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CITY of

MIAMI BEACH ~

Office

of the

City

Manager ~

Letter

to

Commission

No.

Z2. . .

o-

2

CO~

TO

ayor Davd

e r m e r

ande m b e r s

of

the

Cty

C o m m i s s i o n

Dae

S e p t e m b e r

12,2003

J o r g e

M

o n z a l e z \ ~ ~ i t y

M a n a g e r

O

 

S U B J E C T :

W E E K L Y

UPDATE

F R O M :

The p u r p o s e of t h i s

LTC

is

to

r o v i d ethe

ayo r

and

C o m m i s s i o n

wth

an

p d a t e

d e s c r i b i n g some

ofthe

reasthe

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

f o c u s e don

u r i n g

the

e e k s

o

eptember

1

nd 8

2003 :

M a j o r

E v e n t s

Plan (

E P ) -

As

pat

o

the

Cty

sa j o rEvens

lan (

MEP

e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

from th e administrat ion

me

t h r o u g h o u t

the

e e k

too n t i n u e

planning

and

c o o r d i n a t i n g

cty

services

fo r u pco m i n g

events.

h e

MEPconsist ing

o

various

phases

o

i t y w i d e planning and

l o g i s t i c a l

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n

attempts to

ensure

that

al

it y

s e r v i c e s

ae

n h a n c e d

and

embers

o

he community

are a d e q u a t e l y i n f o r m e d .

A m o n g

the

e v e n t s

fo

h i c h

the

City

wll be i m p l e m e n t in g

its

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eldon

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26

t h r o u g h o u t

the

ity;

and

the

Thanksg iv ing

Day

arade ,

wth

da t e

yeo

be

decided.

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E P was

s u c c e s s f u l l y i m p l e m e n t e d during

LaboDay

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and

heLatin

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s

held

a

the

m e r i c a n

A i r l i n e s

Arena

o n S e p t e m b e r

3

wth

everal

a s s o c i a t e devens

akngl a c e

throughoutthe

Cty.Filming

in

i a m i

B e a c h -

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

from

the

d m i n i s t r a t i o n

c o n t i n u e

to

a c i l i t a t e

various

filmng

projects

throughout

our

cty.

Several

productions,

schedu led

to

ilm

in

production

t h r o u g h o u t

Sep t em be r

include:

two Spanish

l a n g u a g e t e l e n o v e l a s

i n c l u d i n g

Amor

D e s c a r a d o

aring

on

T e l e m u n d o

and

Rebeca

aring

n

U n i v i s i o n ;

M T V '  s

eality

d a t i n g

show

D i s m i s s e d ,

with

Mam

B e a c h s e g m e n t s s c h e d u l e d

to

r

in

ctober;

ESPN2's

S o B e

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Ngh,

r o a d c a s t i n g

live

from

evel

n i g h t c l u b

on

e p t e m b e r

9

isney

Channe l '

s a C u m b r e

b r o a d c a s t

from the

Loewes

Hoe

on

September

10; i l m i n g

of

music

video

featuring h i p -

hop

rtist T o o

Short,

highlight ing Flamingo

Avenue

res idences

and

the

1

h

S t r e e t Diner;

Univ is ion'

sommercial

s h o o t fothe

Doritos

o n t e s t

g i v e a w a y ,

featuring

four V o lk s w a g e n B e e t l e '

s

n

ou

e a c h ;

A B C

T e l e v i s i o n '

sa r e n

Ssco

ased

o n

t h e

f e a t u r e

film

u t

of Sight,

filmed

t h r o u g h o u t

th e Cty

and

will be

r e m i e r i n g

October

1

at

1 0 :00

p

m

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ht

show

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et

in

outh

Beach ,

has

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Royal

Pam Hotel

Negotiations -

I ,

alongside

Commissioner

Smith and

members of

the administration

and

the

City

Attorney'

s

Office, met

with R

Donahue Peebles

and his

representatives

on

September

4

to

continue

d iscussing

futher

m e n d m e n t s

to

the

e a s e

in

o n n e c t i o n with

the

April 30, 2003 LO.

