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C7I-Accept Recomm Establish Bch And Playground w- Accessible Elements At AllisoCOMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY Condensed Title: A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission Accepting the Recommendation from the Neighborhood and Community Affairs Committee to Establish a Fully-Accessible Beach Adjacent to Allison Park and to lnclude an Adaotive and lnclusive round at Allison Park. The'City of Miami Beach offers many American Disability Act (ADA) compliant amenities to increase availability and access to the City and its beaches. The City has nine swim ropes that provide a safety aide for beachgoers entering and exiting the water, mobi-mats at 16 beach entrances that reduce the chances of slips, trips, and falls, and free beach wheelchair service daily during lifeguard duty hours. However, the City does not currently offer a fully-accessible beach. The Disability Access Committee has requested that the City, in partnership with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation, develop a fully-accessible beachside location that offers recreational and fitness services to the City's disabled residents and visitors. Additionally, an adaptive and inclusive playground has been requested to allow children with cognitive and/or physical challenges full access to the same playground equipment as other children and to allow children of multiple abilities to play together. Staff has identified Allison Park at 65 Street as the best potential location to establish a fully- accessible beach that is ADA compliant and to include an adaptive and inclusive playground. This location was selected because the park is currently under-utilized and because it is already outfitted with restrooms, parking, a lifeguard tower, and other elements necessary to fully serve their users. Furthermore, the City already has funding available for the development of Allison Park. During the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) permitting process, the City will propose to the State that these elements include installation of mobi-mat or similar ADA compliant surface connecting the beachwalk to a scatter point located closer to the Mean High Water Line, temporary shade structures, a swim rope, and signage. The fully-accessible beach design and construction can begin independently of the adaptive and inclusive playground. Staff will work with the State to obtain the necessary approvals required for the accessibility elements proposed on the state-owned beach and the adaptive and inclusive playground located east of the CCCL. Permitting for both elements is estimated to take between six to twelve months. The Administration recommends adoptinq the resolution. lntended Outcome Su Build and Maintain lnfrastructure With Full Su pporting Data: 201 4 Customer Survey: Four out of five residents (77yo) rated the of life in Miami Beach as excellent or Recommendation: Financial I nformation : On March 28, 2014, the NCAC passed a motion referring this item to Commission with a positive recommendation. On May 30, 2014, the NCAC passed a motion by majority vote recommending that the City Commission approve the inclusion of an adaptive and inclusive playground in the design plan for Allison Park and that the fu at this location. Source of Funds: Amount Account 1 OBPI Total Financial Impact Summary: The Parks Department has requested $500,000 in funding for FY 2014115 for the Allison Park design. Approximately $290,000 of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) funding is also available for construction costs and $60,000 from ADA Parking Fines Fund are available for the fully-accessible beach elements. Glerk's Office islative Track T:\AGEN DA\201 4\July\Fully-Accessible Beach Elizabeth Wheaton x6121 and John Rebarx6643 ,hw AGENDA ITEM C7.TMIAMIBEACHDAl#, 7'23^/?414 g MIAMIBEACH Cify of Miqmi Beoch, 1200 Convention Center Drive, Miomi Beoch, Florido 331 39, www.miomibeochfl.gov COMMISSION MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Philip Levine and Members the City FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager DATE: July 23,2014 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYORIAND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT THEIR MARCH 28,20'|4 MEETING TO ESTABLISH A BEACH WITH ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS AT THE BEACH ADJACENT TO ALLISON PARK AND FURTHER APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT THEIR MAY 30, 2014 MEETING TO INCLUDE AN ADAPTIVE AND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT ALLISON PARK LOGATED AT 6500 COLLINS AVENUE. BACKGROUND Fu llv-Accessible Beach The City of Miami Beach offers many American Disability Act (ADA) compliant amenities to increase availability and access to not only the City itself, but also its seven miles of beautiful beaches. The City has mobi-mats at 16 beach entrance locations (Attachment A). Mobi-mats are heavy-duty, polyester mats that provide traction, allowing the disabled and other users to traverse from the beachwalk system or parking lots to the hardpack sand while reducing the chance of slips, trips and falls. Currently, the mobi-mats only extend to the eastern edge of the dunes and end where the hardpack sand begins. Ocean Rescue provides a number of ADA services, including free beach wheelchair service during lifeguard duty hours every day. The City's beach wheelchair fleet includes two manual and two motorized chairs, with one motorized chair located at South Pointe Park and the otherthree chairs located at the Ocean Rescue Headquarters at 10 Street. ln addition, there are nine swim ropes that provide a safety aide for beachgoers entering and exiting the water (Attachment B). At this time, the City does not currently offer a fully-accessible beach. The Disability Access Committee has requested that the City, in partnership with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation, develop a fully-accessible beachside location that offers recreational and fitness services to the City's disabled residents and visitors. Attachment C includes the full proposal from the Disability Access Committee dated March 3, 2014. On March 28, 2014, the Neighborhood Community Affairs Committee passed a motion referring this item to Commission for discussion with a positive recommendation. 