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one hi everybody I am commissioner Laura Dominguez and so happy to be here for the public safety and neighborhood quality of life committee I'm joined by my vice chair commissioner Alex Fernandez and uh commissioner Rosen Gonzalez will be joining us shortly and
on the day is with me we have the fabulous Stephanie Ray Brooks we have assistant city manager Mark Texas and our Deputy City attorney Rob Rosen Wald and with that Stephanie if he would take the announcements good morning this meeting will be held in a hybrid format
the members of the committee will be in public and we will have public speaking in person and on Zoom you could also di in by calling 1312 626 6799 or 88847591 and we have a couple of time
certain items we have item number 17 update on City bike programs we'll be heard at 10: a.m. we have item number 12 discuss Parisian style theatrical performances like beras and C shows that will be heard at 11:00 a.m. and we have
item number 16 discuss regarding Beach concessions regulations and layouts to ensure that sufficient areas remain available at all times for public enjoyment with a Time certain of 11:30 and we have two items that will be deferred these two items are from commissioner sharez items number three
discuss the potential creation of special taxing district to fund the implementation of guard Gates Andor implementation of other security features in the Venetian islands and item number four discussed the potential creations of special taxing districts to fund the implementation of security features in Bay short and North Bay Road
neighborhoods and with that those are only announcements Madam chair I'm not ready to discuss item number 16 today but if we could schedule it for next month and I'll be happy to to to meet with the revent stakeholders I'd
appreciate it if the administration could Lea in facilitating a meeting uh between facilities and the mid Beach neighborhood association and making sure that we brief the community thank you got it so with that
I'll make a motion to approve the agenda with a defer of item number 16 second okay item all right number 17 item number 17 is update City bike program this is sponsored by commissioner Rosen Gonzalez and parking will be here to
present um so the commissioner has said we could start without her so um hi Jose you good morning Madam chair good morning commissioner Fernandez good morning Jose Gonzalez transportation and
Mobility director and interim parking director so I am uh pleased to report that the contract has been fully executed and in effect um the last time that we were before you we discussed a
potential expansion of the program to include really to just look for opportunities to add more bike stations throughout the city in areas of high demand or where they may be there may be a lack of um the city bike stations and
so City bike we've been working with uh our partners Deco bike they have um scoured the city they've identified preliminarily a few in a few areas of the city uh in particular this area that we're in the convention center area the
Ocean Drive area as well demand has significantly picked up and um there there's a a need for just to have more inventory in that area of ocean Drive and then the mid Beach area as well was identified in the mid Beach area we just
need to take uh a deeper dive and look at that area because parking uh there's just general parking challenges in that area as a result of um FD the fact that Collins Avenue and Indian Creek are fdot
roads and there's a lot of areas where parking is prohibited because of site uh distance requirements and also because there is an ongoing project uh on Collins from 26 to 44th but we will continue to look for
opportunities there and and work with fdot um just want to mention as you all know the mid Beach area is also in need of freight loading zones that has that's something that's been mentioned as well by the mid Beach neighborhood association so a lot of things to to uh
balance in in a very small amount of of space there but we'll continue to look at that and a key component of this contract was the public benefit which consists of uh three free 30 minute rides for existing customers
or a uh free month every 12 months for uh I'm sorry I got that the other way around it's 3 30 minute rides for um uh new customers and one free month every 12 uh month for existing customers in
the program and again happy to report that we've uh ironed out the details of how that is going to happen and we expect that to roll out officially today through some social media blasts uh communication is assisting us with
getting the word out um residents uh uh will just need to provide the same information that they're currently providing to participate in other parking programs such as proof of address you know that they're resident either utility bill or uh a bank
statement uh a lease or some sort of documentation and they could get signed up and receive these benefits Madam chair if I may yes I I want to just um mention number one I am a big fan of the city bike program I'm
great it's great to see representatives of them here to today um Jose thank you I know back in 2023 when we approved uh the the uh the new concession agreement we worked very closely on these uh
public benefits uh for those individuals who are Miami Beach residents to get the free rides um um especially when they're currently not customers of city bike is the only way that we will convince individuals to get on a bicycle and try
to use this mode of public transportation is if we give them the ability to test it for free to try it to fall in love with it and then to adopt it as a as a mode of of Transportation I was very proud to uh to work with you on
that to help negotiate that with Eco bikes and to and to get that adopted uh and I'm excited to hear that today that will be unveiled uh so I was not aware of that part but I'm happy that we're finally unveiling that thank you thank
you um and then I noticed that it said that in mid Beach there was going to be loss of parking for the city bike stations that would be put there has that been communicated to the mid Beach neighborhood association well not yet because it's not official yet we're mid Beach is an area that as I mentioned we
need to drill down and we need to look a little closer into because there's a lot of competing interests there are freight loading zones that are needed as well in mid Beach and so and then we're dealing with an fot project which is actually
eliminating on street parking spaces uh in order to put a bike lane which is actually a very good thing from 26 to 44th but nevertheless parking spaces are being eliminated so there there are unique issues there in mid Beach that we need to uh take a deeper dive and look at before we
officially roll out you know not a notification of new bike stations in the area and if you would connect with them that would be with MBNA that would be amazing commissioner Rosen Gonzalez your item morning Jose um this item came
about after um art bosle when we saw the traffic was just absolutely impossible I saw commissioner Fernandez was riding an electric bike during bosel you and Robert were out and about were on your bikes and I was actually jealous at one point I was stuck in traffic and he
biked past me um and at that point I thought why don't I have access to a bike too and that is why I wanted to expand the program um because not just South Beach and North Beach needs bikes if you really want people to get on bikes
especially during high impact events we need access to for example I live on 47th Street I would have to walk to 41st Street how could you get us access access to bikes so that is why I I brought this forward because I think that everybody should have easy access
to uh City bikes in Mii Beach so that's really what I wanted yeah in addition to an expansion at the convention center so that we have even more bikes because we've seen that when we offer the bikes people use them correct correct okay so I'd like to see more bikes at the
convention center and also more bicycles not just on 41st Street but where can you put them around Beach and that's really the question yes and that is what we're taking a hard look at throughout the city and as I mentioned earlier commissioner I believe it was right
before you came in um we've together with uh Deco bike we've already started that analysis of looking at the entire city looking at Supply looking at demand seeing areas where you know there may be a need for more stations and um that's
going that's that process takes a little a little bit you know of time there's already been some preliminary findings and then some other areas that we're going to take a deeper dive into this area of the convention center was highlighted as an easy uh win like a quick win and so I you know I think
we'll be seeing some additional stations in the near future around this area and other areas of the city as well so what are we going to do in terms of the expansion in mid Beach you're just taking a look so in mid Beach we're taking a deeper dive because that's a
little bit of a of a more sensitive situation because a lot of things going on there the fact that there's competing interest for Freight loading Freight loading zones are needed in the area too the fact that there's parking being lost on Collins Avenue as a result of uh uh
fot project that's incorporating a bike lane so there's other factors that we need to take into consideration for Mid Beach but definitely we are looking into it and will be coming up with some recommendations also I wanted to know does the city bike software have the
capability for example if during high impact events we wanted to give Miami Beach residents a code so they could go get a bike for free and go around town because it's not their fault that they can't get into their car and move it's we actually have the commissioner through the public benefit that we
negotiated with Deco bike back in 2023 uh that just got executed we're giving uh and Su was proud to work with colon we're giving Miami Beach residents uh three times a month they get to use
Deco bike for free and every year they get one free month is that correct Kobe yeah it's one or one or the other either the the rentals if they're not a a member they can do the short-term rentals and then if they are a member they get the one
free correct what does the membership cost um $20 a month for unlimited trips and the first half hour of each ride is included so you can use it it as many times a day as you like from point A to point B and it resets every time you get to your uh next destination in terms of
the bik share station so it's $20 unlimited biking or just $20 with a half an hour it's unlimited half hours as many times a day as you want a bike included in that particular membership so let's say that I get on the bike and um on the bike for an hour what would
the cost be for the additional we also have a $25 a month unlimited 1 hour rentals which we call our membership um if you just have the basic membership it's an extra I believe $5 in change for an extra half hour interesting that's
residence it's for that's I think that's the regular yeah that applies to either a short-term rental if you keep the bike past its original rental period or if you have a membership and you exceed your 30 minutes or 60 Minutes whichever one you've subscribed for Colby qu
question what's the average amount of time that somebody takes a city bike I believe it's around 20 minutes 20 minutes people are taking them and going from point A to point B and then putting them back correct station yeah and you have some tourists that are obviously
going to keep it longer and cruise around a little bit more okay so and that's and that's why when we did this public benefit the great thing is they can get from point A to point B within the amount of free time the Miami Beach residents are going to get three times a month it's the average right is about 20
minutes you get 30 minutes three times a month okay um Madam chair so where are we going with this then would you like us to just keep it here and bring it back next month I just want to offer a suggestion if I if I may Jose yes clearly in mid Beach we want to see
expansion in mid Beach we clearly have a density of population in mid Beach especially in the condo Corridor there um and of course our public rways in the area are limited uh given everything that we have to accommodate for the Public's interest
have we considered reaching out to private property owners to the larger hotels to the larger larger condominium buildings and see if there is a way that we can work with them um where we could accommodate some of these facilities on
their private property still publicly accessible uh but that way we're not intruding upon the limited space that we have available for for the public Necessities so the short answer commissioner is yes I think I'm going to defer to to City bike to expand on that
