* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] UH, GOOD MORNING, [ATTENDANCE] EVERYONE. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE SHORT, UM, A FEW MEMBERS THIS MORNING. UM, WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT IN, UM, CHAMBERS, UM, AND WE HAVE AN OPEN SEAT AND TWO MEMBERS WHO ARE ABSENT TODAY. UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT REQUIRE A FIVE PERSON VOTE, UM, IN ORDER TO PASS, UM, SPECIFICALLY VARIANCES. UM, AND THEN, UM, ANYTHING ELSE REQUIRES A, A FOUR PERSON. UM, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO OUR CITY OF, CITY ATTORNEY TO [CITY ATTORNEY UPDATES] TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, MICHAEL'S GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE FOR THE APPLICANTS TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD MORNING. TODAY'S MEETING OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD IS BEING CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE BOARD PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL AND APPLICANT STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM MAY DIAL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER, WHICH IS 888-475-4499 AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 817-48347488, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 817-48347488. INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MUST CLICK RAISE HAND IF USING THE ZOOM APP OR DIAL STAR NINE IF PARTICIPATING BY PHONE. BEFORE I SWEAR IN THOSE WHO ARE TESTIFYING, I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE CITY'S NOTICE REGARDING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION. IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, A CORPORATION, OR ANOTHER PERSON, INCLUDING AS AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF AN APPLICANT OR OBJECTOR, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE SPEAKING TO THE BOARD. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ONLY ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF. YOU ARE TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS PROVIDING ONLY SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, OR OTHER SPECIALIZED TESTIMONY, OR YOU ARE APPEARING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OR OPPOSITION TO ANY ITEM. EXPERT WITNESSES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHALL, PRIOR TO APPEARING, DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND THE PRINCIPAL ON WHOSE BEHALF THEY ARE COMMUNICATING. THESE RULES APPLY WHETHER YOU ARE APPEARING IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST AN ITEM OR ENCOURAGING OR ARGUING AGAINST ITS PASSAGE, DEFEAT, MODIFICATION, OR CONTINUANCE. I WILL NOW SWEAR [SWEARING IN OF PUBLIC] IN EVERYONE WHO IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN CHAMBERS AND INTENDS TO TESTIFY. VIRTUAL SPEAKERS WILL NEED TO BE SWORN IN ONE BY ONE BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD. UH, SO IF YOU'LL BE TESTIFYING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL BE GIVING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SO, UM, FOR APPLICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, CERTAIN ITEMS REQUIRE FOUR VOTES AND OTHERS REQUIRE FIVE VOTES. FOR ANY APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES DEMOLITION, THAT DOES REQUIRE FIVE VOTES. SO FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS, THE BOARD HAS NO OPTION BUT TO, UM, CONTINUE THOSE APPLICATIONS. THAT, THAT INCLUDES, UM, 1835 MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN AVENUE. THAT INCLUDES A VARIANCE, SO THAT APPLICATION CANNOT BE HEARD TODAY. WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM OF FIVE, FIVE MEMBERS. EVERY OTHER APPLICATION ON THE AGENDA DOES REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF FOUR MEMBERS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLICANTS TO EITHER ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE, BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE, UM, BOARD MEMBERS HERE PRESENT TODAY TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION. SO IF ANYBODY HAS AN APPLICATION, THEY WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE, THEY CAN COME UP AND DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY, SO THAT WILL CONTINUE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. THERE'S SOMEONE APPROACHING. SO, SO YES, I'M SANDRA, SO WE'LL GET TO THIS APPLICATION. WE CAN TAKE THIS UP NOW IF WE JUST COME UP. UM, THIS IS, UM, APPLICATION [2. HPB25-0670, 1835 MICHIGAN AVENUE – SINGLE FAMILY HOME.] FILE NUMBER, UM, HPB25-0670, 1835 MICHIGAN AVENUE. THIS DOES INCLUDE, THIS APPLICANT DOES INCLUDE VARIANCE FOR, UM, THE ELEVATION OF THE SEAWALL HEIGHT, DOES REQUIRE FIVE VOTES. SO, UM, THE BOARD REALLY HAS NO OPTION BUT TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE, UM, DECEMBER 15TH AGENDA. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF ANYBODY, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE. YES. JUST A SECOND. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM. I THINK WE'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT, SO IT'S... THERE'S NO WITH HER HAND RAISED DOWN THE LINE, SO IF I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE APPLICATION TO THE DECEMBER MEETING. SO MOVED. I GET A SECOND. SECOND BY MR. BRESLIN, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT'S CON - THIS APPLICATION BEEN CONTINUED TO THE DECEMBER 15TH MEETING. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE, UM, APPROVAL [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] OF THE, OF THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 13TH AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. I GET A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY RAY. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. APPROVED FOR ZERO. SO OUR FIRST APPLICATION [3. HPB26-0691, 2100/2111 COLLINS AVENUE – THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART.] ON THE AGENDA, GISELLE'S GONNA READ THIS INTO THE RECORD FOR AP - [00:05:01] HPE 26-0691. ALSO, JUST FOR THE BOARD MEMBER, FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, AFTER WE TAKE THE, UM, ADDITION TO THE BASS MUSEUM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE ARTWORK FOR COLLINS PARK AFTERWARDS, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO THE, UM, CITYWIDE DIGITAL INFORMATION KIOSK. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IN THE AGENDA IS HB26-0691, 2100, 20111 COLLINS AVENUE, THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART. AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR PROPOSED ADDITIONS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART CAMPUS, INCLUDING THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING LOT, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GROUND FLOOR GALLERY BUILDING, CREATION OF A CIVIC PLAZA AND AN ELEVATED OUTDOOR, UH, GATHERING SPACE. UM, AS YOU GUYS RECALL, AT THE JULY 14 MEETING, UM, THE BOARD DIRECTED THE APPLICANTS TO COME BACK DUE TO, UM, SOME CONCERNS REGARDING TREE PRESERVATION, LANDSCAPING, AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL. THE APPLICANT HAS MADE SEVERAL REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSAL. UM, THE ENTRY AND RECEPTION AREA ARE NOW ENLARGED, AS WELL AS A STORAGE AREA THAT'S SLIGHTLY EXPANDED. UM, THEY'VE ALSO, UH, OR A PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED SKYLIGHT, UM, THAT WAS OVER THE OUTDOOR PATIO HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOATING CEILING. THE PERFORATED SITE WALL THAT'S ON THE SOUTH, UM, ELEVATION IS NOW LOWERED, AND NOW SOME OF THE CERAMIC TILES THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON THE ELEVATIONS ARE NOW, UH, SWITCHED OVER TO SANDBLASTED CONCRETE. THE LANDSCAPING PLAN HAS ALSO BEEN FURTHER DEVELOPED. TREES NUMBER 28, 84, AND 85 ARE NOW BEEN TRANSPLANTED WITH SHADED GREEN. THE APPLICANT ALSO INTRODUCED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THE WEST AND SOUTH FACADES, INCLUDING MULBERRY, RAILROAD VINE, JASMINE, AND THE SEA GRAPE WITHIN THE PLAZA. THE WATER SCRIMS, UM, THAT ARE PROPOSED ON THE OUTDOOR PLAZA ARE NOW, UM, THERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UM, AND WE FEEL THAT IT COMPLIMENTS THE SURROUNDING ARTWORK AND BUILDING. UM, SOME OF THE UPDATING RENDERINGS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE BY THE APPLICANT'S, UM, PRESENTATION ARE THERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'VE, UH, PROPOSED. UM, OVERALL, STAFF FINDS THAT THE REVISED PLANS ESSENTIALLY ADDRESS THE DIRECTION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD. UM, SOME OF THE... WE DO APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TOWARDS THE TREE PRESERVATION AND LANDSCAPING. AND JUST FOR, UM, JUST TO GO OVER SOME OF THE WAIVERS, UM, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, THEY DO NEED, ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER REGARDING SOME OF THE REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SATISFY ON THE ADJACENT PARKING LOT. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL BE EITHER SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF CITY COMMISSION, BUT WE WANTED TO INFORM YOU GUYS IT'S ONE OF THE WAIVERS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED, AS WELL AS THE OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENT. THEY DO REQUIRE ONE SPACE, UH, FOR PLACES OF ASSEMBLY OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, AND THE H-E-B DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE, UM, THIS REQUIREMENT FOR THE OFF-STREET LOADING SPACES. AND WITH THAT, UM, WHERE STAFF IS, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE DRAFT ORDER. AND I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE APPLICANTS NOW. HELLO, GOOD TO SEE YOU. BEFORE THAT, DID, UM, DID YOU WANNA, UM, MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS ASK IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES. UH, DOES ANY... SORRY, I WAS GETTING INTERRUPTED OVER HERE. DO, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE, THE APPLICANT PRESENTS? MITCH? NO. OKAY. JUST MAYBE I HAVE A TECHNICAL QUESTION. HOW DO I GET THIS ONTO THE SCREEN? OR CAN YOU GUYS SEE IT? UM, THERE WE GO. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. HI, EVERYBODY. