LTC 157-2024 Motions from the Mayor's 41st Street CommitteeMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
FROM:
DATE:
Rafael Granado, City Clerk
April 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Motions from the Mayor's 41 st Street Committee
The purpose of this Letter to Commission ("LTC") is to inform the Mayor and Commission of
motions made by the Mayor's 41 st Street Committee, at its meeting on April 1 1, 2024.
Members present: Yechiel Ciment (Chair), Betty Behar, Michael Burnstine, Robin Jacobs, Eric
Hankin, and Charlotte Tomic.
Motion l: The Mayor's 41 st Street Committee recommends the Mayor and City Commission urge
the 4st Street Corridor Streetscape Project team to prioritize funding for lighting and locations of
curb outs, signage, and bus stops.
Motion made by: Robin Jacobs
Motion seconded by: Michael Burnstine
Motion passed: 6-0
Motion 2: The Mayor's 41st Street Committee recommends the Mayor and City Commission
approve the resolution, sponsored by Mayor Steven Meiner (see attached), to extend the waiver of
concession fees, in the North Beach area and within the Collins Park overlay, beyond the
September 30, 2024 expiration; and include the 41 st Street Business Improvement District in the
fee waiver program to stimulate economic revitalization at the May 15, 2024 City Commission
meeting.
Motion made by: Robin Jacobs
Motion seconded by: Michael Burnstine
Motion passed: 6-0
Motion 3: The Mayor's 41st Street Committee recommends, again, (see attached Letter to
Commission) the Mayor and City Commission issue a Request for Proposals (RFP), as soon as
possible, in response to the 2023 Request for Letters of Interest (RFU) for Mixed-Use Development
on City-Owned Parking Lots near 41 st Street.
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Motion made by: Robin Jacobs
Motion seconded by: Michael Burnstine
Motion passed: 6-0
Please contact Diana Fontani Martinez, Redevelopment Specialist, at
dianafontani@miam ibeachhl.gov, or Heather Shaw, Interim Economic Development Director, at
heathershaw@miamibeachfl.gov, should you have any questions.
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Attachments:
l. April 3, 2024 Memorandum and Resolution to Extend the Existing Waiver of Concession
Fees for Outdoor Dining
2. Joly 13, 2023 Letter to Commission - Mayor's 41" Street Committee Motion
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael A. Paz, City Attorney
DATE: April 3, 2024
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE EXISTING WAIVER OF
CONCESSION FEES FOR OUTDOOR DINING CONCESSIONS IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA
AND WITHIN THE COLLINS PARK OVERLAY BEYOND THE CURRENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
EXPIRATION OF THE FEE WAIVER, AND, ADDITIONALLY, TO IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE THE
41 ST STREET BUSINESS CORRIDOR IN THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IN ORDER
TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF THIS DYNAMIC AREA; AND AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVISE AND IMPLEMENT A SIMPLIFIED APPROVAL PROCESS,
WITH AUGMENTED STAFF ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT
APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS, FOR NEW POTENTIAL OUTDOOR DINING
CONCESSIONS LOCATED IN ANY AREAS WHERE THE CITY WAIVES CONCESSION FEES, IN
ORDER TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATION TO REVITALIZE THESE
CRUCIAL AREAS.
BACKGROUND/HISTORY
Was this Agenda Item initially requested by a lobbyist which, as defined in Code Sec. 2-481, includes a principal engaged in
lobbying? No
If so, specify name of lobbyist(s) and principal(s): N/A
ANALYSIS
This item will be submitted via supplemental agenda.
SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA
N/A
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
N/A
Is this a "Residents Right to
Know" item,_pursuant to
City Code Section 2-14?
No
Does this item utilize G.O.
Bond Funds?
No
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Mayor Steven Meiner
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution D
RESOLUTION NO. ------
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXTEND THE EXISTING WAIVER OF CONCESSION
FEES FOR OUTDOOR DINING CONCESSIONS IN THE NORTH BEACH
AREA AND WITHIN THE COLLINS PARK OVERLAY BEYOND THE
CURRENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 EXPIRATION OF THE FEE WAIVER,
AND, ADDITIONALLY, TO IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE THE 41ST STREET
BUSINESS CORRIDOR IN THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IN ORDER TO
STIMULATE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF THIS DYNAMIC AREA;
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVISE AND
IMPLEMENT A SIMPLIFIED APPROVAL PROCESS, WITH
AUGMENTED STAFF ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE
CONCESSION AGREEMENT APPLICATION AND APPROVAL
PROCESS, FOR NEW POTENTIAL OUTDOOR DINING CONCESSIONS
LOCATED IN ANY AREAS WHERE THE CITY WAIVES CONCESSION
FEES, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVATION TO REVITALIZE THESE CRUCIAL AREAS.
WHEREAS, the City Commission, at its June 9, 2022 meeting, passed Resolution No.
