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LTC 287-2003 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH Office of the City Manager Letter to Commission No. ,2Y7.c2.fJM m To: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission From: Jorge M. Gonzalezl ,./ /' City Manager ,.., D Subject: STATE OF THE CI ADDRESS Date: December 10, 2003 While many of you were present at last week's Miami Beach Community Forum sponsored by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, I would like to share with you a copy of this year's State of the City Address. A copy of the speech is attached, as well as a copy of our Vision and Priorities. They are also available online at: htto://www. miamibeachfl.Qov/newcitv/citvhall/stateofcitv03 cmqr.aso. I hope you find our accomplishments noteworthy as we continue to build on our successes for the continued positive growth of our community. JMG\NR:ptw Attachment c: Executive Staff Department Directors f:/cmgr/$alllltc-03/state of city address03.doc Oty of Miami Beach City Manager Jorge M. Gonzalez State of the Oty Address December 3, 2003 Miami Beach - Together, we are making it a better place! Thank you for that kind introduction and the warm reception. It is truly a pleasure to be here today to present to you my fourth State of the City Address. You know, it seems like only yesterday that I stood at a podium like this one and challenged a group much like you to "Envision the Possibilities." I came back a year later and we began to "Set Solutions for the Future." Later, I reported that "All Eyes Were on Miami Beach." Well today, I am pleased to say that "Together, we are Making Miami Beach a Better Place!" Our community and our local government have faced many challenges over the past three years. While we were riding a wave of optimism and an expanding economy, we worked hard to provide services and meet the needs of our community. The future, our future was extremely bright - the possibilities seemed endless. Then, in the span of a few hours on September 11 our world and our lives were changed in a way no one could ever have imagined. But what we all know is that our community is fortunate to have strong and resilient fundamentals that uniquely position us to survive and recover. And, while we must remain vigilant in the continuous stewardship of our community and we must remain guarded in our optimism, we can see that we have and continue to recover. The combination of beautiful natural resources and alluring attractions has once again placed us on a course toward growth and prosperity. Our City and our community has once again, proven, to be as attractive and desirable as ever. Today is a very special day. Today, we gather as a community. We join as partners to review our progress in our never-ending journey towards achieving our vision. I would like to thank each of the community partners who came together to make tocIay's event an event. It is the first time in a long time that so many different organizations have joined forces to sponsor a community forum such as this one today. And, they should all be commended. I would also like to recognize and thank Mayor David Dermer and the City Commissioners for their leadership, guidance and direction in helping to accomplish so much on behalf of our residents. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the members of our City staff who work extremely hard every day to make Miami Beach a better place. I am very pleased to see all of you here today representing the various stakeholders and partners that make up our Miami Beach. We must always remember that together, we are our greatest asset! That we make up the rich fabric that is our City, a fabric woven from a community that cares; a community that is blessed with unequalled natural beauty; and a community that continually adapts by re-inventing itself and re-investing in itself. It is what distinguishes Miami Beach from any other place in the world. And it is what makes what we have so special. It is also, in large part why we were recognized this year by the National Civic League as an All-America City, the only community in Florida and one of only ten communities across the country to receive such a designation. They saw what we all know, that 1 Miami Beach truly is a world-dass, cosmopolitan, vibrant, tropical, historic community - in other words, a wonderful place to live, work, visit and play. I hope that you'll enjoy some of the visual highlights of our beautiful City playing in the background and how they paint a picture of our quality of life. A little over two years ago I presented a Oty Commission approved Vision and Rve-Year Plan: an agenda for our community, a way to make us better! It created a focus and a direction for our organization. And along with our Identified Priorities, it has become the basis and framework for everything we do and for how we make decisions. Ladies and gentlemen, every day, the City of Miami Beach is working: To be cleaner and safer; To be more beautiful and vibrant; To be a mature and stable community with a well-improved infrastructure; To create a unique historic, urban environment; To foster a cultural, entertainment and tourism