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SHARON JOHNSTON. I'M ONE OF THE PARTNERS AT JOHNSTON MARKLEY. WE'RE THE DESIGN ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROJECT. UM, JUST TO INTRODUCE, I'LL BE MATTHEW LEWIS FROM LAND DESIGN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, ALSO LISE FRANCIS FROM OUR, UM, PARTNERS HERE IN MIAMI, AND MY PARTNER, MARK LEE. SO, UM, WE'RE BACK TODAY AND WE JUST WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF REFRESH OUR PRESENTATION UPDATE, UM, THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN FE - IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS. AND, UM, SO I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN. I THINK, AS YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER, WE, UM, OUR FIRM, JOHNSTON MARKLEY, HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THE ARTS IN OUR CAREER RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECT. MUSEUMS AND PARKS HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE FOCUS ON. ALSO, ART SPACES AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND, UM, URBAN PRECINCTS. I THINK FOR US, RELEVANT TO THIS PROJECT IS THE IDEA OF GREAT MUSEUMS START OUTSIDE IN THE PARK IN THE CITY, AND THESE EX - OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE PROJECTS ACROSS THE US ALL REFLECTS THIS INTEGRATION OF ART, CIVIC LIFE, UM, WITH THE MUSEUM. SO, UH, I THINK LASTLY, JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS... THE PROJECT WE'RE PROPOSING IS IN ADDITION TO, UM, OF COURSE, THE HISTORIC LIBRARY, BUT ALSO ARATA ISOZAKI'S EDITION FROM 2000, AND WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING IN MUSEUMS, UM, OF ISOSAKIS, INCLUDING A MASTER PLAN FOR MOCA IN LOS ANGELES BY ISSASAKI FROM THE MID, FROM THE MID - 80S. [00:10:01] UH, SO JUST WANTED TO START, UM, BY REFRESHING EVERYBODY ON WHERE WE WERE. UM, THE BA - FIRST, JUST THE HISTORY, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BASS IN COLLINS PARK. AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, COLLINS PARK IS A 10-ACRE PARK, AND SYLVIA AND HER TEAM AT THE BASS HAVE BEEN WORKING SLOWLY ON TRANSFORMING THE PARK, ACTIVATING IT THROUGH OUR, UM, THE, THE ROTUNDA PAVILION, MIAMI MOUNTAIN. SHE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE, THE LAWRENCE WIENER SPLASH PAD, AND OF COURSE, SYLVIE FLEURY ON THE FACADE. SO I, WE REALLY BELIEVE OUR PROJECT EXTENDS THIS IDEA OF THE PAVILION IN THE PARK. UM, I THINK FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SORT OF CONTEXTUALIZE OUR WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF ISSASAKI'S ORIGINAL VISION ADDING ONTO THE BASS, UM, THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE MAYBE A TRADITIONAL MUSEUM, BUT ART PAVILIONS IN THE PARK. SO ART AND NATURE, UM, AND THE CLIMATE OF MIAMI WERE CENTRAL. AND IN THIS DIAGRAM OF ISSASAKI, I THINK THE HISTORIC MUSEUM, THE FIRST GENERATION, THE SORT OF TRADITIONAL GALLERY, AND WE REALLY SEE OURSELVES WORKING IN THIS THIRD KIND OF NEXT GENERATION, NEW WAYS THAT ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES CAN COME TOGETHER IN, IN, UM, ARCHITECTURAL GALLERIES. SO HERE'S OUR PROJECT. UM, I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR. WE'RE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COLLINS PARK. UM, JUST SOME CONTEXTUAL IMAGES. I, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'RE REALLY FILLING THAT CORNER, THE ONE CORNER THAT HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN, WHICH IS TODAY THE PARKING LOT. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY MINDFUL OF THAT URBAN PRESENCE. UM, WE, WE THINK A L - WE'VE THOUGH SO MUCH ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE KIND OF IDENTITY OF THE BUILDING ALONG PARK AND ITS RELATIONSHIP, UM, OF COURSE, TO THE DANCE SCHOOL, A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH AND THE HOTELS. SO HERE'S THOSE THREE CORNERS, AND THE FOURTH ONE IS, IS CURRENTLY THE PARKING LOT AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR BUILDING COMPLETING THAT SORT OF THE, THE QUALITY OF THOSE URBAN CORNERS. THE ELEVATION, I THINK JUST TO SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN THE PAVILION-LIKE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN TO THE PROJECT, THAT NATURE AND PUBLIC SPACE BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEGRATED INTO THE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE. RIGHT NOW, IT'S QUITE A TIGHT ENVELOPE AND IT'S, YOU'RE EITHER IN OR OUT, AND WE HAVE A MUCH MORE POROUS, UM, APPROACH TOGETHER WITH OUR LANDSCAPE TEAM. HERE'S OUR SITE. THIS IS THE EXISTING MUSEUM. I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THAT'S A PARKING LOT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND WAS MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, THE NEED TO RELOCATE THAT PARKING. SO THIS IS, UM, THE PLAN THAT WE SHOWED YOU ALL, UM, IN JULY. AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE... SORRY, THESE ARE THE RENDERINGS. I THINK AS, AS WAS SAID, YOU GUYS WERE INTERESTED, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IN ADDITION, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE LANDSCAPE, WHICH WE'LL PRESENT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS. AND SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT WE SAW BEFORE, UM, AND NOW WE'LL PRESENT OUR UPDATED MATERIAL. HERE IS, UM, THE CURRENT PLAN, AND, UM, THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES, I'LL JUST GO COUNTERCLOCKWISE, JUST GENERALLY, WE'VE PROPOSED TO ADD MORE LANDSCAPE, SO MORE FOREST GROUND COVER. LET ME SEE IF THIS... I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WORKS, BUT, UM, WE'VE ADDED SOME SKYLIGHTS AND SOME OF THE, LIKE, THE E- ENTRY RECEPTION AREA. UM, WE'VE SIMPLIFIED SOME OF THE OTHER, LIKE, THE STORAGE BUILDING. WE'VE ADDED - IF YOU WANT TO USE THE CURSOR ON THE COMPUTER - OH, OKAY GREAT. THAT SOMETIMES IS - OKAY. IS THAT HELPFUL? YEAH. SO, UM, WE'VE ADDED SOME PUBLIC ART THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE RENDERINGS, UM, ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. SO, LIKE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ART WILL BE COUNTERED OUT, UM, OUT IN THE PARK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME IN THE BUILDING TO EXPERIENCE GREAT, HAVE GREAT ART ENCOUNTERS. JUST SIMPLY ABOUT THE SECTION, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US IS THAT ONCE YOU GET ON THE SITE, THERE'S A LOT OF COVERAGE, UM, FROM STARTING AT THE STREET. THERE'S A STREET CANOPY INSIDE THE GALLERY, OF COURSE, BUT THEN ALL THE WAY UP, UM, ON THE ENTRY LEVEL, WHICH IS RAISED ABOUT THREE FEET ABOVE OF THE SIDEWALK, THERE'S COVERED SHADED SPACE. SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON A, A GREAT SORT OF CLIMATIC AND ART EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE, WHICH IS A NEW KIND OF EXPERIENCE FOR THE BASS. HERE'S THE PROJECT, UM, LOOKING, LOOKING EAST, OF COURSE, WITH THE OCEAN, I THINK CAPTURES THE QUALITY OF THESE SORT OF TWO PAVILIONS. ONE IS THE GALLERY, UM, WHICH IS THIS BUILDING, AND THEN THIS IS A COVERED, UM, DAYLIGHT-FILLED PATIO, WHICH IS REALLY THE ARRIVAL PLACE FOR THE PROJECT. UM, THE EAST... OR, SORRY, THE, THE WEST ELEVATION, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, WE'VE REMOVED THE PALM TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF PARK, BUT YOU'LL SEE THEM SHOWING UP. UM, SO I THINK CLARIFIES THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE TRIED TO CREATE WITH THE ISSASAKI PLAN IN TERMS OF THE MASSING. ONCE YOU GET, UM, SORT OF A VIEW UNDERNEATH THE CANOPY, YOU SEE HOW THE PRESENCE OF LANDSCAPE IS REALLY CENTRAL TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE, UH, AT THE BASS, UM, AND THAT ART, LIKE THIS TAVERA SHOHAN PIECE THAT'S MOUNTED, UM, ON THE PAVILION ON THE EAST ELEVATION WILL BE A SORT OF REAL MARKER OF, OF, UM, THE PRESENCE OF THE BASS AS A PLACE THAT CELEBRATES ART. SO ARRIVING AT THE CORNER OF 21ST AND PARK, UM, MATTHEW WILL TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THE SPECIES, [00:15:01] BUT IT'S REALLY A SOFT GARDEN, A KIND OF NEW SCALE OF LANDSCAPE IN COLLINS PARK THAT ALONG THAT FACADE, THE RAMP WHICH TAKES YOU UP IS AN ARTURO HERRERA, UM, MURAL. SO A VERY SORT OF S - UM, ELEGANT WAY THAT, UM, THAT ART AND THE ARCHITECTURE ARE COMING TOGETHER. THE ARRIVAL POINT AFTER YOU COME UP THAT RAMP IS A DAYLIGHT FIELD, WE'RE CALLING IT A PATIO, AND IT'S THE ORIENTATION PLACE FOR ALL OF THE NEW PIECES AND CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING BASS. SO JUST QUICKLY TO ORIENT YOU, THIS PIECE HERE IS A NEW LOBBY TO THE EXISTING BUILDING. UM, THIS IS OUR NEW GARDEN, AND THEN THE GALLERY IS GONNA BE TO OUR RIGHT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT IN A MINUTE. UM, IN THAT GARDEN, THIS IS A, A LOVELY, UM, KIND OF VERY DIFFERENT SCALES OF LANDSCAPE. IT'S, UM, IT'S A PLACE THAT IS A SORT OF A PLACE FOR REST. WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW CAFE, UM, BUT THAT WILL BE, SORRY, LATER PROJECT. I THINK JUST TO ORIENT AGAIN, THIS IS THE ENTRY TO THE GALLERY HERE. THIS GENTLEMAN IS WALKING IN, THE, THE DAYLIT PORCH, AND THEN THE BASS ENTRY IS OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT. INSIDE THIS GALLERY, IT'S A VERY FLEXIBLE, UM, SPACE FOR, FOR ARTISTS TO BE VERY CREATIVE. SO WE'VE DESIGNED THE BUILDING, IT'S STRUCTURED TO ACCOMMODATE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ART ACTIVATIONS, AND WE HAVE A PROPOSED WINDOW BACK OUT TO PARK AND 21ST. SO WE'RE THINKING ALWAYS ABOUT THAT CONNECTION OF THE GALLERIES, THE MUSEUM, AND THE CITY. THAT SAME GARDEN THAT I SHOWED YOU IS ALSO A PLACE WE'VE DESIGNED AS A KIND OF OUTDOOR STAGE. