH A MARKETING CAMPAIGN COMMENCING OCTOBER 15, 2026 TO PROMOTE THE RELEASE OF GRAND THEFT AUTO VI BY ROCKSTAR GAMES; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.]

IT WAS SEPARATED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. GRAND THEFT AUTO IS AN ADULT VIDEO GAME WHERE PLAYERS STEAL CARS, DEAL DRUGS, COMMIT ROBBERIES, MURDER CIVILIANS, AND ASSASSINATE POLICE OFFICERS.

THAT'S THEIR RIGHT. THEY CAN MAKE IT. THEY CAN SELL IT, AND THEY CAN ADVERTISE IT.

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WE ASK OUR POLICE OFFICERS EVERY DAY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY, PROTECTING OUR IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE SPEND ENORMOUS RESOURCES FIGHTING DRUGS, VIOLENT CRIME AND DISORDER, AND WE'VE SPENT OVER $1 MILLION OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS ON A SPRING BREAK, SPRING BREAK MARKETING CAMPAIGN, TRYING TO MOVE MIAMI BEACH AWAY FROM AN IMAGE OF CHAOS AND LAWLESSNESS.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR BEACHES, ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE SYMBOLS OF THE CITY AND TURN THEM INTO A SPACE FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO.

WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING TO THE WORLD? YOU CAN'T SPEND YEARS TELLING THE WORLD THAT MIAMI BEACH HAS CHANGED.

IMPOSING SOME OF THE TOUGHEST SPRING BREAK RESTRICTIONS WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE EVER HAD TO CHANGE OUR BRAND AND OUR IMAGE, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND VOLUNTARILY PROMOTE THE VERY IMAGE WE'RE TRYING TO LEAVE BEHIND.

WE NEED SOME BRAND CONSISTENCY HERE. WHAT IMAGE ARE WE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SELL? GRAND THEFT AUTO IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT FRANCHISES IN THE WORLD.

THEY DON'T NEED MIAMI BEACH TO SELL VIDEO GAMES, BUT THEY CLEARLY SEE A TREMENDOUS VALUE ASSOCIATING THEIR PRODUCT TO OUR CITY. OUR BRAND HAS VALUE TO MIAMI BEACH DOESN'T NEED TO SELL ITS BRAND, ITS VALUES OR ITS SOUL TO HELP A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR GAME FRANCHISE MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY.

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE PJ SHOW A VIDEO FROM SOME OF THE CLIPS OF THIS, OF THIS GAME TO GIVE THE COMMISSION AND AND THE VIEWERS A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT THIS DOES. SO HERE YOU HAVE CIVILIAN SHOOTINGS, POLICE SHOOTINGS. WE HAVE GUNFIRE. YOU HAVE FATAL ASSAULT.

YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, CIVILIAN SHOOTINGS, DRUG DEALING.

MORE CIVILIAN SHOOTINGS. YOU EVEN HAVE PROSTITUTION.

YOU HAVE VEHICLE ASSAULT. TORTURE. ASSAULTING WOMEN.

ROBBERY. THIS IS IN THE NEW TRAILER. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.

I, I, FOR ONE, DON'T WANT MIAMI BEACH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONNOTATION OF A BRAND.

I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS WORTH WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING.

I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH REALLY ANYTHING. I DON'T THINK IT'S.

WE COULD EVER SELL OURSELVES TO, TO THIS GAME, CONSIDERING WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FICTION AND NONFICTION, BUT THE MOMENT WE TIE OURSELVES TO THIS, IS IT GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO CHANGE BACK? AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE US SPEAKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR MOUTH, SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BE A FAMILY ORIENTED CITY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MOVING TOWARD, BUT ALSO BEING OKAY WITH THIS BEING ADVERTISED IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES.

SO OBVIOUSLY, I'M GOING TO BE A NO ON THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I'M SURPRISED THIS ALREADY HAS FOUR SPONSORS ON ON THIS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IN ANY WORLD THAT THIS SHOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS SHOULD BE I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS WAS ON CONSENT TO BE HONEST AND NOT HAVING. AND I HAD TO PULL THIS TO, TO DISCUSS IT.

I ALSO FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT ON THIS MEMO THERE IS A.

THERE IS AN ITEM IT SAYS WAS THIS AGENDA ITEM INITIALLY REQUESTED BY A LOBBYIST AND AND IT SAID YES.

IT SAYS IF SO, SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL.

THAT'S BLANK. ALSO, IS THIS A RESIDENCE RIGHT TO KNOW ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION 217.

AND I BELIEVE BASED ON OUR CODE, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OBJECTS TO IT, IT IS A RIGHT.

THERE IS A RESIDENCE RIGHT TO KNOW. SO ALSO THERE'S ALSO NO FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT HERE.

IT SAYS N A. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S ON HERE.

AND. COMMISSIONER MONICA MATEO- SALINAS, YOU'RE THE MAIN SPONSOR OF THIS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO WAS THE LOBBYIST ON

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THERE'S THREE OTHER CARS. I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BE MOSTLY IN LINE WITH YOU.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE I STAND, BUT.

COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO I, I AM ONE OF THE, THE MAIN SPONSOR ON THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS WITH OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

FOR ME, THIS IS I HAVE A DIFFERENT SLANT TO THIS.

WE AS A CITY DO NOT ENDORSE EVERY THEME, CHARACTER, STORYLINE OR BEHAVIOR DEPICTED IN THE VIDEO GAME.

THIS TO ME IS NOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VIDEO GAME, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING LIVE ACTION GTA IN THE CITY.

WE'RE NOT GIVING AWAY PISTOLS AND COCAINE TO PEOPLE.

WHAT THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO PLAY GTA GAMERS, GAME AFICIONADOS, GAMER NERDS SUCH AS MYSELF, I PLAY GTA, I'VE PLAYED IT IN 1997 WHEN THE FIRST GAME CAME OUT.

I PLAYED IT IN 2002 WHEN IT CAME OUT THE VICE CITY VERSION, AND I'M GOING TO PLAY IT AGAIN WHEN THIS ONE COMES OUT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY THE GAME AND THEN GO ON A CRIME SPREE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. WE ARE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS DESTINATION.

WE MAINTAIN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE REFERENCES IN THE GAME.

IT'S A VIDEO GAME AND IT'S FAKE. AND WE CAN BE WHO WE ARE AND MAKE A NOD TO THIS VIDEO GAME WITHOUT ENDORSING IT OR, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT THIS IS WHO WE ARE, THIS ACTUALLY WON'T AFFECT OUR BRAND.

THIS IS A WIN FOR GAMERS AND GAMING NERDS SUCH AS MYSELF AND PJ.

I SENT A VIDEO OF ME WITH MY NERDY HEADSET ON PLAYING THIS.

I DIDN'T REALLY, BUT I DO PLAY THIS GAME AND I DO HAVE A NERDY HEADSET.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF MY VIDEO GAME FRIENDS UNITE TO PLAY THIS GAME.

I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE CONCERNS. OKAY BUT I AM A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN.

I DON'T WATERBOARD, I DON'T EVEN OWN A GUN. I NEVER HAVE, BUT I DO LIKE PLAYING THIS GAME.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ENDORSING THIS ITEM. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ELSE THAT SEES IT THE SAME WAY I DO.

