98-22970 RESO
RESOLUTION NO. 98-22970
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE CITY'S VISION
FOR TRANSPORTATION, AS PROPOSED BY THE MIAMI BEACH
MUNICIPAL MOBILITY PLAN (MMP) AND AS DEVELOPED BY CARR
SMITH CORRADINO AND ENDORSED BY THE TRANSPORT A TION
AND PARKING COMMITTEE; AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
THE MMP VISION FOR SUBSEQUENT CONSIDERATION BY THE
MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 97-22354 approved a Professional Services Agreement with
Carr Smith Corradino to develop a Municipal Mobility Plan (MMP) for Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the MMP is this City's first "grassroots" effort to master plan for the
community's transportation needs: it addresses the issues and needs for mobility of all types,
including traffic, transit, pedestrians, bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles; establishes the
City's Vision for Transportation; makes specific recommendations for meeting the needs identified
(the Ten- Year Plan); provides a "Project Bank" of strategies for addressing the issues; and
establishes the planning tools for guiding on-going decisions related to mobility; and
WHEREAS, the MMP is an evolving plan which data base requires update every two to
three years, in order to meet the ever changing needs of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the core of the MMP is the Transportation Vision it proposes for Miami Beach,
and certain planning tools that will help implement this vision; and
WHEREAS, this vision emerged from an extensive public involvement process, with input
from elected and appointed officials, as well as from staff of the City and other agencies; and
WHEREAS, this vision was endorsed by the City's Transportation and Parking Committee,
and was presented and discussed at a City Commission Workshop, held on November 9, 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission herein adopt the City's Vision for Transportation, as proposed by the Miami Beach
Municipal Mobility Plan (MMP) and as developed by Carr Smith Corradino and endorsed by the
Transportation and Parking Committee; and further directing the Administration to develop an
implementation plan for the MMP Vision for subsequent consideration by the Mayor and City
Commission.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 18th day of
November
, 1998.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO
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TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING COMMlITEE
Resolution of Support for
Proposed MunicipalLYlobility Plan
\Vhereas traffic co.ngestio.n, speeding, neighbo.rho.o.d intrusio.n
of automotive traffic, and conflict between auto.motive traffic
and pedestrians, bicycles and other forms of mobility present
severe and ongoing problems in the City of NIiami Beach; and
\Vhereas the need to. develap a caordinated system for
mitigating future development as it affects transportation,
parking, and other mability issues in the City; and
\Vhereas the City of Miami Beach Transportation and Parking
Committee has worked for more than a year with staff and
administration of the City to. review the pro.gress of the
propased LVIunicipal Mability Plan and has for the last six
months actively participated in the community participation
elements af the planning process;
The Transpartation and Parking Committee af the City of Miami Beach
hereby endarses in principal the recommendations put fanvard in the
Nlunicipal Mobility'Plan, subject to the development of a Project Bank and
specific praject reco.mmendations.
Recammendations endorsed specifically include
· reclassificatian of roadway system to reflect local objectives and
the commitment to. preserve and enhance a "spine" for regional
mobility
· requiring development mitigation accarding to. impact an
identified zones rather than an specific roadway links
· impraving and expanding existing transit systems
The Praject Bank shall include, but not be limited to recommendations for
the fallawing projects:
· 63rd Street! Indian River intersectian
· Dade Boulevard Carridor
· Pine Tree!LaGorce Corridor
· 71st Street & Normandy (including speeding issues)
· 41st Street (Alton Road intersection & NIt. Sinai co.nnectio.n)
· Alton Road - 15th to. 17th Str~ets
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In addition, the rvfunicipal rvfobility Plan shall identify objectives for
· Desired frequency and scale of public transit
· Necessity of enforcement to ensure marine! water safety
· "Zone" vs. "link" approach to mitigation
Furthermore, the Transportation and Parking Committee recommends that
the City Commission and City Administration develop a specific scope of
services for a contract to engage a consultant to provide the technical
expertise to facilitate the development of an Implementation Plan for
tvfunicipal Mobility, including the development of project priorities based
on funding availability and neighborhood objectives, and including a target
schedule and outline plan for construction mitigation.
