20161209 AAAfter Action December 9, 2016 City of Miami Beach
Special Commission Meeting
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Commission Meeting (Special)
City Hall, Commission Chambers, 3rd Floor, 1700 Convention Center Drive
December 9, 2016 – 12:01 PM
Mayor Philip Levine
Commissioner John Elizabeth Alemán
Commissioner Ricky Arriola
Commissioner Michael Grieco
Commissioner Joy Malakoff
Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
Commissioner Micky Steinberg
City Manager Jimmy L. Morales
City Attorney Raul J. Aguila
City Clerk Rafael E. Granado
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AFTER-ACTION
Meeting called to order at 1:13 p.m.
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REGULAR AGENDA
1:12:06 p.m.
R9 A DISCUSSION OF SIDEWALK CAFÉ GUIDELINES ON OCEAN DRIVE, SPECIFICALLY
SEEKING DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXEMPTION FOR BUILDINGS WITH
MULTIPLE RETAIL ENTRANCES ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH RESPECT TO THE
WESTWARD MIGRATION OF THE SIDEWALK CAFÉ OPERATIONS.
Public Works
ACTION: Discussion held. Approved by acclamation to grant the below listed business an
exception from the requirement of the 10-Point Plan that sidewalk cafés must migrate their
operations to the west side of Ocean Drive; a 5-foot wide pedestrian walkway must be
maintained by said business. Eric Carpenter to handle.
DIRECTION:
Maintain the 5-foot wide pedestrian walkway, and keep operations on the east side for the
following businesses:
Starlite Hotel, 750 Ocean Drive;
Mango’s Tropical Café, 900 Ocean Drive;
Palace Bar, 1200 Ocean Drive; and,
Voodoo Rooftop Lounge & Hookah, 928 Ocean Drive
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager, explained that the Administration has been working closely
with the businesses on Ocean Drive, with the Ocean Drive Association and the Ocean Drive
Task Force. One of the elements in the recently adopted 10-Point Plan included the removal
of the “gauntlet” and having a westward migration of the sidewalk café operations towards
the buildings. In the 10-Point Plan, it indicates that in situations where such a layout is not
feasible, then the Planning Department could come up with alternative maps. There are
three properties affected: 750 Ocean Drive, Starlite, 900 Ocean Drive, Mango’s, and 928
Voodoo, where there are also multiple retail entrances in addition to the restaurant operation;
this means that when they do the restaurant migration in those buildings, due to the
requirement of fire access to those different businesses, the impact, in terms of number of
seats and chairs, is far more significant. He recommended that in the future, and in these
instances; allow them to, while keeping the 5-foot wide pedestrian walkway, keep the
operations on the east side, so they will not have a significant loss of seating. He cited an
example; Mango’s would lose approximately 20 seats in the process, which is a significant
impact. Rather than adding discretionary criteria that future Planning Directors could change,
the City Manager suggested having certain businesses, as long as the retail configurations
remain the same, and if feasible, retain their sidewalk café operations on the east side of the
street as long as they maintaining the 5 foot wide pedestrian walkway.
Commissioner Arriola stated that over time, the businesses that operate inside the buildings
have ingresses and egresses in certain ways, and it may be required to carve out some
exceptions. To his knowledge, and after extensive discussion with staff and the Ocean Drive
merchants, there are the four properties that have been identified that need some type of
variance from the overall 10-Point Plan, which calls to move all the sidewalk café tables to
the western side of the sidewalk; these four businesses have unique building and business
operation characteristics. He is in agreement with allowing it, but is concerned with the
granting of other exceptions and does not want the granting of exceptions to become a habit.
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City Manager Morales added that the Palace was already in front of the City Commission,
and their request had been previously granted.
Vice-Mayor Malakoff clarified that the properties are Starlite, Mango’s, Palace and Voodoo.
City Manager Morales stated that The Palace will be closing next summer and that was the
issue of the entertainment, but these three have additional retail door entrances to
businesses, in addition to the restaurant, and by moving their sidewalk operations westward,
these businesses are much more adversely impacted in terms of operation.
Discussion held.
Motion to grant the exception approved by acclamation.
Meeting adjourned at 1:18:19 p.m.
Handouts and Reference Materials:
1. Email from Rafael Granado dated December 8, 2016 RE: Notice of Special Meeting of the City
Commission Sidewalk Café Guidelines on Ocean Drive.
2. Email from Jimmy Morales dated December 8, 2016 RE: Special Call Meeting.
NOTICES
1. REQUEST TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
2. NOTICE OF SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
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