because I know in the past they have approached major hotels in the city uh but I think as part of this new direction if you will to to to take a hard look at expanding the program I think we really need to to uh you know
uh basically go through that process again but uh Kobe if you can just yeah I mean we're we're open to uh placing stations whether it's in the public RightWay or on private property if there is a space available that's always the biggest challenge is where can we
actually fit the hardware um so yeah we're but it's interesting because you know often times it so it's good now we're dealing with this uh and we're trying to reach out and but I think it's also important as we plan our city as we
consider new developments in our city and our land use boards look at development agreements and all that seeing can we start to insert into that conversation when developments are being planned making sure that we get some
sort of space to accommodate right share programs like these yeah commissioner that way from the planning stage we can make sure the public gets an allocation of space for for for these types of needs um city of West pal Beach for
example where we also operate a bike share system um they actually mandate space uh on new developments um for multistory projects um to leave space for the Bike Share uh system there
is that part of their zoning code that is part of their I'm not exactly sure where it falls but yes if it's over a building of a certain size um they are required to leave at least space for a small Bike Share station as a part of getting their um site plan or Co
approved I'm not sure exactly where it falls in there colleagues would you all be interested in joining me in a referral to the land use committee and seeing if we can incorporate similar requirements as we consider new developments in our city um another one
of us are on land use so the three of us can talk about it here if it stays here well I believe if it's if it's a a zoning policy I mean I don't care if like I'm not the I I don't care if I'm in a committee or not for item to go to the proper committee you know I think if
it's a land use item you know a zoning issue usually goes to the land use committee but we want to discuss zoning here I guess we can discuss zoning here um do we want to initiate a referral regarding that I have my colleagues to time sure I
mean sure I have no problem having more conversation but I'm not going to be there for the conversation no we're talking okay I don't think allowed to I think it has to go to the commission I would just put a just put a referral on on this on this month's commission no let's just keep it here don't worry
about it let's just keep it here I was saying something you were both looking at your devices and you didn't hear what I said let's just keep it here and and we can work on a draft that we can bring here and eventually if you would uh refer a matter or wish to go to uh an
ldr then it could go to land use and the planning board at that time time but you can discuss it here first to iron out what it is you want before doing that if you desire to and really what we found the biggest challenge is that developers will build a new building and then ask
us after it's already built if we can put a station in and then there's typically no space so um getting ahead of that uh would be super helpful uh depending on the project that would be good can I ask one more question yes are you I also know that like the fyen area
doesn't have access access or did you guys put a bike station there yeah I uh we went and looked at a few locations near that area and cataloged it provided it to the parking department and we're going to continue to look and see uh where we can try and add something there
with minimal impact on uh vehicular parking okay and I also wanted to show off our new bikes if I'm can roll one out here we have a new Fleet of bikes coming may I may I bring it
out oh so this is this is a part of our new Fleet we have new standard and new uh electric bikes and this is really state-ofthe-art um pretty much the best bike in the business so we'll be rolling
out uh a few hundred uh new bikes this month this is uh one of the first ones looks sharp yes this one this is an electric bike here why are you speaking to the microphone so the public can hear you this this particular one is an
electric bike but the uh the standard mechanical bikes also look pretty much identical to it um but this this is fantastic and it's um built to last longer be more rugged and it is uh it really is a fantastic bike so we're
super super excited about this um so to keep the fleet refreshed and I think uh keep everybody happy who's outriding them and so uh right now I I believe under the contract we have 100 electric I think out of the 1100 we have a
hundred that are electric bicycles but uh Jose the city manager has the authority uh to increase the number up to 200 is that correct that's correct okay so if the demand is there um for as long as they're not riding in the long
in the wrong places but you guys unlike other electric bicycles the beauty about Deco bike is that you guys control the speed of your bicycles is that correct correct very exciting we're all going to be on
bicycles yeah why not why not that would help the traffic problem I thought you were going to say that I thought you were going to say it was going to help with my weight problem that's why no but that's why I think we need to do this and you need to offer an
areas where we don't and you need to couple that with some sort of media messaging about the fact that residents have free biking service and why not pick up a bike you know instead of being stuck in traffic it would make like such a great great PSA if you worked with
Communications and came up with this you know came up with a commercial where people are stuck in traffic and then you say wait you know what I can take a local city bike and guess what during high impact times when you can't get out of your house it's free for residents so pick up your city bike you know what I
mean let's we need to push it too because not even I mean I know it would help with traffic but I'm just thinking about residents who are frustrated yeah I get frustrated so that's a great idea Comm we'll I'll work with Melissa on that okay all right thank you uh great
item will return this item in April thank you item number 14 okay item number 14 is discussed timeline for construction of Miami Beach Convention Center headquarter hotel and anticipated
opening hi there hi there good morning you Batista Tera project manager I am excited to say that we keep tracking we keep aiming for the end of the month to close on the
loan however there may be a chance that we may need a little bit more time okay just a couple of weeks um because the RDA Grant had some comments that had to go back to the county okay so but if everything goes smoothly and
we're all counting on that uh we're closing by March uh 31st when does the RDA uh go back to the county it it's already in the hands of the county they have 15 days to review okay
so you know we're all um now in the meantime we continue working on all other documentation uh so that it all needs to come together at the same time so very we're very very close but given that there may be a
chance that we may need a few more weeks we are submitting an extension uh next week There's a an item on the on commission for an extension a small Amendment to the to our lease agreement to allow for uh a little bit more time
okay commissioner Fernandez any comments for you that no let's try to let's um it the the county the county has to review the document within 15 days but after the county reviews the document does it have to be approved by the board of County Commissioners
only if they decide that the changes are significant okay all right we are counting that it's small enough that it can just what's the nature oh my goodness I I'm so sorry but I was not prepared to speak to that but
um they they should be they should be okay does the city Administration or the city attorney's office have any concerns no oh TA from our general obligation Bond program yeah our director good morning
Al on for this project um I'm not directly involved in the grant uh conversations but I've been told that they do not anticipate any major R flags from the county these were minor comments from lenders and then they were reviewed by our City attorney as well
okay all right well anyone any public comment thank you so hopefully we'll be good next time thank you so much have a good day looking forward to hearing on April 9th okay item number one okay item
number one is discussion regarding the relocation of City Hall early voting site and the addition of a third early voting location for the 2025 runoff election and the city clerk will be presenting the item good morning everyone uh we have two major issues
that we would like to discuss with the commission the committee and get your recommendation first one is adding a third early voting location for the runoff election if one is necessary the second issue we want your opinion on is whether we need to relocate the city
hall early voting location uh that would be your decision to make for either the general and the runoff or only the runoff or leave it here just for the public so they know how we got here the elections Department required that all municipalities have five weeks between
the general and the runoff because of that we had a charter referendum the voters approved that however the early voting for the runoff election if one is necessary for this year coinci coincides with uh Art Basel
and art week so we're concerned of the traffic impact that that will have uh in voters trying to get here to City Hall so one of the at the Fernandez went and spoke with uh the new election
supervisor and she has agreed to grant us a third early voting location during uh the runoff election and that would be in the mid Beach section so now there would be one in North Beach the library in South Beach wherever this commission decides and in in mid beach now the
Florida Statutes require certain parameters as to what can be used for an early voting site the only location at Mid Beach that can be used as an early voting site is must Park which has parking that's to replace City Hall it
would not be to that would be the third that would be the third so we would have one now mid Beach so if it's too difficult the idea is if it's too difficult to get to South Beach the mid Beach residents could go to Mid Beach the North Beach residents could still go
to North Beach and the South Beach residents would have one in South Beach wherever this this committee recommends whether city hall or another location correct and I'll talk about the alternate locations that we proposed and the alternate location in South Beach that the election Department recommended
and I I and I personally feel if I may through the chair you know I think when we were at a commission discussing this preliminarily it felt like City Hall is aign individuals do know um as a voting
location um and it's still accessible to it's within walking distance of most places in South Beach um I get concerned you know with the traffic of of of individuals um trying to get here you know trying to AC cross 41st Street
trying to deal with a Collin Avenue traffic during during during art basle that individuals might feel disenfranchised uh because of that of that traffic from being able to participate um in in in in the process
so I don't know if we really need to move the city hall site but I do think you know supplementing it with a with a with a third site could be helpful how would the parking work at the city hall site if people drove that is the problem that we're encountering again for the
general election is not an issue for the runoff election uh what seemed to have been the commission's general point of view during the preliminary conversation that we had during uh the commission meeting was to to keep the early voting parking
where we normally have which is a short-term parking garage mind you that is used uh for uh during art bosel for valet parking but elections are the primary you know and can they use instead of using our building for Valley
parking can they use New World symphony's parking for Valley parking I don't know that aspect of that would be more of an AR bosle parking issue what I'm saying is we would like and I think it would be required that we use the same lot for early for the early voters
that we normally use and for the runoff early voting is three days early voting is three days and mind you elections has said that they are not willing to extend it past three days so the early voting would be Friday Saturday Sunday which