capital; and To become an international center for innovation in culture, recreation and business. This plan was crafted after careful observation and evaluation and after much dialogue with the various segments of our community that included many of you who are here today. It was develOped by listening to the many perspectives in our community and by working to address the needs of every segment of our community. Today, I stand before you not just with a list of accomplishments -- but with a mid-tenn progress report of where we are with our Vision. I hope to try to demonstrate how our efforts translate to real and meaningful improvements to our quality of life, because after all, that is what we should all be striving for - making Miami Beach a better place to live, work, visit and play! The main function of any local government is very basic and very simple. It is to provide public safety and public works. Everyone here is touched by our local government in a variety of ways and to varying degrees, but what is most basic and most common is knowing that we are safe in our homes; that in the event of a medical emergency or accident we will be attended to; that we have clean, running water; that our garbage will be picked up; and that the streets and sidewalks we use are clean and safe. Those are the basic services and I think we do a very good job of providing. It is what we do in addition to these basic services that distinguishes the quality of life here versus anywhere else. It is why in fact we choose to live here. Public Safety In evaluating our quality of life, we should begin with public safety, which remains our number one priority. Our Police and Fire departments continue to take Innovative approaches to ensure that our streets, homes and businesses are safe. During the past three years, overall serious major crimes in the City of Miami Beach have dropped 28 percent. Through a series of reassignments and the development of our community policing initiatives, we have placed more officers on patrol throughout our community. 2 We have made investments in the latest state-of-the-art fire apparatus and equipment. And we are investing six million dollars in a new public safety radio system. When tragic nightclub fires occurred in Rhode Island and other parts of the world earlier this year, our Fire Department's Nightdub Inspection Program was looked upon as a model for the rest of the country and was featured nationally on "60 Minutes." Our beaches are one of the most visited in the world and our Beach Patrol staff does an outstanding job of ensuring that they are the safest as well. Given the security concerns we all live with, the aty has continued to enhance our Emergency Preparedness Plan. Part of this plan indudes the establishment of a Reverse 911 notification system that enables us to contact any and all citizens to provide up-tCHIate infonnation at a moments notice. The plan also indudes Weapons of Mass Destruction training for our fire and police personnel who continue to train to be prepared to serve and protect our residents. We continue to engage the community with crime-watch programs and training to help respond to emergencies through our Community Emergency Response Teams. So far, over 140 residents have been trained and they are now an extension of our public safety efforts. Capital Improvement Program We have also made significant advancements with our "Planned Progress" efforts. As many of you know, we did not even have a plan for how we were going to Implement our Capital Improvements, let alone true consensus on what we would build. After years of unfunded or unfinished projects and little credibility, we were challenged to invest more than $400 million through 117 distinct construction projects. While an effort of this magnitude had been unprecedented in our aty's history, we moved aggressively to organize ourselves; develop a plan; build credibility and more importantly, achieve consensus. We created the OP Office to manage our efforts and have already begun nearly $100 million worth of our OP program. The planning and design process has been completed in most of our neighborhoods. And next year we expect to see the beginning of significant construction in many of our neighborhoods and right-of-way projects. We have already completed several streetscape Improvements that have added to our natural beauty. We have renovated or improved nearly 200 acres in our parks system, including the new Miami Beach Golf Club. We have newer and improved playgrounds and parks throughout our c:ity. We expect that our much needed North Shore Park and Youth Center and the new, expanded ice rink at the Scott Rakow Youth Center will open early next year. As will our new Miami Beach Regional Ubrary. All have been developed to provide us with a variety of alternatives for our leisure activities. 