A

e r m

s h e e t

a g r e e d

to

y

the

a r t i e s

w a s

d i s t r i b u t e d via

a

Leter

toheo m m i s s io n .

Charter

R e v i e w

B o a r d -

Members

o

h e

admin is t rat ion,

j o i n e d

by

m e m b e r s

ohe

public,

d d r e s s e d

i t e m s

pertinent

to

the

r e n e w a l

o f

thety'

s

h a r t e r

on

eptember

2he

p r o c e s s

undertaken

every

10

ears

is

eviewing i t ems

i n c l u d i n g C o m m i s s i o n

p o w e r s ,

election

run

of

ates

a n d

district

r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

a m o n g

o the rs .

A n

agenda,

ncluding

a

listing

o

a c c e p t e d issues,

is

osted onthe

nternet,

under

Boards

and C o m m i t t e e s ,

Charter

R e v i e w

Boad.h e

next

m e e t i n g

is

s c h e d u l e d fo r

M a y

6

5

0

pin

he

o m m i s s i o n C h a m b e r s . Proposed

FY

0 0 4

B u d g e t -Il o n g s i d e

representat ives

from

the

Finance D e p a r t m e n t

and

the

ffice

o

Management

and

u d g e t

c o n t i n u e d

to

i n a l i z e

b u d g e t

p l a n s

and l l o c a t i o n s

t h r o u g h o u t

the

week

for

the

City'

s

2004

Fsca

Year

budget .

Staff

was

also

on

an d to

d i s c u s s

departmental p l a n s

during

the

irst public

e a r i n g

on

theudget, s c h e d u l e d

foS e p t e m b e r

4

Buildng

Fees -e m b e r s

o

he

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

h o s t e d

a u b l i c

w o r k s h o p

on

September

3

ameda

nforming

the

u b l i cande m b e r s

o

the

e v e l o p m e n t

c o m m u n i t y

about

e c e n t l y

p r op os e d b u i l d i n g

permitfee

ncreases.

The

workshop c o n v e y e d

permt

and

inspect ion

feee t a i l s fo b u i l d i n g ,

plumbing,

electrical

and

mechanical

fire

p r e v e n t i o n

work

among

others

as

w e l lasn t i c i p a t e d

technology

e n h a n c e m e n t s .

Modes

of

R a p i d

Transit

Opons -

The

city'

s

o n s u l t a n t

HDR

n g i n e e r i n g

nca r t i c i p a t e d in

a

peca

Commission

m e e t in g onSeptember

  8

to

dscuss

th e

s e l e c t i o n

of

a

ocally

Preferred

A l t e r n a t i v e (

LPA) .

The Commission

a p p r o v e d

the

con t inuat i ono

hea y

Link

T r a n s i t

Project

into

the

inal

E n v i r o n m e n t a l I m p a c t

S t a te m e n t /

P r e l i m i n a r y

Eng ineer i ng

P h a s e

ofSudy

and

d e s i g n a t e d the

s t r e e t c a r

mode

as

he

o p t i m a l

transit

technology.

A

-i r e c t i o n a l

loop

r o u t e

was

so

e s i g n a t e d

r e c o m m e n d i n g

a

a th

which

m o r e e f f e c t i v e l y t r a v e r s e s th e

cty.

A n

e l e c t r o n i c

versono

the

C o n s u l t a n t '

se p o r t

as

ell as

a

o p yo

he

r e s o l u t i o n

and

e c o m m e n d e d m a p route,

is

va i lab le

on

the

City'

se b s i t e under

N e w s , Baylinkoina rd

copy

format

in

he

CtyCerk's

Ofice.

Art

Base

M i a m i

B e a c h

2 0 0 3 -

A

Major

Events

l a n n i n g

m e e t i n g

was

hed

on

eptember

9

odscuss

he ty

  s

n

g o i n g p r e p a r a t i o n s

fo

At

a s e l /

Mam

Beach .

