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North Beach CRA R7B - 230 PMFinding of Necessity North Beach Community Redevelopment Area Proposed North Beach CRA Boundaries N Chapter 163 •Inadequate street layout/parking •Property values not increasing •Faulty lot layout •Unsanitary/unsafe conditions •Site deterioration •Inadequate density patterns •Falling lease rates •Tax delinquency •High vacancy rates •High crime •High emergency calls •Building code violations •Ownership challenges •Contaminated property •Sinkhole activity 163.340 – 2 of 15 blight criteria must be present Chapter 163 •Inadequate street layout/parking •Faulty lot layout •Unsanitary/unsafe conditions •Site deterioration •Inadequate density patterns •High vacancy rates •High emergency calls •Building code violations •Ownership challenges 163.340 – 9 of 15 blight criteria are present in North Beach Defective Street Layout/Parking •North Beach Master Plan identified many deficiencies •One way characteristic of many streets •One road in and out North/South, East/West •Public parking is inadequate and a priority of the NBMP •Walker study demonstrates parking deficiency •No city -owned structured parking •Significant congestion on the streets •Significant vehicle/pedestrian conflicts Faulty Lot Layout •Prevalence of small lots is a challenge •Voters approved land use changes •Zoning envisions higher density that is not quite feasible •Small lots are antithetical to the full block redevelopment that is necessary •Significant effort is needed to aggregate property Unsanitary/Unsafe Conditions •757 code violations •205 sanitation related code violations •Calls for service for unsanitary conditions higher that other parts of the city •Arcing/shorting electrical equipment •Malicious false alarms •Extraction of victims from vehicles •HazMat investigations •Natural vegetation fires •Passenger vehicle fires Unsanitary/Unsafe Conditions Site Deterioration •Crumbling concrete •Broken windows •Cracked pavers and tiles •Derelict property •Exposed electrical conduit •Unmaintained vacant lots Inadequate Building Density Patterns •Erratic scale of buildings •Height •Density •Intent is higher density (referendum) Vacancy Rates •9 vacant properties on CoStar, 38k sq. ft. •12 additional properties identified with 23k sq. ft. •6.6% of space is vacant, higher than city and county rates •Residential vacancy is 23% Emergency Service Calls •Higher proportionately than the rest of Miami Beach •Unsafe conditions are especially higher •Calls for service due to unsafe conditions are higher in the proposed boundaries •31% of all calls for Shorting/Arcing Electrical Equipment •44% of Malicious/False Alarms •50% of Extraction of Victims from Vehicles •75% of HazMat Release Investigations •38% of Natural Vegetation Fires •31% of Passenger Vehicle Fires Florida Building Code Violations •605 violations •Proposed boundaries are the hotspot in North Beach for building code violations Diversity of Ownership •Some assemblage has occurred •Still many smaller older buildings •Many condominiums •4.321 properties with 3,549 owners (not including condominiums) Summary •9 of 15 conditions of blight are present (2 are required) •Area has long lagged redevelopment and success of other parts of Miami Beach •Much good planning work already done •A CRA is the implementation tool for the planning work •The proposed boundaries more than meet the criteria for the establishment of a CRA Next Steps •City Commission Acceptance and Forward to County (today) •Meet with County Staff •Present Finding to the County’s TIF Committee (County Staff) •Present Finding to County Commission Committee •Present Finding to Board of County Commissioners •Prepare Community Redevelopment Plan •Negotiate Interlocal Agreement with Miami-Dade County •Adoption of CRA Plan by City and County •Begin Implementation Finding of Necessity North Beach Community Redevelopment Area