3 A Cultural, Entertainment, and Tourism capital If anyone doubts whether Miami Beach is at the epicenter of the cultural and entertainment world - this week alone should prove them wrong. Art Basel I Miami Beach is here for its second year in what the New York Times calls "the hottest contemporary art fair in Americil" and it stands to be the cultural and social highlight of the Americas again this year and for years to come. Our annual contribution to the arts has increased by more than 30 percent in the past few years and we have or are about to invest approximately $50 million in capital improvements to our cultural facilities including the soon to be opened Byron Carlyle Theater and the renovation of the historic Colony Theater. During the past several years we have been able to capitalize on the extraordinary events that have been occurring In Miami Beach. The Oty's Major Events Plan which was created over two years ago following the events of Memorial Day 2001 has been implemented with great success many times and has helped to ensure that all events taking place on Miami Beach are coordinated and planned properly. Miami Beach has once again become a favored location for film and television producers. This past year alone, there were more than 500 film permits issued generating millions of dollars for the region. The updated master plan for the City Center Redevelopment Agency and the anticipated expansion of the New World Symphony with the Frank Gehry designed Soundspace facility has been approved. In a few years, we will have a state-of-the-art performance and broadcast facility that will transform our cultural scene and be the envy of the world. This signature building will attract visitors from all over the world, and through its advanced technology it will showcase Miami Beach every day. Eclonomic Development and Financial Perfonnance Our efforts to expand and diversify our economy continue to bear fruit and our overall financial performance is quite impressive. Most of the leading economic Indicators in our community are once again showing positive trends. Through creative public-private partnerships, we have created a Class A office market where none existed and we added more than 1,600 parking spaces. Finally, a total of more than 1,000 new jobs have been added in our community in the last three years and more are on the way. In fact, Terranova Corporation recently announced its purchase of an office building on 41st Street and plans to relocate their headquarters to Miami Beach bringing 100 more jobs. Terranova is Florida's largest commercial real estate advising firm and is the agent for more than five billion dollars worth of commercial projects. OVer the past three years, close to $3 billion has been invested in private development and in the renovation of retail, office, residential and hotel properties in our community. And included in this investment are almost 140,000 square feet of new retail space; 412,000 square feet of new office space; and approximately 4,200 new residential units. 800 new hotel rooms have been added to our inventory since 2000 - and we are all eagerly awaiting the grand opening of the Ritz Carlton and its 385 rooms later this month, 4 The return on these investments and the perfonnance of our community's portfolio is equally impressive. Average occupancy rates in our hotels have rebounded to pre-9/11levels of 65 percent. Average room rates are also now higher than they were prior to 9/11, And, our best tourist industry performance indicator, Resort Tax collections, has closed the fiscal year with CI record $24,670,000. That's a $3.3 million increase over last year and even more impressive, nearly $1 million, or four percent more, than the previous record set in 2001. Financially, the City's credit rating is stronger than It has ever been; our economic performance and our financial management efforts have led to two bond ratings upgrades within the first six months of this year - an achievement unprecedented in our history. We have worked to do more with less and become more efficient by implementing recurring efficiencies of more than $13 million and eliminating 102 positions from our budget over the past two years, all while minimizing any service level reductions. I am proud to say that in these uncertain economic times, when communities throughout the country have had to raise taxes to provide basic services, we have not. We were again able to maintain our operating millage and reduce our overall millage rate, marking the fourth year in a row with an overall millage reduction. In fact, our current overall millage rate Is more than '12 of a mill lower than it was just three years ago. And our general-fund fund balance has grown by more than $8 million, or 39 percent over the last four years. The total assessed value of property in Miami Beach is more than $12 billion which Is an increase of 50 percent in just three years. Residential property values have continued to enjoy growth and the average price of a home sold on Miami Beach is now more than $826,000, an Increase of nearly 27 percent since 2000. Similarly, average condo prices have grown to $242,000" or a 22 percent increase. Neighborhood 5ervkles Now let me share why together we have made Miami Beach a great place to live! Our my is made up of many diverse residents with different needs and perhaps with different definitions of what quality of life means to them. To address the residents' needs, we began by coordinating and improving our neighborhood services. We have