166-1998 LTC
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
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L.T.C. No. 166-1998
LETTER TO COMMISSION
December 8, 1998
TO: Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and
Members of the City C mission
FROM: Sergio Rodriguez
City Manager
SUBJECT: Implementation of the Ocean Drive Traffic Mitigation Improvement Plan
At the September 23, 1998, City Commission meeting, the Administration's recommended
mitigation plan for the Ocean Drive Corridor (5th to 15th Street) was accepted by the Commission.
The Ocean Drive Traffic Mitigation Improvements Plan, as described in the attached Commission
Memorandum is required to correct an existing traffic circulation level-of-service (LOS) deficiency
and provide additional capacity within the corridor and surrounding area. These improvements are
to be implemented by individual development projects which would utilize the excess operational
capacity generated from the improvements.
As such, the Administration recognizes that there is no one major project or development that has
been identified as capable of successfully implementing the Ocean Drive Traffic Mitigation
Improvement Plan. Therefore, the City should become the lead party for the implementation of this
multi-party mitigation plan, which will be funded by the projects and development identified in the
agreement.
The City would establish a designated "escrow account" for receiving monies from all projects and
developments identified in the Ocean Drive Mitigation Improvement Plan Agreement. The City will
establish each project's fair share cost for funding and implementing the entire mitigation plan, based
on its respective number of vehicle trips generated during peak periods. All costs associated with the
implementation of the plan would be funded by the identified projects and developments within the
Ocean Drive area.
The City would reserve the right to assess additional charges from the identified projects or
developments, if it is determined that the cost associated with the implementation of the mitigation
improvements have been underestimated or that unanticipated expenses have arisen.
The City will contract with a consultant for professional services for the contemplated work once
sufficient funds have been collected from the new projects and developments on Ocean Drive. The
required construction work will be performed in two phases and will be bid out by the City and
awarded to the successful low bidder meeting all the qualifications. The first phase consists of
roadway striping and installation of signage to modify the traffic flow in and around Ocean Drive.
The City will monitor and increase enforcement of the new traffic flow modification before
implementing the second phase, which calls for signalization of several intersections on Ocean Drive
and Collins Avenue.
The final component of the Ocean Drive mitigation plan, involves expansion of the Electrowave
shuttle service to the Ocean Drive corridor. The shuttle would be implemented through the creation
of a Transportation Concurrency Management Area (TCMA) for the South Beach area, as stated in
the Municipal Mobility Plan (MMP) objectives. The creation of a TCMA for South Beach would
establish a permanent funding source for operational expenses involving shuttle service within the
area and would be implemented completely within (2) two years.
The TCMA would employ the level-of-service (LOS) standard that is consistent with the Miami
Beach Comprehensive Plan, but would utilize innovative strategies and non-traditional solutions for
the accommodation and management of traffic congestion within its Historic Architectural District
boundaries.
In summary, the City will proceed to collect funds from the identified projects and developments
in the Ocean Drive Traffic Mitigation Agreement and will implement the required improvements.
The City will also proceed with the development of the South Beach TCMA, pursuant to the MMP,
for future expansion of the Electrowave.
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cc: Janet Gavarrete, Assistant City Manager
Christina Cuervo, Assistant City Manager
Dean Grandin, Director of Planning
Diana Grub Frieser, First Assistant City Attorney
Julio Grave de Peralta, Director of Public Works
Mercedes Sosa, Assistant Director of Public Works
Joseph Johnson, Senior Planner
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DATE; September ~.1'9I
SVDJECTI
Oeea. Drive
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The proposed traffic mitiptioo improvement plan for the Ocean Drive oorridor bctwc= 5th and
1 Sth Streets is put forth in order to adsfy tba City. concurrency requiremCllt for tratBc circulation
and is attlC~ Hmo) for iDformatioDaJ purposes. Said plan involves th~ removal of a limited
number of parkiDs IJ** (eat. side of Ocean Drive), the installaUOD of sianalizlaon at five (5)
critical imenecticma alq Ocea Drive ad Col1;ftll A VeDUe, the imtallmon of DCW ItreCt marltina
aDd stripins, implementation ofltrMt flowmodificatioas (OJ>>-WB)' pairs)) the strict emorccment of
new traffic movement restrictions with me of new siPle durina peak periocb, the iMtallation of
left-tuming lanes at critiea1 imenections. the expmsion of the Electrowave service along Ocean
Drive. the creation of (3) three desipted pusqer drop-ofti'pick.up bays for the expanded
Flectrowave Wave shuttle service IUd mubetary contribution towards the future expansion of th~
Flectmwave Ihuttle by the effected deveIopmeat projects.
