LTC 553-2018 Mayor's 41st Street Blue Ribbon Committee Motions MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 553-2018 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members f the Cit "Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
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DATE: October 15, 2018
SUBJECT: Mayor's 41st Street Blue Ribbon Co mittee Motions
The purpose of this Letter to the Commission (`'LTC") is to inform the Commission of
three (3) motions passed by the Mayor's Blue Ribbon 41st Street Committee during their
October 9, 2018 meeting.
Members Present: Seth Gadinsky (Chair), Betty Behar, Michael Burnstine, Yechiel
Ciment, Francisco Diez-Rivas, Eric Hankin, Robin Jacobs and Jeremy Wachtel
Members Absent: Jerri Hertzberg Bassuk
1) MOTION: Motion to partner with Design and Architecture Senior High
("DASH") students to develop a unique symbol of unity will be used as
inspiration for 41" Street corridor parklets and vacant storefront coverings.
The students will design concepts for modular, prefabricated and
transportable parklets and a graphic design for installation in vacant
storefronts. $40,000 of the $100,000 budgeted in FY 18/19 to be used for this
purpose.
Motion entertained by: Chair Seth Gadinsky
Motion made by: Michael Burnstine
Motion seconded by. Betty Behar
Motion passed: 8-0
2) MOTION: Motion to support the September 14, 2018 Finance and Citywide
Project Committee recommendation to the October 17, 2018 City
Commission to select the 41st Street corridor as a site for the installation of a
pilot creative shade structure/artistic element project.
Motion entertained by: Chair Seth Gadinsky
Motion made by: Eric Hankin
Motion seconded by: Betty Behar
Motion passed: 8-0
3) MOTION: Motion to invite a City Attorney representative to discuss, with the
Committee, what ordinances, if any, can be changed to help address the
mentally and physically ill homeless population on 41St Street; for the
Committee to reach out to Mt. Sinai to have a representative attend a
Committee meeting to discuss the Mt. Sinai homeless outreach plan and its
impact on the 41" Street corridor; for the Committee to reach out to the
Church Casa Dei Bambini to inquire how they are assisting the homeless
people that are sheltered there in the evenings daily; Committee to reach out
to businesses to ensure they are aware of and have signed up for the "No
Trespassing" signs and affidavit program; and for the Committee to ask City
Homeless Services if there are regional and/or federal resources that could
be accessed to address more homeless support activities on the 41st Street
corridor and if so, how are those resources allocated.
Motion entertained by: Chair Seth Gadinsky
Motion made by: Yechiel Ciment
Motion seconded by: Robin Jacobs
Motion passed: 8-0
cc: Kathie Brooks, Assistant City Manager
Heather Shaw, Tourism, Culture, and Economic Development Interim Director