Resolution 2024-33072RESOLUTION NO.1 2024-33072
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,. FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXTEND THE EXISTING WAIVER OF CONCESSION
FEES FOR OUTDOOR DINING CONCESSIONS IN THE NORTH BEACH
AREA AND WITHIN THE COLLINS PARK OVERLAY BEYOND THE
CURRENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 EXPIRATION OF THE FEE WAIVER,
AND, ADDITIONALLY, TO IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE THE 41ST STREET
BUSINESS CORRIDOR IN.THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IN ORDER TO
STIMULATE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF THIS DYNAMIC AREA;
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVISE AND
IMPLEMENT A SIMPLIFIED APPROVAL PROCESS, WITH
AUGMENTED STAFF ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT 'THE
CONCESSION AGREEMENT APPLICATION AND APPROVAL
PROCESS, FOR NEW POTENTIAL OUTDOOR DINING CONCESSIONS
LOCATED IN ANY AREAS WHERE THE CITY WAIVES CONCESSION
FEES,, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVATION TO REVITALIZE THESE CRUCIAL AREAS.
WHEREAS, the City Commission, at, its June 9, 2022 meeting, passed Resolution No.
2022-32205, and created, solely in the City's proprietary capacity and not in furtherance of any
regulatory function, a concession agreement program for selected restaurants with brick -and -
mortar facilities and inside seating.to offer food and beverage services on the rights-of-way
abutting the physical establishment; and
WHEREAS, the program was created to serve the valid public purpose of promoting the
quality of the City's iconic brand by establishing high quality outdoor food and beverage service
on City property, and positively represent the City's brand by providing a public space where
residents and visitors 'can- enjoy the City's world-renowned architecture and scenic sun -
drenched vistas; and
WHEREAS, on May 13, 2020, the City Commission had previously passed Resolution
No.. 2020-31275, which was sponsored by then -Commissioner Steven Meiner, to. waive
sidewalk cafe permit fees for the entirety of the City for a six-month period in order to stimulate
economic development during the Covid pandemic. That fee waiver was then extended several
times throughout the Covid pandemic via Resolution Nos. 2020-31405, 2020-31523,. 2020-
31549, and 2021-31631; and
WHEREAS, then -Commissioner Meiner explained at the May 13, 2020 City Commission
meeting that, originally, he sponsored this fee waiver for the 41 st Street Corridor consistent with
some areas in North Beach and Lincoln Road. where the City had waived sidewalk cafe permit
fees. However, he amended the item due to the pandemic to include a fee waiver for all sidewalk
cafes Citywide; and
WHEREAS, then -Commissioner Meiner .further stated at the .May 13, 2020 City
Commission meeting that he advocated to review easing up on many levels to help businesses
by either closing the streets or waiving the permit process;. and
WHEREAS, the current concession agreement, which expires September 30,.2024,
provides for a waiver of concession fees for outdoor dining concessionaires located north of
63,d Street and for those with up. to thirty (30) seats within the Collins Park overlay in order to
revitalize these areas, encourage economic development, and encourage pedestrian activation
in these areas; and
WHEREAS, the 41St Street Corridor is the gateway to our City and the first area .that
many visitors and resident encounter upon exiting the Julia Tuttle Causeway; and
WHEREAS, this area would benefit from efforts to revitalize the regional economy and
to allow pedestrian activation to grow and to flourish as an amenity to the City's visitors and
residents; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desire to extend the current fee waiver for
the North Beach area and within the Collins Park Overlay and to immediately provide an
additional waiver of concession fees for outdoor dining concessions in the 41St Street business
corridor in order revitalize all of these areas, encourage economic development, and encourage
pedestrian activation; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission also wish to provide for a simplified
approval process and for additional staff assistance for potential new outdoor dining
concessions located in the areas of the City where concession fees have been waived, in order
to encourage new outdoor dining concessions in these areas deemed desirable for increased
economic development and increased pedestrian activation; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission authorize the City Manager to implement
these changes immediately, and to incorporate them elements into any new concession
agreement for the concession agreement period beginning October 1, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and the City
Commission hereby authorize the City Manager to extend the existing waiver of concession fees
for outdoor dining concessions in the North Beach area and within the Collins Park Overlay
beyond the current September 30, 2024 expiration of the fee waiver, and, additionally, to
immediately include the 41st Street Business Corridor in the fee waiver program in order to
stimulate economic revitalization of this dynamic area; and authorize the City Manager to devise
and implement a simplified approval process, with augmented staff assistance throughout the
concession agreement application and approval process, for new potential outdoor dining
concessions located in any areas where the city waives concession fees, in order to encourage
business and pedestrian activation to revitalize these crucial areas.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of `14 024.
ATTES
At MAY 2 1 2024
Rafael . Granado, City Clerk
(Sponsored by Mayor Steven Meiner)
Co -Sponsored by Commissioner Joseph Magazine
Mayor Steven Meiner
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
& FOR EXECUTION
CityAttomey Ip Z pate
519/24, 9:29 AM Item Coversheet
MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Ricardo J. Dopico, City Attorney
DATE: May 15, 2024
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE EXISTING WAIVER OF
CONCESSION FEES FOR OUTDOOR DINING CONCESSIONS IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA
AND WITHIN THE COLLINS PARK OVERLAY BEYOND THE CURRENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
EXPIRATION OF THE FEE WAIVER, AND, ADDITIONALLY, TO IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE THE
41ST STREET BUSINESS CORRIDOR IN THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IN ORDER
TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF THIS DYNAMIC AREA; AND AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVISE AND IMPLEMENT A SIMPLIFIED APPROVAL PROCESS,
WITH AUGMENTED STAFF ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT
APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS, FOR NEW POTENTIAL OUTDOOR DINING
CONCESSIONS LOCATED IN ANY AREAS WHERE THE CITY WAIVES CONCESSION FEES, IN
ORDER TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATION TO REVITALIZE THESE
CRUCIAL AREAS.
6ACKGROUND/HISTORY
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lobbying? No
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Is this a "Residents RI ht to
Know" item, pursuant to
C& Code Section 2-14?
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5pOnsor
Mayor Steven Meiner
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Bond Funds?
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