LTC 191-2017 National Salute to America's Heroes Air & Sea Show 2017al_ MIAMIBEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC 4191 -2017
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members of the ity Com scion
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: April 10, 2017
SUBJECT: National Salute to America's Heroes Air
Sea Show 2017
This letter serves to update the Mayor and Commission on the event schedule, footprint,
and associated staffing and preparedness costs for the National Salute to America's
Heroes Air & Sea Show 2017 scheduled to take place during Memorial Day weekend
with events on Saturday, May 28, 2017 and Sunday, May 29, 2017 from gam to 4pm on
both days. Load -in will begin on Monday, May 22 at 5am and load -out will be complete
by Tuesday, May 30 at midnight.
During the development of the Fiscal Year 2016/17 Operating Budget, $350,000 from
the Resort Tax Fund was approved by City Commission to support this event. The
Resort Tax Fund is supported by Resort Taxes pursuant to 67 -930 (Section 6) of the
Laws of Florida and authorizes the use of Resort Taxes for the promotion of the tourism
industry.
On March 13, 2017 the City was advised by the event producers of a greatly reduced
footprint, compressing the tented and enclosed beachfront VIP and ticketed areas,
originally running from 10 -15 Street, down to one singular VIP tent from 14 -15
Street. This tent will host dignitaries, military officials and sponsors, providing optimum
viewing of the event activities as well as a small stage for live entertainment, food, and
beverage. This footprint is reduced substantially from the prior iteration of chalets,
cabanas, multiple food and drink stations, and more substantial live entertainment. The
event will maintain the Display Village in the Lummus Park sand area from 10 Street to
14 Place to provide an open and accessible experience with military equipment, sponsor
tents and additional food and beverage opportunities. In addition, the event will provide a
Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) tent on the beachfront at 10 Street,
accessible for all emergency resource deployment and critical access.
In this new configuration, the event producers have shared the following schedule of
planned events; summarized here and enclosed as an attachment:
Monday, May 22 Load -in 5am- midnight
Tuesday, May 23 Load -in Sam- midnight
Wednesday, May 24 Load -in 5am- midnight
Thursday, May 25 Load -in 5am- midnight
Friday, May 26 Event site open 5am
Air Show rehearsal 10am -2pm (14th St)
Event site closes midnight
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Saturday, May 27
Sunday, May 28
Display Village opens
Hospitality Area opens
Water Show
Golden Knights Jump
National Anthem
Air & Sea Show
Musical Tribute
Saturday Event Ends
Display Village opens
Hospitality Area opens
Water Show
Golden Knights Jump
National Anthem
Air & Sea Show
Musical Tribute
Sunday Event Ends
Strike begins
Load -out
Event site closes
9am (11 -14th St)
9am (13 -14th St)
9am (Show Center)
11 am (Landing Zone)
4pm
9am (11 -14th St)
9am (13 -14th St)
9am (Show Center)
11 am (Landing Zone)
Monday, May 29- Tuesday, May 30 Load -out
Wednesday, May 31 Final walk through with the City
4pm
4:30pm
5pm
midnight
12am -12pm
9am
The revised event site plan dated March 15, 2017 is attached herein. As noted, the
DMAT area will be located on the west side of the dunes close to the 10th Street Police
Command Center. Four live TV media trucks will be stationed within the west side of the
tented area. All other media will operate out of the media center at the Loews Hotel.
The Display Village will open both event show days (Saturday and Sunday) at 9am in
Lummus Park from 11 -14th Streets, west of the sand dunes for sponsors, vendors, and
military equipment. The Hospitality Area will consist of one tent in the 1400 block east of
the sand dunes for 1,000 VIP's and will open both days at 9am. The chalets and ticketed
viewing areas have been eliminated from this plan.
The water portion of the program will include offshore powerboat demonstrations,
waterski, wakeboard and jetski demonstrations, stint kites, hang gliders, and hover
boards. The Show Center will be located at 14th Street, and will feature the Golden
Knights and National Anthem. The air show will include military and civilian
demonstrations from an offshore army vessel. During the afternoon, musical tributes will
take place on the stage located at the south side of the Display Village.