which overlap with the art ble yes I would like four locations I'll explain why I don't understand why South Beach okay we're doing it for three days I would rather have two days of early voting with four locations than three days of early
voting because South Beach is getting punished because you know how bad the traffic is to even go north and to try to find parking so south of fif that neighborhood how are they going to come and vote because there's going to be limited it's going to be difficult we could we could address that in a minute
I would do Southshore Community Center so that south of fifth has access to voting City Hall mid Beach and North Beach that would be fair in my opinion that way it addresses everything the people from B Isle can walk over to City Hall the people south of Fifth and in Flamingo Park have
access to a pole without having to come into the Mayhem that is the art bosle you know area um we need four locations Ralph three is not enough I'm comfortable with that I'm I'm not opposed to that I just wonder can I know we spoke with the supervisor of election
and her uh and her staff about three location I do you do you feel that the supervisor could accommodate four locations pay for it well yeah but in other words it's also staff meaning that they have it isn't just uh but I can pose the
question uh they are definitely opposed to extending early voting dates that for sure they they've told me it's a it's a nogo well what if you told them I two days four location me that makes more sense three days you like three days okay well we could do three days four
locations but if you don't get the four locations it's not going to be fair and I think that's I I think listen I'm all for more locations rather than rather during a busy period like art basle as many locations so that as few of our
voters ever get the feeling that they're being disenfranchised and so so I rather being being more inclusive and offer more locations because traffic is horrendous during this time of the year we need to be Forward Thinking about the challenges our wrest will face and I
think that that's that's that's fair I don't know if the Southshore Community Center Works Ral I I don't yes I so I'll address that so first of all if we could stick to Mid beach for a sec uh so I'm assuming there's no opposition to going forward with mus Park as an early voting
location uh I just want to make sure that I'm completely open there are there is uh after school care at that location it occurs on the weekdays so they would be the children would be impacted on Thursday and Friday what are the days of uh early voting
because I thought it was Friday Saturday Sunday no voting Monday and then electionday cor but the setup occurs and usually the setup occurs two days before we've gotten the elections Department to consider and they'll get back to us making the Thursday the setup loc the
setup day and taking it out on Monday before the kids come in so technically if our request is granted which they seem to be willing to work with us but they haven't given us an answer it would they would impact they would be impacted too 2 days we're working with the parks department they are considering
relocating the kids for 2 days to another facility we've also offered to pay for a tent uh uh to for the kids to be at the same location just in case the parents are feel safer just taking the kids to the same location as normal so we will go forward with that as far as
the South Beach location I will ask the elections Department if they are willing to do a fourth location what the elections we toured the elections Department of all alternate sites and they selected that the best alternate location is the Southshore Community Center so that is where they wish to do
it if you consider moving city hall or possibly now adding an additional location so that would be the site that site has plenty of parking for voters we would have to shuttle obviously the employees who are there temporarily to
the the garage on South uh the Fifth Street Garage I think it is Fifth and I mean I I would really hope for the four locations so can we just bring this back next month and so that's what I would suggest let's bring this back next month I will send an email right now to the elections department and see if they're
if they're willing to work with us they've been extremely accommodating uh so let's see and oh I mean obviously you've explained to them the the nature of our puzzle and how difficult it would make you have to you know State this case of how difficult it is to get south
of fifth to the election area and I supervisor got I mean we spoken with with with to White the also so just explain to her that this you know we've been very accommodating we adopted the one month that she suggested and now three locations is not going to be
sufficient and just to make sure that we're clear we're only asking for the runoff election that way during the general election we have our two locations City Hall and North Beach and I just want the record to be very clear the supervisor of election and her office have been very accessible very
willing to work with us very accommodating and making sure that we have the prop resources she's aware of both you know supervisor Garcia and uh and her Chief election supervisor yes uh are both
aware of the challenges of the art bosle traffic they're very empathetic they want to make sure that we have the proper resources so I don't want anyone other to think that they're not being supportive to the contrary they really want to work with our city and with your office I spent almost an hour on a Saturday with Christina yeah trying to
work this out so could we make sure that through our Parking Department because as we keep City Hall as a site and I think City Hall is a very much established site that everyone knows you can go to City Hall and you can vote early at City Hall um can we make sure
that we keep that ground floor parking at the garage over here available for our voters we will work with parking but that is the intent meaning that would be I think elections would require at the next meeting when we discuss this I need
confirmation on that uh because we can't have people come here and not have access for uh for for a parking we have a lot of individuals with disabilities that are handicapped um that do need a place to
park not everyone walks and not everyone is capable of taking a bicycle and so we need to be mindful of that segment of our population as well we'll do thank you so much thank you great
discussion all right uh we're going to skip the next one until let me see if the people are there no all right so number five okay item number five is discuss establishing a French Market at South Park Washington Avenue in tree Plaza this is sponsored by commissioner
Rosen Gonzales and we have parks to present all right uh commissioner Rosen Gonzalez good morning everyone I'm so excited about this initiative to bring a high quality French Market to South Point
Park we attended the sofa meeting and sofa is on board unanimously with this idea and if we pass this today and send it to the full commission uh the first week of April the first weekend would be our first French Market ail 6 April 6th
um just so that everybody knows this French market Market um is extremely high-end it has wonderful pastries everything is authentic by the way it happens to be a women's Collective and Karen is here to if you would like to Bri briefly speak about your market
right now the market travels to um kisc we had it at Sunset Harbor where it was wildly um successful and I would like to thank Celia Celia yes and Karin um for having the market and I'm so exced because I do
think that this will be defining for the neighborhood people are going to attend the market and learn to when you know when it's Market day to go and buy their fresh baguette and pastries uh for the day and I and and I I would hope to have more than one if we you know if this
let's try this in in South in South Point and see how it works and I'm really excited to work with the French Collective so Karen if you'd like to say a few words good morning everyone my name is kohin in girl I live in Miami Beach since 13 years and I live in
Normandy Shore Island and my Earth belongs the city in uh during the pandemic um I'm Artisan myself and um I'm jam maker past
Chef it was tough for small business and artisan and I decided to create the first voluntary voluntary um French American American Association of craft and uh trades to support the artisan and
the small business it was stough for them and since we do a lot of events contest the best baguette the best croissant in on in the National Hotel every year and we created during uh the this
time um the first um French Market but we are from uh everywhere and um we have I selection of the um uh the
the The Artisan everything is um made and made and um it's good family time and um we have a majority of women and Beyond the woman we have a family too
and we have some artist food food accessory and it's very also it makes sense to to make the Artisan to know where the clothes are made the bag the
accessory it's very important the the community of the Artisan is um it's good economy for everyone for the city and for the family it's like a a locomotive you know for the economy
I don't know if you guys have ever been to the pl in Sant Trope but they have this amazing market and they do it on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings and everybody that goes on vacation there knows that they can go to their market and get incredible products and I don't really think anywhere in South Florida
we have some sort of Market anything like that and I think that this has the potential um over time to grow into something that is you know really spectacular and a place where not just our tourists but families are going to come so I'm really excited about April
6th uh our office will do a ribbon cutting that day too and I'd like to invite everybody to come on that first morning um if you know if our my commission colleagues uh all agree which I think that they will because this is a win-win and we went to sofa and these
women are talented and they have a Keen Eye and I think that the neighborhood South the fth will love um will love it so with that um we're gonna pass this to the any comments Tom I visited the side we have no objections it won't interfere
with park operations on it day so we're good um so I have gone to the French Market the last two years in Sunset Harbor and I've done my shopping um bought all sorts of baguettes and pastries and I took it to my parents house this year um I even bought my dog
pearls because there was somebody selling pearls for dogs and it was um really adorable I love this idea I'm reading the recommendation from the city this will be at the Washington Avenue entry Plaza yes which I think is fantastic what a great way to activate
that space um so I'm very supportive commissioner Fernandez any comments we okay okay okay so that's wonderful and uh we will finalize this at the commission meeting this coming Wednesday and I'm so
excited for the women's uh Collective what is it it's the French you there's a what is the name of your organization Karin it's the French it's the French American Association of CFT and trads we have nonprofit Association the French American Association of craft and trade
all women bringing a French Market to Miami Beach thank you I'm excited thank you for your trust and thank you for the Artisan of course it means a lot for me okay all right bye guys wonderful so good to the full
commission yes we will try and get something on for March 18 they're printing possibly while we're in this meeting but we'll try and get something on for the 18th please 19th yes I'm sorry 19th
yes then we will have item number six um discuss take action reclassification of assault or battery offenses against Park Rangers to increase potential penalty for defendants this was sponsored by the mayor and this is Parks and Rec and
legal will be presenting okay is there anybody here from the mayor's office to discuss this item if not we'll let um the city present it and then we'll talk through it good morning thank you Mark Fishman
city attorney's office uh and this item um would basically uh should the committee uh choose to do so would uh be a resolution urging the Florida legislature
to to to uh include Park Rangers within Florida statute 784.03 Florida statute uh 784.03 enhances the potential maximum penalty for certain assault and battery offenses against specified Personnel uh
our park rangers are obviously you know out there on the front lines of Public Safety making countless uh engagements uh with individuals sometimes uh committing disruptive or illegal uh Behavior Uh and they have been victimized previously for
uh assault and battery offenses so this would uh increase the potential penalty like an assault which is normally a second degree misdemeanor would be increased to a first de degree misdemeanor if committed Upon A Part Ranger while in the course of their duties um and a battery would go from a
