The Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Commission Meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. with the Sutnick Hour where residents may speak on any topic. The meeting will be held at: Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, 3rd Floor, Commission Chamber

or Zoom at https://miamibeachfl-gov.zoom.us/j/81392857671

or Telephone: 1.305.224.1968 or 888.475.4499 (Toll-Free) Webinar ID: 813 9285 7671

November 20, 2024 - 8:30 AM

It will also be streamed live on MBTV Channel 660 on Atlantic Broadband or 99 on AT&T U-Verse, on the City’s website, and on Facebook Live at facebook.com/cityofmiamibeach.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM DURING THE MEETING: 

Via Zoom, please click the “raise hand” button on the screen to raise your hand as soon as the item is called. This will pull you to the top of the list and make it easier for the team to find you in the list of attendees. Or via phone, press *9 to raise a hand to be placed in queue to speak.

Want to read the proposed Commission agenda items and get info about the Commission meeting? Click HERE

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C7 W - Sponsored by Bhatt

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI

BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2021-31955 TO REQUIRE A DR.

STANLEY SUTNICK CITIZENS’ FORUM TO BE HELD DURING SPECIAL CITY

COMMISSION MEETINGS (EXCEPT FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS CALLED TO

ADDRESS A PUBLIC EMERGENCY) FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF FIFTEEN (15)

MINUTES AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING.

MBU RESOLUTION:

Miami Beach United SUPPORTS this resolution which provides the public some

opportunity to speak at Special City Commission Meetings. Although the time frame is

abbreviated, it does align with existing shorter Sutnick Forum time already provided for

Presentation and Awards meetings at which substantive items will be heard. If the issue

being considered in a Special Meeting has exceptional significance and widespread

resident impact, perhaps the Commission could extend the Forum time to ensure public

input.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R5 AD - Sponsored by Suarez -- 1:40 PM First Reading Public Hearing

AN ORDINANCE TO MODIFY EXCEPTIONS (I.E., ECO CHARTERS) TO THE

PROHIBITED HOURS OF DEPARTURE FOR COMMERCIAL VESSELS AT

PUBLICLY-OWNED MARINAS AND MARINE FACILITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR

REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MBU RESOLUTION:

Miami Beach United SUPPORTS this ordinance. Our concerns that Eco charters were

exempted from the 9:00 p.m. city-wide curfew previously enacted are addressed by this

resolution.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R5 G - Sponsored by Rosen Gonzalez - 9:30 a.m. First Reading Public Hearing

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED “MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED “PUBLIC PLACES, . . . BY AMENDING SECTION 70-67, ENTITLED “PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES,” BY PERMITTING SENIOR CITIZENS HAVING ATTAINED A CERTAIN AGE TO OPERATE ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED BICYCLES UPON THE BEACHWALK AND THE LUMMUS PARK PROMENADE SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM SPEED OF EIGHT (8) MILES PER HOUR

MBU RESOLUTION:

Miami Beach United DOES NOT SUPPORT this ordinance, which would allow motorized bikes on the Beach Walk for seniors. Such E-bikes and motorized bikes are already a huge safety problem in our City. We are concerned that this proposal would greatly confuse enforcement efforts. The Police and Park Rangers are currently having difficulties policing the existing ordinance. This would require additional costly equipment such as speed detection devices (radar) as well as checking ID’s to enforce this ordinance.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R5 U - Sponsored by Fernandez

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI

BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING “THE HOUSING PROTECTION ORDINANCE,” BY

AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED

“HOUSING,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “RENTAL HOUSING,” BY

AMENDING DIVISION 3, ENTITLED “TERMINATION OF TENANCY,” BY AMENDING

SECTION 58-386, ENTITLED “WRITTEN NOTICE OR TERMINATION OF TENANCY,”

TO REQUIRE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 90 DAYS

WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE CITY OF PROPOSED INCREASES IN TENANTS’