THIS IS REALLY A WIN FOR GAMER NERDS. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. YEAH. FIGHT! THEY BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF EACH OTHER.

THEY CURSE. SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY PROMOTES TOXIC MALE MASCULINITY.

IT'S THE MIAMI DOLPHINS. OKAY. IT'S FOOTBALL.

WE CAN DIFFERENTIATE WHAT'S FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND WHAT'S FOR REAL LIFE.

I CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. I RECOGNIZE GRAND THEFT AUTO ISN'T FOR EVERYONE.

FOR EVERYONE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY THAT AREN'T FOR EVERYONE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. THERE'S CERTAINLY ASPECTS OF THE GAME WE LIKELY DON'T WANT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VALUES OF OUR CITY.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH REALITY. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST AND MOST ANTICIPATED VIDEO GAME LAUNCH IN GLOBAL HISTORY.

AND WHETHER WE EMBRACE THIS PARTNERSHIP OR WE REJECT IT, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALREADY GOING TO EXPERIENCE A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF MIAMI BEACH THROUGH THIS GAME.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. THAT SPOTLIGHT IS COMING.

THE QUESTION REMAINS WHETHER WE ACTUALLY STAND ON THE SIDELINES AND ALLOW THAT NARRATIVE AND DIE TO BE CAST, OR WHETHER WE ACTUALLY TAKE CONTROL AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WORKS FOR THE RESIDENTS.

WE SIT UP HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO.

WE'RE NOT SELLING OUR SOULS, BUT WE'RE ENTERING A PARTNERSHIP DEAL TO BRING IN SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR CITY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PROJECTS I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE SAID, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? CAN'T DO THIS. YES. ARE WE DOING THE BARE BASICS? INFRASTRUCTURE, RESILIENCY. OF COURSE WE ARE.

RIGHT. AND EVEN THAT'S A CHALLENGE. BUT HOW MANY YEARS I'VE HAD TO TELL SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY, WE CAN'T PAVE THEIR BASKETBALL COURTS, RIGHT? THAT WE CAN'T PUT AN EXPANSION OF MUSCLE BEACH, THAT WE HAVE TO TELL NEIGHBORS IN SUNSET ISLAND.

THEY HAVE TO BUILD THEIR OWN PARK AND PAY FOR IT.

I WANT SOME MONEY INTO THIS CITY THAT WE CAN USE FOR COOL THINGS THAT ARE VISIBLE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM.

AND GO ABOVE THE BARE MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED FOR A CITY.

AND WHAT IS DESERVING OF MIAMI BEACH? I RAN FOR OFFICE WHEN THE CITY WAS A FORK IN THE ROAD.

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I FOUGHT JUST LIKE WE ALL DID. INCREDIBLY HARD TO CHANGE THAT TRAJECTORY.

I HAD A GUN POINTED AT MY CHEST IN THE LOBBY OF MY HOME, WHERE ON ANY OTHER DAY I WOULD WALK WITH MY DAUGHTER. MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS THE ENTIRE THING IN THE WORLD TO ME, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I WOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT JEOPARDIZES THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE BECAUSE I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THAT CITY.

WELL, PROTECTING MIAMI BEACH ALSO DOESN'T MEAN HIDING, DOESN'T MEAN SHOOING SOMETHING AWAY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT MEANS HAVING THE CONFIDENCE TO ENGAGE THE STRIKE PARTNERSHIPS, TO ACTUALLY TAKE CONTROL OVER SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EMBRACE.

BEFORE I MADE THIS DECISION, I DIDN'T MAKE IT LIGHTLY.

I TALKED TO OUR CHIEF. I TALKED TO OUR POLICE BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE ALIGNED OR WOULD PUT THEM AT RISK AND THEM IN DANGER. AND I TALKED TO OTHER POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL, AND ONE ACTUALLY KIND OF LAUGHED AT ME.

DO YOU THINK A VIDEO GAME IS GOING TO CHANGE WHAT WE DO IN THE CITY? OR THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. SO WE COULD REJECT THIS AND IT STILL HAPPENS, OR WE COULD EMBRACE IT.

WE CAN PUT OUR NARRATIVE ON IT AND WE CAN GET MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT I WANT TO USE RIGHT AWAY, NOT TUCK IT IN SOME CAPITAL. SORRY, JASON, SOME CAPITAL RESERVE FUND, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING ENOUGH OF THAT.

OKAY. EVERY SINGLE EXTRA DOLLAR THAT WE'VE GOTTEN INTO OUR OPERATING BUDGET OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS HAS GONE TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT'S TIME THAT WE GET IN SOME MONEY WHILE WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO GET SOME AMENITIES THAT ARE DESERVING OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VISITORS, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

SOCCER FIELDS, BASKETBALL COURTS, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, THINGS THAT MAKE MIAMI BEACH NOT JUST ANY BASIC PLACE, BUT A VIBRANT, HEALTHY COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. THANK YOU. SO I ALSO DID MY DUE DILIGENCE WHEN I FIRST HAD THIS ITEM BROUGHT FORWARD. AND THE GAMING INDUSTRY IS MASSIVE GLOBALLY.

AND THIS IS A VIDEO GAME. IT IS NOT REAL. FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY OF THEIR LOGOS ON OUR CITY PROPERTY. SO MEANING IT WON'T BE ON LIFEGUARD STANDS OR IN ICONIC PUBLIC SPACES.

IT WILL BE ADVERTISED DISCREETLY WITH OUR PARTNER, WHO IS THE BOUCHER BROTHERS, AND WE ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM. WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THEM AND IT'LL BE ON THEIR CHAIRS AND THEIR UMBRELLAS.

WHAT'S ALSO GREAT IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A START DATE AND AN END DATE.

SO FROM OCTOBER 15TH THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR IS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE VICE CITY OR THE ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, AND IT WILL BE GONE. IT ALSO WON'T BE ADVERTISED DURING ART BASEL.

SO I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BRAND IS PROTECTED, BUT STILL KEEPING WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MASSIVE GLOBAL. REACH THAT GAMING HAS TODAY. AND THE CITY IS GOING TO BE RECEIVING A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS IF THERE'S WIGGLE ROOM TO NEGOTIATE MORE.

LET US KNOW. BUT THAT MONEY IS SO CRITICAL AND WE DO NEED IT NEEDED FOR SO MANY THINGS, WHETHER IT'S JUST ON OCEAN DRIVE OR INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS, THAT MONEY IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

AND THIS MARKETING CAMPAIGN I THINK IS A WIN FOR THE CITY.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. THIS, THIS IS COMING TO MIAMI BEACH WITH OR WITHOUT US.

AND TO PRETEND THAT IT ISN'T IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK WITH ALL INITIATIVES, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.

AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND I THINK THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ENGAGED HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT TO BE AN IN-YOUR-FACE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. IT IS A VERY DISCREET, UNDERSTATED MOSTLY THE ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND.

THEY'LL GO AROUND CALLING IT V OR VI PROBABLY.