MCKGRot~
It has been determiDecl by the City'. "-.in, Department, Public Works Departmeot, Police
Departmeat, PuIdDs Departmeat. the Mai-o.de CoUIlly Public Works Departmat. Civil Works
Inc.. Post. Bucldey. Schuh.t. Jernigan, 1Dc., lC.im1ey.Hom a Associatea, and the city's M\II1icipel
Mobility Plan Conmltant (Carr-Smith ComIdiDo) that tbczoe CUlDDtly exists a defid~ with resard
to the tmffie clrcn1.fton level-of-service (1.OS) for a segment of Ocean Drive. More specifically, the
segment of Ocean Drive ~ 5th Street and 11th Street is deficient, with the existiDl LOS
operatina at"E" duriDg AM peak-hour IDCf "P- during P.M. peak.bour. This LOS problem iI also
present during the PM. off-peak period and on weekends. Citywide, the adopted LOS for all
roadways (Artaials. Collecton. Loc:a1) is "D". The Ocan DJWe corridor is quably one of1he most
scenic and widely JeCOgn!zed tborouahfarea within the City and South Florida. It is located in the
beart of the Historie Architectural District. .
ThJs existina LOS deficiency will be furtber exacerbated and expanded alona the eorridor north to
15th Street by a number of projects CUI'NDtly under construction as well as by other projects (both
major and minor in nature) which have been recently apJrOved by the Joint Desian Review /Historic
AGENDA ITEM
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PrNervation Boercllftbeze i. DO oomprehcuive traftlc miugation improvement plan implemented
for the corridor, tbea 1be exiJfi.", LOS for the Ocean Drive colridor will coudDue to delP'lde ftJrtber,
in DOn-complianoe 90rith the City's Comprehensive Plan.
ANALYSIS
The traffic analysis oftbe subj~ corridor, olearly shows that the hiibcst peak-hoW'S (or the trafflc
volumes are oceurriDs c:turiDs the midday time period of12:00 - 1:00 P.M., the c:venini time period
of I~OO - 9:00 P.M.1Dd the late !light time period of 10:00 P.M. - 2:00 A.M. The segmmt where
the mo!t leVer! traffic eoaaettion aDd pecIeIuian oonflicts arc occurrin& is from 5th to 11 tb Street.
More particularly, at the iDt.enec:tioDl of 5th, 7th, 8th , 9th II1d 1001 S1rccts. There arc DO westbound
left turn lanes or If-nr,a .-ea pnMDt, which rewltl in tho blocka&o of aortbboUDd and lIOuthbouDd
throuih movements on Oeean Drive, when there is . grater demand for loft tuming movc:ments.
The ~ mitiption improvemeDt requiIed for the conidor involves removiq &\ limited Dumber
of the on-street parkiDs on tile east side aIoas Ocean Drive, which would be used to improve the
traffic low throuahout the eorridor by some I'OIIdway md intenectiOD reconfiguration. street flow
modification&. increued tnmait le!'Viee and tnnIpOrtatiOD ayltem lDJ~ement practi~. The
removal of the pIIkiDs IJ*S will allow for new street markma aDd stripiq and iDstal1atioa of
severalleft-tumiq lara for westbound botmd movemeDt at the most congested iDIenections.
inc:reuina both their opeD1icma1 caplCity and efficiency. This mitigation improveaat will also
provide a ~lnnllre& for watbo1md. left turn vsucles, therefore reduciDa the bJockaae of the
northbound and lOudlboUDd thnnJeh traftic movements on Ocean Drive_
The new left U'AlaDes would be ICCOmplllied by the installation of uew signal control dmces on
Ocean Drive at the intm'sedioDs of 7th. 9th and 11 th Street and modifications to the street flow
directiCll (one-way) OIJ 7th. 81h mll4d1 Street between Ocean and Washinlton Avenue. There are
CUIrCDtly ODIy two (2) tlrJiwd iuba~ aloua the entire Ocean Drive eorridor at Sth and 10th
Street. Some additioaal JipalifttiOD alona Collins Avenue at the 7th and 9th Strett intersections
would be iDdudcd u part of1be 1rIftic mitiptiOD improvements. The new traffic sipls would be
able to be opcnted 1UIIPJIlly by the Police Department, as needed, for improved rnaoagement of
late-aight IDd ...-"'.., tra:fBc ocmaestion. The implementation of all of the traftle mitiption
impIOvemeI1ts would also prOYide Ilr liter pc:datrian and eoordinsted )eft ft~1 ~ from
Ocean Drive onto 1be side streets. while dramatically improving the level-of-service, operational
efticleDCy and reduce tr8ffic cmgestjm within the corridor.
Alona with 1bc I&Ftion of rttW lcft-tunl storage lanes at the most conaested intersections, A portion
of1be ~.in~ east side pwJd~ spaces will be used to create (3) three desianated vehicle dmp-
offipiek-up bays 1brougbout the Ocean Drive conidor. These bays would be desiped to
1t"~~mOOlU the exc1uaivc use of aD by aD expauded Electrowave transit service on Ocean Drive
and for police (vehicles poIitioGed to mauqe traffic congestion). No other vehicles would be
permitted to use these passeqCl'drop-off1pick-up bay areas. The proposed expanded shuttle route
Will Ocean Drive (DOrthbouDd) would nm from 5th to 13th Streets, tumina west onto 13th Street
to pick.upldrop off ~ at the 13th Street parlcing garage, then proceed across Collins
.o\veuue to Wasbiqton Avemac and ~ alon& the existing Washington Avenue route.