MONTHLY RENT PAYMENT OF TEN PERCENT OR MORE FOR SPECIFIED

RECIPIENTS OF CITY SERVICES

MBU RESOLUTION:

Miami Beach United DOES NOT SUPPORT this ordinance, which would require

landlords with tenants who possess subsidized housing vouchers to give the city written notice when rents are increased by 10% or more. Although this sounds like a good idea, the process is unclear and the action required by City staff may prove burdensome and have unintended consequences.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R5 X - Sponsored by Suarez & Fernandez - 11:10 a.m. First Reading Public Hearing

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI

BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIAMI BEACH EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT

PLAN CREATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2006-3504, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED,

TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS;PROVIDING

FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH;

AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

Miami Beach United SUPPORTS this amendment. MBU did not support the 2023 amendment which shortened the vesting period in the City’s Retirement Plan to four years for Elected Officials The proposed amendment provides for Elected Officials’ retirement as follows: an Elected Official who is initially elected to office on or after effective date of this ordinance, or who is reelected as an Elected Official following a break in service on or after that date, shall not be eligible to participate in the Pension Plan, and shall instead participate in the alternative Defined Contribution Retirement System. Any Employee who is currently participating in the Pension Plan on the effective date of this ordinance and subsequently elected to office as an Elected Official without a break in service, may continue to participate in the Pension Plan.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R7 J - Sponsored by Fernandez

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI

BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-366(C)(2) OF THE CITY

CODE FOR EXEMPT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA

STATUTE 287.057, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH NEW HOPE

C.O.R.P.S., INC. TO PROVIDE VARIOUS HOUSING SERVICES, INCLUDING STREET

OUTREACH, DETOX, TREATMENT, RECOVERY, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER

RELATED SERVICES FOR THE CITY'S UNSHELTERED POPULATION, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $568,000 FOR THE INITIAL TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, WITH SAID AGREEMENT COMMENCING ON OCTOBER 1, 2024 AND EXPIRING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, WITH ONE (1) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR RENEWAL TERM, AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OPTION AND SUBJECT TO FUNDING APPROVAL.

Miami Beach United SUPPORTS ensuring that these critical services continue to be

provided.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R7 L - Sponsored by Fernandez

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI

BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, PURSUANT TO SECTION 106-118 OF THE CITY

CODE, THE PRIVATE PARKING LOT SIGNAGE, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED

HEREIN AS EXHIBIT “A,” TO BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO OWNERS AND

OPERATORS OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PAID MOTOR

VEHICLE PARKING, SO THAT THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SUCH PRIVATE

PROPERTIES MAY POST THE SIGNS, IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SECTION

106-118, TO ENSURE THAT MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS ARE AWARE THAT THE

PROPERTY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IS NOT A PUBLIC PARKING FACILITY

OPERATED BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

Miami Beach United SUPPORTS the adoption of a requirement for private parking lot

owners to post a standardized sign notifying customers that the facility is not a public

parking lot. MBU recognizes that there are many private parking lot owners who engage

in “bait and switch” tactics where consumers believe that they are parking in a lower

cost municipal parking lot (and also one where disabled parking permits may park for

free).

Providing private parking lots with a standardized, highly visible, sign, ensures that

motor vehicle drivers are conspicuously and unequivocally informed about the private

nature of the parking facility.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

R9 AD - Sponsored by City Attorney and Dominguez

DISCUSS/TAKE ACTION: PERSISTENT DEFECTS IN THE GRANICUS

ONEMEETING ELECTRONIC AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND LACK OF

FUNCTIONALITY FOR & "RES IDENTS RIGHT TO KNOW" AND & "MB RESIDENT

CONNECT" FEATURES.

Miami Beach United strongly SUPPORTS this action. It is critical that Residents Right to

Know and MB Resident Connect features be functioning optimally to fulfill the City’s

commitment to provide timely information to our residents on issues which impact their

properties and lives.

Read the Commission document by clicking HERE

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