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM No./~O ~ g
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Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and DATE: November 18, 1998
Members of the CitY&O.. ission
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A RESOu1TION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE CITY'S VISION
FOR TRANSPORTATION AS PROPOSED IN THE MIAMI BEACH
MUNICIP AL MOBILITY PLAN (MMP) AND AS DEVELOPED BY CARR
SMITH CORRADINO AND ENDORSED BY THE TRANSPORTATION
AND PARKING COMMITTEE; AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
THE MMP VISION FOR SUBSEQUENT CONSIDERATION BY THE
MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.
FROM:
SUBJECT:
ADMINISTRA TION RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution.
BACKGROUND
The success of Miami Beach as a residential and business community and as a tourist and convention
destination, has created serious mobility problems for our island city. It soon became evident that
the City needed to master plan for the community transportation needs in a comprehensive, citywide,
non-traditional and creative basis, in order to meet the challenges of a 21 st Century Miami Beach,
while maintaining and enhancing the character of our unique community.
Responding to this need, a scope of services for a Miami Beach Municipal Mobility Plan (MMP)
was developed in March 1994 by the City's transportation staff. After extensive lobbying efforts
by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce (1996 and 1997 Goals Conferences), and the City's
Transportation and Parking Committees, the $150,000 funding packet was completed in 1997, when
$35,000 in Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency funds and $36,500 in Parking Enterprise Funds
complemented the $78,500 in funds granted by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), in
1995.
Through the request for proposals (RFP) process, the firm of Carr Smith Corradino was hired in
April 1997 to develop the MMP. An order to proceed was issued in July, with a project timeline
of approximately twelve months. At the November 18, 1998 meeting, an amendment to the
original agreement was submitted for approval, adding $9,800 to the project cost, to compensate
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the Consultants for additional work required by the City, above and beyond the original scope of
services. The total project cost is now $159,800.
ANALYSIS
As presented and discussed at the November 9, 1998, City Commission Workshop, the MMP is this
City's first "grassroots" effort to master plan for the community's transportation needs. The MMP
addresses the issues and needs for mobility of all types, including traffic, transit, pedestrians,
bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles. The MMP establishes the City's Vision for
Transportation, makes specific recommendations for meeting the needs identified (the Ten-Year
Plan), provides a "Project Bank" of strategies for addressing the issues, and establishes the planning
tools for guiding on-going decisions related to mobility.
In addition, the MMP is an evolving plan. The data-base developed will require an update, every
two to three years, in order to meet the changing needs of Miami Beach.
For the first time in Miami Beach history, the City Commission is being requested to adopt a
policy direction for the City's transportation future, or a Transportation Vision for Miami
Beach. This Vision emerged from an extensive public involvement process, with input from elected
and appointed officials, as well as from staff of the City and other agencies. Attached herein, is a
Resolution from the City's Transportation and Parking Committee, endorsing the MMP-proposed
Transportation Vision for Miami Beach.
The following are the Vision components:
~ Achieve a balanced and multimodal approach to transportation planning.
~ Achieve quality of life and improved mobility through well-designed traffic management
techniques.
~ Preserve and enhance the "spine" - the regional roadway system and major collector roads.
o Emphasize quality, not quantity in terms of roadway function, safety, and operational
characteristics.
~ Achieve a casual but effective traffic flow by improving intersections, while implementing
street calming measures.
~ Improve the driver/rider experience by reducing the causes of driver/rider frustration.
~ Meet the unique needs of residents and visitors through improved public transit options.
~ Create an effective link between recreation and mobility in order to establish Miami Beach
as an outdoor recreation area.
~ Enhance the City's unique sense of place through appropriate transportation planning efforts.
~ "Harness" transportation to support positive development patterns, as defined in the City's
Comprehensive Plan.
The Vision components listed above are detailed in the MMP's Transportation Vision brochure,
which is included with your Agenda packet. If the policy framework contained in the Vision is not
approved by the City Commission, we will not be able to implement the MMP's specific
recommendations, which are listed in the next page.