first degree misdemeanor to a third degree fing so just provides additional protection for our park rangers who are who are out and about and making I think we have 50 we have 51 51 uh park ranger positions and provide them protections already parking enforcement Specialists
uh police officers um traffic infraction Specialists um you know law enforcement explorers all sorts of categories code enforcement officers are already included in these statutes but uh Park ranges are not um so this was something that was requested by the parks
department uh it might be a good thing Madam chair yes so this this is an urging to amend the Florida statute I think that's all we could all we could do uh and I'll tell you I'll tell you why commissioner because we this is a no-brainer I I I I I mean we've seen our
Park Rangers I mean we've seen our Park Rangers being I mean correct me if I'm wrong uh Mark they've been attacked by people in the p is that correct they've been attacked they've been spat on they've
been threat absolutely yes okay and this and this would enhance the potential maximum penalty that's correct it would reclassify assault battery aggravated ass salt and aggravated it's one of each one offense level higher so the
defendant in these cases in any of those cases would be facing a greater potential penalty when prosecuted and we all know you know I mean the reason why we employ Park Rangers is because they are an extension of law enforcement they are there to
deter crimes from taking place and they there to maintain the safety of our public spaces so you know I I I completely agree with this uh I'm H Madam chair if whenever the moment is right I'm happy to make make a motion of
support of this do it all right so um I'm supportive I'm supportive as well okay move the item y yeah I'm going to follow staff's recommendation y I'm going to support let's make a motion to support this thank you yes and this we go back to theity so uh it goes back to
the full commission yeah so I guess the motion just to be clear would be a favorable recommendation uh for the uh City Attorney's Office in the Parks and Recreation Department prepare a resolution urging the Florida legislature to include Park Rangers in Florida statute
78407 got itk wonderful thank you gentlemen okay number seven item number seven is discuss improvements including cleanliness and abandoned conditions of Everglades Court in North Beach this is sponsored by commissioner fernandz and co-sponsored by commissioner B and
Public Works will be presenting the item all right uh Madam chair yes thank you um I I placed this item on the February um agenda the uh because Everglades court it's an
Alleyway uh in in in North Beach uh between between single family homes and the area has accumulated a lot of trash it needs it needs TLC it needs attention
the grass needs to be cut uh there there's there's there's abandoned debris there uh all sorts of stuff if you look at the at the item there's abandoned Landscaping debris there's abandoned boxes there's uh cans of of beer just
all sorts of stuff and I've received complaints about this and I just want to know from Public Works what can we do to address this certainly uh good morning chair Dominguez commissioner Fernandez um yeah
so I I I've been out there and I I've seen the conditions of the alley and uh uh clearly we've looked it up and and researched to make sure that obviously it's our responsibility which it is and one of the things that uh we need to do is we're going to probably probably clean it up by S residing the whole area
it definitely needs to be done there there's no question um additionally there's some potential code issues we have to work with code on trying to help out with some of the neighbors that's overgrowth um in some of the areas coming from the backside of those properties I I don't think it's used for
much else I see some sometimes people put out um you know almost like just storing kind of like their trash container containers but I don't believe it's serviced there because if you go around on the front side you know you can have your containers out there um so I don't really see that that's being
really used for that but it needs to be cleaned up it definitely needs TLC we agree uh we're going to do that additionally um is the area used for garbage pickup is that alley is that where the garbage G pick I have asked I'm trying to I'm just waiting for a verification from the hauler if they
actually service it through there because I've seen on the other side in the fronts where people have have their containers out so I'm I'm just need to get a conf how long does it take us to get that information from the I should have it by in a day or so um but uh the
I see just like bolt trash items out there and again it's just kind of like cleaning it up and uh possibly putting you know some signs out signage out there as well uh we're looking at that as well what I don't want I'm going to be very clear about this okay I I see here are we we're citing the property
owners the home owners the items say the properties AB buding the alleyway have been warranted and cited and so you know this is public property and the failure to maintain that prop that public property I'm sorry
is ours it's not the homeowner and so I hope that the homeowners that have to be dealing with the unsightly conditions of this public property we're not now coming and finding them for the conditions in which
this property is in no we're going to work together with whatever whatever is our responsibility versus there is we're not going to it's not about trying to site anybody it's about trying to aesthetically improve the conditions in that Alleyway and that's what the whole Project's going to be uh based on okay
okay all right uh so um can you give us an update of where we're at uh next month with this AB absolutely hopefully we'll make significant Improvement there okay all right continue yes let's continue this
item okay we have item number eight is discuss the potential deployment and operations of serve robotics AI powered sidewalk delivery robots in the city of Miami Beach this is sponsored by commissioner Dominguez and it will be presented by public
works okay R Kane yes so again this is obviously a newer item uh to us uh and in looking at through this and and obviously seeing the actual service Bots out in the road um you know there are some issues that um we're going to be
working with uh the police department on trying to make sure we you know from their perspective and they've you know we've had some correspondence with them and they've raised some some concerns and I I think it's just about trying to you know get everything together and make sure that uh you know this kind of a program uh once the City establishes
Works you know routinely and there's safety things that are taken into consideration because obviously these things you know they just kind of like move at different times and sometimes I mean I haven't had any experience of when I was coming back um you know by 17 Street by Meridian I was turning and it
was coming in the crosswalk and then it just you know kind of like had a weird reaction and and you know kind of pause so it's just these kind of things we need to just get to know a little bit better uh as it relates to that but I but I think uh again working with PD and then you know through the group serve uh
I think we'll be able to you know be able to come up with a program eventually that will uh be effective and allow them to serve in a good way for the community okay so should we keep this item to the April 9th meeting to see what progress You' made absolutely okay
absolutely okay and no public comment so then we have item number nine is discuss the beautification of sidewalks of on Collins Avenue with Mosaic design and Landscaping and decorative uplighting this was sponsored by commissioner Rosen Gonzalez and Public Works will be
presenting yeah so so this item is very similar to obviously things that you know we're looking at on Ocean and we're looking at on Washington um you know the only uh uh challenge obviously with Collins is that it's on FDT roadway um you know there were obviously some
discussions that were had with the secretary about this I mean I think one of the challenges you know more so for us is I'm sure do would love to give us all that respons responsibility to take over all that but you know I think that that's challenging for us uh from a staff perspective to take all that
maintenance responsibility uh with it um what we did in the intern was that we obviously put together some proposals as it related to the lighting um as related to sidewalks as well over there and I think the numbers are about three a little over $3 million um but again it's
a bigger issue because you have to really be you know obviously synced with do and to what we're going to do out there and and them be on board with it so as a partnership um the reason I brought this item and it's not I was focusing on
Collins Avenue in the historic district but if you follow Collins Avenue all the way up it's really in deplorable condition and um we need to do something you know the good news the good news is that we
recently commissioned this study through David Gomez and I would like to thank the office of CIP for taking the time to do a study in resiliency of sidewalks and we actually found that the paer option is an option that is easy
replacement resilient it doesn't change colors it last pretty well we saw it on the beachwalk working they can do patterns on it and I would love to see a Collins Avenue from you know from First Street all the way up with beautiful
sidewalks that all match now I know that that's a long-term goal but I also know that we have General obligation fund money to replace sidewalks and I know that that was using concrete as material but I also think we need to look at Collins as one of our most iconic
streets and um so what are you guys recommending Brad I know you just yeah we we looked at some again because it's do roadway needing approval um we talked we some of the recommendations include uh uplighting
which require us to have service points so there's cost for that um and we also got a quote from R&D electric as it related to permanent uplights which was close to 1.3 million and then there's some maintenance costs that that go with that and then we also proposed some
different sidewalks um similar to how we did that on Washington might may be tread um the shell specialty concrete and stamp concrete um and and we also looked at uh as was discussed um the Mosaic walkways by burx marks to get an idea of how these you know kind of
sidewalks look so we we we looked at just different kind of Concepts um uh that we similarly looked at so in light of the presentation that we showed um at Miami Design preservation week League last week what I would ask you guys to
um do on this item or agree with me is to price out the new materials that we saw the P materials um based on the study from 5th to 15th Street and
um in in one of the patterns you know with the with the different patterns that they chose Sim like what we saw on the present and bring and then bring it back next month with a price for each of the patterns so we can make a choice
from fth to 15th how do you feel about that that's fine okay and then if once this once this committee reviews it and you know and and I would love for people to come in and weigh in on it at this meeting right here um we could really start the beautification and ramp up if
you see colins Avenue from 5th to 15th Street all of a sudden have these iconic patterned sidewalks with this new beautiful resilient material so and it's not out of our reach now Brad because look we don't have to even worry about the shell or the stamped concrete or the
red pink concrete by the way the concrete was never supposed to be red everybody's calling the sidewalks red it's supposed to be pink it's supposed to be green palm trees pink sidewalks but they're not they're like rust red and that's why people are complaining and then it's rust red in
every shade of the rainbow so um I'm excited about but but do it in in you know when we when when you price this out price it in just plain plain pink it's not red pink plain pink
patterned um and the shoreline pattern is actually quite pretty but I would do all four patterns that they suggest because it's not going to cost us anything to get that estimate is it Brad no no okay so bring it back with that estimate and then we'll make a choice I'm really excited about this if
we get Collins Avenue um running the Washington Avenue bid is on board with these new sidewalk materials Ocean Drive needs a little bit more work I presented with them last week and they um we it was a difficult meeting because they would like us to expand the
