C6E-Report- Special Land Use And Development Committee Meeting On July 8 2013lD MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Me
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: July 17, 2013
SUBJECT: REPORT OF THE JULY 8, 201 SPECIAL LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING
A Special Land Use and Development Committee meeting was held on July 8, 2013.
Members in attendance were Commissioners Michael Gongora, Jerry Libbin and Jonah
Wolfson. Mayor Bower and Commissioners Ed Tobin, Jorge Exposito and, Deede Weithorn,
along with members from the Administration and the public, were also in attendance.
Please see the attached sign-in sheet. The meeting was called to order at approximately
5:35pm.
1. DISCUSSION REGARDING MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER MASTER
PLAN PROGRAM COMPONENTS
(REFERRED BY THE FINANCE & CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE MAY 22. 2013)
AFTER-ACTION:
Commissioner Gongora began the meeting and City Manager Jimmy Morales provided an
overview of the item.
Public Comment:
• Frank Del Vecchio
• Ron Starkman
• Ray Breslin
John Portman, from the Portman Team, provides brief remarks and indicates that the
Portman Team will not be making a presentation.
Victor Diaz, from the Tishman Team, narrarates a power point presentation that responds to
the City Managers memo and recommendations.
City Manager Jimmy Morales explains the rationale behind the memo and briefly discusses
potential funding options.
Trish Walker and Jeff Sachs provide additional feedback regarding the existing, as well as a
potentially expanded, RDA.
Commissioner Gongora indicates that the Land Use Committee will provide feedback on
each section of the City Managers memo.
1. Hotel Component
Mayor Bower, as well as Commissioners Gongora, Tobin, Libbin, Weithorn & Exposito all
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support an 800 room hotel. There was also general agreement that the amount of accessory
commercial space should not exceed 30,000 square feet.
Commissioner Wolfson is opposed to an 800 room hotel as he feels there is no adequate
traffic study; the price point is too high and is concerned with debt service payments.
2. 1th Street Garage
The consensus of the Mayor and Commission is that the existing 1 ih Street garage should
be demolished and replaced with a new parking structure, with retail at the first floor.
Additionally, the City should maintain control of the structure, including the pricing for
parking in the garage. The Commission also indicated that funding for the garage could
come through the leasing of the retail space, and/or a joint development venture with the
private sector.
Commissioner Exposito indicated that the phasing for the construction of a new garage
needs to be further evaluated, so as not to displace a parking option for the local work force.
3. Retail North of 1 ih Street
There was general consensus on the Manager's recommendation of a maximum of 20,000
square feet of food & beverage and limited retail located in the public spaces north of 17th
Street. There were some concerns expressed about the additional recommended restriction
that no one establishment could occupy more than 10,000 square feet.
4. Residential Development
The consensus of the Mayor and City Commission was that some limited residential
development on the west (Meridian Avenue) and east (Washington Avenue) sides of the
convention center site may be appropriate in order to activate the proposed areas of open
space, as well as provide an appropriate interface between the residential areas to the
immediate east and west of the site. However, any residential proposed should be low
scale.
Some Commissioners suggested that a residential component be phased into the project at
a later date. The City Manager indicated that such a phasing plan may require a new ballot
referendum in the future.
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There was no consensus for a hotel on top of the 1 Street Parking Garage.
6. Cultural Building
The consensus of the Mayor and Commission was to accept the City Managers
recommendation and eliminate the proposed Cultural Buildings from the plan.
7. Gleason Theatre
The consensus of the Mayor and Commission was to accept the City Manager's
recommendation by retaining the Gleason Theatre and addressing the programming of the
building at a future date, at the conclusion of the management agreement with Live Nation.
8. Public Amenities & Greenspace
The consensus of the Mayor and Commission was to maximize the public amenities and
greenspace.
Jeff Sachs addressed the differences in each team's contributions to providing public
amenities and open space, as well as maintenance.
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The Mayor and Commission considered the issue of each team's position on signing an
agreement not to sue the City, in the event their particular team was not chosen as was
done in San Diego.
Raul Aguila and Jose Smith from the City Attorney's office addressed the matter for the City.
The Portman team has signed the agreement, subject to the Tishman team also agreeing to
sign the agreement. To date, the Tishman team has not agreed to sign the agreement. AI
Dotson (Tishman) and Lucia Dougherty (Portman) addressed the matter on behalf of the
respective teams.
The consensus of the Mayor and Commission was that the agreement was important and
that they wanted to be updated on the progress of both teams agreeing to it.
Commissioner Gongora raised the issue of Traffic & Mobility and indicated that he would like
this issue to be fully addressed. City Manager Jimmy Morales indicated that while neither
team has developed a perfect approach, the chosen team would be required to substantially
further the traffic and mobility plan.
The next 2 meetings of the City Commission~ the July 12, 2013 Special Meeting and the July
17, 2013 regular meeting were discussed.
The meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm.
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