R9Q-Discuss- Long Term Problems At 17th Street And Alton Road Intersection -Grig MIAMIBEACH
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION
MEMORANDUM
TO: Jimmy Morales, City Manager
FROM: MichaelGrieco,Commissioner
DATE: July 1 41h,2014
SUBJECT: 17th Street and Alton Road Strategy
Please place on the July 23'd City Commission Meeting Agenda a discussion item
regarding long term problems that need to be addressed at 17th Street and Alton
Road intersection. Attached please find letter with proposed strategy from the group
of stakeholders.
lf you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Danila Bonini at
extension 6457.
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Commissioner,
Thank you for the opportunity to have the mayor and commission consider the 17th and Alton intersection
as a long-term problem that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. As you requested, we have
fleshed out a comprehensive strategy for the intersection and its surrounding environs. All of the 9
groups that have signed on to the statements below have added suggestions to the list. The Alton Road
Business Association supports this list and has created a separate list that concerns the merchants.
Michael Gorey will be sending that to you by Friday. I am assuming you will be placing this on the July
23'd Agenda. I have asked each of the groups below to attend the meeting. As the date gets closer,
please let me know if you can give us a time certain. Please let me know if you have any questions
about any of this. Again, we all appreciate your attention to this mafter
Nancy
17TH STREET AND ALTON ROAD STRATEGY:
ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE PLAN. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PLAN SHALL BE:17TH STREET BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND
THE WESTERLY BORDER OF THE VENETIAN CAUSEWAY, ALTON ROAD AND WEST AVENUE
FROM LINCOLN ROAD TO DADE BOULEVARD. For the purpose of this study, the BOUNDARY shall
be callthe "SITE"
A CUMULATIVE IMPACT STUDY of the "'SITE' SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Determine the actual sustainability of the small geographic area as described below. New project
applications for the "site" should be delayed until the study is complete.
DEVELOP A MAP AND CALENDAR FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE'SITE'.
THE MAP AND CALENDAR IN THE DESIGNATED'SITE'WILL INDICATE PROJECTS THAT
ARE: permitted, ready to break ground, start date, and construction schedule. This will give a clear
picture and show the intensity of the target area along '17th Street, the immediate neighborhood
surrounding Alton's Businesses, and West Avenue. The repairs to the Venetian westerly bridge as well as
the other 11 bridges should be included as projects in this study
PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT TAKE PRIORITY: (ie: convention center, convention hotel, West Avenue
Bridge, Venetian Causeway westerly bridge, flood mitigation, safety and emergency problems, on-going
unfinished projects within the "site", funding constraints, etc.
ONCE THE COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATORY PROCESS IS COMPLETED FOR THE'SITE",
applications for projects, and repairs should be melded into a master document as organized by the city's
engineering, building, public works and planning departments
CONSIDER THE MAP AREA AS A UNIFIED "CONSTRUCTION" SITE. Using the city's engineers and
planners, develop the ideal "schedule" to ACCOMODATE and COORDINATE each of the projects within
the "site" with respect to: traffic congestion, construction staging areas, worker parking, street closures,
cement pouring, projected work schedules, and the quality of life of the residents, business owners,
tourists living and working within the "site".
APPOINT AN OMBUDSMAN FOR THE'SITE'. The ombudsman would be a government liaison for
residents and business owners to deal with the daily problems of traffic, pollution, staging areas and
parking for construction vehicles, street closures.
THE FOLLOWING GROUPS ARE SIGNED ON TO THE 17TH AND ALTON ROAD CONCEPT:
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MIAMI BEACH UNITED, Nancy Liebman, president
VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWN ERS ASSOCIATION, Juergen Brendel, president
LOWER NORTH BAY ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, Michael Hammon, president
SUNSET ISLANDS 3 AND 4 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, Terry Bienstock, president
BELLE ISLE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, Scott Diffenderfer, president
PALM VIEW CIVIC LEADERS: Paul Freeman, Regine Krieger, Nisi Berryman, Peter Freiberg, Joe-
Tom Easley, MichaelJarboe, Jane Lossen, J.M. Lossen, Fred Kosters, Michael Kelly, Madeline
Kelly, David Roth, Beth Craig, Eddie Gonzalez
WEST AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, Christine FIorez, president
SUNSET HARBOR TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, Marilyn Freundich, president
ALTON ROAD BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, Michael Gorey, president
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