LTC 456-2025 UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ''OPERATION CLEAN WATER'' PROGRAM - #10456-2025
MIAMI BEACH
OFF ICE OF THE CIT Y MANAGER
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager ~ {J,,,.~
October 31, 2025
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF "OPERATION CLEAN WATER"
PROGRAM -#10
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
discuss ion 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. The Stormwater Influence Index was
created to provide data on sources of water contamination entering the City's sewers within a
designated area . Assessments were conducted on 70 blocks in the North Beach area between
June 1, 2025 , through August 31 , 2025 . These assessments resulted in 2,392 block assessments
with each block assessed approximately 30 times . Findings include the following:
• 84% of street assessments indicated litter visible
• 72% of sidewalk assessments indicated li tter visible
• 17% of alley assessment indicated litter/trash and/or illegal dumping visible
• 6% of alley assessments indicated unkept infrastructure
• 56% of shoreline assessments indicated litter/trash visible
• 10% of private infrastructure assessment indicated private drain leading to street
At the September 11, 2025 LUSC meeting , the Environmental and Sustainability and Public Works
Departments presented an update on "Operation Clean Water'', which continues to be a significant
priority for the City . At the meeting, LUSC members made a motion to move the item to the City
Commission for discussion, with a favorable recommendation to: 1) Authorize an independent,
third-party review of the Sanitary Sewer Pump Station 23; 2) Expand the monthly water quality
study to authorize and fund weekly water testing in Park View Canal ; 3) Expedite the
comprehensive infrastructure study for North Beach ; and to maintain Park View Canal as a
standing item on the Committee 's agenda for regular updates .
At the September 17, 2025 meeting , City Commission members were presented with the LUSC
recommendation . The discussion concluded with a motion to move forward with the independent
third-party consultant ; authorize funding for the weekly water testing; expedite a comprehensive
infrastructure study in North Beach; move forward with the proposed implementation of
nanobubb les ; and continue working with the dredging of the canal.