LTC 095-2025 Letter From Collins Park Neighborhood Association - Request For Food Truck InitiativeMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter,City Manager
Ricardo J.Dopico,City Attorney
Joseph M.Centorino, Inspector General
FROM:Rafael E.Granado,City Clerk ~
DATE:March 3,2025
SUBJECT:Letter From Collins Park Neighborhood Association -Request For Food
Truck Initiative
Please find attached a letter from the Collins Park Neighborhood Association regarding a proposal
to introduce a rotating food truck program at Liberty Plaza.The Association voted unanimously in
support of this initiative at its February 18th meeting and has requested that the City consider
implementing a food truck rotation on a trial basis.
Please review the enclosed letter for further details.
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095-2025
Collins an
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
February 28th,2025
Letter to Commission
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach,FL 33139
Dear Mayor and Commissioners:
The Collins Park Neighborhood Association held their monthly meeting on February 18th
and at that meeting it was voted unanimously to send this letter asking that you consider
having a food truck located on Liberty Plaza (our name since the Commission has never
officially chosen to actually name this plaza,even after the previous commission was
asked to do so).It is our suggestion to have a food truck of the month and rotate it.Have
it be there M-F,11AM to 6PM.This would be a great asset for the artist workforce
housing and employees for the Library,Miami City Ballet and the BASS.Other than the
gas station and Walgreens,there is no place to buy anything reasonable in this
neighborhood.Maybe do it on a trial basis for 6 months or a year.
We know there would be a procedure to facilitate our request and we ask you to initiate
that within 30 days.Maybe one of you could place this on the consent agenda?
Thank you,
Ray Breslin,president and for the BOD,305-772-5665
email:Bresaro@aol.com
Executive Board
President: Ray Breslin (resident and business owner),Vice President: Harvey Burstein (resident),Secretary:Pam
Mayer (resident),Treasurer:Debi Quade (realtor/resident)
Board members:T J Black (The Bass),Ron Bloomberg (owner of the Palm Court Bldg.),Bryant Capley (Miami Beach
Regional Library),Juan Jose Escalanate,(Miami City Ballet),John Couriel (resident),Laurie Kaufman (resident),
Orlando Garcia (resident),Steven Mandell (Marseilles Hotel),Christine Meland (resident),Jeanette Dorfman (Botanical
Garden).