made a concerted and continuous effort to improve our customer service and make City government more accessible to everyone. We have developed leadership capacity in our community through our Neighborhood Leadership Academy, with more than 100 graduates already. Through a variety of innovative measures Including real-time translation services at all Commission meetings and by providing Spanish-language subtitles on our replays, we have made government more accessible to our Spanish-speaking residents who now represent 53 pl!rcent of our population. Our website continues to evolve and a greater number of e-government solutions are now available. And our Answer Center is fully functional and bilingual giving our residents the ability to dial one easy number and access any part of City government. 5 Our efforts have also focused on facilitating programs in the community that: provide affordable housing for our elderly; Child care for working parents; Employment opportunities for our developmentally disabled residents; Programs that support and provide a positiVe and healthy environment for children, teens and their families; and, Assisting with the homeless population. In fact, through our federal entitlement status we have brought to our community and allocated approximately $11 million to 24 agendes over the past three years. These efforts have resulted in direct aid to 2,600 children and nearly 59,000 adults and senior citizens. Through our summer food program, we have provided more than 30,000 lunches to children just this summer alone. And speaking of children, the programs we offer through our Office of Community Services continue to flourish providing truancy intervention and youth empowerment. We also continue to support our local school's efforts to provide the best quality education to our young residents, through partnerships, scholarships, and participation. I would like to welcome and recognize the students who are here today experiencing first hand a local civics lesson. This year, we were challenged to lead several Important community processes to reach decision points. They induded: The Noise Ordinance enforcement discussions; The Bay Unk debate; The planning and visioning exercise regarding the Alaska parcel; The negotiations with the New World Symphony and their Soundspace proposal; and, The negotiations with the Royal Palm Crown Plaza Hotel. I am proud to report that each of these Issues has been handled In an extremely professional manner with the utmost Integrity and with a primary focus on providing the best professional recommendations to our elected leaders. Challenges And while I am very proud to have played a key role In this progress, there Is still more work to be done and more challenges to overcome. I believe, that in the coming year, we have two immediate challenges to address. First, we must continue our efforts to develop aggressive, integrated and holistic solutions to the increasing problem of vagrancy, criminals and homeless who choose to congregate in our City, the undesirable activities they engage in, and the real effect they have on our overall quality of life. Second, we must work to develop a mechanism to ensure that the quality of our capital investment Is maintained. We must make sure that our improvements look as beautiful -- 10, 15, or even 20 into the future as on the day that they were first completed. These are real challenges, but ones that can and must be solved If we are to achieve our vision. 6 But in spite of these challenges it should be very clear to all of us that we are well on our way. And in evaluating our mid-term progress, I can safely say that we now have, a community with: More police officers on our streets and less crime; More and better trained firefighters with state-of-the-art equipment; Newer playgrounds, parks, and recreational fatilities; Improved streetscapes; A vibrant and thriving cultural arts scene; More businesses and jobs; More retail, hotel and restaurant options; More parking; Real property value appreciation; Continued growth in the overall wealth of our community; Lower costs to borrow money to invest in our capital projects; A lower overall tax millage rate; More opportunities to access our government; and, Better communication with our residents. Conclusion So, when you ask me to give you the state of the City, I must tell you that the state of our City is a healthy one. And a healthy community is: A community that is safe and prepared; A community that is growing, thriving, maturing and developing; A community that is investing in itself, receiving private investment, and enjoying economic growth; A community that is caring, open, tolerant and responsive; and A community that is engaged, communicating and whose citizenry is involved. I am pleased to report that we are all of these and much more. So, no matter how you clefjne quality of life, I think it's safe to say that it has improved over the last three years. And that together, we are making it a better place! Thank you. 7 .c u IV cu all E .!! :E ~ o ~ U ... Ol Q) L: s.... ~ ~ 1: S ~ .~~ ~ .s .5 ... ro'" u 0'- Q) Q)...u;o...Ecn El:le:::e>e>Vl . 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