LTC 089-2019 Parks & Recreational Facilities Advisory Board Motions MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER 089-2019
NO. LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members f the City Co mission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: February 12, 2019
SUBJECT: PARKS& RECREATIONAL FACI TIES ADVISORY BOARD MOTIONS
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (LTC) is to inform the Mayor and Commission of the eight motions
passed by the Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board at its meeting on February 7, 2019:
MOTION 1:
Approval of the January 10, 2019 meeting minutes.
Motion made by: Eliane Soffer Siegel, second by Wil Martinez
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd, David Berger, Andrew Plotkin.
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
MOTION 2:
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board elects Robert Gonzalez to join the G.O. Bond Oversight
Committee as ex-officio, non-voting member.
Election made by acclamation by the following members present: Carolina Jones, Stephanie Rosen,Wil
Martinez, Robert Gonzalez, Eliane Soffer Siegel and Sean Smith
MOTION 3:
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board motions to support the current design for the Maurice
Gibb Park project presented at tonight's meeting by the Office of Capital Improvement Projects and encourages
the G.O. Bond Oversight Committee to fund this project and prioritize it on the list of G.O. Bond projects.
Motion made by: Sean Smith
Motion second by: Carolina Jones
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd and Andrew Plotkin.
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
MOTION 4:
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board motions for a feasibility study to be done to determine
how many baseball diamonds will fit at North Shore Park and how many would fit if the fields met Little League
minimum dimensions. The study should consider utilization of street parking adjacent to the park. These
studies should circulate back to the Parks and Recreation Facilities Advisory Board and the G.O. Bond
Oversight Committee.
Motion made by: David Berger
Motion second by: Carolina Jones
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd, Andrew Plotkin and Stephanie Rosen
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
MOTION 5:
In consideration of there being a lack of adequate field space in the City for youth sports, the Parks and
Recreational Facilities Advisory Board motions to explore a feasibility study to be done to determine if joining 2
West Lots would provide adequate space necessary for one or two regulation sized soccer fields and that the
closing of a street and/or alley and the moving of utility poles be considered to maximize space.
Motion made by: Robert Gonzalez
Motion second by: Carolina Jones
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd,Andrew Plotkin and Stephanie Rosen
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
MOTION 6:
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board motions to explore acquiring the entire square block from
85th to 86th Street, and Collins Avenue to Harding Avenue to be used for active park purposes.
Motion made by: David Berger,
Motion second by: Eliane Soffer Siegel
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd,Andrew Plotkin and Stephanie Rosen.
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
MOTION 7:
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board motions to explore a feasibility study to be done to look
at the number of children playing all youth sports and identify alternative field spaces across the City that can
potentially be used for sports.
Motion made by: Wil Martinez
Motion second by: Robert Gonzalez
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd, Andrew Plotkin and Stephanie Rosen
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
MOTION 8:
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Advisory Board motions to support exploring using the field at Miami
Beach Senior High School as both an artificial turf football field and baseball field for the potential expansion of
the youth baseball program.
Motion made by: David Berger
Motion second by:Wil Martinez
Motion passed: Unanimously
Members absent from vote: Jonathan Fryd, Andrew Plotkin and Stephanie Rosen
Members unable to vote due to telephone participation: Paul Stein and Dana Turken
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