2022-32205, and created, solely in the City's proprietary capacity and not in furtherance of any
regulatory function, a concession agreement program for selected restaurants with brick-and-
mortar facilities and inside seating to offer food and beverage services on the rights-of-way
abutting the physical establishment; and
WHEREAS, the program was created to serve the valid public purpose of promoting the
quality of the City's iconic brand by establishing high quality outdoor food and beverage service
on City property, and positively represent the City's brand by providing a public space where
residents and visitors can enjoy the City's world-renowned architecture and scenic sun-
drenched vistas; and
WHEREAS, on May 13, 2020, the City Commission had previously passed Resolution
No. 2020-31275, which was sponsored by then-Commissioner Steven Meiner, to waive
sidewalk caf~ permit fees for the entirety of the City for a six-month period in order to stimulate
economic development during the Covid pandemic. That fee waiver was then extended several
times throughout the Covid pandemic via Resolution Nos. 2020-31405, 2020-31523, 2020-
31549, and 2021-31631; and
WHEREAS, then-Commissioner Meiner explained at the May 13, 2020 City Commission
meeting that, originally, he sponsored this fee waiver for the 41 st Street Corridor consistent with
some areas in North Beach and Lincoln Road where the City had waived sidewalk caf~ permit
fees. However, he amended the item due to the pandemic to include a fee waiver for all sidewalk
cafes Citywide; and
WHEREAS, then-Commissioner Meiner further stated at the May 13, 2020 City
Commission meeting that he advocated to review easing up on many levels to help businesses
by either closing the streets or waiving the permit process; and
WHEREAS, the current concession agreement, which expires September 30, 2024,
provides for a waiver of concession fees for outdoor dining concessionaires located north of
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63"° Street and for those with up to thirty (30) seats within the Collins Park overlay in order to
revitalize these areas, encourage economic development, and encourage pedestrian activation
in these areas; and
WHEREAS, the 41 Street Corridor is the gateway to our City and the first area that
many visitors and resident encounter upon exiting the Julia Tuttle Causeway; and
WHEREAS, this area would benefit from efforts to revitalize the regional economy and
to allow pedestrian activation to grow and to flourish as an amenity to the City's visitors and
residents; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desire to extend the current fee waiver for
the North Beach area and within the Collins Park Overlay and to immediately provide an
additional waiver of concession fees for outdoor dining concessions in the 41 st Street business
corridor in order revitalize all of these areas, encourage economic development, and encourage
pedestrian activation; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission also wish to provide for a simplified
approval process and for additional staff assistance for potential new outdoor dining
concessions located in the areas of the City where concession fees have been waived, in order
to encourage new outdoor dining concessions in these areas deemed desirable for increased
economic development and increased pedestrian activation; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission authorize the City Manager to implement
these changes immediately, and to incorporate them elements into any new concession
agreement for the concession agreement period beginning October 1, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and the City
Commission hereby authorize the City Manager to extend the existing waiver of concession fees
for outdoor dining concessions in the North Beach area and within the Collins Park Overlay
beyond the current September 30, 2024 expiration of the fee waiver, and, additionally, to
immediately include the 41 st Street Business Corridor in the fee waiver program in order to
stimulate economic revitalization of this dynamic area; and authorize the City Manager to devise
and implement a simplified approval process, with augmented staff assistance throughout the
concession agreement application and approval process, for new potential outdoor dining
concessions located in any areas where the city waives concession fees, in order to encourage
business and pedestrian activation to revitalize these crucial areas.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of April, 2024.
ATTEST:
Mayor Steven Meiner
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
(Sponsored by Mayor Steven Meiner)
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
NO. LTC # 322-2023 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk ~
July 17, 2023
SUBJECT: Mayor's 41°' Street Blue Ribbon Committee Motion
The purpose of this Letter to the Commission ("L TC") is to inform the Mayor and Commission of
a motion made by the Mayor's 4 pt Street Blue Ribbon Committee at its meeting on July 13,
2023.
Members present: Yechiel Ciment (Chair), Jerri Hertzberg Bassuk, Betty Behar, Michael
Burnstine, Marcella Novela, Robin Jacobs, Seth Gadinsky, Eric Hankin, and Jeremy Watchel
Motion: The Mayor's 41 st Street Blue Ribbon Committee recommends that, based on the
response of the Request for Letters of Interest (RFLI) for Mixed-Use Development on City-Owned
Parking Lots near 41 st Street, the City of Miami Beach issue a Request for Proposals (RFP), for
said lots, as soon as possible.
Motion made by: Seth Gadinsky
Motion seconded by: Michael Burnstine
Motion passed: 9-0
Please contact Diana Fontani Martinez, Redevelopment Specialist, at
dianafontani@miamibeachfl.gov or Rickelle Williams, Assistant City Manager, at
rickellewilliams@miamibeachfl.gov should you have any questions.