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

f rom

the

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

wllcontinue

m e e t i ng

throughout

the next several

weeks

to

n s u r e

that

the

Cty

ndal

p e r t i n e n t

d e p a r t m e n ts ,

are

r e p a r e d fo

theevent. Additional

meet ings wll

take

place

t h r o u g h o u t

th e

month

to

i n a l i z e

plans

foths

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Fre Station

No.

4

e m b e r s of

the

C i t y '

  s

storic r e s e r v a t i o n

Board

a p p r o v e d

a e r t i f i c a t e

o

p p r o p r i a t e n e s s

r e q u e s t

on

e p t e m b e r

9 o

dem o l i s h

the

x i s t i n g , historic

firet a t i o n

locateda

860

I n d i a n Creekr i v e

and o n s t r u c t

a

e w

fire

s ta t ion

in

tspace.

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n

o

i s t o r i c B u i ld i n g s -

Members

o

he

administ rat ion

hosted

a

community

s e m i n a ron

eptember11

o

discuss

incentives

a v a i l a b l e

to

p r o p e r t y

o wne rs

to

e h a b i l i t a t e post-

wa

odern (

MMo

e n t a l

a p a r tm e n t bui ld ings.

Focusing

on

Nor th Beach

properties,

the

free

e m i n a r

i n c l u d e d

an

overview

o

the

historic

des ignat i on

a n d

l i s t i n g process

outlined

by

theational

Register

o

Hstoic

P l a c e s ( NRHP)

andm p h a s i z e d

the b e n e f i t s

derived

from

such

a

esignation

i n c l u d i n g :20%e d e r a l rehabil i tat ion

i n c o m etax

redit;

ad

alorem

county p r o p e r t y

tax

xemption;

f e d e r a l

i n c o m e

tax charitable deduction

fo fac;

ade

e a s e m e n t donation;

and

of

street

p a r k i n g e x e m p t i o n s .Wtho m m e n t s f r o m P e t e rBel

Executive

Directoro

the

reservation D e v e l o p m e n t C o u n c i l

and David

R e s n i c k C PA

and

co-uthoro

the

o r i g i n a lHUDudit manual,

d i s c u s s i o n

also c e n t e r e d

on

l o r i da

buldng

and

ife

safety code

i n t e r p r e t a t i on s .

P a r t i c i p a t e

Mam

B e a c h

Civ ic

Participation

Week -Members

o

he

administration,

alongside

representat ives

from

the

e i g h b o r h o o d S e r v i c e s D e p a r t m e n t ,

cont inued

finalizing

detals

fo

the

second

annua l

P a r t i c i p a t e

Mam

B e a c h celebration;

takng

pace

e p t e m b e r

11-

17

at

v a r i o u s l o c a t i o n s throughout the

cty

and

Cty

al l . The

s c h e d u l e d

e v e n t s povdeseverap p o r t u n i t i e s

fo

the

public

to

v o l u n t e e r , communicate a n d vote

whecontr ibut ing

to

henha nc e m e n t

o

t h e i r

commun i t y . P a r t i c i p a t e

M i a m i B e a c h

serves

asweeklong

p l e d g e

to civic

participation,

honor ing

the

c o u r a g e o u s

spritof

the

  m e r i c a n

p e o p l e while

payng

t r i b u t e

to

he

ives

los

on

e p t e m b e r

110 0 1 .

A

e p a r a t e LTC

wth

s p e c i f i c s

about

these

events

h a s

a l r e a d y

been

sen.

TAA

Major

E v e n t s

Pan-

Members

oh e

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

a l o n g s i d e

p u b l i c

s a f e t y

and

a d m i n i s tr a t i o n

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s c o n t i n u e

tola n

the

ty

s

a j o r Even ts Pl an (

M E P )

fothe

u p c o m in g

FTAA

C o n f e r e n c e .