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WHICH IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO FAMILIES ALL OVER THE CITY, NOT JUST IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IS A, AN ENORMOUS PART OF WHO WE ARE. IT'S THE HEART OF OUR CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD OTHER MOVIES COME IN AND DO MARKETING EVENTS AND NOBODY HAS BATTED AN EYELASH.

AND BY THE WAY, MIAMI VICE, THE ORIGINAL MIAMI VICE THAT PUT US ON THE MAP IS BEING REDONE AS A FEATURE LENGTH MOVIE CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION. VERY HIGH END.

MICHAEL B JORDAN IS THE STAR. AND AND THAT IS ABOUT THE ARGUABLY THE WORST DECADE IN MIAMI HISTORY, THE 1980S DRUG WARS, AND NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE PROCEED MOVING FORWARD, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS HANDLED DELICATELY AND APPROPRIATELY. I WILL ADD THAT I SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME SPEAKING WITH CHIEF JONES AND SOME OTHER COMMAND STAFF LEADERSHIP ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS ON THIS. AND AS COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE SAID YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT FANS OF THE GAME, BUT THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING HORDES OF PEOPLE COMING IN WITH, YOU KNOW, DRUGS AND, AND GUNS AND DOING HORRIBLE THINGS.

THEY ARE ON THEIR, ON IT. WE WILL BE PREPARED.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE YOU KNOW, A STANDING DOWN OF ANYTHING.

WE ARE GOING TO BE VIGILANT. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A GAME.

IN FACT, TWO OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME.

YOU KNOW, TO GET THIS GAME. THEY'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY ABOUT THE RELEASE AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING ALL THE TRAILERS.

ARE THESE INCREDIBLY SCARY, DANGEROUS, INTIMIDATING, THREATENING INDIVIDUALS? AND I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE MY TWO COMMISSION AIDES, SARAH MURILLO AND NATALIA RODRIGUEZ.

AND IF YOU'VE MET THEM, YOU'LL KNOW THAT MY DESCRIPTION OF THEM IS EXACTLY.

THEY'RE TERRIFYING. TERRIFYING. SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO NOTICE THIS, FRANKLY, IS THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THIS DAIS AND SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS. I'M NOT DISMISSING THEM, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD WILL NOT NOTICE THIS AT ALL.

AND WE WILL BE THE BENEFICIARIES OF, AT MINIMUM, A NEW FOOTBALL FIELD AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT, I BELIEVE IT'S.

THE CITY MANAGER ALSO HAS THE SOLE DISCRETION OF WHAT TO ALSO ADVERTISE ON CITY PROPERTY.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS JUST VERY LIMITED. I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A A V AND A ONE, WHICH IS A SIX COMMISSIONER BUT AGAIN, I GET THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS IS COMING REGARDLESS, BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO ASSOCIATE OUR NAME TO THIS VIDEO GAME? AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE JUST SENT ME THIS BECAUSE I GUESS THEY WERE LIKE AN EXCLUSIVE.

WHAT? THIS IS THE FLORIDIAN IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE THEY'RE SHOOTING AT A MIAMI BEACH.

A MIAMI BEACH POLICE CAR JUST ROLLED OVER. AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE GETTING AWAY WITH AN AR 15, SHOOTING THEM AS THEY'RE FLEEING. I AGAIN, I JUST THIS IS I DON'T KNOW, I, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR BRAND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, WITH THIS VIDEO GAME. I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND IT'S, IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUBTLE.

I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE ON ALMOST EVERY UMBRELLA AND CONCESSION ON THE BEACH.

AND COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ SAID IT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE BOUCHER BROTHERS.

I MEAN, THAT'S OUR WHOLE BEACH. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S OUR IDENTITY.

AND IF YOU THINK THAT ROCKSTAR GAMING IS GOING TO BE QUIET ABOUT THIS AND SUBTLE, YOU'RE WRONG.

THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THAT AND IT'S GOING TO BE HEADLINES THAT THEY HAVE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO ADVERTISE THEIR GAME ON HERE.

IN FACT, THE COUNTY IS HAVING RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T, AND I'M SURE THEY WERE OFFERED PLENTY OF MONEY FOR THIS, BUT THEY.

[06:30:01]

SO YEAH, LET'S CALL A VOTE SOON. I'LL JUST SAY THE TWO THINGS.

AND I LOOKED AT THIS ITEM. I'M NOT WAS NOT A I'VE HEARD OF GRAND THEFT AUTO.

I KNEW IT WAS BIG. I ASKED MY TWO TEENAGE KIDS ABOUT IT.

THEY, THEY, THEY REPRESENT TO ME AND I'LL BELIEVE THEM. THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED IT. BUT I ACTUALLY WATCHED THE TRAILER LAST NIGHT AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE EVERYTHING LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE WORKING ON CARS MOTORCYCLE BIKE GROUPS COMING IN GUNS AS WE'RE SEEING.

I GUESS I'M ALSO IT'S, I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED THIS QUESTION MULTIPLE TIMES TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY DOING? AND WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED TO ME DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT A BUSINESS WOULD GIVE US $3 MILLION FOR, SO I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING BIGGER THAN IT'S BEING REPRESENTED.

THE OTHER THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT IS THE WAY THIS IS PRESENTED, BECAUSE TO ME, PROCEDURALLY, THIS SHOULD HAVE COME TO US TODAY AND THEN AUTHORIZE OUR CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND THEN COME BACK TO US.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE TIMING.

WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING FULL AUTHORITY TO OUR CITY MANAGER, WHO I TRUST AND HAS EXPRESSED WHAT HE PLANS TO DO.

BUT WE HAVE NO. WE'RE LITERALLY APPROVING SOMETHING WITHOUT GETTING A LOOK AT IT.

AND THAT IS NOT TYPICAL OF HOW WE OPERATE, RIGHT? WE USUALLY GET THINGS BACK, WHETHER IT BE A BID, AN RFP, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S COMING TO US SO LATE IN THE GAME.

I'M BEING TOLD, HEY, THERE'S NO CHOICE. WE DON'T THERE'S NO THIS IS THE TIMING.

BUT WHY? I MEAN, WE MET IN JULY. WE MET IN JUNE.

SO I DIDN'T I DIDN'T LOVE THAT PART. AND. THE THE LAST POINT AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT COMMENTS, BUT I GUESS THERE ARE AT LEAST THE MEDIA IS PLAYING UP THAT THE SHERIFF HAS RAISED SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HER DIRECTLY, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO IF I'M GOING TO QUOTE SOMEONE.

AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE I GOT AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE AGAINST THIS AND IT SAYS THE CITY'S OWN, THIS IS MORE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE, THE CITY'S OWN REGULATION PROHIBITS THE SIGNAGE RESILIENCY CODE, SECTION 6.16 AYE BARS, GENERAL ADVERTISING SIGNS ANYWHERE IN THE CITY WITH NO EXCEPTION FOR PUBLIC LAND.

SECTION 6.31 F MAKES IT UNLAWFUL TO AFFIX A SIGN TO ANY PROPERTY OR GOVERNMENT BODY.

6.42 LIMITS SIGNAGE SEAWARD OF THE EROSION CONTROL LINE TO IDENTIFICATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND ITS ACCESSORY USES.