sidewalk something that we don't necessarily have the full funding to do right now and it's difficult given the fact that we just returned we're in the process of returning colins Avenue to a two-way configuration correct Mark is that what's happening yeah so I mean ocean ocean excuse me to the two-way so
now to expand the sidewalk in the middle of that would be crazy but I'm trying to convince um the stakeholders on Ocean Drive that sidewalks and Lighting would be a great fit so I think we should start with colins and see where we go absolutely there's public comment yes if
uh caller us your one if you could unmute yourself and say your name and Andress thank you hi good morning this is Matthew ganof I just wanted to make a quick comment on this the uplighting of the palm trees is beautiful and I I heard
that was being being considered on Collins Avenue Collins Avenue is a really dark Street the sidewalks and the street surface itself are dark so in addition to uplighting it would be really important for safety and for people to see where they're walking if
the sidewalks were also lit in a more improved way thank you so much and you know what Brad given the fact that that presentation had those cool ring lights around the palm trees can you find out how many palm trees we have and what the ring light would cost
too so that we do this research they came up with commissioner Dominguez and I would encourage um David Gomez to send us all that presentation if you have it just so that everybody can see because there were several Commissioners and the mayor I don't think he was there that
night so that you can see what the ring lighting presentation commissioner Fernandez was there and um it was kind of exciting to do this sidewalk study right so yeah it was cool so um I want you to be able to see what these ring lights look like because what they came up with with and I don't know how many
palm trees there are on Collins I'd have to go and walk it but it's it's these cool ring lights that they can adjust um different types of Lights at different times if they wanted to EAS easily change the light bulbs and you don't have to add infrastructure and you light
the street too so uh okay Mark Texas commissioner I just wanted to be clear that the judge's original order was to return it to two-way traffic but that order was stayed so it's kind of pending right right now okay I'm just want to
make sure CLE for the keep up with what's happening so as of right now we are not changing back it's just a one way I would let uh I would defer to Rob but that that order that we're not deciding that right now anyway I know that that's out of our hands and there's a whole legal situation I'm just talking
about beautifying sidewalks what we have right now using the funds available to us and and in a way where we can get it done okay thank you you and we have so we'll bring it back oh one more public com one more public comment we have Jane
krup Jane krup if you can please unmute yourself you have two minutes hello everyone um just want to update you all on the situation with lighting and sidewalks um yesterday me and adna two representative from adna
met with CIP and The Architects Calvin jordano to discuss uh the meeting um that uh was at mdpl about the sidewalk patterning and lighting so we had about very good meeting with them and just
want to let you all know that um whatever happens on Ocean Drive is probably going to happen on Washington since they are the master planners regarding sidewalks and they are preparing a survey which would be coming out in the next within the next couple of weeks I believe before the April
commission meeting and there uh it's a ballot vote uh for stakeholders and they're going to be presented with the options and um so I don't think you need to have David Gomez do anything because the Architects are already on the way doing that and it's in the process so um
I would not have the tail wagging the dog here I would rely on The Architects and their um method as they've been instructed to do because they are the master planners and I think that you should not butt in and let them do their
job that's it thank you hi David Gomez director of CIP just a point of clarification um our consultant is working on the survey based on the presentation we provided for Ocean Drive only they are not the master planners for Washington Avenue that's not in
their scope they are limiting their focus on Ocean Drive and and how we begin to implement the eventual plan for our Ocean Drive yeah you know what I think is sad about this is that we'll be able to move forward and beautify Collins Avenue and possibly beautify Washington and who knows what will
happen with ocean because those sidewalks are in such poor condition right now they're so unsightly so um I find it disappointing that I I understand the overall Vision but the way that we envision the sidewalks took
into account the entire master plan so as we move forward with Collins and Washington um I will I'm going to pull back on Ocean and um and wait until this survey when is this when will this Sur survey be completed we're trying to have
the format ready uh by the end of the week so that we can put it on our website and get it out to as many people as we can ahead of uh the April commission meeting wonderful so hopefully this survey will help us find out what's happening and in the inum uh
let's move forward with Collins and Washington okay we this item will come back next month with color choices for 5th to 15th and um VIs we have the choices they're just going to price them out and bring them back to us so we have
choices and prices okay item number 10 item number 10 is discuss the installation of a community panel along with proposed locations for the installation of one piano in South Beach and one in North Beach this is
sponsored by commissioner Fernandez and tourism M perc commissioner Fernandez thank you madam chair I'm excited to bring forward um um this item today because it speaks um to the heart of what makes Miami Beach uh special it it's that we're a vibrant and creative
community and I wanted to discuss the installation of community pianos one in possibly in South Beach one possibly in North Beach um because it's more than just it being a piano or musical instrument it's about being a gathering
space opportunities for people just to be happy you and moments of of Joy um being callous for artistic expression in our neighborhoods and I just want people to imagine the opportunity of you know
walking along Lincoln Road or walking along the Normandy Fountain and suddenly having an environment that's filled with the sound of You Beautiful piano playing uh maybe it's a child that's you
know playing their first notes or is a local pianist uh sharing some of their talents or some stranger just spontaneously um going and uh and just bringing Joy to the area with their
with their music I think it's the type of thing that turns public spaces into special experiences that are not only inviting to our visitors but also for our residents uh to engage with our community in a special and exciting a
positive and an uplifting way and so I see we have our staff here Francis uh to present on this item Francis I want to turn it over to you because we've seen these programs be highly successful in other areas in New York we've seen it in
London and places throughout the world do this and it really brings joy and just positive energy to the areas and I think we always want more of that in Miami Beach so I turn it over to you good morning thank you commissioner Madam chair Francis Vice CEO assistant
director of Tourism and culture and thank you for that um wonderful lead in so just a point of a background a similar item came in 2022 it was a referral for AI um at that time staff um
engaged with two uh possible programs one of them being sing for Hope pianos um the referral at the time was to AI uh it didn't go forward there was no um funding identified with a now with this new referral we have again communicated
with that program to see what is possible so in the memo today we do present um what that program could do potential iterations of the program um in your referral this time you're also asking for two potential locations one
in South Beach and one in North Beach um so for here for discussion we'd love to hear any thoughts on those possible locations for South Beach we were thinking Lumis Park Espanola Way Lincoln Road um and then in North Beach as you mentioned Normandy Fountain banso Park
maybe Alto Omar Park um It's a Wonderful plac making creative placemaking program that could take place with the posos um in speaking to sing for hope they do have two options one of them is to create the Pian off
site with our input with when it comes to Artistic creations and then ship them to Miami Beach another one is is to have almost like a studio or have the artists create them in Miami Beach the funding could be anywhere from $5 to
$40,000 um so in discussion today we'd love to hear on Lo thoughts on locations and obviously we would have to identify any possible funding in our budget process right now um we do recommend that it would be a pilot program what we've seen in other programs in the
country even in Miami date County that they have been um temporary in nature so we can focus on a certain time period maybe and start there um we've have also seen that the programs have private funding alongside sometimes they have
grant funding so there's all options but um happy to hear from the committee on any preferences on locations um and then of course as I mentioned we would have to identify budget and so thank you Francis and through the chair um I think
I like the idea the pil program um and I like the idea of just having a rotating maybe can we have a rotating piano um so that you know it might be in North Beach by the fountain some days and another and other days you know it could be you
know in Lumis Park you know we could have a schedule where the piano can be in different places and in different times to uh to to to see engagement um I also think you so tell me a little bit more about when you're talking about the
creation of the piano explain that to the committee a little bit better so and I think your microphone there thank you um so as mentioned uh it would be with if we want to include creative um or artistic
designs or anything like that um other than that we can probably just work with the um because we don't have the pianos right now so we would have so so why couldn't we you know why why can't we purchase a piano uh you know there are
used pianos all the time and why couldn't we just purchase a used piano like and that's how I've seen it in most places they're usually used pianos you might see one in an alley or you might see like it's it's just it becomes something so beautiful and organic we
don't have to necessarily complicated sometimes simple is better we achieve the outcome of filling a void that sometimes could exist with organically occurring programming by the people who are using
the space the programming doesn't always need to be curated uh By Us allowing people to come in and just play their their tunes and just naturally and organically Enlighten
the space and all that we do is provide a piano it doesn't have to be a fancy piano their pianos for sale used pianos for sale all the time all the time and so uh I would love to get the feedback of my colleagues because I see my colleague
has her hand raised yes commissioner Rosa Gonzalez and then I have a few questions as well I don't know if we address this but how do you keep a piano tuned and not warped when it's outside yeah that's that's what I was going to touch on too and that's why we envision
it as a temporary activation because it would need to be maintained and that's why at the time I believe the the staff reached out to this program and also reached out again this time um for that because it would be temporary and they would assist with that with the
maintenance we what we do the outside elements yeah but the problem is that humidity and stuff I mean it's going to go directly to the Keys listen if you can probably go online on Craigslist and find a used piano for as little as you know 500 a th000 I think the cost is going to be the tuning that's all you'll
have to do because you'll buy one of these older pianos and it just needs to be tuned or called like what is it Robert Williams that's the piano mover um I support I think if you wanted to really we should have one in the convention center like as you come in I think that's kind of cool I would put
look if we're going to buy and decorate a piano it has to be in the air conditioning because of the elements um but I would put these other pianos you have to find a covered area it definitely can't get rained on So This is complicated it's a great idea