The MMP produced and analyzed the comprehensive and specific traffic data required to develop
the MMP per se, which data will be used, along with the policies contained in the Transportation
Vision, to develop the traffic component of the computer program known as the Automated
Concurrency Management System (ACMS). The ACMS will become one of the City's growth
management tools, in support of policies adopted by the City. It is important to understand that the
ACMS is being developed as a separate effort which will be completed in early January 1999, and
will require two readings before the Planning Board, prior to its submission for City Commission
consideration.
The MMP does not provide a ready-made answer or a transportation planning study for each
individual Miami Beach transportation project. These projects will have to be studied, planned, and
evaluated, based on its merits, on a case by case basis.
If the Transportation Vision for Miami Beach is approved by the City Commission, the specific
MMP recommendations are as follows:
1. ReclassifY certain segments of Miami Beach roadways (as shown on Page 4 of the
attached Vision Statement booklet) to reflect their actual function and traffic characteristics.
This will give us the flexibility needed to achieve the sustainability goals of the Miami Beach
community. The proposed reclassification will be submitted to and evaluated by the State.
2. Preserve and enhance the "spine" - the regional roadway system and major collector
roads, for purposes of mobility, livability, accessibility, sustainability, and hurricane
evacuation. A "casual" but effective traffic flow occurs, when operational improvements to
key intersections and signalization, along with corridor calming measures are implemented.
Operating improvements and traffic calming projects will be studied and implemented case
by case.
3. Implement corridor enhancement and safety improvement projects, which include
traffic calming measures, street beautification, crosswalks, better signage, etc. These
projects will be studied and presented on an individual basis, as prioritized by the City as
part of the capital improvements program (CIP).
4. Promote and support the creation ofintermodal transit centers, and improved citywide
transit options (not necessarily operated by the City), with improved rider amenities and
well-planned connections to the mainland, to serve the changing needs of
community/tourists. The ELECTROWA VE service is already in place for South Beach, and
the first intermodal center will soon be constructed on Mount Sinai Hospital property. The
City needs to work with Miami-Dade County toward providing a bus service that is better
suited to the needs of Miami Beach, than the service presently provided by MDT A.
5. Promote and support the creation of a network of bicycle and pedestrian ways
(Greenways), which would interconnect with a system of sidewalks and crosswalks to serve
the recreation, entertainment and other needs of the community and tourists, as well as to
promote our island city as an outdoor recreation area. These projects will be implemented
as plans are developed and funded. Five of these Greenway projects follow:
* Beachwalk from 23rd Street to Lummus Park (pending resolution of injunction)
* Miami Beach Bicycle Network (pending issuance of permit by Dade County)
* North Beach Recreational Corridor (pending completion of funding packet)
* Venetian Causeway/Dade Boulevard Bicycle/Pedestrian Corridor (unfunded); and
* Indian Creek Greenway Corridor (unfunded).
6. Support an amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan that will effectively
interconnect the city's transportation circulation with land-use patterns. This
amendment requires Planning Board and City Commission approval.
7. Support an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to incorporate, as soon as possible,
the Transportation Analysis Zone (T AZ) method of planning to the link analysis method
presently required. This also requires Planning Board and City Commission approval.
8. Explore the potential benefits of creating "transit villages," also known as transportation
concurrency management areas (TCMAs), which allow the unique character of areas, such
as South Beach, to be recognized, preserved, and enhanced through special planning
procedures. The Planning Department will create, review, and evaluate such proposals,
prior to submission to the Planning Board and City Commission for approval.
9. Implement an Automated Concurrency Management System (ACMS) as a transportation
planning and growth management tool of the MMP. The computer program will be
completed in January 1999 and implemented immediately after approval by both the
Planning Board (two readings) and City Commission.
10. Accept in principle the MMP-proposed "Project Bank" of strategies, which are the basis
for the 10-year Plan, to be presented as part of the City's capital improvements program.