SECTION 6.12 VEST RELIEF FROM THESE ROLES IN THE LAND USE BOARDS.

NOT A. NOT IN A RESOLUTION. THE CITY SHOULD NOT AUTHORIZE BY CONTRACT WHAT IT PROHIBITS BY CODE.

SO. AND THEN I ALSO BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION ON THIS MEMORANDUM THAT THERE IS A FISCAL IMPACT THAT SAYS N A AND THERE IS A LOBBYIST ON THIS, AND IT DOESN'T SAY WHO THE LOBBYIST IS. IT'S BLANK.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY VOTE ON IT AND AND TAKE A POSITION.

SO IF MR. CITY ATTORNEY LOBBYIST, I BELIEVE WAS AMPLIFY OR ONE OF ITS PRINCIPLES THAT WAS A, AN INADVERTENT OMISSION ON OUR PART. WE OBVIOUSLY CHECKED THE YES WHEN WE PREPARED THE ITEM, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT DID NOT MAKE IT ON THERE, THE N A WAS BECAUSE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET 2 MILLION, BUT WE MIGHT GET MORE. BUT THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

THE CITY WILL NOT BE SPENDING ANY FUNDS. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE THE RESILIENCY CODES ON SIGNAGE ON.

I'M SURE THAT THE MANAGER WILL WORK WITH OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY SIGNAGE IS COMPLIANT WITH OUR ELDERS.

OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, I MEAN, GUYS, DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? I UNDERSTAND IT'S COMING NO MATTER WHAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY TO DO THIS.

I, WE, WE SPENT $1 MILLION ON A SINGLE COMMERCIAL TRYING TO STOP SPRING BREAK AND EXACTLY EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THIS VIDEO.

I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A BLACK MIRROR EPISODE. WHY ARE WE OKAY WITH THIS? YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S MOVIES COMING OUT, BUT WE'RE NOT SPONSORING THE MOVIE.

WE IT'S I MEAN, IT'S JUST CRAZY. AND I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS SAID IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A VIDEO GAME OF SHOOTING DOWN POLICE OFFICERS IN COLD BLOOD, I THINK THAT'S JUST THE WRONG IMAGE FOR MIAMI BEACH.

AND AND HOW HOW OFTEN DO WE GET THESE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SIN NOTICES OF OF LITERALLY IT SAYS GRAND THEFT AUTO ON IT.

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I, I DON'T KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING CRAZY HERE, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST NOT THE DIRECTION I THINK OUR CITY SHOULD BE GOING IN.

[06:35:03]

I JUST, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT WHENEVER THERE'S A VOTE THAT I'M A NO ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE. YOU WANT ME TO DO A ROLL CALL SINCE SOMEBODY KNOWS.

COMMISSIONER BHATT. I'M SORRY. FIRST, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL MOVE IT. SO I HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SECOND. I'M SORRY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS.

OKAY. ROLL CALL OR NO, IT'S NOT, BUT I COULD DO EITHER WAY.

ROLL CALL, ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER BHATT. YES.

COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ.

COMMISSIONER. MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. NO. MAYOR MINOR.

NO. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 3. IT'S CALLED R7A.

[R7 A A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM BY A 6/7TH VOTE, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 1.03(B)(3) OF THE CITY CHARTER, AN AMENDED AND RESTATED CONCESSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH (CITY) AND BOUCHER BROTHERS PIER PARK, LLC (CONCESSIONAIRE), AMENDING THE ORIGINAL CONCESSION AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 20, 2023, TO INCORPORATE NEW TERMS, INCLUDING REVISED OUTSIDE DATES FOR TERM COMMENCEMENT AND PRE-COMMENCEMENT DELIVERABLES, RENEWAL OPTIONS, REQUIRED INVESTMENT, AND MINIMUM CONCESSION FEES DURING OPTION PERIODS; WAIVING THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS BY A FIVE-SEVENTHS (5/7TH) VOTE AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 2-367(E) OF THE CITY CODE, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONCESSION AGREEMENT; AND FURTHER, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONCESSION AGREEMENT.]

PIER ONE. PIER ONE, PARK ONE OCEAN DRIVE.

WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON. DOMINGUEZ.

DIVISION DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONCESSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND BOUCHER BROTHERS PIER PARK.

THIS AMENDED THIS AMENDMENT WAS TO INCORPORATE THE TERMS REQUIRED TO INCLUDE PURSUANT TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AMONGST PENROD'S BROTHERS BOUCHER AND THE CITY WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSION COMMISSION AT THE MAY 20TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AND SOME OF THE TERMS THAT WERE INCLUDED ARE THE TERMS THAT WERE INCLUDED WAS REVISED OUTSIDE DATES, WHICH CHANGED FROM AUGUST 1ST, 2027 TO AUGUST 1ST, 2029.

OR THE DATE IN WHICH ANY OF THE CONCESSION OPERATIONS HAVE ISSUED A CO TWO RENEWAL OPTIONS, ONE FOR FIVE YEARS AND ONE FOR THREE YEARS. PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS NO RENEWAL OPTIONS.

AND ALSO TO HAVE AN INCREASE TO THE REQUIRED INVESTMENT BY BOUCHER FROM 26 MILLION TO 2 692 0 TO $50 MILLION.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDED A $1.5 MILLION FEE FOR EXERCISING THEIR SECOND RENEWAL OPTION, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST AT THE APPLICABLE APPLICABLE RATE CALCULATED FROM THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

I. OKAY, SO THIS IS R7A. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. MISS LATONA, YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON R7A? MISS LAYTON? I'M NOT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON THAT, BUT I APOLOGIZE.

BUT THAT WAS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. NO ONE ELSE IS THERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THEN.

SO R7A HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

THAT WAS R7A. AND ELIZABETH, WE ALL GOT YOUR EMAIL SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. IT'S CALLED R FIVE. Z.

[R5 Z AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 94 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED "SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS," BY CREATING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED "SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS," BY CREATING DIVISION 1, ENTITLED "ALLISON ISLAND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT," TO RESTATE AND INCORPORATE INTO THE CITY CODE THE ALLISON ISLAND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ORIGINALLY CREATED PURSUANT TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 89-125 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GUARDHOUSE AND GATES, AS WELL AS SECURITY SERVICES, ON ALLISON ISLAND; AND TO AMEND THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

AMENDING CHAPTER 94 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS BY CREATING ARTICLE FOUR ENTITLED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS BY CREATING DIVISION ONE ENTITLED ALLISON ISLAND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT TO RESTATE AND INCORPORATE INTO THE CITY CODE.

THE ALLISON ISLAND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, ORIGINALLY CREATED PURSUANT TO MIAMI DADE COUNTY ORDINANCE NUMBER 89-125 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A GUARDHOUSE AND GATES, AS WELL AS SECURITY SERVICES ON ALLISON ISLAND, AND TO AMEND THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS ITEM R5Z.

MY ITEM. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM, MR. MAYOR.

SECOND, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. SO I HEARD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

MATEO- SALINAS. FERNANDEZ. FERNANDEZ. SORRY. SO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I SEE NO ONE IN ZOOM. NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS.