um but but they do it in other places they do it in other places around around the world oh my God I was why don't we put one in City Hall I was yeah that'd be nice put one in City Hall put one in the convention center and you can buy used pianos but the idea is public areas
finding finding a way like for like on Lincoln Road or public areas that are pedestrian in nature where we might not always have programming for people to organically do the programming tuning a piano I mean
tuning a piano is like 150 bucks it's not expensive to tune a piano um and we can we can try it out it if it if it doesn't work it it doesn't work but you know that's this is what in other
places they do they put an upright uh piano against against a wall and all of sudden you got an area of the city that doesn't have activity and all of a sudden you have this this
beautiful activity and maybe we can partner with a local business that's willing to roll it in and roll it out I don't know I think we can we can figure stuff like this out um because at the end of the day what I've always heard about from police that if you really
want to improve an area you need positive activation now positive activation doesn't always need to be curated to the tea by us by the government you need to leave room for creativity and for people to be the
activation and at the same time I've also seen in other places when they've been trying to address issues like homelessness and other types of ailments that they've been trying to address inserting music helps address those
those issues as as well and so I think I'm happy why don't we bring this back let's let's you're getting some great feedback here some great ideas from my colleagues yeah um so yeah Madam chair so I have a few questions I love this idea I think it's
great and uh how loud are the pianos if we put them in areas where there're Hotel guests and um residential buildings I'm concerned about that what type of guard rails what if somebody comes every day with a tip jar and wants to monopolize it for their business um
just to make sure that we're thinking through those types of things sure and if I may thank you for that those are all things that we would take into consideration I believe the intent was in a public space so not in in a in a residential but we can also we can take that into consideration and commissioner
Fernandez you took it right out of my mouth I we were I wanted to propose to bring it back with this this feedback yes and so that we can look at the cost of purchasing and also the maintenance plan cost and see what that would entail also even if we do keep it if we
purchase it we would we would want to look at when we would activate it and maybe not rainy days non- rainy times of the year we would have to look at that and we want to present that as well sure and maybe there are people out there that may have an old piano that may just
want to give it away and we can take it off their hands and we can pilot it do you know who has pianos and who knows how to get all sorts of pianos is Dr baji you need to call Dr baji in her office alone Dr bii has like 12 pianos she's got pianos everywhere and so she
can guide you to where you can buy a second and piano for cheap um and you know Dr biai of course because of the international piano Festival that we do every December and the universities like I think the schools of Music also every so often they sell but start with Dr bii
because she even said you know that you know if you ever need a piano call me and so she I think she knows anyone knows you know this year she moved around like 30 or 40 pianos during this Festival it was crazy she had pianos in the hotel rooms at her
there were pianos everywhere so thank you for that suggestion so so I'm not Madam chair this is not an emergency item this is this is you know icing on the cake item it's about giving back to our community something that can be beautiful and uplifting so we don't need
to rush this I know you all have a lot of priorities and a lot of projects that you all are working on on our behalf so you know we can take our time this is not uh uh an emergency item so I just wanted to leave leave you with that
there no pressure on you okay thank you okay so we'll bring it back April 9th thank you thank you all right April uh number 11 item number 11 is discuss designating an area around the Normandy Fountain to display art Normandy Fountain Business
Association to curate this is going to be sponsored by tourism and economic development I mean sponsored by commissioner Fernandez and co-sponsored by commissioner bot and towards and economic development will be presented okay commissioner Fernandez
thank you madam chair um in conversations with the uh Normandy Fountain Business Association uh they they they expressed an in an interest to help curate art uh in the in the areas
surrounding uh the uh the Normandy Fountain and surrounding those businesses um and uh and the intent of of my item uh was to designate an area uh where where the Business Association
could could you know help in displaying that that art I think we do it already in a similar fashion uh with the Lincoln Road business improvement district and this would be almost to extent uh to uh to the Business Association around the
Normandy Fountain this opportunity uh to enhance the cultural programming there so Francis uh I'll let let you take it from there thank you again commissioner and as mentioned um the the city does uh provide sponsorship to the Normandy Fountain Business Association for
cultural programming we actually had preliminary conversations with them already about this item um and we're happy to we're prepared to work with them to help identify any areas to display the art and guide them in the creation of needed what we uh are
recommending is that when art is identified that they take it to AI as has been done with other associations um just for appropriateness um this uh the Normandy Fountain and they actually did do a presentation back in November for
artwork that they wanted to have up for art week and they received a a favorable recommendation from AIP um so we would suggest the same um and we're happy to work with them so so so so what staff is recommending is for is not to change the
process for this still to go through AI it it is but it would just be for appropriateness do so for for example with other like for example with the Lincoln Road bid the Lincoln Road bid is able to curate their art on Lincoln Road
does the Link Road bid have to go through that same process I I want to check but I believe that they maybe not in all instances but we do they do communicate with the city and we do review um our staff is aware of all the artwork that is going on because it's
permitted through the um their Master permit so similar that's something that I left out for Normandy Fountain we would also include in their Master permit I want to make sure that I want to make sure that they have the ability through their Master permit to curate
the art around the fountain I don't want I don't want them to be tied up in a long bureaucratic process to be able to get are they're they're they're dedicating so much time time and so much effort to uplift that area um and I
think we need to provide uh the opportunity um for the community there to be able to promote uh the cultural scene uh there there in in North Beach so to the extent that we can delegate
dis ability to the Normandy Fountain Business Association is I don't recall I I don't recall the Lincoln Road bid having to come before art in public places for their installations yes
listen good morning sorry I just ran from you can catch your bre yes uh good morning um Madam chair and commissioner Fernandez um you know we sit on the Lincoln Road uh board meetings where they present their artwork and um iine
and make you know for appropriateness they do have communication with us we could still do that with the Normandy Fountain Association as well just making sure that um you know the artwork is appropriate for for the public okay but but one thing is to aine another thing
is to send it through through a process through a process I mean I would imagine if it goes to arts in public places there's an application period there's a review process criteria no it's pretty simple and I actually met with uh d seon
um this week and spoke a little bit about this process um he's done it before basically we just put it on the agenda they show the images I ra I get it but I want to be able to streamline it as much as I can for them I like I
like the idea to do it similar to how the Lincoln Road bit does it that they engage with you that you provide your input and then and then that way we help uh we help cut a little bit of the other the red tape within no
problem okay commissioner Bren Gonzalez how does this affect Gustavo brion's beautiful statue of Jose de San Martin where is that going in Normandy Fountain we know that didn't we pass we did we passed something to place it there I don't think this affects that at all it
doesn't it's two different things correct yeah have we do you know when we're placing it and how we're placing it or is that Beyond we haven't discussed that yet this is preliminary conversations so we haven't seen what the the area that has been identified in the
plaza okay would you know when we're going to identify the area for that because they waiting for a very long time we can speak with them today okay um all right um so I would like to can we take this
opportunity to S are you will can you have something ready by the meeting Wednesday so that we can just get this done on the Gustavo bran thing at least under this it I don't know if we do it under this item or where the item is in the pipeline I think the the stin de por
item has to be discussed separately because I think there's a requirement under the city code uh as relates to monuments that it follows a specific process but if it can be included here I mean I don't care but I don't know I we're not handling that item I need to check uh who's responsible maybe
property okay um facilities I mean cuz we did pass it correct but did we pass it as a referral or just a resolution to place it in the Normandy Fountain who is in charge of that then if not you uh I believe it's facilities for we
don't do monuments or Parks it's Parks oh okay all right then thank you can we oh so so what I'd like to do is could you bring back language at the next meeting because I want to make sure that I see the actual language of what we
sent to the commission the actual language that would give that would designate the ability for the Normandy Fountain Business Association to curate the the art but
also showing a map of the area that they would be able to curate sure we can include a site plan yes so so so so let's bring that back man of CH I don't know if you have any thoughts about that um no I agree there needs to be a
designated area more discussions and I want to make sure that the bus that was previously approved also Finds Its way so maybe so if you bring us the the item of what we would actually send to commission and a map so that we can actually vet that that's for next
meeting and Madam chair for the record it's it's facilities oversees the the maintenance of those monuments music art happiness I love it that's tcd thank you Francis thank you L thank
you madam chair no public Comon at this time we have item number 15 discuss the potential implementation of a text message system to facilitate sorry to facilitate the reporting of Code Compliance complaints this was sponsored by commissioner
Fernandez co-sponsored by magazine and code nit will be presenting this item okay okay so commissioner Fernandez um take it away thank you madam chair thank you madam chair uh we
discussed this item in January I know that it was finalizing uh some some technology uh features to be able to implement uh this uh this text message system to code so
I'd love to hear from our chief uh information officer from our code enforcement director on where we're at with this and how quickly we can uh Advance on this technology to modernize how our residents can engage with code enforcements good morning thank you
franking donana Chief Information officer um as commissioner Fernandez mentioned the technology portion uh for this texting uh is something that we've been working on over the SE past several months um that piece is now done so the technology portion and the bot that we
built that will allow a residents to communicate back and forth over text is complete uh there are a couple of other components to that that I'll let uh hernon maybe comment on if he has something he wants to uh to add to it um The Code Department uses the parking dispatch call center in order to be able
to communicate during the off hours so the second portion of this uh project is to get the uh parking Dispatch Center onboarded uh with the system and trained and we're going to continue to work with both departments to um to fine tune the
