LTC 387-2025 UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATION CLEAN WATER PROGRAM -#7MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner a_M
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Eric Carpenter, City Manager �
September 15, 2025
UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF "OPERATION CLEAN WATER" PROGRAM -#7
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide the Mayor and City Commission an
update on "Operation Clean Water," adopted on March 19, 2025, by Resolution No. 2025-33559.
At the July 10, 2025 meeting of the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (LUSC), City staff provided an update on the North Beach Water Quality and Park View Canal Report. The
discussion concluded with a motion, directing the Administration to provide weekly updates on the
"Operation Clean Water'' efforts at the Park View Canal, with a focus on Biscayne Beach Elementary hotspots, associated lateral pipe-lining, above-ground cleanliness (alleyways, street
sweeping, pressure washing), and homeless outreach.
Biscayne Beach Elementary
The pipe-lining contractor, Vortex Infrastructure Services, LLC (Vortex), mobilized at Biscayne
Beach Elementary on August 8, 2025, beginning with the cleaning of lateral lines and closed-circuit
television (CCTV) inspections through existing access points. The cleaning process removed debris, tuberculation, and rust to improve inspection accuracy, facilitate point repairs, and prepare
the lines for subsequent lining.
Vortex's revised scope of work includes completing at least five-point repairs, replacing deteriorated cleanouts, and installing additional cleanouts as needed to provide proper access for
lining at a minimum of twelve locations. As new lateral lines were identified, additional cleanouts
were installed to ensure adequate system access. To minimize disruption to the school's operations, Vortex transitioned its lateral line activities to nighttime hours beginning August 14,
2025.
Since work began, the City has actively coordinated with the Miami-Dade County School Board and Biscayne Beach Elementary representatives to share project updates, address challenges, and review the anticipated completion schedule. Weekly coordination meetings have been
established to report progress, identify newly discovered lateral lines, and align on any additional scope of work.
The project experienced delays due to the inaccurate as-built plans originally provided, which failed to show the correct locations of the school's lateral lines. This significantly extended the initial
CCTV exploration, cleaning, and point-repair phase. That phase, along with the installation of
clean-outs, was completed on August 31, 2025.
•Service frequency in Crab Alley has increased from twice to three times per week. Crews
have been equipped with extended-reach pick sticks (up 6 feet) to improve access within
the mangroves.
•New, once a week service is being provided to the mangroves located between 72nd and
73rd Street on the west side.
•An additional litter can has been placed at 75th Street and Dickens Avenue street end.
•Waste haulers, Waste Management and Waste Connections were asked to check all the garbage cans in the alleys from 73rd to 76th Street to make sure that all cans had plugs
and lids that were functioning properly, have completed their work.
Homeless Services Engagements
Below is a summary of the Housing & Community Services Department's activities in the Park View area from September 3 to September 9, 2025:
Parkview Homeless Services Engagements:
Homeless Outreach Services Team visit at New Hope visit at 11 :00 PM. No persons
9/3/2025 3:49 PM. No person(s) found. found.
New Hope visit at 12:00 AM. No persons 9/4/2025 found.
Homeless Outreach Services Team visit at New Hope visit at 10:20 PM. No persons
9/5/2025 4:31 PM. No person(s) found. found.
Homeless Outreach Services Team visit at New Hope visit at 12:20 AM. No persons 9/6/2025 1 :55 PM. No person(s) found. found.
Homeless Outreach Services Team visit at
2:05 PM. (1) persons engaged. Refused New Hope visit at 11 :30 PM. No persons 9/7/2025 services. found.
Homeless Outreach Services Team visit at New Hope visit at 12:45 AM. No persons 9/8/2025 2:27 PM. No person(s) found. found.
Homeless Outreach Services Team visit at
10:22 AM. (1) persons engaged. Refused 9/9/2025 services.
Code Compliance
To support "Operation Clean Water," Code Compliance has conducted weekly walk-throughs in
the North Beach watershed area, completing 660 inspections. These inspections check for sanitation issues such as illegal dumping, overflowing dumpsters, and trash in the alleys. These efforts resulted in 112 written violations for the creation of a health hazard/nuisance. The data
below is from the timeframe of March 19 to September 10, 2025.
Violations Count
City Code Violation 5
Environmental -Illicit Discharqe 3
Environmental -Sediment Requirements 1
Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers 1
Property Maintenance Violation 9
Deteriorated Rain Gutter 1