[06:40:02]

MOTION CARRIES. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THAT WAS ITEM R5ZR5AF.

[R5 AF WOLFSONIAN ARTS DISTRICT AMENDMENTS AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH RESILIENCY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ENTITLED “OFF-STREET PARKING,” ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “VEHICLE PARKING, BICYCLE PARKING AND OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS,” SECTION 5.2.4, ENTITLED “VEHICLE OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS,” SECTION 5.2.4.1 THEREOF, ENTITLED “PARKING TIER 1,” TO REMOVE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES LOCATED WITHIN THE WOLFSONIAN ARTS DISTRICT; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” SECTION 7.5.2, ENTITLED “HEIGHT REGULATIONS EXCEPTIONS (SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS),” SECTION 7.5.2.1 THEREOF, ENTITLED “HEIGHT REGULATION EXCEPTIONS AND ROOFTOP ADDITIONS,” TO PERMIT MULTI-STORY ROOFTOP ADDITIONS ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE WOLFSONIAN ARTS DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

SECTION 5.24 ENTITLED VEHICLE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

SECTION 5.2.4.1 THEREOF ENTITLED PARKING TIER ONE TO REMOVE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES LOCATED WITHIN THE WOLFSONIAN ART DISTRICT.

AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS.

ARTICLE FIVE ENTITLED SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS. SECTION 7.5.2 ENTITLED HEIGHT REGULATIONS, EXEMPTIONS. SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS.

SECTION 7.5.2.1 THEREOF ENTITLED HEIGHT REGULATION, EXCEPTIONS AND ROOFTOP ADDITIONS TO PERMIT MULTI-STORY ROOFTOP ADDITIONS ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE WOLFSONIAN ARTS DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLARIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM REQUIRES A 5/7 VOTE.

IS ITEM R5AF. DEBBIE. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE APPLICATION FOR THE WOLFSONIAN MUSEUM.

THEY ARE GEARING UP TO START A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE 2022 CULTURAL GEO BOND.

DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A PARKING REQUIREMENT DISCREPANCY IN THE IN THE RESILIENCY CODE THAT THE THE FUNCTION OF A MUSEUM OR AN ART GALLERY WAS ACTUALLY NOT CONTEMPLATED IN OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO ELIMINATE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WITHIN THIS PORTION OF THE OVERLAY FOR MUSEUM ART GALLERY.

AND THE OTHER PROPOSAL HAS TO DO WITH PERMITTING A MULTI-STORY ROOFTOP ADDITION THAT WOULD JUST FACILITATE THEM RETAINING SOME MORE OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AS PART OF THEIR ADDITION THAN HAVING TO DEMOLISH AND RECONSTRUCT.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND. CALL THE VOTE.

I HAVE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT? I SEE SOMEONE ON ZOOM. JOHANN MOORE, ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON R5F? YES I AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU, DEBBIE, FOR YOUR EFFORT AT.

CLARIFICATION OF MY QUESTION AT PLANNING BOARD.

BUT I AM STILL A LITTLE UNCLEAR, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE CLARIFIED NOW.

IN SECTION 7521 D EIGHT. IT WOULD AUTHORIZE SAID ROOFTOP ADDITIONS IN THE BLOCK INCLUDING 1600 WASHINGTON. AND THE RESPONSE AT PLANNING BOARD WAS THAT THE INTENTION OF THIS IS ONLY TO BENEFIT THE WOLFSONIAN.

AND I UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THAT. BUT THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT SECTION EIGHT IS IN HERE.

IS THAT JUST AN ARTIFACT OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE LANGUAGE? IN WHICH CASE MY MY QUESTION IS ADDRESSED. MR. MAYOR, CAN I RESPOND? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

YES. THE 1600 WASHINGTON PROJECT YEARS AGO WAS GRANTED THAT THAT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR MULTI-STORY ROOFTOP ADDITIONS.

SO THAT IS NOT BEFORE THE COMMISSION TODAY. THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN ZOOM REQUESTING TO SPEAK. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK. CALL THE VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DOMINGUEZ. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. YES. VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BART. YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. MAYOR WEINER.

YES. MOTION CARRIES. SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH.

THAT WAS ITEM R5AFR9AA.

[R9 AA DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE MARCH 2027 SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMMING IN LUMMUS PARK AND LUMMUS PARK BEACHFRONT, AND APPROVE SPONSORSHIP FUNDING of $750,000 FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL GYMREAPERS WODAPALOOZA MIAMI BEACH FITNESS FESTIVAL.]

WELCOME. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, FRANCIS VICE CHAIR, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE.

SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, WE HOPE TO HAVE THREE OUTCOMES.

WE'RE PRESENTING SO FAR WHAT WE HAVE AS CURRENT PROGRAMING IN LOOMIS PARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR MARCH 2027.

THE ITEM DOES REQUEST A SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP FOR JIM REAPER'S WATER PALOOZA, THE FITNESS FESTIVAL.

IT'S IN LINE WITH WITH WHAT THEY RECEIVED LAST MARCH, AND IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMING THAT THEY DID AGAIN IN NEXT MARCH.

AND LASTLY, WE SEEK LEGISLATIVE DIRECTION REGARDING ANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING AND OR SPONSORSHIP FOR ANY ADDITIONAL THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING FOR NEXT MARCH.

[06:45:03]

WE HAVE THE ANNUALS WINTER PARTY FESTIVAL, THE 305 HALF MARATHON FUTURE PROOF.

WE HAVE WATER PALOOZA AND WE HAVE ETHICS, WHICH WAS HERE ALSO THIS PAST MARCH.

THEY HAVE, HOWEVER, INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED MORE THAN 250 000, WHICH IS THE REMAINING THAT WE WOULD HAVE IF WE DO ALLOW WATER TO HAVE 750. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN PROGRAMING.

AS A REMINDER, THE CURRENT BUDGET, WE HAVE A ONE TIME ENHANCEMENT REQUEST FOR $1,000,001 MILLION FOR MARCH.

750 IS WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR WATER PALOOZA.

AND THEN FINALLY, JUST POINTING OUT AGAIN THAT IN THE MEMO, WE DELINEATE A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS SLASH EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH. SOME OF THEM HAVE COME TO US DIRECTLY, OTHERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH CONNECTIONS THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.

AND ALSO IN JULY, WE HAD COMMISSIONER MAGAZINE ITEM DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON A FITNESS FESTIVAL.

SO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THEN TODAY WE HAD COMMISSIONER.

MATEO- SALINAS ITEM ALSO FOR STRONG NEW YORK, AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL.

SO AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS FOR MARCH.

WE DO ASK FOR DIRECTION TODAY, ONE FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR WATER PALOOZA AND TWO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE ON TIME. COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I THOUGHT I WAS A SPONSOR FOR WATER PALOOZA, SO I'D LIKE TO BE.

OKAY, SURE. I THINK WATER BALLOONS HAS BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS.

I THINK IT REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR TRANSFORMING SPRING BREAK FROM WHAT IT WAS TO WHAT IT IS TODAY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE BECOMING A HEALTH AND FITNESS DESTINATION.