415 Fully-Accessible Beach and Adaptive and lnclusive Park Memo July 23, 2014 Page 2 of 3 Adaptive and lnclusive Plavqround While the City has ADA-accessible playgrounds, the City currently does not have an adaptive and inclusive playground. lt is estimated that there are 7 million children in the United States who have a disability that makes it hard for them to use most public playgrounds. An adaptive playground will provide children with sensory, cognitive and/or physical challenges with the ability to have full access to the same playground equipment as other children. An inclusive playground is designed to speqifically ensure that children of multiple abilities can play together-not just along side each other. There are many elements that can be incorporated into the design of a playground including surfacing, ramping the structure, adding sensory panels, textures and sound, and adding ADA Swings to allow children access to the structure and to provide for easily-accesible transfer stations. On May 30,2014, the NCAC passed a motion by majority vote recommending that the City Commission approve the inclusion of an adaptive and inclusive playground in the design plan for Allison Park and that the fully-accessible beach also be developed at this location. ANALYSIS Staff has identified Allison Park at 65 Street as the best potential location to establish a fully- accessible beach that is ADA compliant and to include an adaptive and inclusive playground (see Attachment D). This location was selected because the park is currently under-utilized and because it is already outfitted with restrooms, parking, and other elements necessary to fully serve their users, including an existing lifeguard tower. Allison Park is also in close proximity to the Shane Watersports Center, where additionalADA accessible components can be incorporated, including the recreational and fitness elements that were requested by the Disability Access Committee. Furthermore, the City already has funding available for the development of Allison Park. The Parks and Recreation Department has requested funding in the amount of $500,000 for FY 2014115 to begin a conceptual design plan and construction for enhancements to Allison Park. ln addition, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has committed to the City approximately $291,000 toward construction costs beginning in July 2015. There is currently $60,000 available in the ADA Parking Fines Fund that staff recommends be used to establish the fully-accessible beach elements. During the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) permitting process, the City will propose to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEPT) that these elements include installation of mobi-mat or similarADA compliant surface that will connect the beachwalk to a scatter point located closer to the Mean High Water Line, temporary shade structures, on-site beach wheelchairs, a swim rope and signage. The fully- accessible beach design and construction can begin independently of the adaptive and inclusive playground in order to have the beach elements established sooner. Staff will work with the FDEP to obtain the necessary approvals required for the accessibility elements that are proposed on the state-owned beach and the adaptive and inclusive playground located east of the CCCL. Permitting for both elements is estimated to take between six to twelve months. CONCLUSION The Administration recommends adopting the resolution. 416 Fully-Accessible Beach and Adaptive and lnclusive Park Memo July 23,2014 Page 3 of 3 Attachments: A. B. c. D. Mobi-mat Locations Swim Rope Location Map Accessible Beach Proposal From The Disability Access Committee P ro flpse/,flar{ ica p Access i ble Beach Locatio n Ma p J LM/Mr/Er c t l lF lh,lWNY tK tHt T:\AGENDA\20'l 4\July\Fully-Accessible Beach & Playground - MEM.doc 417 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAM! BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT ITS MARCH 28, 2014 MEETING TO ESTABLISH A BEACH WITH ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS AT THE BEACH ADJACENT TO ALLISON PARK AND FURTHER APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD/ COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT ITS MAY 30, 2014 MEETING TO INGLUDE AN ADAPTIVE AND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT ALLISON PARK LOCATED AT 6500 GOLLINS AVENUE. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach offers many American Disability Act (ADA) compliant amenities to increase availability and access to not only the City itself, but also its seven miles of beautiful beaches; and WHEREAS, the City has mobi-mats at 16 beach entrance locations which are heavy- duty, polyester mats that provide traction, allowing the disabled and other users to traverse from the beachwalk system or parking lots to the hardpack sand while reducing the chance of slips, trips, and falls; and WHEREAS, Ocean Rescue provides a number of ADA services, including free beach wheelchair service during lifeguard duty hours every day. The City's beach wheelchair fleet includes two manual and two motorized chairs, with one motorized chair located at South Pointe Park and the other three chairs located at the Ocean Rescue Headquarters at 1Oth Street; and WHEREAS, at this time, the City does not currently offer a fully-accessible beach; and WHEREAS, the Disability Access Committee has requested that the City, in partnership with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation, develop a fully-accessible beachside location that offers recreational and fitness services to the City's disabled residents and visitors; and WHEREAS, the complete proposal from the Disability Access Committee dated March 3, 2014 is attached for reference; and WHEREAS, on March 28, 2014, the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee (NCAC) passed a motion referring this item to the City Commission for discussion with a positive recommendation; and WHEREAS, while the City has ADA-accessible playgrounds, the City currently does not have an adaptive and inclusive playground; and WHEREAS, on May 30, 2014, the NCAC passed a motion by majority vote recommending that the City Commission