LTC 596-2018 TPBPF Committee - Trolley AdvertisingMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of th
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: November 8, 2018
SUBJECT: TPBPF Committee -Trolley Advertis ng
LETTER TO COMMISSION
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to provide you with correspondence
received from the Transportation, Parking & Bicycle-Pedestrian Facilities
Committee.
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C: Kathie G. Brooks, Assistant City Manager
Mark Taxis, Assistant City Manager
Eric Carpenter, Assistant City Manager
Susanne Torriente, Assistant City Manager
Saul Frances, Parking Director
Monica Beltran, Assistant Parking Director
Jose Gonzalez, Transportation Director
Alfred Feola, Chairman
Ray Breslin, Vice-Chair
Members:
Leif Bertrand
Marc Edelstein
Cindy Esquivel
Anamarie Ferreira de Melo
Robert Lansburgh
JP Morgan
Madeleine Romanello
Deborah Ruggiero
Kathaleen Smarsh
Richard Streim
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TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Transportation, Parking & Bicycle-Pedestrian Facilities Committee
DATE: November 8, 2018
SUBJECT: Trolley Advertising
Members Present: AI Feola; Ray Breslin; Cindy Esquivel; Robert Lansburgh; Marc Edelstein;
JP Morgan; Leif Bertrand; Richard Strelm; Ana marie Ferreira de Melo; and Kathaleen Smarsh
Members Absent: Deborah Ruggiero and Madeleine Romanello
Dear Honorable Mayor and City Commission:
The Transportation, Parking and Bicycle-Pedestrian Facilities Committee
(TPBPFC) met on Monday, November sth and once again discussed the proposed
agreement by the City Commission to allow advertising on the exterior of the
City's trolleys. As a Committee, we strongly disagree with the City's effort to go
forward with this and ask the Mayor and Commission to reconsider their
position on advertising on the City's trolleys.
Feedback from several Commissioners, Residents, and Community Associations
throughout the City, confirm that they are against this as well. The TPBPFC is
not opposed to advertising In the interior of the trolleys, but feel advertising on
the exterior is a huge mistake to these iconic vehicles.
As an advisory Committee, we would greatly appreciate your reconsideration on
this issue.
Sincerely,
Transportation, Parking & Bicycle-Pedestrian Facilities Committee