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROJECT ON THE WALL OF THAT DAYLIT PORCH. AND SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACTIVATIONS FOR FILM, SPOKEN WORD, THERE'LL BE EVENTS THERE, AND A, A VERY SORT OF SOFT AND ALMOST WILD-LIKE GARDEN THAT'S PART OF THAT, UM, THE PART OF THAT INNER COURTYARD. THAT SPACE IS VERY VISIBLE FROM COLLINS PARK, AND I THINK PERHAPS MAYBE THE CONTRAST THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE MATERIAL SLIDE IS THAT BELOW THIS CANOPY THAT'S AT ABOUT 12 FEET OR 15 FROM THE STREET AND 12 FROM THE RAISED CANOPY, EVERYTHING BELOW THAT IS TEXTURED AND, AND, UM, REALLY RE- RELATES QUITE CLOSELY WITH THE HISTORIC, UM, LIBRARY BUILDING. AND THEN ABOVE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABSTRACT WHITE STUCCO THAT, THAT REFLECTS BACK TO THE ISSASAKI BUILDING. SO LIGHT AND SHADOW WILL BE REALLY, UM, A KIND OF BEAUTIFUL PLAY ON THOSE UPPER, UPPER REGISTER. UM, THE PIECES, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, THE MURAL IS AN, IS ARTURO HERRERA. UM, THE, THE, THE NEON PIECE BY TRAVERS DREHEN, WE'RE PROPOSING ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE OF THE NEW GALLERY, AND THEN VARIOUS PROJECTIONS THAT COULD HAPPEN, UM, ON THAT PATIO THROUGH THE FIXED PROJECTOR. IN TERMS OF MATERIALS, UM, AS I JUST NOTED, ABOVE THAT CANOPY, RELATIVELY ABSTRACT WHITE STUCCO THAT MATCHES, UM, ISSASAKI AND BELOW MORE SPECIFIC AND TEXTURED. SO, UM, SANDBLASTED CONCRETE, UM, DIFFERENT, UH, SUBTLE, UM, REFLECTIVE, UM, ALUMINUMS. AND, UM, SO IT'S A KIND OF PLAY THAT RELATES VERY MUCH TO THE EXISTING, UM, HISTORIC BUILDING. HERE ARE THE MATERIAL PALETTES, UM, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE, UM, ACTUAL SAMPLES IF YOU WERE INTERESTED TO SEE. AND LASTLY, JUST A FEW MODEL SHOTS, I THINK, THAT CAPTURE HOW THE NEW PROJECT, UM, UP HERE IN THE UPPER, UM, LEFT OF THE SLIDE CONNECTS BACK TO THE ROTUNDA. IT FEELS LIKE A PAVILION IN THE PARK, UM, AND, UH, IT IS, UM, THE CANOPY IS A PRIMARY ELEMENT THAT CREATES A, A VERY CLIMATICALLY WELL-TEMPERED ENVIRONMENT OUTSIDE. LANDSCAPE IS WHAT GUIDES YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT, UM, THE NEW GARDEN THAT CONNECTS BACK TO COLLINS PARK. UM, AND IT'S ALSO REALLY... I THINK VISITORS CAN ENCOUNTER IT AT A VER - A KIND OF GRAND CIVIC SCALE, BUT IT'S ALSO QUITE INTIMATE AND, AND, UM, IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER IN THE GARDEN. SO NOW MATTHEW WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE, WHICH IS, I THINK, THE OTHER PIECE OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAD, UM, LAST ONE. UH, THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. HI, MATTHEW LEWIS, 7294 NORTHWEST 1ST COURT IN MIAMI. UM, I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE BECAUSE, UM, FOR SIX YEARS, I LIVED IN ARTE CITY AND RAISED MY CHILD, UM, IN BASS PARK AND THE BASS MUSEUM, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AND, AND SEE, SEE IT DEVELOP OVER TIME. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO FURTHER WHAT, UM, WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY AN OUTDOOR SPACE WITH SOME, WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM GALLERY SPACES, UH, AROUND IT. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS OVERALL SITE PLAN HOW WE'VE, HOW WE'VE CARVED OUT DIFFERENT SPACES THAT, THAT CAN REALLY BE USED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND AT NIGHT. AND, UM, AND WE'RE THINKING A, A CALYPSO CORALSTONE, UH, PAVING PATTERN, LIKE A MODULAR, UH, A RANDOMIZED MODULAR PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE SPACE. AND, UM, [00:20:01] AND THE SPACE ITSELF IS VERY TRANSPARENT TO, TO EVERYTHING AROUND THE SITE, UM, FROM PARK AVENUE FROM 21ST, FROM BASS PARK, AND FROM, UH, THE BASS MUSEUM INTERIOR. THE PLANTING, UH, NARRATIVE, UM, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WORKING WITH THE TEAM, UM, WITH US BEING BASED IN MIAMI BEACH, MIAMI, UM, LA, AND NEW YORK, AND, AND NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT MIAMI BEACH AS THE MIAMI BEACH, BUT REALLY, UM, MIAMI BEACH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF, OF THE CARIBBEAN AS, AS REALLY A PIECE, AN ELEMENT WITHIN, AS PART OF AN ARCHIPELAGO, UM, WITHIN THE REGION, AND LOOKING AT THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHICH WE DEVELOPED THE LANDSCAPE, THE RELATIONSHIP, THE RELA- RELATIONAL, THE MICROCLIMATIC, AND THE CURATORIAL. AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE DEVELOP THIS PROJECT GOING FROM WHAT IT IS NOW, WHICH IS REALLY AN ASPHALT AND, AND LAWN, UH, GROUND PLANE, TO REALLY ENHANCING THE, UH, THE ECOLOGICAL NETWORK AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE OTHER PARKS WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOUTH BEACH ITSELF. UM, SO I KNOW THIS IS A, THIS IS A BIG TOPIC OF, OF CONVERSATION, AND SO CURRENTLY THE SITE, WE HAVE NINE EXISTING TREES, OF WHICH FIVE ARE, ARE NATIVE. SO THOSE WOULD BE, UH, ONE, UH, ONE LIVE OAK TREE, TWO ORANGE GEIGERS, AND, UH, THREE LIGNUMVITIES. UM, WE'RE PROPOSING RELOCATING THE TWO NATIVE, UH, LIGNUMVITIES, UH, BACK TO THE SITE. UM, AND WHEN WE SAY WE WANNA REMOVE THE OTHER TREES, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. I THINK, IDEALLY, WE WOULD WANNA MOVE THOSE TREES TO WITHIN BASS PARK PROPER AND NOT LOSE ANY TREES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. BUT IF, IF THAT BECOMES A BUDGETARY ISSUE, WE ARE BRINGING BACK, UH, 15 NEW NATIVE TREES, UH, THREE PIGEON PLUMS, THREE SEA GRAPES, THREE GUMBO LIMBOS, THREE SATIN LEAF, AND THREE PARADISE TREES, AS WELL AS THE TWO RELE - RELOCATED LIGNUM VITAES WITH AN ADDITION OF 33 NEW NATIVE PALMS AND OVER 1300 NATIVE SHRUBS. SO, IN ESSENCE, WE'RE GOING FROM NINE EXISTING TREES TO WELL OVER 1300 ALL NATIVE PLANTS, UM, ON THE PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VERY, UH, VERY MUCH LIKE A CONCRETE JUNGLE HERE, AND WITH THE NEW LAYERING OF PLANTING ALL SIDES OF THE PROJECT GET THIS NATIVE, UH, THIS NATIVE CARPET OF GROUND COVERS BUILDING UP TO SHRUBS, AND THEN THE OVERGE - OVERHEAD CANOPY OF THE, THE TREES AND PALMS. THE TWO HOLLYWOOD TREES THAT WE WANNA RELOCATE, WHICH WOULD BE RELOCATED IN THE, UH, NORTHWEST CORNER. TREE DISPOSITION, SOME OF THE EXISTING TREES, YOU SEE THE OAK, THE GEIGERS, THE HOLLYWOOD TREES, THE ARIZONA CYPRESS, AND THE AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF THAT LANDSCAPE THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD DISCLOSURES? OKAY. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE A QUESTION. IT MIGHT BE DIRECTED TO STAFF YEARS AGO, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THEY'RE, UH, USING, UH, ALL NATIVE, UH, SPECIES, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AFRICAN BAYABABA TREES THAT WERE AT THIS SITE? DO YOU... THE BA - THE AFRICAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PRONOUNCING IT. THEY'RE THERE, YES. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN OUR STORE. YEAH. THEY'RE NOT IN IT. THEY'RE NOT, UM, WITHIN OUR PROPER - OR WITHIN OUR SITE WORK AREA. GOTCHA. JUST OUTSIDE OF IT. OKAY, GOOD. AND, UH, QUESTION REGARDING THE, UH, UH, SANDBLASTED CONCRETE. UH, UH, I RECALL READING IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT USING, UH, YOU'RE REINTRODUCING KEYSTONE. MM-HMM. IS THAT, UH - THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FOR SOME OF THE PAVING ON THE GROUND. SO, SO, BUT THE TEXTURIZING OF THE CONCRETE WE THINK COMPLIMENTS WELL, THE CLADDING OF THE LIBRARY BUILDING AND THE KEYSTONE. OKAY. 'CAUSE IT DOES SAY HERE REINTRODUCES FLORIDA KEYSTONE AT THE NEW SITE WALL. UH-HUH. SO - YEAH, THO- THOSE WERE, WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT, AND WE HAVE THESE SAMPLES HERE. PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. UM, FOR SOME OF THE WALLS, UH, AT THE PERIMETER. OKAY. SO - BUT THAT'S NOT ON THE, UH, NEW, UH, [00:25:01] STRUCTURES, NEW BUILDINGS? IT'S NOT ON THE BUILDINGS, NO. OKAY. YEAH. THAT, THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS A LOT. BUT IS THIS STILL PLANNED FOR, FOR THE SITE WALL TO HAVE THAT, UM, MATERIAL ON THE SITE WALL? WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. YEAH. I THINK IT'S BETWEEN THE, UM, THE, THE KEYSTONE CLADDING AND A COMBINATION WITH CONCRETE. WE, WE DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE, LIKE, A QUALITY MATERIAL FOR THE, FOR THE WALL VERSUS JUST, LIKE, A STUCCO. YEAH, IT WOULD NOT BE A STUCCO IF IT'S, IT WOULD BE A CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE. YEAH. YEAH. OR A KEYSTONE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, UM, THE ENTRANCE IS WIDENED, BUT I DON'T SEE A WAY TO CLOSE THAT OFF. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A S - YOU HAVE A WALL ALL THE WAY AROUND. I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A WAY TO CLOSE THAT OFF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T GO IN THERE AT NIGHT. YEAH, OF COURSE. THERE'S TWO GOOD QUESTION. THERE'S GATES AT BOTH OF THE RAMPS, SO WE, WE SHOWED THE VIEW WITH THEIR GATES OPEN. IT JUST DIDN'T SHOW, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE. AND THE OTHER QUESTION... WELL, TWO QUESTIONS. THE NEW ENTRANCE, IS THAT AN AUXILIARY ENTRANCE? IS THAT A SECOND ENTRANCE TO THE BASS? UM - IT'S A SECOND ENTRANCE. SO WE'LL MAINTAIN - SO, SO BOTH ENTRANCES WILL BE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME, SO YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE STAFF. YES. OKAY. AND THEN MY THIRD QUESTION, MY FAVORITE TREE, 86. WHY COULDN'T BE SAVED AS PART OF THE PROJECT? IT, UH, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU COULD JUST EASILY HAVE KEPT, KEPT THAT TREE. THE ORANGE GEIGER TREE, YOU MEAN? YEAH. UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IT'S, IT'S A LARGE TREE, YES? CORRECT. AND, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE TREES LIKE THAT, IF YOU CAN'T PLANT THEM BACK, BACK INTO THE SITE DIRECTLY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THEM OFFSITE, STORE THEM IN A NURSERY FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS, AND THEN BRING IT BACK. NO, WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE LEFT IT WHERE IT IS AND WORKED YOUR PLAN AROUND THAT? IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE THAT WOULD BE EASY TO DO. LET ME SEE THE PLAN. UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE CONTRACTOR. I, I WOULD ASSUME IF WE COULD KEEP IT THERE, WE WOULD KEEP IT THERE, BUT THE WHOLE SITE IS GONNA HAVE TO BE CLEARED. YEAH. IT, IT'S, UH, ON L1-01. YES. ON HERE. AND IT JUST LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT, IT COULD BE EASILY LEFT IN THIS SITE. IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, WE WILL UPDATE OUR DISPOSITION TO KEEP IT AS TO REMAIN IN PLACE. 'CAUSE IT'S A LARGE TREE AND IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE IT THERE. I AGREE. I MEAN, TRUST ME, I WOULD LOVE, LOVE TO KEEP THEM ALL, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE REALITY OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE BOARD DISCLOSURES, SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THIS COMMENT? THERE IS NOBODY ONLINE WITH THEIR HAND RAISED. OKAY. WE HAVE, UM. OH. COMING IN. GOOD MORNING. PARDON ME. MEG LUSTE HERE ON BEHALF OF MIAMI DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE. WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO THE BASS MUSEUM. THE OVERALL DESIGN IS TASTEFUL, RESTRAINED, AND ELEGANT, COMPLIMENTING BOTH THE ORIGINAL STREAMLINED MODERN BUILDING BY RUSSELL PANCOAST AND THE 1990S EDITION BY ARCHITECT ARATA ISAZAKI, WHILE INTRODUCING NEW ELEMENTS THAT ENHANCE THE MUSEUM CAMPUS. WE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THE CREATION OF A CIVIC PLAZA, AN ELEVATED OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE, AND A CANOPY, ALL OF WHICH WILL PROVIDE INVITING PLACES FOR VISITORS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO GATHER AND ENGAGE WITH THE MUSEUM. THE INCORPORATION OF OUTDOOR ART, WHICH I REALIZE IS A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM, JUST GETTING IT ALL DONE IN ONE, IS ALSO WELCOME, EXTENDING THE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE BEYOND ITS WALLS AND ACTIVATING THE SURROUNDING SPACES. THESE ADDITIONS ARE WORKS OF ART IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, AND ESPECIALLY FITTING QUALITY FOR A MUSEUM PROJECT. OVERALL, WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL RESPECTS AND BUILDS UPON THE EXISTING CAMPUS WHILE THOUGHTFULLY ENHANCING ITS ARCHITECTURE, PUBLIC SPACES, AND CIVIC PRESENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, IF WE HAVE NO ONE ONLINE, UH, BOARD COMMENTARY. ANY BOARD COMMENTARY? I, I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH RAY. IF THE CONTRACTOR COULD RETAIN THAT TREE AND PROTECT IT, UH, ON SITE, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD, UH - I AGREE. REMOVE THE THREAT OF IT, UH, DYING. YES, SIR. WITH THAT, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT A PLAN AS PRESENTED, HOPEFULLY SAVING TREE NU - TREE NUMBER 86. AND, UH, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SPACE FOR NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALL OF MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. WE NEED, WE NEED A SECOND AND A VOTE. YES. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT. RAY MADE, RAY MADE THE MOTION THAT, THAT MOTION THAT INCLUDES THE RETENTION OF NUMBER 86. [00:30:01] YEAH. UM, AND MITCH SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 40. THANK YOU. WE GO ON TO THE ART. YES. OKAY. I WILL SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO IT. OKAY. THE NEXT [4. HPB26-0700, 2100, THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART / COLLINS PARK – ART INSTALLATIONS.] ITEM IN THE AGENDA IS HB26-0700, 2100, 20111 COLLINS AVE, THE BASS MUSEUM OF ARCONS PARK ART INSTALLATIONS. AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE INCORPORATING TEXT-BASED ARTWORK BY LAWRENCE WEHNER WITHIN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PARK, THE INSTALLATION OF A SCULPTURE BY ADRIAN VILLAR ROJAS, LOCATED TO THE EAST END OF THE BASS MUSEUM, AND THE RELOCATION AND EXPANSION OF A FIVE CHANNEL SOUND INSTALLATION, UH, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BASS MUSEUM. UM, THE PROJECT DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY DEMOLITION, TREE REMOVAL OR IN - OR ANY ADDITIONAL ENCLOSED FLOOR AREA. STARTING WITH THE LAWRENCE WAYNE INSTALLATION, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES AN AD-GRADE INTERACTIVE SPLASH PAD WITH THE ARTIST'S TEXT INCORPORATED DIRECTLY INTO THE DECK SURFACE. THE WATER FEATURE WILL INCLUDE FLESH-MOUNTED FOUNTAIN NOOZLES, INTEGRATED LIGHTING, AND AN UNDERGROUND WATER COLLECTION AND RECIRCULATION SYSTEM. THE EXISTING TEXT INSTALLATION ON THE SOUTH EXTERIOR WALL OF THE MUSEUM WILL ALSO BE REMOVED, UM, WITH THE AFFECTED WALL SURFACE RESTORED. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS A SCULPTURE BY ADRIAN VILLA ROJAS, CONSISTING OF A MARBLE REPRODUCTION OF THE LOWER LEGS OF THE MICHELANGELOS DAVID. THE SCULPTURE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET, FOUR INCHES IN HEIGHT AND WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE MUSEUM'S MAIN ENTRANCE, WILL BE LIKE AN ENTRY FOCAL POINT. LASTLY, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING THE EXISTING SOUND INSTALLATION APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SOUTH, UH, OF THE GROVE. THE NEW LOCATION TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE EXISTING SHADE AND MORE INTIMATE SETTING OF THE GROVE. THE SOUND WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MUSEUM OPERATING HOURS AND WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY WITHIN THE DESIGNATED LISTENING AREA. OVERALL, THESE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE A COLLABORATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SOUND, AND INTERACTIVE RECREATIONAL ELEMENTS WITHIN COLLINS PARK, AND STAFF IS HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE, UM, AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE COA SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE ATTACHED ORDER. THANK YOU. I'M SYLVIA CARMEN COVINA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BASS, AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE, UM, TODAY BECAUSE THIS FEELS MORE LIKE A CONTINUATION OF DECADES OF WORK. UM, MORE THAN DECADES, ACTUALLY. IN 1913, AS YOU KNOW, JOHN COLLINS' BEQUEST OF COLLINS PARK TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WAS FOR THE RECREATIONAL ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, I THINK RAY AND THE COLLINS PARK, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING MAYBE FOR TWO DECADES, MAYBE MORE, TO, UM, ENSURE THE RECREATIONAL ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. IN 2009, I JOINED THE BASS AND I JOINED RAY IN, IN FURTHERING THIS VISION. UM, WE BELIEVE AT THE BASS THAT ART SHOULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO WALK INTO OUR DOORS AND PEOPLE WHO DECIDE NOT TO WALK IN THROUGH OUR DOORS. SO IN THAT, WITH THAT VISION, WE BEGAN IN 2017 AND MADE A BIG SPLASH WITH MIAMI MOUNTAIN, AND IT HAS BEEN A DELIGHT AND QUITE AN ICON OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. I THINK PROBABLY IF YOU WERE TO COUNT EVERYBODY TAKING SELFIES IN MIAMI MOUNTAIN, IT MIGHT EVEN SURPASS THE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS. THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER, AS IN LAST YEAR, WE, UM, AND WE, AFTER NINE YEARS OF WORK, WE ANNEXED THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ROTUNDA AND THE PROGRAMMING OF THE ROTUNDA. AND I, AGAIN, I JUST BRING RAY TO THE FOLD BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN PARTNERS IN THIS BIG QUEST OF MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, WE'VE MANAGED TO COEXIST WITH PERFORMING ARTS AND ART, UM, ART INSTALLATIONS. WE JUST OPENED OUR SECOND ART INSTALLATION AND WE PLAN TWO MORE, TWO EVERY YEAR. AND MANY, MANY CONCERTS AND, UH, AND ACTIVATIONS AND TALKS AND ALL OF THAT. SO NOW WE'RE PRESENTING THREE NEW PROJECTS TO CONTINUE ACTIVATING IT. THE VISION THAT I LIKE TO SELL WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT DONATE SCULPTURES OR, OR I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IS PUBLIC ART FROM OUR DOOR TO THE OCEAN. THIS IDEA THAT YOU CAN, YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE MUSEUM HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF OUR DOOR. SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE PROPOSED SCULPTURES. UM, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN CURATING THIS IS A REALLY SENSITIVE BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVATION AND JOY AND QUIET MOMENTS WHERE YOU CAN JUST SIT WITH THE ART. A THIRD ELEMENT THAT WE WILL BE ADDING MAYBE IN PHASE THREE OR WHENEVER WE, WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF [00:35:01] YOU WITH, WITH MORE WORK IS ALSO DISCOVERY AND DELIGHT. WE MIGHT HAVE SMALLER THINGS THAT YOU TURN A CORNER AND YOU HAPPEN UPON, AND THOSE ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. SO OUR FIRST SCULPTURE, LET'S SEE, I THINK WE HAVE A PLAN OF THE CITY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING IT UP? OR DO I, HOW DO I DO THIS HERE? UM, RIGHT THERE, THE LITTLE - WHERE? SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS US, AS YOU KNOW, IN MIAMI BEACH. HERE IS COLLINS PARK. IT'S THE WEST SIDE OF COLLINS PARK, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW. AND THE SQUARES BRING UP THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE FIRST ONE I'D LIKE TO PRESENT IS SUSAN PHILLIPS. IT'S REALLY A RELOCATION OF A SOUND WORK, UH, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS IN THE CORNER OF PARK AND 22ND, AND WE'D LIKE TO RELOCATE IT TO THE BEOBOB AREA. FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A PLACE, UM, ACTUALLY A WORK TO... SORRY ABOUT THIS. UM, A WORK TO INSTALL. SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW. AND THIS, THIS IS ALL THE DIMENSIONS AND THE POLES AND ALL OF THE TECHNICAL DESIGNS. SO THIS IS WHERE WE RECOMMEND AND WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THE WORK. FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR A WORK OF ART, AND THE BEOBOBS ARE JUST SO MAJESTIC AND SO BEAUTIFUL THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH TO PLACE IN THAT AREA COMES SHORT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AFTER MANY, MANY TRIES, WE FIGURED THIS SOUND WORK IS WHAT REALLY WILL ELEVATE THE BEOBOBS AND JUST KIND OF PAY HOMAGE TO, TO THESE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES. SO, OF COURSE, THE SOUND WORK IS INVISIBLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE STRUGGLED WITH WAS THE INDIVIDUAL POLE LOCATIONS AND HOW TO INSTALL THIS WORK. BUT WE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY JUST KIND OF GREAT, WHICH IS USING EXISTING POLES AND ATTACHING THEM, THE S - UM, SPEAKER MECHANISM TO THE EXISTING LIGHT POLES AND GRABBING ELECTRICITY FROM THERE. AND THAT WAY, THERE'S NO FUSS AND THE BEOBOBS CAN JUST BE WITH THE SOUND. SO THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE, THE POLES. THEY'RE VERY SMALL SPEAKERS THAT WILL, UM, SORT OF LOCATE THE SOUND TO INSIDE. AND IDEALLY, WE HAVE SOME BENCHES OR SOMETHING, BUT FOR NOW, WE, PEOPLE CAN JUST SIT IN THIS AREA AND ENJOY THE SOUND. IT WILL BE OPERATIONAL. UM, SO THE PROGRAM IS THREE MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS, AND THEN IT'S FOLLOWED BY SILENCE IN A CYCLE OR ONLY DURING OPERATING HOURS. SO ANY TIME BETWEEN 12 AND FIVE. THE VOLUME, OF COURSE, WILL BE CALIBRATED, CALIBRATED TO THE GROVE, BUT IT'S NOT A BLARING SPEAKER. IT'S MORE LIKE AMBIENT SOUND. YOU KIND OF NOTICE THAT SOMETHING'S GOING ON AND YOU ST - IT STOPS YOU IN YOUR TRACKS, AND THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE. THE NEXT ONE IS THE LAWRENCE WIENER, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN ON OUR WALL AT THE MUSEUM. VERY APPROPRIATELY, IT TALKS ABOUT SHELLS USED TO BUILD ROADS, UM, PORT-UPON SHELLS USED TO PAVE THE WAY. SO IT'S KIND OF THE HISTORY OF MIAMI BEACH, UM, BUT IT ENDS AT THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. SO CONCEPTUALLY, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT WILL BE ON THE FLOOR OUTLINING AND ACTUALLY BEING AT THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. SO THE IDEA IS TO LOCATE IT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF COLLINS, NOT THE MIDDLE OF COLLINS PARK, MORE OR LESS. IT, UM, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT HAS TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE ROTUNDA TO SERVICE THE BATHROOMS BECAUSE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATE OF FLORIDA CONSIDERS THIS A SWIMMING