LTC 127-2017 Mayor's North Beach CommitteeMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 127-2017
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members of t e City Com ,j` sion
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: March 6, 2017
SUBJECT: Mayor's North Beach Committee
The purpose of this Letter to the Commission (LTC) is to inform the Commission of a
motion passed by the Mayor's North Beach Committee at their February 20, 2017
meeting.
Members Present: Margueritte Ramos (Chair), Daniel Veitia, Betsy Perez, Brad Bonessi,
Kirk Paskal, Carolina Jones, Nancy Liebman (participating via telephone).
MOTION: The Steering Committee requests that the City of Miami
Beach engage a planner to create a cohesive vision for the 72nd
Street parking lot, the Youth Center, the Bandshell, Ocean Terrace,
the Altos del Mar park area, and the library location right away so the
community can have input in the area parks and how they can
expand and work together as one, from 72nd street to 76th Street and
that the 72nd Street parking lot be designed to maximize parking,
have a single building footprint, include a breezeway to or adjacent
to the Youth Center, and have wide green walkways going east to
west on the North and South sides to encourage pedestrian
circulation.
Motion Made By: Brad Bonessi
Motion Seconded By: Carolina Jones
Motion Passed: Votes 6-1 (Daniel Veitia opposed)
cc: Kathie Brooks, Assistant City Manager
Eva Silverstein, Tourism, Culture, and Economic Development Director
Jeffrey Oris, Economic Development Division Director