Event organizers have communicated they estimate 150,000 visitors will attend the
event based on their experience presenting the Air & Sea Show in other locales. In order
to address the traffic alteration and circulation needs as a result of the heavy attendance
expected, the City Transportation team collaborated with Police and Parking, as well as
coordination with the City of Miami Parking Authority, and will provide a daytime loop for
transportation similar to that normally implemented at night over Memorial Day
Weekend. The Event Producer requested County support in both funding and staffing a
parking and transportation plan. The City provided assistance by identifying for the
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County potential parking garages that could be used for park- and -ride in Downtown
Miami as well as resource estimates for dedicated travel lanes. To -date, the County has
not provided a formal response. In either event, the City will be promoting the City's free
trolley service to our residents and visitors who wish to attend the event.
The organizer has arranged for parking at the Loews Hotel for ticket holders from where
they will be able to walk to the event. Depending on the traffic and transportation, the
City may be required to restrict access to the City via the causeways if capacity exceeds
public safety estimates. The City has requested that event organizers message via all
marketing and media channels that attendees should plan to come early. The City
Communications team is also working on a messaging plan to underline the same, and
further emphasize the high impact beach event restrictions including no coolers, tents,
floating devices, etc.
The event costs consist of the resource staffing needed to install, manage and de- install
the event footprint, consisting of the display area in Lummus Park west of the dunes
from 10 Street to 14 Place and the beachfront tent for event sponsors and VIPs, from 13
Street to 14 Place. City costs consist of set -up and maintenance of the transportation
loop from 7pm, Friday, May 26 through lam, Tuesday, May 30 (the loop was initiated in
the overnight hours only during prior Memorial Day Weekends), as well as enhanced
staffing to maintain the expected large crowds during the day on the beachfront from
South Pointe to 23 Street. These City costs include Police, Fire, Ocean Rescue,
Emergency Management and Sanitation, which is being managed by Miami -Dade
County Beach Operations with City Sanitation in support. Mutual aid and off -duty support
will be provided by Miami -Dade County, the Dade County School Board, Coral Gables,
Miami Gardens and other jurisdictions, in assisting with the transportation loop, the
closure of Ocean Drive and overall support. The Ocean Rescue team will be staffed with
all available Ocean Rescue personnel plus an additional 20 -25 outsourced temporary
personnel for assistance during the course of the event days. In addition, the Coast
Guard will be providing no less than nine vessels to coordinate and control the secured
box over the ocean from South Pointe to 23 Street, restricting all marine access to that
area during the event. City costs include the staffing and deployment of the City's Fire
boat to assist Coast Guard and manage fire incidents and ship -based fireworks.
Staff has worked with Police, Fire, Ocean Rescue, and Sanitation to create a
comprehensive analysis of costs associated with Air & Sea; both those costs to be borne
by the event producers and the additional costs to be borne by the City. Staff has also
had a conversation with the Event Producers confirming that they are aware of the below
costs for which they are responsible.
The chart below outlines the costs in each category, with City costs currently estimated
at $165,953. However, the complete staffing and planning for the impact of this large
scale event is still in progress, so there may be further changes to this estimate. The
current estimate for costs to Air & Sea event producers is $108,465 based on their
revised footprint and schedule of events.
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AIR & SEA 2017 COST ESTIMATES
Updated March 31, 2017
Department
Event costs borne by A&S
Additional costs associated with
A &S to be borne by City
GRAND TOTAL A &S COSTS
Police
$ 62,185
$ 123,000
Fire
$ 43,680
Ocean Rescue
$ 2,600
$ 24,925
Sanitation
hiring private/ County
$ 18,028
TOTAL
$ 108,465
$ 165,953
$ 274,42$
*Values represented are current estimates and may increase once actual staffing occurs, based on factors including seniority, overtime vs. Off Duty and mutual aid.
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