LTC 320-2025 Update on the Implementation of Operation Clean Water ProgramMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #320-2025
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � �
August 1, 2025
UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF "OPERATION CLEAN WATER"
PROGRAM.
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide the Mayor and City Commission an
update of "Operation Clean Water" adopted on March 19, 2025 by Resolution No. 2025-33559.
At the July 10, 2025 meeting of the Land Use and Sustainability Committee, City staff provided an
update of the item "Discuss the North Beach Water Quality and Park View Canal Report." At the
conclusion of the discussion, a motion was made, directing the Administration to provide weekly
updates of its efforts at the Park View Canal, with a focus on Biscayne Beach Elementary hotspots
and associate lateral pipe-lining, above-ground cleanliness (alleyways, street sweeping, pressure
washing), and homeless outreach.
Biscayne Beach Elementary
Staff is currently coordinating with Biscayne Beach Elementary and the contractor, Vortex
Infrastructure Services, LLC, to obtain an Access Agreement; which is a legal document that allows
the contractor to perform the lateral line rehabilitation work on the School Board of Miami-Dade
County's property on behalf of the City, and in the process, indemnifies the School Board of any
liability associated with the work performed.
A hard copy of the Miami-Dade County-certified bond for the lining work was delivered to the City's
Procurement Department and approved in EXIGIS on Wednesday July 30, 2025, a Requisition
was created on Thursday July 31, 2025, the subsequent Purchase Order was issued on Friday
August 1, 2025 and a Notice to Proceed will be issued. The lateral line rehabilitation and all
associated work will begin Wednesday August 6, 2025, and will proceed in a continuous manner
until its completion on Friday August 15, 2025.
Ultraviolet Sanitization Pilot Project
The formal agreement between the City of Miami Beach and University of Miami (UM) for the
Ultraviolet Sanitation Pilot Project is currently under review by UM's legal team. City Staff has
requested an update from UM on the status of the agreement in order to determine if the UV Pilot
Project will be able to commence by the end of August 2025 as initially planned. Once the
Purchase Order is issued, both parties will immediately proceed with the study.
One of the primary recommendations of the report was to focus on "cleaning" street surfaces, as
well as possible, to reduce levels of enterococci entering the stormwater system.
Recommendations included increasing the frequency of street sweeping, augmenting street
sweeping by removing visible debris and fecal deposits manually, and the possible use of ultra
violet (UV) light to disinfect street surfaces. UV light is a known disinfection technology which is
environmentally friendly in that it does not impart a chemical residual.