11. Commit designated staff and provide the essential equipment needed to insure that the
MMP is implemented and updated in a proper, effective, and timely manner. The
Administration is already planning the creation of a unit to handle these and other
transportation-related duties; and
12. Provide a City "reserve fund" to help the MMP effort, and its proposed to-Year Plan
become reality. Federal transportation dollars are available to applicant municipalities, as
a result of the six-year Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st Century (TEA-21 Bill),
recently approved by the U.S. Congress. However, in order to receive any Federal, State and
other funds, the City needs to be financially prepared to do the following:
o Provide at least a 20% local cash match to MPO funds awarded for planning studies
required for each individual transportation project included in the 1 0- Year Plan.
o Provide at least a 20% local cash match to the agency funds being awarded for project
design/engineering and construction; and
o Advance all funds for study, design/engineering, and construction of each transportation
project, for subsequent reimbursement by the appropriate funding agencies.
This needed "reserve fund" should be made a component of any future general obligation
bond issuance.
After the City's Transportation Vision is approved - along with the several planning tools identified
by the MMP - the City Commission should direct the Administration to develop an implementation
plan for the Vision, for subsequent consideration by the City Commission.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the Resolution, and direct the
Administration to develop an implementation plan.
Attachments: Resolution of Endorsement by the Transportation and Parking Committee
Proposed MMP Vision Statement (included with your Agenda packet)
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ORDINANCE NO.
97-3105
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MA YOR A~D CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAl\H BEACH, FLORIDA
AMENDI~G MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER 2
ENTITLED "ADMI~lSTR-\TION", ARTICLE III THEREOF
ENTITLED "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR CITY
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES", BY CREATING SECTION
2-47.4 ENTITLED "SUPPLEMENTAL ABSTENTION AND
DISCLOSuRE REQUIREMENTS", AND 2-47.5 ENTITLED
"CERTAI~ APPEARANCES PROHIBITED"; PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICA TION~ REPEALER, SEVER-\BILITY, AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of wija;ni Heach , Florida are
concerned with actual and/or appearance related conflicts of interest of public officials which
interfere in ensuring the City Commission's goal of good government; and
\VHEREAS, conflict of interest laws presently exist \vithin the Florida Statutes, Dade
County Code, as well as Miami Beach City Code; and
\VHEREAS, neither the State or County laws prohibit the governing body of a municipality
from imposing upon its officers and employees additional or more stringent standards of conduct
and disclosure requirements than those specified in said laws, provided that those standards of
conduct and disclosure requirements do not otherwise conflict with the provisions of said legislation;
and
\VHEREAS, the following legislation is thus hereby enacted for the pUQcses-of
supplementing existing conflict of interest regulations \vhere not otheffiise in conflict ""ith State and
County laws, so as to permeate and insure the public process and the concomitant process of
governmg.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR A':\D CITY
COMl\HSSION OF THE CITY OF MIA.MI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1.
AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE III, ENTITLED
"STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES"
That tvfiami Beach City Code Chapter 2, Article III thereof, entitled "Standards of Conduct
for City Officers and Employees" is hereby amended by the creation of the follO\ving Section 2-47.4
entitled "Supplemental Abstention and Disclosure Requirements", and Section 2-47.5 entitled
"Certain Appearances Prohibited", said sections to read as follows:
Article III. Standards of Conduct for City Officers~ ftftd Employees and :\~encv
Members
* * *
Sec.2-47.4 Supplemental Abstention and Disclosure Requirements.
In addition to those conflict of interest abstention and disclosure requirements currentlv
required bv State and/or Countv law. the following requirements shall also apply to City of Miami
Beach Public Officers:
ill A Public Officer with a conflict of interest on a particular matter is prohibited
from participating in that matter. "Participation" means any attempt to
influence the decision bv oral or wTitten communication. whether made bv
- the Officer or at the Officer's direction.
ill Written disclosures of conflict of interest shall contain the full nature of the
conflict at issue. including but not limited to names of individuals whose
relationship with the Officer results in the subiect conflict. and all material
facts relevant to the conflict issue. The written memorandum disclosing
conflict of interest shall be stated into the record before any discussion begins
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on the subiect af?enda item: this written disclosure memorandum must be
filed regardless of whether the Officer possessing the conflict was in
attendance or not during consideration of the subiect item.
ill "Public Officer" includes any person elected or apoointed to hold office in
any agencv.
ill "Agencv" shall mean any board. commission. committee or authoritv of the
City of Miami Beach whether advisorv. ad hoc or standing in nature.