messaging so when you text the system it it feels more of an natural conversation and we're capturing the right questions and responses as part of this initiative so great Hern good morning uh Madam chair members of the committee so we're ready to go and Code Compliance um what
we would respectfully ask is that we do this after spring break so that we Implement April 1 that will also give our partners in parking a little bit more time for them to do the training and care of their personnel also great and so um I just I'm just wondering since since this is routed through the
parking department will parking be able to use this technology as well or or this is right now only limited to code enforcement uh right now the pilot which is how we're treating this um is specific to code the way we built it from a technical standpoint is to be able to scale this to other departments
as needed uh but right now we're focused on making sure that um it's a tool for code I love this item I want to thank you both for taking it seriously I completely agree launching it after spring break makes complete and total sense I want to make
sure we we Market it well because people are texting their code issues the problem is that they're texting the wrong people they're texting us and we need to we need to train our our residents on you know that there's this new number that you all have been
working on uh so that so that they can get better response I mean they're adding a process our residents are adding a process by texting us because ultimately we just have to Route it to the appropriate uh channels if the resident starts by reporting it to the
right number in their preferred mode of communication whether it be through the eov app or whether it be by email or calling the number or now sending a text message then they'll be able to get a response and address their issue more
more more quickly so uh who's going to work on communicating this to the public once we're about to launch it we'll do it with our Communications Department okay so let's be in touch let's be in touch with about that because uh we we really need to make sure that the key
success in this it's not just having the Technologies not making sure that we're responding properly but it's also letting the public know that we have the technology very good sir all right what a creative item commissioner I really like it it's a nice way to streamline
the process even though we've had the ego app I get uh emails messenger text messages uh for people wanting me to take care of it because they don't want to go into the app or don't know how or the variety of reasons so this is a
modern approach and um Deputy City attorney I'd like to uh co-sponsor this items awesome and commissioner I'd like to commend uh both hernon and Frank in their teams uh this was much more complicated than it first looked because
obviously at any given point in time there may be someone that's working and someone that's not working and being able to get that message to someone that can be responsive and and take care of the concern right away um was certainly challenging and both of them really got
creative and and thought outside the box to make this happen so thank you both now this is this is fantastic and it also help when we get those 1:00 a and 2 amm text messages uh you know you know what I'm talking about her
thank you guys I'm really excited about this thank you thank you all any public comments yes we have public comment Jane krup if you could please unmute yourself you have two minutes yes hello again everybody I'm getting some feedback um I think this is
a fantastic idea but uh as a person who calls uh parking at least a half a dozen times a day because we have repeat offenders and they don't seem to get the message please add parking to this it would expedite parking um enforcement
arriving faster part of the problem we have these trucks say you know I tell them you're not in the loading zone and they say well we can park anywhere we want they have a very bad attitude and since the prominade has been open to traffic they these trucks 90% of the
time do not use the loading zone and they go on Ocean Drive where there's no loading huge trucks are going there I think this would get the parking enforcement people here faster so and a lot of people in my building I say you know the parking Gates blocked and I say
call parking and they shrug their shoulders but if they could take a picture and text it to parking that would expedite the whole process and I'm hoping that the this text messaging will include photographs so that's my suggestion and just um please add
parking to now thank you Jane everything is one step at a time we have to test the technology we have to Pilot the technology before we expand the technology and so we're making progress by getting uh the text message system and uh and you have my
commitment that we will work uh in getting to where we need to be with uh parking and the other related questions that you raised all right thank you thank you Frank thank you hernon okay um and
hernon we don't mention code a lot during during our spring break discussions we speak a lot about our police about our other First Responders code is an important part of every spring break measure from short-term rentals to entities working without btrs
and shutting down uh bad operators and just thank you and your team for the work you all are doing this month of March uh doing our activations thank you sirk so would this go to the full commission for the April meeting does this need more action or does this
update um you know what this should go because we need to make sure that there is communication to the residents and so you know making sure that we are implementing within the next 60 days so March 19th or I would like this to go the March meeting announcing you know
adopting adopting what they've worked on I think they should provide something to the commission letting them know what they've done and asking Communications to engage in a marketing campaign for it the success of this is that we communicated would an informational item
be what you would be looking for that because I think the we can work on an informational item yes okay sounds good okay item number two item number two is discuss take action regarding mitigating negative impacts to Residents
quality of Life on vation Islands during high impact periods this is sponsored by commissioner Dominguez and code will be presenting okay um so in December I had met with uh the Venetian Island Home Owners Association
and the city attorney's office and um Code Compliance um down in the Venetian to discuss since then commissioner Fernandez came out with an item that I co-sponsored which really heavily addressed it but um since this
item was hanging out since February I would like a quick update from code any comments from my colleagues and then we'll uh close out this item uh Madam chair members of the committee so this follows um the uh Provisions that were outlined for the
art bosel uh Palm hibiscus um Islands uh permit uh structure for um large scale event parties um and so it was uh sponsored by uh commissioner Fernandez for the art basle period and then you
have co-sponsored along with commissioner Fernandez for the Venetian Islands to offer them the same parameters and some protections and establish some guidelines were not- existed before for these large scale events um it did pass first reading at our last commission meeting um and with
that I'll defer to our city attorney's office to talk a little bit more about what the ordinance Provisions are so second reading will be March 19th yes and it's a Citywide ordinance sure there's two city-wide ordinances one broadening the definition of what using
a commercial uh a commerci the commercial use of a single family home to capture some of the more modern uses of single family homes by people turning them into commercial uh sort of Enterprises and the other creates a special event permit for large scale
industrial uh parties in houses uh during speci specified high impact periods and we're talking about if if I may uh if you're if you're expecting to have more than 50 people picked up or dropped off from your house or more than a 100 people in your party the use of
commercial grade uh sound systems and commercial grade lighting and bathrooms and and bathrooms and putting into that requirements for them to get permits uh sending notifications to the neighborhood associations review and
approval by the city manager's office and the city manager being able to put uh extra requirements in there as may be necessary including access to the property to make sure the code enforcement is able to go in there and do the proper inspections is that
correct Mr attorney yes that's all correct it follows the model as hernon said of our successful Palm hibiscus and star Islands pilot program and it's pretty much exactly the same program uh and adds some
uh additional flexibility but it's it's pretty much exactly the same plan and it allows the city manager the flexibility to add whatever requirements are deemed necessary for the public safety and Welfare and or or to deny the the
application Al together if it can't be achieved and that's the key thing the deny because what happens is that then if they still go ahead and they do the party we can shut them down for violating the ordinance the
penalties are bad including that they would be prohibited from getting a permit for 13 months and even if if let's say they decide to violate that and throw a party that the penalty is up to arrest is that correct Mr attorney that's correct and the basis for this is
that when you block roads and when you don't get permits and you make nightclubs out of single family homes you are endangering people and so thank you for joining forces it it's your leadership and the city's leadership on
this I think is really going to help it's proactive not reactive so critical and um thank you for bringing it forward so with that we can close out this item are there any public comments no public comments okay so then now our last item is number
12 item number 12 is discussed Parisian style theatrical performances like burlesque and capar shows this was sponsored by commissioner Ros Gonzalez and we have a team to present the item um commissioner thank you uh
good morning um I know that uh Gerald I know you have a presentation here which I need pj to pull up I'm very excited about this item because we are looking to change the kind of night life that we have in Miami Beach um we want to have all sorts of nightlife and if you've
ever been to Paris and been to the Mulan Rouge or even the Crazy Horse you will see that there our amazing Cabaret style um burlesque uh Vaudeville almost shows and I'm excited that night life is
looking to offer a variety and there's nothing more fun than going to see the Mulan Rouge and seeing everybody with their like bottles of champagne and they're glowing and I I mean if you create something like that Gerald I think it would be really exciting for Miami Beach and a wonderful um
alternative so here is your presentation and and um I'm looking forward to seeing what you've come up with I'm very grateful for your time thank you commissioner thank you everybody on this committee um first of all I want to apologize for my French accent in
advance but it's going to be a lot of video in picture so like we said a picture was s words so it's going to be some words but a lot of sorry you don't so much can hear it's going to be a lot of videos as well so okay obviously
thank you for the introduction um what we're trying to create here is definitively like mentioned by commissioner Christian GES was gones it's definitively um in the world of the bque and we I want to
uh bring you the origin of it the evolution and what we uh entertain to create in our venue um so the theater is called Paradiso which mean in Italian me uh Paradise um the concept of it was
realistically to create a a magical wh whal place where people can um travel through time and uh and enjoy um a total um Journey um so obviously like it was
mentioned earlier uh the bues was created uh in Paris in the late 19th century um and was through the movement of the Bohemian artist who wanted to create uh a free expression of the art
and the movement uh through so social commentary and um and it was risky unconventional and avangard and the first three venues that definitively uh Encompass the movement was those landmark which are Mona Rouge
crazy hor and Lan um the movement moved after the first war to uh Germany because of a way of expression during um the social unrest and the political
turmo and we we had some very um um famous figure like Marin dri who was uh the first one who was a worldwide figure who created this um worldwide exposure for Burlesque by challenging the statute
