LTC 136-2007 Flamingo Park/Residential Parking Community Meeting-Updatem MIAMIBEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC# 136-2007 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: June 7. 2007
SUBJECT: FLAMINGO PARK/RESIDENTIAL PARKING COMMUNITY MEETING -
UPDATE
On Monday, June 4, 2007, the City of Miami Beach Parking Department and Parks and
Recreation Department held a community meeting at 6:00 P.M. at the Miami Beach
Botanical Gardens to discuss parking policies and regulations in an effort to meet both the
needs of park users as well as residential permit holders. The community meeting was
publicly noticed and almost 4,000 notices were mailed to residents advising them of the
meeting date, time, and location. There were 12 residents in attendance at the community
meeting.
There were various issues discussed including a historical perspective of the Zone
Two/Flamingo Park residential parking zone; parking challenges for both park users and
residential parking permit holders, enforcement, policy revisions, and identification of other
parking opportunities for both park users and permit holders. The following initiatives were
identified and unanimously accepted:
• Relax the time limit restrictions at the 15th Street and Michigan Avenue Parking Lot
(Softball Field) until such time that parking demand for use of the north side of
Flamingo Park requires further regulation.
• Pursue the relocation of vehicles from the City's Property Management Division in
order to create more parking for both permit holders and park users.
• Extend the 7:00 A.M. restriction to 9:00 A.M. in an additional parking bay on the west
side of the 11th Street (PAL) Parking Lot.
• Place additional informational signs within the 11th Street Parking Lot indicating,
"Additional Parking at the 15th Street and Michigan Avenue Parking Lot".
• Enforce the current three (3) hour limit in the 11th Street Parking Lot for both permit
holders and park users.
• Restrict Parking on the north side of 11th Street between Alton Road and Meridian
Avenue for Zone Two only between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. seven
days a week.
• Increase patrols of parking enforcement in the vicinity and specifically in both surface
lots.
• Provide more advance notice of future regulation and policy amendments, including
input from neighborhood organizations/associations.
The preceding eight initiatives were discussed at length and agreed upon by all in
attendance for implementation. It is the Parking Department's goal to have these initiatives
implemented by July 1, 2007. A notice will be mailed to all permit holders notifying them of
the results of the community meeting and the effective date for said initiatives.
In conclusion, the Flamingo Park parking lots are intended to serve all users throughout the
City during park hours. Residential permit holders' use is ancillary (during park non-
operational hours) to the primary purpose of serving park users. The participants in
attendance at the community meeting were cognizant of this fact and provided valuable input
and insight. We sincerely appreciate the cooperative spirit and good faith efforts of those
participants.
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