Sec.2-47.5.
Certain Appearances Prohibited
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No Member of a City of Miami Beach board. agency or committee or a
member of any board. agency or committee created hereafter which is
desig-nated as a board. ag-ency or committee subiect to the purview of this
Ordinance shall:
a. either directlv or through an associate. appear. represent or act on
behalf of a third person before the City Commission or any Citv
Agency with respect to any Agency action sought bv the third
person.
1L either directly or through an associate be enQaged as a lobbyist for
and on behalf of a third person with respect to any official action bv
any public officer sought bv said third person.
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ill Definitions.
As used in this Section. the following definitions shall apply:
~ "A~encY" means any board. commission. committee or authority of
the City of Miami Beach whether advisor:. ad hoc or standing in
nature.
11. "Associate" means any person or entity engaged in or cJITving on a
business enterprise with a City oflvliami Beach Agency memher as
a partner, ioint venturer. or co-corporate shareholder where the
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shares of such corporation are not I isted on. any national or regional
stock exchange or co-owner of property.
f.:. "Lobbvist" means all persons. firms. or corporations emploved or
retained. whether paid or not. * bv a principal who seeks to encourage
the passage. defeat. or modification(s) of anv (1) ordinance.
resolution. action or decision of anv Commissioner: (I) any action.
decision. recommendation of any city board or committee: or (3) any
action. decision or recommendation of the City Manager. Denutv City
Mana!?er. Assistant City Managers. all department heads, all division
heads. the City Attornev. Chief Deputv Citv Attorney. Deputv City
Attornevs. and/or all Assistant City Attornevs (except when said
personnel are acting in connection with Administrative HearinQs)
during the time period of the entire decision-mskinQ process on such
action. decision or recommendation which foreseeably will be heard
or reviewed bv the City Commission, or a city Agency. "loblwist",
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SECTION 2.
as defined above. specificallv includes the principal, as descrihed
above. as well as any agent. attorney. officer or empll1vee of a
principaL regardless of whether such lobbying activities t"JIJ \vithin
the normal scope of emplovment of such agent, attome\". nfficer or
employee. * For purposes of this Ordinance. "lobl-n'ist" shall
exclude any person who only aopears as a renresentative of a not for
profit corporation or entity (such as a charitable nrg:mization. a
neighborhood or homeowner association. a local Chamber of
Commerce or a trade association or trade union), without special
compensation or reimbursement for the appearance. whether direct.
indirect or contingent. to express support of or opposition to any item.
.d.. "Public Officer" means any person elected or appointed to hold office
in the Citv of Miami Beach. a member of an Agencv \vhich shall
include an advisorv body.
CODIFICA TION
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City ofrvIiami Beach, and it is
hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered
to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article," or
other appropriate word.
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SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY
If any section, st;ntence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4.
REPEALER
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 5.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall take effect the 27th day of December , 1997.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17 th day of December , 1997.
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1st reading 12/3/97
2nd reading 12/17/97
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COMMISSION MEMOR.\NDUM No.l2'<+--9/
DATE: DECEMBER 17, 1997
TO:
MA YOR NEISEN KASDIN,
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COIHMISSION
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CITY ATTORNEY IW\
ORDINANCE AIWENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE
III ENTITLED "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS AND
El\'IPLOYEES" BY CREATING SECTION 2-47.4 ENTITLED "SUPPLEIHENTAL
ABSTENTION AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS", AND SECTION 2-47.5
ENTITLED "CERTAIN APPEARANCES PROHIBITED".
FROM:
SUBJECT:
At the request of Commissioner David Dermer, the attached Ordinance, which passed first reading
on December 3, 199.:7, has been drafted amending the City's Conflict ofInterest regulations as presently
embodied within Chapter 2, Article III of the Miami Beach City Code. The proposed amendments create
two new sections within the City's Ethic Code, said sections supplementing state and county conflict of
interest regulations by establishing more stringent standards of conduct and abstention/disclosure
requirements than those currently specified in said laws. The attached Ordinance is thus ready to be heard
by the City Commission for ::;econd and final reading. .
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