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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION
Members of the City Commissi
City Manager Jimmy Moralg
MEMORANDUM
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
Mayor Philip Levine
May 6, 2015
'5i on ocean DriveMayor's Blue Ribbo " P1f,
Please place the following items for discussion on the May 6,2015 City Commission meeting
agenda, to be heard in conjunction with my proposed Ordinances terminating the sale and
consumption of alcoholic beverages at sidewalk cafes at 2.00 a.m.:
1. Pursuant to my authority under Section 2-23(b) of the City Code, I intend to establish a
Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Drive; and
2. I am also requesting that the City Commission defer establishing a special assessment
district (i.e., business improvement district) for Ocean Drive, as set forth in Resolution
No.2014-28881 (attached), pending the findings and report or recommendation(s) of the
Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Drive to the City Commission.
Agenda ltem P,QM
Date 5-6-tf763
RESOLUTION NO. 2OL4-28881
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORTZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICES TO WORK WITH THE LINCOLN ROAD PROPERW
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, !NC., AND THE OCEAN DRIVE IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION, INC., FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING SPECIAL
ASSESSII'IENT DISTRTCTS TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE LINCOLN
ROAD AND OCEAN DRIVE RETAIL BUSTNESS DTSTRICTS, WHICH ARE
LOCATED WITHIN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC DISTRICTS,
THROUGH PROMOTTON, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND OTHER
SIMILAR SERVICES, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 170, FLORTDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, the Lincoln Road Property Owners Association, lnc., represents a group of
owners of real estate in the vicinity of, abutting, or located on Lincoln Road; and the ocean
Drive lmprovement Association, lnc., represents a group of owners of real estate in the vicinity
of, abutting, or located on Ocean Drive; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 170, Florida Statutes, authorizes any municipality, subject to the
approval of a majority of the affected property owners, to levy and cotlect special assessments
against property benefited for the purpose of stabilizing and improving retail business districts,
wholesale business districts, or nationally recognized historic districts, or any combination of
such districts, through promotion, management, marketing, and other similar seryices, in such
districts of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, the Lincoln Road Property Owners Association, tnc., seeks to work with the
City of Miami Beach to establish a comprehensive plan for the creation of a special assessment
district under Chapter 170, Florida Statutes, in order to stabilize and improve the Lincoln Road
area, a retail business district within a nationally recognized historic district, through promotion,
management, marketing, and other similar services; and
WHEREAS, the Ocean Drive lmprovement Association, lnc., seeks to work with the City
of Miami Beach to establish a comprehensive plan for the creation of a special assessment
district under Chapter '170, Florida Statutes, in order to stabilize and improve the Ocean Drive
area, a retail business district within a nationally recognized historic district, through promotion,
management, marketing, and other similar services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND GITY COMMTSSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Manager and City Attorney's Offices
are hereby authorized to work with the Lincoln Road Property Owners Association, lni., and the
Ocean Drive lmprovement Association, lnc., for the purpose of establishing special assessment
districts to stabilize and improve the Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive retail business districts,
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which are located within nationally recognized historic districts, through promotion,
management, marketing, and other similar services, pursuant to Chapter 170, Florida Statutes.
pAssED and ADOpTED this i 7 arv ot Dece nt fu rroro.
APPROVED ASTO
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