quo and creating not just entertainment but a cry for for um political and socialy um um sat satiric then when the 20th century arrived um the movement went all over
across the world and uh in uh in our country America because no I'm a citizen um it went through the prohibition through the spy and that was where Josephine Baker and other famous artists were able to uh blend music comedy and
social commentary as well and um on the other side of the Atlantic we had a chance to have it in city like London Amsterdam and today you have it even in Tokyo or in in prag and all those venue uh across the world have adapted the
bues toward um their their own social culture so they all bring something new to the bues world um so sorry could you go to the second uh second slide and we are
already on the third slide now sorry or I do it on the computer I don't know yes George do it on the computer next to you sure I do that um so present sorry
perfect that's what I went through so that the story that I just verbally over itly I try to resume it because it was a little bit bit longer and um that's uh one of the most iconic venue in Paris so
um the the amazing thing about the mul is um that even so the venue is extremely um old and the show um have kept a lot of his TR traditional French caner he have uh included some of the
modern theatrical uh act and performance which keep it relevant today and still millions of people are going through the doors and and see the show so uh I'm going to launch a little video um hopefully the technology let me have it
right correct and there s yes perfect so obviously it's a Paris Landmark you see and that the typical
uh French con uh George I want to make sure that this audio is not copyrighted is it copyright free yeah yeah for sure okay yeah so just going to move forward because
it's a little bit longer um so the venue it's a 320 Link Road it was known as a flamingo theater so it's been a theater for many many years and was converted in the late' 70s into um uh first retail
store and in the '90s into a night Venture venue that it is currently moving forward um we decided that in order to be successful we wanted to make sure that we had the right tools to do so so not only um we uh we decided
to um create um a magical venue but we also wanted to have the right people involved because at the end it's it's a show it's it's about people so we hire the people from sironia uh who have been uh involved uh for 15 years with
SLE and um they have they moved to Miami 5 years ago and they were involved in many shows with during ad bazel and they also provide talent to very uh prestigious venue like Mila kazos um
this strength is not only their experience it's also about recruiting so we have our talent the local and the other one are international so we have created special visa for them and and be and create this very exclusive uh show that not been seen other place so we
wanted to really to create something unique and very Innovative and as I said they are very committed to the details and creating uh this U um immersive experience um and creating a
storytelling so um you know you can um on the presentation I want to show you bigger like some of the laser use in term of innovative standpoint and some of the C amazing um
setup design that they have created in the venue here in Miami um so I want to go back into how this IDE came to birth um originally my my associ to this project Joan um came up with the ID uh five
years ago and uh and created it in uh across the bay in Miami in the buav Vista district and it was called of a new called Palapa and they had an amazing two years run and extremely successful and um for internal reason uh
he he had to stop and uh the contract with the artist was a little bit longer and he asked me if we could do a temporary show at Mr Jones and U I agree and it was a a nice um uh five six weeks
of shows I want to show you the little video it's like a obviously not the whole show but it's just 40 second of it so um boom to be thank you so let me try to close that yeah
great um so that was done in a literally three weeks of rehearsal and so he went back to um sorry um it was done with only three weeks of reheal the show that we are creating now it's uh two month of
recruiting and four month of rehearsal so you can imagine that the level of production and the level of the details and costume and everything surrounding the show is going to be another level so what you're seeing it's just not even a sck preview but is just to tell you that
we have tried in the venue without having the proper decor and proper uh full on Talent um there's another advantage in in in partnering with Johan Johan moved to America uh only 10 years ago I moved here 25 years ago even if I
still have the French accent um sorry for for it um and he has strong uh roots and strong Link in the in the show business in in Paris so he happen that the people from crazy or the director of uh entertainment choreographer are close
friend of him and actually there the one who introduce us to CIA and um crazy hor let me tell you about a little bit about crazy hor because some of you must have heard about it or went there but it's not just a Burless show it's an avangard this
choreography and they have out of this world stunning visual effect the it's it's it's realistically nobody have rly to come close to to the lighting they're like famous for the lighting it's really something spectacular I don't know if you guys have ever been and seen it uh
I've been to Mulan Rouge Mark and I went in 2016 and it was probably one of the most incredible shows we ever went to like we thought we had seen it all and then boom ponies came up and then boom a l swimming in no no pony so much it was
incredible it's great I've seen them all last time I was in Paris I went to L which is another you know uh burlesque Cabaret I'm I'm excited about this because we have these old theaters around town and I always I was so excited when the Paris Theater opened and every time I go to Queen I love the
experience so the fact that you're doing this Gerald because I always thought that like I always wanted eventually one day for Club Madonna to become the Mulan Rouge you know maybe one day it will happen but you're doing it even before that happens so I mean I think it's a a
wonderful idea I'm very supportive thank you um so let me let me let me I'm almost done with a presentation if you don't mind I'm not going to be not taking too much of your time I really appreciate your support and I just want to bring a a comment to you um most of the place to describe the dinner with
etiquette show that's mean you have an act in the middle of the dinner who last two three minutes we are the real deal in the sense that it's a ticket show it lasts for an hour and five minutes there is no on trct but we do their food and beverage which I'm going to show you in the last slide but I can't tell you
about it now but long story is it's it's exactly the the way way you describe it it's a it's a real uh burlesque show that you you go to and you have the fullon experience it's not you have a dinner and this few act come here and left um so I don't know if you want to
see this little video it's from Crazy Horse it's quickly it's it's shed um we show you all some of the lighting the stunning um and elegant and sophisticate uh entertainment experience
you have provided very sh um moving forward um I just want to give you an idea of what we created there at Mr at Paro so we wanted to do a modern Cathedral because the place make
it feel like this and um it's and we we didn't I don't want to use the word luxury but I want to use a word noble we use very Noble material like such a wood marble and the color combination that we went for are very warm it's a it's a blue and the
brown and uh obviously Some Velvet involved um this is a rendering that doesn't give Justice because that was kind of the first thing we did um I want and we also hired a fresco artist so the insurance has been U like you know one
of those amazing Italian U Cathedral I don't want to to say we are 16 Chapel but we did something interesting um I'm going to skip the sof far but I just want to show you this little video because it's cute and it's fun so that the artist so they're going to make
pretend the painting on the video but they actually painted so there is fa artist involved in in in the making of of the FR CL with back so that was what we wanted we wanted to keep it real so instead to buy wallpaper and so on we hire artists who actually a
refugee from Ukraine so we're very happy that we're able to uh um to help them to to um um you know have have a chance to have have their Artistry be able to be
uh uh shown into our into our country oh again sorry so let me tell you about Holi the show the idea is the usual fight between good and bad and Paradise and hell so that's realistically the first show that
we create um I just want to bring to your attention that the theater is a oyster so that's a first show that's not the H show like I told you collaboration Chris yours will be in the making and multiple show will be on in the next year so it takes four to six month to
create a show and um we also planning to have partnership with cander light tribute to artist and do matine on Sunday more family friendly you know uh and so on so there is a whole uh uh game
plan in in place uh a little stick preview if you want to look at it is it was released sure okay um that's about it like I mentioned earlier we have hire mixologist to create the cocktail to go with a sematic
tree associate with health tree associate with paradise and the food we keep it simple but efficient we hire a chef who uh who have work also with people from um from Mr hospitality and he's going to the menu is composed of 10
items but the beauty of it is we created a partnership with Yan couver the famous paer French patier from France who open in in Windwood and he composed four dessert just for us amazing I don't want
to reveal them yet so and but we're very happy what's coming out I'm open to your location and than you for your time um I don't know if you guys have any questions would we be the only people who have that famous lighting designer from uh Crazy Horse working are
we the only place in the United States where they're collaborating to do a show like this um there is talks obviously um and uh with the people they're doing a World War II so they plan it in advance
and this city like Tokyo and so on um so again um we are the their goal is obviously they're going to send someone uh we have the preview of the show the next uh something on 21st we're doing the ground opening on the 4th of April
and moving forward after they U mostly look at the venue and all the uh technical aspect of it uh they will decide and hopefully we will move forward with it I have a question what is being requested of us today so I
believe we need a simple text Amendment to do this I'd like to continue this to the April 9th meeting where we're going to see the text Amendment and uh send it to the commission after yes that's fine um any public
comment no public comment at this time uh darl congratulations you put a lot of hard work into this and it shows um I think it's something very exciting and different to bring to Miami Beach uh we do have 22,000 hotel rooms to fill and
in the area where you're planning to do this we're soon going to have the shellborne open the Delano eventually the Raleigh the Shore Club and for all of those guests to have an option um is really incredible in addition that's
exactly why we did it because we we felt like uh it was missing a a chance to have um people with sophisticated taste to have a sophisticated offer you know at one time we were going to put the Cirus I don't know if you guys remember
this and then Jackie gleon and for some reason you know it never works but I always thought that the more nightly shows that we had like this the better because it's kind of night life um I believe that we want to attract because it's actually I live in Vegas for eight years so um if I may the reason why CLE
may not have done that I think that um sizewise I think the fact that our venue is much more smer than the rest we have a bigger chance of of success uh because the amount of Tourism that go through Vegas and the reason why they go to
Vegas it's it's it hopefully we are creating a movement for it and in t Tes wise but Miami Beach from the time of Jackie gleon I mean we were known for having live entertainment like Las Vegas and then we you know lost a lot of it but now I mean I think it's little by
little coming back the F has been very successful with their show and now they'll have another option so I look forward to seeing the show Gerald thank you congratulations and we'll bring this back time to review text Amendment all right well done okay colleagues um meeting
adjourned thank you for attending great meeting yes have a great uh rest of your day awesome thank you