AND IT IT HAD LONG TIME BEEN IN BAYSHORE AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN, LET'S SAY, JUST POACHING THEM FROM THERE TO HERE. AND IT HAS HAD A BAYFRONT, SORRY, IT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE ROOM RATES. MITCH IS HERE. HE CAN TELL YOU THAT HIS ROOM RATES SKYROCKETED DURING, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE WEEKS OF WATER PALOOZA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND IT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. AND SIMILAR TO THE AIR AND SEA SHOW AND HOW THAT REALLY TRANSFORMED MEMORIAL DAY INTO A LONG STANDING, YOU KNOW, FAMILY TRADITION.

I'D LOVE TO SEE WATER PALOOZA BE A MAINSTAY. I, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO START LOWERING THAT SUBSIDY AND DEPENDANCE ON, ON FROM THE CITY TAXPAYERS.

BUT I THINK FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT EVENT.

IT'S HERE, IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS. AND YOU KNOW, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, WE SHOULDN'T DON'T FIX IT.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAY ON THIS AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER. MAGAZINE. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. SUAREZ. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN HELPING BRING THIS EVENT.

IT'S BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE. DURING MARCH, YOU WALK IN PUBLIX ON WEST AVENUE OR IN SUNSET HARBOR, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE HERE FOR THAT EVENT, RIGHT? AND IT TRANSFORMED NOT JUST THAT AREA, BUT OUR ENTIRE CITY, AND NOT JUST FOR THAT TIME PERIOD, BUT IT HELPED US BRING A NEW BRAND IDENTITY TO OUR CITY.

12 MONTHS A YEAR THAT I THINK WE'VE ALL EMBRACED, WHETHER IT BE FOR BLUE ZONES, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH MARKETING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, LONGEVITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAD AN EVENT LAST YEAR AT THE VERY END. IT GOT ADDED AND THIS IS THROUGH NO FAULT OF ANYBODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WERE EXPECTING HIGH ROCKS FOR THAT THIRD WEEKEND AND AT THE LAST MINUTE THEY WENT INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER, SO WE WERE LEFT SCRAMBLING WITH THE ADIDAS EVENT, WHICH WAS FINE, AND IT WAS A GREAT FILLER FOR THAT TIME, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT DELIVERED A TRUE BANG FOR ITS BUCK.

AND WHAT I WAS THINKING, WHERE I WOULD LIKE THINGS TO GO, AND IN HEARING FROM OUR BODY AND FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE REALLY DONE TREMENDOUS WORK THROUGH THIS HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVE IN MARCH, AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER TO DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DOWN. AND THAT'S WHAT MY ITEM WAS LAST MONTH.

AND IN THE INTERIM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MARIA, WITH FRANCIS, WITH, WITH ERIC.

SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT APPALOOSA, WE ALSO HAVE A CONFERENCE OUT ON THE BEACH THAT IS CALLED FUTURE PROOF.

[06:50:03]

I BELIEVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WERE THERE. FIVE YEARS AGO, CNN WAS BROADCASTING FROM OCEAN DRIVE DURING MARCH, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE CITY DURING FUTURE PROOF, CNBC WAS DOING LIVE BROADCASTS OF THEIR MOST PROMINENT FINANCE SHOW IN THE WORLD ON NATIONAL TV RIGHT FROM OCEAN DRIVE.

SO WE HAD THIS TREMENDOUS EVENT. AND I THINK IF WE COMBINE THOSE TWO INTO A HYBRID, WE ARE REALLY, REALLY ON TO SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OPERATOR OF FUTURE PROOF TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT THAT I WANT ALL OF US TO BE A PART OF, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS ISN'T A DOGMATIC, HERE'S THE EVENT.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. THIS IS AN UMBRELLA WITH A PROVEN OPERATOR, SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN OUR PARTNER.

IN MARCH, WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS RUNNING AWAY, THEY RAN TO US.

AND JUST LIKE DYLAN THIS GENTLEMAN, MATT MIDDLETON, WHO WE'VE ALL MET WITH HE WAS OUR PARTNER IN EXECUTING FUTURE PROOF.

WHAT GIVES HIM A VERY UNIQUE ADVANTAGE TO BEING THE EVENT PRODUCER FOR THAT NEXT WEEKEND, AFTER WHAT A PALOOZA AND AFTER FUTURE PROOF IS, HE ALREADY HAS THE EXISTING SET UP HERE, RIGHT? SO I DON'T THINK WE STOP WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT.

WE BUILD UPON THAT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR RESORT TAX REVENUE, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING IS WELL SPENT BECAUSE IT'S GENERATING AN ROI.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR RESORT TAXES IN MARCH, IT WELL EXCEEDS THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.

AND THIS IS IN GENERAL FUND RESIDENT TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS.

THIS IS BEING FUNDED BY ONE TIME RESORT DOLLARS.

SO WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THIS, DYLAN, TRULY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BETTER SHOWING AGAINST MY, MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE MAYOR SUAREZ OVER THERE.

DURING THE WHAT A PALOOZA FESTIVAL. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT HE NOT, YOU KNOW, USE SOMEBODY FROM THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT SNIPER SCHOOL AS HIS PARTNER WHILE MY AIDE, LEWIS, IS MINE. BUT I SEE THE DISADVANTAGE HERE AND MONICA THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, BUT HE HE'S ROLLING GUYS RIGHT OUT OF SWAT SCHOOL FOR FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP.

BUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, I LOST, AND I'LL LIVE WITH IT, BUT WE BUILD UPON THIS TO A HYBRID EVENT THAT BECOMES OUR ART BASEL OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN 3 OR 4 YEARS, RIGHT? WHERE IT'S NOT JUST PARTICIPATORY FITNESS, WHERE THIS IS AN EVENT FOR EVERYBODY.

AND RIGHT NOW WE BUILD IT ON THE BEACH. BUT IN THREE YEARS IT EXPANDS.

SO EVERY HOTEL IS HAVING THEIR SATELLITE EVENT.

IT'S A HYBRID OF SEMINARS. PEOPLE LIKE GARY BRECKA AND EXPERTS IN THE LONGEVITY WORLD ARE GOING TO COME AND SPEAK AT THIS.

BUT THEN WE HAVE THE PARTICIPATORY ANGLE AND ALSO THE ORGANIC ANGLE.

SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME FOR PILATES OR RUN CLUB OR WORKING OUT.

THIS IS AN UMBRELLA I WANT ALL OF US TO PARTICIPATE IN.

MEET WITH MATT, GIVE HIM OUR IDEAS, AND WORK WITH A PROVEN OPERATOR THAT ALREADY HAS THE FOOTPRINT ON THE BEACH TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS IN THAT WEEKEND WHERE WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE A VOID. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TO HELP GET THIS OFF THE GROUND RUNNING IS TO RESTORE OUR FUNDING LEVELS THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS MARCH.

DYLAN, KEEP YOURS WHERE THEY'RE AT. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT ON ATHLETICA.

HAVE THE OPERATOR OF FUTURE PROOF RUN WITH THIS CONCEPT THAT WE ALL HAVE A HAND IN PRELIMINARILY CALLED HUMAN PROOF.