approve the inclusion of an adaptive and inclusive playground in the design plan for Allison Park and that the fully-accessible beach also be developed at the same location; and WHEREAS, City Staff has identified Allison Park at 65th Street as the best potential location to establish a fully-accessible beach that is ADA compliant and to include an adaptive and inclusive playground; and 418 WHEREAS, this location was selected because Allison Park is currently under-utilized and because it is already outfitted with restrooms, parking, and other elements necessary to fully serve its users, including an existing lifeguard tower. ln addition, Allison Park is also in close proximity to the Shane Watersports Center where additional ADA accessible components can be incorporated, including the recreational and fitness elements that were requested by the Disability Access Committee; and WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department has requested funding in the amount of $500,000 for FY 2014115 to begin a conceptual design plan and construction for enhancements to Allison Park; and WHEREAS, in addition, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has committed approximately $29t,000 to the City toward construction costs at Allison Park beginning in July 2015; and WHEREAS, there is currently $60,000 available in the ADA Parking Fines Fund that City Staff recommends be used to establish the fully-accessible beach elements at Allison Park; and WHEREAS, during the Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) permitting process, the City will propose to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEPT) that these elements include installation of mobi-mat or similar ADA compliant surface that will connect the beachwalk to a scatter point located closer to the Mean High Water Line, temporary shade structures, a swim rope, and signage; and WHEREAS, the fully-accessible beach design and construction can begin independently of the adaptive and inclusive playground in order to have the beach elements established sooner; and WHEREAS, City Staff will work with the FDEP to obtain the necessary approvals required for the accessibility elements that are proposed on the state-owned beach and the adaptive and inclusive playground located east of the CCCL; and WHEREAS, permitting for both the beach and the playground elements is estimated to take between six to twelve months. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAM! BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby approve and accept the recommendation of the Neighborhood/ Community Affairs Committee at its March 28,2014 meeting to establish a beach with accessible elements at the beach adjacent to Allison Park; and further approve and accept the recommendation of the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee at its May 30, 2014 meeting to include an adaptive and inclusive playground at Allison park located at 6500 Collins Avenue, as set forth herein. PASSED and ADOPTED this - day of ATTEST: 2014. Philip Levine, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR-EXECUTION:.'; C,E n fLl+ Dote Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk City AttorneY tr419 AttachmentA MOBI . MATS LOCATIONS 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 L LOCATION BEHIND JETTY TOWER BEHIND 1ST TOWER 5TH STREET ENTRANCE 8TH STREET ENTRANCE 6TH STREET 1OTH STREET 14TH STREET 15TH STREET LINCOLN RD. 171H STREET 19TH STREET 64TH STREET 59TH STREET 72N D STREET 74TH STREET 79TH STREET ENTRANCE 4 9 10 7L 72 13 t4 15 16 420 att.achne::t B City of Miami Beach Beach Swim Ropes Locations - .:.i:;+ ,,."'4,.; -rt \-\ 421 A!:.:chnear, C March 3,2A14 RE: ACCESSIBTE BEACH PROPOSAL FROM THE DISABILITY COMMITTEE Dear Mayor Levine and City Commissioners, For the past few months, the Disability Access Committee has worked very closely with me, Vice Chair of the committee, and my foundation (sabrina Cohen Foundation), to locate and develop a fully accessible beachside location in Miami Beach that offers recreational and fitness services to our disabled residents and visitors. 0n behalf of the DAC Committee, we are proposing to moye our beach accessible project forward with your support. Our goal is to section off a portion of the beach to make it truly inclusive for people with challenges, as it currently limits one's ability to fully experience a day at the beach due to current limits on the MobiMat extensions fwhich currently lie on l.0s and 5e on Ocean Drive). To date, site visits have been with Anthony Kanielvski, Property Management Division, to both Ocean Drive locations, Bill Baggs State Park, plus 46e and 76th Collins Avenue. We have met with MobiMat representatives for cost estimates and already have the support from the Boucher Brothers, lvho are eager to extend and include accessible beach and r,vater activities under their leadership for our community program. In addition to the beach component of our proposal, the DAC also strongly encourages moving the plans forward to build an adaptive fitness center and fully inclusive playground for our residents and visitors of all ages with cognitive and physical disabilities. North Beach, 76tt' and Collins, has been proposed as one such location, which would greatly benefit from this entire program to help build a stronger communiLy in tle area. With your support, direct partnership with the Sabrina Cohen Foundation and DAC, we are confident that we will fill a very important unmet need in our community. We plan on executing our goais of the entire project with the heip of citywide funds and a capital campaign operated by the Foundation. A complete business plan and financial model is now ready for delivery to your office. As per our last DAC Meeting on Tuesday, February 18,20L4, a motion was made with the full support of the committee to refer our project back to the city r,vith a proposal. Our next step is to have our project placed on the next city agenda for further discussion to select an ideal location for this much anticipated and necessary community program. Thank You, Sabrina Cohen, Vice Chair, DAC Disability Access Cornmittee Sabrina Gohen Foundation 422 Legend Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) Erosion Control Line (ECL) Proposed ADA Beach Location 423