A n

M E P

w i l l be

he ldon

r i d a y

S e p t e m b e r

19

a

:30.

m

n

the

ity

M a n a g e r 's

a r g e

C o n f e r e n c e

Room

n a d d i t i o n

I

ano

u p d a t e

and

bief

each

o

ou

separately

a

a

meengc h e d u l e d

fo

arly

October .

E m e r g e n c y Preparedness &

Recovery

P l a n s -

R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

from

th e

Adminis trat ion

m

h roughou t

theeek to continue working

on

theCtys

mergency

P r e p a r e d n e s s &

R e c o v e r y

P l a n s

and

to

iscuss team

response

should

H u r r i c a n e

Isabel

t h r e a t e n

ou

cty

In

ddit ion,

r p r s n t t i v s

from

thed m i n i s t r a t i o n

visited

th e

County

s

Emergen cy

Opera t ions

C e n t e r ( EOC)inest

M i a m i -

Dade County too o rd i n a t e a

e r s o n n e l

move

to

ha

location

h o u l d

the

eed

a r i s e .

Staff leaders

fo

he

Operations, o g i s t i c s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ,

I n f o r m a t i o n

and

l a n n i n g , Police,

andir e

functional a r e a s

will

c o n t i n u e

to

mee

o

updateand sharen f o r m a t i o nto

e n h a n c e

the

ty

s

an

o n i t o r i n g

o

urricane Isabel -e m b e r s

o

ou

i t y w i d e e m e r g e n c y

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reinforcing

communications

and

planning

efforts

as

each

condition

and threat

level

atered.

Projected path

information

and news

updates

were

continuously

disseminated

internally

to all

functional areas,

ensuring

accurate

communication

and consistent

citywide

response.

Beach Patrol -

I

met

with

representatives

from the

City'

s

Parks and

Recreation

Department

and Beach Patrol on

September

12to

d i scuss

b u d g e t

and

staffing

g u i d e l i n e s aswell

as

e p a r tm e n t

n e e d s

for

the

2004

fiscal

year.

H i s p a n i c

Hertage M o n t h

Celebra t ion -

An

em p l oy ee

volunteer

p l a n n i n g

committee

is

coordinat ing

an

empoyeeluncheon

c o m m e m o r a t i n g

Hi spa n i c

  e r i t a g e

Month.

The

mployee

c e l e b r a t i o n l u n c h e o n

wll

take

place

onr iday, O c t o b e r

10

a n d

ispat

o

a

a t i o n w i d e

tribute

h i g h l i g h t i n g

thei s t o r yandc h i e v e m e n t s of

m e m b e r s

o

he

Hispanic

c o m m u n i t y .

Details

r e g a r d i n g

th e

event

will

be

posted

onhe

e m p l o y e e

i n t r a n e t

and

will be

updatedas

ew

i n f o r m a t i o n

becomes

a v a i l a b l e .

In

d d i t i o n

the

Cty

si s p a n i c

Afars

C o m m i t t e e , in

p a r t n e r s h i p

with

th e

Cty,

ill

be

o s t i n g

a

e c e p t i o n

and

elebration

o

H i s p a n i c

Heritage

o n

M o n d a y ,

O c t o b e r 13

at

6:

00

p

m

in

he

4t h

Floor

G a l l e r y .

Three

awards

wllbe

iven

to

othye c i p i e n t s w h o have

made

positive

contr ibut ions

to

the

i am i

Beach

ispanic c o m m u n i t y .

T e n a n t

Rghs

and

R e s p o n s i b i li t i e s -

Members of

the

d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a l o n g s i d e Lega l

Services

of

Greater

Mam,

Inc.,

ar e

coordinating

a ublic

w o r k s h o p

aimed

a

n f o r m i n g

tenants

b o u t their r e n t a l

rights

a n d

r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

as

well

as

here

to

e e k

addtiona l e g a l

assistance.

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o r k s h o p

is

s c h e d u l e d

for

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e g i n n i n g

a 6

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p

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