BUT IT'S COMBINING ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WE SEE THAT MAKES MARCH SO SUCCESSFUL.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ALSO HAVE THESE OTHER SMALLER EVENTS THAT WE WANT PART OF THIS UMBRELLA, THE COPA AMERICA SOCCER, LET'S BRING IT RIGHT.

LET'S PUT THAT ON THE STREET OF OCEAN DRIVE WHILE WE HAVE THIS CONFERENCE GOING ON ON THE BEACHES, AND WE MAKE THIS THE HEALTH, WELLNESS WEALTH EPICENTER OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.

AND WE WILL MAKE BACK EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR AND MORE THAT WE INVESTED NOT JUST DURING MARCH, BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, AS THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE A RACE AND IDENTITY.

TO GIVE YOU A DATA POINT TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU JUST SAID THIS PAST MARCH, WE HAD THE HIGHEST RESORT TAXES EVER FOR A SINGLE MONTH IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT, WHERE WE CAME FROM JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, NOT FOR THE BIGGEST MARCH EVER, THE BIGGEST SINGLE MONTH WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY FOR RESORT TAXES.

AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD NINE MONTHS OF GROWTH IN A ROW SEVERAL YEARS RUNNING.

SO THIS PAST NINE MONTHS. YEAH, IT'S GREAT. IT'S A GREAT JOB ALL AROUND AND FULLY SUPPORTIVE.

COMMISSIONER. BHATT. IF I MAY, JUST TO ADD ONE MORE POINT FOR, FOR DISCUSSION, I FORGOT TO ADD THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THIRD WEEKEND.

[06:55:02]

WE HAVE BOTH FUTURE PROOF AND WATER LOADING OUT AFTER THE SECOND WEEKEND.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN OF. ANY OTHER PROGRAMING TO SHARE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SAVE ON TIME OUT ON THE BEACH.

SO THE DISCUSSION FOR ADDITIONAL WOULD BE FOR THE THIRD WEEKEND OF MARCH.

SO JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO HEAR, FRANCIS, I KNOW YOU'VE MET AND ERIC HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH JORDAN CABANA TO TALK ABOUT A SORT OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, SORT OF A BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL AND MORE ACADEMIC PART OF HEALTH, WELLNESS AND WELL-BEING. AND I THINK THAT FITS IN THE CONCEPT REALLY NICELY OF FUTURE PROOF, HUMAN PROOF WATER PALOOZA, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BUILDING.

SO I WOULD LIKE, AS WE GO FORWARD AND TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT THE ENTIRETY OF THOSE THREE WEEKS LOOKS LIKE THAT, THAT THAT, THAT JORDAN IS A BIG PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE HIS NETWORK EXTENDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CAN BRING IN SOME VERY HEAVY HITTERS, WHICH WOULD TIE IN REALLY NICELY WITH THE FUTURE PROOF CROWD.

AND I THINK IT REALLY CEMENTS THE FOUNDATION THAT WE'RE BUILDING UPON AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS I BEEN VERY LOOSELY CONNECTED TO THE FOLKS WHO DO THE HIGHLANDER GAME, THE HIGHLAND GAMES IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME.

AND I HAVE CONNECTED WITH THEM AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING THAT HERE TO MIAMI BEACH.

AND AS EVERYBODY REMEMBERS FROM THE, THE TARTAN ARMY INVASION THAT WAS A PRETTY FUN COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND IF I CAN GET THEM HERE IN MARCH, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

AS PART OF THAT. SO DON'T HAVE IT YET, BUT AS SOON AS I HAVE SOMEBODY TO CONNECT YOU WITH, I WILL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. BOARD. WITH THAT IS THERE.

SO I GUESS A MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THIS SCHEDULE AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH MATT FROM FUTURE PROOF AND DYLAN FROM WATER PALOOZA ON THE SCHEDULING FOR THAT THIRD WEEKEND THAT STILL REMAINS ON PROGRAMS AND THEN RESTORE FUNDING TO THE LEVELS OF LAST MARCH, WHICH I GUESS WE CAN DO AN AMENDMENT AT 502. OKAY.

WHAT WAS THE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WHAT WERE THE.

IF YOU CAN REMIND ME, THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE, WHAT WAS COMMISSIONER? WHAT WAS THE LEVEL OF FUNDING? I THINK IT WAS ONE 600 000 TOTAL.

IN TOTAL, IT WAS WHAT, 1.5.4, 1.3, I THINK IT WAS.

IT WAS $1.4 MILLION. AND THEN WE TOOK 5000. AND WE GAVE IT TO THE FLAG FOOTBALL FOLKS.

YEAH. AND SO IT ENDED UP AT 1.35. YEAH. SO WE'LL KEEP DYLAN'S EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

AND THEN FOR THIS THIRD WEEKEND WHERE WE'LL HAVE HUMAN PROOF.

AND BASICALLY THAT IS THAT WILL BE OUR OPERATOR.

BUT TO THE EXTENT WHERE WE WANT COPA AMERICA OR JORDAN, THEY CAN WORK UNDER THIS UMBRELLA UNDER THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HE ALREADY HAS ON THE BEACH. YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THIS THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION HAS REALLY CHANGED THE BRAND IMAGE OF, OF MIAMI BEACH IN JUST A MATTER OF YEARS.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SEND ME LIKE, OH, YEAH, THIS COMMISSIONER IS BRINGING ANOTHER HEALTH AND FITNESS.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ME DOING IT.

IT'S EVERYONE HAS THE SAME IDEA. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR CITY IS WHAT BENEFITS THE MOST FROM IT. AND I JUST HAVE A SINGLE IDEA AND, AND I'M, I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT CAN WORK WITH THAT ALSO HAVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IDEAS TO, TO BRING TO THE, TO THE MONTH OF MARCH AND, AND BEYOND.

THAT'S CUTE BECAUSE WHEN YOU BRING A FITNESS ITEM, I ACTUALLY SAY, OH, THAT'S CUTE. YOU KNOW, HE FOLLOWED MY PATH AND HE BROUGHT A FITNESS ITEM. I WANT TO BRING SOME MORE WRESTLING. CALL THE LET'S CALL THE VOTE.

I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE. SECOND, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

THIS IS ON ITEM R9AA. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. THE ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN ZERO.

AFTER THE FACT OR DIRECTION AFTER THE FACT. OKAY.

GOT IT. 5AC. R5AC IS AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR. CITY

[R5 AC AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED "BUSINESS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE XV, ENTITLED "STREET PERFORMERS AND ART VENDORS," BY AMENDING SECTION 18-903, ENTITLED “ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AND RULES,” BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (5) THEREOF, TO ADDITIONALLY ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATES FOR NONEXPRESSIVE PRODUCTS TO ENUMERATED NONRESIDENTS WHO HELD A PAST VALID ARTIST VENDOR CERTIFICATE; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

[07:00:03]

A C COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. THIS IS YOUR ITEM.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. YES. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE ARTIST VENDOR PROGRAM.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GRANDFATHERS IN THOSE THAT WERE A PART OF THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE MADE THE CHANGES AND THAT LIVE OFF OF MIAMI BEACH.

SO IF THEY'VE HAD, IF THEY WERE PART OF THE PROGRAM, THEY LIVED OFF OF THE BEACH THE YEAR BEFORE WE CHANGED THE PROGRAM.

THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SELL.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE COME A LOT TO THE MEETINGS AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.

BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO RESPECT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT ALSO HELP OUT THOSE WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS, MAYBE, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE MY ITEM. I'D LIKE TO JUST LISTEN.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, IF YOU COULD.

WHAT IS THIS ENTAIL? IF THIS APPROVED. HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY QUALIFY? GOOD AFTERNOON. MANNY MARCUS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

THIS WOULD APPLY TO 16 NON-EXPRESSIVE ARTISTS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF MIAMI BEACH.

A TOTAL OF 16. OKAY. AND LISTEN, I WANT TO BE REASONABLE.

AND GENERALLY I'M OKAY WITH IT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE EVERY MEETING AND AND LISTEN, I'M NOT TRYING TO I'M NOT TRYING TO DISRUPT YOUR, YOUR FINANCIAL WELL-BEING.

BUT LOOK, WHEN I SEE POSTS, NOT THIS ISN'T FROM YOU, BUT FROM OTHERS THAT HAVE ON THE ARTIST FENDER THAT HAVE FAKE, YOU KNOW, CHANEL AND AND VAN CLEEF AND JEWELRY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE TRASH BEING SOLD ON OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.

AND, AND I HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE WITH ALLOWING PROFIT ON A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A BUSINESS THAN A FORM OF ART.

THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL THAT GOES THROUGH.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT THAT THERE IS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY WHERE IF YOU ARE CAUGHT WITH COUNTERFEIT BRANDS, THAT YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY KICKED OFF THE PROGRAM.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE WITH WITH, WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO APPLY FOR THIS.

I'M FINE WITH THAT AMENDMENT. GREAT. SO SO A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY.

THEY GET CAUGHT SELLING OR ADVERTISING THESE COUNTERFEITS.

THEY'RE OFF THE PROGRAM. ANY. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. HOW DO WE NEED TO DO.

DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE? IT'LL BE AMENDED FOR SECOND READING. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

CAUGHT SELLING IS ONE THING. ADVERTISING. UNLESS THEY'RE ADVERTISING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING ON THE BEACH, THEY MIGHT BE SELLING ELSEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT. OKAY. HOW ABOUT ON DISPLAY? ON DISPLAY. OKAY. I THINK THAT WORKS. SO THE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE AS AMENDED.

YES. AS AMENDED. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS DEBATE FROM THE DAIS. IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKER ON ZOOM, NO SPEAKER IN THE AUDIENCE REQUESTING TO SPEAK AT THE MOMENT.

I NEED A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SECOND, SECONDED BY BY COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

SO AS AMENDED, COMMISSIONER BHATT. YES. VICE MAYOR FERNANDEZ YES.

COMMISSIONER MATEO- SALINAS. YES. COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER. DOMINGUEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER.

MAGAZINE. YES. MAYOR BINDER YES. MOTION IS APPROVED.

SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH.

THAT WAS ITEM R5AC APPROVED AS AMENDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND KEEP DOING YOUR GREAT WORK.

ANYTHING THAT BRINGS YOU CITY MONEY, GO FOR IT.

THANK YOU. R58QR5RR7M THE BERKELEY PLAZA.

SORRY, MAYOR A A QARR7M. SO R7M IS FIRST READING APPROVED. GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH 1940 BERKELEY PARTNERS FOR 1940 PARK AVENUE, THAT'S R7MR5AQ IS POINT OF ORDER. I'M SORRY. NOT THAT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT, BUT IT'S TIME SERVED FOR AFTER 5:00

[07:05:09]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT DO WE DO IT THAT WAY, RALPH, BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE I BELIEVE THIS WAS REQUESTED, FIRST OF ALL, AND APPROVED BY YOUR OFFICE SO THAT.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT REQUIRE ONE.

AT LEAST ONE OF THE READINGS TO BE AFTER 5:00.

SO THEY SELECTED THIS ONE AS A. 5:00. YES. THE CODE, BECAUSE IT IS A.

IT DEALS WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT REQUIRES THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, AT LEAST ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE AFTER.

HOW ABOUT THE RALEIGH. WELL, I THINK THAT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT.

YES, SIR. THEY LOSE THEIR ITEM. YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE KIDDING.

YOU LOSE YOUR I. LOVE IT. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL CALL THE R5AIR5AJ.

[R5 AI RM-3 ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH YEAR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING THE “RESILIENT LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT”, GOAL RLU 1, ENTITLED “LAND USE”, OBJECTIVE RLU 1.1, ENTITLED “ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES” AT TABLE RLU 1.1, BY AMENDING POLICY RLU 1.1.7, ENTITLED “HIGH DENSITY MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM-3)”, TO ESTABLISH A LIMITED FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) PROVISION FOR CERTAIN OCEANFRONT PROPERTIES WITH A LOT AREA GREATER THAN 100,000 SQUARE FEET AND AN EXISTING CONTRIBUTING BUILDING AS OF JANUARY 1, 2026; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, TRANSMITTAL AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

[R5 AJ RM-3 ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT - LDR AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6, ENTITLED “RM-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, HIGH INTENSITY,” TO ESTABLISH A LIMITED FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) PROVISION FOR CERTAIN OCEANFRONT PROPERTIES WITH A LOT AREA GREATER THAN 100,000 SQUARE FEET AND AN EXISTING CONTRIBUTING BUILDING AS OF JANUARY 1, 2026; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; TRANSMITTAL; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]

THAT'S R5I, WHICH IS A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING.

R5AJ IS AN ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.

THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RESILIENCY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DISTRICT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 7.2.6, ENTITLED R-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY HIGH INTENSITY TO ESTABLISH A LIMITED FLOOR AREA RATIO F.A.R. PROVISION FOR CERTAIN OCEANFRONT PROPERTIES WITHIN THE LOT AREA GREATER THAN 100,000FT², AND AN EXISTING CONTRIBUTING BUILDING AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, TRANSMITTAL, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THIS IS ALSO A FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM, WHICH IS R5AJ, REQUIRES A 6/7 VOTE.

DEBBIE, IF YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH THE ITEM. SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

SO THIS IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE REQUEST FOR THE.

IT'S A PRIVATE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE RALEIGH HOTEL.

THE RALEIGH HOTEL PROPERTY HAS BEEN AGGREGATED WITH THE THE SOUTH SEAS PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE RICHMOND HOTEL PROPERTY.

AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY REQUESTING AN FAR INCREASE.

THAT IS THE LIMITATION OF THE REQUEST TODAY THE THE ALLOWABLE FAR.

WE ALREADY APPROVED SOMETHING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE HEIGHT INCREASE WAS APPROVED I THINK BACK IN 2019.

SO QUITE, QUITE A WHILE AGO. BUT NO FAR INCREASE HAS EVER BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AND I, IF I, IF I MAY ASK A QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS ARM THREE IN THE IN THE ARCHITECTURE DISTRICT.

CORRECT. AND DEBBIE, WHAT IS THE CURRENT FAR THAT'S ALLOWED IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO THERE IT DEPENDS. AND, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW THE ELDERS ARE WRITTEN.