R9O-Discuss-Ref- NCAC - Undergrounding For FPL Lines On The Venetian Islands -TS MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION
MEMORANDUM
TO: Jimmy Morales, City Manager
FROM: Ed Tobin, Commissio n"{
DATE: June 101h,2015
SUBJECT: Agenda item for June 'l0th, 2015 City Commission Meeting
Please place on the June 1Oth , 2015 Agenda for City Commission Meeting a discussion
and referralto the Neighborhoods/Community Affairs Committee regarding undergrounding
for FPL lines on the Venetian lslands.
Attached please find resident email.
lf you have any questions please do not hesitate to call our office.
on behalf of Commissioner Ed Tobin
Best Rggards,
Desffiee Kane
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APPRECIATE YR ATTENTION FPL and Under-grounding
JUrgen Brendelcjuergen.brendel@gmail.com> Mon, May 4,2015 at 9:17 PM
To: "Morales, Jimmy" <JimmyMorales@miamibeachfl .gov>
Cc: "Taxis, Mark" <MarkTaxis@miamibeachfl.gov>, Ahmad Khamsi<akhamsi1955@9mail.com>, MichaelComras
<michael@comrascompany,com>, EMMANUEL SEBAG <esebag@me.com>, MichaelFryd <michael@fryd.com>, Jeffrey
Miller <jeff@smhome.com>
Hello Jimmy,
afier trying for weeks to get an appointment with you I dropped by this afternoon - alas, to no avail.
At the risk of becoming a pain..., we need to make progress, the under grounding situation with FPL is becoming
untenable: we are being stonewalled!
It's been months and months that we are trying to move forward, but the silence from FPL is deafening.
Since your email to the President of Nextera on Febr, 2nd, allowing the placement of the transformers in the ROW no
movement.
There are just 4 points that we need to get across:
1. Dilido and San Marino will be the only 2 islands in the Miami Beach area that do not have under grounding, all
others either have it or are being worked on. \My the discrimination?
2. The request by FPL to place the transformers on private property was a non-starter, as 70 residents would have to
agree to it. That was in November 2014.
3. ln October of last year we sent a check to FPL for an engineering design to underground both islands. No reaction -
even though we were told that ii would be done by March this year.
4. FPL needs to identifiT a person at the Executive level handling this project and bring it to fruition, the same needs to
be done at the City of MB,
Let's cut through the Gordian knot and move fonruard.
Jimmy, you are our standard bearer here!
We would offer to help, but are not supposed to communicate with FPL as HOA.
\Nith best regards
JUrgen Brendel
President, Venetian lslands Homeowners Association
305 720 21 06
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Morales, Jimmy <JimmyMorales@miarnibeachfl.gov> wrote:
Jurgen
Here is the email chain of my correspondence with FPL. Unfortunately, the Feb. 4th meeting was rescheduled
to this afternoon. That is why we have no update at this point.
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