POOL. SO WE'VE MANAGED FINALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THIS ONE, AS OPPOSED TO THE SUSAN PHILLIPS AND OTHERS LIKE THE ADRIAN VILLA ROJAS, THIS ONE IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE JOY AND EXCITEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WILL OFFER, UM, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY I THINK CHILDREN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A WATER FEATURE AND JUMP IN AND ENJOY IT. I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE THESE AND IT REALLY ACTIVATES PARKS AND IT CREATES A LOT OF REALLY COMMUNITY EXCITEMENT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE EQUIPMENT, UH, SCHEDULE, WHICH I WILL SEND TO YOU. YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT I WON'T READ IT. UM, THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHTING IN THIS AREA. UM, GENERALLY IT WILL BE OPEN DURING, UM, UH, DURING HOURS THAT WE'RE OPEN AND IT WILL BE CLOSED AND AVAILABLE AS A PLATFORM AT NIGHT. WATER SYSTEM, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS. AND THE THIRD WORK IS ADRIAN VILLA ROJAS, THEATER OF DISAPPEARANCE. HE'S AN ARTIST THAT WE DO OWN WORK INSIDE AND WE ALSO HAVE HAD AN EXHIBITION. [00:40:01] UM, IT'S A REPRODUCTION OF DAVID'S LEGS, BUT IT ALSO HAS A KITTY CAT BETWEEN THE LEGS. UM, IT'S MADE OF MARBLE AND THIS WAS MORE OR LESS, THIS IS A SORT OF A... WELL, WE HAD TO COMPUTER PLACE THIS IN THE MIDDLE. IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK AND JUST A LITTLE MORE DISCREET, I THINK, IN THE PLOT. UM, BUT WE DID OUR BEST WITH OUR COMPUTER RENDERING. THIS IS THE DAVID LEGS. IT'S TWO AND A HALF TONS APPROX- APPROXIMATELY MARBLE AND THE GENERAL DIMENSIONS ARE ABOUT, UM, ARE ABOUT 10 FEET, INCLUDING THE PEDESTAL. IT HAS A PEDESTAL WITH THESE MEASUREMENTS HERE. THIS IS THE DESIGN OF THE PEDESTAL DESIGNED BY THE ARTIST FOR THIS LOCATION. WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND HE IS AWARE. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. UH, SYLVIA. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU REFERENCED THE, UH, THE WATER FEATURE. YOU SAID THE COUNTY CONSIDERS IT A POOL AND NOT A FOUNTAIN. THE STATE. THE STATE. YES. SO THAT'S WHY IT NEEDS TO BE NEAR THE ROTON. WHY IS THAT? I, I, MY BEST, I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT IT'S SOMETHING RELATED TO HEALTH. I'M, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OF THEM. UM, SQUASH PADS ARE CONSIDERED - RANDY, I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC IS ON. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. UM, THEY'RE CONSIDERED POOLS BECAUSE THE CHILDREN INTERACT WITH IT. SO THE WATER HAS TO BE THE SAME LEVEL OF QUALITY AS A SWIMMING POOL. OKAY. MAKES SENSE. AND ALSO BECAUSE THE BATHROOM HAS TO BE CLOSE ENOUGH SO THAT THE CHILDREN AREN'T USING IT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM. I THINK IT'S 200 FEET TO THE - IT'S 200 FEET, YES. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD ARGUMENT. SO THEY'RE CONSIDERED A SWIMMING POOL EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO SITTING WATER. AND THE WATER, OF COURSE, IS FILTERED AND - CHRONATED. HEAVILY. YES. NOW, WHY A BATHROOM? I'M NOT SURE. I, I'VE, I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE. RAY? UM, WAY BACK WHEN THEY REDID COLLINS PARK, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME SORT OF A WATER FEATURE. AND RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, IT WAS EITHER, "OH, GEE, THE KIDS HAVE TO GO INTO THE BASS MUSEUM OR THEY HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE LIBRARY," OF WHICH NEITHER WERE ACCEPTABLE. SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT PROJECT WENT AWAY. UM, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE ROTUNDA OPEN WITH BATHROOMS, I'M THRILLED THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT BACK. AND, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, IT, IT, THE PEOPLE THAT TURN AROUND AND, UH, GET PERMITS FROM THE CITY TO BUILD TENTS THERE, THAT ALL GOES DOWN, IT'S ALL OUT OF THE WAY, AND YOU JUST SHUT IT OFF SO IT DOESN'T RUN DURING THE DAY WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OR WE CAN COEXIST. WELL, JUST BECAUSE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY GIVES PERMITS ALL THE TIME. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WELL, NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT LIKE COUPLE TIMES A YEAR TO TENT THAT AREA, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED FOR THAT. UM, AND I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT CAN STILL BE DONE THAT WAY, OTHERWISE THE CITY WILL BE COMING BACK AND SAYING, "OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT." SO... IT CAN COEXIST WITH THE TENTS OR THE TENTS CAN GO ACROSS THE STREET. EITHER, EITHER WAY. UM, YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES THE TENTS ARE ON BOTH SIDES. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, IN THE F - UH, THE PHOTO OF THE SPLASH PAD, HAVE YOU ADDED BENCHES? DO YOU JUST HAVE ONE? I'VE DONE QUITE A FEW SPLASH PADS. THEY ARE VERY, VERY POPULAR - THEY ARE. WITH PARENTS WHO BRING A LOT OF THINGS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY WANT SEATING. ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF SEATING AROUND A SPLASH PAD. AT ONE BENCH WOULD NEVER DO IT HERE. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OKAY. THERE'S NO NUMBER OF BENCHES WHAT WOULD BE ENOUGH. NO, NOT FIRST ONE. AND YOU SAID THE HOUR, IT'S LIT, BUT HOW ARE, HOW IS IT LIT? ARE THE ACTUAL JETS LIT OR IS THERE A, A PERIPHERAL LIGHTING OR HOW IS IT GONNA BE LIT? AND BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE OPEN AT NIGHTTIME, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EFFECT AT NIGHT IS IF IT'S WATER THAT'S NOT ON, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TURN THE WATER ON AT NIGHT, I ASSUME, BECAUSE THEN THE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE ACCESS, WHICH THEY CAN'T. I THINK IT SHOULD CREATE THE OPTIONALITY IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT OR IF THERE'S A TENT OR THE MUSEUM HAS AN EVENT, WE CAN TURN IT ON. SO THE LIGHTING IS, IS FOR OPTIONALITY. IS THE, BUT IS THE LIGHTING IN THE ACTUAL JETS OR IS IT ON POLES AROUND? I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE ACTUAL JETS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY BOARD DISCLOSURES? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ONLINE? YES, WE HAVE, UM, CHRIS A WITH HER HAND RAISED. CHRIS? CHRIS, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? UH, HI. YES, I DO. UM, I JUST HAVE ONE, UH, QUICK COMMENT, UM, ABOUT THE, THE SOUNDSCAPE. [00:45:01] UM, I LIVE, UH, SO CHRIS, UH, CHRIS ANDREW, UH, 2100 PARK AVENUE, NUMBER 503. UM, SO WE OBVIOUSLY LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. UM, THE PLAN LOOKS GREAT. I JUST HAD A COMMENT ABOUT THE SOUND, UM, QUOTE UNQUOTE AMBIENT AT PARK EDGES. UM, THE BASSES HAD A C - UH, AT LEAST ONE INSTALLATION, SOUND INSTALLATION, WHICH KIND OF DRIFTED OVER THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND IT WAS LIKE AN IRISH FUNERAL DIRGE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN YOU SAY AMBIENT AT PARK EDGES, AND THEN THE SOUND IS GONNA BE CONCENTRATED IN THAT ARE - ONE AREA, THAT IT IS GONNA BE CONCENTRATED IN THAT ONE AREA AND NOT FLOAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, CHRIS. I, I CONFIRM THAT THAT'S THE CASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM - NO, NOBODY ELSE HAS THEIR HAND RAISED. NO ONE ELSE. ALL RIGHT. BOARD COMMENTS. SHE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THIS? OKAY. I'D LIKE TO LET THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW TOO THAT, THOUGH THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY SIMPLE APPLICATION, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS WITH US WORKING WITH THE, THE, THE BASS, AND I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO MOVE THE, UM, THE SPEAKERS TO THE EXISTING POLES VERSUS INITIALLY THEY WERE GONNA TRENCH, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR WIRING AND STUFF AND HAVE NEW POLES INSTALLED IN THAT AREA. WE DID BRING UP CONCERNS WITH THE AUDIO BEING HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I THINK THEY'VE ADDRESSED THOSE CONCERNS WITH THIS APPLICATION. IT TOOK SOME TIME TO GET TO YOU, BUT IT'S, I'M GLAD IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE ADDITION IS BEFORE YOU. AND WE ALSO CONSUL - CULTURED WITH AN ARBORIST. WE WERE VERY, UM, NERVOUS AND VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ROOTS FOR THE BAOBOBS, AND THIS WAS A PERFECT SOLUTION NOT TO MEDDLE WITH THE ROOTS. PERFECT. UM, RAY? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE SCULPTURE OF DAVID'S LEGS, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S SET BACK FAR ENOUGH THAT IF YOU HAVE A TRUCK THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH WITH, LIKE, FOR THE, UH, SHOWMOBILE, THAT IT CAN STILL DRIVE THROUGH WITHOUT A PROBLEM. YES, THAT'S THE CASE. OKAY. I THOUGH SO, BUT I JUST WANTED A CONFIRMATION. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ART INSTALLATIONS AT THE BASS. SECONDED. SECOND BY RANDY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, THE NEXT APPLICATION IS, [5. HPB26-0685, CITYWIDE DIGITAL INFORMATION KIOSKS.] UM, HPB 26-0685, A DIGITAL INFORMATION KIOSK FOR WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 16TH STREET. THIS IS A CONTINUED APPLICATION BY IKE SMART CITY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF ONE DIGITAL INFORMATION KIOSK IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF WASHINGTON AVENUE, SOUTH OF 16TH STREET. THE KIOSK DESIGN ITSELF WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY. UM, THIS APPLICATION IS ONLY FOR THIS LOCA - FOR THIS LOCATION. UM, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE LOCATION FROM WAS PREVIOUSLY PRO- PROPOSED ON, UM, DREXEL AND ESPANOL WAY. UM, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE. STAFF DOES NOT OBJECT TO THIS LOCATION, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? GENTLEMEN? GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME'S FERNANDEZ LARKIN & TAPANES. OFFICE IS AT 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN MIAMI. HERE TO- TODAY REPRESENTING IKE SMART CITY LLC, UM, WHO'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES, UH, AS WELL AS ALSO THE DRB FOR, UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF KIOSKS THAT, UH, MANY OF WHICH ARE ALREADY OUT THERE AND IN USE. UM, WE WERE HERE, UH, BACK IN APRIL. UM, IT WAS AN APPLICATION FOR THREE LOCATIONS. UM, WE GOT APPROVAL FOR TWO, AND THEN CONTINUED ONE TO FIND A NEW LOCATION. AND THEN THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, JUST THIS ONE IN THE CONTINUING, UM, SERIES OF GETTING MORE OF THESE, UH, I- I - OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, OUR TEAM CONSISTS OF, UH, PEOPLE FROM, UH, IKE SMART CITY, UH, ONLINE. WE SHOULD HAVE ANNA BEHRMANN. AND IF YOU COULD ALLOW HER TO SPEAK, SHE'S GOING TO HELP WITH OUR PRESENTATION. AND IF WE CAN CALL UP THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY AND TO SHOW YOU THIS LOCATION. AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO SWEAR ANNA IN. ANNA, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, ANNA. GREAT. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT IN PERSON. I HAVE A TODDLER AND A NEW BABY AT HOME. UM, BUT THIS IS [00:50:01] A, UH, PRESENTATION THAT I WILL TRY TO KEEP BRIEF, GIVEN THAT YOU JUST HEARD THE SAME PRESENTATION IN APRIL. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, JUST A REMINDER OF THE PROJECT, UH, TO DATE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE APRIL 2022 WHEN THE CITY ISSUED AN RFP FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL WAYFINDING KIOSKS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. UH, WE WERE, OF COURSE, AWARDED THE RFP, UM, AND EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE HPB AND DRB BOARDS, UM, SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED. UM, TO DATE, WE HAVE 13 KIOSKS INSTALLED WITH THE FIRST ONE BEING INSTALLED IN JUNE OF 2025. UM, AND WE, AFTER THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED A RESOLUTION IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR TO ALLOW US FOR THREE ADDITIONAL KIOSK LOCATIONS ON WASHINGTON AVENUE AND ESPANOLA WAY, UM, WE CAME TO YOU IN APRIL TO GET TWO, UH, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO OF THE THREE KIOSK LOCATIONS APPROVED. AND THEN WE ARE HERE TODAY, UM, TO, WITH A R - A REPLACEMENT LOCATION AT WASHINGTON AND 16TH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO FOR EACH OF THESE APPLICATIONS, WE DO SEND A CITYWIDE MAILER TO ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH OR LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WITH, UM, THE HPB MEETING DATE, TIME, ATTENDANCE OPTIONS, AND A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT AND LOCATION. WE HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE LISTED HERE, INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON AVENUE BID, WHICH TROY, I BELIEVE, IS ONLINE, UM, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS LOCATION TODAY. IN TERMS OF THE CONTENT STANDARDS AND OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, UM, THE KIOSKS ARE FUNDED BY ADVERTISING ON THE SCREENS WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN USE, WHICH MAKES IT A FREE PROGRAM TO THE CITY, UM, AND ACTUALLY REVENUE POSITIVE FOR THE CITY. AND AS PART OF THAT, WE HAVE CONTENT RESTRICTIONS OF THINGS THAT YOU WILL NEVER SEE ON THE KIOSK. SO THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT IS FALSE, MISLEADING, IMMORAL, ILLEGAL, NO TOBACCO, NO FIREARMS, NO SEXUAL SERVICES, NOTHING POLITICAL, UM, NOTHING IN VIOLATION OF ANY CITYWIDE EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENTS, NO MEDICAL MARIJUANA, AND THEN ALSO THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR CAN ADD ANY ADVERTISING CATEGORY AT THEIR DISCRETION THROUGHOUT THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. UM, IF THERE IS EVER ANY PROHIBITED OR UNACCEPTED MATERIAL ON THE SCREEN, UM, WE, UPON BEING ALERTED BY THE CITY, MUST REMOVE THAT CONTENT WITHIN A 24-HOUR PERIOD OF NOTICE. PART OF OUR PROGRAM, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED IN THE MOST A RE - UH, RECENT AMENDMENT, IS THAT WE DEDICATE, FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION OF EVERY KIOSK, WE DEDICATE ANY UNSOLD SPACE TO SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN ADVERTISE FOR FREE WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AND THESE ARE SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE HEADQUARTERED, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. THIS STARTED AS A PROGRAM, UH, JUST ON LINCOLN ROAD, AND WE HAVE SINCE EXPANDED IT TO ALL SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. MOVING INTO THE KIOSK DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. UM, THIS WAS DESIGNED BY BILL LANE, OR WILLIAM LANE, AND WE, UM, WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF DESIGNS BEFORE THIS DESIGN WAS ULTIMATELY, UH, APPROVED BY THE HPB. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IT AS WE HAVE 13 OF THESE KIOSKS INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN HERE'S JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THE SPECIFICATIONS AND THE DIMENSIONS. UM, THE KIOSK SITS JUST OVER EIGHT FEET TALL, UM, JU - UH, UNDER FOUR FEET WIDE, AND THEN JUST OVER ONE, UH, FOOT IN DEPTH. THE KIOSKS ARE BUILT FOR THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT. UM, OUR CONTRACT REQUIRES THAT THEY BE KEPT IN LIKE NEW CONDITION, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'VE MADE THEM VERY DURABLE. THEY CAN WITHSTAND TEMPERATURES UP TO 120 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, UM, HURRICANE SPEED WINDS UP TO 165 MILES PER HOUR. THERE'S A FLOOD SENSOR AT THE BOTTOM, AND THE ENTIRE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CABINET IS KEPT EMPTY SO THAT, UM, IF WATERLINE REACHES 18 INCHES, THAT NO- NONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE KIOSK ARE DAMAGED. AND THEN THE KIOSKS, UM, DO INCLUDE AMBIENT LIGHT SENSORS SO THAT THE SCREENS DIM, UM, AT NIGHT AND THEN ARE MADE BRIGHTER DURING THE DAY SO THAT THEY ARE LEGIBLE. UM, WE DO TWENTY FOUR SEVEN REMOTE MONITORING, SO WE ARE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED IF THERE'S ANY OUTAGE OF ANY TYPE. UM, AND THE K - THE KIOSK SCREENS ARE 65 INCHES ON THE DIAGONAL, DUAL-SIDED. MOVING INTO THE PROPOSED KIOSK LOCATION FOR TODAY, UM, HERE, THE, THE ORANGE PIN THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE, THE NEWLY PROPOSED LOCATION AT WASHINGTON AND 16TH. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE [00:55:01] OTHER PINK PINS ON WASHINGTON, THIS SORT OF CLOSES A GAP BETWEEN THE SOUTHERNMOST WASHINGTON PIN AND NORTHERNMOST WASHINGTON PIN. UM, WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED THE KIOSK LOCATIONS IN THE MOST COMMERCIAL AND PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED AREAS OF THE CITY, UH, NOTABLY WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN ROAD WHERE WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DENSITY. THE KIOSK LOCATION IS, UM, WHERE THE ARROW IS POINTING IN THIS IMAGE HERE, UH, LOCATED ON WASHINGTON AVENUE WITH THE CLOSEST, UH, INTERSECTION BEING 16TH STREET. WE HAVE ENSURED THAT THIS KIOSK LOCATION WILL MAINTAIN A CLEAR PEDESTRIAN WALKING PATH OF OVER 14 FEET. WE'VE ALIGNED IT WITH PREEXISTING, UM, UH, INSTALLATIONS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, INCLUDING EXISTING BIKE RACKS, LIGHT POLES, AND TRASH PINS SO THAT A PEDESTRIAN WILL NOT HAVE TO WEAVE IN ORDER TO WALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK. UM, AND WE ARE A - THE KIOSK WILL BE INSTALLED, UM, SO THAT IT IS ADA COMPLIANT. WE CHOSE THIS LOCATION BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE VIBRANT RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE, UM, AND THEN ALSO IT IS LOCATED CLOSE BY TO THE MIAMI BEACH VISITOR CENTER. HERE IS THE LOCATION WITHIN ITS ZONING DISTRICT, UH, CD2 COMMERCIAL. UM, AND THEN HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE KIOSK LOCATION, UM, OUTSIDE OF CYBER CAFE. WE ENSURED THAT, UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE BIG TALKING POINTS LAST TIME WAS ENSURING, UH, ADEQUATE DISTANCE FROM THE DOORWAY, AND SO WE HAVE THAT MEASUREMENT ON A FUTURE SLIDE. I BELIEVE IT'S OVER 14 FEET FROM THAT DOORWAY TO CYBER CAFE. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SPINE. UM, HERE IS THE, AN ADDITIONAL ANGLE. AND THEN HERE IS THE FINAL VIEWPOINT OF THE PROPOSED KIOSK LOCATION. AND THEN HERE IS, THIS, UH, SHOWS THAT MEASUREMENT FROM THE, UM, DISTANCE FROM THE ENTRYWAY TO THE CYBER CAFE. IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT SMALL THERE, BUT I BELIEVE IT SAYS 14 FEET, SEVEN INCHES. AND THEN WE ALSO ENSURED, UM, PER OUR CONTRACT, WE MUST, UH, MAINTAIN A 250-FOOT DISTANCE FROM ANY TRANSIT BUS SHELTER. UM, AND SO THE, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE IS SHOWING THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED THAT, THAT RADIUS. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ALL I HAVE. I DO HAVE AN APPENDIX OF INFORMATION IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE KIOSK FUNCTIONALITY AS THAT WAS COVERED IN APRIL. UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE THE BOARD'S TIME IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BRIEFED ON THAT INFORMATION, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THE KIOSK FUNCTIONALITY OR OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL. THANK YOU, ANNA. AND JUST TO CONCLUDE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF, UH, CAREFUL PLANNING, SITING, SENSITIVITY, UH, IN, IN AMONGST ALL THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE AND INCLUDING ALSO THE UTILITIES AND THE OTHER, UH, PHYSICAL, UM, ENCROACHMENTS THAT ARE ON THE SIDEWALKS, UH, THEY HAVE FOUND WHAT THEY THINK IS THE, A, A, A SUITABLE LOCATION HERE TO ADD, UM, IN A SUITABLE LOCATION AND, UM, UH, A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THEIR OTHER KIOSKS TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, GOOD, UM, UH, COVERAGE, BUT NOT OVERDOING IT. UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, STA - I KNOW STAFF'S IN, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND SO WE'RE, UH, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MITCH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, SURE. UH, YOU MENTIONED UTILITIES AND, UH, SENSORS, UH, REGARDING THE DIMMING OF THE SCREENS. I'M JUST WONDERING, AND I IMAGINE, OF COURSE, IT'S IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT, WHO'S PAYING FOR THE ELECTRICITY? ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE ELECTRIC, IS PAID FOR BY IKE SMART CITY. THE CITY RECEIVES A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS REVENUE, UM, AND WE BEAR ALL EXPENSES. OKAY. SO IS REGARDING THE CONSUMPTION OF POWERED CONS- CONSUMPTION OF EACH OF THESE KIOSKS, THAT'S BROKEN DOWN, UH, UH, PER UNIT OR, UH - YES, WE PAY FOR ELECTRIC ON A PER UNIT BASIS. WE ESTABLISH NEW SERVICE USUALLY WITH, UM, FPL, AND THEN WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT SERVICE, UM, DIRECTLY TO, UH, FPL. OKAY. SO ARE EACH OF THESE KIOSKS INDIVIDUALLY METERED, OR IS THAT, UH, AN INTERNAL FUNCTION WHICH MEASURED, WHICH, WHICH MEASURES THE CONSUMPTION? YES. FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE CONNECTING TO FPL POWER, WE ARE REQUIRED TO INDIVIDUALLY METER EACH LOCATION. I BELIEVE A FEW OF THE KIOSKS ON LINCOLN ROAD WERE ABLE TO CONNECT TO EXIST - PREEXIST... POWER SOURCES [01:00:01] AND WE, UH, PAY FOR THAT POWER, BUT WE WERE NOT REQUIRED TO, UM, HAVE AN EXTERNAL METER. BUT FOR ANYTHING, THIS LOCATION, FOR EXAMPLE, AT WASHINGTON AND 16TH WOULD BE A NEW SERVICE THROUGH FPL AND WOULD REQUIRE AN, UH, A SEPARATE METER. OKAY. AND I IMAGINE THOSE METERS ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE? MM-HMM. CORRECT. WE TRY TO EITHER PUT THEM IN, YOU KNOW, PLANTERS OR AREAS WHERE THEY'RE, UM, SORT OF HIDDEN OR TRY TO PLACE THEM CLOSE BY TO, UM, OTHER INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE THEM AS, YOU KNOW, NOT OBSTRUCTIVE AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY FORMER, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I'VE PLAYED AROUND WITH THE KIOSK QUITE OFTEN. AND I THINK I DID NOTICE THAT THERE'S A BUTTON THAT YOU CAN PUSH TO CALL THE POLICE AS WELL. IS THAT NOT TRUE? THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE A 911 CALL BUTTON ON EACH KIOSK. UM, AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A, UH, EMERGENCY SECURITY CAMERA ABOVE THAT CALL BUTTON THAT CAPTURES THE SCENE IF THAT BUTTON IS PRESSED. M- MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS I SEE THERE'S A BIKE RACK ON EACH SIDE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S ACTUALLY BIKES ATTACHED TO THOSE BIKE RACKS? IS THERE REALLY ENOUGH ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO GET UP A- AND, AND UTILIZE THE KIOSK? AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS SINCE IT'S ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE RESTAURANT TURNS AROUND AND GOES TO THE CITY AND GETS, WANTS A PERMIT TO PUT OUT, UM, SEATING, UM, FOR THEIR, FOR THE RESTAURANT? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE KIOSK. THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS I'M ASKING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO STARTING WITH THE BIKE RACK, UM, QUESTION, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEASUREMENT. UM, FROM THE KIOSK, THERE IS, UM, SIX FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE KIOSK TO THE BIKE RACK. AND SO THIS SHOULD GIVE, UM, NOT ONLY SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR SOMEONE TO, TO INTERACT WITH THE KIOSK, BUT ALSO ALLOWS, UM, A WHEELCHAIR TO BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND IN THAT SPACE. UM, SO IT, IT SHOULD BE ADA COMPLIANT AS WELL. AND THEN THE, THE OTHER BIKE RACK THAT YOU MENTIONED, I BELIEVE IS, UM, EVEN FARTHER NORTH FROM THE, THE KIOSK LOCATION. SO THAT, THAT BIKE RACK SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM EITHER. UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF, UH, PATIO SPACE, SO WE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, CONSIDERED BY THE CITY WHEN WE MAKE THE, THE APPLICATION. AND SO IF THERE ARE PLANS FOR AN OUTDOOR PATIO, WE WOULD AVOID THE KIOSK LOCATION. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE AREN'T THOSE PLANS AT CYBER CAFE AT THIS TIME. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, A PARTNER OF THE CITY AND IF THERE EVER WAS A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE CITY WANTED US TO RELOCATE, WE WOULD, UM, GLADLY, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THAT RELOCATION AND, AND AS LONG AS THE CITY WERE, WAS WILLING TO HELP US FIND A SUITABLE ALTERNATE LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY. THANK YOU. SO RAY POINTED SOMETHING OUT, AND I DON'T THINK THIS WAS ADDRESSED, SO I WANNA CLARIFY. SO IT APPEARS THAT A BIKE RACK IS BEING REMOVED IN ORDER TO PLACE THE K - UH, THE I KIOSK. UM, SO THERE IS A... I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THIS RIGHT HERE WHERE THE BIKE IS ATTACHED TO THE BIKE RACK. UM, AND THEN IN THE PHOTO WITH THE RENDERING OF THE IKE KIOSK, THAT BIKE RACK IS NO LONGER THERE. UM, IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE IKIOSK IS SITTING. SO IS THAT THE PLAN? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. YES. SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, YOU ARE CORRECT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE RELOCATED THAT, THAT SECOND BIKE RACK. UM, AND I'M, I BELIEVE IT WOULD, IT, IT'S GOING TO THAT, TO A MORE NORTHERN LOCATION AS INDICATED ON PAGE 21, IF I'M READING THE PLAN CORRECTLY. SHOULD WE CALL UP THE PRESENTATION? THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE CLOSE TO THE UNIT AT THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE, RIGHT, THERE'S ONE BIKE RACK AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE FURTHER TO THE, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE - CORRECT. WHICH IS FURTHER TO THE NORTH. THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE. THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE? OKAY. YES. SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. UM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S TRYING TO HIDE THE BALL, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR. W- W - I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM, UM, I WAS NOT COMPLETELY AWARE THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF ONE BIKE RACK. TYPICALLY, WHEN WE HAVE TO REMOVE A BIKE RACK, WE WOULD JUST RELOCATE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION. UM, AND SO I CAN CONFIRM THAT INFORMATION WITH MY TEAM IF THERE IS, IF THE CITY [01:05:01] WANTED US TO RELOCATE IT OR IF IT'S JUST, UM, SIMPLY REMOVING IT BECAUSE THE TWO WERE DEEMED SUFFICIENT. I, I'M NOT COMPLETELY UP TO SPEED ON, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT THIRD BIKE RACK. GO AHEAD, BRANDY. IT APPEARS THE KIOSK IS GOING RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT - CORRECT. EXISTING BIKE RACK. EXACTLY. TO THE VERY FAR LEFT. YES. YEAH. OKAY. AND, AND AGAIN, IT JUST WASN'T COVERED, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT. UM, THAT, I, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? AND WE, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT AS A CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL, UM, REPLACE THE BIKE RACK. OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO. UM, TROY WRIGHT. TROY, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH? YES, I DO. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN NOW. OKAY. I WENT TO UN - MUTE AND UNMUTE, BUT AGAIN, TROY WRIGHT, WASHINGTON AVENUE, UH, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE KIOSK ON WASHINGTON HAVE ENHANCED THE EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS, I BELIEVE, AND VISITORS. UM, THEY HELP PEOPLE EXPLORE MIAMI BEACH WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE, WHETHER THEY'RE VISITING FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, LOOKING FOR LUNCH, FINDING A NAIL SALON, OR DISCOVERING WHERE TO UNWIND. UM, AND I THINK AS MENTIONED EARLIER BY RAY BRESLIN, UM, THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY, UM, SUPPORT ALSO DESERVES RECOGNITION. UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A GREAT JOB, AND KNOWING THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO CONNECT, UM, UH, WITH HELP PROVIDES AN ADDED SENSE OF, OF REASSURANCE. SO WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE, UM, HOW THESE KIOSKS CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WITH, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES, NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, AND PLACES THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE WALK PAST. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S WHAT I KIND OF S - LOOK AT THIS IS, UH, IT'S WHERE TECHNOLOGY MEETS REAL LIFE, UM, HELPING PEOPLE SPEND LESS TIME SEARCHING AND MORE TIME EXPERIENCING OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THAT'S WHY, UM, WASHINGTON AVENUE, WE SUPPORT, UH, THE KIOSK. UM, THEY HELP MAKE WASHINGTON AVENUE THE HEARTBEAT OF MIAMI BEACH AND A MORE WELCOMING, CONNECTED PLACE TO EXPLORE. SO WE FULLY SUPPORT WHAT THEY DO HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TROY. DO WE HAVE - WE DO HAVE A NEW COLLAR, UM, A COUPLE ON MARK'S IPHONE. MARK, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. I DO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TW MINUTES. PLEASE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. MY NAME'S MARK MULLEBNY. UH, I'M A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT AND OWNER. UM, BOTH, UH, I LIVE AND OWN A BUSINESS, UM, ACTUALLY IN 1680, MICHIGAN. UM, AND I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH IKE, UH, AND ORANGE BARREL MEDIA THAT, THAT'S THE OWNER, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, OF, UM, THE WHOLE IKE SYSTEM, NOT JUST IN MIAMI, BUT IN OTHER PARTS. UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, IT WAS VIA WORKING ON B - SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE SPECIALIZE IN HELPING PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, ADS AND ADVERTISERS TO REACH THE AUDIENCES PRIMARILY IN OUT-OF-HOME MEDIA. UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS. THIS MONTH IS ACTUALLY THE DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION AT THEIR NATIONAL AWARENESS MONTH LAST YEAR. THEY DONATED ABOUT $300,000 OF, OF ENTIRELY PRO BONO DIGITAL MEDIA, UM, IN SOME KEY MARKETS FOR US. AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE DONATING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MEDIA, UM, IN, UM, SOME OTHER MARKETS, INCLUDING MIAMI, UM, NOT YET MIAMI BEACH. UM, SO I BASICALLY JUST WANTED TO LE - GIVE YOU GUYS A SENSE FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY JUST COMMERCIAL, UM, ADVERTISERS, WHICH WE ALSO WORK WITH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH AVAILABLE REMNANT INVENTORY OUT THERE, UH, WE'RE OFTEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT TO HELP THESE GREAT CAUSES, IN THIS CASE, HELPING KIDS FIND WORTHY HOMES. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FOUNDATION, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK. SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT, UM, I AM HERE IN THEIR STEAD, AND I HAPPEN TO BE A MIAMI BEACH RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER, SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UH, BASICALLY STATE MY SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE, UM, AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT'S NOT PAID. THANK YOU, MARK. WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER. YOU'RE WELCOME. STACY LEVY. STACY, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? [01:10:06] STACY, GO AHEAD. WE CAN COME BACK TO HER IF SHE RAISES HER HAND AGAIN. LET'S GO TO, UH, KEVIN GREEN. KEVIN, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. UH, JUST A COMMENT. UH, ARE YOU GUYS GONNA BE ABLE TO FIX THE SWAMP THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, UH, FROM 16TH DOWN TO THE END OF THAT BUMP OUT WHEN THE CITY HAD IT REDONE MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO? UH, IT WAS VERY POORLY DONE, UH, WATER POOLS IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE RESTAURANT, BUT IT DRAINS IN A COUPLE DAYS AFTER A SPRINKLE, BUT THAT WHOLE AREA FROM THE BIKE RACK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THE BALL BOAT WHERE THE IKE, UM, UH, PEDESTAL'S GONNA BE, IT'S UNDERWATER FOR DAYS AFTER A SLIGHTEST RAIN. THERE IS NO DRAINAGE WHATSOEVER. IT'S JUST A TOTAL MESS UP. THANK YOU, KEVIN. WE HAVE, UH, STACY - I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE CALLER. I, UH, ROLLERBLADE, UH, UH, OR I TRY TO TRAVERSE THAT, UH, CORNER AND IT'S, UH, OFTEN FLOODED. GO AHEAD. STACY? STACY, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? UH, STACY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON MUTE. UH, THAT'S OUR LAST CALLER. OKAY. DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY REBUTTAL? UH, NO. I'LL JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY AGREE TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO RELOCATE THE BIKE RACK THAT APPEARS TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS. I'M SURE THAT WE'VE DONE IT AT OTHER LOCATIONS, SO WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TO DO THAT. SO WE CAN COMMIT TO THAT. AND, UH, I THINK STAFF CAN PASS ON THE FLOODING COMMENT TO PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL SINCE WE'RE JUST INSTALLING THIS ONE, ONE STRUCTURE, UH, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK. OKAY. RAY? I JUST WANNA ADD ON TO THE CALLER THAT TALKED ABOUT, UM, UH, IKE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, IKE HAS BEEN A SPONSOR OF THE NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT AND THE 21ST STREET BEACH. SO I JUST THINK I'D ADD THAT IN. DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENT OR A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH - ONE SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD DISCLOSURES? OKAY. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS KIOSK AT WASHINGTON AND 16TH STREET. I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. BRESLIN, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE ONE DISCUSSION [6. Historic Designation Plaque for Lincoln Road.] ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH IS, UM, A DISCUSSION REGARDING HISTORIC DESIGNATION PLAQUE FOR LINCOLN ROAD. THIS IS A DU - THIS WAS A DUAL REFERRAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION ON JULY 22ND. THE COMMISSION REFERRED THE PROPOSED HISTORIC DESIGNATION PLAQUE FOR LINCOLN ROAD TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE AND TO THIS BOARD, ASKING EACH TO TRANSMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. UM, THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY UNDER THE RESILIENCY CODE IS TO AWARD HISTORIC MARKERS OR PLAQUES UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CONSENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION. THE LINCOLN ROAD MALL WAS IND - WAS DESIGNED BY MORRIS LAPERUS, WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ON MAY 16TH OF 2000, 2011. A STATE OF FLORIDA HISTORICAL MARKER ALREADY STANDS ON THE 400 BLOCK. I PROVIDED SOME PHOTOS OF THAT MARKER IN YOUR, UM, THE BOARD PACKAGES. THE PROPOSED PLAQUE DISCUSSED HERE TODAY WOULD BE A SMALLER STANDARD NATIONAL REGISTER MARKER, TYPICALLY EIGHT BY 12 INCHES IN BRONZE OR ALUMINUM MOUNTED ON THE LAPIDUS VOLITY - VALLEY LOCATED ON THE 600 BLOCK, UM, OF LINCOLN ROAD. I PROVIDED SOME PHOTOS OF THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE EXISTING, UM, PLAQUE. UM, THIS WOULD BE LOCATED BESIDE, ABOVE, OR BELOW THIS, THIS, UM, EXISTING MORRIS LAPIDUS PLAQUE. UM, THE COMMITTEE, UM, MOVES FORWARD WITH A POS- POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, AND THE LINCOLN BID, I UNDERSTANDING, IS FUNDING THIS, THIS PROPOSED PLAQUE. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD DOES TRANSMIT THIS TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, INCLUDING ENDORSING INSTALLATION OF THE PLAQUE ON THE FOLLOWING LOCATED ON THE 600 BLOCK OF LINCOLN ROAD ADJACENT TO THE EU- EUCLID OVAL, SUBJECT TO FOUR CONDITIONS. THE FINAL DESIGN, SIZE, MATERIAL, WORDING, AND LOCATION ARE SUBJECT TO STAFF REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THE PLAQUE IS MOUNTED [01:15:01] SO IT DOES NOT DAMAGE THE FOLLY AND CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT IMPACT TO ITS SURFACES AND IS COORDINATED WITH THE EXISTING LAPIDUS PLAQUE IN SIZE, FINISH AND PLACEMENT, AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR PURCHASE INSTALLATION IS CONCERNED TO BE CONFIRMED BEFORE INSTALLATION. AND YOU SAID WHAT WOULD BE CONFIRMED BEFORE INSTALLATION? WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? WHO'S INSTALLING IT? DID YOU EARLIER SAY THAT THE BID IS, OR - THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION. I BELIEVE THAT THE BID IS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE INSTALLATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEAH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION. THANKS, LINDSAY. UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THESE MARKERS OR MARKERS WHICH, UH, INDICATE THE HISTORIC, UH, NATURE OF LINCOLN ROAD. ARE, ARE WE OVERDOING IT, UH, HAVING, UH, UH, TOO MANY OF THESE? I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE OVERDOING. I THINK THIS SORT OF, FOR SOMEONE JUST LOOKING AT THIS VOLLEY, MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ALSO THAT NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING IN 2011, SO THIS SORT OF IS A, IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING PLAQUE THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, COMMEMORATES MORRIS LAPIDUS AND HIS ROLE IN, IN THE, IN LINCOLN ROAD. SO I THINK IF, IF THAT PLAQUE WAS NOT THERE, WE MAYBE NOT BE PROPOSING THIS, SO I THINK IT SORT OF WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT EXISTING, UH, MARKER. SURE. OKAY. AND THERE'S, I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SO WE JUST NEED A, A RECOMMENDATION SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS OR, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UM, TRANSMIT TO THE CITY COMMISSION? SO ONE, ONCE AGAIN, COULD, THE LINCOLN ROAD BID WOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS, INCLUDING ITS INSTALLATION? WELL, THAT'S, THAT I'M NOT SURE IS WHO'S, IF THEY'RE PAYING ALSO FOR THE INSTALLATION OR JUST THE, UM, FLOOD. WHAT IS IT? OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF REPORT JUST ALL POINTED OUT SAID THE CITY'S PAYING FOR THE INSTALLATION. OKAY. I IMAGINE A BRACKET AND A COUPLE OF TAP CONS. UH, YEAH. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ON YOUR MIC? I'M SORRY. MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. MR. BRESLIN? MM-HMM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO. THANK YOU. THAT OUR NEXT [FUTURE MEETING DATE REMINDER: December 15th, 2026] MEETING IS DECEMBER 15TH. WE DO HAVE A QUITE A LENGTHY AGENDA. UM, I'M GONNA BE SENDING EVERYBODY LINKS TO THE APPLICATIONS ONLINE SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THEM IN ADVANCE OF GETTING THE BOARD PACKAGES, BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW, UM, PRETTY INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER. OKAY. AND, UM, W- W- WHILE WE'RE HERE, UM, THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE... I MEAN, THEY PROVIDE THE PAPER COPIES TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO DELIVER TO US. SO WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE TO THE CITY? UM, MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE OUR NOTICE. SO WE DO HAVE THOSE HARD COPIES. RIGHT. IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE, WE CAN SEND THE HARD COPIES OUT RIGHT AWAY. YEAH. I MEAN, UH, M- MY POSITION IS, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IS AT LEAST TWO FRIDAYS BEFORE THE MEETING SO THAT THAT GIVES THE BOARD MEMBERS TWO WEEKENDS - YES. TO GO AND LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS IF NECESSARY. I MEAN, WE HAVE EVERYTHING ALREADY, SO WE GO OUT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND THOSE OUT PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. SO WE'LL DO THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, AND WITHOUT THE SEPARATE REPORTS IS TOTALLY FINE. GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. MICHAEL? MM-HMM. HA- HAS, UH, ARE THERE ANY APPLICANTS FOR OUR VACANT SEAT? UM, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO. SO, UH, THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED AND HOPEFULLY THE SEAT FILLED, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TYPICALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION REVIEWS VACANCIES, THEY'RE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY CITY COMMISSION MEETING, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE APPLICANTS BY THEN, AND I'LL LET THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, UM, IF WE DO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF APPLICANTS, UM, TO FILL THE SEATS. YEAH. UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA BE, UH - SHORT BOARD FOR TOO LONG. SHORT BOARD, UH - JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE, I WANNA THANK, UM, HASKELL MEYER FOR HIS SERVICE AT THE BOARD. UM, HE UNFORTUNATELY MISSED, UM, HIS THIRD MEETING LAST MONTH, SO HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOARD. UM, BUT SO THAT, THAT'S THE OPEN SEAT THAT'S AVAILABLE. WHICH IS THE, I, I REFER TO IT AS THE WATER EXPERT SEAT, BUT, UM, THE QUALIFICATIONS, OR IT CAN ALSO BE AN AT LARGE ORDER - I BELIEVE IT CAN BE A RESIDENT AT LARGE. IT CANNOT BE A RESIDENT AS LARGE AS AT WHILE. AND I WOULD ADD, IF IT'S, IF IT'S LIKE, IF IT'S THE SAME AS DRB, THEN THE CITY CLERK WILL BE PUBLISHING A, UM, A NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL VACANCY. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD, UH, REACH MORE PEOPLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT, WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND OVER THERE. RAY, YOU SECONDED. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE DONE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.