This traffic mitigation improvemtl1t plan (see attachments) will Dot only correct the existina level
of service deficiency, but will be sufficient to accommodate the projected additional DeW vehicle
trips to and from the followina pmjects: CarlyeHotel- 1250 Ocean Drive; Edgewater Hotel-1410
Ocean Drive; Bentley HotcllFriday's Restaurant - 510 Ocean Drive; Victor Hotel ~ 1200 Ocean
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Drive; Breakwater. 940 Ocean Drive;.I Maneo's Tropical Cafe and Hotel - 900 Ocean Drive; 1051
0ceID Drive: 1458 CXean Drive; Ocean Five. 458 Ocean Orne; 1350 Collin.. Avenue; 226 Ocean
Drive and Ocean Parcel - Ocean Drive and S. Pointe Drive. Furthermore. these traffic improvements
will add sufficient capacity for some additional projects development and redevelopment in the
affected area.
The plan beina reported today fully addresses the existing and projected LOS issues for the Ocean
Drive corridor resulting from cbanaes in population, demographics. seasons and special events, as
vw:11 as development and redevelopment activity in the immediate area and the City as a whole. The
CQJJ1u1ative eft'ect from the implementation of all components of said mitigation plan will ensure that
the Ocean Drive corridor will coDtinue to operate acceptably well iD10 the foreseeable future and will
be able to meet the City's traftic ciJcuJation CODCUrreDcy requirements. The intention of the plan is
consistent with the findn,g, and recom."ended traft1c solutions within the draft Miami Beach
Municipal Mobility Plan, which is cUlT8lltly nearing completion for adoption by the City .
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing background and 8DBlysis, the Administration has concluded that the
proposed trafJic mitiption plan for Ocean Drive between Sth and 15th Streets service is a<:cep1Ible.
As such, the Administration is ...c)6ed 10 develop and execute a Mitiaation Aareement with the
devclopen of the above described projects, thereby setting in motion a request to the appropriate
agmcics for coordiDation aDd ~ of this plan as soon u possible. All costs associated with
the implementation of the prescribed traffic mitigation imIxoVea1ems will be paid 101eJy by the
deveJoper of the above mentioDecl projects and any other futme project developers which utiliz.c the
operational capacity created by the effectuation of the subject mitigation plan. The Administration
is required to only report mitigation plaDs to the City Commission. No action is required.
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Ocean Drive Mitigation Calculation Methods
1. Background information
Existing traffic volume (Ocean Drive -5th to 15th Street) - 1144 vph (Bi-directional)
Existing upper traffic threshold volume for LOS D - 1059 vph
Projected upper traffic threshold volume for LOS D with mitigation improvements - 1719 vph
2. Estimated cost of Ocean Drive Mitigation Plan (w/o ElectroWave component)
$435,770.00
3. Estimated cost for increased Police presences (15 months) $75,000
4. Estimated total costs associated with the implementation of the Ocean Drive Mitigation
Plan $435,770.00 + $75,000 = $510,770.00
5. Existing level-of-service (LOS) deficiency: 85 vph
Existing traffic volume - Existing upper traffic threshold volume for LOS D
1144 - 1059 = 85 vph
6. Trips Consumed by Committed Projects: 83 vph
Villaggio (1461 Ocean Drive) - 73 vph
Bancroft Hotel (1501 Collins Aveune) - 10 vph
73 + 10 = 83 vph
Excess capacity available for new projects after mitigation improvements: 492 vph
Projected upper traffic threshold volume for LOS D - Existing traffic volume - Trips Consumed
by Committed Projects
1719 - 1144 - 83 = 492 vph
Estimated cost per trip: $1,038.15
Estimated Total Costs associated with the implementation /Excess capacity available for new
projects after mitigation improvements implemented
$510,770.00/492 trips = $1,038.15
Trips Consumed by New Projects: 433 trips
11+46+24+ 136+29+ 17+ 14+59+28+4+24+ 13 + 11 + 17
Breakwater Hotel (940 Ocean Drive) - 11 trips ($11,419.65)
Edgewater Hotel (1410 Ocean Drive) - 46 trips ($47,754.90)
Carlyle Hotel (1250 Ocean Drive) - 24 trips ($24,915.60)
Victor Hotel (12th & Ocean Drive) - 136 trips ($141,188.40)
1458 Ocean Drive - 29 trips ($30,106.35)
Mango's (9th & Ocean Drive) - 17 trips ($17,648.55)
Mayya Restaurant (Lincoln Road & James Avenue) - 14 trips ($14,534.10)
1058 Ocean Drive - 59 trips ($61,250.85)
510 Ocean Drive - 28 trips ($29,068.20)
226 Ocean Drive - 4 trips ($4,152.60)
320 Lincoln Road - 24 trips ($24,915.60)
1350 Collins Avenue - 13 trips ($13,495.95)
Ocean Five (458 Ocean Drive) - 11 trips ($11,419.65)
Ocean Parcel- 17 trips ($17,648.55)
Total - 433 trips utilized
Total number of trips remaining for other future projects (not yet identified)
492 vph - 433 trips = 59 trips